{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3104", "width": "2059", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE\\nCOMPILED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF\\nD. HAMILTON HURD.\\nILLUSTRATED.\\nI ll I LADELPH U\\nJ. W. LEWIS CO.\\n1885.", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PUBLISHERS 1 PREFACE.\\nNearly three years ago the attention of the publishers, who have long made a specialty\\nof this class of work, was called to the fact that a history of Hillsborough County was needed.\\nAfter mature deliberation the work was planned and its compilation commenced. Tin besl\\nliterary talent in this section of the State for this especial work was engaged, whose\\nnames appear at the head of their respective articles, besides many other local writers mi\\nspecial topics. These gentlemen approached the work in a spirit of impartiality and\\nthoroughness, and we believe it has been their honest endeavor to trace the history of the\\ndevelopment of the territory embodied herein from that period when it was in the undis-\\nputed possession of the red man to the present, and to place before the reader an authentic\\nnarrative of its rise and progress. The work has been compiled from authenticated ami\\noriginal sources, and no effort spared to produce a history which should prove in every\\nrespect worthy of the county represented.\\nThe Publishers.\\nPhiladelphia, August, 1885.", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS\\nGENERAL HISTORY\\nCHAPTER I.\\nEarly History and Organization of Courts\\nCHAPTER II.\\nThe Bench and Bai\\nTOWN HISTORIES.\\n139\\n289\\n297\\nGreenfield\\n331\\nLitchfield\\n486\\nGreenville\\n518\\nMerrimack\\n527\\n551\\nNew Boston\\n585\\nNew Ipswich\\n610\\n631\\nPeterborough\\n650\\n672\\n678\\nWindsor\\n727\\n730\\nAppendix\\n745", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL.\\nFit. h, Cliail. I\\nForsaith, Samuel C\\nFoster, Herman\\nFrench, John C\\nFuller, John G\\nFulton, Jamee\\nGilbert, John\\nGilman, Hora W\\nGilman, Vii I\\nI m II\\nG lale, Levi\\nlale, T. N\\nGoodell, David II\\noiij\\nGodfrey, Reuben\\nGoffe, John\\nGove, Charles I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0li\\nGray, II S\\nGreeley, fforai e\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_, .l.lhi-\\nGriffin, George\\nGrimes, l i ini is\\nGrimes, James F\\nHall, James H\\nHall, James Hai vey\\nHamblet Eli\\nHeald, Dai I\\nHiklretli. Jutham\\nHolman, Charles\\nKosley, Jol o\\nHoward I .niiily, Tho\\nHutchinson, John W...\\nJones Family, The\\nKimball, Gilman\\nKin^Inn\\nLincoln, Leavitt\\nLi vermin-.-, Sol. mi. .n K..\\nLund, Charles\\nM.i\\\\ n.i l I -ini II\\nMerrill, -f.n II\\nMfoore .1 -f--li\\nMoore, Noi man J. M...\\nMorrison, George W\\nMurray, rl.mdoD\\nNew* I!, Joseph\\nParsons. William M\\nPartridgt S. H\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r M\\nParker, William T\\nPattee, I. N\\nP 1\\nI 1 tl\\nPierce, Franklin\\nPotter, i.-ncll.-r K\\nPreston, John", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "BHHiKAI HIKS.\\nJ\\n5 1R\\nSawyer, Mobi*b\\nOj4\\n397\\nUpton, Samuel\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ill\\nWasou, Klbrklge\\nWebster, Kimball\\n482\\n97-\\nSmith, l3.i.\u00c2\u00ab.\\nNil 1\\nSmith, Luk\\nBaOdi I\\nU l ig, David\\nStanley Uiul\\nw iii, Joseph K\\n13\\nStinscli, I liall.-s\\n327", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "ILLUSTRATIONS,\\nAdams, iiiaehas\\nAverill, Clinton S\\nBalch, Charles E\\nBalch, Mark\\nBaldwin, Samuel\\nBerry, Augustus\\nBlood, Aretas\\nBradley, Denis U\\nBradford, Kpbraini P\\nBro [aaac\\nBuck, William I)\\nBurnbam, Abel C\\nBurns, Charles H\\nCampbell, Charles H\\nCampbell, Daniel, -lr\\nChamberlain, J uni 1\\nhi I. jr, Person C\\nChristie, Morris\\nClapp, Allen N\\nClark, Daniel\\nClark. John 1!\\nClark, Lewis W\\nClough, Lucien B.,\\ni i aby, i fliah\\nCross, David\\nCi bie, Niuian C\\nCumner, Nathaniel W\\nCarrier, M i\\nCntler, John H\\nDavis, Joseph\\nDearborn, Cornelius Van\\nDearborn, Samuel G\\nDodge, Perlev\\nI i Resof\\nDnniap, Vn hibald II\\nEdwards, Supply U\\n(J I.ii. Thomas N\\nGoodell, David II\\nGraves, Josiah G\\nGray, II. N\\nGregg .Hues\\nGriffin,\\nGrimes, Francis\\nGin,,.,, .1 r t I\\nHall, .lames Harvey.\\nHamblet, Eli\\nHeald, Davi.l\\nHildrelli, J.itbam\\nHolman, i barlefi\\nHoaley, John\\nHoward, Ezra P\\nHutchinson, John W.\\nKimball, Gilman\\nKini l.iii 1....1-.\\nLincoln, Leavitt\\nI.iveinioi,., Sob. mull I\\nLund, i harli\\nMap Hillsborough i\\nMavnal l, .I. lili II\\nl 1 1 ill, .bun.-- I:\\nM Joseph C\\nMoore, Norman .1 M\\nMull. iv, I Irian, lo D....\\nNewell, Joseph\\nParker, John M\\nParker, William T.\\nParsons, William M....\\nPartridge, S. II\\nPattee, I.. N\\nPevey, Peter\\nIVviv, /.hi. hah\\nPi Franklin\\nPottor, Chandler E\\nPreston, John\\nRamsey, John\\ns.iu .-r, Aar.ui W\\nv,\\\\.\\\\. i ^l\\nShirley, E. C\\nSun. I:-, llll.ilii\\nSimons, Lewis\\nSmith, G _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 I\\nSmith, tsaai W\\nSmith, John I\\nSmith. I. ilk.-\\nSmyth, Fn-ileiii-k\\nSpalding, Isaac\\nley, Clinton W\\nSt.i\\nStevens, William\\nSt 1 1,-,. ii, Charles\\nStraw, Ezekiel A...\\nSullowaj Cyrus\\nSwallow, Stillman..\\nTail.,. II, Joel II\\nTuttle, Jacob\\nI ph. II, Sal I\\nWallace, Alonzo S..\\nWason, Elbridge\\nWebster, bin, I,.. II\\nWi lis, harli\\nWeston, Jai A", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2974", "width": "1882", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nor\\nHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nEARLY HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF COURTS.\\nBY GEORGE A. RAMSDELL.\\nFor many years previous to 1740 the boundary lines\\nof the province of New Hampshire were in dispute.\\nMassachusetts claimed that the division boundary\\nbetween that State and New Hampshire was denned\\nby a line drawn from a point on the Atlantic coast\\nthree miles north of the mouth of the Merrimack\\nEiver, and running on the northerly and easterly side\\nof the river, and at a distance of three miles from it, to\\na point three miles beyond the parallel of the junction\\nof the Winnipiseogee and the Pemigewasset; thence\\ndue west to the Connecticut. This covered all the\\nterritory included in the present limits of the county\\nof Hillsborough, excepting the town of Pelham and\\nsuch portion of the town of Hudson as lies more than\\nthree miles from the Merrimack River. It also in-\\ncluded the whole of Cheshire County and the larger\\npart of the present limits of Merrimack and Sullivan\\nCounties.\\nNew Hampshire claimed for her southern boundary\\na line produced due west from the same point on the\\nocean. By this claim the towns of Pelham, Hudson,\\nLitchfield, Nashua, Merrimack, Hollis, Amherst and\\nother towns lying within some fourteen miles of\\nlatitude were conceded to be in Massachusetts. The\\nancient town of Dunstable, containing more than two\\nhundred square miles, and including all of the towns\\nabove named and portions of other towns within the\\npresent limits of New Hampshire, made a part of the\\ncounty of Middlesex, in Massachusetts, and had not\\nbefore 1740 been regarded by any party as in part the\\nterritory of the province of New Hampshire.\\nPrevious to 1740 a board of commissioners, acting\\nunder the royal authority, had established the eastern\\n1\\nboundary, but failing to agree upon the southern line\\nthe King himself terminated the controversy in favor\\nof New Hampshire, fixing the present boundary and\\ngranting the State a much larger territory than had\\nbeen claimed. The decision, though somewhat arbi-\\ntrary and not in accordance with the prayer of either\\nparty, was founded upon sound suggestions. By the\\nletter of the grant to Massachusetts it would seem that\\nher claim was good, but it was urged by the King s\\nCouncil that when the .Massachusetts grant was made\\nthe country was unexplored, and the course of the\\nMerrimack was supposed to be substantially at right\\nangles with the ocean its entire length, and that it\\nwould be just and equitable between the parties to\\nfollow the river so far as its general course was from\\nthe west to the cast and no farther.\\nThis act of the King annexing so much territory,\\nbefore that time under the government of Massachu-\\nsetts, to the province of New Hampshire was not\\nsatisfactory to the people of Massachusetts, or to the\\ninhabitants of the lauds so virtually annexed. It was\\nvery naturally urged by the people, who were thus\\nmade to attorn to New Hampshire, that it was unfair\\nto sever them from a more powerful province against\\ntheir remonstrance and annex them to a weaker at a\\ntime when it seemed there would be no end of Indian\\nwars and depredations. An attempt was made to have\\nthe matter reheard, which failed, as well as a proposi-\\ntion to re-annex the entire province to Massachusetts.\\nUpon the settlement of a question which had\\ntroubled the province for half a century, the towns\\nwhich had had a corporate existence under Massa-\\nchusetts were rechartered by the province of New\\nHampshire, and new towns were formed from those\\nportions of existing towns cut off from Massachusetts.\\nThe political history of New Hampshire to the\\nmiddle of the eighteenth century is simply the history\\nof the southeastern portion of the State, Portsmouth,\\nExeter and Dover being the towns of consequence at", "height": "2985", "width": "1877", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ni li:i: time. I n ious to the year 177n the entire State,\\nfor all financial and judicial purposes, was a single\\ncount. All business it ;i public nature was transacted\\nal i of the three towns named, and most of it at\\nPortsmouth. All t n ifict rs resided\\ntsmouth then had a population of more than\\nfoul thousand, ami \u00c2\u00bbii practically tin- capital of the\\npro ince.\\nAs the province increased in population the pie\\nother and smaller political li\\\\ isions, in\\nwhich ordinary business could be transacted.\\nIn 1767, John Wentworth, the second of that name,\\ninted rovernor of New Hampshire, and one\\nof the measure* brought forward at the opening of\\nhis administration comprehended the division of the\\ninto counties, and the erection of a judicial\\nsystem to meet the want- of the entire State. It was\\nopposed by the residents of what is now Rockingham\\nlountj ii the ground that it would increase the ex-\\npenses of the province without corresponding advan-\\ntages The rovernor favored the measure as one likely\\nto develop the province, an end to which he devoted\\nhi entire energies, penetrating the wilderness so far\\nas to lay out an estate and erect an elegant mansion\\nat Wolfborough, upon the Winnipiseogee.\\nThe matter was debated in several sessions of the\\nAssembly before all points of difference could be rec-\\nonciled. The number of counties, and lines of divi-\\nsion were not easily agreed upon. It was finally\\nsettled that the province should he divided into five\\ncounties, with an ample judiciary system. The act was\\nfinally passed, suspending its operation until such\\ntime as the Kind s pleasure should he known. The\\nact took effect in the spring of 1771.\\nGovernor Wentworth named the counties (after his\\nfriends in England i Rockingham, Strafford, Hills-\\nborough, i Iheshire and Grafton. It may be remarked\\nthat by the efforts of parties opposed to any division.\\nthe counties of Strafford and Grafton, by an amend-\\nment to the act, remained connected to the county of\\nRockingham until 177o. Sullivan has since been\\ntaken off Cheshire. Coos from Grafton, Merrimack\\nIV. .in Buckingham and Hillsborough, Carroll and\\nBelknap from Strafford.\\nHillsborough County upon its organization in-\\ncluded all the territory of the present county, except-\\ning the town of Pelhani. which for a time formed part\\nof Rockingham County. It also included all of the\\npresent county of Merrimack west of the Merrimack\\nRiver, excepting: the town of Bow, the city of Concord\\nand portions of other towns whose lines have been\\nithin a few wars. The territory thus set\\ncountj of Hillsborough was not all incor-\\nporated into towns. Some of it was not even settled,\\nmds then settled remained unincorporated\\n1 years. I he population of the county at\\nthe time of its organization was not far from fifteen\\nn i re eighteen incorporated towns\\nwithin the present limits of the county, ranking as\\nfollows in point of population ami valuation: Am-\\nherst, Hollis, New Ipswich, Dunstable, Merrimack,\\nNottingham West (now Hudson). Peterborough,\\nLitchfield, Bedford, Im.i1-o.hu, Derryfield (now Man-\\nchester), Wilton, New Boston, Mason. Weare, Lynde-\\nborough, Temple and Hillsborough. More than half\\nthe population of the county at this time resided in\\nthesis t..wns Amherst, Hollis, New Ipswich, Dun-\\nstable, Merrimack and Nottingham West.\\nn 1 lam]. shire wassettled by immigration coming\\nin through tour different channels, the Portsmouth\\nand Piscataqua colonies, the Londonderry colony,\\ni he settlers coming into the State by way of 1 (unstable,\\nand the line of immigration coining up the valley of\\nthe Connecticut River. The county of Hillsborough\\nwas peopled from the -econd ami third of these sources,\\nami very largely from the Londonderry settlement.\\nNo sooner was the demand for the division of the\\nState into counties in a fair way to be answered affir-\\nmatively than the question of the selection of the shire-\\nlown began to be agitated. Three towns were named\\nmi this connection, Amherst, Hollis and Merrimack.\\nThe attention of the Governor of the province was\\ncalled to this matter as early as October, 1767, by the\\nRev. Daniel Wilkins, the first minister of the town of\\nAmherst, in the following letter\\nHon. and Dear Sir\\nAlt.] .hi.- salutations I b-g leave to inform your Hon that the pro-\\nposal t.t the general unit, that Merrimack he the shire-town of the\\ncounty ..I. tin- west si.t. ..f Merrimack river, has caused a general un-\\neasiness throughout the canity, an.l many thinking men in Merrimack\\nitself (as I have heen credibly informed) are well satisfied that if the pro-\\nposal he established, it will In greatly to the town damage in general, as\\nt!ov at. small in numbers, consisting ..f seventy odd families, no more,\\nand (hose rim. h scattered, and many of that number are new places anil\\nno ways an mn i lated to entertain a Court, especially with hay and pas-\\nniia-v math, i do they -0.1 expect 1. accommodated within the pre-\\n111.-. 1- a _r. .11 part of their land is poor and clothed with shrub. The\\nuneaBinessof the pie arises from the said proposal not being for Am-\\nherst rather than Merrimack, not only as Amherst has heen talked as for\\na shire-town ever from its infancy, thereby fixing the mind of the\\n1 pi. ii[ it, being from its situation nearer to the Heart of the county,\\nso that many towns can come from home in the morning an.l return\\nhome in the evening. They could not possibly d.. the like if it. .Court\\nbeat Mer :k, and thereby save a great deal of charge to poor people.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2And now. honored sir, I Lei: leave to _iv. a desi lipiioii of Amherst\\nin a lew words It 1- situated about eight miles from Mr. Lutwickes\\nl.-iiv, on M -iriiuaok river, the contents of which is about six miles\\nsquare, containing about on. hundred I sixty families and accomtno-\\nla l.d, according to men of the best judgment, to settle ..lie hundred fami-\\nlies more than is already settled, and near a hundred ..1 11.\\ncountry farms, well accommodated with fields and pastures, and chiefly\\nall good Husbands.\\nThe middle of the town is pleasantly situated, a good coach load\\nfrom the eastern and southern pat ts of the province, and all roads center\\nn!e in general, knowing the situation and accommodations\\nof Amherst t., entertain the ..int. suppose that the General Court s\\nproposal tor Merrimack springs from a misrepresentation. The occa-\\nsion of these lines to your lion, was the coos of the j pic, and 1 beg\\n1. i\\\\, siil.-ciilieyonr humble servant.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Amherst, Oct. ye 1, 1767.\\nTo 11, 11 I mouth.\\nThe arguments of this divine, reinforced by other\\nexpressions of the voice of the people of the county,\\nprevailed, and Amherst was made the shire-town. It", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "EAKLY HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF COURTS.\\nwas ajusl decision, it being the most populous town,\\nand located near what was then the centre of popula-\\ntion ami near the present geographical centre of the\\ncounty. Amherst then had as large a population as\\nto-day, but it must beremembered that its territorial\\nlimits have been contracted, the towns of Milford and\\nMount Vernon having been taken from it. For a long\\ntime it was a place of business and social consequence\\nmany people of culture and distinction have there re-\\nsided. A laek of water-power and railroad facilities\\nhave cost the town the prominence it once had, and it\\nhas receded from the first to the ninth place in rank\\namong the towns of the county in the matter of popu-\\nlation and valuation. It was side shire-town for the\\npresent county limits until 1846, when a term of court\\nwas established at .Manchester, and another term at\\nNashua in 1857. In 1865 a jail was legally established\\nat Manchester, and the old stone building at Amherst\\nwas discontinued. In 1866 the records, for so long a\\ntime at Amherst, by vote of the county, were removed\\nto Nashua, where they are now kept in substantial\\nbuildings and vaults. In 1879 the only term of court\\nthen held at Amherst was abolished, and the town,\\nafter an honorable record of one hundred and eight\\nyear-, ceased, in t he language of Parson Wilkins, to\\nentertain the courts.\\nIt is not generally known that a town of consider-\\nable importance, called Monson, had a chartered\\nexistence in this county previous to the year 1770,\\nIt lay upon the south of the Souhegan River and\\nmeasured upon the river about six miles, extending\\nfrom a little above Jones Corner, in Milford, to a point\\na little below Danforth s Corner, in Amherst. The\\nbreadth of the town from the river south was some-\\nthing more than four miles. The inhabitants of this\\ntown made several attempts to be annexed to Am-\\nherst. The principal reason given in their petition\\nto the Assembly was the lack of any central place in\\nthe town suitable for a meeting-house. Amherst at\\nfirst opposed the annexation, but afterwards voted to\\ntake a part of the town if Monson would be at the\\nexpense of the annexation. Accordingly, an act was\\npassed annexing to Amherst that part of Monson in-\\ncluded in these limits: From Souhegan River,\\nsoutherly by the town of Merrimack, two miles; from\\nthence west to the west line of Monson from thence\\nnortherly to the river, and from this point down\\nthe river to the first place mentioned. The\\nremainder of the town was annexed to Hollis.\\nThus was dismembered a town of the best natural\\nfacilities for no better reason than that the geographical\\ncentre was not smooth and level enough for a meeting-\\nhouse common. Amherst held these rich Monson\\nintervales until 17U4, when, on the incorporation of\\nMilford, she surrendered them, with other choice lands\\nupon the north side of the river, giving up in 17 .i4\\nmore than she had received in 1770.\\nThe act of the Assembly by which the counties were\\norganized was entitled An Act for dividing the\\nPm\\\\ in-c in in Counties and for the more easy admin-\\nistration of Justice.\\nIt provided for l be erection of three courts of justice\\nand foi necessary county buildings.\\nThe courts were named, First, the Superior Court\\nof Judicature, which was to be the supreme tribunal\\nof the province this court existed until 1813, when\\nthe Federalists, having the political power in the State,\\nabolishedit for the purpose id letting rid of politically\\nobnoxious judges and erected the Superior Judicial\\nCourt, which, in turn, was overturned in 1816 by the\\nDemocratic Republicans, and the Superior Conn of\\nJudicature re-erected. The last-named court con-\\ntinued to be the court of last resort until the year\\n1855, when the American or Know-Nothing partj com-\\ning into power, abolished it and re-established the\\nSupreme Judicial Court, which, in turn, in 1874, was\\nabolished and the Superior Court of Judicature estab-\\nlished. This court existed until 1876, when it was\\nsucceeded by the Supreme Court, now in existence.\\nIn 1813 it was claimed that the Legislature could\\nnot, by changing the name and, in some minor partic-\\nulars, the functions of a court, get rid of its judges in a\\nsummary manner; that the only way was by address for\\ncause shown or by impeachment. But however much\\npoliticians and jurists may differ as to the soundness\\nof the policy of such radical legislation, it seems now\\nto be well settled that this method of procedure has\\nbeen and is constitutional, else the first court erected\\nunder any fundamental law could never be changed,\\nthough time and experience should show it to have\\ngrave defects.\\nThe chief justices of the Supreme Court of the State,\\nunder its various names, have been as follows: Before\\nthe Revolution, Theodore Atkinson and Mesheck\\nWeare; since the Revolution, Mesheck Weare,\\nSamuel Livermore, Josiah Bartlett, John Pickering,\\nJohn Dudley, Simeon Olcott, Jeremiah Smith, Arthur\\nLivermore, William M. Richardson, Joel Parker,\\nJohn J. Gilchrist, Andrew S. Woods, Ira Perley,\\nSamuel D. Bell, Henry A. Bellows, Jonathan E. Sar-\\ngent, Edmund L. Gushing and Charles Doe. But two\\nof these distinguished men were bom in Hillsborough\\nCounty, Jeremiah Smith, at Peterborough, and\\nSamuel D. Bell, at Francestown.\\nBut one judge has been removed by address of the\\nLegislature (and in this case nothing worse was\\ncharged than inability to discharge the duties of the\\noffice by reason of old ago. and no judge of our State\\ncourts has been impeached; a judge of the United\\nStates District Court for the district of New Hamp\\nshire was charged with drunkenness and conduct\\nunbecoming a judge, and was tried by the Senate of\\nthe United States he admitted his irregularities, but\\ndefended upon the ground that he was not intoxicated\\nas a justice, but as plain Mr. the Senate, however,\\nwere of opinion that when Mr. was intoxicated\\nthe court was drunk, and he was removed from office.\\nThe next court in order of jurisdiction wa- the", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nInferior Court of Common Pleas. While the Superior\\nCourt of Judicature had cognizance of all questions of\\nlaw and divorce, and ultimately was clothed with\\nequity powers, the Inferior Court of Common Pleas\\nwas the tribunal in which all ordinary controversies\\nwere settled; this court, established in 1771, continued\\nunder the name of the Inferior Court of Common\\nPleas and the Court of Common Pleas (excepting that\\nit was discontinued from 1820 to 1825) until 1859,\\nwhen it was abolished and all the business of the\\ncourt transferred to the Supreme Judicial Court. In\\n1874 it was revived and continued to exist until 1876\\nwhen its business was transferred to the Supreme Court\\nThe third and last court provided for by the bill to\\norganize the counties was entitled the Court of Gene-\\nral Sessions of the Peace this court had for judges or\\njustices all the justices of the peace in commission for\\nthe county of Hillsborough; it had a limited juris-\\ndiction in criminal complaints, and was attended by\\na grand and petit jury it had also the entire control\\nof all financial affairs of the county the number of\\njustices attending the earlier terms of this court rarely\\nexceeded ten some later terms were attended by forty\\nor more justices, depending upon the number in com-\\nmission from time to time the law did not require\\nthe justice to reside in the county for which he was\\ncommissioned, and some of the most distinguished\\nmen of the State, residing in other counties, were\\ncommissioned for this county and had the right to sit\\nin this court.\\nThis court continued as at first organized until 1794\\nit was a cumbersome piece of judicial machinery; it\\nwas a matter of choice with the justices how many\\nshould sit at any particular term, ami it was claimed\\nby Samuel Dana, in the Legislature of the State, at\\nthe time the court was abolished, that parties having\\ncauses to be heard at any particular term were accus-\\ntomed to stir up the justices and obtain the personal\\nattendance of their friends at court.\\nIn 1 79 1 the functions of this court were incorporated\\ninto the Court of Common Pleas, some of the judges\\nof the last court (side judges, as they were called)\\nattending to financial matters, and special committees\\nappointed for that purpose laving out highways. The\\nsessions docket, which we now have as a branch of the\\nbusiness of our general term in the Supreme Court,\\nbut formerly in the Common Pleas, is the remnant of\\nthis lourt of General Sessions of the Peace.\\nIn 1855 a board of county commissioners was insti-\\ntuted to act in conjunction with the court in adminis-\\ntering the financial affairs of the county and in laying\\nout highways. With the addition of this auxiliary\\ntribunal, the services of side judges, men generally of\\nsound practical sense, but of no legal learning, were\\ndispensed with. It is generally supposed that these\\njudges were but ornamental appendages to the learned\\njudge who actively presided in the court but, in addi-\\ntion to the discharge of the duties now substantially\\nperformed by the county commissioners, they often\\naided the court by their sterling common sense in\\nmatters requiring not legal learning merely, but an\\nacquaintance with men and the ordinary concerns of\\nlife, which is not always possessed by learned law-\\nyers.\\nThere were but three lawyers resident in the county\\nbefore the Revolution, Atherton, at Amherst Champ-\\nney, at New Ipswich and Claggelt, at Litchfield,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nbut prominent attorneys from other parts of the State\\nattended all the sessions of the court.\\nIt would be useful, and perhaps not uninteresting,\\nto examine into the condition of the statute and com-\\nmon law at the time of the organization of the county.\\nThe limit of this paper will not permit anything like\\nan exhaustive enumeration of the laws then in force,\\nand allusion only will be made to some most at\\nvariance with the present code.\\nIn 1771, Lord Mansfield was chief justice of the\\nCourt of King s Bench in England, and for nearly\\nhalf a century had devoted his entire energies to per-\\nfecting the common law of that realm neither before\\nnor since has any one man done so much towards\\nmaking secure the reciprocal rights of the govern-\\nment and the governed, judged by the standard of the\\ncivilization of that day. The common law of Eng-\\nland was brought over and became a part of the law\\nof the colonies by the settlers of this continent; vari-\\nous modifications were made in the statutes to conform\\nto the necessities of a new country, but in the main\\nthe inhabitants of the State were amenable to the\\nsame legal conditions as the inhabitants of England\\none hundred and fourteen years ago. There were\\neight capital crimes in the province at that time, now\\nbin uf, severe penalties were meted out for small\\noffenses; matters which are now left to the tribunal of\\nthe individual conscience were then made subjects of\\nstatute law, the violations of which were punishable\\nin courts; the whipping-post, the pillory and the\\nstocks were recognized as suitable appliances to have\\na place in the machinery of a Christian government,\\nand all existed in connection with the jail and court-\\nhouse until the commencement of the present century.\\nIn punishment of crime, distinctions were made\\nfounded upon the color or condition of the party to\\nsuffer the penalty.\\nBenefit of clergy, or the exemption of the clergy\\nfrom penalties imposed by the law for certain crimes\\nwas in existence in England and not abolished\\nuntil the reign of George IV. The history of this\\nexemption is long, and was thoroughly woven into\\nthe texture of English criminal law its practical\\nworking was to exempt the clergy from the punish-\\nment affixed to most crimes it was no inconvenient\\nthing to be able to plead benefit of clergy, and at one\\ntime not only those regularly in orders, but all retainers\\nof the church and someothers claimed the privilege. To\\nmake certain who were entitled to this plea, before the\\ntime of Henry VII. a statute was passed extending\\nthe exemption to only such as could read.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "EARLY HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF COURTS.\\nA single instance is found where this plea was\\nmade in this county in colonial times. Israel Wil-\\nkins, of Hollis, was indicted at the September term,\\n1773, of the Supreme Court, for the murder of his\\nfather; he was found guilty of manslaughter; he then\\nprayed the benefit of clergy, which was granted; the\\ncourt branded the brawny part of his thumb with the\\nletter T, confiscated his personal estate and let him\\nA creditor, until the passage of the revised statutes\\nin 1842, upon any debt, could seize his debtor, and, in\\ndefault of payment, throw the victim into prison and\\nkeep him there until he had paid the last farthing.\\nOne of the chief justices of the Court of King s\\nBench was imprisoned early in life for debt, and dur-\\ning his confinement of five years entered upon and\\ncompleted his legal studies and became one of the\\nbest of English pleaders.\\nDefendants held for this purpose at first were con-\\nfined as closely as prisoners awaiting trial or serving\\nouta sentence, but as the minds of men became lib-\\neralized they were allowed some privileges not com-\\nmon to the average criminal. Jail limits were estab-\\nlished in time, and the debtor allowed the privilege\\nof going a certain number of rods from the jail.\\nWithin the present century men have been confined\\nat Amherst for debt, one, two, three and even four\\nyears, and in several instances carried on extensive\\nmercantile business while prisoners at the suits of\\ncreditors.\\nA lawyer by the name of Shattuck, held for debt,\\nestablished his family within the jail limits, built a\\nhouse and practiced law with considerable success for\\nseveral years.\\nThe law is now so lenient that it has become\\ndifficult to collect honest debts. It is not an\\nuncommon thing to find the wife owning the home-\\nstead\u00e2\u0080\u0094and a pretty large one sometimes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and the hus-\\nband owing all the debts.\\nThe organization of the Court of General Sessions\\nof the Peace was first perfected and was really the act\\nby which the county was organized.\\nIts first book of records contains twenty pages, six\\ninches by nine, and covered with common brown\\npaper.\\nThe first entry is as follows:\\nAt a Court of General Sessions of the Teace, held for the purpose of\\npreparing a prison, raising money, etc., pursuant to an act of said proT-\\nince, entitled an act for dividing the same into Counties and for the more\\neasy administration of Justice, held in the public meeting-house in Am-\\nherst, within and for the county of Hillsborough, in said province, on the\\nsivth day of May, in the eleventh year of his Majesty s reign, A.D. 1771,\\nheld by adjournment fr tin- hist Thursday after the first Tuesday of\\nApril last.\\nJohn Gofi-e,\\nE. G. LEorWTCHE,\\nJohn Hale,\\nJohn Shepherd,\\nSamuel Hobaht,\\n1 Saxuel Blodget.\\nAppointed J. dm Shepherd, Jr., Clerk, ;.r,\\nto (lie house of Jonathan Smith, Inii-ludder i\\nmet at the house of said Smith.\\nAppointed Samuel Ilobart, John Shepherd, Jr., and Benjamin Whit-\\ning, Ksii r, a committee t cause said prison to be built.\\nAppointed Saml. Hol.uit, Es,|., Treasurer.\\nOrdered, That the committee ab.resaid provide a suitable house in\\nsaid Amherst and make it fit to keep prisoners in until a prison can be\\nbuilt.\\nIn accordance with this vote, temporary accommo-\\ndations were provided.\\nJohn Goft e, whose name is at the head of the jus-\\ntices of this court and who seems to have taken the\\nlead in the organization of the county, was one of the\\nearly settlers atGoffe s Falls, on the Merrimack River,\\nliving at different times on both sides of the stream.\\nHe commanded the regiment raised in this vicinity in\\n1760, and was present at the capture of St. John s,\\nMontreal and Quebec. His regiment mustered at\\nLitchfield, and on the 25th of May he issued the fol-\\nlowing unique order:\\ni .1,,n. 1 CnV requires the officers to lie answerable Unit the lien s\\nshirts are changed twice every week at bust that such as have hair that\\nwill admit of it, must have it constantly tyed they must be obliged to\\ncomb their heads and wash th.-ir hands every morning ;iud i it is ,h-\\nserved that numbers .f ui-oi mrii-i themselves t wear woolen night-\\ncaps in the day-time, he allows them iiats they are ordered for the fu-\\nture not to be seen in the day-time with anything besides their hats on\\ntheir heads, as the above-mentioned custom of wearing night-iups must\\nlie detrimental to their health and cleanliness. Tie- men s hats to be all\\ncocked in uniform, as Colonel ib-tle pleases to direct.\\nColonel GofFe marched his regiment across the ferry\\ntit Thornton s, (then Lutwyche s) Ferry, and thence up\\nthe Souhegan River to Amherst thence to the ford-\\nway tit Monson (now Milford village); thence on the\\nsouth side of the river for the larger part of the way\\nto Wilton, and thence to Peterborough by way of the\\nnotch in the mountains to the east of Peterborough\\nthence by way of Dublin to Keene; thence up the\\nvalley of the Connecticut to Charleston. From Honton\\nto Keene his route lay mostly through a wilderness,\\nand this distance the regiment cut a road for the\\ntransportation of their baggage and provisions.\\nAmherst and Peterborough were incorporated the\\nyear of Colonel Goffe s march through the county\\nbut there was no sufficient highway from Peterbor-\\nough to Amherst, the principal route of travel from\\nPeterborough to the sea-coast being through the\\ntowns of Mason, and Townsend in Massachusetts.\\nWilton was not incorporated until two years Inter,\\nami Milford not until tin- year 1794.\\nColonel GofFe, though a man of war, was a thor-\\noughly religious man. He often officiated as chaplain\\nin his regiment, and after his military career was\\nended, and he was a resident of Bedford, he sometimes\\nofficiated in the pulpit in the absence of the clergy-\\nman of the town. He was the first judge of Probate\\nfor this county, and nitty justly be ranked with the\\nprominent men of ante-Revolutionary times.\\nEdward Goldstone Lutwyche, whose name appears\\nas the second justice upon the roll, was an English\\ngentleman not long in the country, at this time resid-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIng at Thornton s Ferry, then called, from the name if\\nits owner, Lutwyche Ferry. He was colonel of the\\nregimen! at the breaking out of the War of the Revo-\\nlution, huf on the Declaration of Independence joined\\nthe English and left the country. His name appears\\namong the twenty -four whose e-iaos \u00c2\u00bbnv\\nat the close t the war.\\nCaptain John Hale, another of the justices, was a\\nprominent citizen of Hollis. He held a military\\ncommission and represented his town in the General\\nCourt in 177.3; was a successful physician, having\\npracticed his profession many years in Hollis; was\\nsurgeon in the army during the French and Indian\\nand also the Revolutionary War. After serving his\\ngeneration in two wars and in many years of peace,\\nhe died in the summer of 1791.\\nSamuel Hobart, a colleagueof Hale, was a resident\\nof Hollis; wa register of deeds for this county from\\nits organization to 1776, and its first treasurer. He\\nfrequently served the courts in the capacity of auditor\\nand upon financial committees, and was the most\\npractical business member of thecourt. While regis-\\nter of deeds he resided in Hollis, and during a por-\\ntion of the time kept the registry at that place.\\nHe was also a member of the New Hampshire Com-\\nmittee of Safety.\\nSamuel Blodgett, another justice, was a resilient\\nof what is now Manchester, at that time GofFstown\\nwas for many years at work upon a plan to put a\\ncanal around Amoskeag Falls. Having spent his\\nown large fortune in the enterprise and failed, he\\nsubsequently obtained authority from the State to\\nraise large sums of money by lottery to aid in the\\nbuilding of his locks and canal, and afterwards\\nauthority for a second lottery was granted, the pro-\\nceeds of which were to go towards the same object.\\nMassachusetts afterwards gave him the same privilege\\nand repeated the grant in 1806. After a prolonged\\nstruggle his enterprise was completed, and he had\\nthe satisfaction of seeing his work an acknowledged\\nsuccess. He was an active and useful member of\\nthis court, and a most striking example of untiring\\nperseverance.\\nJohn Shepherd, Jr., was a resident of Amherst at\\nthis time. In addition to many places of trust which\\nhe worthily filled, he is found in the year 1766 pre-\\nsiding at a town-meeting in Derryfield (now Manches-\\nter). It happened on this wise: a small minority of\\nthe legal voters had irregularly called a town-meeting\\nand chosen a full complement of officers for the year\\nin the absence of a large majority of the voters. The\\nGovernor and reneral Assembly, on petition, annulled\\nthe proceedings of this meeting, and ordered a new\\nelection, am! n special act authorized John Shep-\\nherd, Jr.. of Amherst, to call a meeting of the lega 1\\nvoters of Derryfield, and to preside in tie ting\\nuntil a full list of town officers was chosen.\\nReuben Kidder, another justice of this court, was\\nif- inguished citizen of the town of New Ipswich,\\na large farmer and one of the most influential men of\\nhis neighborhood. He was the only justice in his\\ntown before the Revolution, having settled near the hill\\nor mountain in New [pswich which hears his name.\\nHe maintained a style of living superior to most of\\nhis neighbors; having held two offices under the\\nKing, the War of the Revolution found him a mod-\\nerate Tory; Imt the respectability of hischarai ter and\\nthe rectitude of his intentions saved him from arrest\\nand imprisonment.\\nMatthew Thornton was a justice of this court five\\nyears before he signed the Declaration of Indepen-\\ndi qci and before he became a resident of the county,\\n(the law then not requiring a justice to reside in\\nthe county tor which he was commissioned). In\\n1780 he came to Merrimack; was a physician in\\ngood standing, and visited professionally most of tin-\\ntowns in the county. In addition to the many promi-\\nnent positions he occupied in the province and State,\\nhe was at one time chief justice of the Court of\\nCommon Pleas, and afterwards one of the judges of\\nthe Superior Court of Judicature. He died in the\\nyear 1803, at the age of eighty-eight, having written\\npolitical essa\\\\s for the press after he had completed\\nhis fourscore years.\\nWilliam Clark, of New Boston, engaged as sur-\\nveyor of land, and the only man in town commis-\\nsioned as justice of the peace by royal authority,\\nwas a member of this court. His sympathiesat first\\nwere not with the patriots, but after the Revolution\\nhe served his constituents in every position within\\ntheir gift.\\nMoses Nichols, one of the justices, was a native of\\nReading, Mass. He was a physician by pro-\\nfession, and practiced many year- at Amherst;\\nwas appointed colonel of the Sixth Regiment in\\nDecember, 177ti; was at Bennington under Starke.\\nHe was register of deeds for this county from 1776\\nuntil his death.\\nWiseman Claggett, one of the justices, had been\\nthe King s solicitor-general, and left the office on ac-\\ncount of dissatisfaction with the home government.\\nHe came to Litchfield to reside in December, 1771;\\nwas an efficient prosecuting officer, attaching great\\nconsequence to his position was active in the Revo-\\nlution, ranking among the foremost in zeal for the\\nsuccess of the colonists. He was made attorney-gene-\\nral of the State in 177o, and held the position until\\n1783.\\nJoshua Atherton, of Amherst, Mathew Patten, of\\nBedford, James Underw 1, of Litchfield, Robert\\nFletcher, of Dunstable, Noah Worcester, of Hollis,\\nFrancis Blood, of Temple. Zacheas Cutler, of New\\nBoston, and other prominent citizens of the county\\nwere from time to time justices of this court.\\nThe course of business must have been different\\nfrom the order pursued in most judicial tribunals,\\nfor among the rules promulgated tor the government\\nof the court were the following:", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "EARLY HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF COURTS.\\nII. That all sj lies intended lor ihe roml addre^-ed to the\\npresident.\\nIII. That i/vitv member speaking to the president shall lo it stand-\\ning.\\nIV. Tliat no member speak twice upon any motion until every mem-\\nber has had an opportunity of speaking once.\\nAt the October term, 1771, the first grand jury ever\\nempaneled in the futility was called. General John\\nShirk was in 1 t the jury. ne indictment made up\\nthe sum total of the findings of the grand jury. The\\nunfortunate individual by them presented answered\\nto the name of Jonas Stepleton. He was brought\\nto the bar, and being arraigned, pleaded guilty and\\nthrew himself upon the mercy (if the court. The\\nmercy of the court was dealt out as follows:\\nIt is ordered that the -aid Stopletoll he whipped 1\\\\\\\\ eiity -hipe- 1 1 I le\\nnaked back at the public whippingpost, between the horn s of one and\\ntwo of the ..ftern of this :;d day of October, and that he pay N. ilium\\nBaldwin, the owner of the goods stolen, forty-four pounds lawful money,\\nbeing tenfold the value of the goods stolen (the g Is stolen being re\\nturned) and that in default of the payment of -aid tenfold damages and\\ncosts of prosecution, the said Nahnin Baldtn in be authorized to dispose ul\\nthe said Jonas in servitude to any of Hi- Majesties subjects for the spai\\nfrom tin- d.ix\\nIn the Superior Court, a little later, one Kerf was\\nconvicted of arson, and received the following sen-\\ntence\\nIt is therefore considered by the Court that the said Michael Keef\\ni;- guilty, and il is ord. red and adjudged thai be sit one hour on the gal-\\nlows with a rope round his neck and be whipped thirty stripes on bis\\nnaked hack, on Thursday, the tenth da ol June next, between l be hours\\nof ten and twelve o clock in the forenoon that he be imprisoned six\\nmonths from the said tenth day of June, and give bonds for his good be-\\nhaviour in the sum of one hundred pounds, with two sureties in the sum\\nof fifty pounds each, for the space of two year- from the expiration of\\nsaid six months, and pay the o st of prosecution, taxed at lime mis,\\nBeven shillings and ten pence, anil stand committed till sentence be per\\nformed.\\nBenjamin Whiting, one of the committee appointed\\nto look out tho place for a jail, was a resident of Hol-\\nlis, and sheriff of the county at the time of its organi-\\nzation. He adhered to the King, quitted the country\\non the breaking out of hostilities, was proscribed and\\nforbidden to return and his estate was confiscated.\\nHe was a zealous officer of the King, as will appear\\nby an account of some of his official doings, and was\\na representative man among the Tories of his time.\\nMost of them were men appointed to office by the\\nroyal authority, and of course were in sympathy with\\nthe general purposes and objects of the government.\\nIn a word, like all honest office-holders, they believed\\nin the administration, and had taken an oath to sup-\\nport the laws of their country. May it not In- said\\nthat the Tories of the Revolution, with few exceptions,\\nwere right-minded men, fearful of change and consti-\\ntutionally opposed to innovations? It seemed to\\nthem like desertion of a paternal government to\\nmake common cause with those who stood to them as\\nrebels; they also doubted the ability of the colonists\\nto achieve their independence, and were unwilling to\\nput in jeopardy their fortunes in so hazardous an un-\\ndertaking. The lapse of a century leaves them in a\\nsomewhat improved condition so far as the morality\\nof their action is concerned.\\nSheriff Whiting had many obnoxious laws to\\nexecute, among others the statute giving every white\\npine tree from fifteen to thirty-six inches in diametei\\nto the King, for the use of his royal navy every man\\nin the province held his land subject to this incum-\\nbrance, ami severe penalties were inflicted upon indi-\\nviduals who might use a stick of white pine within\\nthe proscribed diameter.\\nThere was a surveyor of the King s woods, with\\nmany deputies, who were naturally obnoxious to the\\npeople. The owner of land, before he commenced\\ncutting, was by law compelled to employ the surveyor\\nor deputy to mark the trees upon the premises fit for\\nmasts for the navy, and neglecting to do this, or being\\ntoo poor to pay the surveyor his fees, the whole was\\nforfeited to the King.\\nSeizures and forfeitures were common wherever the\\npine-tree grew and mills had been erected. The\\ngreatest hostility prevailed against the officers execut-\\ning the law, and soon extended to the government.\\nThe execution of this law in the interior of the prov-\\nince was with the inhabitants of this county an ex-\\nciting cause of the Revolution.\\nIn the winter of 1771 and 1772 an extensive seizure\\nwas made in the northern portion of the county.\\nAlthough the pine is found in most towns in the\\nsouthern part of the State, it was more abundant upon\\nthe Piscataquog River than in other places in this\\nvicinity The great road from Manchester to East\\nWeare, know-n even now as the Mast road, was origi-\\nnally built to facilitate the transportation of masts\\nfrom Goffstown, Weare, New Boston, Dunbarton and\\nother towns to the Merrimack, to be floated down\\nthat stream to the ocean at Xewburyport.\\nA deputy visited this locality in 1771 and 1772 and\\ncondemned a large amount of lumber in the mill-\\nyards on the Piscataquog. They were libeled in the\\nAdmiralty Court at Portsmouth, and the owners cited\\nto appear and show cause why they should not be\\nforfeited. The citation was published in the New\\nHampshire Gazette of February 7, 1772, and called\\nupon all persons claiming property in certain enu-\\nmerated white pine logs seized by order of the sur-\\nveyor-general in roffstown and Weare, in the prov-\\nince of New Hampshire, to appear at a lourt of Vice-\\nAdmiralty to he held at Portsmouth, February 27,\\n1772, and show cause why the logs should not he\\nfoil, it.. 1. The parties interested in the lumber seiz-\\nure -ul Samuel Blodgett, before spoken of as one of\\nthe justices of the Court of Sessions, to Portsmouth\\nto effect a compromise. He made an arrangement by\\nwhich the informations were to be withdrawn upon\\nthe payment of certain sums of money in each case.\\nBlodgett was appointed agent to make this settlement,\\nand was also made a deputy by the surveyor-general.\\nBlodgett, upon his return, sent the offenders a note", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsaying that at the request of many of their number\\nhe had made a journey to Portsmouth and obtained\\nleave to settle the complaints in a manner easy to the\\ntrespassers, informing them he was appointed a dep-\\nuty of the surveyor, and calling upon them to settle\\nwith the King.\\nA settlement was effected with all the owners of\\nlogs excepting those at Clement s Mills, in Weare\\nthey would make no compromise. Accordingly, com-\\nplaints were made out against them and put into the\\nhands of Benjamin Whiting, of Hollis, the sheriff of\\nthe county, for service.\\nOn the 13th of April, 1772, Mr. Whiting and his\\ndeputy, Mr. Quigley, proceeded to serve their warrants.\\nOne of the defendants was a Mr. Mudget, residing in\\nWeare. Whiting arrested Mudget, who agreed to give\\nbail next morning. Mudget, instead of getting bailin the\\nusual way. collected a company of his friends during\\nthe night, and very early in the morning called upon\\nthe sheriff and told him his bail was ready. Mudget s\\nfriends were disguised. The officer had not dressed\\nhimself for the daj when they rushed upon him in\\nhis bed-chamber. He attempted to fire upon them,\\nbut was seized, disarmed and severely beaten.\\nA more desperate encounter preceded the capture\\nof Quigley. The horses of both were disfigured by\\nthe cropping of their ears, manes and tails. For a\\ntime the officers refused to mount these sorry-looking\\nanimals, and were helped into their saddles in no\\nceremonious way.\\nWhiting and Quigley repaired at once to Colonels\\nGoffe and Lutwyce, who at their request ordered out\\nthe posse eomitatus, and the force thus raised\\nmarched back to Clement s Mills. The rioters had\\ntaken to the woods and not a man of them could be\\nfound. One was afterwards arrested and lodged in\\njail; others gave bail for their appearcnce at court.\\nMudget and seven others, all citizens of Weare, were\\nindicted, pleaded nolo contendere, and were lined by\\nthe court for this assault on Whiting. It was an un-\\njustifiable resistance to an officer in the discharge of\\nbis duty, and although the action of the government\\nwas oppressive, it was not the proper way in which to\\ninaugurate a revolution.\\nFrom this time forth the county was in a state of\\ncontinual political excitement until the opening of\\nthe Revolutionary War. The last court record, made\\nupon a half-sheet of crown foolscap, is as follows:\\nAnn. llru ni Io-_ i- eii Tertii.\\nJuly session, 1T7: .lutiti.e- present, John Shepard, Jr., Bloses\\nNichols, Es.|S.\\nt.r.i nil Jin hi n i i ii!, William Bradford, Samuel linl ii v, Will in iii\\nMcQuistin.\\nA in- M sty s Court i General Sessions of tin- Peace, held at Am-\\nhersl, in and for tin- ohiij! of H1Iia.11r1.u-l1 uinl Province ot X.-w\\nHampshire, on the firet Thursdaj next foll..i\\\\ in- tin- first Tuesday in\\nJuly, 177 said Coin! elect, .1 Mosc- Nichols, Esq., Clerk pro tem, and\\naiiji.mii.il ,ml Court ul General Ses-ions of tile Peace to the first Thurs-\\nday next following the first Tuesday of October next.\\ni-, i I r 1\\nOnly two justices present, one presides, the other\\nis clerk pro tempore. The court is adjourned to meet\\nupon a certain day in his Majesty s name, but the\\ncoming of that day found the patriotic justices with\\nbusiness to their hands more congenial than holding\\ncourt in the name of George III.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nTHE BENCH AND BAR.\\nPrior to the War of the Revolution there were\\nbut three members of the legal profession residing\\nwithin the present limits of Hillsborough County.\\nThese were Hon. Wiseman Claggett, of Litchfield\\nHon. Ebenezer Champney, of New Ipswich; and\\nHon. Joshua Atherton, of Amherst.\\nHon. Wiseman Claggett was born at Bristol,\\nEngland, in the month of August, 1721, and received\\nan early and liberal education in that country. Hav-\\ning finished his academical studies, he became a stu-\\ndent at the Inns of Court, qualified himself for the\\nprofession of the law, and titter going through a regu-\\nlar course of preparatory studies, was admitted a bar-\\nrister in the Court of King s Bench.\\nA few years after his admission to the liar he\\ncrossed the Atlantic to the West Indies, settled in\\nAntigua under very flattering circumstances, and was\\ncordially received by the principal inhabitants of the\\nisland, particularly by a gentleman of fortune, who,\\nas an inducement for him to remain there, settled on\\nhim a handsome annuity for life. He was appointed\\na notary public and secretary of the island. He dis-\\ncharged the duties of these offices with fidelity, and\\npursued his professional business there with success\\nfor several years, until the decease of his particular\\nfriend and patron. He then embarked for this coun-\\ntry, and settled in Portsmouth. He was admitted an\\nattorney of the Superior Court at the next session\\nafter his arrival, and was soon after appointed a jus-\\ntice of the peace. In the exercise of this office he\\nwas strict, severe and overbearing. For many years\\nhe was the principal acting magistrate in Portsmouth,\\nand his name became proverbial. When one person\\nthreatened another with a prosecution, it was usual to\\nsay, I will lagged you.\\nHe received the appointment of King s attorney-\\ngeneral for the province in the year 1 7 j 7 He took\\ntm early and decided pan in opposition to the oppress-\\nive acts of the British Parliament at a time when a\\nconsiderable portion of his property was in the con-\\ntrol of the government. Previous to the Revolution\\nhe removed to Litchfield, where he possessed a large\\nami valuable estate on the banks of the Merrimack.\\nHe represented that town and Derryfield, classed", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nwith it, several years in the General Court. Being\\nomitted one year, the towns of Merrimack and Bedford\\nelected him for their representative, although not an\\ninhabitant of either of those places. He always re-\\ntained a grateful remembrance of this mark of confi-\\ndence and respect, and frequently spoke of it with\\npleasure. He was for some time a member of the\\nCommittee of Safety, and was active, attentive and\\nuseful. He was influential in framing and carrying\\ninto effect the temporary form of government which\\nwas first adopted in New Hampshire, under which\\nthe office of solicitor-general was created, and Mr.\\nClaggett was the only person who ever had that\\nappointment; the office ceased at the adoption\\nof the constitution, in 1784, a little previous to his\\ndeath.\\nHe possessed a great flow of wit, which, accompa-\\nnied by his social talents and learning, made him an\\nagreeable companion. He was also distinguished for\\nhis classical knowledge. He wrote the Latin language\\nwith ease and elegance and spoke it with fluency.\\nHe had a fine taste for poetry, and munyjeux d esprit,\\nthe productions of his pen, have been preserved by\\nhis friends. He did not possess a perfect equanimity\\nof temper, but was subject at times to great depres-\\nsion of spirits. He died at Litchfield the 4th of De-\\ncember, 1784, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.\\nEbenezer Champney was born at Cambridge in\\n174:!, and was educated at Harvard University, re-\\nceiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1762. He\\nwas at first designed for the ministry, and to that end\\nstudied divinity and preached two years. He re-\\nceived a call to settle in Township No. 1 (now Mason)\\nthis was declined, and soon after, he left this profes-\\nsion for that of the law. He prepared himself for\\nthis vocation in the office of Hon. Samuel Livermore,\\nand was admitted to the bar at Portsmouth, N. H., in\\n1768. In June of the same year he removed to New\\nIpswich, and entered upon the duties of his profes-\\nsion. In the spring of 1783, Mr. Champney went to\\nGroton, where he remained until 1789, was represent-\\native in 1784, when he returned to New Ipswich.\\nHis first commission as justice of the peace was re-\\nceived from the celebrated Governor John Hancock,\\nof Massachusetts.\\nIn 1795 he was appointed judge of Probate for the\\ncounty of Hillsborough. The duties of this office\\nwere appropriately discharged until his resignation,\\na few months before his death.\\nJudge Champney married, first, a daughter of Rev.\\nCaleb Trowbridge, of Groton, in 1764, which con-\\nnected him with the distinguished families of Cottons\\nand Mathers. By this marriage he had seven chil-\\ndren, three of whom died in infancy. He became a\\nwidower in 177o, and was married again, in 1778, to\\nAbigail Parker, by whom he had four children. She\\ndied in 1790, and he was again married, in March,\\nHi6toryof New Ipswich.\\n1796, to Susan Wyman, who died the Septcmbei fol-\\nlowing.\\nJudge Champney was a man of very respectable\\ntalents, and exercised no inconsiderable influence in\\nthe vicinity. During the earlier years of his practice\\nhe was the only lawyer between Keene and Groton,\\nand had offices both at New Ipswich and the latter\\nplace, in conjunction with his son. The labor of at-\\ntending the courts at that period was very great, the\\ncircuit being extensive, and all journeys were neces-\\nsarily performed on horseback.\\nDuring the controversy between the colonies and\\nthe mother-country the sentiments of Mr. Champney\\nwere adverse to those extreme measures that led to\\nthe Revolution. He was a moderate Tory, and dep-\\nrecating a resort to arms, believed that with prudent\\nand moderate counsels all causes of disaffection might\\nbe satisfactorily adjusted. He wished to preserve\\nhis loyalty and the peace of the country; but, like\\nmany others who forebore to take part in the contest,\\nhe lived to acknowledge the beneficent effects of that\\nstruggle which gave us our liberties and free institu-\\ntions.\\nHe died on the 10th of September, 1810, at the age\\nof sixty-seven.\\nHON. JOSHUA ATHEBTON 2 was born in Harvard,\\nMass., June 20, 1737. He numbered among his class-\\nmates at Harvard, Elbridge Gerry, Jeremy Belknap\\nand other distinguished men. While residing in\\nLitchfield and Merrimack he was intimate with Colo-\\nnel Lutwyche, a retired colonel of the British army, a\\nman of means, of refined tastes, acquainted with the\\nworld and used to good society.\\nHaving received the appointment of register of\\nProbate for Hillsborough County, Mr. Atherton re-\\nmoved from Merrimack to Amherst in the summer of\\n1773, and was soon busily engaged in the practice of\\nhis profession. In a short time, however, as the dis-\\npute between the mother-country and her American\\ncolonies increased in bitterness, as he was an open\\nand avowed Loyalist, he fell under the popular dis-\\npleasure.\\nIn common with many other well-informed men of\\nhis time, he was not insensible of the wrongs inflicted\\nupon the colonies by the British government, but\\nsaw no prospect of their redress by an appeal to arms.\\nHis profession, too, was an unpopular one, and it was\\nan easy matter for the leaders in the new movement\\nto excite the people against him. It is also notice-\\nable that much of the persecution to which he was\\nsubjected bad its origin in towns adjoining Amherst,\\nrather than among his townsmen.\\nIn 1788 he was chosen a delegate to the convention\\nto ratify or reject the proposed constitution of the\\nUnited States. Acting upon his own convictions of\\nright and the instructions of his constituents, he op-\\nposed its ratification.\\nC inlen*e.:l from Secomh s History of Amherst.*", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn 1702 he was appointed a delegate to the conven-\\ntion called to revise the state constitution adopted in\\n1783. After several sessions the work of this con-\\nvention resulted in the amended constitution adopted\\nthe i pie in 1702. which remained unchanged for\\nnearly sixty years.\\nIn L793and 1794 he served as Senator in the State\\nLegislature, and in the latter year received the ap-\\npointment of attorney -general of the State At this\\ntime many young nun resorted to his office for in-\\nstruction in their chosen profession, William Plunur.\\nWilliam Coleman (afterward of the New York Even-\\ning Post) and William Gordon being among the num-\\nber.\\nAfter the new administration of the affairs of tin-\\ncountry under the Federal government had gone into\\noperation, and had exhibited proofs of a steady, wise\\nand firm rule over the whole country, he became one\\nof its firmest supporters.\\nIn 1798 he was appointed a Commissioner for the\\ncounty of Hillsborough, under the aei passed l un-\\npen 9th July of that year, providing for the valua-\\ntion of lands, dwelling-houses, etc., in the United\\nStates, with a view to levying and collecting direct\\ntaxes for the support of government. This act was\\nan exceedingly unpopular one, and his acceptance of\\noffice under it revived all the old ill-will against him.\\nHe, however, discharged the duties of the office, and\\nhad the honor of being hung in effigy at Deering.\\nHis health and mental vigor becoming impaired, he\\nresigned the office of attorney-general in 1800, and\\nthenceforth devoted himself to the pursuits of a pri-\\nvate citizen.\\nHon. Clifton Claggett 1 studied law under the\\ndirection of his father and commenced practice in\\nLitchfield in 17S7. whence lie removed to Amherst in\\n1811. While residing in Litchfield he represented\\nthe town in the General Court several years. In 1802,\\n1816 and 181S he was elected a Representative to\\nCongress. In 1810 he was appointed judge of Probate\\nfor Hillsborough County, and held the office until\\nSeptember, 1812, when, having been appointed one of\\nthe judges of the Superior lourt, lie resigned. From\\nthis last office he was removed, upon the reorganiza-\\ntion of the court, by the Federal party the following\\nyear.\\nIn 1823 he was appointed judge of Probate for the\\ncounty of Hillsborough, and held the office until his\\ndeath.\\nDr. John Farmer wrote of him Without any com-\\nmanding powers, hut with the possession of respecta-\\nble attainments. Judge laggott gave his constituents,\\nand the public generally, that satisfaction which has\\nnot always been imparted by those of higher acquisi-\\ntions, or bj those of the most popular and splendid\\ntalents.\\nHon. Samuel Dana was horn in what is now\\ni By Daniel F. Sei omh.\\nBrighton, .Mass.. January 14. 1739. He graduated\\nfrom Harvard, and in 1781 was admitted to the Hills-\\nborough bar. He resided in Amherst.\\nIn November, 1782, he was chosen a delegate to the\\nconvention which framed the constitution of the\\nState. Shortly after the adoption of the constitution\\nhe was appointed a justice of the Inferior Court of\\nCommon Pleas, but declined toaccept the office. In\\n17V In- was appointed register of Probate for Hills-\\nborough County, and held the office until January 9,\\n1780. when he was appointed judge of Probate. This\\noffice he resigned December 21, 1702. saying, in the\\nletter conveying his resignation, that for the sup-\\nport of my family I am obliged to practice as an\\nattorney, and there is danger that I may not always\\nbe able to distinguish between a fee to the attorney\\nand a bribe to the judge.\\nIn 1793 he was chosen to the State Senate to rill a\\nvacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Joshua\\nAtherton. He died April 2. 1798.\\nCharles Humphrey Atherton, son of Joshua\\nAtherton, born in Amherst, graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 1794; read law with Joshua Atherton and\\nWilliam Gordon commenced practice in 1707; Re-\\npresentative in Congress 1815-17 register of Probate\\n1798-1837; died January 8, 1853.\\nHe occupied a prominent place in the Hillsborough\\nCounty bar for nearly fifty years. He was a prudent\\nand judicious counselor and a faithful advocate. As\\na Probate lawyer he had lew equals and no superiors\\nin the State.\\nHe represented the town of Amherst in the reneral\\nCourt in 1823, 1838 and 1839, and served many years\\non the superintending school committee of the town,\\never manifesting a deep interest in the prosperity of\\nits common schools.\\nFranklin Pierce was born at Hillsborough,\\nN. H., November 23, 1804. His lather. I General Ben-\\njamin Pierce, served throughout the Revolutionary\\nWar, and in 1827 and 1820 was Governor of New\\nHampshire. The early youth of Franklin Pierce ex-\\nhibited great mental promise, and it was the aim of\\nhis family that his education should lie thorough.\\nHis initiatory and academical courses took place at\\nHancock, Francestown and Exeter, and in 1820 he\\nentered college at Bowdoin, -Me., where Rev. Dr.\\nStone, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John P. Hall. James\\nBell and others no less celebrated subsequently, were\\nhis classmates. He took his degree in 1824 and\\nspent the three following years in the study of law,\\nat North Hampton, Mas and Amherst. In 1827\\nhe was admitted to the bar, and opened his office in\\nhis native town, where his success was speedy and\\ngreat, largely because his application was equal to his\\nability. It was earlj seen in his career that he\\nwould attain the very highest local celebrity, a con-\\nviction that was ultimatclv f ullv realized. While so", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "fi\\n77? /i\u00c2\u00aby.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND B\\nearnestly applying himself to his duties as a lawyer\\nhe espoused himself with great zeal to the cause of\\nDemocratic principles, and during the second year of\\nhis legal practice, and for two subsequent years, he\\nwas chosen to represent Hillsborough in the State\\nLegislature. In 1832 and 18:;:: he was also Representa-\\ntive and Speaker of the House. This and associate\\nhonors were not won by any underhand action, but\\nby a firm adherence to political principle, eloquence\\nin debate, unquestioned capacity for public business,\\nuniform courtesy and an exhibition of frankness and\\nmanliness of character. In the second year of his\\nincumbency as speaker, being then in his twenty-\\nninth year, he was elected to represent his native\\ndistrict in the United States Congress, which lie did\\nin that and the succeeding Congress with much\\nability and credit.\\nIn 1837 he was chosen by the Legislature to repre-\\nsent New Hampshire in the United States Senate,\\nand his statesmanship was such as to be the subject\\nof universal encomiums among men of all parties.\\nThough one of the youngest, he was one of the most\\ninfluential of that then nio*t distinguished body.\\nFew public men had such power as he in making\\nfriends, and very few had a wider circle of admirers.\\nFrom causes ofapurely personal and domestic nature.\\nSenator Pierce resigned his office in 1842, and came\\nhome to Concord, where he had removed his family\\nsome years previously, and resumed his profession as\\na lawyer. In 1845, owing to the vacancy in the\\nUnited States Senate caused by the appointment\\nof Hon. Levi Woodbury to the Superior bench,\\nthe successorship was offered by Governor John\\nSteele to Mr. Pierce, but was gratefully declined. He\\nalso declined the nomination for Governor of the\\nState and a seat in the Cabinet of President Polk.\\nIn his declinatory letter to the President he said that\\nwhen he left the Senate he did so with the fixed pur-\\npose never again to be voluntarily separated from his\\nfamily for any considerable time, except at the call of\\nhis country in time of war. When the Mexican War\\nbroke out, in 1S47, a battali f soldiers was called\\nfor from New Hampshire, and Mr. Pierce was among\\nthe very first to enlist as a private soldier, and one of\\nthe most earnest in the ranks at drill. He was com-\\nmissioned March 1*47. as brigadier-general, and\\nsailed with a detachment from Newport, R. I., and\\nlanded at Vera Cruz on the following 28th of June.\\nHe left Vera Cruz with his brigade lor the Mexican\\ninterior the succeeding month to reinforce General\\nScott. On the way, with his two thousand four hun-\\ndred men, several severe skirmishes with guerrillas\\ntook place, in all of which the enemy was defeated.\\nHe carried his force, losing very few men, to Pu-\\nebla, where they joined the army of the command-\\ning general. Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino and\\nChapultepec were hard-fought fields, on which\\nhe liberally shared the honors of victory, as the\\nofficial reports of these actions abundantly and\\ncreditably show. An eminent military otlicer, in re-\\nviewing the history of these struggles and the merits\\nof the leaders therein, says 1 have reason to believe\\nthat every old otlicer in the army will sustain me\\nwhen I say of General Pierce that in his service in\\nMexico he did his duty as a son of the republic, that\\nhe was eminently patriotic and gallant, and that it\\nhas added a laurel to his beautiful civic wreath. It\\nwould be unjust to his memory to neglect mentioning\\nIn- remarkable regard for the comfort ami health of\\nthe men under his command; with untiring vigi-\\nlance and open hand he administered without stint\\nor measure to the alleviation id their privations and\\ntheir sufferings. In 1847, when peace with Mexico\\nwas assured, General Pierce returned home to meet\\nthe welcome of his many friends and to realize the\\nhighest h rs they could bestowupon him. Among\\nthem was the presentation of a splendid sword by\\nthe State Legislature, as a token of esteem for him as\\na man and of his gallantry as a soldier. From the\\nperiod of his return from Mexico up to 1852 he de-\\nvoted himself to his profession, his principal political\\naction being his presiding at the Constitutional ^in-\\nvention of the State, which met at Concord in L850.\\nSome that are now alive, and were present in court at\\nManchester, in May, 1850, will never forget the won-\\nderful eloquence, the powerful logic and the amazing\\nlegal skill which he exercised preceding the acquittal\\nof both the Wcntworths, of Saco, Me., charged with\\nthe murder of Jonas Parker, in Manchester, in 1845.\\nAs an orator, he presented his thoughts in a style that\\nwould do credit to any age or nation. His remarks\\non the death of Daniel Webster are unexcelled in the\\nEnglish language. In 1852 the New Hampshire\\nState Democratic Convention recommended him as a\\ncandidate for the Presidency but he declined, for\\nreasons modestly assigned by himself, to allow his\\nname to be used in that relation. However, the Na-\\ntional Democratic Convention, which met in Balti-\\nmore in June of 1852, after forty-nine ballot-, gave\\nhim the nomination by a vote of two hundred and\\neighty-two against eleven. The enthusiasm demon-\\nstrated all over the nation in favor of General Pierce\\nwas unprecedented, and the result of the campaign\\nwas his election over General Scott, the Whig candi-\\ndate, the Pierce electoral vote being two hundred\\nand fifty-four and that for Scott forty-two.\\nPresident Pierce was inaugurated at Washington\\nMarch 4, 1853. he being then in his forty-ninth year.\\nHe had called to aid him a Cabinet C posed of men\\nof rare ability. A member of thatcabinet has truth-\\nfully said,\\nTbe administration Franklin Pierce presents the only instance in\\nil i i l.in \\\\,mi- uifliouta single\\nc1i.mil:.- it. n- w tie remembered that there was much\\nitj.-.-iiiiil.ilit it li. ill- 11^111 1 ly, hin.i. 1. I imi.-li- tin- men il mts ot tlntt\\nc.iMimi. .hm- .i ina I t- i [lie p iwer over men pose ssed and\\nexercised bj Mr Pierce Chivalrous, generous, amiable, on* lo bie\\nfooriil- and to bis faith, frank ami ho]. I in t.i- limit ion of liis opinions,\\ntie neve] deceived any om-. Ainl if ir.-.-nln-ry Innl e ver come near him,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe presence of his truth, bis maulinese\\nAmong the more important events of his adminis-\\ntration were the dispute respecting the boundary be-\\ntween the United States and Mexico, resulting in the\\nacquisition of Arizona: the exploration of the routes\\nproposed for a railroad from the Mississippi to the\\nPacific the amicable settlement of a serious dispute\\nwith Great Britain about the fisheries; the affair of\\nMartin Kozta; the repeal of the Missouri Compro-\\nmise; the organization of the Territories of Kansas\\nand Nebraska; the Ostend conference; the treaty\\nnegotiated at Washington providing for commercial\\nreciprocity between this country and the Canadian\\nprovinces the treaty with Japan negotiated in 1864\\nby Commodore Perry the dismissal of the British\\nminister at Washington and the British consuls at\\nNew York. Philadelphia and Cincinnati. While\\nmuch political agitation marked the term of his of-\\nfice, still it was a period of remarkable prosperity to\\nthe nation. President Pierce s devotion to his coun-\\ntry ami tiag was never shaken or impaired by any\\nmisrepresentation or abuse on the part of his politi-\\ncal enemies. In public and in private life his speeches\\nami correspondence evince a sincere sympathy witli\\nthe Union and a devotion to the principles of the\\nUnion, to which he had been from childhood a most\\nearnest and sincere advocate.\\nOn retiring from the Presidential chair, and after a\\nbrief sojourn at home, he visited Europe and trav-\\neled extensively over Great Britain and the continent.\\nEverywhere he was received with marked attention\\nand respect, although he eschewed all ostentation.\\nHe returned after an absence of about three years and\\ndevoted himself almost entirely to the duties of a\\ncommon citizen. Socially, no man had more or\\ndeeper respect than he, during the period spent by\\nhim in political retirement. He was beloved by\\nyoung and old, and there was no partisan limit to that\\naffection.\\nPresident Pierce died childless. His wife was\\nMary A. Appleton, who gave him two sons, Benjamin\\nand Frank the latter died when but a child, and Ben-\\njamin was killed in a railroad accident near Andover,\\nMass., soon after his lather s election as President.\\nMrs. Pierce died in 1863, and President Pierce passed\\naway Ictober 9, 1869. The event was a universal\\ncause for mourning; high honors, local and national,\\nwere paid to his memory. The family lie buried in\\nthe beautiful new cemetery at Concord, N. H.\\nHon. Charles Gordon Atherton was born at\\nAmherst, in Hillsborough County, N. H., July 4,\\n1804. He graduated at Cambridge University, in\\n1818, with unusual reputation for ability and scholar-\\nship at an early age. He studied law in the office of\\nhis distinguished father, Hon. Charles H. Atherton,\\nwas admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one and\\ni l .v Hon. L. B. Cluu^li.\\nestablished himself in business in the town of Dun-\\nstable (now Nashua), in his native county. In his\\nprofession his success was decided and his rise rapid.\\nHis mind, clear, logical and strong, with the ballast of\\nexcellent common sense, the adornments of a quick,\\nfancy and a cultivated taste, was admirably adapted\\nto the studies and the labors of the law. So far as\\nwas permitted by the interruptions of political life,\\nhe continued to the last in the active practice of his\\nchosen profession. As a lawyer, it is not too much to\\nsay of him that he stood in the front rank of a bar\\nwhich has always been fruitful of legal strength and\\nacumen his place was side by side with such com-\\npeers as Pierce, Woodbury, Parker, Bartlett and Bell\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094following, but not unworthily, in the path of those\\nearlier giants of the law, Webster, Mason and\\nJeremiah Smith.\\nIn 1830 he commenced his public career as a Repre-\\nsentative from Nashua in the New Hampshire Legis-\\nlature, and continued in this office for a period of\\nseveral years. He was Speaker of the House of Rep-\\nresentatives for the last three of those years. In\\nMarch, 1837, he was chosen one of the Representatives\\nof New Hampshire in the national Congress, where\\nhe remained for three successive terms, At the ex-\\npiration of that period he was transferred to the\\nSenate of the United States for the term of six years\\nsuccessor to John P. Hale at being re-elected to the\\nSenate in March, 1853, occupying a seat in that body\\nduring the executive session succeeding the inaugura-\\ntion of President Pierce. He was also a member of\\nthe Baltimore Convention which nominated General\\nPierce for the Presidency. Mr. Atherton died Novem-\\nber 15, 1853.\\nHon. Charles Frederick Gove, A.M., 2 the son\\nof Dr. Jonathan anil Polly (Dow) (Jove, was born at\\nGoffstown, May 13, 1793. He graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1817; read law at Harvard Law School,\\ngraduating LL.B. in 1820; began practice in Goffs-\\ntown; was assistant clerk of the New Hampshire\\nHouse of Representatives in 1829; represented Gotis-\\ntown there in 183(1, 1831, 1832, 1833 and 1834; was in\\nthe New Hampshire Senate, and elected its president\\nin June, 1835 solicitor of Hillsborough County from\\n1XM4 to 1835, when he was appointed attorney-general\\nand .served until 1842, and circuit judge of the Court\\nof Common Picas from 1842 to 1848; then became\\nsuperintendent of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad.\\nHe removed from Goflstown to Nashua in 1839; mar-\\nried Mary Kennedy, daughter of Ziba Gay, of Nashua,\\nSeptember 22, 1844. He died at Nashua, October 21,\\n1856, aged sixty-three years. He was a man of great\\nenergy of mind and character, but unfortunately pos-\\nsessed of a feeble constitution. John Gove, D.C., was\\nbis half-brother.\\nJudge Gove, in private and public life, sustained\\nthe character of an upright, honorable man. Ever of\\nBj- Hon. L. B. Clough.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\na slender constitution, yet his industry and energy led\\nhim to fill the various public offices with which he\\nwas honored with credit to himself and to the general\\nacceptation of the public. He was equally firm in\\nhis friendship and in his enmity.\\nHon. Samuel H. Ayer, 1 son of Dr. Aver, was\\nborn in Eastport, Me., in the year 1810. He gradu-\\nated at Bowdoin College in 1839, and afterwards com-\\nmenced the study of law in the office of Messrs. Pierce\\nFowler, at Concord. He was admitted to prac-\\ntice in Hillsborough County, and opened an office\\nat Hillsborough in 1842. For five successive years he\\nrepresented the town of Hillsborough, from 1845 to\\n1849, the last two years of this time being Speaker of\\nthe House of Representatives. In 1847 he was ap-\\npointed solicitor of the county of Hillsborough, and\\nsuccessfully performed the duties of said office until\\nhis death.\\nHe removed to Manchester in 1850, and opened an\\noffice in connection with B. F. Ayer. Although of the\\nsame name, he was not related by blood to B. F. Ayer.\\nIn 1852 he was one of the commission for revising the\\nstatutes of the State, and in connection with the late\\nGovernor Metcalf and Calvin Ainsworth, in June,\\n1853, submitted their compilation to the Legislature,\\nknown as the Compiled Statutes. He was a pleas-\\ning and effective speaker, frank, generous and just,\\nand wiin the esteem of all who knew him. Hon. S.\\nH. Ayer died October 4, 1853, aged thirty-four years.\\nHon. George W. Morrison. 2 The family of\\nMorrison was originally of Scotland, a branch of\\nwhich emigrated to the north of Ireland about the\\nmiddle of the fifteenth century, and settled in Lon-\\ndonderry.\\nCharter Samuel, so called because he was one of\\nthe grantees of Londonderry, N. H., was among the\\nfirst settlers of that town. He was there as early as\\n1721, and signed the petition for a charter.\\nJames Morrison, father of George W., was born in\\nLondonderry, N. H., in 1781, and removed with his\\nfather, Samuel, grandson of Charter Samuel, to Fair-\\nlee, Vt., about the year 1791. When quite young he\\nwas apprenticed to a carpenter and joiner, served his\\ntime faithfully, learned his trade and learned it well,\\nand after his emancipation, followed the business in-\\ndustriously for many years.\\nWith the proceeds of his labor he purchased a farm\\nat Fairlee, to which, during the latter years of his\\nlife, he devoted his principal attention. Physically.,\\nhe was a noble specimen of a man had a good figure,\\nvery strongly built, and weighed more than two hun-\\ndred pounds. He possessed a well-balanced mind,\\nsound judgment and a vigorous understanding. He\\ndied in full strength at sixty, without an infirmity or\\neven a grey hair upon him. In 1802 he married\\nMartha Pelton, daughter of John Pelton, of Lyme,\\nN. H. She was a lady of excellent understanding,\\n1 By Hon. L. B. Clough.\\nBy David P. Per\\nmodest and retiring in her manners, managed her\\nhousehold with great discretion and good sense, and\\nbestowed upon her family of nine children all the\\nwealth of a mother s love. She died at Fairlee, July\\n14, 1870, aged eighty-seven years.\\nHon. George W. Morrison, the second son of James\\nand Martha, was born in Fairlee, Vt., October 1.6,\\n1809, lived with his parents and worked on their\\nhome farm until the fall of 1830, when he entered i lie\\nAcademy of Thetford, and continued there a little\\nmore than four months, thus completing his academic\\ncourse of study. He then entered the office of Judge\\nSimeon Short, of Thetford, as a student-at-law, and\\nread with him and Presburg West, Jr., in all about\\nfour years. But while he was pursuing his legal\\nstudies in the offices of Judge Short and Mr. West, he\\nwas accustomed to return to the farm and assist his\\nfather in haying and harvesting. Reaping was his\\nspecial delight. No man within the circle of his\\nacquaintance, either in Vermont or New Hampshire,\\ncould excel him in the use of the sickle. His father\\nwas a man of small means he had a large family to\\nsupport money was scarce, and George, who was his\\nchief dependence in carrying forward his farm-work,\\nfrom a sense of filial duty, rendered him all the assist-\\nance in his power. At the same time he supported\\nhimself by teaching school during the winter months,\\nand by hard labor at night in a saw-mill, in the\\nspring of the year. Sawing logs commanded better\\nwages than teaching in the village school.\\nMr. Morrison was an ambitious young man, am-\\nbitious for success in all his laudable undertakings,\\nand always took the advantage of every means in his\\npower for improvement. By the laws of Vermont,\\nwhen he was a student, a justice court was entitled to\\na jury panel of six. Before such a tribunal he often\\nsuccessfully appeared, even while he was a teacher in\\nthe common schools, in the defense of some unlucky\\nyeoman. And so, while he was a teacher one winter\\nin Western New York, he gained quite a reputation\\nas a successful practitioner in the justice courts.\\nSuch were his preparations for the great duties and\\nresponsibilities of his professional and political life.\\nHis mental endowments were of a high order, among\\nthe most apparent of which were his keen perceptions\\nand his self-reliance. As a student-at-law, in the\\npractice of his profession, in his addresses to the jury\\nor the court, on the hustings, in the State Legislature\\nand in the halls of Congress his self-reliance never\\nforsook him.\\nAt the June session of 1835 the Orange County\\nCourt was holden at Chelsea, and Mr. Morrison had\\nthe sole charge of Mr. West s extensive business, and\\ntried without assistance every case, with one excep-\\ntion. It was at this term he made application for\\nexamination, pursuant to admission. He had flatter-\\ning certificates from both gentlemen with whom he\\nhad read, but on their presentation objections were\\nmade by some of the young gentlemen of the bar, on", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe ground that the applicant had not complied with\\nthe rule-, having read leas than five years. Judge\\nNutting, author of Nutting s Grammar, used exten-\\nsively in the schools, an accomplished scholar and\\ndistinguished lawyer, replied that the young man had\\nnot asked for admission to the bar, but for examina-\\ntion and as Mr. Morrison believed he possessed a\\nsufficient knowledge of the law to. justify him in sub-\\nmitting to an examination as to his qualifications, he\\nthought that so reasonable a request ought to be\\ngranted.\\nJudge Parker, of Bradford, thereupon moved that a\\ncommittee of three be appointed for such examina-\\ntion. The motion prevailed, and Judge Nutting,\\nJudge Parker and Mr. Ordway were chosen.\\nThe committee held three sessions, of two hours\\neach, and gave Mr. Morrison a most thorough and\\nsearching examination, which he passed triumph-\\nantly, and on submitting their report to the bar, he\\nwas unanimously admitted.\\nBefore entering upon the practice of his profession\\nlie traveled somewhat extensively in New York,\\nPennsylvania, New Hampshire and Maine, and on\\nhis way home from the latter State to Vermont, he\\nStopped awhile at Amoskeag Falls, in Manchester.\\nIts immense water-power attracted his attention. In\\nconversation with some of the leading citizens, he\\nwas informed that a company of Boston capitalists\\nhail recently purchased large tracts of land upon both\\nshies. if the river, with the view of building up ex-\\ntensive manufacturing interests. He saw clearly a\\nflourishing manufacturing town springing up in the\\nimmediate future, as by magic, holding out singular\\nattract inns to a young and ambitious lawyer. Acting\\nupon his own judgment, with reference to its capacity\\nand business prospects, he decided to make Man-\\nchester his permanent resilience and grow up with\\nthe town. It was in the summer of 183(5 that he took\\nup his residence at Amoskeag, and opened an office\\nin an old school-house, near the west end of McGreg-\\ngor s bridge, the only bridge at that time across the\\nMerrimack River within the present limits of Man-\\nchester and about half-way between the two villages\\nof Amoskeag and Piscataquog. At that time there\\nwere four lawyers at S ptog(so called) of some distinc-\\ntion, and two at Gotl stown. One of these old lawyers,\\nwho had been in constant practice thirty years, often\\nmet Mr. Morrison in the justice courts, anil at first\\ntreated him with contumely and reproach, called him\\na beardless boy, who had received his education in\\nthe pastures of Vermont, and now presumed to prac-\\ntice law in the courts of New Hampshire; but a few\\nlessons of sarcasm, a weapon Mr. Morrison knew well\\nhow to use with terrible effect, silenced his antagonist,\\nand ever after inspired him with the most profound\\nrespect.\\nMr. Morrison did what little business came in his\\nway during the summer and fall, and in the winter\\ntaught the village school. The next spring people\\nflocked in from all the surrounding country, the town\\nwas rapidly built up. and he removed his office from\\nthe old school-house to the east side of the river, and\\nhas continued to reside in and make Manchester his\\nhome till the present time. He was a constant at-\\ntendant when the court was in session, whether he\\nhail business or otherwise; this particularly attracted\\nlie- attention of Hon. Mark Farley, who asked, Why\\nhe was always in court To cure the evils of a\\ndefei ii\\\\e education, responded Mr. Morrison.\\nOn the 5th of November, 1838, he married Miss\\nMaria L. Fitch, of Thetford, Vt., a lady of culture\\nand refinement, daughter of the Hon. Lyman Pitch,\\nfor many years a county judge in Orange County,\\nafterwards, and until his death, a prominent citizen\\nof Lyme, N. H.\\nBusiness now poured into his office, and he at once\\ntook a front rank among the ablest lawyers of the\\nState at the New Hampshire bar. Early in the\\npractice of his profession he was accustomed to meet\\nas antagonists such men as Franklin Pierce, Charles\\ni. Atherton, Samuel D. Bell, James U. Parker, Mark\\nFarley, Daniel Clark and many others distinguished\\ntbr their character and ability, and it can safely be\\nsaid, It is no disparagement to any of the eminent\\nmen whom he met at the bar in the different counties\\nof the State, that, as a jury lawyer, he was one of the\\nmost successful practitioners in his time in the courts\\noi New Hampshire.\\nAmong the distinguished men of New Hampshire,\\nCharles O. Atherton stood high, both as a lawyer and\\nstatesman. In 1850, at a term ofthe court for Hillsbor-\\nough County, holdcn at Manchester, an important case\\nwas tried before the jury, in which Mr. Morrison and\\nMr. Atherton were engaged as opposing counsel. The\\ntrial lasted several days. At last it was concluded\\nthe arguments were made and the case was submitted\\nto the jury, after which Mr. Atherton invited the\\nwriter of this sketch to accompany him to his rooms.\\nNow, Mr. Atherton was an exceedingly gifted con-\\nversationalist. On reaching his chambers at the ho-\\ntel, he asked, What will be the verdict in this\\ncase? Which party, in your judgment, will be likely\\nto win? The response was, I think the chances\\nare in favor of Mr. Morrison. 1 am inclined to the\\nsame opinion, was Mr. Atherton s reply, and then\\ncontinued: When Mr. Morrison commenced prac-\\ntice at the Hillsborough bar I watched him closely,\\nand at first entertained strong doubts as to his success\\nin his profession. He commenced the practice of the\\nlaw under three great disadvantages, ill health, a de-\\nfective education and poverty; but on my first ac-\\nquaintance with him I particularly noticed his self-\\nreliance. Nothing that occurred at the bar escaped\\nhis attention, for he was uniformly in attendance.\\nSoon he commenced the trial of cases his examina-\\ntion of witnesses was thorough and exhaustive, his\\nperceptions were clear, his arguments logical and\\ncondensed, and he had the wonderful faculty to seize", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nthe strong points of his case, and so present them to\\nthe jury that he seldom failed to win the verdict. If\\nhe happened to make a mistake as to the rules of evi-\\ndence, the law or its application, he was sure not to\\nrepeat it. 1 soon made up my mind that he was no\\ncommon man, that he was bound to rise, and he did\\nrise rapidly, not alone in my estimation, but in the\\nestimation of the people of the county and of the\\nState. And now he stands at the head of the bar.\\nAnd I tell you in all sincerity that I have never met\\nthe man in our courts, in the House of Representatives,\\nor in the Senate of the United States I more fear, or\\nhave greater cause to fear as an antagonist, than as\\nsuch I fear to meet George W. Morrison.\\nIn the practice of his profession he was true to his\\nclient; especially was he the friend of the poor man,\\nand. apparently, would work harder to win the case\\nfor his client when he had no reason to expect ade-\\nquate compensation than for the rich client who was\\nabundantly able and willing to pay liberally. Mr.\\nMorrison, in the best sense, was a man of the people,\\neasy in his manners and simple in his tastes; unos-\\ntentatious in bis intercourse with all, looked down\\nupon no man, but treated everyone on terms of equal-\\nity generous to a fault, ever ready to extend the\\nhelping hand to those who needed help. It is no\\nwonder that such a man should at once build up and\\nmaintain a lucrative business, and become one of the\\nmost popular men in his profession. He had been\\naccustomed to athletic sports from his boyhood, and\\nwhen a young man took peculiar pleasure in a wrest-\\nling match, in which he often participated. To lay\\nhim upon his back required not only well-developed\\nmuscle, but generous practice and scientific knowledge.\\nHon. Moses Norris was a man of powerful physique, and\\nin his prime weighed two hundred and twenty-five\\npounds, whi eMr. Morrison scarcely ever exceeded one\\nhundred and fifty. Though comparatively of slight\\nfigure, he was wiry and very elastic. They were warm\\npersonal and political friends, and in familiar conver-\\nsation often addressed each other respectively by their\\ngiven names.\\nOn the 4th of July, 1854, both gentlemen were at\\nWashington, 1 C, Mr. Norris a United Stat. -s Sen-\\nator and Mr. Morrison a member of the House of\\nRepresentatives. The Fourth was a holiday, and\\nCongress was not in session. The writer was with\\nthem at his rooms on Capitol Hill no other person was\\npresent. The Senator, in course of conversation, hap-\\npened to speak of a certain occasion upon which he\\nhad exhibited his great strength, to the surprise of\\nthe bystanders. Mr. Morrison playfully replied,\\nMosee, 1 could lay you out so easily that you\\nwouldn t know how it was done. Nonsense!\\nresponded the Senator why, George, I could throw\\nyou over my head without an effort. More easily\\nsaid than done, replied Mr. Morrison. Then, like\\ntwo grown-up boys, they took each other at arms-\\nlength, and soon commenced to wrestle in good earn-\\nest. Mr. Morrison, fully on his guard, waited and\\nwatched the chances for a certain inside lock, the\\nadvantages of which he well understood. By-and-by\\nhe had the Senator in the desired position, and in-\\nstantly dropping upon the right knee, he laid Mr.\\nNorris uiion his back without any apparent exertion.\\nThe Senator sprang to his feet, and said, That was\\nhandsomely done, George. How in the world did\\nyou do it I did not believe there was a man in\\nWashington who could throw\\nMr. Morrison was elected to the State Legislature,\\nand served during the years of 1840, 1841, 1844, 1849\\nand 1850. He was one of the most active, useful and\\nefficient members, and his influence was such tin last\\nyears of his service that he usually carried the House\\nwith him on all the more important measures. He\\nserved one year as chairman of the committee on\\nincorporations, and four years on the judiciary com-\\nmitter, two of which be was chairman. In 1849 a\\nhill was pending in the House for the incorporation\\nof the city of Portsmouth. That provision in the\\neach ward a town, for the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2d a good degree id interest\\nhi the ground of its sup-\\nIt was well understood that\\nclause n the charter was\\nif Mr. Morrison, and that\\nipport in bis power. The\\ncharter which constitute!\\npurpose of elections, exc\\nand vigorous opposition,\\nposed unconstitutional^;;\\nthis particular and uniqi\\ndrafted at the sii _:lo isl em\\nbe would give it all the\\nday when he was to speak upon the question was\\nknown beforehand, so that all who might take an in-\\nterest in the measure and desired to hear the discus-\\nsion could do so. The result was that many of the\\nleading politicians of the State repaired to the Capital.\\nA full delegation from Manchester, including agents\\nof the corporations and other distinguished citizens,\\nwere present. The galleries were crowded, and many\\nof the more favored found seats on the Hoor of the\\nHouse.\\nMr. Christie, of Dover, one of the ablest lawyers in\\nthe State, having been selected by the opponents of\\nthe measure to reply to Mr. Morrison, took his seat,\\npen and paper in hand, near, and at the right of the\\nSpeaker s desk. At length Mr. Morrison arose, look-\\ning pale and feeble, for he had been quite ill all the\\nsession, but his mind was never clearer. As he went\\non with his argument with reference to the constitu-\\ntionality of the bill, Mr. Christie at first took a few\\nnotes, then dropped his pen and listened attentively\\nto the close of the argument. Mi. Morrison sat down\\ntie Bouse was perfectly still; not a sound was\\nheard all eyes were turned expectantly towards Mr.\\nbristle. He did not arise. He declined to speak.\\nThe writer was assistant clerk of the House at that\\ntime, and asked another distinguished lawyer, a\\npersonal and political friend of Mr. Christie, why\\nhe declined to answer Mr. Morrison. His reply was,\\nMr. Morrison s argument was unanswerable he\\nwas clearly right. And Mr. Christie, upon being con-\\nvinced thift he was right as to the constitutional", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "16\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nquestion, declined to reply. Though the charters of\\nthe cities of the State have frequently been amended,\\nparticularly the charter of the city of Manchester,\\nthat provision, constituting each ward a town for the\\npurpose of elections, still remains.\\nIn 1845, Mr. Morrison was appointed solicitor\\nof Hillsborough County, discharged the duties of\\nthe office nearly four years and resigned. He\\nwas a member of the House of Representative in the\\nThirty-first, and was re-elected and served in the\\nThirty-third Congress. Mr. Morrison s personal and\\npolitical relations with President. Pierce had been for\\nmany years of the most intimate and confidential\\ncharacter, and as lie was regarded as one of the ablest\\nmembers of the New Hampshire delegation, the Pres-\\nident, whose Congressional district he represented,\\nexpressed the desire that he support the Kansas-Ne-\\nbraska Bill, which he had made one of the leading\\nmeasures of his administration. He knew very well\\nhe could rely upon Mr. Morrison to support every\\nmeasure of his administration which he deemed would\\nbe consistent with his constitutional obligations and\\nfor the promotion of the best interests of his country.\\nIn a personal interview with the President, Mr. Mor-\\nrison told him his present convictions were against\\nthe bill, particularly that clause in it repealing the\\nMissouri Compromise that he would make a careful\\nexamination of the measure, and would support it if,\\nin his judgment, the interests of the country would\\ndemand its becoming a law. He did examine the\\nbill, and examined it thoroughly, after which he in-\\nformed the President that he regarded it as a most\\ndangerous measure, fraught with evils, which, should\\nii become a law, would lead to the most disastrous re-\\nsults, and, painful as it was to him to differ with the\\nadministration upon one of its leading measures, still\\nhe must oppose it with all the energies of his mind.\\nAmong the reasons assigned at this interview as the\\nground of his opposition to the measure were that\\ntie- slavery question had but recently been settled by\\nthe compromise measures of 1850, and to reopen the\\nsubject now, would, in his judgment, be a most dan-\\ngerous experiment, would be disastrous to the Demo-\\ncratic party and to the best interests of the North,\\nand, in his belief, would endanger the perpetuity of\\nthe republic itself.\\nIn his speech, made a few weeks after this inter-\\nview with the President, Mr. Morrison said,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOn a great question like this\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one which will seriously affect the\\nfree laborers of the North, will determine the institutions of a vast ter-\\nritory; one fraught with fearful el.-ineiitsofaisn.nl, which ultimately\\nmay endanger the perpetuity of the Union itself\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I can follow but one\\nguidl thi convictions of my ownjudgne nt I regret that the friends of\\nthis bill had not read and well considered the patriotic denunciation by\\n.letters.. n, with reference to sectional parties, before they sprang this\\nquestion upon Congress and the country. This is the firsl ittempl in\\nour political history to repeal a great compromise of conflicting interests\\nand opinions between the different sections of the country. This meas-\\nure contains mere elements i.f .lander and sectional discord than any po-\\nliti. al question of the age. If this bill should I.e. ..m. a law, I fear the\\nspirit of concession and compromise will have passed awa\\\\ 1,. lever. The\\nUnion has, in the judgment of intelligent and patriotic statesmen, been\\ntwice preserved trum dissolution by concession aud compromise. When\\nsimilar questions again arise, as come they may and will, 1 ask, Can\\nother compromises be made if this is stricken down if this shall not he\\nsacredly kept and faithfully abided by Sir, any man conversant with\\nthe prejudices which are enlisted and the obstacles to be overcome in the\\naccomplishment of such compromises must feel aud know the danger;\\nand here let me say, if this Union shall ever be dissolved, history will\\nsurely point to this as the first stride, the entering wedge which led to\\ndissolution and all its fearful consequences. I haw neither time nor in-\\nclination to pursue this thought further. All can th. daiv-er all\\nmust feel it.\\nIn this great speech he took the ground distinctly\\nthat slavery could not for any considerable length of\\ntime be forced upon the people of that Territory and\\nfrom the above extracts copied from that speech it\\nappears that he clearly foresaw, should that bill\\nbecome a law, all harmony between the different sec-\\ntions of the Union would be destroyed, and ultimately\\nresult in civil war.\\nColonel Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri, who had\\nserved thirty consecutive years in the Semite of the\\nUnited States, and had been elected to the House\\nfrom the St. Louis District to serve as their Repre-\\nsentative in the Thirty-third Congress, was an atten-\\ntive listener during the delivery of this speech, and\\nafter its close, remarked to a gentleman who sat near\\nhim, That, is a true man sir; a smart man a man\\nof brains, sir. He then went forward, took Mr.\\nMorrison cordially by the hand, and congratulated\\nhim in the most sincere and friendly manner. Sev-\\neral days after, the writer of this sketch, called on\\nColonel Benton at his house, and listened to his con-\\nversation with reference to the excitement over this\\nquestion which prevailed throughout the North, when\\nhe said that Mr. Morrison s speech on the Kansas-\\nNebraska Bill was the ablest speech delivered on that\\nquestion during this excited and protracted debate.\\nYears afterwards, when the whole country was con-\\nvulsed by the great civil war, the Hon. Salmon\\nP. Chase, Secretary of the United States Treasury\\nunder the lamented President Lincoln, and subse-\\nquently chief justice of the United States Supreme\\nCourt, speaking of Mr. Morrison, said, He was a\\nman of ability and incorruptible honesty. That his\\ncourse in Congress on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill had\\nmade a most favorable and lasting impression upon\\nhis mind.\\nBut his crowning success in life was that of an ad-\\nvocate, and as such he will be chiefly remembered.\\nIn this respect he was endowed with rare gifts, and\\nhas had but few equals and no superiors at the New\\nHampshire bar. He prepared his eases with great\\ncare, frequently after the adjournment of the court;\\nwould study the evidence far into the night, prepara-\\ntory to his argument in the morning, when men of\\nless nerve would have considered themselves tit sub-\\njects for medical treatment. He studied the panel\\nas though it had been an open book, and acquainted\\nhimself with the peculiarities of each juror. He\\nwas apt to seize the salient points in his cause as they", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n17\\npresented themselves to the jury, and to study the\\neffect of the evidence as the cause progressed. II.\\nwatched the effect upon each juror with great -arc as\\nthe argument proceeded, and could tell with singular\\naccuracy whether he carried his hearer along with\\nhim. When he discovered a leaning against him on\\nthe part of any doubting juror, he adapted himself\\ntn the views of that juror, with arguments so con-\\nvincing, in a manner of such candor, sincerity and\\ntruthfulness, and with an influence so mesmeric that\\nhe was quite sure to win him over before he closed.\\nHi hi. Lewis VV. lark, associate justice of the\\nSupreme Conn, formerly a law-partner with Mr.\\nMorrison, said of him, in a recent conversation.\\nHe was the coolest man under fire I have ever\\nBeen in court. The most damaging i 1 1\\nso tar as the jury could observe, produced no im-\\npression on his mind; and he exercised wonderful\\njudgment in handling a dangerous witness. He\\nknew when and whore to leave a witness better than\\nany man I ever saw in the trial of causes before a\\njury.\\nSamuel Dana Bell was born in Francestown,\\nN. H., October 9, 1798. His father was the Hon.\\nSamuel Bell, LL.D., a judge of the Supreme Court,\\nfour years Governor of New Hampshire, and twelve\\nyears a Senator of the United States, llis mother\\nwas a daughter of the Hon. Samuel Dana, of Antrim.\\nN. H. He manifested at an early age the love of\\nstudy which distinguished him through life. He\\nentered Harvard College in bis fourteenth year, and\\nwas graduated in the class of 1816. lie then com-\\nmenced the study of the law in the otlice of the\\nHon. George Sullvan, of Exeter, and was admitted\\nto the bar of the county of Rockingham early\\nin the year 1820, He commenced practice in Mer-\\nedith, where he remained a few months, and then\\nestablished himself at Chester, then a town of some\\nnote and the home of several gentlemen of cultiva-\\ntion, taste and distinction. Entering into practice\\nthere, he soon acquired the reputation of being a\\nsagacious, learned and trustworthy lawyer. In 1S23\\nhe was appointed solirhor of Rockingham County;\\nin 1825 and L826 was a member of the Legislature;\\nin 1827 and 1828 was clerk of the House of Repre-\\nsentatives. Mr. Bell remained in Chester ten years,\\nand then removed to Exeter, and for some years was\\ncashier of the Exeter Bank. In 1836 lie removed to\\nConcord, and in 1839 to Manchester. In 1846 be\\nwas police judge of Manchester, and two years later\\nwas appointed circuit judge of the Court of Common\\nRica-. In 1849 he was appointed a judge of the\\nSuperior Court, and in 1859 was chosen chief justice,\\nwhich position be occupied until his resignation, in\\n1864.\\nJudge Bell possessed rare personal qualifications for\\na position upon the bench. Dignified in appearance\\nand bearing, he was distinguished tor patience and\\ncourtesy. He had all au honorable man s aversion\\nand the lower arts of the profe.-sion. He\\nused his position and authority to promote uo par-\\ntisan or partial purposes. The duties of his position\\nwen- always properly discharged, lie was a man of\\nvery decided opinions.\\nThe purity of Judge I .ell s public and private life\\ndeserves to be mentioned to his honor. The ermine\\nwhich he wore was unsullied indeed; uo shade of\\nwrong oi dishonor ever fell uponhisname. When he\\neame to Manchester, the [present metropolis of t heState\\nwas a mere village, with its future all undetermined.\\nJudge Bell entered with interest into every movement\\nfor the [prospective welfare of the town. Among the\\npnhlii enterprises which he was greatly instrumental\\nin establishing was that of the City Library, which, in\\nspite of all drawbacks, is to-day extensive, valuable\\nand incalculably useful to the people. He was also\\nan early member of the New Hampshire Historical\\nSociety, and for years held its principal offices. He\\ndied in Manchester July 21, L868.\\nDaniel Clark, 1 the third child of Benjamin and\\nElizabeth (Wiggin) Clark, was born in Stratham,\\nRockingham County, N. II., October 24, 1809. His\\nfather was both farmer and blacksmith. He was re-\\nspected by all who knew him for his integrity, lie\\nwas industrious, frugal, temperate, kind and obliging.\\nHis mother was strong-minded, devoted to her family\\nand \\\\er\\\\ religious. She was not indifferent to the\\ngood opinion of others, and was ambitious for the\\nsuccess of her family, and especially of her children.\\nThey lived upon a beautiful farm, in the upper part\\nof the town, near the historic town of Exeter. The\\nsubject of this sketch remained at home under the\\ncan 1 and nurture of his excellent parents until he was\\nthirteen years of age, going to the common district\\nschool in summer and winter, or so much of I hi time\\nas it was kept, and a i.-ting about the ordinary farm-\\nwork in vacation. He learned at school easily, and\\nwas more fond of his books than of work upon the\\nfarm, \\\\t the age of thirteen he was sent with his\\nolder brother to the academj in Hampton, N. II.. and\\nput upon the common English studies. lie did not\\nthen expect to acquire a more liberal education, al-\\nthough his mother bad some undefined notions of a\\nhigher course of studies for her son. He continued\\nat Hampton at intervals, there a term and at home a\\nterm, helping upon the farm, some four years or more,\\nwhen be determined to go to college. He pursued\\nhis preparatory studies at Hampton, teaching si lino!\\ntwo winters, and at twenty was prepared for college.\\nHe entered Dartmouth College, graduating, in ls:tl.\\nwith the first honors of the institution. Rev. Dr.\\nLord, the president of the college, was then in the\\nprime of his life. Although he had presided over the\\ncollege but a few years, he had already secured the\\nconfidence of its friends, so justly merited, as subse-\\nquently shown by his successful administration of the\\nBy\\nIsaac W. Smith.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\naffairs of the college for more than a third of acentury.\\nA lining Mr. Clark s classmates were Albert Baker, who\\nentered upon the practice of the law at Hillsborough,\\nN, II., and died at the age of thirty-one, his untimely\\ndeath extinguishing hopes which his short but bril-\\nliant career had caused his many friends to entertain\\nof his future usefulness; Hon. M ly Currier, LL.D.,\\nof Manchester, Governor of New Hampshire; Hon.\\nRichard B. Kimball, LL.D.. of New York City, lawyer,\\nscholar and author; Rev. Edward A. Lawrence, 1 .I\\nMarblehead, Mass.; Rev. Newton E. Marble, D.D.,\\nNewton, Conn. and Professor Alphonso Wood, presi-\\ndent of Ohio Female lollege. Mr. Clark taught school\\nwinters during his college course and while pursuing\\nhis professional studies, eight winters in all, including\\nthe two years before entering college, defraying, in\\npart, the expenses of his education with the funds re-\\nceived from teaching. Immediately after graduation\\nhe entered the office of Hon. George Sullivan, then\\nthe attorney-general of the State, son of General John\\nSullivan, of Revolutionary fame, at Exeter, and com-\\nmenced the study of the law, remaining with Mr.\\nSullivan a year and a half. He completed his legal\\nstudies in the office of Hon. James Bell, afterwards\\nUnited States Senator, at Exeter, and was admitted\\nto the bar of Rockingham County in 1S37. In the\\nsame year he opened an office at Epping, where he\\nremained some eighteen months, and then, in 1839,\\nremoved to Manchester, N. II. This thriving city\\nwas then just rising from the ground. Not a mill was\\nrunning, the canal even being unfinished. The only\\nrailroad then constructed in the State was the Nashua\\nand Lowell. The telegraph and the telephone had\\nnot then been invented. The lumbering stage was\\nthe only means of public travel. The rates of postage\\nwere high and the mails slow and few. The embryo\\ncity was hardly more than a desolate sand-bank, where\\na lew hundred people had gathered, allured by the\\nprospect of business about to spring up with the im-\\nprovement of the water-power at Amoskeag Calls.\\n.Mr. Clark was among the fust to open :i law-office\\nhere. He soon acquired an active practice, which\\nafterwards grew to large proportions, ami for twenty\\nyears he was employed upon one side or the other of\\nnearly every important trial in the county, attending\\nthe courts also in Merrimack and Rockingham Coun-\\nties. He was employed on behalf of the State in\\nthe preliminary examination in the Parker murder\\ntrial, being occupied almost continuously foraperiod\\nof nearly two months. He succeeded in procuring\\nthe extradition from Maine of the supposi d murderers\\nafter a lengthy trial in that State, and altera hearing,\\nlasting nearly a month, before the Police Court of\\nManchester, procured their commitment to answer for\\nthe crime of murder. Opposed to him as counsel were\\nGenera] Franklin Pierce (afterwards President of the\\nUnited States), General P. F. Butler, Hon. Josiah G.\\nAbbott and the late Charles 1 1. Atherton, an array of\\nlegal talent seldom seen in this State Mr. Clark was\\nemployed for the defense in two capital trials in the\\nfall of 1854,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Curtis and Marshall s. Marshall was\\nacquitted, and in the case of Curtis the jury disagreed.\\nDuring the period of his active practice the bar of\\nHillsborough County was unusually strong. Among\\nits prominent members were Benjamin M. Farley, of\\nHollis; James U. Parker, of Merrimack; George Y.\\nSawyer and Charles G. Atherton, of Nashua Samuel\\nII. Ayer, of Hillsborough; and Samuel D. Bell and\\nI reorge W. .Morrison, of Manchester. General Pierce,\\nof the Merrimack bar, also generally attended the\\ncourts in Hillsborough County. Of these eminent\\nlawyers, Mr. Morrison is the only survivor. General\\nPierce, as a jury lawyer, had no superior in the State.\\nHe hail a very pleasing address, was dignified without\\nbeing reserved, and possessed a magnetic influence\\nover men, which rendered him a formidable antagonist\\nbefore jurors. Put, in many respects, Mr. Atherton\\nstood at the head of the Hillsborough bar as a lawyer\\nand advocate. He was a man of scholarly attainments,\\npossessed a graceful diction, had a good command ot\\nlanguage, knew how and when to use sarcasm, could\\nappeal effectively to the passions and prejudices, was\\nthoroughly read in the law and was perfectly at home\\nin the court-room. With these and other able lawyers\\nMr. Clark spent the most of his active professional\\nlife, and he was recognized as their peer. His prac-\\ntice was as varied as it was extensive. Whatever he\\nundertook was thoroughly done. He was loyal to the\\ncourt, faithful to his clients, courteous to opposing\\ncounsel and kind and magnanimous to the younger\\nmembers of the profession. In his arguments to the\\njury he was never wearisome. He seized upon the\\nweak points of the other side and the strong points of\\nhis own side and made them prominent to the jury.\\nHe wasted no time on immaterial matters. While he\\ndid not possess the personal magnetism of Pierce or\\nAtherton s power of sarcasm, he could put before a\\ncourt or jury his case with convincing power and in\\nit- Btrongesl light, and if success did not always attend\\nhis efforts, it was not because he failed to present all\\nthe favorable views of his case. Legal papers drafted\\nby him were models of accuracy and clearness. They\\nwere also remarkable for their brevity, all useless\\nverbiage being avoided. In his writs the cause of\\naction was briefly and clearly sot out, and it was rare\\nthat he had occasion to apply for an amendment. His\\nclients became his fast friends. His charges were\\nlerate, and no client went away feeling that undue\\nadvantage had been taken of his position or that his\\ninterests had not been fully protected.\\nIt is unfortunate, perhaps, for his legal reputation\\nthat Mr. lark was drawn into polities. But it was\\nhis fortune to live in times when questions of great\\npublic iutere-t were being di eu sed and settled, and\\nit was inevitable that a person of bis ability, education\\nand temperament should not entertain pronounced\\nviews on public questions. In the early part of his\\nprofessional life there was a difference of opinion as", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "jUPtk**/", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0043.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0044.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THK BENCH AND BAR.\\nin tin wisdom of encouraging the extension of manu-\\nfacturing and railroad operations in the Statu, and\\nunfortunately the question got into politics, and the\\ntwo parties took opposite sides. With the acquisition\\nof California came the question of the extension or\\nrestriction of slavery, the repeal of the Missouri Com-\\npromise, the civil war, the abolition of slavery and\\nthe reconstruction measures after the close of the war.\\nAs a rule, the lawyers of New Hampshire have very\\ngenerally taken an active interest in political ques-\\ntions. Thus circumstanced, it was hardly possible for\\nMr. Clark not to have some inclination towards politi\\ncal life. In 1842 he was elected one of the repre-\\nsentatives from the town of Manchester to the Legis-\\nlature, and was re-elected in 1843, and again elected\\nin 1846. In 1854, after the adoption of the city\\ncharter, he was elected representative from his ward,\\nand re-elected in 1855. In 1849, 1850 and 1851 he\\nwas a candidate for the State Senate, but his party\\nbeing in the minority in the district, he failed of an\\nelection. He acted with the Whig party until its\\ndissolution, when he helped to form the Republican\\nparty, with which he has since been identified. He\\nwas often upon the stump during the campaigns pre-\\nceding the elections in 1854 and 1855, speaking in\\nevery portion of the State, from the sea to the moun-\\ntains. He also took part in the election contests during\\nthe decade which immediately followed. Party feel-\\ning ran high, the contests often being exceedingly-\\nbitter. No speaker was received with greater enthu-\\nsiasm or addressed larger audiences. It was largely\\nowing to his labors at the hustings that a change in\\nthe political sentiment of the State was brought about.\\nIn 1856 he was a member of the National Republican\\nConvention, and in November of that year was elected\\none of the Presidential electors in New Hampshire,\\nand voted for Fremont and Dayton tor President and\\nVice-President.\\nIn 1855 the Legislature was called upon to elect\\ntwo United States Senators. For the first time in a\\nquarter of a century, with a single exception, the\\nDemocratic party was in a minority. The opposition\\nwas composed of the Whig party, then on the point\\nof dissolving, the American party, commonly known as\\nthe Know-Nothing party, and the Free-Soil party.\\nThese elements, a year later, were fused in tin- Repub-\\nlican party. By common consent, Hon. John P. Hale\\nwas nominated for the short term, ami the contest\\nfor the long term was between Mr. Clark and the\\nHon. James Bell. In the Senatorial caucus the latter\\nwas nominated and subsequently elected by the Legis-\\nlature. The contest, although warm, was a friendly\\none, so that when, two years later, in 1857, the Legis-\\nlature was called to fill the vacancy in the office occa-\\nsioned by the death of Senator Bell, in obedience to\\nthe common wishes of their constituents, the Repub-\\nlican members nominated and the Legislature elected\\nMr. Clark. Upon the expiration of his term he was\\nre-elected in 18li0 with little opposition. The ten\\nyears spent by Senator Clark in ongress constituted\\nthe most eventful period in the history of the repub-\\nlic. He witnessed the rise, progress and overthrow\\nof the Rebellion. This is not the time nor place to\\nreview his Congressional life. ue will l i .i 1 i 1 1 1 j\\nof his position upon the slavery question on page\\n268, volume i., of Mr. Blaine s Twenty Years of\\nCongress. He served upon some of the most import-\\nant committees, and was chairman of the committee\\non claims, and, during portions of two sessions, presi-\\ndent pro U mpore of the Senate in the absence of Vice-\\nPresident Hamlin. He was a firm supporter of the\\nvarious war measures adopted for the suppression of\\nthe Rebellion, and had the confidence of President\\nLincoln and Secretary Stanton. He failed of a re-\\nelection in 1866, as his colleague, Senator Hale, had\\ndone two years before, not from any lack of apprecia-\\ntion of the invaluable services they had rendered the\\ncountry, nor of the honor they had conferred upon\\nthe State by their course in Congress, but because the\\nrule of rotation in office had become so thoroughly\\ningrafted in the practice of the Republican party in\\nthe State that a departure from it was not deemed\\nwise, even in the persons of these eminent states-\\nIn the summer of 1866 a vacancy occurred in the\\noffice of district judge of the United States District\\nCourt for the district of New Hampshire, and Senator\\nClark was nominated for the posit ion by President John-\\nson, and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. He\\nthereupon resigned his seat in the Senate and entered\\nupon the discharge of his judicial duties. The wisdom\\nof his selection has been justified by his career upon\\nthe bench. The office of the district judge does not\\nafford such opportunity for public distinction as the\\nbench of some other courts, the jurisdiction of the court\\nbeing limited principally to cases arising under the\\nconstitution and laws of the United States. New\\nHampshire, from its size, location and business rela-\\ntions, furnishes only a small amount of business for\\nthe Federal courts, and not much of that generally of\\npublic interest. In addition to holding his ou n court,\\nJudge Clark has frequently been called to hold the\\nFederal courts in other States in the First Circuit.\\nHe has brought to the discharge of his judicial duties\\nthe same learning, industry and interest that charac-\\nterized his labors at the bar and in the Senate, JIN\\ndecisions have commended themselves to the profes-\\nsion for their soundness and fairness. Judge Clark,\\napparently indifferent to the preservation of his\\nopinions, has neglected to put them in shape for\\npublication in the reports of the First Circuit, to the\\nregret of his professional friends and admirers. He\\nhas now (1885) been upon the bench nineteen ears.\\nHe was entitled, under a law of Congress, to retire in\\n1879, upon the salary for the rest of his life. But he\\nhas preferred to earn his salary, and to wear out\\nrather than rust out. With his physical strength\\nbut slightly impaired, his mind as vigorous as in the", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0045.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE\\nyears ofhis full manhood, he, at the age ofsevcnty-hve,\\ngives promise of many years of future usefulness.\\nIn 1876 he was a member and president of the con-\\nvention called to revise the constitution of New\\nHampshire.\\nJudge lark, in 1850, formed a copartnership with\\nDavid in the practice of the law, which\\n\\\\n\u00c2\u00ab di ihnlby reason ot the ill health ofth\\n1856. In December, ls: i;, he entered into copartner-\\nship with Isaac W. Smith, now upon the Supreme\\nbench of New Hampshire, who read law with him in\\n1848-50. Their firm wasdissolved in December, 1861,\\nat which time his practice of the law may be said to\\nhave substantially ceased. So much of his time was\\nabsorbed with Congressional duties, and other public\\nduties between sessions, growing out of the disturb-\\nances caused by the civil war, that he had but little\\ntime or inclination to follow the courts or attend to\\nthe calls of clients in the office.\\nJudge Clark has been fully identified with the\\ngrowth and history of Manchester. He has taken\\ngreat interest in its material prosperity, and has\\nmerited and received the confidence of its inhabitants.\\nBesides representing the town and city five years in\\nthe Legislature, he has held various offices of trust,\\nviz.: member of the School Hoard, chief engineer of\\nthe Fire Department, trustee of the City Library, city\\nsolicitor, trustee and president of the Manchester\\nSavings-Bank, director of the Amoskeag Manufac-\\nturing Company aud trustee of the State Industrial\\nSchool. No citizen of Manchester, with possibly the\\nexception of the late Governor Straw, has exerted so\\nmuch influence for its growth and prosperity as he.\\nAshe looks to-day upon this beautiful city of fortj\\nthousand people, and their busy mills, well-paved\\nstreets, shady sidewalks, fruitful gardens and peace-\\nful homes, he, if any one, may repeat the words of the\\nRoman poet, Quorum niuijnii imr.- j ui.\\nJudge Clark has not failed to take a deep interest\\nin his Alma Mater, which, in I860, honored herself, as\\nwell as him, by conferring upon him thi\\nLL.D. In 1861, upon the invitation of the City\\nCouncils of Manchester, he delivered a eulogy Upon\\nthe life of President Lincoln, and in 1880, upon the\\ninvitation of the alumni of Dartmouth College,\\neulogy upon the life of Judge George F. Shepley,\\nbefore that association, both of which were subse-\\nquently published. In 1869, on the occasion of the\\ncentennial anniversary of the founding of the college,\\nhe delivered an address before the alumni at the\\ninvitation of the trustees, A copy was requested fot\\npublication, which, unfortunately, was withheld too\\nlate for it to appear with the other published pro-\\nceedings of that occasion.\\nJudge Clark has contributed liberally to the sup-\\nport of preaching, worshiping with the Unitarians.\\nHis views correspond with those of Rev. Dr. A. P. Pea-\\nbody, of Cambridge, Mass.. or with the views of what\\nmaybe called the Orthodox Unitarians. He has no\\nsympathy with the doctrines of the ultra portion of\\nthat denomination. In more recent years he has\\nworshiped at the franklin Street Congregational\\nChurch (Orthodox), Rev. Dr. George B. Spaulding,\\npastor.\\nJudge Clark has been twice married, the tirsi time,\\nin 1 840, to Hannah W. Robbins, w ho died in October,\\nL844, leaving no children the second time, to Anne\\nV 3al ei in 1846, who is still living. He has had\\nfour children, three sons anil one daughter. The two\\noldest are li sing, engaged in the practice of the law\\nin Manchester. One son died in infancy, and the\\ndaughter when between two and three years of age.\\nHon. William C. Clarke. 1 Among the public\\nmen of New Hampshire who have lately passed away,\\nnone was more widely known in the State, or more\\nsincerely respected, than Hon. William Cogswell\\nClarke, of Manchester. He was born in Atkinson,\\nN. H., December 10, 1810, being the eldest sou of\\nGreenleaf and Julia (Cogswell) Clarke. His father\\nwas a farmer and master-mason, the constructor of\\nmany tine business buildings in the neighboring town\\nof Haverhill. Mass., and a highly-esteemed citizen of\\nAtkinson, where he served as selectman andjusl lee of\\ni he peace. He was descended from Nathaniel Clarke,\\na merchant of Newbury, Mass., who died in 1690, and\\nfrom Captain Edmund Greenleaf, of that place, an\\nofficer of repute in the wars of the early colonists\\nwith the Indians. The wife of Greenleaf Clarke was\\na daughter of Dr. William Cogswell, of Atkinson,\\nwho was a surgeon in the Revolutionary army, and at\\none time chief of the Military Hospital at West\\nPoint.\\nWilliam C. Clarke pursued his early studies at At-\\nkinson Academy, of which his maternal grandfather\\nwas one of the founders, and then entered Dart-\\nmouth College at the age of eighteen years. He was\\ngraduated with high honors in the class of 1832,\\nwhich included Professors Noyes and Sanborn, of\\nDartmouth, and the late Samuel H. Taylor, LL.D.,\\nthe noted instructor at Andover, Mass. Immediately\\nbecoming principal of Gilmanton Academy, he held\\nthe position for one year, while beginning the study\\nof law. He continued his legal studies in the Har-\\nvard Law School, in the otliee of Stephen Moody, at\\nGilmanton, and in that of Stephen Lyford, at\\nMeredith Bridge (now Laconia), N. H. On his ad-\\nmission to the bar, in 1836, he began practice in the\\nlatter town, and on the creation of Belknap County,\\nat the i lose of 1840, he was appointed county solici-\\ntor. He held this position until the spring of 1844,\\nremoved to Manchester, and continued the\\npractice of his profession. Two years later he was\\none of a committee of si ven chosen 1 the town to\\npetition the Legislature for a city charter, and at the\\nfirsl city election, in August, 1846, was the Democratic\\ncandidate for mayor. There being two other candi-\\ni l i in clmke s Su e^lul Vu Hampshire Men.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0046.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n21\\ndates, there was no choice, and he withdrew his name\\nbefore the second ballot, in September. In the same\\nyear, however, he consented to act as chief engineer\\nof the Fire Department of the young city, and he re-\\ntained this position till the close of 1848, having a\\nnumber of leading citizens as his assistants.\\nIn 1849 he was elected to theofficeof city solicitor,\\nwhich he held for two years, and in 1850 he served\\nas a member of the State I .institutional Convention.\\nAppointed the judge of Probate for Hillsborough\\nCounty in 1851, he obtained the judicial title which\\nclung to him thereafter. In 1854 he was again the\\nDemocratic candidate for mayor, but the Whig ticket\\nwas successful. A year later Judge Clarke was ten-\\ndered, by Governor Metcalf, an appointment to the\\nbench of tin Supreme Court, but he declined the posi-\\ntion. As judge of Probate he discharged his duties\\nwith high public approval, but his removal from this\\noffice, in 1856, was included in the sweeping political\\nchanges which began in 1855. In 1858 he served as\\na member of the Manchester Hoard of Aldermen.\\nSoon after the death of the Hon. John Sullivan he\\nwas appointed, in 1863, to succeed him as attorney-\\ngeneral of the State, and, receiving a reappointment\\nin 1868, he continued to fill the otfice until his death,\\nin 1872.\\nFrom the time of his admission to the bar until he\\nbecame the chief prosecuting officer of the State,\\nJudge Clarke was actively engaged in private legal\\npractice. He early acquired the reputation of a sound\\nand aide lawyer, and obtained an extensive clientage.\\nAs attorney-general he was highly successful in the\\nperformance of his duties, to which he devoted him-\\nself with conscientious faithfulness. Recognizing the\\nsemi-judicial character of his office, he did not allow\\nthe zeal of the advocate to outweigh more important\\nconsiderations, and, in cases where a minor offense had\\nbeen committed for the first time, he frequently caused\\nindictments to be suspended so as to give the culprit\\nboth a chance and a stimulus to reform. Hardened\\nor flagrant criminals he pursued with the rigor de-\\nmanded by the interests of justice, leaving no stone\\nunturned in his efforts to secure their conviction. He\\ndrew all his indictments with the greatest care, and\\nii i said that no one ofthenumber wasever set aside.\\nHe took equal pains with the preparation of evidence\\nand of his arguments in all importanl causes. These\\ncase- include a number of murder trials, which at-\\ntracted wide attention when in progress, and which\\nafforded marked proof of his legal skill. Hissenseof\\nduty being above all other considerations, he was un-\\nmoved by all attempts to affect his official course by\\nprivate appeals or by any species of personal influ-\\nence.\\nJudge Clarke had a marked distaste for ordinary\\npolitics and the arts of the politician. On the few\\noccasions when he consented to be a candidate for an\\nelective office he did not seek the nomination, but ac-\\ncepted it at the request of his friends. Firmly believ-\\ning, however, in the original principles of the Demo-\\ncratic party, he often gave his voice and pen to their\\nsupport, and was long a pr inent membei of thai\\nparty in New Hampshire, When the Rebellion broke\\nout he did not hesitate a moment in regard to his po-\\nlitical course, but was among the foremost of those\\nwho urged all citizens to sink minor party differences\\nand rally to sustain the imperiled government. 1 Hir-\\ning Ibis crisis he was active in calling and addressing\\nmany public meetings, which pledged aid to the most\\nvigorous measures for the defense of the Union. At\\ntie- great war mass-meet ing held in Concord, N. II.,\\non the 17th of June, 1863, which was attended by\\nthirty thousand people, from all parts of the Slate,\\nand was addressed by men of national eminence, in-\\ncluding a member of President Lincoln s Cabinet-\\nJudge Clarke called the assembly t dcr, and read\\nthe call, after which he was chosen first vice-president.\\nBeing dissatisfied with the attitude toward the war\\nassumed by many of the leaders of the Democratic\\nparty, lie was largely instrumental in organizing the\\nzealous War Democrats of the State into a third, or\\nUnion, party, which nominated a separate ticket\\nfor State officers in 1862 and 1863. This organization\\nwas not maintained alter the latter year, and Judge\\nClarke thenceforward voted with the Republican\\nparty; but after the early years of the war he re-\\nfrained from any active participation in politics, v\\\\ hich\\nhe regarded as inconsistent with the nature of his du-\\nties as attorney-general.\\nHe was one of tin original directors of the Man-\\nchester Bank, serving from 1845 till 1840, and of the\\nCity Bank, with which he was connected from 1853\\ntill 1863. He was also a trustee of the Manchester\\nSavings- Bank from 1852 until his death. For many\\nyens he was a trustee of the Manchester Atln naaim,\\nand when this was succeeded by the City Library, in\\n1854, lie was chosen a member and clerk of the board\\nof trustees of the latter institution, retaining both\\npositions during the rest id his lit e. He was the first\\ntreasurer of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad\\nCompany, holding that office from July 31, 1847, till\\nhis resignation took effect, February 8, 1849; and he\\nwas the clerk of that company from February 28,\\n1854, until he died, being also its attorney when en-\\ngaged in private legal practice. He was a trustee of\\nGilmanton Academy, and in 1854 was a member of\\nthe national board of visitors to the United States\\nMilitary Academy at West Point.\\nJudge Clarke was one of the earliest members of the\\nFranklin Street Congregational Church in Manches-\\nter, and one of the original officers of the society, to\\nboth of which he rendered valuable service.\\nS nue mention of his personal appearance should\\nnoi In lilted, as he was a man of unusually distin-\\nguished presence, having a large, finely-proportioned\\nfigure, with a handsome, dignified head and lace.\\nWithout undue formality, his manners were invaria-\\nbly courteous and refined. With excellent literary", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0047.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntastes, he possessed much general information, and\\nwas very attractive in conversation. Though rigid in\\nbis sense of righl and wrong, he was eminently chari-\\ntable in his views of others, having a broad tolerance\\nof opinions which differed from his own. His dispo-\\nsition was genial and bis kindness of heart unfailing.\\nHe was married, in 1834, to Anna .Maria Greeley,\\nonly daughter of the late Stephen L. Greeley. Esq., of\\niilmanion, II. His wife survives him, with four\\nchildren, Stephen Greeley, Anna Norton, Julia\\nCogswell and Ireenleaf.\\nThe death of Judge Clarke occurred at his home in\\nManchester on April 25, 1872, and was tin- cause of\\nwidespread sorrow. At his funeral there was a large\\nattendance of prominent citizens from many parts of\\nthe State. Resolutions of regret and eulogy were\\nadopted by the city bar, the Hillsborough County bar.\\nthe Manchester Common Council and various other\\nbodies with which he had been connected. In the\\nresolutions of the Common Council he was spoken of\\nas one who, as a former member of the city govern-\\nment, and its legal public adviser, served it with\\nmarked fidelity and ability, and who, by his many\\nvirtues, had won the confidence and esteem of his\\nfellow-citizens. His associates of the Manchester\\nbar declared that hi was a faithful officer, a wise\\ncounselor, a respected citizen and a Christian gentle-\\nman. He was courteous in manner, efficient in duty.\\nupright in character and an ornament to his profes-\\nsion. In the resolutions adopted by the bar of Hills-\\nborough County, anil entered upon the records of the\\nSupreme Court, Judge Clarke was described as a pub-\\nlic officer faithful and upright, discharging his official\\nduties with signal ability; a lawyer of large expe-\\nrience in his profession, of well-balanced judgment\\nand discretion, well read in the principles of the law,\\nand faithful alike to the court and his client; a citi-\\nzen patriotic and public-spirited; in his private rela-\\ntions, a gentleman of unblemished reputation, distin-\\nguished for his high-toned character, affable manners\\nand uniform courtesy and illustrating in his public\\nand private life tin character of a hristian gentleman,\\ngoverned by the principles which he was not ashamed\\nto profess.\\nClinton Warringtoh Stani.f.y. 1 The subject\\nof this sketch was born in Hopkinton, N. H., Decem-\\nber 5, 1830. He was the eldest of four children,\\nhaving one sister, Helen Isabel Scribner (deceased\\nMarch, 1865), ami two brothers, Edward W. Stanley,\\nof Hopkinton, and Benton M. Stanley, of New London.\\nHis father, Horace C. Stanley, still living at Hop-\\nkinton, is a farmer of moderate means, but of frugal\\nand industrious habits, which are often a surer guar-\\nanty of the comforts of life than greater riches. He\\nis a sturdy, honest man, of well-balanced character,\\nand has always enjoyed the respect and confidence of\\nhis community.\\nI .y Hon. Joseph W. Fellows\\nHi. moth r. Mary Ann (Kimball) Stanley, was a\\nnoble and intelligent woman, highly appreciative of\\nthe value of learning, earnestly and devotedly at-\\ntached to the interests of her family and friends, and\\nan ardent worker for the good of society. It was\\nlargely due to her energy and encouragement that\\nher s,,n was enabled to acquire his collegiate and\\nprofessional education.\\nShe commenced his instruction at home, ami at the\\nage of three years placed him in the district school,\\nwhere he made good progress and showed signs of\\nthose properties of mind which marked his course in\\nlater life.\\nWhen about eleven year- old he entered Hopkin-\\nton Academy, where he remained until his prepara-\\ntory education was completed, and at the age of\\nfourteen was admitted to Dartmouth College.\\nHe was the youngest member of his class, and one\\nof the youngest who ever completed tlie course of\\nStud) iu that institution. He graduated in 1849, and\\nimmediately began the study of law in the office of\\nHon. H. E. Perkins, in Hopkinton. During the fol-\\nlowing winter he taught school in that town; and,\\nalthough it was a difficult school to manage, and he\\nyoung and without experience, still he completed the\\nterm with remarkable success and gave entire satis-\\nfaction.\\nHe continued to study with Judge Perkins until\\nApril, 1851, during which time he had the entire\\nchargi of the post-office at Contoocook and conducted\\nits business in the name of his instructor, who was\\npostmaster during the administration of President\\nPierce. He then came to Manchester, and entered\\nthe office of Hon. George W. Morrison, where he\\ncontinued the study of law until his admission to the\\nbar in the Supreme Court in Hillsborough County,\\nAugust 12, 1852. During this time he taught school\\nin Acton, Mass., two terms (winter of 1850-51 and\\n1851-52), where he met with good success.\\nOne of his pupils, now a prominent business man\\nin that vicinity, says: Mr. Stanley was the most\\nsuccessful teacher we ever had during my school-days.\\nHe was able to impart knowledge in a plain, intelli-\\ngent manner, which even the dullest could under-\\nstand and his instruction was impressed upon the\\nminds of his scholars in a forcible way which enabled\\nthem to remember it with great distinctness. He is\\nstill remembered by the people here with much re-\\nspect.\\nWhile pursuing his legal studies he displayed the\\npractical ability and industry of his character. Judge\\nPerkins says: He was quick to see just what should\\nbe done, and always did it without being told.\\nMr. Morrison says: He was one of the best stu-\\ndents I ever had. Without interfering with his stu-\\ndies, he very soon became familiar with the practice\\nsufficiently to do the ordinary business of our office\\nwith remarkable facility and accuracy.\\nThe office of Mr. Morrison afforded a rare onpor-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0048.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "^Ca", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0051.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0052.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR\\ntunity for law-students. A great volume of business\\nwas being transacted, and probably do other place in\\nthe State had such advantages tor learning the prac-\\ntice, and few lawyers could have been found as well\\nqualified to impart instruction or convey to the stu-\\ndent the subtle and intricate lessons of the advocate\\nand jurist, and il is easy to see how a man possessed\\nof the ability and genius of Judge Stanley became so\\nthorough a practitioner even while a student.\\nImmediately after being admitted to the bar lie\\nreturned to Hopkinton, and remained at bis borne\\nuntil April, 1853. It was during Ibis time that the\\ndecease of his mother occurred. lie returned to\\nManchester, and became associated with Mr. Morri-\\nson and John L. Fitch, Esq., under the firm-name\\nof Morrison, Fitch Stanley. That copartnership\\ncontinued until November, 1857. Dining its exist-\\nence the health of Mr. Fitch gradually became im-\\npaired. In those days the Hillsborough bar con-\\ntained some of the ablest lawyers in the State, li\\nwas a period of extensive litigation. Morrison, Fitch\\nStanley were engaged in most of the important\\ncases, and their practice extended largely into other\\ncounties. The preparation of causes for trial and the\\ncare and burden of the office-work devolved upon the\\njunior member.\\nIt was a kind of labor which be enjoyed and for\\nwhich be was well lifted, ami be pursued it with zeal\\nand assiduity. He was faithful and painstaking in\\nthe extreme in the investigation id complicated mat-\\nters of fact, ami bis judgment in the application of\\nlegal principles was sound and comprehensive, flic\\nclose scrutiny with which he examined every cir-\\ncumstance, ami watchful c are with which be gathered\\nup all the details of business, gave him uncommon\\nreadiness and great advantages of an executive char-\\nacter, and combined to make him one of the most\\nsuccessful practitioners id bis time.\\nIn February, 185(3, Patten s Block, where their\\noli hc was located, was burned, and nearly all of the\\nlibrary and other books, together with many valuable\\npapers of the linn, were destroyed. In November,\\n1857, Mr. Fitch withdrew from the firm and the\\nbusiness was continued in the name of Morrison\\nStanley, but with no material change in its character.\\nIn 1858, Judge Stanley was appointed by the United\\nStates Circuit Court a commissioner of that court,\\nwhich position he held until he was made a member\\nof the Circuit Court of New Hampshire. In April.\\n1860, Hon. Lewis W. Clark became associated with\\nthem, under the style of Morrison, Stanlej Clark,\\nwhich continued over six years. The prominence of\\nthis firm is widely known. Mr. Clark brought\\nto it his rare combination of ability as an advocate\\nand a lawyer, ami, although the junior, he fairly\\ndivided the honors with the other members of the\\nfirm. They bad the largest docket in the State and\\nwere justly entitled to a front rank in the profession.\\nThe natural result of their situation, however, was to\\nmore than proportionally increase the responsibility\\nand the labor of Judge Stanley. He carried more\\nburden of solid professional work during those years\\nthan any other man in the State, and, in the belief\\nof many of bis brethren, Ids work would have com-\\npared favorably with thai of any member of the\\nprofession in the country.\\nIn December, 1866, Mr. Clark retired, and the\\nformer style of Morrison Stanley was ado led, which\\ncontinued until 1872. Early in that year Mr. Frank\\nlliland was associated with them, and they continued\\ntheir business in the name of Morrison, Stanley\\nHiland. The firm of Morrison Stanley was the\\noldest law partnership in the State at the time Mr.\\nlliland became a member.\\nThey continued together until the Superior and\\nCircuit Courts were established, and Judge Stanley\\nwas appointed one of the associate justices of the\\nCircuit Court in September, 1874, a position he held\\nuntil that system of judiciary was abolished, in 1876.\\nWhen the Supreme Caul was established by the\\nRepublican party, the selection of suitable persons to\\nconstitute the court was not entirely without embar-\\nrassment, but it was universally conceded that Judge\\nStanley should be one of the appointees. In the two\\nyears which he bad been upon the bench be bad\\ndemonstrated bis entire fitness and ability for a higher\\nposition, and bis selection as one of the associate\\njustices of the Supreme Court was commended by\\nthe bar and the people of the State with one accord.\\nThis position he held until his decease. Indeed, he\\nwas iii the midst of a jury trial when the poisoned\\narrow fell at bis feet\\nNotwithstanding the many duties and responsibil-\\nities of his professional and ollicial life, be still had\\ntime and strength for other labors.\\nIn 1865 be was elected president of the City\\nNational Hank, which position he held until 1879,\\nwhen the bank was changed and becami the Mer-\\nchants National Hank. He was elected a trustee\\nof the Manchester Savings-Hank in ls.x:t, which\\nposition be held at his decease. He was a good\\nfinancier, and being familiar with the law concern-\\ning commercial paper and securities and possessing\\nsuperior business ability in a general sense, be was\\nqualified to discharge the duties of those places of\\ntrust to which he was elected with remarkable ease\\nand facility.\\nJudge Stanley was earnestly interested in educa-\\ntional matters. He was one of the trustees of Dart-\\nuth College from 1881 to the time of his death,\\nand was otn of the most efficient and active managers\\nof that institution. He was not wholly in sym-\\npathy with the long-established course of study, but\\nfavored the optional principle and the introduc-\\ntion of the modern languages and scientific studies,\\nto some extent, in place of if,- lassie course of the\\nearly days of the college. But high above all prefer-\\nences of this nature witli him was the determination", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0053.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof his character to do well ami thoroughly whatever\\nwas being done, and if it were not the wisi si way,\\nthen to change for that which was such speedily. He\\nrealized also that institutions of learning like Dart-\\nmouth College could not lie successfully managed\\nunless upon the same business principles which in-\\nsured Mnvess el-owhere, and he applied himself to\\nthe duties of the college trustee with the same thor-\\noughness and fidelity that characterized his efforts in\\nother jdaees of public trust. That venerable institu-\\ntion lost one of its stanchest friends and safest\\nadvisers in ol Judge Stanley.\\nHe was one of the mn t earnest promoters of the\\nundertaking to establish a school under the auspices\\nof the Unitarian denomination, and was one of the\\ncommittee of the Unitarian Educational Society to\\na Unitarian institution, the Proctor Acad-\\nemy at Andover. N. II. He was one of the trustees\\nfrom thi time when the society took control of the\\nschool, and was one of it- warmest and mosl efficient\\nfriends. He was an earn -i i o iln country\\nacademy belies ing it to be one of those institutions\\nin our educational system which afforded the priv-\\nchool to certain classes that would otherwise\\nbe deprived of them, and that it should be fostered\\nand multiplied until every village and hamlet in the\\ncountry had received its advantages.\\nJudge Stanley attended the Unitarian Church\\nduring most of his life in Manchesti r. He was for\\nmany years a trustee, and at the time of his decease\\nthe president of the first Unitarian Society. His\\nconnection with that society and Ins discharge of tin\\nduties of chief executive officer were characterized by\\nthe same earnest desire to do his whole duty that dis-\\ntinguished him cveryw here.\\nPolitically,. Tudge Stanley was a lite-long Democrat,\\nalthough he was in no sense a politician. He had\\nstrong, clear convictions upon the matters of admin-\\nistering the government, both in the State ami the\\nnation, and was in sympathy with the principles and\\ntheories of.the Democratic party, and never hesitated\\nto express them whenever occasion required.\\nHis connection with the Masonic fraternity was\\nsomewhat prominent, and his respect and regard for\\nthat institution were pronounced and sincere. lit\\nbecame a member of the fraternity in January, 1862,\\nreceiving all the degrees of the American system, in-\\ncluding the orders of knighthood, during the following\\nyear. He was Worshipful .Master of Washington Lodge\\nin 1 Si \u00c2\u00bb7 and subsequently held important offices in the\\nGrand Lodge of the Si ate. He was a g 1 Mason. We\\ncan express no higher commendation. As a citizen,\\naley was a model. Ho was quick to respond\\nwith his means and counsel in all worthy enterprises,\\nwhib be was prudent and sensible in the expend-\\niture of public funds or private contributions. A- a\\nfriend anil companion, he was dear to his chosen circle,\\nFoi his wise admonitions and cherished\\nfor bis pleasant cordiality and entertaining manners.\\nHe married MissLydia A. Woodbury, only daughter\\nof William Woodbury, Esq., of Weare, X. H., Decem-\\nber 24, 1 He resided about two year.- in the north-\\nerly part of the city, on Beach Street, but in 1859 he\\npurchased and remodeled the place on the corner of\\nConcord and Pine Streets, which he made his resi-\\nlience, and where he lived until his decease. There,\\nin one of the happiest of home-, be gathered his law\\nand miscellaneous libraries and pursued hi- official\\nlabors and studies in the most agreeable manner\\npossible, and no matter how humble the petition, how\\nunreasonable the hour or how unnecessary the intru-\\nsion, his frank ami genial Welcome wa- always ex-\\ntended to the visitor and his patient and kindly\\ni. en. His easy and social manner relieved\\nthose with whom he had official relation- of every\\nrestraint, and the performance of his duty was always\\nfree from harshness or useless formality. Those who\\nmet Judge Stanley, either officially or socially, will\\nalways rembember -neb occasions with feelings of\\nrespect and gratitude.\\nWhile Judge Stanley was aide to do everything\\nwhich came within his sphere of lite well, ami seemed\\nto lack for iin faculty, he was nevertheless distin-\\nguished by certain prominent traits of character and\\nendowed with certain mental qualities in a remark-\\ne. He had great tenacity of purpose not\\nthe sentiment which springs from personal conflict,\\nbut a strong and abiding principle running through\\nevery fibre of his being and steadily asserting itself\\nin even action. He wa- a man of strong, char con-\\nviction- and was as faithful to the course which they\\nmarked out as the needle to the pole. He disregarded\\nabstractions in reasoning and despised method- of\\nsophistry. His logic was remarkable for its directness\\nand brought him to conclusions with the rapidity\\nalmost of intuition; and it is not too much to say,\\ngenerally with unerring precision. He was possessed\\not a wonderfully strong and comprehensive memory, of\\nvery great industry and remarkable powers of endur-\\nance, and. what seemed to be made up from many facul-\\nties, a grand general business ability which rendered\\nhim SO valuable and efficient in every place where he\\nwas called to act. He loved the practice of the law,\\nbi cause it afforded a wide field for his intensely active\\nnature, and an opportunity for the protection of in-\\ndividual rights.\\nBut it was upon the bench that Judge Stanley was\\nable to do the best work of his life. He knew well\\nthe value of a fearless and conscientious court. His\\ndiscriminating mind, accurate memory, great love for\\njustice ami equity, and quick energetic decision of\\ncharacter fitted him in a remarkable degree for the\\nduties of that position. Few men have been able to\\ntransfer their labors from the heated conflict of active\\npractice to the unimpas-ioned and exalted duties of\\nthe bench with more perfect adaptation or complete\\nfitness. The universal commendation of bis official\\nlife and the profound res] t in which he was held", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0054.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nby the members of the bar are evidence of his great\\nmerit as a judge.\\nJudge Stanley died December 1, 1884, after a very\\nbrief illness. He was holding the September term at\\nNashua, and suspended for a few days on account of\\nslight indisposition, as was generally understood,\\nwhen, suddenly and without warning, the fatal change\\ncame. His death was a painful shock to the whole\\nState, causing deep and widespread sorrow. The\\nwhole community mourned bis decease as a public\\nloss, and tin distinguished concourse which assembled\\nto pay the last sad rites and show their respect lor\\nhim was a more eloquent tribute to his worth than\\nthe profoundest eulogy.\\nWe came. i conclude this imperfect -ketch of our\\nesteemed friend more fittingly than by subjoining the\\nproceedings of the Supreme I i at the law term\\nin March, 1885, concerning his decease.\\nThe attorney-general, Hon. Mason W. Tappan,\\naddressed the court and said,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMay it please yow honors:\\nI rise to tin- performance of a melancholy duty,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that oi presentin\\nresolutions in reference to the death of your late associate, Judge Sua i-\\nle 1 bad intended to have presented these resolutions at the i\\nof this court in D mber, but it was thought best to postpone it till the\\nhl when there would be .1 n general attend I 1\\nmembers of til.- lor li the \\\\arieu- ointi.-s in 1 1 1 State.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0II,. announcement ol I leatb of Judge Stanley in the early days\\nof winter fell with startling suddenness upon tin members of the lor\\nand the people of Hie Stat.-, ami very few knew et hi- serious illness until\\nthe intelligent e was Has I ovei the state that he was dead.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2And it is very hard t realize even new that he, who, but a fev,\\ne I in the enjoy nt of such perfect health Iwhogave\\npromise oi so many years of future usefulness in the position which he\\nadorned on the bench of tti is court, has passed from among us forever.\\nII,.. 8 uddeun 1 Judge Stanley s death cannot help reminding us\\n,,f the wools of Mr. l .urk a somewhat similar occasion, which are\\nfrequently quoted, bul so little heeded Snatched from us, a- he was, in\\nthe midst of his usefulness, while his desires were as wi and his hopes\\nanj f ours, has feelingly told US what shadows we are and\\nwhat shadows we pursue.\\nHis funeral was attended by a largo concourse of people, not only\\nfrom the city where he dwelt, but by the members of the bar and others,\\nrig, I believe, from every county in the State, showing tie high\\nesteem in which he was held by all ranks and i la\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in th .mutiny\\nThe friendly and genial relations which exist. between Judge\\nStanley and the men. hers ,,f the har generally, an I I mo M. h,\\nbench as well, will cause him to he sincerelj mourned and his name and\\ncharacter to he held in kindly remembrance as long as any 1 the- win.\\nknew him -hall live. I mine, your honors, the adoption of the following\\nResolved, That in the death of the Hon, Clinton Warrington Stanley,\\none I theassoi iate justices of the Supre Court of New Hampshire, on\\nthe 1st day of December, 1884, we recognize the loss of one of the most\\nuntiring members of lb,- bench, who, by bis ability, integrity 1 faithful\\ndevotion to the Int.,- ,f hi- ..the... had deservedly a 1 and possessed\\n1, rice and respect of bis associates and of the bar and\\n1 pie of th,- State\\nWe recognize, al-,,, hi- Bterling qualities a- ;i man and a citizen,\\nwhich made him honored and respected in all the relations of private\\nAnd weres],,-, tfullj request the court to direct that these proceedings\\nbe entered upon its records, and that a copy thereof he presented t,, his\\nwidow, with the n-surancc of our deep and heartfelt sympathy m her\\nbereavement.\\nMr. Justice Blodgei then spoke as follows:\\nThe estimation in which Judge Stanley was he], I l,v the profession\\nha- ii titlv ,\\\\pi,, I in the resolutions which have I n present.,, 1,\\nand in the remark- which have been made, that nothing seems to remain\\nWorth alel the deep Sel.se o| It- hearth li 1\\nTo say that our brother was invaluable\\ni i, hul the feeble utterance oi a Belf-evident truth, w. 11 I,..,, v.,\\nthe I, a I the State and O all others ha\\\\ 1 l.g 1 ,11-i lie-- i ti\\nAnd tr, in hi- very nature it could not 1 tlei v i\\nii was a- natural for him to work a- to breathe, and In- ocas,,, li\\nlabors only a- he yielded up In- life But he was far than me\\nuorkei he was an able, painstaking ami an uprighl nidge II.-\\n.load than he was u. I willing to extend ovei Urn ei lots \u00e2\u0080\u009el .tie\\nf men are to be judged hi tl.- 1 and of evil in t\\nby the balancing of theii virtues and theii faults, few, indeed,\\n,,i inthejudgn\\nBul ii i- I-,\\n..lie that Judge Stanley will long\\ndeath, OUt-\\nThe inelan-\\nI itneSS of the social and moral side of\\nwithout ostentati f favor so many\\n[east, the death .,t no other mi/, n f New Hampshire has\\n,aiiie, I le wid, -plead -,,ri.,w I,, tie- hearts of her people or called\\nforth in notable tributes of He n respi i i.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Cut While, h.llliallh -peak...-. We ,1, 1,1- Ultti I11..1.V n-llloVal ill\\nthe prime of his liiatlh 1 alei H, the luld-t hi- n- lull.- W cai.Iiot\\nhut he grateful that h.s busy, l.d i- and faithful life was crowned\\nwith a ino-i fitting close fol with only a brief illness, and with all his\\nfaculties unimpaired, lie was rcifullj called aw.o with .a a struggle,\\nlo a i.,.i, h a- gentle as that huh l,.o-en- the ripe fruit from its bough.\\nGod s finger touched loin and he -hpt ll.s w.nl, was done,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 hie mis-\\nsion was accomplished.\\nChief .Justice Doe spoke as follows:\\nBrother Blodget speaks for all. hut my personal relations with\\nbrothei Stanlej wen oi iu. b chara. ter and duration that I beg t,, be\\nexcused for adding a wool. A- 1 1-mates, brother I lark and I be-\\ncame acquainted with him thirty-eight years ago last August, and we\\nremained ii intimate term-, with some separation of tunc an, I -|,.,o. nil\\nthe sudden end last I le.-.. 1 1 ,1 ,c i h ,,i u- and many others\\nside the immediate family circle, cold come so near home\\nholy feeling of personal [OSS I\\ntl ,,ti So many friendly at\\nscenes of harmonious counsel so long a period .,f .mite, 1 tabor, with some\\ninevitable and highly useful diversity of view and opinion, hut without\\n-n unpli asant jai di discord left in recollection bo much constant\\nattention t,, the want, of others u. I. assistance rendered so habitu-\\nally as 1 spected and rei end a- a matter of course so much sacri-\\nti ,,f In, own tunc, labor and convenience for our own benefit so many\\nl\u00e2\u0080\u009e, m alel day- aid n al, lighted up DJ his t,. .lorn lit alel I heerful spirit,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nall this mid all the pleasures of life that this suggests 1,,,,, i\\n|\u00e2\u0080\u009ei-o.ial hcieavciuelit Seldom experienced by those w ho ale Hot of near\\nkindred.\\nThe untiring energy that rendered the most valuable judicial service\\nwas enlisted in helping hie lates, a- well a- it. enterprises,\\npublic and private, lb- capacit} for continuous labor. f.\u00e2\u0080\u009e detail- and\\nlot everything collipii- d ill the -I fill olldllCt I bn -i le coll I hi Ul ,1\\nwith eijuaniinity and profound and enthusiastic interest in everything he\\nu ii, bit,, ok, made him an invaluable member ..f the curt and would have\\ncan id him to the highest distinction and su in any department of\\na, tive in,\\ni instance ,.t his iucos-aiii usefulness illustrates the productive\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009ea| ,,f hiS talents. The pi -out sy-tein of exi.lii ill inn candidates for\\nidmi i ii i bar is entirely his work, and the great advantages\\nderived from it by the profession and tl mmunity are a e mil of the\\nmission of progress and improvement ill which he was alwav o li eat \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ 1.\\nShould tin- stein be long cut el. it will g. fa r t, p o, 1 -i ic b a bar\\nand ben, b a, tl,,. intei.-t- and tie relit of the stale do ,.l Tin, one\\nmovement has already done enough fol tie cans.- Icjal clll, atl.ol ill", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0055.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nM li We Imv ill llii|im\\\\r.,| i, ctlimls i it.lllLllii-t J :it I. .1 l .il.nn i.u.t Mm\\n..I genius.\\nw bat aiade linn -i mil- pleasing as an assoi iate, and Ins life the\\nlll\\\\pple t llll l lie-l ,i||-|:ii Inl v. u.is hi- impel tnrloMe r|riiity. I llllVe\\nBeen him in circumstances I annoyance when !i must liave thought\\nlli!!]SL lf ill- Use. I. llllll wlll-ll nthelS ill 111\u00e2\u0080\u0094 pi. in- Wi.lll.l IlllVr lllllile l .-I\\nless exhibition of anger, but from nil these thirty-eighl and a half years\\nI cannol rei all a single occasion when be ^1h \\\\m 1 any sign of irritation.\\nII this extraordinary fact is due to a memory that failed to record\\nexpress^ tngi of vo lor, il is, nevertheless, true that in kind-\\nlie\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it n.ttille lite I l lrnlnii. f I ..in i nt fill in ;unl resentment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 qualities\\nill.- lie. -I l..-ir;il le in :i fneiel unit of prime nerr-silv in ;i pi.l-e In- \\\\v:i-\\nHiix. Herman Foster was born at Andover,\\nMas October 31, L800. He removed to Hudson,\\nN. H., with his father s family in 1810. He\\nprepared for college, bul was prevented from pur-\\nsuing a college course by a disease of his eyes. He\\nfir.-i r i l: i l! i 1 in mercantile lm inr~- in l!o ton. and\\nwas married to Harriet M. -V. Whittemore, of West\\nCambridge, Mass.. in November, 1826. He removed\\nto Warner in March, 1830. lie .studied law with the\\nHon. Henry B. Chase, of Warner, and was admitted\\npractice in December, is::;). Hecommenced prac-\\ntice in Manchester, X. H., in 1840.\\nHe was town treasurer before the city was char-\\ntered. He was a member of the State Legislature in\\n1845-46 and in 1868-69; member of the State Senate in\\n1860 and 1861, of which body he was president the\\nlatter year. He was one of the first directors and\\nclerk nf the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad, a\\ndirector of the old Amoskeag Bank for many years,\\na director of the Amoskeag National Bank, and a\\ntrustee and one of the investigating committee of the\\nManchester Savings-Hank from its organization to his\\ndeath. He also was one of the fouuders of the City\\nLibrary, treasurer and clerk of the Manchester Jas-\\nLighl !ompany from its organization t his death.\\nIn bis profession, Mr. Foster was a safe and valu-\\nable counselor. He formed his opinions upon careful\\nstudy and examination, and they were generally cor-\\nrect and reliable. In the preparation of a cause he\\nwas thorough. He neglected nothing ami was seldom\\ncaught unprepared. It may safely lie said the affairs\\nof no client suffered in his hands. Mr. Foster died\\nFebruary 17, 1875.\\nLewis W.Clark. 1 Judge Lewis Whitemore Clark,\\nson of Jeremiah and Hannah (Whitemore) Clark, was\\nborn in Barnstead, X. II.. August 19, 1828.\\nWith most excellent natural mental capacity, lie\\nearly showed a hunger lor knowledge. His education\\nbegan in the common schools of his native town, was\\npursued through I ittslield and Atkinson Academics,\\nin which institutions he prepared for college, and\\nDartmouth College, where lie was graduated with ex-\\ncellent standing in 1850.\\nHe immediately began the special preparation for\\nBy Be\\n..linn II. Kimball.\\nhis chosen profession and at the same time was prin-\\ncipal of I ittslield Academy. His principalship of\\nthis school continued from August, 1850, to December,\\n1852, with eminent success. He began his law studies\\nwith Hon. Moses Norris, continued them under the\\ndirection of Hon. A. F. 1.. Norris, and on September\\nL852, was admitted to the bar of New Hampshire,\\nto commence a career of professional service that has\\nbeen alike honorable to himself and creditable to the\\ncommonwealth of which he is a citizen.\\nHe practiced law for a time in I ittslield, X. H.. but\\nhis abilities were such a- to soon Call bun to the me-\\ntropolis of the State, where he has since resided, one\\nof its best-beloved citizens.\\nlie was associated in the practice of his profession\\nwith Hon. George W. Morrison and Hon. Clinton W.\\nStanley, late associate justice of the Supreme Courts\\nand remained in this law firm for six years. A-fter a\\ntime he formed a law partnership with Hon. Henry\\nH. Huse, under the firm-name of Clark Huse, and\\ncontinued thus until May 24, 1*72, when he was ap-\\npointed attorney-general of the State by Governor\\nWeston, an appointment which his learning and ability\\njustly merited. This position he held, with great credit\\nto himself ami benefit to the State, until August,\\n1876.\\nHis ability and great learning as a lawyer, his faith-\\nful and eminent discharge of the duties of attorney-\\ngeneral of the State, and his already marked judicial\\nability pointed to him as the man to iill the vacancy\\nwhich had occurred on the Supreme Bench, and on\\nAugust 13, 1877, he was appointed judge of the Su-\\npreme Court of Xew Hampshire, an appointment\\nhighly satisfactory to the able bar of the State.\\nThis position he has filled to the present time with\\nhighest honor to himself and in a manner worthy the\\ngreat lawyers who have occupied the Supreme Bench\\nof Xew Hampshire.\\nIn December, 1852, he united in marriage with Miss\\nHelen M., daughter of Captain William Know It of\\nPittsfield, a lady every way qualified for the compan-\\nionship ol her eminent husband. Two children have\\nbeen born to them, Mary Helen and John Lewis.\\nPolitically, Judge Clark is a Democrat, and while\\nnot a partisan, has been a wise and honored leader in\\nthe Democratic party. In 1855 he was the nominee\\nof his party for Congress in the Second Congressional\\nDistrict ami served as a member of the Xew Hamp-\\nshire Legislature from I ittslield in the years 1855,\\n1856, 1857.\\nSince his elevation to the Supreme Bench, in ac-\\ncordance with his high sense of honor, he has with-\\ndrawn from active participation in politics, while still\\nprofoundly concerned in all questions relating to his\\ncountry s weal.\\nThe private character of Judge Clark is one of\\nstainless integrity. His mind is eminently one of\\ngreat self-poise and unusually perfect adjustment.\\nHe possesses in an unusual degree the power to grasp", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0056.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "Jue^f/ziz^ ^rc^Ze^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0059.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0060.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0061.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "in\\nC^^c^^^^(^^^^- ^---^-^U", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0062.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nall sides oJ questions that come under his notice, and\\nwith imperturbable calmness deal with them.\\nHe is pre-eminently a lawyer. He loves his profes-\\nsion, and whether at the bar pleading, or on the\\nbench deciding, he is always the searching, candid,\\njudicial-minded lawyer. This word is ennobled and\\nand dignified by Judge Clark as it is and has been by\\nthe thousands of other great nanus who have so much\\nto do in making the great in American history.\\nSocially, Judge Clark is genial, cordial, of great\\namiability, direct, and in all his bearing towards all\\nmarked by a large-hearted kindliness and perfect\\nsimplicity.\\nHis whole character is permeated by profound reli-\\ngious com iction. Personally he is a Baptist, in regular\\ncommunion and active fellowship with the First Bap-\\ntist Church id Manchester, but his great catholicitj of\\ncharacter and mind put him in warm fellowship with\\nall noble lives of every faith.\\nIn the confraternity of his profession he stands\\nenviably high. In the circle of society in which he\\nmoves he is sincerely respected and loved. In the\\ncommunity of his residence he is esteemed and\\nhonored; and as a citizen, his large influence can be\\nuniformly depended upon in behalf of the public\\nwell-being-.\\nIsaac W. Smith. The opportunity to attain the\\nposts of high honor and extensive influence, which\\nunder our free institutions is put within the reach of\\nall who feel stirring within them the requisite latent\\nability, and are willing to submit to the requisite\\nlabor, is illustrated in the life of the subject of the fol-\\nowing sketch, the Hon. Isaac W. Smith, associate\\njustice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.\\nPaternal Ancestry. I. Samuel Smith, supposed to\\nhave emigrated from England and to have been\\namong the early settlers of Haverhill, Mass.\\nII. Samuel Smith, died June 2, 1781, in the eighty-\\ngirth year of his age. Sarah, his wife, died April\\n1801, aged ninety-two years.\\nIII. Joseph Smith, born January 22, 1740 (0. S.),\\ndied January 28, 181(3 moved from Plaistow, N. H.,\\nto Hampstead, N. H., March 1, 1800. He was a sol-\\ndier in the War of the Revolution. His grandmother\\n(whether paternal or maternal is not known, nor her\\nname) died March 5, 179 at the age of one hundred\\nand two years. He married 1 Hannah Harriman,\\nMay ii, 1762, who was born March 25, 1744, died\\nMay 6, 1782, and by whom he had eleven children\\n(2) Mary Sawyer, December 2, 17*4, daughter of Jon-\\nathan Sawyer, horn October 19, 1758, at Atkinson,\\nX. H., died December 2, 1802, and by whom he had\\nfive children; Mrs. Phebe Runnels, September 5,\\n1803, who dieil in July, 1821, aged seventy-nine years.\\nIV. Isaac Smith, fourth child of Joseph and Mary\\n(Sawyer) Smith, born at Plaistow, N. H., May\\n31, 1793, died at Hampstead, N. H., June 11, 1869;\\nmarried (li .Mary Clarke, daughter of Nathaniel\\nand Abigail (W Iman) Clarke, Julj L8, L822, who\\nwas born January 21, 1800, died June 1833, and by\\nwhom he had three children (2) Sarah lenient, )c-\\ntober 23, 1834, daughter of Muses ami Marj\\nClement, of Salisbury, X. II., who was born 1 \u00c2\u00bbeceml er\\n9, 1795, died May 2, 1866, and by whom he had two\\nchildren; (3) Abigail Clarke, March 20, 1867, daugh-\\nter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Woodman) Clarke,\\nwho was born April 5, 1795, and died Augusl 27, L879.\\nShe was the widow of David Clarke, of Sandown,\\n11., who died November 24, 1834, at Lowell, Mass\\nIsaac Smith was a country merchant, who carried on\\nan extensive business for nearly half a century in\\nHampstead, and was widely and favorably known as\\na public-spirited citizen, strongly identified with the\\nreligious, educational and political interests of the\\ntown. He was charitable in his views and libera]\\nwith his means, and was often called to positions of\\npublic trust and responsibility. His character was\\nabove reproach, and he died honored and lamented\\nby all who knew him.\\nMaternal Ancestry. I. Nathaniel Clarke, born in\\n1044 and died August 25, 1690; married, November 23,\\n1663, Elizabeth, born November 1, 1646, daughter of\\nHenry and Judith Somerly, and died March 15, 1710.\\nNathaniel Clarke s name appears among the early set-\\ntlers of Newbury, Mass., where he resided. He\\nappears to have been a man of unusually strong qual-\\nities, mental, moral and physical, and these qualities\\nhave been transmitted from generation to generation\\namong his descendants to a quite remarkable extent.\\nII. Nathaniel Clarke, Newbury, Mass., bom March\\n13, 1666; died October, 1690; married Elizabeth, born\\nOctober 16, 1665, daughter of Dr. Peter and Jane\\nToppan, and sister of Rev. Christopher Toppan, D.D.\\nHer father was sixth in descent from Robert, of Linton,\\nnear Lately Bridge, in the West Riding of York,\\nwhere his descendants continue to the present day\\namong the most respectable families of that country.\\nNathaniel went with the expedition to Canada in\\n1690, and was mortally wounded there on board the\\nship Six Friends, in October of the same year.\\nIII. Nathaniel Clarke, Newbury, Mass., born July\\n29, 1689 died in 1754 married, March 7, 1709, Sarah,\\nborn November 3, 1692, daughter of Samuel and Sarah\\nKent rreenleaf.\\nIV. Nathaniel Clarke, Haverhill, .Mass., born in\\n1728; died November 7, 1805; married, February 18,\\n1753, Mary Hardy, of Bradford, Mass., horn October\\n8, 1733, died June 13, 1817. He was a member of\\nCaptain Richard Saltonstall s (2d) company of foot;\\nserved in 1780 on the committee to collect clothing\\nfor the army, and was active in furthering the cause\\nof the Revolution.\\nV. Nathaniel Clarke, Plaistow, N. H.,born in 1760,\\ndied March 19, 1846; married Abigail W Iman,\\nborn August. 1765, died April 3, 1844. When fifteen\\nyears old he enlisted for three years as filer in Cap-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0065.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "28\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntain Nehemiah Emerson s Company, Tenth Massa-\\nchusetts Regiment, and remained till the close of the\\nwar. Ho was wounded at the battle of White\\nPlains.\\nVI. -Mary Clarke, born at Plaistow, N. H., January\\n21,1800; died June 6, L833, at Hampstead, N. H.;\\nmarried Isaae Smith, July IS, 1822. She was a woman\\nof great persona] beauty and rare sweetness of char-\\nacter, possessed of gentle ways, dignified manners\\nand fine womanly sense. She lived an exemplary\\nChristian life, and her early death was deplored by a\\nlarge circle of friends.\\nIsaac William Smith, the second child of Isaacand\\nMary (Clarke) Smith, was born in Hampstead.N. II..\\nMay 18, 1825, His parents shared fully the honor-\\nable ambition which has from the beginning charac-\\nterized our old New England families, and which goes\\nso tar to account for the moulding and controlling\\nicNeu Falkland element in the country ai\\nlarge, the ambition to secure the best possible advan-\\n[ucation for their clildren. For an end so\\nimportant in their estimation they were willing to toil\\nand to make large sacrifices, and for this, in his case\\nas in so many others, a debt of gratitude not easily to\\nbe repaid is felt to be most justly due.\\nHis early years were passed in theipiiet atmosphere\\nof a country illage, under the influences of a pure and\\nhappy home, and in attendance for brief periods at\\nthe academies in Salisbury, Atkinson, 1 erry and San-\\nbornton. At the age of fifteen years he was sent to\\npursue his studies preparatory for college at Phillips\\nAcademy, Andover, Mass., then under the care of\\nSamuel H. Taylor, LL.D., one of the most distin-\\nguished educators that this country has as yet pro-\\nduce. 1 Having completed these studies, he entered\\nDartmouth College in 1S42. The president of the\\ncollege, Rev. Nathan Lord, D.I was then in the\\nfull meridian of that remarkable career which secured\\nfor him a placeamong the foremost college presidents\\nof tin country. The class with which Judge Smith\\ngraduated in 1846 was small in number, but is re-\\nmarkable for the proportion who have become distin-\\nguished in professional life, including Rev. Charles A.\\nAiken, D.D., president of Union College and pro-\\nfessor in Princeton Theological Seminary Hon. Ben-\\njamin F. Aver, LL.D., lawyer, Chicago, 111.; Dr.\\nJosiah W. Barstow, superintendent of Flushing (X. Y.)\\nInsane Asylum; Rev. James J. Blaisdell, D.D.,\\nprofessor in Beloit College; Hon. Joseph M. Cavis,\\njudge of Fifth District Court, California Dr. Edward\\nH. Parker, professor in New York Medical College;\\nRev. Alonzo H. Quint, D.D., trustee of Dartmouth\\nCollege; Hon. Edward J. Warren,judge of Superior\\nCourt, North Carolina; and Rev. Joshua W. Well-\\nman, D.D., trustee of Andover Theological Sem-\\ninary.\\nSoon after his graduation Judge Smith commenced\\nhis legal studies in the office of William Smith. Esq.,\\nat Lowell, Mass. Alter spending nc.irh a year in\\nthis office, he removed to .Manchester, and completed\\nhis studies in the office of Hon. Daniel Clark. He\\nwas admitted to the bar July 9, 1850, and soon after\\nentered into a partnership in legal practice with Hon.\\nHerman Foster, which continued nearly two years.\\nSubsequently he was lor five years the partner of\\nHon. Daniel Clark.\\nHe was early recognized by his fellow-citizens as\\nLiking a lively interest in the welfare of his adopted\\ncity ami as qualified to till positions of trust and re-\\nsponsibility in its affairs. He was president of its\\nCommon Council in 1851 and 1852, city solicitor in\\n1854 and 1855, and mayor of the city in 1869. I D 1 355\\nhe was appointed judge of the Police i !our( of Man-\\nchester, but resigned the office in 1857 to engage more\\nfully in the practice of his profession. He was\\nelected in 1859 to represent his ward in the Legislature\\nof the State, and was re-elected in the following year,\\nand in the latter year was chairman of the judiciary\\ncommittee of the House of Representatives. In 1S62\\nand L863 he was a member of the State Semite and\\nchairman of its judiciary committee. In 1863 he was\\nappointed by President Lincoln assessor of the Second\\nInternal Revenue District of New Hampshire, and\\nheld the office until 1870. He was appointed associ-\\nate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. February\\nin. 1874, by Governor Straw. In August of that year\\nthe court was reorganized, and he was appointed by\\nGovernor Weston associate justice of the new court, and\\nheld the office until the court was again reorganized, in\\n1876. After leaving the bench he resumed the prac-\\ntice of his profession, and continued it until July,\\n1877, leu a vacancy occurred in the Supreme Court,\\nand he was, upon the recommendation of almost the\\nentire bar of the State, appointed by Governor Pres-\\nent! to fill it. a position which he still occupies.\\nAs a lawyer. Judge Smith has throughout all his\\npractice been characterized by a clear, penetrating\\njudgment, unsparing industry, unbending integrity\\nand fidelity to all trusts. The high reputation which\\nhe early acquired, built on solid foundations, has\\nnever been shaken. Upon the bench his well-known\\nability as a lawyer, the conscientious care and thor-\\noughness with which every case upon which he is\\ncalled to express an opinion is examined, and the\\njudicial poise ami impartiality which he always main-\\ntains, secure for his rulings and decisions a high\\ndegree of confidence and respect.\\nJudge Smith s personal interest in the affairs of his\\nAh, in Mater has suffered no abatement as other cares\\nand interests have multiplied. He was president of\\nthe Dartmouth Alumni Association in 1881-83, and of\\nthe Phi Beta Kappa Society i\u00e2\u0080\u009e 18S2-84. In college he\\nwas one of the charter members of the Dartmouth\\nli tpterof the Alpha Delta Phi Society. In 1880 he\\ndelivered before the Alumni Association a eulogy\\nupon the life and character of Hon. William H.\\nI .aitlett, lale associate justice of the Supr\\nof New Hampshire. In Mar, h. 1885, he was elected", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0066.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "Oh.\\nJ\\n2^L7", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0069.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0070.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AM) BAR.\\nL .t\\none of the trustees of the college. He has found\\ntime amid the press of professional duties to indulge\\nhis taste for historical investigation, contributing his\\nshare to the researches of the Now Hampshire Histor-\\nical Society, of which he has been a member since\\n1861. As early as 1849 he delivered an address,\\nwhich was subsequently published, at the centennial\\ncelebration of the incorporation of his native town.\\nHis tastes in this direction gave a special zest and\\nvalue to a visil which lie made, in the summer of\\n1878, to several of the scenes of special historical in-\\nterest ill the Old World.\\nPolitically, the sympathies of Judge Smith have\\nbeen with the Republican party since its Brst organi-\\nzation, lie was an earnest advocate of the great\\nprinciples which that party bore inscribed upon its\\nbanners in our terrible civil stri e and in the period of\\n:ion which followed it, and which are des-\\ntined to go down to the future as the inspiring aid\\nplastic force in one of the greal epochs in human his-\\ntory. He was. in 1856, a delegate to the National Con-\\nvention which nominated Fremont and Dayton as\\ncandidates tor President and Vice-President.\\nReligiously, by education and by conviction, his\\nsympathies are with the Orthodox Congregationalists.\\nHe early identified himself with the Franklin Street\\nCongregational Society in Manchester, assuming his\\nfull share of its burdens and responsibilities, being\\ncalled at different times to rill the offices of president,\\ntreasurer aud director in it. In 1870 he became a\\nmember in full communion of the church with which\\nthai society is connected, and has always taken a\\nwarm and lively interest in its prosperity and in the\\nadvancement of the cause which it represents.\\nJudge Smith was united in marriage, August 16,\\n1854, with Amanda .laughter of Hon. Hiram\\nBrown, the first mayor of Manchester. Their chil-\\ndren, eight in number, are Mary Amanda, born June\\n5, 1855; William Isaac, born February 22, 1857;\\nArthur Whitney, born March 9, L860; Julia Brown,\\nborn January 17, 1862 Edward Clark, born October\\n24,1864; Daniel Clark, born April 5, 1866; Jennie\\nPatterson, born September 29, 1868; and Grace Lee,\\nborn September 10, 1870.\\nJames F. Briggs. 1 John and Nancy (Franklin)\\nBriggs were of that class of working Englishmen who\\nhad the courage to flee from hard surroundings which\\nno strength could overcome, and seek in a new world,\\namong strangers, a chance to improve their condition.\\nThey were factory operatives at Bury, Lancashire\\nCounty, England, where their son James F. was horn,\\nOctober 23, 1827. When he was fourteen months old\\nthey took passage on an emigrant ship for America,\\nand after a rough voyage of more than seven weeks\\nlanded in Boston, March 4, 1829. Going direct to\\nAndover, Mass., the father found employment in a\\nl By Henry M. Putney, from Clark s Successful New Bampshir\\nwoolen-factor) there From that place he removed\\nto Saugus, where he worked a short nine, and from\\nthence to Amesbury, which was the family home\\nuntil 1836. In the fall of that year the lather, in\\ncompany with two brothers, bought a small woolen-\\nfactory at Holderness (now Ashland), N. II., and,\\nhaving established his home near by, commenced\\nbusiness on his own account, in manufacturing\\nwoolen cloths. But l r\\\\x operatives were needed to\\nrun this mill, and they were mainly the three pro-\\nprietors and their children, anion- whom was the boy\\nJames, then a lad nine years old, who had begun to\\nearn his living in a factors before the removal from\\nMassachusetts, the family circumstances being such\\nthat all had to contribute to its support as soon as\\nable. He was continuously employed in\\nthe mill for the next five years; but during this time\\nhe had learned enough of hooks to make him ambi-\\ntious to know more; and, as the affairs of the family\\nwere fairly prosperous, at the age of fourteen he was\\nsent to the academj at Newbury, N t. and afterwards\\nto the one at Tilton. Being an expert operative, able\\nto take the wool from the fleece and convert it into\\ncloth, by working in the factory a part of each year\\nbe earned the money to pay his expenses at these\\ninstitutions one or more terms every year until 1848,\\nwhen he arranged to commence the study of law with\\nHon. William C. Thompson, at Plymouth; but in\\nFebruary of that year his lather died. leaving a family\\nof eighl children, six of whom were younger than\\nJames, in destitute circumstances. Ibis affliction,\\nwhich threw the care of the family largely upon the\\nyoung man, compelled him to change somewhat his\\nplans; but he did not for a moment lose sight of the\\nobject he had in view, ami, as he could not enter the\\nlaw-office at Plymouth, he borrowed books from it\\nand pursued his studies during such time as he could\\nget at home, for a y.ar, when he entered the office of\\nHon. Joseph Furrows, then a practicing lawyer at\\nHolderness.\\nIn 1849 the family removed to Fisherville, in order\\nthat the younger children might obtain employment\\nin the factory there, and he completed his studies in\\ntl Hi e of Judge Butler, from which he was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1851. A lew months later In:\\nci nieed the practice of law at Hillsborough\\nBridge, whither he went a perfect stranger, without\\nmoney or reputation. I .ul he had ability and energy,\\nwas willing to work, knew how to live within a small\\nincome until lie could make it larger, and little by\\nlittle he gained clients and friends, who gave him a\\nlucrative practice, accepted his counsel, followed his\\nleadership and established his reputation as the most\\npopular and influential man of the town. In 1856,\\n1857 and 1858 he was sen! by a nearly unanimous\\nvote to represent Hillsborough in the Legislature,\\nwhere he was at once accorded a prominent position\\nas a member of the judiciary committee, and the\\nthird year was honored by the nomination of bis", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0071.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF H1LLSBOH01 GH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nparty Cor the Speakership. At this time he acted\\nwith the Democratic party, and continued to do so\\nuntil the War of the Rebellion, when he felt that all\\nloyal men should unite to save the Union and main-\\ntain the national authority, and, having been nomi-\\nnated by the Democracy of his district for councilor\\nupon a platform which enunciated peace-at-any-price\\ndoctrines, to which he could not assent, he declined\\nthe nomination, and from that day has been an\\nardent, active and enthusiastic Republican.\\nWhile the Eleventh Regiment was being recruited\\nhe tendered his services to the Governor of the State,\\nand was appointed quartermaster on the staff of Col-\\nonel Harriman. In this capacity he served through\\nthe battles of Fredericksburg, the military operations\\nin Kentucky, and the Mississippi River expeditions\\nwhich resulted in the capture of Yicksburg and\\nJackson, for about a year, when he was prostrated by\\nthe malaria of tin- southern swamps, and compelled\\nto resign anil return to his home in Hillsborough.\\nDuring his absence in the field and the illness\\nwhich succeeded his return his legal business had\\nbecome somewhat demoralized, and on the recovery\\nof his health he concluded to start anew in a wider\\nfield of action in Manchester, to which city he re-\\nmoved in 1871, forming a partnership with Hon.\\nHenry II. Huse, which still exists. Manchester gave\\nhim a cordial welcome. Her mill operatives and\\nother mechanics greeted him as an honored graduate\\nof their school, who in his after triumphs had never\\nforgotten the hard road by which he had journeyed\\nto success; her lawyers and clients were already well\\nacquainted with his professional abilities; her sol-\\ndiers recognized him as an old companion-in-arms.\\nand her politicians as an earnest Republican who\\ncould and would be a tower of strength in every\\ncampaign. Under these circumstances he did not\\nhave to wait for business or political preferment.\\nSoon after opening his office he was appointed city\\nsolicitor, and in 1874 he was elected to the Legislature\\nfrom Ward Three. Two years later he was chosen\\nSenator from the Manchester District, and in the same\\nyeaj was -cut to the Constitutional Convention.\\nIn all these positions he won reputation and friends\\nto such an extent that in 1877 he was nominated for\\nCongress without substantial opposition, and elected\\nby a large majority. At the expiration of his hist\\nterm he was unanimously renominated, and after an\\nexciting campaign was re-elected by a majority of\\neight hundred and forty-nine over the combined\\nDemocratic ami Greenback vote. Two years after-\\nwards it became a question whether he should be\\nreturned. The traditions and prejudices of the dis-\\ntrict were strongly against a third term. Four other\\nable and deserving men were ambitious to succeed\\nhim, and he declined to push for the nomination, but\\naccepted a call to take the stump in Maine, leaving it\\nfor his friends to determine whether his name should\\nbe used in the convention. To one of these, who\\nwrote him that he ought to return from Maine and\\nattend to his canvass, he replied: I am assured that\\nI can be of considerable service here, and, as it is of\\nvastly more importance that the cause shall triumph\\nin this State next Monday than that I shall be re-\\nnominated, I must remain and trust to you and others\\nto decide whether it is best to send me back to Wash-\\nington. Whatever that decision may be, I shall be\\nsatisfied. The convention met just after the disas-\\ntrous defeat of the party in Maine, and when it\\nappeared that there was only a desperate chance for\\nits nominee to be elected. It decided that it any\\nman could succeed he could, and a few days alter he\\ntook the stump. Manchester, which was counted a\\ndoubtful city when the convention assembled, gave\\nhim more than eight hundred majority, and the rest\\nof the district swelled this to fourteen hundred and\\neighty.\\nIn Congre Mr. Briggs was from the first a faithful,\\nhard-working member, always in his seat, tireless in\\nserving his constituents, especially the veteran sol-\\ndiers, ami conscientiously devoted to the discharge of\\nall his duties. In the Forty-fifth Congress lie was a\\nmember of the committee on patents; in the Forty-\\nsixth, of the committee on naval affairs; and m the\\nForty-seventh, chairman of the committee on expen-\\nditures in the War Department, and a member of the\\njudiciary and reform in the civil service. No\\nmember of the House commanded a more perfect\\nconfidence in his associates, ami few, it any, were\\nable to accomplish so much. He succeeded at Wash-\\nington as he did at home, by quiet, patient, persistent\\nwork, and was satisfied with results rather than with\\nbrilliant outbursts and noisy exhibitions of his rhet-\\norical powers.\\nMr. Briggs married Koxana Smith, the daughter of\\nObadiah ami Eliza M. Smith, of New Hampton, and\\nha- had three children, all of whom are living. The\\noldest, a -on. was educated at West Point, ami served\\nfour years in the army, when he resigned, and is now\\nengaged in the manufacturing business in Trenton,\\nN. d. Two daughters reside with their parents in\\nManchc\\nIn concluding this brief sketch, written without the\\nknowledge of its subject, the author feels that it will\\nfail to satisfy those who have known Mr. Briggs inti-\\nmately without some direct reference to the qualities\\nwhich characterize him in all positions in lite. Prom-\\ninent among these arc hi- perfect fidelity, industry,\\nsteady courage and thoroughness. It is natural for\\nhim to lie true, impossible tor him to lie false. He is\\nambitions, ami few prize more highly the honors they\\nwin: lent lie i incapable of the duplicity,\\nand all the cheap artifices b) which some men suc-\\nceed. His faithfulness to his conviction- does not\\ncount cost or query about consequences to himself.\\nHe is as stanch and true a friend as ever lived, and\\nhe never cheats those whom he dislikes or despises.\\nHis generosity and devotion to his family are far-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0072.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0073.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "^3l2^^\u00c2\u00a3j ijD^t^y", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0074.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n:;i\\nreaching and untiring. He is a public-spirited citi-\\nzen, a kind neighbor and a pleasant companion. He\\nis always approachable, patient and considerate. In\\nevery cause in which he enlists he is a hard worker\\nand 8 free giver. He knows how to wait and how to\\nlook beyond temporary reverses to the complete tri-\\numph which he always believes will crown and estab-\\nlish the right. He never frets and never rests until\\nthe result is secure. His private lite is without a\\nstain, and the fierce light of the hottest campaign has\\ndisclosed no shadow of a blot upon his publii record.\\nHis sympathies are with the people, and his head and\\nhands are controlled by his heart. These qualities\\nhave made James F. Brings what he is. They have\\nsupplied the place of early advantages, influential\\nfriends and fortune. They have carried him from\\nthe woolen-mill, working for a few cents a day, to\\nthe national House of Representatives, commissioned\\nto speak and act for the largest and richest district in\\nNew Hampshire. They made him strong at the bar,\\npopular at the polls and influential in Congress.\\nDavid Cross, one of the leading lawyers at the\\nHillsborough County bar, was born in Weare, N. H.,\\nJuly 5,1817. His father, David Cross, son of Abial\\nCross, was born in Salem, N. H., June 19, 1772, and\\ndied in Weare. March 7, 1856. His father was a\\nfarmer, a man of great energy, remarkably indus-\\ntrious and upright, kind and hospitable, and held in\\nhigh esteem by all who knew him.\\nHis mother was Olive Kimball, daughter of Thomas\\nKimball and Olive Love joy Kimball, of Pembroke; was\\nborn June 19, 1782, and died April 1871. He fitted for\\ncollege at Hopkinton and Phillips Academy, A ndover,\\nMass., and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1841.\\nHe read law in the office of Willard Raymond, in\\nTroy. N Y., at the Harvard Law School, and office of\\nHon. Daniel Clark, in Manchester, and was admitted\\nto the bar in December, 1844, and has continued in\\nactive practice to the present time.\\nIn 1856 he married Anna Quackenbush Eastman,\\na daughter of Hon. Ira Allen Eastman, who was\\na member of Congress from this State for four\\nyears and one of the judges of the Supreme Court\\nfor fifteen years, and one of the most distinguished\\nlawyers ol the State. He died in Manchester in 1881.\\nHer mother, a daughter of John N. Quackenbush, of\\nAlbany, N. Y., is living in Manchester.\\nOf the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Cross, two\\ndied in infancy, clarence Eastman Cross died Janu-\\nary 11, 1881, he being within eleven days oftwenty-one\\nyears of age. He was a member of the junior class\\nin Dartmouth College. The death of Clarence was a\\nterrible grief to his parents and a disappointment of\\nmany cherished plans. He seemed to leu, inherited\\nfrom his father ami grandfather a taste and an ability\\nfor the law, and his character and talent gave high\\nhopes of success. He seems abundantly qualified to\\nassist his father in professional labor ami to achieve\\nfor himself an honorable position, of the two sur-\\nviving children. Allen Eastman Cross, born hecem-\\nber 30, 1864, is now a member of the senior class in\\nAmherst College; Edward Winslow Cross was bom\\nJuly 21, 1875.\\nJudge Cross has always manifested an interest in\\nall matters tending to advance the moral and mate-\\nrial interests of his city and the State.\\nIn 1852 and L853 be was city solicitor. In 1848,\\n184 1856, 1876 ami 1S77 he was a member of the\\nLegislature from Manchester.\\nIn L856 he was appointed judge of Probate tor\\nHillsborough County, which office he held until 1874.\\nHe was United States pension agent from 1865 to\\n1872. During all the time he was judge of Probate\\nand pension agent he continued in the active practice\\nof law at Manchester, the business of the pension\\nagency being done by clerks under his supervision\\nand direction. The labor in his profession from 1865\\nto 1872, with his other business, was severe he, how-\\never, always worked with great cheerfulness, and\\nfilled every position. creditably and honorably.\\nJudge loss was one of the directors, from 1855 to\\n1865, of the Merrimack Elver State Bank, and has\\nbeen one of the directors and vice-president of the\\nFirst National Bank since its organization, in L865.\\nHe has also, since 1861, been one of the trustees of\\nthe Merrimack River Savings-Bank. He is an active\\nmeniliorofthe Franklin Street Congregational Church.\\nHe has been associated as partner in the practice of\\nlaw with Elijah Miller Topliff, Henry E. Burnham,\\nIra A. Eastman, and at the present time with D.\\nArthur Taggart. No office in the State probably for\\nthe last thirty-live years has had so many law students\\nThat Judge Cross has been eminently successful in\\nhis chosen profession the records of the courts of New\\nHampshire and the testimony of his cotemporaries in\\npractice abundantly prove. He came to the bar of\\nHillsborough County at a time when such men as\\nPierce, Perley, Daniel Clark, George Y. Sawyer and\\nGeorge W.Morrison were inthefull tideof successful\\npractice, constituting a galaxj that tor ability and bril-\\nliancy has seldom been seen at the same timein prac-\\ntice before the courts of a -ingle county or Stat.\\nWhile not so richly gifted with oratorical powers as\\nsome of these men, he at once look a position, and\\nlias since maintained a reputation not inferior to\\ntheirs as a sound lawyer and a safe and prudent\\ncounselor.\\nTie secret of Judge Cross success seems to be\\nlargely due to causes over which he had no control\\nhe had the rare good fortune to be endowed naturally\\nwith strong and active mental powers, keen moral\\nperception and a sound constitution. Careful disci-\\npline of these gifts and faculties has produced in him\\na broad and well-balanced mind, practical good sense\\nand judgment, an even and cheerful temper, warm\\nami deep sympathies, a cordial and engaging manner,\\na modest and unselfish disposition, a sturdy honesty", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0075.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "32\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthat temptation assails in vain, ami a capacity and\\nlove for the often laborious work and duties of his\\ni which make all burdens light and labor\\npleasant.\\nJudge Cress enters into the cause of his client with\\nzeal and prosecutes it with energy, but never forgets\\nthe principles of justice, and is never unmindful of\\nthe rights of others, seeking in all his acts to aid the\\ncourt and jury to reach just conclusions upon the law\\nand evidence. By his candor ami fairness in con-\\nducting the numerous i-msis before tie courts he has\\nwon the confidence alike of court and jury, which\\nfact has deservedly contributed largely to his success,\\nand at the same time gained lor him the warmest\\npersonal regard of his brethren at the bar. To the\\nlarge number of younger men wdio in forty years have\\nmade Judge Cross s ollice a school in which to pre-\\npare themselves for the duties of professional life\\nhe has been more than an instructor. By his uniform\\ncourtesy, his upright, honorable conduct, fairness and\\nunswerving rectitude, he has taught them not only the\\nprinciples of law, but the principles that underlie high\\nand manly character as well.\\nIn the full vigor of his professional life, with a large\\nand successful business, rich in the confidence and\\nregard of his professional brethren and fellow-citizens\\nin every walk of life, he seems to have reached the\\nfull fruition of his labors, and to be in the enjoyment\\nof the pleasure that an honorableand unselfish career\\nconfers upon any man.\\nLUCIEN B. CLOUGH was graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege with the class of 1850.\\nlie commenced his legal study with Messrs. Morri-\\nson A Fitch, of Manchester, in 1x50, ami afterwards\\npursued it with Raymond King, of Troy, X. Y.,\\nami was admitted to tin liar in Albany, N. Y..\\nupon examination, in 1851.\\nIn Is/,:; he returned to New Hampshire and. after\\nbeing admitted in this State, opened an office in\\nManchester.\\nIn 1874 he was appointed judge of Probate for the\\ncounty of Hillsborough, which office he held about\\ntwo years.\\nIn 1878, David F. lark. Esq., who studied his\\nprofession with Mr. Clough, became associated with\\nhim as junior partner, under the style of Clough\\nlark, which firm is still in practice.\\nCyrtjsA.Si i .low \\\\y, son of Greeley and Betsey\\nL. Sulloway, was born in Grafton. N. II., June 8,\\n1839. His boyhood was passed in his native town,\\nwhere his opportunities tor securing an education\\nwere very limited. He, however, improved such ad-\\nvantages as were afforded by the common schools, and\\nsubsequently attended the academies at Canaan, An-\\ndover, Franklin, and Colby Academy, at New Lon-\\ndon, N. II.\\nHaving decided upon the legal profession as his life-\\nwork, he began the study of the law, in 1861, in the\\noffice of Pike Barnard, at Franklin. N. H. He\\nwas admitted to the bar at Plymouth, in November,\\n1863, and soon after located in .Manchester, forming a\\ncopartnership for the practice of law with Samuel 1\\nLord, under the firm-name of Lord Sulloway. This\\npartnership continued until September, 1873, when\\nMr. Sulloway associated with him Elijah M. Topliff,\\nthe firm being Sulloway ToplifF. Dennis F. O Con-\\nnor subsequently became a member of the firm, it\\nSulloway, ToplifF lonnor.\\nMr. Sulloway was a member of the Legislature in\\n1s7l and 1873, in the former year being chairman of\\nthe committee on elections, am! in the latter chair-\\nman of the judiciary committee of the House. He\\nwas also deputy collector of internal revenue from\\nL873to L878. In 1878 he was opposed to the con-\\ntraction of the currency, and in that year was the\\nOi cinliack candidate for Congress. He was a mem-\\nber of the Republican party down to 1880. In that\\nyear be east his vote tor Hancock, and in 1884 for\\nPresident Cleveland.\\nMay 31, 1864, he united in marriage with Helen M.,\\ndaughter of Jonathan W. Fifield and Theodorah\\n(Dickinson) Fifield, of Franklin, and their family\\nconsists of one daughter,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Belle H., born July 31,\\n1868.\\nMr. Sulloway, upon his admission to the bar, at once\\ndisplayed such energy, ability and adaptation to his\\nprofession that be soon surrounded himself with a\\nlarge clientage, and rapidly rose to prominence.\\nTo great keenness, penetration and power id ana-\\nlysis he adds fluency, pungency and force in the pres-\\nentation of a cause toajury, and as an advocate,\\nhe espouses his causes fearlessly and leaves nothing\\nundone, in the line of honorable warfare, to win suc-\\ncess.\\nHis prominence in the trial of the most important\\ncauses in his own county, and his constantly widening\\nfield of practice, now embracing a majority of the\\ncounties in the Slate, arc conclusive proofs that his\\nlegal fame rests upon a solid and enduring basis.\\nHon. Henry E. BuRNHAM, son of Henry L. and\\nMaria A. Burnham, was born in Dunbarton, N. II.,\\nNovember 8, 1844. He graduated at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1865, and was admitted to the Merrimack\\nCounty bar in 1868. He began the practice of the\\nlaw in Manchester, N. 11., in September of same year.\\nHe was appointed judge of Probate for Hillsborough\\nCounty July 25, 1876, and resigned June 3, L879.\\nCharles Henry Bartlett was bom in Sunapee,\\nN. H., October 15, 1833. He is the fourth son of\\nJohn and Sarah J. (Sanborn) Bartlett, and is a lineal\\ndescendant, in the eighth generation, of Richard Bar-\\ntlett, ho came from England to Newbury, Mass., in\\nthe ship Mary and John, in 1634.\\nThe original orthography of the name was Bartte-\\nlot, which is still preserved by the family in Eng-\\nland, whose ancestral home in Stopham. Susses\\nCounty, has remained in possession of the family for\\nnearly a thousand years, and the present occupant,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0076.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "Y) V /0//0I,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0079.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0080.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0081.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0082.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n33\\nHon. Walter B. Baxttelot, is the member of Parlia-\\nment from that county.\\nIn the same ancestral line is found the name of\\nHon. Josiah Bartlett, who, as a delegate in the Con-\\ntinental Congress from New Hampshire, was the first\\nman to vote yes on the passage of the Declaration\\nof Independence, July 4,177(1, and the second to affix\\nhis signature thereto. All the Bartletts whose names\\nappear in the annals of New Hampshire trace their\\nlineage to the same ancestry.\\nMr. Bartlett has four brothers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph S., who re-\\nsides in Claremont, and Solomon, John Z. and George\\nH., who reside in Sunapee and two sisters, Mrs.\\nThomas P. Smith and Mrs. John Felch. His parents\\npassed awaj at the advanced age of eighty-two years,\\nin the enjoyment of an ample competency, the fruits\\nof a long life of earnest and cheerful labor, and the\\npractice of astern, self-denying economy, a character-\\nistic of the best type of our Now England husbandry.\\nMr. Bartlett s early life was mainly spent upon his\\nfather s farm, laboring through the summer season\\nand attending school during the winter. He early de-\\nveloped a decided taste for literary pursuits, and from\\nchildh I devoted a liberal share of his leisure mo-\\nments to the perusal of such 1 ks as were accessible\\nto him. He also contributed liberally to the current\\nliterature of the day, and showed remarkable facility\\nin both prose and poetic composition. He received\\nhis education at the academies at Washington and\\nNew London, after which he commenced the study of\\nlaw in the office of Metcalf Barton, at Newport.\\nHe studied subsequently with George Foster, at\\nConcord, and with Morrisson .V Stanley, at Manches-\\nter, being admitted to the bar of Hillsborough County,\\nfrom the office of the latter, in 1858. In that year he\\nbegan the practice of bis profession at Wentworth,\\nN. H., and in 18(53 removed to Manchester, where be\\nhas since resided. For some two years he was law-\\npartner with the late Hon. James U. Parker, the\\npartnership terminating with the retirement of the\\nlatter from active business. In June, 1867, he was\\nappointed, by Judge Clark, clerk of the United States\\nDistrict Court for the New Hampshire district, since\\nwhich time he has not actively practiced his profes-\\nsion, but has devoted himself to the duties of his\\noffice, which became very onerous and responsible\\nupon the passage of the Bankrupt Law, about the time\\nof his appointment. The holding of this office under\\nthe government of the United States has disqualified\\nhim from accepting any office under the State gov-\\nernment. He was clerk of the New Hampshire Sen-\\nate from lSiil to 1*65, Covernor Smyth s private secre-\\ntary in 1865 and 1866, treasurer of the State Reform\\nSchool in lstiii and 1867. In the same year he was\\nunanimously chosen city solicitor, but declined a re-\\nelection, owing to his appointment as clerk of the Dis-\\ntrict Court. In 1872 he was elected, as the nominee\\nof the Republican party, mayor of the city, and served\\ntill February 18, 1873, when he resigned in accord-\\nance with the policy of the national government at\\nthat time, which forbade United States officials from\\nholding State or municipal offices. His cheerful co-\\noperation with the administration in this neuter.\\nthough at a sacrifice of a most conspicuous public\\nposition, was handsomely recognized by President\\nGrant, through Attorney-General Williams. His last\\nofficial act as mayor was to order the city treasurer to\\npay the amount due him for salary to the Firemen s\\nRelief Association. Mr. Bartlett has been a trustee\\nol the Merrimack River Savings-Hank from 1865 to\\nthe present time, and a trustee of the People s Sav-\\nings-Bank from its organization, in 1874. He is also\\na director in the Merchants National Bank. Hewas\\nthe Master of Washington Lodge of Freemasons If\\nApril, 1872, to April. 1874, and uow holds the position\\nof United States commissioner, to which he was ap-\\npointed in 1872. The only positions of trust he has\\nheld since his appointment as clerk of the United\\nStates Court are as a member of the hist Constitutional\\nConvention and chairman of the commission ap-\\npointed by the Governor and Council to investigate\\nthe affairs of the New Hampshire Asylum for the In-\\nsane.\\nMr. Bartlett married, December 8, 1858, Miss Han-\\nnah M. Eastman, of Croydon, N.H., by whom he had\\none son, Charles Leslie, who died at the age of four\\nyears, anil one daughter, Carrie Bell.\\nClarke s History of Manchester, from which the\\nforegoing facts are gathered, closes its biographical\\nsketch of Mr. Bartlett as follows: Mr. Bartlett has a\\nkeen, well-balanced mind, whose faculties are always\\nat bis command. He thinks readily, but acts cautiously,\\nand seldom makes a mistake. Hence be bus been\\nfinancially successful in almost everything be has un-\\ndertaken. He is one of the most practical lawyers in\\nthe State, and was for several years in charge of the\\nlaw department of the Mirror, giving general satis-\\nfaction, ami his withdrawal, when his business com-\\npelled it, was a source of much regret to the readers\\nof that paper.\\nIn 1881 Dartmouth College conferred upon him\\nthe honorary degree of Master of Arts.\\nIn 1882, Mr Bartlett was elected to the New Hamp-\\nshire State Senate, resigning his office as clerk of the\\nUnited States District Court. At the assembling of\\nthe Legislature, on account of his eminent fitness, he\\nwas chosen president of the Senate, an office Second\\nin rank to that of lovernor of the State.\\nJoseph B. Clarke was born in Gilford, N. H.,\\nJune 21, 1823. He graduated from Brown Univer-\\nsity, L848. He commenced the study of the Ian\\nwith the late Judge Asa Fowhr, of Concord, and\\nsubsequently entered the office of S. C. Lyford,\\nat Laconia, and was admitted to the bar in 1853.\\nHe commenced the practice of bis profession,\\nin Manchester, in 1855; was city solicitor in 1858\\nand 1859; representative in the Legislature in\\n1850; was mayor ol the city in 1867; was appointed", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0083.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "34\\nHISTORY OF HILLSIiOUOUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncounty solicitor in 1861, and held the office ten years.\\nHe is identified with the banking and other leading\\ninterests ofthe city, and has taken pari in whatever\\nmight be prominent in society at any time, interest-\\ning himself in politics, military affairs, banking, rail-\\nways, etc., and bis election to the mayoralty of the\\ncity testifies to the confidence with which he lias been\\nregarded as a public man. Cautious, prudent and\\nthoughtful, a hard worker and a true friend, be lias\\nmade a good name in the city, and is favorably\\nknown throughout the State. He is a good citizen\\nand was one of the foremost men and most liberal\\ngiversin the construction ofthe First Baptist Church.\\nHon. Benjamin Franklin Ayer, 1 the son of\\nRobert and Louisa (Sanborn) Ayer, was born at\\nKingston, April 22, 1825. He graduated at Dart-\\nmouth College in 1846, and read law with George W.\\nMorrison. Esq., and at Harvard University Law\\nSchool. Went into practice in Manchester in July,\\n1849; was elected clerk of Common Council in the\\nsane year and again in 1850. He was a partner in\\nthe practice of the law with Samuel H. Ayer, Esq.,\\nfrom about 1850 until the decease of the latter, then\\ncontinued in business alone until June 1, 1854, at\\nwhich time be became the law-partner of Herman\\nFoster, which partnership continued until April 10,\\n1857. He represented Manchester in the New\\nHampshire Legislature in 1853 and was attorney for\\nHillsborough County from 1853 to 1856. One year\\nlater he removed to Chicago, 111. He succeeded Sam-\\nuel H. Ayer, Esq., as solicitor for Hillsborough\\nCounty and held the office several years. He has\\nheld the office of city solicitor in Chicago and is the\\npresent attorney of the Illinois Central Railroad.\\nHon. Samuel Upton, who has spent most of his\\nactive life in the city of Manchester, in this State, has\\nbeen long known as an earnest and aggressive worker\\nin politics and a sincere advocate of the cause of\\ntemperance and of religion. His father, Daniel Up-\\nton, a descendant of John Upton, an Englishman of\\nconsiderable means, who settled very early in what is\\nnow the town of Danvers, Mass., came to Wilmot,\\nthis State, in 1816, where he lived until his death,\\nwhich occurred in 1856. He married, for bis second\\nwile. Asenath feel, of Joflstown, N. H., in 1822, and\\nhad a large family of children. Of him it has been\\nsaid that he possessed little of worldly wealth, but\\nwas rich in Christian faith and good works that he\\npossessed sound intelligence and made his influence\\nfelt in moulding into form the crude elements which\\nat best enter largely into the composition of all new-\\nsettlements.\\nHis eldest son by this marriage, Samuel, the subject\\nthis sketch, was born September 12, 1824. The\\nstory of his early life differs little from that of many\\nothers who have, unaided by fortune, successfully\\nsuii I d againsi hardships and privation-. Cour-\\nI B. CI. ugh\\nageously, however, he entered the contest, though his\\ndelicate health counted against his success. Exhaust-\\ning at an early age the resources of the public schools,\\nat that time indifferent in quality, and limited in\\nquantity, he sought, by such labor in the field and\\nthe workshop as his health would permit, to obtain\\nmeans lor further education in the academies of\\nthe State. In time be was enabled to attend one\\nterm at the New London Academy, and subse-\\nquently completed a course at Kimball Union Acad-\\nemy, Meriden, N. H., in the fall of 1849, defray-\\ning, by manual labor during vacations and by teach-\\ning winters, the entire expense of his course. He\\nloved books, and the pleasure derived from their study\\nwas to him ample compensation for the many depri-\\nvations through which their companionship was pur-\\nchased. While pursuing his studies and subsequently he\\ntaught in the public schools, one term in Danbury,\\nN. H., three in Wilmot, two of which were in his\\nown district, into which school he introduced modern\\nmethods of teaching, and raised its standard a marked\\ndegree, infusing an ambition and pride among the\\npupils which is still felt.\\nHe also taught one term at Meriden immediately\\nafter his graduation and finished one term at I ornish\\nFlatt, from which school the unruly boys had driven\\nthe former teacher then taught four terms in Ash-\\nland, Mass., five in Manchester, N. H., four of which\\nwere in connection with the High School as assistant\\nor principal. He also taught in academies one term\\neach at Ashby, Mass., Corinth, Vt., and Deering,\\nN. H. As a teacher he was eminently successful, and\\nthough fond of the work, he was looking forward to\\nthe law as a profession. For this purpose he com-\\nmeneed reading law in the office of Butterfield\\nHamlin, Andover, N. H., in the spring of 1851 re-\\nmained in that office one year, then completed his\\nstudies in the office of D. I). J. Clark, in Manches-\\nter, N. H., in the fall of 18. 4. Upon admission to\\nthe bar lie opened an office in that city, and soon was\\nadmitted to practice in the United States Circuit\\nCourt. In 1857 he was appointed justice ofthe Po-\\nlice Court in Manchester, which office he held for\\nseventeen years. During bis occupancy of this posi-\\ntion the powers of the court were extended, and his\\nadministration of the duties of justice received gen-\\neral commendation from all parties.\\nFrom his boyhood he was active in politics, and in\\nhis school-days showed an aptitude for political dis-\\ncussion much in advance of his years. On the sla-\\nvery question he had but one opinion, that if human\\nslavery was not wrong, nothing was wrong, and he\\nlost no opportunity to wage warfare upon thai\\ninstitution. He east his political fortunes with the\\nLiberty party, and his first vote was probably counted\\nas scattering. In the organization and success of\\nthe Republican party he took an active interest, ami\\nwas prominent as a public speaker, making many\\ncanvasses of the State. He represented Manchester", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0084.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "i-iu^cl Itk/l^-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0087.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0088.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0089.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "a.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0090.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nin the Statu Legislature in 1855 and 1856, and in\\nDecember, 1863, was appointed, by President Lincoln,\\ncommissioner of Board of Enrollment for the Second\\nCongressional District, which position he held until\\nthe close of the war, in 1865. He was also appointed\\nvisitor to the West Point Academy in 1861, but owing\\nto sickness in his family, was unable to attend the\\nexamination. He also served three years on the\\nPublic School Board in Manchester, taking an active\\ninterest in the schools, especially in the High School,\\nthe Lincoln Street Grammar School and the Training-\\nSchool, the care ot which was especially assigned to\\nhim as a sub-committee.\\nAs a temperance worker he was connected with\\nseveral organizations and delivered an address before\\nthe State Temperance Convention on The History\\nand Workings of the Prohibitory Law, which at-\\ntracted much attention, and was published by the\\nconvention in pamphlet form for circulation. Early\\nin life he united with the Congregational Church, and\\nin some capacity has ever since been connected with\\nits Sabbath-schools. For eight years he was superin-\\ntendent of the Franklin Street Sabbath-School, in\\nManchester, to the interest of which he devoted much\\ntime and labor, and he now looks upon the time thus\\nspent as the most pleasant and profitable of his life.\\nIn 1875 he removed to Western Iowa, hoping the\\nchange might benefit the health of his wife, and free-\\ning himself from political work, be enabled to de-\\nvote a few years to a more remunerative occupation.\\nThere he engaged in mercantile business with his\\nbrother-in-law, under the firm-name of Prescott\\nUpton, and the firm soon became well known in the\\nbusiness community for its enterprise and success.\\nAs individuals, they did much to build up the new\\ntown and to establish for it a good reputation. It\\nwas saiil to be the only town between Dubuque and\\nSioux City free from the curse of beer-saloons. To\\nthis new field of labor Mr. Upton carried with him\\nnot only his zeal for temperance, but also his love for\\nSabbath-school work, uniting with the school the first\\nSabbath alter his arrival, and laboring as teacher of\\nthe class of adult scholars and as superintendent\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2during his residence there. He also served as a mem-\\nber of the Public School Board, and on the incorpora-\\ntion of the town, refusing to allow his name to be\\nused for mayor, he served as one of the Council.\\nIn 1883 he returned to New Hampshire, settling in\\nGoflstown, opening a law-office there and in Man-\\nchester, and also engaging in trade. He is :it present\\nsuperintendent of the Sabbath-school in the village\\nwhere he resides, and a member of the Board of Edu-\\ncation. In 1857 he married Jennie L. Merriman,\\none of the teachers in the High School at Manches-\\nter. Their only child died in infancy. Measured by\\nresults, Mr. Upton can look back upon a most suc-\\ncessful life. Engaging in the liberty cause when to\\nbefriend the negro, even in New England, subjected\\none to vile taunts and social ostracism, he lias seen\\nthe cause he knew to be right spread until slavery is\\nforever dead and a President, elected by its former\\nsupporters, escorted to the Capitol by a battalion of\\nnegro soldiers without exciting comment. Advocating\\na prohibitory liquor law when liquor was openly sold\\nin everj town in the State, he has lived to see the\\nliquor traffic suppressed in all but one or two eities in\\nle State, and the measures he advocated received\\nalmost tin- unanimous approval of both political\\nparties. As a public speaker he possesses in a marked\\ndegree a capacity for marshaling facts and tor pre-\\nsenting them to the public in a manner which both\\npleases and instructs. For his efforts in polities and\\nthe cause of temperance be has been both censured\\nand praised, but no one has doubted for a moment the\\nintegrity of his purpose or the unselfish motives\\nwhich have ever prompted him. He is yet in vigor-\\nous health, and likely to enjoy for many years the\\nproud satisfaction of having been an active worker\\non the successful side in the two great struggles, one\\nof which has relieved the country of hitman slavery,\\nwhile the other has well-nigh driven from his native\\nState the liquor saloons with their train of evils.\\nThe present members of the Manchester bar are as\\nfollows\\nJohn II. Andrews, Charles H. Bartlett, John P. Bartlett, Samuel N.\\nIt ll. John e. Bickford, Henry W. Blair, James F. Briggs, Albert 0.\\nBrown, II. um I. Buraham, Charles A. Carpenter, Bradbury P. Cillej,\\nBenjamin F. Clark, Daniel Clark, David F. Clark, B. F. Clark, Henry S.\\nChirk, [.li l: rl.iik, l..\\\\\\\\i- w chirk, I.ucian B. Clough, Charles E.\\nFellowB.John Foster, Christophei Gallagher, MichaelJ Btealy, [aaac\\nL. Heath, Nathan P. Hunt, Henry B Base, Edwin r Jones, Joseph L\\nBoeuf, William Little, _. A Little, Frank! Livingston ID\\nLord, Thomas l Lnce, George I. .11. Allister, John T. Moore, Charles ft.\\nMorrison, G geW. Morrison, Herbert I- NorriB, Charles A. O Connor,\\nDennis F O Connor, Alpheus C. Osg 1. Jesse B. Patten, William i:\\nPatten, David L. Perkins, David 1 Perkins, George W. Presi ott, Albion\\nR. Simmons, Isaac W. Smith, James B. Straw, Cyrus A. Sulloway, \\\\i-\\ntlmi I). Taggart, Elijah 51. Topliff, Newton H. Wilson.\\nPerley Dodcje was born in New Boston, N. H.,\\nMay 17, 1799. He is the son of William and Rachel\\n(Poland) Dodge. His father was a farmer, and the\\nboyhood of Mr. Dodge was spent on the farm until\\nhis sixteenth year. He then fitted tor college, and\\nfinally graduated at Union College, Schenectady,\\nN, Y., in the class of LsiM. He chose the law as his\\nprofession, and studied with Titus Brown, of Frances-\\ntown, and Nehemiah Eastman, of Farrington, N. II.\\nOctober, 1827, he was admitted to the bar, and began\\npractice with his former instructor, Titus Brown, al\\nI l.iin estown and New Boston. This copartnership\\nwas continued until 1832, in March of which year Mr.\\nDodge removed to Amherst, N. II., where he now re-\\nsides at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He\\ncontinued the practice of law at Amherst until 1839,\\nwhen, in Ictober ot that year, he was appointed clerk\\nof the courts of Hillsborough County, the multiform\\nduties of which position lie faithfully discharged until\\nMarch, 1857. He then returned to the practice of\\nhis profession, which hi has continued to the present", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0091.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime, though for the past few years he lias practically\\nretired from the active duties of the profession. Mr.\\n1 odge has been a w ise and sale counselor and a suc-\\ncessful praet it inner, and is regard, d a- one of t lie nic-\\nest aud must honored members of the New Hampshire\\nbar.\\nIn L837 he was elected as representative from Am-\\nherst to the General Court, and again in 1853 and 1854\\nhe was re-elected to the same position. Waschairman\\nof the committee on banks in 1853, and of railroads\\nin 1854.\\nIt may be stated, as a remarkable fact, that Mr.\\nDodge has attended every court of record in Hills-\\nborough County since his admission to the bar, and\\nduring all the years he was clerk of the coiin.hr took\\nevery verdict from the jury except one (and that\\nomission was occasioned by his illness). Mr. Dodge\\nis a calm, dignified, plain-spoken man, of clear judg-\\nment and comprehensive intelligence: conservative\\nin his views, yet in hearty sympathy with whatever in\\nhis judgment tends to the elevation of the mental or\\nmoral tone of the community in which he lives, or of\\nmankind in general. In politics he has always been\\na Democrat.\\nHemarried, May 31, 1831, Harriet, daughter of Hon.\\nPeter Woodbury, of Francestown, and sister of the\\nHon. Levi Woodbury. Their children were,\\nPerley Woodbury, born March 28, 1839, married\\nSophia E. Phelps. August 13, 1863, and resides iu\\nAmherst. They have one child, Charles Perley, born\\nSeptember 1864, now a udent at Sherburn Falls,\\nMass.\\nCharles William, born September -1, 1842, married,\\nfirst, Rebecca 0. Christy, of New Boston, September\\n4, 1869. She died January 2, 1873. He married,\\nsecond, Lelia J. Small, March 11, 1878. She died\\nApril 4, 1885, in Amherst. They have one child liv-\\ning, Martha Belle, bom July 10, 1882. Maurice\\nWhipple, bom .Inly 31, 1881, died dune 2. 1883.\\nMartha W., born June 25, 1846, married James B.\\nWhipple, of New Boston. June 25, 1877, and died July\\n21, 1881.\\nHon. Aaron Flint Sawyer was bom April\\n24. 1780, at Westminster, Mass. He was educated at\\nDartmouth, from which college he was graduated in\\n1804. He practiced law for many years at Mont\\nVernon, N. 11., and removed to Nashua about 1828,\\nand there followed his profession until his death, Jan-\\nuary 4, 1847. An able lawyer, he was longa conspic-\\nuous man in the community, and represented Nashua\\nin the Lower House of the State Legislature in 1N47.\\nthe ear of his death. He was a gentleman of the old\\nschool, with some not unpleasant eccentricities arising\\nfrom the strong positiveness of his nature: a kind-\\nhearted and cheerful individual, he was a good citizen,\\nan excellent neighbor and a strong friend. He was an\\neminent Christian, and for years a zealous worker ami\\nteacher in the Congregational Sabbath -school. He\\nmarried, August 2o, 1811, Hannah Locke, grand-\\ndaughter of Rev. Samuel Locke, D.D., president of\\nHarvard College from 177ti to 177:1. Of their children,\\ntwo have attained eminence in the legal profession\\nthe oldest, Samuel L., now of Independence, Mo., has\\nKeen for a long time a hailing member of the bar of\\nthat State and a circuit judge for many years. He\\nhas also been a member of Congress. Aaron W., his\\nthird child, occupied an equally honorable and dis-\\ntinguished place at the New Hampshire bar.\\nHon. A.aron Worcester Sawyer 1 was born in\\nMont ernou, Hillsborough County. X. II. Octobi i\\n11. 1818, and died in Nashua, N. II., August 23, 1882.\\nHe was the son of Hon. Aaron F. and Hannah (Locke)\\nSawyer. His father was a man of liberal education,\\na lawyer by profession, a gentleman of the old hool,\\na man of warm and generous impulses, a devoted and\\nactive Christian. His mother was Hannah Locke, a\\ngranddaughter of Rev. Samuel Locke, D.D., the\\npresident ol Harvard College from 1770 to 177: Mrs.\\nSawyer was a woman of strong and marked character,\\nof much refinement and excellent judgment, and the\\nmoral and intellectual qualities id Judge Sawyer bore\\nthe strong impress of his mother s character ami\\ntraining. The first few years of Judge Sawyer s life\\nwere passed in Mont Vernon, from which place his\\nfather removed, about 1828, to Nashua. He was\\neducated at the public schools of Nashua, and the\\nacademies of Hancock, Deny and Nashua. During\\nthe years which he devoted to the study of the law,\\nand, in fact, before he entered upon its study, com-\\nmencing at an early age, he taught the winter terms.\\nof the district schools in neighboring towns. This was\\nan occupation in which he took great enjoyment and\\nin which, pursued for eight or teu years, he acquired\\nan exceptional aud deserved popularity. In this pur-\\nsuit he exhibited a diligence, patience and thorough-\\nness which marked the character of the man. while\\nlie drew to himself the friendship of his pupils and\\ntheir patrons with a strength and warmth which\\nremained through life.\\nHe was admitted to the bar in 1844, and in 1846\\nbegan the practice of the law in Nashua. From that\\ntime until 1*72 his profe-sional career was continuous,\\nuninterrupted and successful. Commencing with a\\nlove of business and fondness for legal lore, hi- practice\\nwas marked by a wonderful patience of research in its\\nprofound depths, an unflinching courage iu the ad-\\nvancement and presentation of his views, ami an un-\\nswerving fidelity to his client and his cause. He was\\nno machine lawyer, ready at all times to try, but\\nindifferent to results; nor did he prostitute his profes-\\nsion to speculative purposes, unprofessional in char-\\nacter. His presentation to court and jury was earnest,\\nvigorous, persuasive and convincing, and, on occasions,\\neloquent. The natural tendency of his mind was at\\nonce mathematical and logical. His memory was\\nUhirilv condensed from a n.i-m.ukil a.lli.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I.\\\\ o.\\nsi, on- I f.nv llillsKTi iijili Cmmty l.ar.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0092.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "J.foJ*", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0095.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0096.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nfresh and retentive, his knowledge of human nature\\naccurate and profound, and in his appreciation of the\\nindividual man, lie was seldom, if ever, deceived.\\nThose who have been associated with or opposed to\\nhim will agree that when putting forth his whole\\nstrength, bringing all his resources to bear upon the\\ncontention of the hour,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his power was wonderful, and\\nhis success almost certain.\\nIn 1848, Mr. Sawyer formed a copartnership with\\nHon. Charles G. Atherton, one of the most eminent\\nmen ofNew Hampshire, a connection which continued\\ntill the death of the latter, in November, 1853. From\\nthai tiiu lie pursued the practice of his profession\\nalone until April, 1858, when he formed a professional\\nconnection with General Aaron F. Stevens, which\\ncontinued for more than a quarter of a century.\\nMr. Sawyei was a positive man, with fixed and\\ndistinct ideas and opinions. He had, withal, a spirit\\nof independence, which led him sometimes to grow\\nimpatient of the restraints of organizations and the\\nbehests of party discipline; hut in his loyalty of con-\\nviction of what was demanded for the welfare of his\\ncountry he was never known to fail. He was a warm\\nand ardent patriot, and met with alacrity the call ot\\nthe Governor for financial aid, when the first warlike\\nnote of the Rebellion fell upon the ear of New Hamp-\\nshire. Eminently fitted as he was for public station,\\nthe allurements of ambition never drew him from the\\nmore congenial com torts and j ox a of home or the ardent\\npursuit of professional duty and success. A small\\nmeasure of public fame satisfied a mind well fitted to\\ncorrect the vagaries of polities, and to test, the genu-\\nineness and value id human pretension.\\nMr. Sawyer held all important local offices of his\\ntown and city, served as Representative and Senator\\nin the State Legislature, and from 1867 until July,\\n1876, he held the office of register in bankruptcy.\\n(in the 22d of July, 1876, he received from Governor\\nOhenej Ins commission as associate justice of the\\nSupreme Court, but tailing health obliged him to\\nresign his office within two year In all the public\\ntrusts to which he was called, strength of character\\nand fidelity of purpose marked his administration.\\nMr. Sawyer married, first, Mary Frances Ingalls, of\\nNew York City; second, Fanny, daughter of Francis\\nand Almira (Stetson) Winch, of Nashua, September\\n12, L855. Their children were Fanny Ingalls (de-\\nceased Fanny Locke, Aaron Frank (deceased) and\\nWilliam Merriam.\\n.Indue Sawyer was not only an eminent lawyer and\\njurist, but also a devoted laborer in the vineyard of\\nChrist. For many years he was a member of the Firsl\\nCongregational Church of Nashua, a teacher in the\\nSabbath-school, active in the prayer-meeting and\\nuseful in all Christian work. About eight years be-\\nfore hi death he received from the Hollis Association\\na license to preach the gospel. In his discourses,\\nwhich he prepared with great care, he possessed rare\\npower. His subjects were patiently studied in the\\nlight ot Scripture, and, with the aid of the best ex-\\npositors, thoroughly digested and assimilated in his\\nown thoughts; his sermons passed through the glow-\\ning furnace of his own experience and came before\\nthe listener rich, full and warm with religious fervor.\\nTheir delivery was marked by a certain tenderness of\\ntone and manner which led each auditor to feel that\\nthe speaker was seeking the individual good of his\\nhearers.\\nIf tu have won for liiios.lt proud position in the ranks of Ins profes-\\nsi the suffrages and approbation of his fellow-citizens to the full meas-\\nure of his opportunities ami a.-pirattons to have utilized superior intel-\\nlectual power and endow nts to the constant ami wise solution of the\\nabstruse problems anil varied atlairp of his profession to have gained, with\\nout pretension or ostentation, l.v tie- -trermth and force of character, the\\nabiding confidence of his clients, and to have held that confiden through\\nall tests and trials to the etel to have become the favorite adviser of his\\nyoungei and trustful brethren of the bar if to have constantly clothed\\nhis daily walk with the example ol pure life, whose i ality, though\\nArm and constant, never taught him to be morose or austere to have\\nelevated that life of undo vial ni- molality to itstwinship with a Christian\\nfaith if to have adorned his domestic life with tic eiidni in- fidelity of\\nthe husband, the deep and constant altectioii of ll\u00e2\u0080\u009e. father; Pi have\\nso cherished industry, frugality, teiuporaiici that these viitnc- won l,,i\\nhim, and for those who wen hi by tin- sweet and holy ties of nature and\\nkindred, the boon of independence and fortune, aid then to Lav net\\ndeath without fear, and in the calm, triumphant hopi Ol a -Ion I., pond\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094if these, and such as these, are the true and justly coveted fruits of\\nhuman life and human exertion, we lev theii illustration and example\\nin the life and death of Aaron W Sawyer.\\nGenekal Aaron F. Stevens. Aaron Fletcher\\nStevens was born in Londonderry (now Derry), N. IF,\\nAugust 0, 1819. He was the only son of Captain\\nJohn F. and Martha Stevens, both of whom were na-\\ntives of Massachusetts. His father, who for many\\nyears had followed the sea, went to Londonderry a\\nshort time before the birth of his son. where the\\nfamily lived till 1828, when they removed to Man-\\nchester, then a small town in Hillsborough County,\\nnow the largest and most prosperous city in the\\nState. Here the father, then in the prime of man-\\nhood, tried the experiment of farming, but at the end\\nof three years abandoned the pursuit, and took up his\\nresidence in Peterborough, the oldest manufacturing\\ntown in the State, attracted thither by the superior\\nfacilities presented for the education and employment\\ni In- children.\\nAt Peterborough young Stevens found work in a fac-\\ntory under the charge of I lovernorS le, and for about\\nfour years alternated between that employment and\\nattendance upon the district school. In the mean\\ntime, however, the united savings of the family en-\\nabled him to return to his native town and attend,\\nfor a short time, the Pinkerton Academy. The\\nmeans to defray the expense- .,i i h i- lending were\\nfurnished in part from flu- earnings of elder sisters,\\nwhostill live to witness the fruits of their counsels\\nand sacrifices for a brother. The parent-, careful and\\nfond of their children, sympathized with their aspira-\\ntions tor improvement, yet the limited means at their\\ncommand enabled them to furnish little mere\\nthan the facilities of a common-school education.\\nThe early aspirations of the son for liberal education", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0097.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand professional life were thus held in check, but he\\naccepted with alacrity the alternative before him, and\\nat the age of sixteen was apprenticed to the trade of\\na machinist. He worked at his trade several years\\nas a journeyman, varying his employment, however,\\nby attendance at the academy at Nashua, as well as\\nby school-teaching, which occupied his time for\\nseveral winters.\\nIn August, 1842, Mr. Stevens, at the invitation of\\nHon. George Y. Sawyer, then a distinguished lawyer,\\nentered upon the study of the law at Nashua, and in\\nAugust. L845, was admitted to the bar. The same\\nkind interest led Mr. Sawyer to propose a partner-\\nship with Mr. Stevens, who, in that relation, entered\\nat once into a prominent practice before the courts.\\nAt that period Hillsborough County was greatly dis-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i for the abilitj of its liar, numbering on\\nits roll, besides Mr. Sawyer. Benjamin M. Farley,\\nCharles G. Atherton, George W. Morrison, Daniel\\nClark. Samuel II. Aver and others, all of eminence\\nin the State, and some of wider legal reputation. It\\nwas into such a professional school that Mr. Stevens,\\nsensible of his deficient early culture, and peculiarly\\naverse to all presumption, was thus early thrown. The\\ncourage and the thorough preparation with which he\\nentered upon hi- work, together with his power in\\ngrasping the substance of a case, and presenting it in\\na clear, logical manner, commanded the respect of\\nboth court and liar, ami gave him a high professional\\nreputation.\\nIn the early part of his professional career Mr.\\nStevens was lor five years solicitor of Hillsborough\\nCounty. The absence of the attorney-general ordi-\\nnarily imposed upon Mr. Stevens the duties of prose-\\ncuting officer for that large county, thus bringing him\\ninto professional conflict with the most adroit and\\nexperienced practitioners, furnishing a rigorous test\\nof his resources, and contributing essentially to his\\nearly distinction as a lawyer. He subsequently en-\\ntered into a professional partnership with Hon. Aaron\\n\\\\V. Sawyer, an old schoolmate and townsman.\\nMr. Stevens entered upon active political life as a\\nWhig, and followed the fortunes of that party with\\nunswerving fidelity as long as it had an existence.\\nHis fust effort in the political arena was in the mem-\\norable campaign of L840. He was a member of the\\nlast Whig Convention in Baltimore in 1852. In 1849\\nhe was a member of the State Legislature, represent-\\ning Nashua, ami again in 1854, when the Democracy,\\nafter an unparalleled contest, was defeated in the\\nLegislature and overthrown in the State. He was\\nagain a member of the Legislature in 18.30 and ls 7.\\nI lis candor, judgment and forecast, united with dig-\\nnity, clearness and condensation as a debater, gave\\nhim a commanding influence in the House, and\\njustly made him one of the most popular speakers in\\nthe State. In the Whig party he belonged to that\\nportion who were strong in their anti-slavery convic-\\ntions, and he carried those ideas with him into the\\nRepublican organization, of which he was an early\\nand leading member in New Hampshire.\\nWhen, at the outbreak of the Rebellion, a call was\\nmade for men to defend the capital, Mr. Stevens was\\none of the first to offer his services, and on April 2 .ith\\nwas commissioned by the Governoras major ofthe First\\nNew Hampshire (three months Regiment of Infan-\\ntry. The regiment reached Washington, took part in\\nthe movement to Harper s Ferry, but was engaged in\\nno battle.\\nReturning home with his regiment, he resumed the\\npractice of his profession but the next year was, by\\nthe unsolicited tender ofthe Governor, commissioned\\nas colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment of New\\nHampshire Volunteers. He promptly organized his\\ncommand and led to the field a superb regiment,\\nmade up of men from seven ofthe ten counties ofthe\\nState. There was probably no regiment in the war of\\ngreater intelligence and high soldierly qualities.\\nAmong the names inscribed on the standard of this\\ngallant regiment arc: Fredericksburg (its lirst battle),\\nSuffolk, Swift Creek, Drury s Blurt; Cold Harbor,\\nBattery Five. Petersburg and Battery Harrison, in all\\nof which battles their colonel shared the conflict with\\nthem. During the siege of Petersburg, in 1864, Col-\\nonel Stevens commanded a brigade. In the assault\\non Fort Harrison, September 29th, he fell severely-\\nwounded at the head of his regiment and brigade.\\nHe remained upon tin- spot, close to the fort, till the\\ncolors of his command were planted upon the cap-\\ntured parapet and the victory won. In December\\nfollowing he was breveted brigadier-general. The\\nofficial records of the war, as well as bis companions-\\nin-arms, bear witness to his courage as a soldier and\\nhis coolness and skill as a commander.\\nHaving closed his military career and resumed the\\npractice of his profession. General Stevens was, in\\nDecember, 1800, unanimously nominated for Congress.\\nIn March. 1867, he took his seat as a Representative\\nin the Fortieth Congress. He served in that Con-\\ngress on the naval committee, and the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Treatment\\nof Union Prisoners. Having been re-elected to t lie\\nForty-first Congress, he again served on the naval\\ncommittee, and the committee on patents. During\\nhis Congressional service General Stevens did not\\noften address the House in formal speeches. His\\nchief efforts were given to the investigations of the\\ncommittee room. Hut he occasionally spoke on na-\\ntional subjects. The vital national interest- which\\nwere identified with the political struggle in 1 s ;.s\\ncalled forth from him a well-considered speech in the\\nHouse in February of that year, in which he pre-\\nsented the subject of reconstruction in its essential\\nfeatures. He also made a short but terse argument\\nin favor of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, in\\nwhich he paid a merited tribute to the great war\\nminister, Edwin M. Stanton. In February, 1870, lie\\naddressed the House on Grant and the Administra-\\ntion. in which he fully sustained the policy of the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0098.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "^Zpf^zz^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0101.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0102.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nPresident and denounced repudiation and the expan-\\nsion of the currency.\\nAfter the close of the Forty-first Congress, General\\nStevens again gave his attention to professional busi-\\nness. In June, 1879, he lacked but two votes oi being\\nthe Republican candidate for United States Senator\\nthe nomination being equivalent to an election.\\nIn 1861 he married Miss Adelaide M. Johnson, oi\\nLynn, -Mass., an educated and accomplished woman.\\nFor several years they have passed their winters in\\nFlorida, having an orange grove on the River St.\\nJohns, three miles north of Palatka. General Stevens\\nhome, however, is at Nashua.\\nAside from his well-known ability as a lawyer, his\\ngraceful manner and fluency of utterance make him\\nwelcome on all public occasions in New Hampshire.\\nBenjamin M. Farley, son of Benjamin and Lucy\\n(Fletcher) Farley, anil grandson of Lieutenant Sam-\\nuel Farley, one of the first settlers of Hollis, was born\\nApril 8, 1783, in that part of Hollis afterwards set off\\nto Brookline. Mr. Farley prepared for college at the\\nacademy in New Ipswich; graduated at Harvard Col-\\nlege in 1804; read law with Hon. Abijah Bigelow in\\nLeominster, Mass. admitted to the bar and settled in\\nhis profession in Hollis in 1808, and continued to re-\\nside in Hollis till 1855, when he removed to Boston.\\nUpon being established in his profession he soon rose\\nto a high rank in it, and for many years he had no\\nsuperior at the Hillsborough bar. of which he was for\\nseveral years president. He died September 16, 1865.\\nSamuel T. Worcester, son of Jesse and Sarah\\n(Parker) Worcester, born August 30, 1804, prepared\\nfor college at the academies in Pembroke, N. H., and\\nAndover, Mass., and graduated at Harvard College in\\n1830. After leaving college, taught an academy for\\none year at Weymouth, Mass., and also for one year\\nat Cambridge. Read law in the office of Hon. B. M.\\nFarley, in Hollis, and also at the Law School in Cam-\\nbridge; settled in his profession in Norwalk, Ohio, in\\n1835, and continued in the practice of the law in that\\nplace till the summer of 1867, when he removed to\\nNashua, N. H., where he still resides (1879). May\\n13, 1835, married Mary F. C. Wales, daughter of\\nSamuel Wales, Esq., of Stoughton, Mass., who de-\\nCi ased at Nashua, April 29, 1874. Was a member of\\nthe Ohio Senate in the years 1849 and 1850; elected\\ndistrict judge of the Tenth Ohio Judicial District in\\nOctober, 1859, and while holding that office was\\nelected a member of the United States Congress in\\nthe spring of 1861. Publications: 1831, Sequel to\\nthe Spelling-Book 1833, American Primary Spell-\\ning-Book 1871, revised editions of Worcester s\\nComprehensive and Primary Dictionaries; 1871,\\nOld and New; or, the School Systems of Ohio and\\nNew Hampshire compared. He died Dec. 5, 1882.\\nJoseph W. Fellows, son of John and Polly\\nHilton Fellows, was born at Andover, N. H., January\\n15, 1835.\\nHe was educated in the district schools of his na-\\ntive town and at the Andover Academy. He entered\\nDartmouth College in July, 1854, and graduated in\\n1858.\\nHe taught school in Bradford and Concord, N. H..\\nand in Upton, Mass., during his college term. He\\nwas also a teacher in the Brownwood Institute, in La\\n(range; also, the Marietta Academy, in Marietta.\\nGa., in 1859-60.\\nHe studied law in the office of Hon. John M.\\nShirley, of Andover. and of Pike Barnard, of\\nFranklin, N. II., and subsequently graduated from\\nthe Albany (X. V.) University Law Department, cla\\nof 1861.\\nHe was admitted to the bar in August. 1861, and\\ncommenced the practice of the law in Manchester in\\n1X62, where be has since resided.\\nHi was appointed judge of the Police Court of\\nManchester in 1874, and resigned the position in\\n1875. Judge Fellows was elected clerk of the Con-\\ncord Railroad corporation in 1873, and was re-elected\\neach year until 1S84. He has been one of the trus-\\ntees of Proctor Academy, at Andover. ami of the\\nUnitarian Educational Society of New Hampshire\\nsince its organization.\\nPolitically, Judge Fellows i- a Democrat and an\\nable and fearless exponent of the principles of that\\nparty.\\nIn religious matters he is a Unitarian of the liberal\\nclass.\\nAlthough in the active practice oi an arduous pro-\\nfession, Judge Fellows has found time to indulge his\\ntaste in literary pursuits and has prepared many life\\nSketches of his neighbors and friends, and in this\\nbranch of literary labor is not easily surpassed. He\\nhas also given much attention to the Masonic history\\nof Manchester, and the able article which appears in\\nIbis work i from his pen. Judge Fellows is a promi-\\nnent and active member of the Masonic fraternity\\nand has been through all grades and held many posi-\\ntions. Judge Fellows ha- been twice married first,\\nto Miss Frances Moon, w ho died in 1874. and second,\\nto Mrs. Lizzie P.. Davis. ictober s. 1878.\\nJudges ok Probate.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of\\nthe judges of Probate for the county of Hillsborough\\nfrom 1784 to the present time:\\nJonathan Blaneuanl, from 17M I, 1 Tso Samml 1 ana, from 1789 In\\ni riiainpn.-.v. from February 13, 1793, to May, 1810; Clif-\\nton Claggett, from 1811 to 1812; John Harris, from August 10, 1812, to\\nl.-il: I liflon Cla-L .-tt, mro-t Is*:. I,, January J! 1*20 Edward\\nParker, from 1 sjo to 1835; Luke W Ibury, from 1835 to 1851;\\nWilliam C. Clarke, from September 8, 1851, to Julj 1 1856; David\\nCross, from -Inly 14, 1- to 10 1874; tucien I:, Clough,\\nfrom .Inly 11. Is74, to July 20, 1876; Henry B. Burnham, from\\n.Inly 25, 1876, t June 1870 l d trd I Parki Jul i 187!\\n,-nl in, nmbent.\\nCharles Hknky Burns was born in Milford,\\nN. H., January 19, 1835, of good old New England\\nstock, which on both sides had been prominent in\\nthat town from its earliest settlement.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0103.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "Ill\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOn his father s side he descended from that Scotch-\\n[rish nice which has given to New Hampshire and\\nNew England SO many able men.\\nHis ancestry on his father s side is as follows\\n1. John Burns, of Scotch origin, born in 1700;\\ncame to America from north of Ireland in 1736; set-\\ntled in Milford, X. H., in 1746; died in Milford,\\nX. H., in 1782.\\n2. Thomas, seventh child and third son of John.\\nIt is not yet known where or when he was born, but\\nhe was probably born in Milford. The date of his\\ndeath, which occurred at Milford, is also unknown to\\nthe writer. He was, however, not far from eighty\\nyears of age when he died. He married Elizabeth\\nHartness, of Lunenburg, Mass.\\nJ Samuel, sixth child and third son of Thomas\\nand Elizabeth, born at Milford, September 17, 1779,\\ndied at Milford, September 20, 1817. He was select-\\nman in Milford from the age of twenty-one for\\nten years. He was a strong man and died of\\nbrain fever. His funeral was the largest ever held in\\nMilford. He married Abigail Jones, February 12,\\n1801. Shewas a woman of great strength of mind\\nand of most excellent character.\\n4. Charles A., fourth child and second sou of Sam-\\nuel and Abigail Burns, was born at Milford, January\\n19, 1809, and died of fever at Milford, January 25,\\n1857. He married, December 31, 1833, Elizabeth\\nHutchinson, of Milford. They were both people of\\nthe highest character and well known for their intel-\\nligence anil worth.\\nCharles H., son of Charles A. and Elizabeth,\\nborn at Milford, January 1! 1835; married Sarah X.\\nMills, January 19, 1856, at Milford. They have four\\nliving children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles A. Burns, Bessie Burns\\nGregg. Blanch Bums ami Ben. E. Burns. They have\\nburied one sou, Arthur H. Burns, aged u,\\nand three infant children. On his mother s side, who\\nwas a Hutchinson, he is of English descent, and we\\nhere give a somewhat extended record of that old\\nfamily. The antiquity of the Hutchinson family in\\nEngland is very great, ami was represented by Barnard\\nHutchinson, of Cowlan, in the county id York, in\\n1282. He was denominated esquire, and his wile was\\nthe daughter of John Bagville, one of the oldest fam-\\nilies of Yorkshire. They had children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John, Rob-\\nert and Mary.\\n1. Richard was a direct descendant from John, the\\nheir of Cowlan was born in England, and married,\\nDecember 7, 1627, Alice Bosworth. He resided at\\nNorth Markham, and about the year 1635 emigrated,\\nwith bis family, to New England. The earliest men-\\ntion made of him in this country is found in the town\\nrecords of Salem, Mass., in 1636, when the town\\nmade him a grant of land. In 1637 the town made\\nhim an additional grant of twenty acres, provided he\\nwould set up a plough. In 1654 and 1660 further\\ngrants were made. The land was situated in the\\nvicinity of Hathorn s Hill and Beaver Brook, which\\nnow runs through the town of Middlesex into the\\nIpswich River. He died about 1662.\\n2. Joseph, son of Richard, was born in England in\\n1633, and came with his father to Xew England and\\nsettled upon a portion of his father s estate, which\\nwas conveyed to him in 1666.\\n3. Benjamin, son of Joseph, died in 1733. He mar-\\nried Jane, daughter of Walter and Margaret Phillips.\\nHe married, second, January 26, 1714, Abigail Foster.\\nEleven children by Jane.\\n4. Benjamin, son of Benjamin, born at Salem, Janu-\\nary 27. 1693. He was a man of large wealth. He\\nmarried, February 7, 1715, Sarah, daughter of John\\nand Mary (Nurse) Tarbell. Seven children.\\n5. Nathan, son of Benjamin, baptized February 10,\\n1717. He was a farmer, and remained with his\\nlather at Bedford, Mass., until 17M4. thence to Amherst\\n(now Milford), where he died January 12, 1795 mar-\\nried Rachel Stearns; six children. He was one of\\nthe lirst settlers in the territory of Milford.\\n6. Nathan, son of Nathan, born in Amherst (now\\nMilford), February, 1752, died December 26, 1831.\\nHe was a farmer. Married, 1778, Rebecca Peabody,\\ndaughter of William and Rebecca (Smith) Peabody.\\nSin was born January 2, 1752, died February 25,\\n1826; seven children.\\n7. Abel, son of Nathan and Rebecca, born at Milford.\\nAugust x, 1795, died February 19, 1X46; married, Janu-\\nary 22, 1816, Betsey, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth\\nBartlett. She was bom in Amherst (now Milford),\\nOctober 26, 1796, died at Milford, August 2:;. L873;\\nnine children.\\n8. Elizabeth, daughter of Abel and Betsey, born at\\nMilford, June 18, 1816, now living; married, Decem-\\nber :;l, 1833, Charles A. Burns; nine children.\\n9. Charles H., sou of Elizabeth and Charles A., etc.\\nBetsey Bartlett, wife of Abel, was also a descendant\\nof the lirst Richard, through Joseph, third son of\\nJoseph (first). The three races above named Burns.\\nBartlett and Hutchinson are of the highest character\\nand respectability. This is also true of the Peabodys.\\nMr. Burns spent his early years upon his father s\\nfarm, and there developed that strength and good\\nconstitution with which he is so admirably equipped\\nfor the battle of life. He early evinced a desire for an\\neducation, and after getting what assistance he could\\nfrom the common schools of Milford, which were\\nalways of a high order, he entered theAppleton Acad-\\nemy, at New Ipswich, X. H., at that time under the\\nmanagement of Professor Quimby, from which insti-\\ntute he graduated in 1854.\\nFor some time he had entertained the purpose of\\nentering the legal profession, for which he had\\nalready exhibited an aptitude. He read law in the\\noffice of Colonel O. W. Lull, in Milford, and subse-\\nquently attended the Harvard Law School, where he\\ngraduated in the class of 1858. In May of the same\\nyear he was admitted to the Suffolk bar, in Massachu-\\nsetts, and in letober following be was admitted to the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0104.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "Lyn^a^rii^ cTYti 0(\\nLuT-i^l^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0107.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0108.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n40 a\\nNew Hampshire bar. In January, 1859, Mr. Burns\\ncommenced the practice of the law at Wilton, N. H.,\\nwhere he has since resided, although of late years his\\nextended practice through Hillsborough County and\\nthe State has necessitated the removal of his office to\\nNashua. He commenced his professional labors, as\\nevery young man must who has no one to rely upon but\\nhimself, with the smaller and more ordinary kinds of\\nlegal work; but by slow degrees he has risen, until to-\\nday he is one of the most successful lawyers in New\\nHampshire, and his practice includes the highest order\\nof cases Mr. Burns, although a good lawyer in all\\nthe branches of his profession, especially excels as an\\nadvocate. His advocacy is of a high order. He is\\nwhat most of our lawyers, and public speakers even,\\nare not. a natural orator. The whole bent and incli-\\nnation of his mind lias, from his earliest years, always\\nbeen in this direction. He has given himself a thor-\\nough training and practice at the bar, on the stump\\nand on all those varied occasions when a public-\\nspeaker is called upon to address the people. This\\nnatural talent, thus trained, has made him a clear-cut,\\nincisive and polished orator, who never fails to hold\\nand impress his audience.\\nIt can be said of him, what can be said of very few\\nmen, he excels in advocacy and general oratory.\\nHis arguments before juries best illustrate bis power\\nas a speaker, while his public addresses exhibit his\\npeculiar charm as an orator. As an advocate he ranks\\namong the first in the New Hampshire bar. As an ora-\\ntor he compares favorably witli our best public speak-\\ners. He has held various important offices in the line of\\nhis profession. In 1876 he was appointed by Governor\\nCheney county solicitor for Hillsborough County, and\\nwas subsequently re-elected twice to that office by the\\npeople, the constitution in the mean time having been\\nchanged so as to make the office elective instead of ap-\\npointive. He held this office in all seven years, and dis-\\ncharged the difficult and delicate duties of a prosecu-\\nting officer in a large county ably and satisfactorily.\\nIn February, 1881, he was appointed United States\\ndistrict attorney for New Hampshire, and in Febru-\\nary, L885, wa reappointed to that office, which be\\nstill holds, bringing to the performance of its duties\\nthe same zeal ami fidelity which be does to all his\\nprofessional labors.\\nMr. Burns has been a life-long Republican. His\\nfather, Charles A. Burns, was an active and prominent\\nanti-slavery worker in that little band of anti-slavery\\nagitators which existeil in Milford. Young Burns\\nwhen a boy was brought in contact with such men as\\nParker Pillsbury, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd\\nGarrison and Fred Douglass, and imbibed the senti-\\nments with which they were animated, so that by force\\nof these influences he was naturally a Republican,\\nwelcoming this party as the means to carry out the\\nprinciples of emancipation and freedom.\\nWhen quite young his interest in the Republican\\ncause, together with his aptitude for public speaking,\\nled him to take the stump for his party. For years\\nhe has performed in this way the most efficient ser-\\nvice for the Republican party, and to-day is one of its\\nablest and most eloquentstump-speakers. Mr. Burns\\nwas elected county treasurer of Hillsborough County\\nin 1864 and 1865. He was also a member of tin- New\\nHampshire State Senate in 1ST:: ami again in 1879, and\\nin both years was chairman of the judiciary committee\\ntook a prominent part in directing and shaping the\\nand legislation of those years, lie was appointed by\\nGovernor Head, in 1879, on his stall, judge advocate-\\ngeneral, with the rank of brigadier-general.\\nHe was a delegate-at-large to the National Repub-\\nlican Convention at Cincinnati in 1876, and repre-\\nsented the New Hampshire delegation on the com-\\nmittee on resolutions. He was one of the three New\\nHampshire delegates who strenuously opposed Mr.\\nBlaine s nomination for President, at first voting for\\nMr. Bristow and finally for Mr. Hayes.\\nHe was selected to preside at the Republican State\\nConvention, held at loncord September 10, 1878, and\\nupon assuming the chair made one of his character-\\nistic speeches. The speech was delivered just after\\nthe Greenback party had won a victory in Maine,\\nand the public mind was full of false theories, and\\nthe high ground taken by the speaker in favor of\\nhonest money and national faith created a deep im-\\npression throughout the State. It was everywhere\\ncommended as a strong, forcible presentation of the\\nissues of the hour. Mr. Burns is a man of scholarly\\ntastes and habits he has a fine law library, one of\\nthe best in the State, and a choice and valuable col-\\nlection of miscellaneous books. He is an honorary\\nmember of the New Hampshire Historical Society,\\nand also of the New England Historical and I reneal\\nogical Society. In 1874, Dartmouth College con-\\nferred upon Mr. Burns the honorary degree of A.M.\\nHe is a life-long and prominent Mason, ha\\\\ tng taken\\nthirty-two degrees in that order. He has also u\\nmaster of the lodge with which he is connected.\\nMr. Burns was united in marriage with Sarah N.\\nMills, of Milford, N. H., upon his twenty-first birth-\\nday, January 19,1856,bj whom he has had eight chil-\\ndren, four of whom are now living, two sons and two\\ndaughters. His oldest son, Arthur H., a high-minded\\nyoung man of fine character and great promise, died\\nin 1S77, when only twenty years of age, a great loss\\nto his parents ami to the community in which he\\nlived, by whom he was universally loved and respected.\\nMr. Burns has a fine homestead in Wilton, in which\\nand all its surroundings he very properly takes great\\npride and pleasure. To his wife, his family and his\\nhome he has ever been loyally and devotedly attachei 1\\nOn the twenty-fifth anniversary of his wedding his\\nfriends to a large number met at his house to celebrate\\nwith him that occasion. It was a notable gathering.\\nGovernor Head ami many other prominent persons\\nwere present and celebrated with his friends that event\\nwith good cheer, with the giving of many valuable\\npresents ami by appropriate speeches, expressive of\\ntheir regard and appreciation of tie lives and char-\\nacter of Mr. Burns and his wile, and by other appro-\\npriate literary exercises.\\nThe engraving in this History of Hillsborough\\nCounty, which accompanies this sketch of his life,\\nis from a photograph taken January 19, 1885, the day\\nhe was fifty years of age.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0109.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MANCHESTER.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Indian Occupancy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names of\\nPioneers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Fisheries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Biographical Notices of Earl} snil. i-\\nManchester lies in the eastern part of the county,\\nand is bounded as follows On the north by Merrimack\\nCounty, on the east and south by Rockingham\\nCounty, and on the west by Bedford and Goffstown.\\nThis territory was originally occupied by the Am-\\noskeag Indians, a tribe subject to the Penacooks,\\nwho dwelt around Amoskeag Falls. The Indians,\\nhowever, did not remain here until the advent of the\\nwhite settlers. Probably forty years elapsed after the\\nred man left his much-loved fisheries at the falls be-\\nfore the white man became a permanent resident.\\nThe First Settlement\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To John Gotfe, Jr., Ed-\\nward Lingfield and Benjamin Kidder is ascribed the\\nhonor of having been the first white settlers within\\nthe limits of the present town of Manchester. They\\nlocated in 1722 and erected habitations on Cohas\\nBrook.\\nThe excellent fisheries at this point Boon attracted\\nthe attention of other enterprising pioneers, and not\\nmany years elapsed ere the locality witnessed a large\\n(for that early day) influx of settler.-, anxious to rear\\ntheir homes at the fishing at Ammosceeg. Among\\nthese were John McNeil, Archibald Stark. Benjamin\\nHadley, Benjamin Stevens, Nathaniel .Martin, Eph-\\nraim Hildreth. Charles Emerson, William l erham,\\nBenjamin Kidder, Benjamin Blodgett, John Ridell,\\nAlexander McMurphy, Jr., John Hall, Thomas Hall,\\nMichael McClintock, David Dickey, William Gam-\\nble, Robert Anderson, Barber Leslie, William Nutt.\\nOf these early settlers nearly all were active, en-\\nterprising men, while some were possessed of marked\\nability, and subsequently became thoroughly identi-\\nfied with the public enterprises of their day in this\\nsection of the Merrimack Valley. Many of these\\nearly settlers were from Londonderry, and were of\\nScotch-Irish extraction.\\nJOHN GoFFEwas an influential man in the new-\\nsettlement, and had a son John, who became a distin-\\nguished officer in the French and Indian War.\\nBENJAMIN Kidder doubtless came here about\\n40 b\\n1722 with his father-in-law, John Gotfe, as he was a\\ngrantee of Londonderry in that year. He probably\\nwas originally of Billerica. He entered in the com-\\npany under the famous Captain Lovewell, in the ex-\\npedition against Pequauquauke, and while on the\\nmarch, and in the neighborhood of Ossipee Lake, was\\ntaken sick. It is probable that he did not long sur-\\nvive the hardships and exposures of this expedition.\\nHis sou, John Kidder, was named as a legatee in\\nthe will of hi- grandfather, John Gotfe. Esq., made\\nin 1748.\\nEdward Lingfield. Of Edward Lingfield very\\nlittle is known. He married a daughter of John\\nGotfe. Esq., and settled here about 1722. He was\\na corporal in Lovewell s expedition, was one of the\\nthirty-four men who marched from Ossipee Lake to\\nPequauquauke, and took part in that famous battle,\\nwhere he (ought with great bravery. He was One of\\nthe nine men in that battle who received ii consid-\\nerable wounds. Alter his return from that expedi-\\ntion he received an ensign s commission as a reward\\nof his heroic conduct in the battle of Pequauquauke.\\nArchibald Stark was born at Glasgow, in Scotland,\\nin 1693 Soon after graduating at the university he\\nmoved t.. Londonderry, in the north of Ireland, be-\\ncoming what was usually denoted a Scotch-Irish-\\nnian. There he was married to a poor, but beautiful\\nScotch girl, by the name of Eleanor Nichols, and emi-\\ngrated to America. He at lirst settled in Londonderry,\\nwhere he remained umil some time in 17.%, when, hav-\\ning his house burned, he removed to that porti if\\nlaud upon the Merrimack then known as Harrytown,\\nupon a lot that had been granted to Samuel Thaxter\\nby the government ot Massachusetts, and which was\\nsituated upon the hill upon the east bank of the\\nMerrimack, a short distance above the falls of Na-\\nmaoskeag. Here he resided until his death. An\\neducated man, Stark must have had a strong desire\\nthat his children should enjoy the advantages of an\\neducation; but in a wilderness surrounded by sav-\\nages, and upon a soil not the most inviting, the suste-\\nnance and protection of his family demanded his\\nattention rather more than their education. His\\nchildren, however, were instructed at the fireside in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0110.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nII\\nthe rudiments of an English education, and such\\nprinciples were instilled into them as, accompanied\\nwith energy, courage and decision of character, made\\nthem fit actors in the stirring events of that period.\\nHis education fitted him rather lor the walks of\\ncivil life; but yet we find him a volunteer for the\\nprotection of the frontier against the ravages of the\\nIndians in 1745 and for the protection of tin people\\nin this immediate neighborhood, a fort was built at\\nthe outlet of Swager s or Fort Pond, which, out of\\ncompliment to Mr. Stark s enterprise in building\\nand garrisoning the same, was called Stark s Fort.\\nMr. Stark had seven children, four sons ami three\\ndaughters. His four sons William, John, Archi-\\nbald and Samuel were noted soldiers in the Indian\\nami French wars, and the three oldest had distin-\\nguished themselves as officers in the notable corps\\nof Rangers prior to their father s death. The\\nsecond -on, John, became the famous partisan officer\\nin the Revolution, and as a brigadiei won unfading\\nlaurels at the battle of Bennington. Mr. Stark died\\nthe 25th day of June, 1758, aged sixty-one years.\\nJohn Hall came to this country probably after\\n1730. He tarried some time in Londonderry, and\\nthen moved upon a lot of land near the west line of\\nChester, and in that part of the town afterwards set\\noff to form the town of Derryfield. He was an en-\\nergetic business man, and for a series of years trans-\\nacted much of the public business of this neighbor-\\nhood and town. He kept a public-house until his\\ndeath. The original frame house built by him, but\\nadded to according to business and fashion, until\\nlittle of the original eould be recognized, was stand-\\ning until 1852, when it was destroyed by lire. It bad\\nalways been kept as a public-house, and generally\\nby some one of the name.\\nMr. Hall was the agent of tic inhabitants for\\nobtaining the charter of Derryfield in 1751, and was\\nthe first town clerk under that charter. He was\\nelected to that office fifteen years, ami in one and\\nthe same year was moderator, first selectman ami\\ntown clerk.\\nWilliam Gamble am. Michael McClintock:.\\nWilliam (iambic came to this country in 17^l aged\\nfourteen years. He and two elder brothers, Archi-\\nbald and Thomas, and a sister, Mary, started to-\\ngether for America, but the elder brothers were\\npressed into the British service upon the point of\\nsailing, leaving the boy William and hi- sister to\\nmake the voyage alone. William was saved from\\nthe press-gang alone by the ready exercise of\\nwoman s wit. The rambles had started under the\\nprotection of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McClintock,\\nwho resided in the same neighborhood, and were about\\nto emigrate to New England. Upon witnessing the\\nseizure of the elder brothers, Mrs. McClintock called\\nto William Gamble, Come here, Billy, quickly,\\nand upon Billy approaching her, she continued,\\nSnuggle down here, Billy, and she hid him under\\nthe folds of her capacious dress! There he re-\\nmained safely until the gang had searched the house.\\nfor the boy in vain, and retired in high dudgeon at\\ntheir ill success.\\nI pon coming to this country the McClintocks\\ncame to Londonderry. They were industrious, thriv-\\ning people, and Michael and William, his .on, built\\nthe first bridge across the oboes, and also another\\nacross the Little oboes, on the mail from Ainos-\\nkeag to Derry. These bridges were built in 1738,\\nand were probably near where bridges are now main-\\ntained across the same streams on the obi road to\\nDerry. Tin- McClintocks were voted twenty shil-\\nlings a year for ten years for the use of these bi idges,\\nWilliam Gamble, upon his arrival in Boston, went\\nto work on the ferry from Charleston to I .oston. Here\\nhe remained two years. During the Indian War of\\n1715 he joined several scouts, and upon the com-\\nmencement of the Old French War, in 1755, hav-\\ning lost his wife, he enlisted in the regular service,\\nand was in most of the war, being under Wolfe on\\nthe Plains of Abraham.\\nJohn McNEiLcame to Londonderry with the firs!\\nemigrants in 171!). The McNeils of Scotland and in\\nthe north of Ireland were men of known reputation for\\nbravery, and Daniel McNeil was one of the Council\\nof the city of Londonderry, and has the honor, with\\ntwenty-one others of that body, of withstanding the\\nduplicity and treachery of Lundy, the traitorous\\nGovernor, and affixing their signatures to a resolu-\\ntion to standby each other in defense of the city, which\\nresolution, placarded upon the market-house ami\\nread at the head of the battalions in the garrison,\\nled to the successful defense of tin city.\\nJohn McNeil was a lineal descendant of this\\ncouncilor. Becoming involved in a quarrel with a\\nperson of distinct ion in his neighborhood, who at-\\ntacked him in the highway, McNeil knocked him from\\nhis horse, and left him to be cared for by his re-\\ntainers. This encounter, though perfectly justifi-\\nable on the part of Mr. McNeil, as his antagonist\\nwas the attacking party, made his tarry in Ireland\\nunpleasant, if no! unsafe, and he emigrated to\\nAmerica, and settled in Londonderry. Here he es-\\ntablished a reputation not only as a man of courage\\niii one of great strength, and neither white or red\\nman upon the borders dared to risk a hand-to-hand\\nencounter with him. Measuring six feet and a half\\nin height, with a corresponding frame, and stern, un-\\nbending will, he was a fit outpost, as it were, of\\ncivilization, ami main are the traditions of his per-\\nsonal encounters during a long ami eventful border\\nlife. His wife. Christian, was well mated with him\\nof strong frame and great energy and courage. It\\nis related that upon one occasion a stranger came to\\nthe door and inquired for McNeil. Christiana told\\nhim that her gude mon \\\\\\\\a- not at home. I pon\\nwhich the stranger expressed much regret. hii-tiana\\ninquired as to the business uj which he came,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0111.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand the stranger told her he had heard a great deal\\nof the strength of McNeil and his skill in wrestling,\\nand he had come some considerable distance to throw\\nkirn. And troth, mon, said Christiana McNeil,\\nJohnny is gone, but I m notthe woman to Bee ye\\ndisappointed, an 1 think it ye 11 try mon, I ll throw\\nj e meself. The stranger, not liking to be thus ban-\\ntered by a woman, accepted the challenge, and, sure\\nenough, Christian tripped his heels and threw him\\nupon the ground. The stranger, upon getting up,\\nthought he would not wait for Johnny, hut hit\\nwithout deigning to leave his name.\\nThe Fisheries at Amoskeag.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At the time the\\nwhite settlers located along the Merrimack the fish-\\neries at Amoskeag Falls had became famous through\\ntheadjacent country. Here salmon, shad, thealewite\\nand lamprey eel were found in great abundance.\\nIn a journal kept by Hon. Matthew Patten, of Bed-\\nford, is the following entry\\ngreat importance -tisljin- at Ami,,,,* ,-..g nnsidered l.v the\\nndonderryjand it was natural thai \u00e2\u0080\u009e,i\\nus in maintaining their claim tu the lands adjacent. \\\\cc.\\nfind their claim to the lands and the subject of the fish,\\nwith them matters acted upon in their town-meetings at an earlj date\\nU h nw 1 1 1 uad move ,on these landsprobablj forthe\\nl l Idi,\u00e2\u0080\u009e I i l ..,,-hiwtt., -hi claiming P. a In,., three\\nmil.-, east el the Merrimack l.v her charter. This was a Berii us mattei\\nfor the people of Londonderry, and in the warrant for a town\\nheann, date .laimar.v IToiKSl, there was the following arti. I.\\nllthly. To see whether they will allow a Lawyer to be consulted\\nabonl those persons thai are settlingai imm And at the meet-\\ning this arte 1. was thus disposed of,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nllthly. Voted that they are willing to leave the consulting of a law-\\nomosi eeg to the eelei t-\\nyer about the settlement that\\n1759, June 8-9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fished al Namoskeag Falls andgol 120 shad and 1\\ngave Koherl McMurphy 1 of them, and I get I shad and 1 small sallilui\\nfor my part from the setting-place. Wm. Peters fished\\nhalves.\\nhis History of Manche\\nSays Judge Potter,\\nter\\nThe Ashing at Amoskeag was of the greatest importance to the peo-\\nple. Tradition has it that the Rev ii, M. A t\\nof the Londonderry settlement to visit the Falls, led thithe, l.y enriositv,\\nand prompted by information obtained at Andover as to their grandeur\\nand the abundance oi Bah to be found near them at certain seasons ol\\ntheyear. From this fact originated the custom of pi\\nOregore and his successors the first fruits of the fishing season. The\\nfirst fish caught tvj any man of Londonderry, salmon, shad, alswifeor\\neel, was reserved as a gift to the minister.\\nu ll!l 29a road was laid out and built from N inian Cochran s\\nbouse tin Londonderry), then keeping by or near the old path to Am-\\nniosceeg Kails. And another i. \u00e2\u0080\u009ei laid out at the same time inter-\\nsecting the Ammosceeg road, lor the aci imodation of other sections\\nol the town. This undertaking of building a road some ten miles\\nthrough the wilderness. i\u00e2\u0080\u009e the infancy of that colonj showsofhovi\\nour lathers treasured the slimy prize\\nThey loved the eel as their very eyes\\nAnd of one tis said, with a shmder rife,\\nFor a string of e 1- he .1\\nFrom the eels they formed their food in In. i.\\nAnd eels were .tilled Lierr,,jiel.l\\nllld the marks of eels wele so pi;,,,,\\nThat the children looked like eels in the\\nVnd before they walked, it is well confirmed,\\nThat the children i\\ni crept, but tquu mei\\ni.|uirmers wield\\nAnd their only wish, and their only prayei\\nfor thepr nt world and the world\\nWas a\\nh,, Willi mi SI.,,/,, u\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nIS appointed fol the defence of the propriety\\nItisnotkaown what action was take, I., tie I. n and eoinm tttee\\nupon the matter; hut,, is to be inferred, as the record\\nthe subject, thai no legal action was taken at that time. Th\\nI .i-etl .tinned I the land- in tin- ,^1,1.,.,1 1,,,,,.\\nbprobahl. that -..me of them had a com iso\\nll,,ln f time under the authority of then\\nsuch circumstances it is probable that after consulting a lawyei the\\npeople of Londonderry concluded to take quiet possession of the land and\\nresu liearine about to he had in Knuland In the\\n.i..nn-.,t Massachusetts. That the people of Londonderry\\ncontrol of the business here is shown by the r. ,1- ,,t the following\\nyen, herein is found the warrant, one article of which\\n4tl.lv. To s.-e whether they will heat the expense of two ca to\\nlie kept at Aiuinosce.-e for the safety of the people at the fishing.\\nOn the day of the meeting, April 22, 1731, the followin\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iihly. That in order to the safety of town speople at the fishing\\nat Aniinosceeg the selectmen i- empowered to all., wand pay out of the\\npubli. change oi rates of the town three pounds in Bills ol credit tosuch\\nperson Ol persons as shall be obliged to make tw-.. j 1 -,ui\\nthe selectmen ..bl^ii,, ti\u00e2\u0080\u009e. ,u.., e-aid undertakers to serve u,.. Inhabi-\\ntant! f the town the whole time fishing before any out tow a people\\nand shall not exceed one shill pr hundred for all the fish that the, sh,.li\\nov, from the tslands and the ownei of the fish and his attendants\\n.s to be ferried bai kwards and forwards at free cost.\\nThe whites took the fish with spears, scoop-nets\\nand seines, and in large quantities; so that people\\ncoming from the surrounding country with their\\nwagons and carts could get them filled sometimes for\\nthe carting the shad away, to make room for the sal-\\n1 always for a mere trilling price. Immense\\nquantities of shad were taken at one haul or drag of\\nthe seine. The New Hampshire Gazette of May 23,\\n17(30, has the following item under its editorial head\\non,- day last \u00c2\u00bbe,-k, was li-awn by a net at one Draught, Two Thou-\\nsand Five hundred odd Shad Fish, out of the River Merrimack near Bed-\\nford, in this Province. Thought remarkable by some people.\\nAmong the names given to the various fishing-]. lacs\\nwere the following: Eel Falls, Fire Mill, Todd Gut,\\nBuss Ray s Hooking-Place, South Cut. Thompson\\nPlace, Watching Falls, Little Pulpit, Mudget Place,\\nSlash Hole, Point Rock, Black Rock, Swine s Baek|\\nSnapping-Place, Pulpit, Racket s Stand. Sullivan s\\nPoint, Crack in the Rock, Bat Place, Dalton Place,\\nPuppy Trap, Pot Place, Patten Rock. Setting Place,\\nMaple Slump, fl,,. Colt, Salmon Rock, Eel Trap!\\nSalmon Cut, Mast Rock.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0112.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nM LNCHESTER. {Continued.)\\nThe French and Indian War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A Fort Built\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names of Soldiers from\\nDerryfield\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain ;..tt. and I -tli.-l^ Henytiel.l Men ati l-avn Point\\nals. at Fort William Henry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Action\\nof the Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Derryfield Men at Lexington\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names of It. nlntionai\\nSoldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Major-General John Stark\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sketch of His Life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Burial-\\nPlace.\\nDrRiNG the French and Indian War. which began\\nin 174(5, the settlers of Amoskeag took an acl ive pari\\nand a fort iva erected a) ilic outlet of what is now\\nXutt s Pond. There wen: soldiers from this town also\\nin the French war in 1755, this locality sending three\\ncompanies. These were commanded by Captains\\nGoffe and Moor, of Derryfield, and the oilier by Cap-\\ntain Rogers, of what is now Dunbarton.\\nThe roll of Captain Gone was as follows\\nJohn Goffe, captain; Samuel M \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.lieutenant; Nathaniel M.utain,\\nensign; Jonathan Corlis, sergeant .1 ui Hastings, Bergeant j John\\nGoffe, Jr., sergeant Thomas Merrill, clerk; Samuel Uartain, corpora]\\nJohn Moor, corporal Joshua M.irt.iin. ...ipnal; It- .nnn Eastman,\\ncorporal; Benjaniiu Kidder, do i; J..-.ph t. I;\\nBenjamin Hadley, Thomas George, [srael I ..J ih I: II, W\\nliam Kelley, Joseph Merrill, Panel n I I Da llM\\ntain, Jacoh Silliway, Stephen George, David Nott, l: bert Nutt, oIm.1i.-iIi\\nHawes, David Willson, William Ford, laron ibj Na n\\nTle-ni.i- M I.aughlin, John Litt.ll, Wdli.ui \\\\1 I 1 R I- H I\\nJohn Wortly, Benjamin Vickery, William Barron, Nathaniel Smith,\\nWilliam Walker, David Welch, Caleb Daulton, .la Petters, Aaron\\nCopps, Jacob Jewell. Ehenezer Martain, John Hurw 1, Ainu/inh Ilil-\\ndreth, John Kidder, John Rowell and Thomas Woilly.\\nCaptain Moor s roll was as follows\\nJohn Moor, captain Antony Eniary, lieurenant Alexander Todd,\\nensign: Matthew Read, sergeant; Thomas Bead. Bergeant; James\\nMoor, sergeant William Spo.U, l jo.ia! l:. e],:. 1 ^t.o 1, IM 1 ViUl-\\nnel McDuffy, corporal; John Rickey, corporal John Spe i or] ral\\nRobert I tthran, Theophalas Harvey, Barber Lealy, William Campble,\\nJames Onail, Robert Tawddle, John McCordy, Thomas Gregg, Joshua\\nRowlings, Tli ana- II ntcli i ngs, Rol.olt Edwards, Edward rains, \\\\l.\\\\an-\\nderMcCIary, Robert Smith, David Vance, Robert Kennade, Robert M.\\nKeen, James Bean, John Cunningham, Samuel Boyde, John Crage,\\nJames mghterson, Michael Johnson, John I gan, Robert Morre], John\\nMcNight, John Welch, Ja I I I hn Mitchel, Daniel Toword,\\nEss Stevens, Hoi. Ci I Karj Samuel Miller, Edward Bean, Wil-\\nliam Kenniston, .lames I .al.v. Nathalie I M. K u v.\\nThe following, mostly from this neighborhood, were\\nat the battle of Lake George, and were subsequently\\nknown as the Rangers\\nRobert Rogers, captain; Richard Rogers, lieutenant Noah Johnson,\\nensign James Archibald, sergeant John McCurdy, Bergeant Janes\\nMcNeal, corporal Nathaniel Johnson, eorpornl John Michel, Isaac\\nColton, James Henry. James Clark, Fimothj Hodad ee, John Wadleigh,\\nStephen Young, Joshua Titwood. .1 .m. vie. I a, .than Silaway,\\nJohn Brown, Elisha Bennett, Rowling Foal I lames Mo]\\ngan, James Welch, Matthew Christopher, James Simonds, I baxiesDnd-\\nley, John Kiser, John Hartman, John Frost, James Mars, Samuel Letch,\\nDavid Nutt, William McKeen, Nathaniel Smith, Philip Wills, William\\nCunningham, William Aker, John Leiton, William Wheeler, Sil i\\nToby, Benjamin s.|iiniit..n, I il.h Simpson, 1 iller Mahanton.\\nA regiment of New Hampshire men was raised for\\nthe expedition to Crown Point in 1756, of which John\\nGoffe was ma or. The company from this locality\\nwas as follows\\nNathaniel Mar ton. lieutenant Thomas Meri el, scrotal lieutenant John\\nGoffe, Jr., ensign Samuel Martain, sergeant Joseph Eastman, ser-\\ngeant; Ebenezer Martain. sergeant; Thomas McLaughli\\nJohn Wortly, corporal John Straw, corporal Jacob Jewell, cor] I\\nJosiah Canfield, corporal Benjamin Kidder, drummer; Joseph Ordway,\\nJoseph Oeo]o,., IVnniinih Hn.llv, Thomas lie. age, William Koneston,\\nI anl l ouler, plainer II. ell. v. John r.,\u00c2\u00abl. n M Joel Maniiucl,\\nThe following company of Derryfield men were at\\nthe siege of Fort William Henry:\\nRichard Emaiy, captain: Nathaniel M.utain. tii-t lieillenanl Pal-\\nlata Russell, se. 1 lieutenant; John M i, ensign Darby Kelley,\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i i ph Peara sergeant; Benjamin Kidder, Sr., sergeant\\nJohn Lull. i l erl Mur k.\\ncorporal Mi. ...i.h win. .a pot., I .l..|,n lint, h- u-oii.\\nBerry, drummei Josiah Bean, Jonathan Prescutt, Benjamin Roberts,\\nI. ho M I..sepli he hei w.e.l. Jam. I linhip. I..i\\\\. ,.i.l l:\\nliatn I .at. holder. Edward I J it. hel, J,.-eph II illayord, Eleue/.i Uut.l.eii-\\nbou, Samuel Hardie, Henry Hutchenson, Joseph Ekerson, J ithan\\nMe|. hel\\nClough,\\nfill, Jol.\\nJohn Merrill, .lame- Patt. i-,.u, B.nja I\\n.1 u.e 1 it. I., I id Blanch. ltd, Timothy Bui on. William Butter-\\ni V Calley, Si u I Gibson, Thomas I. i I i\\nSim a M. p...,- Bnasell, Samuel Chase, John Davis, Benjamin\\nDavia,;William Hutchenson, David Parker, Henry Parker, William Sil-\\nI i I Alleni. William l loile,ht, I.a/\\nHaiii.1 loihnj, M. pi Inian. Iu-tiam l.iiiiml.y, John Sandhurne,\\nGideon J. Si I Voiing, Stephen Webster, S..I..111..11 Prescntt,\\nin... p., i e Nero, John Corlis, David Nutt, Ebenezer Coar-\\nstoti, .M I h,i- John Slell, .In, ..I. Pa id u ham. Pal lick hull\\nThe first vote of the town in relation to the War 01\\nthe Revolution was under date of January 2,1775,\\nwhen it was voted to call a meeting on the 16th of\\ntin- same month,\\n21y. To see it the town will .hose a man or men as Deputies to go to\\nExeter the J .tli Hay of January Instant, in Behalf of said town in or-\\nder to meet with the I cputiea tiom tin- Neiglihoring Towns in said\\nProvince.\\nAt this meeting it was\\nVoted on the second article, not to send a man to Exeter, but that the\\nSelectmen send a Letter to said Exeter, and insert in said Letter that\\nthe said town will bear their Equal proportion of money that shall here-\\nafterarise towards paying the cost of the. General Cor i\\nother town in the Province.\\nThere were thirty-four men from Derryfield in the\\nbattle of Lexington, and there were but thirty-six\\nmen in the entire town capable of bearing arms. The\\nnames of the- soldiers have not been procured, but\\nthe subjoined tax-list of Derryfield lor 1 7 7 Bhows\\nthat a large majority of the tax-payers were of the\\nvolunteers\\n.t. q.\\nf onl. John Goffe 19 I\\nJohn Rand, Esnr 13 8\\nMaj. John Moot s 3 13 5 2\\nEnsin. Samuel Moors II 111 11 2\\nCapt. Nathaniel Merton 6\\nWilliam Nutt 9 9 2\\nTimothy Mertion 3 n\\nJohn Griffen 10 r 5\\nJohn Griffen, Junr\\nBenjamin Baker. S 2", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0113.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBenjamin Baker, Junr\\nJohanathan Merrell 5 2\\nJesse Baker\\nJoseph Gorge 10 2\\nAbrham Merrell 16 9 2\\nAbrham Merrill, .Iiinr II 2\\nDavid Merrell 8\\nJoseph Grilfen I\\nEzekiel Stavens 11 s 2\\nJoseph farmer :l\\nIsaac farmer 3\\nWidow Sarah Unas II 4 11\\nRobert Clark 6\\nJohn Reay 1\\nConl. John Stark 15\\nDavid farmer h\\nLevt. James mc alley 7 6\\nEsin Samuel Stark 6 10 2\\nRobert mc Night 3 u\\nDavid mc Night\\nDarnel Blodget, Litchfield 1\\nJoshua Blodget, Litchfield 4 I 2\\nCapt. William Parham 10\\nJohn Parham 10\\nEbenezer Coster r, C\\nCharts Eamerson 10\\nCharts Eamerson, Junr 3 6\\nGorge Eamerson u 1 6\\nJohn Harvey 19 2 2\\nWilliam Parham, Junr 10\\nMicheal mc Clintock I I 2\\nJames Pairces s 11 o\\nCapt. Alexander mc Murphey 12 4\\nBenjmen Crombie 7 n\\nMoses Crombie 6\\nF-iu. Samuel Iinyd 8 3 2\\nEsin. Natheniel Boyd 6 3\\nWidow Margaret Boyd 5 1 2\\nJohn Dickey 8 2\\nWilliam Gemble 11 2 2\\nRobert Cuningham 1 2\\nDavid Starret ii 11 4\\nJohn Hall 7 3 2\\nDaniel Hall 8 2\\nSergl Ebnezer Stivns 9 7 2\\nHugh thompson 3 10\\nBenjmen I ilsl.nry 3 6\\nthomas Numan 3 1\\n.1,,-rj Masten, K:l!,.i-I.iivii (I 8\\nJamesLagon, Londonderry 8\\nRob] i mc llouer, Lond let ry 4\\nAlexander Irving n 6\\neaser Written. 1\\nJoseph Georci\\nSlJII EL Si IKK,\\nl;., Misled this j itb day u! Ii.-ieinlier, 177.~\\nJohn Ball, Ifi\\nStark was at work in his saw-mill, tit the head of\\ntlif Amoskeag Falls, when he heard this news, ami\\nwithout a moment s delay he shut down the gate of\\nhis mill, repaired to his house, took his gun ami am-\\nmunition, mounted his horse in his shirt-sleeves, as\\nhe came from the mill and rode on to unit the enemy.\\nAs he journeyed on he left word for volunteers to\\nmeet him at Medford, and without delay made the\\nbest of his way to Lexington. On his entire route his\\nforce continually increased, so that on (he following\\nmorning, when In- arrived tit Lexington, he had tit his\\ncommand a large force of backw Ismen.\\nfin town Committee of Safety, in t77- consisted of\\nJohn Harve, Lieutenant James McCalley, Samuel\\nBoyd, Ensign Samuel Moors and John Hall.\\nColony of New Hampshire, etc. Cohuittee of Safety.\\nTo the Selectmen of DerryfieM In order to carry the underwritten re-\\nsolve of the Honorable Continental Congress into execution, you are re-\\nquested to desire all Males, above twenty-one years of age (lunatics, idiots\\n:i|i I i l 1 I. I ii Mi. .1. :n. H -I Iln- |U|- i uti i Mlii-U\\nso done, to make return thereof, together w ith tin name or names of all\\nwho shall refuse t.i sign tin- same, to tin- Genera] assembly or Committee\\nof Safety of this Colony.\\nM WeAHE, liairman.\\nl\\\\ I mm. Kiss, M\u00e2\u0080\u009e,;-h 1 t. 177 C\\n/.Vs../iv That it tic rec.-imnicndcd t I In- several Assemblies, Conven-\\ntions and Councils- or Committees of Safety of tin- United States imme-\\ndiately tn ran si- all persons to be disarmed, within their l.-sp. I i c,,l...\\nnics, who arc notoriously disaflecteil to tin- cause of America, or who\\nhave not associated and refuse to associate In defend by Arms the United\\nColonies against the hostile alti-lnpls of the Ihitish Fleets and Armies.\\ni ,;i, i from the minutes,\\nI ll 1 n l l I ll, Ml .V s.\\nIn consequence of the ahove Resolution of the kmtinental Congress,\\nale! I- -hoc mil determination in joining our American brethren in de-\\nfending the lives, lili.-rticsand properties of the inhabitants v( the United\\ni mImiii,-, U tin- Subscribers, do heri-iiy solelulity engag-- anil |,i,,iin-o\\n.that we will, to the utmost of out power, at tin- risk of our liv. s ami for\\ntunes, with arms, oppose the hostile prm lings of the Urilish Fleets\\nand Armies a-amsl (1,.. United \\\\inericali Colonies.\\nThis was signed by the following persons, and duly\\nreturned by the selectmen\\nJohn Hall.\\nT! :.s Newman.\\nDavid Merrill.\\nWilliam McClintock.\\nJohn Goffe.\\nioJiMil Cunningham.\\ns.it i Boyd,\\nMichael McClintock.\\nDavid Starret.\\nJohn Perbam.\\nBenja. Baker.\\nWilliam I .i Ii.iiii\\nSimon Lull.\\nEbenezer Stevens.\\nDaniel Hall.\\nJohn Dickey.\\nJohn Kami.\\nAl. xr. McMurphy,\\nCharles Emerson.\\nBenjamin Irombie\\nWill..,.,, \\\\,;h\\nJohn Harvey.\\nGeorge Greaham.\\nWilliam Gambell.\\nAbraham Merrill\\nJonathan Merrill.\\nMoses Merrill.\\nJohn Russ.\\ni .Merrill.\\nJohn Ray.\\nNathaniel Boyd.\\nRobert ci. ok\\nJoseph I leorge\\nJames Gorman.\\nJohn Grifen\\nMoses Crombey.\\nJohn Moor.\\nColony of New Hampshire, June 1st, Hay, 177c. To the Hon. Mr.\\nWeare, Chearman, this is to certify that we the subscribers has Presented\\ntin- Within Declaration to the Inhabitants nt snid Town and they Have\\nnit. si a, ,1 s n,i Declaration, which we in our Judgment thought had a\\nright to Sign tin- Same.\\nCertified by us.\\n.lunel, 177l the following persons were in the\\narmy from Derryfield Colonel John Stark, Captain\\n.1, lin \\\\l Captain James McCalley, Captain Alex-\\nander McMurphy, Captain Nathaniel Martin, Ben-\\njamin Baker, Nathaniel Baker, Ebenezer Costor,\\nTimothy 1 lew, Samuel Harvey. more than one fourth\\nof the inhabitants of the town tit to Bare arms.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0114.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n15\\nIn 1777 a bounty of eight dollars was voted to each\\nman who should enlist for a term of three years\\nThe tax-list was as follows\\nMichael McClintock 1\\nBarber Lessly l 8\\nWilliam Parham Junior\\nJohn Hervey 4 9 T\\nCharles Emerson ,T\\nCapt. William Pal-ham ls\\nLevt. John Parham\\nEbenezei Coster l 15 z\\nn| lmin pnsburey M\\nB l Brtvd 2 3 7\\nJuim Dickey\\nWilliam Gambell 3 14 2\\nTh us Newman 2\\nTimotliy Dow 8\\nJames Gorman 7\\nGeorge Graham ls\\nCeazer Griffen l 21\\nAlexander Ii wing 16\\n.1,,,, l on of Londonderry 5 2\\nWilliam McClintock 3 6 ,J\\nJol m. .in 1 6\\nNathaniel Mertain 18 2\\nI nbie 1\\nSamuel Morrson 1\\nWilliam Page of Londonderry s\\nDavid Farmer 18 2\\nHugh Thompson v i;\\nJohn Hughs 2 8 2\\nJoseph Sanders 1 4\\nNathaniel Merrill l:\\nDaniel Blodget, Litchfield ln\\nConl. John Goffe 3 3 4\\nJohn Rand, Esqr\\n5Lij. John Moore 4 f\\nCapt. Samuel Moor 4 7 2\\nJames Mcnight 15 8\\nWilliam Nutt 13 4\\nJoseph Griffen u s\\nJol fen 2 4\\nBenjamin Baker 2 17 2\\nJoseph G ge\\nAbraham Merrill\\nEnsin Abraham Merrill 1 I 3 2\\nEzekiel Stavens 3 12\\nJoseph Fa r 3 10 S\\nWidowandJohn Russ 1 W II\\nJohn Raj\\nConl. John Stark\\nCapt. J Mcalley l\\nEnsin. Samuel Stark 2 J\\nJonathan Merrill 7\\n.1 Bal er w\\nNathaniel Baker 15 1\\nI,, ill as Grifin 18 I\\nLevi Ehen. zer Stavens 2 17\\nJohn Griffen, Junr 1\\nLevt. John Hall 3 17\\nDaniel Hall\\nDavid Starlet\\n15 7\\nContinental army, or the family of any other soldier\\nwho should need assistance.\\nAnd the people were equally liberal on other occa-\\nsions when acting individually. Thus, this same j eai\\nthey subscribed most liberally in aid of volunteers,\\nalthough they had already submitted to a double tax.\\nWhen the retreat from Ticonderoga was first heard\\nof iii this town. Captain Nathaniel Martin, Theophi-\\nlus Griffin, Nathaniel Baker, John Nutt, Enoch\\nHarvey and David Farmer immediately volunteered\\nand marched to Number Four. A contribution was\\nmade among the inhabitants for Martin, Griffin and\\nBaker, and \u00e2\u0082\u00ac4 LOs. were raised. Shu, after, when it\\nwas seen that an encounter with the British was\\ninevitable in that quarter, and Stark was in need of\\ntroops, another contribution was made to hold on\\nJohn Nutt, Enoch Harvey, Theophilus Griffin and\\nDavid farmer, and \u00c2\u00a344 LOs. were raised, and they\\nheld on and participated with their neighbors in\\nthe glorious battle of Bennington.\\nThe loll. .wing is a list of those subscribing\\nThe ano.uit hereafter Sat Down is money payd by Individual In-\\nhabitants oi the Town of Derryfleld to th. .Soldi. .re Raised at Suudrj\\ntimes for (Hit in on this unilateral ware from the first of September,\\n1770, and upwards is as follows\\nEzekiel Stavins paid to Enoch harvey for going\\n.v David Stater paid to Na\\nthaniel Bakei ,1\\nJohn Parhain paid to Tiiii .thj\\n13 I\\nA few months after, the town voted Colonel John\\nGoffe a committee to furnish Robert McNight s fam-\\nily with proper provisions during his absence in the\\npaid by the Sunilrey persons hereafter Named to\\nNathaniel mart. tin, Theophilus liritlin .V N.i-\\nthaniel Baker as voluntera wen they went to\\nNoumber foui about the retreal fi Tj ar. e\\nfollowetb\\nWilliam Gamble 6\\nit ,liJ\\\\ 3 t\\nAbraham merrill Junior I\\nCapt. Samuel moore 2\\nWilliam Parham Junior 5 It\\nJames mc Night 3 6\\nLevi John Hall 3 6\\n.lame- Pairce u 3\\nAhrham Merrill r\\nJonathan Merrill 3\\nEbenezr Stavens\\nJoseph Sanders u\\nJohn Dickey\\nJohn Hall Junior 2 6\\nDaniel Hall\\nCol. John Stark\\nCapt. William Parham 6\\nWilliam McClintock\\nCol. John Goffe\\nJohn harvey 1 8\\npaid by Individuals to hold on John\\nEnoch harvey, Theophilus Oiitlin a I .o i.\\nmer, wen they went with General stark i\\nBattel at Benenton, are as followeth, (viz.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0115.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJames Mi S ight 1\\n2\\nBlajr. John Moore\\nWilliam Nutt\\nJohn Griffin\\nBenjamin Baker 1\\nJoseph George\\nli ae Newman\\nAbraham Merrell 2\\nJoseph Farmer o\\nKiimi Samuel stark\\nLevt. John Hall 1\\nWilliam Gamble 1\\nJohn Dickey\\nCapt. Alexr. nic murphy 1\\nKnsn. Samuel Boyil 1\\nMichael McClintock\\nWilliam mcClintock 1\\n(apt. Wm. Parhani\\nCharles Emerson\\nJohn Hervey 3\\nJuhnHugbs 1\\nJames Pairce\\nDavid Starret\\nZaccheus Richison\\nMoses Merrill\\nCapt. Samuel Moor\\nKusn. Abraham Merrill\\nEz.-ki.-l Stavins 2\\nUaniel hall\\nLevt. John Parhani 1\\nJames Garman\\nWilliam Parhani, .lunr 1\\n.1. seph Sanders\\nJonathan Merrill\\nMoses Crombie\\nNathaniel Merrill ti\\nThe following sketches of Revolutionary patriots\\nare taken from Judge Potter s History of Man-\\nchester.\\nMajor-Genekal John Stark was the third j\\nson of Archibald Stark, Esq., one of the early settlers\\nof Derryfield. His father was a man of education,\\nand imparted to his children such instruction, and\\nsuch principles at the fireside as few others upon the\\nfrontier were able to confer upon their children. Dur-\\ning Stark s boyhood the remnants of the Penuaeook\\nIndians were still in the Merrimack Valley, and made\\nAmoskeag their annual rendezvous during the fishing\\nseason, and, in fact, in the earlier Indian wars, some\\nof them were employed as soldiers by our govern-\\nment, and were enrolled with other soldiers. In this\\nmanner, young Stark, a hunter from position and\\nnecessity, became well acquainted with the habits of\\nthe Indians. This knowledge gave him a superiority\\nover most of his brother soldiers in the war with the\\nIndians and French that followed. However, this\\nknowledge would have been to no great purpose had\\nit not been united in him with other qualities pecu-\\nliarly befitting a soldier of those times. He was re-\\nmarkable for the vigor and activity of the physical\\nman, and hence for his capability in sustaining fa-\\ntigue. Adding to these, quick perception, indomit-\\nable energy and remarkable decision of character, he-\\nwas the soldier for the times in which be lived, and,\\nin fact, such qualities are the elements of success at any\\nand all times. His success as an officer in the noted\\nRangers of the Seven Years War gave him a popu-\\nlarity among the i pleat large, and the soldiers in\\nparticular, that placed him in the front rank as a suc-\\ncessful soldier upon the breaking out of the Revolution.\\nIt was this popularity among the soldiers that gained\\nhis services to the country, for if his appointment or\\npromotion had been left to the politicians of the day,\\nit is doubtful, from the way in which he was treated by\\nthem, whether he could have succeeded to any com-\\nmand. Once at the head of a regiment, and in ser-\\nvice, the battle-field told the story of his bravery.\\nHis brilliant achievements at Bunker Hill, Trenton,\\nPrinceton and Bennington are well known.\\nEarly in 1778 he repaired to Albany and assumed\\nthe command of the Northern Department, and re-\\nmained there until ordered to join General Gates at\\nProvidence.\\nHe passed the winter in New Hampshire, in urging\\nforward recruits and supplies, but in the spring joined\\nGeneral Gates at Providence.\\nIn November, by General Washington s orders, he\\njoined him in New Jersey, and after a short time was\\nsent by Washington to New England to make requi-\\nsition for men and provisions.\\nIn 1780 he was with Washington atMorristown, and\\ntook part in the battle of Springfield.\\nSoon after, he was ordered to New England, col-\\nlected a body of militia, and marched them to West\\nPoint.\\nGeneral Stark was one of the court martial who\\ndecided the fate of Major Andre, and reluctantly,\\nthough in obedience to his duty, and for his country s\\nadvantage, favored the sentence of death upon that\\nbrave but unfortunate officer.\\nIn 1781 he again took charge of the Northern De-\\npartment. The country was overrun with robbers\\nand Tories, and he had but a weak and inefficient\\nforce, but bis strict discipline and stern justice dealt\\nout to spies and Tories soon brought things into better\\norder.\\nThe capture of Lord Cornwallis brought the war to\\na close, but General Stark was ordered to New Hamp-\\nshire for men and supplies.\\nThe most of 1782 he was afflicted with a rheumatic\\ncomplaint, brought on by long exposure, and was not\\nable to join his command.\\nIn 1783, however, he joined Washington, and soon\\nafter aided by his counsels in allaying those feelings\\nof disquiet excited by the treacherous Newburg letters\\namong the officers and soldiers of the army. Upon\\nnews of peace, Stark bore the happy intelligence\\nto New Hampshire, and forthwith retired to his\\nfarm at Derryfield to enjoy that repose he so much\\nneeded.\\nBut his active mind could not be at rest, and he en-\\ngaged in all of those plans for the advantage of the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0116.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "3*SL~- J^^^A", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0119.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0120.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER\\ntown and State which were so necessary to be matured\\nand carried out by clear heads and strong nerves.\\nThe unjust claim ofthe Masonian proprietors to the\\nlands betwixl a straight and a curve line,betwi en the\\nnortheast and the northwest corner bounds of the\\nMasonian grant was first successfully opposed by him,\\nand to his exertions it was mainly owing that the\\nLegislature took the matter in hand, and established\\nthe claim of the State to the lands in question, thus\\nquieting hundreds of small farmers in the possession\\nof their lands, and in the end adding largely to the\\nfunds ofthe State.\\nHe was ever found upon the side of his country,\\nand when, in 1786, discontent had ripened into open\\nrebellion, and the Legislature had been surrounded\\nby armed malcontents, the veteran Stark stood ready\\nfor the occasion, and would have volunteered his ser-\\nvices had not the insurrection been repressed by the\\njudicious councils and determined action of the gal-\\nlant Sullivan, who was at that time, most opportunely,\\nat the head of our State government.\\nHe refused all civil office that would take him from\\nhis home, but in his native town he was ready to\\nserve his townsmen in any capacity where he could\\nbe of advantage, and that did not trespass too much\\nupon his valuable time.\\nThus living not for himself alone, but for his country,\\nthe veteran Stark passed into the wane of life, ever\\ntaking, as long as life lasted, a lively interest in even-\\nincident in our country s history. At length, suffering\\nfrom the effects of a paralytic shock, at the extreme\\nage of ninety-three years, eight months and twenty-\\ntwo days, the old hero departed this life on Wednes-\\nday, the 8th day of May, 1822.\\nThe Friday following his death his remains were\\ninterred, with military honors, in a cemetery he had\\ninclosed upon his own farm, a large concourse of\\npeople being in attendance to witness the imposing\\nceremony, and pay their last respects over the body\\nofthe man who had contributed so largely in filling\\nthe measure of his country s glory.\\nThe cemetery is situated upon a commanding bluff\\nupon the east bank of the Merrimack, and over his\\nremains his family have placed a plain shaft of\\ngranite, indicative alike of his simplicity and hardi-\\nhood, upon which is inscribed Maj. -General Stark.\\nThis simple stone points to his ashes alone, but his\\ndeeds are traced in deep-lined characters upon the\\npages of our country s history, while his memory is\\nengraven upon the hearts of his countrymen.\\nSuch a name needs no other monument.\\nMajor Johx Moore. He had been an officer in\\ntin preceding French war, in which he had won the\\nreputation of a man of courage andenergy. After the\\nconquest of Canada he quietly settled down upon his\\nfarm atCohoes Brook. I pon the news of the battle of\\nLexington he led his neighbors of Amoskeag to the\\nscene of action, and on the 24th of April was commis-\\nsioned liv the Committee ..I Safety of Massachusetts\\nasa captain in Stark s regiment. Thomas McLaughlin,\\nof Bedford, was commissioned as his lieutenant at the\\nsame time. He forthwith enlisted a company of fifty-\\nseven men, mainly of Derryfield, Bedford and Goffs-\\ntown. 1 lis roll was as follows\\nJutui M iMptuin Thomas Mrl.au-lilin. liinteiiaiit NatliHi.i. I\\nJavin, Clialk Kln-l-eii, i_. I n.\\nIregg, BeDjamio George, Jaiues Gledder,\\nStark, John Turner, John Wyer, Hugh Campbell, Alexandei Hutchin-\\n-..II, W illiam Mi Cilu.o. .I.un.-- \\\\i ...i.\\nThree of the men joined the company at a subse-\\nquent date, viz.: Samuel Patten, of Bedford, June\\n17th James Gibson, probably of Londonderry and\\nJohn McMurphy of Derryfield, July Kith. Samuel\\nPatten enlisted on the 17th, and, with the fifty-seven\\nothers enlisted on the 24th of April, participated in\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill. In that battle none did\\nbetter service than Captain John Moore and his\\ncompany of Amoskeag, as related elsewhere.\\nOn the 18th of June, the day following the battle,\\nCaptain Moore was complimented with a major s\\ncommission, to take the place in Stark s regiment of\\nMajor McClary, wdio had been killed in the battle of\\nthe day preceding. Lieutenant McLaughlin was\\npromoted to the captaincy thus made vacant, and\\nSergeant Nathaniel Boyd, of Derryfield, was made\\nlieutenant in his place. Major Moore remained with\\nthe army but a few months, when the state of his\\nhealth obliged him to retire to his farm. He con-\\ntinued, however, his active participation in all matters\\non foot in the town, county and State, to forward\\nthe- patriot cause, until his removal from the Slate,\\nin 1778. In that year he moved to Norridgewock, in\\nMaine, where he ever maintained a most respect-\\nable position in life. He died in January, 1809.\\nMajor John Goffe was a son ofthe noted Colo-\\nnel John Goffe, of Derryfield. He resided in Bedford,\\njust across the Merrimack from his father. In the\\nSeven Years War he was a lieutenant in Captain\\nMartin s company, in Goffe s regiment. At the\\nclose of the French war he returned to Bedford and\\nresumed his occupation as a farmer and miller.\\nHe received a captain s commission from Gov-\\nernor Wentworth in 1764, and 17(18 was pro-\\nmoted to a majority. At the commencement of\\nhostilities he volunteered, went to Cambridge, en-\\nlisted in Captain Moore s company as a private, ami\\nwas in the battle of Bunker Hill. In tin summer\\nafter, he left the army and returned home, his business\\nrequiring his presence. Several of hi- sons si rved in\\nthe War ofthe Revolution, and two of them lost their", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0121.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlives in that struggle Stephen being lost at sea, and\\nWilliam killed in an engagement. But in civil lilt-\\nMajor Goffe was active in the patriot cause, and was\\nsuccessful in furnishing recruits for the army. When\\nGeneral Stark called for more troops to assist in con-\\nquering Burgoyne, Major Go tie at mice volunteered\\nhis services as a private, and marched to the conflict,\\nthus favoring the great cause by precept and exam-\\nple. Of a truth, the good that such men do lives after\\nthem. He died at Bedford, aged eighty-five years.\\nLieutenant John Orr was of Bedford, where, at\\nthe commencement of the Revolution, he was a suc-\\ncessful farmer. He volunteered under Stark in his ex-\\npedition to Bennington, and was appointed a lieu-\\ntenant in Captain McConnelFs company, in Colonel\\nStickney s regiment. This regiment was one of the\\ntwo that were scut against the Tory breast-work on\\nthe right of the enemy s works, south of the Hoosac.\\nEarly in the light Lieutenant Orr was wounded in the\\nknee by a musket-ball. Unable to stand, he lay upon\\nthe ground some time before any one came to his\\nassistance. Sergeant Griffin then came to him, and\\nwith the assistance of another soldier carried him to\\na place of safety, forced to drag him upon his back\\nthrough a corn and flax-field to shun the sharpshoot-\\nersofthe enemy. From want of skill the fracture was\\nnot properly reduced; but employing a private sur-\\ngeon he began to mend, but was unable to be removed\\nuntil February. On the 4th of that month he started\\nfor home, riding upon a bed in a sleigh, and reached\\nhome in ten days, after much suffering. He was una-\\nbletostep till the October following, with crutches\\neven. In the end he recovered his health, and though\\never lame, was able to resume the active duties of\\nlife, lie was much in public business, anil tilled the\\noffices of selectman, Representative and Senator in\\nthe State Legislature with credit to himself in town\\nand district. Lieutenant Orr died in Bedford in Jan-\\nuary, 1823, aged sixty-five years.\\nSi RGEANT EpHRAIM STEVENS was another true\\nsoldier of Derryfield. He never knew fear. Whether\\ndriving the Hessians from their quarters, or attacking\\nthem without regard to disparity of numbers, as at\\nTrenton, lit was the same dauntless man. He was\\none who snuffed the battle from afar, and was\\nready to engage in it. When relating his affair\\nat Trenton, in beating up the quarters of the Hessians,\\nhe was wont to say that the bayoneted Hessians, as\\nthey lay upon the floor, was the prettiest sight he ever\\nsaw. He was of powerful make, and had the reputation\\nof being the strongest man in the army. In the\\ncamp at Valley Forge, when, by the recommendation\\nof the officers, the soldiers engaged in all manner of\\nathletic sports, Sergeant Stevens was wont to beat\\nthe ring wrestling and lifting. The trial of strength\\nwas in shouldering and carrying of oak huts; he\\ncould shoulder and carry the biggest oak but of any\\nman in the army. Such a man was invaluable as a\\nsoldier. Want of education prevented his promotion.\\nAfter the close of the war Sergeant Stevens returned\\nio Derryfield and became a successful tanner, lie\\ndied in lK-l.j, aged eighty-seven years.\\nSergeant Theophilus Griffin.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 He was an-\\nother brave soldier of Derryfield. He was with Stark\\nat the battle of Trenton, and was one of the men\\nwho a -i te.l Stevens in adventure with the Hessians,\\nbefore related. The most of the day he went bare-\\nfooted through the snow, throwing off his worthless\\nshoes s i after commencing the pursuit of the re-\\ntreating Hessians, and this without a murmur. No\\nman fought better than Theophilus Griffin; but he\\nmust have a leader. He jould execute, not direct.\\nWhen the news came of the retreat from Ticonderoga\\nhe was one of the tirst to volunteer his services to meet\\ntin enemy, and was with Stark at Bennington, where,\\nin addition to lighting bravely, he assisted with the\\ngreatest hazard in carrying Lieutenant Orr from the\\ntield when disabled by a severe wound. After the\\nclose of the war he settled down upon a small farm,\\nbut with indifferent success as a farmer. Habits fos-\\ntered, if not contracted in the service unfitted him for\\nsteady employment. He preferred the exciting scenes\\nof the camp to quiet labor, and, used to those, in the\\ntime of peace he sought excitement where it could be\\nfound, and, as was often the case with other soldiers,\\npassed the last years of his life with little advantage\\nto himself or society. He, however, fought nobly for\\nhis country, and his name deserves a place among the\\npatriots of Derryfield. He died at Derryfield at an\\nadvanced age.\\nSAMUEL RemiCK. He was an apprentice in Bed-\\nlord at the time of Burgoyne s approach from the\\nnorth. He volunteered under Stark and was at the\\nbattle of Bennington. He stood by Lieutenant Orr,\\nsaw him fall and carried from the held. As he\\nemerged from the corn-field he took a position behind\\nan oak and commenced tiring upon the enemy. He\\nfired some eight or ten times, when, as he was loading\\nhis gun, an unlucky bullet from the enemy s works\\nbrought him to the ground. In this position he\\nloaded and tired several times upon the enemy. Al\\nlength, giving his gun to a man, the lock of whose\\ngun had been broken by a ball, he dragged himselfto\\na fence near by, where he was taken upon a blanket\\nand carried to the surgeon s quarters, an open tield on\\nthe banks of the Hoosac. He soon recovered, and\\nlived to a good old age, receiving the bounties of his\\ncountry for his sufferings in the cause of liberty.\\nThe following were also in the war from this town\\nEphraim Stevens, David Merrill, James Thompson,\\nBenjamin George, Isaac George, Ichabod Martin and\\nRobert McNight.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0122.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTKIl.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nMANCHESTER\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\ni [VI] HISTORY.\\nThe Charter of Derryfield\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Original Bounds\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Town Meeting\\nOfficers Elected\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Portion of Harrytown Annexed in 1795\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Town\\nNamed Manchester in 1810 List oi Sele n, Moderators and Town\\nclerk The Town-Meeting of 1840\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Much Excitement Prevails\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIhn t ,i,--. h -in to Keep Order\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Waning Power of the\\nTown\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Strength of the New Village First Town-Meeting in th\\nNew Village \u00e2\u0080\u0094Town 11. ,u- lac-ted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incorporation of the City\\nFirsl City Eli tioi Ii ersChos I ire! City\\n.inn, .jit I.i-t ..t May-i, in. I I l.-ik- ti-.m iligaiii/uliou t.. lss.\\nThe town of Manchester, embracing portions of\\nthe towns of Londonderry and Chester, and a tract ol\\nland lying on the Merrimack River, belonging to the\\nMasonian proprietors, called Harrytown, was char-\\ntered September 3, L751, under the name of Derry-\\nfleld. This name issaidtohave been derived from\\nthe fact that the people of Londonderry had been ac-\\ncustomed to pasture their cattle within its limits.\\nThe charter was as follows:\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\n[LS.]\\nGeorge the second bj the gra I God, ofGreat Britain, France and\\nIreland King, Defender uf the Faith, ic, and to all whom these presents\\nWTtereas, our loyal sub]o t-, inhabitants of a tract 4 laud within our\\npro\\\\iuccof Now Ibtiiipshucf said, lying partly within that part of our\\nprovince of New Hampshire called Londonderry in part, and in part in\\nChester, and in part ,1 land not heretofore granted t any town within our\\nprovince aforesaid, have humbly petitioned ou-i requested to us that they\\nmay he erected and incorporated intoa township, and infran, Used with\\nthe same powers and privileges whichother towns within our said prov-\\nince by law have and enjoy and it appearing to n- t, i\\ngeneral good of our said pioviii, e, as Well as of s;iid inhabitants in partic-\\nular, by maintaining good order, and em ouraging the cultivation of the\\nlaud, that the same should be done Know Jfe, therefore, that we, of our\\nespecial grace, certain knowledge and for the encouragement and pro-\\nmoting the good purposesand .aids aforesaid. by and with the advice ol\\nunr trusty and well-beloved Bennington .-tit \\\\\\\\..i tli. i:-q our governor\\nand Commander in Chief, and of our Council ol oul Province of New\\nHampshire aforesaid, have erected and ordained, and by these presents,\\nfor ourselves and successors, do will and ordain, that Hie iiihahitantsof a\\n(the) tract of land aforesaid, shall inhabit and improve thei\\nbutted and hounded a- toll. v iz. Beginning at a pitch pin,, tree\\nstanding upon th-- town line, between Chester and Londonderry, marked\\none hundred and thirty-four, being the hounds of t the sixty-acre\\nlots in said Che-t.. i. I\u00c2\u00bb in_ t)i,- Sooth We.-t ..incr of -aid lot thru. 1 u li-\\nning south into the township of Londonderry one hundred and sivtv\\nrods to a stake and stones thence running lost to Londonderry North\\nand South line thence in lining South upon I, on, loud, try line to the Head\\nline of Litchfield to a stake and stones thence running upon the head\\nline of Litchfield to the Bank of the Merrimack river then,:,; running\\nup said river, as th,- river runs, eight miles to a stake and ti\\nupon the bank ,.f said n\\\\,i th.nce 1 uniiing East South East one mile\\n,tnd tin |icot. r-. through land not -rant, ,1 to any town, until it\\nto Chester line thence running two miles and a half and fifty-two rods\\non the same curse int., th,- township of Chester, to a stake and stones\\nthence running south four miles and a half to the bounds tirst mentioned.\\nall which lands within said bounds which lies within the townships of\\nLondonderry and Chester aforesaid, are not to he liable to pay any taxes\\nor rates, but as they shall be settled, and by these presents are declared\\nand ordained to be a town corporated, and are hereby erected and incor-\\nporated into a body politick, and a corporation to have continuance for-\\never by the name of Derryfield, with all the powers, authorities, privi-\\nleges, immunities and infran, his, s to them the -aid inhabitants and their\\nsuccessors f,,rev,r. always reserving t,, us, our heirs, and successors, all\\nwhite pine trees growing and being, or that -hall hereafter grow and be\\n4\\non the -said tract of land, til for tl Se of our I; ,yal S\\nalso the power of dii iding said town a. us, out hi\\nit shad appear necessary and .n\\\\ men! tor the benefit of the inhabitants\\ntl,,. f, and as the several towns w,t hino in said province ol New Hamp-\\nshire, are by law thereof entitled and authorized t, assemble, and by\\nthe majority of votes to ill, all said efiieelsas ale mentioned ill the\\n...M.\\ne ,1,, by tie si presents nominal, and ippoinl John MiMiuphy a,\\n,.,n the in- I,., no- I lie inhabitants to be bold within the mil! town\\nif tl\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nrtb, Esq., our Governor and\\nbe third day of September, in the year of\\nProvince oi New Hampshire.\\ni nd recorded in the Book ol Charter, this third day of Sep-\\ntembei L756, pages79 a mi.\\nI m JltE\\nThis charter covered about eighteen square miles of\\nthe southwest part of Chester, about nine square miles\\nnt i he northwest part (if Londonderry, including The\\nPeak, ami the strip of land between Londonderry,\\nid, -i, i and the Merrimack River, called Harrytown,\\ncontaining about eight square miles.\\nThis charterdid not embrace the wholeof what was\\nknown as Harrytown, a nook at the north part, be-\\ntwixt Chester and the Merrimack being left ungranted.\\nThis contained about two square miles, was called\\nHarrysborough, and was added to Derryfield in 1792.\\nThe act of incorporation empowered John McMur-\\nphy to call the first town-meeting, which was held at\\nthe house of John Hall, inn-holder, September it,\\n17 I, as follows\\nProvince of New Hampshire.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, freeholders mid inhabitants of\\nDerryfield, assembled at the house of John Hall, in said town. At this\\nfirst in,, ting upon Monday, the twenty-third day oi September, inne\\nDom o, 1751, by His Excellency s d ition in the .hait.-i f.u ~aid t,,wu-\\nship, dab d September the third. 1751, according to the direction in said\\nchatter, by Ills excellency s command, 1, the subscriber issued a nolihcu-\\nti .11 l,.r, hoi I town oth. ill the lb. I. said day. and II,, atloiesael\\nhouse, and th,. people being assembled,\\nPbted, John Goffe, first Selectman\\nWilliam Perham, Ditto Selectman.\\nNathaniel Boyd,\\nDaniel McNeil,\\nElieza Wells,\\n3dly, for town clerk, John Hall.\\nllbly, I ..in nil i. .ri.-l-- lor assrssm, \u00e2\u0080\u009et, to examine tie\\ncunt, William MeClinto, k, William Stark.\\ntidy, for constable, Robert \\\\nderson.\\n6th]y, lor tything men, John Harvey, William Elliott.\\n7thiy, f,.i i i\\nJohn Hall.\\nStilly, for Invoice men, Cluol I Martin.\\natbly, for llayw.u.l-. Moses Wells, illii iamble\\nlnihly, I r-k, i Charles Emerson, William Stark.\\n11th, forcullerof staves, Benjamin Stevens.\\n12thly, for surveyoi ol\\nMerrill.\\ni Ret orded bj me,\\nJohn Hall, Town CU k", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0123.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThi\\nas organized under the charter.\\nThe next town-meeting was holden the 16th of\\nNovember following, and mainly for the purpose of\\nraising money to defray the expenses of obtaining\\nthe charter. On the 4th of November the meeting\\nwas .-ailed by warrant of the Selectmen, the second\\narticle of which was\\ni. To rase momy In defray the barges tJi.u Mi .lob,, Hull has been\\nbtaining a corporation for Baid town ami to elms,- a committee for\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vimmiii and allowing Lis accounts.\\nAt the in,., -tin- held November 26, 1751, upon the\\nsecond article of the warrant, it was\\nPoled, that Mr. John Hall be piid all the ley thi ommittee\\nxamination of bis accounts shall allow to be his just due for\\nin .u[i..r.iti,.n lor this town. :,t\u00e2\u0080\u009ei the committee s names are\\nus Mloweth John Gone, William M, lint,., William Perham,\\nThis committee made their report to the selectmen\\nDecember 21, 1751, as follows:\\nDerryfibld, December ye 21, 17. 1,\\nTo the selectmen of Derryfiold, Gents, We, the subscribers, being a\\n1 h 3 by the town of Derryficld toexamine and allow the\\nM John Hall, that wo should lind justly due to him for his\\nobtaining a cor] ition foi said town, we liav, sel m that affair, and\\nupon a critical examination of the a uts ol said John I that he\\nhaB expended in nej and time, at a reasonable, or rather moderate al-\\nlowance, amounts to tlie sunt of two hundred and fifty-one pounds old\\ntenor, and accordingly wc judge it highly reasonable that he should\\nhave the sum with all possible expedition.\\nCertified by us the day and year above.\\n1 ft t\\nM.i i\\nLot I\\neeting the following votes were\\nrased t,, paye lore\\nAt the same\\npassed\\n3dly, Voted, to Base 24 pounds old tenor,\\nPi 1 1 1 for this present year.\\nIthly, Voted to Rase 12 pounds old te todefray the charges thai\\nmay arise the present y\\nAs originally incorporated, the town was wholly on\\nthe east side of the Merrimack. In 1795, by an act\\nof the Legislature, a gore of land was annexe,) to the\\nnorth side of the town, being a portion of Harry-\\ntown, 1 and was intended to be included in the original\\nincorporation. June 13, 1810, the name of the town\\nwas changed to Manchester, it is said, as a compliment\\nto Hon. Samuel Blodgett, who constructed a canal\\naround Amoskeag Falls and who had often asserted\\n1 It seems that a portion of this city, next to the Merrimack, consist-\\ning of a strip .,f land three miles m width, extending through its entire\\nlength, was granted, in 1635, to Ephraim Hildreth, John Shepley and\\nothers, by the Provinc Massachusetts, that province claiming that\\ntheir north line extended three miles north and east ol the Merri\\nmai It Hildreth ami M\u00e2\u0080\u009e ph v. l ,.i th.-msoh,.. and ,.ih,\\nCaptain William Tyng, petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts\\nprovince for the grant ,,l iitra,t\u00e2\u0080\u009et I i iM _\\nBides of Merrimack Biver at Amoskes Falls PI was nreeented\\nod ol services rendered in an expedit against the Indians\\non Bnow-shoes, in the winter of 1703.\\nThis petition wa\\n\u00c2\u00abas known bj the\\nthat the place some day would he the Manchester of\\nAmerica.\\nThe following is a list of the selectmen and town\\nJ clerks from the organization of Derryfield, in 1751, to\\nthe incorporation of the city in 1846:\\nSELECTMEN.\\nLleazer W ella 1752, John Gofle, IrcnJbul Stark, Alexander McMur-\\nl hy; 1753, William Perham, Alexandra McMurphy, John Eiddell\\n1 U Ml Ul i Murj by, John Hall 17:,.:.,\\nDan Ml v Al i bo Hi rvey 1756, Daniel Mi Niel,\\n1 u John Harvej l l r Bobl ins, Robert Ander-\\nM v l: William Perham, William McClintock, Abra-\\nh Mern oo Perham, William McClintock, Abraham\\nW,lhM McClintock, Hugh Sterling, Abraham Merrill;\\n1761, William Perham, John Hall, Thomas Rubs; 1762, William p er\\nJoh M: John M 8; 1763, John Stark, William )lr, Unto, k\\nJohn Moors; 1764, William McClintock, John Stark John Moors 1765\\nWill.am Perham, William McClintock. Abraham Merrill 1766, Ale*\\nunder McMurphy,! Kb,.. ,t n m\\n1767,Eleazer Robbina, Alex, ml. M. i In, p., I,. Nathaniel Boyd 1768\\nI l7 William M, Clint,,, k, Ale.x-\\nurphy, J in M 1770, Williai McClintock, Alexander\\nurpny, John .1 l.,l, William M, i lmto.-k, Alexander Me-\\nMnrphy; 1772, ilexandei UcMurphy, John Moor, William Mc-\\nClintock 1773, John Stark, s 1 Boyd J, McCalley; 1774,\\nBoyd, .lob,, Perham; 1775, John Stark,\\nel 3( vena, John\\nJohn Moor, Joseph G ge 1776, David Stan tt.Ezel\\nPerham; 1777, John Gofle, Ehenezer Stevens, Be njam\\nJohn Hall, Benjamin Baker, Sai I Boyd 1779, David starrett,3 John\\nPerham, Samuel -Moor, Jonathan Russ; 1780, Jonathan Buss John\\nSheldon, Samuel Moor; 1781 John Hull, Samuel M .Jonathan Buss;\\n1782, Samuel Moor, Jonathan Bum, Joseph Sanders 1783, Samuel Moor,\\nJoseph Sanders, Jonathan Ilus. i:,s| .1 ,.l, s\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\u00e2\u0080\u009el, .1. ,l, .i,. m\\nHull I7s:, ,1\u00e2\u0080\u009e1,\u00e2\u0080\u009e iiotle, Jr., William Perham, Samuel stark lT.s,; l\u00e2\u0080\u009e.\\nseph Fermor, John Goffe, Jr., Isaac Hose; 1TS7. James Thompson, is\\nHuee, John Greene; L7S8, John Hall, John Webster, Job,, Perham.\\nn89 J ST I 1 John Bay; 1790, Isaac Muse, San,-\\nuel Moor, John Start, J, 17 D n Davi S 1 Moor, John\\nstaik, Jr.; 1793, John Gol I n Webst. 1794 John\\nstink, Jr., Daniel Hum- Samuel M Ji 1795, Hum, 1 Davis, John\\nStark, .ii sammi Moor, Jr., John buy, John Perham. 1796 fsaa,\\nl 1 l,,li Stark, Ji 1797, John Goffe, Samui I Moor, .1,\\nl!l ,,Il 1T IS John Gofle, Daniel Davis, John Stark 17M,\\nJohn it... i. ph Moore. Daniel Davis Ism,, s uel Moor, Jr., John\\nl: v IBe] Samuel M Jr., John Ray, [srael Web-\\nI Moon Jr., Israel Webster, John Bay 1803, Samuel\\ntarael Webster, John Stark (3d) 1804, Samuel Moot, ,i r\\nJohn M ,k |s N Moor, Jr., Edward Ray,\\nV K,M Gamble 1 Moo. .1, Edward Ray, Vmos Wee-\\nton 1807, Samuel J i mol We, ,ard Ray; 1808,8am-\\nM Jr 5 tel Hall: 1809, Samuel Moor, Ji\\n1 1 Stark l 1810, Samuel M Jr., Thomas SHckney,\\nMl, John Stark, Jr., Amos Weston, Israel Webster; lsio,\\nII !M l lin ^tiirk, Jr., John Dickey; 1813, Samuel M\\nJob Howell, ,lol,\u00e2\u0080\u009e key IM|, k\u00e2\u0080\u009e. ||\u00e2\u0080\u009es,. l M -,el Webster. John (I.\\nMoo,; 1815, Isaac I|\u00e2\u0080\u009e.e, Is,., el Weh-to,-, II], I,,,,,,,, S t oV,-,,.s, J, ,S\\nt\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abHuse,J Frye, John Stark (4th); 1817, Isaa, Hnse, John stark\\nJohn Dickey; 1818, 7- Huse, John Dickey, tfatha 1 Moor-\\n1819, Samuel M Epbn Stevens,Ji John Stark (4th); 1820, Joseph\\n.Moor, Ephraim Stevens. j r Amos West,.,,, j, 1821, A s Weston\\nEphraim Steves, Jr., John Proctor; 1822, Amos t\\nNathaniel\\nNathaniel Moore, Isaac\\nv Weston, Jr., Isaac Huse, Nathaniel Moorejl826,\\nStark, Israel Merrill, .lame, si Queston 1821\\nPioctor, Nathaniel Moor;\\n1824, Amos Weston,\\nthe\\noi lest,\\nI ol laid included within it\\nTyngstown extended from\\nBell s town (novi Pembroke to Litchfield, and was\\n,t by the Merri, I. and on the east by a line paral-\\nk, and at the distance ,.f three miles from the same.\\naboul twelve miles in length and three miles in\\ni Wallace, D D", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0124.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nis:.\\nell 1K3S, Joseph M liuKell, A|. hiL.il. l- -ic use\\nJoseph M. Rowell, Archibald Gamble, Ji taaai Huse; 1840, Amoa\\nWcstou, Jr., J. T. P. Hunt, Hiram Brown; 1841, Amoa Weston, Jr.\\nIsaac C. Flanders, Isaac Uuse 1x42, Moses Fellows, Andrew Bunton,\\nJr., Abram Brighain J 1843, Jin\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fellows, vndrev Bunton, Jr., David\\nChild; 1841, Nathan Parker, Warren Jj. Lane, George Clark 1845, Na-\\nthan Parker, G ge Clark, Charles Chase; 1846, Moses Fellows, An-\\ndrew Bunton, Jr., Edward McQuesten.\\nMollHIiAToUS.\\nUrl.il.aldStark; IT .K-r, I, William\\n1762-63, John G He 17(14, John\\n1766, John Hall 1767, David Sta\\n.an M.a lintoek 1770-7. John Sta\\nJ.ilm Mark\\nTOWN CLF.UKS\\n754, Alexander McMurph;\\nSamuel Moor, Jr.; 1811, John Stark. .1- 1-1 13, I -a u Hum; 1814,\\nSamuel Moor; 1815-18, John M 1819 I i 3tark\\n1824-25, Amoa Weston, Jr.; 1826-28, Franklin Uooi II tel\\nJackson 1831-33, Amos Weston, Jr.; 1834-37, John i: Hall; 1838-40,\\nSamuel Jackson 1841, Walter French 1842-46, Jobj) M Noyes.\\nThe town-meetings were held in the town until\\n1840. The increasing power of the New Village\\nwas not looked upon with favor by the old inhabitants,\\nwho regarded these new-comers as interlopers.\\nMutual jealousies soon arose, which finally resulted in\\na stormy town-meeting in March, 1840, which re-\\nquired the selection of thirty constables to keep order\\nbefore the other town officers were elected.\\nIt had become apparent (said Judge Potter, in re-\\nferring to this meeting) that the inhabitants of the\\nNew Village would soon outnumber those of the\\ntown, if they did not at that time. The people of the\\nvillage did not talk or act with much moderation.\\nThey openly told their intention of controlling the\\naffairs of the town, and the nominations for town\\nofficers by the two parties seem to have been made\\nwith this idea, as all the candidates for the important\\noffices in the town lived at the New Village, or in\\nits immediate vicinity. At the annual meeting,\\nthe votes of the first dav showed conclusively that\\nthe people of the New Village predominated.\\nAccordingly, when about to adjourn on the evening of\\nthat day, a motion was made to adjourn to meet at\\nWashington Hall, on Amherst Street, at ten o clock\\nA.M. of the next day. This motion at once produced\\na most stormy discussion. Upon putting the question,\\nthe utmost confusion prevailed andapoll of the house\\nwas demanded. Finally it was proposed that the two\\nparties to the question should form in lines upon the\\ncommon, in trout of the town-house, and should be\\ncounted by the selectmen, thus taking the vote surely\\nand in order. This suggestion met the views of all\\nparties the question was put by the moderator and a\\nlarge portion of the voters went out and formed lines\\nas suggested. While most of the voters had thus left\\nthe house, some one made a motion to adjourn the\\nmeeting to the next day, then to meet at the town-\\nhouse the moderator put the vote, it was carried, and\\nthe meeting was declared adjourned. When the\\noutsiders heard of the vote, they rushed into the\\nhouse but to no purpose, the meeting was adjourned,\\nand the moderator would hear no motion. After\\nmuch confusion the people left the house and went\\nhome but on both sides it was only to rally their\\nforces for the contest the next day. The voters of the\\nNew Village met the same night in Washington\\nHall, and laving aside their political preferences,\\nnominated a union ticket for town officers. The next\\nday the parties were at the polls at an early hour, all\\nunder much excitement; so much so, that it soon be-\\ncame apparent that they could not proceed with the\\nmeeting without an increase of the constabulary\\nforce it was accordingly Voted to postpone the choice\\nof selectmen until constables be chosen.\\nThey then made choice of thirty constables, as fol-\\nlows, viz.: .lames McQuesten, J. L. Bradford, David\\nYoung, William P. Fanner, Mace Moulton, Matthew\\nKennedy, Walter French, John H. Copp, Levi Sar-\\ngent, Adam Gilmore, Jonathan K. Cochran, Isaac C.\\nFlanders, Joseph B. Hall, Jr., Alonzo Boyce, Nehe-\\nmiah base, Taylor L. Southwick, Barton Monsey,\\nGeorge W. Tilden, Josiah Stowell, Thomas Gamble,\\nJonathan C. Furbish, E. W. Harrington, Hiram\\nBrown, Alonzo Smith, Reuben Kimball, John H.\\nMaynard, Henry S. Whitney, Jacob G. Cilley, Joseph\\nM. Rowell and Ebenezer P. Swain.\\nThey then proceeded to elect the Board of Select-\\nmen, and made choice of the gentlemen nominated in\\nthe caucus at the New Village, viz.: Amos Weston,\\nJr., Jona. T. P. Hunt, Hiram Brown.\\nAfter this ballot the business of the meeting passed\\noff quietly, the village party having things their own\\nway. After choosing the usual town officers they\\nraised a committee, consisting of the selectmen,\\nGeorge Clark and James Hall, to purchase a Pauper\\nFarm, without limitation as to the price, and author-\\nized the selectmen to hire such a sum of money as\\nmight be necessary to pay for said farm. They also\\nconstituted the selectmen a committee to take into", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0125.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "f.U\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nconsideration the subject of a new division of the\\ntown into districts fur school purposes.\\nThe villagers were triumphant but they seem to\\nhave been moderate us victors, as the selectmen called\\nthe very next meeting for the choice of electors at the\\ntown-house.\\nIt may well be imagined that a people of as strong\\nprejudices as those of Manchester could not look upon\\nthese new-comers overriding them in a town-\\nmeeting with any great degree of complacency, and\\nmany stories are told of their remarks during the ex-\\ncitement. One is told of John Stark, Esq., or Justice\\nStark, as he was commonly designated. He went into\\nthe moderator s desk and addressed the people thus:\\nWho are ye, that are lure to act, and to tread\\nupon us in this manner I ll tell ye who you are?\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nYou re a set of interlopers come here to get a living\\nupon a sand bank, and a d d poor living you will\\nget, let me tell ye\\nUpon this the interlopers made so much dis-\\nturbance that, the Justice could not be beard, and\\nhe left the desk. The result was decisive. The peo-\\nple of the old part of the town saw at once that their\\npower had departed, and that henceforth Manchester\\nwas to be controlled bythepeopleof the New Milage.\\nThe first town-meeting in the new village was held\\nin Washington Hall, February 1, 1841, and among\\nOther improvements voted was that of building a town-\\nhouse. This structure was completed during the\\nfollowing summer at an expense of seventeen thou-\\nsand dollars. The building committee consisted of\\nJohn I). Kimball, Edward McQuesten and J.T.I\\nHunt. The first meeting in the new bouse was held\\nMarch 8, 1842.\\nCity of Manchester.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 s., large bad the popula-\\ntion of this town become that at the March meeting,\\nin 1846, it was deemed expedient to petition the\\nLegislature for a city charter, and a committee, com-\\nposed I David Gillis, Samuel I Bell, Isaac Kiddle,\\nWilliam Clarke, John A. Burnham, Luther Farley\\nand Walter French, was chosen to take the matter in\\ncharge. Accordingly, a petition was at once pre-\\nsented; on June 1, L846, the citj of .Manchester was\\nincorporated. At the August election the an was ac-\\ncepted, by a vote of four hundred and eighty-five to\\none hundred and thirty-four.\\nThe first city election occurred August 19, 1846,\\nwith four candidates for mayor, viz., Hiram Brown,\\nWhig William Clarke, Democrat Thomas Brown,\\nAbolition; and William Shepherd.\\nThe result was as follows\\na. Br urn. Clarke. T.Brown. Shepherd, Whol Ms voter\\nWard 1 Si 85 8 I 111\\nWard J. 7S 65 Jl 3 160\\nWard 3 85 38 30 1. 170\\nWard 4 Ms 26 8 I l::\\nWard 5, i-.; 93 28 52\\nWard 6 05 74 5 I I 185\\nWard 7 46 81 4 187\\nKecessary tu a choice M\\n11. Brown s vote 569\\nMajority against Brown 17\\nThe following officers were chosen at this election\\nAldt n Andrew Bunton, .u Ge rge Pi rti William G. Means,\\nDavid liiliis. Timothy Blaisdell, Kdwar.l M. ou.-ieii. Fellows.\\nii nci!.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John S. Kidder, rge W Eaton, William Boyd,\\nHerrey Tufts, Daniel J. Hoyt, James M. Morrill, Israel I i\\nRussell, George P. Folsom, David Cross, U.r.im r.ii-ham. William M.\\nParker, I benezei Clark, Asa 0. Colby, Nathaniel Herrick, William Pot-\\ni Eussey, Sewell Leavitt, William W. Baker, Rod-\\nnia Nutt,\\nScl 1 C tiittee\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Archibald Stark, Nathaniel Wheet, Joseph Knowl-\\nton, Moses Hill, James Mcfiauley, William W. Brown, Amos Weaton.\\npoo-.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph M. Rowell, B. T. Locke, Francis Beed\\\\\\nLevi Batchelder, Caleb Johnson, Flair- T. I nderhill, James Emerson.\\nAaaaort Edward Hall, Ira Ballon. James Wallace, Charles Chase,\\nLewis Bartl. tt, Stillnan I -ll .lane- Hall. Jr.\\nThe second election for mayor was held Septembei\\n1st. There were four candidates, viz. Hiram Brown.\\nIsaac C. Flanders, Thomas Brown and John S. Wig-\\ngin. The result was as follows\\nBr i Flanden Wiggin. T, Bi H h\\nWar. I 1 41 4N 2 I 100\\nWard J 79 47 15 26 175\\nWard 3 98 36 17 23 183\\nWard 4 112 1\u00c2\u00ab 4 9 14J\\nWard 5 124 65 9 30 236\\nWard 6 II 72 I H 186\\nWard 7 58 64 4 1S2\\nHiram Brown hail 602\\nv i essary t a choice 578\\nBrown s majority 24\\nThe city government was organized in the City\\nHall, September 8, 1846, Moses Fellows, chairman of\\nthe retiring Board of Selectmen, presiding. Prayer\\nwa offered by Rev. C. W. Wallace, D.D., after which\\nthe oath of office was administered to the mayor by\\nHon. Daniel Clark. After the delivery of the\\nmayor s address the city government was organized\\nas follows: President of Common Council, William\\nM. Parker; Clerk, David Hill; City Clerk, J. S. T.\\nCushing; Treasurer, Thomas Hoyt Marshal, George-\\nT. lark. Hon. Samuel D. Bell was appointed, Si p-\\ntember 28, 1846, police justice, and Isaac Riddle and\\nJoseph Cochrane. Jr.. special justices.\\nMayors and Clerks.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of\\nthe mayors and clerks from the incorporation of the-\\n,-it\\\\ to 1885:\\nMA YOBS.\\nHiram Brown, 1846 17 .1 b r James, 1848-49; Moses Fellows,\\nlS.Mi-.-il Frederick Smyth, ls.Y -55, 1864; Theodore T. Abbot, 1S55-\\n7. i i i. I James, 1857; Alonzo Smith. 1858; K. W. Harring-\\nton, 1859-60; David A. Bunton, 1861-62; Darwin J. Daniels, 1 1865;\\nJ..!m 1 1 .-1. l-i J-- ph r. Clark, 186T; James A. Weston, 1868,\\n1870-71, 1874-75; Isaac W. Smith, 1869 PereonB Cheney, 1872 Charles\\nII Bartlett, 1873; John P. Newell, 1873 Al us Gaj 1876; Era\\nI-:: John L. Kelly, 1878; Horace B. Putnam, I\\nStearns, 1884.\\nCLERKS.\\nJohnS. T. Cushing, 1840-49; Frederick Smyth, 1849-52 George A,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0126.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nake\\nM,i\\nVim. Ii 1- .i; I Tuyl T. lS. ii .7; Frank H. Lyfunl, ls.-.r,-;.7\\nJoseph Knowlton, 1858-65; Joseph E. Bennett, 1865\\nJackson, 1S7C; John P. Newell, 1876; Nathan P. Kidder, 1877 to presenl\\nThe area of the city was enlarged July 1, 1853, by\\nthe annexation of what is now known as Amoskeag\\nfrom Goflstown and Piscataquog from Bedford.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nMANCHESTER\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nTHE PRESS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 EDUCATIONAL CITY LIBKAKY.\\nThe first newspaper published in Manchester was\\nAmoskeag Representative, established by John Cald-\\nwell, October is, 1839. Its name was changed to\\nManchester Representative January 22, 1841. The\\npaper was sold, 1 (ecember 7, 1842, to Kimball iur-\\nrier, and merged with the Manchesh r Democrat.\\nThe second paper was the Amoskeag Memorial, be-\\ngun January 1, 1840, by Joseph C. Emerson. Jan-\\nuary G. 1841, its name was changed to Manchester\\nmortal. Joseph Kidder became its editor February\\n17, 1841, at which time he sold to Mr. Emerson the\\nPeople s Herald, which he had publishe\\nfor two months previous, having issuei\\nThe Memorial then assumed the doub]\\nChester Memorial and People s Herald\\nJune 5, 1842, when the latter half was\\n26, 1841, Mr. Emerson associated w\\npublisher D. Murray, and in the a\\nnary, when Mr. Kidder resigned the\\npublishers announced themselves as\\nestablishment was bought, Septembi\\nSamuel F. Wetmore and A. A. Wallace, who con-\\ntinued its publishers till August 21, 1844, when Mr.\\nWallace retired and left the paper in the hands of\\nMr. Wetmore, the senior partner. Its name was\\nchanged, September 6, 1844, to that of Manchester\\nAmerican. In September, 1845, Mr. Wetmore started\\nthe Semi- Weekly American, of which John H. War-\\nland was editor. April 17, 1846, the establishment\\npassed into the hands of James O. Adams, who at\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0once discontinued the semi-weekly issue. He re-\\nmained the publisher and editor of the American till\\nMay, 1852, when, having another weekly paper upon\\nhis hands, he sold the American to leneral Joseph C.\\nAbbott and Edward A. Jenks. A few weeks later\\nthey bought the Saturday Messenger, Henry A. Gage.\\none of the owners of the latter, being admitted to part-\\nnership, and they published the American and Messen-\\nger under the name of Abbott, Jenks Co., Mr. Abbott\\nbeing the editor. A daily had been issued during the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0campaign of 1848, and again in 1850 during the progress\\nof the Parker murder trial, but the first regular issue of\\ndropped. May\\nic. ceding Jan-\\neditorship, the\\neditors. The\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r 2, 1842, by\\nthe Manchester Daily American occurred September 4,\\n1854. Charles G. Warren subsequently bought the in-\\nterest of the two junior partners, and the publication\\nwas continued by Abbott Warren. Both the daily\\nand weekly were sold in 1857 to John II. Goodale, of\\nthe Manchester Democrat, and united with that paper.\\nI pnii the appearance of the Memorial, in January,\\n1840, John Caldwell, of the Representative, began the\\npublication of a neutral and literary paper of the size\\nof the new sheet, with the title of the Manchester\\nMagazine, whose matter was selected from what had\\nonce appeared in his own paper. This was continued\\nbut three months.\\nJuly 4, 1840, Joseph Emerson, of the Memorial,\\nbegan the publication of the Manchester Workman.\\nThe Star of Bethlehem was established January 2,\\n1841, and was continued here about one year anil\\nremoved to Lowell.\\nThe Literary Souvenir was a weekly paper which\\nwas begun in Lowell, in 1838, by A. I:. E Hildreth,\\nbut in its fourth year was removed to Concord, and\\nfour months later to this city. Emerson .V Murray, of\\nthe Memorial, were its publishers, and S. H.Napoleon\\nBonaparte Everette was its editor. J le was an eccen-\\ntric man, who styled himself Rag Emperor, and\\nhis name was printed in the paper with that title.\\nThe Iris, in, I Literary Recordw s a monthly magazine,\\nwhich had been published at Hanover by E. A. Allen,\\nbut in the summer of 1842 was bought by Emerson\\nMurray and removed to Manchester. Mr. Everette\\nwas the editor of both this ami the Souvenir. These\\ntun were united the 1st September and pub-\\nlished under the name of the Iris and Souvenir. Mr.\\nMurray soon after retired, and left Mr. Emerson in\\nsole possession of the business. The latter, in De-\\ncember, 1842, began the Semi- Weekly Advertiser, which\\nwas edited by Colonel Isaac Kinsman, of Pembroke,\\nand was continued but four or five weeks. In January,\\n1843, Mr. Emerson sold all his newpaper property to\\nWillard N. Haradon, who bought at the same time\\nthe interest of the senior partner in the Manchester\\nAllodium, whose first number was issued, January 14,\\n1S43, by James Bursiel and a man of the name of\\nHamlet, the second number bearing the names of\\nHamlet it Haradon. flic Allodium was a neutral and\\nliterary paper, ornamented with cheap engravings on\\nwood. This firm continued its publication till April\\ns. 1843, when E. D. Boylston, now the editor of the\\n1 nuns CibiiK-t at Amherst, purchased it of them,\\nami also bought the Iris and Smimiir of Mr. Haradon,\\ncontinuing both papers under different names and in\\na different fashion, flic Allodium became the Man-\\nchester Transcript, which was removed a tew months\\nlater to Great Falls and there deceased, and instead f\\nI, is iin,l Souvenir, be established, in August. 1845, a\\nreligious and temperance journal, under the name of\\nthe New Hampshire Magazine, which was published\\nlor a year and was then discontinued.\\nIn IS 7, .1. II. Goodale bought the Ihiihj American", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0127.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\niiml Aiiirri -iiit fin-/ J/e. sen /er, continued the publica-\\ntion of the former and united the latter with the\\nDemocrat, under the name of the Democrat and Ami ri-\\ncan. -iii afterwards Simeon D. Farnsworth, then a\\nschool-teacher of Concord, came to this cttj and\\nentered into partnership with Goodale, and the\\nfirm became Goodale Farnsworth. In the fall of\\n1861 the latter bought out his partner and continued\\nthe sole proprietor till April, 1SG3, when, having be-\\ncome a paymasterin the army, he leased the daily and\\nweekly to Gage, Moore !o. Henry A. rage, Irren\\nC. Moore, .Tame- 0. Adams), and the name Democrat\\nwas dropped from the title. In August, 1863, 0. C.\\nMoore sold his interest to Sylvester C.Gould. In\\nDecember, I863,Mr. Farnsworth bought back the lease\\nand sold both papers to John B. (lark.-, who united\\nthem with the Mirror. The last issue of the Daily\\nAm Heart was dated December. 26, 1863.\\nThe Gleanerw s issued November 12, 1842, its pub-\\nlisher being William A. Hall and its editor John Cald-\\nwell. It wa suspended in the latter part of 1845.\\nThe Manchester Palladium, another of Mr. aid-\\nwell s enterprises, was begun May 21, 1846, and\\ncontinued about six month-.\\nThe White Mountain Torrent was published here\\na few months in 1843.\\nThe Manchester Operative was begun Saturday,\\nDecember 3d, 1843, by Willard N. Haradon, and\\ndiscontinued November 16, 1844.\\nThe Independent Democrat was begun in this city\\nMay 1, 1845, by Robert Wetmore. It was re-\\nmoved after a few weeks to Concord, and was subse-\\nquently united with the Iiiilejuwlenl Niitexniun.\\nJuly 1845, was issued the first number of the\\nManchester Mercantile Advertiser, published by\\nCharles II. Chase. It was suspended after an ex-\\nistence of nearly live months, and then Mr. Chase\\nbegan the publication of the Munrhrsler\\nMessenger, November 29, 1845. The Messenger ap-\\npeared March 28, 1846, with J. E, Davis, Jr., and\\nIsrael P. Chase as publishers. E. D. Davis took\\nMr. hase s place in the firm on the loth of August\\nof the -ante year. They continued its publication\\ntill March 20, 1847, when they disposed of the es-\\ntablishment to William 11. Gilmore and Israel P.\\nlhase. Joseph Kidder, who had been its editor from\\nthe -tart, reigned hi- charge at the I li\\nsecond volume, November 2n. 1847. Mr.\\nthereafter the principal editor till he retired from the\\npaper. June 24, 1848. Subsequently, Henry A. Gage\\nbought Mr. Gilmore s interest, and May 26, 1849,\\nassociated with him Francis F. Forsaith, who then\\nbecame the editor. He withdrew January 25, 1851,\\nand was sm. ceded by Benjamin F. Wallace, who\\nhad been for several years the principal of Piscata-\\nquog Village Academy. In 1852 it was sold to\\nAbbott, .leak- Co. (Joseph Abbott, Edward\\nA. Jenks and Henry A. Gage), the owners of the\\nI nu \u00e2\u0096\u00a0rim ii, and muted with that paper.\\nThe New Hampshire Temperanci Banner was es-\\ntablished in 1847. and in about three years removed\\nto loncord.\\nThe Old Hero, a short-lived campaign paper, was\\nissued in 1848 from the office of the Manchester\\nAmerican, in advocacy of the claims of General\\nZacharj Taylor for the Presidency.\\nSeptember 9, 1848, the first number of the Man-\\nchester Telescope was issued by Haradon Kiely.\\nAfter an existence of about two years its name was\\nchanged bj Mr. Haradon, who had become its sole\\nproprietor February 19, 1849, to that of Haradon s\\nWril.hj Sjnj. A subsequent change made it the Man-\\nand under this title it was published till\\nthe beginning of 1852, when it was sold to the pub-\\nlishers of the Filmier* Monthly Visitor, and incor-\\nporated with that paper.\\nThe Merchants Own Jour, ml was begun in No-\\nvember, 1S48, by Haradon Storer, and was issued\\nfor a short time.\\nAbout 1849 the late Dr. Thomas E. Crosby, then\\na practicing physician in Manchester, conceived tin-\\nidea of publishing an agricultural paper in the city,\\nand at length having associated with himself James\\nI. Adams as publisher, issued the first number of\\nthe Granite Farmer February 2d. 1850. It was a\\nweekly of eight pages, and, according to the an-\\nnouncement on its first page, was published under\\nthe patronage of the Nov Hamphire State Agricul-\\ntural Society. At the beginning of the fourth\\nvolume, in January. 1853, the Rev. A. i. t lomings, of\\nMason, became associate editor, but he removed from\\nthe State about March, 18.~ 3, and the twelfth number\\nwas the last which bore his name. The paper was\\nsold, October 5, 1853, to the Hon. Chandler E. Potter,\\nand was united not long afterwards with the Fanners\\nMonthly Visitor.\\nThe Manchester Daily Mirror was started a- a\\nmorning paper, Monday, October 28, 1850, by Joseph C.\\nEmerson. With the seventh number appeared the\\nname of F. A. Moore as that of the editor. He was\\nsucceeded as editor, December 10, 1850, by Edward\\nN. Fuller. Monday, June 23, 1851, it was changed\\nfrom a morning to an evening paper. Mr. Emerson\\nbegan. Saturday, February 22. 1851, under the name\\nof the Dollar Weekly Mirror, a weekly paper, made\\nup from the columns of the daily, of which also Mr.\\nFuller was the editor. In February, 1852, he retired\\nfrom the editorship, and his place was filled by\\nJohn B. Clarke. lie held the position tiil September\\n1st, when Mr. Emerson, who had been engaged in the\\nmanufacture of fireworks, lost heavily by lire, and\\nbecame financially embarrassed. He struggled along\\ntill October 20th, when he sold at auction the daily\\nand weekly, which were bought by John 1 Clarke,\\nwho has owned ami edited them ever since. He\\nbought, in 1863, of S. D. Farnsworth, the Daily and\\nWeekly American, in which the Manchester Democrat\\nhad been swallowed up, and united the latter w ith", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0128.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0129.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "S*\u00c2\u00a3~", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0130.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "MAXCH F.ST Kit.\\nthe Dollar Weekly Mirror sad the former with the\\nDaily Mirror, w nich has since been known as the Daily\\nMirror and American. In 1863 he bought of Francis\\nB. Eaton the New Hampshire Journal of Agriculture,\\nwhich had already absorbed the Granite Farm r and\\nthe Farmers Monthly Visitor, and united it with the\\nweekly, under the name of the Dollar Weekly Mirror\\nand New Hampshire Journal of Agriculture. Jul)\\n8, 1865, its name was changed to that of Mirror\\nand Farmer, und under this it has since been pub-\\nlished.\\nColonel John B. Clarke, 1 editor and proprietor\\nof the Manchester Mirror. Among the business en-\\nterprises in which the men of to-day seek fortune and\\nreputation, there i- scarcely another which, when\\nlinnly established upon a sound basis, sends its roots\\nso deep and wide, and is so certain to endure and pros-\\nper, bearing testimony to the ability of its creators, as\\nthe family newspaper. Indeed, a daily or weekly\\npaper which lias gained by legitimate methods an im\\nmense circulation and a profitable advertising patron-\\nage is immortal. It may change owners and names,\\nand character even, but it never dies, and if, as is\\nusually the ease, it owes its early reputation and suc-\\ncess to One man, it not only reflects him while he is\\nassociated with it, but pays a constant tribute to his\\nmemory after lie has passed away.\\nBut, while the rewards of eminent .success in the\\nnewspaper profession are great and substantial, the\\nroad to them is one which only the strong, sagacious\\nami active can travel, and this is especially true when\\nhe who strives for them assumes the duties of both\\npublisher and editor. It requires great ability to\\nmake a great paper every day, ami even greater to sell\\nit extensively and profitably, and to do both is not a\\npossible task lor the weak. To do both in an inland\\ncity, where the competition of metropolitan journals\\nmust lie met and discounted, without any of their ad-\\nvantages, requires a man of grip, grit and genius.\\nIn 1852 the Manchester Mirror was on,- of the\\nsmallest ami weakest papers in the country. Its\\nweekly edition had a circulation of about six hundred,\\nthat of its daily was less than five hundred, and its\\nadvertising receipts were extremely small. Alto-\\ngether, it was a load which its owner could not carry,\\nand the whole establishment, including subscription\\nlists, good-will, press, type and material was sold at\\nauction for less than one thousand dollars.\\nIn 1885 the Weekly Mirror and Farmer has a cir-\\nculation of more than twenty-three thousand and\\nevery subscriber on its books has paid for it in advance.\\nThe Daily Mirror and American has a correspond-\\ningly large and reliable constituency, and neither\\npaper hicks advertising patronage. The office in which\\nthey are printed is one of the most extensive and best\\nequipped in the Eastern States cut of Boston. In\\nevery sense of (he word the Mirror is successful, strong\\nand solid.\\nThe building up of this great and substantial enter-\\nprise boil i so small a beginning has been tin work of\\nJohn 1 Clarke, who bought the papers, as Stated\\nabove, in 1852, has ever since been their owner, man-\\nager and controlling spirit, and in spite of sharp ri-\\nvalry at Inline and from abroad and the lack of oppor-\\ntunities which such an undertaking must contend\\nwith in a Small City, has kept the Mirror, in hard\\ntimes as in good times, steadily growing, enlarg-\\ning its scope and influence, and gaining strength\\nwith which to make and maintain new advances;\\nand at the same time has made it yield everj\\nyear a handsome income. Only a man of\\npluck, push and perseverance, of courage, sagaeii\\\\\\nand industry could have done this; and he who has\\naccomplished it need point to no other achievement\\nto establish his title to a [dace among thestroug men\\nof his time.\\nMr. Clarke is a native of Atkinson, where he wis\\nborn January 30, 1820. His parents were intelligent\\nand successful farmers, and from them he inherited\\nthe robust constitution, the genial disposition and the\\ncapacity for brain-work which have carried himtothe\\nhead of his profession in New Hampshire. They also\\nfurnished him with the small amount of money neci s-\\nsary to give a boy an education in those days, and in\\ndue course he graduated with high honors at Dart-\\nmouth College, in the class of L843. Then be became\\nprincipal of the Meredith Bridge Academy, which\\nposition he held for three years, reading law mean-\\nwhile in an office near by. In 184S he was admitted\\nto tin Hillsborough lounty bar, from the office of his\\nbrother, at Manchester, the late Hon. William\\nC.Clarke, attorney-general of New Hampshire, and\\nthe next year went to California. From 1849 until\\n1851 be was practicing his profession, roughing it in the\\nmines, and prospecting for a permanent busim\\nlocation in California, Central America and Mexico.\\nIn 1851 be returned to .Manchester and established\\nhimself as a lawyer, gaining in a few months a prac-\\ntice which gave hima living, but in October of the\\nnext year the sale of the Mirror afforded an opening\\nmore suited to his talents and ambition, and having\\nbought the property, he thenceforth devoted himself\\nto it- development.\\nHe had no experience, no capital, but be had con-\\nfidence in himself, energy, good judgment and a wil-\\nlingness to work for the success he was determined to\\ngain, for months and years be was editor, reporter,\\nbusiness manager, accountant and collector. In these\\ncapacities he did an amount of work that would have\\nkilled an ordinary man, and did it in a way that told\\nfor every month added to the number of bis patrons,\\nand slowly but steadily his business increased in\\nvolume and his papers in influence.\\nHe early made it arule to condense every thing that\\nappeared in the colums of the Mirror into the smallest", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0133.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npossible space, to make what he printed readable as\\nwell as reliable, to make the paper better every year\\nthan it was the preceding year, and to furnish the\\nweekly edition at a price which would give it an im-\\nmense circulation without the help of traveling\\nagents or the credit system and to this policj he has\\nadhered. Resides this, he spared no expense which\\nhe judged would add to the value of his publications,\\nand his judgment iias always set the bonds far off on\\nthe very verge of extravagance. Whatever machine\\npromised to keep his office abreast of the times, and in-\\ncrease tli 1 capacity for good work, he has dared buy.\\nWhatever man he has thought would brighten and\\nstrengthen his staff of assistants lie has gone fur. and,\\nif possible, got, andwhatever new departure has seemed\\nto him likely to win new friends for the Mirror he has\\nmade.\\nIn this way he has gone from the bottom oftheladder\\nto the top. From time to time rival sheets have sprung\\nup beside him, but only to maintain an existence for\\na brief period or to lie consolidated with the Mirror.\\nAll the time there lias been sharp competition from\\npublishers elsewhere, but this has only stimulated him\\nto make a better paper and push it successfully in\\nfields which they have regarded as their own.\\nIn connection with the Mirror, a great job-printing\\nestablishment lias grown up, which turns out a large\\namount of work in all departments, and where the\\nState printing has been done six years. Mr. Clarke\\nlias also published several 1 ks, including .Sanborn s\\nHistory of New Hampshire, Clarke s History of Man-\\nchester, Successful New Hampshire Men, Man-\\nchester Directory and other works. Within a few\\nyears a book-bindery has been added to the establish-\\nment.\\nMr. Clarke still devotes himself closely to his business\\nsix hours each day. but limits himself to this period,\\nhaving been warned by an enforced rest and voyage to\\nEurope, in 1872, to recover from the strain of over-\\nwork, that even his magnificent physique could not\\nsustain too great a burden, and he now maintains\\nrobust and vigorous health by a systematic and regular\\nmode of life, by long rides of from fifteen to twenty-\\nfive miles daily and an annual summer vacation.\\nIn making the Mirror its owner has made a great\\ndeal of money. If he had saved it as some others ba\\\\ e\\ndone, lie would have re to-day than any other in\\nManchester who lias done busines the ame length of\\ntime on the same capital. But if he ha- gathered\\nlike a man born to lie a millionaire, lie has scattered\\nlike one who would spend a millionaire s fortune. He\\nhas been a g 1 liver ami a free giver. All his tastes\\nincline him to large expenditures. His home abounds\\nin all the comforts that money will buy. His farm is\\na place where costly experiments are trie. I. He is pas-\\nsionately fond of fine horses, and his stables are always\\nfull of those that are highly bred, fleet and valuable.\\nHe loves an intelligent dog and a good gun, and is\\nknown far and near as an enthusiastic sportsman.\\nHe believes in being good to himself ami generous\\ntoothers, values money only tor what it will buy, and\\n.very day illustrates the fact that it i easier for him\\nto earn ten dollars than to save one by being close.\\nA business that will enable a man of such tastes ami\\nimpulses to gratify all his wants and still accumulate\\na competency for his children isa good one, and that is\\nwhat the busine s of the Mirror counting-room has\\ndone.\\nNor is this all, nor the most, for the Mirror has made\\nthe name of John B. Clarke a household word in nearly\\nevery school district in Northern New England and\\nin thousands of families in other sections. It lias given\\nhim a great influence in the politics, the agriculture\\nand the social life of his time, has made him a power\\nin shapingthe policy of his citj and State-, and one of\\nthe forces thai have kept the wheels of progress mov-\\ning in both for more than thirty years.\\nIn a word, what one man can do for and with a\\nnewspaper in New Hampshire John B. Clarke has\\ndone for and with the Mirror, and what a great news-\\npaper can do tor a man the Ma ror has done for John\\nB.Clarke.\\nThe Manchester Union.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first Democratic\\nnewspaper in Manchester was the Amoskeag Repre-\\nsentative, started in October, 1839, by John Caldwell.\\nlew i iths later its name was changed to Man-\\nchester Represenlaiiee. In 1842 the course of the\\nRepresentative on important party issues became so dis-\\ntasteful t.. a majority of the Democrats in the town\\nthat measures were taken to establish a new organ,\\nand in April of that year William H. Kimball and\\nJoseph Kidder started the Manchester Democrat. A\\nfew months later Mr. Kidder sold his interest to\\nGeorge W.Morrison and M ly furrier. Mr. Mor-\\nrison subsequently disposing of his share to Mr. Cur-\\nrier, who became associate editor with Mr. Kimball.\\nIn October, 1843, Mr. Currier s interest was pur-\\nchased by E. 1 Davis, and in the spring of 1S44 the\\npaper passed by purchase into th. hands of Chand-\\nler E. Potter, a graduate of Dartmouth, and at that\\ntime a practicing attorney. The Representative was\\ndiscontinued soon afterthe Democrat was started, and\\nMr. Caldwell established the Gleaner, a scurrilous\\nsheet, the conduct of which involved the proprietor\\nin numberless difficulties and lawsuits, and finally\\ndrove him from the town.\\nIn 1S4.S, Judge Potter, who was a forcible writer\\nand an earnest advocate of Democratic principles,\\nsold the Democrat to John H. Goodale, a native of\\nDeering and a graduate of Wesleyan University, at\\nMiddletown, Conn. Mr. G laic conducted the\\npaper in full accord with the principles of the Dem-\\nocratic party until 1850, when he evinced a decided\\ntendency to espouse the doctrines of the Free-Soil\\nparty, then becoming a prominent factor in national\\npolitics.\\nAt tie Democratic State Convention in December,\\n1850, John Atwood, of New Boston, who had been a", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0134.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n57\\nBaptist minister and for several years Stale treasurer,\\nwas nominated as candidate for Governor. In the\\nplatform adopted by the convention the question of\\nslavery was not specifically mentioned, but the com-\\npromise measures which had just been passed by Con-\\ngress were Cully indorsed. Soon after the convention\\nMr. Atwood, in answer to a letter addressed to him\\nb\\\\ John II. White and other Free-Soilers, expressed\\nsentiments similar to those held by the leaders of the\\nFree-Soil party. This letter was not immediately\\npublished, but when its contents became known to\\nBome of the Democratic leaders there was great ex-\\ncitement. General Pierce, who believed that Mr. At-\\nw 1 had written the White letter without due con-\\nsideration, endeavored to persuade him to retracehis\\nsteps, if he could conscientiously do so. Thereupon\\nMr. Atwood signed a letter in which he substantially\\nrev. iked the sentiments contained in his letter to\\nWhite. Upon the publication of this letterthe Free-\\nSoilers printed his communication to White, though\\nAtwood declared he never gave his consent to its\\npublication. Naturally, Mr. Atwood soon found\\nhimself in a most melancholy predicament through\\nhis attempt to pleaseboth parties. The Democracy,\\nfinding then- was no way of escaping from the di-\\nlemma in which Atwood had placed them, except by\\nthrowing him overboard altogether, immediately\\ncalled a new convention, repudiated their former can-\\ndidate and renominated Samuel Dinsmore, whowas\\nthen serving his second term as Governor.\\nMr. Goodale, as editor of the Democrat, had be-\\ncome thoroughly imbued with Free-Soil principles,\\nand sustained Mr. Atwood in the controversy. In\\ntin- state of affairs the leaders of the Democratic\\nparty in Manchester held a meeting on the 28th of\\nI jeember, 1860, to consider the question of starting\\na new paper which should correctly reflect the prin-\\nciples of the party. James McK. Wilkins presided,\\nand Joseph Kidder was chosen secretary. On motion\\nof William C. Clarke, it was voted that a committee he\\nappointed to establish a paper which should advocate\\nsentiments in harmony with those of the Democratic\\nparty, and the following gentlemen were chosen such\\ncommittee: Richard II. Aver, Walter French, Mace\\nMoulton, John S. Kidder, Warren L. Lane, William\\nC. Clarke, A. G. Gale, isaac Flanders, Charles\\nStark, William A. Putney, S. H. Aver, I. N. Hays,\\nSilas Tenney, G. P. Prescott, Samuel Dame, James\\n\\\\l Queston, William Boyd, E. W. Harrington, S. W.\\nParsons, D. P. Perkins, John L. Fitch, J. D. Emer-\\nson, Leonard Lyon, Thomas Rundlett, William I\\nJohnson, Edward Hall. Lorenzo Dow, S. W. Jones,\\nCharles Rundlett, W. S. Morey, James S. Cheeney,\\nCharles B. Gleason, Sherburne Fogg, Thomas P.\\nFierce, [saac .Marshall, J. L. Keniston, C. E. Potter,\\nJ. McK. Wilkins, Moody Currier, Joseph M. Rowell,\\nLeonard Rundlett, Samuel N. Bell, Robert Ayer,\\nJohn Stark, Isaac Currier, Franklin Tenney, Nehe-\\nmiah Chase, A. Hatch, S. P. Greeley, D. F. Straw.\\nJoseph Kidder, .1. s, Elliott, R. D. Mooers, Walter\\nP.Fogg, Dustin Marshall, W.W. Baker, LG.l acker,\\nJohn Sargent, S. S. Collin, A. Kimball.\\nThe committee immediately purchased the neces-\\nsary material and fitted up an office, and January J4.\\n1851, the first number of The Union Democrat was\\nissued. For a few week- the editorial work was per-\\nformed by a number of gentlemen who were aide and\\nexperienced writers but finally the committee made\\nan engagement with James M. Campbell, by which\\nhe was to assume the entire editorial management of\\nthe paper, and he entered upon his new duties with\\ngreat zeal and enthusiasm.\\nIn thespringof 1852 it seemed unlikely that any\\nof the very distinguished Democratic statesmen who\\nhad been named for the Presidency would receive the\\nnomination at the next national convention of that\\nparty. Under these circumstances Mr. Campbell be\\nlieved it possible to bring about the nomination of\\nGeneral Franklin Fierce. With this view, he wrote\\na letter in Mr. Pierce s behalf to his friend. General\\nConway, a leading Democrat at Fredericksburg. The\\nconvention met and failed to agree upon a candidate\\nduring twenty-five ballots. A Iter the twenty-fifth ballot\\nthe Virginia delegation retired for consultation, when\\nMr. Campbell s letter to Conway was read, and it was\\ndecided that at the next ballot the vole of Virginia\\nshould be cast for General Pierce. This was done,\\nand on a subsequent ballot he was nominated. The\\nletter of Mr. Campbell was afterwards published in\\nthe Richmond Enquirer and in most of the other\\nI democratic papers of the South.\\nIn his conduct of the Union Democrat through the\\ntrying times that followed the election of General\\nFierce, and continued through his administration and\\nthat of Buchanan, Mr. Campbell displayed the high-\\nest qualities of statesmanship, maintaining throughout\\na steadfast allegiance to the constitution. In State\\nand local affairs he pursued a wise and conservative\\ncourse, building his paper upon a solid foundation.\\nIn February, 1856, tl ffice was destroyed l fire,\\nbut was immediately re-established in Union Build-\\ning, corner Elm and Market Streets.\\nIn 1861, Walter Harriman, of Warner, became\\njoint owner with Mr. Campbell, and assume. 1 charge\\nof its editorial columns, the name of the paper\\nbeing changed to the Manchester Union. Colonel\\nHarriman retained his interest in the paper until\\nJanuary, 1863, when he disposed of it to Colonel\\nThomas P. Pierce, and the old name, Union Democrat,\\nwas restored. The same month Colonel Pierce sold\\nhis interest to Charles Lamson, of Nashua.\\nMarch 1, 1863, the first number of the Manchester\\nDaily Union was issued from the office of the Union\\nDemocrat, and in August following, Mr. Lamson sold\\nhis interest in both papers to Alpheus A. Hanscom,\\nof Eliot, Me., and the firm became lampbell Hans-\\ncom. the latter devoting his time chiefly to the busi-\\nness management of the office, though a frequent", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0135.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncontributor to the editorial colums. Early in 1864\\nt Iil office was removed to Merchants Exchange.\\nIn September, 1872, reorge A. 1 lanscom, a brother\\nof the junior partner, and James E, the second son\\nof Mr. Campbell, were admitted as partners in the\\nbusiness of printing and publishing, the firm still re-\\ntaining the style of Campbell .v Hanscom. Mr.\\nCampbell, Sr., retained control of the editorial col-\\nums, George A. Hanscoin took charge of the local\\ndepartment and James L. Campbell attended to the\\nmechanical part of the business. In the winter of\\n187- ;-74 the firm erected a brick block on Manchester\\nStreet, near Elm, twenty feet wide and fifty feel deep,\\nfour stories high, with basement, the office occupying\\nthe greater part of the block. The first paperprinted\\nin the new building bears date February 9, 1874.\\nMr. Campbell continued to edit the paper until the\\nfall of 1876, when finding his health greatly impaired\\nby his long-continued and confining labors, he severed\\nhis active connection with the Union Democrat and\\nDaily Union, and went to Florida, where he purchased\\na tract of land and engaged in the occupation of\\norange culture. He was succeeded in the editorial\\nchair by A. A. Hanscom. Mr. Campbell maintained\\na lively interest in the paper, and sent an occasional\\ncontribution to its columns from his Southern home.\\nHe died quite suddenly at Sorento, Florida, on the\\nlast day of April, 1883.\\nNovember 10, 1879, marked a new era in the history\\nof the Manchester Union. On that date the paper ami\\nmaterial passed by purchase into the hands of Stilson\\nHutchins, of Laconia, John H. Riedell, of Boston, and\\nJoseph C. Moore, of Lake Village. July 27, 1880, a\\nstock company was formed, of which Mr. Moore\\nbecame president, Mr. Hutchins treasurer and Mr.\\nRiedell secretary. June 26, 1881, Messrs. Hutchins\\nand Moore purchased Mr. Riedell s interest, and later,\\non the 5th of December, 1882, Mr. Hutchins dis-\\nposed of his interest in the office to .Mr. Moore,\\nsince when no further change in proprietorship has\\nbeen made. From the inception of the enterprise, in\\nJuly, 1880, Mr. Moore was the leading and active\\nspirit, in the management of the paper, and his addi-\\ntional interest acquired in December, 1882, was a\\nnatural and eminently proper sequence.\\nThe new proprietors, realizing fully the task to\\nwhich they had put their hands, brought to it the\\nsame enterprise, energy and sagacity that would have\\nbeen found essential to success in any other business.\\nIt was their purpose to publish the best newspaper in\\nand not only that, but one which could\\ncompete successfully with the larger metropolitan\\ndailies in the publication of news. And they suc-\\nceeded. When the paper passed into their hands,\\nNovember, 1879, an evening edition only was issued,\\nand comparatively little attention was paid to tele-\\ngraphic news. On the morning of the 20th of\\nNovember the first issue of the morning edition\\nappealed. The change from an evening to a morning\\npaper was looked upon with disfavor by many of the\\nsupporters of the paper, who could see no\\npossible chance of success in a business rivalry with\\nthe Boston dailies, lime, however, vindicated the\\nwisdom of the enterprise. Full telegraphic service\\nwas obtained through the National Press Association,\\nthe editorial and reportorial force was increased and\\nspecial arrangements made for early transportation\\nover the lines of railroad to the north, and as a result\\nthe circulation of the paper throughout the State in-\\ncreased with phenomenal rapidity. In January, 1882,\\nthe national telegraphic service was exchanged for\\nthat of the Associated Press, vvith its extended facili-\\nties lor securing news from all parts of the civilized\\nworld. With the increase of circulation naturally\\ncame increased advertising patronage. To meet the\\ndemand lor additional space, the paper was increased\\nill size at various times, until it had grown from a\\ntwenty-four column to a thirty-six column sheet, and\\neven then a double edition on Saturdays has been\\nfound necessary to meet the wants of advertisers since\\nNovember 10, 1883.\\nFor nearly twenty years after the establishment of\\nthe Weekly Union, and about seven years after the\\ndaily was started, the press-work was done outside of\\nthe office. Until 1856, when Patten s building was\\ndestroyed by lire, the presses upon which all papers\\nin the city were printed were located in the basement\\nofthat building. These presses consisted of two Adams\\nbed and platen presses and a Guernsey press, the\\nlatter of a pattern that would scarcely be accepted as\\na gift by any live establishment to-day. liny were\\ndestroyed in tin conflagration that swept away the\\noffices of The Union, the Mirror and the American.\\nAfter the fire S. Merrill, who carried on the coffee\\nand spice business in a building located on YAm Back\\nStreet, in the rear of Merchants Exchange, and hail\\nsurplus steam-power which he wished to utilize,\\nbought and put in operation two Adams press, s,\\non one of which was printed The Union and\\non the other the Mirror. The forms of type were\\ntaken from The Union office, then in Union Building,\\nat the corner of Market and Elm Streets, and carried\\non a hand-bier to the press-room, a task that was any-\\nthing but coveted by those upon whom it devolved.\\nMerrill subsequently built a brick block on the corner\\nof Manchester Street and Elm Back Street, to which\\nthe press-room was removed. This block, with its\\ncontents, was destroyed by the tire of Julj 1870 again\\nleasing The Union office without press facilities. The\\npress-work of the daily edition was then for a time\\nprinted on the press of F. Livingston, and the\\nweekly forms were sent to Concord and printed on\\nthe Patriot press until the proprietors purchased a\\nCottrell cylinder press and placed it in Merchants\\nExchange, to which the office bad been removed, ob-\\ntaining power from the Mirror engine in the basement.\\nThis press was rated at a speed id fifteen hundred\\nimpressions per hour, though it was seldom speeded", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0136.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n59\\nfaster than one thousand or eleven hundred. The Cot-\\ntrell was moved into the new building erected bj the\\nproprietors of The Union, in 1874, on Manchester Street,\\nwhere it met the requirements of the paper until it\\npassed into the hands of the new proprietors, in 1879,\\nwhen a Hoe two-cylinder replaced it.\\nUp I this time the old style presses had proved I\\nample capacity to print the editions of the daily and\\nweekly. But with the establishment of a morning\\nedition of the daily, and the journalistic enterprise\\ndisplayed in other directions by the new linn, the cir-\\nculation of both papers increased so rapidly that be-\\nfore a year had passed, the capacity of the two-cylinder\\npress was severely taxed to meet the demands made\\nupon it. From 1879 to this date the growth in cir-\\nculation had been steady, far exceeding the most\\nsanguine expectations of the proprietors, until the two-\\ney Under press, printing tour thousand papers per hour,\\nwas utterly inadequate. There was no alternative but to\\nagain increase the printing capacity, both in size and\\nspeed, and it was determined not only to meet pres-\\nent demands, but be prepared for still further increase\\nin circulation. An order was placed in the spring of\\n1883 with R. Hoe Co., New York, the greatest\\npress-builders in the world, for a type-revolving, web-\\nperfecting press, capable of printing thirty -two thou-\\nsand impressions an hour, or sixteen thousand com-\\nplete papers, printed on both sides. At the same\\ntime a new folding-machine was purchased, which\\ncuts, pastes and folds the eight-page editions of the\\ndaily and the weekly edition. With this new\\nmachinery and an entire outfit of type, The Union\\noffice is as finely equipped as any newspaper office in\\nNew England.\\nThese improvements, however, necessitated more\\ncommodious quarters, and in February, 1884, a ten-\\nyears lease of the east half of the Opera-House Block\\non Hanover Street, with privilege of purchase, was\\nobtained. A three-story brick building, thirty-two by\\nthirty-four, was built in the rear of the opera-house,\\nin which is located the press-room and composing-\\nrooms, a new engine and boiler being placed in the\\nbasement. This building having been erected es-\\npecially for the purpose to which it has been devoted,\\nis admirably adapted for the different mechanical de-\\npartments of the paper. The business office and\\neditorial rooms are on the ground-floor of the Opera\\nBlock, and, taken all in all, it is one of the\\nmost complete newspaper establishments in New\\nEngland.\\nThe first editor or editorial writer of 77c I hion as\\na morning daily was Henry H. Metcalf, who began\\nhis labors with the first number and closed them Oc-\\ntober 22, 1881. He was followed by B. F. Saurman,\\nwho remained till April 22, 1882. On May 4th, of\\nthe same year, George F. Parker assumed the position,\\nfilling it till December 9th of the same year. The\\neditorial work was provided for from several sources\\ntill the first weak in January, 1882, at which time the\\narrangement now in force went into Operation. Im-\\nportant changes were made. The scope of the edi-\\ntorial work was enlarged, and the labors divided.\\nJohn T. Hulme and Edward J. Burnham weri as-\\nsigned to duty in this department. n December 22,\\n1884, Mr. Burnham was transferred to the subscrip-\\ntion and collection department, tilling also the duties\\nof stall corresponded\\nThe first city editor was Edgar J. Knowlton, who\\nremained in the position till June 5, 1880, and was\\nsucceeded by Herbert F. Eastman. Mr. Eastman\\nfulfilled the duties till January 22, 1881, at which\\ntime John T. Hulme came to the position, holding it\\ncontinuously till be was promoted to his present\\nposition. On his promotion, Henry H. Everett came\\nto the duties of the position. Edgar J. Know [ton re-\\nturned to the stall as a local reporter October 20,\\n1884, ami December 29th of the same year succeeded\\nto his old position as city editor.\\nWalter E. West was first telegraph editor of the\\npaper, filling the position till October 6, 1883, when\\nhe retired, and was followed by the present occupant\\nof that chair, Willis T. Dodge.\\nJohn B. Mills and Herbert X. Davison at present\\ncomprise the staff of local reporters. John B. Mills\\nwas in a similar capacity in the first two years of the\\nmorning paper, but retired and returned in February,\\n1884. True M. Thompson followed him. ami was\\nsucceeded by George F.Richards. 0. Fred. Crosby\\nwas also a local reporter for some two years.\\nJohn H. Reidell attended the State news and several\\nother departments of the paper up to January li. 1883.\\n(In tin formation of the new arrangement that went\\ninto force at that time, Edward J. Burnham assumed\\nspecial charge of the State news ami agricultural de-\\npartments, and also took the editorial management of\\nthe weekly edition of the paper. On the retirement\\nof Mr. Burnham, Henry 11. Everett assumed the du-\\nties of the position.\\nJohn T. Hulme undertook to provide for the ex-\\nchange work, both in the line of general and politi-\\ncal miscellany. He also retained the musical ami\\ndramatical assignment.\\nSeven gentlemen have sat at the proof-reader s\\ndesk in the following order: E. D. Houston, I. I..\\nRowe, E. J. Burnham, David W. Cobb, Henry H.\\nEverett, W. H. H. H. Snow and Alvin T. Thoits.\\nThe last-named gentleman still fills the position.\\nThe longest incumbent was E. J. Burnham, who\\nfilled the position sixteen months, retiring from it to\\nbis present place.\\nApril o, 1883, a special department, The Vets\\nBudget. was added to the paper under the charge of\\nHenry H. Everett, who still continues the work. A\\nGrange department was also added in 1884, and came\\nunder the direction of E. J. Burnham. The 1 ireside\\nwas a feature of The Union when the morning daily-\\nwas started, it was under the special charge of .Mrs.\\nL. A. Scott, who continued till December 29,1884,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0137.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0082\u00ac0\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwhen Mrs. Etta F. Shepard assumed the conduct of\\nthe department.\\nThe agricultural department numbers among its\\nspecial contributors the following gentlemen: James\\n0. Adams, secretary of the State Board Agriculture\\nJames M.Connor,of Hopkinton; George R. Drake, of\\nPittsfield G. A. Simons, of Weare, and others. The\\nsession of the State Legislature in 1881 was specially\\nreported for The Union by John T. Hulme. In 188?.\\nand L885 the same gentleman took charge of the\\nwork.\\nRegular stall correspondents of The. Union are\\nlocated at Concord. Nashua and Portsmouth. At\\nConcord the duty is performed by True L. Norris, at\\nNashua by Charles S. Bussell, and at Portsmouth by\\nSamuel W. Emery. A large force of correspondents\\nfurnish local news from all the prominent points in\\nthe State. The Granges of the State have by vote ap-\\npointed speeial correspondents to furnish the news\\npertaining to that order.\\nSince the inauguration of the morning daily, Dana\\n1. Eastman has taken the press reports and furnished\\nby far more copy than any other single individual.\\nI lie mechanical departments of the paper are in\\ncharge of the following gentlemen Foreman of the\\ncomposing-room, Frank T. Parsons; daj foreman, .1.\\nWilbur Fife; foreman of the press-r a, Edward H.\\nMurphy engineer, James Barry mailing and deliv-\\nery clerk, John N. Pearsons.\\nThe counting-room is presided over by Howard L.\\nKelley, who, since 1880, has attended to the manifold\\nduties of the business office.\\nThe growth of the Manchester Union has 1 a mar-\\nvelous. In 1851 an unpretentious weekly sheet,\\nstarted for the purpose of educating the people in the\\nprinciples of true Democracy, a work in which its\\nfounder spent the I icst and most fruitful years of his busy\\nlife: struggling agnin-t the apathy ami indifference\\nof men who had yet to learn the value of a newspaper\\nand to estimate its real worth; slowly thrusting its\\nroots down deeper and deeper into the public mind,\\nand getting a firmer grasp upon the public confidence.\\nfrom which it drew nourishment, while giving in return\\nthe best results of the facile pens and fertile brains of\\nits editors, until to-day. grown strong and self-reliant,\\nit takes its place among the solid and substantial\\ninstitutions of the Granite State. The Union is an\\nable exponent of the principles of the Democratic\\nparty, fearless and outspoken in its view-, and\\ntakes front rank among the leading dailies of New\\nEngland.\\nJoseph Clifford Moore.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Joseph Clifford\\nMoore, editor of tin Manchester Union and the finan-\\ncial head of the Union Publishing Company, is a\\nthorough representative of that valuable class known\\nas self-made men. He is the second son of Dr. D. F.\\nand Frances S. Moore, and was born in Loudon. N. H.,\\nAugust 22. 1845. His early education was limited\\nto th e ciinioa schools, and more or less shared with\\nlabor. Later in life, having made the best of such\\nadvantages as came within his reach, he pursued with\\n-iicd-s a course of medical training at New York\\nMedical College. From this training he returned to\\nLake Village, the business centre of the town of Oil-\\nford, which has been his home since he was ten years\\nof age, and entered upon the practice of medicine in\\npartnership with his father, Dr. D. F. Moore. This\\nwas in 1866, and from that time up to his joining in\\nthe newspaper enterprise at Manchester, in November,\\n1879, he followed his profession with untiring industry\\nand gratifying success. His practice extended over a\\nwide section, and involved long hours and much\\narduous travel. During this time he was also active\\nin general business enterprises.\\nMr. Moore began his journalistic career without\\nthe benefit of any special training whatever, but\\nbrought to the work a clear, cool head, ripe judg-\\nment and honest purpose; but it was early apparent\\nthat he possessed that rare quality, the newspaper\\nfaculty. Careful, prudent, caution- and conserva-\\ntive by nature, he applied that faculty with con-\\nstantly increasing shrewdness and wisdom so that\\nthe enterprise not only developed a remarkably rapid,\\nbut a sound and healthy, growth. Exercising good busi-\\nness judgment and methods, lie successfully main-\\ntained the financial standing of the paper, notwith-\\nst mding tin- excessive demands of a rapidly-growing\\nplant. In shaping the tone and conduct of Thi Union,\\nhe has uniformly aimed to give it a character for\\nindependence, integrity and respectability, advancing\\nit on the true line of progressive modern journalism.\\nHe is a ready editorial writer on political and gene-\\nral topics, eschews the ornamental and descriptive,\\nand goes straight at the meat of a matter in a plain\\nand direct style. His methods are convincing as well\\nas terse and vigorous.\\nMr. M e has always taken a warm and active\\ninterest in politics, not from the selfish motives of the\\noffice-seeker, but as an ardent believer in and stanch\\nsupporter of a sound, sterling and progressive De-\\ncracy. At the State election of 1880 he was\\nelected a member of the State Senate from the Sixth\\nSenatorial District, and filled the seat with credit to\\nhimself and bis constituency. He introduced and\\nwas chiefly instrumental in securing the passage of\\nthe measure which created the present State Board of\\nHealth. Always under self-command, easy and\\nagreeable in manner, he proved to be valuable in\\nlegislative work, and was invariably relied upon to\\nrelease the Senatorial body when sharp conflict of\\nopinion led it into a jangle. Since the expiration Of\\nthis official trust his time has been given exclusively\\nto business matters and the conduct of the Union.\\nIn January, 1885, he was unanimously chosen\\npresident of the New Hampshire Club, an organiza-\\ntion comprising the leading business and professional\\nmen of the State, and shortly after accompanied it on\\na successful excursion Smth. As president of this", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0138.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "Ux\\n(L 2~ -i", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0141.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0142.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n61\\nbody he is broad and liberal, seeking only to develop\\nits interests and extend its influence.\\nDartmouth College, at the June commencement,\\n1884, conferred upon him the degree of A.M.\\nMr. Moore retains his residence at Lake Village,\\nwith his aged parents. He is married, but has no\\nchildren. In manner he is easy and agreeable, and is\\nfavored with an excellent address and attractive per-\\nsonal presence. In business affairs he is careful and\\nconservative, and at the same time enterprising.\\nHonorable and just in his transactions, he enjoys the\\nconfidence and respect of business men. At this\\nwriting he is in the full vigor of his powers, with the\\npromise of a useful and successful future before him.\\nThe Farmers? Monthly Visitor, which had Keen pub-\\nlished at Concord by Governor Isaac Hill since 1838,\\nwas suspended in 1849, but revived in this city in\\n1852, when Rowell, Prescott Co. (Joseph M.\\nRowell, (ieorge P. Prescott, Chandler E. Potter) be-\\ncame its proprietors, and Judge Potter its editor. It\\nwas published as an octavo of thirty-two pages, and\\nits first number was issued in Manchester, as the first\\nnumber of its twelfth volume, in January, 1852.\\nJudge Potter bought the Granite Farmer of Mr.\\nAdams, October 5, 1853, and Dr. Crosby retired from\\nthe editorship two weeks later. In 1854 the latter\\nwas united with the Visitor, and published in folio\\nform under the name of the Granite Farmer and Visi-\\ntor. Judge Potter, having bought out his partners.\\nwas then the sole proprietor and editor. About a\\nyear later Lewis H. Hildreth, of Westford, Mass., a\\nwriter upon agriculture, came to Manchester and\\nentered into negotations in reference to a paper. As\\na result, he and James 0. Adams each bought a third\\nof the Farmer and Visitor, Judge Potter retaining a\\nthird and Mr. Adams name appearing as that of the\\neditor. Hildreth, however, remained but a few\\nmonths, and about April, 1857, the. paper was -old at\\nauction to John C. Merriam Co. (Henry C. Adams),\\nand it was issued. July 18, 1857, as a new paper\\nunder the name of the Granite State Fanner. Subse-\\nquently Merriam retired, and Eenry C. Adams owned\\nit for a while and then sold it to S. A. Hurlburt, wdio\\nwas the sole proprietor and editor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James 0. Adams\\nthen leaving the editor s chair\u00e2\u0080\u0094 till the latter part of\\n1859, when Gilmore Martin (William H. Gil-\\nmore, Warren Martin) bought the paper and issued it\\nin folio form as the New Hampshire Journal of Agri-\\nculture. Zephaniah Breed and Moses A. Cartland,\\nboth of Weare, became the editors. In 1861 the\\npaper was sold to Francis B. Eaton, who published it\\ntill January, 1863, when he sold it to John B. Clarke,\\nwho united it with the Dollar Weekly Mirror, of\\nwhich he was then the owner, under the name of the\\nDollar Weekly Mirror and New Hampshire Journal if\\nAgriculture.\\nThe Qrusader was begun in Concord about 1850. In\\nDecember, 1851, it was published simultaneously in\\nConcord and Manchester, and in February, 1852, was\\npublished altogether in this city. It was not long\\nafterwards moved to Concord, united with the Pha nix\\nof that city and afterwards absorbed by thi i i\\nHampshire Gazette at Portsmouth.\\nI ii 1 s licnjamin F. Stanton and William B. Burn-\\nham issued, for a short time, a small sheet devoted to\\nphonography, called the Junto Organ.\\nA paper called the Ladies Enterprise was begun\\nJanuary 1, 1854, and published for a time.\\nIn 1N54 the Stars and Stripes, a Know-Nothing\\npaper, was established, and was removed soon after-\\nwards to Laconia and absorbed in the Win,,\\ntin:,//,.\\nThe New Hampshire Journal of Medicine was first\\nissued at Concord in August, 1850, and was removed\\nto Manchester in July, 1856, and continued till De-\\ncember, 1859, when it was suspended.\\nThe New J lamps hire Journal if Education was es-\\ntablished in January, 1857, and soon after removed\\nto Concord.\\nThe Literary Visitor, begun January 1, L859, bj\\nGeorge W. Batchelder and Martin A. Hayncs, was\\nshort-lived.\\nThe True Republican was started February 4, 1859,\\nby Benjamin F. Stanton. With him were afterwards\\nassociated Hector Canfield and Orren C. Moore. The\\npaper was continued about a year under the titles of\\nTrue Fepiihlieaii, Citij Messenger and Republican and\\nManchester Republican.\\nMoore s Musical Record, John W. Moore, editor, was\\nbegun in January, 1857, and published monthly, by\\nJohn W. Moore Co., for two years. In Jan-\\nuary, 1869, John W. .Moore. Samuel Merrill, harles\\nClough and Sylvester Gould began the publication\\nof the Manchester Daily News. It was soon discon-\\ntinued.\\nLa Voir du Peuple, was begun in 1869, but was\\nshort-lived.\\nThe Labor Journal was started March 24, 1870, by\\nDaniel S. Holt, and soon after suspended.\\nThe Public Forum, a weekly paper, was started Sep-\\ntember 30, 1871, as a Democratic journal, by George\\nJ. Foster Co., Joshua L. Foster being its edi-\\ntor. It was soon after removed to Dover, its name\\nchanged to that of Foster s Democrat, and is still pub-\\nlished there.\\nTheNew Hump shin Journal of Music was begun\\nJanuary 1, 1872, by Imri S.Whitney. JohnW. Moore\\nwas its editor till the close of 1874. Discontinued.\\nThe Saturday Night Dispatch was begun Saturday,\\nJanuary 24, 1874, by Merritt S. Hunt. James\\nAdams was associated with Mr. Hunt as editor and\\nproprietor from September 1, to December 1, 1874. It\\nwas subsequently changed to Mancftester limes, and\\nconducted by Henry II. Everett until late in the win-\\nter of 1883, when it was discontinued.\\nThe New Hampshire Sunday Globe was begun Feb-\\nruary 7, 1875, by Rollins Kingdom Discontinued.\\nThe Manchester Weekly Budget was established", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0143.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJune 16, L883,by William M. Kendall, Jr., and David\\nM. Ladd, by whom it is still published. The success\\nof the Budget has been phenomenal, the circulation\\nhaving reached seven thousand five hundred copies\\nsveekly. Thesize of the paper is twelve pages, seventy\\ntwo columns; subscription price, two dollars a year.\\nThe circulation of the Budget now penetrates nearly\\neverv village and school district in the State.\\n7V American Young Folks was established in 1875,\\nand consolidated with the Buys and Girls of New\\nHampshire inMarch, 1882. Editor, George W. Browne,\\n[ssued semi-monthly by the American Young Folks\\nCompany.\\nThe Echo des anadiens was established July 2, 1880,\\nwith Leander Boudreau editor and Charles L. Fitz-\\npatrick and Leandre Boudreau proprietors. Discon-\\ntinued.\\nI,c Bateau was established November 5, 1881. P.\\nC. Chatel, editor and proprietor. Discontinued.\\nManchester Guardian was established July 14, 1883.\\nCharles A. O Connor, editor-in-chief. Discontinued.\\nThe Semi-WeeMy Record was started December 1,\\n1883, Frank H. Challis, editor and publisher. A\\npenny newspaper, published on Wednesdays and\\nSaturdays. Discontinued.\\nNotes and Queries, a magazine containing miscella-\\nneous notes and queries, with answers, for professors\\nand students, teachers and pupils, is published monthly\\nby S. C. L. M. Could.\\nMr. S. C. Gould manifests a deep interest in his-\\ntorical matters, and has a collection of books, pam-\\nphlets and magazines relating to Manchester, number-\\ning over sixteen hundred, from 1743-1885.\\nThis collection comprises book and pamphlet lit-\\nerature, including some of the leading magazine\\nliterature published serially. It contains the published\\nliterary efforts of former and present residents, whether\\nnative or temporary, and whether published prior to\\ntheir residence here or subsequent to their departure\\nalso, all works relating to or published by the city.\\nThe collection also includes more or less of literature\\nrelating to Bedford, together with some relating to\\nLondonderry and Deny, of which towns Manchester\\nwas formerly a part.\\nThe first published pamphlet in reference to Man-\\nchester, now known, is the (Rev. Joseph Secombe)\\nDiscourse uttered in part at Ammauskeeg-Falls, in\\nthe Fishing Season, 1739; Businessand Diversion in-\\noffensive to God, and necessary for the comfort and\\nsupport of human society; from the text. Simon\\nPeter saith unto them, I go a fishing. This dis-\\ncourse was printed in Boston, in 1743, one hundred\\nand forty-two years ago, and only five copiesare now-\\nknown to be extant. The first pamphlets to be im-\\nprinted in Manchester, now known, wire An Address\\ndelivered at Pembroke, N. H., May 13, 1841, and A\\nHistorical Sketch of Bedford, N. H., a discourse deliv-\\nered July 4, 1841, both by Rev. Thomas Savage,\\nA. M.. and printed at the office of Emerson V Mur-\\nray, in 1841, octavos of sixteen pages each. The first\\nbook now known to have been imprinted in Manches-\\nter was The Life and Adventures of Seth Wymanj\\nWritten by Himself, and printed by J. H. Gate, in\\n1843, a duodecimo of three hundred and ten pages,\\nbound in cloth. This book was suppressed by rela-\\ntives of the autobiographer, before a hundred copies\\nwere sold, and is now a scarce book.\\nEducational.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 17*4 the town voted a liberal\\nexpenditure for educational purposes, and in that\\nyear also the town was divided into four school dis-\\ntricts but it was notuntil 1795 that a school-house was\\nerected in Derryfield. This primitive educational\\ninstitution was built by private subscription and was\\nlocated upon what was then known as the Falls road,\\nintherear ofthe present residence of Hon. David Cross.\\nThis house was purchased by the town in 1798, and it\\nwas also voted that year to erect two additional ones.\\nIn 1809 the town was redistricted and a school-house\\nbuilt at the Centre.\\nThe school district system, which was originated in\\n1773, continued until 1868, when the city assumed\\ncontrol of the schools. The first teachers were,\\n1791, Jonathan Rand; 1792, Edward Blodget, Ste-\\nphen Potter and Frederick Hastings 1793, William\\nWhite and Peter Severens 1794, John Tufts and\\nPeter Severens 1795, John M. Laughlin 1796, 1797\\nand 1798, Samuel Moor, Jr.; 1799, Samuel Moor,\\nJr., and Mathew Reed.\\nMr. Rand was the first teacher in town of whom\\nany record can be found. The wages paid were from\\neight to twelve dollars a month. The highest sum\\npaid per month from 1791 to 1801, as appears from\\nthe selectmen s book, was to Samuel Moor, Jr.,\\ntwelve dollars for keeping school in the lower district\\none month.\\nThe school property now owned by the city is val-\\nued at over three hundred thousand dollars, and con-\\nsits of a High Si-liool building, on Beech Street,\\nvalued at forty-five thousand dollars, and numerous\\nothers.\\nHigh School.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The High School was first kept in\\nthe old building now standing on the corner of Low-\\nell and Chestnut Streets. The house was erected in\\n1841 at a cost of three thousand dollars, and was used\\nfor a district school, with David P. Perkins as the\\nfirst master. Some five or six years later it was\\nchanged to a High School, and in 1867 it was moved\\nto its present location, on Beech Street, the new\\nbuilding having been erected to meet the demand for\\nbetter accommodations for the school.\\nFuaxki.in Street Schools. The school formerly\\ncalled the South Grammar S.-l 1 was originally kept\\nin a chapel on Concord Street, from which it was\\nmoved, in 1N47, to the brick building on Park Street,\\nbuilt for its use. Ten years later it was transferred to\\nits present location, on the corner of Franklin and\\nPleasant Streets. This building and lot are valued\\nat eighteen thousand dollars.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0144.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nSpring Street Schools. A school was begun in\\nL848 in the brick building on Spring Street, and then\\ncalled the North Grammar. Moses T. Brown was its\\nfirst principal.\\nLincoln Street Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Under the name of\\nthe East Grammar, a school was begun in 1867, in the\\nnew High School house, with two divisions, gathered\\nfrom the North and South Grammar Schools. In the\\nfall of 1868 another division was added, and in the\\nspring of 1869 it was moved to the old Bigh School\\nbuilding, where a first division was added and a\\nmaster was appointed. In 1871 a new house was\\nbuilt for its accommodation on the corner of Lincoln\\nand Merrimack Streets, worth fifty thousand dollars,\\nwhere it is now located.\\nAsh Street Grammar Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1874 a fine\\nbuilding was erected on the corner of Ash and Bridge\\nStreets to meet the growing demand lor school facili-\\nties, and a grammar school was established, composed\\nof pupils residing in the northeastern section of the\\ncity. The building is a line specimen of school arch-\\nitecture, and is valued at fifty-eight thousand dollars.\\nMain Street Schools, West Manchester\\nWith the annexation of Piscataquog village, in 1853,\\nthe grammar school came under the care of the city.\\nIt was kept in the Centre Street building until 1874,\\nwhen it was removed to its present location, on Main\\nStreet. An addition was made to the building in\\n1882 for the accommodation of the considerable in-\\ncrease in pupils.\\nWebster Street Schools, West Manchester.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094During the year 1882 a handsome school building\\nwas erected on Webster Street, between Elm and\\nChestnut, at a cost of seventeen thousand dollars. It\\nis designed for scholars residing at the north end of\\nthe city. Two schools are already located there.\\nThere are other schools located on Blodgett, Bridge,\\nLowell, Manchester, Merrimack and Beech Streets\\nalso on South Main Street and School Street, West\\nManchester. There are a number of suburban\\nschools. The largest of these is located at Bakers-\\nville. The school building was erected in lsx:: at a\\ncost of twelve thousand dollars. Others are: No. 1,\\nStark District; No. 2, Amoskeag No. 3, Bakers-\\nville; No. 4, Goffe s Falls; No. 5, Harvey District;\\nNo. 6, Webster s Mills; No. 7, Hallsville; No. 8,\\nYoungsville; No. 9, Mosquito Pond.\\nCatholic Educational Establishments\\nMount St. Mary s Academy, corner Union and Laurel\\nStreets, is under the control of the Sisters of Mercy.\\nThis is a boarding-school for young ladies. It has\\nbeen in existence lor twenty-five years, and has an\\naverage attendance of sixty pupils. The course of\\nstudies, embracing five ears, includes all the branches\\nof a useful ami Christian education. Young ladies of\\nall religious denominations are received, and inter-\\nference with their religious convictions is scrupulously\\navoided. The present superior is Rev. Mother Fran-\\nces Leeson.\\nThe school for boys in Park Street, taught by\\ntwelve Sisters of Mercy Rev. Thos. Corcoran, princi-\\npal. Number of scholars, about four hundred.\\nSt. Joseph s School for Inns, corner of Lowell anil\\nBeach Streets, taught by six Sisters of Mercy. Num-\\nber of pupils, two hundred and fifty.\\nSt. Joseph s School for girls, comer Lowell and Pine\\nStreets, taught by six Sisters of Mercy. Number of\\npupils, two hundred and fifty. The schools of St.\\nJoseph s parish are tinder the immediate supervision\\nof the right reverend bishop.\\nSt. Agnes School for girls, corner Union and Spruce\\nSii eeis, taught by seven Sisters of Mercy. Number ol\\nscholars, three hundred.\\nSt. Augustine s School for boys and girls, East\\nSpruce Street, taught by Sisters of Jesus and Mary.\\nNumber of pupils, live hundred.\\nSt. Mary s School for boys and girls, connected with\\nSt. Mary s Church, West Manchester. This school\\nhas just been erected, and will be under the control\\nof the Sisters of Providence. It will accomodate four\\nhundred pupils.\\nCharitable Institution*.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 St. Patrick s Home and\\nHospital, Hanover Street, conducted by the Sisters\\nid Mercy. Number of orphans, sixty; patients\\nin hospital, fifteen.\\nSt. Patrick s Home for Aged Women, Hanover\\nStreet, managed by the Sisters of Mercy. Number of\\ninmates, fifteen.\\nGerman School.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first German School-house\\nin the State of New Hampshire was dedicated here in\\n1884. It is located at the comer of Third and Ferry\\nStreets, and is of brick, thirty-two by forty-eight in\\nsize, and two stories in height, with a flat roof. Over\\nthe main entrance, on Third Street, are two tablets of\\npolished granite, bearing in gilt letters of German\\ntext the words, Deutsch Schule and the year of\\nerection, 1884. The German School Society, to\\nwhich this convenient and comfortable little edifice\\nowes its existence, was organized August 22, 1875,\\nmainly through the efforts of members of theTurn-\\nverein.\\nThe State Industri m School.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The movement\\nwhich resulted in the establishment of this institution\\nwas started in 1855, when the Legislature passed an\\ntut authorizing the Governor and Council to appoint\\na board of three commissioners, empowered to buy a\\ntract of land and erect buildings thereon, to provide a\\nhouse of reformation for juvenile and female offend-\\ners against the laws. The commissioners\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Hon.\\nFrederick Smyth, of Manchester, the Hon. Matthew\\nHarvey, of Concord, and Hosea Eaton, of New Ips-\\nwich\u00e2\u0080\u0094were appointed that year, and selected, as the\\nsite for the bouse proposed, the farm which was one,\\n111, home ,,f General John Stark, two miles north of\\nthe city hall, on the east bank of the Merrimack\\nRiver, containing about one hundred acres. The\\nprice paid was ten thousand dollars, and another\\npiece of ten acres was bought soon after for a thou-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0145.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "64\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsand dollars more. The building was commenced in\\nthe spring of 1856, finished in the autumn of 1857\\nand furnished in the spring of 1858. Its cost was\\nthirty-four thousand dollars the total cost of build-\\ning and land was forty-five thousand dollars. The\\nhouse was dedicated on the 12th of May, L858, and\\noccupied at that time, when the first superintendent.\\nBrooks Shattuek, was appointed. He was succeeded,\\non the 20th of April, 1866, by Isaac 11. Jones. Upon\\nhis departure Edward Ingham was elected, the 17tii\\nof May, 1870. The present superintendent, John G.\\nRay, was appointed on the 2d of July, 1874. The\\ninstitution is now known as the Slate Industrial\\nSchool, and is under the management of a board of\\nseven trustees, by whom the superintendent is chosen,\\nand who are appointed by the Governor and Council.\\nA lire, on the 20th of December. 1 marly destroyed\\nthe building, and the children were temporarily kej t\\nin the buildings known as the Stark house and\\nGamble house, which had stood near by since the\\nearly settlement of the town. During their residence\\nin it the Stark house was set on fire and consumed.\\nAs soon as possible after the fire the old school build-\\ning was repaired and the inmates returned to it. The\\ninstitution is in annual receipt of interest from the\\nlegacies of James McKeen Wilkins, of .Manchester,\\nand M ly Kent, of Pembroke, which amount to eighl\\nthousand and three thousand dollars respectively;\\nalso the income from Miss Louise Penhallow s bequest\\nof one thousand dollar.-, to be expended for a library.\\nThe Manchester City Library was established\\nin September, 1854, under the terms of a contract\\nbetween the Manchester Athenaeum and the city of\\nManchester, whereby the library of the Athenaeum\\nwas transferred to the city, to be the foundation of a\\nfree public Library.\\nThe Manchester Athenaeum was established in Feb-\\nruary, 1*44, mainly through the efforts of Hon. Samuel\\nI). Bell, Hon. Daniel Clark, Hon. Herman Foster.\\nHon. Moody Currier, David Gillit, Esq., John\\nBurnham, Esq., William A. Burke, Esq., and others,\\nwith the design of founding a library, reading-r a\\nand museum. In accordance with the liberal policy\\npursued by the manufacturing corporations towards\\nthe public institutions in the city, the Amoskeag\\nManufacturing Company presented to the Athenaeum\\nthe -ii i i of in thousand dollars, ami the Stark Mills\\nand the Manchester Print- Works the sum of five\\nhundred dollars each, for the purchase of books for\\nits library. Donations and loans of books were also\\nmade to the library by many of the members of the\\nassociation, anil accessions were made by purchase\\nfrom time to time from the money derived from mem-\\nbership and the annual tax. For the following ten\\nyears tin- library of the Athenaeum continued to in-\\ncrease in size and value till, in 1854, it numbered\\nnearly three thousand volumes.\\nHon. Nathan P.\\nin ls 4 the subject of the establishment of a free\\npublic library having been brought to the attention\\nof the City Council by the mayor. Hon. Frederick\\nSmyth, in his inaugural address, a committee was ap-\\npointed to eoiiler with the managers of the Athemeum\\nin relation to the transfer of the library of the Athen-\\naeum to the city for that purpose. The matter was\\nfavorably considered by the managers of the Athen-\\naeum, and a proposition made by them to transfer\\ngratuitously to the city their library and other prop-\\nerty, to form the basis of a public library. This propo-\\nsition was accepted by the city, and authority for the\\npurpose having been obtained from the Legislature,\\nthe transfer of the library was made to the city in\\naccordance with a contract, dated September 6, 1854,\\nexecuted by the Athenaeum and the city, and the City\\nLibrary established on a permanent basis.\\nThe contract provides that the city shall annually\\nappropriate and pay to the trustees id the library a\\nsum not less than one thousand dollars, to be expended\\nin the purchase of books and periodicals, and shall,\\nb\\\\ suitable appropriations, provide for the expense of\\nmaintaining the library. The control and manage-\\nment of the affairs of the library is vested in a board\\nof nine trustees, of whom the mayor of the city and\\npresident of the Common Council are members\\nofficiis. One trustee is elected annually, by joint ballot\\nof the board of trustees and of the aldermen of the\\ncity, for the term of seven years.\\nThus established, the library progressed successfully\\nuntil February 5, 1856, when, by the burning of Pat-\\nten s Block, in which the library was located, the\\nwhole library, with the exception of about six hundred\\nvolumes, the greater part of which were odd vol-\\numes, was destroyed. Immediate measures were\\ntaken by the trustees to reorganize the library and\\nreplace the books destroyed, and it was reopened to\\nthe public July 22, 18.36, in rooms obtained in Mer-\\nchants Exchange, but subsequently was again located\\nin Patten s Block, when it was rebuilt in ls 7. In\\n1S71 the city erected a brick building for the us. of\\nthe library, upon a lot on Franklin Street, which was\\ngiven to the city for this purpose by the Amoskeag\\nManufacturing Company, the cost of which was about\\nthirty thousand dollars. In 1881 the increase of the\\nlibrary requiring larger accommodation, an addition\\nwas made to the library building, at a cost of nine\\nthousand dollars. The addition nearly doubled the\\ncapacity of the library building and provided for the\\nregular increase of the library for many years. At\\nthe date of the last report of the trustees, December\\n31, 1884, there were in the library about twenty-eight\\nthousand volumes, including pamphlets, of which\\nthere are about nineteen hundred. Connected with\\nthe library is a reading-room, which is supplied with\\nsixty-seven periodicals and newspapers, and thelibrary\\nand reading-room are both open to the public eight\\nhours each day and evening, except Sundays, through-\\nout the year.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0146.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER,\\n65\\nThe late Oliver Dean, who was promiuently con-\\nnected with the manufacturing interests of the city,\\nbequeathed to the library a legacy of five thousand\\ndollars, the income of which is expended by the\\ntrustees in the purchase of scientific, mechanical and\\ntechnical works, and designated as the Dean Fund\\nPurchase.\\nIn 1872 the Hon. Gardner Brewer, of Boston,\\nMass., presented to the library a collection of six\\nhundred ami eighty-three volumes of the Tauchnitz\\nedition, uniformly ami handsomely bound, which is\\nknown as the Brewer Donation. In 1876 lion.\\nMoody Currier presented the library with Bohn s\\nStandard, Classical, Illustrated, Ecclesiastical, Scien-\\ntific and Antiquarian Libraries, and Harper s Select\\nFamily Library. To these he subsequently added a\\nnumber of valuable works on ecclesiastical history,\\nand a collection of Greek, Latin and foreign authors\\nin the original text. The number id volumes in this\\ncollection now amounts to eleven hundred and forty-\\nseven volumes, which are known as the Currier Dona-\\ntion.\\nUnder the will d Mary E. Elliot, late of this city,\\nthe sum of two thousand dollars was bequeathed to\\nthe city of Manchester, to be securely invested, and\\nthe annual income thereof to be spent in the purchase\\nof medical books and periodicals. This amount\\nbecame available in the early part of the year 1885,\\nand the income when sufficient will be devoted to\\nthe class of books indicated, which will be placed in\\nalcoves by themselves and designated as the Elliot\\nFund Purchase. A large number of other citizens\\nhave also, from time to time, generously aided in the\\nincrease and usefulness of the library by donations of\\nvaluable books and files of newspapers.\\nThe volumes in the library are well selected as to\\nuse and value, and the whole collection contains a\\nfair representation of every department of English\\nliterature, as well as the sciences and arts. In the\\nselection of books for the increase of the library it\\nlias always been the policy of the trustees, while pro-\\nviding a reasonable number of books of a more tem-\\nporary character as the demand from the patrons of\\nthe library for the same seemed to require, to expend\\nby far the larger part of the amount appropriated by\\nthe City Council in the purchase of works of perma-\\nnent value. This course, pursued for so many years,\\nhas made the library one id the most valuable in the\\nState. The library is particularly valuable in the\\nnumber of volumes relating to local history and in its\\ntill- of newspapers, many of which, if destroyed,\\ncould not iic replaced.\\nThe first Board of Trustees consisted of Samuel D.\\nBell, Daniel Clark, Ezekiel A. Straw, Samuel X.\\nBell, William C. Clarke, David Gillis and William\\nP. Newell. In 1862 David Gillis removed from the\\ncity and was succeeded by Samuel Webber. Mr.\\nWebber served as trustee till September, 1864, when\\nhe resigned, he also having removed from the city.\\nthe vacancj thus occasioned was tilled by the elec-\\ntion of Phinehas Adams, who continued in office till\\n1876, when he was succeeded by M ly Currier.\\nUpon the death of Samuel D. Hell in 1868, Water-\\nman Smith was chosen to till the unexpired term,\\nand was succeeded in 1873 by Nathan P, II mil.\\nUpon the death of William Clarke in 1872, [saac\\nW. Smith was elected a member of the board, Sam-\\nuel X. I .ell resigned in September, 1879, and Lucian\\nB. Clough was elected to fill the vacancy. Ezekiel\\nA. Straw died in 1882 and was succeeded by Thomas\\nL. Livermore. The present board therefore consists\\nof Daniel Clark, William P. Newell, Nathan I\\nHunt, Lucian B. Clough, Thomas I.. Livermore,\\n.Moody Currier and [saac W. Smith, and the mayor\\nand president of the common council. The fust\\ntreasurer of the trustees was Samuel X 1\\nheld the office till he resigned in September, 1879,\\nwhen he was succeeded by Nathan P. Hunt. William\\nC. Clarke was clerk of the board from its organization\\ntill his death in April, 1872. Isaac W. Smith was,\\nchosen to fill the vacancy in January, 1873. Mr.\\nSmith served as clerk till January, 1876, when he\\nresigned and Nathan P. Hunt was elected in his\\nplace. At the organization of the library Francis I!.\\nEaton was chosen librarian and served in that ca-\\npacity till September :lu, 1m;::, when he re-\\nMarshall P. Hall was elected to succeed him. Mr.\\nHall served till June, 1865, when he also resigned\\nand Benjamin F. Stanton was appointed to fill the\\nposition. The latter resigned in April, 1866, when\\nCharles II. Marshall was elected. Mr. Marshall held\\nthe office till July 1, 1877, when Mrs. Lizzie B. Davis\\nwas elected, and resigning July 1, 1878, was suc-\\nceeded by Mrs. M. J. Buncher, the present incum-\\nbent,\\nCHAPTER V.\\nMANCHESTER\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nThe Amoskeag National Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Manchester National Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nMerchants National Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First N atiuiinl liank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 s t 1 vei nai\\nflank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Manclii sl -r Sa\\\\ iii.r-l ink -Merrimack ltivpr Savings-\\nBank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Onaranty Saving- I .ank I In- -k. :il Sa\\\\ in::--! lank The\\nPeople s Savings-Bank i l i I: -e The Amos-\\nkeag Manufacturing Company -ink Ml- -Mancliestei M Its\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLangdon Milts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amory Manilla, liirniu Cimpany -Narwiski- Mills\\nDeary MillB\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. C. Cheney Paper d npanj ^inoskeag Paper-Mill\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nManchester Locomotive- Works\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manchester Gas-Li^ht i uinnat y\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nForBaith Manufai hiring Company other Manufactures.\\nThe Amoskeag National Bank.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Amoskeag\\nBank was incorporated June 24, 1848, and commenced\\nbusiness, in October of the same year, with a capital\\nof $100,000. This was increased, August 5, 1850, to\\n$150,000, and, August 7, 1854, to $200,000.\\nThe first board of directors were elected I\\n1848, as follows: Richard II. Aver, Samuel D. Kill,\\nMace Mmilton, Stephen D. Green, John S. Kidder,\\nStephen Manahan ami Edson Hill. Richard H. Aver", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0147.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "66\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwas chosen president and M ly Currier cashier.\\nFebruary 14, 1853, Walter French succeeded Mr.\\nAver as president and officiated until his death, which\\noccurred in a railway accident, at Norwalk, Conn.,\\nthe -aine year. May J, 1853, John S. Kidder was\\nchosen president and officiated until the bank was\\ndiscontinued.\\nThe first and only cashier was Moody Currier.\\nThe Amoskeag National Hank was organized No-\\nvember 1, 1864, with a capital of $100,000, which was\\nincreased, June 12, 1865, to $200,000. The first\\nb.ard of directors was a- follows: Moody Currier,\\n,T.hn S. Kidder, Stephen D. Green, Edson Hill,\\nHenry Putney, Adam Chandler, Daniel Clark, Dar-\\nwin J. Daniels and Horace Johnson. Moody Cur-\\nrier was chosen president anil G. Byron Chandler\\ncashier, both of whom still hold their respective\\noffices.\\nHon. Moody Currier, LL.D., the present Gover-\\nnor of New Hampshire and one of theleading bankers\\nand capitalists of the State, has been the architect of\\nhis own fortune, and by his energy, clear business fore-\\nsight and indomitable will, has risen from a penniless\\nlaborer on the rocky farms of Merrimack County to\\nthe present exalted and honorable position he oc-\\ncupies among the citizens of his native State.\\nThe rudiments of his education were acquired at\\nhome, in the evening, after the day s work was\\ndone, and in this manner he fitted himself to enter\\nHopkinton Academy. From thence he went to\\nDartmouth College, where he graduated with high\\nhonors in the class of 1834. Hon. Daniel Clark, of\\nchis city, also graduated in this class. After leaving\\ncollege he taught school one term at Concord and\\none year at Hopkinton Academy, and then became\\nprincipal of the High School at Lowell, Mass., where\\nhe remained until 1841. In the spring of that year,\\nhaving, in the mean time, read law, he came to Man-\\nchester, was admitted to the bar and formed a part-\\nnership with Hon. George W. Morrison for the practice\\nof his profession. This partnership continued about\\ntwo years when it was dissolved, and Mr. Currier\\npursued his profession alone until 1848, acquiring\\na large and lucrative practice.\\nDuring Ibis time he had developed rare skill as a\\nfinancier, ami upon the organization of the Amoskeag\\nBank, in 1848, was elected its cashier, a position which\\nhe retained untij its reorganization as a National\\nBank, in 1864, when he was chosen president of the\\nbank, and is the present incumbent. Mr. Currier\\nlias led an active life ami has been prominently iden-\\ntified with many of the largest ami most successful\\nmonied institutions in the city and State. He has\\nbeen treasurer of the Amoskeag Savings-Bank since its\\nincorporation in ]Xf 2, a director of the People s Savings\\nBank ami of the Manchester Mills since their organ-\\nization. He was a director of the Blodgett Edge Tool\\nCompany and a director and treasurer of the Amoskeag\\nAxe Company. Hewasalso treasurer of the Concord\\nRailroad in 1871 and 1872; has been treasurer of the\\nConcord and Ports uth Railroad since 1S56; pres-\\nident of the Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire\\nsince 1877; treasurer of the New England Loan lom-\\npany since .1874; director of the Manchester Gas-\\nLight Company since 1862, besides holding various\\nother positions of trust ami responsibility, in all of\\nwhich he has been eminently successful.\\nNotwithstanding he has been actively engaged in\\nthe management of large financial operations, he has\\nfound time to indulge his taste for literary pursuits,\\nand is one of the most accomplished scholars in the\\nState. While a teacher in Concord, he edited a lit-\\nerary journal and later edited and published a weekly\\npaper in this city. His tastes have led him into the\\nrealm of poetry, and in 1879 a volume of his poems\\nwas published for private circulation.\\nPolitically, Mr. Currier is a Republican. Prior to\\n1852, however, he affiliated with the Democratic\\nparty, which elected him clerk of the State Senate\\nin 1843 and LS44. He subsequently became a Free-\\nsoiler and has been a member of the Republican party\\nsince its organization.\\nHe was a member of the Senate in 1856 and 1857,\\nand in the latter year president of that body. In\\n18(30 and 1861 he was a member of the Governor s\\nCouncil and chairman of the committee for raising\\nand cipiiping troops to fill New Hampshire s quota\\nof men in the War of the Rebellion. In 1876, Mr.\\nCurrier was one of the Presidential electors who cast\\nthe vote of New Hampshire for Hayes and Wheeler.\\nIn 1884 he received the nomination of his party for\\nthe gubernatorial office, and was elected by a majority\\nvote. There were three candidates in the field. He\\nhas been married three times, but has no children\\nliving.\\nMr. Currier is one of Manchester s leading and\\nmost honored citizens, and all measures tending to\\nadvance the welfare of the city have found in him an\\nearnest supporter.\\nThe Manchester National Bank.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Man-\\nchester National Bank was chartered in December,\\n1 S44, and organized in 1845 with the following\\ndirectors: Samuel D. bell, Hiram Brown, Jacob G.\\nCilley, Isaac c. Flanders. Walter French, William C.\\nClarke and Nathan Parker. At the annual meeting\\nin July, 1845, the following board of directors was\\nchosen Janus U. Parker, Samuel I). Bell, David A.\\nBunton, Hiram Brown, Jonathan T. P. Hunt, Wil-\\nliam i Clarke and Isaac Riddle. The bank began\\nop. rations September 2, 1845, with a capital of Sod,\\n000, which was subsequently increased to $125,1\\nThe first officers were James U.Parker, president,\\nand Nathan Parker, cashier, both of whom officiated\\nduring the existence of the bank.\\nIt was organized as a national bank in April. 1865,\\nunder the style of the Manchester National Hank,\\nwith I he following officers; Nathan Parker, presi-\\ndent; Charles E. Balch, cashier; Nathan Parker,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0148.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "ow-7 C", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0151.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0152.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "M VNCHESTER.\\nBenjamin F. Martin, Phinehas Adams, Gilman II.\\nKimball, John H. Maynard, David A. Bunton and\\nHorace P. Watts, directors.\\nThe original capital of the bant was $100,000,\\nwhich was increased, April 2, L872, to $150,000.\\nNathan Parker, the first president, has continued as\\nsuch to the present lime, and Charles E. Balch, the\\nfirst cashier, remained in that position until his\\ndeath, October 18, 1884. Be was succeeded bj Wal-\\nter M. Parker. The present board of directors is as\\nfollows: Nathan Parker, Horace I Watts. Phinehas\\nA. lams, B. F. Martin, John 11. Maynard, N.S.Clark,\\nWilliam J. Boyt, Waltei M. Parker.\\nThe Merchants National Bank. This hank was\\norganized as a State hank under the nai f Citj\\nBank in 1853 with the following directors Isaac C.\\nFlanders, William Clarke, Oliver W. Bailey,\\nSamuel W. Parsons, Andrew (i. Tucker ami William\\nH. Hill; President, Isaac Flanders; Cashier,\\nEdward W. Harrington.\\nIn 1865 the hank was converted into a national\\nbank under the name of the City National Bank.\\nwhen Hon. Clinton W. Stanley was elected president\\nto succeed Mr. Flanders, resigned.\\nIn 1870, Daniel W. Lane was elected cashier, to\\nsucceed E. W. Harrington, deceased.\\nThe original capital was $100,000, which has\\nbeen increased to $1\\nJanuary, 1879, lion. James A. Weston was elected\\npresident, to succeed Hon. Clinton W. Stanley.\\nIn 1880 the name of the bank was changed to the\\nMerchants National Hank.\\nThe present board of directors are Hon. James A.\\nWeston, John C. French, Hon. Nathan P. Hunt,\\nBushrod W. Hill, lion. John M. Parker, Hon.\\nCharles H. Bartlett and William Rogers. Officers\\nPresident, Hon. James A. Weston Cashier. Daniel\\nW. Lane.\\nThe First National Bank was incorporated under\\nthe name of the Merrimack River Bank, July 14,\\nis;,:,, Ralph Metcalf being Governor of the State. The\\ncharter was granted for the term of twenty years from\\nJuly loth, and was accepted August 1st bj the fol-\\nlowing hoard ofgrantees: William Whittle, 1 William\\nG. Means, John B. Moore, 1 Peter P. Woodbury, 1\\nFrederick Smyth, William P. Newell, Timothy W.\\nLittle, 1 William Patten, 1 Isaac Tompkins, 1 Isaac W-\\nSmith, Frederick i. Stark, 1 John Ordway, 1 George\\nW. Converse, Josiah Eastman, William Shep-\\nherd, 1 D. J. Daniels. 1 C. W. Baldwin, 1 Jacob G.\\nCiller. 1 Alonzo Smith, 1 David Cross, Phinehas\\nAdams. 1 Francis II. Lyford, P.. F. Martin, William\\nRichardson, 1 Waterman Smith, Frank A. Brown, 1\\nAlpheus Nay, Jr., Joseph B. lark, John M. Parker,\\nHenry T. Mowatt, 1 George W. Bailey, William Per-\\nkins and their associates.\\nThe first meeting of the grantees took place at the\\noffice of Frederick Smyth, No. 1 Smyth s Block.\\nSuitable by-laws were adopted, the capital stock,\\none hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into\\nfifteen hundred shares, and the requisite machinery\\nlor the successful working of the new institution was\\nprovided.\\nThe first organization was as follows: Directors,\\nWilliam G. Means, William P. Newell, William\\nWhittle, Waterman Smith, John 11. Moore, B. F.\\nMartin, David Cross; President. William I. Means;\\nCashier, Frederick Smith Clerk, John D. [rving.\\nThe Hank of Commerce, in Boston, was selected as\\na place of deposit. The discount of notes was author-\\nized November 1, 1855, and the first loan was made\\nto the agent of the Manchester Mills. Bj November\\n7lh lie capital stock had all been subscribed and\\npaid in. In 1856 the board of directors was re-elected\\nand in November of that year William Whittle re-\\nsigned ami Phinehas Adams was chosen in his place,\\nand then was no further change until 1859, when\\nMr. Means resigned as president, and was succeeded\\nby B. F. Martin, who served one year, and was suc-\\neeeded by Waterman Smith, who c tinned until\\n|ss4, when he was succeeded by John Frederick\\nSmyth, the present incumbent. John Frederick\\nSmyth was cashier of the hank from its incorporation,\\nin is;,;,, tt, 1884, when he was succeeded by the pres-\\nsed cashier, Mr. Charles F. Morrill.\\ni Mi the22dof March, 1865, the stockholders voted\\nto reorganize, under United States laws, as the First\\nNational Hank of Manchester, and the old board of\\nOfficers continued until the annual meeting in the\\nfollowing January, when fchej ere re elected.\\nThe present officers and directors are as follows:\\nHon. Frederick Smyth, president; Hon. David\\nCross, vice-president; Charles F. Morrill, cashier;\\nJohn P. Goggin, clerk; Directors, David Cross,\\nJoseph B. Clark, Thomas Wheat, Frederick Smyth,\\nF. B. Eaton, Frank Dowst, Joseph F. Kennard.\\nThe clerks in employ, in the order of time in which\\nthey are named, are as follows:\\nJohn l Irving, now insurance commissioner,\\nToledo, \u00c2\u00bbhio; Samuel T. Foster, died in Was jton\\nD. C; H. A. Viarly, banker in Boston, Mass. George\\nGage, now hank commissioner for New Hampshire;\\nGeorge B. Lord, now at St. Louis, Mo.; W. R.\\nWalker, in savings-bank at Concord, N. II. Josiah\\nMorrill, died while in the employ of the hank; John\\nPorter, resigned on account of ill-health. The charter\\nwas obtained against the most strenuous opposition\\non the part of other resident hankers, and was re-\\ngarded as a personal triumph of Mr. Smyth. The\\nfact once accomplished, however, all opposition sub-\\nshied, and the business relations have ever been har-\\nmonious with his fellows. His fortunate investments\\nami always conservative management have gained for\\nthe hank an enviable reputation, second to none in\\nthe State.\\nIii in rick Smyth. The subject of this sketch was", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0153.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "68\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nboi n Man h 9, I 319, in iandia, Rockingham I lountj\\nHis ancestors, as far as we have any record, were thrifty\\nI m nucrs, and be was early inured to the toils of farm-\\nlife on the homestead, in the northwest pari of thai\\npicturesque town.\\nThe common school and the llinh Scl I gavi him\\nall they had to give; a single term at the Phillips\\nAcademy, in Andover, Mass., completed his brief\\nstudy of text-books, and hi eilueati.ui thenceforth\\ncontinued in the larger school of men and affairs. For\\na short time he was a partner in trade at Candia with\\nThomas Wheat, now a distinguished physician of\\nManchester. The field, however, was too limited to\\nsatisfy his ambition, and in 1839 he sought and found\\nemployment in the establishment of George Porter,\\nEsq., who did a large business in the sale of gi ni ral\\nmerchandise in Manchester. During the days of his\\nclerkship hi was librarian of a reading club, of which\\nSamuel D. Bell, John A. Burnham, John Porter and\\nothers wire members, when the Worth American\\nA cc/ev, tin- Simlhrrn Literary Mexxr/ii/fr, the Knirli r-\\nbocker Magazine, etc., were placed within his reach.\\nThis appears to have been the germ of the Manches-\\nter Athenaeum.\\nAfter about two years he entered int mpany with\\nJohn rorter, Esq.,and bought out his employer. This\\nwas the beginning of a brief but successful mercantile\\ncareer, which terminated with his election as city\\nclerk in 1849. While in trade he was very scrupu-\\nlous in regard to his financial obligations. In the\\npanic of 1X47 every firm doing business on the street\\nwent under, except two, anil one of those was thai\\nwith which Mr. Smyth was connected. Like others,\\nhe was compelled to trust out large quantities of\\ngoods, and was unable to command much capital. He\\nwent lo his Boston creditors, frankly told them his\\nsituation, said he did not want to fail, and so impressed\\nI hem with his evident sincerity of purpose that they\\npromised him all the goods and time he wanted. The\\nevent justified their confidence, and to-day no man\\nwho knows him needs to be told that his word is as\\ngood us his bond.\\nHe was elected city clerk by the usual party major-\\nity, and did his work so acceptably that he was re-\\nelected by a City Council two-thirds of whose mem-\\nbers were politically opposed to him. The American\\nand Messenger of thai date said: This is a com-\\npliment to Mr. Smyth, which has been well merited\\nb\\\\ lii- faithfulness and courtesy during the last year.\\nHis manifest efficiency in city affairs, and the thor-\\noughness with which lie mastered every detail, sug-\\ngested his fitness for mayor, ami he was accordingly\\nnominated and elected to that office in March, 1852.\\nHe was re-elected for two successive years thereafter,\\nand again at a time of peculiar importance in munic-\\nipal affairs, in 18l 4. A distinguishing mark of his\\nfirst year s administration will ever remain in the\\ntrees which adorn our parks and streets. He advo-\\ncated an act of the !ity Council, which passed in spile\\nof considerable opposition, authorizing trees to be -,-t\\non all the public streets, parks and lands, and ever}\\nyear since, with but feu exceptions, he has personally\\ninspected the trees, ami notified the proper authori-\\nties when any of them loaded replacing. With this\\nI work some, but not all, his successors in office,\\nhave sympathized. In duly ami October ol Mayoi\\nSmyth s first year the Whig partj lost its two great\\nleaders, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, and the\\nattention of the citizens was called t some fitting\\nexpression of feeling in both cases bj a brief message\\nfrom the ma\\\\ or. His first election was by Whig votes\\nover the opposition ol Democrats and Frec-Soilers\\nhissec 1 by Whig and Free-Soil votes, and an in-\\ncreased majority his third with very little opposition,\\nand his fourth with virtually none at all. During his\\nsecond year the Amoskeag Fall- bridge was rebuilt,\\nand parts of Goffstown and Bedford were annexed to\\nthe city. The most honorable monument, however,\\nwhich will stand lo bis name is tin pari he took in\\nthe foundation of a free public library. In the fust\\ninstance, the conception belongs to the late Hon.\\nSamuel I). Bell, but it is very doubtful if thai idea\\nwould ever have been realized without the activi and\\npersistent efforts of the mayor. The city government\\nof that day was composed of men mostly practical\\nin their ideas, with but little faith in the ralue or\\nnecessity of literary culture. Workingmen were op-\\nposed io all needless expenditures in city affairs, and\\nit required tact and wise handling to get a measure\\nwhich called for an annual expenditure of two thou-\\nsand dollars, with a certainty of future increase, framed\\ninto a law, and il was largely due lo the confidence\\nib had in their chief executive officer that they\\nsupported the measure. When Mayor Smyth was\\nabout retiring, as he supposed finally, at the end of his\\nthird year, the following resolution, offered by the\\nHon. S. II. Bell, March 7, 1854, was unanimously\\nvoted\\nResolved, That the thanks of the trustees of the\\nCity Library be presented to the Hon. Frederick Smy th\\nfor the early, decided and successful exert ion- made\\nby him, as chief magistrate of the city, for the estab-\\nlishment of a free public library.\\nIn 1855 he was appointed by I lovenior Metcalf and\\nlouncil chairman of commissioners to locate and build\\na House of Reformation for juvenile offenders, the\\nlate ex-Go\\\\ ernor Harvey, of the United States Circuit\\nJourt, ami the late Hon. Hosea I .a i on. being his asso-\\nciates. The signal success of this institution is well\\nknown to every intelligent citizen, but uian\\\\ have\\ndoubtless forgotten thi storm of partisan obloquy\\nthrough which il was piloted to popular favor. From\\nthe first Mr. Smyth thoroughly believed in it, and in\\nhis remarks at the dedication, in 1858, he said\\nThis institution to-day dedicated supplies a need\\nof the Stale, that incipient Clinic may not become\\ncontinued wickedness; that the jail and I he prisoi\\nnot forever harden and ti.\\\\ what thej were designed", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0154.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0157.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0158.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER\\n69\\nto prevent. The importance of this occasion can\\nhardly be over-estimated, if we look at the sad pro-\\nportion of young persons on the criminal list in our own\\nand other States. If we investigate the results of means\\nwhich it is now proposed to use, that society may be\\nsaved from the curse of (heir vicious lives, and them-\\nselves from the greater curse of mental and moral de-\\nstruction, we shall find that the cost in dollars and\\ncents dwindles in comparison into utter insignificance.\\nHe was able, also, to announce that the building\\nhad been completed within the amount appropriated,\\nthat no contractor had failed to perfoim his work, that\\nnot one cent of the amount had been expended except\\nthrough legitimate channels and for duly authorized\\npurposes. Governor Ilaile, in the course of his re-\\nply, complimented the commission upon the fidelity\\nwith which their work was done.\\nIn the years 1857-58, Mr. Smyth was a member of\\nthe House of Representatives in the State Legislature,\\nand was also made treasurer of the Reform School, in\\nthe good management of which he took great interest.\\nHis executive ability and reputation as a good finan-\\ncier caused him to he selected as the treasurer of the\\nNew Hampshire Agricultural Society, ami the ten\\nyears during which he held that place were years of\\nthe society s greatest usefulness. He was also a di-\\nrector in the United States Agricultural Society, and\\nmanager of the three great fairs held at Richmond,\\nChicago and St. Louis by the National Association,\\nand also vice-president of the American Pomological\\nSociety, which, under the leaded the venerable Mar-\\nshal P. Wilder, has done so much to improve Ameri-\\ncan fruits.\\nMeantime, men were not wanting wdio believed in\\nour mayor s fitness for the highest office in the State,\\nami in the convention which nominated Ichabod\\nGoodwin, in ls.lO, he -tood fourth on the li-t of candi-\\ndates. In I860 he was president of the State Repub-\\nlican Convention, and was soon after appointed by\\nSecretary base one of the agents to obtain subscrip-\\ntions to the national loan. In L861 he was appointed\\nas one of the agents on the part of the United States\\nto the International Exhibition at London, where\\nHer Majesty s commissioners made him a juror; by\\nthe jury he was made reporter, a position which gave\\nhim some advantages not easily obtained in knowl-\\nedge of the exhibition. He wrote some private letters\\nhome, and his impressions of matters and things\\nabroad were published in the New Hampshire\\nJournal of Agriculture, then under the editorial man-\\nagement of the writer of this sketch.\\nIt was war-time, as we all know, and he wrote: In\\nregard to American affairs, I do not think there is a\\nparticle of danger of any interference from England,\\nor has ever been most people sympathize with\\nAmericans and the North, when they understand the\\nissue. It was found on Mr. Smyth s arrival that only\\nthree of our commissioners were present, and nothing\\nhad been done to place our department in readiness.\\nPatriotic resident Americans contributed about three\\nthousand dollars, and work began in earnest. Very\\nmuch of the favorable exhil.it we made on that occa-\\nsion is fairly due to a few men who, with Mr. Smyth,\\ndid double duty. His position as juror enabled him\\nto do much toward securing a recognition of the merits\\nof goods exhibited by the Langdoii Mills, and bj the\\nManchester Print Works, both of which took a medal.\\nHe was also, by virtue of his place, admitted to many\\nsocial entertainments, one of the most interesting of\\nwhich was that given by Lord and Lady Salisbury, at\\nHatfields, where he met Gladstone and Disraeli, the\\ntwo foremost men of England.\\nIn company with C. L. Flint, Esq., secretary of the\\nMassachusetts Hoard of Agriculture, he visited France,\\nGermany, Switzerland and Italy, and managed to\\ncompass a great deal of sight-seeing into a brief space\\nof time. While at Pome, tidings from home were far\\nfrom assuring, and Mr. Smyth deemed it hi duty not\\nto prolong his tour. He landed at New York in Sep-\\ntember, when matters had already begun to take on\\na more favorable look for the Union. He was then\\ncashier and principal financial manager of the Merri-\\nmack River Bank, of which he is now president, and\\nalso of the Merrimack River Savings-Bank. His faith\\nin the government led him to invest largely in bonds\\nand to accept the charter for the bank of discount,\\nwhich thenceforth became the First National Bank of\\nManchester. At that time few monied men or banks\\nin town cared to follow his example, but the event\\njustified his sagacity. Mr. Smyth s course in finance\\nhas been strictly conservative he has never dabbled\\nin fancy stocks or in merely speculative matters for\\nhimself or for his bank, and the reputation thus ac-\\nquired enabled him, as will be seen, to lift the State\\nfrom a condition in which it was compelled to pay\\nexorbitant interest to one not inferior to that of any\\nin the Union.\\nIn May, 1863, a fair was held at Manchester in aid\\nof the Sanitary Commission. Mr. Smyth was chair-\\nman of the committee, and gave the use of his hall\\nand his zealous personal eflbrts to promote its success.\\nThe sum raised was about lour thousand dollars. In\\nthe years that followed he did his best to keep up the\\nspirit and courage of tin; people. With others, he\\nwent down to the battle-field of Gettysburg, and\\nlabored among wounded and dying soldiers, and. in\\nconsequence of exposure at the time, was confined to\\na sick-room all the ensuing fall. In May of the next\\nyear, however, lie again went to the front, and after\\nthe battle of the Wilderness rendered efficient aid as\\nbefore. He has since received many testimonials of\\ngratitude from men who owed, under God, their lives\\nto him on that occasion.\\nIn this year (1803) he was again elected mayor of\\nManchester, under what circumstances and to what\\nend. let another say. The Daily Mirror and Ameri-\\ncan, of November 2S, lSt.i4, in its leading editorial,\\nsaid,\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0159.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "W\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nA year ago this month the i rovemor and louncil\\nof New Hampshire wisely recommended the towns\\nand cities of this Stan- to cash the t rovernment bounty\\nof $302, payable in installments, and till up their\\nquotas. The advice was taken: It took between\\nthree and four millions ol dollars of ready monej to\\ncarry out the idea. It drained every bank, and made,\\nfor the time being, the best securities seem of no\\naccount in raising money. Manchester was in trou-\\nble; she needed more funds than could be had, and,\\nwith all her wealth, seemed like a beggar. In\\nthis eritieal condition of financial affairs the question\\nof mayor of this city came up. The field was can-\\nvassed .main and again, and each time the report\\nwould be Hon. Frederick Smyth is the man. but he\\nwon t take it. It was a necessity that the chief\\nexecutive of the city should have the confidence of\\nbusiness men and be familiar with financial matters.\\nFinally, the pressure was so great that some of our\\nleading citizens went to him ami convinced him that\\nit was his dutj t accept f the onerous i i 1 1 one\\nyear. He reluctantly assented, with a distinct under-\\nstanding that he should not again be called upon for\\nthat place. Some ten years ago he was three times\\nelected to till the office f mayor, each year with\\nincreased majorities, and time had shown that his\\nmunicipal record grew higher and brighter as new\\nopportunities to judge of its merits presented them-\\nselves, ami a year ago he was elected for a fourth term\\nwithout show of opposition, an event unprecedented\\nin our municipal history, or in that of any city in the\\nState. It was a wise choice. From the moment he\\ntook the mayor s chair harmony prevailed in every\\ndepartment of the city government. He is a peace-\\nmaker. He believes that a house divided against\\nitself cannot stand. and has the power of discerning\\nalmost intuitively the average sense of mankind, what\\nis generally called common sense, ami hence is a\\nnatural leader of the people.\\nSuch was the opinion and tin- reeling concerning\\nMayor Smyth at home, where he was best known.\\nBut this feeling, also, had obtained to a considerable ex-\\ntent throughout the State, ami his friends had for some\\ntime determined to present his name as a candidate\\nfor the highest office in their immediate gift. In the\\nRepublican Convention, therefore, of January, 1865,\\nhe received two-thirds of an informal ballot, which\\nwas then made unanimous by acclamation. He was\\nelected bj a majority of over six thousand, the largest\\nmajority given to any Governor for twenty-four years.\\nHe entered upon no easy task. The State was begin-\\nning to tee] severely the -tress of the time. Gradually a\\ngreat debt bad accumulated, regiment after regiment\\nhad been promptly equipped and sent into the held,\\nthe banks bad advanced money quite to the extent of\\ntheir courage, and nearly to that of their ability. In\\nthe open market we met the gold bonds ofthegovern-\\nment, free from raxes; the same trouble pulsed through\\nall the arteries of the body politic, and the [people of a\\nState always careful and conservative in all its-,\\nexpenditures beheld with something like dismay\\nthis mountain of obligation, swollen into millions. Ir\\nwas almost impossible to get money for current ex-\\npenses. A previous Legislature had authorized the\\nissue of three and one-half millions of six per cent.\\nState bonds, payable in currency only four hundred\\nami twenty-four thousand dollars bad been taken.\\nGovernor Smyth, in his brst message, recommended\\nthe issue of bonds better calculated to meet the exi-\\ngencies of the case, and that current expenses be pro-\\nvided for by taxation. As a matter of interest to-\\ncapitalists, he took care to set forth the resources of\\nthe State, its prudent habit in expenditures and the\\nhostility to repudiation in every form, which oui\\npeople bad inherited from a frugal, patriotic and God-\\nfearing ancestry. We must, he said, nowobservi\\nthe most rigid economy in expenditure, and bring\\nthe expenses to a peace basis as soon as possible. ur\\npeople are naturally economical, and hold sacred all\\npecuniary obligations. He compared, in a very\\neffective manner, the agricultural products of a State\\nwhich bad hitherto borne the reputation of producing\\nonly men with Those of some of the more fertile mem-\\nbers of the Union, to our decided advantage. He\\ncalled to mind the unrivaled water-power, with its-\\npresent and prospective improvement, and urged that\\nattention to the latent wealth of the Srate which due-\\nregard to our prosperity demanded.\\nBesides these matters which had to do with the imme-\\ndiate restoration of State credit, be took advanced Re-\\npublican ground in regard to our obligations to the\\nfreedmenand to the maintenance of the authority of the\\nnational government. He indicated in a i t-w words\\nthe fact that our indebtedness bad its full compensation.\\nFrom the outbreak of the Rebellion New Hamp-\\nshire has stood firmly by the flag; and knowing what\\nwe do to-day of the scope and aim of the great con-\\nspiracy and of the infamous means which brought\\nabout its inception and urged on its progress, can any\\none regret that the State was so far true to her hon-\\nored name and her noble memories as to offer without\\nstint of her name and means for the re-establishment\\nof national authority\\nIn the first three months of his administration be\\nraised over one million of dollars on favorable terms,\\na large amount of which was obtained in Manchester.\\nFrom that time forward the financial affairs of the\\nState received the most scrupulous attention. In the\\nhaste and waste of war unavoidable confusion at\\nX in accounts between the several States\\naud the general government, and it was not only then\\nimpossible to pay our debts, but equally so to get our\\n.hi.-. I rovernip] Smyth s large acquaintance with\\nmen gave him influence ar headquarters, and he suf-\\nfered no opportunity to pass to advocate the claims\\nof his State. As will appear from the following\\nextract from the Providence Journal, all States had\\nnot been so fortunate:", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0160.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n71\\nAt the close of the war he (Governor Smyth)\\nfound the suspended and disallowed accounts of thr\\nState against the general government of over one\\nmillion of dollars. These disallowanci s and suspen-\\nsions were mainly in the expenditures growing out of\\nearlier military operations previous to his accession\\nto office. Governor Smyth did not busy himself to\\nfix charges of petty larceny against one officer, or ol\\nwholesale robbery against others. He did not assume\\nthat every man who was charged with fitting out the\\nfirst regiment sent from the State had stolen all thai\\nhe could n t duplicate vouchers for on official paper.\\nOn the contrary, he urged upon the accounting offi-\\ncers at Washington the impetuous zeal with which\\nthe State had responded to the call of the govern-\\nment he represented the impossibility of complete\\nexactness in the accounts. Under such circumstance-\\nhe exerted himself to obtain vouchers where his\\npredecessor had omitted to secure them, and to ex-\\nplain their absence when they could not be procured.\\nIn this way he saved hundreds of thousands of\\ndollars to the treasury of the State, and put no stain\\non its fair fame.\\nAmong other things relating to the prosperity of\\nthe State, the Governor took up and advocated with\\nzeal the restoration of the fisheries. He quoted the\\nopinion of Agassiz and others, that our waters could\\nhe restocked at no great expense. In his second\\nannual message he was aide to state that tie Legisla\\ntare of Massachusetts had been induced to move in\\nthe matter. On our own part, it was provided by law\\nof June, 1865, that no dam or weir should be erected\\non the lonnecticuf or Merrimack Rivers, or upon the\\nPemigewasset. Atiiinonoo-ueAVinuipiseogeeorBaker s\\nRivers, without suitable fishways below the bounda-\\nries of the State. In the following October the Gov-\\nernor announced, by proclamation, that the law, by\\nits terms, was to he enforced. The attorneys of the\\nseveral corporations concerned, however, on one pre-\\ntext or another, managed to delay the consummation\\nof this useful act until a very recent period.\\nThis first year of Governor Smyth s administration\\nwas a busy one. Our soldiers were returning from\\nthe war; it was the Governor s pride to receive them\\nwith something of the enthusiasm and warmth which\\nhe felt was their due. He urged that State aid should\\nbe extended to sick or disabled soldiers, and on this\\nground protested a-ainst the removal of the Webster\\nHospital, then maintained by the general govern-\\nment, at Manchester. Something of this effective\\nservice in behalf of the volunteers, no doubt, pointed\\nhim out as one peculiarly fitted to serve on the hoard\\nof managers of the National Home for disabled vol-\\nunteer soldiers, the establishment of which, on so\\ngrand a scale, rendered State aid unnecessary. To\\nthis important place he was appointed by vote of\\nCongress in 1866. His associates were the President,\\nChief Justice and Secretary of War, ex-officio -Major-\\nGeneral B. F. Butler: Major-General John H. Mar-\\ntindale, Rochester, V Y.; Hon. Louis 1;. Guncl I\\nDayton, Ohio; General Thomas 0. Osborn, Chicago,\\n111.; Hon. Hugh L. Bond, Balti re, Md.; In Er:\\ntus 1 Wolcott, .Milwaukee, Wis.; .Major-General\\nJohn S. Cavender, St. Louis, Mo.; Major-General\\n.lames S. Negley, Pittsburgh, Pa. Governor Smyth\\nwas one ol the ice-p residents of the hoard. He was\\nreappointed in 1872 l i a second term of six years.\\nActing on his oftcn-expn ssnl idea that no man ought\\nto take an office of the kind unless he was willing to\\ndevote to the discharge of his duties all the time and\\neffort required, he ha-- been a very efficient manager,\\ntraveling many hundred miles annually on visits of\\ninspection at Dayton, Milwaukee, Hampton ami Au-\\ngusta, and to lie present at meetings of the hoard in\\nWashington, besides giving his personal attention to\\nthe admission of soldiers to the Eastern Branch, all\\nthis without other compensation than that win h\\narises from a consciousness of duly done.\\nGeneral B. F. Butler, in a letter written from Boston,\\nsa id, not long since: I know I shall echo the opinion\\nof all his associates when I say Governor Smyth was\\none of the most valuable members of the board. I lis\\naccurate business knowledge, the skill and ability\\ndisplayed by him in adjusting complicated accounts,\\ncaused the board to put upon him more by far than\\nhis share of such work.\\nGeneral Gunckel, of Dayton, Ohio, said: Every\\none who visits these Homes recognizes the peculiar\\nfitness of the selections made, especially for the Cen-\\ntral and Northwestern Branches; but few people even\\nin Ohio and Wisconsin knew how largely this result,\\nas well as the saving of thousands of dollars in the\\npurchase, was due to the taste and judgment, the\\nYankee tact and shrewdness, ol New Hampshire s ex-\\nGovernor. In the management and control of an\\ninstitution caring for eight hundred disabled soldiers,\\nand expending a million and a quarter annually,\\nthere wat especial need of just such a man as Governor\\nSmyth, and I do not exaggerate when I say that\\nthrough t he watchfulness and care, the courage and\\ndetermination, of Governor Smyth, thousands, yes,\\ntens of thousands, of dollars were saved to thr govt rn-\\nmenl and people.\\nAn extract from an address of Governor Smyth, at\\nthe Dayton Home, in 1868, shows somewhat of the\\nspirit he brought to the discharge of his duties. It\\nwas on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of the\\nVeteran Soldiers Chapel,\\nThis little church which we quarry from this\\nbeautiful stone, and begin to build here to-day. is a\\ntoken of allegiance, a signet of loyalty, both to the\\nrightful authorities of the land and to the Supreme\\nRuler over all. The best and truest citizen, the world\\nover, is he who first discharges his duty to hi- (od,\\nand under Him to the laws of the land.\\nA memorial like this holds out no threat and con-\\nveys no taunt to a vanquished foe; it says as it means,\\npeace to all who will have peace, but as a Bymbo]", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0161.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof the highest authority, it also proclaims a law to\\nI beyed. Liberty without law is worse than worth-\\nless, for it means the liberty of the mob and of riot,\\nand by it the weak are oppressed and the poor made\\npoorer yet. But I hope that this building\\n.also Hill convey to you the idea that the four cold\\nbare walls of an asylum is not all that the country\\nowes or will give to its defenders. She recognizes,\\nlet us all hope and believe, the hand of an all-wise\\nGod in every act of this great drama, while com-\\npelled to take the sword to preserve a liberty unsul-\\nlied by violence and law made with regard to the\\ni ery man. she oiler- to her citizens, e\\\\ ery-\\nwhere, a fireside safe from intruding wrong, and a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2wor hip and a Bible free to the humblest.\\nIn September, 1865, the Xew England Agricultu-\\nral S icietj held its annual session in Concord. Gov-\\nernor Smyth delivered the address, and among other\\ndistinguished gentlemen present upon the platform\\nwere the late Governors Andrew, of Massachusetts,\\nand Buckingham, of Connecticut. In his introductory\\nremarks, Governor Smyth said: 1 cannot claim to\\nteach you as a practical farmer, but I can claim to\\nhave made a constant endeavor, in my humble way,\\nto kei p alive agricultural enterprise and to stimulate\\nagricultural investigation. It has always been my\\nfirm conviction that the safety of the State and the\\nprosperity of the people require as a foundation an\\nintelligent knowledge of agriculture and while I\\nhave been obliged to admire the practical operations\\nof others, and to search in fields not of my own for\\nthe results of well-managed experiments, I have\\nlearned to respect the ureal art which feeds and\\nclothes us, and secures for us all the comfort and\\nbeauty of adorned and civilized life upon a subdued\\nand cultivated earth. The address, as a whole, was\\nreceived with very marked favor, and the-volume of\\nthe Society s Transactions in which it was pub-\\nlished met with a large sale.\\nIn some remarks following, Governor Andrew\\ntoi^k occasion to thank the speaker tor his eloquent\\nwords, and called tor cheers, first for His Excel-\\nlent, Governor Smyth, and next for Governor\\nSmith s address. During this ami the succeeding\\nyear he gave many brief talks at county and other\\nfair-, always evincing the liveliest interest in the\\nwelfare of the State. At Milford, in the course of his\\nremarks, he said: I know it is often said that Xew\\nHampshire is a good State to emigrate from, ami\\nperhaps it i- generally believed that our young\\nmen can better their fortunes by turning their backs\\nupon their mother State and seeking elsewhere for\\nlarger returns and richer rewards for their labors and\\nenterprise. For one, I do not share in this feeling.\\nI believe thai ours is no- only agood State to he born\\nin, hut a good State to live in, and to die in, and that\\none great concern of the fathers and mother- should\\nbe to awaken in the hearts of their sons and daugh-\\nters a feeling of attachment and affection for, and\\nof pride and interest in. the homes of their childhood\\nand the State of their fathers. In 1876 he deliv-\\nered the annual address at the Vermont State Fair,\\nin St. Albans.\\nAt the end of his first year his nomination for a\\nsecond term followed as a matter of course. A Con-\\nnecticut paper, in advocating the election of General\\nI law ley, said Xew Hampshire, in her State elec-\\ntion of the 13th iust., has nobly led the way in re-\\nelecting her patriotic chief magistrate by so hand-\\nsome a majority, considerably larger than was given\\nMr. Lincoln in 1SG4; and it also quoted, with marked\\napproval, that passage in his message beginning\\nThe question of negro suffrage is one of those de-\\nfenses behind which slavery will yet entrench itself,\\nand by which it will seek to regain some fragment\\nof lite power it has justly lost.\\nTin- second year of Governor Smyth s administra-\\ntration was in all respects as satisfactory as the\\nfirst. The State debt was funded at a lower rate of\\ninterest than was offered by the general government.\\nThe revision of the statutes, the reorganization of\\nthe militia, measures looking to the restoration of\\nfish to our waters, and the publication of ancient State\\npapers tire among some of the matters of general\\ninterest. I have before me an autograph letter from\\nthe late Rev. Dr. Bouton, thanking the Governor in\\nthe most complimentary manner for the interest he\\nhad manifested in the preservation of these important\\npapers.\\ni Ine very pleasant incident id the year was the\\nvisit of scholars aid teachers of the public schools\\nof Manchester, on the Governor s invitation, to the\\nState institutions at Concord. On twooccasions dur-\\ning In- occupancy of the i fovernor s chair he spoke at\\nthe dinner of the Xew England Society in Xew York,\\nin brief but effective efforts, which were received with\\nemphatic demonstrations of applause.\\nSo sir cessful was the administration that, contrary\\nto precedent, many of the most influential and re-\\nspectable journals of the State, among which were\\nili. National Eagle, the Concord Statesman, the Dover\\nEnquirer, the Portsmouth Journal and the Keene Senti-\\nnel, advocated his nomination for a third term. The\\nGovernor, however, declined to be considered a\\ncandidate, and his letter to that effect was published\\nin the Statesman in January, 1867. A brief extract\\nor two from some of the papers of the day will serve\\nto show the assumptions of this sketch, not unwar-\\nranted by public opinion\\nSaid the Boston Journal: Governor Smyth s ad-\\nministration has been highly successful, not only in a\\nfinancial point of view, which is demonstrated by\\nstatistics, but in all other respects. The fa\\nBulletin: He has been as vigorous and careful of\\nthe interests of the people, as if those concerns were\\npersonal to himself, and successfully sought so to\\nmanage the financial affairs of the State that its\\ncredit stands as well as any other commonwealth.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0162.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "[ANCHESTER.\\nThe Daily Monitor: To-day Governor Smyth resigns\\nhis trust with the proud consciousness of leaving\\nnothing uncertain or unsettled which diligence, busi-\\nnes tact and untiring zeal could close up and ar-\\nrange, nor has Governor Smyth s administration been\\nmerely a financial success he has neglected no single\\npublic interest; himself a practical example of all\\nthe virtues which constitute a good citizen, he has\\ninterested himself in every movement which looked\\nto the welfare of the community and the promotion\\nof industry, temperance and g I morals among the\\npeople.\\nIt is a signilicaiit tact that in a time of much party\\nfeeling the Governor was able to say, in his vale-\\ndictory Whatever may have been the difference of\\nopinion among us, there has been no factious opposi-\\ntion from any source to measures necessary for the\\npublic good, but I have uniformly received the\\nhearty co-operation of all parties in this difficult\\nwork. Only once during his two years administra-\\ntion did he consider it necessary to interpose his veto.\\nand the House sustained him, one hundred and thirty-\\ntwo to six. Another fact indicative of confidence in\\nili executive was the appropriation, on motion of a\\ndistinguished political opponent, of fifteen hundred\\ndollars to defray expenses incurred while on business\\nfor the State, and for which he had refused to take\\nanything from the contingent fund. The appropria-\\ntion was advocated by leading men of the opposition\\nami unanimously voted. It was also declared by one\\nof the journals that no hostile criticism had been\\nmade from any source upon the conduct of affairs.\\nIt was extensively quoted, and, as far as I am aware,\\nhas never been contradicted.\\nMr. Smyth now found it expedient to devote his\\ntime to the interest of the banking institutions of\\nwhich mention has been made, and to his personal\\nbusiness affairs.\\nIn 1876 he was an active member of the Constitu-\\ntional Convention, when several important amend-\\nments were made to the State constitution, including\\nthe removal of the Religious Test Act.\\nOne of his marked characteristics is an unwearied\\nindustry, and it seems to be the opinion that one who\\ndoes much can always find time to do more. Among\\ntin appointments he still holds are the following:\\npresident and director of the Concord Railroad,\\ntrustee and treasurer of the New Hampshire College\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, director and\\ntreasurer of the Manchester Horse Railroad, direc-\\ntor of the National Agricultural Society, vice-presi-\\ndent of the American Pomological Society, president\\nof the Northern Telegraph Company, president of\\nthe Franklin Street Congregational Society, trustee\\nand treasurer of the Northern Telegraph Company,\\npresident and manager of the First National Bank\\nof Manchester, trustee and treasurer of the Merrimack\\nRiver Savings-Bank. In 1866 the faculty of Dart-\\nmouth College i onferred upon him the d gree of A.B.\\nIn the spring of 1878 he was appointed by Presi-\\ndent Hayes one of the commissioners on the part of\\nthe United States for Now Eampshire to the Inter-\\nnational Exhibition at I aris. He left horn, accom-\\npanied by his wile, in April, ami reached Paris, after\\na lew days in London, early in May. On the 1 1th of\\nthat month they left I aris lor an extended tour,\\nvisiting the principal points of interest in I\\nHoly Land, Turkey ami i Ireece, returning, by way of\\nItaly, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Austria and\\nGermany, to l an- in September. Some interesting\\nextracts from private correspondence were published\\nin the Minor owl Fnnncr, in lime o I which the\\ncondition and work of the American Missions was\\nspoken of. He was much impressed with the value\\nofthiswork to the growing civilization of Eastern\\nnations, ami has frequently expressed bis opinio,, to\\nthat effect in various addresses since his return.\\nEx-Governor and Mrs. Smyth worn the recipients\\nof many attentions iron, ministers and consuls res-\\nident abroad, particularly at Constantinople and\\nAthens. At Paris they were among the lew invited\\nguests at the dinner of the Stanley Club to I r\\nGrant, and were also present at the reception given\\nby the American Legation to General and Madam\\nGrant. Witha trio of other ex-Governors, Haw-\\nb\\\\ Hoffman and Fenton, he was made an honorary\\nmember of the Stanley Club.\\nSoon after the return of Mr. and Mrs. Smyth from\\nthis foreign tour they visited Cuba and Mexico. The\\nMexican trip was exceptionally agreeable Iron, the\\nfact they were invited to join the party ol Hajoi\\nGeneral Ord, and so were made guests of the repub-\\nlic. A banquet was given their party at Vera I ruz\\nat which General Lrevino, son-in-law of General Ord,\\nami mam distinguished oliicials were present. The\\ntrip to the city of Mexico by rail was accompanied b)\\na guard of honor, and they had every facility for see-\\ning all that was most desirable in the ancient capital\\nof the Aztecs. Mrs. Smyth, particularly, was the re-\\ncipient of many attentions from the COUrl 1;\\nofficers.\\nAs souvenirs of this journey they brought home\\nquaint specimens of Mexican manufacture, onys\\ntables, feather-work, images of street occupations, etc.,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094to add to the interesting collection at the Willows.\\nIn December, 1882, ex-Governor and .Mrs. Smyth\\nsailed again for Europe in the royal mail steamship\\nSen ia. spent Christmas near London audi he New\\ndear s day in Paris. From Paris they journeyed\\nleisurely through Switzerland in a season memorable\\nfor destructive Hoods in the valley of the Rhone, and\\nwent by the Mt. Cenis Tunnel to Turin and Genoa.\\nI thi ace to Sh e, Marseilles, and by the lulf of\\nLyons across the Pyrenees to Barcelona, in Spain.\\nIn that country they spent si time, visiting Sara-\\ngossa, Madrid, Toledo. Cordova, Grenada, Malaga.\\nSeville and Gibraltar. From Gibraltar thi\\nover to Tangiers, on the African coast, and returning.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0163.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE\\ntook ship lor Malm ami Alexandria. This latter city\\nwas halt in ruins from the recent British bombard-\\nment. From Cairo they ascended the Nile to the\\nfirst cataract, passing through Lower, Middle and\\nUpper Egypt to Nubia, visiting on the way the old\\ntemples and tomhs of Denderah, Luxor, Karnac,\\nThebes, Assouan and other famous places. Tien\\nalter visiting the battle-field at Tel-el-keber, thej\\npassed through the Suez Canal and landed at Jaffa,\\nthe ancient Joppa. Alter visiting the principal points\\nin the Holy Land, Jerusalem, Jericho,\\nthe Jordan and theDead Sea, etc., they wenton, via\\nTyre and Sidon, to Beirut, Damascus and the\\nruins of Baalbec, Cyprus and Antioch. Fromthence\\nby steamer along the coast of Asia Minor, touching\\nat Troas, Smyrna, Ephesus and oilier places, they\\nreached Constantinople. After an interesting stay\\nof some day sthey crossed the 1 Slack Sea to Varna, and\\nwent through Bulgaria and Rotimania to Bucharest.\\nFrom thence, through Hungary, Austria, Bavaria and\\nGermany, returning to Paris.\\nDuring this trip, as on other occasions, thej re-\\nceived numerous attentions, and Governor Smyth\\nhad an interesting interview with the Khedive.\\nThey brought home many articles of value, curiosi-\\nties and special manufactures of the countries visited.\\nn this occasion, also, tin 1 rovernor madea successful\\nascent of the great pyramid and explored the labyrinth\\nwithin. This occurred on the last day of his sixty-\\nthird year.\\nIn February, after their return, Governor Smyth\\npresided at a very large meeting in Smyth s Hall\\nwhich was addressed bj Hon. John E. Redmond,\\nM. P. for Wexford. Ireland. He introduced the elo-\\nquent Home Ruler in a brief speech, saying thai In-\\nbelieved in Your purpose to raise up the lowly and\\noppressed and weaken the bonds of the oppressor,\\nand sharply arraigned England for her course in\\nIreland as well as in other Lands, as he had observed\\nit when abroad.\\nIn September of the same year Mr. Smyth tend-\\nered a reception to the Hon. James G. Blaine, the\\nRepublican candidate for the Presidency. A dinner\\nwas given at the Willows, on Thursday, September\\n4th, when Mr. Blaine met some of the most distin-\\nguished citizens of New Hampshire, and in the even-\\ning the house and spacious grounds were brilliantly\\nilluminated and thrown open to visitors. A fine mil-\\nitary hand occupied a position on the lawn, and il was\\nestimated that fullj ten thousand people passed into\\nsee the candidate.\\nAt this very time, and in the midst of all this joy\\nand popular acclaim, a shadow was settling over the\\ntwo lives which for forty years had been as one. The\\nbeautiful lady of the house, who that night and day\\nhad entertained Iter guests with all her old-time in-\\nterest and vivacity, was within a t t_-K days stricken\\nwith a fatal illness. To so large a degree had Mrs.\\nSmyth been identified with her husband s public\\ncareer and success that no sketch of the life of one\\nof the most eminent citizens of New Hampshire\\nwould be complete without mention of her.\\nI. mil- (Lane) Smyth was horn in Candia, July 22,\\n1822, and was the daughter of John Lane and Nabbj\\n(Emerson) Lane and the granddaughter of Colonel\\nNathaniel Emerson, who fought under Stark at\\nBennington. Her father was a man of prominence\\nin town. She was a near neighbor to her future\\nhusband, and was a bright and ready scholar in the\\nschools of the district ami in the town High School.\\nHer school-days were completed at a young ladies\\nseminary in Charlestown, Mas.-., and -he taught\\nschool for several terms thereafter in Candia. Chester\\nand Manchester with marked success. She was mar-\\nried December 11, 1*44. and brought to her vuw\\nposition some most admirable qualities. Her excel-\\nlent good sense, intelligent comprehension of public\\naffairs, vivacious manner, rare personal beauty and\\nentire freedom from tmy affectation of pride ua\\\\e In i\\nat once a popularity which, widened and extended\\nas her husband s success introduced her into other\\ncircles. Receptions given by Governor Smyth at\\nConcord, in which she was so conspicuously charm-\\ning, are still remembered as among the leading social\\nevents of the State, and she has entertained at her\\nhospitable board some of the most distinguished peo-\\nple in the United States, including Chief Justice\\nChase. Chief Justice Waite and his family. President\\nHayesand wile, the wife and daughter of General and\\nPresident Grant, Vice-Presidents Colfax and Ham-\\nlin, General Chamberlain, of Maine; Henry Ward\\nBeecher and wife, and ieneral Butler has been a fre-\\nquent guest. At home and at ease in the highest\\ncircles -be was nowhere more delightful and more\\nengaging than in the houses of her old neighbors, to\\nwhom -In/ was a perpetual joy. Industrious and\\npossessing great ability, she has accomplished much\\nduring her life-time that counts for truth and good-\\nness. Her ear was ever open to the call of distress,\\nand she was one of the most efficient workers in the\\nvarious benevolent organizations of our city and State.\\nThat the impression Mrs. Smyth made upon per-\\nsons of both sexes and of all stations in life was no\\npassing and ephemeral effect, is shown by the letters\\nof a memorial volume printed for private circulation\\nonly, but which contains most remarkable testimony\\nto her character ami worth. Governor Smyth fully\\nappreciated the worth of his helpful companion, and\\nfor nearly forty years their mutual devotion was a\\nnoble example of the beauty and sacredness of the\\nmarital relation. Her health had for the most part been\\nso good, and her manner was always so hopeful and\\ncheery that no immediate alarm was felt at hei Con-\\ndition. A i rw weeks, however, developed fatal\\nsymptoms, and in spite of all that the best medical\\nscience of the country and the care of skillful nurses\\ncould do, Mrs. Smyth died January 14. 1885. The\\nobsequies at the Franklin Street Church called out", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0164.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0165.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "y^caj /2un? y", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0166.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nan immense concourse of people eager to bring\\ntributes of affection and to l honor to the lovely\\ncharacter of the departed.\\nFur many years Mr. Smyth has had an extensive\\nacquaintance with the public nun of the time, li\\nwill be remembered that six months prior to Mr.\\nLincoln s nomination for the Presidency he intro-\\nduced him from the platform in Smyth s Hall as the\\nnext President, and with Mr. Lincoln, and iu after-\\ndays with his great war minister, Stanton, he was n\\nmost friendly terms.\\nHis conservative course in finance, his reputation\\nas a safe adviser and his general good judgment on\\npublic affairs has caused his counsel to be often\\nsought in high quarters.\\nA truth which forms a large part of every man s\\nexperience oughl never to lose its freshness. There\\nis no royal road to success. Ex-Governor Smyth has\\nhad the advantage of good health, a sound constitu-\\ntion and great power of endurance; but he is one of\\nthe must industrious men in the State, and the means\\nl.\\\\ which he has achieved his position are open to\\nevery young man of equal energy, sell-denial, high\\naim and conscious rectitude of purpose. Some of\\nthe results which he set himself to attain were beset\\nwith difficulties but he was not discouraged by op-\\nposition or disheartened by delay.\\nThe Second National Bank was chartered in L877.\\nThe tirst board of directors, which has u0 changed\\nsince, was as follows Aretas Blood, Josiah Carpenter,\\nFrank P. Carpenter, John Hoyt and N. S. Bean. Mr.\\nBlood was elected president and Josiah Carpenter\\ncashier, positions which they still occupy. The bank\\nhas a capital of one hundred thousand dollars.\\n\\\\i:i i Blood, son of Nathaniel and Roxellana\\nProctor) Blood, was born in Weathersfield, Vt., (ctober\\n8, 1816, When he was but three ears of age his parents\\nremoved to Windsor, Yt., where he remained until sev-\\nenteen years of age, improving the meagre advantages\\nafforded by the common schools of those days. He\\nwas then apprenticed to the trade of blacksmith,\\nwhich he worked at about two years and a half and\\nthen became a machinist. In 1840 he journeyed to\\nEvansville, lud., where he worked at his trade until\\nJune 17, 1841, when he started eastward in search of\\nemployment. He stopped at city after i ity, but each\\ntime was disappointed in his hopes. He traveled on,\\nhowever, still in quest of work, and it was not until\\nhe reached North Chelmsford, Mass., that he found\\nemployment for his ready and willing hands. After\\nmaining here a short time he subsequently went to\\nLowell as a machinist in the Lowell Machine-Shop.\\nHere he remained seven years and then went to Law-\\nrence, where he commenced the manufacture of ma-\\nchinists tools for the large machine-shop then in pro-\\ncess of erection at that place. Here tl haracter of\\nthe man asserted itself. His ability demanded greater\\nSCOpe, and s alter he assumed the management of\\nthe establishment there and began the manufacture,\\nby contract, of tools, turbine-wheels, locomotives,\\nstationary engines, etc. His untiring energy had at\\nlast found its reward. He was master of the business.\\nSeptember 7, 1853, he ca to Manchester and estab-\\nlished the Vulcan Works, under the name of Bailey,\\nBlood Co., for the manufacture of locomotives.\\nBusiness was first c neneed in Mechanics Row, but\\nin the spring of 1854 buildings were erected on the\\npresent location and in the same year the company\\nwas incorporated as the Manchester Locomotive-\\nWorks, witli Oliver W. Bailey as agent. He was\\nsucceeded in 1857 by Mr. Blood, who has since\\nresided in Manchester and has given Ids personal\\nsupervision to the business.\\nThe locomotive-works are located on Canal Street\\nand cover about six acres. The machine-shop is a\\nsubstantial building, parallel with Canal Street, two\\nstories in height, four hundred ami thirty feet in\\nlength and eighty-four in width. The wood-shop is\\nalso a two-story building, one hundred feet long and\\nforty feet wide; the blacksmith-shop is three hundred\\nand sixty-live feet long and fifty feet wide; the boiler-\\nshop, two hundred and five feet long and fifty-two\\nfeet wide.\\nThere is also a large brick building, two hundred\\nand thirty by thirty-six feet, for making brass cast-\\nings ami building steam lire-engines. In the spring\\nof 1872, Mr. Blood purchased the steam lire-engine\\nbusiness of the Amoskeag Company, good-will, pat-\\nents, etc., and now manufactures the Amoskeag\\nEngine, which is the old engine in name only, -as it\\nhas been entirely remodeled and is now one of the\\nmost complete, perfect and efficient engines manufac-\\ntured. There are now over six hundred and fifty of\\nthese engines in use. Here are also built all kinds of\\nhose-carriages, tire apparatus, etc.\\nMr. Blood has proved one id the most successful\\nlocomotive-builders in the country, twelve hundred\\nand twenty-three having been turned out at these\\nworks. A thorough machinist and a man capable id\\nhandling a large force of men and conducting large\\nbusiness operations, he has commanded success, and\\nthe Manchester Locomotive- Works are one of the repre-\\nsentative institutions of manufacturing NV\u00c2\u00ab England.\\nMr. Blood is also a director in the Ames Manufac\\ntilling lompany, of Ihicopee, .Mass. president of the\\nGlobe Nail Company, of Boston and treasurer of the\\nNashua Iron and Steel Company, which is doing the\\nlargest business of its kind iu New England. He was\\na director in the Merrimack River Bank from I860 till\\nits name was changed to First National Bank, in 1865,\\nand until 1868 a directur of the latter was a director\\nin the Manchester National Hank from 1874 till 1877,\\nand from 1X77 to present time has been president ol\\nI he Second National Bank.\\nSeptember 4, 1845, he united in marriage with\\nMiss L. K. Kendall, and their family consists of t\\nchildren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nora, wife of Frank 1 Carpenter, of this\\ncity, and Emma, who resides with her parents.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0169.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nPolitically, Mr. Blood is a Republican. His first\\nvote was cast for i reneral Harrison, but lie has been a\\nmember of the Republican party since its organiza-\\ntion, although never an active politician. He has\\nbeen twice elected alderman, and was chairman of the\\nelectors who cast New Hampshire s vote for Garfield\\nand Arthur.\\nThe Manchester Savings-Bank was chartered\\nJulys, 1846, and organized with Samuel I). Bell\\npresident and the following board of trustees: John\\nA. Burnham, Daniel Clark, Herman Foster, Nahum\\nBaldwin, George Porter, David Gillis, William P.\\nNewell, Hiram Brown. Nathan Parker was chosen\\ntreasurer and has held the office to the present time.\\nMr. Bell resigned in 1*47. and the succeeding presi-\\ndents have been as follows: Hiram Brown, William\\nP. Newell and Hon. Daniel Clark. The [.resent trus-\\ntees are as follows: Nathan Parker, Charles F. War-\\nren, B. F. .Martin, Charles Wells, W. M. Parker,\\nCharles I McDuffee and Stephen X. Bourne. Present\\namount of deposits, tour million live hundred thou-\\nsand dollar-.\\nThe Merrimack River Savings-Bank was incor-\\nporated June, 1858, under the name of the Manches-\\nter Five-Cent Savings Institution, and the charter\\nwas issued to the follow ingboard of grantees Phineas\\nAdams, Joseph B. Clark, John Ordway, Warren\\nPaige, 1 Waterman Smith, John L. Kelley, George\\nPorter, B. F. Martin, Daniel Clark, Harry Leeds,\\nFrank A. Brown, Samuel Upton, John I Chase. C\\nSackrider, 1 Daniel W. Fling, Brooks Shattuck, 1 David\\nGillis, John H. Goodale, William Crane, Henry T.\\nMowatt, 1 Stephen Palmer, Ezra Huntington, Calvin\\nBoyd, Josiah S. Shannon, John B. llarke, l a\\\\ id Iross,\\nJohn M. Parker. George Thompson, Frederick Smith,\\nCharles II Campbell, George W. Thayer, Charles C.\\nParker, F. B. Eaton, .lames M. Varnum, Thomas\\nHolbrook, 1 1!. V Batchelder, James S. Cheney, 1\\nIsrael Dow, Ebenezer Ferren, Isaac Kiddle, 1 M. O.\\nPears. .n. W. W Leighton, Thomas Wheal. F. W.\\nHarrington, 1 Varnum II. Hill, 1 Alonzo Smith. William\\nRichardson and their associates and successors.\\nIn 1865 the name was changed by act of Legisla-\\nture to that which it now hears. The first meeting\\nfor the adopti f by-laws, choice of officers, etc., ua-\\nheld July 14, 1858, and the following board of officers\\nchosen: President. Waterman Smith; Vice-Presi-\\ndents, F. W Han iiijimi i o.ii-e Porter; Treasurer\\nami Clerk, Frederick Smyth Trustees, B. F.Martin,\\nJoseph II. clark, Isaac W.Smith, William B. Web-\\nster, F. A. Brow N, leorge Thompson, Petei S. Brow a,\\nFrederick Smith, Josiah S. Shannon, John I.. Kelley,\\nJames M. Varnum, Alonzo Smith, Thomas Wheat,\\nWarren Paige, Albe C. Heath. F. S. Peabody, John\\nB. Clarke. Joseph A. Haines.\\nThe first deposit wasmade August 2, 1858.\\nThe business has been transacted in the rooms oc-\\ncupied by tin; First National Hank, and its details at-\\ntended I., by the clerks employed in that institution.\\nWaterman Smith remained president until 1884,\\nwhen he was succeeded I y Hon. Frederick Smith, the\\npresent incumbent. Hon. Frederick Smyth continued\\nas treasurer until 1884, when, upon assuming the presi-\\ndency of the bank, he was succeeded by C. F. Morrill.\\nThe present members of the corporation are as fol-\\nlows: Jos. B. Clark, Waterman Smith, Jno. L. Kelly,\\nGeorge Porter, B. F. Martin, Daniel Clark, Henry\\nFeeds, Samuel Upton, John 11. Clarke, Daniel W.\\nFling, David Gillis, John H. Goodale, William Irane,\\nStephen Palmer, Ezra Huntington, J. S. Shannon,\\nDavid toss. John M. Parker, George Thompson,\\nFrederick Smyth, F, I Eaton, James M. Varnum,\\nEbenezer Ferren M.O.Pearson, W.W. Leighton, Thos.\\nWheat, Joseph Kennard, Joseph L. Stephens, E. M.\\nToplilf. A. J. Lane. Charles Williams, John Porter,\\nC. F. .Morrill. T. L. Livermore, G. 1 Whitman, John\\nH. Andrews, A. W. Quint, John I Goggin.\\nPresident. Frederick Smyth: Vice-Presidents,\\nJoseph I Clark, F. I Eaton Treasurer and Clerk\\nC. F. Morrill.\\nThe amount of deposits, January 1, 1885, were\\n$1,882,825.38.\\nGuaranty Savings-Bank was incorporated in 1879,\\nwith the following incorporators: Nathan P. Hunt,\\nRobert M.Shirley, William P. Fatten. II. K. Slay-\\nton, Alonzo Elliott, James A.Weston, Jess,. Gault,\\nJ. W. Hihlreth, Horace Pettee, George W. Weeks,\\nJunes f Briggs, George A. Bailey, John C. Ray,\\nPatrick A. Divine and Hums H. Pike. The first offi-\\ncers were as follows: President, John M.Parker;\\nTreasurer and Clerk, James A. Weston. The present\\namount of deposit is six hundred and twenty-five\\nthousand dollars. The first board of trustees wvie\\nlames A. Weston, Alonzo Elliott, Nathan P. Hunt,\\nJohn P. Moore. David A. Parker, Patrick A. Deviiie.\\nHiram K. Slayton, John Kennard, BushrodW. Hill.\\nPresent board of trustees are John M. Parker,\\nAlonzo Elliott, Nathan 1 Hunt. John I Moore,\\nDavid Darker. John Kennard, Hiram K. Slayton,\\nBushrod W. Hill. James A. Weston.\\nThe Mechanics Savings-Bank was organized in\\n]s77. with the following trustees: Arctas Blood,\\nJosiah Carpenter, Frank P. Carpenter, N. S. Bean\\nand George Dodge. Mr. Blood was the first presi-\\ndent, and was succeeded by Henry E. Burnham on\\nOctober 1. 1880. Mr. Josiah Carpenter has been\\ntreasurer from the beginning.\\nThere are aU.. t\u00c2\u00bb.. saving-banks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -the People s\\nand the Amoskeag located in the Amoskeag Bank\\nbuilding.\\nThe Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, one of\\nthe largest corporations in New Fnglan.\\nrated under its present name in 1831.\\ning, however, had been carried on at this point with\\nindifferent success since 1809. In that ear Benja-\\nmin Pritchard, who had built the first cotton-mill in\\nwas mcorpo-\\nManufactur-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0170.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "MANCIIFSTKIt.\\n77\\nNew Hampshire, in New Ipswich, in 1803, came to\\nAmoskeag Falls, and, in company with Ephraim,\\nDavid and Robert Stevens, built a small mill at\\nAmoskeag village. In the following year these en-\\nterprising men organized a stock company under the\\nname of the Amoskeag Cotton and Wool-Factory.\\nThe first move in this direction was as follows\\nWe, the Subscribers, Owners proprietors of a large Tract of Land\\nin Goffstown, in the county of Hillsborough, Joining on Amoskeag falls,\\nin the Merrimack liver, with the water privilege Sufficient f,.r carrying\\non the Manufacturing of cotton wool at all Seas.ms of the year, an.l\\nhaving began the works by cutting a Canal for Carrying the water,\\nerecting Buildings Convenient fur Said factory, preparing a consider-\\nable part of the Machinery, have agreed to form a Company for improv-\\ning Said privilege, by dividing the Same into one hundred Shares, by\\nreceiving from Said Company a fair price for the privilege, and the La-\\nbour Expended, which, if not agreed upon by Said Sui\\nCompany, to be apprised by men appointed by Said parties, and a Good\\nTitle by the Subscribers.\\nSigned by\\nKi iiuAiM Stevens,\\nBl V IN. I HICHARD,\\nKobekt Davip Steve\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Gutfstown, .laliuari 1Mb, 1\\nTo this paper was attached a caption of a subscrip-\\ntion and signatures as follows\\nWe, the Subscribers, Agree to take the Several shares in the above\\nmentioned privilege factory annexed to our names, respectively, agree-\\nable to the above proposals.\\nShar.-s\\nBenj n Prichard, Goffstown\\nJames Parker, Bedford\\nWilliam Parker, Bedford\\nJotham Gillis, Gofistown\\nWilliam Parker, Jr., Bedford\\nWilliam Walker, Goff6town\\nEphraim Harvill, Bedford\\nSamuel P. Kidder, Goffstown\\nBobt. McGregore, Goffstown\\nJoseph Richards, Goffstown\\nSeth Bartlett, Goffstown\\nEphraim Stevens, Goffstown\\nDavid L. Morrill. Goffstown\\nIsaac Hardy, Goffstown\\nHoses Hall, Gutfstown\\nBenjamin AUcock, Bedford\\nAlenson Prichard, Goffstown\\nElnathan Whitney, Goffstown\\nDavid Sargent, Goffstown\\nJohn G. Moor, Manchester\\nThe following notice was then issued:\\nNotice is hereby given that a meeting of the proprietors of the\\nAmoskeag Cotton ,v wool Factory will be holden at Col. Robert Mc-\\n\\\\v,,li,, -,l;i\\\\. tin- a lo of January instant, at one of the\\nclock. P M f i tb purpose f taking into consideration the regulation\\n,f I v. i.|..i.i ..if shares not sold. All persons who wish to\\nbecome proprietors are requested to attend, when and where they may\\nBenj n Prichaiii\\nGoffstown, Jannarj II\\nJanuary 31, 1810, the company organized with\\nJoseph Richards, of Goffstown, as president, and\\nJotham Gillis, of Goffstown, as clerk.\\nMarch 2. 1810, Messrs. Ephraim and Robert Ste-\\nvens executed a bond to this company, agreeing to\\nkeep their dam in repair, and to furnish the Wool\\nand Cotton Manufactory a certain quantity of water\\nat all seasons of the year.\\nThe first mill was put in operation in 1810, but it\\nwas without pickers or looms. The cotton was picked\\nand the yarn woven in the neighborhood. It is said\\nthat a smart weaver might earn thirty-six cent- per\\nday! This company was not successful, and after\\n1815 little was done until lsi when the majority of\\nthe stork was purchased by Dr. Oliver Dean, Lyman\\nTiffany and Willard Sayles. Dr. Dean was made\\nagenl and from this time forward manufacturing tit\\nthis point has been a continued suci\\nJuly, 1831, the presenl company was incorporated,\\nit having up to this time been a private enterprise.\\nJuly 13th, the act was accepted, which allowed a capital\\nof one million dollars, and on the following daj the\\nfirst officers of the new corporation were chosen:\\nLyman Tiffany, president Lyman Tiffany, Ira Gray\\nand Willard Sayles, directors Ira Gray, clerk (liver\\nDean, agent and treasuna-. With Larned Pitcher,\\nthese were the five men who accepted the charter on\\nthe evening of July 13, 1831.\\nThe property of the old firm (says Mr. Clarke, in\\nhis excellent History of Manchester was ex-\\nchanged for stock in the new company, and the bitter\\nacquired by purchase a title to land on both sides of\\nthe river, mostly, however, on the east side, where\\nengineers had decided were the best sites for mills\\nand the best tracks for canals. In 1835 tin- new\\norganization bought the property and interest of the\\nP.ow Canal Company, tin- Isle of Hooksett Canal\\nCompany, the Amoskeag Locks ami Canal Company\\nand the Union Locks and anal, all of which, as their\\nnames imply, had built canals at different points on\\nthe river. The Hooksett Manufacturing Company\\nwas merged with the Amoskeag in 1836 and the Con-\\ncord Manufacturing Company shared the same fate\\nthe next year. The Amoskeag Company thus had\\nobtained a full title to all the water-power on the\\nriver from Manchester to Concord and all the land\\nin Manchester on the Merrimack available for mill-\\nsites. It was also in possession of large tracts of land\\nadjacent to the river and extending for some distance\\nfrom it-\\nHaving thus cleared the way, they Boon began\\noperations in earnest. In 1836 the wooden dam\\nwhich had hitherto checked the river s flow at A\\nkeag Falls was thoroughly repaired in order to answer\\nthe purposes of a colter-dam, and the next year was\\nbegun the construction of a wing-dam of stone, with\\nguard-locks on the east side, which was completed in\\n1840. At the same time the farther from the river of\\nthe two present canals was built by Lobdell Rus-\\nsell. In 1838 a contract was made with Russell, Ban\\nCo., (of which linn Isaac C. Flanders, after-\\nwards president of the City Dank, now Merchants*\\nBank, wasamember), to construct the lower canal,\\nand the contract was fulfilled. The first building put\\nupon the east side of the river was what was then\\nthe Stark Mills counting-room, at the foot of Stark\\nStreet, part of which was temporarily used for a\\ncounting-room by the land and water-power depart-\\nment of the Amoskeag Company. The next was the", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0171.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "78\\nHlSiOlU OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\none designated as No. 1, Stark Block, where the\\nagents and clerks of the mills boarded with S. S.\\nMoulton till November, 1*39, when the Manchester\\nHouse ;is finished. The first mills built on the easl\\nside were what wen- then No. 1 and No. 2 Mills of\\nthe Stark corporation, which were erected for that\\ncompany in 1838 and L839.\\nAt that time a number of men who have since been\\nwell known in Manchester were in the pay of the\\nAmoskeag Company. Hiram Brown, afterwards mayor\\nof the city, was employed to oversee the stone-work\\nPhinehas Stevens, was its millwright ami wheelwright;\\nJohn D. Kimball was an overseer of carpenter-work\\nT. J. Carter was the resident engineer; Henry S.\\nWhitney was an overseer of general out-d work;\\nAVarren Paige had charge of the lumber-yard Nahum\\nBaldwin, Daniel L. Stevens and Charles Hutchinson,\\nwere employed in the planing-mill George F. Jud-\\nkins managed the saw-mill, and Samuel Boice was\\nemployed in it Samuel B. Kidder had charge of the\\nlocks and canals; Andrew Bunton and Levi Sargent\\nwcic contractors for --tone John H.Maynard was the\\nhead carpenter Jonathan T. P. Hunt and Joseph E.\\nBennett were employed as masons in the building\\nof the mills.\\nThe company laid out the site of a town with a\\nmain street running north and south, parallel with\\nthe river, with other streets running parallel with this\\nand across it, reserving land for public squares, and\\nin 1838, having divided part of its lands into lots\\nsuitable for stores and dwellings, sold it, bringing\\ninto the market by this and subsequent sales a large\\npart of the land on which the city of to-day stands-\\nIn 1838 they sold a site and privileges for mills to a\\nnew company which had been incorporated as the\\nStark Mills, and built for them, in this and subse-\\nquent years, the factories they now occupy. After\\nthe burning of their old mills at Amoskeag they\\nfinished, in 1841, two new ones just below the Stark\\nMills for their own use, and added to them in subse-\\nquent years as their needs required. In 1845 thej\\nsold land ami built mills and a priutery for anew\\ncorporation which had been organized as the Man-\\nchester Mills. To meet a demand for machinery for\\ntheir own mills and those they erected for others, they\\nbuilt in 1840 a machine-shop, in 1842 a foundry, and\\nin 1848 replaced both these by new and larger ones,\\nbeginning at that time the manufacture of locomo-\\ntives, building new shops for mechanical purposes\\nwhen needed. In 1 S.V.I was begun the manufacture of\\nthe famous Amoskeag steam fire-engines. Some time\\nafter they had finished mills for the larger corpora-\\ntions already mentioned they built, for the convenience\\nof individual enterprises, a building known as Me-\\nchanics Row, at the northern end of the canals, ami\\nalso sold land and erected shops for small corpora-\\ntions which were subsequently organized. They\\ncarried out meanwhile their original idea of the city,\\nbuilding boarding-houses and tenements lor their own\\noperatives and those of the other corporations, gh ing\\naway land for churches and public buildings, selling it\\nto manufacturers and business men, and continuing a\\nliberal policy to the present time.\\nThe first directors of the company were Lyman\\nTiffany, Ira Gay and Willard Sayles, elected in 1831.\\nThe following is a list of officers from 1831 to 1885:\\n1831: Lyman Tiffany (president), [ra Gay, Willard Sayl\\nIra Gay, clerk Oliver Dean, treasurer and agent. 1833 George Dan-\\niel!*, clerk. 1831: Harvey Hartshorn, treasurer and agent Lyman Tif-\\nlan.v, Oliver Dean, Willard Sayles, directors. 1836: P. T. Jackson, Ly-\\nman Tiffany, William Appleton, George Bond, Samuel Krothingham,\\nDaniel D. Broadhead, George Howe, Oliver Dean, directors; Francis\\nLowell, treasurer Hiram A. Daniels, clerk. 1837: Hubert Head,\\ni lerk William Amory, t surer Oliver Dean, Willard Sayles, George\\nH l C. Lowell, Si tel Frothingham, John A. Lowell, Sam-\\nuel Hubbard, Daniel D. Broadhead, William Appleton, directors. 1838\\nFrancis 0. Lowell, president H llian G ffeans, clerk G geW.Ly-\\nuian, Nathan Appl.-loii .,mi .l.mi.- K M.l!- -m led Samuel Krothing-\\nham, John A. Lowell ami Daniel D. Broadhead as directors 1840:\\nDavid Sears succeeded Samuel Hubbard as director. 1842: Joseph\\nTiMcn succeeded Irami- i I,, .well as resident ami director. 1847:\\nWilliam Amory succeeded Willard Sayles as director. 1851: Robert\\nhead succeeded William Amory a? director. Is i .ardiier Brewer suc-\\nrrded .loop], TlMrM .1 i I VCt 111 Oliver Deall Succeeded JoSepll TiMen\\nas president 1 Straw succeeded William G. Means as clerk. 1856:\\n.l.ma. T. P. Hunt succeeded Robert Head as director. 1857 David Sears\\nresigned as director. 1801 Oliver Dean, George Howe, George W. Ly-\\nman, William Appleton, Gardner Brewer, dona. T. P. Hunt, directors.\\n18132: William Appleton, deceased. 18 Daniel Clark succeeded Jona.\\nT. P. Hunt as director. 1866: T. Jefferson Coolidge and Thorn as ig-\\nelesmith were added to the directors. 1871 Oliver Dean and George W\\nLyman having declined re-election, and George Howe having ceased\\nto be a stockholder, William Amory, John L. Gardner and William P.\\nMason succeeded them as directors: Gardner Brewer succeeded Oliver\\nDean as president. 1874 Charles Amory succeeded Gardner Brewer,\\neased a director; Daniel Clark sue led Gardner Brewer, deceased,\\nas president. 187. William W. Bremer succeeded Charles Amory as\\ndirect,,]. 10; 1 Jefferson i oolidge sue, ceded W illiaiu Amory as treas-\\nurer William Amory succeeded Daniel i lark as president. 1877 John\\nL. Bremer succeeded William M. Bremer as director George Dexter and\\nI A Straw were added to the directors. 1879: Thomas L. Livermore\\nsucceeded E. A. Straw as clerk and agent. 1880: I banning Clapp\\nsucceeded T. Jefferson oolidge as treasurer banning clapp succeeded\\nK A. Straw as director. 1885: Herman F. Straw succeeded Col. Liver-\\nmore a- i lerk and agent.\\nThe company once owned fifteen hundred acres of\\nland on the cast side of the river. They own land on\\nthe west side also.\\nThe present dam at Amoskeag Falls was built in\\n1871 by the company, after Mr. Straw s plans and\\nunder his personal supervision. Its predecessor had\\nlasted thirty-four years, had become leaky and unsafe,\\nwas built low and in the wrong place. The old one\\nran straight across, but the one which took its place\\ncurved around so as to give a wider entrance from the\\nriver, was built two feet higher and farther down the\\nstream. It is in two parts, the main dam, from the\\nwest side to the bridge, being four hundred and twenty\\nfeet long, and the canal wing, from the bridge to the\\ngate-house, being two hundred and thirty feet long,\\nmaking a total length of six hundred and fifty feet.\\nIt is eight led wide at the top. a verages twelve feet in\\nheight, ami cost, all things included, about sixty thou-\\nsand dollars. The upper canal extends from the basin\\nat the dam to the weir at the foot of Central Street,\\nwhere it empties into the lower, and is five thousand", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0172.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nlour hundred and eighty feet long. The lower begins\\nat about the same place, and extends to the weir below\\nthe Namaske Mills, where it empties into the river.\\nIt is six thousand nine hundred feet long, and runs\\na part of the way over the track of the old Blodget\\nCanal. Till 1855 the canal was connected with the\\nMerrimack, near the old Met rregor bridge, by a set of\\nlocks, the company having been under obligation to\\nkeep the canal open to the public as when it was\\nowned by the Amoskeag Locks and Canal Company;\\nbin the Legislature of 1855 gave permission to discon-\\ntinue the kicks. The openings of the canals at the\\nguard-gates are five hundred and ten feet square. The\\ncanals width at their head is seventy-three feet, and\\nat the weirs fifty feet, with an average depth of ten\\nfeet. The fall from the upper to the lower canal is\\ntwenty feet, and from the lower canal to the river\\nthirty-four feet.\\nNo. 1 and No. 2 Mills are northernmost, and are\\nexact duplicates of each other. They were the first\\nmills upon the Amoskeag corporation, were built sepa-\\nrately, one hundred and fifty-seven feet long by forty-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2eight wide, and six stories high, in 1841. but in 1859\\nand 1860 were united by what is called No. 6 Mill,\\neighty-eight feet long by sixty wide.\\nNo. 3 Mill, directly to the south of this triple com-\\nbination, was built in 1834, and thoroughly rebuilt in\\n1870. It is five stories in height and four hundred\\nand forty feet long, while its width varies from sixty-\\nfive to seventy-two feet. At its south end is a three-\\nstory picker-house, one hundred and thirty-five feet\\nlong by sixty wide.\\nAt the upper end of the mills, on the lower level,\\nis a low building, four hundred and seventy-two feet\\nlong and thirty wide, used as a bag-mill, which has\\nforty bag-looms.\\nNo. 4 Mill was built in 1846 and enlarged in 1872.\\nThe original building was seven stories high, two\\nhundred and sixty feet in length by sixty in width.\\nIn the fall of 1872 an extension was built in the rear,\\none hundred feet long and sixty feet wide. In the\\nrear, also, are two picker-houses, three stories high,\\nfifty-six feet in length by thirty-seven in width.\\nNo. 5 Mill is just north of the one last mentioned.\\nIt is two hundred and fifty-eight feet Long by sixty\\nwide, and has a picker-house, sixty-two feet in length\\nby forty-four in width, in the rear.\\nThe building at the north of No. 5 Mill, occupied\\nas a dye-house and gingham-mill, consists of a centre-\\npiece and two wings. The south wing is the dye-\\nhouse, and is two hundred and three feet long, sixty-\\nseven feet wide ami three stories high. The middle\\npart is one hundred and twenty feet long, sixty-seven\\nfeet wide, three stories high and is occupied by dress-\\ning-machinery for ginghams. The north wing is of\\nthe same length and breadth as the dye-house, but\\nfour stories high.\\nA mill was built in 1874, just at the north of these\\nbuildings and parallel with them. It is two hundred\\nand sixtj feet long, sixty-eight feet wide and lour\\nstories high.\\nThe bleachery and nipping-house, for bleaching\\nand napping flannels, are in a small building, one\\nhundred and ten feet in length and thirty-six in width,\\nin the rear of the old gingham-mill and near the river.\\nIn 1874 the company erected the mill of the Anion\\nManufacturing Company. In 1880 they builtalargedye-\\nhouse, two hundred and eighty by fifty feet, two stories,\\nand in 1881 a new mill with forty-four thous\\ndies. In 1880 the old machine-shop which originally\\nstood on the bank of the river was taken down and the\\nnew machine-shop erected, one hundred and niin is by\\nfifty feet, three stories high. The machine-shops up\\nto 1X72 manufactured the celebrated Amoskeag fire-\\nengine. In that year this business was sold to the\\nManchester Locomotive- Works. There are also seven\\ncotton-houses, one hundred by seventy feel, three\\nStories high. The mills are driven by seventeen tur-\\nbine wheels, six and eight feet in diameter, which are\\nsufficient to run all machinery in ordinary stages of\\nwater, In addition to this power, there is also\\none pair of engines of eight hundred horse-power\\nin No. 3 Mill; one pair of two thousand horse-\\npower for driving machinery in Mills Nos. 4, 5, 7 and\\n8; also an engine of two hundred and fifty horse\\npower to drive the machine-shop. There are forty-\\neight boilers, one-half for high pressure, to be used\\nwhen engines are run and exhaust steam is used for\\nheating and drying. These engines are only run in\\nlow water. The other twenty-four boilers, of an old\\ntype, are only used when the engines are not run, be-\\ncause suited to lower pressure. These boilers have\\nall been placed in a great boiler-house, about two\\nhundred and fifty by fifty feet, on the west side of\\nthe river, next to the coal shed, which is a new one\\nbuilt of brick, with a capacity for twenty thousand\\ntons, having three railroad tracks from which the coal\\nis uuloaded. On this side of the river also a chimney\\nhas been erected two hundred and fifty feet high.\\nThe steam is carried across the river in a pipe twenty\\ninches in diameter and two thousand five hundred\\nfeet long, which crosses the river on two bridges, dis-\\ntributing steam to the whole establishment. The\\nmills are lighted by electricity, the first light (Weston\\nBrush,) having been put in February, 1880. The\\ncorporation runs ten mills, including Naniask .Mill, and\\neight hundred tenements. This immense establish-\\nment has six thousand looms, uses forty thousand\\nbales of cotton and twenty thousand tons of coal per\\nyear, and manufactures annually sixty million yards\\nconsisting of ticking, denims, stripes, ginghams, cot-\\nton Maine Is and che\\\\ lot-. Employs five thousand per-\\nsons, with a monthly pay-roll of one hundred and\\nsixty thousand dollars,\\nfhe present officers are as follows:\\nWilliam Amorv, Daniel Clark, T. Jefferson Coo-\\nlidge, Thomas Wigglesworth, George A. Gardner,\\nWilliam 1 Mason, John L. Bremer, banning Clapp,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0173.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGeorge Dexter, directors; William Amory, president\\nT.Jefferson Coolidge, treasurer Herman F. Straw,\\nclerk and agent.\\nEzekiel Albert Straw was born in Salisbury, De-\\ncember 30, 1819, making bis age at the time of his\\ndeath sixty-three years. He was the eldest son oi\\nJames B. and Mebitable (1 isk) Straw, and one of a\\nfamily of seven children (five suns and two daughters).\\nand of whom three survive. Miranda (wife of Benja-\\nmin F. Manning), Abigail and Janus B. Straw. Esq.,\\nall residents of Manchester. His father, after a few\\nyears residence in this State, removed to Lowell,\\n.Mass., where he entered into the service of the Apple-\\nton Manufacturing Company. Mr, Straw acquired\\nhis education in the schools of Lowell, and in the\\nEnglish Department of Phillips Andover Academy,\\nwhere be gave especial attention to practical mathe-\\nmatics. Upon leaving this institution, he was, in the\\nspring of 1838, employed a- assistant civil engineer\\nupon the Nashua and Lowell Railway, then in pro-\\ncess of construction. In July, 1838, he was sent for\\nby Mr. Boyden, the consulting engineer id the Amos-\\nkeag Manufacturing Company, to take the place of\\nT. J. Carter, the regular engineer, who was absent\\nfrom work on account of illness. He came to the\\ncity of Manchester July 4, 1838, expecting to remain\\nhut a few days, and has ever since made it his home.\\nThis was before a mill had been built upon the\\neastern side of the river among his first duties\\nwere the laying out of the lots and streets in what is\\nnow the compact part of the city, and assisting in the\\nconstruction of the dams and canals. In November,\\n1844, he was sent by the Amoskeag Company to Eng-\\nland and Scotland to obtain information and machi-\\nnery necessary fir making and printing muslin de-\\nlaines, and the success of the Manchester Print-\\nWorks, which first introduced this manufacture into\\nthe United States, was due to the knowledge and\\nskill he then acquired. He continued in the employ\\nof the Amoskeag Company as civil engineer until\\nJuly, 1851, when he was appointed agent of the land\\nand water-power department of the company, the\\nmills and machine-shops then being managed 3epa\\nrately, under different agents. In July, 1856, the first\\ntwo were united and put in charge of Mr. Straw, ami\\nin July, 1858, all three were combined under one\\nmanagement, and Mr. Straw assumed the entire cen-\\ntred of the company s operations in Manchester.\\nMr. Straw was prominent in the early history of\\nthe town s prosperity. He was a member of the com-\\nmittee to provide plans and specifications for the re-\\nbuilding of the town-house in 1844. and one of the\\nlirst committee appointed to devise plans for the in-\\ntroduction of water into the town. He was connected\\nwith all the subsequent plans for the same purpose,\\nand when the board of water commissioners, who\\nhad charge of the construction of the present water-\\nappointed in 1871. he was made its presi-\\ndent, ami held tl ffice until within a tew year.-. He\\nwas chosen, in 1854, a member of the first board of\\ntrustees of the public library, and held the office for\\ntwenty-five years. In 1846, Mr. Straw was elected\\nassistant engineer of the Fire Department, and was\\nre-elected several times afterwards. In 1859 he\\nserved as Representative in the State Legislature, and\\ncted in I860, 1861, L862, 1863, and during\\nthe last three years was chairman of the committee\\non finance. In 1864 he was elected to the State\\nSenate and was re-elected in 1865, being chosen its\\npresident in the latter year. He was also chosen, mi\\nthe part of the Senate, one of the commissioners to\\nsuperintend the rebuilding of the State-House. In\\n1869 be was appointed by Governor Stearns a mem-\\nber of his stall In 187l he was elected by the Re-\\npublicans of New Hampshire Governor of the State,\\nand was re-elected the succeeding year. In 1870 he\\nwas appointed by President Grant the member from\\nNew Hampshire of the commission to arrange for the\\ncentennial celebration of the independence of the\\nUnited States at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1876.\\nFrom the organization of the Namaske Mills, in\\n185(3, till the dissolution, Mr. Straw was the treasurer\\nand principal owner, and after 1864 until near the\\nend of bis business career the sole proprietor. In\\n1874 he was chosen a director of the Laugdon Mills,\\nlie was the president and one of the directors of the\\nKlodget I lge-Tool Manufacturing Company from its\\norganization, in 1855, till its dissolution, in 1862, and\\nduring the existence of the Amoskeag Axe Company,\\nwhich succeeded it, he was a director. He was one of\\nthe first directors of the Manchester Gas- Light lom-\\npany when it was organized, in 1851, and was chosen\\nits president in 1855, holding the office until January\\n29, 1881. In 1860 he was elected a director of the\\nManchester and Lawrence Railroad, and in 1871 was\\nelected president of the corporation, resigning in 1879.\\nUpon the organization of the New England Cotton\\nManufacturers Association he was chosen its pres-\\nident, and was also president of the New Hamp-\\nshire Fire Insurance Company from its organization,\\nin 1869 to 1880, when he resigned. He was one of\\nthe founders of the First Unitarian Society, in 1S42.\\nits clerk and treasurer from that time till 1*44. its\\npresident from 1853 to 1857, ami was chairman of\\nthe committee which built its present house of wor-\\nship.\\nGovernor Straw married, April 6, 1842, a1 Ames-\\nbury, Mas-., Charlotte Smith Webster, who died in\\nthis city March 15, 1852. To them were born four\\nchildren. Albert, who died in infancy; Charlotte\\nWebster, wile of Mr. William H. Howard, of\\nSomerville, Mass.; Herman Foster, agent of the\\nAmoskeag Mills; Ellen, the wife of Mr. Henry M.\\nThompson, formerly agent of the Manchester Print-\\nWorks, and now agent of the Lowell Felting I om-\\npany, of Lowell. Mass.\\nThere are now seven living grandchildren, Albert\\nStraw. William H. and Sarah Cheney Howard. Par-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0174.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "L i r", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0177.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0178.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nker and Harry Ellis Straw, and Albert \\\\V. and Her-\\nman Ellis Thompson.\\nHis rapidly-failing health and strength obliged Mr.\\nStraw to retire from the active management of the\\nAmoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1879, and at\\nthe annual meeting of the proprietors of the company\\nnext following, this resolution was unanimously\\nadopted,\\nResolved, That tbe Hon. E. A.. Straw, agon) oi this company at\\nManchester, having Bine u last annual meeting been compelled by ill\\nhealth to resign his office, in which for about forty years, in many differ.\\nent capacities, he h.i.-.ie.l I rporathm from its infancy with signal\\nability, fidelity and skill, we owe it to him and ourselves to put upon rec-\\nord the testimony of our high appreciation of the value of those services,\\nour sincere regret at his resignation, our deep sorrow for the cause, our\\ncordial thanks for his long-continued and excellent management of our\\naffairs in this city, and our earnest wishes that, free from pain orsufl er-\\ning, he may pass the remaining years of his life improved in health,\\nprosperous and happy.\\nThe Hon. Daniel Clark, on rising to second the\\nresolution, said,\\nMr. President and Gentlemen,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is with mingled feelings oi pleasure\\nand of pain that I second this resolution. It is now forty years, and\\nmore, Bince I came to Manchester. I came in a one-horse wagon to a\\none-horse town,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to a town, in fact, having no horses at all. As you\\nknow, sir, the canal was not then finished. It was a muddy trench.\\nThey were blasting stone and laying them in the walls and throwing out\\nthe dirt. There was not a mill then finished. The walls of 01 1 the\\nstark Mills were up, tbe rooi was covered in but there were no window.\\nin the mill, and, I think, no machinery. There was not a school-house\\nthere was not a church then, was not hotel there was not a plaee to\\nlay my head and I went away over into what was then (totlstown, now\\nAmoskeag village, to find a place to hoard. There had I n a hue! sale\\nthe fall before, and the hill y ler was covered ovei with -t tkes, denot-\\ning the corner-lots and where the streets were to go There was not a\\nstreet well made that I remember of seeing, and a butcher s carl coming\\nalong got stuck in the sand not far from whore Elm Street now is, soon\\nalter I came here.\\nSoon after 1 came there appeared upon the scenes young man\\nhealthful, compactly built, about nineteen or twenty years of age, with\\na fresh, ruddy countenance, with an air of assurance, but without arro-\\ngance, who manifested such industry and energy and pluck as gave\\npr se of his future brilliant success. I think, sir [addressing the pres-\\nident of the meeting], I think on a former occasion yon UBed the word\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2luck instead of pluck. I think you must prefix a p to the word and\\nmake it pluck.\\nThis gentleman, soon after coming to this eit\\\\ went into the Amos.\\nkeag Company s employ as assistant engi r I think his chiel was a\\ngentleman distinguished for his eeientihY attainments. From that time\\nforth that young man has heen in the emplo] oi this i\\nhis industry, skill, direction and perseverance, it h;i\\nbeginning that I have indicated to what it is now. I do not mean to say\\nthat he has done this entirely alone, for he has received the aid of others,\\nand, fortunately, of yourself. Of that I have spoken on a former occa-\\nsion but for forty i- he has 1 n steadily engaged in the service of\\nthis company. There is nothing here, sir, which does not bear the im-\\npress of his hand. Certainly the river has arknow lodged his power, for\\nhe has twice dammed it and turned it out of Its course. There is not a\\nrailroad about us, sir, in which his skill and wise counsel have not been\\nmanifested; there is not here a highway or public buildinj in which\\nhis management has not been discernible. We have our gas-light com-\\npany, of which he has been president for many years. I speak of these\\nas showing the honorable services of this man to the community as well\\nas to this company. We have the New Hampshire lire Insurance Com-\\npany, the only stock insurance company in the State, of which he has\\nbeen the president. We have built here tbe city water-works, bringing\\nthe. sweet waters of the Massabesic to our city, of which he was one of\\nthe chief movers. There is not a school-house here, filled with happy\\nscholars, that he has not in some way assisted there is not a church here\\nto whose support he has not given his aid. We have a library, a free\\nlibrary, to which every operative, man, woman or child, who can pro-\\nem,, sotm e to -a\\\\ that he or she is a tit person to he he iiitni-te.l will\\n6\\nits hooks, van go to receive its benefits. 1 may say hole dial Hole if no\\nman in thiB city to whom the city owet io much for tin lib.-ary, I think\\n1 may say it, sir, as to your late agent.\\nI once said, sir, I think, here, that ih.it lil.raiy .on\u00c2\u00abJ to me like\\nan aviary of sweet singing birds, ami al morn and noon and is e tin v\\nHit away to the homes of tired labor. They perch upon tie\\nupon the table and the chair and the shelf and the ill,, and lie pil-\\nlow, ami sing then sweet songs in the ear ol tired lahor, and it is be-\\nguiled ot it- hi in and ..inks p. rest. In the morning laboi rises refreshed\\nit takes Up its burden, and thus ever goes on the round; and at night.\\nlabor is again tired, ami as ii goes to itshome the sweet Binging birds are\\nthere Io well ie d and solace the hours ot weariness None ran say\\nhow much labor owes to Governoi Strata No one can know, except\\nthose here, bow mm h this company, how much this city, how mueh we\\nAnd now, Mr. President, I cannot forbear to say tor myself, that,\\nthrough all these forty y that I have been beside my friend yonder,\\nhe has never forfeited my esteem, m\\\\ respeet, my all., tioii and my hoe,\\nand I think I have always received his and you may judge, Mr, Presi-\\ndent, how sad it is to me to see him now, like some greal .tup that has\\nfeted the waves and sailed forth triumphantly, laid on the shore. I\\nam glad to see that she lies so easih and so quietly, and may it be a\\ngreat while before her timbers shall he broken up and she disappeai in\\nlie -.111,1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hut, Ml I le.idelit, i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ner.itiolis pn-s nwav, and I now iiol lei,\\nmen in this city flint were here when 1 came. I stand almost alone. I\\nstand with you, sir, and with u few others hut our friends and we shall\\nI d i know that I have anything further to add, but to repeat\\nwhat my friend has said in the resolution. Long may it be before the\\nsun shall finally go down on my friend. May his last days be his best\\ndays; and when his sun shall finally set, may the rays stream loll,,.\\nzenith in one bright llame, a fitting emblem of a well-spent life.\\nAfter a lung and weary sickness, Governor Straw\\ndied October 23, 1882, but his memory is still green\\nin the Slate he served, in the city he helped tit build\\nand among the friends he loved.\\n,11 III!\\nlis funeral business was\\niliniit tin city, the Amos-\\nd hundreds til his fellow-\\ntn Church, where the body\\nOn the afternot\\ngenerally auspendei\\nkeag Mills were cli\\nrii izens visited the\\nlav in state.\\nMr. Straw was emphatically a great man, not only\\nin his profession, in which lie towered far above\\nnearly all others, hut in till the various positions to\\nwhich lie was called. He was not known as a. brilliant\\nor a sharp man. He had little need of the helps\\nwhich other men gain by dazzling or outwitting\\nfriends or foes; for there was a massiveness about\\nhim, a solid strength, which enabled him to carrj out\\ngreat plans by moving straight on over obstacles\\nwhich other men would have been compelled to re-\\nmove or go around. His mind was broad, deep and\\ncomprehensive; he had rare good judgment, great self-\\nreliance and a stability of purpose which seldom\\nfailed. He was peculiarly fitted for the management\\nof vast enterprises. His plans were far-reaching and\\njudicious, and his executive ability was equal to the\\nsuccessful carrying out of whatever his mind pro-\\njected and his judgment approved.\\nFor twenty-five years he carried business burdens\\nwhich would have crushed almost any hall-dozen\\nstrong men. He was agent of the Amoskeag corpora-\\ntion, having in his charge its millions of dollars, its\\nthousands of operatives, its acres of streets and build-\\nings, its numerous water-powers and till its costly", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0179.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nextensions and improvements, besides the daily opera-\\ntions at its factories. Jlc was rovernor of the State,\\nand answered for two years all the exactions made\\nupon the occupant of that position. He was a rail-\\nroad president, president of an insurance company,\\npresident of the gas company and a director and lead-\\ning spirit in several other moneyed institutions. He\\nwas a public-spirited citizen, whoso time was always\\nat theserviceoi the community in which he lived;\\nbut with all these duties, he neglected none, postponed\\nnone, failed in none. He had gnat opportunities\\nand he left no one of them unimproved. In the\\nmanagement of the Amoskeag corporation he found\\ni i for the display of magnificent abilities, and the\\nuninterrupted success and growth of that corporation,\\nnot only in seasons of general prosperity, but at times\\nwhen nearly till others failed, attest how grandly he\\nplanned and how well he executed.\\nAs Governor, he entirely justified the confidence\\nthat Secured his election, giving to the people the full\\nbenefit of his integrity, industry, sound sense and\\ngreat business abilities, and leaving a record which\\nwill always be a credit to the State and in the dis-\\ncharge of the numerous other public trusts committed\\nto him, he added constantly to his reputation as a man\\nin whose hands any interest was both safe and for-\\ntunate. He had great knowledge of men and read\\ncharacter at a glance, so that in selecting his hun-\\ndreds of assistants he seldom made a mistake. He\\npossessed vast stores of i ii formation upon a multitude\\nof subjects, which he had acquired by extensive read-\\ning and observation, and was able to use it upon\\noccasion with great effect. He had decided views\\nupon all current events and till matters connected\\nwith his business, and could state his opinions most\\nclearly, compactly and convincingly. He spoke\\neasily, but without any attempt at rhetorical display,\\nand wrote without apparent effort in plain, vigorous\\nlanguage, which contained no surplusage. He was a\\nwilling and liberal helper to any object which he ap-\\nproved, and there was nothing narrow or bigoted\\nabout him to confine his benefactions to his own sect,\\nparty or nationality. He was a genial, entertaining\\nand always instructive companion, a good neighbor\\nand a true friend. Manchester was proud of E. A.\\nStraw, and, whenever occasion ottered, delighted to\\nhonor him. He has been one of her citizens during\\nmost of her history as a city, and it is safe to say no\\nother man contributed more to her rapid growth and\\nprogress in all profitable and pleasant directions than\\nhe. He always remembered, too, that he was a\\ncitizen of Manchester, and did not allow any antagon-\\nism between her interests and those of the corporation\\nhe represented, but worked constantly and zealously\\nfor the good of both. Her people were not slow to\\nrespond to this feeling, and there has existed from the\\nstart the utmost cordiality and unity of purpose,\\nwhich have contributed in no small degree to the ad-\\nvantage of both city and corporation. For his potent\\ninfluence in this direction, Governor Straw will long\\nbe gratefully remembered.\\nStark Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This corporation was chartered in\\n1838, with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars,\\nand commenced operations in the same year. In 1845\\nthe capital was increased to seven hundred and fifty\\nthousand dollars, in 1846 to one million, in 1847 to\\none million two hundred and fifty thousand. They\\nown fifteen acres of land, occupied for mills, boarding-\\nhouse and overseers blocks, etc. The goods manu-\\nfactured are cotton and linen, the latter product being\\nin the form of crash and toweling, while the cotton\\ngoods are sheetings, drillings, duck and bags, the\\nlatter being known as the seamless bag-, being\\nwoven in one piece.\\nPhinehas Adams was agent from 1 S47 to 1881. He\\nwas succeeded by Mr. S. N. Bourne, the present\\nagent.\\nPresident. William Amory Clerk, C. A. Hovey\\nTreasurer, Edmund Dwight; Directors, William\\nAmory. .1. Ingersoll Bowditch, Lewis Downing, Jr.,\\nT. Jefferson Coolidge, John L. Bremer, J. Lewis Stack-\\npole, Roger Wolcott Agent, Stephen N. Bourne.\\nManchester Mills. This corporation was organ-\\nized in 1839, with a capital of one million dollars, for\\nthe manufacture of dress goods. The Amoskeag Com-\\npany had previously made the fabric for delaines in\\ntheir mill at Hooksett, but the printing was done else-\\nwhere. In 1846 the first mill for the printing of de-\\nlaines was erected, which went into operation the next\\nyear. In 1847 the property was sold to a corporation\\nwhich was chartered the previous year, with a capital\\nof one and a half million dollars, under the name of\\nthe Merrimack Mills, which was afterwards changed\\nto the Manchester Print-Works, and its capital in-\\ncreased to eighteen hundred thousand dollars. In\\n1873 it was reincorporated, under the name of the\\nManchester Print-Works and Mills, with a capital of\\ntwo million dollars, and in 1*74 the name was changed\\nto the Manchester Mills.\\nThe corporation owns about forty-three acres of\\nland in all, a part of which is on the west side of the\\nriver. It has six mills, containing two thousand seven\\nhundred looms, and leases forty mill-powers of the\\nAmoskeag Company. The goods manufactured are\\nprincipally worsted dress goods and prints.\\nPresident, Samuel R. Payson Clerk, Josiah 8. Shan-\\nnon Treasurer, John C. Palfrey; Directors, Samuel\\nIt. Payson, William 11. Hill, Moody Currier, Benjamin\\nP. Cheney, William 0. Grover, Joseph H. White,\\nJacob Edwards; Agent, Charles D. McDuffie; Super-\\nintendent of Printing Department, Benjamin C. Dean.\\nLangdon Mills. This corporation was chartered\\nin 1857,and organized in 1860. Its capital stock was\\ntwo hundred thousand dollars, which was subsequently\\nincreased to five hundred thousand. It has two mills,\\none of which was formerly used as a paper-mill, the\\nother having been built in 1868 by the company.\\nEight hundred looms and thirty-seven thousand five", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0180.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0181.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0182.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n83\\nhundred spindles arc operated. They manufacture\\nshirtings and sheetings.\\nPresident, William Amory Clerk, William L. Kil-\\nley; Treasurer, Charles W. Amory; Directors, Wil-\\nliam Amory, Henry B. Rodgers, John R. Brewer,\\nJohn L. Bremer, William P. Mason, W. Amory;\\nAgent, William 1, Killey.\\nThe Amory Manufacturing Company was\\nchartered July 1, 1879, with a capital of nine hundred\\nthousand dollars. During that year building opera-\\ntions wen- vigorously pushed, and the mill was finished\\nand work commenced in the fall of 1880. The mill\\nhas fifty-six thousand spindles and fourteen hundred\\nand twenty loom,, and employs eighl hundred oper-\\natives. The goods manufactured are tine and medium\\nshirtings, sheetings and jeans.\\nPresident, William Amory Clerk, tilbert P. Whit-\\nman Treasurer, W. Amory; Directors, William\\n\\\\moi\\\\, Daniel Clark, T. Jefferson Coolidge, John L.\\nBremer, i. A. Gardner, Channing Clapp, F. 1.\\nAmory Agent, r. 1 Whitman.\\nNamaske Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This corporation was organized\\nas the Amoskeag Duck and Bag-Mills in 1856, and ten\\nyears later the name was changed to Namaske Mills.\\nIn is;/, the property passed into the hands of the\\nAmoskeag Company, by whom it is now managed.\\nThe goods manufactured are principal^ ginghams\\nand shirting flannels. Mr. William li. Webster, the\\nsuperintendent for many years, resigned in (ctober,\\n1883. He was succeeded by Mr. .1. Walter Wells.\\nDerry Mills. This corporation was organized in\\n1865, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars.\\nMr. S. 1!. Payson is now proprietor, and George F.\\nLincoln the agent. The property comprises three\\nmills on the Cohas Brook, at Goffe s Falls.\\nThe P. C. Cheney Paper Company carries on an\\nextensive business in the manufacture of manilla and\\ncard-hoard paper in its mills at Amoskeag. This com-\\npany also does a large business in waste of all kinds,\\nand has a largetrade in paper manufactured elsewhere.\\nIt has pulp-mills ,n Goffstown and Peterborough.\\nPerson C. Cheney. The Cheney genealogy is\\ntraced from England to Roxbury (Boston Highlands),\\nMass., and from Roxbury to Newburyport, some of\\nthe family being thereas early as 1680.\\nDeacon Elias Cheney, born in Old Newbury, Feb-\\nruary L O, 1741, settled quite early in lite in Thornton,\\nN. II., and died there in 1805, at the age of eighty-six.\\nDeacon Elias Cheney.son of the above andfatherof\\nDeacon Moses licney. also lived and died in Thorn-\\nton. The latter died in Ashland (formerly Holder-\\nness) in 1875.\\nPerson Colby Cheney was the son of Deacon Moses\\nand Abigail (Morrison) Cheney, who were types of\\nthe God-fearing, 1 oil -serving, clear headed and strong-\\nbodied men and women of the earlier days.\\nTheir intelligence, industry and integrity won the\\nrespect of all with whom they ever had acquaintance.\\nThej taught their children (live SOUS and six daugh-\\nters), by precept and example, how to succeed in\\nbroader fields, and gave them as an inheritance, in the\\nplace of great wealth, good sense, trie hearts ami will-\\ning hands.\\nOf the sons. Rev. Oren I!. Cheney (founder and\\npresident of Bates lollege, Lewiston, Me. i is the oldest.\\nThe second son is Moses Cheney, a retired paper manu-\\nfacturer, now living in I lenniker. N. II. T he I hird is\\nthe late Charles i Cheuey, a graduate of Dartmouth,\\nclass of 48, who read law with Nesmith Pike, of\\nFranklin, and settled in Peterborough, dying in 1862.\\nThe fifth i- Elias EL I heney, proprietor of the Lebanon\\nFree Press, and at the present time a State Senator.\\nThe subject of this paper is the fourth son, He\\nwas horn in Holderness (now Ashland). February 25,\\n1828. In L835 his father, one of the pioneers in the\\npaper-making industry of New Hampshire, sold his\\nmill in Holderness and moved to Peterborough, where\\nhe, in company with the late A. P. Morrison, hi^,\\nl By Henry SI. I utii.-...\\nhis oldest brother) he received the education and\\ntraining which have enabled him to reach the promi-\\nnent positions helms occupied in business, political\\nand social life.\\nEarly learning paper-making in all its details, at the\\nage of se\\\\ eiitecn he was placed in charge of I lie estab-\\nlishment by those who had purchased it of his father,\\nwho at this time returned to Holderness. In this posi-\\ntion he succeeded so well that in eight years, in com\\npany with two other gentlemen, he built i ther mill,\\nOf W hich, at a later daj he became side proprietor. He\\ncontinued to make paper at Peterborough, gradually\\nenlarging his business ami engaging to s e extent in\\nother enterprises, until 1866, when he formed a partner-\\nship with Thomas L.Thorpe, of Manchester, for the sale\\nof paper slock and the manufacture of paper, I he mills\\nof the company being located a1 A skeag, in Man\\nChester and at Goffstown. This partnership was suc-\\nceeded bj one of which Mr. Cheney, Dr. E. M. Tubbs\\nand Hon. Ira iross were members, and upo death\\nof Dr. Tubbs, in 1878, by the P. C. Cheney Company\\nwhich now owns and operates I he pulp- mi lis at Peter-\\nI Igh and Goffstown, the pulp and paper mill at\\nAmoskeag, and extensive timber tracts in the town of\\nWashington. The mills of the company produce\\nseven tons of paper dailj and gh e emploj ment to one\\nhundred and fifty operatives.\\nOf this company Mr. henev. who was its creator and\\nwho owns most of its stock, is treasurer and manager.\\nIt is one of the largest, best-known, most reliable\\nand popular business concerns of the Slate. It-\\nname is everywhere synony s with honesty, honor\\nand solvency. The qualities which have enabled Mr.\\nChenej to build up this great industry hold it steady\\nin hand and keep it strong and growing in the worst", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0185.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "84\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof panics, .is well as in g 1 times, characterize him\\nin all the relations of life, and make him a controlling\\npower wherever good advice is wauled and hard work\\nis in lie done. These same qualities made him a\\nleader ill the Republican party in its early days, and\\nthej have kept him among the few to whom it always\\nlooks for help when wise councils and judicious man\\nageilienl are required to insure sneeess.\\nIn 1853 he represented Peterborough in the Legis-\\nlature. In 1861- ii- his time and his money were freelj\\nami zealously spenl to make for New Hampshire the\\nrecord which is her greatest glory. In 1862 he nil red\\ns to the government, and was assigned to\\nduty as quartermaster of tin- Thirteenth Reg ml\\nExposure and overwork in the Fredericksburg\\ncampaign brought mi a long and dangerous illness,\\nIV which his friends did not expect him to rally.\\nThe nursing of a devoted wife, however, brought him\\nback to Hii and after a long period id suffering, in\\nhealth and strength, but nut until the cause of the\\nOnion was won and lie- war was uver.\\nIn 1864 he was elected a railroad commissioner and\\nserved three years. When he removed to Manchester,\\nin 1867, the people of that city gave him a heart}\\nweh, him. In 1873 the Republicans, being then out of\\npower in city and State, insisted mi his accepting a\\nmayoralty nomination, and, finally consenting, he was\\nelected mayor by a large majority, his election paving\\nthe way I m the redemption of the State the next spring.\\nMr. Iheney declined a renomination tor mayor in 1872.\\nIn 1875 the Republican State invention met under\\n-i discouraging circumstances. Their opponents\\nhad carried the State the year before, and had in-\\ntrenched themselves in power by every device\\nknown to political cunning, audacitj and determi-\\nnation. Man\\\\ Republicans were of the opinion\\nthat it was useless to try lo eleei a State ticket, and\\nall of them felt thai it was only with a leader of great\\nresources and .launtli ss courage that they had even a\\nfighting chance. -Mr. Chenej being nominated as\\nsuch a leader, with great reluctance accepted the\\nnominal inn. How wisely the convention judged was\\nshown 1 the result, which was the defeat of the\\nDemocratic candidate for Governor and the election\\nof a Republican Senate and House. There being no\\nelection of Governor b) the people, Mr. Gheney was\\nchosen by t lit- Legislature.\\nThe in si year he was nominated and re-elected by\\na handsome majority of the popular vote.\\nIn the long line of executives, the Stale has had none\\nwho discharged the duties of the office more faith-\\nfully, with better judgment or more to the satisfaction\\nol all classes, and he retired universally esteemed.\\nHe ha- since devoted himself to his private busi-\\nness, declining further political preferment. He is\\nalways ready and willing, however, to render any\\nservice which maj contribute to the success of the\\nparty in whose principles he thoroughly believes.\\nMr. Chenev is a Unitarian whose faith is reflected\\nin his works. He is a Royal Arch .Mason and a mem-\\nber of the order of Odd-Fellows.\\nlie married, in 1850, MissS. Anna M v, who died\\nJanuarj 8, 1858, having no children.\\nIn June, 1859, he married .Mrs. Sarah White Keith,\\nto whose de\\\\ n, grace and aci plishmentshe owes\\nmuch of the success and happiness of his busy life.\\nHe has one child, Agnes Anna Cheney, horn Octo-\\nber 22, 1869, who is now at school in Washington.\\nIk- resides in an elegant home in Manchester, in\\nwhich a hearty and refined hospitality greets everj\\nvisitor, and from which there goes out to everj good\\ncause that his neighbors and fellow-townsmen are\\nengaged in, generous and unostentatious help.\\nThe Amoskeag Paper-Mill is one of the best in the\\nState, with the finest machinery and all modern im-\\nprovements. The proprietors are John Hoyt Co.\\nOlzendam s Hosiery-Mill is located in Mechanics\\nRow.\\nManchester Locomotive-Works. -For an account\\nof this establishment, see biographj of Aretas Blood.\\nManchester Gas-Light Company was chartered\\nin 1850. Capital stock, one hundred thousand dollars.\\nThe works are situated in the southern part of the\\ncity, near the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad, on\\na lot of land lour hundred feet square. The companj\\nhas also, at the north end, near the Langdon corpora-\\ntion, a gas-holder to regulate the supplj and pressure.\\nThe annual product of gas is about sixty-five million\\ncubic feet, together with five thousand chaldrons of\\ni oke and one thousand barrels of coal-tar.\\nMiscellaneous Manufactures. Lowell s Iron\\nFoundry, corner of Auburn and t anal Streets Corey s\\nNeedle- Works, corner of one. ml and Maple Streets;\\n.lames Baldwin Co., West Manchester, bobbins,\\nspools, shuttles, etc.; Austin, Johnson A. Co d\\nblind, sash and bracket-making; A. Wallace.\\nWest Manchester, boxes; Manchester Chair Com-\\npany, chairs and tables; Kimball Gerrish, corner\\nElm ami Bridge Streets, roll-skin manufacturers;\\nHutchinson Brothers, iron and wood-working machin-\\nery rge A. Leighton, Forsaith s building, manu-\\nfacturer of knitting-machines Sanborn larriaget\\npany and J. B. McCrillis Son, carriages Bisco\\nDenny, card-clothing manufacturers; Carney\\nCo., brewers, at Bakersville I Bradley, Me-\\ni 1 1 i n ii 3 Row, and John T. Woodward, Franklin Street,\\nroll-covering; S. A. Felton and the Manchester Brush\\nCompany, brooms and brushes; the Granite State\\nPlating Company; Manchester Pottery- Works; J. A.\\nY. Smith, manufacturer of fliers Forsaith Machine\\nlompany, and others.\\nSamuel Caldwell Forsaith. Robert I m\\nsaith, the father of the subject of this sketch,\\nwas a farmer and lived in Goffstowu, N. II. He\\nmarried Elizabeth Caldwell, who bore him seven\\nchildren. Samuel C. was born in Goffstowu Septem\\nher 29, 1827. His boyhood was passed on the faun,\\nwhere he assisted in the work. His educational ad-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0186.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "c_yCo W^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0189.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0190.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nvantages were those afforded by the common schools\\nof his native town. At an early age he became inter-\\nested in mechanical work, was quick to comprehend\\nthe intricacies of machinery, and at the age of fifteen\\nhad constructed and set up on the bank of the river\\nnear his home a miniature saw-mill, complete in all\\nits parts and in running order, At the age of seven-\\nteen he left home and went to Manchester, N. H.,\\nthen town of about five thousand inhabitants, and\\nentered the machine-shop of the old Amoskeag Mill\\nas an apprentice. His close attention to his duties\\nhere showed his fondness lor his chosen trade, and\\nhis subsequent success showed the wisdo I his\\nchoice. His frugal habits enabled him to live on a\\nsalary that at the present time would not suffice for\\neven the most unskilled labor. Thrown out of em-\\nployment by a destructive lire, he next worked in the\\nStark Mills until September 1. 1850, when he went to\\nMilt rd, X. II.. to take charge of the machine repair-\\nshops connected with the cotton-mills of that place,\\nremaining eight years, when he went to Biddeford,\\nM... as foreman of the Saco Water-Power Machine-\\nShop, where he stayed for two years. In 1860 he\\ndetermined to go into business on bis own account,\\nand with this purpose in view, returned to Manchester\\nand hired an upper room in the shop of the Manches-\\nter Scale- Works. In this room, without other capital\\nthan his determination to succeed, he started. His\\nfirst job here was the manufacture ..I hay-cutters, in\\nwhich he was so successful that he resolved to make\\na push for business, and sent out a large number ..I\\ncards announcing that he was prepared to do all\\nkinds of job-work. Gradually his business increased,\\nand at the end of the year he was furnishing employ-\\nment for four journeymen. During the second year\\nhe secured a vacant shop adjoining the scab-works,\\nwin h he -..on found none to., large to accommodate\\nhim. Soon after moving into the new quarters he\\nbought a patent machine for folding newspapers.\\nThi original owners had been unable to make the\\nmachine work. Mr. Forsaithsaw that the design was\\npractical, and set about perfecting ii. which he did\\nsuccessfully. In order to make the folder a financial\\nsuccess it must he put to practical test, and to this\\nend Mr. Forsaith visited the chief newspaper offices\\nin the leading cities, representing the merits of the\\nmachine, and succeeded in placing a sufficient num-\\nber to warrant a very general test. Perfect satisfaction\\nwas given, and the orders for these machines came in\\nfast. Besides the manufacture of the folders, the\\nbuilding of circular saw-mills, shafting, mill-gearings,\\nwater-win els. etc., gave constant employment to the\\nregular force of twelve workmen. That he might\\nmeet the requirements of his job-work, and also t..\\nkeep pace with the demand for the folders, in 1863,\\nMr. Forsaith took a lease of the entire scale-works\\nand enlarged his working force. In 1867, becoming\\ncrowded for room, a new shop was built, which is now\\nthe main building of the present set of buildings,\\nwhich cover an acre and a half, tilled with busy\\nmechanics and machinery for meeting the multiplying\\ndemands of what has come to be the largest business\\nof its kind in the State. In 187^, Mr. William E.\\nDrew (who had been an apprentice in this shop) was\\ntaken into partnership. The concern docs its own\\nprinting, and issues quarterly an edition of some\\ntwelve thousand catalogues, which are mailed to all\\nparts of the world. The pay-roll of this establish-\\nment furnishes an average of four thousand live hun-\\ndred dollars per month. In May, 1884, the business\\nbad become so extensive and the care and responsi-\\nbility so great that it was decided to organize this\\ngreat industry intoa stock company under the general\\nlaws of New Hampshire, capitalizing with two hun-\\ndred and seventy-five thousand dollars, ami the com-\\npany is now under the management of officers chosen\\nby i he hoard of directors, and is in a flourishing con-\\ndition. The history of this industry, from its small\\nbeginning to its present magnitude, is a fitting and\\nwell-deserved tribute to the energy, thrift and g 1\\njudgment of Mr. Forsaith, and shows what a resolute\\npurpose can accomplish. In politics Mr. Forsaith\\nw;ts a Democrat, and took an active part in the coun-\\ncils of this party. He was also a prominent member\\nof the Masonic fraternity, an Odd-Fellow, an officer\\nof the Amoskeag Veterans and a charitable and kind-\\nhearted citizen, whose loss will be fell wherever he\\nwas known.\\nMr. Forsaith was twice married, first, to Nancy\\nW. Pierce, February 20, 1848, from which union\\nthere were three boys, Frank I George B. and\\nWilliam, who are now living. Nancy W. died April\\n21, 1871. Hi- second wife was lata J., daughter of\\nColonel J. C. and Clara J. Smith, to whom be was\\nmarried December 1875. From this union there\\nare also three boys, Samuel Jr., born December\\n1(1, 187(1; Clarence S., born February 11), 1878; Dar-\\nwin .1., horn October 19,1880. In the winter of 1884,\\nMr. Forsaith took a trip to the Bermuda Islands,\\naccompanied by his wife, seeking rest and recre-\\nation, and after a short visit returned to his home in\\nManchester, and after a short stop he started to visit\\nthe World s Fair at New Orleans, where he bad a\\nlarge exhibit. On his journey home, while on the\\ncats, he was stricken with apoplexy. On reaching\\nthe city of Philadelphia he was taken to the hospital\\nof the Jefferson Medical (..liege, where he died\\nMarch 1885. His funeral, from his late residence,\\nin Manchester, was attended by the various civil and\\nmilitary organizations of which he was a member\\nand by many of the prominent citizens of Manches-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0191.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHAPTER V I.\\n.\\\\IA\\\\riLKSTEk-(fW,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e t\\nKl l I.PSIASTICAL HISTOID\\nSurly rliiuvh History Contention and ]i\\nPeriu. 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Congregational church\\nBaptist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M n iniaek Street Dap!\\nWill BapUst Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Merrimack Streel\\nHist Methodist lip,-, ,|,al Cliurch-St\\ntGhurch\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First\\nil Street Free-\\nodist Episcopal\\nfourch\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Grace\\nlicCh in h. St. Inn s, St. Joseph 8,\\nSI lugustine (French), St. Marie (French), Christian Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 St.\\nJames Methodisl Bpiscopa! Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Second Idvent Society\u00e2\u0080\u0094 City\\nttissionarj Societj I oion Congregational Church, West Manchester\\n-Spiritualisl Soi letj Gt rman I hun b of the New Jet\\nSwedish I.v.ii._.-ii ..I I. utl, cimivi,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kirs! Presbyterian Church\\nThe early ecclesiastical history of this town is a his-\\ntory of contention and litigation, and to such tin ex-\\ntent was this continual strife carried that at one time\\nits baneful influence seriously retarded the settlement\\nof the place.\\nThe following is principally the record history of\\nthis season of unrest and discord. In 1752 a move-\\nment was made for the settlement of a minister, and\\nin the warrant calling the annual town-meeting of\\nthat year was the following\\nTo see it the town will Joyn with the town of Bedford In Giving mr.\\nmcDoel n Call lo the worke of the ministry Between t\u00c2\u00bb.. i\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00c2\u00abij an, I\\nto Do and act in that attairtliat the town shall think proper.\\n.March 5th, it was\\nVoted, to giv.- i.u. i.,rl .\u00e2\u0080\u009eicii a Cauell t.. the work of the ministry,\\nKather to doyen Moth Celt,,,,! b, ,,n, s,-l,,.\\nlot.,/, .I...hu Ili.hll, Vh-xan.l.T niomurphoy, I S\\nProsequi th. given o( mr H..11I a Cau.-ll t., the work ef the niin.-steiv\\nto Joyn woth the town of Bedford or seprat and Distink bi\\nThey complied with the wishes of the petitioners,\\nand issued the following warrant to the constable of\\nDerryfield:\\ne, Constable of said\\nApril 20, 17. it was\\nNothing further appears on the town records rela-\\ntive to the call to Mr. McDowell.\\nBy the records of Bedford it appears that a call was\\ngiven by Bedford to Mr. .McDowell. March 28, 17.\\nit was unanimously\\nBut the records of the town show nothing further\\nin relation to him.\\nAs early as 17 4 the town voted to build a meeting-\\nhouse, and to locate the same on the land near John\\nHall s house. This location produced much ill-feel-\\ning, and on the 3d of February, 1755, thirty of the\\ninhabitants petitioned the selectmen to call a meeting,\\non the 20th of the same month, to reconsider the vote\\nlocating the meeting-house and raising money to 1. nil. 1\\nthe same; but the majority of the selectmen refused\\nto call the said meeting, thus denying the aforesaid\\ninhabitants a plain and legal right. This refusal of\\nthe selectmen produced great excitement, and the in-\\nhabitants aggrieved petitioned Joseph Blanchard and\\nMatthew Thornton, two justices of the peace for the\\nprovince, to call a meeting of the inhabitants, as pro-\\nvided by law.\\nTuBeuja. Iladley of D. i ry Ii. I.I in the sd Provin\\ntown, Greeting,\\nit has I, i,...,,, i,, app.-el to US the Subscribers, t\\\\v,, ,.f his\\nMajestes justes of th.- I l Province, I thai Thirty of\\nthe freeholders and Inhabitants of the sd town of Derryfield, I th. il\\nK- .pi.-t signed l.y ye -I Inhabitants and freeholder- made telle- mai i\\nPartol the Selectmen of Derryfield aforesaid. When togetl\\nthir.l Instant Deliver and present such application in writing for the-\\nCalling a meeting of the Inhabitants of -1 town to be held on thi 20th\\ne\u00e2\u0080\u009er t for the following Am, lee\\nFirst to see if the town w.eil.l l;,., ..nsider ye Vote Relating i, r l.e\\nchoice of a meeting-house pi e and make the same null and void.\\nM i tie town wool. I He,-,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,si.ler that i,. to for Raising mony\\nfor Building a meeting-house and ordet that yi Constabl. Omit hisCol-\\n1. tin- the Same and .lis, Larue the Several! freeholders and Inhabitents\\nti l -a. h pail ,.t lie- l n.-\u00c2\u00ab in j,:., t I as shall then he thot\\nBest and that the sd Selecfn did on the said 3d day oi Feby, Cui ill hi-\\nreasonably refuse and ,1. .u the Calling a eting for the Propritora\\n-.1 i. -daie] ye sd freeholders and Inhabitants have applyed onto us for\\nwarm, for the Calling ,..f the freeholders and Inhabitant s \u00e2\u0080\u009ef Derryfield\\naforesd for ye doing ol the Bu as aforesd to be held on ye first Day of\\nmarch next,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 at v.- h,,.,so ..I John Coir,-. K-.p.\\nI are Therefor in his ma.iyt name to Re.piiro and Command veil\\nth- -d oiisial.l..- t,. Notiti.-aii.l wain the freehold,-,- and Inhabitants of\\nsd town of Derryfield, that they assemble at the house ol\\nI-:-.|i ill D.-rnli, 1,1 .doles s,n. ,,l\u00e2\u0080\u009ev the tir-t day of March ui.xt at\\nten o clock foren i, then and there to act on tin- follow in- arti.\\nFirst to see if the town will Reconsider the Vote Relating to the\\ni ting-house place and mak.- ye same null and void.\\nif the low ii will Reconsidei thai Vote for Raisaing ney\\nfor Buldinga meeting-liouse and order the Constable omit hi- ,11,-, i,ng\\nthe sane- and discharge ye Severall freeholders and Inhabitants from\\nsuch part .,f the taxes m Some proper thod as shall then be ft I est\\nli ie of tail,- not and make due return. Given Under om\\nat .Mori una,- tin- six day ot 1 eh. IT.\\nJosi en iii is. ii ,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e 1 peace\\nThe meeting was duly held on the 1st day of\\nMarch, 1755, and it was voted to reconsider the vote\\nmaking choice of a meeting-house place, and also\\nto reconsider the vote raising money for building the\\nmeeting-house.\\nThe following protest was presented and em, red\\nupon the record\\nId. mm in d, March ye 1st IT .5.\\nWee, ye under Subscribers! holders I Inhabitants of ye town oi\\nDerryfield, for Divers and weight] Reasons do Bntei oui D,\\nand plea, e lonvenient\\nRoBERt Id I, I\\nI: \\\\\\\\i, rii-.s\\nAlk.xe. M. Ci.ixr... k.\\nWlLLM. I\\nWilli. McCunto. r\\nJOHS\\nWA1 I I ll II 1. II .nil IMC\\n8.1111. M 1. I 1 Mil IX.\\nIt seems that a majority at this meeting we\\nposed to the erecting of a house of worship. I.ui op-\\nposed the location.\\nDERRYFIELL, Aueiiest ye JT IT S.\\n1 i the town ol Di run- Id. Gentlemi n. I holders\\nand Inhabitants of said town, w,- the under subs, rib.-,-.- I, kin-\\na great Disadvantage l want of a plea f Public Wor-\\nship, as we have rising fameleys which cannot at.-nd at otl\\nas it would he eu, oragemenl f-.i ministers to i om and pi. -a. I, unto u- if we\\nwere toiw.,,,1 in iiMtin. a pk lorthe public worship* of Cod ourselves.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0192.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nCapt. Alexr. McMl\\nJohn Hall.\\nRobert Anderson.\\nJames Riddoll.\\nSamuel Boyd.\\nJohn Dii k I\\nBinjimiu Stivins.\\nJohn Eiddell.\\nJames Humphri y.\\nHugh Stirling.\\nSlid..- II M.l. lmloi I,\\nKobrt Dicky.\\nJohn mirrall.\\nJames Piters.\\nWilliam I ll.\\nWilliam Nutt.\\nJamea in-ir^e.\\nJohn Harvey.\\nWin perham, Jr.\\nThorns Hall.\\nOn the 2d of September, L758, a warrant was issued\\nfor a town-meeting, at the barn of John Hall, on the\\n21st of the same month\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T if tlu\\ni r i I inhabitant- the\\nmil. I said nicotine li..i:-..\\n--J, ,-,e what sp,.t of ground the tuwu would\\nTo see how much money the town would\\nthe Mil. I I ting-house.\\nTo see what dimensions they would vote to\\nTo see if the town would vote to choose n\\nbuilding of said tin- I\\nTo see if the tow n would vote t.. raise any\\nAt the meeting Captain Alexander McMurphy was\\nmoderator, and it was\\nYoted to build the meeting-house on John Mull, land joining the\\ni leading to 1 nomas Hall Ferrj and the Bkeag I alls\\nVoted i,, raise -iv hundred pounds in carry on tie- building the said\\nPoted! se the said meeting-house forty feet in length, and thirty-\\nfive feet in bn\\n1 Capt. Willi., in Perham ami Lt Hugh Sterling ami John Hall\\nthe oneuuit too to carry on the buihlirie. of the above said meeting-house\\nA frame was put up, but nothing further was dene.\\nPeople refused to pay their taxes, and the committee\\ncould make no progress.\\nAt a meeting. July 15, 1759, it was\\n|.i i. I I Hi.. Selectmen in tile year 17o( shal\\nto pay the money borrowed as the present Seleetiuei\\npower in law to collect the Baid money from the fie.\\nt.uiis ..I tie. town.\\nAt tin adjourned meeting it was\\nI otVdto reeulisidel lie vote that the Selectmen borrow the i. y,\\nand \\\\uted thai I apt.W illiam I erlialn, Levt. HughStirlingand Levi John\\nHall are impowered by the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of\\nI 1 1 In I I I ..rr..\\\\\\\\ Ihc sum of four hundred and tvventv tlnec i Is.\\nsix shillings old tenor, and to paj intereBl such as they can hire the\\nabove money for, and all their tune and expenses paid by the said town\\nas well as the above SU1 bundled and twenty-three pound- six\\nshillings old tenor.\\nX. It.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Till su. h tun as n\u00e2\u0080\u009e. a bo?e sum i s paid to them by tin- afore-\\nsaid freeholders and inhabitants of -aid town.\\nThe money was hired and the accounts paid off.\\nAgreabel to a vote ol the free boulden and [nhabitantes of Derry-\\nI teld at a meeteing held in the Ineeting-Holise of Sd town, N.ivm la,\\n1759, Voted, one ye third artical ol the Warrent to Record the moneay\\nthat was Collected In the year 17. s and the following Sonnies as they\\nin.. Corlei ted foi tin Buldi u tie ting-1 s In Derryfield and eache\\n.-..in.. ..I ii i what hie I eayes to the a lol Sd llie, tlllg-\\nle. u. s which Kache mans and Sonm is Wear Set Down In the follow e ,.i.i. i\\nTliis t\\ntie a\\nheld 1\\nli.-e.er pays Hue inoiiev t.. II above said meeting-house\\nin s and sums of money the) paj recorded in Den-y-\\nof records\\nThe building committee was accused of mismanage-\\nment, and at a meeting, November 15, 1759,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted 3 men a committee to examine tie a. ml- ..1 tie committi 6\\nthat was lioseii to build ..or meeting-house in -aid town.\\nVoted Michael McClintock, John Harvey, and David Starrer!, the\\nClllinittee to exallline tl.e I 1 llfs of t lie llei I 1 1 1 g-1 1 o I\\nhave pec led 111 I. ml. liiii of said house.\\nVot I to record the six hundred pounds old tenor that was collet ted\\nin 1758, and the following sums as they me collected for building the\\ni ing-house and each man s name and s what he pays to\\nthe aforesaid house.\\nVoted to allow all the committee account-, a- line brought them in\\nbefore the town, in time and money spent by them in building ..ur meet-\\ning-house in said town, I.u a- ili.v leu. pi,. ,ed. d in said building.\\nI nit to underpin our meeting-house al present but to make one\\ndoor this year.\\nAt a town-meeting, December 3, 1759, it was\\nPofed not t licet any more money from the town this year to-\\nwards tie meeting-house.\\nVoted to borrow what remains due for the i tine house to clear off\\nthe committee s accounts, and pay the interest for the same.\\nIV ted that the pi. -enl Sele.tineii f.r tile von IT .i borrow money to\\npay off the committee for building the meeting I se -o tar a- they lia\\\\e\\nTin- ,s 1...\\nJOI f. V I 16\\n.ll.lll.-ril.e- 7 17\\nJames Piters II 111\\nJoseph Gorge\\nDavid Mcknight 7 HI\\nWilliam N utte in II\\nholm In. I.c 8 i\\nJohn Cunagham n B\\nHoses 17 rd t 8\\nWidow Boyd is\\nSamuel Boyd in la\\n\\\\i,i Mi In. tuck. I 15\\nWilliam Perham Ill\\nJohn Secomb 7 s\\nl.oit. John Hall in 2\\nThomas Hall nil\\nL.\\\\ t. John Goffe fl 13\\nWilliam Smith .00\\n.lanes Moor- Ears Ys) ti 17\\nSiz.i Grifen 8 3\\nEzekiel Stevens.\\nJames Willsoll\\nHavel SI net\\nJohn Tagouli\\nWin. Will\\nStifen Gorge", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0193.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "HLST011Y OF HILL\\nIBOKOUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMi rhomas Parker of Litchfield 6 A\\nJames Wills,,,, in L\u00e2\u0080\u009e. Derry, pd. if South\\nJuhnStuard in L\u00e2\u0080\u009e. I,,rn I\u00e2\u0080\u009e,f a thousand of Boards.\\nRecorded per me, John Hah,\\nMarch ye -J, 1761. Tom\\nStil] (says Judge Potter, in his excellent History\\noi Manchester the house remained unfinished.\\nMeanwhile, Mr. Hall was accused of retaining the\\nmoney given by the non-resident land-holders, and at\\na special meeting, held the 15th of December, a com-\\nmittee was chosen to call J,,lm Hall to account for\\nthe money that he received from gentlemen that has\\nJan, I not settle,! in Derrylicld.\\nAs this committee made no report, and there was no\\nfurther action up,,,, the subject, il is fair to presume\\nthat they found no such money in Mr. Hall s hands.\\nThus there was a continual quarrel kept up be-\\ntween the parties, sometimes one controlling the\\naffairs of the town, and sometimes the other, as the\\npartisans happened to be present at the town-meet-\\nings, matters pertaining to the meeting-house and to\\npreaching being the subjects of contention. And at\\nmi adjourned meeting, held April 2, 1764, the opposi-\\ntion on these subjects was carried so far as to vote\\nnot to raise any money for preaching for the year, and\\nnot content with this vote, at a special meeting on the\\n29th of October following, they voted to apply the\\nmoney already raised for preaching the preceding\\nyear, and in the hands of a committee, to pay the\\ndebts of the town.\\nTheir opposition to the location of the house not\\nonly prevented the finishing it, but they would not\\nhave preaching in it However, the other party mus-\\ntered at the annual meeting, March 4, 1765, in full\\nforce, and carried things with a high hand, voting\\nthai the selectmen furnish preaching for the current\\nyear at the cost of the inhabitants. Thus there was\\nmore preaching in the house for 1765 than ever before.\\nSuch continual strife had a most deleterious effect\\nupon the prospects of the town. Emigrants of re-\\nspectable Character were very careful to avoid a place\\nof so much contention, and the inhabitants them-\\nBelves bad less inducement and less time for indus-\\ntrious pursuits. What with the spring fisheries,\\nneighborhood canvassing, personal altercations and\\ntown-meetings, there was little attention paid to agri-\\ncultural pursuits.\\nThe I, ,11,, wing is the tax-list of this year (1765) the\\norded in the ancient town records:\\nParash Kiihordeson\\nHenry Blasdel\\nBenjamin Steaviens\\nEzekile Stivens\\nSergt. Abraham Merrell\\nAbrhan, Merrell, Junr\\nJoseph? Gorge\\nJob,, Grifeng\\nWilli,,,,, X,,,,,.\\nI apt. John Moor-\\nConl. J,, hi, Goffe\\nSan, net Moorrs\\nII utB Newman\\nWilliam Tagert\\nJames McN,gl,i\\nDavid M. (fight\\nElizer Kohens\\nWilliam Pirham\\nJohn Pirham\\nCharless Emerson\\n1 ,1 i ey\\nWilliam Pirham .luiir\\nMichael McClintock\\nSamuel Boyd\\nNathaniel Boyd\\nw iddow Marget Boyd\\nIsabeld McFarlon\\nCapt. Alixan.ler M. Murphy\\nl,|,r]\\nJohn Heron\\na s Perces\\nDavid Stiratt\\nS, ,^t. ilium HcClmtocJ\\nI ll), H, llintock\\nWilliam McClintock J\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nJohn Dickey\\ni,\\nDavit Been, Junr (l\\nJames Ramiesy, Londonderry o\\nEn. William Bller\\nWilli;, ii, smith I,\\n.loin, Eacken, I, londerry\\nRobt. McCluer, Lond Jerry\\nCapt. John Goffe, Jun. Bedford n\\nEdward Harry\\nJohnathan Mirall (l\\nJohn Crown\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I,,l,n McCallon\\nJosephM -rs o\\nEbinczer Noyes\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I, soph Qnimby\\nSamuel Quimby\\nJoseph ,i,,ii, mis\\nfirst one\\nThe copay of th,\\nJohn Hall\\nWiddow Sarah Vndrson\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ns\\nJoseph (fasten\\nLi vt Daniel McNieal\\nSa I Stark\\nEnsign Janus M, allow\\nCapt J, ,l,\u00e2\u0080\u009e Stark\\nl. -w. Arrliahald Stark\\nJohn Kiddell\\nJames Kiddell\\nThomas lluss\\nI,, I, nation, Rnss\\nBut a year of preaching did not produce any better\\nstate of feeling, and both parties prepared for a severe\\ncutest at the annual meeting in March, 1766.\\nflic quarrel had now become almost entirely per-\\nsonal, and the object of both parties was to elect cer-\\niii, leading men to office. True, these men were in\\nfavor of or against certain measures, but the men of\\none party, at least, seem to have been more cared for\\nthan measures. On the 3d of March the annual meet-\\ning came off at the meeting-house, and the Hall party,\\ntaking time by the forelock, were present in force at\\nthe time appointed lor the meeting, and proceeded to\\norganize and to choose oflicers.\\nThe following oflicers were chosen, viz. John Hall\\nmoderator; John Hall, town clerk; Alexander\\nMcMurphy, Ebenezer Stevens, John Hall, selectmen\\nJames McNight, constable.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0194.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nAlter this successful manoeuvre in the choice of the\\nprincipal town officers, the meeting was adjourned for\\na half-hour to John Hall s tavern. The object of the\\nadjournment is not set forth, but as Mr. Hall kept a\\ntavern, it may be that they adjourned to enjoj some\\nelement of rejoicing not found in the meeting-house.\\nThe adjournment over, the) proceeded to eled\\nMickael McCIintock, Hendry Blaisd.l, Charleaa Enters Joseph\\nGorge, Surviers of Higways Joseph MarsteD, William Nutt, Taything-\\nThe Selectmen, Fence-viewers; Elizer Robbins, .lames Riddell,\\nDeer-Keepers: Ebinezer Stevens, Survier of Lumber; Thomas Russ,\\nSielerof Leather: Mickael McCIintock, Elliezer Robns, C mittee to\\nsettle with Selectmen ol 1756; The Selectmen, Takers ol Invoice\\nJoseph Gorge, John Perham, Si 1 Boyd, Hog Reeves; William Per-\\nham, Clerk t lb.- Market.\\nThe meeting then adjourned to the 81st day of\\nMarch. The business was all transacted before the\\narrival of the other party. When they arrived, there\\nwas no little excitement, ami tiny forthwith proceeded\\nto organize the meeting, and to choose officers. After\\nthe choice of a complete set of town officers, this\\nmeeting was adjourned. Thus there were two sets of\\ntown officers. The last set of officers are now un-\\nknown, as their nanus were not recorded in the town\\nrecords, they being in possession of the opposite party.\\nBoth sets of officers entered upon their duties and with\\na will. The utmost confusion was the consequence.\\nTo add to the excitement, a special town-meeting was\\nheld on the 27th day of June, at which it was voted to\\nfinish in part the meeting-house, and fence the /rave-\\nyard near it.\\nAt this time the better part of the community be-\\ngan to look about them in all seriousness and examine\\nthe state of things and well they might. The quar-\\nrel was fast driving people from the town.\\nThe following is a letter from Colonel John Goffe\\nto inventor Wentworth relative to this election\\nMay it please your Excellency\\nI went at the Request of Masons Proprietors to tie Society Land be-\\ntween Pettersborah Hillsi.,.rah t wh. tie T re-pa-,, i- leel hen ..t\\nwork a whose Lots they had Improved a\\\\ found they had i li ared,\\nrate deal of Timber down, had builta camp upon Solly 4\\nMarchesi on Meservey Blanchards and your Excellencys Lots on\\nthe v\\nside c\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2el of work\\n;ive bnilt a\\nThe l.Ml.l\\nfenced it all In with a Conmderab\\ncamp on it aide, qo bod] ww Hen who we were then yet we are\\nprity sure that Doc Perry isthe man that has Trespassed upon your lot\\npetty it is that le should not be prosecuted as he Is the Ringleader of all\\nthe Rest, the[re], and as sou as they Git to work again I huve 2 i\\ngaged to see them at work acquaint me with the\\nis Exceeding Good but I think your K.x.elloneys is superior to any at\\nthat part of the Society Land and that maid n fellows Oovel it it if\\ncertainly worth mony\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I intended to have-wated upon your Excellency\\nwhen the Info Cort set. but I hurt my sell when up their with heat and\\nlaying out in the Wet so that I have not bi n wi II sence I came from\\ntheir.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Your Excellency y Remeiubei that we In Derryfield peti-\\nniiCortfora ittocall a town-l ting foi thechoiceof\\ntown officers which when [card John Hall with Col Barr who have\\nstrived all that is in theii powi i to Injure me of late 4; at the meeting\\nCol Barr cam on porpos to affront me A Col\u00c2\u00ab Barr Hiereds\\nJohn hall with Large promia 9 i\\ner a Trailer at Chester hall\\ni Samuel Solley and Clement March.\\n2 If Colonel Goffe stated the truth in the foregoing, the practii\\nrine- voters is not -u mi.dern.\\nHiereil 1 lime hi g 1 1 nforinatioii to e I Thieaien his .letters in\\ntown, it they did not vote for Hall 1 uld not stay upon them c, ao\\nthat upon the whole with their Influence hall obtai I eighteen voters\\nhe side him self and there was eighteen voters on tl pposite side of the\\nmost substantial men in town so that when they had don all they could\\nthat could not git hall any office without voting for himaolf not none\\nthat was chosen that day several Rec d Deeds from Col Barr others\\nthat day to make them voters which I suppose held tliein no longer than\\nthat. Night fori am confident they would not Trust them A shilling\\never expecting to Git it \u00e2\u0080\u0094And aa soon as the meeting wa ovei John Hall\\ntold Esq Sheepard the i lcrator that he had Heat Goffe now he\\nwould have a commission of the peace In spin- of any hody that should\\nit tn c,,| li.,,, a Maj Emerson and M Webster with his friends\\nat the Bank would procure it for him now maj h please Jour Excel-\\nlency it sui h an Insulting fellow (for I have heard him Insult thewhol\\nGover many times and a man that has Live 30 or h.rty years upon a\\nplacei could nevei liaise half his provision, to Git that post would\\nstrive for to make mony by if and put the people into confusion for\\nwork ho limit Incline to is allway contriving unjust ways to maintain\\nhis Luxury I am very sore yon Excellency never will Give a com-\\nr i i .1 m hi that wants it for no other end than to Revenge and Git\\nmony by it. Therefore I Beg y Excellencys favour that John Hall\\nnor nun for him may prevail in that Respect.\\nI am your Excellencys most Humble\\nA Devoted Servant\\nHis Excellency, Govenor Wintworth.\\nThe following is the tax-list for 1766\\nThe Copy of the List in lawful ley f.n yeyai 1701. of the polls\\n:i in I Estates.\\nDavid McKnight 8\\n.lames M. Knight 10 5\\n.t.ilm Rami, Esq 054\\nJohn Goffe, Esq 15 9\\nSamuel Moors 4\\nCapt. John Moor, 11 8\\nWilliam Nutte 6\\nJohn (Jrifen ll 5 4\\nBenjamin Backer (I 4 ._.\\nJosepheGorge\\nSergt. Abraham Mirall 6 1\\nJohnathan Mirall 5 7\\nEzekiel Stivens A\\nBenjamen stivens 11 7\\nHandrey Bllisdal 7 3\\nThomas Hall 6\\nThorn, is Russ 1) 4\\nJohn Riddell 4 6\\nSergt. James Riilell 7\\nCapl John Stark 17 2\\nEnBign .lame- Mi awallow nolo\\nEnsign Samuel stark 4 5\\nJohn Hutchen 11 4 11\\nl.oit. Daniel McNieall 11 11 4\\nSergt. Ebinezer Stivens 9 3\\nJoseph Masten no.\\nLevi. John Hall\\nDaniel Hall l I\\nSamuel Hall o 11 f .j\\nAlix. .McCIintock 5 8\\nll.onor 4\\nDavid Stirrate 8 5J4\\nWilliam McCIintock 11 1:: 11\\nJohn McCIintock i\\nJohn Dickey 6 10\\nWilliam Gembeal 20 10\\napt. Alexander McMiiiphy oil 7\\nSamuel Boyd\\nSergt. Nathaniel Boyd 11 5\\nw idow Boyd 1 I\\nMickel McCIintock 10 8\\n.lames Pirceas 5\\nWilliam Hall 11 4 7\\nCapt. William Pirtiain II K 4", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0195.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOKOUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ni\\nin I merson\\nV ilham Pirhazn, Jnnr\\nJames Ramsey, Londonderry\\ni: i i lure, Londonderry\\nJohn Eacken. Londonderry\\nWilliam Smith\\nBHer\\nRecorded Feb 7. L7C7,\\nper me John II w t\\nFrom a comparison of the town-lists, it will beseen\\nthat during the year preceding the making of the tax-\\nlist of 1766 there had been a decrease of twelve polls\\nin the town. The list of 1765 contained sixty-three,\\nwhile that of 1766 contained but fifty-one. Eighteen\\nmen had deceased ..r left town, and six had been\\nadded to thetown. But the rase was still worse than\\nthis. Two of the men added to the list of 1766,\\nDaniel and Samuel Hall, were men of thetownjust\\ncome of age, or never before taxed, so that in reality\\nthere had Keen a decrease of fourteen polls, or more\\nthan one-fifth of the polls of the town.\\nIn this state of things a petition was forwarded to\\nthe Legislature for redress. The petition was as fol-\\nTm Hi- L x. rllmrv Panning in t worth Es. r .V- (V\\nHis 3I;iv\u00c2\u00abj.-tyr- Pri-viii.-f ,,t \\\\.v, llampshier, the Honorable his majes-\\n-e s Conncell And House of Representative- In m i.,l ^ssemblj on-\\nThe Pettetion of A number of the freeholders A In Habitants of the\\ntown of Derryfield Humbly Sheueth, that the first monday of March\\nannually i- appoint- hy dial r t to the\\nthe Currant year and the usual i \\\\--iom of -l town has i 1 1\\nto warn the Town of ti and pla e and Desig of holdii\\nwith the Several articles to be acted upon on --1 Day, bi\\nCoppj of Said warrant al three several places in said Town, (via one at\\nlis, one at John Hall, one at I. v. RuBses at Nameskeeg,\\nwhich was a vote of Said Town, but so it was that neithei of the places\\nhad any Notification Set up, and one of them Particularly Naim-ke. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\\nhad no Coppy Set up in that part of the town, So that tli.-A knew not the\\ntime of Day the meeting was to be held; yet notwithstanding two of\\nthe Sel.vtne-n ;md town Clarke did contrary to former Costom, with\\nabout ten oi a Dozi n of the Inhabitants and boy.- and unqualified voter-.\\ndid Enter and in about five menuits time Ihouse ;ill the principal ott.-eors\\nlor the town. Notwithstanding one of the Selei I n ami the I onstaMe\\nSeveral of the [nhabitants opposed them an- 1 tol.lth.-mii ma hm\\nto hold the meetin before the Inhabitants -am. and that it was not the\\nusual time of day that tin- meeting vse to begin A that the inhabitants\\nthat must pay th- (;ivat-st part of the faxes that Bhall com upon the\\ntown were not presant that they would be here presantly, yet\\nthey proceeded as afore Said, and at five minutes after eleven o the\\nclock a considerable nuini- an hour the Inhabitant^\\nheitiy lame uppon he tring that the principal offerors were i Shosen by\\na Small Number of voters and many of them not Qualified, they Con-\\ncluded as that w;.e- ilm ha i, a r L 1 a m_\\nthe Larger part oi the Qualified voters belonging to Said Town, maid\\npi-orlaination tlia! fbe\\\\ were -oing to hold thetown meeting A* all were\\nDesired to attend and they went to th. m. .th,; u and maid Choise of\\na mo,li ra.tiir a Tow o| :il k a s. men a all town offecere, they were\\nsworn to the faithful di^hame of theii Duty a.- the Lav. i\\ntheir is two Sets of offecere in Said town which makes onfusition we most\\nHumbly therefore Pray your Kxeelency A Hon rs to take our Case undej\\nwise Consideration and Grant that there may be a lobular town meeting\\nin Said town A that we mav ha v.- town ,,!!e, i l K ,isen a- the law directs\\nand that our Confusion may lie brought into order, 1 might be Inabled\\nto Raise the provence taxes, mend high way- a do rhe n-\\n^t the town and that your Pettioners may bring in a bill for that End\\nyour Pet ten on* as in duty bound shall Ever Pray.\\nhaie,i at Derryfield first of May, 1766.\\ndames McCalley,\\nSamuel Stark,\\nDaniel McNeale,\\nJohn Goffe,\\nilliam McClintock,\\nDavin Starrett,\\nSamuel Boyd,\\nNathaniel Boyd,\\nCl i: i Emerson,\\nWilliam Nutr,\\nJohn Griffin,\\nJohn Stark,\\n1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Band,\\nJohn Hervey,\\nSamuel Moor,\\nJohn Moor.\\nIt will be seen that sonic of the men who had gen-\\nerally acted with the Hall party signed this petition.\\nThey were doubtless dissatisfied with the unfair pro-\\nceedings of that party at the annual meeting. In fact,\\nCaptain W. McClintock was present at that meeting,\\nand told them that they were proceeding in an unfair\\nmanner. He was one of the selectmen for 1765,\\neleeted by the Hall party, and had hitherto been with\\nthem.\\nWhile the mailer of the petition was progressing, a\\nmeeting was called of the town June L 7, 1766, at\\nwhich it was\\n.;..(to K- [nar th- 1 meetin L r 1 buise in part thies year.\\nt Lay a -ond rllur in tin- Meeting-House and make three Good\\n1 1 them ..ue slid lLiise .nidshout une the ounder window*\\no ili-- Meeting-House with forms Suitable foi to it -m.\\nMeantime the petition came up for considerate n\\nbefore the House of Representatives on the 3d of\\nJuly, and the petitioners had leave to bring in a bill.\\nOn the 8th the bill passed the Eouse and was as\\nfollows:\\nAn Art for Vacating the meetings of the Town of Derryfield for the\\n\\\\eai L766 held here bv the Inhabitant- for tin I I\\nand fur Deriecting A: authorizing a meeting A the rlmi.-e ,.f town orle- ei-\\ni, a Said eai\\nindry oi the Inhabitants of Said Derryfield have Pititioned\\nthe General Usembly Respecting thai Some designing men of Said In-\\nhabitants Having Some purpose to effeel Relative to the affairs of Said\\ntown which they could not otherwise accomplish, hurie-l on the annual\\nm the I ay then is usual before many of the principal\\nI nhabitants were .me to the ,]a- d M meeting m ii.-i.-i\\nrtiowen Disagreabel to the principal [nhabitants that af-\\nterwardswhen th) n llnl ibita tsi mi ti maid Choice of another\\nSe1 oi town officers bave proceeded to\\nact in their respective offices whereby the greatest Confusion was like to\\n1 ii.-ne in tin* town a therefore they prayed that both of Said meetings\\nmight he Vac ted and maid void and a new meeting.- Calte l I\\nof town officers for thisy.-ar which having been Examined ami both partys\\nh--ar-l thereon and if appearing tliat the affairs of Sd town are by this\\nmeans Involhed in --niu.-i- n a perplexity whii h would [sue in Disor-\\ntion of all the Legal Rightsand Privileges of Sd town;\\nFor Pn mention Whereof; Ue it Ena ted by tin- th-v. rner Coutiseil ,v\\nAssembly that both the Said meetings A: all the Elerti-.nes their made and\\nthe wdnde proceedings of Kadi of them be ami le-arcM i- declairred null,\\nvoid and of none Effect but are utterly Vacated and Destroyed and that\\nthe peisoii- eho- U t-\u00c2\u00bb any otlire at lathei and l-aich of Sd meeting- are\\nHereby Disqualified and Rendi red wholly uneable to act in them or any\\nOf them and it is hereby further Enacted that a new meetin.-. i\\nhabitants shall 1- i a I I I-t i lie I i i, ,u ,j r- -wn -Ih.-.-i f- r the i u riant\\nyear and all parsons ijnallityed a- the Law Idle, tes fa the Qualification\\nof Such as are authorized to vote in the Choies of town oncers in the an-\\nimal town meetings liall be permitted Wednesday 1:: I a ot au-n-t at\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J clock in the afternoon if they Shall Se raue\u00c2\u00ab t- V--te at Sd meeting but\\nall others all minor* in I Excluded from Voting at Said meet,\\nings as they ought to be in all such Cases and John Sheepard .Tuner of\\namherst Esqr is Herebj appointed i- Call and Govern Sd meeting till the\\nWho].- busness theie-.f Shall he Ended A that no Par-on i -.u. ei nr.j ma", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0196.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nJustly Cooniplaiuof want of notices the Sd John Sheepard is hereby De-\\nrected to Give a Notification to the Lastyears Constable of Sd town seting\\nfortbe the time and place Designs of holding of Sd meeting with the pur-\\npous thereof and that Sd meeting is Called by the authority of this act\\nwhich shall he Delivered to Said Constable at least fifteen Days before the\\nDay appointed for holding Sd meeting and Sd Constable shall Give per-\\nsonal notice to all the (Rallied Voters of Sd Town as has Son* Custom-\\nary times ben the there or leave a Coppy of the Sd Notifiction at the last\\nusual place of the abod of such of said persons as he Cannot meet with at\\nleast ten Days bei the o ting Indallthe Town officers which shall\\nbe Chosen pursuant Hereunto Shall have ih.. -..mo p.iw.t.v Ami... no us\\nany other Town officers Uavi Seta Duty of their Respective off-\\ncee And the Said ConBtabel is herebj subjected to a penalty of three\\npounds for Refuseing or Neglecting his Duty herein to he Recovered by\\nthe Selectmen that shall be Chosen bj Said town foi thi u\\nProvince of 1 In the House of Representatives, July\\nllaliil.sli.\\nMb,\\ntimes Eead Voted that It pass t\\nLewis G. Goodwin, Speaker,\\ni Council July Oth, 17GC, The foregoing bill Read a third tin\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2B. Wentwoeth.\\nIn accordance with this Act, Mr. Shepherd on the 15th of July is-\\nsued the following Warrant:\\nProvince of i To the Constable of Derryfield in Said\\nNew Hampshire. j Province for the year 17r..~\\ntn.rtas by a Special Act of the General Court for Sd province, passed\\n,,t theii Session this pris Instant July I am authorized to Call and Govern\\nthe Inhabitantes of Derryfield in order to Reform Some dis-\\norders that they have lately thrown themselves into Relative to town\\nWherefore you are hor.la lie\\nwarn the Inhabitant- ,t ;u l l ,t v.-:: Law to Vote in\\nChusingtown officers, to Com ene ,,t the meeting-House in Derryfield\\nQualified by Law to Vote, on Wednesday the Z3ddaj of August next at\\ntwo of the clot k in the afternoon, to Chuse Common* ordinary town, .di-\\ncers for the Currant year as the Law Directs, and you are to give ten\\ndays Notices at least to each person Qualified as aforesaid which notice\\nmust be personal or left at the persons Usual place of abode hereof you\\nmay not fail St mack Due return. N B bj the above ested V t youan\\nSul.j.-cte.lto the penalty of three pounds for your Refusal or Neglect.\\nlie- lent lilt t\\n,1 UN S|,\\nVCirranl the Constable made the following return\\nProvince of Pursent to the foregoing precept I have Warned\\ns ew Hampshire, i the Inhabitants of Sd Derryfield to Meet at time\\ni place for the purpose as mentioned in S.I pi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ciiaei.es Emf.hs.is,\\nCon-table tor Derryfield 1TC.\\nJohn Ha li. Town Clark.\\nAugust 13th, the following officers were chosen\\nAt a special meeting called for the 22d of December\\nfollowing, to vote on the following articles:\\nl-tlv I., lines a moderator to heglate Said meeting.\\nL dh I.. See if the town will Kc.ise any money for pre. hilt then v. Iittt\\nthe s. I.-, I in.iii hies all Heady provided this year.\\n3dlj i .See how much monay the town will Reaes to Defraj tie-\\ncontingent Charg 1 tie town for the present year.\\nIthly. to See if the town will Coinplay with the Law of the Gover-\\nluent I,, ]u,.\\\\ i,d wightes and iiiishures or if not to Defend the present\\nSelect men of any Cste or troble for not providing tlio id\\ntm. I mishers as the Law hies provided in that K;.-s.\\n.tlily. t,, heir the Reporte of the Ce.inniitey that wus i\\nBluing Sundry years a.v..nnpt.-s in behalfe -I the town, l I Wite, Conel\\nJohn Coil,., apt. Alex McMurphy, a mr Neathainel Boyd Commitey\\nThe opposition rallied and voted the four business\\narticles down. The record stands thus:\\n\\\\;.i,-,l ..ne the 2 artical not to lletiies any monaj lot Prieching this\\nyear.\\nnote to Retiise any luoney for N.-crisey charges In llehail ot\\nthe town for theis year.\\nVoted one the fourth artical in the warrant not to Re.n-. any monay\\nto provide wightes miushers for the town.\\nOne the fifth artical the iiccouniptefi was Read hut now\\nVnt was paste one them and they remaien on Silled.\\nThe excitement was now greatly increased.\\nMarch 2, 17(17, the Goffe party carried the daj and\\nelected officers, as follows:\\nHat id Manet. Moderator David Starret, Town Clerk Elizcr Rob-\\nire, Uevundei McClintoek, Nathaniel lloy.I, Selectmen John Harvey,\\nSeb tm n, 1 ie -t i- i i- f I ami in lie Cwn as the Law\\nTin,., i,, l; l l:; i .1, I i I Kbenezer Ste-\\n,en\u00c2\u00bb, Si tl I i lluss, Sieler of Leather Mickel Mc-\\nClintoek, Ellie/er Robens, ominittee to settle with Selectmen of 1T0G\\nThe Selectmen, Take the Invoice of the polls ami Estates of the town\\nof Derryfield for ye year 17111 Joseph Gorge, John I erham, Samuel\\nBoyd, James perces, Houg Reeafes William Perham, Clerk of the Mar-\\nRecorded Febr\\nM\\nCharles F.me\\nMei 1\\nHall His Demands Relating\\nLaw, it being thought an timet\\nson, John\\nCharles I tn rson. Ll.etev s-, Lumber John Moor,\\nJ., M.coitey. Counters ol Votes; John lb. 11. 1 take Invoice. Alex-\\nander Merrill, James Pierce, William Perham, Jr., Hog Constables\\nThomas Russ, Sieler Df I eath\\nMarch ft, 17G9, the\\nTow n voted not to pay Levt\\nthe Borrowed money without a\\nonable demand.\\nMr. Hall then commenced a suit against the town\\nfor his claim.\\nIn the warrant for the annual town-meeting in\\n1771 there were the following articles:\\nFifthly, to Hear the accoinpts of Corll. John Goffe, and William\\nMcClintoek as Agents for the town to Defend the Town against He ac-\\ntion Levt. John Hall commenced against the town of Derryfield and to\\napprove or not approve.\\nSixthly, to See If tile TOWll Will CIlUS. I\\nLevt. I, dm Hall all the accompts Between Baid II, ,11 and\\nDerryfield.\\nAt a meeting held March 4. 1771, the accounts of\\nthe committee which defended the suit brought by\\nLieutenant Hall were read, and are of an interesting\\ncharacter, showing the expense of litigation, etc.. at\\nthat early day. The following is a copy:\\nparty was triumphant.\\nCorll. John Goffei\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2the Town of Derryfield. In\\nIv aee-.tiut of Time and money I Expended in ctirryng\\n,,11 Hie LaW Stlte Hie loWllof I)elT\\\\tie|d a,ll-l\\nLevt. John Hall.\\ntt, Sept. to time five Day- at lb- Infereor Cort at 2s pel-\\nDay\\nTo travluig\\nTO Halfe a G\\n]i,t||, e Jl.-l", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0197.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n24th Nov. to wating on the Rule of i ort at Samuel Thomp-\\nsons, one day 2s my Hors Hier .Is and Esq. underwood\\nfor Summons for Evidences and his attendance 8s. 13\\nTo a Fee to mr autherton hnlfaGinne OH\\nTo Charge and Expance at Xompsons is\\n1770, J7 Feb., to Moses Senters, whan the Knl for Derryfield\\nCase was to Held their one Day my Serif and Hore o:i\\nt Cash paid Santer fur my own ami William inae Clin-\\ntocks and witnes Expenses 12\\nto Esqr. underwood for summons n nt\\nI a mat, ami Horstogoe lo Esqr. Lovewells 12\\ntoaDay in Giting paper and preparing for Tryal 02\\nto a Fee to one parson n riT\\n17: Sept., to Bear, undo\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 L for fouer witnesses 02\\nto Notifyi ation q 01\\nh.uge :,n,l Expetws while Swaring Evidence and\\nthe Esqre. Dinner at my House n 06\\nto one Days attendance my Salf 02\\nI 1 v e[,f at the Inferior Cort twelve Lays at 2s pel 1 i n 114\\nTraveling fees on Hundred mils at 2ppr mile 16\\nExtra Charge n Q6\\nto my Expance at Portsmouth 04\\nto mr pickren fee 2 llolrs inr Lowel for 2 I olars 1 til\\n1775, Feb. 7, at Supperior Cort to a I uppyat ilifi .n,. to mr\\nRing 4 in\\nto mr Dowel 1 Dolerasa fee o 06\\ntomrpickren 1 I K.lers as a fee 1 (4\\nto twelve Days at 2s per Day 1 n4\\nto our Eating and Lodging and Jlors Keeping as pr\\nMarches Hill lor Captn John Stark and David star-\\nTour.\\nion the Rule of Oort the Brat\\ni In Londonderry 1 Pay of my\\nnoses Sentcrs in Lit. h ti.-l.l al th.- Second\\nKnl..- ,,fC,.,rt. For 1 Day of my Salf at Is i;.l per Day and\\n1 day i M horsat Is lid per Day\\nITTI IV1, Exp ssea to Portsmouth to, nrj Salf and\\nCaptn John Stark and David Starrett, in the whole at\\nsundry plasses\\ntowel ass fee3 Dolers ili]is.,t Dwiers 2 mngs\\nCash p.nd to Corll Goffe In mr marches In ports-\\nmonth\\nat Chaster to a mala ofotes and a jil of Run, C ing\\nto 12 Days of my Salf at 2s per Day\\nto hors hire to Portsmouth\\nto Capn John Stark and liavid Starrett accounts for Ex-\\npanse a Coming horn from Portsmouth which Ex-\\npance Said mc Clintock paid at grenlan to 1 Bowl of\\nTodoy and two moss oles\\nat Exetor a- by folsomes liill for Eiting and Drinks anil\\nai KingBtown for Loging and hore Keeping\\nat Chaster to Eating and Drinks and otes\\nAt this meeting it was voted that\\nExtra Expenses\\nTraveling foes one Hundred inil.-s at 2p per mil,\\nthe above is the whole of the Conlls act onnl Exceptd\\ni aptn John stark account as Evidence, attendance at\\nSamuel Thompsons In Londonderry I and\\nTravling fees 24 miles at 2,1 per mile\\nto a Day attendance and traveling fees al SEoses Stan-\\nters Jun., Litchfield 19 miles at 2d pr mile\\nto your attendance at Portsmouth upon Semance at the\\nSuperior Coil, ami traveling fees loll Hides ,i\\nmile\\nI I ays il, -n, I, at Is lid pel day at Said ,i t\\nthe above is the total of Capn Stark account, F. Expected.\\nCapt n John moore attendance first Rule Corte Day Is 6d\\nto thir Rule at Santera Is 6d\\nattendance as a an Evedence 1st time Is 6d the second\\ntime for the Supperor Can 1- id travling fees 1\\nmiles at 2d per mile\\nthe above is the total of Captn moot account E Expected.\\nI avid Starettsaco ,t against lb,- Town of Derryfield,\\nDr. for gov, ing t,, Cor U Goffe s wife ui\u00e2\u0080\u009e,n sum s\\nand Expance\\nto Santers In Litchfieldl Day of my Salf and Hors.\\nto Coppeys at Sundrey times Pointing the Case\\nto G Days attendance at the Supperer Cor( up,,\\nance at 2s per Day\\nto Hors Hiere to Portsmouth\\n0,;\\nm;\\n12\\no\\n06\\n\u00c2\u00a301\\nin\\nOil\\nA committee ot five n chosen t,, settle all accounts Between\\nLevt. John Hall and the town of Derryfield, and this Committee shall\\nhave full power ,,t .,,i,., i\u00e2\u0080\u009ei,aif said town, to make a Com-\\nplete and final settlement with said Hall and make a report to the Town\\nThe settlement was, no doubt, soon alter effected.\\nThe expense of this suit to the town had amounted to\\n\u00c2\u00a343 17*. 8d, more I htm the whole tax of the town.\\n21y, to see if the Inhabitants of Said town will Vote to Give the Revr.\\nGeorge Gilmore a Call to the Worke of the Menistry in said Derryfield to\\nho their M, -nester.\\n:lv. to S,, h,,u much yearly Salary they Will Vote the said llilmore\\nl i i heir Call.\\n4ly, t,, s,-e h,,w much Setelment Money they Will Vote the said Gil-\\nmore if lie Except their Call.\\n51y, loSee if they Will Vote to Sand a man or men to treet. with the\\nsaid Gilmore and agree about the mater as the town pleeses to order.\\nSeptember ij, 177::, it was\\nVoUdto Dismis the above Warrant but the town thought Best to\\nsand for the Revr. George Gilmore, and it was put to vote and the Town\\nvoted to sand for the Revr. George Gilmore as sun as possible t m,l\\npreach with us Eighth Hays up,,,, Carder Trill.\\nI ecember 23d,\\nyear it was\\nThe Town of Derryfield!\\nI r. n, two jounuies\\nthe Copey of the writ I, 03\\nt I V t l the Cnppj ,,1 the write I I )4\\n1769, Septmr. at the Infereor Cort to mr pickren as a fee 12\\nto Hors Jorney to Portsmouth, 6s and ottes for Said Hors\\n2s, to hors keeping 2s 10\\nto my own time four Days at 2s per Day 08\\nlo Expanses while Cm- n, port-in, ,n!|, 06\\nToted on the third Articul in the Warrant toGiv, Revt. George Gil-\\nniorea Call to the Work ,,r the Ministry to be our settled Minister in\\nSaid Town.\\nThen Voted on the fourth Articul in the Warrant to Give the Revtl\\nGeorge 611m thirty Pounds Lawful! money in Cash, for his annual\\nSettled yearly Salary S,, I g .,s i\u00e2\u0080\u009e. the Said Gilmore Contenes to be our\\nf, ttled minister in said Town.\\nToted mi the Said Articul to Give the Revt. George Gilmore for a\\nSettlement thirty Pounds Lawful] money in Cash and Sixty Pounds Law-\\nlull iiiem-v i,, i\u00e2\u0080\u009e. paid in Labour at tw,, shilling- Lawful] per Day for man\\nand the Same for oxen, the Said Labor is to be paid in fol\\nmencing from the time thai th,- Said Gilmore Exooptsand settle, with us\\nin Said town fifteen Pounds per year and the Above Cash within one year\\nC the fifth articul in the Warrant to Cliuse a Committee l,,\\ntreet with the Revt. George Gilmore Relating the above Votes, then\\nVoted David Starret, Samuel Boyd, John perham and Levtn. .lames mac\\nCallev to l\u00e2\u0080\u009e, the c, itlee and 1; e report to the Town.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0198.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nThen Voted I adjourn this ting till tin.- tlnr.l i day in lebru-\\nary to the houBe of Levtn. John halta, at one of the Clock in the after-\\nnoon on the Said Day.\\nDeeevfield, February the 21th Day, 1771.\\nThen meet aeoMidinu to adjournment the moderator and Clerk pres-\\nent and the meetin Caled, then Voted to Dismis the Sixth arti.nl in the\\nWarrant by Beson that the above Committee had not Received anej an\\nswer from the Revt. Gearge Gilniore.\\nNothing was done towards repairing the meeting-\\nhouse during the Revolution, an.d it became much\\ndilapidated.\\nOn the 22d day of May, 1780, au attempt was made\\nto sell the pew ground, for the purpose of raising\\nmoney to repair the meeting-house, but the project\\nwas voted down.\\nJune 3, 1783, it was\\nCoted to Raisone hundred Dollars and to apply the Same toarda lie-\\npairing the meeting-house in Derryfield and that the same Be liaised this\\npresent year the one half in money and the other\\nsuitable meterials sutch as Shall Be Excepted\\nbe Hereafter Choosen for that purpose.\\nVoted that Major Webster, Levt. Dan l hall and Samuel Stark Bo a\\nCommitty to provide meterials and Labourers to do the Work and to\\nRepair the meeting-house So fer as tin aforesaid Hundred Dollars will\\nDo.\\nBut the repairs were not completed, and September\\n24th, of the following year, it was voted to raise fifty\\ndollars towards repairing the meeting-house.\\nIn 1790 an effort was made, and with success, to\\nsell the pew ground and finish the house, and\\nMarch 1st of that year it was Voted to sell the Pew\\nGround, to finish the Meeting-house.\\nMajor John Webster, John Green and John Hall\\nwere chosen a committee to sell the pew ground.\\nThe committee sold the ground at public auction,\\non the 22d of June of that year, upon the following\\nconditions:\\nThe Conditions of Sail of the Pew grouud in Derryfield meeting-\\nhouse agreable to an advertaement published hearing Date June^the 4th,\\n1790, by the subscribers is as follows\\nlstly. the ground for each pew to be built on, will he Struck off to\\nthe Highest Bidder, they giving good security to the. Committee for the\\nSum of money that sd grounds is sold n.r t le- t help to repair the meet-\\ning-house this year.\\n2dly. He that Purcheseth any of the above pew ground shall have a\\nbill of Sail from the Committee in their Capacity of the number .V, price\\nthat it Cost them, to be Recorded m D -rrylield Town Book.\\n3dly. The Buyer must pay two-thirds of the purchise in Glass, Nailes,\\nor marchantable Clahhoards or Putty at or before the first day of Sep-\\ntember Next, and the Remaindering third in Cash at or before the\\nfirst Day of January Next.\\ngiven under our Hand, Dated at lienytield June J2d, 1790.\\nJohn Weiss-tee, John Hall, Committee Men.\\nThe sales were thus\\nMai John Webster\\nDaniel Davise\\nDaniel I [all\\nCapt. John Perham\\nJames Gorman\\nJohn Green\\nCapt. John Perham\\n.John Hall\\nLevt. David Merrell\\nJohn Stark, Jr\\nJonathan Cicely\\nDavid Webster\\nJoseph llaseltine\\nWilliam Nutt\\nDot ii -inliii Duston\\nAbraham Aiiimy\\n[sreal oung\\nJohn Dickey\\nCapt. Samuel Moor\\nTl, isGriSfen\\nJohn ladle\\nMaj. John Webstei\\nThe purchasers built their pews immediately, and\\nthe lower part of the house was of respectable finish.\\nMarch 5, 1792, it was\\nVoted to raise forty dollars to Repair the Meeting House.\\nVoted that the Selectmen lay out the Money to Build the Gallery\\nStare- and Lay the Gallery tl.ires.\\nThe stairs were built and the floors laid, and on the\\n30th day of October following it was\\nVoted to sell the Pew Ground in the Gallery*, A the pews to be five\\nfeet in frount from the Wall.\\nVoted that the pew ground be sold at Vendue.\\nVoted that the Selectmen he a committee to sell the pewa.\\nThe sale took place on the loth day of November,\\n1792, on the following conditions\\nDebrvfii.i.11, No\\\\. loth, 1793.\\nArticles of the Sale of the Pew ground in the Gallon s of the Derry-\\nfield Meeting-House.\\nArtical first, the highest bidder shall be the purchaser.\\n2dly. No bid shall be excepted less then sixpence.\\n3dly. the purchesor shall gh e security to the K\\\\coptance ..I the\\nmittee to he paid by the last day of May Next.\\n-Hlily. tile purchesor shall have for his security the plan A ii,e \\\\n ,,t\\nthe pew struck oft to him Recorded in the Town Book.\\n5thly. the committee shall have Equal Liberty to hid with the other\\ninhabitants.\\nStruck orl to William Perham 1 10\\nDavid Stevens 2 13\\nJohn Stark 3 10\\nAble Huso 1 7\\nJames Majorey 1 6\\nSamuel Smith 1 5 6\\nCapt John Perham 2 13\\nCapt Samuel Moor 1 12\\nWilliam Perham 1 ID\\nAble Huse 1 5\\nGreen Simons 1 7\\nWilliam Stevens 1 7\\nDaniel Davie 1 6\\nJohn Hall Jr 1 8 fi\\n\u00c2\u00a320 12 C", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0199.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "94\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe house, however, was never finished. Conten-\\ntion and discord had borne their fruits. The majority\\nof the people cared but little about the building, and\\nat no time was it tit for public worship.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Pickels (says Judge Potter, in referring\\nto this old house), an eccentric clergyman of that\\ntime, preaching in it as late as ahoul 1 tool\\nhis hearers to task for not finishing and repairing the\\nhouse.\\nAfter telling them of their duty in this matter in a\\nvery forcible .strain, as was his wont, he elosed by\\noaming t them the penalty for not doing their duty\\nin this particular. Why, continued he. if you\\ndon t repair the house ofGod,thed 1 will come in\\nand cany you out at the crack-.\\nIt is said, that for fear of the penalty, the house\\nwas immediately repaired so as to prevent any such\\negress for his satanie majesty and the delinquent\\nhearers.\\nThe Rev. William Pickels was a native of Wales,\\nwhere he married Margaret Tregallis. After emigrat-\\ning to this country he preached for a time in Phila-\\ndelphia. He came into the neighboring town of Bed-\\nford imewhere about 17*7. He preached in Bedford,\\nsome years, a portion of the time. At first he was\\nvery popular as a preacher, and it was proposed to\\nsettle him, but for some reasons, not readily accounted\\nfor. an opposition sprang up against him in Bedford,\\nand became so violent as to forbid the idea of a settle-\\nment. His enemies charged him with dissolute\\nhabits in Philadelphia, but the charge was stoutly\\ndenied by his friends. At length the strife waxed so\\nwarm and became so pointed that Lieutenant John\\nOrr ottered to lava wager of fifty dollars that the\\ncharge was true. The wager was taken by Mr. Pick-\\nels friends, and Mr. William Riddle was agreed upon\\nas the agent of the parties to proceed to Philadelphia\\nand investigate the charge. His report was to be\\nfinal. Mr. Kiddle went to Philadelphia on horse-\\nback, investigated the matter, found the charge untrue\\nin every particular, returned and reported the result.\\nThere was great exultation on the part of the winners\\nand they met at the store of Isaac Riddle, Esq., to re-\\njoice over the victory. Mr. Riddle was designated as\\ntheir agent to go to Mr. Oil s and get the wager. He\\naccordingly waited upon Mr. Orr and made known\\nthe result of the investigation. Without making a\\nremark, Lieutenant Orr went to his desk and paid\\nover the money. Mr. Riddle took the money back to\\nthe winners, and it was spent at the counter in liquor\\nfor the multitude. But the result did not stay the\\nopposition against Mr. Pickels, and he was forced to\\nabandon the idea of a settlement. He. however, con-\\ntinued to preach in Bedford a portion of the time for\\nsome sixteen years. His friends would pay their\\nmoney for no other man as long as he was in the\\nneighborhood; and as they constituted near one-half\\nof the people in Bedford, ami among them some of the\\nmost influential, Mr. Pickels continued to supply the\\npulpit ahoiit one-half of the time. The\\npart of the time be preached in the vicinity, mostly in\\nDerryfield. At length an opposition sprang up\\nagainst him here, probably having its origin in Bed-\\nford, and it was thought best to settle the question of\\nhis employment in town-meeting. Accordingly, in\\nthe warrant of October 19, 1796, was the following\\narticle:\\n4thly. TV see if tile town wilt vote to raise money for the purpose\\nof hiring Mr. William 1 irUels to Preach lor them some part of the year\\nEosueing, if he can he obtai I.\\nAt the meeting November 7, 1796, it was\\n1 p:u-t of the Year Ensue-\\nFrom this time he continued to supply the pulpit in\\nthis town till 1804, sometimes hired for a specific num-\\nber of Sabbaths, and again to preach out the money\\nraised. About 1804 he removed to Maine, where he\\ncontinued to reside until his death.\\nMr. Pickels was an eloquent preacher and a fine\\nscholar, but very eccentric in his habits. He finally\\nannounced his belief in the doctrine of universal\\nsalvation.\\nThe First Congregational Church. This church\\nwas formed by the union of a Presbyterian Church,\\nwhich was organized at Manchester Center May 21,\\n182$, and a Congregational Church, organized at\\nAmoskeag December 2d of the same year. The\\nPresbyterian Church never had a house of its own\\nand a pastor was never settled over it. For a few\\nmonths alter its formation its pulpit was supplied\\nby the Rev. William K. Talbot. In 1833, Benjamin\\nF. Foster was ordained as an evangelist, and he for\\nsome time furnished occasional preaching. Those of\\nits members who united with the Amoskeag Church\\nto form another at the new village in Manchester\\nwere Moses Noyes, Lucy Noyes, Robert P. Whitte-\\nmore, Hannah Jane Whittemore, Jennet Dickey,\\nElizabeth Hall, Sally Whittemore, Eliza A. Moor,\\nJerusha Griffin, Maria Noyes, Elizabeth Stark, Abby\\nStark, Mrs. F. G. Stark.\\nLike the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational\\nwas without a house or a pastor of its own. Among\\nthose who occupied its pulpit were the Rev. B. F.\\nFoster (who divided his time between this church\\nand the one at the Centre), the Rev. Mr. Noble, the\\nRev. Mr. French, the Rev. Mr. Stone (afterwards a\\nmissionary in Siam), and Cyrus W. Wallace, who be-\\ngan bis labors with it on the last Sunday in April,\\n1S39, and wdio afterwards became its pastor. About\\nthat time the church began to hold meetings at the\\nnew village in Manchester with the approval of the\\nI church at the Centre, sustaining thus the first regu-\\nlar Sunday services in what is now the compact part\\nof the city. At the time when it ceased to exist as\\na separate church its members were Daniel Farmer,\\ni George Berry, Samuel Poor, Henry Peacock, Nahum\\nBaldwin, Betsey Farmer. Mrs. Samuel Poor, Mrs.\\nNahum Baldwin, Lettice McQuesten, Betsey Flan-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0200.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER,\\nders, Mary Rodgers, Lydia Drew, Harriet Jones,\\nMary C. Perry, Catharine French, Mrs. Pollard.\\nIt had become by this time patent that a union of\\nthese two churches would be a gain toeach, and that\\nthe place for the new church was at the village\\nwhich the manufacturers were building on the east\\nbank of the Merrimack. The union was effected\\nAugust 15, 1839, by a council which met first at the\\nhouse of Phinehas French in Amoskeag village, and\\nthen adjourned to Franklin Hall, ami the church\\nthus formed was called the First Congregational\\nChurch in Amoskeag, a house of worship being\\nbuilt for its use at the new village in 1839. The\\nname was afterwards changed to that of the First\\nCongregational Church in Manchester. Cyrus W.\\nWallace, then a licentiate of the Londonderry Pres-\\nbytery, had already, as has been said, commenced\\nhis labors with the Amoskeag Church, but did not\\npreach as a candidate for settlement. He supplied\\nthe pulpit till November of that year, and then re-\\nceived a call to become the pastor of the church\\nand society. He accepted the invitation and was or-\\ndained January 8, 1840, being the first minister ever\\nordained and installed in the town.\\nAt the time of the union of the two churches Moses\\nNoyes was the deacon of the Presbyterian Church\\nand Daniel Farmer of the Congregational Church,\\nand by mutual agreement they became the deacons\\nof the new church, continuing in office till death\\nremoved them, the one in October, 1860, and the\\nother October 30, 1865.\\nDr. Wallace, who had been the pastor of the church\\nsince its formation, and whose uninterrupted service\\nwith one church far exceeded in length that of any\\nother clergyman ever settled in Manchester, sent bis\\nresignation to the church January 11, 1873, and it\\nwas accepted by the latter, to take effect the last of\\nAugust. Edward G. Selden accepted a call to\\nsucceed Dr. Wallace, and was ordained Decem-\\nber 16, 1873, and dismissed in 1885. By a vote of the\\nchurch, as an expression of their affectionate re-\\ngard, Dr. Wallace was made pastor emeritus of the\\nchurch on the 1st of January, 1874. The church has\\na membership of about six hundred.\\nA meeting of persons interested in forming a Con-\\ngregational society was held at Amoskeag April 1,\\n1838. These were organized as the First Congrega-\\ntional Society in Amoskeag Village, and at an ad-\\njourned meeting on the 27th adopted a consti-\\ntution and chose Daniel Farmer, president\\nGeorge W. Kimball, secretary Nahum Baldwin,\\nSamuel Poor and George Perry, directors.\\nShortly after the formation of the society a vote\\nwas passed to form the Amoskeag Joint Stock Com-\\npany for the purpose of building a church in Amos-\\nkeag village. This vote was rescinded, other plans\\nand places were discussed and in 1839 it was decided\\nto build a house of worship on Hanover Street, near\\nElm. The Amoskeag Company gave the land and\\nthe Stark Mills gave live hundred dollars to help\\nbuild the church. Other means were obtained by\\nmaking shares of stock, which were soon taken up.\\nThe house was begun in the spring, finished in the\\nautumn and dedicated in November of 1839. It then\\ncontained one hundred and twenty-two pews and\\nwould accommodate six hundred and fifty persons.\\nDuring the process of building, the society, which\\nhail already left Amoskeag, worshiped in Franklin\\nHall, on Amherst Street, nearly in the rear of the\\npresent church. In L852 tin- house was enlarged, the\\ncongregation worshiping meanwhile in the city hall.\\nAbout 1842 a vestry or chapel was built just back of\\nthe church.\\nAbout 1846 the society forsook its original name\\nand took that of the First Congregational Society in\\n.Manchester. January 9, 1865, it having been twenty-\\nfive years since the settlement of the Rev. Dr. Wal-\\nlace, the event was celebrated by the society and\\nother friends by a gathering at Smyth s Hall, Peter K.\\nChandler, then president of the society, in the chair.\\nDr. Wallace preached a commemorative sermon, and\\naddresses were made by the Rev. Thomas Savage, of\\nBedford, a member of the council convened to settle\\nMr. Wallace; the Rev. Henry E. Parker, of Concord;\\nthe Rev. Nathaniel Bouton, D.D., of Concord the\\nRev. Henry M. Dexter, of Boston, and the Rev.\\nWilliam H. Fenn, of Manchester, former pastors of\\nthe Franklin Street Society; William G. Means, of\\nAudover, Mass., secretary and treasurer of the first\\nsociety from 1842 to 1854 and John B. Clarke, of\\nManchester. Dr. Wallace was made the recipient\\nof several articles in testimony of the regard of his\\npeople.\\nThe present church edifice was completed in 1880, at\\na cost of about sixty-five thousand dollars. It is a\\nsubstantial and commodious brick structure, beauti-\\nfully located, and has a seating capacity of thirteen\\nhundred and fifty. It was dedicated May 12, 1880.\\nThe Franklin Street Congregational Church\\nwas organized May 7, 1844, as the Second\\nCongregational Society, with the following offi-\\ncers: John Crosby, president; Abram Brigham,\\nclerk and treasurer; William C. Clarke, Thomas\\nCarleton, Walter T. Jaquith, directors. On the 27th\\nof June, of the same year, a church was organized in\\nconnection with the society. The first pastor was\\nRev. Henry M. Dexter, who was ordained November\\n6,1844. They worshiped in the town hall until its\\ndestruction by fire, then in a chapel on Concord\\nStreet and a hall in Patten s block, then in the new\\ntown hall until the completion of their present\\nhouse of worship, on the corner of Market and Frank-\\nlin Streets. April 25, I860, the name was changed\\nbom Second Congregational to Franklin SI ml So-\\nciety. The church building was remodeled in 1878\\nat an expense of about twenty-three thousand dollars,\\nand the seating capacity increased to fourteen hun-\\ndred. A tower was added, in which has been placed", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0201.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE\\n:i chime of nine bells, weighing seven thousand five\\nhundred pounds, the gift of ex-Governor Smyth.\\nMr. Dexter remained pastor of the church until\\nMarch 14, 1849, when he was dismissed. His\\ncessoi was Rev. Henry S. Clarke, who was installed\\nSeptember 26, 1849. The latter remained till July 1,\\n1852, and November 3, 1852, Rev. Samuel C. Bart-\\nlett was installed. He was dismissed February 18,\\n1857, and his successor, Rev. Aaron C. Adams, was\\nsettled on the 22d of July, of the same year.\\nHe left September 22, 1858, and Rev. William\\nH. Fenn became pastor February 10, 1859, remaining\\nover seven years, being dismissed July 17. 1866. lie\\nwas followed by William J. Tucker, who was ordained\\nJanuary 24, 1867, and continued pastor of the church\\nuntil April 21,1875. The next minister was Rev.\\nWashington Choate. ilis installation occurred Sep-\\ntember 29, 1875, and his dismissal December 26, L876.\\nWilliam V. W. Davis was ordained and installed\\nSeptember 12. 1877, and dismissed September 25,\\n1882. Rev. George P.. Spalding, I having re-\\nceived a call from this society, resigned his pastorate\\nat Dover, and was installed pastor of this church\\nFebruary 14, 18X2, and is the present pastor.\\nFirst Baptist Church. 1 The first church in this\\ntown was of the Baptist denomination, and was or-\\nganized in 1812, under the pastoral care of Rev. David\\nAbbott. It consisted of fourteen members. It flour-\\nished under Mr. Abbott s teaching until 1820. \\\\t\\nthat time it numbered twenty-two, when dissensions\\namong the brethren crept in, and the spirit of religion\\nwent out and the church was broken up. In 1829 a\\nMethodist Episcopal Church was organized, and in\\nthe following year a house of worship was erected.\\nThis was the first meeting-house finished in Manches-\\nter. In 1831-32 the Rev. Matthew Newhall, from the\\nNew Hampshire Conference, was stationed here.\\nWith the above exception, the First I .api ist Church of\\nthis city was the first church in town to call and set-\\ntle a pastor. This church was gathered by Rev. John\\nPeacock, who has left on record the initiatory steps\\nof its organization, as follows\\nLotto s Day, July 26, 1835.\\nThe Baptist Church in Gotlstown voted I hi- htv to acknowledge us\\nwhose names are here enrolled\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Amoskeag Itiaiieh of 1 lie Getts\\ntown Church; authorizing us to engage our minister and reward him.\\naud dismiss them, and to enjoy the\\nKliler John Peacock,\\nMrs. Mary R. Peacoi k,\\nHope; Tewksbury,\\nBetsey Tewksbury,\\nZilpab Gould,\\nDaniel Gooden,\\nJohn Stevens,\\nMrs. Susan M. Stevens,\\nElizabeth Melntire,\\nAbigail Rider. 1\\nThe Branch held its meetings for religious worship\\nin a hall at Amoskeag village, and under the faithful\\nservices of its pastor accessions to its numbers were\\nreceived from Sabbath to Sabbath. At length the\\ntime came when it was deemed that the interests of\\nreligion required a separate organization.\\nDecember 1, 1836, at a meeting of the Plate h, it\\nwas voted substantially as follows\\n1st. That it is now expedient to form an independent church, and lor\\nthai purpose 1.. ask dismission from ttie church at Goffstown.\\n2d. That we adopt as the articles of our faith and practice tie atti-\\ncles prepared l.y the New Hampshire Baptist State Convention\\n.Id. That our pastor h.- authorized t. cell an ecclesiastical 1 foi\\nadvice, and to take such action as in their wisdom the hest interests l\\nthe i hurt i maj seem to require.\\nJanuary 4, 1837, in pursuance of the foregoing ac\\ntion, a council consisting of the following brethren\\nassembled in Roger Williams Hall, at Amoskeag vil-\\nlage, to wit\\nRev. George Evans, Horace Eaton and others, of\\nthe Goffstown Church; Rev. D. D. Pratt, of Nashua\\nRev. A. T. Foss, of New Boston Rev. Mark Carpen-\\nter, of Milford Rev. Bartlet Pease, of Hudson Rev.\\nSamuel Abbott, of Bedford; and Rev. S. C. Pratt, of\\nNew Hampton.\\nAfter full deliberation, the council voted unani-\\nmously to recognize John Peacock, Daniel Gooden,\\nAndrew J. George, John Washer and their associates\\nof the Amoskeag Branch as an independent church.\\nThe following are the forty-five original members\\nwho were thus publicly recognized\\nRev. John Peacock, Deacon Daniel Gooden, John Stevens, Stephen\\nWasher, John Washer, Andrew J. George, Hopie Tewksbury, Betsey\\nTewksbury, Elizabeth Melntire, Zilpah Gould, Abigail Rider, Eliza Mc-\\nIhifrie, Mrs. Mary It. Peacock, Mrs. Marinda Gooden, Mrs. Susan M.\\nst. mi, Mj Louisa A. Washer, Mrs. Polly Washer, Emily George,\\nLettice Caldwell, Abigail Caldwell, Dolly Leonard, Mary J. Tewksbury,\\nLucy Ann Chellis, Rebecca Dean. Mary Ann Smith, Lucy Reed, Mary\\nRuntm, Kineline Towle, Mrs. Caroline II. Goodwin, Rachel Colby, Mary\\nMuzzy, Jane McCoy, Maria Davis, Lavina Kimball, Lydia Caldwell,\\nSarah Whipple, Lois Smith, Nancy Tewksbury, Rhoda Ann McCoy,\\nHannah Lord, Salty Follcnsbee, Harriet X. Plumer, Judith H. Planter,\\nSarah Lord, Mary Ann Marsh.\\nRev. John Peacock continued the pastorate until\\nthe following October, when, at his own request, he\\nreceived from the church a letter of dismission and\\nrecommendation to the church in Peterborough.\\n1 Hiring these few months, nineteen had been added,\\nby baptism, six; and by letter, thirteen. Removals,\\nten, by letter, seven exclusion, three.\\nJuly 9, 1838, Rev. Ephraim K. Bailey entered upon\\nthe pastorate, and the church, having removed to the\\nnew village, assembled for religious worship in Wash-\\nington Hall, on Amherst Street. October 17, 1839, a\\ncontract was made between Daniel Gooden, John B.\\nGoodwin, Dr. J. II. Morse and J. W. Watkins, on the\\npart of the First Baptist Society, and E. Morri-\\nrison and William McPherson, on the other part, for\\nthe erection of a church edifice on a lot of land situ-\\nated at the corner of Manchester and Chestnut Streets,\\ngiven to the society by the Amoskeag Manufacturing\\nCompany.\\nAgreeably to the contract, a brick building w:is\\nerected, seventy-six feet long by fifty-eight feet wide\\nand twenty-six feet from the principal Moor to the\\nbeams.\\nThe enterprise was completed at an expense of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0202.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n97\\nabout six thousand dollars, and in the autumn of\\n1840 the church was dedicated to the service of\\nGod.\\nAt a church-meeting, September 22, 1840, it was\\nVoted, That this church shall hereafter be called and\\nknown by the name of The First Baptist Church in\\nManchester.\\nThe pastor, Rev. E. K. Bailey, having served faith-\\nfully and successfully during the period of three years\\nand five months, severed his official connection with\\nthe church and society December 19, 1841.\\nThe results of his pastorate in additions to the\\nChurch were one hundred and twelve, of whom thirty\\nwere by baptism, eighty by letter and two on expe-\\nBemovals, twenty-one, by letter, sixteen by death.\\nthree; and by exclusion, two.\\nRev. James Uphain entered upon the pastorate\\nJanuary 16, 1842, and resigned January 16, 184;!.\\nThere were gathered into the church through the\\nfaithful services of this beloved pastor, one hundred\\nand thirty, by baptism, forty-nine by letter, seven-\\nty-six; experience, four; and by restoration, one.\\nRemovals, thirty-two, by letter, twenty-nine; by\\ndeath, one; and by exclusion, two.\\nRev. Benjamin Briefly served as pastor of the\\nchurch from December 10, 1843, to May 24. L846, in-\\nclusive, a period of two years and six months.\\nIt was mainly through his influence that the Sec-\\nond Baptist Church in this city was constituted, about\\nthirty members of the parent church having been\\ndismissed on tin 1 27th of October, 1845, for that pur-\\npose.\\nDuring the pastorate of Mr. Rrierly one hundred\\nanil forty-one members were admitted to the church,\\nby baptism, thirty-seven; by letter, ninety-nine;\\nand on experience, five.\\nRemovals, one hundred and four, by letter, seventy-\\nfour by death, nine; and by excommunication,\\ntwenty-one.\\nRev. Thomas Lincoln s pastorate commenced\\nAugust 9, 1846, and terminated August 11, 1850. lie\\nserved four years, resulting in additions to the church\\nof one hundred and thirty-nine, by baptism, fifty\\nletter, eighty-four; on experience, two; and by\\nrestoration, three.\\nRemovals, one hundred and forty-five, by letter,\\nninety by death, fourteen dropped, thirty-six and\\nby exclusion, five.\\nRev. Isaac Sawyer s pastoral care of the church\\ncommenced November 3, 1850, and terminated by\\nhis resignation May 28, 1854. During this pastorate\\nthere were received into the church one hundred and\\nsixty-one members, by baptism, one hundred by\\nletter, forty-nine; on experience, nine; and by resto-\\nration, three.\\nRemovals, one hundred and thirty-one, by letter,\\nseventy-one; by death, sixteen; dropped, forty; and\\nby exclusion, four.\\nRe\\nRev. B. F. Hedden served the church as pastor two\\nyears, from September 24, 1854, to September 29, 1856,\\ninclusive. He received into the church forty-seven\\nmembers, by baptism, twenty-six; by letter, eigh-\\nteen; on experience, one: and by restoration,\\ntwo.\\nDuring this pastorate there were seventy removals,\\nby letter, fifty-eight by death, eleven and by ex-\\nclusion, one.\\nRev. George Pierce was the pastor of the church\\neight years and six months, from March 15, 1857,\\nto October I, 1865. During this pastorate there were\\nadded to the church one hundred and ninety-one\\nmembers, by baptism, one hundred and ten by let-\\nter, sixty-seven on experience, thirteen and by\\nrestoration, one. Removals, one hundred and sixty-\\nthree, as follows: By letter, eighty-two; by death,\\nthirty-four; dropped from the rolls, forty; and by\\nexclusion, seven.\\nRev. N. C. Mallory entered upon the pastorate\\nDecember 10, 1865, and resigned July 1, 1870, having\\nserved the church in the pastoral office four years and\\nseven months. The additions to the church received\\nby Mr. Mallory were ninety-five, of whom forty-five\\nwere by baptism by letter, thirty-five on experience,\\nfourteen and by resto\\nhundred and six, by\\nfourteen; dropped from\\ntwo; and by excommur\\nJuly 8, 1870, the c\\nited by a most destructive fire, consuming a vast\\namount of valuable property, and the meeting-house\\nin which the church had worshiped thirty years be-\\ncame a heap of smoldering ruins.\\nThe pastor had been dismissed but a few days, and\\nthus the church was left houseless, homeless and with-\\nout a spiritual guide. After the loss of their house,\\namong the first things proposed by the church and\\nsociety was the erection of a new one.\\nA lot of land situate on the corner of Concord and\\nUnion Streets was procured and contracts made for\\nthe construction of a church edifice on a scale the\\nproportions and expense of which far exceeded the\\nold building.\\nIn the mean time the church and society extended\\na call to the Rev. Alfred C. Graves to become their\\npastor. The call was accepted, anil January 1, 1871,\\nMr. t rraves entered upon his work. The church and\\ncongregation held together with constantly in-\\ncreasing interest, working in harmony, shoulder to\\nshoulder, apparently regarding their great misfortune\\na blessing in disguise. At first they worshiped in\\nMusic Hall, then in the old Unitarian house on Mer-\\nrimack Street, and lastly in Smyth s Opera-House.\\nThe work upon the building went forward with en-\\nergy, and on the 14th day of July, 1*72, justone year\\nfrom the laying of the comer-stone, the church and\\ncongregation held their first meeting for religious\\nworship in their new vestry. Here they continued\\nds, one\\n.t, fifty-nine; by death,\\noils of the church, thirty-\\non, one.\\nof Manchester was vis-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0203.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW 11 AMI SIIIRE.\\niu worship until the house was fully prepared for\\noccupancy.\\nApril 30, 1873, the house having been completed\\nin all its parts, was dedicated to the service of\\nUmighty God. This beautiful structure, occupy-\\ning a most eligible and central position, is an orna-\\nment to the city, a credit to the church and soci( tj bj\\nwhose energy, courage and sacrifice ii was erected,\\nand to the denomination which they represent.\\nMr. Graves continued to labor with the church with\\nmarked ability and faithfulness until the 1st of Oc-\\ntober, 1876, having served a period of live years and\\nnine months, when, by his resignation, his official\\nconnection with the church and society was termi-\\nnated.\\nDuring the pastorate of Dr. Graves 171 members\\nunited with the church, by baptism, 92; by letter,\\noil; on experience, 27 and by restoration, 2. Re-\\nmovals, 74,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 by letter, 41 by death, 2li dropped from\\nthe rolls of the church, 2; and by excommunica-\\ntion, 5.\\nWilliam Hayne Leavell was pastor of the church\\nlive years, from May 4, 1-S77, to May, 1882, resulting\\nin admissions to the church of 142, by baptism, 87;\\nby letter, 42 on experience, 10 and by restoration, 3.\\nRemovals, 72,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 by letter, 45; by death, 24; and\\ndropped from the rolls, 3.\\nRev. Clarion H. Kimball, our present pastor, united\\nwith the church August 25, 1882. He entered at\\nonce upon the duties and responsibilities of the\\npastoral office. He has gone forward in the work of\\nthe ministry with energy and ability, and has been\\nsuccessful in building up the church. The additions\\nreceived by Mr. Kimball are 08, as follows: By bap-\\ntism, 47 by letter, 20; by restoration, 1. Removals,\\n38, by letter, 27; by death, 10; and by excommuni-\\ncation, 1.\\nIt would lie an interesting chapter in our history\\ncould we state with accuracy the full contributions to\\nthe various charitable and benevolent objects of the\\nday. Unfortunately, we have not always kept a\\nrecord of our receipts and expenditures. It is\\nbelieved, however, that, in this respect, we are not, in\\nproportion to our means, behind our brethren in other\\nsister churches.\\nMany changes have occurred during the forty-eight\\nyears of our existence. Not one of the original mem-\\nbers remains. Through sunshine and shadow a kind\\nProvidence has watched over u- still, we have had\\nour share of darkness and trial. Some have fallen by\\nthe way; many have passed over the river, and\\nentered the promised land. With weariness and\\nwatching, others are ready and waiting to follow the\\nloved ones who have gun.- before.\\nAll hope for a brighter day may the Lord pour out\\nHis Spirit upon us, that we may be as a city set on\\na hill that cannot be hid that our light may so shine\\nbefore men that they may see our good works and\\nglorify our Father which is in heaven.\\nSUMMAEY.\\nJanuary 4, 1S37, Original members 45\\nBy baptism 679\\nBy Utter 633\\non experience 88\\nition 16\\n1416\\nTotal membership 1401\\nREMOVALS\\nBy letter\\nBy death In;.\\nDropped from Mi-- rolls 153\\n969\\nJanuary 4, tss.\\\\ uli-,1,- iiutiiI-lt --n the rolls of the\\nchurch 49J\\nMerrimack Street Baptist Church was organized\\nOctober 31, 1845. Rev. A. T. Foss was the first\\npastor. Meetings were held in Classic Hall and\\nother places until the completion of the brick church,\\ncorner Elm and Pleasant Streets, which they occupied\\nFebruary 22, 1849. In 1853 they adopted the name\\nof Elm Street Baptist Church. Some misunderstand-\\ning arose concerning the purchase of the house, and\\nin 1857 they left, and worshiped in Smyth s Hall until\\nthe completion of their present church, October 27th of\\nthat year. Mr. Foss was dismissed July 11, 1847,\\nand was succeeded, December 26th, by Rev. J. C. Mor-\\nrill, who left July 15, 1849. The next minister was\\nRev. O. O. Steams, who remained not quite a year,\\nand was followed, in January, 1851, by Rev. Isaac\\nWoodbury. January, 1853, Rev. John Peacock, form-\\nerly pastor of the old Amoskeag Baptist Church,\\nsupplied the pulpit till the middle of April. In July,\\n1853, Rev. J. M. Coburn became pastor. His resig-\\nnation was accepted letober 8, 1855, but seven weeks\\nlater he was invited to again become pastor, and\\naccepted the invitation. He remained until Decem-\\nber 5, 1858, and Rev. King S. Hall was recognized as\\npastor March 30, 1859. He left September 4, 1862,\\nand Rev. A. W. Chaffin succeeded him June 10,\\n1863. He remained till February 2, 1868, when his\\nresignation was accepted. Rev. Alden Sherwin was\\ninstalled November S, 1868, and dismissed in April,\\n1879. Rev. N.L. Colby has officiated since June, 1879.\\nPine Street Free-Will Baptist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nFree-Will Baptists held meetings in Manchester as\\nearly as the year 1838, and a society was formed in\\n1839. They built a house of worship, in 1842, at the\\ncorner of Merrimack and Chestnut Streets, which\\nthey exchanged in the fall of 1859 for the church, on\\nthe corner of Merrimack and Pine Streets, previously\\noccupied by the Unitarians. A separation took place\\nin the society, and a large portion of the members\\nleft, and organized in I860 as Elm Street Free-Will\\nBaptist Church. A council was called, and the re-\\nmaining members were reorganized as the Pine\\nStreet Free-Will Baptist Church.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. J. M. Bailey, who was\\ninstalled December 21, 1S59. He closed his labors in\\nNovember, 1861, and September 10, 1862, Rev. Reu-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0204.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER\\nben V. Jenness was ordained. He resigned June 1,\\n1863, and was succeeded by Rev. Nahum Brooks.\\nTJie latter resigned May 12, 18G9, and was succeeded\\nby Rev. N. L. Rowell, 1869-73; H. F. Wood, 1*74-\\n70; J.J. Hall, 1876-79; N. L. Rowell, 1879-81; B.\\nA. Sherwood, 1881; II. G. Corliss, 188:3-84.\\nMerrimack Street Free-Will Baptist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe members of the First Free-Will Baptist Church\\nwho left and formed a new church commenced wor-\\nship in the old brick church on the corner of Elm\\nanil Pleasant Streets. After some vicissitudes, they\\nfinally purchased the former house of worship, on the\\ncorner of Merrimack and Chestnut Streets, which\\nthey now occupy.\\nThe pulpit was first occupied by Rev. J. B. Davis,\\nwho preached for a few months only. In March,\\n1861, Rev. J. A. Knowles was installed as pastor,\\ncontinuing such till the 1st of March, 1871, from\\nwhich date until July 2, 1873, when Rev. Samuel\\nMcKeown was installed, the church was without a\\npastor. Mr. McKeown resigned July 1, 1874, and\\nRev. George M. Park became pastor in November of\\nthat year. He resigned December 3, 1879. Rev.\\nLewis Malvern became pastor March 3, 1880, resign-\\ning his charge in December, 1882. Rev. A. M.\\nFreeman has occupied the pulpit since March 4,\\n1883.\\nThe First Methodist Episcopal Church. -As\\nearly as 1820 Methodist services were held in the\\ntown-house at the Centre by one Reuben Peaslee.\\nReligious services were subsequently held by Rev.\\nJohn Broadhead, Caleb Lamb and others, and on\\nSeptember 27, 1829, a church was organized in Man-\\nchester with eighty persons, among whom were\\nDaniel Webster, John G.Webster, Joseph P.. Hall\\nand Isaac Merrill. The erection of a house of worship\\nwas commenced at the Centre in 1829, and completed\\nthe following year, at a cost of two thousand dollars.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. Matthew Newhall, in\\n1830. The following is a list of pastors of this church\\nfrom its organization to the present:\\nJamesG. Smith, 1831 Leonard Bennett and Enoch H. Ladd, 1832 Silas\\nGreene, 1833 Caleb Dustin, 1834 William S. Locke, 183:. Converse L.\\nMcCurdy, ls3t;-37 William .1. Kidder, 1838 Matthew Nuwhall, a second\\ntime in 1839; Joseph Hayes, 1840; John S. G. Gridley, 1841; William S.\\nLocke, 1842-14 Charles H. Eastman, 1845-16 Ezekiel Adams, 1847\\nHoratio N. Taplin, 1848; Henry Nutter, 1549-50; Isaac W. Huntley,\\n1851 to November 6, 1852 Elijah R. Wilkins, 1853 Robert S. Stul.l.s,\\n1854; Harrison N. Hart, 18S5; Henrj Hntter, 1856 Loren H. Gordon,\\n1857-58; Amos B. Russell, 1859-60; Joaiah P. Stinchfield, 1861. There\\nwas no pastor in 1862 i: l: Wilkitll pn bed here a part of the year.\\nHezekiah A. Matteson, 1863-64; William Hughes for a part of the fol-\\nlowing year; Nathaniel I.- ChaS lM,r,-ii7 .lames I lean, 18G8; J. Mowry\\nBean, 1869-71; Thomas Tyrie, 1\u00c2\u00bb7^, but left the church; joined the\\nFree-Will Baptists Charles W. Taylor, 1873-74 Watson W. Smith, 1875-\\n76; George C. N.iy.-i, ls77-78; William 11 ,K ls79-si J,,,,.ph u\\nBrown, 1882 Rev. James W. Presbry, 1883-85 J. W. Bean, 1885.\\nSt. Paul s Church. 1 The First Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church in Manchester was organized Septem-\\nber 21, lsjn, at the Centre, where it still continues.\\nThe Second Church was organized December Hi,\\n1839, and is now known as St. Paul s Church. Its\\nfust pastor, Rev. John Jones, was appointed in June,\\n1840. During that Conference year a chapel was\\nbuilt on the corner of Hanover and Chestnut Streets,\\nh was subsequently removed to the corner of Pine\\nand Merrimack Streets, has recently been enlarged\\nand improved, and is now owned and used by the\\nChristian Church. Mr. Jones was followed by Rev.\\nSilas Green, who took charge in 1X41, and remained\\nour year. His successor, Rev. Elibu Scott, found the\\nchapel too small, and a new building was erected in\\n1842 on Elm Street, costing with the land and fur-\\nuishings, sixteen thousand dollars. From that time\\nuntil 1862 (lie church was known as the Elm Street\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nIn 1856 a third church was organized, called the\\nNorth Elm Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev.\\nE. Adams, who had been at Elm Street two years,\\nwas its first pastor. About the middle of the year he\\ntook the agency of the Conference Seminary at\\nTilton, N. H., and Rev. C. N. Smith filled out his\\nyear. He was followed by Rev. G. W. H. Clark in\\n1856-57, and he by Rev. Charles Young in 1858-59.\\nRev. G. S. Dearborn was pastor in I860 and part of\\n1861. Before the close of 1861 he was transferred to\\nLisbon, and his year was filled out by Rev. Mr.\\nOwens.\\nIn the spring of 1S(12 the two Elm Street societies\\nwere united. Bishop Baker named the new organi-\\nzation the St. Paul s Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand appointed Rev. James M. Buckley, now editor of\\nthe Christian Advocate, its first pastor. Rev. D. C.\\nBabeoek was appointed in April, 1868, and continued\\nwith the church two years, during which time some\\nthree thousand live hundred dollars was expended in\\nrepairs. Under the labors of Rev. C. W. Norris, in\\n1878-79, the last dollar of a long-standing and bur-\\ndensome church debt was paid.\\nThe society known as the Tabernacle Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church was organized in the spring of\\n1.875. Its pastors were Rev. J. B. Hamilton, three\\nyears; the late Rev. L. E. Gordon, of precious\\nmemory, one year; and Rev. O. S. Baketel, who\\nclosed his labors with the society in 1^79, when, in\\nview of a new church enterprise previously started,\\nand designed to provide a more commodious house of\\nworship, both churches deemed it wise to unite again\\ntheir strength.\\nFor about forty years St. Paul s Church had wor-\\nshiped on Elm Street. As the city grew in size and\\nbusiness houses multiplied, the noise of trade became\\nso great that it often disturbed the services. The\\nsociety also suffered from the want of a suitable place\\nin which to hold its social meetings, for it owned but\\none story of the building, the first floor being occu-\\npied by stores that were not under the control of the\\nchurch.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0205.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe building was out of repair, and between spend-\\ning three or four thousand dollars on it and putting\\nii] :i new church there was some hesitancy. When\\nRev. A. E. Drew was appointed to the pastorate, in\\n1880, lie at once began to learn the minds of the pen-\\npie, and found them quite generally in favor of anew\\nchurch. The title by which the property on Elm\\nStreet was held permitted it to be used only for re-\\nligious services. This was a serious encumbrance\\nupon its sale, and nothing could be done until it was\\nremoved. Mr. Drew spent the greater part of a year\\nin securing its removal, and it was only through his\\ndetermined perseverance that the work of disentan-\\nglement was successfully completed. The old house\\nwas sold for twelve thousand dollars, and the parson-\\nage which the society owned on Laurel Street for\\nfour thousand two hundred dollars, and over nineteen\\nthousand dollars was raised by subscription.\\nA building lot on the corner of Union and Amherst\\nStreets was bought for five thousand seven hundred dol-\\nlars; the corner-stone was laid June 3, 1882, and the\\ncompleted structure was dedicated April 13,1883. The\\nchurch is built of faced brick, with cut-stone window\\ntrimmings, the arches being adorned with hondstones\\nand the buttresses being capped with stone. The\\naudience-room is finished in ash, and with its stained\\nwindows and frescoed walls produces a very pleasing\\neffect. It will seat eight hundred persons. The main\\nvestry will seat six hundred, besides which there are\\nclass-rooms, parlors, kitchen and dining-room. The\\nparsonage stands immediately north of the church, and\\nis in the same style of architecture. It contains eleven\\nrooms, is heated by furnace, lighted with gas, and has\\nevery arrangement for convenience and comfort, and\\nis nicely furnished by the society. It is probably\\nnot equaled by any parsonage in the Conference. The\\nentire eoBt of lot, church and parsonage, as com-\\npleted and furnished, was not far from thirty-six\\nthousand dollars, and the society believe that a better\\nchurch for the money does not stand in New Hamp-\\nshire. There is no mortgage upon the property, and\\ntin- society is free from debt. The plans of the church\\nedifice were drawn by Win. M. Butterlield, a member\\nof the church; the building committee consisted of\\nDavid H. Young (chairman), Hilas Dickey, Wm. M.\\nButterfield, Charles Hutchinson and Clifford M. An-\\nderson. These gentlemen, especially the first on the\\ncommittee, gave a great deal of time and earnest\\neffort to tin enterprise. Under their supervision the\\nexpenditures were made with unusual care, and\\ngreat praise is given them tor the results, so highly\\nsatisfactory to all. But credit is especially due to\\nRev. Mr. Drew, who obtained and collected most of\\nthe subscriptions and had a general oversight of the\\nwhole work. He toiled early and late, amid mani-\\nfold discouragements. He determined to conquer,\\nand the church stands as a monument to his energy\\nand persistency. He deserves all the good words that\\ncan be said of him in connection with this enterprise.\\nA grateful society will ever hold him in remem-\\nbrance.\\nThe pastorate of Mr. Drew having expired, Bishop\\nSimpson, in April, 1883, transferred Rev. J. M.\\nAvann from the New England Conference (Eastern\\nMassachusetts), and appointed him as the first pastor\\nof the new church.\\nSt. Paul s Church has always been a revival church.\\nScarcely a year has passed without a goodly number\\nof conversions. Up to December, 1884, twelve hun-\\ndred and ten had united with the church on proba-\\ntion, and doubtless five or six hundred other converts\\nhave gone from its altars to swell the membership of\\nthe other Protestant Churches in the city. The church\\nhas never had men of large means among its mem-\\nbers, and it has suffered many disadvantages, so that\\nsocial considerations have drawn many away from it\\nto other churches in the city; besides this, the tran-\\nsient character of a large part of the population has.\\nscattered its former members far and wide over the\\ncountry. The records show that three thousand seven\\nhundred and fifty-one persons have been connected\\nwith this church from first to last in full membership.\\nXow that the church has better facilities for work,\\nthere is the prospect of increased usefulness, with the\\nassurance that it will hold and assimilate those who are\\ndrawn to it. The first year in the new building has been\\noneof unusual success. One hundred and twenty-four\\nhave been added to the membership sixty-three by\\nconversion and sixty-one by letter. The receipts from\\npew-rents and collections during the year have been\\nfour thousand six hundred and twenty-seven dollars,,\\none thousand and fifty-two dollars of which has been\\nfor benevolent objects and the remainder fi ir current ex-\\npenses The present membership of the church is\\nfive hundred and seventy. The following is a list of\\nformer pastors, with the years of their service:\\nJohn Jones, 1840 Silas Green, 1841 Klihu Scott, 1S4: James w.\\nMorey, 1843-44 Osman C. linker, 1845 John Jones, 1840-17 Samuel\\nKelley, 1S4K Lorenzo D. Barrows, Is4 i liarl.s X. Smilh. 1850; Silas\\nouimiiy, 1851; John Spaulding, 1852; Elisha Adams, 1853-54; II II\\nIlartwell, 1M.V.7H Ilk-hard S. Host, 18.17 Henry Hill, 1- i9 I I\\nCurrier, I860; ,la M I .u.-kl.-v, lsill-tl-.!: Jonathan Hall, 1863-64;\\nWilliam II. Thomas, 1866-66; Hiram L. Kelsey, 18G7 Daniel C. Bab-\\ncock, 1868-69 E. A. Smith, 1870-72 James Pike, 187:1-74; C. B. Pit-\\nblado 1875 77 George W. Xorris, 1S7S-70 A. E. Drew, 1880-82.\\nThe First Unitarian Society. 1 The Unitarian\\nChurch in Manchester did not originate from a change\\nof base on the part of an orthodox Congregational\\nChurch, as in so many cases in New England, nor yet\\nin an open and formal secession from any existing\\necclesiastical organization. It appears, rather, to have\\n1 n an independent movement, prompted by a desire,\\non the part of a few persons, to sustain liberal senti-\\nments in religion, and to worship God in a freer and\\nhappier way than seemed possible to them in the\\northodox connection.\\nIn January, 1841, Rev. S. Osgood, a minister then\\nl By Rev. E. B. Payne.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0206.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER\\nI M\\nresiding in Nashua, began, by invitation, to preach\\nthe Unitarian faith in Manchester. Sabbath services\\nwere held for four months, when it was thought best\\nto suspend them until the town hall, then in process\\nof erection, should be completed, affording a more\\nsuitable place in which to bold the meetings.\\nIn March of the following year, 1S42, the town hall\\n-was secured and services were resumed, with a view\\nto making them permanent. Rev. Charles Briggs,\\nsecretary of the American Unitarian Association, in\\nBoston, preached on a Sabbath, and Rev. O. H. Wel-\\nlington was then engaged for the month of April. I hi\\nSunday evening, April 24, 1X42, pursuant to a call for\\na me eting of those interested in sustaining Unitarian\\npreaching in Manchester, the following persons met\\nfor consultation at the house of William Shepherd:\\nJohn 1 Kimball, William Shepherd, E. A. Straw,\\nJames May, M. G. J. Tewksbury, James McKeen W il-\\nkins. H. F. Richardson, B. F. Osgood, Edwin Bodwell,\\nHerman Foster and J. H. Kimball.\\nAfterthorough deliberation the following resolution\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was unanimously adopted\\n11 Resolved, That we will form ourselves into a society for the more\\neffectual support of t nitai ian proa, lung in tin Town of _M :in. li.-r.-i ami\\nthat we will proceed, as soon as may be, t -ganize regularly undei the\\nlaws of this State.\\nMessrs. 1 laniel lark and E. A. Straw were appointed\\na committee to draft ami report a constitution for such\\na society, and an adjournment was then had until\\nednesday evening of the same week.\\nAt the adjourned meeting (Wednesday evening,\\nApril 27th) the committee, above mentioned, reported\\na constitution for the government of a religious soci-\\nety, to lie distinguished as the First Unitarian Society\\nin Manchester, N. H. The preamble, as indicating\\nthe spirit ami purpose of the organization, is hereby\\nappended\\nPreamble.\\nTin object .1 this Association i In support an.leiijoy the more effect-\\nually tin- institution of our lu.lv relig Out helief is in the reality of\\nDivine Revelation, aiel in the liiblc -is tie n on] of that revelation. Wo\\ndesire to know its truths, ami, in all charity aiel love towards our fellow-\\nruen, to maintain them. Su h In in- purpose, we unite our-elves in\\nn with the Love of Sod, ami of Ins son, Jesus Christ the\\nlovo of the Divine truths as taught by Christ during his mission upon the\\nearth aiel the love of all his children, our fellow-men and brethren,\\nstrong in our hearts. Imping to establish and maintain an altar where\\nthe sons of man may worship their Creator as their const iences shall dic-\\ntate, untrammeled by any of these fettering creeds, Hie offspring of hu-\\nman ingenuity alone. To ill. tin* we pledge our zealous and humble\\nefforts, and in promoting this object it shall I ur endeavor to merge\\nall local and party feelings and all sectarian prejudices, l raying for Di-\\nvine assistance, and hoping for the riches of God s grace and rcy,\\nconscious of purity of intention, ..f mal ali eetion, of a love fur truth,\\nern forour fellow-men, we unite ourselves, for the further-\\nance of our object, into a religious society.\\nflic articles of the constitution arc omitted from this\\nsketch, as being only the business basis of the organ-\\nization and of no public interest. The preamble and\\nconstitution were unanimously adopted, and the orig-\\ninal signers were as follows: E. II. Straw, William\\nShepherd, J. D. Kimball, Job Chamberlin, John H.\\nKimball. James May, George W. Tilden. leorgc Hall.\\nM. G. J. Tewksbury. Daniel Clark, Francis L. Clark,\\nAlfred W. Rhoads, Benjamin F. Osgood, B. F. Man-\\nning. Isaiah Winch, .1. li. Upham, A. G. Tucker, J. B.\\nMoore, 0. P. Warener, H. S. Reed, Charles F. Warren.\\nE. A. Straw was chosen clerk ami treasurer, and at\\na subsequent meeting, May 1, 1842, John D. Kim-\\nball was elected president, and Messrs. William Shep-\\nherd and B. F. Manning directors.\\nThe movement being now well launched upon its\\ncareer, the members set hopefully to work to realize\\ntheir objects. Rev. 0. H. Wellington became the\\nfirst pastor. lie was ordained July 10, 1842, Rev.\\nC. Stetson, of Mcdford, preaching the ordination\\nsermon. The attitude of the religious community to-\\nward Unitarianisni was shown in the fact that, whereas\\nthe pastors of till the churches in the town were invited\\nto be present at the ordination and assist in the ser-\\nvices, they all declined except (lie pastor of the Uni-\\nversalist Church.\\nIn the afternoon of the same day Rev. William\\nChanning, of Nashua, preached before an assembly\\ncalled to organize a church in connection with the\\nsociety. In view of the above-mentioned action on\\nthe part of local ministers, it is curiously suggestive\\nthat the text of Mr. Channing s sermon was the words\\nattributed to Jesus in John xvii. 22, 23, That they\\nmay lie one, even as we are one: 1 in them and thou\\nin me, that they may be made perfect in one.\\nThechurch was duly organized, the following per-\\nsons.being the original members: BenjaminF. Osgood,\\nS. Manning, Esther Parker, Melinda Osgood, Mehit-\\nable Eastman, O. H. Wellington, C. A. K. Welling-\\nton, Susan Manning, John Cadwell, 11. M. A. Foster.\\nThe following statement was adopted as the basis\\nof l heir union\\nI. Ilns ieu in In v- ill it tie- liible is aii authoritative and stifn-\\ni n i.l i nl n: .nib and practice, and is the cried, and the .Ill v creed, that\\nshould be imposed up.ui churches, and the only platform upon which all\\nII. A- God has made no two mindsalike, diversities el opinion, even\\namong Christians, must be expected to occur,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 diversities which no men,\\nor body of men, have a right to suppress by any measures other than an\\na pp. al to I he law ami I he testimony, by fair argument and persuasion,\\nand not by expulsion from church membership or by the cry of heresy,\\nand therefore this society recognizes, as itssecond leading principle, the\\nlight of private judgement\\nI I I A- I mo i 1 1 1 i l.i hove in correct doctrines ami yet ha ve corrupt hearts\\nmay profess religion will t possessing il,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 may comply without en-\\ntering into their spirit ami ma\\\\ ha e excellent feelings a ml enlot ions and\\nyet not be Christian-, hot cannot live habitually tie- christian life and\\nmanifest the I Inistian tern tier ami spirit unless tlmy be cl.t ist a. m., tin-\\nsociety therefore further declare that m lieu judgment tie. luiMian\\nlife and character are n ily tin., and reliable tests an I I i -nans,\\nand cheerfully agree to invite amlrec-ue to licet f.ll.w-liii all, both\\nministers and people, who niaiiil. -I thl- baia. In and receive tin- Scrip-\\ntures as their rule ol faith, however much any such may differ from the\\nmajority of the society in respect of opinions.\\nIt will lie seen from these declarations that the\\nfounders of the church made it their primary end\\nto emphasize and espouse the practical and vital\\ninterests of religious life and work, and were com-\\nparatively indifferent to theological and ecclesiastical\\nconcerns.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0207.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "lllj\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFor nearly a year more the public services of the\\nnew church and society were held in the town hall,\\nbut during the following year a lease was secured of\\na small chapel, built by the Methodists in 1841, and\\nstanding on the corner of Hanover and Chestnut\\nStreets. The first services were held there on July\\n2, 1843. Some time during the summer this building\\nwas purchased from the Methodists and removed to\\na lot, donated by the Amoskeag corporation, on the\\ncorner of Merrimack and Pine Streets.\\nMr. Wellington remained as pastor only two years,\\nwhen his health necessitated his departure, lie was\\nsuci eeded by Rev. A. Dumont Jones, who was installed\\nJuly 10, 1844. Mr. Jones remained only until the\\nend of March, 1845. From that time until 1848 the\\nchurch was without a settled pastor, the pulpit being\\nsupplied by different ministers, none of whom re-\\nmained lor any great length of lime, except Rev. M.\\nJ. Motte, who preached regularly for one year during\\n1S40 17. This was a period of great discouragement\\nfor the friends of the movement. Their numbers\\nfailed to increase, and debts were incurred, and the\\nprospect generally seemed unpromising. Atone time\\na motion was made to dissolve the society. This,\\nhowever, did not prevail, but seemed to inspire the\\nfaithful with a determination to persevere. Resolu-\\ntion and zeal brought the enterprise through these\\ndisheartening days.\\nA fortunate move was made in February, 1848, in\\nextending a unanimous call to Rev. Arthur B.\\nFuller, a brother of the famous Margaret Fuller. The\\ncall was accepted and Mr. Fuller was installed March\\n29, 1848. The new pastor proved to be a mau of\\nunusual talents, and during the five years of his\\npastorate the society was greatly increased and\\nstrengthened. It was found necessary to enlarge the\\nchurch, which was done, its seating capacity being\\nincreased to the extent of twenty-four pews. The\\nlife and work of the church promised large and liberal\\nthings, but in 1853, Mr. Fuller, whose abilities had\\nbecome widely recognized, received a call to the New\\nNorth Church in Boston, and resigned his pastoral\\noffice in 1855.\\nThe society was now established and strong, and\\nsince thai time has held its ground and steadilj\\ngrown until it is now one of the leading religious\\norganizations of the city and State, file pastors who\\nhave served the church since 1853 have been as fol-\\nlows: Rev. Francis Le Barren, from August, 1853, to\\nOctober, 1855; Rev. W. L. Gage, from June, 1856, to\\nApril, 1S58 Rev. Sylvan S. Hunting, from Septem-\\nber, 1858, to November, 1861; Rev. A. W.Stevens\\nfrom September. 1862, to id,, her. 1865; Rev. Au-\\ngustus M. Haskell, from September 6, 1866, to March,\\n1869; Rev. C. B. Ferry, from December, 1869, to the\\nsummer of 1874; Rev. Harvey from November.\\n1874, to the spring of 1883. The present pastor is\\nRev. E. B. Payne, who was installed in 1-eebruarv,\\n1884.\\nThe church worshiped in the building on the cor-\\nner of .Merrimack and Pine Streets until 1859, when\\nan exchange was made for a larger building, for-\\nmerly occupied by the Free- Will Baptist Society, and\\n.standing on the corner of Merrimack and Chestnut\\nStreets. This building, in turn, they sold in 1871,\\nand erected their present house of worship on the\\ncorner id Beech and Amherst Streets, dedicating the\\nnew church in 1S7H.\\nIt remains to lie said only that the years have wrought\\nsignificant changes in the mental and spiritual attitude\\nof the society. It has gradually departed farther and\\nfarther from the orthodoxy of forty years ago. It\\nno longer stands, in all respects, indeed, upon the\\nplatform provided by its original founders. It still\\nemphasizes, as much as the older generation did, the\\npractical and vital side of religion, rather than the.\\ndogmatic and ecclesiastical interests. It would re-\\naffirm, upon occasion, the sincerity of its intentions,\\nthe love of man, the purpose of affording opportu-\\nnity to worship in the tree and untrammeled exercise\\nof conscience and the desire to do good in the com-\\nmunity where it lives and labors. But it has dropped\\nout ,d its thought and sympathy. almost entirely the\\ntheological ideas held by tile early members, and\\nexpressed or implied in the preamble to the consti-\\ntution and ill the statement of principles on which\\nthe church was founded. Indeed, the church, as a\\nseparate organization, has disappeared, interest in it\\nand the conscious need of it having ceased. There\\nremains only the society. The Christian ordinances\\n,,f baptism and the Ford s Supper are no longer ob-\\nserved. The majority consider these as so much\\nentangled with the orthodox and historical Christian\\nfaith that they ought to be passed by by those who\\nseek the natural foundations, the real essentials and\\nthe sweet simplicities of religion. So, too, the ma-\\njority have ceased to trouble themselves with the\\nvexing question whether or not we are, in the histor-\\nical and accepted sense, a Christian Church- They\\nbelieve there is something which is indisputably\\nnobler than to be Christians, namely, to In- souls,\\ngenuine, generous, hale and happy souls, ready to\\naccept every reality in itself and in its relations, and\\nholding themselves as servants to the truth, when it\\nis known. And even these ideas are not formulated\\ninto a church creed to compete polemically with the\\ndefinite creeds id other churches, and to constitute a\\ndividing line between our little communion and an\\noutside world regarded as hostile and alien. These\\nsentiments indicate rather a drift of thought and\\nfeeling to which we gladly yield, asto a movement of\\nthe brooding spirit which appears to move on the\\nwaters. The society, in short, is a simple organiza-\\ntion, uniting those who realize the moral quality, the\\nspiritual significance and the impartial justice of\\nthe universe, and to accept it, before all Bibles, as-\\nthe revelation of the true, the beautiful and the\\ngood.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0208.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n103\\nThe Universalist Church, 1 The germ of what\\nis now the Universalist Society of Manchester was\\nstarted in 1825 at Amoskeag village, by Dr. Oliver\\nDean, then agent of the manufacturing company out\\nof which the Amoskeag Company grew.\\nDr Dean was a man l energy and large business\\ncapacity, and the success of manufacturing in our\\ncity is largely due to his efforts. But he was not only\\na man of business capacity, but was a man of strong\\nreligious principles, and even before he settled per-\\nmanently in the community he invited ministers of\\nhis faith to the village and established Universalist\\npreaching. Services were continued under his direc-\\ntion until 1833, when we learn from the records these\\nfacts On the 4th of September, 1833, the following\\npersons associated themselves together as the First\\nUniversalist Church of Bedford and Goffstown, and\\npartook of the Lord s Supper:\\nFrederic A. Hadsdon, John Stark (3d), George\\nDaniels, Hiram A. Daniels, John Mullett, Edwin\\nSmith, David Fiske, Nehemiah Preston, Mary Parker,\\nMrs. Pattee, Nancy Poor, Moses Gage, John V. Wil-\\nson and Caleb Johnson. There is now hut one of\\nthe original members living, the Rev. J. V. Wilson,\\nwho was ordained to the ministry in 1830. The first\\npastor of the church was Rev. Frederic A, Hadsdon.\\nOn the 20th of November, 1833, the church met at\\nthe school-house in Amoskeag, and chose Rev. Frede-\\nric A. Hadsdon moderator, and George Daniels\\nclerk of the meeting. After adopting a declaration\\nof faith and a constitution, iconic 1 anicls was chosen\\nclerk and treasurer, and Wilbur Gay a deacon. The\\nmeetings thereafter were held in Amoskeag Hall. The\\nrecords were kept until November 21, 1833, at which\\ntime Archibald Dow was chosen moderator. The\\nmeeting dissolved and no further records of the\\nchurch can be found.\\nIn the following year, 1839, the society removed to\\nthe village of Manchester, on the east side of the\\nriver, and erected the church now occupied by the\\nsociety in the same year. The church was dedicated\\nin 1840. The size of the house originally was fifty\\nby eighty feet. The land on which the church stands\\nwas given to the society by the Amoskeag Company,\\nand contains ten thousand square feet.\\nIt appears by the records that on the 12th day of\\nApril, 1842, several members of the society met at\\nthe residence of the pastor for the purpose of consult-\\ning on the subject of church organization. A com-\\nmittee was appointed to report on the subject, and on\\nthe 10th of May following, a church was organized.\\nThus it appears that a second church was organ-\\nized, though there is no record that the first church\\nwas ever disbanded. Thus far we have only a record\\nof churches. Whether during this period there had\\nbeen a parish organization we know not, but there\\nprobably was. The oldest record is iii 1846. The\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2By Rev. L. F. McKinney.\\noldest record there is of a legal meeting is Decem-\\nber, 1850, at which time S. W. Parsons was elected\\npresident.\\nThe society has had in its history ten settled pas-\\ntors, Rev. Frederic A. Hadsdon, whose pastorate\\nbegan with the history of the church and closed in\\n1837. Neil her the records nor the history of Man\\nchester show that there was any other settled pastor\\nuntil 1840, but older members of the society say that\\nRev. Hiram Beckwith was settled for two years after\\nthe resignation of Rev. Mr. Hadsdon. Rev.N.Gunni-\\nson, the next pastor, began his services in May, 1840;\\nhe resigned in October of the same year. Rev.\\nGeorge W. Gage was ordained as pastor in June,\\n1841, and was dismissed at his own request in L843.\\nIn January 1843, the Rev. B. M. Tillotson was settled\\nas his successor, and continued in charge until October,\\n1859. Ee was succeeded by Rev. B. F. Bowles in\\nJune, 1860 he resigned in 1866. The Rev. S. L.\\nRorifaugh was installed June 26, 1867, and resigned\\nOctober, 1868. He was succeeded, January 1, 1869, bj\\nRev. Thomas Berden, who resigned in December,\\n1871. The Rev. G. L. Demarest began his labors as\\npastor September 1, 1872, and closed his labors Feb-\\nruary 1, 1875. Rev. L. F. McKinney became pastor\\nof the society on the 1st of May, 1875, and continues\\nas pastor at the present time, or nearly ten years.\\nAfter the building of the church the society prospered\\nbeyond expectation, and the house proved too .small\\nfor the congregation accordingly, in 1850 it was en-\\nlarged by an addition of twenty-five feet in width, or\\none-half its former size; it was rededicated the same\\nyear with appropriate services. In 1855 a vestibule\\nwas added to the front and the organ now in use pur-\\nchased at an expense of three thousand dollars. In\\n1878, the church being in need of repairs, it was deter-\\nmined to raise funds for that purpose. Eight thou-\\nsand dollars was the estimated cost, which was readily\\nsubscribed, and in June of that year the work was\\nc imenced, and under judicious management was\\ncompleted at a cost of seven thousand dollars. The\\nchurch was rededicated with appropriate services in\\nOctober of the same year, Rev. A. J. Patterson, D.D.,\\npreaching the sermon. The one thousand dollars re-\\nmaining was applied to the payment of a debt of\\nfifteen hundred dollars that had long been owed by\\nthe society. The following year the balance of the\\ndebt was paid, and from that time till the present the\\nentire expenses of the society have been paid from\\nthe (icw rentals of the church. The society cele-\\nbrated the fiftieth anniversary of its organization on\\nthe 2d of November, 1883, with appropriate exercises.\\nTwice in the history of the society a new society\\nhas been organized from it, but neither were destined\\nto live. Nearly every society in Manchester numbers\\namong its members those who once worshiped with\\nthe Universalists. Almost the entire wealth of one\\nof the large societies was in time past connected with\\nthis organization. Some of the most influential men", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0209.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "104\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin the city and State have been connected with this\\nchurch, and few churches have done more to educate\\nand liberalize the general public. The church build-\\ning is now the oldest in the city. The society is free\\nfrom debt and prosperous. With a faithful member-\\nship in the future, as in the past, and the blessing; id\\nGwl.it will still have a work to do that shall redound\\nto the good of the community and the praise of Him\\nwho i-, the source of all truth.\\nGrace Church. The first services of the Episcopal\\nChurch were held in the Bchool-house, on Lowell\\nStreet, on the second Sunday in July, 1840, by the\\nRev. I S. Ten Broeck, of Concord, and were followed\\nby others, conducted by the Rev. T. Edson, of Lowell,\\nand other clergymen. A ball in Onion Building was\\nsubsequently fitted for services, at which a meeting\\nfor lb -ganization of a church, to be known as St.\\nMichael s, was held November 28, 1841, and on De-\\ncember 17th the Rev. YV. 11. Moore was elected rector,\\nand entered U] his duties on Christmas eve.\\nA building, previously used by a Baptist Society.on\\nConcord Street, was hired and occupied in June, 1842,\\nand until December 28, 1.S4H, when the congregation\\nremoved to a new church, built of wood, on the north-\\neast corner of Lowell and Pine Streets.\\nin the 5th of June, 1860, the corner-stone of a new\\nchurch, to be built of stone, was laid on the same lot\\nby Bishop Chase. The nan f the church was at\\nthis time changed to Grace Ihurch. The church was\\nbuilt after designs by Richard Apjohn, and was con-\\nsecrated December 4, 1860.\\nThe church has grow n with the growth of the city,\\nthe present number of communicants being over two\\nhundred. The following is a list of the rectors, with\\nthe duration of their rectorships: the Rev. W. H.\\nMoore, from December 24, 1841, to April 2:i, 1848, six\\nyears and lour months; the Rev. John Kelly, from\\nJune IS, 1848, to April 1, 1852, three years and ten\\nmonths; the Rev. I. G. Hubbard, from May Hi, 1852,\\nto April 1, 1866, thirteen years and eleven months;\\nthe Rev. W. J. Harris, from June 1866, to January\\n1, 1809, two years and seven months; the Rev. L.\\nSears, from November 1, 1869, to the present time,\\nfifteen years and six months.\\nSt. Ann s Church (Roman Catholic).\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1S44,\\nwhen the atholie population of the town numbered\\nabout six hundred. Rev. William McDonald was ap-\\npointed as their pastor. They commenced worship\\nthe next year in Granite Hall, and, four years later,\\ncommenced the erection of a brick church, on the\\nsoutheast corner of Merrimack ami Union Streets,\\nknown as St. Ann s. After they had begun to hold\\nsen ices in it, it was found to be unsafe, and they were\\ncompelled to take ii down and rebuild it. The prop-\\nerty, including a parsonage, is now valued at about\\nsixty thousand dollars. The venerable Rev. William\\nMcDonald Mill remains the pastor at St. Ann s,\\nassisted by Rev. John T. Lyons and Rev. John\\nGriffin.\\nSt. Joseph s Cathedral.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 St. Joseph s Church was\\nbuilt in 1809, on the southeast corner of Lowell and\\nPine Streets, being dedicated April 18, 1869. Rev.\\nJohn O Brieu was pastor until 1877, being succeeded\\nby Rev. Thomas D. Healy, who remained in charge\\nuntil June, 1880, when Rev. Denis M. Bradley became\\npastor. Rev. James Doherty and Rev. F. N. Burke\\nhave been his assistants. This church, on the occa-\\nsion of the consecration of its pastor, Rev. Denis M.\\nBradley, as lirst bishop id Manchester, was raised by\\nthe Holy See to the dignity of a cathedral, and is now\\nknown as St. Joseph s Cathedral. The right reverend\\nbishop is assisted in attending to the spiritual wants\\nof the people by Rev. Thomas Reilley, Rev. Denis\\nHurley and Rev. John Temin. The church property,\\nincluding the new episcopal residence, is valued at\\nabout one hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars.\\nRight Rev. Denis M. Bradley, Bishop of Man-\\nchester Bishop Bradley was born in Castle Island,\\nCounty Kerry, Ireland, February 25, 1846. His father\\ndied in 1S. leaving his widow to care for their family\\nof six children. In 1854 she came with them to America\\nand settled in Manchester, N. 11., where the boyhood\\nof Bishop Bradley was passed. He attended the\\nCatholic schools of Manchester, and for a more lib-\\neral education entered the College of the Holj Iross,\\nlocated at Worcester, Mass., where he was graduated\\nin 1867. In September of that year he entered St.\\nJoseph s Provincial Theological Seminary, located at\\nTroy, N. Y., where, June 3, 1871, he was ordained\\npriest. Shortly alter his ordination he was assigned\\nto the cathedral at Portland, Me., by Right Rev.\\nBishop Bacon, where he remained nine years,\\nduring which time he filled the various positions ot\\nrector of the cathedral, chancellor of the diocese and\\nbishop s councilor under Bishop Bacon, and also\\nunder his successor, Bishop Healy. Close applica-\\ntion and long-continued attention to his various\\nduties at Portland impaired his health, and in 1879,\\nwith the view of regaining it, he went to Europe,\\nwhere he remained six months, and returning but\\nslightly improved by the change and rest, re-entered\\nUpon his duties at the cathedral, which had become\\neven more exacting than when he left. After a short\\ntime, finding that he was unable to discharge the very\\nlaborious duties of his position, he was, on this ac-\\ncount, chosen by Right Rev. Bishop Healy, in June,\\n1880, pastor of St. Joseph s Church in Manchester,\\nN. H., which position he held until consecrated to\\nthe high position id bishop. It having been found\\nthat thediocese of Portland, embracing, as it did, the\\nStall s ..t Maine and New Hampshire, was too large\\nto be properly cared for by one bishop, the arch-\\nbishop anil bishops of the province of Boston united\\nin a petition to the Holy See to create New Hamp-\\nshire anewdiocese, with Manchester as the Episcopal\\nSee. The Holy Father, in accordance with the prayer", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0210.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "/^y^i^a /b^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0213.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0214.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nof the petition, created the See of Manchester, and\\nappointed Rev. Father Bradley its first bishop. He\\nwas consecrated in his cathedral church, in Man-\\nchester, June 11, 18S4, by the Most Rev. Archbishop\\nul Boston, at the age of thirty-eight years, four months\\nand six days, thus being the youngest person in the\\nhistory of the Roman Catholic Church in the United\\nStates to hold so exalted a position. There were\\npresent at the consecration ceremonies the arch-\\nbishop, six bishops and one hundred ami eighty-\\nfive priests. Bishop Bradley has under his jurisdic-\\ntion about eighty thousand Catholics, under the\\nspiritual care of forty-live priests. There are in the\\nnew diocese forty churches, fifteen parochial schools,\\ntwo academies for young ladies, two orphan asylums,\\none hospital and one home for aged women.\\nBishop Bradley is a gentleman of culture anil ba-\\nthe confidence and respect of a large number of the\\ncitizens of the State, irrespective of denominational\\nboundaries.\\nSt. Augustine s Catholic Church (French).\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To\\nluv. .1. A. Chevalier s efforts is due the organization\\nof the parish of St. Augustine. When he came here,\\nin May, 1871, the French were worshiping at St.\\nJoseph s and St. Ann s. He immediately took steps\\nt -gani/.e a congregation of the French Canadians\\nof the city, and soon held services in Smyth s Hall,\\nwhich were well attended. Subsequently his followers\\nworshiped eleven months in a ball at tin rner of\\nElm and Pleasant Streets, and then for two years in\\nthe church at the corner of Merrimack and Chestnut\\nStreets. Meanwhile money for a church edifice had\\nbeen raised, and one was in the process of erection at\\nthe corner of Beech and Spruce Streets, it- dedication\\noccurring November 27, 1874, which, with the parson-\\ntig is valued tit sixty-five thousand dollars. Rev.\\nMr. Chevalier still remains the pastor, and is assisted\\nby Rev. C. Leafertune.\\nSt. Marie Catholic Church (French).\u00e2\u0080\u0094 So large has\\nbeen the increase of Manchester s French population\\nth it St. Augustine Church soon became inadequate to\\naccommodate the worshipers, and in ls.stl\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SI another\\nchurch, St. Marie, was erected in West Manchester,\\non Beauport Street, nearly opposite the McGregor\\nbridge, lis dedication occurred in the spring of the\\nlatter year. The first pastor was Rev. Joseph I).\\nliable. He remained in charge of the parish until\\nMarch, 1882, when Rev. Peter llevey, the present\\npastor, was appointed as his successor. The church\\nproperty, which includes a parsonage, is valued at\\neight thousand dollars.\\nChristian Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 September 21, 1870, in Whit-\\nney s Hall, Ferren s building, occurred a meeting\\nwhich brought into existence the Christian Church in\\nthis city. A society was organized October l9thofthal\\nyear, and the men and women interested in what is\\ntechnically known as the Christian beliefheld meet-\\nings in Whitney s Hall for a year. January 15, 1871,\\nthe First Christian Church was organized. The first\\nsettled pastor was Rev. J. Hancock, assuming\\ncharge of the church August fi, 1X71. The next month\\nthe place of worship was changed to the city hall.\\nMr. Hancock left the church August 28, 1X72, tin. I\\nshortly after was appointed superintendent of the\\nYoung Men s Christian Association. January 5, L873,\\nBlisha H. Wright became pastor, remaining until Sep-\\ntember 9, 1X7(J. The other pastors have been E. C.\\nAbbott, from September 15, 1876, to February 10,\\n1879; D. B. Murray, from April 1, 1879, to April 1,\\n1880. fbc present pastor, Rev. Gideon T. Etidlon, has\\nbad charge of the church since December IX, 1881. The\\nsociety owns no real estate, but leases Mirror Hall as\\na place of worship, which it lias occupied since 1876.\\nThe church membership is one hundred and forty-\\none.\\nSt. James Methodist Episcopal Mission Church.\\nThis church was organized June 2, 1881, under the\\nname of the People s Methodist Fpiscopal Mission\\nChurch, with twenty-three names upon the member-\\nship list. Services were held in the city hall for\\neighteen months, the church then removing to the\\nchapel that bad been erected on Pennacook Street,\\nnear Pine, and has since worshiped there, but for the\\nlast few months under a new name, the St. James\\nMethodist Episcopal Mission Church. The society\\ngreatly prospered under the ministration of Rev.\\nWilliam A. Loyne, who acted as pastor from its in-\\nception until April, 1885, when he was succeeded 1\\nRev. Otis S. Danforth.\\nSecond Advent Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Believers in tin- second\\nadvent doctrine held services in Manchester as early as\\n1843, and have continued them most of the time since,\\nworshiping in Granite Hall, Merrimack Hall, in halls\\nin Museum Building, Merchants Exchange and Mar-\\ntin s Block. In 1881 a church was erected between\\nPearl and Arlington Streets, near the Ash Street\\nSchool-house. Not till 1X70 did the Adventists have\\nany organization, but on the 1st of August in that\\nyear they formed a society on the basis of a belief in\\nthe speedy coming of Christ, and the adoption of the\\nNew Testament as a rule, of life, making Christian\\ncharacter the only test of membership, fin- present\\nchapel was dedicated January 2, 1881. The property\\nowned by the Adventists, which includes a parsonage,\\nis valued at five thousand dollars. Elder lharles K.\\nIrossett, who had been pastor of the society since its\\nreorganization, in May, 1880, having resigned, a call\\nwas extended to Elder B. McLellen, of Lowell, which\\nwas ao epted in October, 1883. The Second Advent\\nChristian Association controls the property.\\nCity Missionary Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the spring of 1847,\\nJ. L. Seymour was employed as a city missionary by\\nindividuals interested in the cause of religion, who\\npaid bis salary and hired a hall, where be opened a\\nSunday-school and conducted religious services. In\\nthis way the idea of ;i free church was suggested, and\\nthe building on the northwest corner of Merrimack\\nand Beech Streets was built in I850,and dedicated on", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0215.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nI b 23d of i (ctober of that year. The land on which\\nit stands was given by the Amoskeag Company, and\\nthe money which built it was the contributions of in-\\ndividuals in the city, and of the Congregational and\\nPresbyterian Churches in the State. The property is\\nheld in trust, on condition thatthe seats in the church\\nshall be free, and that public worship shall be main-\\ntained by the Manchester City Missionary Society,\\nwhich was legally organized April 24, 1850. Shortly\\nalter the church was built it seemed desirable that a\\nchurch should be regularly organized to worship there.\\nand December 30, L852, it was formally organized un-\\nder the name of the Christian Mission hureh, which\\nhas been extinct for many years.\\nWest Manchester Union Congregational Church\\nwas organized September 10. 1S.SM, with fifty members.\\nIra Barr, George Murdough and Adam Dickey were\\nelected deacons, and Ira Barr clerk. On Thursday\\nevening, September 13th, Charles F. Carter, of Chico-\\npee. Mass., a graduate of Andover Theological Semi-\\nnary, was ordained and installed as pastor of the\\nchurch.\\nThe building in which the society worships, located\\non Main Street, was constructed in 1820 by the resi-\\ndents of Piscataquog who were of the Presbyterian\\nfaith; but the occupants of the ten dwellings then\\nconstituting the village were not able to support a\\npastor, and services were not held regularly, and in\\nlN42the proprietors disposed of it. The purchasers\\nfitted the upper portion for educational purposes, and\\nan academy was opened that year. The Wesleyan\\nMethodists held services in the lower part in 1855,\\nFor ten years, from 1856, the Presbyterians occupied\\nit, having organized a church in 1859. In 1870 the\\nchurch building was given to Mrs. Mary I Harris,\\nthrough whose liberality it was repaired. She placed\\nit in the hands of the Young Men s Christian Associ-\\nation, which leases it to the Union Congregational\\nSociety.\\nSpiritualist Society. This society was organized\\nGerman Church of the New Jerusalem.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nchurch was regularly organized September 4, 1881, by\\nRev.A.O. Brickman.\\nSwedish Evangelical Lutheran Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nrh.trr\\nin June, 1882. Services are\\nheld at the Mission Chapel.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church German The church\\norganization was effected July 26, 1882, by the Pres-\\nbytery of Boston. The pastor, Rev. Fred. Erhardt,\\nwas installed October 16, 1882.\\nFrench Protestant Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The organization of\\nthis church was effected March 24, L881, when the first\\npastor, Rev. Gideon Aubin. was installed.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nMANCHESTER^ Coiiliniied).\\nOdd-Fellowship\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ottwi I..\u00e2\u0084\u00a2!-.- .ml s tn-s\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Die Modget Canal-\\nDriving Park\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Court-House\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cemeteries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Water- Works\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fire De-\\npartment Tit. Ainn-k,..,^ i.iany }Ii]it.c\\\\\\nof Officers and Privates\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Soldiers Monument.\\nOdd-Fellowship 1 as understood and practiced in\\nthis country, though, in a measure, the outcome of an\\nEnglish order, is emphatically an American institu-\\ntion, and will ever be so regarded in history, It\\nclaims no great antiquity. Its origin is not clouded\\nin the misty legends of ages long since written on the\\nscroll of time. No mysteries surrounded its birth\\nno Eleusiuian rites attended its baptism; no Druidic\\nceremonies were performed as it entered upon its ca-\\nreer of usefulness through the instrumentality of men\\nthen only known in the humblest walks of life, seek-\\ning to lighten the burdens of a common humanity\\nand to promote the interests of those banded together\\nfor a common purpose. The leader in this fraternal\\nand benevolent enterprise, that has now culminated\\nin one of the grandest charities of this or any other\\nage, was Thomas Wildey, an Englishman by birth,\\nan American by adoption. A mechanic by trade, of\\ngenerous impulses, possessing a sympathetic heart\\nand an open hand, s i after his arrival in Baltimore.\\nand while struggling for a livelihood among those of\\nhis own class in a portion of the city visited by want\\nand pestilence, he conceived a scheme of mutual\\nassistance and self-help in time of sickness and gen-\\neral misfortune. To this, he thought, might be added\\nthe pleasures of a social hour when the toils and bur-\\ndens oi the i lay were at an end. Full of this idea as he\\nplodded at his trade or rested his weary body at night\\nupon a scanty bed, with the encouragement of one\\nsympathetic soul only. John Welch, he ventured tr\\ncall a meeting at the Seven States Tavern, on Second\\nStreet, tor consultation. This meeting occurred on\\nthe 26th day of April, 1819, at which time five per-\\nsons were present, whose names have become distin-\\nguished, and one of which, at least, is immortal, lor\\nthe part taken in the organization of a world-wide\\ncharity. We give their names for historic referem e\\nJohn Welch, John Duncan, Richard Rushworth,\\nJohn Cheathem and Thomas Wildey. These wi re\\nthe founders of Washington Lodge, No. 1. still ac-\\ntive, whose humble commencement marks the origin\\nof American Odd-Fellowship, now grown to be one\\nof the largest. st successful and eminently popular\\nfraternities in the world. Thomas Wildey. in a\\nspecial sense, was the father and founderof American\\nOdd-Fellowship, and his great name will ever be as-\\nsociated witb this wonderful mission of humanity in\\nthe world.\\nOwing to adverse circumstances and the unrelent-\\nBj P G M Josi pfa Kidder.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0216.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "MANCIILSTK1I\\n107\\ning prejudices that existed against all secret societies\\nin our country, the growth of Odd-Fellowship was\\nslow and feeble. At the end of two decades there\\nwere only one hundred and thirty lodges, with a\\nmembership of less than ten thousand. The total\\nrevenue fell below sixty thousand dollars, while the\\nannual relief did not aggregate five thousand dollars.\\nIn 1840 the bulk of the lodges were located in Mary-\\nland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, while in\\nthirteen other States and Territories the order had\\ngained a foothold only. Aboutthis time peo] h gar\\nto consider the excellency of its principles, and to ad-\\nmire its unselfish charity and benevolent works. In\\nthree years it took a rapid stride and more than tri-\\npled its lodges, membership, revenues and relief. A\\nwidespread interest was awakened, and its growth\\nbecame almost unparalleled in the history of the\\norganization. Like a huge wave, started at the centre\\nof the sleeping lake, it widened and broadened its\\ncircles until its influence touched nearly every State\\nand Territory in the Union. It was during the latter\\npart of the year 1843, September 11th, that it gained\\na foothold in New Hampshire in the organization of\\nGranite Lodge, No. 1, at Nashua. At that time Man-\\nchester, now the queen city of the State, was only a\\nvigorous little town lying on the east bank of the\\nMerrimack River. The population was small, but\\nthe people had great expectations. Among those\\ndrawn to the embryo city in the hope of acquiring\\nwealth and achieving an honorable reputation among\\ntheir fellows were men of liberal views, sagacious\\ninstincts and benevolent impulses. Anxious to pro-\\nmote the material interests of the place and to better\\ntheir own condition in legitimate ways, they were\\nstill not unmindful of the claims of society for a higher\\ncivilization and better systems of relief to those in\\nsickness and in want. In various ways they learned\\nof the new benevolent and fraternal order, just estab-\\nlished in a neighboring town. They desired to test\\nits practical value by personal knowledge. They\\nwould see and know if its pledges and promises were\\nfulfilled through its daily works, and if the results\\nwould justify the necessary expenditure of time,\\nmoney and effort to organize a lodge. Five of this\\nclass applied to Granite Lodge and were admitted to\\nmembership and took their degrees, as the preliminary\\nsteps for a branch of the order at Manchester. Armed\\nwith the necessary papers, they applied to the proper\\nsource for a charter, and on the 21st day of December,\\n1853, Hillsborough Lodge, No. 2, was duly organized\\nby grand officers from Massachusetts. The names\\nof these pioneers, representing different trades and\\nprofessions in life, were Dr. Charles Wells, Walter\\nFrench, James M. Barnes, Isaiah Winch and Jacob\\nG. Cilley. These brothers, one after the other\\nhaving fulfilled their mission, dropped out from the\\nearthly life and entered the lodge of the unknown.\\nThe last to part with his lodge was the venerable Dr.\\nWells, who died December 28, 18S4. Of those ad-\\nmitted to the lodge on the night of its institution only\\none remains. John S. Kidder, a native of Manchester.\\nThe first Noble Grand of the lodge was Captain Walter\\nFrench, a man of noble presence and generous im-\\npulses, who lost bis lite May (I, 1853, in a terrible rail-\\nroad accident at Norwalk, Conn., while returning from\\na business engagement in the South.\\nPopular from its organization, Hillsborough Lodge,\\nlike the county from which it derived its name, has\\never occupied a proud position among the social and\\nfraternal societies of the State. In all, there have\\nbeen received to membership during the forty-two\\nyears of its existence nearly one thousand brothers,\\nembracing representative men from all the honorable\\nwalks of life. Deaths, withdrawals and other causes\\nhave reduced the number, so that now the list shows\\nless than tour hundred in good standing, the fourth\\nlodge in membership in th. jurisdiction. Its total re-\\nceipts aggregate sixty thousand dollars, while th. dis-\\nbursements in charity and relief alone have reached\\ntwenty thousand dollars. Its present assets, exclu-\\nsive of furniture, fixtures and other property, are\\n$11,046.45. Since its organization it has never\\nomitted its regular weekly session for the transaction\\nof business, and the continuous meetings, without in-\\nterruption, in round numbers, are two thousand two\\nhundred,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a record, perhaps, which no social, religious\\nor benevolent society in the State can claim. The num-\\nber of Past Grands falls a little below one hundred.\\nFor thirty-two years in succession the lodge has cele-\\nbrated its anniversary with appropriate services in the\\npresence of brothers and their families and invited\\nguests. This lodge is as permanently established as\\nany church in the city, and enjoys a high reputation\\nfor works of charity and love.\\nOdd-Fellowship in Manchester grew up with the\\ntown and city. On the 21st day of November, 1845,\\nou the petitiou of Horace Gordon and six other\\nbrothers holding withdrawal cards from Hillsborough\\nlodge, our late brother, Samuel H. Parker, then\\nGrand Master, in accordance with the laws of the order,\\nissued a dispensation for Mechanics Lodge, No. 13,\\nand after the institution installed the officers.\\nIt was an event of unusual interest. The new-\\nlodge started with the approbation, prayers and best\\nwishes of the mother-lodge. Its growth was phenom-\\nenal. Under the wise administration of its charter\\nmembers and others attracted to its membership, it.\\nsoon became a social ami fraternal power, and as-\\nsumed high rank among its sister organizations.\\nThree of its members, viz., John C. Lyford, Gei irge W.\\nWeeks and Charles H. Brown, were elected Grand\\nMasters of the State, and subsequently occupied the\\ndistinguished position of representatives in the Sover-\\neign Grand Lodge at Baltimore. Many of its brothers\\nhave filled important places in the city government,\\nand exerted a large influence in the social and civil\\naffairs of the State. To-day, numerically. Mechanics\\nLodge is the largest in the State, and financially it is", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0217.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "L08\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\non a solid basis, having a .surplus above its present\\nneeds of twenty thousand dollars or more. Its mem-\\nbership per hist report was tour hundred and twenty-\\ntour. Its prospects for the future are of the most\\ncheering character.\\nFrom the returns in the office of the Grand Secre-\\ntary, it appears that in 1852 there were thirty-nine\\nsubordinate lodges in the jurisdiction, with a total\\nmembership of two thousand five hundred and seventy.\\nThrough various adverse circumstances during a\\nperiod of eight years, Odd-Fellowship in New Hamp-\\nshire experienced a retrograde movement. In 18(10\\nthen- wire only twenty-three lodges, sixteen having\\nbecome dormant or extinct, reporting only sixteen\\nhundred and forty-one members. The outlook was\\ndiscouraging, and many brothers dropped out of the\\nolder, with the general impression that it would\\nsoon collapse, and its mission prove a disastrous\\nfailure. In this hour of darkness to the fraternity,\\na few noble brothers, with unflinching faith in their\\nhearts, and willing to make personal sacrifices in\\nbehalf of Friendship, Love and Truth. re-\\ndoubled their diligence, in the full assurance that\\ntheir labors would not be in vain. Brother George\\nW. Weeks was Grand Master; and, conscious of the\\nresponsibility placed upon him by the Grand Lodge,\\nwith the encouragement ami assistance of a few\\nwhose faith in the institution and its grand princi-\\nples never faltered, even ill the darkest hour, he gave\\nhi- best efforts in behalf of the trust committed to his\\ncharge. The outflow from the order was stopped.\\nThe doubting were confirmed; the feeble made\\nstrong. The clouds lilted, and again the sun shone\\non the enterprise s,, dear to faithful hearts. The\\nyear closed with the loss of a single lodge, hut with\\nan increase of seventeen members in the State. The\\nyear I860 was the pivot on which the order turned.\\nIt was under Brother Weeks administration; and\\nfrom that day forward, now a period of twenty-five\\nyears, there has been an annual increase in our num-\\nbers, until to-day we report seventy lodges in good\\ncondition, with an honored membership of more than\\nnine thousand in the Granite State alone. Fidelity\\nto our principles and faithfulness to our brothers\\nduring the war with the South commanded universal\\nrespect, and brought hundreds knocking to the doors\\nof the lodges, win. would scarcely have known id the\\norder hut for the protection, assistance and comfort\\nit brought to the soldier on the tented field, in the\\ncamp, the hospital and the prison-pen.\\nIn 1866 several young men, members of Hillsbor-\\nough and .Mechanics Lodges, petitioned Grand Mas-\\nter Doe lor a new lodge to he located at Manchester.\\nThe movement was approved by the old lodges and\\nsome of the influential brothers. On the 8th day of\\nAugust, Wildey Lodge, No. 45, was instituted, with\\nimposing ceremonies. Henry A. Farrington, since\\nGrand Master and Grand Representative, for his zeal\\nand activity in the movement, was elected the first\\nNoble Grand; ami he performed the arduous duties\\nwith much credit. Like its predecessors, Wildey\\nLodge has made for itself a history of which the\\norder may well lie proud. Probably no lodge in the\\nState has upon its rolls so many professional men,\\nincluding lawyers, doctors, ministers and teachers, as\\nWildey Lodge. In point of ability, character and\\nefficiency, it is the peer of any in the State, and will\\never do its part to hear aloft the banner on whose\\nfolds are inscribed the beautiful emblems of our\\norder. Its present membership is nearly three hun-\\ndred. Bearing the honored name of the father of\\nAmerican Odd-Fellowship, may the members ever\\nemulate the zeal and persistency of the founder of\\nthe order, who gave his long and useful life to the\\ndissemination of our principles. So shall Wildey\\nLodge be a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of\\nlire by night, to lead many weary feet into the paths\\nof virtue, plenty and peace.\\nBeside the three subordinate lodges here mentioned,\\nthere are other branches of the order in Manchester\\nof which we would speak. Wonolanset Encampment,\\nNo. 2, has a membership of two hundred and twenty-\\nfive; and Mount Washington, two hundred and eight.\\nRidgely Camp, No. 2, of Uniformed Patriarchs, num-\\nbers about one hundred, composed mostly of young\\nmen who have a taste for military movements and\\nmilitary display. The rich uniforms and the fine\\nmartial hearing of the Patriarchs constitute a feature\\nof much attraction when the members are on parade.\\nLuring the summer they usually make an excursion\\nor two out of the State for recreation and amuse\\nment.\\nSocial Rehekah Degree Lodge, No. 10, is said to he\\nthe largest and best organizati if the kind in the\\nworld. It numbers nearly five hundred members,\\nabout equally divided between the sexes. It has\\nbeen organized more than ten years. With the ex-\\nception of Noble Grand, the officers are mostly ladies.\\nBetween the several bodies here named the most\\nfriendly relations have ever existed, and they work-\\nin the utmost harmony to promote the best interests\\nof the fraternity. They jointly occupy apartments in\\nOdd-Fellows Block, a building owned by the order,\\nand worth fifty thousand dollars. Residing in the\\ncity are seven Past Grand Representatives to the\\nSovereign Lodge. The order in the city is a great\\npower for g 1, and is so regarded by the people.\\nIn Hillsborough County there are twelve lodges,\\nequal to one-sixth of the seventy in the State. They\\nare located as follows, viz.; Granite, No. 1, and Pen-\\nnichuck, No. 44, Nashua; Hillsborough, No. 2, Me-\\nchanics No. 13, and Wildey. No. 45, Manchester;\\nPeterborough, No. 15, Peterborough; Webster, No.\\n24, Gdffstown; .Mount William, No. 37, North Wcare;\\nValley, No. IM, Hillsborough Bridge; Aurora, No. 49,\\nHollis; Waverly, No. 59, Antrim Custos Morum,No.\\n4 Milford. These twelve lodges embrace a member-\\nship of two thousand two hundred, or very nearly", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0218.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n109\\none-quarter part of all the Odd-Fellows in the Stair.\\nFrom this meagre sketch something may he learned\\nof the hold the order has on the people of the county,\\nand the mighty, salutary influence it may exert on\\nall the institutions within her borders. With seventy\\nthousand dollars of surplus means, every dollar of\\nwhich is sacredly pledged to the relief of its mem-\\nbers, with the intellectual and moral force represented\\nby the brotherhood, together with the friendship ami\\nlove begotten of the order, there is reason to believe\\nthe institution is permanently located in our midst,\\nand will prosper for an indefinite period.\\nOther Societies. Among other societies, etc., are\\nthe following:\\nKnights of Honor.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alpha Lodge, No. 245, instituted\\nMarch 11, 1876; Temple Lodge, No. 2065, instituted\\nFebruary 27, 1880; Golden Rule Lodge, No. 2445, in-\\nstituted April 29, 1881 Alpine Lodge, No. 2886, or-\\nganized December 28, 1882.\\nKnights ami Ladies of Honor. Harmony Lodge,\\nNo. 423, instituted April 13, 1881 Unity Lodge, No.\\n042, instituted March 30, 1883.\\nKnights of Pythias. Granite Lodge, No. 3, instituted\\nApril 8, 1*70; Merrimack Lodge, No. 4, instituted\\nMay 6, 1870; Endowment Rank, Section 20. instituted\\nDecember 18,1877; Knights of Pythias Mutual Aid\\nAssociation, instituted May 23, 1*72 Knights of Py-\\nthias Uniformed Battalion, instituted May, 1882.\\nUnited Order Golden Cross. Grand Commandery,\\ninstituted May 1. 1879; Manchester Commandery,\\nNo. 89, instituted December 8, L879; Mi/.pah Com-\\nmandery, No. 181, instituted February 1, 1882.\\nAncient Orderof United Workmen. Pioneer Lodge,\\nNo. 1, instituted August 9, 1878 Security Lodge, No.\\n8, instituted April 20, 1883.\\nRoyal Arcanum. Delta Council, a mutual benefit\\nassociation, instituted May 8, 1878.\\nAncient Ord( rof Foresters. Court Granite State, No.\\n6790, instituted April 4, 1881.\\nUnited Order of Pilgrim Father*. Webster Colony,\\ninstituted July 5, 1881.\\nImproved Orderof Bed Men of New Hampshire.\\nPassaconnaway Tribe, No. 5, instituted April, 1881.\\nProvident Mutual Relief Association. Sub- Associa-\\ntion No. 38, instituted May 1, 1879.\\nOrderof the Iron Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Instituted July 20, 1883.\\nAmerican Legion of Honor. Rock Rimmon Council,\\nNo. 40, instituted October 14, 1879.\\nPatrons of Husbandry. New Hampshire State\\nGrange Amoskeag Grange, No. 3, instituted August\\n26, 1873.\\nGrand Army of the Republic. Encampment Louis\\nBell Post, No. 3, organized 1868; Mutual Aid Associ-\\nation, instituted March 3, 1876.\\nManchester War Veterans. Organized in 1866.\\nSons of Veterans. Camp W. W. Brown, No. 1, or-\\nganized October, 1882.\\nSons of St. George.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Heart of Oak Lodge, No. 91.\\nGerman Societies. Turnverein, organized 1870;\\nOrder of the Harugari, Barbarossa Lodge, No. 329, in-\\nstituted February 4, 1S74.\\nJlnat Clubs.- Cygnet, instituted June 21, 1882;\\nEmerald, organized August 19, 1881; Emmet; Leo;\\nLongwood; Northern Star, organized August 23,\\nL879; Shamrock; Star; Trident.\\nMilitary. First Regiment New Hampshire Volun-\\nteer Militia; Head Guards, organized July 24, 1865\\nManchester City Guards, organized March 17, 1873;\\nSheridan Guards, organized August 1865; First New\\nHampshire Battery, Platoon A, organized August 31,\\n1808; Amoskeag Veterans, organized in 1804; Man-\\nchester Cadets, organized in 1873; Amoskeag\\nZouaves, organized June 13, 1883.\\nIndependent Orderof Good Templars. Grand Lodge\\nof New Hampshire, organized October 11, 1865;\\nLTnion Degree Temple, No. 20, instituted February 21,\\n1876; Stark Lodge, No. 4, instituted May 31, 1805\\nMerrimack Lodge, No. 4, instituted December 0, 1866\\nHarris Lodge, No. 45, instituted May 22, 1878.\\nRoyal Templars of Temperance. Granite State\\nCouncil, No. 1, instituted November 28, 1878.\\nHanover SI reel Temperana Society.\\nSons of Temperance.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Instituted March 12, L883.\\nCatholic Temperance Societies.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 St. Paul s Total Ab-\\nstinence Mutual Benefit Society St. John s Total\\nAbstinence and Mutual Benefit Society, instituted\\nFebruary 18, 1875.\\nWoman s Christian Temperance Union. Instituted\\nNovember, 1874.\\nReform Club\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Instituted May, 1874.\\nThe old Ladies Home, located on Hanover, corner\\nof Pine Street. A benevolent enterprise, which owes\\nits existence to the thoughtfulness of Lev. William\\nMcDonald, is this institution which adjoins the Or-\\nphans Asylum. It was established in 1880, anditsob-\\nject is to provide a home for aged and indigent women.\\nThe Home is in charge of several Sisters of Mercy.\\n6 Patrick s Orphan Asylum. It was instituted in\\n1870, and was first located on Laurel Street, ami in\\nthe same year, upon the purchase by the Roman\\nCatholics of the Harris estate, at the corner of Han-\\nover and Pine Streets, for which fifty-five thousand\\ndollars was paid, it was moved to that place. The\\nasylum is designed to supply a home for orphans and\\nsick and needy women, and is under the direction id\\nSister Mary Ligouria, assisted by a number of Sisters\\nof Mercy. Instruction is given in the elementary\\nbranches of education, and the children are also\\ntrained in housework. This worthy benevolent in-\\nstitution was founded by Rev. William McDonald, and\\nthe funds for its maintenance are contributed by St.\\nAnn s Church.\\nWomen s Aid and Relief Hospital. This institution,.\\nlocated in Bakersville, was established by the Man-\\nchester Women s Aid and Relief Society in 1878, the\\nfree use of the building, owned by the Amoskeag\\ncorporation, having been tendered fortius purpose\\nby the late ex-Governor E. A. Straw. The building", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0219.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOEOUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhas been put in thorough repair, enlarged by the ad-\\ndition of another story and otherwise adapted to its\\npurpose. It is supported and controlled by the\\nWomen s Aid and Relief Society, and its main pur-\\npose is i provide a home and nursing for the indigent\\nsick, but patients who are able to pay are received\\nwhen desired, if there are beds unfilled.\\nMiscellaneous. New Hampshire Agricultural So-\\nciety New Hampshire Poultry Society, organized\\n1867; New Hampshire Fish and Game League; New\\nHampshire Press Association, organized July 25, 1868;\\nManchester Women s Aid and Relief Association, in-\\nstituted January 21, 1875; Manchester Board of\\nTrade President, Daniel Clark; Manchester rrocers\\nAssociation, instituted May 16, 1862; Manchester\\nTeachers Association, organized February 1G, 1883;\\nManchester Scientific Association; Chautauqua Lit-\\nerary and Scientific Circle, organized October 1, 1880;\\nthe Grattan Literary and Dramatic Association;\\nDartmouth Alumni Association High School Ly-\\nceum; trustees of the Elliot Hospital, incorporated\\nin 1881; Electric. Light Company, chartered by the\\nLegislature of 1881, and organized with a capital of\\ntwenty-five thousand dollars; New Hampshire Tele-\\ngragh Company, chartered July 10,187(3; Northern\\nTelegraph Company, organized in 1866; The Granite\\nState Telephone Company (Bell patents); Opera-\\nHouse Company; Uncanoonuck Road Company,\\nchartered June 26, 1877; Amoskeag Honorary Asso-\\nciation, instituted December, 1881 Young People s\\nWorking Association, organized November, 1882;\\nPhilharmonic Society, organized October 16,1883;\\nAncient Order of Hibernians, No. 1; Ancient Order\\nof Hibernians. No. 2, instituted November 20, 1880;\\nAncient Order of Hibernians, No. 3, instituted June,\\n1882; St. Patrick s Mutual Benefit and Protective\\nSociety organized -March 1868; St. Augustine Society,\\norganized June 16, 1878, incorporated .March 7, 1882;\\nSt. Jean Baptiste Society, instituted April. 1871;\\nLadies National League, instituted December, 1880;\\nIrish National League, organized April 13, 1883;\\nSodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, organized April,\\n1860; Young Republicans League, organized October\\n4,1882; Young Men s Democratic Club, organized\\nDecember, 1882; Franco-Canadien Naturalization\\nClub, instituted August 11, 1882; Derryfield Club,\\norganized April 13, 1875; Jackson Literary Club,\\ninstituted December, 1880; Manchester Bicycle Club,\\norganized March 22, 1882; Manchester Rifle Club,\\ninstituted May 7, 1883 Manchester Shooting Club,\\norganized April 2, 1879; Society for Prevention of\\nCruelty to Animals, organized June, 1880; Manches-\\nter Horse Railroad, incorporated 1S7 Mendelssohn\\nChoral Society, organized October 16, 1883; Thalia\\nClub, organized August 1, 1883; Harmonic Society,\\ninstituted October 22, 1883; Gazaille Transmitter\\nCompany, chartered by the New Hampshire Legisla-\\nture in 1883.\\nThe Blodget Canal. The first projector of inter-\\nnal improvements in this section of the State was the\\nlion. Samuel Blodget, who was born in Woburn,\\nMass., April 1,1724. He was an active and persever-\\ning man. He had been a sutler in the colonial wars\\nand also in the War of the Revolution, a judge of the\\nCourt of Common Fleas, and a merchant with exten-\\nsive business connections. He located at Amoskeag\\nin 1793, and soon conceived the idea of building\\naround the latter a canal, through which might be\\ncarried to market vast quantities of lumber from the\\nforests which grew on the banks of the river. He be-\\ngan work upon it May 2, 1794. He lost time and\\nmoney in a vain attempt to make practicable a lock of\\nhis own invention, and it was not until May 1, 1807,\\nhaving spent all his own fortune and what money he\\ncould raise by lotteries, that he saw his work done.\\nHe died on the 1st day of September of the same year,\\nand his canal, passing into the bands of the proprietors\\nof the Middlesex Canal, was of great benefit till the\\nrailroad destroyed its usefulness and it went to decay.\\nJudge Blodget was a far-sighted man. He invited\\nBoston capitalists to build in Derryfield the mills\\nwhich others erected thirty years after, and, in antici-\\npation of their construction, he bought the clay lands\\nwhere the well-known Hooksett brick are made to-\\nday. It is well written on his monument in the Val-\\nley Cemetery that he was the pioneer of internal\\nimprovements in New Hampshire.\\nThe following is a copy of Blodget s charter for the\\ncanal\\nTit the lumorahle tin Senitt? House nf liej.resrtttatives the State of\\nVein Hampihire, the Petition of Samuel Blodget molt n ipeetfulli/ eheuetk-\\nThaf a spirit of enterprise and exertion lias of late bean wonderfully\\nanil successfully displayed by the citizens of a neighbouring State in the\\nerection of bridges and forming of canals, even in place* which, not\\nmany years sin.,., were esteem. M impraetirald. that a canal round\\nI atueket falls is nearly compleated\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that another leading from said falls\\nto Boston, l v :i rout not i \\\\r In,:; twenty miles, will he commenced\\nnext spring\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that a third carried round the falls at Amoskeag would, in\\nconjunction with these, open a direct water communication with Boston\\n.i New hnryport to the inhabitants of an extensive country on the banks\\nof the Merrimac above said falls, the wood and timber of whose forests\\nare now of inconsiderable value, occasioned principally by the loss of\\nimmense quantities of lumber of ttie most valuable kind in passing over\\nthe falls a melancholy proof of which they at all times exhibit\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that\\nyour petitioner is fully convinced that the whole of this loss may be pre*\\nvented by a canal\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that under this conviction he has purchased the only\\npiece of ground over which one is practicable\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A has actually entered\\nupon the enterprize, with an intention to risque his fortune in accom-\\nplishing a work of so much public utility.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Your petitioner, therefore,\\nrelying on the public spirit of the honorable Court, requests that your\\nhonors will take the premises into consideration, and grant him a Char-\\nter, by which he may be secured in the peaceable enjoyment of the valu-\\nable property, which he is about to invest in the proposed canal\\nassign him a reasonable toll to compensate him fur his services give\\nlinn leave to bring in a bill accordingly.\\nA id :i- in ilutv I. on ml shall ever pray\\nSam Bt.iit.het.\\nPost-Offices. The first post-office in this town was\\nestablished at the Center in 1831, with Samuel\\nJackson postmaster, appointed by President Andrew\\nJackson. Mr. Jackson held the office until it was dis-\\ncontinued in 1840.\\nThe first post-office in what is now the city proper,\\nthen known as Amoskeag New Village, was estab-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0220.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nlished in February, 1840, with Jesse Duncklee as post-\\nmaster. The following- is a list of the postmasters\\nfrom that time to the present Jesse Duncklee, from\\nFebruary, 1840, to March, 1840 (deceased) PaulCra-\\ngin, 1840-45; Warren L. Lane, 1845-19; James Her-\\nsey, 1849-53; Colonel Thomas P. Pierce, 1853-61;\\nDavid J. Clark, 1861-65 (deceased) Colonel Bradford\\nB. Cilley, 1865-70 Joseph L. Stevens, 1870, present\\nincumbent.\\nThe Amoskeag post-office was established in 1828,\\nwith Samuel Kimball as postmaster.\\nThe post-office at Goft e s Falls was established in\\n1872, with Isaac W. Darrah, postmaster.\\nThe Piscataquog post-office was established in 1816,\\nwith James Parker postmaster. He was followed by\\nJonas B. Bowman, James McKeen Wilkins, Colonel\\nJohn S. Kidder and Leonard Bundlett. The office\\nwas discontinued about 1840.\\nThe Water-Works. 1 So rapid was the early\\ngrowth of Manchester that a pressing need for a\\npublic water supply came early in her municipal ex-\\nistence, and earlier than public opinion was prepared\\nto indorse the undertaking of an enterprise of such\\nmagnitude. Some bitter experience must needs first\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2come as an educator, and it did come from time to\\ntime, as in several fires among the mills, the burning\\nof the town-house, the destruction of the public\\nlibrary and museum, of several newspaper offices, of\\ntli! State Reform School building, of important com-\\nmercial buildings, and finally of an extended confla-\\ngration, destroying a whole square in the heart of the\\ncity in 1870.\\nThe construction of a public water supply is, with\\nrare exceptions, the most important matter which any\\nmunicipal organization is forced to consider, inaugu-\\nrate and push on to completion, or, on the other\\nhand, to hinder and defer, while the necessity and\\ndevastation continue. After the burning of the\\ntown-house, in 1*44, a committee of citizens was\\nchosen to consider the question of a water supply,\\nbut the citizens were not yet ready for united\\naction. An aqueduct company was chartered by the\\nLegislature in 1845, and the city, although invited,\\ndeclined to take stock to aid the private enterprise.\\nOther charters were obtained from the Legislature iu\\n1852, 1857 aud 1865, but the city still declined to\\nfoster the enterprise or to agree to pay for public fire\\nhydrants, but constructed some fire-cisterns in the\\nstreets. In the mean time there was a thirty thou-\\nsand dollar fire in the Stark Mills, a sixty-five thou-\\nsand dollar fire in the Priut- Works, and the library\\nwas destroyed.\\nIn 1860, Hon. James A. Weston, Jacob F. James\\nand Rev. William Richardson made an extended re-\\nconnoisance, covering all the sources available to the\\ncity, and presented the information gathered to the\\nCity Councils. Mr. J. B. Sawyer prepared a report in\\n1 By J. T- Fanning, C. i:\\n1869. Early in 1881 the City Councils appointed\\na committee to consider anew the question of a\\npublic water supply. This committee employed Wil-\\nliam J. McAlpine, an eminent engineer, to advise\\nthem, and embodied his report with their own for\\npresentation to the City Councils.\\nThe report of this last committee, following as it\\ndid si alter a disastrous conflagration, led to a peti-\\ntion to tie- Legislature for the passage of a water act.\\nAn Act to enable the City of Manchester to\\nestablish Water-Works was passed on the 30th of\\nJune, 1871, and An Ordinance in relation to Water-\\nWorks was passed bj the City Councils on the 1st\\nday of August in the same year.\\nThis ordinance vested the management of the water-\\nworks in the mayor ex-offioio and six other persons,\\nto be elected by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen,\\nand styled the Board of Water Commissioners.\\nImmediately after the passage of the ordinance,\\nMessrs. E. A. Shaw, E. W. Harrington, William P.\\nNewell, Aretas Blood, Alpheus Jay and A. C. Wallace\\nwere elected water commissioners, and Hon. James\\nA. Weston, being mayor, became a member of the\\nboard ex-qfficio.\\nOn the following 7th of August this board per-\\nfected its organization by the election of Hon. E. A.\\nStraw as president of the board and lion. S. X.\\nBell as clerk.\\nThe ordinance provided that one of these original\\ncommissioners should go out of office each year, and\\nthat one member should be annually elected in the\\nmonth of September, for a six-year term, by the Board\\nof Mayor and Aldermen.\\nThere had been up to this time, and still continued\\nto be, much diversity of opinion as to which was tin-\\nbest source of supply, and conflicting opinions as to the\\nsystem of supply and the design of various details of\\nthe proposed work. The earnestness with which these\\nmatters were publicly discussed and different sources\\nand plans advocated led to the passage of a resolution\\nby the City Councils instructing the commissioners to\\nexamine different systems of water-works in different\\ncities, in order that the best, most economical and\\nadvantageous mode of supplying the city with water\\nmight be adopted.\\nA majority of the board, complying with the\\ninstructions of the Councils, visited several cities in\\nNew England, and also Montreal, and carefully noted\\nthe peculiarities and effectiveness of different systems\\nof water supply. While at Norwich, Conn., they met\\nColonel J. T. Fanning, engineer of the water-works\\nthen recently completed in Norwich, and engineer\\nalso of water-works in several other cities, and invited\\nhim to make for them an examination of the sources\\nof water supply available to the city of Manchester,\\nand to report upon the sources and method of supply\\nwhich he should deem most advisable for the com-\\nmissioners to adopt.\\nIn the mean time the commissioners obtained per-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0221.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nuse temporarily a supply of water from the\\nAmoskeag Manufacturing Company s reservoir for\\nfire purposes, and pipes of eight inches diameter were\\nlaid from the company s main, on Brook Street, along\\nChestnut, Pearl, and Pine Streets, to Merrimack\\nStreet. This line of pipe was commenced in the\\nautumn of 1871, and completed in the following\\nspring, and immediately filled with water for a fire\\nprotection. It included about one and three-eighths\\nmiles of pipe and seventeen fire hydrants, and cost\\n$10,141.15.\\nOn completion of the preliminary surveys and re-\\nport, in the autumn of 1871, Colonel Fanning was\\nappointed chief engineer to the Board of Water Com-\\nmissioners. The additional surveys, plans and esti-\\nmates necessary fur a detailed comparison of all the\\nsources were completed in the spring of 1872, and tin-\\nresults embodied in a report to the commissioners\\nunder date of .March 1st, and the reporl contained a\\ngeneral map showing all the sources considered.\\nThe nearest and most ample volume of water being\\nthe Merrimack River, early consideration was given\\nto this source. The Merrimack waters could be\\npumped to a reservoir that might be conveniently lo-\\ncated on the hill east of the State Reform School\\nbuilding, but experiments with the water showed that\\nit must necessarily be filtered when the river was\\nabove the ordinary spring level, and that proper fil-\\ntration would require a heavy annual expense for\\noperation, and a considerable expenditure for con-\\nstruction of filter-beck of sufficient capacity. The\\nI iscataquog River was examined and carefully studied\\nalso. It having been urged by a few of the citizens\\nthat some of the small ponds northeasterly of t he city\\nwould furnish supplies of water. Dorr, Chase, Burn-\\nham and Stevens Ponds were thoroughly investigated,\\nand found, by proper computations, to yield entirely\\ninadequate supplies for the immediate needs, irrespec-\\ntive of the future needs of a growing city. At Ma-\\nple Falls, in the southeastern part of the town of\\nCandia (distant about eight miles from the city hall)\\nwere found natural features admitting the construc-\\ntion id a tine storage reservoir of nearly four hundred\\nacres area, and of considerable mean depth, ami hav-\\ning a water-sheil of about ten square miles. This\\nstorage reservoir would have been at an elevation of two\\nhundred and twenty-three feet above Elm Street at\\nthe city hall, and is the only gravitation source near\\ntin- city that was found to be worthy of adoption.\\nSoutheasterly of the city lies Lake Massahesic, having\\nan area of nearly two thousand four hundred acres and\\nwater-shed of about forty-five square miles. The out-\\nlet of the lake is about four miles from the city hall.\\nAnalyses of the Massahesic water showed it to be\\nof most excellent quality for domestic and industrial\\nuses. The vegetable organic matter in the water was\\nfound to be 1. GO grains, and mineral matterl.l6grains,\\nor a total of 2.82 grains per gallon, equivalent to 4.7\\nparts in 100,000 parts. The stream flowing from this\\ntake is known as Cohas Brook, and enters the Merri-\\nmack River at Goffe s Falls.\\nOn Cohas Brook, about one-quarter of amile below\\nthe outlet of the brook, near the old McMurphy mill-\\nsite, a dam was located and raised to the level of the\\nwater in the lake. This, with the canal below the\\nlake, gave a fall of forty-five feet available for power\\nwhere the pumping-station was located, near the ter-\\nmination of the canal. In the pumping-station were\\nlocated two pairs of pumps, of the vertical bucket-\\nplunger class, of combined capacity to pump a maxi-\\nmum of five million gallons of water in twenty-four\\nhours. Two Geyelin-Jouval turbines were placed in\\nthe building to drive the pumps, having a combined\\ncapacity of two hundred horse-power. A pumping-\\nstation was constructed of bricks, with slate roof, to\\ncontain this machinery, and attached to the station\\nis a commodious tenement for the attendant in charge\\nof the pumping-station.\\nA reservoir of about thirteen million gallons ca-\\npacity was constructed near the church at Manches-\\nter Centre. The water of the lake is lifted by the\\npumps one hundred and thirteen feet from the lake to\\nthe reservoir, and as the reservoir is elevated one\\nhundred and fifty-two feet above Elm Street at the\\ncity hall, the water flows from thence throughout the\\ncity by gravity. This reservoir was filled on its com-\\npletion, near the close of September, 1874, but the\\npumps had been started early in the previous July,\\npumping the water through the distribution pipes,\\nwith the surplus flowing into the Amoskeag I om-\\npany s reservoir. The force main from pumps to res-\\nervoir, eight thousand one hundred and seventy-one\\nfeet in length, and supply main, eight thousand four\\nhundred and ten feet in length, from reservoir to Dim\\nStreet, are twenty inchesin diameter. The entire pipe\\nsystem contained, at the completion of the original\\nworks, at the close of 1N74, one hundred and twenty-\\ntwo thousand and seventy-one feet of pipes, one hun-\\ndred and seventy-two stop valves and two hundred\\nand fifteen public fire hydrants, and seventeen thou-\\nsand six hundred and two feet of small service pipes,\\nlaid by the commissioners from the street mains to\\nthe property lines for the supply of water consumers.\\nThe cost of constructing the works, including cost\\nof lands, water-rights and preliminary surveys, was\\n$614,009.83. The cost of service pipes, meter- and\\noperating expenses during construction of the works\\nwas $20,028.75. On the 24th of October, 1874, a\\npublic test was made of the water-works by the city\\nFire Department. Duringthe test sixteen hydrants\\nwere brought into simultaneous use, twelve of which\\nwere supplying leading hose-streams and four supply-\\ning steam fire-engines, and thus twenty powerful\\nstreams were arching over Elm Street and its loftiest\\nbuildings at the same time, presenting in the sunshiny\\nOctober afternoon a most brilliant and beautiful scene,\\nand strengthening the confidence of the citizens in\\nthe capacity and efficiency of their public watersupply.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0222.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n113\\nOn completion of the original works, Mr. Charles R.\\nWalker became their superintendent, and has retained\\nthe office ten years. At the close of L884 the amount\\nof pipes laid had increased to 22 .Odt tret, about 4:!..\\nmiles, the stop-valves to 316 and public lire hydrants\\nto 371 in number, and the service pipes, to a total of\\n65,766 feet, supply 2476 consumers of water.\\nIn the mean time the total cost of construction, in-\\ncluding the extensions of the pipe system, had reached\\n$824,989, and the annual income of the water-works\\nfor water sold had reached $75,580, or nearly ten per\\ncent, on the cost. During the ten years the works\\nhave been in operation no conflagration has resulted\\nfrom the many tires started, and every fire within\\nreach of the works has been extinguished so promptly\\nthat there has been no material loss at any single fire.\\nThe original cost of the works has undoubtedly been\\nsaved to the citizens in prevention of losses by fires,\\nwhile the city now finds that it has been a financial\\ninvestment that will, by its income, soon reimburse it\\nfor the original outlay and further an investment that\\nwill return to its citizen proprietors an almost incal-\\nculable annual interest of safety, comfort, convenience\\nand health.\\nThe Manchester Driving Park Association was\\norganized December 1, 1882, and its first officers were\\nas follows President, John B. Clarke Treasurer,\\nJames A. Weston Clerk, Samuel F. Curtis Direct-\\nors, John B. Clarke, A. C. Wallace, C. D. Welch, A.\\nD. Gooden, Alpheus Bodwell, Samuel F. Curtis and\\nreorge W. Kiddle. Subsequently John B. Clarke re-\\nsigned the office of president, and George W. Riddle\\nwas elected in his place.\\nThe association, after a careful examination of va-\\nrious sites for a suitable location for a park, decided\\nto purchase forty-five acres situated in the southeast-\\nern section of the city, on the line of the Nutt road\\nami the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad, one mile\\nand three-quarters from the post-office. The land was\\nconsidered well adapted to the purpose, and though\\nnothing better than a rough pasture with some wood-\\nland, it was transformed in four months time into an\\nattractive park, and was visited the first week in Sep-\\ntember by thirty thousand people. This exhibition\\nof enterprise was hut one of the many which have\\nbeen characteristic id Manchester people whenever\\nthey have sought to add a new feature conducive to\\nthe interests and pleasures of the city.\\nThe park is furnished with all tin conveniences of\\na first-class driving park and fair-grounds, including\\ngrand stand, press stand, restaurant, judges -land.\\ncattle-pens, stables, building for bench shows of dogs,\\npoultry-house, etc.\\nThe Parker Murder. The history of Manchester\\nwould be incomplete with no reference to the murder\\nof Jonas L. Parker. The tacts were as follows: On\\nWednesday evening, March 26, 1845, a man called at\\nthe bowling saloon, on Manchester Street, belonging\\nto Mr. Parker, stating that a Mrs. Bean, from Lowell,\\ndesired to see the proprietor on important business at\\nJanesville. Mr. Parker passed out of his saloon to\\naccompany the gentleman, first securing a lantern, as\\nthe night was s,, exceptionally black, that as dark\\nas the night of the Parker murder has sim\\na household phrase. On tin- way to their destination\\nthe two men crossed Pine to Merrimack Street, and\\nsoon to.de a path that led through a heavy growth of\\npin., and from this forest, in the vicinity of what is\\nnow the corner of I .eech and Manchester Streets, the\\ncry of murder! was soon heard; but none dreamed\\nthat it heralded the monstrous crime. Oh, don t,\\ndon t! was supposed to be the outcry of some one\\nbeing placed under police surveillance. The morning\\nlight disclosed the terrible ghastlincss of a murdered\\nman upon a bed of snow. Mr. Parker lay with\\ntrachea doublj severed and deep gashes aboul the\\nhips, and wounds on other parts of the bodj were\\ndiscovered by Coroner Joseph M. Rowell. The\\nappearance of the ground indicated a mighty struggle\\nfor life against a fiend armed with razor and butcher-\\nknife, incited by the knowledge that thousands of\\ndollars were upon the person of the victim. About\\nsixteen hundred dollars escaped the rapacity id the\\nmurderer. Mr. Parker held the office of tax collector\\nthe year previous, and the collector s book, then in his\\npossession, bore the impress of blood-stained fingers.\\nSeveral persons were suspected of the crime, arrested\\nand tried, but no one was convicted, and the mystery\\nof the Parker murder, after a lapse of forty years, is a\\nmystery still.\\nThe County Court-House, located on the corner\\nof Merrimack and Franklin Streets, was erected in\\n1S68, at the cost of forty thousand dollars. It is a\\ntwo-story brick building.\\nCemeteries. The oldest burial-place under the\\ncontrol of the city is what is known as the Valley\\nlemetery, which was given to the town by the Amos-\\nkeag Company in 1840. It contains about twenty\\nacres. Pine Grove Cemetery contains about fifty-\\nfour acres, and is located about two and a half miles\\nfrom the city hall, between the Calef and River roads.\\nOther cemeteries are the Amoskeag, St. Joseph, St.\\nAugustine, Mount Calvary; also the old burying-\\ngrotind at the Centre; one at Cofl e s Falls; one in\\nWest Manchester; one near the school-house at\\nHarvey s Mills, called the Merrill Cemetery one in\\nI he eastern part of the city, known as Stovvell s\\nGround; the Bay Cemetery, on the River road, near\\nAmoskeag Falls; the Forest Cemetery, on the old\\nWeston farm, in the southeastern part of the oil and\\na small yard in the north part of the city.\\nFire Department. In 1WJ the town voted to buy\\na fire-engine and necessary apparatus. To this single\\nengine others were added from time to time until eight\\nor ten engine and hose companies were under the\\ncity s control, when the first steam fire-engine was\\nbought in 1859. This was also the first one made by\\nthe Amoskeag Company, whose engines have since", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0223.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "114\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngained a world-wide celebrity. Thisinventionwroughl\\na revolution in the Fire Department, and, as more\\nsteamers were added, the hand-machines were with-\\ndrawn and the membership diminished until the de-\\npartment acquired its present proportions. The fol-\\nlowing is the organization of the department:\\nChief Engineer, Thomas W. Lane; Clerk, Fred-\\nerick S. Bean; Assistant Engineers, Orrin E. Kim-\\nball, James F. Pherson, Frederick S. Bean, Horatio\\nFradd.\\nThe following is a list of the companies, giving the\\nlocation and the names of members:\\nAmoskeag Steam Fire-Engine Company, No.\\nl._House, 30 Vine Street. Foreman, James R.Carr;\\nAssistant Foreman, Charles F. McCoy; Clerk, Frank\\nE. Stearns; Driver, George W. Butterfield.\\nN.S. Bean Steam Fire-Engine Company, No.\\n4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 House, 22 Vine Street. Foreman, Eugene S.Whit-\\nney; Assistant Foreman, Edgar G. Abbott; Clerk,\\nJohn Martin; Driver, Jeremiah Lane.\\nPennacook Hose Company, No. 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 House, 24\\nVine Street, Foreman, Albert Maxfield; Assistant\\nForeman, Clarence D. Palmer; Clerk, Joseph E. Mer-\\nrill; Driver, Walter L. Blenus.\\nMassabesic Hose Company, No. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 House, Ma-\\nple Street, corner East High. Foreman, John F.\\nSeaward; Assistant Foreman, Revillo G. Houghton;\\nClerk, Parker W. Hannaford; Driver, Walter Sea-\\nward.\\nE. W. Harrington Hose Company, No. 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nEouse, I liuton Street, Piscataquog. Foreman, John\\nT. G.Dinsmore; Assistant Foreman, William Doran;\\nClerk, Joseph Schofield; Driver, John T. Dowd.\\nMerrimack Hose Company, No. 4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 House, Park\\nStreet, corner Massabesic Street. Foreman, George\\nB. Forsaith; Assistant Foreman. Lords N. Dufrain;\\nClerk, John S. Averj Driver, Charles 11. Rogers.\\nExi i lsiob Hook-and-Ladder Company, No. 1.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094House, 16 Vine Street. Foreman, Milo B.Wilson;\\nAssistant Foreman, Jerome J. Lovering; Clerk, (scar\\nP. Stone; Driver, lharles M. Denyou.\\nIndependent Hose Company, No. 5 (Volunteer\\nCompany).\u00e2\u0080\u0094 House, -Main Street, corner Old Falls\\nroad (Amoskeag). Foreman, George LAyer; Assist-\\nant Foreman, Sherman L. Flanders; Clerk, George\\nL. Stearns.\\nTwo steamers, FlRE KlNG, No. 2, and E. W. HAR-\\nRINGTON, No. 3, also one hook-and-ladder truck, are\\non reserve duty, to he called in case of need, and\\nmanned by members of the department. There is\\nalso a two-wheeled hose-carriage at Derry Mills,\\nGoffe s Falls, for use bj men employed at mills.\\nThere are three hundred and seventy-one hydrants\\n(not including those in mill-yards) scattered over the\\ncity, supplied from water-works.\\nThere is in the department nineteen thousand five\\nhundred and fifty feet of fire-hose.\\nTotal value of apparatus is fifty-seven thousand\\nfour hundred and thirty-four dollars.\\nFire- Alarm Telegraph.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This valuable adjunct\\nto the Fire Department was constructed in 1872, and\\ncomprises about twenty miles of wire, traversing the\\ncompact pari of the city, and reaching to Amoskeag\\nand Wesi Manchester, Hallsville and Bakersville.\\nThere arc thirty-six alarm-boxes, whose keys are kept\\nat adjacent houses or stores, and six strikers, situated\\non the city hall, the Lincoln Street, Webster Street\\nand Ash Street School-houses, the engine-house in\\nWest Manchester and a tower at the north end of the\\ncity. There are also gongs at the engine-houses and\\nthe resiliences of the engineers and others.\\nFiremen s Relief Association. Organized Feb-\\nruary 14, 1873. Designed for the relief of any of its\\nmembers who may be injured or disabled at a tire.\\nThe following is a list of its officers:\\nPresident, Thomas W Lane; Vice-President, James\\nF. Pherson; Secretary, Joseph E. Merrill; Treasurer,\\nHoratio Fradd; Executive Committee, Amoskeag,\\nNo. 1, George R. Simmons; X. S. Bean, No. 4, E. G.\\nAbbott; Pennacook Hose, Xo. 1, W. L. Blenus; Mas-\\nsabesic Hose, Xo. 2. R. G. Houghton; F. W. War-\\nrington Hose, Xo. 3, John Patterson; Merrimack\\nHose, No. 4, George B. Forsaith; Hook-and-Ladder,\\nNo. l, Jerome J. Lovering.\\nThe Amoskeag Veterans.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This well-known or-\\nganization is next to the oldest veteran corps in New\\nEngland, the exception being the Ancient and Hon-\\norable Artillery lompany of Boston. The Amoskeag\\nVeterans is an independent company, and was organ-\\nized November 6, 1854, at a meeting of which Hon.\\nHiram Brown was chairman and Hon. C. E. Potter\\nclerk.\\nI be firsl officers were as follows:\\nWilliam P Riddle, col I William Patten, Bret lieutenant; Samuel\\nAndrews second liei anl Hiram Brown, first major; E. T.\\nMrvn-, nl ni.-i-.i Samuel W. Parsons, first sergeant; Jacob G.\\n(ill,.,. -,,..ii sergeant; S. M. Dow, third sergeant; Reuben I\\nVl,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e. r i :1 Walla., IH-1 ..rn..i.il: lMiilalms\\nThe objects for which it was organized were desig-\\nnated by the constitution to lie military parades, the\\nprotection of life and property, the preservation of\\nthe peace and social enjoj ments. Its first parade and\\nball occurred February 22. 1855.\\nThe following is a list of the commanders of the\\nveterans from its organization to the present time:\\nGeneral William P. Riddle, 1SS4; Colonel Chandler E. Potter, 1855;\\nColonel Theodore T. Abhott, 1857 I ol I Tl las Rundlett, i860;\\nI ,,1. ii.l Chan, 11.1 l ..tt.M-, lsr.4;\\nNatl II. ad 1868 Colonel Martin\\nV. 11. Edgerly, 1873; Colonel I ;e 1875; 31. V. II.\\nc Walla. 1877 I s Simons, 1878 ti.VT.\\nCmiw r. ls7 .i-sn limn Merrill, 1881; I rani Hi Sean\\n1882-83; Geo. B. Chandler, 1884; Henrj H Huse, 1885.\\nThe Amoskeag Veterans include the nest promi-\\nnent and influential citizens of Manchester and ad-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0224.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\njoining towns, and is one of the celebrated military\\nbodies of New England.\\nPrior to the organization of this corps there had\\nbeen several independent companies organized in Man-\\nchester, viz. Manchester Rifle Company, organized\\nin 1825, under command of Captain James McQues-\\ntion; the Stark Guards, organized August 16,1840,\\nCaptain Walter French; the Granite Fusileers,\\norganized August 10, 1842, Captain Samuel W. Far-\\nsons the National Guards, organized August 17,\\n1863; and the Smyth Rifles, organized in 1865.\\nPolice-Station.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The present police-station was\\nerected in 1885. It is located on the corner of Man-\\nchester and Chestnut Streets. It is a mat and sub-\\nstantial brick structure, with granite trimmings.\\nWar of 1861-65.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following list of soldiers\\nwas furnished by Manchester during the late Rebel-\\nlion\\nFIRST REGIMENT.\\nla hard N. Batchelder, quartermaster; I mi i- II Pike, afe-major.\\nJohn 1. K. [Ij Martin 1 B Rii liardson, Charles 0.\\nJennison, Michael O Flynn, WUliam Mayne Robert Loyd, Patrick Bo\\nban, obalk-e ,1. Andrews, ckarles H. \\\\lbn. .1. Uherl Ujra-\\nliam Brown. Frank Hiiit, Jerome Illnisdell. Willi. mi [I. 11 la.i. k,\\nHenry Bourrell, Charles A. Cressey, Haskell P. I tiffin Frand Cal il\\nCharles Conner, Thomas F. Cary, Francis II Conner, John V Clark,\\ni. ge H. Champlin, Augustus B. Caswell, Charles II Demerrett, Ed-\\nward 0. Dodge, John M. Evans, Pagi Goi I lin Gardner, Jol n,\\nI I i ilk-. M.,.-ball lint. I, in-, Flank Ik 11... k.-tl. William W. lla-.-l-\\nMl, M, .l. llll\\nder,\\nJohn Mil\\nl lion\\nCompany .i.,lm Gartley, Jame\\nRiley, Terreii.-.- ltil.- II. -my h\u00c2\u00bb .-nk. l-:.i..aid smith, .i..|,n i\\ntelle.\\nC,.ia/\u00e2\u0080\u009ei\u00c2\u00bbi, I, I, e,tmi,.ii-, I,, In, .larrh all, II, -HI. Benton, 1 1 \u00c2\u00ab-lil y\\nI:, .ml.. J. 3 Cunningham, John Donnolly, George McCormick, Charles\\nMason.\\nCompany G.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew Quinn, William Brown, William S. Bennett,\\nAndrew Christensen, Michael C ran, Charles Elliott, William 11.\\nFrench, Custei Jackson, John Peters, William Steele, Charles Smith,\\nJohn Travis.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2..i,i .i\u00c2\u00bb.7 //.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Thomas Beatry, Cii-nrj;,. 1 William-, Frank Fa-tinan,\\nAbial A. Hannaford, Lucius Fa r, Henry .1. Flandere, Natl 1 F.\\nSwett, Joseph Tallen.\\nCompany David M. IVrkin-, I!,,,ln.-\\\\ A Mai, mm;, Thorndike P.\\ni: r.ii.ki,,,,,-: i Perki I I i, harles Vicki\\nNil liolas SI. Biglin, .lam.-. R. Carr, John s. Call.-\\nJesse E. Dewey, George B. Damon, Lyman A. Di\\nman, Orrin S Gardner, Joseph II. Gleason, Norn\\ngene Hazewell, Martin A. Haynes, Charles\\nHubbard, James M House, Moses A. Hunkins,\\ni.,.,, l Lav a, John E, I igden, Samuel II\\nrott, Henry M. Pillsbury, Solon I Porter, Albe\\nII. Sleeper, Jr., J.-siah s. Swain, William V\\nK.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin F. Ashton, Charles\\nOn\\nI u D Eenael\\n,,,i,, I,.,, I.- I Par-\\nWood, Charles B.\\nG. Sargent, James\\ning, John Williams,\\nta) k, James li.niiii.ll v\\nTHIRD REGIMENT,\\nlibbj adjutant Henry Hill, chaplain Harril\\nthveti W. Mnllnditi.n,\\nWoodbury, Thomas\\nT Moore, oi e l\\no w. Evans, John M.\\ni pany A II. .Hi- o. Dudley.\\nSECOND REGIMENT.\\nTh as P. Pierce, colonel Samuel 0. Langley, adjuti\\nCompany A \u00e2\u0080\u0094Charles G.\\nPatrick McGrath, Alexand,\\nder, Thomas Adams, .1-1 1. man.\\ny _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 Nelson, Thomas Kenney, Charles Donnolly,\\ni. ge Coyle, Albert Kaismi, George Bitlleu, John Cainmel, Michael\\nColligan.\\nMichael Milllills, ,I,,I,11 Slllith. Ilm. la i, .l.i in, II.\\nPiatt, Richard A. Lawrence, Benjamin F. Chase, Alvin L. Wiggin.\\nFrank Robinson Vied Berham, Lemuel M. Cox, Abner H,\\nv. I I: Allen, John A. auk,\\nCharles W. Brown, William Calef, Henry F. Carey, John II. Cole, liar-\\n\\\\i v\u00e2\u0080\u009ei, i M i a Craig, Hazen Davis, Jr.,\\ni. I I H D rl I i I i.i.i-.i., Henry H.\\nJam.-- i.l ill\\nJ -s William Kelley, Thi\\nence, Daniel Mui ry, John\\nFistti i, Ch irli i M, Laul\\nLord, John A. Mas El\\nPerry, George Pickup, Tim\\nR ge II Sarg\\nCharles L. Tabor, Williai\\nTucker, Franklin 1 Wi 11\\nCompany I .-Jmii- Dall\\ni II, iighhn, George F.\\ni ithan Qnimby, John E,\\nN. si....- a-, Laroy D. Sherburne,\\nB Tuttle, Franklin K.\\n0. i erson,\\nGay, M i\\nHatch, Job\\nlimn II. Hunt!\\nLeaf, G ge fl\\nFlanders, John II I. George T Fogg, Thomas F.\\nCharles Gibson, Charles Gilbert, Walter A.\\ninn. John W. Goodwin, Thomas Hanson, Henry T.\\nWilliam S. Ilo.l-iiian, Andrew .1. Holmes, Wil-\\n-,ain M. Karney, George II La\u00c2\u00ab Luke\\niiiu.lll. Little, Nathaniel Marshall, James Mc-\\nAi,-iiii E. Perry, James\\nEwen, David H. Newton, Stephen W. Niks,\\nH Prou, ,ii, William II. RaniBey, John H. Sanders, Geerge H. Web-\\nster, Hiram C. Squires, Collins P. Tebbetts, Leander White, John R.\\nWhitten, William II. Caiter, George s. Thomas, Edward Reynolds,\\nAlpheus Chickering.\\nCompany a ..l.ii k, mm, Michael J. Connelly, Ti Casey,\\n11, Matthew Byros, John Casey, John McCIemens, John\\niCadoral i I I mi.tliv ll.-aky, lk.l.eil o Cn-\\nHichael E. A Gall a, I nomas Mi Enry, Mil ha. IT D inohoe,\\nl:. ben II \\\\ik n, Waltei Cody, Joseph .1 D ihue, James Wilson, John\\nOman, llvn.ii Co-tell... I atii.k l.a I ki il. .lolm M.Intir,-. Daniel Maho-\\nney David Moore, Peter Pelkey, James Quintan, James Smith, Lewis\\nHall, Stephen Welsh, I u tin Marshall, William Mien,\\nPeter .Smith, Joseph Potter, F.lwui o I .neii, Francis Sheridan, William\\nSj, i a in-. kM i n ii nd Ha, k II. i;.- \\\\i n, W ill i. in B.tkii. .-tin 1 i r.-tt.\\nJohn Booth, George H. Briggs, David Bryant, Bernard Farry, James\\n1|, Rolielt I ,hii i ..i A Wo ,.,,11. mil, Samuel W hlttaker,\\nD. \\\\\\\\i", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0225.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "BISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCompany H\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles I I\\nRobert Vincent, Walter I lii. lumLs, I :i t, vi.,,,,-. IcmI a l a_:o,\\nJulius Griggs, kau-oii Blake, Iiaiii.l X. Atu i I M-\\n1m.-i t II. Lockwood. .1 inn I N. il \\\\ll-rt !l I 1 I\\nWilliam Todd, Jamee Walsh, rge Baili 5 I 1\\nlev, William H. Knox, William II l-. I 1 1 I 1 Uexandet\\nLe Sludge, Alden E. Met Dai Hon 1 1 tries 11 rgan,\\n.1. Richard, James C, Ri\\nJoseph H. Wallace, A\\nWelch\\nO ,,i/ i o/ William J.-Iiii-mi, I Kivi.l Earl,-, illiam Nielmis.\\nIjnnf-s H. A. Stead, John W hitney,\\nFrancis l:,,\\\\ utoii, 111. -ma- Uohinson, Andrew .McNeil, Tli..ina- Tli-ma-on,\\nVan 1 II. Hill, I a 1 Pari 1 1\\nmi k l H regiment.\\nJohn L. lv.K 1 1_\\\\ quaitn mastei Benjamin F. Fogg, commissary\\nBergeant.\\nBmuL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Walter Dignaiu, Francis II. Pike, Henry Murphy, Lemuel H.\\nJames, John O Brien, Uonzo Buntin, Frederick T. Pa\\nPorter, John Harrington, William Higiiam. Eugene K. Fo--. II Augus-\\ntUB Sim, mils, Elilihak-t Ini-tm, John Coogili, unili N. 1: I.- 11\\nLewi-, .1.1111..- A Fanili. Urn !,..M T. Trumbluin.\\ntympany .1 Pati ick McGei kugt tuc Steuger.\\nCompany B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martin J Staunton, Martin V. B Richardson.\\np.miy C.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jackson Dustin, Joseph I. Miller, Perley B. Rand,\\nGeorgi I Mil.-, 1 1- fuck, William 0. w n, ridge, i ge\\nKm n I Pai i. I .i ii Daniel W. Rollins,\\nF.li.n H Nutting, Alanaon Barney, William G. Burke, Daniel W.\\nKii,\\\\, I. l,u I, \\\\,n, r.\\\\i.,n I nt mi in, William E. K,,l,iiison, Chauncey\\nSmith.\\ni ,,//i;,,n,;/ Charles o, .l.!,m-,,n.\\nCompany B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank li. HutchinBon, Cyrus II. Hubbard, Charles H.\\nl;,..,l, ,si,[,|i,.|i Kcudii, k, hail.- Whiting, Edward d. Hill, Th,.ina- L.\\nNewell, Francis AY, Parker, Andrew .1. Edgclly. ,l,.lni II. Maker, Alvanl\\nE. Wilson, Charles M. Whiting, Robert Hume. Edwin Weathersfleld,\\nDyman Wyman, Charles Brackett, John Malum John I. Mark, JameB\\nM. Dickey, John Lynch, \\\\u-.,nl Hall, Frank A Ulen, EdsonWyman,\\nHorace G. Heath, W II ary Wyi n, JohnG Ik. Iiinsoi Horatio N\\nHi. i,i ..i.i, i loi I Dai II W ims gi W.Williams,\\nFrank Matthew.-, n-,.,i I rk-n-, i tin Corrigau William H Webster,\\nhail,- A N.-WI..11, 1 1 1 in. inn\\nman, Michael Curdy, I aikt.m\\ni H-; I. John P. Smith, Cha\\nCharlesH. Allen, u ilk. I II\\nWilliam Bonner, Jam,- M. km,\\nCharles Cressey, i iwe\\nI I nt,.. II, .1 M I\\nAll Flag, w,u, .,m Gunn\\nii, Larkin Sarg.-uk lili,\\nlg.\\nmil F.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Haskell, Charles L. Brow\\nEmory Wy-\\nk Cobb, Henry\\nG. Hutchins\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii, Rufus Bailey,\\nIsaac k i lolby,\\ny, AmosCressey,\\nry, John Fallon,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in II. Hani-,\\nBen-\\nI Fogg, Edward Field, .lam\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ferry, Thomas Follen, Hiram li. Frost,\\nI. ins .1 Cilh.-, James C.i ii, 1 1,-u iiia ll,,y m-, .I,,li ii Howard, Cornelius\\nKennedy, Dennis Keefe, Ja s Larkin, John 0. Mason, Charles C.\\nM.,i- i, I .iiii. 1, Mil 1.1, .lam.- M.-lasky, Charles Manlen, Frank\\ni.iuiiiii, John Quinn. James Quinn, Patrick Quinn, William H. Rey-\\nii- l.k, Michael Ileanion, Tiinolliv K, anion, Martin I. Staunton, Ashel\\nStoddard, Abraham S. Sanborn, John Shea, Dennis Tehan, Francis B.\\nWilley, Dennis Walch, Clark E, Wilson, John Walch, John Murphy,\\n-William I icr, i rr,-ii Bush, Iiani.-l II. Mac. i hark-s\\nIk r.. iii.tr, Samuel n Mar.kr.-y, Bartholomew Maloney, Curtis R.\\nIlartly.\\nCompany T.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 rge w Stevens, Ephraim F. Brigham, Jonathan\\nTaylor, Alfred\\n1 i: I fM. Weed, harlea k, Batchelder,\\nI barles 11 I ui rgi Hackett, Israel Gale, Samuel B Mace,\\nJames Wyman, Albert Ormsby, Clinton Farley, John I Davis, George\\nE. Fitch, John Barry, Benjamin Welch, Robert Clayton, George W.\\nMinns, Mums c. Win-in, Samu. l \\\\k Ii,,l,-, William II. Sanborn, Mon-\\nroe Stevens, Joseph Wallace, Fernando C. Spaulding, Benjamin Harts-\\nhi.ni, William s. Barker, Joseph W. Bailey, Albert ass, Edward Dolton,\\n.laims Fern, Frank A. Garland, Charles A. Hackett, Frederick w. Lou-\\ngei Patrick O Cmiiell. Ndsou ,1. Fierce, William II. Perkins, Horace .1.\\nParker, William Shever, Horatio H. Stevens, Henry D. Tompkins,\\nrg, V\\\\ i man Joshua B, Webster\\nCompany Vnhtoum.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James H. German, William Hall, William A.\\nViltman.\\nFIFTH REGIMENT.\\nMilium] i. kangl.-y, lieilt.-liaut-cokmel.\\nCompany A.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Brown, John Emu\\nCompany B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Stanton, Frank Howard, Thomas Knight, James\\nn i 11, Alexander le.ss, William Hickman. John Myers.\\nCompany E. Walter St lerfield, George II. Houghton, Oscar E. Car-\\nter, niticliu- U. Stone.\\nCompany F. George B. Jeiiiiess.\\nWarren Clark, Samuel T. Smith. Jam.-, sietson, George\\nBradley, Abram Cameron, Edward Choppenger.\\nCompany f.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Nicliol-\\nCompany E/nfcnown.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Waltei Bam,-. Ilila Davis, Thomas Bums,\\nI h, .in.,- 1;, Langley.\\nSIXTH REGIMENT.\\ni -Charles White, Charles B. Seavey.\\nCompany B Charles J Gardner, Edward Ik Barnett, Charles L.\\nDavenport, Allison Towns.\\nv Ii.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Fitch.\\nCompany K. Ti TiBon, Owen Kelley,\\nCbiry y I ,l. on \u00e2\u0080\u0094Lafayette Pettingill.\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nJoseph C. Abbott, lieutenant-colonel William W. Brown, surgeon;\\nIk in v I -i.i iitnii. a\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1-1:, ill -nt-\\nC oiiiji.oi;/ .1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nicholas Gill. Grutmlle 1 Mason. Edward May, Virgil\\nII Cate, William C. Know Hon. Jam,.- William-. Miner P. Hanscom,\\nJames Appleton, Benjamin F Clark, John S. Merrill, Granville E. Ful-\\nler, Henry Burke, John Hohin, Charles II. Hall. William li. Thompson,\\nli- in i S Benton.\\nCompany B. Charles H. Dwinnels, Alfred B. Shemenway, Henry G.\\nLowell.\\nCompany ft\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert Rochester, Charles I- G irnes, Patrick Craaln\\nM\u00e2\u0080\u009e. Patrick Conwaj w\\nZebina Innis, John Smith. M.p\\nGeary, Patrick Iiowd, ki, lend Si\\nJei iliii Blai-,1,11, Fiain I- 1 itlnl!\\nMichael Brnsiiahan, W ill: m II\\nWood, Jeremiah Sp.\\nJohn Pi. ki ii. n, hi.\\nOwen Tully, Lawrenc, 11. rn, U\\nSiuilk. .1- dill I t.inU I 1. I U ,1\\ni:,,.,i,,\u00e2\u0080\u009ei. uehing Patrii\\nSmith, Iiiclii.nl\\nompson. Patrick\\nlovan, Benj u\\ni li. nrj I Iiit:. Georgi I Bobii M\\nCharles G. Pyet Henry I Dickej Joseph Blanchett, Lewis Ash, George\\nw Putnam, Louis Sej Brian VUUngham, Charles H. Abbott.\\nI -k, i-M Kennison, Tl tas Gilm John Harking.\\nmy G Waltet McDonald, Patrick ,0. Day, James Doherty.\\nI ,i, I James McCarty, Joseph Freschl, William Smith, Charles\\ni John 0. Silver, Ann Bixby, John G Markham, Wesley Glidden,\\nl B Hodgeman, Silas L. Darrah, Charles A. Rowe II, John Hatch,\\ni :il\\\\ in I .i.wii, Adam Going, William A t liftord, Frederick G. Menill,\\nI laiii Sturtevant, John Hennessey, Newell R, Bixby, Benjamin F.\\nClark.\\nI .-.e/iaeiy Henry lisli irn. James A. Ili ,1-. lleniy l Ik, I, I, ins.\\nCompany Cnhioirn.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W.,i I I l. I. Si,inuiugt,,ii, William\\nHall.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0226.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nEIGH1 II REGIM1 S I\\nII l g, .li colonel Charles A. Putney, quartermaster\\nRobert .1 James Murry, .1. -s S Monroe.\\nB.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert Keefe, Thomas Harrison, 1 rederick Luut, Joseph\\nS Abbott, Charles Milli lames Wilson, John Lawton, llonzo V Flan-\\n.1 u I M\\nOlson, Tliuiuas l\\nWilliam Jones, 1.\\nO Brien, Th as\\nHarrington, Dan\\nFitzgerald, J.-lin\\nJ..I111 Mullm, Jai\\nNINTH REGIMENT\\nWebster, Burgeon.\\nI, ibl \u00e2\u0096\u00a011. Jan Murry, Lewis Mi yens, Joseph T.\\nr Jefts, William McGarnet, Lewis T. Mitchell, Na-\\niter, l i.\u00c2\u00bb A Sanborn, rge W Rai la.ll\\nWarren :i I i\u00c2\u00ab mds, J seph II Wallac. Joseph E,\\n1, 1 1: II Howe, Arthur\\nf 1 11.1 iv s Willey,\\nMill. I. IMNI.-I\\n1,\\nNathan 11. 1 ivl S l\u00c2\u00bb.- l..| 1 1---I n. .I. l i.l.- 1. Hi- K-1.M1\\n3. Mi Intire I li imaa P 1 J 1 H Rol inaon.\\nCompany F- Augustus I Innia, Cyrus 5. Bur] I lea E. B\\nGeorgeF Dunbar, John F P. Robie, rge \\\\A Vllen, George G Blak.\\nJerry \\\\V 111)., Elisba 1 i.i.iiinl.y. Charles P. Stevens, Edwin R. Stevens,\\nRalph Stone, Daniel Kirby, John Fogg, Enos f-hehan, James Linery,\\nJohn Smith, Augustus C A s, Henrj 11 Dunbar, John I r Raley,\\nJan titer, John It\\nCook, Joseph Ci-awfuid, Charles Davis, Edward\\n11 l..-.|,.i|.l..l..iii. Milan. I ll a- In. j.ial.l. lb niv II -.11. I. In. 1\\nThompson, Marcus M C ei, Marcus M. Tuttle, Roberl N Colley,\\n11 I. i onng\\norgi Dunham, Charles Myi 1-. I II I r, li\\nSullivan, James Hazzard, Dennis Lane, John Winahan, Patrick Man\\nII Maul. .I..I.H Wh\\nArmstrong\\n1: Norris, Vsa Brown, Amos\\noit, F. B. Ha. kett, Josi pli\\nompany Chai li\\nWelsh, James Robston, James M Lathe,\\nWilliam A. Canfield, Hiram S. Lathe, olivi r Bud ster, barles A.\\nCummings, Charles A Carltou, I- man 1. Lathe, Sylvestei J Hill,\\nilliam P. Mason, Augustine M Westcutt.\\nCompany -John Antics, Henry Edwards, John Smith\\nMans 1. Chase\\nCompany I. Jacob Kl usa\\ni,lj \u00e2\u0096\u00a0n rl l\\\\ \u00e2\u0080\u0094.l.illl l.l. ll\\nCompany Unknown. Alonzo L. Day\\nTENTH REGIMENT\\nMichael T I hoe, colonel; John Coughlin, lieutenant il 1.\\n.1. 1 Vngell, major.\\nA.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ichabod S. Bartlctt, Andrev, Doe, John B Sargent,\\nlliiam s 1; s, Alfred G. S 1-. William H. Allen, inn A. Clough,\\nI..\\nII. I liapmaii, l-aai-\\nMil.- Aldrich, .l.i-. l\\nBailey, Henri A\\nDan\\nM San-\\n.i,.\u00e2\u0080\u009e .1 Wentworth, Ulred Wl ler, John 1 WorMi\\nW.l.i., ll. 1.1.1 1 Kn, wli. 1. 1 11-11. 1111 Till.\\ntliail.-U Minlli. Ml- Lie 1 ll .|il...|IV. U llllalu l\\\\ M.\\\\.l.-.\\n1! rum P.\\n1 oibj 1 harli 1 1 1 harles B 1. W il- 1. V Bar!\\nMlllmall\\ni.. 1 1. i.iiali Cunnur,\\nIsrael W.\\nChase, Joseph Demarse, Jeremiah C Allen, Frank llutchinso\\nI ll, anas\\n--Mi.-l -l I .l hn W 1... 1\\nStrain,\\nw illto.ni 11. a. .11, 11111 1 E1111 1. Hi Li r S x i P\\nGrav, 3, William W II Il m, H lliam Hi 1\\nWilliam\\n1 1 Mini, Samuel 1.. Mm lull. William Hi .11.. David Kisbj\\nLewis, Charles II Mayhew, .1. ph 0. 1) H\\n11 Joseph\\nP. rkius, David A .uimby, David 1. 1: Hi\\nShegree, 1 harles E. Sargent, Owet Sullivan, Mart 1\\nIntret, William W. White, Henrj alley, Henry 11 Merril\\nMi., ilb\\nSel Hanson Tippett, William F Urdway, John Murphi\\nMarshall\\nlln i.l. in-. Mill. ...in 11 Hazelton, loscph It. Uazi-lton, Charl.\\nJohnson,\\nHolland, Patrii\\n11. v, Timothy\\nHusted", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0227.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCompany F.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Ban, Eldad HuiIit.h1h.-i r.ui .lames Il.yl.,\\nPatrick Curniu. Ui^.in i .-mi. lly, Jeremiah Cochran, Joseph Clayton,\\nMichael Cochran, Edmund I uiiirali. Mi. liael 1 van. .lames N [Tew,\\nMichael Early, Michnel P. Flynn, James Fiemniiiigs, i i.\\nPatrick Curry, .TuLn Hurn^an, Mieha.1 Hamlley, Timothy He.lily. .las.\\nB l-in-. Lawi I nl. in. i indere, Hugh Ui U i\\nMurphj Michael Mara, Patrick Naviii John O Flynn, David O Brien,\\nJohn O Brien. w l r.ik.r. ,l..|iu i.iuiini, John\\nBye I n, Sullivan, Charles H i Rum II Town, Bernard\\n-William Higgin\\nCharles W. Willey, Argus McGinnisfl,\\nKm, lull], John\\nvan, John Doherty, 1\\nTimothy Harrington.\\nMichael Jlahony, Johi\\n11. Pen i.i.i i harlea\\nCbarlesWard.\\nihn Bryson, 1 r. I I owaj\\ntn. k I Mi..-. William De-\\nli.i John Garvey,\\nII.,;. v Henry Hayes,\\n-I,. I .itri, k Paine, William\\nSheehan, Thomas Solun\\nTimothy Tehan, James\\nUiani llast,\u00e2\u0080\u009e a Jeremiah\\nMadden, .r, .lii, |iri-j;s, John Keller, Patrick l ..yli\\\\ .lames Madden.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i V I nknown \u00e2\u0080\u0094William F. McPherson, Sullivan B. Abbott, David\\nReed, John t ,,nn,,r, .lames Burns.\\nELEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nJeremiah D Lyford, IndreW J. Frye, John F.Clarke,\\nEdward C. Emerson, Charles I I., In, -cm. Ezra B. (.lines. Enoch T.\\nFarnham, Albert F Sargent, geE Dudlei Loammi Searles, Li n\\nS. Buckland, Charles W Baker, William W I h, Tl I Id\\nLyman W. Griffin, Humphrey M. Glines, Alexandei II.: Israel\\nHenn\\nJ.,lin\\nW K,\\nF. Pheli\\nSI. Smith, Luthe\\nAdam-, Joseph\\nSmith, G\\nilkins, Frank\\nlark, II.. His\\ndson, Benjamin\\nman M Smith,\\nPage, lit E\\nDudley, Oliver\\nlllirles II I\\n-John White John Smith.\\n-Caleb J. Kimball, w illiam Stevi ns, Dai\\nt\u00c2\u00ab, Joseph Cross, Willi Imkennan,\\ntiioirii.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I liail\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i. hijjit, William l!ait..n\\nold, John Willi,., ,lo-,p|, Kerr, Mirl, a,l i.iu\\nTWELFTH REGIMENT.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Maitin liavis, Joseph shaip, Charles Bowers,\\nM, -I k, John SI, Graw, Uexandei i onchard.\\nB.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry .1. Lindner, J In S dtl Henry Thomas,\\nMumford,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094James H. Gordon,\\nRaphe] Reimaun.\\nWilliam W, Id.,,, It., I,, it Hill, harl.s Mardinan. Hen-\\nI I I in lla I.iyh.i, I, all.- A Heath, John McCon-\\nnell, George Alland, Hans Anderson, Solomon s w\\n1 1 i 1 1 l;,,r, laid. John Howard, liihl.aid Nolan, Lorenzo\\nFOURTEENTH REGIMENT.\\n,,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e/\u00e2\u0080\u009eo,,; /..\u00e2\u0080\u0094John N I:,\\nI Pati ick C in\\nop, Michael ii ih i, ,i ,hn Bhibbii\\nR. Wallace. Stephen M ilson\\nAlexander, Danvers, I iv, [e N ,r-\\nWilliain Warren, James A Bum-\\nII I Philip I.e,\\nFIFTEENTH REGIMENT.\\nCompany K\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry S. Perry, Mi, had Al,l,..tt.,n, th-,,\\nJoseph K. Hazelton, Charles H. Martin, Ervin D Tobie.\\nSIXTEENTH REGIMENT.\\nompany G. s, r. McQuestion.\\nEIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.\\nP.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solo n Towns, Gustavue B. Wells,\\nI I I I Biekford. John J. Ryan, Adlloi\\nEdwin Mulligan, Michael P. Mulligan, Peter Locke.\\nCompm r.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas II. McGuire, David Magoon, Edward 1\\nVathaniel A. Tuttle, Albert T. Bowers, Charles W. Bills, Au\\norey, Benjan Cook, George B .la. ksou I .mat\\niohert J. McFarlaml, Charles II. I,,,. Owen 1.,,],-, Harm\\nH Howe, John SI, Fee, Patri. k M,\u00e2\u0080\u009e k, James Smith, w\\nlumi .John F. Rounds, X.ichal iah I: s,,. u;llI _ Amas., ,1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2atrick Sullivan, I hail- w ilson, Ge. rge T bite.\\nA -ll.a.e 1 ickald, Mile. .1 i..ll,y. Peter [I, .1,11,\\nV. Lindsay. Walter A. Green, Patrick Prescott, Edward N. T\\ncard K. White. John Copp, Jeremiah Sheehan, George C. Mo,\\nNEW ENGLAND CAVALRY.\\nram, adjutant Arnold Wyn\\n.lon.s, Henry G Wer, n.\\nII Phillip-, M ]y i.iniml.v. Hiral\\nII w, i, PaiidF Wilson\\nBom John Fran, I oil\\nNathan P. Kidder, Cyrus Litchfield\\nI;,,--, II Ubert P. T.,-k.r. Ebeueze\\nWilliam .1 Walla,,\\nn Watson\\nPhilip Warren, Audi\\nTh,.i,,as hair, ii. Edward Brown.\\nI Henry Killatl, 1 n V\\nMartin, Martin Oswald, Patrick SlcCarty, Tl as Hornsby, Charles\\nWilliams.\\nCompany K \u00e2\u0080\u0094Henry C arr.\\nCompany Vu i William Sutton, G,\\nJulius Lyford, James C. Dempey, rg. Parker, Jam,\\nHaumaii, Hiram f. Hohler.\\nVilllam C. Powi\\nWilson.\\nFIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY.\\n3 i David A. Con\\nr r B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin F. Philbrl k.\\nI p C.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Jo In, F.\u00e2\u0080\u009e,, II.\\n7,-,,,,,, B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew .1. Roberts.\\nTroop F William 11. Griffin, James II. Robinson, John C. i olburn,\\ni Elliott.\\nTronp (5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward I Brov. John Balrd Emerson A Dunham, Henry\\nII Aldri, h. Jan\\nI II -William A. Piper, William A K. II. -y. Edwin K. p.\u00e2\u0080\u009e k.u.l.\\nJewett W. Perry.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094William II Palmer.\\nI i lames D. Gage, Jol I Charles L. Prescott, Hugh\\nMill i. I .lames II. French, .l-niatlian Chapman, War-\\nren Forsaith, William II Hart, Jason i bilds, M Q\\nWilson.\\nTroop M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henrj B Hubbard, Enoch Lovell, Chai\\nJohn F, Colby, .lame- 11. Parks, Gustavus II. Best, William C. Pow-\\nndren Hill, Phi mas Dal, y, Danii 1 I annigan,\\nJohn O Hara, Joseph Ilan.l.lph. ,,.oi-, i: spauldim:. Tliem.,-\\nline, Hugh H Ri, on I i v Bom H i i\\nN Clough, Henrj J. w.-i.-t. i Daniel Doyle, Joseph Jackson, Richard\\nr..l.ii\u00e2\u0080\u009e.. I s Hi, a, i. Atkins.\\nIEAVY ARTILLERY.\\ni Porquet,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0228.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER\\nCompany Ii\\ni Company\\nWillard Buckn\\np.n K ImiIi miIIh.iii. I. .Iin All. i.. f.lii _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 l:\\nBaker, Andrew M Hacker, James O Brien, Charles D Buntin,\\nB. Boutelle, William 1 l rati Fl Bi Harston L Browi\\nWillard S. Baker, Charles Bean, Gi l W Bi G m\\nCharles H. Cole, Stanford H Chase, Jo i Crockett, David B D ki\\n.1 M Dickey, Warren II Day, J. on II Day, Reuben Dodge, Wi\\nllam E Denney, John G Durant, Charles F Dockum, II nrj i I\\nWUUamR.Forsi Warren Green, John S I lie, I\\nM -i i.. in. F.lwn. i. II. .M-, Sullivan I Hill, rge Howar\\nWilliam Hurlin, Michael Harris, Charles 11. Hodgeman, Lowell\\nII.,, 1. 1, rn, Newton 1 1. .lli~. K/.Ui.l Hall. Wesley K. Holt, Joshua I\\nHastings, Manley U JenkiDs, Joseph Kelly, George W. Knight,\\ni\\nGrei ii. i iin N B, N-i..\\nAlexander, Andrew Armsti\\nBallon, James I\\nBowker, George Boutelle,\\nCurrier, Stanford II Ch\\nnun Keally, John i amey,\\nW Dakin, Frank I.. Edw\\ni leoi A Gordon, Daniel\\nNewton Hollis, Bhodea II. i\\nil.l. Charles Geoi\\nChristopher Barker, Orrin F Pillsbury, Henrj M. Piltobury, Chestei I\\nPage, Frederick Payne, Moses Pearson, Albert B. Robinson, Horace\\nI. Richardson, Edwin J. Ross, Dennis W. Reardeau, Noah W. Randall,\\nEvi i. ii Sti vens, l ilium W. Sweatt, David A. Wilson, Georgi W Saw\\nyer, Robert Stewart, Andrew W Stoton, George W Taylor, Edward W\\nTillotson, Joseph E. Walker, James M. Wallace, Sullivan 11. Walla....\\nNaliun, A. Webster, Charles F. Whittemore, Nathan B. White, Daniel\\nI. Wells, John W. Willey, William Q. Young, Francis York, JamesO.\\nChandler, James li. Can, James C. Hum-.\\nCompany F .h s P. Gallison.\\nCompany K -David P. Stevens, Houghton, Alfred Howard,\\nGeorge H. Ames, Franklin A Brackett, Herbert W. Churchill, William\\nFisk, Albert K. G II. m-. Frank 1. Gilman, Charles E Green, John\\nGrammo, Leandei I. II .11 Charles Hall, ci.ail.-.- H I1...1.I... k, i.e..i\\nA. Palmer, Lewi- .1 -v. nth. G.-..i_ I. Swain. S\\\\lv.-t.i Wal-h.\\nci,.. I.. I, lia.l.v, k.|wmi.| .1 in;. John E. Johnson.\\nCompany Z..\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Walter Smith, Sedlej A. 1 1, Petei Burns, Pierre\\nMi. I...... Olivei Jepson, James M ilonoy, Henry W. Twombly, Horace G.\\nKimball\\nCompany M Fohn W. Dickey, Georgi K Dakin, Ezra D. Cilley,\\nKlijiih E. French, John I: Bean Ephi i Fisk, John 1. Sargent,\\nCharles W. Boyd, Georgi i B I Hopkins, Alfred R Crosby,\\nWilliam G I utli i 111 I II li i. Jai W\\nLearned, Geor;. Nathan B Tilton, Ira P\\nTwitchell, Thomas Welch, Charles I H W Clark, Horace\\nH. Bundy, Charles Clark Charl M D ngton I. Gray,\\nHenry R. Noyes, Orrin 8 Silloway, I. raylor, P. Wright,\\nHenry Bennett, Frank I. K-l ds, Edward M Dakin, G go Apple-\\n1 .his.-iih c i.. .1. \\\\;ii. .i i ..mi it John McCauley, Orlando Proctor,\\nEzra N Norris, James Richards, John Kating, Daniel Davis, Henrj\\nBlair, Ge.-r;. Martin, Benjamin I Bunkei\\nVETERAN RESERVE ORPS\\nAlbert Bl.-. .l, James Bvles, Jeremiah C .nin.r, .lames N. Cummings,\\nPatrick Dowell, Jer C. Davis, I E Demerit,, Henrj B. Eastman,\\nDavis Emery, Harvej Hill, William II. Knowlton, Andrew Currier,\\nMichael Powers, John L. Collins, J.-lm Rr.wt.. Willi.... w l\\nStephen 0. i Thomas G Gould, Patrick II.. ..II. I. ..n. .1 ph R.\\nail. I., Wll\\nMel. I\\nSmith, Jnlui Smith, Fnueh E. Stevens, CI .all.-.- Stewart. W. Wil-\\nli.!.... J. A Sargent, Franklin R. Tucker, Patrick Welsh, CytUB S, Bur-\\npee, Hiram G Gove.\\nMARTIN GUARDS.\\nE.lwanl Will;. E lwar.i I kill. hall. .1. .1.1. I IVh I, .1 u. I -..i,-\\nl.ui.i. Wiggin I Ibbott, Howard P, Smith, Joseph P. Frye, 1 barlet P\\nGilbert, Lewis .1. Smith, Geoi-e,. \\\\V. lla\\\\ is, Charles II. Bra.ltonl, Ilelinis\\nA. Burbank, Frank Brackett, Charles W. Dimick, Henry Eaton,\\nWilliam Fisher, Austin G. French, George W. Farnham, Alfred I.\\n1; .hue, Charles .1 Goodwin, Frank L. Gilman, Horace IV Page,\\nCharles W. Gardm r,Cl es I. Green, Alfred Howard, Charles Hadlock,\\nCharles Hall, L. A. Hyatt, Leandei Hill. Martin i. Hoff, Clinton Jones,\\nFrank C. Jewett, Marshall Keith, John Leighton, I I...1I. 11. Moulton,\\nMatthew- Morrow, Charles 1 M rae tl 8 Osgi l,J b.n H. Prescott,\\ni; geA. Palmer, David P Stevens, Myri k I Smith, George E. Swain,\\nBenjamin T. Sherbnrn, Sylvestei S. Walsh, Charles Weeman, Elbridge\\nWasson\\nNATIONAL 1. CARDS.\\nEdward A. Ila.-iiiau, John C. Hardy, George E. Kennison, William 0.\\nFIRST LIGHT BATTERY.\\nt...:_. li.-iri-h, John Wa.Mei^h, Henry E. C lict, Lyman W,\\n1:..,:, Robert Burns, David Morgan, Joseph T Durgin, Ira P. Fellows,\\nUowardM F\u00c2\u00bbrrar, John L Fish, fictsu F. Fairbanks J-rr.v I i.l.el-\\nHastings, James A Johnston, William 11 Kenney, Dai I 1 I\\nDudley P. Ladd, Le Roy McQuesten, Tl as Mot L H i\\nMarshall, Charles W. mutt. Christopher C P I 1\\nCharles Peoples, George W Parrott, William D. Perl Henry I Pat\\nrick, Daniel M. Peavey, Th a- Randlett, ll.i.n I, 1\\nReeves, Charles H. Shephard, Alexander Simpson, Henrj Sloan, Gut\\ntavus S..I.I.-. .Ill- 1 Leandei G Sylvi -1.\\nFranks Edwin B Shu Nathan B. Tilton, Frank W Taber, Wi\\nI!. .hells. Alotl/i. M 1 ..-w.-ll. Villi... 1 V I ll-\\nT Bean, Edwin\\nHenrj I B01 I,\\nCan. William 1\\nCalitiel.l. Tl.oll.a\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l.k I C\\nDickey, John In\\nLuthel I. Walla\\nI KS mim:p iihii-|i:i\\nN. V..\\nFIRST REGIMENT I M\\n-Levi H. Leet.\\nM. REGIM1 NT I Mil. C STATES SHARPSHOOTERS\\nM 1 I .no Henry Colby, Final, Hanson, Jot\\nthan S. .I..I.1.S..II, I h.ilh W Stevens.\\nNAVY.\\n.lain-- Have-, !\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ F. A-hl-Ui. .l.-hl. M CtlBtalOW, I I l DoV\\nw altet I., e, James Smith.\\nM \\\\KIXES.\\nMichael Kane.\\nBATTERY\\nCharles .1. Anderson.\\nTHIRTEENTH\\nHen\\nmi.vr\\nFIRST REG\\nJoseph II. Km. .wll.....\\nREGIMENT UNKNOWN.\\nAlbeit Miller, John Reilley, Daniel Thornton, Alexandei Frazier,\\nr 1 .1.11 .I.,-e],h Hart. John Riley, John Thompson lmet R.\\nWitham, Emile Keller, James Brown, Timothj Hallisey, .lain.-- Vnder-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0229.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsun, Albert lluin,, Willi. nn in i nt.-r, William H.\\nGoodwin, John M.-1 ln-isoii, Th. is Smith, Th-Miia- ImKt.Mi, Altix-.l\\nMumii. Charles Brockway, Jesse 1 Williams, .1 Henrj\\nWood, William lioinor, Willinin II- Jackson, Jamee 1\\nIVtl.l.T, Sl.lllll.-l Sill;-!, .1.1 Slllll.llll, .linn.-- Slnllll,\\n.liniivs s. Willi.ii,,-. John Murphy, James McCanney, William E. Stearns,\\n.lam.-s A. H. Oiant, .Iannis M M.-vli. .1. .1 1 11 kn m. l.-lin Smith. John\\nMilan-. John Richards, Jerome Sfates, Solomon Leaks, Joseph Bess\\nGeorge B lu Ison. einni.-s ii.m-s.-v, .l..lm 11\\nSamuel 1 rbint, T a, M-a.l... William II. Uaggs, Pruy Gilveatt, Frank\\nI l 1- -ii. .1. 1 i aslej .1. -.-Hi.. in Vi Brown, .1.. s\\nBoyles, Georg. r-i ..n-..n, I 1 I canai.l, John Brown, DavidDudley,\\nJames Gordon, Frank L Gilman, Charles C Webster, Charles I.. Daven-\\nport\\nFIELD, STAFF AND LINK IS\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Generals.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph 1 Abbott, Hi- nai 1 I Donol\\nnas 1 I l- r. I -Iv.arcl L. llail.-y, Janus W. Can,\\nHawkes 1- Ji Johi ighlin.\\n/i-.ta-niM L lvnfl.-. Sam .1.-1 C. I.aligl.-.v, Francis W I .iil,-\\nnoil 1 J 31 1 1 .j l I m .-I B. Nelson.\\n.l.i .r.nif.N.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ahull II. l.il.l.v, .1. -s.-pl. .1. IV.liohlK-.\\nHear) Hill, Silas F. Dean.\\nSurgeons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William W. Brown, Syli is Bunton, William A. Web-\\nster, John Ferguson.\\nAstUtmd Sib-i G n H Hauter, William G. Stark, Jamee P.\\nWalker.\\nQuurUrmasteii. Richard N. Batchelder, John R. Hyn.s. Charles A.\\ni Kimball.\\nin. 1. Kelly, Hollis O. Dudley, Varnum II Hill, Rufus\\nKutbven W. 1 li.u-lit. mi, John Kirwin, Robert II. Allen,\\nBogei W Woodbury, William II Maxwell, Charles A. White, Robert\\nC Dow, James Hubbard, James H Piatt, I rg. W.Huckins.j ip-\\ns-.ii s. N.-u.-ll, William w. Mayne, Granville lv Mason, William C.\\nKnowlton, George McCabe Charles Cain, Frank Robi. JoBepb\\nFreschI, Warren E F.Brown, William .1 Gunnon, Cornelius Healey,\\njosepn c. i laiu, Amos I. sainiii k, nil iiiimii-, a. .nil i.rn.-.-,\\nw ill. ..in i: ii i.. --I i i i. .in, ......i-j. i i\\nllakin, Ji I I haii.ll.-t. 0.-..1-. J M _ i, t, .1. ,1. ti K. Johnson,\\nMartin I Ilii In. iiUnli. hii-tin M.usliitll. Mi. Ini.l\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i Colby, William E. llaniii.it. Wall. i i Richards,\\nI rank C. Wasley, David M Perkins, I liarlei Mi\\nS Wiggin, Oscar A Moar, Patrick K. Dowd Charles\\niii-w .1 I ij-ii. i;. -.iiiiiii I, I.---. I ltin.-i i.ii.-,\\nii i, j II in. at F. S. A\\nili. Hubbard, H. nrj I ashing, James Miles, Robert\\nMichaet O Grady, Willard M Haradon, \\\\n-li-u w. Doe, Mich-\\nSec I ti I ii... les ickery, Chat les 1. Bn p\\nSoavey, Frank B Hutchinson, Wi I W.Fletcher,\\nCyrus S. Burpee, Charles E Rowe ll.-nn Sargent, Cornelius Dono-\\nhue, Aloii/.. 1. Day.IchabodS Ba tt, Thorndike P. Heath, Edward\\nK White, John K. Piper, Orrin Taber, John E Bean, M Pear-\\n.i I. h-i-lc.. II l.av, t.-ii- K.lwanl J. Willi;, I ll. .in. .1\\nSoldiers Monument. The soldiers monument,\\nwhich stands mi Merrimacls Square, was erected at a\\ncost of about twenty-two thousand dollars, and was\\ndedicated Scpti-mln-i- 11, 1879. Tin- corner-stone was\\nlaid May 30, L878, under the auspices of Louis Bell\\nI .ist.i;. a. K.\\nThe style lit the monument is modern Gothic, and\\nthe materials of whicli it is composed an- New Hamp-\\nshire granite and bronze. The design embodies the\\nthree-fold idea of a historical ami a military monu-\\nment and a fountain ami, in its cruciform base,\\nincludes a basin thirty feet in width, inclosed in a\\nparapet of ornamental character. In the centre ot\\neach of the four projecting anus of the basin is a\\npedestal, on a line with the parapet, supporting each\\na bronze statue of heroic size, representing the prin-\\ncipal divisions of service in the army and navy, name-\\nly, the infantry soldier, the cavalryman, artillery-\\nman and sailor. Alternating in pairs between these\\nfigures are eight bronze posts for gas-lights, sur-\\nah id by our national emblem.\\nThe column, fifty feel in height, rising from the\\ncenter of the basin, i- supported on a circular pedes-\\ntal four feet in diameter, and is crowned with a capi-\\ntal richly carved with appropriate Gothic ornament;\\nu]. o ii this is placed a colossal statue, in granite, eight\\nfeet in height, representing Victory with her mural\\ncrown, a shield lying at her feet, and holding a wreath\\nand recumbent sword, emblematic of triumph and\\npeace. This figure, irrespective of the sentiment\\nwhich it admirably conveys, is a fine wink of art in\\niis all ilinle, features and drapery. At the base of the\\ncolumn is placed a shield with the arms of the city;\\nwhile above are displayed flags and weapons, the\\ntrophies of war.\\nSurrounding the circular pedestal is a bronze lias-\\nrelief, four feet in height, representing such inci-\\ndents of recruiting, arming, parting from friends and\\nmarching, as tell, in a simple and effective manner,\\nthe meaning of the memorial.\\nThe base of the pedestal is octagonal in form, and\\non its west or front side, bears a bronze tablet, on\\nwhich these words are inscribed,\\nThis inscription was prepared by Mr. II. W. Mer-\\nrick, and was selected from the large number\\ncontributed by a committee of literary gentlemen\\nappointed for that purpose.\\nAbove the bas-relief arc twelve gargoyles attached\\nto the cornice of the circular pedestal, and issuing\\nfrom them are jets of water faling into the basin be-\\nlow.\\nThe four principal figures in bronze are works of\\nartistic merit, and were modeled and cast expressly li.r\\nthis structure.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0230.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0231.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "A/titr,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0232.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHON. JAMES A. WESTON.\\nTiie Weston family came from Buckinghamshire,\\nEngland, and settled in Massachusetts. John Weston\\ncame in 1622, tml returned in a few years. His\\nbrothers and kinspeople si alter his return emi-\\ngrated to this country, and in 1644 his son, John\\nWeston, .Tr., rami- and settled in Reading.\\nFrom him the subject of this sketch is descended in\\ndirect line, and represents the seventh generation.\\nHi- grandfather, Amos Weston, moved from Bead-\\ning to Derryfield, N. II., in 1803, and settled in the\\nsoutheast part of the town, known in later times as\\nthe Weston farm. He was a man of character and\\nability, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his\\nfellow-citizens.\\nHis son, Amos Weston, Jr., was born in Reading\\nin 1791, and came to Derryfield with his parents, llis\\nearly life was passed in school and with his father\\nupon the home farm, but at the proper age he began\\nfor himself, and by industry and perseverance gained\\na competency in early life. He was highly esteemed\\nbyhisp pie and was frequently called toad forthem\\nin local matters. He was also prominently identified\\nwith the business interests and public affairs of\\ntiie town, and may justly lie regarded as one of\\nthe founders of its growth and prosperity. He mar-\\nried Betsy Wilson, of Londonderry, X. II., in 1814.\\nShe was the daughter of Colonel Robert Wilson ami\\ngranddaughter of lames Wilson, one of those sturdy\\nand substantial men of Scotch -Irish descent so well\\nknown in the history of the early settlements of this\\nStale.\\nJanus Adams Weston was liorn August _!7, I Sl 7.\\nHe was the youngest of live children, and is the only\\nsurviving member of the family of Amos and Betsy\\n(Wilson) Weston. His early life was passed with his\\np ireiits, and in the usual pursuits of boys similarly\\nsituated, attending school and laboring upon the firm\\nat such seasons as circumstances required. Mi-. Weston\\nwas not a graduate of college, and his education did\\nnot partake of the character sometimes termed lib-\\nel a! education, but he was pre-eminently a well-\\neducated man. His constitution of mind led him in\\nthi direction of practical and useful pursuits from\\nthe first. He was inclined to scientific and mathe-\\nmatical studies, and distinguished in his early school-\\nday- tor habits of industry and perseverance in the\\nfaithful and patient investigation of every subject\\nwithin liis reach.\\nAfter the disti iet school he attended the Manches-\\nter and Piscataquog Academies, where he pursued his\\nstudies with earnestness ami application. Subse-\\nquenl l\\\\ lie studied those branches which were deemed\\nthe most important to lit him for civil engineering,\\nto which he bad decided to devote himself as an avo-\\ncation tor life.\\nHe taught school in Londonderry in 1845, and in\\nManchester in 1846, with the best of success, ami\\nduring the remainder of the time devoted himself to\\nthe study of his chosen profession.\\nIn this labor he proceeded with a well-considered\\nsystem, and qualified himself thoroughly lor a high\\nposition among the civil en-inecrs of his time.\\nIn 1846 he was appointed assistant engineer of the\\nConcord Railroad, and entered upon the work of lay-\\ning the second track of that corporation.\\nIn 1849 he was appointed to the position of chief\\nengineer of the corporation, which he held for many\\nj ears.\\nWhile chief engineer of the Concord Railroad he\\nwas master of transportation and road-master of lie\\nManchester and Law renee Railroad about seven years.\\nIn 1861-62 he superintended the construction of the\\nManchester and Candia Railroad and the Hooksett\\nBranch Railroad. In 1869 he superintended the build-\\ning of the Suncook Valley Railroad, and, later, made\\nthe surveys of the Manchester and Keene Railroad.\\nIn all these and other business enterprises Mr. Weston\\nhas been the careful and far-seeing manager as well\\nas the technical engineer, and has done the work with\\nthat well-known characteristic, without mistake.\\nDuring the time he was employed on these public\\nworks he was frequently engaged in private matters\\nof importance, both as a practical and advisory en-\\ngineer, and in cases where controversy had arisen.\\nSoon alter being appointed chief engineer of the\\nConcord Railroad he moved to Concord to live, on\\naccount of his principal business, but in L856 he\\nreturned to Manchester, where he now resides.\\nNotwithstanding Governor Weston s life has been\\nfull of business interests and duties of an important\\ncharacter, growing out of hi- professional employment,\\nhe has been drawn into political and public positions\\nto a considerable extent.\\nHe has never been a partisan or a politician in tin\\ncommon acceptation, but he has always been allied\\nto the Democratic party and firmly devoted to tic\\nprinciples of their political creed. He is of conserva-\\ntive and still decided views, reaching his conclusions\\nin the same logical manner as in the discharge of any\\nimportanl trust. He believes the simple duties of\\ncitizenship are full of responsibilities, and that their\\nproper observance requires the same careful study\\nand faithful action as the highest official position.\\nIn 1862 he was placed in nomination lor the office\\nof mayor of Manchester by the Democratic party.\\nAlthough very largely in the minority, ami at a time\\nwhen party strife was very great in this State. SO\\nuniversally acknowledged was Mr. Weston s fitness\\nfor the position, and so generally had he enjoyed the\\nrespect ami esteem of his fellow-citizens, that he broke", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0235.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndown the party lines, run far ahead of his ticket and\\nwas defeated by only a small Dumber of votes.\\nIn 1863 he was again induced to accept the nomi-\\nnation for the same office, and while the same in-\\ntensely partisan campaign was made by his opponents\\nand party spirit ran higher than before, he gained on\\nIds adversary and lost the election by less than a\\nsei. re of Otes.\\nIn 1807 he was again brought forward by his party,\\nand, although their relative strength was about the\\nsame and a determined effort was made by the Re-\\npublican party to defeat him, he was elected mayor\\nby a handsome majority, and entered upon his official\\nduties in January. 1868. In 1869 he was the candidate\\nof the Democrats for the same position, and, although\\nnot successful, it took a carefully revised official count\\nto determine the result. In 1870 he was re-elected\\nmayor, and again in 1871.\\nIn 1874 he was a third time chosen mayor by an\\noverwhelming majority, which office he held when\\nelected Governor. It must be borne in mind that\\nManchester has been a strongly Republican city, the\\nmajority of that party often running from six to seven\\nhundred. Nor have the opponents of Mayor Weston\\nbeen unpopular or unfit candidates. On the contrary,\\nthey have been uniformly selected for their great\\npopular strength and fitness for the position. The\\nRepublican leaders have not been novices, and it has\\nnot been their intention to suffer defeat but whenever\\nvictory has been wrung from their unwilling grasp,\\nit has been done against great odds, and b( ise the\\nDemocrats had unusual strength, one of its most\\nimportant elements having been the superior qualifi-\\ncations and fitness for the (dace which Mr. Weston\\nwas acknowledged on all sides to have possessed.\\nDuring the period of his mayoralty a great advance-\\nment of the material interests of the city took place,\\nand marked improvements were inaugurated and suc-\\ncessfully carried on. An improved system of sewerage\\nwas established and, so far as practicable, completed,\\nwhich proved of incalculable benefit. A general\\nplan lor establishing the grade of streets and side-\\nwalks was arranged, and steps taken to obviate many\\ndifficulties which had arisen in connection with this\\nimportant part of municipal government. Improve-\\nment in the public commons was commenced ami\\ncarried on as far as economy and fair expenditures of\\neach yea] seemed to warrant, and the foundation was\\nlaid in public policy, adopted under his managemi nt,\\nfor permanent ami systematic ornamentation of the\\nparks and public grounds. The matter of concrete\\nwalks received its first encouragement from Mayor\\nWeston. It was a subject about which much differ-\\nence of opinion existed, and when the mayor author-\\nized the covering one of the walks across one of the\\nCommons at the public expense it received much\\nsevere criticism, lint the popular view soon changed,\\n.m.l the experience of the city since that time shows\\nthe wisdom of the first step in that direction.\\nIn the matter of a water supply has Mr. Weston\\nbeen of inestimable service to his fellow-citizens.\\nIn this important enterprise he took a leading part.\\nNo one realized more fully the great benefit which\\nan adequate water supply would be. and few compre-\\nhended as well the embarrassments connected with\\nthe undertaking. The question had been agitated\\nconsiderably ami various surveys hail been made, and\\nthe people were divided upon different plans and\\ntheories. Popular notions fell far short of the full\\ncomprehension of the subject, and while he was sup-\\nported by many of the leading and most influential citi-\\nzens it was a very difficult matter to accomplish. Mr.\\nWeston had made his own surveys and was thoroughly\\ninformed upon the whole subject, and engaged in\\nthe work with zeal and determination. The neces-\\nsary legislation having been obtained, he prepared\\nand carried through the city government the appro-\\npriate ordinances by which the enterprise took sha| e\\nand the plan for placing the whole matter in the\\nhands of a board of commissioners.\\nTo his foresight and intelligent view of this subject,\\nami earnest devotion to carrying out and completing\\nthe scheme, tin- people of Manchester owe their most\\nexcellent water supply more than to any other influ-\\nence, and it is a monument to his good name, more\\nand more honorable as time proves the inestimable\\nvalue of a pure ami adequate supply of water to the\\npeople of our city.\\nMayor Weston was the first officer of the city to\\nrecommend the erecting of a soldiers monument,\\nand, by his earnest advocacy, and finely-educated\\ntaste, was largely instrumental in deciding what style\\nshould be adopted, and bringing that worthy and\\npatriotic enterprise to a successful completion. The\\nnol.le shaft which now and ever will, we trust, com-\\nmemorate the glorious deeds and tin- fearful sacrifices\\nof the soldiers from Manchester in the War of the\\nRebellion, speaks a word as well for those who at-\\ntempted, in a small measure, to show the high\\nappreciation in which their gallant services are held.\\nFrequent mention of Mr. Weston as a candidate\\nfor Governor had been made, ami in 1871 he became\\nthe nominee of the Democratic party for that office.\\nIn the gubernatorial contest he was met by the de-\\ntermined effort of his opponents to defeat his election.\\nHe would have undoubtedly been elected by the i\\npie but for the strategical movement of his adversary\\nto have a third candidate in the fight. This si heme\\nwas partly successful, preventing an election by the\\npeople by only one hundred and thirteen votes,\\nalthough Mr. Weston had a large plurality. He was\\nelected Governor by the Legislature, and inaugurated\\non the 14th day of June, 1871.\\nThe Governor s administration was characterized by\\neconomy and the most conscientious observance of\\nofficial honor and integrity. Even the most zealous\\npartizan never questioned his faithful discharge of\\nduty, and his official term closed with the highest", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0236.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n1 L :-i\\nrespect of the whole people. In 1872 the Republican\\nparty put in nomination their great man, the Hon.\\nE. A. Straw, agent of the Amoskeag Manufacturing\\nCompany, and placed their campaign upon the sup-\\nposed issue between manufacturing interests and\\nother branches of business in the country. Mr.\\nStraw was elected, and again in 1873, but in 1874, Mr.\\nWeston was the standard-bearer of the Democratic\\nparty and defeated the Republicans. Although he\\nfailed of election by the people, he received a large\\nplurality, and was elected by the Legislature in June\\nfollowing.\\nIn every instance where Mr. Weston has been the\\ncandidate of his party for public office it has been\\nwhen his opponent started in the race with a major-\\nity and with numerous party advantages. Mr. Wes-\\nton has fought his campaigns against numbers and\\nagainst prestige. He has contested the -round with\\nopponents who were no mean adversaries, and his\\nsuccesses have been alike honorable to him and the\\nparty to which he belongs.\\nDuring the years of his public life and since, Gover-\\nnor Weston has kepi apace with the times in the many\\nenterprises and business projects of his vicinity and\\nState, and has held many places of trust and impor-\\ntance. In 1871 he was appointed a member of the\\nNew Hampshire Centennial Commission, of which\\nbody he was chairman, and as such worked with great\\nzeal and efficiency to promote the success of New\\nHampshire s exhil.it. He was also made a member\\nof the Centennial Board of Finance by Congress.\\nHe has been chairman of the Board of Water Com-\\nmissioners from its beginning. For several years he\\nhas been a member of the State Board of Health\\nalso treasurer of the Elliot Hospital corporation,\\nchairman of the Trustees of the Cemetery Fund,\\ntreasurer of the Suncook Valley Railroad, treasurer\\nof the Franklin Street Church Society, one of the\\ndirectors and clerk of the Manchester Horse Railroad\\ncorporation, president of the Locke Cattle Company;\\nbut his main business is the management of the Mer-\\nchants National Bank, of which he has been the\\npresident since its organization, and the Guaranty\\nSavings-Bank, of which he has been the treasurer\\nsince its incorporation. These two banks, although\\nnot so old as their neighbors, are, nevertheless, equally\\nam t u I and stand second to none in sound finan-\\ncial reputation. Governor Weston is the president,\\nand has actively been concerned in the management,\\nof the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company.\\ndevoting a large portion of his time to it- affairs.\\nGovernor Weston has been a member of the -Ma-\\nsonic- fraternity since 1861, and has taken a deep\\ninterest in its prosperity. He has received all the\\ngrades, including the orders of knighth 1, and has\\nheld many places of trust and responsibility, notably\\namong them that of treasurer of Trinity lommandery\\nfor twenty-two years, a fact which shows tie- confi-\\ndence and esteem which his brethren have tor him.\\nIn 1854 he married Miss Anna S. Gilmore, daughter\\nof Mitchel S. Gilmore, Esq., of Concord. They have\\nfive surviving children, the eldest born, Herman,\\nhaving deceased at the age of four and a half years;\\nGrace Helen, born July 1, 1866; James Henry, Jul}\\n17, 1868; Edwin Bell, March 15, 1871; Annie Mabel,\\nSeptember 26, 1876 and Charles Albert. November\\n1, 1878.\\nWe find him surrounded by his family, living in his\\nelegant and tastily-arranged home, blessed with all\\nthat life can afford. Solar hisjournej has been suc-\\ncessful and happy. Few shallows have crossed the\\nway, and his course has been one of honor and dis-\\ntinction.\\nIn the estimate of character the world is often led\\nastray by looking at result- and not observing the\\nconditions under which they are gained. Accident\\noften determines a w hole life, some unlooked-for and\\nunmerited fortune builds castles for men, and. in\\nspite of themselves, make- them noted. Not so with\\nthe subject of this sketch. His good fortune is the\\nwell-deserved result of sound business principles and\\ntheir careful and systematic application to every\\nundertaking.\\nGovernor Weston is not a man of impulse and sud-\\nden conclusions. He is rather of the deliberate and\\ncautious habits of thought and action, and inclined\\nto the analysis and investigation of all matter- in\\nwhich he may be interested to an unusual degree.\\nThe natural counterpart of such characteristics an\\nabiding confidence and disposition to adhere tena-\\nciously to well-matured plans is the leading feature\\nof hi- mind. His achievement- have been true suc-\\ncesses, and he has never had occasion to take the\\nstep backward so common to men in public life.\\nBetter for the world and better for himself is he who\\nbuilds -lowly, but safely\\nPHINEHAS ADAMS.\\nThe first of the name of Adam- to C i to\\nthis country was Henry, wdio left Devonshire,\\nEngland, about 1630, and settled in Braintree,\\nMass. He brought with him his eight -on-, one\\nof whom, Joseph, was the ancestor of that branch of\\nthis illustrious family, which has been so promi-\\nnently connected with the civil and political history\\nof this country. The line of descent of the subject of\\nthis sketch was through Edward 2 John 3 Eleazer 4\\nJohn Phinehas 6 Phinehas 7 to Phinehas 8 who was\\nborn in Medway, Mass., dun. 20, 1814. Hi- grand-\\nfather and great-grandfather participated in the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill, and served through the Revo-\\nlutionary War. He had three brothers and seven\\nsisters. Three sisters only are now living, Sarah\\nAnn (born in 1816, the yvil e of E. B. Hammond,\\nM.D., of Nashua), Fliza P. (born in 1820, widow of\\nthe late Ira Stone) and Mary Jane (born in 1822,\\nwidow of the late James Buncher), the others having\\ndied prior to 1831. Phinehas 7 married Sarah W.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0237.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "124\\nHISTORY OF llM.LSliORon.II COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBarber, ofHolliston, Mass., in 1811. Her father was\\nan Englishman, and came to America during the\\nRevolutionary War, and married a lady who came\\nfrom Edinburgh. Phinehas was a farmer and a\\nmechanic, and became an extensive manufacturer.\\nAt an early date he manufactured feared-looms, and at\\nWaltham, Mass.. in 1814, started up successfully the\\ni in this county. In 1827 he be ame\\nagent of the Neponset Manufacturing Company, at\\nWalpole, in which he was also one of the principal\\now in rs.\\nPhinehas 8 passed his boyhood in Medway and Wal-\\npole and attended the common schools, but showed\\nlittle fondness for books. At the earnest request of\\nhis father, however, he applied himself more closelj\\nto his studies, and, attending the academy at Wren-\\ntham, Mass., for a year and a half, made rapid and\\nsuccessful progress in his studies. At this time, ow-\\ning tn the failure of the company of which his father\\nwas agent, be was obliged to leave the academy, re-\\nlinquishing the hope of a thorough education, and\\ncommence work. Circumstances -ernied to direct\\nhim to the manufacturing lnisines-.. and. with the de-\\ntermination to master the business in all its details,\\nlie. at the age of fifteen years, entered the large mills\\nof the Merrimack Company, at Lowell, Mass., as\\nMr. Adams was early possessed of an\\nambition to become an overseer, and to this end\\nlabored hard and faithfully, never thinking, however,\\nthat he would become agent of a large mill. By his\\nintelligent performance of the duties of his humble\\nposition he drew the attention of his employers, and\\nwas promoted in a short time tn the J -i I i. in nt -eemi l\\noverseer in the weaving department, a position he\\nIdled until 1831, when he went tn till a similar posi-\\ntion ai the Methuen Company s mill, of which his\\nuncle was agent. Here lie remained two years, when\\nhe was called to take the position of overseer in the\\nmills of the Hunksett Manufacturing Company, of\\nwhich his father was then the agent. From 1 i n k\\n-ill he went to Pittsfield as over r in the mills of\\nthe Pittsfield Manufacturing Company, where he re-\\nmained until March 7. 183o, when he returned to\\nLowell as overseer in the mills where he\\ncareer a- manufacturer, and there remained until\\n1846, when he came to Manchester.\\nIn 1841, John rlark. the agent of the Merrimack\\nMills, in Lowell, proposed tn Mr. Adams that he\\nshould enter the office as a clerk, in older to acquaint\\nhimself with the book-keeping and general business\\nof the mill- preparatory to tilling a higher position,\\nwhich Mr. Clark then predicted he would -nine day\\nhe called upon to till. After some hesitation he did\\nso. and tin- a period of rive years tilled this responsi-\\nble position, which in those days was equivalent to\\nthe J ti --\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0II i position of paymaster.\\nUpon his arrival in Manchester he was given the\\nposition ot agent of the Old Amoskeag Mills, then\\nIncited on the present site of the P. C. Cheney Paper\\nCompany. The building of the Amoskeag Mills\\nwas the beginning of Manchester s wonderful career\\nof prosperity. Mr. Adams remained with the Amos-\\nkeag corporation until November 17, 1847, when he\\nIn came tin- agent of the Stark Mills. Of the great\\nmanufactories of Manchester, that of the Stark Mills\\nCompany ranks third in magnitude and second in\\nage, having been organized September 26, 1838.\\nUnder the management of Mr. Adams, large suc-\\ncess has been achieved by tin- stark Mills, which suc-\\ncess has been largely due to hi- sagacity and business\\nintegrity, am! while, requiring faithful performance\\nof duty on the part of each employe, he also had the\\nfidence and esteem of each of them in an unusual\\ndegree. Mr. Adams traveled extensively through\\nEngland, Scotland, Ireland and France, securing for\\nthe benefit of the Stark Mills information relating to\\nthe manufacture of limn goods and the securing ot\\nmachinery necessary for that manufacture.\\nIn politics Mr. Adam- was a Republican, but was\\nnot an active participant in political contests, nor was\\nhe from choice a candidate lor political office, having\\noiih served a- ward clerk, when a young man, in\\nLowell, and later as a Presidential elector tor General\\ni. rant, and was also chief-of-staff for Governor E. A.\\nStraw. He was four years a director in the Concord\\nRailroad, was chosen one of the assistant engineers\\nof the Mam luster Fire Department, in which capac-\\nity he served with peculiar fidelity for twelve years,\\ninvariably acting for the best interests of the city.\\nMr. Adams was for many years closely identified with\\nthe financial institutions of Manchester, having\\nserved as a director in the Merrimack River Bank\\nfrom 1857 to I860, and in the Manchester National\\nBank from L865 to 1883, and was also one of the\\nboard of truster- of the Manchester Savings-Bank,\\nand one of its committee on loans. He was one of\\nthe directors of (he Gas-Light Company, a trustee of\\nthe Public Library, and in 1865 was elected .me of\\nthe original directors of the New England Cotton\\nManufacturers Association. In numismatics Mr.\\ni dams was quite an authority, and made a tine and\\nvery complete collection of coin- and medals, some of\\nwhich are of great value, being very rare. During\\nthe administration of Colonel Adams, which covered\\na long series of years, many changes took place. In\\nwhat may be called, more particularly, the manufac-\\nturing world, was this true. Hand-power and crude\\nmethods of business gave place to water and steam-\\npower and progressive, wide-reaching business con-\\nnections. Colonel Adams was the oldest agent, and\\nheld that position to] m longer period than did any\\nman in the Merrimack Valley, and of those holding\\nsimilar positions thirty-five years ago marly all have\\npassed away.\\nSeptember 24, 1839, Colonel Adams married Eliza-\\nbeth, daughter of the late Deacon Samuel Simpson,\\nof Deerfield, a veteran in the War of 1812. From\\nthis union there were two children, Elizabeth 9 born", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0238.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "Yctt", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0241.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0242.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "[AXCHESTEK.\\nJune 15, 1842, and Phinehas 9 born December 26,\\n1844, both in Lowell. Mass.\\nSeptember LO, 1868, Elizabeth 9 was married to Col-\\nonel Daniel C. Gould, of Manchester, N. H. Octo-\\nber 8, 1873, Phinehas 9 married Anna P. Morrison, of\\nBelfast, Me., and resides in Manchester, X. II.\\nIn religion Colonel A. lams was a Congregationalist,\\nand a member of the First Congregational Church\\nin Lowell, Mass., as was also his wile. )n removing to\\nManchester, they transferred their church relations to\\nthe Franklin Street Church of that city. Colonel\\nAdams received many evidences of affectionate regard\\nat the hands of the citizens of the [daces where he\\nhad lived, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of\\nhis business associates to an extent rarely attained.\\nOn the thirty-second anniversary of* his connection\\nwith the Stark Mills as agent he was presented by\\nthe directors of this corporation with an elegant gold\\nwatch, appropriately engraved, and a chain and seal.\\nas an expression of great respect for his character\\nand a high appreciation of the service rendered the\\ncorporation during a third of a century. Colonel\\nAdams was a total abstinence man; he could truth-\\nfully say that never in all his life had he made use\\nof liquor or tobacco. Of a commanding presence and\\ndignified bearing, he was at all times a gentleman.\\nHis life was a successful one and his example a good\\none. He died at his home in Manchester, July 2;\\n1883, beloved and respected. His wife died June 23,\\n1884. They had lived together nearly forty-five years.\\n.KiSl A 11 (HUSKY, M.D.\\nIn April, 1753, from Tewksbury, Mass., there\\ncame with Colonel Fitch a millwright who had\\npurchased seventy-seven acres of land upon the\\nSouhegan River, in Monson (as then called), and\\nafterwards Amherst, now Milford, N. H., the grand-\\nfather of Josiah Crosby. These young people took\\npossession of the lot to subdue the forest, build a\\nhouse and rear a family. They found their way to\\ntheir wilderness lot on horseback, guided by spotted\\ntrees, and there built a rude habitation. At. this\\nplace was horn, in 1765, Asa Crosby, who for about\\nfifty years practiced medicine in this State, and to\\nwhom, in Sandwich, where he then resided, was horn,\\nin February, 1704, Josiah Crosby, the subject of this\\nsketch, also Judge Nathan Crosby, of Lowell, and\\nDixie, Thomas and Alpheus Crosby, professors at\\nDartmouth College. Josiah was handsome, genial\\nand gentlemanly, quick to learn and early graceful in\\nmanners. He was started early for preparation for\\nliis father s profession. From the town school he\\nwas placed under the private instruction of Rev. Mr.\\nHidden, of Tamworth, ami afterwards sent to Am-\\nherst Academy, lie took lessons in Gifford s system\\nin penmanship and became an elegant penman, kept\\nschool and taught private classes in penmanship.\\nstudiedhis j ro e-^h n with his father, attended lec-\\ntures three terms at Dartmouth College and spent a\\nyear s term of pupilage and riding with the distin-\\nguished Dr. and Proi essor Nathan Smith, to learn\\nhis practice. He took his medical degree in 1816\\nand immediately commenced practice in Sandwii h,\\nbut the next year he moved to Meredith Bridge, and\\nalthough he made very pleasant acquaintances and\\nhad some practice, he- moved to Deerfield, and in\\nDecember, 181 J, he again changed his field to Epsom,\\nwhere he remained till 182 when he established\\nhimself in Concord. After three years of success-\\nful practice there, he was induced, upon solicita-\\ntion of Mr. Batchelder, agent of mills in Lowell,\\nto remove then-.\\nHere, in 1829, he brought as his bride, Olive Light\\nAvery, daughter of Daniel Avery, Esc]., of Meredith\\nBridge mow Laconia, N. H.), who was a wealthy\\nmerchant and manufacturer, a prominent and had-\\ning citizen, unostentatious, but energetic and decisive\\nin personal character and business habits.\\nBy this marriage were born three sons and two\\ndaughters, the only one now living being Dr. George\\nA. Crosby, of Manchester. His letters make quite a\\nhistory of the trials and disappointments of the\\nyoung physician id those days, who was obliged to\\npresent youth and inexperience upon ground pre-\\noccupied and tenaciously held by those who could\\nclaim possession, if not much else, in the way of title;\\nhut increasing years and experience, accompanied\\nwith efforts and study, carried the young man to a\\nleading member of the profession in Lowell, in fifteen\\nyears from his starting-point in Sandwich. He was\\nhonored with public oflices in Lowell, and assisted in\\ndevising and organizing the various institutions of\\nthe town for its moral and intellectual prosperity.\\nAfter about five years successful practice, in Lowell,\\nhaving passed through the land speculations and\\nbecoming somewhat enamored with manufacturing,\\nhe left Lowell to take charge of the Avery cotton-\\nniill,:it Meredith Bridge, Mr. Avery having deceased\\nand the property of the family seeming to require his\\npersonal supervision. He enlarged the power of the\\nworks, and was just ready to reap his anticipated\\nreward, when the mercantile and manufacturing dis-\\nasters of 1836 and 1837 broke down his business and\\nturned him hack to his profession. In 1838 his\\nbrother Dixie, who had been in practice at Meredith\\nBridge several years, was appointed a professor in the\\nmedical college at Hanover and removed there, leav-\\ning his practice to Josiah, who now devoted himself\\nto the profession again with his early love, zeal and\\nlabor. In March, 1*44, he removed to Manchester,\\nwhich had then become an interesting manufacturing\\ntown.\\nHis professional life-work now assumed great use-\\nreat skill and inventive progress. Here for\\nthirty years he was the unrivaled head of the profes-\\nsion. Here he originated and introduced the method\\nof making extensions of fractured limbs by the use of\\nadhesive strips, which gave him a high reputation", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0243.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "L26\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwith surgeons in Europe as well as at home, and later\\nlie invented t In- invalid bed, which li;i- so teuderly\\nheld the patient without a strain or jar while the bed-\\nclothes could be changed or wounds eared for, or, by\\ndropping a belt or two, prevent painfullocal pressure\\nand irritation. Che skillful physician, the Christian\\ngentleman and sympathizing friend were combina-\\ntions of character in him rarely excelled. His\\nlife, said Professor [taker, of Indover,\\nwas simple, real, true; with him there w i\\ntons,-; he bad no beliefs exeepl those which were\\nthorough; no little questions vexed him; he loved\\nGod, trusted his Saviour and worked for the welfare\\nof his fellow-men. Such was his record from first\\nto last. He looked with a calm, clear eyi\\nfuture, and,so far as we know, was troubled with no\\ndoubts.\\nHe was one of the founders of the A.pph Strei\\nChurch in Lowell in IS80, and ol the Franklin Street\\nChurch in Manchester in IS44. He held ity offices,\\ntimes in the Legislature and was a member\\nof the convention for revision of the constitution.\\nIn earh manhood, from cough and feebleness, he\\nhad not much promise of long life, but aftei a severe\\ntyphoid fever during his residence in Concord, he had\\ngreat general good health to the last two years of his\\nlife, when paralytic tendencies appeared, i\\nday, the 2d day of January, 1875, after setting a\\nbroken arm in the morning, and- after sitting in his\\nown parlor for the finishing touches of the portrait-\\npainter in his usual cheerfulness of spirits, in fifteen\\nminutes after the artist had left him, at thi\\np.m., he was stricken with paralysis, from which he\\ndid not rally, but passed away ou the 7th. at four\\no eloek in the morning, almost eighty-one years of\\nage.\\nBVCK, M.\\nWilliam 1 Buck was born in Williamstown, Vt..\\nMarch 25, 1812, where his early boyhood\\nIn 1818 his parents moved to Lebanon, N. 11.. and he\\nhere enjoyed the advantages of the common schools\\nof the time, and by the exercise of will-power ami\\naided by his vigorous intellect he made rapid pro-\\nbeing aide to take a col-\\nlegiate course, he. at an early period, went to Concord\\niged in the occupation of carriage-painter\\nwith Downing A\\nWhile at work here he became interested in the\\nscience o( music, and was for many succeeding years\\ninstructor, conductor and organist in the South\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0nal Church, at Concord, and afterwards at\\ni or Street Church, at Manches\\nfamiliarized himself with standard writers and re-\\ntained through life his love for Handel. Beethoven\\nHis attention becoming drawn to the\\nmedical profession, he determined to tit himself for its\\npractice, and by teaching music was enabled to de-\\nfray the greater part of the expense ot the stud) of\\nmedicine. He went into it with great enthusiasm,\\nand his subsequent career showed his natural fitness\\nf. r this prof ssion.\\nlie commenced tin- stud) of medicine with Timothy\\nHaines, M.D., Concord; attended a course of\\nlectures a1 Woodstock, Vt.. and also took the course\\nat the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New\\nYork, where he graduated in 1842. He commenced\\nthe practice of his profession with the late Dr. Chad-\\nbourne. in Concord, in 1842, and there remained for\\ntour years, when, desiring greater advantages of per-\\nfecting his medical knowledge, lie v isited London and\\nParis, where he became acquainted with many dis-\\ntinguished men ill the profession and spent much\\ntime in the hospitals ot those cities. He a\\nRome and Italy, gaining much information and\\nmaking a favorable impression upon those with whom\\nbe came in contact. Alter an absence ol one year he\\nreturned and made Manchester. N. II. his home, and\\nhere, with the exception of one year spent in Cali-\\nfornia, he lived until his death.\\nDr. Buck sustained an enviable reputation as a\\nid surgeon, and possessed the confidence\\nof the community in which be lived, and was early\\nregarded as one of the leading medical men of the\\nState. He reached this high position in his profes-\\nsion without the aid of wealth or social position. His\\nsuccess was due to hard study and close applica-\\ntion to his business, accompanied by a zeal and devo-\\ntion rarely surpassed, lie was unmindful of riches.\\npublic honor or anything which he thought might\\ninterfere with the one great pursuit of his lite, l r.\\nssed an active mind ami the rare gift of a\\nretentive memory, and was a thorough scholar. He\\nseemed to know his own powers, and this gave him\\ngreat influence over students in medicine. In his in-\\ntercourse with bis professional brethren Dr. Huek was\\ntrteous and obliging, religiously regarding\\nthe rules of medical etiquette, and ill his consultations\\nhe always gave the patient the benefit of his best skill\\nand extensive practice. He made it a point of honor\\nto be prompt to his engagements, and never was tor\\non, minute behind the appointed time. In his ex-\\nample and practice he honored the profession to which\\nhe had devoted the best years of his life, and did much\\nto dignify and elevate the standard of medical edu-\\ncation.\\nDr. Buck was a prominent member of the New\\nHampshire Medical Society, and was elected its pres-\\nident in IS66. His papers read before this society\\nwore always listened to with marked attention.\\nFor twenty years he had a large experience in\\nteaching medicine, proving himself devoted and faith-\\nful as an instructor. His office or the dissecting-\\nincoiiifortahle places for lazy students, and\\nhe had little patience with a young man who would\\nnot work his brains. During the winter months his\\ndaily recitations were at eight o clock a.m.. and woe\\nto the young man who was not on time.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0244.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "2-^ cA^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0247.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0248.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0249.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "S t ?tsD", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0250.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n127\\nDr. Buck was frequently called as a medical expert\\nin many of the must important civil and criminal\\ncases in the State. A. distinguished advocate at the\\nbar in New Hampshire said of Dr. Buck; By his\\nclearness of description of all important facts to which\\nhe was called in legal investigations, he had the con-\\nfidence of courts, the jury and the legal profession to an\\nextent equal to, if not above, that of any physician and\\nsurge i New England. He made no display of learn-\\ning, but used plain English, so that a jury might com-\\nprehend.\\nBleeding, calomel and antimony, the three most po-\\ntent remedies of the fathers, he rarely used. An experi-\\nence of thirty years only strengthened his convii tions\\nagainst their use, and he had independence of mind\\nenough to resist a mode of treatment which the med-\\nical world had made fashionable, if not imperative.\\nIn the surgical department of his profession Dr.\\nBuck excelled in his treatment of fractures, and in it\\nhi- mechanical ingenuity was of great service. He\\ntook pride in putting up a fractured limb. The glue\\nbandage, which he described in an address before the\\nsociety in 1866, was original with him, and a favorite\\nremark of his was that a man should carry his\\nsplints in his head rather than under his arm.\\nIn his success in medicine anil surgery very much\\nwas undoubtedly due to his conservative treatment.\\nHe was never rash or inconsiderate in his practice,\\nand the community where his busy life was passed\\nowe him a debt of gratitude, not only for his skill, but\\nfor his careful use of drugs, and his influence in this\\nparticular over his professional brethren will not he\\nforgotten. He was positive and linn in his judgment,\\nand was not readily swayed by those holding different\\nopinions. Yet he was genial, companionable and\\nvery fond of society. To those most intimate with\\nhim Dr. Buck had endeared himself by strong ties of\\nfriendship. In politics he was a Republican.\\nDr. Buck lived a consistent Christian life, and had\\nthat hope of a happy immortality and that trust in\\nlii- Saviour which served as an anchor to the soul\\nsure and steadfast, lie died January 9, 1872, sud-\\ndenly, ami in the midst of an active practice.\\nDr. Buck was twice married, first, to Grace Low, of\\nConcord, who died in 1856. In 1860 he married, sec-\\nond, Mary W. Nichols, of Manchester, who is now\\nliving. He left no children.\\nThe subject of this sketch was horn at West-\\nminster, Vt., on the 22d day of June, 1817. His\\nfather, Horace Wells, a prosperous, intelligent and\\nhighly respected farmer, was horn in Windsor,\\nConn., June 22, 1776. After his marriage to Miss\\nBetsv Heath, of Warehouse Point, Conn., he removed\\ni Bj II -n Ob u-les I\\nto Vermont, and died at Bellows Falls, in (hat State.\\nApril 5, 1829. His mother afterwards remarried, and\\ndied at Westmoreland, N. H., February 21, 1879.\\nHis grandfather, Captain Hezekiah Wells, was born\\nin Windsor, Conn., June 25, 1736. I le served with\\ndistinction in the Revolutionary War and was a man\\nof much influence and widely esteemed. He died\\nMarch 8, 1817. The homestead, which he erected\\nnearly a century and a half ago, is still in the posses-\\nsion id his descendants.\\nHis grandmother s maiden-name was Sarah Trum-\\nbull. His more remote ancestors were Lamson Wells.\\nborn November 7, 1706; Joshua Wells, born April Hi.\\n1672; ami Joshua, Sr., horn in 1647. They ware\\nall natives d Windsor, and no temptation could ever\\nlure them from their ancestral home. It will thus be\\nseen that Dr. Wells traced his lineage through the best\\nof Xew England ancestry, and no purer hlood has\\ndescended from the Pilgrim Fathers to ennoble a\\npeople than that which flowed in his veins.\\nDifferent branches of the Wells family, in this\\ncountry and in Europe, have varied the orthography\\nof the name to suit their individual tastes or circum-\\nstances, and i uw of the old colonial family names\\nshow such varied orthography, hut tin consanguinity\\nis easily traced, and few men could claim kinship\\nwith a brighter galaxy of names, distinguished in law,\\nin politics, in science, in theology and in all the fields\\nof literature and art, than he. I r. Wells had but one\\nbrother, the late Dr. Horace Wells, of Hartford, Conn.,\\nwidely and justly celebrated as the author of modem\\nanaesthesia, to whose memory a beautiful statue has\\nbeen en cted in the public park of that city. Hedied\\nin the citj of New York, on the 24th day of January,\\n1848, at the early age of thirty-three, while pros-\\necuting the introduction of his discovery into\\ngeneral use in surgery, as well as in dentistry.\\nin which he made its first application. His early\\nand untimely death, while his wonderful discov-\\nery was yet a matter of uncertain and undeter-\\nmined importance, deprived him and his family of\\nthe fruits which might otherwise have (lowed from\\nwhat is now universally conceded to he the greatest\\nboon conferred upon suffering humanity in all the\\ncourse of time.\\nHis only sister, Mary E. W. Cole, widow of the\\nlate Captain John Cole, a native of Westmoreland,\\nN. H., but many years a resident of Medway, Mass..\\nnow resides in Chicago, 111., with her only son, Arthur\\nCole, a promising young architect of that city.\\nDr. Wells receive. 1, in his early youth, all the edu-\\ncational advantages atlorded by the public schools at\\nHollows Falls, Vt., to which place his fathi\\nduring his infancy, and here he died April 5, 1829.\\nAfter his lather s death he received not only the ten-\\nder and watchful care of one of the lust of mothers,\\nhut also the liberal and intelligent training of a\\nwoman as remarkable for her intelligence and Iarge-\\nmindednessas for her domestic and maternal qualities.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0253.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "128\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW II AMPSHIKL.\\nHe further prosecuted his studies under tin- private\\ntuition of a most excellent teacher, Mr. Ballard, of\\nHopkinton, X. 11., and at the academies in Walpole,\\nN. H., and Amherst, Mass.\\nAfter the completion of his academic course he en-\\ntered with enthusiasm upon the study of medicine, a\\nprofession for which by nature he was most admirably\\nfitted.\\nHe commenced his professional studies with Dr.\\nJosiah Graves, of Nashua, N. H., January 22, 1837,and\\ngraduated at the Jefferson Medieal College, in Phila-\\ndelphia, March 6, 1840, a1 the early age of twenty-one.\\nHe immediately commenced his professional career\\nat Chili, N. Y.. in copartnership with Dr. Lucius\\nClark; but the field of practice proving unsatisfactory\\nto him, he removed to Manchester. N. H., in 1842,\\nwhere he continued his residence till his death.\\nHis professional career was highly honorable and\\neminently successful. Never a bold and\\npractitioner, but always content with the share of\\npatronage that fell to his lot, he enjoyed, in a high\\ndegree, the confidence and respect of his professional\\nbrethren, and never hail reason to complain of any\\nwant of recognition of his merits by the people among\\nwhom he lived, and who early honored him with their\\nconfidence and their patronage. Such was his pro-\\nfessional success, and such his rare financial skill\\nand judgment, that while in the prime and vigor of\\nhis manhood he found himself so fortunately circum-\\nstanced, financially, as to be relieved of the burden of\\nfurther professional labor, and several years prior to\\nhi- decease he quietly withdrew from active practice,\\nand devoted the last years of his life to the manage-\\nment of his estate, and to those social enjoyments and\\ndomestic duties and responsibilities which to him\\nwere ever the source of his highest enjoyment and\\nhis greatest happiness.\\nDr. Wells was married to Miss Mary M. Smith,\\nDecember 21, 1847, a union which proved remarkably\\nfelicitous to both parties. The widow survives her\\nlamented husband, who made most generous pro-\\nvision for her future wants. Xo children blessed\\ntheir union.\\nFor more than forty years Dr. Wells was an earnest\\nand enthusiastic member id the Hillsborough Lodge\\nof Odd-Fellows, being one of the charter members\\nof the lodge and the last survivor of that little band\\nwho introduced the order in this State. He received\\nall the honors the order could bestow upon him,\\nand ever gave a willing hand and agenerous and sym-\\npathetic heart to its benevolent and charitable work.\\nUtterly devoid of all political ambition, he took\\nbut little part in public affairs, never seeking, hut\\nalways declining, official preferment. His only service\\nin this direction was as a member of the Common\\nCouncil in 1847\u00e2\u0080\u0094 IS, and as an alderman in 1848-49.\\nHe assisted in making the first city report, and the\\niti d and matured by him has been in use\\never since. He was a member of Grace Church\\n(Episcopal), and many years a vestryman and trea-\\nsurer.\\nDr. Wells was not an ambitious man. He neither\\nsought nor desired public applause. Self-glorification\\nand aggrandizement were utterly abhorrent to every\\nelement of bis nature. The ostentatious show of\\nwealth not only bad no attractions for him, but for\\nit he had the most supreme contempt, and the seeker\\nafter transient notoriety and ephemeral applause\\nfound no favor in his sight. Solid merit and worth\\nalone weighed with him, and no man was quicker to\\ndiscover the true and the genuine or more prompt\\nand earnest in bis denunciation of the false, the sham\\nand the counterfeit. As a citizen, no man was esteemed\\nabove him. As a neighbor and friend, be filled the\\nmeasure of every expectation, and it is no extrava-\\ngance to say that no citizen of Manchester ever de-\\nparted this life more universally esteemed or more\\nwidely and deeply lamented. A man of tine physique,\\nof strikingly prepossessing personal appearance and\\nbearing, gentle, courtly, dignified, but affable in his\\ndemeanor and intercourse with all with whom he\\ncame in contact, he gave offense to none, but won\\nthe affectionate regard, respect and confidence of all.\\nI r. Wells died at bis family residence in Manchester,\\nDecember 28, 1*84. very suddenly, of heart-disease.\\nThe first intimation received by his friends and the\\npublic that he was not in bis usual apparent health\\nwas the startling announcement of his sudden demise.\\nJOHN FEKGU80N, M.D.\\nThe ancestors of Dr. F erguson were Scotch, who\\nsettled in the North of Ireland, and were gener-\\nally en-aged in the celebrated linen manufacture\\nofthat part of the country. His grandfather, David,\\nsettled in the South of Ireland, and was a merchant\\nin the town ofRathkeale. County of Limerick, which\\nis watered by the Lordly Shannon. one of the\\nnoblest rivers of the United Kingdom. Here he\\nwas married, and here reared his family of five\\nsons and two daughters, giving them good educa-\\ntions. The professions of the law, divinity and medi-\\ncine claimed one each ofthe boys, only one of whom\\nis at this date living, and he is the judge of the Cir-\\ncuit Court tor the Southern District in Ireland. The\\nremaining son. named for his father, chose also bis\\nfather s business, which he carried on in his native\\ntown successfully, and married a daughter of Councilor\\nFitz-Gerald, of the city of Limerick, known in history\\nas the city of the broken treaty.\\nFrom this union there were eight children, the eldest\\nof whom was John (the subject of this sketch w ho was\\nborn October 28, 1829, in Rathkeale. He was early\\nplaced under the care and instruction of a private tutor.\\nwhere he remained tor several years, and completed\\nhis collegiate course with the Jesuits. Immediately\\nafter be was placed under the instructions of his uncle,\\nPhilip O Hanlon, M.D., of Rathkeale, who had a large\\ncity and country practice. In due time Dr. Ferguson", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0254.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "c?^^~", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0257.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0258.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0259.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0260.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n129\\ngraduated at the Hall of Apothecaries, in Dublin,\\nand still associated with Dr. O Hanlon, acquired a\\npractical knowledge of medicine, surgery, pharmacy\\nand dispensatorj practice.\\nHis uncle emigrated to America, and soon after-\\nwards became justly celebrated in its metropolis.\\nDr. Ferguson followed him to America in 1851,\\nand that he might practice bis profession here he\\noffered himself for examination to the faculty of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i llegeof Castleton, Vt., and received from\\nthem their diploma. The following spring he passed\\nthe examination of the College ofPhysicians andSur-\\ngeons ofNew York City, and received their diploma.\\nAt this time he accepted the position of surgeon on a\\nline of mail steamships plying between New York,\\nLiverpool, Bremen and Havre, where for a period of\\nthree ars he associated with manj literary people\\namong the traveling public and made manj valuable\\nfriends. Leaving the service of the steamship com-\\npany, Dr. Ferguson was appointed one of the post-\\nmortem examining surgeonsfor the coroner- of New\\nYork City, also assistant anatomical demonstrator and\\nassistant clinical examiner at the Medical University,\\nin Fourteenth Street, a college chiefly patronized by\\nthe sons of Southern planters, who were a liberal and\\nchivalrous class of gentlemen.\\nAfter practicing some years in New York City, here-\\nmoved to Manchester, X. 1L, in 1861, being the firs!\\nIrish physician to settle here. Dr. Ferguson, shortlj\\nafter, was appointed by Governor Berry Burgeon of the\\nTentli Regimenl of New Hampshire Volunteers, and\\nleft for the front, with his regiment, in the fall of\\n1862. I r. Ferguson, during his residence in New\\nYork, was surgeon on the staff of Colonel Corcoran,\\nof the famous Sixty-Ninth New York State Militia,\\nand saw service in the quarantine riots on Staten\\nIsland. This service fitted him all thebetterto till\\nthe position of brigade surgeon durin.tr the Civil War,\\nnear the close of which he returned to Manchester,\\nwhere he has since been successfully engaged in his\\nprivate practice, which has become large and lucra-\\ntive. Prior to removal to Manchester, Dr. Ferguson\\nmarried Eleanor, only surviving daughter of Michael\\nami Elenor Hughes, who were of an old and wealthy\\nfamily of New York City, where she was born June\\nL 4, 1838. From this union there have been four\\nchildren, Eleanora, MaryC, John D. and AlfredW.\\nAmong his professional brethren I r. Ferguson is\\nknown to be a skillful and thoroughly educated prac-\\ntitioner, and in social life is an affable and courteous\\ngentleman.\\nNATHANIEL WENTWORTB CUMNER. 1\\nThe ancestors of the Cumner family were of Eng-\\nlish origin. The name is firsl discovered in the period\\nfollowing the supremacy of the Norman rule, the\\nreturn from the dynasty of the Conqueror to the as-\\ni By J. W. Fellows.\\nceudencj of the English-Saxon line. It was first\\nspelled Comnor, and later Cumnor, meaning hospi-\\ntality to strangers, or a place of hospitality, and\\ncomes through the Saxon branch. To this period may\\nbe referred the formation of many English family\\nnames,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 often derive. 1 from some unimportant cir-\\ncumstance, 01 suggested by personal characteristics.\\n[These became marks of distinction, new.titles to man-\\nhood, and were proudly bequeathed by father to sou.\\ninherited surnami\\nDuring the century following theloss of Normandy,\\nthe A.nglo-Saxon, as a written language, ha-\\\\ ing been\\nbanished from courts and superseded in all legal\\npapers by the Latin, became dearer to the common\\npeopleas a spoken language, preserving their cher-\\ni hed objects and transmitting hauling sentiments. It\\nincreased its power and volumeby building new terms\\nand means of expression, and particularly by multi-\\nplying its patronymics. In a comparatively short space\\nOf time the language hail become vernacular, and\\nfairly entitled to be styled English, rich in the idioms\\nand proper names of its own creation and outgrowth.\\nThe history of words, says Trench, is the his-\\ntory of ideas, and he might have said of people and\\nnations. They are not only the vehicle of thought,\\nbut they tell anew the story of their times and enrich\\nthe great body of history with countless incidents of\\nvalue and importance. In studying their genealogy,\\nthe English-speaking people find the starting-point of\\nmany an illustrious name in the peculiar circum-\\nstances of those mediaeval times,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the natural product\\nof the mingling of different tongues, and the constant\\nstruggle between feudalism and servitude.\\nThe famous old manor-house, I lumnor lastle, so\\ncelebrated in romance, once enjoyed the rent-fee and\\nservice of a huge body of retainers, and carried for\\nmany a year, by reason of its feudal allotments, a\\nnumerous vassalage. Its walls have long since fallen\\ninto shapeless ruins, but the lands of its tenantry now\\nembrace the beautiful village of Cumner. The\\nfamilies bearing this name have not been numerous\\nin England, but have maintained their lineage with\\nremarkable directness The earliest trace of these\\npeople shows that they belonged to the industrial\\nthe seventeenth century, had attained suchprominence\\nas to nearly control the business interests of the great\\nmetropolis, and to whom the Lord Mayor of London\\nwas pleased to say, on a memorable occasion, While\\nour gracious nobility an the leaf and flower of the\\nkingdom, ye are the sturdy trunk and branches.\\nThe subject of this sketch belongs to the third gene-\\nrations America. His grandfather, Robert Francis\\nCumner, came to this country when about fifteen\\nyears of age, under circumstances of a very interesting\\ncharacter. In June, 1774, while walking in thestreets\\n,,l London, he was ized bj a gang of pressmen\\nfrom the ship Somerset, sent out to recruit his\\nMajesty s marine. He was carried directly on board,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0263.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nforced to become one of the crew, and do the duty of\\na common sailor, lie was not allowed the privilege\\nof communicating- with his friends, and n tidings\\nfrom him or knowledge of his situation were received\\nduring the long cruise of the Somerset in distant\\nwaters, until she appeared in Host on Harbor and took\\npart iu the battle of Bunker Hill. Her position and\\nshe rendered the British troops on that\\nmemorable day are well-known in history. From her\\ndecks came the first fatal shot, ami under the fire of her\\nguns the broken and retreating ranks of Royalists\\nfound protection.\\nThe scenes of that bloody struggle made a deep\\nimpression upon the mind of young Cuniner, and\\nlixed his determination to take no part in the work of\\nsubjugation. Circumstances fortunately soon favored\\nhis settled purpose. The Somerset not long after the\\nbattle gol aground. probably somewhere in the\\nlower part of Massachusetts Bay. During their efforts\\nto get afloat, seme of the crew went ashore, among\\nthem the lumner boy. w ho immediately availed him-\\nself of the opportunity to escape from his unwilling\\nservice. While following the highway into which he\\nfirst came, near the shore where lay the stranded\\nSomerset, he was overtaken by a Quaker on horse-\\nback, who, learning his situation and purpose to obtain\\nhis freedom from the British yoke, invited our young\\n;e1 up behind, and, throwing his gray cloak\\nover the lad, soon carried him beyond the King spower.\\nHe settled in Wareham, .Mass., learned the tailor s\\ntrade and began the permanent business of bis life.\\nOctober 20, 1785, he married Miss Sylvia Sturtevant,\\nwhose family connections ere very worthy and highly\\nrespected. Her father was a soldier ill the War of the\\nRevolution, and fell on the battle-field fighting for\\nindependence. The Sturtevant people have received\\nhonorable mention in the annals of history, and their\\nname is written among those who deserve well of their\\ncountry. Not long after his marriage he moved to\\nSandwich. Mass., from that place to Wayne, in the\\nState of Maine, where he resided during the remainder\\nof his life. He was successful in business and became\\na prominent and highly respected citizen. He was a\\nman of modest and retiring habits and exemplary\\ncharacter, but of indomitable will and inflexible ad-\\nherence to what he believed to be right. If his wife\\nwere the subject of our sketch, we could fill it with\\nincidents showing his remarkable tenacity of purpose.\\nRobert Francis ami Sylvia Cumner had two children,\\nJohn, born January 19, 1788, and Polly, a lew years\\nyounger. He died February 5, 1825, ami bis wile,\\nMarch 26, 1826, and their remains were interred in the\\nEvergreen Cemetery, in Wayne.\\nJohn Cumner was but a few months old when (he\\nfamily moved from Sandwich, -Mass.. to Wayne. He\\nwas of a sanguine, active nature and early evinced\\nthe character of a sincere and zealous worker in reli-\\ngious matter.-. Hi- obtained a fair education, and\\nalthough to a certain extent compelled to work on the\\nfarm and devote himself to that kind of employment,\\nhis thoughts ran upon matters more congenial to his\\nnature. When about eighteen years of age he was\\nemployed by General Landsell to take charge of his\\nfarm in I iridge water. Mass., where be remained several\\nsummer reasons. During this time he became ac-\\nquainted with Miss Hannah Thomas Bartlett, of\\nBridgewater, whom he married July 11,1813. He\\nsettled in Wayne, upon the farm which became the\\nhomestead, and was so occupied by the family dur-\\ning his many years of labor and life in the ministry.\\nHi was associated with the society of the Metho-\\ndist Episcopal Church, and interested in theaffairsof\\nthai denomination at the early age id nineteen years,\\nand a alter appointed a class leader and licensed\\nto preach. His labors were attended with marked\\n3ucci 3s, and at I he annual meeting of the General lon-\\nference foi Maine, in 1833, he was admitted to mem-\\nbership and received his first appointment. He con-\\ntinued in the active ministry until lx.~ 2. when failing\\nhealth obliged him t cease labor; but his love tor\\nthe church and his zeal in the cause of its established\\ncrei d- continued unabatedduring his remaining years.\\nHe died February 5, L861, closing a life of industry\\nand devotion, ill which he had accomplished more\\ngood than usually tails to the lot of man. His wife\\ndied December 5, 1852. She was very beautiful when\\nyoung, and was much beloved and admired by her\\nwide circle of friends. Possessed of an earnest and\\ndevotional nature, she entered with ardent sympathy\\ninto the plans and labors of her husband, faithfully\\nbearing her share of life s varied duties, firmly in the\\nhour of trial, and with amiable companionship when\\nprosperity tilled the measureof their ambition. They\\nhad eleven children, two of whom died in infancy.\\nIhiie others have deceased, -Maryetta in 1871, and\\nFrancis and James in 1881. The remaining members\\nof the family are Cathamandcr. William B., John T.,\\nNathaniel W., Charles W. and Benjamin G. Cumner.\\nNathaniel Wentworth, the youngest but two of the\\nchildren of John ami Hannah T. Cumner, was born\\nat Wayne, November 28, 1829. lli early life was\\ndevoted to obtaining an education in the vicinity ot\\nhis home, passing from the district to the private\\nschool in tin town of Wayne, and toother schools\\nand seminaries in the circuit where his father s ap-\\npointments were made. During some portion of the\\nseason, for a few years, he assisted the older brothers\\niii cultivating the homestead farm, but at the age of\\nsixteen he went to Wilton. M e., and engaged in learn-\\ning the tailor s trade If- remained thereabout three\\nyears; then went to Waltham, Mass., staying there\\nabout one year and a half: then to Lowell, Ma\\nwhere he remained until 1851, when he came t Man-\\nchester, N. II., and entered the emploj of B. F. Man-\\nning, then doing business ill the store occupied in\\nlater years bv the firm of Cumner !o.\\n[n January, 1854, Mr. Cumner became a partner\\nin the business of merchant tailors and clothiers, the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0264.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n131\\nfirm-name being Manning Cumner. This arrange-\\nment continued until August, 1857. Mr. Cumner\\nthen withdrew and went to Washington, D. C, as a\\nmember of the linn of F. Tenney .V. Co., proprietors\\nof the National Hotel, [n August, 1859, he returned\\nto Manchester and purchased the stock and good\\nwill ol the Manning store, ami entered at once into\\nbusiness, in which he continued as the sole pro-\\nprietor until 1865, when his brother, Benjamin G.\\nCumner, became associated with him, forming the\\ncopartnership of Cumner Co. Ai tin- time Mr\\nCumner became also a member of the well-known\\nwholesale house of Sibley, lumner !o., in Bost\\nhaving purchased an interest in the old house of\\nFosti i Sibley, and devoted his attention largely to\\nthe wholesale trade. In lxcx, Lyman E. Sibley re-\\ntired, and Mr. lumner became the senior member, the\\nname of the firm remaining the same.\\nIn the great fire of November 9, 1872, their estab-\\nlishment was among the first to be burned, and the\\nfirm suffered a total loss of their immense stock but\\ntheir credit was so strong, and their energy and ability\\nso widely recognized, that their business received no\\ncheek, and the transactions f the house proceeded\\neven upon a more extensive scale than before. In\\n1879 the firm became Cumner, Jones .V Co., which is\\nthe present style of the business. In 1881 he sold\\nhis interest in the business of Sumner !o. in Man-\\nchester, which had enjoyed unvarying success and\\ngreat prosperity from the beginning, and from that\\ntime devoted himself entirely to the Boston house.\\nThe business had so largely increased that it became\\nnecessary to give it his constant personal attention.\\nThe reputation of Cumner, Jones Co. in commer-\\ncial circles has become widely known, and its\\nremarkable success an acknowledged fact. He was\\none of the founders of the Boston Merchants Asso-\\nciation in 1X80, and has for some time been one of its\\nhoard of directors. The importance of this organi-\\nzation to the great commercial interests of l!ostoii i\\nwidely known.\\nMj. Cumner has been eminentl j successful as a busi-\\nness man. Possessing in a large decree self-reliance\\nand confidence in his own judgment, he selected an\\nhonorable calling and devoted himself to its duties\\nand demands. He believed that industry and perse-\\nverance, with well-matured plans, were certain to\\nproduce the mosl desirable results. lie knew the\\nenergj and fidelity of his own character and trusted\\nto the safely of sound principle, and he has proved\\nthat his plans were wisely laid and his ways will\\nchosen. At a comparatively early age he has acquired\\na competence, and in his position of senior memberof\\none of tin- soundest and most prosperous, and at the\\nsame lime conservative, wholesale bouses in New\\nEngland, his influence is always in favor of that\\nhealthy and reliable condition of trade which estab-\\nlishes public confidence and guarantees general pros-\\nperity.\\nAmi not only in connection with his partnership\\nassociations is Mr. Cumner known as a business man.\\nIn the circles where the leading merchants and im-\\nporters of our New England metropolis arc accus-\\nI id to i i and discuss the laws of trade and can\\nvass the prospects of the future his judgment is greatly\\nres] I. and the intelligence and foresight with\\nwhich he is able to advise are highly regarded. He\\nbear- an unblemished reputation as a man of honor\\nand fairness, in all ways commanding universal re-\\nspect and esteem,- -a gentleman in the true signifi-\\ncance of the term. In the wide range of personal dis-\\ntinction, among all the marks of honor and renown\\nwhich the world affords, the title of a true gentleman\\nstands first, and he who bears it worthily need envy\\nneither prince nor potentate.\\nAs a citizen, Mr. Cumner has taken an earnest and\\nunvarying interest in public affairs. Politically, his\\nassociations have been with the Democratic party;\\nbut his views have been conservative, looking to the\\nreal purposes id the government rather than the aims\\nand desires of party politicians. While residing in\\nManchester he held important offices in the municipal\\ngovernment, was a faithful public servant, working\\nzealously to promote the general interests and the\\ncommon good of his consl intents, of whom he deserved\\nwell.\\nMr. Cumner became a member of the celebrated\\nmilitary organization, the Amoskeag Veterans, in the\\ndays of its origin, and has continued to do active\\nduty through the entire term of its existence. He\\nheld the office of captain in 1870, and commander of\\nthe battalion, with the rank of major, in I .s 7 I and\\n1880. During bis membership he has served in\\ncounties- capacities incident to the general manage-\\nment id the organization, and while commander did\\nvery effective service in promoting harmony and\\nunity of purpose and increased in a great degree the\\ninterest ami efficiency of the corps.\\n.Mr. uiuner s connection with the Masonic frater-\\nnity has been a very prominent feature of his life.\\nHe became a Mason in Lafayette Lodge, Manchester,\\nMay, L856, and was one of the petitioners and charter\\nmembers of Washington Lodge in 1857. He held\\nmany subordinate offices, and was the Worshipful\\nMister in 1862 i 1863, and has been treasurer\\nnearly all the time since. His keen scrutiny of its\\nbusiness affairs and careful management of its\\naccounts have done much to keep his lodge in sound\\nfinancial condition, hi 1856 he received the capitu-\\nlar degrees in Mt. Horeb Eoyal Arch Chapter, and\\nafter serving at almost every post in that body, be-\\nb Priest from 1862 to 1864. He took the\\ncryptic degrees in Adoniram Council, in May, 1857,\\nand soon after the orders of knighthood were con-\\nferred upon him in Trinity Commander)-, Knights\\nTemplar. In all these subordinate bodies he sus-\\ntained an ardent and zealous membership, contribut-\\ning freely to their support and aiding materially in", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0265.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntheir prosperity. In 1862 In- was admitted to the\\ndegree of High Priesthood, and in 1863 received the\\ndegrees of the Ancient and Accepted Bite to the\\nthirty-second, inclusive, in Boston, and in September,\\n1881, was elected to the thirty- third and last grade\\nin Masonry. In the Grand Masonic bodies of New\\nHampshire he has been equally prominent, and his\\nearnest labors and sincere devotion to their inter-\\nests have been reeognized and appreciated. After\\nholding several offices in the M. E.Grand Royal Arch\\nChapter of New Hampshire, he was elected Grand\\nHigh Priest in 1867 and 1868, and gave eminent\\nsatisfaction by his management of att airs. In the\\nGrand Lodge of New Hampshire lie held nearly all\\nthe subordinate positions, and was elected Most\\nWorshipful Grand Master in 1872, 1873 and 1874.\\nAs the presiding officer in these grand bodies, whose\\nduties are mostly legislative, he commanded the\\nrespect of the fraternity for fairness and impartiality,\\nand was highly esteemed for his graceful and courte-\\nous bearing. His addresses and official papers were\\nregarded as sound and creditable documents by the\\nfraternity in other jurisdictions.\\nIf Mr. iimner has been prosperous and successful\\nin other departments of life, he has been remarkably\\nhappy and fortunate in his family and social relation....\\nHe married Miss Harriet Elizabeth Wadley, daughter\\nof Moses D. Wadley, of Bradford, N. II., January 24,\\n1856. They have two sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 llanv Wadley Cumner,\\nborn July is, lsiii i, and Arthur Bartlett Cumner, born\\nJuly 30, 1871. Hairy Wadley graduated from the\\nManchester High School in 1879, with high standing\\nin his class and the reputation of a faithful and efficient\\nstudent. He entered the Massachusetts Institute of\\nTechnology, in Boston, in 1879, as a special student,\\nremaining two years. In lSsl eicia^od in mercan-\\ntile life, and having integrity and the capacity to\\nmake the best use of his prh ileges and attainments,\\nhe has certainly the earnest of a prosperous and hon-\\norable life. In October, 1884, he married Miss Nellie\\nB. Pope, daughter of Edwin Pope, Esq., of Boston,\\nwhere he has permanently located in business.\\nArthur Bartlett, a bright and beautiful boy of uncom-\\nmon intelligence, has yet to climb the pathway of\\nyouth; but if aught can be predicted from such tender\\nyears, lie is not likely to disappoint the fond hopes of\\nparents and friends.\\nIn the common judgment of mankind, woman re-\\nceives very little credit for the sui cess oi man in the\\nstruggles and achievements of this life. The intuitive\\njudgment and unfaltering support with which the\\nfaithful and devoted wife aids her husband are unseen\\ninfluences, the force and importance of which never\\nhave been and probably never will be under-t 1 or\\nappreciated; ami although the remarkable success\\nwhich the subject of this sketch has gained may be\\nattributed to his ability and integrity, still the high\\nsocial position to which the family have attained and\\nthe important and very creditable purposes which they\\nhave accomplished are equally t]ur to the clear and\\nwell-trained judgment, the watchful care and over-\\nsight of dome-tie affairs, and the amiable companion-\\nship of his estimable and accomplished wife. While\\nin their relative spheres, either in the busy marts of\\ntradeorthe domestic departments of life, on change\\nor in the drawing-r n, each, to a certain extent,\\nmust be judged independently, in all the economy of\\nlife her individuality and influence will be seen to\\nhave done their lull share in moulding the fortunes\\nof the family.\\nThe future may not be forecast, but in. the early\\nachievements of men may be discovered the earnest\\nof still greater success.\\nIn the character and attainments of the subject of\\nthis sketch may be seen the promise of the full\\nmeasure of life s joys and the realization of a noble\\nand worthy ambition.\\nALLEN X. CLAPP.\\nAllen N. Clapp, one of the leading business men\\nof Manchester, traces his ancestry on the paternal\\nside to Thomas Clapp, who was born in England\\nin 1597, and came to this country in 1633-. The\\nline is as follows: Thomas, Thomas, Joshua. Joshua.\\nJoshua, a, Allen, Allen X. His father, Allen\\nClapp, was born in Walpole, N. H., April 28, 1794,\\nand died in Marlborough, N. H., February 9, 1838.\\nHe married. February 10, 1819, Hannah Newcomb,\\nand their family consisted ,,f se\\\\en children. All. a S.\\nyoungest.\\nHe traces his ancestry on the maternal side to\\nFrancis Newcomb, who was born in England about\\nKjn. i, and came to America in April, 1635, and settled\\nin Boston. The line is as follows: Francis, Peter,\\nJonathan, Benjamin, John, Hannah, born February\\n25, 1793, died February 9, 1838.\\nAllen N. Clapp was born in Marlborough, V II.,\\nJanuarj 2, 1837. His father having died soon after,\\nhis mother removed to Nashua, and here young Clapp\\nreceived the rudiments of his education. He also\\nattended the High School, and subsequently passed one\\nyear at the Met law Institute, in Merrimack. When\\nabout nineteen years of age he came to Manchester\\nas clerk in the employ of Ira Barr, with whom he re-\\nmained in that position until 1860. He then formed\\na copartnership with Air. Barr, under the firm-name\\nof Barr Clapp, in the mercantile business. This\\nbusiness was continued under the same firm-name\\nuntil 1881, when Mr. Clapp purchased Mr. Barr s in-\\nterest, ;md has since conducted the business as sole pro-\\nprietor. The large and elegant brick block now owned\\nand occupied by Mr. Clapp, located at the comer of\\nGranite and Alain Streets, was completed in January,\\n1871. It is the largest block in West Manchester.\\nIn addition to dealing in groceries, Hour, grain, etc.,\\nMr. Clapp is the New J lampshire agent for tin Stand-\\nard i bi c pany, of Cleveland, Ohio, and his sales\\nare extensive. Mr. Clapp was elected alderman in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0266.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "R", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0269.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0270.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0271.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "t^L^\\n^JL C$-c^-^\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0272.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\n[33\\n1861 and 1862, and represented Ward Seven in the\\nLegislature in L874 and L875. \\\\t his first election an\\neffort was made to unseal him, but without success.\\nPolitically, he is a Republican, and attends Hanover\\nStreet ongregatinna.1 Church. Mr. Clapp is one of\\nManchester s most active and influential business\\nmen, and has lone mueh to advance the interests of\\nthis section (West Manchester) of the city.\\nMay 25, L863, Mr. Clapp united in marriage with\\nJosie M. Mason, a native of Sullivan, N. II.. and their\\nfamily has consisted of two children, Annie M. and\\nFreddie. The latter died in infancy.\\nJOHN C. FRENCH.\\nJohn C. French, one of the leading business men\\nof Manchester, was born in Pittsfield, N. EL, March\\nI, L832. lie i ame of sturdy New England stock, his\\ngrandfather being Abram French, a carpenter and\\nbuilder, who completed the interior of the first\\nmeeting-house in Pittsfield, and also the parsonage\\nbuilding for Rev. Christopher Paige, stepfather of the\\nbeautiful Grace Fletcher, the first wife of Daniel\\nWebster. Ahram French bought the farm ol Rev.\\nChristopher Paige, known as the I m ach homestead.\\nEnoch, the eldest son of Ahram French, who mar-\\nried, in 1823, Eliza Cate, of Epsom, a most estimable\\nwoman, was the father of five children, the subject ol\\nthis sketch being the only survivor. His boyh I\\nwas passed upon one of the rocky farms of Pittsfield,\\nwhere his opportunities for obtaining an education\\nwere very limited. He attended the common schools\\nof his native town, and by teaching winters and\\nworking on a farm summers he secured means which\\nenabled him to attend several terms at the academies\\nat Pittsfield, Gilmanton and Pembroke. Here he\\nsucceeded in acquiring an education which well\\nqualified him for his subsequent successful business\\nAt the age of twenty-one 1 ntered the employ of\\nJ. H. f olton Co., the well-known publishers, as\\nsalesman for their mounted maps. He soon developed\\na remarkable ability as a solicitor, and his i secutivi\\nability, combined with his rare tact in dealing with\\nsuch a variety of persons, attracted the attention of\\nhis em]. lovers, who rewarded him by giving him, a\\nyear later, the Boston agency for Colton s Atlas of\\nthe World. Tin- success which he attained with the\\nmaps followed him in this also, selling, as he did,\\nmore than twelve hundred copies of this expensive\\nwork. In 1855 he was appointed by this house their\\ngeneral agent for New England, and subsequently\\ngave considerable attention to the introduction of\\nohou s scric- .if oiL i aphies into the public schools.\\nHe was also subsequently associated with Brown,\\nTaggarf Co. and Charles Scribner Co. in bring-\\ning out their school publications.\\nIn May. L865, he was appointed State agenl for the\\nConnecticut Mutual Life [nsurance Company. He\\nthen located in Manchester, where he lias since\\nresided, although he still retains possession of the\\ndelightful old homestead in Pittsfield, where he first\\nsaw the light of day.\\nThree years later, having become inter, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2sted in the\\ninsurance interests of the Slate, he conceit ed I he idea\\nof establishing a stock lire insurance company, and\\nby untiring persistency and a zeal characteristic ol Un-\\nman, he succeeded in overcoming the almost uni-\\nversal prejudice existing against such an organization,\\nenlisted in its support some of Manchester s most\\nprominent citizens, secured a charter and\\nstock and began the business, which under his ener-\\ngetic and prudent management has since grown to\\ngreat proportions, its capital having been im reased\\nfrom one hundred thousand dollars to live hundred\\nthousand dollars, and its cash assets to ovei one\\nmillion dollars, while it enjoys a national reputation\\nfor excellent management and financial success.\\nNotwithstanding be has been engrossed in the\\nmanagement of a large business in Manchester, he\\nhas ever manifested a lively interest in his native\\ntown, and when the project for building a railroad\\nwhich would promote its growth and prosperity took\\nshape, he gave himself heartily to the support of the\\nenterprise, and it was largely through his efforts that\\nthe three hundred and fifty thousand dollar- acces-\\nsary to build the Suncook Valley road was secured\\nby subscriptions to the capital stock and gratuities\\nfrom the towns along the line. As method of\\nhelping this work to a successful completion, he estab-\\nlished the Suncook Valley Times at Pittsfield, and for\\ntwo years contributed regularly to its columns a series\\n,,f historical and biographical articles which attracted\\nmuch attention in the locality .and were widely copied\\nand read elsewhere. He also at one time published\\nand edited at Manchester a journal devoted to insur-\\nance interests, and 1ms established a reputation as a\\nvigorous, versatile and popular writer. He is deeply\\ninterested in the literature of his native State, and\\nprobably no man has so thorough a knowledge of its\\nindustries and local history. He is a mem-\\nber of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and\\na director in the Merchants National Bank. He\\nattends the Franklin Street Church. In L858 he\\nunited in marriage with Annie M., daughter of I.. B.\\nPhilbrick, Esq., of Deerfield, and their family consists\\nof three children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lizzie A., Susie P. and George\\nA brum.\\nMr. French is a genial companion, a stanch friend\\nandamanwho wins and holds the good opinion of\\nhis fellow-citizens.\\nl: I l E. I: VI. MI.\\nThere is no prouder or more enduring personal\\nrecord than the story of a self-reliant, manly and\\nsuccessful career. It declares that the individual not\\nonly undersl 1 In- duty and mission, but fulfilled\\nthem. The following memoir is bighl) suggestive of\\nthese facts", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0275.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCharles E. Balch was born in I Yancestown, 11.,\\nMarch 17, 1834, and here his boyhood days were\\nspent. Hewasason of well-to-do parents, and was\\neducated at Francestown Academy, and a1 the age of\\neighteen ears began his active business ran\\nkeeper in the mercantile establishment of I laitun i\\nCo., in this city. Here he remained about two years,\\nand thru accepted a clerkship in the Manchester\\nSavings-Bank. He brought to thr discharge of his new\\nduties a peculiar fitness, which soon attracted the atten-\\ntion of the officers of the Manchester Bank, and upon\\nthe reorganization of this institution as a national hank,\\nin 1855, Mr. Balch was chosen its cashier, a position\\nwhich he held until January, L884. He was also\\ntrustee of (he Manchester Savings-Bank, the largest\\nin the Slate; from L862 was a member of its invest-\\nment committee, and treasurer till within a few\\nnths before his death. He was treasurer of the\\nManchester las-Light oinpany, a director and mem-\\nber of the finance committee of the New- Hampshire\\nFire Insurance Company, and a trustee of many large\\nestates. Ami in all the various positions of responsibil-\\nity and trust which Colonel Balch was called upon to\\nfill, he discharged his duties with eminent ability, and\\nproved himself a most sagacious, careful and sale\\nfinancier. He was interested in a number of vessels,\\non,- of which, a four-masted schooner, the E.\\nBalch, of eighl hundred and forty-three tons, was\\nlaunched at Bath, .Me., .Inly L5, 1882. Colonel Balch\\nwas thoroughly alive to all interests looking to the\\nwelfare of his adopted city, and rejoiced to see it pros-\\nper, always responding to personal calls looking to\\nthis end.\\nlie did not seek political preferment, but was a\\nstanch supporter of Republican principles. In na-\\ntional. State and municipal affairs he was deeply in-\\nterested and had firm convictions in regard to them.\\nThe purity and uprightness of his life were con-\\nspicuous. Not a breath of evil was ever raised againsl\\nhim. His personal bearing to everybody was most\\ncordial. For each of the vast number of persons who\\nwere brought into business and social relation with Inn\\nhe bad always a pleasant greeting, impressing all w iih\\nhis affability and marked courtesy. The unflagging\\nwork which he put into bis life s calling enabled him\\nto become one of Manchester s most successful men,\\nacquiring a handsome property. Colonel Balch was a\\ngentleman of refined taste, high ideas of morality, and\\ndevoted to his home-life. During 1883 he c pleted\\none of the most elegant residences in the city, in a de-\\nlightful location, and having reached that point in\\nhis career where he could sensibly lessen his business\\ncares, he was in a position to enjoy the fruits of an\\nhonorable and successful life. Although his death\\nhad been in a measure expected, if brought a shock to\\nhis host of friends in the city and State, who mourned\\nDeath s selection of one of the mosl prosperous, re-\\nspected and best-known individuals in the prime of\\nmanhood. With only one secret organization was he\\nconnect ed. i he Washington Lodge of Masons. Colonel\\nBalch received bis military title by serving two years\\non the stall of Governor Head. He was an accom-\\nplished equestrian. He was a member of tin- Frank-\\nlin Street Society ami contributed liberally to its\\nadvancement.\\nMr. Balch s architectural taste, which was some-\\nthing unusual in a person not a professional, is shown\\nin his fitting up of the interior of the Manchester\\nbanking-rooms his plan for his own residence, which\\nis of classical style of architecture, and during the\\nlast year of his life, the building of Cilley Block, one\\nof the finest business blocks mi Elm Street, in Man-\\nchester. He was one of the building committee of\\nthe Maui bister )pcra-l louse.\\nin July, 1867, he united in marriage with Miss\\nEmeline I!., daughter of Rev. Nahum Brooks, who\\nsurvives him. He died October is, 1884.\\nAt a meeting of the officers of Manchester Bank,\\nOctober 20, 1884, the following resolutions were pre-\\nsented I Ion. I aniel lark, and adopted\\nBeaohed, Tbal by the death of Col I Charles E Batch wehave\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lln ie Hi. i i\\nuna healthful influem i respe b\\nResoloed, That while wede]\\nli 1, when, rich in experience\\ntneu It. it I. i :i 1 1 ;iiiil \\\\\\\\r\\nn-sts upon tin- no, r.l i,i hjs lite, unit that\\nshines up from the vallej i bis peacefu\\nResolved, I ll. i ii enpj I these resolnti\\nisan ion ol apprei iation l her\\nhearUi-lt sympathy in h.T Innavr nt, an\\nI. ..ON ..1 1 1 o- M.cnli. -t,-i Sioiii-- Haul., i\\ntoral worth ana Christian virtue,\\nI uent, gentle and unassuming in\\ntations of lit. a ilizeu uf large\\ns death in hi- primeof bis man-\\ni becoming evei re useful, yei\\nw e thankful that no \u00c2\u00bbhado\u00c2\u00ab\\nhat the brightness of his example\\ns be presented to Mrs. Balch\\n^band s character ami of our\\nhat they hi entered upon the\\nThe funeral services were conducted by Re\\\\ reorge\\nB.Spalding, D.D., who spoke with gnat tenderness\\nand line appreciation, as follows\\nand noise ..i\\n1 iiiiiiti.s .I.Mtli tails h- make\\nlion l l- one\\nl.ill- .mi ..t llur ikiiUs, and in the\\ni tn 1. t.. be forgotten The\\nroki :i onl) the moment. The\\n-.1 .in).. MM .li and arfivi-\\nturban\\n.||-.l|-t l -tl it It till \\\\\\\\,l\\\\ IS\\nli-l luitlli-.l all I 111. r.-Sflhlr- is tills\\nn. I, -in.. nevi t be.\\nin in \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in i in.- And yet, now and\\nin, oi bears away if such pecu-\\n-n 1, ni.ii ki-.l i.l. hi\\nis tu tin-. .-..iiiuiumly, (hut all hearts\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009el the sense of toss se\\nins deep and universal. It Is so to-\\nmcemenl uf the death\\nif Charles E. Balch brought a pro-\\nthis i ommunity. Hii\\n9 hasl -mi watched with an\\nHopes .Hi fean\\ni.i I it i- 1 the varying phaseBof\\ni b Bhoi k to very many hearts.\\nin i. I.. i..\\\\ .t\\n.i number and of such varied rcpre-\\n11 lasses manifests El\\ne depth and tenderness of the sor\\ndeath in- caui d l\\nere musl have been something in\\nt.u this pintuinul twlut-, wliiri], to such aii on usual degre ha\\nin this city. Doubtless there is thai in the outwa.nl history i\u00c2\u00bbf tliis man\\nwhich has stnui^h vnl us. Here wa~nnr win,, as a young man c(\\neighteen years of age, came into this place, putting his best life into the\\ni li li 1 vi.^iin ni i ii\\\\ -i..\\\\Mii: n|. M gh its successive stages oi growth,\\nsharing al last, as the fruits of his keen foresighl and splendid industry,\\ninitsgreal prosperity,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and yet in the fulness of his matured strength,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0276.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0279.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0280.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0281.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "irf^L %yH.\\n^L^^^/^htfb", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0282.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "MANCIIKSTKU.\\n135\\nHe\\n|llrnll\\\\\\nof\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009eiv,i h\\\\ dli ti-. iii ii .ill. Only :i Christian faith, niih tin- tlnm-li\\ni (he r;ttlt\u00c2\u00ab-r s liuiisu, ran turn mir fueling\\nHut m. Ml. thill- Tlli IV (hall \\\\l\\\\ tul .-lir -Mi Ml I ll 1 1S SI 1, [1 1 y a \\\\va\\nii his hravi- a. hvili, .ii.-l lorn n|,,yiii -nN in tin- v.-ry prime Ol llis\\nf-.| thi- wnl.- ami l.-lJ-N-l int. i.-t \\\\v\\\\\\\\ l h Ills death htlfi\\nlali-ii, a -sti .-Ii all.-, u..h ur_ in-\\nloble qualities in Mr. Batch could\\nthrough more than thirtj years,\\nauaki-ti.-l. 1 i- a reS] t. in-\\nIll -\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii; beai vvhii h mhj rl ii\\ncall it from us Bi wai\\ni iiwii- in IK- 1-ii-iu.\\niiitu all the main a in ill- hi Ii\\n1, |...U. 1-. Mil. 1. rt. l. tllf* xtl ll\\nou-i, ati iil, l r--. in: \u00c2\u00abiv mi ji\\nuppluati. ii, tailhtul i.\\ntu tl -|il li lnih\\nacientioue n gard fi i\\nlit- wuii i ii\\np,-l-l-l lit ..Iit-I tiialh ll, v.\\nperience of the past and the Bad\\n1..- ..1..1,.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -U1I.1 ill pMiniplr nii.l truly -imIiii ii\\nand will continue t.. be, a fine example, ti the young mi i\\nOf li I ttblf, Mi.r.^fiil man. \\\\liil in -ill the prosi\\nl.ii-iii. nt.-rpie. -in.! hi -ill rfi.- |..-il- mi in. ..1 In- |.n\\nli.- trusts, he has alwaj\\nevcrj respeel\\nother s, which,\\ncharacter of thif\\nlife. Bui thecii\\nenergies, liil not\\nMr. Balch\\nall tli.it perta\\n[oiced in its grot\\nsagacity to aild\\nfrom every debi\\nevery low, mea\\nhold, where all t\\nin the splendid\\nhimself t 1..- houest and truthful i\\nreached my ear, and I doubl il ar\\nJOHN II. M \\\\YN 1NH.\\nJohn II. Maynard, sun of Asa and Mary (Linfield)\\nMaynard, was born in Concord, Mass., January 23,\\n1805. His father moved to Loudon, N. II., when he\\nwas but five years of age, and remained here a few\\nyears and moved to l.i-i i I\\nThe subject of this sketch attended the district\\nschool in winter and worked a1 carpentering in sum-\\nmer; commenced to learn his trade, when eleven\\nyears old, with Moses Kimball, ol Kast uncord, with\\nwhom he remained live years, or until the death of\\nMr. Kimball.\\nin the empio)\\nPutney, and, still later, of John Leach, of C tord.\\nHe remained with Mr. Leach aboul four years, then\\nstarted out on his own account, and bis career bus\\nbeen a successful one. He built Nathaniel I pham s\\nhouse, now standing north of the State-House, and\\nafterwards built the Baptist meeting-house in New\\nBoston. He returned to toncord and built Call s I .look,\\nrear of the State-House. Was in Amoskeag about\\nthe year 1832, and buill the old tavern which is now\\ntl tenement block. lie built the 1 nitarian meeiing-\\nhouse in Concord, and then returned to Amoskeag\\nand erected the first tenement-house at Amoskeag\\nFalls, on the east side of the river. This was built\\nfor the workmen who w ere to build the guard-gate for\\nthe Amoskeag Company. From this time Mr. May-\\nnan 1 worked continuously fur the Amoskeag urn pain-\\nter thirty years, during which time he did the car-\\npenter-work on No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 Mills and most of\\nthe large tenement blocks. Mr. Maynard married, for\\nhis first wile, Jane Kimball, of Eas1 Concord, N. H.,\\nMarch. 23 1832; they had no children. He lived\\nwith her about thirty years. He married for his\\nsecond wife Apha Kimball, of Hopkinton, X. II.,\\nabout the year L871. Mr. Maynard was chief of the\\nold Fire Departn\\nand\\nIr. Maj\\nnicy,\\nronf of wher\\ntreet. He\\nml has been\\nRepublican\\nMr. Mayna\\neti\\\\ e biisinc\\nand was connected with it for\\nhas been alderman and a mem-\\n1, and has also been a represi ata-\\nthree terms in the Legislature,\\nisor in the city of Manchester.\\nileil in Manchester since its in-\\nt lie planted beans and corn in\\nark lilock now stands, on Elm\\nctor in the Manchester Bank,\\nj -ti\\\\ e years, He is in politics\\nuiblcr and contractor, and is an\\nof to-day, although eighty-one\\nher was in the Revolutionary\\nHON.\\n11,\\nUN HOSLEY.\\nii May ll 1826, at the old\\nUosley boniest cail, in Hancock, X. II., and is the sun\\nof Samuel and Sophia (Wilson) Uosley. being one of\\na family of nine, of whom also survive Martha E.,\\nwife uf teorge 1. Wadsworth, of Ihelsea, Mass., and\\nLucretia J., wife of diver 1 learborn, of 1 lent er, !ol.\\nMr. Hosley comes from a hardy, thrifty, intelligent\\nancestry, which traces its lineage back through the\\ncenturies to Merric England, where the family bad its\\norigin. His ancestors were numbered among the\\nindomitable Puritans who sought an asylum from\\npersecution in America, and were of such a heroic\\nmould that their descendants were found battling for\\nfreedom in the War of the Revolution.\\nIn tracing the genealogy of the family we find that\\nthere was tt James Uosley born May 1, 1649, married\\n.Martha Parker, and died duly 9, 1677. He was sur-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0285.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvived by a son, James, born September 4, 1675, and\\ndied February 18, 1728, leaving a son also bearing\\nthe name of James, who was born Maj 19, 1702, and\\nmarried Ennie Jervett. A son was born to them at\\nTownsend, Mass., Jan uan 19, 1734, who ;is called\\nJames, after his father. This son was the greai-graiul-\\nfather of the subject of this sketch, and was a man of\\nconspicuous ability. From the published history of\\nTownsend, Mass., il i- learned that lie was honored\\nli\\\\ being elected to all the offices within the gift of\\nhis fellow-citizens, including an election to the\\nGeneral Court, but declined the latter distinction.\\nHe was neither an office-seeker nor a demagogue, bul\\na man whose worth everywhere commanded respect.\\nIn 177. he was moderator at the annual town-meet-\\ning, town clerk, chairman of the Board of Select-\\nmen, ami captain of the alarm list, or .Minute-Men,\\nwho, fifty-three strong, marched to the defense of\\nCambridge. In 1777 the General Court passed a res-\\nolution calling for volunteers to go to the assistance\\nof t leneral rates, who was confronting Burgoj ne, at\\nSaratoga. The call met with an enthusiastic response.\\nand .lames Hosley was unanimously elected captain\\nof a company of seventy men, which included within\\nits ranks such military men of ability and notoriety\\nas Colonel William Prescott (the hero of Bunker\\nHill), Major Henry Wood. Major Samuel Stone and\\nothers nearly as well-known. These men would\\nnever have been subordinate to any man unless he\\nhonored the office to which he had been elevated.\\nAfter the (dose of the Revolutionary War he ved\\nto Hancock, N. 11.. where be purchased a farm and\\ndonated a portion of it to the town for public use.\\nHe left a son. Samuel, who was born duly 8, 1767,\\nand died December 20, 1826. A merchant and farmer\\nby occupation, be was noted for his piety and benevo-\\nlence, leaving a character worthy of lasting and affec-\\ntionate remembrance. He married Polly Dodge, and\\nthe fruit of their union was a son, Samuel, who was\\nborn on the old homestead in Hancock, Septembei\\n28, 1802, and this son was the father of the Hon.\\nJohn Hosley, whose name appears at the bead ot\\nthis sketch. He obtained an education in the com-\\nmon schools and the academy at Hancock, was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and died January Id, 1871, his\\nestimable wile surviving him but six days, lie was\\nan honorable man and an exemplary Christian.\\nThis brings us down to Mi-. Hosley f to-day, who\\nwas brought up on his father s farm, and gained\\nwhat education the common schools of Hancock\\nafforded until be was twentj years of age. In 1846\\nhe removed to Manchester, which at that time gave\\nlittle indication of its coming importance. Mi.\\nllo-lc\\\\ engage-din manufacturing, and wa.- an over-\\nBeer in the weaving department of the Amoskeag\\nManufacturing Company. He also engaged in the\\ngrocery ami real estate business, and in farming, and\\nwas successful in all. He seems to have- inherited\\nthe e\\\\ en judgment and pronounced ability of bis an-\\n-c -tors, and has been called to many important posi-\\ntions of trust and honor by his fellow-citizens, never\\nfailing to receive more than his party s strength at\\nthe polls whenever a candidate. He represented In-\\nward in the Legislature, Common Council two years,\\nBoard of Aldermen five years, and on the Board of\\nEducation for two years. He was city tax collector\\nfor two years and has been twice elected mayor, be-\\nsides holding various minor citj cilices. He was a\\nmember of the National Union Convention, which\\nmet at Philadelphia in 1865, is a prominent Free-\\nmason, and has lu-ld the highest office in Hillsborough\\nLodge of Odd-Fellows. In religion Mr. Hosley is a\\nUnitarian. He married, in 1854, Miss Dorotha II.\\nJones, of Weare, N. II., by whom he has had one\\nchild, who is married to William M. Parsons, M.D.\\nThey have one- child, Martha S.. born April 30, L884.\\nIt is readily -ecu that Mr. Hosley is a man of no\\ncommon abilities, and his performance id the duties\\nof the various offices which he has been called upon\\nto till has ever been eminently satisfactory. He has\\ngrown up with Manchester, as town and city, and has\\ndon.- his full share in moulding its policy in govern-\\nmental affairs.\\nCOLONEL CHANDLEK EASTMAN POTTER. 1\\nColonel Chandler Eastman Potter was a native\\nof East Concord. H.. bom March 7, L807, son of\\nJoseph and Anna (Drake) Potter. He graduated at\\nDartmouth College in 1831, taught high schools in\\nConcord and Portsmouth several years, read law,\\nand was admitted to the bar and practiced in Con-\\ncord. In 1844 he moved to Manchester, where he\\nowned ami edited the Munrln -strr /h niocntt until the\\nfall of 1848, when he sold the paper. From 1852 to\\n1856 he was editor of the Monthly Visitor and Gran-\\nite Farmer. In June, 1S4S, he was appointed justice\\nof the Manchester Police Court, succeeding Hon.\\nSamuel D. Bell, which office be filled seven years,\\nwith honor and credit to himself, lie was an able\\nand efficient member of the Historical Society in\\nNew Hampshire and other societies, and author of\\na very elaborate- and correct history of Manchester.\\nHi- ennobling view- of man and nature, and of\\nsound, true principles, were always heard with pro-\\nfound attention and delight. He had copiousness of\\nideas, and his writings were always filled with the\\nthoughts of a comprehensive mind, instructing all\\nwho read what he wrote- with a ready pen. He was\\ninterested in the study of the Indian language, and\\nhas written many sketches of Indian character, and\\nwas a contributor to Schoolcraft s Indian work.\\nColonel Potter was probably the best informed man\\nand antiquarian in the State cm all topics that re-\\nlated to the early settlement of New Hampshire-.\\nHe was genial and social, with a keen relish for\\nhumor and anecdote, friendly with all classes. The\\nNew Hampshire Men.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0286.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0289.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0290.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0291.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "m^\\nr y,,, _//\u00e2\u0096\u00a0///", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0292.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "MANCHESTER.\\ni:;7\\nrich and the poor found in him a true friend in time\\nof need. He was a devoted friend of the militia\\norganizations of the State, and second commander of\\nthe Amoskeag Veterans, a company that adopted the\\nuniform of the Continentals. They visited Washing-\\nton during the administration of President Pierce,\\ncommanded by Colonel Potter, who entertained the\\nveterans at his home, the McNeil (N. H.) mansion\\nand birth-place of Franklin Pierce, in 1865. A grand\\nentertainment was given them in a large tent upon\\nthe grounds.\\nColonel Potter s last able work, The Military\\nHistory of New Hampshire, published in 186(3, con-\\nsists of two volumes, from the settlement in 1623\\nto the close of the War of 1812, with valuable bio-\\ngraphical sketches.\\nJudge Potter married, November 1, 1832, Clara\\nA., daughter of John Underwood, of Portsmouth, by\\nwhom he had four children. She died March 19,\\n1854, and November 11, 1856, he married Frances\\nMaria, daughter of General John McNeil, of Hills-\\nborough. After this marriage he resided at the\\nGovernor Pierce homestead in Hillsborough during\\nthe remainder of his life.\\nColonel Potter loved the society of intelligent and\\nworthy people, and welcomed all without distinction.\\nHis domestic relations gave a great charm to his ex-\\nistence. He died at Flint, Mich., whither he had\\ngone with his wife on business, August 3, 1868.\\nWILLIAM MOODY PARSONS, M.D.\\nAn early ancestor of Dr. Parsons was Joseph,\\nwho was born in England, married Mary Bliss\\nand came to this country in July, 1626, settling\\nin Northampton, Mass., and died March 26, 1684.\\nTheir children were Joseph, Jr., John, Samuel,\\nEbenezer, Jonathan, David, Mary, Hannah, Abigail\\nand Hester.\\nJoseph Jr., was born in 1647, married Elizabeth\\nStrong, and died in 1 729. Their children were\\nJoseph, John, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, David, Josiah,\\nDaniel, Moses, Abigail and Noah.\\nJoseph was born in 1671, graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 1697, entered the ministry, settled in Leb-\\nanon, Conn., and moved to Salisbury, Mass. He\\nmarried Elizabeth Thompson, and died in 1739.\\nTheir children were Joseph, Samuel, William, Eliza-\\nbeth and John, the three elder of whom became\\nclergymen, John died while a sophomore in Har-\\nvard College.\\nRev. William was born April 21, 1716, married\\nSarah Burnham, and moved to Gilmanton, N. H., in\\n1763, and died January 31, 1796. His wife died Febru-\\nary 28, 1797. Their children were Sarah, William,\\nElizabeth, John, Joseph and Ebenezer.\\nWilliam was born April 1, 1745, married Hannah\\nMeserve, and had William, John, Joseph and Sarah.\\nJohn was born November 10, 1751, married Lydie\\nFolsom, October 16, 17S3, and died May 31, 1838.\\nHis wife died March 17, 1828. Their children were\\nWilliam, Judith, John, Sarah, Hannah, Lydie, Eliza\\nand Joseph.\\nJoseph Parsons, Esq., was burn August 29, 1753,\\nmarried Ruth Pearson, and died August 10, 1806.\\nTheir children were Ruth, Joseph, Sarah, Hannah,\\nThomas and Mary.\\nEbenezer Parsons was burn January 21, L756, and\\nmarried Eunice Potter, November IS, 1784, and had\\nEbenezer, Eunice, William, Samuel, Sally and Lucy.\\nAbraham Parsons, son of Abraham, of New Mar-\\nket, and grandson of Josiah, of Cape Ann, was born\\nNovember 2, 1754, married Abigail Burleigh, May 30,\\n1780, and had four children, Josiah, Sarah, Abra-\\nham and James.\\nJosiah Parsons, Esq., was born September 26, 1781\\nmarried Judith Badger, daughter of Joseph and\\nSarah (Weeks) Badger. He died December 9, 1842.\\nTheir children were Joseph B., Emily P., Sarah P.,\\nMary E., Lewis N., Dr. Joseph Badger, Daniel Jacobs,\\nEsq., Sarah Jane Rogers, William Moody and Han-\\nnah Cogswell.\\nAmong the ancestors of Dr. Parsons were those\\nwho were very prominent in the religious, educational,\\nmilitary and civil history of the town wherein they\\nlived notably is this true of Rev. William Parsons,\\nson of Rev. Joseph Parsons, both of whom were\\ngraduates of Harvard College.\\nRev. William became one of the proprietors \u00c2\u00abi\\nGilmanton, and was employed by the corporation to\\npreach to the settlers, which he did for ten years. He\\nwas also the first schoolmaster in the town, and con-\\ntinued his teaching even after he had closed his\\nministry. He was a very useful citizen, an exem-\\nplary minister of the gospel and did much to give\\na right direction to the early movements in regard to\\nreligious institutions in the town.\\nThe mother of Dr. William M. Parsons was Judith\\nBadger, a superior woman, and a descendant of that\\nfamily so illustrious in the early history of New\\nHampshire, of whom were General Joseph Badger,\\nof Revolutionary fame; his son, Hon. Joseph Badger;\\nand his grandson, Hon. William Badger, ex-Governor\\nof New Hampshire. Of the brothers of Dr. Parsons,\\nDr. Joseph Badger became a successful physician and\\nDaniel J., who read law in the office of Hon. Ira A.\\nEastman, is a successful practitioner. Each of the\\nchildren of this family, except the youngest, Hannah\\nC, were noted teachers in their time, and two of the\\ndaughters became the wives of clergymen.\\nDr. William Moody Parsons was bom in Gilman-\\nton December 30, 1826; his boyhood was passed with\\nhis brothers and sisters at the old home. His educa\\ntional advantages were those of the district schools of\\nthe time, supplemented by a classical course at the\\ncelebrated Gilmanton Academy. At the close of the\\nacademic course, having a taste for the study of\\nmedicine, he commenced under the tuition of Dr.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0293.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "i:;s\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNal Wight, a celebrated practitioner of Gilman-\\nton, where he re ined three years, during which\\ntime l r. Parsons attended a course of lectures al\\nthe Dar itb Medical College, and then went into\\nthe office with his brother, Dr. Joseph B., al Ben\\nnington, II-. where he commenced I he pi act ici oi\\nhis profession, remaining about one year; he then at-\\ntended his final course of lectures al the Vermonl\\nMedical College, where he graduated in June, 1851,\\nand retui ned to Bi nnington, pracl icing in company\\nwith brother until 1855, when bia brother Bold his\\ninterest to Dr. William M.. and v. I to Havt rhill,\\nMass.\\nDr, Parsons, with a large practice, li -si ii n a\\nfavorable location, moved to Antrim, V II, and\\nthere, foi a period of fifteen years, attended faithfully\\nto the increasing demands made upon him until L870,\\nwhen he returned to Bennington. The practice of\\nDr. Parsons had become so extensive and the rides so\\nlong and laborious thai he found it necessary in the\\ninteresl of his health to make some change, thai his\\nduties mighl not be so exacting, and to this end, in\\nApril, 1878, he moved to Manchester, N. H., where\\nheal once established himself in his profession, and\\nwhere he has since resided.\\nDuring his long practice in the country Dr. Par-\\nsons bad many calls for consultation with his brother\\nphysicians in the adjoining towns, which, together\\nwith his own practice, made the change to an easier\\nfield imperative. Is a surgeon, Dr, Parsons early\\ntook prominent place, and he has performed in these\\nyears many capital operations with notable success.\\nIn L861, Dr. Parsons was appointed by the Gov-\\nernor as chairman of a commission for tl ictirpa-\\ntion of pleuro-pneumonia among cuttle, which was\\nprevalent al thai time, which disease was thoroughly\\nof some neighboring States in which this disease\\nprevailed.\\nIn 1888, l r. Parsons was c missioned assistant\\nsurgeon First Regiment New Hampshire .V nal\\nGuard, and in 1884 was prom I to the office of\\nsurge i the Bame regiment, with rank of major.\\nI r. Parsons is a membei of the Masonic fraternity,\\nan Odd-Fellow and Knight of Honor. In religion\\nDr. Parsons is a Quaker. In politics he is a Demo-\\ncrat, and in 1871 72 represented the town ot Ber\\nnington in the leneral lourt.\\nDr. Parsons has, by his lively interest in public\\nschools and educational matters in general, main-\\ntained the family trait, which, from his first ancestor,\\nhas stood out prominently in each of the generations,\\nhaving Keen superintending bc! I committee sev-\\neral 3 ears.\\nIn November, L882, Dr. Parsons married Marion J.,\\nonly daughter of Hon. John and Dorothy (Jones)\\nHosley, of Manchester. From this union there was\\nborn Martha S., April30, 1884.\\nFor a period of about thirty-five years Dr. Parsons\\nhas been in active practice, ever ready to respond to\\nthe calls of suffering hi mity, to afford relief;\\nprompt in his appointments for consultations, cour-\\nteous and liberal while maintaining professional\\netiquette, he has attained a prominent position in the\\ncommunity where he lives.\\nDr. Parsons lias taken a warm interest in the wel-\\nfare and progress of young men who had entered\\nupon the stink of ineilicine, ami his office has ever\\nbeen a place where all such could find counsel and\\nadvice, and manj have begun their study under his\\ndirection. A good citizen, a genial friend, a kind 1ms\\nbandand lather, a faithful and trusted family physi-\\ncian, Dr. Parsons enjoys the confidence and respect oi", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0294.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "HISTORT OF NASHUA.\\nIsY John II. GOODALE\\nII A PTEK I.\\nTOPOGRAPH S I i r. i. i i\\nI: -li. Iri ttlvei Broo uid Pi n I tnb i i ill i PI\\ni id Li .1 ii rology.\\nI i! of Nashua lies in the Bouth i n pai I of\\nHillsborough lounty, on the boundary I la\\nchusetts li is bounded on the north by the town of\\nMerrimack, on i be easl bj i be Mi i rimack Ri ei whii h\\nn in, in llml on and Litchfield, on the\\nsouth by Tyngsborough and Dunstable,\\non the wesi by Sollis. Its length is about six and\\none-half miles from north to south, and its width a\\nlittle more than four and a half miles from easl to\\nwest. Its an a is aboul eighti en I bousand i ighl bun\\niiin.i eight acres, oi nearly thirty square\\nin II, I be in face in i be eastern tei i ;ei\\nI, I I, ni i.i in :i n l imi.i v ale in i he western\\nwhile in the southei n si cl i al\\nridges of moderate beight. The bighesl summit in\\nNashua is Long Bill, neat I hi Via aehu i tl line,\\nwhich is four hundred and thirty-nine fei I abovi the\\nThe city is well watered. The Merrimack River\\nHow- along its eastern boundary. The Nashua River,\\nfrom which the cil taki it nami comi from the\\nsouthwest, furnishin iov er for the cotton-\\nmills and other manufactories of the ci1 whili\\nSalmon Bi oi I be -hoi b,and I hi Penni-\\nchuck, on the north, are attractive and beautiful\\ni i .in,\\ni bree small natural ponds in i hi\\nLovewi Round, in the northwest;\\nand Sandy, in thi o in if the city proper.\\nhe Sandy is the more noticeable, li lies\\nin ii circular basin of sis ai ble inlel or\\noutlet and is fed by subterranean pring [I ui\\nI i- bi ighl ..i ii abo il threi feet, usually the high\\nesl in |n ii and th ober. The water is\\nclear, and f urn is]\\nin the city.\\nIn agricultural resourci a Nashua i- below the aver-\\nage ui i he adjoining towns. Th ei\\nMerrimack and Nashua Rivers, limited h\\nin\\neasily cultivated, and excellent for the growth of corn\\nand v tabli I hi highei land ol tl th. rn\\npari have fine liu\\\\ fields :md orchards, bul the plain\\nand the most of the rolling lands which covei the\\nlarger portion of Nashua are comparativelj unpro\\nductive. The soil i a depo il of the Glacial Drift\\nperiod, a sandydepo il worn from the northern hills\\nduring thai geological epoch, when glaciers or ice-\\nNew England. More i ban\\ntwo eeiiiin n igo hi earl i plorei named these\\nplain in pine barrens.\\nI In bowlders of granite so abundant in the north-\\nel n and we tern tow ns of Hillsborough !oi\\nmuch f i and mailer in Nashua. Ledges crop out\\naboul .Mine Falls, and one ledge a mile west of the\\nin j propej In i n i In a la rgi amounl of rough mate\\nrial for cellai wall and othi i torn worl aboul the\\nA Imosl i ommon in Soul hern New\\nHampshire was originally found in this township.\\nThe lofty while pi m grew on the rich alluvial soil of\\nthe two rivers, often ha\\\\ ing a hi ighl ol one hundred\\nii i i Mud m d ei en iii oi i lii i id i There was also, on\\nsome portions of i hi intei ale, and upon I hi highi i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 i o 1 1 1 I o 1 1 1 1 1 e 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iide ol the N a h ua Ri ei a\\nurdy hard pine, which wa used by\\nbhi .ui ettlet foi I hi manufactun of tui pent ine\\nI ll, thin -oil of the plains was covi red\\nbeen upersed h and oal Thi\\n.ui time are t hi\\nand birch, with a sprinl ling of maple, ash, elm, bass-\\nwood, spruce and walnut. I\\nred and the birch of the while\\ntrees which had reached the average growth\\nHand\\nof late in Nashua, and i hi\\ntage of land covered by a natun\\nild\\nanimals hen- than in mosl other localities. The con-\\nd the absence ol heltei\\nbi this. While ii ne ol\\n139", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0295.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe earliest settlements the pioneers found wild\\nrecords of lid\\nDunstable makes little mention of any aid from\\nthis source. The bear and deer, never numerous in\\nthis vicinity, soon disappeared. The moose, panther\\nand wolf seldom came below Lake Winnipesaukee.\\nr, a former occupant of Salmon B t,\\nd) disappeared. The raccoon, fox, rabbit,\\nwoodchuck and squirrel were still numerous and\\nanno) ing.\\nBut the scarcity of wild animal.-, as a\\nfood was compensated by the abundance of fish.\\nEspecially was this true in the spring. The Merri-\\nmack and its branches were the favorite resort of the\\nsalmon, -had and alewife. Migratory in their habits,\\nthey arrived early in May, and not only the larger\\nstreams but the tributary brooks were full of them.\\nid of ever) cascade the Is were crowded\\nwith the agile salmon. The pioneers had tin need to\\nresort to the Merrimack, since it was fai\\ncatch them in t lie smaller streams. Sahn\\nwas so named from the multitude of salmon taken\\nevery Ma\\\\ between the .Main Street bridge and its\\nentrance into the Merrimack.\\nThe Pennichuck was equally famous for the facility\\nwith which this delicious fish could be taken from its\\nwaters. They varied in Weight from three to sixteen\\npounds. The early settlers in the adjacent towns re-\\nlied upon Pennichuck beef as the; greatest delicacy\\nof the year. For half a century shad and alewives\\nwere used as dressing for the corn-fields, and were\\nrarely cooked till salmon became scarce. Alter the\\nbuilding of the Pawtucket (Lowell\\nand shad disappeared from the waters of the Merri-\\nmack and its branches.\\nFrom a topographical examination, it is very\\nevident that Nashua owes its origin and growth as a\\ncity from the river from which it derives its name.\\nIt is a small river, but the water-power it furnishes\\ntfficient to found a city of fifteen thousand\\ninhabitants. Its sources are in the northern part of\\nCounty. The small streams flowing from\\nMount Wachusett unite in the Lancaster\\nmeadows, forming the Nashua River. Thi nee it\\nflows in a northern and northeasterly din\\nthirty miles, entering New Hampshire about seven\\nmiles from its uth. Its fall of water between Mine\\nFalls and its mouth is about fifty fot\\nThe climate of Nashua is health). It is exempt\\nfrom malaria and fogs, and in the warm season is free\\nfrom annoying insects. The average temperature is\\ndegrees above zero. Its highest tempera-\\nture within the past thirty years was ninety-nine de-\\ne, and its lowest thirty-two deg I\\nzero. The degree of temperature varies with differ-\\nent localities in and about the city. In ordinary\\nweather the difference is small, but at dawn on\\nseverely cold winter mornings the mercury is usually\\nsix, and sometimes ten, degrees lower at the* oncord\\nRailroad Station than at Mount Pleasant and the\\nSouth Common. There is less tall of snow here than\\nin an) other town ot New Hampshire not bordering\\non the Atlantic Coast. Exceptional wini\\nbut ordinarily the number of weeks of good sleighing\\nin this city is few, often not exceeding four. The\\na\\\\erago rainfall is thirty-nine inches.\\nNashua is the third city in the State in population,\\nthe third in valuation and the second in the value of\\nits manufactures. It is thirty-five miles from on-\\ncord. forty miles from Boston, two hundred and sixty-\\ntwo from New York and four hundred and ninety-two\\nfrom Washington. No extensive view of\\nvisibll from any part of the city but from the lowers\\nof the High School and the Mount Pleasant School\\nbuildings there is not only an attractive view of\\nNashua itself, but on a lair day there can be clearly\\nseen the twin summits of Uncanoonuc, in Goffstown,\\nthe precipitous side of Joe English, in New Boston,\\nthe i tot, died Mountain, in Francestown, the Grand\\nMonadnoc, in Jaffrey, the Pack Monadnoc, in Peter-\\nborough, and Mount Wachusett, in Central Massa-\\nchusetts.\\n(HA PTER I I.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued.)\\nTHE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS.\\nIndian Tribes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Nusli.-iwa.vs Corn-Baising Stoni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Hunting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Modes of Cooking\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Salmon and Shad\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wigwams\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTreat i Squaws\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wars\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Birch Can.,. Clothing\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stons\\nRelics.\\nNashi k. was the first settled of the inland towns\\nof New Hampshire. It is not certainly known in\\nwhat year the lirst white inhabitant built his cabin\\nwithin its limits, but it could hardly have been earlier\\nthan 1665 or later than L670. Fifty years before the\\nScotch settlers came to Londonderry, and sevent)\\nyears before an) other town of Hillsborough County,\\ni ld Dunstable, bad a white i, sident,\\nthere were log cabins on the banks of Salmon Brook,\\na little above its junction with the Merrimack.\\nLonger than any other towns in the State, except\\nDover and Portsmouth, this settlement occupied a\\nfrontier position, exposed to all the perils and terrible\\ndisasters of savage hostility, and none did more heroic\\nservice in rescuing the colonies front the barbarities\\nof Indian warfari\\nh is now more than two-thirds of a century since\\nthe last Indian remaining in the State died in a re-\\nmote cabin in Coos County. The prophecy of Passa-\\nconaway has been fulfilled. The race of New-\\nHampshire Indians is extinct. To the generation of\\nto-day the Indian is a myth. To our forefathers\\nthe) wcrea terrible reality an until\\nmerciless foe.\\nThe history of Nashua would be incomplete without\\na descripti f its original inhabitants, (if the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0296.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "1 II\\ntwenty thousand Indians in New England on the\\nlanding of the Pilgrims, two thousand were in New\\nHampshire. More than three-fourths of these lived\\nin the Merrimack Valley. The rapid growth of the\\nMassachusetts Bay colony led the more adventurous\\nemigrants to seek for advantageous and fertile lands\\non which to find a borne. From the natives they\\nlearned of the attractive valley of the Merrimack\\nRiver, and were awaiting a favorable opportunity to\\nexplore it.\\nIn tlie summer of 1652 the colonial government of\\nMassachusetts, desirous of ascertaining the northern\\nextent of their territory, appointed an exploring\\ncommission, consisting of Captain Edward Johnson\\nand Captain Simon Willard, accompanied by Jona-\\nthan luce and John Shearman as surveyors. They\\nwere instructed to follow up the Merrimack River to\\nits head and then- establish a bound. At Pawtucket\\nFalls they secured Indian guides, and, proceeding up\\nthe west bank of the river, were the first white men\\nknown to have crossed Salmon Crook and Nashua\\nRiver, and explored the intervale lands of the vicinity.\\nHaving been told by their Indian guides that the\\nhead of the Merrimack River was at the outlet\\nof the lake, they proceeded to that point, and upon\\na rock having a surface just above the water, at the\\noutlet of the Winnipesaukee, they cut the following\\n,iu.\\n.which, modernized, and substituting the full names\\nfor the initials, reads,\\nEdward Johnson. Simon Willard.\\nWorshipful John\\nThe commissioners made a report to the Massachu-\\nsetts government, on their return, ami stated that they\\nwere treated kindly, not only by the tribes on the\\nNashua and Souhegan Rivers, but by those of the\\nupper country. From their description it is probable\\nthat about forty Indian families were living near the\\nmouths of Salmon Brook and the Nashua River, and\\nas many more at the mouth of the Souhegan and on\\nthe Litchfield intervale, opposite.\\nThe Indians of the Merrimack Valley were divided\\ninto small tribes, and were designated by the name of\\ntin- locality they occupied. The Pawtuckets bad\\ntheir headquarters at Pawtucket Falls, jusi above the\\npresent city of Lowell; the Nashaways lived in the\\nNashua River valley and about its mouth tin Souhi\\ngaus, on the stream of the same name the Penacooks\\noccupied Penacook, (now Concord,) and a part of Bos-\\ncawen. The last-named tribe was far the most numer-\\nous, warlike and powerful, and its sachem, Passacon-\\naway, was the actual .ruler of all the tribes of the\\nMerrimack Valley. He was the most sagacious and\\ndiscreet chieftain of his time.\\nThese tribes, while relying largely on fishing and\\nhunting for their livelihood, depended to no trifling\\nextent upon the tillage of the soil to secure them from\\nstarvation during the long winter. In common with\\nall the North American tribes, these Indian warrior-,\\nwhen not idle, devoted themselves to war, fishing and\\nhunting, ami imposed upon the women the labor of\\ntilling the ground, securing the crops, gathering the\\nfirewood, and all the drudgery of the wigwam.\\nMany of the meadows, or the intervales, as they\\nare often called, on the Merrimack and Nashua River-\\nare basin.- having a surface of alluvial and \\\\ce/etable\\ndeposits. No doubt they were once covered with\\nwater, which, by the deepening of the channel, has\\ngradually passed away. In proof of this, we know\\nthat logs, leaves, nuts and other vegetation are often\\nfound buried under the surface at various depths.\\nsometimes as low as twenty feet. Mr. Fox, in his\\nlli-tory of Dunstable, relates that when tic exca-\\nvation lor the foundation id the lock- near the junc-\\ntion of the Nashua and Merrimack River- was made,\\nin L 825, at a spot about one hundred feet from the\\nNashua River, and at a depth of many feet below the\\nsurface, the workmen found logs anil a quantity of\\ncharred coals, evidently the remains of a fire. Such\\ndiscoveries are not infrequent in all alluvial lands.\\nThe time of deposit, geologically considered, was re-\\ncent chronologically estimated it was exc linuU\\nremote. The soil thus funned is tree from stone,\\neasy of cultivation and for a time very productive.\\nAlter girdling the trees and piling the brushwood,\\nthe ground was carefully burned over in autumn.\\nWith the coining of spring each squaw began to pre-\\npare h.r patch for planting. The Indian apostle.\\nJohn Elliot, writing from observation, describes these\\npatches as usually containing about half an acre\\neach, though occasionally be saw one of a whole acre.\\nOften a dozen or more of them were contiguous, thus\\ninsuring a better protection from the coons, crows and\\nsquirrels.\\nThe implements of the Indian- were rudi and sim-\\nple. The student of to-day will bear in mind that\\nthe aboriginal race in North America three centuries\\nago were living in primitive barbarism, entirely igno-\\nrant of the use of the metals, or of any of the arts\\nand discoveries of civilization. They were the un-\\ntutored children of nature. The bow and arrow,\\nspear and club were their warlike weapons; the birch\\ncanoe was their highest idea id navigation the -tone\\nhammer, wed-.- and gouge, and bom- needle made up\\ntheir mechanical outfit the -tone pestle, earthen pot,\\nflint knife, the ladle and spoon of horn constituted\\ntheir cooking utensils while the stone axe and hoe\\nwere the implements of tillage.\\nThe impression that the Indian axe was ever used\\nas a cutting instrument is an error. It was an imple-\\nment for pounding rather than for cutting. No vari-\\nety of stone, whether granite, greenstone, trap or\\njasper can furnish an edge of sufficient firmness and", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0297.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntenacity to successfully penetrate wood. The red man\\nrarely felled a tree, and when he did, it was by the aid of\\npitch and tire. He uscil the axe for splitting wood, peel-\\ning bark and pounding the ash for basket materials.\\nTo the squaw it was of service in digging up bushes\\nami mots, and mellowing the soil; but alter the\\nground was prepared for planting, the hoe was the\\nmain implement used by the women, on whom de-\\nvolved the toil of cultivating the land. It was made\\nof granite, or oftener of hard slate, having the shape\\nof the carpenter s adze, and with a deep groove\\ncut around the head to secure it to the handle. The\\nhandle was a withe. SO pliant as to lie twisted tightly\\nin the groove around the head of the hoe; it was then\\nfastened with a strip of raw-hide. Both the withe\\nand the raw -hide wire made firm by drying before the\\nhandle would lie serviceable. Such an implement\\nwould be of little use in hard, stony ground, hut in\\nthe nit How loam of the intervale it sufficed to form\\nthe hills and remove the intruding weeds. The corn\\nwas of several colors, smaller of kernel and quicker\\nin maturing than we are now accustomed to plant.\\nThe tribes of the Merrimack Valley began to plant\\nwhen the leaves of the white oak were as large as\\nthe ear of the mouse. From this habit was derived\\nthe adage of the first white settlers,\\nThe s.piaws attended diligently to the plowing\\ncorn, planting it in rows and hilling in much the\\n.same way we do. Some of the abandoned corn-fields\\non the intervales of Hudson retained for years the\\nshape of the hills of corn as they were left by the\\nnatives. After several seasons, when the grounds be-\\ncame exhausted, they dressed the soil with shad and\\nalewives. These fish luckily arrived in immense num-\\nbers just before planting-time, and were easily caught\\nin everj brook or rivulet tributary to the river. Tut-\\nting a single fish in each hill was enough to me a\\ngood yield.\\nTo the red men corn, the especial product of the\\nwestern continent, was a rich gift. It springs luxuri-\\nantly from a rich, fresh soil, and in the warm loam,\\nwith little aid from cultivation, soon outstrips the\\nweeds. It hears not ten, nor twenty, hut three hun-\\ndred-fold. If once dry, it is hurt neither by heat nor\\ncold, may he preserved in a pit or cave tin- years and\\neven centuries, is gathered from the field by hand\\nwithout knife or pruning-hook, and becomes nutri-\\ntious food by a simple roasting or parching before a\\nfire.\\nBesides corn, beans, squashes, pumpkins, melons\\nand gourds, all of them indigenous, were more or less\\ngrown. Before ripening, the corn was often roasted\\nfor immediate use. When boiled in kernels it was\\ncalled samp. When pounded in a mortar and boiled\\nit was called hominy. When boiled with an equal\\nquantity of beans it was called succotash. The squash\\nand pumpkin were cooked by boiling or steam-\\ning, and used with other food. In summer the rasp-\\nberry and blackberry were freely eaten, and in\\nautumn the squaws, aided by the children, searched\\nthe forests for nuts, gathering chestnuts, beech-nuts,\\nwalnuts and acorus for food in winter. The acorns\\nwere parched and ground and mixed with eorn-nical.\\nThe hunting of wild animals was something more\\nthan an occupation to the red man. It was an amuse-\\nment, and sometimes an inspiration. The forests\\nthickly covering the numerous hills of this county\\nabounded with foxes, raccoons, rabbits, woodchucks\\nand squirrels. In the fall the bear was sometimes\\ncaught, and in the early winter venison often hung\\nfrom the rafters of the wigwam. These animals were\\ntimidand wary, and could he approached only by\\nstealth. To get within how-shot required much skill,\\nas well as patience, and was often unsuccessful at\\nlast. Hence other contrivances were resorted to.\\nflaps and snares of various kinds, adapted to the size\\nand habits of .he animal sought after, we re extensively\\nused. For deer a driving-yard was built, forming a\\nfigure like the letter V, at some place known to be a\\nresort of this animal. Placing the best marksmen at\\nthe a]. ex, the rest of the party, forming a line, beat\\nthe outlying woods so as to drive the deer within the\\ninclosure, from which they could escape only through\\n(he opening at the apex. Here they were usually\\nsnared or shot.\\nThe wild pigeon is said to have been surprisingly\\nnumerous before, and for a t ime after, the advent of\\nthe wdiite population. Thousands, in August and\\nSeptember, would at twilight alight upon two or three\\nadjacent forest-trees, many bushels of them to be\\ntaken before dawn by the natives. The Indians\\nrarely eat raw meat. Usually it was roasted upon\\nsplit sticks or wooden forks, or broiled upon live\\ncoals. When meat was boiled, it was with corn or\\nbeans, and if the earthen pot was wanting, a wooden\\ntrOUgh WaS Used to conk tile fond h\\\\ throwing heated\\nstones into the water. In eating, they used neither\\nknife nor fork, and drank from a gourd or birch-bark\\ncup.\\nThe tribes of the Merrimack Valley were attracted\\nby the great Dumber and superior quality of the fish\\nwhich annually ascended the river in the early [.art\\nof May. The announcement of their arrival was re-\\nceived with shouts, yells and every evidence of -alis-\\nfaction. It was the jubilant event of the year. All\\nthe tribes gathered at the fishing haunts. Cat s,\\nseines, ton lies and spears were in demand. There\\nwas usually such an abundance of the fish that salmon\\nonly were selected as palatable. .Many wen taken\\nwith the stone-pointed spear. More were caught\\nwith the seines made of wild hemp and the inner\\nbark of the elm and spruce. But in the height of the\\nrun, in the small streams the club was often the\\nmore effective, and heaps of salmon were thrown upou\\nthe banks, where the squaws with their flint knives", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0298.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\n143\\nstood ready to dress them, splitting them and laying\\nthem upon the turf to dry. At aight they were taken\\nto the wigwam and hung around the centre-pole to be\\ncured by the smoke. Each night was passed in danc-\\ning and feasting, a kind of jubilee for the success of\\nthe day.\\nThe wigwams were built by the squaws. They\\nwere rude structures made of eight or ten poles set\\nround in the form of a cone, having a stout centre-\\npole, to which all the others were bent and fastened\\nwith a strong rope of hark. This rude frame was cov-\\nered with hark or mats, leaving an opening at the top\\nfor the smoke to escape. There was rather a low\\nopening in the side of the wigwam left for the purpose\\nof a doorway, over which a hear or a deerskin was\\nsuspended to answer the purpose of a door. This was\\npushed aside when any one wished to enter or go out.\\nA huge pin was driven into the centre-pole upon\\nwhich to hang the kettle. At the base of this pole,\\nunder the pin, was placed edgewise a large Hat stone,\\nagainst which the fire was made, ami which protected\\nthe pole from hurning. Rude mats were placed on the\\nground, on which they sat, took their meals and slept.\\nThe condition of the wigwam was habitually untidy.\\nOften in the summer season the contents and sur-\\nroundings became so offensive as to compel a removal\\nto a new location. This required hut a few hours\\nlabor, and was wholly done by the women. Ft is a\\ntrait of savage character to degrade womanhood.\\nWith the red man this was universal. The females\\nbore the burden of unconditional and unremitting\\nservitude. Under the most cruel treatment they had\\nno redress. Their utmost efforts ami severest toil had\\nno other reward than neglect, it not indignity. Jt is\\nnut strange that mothers of female infants were some-\\ntimes driven to infanticide.\\nJ li. tribes of the Merrimack Valley, though less\\nferocious than the Mohawks of New York and the\\nTarentines of Maine, were addicted to strife and\\nbloodshed. Wars were as incessanl and relentless\\nbefore the advent of Europeans as afterwards. Ex-\\ntinction had been the lot of many a tribe in the long\\nperiod which preceded the discovery of the continent.\\nIt required no tedious effort for a chief to fire tie\\nheart of every warrior in his clan, and once enlisted,\\nthere was no risk of desertion. The red men were not\\nwanting in courage and persistance. Their wars were\\nterrible, not from their numbers, for on an\\\\ one ex-\\npedition they rarely exceeded a hundred men it was\\nthe parties of -i-.. or seven which were most to be\\ndreaded, especially in a war of retaliation. Skill con-\\nsisted in surprising the enemy unaware-. They fol-\\nlowed his trail to kill him when he slept, or they laid\\nin ambush near his wigwam, and watched for an op-\\nportunity of suddenly attacking ami destroying him,\\nami usually his squaw and children after him, ami\\ntaking their scalps, hastened back in triumph to their\\ntribe with their trophies dangling from their belts.\\nIt was the danger of just such strategy and barbarity\\nthat for two-thirds of a century made every white\\nfamily in Dunstable feel insecure.\\nThe earliest explorers spoke of the birch canoe as\\nthe possession of every Indian family. Its construc-\\ntion required skill rather than strength. A light\\nframe-work of ash or white-oak was first made, and\\nthis was tightly covered with white birch-bark, care-\\nfullj -eh, led, with tin several pieces neatly sewed\\ntogether with the sinews of s e animal or the twine\\nof wild hemp. The seams were made tight with\\npitch. These canoes were from twelve to fifteen feet\\nin length, were propelled by paddles not unlike thote\\nnow in use, and would carry from three to five persons,\\nwho sat on the bottom oft he canoe. It floated gracefully,\\nand both sexes acquired great facility in using it.\\nThe occasions for using the canoe on the Merrimack\\nwere frequent, inasmuch as the land on both sides of\\nthe river was more or less occupied. At almost any\\nhour, wrote Captain Willard. one could see at the.\\nmouths of the Nashua and Souhegan the natives\\ngoing to and fro in their canoe-.\\nThe clothing of the natives in summer was an apron\\nmade of skin, fastened around (he waist in winter a\\nbear-skin, or a jacket made of smaller skins. They\\nwore skin moccasins on their feet, and to these, when\\ntraveling upon the deep and soft snow, the oval-\\nshaped show-shoes were hound, on which, though\\ncumbersome to the novice, the Indian hunter could\\nwell-nigh outstrip the wind.\\nTin natives of the eastern continent have enduring\\nmonuments of their ancestors. The savage red men\\nwho for ages occupied the Merrimack Valley left no\\nobelisk or pyramid, no ruin of walled cown or temple.\\nThe stone implements buried in the soil they occupied\\nare the only visible evidence of their having existed.\\nThese are most abundant around the water-falls at\\nAinoskeag, the Weirs, Suncook and l awtucket, but\\nthey have also been found on almost every acre of\\nintervale between Lake Winnipesaukee and New-\\nburyport. Around the A skeag Falls antiquarians\\nhave picked up thousands of the stone arrow and\\nspear-heads with which they pointed their weapons.\\nIn excavations at Sanbornton Bay have been found\\nstone axes, steatite pipes, coarse fragments of pottery\\nand rude ornaments. On the alluvial plough-lands\\nof Nashua have been dug up stone pestles, hatchets,\\ngouges, knives, sinkers and arrow-points, the sole\\nrelics of a niee who were unable to survive the ap-\\nproach of civilization.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0299.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued.)\\nI ROM \u00e2\u0096\u00a0nil I [RST SETTLEMENT TO 1702.\\nM.,k n: _ I I.Ui.l I.: Hit- Ol.lT t.T llranted to I m. -I,\\ni,i.i.,t Boui laries of the Township\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Withdrawal oi the Indians\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nM -Lot- Ineeitain I ll. l Settlement\u00e2\u0080\u0094 King Philip s\\ni .ni, Wiir\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 i.-ittli ,,f Hi.- Ila\u00e2\u0080\u0094ll Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Garrisun\\nll..nse-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r..\\\\.rt\\\\ iniil Hardships.\\nI. .-II.- HI, ill--, Lit. -Hi IHI.l L r 1\\nWho here in pel il stood.\\nAmi raised their II v mu.\\nPea. to thi i evi\\ni thai on their head\\nTwo hundred years I\\nShall ne er grow .111. i. l tn-povt.\\nAi ri.i; tlic earliest settlements in New Hampshire, at\\nDover ami Portsmouth, in 1623, the growth of popu-\\nlation was, for some years, -low. The first settlers of\\nthese two towns were speculators, rather than farmers,\\nand this circumstance 1 i 1 not strongly attract new-\\ncomers.\\n.Meanwhile, the settlements of the Massachusetts\\ncolony grew rapidly. From 1650 t.. L665 was a\\nperiod of unwonted activity ami prosperity. In 16iw\\ntin- settlements had extended northward to Chelms-\\nford ami Groton. The Massachusetts colonii\\nincut, disregarding the Masonian claim, and consider-\\ning all that part of New Hampshire south of Lake\\nWinnipesaukee within her own limits, began to dis-\\ntribute grants of land in the Merrimack Valley as\\nfar north as the present towns of Merrimack and\\nLitchfield. Four hundred acres of land were granted\\nto John Whiting, lying on the south side ol Sail i\\nBrook and extending up the brook one mile. In 1673\\na grant of one thousand acres, on the north side of\\nNashua River, was mad.- to the Ancient and Honor-\\nable Artillery Company of Boston. It was hounded\\non tin east by the Merrimack River and on the\\nsouth by the Nashua. It included that part of the\\npresent city north of the river, and was called the\\nArtillery Farm. From thi- circumstance the little\\npond, which a few years ag :upied the cen-\\ntral part of North Common, was called Artillery\\nPond. After owning this tract for seventj years the\\ncompany sold it to Colonel Joseph Blauchard, a man\\nof note in the early history of Dunstable.\\nNumerous other grants were made on both sides of\\ntin- river until llieii aggregate was fourteen thousand\\nacres It became desirable, therefore, to consolidate\\nthese grants into an incorporation, SO as to 3i to\\nthe inhabitants all the privileges of an organized\\ntownship. Accordingly, in 1673, the proprietors of\\nthe farms already laid out, and others who were dis-\\nposed to settle here, presented a petition n. ill.- gov-\\nernment of Massachusetts, of which the following is\\na verbatim copy\\nthe /foil.,,-../ .il-. -n,,,.-. .1.(11 i-ii. i. ith .U.\\ns.-iii/./.-,/ tin- s.7.1. I it-:\\nI ll.- I -tin. .11 of 11.,- Proprietor- ol th,- farms linn in. ,iii up. .il\\n11,.- Mel rim in- k I In,- 1 .ni l pi i, I I Mill --I I, 1 I, -I, 1 1\\nwilh th, 111 in tin- settlement of plantation tli.-r.-\\nthe\\nVII\\n.-opt th- pun.- i t.. make a\\nplantation there ami there 1,-m: a .-..n-id. i..l.].- niiiiiI,, i ..I p- t- -n- w ho\\nare of sober and ..i.I.-rly oiiv.r-ation. wh, 1. stand .1. need of great ac-\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0oiiiinodatioii... who at.- willing: I.. make iiiipi..\\\\. ni.-nt ..t (he -aid \\\\a. an I\\nlands: And the proprietor, ot the -aid fauns ale v. illine to aid those\\nthat shall improve the -aid land- th-- t.u-m- .-f those thai are within\\nthe tract ot land before -I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ribed, being about I 1,000 acresat the least\\nYour Potitioni tl refon numbly request the favor of the Honor-\\nable Court that 1 1. Mill lalit tin- -aid tia, t ,,1 land t,, 01 II I -t it ioti.rs\\nand to s.i.h a- v ill |oin w ith th.-in ill th. settlement of the lands I, ef,.re\\nmentioned, so those who have improved their farms and thoe who i]\\ntend to ,1,, so, ma he in a H,i. t,, -11 pj, ,,it tie ordinances ot In..], without\\nwhich they will he mostly deprived, the farms lyino so remote from any\\n(own-; And farther, that the Honorahle I olirt will ph-a-e -taut the like\\nimmunities to this plantation as they have formerly L rant.-.l t, ,-tl,-i\\nplantation- So shall your Petitioners ver engaged to praj\\n1. Thomas Brattle, 14. Thomas I d-,.,, Is,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_-, Jonathan Tyng, 15 Thomas Wheelei\\n3, Joseph Wheeler, 16. l eter HlllUleV,\\nParkeson, it, Joseph Parker,\\nRobert CM.. 1- Join, Mi i-,\\n6. John Turner, 19. S uel ombB,\\n7. Sampson Sheafe, 20. James Parker, Jr.,\\n8. Samuel Scarlet, -1 John Parker,\\n-a. Will, mi i I I ..I Josiah Parker,\\np, v., mam Pin I,, i Nathaniel Blood,\\n11. .lames Knapp, -I Robert rams,\\n12. Robert I m, tor. 2 John Jolifle,\\n13. Simon Willard, Jr., 26. Zachariah Long.\\nOn the 26th of October this petition was granted,\\nand the township of Dunstable chartered. It was\\ngranted with the condition universally required, viz.,\\nthat at least twenty actual settlers shall be in the\\ntownship within three years, that a meeting-house\\nshall he built and an aide and orthodox minister shall\\nl.e obtained. These requirements were complied\\nwith by the specified time.\\nThe township of Dunstable, thus organized, was a\\ntract of about two hundred square miles, or one hun-\\ndred and twenty-eight thousand acres. It had long\\nbeen the favorite home of the savages, though their\\nnumber, some years previous, had been greatly\\ndiminished by a raid of their hereditary enemy, the\\nbloodthirsty Mohawks. It included the present city\\nof Nashua, the towns of Hudson, Hollis, Dunstable\\nand Tyngshorough. besides portions of the town- of\\nAmherst. Milford, Merrimack, Litchfield, London-\\nderry, Pelham, Draeut. Brookline, Groton and Pep-\\nperell. It extended ten to twelve mile- wot ot the\\nMerrimack, and three to live milts east of it, and its\\nngth, from north to south, was from twelve\\nto fourteen miles. The present city of Nashua is\\nvery nearly the centre of the original township ot\\n1 (unstable, the name that Nashua continued t.. bi ai\\ntill within the recollection of many citizens now liv-\\ning. The name Dunstable issaid to have been given\\nin compliment to Mrs. Mary, wife of Edward Tyng\\nand i her of Jonathan Tyng, one of the grantees\\nand one of thi most prominent of the first settlers.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0300.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "145\\nShe was a native of a town of that name in the south\\nof England.\\nBy the granting of this charter the twenty-six pe-\\ntitioners became the owners of all the nngranted\\nlands within the boundaries of Dunstable, which, if\\nequally shared, would have given to each of them not\\nless than four thousand acres. What recompense\\nthe Indians received for their lauds is not known.\\nSome ten years alter the granting of the charter it is\\nsaid that seventy dollars in silver was paid to the\\nWamesits, of Chelmsford, and the same sum to the\\nsachem at Souhcgan, for their claims but there is no\\nevidence that the Nashaways received any considera-\\ntion. As the most of the tribe and the chief sachem\\nlived at Lancaster, Mass., it is probable the few\\nfamilies remaining here went northward with the\\nmajority of their tribe, and received little or no\\nrecompense.\\nThe little Indian settlement at the mouths of\\nNashua River and Salmon Brook, when visited by\\nCaptain Simon Willard in 1652, bail only forty war-\\nriors. It is known that, in 1669, they joined the\\nPenacooks in an expedition against the Mohawks, in\\nwhich the most of them perished. The remnant,\\ndispirited and powerless, are said to have united with\\nthe Wamesits, and soon after migrated with them\\nnorthward. Afterwards nothing was distinctively\\nknown of them.\\nThe twenty-six grantees, and the settlers uniting\\nwith them, before taking possession of their ample\\ndomain, made a compact for the equitable division\\nand disposal of their lands, h was evident that, for\\ntheir mutual protection, the occupied lands must he\\ncontiguous. The most desirable locality for safety,\\nconvenience ami favorable soil appeared to be the\\nland bordering on the Merrimack River, below Salmon\\nBrook. It was agreed that each actual settler, as a\\npersonal right, should have a house-lott of eligible\\nland, not to exceed thirty acres. Jonathan Danforth,\\nan experienced surveyor, was employed to establish\\nboundaries. These house-lots were laid out with a\\nbase on the Merrimack River, and reaching, side by\\nside, southward as tar as the present State line. These\\nlots, having a narrow base, extended westward toward\\nSalmon Brook.\\nIt is evident that settlements had been commenced\\non some of these lots several years before 1673, as we\\nfind on the town records that at a meeting of the\\nproprietors and the settlers in the fall of that year it\\nwas voted that the first meeting-bouse should be\\nbuilt between Salmon Brook and the house 1 Lieut.\\nWheeler, as convenient as may lie. for the accom-\\nmodation of the settlers. In 1675 orchards are in-\\ncidentally spoken of as already having some growth.\\nTherefore, while the exact date of the first settlement\\nwithin the present limits of Nashua cannot be defi-\\nnitely established, it is certain that the fust pioneers\\nbuilt their cabins neat Salmon I .vook between 1665\\nand 1670. It was. in truth, a frontier hamlet, having\\nno white settlement on the north nearer than t anada,\\non the east nearer than Exeter, on tin west nearer\\nthan Albany.\\nTwo j ears later, in the summer of 1675, the bloodj\\nwar begun by the crafty and cruel King Philip,\\nchief oi the Wampanoags, hurst upon the New Eng-\\nland colonies. It meant the extermination of the\\nwdiites.\\nThe nvw towns of Lancaster and Groton were\\nburned, the inhabitants killed, carried away captives\\nor driven from their homes. Chelmsford was at-\\ntacked, and but for the intervention of Wanolancet,\\nchief of the Penacooks, Dunstable would have been\\noverwhelmed. So alarming was their situation that,\\nat the approach of winter, the settlers of Dunstable,\\nwith theexi eption of Jonathan Tyng, lied to the older\\nsettlements. Tyng bad a strongly fortified house, two\\nmiles below the present State line, in what is now\\nTyngsborough, Mass., and he resolved to defend it to\\nthe last. A. small guard was sent to him from Boston,\\nand with this little hand he held the fort till the end\\nof the war.\\nPeace eame again in the spring of 1678. Tin-\\nfugitive settlers at Salmon Brook returned, and it is\\nsaid that the first meeting-house was built during\\nthe same year. It was made of logs, with rude ap-\\npointments, but well represented the ability of the\\ncongregation. The ensuing year, 1117V, the planta-\\ntion, as it was called, secured and settled Rev. Thomas\\nWeld, as the first learned and orthodox minister,\\namong them. He settled in the south part of the\\ntown, on html now included in the Highland Farm,\\nand then known as the ministerial lot. )ther events\\nworthy of note occurred the same year. Among them\\nwas the building of the first saw-mill in Southern New\\nHampshire, located on Salmon Brook, at A lid s bridge,\\nsoutheast of the Harbor. There was an old beaver-\\ndam at that place, and it required little labor to pre-\\npare the site for the mill. The first bridge over\\nSalmon Brook was built this year by John Sollendine,\\na carpenter, whose marriage, the next year L680), was\\nthe first which took place in the town.\\nIn 1679, by the royal decrei of Charles II., the\\nmerry monarch of England, New Hampshire was\\nerected into a royal province, independent of Mas-\\nsachusetts, of which she bad been an appendage since\\n1641. Dunstable, however, still remained under the\\njurisdiction of Massachusetts, and continued to be\\ngoverned by Massachusetts laws till the settlement of\\nthe boundary line, sixty-two years later, in 1741. It\\n\\\\\\\\:is better for the early settlers of Dunstable that the\\nauthority of the Massachusetts colony should con-\\ntinue i exist. All of them bad been re\\nthat colony. All of their business interests and social\\nrelations were centred there. An untraversed forest\\nif forty miles separated them from the nearest New\\nHampshire settlement, at Exeter, and in the terrible\\nol Dunstable to savage attacks hei reliance\\nforaid was entirely upon Massachusetts. In addition", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0301.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "146\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ni inaccessibility, the population of New Hampshire\\nin 1678 did not exceed four thousand.\\nKing William s Ten Years War.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War. in its\\nbest aspects, is a terrible calamity. When a people\\nfew in number, ami almost defenseless, are assailed\\nby a merciless foe, it becomes the most terrible scourge\\nthat can befall a people. After an unquiet peace of\\nnine years, in 1688 the war known in history as King\\nWilliam s, one of the fierce conflicts between the\\nEnglish and French nations, was, in its beginning,\\nsignalized in the New England colonies by the mas-\\nsacre of Major Waldron and twentj others at Dover,\\nby the Penacook and Eastern Indians, and the carry-\\ning off of a larger number as captives to Canada.\\nThe power of the native warriors left to themselves\\nwould have been suppressed after a few skirmishes.\\nBut the French possessions stretching all along the\\nnorthern frontier were strongly garrisoned by French\\nsoldiers, and as a tierce war was raging between Eng-\\nland and France, the Canadian forces of the latter\\nwere commanded to use all direct and indirect means\\nto assail and weaken the English colonics.\\nThe French government saw the advantage of se-\\ncuring the Indians as allies. All of the New England\\nas well as the lanadian tribes had been conciliated by\\nbeing treated as allies, and not subjected dependants,\\nby the French officials. They were taught the use of\\nthe musket, and were supplied with an abundance of\\nfirearms, blankets and provisions for border warfare.\\nThey had already been taught by the Jesuit mission-\\naries that they were a wronged race, and that English\\nsupremacy meant the extinction of the red man. The\\nPenacooks, who had now largely removed to Ci la,\\nhad felt the truth of this. The desire for vengeance\\nwas intensely stimulated, and they hastened to attack\\nthe frontier New England settlements.\\nThe same party of Indians which had desolated\\nDover had planned an attack on Dunstable, but its\\nexecution was prevented by a timely discovery of the\\nplot. The government sent a mounted patrol to pro-\\ntect the settlement. For a time it did good service,\\nbut on the evening of September 2, 1691, the savages\\nsuddenly attacked the house of Joseph llassell, Sr.,\\nwhich stood on the north sideofSalmon Brook, on a\\nknoll just in the rear of the brick cottag the\\nAllds road, a few rods north of the bridge. The as-\\nsault was unexpected, llassell and his wife. Anna, their\\nson, Benjamin, and Mary .Marks, a kinswoman, were\\nkilled. They were all buried on the knoll, near the\\nbouse, and for many years a rough stone marked the\\nspot. The only record of the massacre is the follow-\\ning brief note, probably written by Lev. Mr. Weld at\\nthe time\\ni i in ti i .n.\\ntain b3 our Indian\\nenemies on Sept. 2d, in\\nJ tbe evening.\\nHarks, was slain by the\\nJos.-pli Hassel, Senior,\\nAnna Kassell, his wife,\\nBenj. llassell, their son,\\nthe daughtt\\ndians, ale i Sept 2d, in the evening.\\nOn the morning of September 28th a party of In-\\ndians attacked and killed, on the south bank of the\\nNashua River, Obadiah Perry and Christopher Temple,\\ntwo active and useful citizens who were among tbe\\noriginal settlers of the tofl n.\\nThe protracted anil incessant peril of the settlers at\\nSalmon Brook was so great that no new-comers ar-\\nrived, and in 1696 half of the families had left for the\\nlower towns. There is no authentic record of any\\nfurther attack upon Dunstable after the slaughter of\\nPerry ami Temple, but the growth of the town was\\nparalyzed, and the seventeenth century closed with a\\ngloomy prospect for the settlers of Dunstable.\\nThere were at this time at Salmon Brook four gar-\\nrison-houses, as they were called, and the Massachu-\\nsetts colonial government stationed about twenty sol-\\ndiers at these outposts, as a protection against any\\nsavage or French raids. These fortified houses con-\\nsisted of a strongly-built log house, about twenty-four\\nled square, surrounded by a wooden stockade, built\\nof timbers standing upright, twelve feet high, with\\nthe gates as well as tic house-doors secured by iron\\nbolts and bars. King William s War lasted ten years.\\nCotton Mather wrote of it as the decade of sorrows.\\nThe number of families in Upper Dunstable (now\\nNashua) was reduced to twenty. The foil. .wing is\\ni he list of the heads of families in 1(199. The number\\nof inhabitants did not probably exceed one hundred\\nand twenty.\\nMr. Thomas Weld\\nMr. Samuel Searle.\\nNathaniel 1:1 n,. I, ml\\nJoseph P.laiuhanl.\\nThomas Blanchard\\nTIlellKoCtnilllllll^S.\\nRob. ii I 1 1 i\\nSamuel French.\\nThomas Lunn (Lund)\\nIsaac Whiting.\\nJohn s,,!!,.,,,!],,,,\\nMr, Samuel Whiting.\\n\\\\1 lahatn UUIIllilie.S.\\nI;..!.. ,i l .1,.\\nJohn I uuiniings.\\nJohn Lovewell.\\nJoseph llassell.\\nWilliam Ilarwood.\\nNathaniel Cunnniiigs.\\nDaniel Galusba.\\nIn 17D1 the selectmen of the town petitioned the\\nGenera] Court for aid in the support of the ministry,\\nand tit some length set forth their condition and suf-\\nferings. It appeared that one-half of the residents,\\nbeing new settlers, had not raised enough corn and\\ngrain for their own families, and none of the citizens\\nware much, if tiny, above need. This petition was\\nsigned by .Joseph Farwell, Robert Barris and William\\nTyng, as selectmen. In answer to this petition the\\nsum of twelve pounds was allowed the town from tbe\\ntreasury.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0302.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nC H A P T E I! I V\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued.)\\nINDIAN WARS FROM 1 7 (J TO 17M.\\nWatanuck Fort\u00e2\u0080\u0094 m Anne s War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Slaughter of the Parris Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWeld s Fort\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Careless Scouts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fate I the Ualu-lia Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joe Eng-\\nlish\u00e2\u0080\u0094Sad Condition of Dnnstahle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Indian Tactics and .in.-llv\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBrief Peaee Capture of Cross and Illanehurd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fate of Lieutenant\\nFrench and Party Escape of F:u well\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Indian Head.\\nLate in the autumn of 1702 the General Court of\\nMassachusetts authorized the building of a fort, not\\nto exceed forty feet square, at Watanuck, the Indian\\nname forSalmon Brook. It was fortified with a stock-\\nade of hewn timber, and stood about sixty rods north\\nof Salmon Brook, and about the same distance east of\\nMain Street, on the premises now owned by Elbridge\\nG. Reed. The cellar, which was deep, has been\\nfilled, and a thrifty walnut-tree planted by Mr.\\nReed now marks the spot. This fort was occupied by\\na small garrison, consisting of eleven men, namely:\\nWilliam Tyng, lieutenant; John Bowers, sergeant;\\nJoseph Butterlield, drummer; John Spalding, John\\nCummings, Joseph Hassell, Ebenezer Cummings,\\nDaniel Galusha, Paul Fletcher, Samuel French and\\nThomas Lund, privates. Most of these men were\\nresidents, and in the day-time the presence of onl)\\nfour soldiers was required at the fort.\\nIn 1703 war was renewed between England and\\nFrance. It lasted ten years, and is known in history\\nas Queen Ann s War. The Indians, instigated by\\nJesuit priests, and equipped by the French Governor,\\nmade a general attack on all the frontier settle-\\nments. Within six weeks two hundred whites along\\nthe northern frontier were killed or carried into cap-\\ntivity. The Massachusetts colonial government,\\nalarmed by these massacres, offered a bounty of forty\\npounds lone hundred and forty dollars) for every\\nIndian scalp.\\nIt was ii after the beginning of this war that the\\ngarrison of Robert Parris was surprised, and himself\\nand family massacred. He lived in the south part of\\nthe town, on the main road to Chelmsford, just south\\nof the site now occupied by the Highland Farm\\nbuildings, lie was a large land proprietor, and had\\nbeen selectman and representative of the town. Just\\nat the close of twilight the savages attacked the\\nhouse. Unfortunately, the door was unfastened, and,\\nhaving gained an entrance, they killed Mr. Parris.\\nhis wile and oldest daughter. Two small girls, who\\ncomposed the rest of the family, ran down into the\\ncellar, and crept under an empty hogshead. The\\nsavages plundered the house, struck with their toma-\\nhawks upon the hogshead, but in the dark failed to\\nexamine closely. They left, leaving the house un-\\nburned, probably tearing the flames would alarm the\\nneighbors. The orphan girls were sent to their rela-\\ntives in Charlestown, Mass., where they were raised\\nand educated.\\nIn the summer of 1706 a party of Mohawks, two\\n10\\nhundred and seventy in number, came East to attack\\nthe New Hampshire settlements. For centuries they\\nhad been accustomed to make mid-summer raids to the\\nMerrimack Valley, and sometimes to the sea-coast be-\\nyond for plunder. Vermont and Western New Hamp-\\nshire had been depopulated by them, for they spared\\nnone. The red men having departed, they now fell\\nupon the white settlers. Their first descent was upon\\nDunstable, on July 3d, where they entered the Weld\\nfort, a garrison-house so named for the Rev. Mr. Weld,\\nwho died in 1702. Strangely, there were twenty\\ntroopers in it. These men, who were mounted scouts,\\nhad been ranging the wood, and toward night reached\\nthe garrison. Apprehending no danger, they turned\\nthcirhorsesloo.se upon the intervale, and without a\\nsentry began a night carousal. A detachment of Mo-\\nhawks, lurking in the vicinity, had intended to attack\\nboth WiM s and Galusha s garrisons on the same\\nnight. Spies had been set to watch these garrisons to\\nsee that no assistance arrived, ami no alarm w^as\\ngiven. A short time before the approach of the cav-\\nalry the spy stationed at Weld s, seeing no move-\\nment, retired to his party, and reported that all was\\ns.lle.\\nJust after sunset Mr. John Cummings and his wife\\nwent out to milk the cows, and left the gale ..pen.\\nThe Indians, who had advanced undiscovered, rushing\\nforward, shot Mrs. Cummings dead upon the spot\\nand \\\\M.undcl Mr. Cummings. They then rushed\\nthrough the open gate into the house with the horri-\\nble yells ..I conquering savages, but halted with\\namazement mi finding the room filled with soldiers\\nmerrily feasting. Both parties were astonished, and\\nneither showed much self-possession. The soldiers,\\nsuddenly interrupted in their jovial entertainment,\\nfound themselves compelled to tight for life, without\\narms, and incapable of obtaining them. Most of them\\nwen- panic-struck, and unable to tight or fly. For-\\ntunately, six or seven courageous souls, with chairs,\\nbenches or whatever else they could seize, furiously\\nattacked the advancing foe. The savages, surprised\\nand disconcerted, rushed from the house without any\\nloss, save a few sore heads.\\nThere are conflicting accounts as to the loss of the\\ntroopers. Penhallow, who wrote a history of the\\nIndian wars, and was a contemporary author, says\\nthat about one-halt of the troopers were killed by the\\nIndians, who had loaded guns on entering the fort;\\nwhile another and probably less reliable account\\nsays that no one save the trumpeter, who was blow-\\ning his horn in the attic when he saw the Indians en-\\ntering, was shot fatallj at the bead of the stairway.\\nfin carelessness of the soldiers was very deservedly\\ncensured. Cummings, who was wounded outside,\\nfled with a broken arm to the woods while the sav-\\nages were engaged in the house. That night he lay\\nin a swamp a few rods south of the State line, and the\\nnext morning reached the garrison just above the\\npresent Tyngsborough village.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0303.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "Us\\nHISTOKY OF HILLS BOUOUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe same nigh I the [ndians attacked the fortified\\n1 se of Daniel Galusha, two miles westward, and\\nnear the preseul residence of Willard Ouramings.\\nThe inmates were three men, one woman and one boy.\\nThey fought bravely, but finding that the [ndians\\nwere kindling a ii utside, endeavored to escape.\\nOne ai counl says thai one man and the boy escaped,\\nbut Penhallow writes that only the- woman escaped.\\nWhen the assault grew dangerous she sought con-\\ncealment in the cellar. Hastily plundering the\\nhouse, and thinking they had killed all the inmates,\\nthe savages set fire to the house and immediately\\nleft. The woman, finding the house in flames, tried\\nto escape by the cellar window, but found it too\\nsmall. By effort she removed a stone, forced a pass-\\nage, and crawling over burning cinders, reached the\\nnearest bushes, from whence in the morning she fled\\nto a neighboring garrison.\\nOn the same night of the attack on the Weld and\\nGalusha garrisons, the Indians, at a later hour, prob-\\nably past midnight, assaulted the house of Nathaniel\\nBlanchard, three miles below Salneni Brook, and near\\nthe old cemetery in the south part of the town. It\\nappears from the ancient town records that Nathaniel\\nBlanchard, his wile. Susannah, his daughter, Susannah,\\nand his brother s wile, Hannah, all four died by the\\nhands of the savages on the night of the 3d of July,\\n1706. Captain Samuel Whiting was taken prisoner\\non Long Hill, and carried to Canada. He returned\\nafter several years of captivity, but for many years\\nafter was an invalid on a. nut of his wounds and\\nsufferings.\\nThree weeks later, on the 27th of July, Captain\\nButterfield and wife, mounted on the same horse,\\nstarted to ride from Dunstable to Ihelmsford. They\\nwere accompanied by the well-known friendly Indian.\\nJoe English, and another soldier as a guard, English\\ngoing before and the soldier in the rear of the mounted\\neonple. They had just crossed the present State line,\\nand reached 1 1 old en s Brook, when a party of Indians\\nin ambush tired and killed the horse. Captain But-\\nterfield and the soldier escaped, but his wife was taken\\nprisoner. Joe English, however, was the chief object\\nof pursuit, and they at once ran toward him. With\\nhis loaded musket he made all possible haste to reach\\nthe nearest thicket, when a hall struck the arm hold-\\ning the gun, which compelled himtodrop it. .Inst as\\nhe reached the thicket another hall broke his thigh.\\nUndaunted by tortures, he hravelv met his death.\\nJoe English was an Agawam Indian, horn in Ips-\\nwich. Mass., the son of a noted sachem, lie possessed\\nunusual sagacity and on several occasions had noti-\\nfied the white settlers of the terrific attack- about to\\nhe made on them, for this (he northern savages had\\nsworn a terrible revenge. Many traditional stories\\nha\\\\ e been told of his ingenuity and prowess. If his\\nfidelity, courage, adventures and hairbreadth escai.es\\nthere is no doubt. His death was lamented as a pub-\\nlic loss. The (on, i-il .Weinhh of Massachusetts\\nmade a grant to his widow and two children because\\nhe died in the service of tin country. His memory\\nwas long cherished as one who fell by the hands of\\nhis own rac I account of his friendship for the\\nwhites. A noted bill in New Boston, easy of ascent\\non the north and terminating in a precipice on the\\nsouth side, perpetuates his name.\\nQueen Anne s War bore heavily on all the New\\nHampshire settlements, then numbering only five,\\nPortsmouth, Dover, Exeter, Hampton and Dunstable.\\nThe scholarly Penhallow, who was an actor in this\\nwar and wrote a history of it, inscribed the title-page\\nof his 1 k with these sail words,\\nNrs. in t.l .il.ll.ll- I.r. In], to 111. .1- u\\nII quod -i cis, aci ibere i potui.\\n(Vj eh what eyes, reader, you will read this tale 1 know not\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTlii.- I know, mil. w.-re nut .In wli.-ii writing in.\\nFeeble and suffering had been the condition of the\\nsettlers of Dunstable from its earliest years. Fearand\\ndesolation reigned everywhere. Compelled to dwell\\nin garrisons, to labor at the constant peril of life, how\\ncould the settlers thrive Dunstahle was scarcely\\nmore advanced in 1714 than in KiNO. so disastrous had\\nbeen the effect of the long and bloody wars. Many of\\nthe most useful inhabitants had been slain or taken\\ncaptive, especially heads of families. Some had re-\\nmoved to places mon secure from Indian depredation.\\nYerv t vw would einigrateto what might he well termed\\nthe dark and bloody ground. It was no time for\\nmarriage feasts when the bridal procession might at\\neven step I. cioinc a funeral one, and the merry laugh\\nbe dr.. wiicd by the crack of the rifle and the savage\\nwar-vv hoop.\\nThe historian Bancroft says: The war on the part\\nof the Indians was one of ambushes and surprises.\\nThey were secret as beasts of prey, skillful marksmen,\\nswift i.l I....I. patient of fatigue, familiar with every\\npath and nook of the forest, and frantic with the pas-\\nsion tor vengeance and destruction. The laborer in\\nthe Held and the woodman felling trees were shot\\ndown by skulking foes who were invisible. The\\nmother left alone in the house was in constant fear of\\nthe tomahawk for herself and her children. Tin-re was\\nno hour of freedom from peril. The dusky red men\\nhung upon the Lirts of the colonial villages like the\\nlightning on the edge of the cloud.\\nIn 171:; the peace of Utrecht closed the war be-\\ntween England and France. The Indians, getting no\\nsupplies from their Canadian allies, were quiet.\\nThere was an increase of emigration from England,\\nand permanent homes now for the first time began\\nio extend be) I the long-exposed frontier settle-\\nment below the junction of the Nashua with the Mer-\\nrimack River. As early as 171H settlements were\\nmade in Hudson; Londonderry was settled in 1719;\\nLitchfield and Chester in 1720 Merrimack and Pel-\\nham in 172:1. In 1722the Maine [ndians, instigated,\\nit was said, by the Jesuit missionary, Father Rasle,\\nbegan depredations at Portsmouth, Dover and the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0304.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "U!\u00c2\u00bb\\nfarming settlements in the vicinity, the Pequawkets,\\nunder the lead of Paugus, joining them in plundering\\ncorn-fields and destroying tattle.\\nEarly in thespring of 1724, Lieutenant Jabez Fair-\\nbanks, ofGroton, took i imand of a scouting-partj\\norganized to protect the frontier settlers. Sixofthe\\nscouts Joseph Blanchard, Thomas Lund, Isaac Far-\\nwell, Ebenezer Cumniiiigs, John Usher and Jonathan\\nCombs\u00e2\u0080\u0094 belonged to Dunstable. They reported that\\nno trace of a lurking foe could be discovered in the\\nforests north and west of Dunstable. This aews was\\nencouraging, and several men at the Harbor went to\\nwork during the la\\\\ on the north side of the Nashua\\nRiver, planting corn and collecting turpentine. Dur-\\ning the summer they were not disturbed. This tran-\\nquillity, however, was brief. On the morning of Sep-\\ntember 4, 1724, Nathan Iross and Thomas Blanchard\\nstarted from the Harbor and crossed the Nashua River\\nto do a day s work in the pine forest growing on the\\nnorthern hank, on land not far from the present\\nNashua Cemetery. The day was wet and drizzly.\\nReaching their destination, they placed their arms\\nand ammunition, as well as their lunch and aci i-\\npanying jug, in a hollow log to keep them dry. Dur-\\ning the day they were surrounded by a party of In-\\ndians from Canada, who hurried them into captivity.\\nTheir protracted absence aroused the anxiety of\\ntheir friends and neighbors, and a relief party of ten\\nwas organized the next morning to make a search for\\nthe absentees. Lieutenant Ebenezer French was\\nchosen leader. When the party arrived at the spot\\nwhere these men had been laboring they i; 1 the\\nhoops of the barrels cut and the turpentine spread\\nupon the ground. from certain marks upon the\\ntrees they inferred that the two men were captured\\nand carried off alive.\\nWhile examining the premises, Josiah Farwell,\\nwho was an experienced ranger, noticed that the\\nturpentine had not ceased spreading, and called the\\nattention of the party to the circumstance. They\\ndecided that the Indians had been gone hut a short\\ntime and must he near by. So they determined on\\nimmediate pursuit. Farwell advised the party to\\ntake a circuitous route to avoid an ambush; but,\\nunfortunately, he ami the commander were person-\\nally at variance. Lieutenant French imputed this\\nad\\\\iee tn cowardice, anil called out, I am going to\\ntake the direct path; if any of you are not afraid, let\\nhim follow me. French led the way ami the whole\\nparty followed, Farwell taking his position in the\\nrear.\\nTheir route was up the Merrimack, and at the\\nbrook just above Thornton s berry they were waylaid.\\nThe Indians tired and killed the larger part instantly.\\nThe rest fled, but were overtaken. Lieutenant French\\nwas killed under an oak a mill from the ambush.\\nFarwell in the rear sprang behind a tree, fired and\\nfled. The Indians pursued him. The chase was\\nclose ami doubtful till Farwell reached a thicket,\\nwhere, changing his course, he eluded his foes. He\\nwas the ,,nh one of the party who escaped. It is\\nprobable that Lieutenant French and his linn wen\\nin it aware oi I he strength of the enemy, hut sup pus. 4\\nit to he :m ordinary foraging-party of eight or ten\\nwarriors, when in reality the Indians numbered\\nseventy well-armed men. The next day a large!\\ncompany was mustered, and proceeding to the fatal\\nspot, found the dead bodies. Coffins were prepared\\nfor them, and eight were interred in one capacious\\ngrave at the ancient burial-ground near the present\\nState line. The following epitaph, spelt by the\\nunlettered muse, tell- the 14 I\\\\ tale. The inscrip-\\ntion reads thus:\\nSome of the fallen were leading and active eiti/eii-,\\nwhose loss was deeply felt. Among them were Oliver\\nFarwell, Thomas Liiml. Ebenezer French, Ebenezer\\nCummings and Benjamin Carter. The two captives,\\nCross and Blanchard, were taken to Canada. Altera\\neat captivity they obtained a ransom and returned\\nto Dunstable. The gun, jug and lunch-basket were\\nfound in the hollow log where they had been con-\\ncealed the year before. The gun has been carefully\\npreserved by the descendants of Mr. Cross; and\\nrecently one of them, Mr. Levi S. Cross, of this city.\\nhas presented it to the Nashua Natural History\\nSociety to he kept among their antiquarian relics.\\nit is related by I enhallow that another light at this\\ntime toolc place sum. -what above the mouth of the\\nNashua River, and that one white man was killed\\nand four wounded. Tradition reports that it was the\\nsame Indians who captured Cross and Blanchard,\\nand who had just vanquished Lieutenant French s\\nparty. They occupied the north and the whites the\\nsouth bank of the river, flic savages grew weary\\nand retired. When the white soldiers went over the\\nnext day to the north side, they found conspicuously\\ncarved on the trunk of a pine-tree an Indian head,\\nfrom which was derived the mime afterwards given to\\nthat locality.\\nCHA PTER V.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued.)\\nCAPTAIN JOHN LOVEWELL S CAMPAIGNS.\\nThe tin f Pequawkets- Early Training Petiti ted Trip to th(\\n:.o- ipei Reach LoreweH e\\nc i Fall into an Ambush\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A HI ly Fight\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deaths ol Lovewell\\nmdP rerribli Suffering -Deaths ol Farwell and Frye\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah\\n.Ji -lins. -ti l;e*n!t\u00c2\u00ab -if tin i :ini|iiiiji]\\nLingering among us are a lew aged persons who\\nwell remember that in their earlv childhood, whin", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0305.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "150\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe family were gathered for a winter night around\\nthe ample hearths of that period, some old man told\\nthe story of the brave laptain Lovewell and his com-\\npany, their successes and their misfortunes, till an\\nintense interest was awakened in the breast of every\\nyouthful listener. With the exception of General\\nJohn Stark, no other name in the colonial annals of\\nNew England is so well known as that of Captain\\nJohn Lovewell. Born and raised within the limits..!\\nNashua, whatever relates to his history and achieve-\\nments deserves the especial attention of the people of\\nthis city.\\nCaptain John Lovewell was born in that pari of old\\nDunstable which afterward fell within the limits of\\nNashua, in a cabin, near Salmon Brook. He was the\\noldest son of John Lovewell, who came over from\\nEngland about 1670. His grandfather served in the\\narmy of diver Cromwell. His father appears to have\\nfought under the famous laptain Ihurch during King\\nPhilip s War. lie was a man of unusual courage and\\nphysical vigor. At the time of his death, in 1752, he\\nwas probably a centenarian, but not, as erroneously\\nreported, one hundred and twenty years old.\\nCaptain John Lovewell, Jr., was, like his father, a\\nman of great courage and ready to engage in daring\\nenterprises. 1 luring his boyhood Dunstable was con-\\nstantly assailed by merciless savages, and at a very\\nearly age he began to engage in scouts, which required\\nthe exercise of the utmost caution, promptitude and\\nbravery. At eighteen years of age he was actively\\nengaged in exploring the wilderness, to find the lurk-\\ning-places of the Indians. Having the qualities of\\nleadership, his ability was early recognized, and at\\nthe age of twenty-five he ranked as the best-equipped,\\nmost daring and versatile scut in the frontier settle-\\nments. This was no trivial compliment, for no town-\\nship in New England had, in the first half of the\\neighteenth century, a more experienced, adroit and\\ncourageous corps of Indian lighters than Dunstable.\\nThe fate of Lieutenant French and his party, in\\nSeptember, 1724, had a dispiriting effect on the in-\\nhabitants of Dunstable. But Captain John Lovewell.\\nJr., then thirty years old, was determined to carry the\\nwar to the strongholds of the savages and destroy\\nthem, as Captain Church had destroyed the followers\\nof King Philip. These barbarous outrages must be\\nstopped, and 1 am ready to lead the men who will do\\nit, was his declaration to his comrades. Joi 1 by\\nJosiah Farwell and Jonathan Bobbins, a petition was\\nsent to the General Court of Massachusetts for leave\\nto raise a company to scout against the Indians. The\\noriginal petition, signed by them, is on tile in the office\\nof the Secretary of State in Boston, and is as follows:\\nThe humble memorial of .I..1.11 l.ovow .-II, .h.siah Farwell, .ti.nutllilll\\nII.. belts, all Il.lIISlable, slleWeth\\nThat your petitioners, with near forty ur fifty others, are inclinable\\nto range and to keep out in the woods for several months together, in\\norder to kill and destroy their enemy Indians, provided thej meet\\nv ill. Incoiirae;einciit suitable. An-lv..... P. 1 Impl..yed and\\ndesired by many others Humbly to propose and submit to yonr Honors\\n...n-ideration, that if stioh soldiers may I..- allowed five shillings per day,\\nin ease they kill any enemy Indian, and possess 1..^ scalp, they will Im-\\nj.l.o Iienisclv. s in Indian hunt i ne one whole year and if within that\\ntent to be allowed nothing for\\nJOSl M. 1 v.:\\\\\\\\\\nJ..N era \\\\n Robbin8.\\nDunstable, Nov., 1724.\\nThis petition was granted, with the change of the\\ncompensation to a bounty of one hundred pounds per\\nscalp. Volunteers came forward with alacrity, the\\ncompany was organized and the commission of cap-\\ntain given to Lovewell.\\nWith this picked company Captain Lovewell started\\non an excursion northward to Lake Winnipesaukee.\\n(in the loth of December, 1724, the [.arty came upon\\na wigwam, in which were two Indians, a man and a\\nboy. They killed and scalped the man and brought\\nthe boy alive to Boston, where they received the prom-\\nised bounty and two shillings and sixpence per day.\\nThis success was small, but it gave courage and\\nthe company grew from thirty to eighty-seven. They\\nstarted the second time. .11 January 27, 1 72--. Cross-\\ning the Merrimack at Nashua, they followed the\\nriver route on the east side to the southeast corner of\\nLake Winnipesaukee, where they arrived on the\\n9th of February. Provisions falling short, thirty of\\ntin-in were dismissed by lot, and returned home. The\\ncompany went on to Bear Camp River, iu Tarn-\\nworth, where, discovering Indian tracks, tiny changed\\ntheir course and followed them in a southeast .In.\\ntion till, just before sunset on the 20th, they saw\\nsmoke, by which they judged the enemy were en-\\ncamped for the night. Keeping concealed till after\\nmidnight, they then silently advanced, and discovered\\nten Indians asleep round a tire by theside of a frozen\\npond. Lovewell now resolved to make sure work,\\nand placing his men conveniently, ordered them to\\nfire, five at once, as quickly after each other as pos-\\nsible, and another part to reserve their fire. He\\ngave the signal by tiring his own gun, which killed\\ntwo of them; the men. firing as directed, killed five\\nmore on the spot; the other three, starting up from\\ntheir sleep, two were shot dead on the spot by the\\nreserve. The other, wounded, attempted to escape\\nacross the pond, was seized by a dog and held fast\\ntill they killed him. In a few minutes the whole\\nparty was killed, and a raid on some settlement pre-\\nvented. These Indians were coming from Canada\\nwith new guns and plenty of ammunition. They\\nhad also some spare blankets, moccasins and snow-\\nshoes lor the use ..f the prisoners they expected to\\ntake. The pond where this success was achieved is\\nill the town of Wakefield, and has ever since borne\\nthe name of Lovewell s Pond. The company then\\nwi lit t. Boston through Dover, where they displayed\\nthe scalps and guns taken from the savages. In\\nBoston they received the bounty of one thousand\\npounds from the public treasury.\\nCaptain Lovewell now planned the bold design of\\nattacking the Pequawkets in their chief village, on", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0306.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "151\\nthe Saco River, in Fryeburg, Maine. This tribe was\\npowerful and ferocious. Its chief was Paugus, a\\nnoted warrior, whose name inspired terror wherever\\nhe was known. To reach Pequawket was a task in-\\nvolving hardships and danger. There is no doubt\\nthat Captain Lovewell underestimated t lie perils of\\nthe march and the risk from ambuscades. One hun-\\ndred and thirty miles in early spring, through a\\nwilderness not marked by a trail, to a locality never\\nvisited by the invaders, but every rod familiar to the\\nwily foe, were serious disadvantages. Besides this,\\nthe company at the start only consisted of forty-six\\nmen. They left Salmon Brook on the 16th of April,\\n172o. They had traveled but a few miles when\\nToby, an Indian, falling sick, was obliged to return,\\nwhich he did with great reluctance.\\nAt Contoocook (now Boscawen), William Cum-\\nmings, of Dunstable, became so disabled 1 a wound\\nreceived from the enemy years before that the cap-\\ntain sent him back with a kinsman to aceompanj\\nhim. They proceeded on to the west shore of Issipee\\nLake, where Benjamin Kidder, of Nutfield (now Lon-\\ndonderry), falling sick, the captain halted and built\\na rude fort, having the lake shore to the east and\\nOssipee River on the north side. This was intended\\nas a refuge in case of disaster. Here Captain Love-\\nwell left with Kidder the surgeon, a sergeanl and\\nseven other men as a guard. lie also left a quantity\\nof provisions to lighten tin- loads of the men. and\\nwhich would be a needed supply on their return.\\nWith only thirty-four men, Captain Lovewell, not\\ndisheartened, proceeded on his march from Ossipee\\nLake to Pequawket village, a distance of nearly forty\\nmiles through a rough forest. None of the party\\nwere acquainted with the mute. Of the thirty-four\\nin the company, only eight were from that portion of\\nDunstable now included in Nashua, The others were\\nfrom neighboring towns, largely from Groton, I .il-\\nlerica and Woburn. Dunstable furnished the cap-\\ntain, lieutenants and nearly all the minor officers of\\nthe expedition. The eight men from Dunstable were\\nCaptain John Lovewell, Lieutenant Josiah Farwell,\\nLieutenant Jonathan Robbins, Ensign John Har-\\nwood, Sergeant Noah Johnson, Corporal Benjamin\\nHassell, Robert Usher and Samuel Whiting, privates.\\nOn Thursday, two days before the fight, the C\\npany were apprehensive that they were discovered\\nand watched bj th. enemy, and on Friday night the\\nwatch heard the Indians rustling in the underbrush,\\nand alarmed the company, hut the darkness was such\\nthey made no discovery. Verj earlj in the morning\\nof Saturday, May 8th, while they were at prayers,\\nthey heard the report of a gun. Soon after they\\ndiscovered an Indian on a point running out into\\nSaco Pond. The company decided that the purpose\\nof the Indian was to draw them into an ambush con-\\ncealed between himself and the soldiers. The infer-\\nence was a mistake, and a fatal one to a majority oi\\nthe party. Expecting an immediate attack, a con-\\nsultation was held to determine whether it was better\\nto venture an engagement with the enemy, or to make\\na speedj retreat. The men boldly answered We\\nhave prayed all along that we might find the foe:\\nand we had rather trust Providence with our lives,\\nyea. die for our country, than try to return without\\nseeing them, and he called cowards for our con-\\nduct.\\nCaptain Lovewell readily complied, and led them\\non, though not without manifesting some appre-\\nhensions. Supposing the enemy to he in front,\\nhe ordered the men to lay down their packs, and\\nmarch with the greatest cant ion. and in the utmost\\nreadiness. In this way they advanced a mile and a\\nhalf, when Ensign Wyman spied an Indian approach-\\ning among the trees. Giving a signal, all the men\\nconcealed themselves, and as the Indian came nearer\\nseveral guns woe tiled at him. lie at once fired at\\nCaptain Lovewell with heaver shot, wounding him\\nseverely, though he made little complaint, and was\\nstill able to travel. Ensign Wyman then tired and\\nkilled the Indian, and Chaplain Frye scalped him.\\nThey then returned toward their packs, which had al-\\nready been found and seized by the savages, who, in\\nreality, were lurking in their rear, and who were elated\\nby discovering from the number of the packs that their\\nown force was more than double that of the whites.\\nIt was now ten oclock, and just before reaching the\\nplace, on a plain of scattered pines about thirty rods\\nfrom the pond, the Indians rose up in front ami rear\\nin two parties, and ran toward the whites with their\\nguns presented. The whites instantly presented their\\nguns, and rushed to meet them.\\nWhen both parties came within twenty yards of\\neach other they fired. The Indians suffered far the\\nmore heavily, and hastily retreated a lew rods into a\\nlow pine thicket, where it was hardly possible to see\\none of them. Three or four rounds followed from\\neach side. The savages had more than twice the\\nnumber of our men and greatly the advantage in their\\ncom ealed position, and their shots began to tell fear-\\nfully. Already nine of the whites ware killed and\\nthree were fatally wounded. This was more than one-\\nthird of their number. Among the dead were Cap-\\ntain Lovewell and Ensign Harwood, and both Lieu-\\ntenant Farwell and Lieutenant Robbins were injured\\nbeyond recovery. Ensign Wyman ordered a retreat\\nto the pond, and probably saved the company from\\nentire destruction, as the pond protected their rear.\\nThe light continued obstinately till sunset, the\\nsavages howling, yelling and barking and making all\\nsorts of hideous noises, the whites frequently shout-\\ning and huzzaing. Some of the Indians, holding up\\nropes, asked the English if they would take quarter,\\nhut were promptly told that they would have no\\nquarter save at the muzzles of their guns.\\nAbout the middle of the aftern i (he chaplain,\\nJonathan Frye, of Andover, who graduated at Har-\\nvard in 1723, and who had fought bravely, fell terri-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0307.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMy wounded. When he could fighl uo longei he\\nprayed audibly for the preservation of the rest of\\nthe company.\\nThe tight had lasted nearly eight hours, and al\\nintervals was furious. The reader will understand\\nthat it was very unlike a battle between two parties\\nof civilized infantry. In fighting these savages, who\\nconcealed themselves behind trees, logs, bushes and\\nrocks, the whites were compelled to adopt similar\\nladies. In such a fight, while obeying general\\norders, each soldier fires at the foe when he can dis-\\ncern an exposed head or body. This Pequawkel con-\\ntest lasted from ten in the morning till night, but it\\nwas not continuous. There were intervals of nearly\\nor quite hall an hour, which were hardly disturbed by\\nthe crack of a single musket. But in these intervals\\nthe savages were skulking and creeping to get a near\\nview and sure aim at some white soldier, while our\\nmen were desperately on the alert to detect their\\napproach and slay them. Noticing a lull among the\\nwarriors, Ensign Wyman crept up behind a bush and\\ndiscovered a group apparently in council, and bv a\\ncareful shut brought down their leader.\\nit was in the latter part of the light that Paugm,\\nthe Indian chief, met his late. He was well-known\\nby most of Lovewell s men, and several times he\\ncalled aloud to John Chamberlain, a stalwart soldier\\nfrom Groton, Meanwhile the guns of both these\\ncombatants became too foul for use. and both went\\ndown to the pond to clean them. Standing but a\\nlew yards apart, with a small brook between them.\\nboth began to load together, and with mutual threats\\nthrust powderand ball into their weapons. Chamber-\\nlain primed his gun by striking the breach heavily\\non the ground. This enabled him to fire a second\\nbefore his foe, whose erring aim failed to hit Cham-\\nberlain.\\nAt twilight the savages withdrew, disheartened by\\nthe loss of their chief. From information afterwards\\nobtained, it is believed that not more than twenty of\\nthe Indians escaped unhurt, and, thus weakened, they\\ndid not hazard a renewal of the struggle. Hut our\\nmen, not knowing their condition, expected a speedy\\nreturn. About midnight, the moon having arisen,\\nthey collected together, hungry and very faint, all\\ntheir food having been snatched by the Indians witli\\ntheir packs. On examining the situation, they found\\nJacob I anar just expiring, and Lieutenant llobbin-.\\nand Robert Usher unable to rise; four others viz.:\\nLieutenant Farwell, Five, Junes and Davis\u00e2\u0080\u0094 very\\ndangerously wounded, seven badly wounded and\\nnine unhurt.\\nA speedy return to the fort at Ossipee was the only\\ncourse left them. Lieutenant Robbins told his com-\\npanions to load his gun and leave it with him, saying:\\nAs the Indians will come in the morning to scalp\\nme. I will kill one more if 1 can. His bono was on\\nLong Hill, in the south part of Nashua, and he was\\na favorite with his comrades. One man, Soloman\\nKeyes. of Billerica, was missing. When he had\\nfought till he had received three wounds, and had\\nlie, (mi, so weak that he could not stand, he crawled\\nup to Ensign Wyman and said: I am a dead man,\\nbut if possible 1 will get out of the way so that the\\nIndian- .-hall not have my scalp. He then crept\\naway to some rushes on the beach, where discovering\\na canoe, he rolled over into it. There was a gentle\\nnorth wind, ami drifting southward three miles, he\\nwas landed on the shore nearest the fort. Gaining\\nstrength, he was able to reach the fort and join Ins\\ncomrades.\\nLeaving the dead unburied, ami faint from hunger\\nand fatigue, the survivors started before dawn for\\nOssipee. A sad prospect was before them. The\\nIndians, knowing their destitution, were expected at\\nevery moment to fall upon them. Their homes were\\na hundred and thirty miles distant, ten of their num-\\nber had fallen and eight were groaning with the\\nagony of terrible wounds. After walking a mile\\nand a half, four of the wounded men Lieutenant\\nFanvcll, Captain Frye and Privates Davis and\\nJones were unable to go farther, and urged the\\nOthers to hasten to the tort and send a fresh re-\\ncruit to their rescue. The party hurried on as fast\\nas Strength would permit to the Ossipee fort. To\\ntheir dismay they found it deserted. One of their\\nnumber, in the first hour of the battle, terrified by the\\ndeath of the commander and others, siieakingly had\\ntied to the fort and gave the men posted there so\\nfrightful an account that they all fled hastily toward\\nDunstable. Fortunately, some of the coarse provi-\\nsions were left, but not a tithe of what were needed\\nResting briefly, they continued their travels in de-\\ntached parties to Dunstable, the majority reaching\\nthere on the night of the loth of May. and the others\\ntwo days later. They suffered severely from want of\\nfood. From Saturday morning till Wednesday\\nfour days they were entirely without any kiud of\\nfood, when they caught some squirrels ami partridges,\\nwhich were roasted whole and greatly improved their\\nstrength.\\nEleazer Davis and Josiah Jones, two of the wound-\\ned, w ho were left near the battle-ground, survh ed, and\\nafter great suffering reached Berwick, Me. Finding,\\nafter several days, no aid from the fort, they all went\\nseveral miles together. Chaplain Five laid down\\nand probably survived only a few hours. Lieutenant\\nFarwell reached within a few miles of the fort, and\\nwas not heard of afterwards. He was deservedly\\nlamented as a man in whom was combined unusual\\nbravery with timeh discretion. There is little doubt\\nbut he and several others of the wounded would have.\\nrecovered if they could have had food and medical\\ncare. Their sufferings must have been terrible.\\nThe news of this disaster caused deep grief and\\nconsternation at Dunstable. A company, under\\nColonel Tyng, went to the place of action and buried\\nthe bodies of Captain Lovewell and ten of his men at", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0308.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "the foot of a tall pine-tree. A monument now marks\\nthe spot. The General Court of Massachusetts gave\\nfifteen hundred pounds to the widows and orphans\\nand a handsome bounty of lands to the survivors.\\nlit the men from Dunstable who participated in\\n-i-.it Fight, all were killed or wounded. Only\\none, Noah Johnson, survived and returned home.\\nHis farm was on the south side of the Nashua River,\\nat its mouth, ami extended southward a little beyond\\nthe present road leading over the iron bridge to\\nHudson. He received a pen-ion and a grant of laud\\nin Pembroke, to which he removed and passed his\\nlater years. He was the last survivor of the Pequaw-\\nket fight, and died at Pembroke in 1798, in his one\\nhundredth year. Quite a number of his descendants\\nreside in this part of the State.\\nIn the fight which resulted so fatally to Captain\\nLovewell and a majority of his command the numbers\\nengaged were inconsiderable. But while temporarily\\ndisastrous, the results proved of incalculable advan-\\ntage ti) the border settlements. From that day the\\ncourage and the power of the red men were destroyed.\\nThey soon withdrew from their ancient haunt- and\\nhunting-grounds in New Hampshire to the French\\nsettlements iu Canada. No subsequent attacks by an\\norganized force of Indians were made upon Dunstable,\\nand their raids made subsequently at Concord, Hills-\\nborough and Charlestown were merely spasmodic\\netl orts instigated, and in -one- instances led, by French\\nofficers. Yet such had been the experience of tin\\npast that for years the pioneer settlers listened in the\\nstill watches of the uighl for the loot-tall of the\\nstealthy savage, the musket was the companion of his\\npillow and in his sleep he dreamed of the bene yells\\nof the merciless foe.\\nfin- expedition of Captain Lovewell was no doubt\\nhazardous in view of the difficulties of the march and\\nthe small number of his men. One-fifth of Ins force\\nbeside the surgeon, was left at the fort at Ossipee.\\nCaptain Lovewell intended to surprise Paugus\\nattacking him in his camp. Unfortunately, the reverse\\nhappened. Paugus ami his eighty warriors were re-\\nturning from a journey down the Saeo, when they\\ndiscovered the track of the invaders. For forty hours\\nthey stealthily followed and saw the soldiers dispose\\nof their packs, so that all the provisions and blankets\\nfell into their own hands, with the knowledge of their\\nsmall force. Thus prepared, they expected from their\\nchosen ambush to annihilate or to capture the entire\\nparty.\\nThus ended the memorable campaign against the\\nPcuuawkets. Deep and universal was the gratitude\\nof the people of Dunstable at the prospect of peace.\\nFor fifty years bad the war been raging with little\\ncessation and with a series of surprises, devastations\\nand massacres that seemed to threaten annihilation.\\nThe scene of this desperate ami bloody action at Frye-\\nburg is often visited, ami in song and eulogj are\\ncommemorated the heroes of Lovewell s fight.\\n(II A PTEE V I.\\nI KOXTIKi; llAUOSIl ll s ANli TI: Is\\nDunstable in 1730 Poverty ol the Settlere Beare I Raccoons New\\nTowne Organized Settlement of Boundary Lim Dunstable under\\nSew Hannshii..- [...us- l,-, 1i--i,,m\u00e2\u0080\u009e ln-Mii-iniis -A Tramp through\\nih- v. ildemess\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lost in the Is- Night on Lovewell s Mountain\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTHE close Of. the Indian war ill 1725 found the\\npeople id Dunstable lew iu number and extremely\\npoor. War taxes were heavy, rans s had been\\npaid for captive relations from dire necessity the de-\\nstruction of houses, catth and crops, and the destruc-\\ntion of all regular employment had been ruinous.\\nrhegeneral poverty bad been such that from 1693 to\\n1733 the voters declined to send a representative to\\nthe Massachusetts Assembly. When necessity re-\\nquired, a special messenger was employed.\\nMoney was so scarce that the Assembly issued lulls\\nof credit to the amount of fifty thousand pounds, to\\nbe di-tributed among the several towns. Lieutenant\\nHenry Farwell and Joseph Blanchard wen- trustees\\nto distribute among the residents of I Hinstable, in\\nsuch sums that no man should have more than live\\nor less than three pounds, paying live percent, yearly\\nlor interest. Dad the issue been limited to this\\namount, it might have been of service; but larger\\nissues followed, with subsequent depreciation and much\\nloss and distress.\\nVoting by ballot became an established rule iu all\\nimportant matters, and in 1723 jurymen were fust\\nchosen in this manner. Bridges began to be built,\\nroads extended and better houses built. It was a\\nfavorable event that a saw-mill was built soon after\\nthe fust settlement on Salmon Brook, at the little\\nbridgeon the road running east from the Harbor, and\\nwhich lor many years was owned by John Lovewell,\\nthe father of the her., of Pequawket. The first cabins\\nhad the ground lor a floor and logs chinked with\\nclay for walls. Flank and boards now came inf.. use.\\nand framed houses began to be built by the older set-\\ntlers. The select men were allowed live shillings per\\nday for .services. There were no lawyers, and the eases\\nof litigation that occurred were settled by a justice,\\nwho was not governed by rule or precedents, but by a\\ncommon-sense view of what was right. If important,\\nan appeal could be made to the General Assembly.\\nI le amount of taxes from 17lV. to 1733 varied from\\ntwo hundred and fifty dollars to four hundred dollars,\\nincluding the support ofthe minister. In March, 1727,\\ntie- town raised twenty dollars to build a ferry-boat\\nto cross the Merrimack at Blanchard s farm (uear the\\nold Little stand), as Hudson was then included in\\n1 (unstable, and settlers W ere locating on that side of\\nthe river. In the fall of that year Joseph Blanchard,\\nSr., the only and earliest inn-keeper in the town,\\ndied, and Henry Farwell, Jr., petitioned for and ob-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0309.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMl SHIRE.\\ntaineda lic.ii-c for the same business. During Octo-\\nber, 1727, several severe shocks of an earthquake\\noccurred, overturning chimneys and attended b\\\\\\nunusual noise-. At tins time corn was the most im-\\nportant field product of the fanner. It was the staple\\narticle foi I I for man, it not tor beast. In early\\nautumn it was exposed to depredations from rac ns\\nand bears.\\nThe farmers, aided by their dogs, were aide at night\\nto follow the coon-, many of whom were treed and\\nkilled, adding largely to the contents of the family\\nlarder. The hears were more wary, and sometimes\\nwere destructive. It is said that a settler by the name\\nof Whiting, who lived at the base of LongHill, began\\nto find his sheep an unprofitable investment, for the\\nreason that so many of them wen killed by some\\nblack-coated visitor. They had to be yarded every\\nnight, and were not entirely sate during the daj hie\\nafternoon he found a half-eaten sheep on the hill-\\nside, and, determined on revenge, he placed the re-\\nmains at the end of a hollow pine log near by. In-\\nside the log he placed his gun in such a position that\\nwhen the bear should disturb the mutton he would\\ndischarge the gun and receive the contents in his own\\nhead. He heard the report of his old Queen s arm in\\nthe night, ami rising early the next morning, went to\\nlearn the result. He found a verj large bear lying\\ndead a short distance from a heap of half-roasted\\nmutton, while the log was a heap of burning coals.\\nAmong these was the gun, minus the entire wooden\\nfixtures, with the barrel, lock and ramrod essentially\\nruined. Tins was a great loss to him, but he was\\noften wont to relate with glee the way in which he\\nswapped his gnu lor a bear.\\nAccording to tradition, which may not very safely\\nbe relied on in matters of importance, though it may\\nassist in delineating the usages of daily life, it was\\nabout 172ii that potatoes were first introduced into\\nI unstable. A Mr. (/uinmiugs obtained two or three,\\nwhich he planted. When he dug the crop, some of\\nthem were roasted and eaten merely from curiosity,\\nand the rest were put into a gourd-shell and hung up\\nin the cellar. The next year he planted all the seed,\\nand had enough to till a two-bushel basket. Think-\\ning he had no use for so many, be gave some of them\\nto his neighbors. Soon after, one of them said to him,\\n1 have found that potatoes are good for something.\\n1 have boiled some of them, and eat them with meat,\\nand they relished well. It was some veal- later,\\nhowever, before potatoes came into general use. At\\nthis time tea was rarely used, and tea-k.\\nunknown. The water was boiled in a skillet. When\\nn went to an afternoon visiting [party each\\none carried her tea-cup, saucer and spoon, flic tea-\\ncups were of the best china and very small, containing\\nabout as much as a common wine-glass. Coffee was\\nunknown till more than half a century later.\\nUnder the colonial laws of Massachusetts the public-\\nschool system was first established with the provision\\nthat every child should be taught to read and\\nwrite. Every town having fifty householders was to\\nemploy a teacher for twenty weeks of the year. But\\ndeeply as the pie of Dunstable felt the importance\\nof education, it was not safe nor practicable in a\\nfrontier town where a fierce Indian war was raging,\\nwhen tie- inhabitants dwelt in garrisons, and were\\nevery day liable to an attack, to establish a common\\nschool. The dense adjacent forest, from whence the\\nquiel of the school-room might be broken at any hour\\nby the yell of the savage, was no fitting [dace for\\nchildren. Still, home education was not neglected, as\\nthe ancient records of the town clearly show. There\\nwas no school in the town till 1730. That year, by\\nreckoning in the settler- within the present limits of\\nHudson, Hollis and Tyngsborough, the required fifty\\nhouseholders were obtained, and tin pounds were\\ngranted for the support of a teacher. Hut the school\\nwas not successful, and after a brief existence was\\nneglected for some years.\\nThere is no data for ascertaining the number of in-\\nhabitants in Old Dunstable, or in that part now\\nincluded in Nashua, in 1730. In the latter territory\\nthere may have been forty families and two hundred\\npersons. They were scattered over a wide area, ami\\nthe new-comers were largel) settling in Hollis, Hud-\\nson and other outlying localities. Already they were\\ndemanding that, for schools, tor convenience to public\\nworship and local improvements, they should be set\\napart from Dunstable, and erected into separate town-\\nships. The General Court of Massachusetts was dis-\\nposed to grant their petitions.\\nAccordingly, in L732, the inhabitant- on the east\\nside of the Merrimack River were authorized to es-\\ntablish a new tow nship, with the name of Nottingham.\\nWhen the settlement of the border-line brought it\\nwithin New Hampshire, the name was changed to\\nNottingham West, as there was already a Notting-\\nham in the eastern part of the State. In 1830, the\\ntown assumed the more appropriate name of Hudson.\\nIn 1733 the inhabitants on the north side of the\\nNashua liner and west of Merrimack River peti-\\ntioned tor an act of incorporation but as nearly all\\nthe petitioners lived on the Souhegan and the inter-\\nvale at its mouth, the leneral lourt made the Penni-\\nchuck Brook the southern boundary to the new town-\\nship, with the name of Rumford. It was called\\nRumford only a short time, lor the settlers, annoyed\\ni the insinuation that the first syllable of the name\\nindicated the favorite beverage of the inhabitants,\\nhastened to change it to the name of the beautiful\\nriver that flows along it- eastern bonier\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .1/\\nIn 17:14 the settlement across the river from Merri-\\nmack, then known as Brenton s Farm. was incor-\\nporated, because, a.- the petitioners claimed, they\\nhad supported a minister for some time. It was\\ncalled Lilr. ifi- Id.\\nIn 1736 the fertile lands in the west part of Dun-\\nstable were being rapidly occupied by an enterprising", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0310.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "people, and were incorporated under the name of\\nWest Dunstable. The Indian name .was Nissitissit.\\nAfter the establishment of the boundary line the\\nLegislature, by request, gave to the town the name of\\nHolies. For fifty years the name of the town was\\nspelled Holies; but after the colonies became the Amer-\\nican Eepublic the orthography was changed to Hollis.\\nIn the mean time settlements were extending tap-\\nidly all around, and the forest was bowing before the\\nonward march of civilization. Township after town-\\nship was parceled out from the original body of\\nOld Dunstable, until, in 1T40, the broad and\\ngoodly plantation was reduced to that portion which\\nis now embraced within the limits of Nashua, Tyngs-\\nborough and Dunstable.\\nSettlement of Boundary Line.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For many years\\nprior to 1740 the boundary line between the provinces\\nof New Hampshire and Massachusetts had been a\\nsubject of hitter controversy. More than\\nyears ago Governor Endicott, of Massachusetts, said\\nhe had caused a monument to he fixed three miles\\nnorthward of the junction of the two rivers forming\\nthe Merrimack, in the town of Sanbornton, ami\\nMassachusetts claimed all the territory in the present\\nState of New Hampshire south of an east and west\\nline passing through that point, and lying west of the\\nMerrimack River.\\nOn the other hand. New Hampshire claimed all\\nthe territory lying north of a line running due east\\nand west through a point three miles north of the\\nMerrimack River, measured from the north hank of\\nthat river just above its mouth. At length a royal\\ncommission was appointed to settle the controversy.\\nIt met at Hampton Falls, in this State, in 1737, the\\nGeneral Court of each province attending the sittings\\nof the commission.\\nThe commission at Hampton Falls did not agree,\\nand the question was reserved tor the King in Coun-\\ncil. The decision was finally made in 1740, living\\nthe province line where the State line HOW is. This\\ndecision took from Massachusetts her claim, and gave\\nto New Hampshire not only all that New Hampshire\\nclaimed, but also a tract of territory south t that in\\ncontroversy, fourteen miles in width and extending\\nfrom the Merrimack to the Connecticut River, to\\nwhich New Hampshire had made no pretensions. It\\nincluded all that part of Old Dunstable north of\\nthe present State line.\\nThis new line, which proved to be the permanent\\nboundary between the two States, was run in 1741,\\nleaving in Massachusetts that part id the old town-\\nship now in Tyngsborough ami in Dunstable, in that\\nState, and adding to New Hampshire the present\\nterritory of Nashua, Hudson, Hollis and all the other\\nportions of Old Dunstable north of the designated\\nline. The name Dunstable, however, was still re-\\ntained by the territory which now constitutes the city\\nof Nashua till the New Hampshire Legislature of\\n1836 changed the name to Nashua.\\n11\\nThis decision came upon the settlers in Dunstable\\nnorth of the new line with mingled surprise and con-\\nsternation. Dunstable was eminently anil wholh a\\n.Massachusetts settlement. The settlers were nearly\\nall In mi the neighboring towns in that province, with\\nwhose people tiny were connected in sympathy, in\\nbusiness and by the tics of marriage and blood.\\nTheir tofl n and parish charters and the titles to their\\nlands and improvements were all Massachusetts\\ngrants, and their civil and ecclesiastical organizations\\nwere under Massachusetts laws. This decision oi\\nthe King in Council left them wholly out of the juris-\\ndiction in that province, and in legal effect made all\\ntheir charters, the titles to their lands and improve-\\nments, and all statute laws regulating their civil and\\nchurch polity wholly void. The decision of the King\\nwas final, and there was no appeal. Though dis-\\nappointed, embarrassed and indignant, there was no\\nalternative but submission.\\nHitherto the history of Nashua has been associated\\nwith that of the extended territory of Old Dun-\\nstable, an appendage of Massachusetts. Henceforth\\nit is to be a distinct, independent town in New\\nHampshire, comprised within the same limits as the\\nNashua of to-day.\\nDunstable under New Hampshire Laws.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For-\\ntunately for the people of Dunstable, the colonial\\ngovernment of New Hampshire was not in condition\\nto extend its authority immediately, and the I \u00e2\u0080\u00a2un-\\nstable people remained substantially under the\\nMassachusetts charter till April, 1746, when the town\\nwas incorporated by the General Court of New\\nHampshire. In the mean time a compromise was\\nmade with the adverse claimants of their lands and\\nimprovements, and their titles to their possessions\\nbeing secured, they gradually became reconciled to\\ntheir new political status.\\nIn 174G the main road through Dunstable was\\ngreatly improved. From the surveyor s record there\\nwould seem to have been only a few houses on the\\nroad at that time. The following are all that are\\nmentioned: aptain Joseph French s house was eight\\nrods north of the State line; Colonel Joseph lilanch-\\nard s house, three hundred rods north of the State\\nline and twenty-nine rods south of Cummings Brook;\\nCyrus Baldwin s, near Colonel Blanchard s; John\\nSearles house, sixty-six rods north of Cummings\\nBrook; Henry Adams eighty rods north of Searles\\nhouse (the old ditch which led to the fort was ninety\\nrods north of Adams house); Thomas Harwood s\\nhouse was ninety rods north of the old ditch; no\\nother house mentioned between Harwood s and\\nNashua River excepting Jonathan Lovewell s, which\\nwas two hundred and eighty-three rods south of the\\nriver, oi a1 the Harbor, south of Salmon Brook. Per-\\nhaps the above schedule included only the larger\\nland-holders and tax-payers.\\nAt this time there were neither scho.il nor 3chool-\\nhouses in town. On September 2!t, 174b, it was voted", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0311.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "156\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthat Jonathan Lovewell be desired to hire a school-\\nmaster until next March for this town, upon the rust\\nand charge of the town. Two dwelling-houses, one\\nin the northern undone in the southern part of the\\ntown, were designated in whirl] the school should be\\nkept, if they could be obtained. Only one teacher\\nwas employed, and he was to keep school half of the\\ntime at each place. The number of inhabitants was\\nprobably about three hundred.\\nDuring this year (1746) the Indians from Canada\\ncame in small parties to the new settlements in the\\nwestern and northern parts of Hillsborough County.\\nTheir defenseless eondition compelled the few families\\nin Peterborough, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough and\\nNew Boston to retire to the older towns, chiefly to\\nNorthern Massachusetts. In their haste ih.\\\\ buried\\ntheir cooking utensils and fanning tools, taking their\\ncattle and lighter g Is with them. The only persons\\ntaken from Dunstable were Jonathan Farwell and a\\nMr. Taylor, who were taken by surprise while hunt-\\ning. They were taken to Canada, sold to the French\\nand remained in captivity three years, but finally\\nsucceeded in obtaining a release and returned to their\\nfriends. Many of the descendants of Mr. Farwell,\\nunder several surnames, reside in this vicinity.\\nFor fifty years the meeting-house of Dunstable had\\nbeen located near the State line. But in Dunstable\\nreconstructed it was desirable that the house for wor-\\nship should be centrally located. There w as a divided\\nopinion as to the new site and a worse dissension as\\nto the minister. Rev.Samuel Bird, who was installed\\nAugust 31, 1747, was an Arminian, and accused of\\nbeing a follower of Whitefield. His friends, at tie-\\nhead of whom was .Jonathan Lovewell, stood by him\\nand built a meeting-house, in the autumn of that year,\\non a spot of rising ground about six rods west of the\\nmain road, or just south of the old cemetery, opposite\\nthe residence of .1. L. II. Marshall. It was about\\ntwenty-eight feet by forty, had a small gallery and,\\nlike most church edifices of the time, was divided into\\nthe men s side and the women s side. Mean-\\nwhile Colonel Joseph Blanchard, the leader of the\\nopposing faction, continued to hold services in the old\\nhouse, near the Tyngsborough line.\\nTwenty-two years had now [passed since the loss by\\nDunstable of some of her prominent citizens in Love-\\nwell s fight, at Fn cburg, Me. Since then the popula-\\ntion had doubled and a new generation were coming\\ninto active service. Among the leading familieswere\\nthe Lovewells, Blanchards, Farwells, Cummingses,\\nFrenches and Lunds. The number of young persons\\nbetween the ages of eighteen and twenty-five hail\\nlargely increased, and the young men, after the gath-\\nering of the fall crops, made frequent explorations\\nand hunting-trips. These excursions were still haz-\\nardous, for the unbroken forests on the west and north\\nwere occasional I traversed by savages, usually in small\\nparties of from six to eight, who were stimulated by\\nthe rewards paid in Canada by the French govern-\\nment for the delivery of prisoners. Usually their ob-\\njective point was to surprise and make prisoners of\\nthe solitary fur-hunters who, late in autumn, found it\\nprofitable to set traps for the beaver, mink, musk-rat\\nand otter, to lie found on the banks of the Souhegan,\\nPiscataquog, Contoocook or in the more northern\\nwaters of the lakes in Grafton and Belknap Counties.\\nAn illustration of the habits and daring enterprise of\\nthe young men of that time will lie seen in the fol-\\nlowing sketch of\\nA Tramp through the Wilderness.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the fall\\nof 1747 two explorers from Dunstable, Nehemiah\\nLovewell and John Gilson, started from the present\\nsite of Nashua for the purpose of examining the slope\\nof the Merrimack Valley and of crossing the height\\nof hind to Number Four (now Oharlestown), which\\nwas then known as the most northern settlement in\\nthe Connecticut Valley. Knowing the difficulties in\\ntraversing hills and valleys covered with underbrush\\nand rough with fallen timber and huge bowlders, they\\ncarried as light an outfit as possible, a musket and\\ncamp-blanket each, with live days provisions. Fol-\\nlowing the Souhegan through Milford to Wilton, they\\nthen turned northward, and, crossing the height of\\nland in the Hunts of the present town of Stoddard,\\nhad. on the aftern i of the third day, their first view\\nof the broad valley westward, with a dim outline of\\nthe mountains beyond. I he weather was clear and\\nplea-ant. the journey laborious, but invigorating. On\\ntheir fourth afternoon they reached and camped for\\nthe night on the banks of the Connecticut, some ten\\nmiles below Charlestown. At i l of the next day\\nthey wire welcomed at the rude fort, which had\\nalready won renown by the heroic valor of its little\\ngarrison. At this time the fort was commanded by\\nCaptain l hincas Stevens, a man of great energy and\\nbravery. Lovewell and Gilson were the first visitors\\nfrom the valley of the Merrimack, and their arrival\\nwas a novelty. That night as in later years they\\nused to relate they sat up till midnight, listening to\\na recital of the fierce struggles which the inmates of\\nthis rude fortress, far up in the woods, had encoun-\\ntered within the previous eight months.\\nTarrying several days at the fort, during which the\\nweather continued clear and mild, the two explorers\\nwere ready to return homeward. In a direct line\\nDunstable was about ninety miles distant. With the\\nneeded supply of salt pork and corn bread, Lovewell\\nand Gilson left Number Four at sunrise on the loth of\\nNovember. The fallen leaves were crisp with frost as\\nthey entered the deep maple forests which skirt the\\nhills lying east of the Connecticut intervales. The\\ndays being short, it was necessary to lose no time be-\\ntween sunrise and sunset. The air was cool and\\nstimulated them to vigorously hurry forward. Coming\\nto a clear spring soon alter midday, Gilson struck a\\ntire, and resting for half an hour, they sat down to a\\nmarvelously good feast of boiled stilt pork and brown\\nbread. One who has never eaten a dinner under like", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0312.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "L57\\nconditions can have no idea of its keen relish and\\nappreciation.\\nIt was now evident that a change of the weather\\nwas at hand. The air was growing colder and the sky\\nwas overcast with a thick haze. In returning.it had\\nbeen their purpose to cross the water-shed between\\nthe two valleys at a more northern point, so as to\\nreach the Merrimack near the month of the Piseata-\\nquog. Their course was to be only a few degrees south\\nof east. Before night the sleet began to fall, which\\nwas soon changed to a cold, cheerless rain. Darkness\\ncame on early, and the two men hurried to secure the\\nbest shelter possible. With an axe this might have\\nbeen made comfortable; at least fuel could have been\\nprocured for a comfortable fire. As it was, no retreat\\ncould be found from the chilling rain, which now be-\\ngan to fall in torrents. It was with difficulty that a\\nsmouldering tire, more prolific of smoke than heat,\\nCould be kindled. India-rubber blankets, such as now\\nkeep the scout and the sentry dry in the fiercest\\nstorm, would have been a rich luxury to these solitary\\npioneers. The owls, attracted by the dim light,\\nperched themselves overhead ami hooted incessantly.\\nI;, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2lore midnight the fire was extinguished, ami the\\ntwo men could only keep from a thorough drenching\\nby sitting upright with their backs against a large\\ntree, and with their half-saturated blankets drawn\\nclosely around them.\\nDaylight brought no relief, as the rain and cold\\nrather increased, and the sleet and ice began to en-\\ncrust the ground. After ineffectual attempts to build\\na tire they ate a cold lunch of bread. A dark mist\\nsucceeded the heavy rain ami continued through the\\nday. Both felt uncertain of the direction they were\\ntraveling, and every hour tin- uncertainty became\\nmore perplexing. All day long they hurried forward\\nthrough the dripping underbrush, which was wetting\\nfchem to the skin. Night again set in, ami although\\nthe rain and wind hail somewhat abated, still it was\\nimpossible to build ami keep a fire sufficient to dry\\ntheir clothing, which was now saturated with water.\\nThe third morning came witli a dense fog still\\nshrouding the hillsides and settling into the valley.\\n.Stiff with the effects of cold and fatigue, Lovewell and\\nhis com]. anion felt that with their scanty supply of\\n1 1. now mainly salt pork, they dared not await a\\nchange of weather. Yet there was a vague feeling\\nthat their journeying might be worse than useless.\\nDeciding on what they believed a course due east,\\nthey again hurried forward over a broken region, an\\nalternation of sharp hills, ledges, low valleys and\\nsometimes swamps, until a little past midday, when,\\ndescending a hill, they came upon the very brook\\nwhere they had camped forty hours before! One fact\\nwas now established,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 they had been traversing in a\\ncirele. Thinking it useless to go further till the sun\\nand sky should appear, they set to work to build a fire\\nsufficient to dry their clothing and to cook their raw-\\npork. By dark they had thrown up a light frame-work.\\nand by a diligent use of their knives had procured a\\ncovering of birch bark. Piling the huge broken\\nlimbs in front, they lay down and fell asleep.\\nScouts in the olden time were proverbial for\\nawakening on the slightest provocation. Lovewell\\nwas aroused by what bethought the rustling of a bear.\\nReaching for his gun, he saw the outline of an animal\\nclimbing an oak just across the brook. The first shot\\nwas followed by a tumble from the tree. It proved a\\nveritable raccoon, which, fattened on beech-nuts, was\\nas heavy as a small sheep.\\nThe fourth morning was not unlike that of the day\\nprevious. The fog was still dense, but it soon became\\nevident that the storm was past and that the sun\\nwould soon disperse the mists. Dressing the raccoon\\nwhose meat was security against famine, they anx-\\niously watched the clearing up of the atmosphere.\\nSuddenly the mists dissolved and the sunlight\\ntouched the tops of the trees. The pioneers hastened\\nup a Ion- slope eastward, and toward noon gained the\\ncrest of a high ridge. The sky was now clear, and,\\nclimbing to the top of a tree, Gilson announced that\\nhe could see, some miles to the east, a high and naked\\nsummit which must mark the height of land they\\nwere so anxiously seeking.\\nWith this solution of their difficulties came the\\nsense ol hunger. Notwithstanding the hardships of\\nthe three past days they had eaten sparingly. The\\nremnant of their bread had been accidently lost the\\nday previous, but this was far more than compensated\\nby the rich, tender meat of the raccoon. Luckily, a\\nsupply of fat spruce knots was near at hand, (rilson\\nset himself to the work of furnishing fuel and water,\\nwhile Lovewell attended to tin- culinary duties. The\\nutensils of the modern hunter\u00e2\u0080\u0094 frying-]. an, coffee-\\npot, plate, spoon and fork were wanting. The only\\nimplement in their outfit which could be of use was\\nthe jack-knife. The meat was cut into pieces two-\\nthirds of an inch thick, and half the size of one s\\nhand. Cutting several sticks, two feet long, and\\nsharpening them at each end, a piece of the salt pork\\nand then a piece of the coon s meat were thrust upon\\nthe stick alternately in successive layers, so that in\\nroasting, the fat of the latter, as it dropped down.\\nbastedand furnished an excellent gravy to the for-\\nmer. One end of each stick was thrust into the\\nground so as to lean over the glowing coals. With\\noccasional turning, the dinner was in half an hour\\nready to be served. Seating themselves on the bowlder\\nby the side of which they had built the fire, they fell\\nto with sharp appetites. Hardy was a feast i e\\nheartily enjoyed.\\nNight on Lovewell s Mountain.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It was past\\nmiddaj when the dinner was finished. Walking with\\nrenewed strength, they reached the base of the moun-\\ntain. The ground was wet and slippery and the\\nclimbing at times difficult, but while the sun was yet\\nan hour above the horizon the two men .merged\\nfrom the low thicket which lies above the heavy", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0313.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngrowth, and stood upon the bald summit. Like all\\nNew Hampshire peaks whose altitude approaches\\nthree I housand feet, I he crest of the mountain was of\\nsolid granite. The air had now grown quiet, and the\\nclear sunlight illuminated the landscape. The two\\nexplorers had never looked upon so wide and magnifi-\\ncent a panorama. Westward was the far-distant out-\\nline of a range now known as the Green Mountains.\\nTo the northwest were the bald crests of Ascutney\\nand Cardigan. On (lie north, Kearsarge was seen\\nstruggling to raise its head above the shoulders of an\\nintervening range, and through the frosty atmosphere\\nwere revealed the sharp, snow-white peaks of I ran-\\nconia. Eastward, the highlands of Chester and Nott-\\ningham bounded the vision, while nearer by reposed\\nin quiet beauty the Uncanoonucks, at that time a well-\\nknown landmark to every explorer.\\nWarned by the frosty atmosphere, they hastened\\ndown to a dense spruce growth on the northeast side\\nof the mountain, and built their camp for the night.\\nFor some cause, perhaps because it was a sheltered\\nnook, the tenants of the forest gathered around. The\\na i os e si emed alive with the squirrel, rabbit and part-\\nridge. But the hunters were weary, and as their sacks\\nwere still laden with coon s meat, these new visitors\\nwere left unharmed. The curiosity with which these\\nwild tenants of the mountain lingered around led the\\ntwo men to believe that they had never before ap-\\nproached a camp-tire or seen a human form.\\n.lust before daybreak Lovewell awoke, and, telling\\nhis companion to prepare for breakfast, returned to\\nthe summit of the mountain. It was important to\\nreach the Merrimack by the nearest route, and he\\ncould better judge by reviewing the landscape at\\nearly dawn. In after-years he was wont to say that\\nthe stars never seemed so near as when he had gained\\nthe summit. The loneliness of the hour suggi Sted to\\nhim what was probably the truth, that he and bis\\ncompanion were the first white men who had set foot\\non this mountain peak. It is situated in the eastern\\npart of the present town of Washington, and its sym-\\nmetrical, cone-like form is familiar to the eye of\\nmany a resident of this city. With the exception of\\nMonadnock and Kearsarge. it is the highest summit\\nin Southern New Hampshire, and to-day it bears the\\nwell-known name of Lovewell s Mountain.\\nBefore Lovewell left the summit the adjacent\\nW Hands became visible, and, looking eastward\\ndown into the valley, he saw, only a few miles away, a\\nsmoke curling up from the depths of the forest. It\\nrevealed the proximit) either of a party of savages or\\na stray hunter. Returning to cam]., breakfast was\\ntaken hurriedly, and, descending into the valley, they\\nproceeded with the utmost caution. Reaching the\\nvicinity of the smoke, they heard voices and soon\\nafter the rustling of footsteps. Both dropped upon\\nthe ground, ami fortunately were screened by a thick\\nunderbrush. .V party of six Indians passed within a\\nhundred yards. They were armed, and evidently on\\ntheir way to the Connecticut Valley. As soon as they\\nwere beyond bearing the two men proceeded cau-\\ntiously to the spot where tin- savages passed the\\nnight. They had breakfasted on parched acorns and\\nthe meat of some small animal, probably the rabbit.\\nCongratulating themselves on their lucky escape\\nfrom a winter s captivity in Canada, Lovewell and\\nhis companion continued their route over the rolling\\nlands now comprised in the towns of Hillsborough,\\nI leering. Weare and Goffstown to the Merrimack.\\nFrom thence they readily reached their home in\\nDunstable. It may be well to add that Lovewell was\\na son of the famous Captain John Lovewell, whose\\nhistory we have narrated in the preceding chapter.\\nill A PTEB VII.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued).\\nCOLONIAL HOMES AND HABITS.\\nEarliest Si hoolfl in Dunstable New Meeting-HouBe Horseba I, Riding\\n1 eej, SlinWS alhl Sllu\\\\V-Sll i S\u00e2\u0080\u0094 LullgV i I y\u00e2\u0080\u0094 l.Jl.st FlVII I I [nil Hi\\nWar, 17-~ 5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paper Curn ii. .v EtVerts of Kinu-lM inking\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Era i.f lVace\\nand Prosperity\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Improved Dwellings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bannocks and Bi\\nIl:ii.l l.uUir\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I Mnlin- ^treiiiiis Koa.ts ami I .ri.l-eK On.wtLi uf Farms\\niv nt r.,.,,1,-, New-pap, is an,] I.iimh\\nIn 1700, the middle of the eighteenth century, the\\nEnglish colonies of North America, unknown to\\nthemselves, were preparing to enter upon a careei of\\npolitical, intellectual and social development of which\\nthe indications were not as yet apparent. The two\\nhist, .ric events, the discover) of the western conti-\\nnent and the invention of movable types, which Mr.\\nCarlyle said would reconstruct human society, had\\nfor two and a half centuries been quietly doing their\\nwork, but had not yet acquired the momentum of\\nlater years. The colonies were still few in numbers,\\nfeeble in resources and mere appendages of the\\nmother-country. Instead of the fifty-live millions of\\nto-day, the colonial population at that time was one\\nmillion eight hundred thousand. Printing had\\nachieved much, for almost every man and woman\\ncould read the printed page, but there Were few pages\\nto be lead.\\nDunstable, where, in ourtime, more than two thou-\\nsand daih newspapers are every day circulated, had\\nat that time only a weekly circulation of three news-\\npaper-. But colonial thought was always in advance\\nof the printed page. In the fall of 1 74 J the town\\nvoted to begin the coming year with a school for eight\\nmonths one teacher only was to be employed, and\\nthe school was to be kept in different parts of (he town\\nalternately. The only studies taught were the three\\nlis and spelling. There was very little classifica-\\ntion. Almost all the instruction was given to each\\nscholar individually. No arithmetic was used, but\\nthe master wrote all the sums on the slate. The\\nreading-books were the Psalms and the New Testa-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0314.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nmint, and nil Saturday morning the Westminster\\nCatechism. No spelling-1 k was used except the\\nreading-books. The slates were rough, and when\\nwanting, as they sometimes wen-, birch bark was used\\nas a substitute. The remoteness of a part of the\\nscholars occasioned irregularity of attendance. With\\nno aids, not even a map or black-board, the improve-\\nment was slow and unsatisfactory. Schools existed,\\nhowever, till the beginning of the French War, in\\n1755, when they were discontinued till 1761.\\nThe strife between the old and new schools of reli-\\ngious thinkers still continued. Rev. Samuel Bird\\ncontinue. 1 to oppose the doctrine of foreordination\\nami the harsh declarations of the Westminster Cate-\\nchism. Having a call from Connecticut, he left in\\n1751 but the dissensions in the church continued.\\nli i- creditable to the town that at that early period\\nthere were those anions its citizens who boldly avowed\\ntheir disbelief of the absurdities of a traditional creed.\\nSubsequently milder counsels prevailed, and the bel-\\nligerents agreed to disagree. The Bird meeting-\\nhouse was taken down and its materials made into a\\ndwelling-house, long known as the Bowers place,\\nat the Harbor. On December 21, 1753, the town voted\\nto build a new meeting-house at the crotch of the\\nroads, as near a- can lie with convenience to the\\nhouse of Jonathan Lovewell. -Mr. LovewelPs house\\nStill exists, and is now the resilience of Mrs. Alfred\\nGodfrey, two miles south of the city hall. The\\nmeeting-house was built on the little triangular\\ngreen which is nearly in front of Mrs. Godfrey s\\nhouse. It was an improvement upon the previous struc-\\ntures, having square pews, a spacious sounding-board,\\nscats for deacons and tythingmen, two painted doors\\nin front, with a suitable number of horse blocks at\\nconvenient distances for the accommodation of those\\nwomen and children of the congregation who rode to\\nmeeting upon a side-saddle or a pillion. This meet-\\ning-house had a long occupation, not having been\\nabandoned till 1812. Several of the older citizens of\\nNashua remember to have attended services within\\nits walls.\\nfor a century after the first settlement of 1 (unstable\\nno carriages were used, and journeys were per-\\nformed on horseback. The only wheeled vehicles\\nused were the cumbersome lumber-wagon and the\\ntwo-wheeled cart. The good man and his wile were\\naccustomed to ride to church on the same horse, she\\nsitting on a pillion behind him. and not unfrequently\\ncarrying a child in her arms, while another and older\\nchild was mounted on the pommel of the saddle lie-\\nfore him. No person thought of buying or exchang-\\ning a horse without ascertaining whether the animal\\nwould carry double, as some otherwise valuable\\nhorses were in the habit of elevating their heels when\\ndoubly loaded. Iu winter, when the snow was\\ndeep, a pairoloxen were attached to a sled, and the\\nwhole family rode to meeting on an ox-sled. Some-\\ntimes an entire household, seated upon an ox-sled.\\nwould start in the morning to spend the day with a\\nfriend five or six miles distant. In the eighteenth\\ncentury greater quantites of snow fell in winter in\\nSouthern New Hampshire than now, ami snow-\\nshoes were in general use. The invention originated\\nwith the Indians. The snow-shoe was elliptical in\\nshape, with its rim made of ash, and the space within\\nthe rim interwoven with strips of raw-hide, so that the\\nlarge breadth of surface resting upon the snow would\\nsink but slightly below the surface. The feet were\\nattached to the snow-shoes by fastening a common\\nshoe at the toe, leaving the heel loose, to the central\\npart of the snow-shoe. The Indian- and eail\\\\ sell has\\nmade constant use t them during tin 1 deep snows of\\n(he long winters. The snowfall usually reached the\\ndepth of five feet and continued from ten to twelve\\nweeks.\\nIn 17 \u00c2\u00bb_ the elder John Lovewell, lather of the\\nhe f Pequawket, died at an advanced age. The\\ncurrent rumor of his extreme longevity (one hundred\\nand twenty years) is a mistake. Thccrror arose from\\nconfounding the events of his life with those of his\\nlather, who was a soldier under Cromwell, and whose\\nbravery the son inherited. Born in England, and\\nlighting under Church, in King Philip s War, he was\\namong the earliest settlers of Dunstable. During the\\nIndian attacks, about 1700, he was, on one occasion,\\nspared by them mi account of his kindness iii time of\\npeace. In his later years he lived on the north side\\nol Salmon Brook, just below the Main Street bridge.\\nHe lived to hi- a centenarian, and was so vigorous at\\nthat age as to he a terror to the hoys who attempted\\nto steal his apples. The family name has now disap-\\npeared from Nashua.\\nThe longevity of many of the early settlers is worthy\\nof notice. In Judge Worcester s History of Hollis,\\nWidow l.vdia Ulrieh is authentically recorded as\\nhaving died in that town in her one hundred and tilth,\\nand Lieutenant Caleb Farley in Ills one hundred and\\nthird year. This great longevity and good health of\\nthe early settlers was no doubt due to the regularity\\nof their habits and the simplicity of their diet.\\nThe Last French War, 1755.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Near the close of\\nI7(s a treaty of peace had been made between Eng-\\nland and France. By this treaty, no question in\\ndispute was settled. England yielded up Louisburg,\\nwhose conquest had shed such glory on the colonial\\narms, and received in return -Madras. The English\\ngovernment had shown neither skill nor energy in the\\nmanagement of the war, but had left the colonies to\\nprotect themselves. King George the Third and his\\nministry had allowed a dangerous enemj to harass\\nthe colonies, that they might feel more keenly their\\ndependence on the mother-country. They were already\\nenforcing that restrictive policy in trade which subse-\\nquently led to the Revolution. The fruit of this war\\nto the colonies was only debt and disgrace. They felt\\nthat it was an inglorious surrender of their interests.\\nThe peace was only nominal. In the spring id", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0315.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1755 it was manifest that the French were aiming at\\nthe control of the Lakes and the Mississippi Valley, and,\\nif successful in these designs, ofthe subjugation of the\\nColonies. War was openly declared, ami New Hamp-\\nshire raised a regiment of five hundred men to join\\nan expedition, under Sir William Johnson, for the\\ncapture of Crown Point. The command wasgiven to\\nColonel Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable. One ofthe\\ncompanies of this regiment was the famous Rangers,\\nof which Robert Rogers, of Dunbarton, was captain\\nand John Stark lieutenant. Several members of the\\ncompany were from thistown.\\nThis regiment was disbanded at the end of the\\nyear. After the failure ofthe campaign of 1755, and\\nthe death of General Braddoek, Lord Loudon was ap-\\npointed to the chief command. Another New Hamp-\\nshire regiment was called for anil raised. But the\\ncampaigns of 1756, 177 7 and 1758 were disastrous\\nfrom the incapacity oftheBritish commanders. No-\\nthing saved Lord Loudon from an utter defeat bill the\\nbrilliant and persistent efforts of the Rangers, under\\nRogers and Stark.\\nThe war still continuing, New Hampshire was or-\\ndered to furnish another regiment of a thousand\\nsoldiers, which, on the death of Colonel Blanchard,\\nwas commanded by Colonel Zaccheus Lovewell,\\nbrother of the famous John Lovewell. It did good\\nservice at the capture of Ticonderagaand Crow u l oint.\\nThe next year (1760) a regiment of eight hundred\\nwas raised by this State, under the command of Col-\\nonel John Gotl e, of Bedford. Dunstable furnished her\\nfull quota of soldiers, who were at the surrender of\\nMontreal and Quebec, which wrested all Canada from\\nFrance and closed the war.\\nThis result, due to the statesmanship of the new\\nBritish premier, William Pitt, decided whether Cath-\\nolicism or Protestantism should prevail in North\\nAmerica. A different result would have (hanged the\\nwhole current of civilization on the western continent.\\nIt was a conflict of ideas, and not the mere encounter\\nof brute forces. The New England colonies rang\\nwith exultation the hills V vere lighted with bonfires\\nLegislatures, the pulpit and the people echoed the\\ngeneral joy. They felt it to be the triumph of truth\\nover error. In this la-t of the French and Indian\\ncolonial wars, the men of Dunstable bore well their\\npart in held and forest engagements. Besides the two\\ncolonels, Blanchardand l,o\\\\ ewell, and the commissary,\\nJonathan Lovewell, it is known that tie- sons of Noah\\nJohnson, the last survivor of LoVeWell s fight, were\\nin the war. both of whom were killed. In all. about\\nthirty Dunstable men served in the war. and the sur-\\nvivors returned at its close to their farms.\\nWar is attended with evils which are often felt long\\nafter its close. The colonies had very little of gold or\\nsilver coin, and issued paper currency to meet the ex-\\npenses of the protracted struggle. Its deterioration\\ncaused much embarrassment and loss. During\\nthe active operations of the war the harvests were\\nbountiful, and there was little suffering for food at home\\nor in the army. But during the years 1701 and 1762\\na 9i N i re drought cut off the crop-, so that corn was im-\\nported from Virginia, ami the Dunstable farmers cut\\nthe wild, coarse grass which grew in the swamps to\\nsave their live-stock from starvation. The scarcity id\\nfeed compelled the slaughter of many sheep and\\ncattle.\\nAnother harmful effect to the colonies was the in-\\ncreasing use of intoxicating chinks. The soldiers,\\naccustomed to camp-life ami the daily use of liipiors,\\ncarried their loose habits into rural life, ami added to\\ntie mi-,, wing tendency to drunkenness. Public senti-\\nment was not at that time awake to the terrible effects\\nof the use of intoxicating drinks. Not only did the\\ntown officers of Dunstable, in their charge for servii i 8,\\nmake a separate hill for newrhum for daily use,\\nbut on all public occasions all meetings, whether of\\njoy or sorrow it was customary for all to drink freely.\\nNo wedding could he appropriately celebrated with-\\nout a liberal distribution of stimulating drinks. Even\\nat funeral- it was thought necessary to keep the\\nspirits up by pouring spirits down. The evils of\\npoverty, then severely felt, were greatly increased by\\nthe debased appetite for intoxicating liquors.\\nTwo years before the close of the war, on April 7,\\n1758, Colonel Joseph Blanchard died at the age of\\nfifty-three. Hi- grandfather. Deacon John Blanchard,\\nwas one of the first settlers of the town. Hi- father\\nwas an active, useful citizen, holding positions of tru-t\\nand living in 1727. On the death of his father, though\\nyoung, Joseph Blanchard succeeded to his father s\\nbusiness. He became widely known as a surveyor of\\nland, and in that capacity traversed the almost un-\\nbroken forests which now constitute the western and\\nnorthern towns of Hillsborough County. He sketched\\nthe first published map- of New Hampshire, a work\\nof great labor and much value to new emigrants. He\\nwas in command of the first regiment raised lor the\\ncampaign of 17-V at the time of his death. His\\nmoss-stained monument in the old cemetery in the\\nsouth part ofthe town read- thus,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tlit Hon. .I..-,],!, HI:,,,, ],;,r,]. Ks.j.,\\nI.\\nThe capture of Quebec and the surrender of Canada\\nto the British, in 1760, was followed by a longer inter-\\nval of peace than Dunstable had ever enjoyed, fifteen\\nyears. It was a period of needed tranquillity, for on\\nthem, more than elsewhere, hail the Indian wars told\\nfearfully. For sixty year- there had been no season\\nwhen danger might riot be imminent. There was no\\nsafet\\\\ for the ordinary dwelling. Every occupied\\nbouse w a- of necessity a garrison. Xo held labor\\ncould be performed with safety. Harvests were de-\\nstroyed, dwelling- burned, cattle killed and men.\\nwomen and children brutally massacred or dragged\\nthrough the wilderness to Canada. No man walked\\nabroad unarmed, and on Sunday even the minister\\npreached with his musket at hi- side.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0316.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\n161\\nBut the entire overthrow of the French dominion\\nbrought safety as well as peace. When, in 1774, the\\ntyranny of the British government began to pro-\\nvoke ^colonial resistance, Dunstable, with its seven\\nhundred inhabitants, had become an established, self-\\nreliant community. It is a fitting opportunity, there-\\nfore, to briefly glance at the condition, habits, customs\\nand peculiarities of our forefathers while yet the sub-\\njects of a European monarch.\\nThe settlers of Dunstable were of Puritan origin.\\nThe earliest comers were, as a class, distinctly marked\\ncharacters, men of intelligence, energy and some prop-\\nerty. They had two objects in view: to obtain per-\\nmanent homes for themselves and their posterity, and\\nto acquire wealth by the rise of their lands. They\\nbrought with them domestic animals cattle, swine\\nandsheep, and had they been spared the savage out-\\nrages, which destroyed their property, and oftentimes\\ntheir lives, in a few years they would have had large\\nand profitable farms and convenient houses. The\\nconstant danger of Indian attacks compelled tin-\\nbuilding of timbered dwellings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 logs hewn on opposite\\nside- so that no musket bullet could penetrate, save at\\nsome crevice. There were no windows, except nar-\\nrow openings to admit light and air; while the doors\\nwere built with the most careful regard to resistance\\nagainst outward attacks. They were made of white\\noak or ash plank, with iron hinges, and with a wooden\\nlatch on the inside, Inning a raw-hide string to lift\\nthe latch from the outside. When the string was\\npulled in and the heavy crossbars put up, it was no\\neasy matter to force an entrance. Many of the houses\\nfrom the first settlement till 17 o had a rude and\\nstrong stockade built around them, consisting of tim-\\nbers ten inches thick set upright in the ground to the\\nheight often to twelve feet. Such a building, if pro-\\ntected by several good marksmen, had all the securitj\\nof a fort, and was never attacked by the savages unless\\nthey discovered the entrance open and unguarded.\\nThe house itself consisted of a single room, from\\nsixteen to eighteen feet square, with seats, table and\\nbedsteads, hewn by the broad axe. constituting the\\nfurniture.\\nBut with the peace which followed the capture of\\nQuebec came an era of growth and prosperity. The\\nprimitive dark and dingj log house gave way to the\\nIn I house, usually of one story, anil consisting of\\na sizeable room, which answered the three-fold pur-\\npose of kitchen, living-room and parlor, with a small\\nsleeping-room and pantry. A few of the more wealth}\\nbuilt a double house. furnishing more abundant ac-\\ncommodations. All of them had in view shelter and\\ncomfort rather than elegance. The windows were\\nsmall, without blinds or shutters. The lire-place was\\nspacious enough to receive back-logs of two feet in\\ndiameter and five feel in length, in front of which was\\nplaced the smaller wood, resting on andirons. The\\nstone hearth hail the most liberal dimensions and the\\nflue of the chimney a diameter of three feet. It was\\nhardly an exaggeration to say that one could sit in\\nthe chimney corner and study astronomy. All the\\ncooking was done by this fire, the kettles being sus-\\npended from an iron crane over it, while the bannocks\\nwere baked and the meat roasted in front of it. Around\\nit gathered the family at night, often numbering from\\nsix to twelve children, and the cricket on the hearth\\nkept company with their prattle. Thus with the\\nhardships came the comforts of pioneer life. Dunsta-\\nble had now a local cabinet-maker, whose busy lathe\\ngreatly improved the style of heusehold furniture.\\nEverything was made of native forest wood pine,\\ncherry, birch and birds-eye maple. Now and then a\\nbureau or a desk was seen which was made in Boston;\\nand more rarely an article brought across the water\\nfrom England. Vessel* of iron, copper and tin were\\nused in cooking. The dressers, extending from floor\\nto ceiling in the kitchen, contained the mugs, basins\\nand various-sized plates of pewter, which shone upon\\nthe tanner s board at time of meals. Farmers hired\\ntheir help for seven dollars a month. Carpenters had\\nseventy-live cents a day, or twelve dollars per month.\\nApprentices served five years, and for the first two\\nyears were only fed and clothed.\\nThe food in those days was simple and healthy.\\nThere were no dyspeptic-. Breakfast generally con-\\nsisted of potatoes, roasted in the ashes, with a little\\ncold meat and a hot bannock, made of meal and\\nwater, and baked on a maple chip before the Are.\\nIn summer salt pork and greens, with an occasional\\nstrawberry or blackberry pudding, formed the staple\\nfor dinner; in autumn the raccoon, partridge and gray\\nsquirrel furnished wild meat for the siiue meal, while\\nlate in spring and early summer salmon and shad af-\\nforded material for a princely repast. During the\\nlong winters farm-boys, apprentices and children lived\\nchiefly mi bean porridge. At dinner brown bread was\\nadded, or snapped corn was silted into the boiling\\nporridge, making the dish called pop robbin. There\\nwas no tea or coffee, but all drank from a common\\nmug, which at dinner contained eider. David Allds,\\nwho lived just north of Salmon Brook, near the bridge\\nwhich still retains his name, used to say that during\\nthe winter months bis family used up two hogs-\\nhead- of bean porridge each month.\\nThere were no periods of leisure to the early set-\\ntlers of any part of New England; least of all was\\nthere to the people of Dunstable. During the win-\\nter, when the fanner of to-day does little beside tak-\\ning care of his stock, the new-comer to Dunstable,\\nfinding bis narrow clearing insufficient to support his\\nfamily, set himself to felling tree- for a new field. All\\nthrough the early winter he was in the wood- from\\nearly dawn till the stars appeared in the sky, and\\nsometimes by moonlight or firelight in the evening.\\nBut he had a strong frame, and labor was not irk-\\nsome; every blow -truck was for himself, his children\\nand his homestead. Stripping oil his coat, with arms\\nbare to the elbow, and the perspiration standing in", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0317.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "162\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndrops on his forehead, the blows fell fast and heavy\\ntill the huge trunk, tottering lor a moment, fell to the\\nground, flinging the broken branches high in the air,\\nami with a noise like distant thunder. When the\\ndeep snows came he hired himself till spring to an\\nolder and wealthier settler, to earn the corn and meat\\nto feed his family. The labors of the housewife were\\nno less arduous. A.shle from the care of her children,\\nshe had sole charge of the dairy and kitchen, besides\\nspinning and weaving, sewing and knitting, washing\\nand mending for the men folks, and in case of sick-\\nness, taking care of the suffering. The people were\\ngenerally healthy. Consumption, neuralgia and dis-\\neases of the heart were rarely known.\\nDunstable had less of harmony in church affairs\\nthan most of the early settled towns of New England.\\nYet, the people, with rare unanimity, gathered on\\nSunday at the Old South Meeting-House. Sunday\\ndeveloped the social as well as the religious feelings.\\nDuring the hour of intermission the men gathered\\naround some trader, or person who had just returned\\nfrom Boston, whose means of information exceeded\\ntheir own. to learn the important news of the week.\\nNewspapers and letters were seldom seen at any coun-\\ntry fireside. News from England did not reach the\\ninland towns till four months after the events oc-\\ncurred. Intelligence from New York was traveling\\nten to twelve day; before it reached New Hampshire.\\nIn the means of general information it is difficult to\\ncomprehend the great change which has occurred in\\nthe civilized world between 1750 and the present\\ntime.\\nBetween 17 i0 and the beginning of the Revolution,\\nin 1775, the up-country, above Dunstable, what\\nnow comprises the northern and western towns of\\nHillsborough County,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was rapidly settled. Dunstable\\nbad ceased to be a frontier town, and in spring and\\nautumn the river road from Chelmsford to Nashua\\nRiver, and thence to Amherst, became a thoroughfare\\nfor ox-teams, horse-teams and foot people. Dr.\\nWhiton, the early historian of Antrim, said that not a\\nsmall portion of the immigrants possessed little heside\\nthe axe on their shoulders and the needy children by\\ntheir side. The taverns of a few years later were infre-\\nquent, and the farmers of this town displayed a ready\\nand o in runs hospitality in assisting the wayfarers on\\ntheir journey.\\nIdle building of bridges over large streams taxes\\nhe pioneers of a new region. The bridge\\nover the Nashua River was for many years a source of\\nmuch expense and trouble to the people of Dunsta-\\nble. The first serviceable bridge was built in 1742,not\\nfar from the present one on Main Street, and more\\nthan twenty feet lower. This was carried away by a\\nfreshet in 1753, and rebuilt the same year at an ex-\\npense of one hundred and fifty pounds. Before 1759\\nit was in a ruinous condition, and the town petitioned\\nral Court for liberty to establish a lottery to\\nbuild a new one. The lottery was not granted, but a\\nnew bridge was built a tew years later, partl\\\\ by sub-\\nscription and partly by the town. It stood a little be-\\nlow the present one. In the spring of 177- it was\\nagain, and for the last time, carried away by a freshet,\\nand the new one, built the same year, spanned the\\ncurrent at a greater elevation.\\nBut the bridge across the Nashua River on the\\nsouth road to Hollis was for a time a cause of still\\ngreater trouble. In the first Settlement ol Hollis. before\\nthe era of bridges. Mrs. Anna, wife of Captain Peter\\nPowers, on a summer day went on horseback to visit\\na friend on this side of the river. The Nashua,\\nat what is now called Runnell s bridge, was easily\\nforded in the morning, but a sudden shower in the\\nafternoon had caused it to Overflow its banks. Mrs.\\nRowers must return to her home that night. The\\nInn- mi ring the stream and losing his foothold,\\nbegan to swim. The current was rapid, and the\\nwater flowed above the back of the horse. He was\\nswept down the river, but still struck out for the op-\\nposite bank. At one instant his feet rested on a rock\\nin the stream, and he was lifted above the tide.\\nAgain he plunged forward, and threw his rider from\\nher seat she caught his flowing inane and holding\\non for life, was borne by the strong animal safely to\\nthe opposite shore. Similar incidents were not in-\\nfrequent in the early occupation of the country.\\nRut the first bridge at Runnell s Mills was built too\\nlow, ami was badly injured by the annual spring\\nfreshets. It was very necessary to the people of Hol-\\nli-. being on (heir main road to market, but of little\\nu-r to Dunstable. The old bridge had been built by\\nboth towns, but in 1772 a new bridge was needed,\\nand Dunstable was unwilling to pay half of the ex-\\npense. There were two tanners. Ebenezer Jaijuith\\nmid Ensign Daniel Merrill, who owned the land in\\ntin- bend of the river opposite the bridge, who wished\\nto be annexed to Hollis, and wdio would pay hand-\\nsomely towards the new bridge if their wishes were\\ngranted. Dunstable was unwilling, but rather than\\nincur the expense id a quarrel, united with Hollis in\\na petition for the proposed annexation. It was\\ngranted by the General Court in May, 1773. So the\\nbridge was henceforth wholly in Hollis. Judge Wor-\\ncester, in his History of Hollis. says; It is true that\\nDunstable lost five hundred acres of territory by the\\nsettlement, but was relieved from the burden of half\\nmaintaining the bridge for all future time, a charge\\nthat has already cost Hollis more than the value of\\nthe land annexed.\\nThe population of Dunstable previous to tin- Revo-\\nlution was very largely south of the Nashua River.\\nFarms, however, weie being cleared at various points\\nalong the river westward to the Hollis line; several\\nfarmers had located on the Merrimack intervale lie\\ntween the Laton farm and the mouth of the Pen ni-\\nchuck and on the Amherst road, three and four\\nmile- above the Nashua River, Samuel Roby, Benja-\\nmin .Tewett, John Butterfield and several others had", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0318.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nstarted a thrifty settlement. In the south pari of the\\ntown, as early as 1755, Abbott Roby had settled on\\nthe farm now occupied by Willard Cummings; James\\nami Benjamin Searles ami Philip Fletcher had taken\\nup farms in the valley near the State line: Sylvanus\\nWhitney had cleared off the forest ami was living on\\nthe farm now owned by John Dane; the Fisk family\\nlived where Stillman Swallow now resides; and on\\nthe road now leading to Peppcicll were Jacob Gilson\\nami Luther Robbins. Some of the older residents\\nhad acquired large and productive farms, and gave\\nemployment to some of their less-favored neighbors,\\n[laying them largely in the products of the farm,\\nfood and clothing. Socially there was little or no\\ndistinction between the employer ami the employed,\\nami in business matter- their relations were amiable.\\nAll the inhabitants of the town, except the parson,\\ncarpenter, blacksmith and trader, obtained their liveli-\\nhood solely from the lands they cultivated ami in\\ntruth, all of these were more or less cultivators of the\\nsoil. Trade was mostly carried on in winter, each\\nfarmer carrying, sometimes with horse-, but oftener\\nwith an ox-team, his surplus of pork, wool\\nand grain to the Newburyport, Salem or Boston\\nmarket, and bringing back iron, salt, molasses, nun,\\npowder ami shot.\\nThe first stock of goods brought to Dunstable was\\ndrawn on a hand-sled by two men from Salem. It\\nconsisted of a few axes, knives, needles, fish-hooks, a\\nsmall keg of nails, another of rum, a lot of salt-fish,\\nforty pounds of shot ami twenty pounds of powder.\\nFor many years there was only one store in town,\\nand this did a limited business, as much of the retail\\ntrade went to Chelmsford. There was no library, no\\nlectures, no lyceum, no amusements. There were\\nno recreations I m- old or young except huskings,\\nraisings and neighborhood gatherings in the long\\nevenings of winter. Friendship was a much stronger\\ntie than in modern times, and neighbors took a\\ndeeper and more genuine interest in each other s\\nwelfare.\\nThe early settlers of any region are compelled to\\nsuffer hardships and privation-. It was the lot of\\nour forefathers that great perils also stantlj\\nconfronted them ami their families. Yet even with\\nthem, there was sonic compensation in the newness of\\nlife around them in the buoyancy of pure air, clear\\nstreams, and fresh woodlands; in an exemption from\\nthe annoyances of older communities. That period\\nhas become history, and will not return. Nature\\nbring- not back the mastodon, nor will there I a\\nrecurrence of the colonial epoch. The charm about\\nit is this, that it was the earliest period of our\\nAmerican history, a period that will always be inter-\\nesting, and the records of which will continue to at-\\ntract the reader in the far-distant centuries of the\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nDUNSTABLE I.N THE REVOLUTION.\\nAihanr.-.l 1,1. s uf tvinalirv\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kviiy I unstai.l. Man a Si. Mi. a I irsf\\nAction of the Town-The Minute-Men\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At Bunker Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Enthusiasm\\nami Anxiety\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Evrnts uf ITTii I .alll. nl ISriminuten llai il,.|n|... ami\\nPrivations Dunstable Opposed to Centralized Power\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The War Ended\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094State Constitution Adopted.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List t Dunstable Revolutionary Sol-\\nTin: French and Indian wars terminating with the\\nconquest of Canada gave the colonies of New Eng-\\nland a severe but useful experience. The) bad been\\ntaught the cost, hardships and dangers of war, and\\nknew ho\u00c2\u00bb to meet them. In these campaigns thej\\nhad discovered that they were more than the peers\\nof the European soldiery. They had no hatred of the\\nBritish gOA ernment in its constitutional exercise, had\\nfond memories of their old homes, and bad no expec-\\ntation of a speedy separation from the mother-coun-\\ntry, nor diil they at that time desire it.\\nPut they began to foresee that a great ami inde-\\npendent nation was destined to arise into existence in\\nAmerica. When the leading men of Dunstable met\\nin town-meetings, the current sentiment of the day\\nwas that though none then living would see the event,\\nyet in future ages this country would become a (pow-\\nerful and independent republic. That a separation\\nfrom England would be so soon accomplished they\\ndid not even dream; ami as to the rapid advance of\\nthe country in population, wealth and political im-\\nportance, their most adventurous imaginations lagged\\nfar behind what time has since unfolded as realities.\\nThe era of the Revolution found every citizen of\\nSouthern New Hampshire a soldier. Scarcely a man\\nof middle age could be met who had not faced an\\narmed foe and was not familiar with the dangers of\\nan armed conflict. Colonel Blanchard is reputed to\\nhave saiil that the boys of this town are better ac-\\nquainted with tin gun than the spelling-book,\\nwere rather marksmen than scholars. In addition to\\ntheir military experience, the division of New Eng-\\nland into townships, those little democracies. as\\nthey were aptly called, each self-governed, where\\nevery citizen feels that he is a part of the common-\\nwealth, has civil rights and duties, and learns to think\\nand act for himself, was an excellent school for train-\\ning our forefathers ami teaching them the principles\\nof self-government upon a more extended scale.\\nDuring the long succession of encroachments which\\npreceded and caused the Revolution the inhabitants\\nof Dunstable were not indifferent. They had watched\\nthe storm as it gathered, and knew its consequences\\nmust be momentous. In September, 1774, Jonathan\\nLovewell was sent a delegate to the convention at\\nExeter, called to choose delegates to the First Conti-\\nnental Congress. The same town-meeting voted a\\nsum of money to buy a supply of ammunition, 1 and\\nvoted to pay their share of the expenses to be incurred", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0319.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "HJ4\\nHISTORY OF HILLS UOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin forming a colonial organization. In January,\\n177- Joseph Eayers and Noah Lovewell represented\\nthe town in the next Exeter convention to send dele-\\ngates to Philadelphia. At this meeting, with an ac-\\ntivity characteristic of the times, they chose Samuel\\nRoby, Jonathan Lovewell, Joseph Eayers, Benjamin\\nSmith, John Wright, Benjamin French, James\\nBlanchard and John Searlesa Committee of Inspec-\\ntion to see that all persons in this town carry into\\npractice the recommendations and instructions of the\\nlontinental longress.\\nFrom the first the people of New Hampshire were\\nready for a collision. An old law required every male\\ncitizen from sixteen to sixty years of age to own a\\nmusket, bayonet, knapsack, cartridge-box, one pound\\nof powder, twenty bullets and twelve tliuts. Every\\ntown was required to keep in readiness for use one\\nbarrel of powder, two hundred pounds of lead and\\nthree hundred flints, besides span arms and ammuni-\\ntion for those too poor to own them. The first news\\nof bloodshed at Lexington was borne on the wings of\\nthe wind to every hamlet. Beacons were lighted,\\nguns tired, drums beaten and bells rung to warn the\\n1 pie of their danger.\\nIn these movements the men of Dunstable were\\namong the most zealous, and the military spirit de-\\nrived from their fathers, and the military experience\\nof many in the French wars, were at once aroused into\\nactivity by the summons to the conflict. Instantly\\nthey hurried to Concord to avenge the death of their\\nfellow-citizens. Who and how many were these\\nMinute-Men is not recorded; but the town paid\\none hundred and ten dollars for their expenses.\\nWithin less than a week a company of sixty-six men\\nwas organized at Cambridge under Captain William\\nWalker, of this town, forty of whom, including the\\nofficers, were also from Dunstable. The following is\\nthe company roll, omitting the nam of those from\\nadjacent towns:\\nWilliam \\\\\\\\.,IUir, ..,,,i;hii; ,l:n Urowi), first lieutenant; William\\nK .l v i,, I I tenant hahi.-l Wai tirr. st-i ^i-ant .l..lm Lund, ser-\\ngeant; Phineao Whitney, corporal M..I.H 1 ..ml.-. Ala.ial. I: I. .1..I111\\nLnveuvii. w iiiiatu Ham-. Can. Woods, Stewart, Si 1 Butter-\\nfield, Pet. ill Philip Roby, Jonathan Harris, Wil-\\nliam Harris, Jr., Archibald Gibson, Benjamin w hitney, Jonathan Dan-\\nforth, David Adams, Benjamin Bagli Eli] 1 t Bagley, David Adi\\nJr., Nehemiah Lovewell, Henrj I 1 1 Man hard, Richard\\nAdams. El., n, 1 l,.-.ii.i,, w illian Gibson, John\\nJacob Blodgett,\\nMoses I liaiulli r, Jason Russell.\\nAfter reaching the vicinity of Boston, the New\\nHampshire troops were stationed at Medford, and\\nformed the left wing of the American army. They\\ncomprised two regiments, and were commanded by\\nColonel Stark and Colonel Reed. General Washing-\\nton had not yet arrived. The Massachusetts historian\\nof that campaign described the soldiers from this\\nSlate to be hardy, fearless ami indefatigable. Al-\\nmost every one of them was a trained marksman.\\nThere bail been, with many of them, an experience\\nin savage warfare; and forest hunting was familiar to\\nall. They could aim their weapons at a human op-\\npressor as readily as at a bear.\\nThe regiment of Colonel Prescott and other Massa-\\nchusetts forces wire stationed at Cambridge. By\\noriler of the lommittee of Safety, at nine o clock on\\nthe night of June 16th, Colonel Prescott, with his\\nown regiment and a detachment from several others,\\nincluding a company of one hundred men from Hol-\\nlis, this State, marched to Charlestown, and took\\npossession of the heights upon which, the next day,\\nwas fought the battle of Bunker Hill. The men\\nwere ordered to take one day s rations and a spade\\nor pick-axe. It was midnight before the ground\\nwas reached, and a line marked out for digging\\na breast-work. Working the rest of the night, and\\nthe next foren i in the intense heat of a June\\nsun. without sleep, ami some of them without food\\nand drink, word was sent to Colonel Prescott, if, in\\nview of the impending light, fresh troops had not\\nbetter take the place of the weary ones, Colonel\\nPrescott replied: The men who have thrown up\\nthese works know best how to defend them.\\nAt eleven o clock on the day of the battle the New\\nHampshire troops were ordered to march to the rear\\nof Colonel Prescott s tmand, as a reinforcement.\\nFifteen charges of powder and ball were distributed\\nto each man, with directions to make them into cart-\\nridges immediately. Few had cartridge-boxes, but\\nused powder-horns; ami as the guns wire of different\\ncalibre, there was much difficulty in adjusting the balls.\\nSome of Shirk s men reached the rail fence near the\\nredoubt, while the rest were stationed in the rear to\\nprotect the peninsula. In marching over Charles-\\ntown Neck, the New Hampshire soldiers wen a|.h -d\\nto a constant fire from the P.ritish men-of-war; but\\nColonel Stark kept the men on a steady move, say-\\ning: Before this fight is over, one fresh man will be\\nworth ten tired ones.\\nThe British forces marched up the hill at two\\no clock. The heaviest tire was on Prescott s men at\\nthe breast-works. A regiment of Welsh fusileers was\\nopposed to Shirk s command. They marched up the\\nhill with seven hundred men. The next day only\\neighty-three appeared on parade, and every commis-\\nsioned officer was missing. When the redoubt was\\nabandoned by Colonel Prescott, because his men had\\nneither ammunition nor bayonets to defend it. Col-\\nonel Stark s force held the enemy in check till the\\ngallant band were safely across the i thmu\\nOf the Americans in that memorable battle, one\\nhundred and forty-five were killed and missing, and\\nthnc hundred ami five wounded, in all four hun-\\ndred ami fifty. General Gage reported the killed\\nand wounded of the British army at one thousand and\\nfifty-four, including eighty-nine officers. The New\\nHampshire regiments lost nineteen men killed and\\nseventy-four wounded. The Dunstable company,\\nunder Captain Walker, was in Stark s regiment.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0320.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\n165\\nOnly one Dunstable soldier, William Lund, was\\nkilled, and two, Joseph Greeley and Paul Ologstone,\\nwere wounded. The latter died soon after. The\\nHollis company, which on that day was included\\namong: the .Massachusetts troops under Colonel Pres-\\ncott, lost heavily, eighl men being left dead at the\\nredoubt. The unusual heat of the day compelled the\\nsoldiers to lay aside their coats and knapsacks, many\\nof which were lost in the excitement and hurry of\\nthe retreat.\\nThe battle fought on the 17th of June, 177- in\\nsight of the metropolis of New England, destroyed\\nless of human life than many of the sanguinary con-\\nflicts of the American Revolution. But no one had a\\nmore derisive influence in determining the future of\\nthe Anglo-Saxon race on the western continent.\\nIt taught the British to respect American character\\nand to fear American valor.\\nEvents of 1776 and 1777.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The people of Dunsta-\\nble were anxiously awaiting the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, and in 177b the town officers made procla-\\nmation for the annua] meeting, not as heretofore, in His\\nMajesty s name, but in the name oflhepeople of New\\nHampshire. At this meeting the spirit of 76 was\\nstrongly manifested. Samuel Roby, Noah Lovewell,\\nWilliam Walker, Joseph Eayrs, Joseph French, Jr.,\\nCaptain Benjamin French and Thomas Butterfield,\\nwere chosen delegates to the lounty longress.\\nJonathan Lovewell, Robert Fletcher, Joseph Eayrs,\\nNoah Lovewell Silas Adams, Samuel Koby, Joseph\\nWhiting ami Thomas Butterfield were chosen a lom-\\nmittee of Safetj\\nSamuel Roby, Benjamin Smith, Thomas Butterfield,\\nJohn Searles, David Allds, James Blanchard, Wil-\\nliam Walker, John Wright and Henry Adam- were\\nchosen a Committee of Inspection, to see that no\\nBritish goods were sold in town. Early in 1 T 7 New\\nHampshire raised three regiments of two thousand\\nmen, which were placed under the command of lolo-\\nuels Stark, Ibcd and Hale. They marched to Ticon-\\nderoga, and up the Lakes to Canada, but were com-\\npelled to retreat. The soldiers from Dunstable suf-\\nfered severely, and lost one-third of their number by\\nsickness and exposure.\\nIn 1777 threw regiments of two thousand men were\\nagain raised by New Hampshire, for the Continental\\narmy. The same quota of troops was furnished by\\nthe State during the war. besides voluntary enlist-\\nments. In every lew of two thousand men the propor-\\ntion to be furnished by I (unstable was sixteen. More\\nthan twice this number, however, must have been\\nconstantly in the army. It was in the summer of this\\nyear that General Burgoyne, marching with a large\\narmy from Canada, captured Ticonderoga, a strong\\nfortress at the head of Lake reorge. The loss caused\\ngreat dismay in the Eastern States. One of the New\\nHampshire regiments, commanded by Colonel Hale,\\nwas pursued and overtaken on July 7th, at Hubbard-\\nton, Yt., seventeen miles southeast from Ticonderoga.\\nA severe skirmish followed, in which several officers\\nand one hundred of our men were taken prisoners.\\nOf the Dunstable soldiers, John Butler and James\\nHarwood were killed, and John Manning taken pris-\\noner.\\nThere was great excitement in Vermont and New\\nHampshire at the success and intentions of General\\nBurgoyne and his forces. The Legislature of New\\nHampshire met at Exeter, and ordered a regiment to\\nenlist immediately, under the command of John\\nStark, in order to stop the progress of the enemy on\\nour western frontiers. The State could vote to raise\\ntroops, but could not pay them. The treasury was\\nempty. In this emergency, John Langdon, Speaker\\nof the House, and a merchant of Portsmouth, offered\\nto loan three thousand dollars in coin and the avails\\nof his plate and stock of g Is, remarking that if our\\ncause triumphed, he would be repaid; but if not, the\\nproperty would be of no use to him. He also enlisted\\nas a [private.\\nThe appointment of John Stark was received with\\nenthusiasm throughout the State. The people had\\nconfidence in him. They predicted his success, for\\nthey knew his dauntless courage, keen sagacity and\\nuntiring vigilance. Volunteers in large numbers\\nHocked to his standard. All classes were eager to\\ntake the woods for a Hessian hunt. Stark made his\\nheadquarters at Bennington, where the Vermont\\nforces, under Colonel Warner, joined him. He was\\nordered by Genera] Gates to take bis militia to the\\nwest side of the Hudson. He declined to obey, as he\\nwas in the service id New Hampshire, and her interests\\nrequired his presence at Bennington. Congress\\nthereupon passed a vote of .ensure upon Stark, which\\nin a lew days they changed to a vote of thanks. He\\nbest understood what was his duty. Carrying out his\\nown plan, he found that Genera] Burgoyne had sent\\nfrom Fort Edward fifteen hundred (banians, Tories\\nand Indians to rob and plunder the people of Ver-\\nmont, and thus secure horses and provisions for the\\nBritish arm;,, and Colonel Baum, at the head of\\nthese troops, was close at hand. A brisk skirmish\\ntook place on the 14th of August, in which thirty\\nof tin: enemy were killed. The next day a heavy\\nstorm delayed the contest, and gave the liritish time to\\nbuild abreast-work of logs and timbers. Thej were\\nalso defended by heavy artillery.\\nOn the morning of the 16th, General Stark laid\\nhis plans for a decisive light, and was strengthened by\\na detachment from Western Massachusetts. The bat-\\ntle began at three in the afteru After a two-hours\\nstruggle the fortifications were carried, and two can-\\nnon and many prisoners captured. The rest of the\\nBritish and Hessians tied. An hour later the enemy\\nwere reinforced by Colonel Breyman, and the light\\nwas renewed. They fought till the sun went down,\\nand Stark was master of the held. Only a small frac-\\ntion of the foe escaped. The fruits of the victory\\nobtained by these raw militia over European veteran-,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0321.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntoriea and savages were four pieces of brass artillery,\\neighty loads of baggage, i l- thousand stands of anus\\nand seven hundred and fifty prisoners. Two hundred\\nand seventh fell on the battle-field. The American\\nloss was thirty-four killed and forty wounded. But the\\nimportant result of this victory was the restoration of\\nconfidence to the desponding American army. One\\nmore such blow, said Washington, and we shall\\nhave no more anxiety as to the designs of Britain.\\nCongress having adopted a temporary Conn of\\ngover ent, both for the State and the Union, the\\nvoters of Dunstable, on February 9, 1778, in town-\\nmeeting, adopted unanimously i i ongrossional Artic-\\nles of Confederation. On April 17, 1778, Captain Ben-\\njamin French and Deacon William Hunt were chosen\\ndelegates to the Stale invention, to be held in June,\\nto form a State constitution. A committee of eleven\\nwas also appointed, namely, Cyrus Baldwin, Joseph\\nWhiting, Robert Fletcher, Jonathan Lovewell, Captain\\nDaniel Warner, Joseph Eayrs, Captain Benjamin\\nSmith, Lieutenant David Allds, Colonel Noah Love-\\nwell, Lieutenant Joseph French and Lieutenant Jacob\\nTaylor, to assist said members during the conven-\\ntion s session. A bill of rights and a constitution\\nwere drafted, ami an able address to the people issued,\\nsigned by John Langdon, p resident of the convention.\\nBut the people would not sanction either. Their ex-\\nperience id royal usurpation, and the tear of giving\\nt inch power to the rulers prevailed, ami 1i.mIi were\\nnegatived by a large majority. Dunstable voted unan-\\nimously to reject them.\\nIn August, 177S, fourteen men went as volunteers\\nfrom Dunstable, under Colonel Noah Lovewell, to\\nRhode Island. Theseatof war having changed from\\nNew England to the Middle ami Southern State-, in\\n1779, 1780 and 1781 a large number of Dunstable\\nmen cut into acti\\\\ c service as soldiers in New ..i I,\\nand Virginia.\\nHow many soldiers were furnished to the army fr\\nDunstable during the seven years of the War of the\\nRevolution it is not possible to ascertain with entire\\naccuracy, but the number was maintained till the\\nclose of the contest, in October, 1781 No town in this\\nState bad greater unanimity in favor of national in-\\ndependence and the most vigorous prosecution of the\\nwar. There were no Tories in Dunstable, and no resi-\\ndents id the town went into exile for supporting the\\nusurpations id the British King.\\nIn preparing the only history of Nashua hitherto\\npublished, its author, Charles J. Fox, Esq., made an\\nexamination of the town and State records, ami\\navailed himself of other sources of information to\\nobtain the names of those who participated in that\\nlong and bloody struggle. Mr. Fox had the habits of\\ninvestigation which admirably lilted him for the work,\\nand it was his intention, had his health and life been\\nprolonged, to have given the subject further attention.\\nHis summary of the services of the soldiers id this\\ntown, we give in his own words,\\nfin- wli..le male pupulation of I uiist.a.l,- ii, May, 177.-., hetwec n the\\nagi l Bixteen and fiftj yean, was onrj hundred and twenty-eight,\\nand nearly ever} man, eith i at i lui i or as a draft, was at some\\nj. ii 1 in ttif -.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mir.- I ll. u.r. in st every ti^lit, In. in I .nnker\\n11,11 tc S irkt iwn, and theii bones aw i Idering upon many a battle-\\nBeld, from Haasai tt- I Virginia. They were at Bunker Hill in the\\nl\u00c2\u00bb sl 1 .lainj i .iii-l h..lea lii.v weiv .it I i. ..ri-t. i \\\\v }i.-ri-, 1\u00c2\u00bb .mo\\ndown by pestilei ind want, they were compelled to retreat, fighting\\nstep by step, in the face of a victorious foe; they were at Bennington\\nwith Stark, where the tii-i gleam of li^-hl broke in u] tor prospects\\nWashington, they surprised a\\nhi tlie .lishrult.-lie.l not i. .0 a\\narmy i apll ilia!. .1, ami lliue|.einleiii e was wl.ii.\\nThe following is the list of soldiers from Dunstable\\nwho served in the army at some time between April,\\n1775, and October, 1781. Some of them were in ser-\\nvice only a few months, or for a single expedition.\\nThe names thus collected number one hundred and\\nfifty-nine, or thirty-one above the number of males\\nin the tow 1 April 1, 177~ between the ages of six-\\nteen and fifty. Rut it is to be borne in mind that\\nquite a number went into service for a single expedi-\\ntion, like that to Bennington, who were over fifty years\\nof age. Of this class there were said to have been\\nover forty. The list was made chiefly by Mr. Fox in\\n1S44, at which time there were four Revolutionary\\nsoldiers living in the town, namely, Eleazer Fisk\\nJi Jewell, Isaac Foot and Ebenezer Harris, from\\nwhose recollection several of these names were ob-\\ntained. The thirty-nine marked with a star were at\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill; the forty-four marked\\nwith a dagger are taken from the town records;\\nthose without mark are from verbal and other sources\\nDavid VI. mi-. David Vl.ine, .Ii, Hi. It. ml Vlnte. Il.lil\\\\ Vi.ini-\\nSilas vf I Isaac vl.nn-. 7 .1. i, M Ulds, David Allds, Jacob Adams,-}\\nlil.ni. Ii.ii-i \u00e2\u0080\u0094Hi. Butterfield, Ibe] Butterfleld, Si mi Butter-\\n11. mat I in. mi- 11. Charles Butterfleld, Benjamin Bayley,\u00c2\u00bb\\nzei Blanchard, Olivet Blodgett, Daniel Blood, 1 I Brown,*\\nu. I Butterfield.1 .rim Butlei killed at Hubberton, Ver nt.\\nI.Ephraim la l.fHeul -I l.tSimeon HI l.fJohn Blanch-\\nf Nathaniel Blanchard, i oat nan Butterfleld, f Timothy lil I.t\\nl,.,|.i Bayley,* William Butterfleld Paul Clogst (died at Cam-\\n:77 .r.liii Cockle,1 Stephen Conery,t John Conery.i Medad\\nHe ..mo lii.cn Cox, Tl tas lark,\\nell. 1\\nHarwood,\\nJames Ji\\n11. t (.tie. I in .11 no l-i. e I h ...a!-.\\nM.-II. Nathaniel l\\\\. In 1 11 .I.\\nStephen I.uVeWell lei. luie.lt, 1 lintlias l.ile- l.e\\\\i I.uti l, William\\nMann f kille.l ill the am. v.. .I..I111 MainnniM ital.en j.ris 1 at\\nTirntiilen.ea, ami atteiu.ints retakeiii, Kti|.tialet Main. mi:, t .l. llathali", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0322.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "167\\nPowers, Thomas\\nPike, William Qu\\narmy), Samuel Ro\\nBdDJamiD Robbine\\nS b, John Sno\u00c2\u00ab\\n5eal,1 Sil Swa\\npie, Levi Pempl\\nWoods died at\\ni Roby,\\nI SI,. -.1.1,1\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Cuntiuiietl).\\nDUNSTAl .I.K\\nins i i n i M ins.\\nb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The ru..- Barrens \u00e2\u0080\u0094So\\nsrneld Rev. Joseph Kidder-\\n1 Si I I- .I Text-Booka-\\ng\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Lovewells and Blanch\\nThe close of the War of tin- Revolution found\\nthe people of New England sadly embarrassed in\\ntheir resources. We can form but a faint idea of the\\nsacrifices made by the colonists ha- independence.\\nBeside periling life in Wattle and submitting to priva-\\ntions of every description, so large a proportion of\\nthe able-bodied of the population were in the army\\nthat fields were often left unfilled. Our efforts are\\ngreat, said John Adams, in 1780, and we give in\\nthis campaign one-half of our property to defend\\nthe other half. He who stays at home cannot\\nearn enough to pay him who takes the field. Great\\nas was the depression elsewhere, it fell with unusual\\nseverity upon Dunstable. In the Indian wars no\\ntown in theState had lost so large a proportion of the\\nheads of families, or so largely reduced its industrial\\ncapacity. Hence the sum annually expended by tin-\\ntown during the war. amounting to three thousand\\ndollars each year, became a heavy burden upon a\\npopulation uumbering, in 1775, only seven hundred\\nand five. Yet this small number had diminished in\\n17s:; to five hundred and seventy-eight, showing a\\ndecrease of one hundred and twenty-seven, or eighteen\\nper cent.,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a fact which proves better than pages of\\ndescription the weight of the exertions which were put\\nforth and the sacrifices which were made, and the con-\\nsequent paralysis of the energies and prosperity of\\nthe community.\\nAdded to the poverty of the people was the diversity\\nof opinion in regard to the powers and limitations of\\ntheState and national governments. In December,\\n1782, Dunstable chose Jonathan Blanchard represen-\\ntative to the State Convention at Exeter, bul no\\ndecisive action was taken by that body. In 17*4,\\nCaptain Benjamin French, in 1786 and 17*7. Colonel\\nNoah Lovewell were representives, hut no important\\nmeasures were settled. In January, 1788, Deacon\\nWilliam Hunt was chosen a delegate to the conven-\\ntion which met at Exeter the following month lo\\nadopt the Constitution of the United States, which\\nhail recently been sent out In Congress for acceptance\\nby theseveral States. Throughout the country, as well\\nas in the several State Conventions, there was great\\ndiversitj ol opinion in regard to it, and much opposi-\\ntion. Some believed thai the Constitution vested too\\nmuch power in the general government, and would\\ngradually annihilate the existence of tin States.\\nOthers feared that it had not enough authority to\\nprotect itself from the encroachments of the States,\\nand would soon he powerless, there was danger on\\nboth sides. On the one side was anarchy, on the\\nother usurpation. It was an untried experiment, and\\nevery little community was divided. It was debated\\nin town-meeting, and Dunstable voted not to ac-\\ncept the Constitution, and chose a committee of nine\\nto draft a list of objections to he forwarded to the\\nState Convention at Exeter. They attended to their\\nduty. Fortunately, however, the State Convention\\nadopted the Constitution. It was a compromise\\nbetween the doubts of conflicting parties, and the\\nfears of both have happily failed to be verified. The\\naction of New J lampshire had a controlling influence\\nupon the New York and other conventions then in\\nsession. TheState lonstitution, in the mean time, had\\nbeen submitted to the popular vote in .March, 17N4,\\nanil approved by a large majority. It went into\\noperation in June, 17S4, and Mesheck Weare became\\nchief magistrate under the title of President, which\\ntitle was changed by the State Convention of 1792\\nto Governor, to distinguish the office from that of\\nthe chief magistrate of the nation.\\nFew of our people of the present generation are\\naware of the comparatively low rank of this town in\\npopulation, trade and wealth at the close of the last\\ncentury. We give a table ol its population at four\\ndifferent periods, as compared with several towns in\\nthe vicinitv:\\n1800.\\n1880.\\nValuation, 1883.\\n802\\n1557\\n1-207\\n926\\n2561\\nI 1 397\\nJ12,105,266\\n924,675\\n830^755\\n1,040,783\\nIt will he seen 1 the above table that Nashua\\n(then Dunstable) had in 1790 and in 1800 less inhab-\\nitants than the neighboring towns. This inferiority\\nin numbers and wealth continued till the introduction\\nof cotton manufacture, in 1826. Her trade formally\\nyears after the Revolutionary War was exceedingly\\nsmall. There was no post-office in the town, and no\\nvillage. The nearest semblance to one was the little\\nhamlet ol live or six dwellings near the meeting-\\nhouse located two miles below the city hall, and near\\nthe present farm-house of Mrs. Alfred Godfrey. It\\nconsisted of a store, the only one in town, kept by a", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0323.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMr. Chamberlin a tavern, kept by Cummings Pol-\\nlard; a blacksmith-shop, a batter s .-hup and the\\nresidence of Parson Kidder. It was designated l\\nthe people of the town as the Centre. Farmers\\nof that period had to follow the advice of Dr. Frank-\\nlin, to light the lamps of industry. Women had\\nmuch of out-door life, and were capable of great en-\\ndurance. There was much of neighborhood good-\\nfeeling and generosity. It was needed. Among the\\nearly settlers was a class who. coming on foot, carried\\nall their property on their shoulders. Such persons,\\nthough often valuable as hired laborers, needed ad-\\nviser- and overseers; and unless men of more enter-\\nprise and foresight had aided them to shelter, food and\\nwork, they and their families must have suffered\\nseverely. Rude but pleasant homes were increasing.\\nThe hum of the wheel and the stroke of the loom\\ntold of domestic industry. In the spring, the plow\\nand the hoe were never allowed to rust in summer,\\nthe scythe and the sickle were in constant use; in\\nearly tall, there was gladness in gathering the abund-\\nant harvest farther on, the October fires roared and\\nrushed through the fallen woodlands, and gleamed at\\nnight on the hill-sides. Nor was the winter a holiday\\nto tin- tanner and hi- family hut the long nights af-\\nforded the opportunity for social gatherings of kins-\\nfolks and neighbors.\\nIt would he difficult to conceive of a more inde-\\npendent, -elf-reliant, hearty and healthy class than\\nour farming people at the close of the eighteenth\\ncentury. The farmer lived on the products of bis\\nown soil, was wanned 1 fuel from his own woods,\\nclothed from the fleeces of his own Bock, or the flax\\nof his own field. No flour, beef, ham-, lard or burn-\\ning fluid were then imported. Splinters of pitch-pine\\nand resinous pine-knots were used for lights. Many\\na hoy and girl of Dunstable studied their lessons bj\\nthis light, and gained that practical knowledge which\\nenabled them to become useful and successful in after-\\nlife. Trade was chiefly carried on h\\\\ barter. Little\\nmoney was in circulation, and it was not needed.\\nTile oxen and swine, which yielded the fresh meat in\\nwinter ami the salt meat in summer, were fed and\\nfattened mi the farm. The surplus products of the\\nfield or the slaughtered swine not needed by the family\\nwere carried to market in the tanner s double\\nsleigh, and exchanged for salt, iron, molasses, and. if\\nthe truth must he told, a keg of New England rum.\\nSo the year went round, and to a majority oi the resi-\\ndents was marked by contentedness and a slow hut\\nwell-founded prosperity.\\nIn the early history of this and all the town- of\\nNew England, mutual necessities and hardships\\nawakened mutual interest and hospitalities Each\\ngave a helping hand to rear a house for the new-\\ncomer, to SOW and harvest the fields of a sick neigh-\\nbor. The manner of borrowing and lending among\\nour ancestors was truly patriarchal. When a neigh-\\nbor killed a calf, no part of it was sold, but it was\\ndistributed among relatives and friends, the poor\\nwidow always having a piece and the minister not be-\\ning forgotten. When a neighbor wished for help to\\nbreak up hi- ground, ami a number of yoke- of oxen\\nwere necessary, he had only to let it he known, and\\nnot only the oxen and plow could he had. hut a man\\nto drive them. Townsmen generally were well ac-\\nquainted with each other, their circumstances and\\nwants. The destitute found a helper, ami the aid\\nwas generously rendered.\\nNinety years ago there was very little of mechanism\\nor manufacturing, except by rude hand-work, in this\\ncountry. Yet mechanism was then, a- now, essential,\\nand the mechanic was the peer and helper of the\\nfarmer. Every tiller of the -oil needed a house and\\nbarn, tools and furniture, clothes and shoes. The\\nskill and craft which produced these necessaries often\\ncame to the house of the employer. The shoemaker\\nand tailor were intinerant, working where they were\\nneeded, and often receiving for their labor the pro-\\nducts of the farm or loom, or stores from the larder or\\ncellar. Carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, tailors ami\\nshoemakers were found in every growing town.\\nThe most prominent carpenter of Dunstable at that\\ntime was John Whittle. He built the fust house on\\nConcord Street, just north of the Indian Head\\nHouse, in 1782. Afterwards he removed to the\\nvicinity of the old meeting-house at the Centre,\\nand a few years later built the house now occupied by\\nhis grandson, p.. G. Tyler, at the corner of Main and\\nTyler Streets. Of his nine children, two sons and\\nseven daughters, only the youngest survives, Mrs.\\nElizabeth Butterfield, who was born May 12, 1795,\\nand now resides in Tyngsborough village, in the\\nninety-first year of lor age.\\nIn 1754 the town built a meeting-house on tin-\\ntriangular piece of land in front of what was long\\nknown a- the Jesse Estey tavern, now the farm-house\\nof Mrs. Alfred Godfrey. For nearly sixty years it\\nwas the only place of religious worship in town. It\\nwas without lull or steeple, and externally had a\\nrather ham-like appearance. The centre portion of\\nthe house had square pews with seats on all sides.\\nThe pulpit wa- reached by a long flight of stair-, and\\na dome-shaped -ounding-hoard was suspended over it.\\n.Mrs. Elizabeth Butterfield, of whom we have just\\nmade mention, distinctly remembers attending Sun-\\nday services in this house. The seats id the pews\\nhad hinges, and when the congregation ro-e at prayer\\nthe seats were lifted to increase the -tamling-roorn.\\nThe recollections most vivid to her arc the extreme\\nlength of the prayers and the momentary clatter\\nmade by dropping the lids at its close. Rev. Joseph\\nKidder began preaching here in 17i!7, and continued\\nto occupy the pulpit for fifty years. He lived and\\ndied in the house opposite the residence of .Mrs. God-\\nfrey, and of late known as the Scott place. Mr,\\nKidder was a minister of the old school, and the man\\nand the parish are best described in the words of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0324.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nProfessor E. 1\u00c2\u00bb. Sanborn, as used in delineating the\\nstate of society in most of our New Hampshire towns\\nat the close of the Revolutionary War: There were\\nno libraries, and the very few t ks which did exist,\\nbeing chiefly sermons or expositions of portions of\\nthe Bible, were not extensively read. Religious\\npapers were unknown, and biographies of children of\\nprecocious piety and sainted Christians too g I for\\nearth had not then been written. A lame proportion\\nof the entire population attended church. No blinds\\nexcluded the blazing suns of summer; no fires soft-\\nened the int. use cold of winter. The hearers listened\\ndevoutly to long, doctrinal sermons, even when the\\nbreath of the preacher was frozen as it escaped his\\nlips. The minister of the standing order, possibly\\nthe only thoroughly educated man in the town,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mighty in the Scriptures and austere in morals, was\\nregarded by the children of his flock with awe, by the\\nparents with reverence.\\nIr the close of the Revolutionary War to the\\nclose of tin century (1800) the farmers of this town\\nincreased, not only in numbers, but in the conveni-\\nences and enjoyments of home-life. Food and cloth-\\ning became abundant. In winter the outside, home\\nmade woolen frock of striped blue and white, put on\\nover the head, buttoning at the neck and reaching to\\nthe knees, was universally worn by the farmers ami\\ntheir boys. For a time they were worn at public\\ngatherings, and when Parson Kidder was once called\\nupon to open a town-meeting with prayer. In 1 said\\nthat half an acre of striped frocking rose up before\\nhim. Schools in winter began to he fully attended\\nby hoys and girls, many of whom were of adult size\\nand years. Chirography and orthography recohcl\\nincreased attention. The town records of Dunstable\\nshow a neatness and facility in penmanship which\\ndo not stiller in comparison with that of to-day.\\nThere were few text-hooks in use. The reading-hooks\\nthen used wen- the New England Primer, with its\\nrude cuts of Adam and Eve, Jonah and the Whale,\\nand rustic rhymes, such as\\nIn Adam s fall\\nWe sinned all,\\nthe Psalms and the New Testament. Dilworth s\\nspelling-book was used by the more advanced pupils.\\nIn arithmetic, instruction did not extend beyond the\\nfour fundamental rules, reduction ami simple in-\\nterest. No text-hook was used, hut the schoolmaster\\nwrote the sums on each individual slate. Unfor-\\ntunately, the lilack-board was unknown. Accuracy in\\nthe use of language was sometimes taught verbally,\\nbut neither grammar nor geography were recognized\\nstudios.\\nHunting during the fall months afforded some sup-\\nple- to the farmers. Raccoons and gray squirrels\\nhad not only a fine relish for the breakfast table, but\\ntheir depredations in the corn-fields made it necessary\\nto entrap them. Partridges and pigeons were also\\nnumerous. In November and December the fur-\\nhearing animals were sought after, and chiefly by\\ntraps. The first dollar 1 could call my own, said\\nJonathan Whiting, was obtained by the sale of two\\nmink skins, caught in Hasscdl s Brook.\\nThe catching of fish was for many years after the\\nRevolution a great source- of supply tor food to the\\ninhabitants. In the Merrimack River the fishing\\nseason began with the first appearance of the apple\\nblossoms. With the Indians Amoskeag Kails was the\\nmost noted place for catching shad and salmon, and\\nnext in importance were the small streams, like\\ni has, Pennichuck and Salmon Brooks. Hut the\\nuse of large seines, stretching across the entire river,\\nenabled the whites to scoop in these migratory fish at\\nalmost any point along the river where there was a\\nsmooth bottom. It seems almost incredible what\\nquantities of fish came up the Merrimack in the\\nmonth of May. In Dunstable the leading resort was\\nin i Ic smooth water about half a mile this side of the\\nState line. Nearly as many were taken just below\\nthe mouth of the Pennichuck. It was a common\\nsaying with those families whose meat barrels were\\napt to be scanty, We hope meat will last till fish\\ncomes, and fish last till meat comes. The alewives\\nwere taken with a scoop-net the eels by an eel-pot\\nof wicker-work set in the falls of smaller streams.\\nSalmon and shad were taken by both, the net being\\nused at tails anil in swift water, and the seine in the\\nriver. In the smaller streams the fish continued to\\nbe caught until the middle of June.\\nUegular fishing companies were organized at various\\npoints ,,n the river, and the expense of twine, ropes,\\ncord, lead, with boats and oars, was about one hun-\\ndred ami twenty dollars for a first-class -cine. When\\nthese large seines wen- first used, in L762, over one\\nthousand shad were taken at a single haul. Twelve\\nmen were required to use one of them, and when\\ntilled with a ton of live fish it required their utmost\\nexertion. Hundreds of people from adjacent towns\\nwould come t,, buy for their families, and g 1-sized\\nshad could someti be bought for two dollars per\\nhundred. There was a marked diminution of fish in\\nand in 1793 the Legislature of this State\\nenacted laws regulating the taking of fish by provi-\\nding that during a certain part of every twenty-four\\nhours the Merrimack waters should he undisturbed.\\n1 he number, however, continued to diminish, so that\\nin 1812 not more than fifty salmon were often taken\\nin the most lucky haul. More or less, however, were\\ntaken till the obstruction of mill-dams at Lowell,\\nabout 1X24, prevented their annual migration. The\\nlast shad taken in Dunstable were from the bend in\\nthe Nashua River, just above the iron bridge on\\nCanal Street, in 1839.\\nSeveral of the winters between 1790 and 1800\\nabounded with deep -n,,ws. In 1792 the snow re-\\nmained till the middle of May, but. melting suddenly,\\nwas followed by a warm and productive summer.\\nThe spring of 17h4 opened unusually early; but on", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0325.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOKOl CJH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe 17th of May there came the most destructive frost\\nrecorded in the history of this State- The young\\napples and other fruit were formed, the rye beaded,\\nand other crops so far advanced as to be exposed.\\nThe frost was verj severe, and entirely destroyed the\\nfruit anil the English main erojis ..I that year. The\\ncorn and hay crops, however, were abundant.\\nMeanwhile, some of the men who had taken the\\nlead in the military and civil affairs of the town and\\nState were passing away. On the 16th of July, L788,\\nHon. Jonathan Blanchard died at the age of fifty.\\nHe was descended from a long line of honorable an-\\ncestry. His lather and grandfather had heen men of\\nnote and influence in colonial history. His father\\ndied when he was in his twentieth year, and he at\\nonce took his place as surveyor and proprietor s clerk.\\nWhen tin contest arose between the British govern-\\nment and the colonies Mr. Blanchard became an\\nactive and earnest advocate of the American cause.\\nHe was a member of the lontinental Congress at the\\ntime of his death. His residence was at the old family\\nmansion, one hundred yards southwest of the brick\\nschool-house on the Lowell road and near the cemetery\\nwhere he was buried. His widow survived till 1811.\\nIn 17!i2, Jonathan Lovewell. Esq., brother of Cap-\\ntain John Lovewell, the Indian tighter, died at the\\nage of seventy-nine. Early in life he took a prom-\\ninent part in public affairs. He served in the last of\\nthe French and Indian Wars and afterwards took an\\nactive part inthe War of the Revolution. Attheclose\\nof the war lie was a member of the convention which\\nframed the State Constitution, and after its adoption\\nwas for several years a judge of the Court of Common\\nPleas. He was never married. In his religious views\\nhe was an Arininian, a follower of reorge Whitelicld.\\nDuring the first century of the history of Dun-\\nstable the two most prominent families were the\\nLovewells and the Blanchards. Both of them have\\ndisappeared from Nashua, so far as regards the\\nactual name. In local affairs they were at times\\nantagonistic, hid on State and national interests they\\nwere too patriotic and liberty-loving to he otherwise\\nthan harmonious. The Lovewell family first at-\\ntained celebrity by the Pequawket tight. The Blanch-\\nards became widely known as surveyors of wild\\nlands, and traversed most of the western and north-\\nern towns of this county before they were settled l\\nthe white people.\\nCHAPTER X.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Com I\\n[STAB] M 1800 To 1\\nOlden-TimeVehii lea and I oola -Wi n s Labors\\ni- I i- ITearii Ma -Dea i Hunt s lm\\nkr,-|\u00e2\u0080\u009e-r I ;i| I l; --II i; l .:il I i I I\\n.1.... ISirlli A N..-lcin ilki-r linnlM.il On.ull\\nof 1816\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^Meeting-House Raising Che Old Cidi i ttilla\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Huskings.\\nAfter the close of tin Revolutionary War the\\nAmerican people found themselves essentially an\\nagricultural community, with scarcely any commerce\\nor manufactories. Steam as a motive-power was un-\\nknown. Water-power was only used for sawing\\nlumber and grinding grain. Farming implements,\\nfurniture, carriages, clothing, in brief, everything,\\nwas made by hand labor. Tools of all kinds were\\ncrude and unwieldy. Tin- plow was a rude imple-\\nment, furnished at a greater cost and worked by\\ndouble the strength required at this time. The\\nstrength of woman s foot turned the wheel, the skill\\nof her lingers spun the thread, ami the power of her\\narm dmve the shuttle: the hand-saw, the pod\\nauger, the gouge and chisel were the perfection of\\nmechanical tools; and the two-wheeled cart the best\\nvehicle for transportation. Experimental improve-\\nments didnot succeed at once. When the first four-\\nwheeled wagon came to this town the driver found no\\nspace large enough to enable him to turn around till\\nhe reached the triangle opposite Mr-. Godfrey s\\nresidence.\\nThe year 1800 found the Dunstable people with very\\nfew of modern conveniences. There was no post-otlice,\\nno mails, no library, a weekly tw..-horse Btage-coach\\nanil less than a score of weekly newspapers. Whether\\nfor the better or worse, there were no lawyer, no\\ndoctor and only one clergyman. Nor was it increas-\\ning in population as rapidly as the towns more recently\\nsettled to the north and west. Amherst had three\\ntimes the population of this town, and Peterborough,\\nHillsborough, Antrim, Milford, Weare and New Bos-\\nton had surpassed it in numbers and were rapidly\\nacquiring the thrift which peace, industry and frugal-\\nity are sure to bring. The seaboard towns of Eastern\\nMassachusetts had little of the commerce and none of\\nthe manufactories of later times, and their surplus\\npopulation were seeking 1 tes among the rounded\\nhills of Central New Hampshire.\\nThe reader of to-day may not fully understand why,\\neighty and ninety years ago, the upper towns were\\n-low mil more rapidly than Dunstable. The Letter\\nsoil of this town was already occupied. The ex-\\ntended plain embracing all the central portion of the\\ntownship, and on the eastern part of which the\\nn\\\\ of Nashua now stands, was covered with a native\\ngrowth of scrub pine, and the sandy soil on which it\\nrested was really of little value. Dunstable Plains\\nwere often the subject of much merriment to peo-\\nple of other sections, as it seemed to them the em-\\nbodiment of the idea of poverty of soil. Mr. Fox. in\\nhis history, relates that some wicked wag in our Leg-\\nislature once undertook to disparage our soil, declar-\\ning that it would not support a chipping squirrel to\\ntin- acre. and capped the climax of his oratory hy\\nrelating the story that a grasshopper was once\\nseen perched upon the top of a dry niulhiu-stalk,\\nwith the tears rolling down his cheeks, looking in\\nvail liscover one blade of green grass to allay his\\nhunger.\\nMeanwhile, with little addition from abroad, there", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0326.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\n171\\nwas a desirable increase from the growth of resident\\nfamilies. A majority of the households could boast\\nof eighl to ten children, and the seven school districts\\ninto which the town was divided had, in L800, an\\naverage of forty scholars. New- dwellings and larger\\nbarns were built, and on the river road one-hali of\\nthe residences were the large, square, two-story farm-\\nhouses, of which quite a number still exist. The far-\\nmers in winter carried the products of the farm\\npork, poultry, butter, cheese, wool and grain to the\\nseal rd markets with their own teams. Boston was\\nnot then the solo commercial port of Massachusetts,\\nbut Salem and Newburyporl voir successfully com-\\npeting with her for the West and East Indian trade.\\nA large majority of the products of Hillsborough\\nCounty eighty years ago were carried to Salem and\\nNewburyport.\\nThe annual winter excursion of the farmer to the\\nseaboard market was quite an event to him and bis\\nfamily. The well-fed ox-team and well-loaded sled\\nleft before dawn. It was a two-days drive to reach\\neither of the seaboard towns. The third day was\\nbusily occupied in making a sale and loading up sup-\\nplies lor tie coming year. It consisted of a few\\nI i j hels of salt, a low farming tools, sonic needed\\ncrockery, tin and iron-wares, a few pounds of tea, a\\nfeu yards of cotton cloth, a supply of pins, needles\\nand buttons, a bundle of dry cod-fish, a dozen pounds\\nof brown sugar, a keg of West India molasses and a\\nkeg of Medford rum.\\nIf the means of the farmer were not exhausted, he\\nbought for himself a wool hat and red bandanna\\nhandkerchief, and for his wife or eldest daughter a\\nstring of thirty-six gold beads, sonic school-books for\\nthe older and a few simple toys for the younger chil-\\ndren. If the weather was fair he reached home on the\\ntilth day, soon after darkness set in. His arrival was\\nanxiously awaited. While taking care id his tired\\noxen the less weighty articles were carried into the\\nkitchen, and the farmer sat down to a steaming hot\\nBupper, during which the leading incidents of the trip\\nwere related to intent listeners. Afterwards the\\nheavier purchases were brought in, and the evening\\nhours glided away in narrating the particulars of a\\ntrip as eventful as an overland excursion of to-da\\\\ to\\nSan Francisco.\\nThe valley of the Merrimack then, as now, afforded\\na natural thoroughfare for a large part of New Hamp-\\nshire lo the markets on the sea-coast. Though there\\nwas a limited supply of money in circulation, the\\namount of barter trade began lo he of some import-\\nance before the Revolution, and rapidly increased\\nafter its close. During the first ten years of the\\npresent century the European wars gave an impetus\\nto New England commerce, and the products of the\\nfarm were in fair demand. The farmers who bad\\ntaken up and were clearing new lands among the hill-\\nranges which lie between the Merrimack and the\\nConnecticut Valleys were in extreme need of axes,\\nplows, chains and numerous other articles of oul do, r\\nand in-door use. Those who bad already soi ured im-\\nproved farms had ample wants to be supplied, and\\n(bus each succeeding year witnessed an additional\\namount of travel through Dunstable from the up-\\ncountry. This gradually led to a system of hostelry\\non the river road, so extensive as to be not only a\\nsource of profit, hut a social influence. The old-\\nfashioned tavern is known lo the young people id to-\\nday onlj in .1 legendary sense, but from 1775 to 1825\\nit was practically an institution of marked promi-\\nnence in this town.\\nThe first tavern in Dunstable for the accommoda-\\ntion of the up-country people and their teams was\\nopened by Deacon William Hunt in 1759. It was a\\nlarge, square, two-story house, and stood on the east\\nside of the Lowell road, two ami a half miles below\\nthe city hall, on the site of the present Elm House.\\nThe two barns, forming a right-angle, were on the\\nopposite side of the road. Deacon Hunt was a man\\nof worth and ability, lie was for many years a town\\nofficial and a member of I he Slate on von lion which,\\nin 1788, ratified the national constitution, denial, but\\nnot loquacious, be was a popular inn-keeper, and in the\\nwinter often twenty or more wayfarers sou\\nfor themselves and their teams at his hostelry. We\\nmust not omit io mention that the deacon, though a\\nchurch official, kept a liar, which was well supplied\\nwith Medford rum. The temperance -ciitiiuent had\\nnot then been developed in Now England. Flip\\nwai lie high-toned beverage of those days; but\\nblack-strap, a compound of rum and brown sugar,\\nsold at threi was the usual be\\nthe farmer and teamster. The flimsy subterfuges of\\nmodern times were not needed, and the deaeon s\\ndecanter- st 1 boldly on the shelf inviting patron-\\nage.\\nThere would have been more drinking had money\\nbeen plenty and the times less serious. But the pub-\\nlie mind was excited, and often when night set in the\\nBlanchards, Lovewells, Lunds and manj ol\\nzens gathered at Deacon Hunt s spacious bar-room\\nto discuss I lie state of the country and the events of\\nthe day. There was no division of opinion. The\\nlyrauii} ol King George, the Stamp Act and the Tea\\nTax were vigorously denounced.\\nWhen the Revolutionary War was ended the rapid\\nincrease of Havel led to an increase of tavci\\ntain Benjamin French opened apublic-house nearthe\\nTyngsborough line, where Alfred P. Kendall now\\nlives. Il was a good 1 ication. Timothy Taylor kept\\nthe first tavern on the north side of the Nashua River,\\nand the building isthe ell of the present Indian Head\\nHouse while Cummings L ollard, at the Centre,\\nOffered shelter for man and beast on lie; premi QOVi\\noccupied by .Mrs. Godfrey.\\nIn 1801 the travel on this line of road received a\\nnew impulse from the completion of the second New\\nHampshire turnpike, which extended from Clare-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0327.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nliiont to Amherst. Teams from a portion of Central\\nVermont began to ass over this route, and instead\\nof the two-horse coach of Joseph Wheat, which made\\na weekly trip from Amherst to Boston and back with-\\nout a change of horses, a line of four-horse coaches be-\\ngan to run triweekly from Windsor, Yt., to Boston,\\nreturning on alternate days. Large droves of cattle\\nand sheep went to market over the road, and the\\namount of freight in both directions soon became so\\nlarge that six-horse teams were employed at all sea-\\nsons of the year. Ox-teams grew out of use, and\\nwhen the tanner, ignoring tin- professional teamster,\\nstill continued in winter to take his own produce to\\nmarket, lie used the double pung with steel\\nshoes an inch thick.\\nThe winter was still the harvest-time of the Dun-\\nstable tavern-keepers. It was essentia] to give a com-\\nfortable, home-like aspect to the premises. The first\\nrequisite was a bar-r i of ample size, and a fire-\\nplace in winter equally ample, from which in cold\\nweather the oak-wood lire should send forth its glow-\\ning warmth. The floor was well swept, and the old\\nclock ticked slowly in the ner. and a1 one end of\\nthe room was the alluring liar, with its row of decanters\\non the shelf behind, while the tin drainer on the\\ncounter had a display of tumblers, mugs and toddy-\\nsticks. In the fire-place the loggerhead was kept at\\nwhite heat to do speedy service when needed. There\\nwere days in December and January when an un-\\nbroken procession, a mile in length of two, lour and\\nsix-horse teams left the Dunstable taverns for the\\nlower markets, and a like procession started for the\\nup-country. There were in L808 nine taverns between\\nlie Indian Head House and the Massachusetts line,\\nand their reputation for good cheer was such that\\nthe Vermont teamsters usually contrived to be over-\\ntaken by night in their vicinity.\\nNo doubt there were jovial nights at these old-time\\nhostelries when, after a hard day s drive, the teamsters,\\nhaving sheltered and fed their tired horses, sat down\\nin front of a blazing lire recounl (be incidents of\\nthe day, the probabilities .if the Weather and the\\nii esof the market. After supper, the drought\\nid the summer, the superiority of Vermont farms and\\nhorses, and the probabilities ofawarwith England\\nited till the ten strokes of the old clock\\nannounced the hour for sleep.\\nBut there wen other gatherings al these old-time\\ntaverns than those of the traveling public. The far-\\nmers ..f that day bad few sources of general informa-\\ntion. During the heavy snows of the winter they\\nwould gather in the afternoon at some central bar-\\nr n and talk id local news. the marriages, births,\\ndeaths, sickness and accidents of the vicinity, and of\\nthose among their down- country friends, the land from\\nwhence they cam. ami to which they made occasional\\npilgrimages. These were not mere gatherings of bar-\\nroom loafers, hut of industrious and honest fanners,\\ndressed in sheeps gray frocks, reaching just below the\\nknees, the enterprising and shrewd business men of\\nthe town and the ambitious young politicians came\\ntogether to discuss questions of town management, to\\nspout, talk and wrangle about the laying out id roads,\\nthe building of bridges, the locating of school-houses\\nami the building of a new meeting-house. It was here\\nthat many a young man took his initiation in public\\nspeaking, and felt his first aspiration for public office\\nand honors.\\nBut with all the advantages of the old-time taverna\\nin entertaining the traveling public, the liar was then,\\nas now, the cause of suffering to many families, and\\nof ruin to many a man of feeble will ami strong\\nappetite. Such was the custom of those days, every-\\nbody drank a glass of flip, egg-nog or Mime cheaper\\nmixture of Medford rum before leaving the tavern for\\nhome. Men id strong will and thoughtful self-respect\\nwent no farther than the conventional glass. Rut\\nwith many the habit grew into an over-masi, ring ap-\\npetite-. There were not a few men in Dunstable who\\nbecame drunkards, bringing upon themselves financial\\nand physical ruin under the influence of a custom\\nwhich at that lime was sanctioned by the church and\\nministry.\\nThe toper of eighty years ago had the peculiarities\\nof the inebriate of to-day, and resorted to tin same\\npretexts. Uncle Joe, as be was familiarly called, had\\nbeen reduced to penury by his bibatory habits. The\\nlandlord at the Centre village could get his pay\\nfor drink only by chores. Uncle Joe on his way to\\ndinner parsed by the tavern daily, ami the habit of\\ntaking an appetizing drain had become irresistible.\\nBut the landlord grew tired and refused to supply him\\nunless he could give a satisfactory reason why he\\nshould I gratified. Uncle Joe s ingenuity was now-\\ntaxed to the utmost, but a bad cold, rheumatism, no\\nappetite, a weak stomach ami a long catalogue of\\nexcuses for a time answered. At length he was driven\\nto a repetition of his list of maladies. The landlord\\nsaw his opportunity, and indignantly ordered Uncle\\nJoe not to call tor another drink till he could name a\\nsufficient cause for so doing. For two days he passed\\nthe tavern without calling, but on the third he\\nwalked up the bar with a sad countenance. Land-\\nlord, said Uncle due. I must have a drink to-day,\\nfor my wife is going t line saH fish lor dinner 1\\nThe year 1803 was the beginning of a new era in\\nthe history of Dunstable. Hitherto the only sem-\\nblance l a village in the town was at the Centre,\\nas the cluster ofhouses at the old meeting-house was\\ncalled. It was really up to this time the business\\ncentre for the townspeople, having a tavern, store,\\nthree or four shops am! several dwellings. The new\\npost-otlice, just established, was also located there.\\nBut during the previous year Robert Fletcher had\\nstarted a store at Indian Head, Timothy Taylor had\\nalready opened a tavern, John Lund had a dwelling-\\nhouse where G. \\\\Y. Perham now resides, and several\\nnew buildings were this season in progress. Added", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0328.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "to this, Mr. Fletcher completed in June a canal-boat,\\nof singular structure, for the transportation of goods\\non the Merrimack River. The enterprise was favor-\\nably regarded. It was launched on the 4th of July,\\nand the event was celebrated by a public meeting\\nwith an oration by Daniel Abbott, a young lawyer,\\nwho had just opened an office at the Centre.\\nA landing was fitted up for the boat near the junc-\\ntion of the Nashua River with the Merrimack. With\\ndue ceremony it was named the Nashua, and the\\nnew village, a mile up the river westward, which had\\nhitherto been known as \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Indian Head, received for\\nthe first time the name of Nashua village.\\nThe village thus incorporated had its earliest build-\\nings around Abbott Square. But the tendency\\nof business was toward the river. In September of\\n1803 the long, low building afterwards known as the\\nOld Tontine was built, and soon after occupied by\\nDaniel Abbott, who removed his office from the Cen-\\ntre by Dr. Elias Maynard, physician Deacon James\\nPatterson, bookbinder; and Joseph clement-, saddler.\\nThis building stood near the head of what is now\\nrailed Main Street, and from it two roads led north-\\nward,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one directly north toward Concord, the other\\nnorthwest toward Amherst. These tine, were the\\nonly highways then existing, except a rough road\\ndown the north bank of Nashua River to the boat-\\nhouse and ferries.\\nAt the Harbor in 1803 there were only three dwell-\\ning-houses. On the south side of the Salmon Brook\\nthere were two small cottages; while on the north\\nside, more than forty years before, General Noah Love-\\nwell had built the two-story house he st ill occupied.\\nAfterwards it was for many year- the residence of\\nHon. Jesse Bowers. It is on the east side of Main\\nStreet, close to the brook, and is the oldest two-story\\ndwelling-house in tin city, having been built in ITo J.\\nThe entire frame and much of the other materials of\\nthis house were taken from what was known as the\\nBird meeting-house, which was built by Jonathan\\nLovewell and others in 1747. The front-door is to-day\\nbhesame as when ii was taken from the meeting-house,\\nretaining its unusual width and antiquated panels.\\nIn L803 there was an unbroken forest of dwarf\\njiines from Genera] Lovewell s house to the north side\\nof Nashua River. Mrs. Elizabeth Butterfield, now in\\nher ninety-first year, was at that time eight years of\\nage, ami lived with her parents on the south side of\\nSalmonBrook. She very distinctl) remembers that in\\ngoing alone over the lonely road between tin- Harbor\\nand the Nashua bridge, a half-mile with a dense\\nthicket on both sides, she naturally moved with timid\\nand nimble feet. Three years later her father, Mr.\\nJohn Whittle, bought eight tores on the east side of\\nMain Street, and built the house at. the corner of\\nMain and Tyler Streets, now owned by his grandson,\\nEdward G. Tyler. The next year a small house was\\nbuilt and occupied by Dr. Peter Howe, on the lot now-\\noccupied by the Noyes block.\\nThe ne\\\\l year, 1804, a further impulse was given to\\ntin growth of the new village by the completion and\\nopening of the Middlesex Canal, extending from the\\nbasin at Charlestown to the bead of Pawtucket balls,\\nat Chelmsford. This opened a direct communication\\nbj water with Boston, and heavy freight could reach\\nthat market at less cost than Salem and Newburyport.\\nThe same year Samuel Foster opened a store on the\\nlot north of the Indian Head tavern, and several\\nbuildings were erected near the Nashua bridge. At\\nthe Harbor, Isaac Marsh built and occupied as a tavern\\nthe house now owned by Mrs. Morrill, just south of\\nthe bridge. Soon after. Israel Hunt, Sr., came from\\nDracut, and built the first house beyond the bridge\\non (In- west side.\\nThe promise of growth in Nashua village began to\\nattract the attention of active and enterprising young\\nmen. In 1808, Joseph Greeley, and s t after, his two\\nbrothers, Ezekiel and Alfred, came from Hudson and\\nr!u:-agrd in transport imj- g Is by boating from the\\nhead of Middlesex Canal to the Nashua River. A few\\nyears later they opened a store opposite the Indian\\nHead tavern, in the building now used as a carriage\\nstore-house. The Nashua bridge was rebuilt and\\nraised considerably above its former level, reducing\\nthe steepness of the road from the river to Abbott\\nSquare.\\nBetween 1800 and 1810 the population of Dunstable\\nincreased from eight hundred and sixty-two to one\\nthousand and forty-nine, again of one hundred and\\neighty-Seven. This was not a rapid growth loi a Now\\nHampshire town at that period, and nine-tenths of this\\ngain was in the new village and on the river road. In\\npopulation this town was still lagging behind her\\nueighbors, the census of L810 showing Hudson to\\nhave thirteen hundred and seventy-six, and Hollis\\nfifteen hundred and twenty-nine inhabitants. The\\ncondition of the people of the town, however, had\\nbeen greal impro: ed.\\nEvents between 1810 and 1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the decade\\nbetween 1810 and 1820 lie- growth of Dunstable was\\ndisturbed by event- some of a national, and others of\\na local character. The war with Great Britain, of\\ncourse disturbed the whole nation; the cold seasons\\nof 1815 and 1816 were not harmful beyond New Eng-\\nland, and were most severely li-b in Maine and New\\nHampshire.\\nThe second war with Great Britain began in 1812,\\nand continued three years. It originated in a series\\nof aggressions upon American commerce by British\\nships of war. Some of our merchant vessels were\\nfired into and many of our seamen were forcibly car-\\nried into captivity. Dunstable furnished some soldiers\\nfor our army on the Canadian frontier, ami in the\\nautumn of 1814 sent a dozen men to Portsmouth\\nwhich was thought to be in peril from an attack by\\nthe British fleet. The attack was not made, and the\\nmen after sixty days returned home. Six weeks later\\nthe war was terminated by the brilliant victory of", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0329.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGeneral Jackson at New Orleans, on the 8th of Jan-\\nuary, 1815. Though Dunstable suffered very little\\nfrom the loss of men, yet the depression of business\\nfrom the loss of foreign trade was such that the town\\nmade little progress during its continuance. Th re-\\nturn of peace was hailed with great joy. Mr. Jeffer-\\nson, then living, said, The first war with England\\ngave us existence; it required the Becond to give us\\nindependence.\\nThe cold period included the two years 1815 and\\n1816. In 1815 winter lingered in the lap of spring,\\nand the summer was so damp and cold that tin- corn\\nand fruit crops were very scanty. But 1816 was far\\nmore dis. iiniu ing to the farmer. n the 6th day\\nof June, when the Legislature met at Concord, there\\nwas a brisk tall of snow, followed by two frosty\\nmornings. As the record may be of interesl to the\\nreader, we give the following schedule of tie 1 cold\\nweather for tin three summer months of 1816, as re-\\ncorded by John Farmer, of Concord,\\nJune SiH W squalls.\\nJune 1 Frosl lafll night,\\n.tune 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 1 11 n.\\nJuly 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frosl on Low ground.\\nAugust 22.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ery li.nw frost.\\nThus passed thesummer. Early and severe Septem-\\nber frosts so far destroyed the corn crop that hardly\\na bushel of sound kernels could have been found in\\nthe State had there not been plained a very few acres\\nof that very early variety, called Canada corn.\\nThere would have been a famine in New Hampshire\\nthat winter had it not been for the moderate crop of\\nhay and an unusually good crop of rye, the former\\nfeeding the live-stock and the latter supplying the\\npeople with bread.\\nThe effect of these two cold summers in\\nwas to lead many a farmer to the conclusion licit it\\nwas vain to think of raising: their bread in New Hamp-\\nshire, and hence they had better remove to the West,\\nwhere a more generous climate gave assui u\\nunfailing- plenty. The Ohio fever began to show\\nitself in every town in theState. Not less than fifteen\\nhundred families removed westward in the two years\\nfollowing the colli summer of 1816. A dozen\\nfamilies left Dunstable for the Far West, as Ohio\\nwas then called. Another did season would have led\\nto a still greater emigration.\\nBut in 1817 there came warm winds from tin- South\\nin March, and the snow disappeared early. The sum-\\nmer month- hail no frosts, no chilling gales, no drought.\\nCorn and other crops were abundant. The tanners\\ntook courage, and at the close of this dee;\\nDunstable had a hopeful outlook for the future. The\\ngain for the past ten years had been small. In 1810\\nthe population was one thousand and forty-nine; in\\n1820 it was eleven hundred and forty-two, a gain ol\\nninety-three only. The adjacent towns had done no\\nheller.\\nThere were few local events between 1810 and 1820\\nof marked importance. In is 1 1 the post-office, estab-\\nlished eight years previous, was removed from Pol-\\nto the Harbor, and located\\nin the house of Israel Hunt, Sr. General Noah\\nLovewell continued to lie postmaster till his death in\\n1820, when John M. Hunt succeeded him.\\nIn 1812 the old meeting-house which for sixty years\\nhad stood in the triangle opposite himmings Pollard s\\ntavern had become dilapidated. It had no In Ifry\\nor hell.no plastering, and the bats at night flitted\\nbeams and ratter- So the town voted to\\nbuild a new and first-class edifice for public worship.\\nIt was located nearly half a mile nearer to Nashua\\nvillage, and on the lot jti-t below the cemetery. The\\nraising of the frame took [dace on the Fourth of July.\\nIt was a notable occasion, and nearly every man and\\nhoy in town, and half of the women and children wire\\npresent. The women had provided a bountiful col-\\nlation. John Whittle was the master-carpenter, and\\ngreatly to his annoyance, Parson Kidder made a\\nprayer of an hour s length.\\nBut at ten o clock the huge broadsides lay in readi-\\nness to he raised. The stout yeomanry of Dunstable\\nranged themselves sidi bj side. The master-builder\\ngave the word. All ready, and, aided by his en-\\ncouraging -bouts, the heavy broadside -low 1\\\\ rises till\\nnearly erect; then it moves slowly, and a liu-li comes\\nover the anxious crowd, till the huge posts settle\\nfirmly into their resting-places. The spectators now\\nbreathe freely, and the workmen, now coni\\nnot laggard. Before on.- o clock the frame of the\\nmain structure is in position. The lunch follow- and\\nis found to he ample; and long before tin- rays of the\\nsetting sun have departed, the roof, with it- crofl ning\\nframe-work of a steeple towering above, is firmly in\\nits place.\\nflu- edifice, years after known as the did South\\nmeeting-house, was spacious and well finished, ha\\\\ ing\\nthree doors in front, a tall spire and a clear-toned\\nhell. For twenty year- it was well tilled on Sundays;\\nhut the rapid growth of Nashua village, and the con-\\ncentration of the population around the mills and\\nwork-shops, led to the building of new- churches in\\nthe city proper. The old meeting-house\\nnl soon after wa- -old and\\nremoved.\\nIn 1820 the orchard- of Dunstable yielded three\\ntime- the crop of apples that are now raised in town.\\nEvery well-to-do farmer had a large and thrifty\\norchard. There was no grafted fruit and no market\\nfor the abundant top other than the cider-mill.\\nWhat leaps of red and yellow apples Were pill d up\\nat every farm-house! What crowded bins shone with\\nthe golden fruit around every cider-mill! With what\\navidity the hoys on an October afternoon\\naround Deacon Leach s, Isaac Powers and Clifton\\nLund s cider-mills! How the cog-wheels did their\\ncrushing work, while the old horse dragged round\\nand round the creaking sweep! How the wooden", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0330.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "175\\nlevers compressed the cheese, neatly inclosed in\\nfresh straw, until the gushing juice flowed in streams\\nfromitssides! Then everyurchin with oaten straws\\nsurrounded the tub, and showed a capacity for suc-\\ntion only surpassed by the modern -team fire-engine!\\nCorn-huskings, however, were the grandest amuse-\\nment of the harvest season. Usually, they were on\\nthe pleasant evenings of October. Often fifty or sixty\\nattended, representing every neighborhood of the town.\\nhi rings were largely made up of grown boys\\nand girls, young men and their wives, and enough of\\nthe old folks to give dignity to the occasion. The\\ncorn was piled up in the centre of the capacious barn-\\nfloor, and around the heap were seated the jovial\\nhuskers. The barn was spectrally lighted by sus-\\npended lanterns. Great ardor was exhibited in pur-\\nsuit of the red ear. Usually LI was found by some\\nswain whose excessive bashfulness caused the utmost\\nmerriment. An hour before midnight the pile was\\nfinished, and the golden ears stowed in the garret.\\nThen came the supper. There were great dishes of\\nbeans, and Indian puddings, pumpkin pies, pewter\\nplatters full of doughnuts, sweet cakes, fruit and\\ncheese, rider, and, thanks to the sensible farmers,\\ngenerally nothing stronger. After supper came the\\nfun and frolic. Some engaged in dancing, and others\\nin a variety of rustic games. So merrily passed the\\ntime that the small hours were more than reached\\nbefore the party disbanded. Who can blame them?\\nIt was the fitting time to be jubilant, for peai e, pi titj\\nand health abounded.\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 [Continued).\\nGROWTH OF MANUFACTTTRES AND TRADE.\\nNashua Village in 1820 Ferry-Boats The Water-Power and Canal\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n[teligi isSocietiw S be Uauufacturii i mpanj I\\n1:H|I; r r.i. i -i i-Miie -Visl i l l.uuvll Rail-\\nroad\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rapid Growth in Population i Trad) List ol Merchants in\\ni i i r i 1 \\\\|.ij\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I ./_..! h ,.i N.ituL- Nii-liua.\\nVery few of the citizens of Nashua who were ac-\\ntively in business here sixty-five years ago are now\\nliving. Thomas Chase, Esq., now in his eighty-eighth\\nyear, and with memory unimpaired, is an exception,\\nMr. i lhase came to Nashua from Dunbarton in 1819,\\nand has resided here ever since, and until within ten\\nyears has been constantly in business. We are in-\\ndebted to him for much reliable information in regard\\nto Nashua village at the period when the water-power\\nbegan to be used for manufacturing purposes.\\nIn 1820, when the United States census was taken,\\nthere were returned from Dunstable one meeting-\\nhouse, nine school districts and houses, six taverns,\\nfive store.-, three saw-mills, three grist-mills, one tan-\\nnery and one carding and fulling-mill. At that time\\nNashua village was small in size and limited in busi-\\nness. It contained ,-ix two-story houses, three of\\nwhich were dwelling-house-, ami ale still standing\\non the north side of Abbott Square. One was oc-\\ncupied by Colonel Joseph Greeley, and is now the\\nresidence of John 11. Barr; one was the residence\\nof 1 aniel Abbott. Esq., and is now owned and occu-\\npied by (i. \\\\V. Perham; the third was owned ami oc-\\ncupied by Sally Lund, ami is now the residence of B.\\nF. Kendrick. The landlord of the Indian Bead\\ntavern was Aaron Man-ur. who was soon after suc-\\nceeded by Moses Tyler, On the east si. 1 Main\\nStreet, just north of the present Lowell depot, was a\\nlarge house built by Robert Fletcher. It had been\\nverted into a tavern, and was kept by Joseph\\nHiggins. Some years later it was moved to the north\\nside of what is now Railroad Square, and will be re-\\nmembered by the older resident,- a- the Central\\nI [ouse.\\nOf the live stoic- in 1820, one was kept by Samuel\\nFoster in the building now occupied by G. II. Brig-\\nham, on the south side of Abbott Square; was\\nkept by Mose- Foster, jusl north of the Indian Head\\ntavern the third was kept by .I.E. A A.Greeley,\\nopposite the above-named tavern the fourth was at\\nthe Harbor, and kept by Israel A- John M. Hunt,\\nwhere the post-office was then located the fifth was\\nthat ol William F. Boynton, at the Centre, on the\\nsite now occupied by the nam of Mrs. Godfrey. Mi\\nBoynton kept a large me-, ellaueous stock, and had a\\nlarger business than any other trader until the build-\\ning of the mills.\\nthe Harbor, by using the water-power of Salmon\\nBrook Falls, hail at that time an equal advantage with\\nNashua, village for manufactures. Israel Hunt, Sr.,\\nhad a saw and grist-mill, Isaac Marsh manufactured\\nscythes, E F. [ngallsmade hoes in the shop after-\\nwards occupied by A. H. Sander-, Jacob Hall was a\\nwheelwright, Stephen Bates a baker, and Enoch Dick-\\nerman carded wool and lulled cloth near the Allds\\nbridge. At the Nashua village, just above the bridge,\\n.bones Patterson put lip a grist-mill on the north, and\\nWillard -Mar-hall a saw-mill on the south side of the\\nThe annual town-meetings continued formanyyears\\nto be held at the eld South meeting-house, a mile\\nnnd a half below tiie city hall. The line of stages\\nbetween Boston and Windsor, Vt., continued to run\\ntri-weckly, passing through Francestown, Hillsbor-\\nough and Uaremont but there was no stage-line nor\\nany kind of public conveyance between Dunstable and\\nConcord. Hopkinton was the half-shire town of\\nHillsborough County, and Lawyer Abbott, Sheriff\\nBowers and all the Dunstable men who wen o un-\\nfortunate as to have \u00e2\u0080\u00a2cases in court rode to Hop-\\nkinton on horseback.\\nFor a time, water for the lower part of the vil-\\nlage was obtained in aw ien pipe from Artillery\\nPond; but the supply proving irregular and insuffi-\\ncient, the villagers formed a company and procured\\nwater by a lead pipe from Danforth s spring, a mile", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0331.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "176\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnorth of the bridge on Wot munril road, [tgavea\\nfair supply for the small number then living in the\\nvillage. There was no fire-engine in town, and fires\\nat the village were 1 fought liy lines of men and women\\npassing buckets from hand to hand. The village had\\nno hand of music, and none was needed during spring\\nand early summer, lor the inhabitants of Artillery Pond\\ngave a free, open-air concert every evening. The large\\narea south of the Nashua River, now included in Wards\\nFive, Six and Seven, was still a forest of dwarf pines,\\nwith only the houses of John Whittle, Dr, Howe and\\nWilliam Hastings, on Main Street, between Nashua\\nRiver and the Harbor, in L821 the citizens joined in\\nsetting out shade-trees at the Harbor, on Abbott\\nSquare and on both sides of Main Street. The trees\\ntransplanted were mostly elms. Among the young\\nmen who took part were Thomas Chase, S. B. Tyler,\\nIsrael Hunt, Jr., B. F. French and Alfred Greeley.\\nFew of these trees are now standing; but notably\\nsurviving is the large elm at the Acton railroad cross-\\ning, and several sycamores at Abbott Square.\\nAt that time there was no bridge aero-,, the Merri-\\nmack between Pawtucket Falls, at Lowell, and Amos-\\nkeag Falls, at Derryfield. The ferry between Dun-\\nstable and Hudson, known as Hamblett s ferry, was\\njust above the present Rochester railroad bridge. The\\nroad leading to the ferry from Main Street is the\\npresent Hollis Street. As the merchants in summer\\nobtained their goods by the canal-boats, a store-house\\nwas built at the terry for their safe keeping. In the\\nspring, when the ice was breaking, it was dangerous,\\nand for a few days impossible, to cross over the river\\nto Hudson at Hamblett s ferry, and in L824 the ferry-\\nman, Noah Lund, was drowned while crossing with a\\nsmall drove of cattle.\\nFor a century and a half there had been only one\\nreligious denomination in Dunstable, the Congrega-\\ntionalists. There had been considerable disagreement\\nin the church for many years, the Pdanehard party\\nadhering rigidly to the doctrines of Calvinism, and\\nthe Lovewell party adopting the views of White-\\nheld, or Arminianisin. Much of the time the town\\nhad been without a settled minister. Meanwhile, the\\npeople for the past fifty years had listened to the\\npreaching of the venerable Joseph Kidder. Soon\\nafter his death, in 1822, the first Baptist Society was\\norganized. For ten years it was few in numbers and\\nwithout a church edifice.\\nIn 1*24 the Unitarian Society was formed and had\\nregular religious services. The church they now oc-\\ncupy was built in L827, Rev. Nathaniel Gage being\\nordained as the first pastor.\\nIntroduction of Manufactures.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 While they ex-\\nisted as colonies, the people of this country were not\\npermitted by the British government to introduce\\nmanufactures. After independence was gained the\\nwant of capital prevented their rapid introduction.\\nMachinery for spinning cotton was hist used in Rhode\\nIsland in 1790, but the state of the country was not\\nfavorable to its growth. Yet.iu 1803 a cotton-factory\\nwas built at New Ipswich, and a few years later at\\nPeterborough. Hillsborough, Pembroke and Jaffrey.\\nThese investments were only moderately successful.\\nDuring the War of 1812, however, the need of home\\nmanufacturing was practically realized, and more care-\\nful and judicious efforts after its close led to the build-\\ning of mills with improved machinery at Waltham and\\nLowell.\\nThe success of the investment at Lowell attracted\\nthe attention of the more enterprising of the business\\nmen of Nashua village, and led them to inquire if the\\nwater-power of the Nashua River could not be utilized\\nto advantage. The fall of water at Mine Falls was so\\ngreat as to establish the certainty of a large manufac-\\nturing capacity. The idea at first suggested was to\\nbuild the mills at Mine Falls, three miles west of the\\nvillage. Rut that locality was removed from the line\\nof travel and business, and the adjacent grounds were\\nless favorable for the site of a village. This led to the\\nplan of bringing the water, by digging a canal from\\nthe falls, directly to the village. A survey was made\\nand its practicability ascertained.\\nMeanwhile, the few individuals wdio had investi-\\ngated the plan formed an association, and in 1822 and\\n1823 purchased the greater portion of the lands lying\\non the river above Main Street as far as the falls. In\\nJune, 1823, a charter was granted to Daniel Abbott,\\nJoseph Greeley, Moses Tyler and others by the name\\nof the Nashua Manufacturing Company, with the\\nright to increase their capital to one million dollars.\\nThe capital stock was at first fixed by them at three\\nhundred thousand dollars, and was divided into three\\nhundred shaies of one thousand dollars each. Of\\nthese. Daniel Abbott subscribed for thirty shares R.\\nF. French, thirty shares; J. E. and A. Greeley,\\nthirty shares; Foster Kendrick, thirty shares;\\nMoses Tyler, thirty shares; Augustus Peabody, of\\nSalem, seventy-five shares; John Kendrick, of Bos-\\nton, fifteen shares; Daniel Webster, also of Boston,\\nsixty shares.\\nThe stock, however, was not all taken till the next\\nyear, 1824, when capitalists in Boston and Salem took\\nthe remainder. Mr. Webster visited Nashua village,\\nrode to Mine Falls, expressed great confidence in the\\nenterprise, hut the sixty shares for which he sub-\\nscribed were taken by a wealthy citizen of Boston,\\nwhose family still retains the stock. The dam at\\nMine Falls was built, and the excavation of the canal\\npushed forward to completion. It is about three miles\\nin length, forty feetwide and ten feet deep, and affords\\na fall of thirty-six feet. In December. 1824, the ma-\\nchine-shop was completed and went into operation.\\nIra i.t;iv, Esip, was appointed superintendent of the\\nmachine-shop, and Colonel William Boardman wheel-\\nwright and engineer. The first factory (Mill No. 1,)\\nof the Nashua corporation was built in 1825 and went\\ninto partial operation in the spring of 1826.\\nIn the mean time the trade from the up-country", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0332.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "and from the adjacent towns began to centre in the\\nvillage; in the fall of 1824 and the spring of 1825\\nfifty new dwelling-houses and tenements were erected.\\nA new bridge over the Nashua River, on MainStreet.\\nwas built on account of the raisingof the water by the\\nnew dam. The canal, with the needed dam and locks\\nof solid granite, twenty-lour feet high, were built in\\n1825, so that freight could reach the village and the\\nmills by water transportation.\\nIn May, 1825, the lower water privilege, now occu-\\npied liy the Jackson Cotton Manufacturing Company,\\nwas bought by Charles C. Haven and others, under the\\nname of the Indian Head Company, for the pur-\\npose of erecting woolen-factories. Mills were built in\\n1826 and were operated under the agency of Mr.\\nHaven. But the company became embarrassed and\\nthe works stopped, and in 1828 the entire properly\\nwas sold to a new company, which was incorporated\\nunder the name of the Jackson Manufacturing Com-\\npany. The establishment was converted into a cot-\\nton manufactory, with four hundred and eighty thou-\\nsand dollars capital stock.\\nIn 1S27 the Nashua Company built Mill No. 2, and\\nput it in full operation in 1828. Both of the mills of\\nthis company were one hundred and fifty-five feel\\nlong and forty-five feet wid the first five, and the\\nsecond six stories high. They ran eighteen thousand\\nfive hundred spindles and live hundred and forty\\nlooms.\\nThe first newspaper printed in this town was the\\nNashua Constellation, which was issued by Andrew E.\\nThayer in February, 1827. Mr. Thayer was a man\\nof liter: ry taste and discipline, and had previously\\nteen a teacher and bookseller in the village. He soon\\nafter sold the paper to Israel Hunt, Jr., who\\n(hanged its name to the Nashua Gazette. It was at\\nthat time the first and only Democratic paper in the\\nUp to the year 1825 the business, as well as the\\ngrowth, of Nashua village had been entirely on tin\\nnorth side of the river. lint the building of the first\\ncotton-mill and the erection of boarding-houses on\\nthe south side of the river had necessarily led to the\\nlaving out and the occupancy of several new streets\\non the same side Noticeably among them were Fac-\\ntory. Water, Walnut and Chestnul Streets. With\\nthe exception of Factory, however, they were as yet\\nlittle else than open lanes. n Factory Street several\\nten-footers were built in 1827, to catch the retail\\ntrade of the mill operators. It soon became a street\\nof considerable importance.\\nIn 182(3 the Taylor s Falls bridge across the Mer-\\nrimack to Hudson was built and opened for travel.\\nUp to this time the people crossed by a ferry, there\\nbeing no bridge between Lowell and Amoskeag. It\\nwas thirty-three rods in length, and cost twelve thou-\\nsand dollars. It occupied the site of the present iron\\nbridge, and it proved to be a great benefit to the pub-\\nlic. The post-office was this year removed from the\\nHarbor to the village, and for some years was kept at\\nthe corner of Main and Factory Streets. In 1830\\nthe population of Dunstable had increased from\\neleven hundred and forty-two to two thousand\\nfour hundred and seventeen, having more than\\ndoubled its population .luring the decade. Nearly\\ntwo-thirds of the people resided in the village Dun-\\nstable now took its position as the most populous\\ntown in Hillsborough County.\\nWe have given in brief an outline of the condition\\nof Dunstable from 1820 to 1830. Hitherto farming\\nbad been the leading interest and almost sole occupa-\\ntion of the inhabitants of the town. But this decade\\nwitnessed the introduction of the manufacturing en-\\nterprises which have since made it a thrifty city of\\nfifteen thousand people.\\nEvents from 1830 to 1840-Between 1830 ami\\n1840 the growth of Nashua village was far more\\nrapid than at any previous period of her history. It\\nwas a decade of marked progress in all the elements\\nof prosperity. The increase in population was an in-\\ndex of her growth in manufactures and trade. In\\n1830 her population was 2417. In 1836 it was 5065.\\nIn 1838 it was 5691. By the United States census of\\n1840 it was 6054, an increase of 150 per cent, in ten\\nyears. Of those employed in the cotton-mills, only a\\nsmall per cent, were males, and the census divided\\nthe Bexes thus Males, 2:122 females, 3732.\\nThe Nashua corporation, in 1836, built a third mill\\nof a size corresponding with the two already in oper-\\nation. The company had now an aggregate of thirty-\\ntwo thousand spindles and seven hundred and ten\\nlooms, and made nine million three hundred thousand\\nyards ol cotton cloth annually. The number of\\nfemale operatives was seven hundred ami eighty-four,\\nall of American birth, ami one hundred and forty-\\nnine males, seven of whom were foreigners. The\\nfirst agent of the company was Asher Benjamin, who\\nwas succeeded by Ira (lay. Mr. Gay resigned and\\nbecame superintendent of the machine and repair-\\nshop al the head of Water Street. In 1835, Thomas\\nW. (iillis became age f the Nashua Company, and\\nheld the position for eighteen years. He had risen\\nfrom a picker-boj through the several grades of pro-\\nmotion, and had the advantage of a large practical\\nexperience. A decided improvement in the pros-\\nperity of the company followed.\\nThe Jackson Manufacturing Company had two cot-\\nton-mills, each one hundred and fifty-five feet long.\\nforty-seven feet wide and tour stories high. These\\nmills had eleven thousand five hundred spindles,\\nthree hundred and eighty-eight looms and made five\\nmillion six hundred thousand yards of cotton (loth\\nannually. The head and fall of wafer was nineteen\\nfeet. The number of females employed w.as four\\nhundred and seventeen, and of males, eighty-three.\\nThe first agent was Benjamin F. French. Mr.\\nFrench was a lawyer by profession, having been in\\npractice in Nashua village ten years, and had repre-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0333.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "178\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsented the town in the Legislature three years. Of\\ncourse, lie was not a practical manufacturer, and the\\nsuccess of his management was due to his general ex-\\necutive ability and his correct estimate of the ca-\\npacity of other men. Under him the fabrics of the\\nJackson Company gained a high reputation. The\\npractical manager under Mr. French, and who con-\\ntributed largelj to the success of the company, was\\nDavid Gillis, afterwards for many years agenl oi the\\nAmoskeag Mills, at Manchester. In 1832, Mr. French\\nbecame agenl of the Boot! Mills, at Lowell, and was\\nsucceeded by Edmund Parker, of Amherst. Judge\\nParker was a sound lawyer and widely known as\\nProbate for this county. He was popular\\nin his general management, but had no special quali-\\nfications as a manufacturer.\\nThe Nashua and Lowell Railroad Company was\\nincorporated in 1836, and the work upon it com-\\nmenced in is::;. It was opened for the use of pas-\\nsengers October 8, 1838. Its length is fourteen miles\\nn hundred and twenty-nine feet, of which\\nme-quarter miles are in this State. It was\\nrailroad-track laid in New Hampshire, and\\nits completion added largely to the business ,,f Nashua.\\nThere were three passenger-trains to Boston. For\\nsonic years it had a single track, and its original cost\\nwasabout four hundred thousand dollars. Theoriginal\\nhoard of directors were Dani.l Abbott and Jesse Bow-\\ners, Nashua; Charles H. Atherton, Amherst; Henry\\nUpton and Henry Simmins, Boston. Daniel Abbott\\nwas president; Charles J. Fox, treasurer; and Inslow\\niperintendent.\\ntord Railroad as completed lour years\\nlater (September 1. 1842), having a length of thirty-\\nfour miles ami three thousand and forty-eight feet.\\nIts capital stock was originally eight hundred thousand\\ndollars, hut has been increased to one million live\\nhundred thousand dollars. It has always paid ten\\nper cut. per annum. Its first officers were Addison\\nGilmore, pn tsurer; and\\nN. G. Upham, superintendent.\\nThe Nashua Bank (the first banking institution\\norganized in the town) unit into operation in 1835,\\nwith Daniel Abbott president and John M. Hunt\\ncashier. Its directors were Jesse Bowers, Jesse Estey,\\nZebadiah Shattuck, James Pierce and Isaac Spalding.\\nlis capital was one hundred thousand dollars. John\\nM. Hunt was cashier during its entire exi\\nabout thirty years. It was a profitable institution,\\nam] closed its business on the introduction of the\\npi esenl national hanking system.\\nflic second newspaper in Nashua, the Nashua\\nTelegraph, was established in 1832 by Alfred Beard.\\nAfter his death, which soon occurred, it was owned\\nand edited by his twin brother, Albin Heard, till his\\ndeath, in 1862. It advocated the views of the Whig\\nparty, and was, politically, the opponent of the Nashua\\nGazette, then owned and edited by Charles P. Danforth.\\nIn the summer of 1833, General Jackson, having\\nbeen re-elected to the Presidency, visited New ling-\\nland lor the first time. Reaching Boston the middle\\nof June, he accepted the invitation to visit the capital\\nof New Hampshire, the Legislature being at that time\\nin session. He was met by tovernor DinsmooPs staff\\nat the State line, four miles below this village. Having\\nhit Lowell at an early hour, he reached Nashua at\\neight, and breakfasted at the Washington Hon e then\\nkepi by Thomas Chase. He was the first President\\nwho isited Nashua.\\nThe rapid growth of the manufacturing industries\\nof the village, the facilities for obtaining goods from\\nBoston by water transportation and the prospective\\ncompletion of a railway from that city began to attract\\nthe attention of enterprising business men in the ad-\\njacent towns. Isaac Spalding, who had been a suc-\\ncessful trader at Amherst, had already remove! here\\nand engaged in general merchandise till he went into\\ntield of railroad enterprise, in 1838. In\\n1833, J. CD idge, oi the well-known firm of Clark\\nDodge, Francestown, removed here, and, forming a\\npartnership with Albert McKean, then a yon\\nof twenty-three years, commenced a win.:\\nretail trade in the large wooden building then occu-\\nte south of the present Lowell depot. W.\\nD. Beasom and Elbridge G. Peed opened a dry-goods\\nstore on Factory Street in 1836. Several men of note\\nin mechanism and in the professions also came here\\nat this time.\\nfbe amount of trade had increased so largely that\\nin 1840 there were fifty stores and shops for trading\\npurposes in the village. From the Directory, pub-\\nlished at that time, we collect the names of a majority\\nof the merchants who were then in active business,\\nwhom are still residents of the city.\\nH -i India fl a it. Kean, Reed i Spald-\\ning, Kendrick A Tuttle, Hush .Janiwoii, FIiikc A Abbott, Kimball\\na Hubbard, N Kendall A I o., G W. Perham, Welton A\\nPhillips, Robinson a Pati b, I G Ga ran a Reed,\\nMerrill Kimball, E. P. Hoa r, W. I: Graves, H, Com l Phil-\\nbrii k a Marshall, Gage I 1-..-.., Rool a I t. 1 ugs .am/ 1/ dicines,\\nw\\ni. 1 UiMiham. Tinware, Re u1.hu\\nIrii li. Jann a Hartshorn. Tailoring and If,\\n.1 Chapman, C. H. Nutt, J. W. Windus Booi-Sfores, C. T. Gill, A. E.\\nin Hosmer. l\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,.ts M,..,s, siim.11.1- a Goodwin, W\\n1 A.i Taylor, E. B. Hines. Hard and Glauuarce,\\nV. a C Win. 1\\nAfter the lapse of forty-five years it is not surpris-\\ning that only three of the above business men are still\\ni:e same occupation, namely, Henry J.\\nChapman, Charles T. Ridgway and John Coggin.\\nMr. C. H. Nutt is still in active business, but of a\\ndifferent kind.\\nIn 1840 there had also been a large increase in the\\nnumber of professional men in the village. There\\nwere recorded the names of eight physicians, Kben-\\nezer 1 earborn, Elijah Colburn, Micab Eldridge, Josiah\\nti. Graves, Edward Spalding, Josiah Kittredge, Evan\\nB. 1 bo 1, Stephen Spear.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0334.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nThere were also eight lawyers, Daniel Abbott,\\nCharles F.Gove, A.aron F. Sawyer, lharles G. Ather-\\nton, George Y. Sawyer, Peter Clark, Jr., Charles J\\nFox, Benjamin F. Emerson.\\nThere wereseven clergymen at thattime, Jonathan\\nMiC.r. Austin Richards. ongregationalists Imra\\nI). Pratt, Baptist Samuel tsg 1, Unitarian Samuel\\nKelly, Methodist Lewis Browne, Universalist\\nThomas M. Preble, Free-Will Baptist.\\nAll of the lawyers and clergymen in the above list,\\nexcept Rev. L. C. Browne are dead but of the doctors,\\nthree are still active citizens ami residents of theeity,\\nthrough retired from practice, namely, Edward\\nSpalding, Evan B. Hammond and .Tosiah G. rraves.\\nSeveral of the attorneys in the above list were men\\nofnoti andability. Charles F. Gove wasanativeof\\nGoflstown. In 1840 he was Attorney-General ofthe\\nState, and soon after became a judge of the Superior\\nCourt. The last position he resigned to become\\nsuperintendent of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad,\\nwhich he held till near his death, in 1856. He was a\\nman of marked traits, stein, resolute, exacting, yet\\ndiscriminating, impartial and honorable. As a judi-\\ncial officer lie rendered the State excellent service by\\nhis firm execution ofthe laws.\\nCharles G. Atherton belonged to a wealthy and ar-\\nfamily, and had the advantage of an early\\nand thorough training. He began practice here, and\\nsoon after represented the town in the Legislature.\\nHi entered Congress in his thirty-fourth year, was\\nsix years a member of the House, and died during his\\nsecond term in the United States Senate, in No-\\nv. ml iir, 1853, and in the forty-ninth year of his\\nage. His political reputation is clouded by his sub-\\nserviency to the slave power.\\nCharles James Fox was born in Antrim in 1811,\\ngraduated in 1881, commenced practice in Nashua\\nin 1834, entered the Legislature in 1837, and was\\nassociated with Judges Joel Parker and S. D-\\nBell in revising the laws of this State. He had\\ngreat industry and had prepared notes for the His-\\ntory of the Old Township of Dunstable, bul his\\ntailing health and death, in February, 1846, prevented\\nthe completion of the work, as he intended. It was\\npublished after his decease, but failed to do justice to\\nhis ability.\\nGeorge Y. Sawyer was born in Wakefield in 1805,\\ncommenced the practice of law at Laconia, and re-\\nmoved to Nashua in 1834. He soon attained a high\\nprofessional standing and extensive practice, and as\\na member of the Legislature hail great influence in\\ngiving direction to its action. In 1855 he was ap-\\npointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas and\\nafterwards of the Supreme Judicial Court. He died\\nin 1882.\\nIn closing this review of Nashua in 1840, we must\\nnot omit to call attention to what half of the people\\nnow resident here are not aware of, that fifty years\\nago the present name of our city had no legal exist-\\nence wlia(e\\\\ er. More than two centuries ago, when\\nthat merry King of England, Charles the See I,\\nruled over our forefathers, emigrants from Massachu-\\nsetts settled on the intervales above and below the\\nmouth of Salmon Brook. A town charter with the\\nname Dunstable was given to these funis. After-\\nwards, in 174ii, the colonial government of New\\nHampshire renewed the charter and indorsed the\\nname Dunstable. When New Hampshire h\\nindependent State the town of Dunstable chose a\\ndelegate to the convention to frame the- constitution\\nunder which we live. But in 1836 this same town,\\nthrough her representatives in the Legislature, peti-\\ntioned for a change of name. The petition was\\ncertainly reasonable, for the village on the Nashua\\nRiver, which had grown up within a generation, now\\nincluded five-sixths of the population, and was uni-\\nversally known and recognized as the village of\\nNashua, while practically the name of Dunstable\\nwas becoming unused and unknown. The petition,\\ntherefore, was granted by tin-passage ofthe following\\nSi o i Be\\nin Genera] Court i\\nof Hillsborough,\\n1 known in law by tin- na uf Nashua.\\nApproved Dec. 8, 1836.\\nThus on New Year s Day, 1837, this city, then a\\ntown, legally received, and for many a century, we\\ntrust, will retain its present name. NASHUA.\\nCHAPTER XII,\\nNASHUA I- IIUM ism To [sill\\nTlio Tulilir Sri Is A -Inn;. liis.iL-i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in.-nt-Thi- N. Town of Nash-\\nville Nashua Town Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New Railroads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Increase of Business\\nNashTilli Be a City\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New Enterprises\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bobbin and\\nSlinltli -Works\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Iron- Works -Irish Emi -ration\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aili. iia inn.\\nThe growth of Nashua village between 1840 and\\n1850, though less rapid than for the ten years previous,\\nwas very satisfactory. The educational interests of the\\ntown i e ei ved ii lore at ten! ion, better school buildings\\nwere provided and the selection of teachers made with\\nmore care. In 1840 the superintending school com-\\nmittee were Rev. Samuel Osgood, Dr. Edward Spal-\\nding and Rev. L. Browne. For several years\\npic\\\\ ious and afterwards the two first-named members\\ncontinued their supervision, and aided largely in\\nestablishing a systematic method of school manage-\\nment. In 1840 the amount expended in the public\\nschools was three thousand four hundred and eleven\\ndollars. There were seventeen schools and twenty-six\\nteachers. The number of children of school age was", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0335.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "ISO\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfourteen hundred and fifty-two, but the a\\ntendance was only seven hundred and eighty-eight.\\nThe greater per cent, of negligence was among the\\nfamilies who had recently become residents.\\nIn the spring of 1840, David Crosby established a\\nprivate school under the title of the Nashua Literary\\nInstitution. In any other occupation Mr. Crosby\\nwould have beei iderately successful, but he had\\nrare qualities as an instructor. He loved the duties\\nof the schoolroom, and for more than forty years\\ndevoted himself exclusively to the instruction of the\\nyoung, and with a fidelity and success rarely equaled.\\nAt the annual town-meeting in March, 1842, held,\\nas heretofore, at the Old South meeting-house, it was\\nthe popular expression that a growing village ha\\\\ ing\\nalready more than six thousand inhabitants ought to\\nhave within its limits a public building, suitable for\\nholding its annual ami other meetings, and avoiding\\nthe inconvenience of a mile s travel outside the vil-\\nlage. It was therefore unanimously voted to build a\\ntown-house. A building committee w as elected, con-\\nsisting of Leonard W. Noyes, Thomas Chase, Israel\\nHunt, Jr., Franklin Fletcher and Samuel Shepherd.\\nIt was soon evident that the location of the build-\\ning would be a source of contention, the voters 0D\\nboth sides of the Nashua River claiming it without\\nreservation. An adjourned meeting was, therefore,\\nheld, at which every voter expressed his preference\\nby a monosyllabic ballot. Those in favor of locating\\nthe hall on the north side of the river voted North,\\nanil those in favor of a location on the south side\\nvoted South. The result was: Ballots for the north\\nside, three hundred ami ninety-six; ballots for the\\nsouth side, live hundred and eighty-two. So the\\npopular vote showed a majority of one hundred\\nand eighty-six tin- locating the town hall on the\\nsouth side of the river. This settled the location of\\nthe Nashua town hall; but it did not settle the\\ndissension it had called forth. The patricians on the\\nnorth sideofthe river, in truth everybody on that\\nside of the Nashua, was thoroughly indignant. It\\nwas not enough that they had secured the railroad\\nstation, they must have the town hall or they would\\nnot consent to remain as fellow-townsmen with the\\nvictorious anil probably rather boastful majority. So\\nthey at once announced that at the coming session of\\nthe Legislature they should petition to he set apart\\nas a distinct and separate town, under the name of\\nNashville. As no opposition was made, the Legisla-\\nture granted the petition by the passage of an act on\\nthe 23d of June, 1842, making that part of Nashua\\nnorth of Nashua River a separate and corporate\\ntown to he known by the name of Nashville.\\nTin. two towns now went quietly forward with their\\ndistinct organizations. No disturbance ever after\\noccurred between them during the eleven years of\\nseparation which followed. When the temporary\\nexcitement had passed, doubtless a majority of the\\nintelligent cilizens realized that the two towns, s,,\\nclosely identified in all their interests, should never\\nhave been separated.\\nThe building committee of Nashua completed the\\ntow Q-house, the location of which had been the cause\\nof so much contention, in the spring of 184. at a cost\\nof twenty-two thousand six hundred dollars. It is\\nthe edifice now so well known as the city hall. It\\nstands to-dav just as it was finished forty-two years ago.\\nThat it has stood the test of constant use for so long\\na time without the reconstruction of a single partition\\nor staircase is a compliment to the committee. The\\nbuilding is sixty-six by ninety feet. The basement is\\nfor the use of the police department. The first-story\\ncontains, in front, the offices of the city clerk and city\\nmarshal. Next are the roomsofthe mayor and alder-\\nmen and the common council. In the rear is the\\nCounty Court-room. The second story is the public hall,\\nseventy feet long, sixty-three feet wide and twenty-\\nfour feet high. It will scat twelve hundred people.\\nThe attic is used by the assessors and for storage.\\nflic heighl of the 1 mil ding to the top of the cupola is\\none hundred feet.\\nThe Nashua Oasis, a weekly literary and miscel-\\nlaneous newspaper, was issued by Murray Sawtelle\\nin January, 1843, by Murray Kimball to 1849, by\\nDodge Noyes till 1855, and by S. II. Noyes till\\n1858. It was conducted with considerable ability\\nand literary taste, and during its eighteen years pub-\\nlication secured a fair circulation.\\nIn 1844 the Nashua Manufacturing Company built\\nMill No. 4. It was one hundred and ninety-eight\\nfeet long, fifty feet wide and live stories high. After\\nthe completion of this mill this corporation em-\\nployed one thousand hands eight hundred and fifty\\nfemales and one hundred and fifty males. It used\\nten thousand bales of cotton and manufactured thir-\\nteen million yards of cloth annually. The company\\nbad built forty tenements for the overseers and board-\\ning-houses.\\nThe Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company was\\nincorporated in 1845. The road was opened December\\n8, 1848, having a length of forty-five miles, and a cap-\\nital of one million five hundred thousand dollars.\\nThe Wilton Railroad was commenced in 1847 and\\ncompleted to Wilton in 1851, having a length of\\nsixteen miles.\\nBetween 1840 and 1850 a large number of dwelling-\\nhouses and stores were built in the village, but very\\nfew of them were of an expensive class. The school\\nbuildings and the railroad stations were mostly\\nwooden, and none of the large brick blocks now\\nerected on Main Streel bad been built. In I860, of\\nthe nine churches, all of them Protestant, only two\\nwere built of brick the First Baptist and the Pearl\\nStreet Congregational Churches. At that time the\\nCatholics, now the most numerous religious sect in\\nthe city, were practically unknown. In 1840 there\\nwere not a dozen in Nashua. In ls.Mi there were less\\nthan one hundred.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0336.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "181\\nIn 1845 the population of the town of Nashua was\\n4429; the population of Nashville was 2432,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total,\\n6861. By the census of 1850 their united population\\nwas 8942,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a gain of 2888 since 1840.\\nNashua in 1850 to I860\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The growth of Nashua\\nbetween 1850 and 1860 was not so great as during the\\nprevious decade. In common with the other man-\\nufacturing towns of New England, the revulsion in\\nbusiness in 1857 and the two succeeding years par-\\nalyzed to some extent all the manufacturing interests\\nof the country during that period.\\nDuring these ten years, however, some progressive\\nSteps were taken by the Nashua people, and which have\\nhad a permanent effect upon its welfare. One of the\\nmost important of these was the reunion of the two\\ntowns of Nashua and Nashville, which had been\\nseparated by a legislative act in 1842. Though not\\nrealized at the time, it soon became evident that the\\nseparation would result disadvantageously. The ed-\\nucational system could Dot be as comprehensive and\\nefficient. The Fire Department was weakened; the\\nPolice Department was more expensive and less ser-\\nviceable, and the minor details of town affairs were\\nless satisfactory to the public. The proposed sup-\\nplying of the village with water and gas would also be\\nmore difficult under a twofold management.\\nAdded to this, Manchester, in 1846, and Concord,\\nin 1849, had adopted city charters, and with manifest\\nadvantage to their local interests. Nashua and Nash-\\nville had now an aggregate population equal to that\\nOf cither of these cities at the time of their incor-\\nporation. In view of these circumstances, the more\\nenterprising citizens of both towns applied to the\\nLegislature of 1853 for a city charter. This was\\ngrant,. I on the 27th of June, with the proviso that\\nit must first lie accepted by a majority of the legal\\nvoters of each town at a meeting called for that\\npurpose. In September the acceptance of the char-\\nter was submitted to the popular vote, anil with the\\nfollowing results:\\nSo the city charter, having been sanctioned by both\\ntowns, Nashua and Nashville were again united, and\\nwill, it is fervently hoped, be known for many a cen-\\ntury in the future as the\\nCity of Nashua.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The election of city officers took\\nplace immediately after the acceptance of the charter\\nby the two towns. By the original charter, a majority\\nwas required to elect the mayor. The first trial re-\\nsulted in no choice, there being three candidates,\\nJosephus Baldwin (Whig), Bernard 1 Whittemore\\n(Democrat) and Winslow Ames (Free-Soil). On the\\nsecond trial Mr. Baldwin was elected.\\nJosephus Baldwin, the first mayor of the city, was\\nborn in the south part of Nashua in 1803. His father\\nlived on the Highland Farm, and possessed unusual\\nmechanical and inventive ability. The son gave his\\nattention to the improvement of cotton machinery.\\nHis first experiment was at New Ipswich in making\\nshuttles and spools to supply the tew cotton-mills\\nthen running in New Hampshire. After the building\\nof the mills at Nashua lie returned and began I lu-\\nmaking of bobbins and shuttles at tin Highland\\nFarm. In 1836 his works, including a large Stock\\njust finished for the market, were burned. Without\\nmeans, lie began work in a room of the machine-shop\\nof the Nashua Manufacturing Company. Here his\\nworks were burned out a second time, Bui in 1843\\nthe demand for that kind of furnishings which Mr.\\nBaldwin, of all others, was best able to supply, bei I\\nso great that, starting his business on Water Street,\\nhe soon built up an extensive manufactory, employing\\none hundred and ninety hands. For fifteen years Mr.\\nBaldwin was the largest manufacturer of bobbins and\\nshuttles in this country. Like many enterprising and\\ningenious men, he gave no attention to financial\\ndetails, and allowed the free use of his name to\\nfriends, SO that he became embarrassed in L858, and\\nthe business, built up by him, passed into the hands\\nof Dr. F. B. Aver and Isaac Eaton, by whom it has\\nbeen continued until recently. Mr. Baldwin died\\nin 1872.\\nIn 1851 the Harbor Cotton Manufacturing Com-\\npany (Vale Mills) was organized with a capital of one\\nhundred thousand dollars, employing seventy hands\\nand producing one million yards of sheetings and\\ndrillings annually.\\nlie Nashua Edge-Tool Company was organized in\\n1852, locating their works at the mouth of Salmon\\nBrook, on the Nashua ami Lowell Railroad, one mile\\nfrom the city. John H. Gage was president, G. W.\\nUnderbill superintendent, and C. B. Hill treasurer.\\nTiny made axes of every pattern, hatchets, chisels,\\nadzes ami most kinds of edge-tools. The company\\nemployed fifty men and had a capital of sixty thou-\\nsand dollars.\\nThe Nashua Lock Company went into operation\\nthe sa year. It was chiefly owned by L. W. Noyes\\nand J. D. Otterson, and made locks, door-knobs and\\ndoor-bells of every pattern, and employed sixty men.\\nAt first it was located on Water Street, but was soon\\nremoved to its present location, on the corner of\\nSpring and East Hollis Streets.\\nThe Nashua card and glazed paper business origin-\\nated with C. T. (Jill and D. Murray, in 1849, who\\nput up a small building on Water Street. J. II. and\\nC. P. Gage became partners. Mr. Gill died soon\\nafter. The business grew and was removed to East\\nHollis Street. The original firm was Gage, Murray\\nCo., who, with a dozen hands and limited capita I. began\\nan enterprise which has since grown to be a large and\\nsuccessful business.\\nThe Nashua Foundry Company, one of the earliest\\nof our industries, was at this time doing a good busi-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0337.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "is.\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a1ess on Temple Strei t. with Seth Williams as leading\\nproprietor, at the same location now occupied by\\nCharles Williams Son. \\\\i a latei dati .1. D. Otter-\\nson established a foundry on Foundry Street, which\\nhe operated till his death, in 1880. It is now the\\nproperty of the !o-operative loinpany.\\nThe Nashua Gas-Light Company was incorporated\\nin Is. with a capital of seventy-five thousand dol-\\nlars. Its works were located in the northeastern part\\nof the city, near the Junction depot. Its first presi-\\ndent was T. W. Gillis.\\nThe Pennichuck Water-Works were also incorpo-\\nrated in 1853, with I.. W. N03 es president, and E. P.\\nEmerson treasurer. The water supply was obtained\\nfrom the Pennichuck Brook, three miles north of the\\ncity, by forcing the water into a large reservoir on\\nWinter Hill.\\nThe increased number of manufactories in the city\\nrequired increased banking facilities, and in 1851 the\\nIndian Head Hank was incorporated, with Joseph\\nGreeley president, and Albert McKean cashier, with\\n.i capita] of one hundred and titty thousand dollars.\\nIn 1855 the Pennichuck liank was incorporated with\\none hundred thousand dollar- capital, and A. W.\\nSawyer president, and Harrison Hobson cashier.\\nThe Irish immigration was hardly noticeable in\\nthis city till 1850. They increased rapidly for the\\nensuing ten years, and were largely employed in the\\nmills and iron-works. With rare exceptions, they\\nwere Roman Catholics. In October, 1855, the Catho-\\nlic Church was first organized in this city under the\\ncare of Rev. John Donnell, who held services every\\nother Sunday in Franklin Hall. The Catholic popu-\\nlation at that time numbered about six hundred.\\nThe church on Tempi, Street was built in 1857.\\nFather Donnell continued in charge of this church\\nand people for twenty-four years. He died on the\\n22d day of January 1882, at the age of sixty-one.\\nAside from his own people, Father I Donnell had the\\nconfidence ami respect of all classes. Decided in liis\\nopinions and devoted to the welfare of his parish, he\\ndiil not forget that lie was an American citizen. He\\niva- a believer in our free institutions ami a firm\\no Mud of our public schools.\\nSt. Luke s Episcopal Church was organized in 1857.\\nIts Sunday services were held in Odd- Fellows Hall.\\nIts first rector was Rev. E. 1 Wright. Its numbers\\nfor some years were small, and its services at times\\nsuspended.\\nThe Athenaeum, a voluntary library association,\\nwas instituted in 1851. Though a private organiza-\\ntion, its purpose was to supply a public want. There\\nwas a large class of young people of both sexes,\\nlargely employes in the mills, who needed, and would\\nbe benefited, by suitable 1 ks lor reading, and tor\\nwhom there was no existing provision. This associa-\\ntion had corporate powers, and by sale of shares at five\\ndollars each, by subscriptions and assessments,\\nsecured a library of thirteen hundred volumes, which\\nwere loaned to individuals for a small fee per week.\\nThe Athenseum kept its library at Gill s and after-\\nwards at Greene s book-store, was useful in its time,\\nand prepared the way for its successor, the Nashua\\nPublic Library.\\nCHAPTER Kill.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Con\\nNASIIl A M KINO IIIK l: 1. 1 1 1 I.I.MS.\\nDuring the decade beginning with the close of\\n1860 and ending with the close of 1870 the War of\\nthe Rebellion was the great overshadowing event.\\nOur purpose is to confine this sketch to the part taken\\nby Nashua and its people in maintaining the Union\\nand in the overthrow of the pro-slavery rebellion.\\nThe firing upon Fort Sumter was the first overt\\ntii. -ecos-ioiiists. It began on Friday, April\\n12, 1861, at four o clock in the morning. Had it oc-\\ncurred twenty years earlier 1 1S41 four days would\\nhave elapsed before the news would have reached this\\ncity. But the announcement d the startling event\\nreached Nashua before noon and spread rapidly.\\nMany could hardly credit the report, but the succes-\\nsion of dispatches left no room for doubt. The as-\\nsault was continued till late in the afternoon of Sat-\\nurday, when the for; was compelled to surrender, and\\nthe telegram announcing the fact was received here\\nat a late hour of the night. But on the clear, bright\\nSundaj morn which followed how many can vividly\\nrecall tie- day! men gathered in groups on the side-\\nwalks with inquiring and anxious countenances, and\\n1 i-w pulpits there were which did not respond to the\\nalmost unanimous cry,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Rebellion must be\\ncrushed!\\nTwo days later came President Lincoln s call for\\nseventy-five thousand men for ninety days. On the\\nMonday night following, the city hall was densely\\ncrowded in answer to a call for a citizens meeting.\\nThe mayor, George Bowers, presided, and the people\\nwere addressed by leading citizens of both political\\nparties. There was manifestly no lack of enthusiasm\\nand determination on the part of the Nashua people\\nto sustain the government and maintain the Union.\\nCaptain R. O. Greenleaf was appointed by the Gov-\\nernor recruiting officer at Nashua. The number re-\\nquired was speedily raised, although no bounty or\\nspecial inducement was offered. Many of our young\\nmen and some of the older citizens, untrained except\\nfor peace, took their places in the ranks for the de-\\nfence of the national capital. The prevailing feeling\\nwas that the three months men would see the end of\\nthe war. Before their return it was evident that tin-\\nfree States had a long struggle before them. The\\ndarkest hours had not yet come.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0338.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\n183\\nThe regiment of three months men from this State\\nwent into camp at Concord, were equipped and left\\nfor the seat of war on the 25th of -May. The field\\nofficers were M. W. Tappan; colonel; T. J.Whipple,\\nlieutenant-colonel; ami Aaron P. Stevens, major. The\\nNashua men belonged to Companies E and F. f\\nCompany E, Richard 0. Greenleaf was captain and\\nWilliam F. Greeley and John W. Thompson lieuten-\\nants; of Company F. Augustus S. F.duvrh was rap-\\ntain and G. W. Handley and G. W. Whipple wen-\\nlieutenants, all of them hailing from thiscity. The\\nregiment proceeded to Washington, and went up the\\nPotomac Valley to Harper s Ferry. It was not the\\nfault of the men, but in reality they were not under\\nfire during the three months service. They were\\nmustered out and returned tome the last of August.\\nA large per centof the Nashua men enlisted later\\nin the regiments and did honor to themselves and the\\nState by their bravery.\\nThe signal defeat of the Union forces at Hull Run,\\non Sunday, the 21st of July, caused more surprise and\\nalarm in this city than any event during the four\\nyears struggle. The Boston dailies of Monday morn-\\ning, basing their reports upon the first skirmishes be-\\ntween the two armies, announced a glorious victory\\nfor the Union forces. On the arrival of the afternoon\\ntrain, at four o clock, they announced the crushing\\ndefeat, hurried flight and utter disorganization of our\\narmy. Such a result was entirely unexpected. There\\nwere many wakeful eyes that night in Nashua. Look-\\nin- .ii the event after the lapse of nearly a fourth of\\na century, it is a question whether that early and signal\\ndefeat of the Union cause was not a blessing in dis-\\nguise. It put an end to all compromise, and made,\\nwhat until that time was in doubt, the emancipation\\nof the slaves as certain as the triumph of the Union\\narmies.\\nWhen the regiment of three months men had left\\nfor Washington in May, enough volunteers were found\\nto speedily form a second regiment, which, under\\nColonel Marston, left on June 20th for active service.\\nOther regiments rapidly followed until, on the u: I of\\nDecember, 1861, the Fighth Regiment of New Hamp-\\nshire had left for the seat of war. In May, 1862, the\\nNinth Regiment entered the service, and others fol-\\nlowed until the Sixteenth, organized in November,\\ncompleted the number required by the national gov-\\nernment. In all these regiments Nashua was repre-\\nsented, but far more largely in the Third, Fourth,\\nSeventh, Eighth, Tenth and Thirteenth.\\nThe Second Regiment was in both of the battles at\\nBull Run. In the second battle Lieutenant Sylvester\\nRogers, of this city, was fatally wounded, and died\\nwhile being carried from the field.\\nThe Third Regiment had a long and severe service\\nin South Carolina and Virginia, in which quite a\\nnumber of Nashua soldiers shared. The first battle\\nwas at Secessionville, where, of five hundred and\\nninety-seven men, one hundred and four were\\nkilled and wounded. Only one from this city, Lieu-\\ntenant Marsh, was slightly wounded. In the battle\\nof Drury s Bluff, May 13, 1864, while making an ad-\\nvance on Richmond, this regiment bore the brunt\\nof the contest. Major James F. Randlett, now cap-\\ntain of a cavalry com]. any in the regular army, was\\nwounded. Adjutant Elbridge J. Copp, who. entering\\nthe service as a private at seventeen, had won promo-\\ntion, was also wounded. Three days later Lieutenant\\nEugene J. Button was killed at the bead of his com-\\npany. On the 16th of August a fierce engagement\\ntook place at Deep Bottom, at which Adjutant E. J.\\nCopp was se\\\\ orely wounded, which compelled him. in\\nthe October following, to return to Nashua. Among\\nother Nashua men in the Third Regiment were Cap-\\ntains David Wadsworth, Joseph Ackerinan, Charles\\nS. Burnham, Adjutant S. N. Jackson, Quartermaster\\nG. B. Bingham, Quartermaster Sergeant W. A.\\nSwallow, Lieutenants D. J. Flanders, II. A. Marsh,\\nI ge Sti at as and .1. C. l usbee.\\nThe Fourth Regiment had Chaplain M. W. Willis,\\nSurgeon George P. Greeley, Captains R. 0. Greenleaf,\\nE. L. Sarsons, and Lieutenants L. A. Gay, t 11.\\n.Moore and J. F. Gilpatrick in its service. Although\\nin several severe battles, the men from this city\\nappear to have been fortunate.\\nThe Sixth Regiment had very few soldiers from\\nNashua. Dr. William A. Tracy and James II.\\nNoycs were surgeons the former returning home in\\nfeeble health, died soon after.\\nThe Seventh Regimeni was with the Third in the\\nattack on Fort Wagner, in July, 1863, where Lieu-\\ntenants Alfred N. Bennett and Ezra Davis, of this city,\\nlost their lives. Captain Charles A. Lawrence and\\nLieutenant James A. Cobb were in this regiment.\\nThe Eighth regiment was mustered into service\\nDecember 2: lsbl. Probably no other regiment con-\\ntained so large a number of Nashua men. It was\\nordered to the mouth of the Mississippi and landed\\nwest of that locality in March, when- it remained\\nduring the summer. In October it was ordered in-\\nland, on the 8th of that month, aud Captain J. Q. A.\\nWarren, of Nashua, was the first man to fall in action\\nat Georgia Landing. In the spring following, it was\\nordered to join General Banks to capture Port Hud-\\nson. The march of two hundred and thirty miles in\\nthe heat was tedious. I In the 27th of May the Eighth\\nRegiment took the lead in the assault on the enemy s\\nfortifications. Early in the light Lieutenant-Colonel\\nLull, who was in command, fell fatally wounded.\\nQuartermaster Shattuck, of this city, carried him\\nupon his shoulders away from the works. He lived\\nuntil midnight. John H. Towle, W. H. Tucker and\\nseveral other Nashua soldiers fell on the same day.\\nTwo days later Lieutenant George W. Thompson, of\\nthis city, while near the rifle-pits of the rebels, was\\ninstantly killed. On the 14th of June another unsuc-\\ncessful assault was made on the rebel fort. The\\nEighth suffered most severely. Lieutenant Luther P.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0339.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHosley, Sergeant Elisha Xottage, Jesse C. Danforth,\\nFrank F. Andrews, and Michael T. Sullivan were\\nleft dead in a trench under the enemy s works. No\\nflag of truce was allowed by the rebels for three days,\\nand the wounded perished from thirst and exposure.\\nThe bodies, when recovered, could hardly be recog-\\nnized.\\nAfter the surrender of Port Hudson, General Banks\\nordered an expedition to Sabine Pass, which was un-\\nsuccessful. Early in the spring of 1864 the Red\\nRiver campaign was undertaken. During the previous\\nwinter the regiment, now lessened in numbers, were\\nprovided with horses and became cavalry. On the\\n8th of April they came unexpectedly upon the rebel\\nforces at the Sabine Iross-Roads. In this engagement\\nthe rebels had the advantage of knowing the sur-\\nroundings. The cavalry tared badly. Forty-seven\\nmen, including Captain Dana W. King, whose horse\\nwas killed and he wounded, were taken prisoners and\\n(ariied to the prison at Tyler, Texas, where they\\nsuffered the usual lol of Union prisoners for over six\\nmonths. The regiment was mustered out the 29th of\\nOctober, and on the nth of November reached C ord\\nunder the command of Captain Dana W. King. Only\\none hundred and seventy-seven enlisted men returned,\\nand Captain King was the only original officer of\\nstall or line who remained. The (governor gave to\\nCaptain King the brevet commission of lieutenant-\\ncolonel, of captain to .lames H. Marshall, and of first\\nlieutenant to Nelson 11. Peterson, all of this city.\\nAmong the men from Nashua whose names have not\\nbeen mentioned were lonunissary Tyler M. Sh at tuck,\\nCaptains George S. Fayrs, Irving G. Wilkins, Daniel\\nM. Fisk, Lieutenants Nestor Haines and William\\nH. Barnes.\\nThe Ninth Regiment left Concord in August and\\nwent into immediate service. Companj C was com-\\nmanded by Captain Augustus S. Edgerly, of Nashua.\\nHe was wounded at Fredericksburg, and killed at the\\nbattle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Lieutenant\\nCharles D. Copp, of this city, was appointed captain\\nafter his death. At Fredericks). urg. when the colors\\nof the regiment had fallen, Lieutenanl Copp seized\\nand raise. 1 the Hag amid a shower of bullets, and\\nshouting to the men. enabled them to form in line.\\nThe Tenth Regiment was commanded by Colonel\\nDonohue. Company B was raised by Captain Timo-\\nthy B. Crowley, and nearly all its members were resi-\\ndents of this city. The regiment was in the sangui-\\nnary battle at Cold Harbor on June lsr, I. Lieuten-\\nant Daniel W. Russell, of Nashua, a brave man and\\ng 1 officer, wasinstantly killed by a shot through the\\nhead. On October 27, 1864, this regiment at Fair\\nOaks was ordered to charge the enemy s works. It\\nreached a position where to advance or retreat were\\nalike impossible. No aid arriving, the men were com-\\npelled to lie down under the rebel batteries and wait\\nfor night to cover their escape. Among the severely\\nwounded was Captain Crowley, who was struck by a\\nball in the thigh. Knowing that capture in his con-\\ndition was death, he crept in the darkness away from\\nthe rebels toward the Union lines until he tainted.\\nBee ling conscious, he called lor help and wa- rescued\\nby two of our soldiers. He was soon after commis-\\nsioned as major of the regiment. The regiment en-\\ncountered much hard service.\\nThe Thirteenth Regi nt was commanded by Col-\\nonel Aaron F. Stevens, with George Bowers lieuten-\\nant-colonel, and George H. Taggard adjutant. Its\\nheavy work was during 18(14. It was at Drury s\\nBluff in May. and at Cold Harbor, in June, fought\\nbravely and lost heavily, Lieutenant Taggard being\\namong the wounded. It was on duty in front of\\nPetersburg during thesummer, and was prominent at\\nthe capture of Fort Harrison, on the 29th of Septem-\\nber. In the assault Colonel Steveus fell severely\\nwounded within a few yards of the fort, and did not\\nresume command of the regiment afterwards. The\\nThirteenth was garrisoned at Fort Harrison during\\nthe winter and joined in the final movement on\\nRicl d, April 1865. Dr. R. B. Prescott, of this\\ncity, then in command of Company C, according to\\nth. Richmond papers, led the first squad of men of\\nthe Union army which entered the city. They did\\na good work in suppressing pillaging ami subduing\\nthe flames.\\nThe New Hampshire Battalion of Cavalry, which\\nwent into service early in 1862, consisted of four com-\\npanies, one of which had William P. Ainsworth for\\ncaptain and Joseph F. Andrews first lieutenant, with\\na number of others from this city. On May 30th a\\ncharge was made upon a rebel force near Front Royal,\\nVa. The enemy retreated, but soon made a stand at\\na pass near a bridge. Captain Ainsworth crossed the\\nbridge, and falling in range of the rebel rifles, fell\\nwith seven others of the com]. any. His death was\\n-in. ere] lamented by our citizens.\\nThe citj government of Nashua during the four\\nyears war made prompt and liberal provisions for the\\nfamilies of the soldiers, and paid large sums for\\nbounties. The women of this city also did a noble\\nwank in supplying the wants of the sick and furnish-\\ning necessary comforts to the soldiers on duty. There\\nwas not a neighborhood in the city which had not its\\nrepresentative in the army, and not only mothers and\\nwives, but kind friends generally, did all in their\\npower to strengthen the arm of the soldier. One or-\\nganization of fifty young ladies made a systematic\\nwork of sending clothing to the ranks and dainties\\nand cordials to the hospitals. Many a Union sentinel\\nupon his lonely post in the chill winter s wind was\\nmade comfortable by these warm flannels from home;\\nmany a look of gratitude came over the face of the\\nNorthern boy as, fever-stricken in the hospital, he\\nrested his aching head upon the pillow made by lov-\\ning hands at home.\\nList of Union Soldiers from Nashua.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The fol-\\nlowing list of soldiers from Nashua who served in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0340.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nthe War of the Rebellion was prepared and published SJJJSJl,\\nby Dr. L. F. Locke before the close of the war. Connei\\nPossibly there are a few omissions, and there may coiiiw\\nbe a very few names of men who enlisted here, cJJSJTj\\nbut whose home was elsewhere. The list is the mosl j \u00c2\u00bbtb\\naccurate to be obtained at this time, and must be very Cor\\nnearly correct: i ,.1,1,,\\nAilisw\\nlllit. W.\\nAndrews, .1 I.\\nAllen, George F\\nAndrews, J. F\\nAllen, Frank\\nAM.. II, i Ii. ill-, II\\nAtwood, Daniel W\\nAiken, James\\nAckerman, Joseph,\\nAnderson, John\\nBaldwin, George 11\\nBarrett, Towns\\nBarnes, Eldrus 11\\nButton, Eug .1\\nBurrell, Frederick\\nBailey, John 1!\\nnil, ll.iii. 1\\nml, Band\\nBloilgett, H.-nry l-l a .Ml,\\n111 1, George\\nBrigha\\narlea 1.\\nBurke, G. W 1st\\nMichael\\nBailey, Rol ert\\nHurt, J I 1 1 ry\\nBurnhaiu, hailea S\\nBrooks, G. W 1st\\nBeaman, Alfred II\\nlit... k, i nard II\\nli. ,i, l,. Ider, Stephen\\nBarney, Hiram F\\nW.\\nancie A\\nilliam II\\nBurke, Wil\\nloth\\n10th\\n10th\\nCahill, Timothy\\nCronan, John\\nCravau, Thi ,ma\\nI I I IM\\nIt, J. I\\n111,.,\\nlid\\nI lliin, James Quar. Bias s Dep.\\nI ulev, John 33d .Ms.\\nFlanders, -Joint A Navy\\nFoley, John 10th\\nFox, Henry .1 Reg. Army\\nLt\\nBlaj. el\\n,1\\nFai r, Joseph K\\n1 landers, Benjamin 1\\nN 8\\nPrench, Henry C\\nFiske, Daniel 31., 1 al l.ii\\nFollows, II H K\\n1 ecto, Joseph\\nr lh\\n1 airlei John\\n1 ihel.l. U illiam\\n3d\\nFr.-nel,, Elisha Y\\nBennett, Alfred N 7th\\nBioktord, John W\\nBanflcld, William K Navy\\nBell, B. II Isi and 2(1 Ms. Cav.\\nBlam-hard, Jam--, M 1-1 nn.l -il,\\nharles Sth\\nBanne d, Haskell W Id\\nBingham, Arthur 3d\\nBingham, ii -K H l\\nBrown, Mien s 1,1 ami loth\\nBllel, Kl, l, el 11 Sth\\nllllel, II. ,r til\\nllreiiiian, Patrick 1 Jtl, low,.\\nISeattv. Thomas -M\\nBerrj John 8th\\nB-rrv. I.arky sth\\nBlown. Illiam F\\nHills, Fl el. Vl 1 7th\\nBartlett, Edwin F\\nButler, Edwin S loth\\nBrown, Robert A lav.\\nBagh J i II Cav.\\nBush. Henry 10th\\nB.i j I. John\\nBuswell, Barclay C Mil\\nBrvant, Felix Navy\\nBuswell, John B 4th\\nBuswell, John Ith\\nHriud.am. Edward I av\\nBulge, Havi.l II 1th\\nClaflin, Calvin\\nColbm il Joel\\niv, Mou/.o F 1st\\naves, W II I\\nillni, Thomas 901\\nillin, John 1411\\nla.-as.ui, Abel\\ni.;im v, John Huh\\nding, John F 8th\\nI rank 8th\\nlone, F 1th\\nIJlooley, F. S., r.iphiin lull, c t\\n.ml.. ii, Daniel 3d\\nGrav, John Ill,\\nGoodwill, Weiitworth 4th\\n.1 W .Hi\\nHuge, Hale 7th\\nGi in, I,. David W 7th\\nGriffin, John F 7th\\nill, in, mi, Thomas Navy\\nHumes, Frank 3d\\nGay, George II 3d\\nley, James B Sul Cai\\nGreeley, W. I CI 11th I\\ni iley, !\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 IV, Surg ith\\n(OtV, El, ell, l;i|,|,OII |U.!L\\\\ Keg.\\n.sth", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0341.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF EILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGreen, Albert\\nMiliar,!, r harl.\\nPillsbury, Samuel II\\nV\\\\ I i at. 5th\\nward 3d\\nink .1 3d\\nGordon, Hendrii I.\\nI brail] sth\\nGilsoii. Aiiilreu .1 2(1 lullll.\\nlleiiutte, .lulin Slii\\nWi H\\n.I. m. \\\\riliiii i i:;tli\\nrlesF 10th\\nGray, Irving loth\\ni i\\ni. i .-,|,i l-i .in.! Hli\\nGould. I.ntln r 7th\\nK lllM ii.l\\niiv, I ll. uli s A Till\\nII. W 1\\ni, .1. 11\\nice, ii Cant lstand 7th\\nHopkins, Newl\\nI 1\\nHallissy, .1 l.n\\n111 Ml\\nII..: i! It.. Ill HI A 1-1 .lll l Ml\\n1 1 1 1 l e I\\nHarvey, George 1) :ii\\nHunt, I. 1 -M :iml Hli h -liv\\nIlav.l.-ii, Alli.-ii I II.\\nHail. 1 humus Ml\\nHal!. I,\u00c2\u00abi W Kill\\nHolt, Georgi li Navj\\nphen II tl\\nll.iiii.-.. N.-tiii In nun m li\\nHopkins, Mil! ti I\\nII. u i is, i li.n 1st ami llli\\n..li. r T lstamlislli\\nHardy, W ill. .mi I ;,I\\nll.mt, .I.iiins II 7th\\nII, .ilt, I.. I Sharn-huotui\\nll.ntshuiii. Kll.ii.l-.- I Ml,\\nHani., Wesley I :;,l\\nIlui l, ];ia,ii,.i,l A lilt\\nHarris. William II 4th\\nB 7tli\\ns 7lh\\nIlni,-, William II 711,\\nUnhurt. John 7ti,\\n1 1 G 1st\\nllii lniisnii. A 20th (Mill\\nHall, .limit s II ;,1\\nlliilli--., .Mi, 1. i. 1 lmli\\n]lainil|,,|,l, William II\\nin .14th\\nIngrahaln, Ilunry II :;,l\\nJackmaii, Lemuel N\\n.IniKiiiaii. -I 1th\\nI II,. I\\nLowney, Jeremiah\\nI. a] ,hanu James Ill\\nLyons, .l,,lni lnth\\nI. inal. II, mi I 4th\\nLaClair, Enierv 3d\\nLounoy, I liiii, 16th Mas\\nl.ai.-v, Hosea 1 It\\nla-IH, 1 t Mh\\nW llll II I .IV.\\nI I,, ..I Nil...\\nM Isaac\\nMarden, Geoi ge\\nMeL Mooro. Wil\\nMorrill, i II\\nM, II, .ratio U\\nMel -i. s\\nMcCoy, lolphus\\nM- l.-i Frank\\nMills, W\\nLev is A\\nMus, -s .i, .ii h!\\nM, sin,-, .I.,,..\\nMi.i lni, -.,.11,1.-1\\nHorse, Thomas W\\nMorse, Sai I\\nMi l aid, Daniel\\ni\\nMalsli, I, ihi, I 1.,. .,1\\nMorrill, William M\\nM- iii-. .li. i ha- I; A li\\nii.il loth\\nMoore, Jam. II 9th\\nMosul, -v. Frank 4th\\nMorel. nul. 11,-uaiali til\\nMorgan, Charl, w :;,i\\nM re, Orville th\\nMil,-, 11. II in .,ii,l lull.\\nI in- l.l I,\\ni u W 1st\\nI ll\\nUnas, .li Mil\\nNottage, l lishs C. l-i and 3th\\nXeal, Michael Mil\\nNolan. .I lni -I Mb\\nNutt, Uirliaiil 14th Mass.\\nJohn\\nNolan, 4 ,.,s Hli\\nNi,-ii,.i-. i .a- i:. .1st ami Huh\\nNorwood, w ,u 17th Bat. Beg\\nNichols, John I lsl and 1th\\nNichols, Willi. mi II 4th\\nN,-, .li ill. I 1 11 l t ami Ml.\\nNull, William li Mil\\n.a Navy\\nNichols. I r,-,|, i id, A ::il\\nNichols, VII, u.l I! ,7th\\nNun ell. Charles 7th\\nNile-, Jerome S 1st\\nOsg i II- ill ii I 4th\\niters -ii. i W hih\\nO Neill, Michael Mh\\nu I .riuii, W ill, ..ii, M:\\nO Neill, I iiiioiliv .-th\\nO Neill, .Mom Mh\\nMi I nick 4th\\nory S 4th\\nParker, E 1 Lieut 13th\\nParker, h. C loth\\nPreset!, lo.val I 14th\\nI rail.i ii.,,1,. W Null\\nPat i.. -i ---j i. I\\nParkhurst, w illian\\ni .-inii, Phineas .1\\nQuinn, William\\nRoone, i. .lni\\nRussell, ir w.\\nRe, i vVilliamH 1st\\nl. .u, Silvester, Lieu!. 2 1\\nIi 1. Will,.,,,, 15th Ms.\\nJustus B Sth\\nKiller. Hai i.I Bat.\\nItanillett, .1,1 V\\nho,,,\\nin l.-.il, II -ah\\nRideout, David .1 Sth\\nllol.l.iiis, ii,-,, II l-i ami Heo A,\\n1. th\\nlnth\\n1st X. Y.\\nShipley, Albert 1\\nSullivan, Dennis\\nSullivan, Patrick\\n-I.- Pi I.\\nSnovi i I.-..I.L- W\\nSullivan, Peter\\nShea, John\\nSullivan, Patrick\\nlnth\\n13th Ms.\\nnull Ma-\\n.Johnson, I Inn i\\nJones, .la s W. I.\\n.lelllllllL-\\nJordon, J: W\\nI. .I..,-.. i.\\nKiMuIY, John II\\nin, M, -r, I hail- S\\nlinlo Ahl-aiu\\nhiri.v, inn\\nKimball, l. lii-\\nKimball, I. .lni II\\nKillala, Patrick\\nth ami It\\nlib nil, I nil\\nMiles, lames\\nMiller, David\\nKelson C\\nI roiiiliiian, Ilenrv\\nI I 1 1 Wan, ,i A\\nPark-, Hal el A\\nPeabody, I B\\n1 Jerrj It\\n7th 1 Shepard, Aaron\\nPillsbury, Edvi d W 1-t ami 8th Steele, Robert", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0342.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "Sv, i\\nSherra, Frederic!\\nStevens, Francis I\\nShea. John\\nStaples, Alvah H\\nStaples, Hiram\\nSulil\\nJohn\\nvail, Timothy I 1 1 1 Mo-\\nSulln.ii!, Michael T Ml\\nShea, Cotinell, Jr\\nSellingham, Frank \\\\v :i\\nSlattcry, .li-31 pli\\nSmith, George II\\nSarsoii, Eleazu\\nl.t .ui.l I\\nSi, lie\\nJohn P\\nSiiuiningttm, Tho\\nStevens, Daniel\\nSill, iway, John\\nSillovvay, Benjamin W\\nSvvit/.er, George\\nStevens, George F\\nSteven., Jacob F\\nSimon, Is, Fred 1\\nStevens, Aaron F. Maj.\\nSullivan, .Tallies (_,!i\\nShaw, Major A., 1st la.\\nSavvv, r, olivei M., el I.\\nSmall. Clrrin A\\nSenionds, Lewis\\nShanley, James II\\nTaggard, George 11 loll\\nTinel I, George V lav\\nTinker, Alvah G all\\nTowns, An hi. .1st Mass I av\\nTlioni[,siin, G. W Jr., I. lent. Mli\\nThornton, J. S., LI. cmg Navy\\nTllOUipSOU, J. W., Lieut 1st an, 1\\nThouipion, Win. II., Jr. I av.\\nTaylor, James II :,l M.i\\nThrasher, Floritnan hth\\nTeimv, Hiram A 4th\\nTuppi-r, diaries 4th Vt.\\nTasker, Joseph r th\\nTrow, Harlan S 4th\\nTowle, John S Mh\\nTracy, W. A.. Surgeon r.th\\nTun ill, James, Jr \u00e2\u0080\u0094Mass.\\nTan.-, John 7th\\nTowns, n liver, Jr Nth\\nThurston, J.. se,, I, T sth\\nTucker, William II Sth\\nTavlni, George W 7th\\nTinker, Mollis W 4th\\nThompson, J.-seph I i av\\nTvvnml.lv, Samuel K I av.\\nUpton, Gcrge II 4th\\nVi.kcrv.JohnH lnth\\nYin -nt, Clifford 8th\\nVeasy, Joe! 3d\\nli J] 2i\\nWinn, Maui\\nWillai.l. John 11\\nWhite. Ivlvviu H\\nWright, G -e \\\\V\\nall Joseph W\\nWright, Jonathan\\nHugh\\nin, Willi\\nW II, urv, G.-orge U\\nWhipple. 1,11,1 lilll I\\nWilkius, Irving G\\nWelch, John\\nWel.l,, John\\nIs I i.o.l.ln. I,\\nWlntniai-ii.\\nW Is, Alfreil II\\nWaters, .la s H\\nWei,!,, John lst.V sth\\nWaters, K.livar.l loth\\nWaters. John 3d\\nWaters, Patrick Navy-\\nWatson. Charles S l th\\nWhipple. John F loth\\nli ,ll\\nWhit I..\\nUlh Mass\\nStep!\\ni Jonathan F 9th\\nWil in, M.okG Ml,\\nWebster, Edwin II Sth\\nWorthlev, John 4th\\nWellS, Walter 9th\\nWhite, Charles II /..I\\nWhittelnole, Gcoig. G Sth\\nW itlL liellhell 1st\\nW I-, M n 4th\\nWillis, M. W Chaplain .4th\\nYolk, William F 4th\\nValciueth, Wilham\\nThe number of names in the above list is nine hun-\\ndred and twenty-four. They are taken from the\\noriginal city hall record.\\nGrand Army of the Republic\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The John G.\\nFoster Post, No. 7, of the Grand Army of the Re-\\npublic, is located in this city, having its headquarters\\nin Luton s building. It members are residents of the\\ncity and adjoining towns. The number of active\\nmembers is one hundred and eighty-six. The officers\\nfor the current year are: Commander, Patrick Loner-\\ngan; Senior Yiee- lommander, K. .1. nil ins; Junior\\nVice-Commander, E.S. Perkins; Chaplain, Benjamin\\n8. Woods; Quartermaster, Levi Barker; Officer of\\nthe Day, Uriah Boyl Officer of the Guard, Dennis\\nLeazotte; Adjutant, Ross C. Unity.\\nCH A PT ER XIV.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nNASHUA FROM 1870 TO 1883.\\ncan, i, Inn Humiliation\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Improvement in Building!\\nPublic Sol Is\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Public Library\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nashua I- ir, Department\\nRailroad Facilities\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Banking Institutions\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Newspapers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benevolent\\nI l.ilcraio I U cou/aliMio I le Agassi/, Club Mas HIS ami l ,|,l Id-\\nTil F, past fifteen years have been a period of com-\\nparative piiet in Nashua. There have been no\\nquestions before the community of apolitical, religious,\\nsocial or business tendency which have occasioned\\nanyunusual excitement. Our people have been oc-\\ncupied with the ordinary duties of life, content, so far\\nas modern civilized society can be; realizing that\\nthey are living under the best government and with\\nthe must favorable conditions of any people on the\\nearth.\\nForty years ago the people of Nashua were very\\nnearly all descendents of the early English andScotch\\nemigrants. In 1845 the female operatives in the\\ncotton-mills were young women from the rural dis-\\ntricts of New Hampshire and Vermont. There was\\nnot a town of Hillsborough County which did not\\nhave its industrial representatives in our manufacto-\\nries. The Protestant Churches had nearly, if not\\nquite, as large Sunday audiences as they have to-day.\\nNashua at that time was a Yankee manufacturing\\nvillage. Between 1850 and 1860 a large number of\\nIrish families came to this city, and of necessity, both\\nin the mills and elsewhere, performed the less desira-\\nble kinds of labor. Willi many, it was for a time a\\ndaily struggle for food and clothing. As a class, they\\nwere industrious, but unfortunately many of the men\\nfell into intemperate habits, and brought suffering to\\ntheir families and disgrace to themselves. Since then,\\naided by the influence of Father O Donnell, there\\nhas heen a manif. -l improvement among this class of\\ncitizens. A majority are to-day temperate. The\\nresult is that of the five hundred Irish familiesin the\\ncity, one-half own the houses in which they live.\\nThe Co-operative Foundry is an evidence of their\\ngrowing capacity for business. Since 1870 there has\\nI u \u00e2\u0096\u00a0en mi i iic ica -c of the Irish population by immigra-\\ntion. The number of that nationality, including\\nunder the name the descendants to the second gener-\\nation, is two thousand three hundred in the city.\\nIn 1864 the French Canadians began to come here\\nand engage in the rougher kinds of labor. Gradually\\nthey made their way into the mills and work-shops.\\nThey have increased rapidly in the city, and number\\nat this time three thousand seven hundred. A ma-\\njority are as yet new-comers, and few of them are\\nowners of real estate. It is not creditable to some of\\nthem that, imitating a certain class of ourown people,\\nthey have fallen into intemperate habits.\\nThe population of Nashua at this time (.Tunc 1885)\\nis fifteen thousand, uf these, nine thousand are of", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0343.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAnglo-Saxon origin, and six thousand areof French\\nCanadian and Irish descent. In wealth and intelli-\\ngence, the former have tin How long\\nthey will retain it is a problem of the future.\\nSince L870 there has been a decided improvement\\nin all classes of buildings in this city. The Nashua\\nand Jackson corporations have been continually en-\\nlarging their mills ami beautifying their grounds. On\\nMain Street the change has been equally positive.\\nNoyes Block, built in 1852, and Nun s Block, in L860,\\nhave been supplemented by Dunlap s Block, in 1868,\\nGoodrich Block, in 1869, Telegraph Block, in 1871,\\nMerchants Block, in 1872, Spalding s Block, in L880,\\nand McQuesten s Block, in 1881. The merchants are\\nprovided with convenient stores and the best of facil-\\nities for the disposal of goods. No city in the State\\nfurnishes every kind of merchandise on more favor-\\nable terms.\\nPrivate residences of attractive exterior and spacious\\nand comfortable interior have been erected in every\\npart of the city. Dilate, the more rapid growth of\\ndwellings has been in the southwestern and the south-\\neastern sections of the city, but there has been an in-\\ncrease in every locality. Some credit is due to the\\npast as well as the present generation for the shade-\\ntrees that adorn the most of our streets; and that our\\ndwellings are not left to stand, like the Pyramids, on a\\nleafless plain under a hot and copper sky, but that\\ntheyare mostly surrounded and sheltered bj trees.\\nPublic Schools of the City.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The schools and the\\nschool-houses of this city arc justly its pride and honor.\\nOur school system has been the growth of a century.\\nNo one man or body of men has made it what it is. It\\nis the result of thesiiccessive efforts of our forefathers\\nand the men of our own time; and it represents t In con-\\ntrolling sentiment of the community on the subject of\\npopular education. It has been fortunate for the\\npublic schools that from the beginning they have had\\nthe constant and active co-operation of the mass of\\nour citizens, men who recognize in an intelligent\\npeople he true prosperity of the city and the safety\\nof the State.\\nThe High School building is the best constructed\\nschool edifice in the State. In it are located the\\nHigh School, with live teachers, and the 1:.\\ni,,:n school, with seven teachers. The building has\\nten spacious rooms for study and recitations, two lec-\\nture-rooms, a library -room, a lal orator}\\nlor the superintendent and principal, with a capacious\\nhall in the third story. This building was completed\\nin 1874andcosl one hundred ami five thousand dol-\\nlars. The Mount Pleasant Grammar School is a line\\n1, uilding on thebesl location in the city. The gram-\\nchool is in the second, middle ami primary\\nschools in the first, ami a line hall in the third story.\\nThe building was creeled in 1870 and cost fifty thou-\\nsand dollars. The Main Street School-house is a sub-\\nstantial brick edifice, with suitable appointments.\\nI i,,. excellence of the public hools of late years has\\nbeen such that no private schools could exist, until\\nthe French Catholic Parochial School was established,\\ntwo years ago.\\nThe number of public school buildings in the city\\nis is, having a valuation id $232,395. The school\\nyear is:iii weeks. The number of teachers i- 54, of\\nwhom 3 are males and 51 females. The avi\\ntendance is L642 scholars. The cost of the schools\\nlor 1884 was $36,254, of which sum $24,726 was for\\nthe salaries of teachers. Included in this school ex-\\npenditure is the cost of the evening schools for ihu-e\\nboys and girls who cannot attend the day sessions.\\nThey average 300 scholars and employ 17 teachers.\\nlies. e\\\\ ening scholars are mostly of foreign families,\\nand, added to the daily attendance, make the average\\nattendance of 1942 scholars.\\nThe Public Library.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The initiative step for es-\\ntablishing a free public library in this city was taken\\nby the Young Ladies Soldiers Aid Society, an asso-\\nciation of patriotic ladies who had organized at the\\nbeginning of the Rebellion for the purpose the name\\nindicates. The subject of a public library had become\\na topic of newspaper discussion, and, at a reunion of\\nthe society in March, 1867, it was decided to hold a\\nlevee and fair to raise funds to aid in establishing a\\npublic library. The managers were Lucy F. Thayer,\\nM. E. Shepherd, Mary P. Fiske, Hattie Richardson,\\nSarah W. Kendall, Mary E. Law and Mary E. Hunt.\\nThe levee was a success, realizing one thousand and\\neighty-nine dollars above expenses. The Athemeum,\\na private association, had already decided to donate\\ntheir library to encourage the enterprise. Other\\ngifts of books were added, and in July of that year\\nthe Citj Council accepted the gift on the conditions\\nproposed, the most important of which was to pay\\none thousand dollars annually for the support and in-\\ncrease of the proposed library. A board of seven\\ntrustees were elected and rooms secured in the\\ncounty building for the convenience of the public.\\nThe Public Library at this time contains eight\\nthousand two hundred and seven volumes, ami in-\\ncludes the best works in history, biography, travels,\\nagricultural ami scientific works, poetry, romance, sta-\\ntistics and the best monthly publications. A majority of\\nthe families in the city avail themselves of its advan-\\ntages. It furnishes the means of information and\\nin-, i mi ion which could in no other way be supplied.\\nMaria A. Laton is librarian. Of the seven trustees,\\none is chosen annually by the City Council to serve\\nAs lew constituted, theyare George\\nV. Ramsdell, term expires L886; Bernard L. Whitte-\\nmore, term expires 1887; William W. Bailey, term\\nexpires 1888; Edward Spalding, term expiree L889;\\nJohn H. Goodale, term expires 1890; Virgil C. Gil-\\nman, term expires 1891 Charles Holman, term ex-\\npires 1892.\\nNashua Fire Department.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Fire Department\\nof this city is very efficient in management and com-\\nplete in its appointments. It consists of three steamer", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0344.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\ncompanies, two nose companies and carriages, a\\nhook-and-ladder company, besides sixty-one hydrants\\nproperly located throughout the city. The fine en-\\ngine-house on Olive Street is built of brick, with\\nheavy granite trimmings, and is thoroughly finished\\nand furnished. It was built in 1870 and cost thirty\\nthousand dollars. It is centrally located. The\\nboard of engineers for 1885 are Charles II. Whitney,\\nchief engineer, and Edward H. Parmenter, George\\ni Isborne, EverettS. Putnam and Enos F. Hadlock,\\nassistants. The estimated value of the property of\\nthe department on the 1st of January, 1885, was\\ntwenty-nine thousand five hundred and twenty-four\\ndollars. This estimate is exclusive of the engine-\\nhouse. The expense of the Fire Department for the\\nyear 1884 was $8261.69.\\nFires in Nashua.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This city has never had any\\nwide-spread conflagration, though it has suffered from\\nquite a number of fires. One of the most destructive\\nfires in the city was on the 12th of October, 1848.\\nIt took in the basement of the first building on the\\nnorth side of the Main Street bridge, on the west ide\\nof the street, in what was then known as the Cen-\\ntral Building. The adjoining Baptist Church and\\nseveral smaller buildings were burned on the west\\nside, when, crossing the street to the east side, the\\nBoat-house Store, Nashua and Lowell Railroad depot\\nand Shattuck s Block were burned.\\nIn 1856, Mill No. 1 of the Nashua Company was\\ndestroyed. The fire broke out at noon, in the absence\\nof the operatives. As the mill had been in operation\\nthirty years, the flooring was combustible, and the\\nmill was soon in ruins.\\nSome of the more recent fires in the city were the\\nold engine-house, in 1870; W. J. Cooper s and Saw-\\nyer s buildings, in May, 1882; Old Washington House,\\nin November, 1883; Spalding s Block, 1883 Rollins\\nSteam- Engine Works, March, 1884; Crawford s\\nSteel-Plate and Press-Works, January 1, 1885; and\\nNashua Iron and Steel-Plate Mill, February, L885.\\nRailroad Facilities. Whoever has studied the\\nrailroad map of New England knows that Nashua is\\nthe centre of an extensive system of railroads. In\\ntruth, its railroad facilities are unsurpassed by any\\ninland city in New England. Six lines radiate from\\nNashua, and five of them are entitled to be called\\ntrunk lines. Their connections are direct with Wor-\\ncester, New York and the West on one side; with\\nRochester, Portland, Bangor and the East, on the\\nother side; with Manchester, Concord, the White\\nMountains, Vermont and Canada, on the north with\\nLowell, Boston and Providence on the south. These\\nsix lines are the Nashua, Lowell and Boston, forty\\nmiles the Nashua, Greenfield and Keene, fifty-six\\nmiles; the Nashua and Worcester, forty-six miles the\\nNashua and Rochester, forty-eight miles; the Nashua\\nand Concord, thirty-five miles the Nashua, Acton\\nand Boston, forty-one miles. Fifty-six passenger\\nand freight trains enter and depart from Nashua daily.\\nBanking 1 Institutions. Nashua has three 1 ka\\nof discount and four savings-banks. The former are\\nthe First National Bank, G. A. Ramsdell, president,\\nJohn A. Spalding, cashier Indian Head Bank, Ed-\\nward Spalding, president, Frank A. McKean, cash-\\nier; Second National Bank, J. W. White, president,\\nF. A. Eaton, cashier. The latter are the Nashua\\nSavings-Bank, William W Bailey, president, Virgil\\n0. Oilman, treasurer City Savings-Panic, Luther A.\\nRoby, president, Elbridge P. Bown, treasurer; Me-\\nchanics Savings-Bank, John C. Lund, president,.!.\\nW. White, treasurer; New Hampshire Banking\\nCompany, Hiram T. Morrill, president, John O.\\nKimball, treasurer. The deposits in the savings-banks\\nexceed three million dollars.\\nNashua Newspapers. For more than twenty\\nyears there have been no experiments in the pub-\\nlishing of newspapers in this city. This is compli-\\nmentary to the two existing papers which, for more\\nthan half a century, have represented the two politi-\\ncal parties of the State and country. The Nashua\\neditors have never been belligerent or acrimonious\\ntoward each other, or indulged in the offensive per-\\nsonalities which have frequently disgraced the press\\nof this State. Both are decided in their political\\nviews, and each is a fair representative of the party\\nwhose principles and policy it supports.\\nthe X lxlitht ftr has Keen published by B. B.\\nF. P. Whittemore since November 25, 1846. The\\nsenior partner, B. B. Whittemore, has occupied the\\neditorial chair longer than any other one in the State,\\nli has been the organ of the Democratic party of\\nNashua since its first publication, in February, 1832.\\nThe Nashua Telegraph was started a few months\\nlater than the Gazette, in November, 1832. For\\ntwenty-seven years Albiu Beard was editor and pub-\\nlisher. The present editor and proprietor, Orren C.\\nMoore, has been the editor foreighteen years. As a Re-\\npublican newspaper it has a distinct personality, is\\nindependent in its action and represents tin of\\nthe party rather than the politicians.\\nBoth of the Nashua newspapers have a daily even-\\ning and weekly issue, and have a fair circulation.\\nThe Telegraph and Telephone.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nashua has the\\ntelegraphic facilities common to the cities of New\\nEngland. The telephone has its headquarters at the\\nTelegi aph building, and has one hundred and eighty-\\nli\\\\ e communications. Miss Anna A.Shedd is manager.\\nBenevolent and Literary Organizations.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nProtestant Home i ch: Aged Women is under the\\nsupervision of an association of benevolent women of\\nthis city. The plan was devised in 1877. On May\\n29, 1878, the home was opened on Walnut Street, the\\npremises being the gift of Belinda Blod\\nformer occupant, who died the year previous. Two\\nyears later the home was removed to a more spacious\\nand convenient residence, at the corner of Kinsley\\nand Walnut .Streets. There are nine beneficiaries at\\nthe present time, and the institution is under the ex-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0345.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncellent management of Mrs. Sarah G. Cummings.\\nThe officers for the current year are Mrs. Jane N.\\nBeasom, president; Mrs. Anne M. Ayer, secretary; and\\n.Miss Sarah W. Kendall, treasurer.\\nThe Chautauqua Literary and Scientific\\nCircle, of this city, is a branch of the national\\norganization of the same name. It was established\\nin October, 1882. It lias weekly meetings for read-\\nings, essays and discussions upon historical,\\nscientific and social topics. The members are among\\nthe most intelligent women in the city. The officers\\nfor the current year are Miss Anna E. Bussell,\\npresident; Mrs. E. 0. Blunt, vice-president and Miss\\nIda F. Wallace, secretary.\\nThe Agassi/ Association, of this city, is made up\\nof young persons, mostly members of the High School,\\nand at this time a large majority boys. It was formed\\nin November, 1SSI), and has meetings once a week,\\neight months of the year. It is a live organization.\\nIt- original purpose was the study of natural objects,\\nminerals, plant-, birds, and insects. For this end a\\nmuseum of specimens lias been collected by the asso-\\nciation. )f late a wider scope has been given to the\\nobjects of the society, the cultivation of habits of\\nindustry, honesty, promptitude and courtesy. The\\npresent officers arc Alfred A. Wheat, president;\\nFrederick E. Twitchell, secretary William T. Bailey,\\ntreasurer; Frederick W. Hatch, corresponding secre-\\ntary. Connected with the Agassiz Association, and\\ncomposed of nearly the same persons, is the AfALA-\\nCHIAN Club, who make an annual midsummer ex-\\ncursion to the lakes and mountains for health, recre-\\nation and improvement, most of the time camping\\nout and cooking their own food. The present officers\\nof this club are Irving F. Graves, president;\\nJ. W. Thurber, captain Elwyn G. Preston, quarter-\\nmaster.\\nThe Nashua Farmers Grange was organized\\nin 1876. It has semi-monthly meetings for the in-\\nvestigation of agricultural and horticultural topics,\\nwith a good attendance of the members. The present\\nofficers are Elijah Robbins, master; Marcus\\nI. mill, secretary; Charle- Lund, treasurer.\\nThe Nashua Historical Society has its r as in\\nTelegraph Block. It has a collection of minerals and\\nancient relics. The officers are O. (J.Moore, pres-\\nident J. H. I roodale. ice-president II. 11. Atherton,\\nsecretary; Frederick Eclscv, treasurer Charles Hol-\\nman, George A. Rams.lell, William W. Bailey and\\nV. C. Oilman, directors.\\nFreemasons lnd Odd-Fellows.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Masonic\\norder had an early introduction into this city, num-\\nbering many prominent citizens among its members.\\nThe several organizations have commodious lodge-\\nrooms. Of the York Rite, there are the Rising Sun\\nLodge, Ancient York Lodge, Meridian Sun Chapter,\\nIsrael Hunt Council and St. George- Commandery.\\nOf the Scottish Rite, are Aaron P. Hughes Lodge of\\nSt. i leoi -e haptcr of Rose Croix.\\nOriental Council of Princes of Jerusalem and Edward\\nA. Raymond Consistory.\\nThe Odd-Fellows havea numerous membership in\\nthis city, with ample halls and the following organ-\\nizations: Indian Head Encampment, Nashua Encamp-\\nment, Granite Lodge, Pennichuck Lodge and Baker\\nDegree Camp. There is also a Lodge of Knights of\\nPythias, and of the American Legion of Honor, the\\nSt. John the Baptist Society, and two societies of the\\nAncient rder of Hibernians.\\nThere are several temperance societies in Nashua,\\neach of which, in its own way, whether as uncon-\\nditional prohibitionists or non-partisan workers,\\nhas labored diligently for the suppression of intem-\\nperance.\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nNASHUA -(Continued}.\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF NASHUA.\\nPuritan Ideas\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Weld\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ministerial Support\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Primitive Meet-\\ning-llunsos\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Church 1 is.seiisinns\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wliil. -field s Followers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Con-\\ngregational Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pilgrim Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Baptist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uuiversaliet\\nChurch\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Methodist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Unitarian Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Episcopal Church\\nCatholic Chun hes.\\nThe first settlers of New England came to this,\\ncountry impelled by religious motives. They were\\ndenied religious freedom in the Old, and resolved to\\nobtain it in the New World. They attested their\\nsincerity by the great sacrifice of comfort and re-\\nsources which they made in securing this end. Yet\\nthey were not wholly emancipated from the tradi-\\ntional errors of the past, and were not prepared to\\ngrant that liberty of conscience and right of individ-\\nual opinion and of action in religious affairs which is\\nnow universally conceded in this country. The\\nMassachusetts colonial government framed its laws\\non the basis that church and state were inseparable.\\nThey did not recognize any precedent to the contrary.\\nHence, invariably, as in the charter of Dunstable, in\\nOctober, 1673, it was required that the town should\\nbuild a meeting-house and procure an able and ortho-\\ndox minister within three years. Two hundred\\n(here was great unanimity of religious\\nopinion in the scattered colonies of the New England\\ncoast. They were essentially Puritan. There is no\\ndoubt that tin- provision in the charter for minis-\\nterial support was in accordance with the views of\\nnearly, [fnof all. of the early settlers of Dunstable.\\nAt a public meeting in li 7-i it was voted that the\\nmeeting-house that is to he erected shall stand be-\\ntween Salmon Brook and the house of Lieutenant\\nWheeler, as near as may he for the convenience of the\\nfarmers. In the following October the house, built\\nof logs, was commenced, hut the breaking out of\\nKing Philip s War the next year deferred its com-\\npletion till 1678.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0346.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "During King Philip s War the settlers within the\\npresent limits of Nashua retired for safety to the lower\\ntowns. The town-meeting for 1677 was held in W\\nburn, when Thomas Brattle, James Parker, Jonathan\\nTyng and Abraham Parker were chosen seleetmen\\nfor the ensuing year, and it was then voted,\\nThat as Boon as ni:iy be, a minister be settled in tlie town of Dun-\\nstable, tin time and man being bit to the selectmen, his pay to be in\\nmoney, or if in other pay, to add a tliir.t part more, i be\\nfifty pounds each year.\\nRev. Thomas Weld, a native of Roxbury, Mass.,\\nami a graduate of Harvard, was the man selected, and\\nconsequently he was the first minister of Dunstable.\\nWhen he began to preach is nut recorded, but mi\\nApril 7, 1680, tit a town-meeting, ii was voted, That\\nhe be invited to a continuance and settlement n tl h us\\nthat the charges for maintenance of the minister\\nshall be borne by the proprietors according to their\\nrespective shares in the township. Further action\\nimposed by the charter was also taken to give Wi.\\nWeld a convenient farm to be settled upon him and\\nhis heirs for his encouragement in the ministry.\\nThis (arm consisted of a thirty-acre lot, which is now\\nincluded in what is known a the Highland Farm,\\nin the south part of the town, with a general claim to\\na share in all the ungranted lands of the township,\\namounting to about five hundred acres of wild land.\\nAt a meeting held September 9, lbs:;, it appears\\nfrom the records that there was due Mr. Weld for\\nthe settling of his tour years salary, ending last May,\\ntwenty-three pounds, and the names of those who\\nwere in arrears to the minister were publicly called,\\nand they wererequired to pay within a limited time,\\nunder penalty of having their hinds seized and sold.\\nIt is well known that in those early times, and for a\\ncentury after, the raising of m y for the building of\\nhouses of worship and the support of preaching was\\ncompulsory,:! tax for this purpose being laid upon till\\nproperty-holders. It was easy to do this when the\\ngreat body of the people wore of the same way of\\nthinking upon religious subjects. But when thesects\\nbegan to multiply, and men began to appreciate their\\nindividual rights, it became necessary to provide for\\ng] eater liberty of conscience. While it is not strange\\nth.it such a law should exist in 1683, it is surprising\\nthat it was not repealed for more than a third of a\\ncentury after New Hampshire became an indepen-\\ndent State.\\nIn 1684 the log meeting-house, which probably\\nstood upon the present city farm, was abandoned. It\\nhad been occupied only six years, and would not\\nhave boon abandoned so soon had not the Tyng\\nfamily and others living farther down the river pro-\\nposed to contribute freely to build a better structure,\\nprovided it should be located nearer to what is now\\nthe town of Tyngsborough. The poverty of the\\nSalmon Brook people led to the acceptance of the\\noffer, and a new and better meeting-bouse was built\\nnear the present State line. On its completion Mr.\\nWeld was settled. The date was December 16, 1685.\\nHe had already preached to this people seven years.\\nThe number of actual members was small, only seven\\nnames, till males, appearing on the books. For seven-\\nteen years after ordination Mr. Weld continued to\\npreach to this small settlement, exposed to Indian\\nmassacres and suffering Teat privations. He died\\nJune 9, 1702, Inf. ire he had reached the age of fifty.\\nFor one hundred and seventy years his grave tit\\nthe Old South burial-ground was marked by a dark\\nslab; but within a few years a handsome and ap-\\npropriate granite monument has taken its place. So\\nfar as is known, he left a good record.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Weld there were temporary\\nsupplies for many years, till the settlement of Eev.\\nNathaniel Prentice, in 1720. He was pastor for\\nseventeen years, and died February 15, 17:17, at the\\nage of forty. He was said to have been a good\\nsermonizor, and an inscription-stone mirks his\\ngrave at the Old South burial-ground. About two\\nyears later Rev. Josiah Swan was settled. He was\\nsaid to have been a better farmer than pastor, and on\\none Sunday morning, unconscious that it wtis the\\nLord s day, ordered his hired men to go into the field\\nto work. The arrival of a leading parishioner con-\\nvinced him of his error. In 1741 the State line was\\nestablished, and was a source of controversy by\\nmaking a majority of the congregation citizens of\\nanother province. A still greater dissension was\\ncaused by the preaching of George Whitefield,\\nwho came over to the New England colonies and\\naroused the pie, pie by presenting, with rare eloquence,\\nmore practical and less doctrinal views of religion.\\nRev. Frederick Alvord, in his historical discourse a\\nfew year- since, says: The church in Dunstable\\nwas more or less affected by this great Whitcfieldian\\nrevival. It came none too soon. Many churches\\nhad become cold and formal, and vital godliness was\\nsadly declining. Mr. Swan resigned in 174G, became\\na farmer in Walpole, and died at an advanced age.\\nEev. Samuel Bird was settled in 1717 as the fourth\\npastor. He was an ardent follower of Whitefield, and\\nhence was called one of the New Lights. There\\nwas strong opposition to his settlement by the Blan-\\nchard party and strong approval by the Lovewell\\nparty. The former had more wealth, the latter\\nmore numerical strength. The result of this con-\\ntroversy wtis two churches and two meeting-houses,\\nthe Bird party worshiping in the new meeting-house,\\nbuilt opposite the residence of J. L. II. .Marshall, and\\nthe other in the old house, near the State line.\\nThe contest in regard to Mr. Bird was ended\\nby his removal to Connecticut, but the church\\ntroubles in Dunstable continued. Sixteen years of dis-\\nsension followed, but at length both parties, weary of\\nstrife, made a compromise. Both of the old meeting-\\nhouses were taken down, and a new one the fourth\\nwas built on the triangle at the Centre. Kev.\\nJoseph Kidder, a native of Billeriea and just grad-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0347.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTOKY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nuated from Yale, was ordained pastor, March 18,\\n1767, and was the town minister for nineteen years.\\nIn 1796 his connection with the town ceased, but his\\nrelation to the church continued till his death, in\\n1818, though he ceased to preach in 1814. When the\\nfifth church was built, in 1812, known as the 01d\\nSouth, he had the satisfaction of being the first\\noccupant of the desk. On November 3, 1813, Rev.\\nE. P. Sperry was installed as his colleague, and\\nsucceeded him in bis labors. Mr. Sperry was dismissed\\nApril 4, 1819. This was the year of the passage of the\\ntoleration act by the Legislature, and church and\\nslate ceased to have any connection in New Hamp-\\nshire. The result was due to the progress of civ-\\nilization and enlightened public sentiment,\\nIn the mean time Nashua village grew rapidly in\\nnumbers, and in 1825 the Nashua corporation erected\\na meeting-house on the site of the present Pilgrim\\nChurch. It was bought by the t one regal ional society\\nin 1826, and on the 8th of November, Rev. Handel\\nG. Nott was installed as pastor. He was highly suc-\\ncessful. Daring his eight years of labor three hun-\\ndred and fifty-five were added to the church, an\\nincrease of sevenfold to the number when he took\\ncharge. In 1834, to the surprise of most of his con-\\ngregation, he announced that, believing that infants\\nwere not suitable subjects for baptism, he could no\\nlonger administer the ordinance to them. To-day the\\nannouncement would hardly cause a ripple of excite-\\nment, but at that time it led to a division of the\\nchurch. The dissenting party held their first meeting\\nin Greeley s building, and having a small majority of\\nthe members, formed an organization under the title\\nof the\\nFirst Congregational Church of Dunstable.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On\\nJanuary 1, 1835, Rev. J. McGee was installed as\\npastor; a meeting-house, located on Main Street, was\\nbuilt the same year. It was a wooden structure, and\\nwas burned in 1870. A new brick church was com-\\npleted, at a cost of forty-five thousand dollars, the\\nsame year. The membership of the church is between\\nfour hundred and four hundred and fifty.\\nThe following is the list of pastors and their time\\nof ministerial service in this church since its reor-\\nganization, in 1835\\nJonathan McGee, installed January 1. 1835 .ii-tois^.,i June 8, lM J.\\nMatthew Hale Smith, installed OeM.ei III, 1 s I J di-\u00e2\u0080\u009enssed \\\\u-iisl J\\n1845.\\nSamuel I.allisim, installed April s, 1 s-ltl 1 i sn 1 i s.se-1 April 7, ISIS.\\nDaniel Maivh, in-railed Jjhinhi IM .i, 1 1 1 1 i 1 1. urn. ,i i I-\\n-e II. .lewrtt, install. ,1 .May 24, IS,.,. dismissed s, ,i ib, r 1,\\n1856.\\nCharles .1. Hill, installed .laiiuarv 27, ls:,7 di-nn\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nl i, II. i,,Uer, installed Septemlier la, lsi;:. dismissed August 13,\\nISM!.\\nOlive Street Congregational Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 After the\\nwithdrawal of a part of the members of the church\\nunder the charge of Mr. Nott, the others continued\\nreligious services under their pastor on Olive Street.\\n\\\\i the close of the year Mr. Nott removed, and after-\\nwards became a Baptist minister. The church then\\ngave a call to Rev. Austin Richards, and was organ-\\nized under the name of the Olive Street Congrega-\\ntional Church. It continued a distinct and indepen-\\ndent organization for forty-four years, until its union\\nwith the Pearl Street Church, in 1879. The following\\nis the list of its pastors during its distinct organiza-\\ntion\\nRichards, installe\\nAi I, 1836;\\nSeptember 22,\\nHiram Mead, installed Dei ember 17, IS\\n1869.\\nJames S. Black, installed March 31, 1870 dismissed June 29, L874\\nS. S. Martin, installed Ileeeinber 17, ls74 dismissed January 1. 1876.\\nJ. K. Aldiieh, employed \\\\.i\\\\eiiiliei I, Is7i, dismissed May 27, 1879.\\nPearl Street Congregational Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1M6\\nsome of the members of the Olive Street Church\\nthought the increasing population of Nashua would\\njustify the formation of a third orthodox church.\\nThe plan was carried into effect, and the new church\\norganized the following Septemlier. A new brick\\nedifice was erected at the corner of Main and Pearl\\nStreets, which was dedicated November 21, 1847. It\\nis now the property of the Universalis! society. The\\nPearl Street Congregationalist Society continued an\\nactive organization till it united with the Olive Street\\nto form the present Pilgrim Society. During its\\nthirty years existence it had the following list of\\npastors\\nLeonard Swain, installed .lime, 1S47 dismissed 1V ember, 1852.\\nI a., l \\\\d.mi i, installed August, 1853; dismissed December, 1857.\\nEdward II. Greeley, installed February, 1858 dismissed May, 1860.\\nlSeiijauiin F. 1 arsiius, installed Ne\\\\ einlier, 1 ST 1 dismissed June,\\nu i, Gaylord, installed December, lsu7 dismissed October, 1870.\\nCharles Wetherliy, installed LVeembei, 1S71 dismissed March, 1879.\\nSecond Congregational (Pilgrim) Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In\\nthe spring of 1879 there were vacant pastorships in\\nboth the dive Street and the Pearl Street Congrega-\\ntional Societies. Both had congregations of respect-\\nable size, but financial and prudential considera-\\ntions suggested the union of the two, and it was\\nconsummated on June 2d of that year. On the\\nhist day of the year Rev. George W. Grover was in-\\nstalled pastor, and the church is known as the Pilgrim\\nChurch. Mr. Grover is still the pastor in charge. The\\nPearl Street edifice was sold, and the wooden struc-\\nture on Olive Street taken down, and on its site was\\nbuilt a brick church with modern appointments, at a\\ncost of thirty-five thousand dollars. It was dedicated\\non the hist day of March, 1882. The church mem-\\nbership is five hundred and twenty, and average\\nattendance lour hundred.\\nFirst Baptist Church. As early as 1818 a small\\nBaptist society was formed in Nashua, but for some\\nyears it had only occasional meetings. In 1832 it\\nwas fully organized, with Rev. Dura D. Pratt as pas-\\ntor. A large and commodious meeting-house was\\nbuilt at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets,\\nwhich was dedicated in January, 1833, and burned in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0348.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\ni:i:;\\nthe great fire of October 12, 1848. The next year a\\nnew brick edifice was erected on the same site, at a\\ncost of twenty thousand dollars. The present mem-\\nbership of the church is about five hundred and\\ntwenty. The attendance averages about three hun-\\ndred and fifty. The following is the list of the pas-\\nters of this church, and their length of pastorate:\\nDura li. Pratt, installed January 23 1833 died in charge November,\\n1855.\\nWilli. uii II Eat. .11, nelallr.l .Inn.- Jli, 1S.-.U .lislili.-se.l January, ISTll.\\nII. ii. h ,,.1 tiled Juh 1 1870 dismissed I. .unary, 1st:\\nUniversalist Society and Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Univer-\\nsalists as a religious denomination were unknown in\\nNashua until 1835. At that time a society was or-\\nganized under the pastoral charge of Rev. Woodbury\\nM. Fernald. In 1839 a meeting-house was built on\\nthe west side of .Main Street, which was occupied by\\nthesociety till March, 1882, when the church edifice\\nat the corner of Main and Pearl Streets was bought,\\nand is now their place of worship. Two associations\\nwereorganized in 1849, onebenevolent and sustained\\nby the ladies, and the other social and literary (the\\nBallou)and sustained by the young people, which\\nhave been productive of much good. The following\\nis the list of the pastors of the society:\\nProtestant Episcopal Church..\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The origin of the\\nEpiscopal Church in Nashua is somewhat recent. In\\nlx. 7 a missionary parish was organized, with Ilev.\\nE. P. Wright as rector. He was succeeded by Rev.\\nW. S. Perry and others, and a small wooden church\\nwas built at the junction of Pearl and Temple Streets.\\nThis was removed a few years later, and no services\\nwere held in the city.\\nIn 1871, Rev. James B. Goodrich renewed the church\\nservices in Beasom s Block and continued as mission-\\nary rector till 1875. At that time he was succeeded\\nby Rev. Jacob Leroy. The church and congregation\\ngradually gained in numbers. In 1879 a church edi-\\nfice, built entirely of granite, was erected on South\\nMain Street, at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. It\\nis a neat and enduring structure. It was consecrated\\nin November, 1879, and the entire building was the\\ngift of Mrs. Lucia A. Rand, a native of this State, 1ml\\nnow a rcsi.lent of Middletown, Conn. In 1882 the\\nchurch .eased to he a missionary parish, and is recog-\\nnized as the Church of the Good Shepherd. Rev.\\nWilliam H. Moreland is the present rector.\\nUnitarian Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Unitarian Society of\\nNashua, like most of the early societies of the de-\\nnomination, was largely made up of secedcrs from\\nthe Congregationalists. As a religious orgai\\nit occupies the more advanced liberal grounds. The\\nsociety in Nashua, in the published statement of their\\nviews, believe in the right of private judgment in re-\\nligion as in all other matters; in a progressive revela-\\ntion; that no book or creed contains the whole of re\\nligion, hut that Cod is speaking to-day more clearly\\nthan in any past age, unfolding his truth to every man\\ni,,, matter to what race lie belongs or what part of tin.\\nglobe he inhabits; that every word of truth is the word\\nof God, whether found in the Bible or out of the Bible\\nor contradicting the Bible; that there is one God, the\\nCreator and Father, and no more, and none other is\\nto be worshiped.\\nThe church edifice now occupied by the society was\\nI, mil in 1X^7. The following is the list of pastors:\\nXatliaiii.l li.i-. iiistaltol 1SJ7 .ii-ines..! is::l\\nHenry Eml s, installed 1^ 15 dismiss) d 1- 18.\\nSaliiii. O.-- I. install. 1 lv e .lei,..-\\ntin. line I, Gorman, installed IsT.i; dismissed 1878.\\nII. -my e IV install, IS7S now in dun-,-.\\nConnected with the society is the banning Literary\\nAssociation, composed of young persons of both sexes,\\nwho hold their meetings in Channing Hall. Their\\nobject is moral, mental andsocial improvement. There\\nis also an association of ladies for affording aid to the\\nneedy and the sick, wdio hold semi-monthly meetings.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Methodist\\nChurch, founded by John Wesley in the last century,\\nwas hardly known in this State in 1820. When\\nNashua became a manufacturing village it was visited\\nby several itinerant preachers, ami in 1833, Rev. James\\nC. Smith was stationed here for the year. During the\\nyear tin church on Lowell Strict was built. It. was\\ndedicated November 12, 1.833. This building was\\noccupied till 1868, when the society removed to their\\nnew brick edifice, on Main Street. Owing to the\\nitinerant system the number of ministers who occu-\\npied the Lowell Street, pulpit is large. The list and\\ntime of service are as follows:\\nJa b G Smith, 1833; A P. Brigham, 1834; W. D.Cass, 1835; W.\\nII. llai, I,, I83(i 37 Jared Perkins, 1838- 19; Samuel Kelly, 1840; J W,\\nMowry, Ml 12; I.. D. Barrows, 1843-44; James Pike, 1845-46 Hf-nry\\nDrew, 1847 18 l 31 Rogers, 1849 Elijah Mason, 1850-51 Franklin\\nFurber, 1852- 53 Elihu Scott, 1854 D. 1 Deavitt, 1855-56; Henry Hill,\\n1857.; i K. Harding, 1858-59; LewiE Howard, 1860; Charles Foung,\\nI861-G2 o. W. II. Clark, 1863-64 K. A. Smith, 1865-67\\nAfter the division ol the town into Nashua and\\nNashville, a .Methodist Society was organized on the\\nsouth side of Nashua River, and a church on Ihestnut\\nStreet was bought of the Baptists in 1844. which con-\\ntinued to be occupied by them till 1880, when the\\nchurch united with the First Methodist Church, on\\nMain Street. The following is the list of pastors ami", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0349.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "EISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime of service at the Ihestnul Street Church during\\nits existence:\\nRev. C, C Burr, 1844; 3m ob Boyce, 1845 10 T II Pond, ls47 (an\\ninterim of three years) J. Mi Laughlin. txon Lewis Howard, 18. r 2-\\n53; Jared Perkins, 1854; 0. S Dearborn, 1855-56; II. 11. Hartwell,\\n185] II im 1859-00; L J. Hall, 1861\\n64; B s -;,,i. I, ,1865 nii E It II. 1807 60 D Babcock, 1870;\\nI [871 F2 H. L. Kelse] I L. P. Cu bman, 1875-77 O.\\nH. Jasper, 1878-80.\\nThe church on Main Street was dedicated in 1868.\\nI I [a -i large and handsome edifice and est sixty thou-\\nsand dollars. The list of ministers in charge since\\nthen is as follows: Rev. George Bowler, 1868 Angelo\\nCarroll, 1869-70; V. A. Cooper, 1871-73; Charles\\nShelling, 1874-75; Charles E. Hall, 1876-78; James\\nR. Day. 1879-80; B. P. Raymond, 1881-82; P. M.\\nFrost, 1883-84; J. II. Haines, 1885, who is now in\\ncharge.\\nThe Roman Catholic Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t the Catholic\\nChurch organized in this city by Rev. John O Donnell\\nin 1855 and the building of the church in 1857 we\\nhave already written. Father O Donnell died in\\nJanuary, 1882, and was succeeded by Rev. Patrick\\nHoulihan and by Rev. William F. Higgins, as assist-\\nant. The Irish population of the city is two thousand\\nthree hundred. The .Sunday attendance at the Jhurch\\nof the Immaculate Conception is fifteen hundred.\\nThere are three distinct sessions, two for adults and\\none for children. The church has purchased the real\\nestate known hitherto as the Indian Head House,\\nand has reconstructed it for a school building. It is\\nproposed to establish a parochial school, to be taught\\nby the Sisters of Mercy. The house will accommodate\\nfive hundred pupils. The cemetery of this church is\\nin Hudson, two miles from the city.\\nThe French Catholic Church is of more recent\\norigin. Worshiping at first with the Irish, their num-\\nber increased so that, in June, 1871, Rev. Louis I rirard\\nwas appointed to organize a church. He resigned in\\n1871, and Rev. J. B. H. V. Milette was appointed to\\nsucceed him. The building of the church on Hollis\\nStreet was commenced in 1872, and dedicated, on the\\n8th of June, 1873. It is a line edifice, having cost\\nforty thousand dollars. The average attendance on\\nSunday services is two thousand, three sessions being\\nheld. The French Canadian Cemetery is on Hollis\\nStreet, two miles from the city. In 1883 a three-story\\nbrick building was erected for a parochial school,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0which has at this time live hundred and eleven schol-\\nars, and is taught by nine Sisters of the Holy !ross.\\nThe French Canadian population of this city is three\\nthousand seven hundred. It is proposed to build\\nanother French Catholic Church next year on the\\nnorth side of Nashua River.\\nThe I atholics are now (lXSo) far the most numerous\\nreligious sect in the city, numbering six thousand,\\nequal to two-fifths of the entire population.\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nNASHUA\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nMANUFACTUBING INDUSTRIES OF NASHUA.\\nCotton M;inufai:turin r C p lnirs Iruu In.ln-1 1 ir*\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Foundries and\\nMachine-Shops w 1 Manufacturing industries Card, Boot and\\nSboe, Box ami I lv/.n- Cunii.aiiii-s\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mi.s...l].iiR oiis [n.lu.sti i.- Fann-\\ning Statistics\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lawyers and Doctors\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Municipal Office] Pu tii\\n3i I I Tea tn i I oni lusion.\\nIf Nashua had remained what it was in 1820, an\\nagricultural town, its present population would not\\nexceed eight hundred. It was early predicted that\\nthe Merrimack River would furnish an extensive\\npower for manufacturing purposes, but the Nashua\\nRiver was unthought of until some of the residents of\\nthe village discovered and appreciated its importance,\\nand chiefly contributed the first capital used to de-\\nvelop it. We have already recorded the early his-\\ntory of the two largest manufacturing companies in\\nthe city. Since that early period they have largely\\nincreased their capacity. A concise and accurate\\nstatement of their present extent and condition will\\nbe of value for future reference.\\nThe Cotton Manufacturing Industry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nashua\\nCotton Manufactuking Company. This corpora-\\ntion, chartered in LS23, began the manufacture of\\ncotton cloth in 1826. The first agents were Asher\\nBenjamin and Ira Gay, who were soon succeeded by\\nThomas \\\\V. Gillis, who filled the position eighteen\\nyears, until 1853. He was followed by Daniel Hussey,\\nwho introduced the turbine instead of the breast\\nwheel, adding greatly to the water-power. He re-\\nmained till 1869, and was followed by I). D. Crombie,\\nwho left at the end of two years. Oliver P. Hussey\\nbecame agent in 1871 and remained till his death, in\\n1875. The present agent, Rufus A. Maxtield, en-\\ntered upon his duties ten years ago. Since then the\\ncapacity of the company has increased twenty per\\ncent. The plant in ls-14 consisted of four separate\\nmills. All these mills have, from time to time, been\\ngreatly improved by additions and alterations, so that\\nthe company now has in a single continuous tier of\\nbuildings a floorage of more than twelve acres. In\\naddition to the mill buildings proper, the company\\nhas a range of buildings on Basin Street, which is\\nutilized as cloth-room and machine-shop, six large\\nstore-houses, a 8tore-house for the raw cotton, an im-\\nmense boiler-house, with minor buildings, together\\nwith a spacious counting-room, built in 1879, and\\neighty-two tenement houses, the last-named mostly\\nin blocks.\\nThe total capacity of the water-power of these\\nmills is eighteen hundred and twelve horse-power.\\nThe company has sixteen steam-boilers of seventy-\\nfive horse-power each steam being required for heat\\nas well as power\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and a total engine-power of sixteen\\nhundred horse-power, which, added to the fourteen\\nhundred water-power, gives a total of three thousand\\nhorse-power. This power is now so reserved and", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0350.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "195\\neconomically employed that in the future these mills\\ncannot be short of power. The use of steam-power\\nbecomes a necessity in recent times on account of the\\nevaporation during the severe droughts which of late\\nyears are apt to occur in summer. The mills of the\\nNashua Company have a capacity of eighty-five thou-\\nsand spindles, and make twenty-lour million yards\\nof tine sheeting, shirting and cotton flannels yearly,\\nthe market being mostly in the United States. The\\nannual consumption is twenty-four thousand bales.\\nThi company employsover fifteen hundred operatives,\\nof whom twelve hundred are females and three hun-\\ndred men and boys. .More than three-fourths of the\\nhelp are either foreigners or the children oi foreigners.\\nThey are about equally divided between the Canadian\\nFrench and the Irish. Wages are now (June, 1885)\\nfully as high as in 1879. The pay-roll is about\\ntwenty-two thousand dollars monthly. Webster\\nP. Hussey is paymaster, succeeding John A. I .aldwin,\\nwho filled the position forty years. The location and\\nsurroundings of the mills of thi- company are un-\\nusually favorable. The inclosed grounds are spacious\\nand finely shaded, and the arrangement of the\\nbuildings such as to favor health and comfort. Fred-\\nerick Amory, of Boston, is the treasurer.\\nThe Jackson Manufacturing Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\ngrounds of this company are pleasantly located on\\nthe Nashua River, in the eastern part of the city. In\\na previous chapter we have given its early history.\\nThe following is a list of the agents of the i ipauy\\nand the time they held the position: 11. F. French,\\nseven years; Edmund Parker, eleven years M. A,\\nHerrick, four years; 11. T. Kohl. ins, ten months;\\nWalter Wright, one year; P. Lawton, two years B.\\nSaunders, eleven years; 0. P. Hussey, four years\\nWilliam D.Caldwell, the present agent, since January,\\n1871. fourteen and a half years. The plant consists\\nof three large mills which have been enlarged within\\na few years, and have twelve hundred and twelve\\nlooms and thirty-live thousand seven hundred and\\ntwenty spindles. The water-power is eighteen feet\\nfall, equal to oue thousand horse-power, which is\\nstrengthened by eight hundred horse-power of steam.\\nThe productive capacity has increased one hundred\\nper cent, under the present agent. The mills have a\\nfloorage of four acres, with large store-houses and a\\nlarge block which is used for counting-room, cloth-\\nroom and machine-shop. There are forty-two tene-\\nments, mostly in handsome brick blocks. The capital\\nof the company is six hundred thousand dollars. The\\nnumber of operatives is eight hundred, nearly three-\\nfourths of whom are foreigners or the children of\\nforeigners. They are equally divided between the\\nIrish and Canadian French. The former are regarded\\nas the more reliable and permanent. The pay is six\\nper cent, higher than in 1879, and believed to be the\\nhighest paid by any cotton manufactory in the\\ncountry. The products are fine sheetings and shill-\\nings, which find a market in China, South America\\nami Mexico. The annual consumption of cotton is\\nfifteen thousand bales, and the production seventeen\\nmillion yards of cloth. The monthly pay-roll is\\nfifteen thousand dollars. E. M. Temple is pa\\nIn these mills the system of keeping accounts is such\\nthat the raw cotton is traced by the pound from the\\npicker till it is ready for the market, every process\\nshowing so much addition in actual cost. Frederick\\nAmory, of Boston, is treasurer of the company.\\nTin: Vale Mills Manufacturing Company.\\nerected a cotton-mill on Salmon Brook, at the Barbor,\\nin 1S45. This was followed, in 1853, by the building\\n,,f a second mill, having alto-ether a capacit) Ol\\ntwenty thousand spindles and weaving one million\\ntwo hundred thousand yards per annum of forty-\\ninch fine sheetings for home consumption. The com-\\npany has a capital of eighty thousand dollars, and\\ngives employment to eighty operatives. All the\\n1 us are new and improved and the machinery has\\nbeen renewed within fifteen years. The mills, aside\\nfrom other buildings, have a floorage of nine thou-\\nsand six hundred square feet. The fall at the dam is\\ntwenty-six feet, and one hundred and fifty horse-\\npower. In addition to this, the company has one\\nhundred horse-power of steam. These- mills are do-\\ning a prosperous business, and contemplate an in-\\ncrease of production in the future. Benjamin Saun-\\nders is the agent and treasurer.\\nIron Manufacturing Industries.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The iron manu-\\nfactories of Nashua, arc second only to the cotton\\nindustry in extent and importance.\\nThe Nashua Iron and Steel Company, in-\\ncorporated in LS47 with a capital of thirty thousand\\ndollars, had a rapid and unusual growth. From three\\nsmall hammers and one small simp the company\\ndeveloped to ten large hammers and seven large\\nshops, requiring a capital of lour hundred thousand\\ndollars. The plant covers twelve acres. It manufac-\\ntures steel and iron forgings of any size, steel loc I-\\ntive tires and general railroad work. The steel-plate\\nmade at these works has an unequaled reputation,\\nand is recognized as the best made in the country.\\nUnfortunately, the plate and bar-mill was burned in\\nFebruary last, so that its condition at thistime is not\\nsuch as to indicate its capacity or product. It gives,\\nwhen in full operation, employment to two hundred\\nand eighty men, many of whom are skillful and ex-\\nperienced workmen. John A. Burnham is president\\nAretas Blood, treasurer and superintendent.\\nI m: Nashua Lock Company has for many\\nyears donea large business. We have already given\\nits earlj history. It makes locks, door-knobs and\\nbells, hinges, bolts and builders hardware of every\\nstyle and pattern. The works cover a plant of\\nfour hundred by three hundred feet, in an inci-\\nsure of two and a quarter acres, and consist of\\nseven -hops. Its capital stock is one hundred and\\ntwenty thousand dollars. It give employment to one\\nhundred and eighty men, and makes two hundred and", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0351.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF IIlI,l,SlI()lI()l(iH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1 1 it thousand dollars worth of goods annually. A.\\nC. Barstow is president; II. G. Bixby, treasurer;\\nEmery Parker, superintendent.\\nTin: Underhill Edge-Tool Company, located\\nat the mouth of Salmon Brook, has a capital stock of\\none hundred and twelve thousand dollars, and em-\\nploys one hundred nun. It manufactures axes, hatch-\\nets, adzes and edge-tools of every pattern, and sends\\nproducts to every part of the western continent. Its\\nanimal sales are oni hundred thousand dollars. It\\nhas a seventy-five horse water-power and a Corliss\\nsteam-engine of one hundred and fifty horse-power.\\nJohn G. Kimball is president C. V. Dearborn, treas-\\nurer; Nestor Haines, superintendent.\\nThe Nashua Ikon Foundry, Charles Williams,\\nproprietor, lias for many years been in operation. It\\nmanufactures heav\\\\ ca-iin I m- cotton-mills and ma-\\nchinists tools. The plant covers several acres. It\\nhas five large buildings, fifty horse steam-power, and\\ngives employment to an average of one hundred and\\ntwenty men. The business averages more than one\\nhundred and fifty thousand dollars annually. barbs\\nA. Williams is agent.\\nThe Nashua Co-operative Iron Foundry is\\nthe successor of the Otterson Iron Foundry. The\\npresent company began business in 1881. As a co-\\noperative enterprise it was an experiment. It has\\nproved eminently successful. Its capital is twenty\\nthousand dollars. Fifty-five men are employed.\\nSmall castings are its specialty, in which it ex-\\ncels, and New England is its chief market. Its busi-\\nness averages more than sixty thousand dollars an-\\nnually. Patrick Harry is president; T. W. Keely,\\nforeman: T. I Crowley, manager and treasurer.\\nFlathei: x CO., manufacturers of machinists\\ntools, engine and hand-lathes and special machinery,\\nare located at the Concord Railroad .function. They\\nemploy thirty-six men, and the value of their annual\\nproduction is fifty thousand dollars. This firm com-\\nmenced business in lSl ili, and have won the reputa-\\ntion of making perfect machines, which they are now-\\nsending to every part of the country.\\nThe Nashua Press i nd Boiler-Works, owned\\nby J. J. Crawford, are located at the Concord Kail-\\nroad Junction, employ eighteen to twenty men, and\\nmanufacture steam-boilers, steaming cylinders, water\\nand oil-tanks and plate-iron work of every kind. The\\nspecialty of these works is the hydraulic power-press,\\nwith the hollow steam-plates and connections, which\\nis used by woolen manufacturers in pressing woolen\\ncloths anil knit-g Is. The value of the annual sales\\nis forty-five thousand dollars. These works were\\nburned last January, but are being rebuilt on the\\nsame site.\\nGeorge A. Rollins Co., on Mason Street,\\nmanufacture steam-engines of the most improved\\naction and power, and employ fourteen bands. The\\nshop and tools are new.\\nThe Warner Whitney Machine-Shop is un-\\nder the management of George H. Whitney. It\\nemploys forty men, and makes Swaine s turbine\\nwater-wheels and machinists lathes. The value of\\nits production is fifty thousand dollars annually.\\nThe American Sheaker Manufacturing Com-\\npany makes horse and barber clippers and sheep-\\nshearing machines. They employ twenty-four men.\\nIts market is the world. J. K. Priest is manager and\\ntreasurer.\\nGEORGE W. Davis Co. make stationary and\\nportable steam-engines, boring-machines, and do tin-\\ngeneral repairing of machinery. They are located\\nnear the comer of Foundry and Mason Streets.\\nWood Manufacturing Industries.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Nashua\\nBobbin ami Si i. Company is a long- established\\nindustry. Of its origin and progress in earlier times\\nwe have already written. It lias supplied mills in\\nevery part of the country. Within a few months it\\nhas been reorganized, with Frank H. Ayer, president\\nand treasurer i. H. Hatch, clerk and Ira Cross,\\nsuperintendent. It makes bobbins, spools and\\nshuttles lor all kinds of textile fabrics, cotton, woolen,\\nsilk, linen, hemp and jute; also rollers for skates\\nand other kinds of wood-work. The works are located\\non Water Street. The floorage of the shops is nearly\\nthree acres, and its business this year one hundred\\nand fifty thousand dollars, and in good times twice\\nthai amount. White birch and maple are material\\nfor spools and bobbins. Formerly apple-tree wood was\\nused for shuttles, but of late dog-wood and persimmon\\nare shipped from North Carolina.\\nGregg iV Son, located at the Concord Railroad\\nJunction, manufacture doors, window-sash, blinds,\\nmouldings and machine findings for builders. This\\nindustry was established in 1870, and occupies two\\nlarge four-story buildings. They procure their lum-\\nber from the West and Canada, use one hundred\\nhorse-power of steam and employ one hundred and\\nthirty men. New England is their largest customer,\\nbut orders are filled from California, Australia and\\nthe West Indies.\\nBOWARD Co., furniture manufacturers, make ash\\nand black walnut chamber sets a specialty. They\\noccupy three buildings on Merrimack Street for ma-\\nchine-work, with thirty-live horse-power of steam,\\nand have a large three-story building for finishing\\nand storage, on Amherst Street, besides a large retail\\nstore on Main Street. Their entire floorage is two\\nacres. They employ ninety men, and do a business\\nannually of more than one hundred and fifty thou-\\nsand dollars.\\nCROSS ix TOLLES, manufacturers of window and\\ndoor-frames, boxes and builders findings, have three\\nlarge buildings on Quincj Street. They employ forty\\nhands, and do a large business in custom planing,\\nmatching, turning, scroll and gig-sawing and pattern-\\nwork. Their lumber and manufactured sales are\\none bundled thousand dollars annually.\\nProctor Brothers, manufacturers of fish, syrup", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0352.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "and provision casks, kits and kegs, began business in\\nHollis in 1870, and removed to Nashua iu 1881.\\nThey employ seventy-five men. They have a large\\nmill, store-house, simp and two dry-houses. Their\\nmotive-power i- a one hundred and twenty-five torsi\\npower steam-engine. Market in the large cities.\\nThey use white-pine lumber for the most part, and at\\nthe present time obtain it in Hudson, Litchfield and\\nother neighboring towns. They make three hundred\\nthousand casks and kits yearly.\\nThe Fletcher Webster Fi i;m n ki: Iompany\\nmake wood and marble-top centre tables, hat-trees.\\nwhatnots, cribs, cradles and other varieties of useful\\nand ornamental w 1-work. They occupy three large\\nbuildings, employ forty hands, and make sales amount-\\ning to fifty thousand dollars annually. J. 31. Fletcher\\nis president and manager.\\nThe Nasiuw Novelty Works make fancy bird-\\ncages, children s rocking-horses, wagons, doll-car-\\nriages and toys of all kinds. It has two spacious\\nshops, and employs fifteen hands. Its sales are about\\nfifteen thousand dollars yearly. J. 31. Fletcher is\\nproprietor.\\nG. O. Sanders saw and box-mill, near the Hudson\\nbridge, was started in L882. He uses a sixty horse-\\npower engine, employs thirty men, ami does a business\\nof over fifty thousand dollars annually.\\nHolt Brothers, on the line of the Acton Railroad,\\nhave a mill, forty by eighty feet, and four stories,\\nwith an annex of thirty by thirty-eight feet. The\\nmill was built in 1884, and has new and improved\\nmachinery. They have a forty horse-power engine,\\nand, including their building contracts, employ one\\nhundred men.\\nThe Invalid Bed Manufactory is a new enter-\\nprise, located in the three-story brick building on\\nLowell Street. The invalid bed made by this com-\\npany is unequaled for its merits, and will have an\\nextensive use. Evan B. Hammond is president F. A.\\nMcLean, treasurer; J.Q. A. Sargent, superintendent.\\nLuther A. Roby V- Son are the largest manu-\\nfacturers and dealers in ship timber in New Hamp-\\nshire. Their market is chiefly at Boston and Charles-\\ntown. Their yard is south of Temple Street and west\\nof the Concord station. The timber is largely oak,\\nand is mostly obtained from the Upper Merrimack\\nValley.\\nThe Isaac Eaton Company, for the manufacture\\nof bobbins and shuttles, has new buildings on barb s\\nStreet. The main buildingis one hundred and twenty-\\nsix by forty feet. The head of the company has had\\na long and successful experience. The works are new\\nand the machinery of the most improved kind. Isaac\\nEaton is president; Elmer W. Eaton, treasurer G.\\nE. Holt, superintendent.\\nRoger W. Porter, Hollis Street, is manufacturer\\nof shuttles, bobbins and spools for cotton-mills. His\\nfactory is sixty-five by twenty-five feet, with engine\\nof twenty horse-power. He employs twenty hands.\\nGeneral Manufacturing Industries.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 bin; Na-\\nshi a Card a.nd Glazed Paper Company is a large-\\nnil industry. We have already given its\\nearly history. In bsi cj. Horace W. Gilman became a\\nmember of the linn, then consisting of C. 1 Gage, t\\nD. Murray and V. C. Gilman. In 1864 the Gilman\\nBrothers bought the interest of the two other partners,\\nand in 1866 obtained from the Legislature the present\\ncharter of the company, but did not organize under it\\ntill 1869, when the firms of Gilman Brothers and Mur-\\nray, Pierce V Co. were consolidated and organized\\nunder the charter as the NashuaCard and Glazed Paper\\nCompany, with a capital of one hundred thousand dol-\\nlars. The first board of directors were V. C. Gilman,\\nH. W. Gilman, T. F. Pierce, I D. .Murray and G. D.\\nMurray. 0. D. Murray was elected president and II.\\nW. Gilman treasurer. In January, 1873, Virgil C.\\nrilman sold his interest to the remaining members of\\nthe company. The capital was increased to one hun-\\ndred and fifty thousand dollars, and the plant removed\\nfrom the old Washington House to its present loca-\\ntion. In January, 1883, 0. D. Murray sold his inter-\\nest, and the new directors elected were H. W. Gilman,\\nT. P. Pierce, Franklin Fierce, W. V. Gilman, E. T.\\nPierce, C. H. Hill, J. W. White. T. F. Fierce was\\nchosen president, and II. W. Gilman treasurer, which\\nofficers are still in service.\\nThis has been one ofthemoM successful enterprises\\nin Nashua, its business steadily increasing until its\\nmanufactures are sent to uearly every city in the\\nUnion, and are to be found in the remote mining\\ntowns of Colorado. They have been sent to Italy,\\nMexico and South America. Its consumption is from\\nthree to lour tons of paper per day its shipments in\\n1884 amounted to fifteen hundred and seventy-eight\\ntons, or over five tons per day. An average of\\nhundred hands are employed, and the annual produc-\\ntion is three hundred thousand dollars. To maintain\\nso large a business against large competition, and\\nthrough periods of business depression, has required\\ncareful management, and success is due to the fact\\nthat every department has been under the direct su-\\npervision of someone of the leading owners, wdio have\\napplied to the work their practical experience.\\nMoody, Estabrook Anderson, manufac-\\nturers of boots and shoes, Hollis Street, established\\ntheir business in 1879. Their building is one hundred\\nand eighty by thirty-five feet and four stories high.\\nPower is obtained from the powerful engine in Chand-\\nler s grain elevator. This firm gives employment to\\ntwo hundred and titty hands, and manufactures five\\nhundred thousand 1 tsand shoes for the Western and\\nSouthwestern States. Its sales amount in the aggre-\\ngate to nearly six hundred thousand dollars annually.\\nBy judicious management this firm has secured a good\\nreputation, and its business has added to the prosper-\\nity of the city.\\nThe White Mountain Freezer Company was\\nstarted in Laconia in 1-S72, burned out and re-estab-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0353.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTOKY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, .NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlished in Nashua in 1881. The main building is two\\nhundred by forty feet, store-house two hundred by\\nthirty feet, foundry one hundred and sixty by forty\\nfeet, and several small More-houses upon its tour acres.\\nIt manufactures ice cream freezers, using a million\\nfeet of lumber ami a large amount of tin ami iron an-\\nnually. Every piece of goods manufactured by the\\ncompany is from the raw material. Its product finds\\na market in every part of the world. Engine, one\\nhundred horse-power; men employed, one hundred\\nami twenty pay roll, three thousand five hundred dol-\\nlarsmonthly business, one hundredand fifty thousand\\ndollars annually. This enterprise is growing rapidly.\\nThomas Sands is superintendent and proprietor.\\nCharles H. Burke s Bakery is located at 13\\nand 15 Mulberry Street. It is the best-equipped\\nbakery in the State. In addition to the making id\\nwheat and corn bread of every variety, it makes crack-\\ners a leading specialty, furnishing every style from\\nthe small oyster to the huge pilot cracker. It also\\nmakes wedding goods, pics and every style of cakes.\\nIt employs sixteen hands, and all the appointments\\nare kept in a neat and suitable condition.\\nI in So LFSTONE- WORKS of lharles Williams, at the\\nConcord Railroad Junction, employ thirty men, and\\nmanufacture stoves, sinks, wash-trays, register-frames\\nand soapstone work of every kind. The quarry is in\\nFrancestown, N. II., and furnishes the best soap-\\nstone in the United States. New York, Boston and\\nPhiladelphia are the leading markets for these goods.\\nCHARLES HolmAN, wholesale manufacturer of con-\\nfectionery, is located in Spalding ec Holman s Block,\\nSouth Main Street. He employs twenty-four men\\nami sends iomhIs to every part of the State.\\nA. H. DUNLAF Son, seedsmen, in Dunlap s\\nBlock, put up twelve thousand boxes of garden and\\nflower-seeds annually, and are the largest seed dealers\\nin the State.\\nS. S. Davis, paper box manufacturer, on Railroad\\nSquare, began business in 1867. It is now an estab-\\nlished industry, uses steam-power and the most im-\\nproved machinery. Mr. Davis uses about one hun-\\ndred tons of straw board annually, which is obtained\\nfrom the nulls at the West. Twenty-four hands,\\nmostly females, are employed, and the annual produc-\\ntion of goods is twenty thousand dollars.\\nS. D. Chasm. Kit, at Worcester depot, manufactures\\nflour from Western wheat, and at Concord depot makes\\nthe hydraulic cement sewer-pipe.\\n0. W. REED, Mason Street, makes at his brass\\nfoundry all kinds of brass, copper and composition\\ncastings anil Babbit metal.\\nL.E. Burbank manufactures standard overalls of\\nvarious patterns on Railroad Square.\\nMrs. M. E. Kimball, North Middle Street, and Miss\\nBarber, Belvidere, manufacture knit goods, such as\\nmittens, gloves and shirts, and employ from thirty to\\nseventy hands each. There are other individual en-\\nterprises employing more or less people, but the list\\nabove shows the extent and variety of the industries of\\nNashua.\\nThe agricultural territory of Nashua, limited in ex-\\ntent, is yet of considerable importance. Among the\\nowners of good farms within the city limits are\\nLuthet A. Roby, Otis Searles, John 1 Cummings,\\nUfred I Kendall, Mrs. Horace Tolles, Mrs. Alfred\\nGodfrey, John C. Lund. J. L. H. Marshall, Charles\\nF. Tolles, Elliot Whitford, Stilman Swallow, Charles\\nLund, David Roby, Jam,- Roby, Alfred Chase, B. F.\\nCotton, Frank II. Aver, V. Gilman and heirs of T.\\nJ. baton. There are some hue apple orchards in the\\nsouth part ofihe town, and in no part of the State are\\nbetter pears raised than within two miles of the city\\nhall.\\nMunicipal Statistics. Since the incorporation of\\nNashua as a city the mayors have been:\\nJosephus\\naldwin, 1853-5\\nt\\noar, s. i\\ni i-56; Thomas\\nw. Gillis, 1\\nMl, in Beard\\n18\\nV. Saw\\ni, I860 rgi\\nBowers, 1861\\nHiram T. M\\nI\\ndward\\nSpalding, 1864\\nVirgil C. on\\nnan, 1865 oil\\nii, I-\\n16-67\\nOeorge Bowers,\\n1808 Jothai\\non, rson, 1-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009et, 18\\nl Seth 0. Chan\\ni.uik A. McK\\n,ni.\\n1ST\\nt\\nrge H\\nWhitney, 1875\\nCharles Will\\nmis, 1STC.-77\\nill\\nIt Cook,\\n1878\\nCharles Holman\\n1879^8 l Bi\\ni 1 leti hei\\n1881\\n-82\\nSorton, 1883-84; Johl\\nV. Spalding,\\n1885.\\nThe following is the list of attorneys-at-Iaw in prac-\\ntice at this time (June, 1885)\\nAaron I Stevens, William w. Bailey, Charles H. Burns, Henry B.\\nAtherton, Edward S Cutter, James 1: Fassett, rge B. Trench, Ed-\\nward E. Parker, Koyal D. Barnes, Charles W, Hoitt, E. B. Gould, H.\\nE. Cutter, J, B. Parker, I., I Burbank, .tuiaes A. Leach, Jeremiah\\n,l. Doyle.\\npracticing\\nThe following is the list of ph;\\nin this city at this time\\nS. G Dearborn, H..G Dearborn, E. Colburn, E. F. McQuesten, G.\\ni Wilbi i, ,i ve 2d), .1 C Garland, w. s. Coll\\nl; l: l i ott, C B. Ha loud, G A. Underbill, J V. Iward, R. J.\\nii, ill. en, i s. Rounsevel, o. E. Ellis, John Nottage, Frank A.\\nIn nil,,, in, I B. Dansereau, w Pettit, Eugeni Wason, A. M. Spald-\\ning.\\nCITY OFFICERS,\\nThe following is a list of the members of the school\\niniitiee lor term ending 1885: Jacob Lcroy, J. B.\\nFassett. J. L. H. Marshall, W. Hoitt. For term\\nending 1886: Gilman C. Shattuck, (i. W. Currier, 0.\\n\\\\V. Stephens, Jason E. Tolles. For term ending 1S87:\\n.1. W. Howard, W. P. Hussey.C. V. Dearborn, Elbert\\nWheeler. Superintendent of Schools, Frederic\\nKelseV.\\nSCHOOL-TEACHERS.\\nHigh Sd I Spring Street, Edwin .1. Goodwin (principal), Clara .1.\\nMcKean, Delia 1. Hayv, 1, Emma r Johnson, II, ra V Urn Is\\nGran it s, hot h, vii Pleasant, Edward C Burbeck (principal),\\nClara I Thompson, Annie VI Putnam, I II i C. McLaren Spring Street,\\ntivini i I. Dodge, Celia T. Garland, 1 Us A. Kimball, H. Adella.\\nMcKean, Adelaide M. Klttridge. Kiln F. Wheeler, Lulu L.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0354.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "fuzcc6c*t*", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0355.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0356.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0357.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "U%J", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0358.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nMiddle Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Main Street, Letitia G. Campbell, Josie B. Hale,\\nEninm G. Osborn, Delia P.Fiske; Mt. Pleasant, Margarel A Neil,\\nIda M. Hoyt; Hal-bur, Fannie D. Parker, Etta C. Marble; Belvidere,\\nClara E. Upton; O Donnell, Sarah C. Whittle,\\nPrimary School*.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Main Street, Ellen M. Sullivan, [da F. Wallace,\\nFannie A. Morrison, ll.iiti E. Farley; Mt Pleasant, Cora B. Cook,\\nSural. A. Collins, Anna E. Bussell Palm Street, ttarj I. Hammond,\\nEllen\\nPea\\nLizzie M. Hamn\\nCase; Harbor, Alar S. Hams, Fannie E. Clark; O Donnell, Mary A.\\nDean, Estello Shallnrk Urlvnlrir, Fllen I, lieilly; l-algeville, Lizzie\\nMorgan.\\nSa uroioi Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 District No. 1, Helen M White; District No 2,\\nEuminie I. Flair! I i-Ti i.t V Matlle .1 Mai shall I istl ht Xm I,\\nHannah M. Swallow; District No. 5, Annie s Tolles District No. 6,\\nNellie G. McClure Distort No. 7. Bertha I,, llolden,\\nThere were thirty-one graduates from the High\\nSchool in 1885, the term rinsing on the 29th of June.\\nThe summer vacation of late years is twelve weeks,\\nthe fall session beginning the middle of September.\\nIn closing this history of Nashua, we will only say\\nthat we hope the reader, whether a citizen or a\\nstranger, a resident or one of the many who have\\nfound homes elsewhere, will find in the pages\\nwhich describe the olden times and the more\\nrecent events of our city something to awaken a\\ndeeper interest in her present welfare and her future\\nprosperity. The next historian of Nashua will, no\\ndoubt, write, more worthily of her, but will not close\\nhis work with better feelings toward her people.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKEK Ml I .s.\\nHOX. ISAAC SPALDING.\\nHon. Isaac Spalding, of Nashua, was the son of\\nCaptain Isaac Spalding, and was born in New Ips-\\nwich, N. H., February 1, 1796. The family moved to\\nWilton, N. H., in 1800. His father was a man of\\ngood education for those times, but his means were\\nmoderate. His son, therefore, bad a limited educa-\\ntion, and was very early thrown upon bis own re-\\nsources.\\nIn 1809, at the age of thirteen, he went to Amherst,\\nN. H., as the clerk of Robert Reed, Esq., a leading\\nmerchant of that place, with whom he continued in\\nthat capacity seven years. In 1816 be became a\\npartner of Mr. Reed, and remained in that situation\\nten years, being lor the most of the time the post-\\nmaster.\\nIn 1826, Mr. Spalding moved to Nashua, where be\\ns i became the leading dry-goods merchant of the\\nthen new and thriving village. After twelve years in\\nbusiness be retired from it to engage in railroad\\nenterprises, chiefly in the Concord Railroad, with\\nwhich he was connected for twenty-five years. He-\\nwas among the first who saw the importance of a\\nrailroad connection between the lakes and tide-water,\\nand gave his aid to those enterprises.\\nThere was no more systematic and ellicient business\\nman in Hillsborough County than Mr. Spalding, and\\nsuch was the confidence in his impartiality that in the\\nmost heated political contests he was often chosen\\nmoderator by unanimous consent. He was several\\nyears a representative in the Legislature, and, under\\nthe city charter, was a member of the Hoard of Alder-\\nmen, lie was a member of the State i institutional\\nlonvention in 1850, and of the b.\\\\ ernor s Jouncil in\\nL866-67 and in 1867-68.\\nMr. Spalding was elected one of the trustees of tin-\\nState Asylum for the Insane in 1863, and was chosen\\npresident of the board in 1869. He was one of the\\nearliest advocates of 1 1 it- Concord Railroad and its\\nfirst treasurer, and, from its incorporation in 1835 to\\n1866, he served either as treasurer, director or presi-\\ndent. He was for more than twenty-live years presi-\\ndent of the Nashua Hank, a State institution, which\\nclosed its business in 1869, having never made a bad\\ndebt or lost a dollar. In the War of the Rebellion he\\nwas a financial agent of the government, and assist. -d\\nin providing the means of our country s success.\\nMr. Spalding, at the time of his death, in May,\\n1X70, was one of the richest men in New Hampshire,\\nhaving acquired his property by industry and\\neconomy, united with a wise forecast and untiring\\nenergy. He left no surviving children. In May,\\n1828, lie married Lucy, daughter of Nathan Kendall,\\nof Amherst, who was born December 13, 1706. Two\\nsons were born to them, Edward Francis, in 1831,\\nami Isaac Henry, in 1840. Both of them died in\\nchildhood. Mrs. Spalding is still living, and resides\\nin the family mansion on Main Street, in Nashua.\\nJOSIAH G. GRAVES, M.i\\nAmong the most honored names of medical men in\\nHillsborough County during the last half-century is\\nthat of Josiah G. Craves. No history of Nashua would\\nbe complete that would not give a sketch of one for\\nso long a period identified as one of its representative\\nphysicians, and. win., to-day, retired from practice,\\nretains the vigor of middle life, the power ol accurate\\nthoughl and just and quick conclusion, the firmness\\nof an honest and truthful nature and the suavity and\\ncourtesy of the gentlemen of the old school.\\nJosiah Iriswold Graves, M.D., was born July 13,\\n1811, in Walpole, N. II., one of the loveliest villages\\nof the beautiful Connecticut Valley. His father was\\na well-to-do farmer, and his mother a woman of su-\\nperior mind and excellent judgment, who looked\\nwell to the ways of her household, as did the notable\\nwomen of that period. Ralph Waldo Emerson af-\\nfirmed that man is what the mother makes him.\\nMuch of truth as there undoubtedly is in that asser-\\ntion, it does not tell the whole truth. Past genera-\\ntions, as well as the beloved mother, have contributed\\nto the building of the man. Physical peculiarities,\\nphysical aptitudes and mental tendencies have been\\ntransmitted by the ancestors, and in the case of this", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0361.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "L OO\\nHISTORY OF HILLSL .OltorCH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmother and son, who shall say that the mother s\\nnature, intensified by the inheritance of powers from\\nprogenitors strong physically and mentally, did not\\nso influence the son as to make his successful career\\ncertain from the start, forcing him from the uncon-\\ngenial vocation of a tiller of the soil into a mission\\nof healing during a long range of years?\\nFrom an able article in Successful New Hamp-\\nshire Men we extract as follows: Not having a\\nfancy for farming, and thus acting contrary to the\\nwishes of his father, he left home at the age of eigh-\\nteen, with his mother s blessing and one dollar in\\nmoney, determined upon securing an education and\\nfitting himself for the medical profession. He de-\\nfrayed the expenses of his education by his own\\nindividual efforts and native will and industry, by\\nteaching both day and evening, and was remark-\\nably successful in his labors. Being a natural\\npenman, he also gave instruction in the art of pen-\\nmanship.\\nHe commenced the study of his profession in 1829.\\nHe was a student in medicine in the office of Drs.\\nAdams and Twitched, of Keene, and subsequently\\nattended medical lectures at Pittsfield, Mass., and\\ngraduated at the Medical Department of Williams\\nCollege in 1834. Afterwards he spent six months in\\nthe office of Drs. Huntington and Graves iu Lowell.\\nDr. Graves commenced the practice of medicine in\\nNashua, N. 11.. September 15, 1834. At this time\\nNashua was a comparatively young town. It was but\\na brief period, however, before the energy, determi-\\nnation and superior medical and surgical skill of the\\nyoung physician carved out for him an extensive\\npractice. For forty years be followed his profession\\nin Nashua and the adjoining region with untiring\\nassiduity and with a success that has but few par-\\nallels. Fie loved bis profession and gave to it his\\nbest powers. He was gifted in a remarkable degree\\nwith a keen insight into the nature of disease, and, of\\ncourse, bis success was in proportion to his fitness for\\nhis calling. Fie did not need to he told symptoms;\\nbe knew by intuition where the break in the consti-\\ntution was and how to rebuild and give new life. He\\nwas made for his profession, and not bis profession\\nfor him, which is t ften the case. After several\\nyears practice, desirous of further improvement, he\\nlook a degree at Jeiier on College, Philadelphia. At\\ntbetime of the Rebellion the Governor and Council\\nof New Hampshire appointed him a member of the\\nMedical Board of Examiners.\\nDr. Craves retired from active practice in 1871.\\nHe has been for many years a valued member of the\\nNew Hampshire Slate Medical Association. In 1852\\nhe delivered an address before that body on a subject\\nwhich was of the greatest moment, and at that time\\noccupied the attention of the leading members oi\\nthe medical profession in all manufacturing centres.\\nThis address was on -The Factory System and its\\nInfluence on the Health of the Operatives. It was\\nbold, incisive and fearless, and won high praise for\\nthe careful investigation which it showed, its ex-\\nhaustive treatment and its convincing logic. He\\nIv the ground (in opposition to Dr. Bartlett, who\\nstated that the death-rate of Lowell was less than the\\nsurrounding towns) that the young people went to\\nthe mills, and the old people stayed on the farms,\\nand after a few years, when mill-life bad broken their\\nconstitutions, the operatives returned to their birth-\\nplaces and did not die in Lowell. Much care was\\ntaken in the preparation of the address. Factory\\nafter factory was visited, and hundreds of operatives\\nconsulted. The conclusions reached by Dr. Graves\\nwei e accepted as correct.\\nHe ha- had a most remarkable practice in obstet-\\nrics, and has a complete. record of five thousand\\ncases. We give as an illustration of Dr. Graves won-\\nderful accuracy and system one fact well worthy tin\\nattention of all physicians. From his first day s prac-\\ntice he, every night, posted his books for that day s\\nbusiness and now has the entire set bound in fine\\nmorocco, with all entries in his own clear writing\\nand without a blot to mar the symmetry of the page.\\nEvery business transaction has been inserted in his\\ndiary, which is equal in accuracy to that famous\\none of John Quincy Adams, and many an old soldier\\nhas hail occasion to thank Dr. Craves for the facts\\nderived from these books, by which he has secured\\nhis bounty, back pay or pension.\\nDr. Graves has been much interested in railroads,\\neast and west has been a director in the Nashua and\\nLowell Railroad and other roads. He is a director\\nin the Faneuil Hall Insurance Company and in the\\nMetropolitan Steamship Line, ami is also connected\\nwith many other financial interests of a comprehen-\\nsive character. He has a business office in Boston,\\nand manages his large estate with as much foresight\\nity as many younger men. He has always\\nmanifested a deep interest in the application of\\nscience business purposes, believed firmly in the\\nfinancial success of the electric light where many\\nshrewd men considered ii an impracticable scheme,\\nand was one of the earlier investors in its stock.\\nHis faith has been munificently repaid, and he is now\\na large holder of the most valuable stock in this field.\\nFrom the first, Dr. Graves has been in warm sym-\\npathy with the principles of tin Democratic party as\\nenunciated by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson\\nand other leaders, and has fearlessly, at all times\\nand under all circumstances, championed what be\\nbelieved to be for the greatest good to the greatest\\nnumber, conceding with a broad liberality the same\\nrights to every other citizen which he exercises him-\\nself. He has received the thirty-second degree of\\nMasonry, ami is a Unitarian in religion. He believes\\nin a ihristian observance of the Sabbath that Sab-\\nbath-schools should be supported, for on them rests\\nthe moral safety of the country that the Golden\\nRule should be the guide for all our actions.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0362.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "S*-i/\u00c2\u00a3-t", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0365.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0366.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0367.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0368.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nThe family relations of Dr. Graves have been\\nmost felicitous. He marriedMary Webster, daughter\\nof Colonel William Boardman, of Nashua, in 1846.\\nShe was descended from two of the ablest New Eng-\\nland families, Webster ami Boardman, and was a\\nmost estimable ami Christian lady. For many years\\nshe was a devoted member of the Unitarian Church\\nand an earnest worker in all good causes. Kind and\\nsympathetic, courteous to all, with a quiet dignitj\\nand purity of demeanor, she was a cherished mem-\\nber of society and an exemplar of the highest type\\nof Christian womanhood. She died December 26,\\nL883.\\nAs a man. Dr. Graves is distinguished for his\\nfirmness. J I is opinions he maintains with resolute-\\nness until good reasons induce him to change them.\\nHe means yes when he says yes, and do when\\nhe says no. He is a man of positive character.\\nIt is needless to say that, while such a man always\\nhas enemies (as what man of ability and energetic\\ncharacter has not be has firm and lasting friends,\\nfriends from the fact that they always know where\\nto find him. Among the many self-made men whom\\nNew Hampshire has produced, he takes rank among\\nthe first, and by bis indomitable energy, industry and\\nenterprise lias not only made bis mark in the world,\\nbut has achieved a reputation in bis profession and\\nbusiness on which himself and friends may reflect\\nwith just pride.\\nSAMUEL G, DEARBORN, M.I\\nAmong the first settlers of Exeter, N. H., nearly two\\nand a half centuries ago, was a family by the name of\\nDearborn. The descendants of this family are now to\\nbe found in every county of New Hampshire, and are\\nnumerous in several of them. Beginning at an early\\ndate, it is worthy of note that with the Dearborn\\nfamily in this State the practice of medicine lias\\nbeen a favorite occupation. In the hist century\\nPortsmouth, North Hampton, Seabrook and Notting-\\nham had each a physician of marked reputation\\nbearing the name, and to-day several among the abler\\nphysicians of the State are of the same des :ent.\\nSamuel Gerrish Dearborn, son of Edmund and\\nSarah Dearborn, was born in Northfield, this State,\\nAugust 10, 1827. I lis father was an honest, industrious\\nfarmer, and his mother attended well to the duties\\nof the household. He was educated at the district\\nschool, the Sanbornton Academyand the New Hamp-\\nshire Conference Seminary.\\nHe began the study of medicine with Dr. Wood-\\nbury, at Sanbornton Bridge, in 1847, and graduated\\nfrom the Medical Department of Dartmouth College\\nin November, 1849. After a few months prai tice al\\nEast Tilton, in February, 1850, he opened an office\\nat Mont Vernon, where he began to acquire a repu-\\ntation as a skillful, safe and sagacious physician.\\nl By .Mm II. i. unit,],-.\\nIn June, ls,~ Dr. Dearborn removed to Milford,\\nwhere he had alreadj gained some practice. The\\npeople of Milford are widely known as an intelligent,\\ndiscriminating and progressive community. It is no\\nplace for a moral or medical quack. For twi\\nDr. Dearborn had an increasing practice, not only in\\nMilford and the adjoining towns, but patients fre-\\nquently came from a distance.\\nNashua being a railroad centre. Dr. Dearborn came\\nto this city in May, 1873. J I is practice for the past\\neight years has been more extensive than that of any\\nother physician in the State. A large proportion of\\nbis patients are from a distance. Grafton, Belknap\\nand Coos Counties each furnish a large number\\nannually, and this has been the result of no adver-\\ntising other than thai ol Ins successful treatment.\\nOf late he has found it advisable to travel for\\nhealth and relaxation. In 1884 he made, with his\\nfamily, an extensive trip on the Pacific coast and\\nthrough the Territories of the Northwest. Early in\\n1885 he visited Mexico, and made excursions to\\nvarious [mints of interest which are now attracting\\nthe attention of our people.\\nDuring the Rebellion, Dr. Dearborn, in 186 1 served\\none year as surgeon of the Eighth Regiment of New\\nHampshire Volunteers in Louisiana, and in the\\nsummer of 1 ,si.;:.i he served in the same position for\\nthree m b in the Army of the Potomac.\\nOn the 5th of December, 1853, he married Miss\\nHenrietta M. Starrete, of Mont Vernon, an educated\\nand accomplished woman. They have, two sons.\\nThe elder, Frank A., was born September 21, 1857,\\nstudied medicine at the College of Physicians and\\nSurgeons in New York City, and graduated in 1883.\\nlie is associated with his father in practice at Nashua.\\nThe younger son, Samuel G., is a wide-awake, healthy\\nschool-boy of thirteen years.\\nIn politics Dr. Dearborn is a Republican, and\\nrepresented Milford two years in the State Legislature.\\nDenominationally, he is associated with the Unitarian\\nSociety of Nashua.\\nHOST. CHARLES HOLMAN.\\nHon. Charles Holman, son of Porter and Persia\\n(Reed) Holman, was bom in Sterling, Mass., No-\\nvember 7, 1833. lli parents being in humble circum-\\nstances, I lharles early left home to begin the battle of\\nlife, and fighl his wa\\\\ step by step through the world\\nfrom poverty to wealth and an honorable position, un-\\naided by any resource save bis own will and hands.\\nWhen he was eleven years old he went to work on a\\nfarm, where he remained until he was sixteen; he\\nthen went to West F.o\\\\lston, Mass., where he was en-\\ngaged in making boots andshoes for four years. From\\nhis savings be pur based bis tiim of his lather, and\\nattended school at Fort Edward, N. Y., for a year.\\nThe sedentary life and cramped position of his em-\\nployment had seriously impaired his health, and, in\\nhopes of improving it, be became a book canvasser,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0371.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand in 1856 came for the first time into New Hamp-\\nshire, to sell The Life of General John C. Fremont,\\nthe first Republican candidate for President. He was\\naccompanied by a fellow-workman, William W. Col-\\nburn, afterwards a prominent Methodist clergyman,\\nand at one time chaplain of Charlestown (Mass.)\\nState Prison. (These young men had aided each other\\nin obtaining what education they had acquired, and\\nMr. Hohnan subsequently had the pleasure of ena-\\nbling Mr. Jolburn to pursue his studies in his chosen\\ni They traveled through New Hampshire\\nfor several months, but the pecuniary results of the\\ntrip were not encouraging, and Mr. Colburn returned\\nto West Boylston and his trade, while Mr. Holman\\ncontinued the canvass, determined not to return to\\nthe bench. Although it did no1 prove lucrative as a\\nill the canvass was valuable to the young\\nman, giving him a knowledge of human nature and\\nfixing upon his mind so strongly the principles of\\nRepublicanism that he has never deviated one iota\\nfrom the principles and platform of which John C.\\nFremont was the representative. While canvassing\\nhe obtained a chance to travel for E. K. Smith, con-\\nfectioner, of Hanover, and he entered his employ for\\na year. In the fall of 1857, Mr, Holman, then twenty-\\nfour rears of age. came to Nashua, and tor three years\\nwas a traveling salesman for Colonel J. Kempton,\\nconfectioner. For a year afterwards he was employed\\nin the same capacity by Chapman iSc ram. Much of\\nthis time his health was so delicate that it was only\\nby the strongest exertion of his will that he kept at\\nhis lahor, and, at the close of his engagement with the\\nlast-named firm he had a severe hemorrh:\\nlungs, which lor six months entirely incapacitated him\\nfor business. About lSi .l he engaged as a manufacturer\\nof confectionery in Nashua, and has ever since been\\nidentified with the growth and enterprise of the city.\\nHis business of five thousand dollars per annum has\\nenlarged to two hundred thousand dollars a year, with\\nforty employes instead of the two who were with him\\nat his commencement. One Friday night,, about\\ntwelve o clock, in 1874 or is;. Mr. Holman s manu-\\nfai ii.p. was totall; destroyed bj tire. IF immedi-\\nately purchased Colonel Kempton s manufactory and\\ntwo houses on West Pearl Street, had, bi\\no clock the nest in irning after the tire, ordi\\nmaterial, ami the last of the succi i\\noff to his customers new 1- which he had manu-\\nfactured. This prompt action is characterisl ic of the\\nman and his manner of conducting business. He\\nremained on Pearl Street until June. 1882, when, sell-\\ning this property, he leased a building on Main Street\\nof Hon. J. A. Spaulding, where he continued manu-\\nfacturing until January, 1883, when he was again\\nburned out. lie then erected the brick block on\\nMain Street which hears his name, where he now\\ncarries on business.\\nMr. Holman has held numerous positions of public\\ntrust, the duties of which have been conscientiously\\ndischarged with credit to himself and honor to his\\nconstituents, lie was alderman of Nashua two years,\\nmember of the School Hoard two years, was a mem-\\nber of the Lower House of State Legislature 1869 70,\\na State Senator 1875-76, and president of the Senate\\nthe hitter year, mayor of Nashua 1878-79. lb- is a\\ndirector of the First National Rank of Nashua, and\\none of the directors of the Worcester. Nashua and\\nRochester Railroad. He was a delegate from New\\nHampshire to that notable Republican National I lon-\\nvention at Chicago, in 1880, which nominated James\\nA. Garfield for President. He is a Congregationalist\\nin religious belief and president of the Pilgrim\\nChurch Society of Nashua. He has been largely\\nidentified with temperance work, especially in con-\\nnection with the Nashua Temperance Reform Club.\\nHe has taken the thirty-second degree of Masonry,\\nand belongs to the Encampment of Odd-Fellows.\\nMr. Holman married, November 1. L 863, Mary S.,\\ndaughter of George W. and Susan (Marston) Osgood,\\nof Amesbury, Mass. Their only surviving child,\\ni ten li Francis, \\\\\\\\a born September 29, 1866.\\nIn all his business relations .Mr. Holman is known\\nas thoroughly prompt and upright, and no man in the\\ncity has a more honored reputation. In all his rela-\\ntions, whether business, social or political, he has en-\\njoyed the full confidence of those with whom he has\\ncome in contact. Of unusual public spirit, he has\\nalways welcomed and given generously to every good\\ncause, and no deserving person ever went away from\\nhim empty-handed. His own lite having been an\\nunaided struggle against poverty and adverse circum-\\nstances, his sympathies have ever been responsive to\\nthe call- of those who, like himself, are bravely fight-\\ning the battle of life. Mr. Holman posse the\\npower to keenly analyze any subject coming before\\nhim, and to detect any flaws of logic or fact. 1 le can\\ngracefully, as well as forcibly, express himself in\\nwriting and Bpeaking, and, with a large fund of\\nhumor, is a public speaker of entertaining and con-\\nvincing power. A skillful business man. versed in\\npublic affairs, ripe in experience, an ardent Repub-\\nlican, a true friend, and in full sympathy with every\\nnei\\\\ m to i vate and advance the best interests\\nof the community, he is one whom the citizens of\\nNashua are pleased to number among her honored\\nNORMAN JOHN MACLEOD MOORE, M.I\\nNonnan John Macleod Moore, M.D., was a de-\\nscendant of an ancient and honorable family, which\\nfor generations has been renowned in the military\\nprofession. The family were originally from Dorset.\\nshire. England. They received from Cromwell, for\\nmilitary services, the estate and lands of Saleston,\\nnear Carton. Ireland, which remained in the family\\nuntil a late date. His maternal ancestors were of\\nScotch origin, his great-grandmother being the only\\ndaughter of Norman John Macleod, the celebrated", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0372.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "NORMAN J. M. MOORE.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0373.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0374.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0375.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "0.J", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0376.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "NAS1II V.\\nchief of the historical Macleod clan of Dunvegan\\nCastle, Isle oi Skye. This castle is probably the\\noldest inhabited castle in Scotland, and famous in\\nScotch history. l r. .Moure was born in A.berdeen\\nScotland. His preparatory education was acquired\\nthere, and at a very early age he was graduated with\\nhigh honors at the celebrated Oxford College. He\\nthen studied medicine and surgery at the University\\nof Dublin, Ireland, and of Edinburgh, Scotland,\\nreceiving diplomas from the same, and after seven\\nyears of study and practice in the hospitals, he was\\ngraduated at the Royal College of Surgery, in London,\\nin January, 1842. His superior medical education\\nand especial adaptability for his chosen profession led\\nhim to desire a broader field of practice, and he came\\nto this country, and after practicing three years in the\\nMarine Hospital at Chelsea, Mass., [resettled in Deny,\\nN. H., where he remained about live years. lint his\\nreputation and practice soon extended, and for conve-\\nnience and other considerations he removed to Nashua\\nand for nearly thirty years was a resident of this city.\\nUnquestionably, Dr. Moore stood af the head of the\\nmedical profession in New Hampshire. For more\\nthan a quarter of a century he was called in the most\\ndifficult and delicate cases of surgery, and he was em-\\ninently successful in restoring to health innumerable\\npatients whose cases were considered incurable, and\\nnumber- still bless him for his wonderful (aires and\\nremarkable power in diagnosis. His extended educa-\\ntion and admitted skill made him a valuable expert\\nwitness, and although his modesty made him shrink\\nfrom the notoriety, yet he was often called to testify in\\nthe more important Slate eases, and many times in\\nother and remote States.\\nDr. Moore was a man of winning manner.-, attrac-\\ntive social qualities, and as such was a most excellent\\nfamily physician, and the r always received equal\\ncare with those able to reward him munificently. His\\nnature was large, generous and sympathetic, but, with\\nthe inherited trails ot his Scotch ancestry, he ne\\\\er\\nforgot a favor or an injury. With his enthusiastic\\nlove for his chosen field of labor, he wasa kind friend\\nand adviser to younger members of the profession, to\\nwhom he always gave the assisting hand. Of a most\\ngenial and sunny temperament, courtly in his bearing,\\nand yet at all times easily approached and unpreten-\\ntious, even a timid child felt at ease in his company,\\nand soon became his acquaintance and friend. He\\nwas amiable and considerate in his home, popular\\namong his acquaintances, a valuable member of hi- 1\\nprofession and a good citizen, always ready to respond\\nto the demands made upon him. He was a member\\nof the Church of the Good Shepherd. Although a\\ngreat sufferer for many years from asthma, he never\\ncomplained or murmured, and attended to his business\\nuntil too feeble to enter his carriage. He died in\\nNashua, December 31, 1882, in the last hour of the\\nlast day of the closing year, in the sixty-fifth year of\\nhis age.\\n14\\nWe lit tin;.\\ntheresoluti.\\n.villi a copy of\\ni- .,1 Nashua.\\nih. i Diverse to re-\\nwhich in- hind u illi\\nI. in.d l.rnlhri ll i. mi\\n(Mil Ml the Rightfu\\na. a. lire ii plai\\ni|ii:ililic (Uiuiin of the\\nifess i lii\\n1 c hi ll I n li I l M -I. .ii, -.1, i |h -,ii ill,\\n,.l Ih,,-,- id ii-:--, I .\\\\u.- -I. j -:i.l.-l ii ei .i- I I u\\nIt,. Iiiilill- ,,t Ih- .mil tic- -I III, I I- .ni,l killlul ;([,[,lic:(ti,ili\\nResolved, That we tender to the f.imily ;m.l 1 1 i.-o.l. ..I ll,, ,1,,,;,\\nthe expreaj C our sincere and hearl felt Bympathy in this sad affliction.\\nliV.-fi Tli:it 111,- nielnlircs ul tin- pn-lessi-ili ilUrll.l tile fimenil in a\\nbody, and that a copy oi these resolutions be transmitted to the t. iv\\nol the deceased and also the local papers for publication.\\nOR] \\\\\\\\l ANA MURRAY.\\nOrlando Dana Murray, son of David and Margaret\\n(Forsyth) Murray, was born in Hartland, t., March\\n12, 1818. The first American ancestor of this branch\\nof the Murray family was Isaac Murray, wdio came\\nfrom Scotland to Londonderry (now Derry), N. H.\\nlie was married, in 177 I, I o Elizabeth, daughter of\\nJohn Durham and granddaughter of Mary (Tol-\\nf ord) Durham, sister of Deacon William Tolford.\\nIsaac Murray and wife went to Belfast, Me., where\\nthey passed their lives. They had four children,\\nof whom the oldest, David and Jonathan (twins),\\nwere born October 30, 177- r David, when a. young\\nman, moved to Chester, N. 11., where he worked\\nat his trade, that of carpenter and builder, for\\nsome years. He belonged to a cavalry troop in\\nthe War of 1812, and for his services received a grant\\nof land from the government, and his widow a pen-\\nsion. From Chester he removed to Hartland, Vi.\\nreturned to Chester in 1822, and in 1825 settled in\\nNashua, where he resided for twenty-five years, dying\\nat the age of seventy-five, lie was a Wesleyah Meth-\\nodist, and was married three times. He married,\\nDecember, 1807, his second wife, Margaret Forsyth,\\nof Chester, N. IT, daughter of Lieutenant Robert and\\ngranddaughter of Deacon Matthew Forsyth. (Ivaeon\\nForsyth was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, graduated\\nat the University of Edinburgh, went to Ireland and\\nthen emigrated to America, and settled, in 17H0, in\\nChester, N. II. II.- married Esther, daughter of\\nRobert Graham, and was an enterprising business\\nman, prominent in town and church affairs.) The\\nchildren of David and Margaret Murray were Emeline\\nJohnson, born at Belfast, Me., October 26, 1808 (mar-\\nried Deacon William Tenney) Laurana Tolford, born\\naf Belfast, Me., December31, 1810; Leonidas, born in\\nChester, N. II., died in Hartland, Vt, June 3, 1816;\\nMarietta, born in Hartland, Vt., January 3, 1816\\n(married Charles C. Flagg, of Mobile, Ala., and died\\nSeptember 11, 1853); and Orlando I\\nOrlando Dana was the youngest child. He ac-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0379.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "2(14\\nHISTORY OF HILLS ISOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nquired an excellent academii education at the cel-\\nbrated Pinkerton Academy at Derry, and afterward\\nprepared for college with Colonel Isaac Kinsman,\\nprincipal of Pembroke Academy, a noted military\\nschool of that day. His advantages were diligently\\nimproved, and in 1834, al sixteen 3 ears of age, instead\\nof going to college, he entered what Horace Greeley\\ncalled the besl training-scl 1 in the world, the\\nprinting-office, becoming an apprentice in the office\\n..I the Xis/,11,1 iit,\\\\ thru edited by General Israel\\nHunt, Jr. His earnest application was not confined\\nto the printer s trade, for, during the threeyears of bis\\napprenticeship and the subsequent four yi\\nas a journeyman, he was also a clerk in the post-office,\\nthen under the administration of John M. Hunt.\\nAfter his day s work at the ease he was occupied in\\nthe post-office until nine o clock, besides assisting in\\nthe distribution of the mails during the day. The\\nnature of the young man was not one to rest content\\nin the condition of employe. He was keen, shrewd,\\nenergetic and desirous of making an indi pendent\\ncareer in life, so in 1X41 he purchased a half-interest\\nin the Miinrli,at,r M, iimriul, a weekly newspaper, and\\nbecame editor, and also the publisher of a monthly\\nperiodical, the Iris. This connection continued only\\none year, when, in the fall of 1842, he sold his in-\\nterest in Manchester, and, with A. I. Sawtell, estab-\\nlished the Oasis, a weekly independent journal, in\\nNashua, and became its editor. The first number was\\nissued January 1, 1843. The position was by no\\nmeans a sinecure. Mr. Murray worked daily at the\\ncase, and his editorials were placed in type by himself\\nwithout being written. The strong, earnest efforts of\\nthe young firm were rewarded by substantial results.\\nThe Oasis soon attained the largest circulation in this\\n.section, and was highly prized. But Mr. Murray had\\nother and valuable ideas. He hail no intention of\\nspending his days in a country printing-office when\\nhe believed a more lucrative field was before him.\\nHe was a natural inventor and machinist he in-\\nvented some printing-presses and deemed his services\\ncould command a higher price. In his brain originated\\nand to him is due the establishment of one of Nashua s\\nmost successful manufactures. He sold li-\\nthe iWi .N in 1 toJ.E. 1 idge,\\na member of the firm of Gill Co., which immediately\\nbegan the manufacture of card-board and glazed paper.\\nThis new enterprise not only a Horded tin,, scope for Mr.\\nMurray s mechanical skill, but, like all such ventures,\\ncalled also forthe other necessary elements to success,\\npatience, pluck and persistency. Mr. Murray and his\\npartners, fortunately, were endowed with a more than\\nordinary share of these qualities, and finally the busi-\\nness swung clear of the rocks and breakers and reached\\nthe open sea of prosperity. The firm became Gage,\\nMurray Co. after a time, with Mr. Murray as manager\\nol the manufacturing department. In 1866, Messrs.\\nGage Murray sol 1 their interests toGilman Brothers.\\nAfter two years, in February, 1868, Mr. .Murray pur-\\nchased the interest of John F. Marsh in a recently\\nestablished manufactory, the Nashua Glazed Paper\\n1 !o. I he new firm took the title of Murray, Pierce\\nCo. This firm did business until the fall of 1869,\\nwhen it was consolidated with that of Gillman Bros.\\nin the stock company organized as the Nashua Card\\nand i lazed Pa per Co. Mr. Murray was elected president\\nof the company on its organization and re-elected\\nannual!) until 1883, when he retired from business.\\nTo Mr. Murray must be given a great share of the\\ncredit due for the development and permanency of\\nthis business, now one of the institutions of Nashua.\\nJle familiarized himself with the chemical qualities\\not the colors, mixed them with bis own hands for\\nyears, until he had thoroughly instructed his son,\\nGeorge D., to take his [dace, lie invented the rotary\\ncard-cutter, and, by various devices, much improved\\nthe modus operandi of the manufacture.\\n.Air. Murray was one of the original stockholders\\nof the Na-hua Watch !o., and a director of the same\\nuntil the business was purchased by the Waltham\\nWatch Co. and removed from Nashua. (This company\\ntook the greatest pains to produce, and undoubtedly\\ndid make, the finest watches ever manufactured, and\\nits business was conducted as a separate department\\nat Waltham, the Nashua department until No-\\nvember, 1884.) During the larger part of the decade\\n(1870-80) Mr. Murray was one-fourth owner of the Con-\\ntoocook Valley PaperCo., a very successful corporation\\nlocated at West Ileimiker, N. II. He was a director and\\npresident of the board until the company was united\\nwith the Nashua Card and Glazed PaperCo., when\\nthe stock of the hitter was increased to two hundred\\nthousand dollars. He was one of the original incor-\\nporators and a director of the American Fan Com-\\npany during its existence. He has given his financial\\naid and counsel to many other undertakings, both\\nrailroad and manufacturing, and was one of the\\nprime movers of the Pennichuck Water-Works.\\nMr. Murray was by education a Democrat, but soon\\nafter became a Whig, and since the Republican party\\norganized has been connected with it. He waseleeted\\ntown clerk in 1849-^50-51, and was on theSchool Hoard\\nfor many years. After the city charter of Nashua\\nwas granted, in 1858-59, he was an alderman of Ward\\nSeven. Erecting his present residence in 1861-62, he\\nbecame, on occupying it, a resident of Ward Six, which\\nhe also represented as alderman in 1865. He was a\\nmember of the city Board of Education during the\\n\\\\car the schools were graded, and did efficient ser-\\nvice. He was elected representative to the State\\nLegislature of 1855, re-elected in 1856 and is the\\nmember for 1885-56. He has held the commission of\\njustice of the peace for many years. His official\\npositions have come to him without seeking, and\\nhave I. een held as public trusts to be conscientiously\\ndischarged.\\nIn 1843 Odd-Fellowship was first introduced into\\nNew Hampshire, at Nashua, by the formation of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0380.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0383.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0384.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nGranite Lodge, No. 1. Mr. Murray was made a\\nmember at the first meeting, ami iias since held every\\noffice in the lodge. At the organization of the first\\nencampment in tin St ale (Nashoonon), also at Nashua,\\nMr. Murray drew lot No. 1, and was made the first\\nmember. He has been a delegate to both the rrand\\nLodge and Grand Encampment several times. He is\\na member of the following Masonic bodies: Rising\\nSun Lodge, Nashua, since January 6, 1867, Meridian\\nSun Royal Arch Chapter, St. George Commandery,\\nCouncil of Select Masters and the Consistory of the\\nThirty-second Degree. He is a member of the New\\nHampshire Club.\\nMr. Murray married, July 7, 1842, Mary J., daugh-\\nter of Solomon and Sarah (Wetherbee) Wetherbee.\\nShe was born at loncord, N. II., April 2, 1821. Their\\nchildren were George Dana (deceased; he was in the\\ncommissary department of the Army of the Potomac,\\nand was with the advanced troops which entered\\nRichmond at its surrender), Sarah L. (married Wil-\\nliam A. Crombie, of Burlington, Vt., one of the\\nresident managers of the Shepard Morse Lumber\\nCo.; they have three children, William Murray,\\nArthur Choate and Maud Elizabeth), Levi Edwin\\n(married Jane Russell Hopkins their children were\\nMarie Louise, Charles Russell and Lizzie Crombie.\\nHe was in the lumber business in Springfield, Mass..\\nand Ogdensburgh, N. Y. He died February 18, 1880).\\nAlbert C. (deceased). Clarence A. and Charles 0.\\n(married Lulu Bemis, and has two children, I reorge\\nBemis and Lilian Cushman. He graduated from\\nTuft s College in 1S77, succeeded bis brother in the\\nlumber business and is a member of the J. A. Hoitt\\nCompany, manufacturing chemists of Nashua).\\nSince the marriage of his daughter, Mr. Murray\\nhas become interested in several financial and busi-\\nness institutions of Burlington, and is now a director\\nin the Burlington Shade Roller Co.\\nMr. Murray has always been noticeable for extreme\\nurbanity and courteousness of manner, in a com-\\nbination, at least unusual, with great force of character\\nand unyielding determination in the i aee of difficulties,\\nand as evidence of the regard in which he is held by\\nhis townsmen, we submit the following extract from\\nthe Nashua Telegraph, March 13, 1884:\\nA Pleasant Social Gathebins of N ishua s Representative Citi-\\nzens.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Spalding s llllll W.IS last ry.-llill- till Si el.e ill II very social gath-\\nering and successful surprise, some of tlie i y friends of Mr. 0. D.\\nMurray, the former j.i i.l.n i ..f tin- Curd ..ml dazed paper Co., seizing\\nthe occasion of the gentleman s birth-day to preseni Mm with an unex-\\npected testi ial of their regard and esteem, Mr, Murray was d lyed\\nto the spot on the pretense that it was desired hi the pr,,priet..r .if the\\nhall to dedicate 1 1.. kill ;l i,, i, v a s..]eet party nt entli-men, and at tin-\\nproper time Hon. Is Katun, in l.el.alt nf (lie -ent lenien, presented .11 r\\nMurray with an eh gant and costly gold-headed ebony cane, gracefully\\nexpressing the sentiments of respect felt for the recipient by the Bixty-six\\n11 \u00c2\u00abti Murraj i gh completely surprised, responded most fit-\\ntingly, and brought down the house 1 by his references to the first\\nfamilies of the time of Cam and Abel.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0The company was then invited to partake ..t an exe.-ll.-nl hnmpn t\\nIt is rarely that a gathering in Nashua has contained so many of its\\nmost prominent citizens ami old residents.\\nJEREMIAH W. WHITE.\\nOn the head-waters of Suncook River, in the cen-\\ntral region of New Hampshire, is the town of Pitts-\\nfield. It is limited in extent, undulating in surface.\\nrich in the quality of its soil. Its earliest settlers were\\nsturdi farmers, men and women, who, from infancy,\\nhad been accustomed to the hardships and privations\\nof pioneer life.\\nAmong these settlers was Josiah White, who, with\\nhis wile of Scottish origin, in the spring of 177- made\\nhis home on the outskirts of an unbroken forest. His\\nson, Jeremiah, succeeded to the homestead. He was\\nborn March 4, 1775; died December 5, 1848. He is\\nstill remembered by the older residents of Pittsfield as\\nacitizen who was useful, influential and respected. Of\\na ale and sagacious adviser, his departure left a place\\ndifficult to fill in the business affairs of the vicinity.\\nJeremiah Wilson White, son of Jeremiah, was\\nborn in Pittsfield, September 16, 1821. The active\\nhabits and pure atmosphere of his early life laid the\\nfoundation of a sound physical constitution. His\\neducational advantages during childhood were lim-\\nited to a few months at a distant district school. At\\nthe age of fifteen he entered Pittsfield Academy,\\nunder the instruction of James F. Joy (a graduate of\\nDartmouth, and, in later years, well-known as presi-\\ndent of the Michigan Central Railroad),\\nat the academy two and a half years, M\\nRemaining\\nWhite de-\\nicrcantile and active\\nlose went to Boston\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ship in a drug-store.\\ninticeship was not a\\nt a\\\\ ei -e to toil, and\\ntention to his duties\\nci.ieo to prepare niinsen tor\\nbusiness life, and for this pu\\nand entered upon an apprcnth\\nForty years ago such an appi\\nsinecure. But Mr. White was\\nby assiduous and systematic\\nwas preparing the way for future success. He also\\ncommenced the study of medicine, and continued it\\nfor several years, until he was qualified for profes-\\nsional service.\\nAfter the completion of his apprenticeship at Bos-\\nton he engaged as clerk to Luther Angier, postmaster\\nand druggist, at Medford, Mass., with the agreement\\nthat, with proper notice, he could leave to engage in\\nbusiness for himself.\\nIn the summer of 1845, Mr. White, having heard of\\nNashua as a. growing manufacturing town, came\\nhere, and, after a few hours inspection of the place,\\nhired the stoic which he afterwards occupied for\\nnearly thirty years.\\nMr. White, in engaging in trade for himself in\\nNashua, was aware thai a young man and a stranger\\nmust encounter severe difficulties in entering upon\\nmercantile life .Many before him had succumbed to\\nthe obstacles which he was now to encounter. He\\ndid not hesitate. Laying out his plan of business, he\\nexamine. I int.. the most minute details of its manage-\\nment. No man was more thorough and painstaking\\nin the discharge of obligations to his customers. His", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0385.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlabors often extended far into the night. With these\\nhabits, added to sound business judgment and fore-\\nsight and a rare knowledge of men, the record of the\\nbusiness life of Mr. White has been an uninterrupted\\n-lire,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and it is in this department of consistent and\\npersistent eifort that his example is worthy of imita-\\ntion.\\nIn many of the business enterprises of Nashua Mr.\\nWhite has taken an active and, in aome of them, a\\nprominent part.\\nEngaging in the transportation and sale of coal on\\nhis arrival, he has always been the leading dealer in\\nthe trade.\\nAlter the close of the war he originated the project\\ntve his attention to the construction of the\\n,i of Stores on Main Street known as the\\nMerchants Exchange, retaining tor himself and\\nsou the corner store, which he still occupies.\\nEarly in 1875 he conceived the idea of establishing\\na new national bank, and in tin April following ob-\\ntained a charter. The people of Nashua and vicinity,\\nbelieving in his financial ability, immediately sub-\\nscribed for the stock, and elected him president, a\\nposition he continues to hold to the satisfaction id the\\nstockholders and the advantage of the institution.\\nIn addition to the presidency of the Second Na-\\ntional Hank, Mr. White is now recognized as a saga-\\ncious and influential railroad manager.\\nSince L876 he has been prominently connected with\\nthe affairs of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad as a\\ndirector and large stockholder.\\nFor many years this road had been connected with\\nand used by the Boston and Lowell Railroad corpo-\\nration, and, as Mr. White clearly saw, on terms gn ttb\\ndisadvantageous to the stockholders of the Nashua\\nand Lowell Company. The stock had gradually de-\\nclined below par. To resist so great ami powerful a\\ncorporation required pluck and energy. To he suc-\\ncessful against such odds demanded a leader daring,\\nprompt and aggressive. Mr. White was the man for\\nthe emergency. How well his measures succeeded is\\nrealized not only by every stockholder, but in all\\nrailroad circles throughout New England.\\nlie is also a large owner and director in the Nashua\\nCard and Glazed Paper Company, and a leading\\nstockholder in the White Mountain Freezer Com-\\npany, of this city.\\nIn the transaction of business Mr. White is not\\nonly methodical, but positive. He reaches his con-\\nclusions quickly, and acts upon them with the utmost\\ndirectness. Having decided upon a measure, he en-\\ngages in it with all his might, bending all his efforts\\nto make sure of the desired end. Selecting\\nhi accomplishes the whole work while many would\\nhe halting to determine whether the project was feasi-\\nble. A man of so pronounced opinions and prompt\\naction naturally makes some enemies; hut he has no\\nopponents who do not accord to him the credit of an\\nopen and honorable warfare. In a word, he is essen-\\ntially a liusincss man in the full sense of that term,\\nnot only in occupation, hut in taste and aptitude; he\\nis a representative of that class of American citizens\\nwho have won a world-wide reputation for practical\\nsagacity, enterprise and thrift.\\nMr. White is in no sense of the word a party poli-\\ntician. Of Whig antecedents, his first vote was cast\\ntor Henry Clay, in 1844, for President.\\nBefore leaving his native town his liberal tenden-\\ncies had been quickened by witnessing the unwar-\\nranted arrest, in the pulpit, of Rev. George Storrs, who\\nwas about to deliver the first anti-slavery lecture in\\nPittsfield. The event justly occasioned an unusual\\nexcitement, and was the beginning of that agitation\\nwhich reached every town and hamlet in the Union.\\nSince the organization of the Republican party,\\nMr. White ha- supported it in all national issues but\\nis one of the independent thinkers who does not hesi-\\ntate to exercise the divine right of bolting when\\nunfit men are put in nomination.\\nIn the wintei of 1861, Mr. White and his family\\nleft on a southern trip, and reached Charleston, S.\\nthe last of February, not long after the United States\\ntroops, under Major Anderson, were shut up in Fort\\nSumter by the rebel forces.\\nMr. White had letters of introduction to several\\ncitizens of the city high in authority, who received\\nhim kindly, and, learning that he was a business\\nman and not a politician, were anxious to learn from\\nhim the state of feeling among the business men and\\nmiddle class of citizens at the North. While the\\nstatements of Mr. White were far from gratifying,\\nthey continued their friendly relations. Previous!}\\nhe had written to his friend, Captain John G. Foster,\\nsecond in t iiuand at Fort Sumter, of his intended\\ntarry at Charleston.\\nDesirous of an interview with him, he applied to\\nlie i oni, derate authorities at Fort Sumter for a pass;\\nit was granted him, a privilege not allowed to any\\nother civilian during the siege. On the following\\nday, March 5th, he went on the steamer Clinch to\\nFort Johnson, to which point Major Anderson was\\nallowed to send hi- boat under a flag of truce, for the\\ndaily mail. Here a new obstacle was encountered,\\nfor the boat was forbidden by Major Anderson to\\nbring any person to the fort; hut, with the restriction\\nthat he should remain outside with the boat till Cap-\\ntain Foster could be notified, he was permitted to go.\\nThe interview was a great surprise as well as gratifi-\\ncation.\\nLeaching Washington before the bombardment of\\nFort Sumter and the beginning of hostilities, Mr.\\nWhite was taken to the War Department and inter-\\nviewed by General Scott as to the determination and\\nstrength of the Confederate force at Charleston. Mr.\\nWhite thought it would require a force of ten thousand\\nmen to relieve Fort Sumter, and said so. General\\ns^cott laughed heartily, and told him that two thou-\\nsand men would be amide for the purpose.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0386.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "/c^9^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0389.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0390.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nIn common with most of the leading men at the\\ncapitol, General Scott underestimated the pluck and\\nstrength of the rebels.\\nSoon alter, when Jay Cooke was appointed govern-\\nment agent to negotiate the war loans, Mr. White re-\\nceived the appointment of agent for Nashua and vi-\\ncinity.\\nIn 1846, the year after coming to Nashua, Mr.\\nWhite married Jaroline r., daughter of laleb Merrill,\\nEsq., of Pittstield. The marriage was a happy and\\nfortunate one. The young wife was endowed with\\nscholarly and refined attainments, qualifying her for\\nthe enjoyment of social and domestic life. Added to\\nthis, she possessed a sound and discriminating judg-\\nment, on which her husband could safely rely. No\\ntransaction of any magnitude was entered upon with-\\nout securing her approval. Many of his best and st\\nsagacious moves in business were made at her sug-\\ngestion.\\nOf their two children, the eldest, Caroline Wilson,\\ndied in infancy. The son, James Wilson White, horn\\nJune 10, 1849. fell a victim to the prevailing disease\\nof this climate, and died in Florida, January 27, 1876.\\nMrs. White, having survived her children, died, sud-\\ndenly, of apoplexy, in 1880. Her memory is cherished\\nby many who knew her worth.\\nIn April, 1881, Mr. White was married, the second\\ntime, to Mrs. Ann M. Priti hard, of Bradford, Vt., an\\neducated ami accomplished lady and the sister of bis\\nfirst wife. His residence, at the corner of Pearl ami\\nCottage Streets, combines the elements of modesty,\\ntaste and comfort.\\nCORNELIUS VAN NESS DEARBOKN. 1\\nAs early as 1639, and only nineteen years after the\\nlanding of the Pilgrims, John Wheelwright, a dissent-\\ning minister from England, was banished from Massa-\\nchusetts Bay colony. It is an evidence of the stern\\nintolerance id that day that the only error with which\\nhe was charged was inveighing against all that\\nwalked in a covenant of works, and maintained sanc-\\ntification as an evidence of justification, a charge\\nnot readily comprehended at the present day. There\\nwas a minority, including Governor Winthrop, who\\npiuie-ied against the sentence, but without avail. Mr.\\nWheelwright, therefore, gathering a company of\\nfriends, removed from Massachusetts to Exeter, in the\\nprovince of New Hampshire. Among the thirty-live\\npersons who signed the compact to form a stable and\\norderly colony is found the name of Godfrey Dear-\\nborn, the patriarch of the entire Dearborn family in\\nthis country.\\nForty years before, he was horn in Exeter, England,\\nand in 1637 landed at Massachusetts Pay. He lived\\nat Exeter ten years, and in 1649 moved to Hampton,\\nbuilt a framed house, which is still standing, became\\na large land-holder and town official and died Febru-\\nary 4, 168G. Few men of the early settlers have left\\na family name so widely represented as Godfrey Dear-\\nborn. His descendants are numerous in every county\\nof New Hampshire, and are to be found in everj pan\\nof New England.\\nIt is worthy of note that among the descendants ol\\nGodfrej Dearborn tin 1 practice of medicine has been\\na favorite occupation. Benjamin Dearborn, of the\\nfifth generation, graduated at Harvard in 1746, and\\nentering upon a successful practice at Portsmouth,\\ndied in his thirtieth year. Levi Dearborn had for\\nforfrj years an extensive practice at North Hamilton,\\nand died in 1792. Edward Dearborn, horn in 1776,\\nwas for half a century the medical adviser of the peo-\\nple of Seabrook, and acquired a handsome estate.\\nGeneral Henry Dearborn, who gained a national rep-\\nutation by his brilliant services in the Revolutionary\\nWar and as the senior major-general of the United\\nStates army in the War of 1812, was practicing phy-\\nsician in Nottingham when summoned to join the first\\nNew Hampshire regiment raised in 1775. To-day sev-\\neral of the ablest physicians of the State bear the\\nname.\\nToward the middle of the last century the Dearborn\\nfamily had been quite generally distributed through\\nRockingham County. Peter Dearborn, the great-\\ngrandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in\\nChester in 1710. Of his children, Josiah, born in\\n1751, married Susannah Emerson, the daughter of\\nSamuel Emerson, Esq., a substantial Chester tanner,\\nwdio was a man of such judgment and integrity that\\nhe was chosen to till the various town offices of Ches-\\nter and to decide nearly all local controversies beyond\\nreview or appeal. Young Dearborn learned the trade\\nofa shoemaker, but, on the breaking out of the Revo-\\nlutionary War, entered the army as a private, and was\\nJoseph Cilley.\\nirst as a private\\nNew York, and\\nedition to New-\\nstationed at Portsmouth underCol\\nAfterward he did honorable servil\\nand then as a lieutenant, in North\\nfinally closed his enlistment by an\\nport, R. I., in 1778,\\nReturning from the war, he and his family found a\\nnew home thirty miles westward, in Weare. It was\\nnot an unfitting location. With its sixty square miles\\nMill mostly covered with a dense forest of oak, maple,\\nand beech, with its uneven surface nowhere rising\\ninto high hills, it had a strong soil, which, when cul-\\ntivated, yielded large crops of hay and grain. It was\\nalready a growing township, and thirty years later be-\\ncame one of the four leading fanning towns of the\\nState. Here Josiah Dearborn passed his life, raising\\na family of twelve children, ten of whom were sons.\\nSamuel, the filth son and father of the subject of this\\nsketch, was born in 1702. The district-school system\\nwas not organized in New Hampshire until 1806, and\\nthe children of that time had scanty opportunities for\\ninstruction. Samuel Dearborn and his brothers were\\nleaching manh 1, when fanning in the Eastern States\\nwas depressed by the recent war with England and", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0391.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLS BOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe occurrence of several cold summers. Migration\\nwestward had commenced, and the Dearborns for a\\ntime debated the expediency of a removal to the\\nWestern Reserve. They al length decided to locate\\nin Vermont, and, from 181 1 to 1820, five of the broth-\\ners and a sister removed to Corinth, a town in the\\neastern part of Orange County. Here Samuel Dear-\\nborn settled upon a farm, soon alter married Mis*\\nFanny Brown, of Vershire, whose parents were mi-\\nni, oi I luster. N. II., and here he passed a longand\\nuseful life. He died December 12, 1871, in theeight-\\nieth year of his age. His wife had died in 1836. Of\\nscholarly tastes, he was for many years a teacher of\\nwinter schools. An active member of .the Free-Will\\nBaptist denomination, his religion was a life rather\\nthan a creed.\\nCornelius Van Ness Dearborn, the son of Samuel\\nand Fanny Dearborn, was born in Corinth, Yt., May\\n14, 1832. His name was in compliment to the then\\naldest statesman of the State, who had filled the offices\\nof Governor and minister to Spain. Cornelius was the\\nyoungesl but one of seven children. Hi- childhood\\nwas passed iii a -trictly agricultural community. Cor-\\ninth, lying among the foot-hills of the Green Moun-\\ntains, is one of the host farming towns in Eastern Ver-\\nmont. Without railway facilities, with scanty water-\\npower, its inhaliitantsdepend for a livelih 1 upon the\\nproducts of the soil, from which by industry theygajn\\na substantia] income. Few in Corinth have ever ac-\\ncumulated more than what is now regarded as a fair\\ncompetency, and very lew have encountered extreme\\npoverty. A more industrious, law-abiding, practically\\nsensible people would he difficult to find.\\nWhen four years old young Dearborn met with the\\nsaddest loss of childhood, a mother, whose intelli-\\ngence, forethought and womanly virtues Qa d been\\nthe lite and light of the household. He early joined\\nhis older brothers in the labors of the farm, attending\\nthe district school lor a lew weeks in summer and ten\\nor twelve weeks each winter. When fifteen years old\\nhe attended the spring term of the Corinth Academy,\\nand continued at intervals for several terms later. In\\nthe winter of 1848-49, his seventeenth year not yet\\ncompleted, he taught the school of a neighboring dis-\\ntrict. Ili success warranted his continua\\nteachei in the vicinitj lor the live following winters.\\nContinuing his farm labors in summer, he, in the mean\\ntime, developed a mechanical capacity in the making\\nof farm implements and the erection of buildings, -a\\nnatural aptitude which has been of great service in\\nmaturer years.\\nSoon after attaining the age of eighteen Mr. Dear-\\nborn determined to enter upon a course of stud} pre-\\nparatory to a professional life. Before leaving Corinth\\nhe commenced the studj of law with Rodnej Lund, a\\nyoung man who had commenced practice in the vicin-\\nity, [n March, 1854, at the suggestion of his mater-\\nnal uncle, Dr. W. W. Brown, he came to Manchester.\\nand renewed his law studies in the office of Hon. Isaac\\nW. Smith, w ith whom he remained till his admission\\nto the bar, in the fall of 1855.\\nIn December, 1855, he opened an office at Frances-\\ntown. The town afforded a safe opening for a young\\npractitioner, but not one for large profits. There was\\na time, after the close of the War of 1812, when the\\ntrade of Francestown village exceeded that of any\\nother locality in Hillsborough County. But the open-\\ning of the railroad to Nashua, ami soon after to Man-\\nchester, entirely changed the centres of trade and bus-\\niness, and left Francestown to become a respectable\\nand very quiet village.\\nHitherto Mr. Dearborn, while entertaining positive\\nviews, had not actively participated in political dis-\\ncussion. But the year 1856 witnessed the consolida-\\ntion of the anti-slavery sentiment id the country. It\\nhad already so far concentrated its strength in New\\nHampshire as to have secured the State government\\nand a unanimous reprt seiitat ion in I o tigress. The\\nnomination of John C. Fremont for President, in the\\nsummer of that year, ha-tcned the organization of the\\nanti-slavery elements of the entire North under the\\nname of the Republican party. In common with a\\nmajority of the intelligent young men of the State,\\nMr. Dearborn entered into this contest with all the\\nzeal, vigor and enthusiasm of one w hose action is un-\\ntrammeled by personal and [.artisan ends. The cam-\\npaign which followed was the most brilliant and far-\\nreaching in its results of any in the political history\\nof the nation. No idea ever agitated the American\\nmind to which calculating selfishness was more for-\\neign. Even the great uprising which brought about\\nthe War of Independence was less free from selfish\\nmotives. And, though the general result in the Pres-\\nidential election of that year was adverse, yet in New\\nHampshire, as in every State north of Pennsylvania,\\nthe returns clearly showed that the cause of freedom\\nhad acquired an overruling strength.\\nIn June, 1857, Mr. Dearborn was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Louie Frances Eaton, daughter of\\nMoses W. and Louisa S. Eaton, of Francestown. and\\ngranddaughter of Dr. Thomas Eaton, a physician of\\nlong and extensive practice, am! one of the most ex-\\ntensive farmers of his time. In 1857 he was elected\\ncounty treasurer, and re-elected in 1858. It was t lie-\\nfirst public position he had held, and its duties were\\nsatisfactorily discharged.\\nIn 1858 he removed to Peterborough, occupying the\\noffice of E. S. Cutter. Esq., who bad recently been ap-\\npointed clerk of the courts for Hillsborough County.\\nHe resided in Peterborough til! 1865. During this\\ntime he was in partnership with Charles G. Cheney,\\nand afterward with Albert S. Scott, both of whom\\nhave since died. He represented the town in the\\nLegislature in the years 1861 and 1862, being a mem-\\nber of the judiciary committee.\\nIn the summer of 1865 he removed to Nashua for\\nthe purpose of continuing the practice of his profes-\\nsion. An accidental purchase led to a change of oc-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0392.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "^Yzrya,^. M^ J^A\\nCLt,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0393.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0394.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "cupation. The Nashua Telegraph had for many years\\nbeen edited by Albin Beard, a genial, witty and,\\nwithal, accomplished writer. Under him the Tele-\\ngraph had acquired a marked local popularity. He\\ndied in September, 1862. Its present publishers were\\ninexperienced writers, and illy qualified to satisfy the\\nadmirers of its former editor. The Telegraph was\\nraj.idly deteriorating in value and influence. The\\nsenior proprietor inquired of Mr. Dearborn what he\\nwould give for his half id the establishment. A some-\\nwhat nominal price was offered, and, much to the sur-\\nprise of Mr. Dearborn, was accepted. Ee at once en-\\ntered u .i i the duties of editor and financial manager.\\nUnder his direction the Telegraph was rapidly recov-\\nering its patronage and influence, lint at the end of\\ntwo years his health failed, and a change of occupa-\\ntion became a necessity. He disposed of his interest\\nto the present editor, Hon. C. .Moore, and resumed\\nthe practice of law.\\n[Since his residence at Nashua, Mr. Dearborn has\\ncor tributed largely to the improvement of real estate,\\nto the erection of improved school buildings and to\\nthe reconstruction and greater efficiency of the public\\nschools. He was appointed register of Probate for\\nHillsborough County in 1868, and held the office till\\n1874.\\nFor several years he was treasurer of the Nashua and\\nLowell Railroad, and is still f the directors. Ill\\nhis official action he aided largely in sustaining the\\nmeasures which have placed that corporation in the\\nfront raids of profitable railways. He is also the treas-\\nurer of the Underhill Edge-Tool Company, and is at\\nthis time president of the Board of Education.\\nIn 1863, while a resident of Peterborough, be was\\nappointed by the rovernor one of the bank commis-\\nsioners of New Hampshire. In that capacity he be-\\ncame acquainted with the extent and peculiarities of\\nthe financial institutions of the State. In 1864 and\\n1865 he actively superintended, in his official capac-\\nity, the converting of the State banks of discount into\\ntie national banks of the present system. In March,\\n1866, he was appointed examiner of the national\\nbanks for the State .if New Hampshire, a position\\nwhich he still holds. He is the only person who has\\nfilled this position since the organization of the na-\\ntional banking system.\\nIn the discharge of the duties of bank examiner,\\nofficial fidelity requires that the investigation shall be\\nthorough and exhaustive. That during the past\\neighteen years but a single instance of defalcation has\\noccurred resulting in loss among the forty-nine na-\\ntional hanks in the State is pretty conclusive evidence\\nof a diligent and careful supervision. From the\\nlength of time be has held the position, be has become\\nfamiliar with the indications of laxity, lenity, negli-\\ngence, not to mention recklessness, which mark the\\nfirst steps of danger to a banking institution and his\\nsuggestions and warnings to bank officials have not\\ninfrequently been of advantage to the public gener-\\nally, as well as to stockholders, where no publicity lias\\nbeen gained through the press or otherwise.\\nPersonally, Mr. Dearborn is not an ostentatious, ob-\\ntrusive, aggressive man. He has no fondness for\\nnewspaper notoriety, no solicitude lest he should bi\\noverlooked by the public, and has a special dislike for\\nunmeaning titles. I n polities and religion he is lib-\\neral and tolerant, eon ceding to others t hi utmost free-\\ndom of opinion. Attending to his own duties, it is\\nnot his habit to interfere with tic personal affairs of\\nOthers. But when attacked without reason or provo-\\ncation, no matter what bis pretensions, bis assailant\\nwill speedily find that he has need of a prudent hus-\\nbandry of bis resources.\\nMr. Dearborn is a member of the Congregational\\nInn eb. His two children are sons. The older, John\\nEaton, born November, 1862, is acquiring a business\\neducation, and is at this time clerk for his father in\\nthe office of the Flge-Tool Works. The younger\\nGeorge Van Ness, born in August, lMI .i, is attending\\nthe public schools. His house is pleasantly situated\\non Main Street, and is one of the desirable resiliences\\nin the city. Still in the prime of lite, his many friends\\nhave no reason to doubt that in the future, as in the\\npast, he will be adequate to any responsibility which\\nmay devolve upon him.\\nHORACE W. (1ILMAN. 1\\nHorace Way Oilman was born in Unity, N. H., on\\nDecember 6, 1833. He is the younger brother of\\nVirgil C. Gilman, a sketch of whose life is given in\\nthe preceding pages, and hence it is not necessary to\\nwrite of his ancestry and parentage. Removing,\\nwith his parents, to Lowell, in 1837, he also came with\\nthem to Nashua in 1844, in the eleventh year of his age.\\nFor several years his boyhood alternated between\\nthe cotton-mill and the public school, both of which,\\nno doubt, taught him some useful lessons in practical\\nlife. When fifteen years old be went to West Spring-\\nfield, Mass., working in the cotton-mill one year, and\\nreturning to Nashua in 1850.\\nIn the winter of 1S. \u00c2\u00bb2\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Salman taught a dis-\\ntrict school in Nashua, in 1853-54 in Hudson and in\\nthe two winters following in the grammar school at\\nBelvidere and at the Harbor, in this city.\\nIn the mean time, having gained some knowledge\\nof the card and paper manufacturing business as a\\nworkman in the employ of Gage, Murray Co., in\\n1856 he went, with Mr. John Holder, to Albany,\\nV i wh.re the firm of Holder Gilman started a\\ncard and paper manufactory, which has since become\\na large ami profitable business in that city. In the\\nspring of 1861, Mr. Gilman disposed of his interest,\\nand returned to Nashua. In January, 1862, he\\nbought a one-fourth interest in the firm of Cage,\\nMurray Co., and was assigned the charge of the\\nfinancial department.\\nI By John II. l L.I.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0395.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "210\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn 1869, when the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper\\noiii|iaiiy -\\\\v.-i-i organized under a legislative eliarter.\\nMr. Oilman became its treasurer, a position which he\\nhas held ever since. His attention is still chiefly\\ngiven to the interests of this company.\\nIn 1872 he became half-owner and treasurer of the\\nVallej Paper-Mill, at West Henniker,\\nand retained the ml .In 1883 and 1884\\nhe was director and president of the Underhill Edge-\\nTool Company, is at this time a director and vice-\\npresident of the Davidson Loan Com]. any, at Wichita,\\nKan., and is also a director of the Second National\\nBank in this city. In a business point of view, it is\\nno exaggeration to say that no man in this city has\\nshown a larger ability and more uniform success than\\nthe subject of this sketch.\\nOf late years Mr. Oilman has given some time to\\ntravel, having visited the most of the States and, with\\nhis family, made the tour of the Southwestern Terri-\\ntories and the States of the Pacific coast.\\nIn his political views Mr. Gilman is a decided\\nRepublican, but is a business man and not a politi-\\ncian. Least of all is he an office-seeker. With an\\nability above that of a majority of the men who have\\nbeen the chief magistrates of this State during the\\npast thirty years. Mr. Gilman has never had the\\ngubernatorial nor any other political bee in his hat,\\nand never will have. He has not. however, shunned\\nresponsibility in public matters, having served as\\nassessor and member of the Board of Education in\\ncity affairs, and was a member of the last State I !on-\\nstitutional Convention.\\nIn denominational association Mr. Oilman is a\\nMethodist; was a delegate in 1866 to the Centennial\\nConvention to celebrate the preaching of the first\\nMethodist sermon in New England, by Jesse Lee in\\n1X72 was a delegate to the General Conference at\\nBrooklyn, N. Y.; and in 1884 to the centennial of the\\nAmerican Methodist Church, held at Baltimore, lit-\\nis one of the vice-presidents of the New England\\nEducational Society of the denomination, and a vice-\\npresident of New England Methodist Historical\\nSociety. Iii the building of the Main Street Church\\nand in supporting the interests of the society he has\\nbeen a generous contributor.\\nIn his domestic relations Mr. Gilman has had his\\nusual good fortune. In December, 1854, he married\\nMiss AdalineW. Marsh, daughter of Fitch P. Marsh,\\nof Hudson. They have two sons. The eldest, Wil-\\nliam V., was born November 25, 1856, and is a resi-\\ndent of Nashua. He is a director and the paymaster\\nof the Nashua Card and Glazed Taper Company.\\nThe younger, Edward M, was born September 26,\\nloti:!, and is associated with his lather as II. W. Gil-\\nman Son, of the eastern agency of the Davidson\\nLoan Company, of Kansas.\\nA spacious and well-arranged resilience on Prospect\\nStreet is the home of .Air. Oilman and his family for\\nof the year; but for fifteen years they have\\npassed the summer at their seaside home, at Cottage\\nCity, Martha s Vineyard, a well-known resort during\\nthe warm season.\\nVIRGIL C. GILMAN.\\nVirgil Chase Oilman was born in Unity, Sullivan\\nCounty, N. 11., May 5, 1827, and was the third of a\\nfamily of eight children born to Emerson and Delia\\n(Way) Oilman.\\nEmerson Gilman was the oldest son and the first of\\ntwelve children born to Stephen and Dorothy lough)\\nOilman, who were married September 5, 1793. This\\n1 marriage, he having married Anna\\nHunt i, by whom he had nine children, some of\\nwhom died in infancy. Stephen Oilman was a native\\nof Kingston, and served as a cavalry officer in the War\\nof the Revolution. He was a descendant of Moses\\nOilman, who was one of three brothers Edward, John\\nand Mosi who emigrated from Hingham, England,\\nearly in the sixteenth century.\\nIn 1.827 it was said: Edward Oilman s descendants\\nare as numerous as the sands on the sea-shore. There\\nis hardly a State in the Union where they may not be\\nfound. The family have been in civil office from the\\ntime our colony became a royal province to 1 1\\ntime. John Gilman was one of the first counselors\\nnamed in President Cutts commission, and died in\\n1708. Colonel Peter Gilman was one of the royal\\ncounselors in 1772. Hon. Nicholas Gilman was coun-\\nselor in 1777 and 1778, Hon. John Gilman in 1787,\\nwhile the present venerable John Taylor Gilman\\nwas fourteen years, eleven in succession, our highly\\nre.-peiteil chief magistrate. His brother, Nicholas\\nGilman, was a member of the House of Representa-\\ntives in Congress eight years and in the national\\nSenate nine years. Our ecclesiastical annals have,\\nalso, Rev. Nicholas Gilman, Harvard College. 1724,\\nand Rev. Tristram Gilman, Harvard College, 1757,\\nboth respected clergymen and useful men.\\nThese words are quoted in substance from Mr. Lin-\\ncoln s work. If he had written forty years later,\\nsays the author of The Gilman Family in England\\nand America, he would have found the family still\\nmore numerous, and many additions would have been\\nmade to his list of prominent men bearing the Oilman\\nname. The family of Gilmans is not one furnishing\\na few brilliant exceptions in a long list of common-\\nplaee names. Its members appear generally to have\\n1.. en remarkable for the quiet home virtues, and\\nrather to have desired to be g 1 citizens than men\\nof great name. To an eminent degree they appear to\\nhave obtained the esteem and respect of those nearest\\nto them for sound judgment and sterling traits of\\ncharacter.\\nEmerson Gilman followed the trade of clothier until\\nthe introduction of machinery supplanted the hand\\nprocess, when he, after pursuing the business of farmer\\nfor a few years, removed to Lowell, Mass., in 1837,\\nrelying upon his strong and willing hands to find", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0396.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "1\\nir/,\\n//f r/", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0399.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0400.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0401.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "AXhi^vWy", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0402.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "211\\nsupport for his largo family and give his children the\\nadvantages of education which that city signally\\nafforded.\\nThe subject of this sketch was then ten years old,\\nand made fair progress through the several grades to\\nthe High School, with which his school-days ended.\\nHe removed to Nashua in 1843, but it was not until\\n1851 that he ente,-,, 1 business on his own behalf, at\\nwhich time he became associated with Messrs. Gage\\n.Murray for the manufacture of printers cards of\\nall the various kinds, also fancy-colored, embossed\\nand marble papers, a new business in this country at\\nthat time, which business he followed successfully for\\ntwenty-one years, and until his close and unremitting\\napplication made it necessary for him to relinquish it\\nfor a more active out-door employment. Following\\na natural love for rural affairs, he was not long in\\npossessing himself of a hundred-acre farm, in the\\nsouth part of the city, upon the Lowell road, which\\nhe greatly improved, and indulged to some extent in\\nthe usually expensive luxury of breeding Jersey cat-\\ntle, trotting-horses and Plymouth Rock fowls. He\\nclaims to have bred the finest and fastest- gaited horse\\never raised in New Hampshire. Meantime, having\\nrealized the object sought, greatly improved health,\\nand the office of treasurer of the Nashua Savings- Hank\\nbecoming vacant by the resignation of Dr. E. Spald-\\ning, in 187(i, he was elected to till the vacancy, and\\nstill continues in this responsible position, with nearly\\ntwo and a half millions of deposits committed to his\\nwatchful care and secure investment.\\nNever coveting office, still he has rarely refused to\\nperform his full share of duty in the various depart-\\nments of labor and responsibility incident to city\\naffairs, from ward clerk to the mayor s (hair, serving\\nalso as assessor, member of the Hoard of Education,\\nand is now trustee of the Public Library, also its sec-\\nretary and treasurer. To him Dartmouth College is\\nindebted for the Oilman scholarship, and the board\\nof trustees of the Orphans Home at Franklin finds\\nin him an interested member. He is identified with\\nthe mechanical industries of the city, having a large\\ninterest in the Nashua Iron and Steel Company, and\\nbeing its local director; also an owner and director in\\nthe Underhill Edge-Tool Company and Amoskeag\\nAxe Company; also a director in the Indian Head\\nNational Bank.\\nIn military affairs actively he is unknown, his ser-\\nvice having commenced and ended with the Gover-\\nnor s Horse-Guards, enlisting as private in Company\\nB and ending as major of (he battalion. His interest,\\nhowever, is kept alive by honorary membership of\\nCity Guards and Foster Rifles of his adopted city.\\nHis strong love for agricultural affairs led him to\\ntake an interest in our New Hampshire Agricultural\\nSociety, of whose board of trustees he was formerly a\\nmember, also one of the trustees of the New England\\nAgricultural Society.\\nHe was a member of the Legislature of 1S79, serv-\\ning as chairman of committee on banks and taking a\\ndeep interest in the work of that session, and espe-\\ncially zealous in opposition to the taxation of church\\nproperty. In 1883 he was the Republican Senator\\nfrom the Nashua district, and was honored by the\\nchairmanship of the leading committee of tin Senate,\\nthe judiciary, no member of the legal profession hold-\\ning a seal in that body at that time. How well he\\ndischarged the duties of this res] sible position those\\ncan testify who had business with the committee, or\\nthose who witnessed his unremitting application and\\nconscientious decisions.\\nDenominationally, he is a Congregationalism and a\\ncommunicant with the First Church, that was organ-\\nized in 1685. An interest in its prosperity has in-\\nduced him to serve as director of the society connected\\ntherewith many years, and of which he is now presi-\\ndent, and treasurer of the Sabbath-school connected.\\nIt will thus be seen that the subject of this sketch\\nfills many positions of responsibility and usefulness,\\nwhich bring no pecuniary reward, without ostenta-\\ntion, and no foul breath tarnishes his fair record.\\nOur State has among its many honored sons few\\nwhose energy, integrity and discretion have won suc-\\ncess in so many directions, and none who command\\nmore universal respect among all classes. In business,\\npolitics and social and religious circles he has been\\nand is a leader, whose triumphs shed their blessings\\nfar and wide. Few have done so much for Nashua.\\nNo one deserves better of the State.\\nIn 1850 he married Sarah Louisa, daughter of Gid-\\neon Newcomb, Esq., of Roxbury, by whom he had\\ntwo children.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harriet Louise, who married Charles\\nW. Hoitt, an attorney-at-law in Nashua, and Alfred\\nEmerson, who did not attain his second birth-day.\\nHON. ARCHIBALD II. DUNLAP.\\nOne of the best elements of our American civilization\\nis the Scotch-Irish. Possessed of clear, cool-headed\\ncommon sense, industry, integrity, and remarkably\\nsuccessful in all the varied branches of financial,\\nbusiness and legislative action, the descendants of\\nthe old Londonderry stock have held conspicuous and\\ntrustworthy positions, the duties of which have al-\\nmost universally been discharged in a manner show-\\ning the clearest knowledge of these varied duties, and\\na determination to fulfill these responsibilities with\\nhonesty and fidelity. Not officious, nor loudly self-\\nasserting, they quietly bring to their labors a faith-\\nfulness and energy that surely accomplishes their\\nend.\\nlion. Archibald Harris Dunlap, son of John and\\nJennie I Nesmith) Dunlap, was bom in North Branch\\nvillage, Antrim, September 2, 1817. He is of the\\nfourth generation in direct descent from the emigrant\\nArchibald Dunlap, who came from the Scotch settle-\\nment in Ireland, and located in Chester, N. H., about\\nthe year 1740. The line is Archibald 1 Major John*,\\nJohn 3 Archibald H/ 1", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0405.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "212\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nArchibald 1 married .Martha Neal, of Chester. She\\nwas of Scotch an :estry, and her lather. Josepi Seal\\nwas among the Presbyterians who petitioned the\\nLegislature, in 1736, to be freed from paying a\\nBecond tax to support a Congregational minister.\\nThe third child of Archibald was Major John Dun-\\nlap, of Revolutionary memory. lie was Worn in\\nChester in 174i married Martha Gilmore, settled in\\nBedford, owned and carried on a large farm, was\\nalso a manufacturer of furniture, and his industry\\nand energy were rewarded with financial success. As\\na military man he was well known in his day. and\\nhis hospitality and liberality were shown by Lis en-\\ntertaining on one occasion his entire regiment. His\\nson John inherited his lather business character-\\nistics, and early left Chester, went to Antrim, and\\nmade his home al the North Branch village oi thai\\ntown. He married, June 26, 1807, Jennie, daughter of\\nDeacon Jonathan Nesmith, of Antrim. He was in the\\ncabinet-making business tor many year-, and was prob-\\nably the first to introduce the manufacture of knit\\nunderclothing in this State, and also made looms\\nfor that purpose. This was about the year 1812, and\\nwas deemed a great curiosity. In 1835 In- erected\\na factory in South Antrim (now known as He Silk-\\nFactory). His busy life closed December L5, L869, at\\nthe advanced age of eighty-five.\\nArchibald 11. Dunlap, while yet a lad of thirteen,\\nshowed that he had inherited the Scotch zeal and\\npowers of endurance; he, with his elder brother,\\nRobert, left home at early morning with a bundle in\\none hand and a stall in the other, to walk to Nashua,\\na distance of thirty-live miles, which place they\\nreached late in the afternoon. The next day, Satur-\\nday, Archibald passed in looking over the town, and\\nhi- first Sabbath he attended the church of which\\nRev. Mr. Nott was pastor. That day be cast his\\nanchor in with that people, and it has held ever\\nsince,\\nAi thistime, 1831, the Nashua Manufacturing Com-\\npany and the Indian Head Company were completing\\ncotton-mills, and on Monday, the third day after his\\narrival, Archibald was engaged by Ziba liay, manu-\\nfacturer of machinery, to work for him through\\nthe summer. In the fall he entered Franklin Acad-\\nemy, then under charge of Professor Benjamin M.\\nTyler, remaining until spring. Returning to Nashua,\\nhe was employed by the Nashua Manufacturing Com-\\npany for over two years, when, being disabled from\\nactive labor, he attended Francestown Academj for\\na term, ami one term at Antrim, finishing his school\\neducation.\\nAnd now, after this varied experience of work and\\nstudy, of large stature, sound in mind, fearless, in-\\ndependent, upright, industrious and persevering,\\nall of which attributes promise success, Archibald\\nmakes Nashua his home, and at the age of twenty\\nwas an overseer of the Indian Head Mills, which\\nposition lie occupied until 1S47. when failing health\\nobliged him to relinquish it. The next two years\\nbe passed in business in Franklin, N. II., and in\\nL849 be removed to Nashua, of which place he has\\nsince been a resident, and commenced the garden\\nseed business, in which he has been very successful,\\nand Dunlap s Garden Seeds are known all over\\nthe land. The business is now conducted by A. 11.\\nDunlap Sons.\\nMr. Dunlap married, Lugust 1l 1841, Lucy Jane,\\ndaughter of Josiah Fogg, of Exeter, N. IF, and\\ngranddaughter id Major Jo-lab Foe-. Major Fogg\\ncame from Hampton in 1752, and set led in that part\\nof Chester which, in 1764, was set off as the town of\\nRaymond. He was a very prominent man In hester,\\npaid the highest parish, State and war tax in\\nRaymond in 1777. and rendered great service in the\\nRevolution. The Fogg family can trace their ances-\\ntry back in England and Wale- to the year 1112.\\n1 be first American ancestor was Samuel Fogg, who\\ncame to Hampton in 1638. The family is an abb\\none, and it- members have been distinguished in\\nvarious ways. William Perry Fogg (Mrs. Dunlap s\\nbrother) is a writer and traveler of some note; au-\\nthor of Arabistan, Round the World Letters,\\netc. The children of Archibald 11. and Lucy J.\\n(Fogg) Dunlap are James IF, Georgie A., John P.\\n(deceased), Abbie J. and Charles H.\\nMr. Dunlap has the confidence and esteem of the\\npeople of Nashua, as shown by the many trusts com-\\nmitted to him and i lie offices he has held in the city\\ngovernment. In 1858 he was elected railroad com-\\nmissioner of the State for three years. lu 1864 he\\nwa- chosen oue of the Presidential electors for New\\nHampshire, and had the honor of casting one of the\\nelectoral votes for Abraham Lincoln. He repre-\\nsented Nashua in the State Legislature in 1869-70.\\nHe is oue of the directors of the Nashua and\\nRochester Railroad, and is a trustee of the New\\nHampshire Ranking Company.\\nHe has always been interested in whatever per-\\ntained to the welfare and improvement of his native\\ntown, and at her centennial, in 1877, his address was\\nvery able and appropriate. He also generously aided\\nwith his time and money in the preparation of the\\nrecently-published History of Antrim. From the\\nterraces of the grounds of his pleasant home Mr. Dun-\\nlap can view Mount Monadnock and its surrounding\\nhills, which often were gazed upon by him with ad-\\nmiration while a mere lad in his native town. In his\\nreligious views Mr. Dunlap i- a migrcgatioiialist,\\nand he wa- deacon in the Hive Street Church (where\\nhe attended service Ids first Sabbath in Nashua, poor\\nand a stranger) from 1855 till its recent union with\\nthe Pearl Street Church; was then chosen deacon in\\nthe United, or Pilgrim Church, and is now the oldest\\ndeacon, and was chairman of their building commit-\\ntee in the erection of the new and stately edifice of\\n1881. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nMr. Dunlap is one of the best types of a self-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0406.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "-fc? rftiTUTTlAAl", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0409.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0410.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "NASHUA.\\nmade man,\\n1 1\\nmany friends. In his public life h\\na faithful\\n1 ientious in hi\\noj thy repre-\\nI HE HOfl w:i-\\nThe name of Howard i- another form\\nBed v. ith the most brilliant\\nAchievements in various departments of knightly and\\nhonorable I one of tin-\\nproudest families in that fair land. IVi\\nfollowing early tra\\nfrom Burke s Heraldic R I Dgiish work.\\nvaluable for it- learning, r\\na standard authority in family b\\nIn the malt; J j r*\\nclue t i tilt; f.m\\nSir Robert Howard, Kni\\ndaughter of Philip the II\\ngrandeur or the Houae of Norfolk but the brilliant halo which en-\\nmet if II.- HUH |or tO Hi liep.it:\\nachievement- l\\nB\\nWho ban\\nAnd bin (he Bani t immortal\\nI\\ni good anil\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0he heart 111\\n3tor it this line\\nniel Howard, who emigrated from Suffolk,\\nngland, to i wa8 made\\na freeman in I M.!. The nam\\nHa ard, Haward, Hi\\nTwo of Nathaniel Charlestown. Wil-\\nliam was a weaver, born in England, and at tin- May\\nmeeting, 1656, of the propr\\nadmitted as an inhabitant, -tin- people ni\\n11(1\\nViiliani. I soon followed bin,\\nchildren,\\nm Nathaniel and Ja\u00c2\u00a9 i i\\ndown to seven itti nded iib\\ngreat difficulty, and\\nof Chclms-\\nthc father\\nturd lint as he m\\nsidi Wi si\\nni offices,\\nil there.\\n.i farm, r and patriot, and whi n\\nii tin; demand was\\nI, and was\\namong tin ition. lit;\\nremoved fro I ndeborough, N. H.\\nlie had ifn childn a\\nI Abigail, Rachel ami Sybil.\\nd in Hebron, N. Y., Samuel in I\\nough, Joneph in Wilton, Jacob in Milford.\\nJohn ami Benjamin were gallant soldiers in the War of\\n1 312, .It, lm and Benjamin dying in\\nmarried a Hutchinson, of Milford Abigail married\\na Mr. Blai I in Albany, N. Y. Rachel\\ni.il died young.\\nJoseph Howard was born June I7!i_ He i\\ndaughter of William Pettengil]\\nthe Revolutionary\\narm;..; .Mi i,.,rn April 26, I\\nchildren of Joseph Howard i i\\n(bornJulj i\\ndied June 6, 1876), Adelii 27, 1834)\\nmber 13, 1839. Adeline and Hannah are\\nchildren of a second wife, Abiah Parker.\\nWilton. V, n the ages\\nof nine and eleven, he drove a team between Wilton\\nand Nashua. About this time his mother died, and\\nN. II., where he remained until\\nHi a farm. He\\nthen bought his time of his father for fifty dollars,\\niced himself toa carpenter for I\\nthirty dollars for the first year, forty dol-\\nlars for the second and twenty dollars per month i r\\nion thai heshould\\nworked at his trade in Lowell and Cambridge\\nthen, his father being ill, he went to Wilton, and re-\\nmained with him until his death, which soon alter\\noccurred. Washington\\nresidence for a year and a half; then he", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0411.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nRochester, N. Y., and worked on the large flouring-\\nmills; returned to Temple in 1842, and forashort time\\nwas employed on the Congregational Church; then he\\nremoved to Washington, and, in connection with his\\ncarpentering business, he made card-boards for manu-\\nfacturers. He was diligent and prudent, and from\\nbard-earned savings was able to ereel a sel of build-\\nings. January 24, 1844. he married Mary Trow,\\ndaughter of Levi and Betsy (Averill) Trow. She was\\nborn :ii Mont Vernon, July 22, 1818. Their children\\nwere Joseph W. and Mary H. (born November 22,\\n1844) and Martha J. (bom January 29, 1847 Mary\\nII. married, January 1, 1863, Charles II. French -In-\\ndied August 30, 1869, leaving one daughter, Mary II.\\nMartha J. resides with her parents.\\nIn L846, Mr. Howard, with his brother, Joseph A.,\\npurchased the business of manufacturing card-boards,\\nwhich they carried on successfully for live year,-, when\\nJoseph retired, and Mr. Howard continued the bus-\\niness until 1869 (with the exception of two years and\\na half At this time Mr. Howard, with the keen\\nforesight and good judgment which have largely con-\\ntributed to his financial success, saw the future possi-\\nbilities and capabilities of the business, and enlarged\\nhis facilities to meet the demand, and controlled the\\nmanufacturing, and after a while was for some years\\nthe sole manufacturer in the United States. The\\nbusiness was prosperous. In 1869, Mr. Howard moved\\nto Nashua, w here he has since resided. He purchased\\na half-interest in the flour and grain business of Mc\\nQuesten Co.. ami is still connected with the firm.\\nMr. Howard was formerly a Free-Soil Democrat,\\nbut has affiliated with the Republican party since\\n1856, and as a member of that party represented\\nWashington in the State Legislature of 1867-68,\\nserving both terms on committees of railroads. This\\ntown being largely Democratic, his election showed a\\nvery great personal popularity #nd also great confi-\\ndence in his ability. During his residence in Nashua\\n(1871) he has I ecu a member of the Common I ouncil\\nof the city, serving on several important committees.\\nHe has never aspired to positions of responsibility,\\nbut, when placed in them, has discharged their duties\\nfearlessly, faithfully ami conscientiously. Loyal to\\nthe core, be took an active part in securing substitutes\\nto till the quota of Washington in our greal Civil\\nWar, and in erecting the soldiers monument. Com-\\npelled to battle with life at an age when one most\\nneeds the care of a mother and home comforts, Mr.\\nHoward s course has been steadily upward, and by his\\nown unaided exertions he has won wealth and honor-\\naide position in society and the esteem of a large\\ncircle of friends.\\nJoseph \\\\YontU,iirij llv-iinl, s I Ezra 1 ami Mary\\n(Trow) Howard, came to Nashua in L868, and engaged\\nin the furniture trade with E. P. Brown. His father\\n.afterward purchased the interest of Mr. Brown, and\\norganized the firm f Howard Copp, which, after\\nlive years time, was changed to Howard Co. In\\n1880, F. P. Howard sold hi- int. rest to his son-in-law,\\nCharles ]I. French, who, with Joseph W. Howard, now\\nconstitutes the firm of Howard Co. They com-\\nmenced the manufacture of furniture in 1880, erect-\\ning tin- factor) the same year. The business has in-\\ncreased rapidly. With characteristic New England\\nenterprise, they have developed the small and uncer-\\ntain commencement into a large and flourishing estab-\\nlishment, doing a large wholesale and retail business-\\n.1. W. Howard is a young man of energetic business\\nqualities and genial social disposition, which have\\nmade him well and most favorably known in this\\ncommunity and financial quarters. He has been\\ncouncilman and alderman of Nashua. N. H., and he\\nreceived the unanimous nomination, in 1882, of the\\nRepublican party for the mayoralty, but declined.\\nHe is serving the third term on the School Board.\\nHe married, August 27, 1868, Nancy J. Hasselton,\\n.d Wilton. They have three children, Charles W.,\\nFrank B. and Mary H.\\nREUBEN GODFREY.\\nReuben Godfrey, son of Joseph ami Sarah (Dear-\\nborn) Codfrey. was born at South Hampton, N. H.,\\nSeptember i, 1816. He was a descendant of an early\\nNew England family id g 1 repute in colonial days,\\nas well as in later years. He was fifth in a family of\\nsix children, and early in life learned how to labor.\\nWhen aboul fifteen he went to Meredith, where his\\nstay was short, for, about the same age, he made his\\nadvent in Nashua, a runaway lad, his personal effects\\nin a small bundle in his hand, and his entire cash capi-\\ntal comprising seventy-five cents. This was Reuben\\nGodfrey as he appeared one day to his sister, Mrs.\\nFisk, after a walk from Sanbornton. The young\\nwanderer was kindly received Captain Daniel Fisk,\\nhis brother-in-law, furnished him employment on his\\nfarm, and, after a time, he added to the little stock of\\nschool knowledge already possessed by attending the\\npublic schools. He soon was engaged in driving a\\nmilk-cart, and in a short time became the owner of\\nthe business. This was in 1836, when he was only\\ntwenty year- old. From this period until his death.\\nFebruary 27, 1880, Mr. Godfrey was an active partici-\\npant in the business enterprises of Nashua, an ener-\\ngetic, successful worker in various spheres, and a pros-\\nperous, public-spirited citizen. He engaged in the\\nlivery business, and had several team- employed in\\ni i gave his most especial attention to quar-\\nrying stone and stone masonry, taking many contracts\\nfor various kinds of stone-work. This arduous labor\\nhe followed until 1854, with very substantial financial\\nsuccess. He then purchased a farm a short distance\\nbelow Nashua, where he resided five years, carrying\\non with his farm an extensive lumbering business, a\\nmember of the firm of Wright, Roby Co. His con-\\nnection with this company lasted several years, and\\nhe was in this field handsomely rewarded for his\\nlabors, shrewdness and ability. Of an active tempera-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0412.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": ";\u00c2\u00bbj\u00c2\u00bb1\\nerzJ/i^u", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0413.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0414.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0415.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0416.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "inent and not at all disposed to idleness, he next\\nengaged in the ice business in Nashua, and also in\\nother branches of commercial activity, These he\\ncarried n in the same skillful manner until 1870,\\nwhen he retired from active labor and connection\\nwit li business with a competency.\\nHe married, December 3, L846, Mary A.., daughter\\nof Benjamin A. and Sarah \\\\V. (Gilson) Davis. They\\nhad three children, Ellen E. (died young), Man\\nFrances and lharles J. (deceased I.\\nIn early life Mr. Godfrey was an Old-Line Whig of\\nthe stanchest order. After the death of that party he\\ndid not take the same active interest in polities\\nwhich characterized his previous days, but in a quiet\\nway supported the Republican party by his vote and\\notherwise. In the various official relations the suf-\\nfrages of the people entrusted to him he was ever the\\nfaithful, honest public officer, performing his duties\\nwith the integrity and accuracy manifested in his\\nprivate affairs. He served the city many years as\\nassessor and tax collector with great efficiency. He\\nwas a member (if the Board of Health and for a long\\nperiod an overseer of the poor, for which position he\\nwas especially qualified, lie was a strong, positive\\nman, to whom action was a necessity of life. Of\\ncheerful and brisk nature, he easily won and retained\\nfriends and was popular, lie was very liberal both\\nto the church and to the poor, particularly remem-\\nbering the latter with seasonable gilts at Thanks-\\ngiving, Christmas and like occasions. His judgment\\nof men and things was of more than ordinary power,\\nand his services were in great demand as appraiser,\\nin settling estates and as guardian tor minors, etc.\\nDuring the last years of his life he was in charge id\\nthe estate of Colonel L. G. Noyes. Congregational\\nin religious belief, he was a regular attendant and\\nsupporter of the Pearl Street Church.\\nELLIOT WHITFORD AND JAMES H. HALL.\\nElliot Whitford, son of William and Lucy (Hale)\\nWhitford, was born in Hillsborough, X. H., October\\n11, 1809. His father, born in Salem, Mass., August\\n19, 1773, was in youth a shoemaker, who, after his\\nmarriage, October 28, 1798, to Lucy Dale (who was\\nborn in Beverly, Mass., March 20, 1778), settled in\\nHillsborough, N. H., where he purchased ;i farm,\\nlived many years and died January 30, 1838. His\\nwife survived him, dying May 17, 1855. Elliot had\\nonly the meagre school education conferred by the\\ncommon schools of his boyhood, but he acquired\\nsufficient knowledge to lay the foundation of a g 1\\npractical business education by dint of perseverance\\nand the force of circumstances. He left home when\\nseventeen years old and worked at farming in Massa-\\nchusetts during the summer, attending school in the\\nwinter. He worked for his father until he was twentj\\nyears of age, then started in life for himself, and for\\neight years became a farm laborer, working bj tic\\nmonth. He was now in a good school for the acqui-\\nsition of the practicality, ingenuity, diligence and\\neconomy which have served to build up the comfort-\\nable home wherein he is passing his retired life. Mr.\\nWhitford came to Nashua in 1*38, ami,\\nunpany\\nwith his brother, George I purchased the farm of\\ntwo hundred aires which is now his residence. This\\nbeing distant from the highway, they petitioned the\\nselectmen lor a mad; but the petition not being\\ngranted, they appealed to the county commissioners,\\nand the road was laid out. Mr. Whitford and his\\nbrother repaired the house, built the barn, bought, a\\nmilk route, and, up the present time, the farm has been\\nkept as a milk farm. The land at that time was in a\\nlow state of cultivation, yielding only twelve tons of\\nEnglish hay, but by good culture was made to pro-\\nduce as high as eighty tons.\\nMr. Whitford and bis brother were together for ten\\nyear.-. lie then purchased his brother s interest, and\\nbought a market and was in the butchering business\\nfor a number of years. Active and energetic, in con-\\nneeiion with his ot her pursuits, he became quite an\\nextensive dealer in agricultural implements, and when\\nthe mowing-machines were introduced, he was ap-\\npointed agent, and increased the first, year s sales of\\ntwo or three to fifty in one year. Having a water\\nprivilege on his land, .Air. Whitford determined to\\nmil finding the estimated cost of a wooden\\ndam to be two thousand dollars, he, with his charac-\\nteristic preference for solidity, began, in August, is;;;,\\nthe building of a cemented stone dam, which, when\\ncompleted, was one hundred and forty feet in length,\\ntwenty-four feet thick and from five to twenty-seven\\nfeet in height. Here he erected a saw and grist-mill,\\nputting in also stave and kit -machines, cutting-off saw\\nand an edger. This mill has been in operation con-\\ntinuously since, except in lime of low water. Mr.\\nWhitford has taken hold of local improvements and\\npublic matters with the same energy and enterprise\\nshown in his private affairs. Whig and Republican\\nin politics, he has tilled various official positions with\\nacceptance. He wasselectman for many years, elected\\nthe first time in 1841, the third year of his residence,\\nand held that office when the town was divided, the\\ntown-house built and when the towns were united in the\\nii t oi Nashua. He has heen assessor, street commis-\\nsioner, alderman and was a representative for Nashua\\nin i he Male Legislature. Although si run- and robust,\\nof late years he has been debarred from I he activities\\nof life by an affection of the eyes, which has deprived\\nhim of sight. He has been an active member of the\\nOrder of Patrons of Husbandry, was a charter mem-\\nber of Nashua Grange, No. 13, and presiding officer\\nof the same for two years. He is a Congregationalist\\nin religious belief and a member of Pilgrim Church.\\nMr. Whitford married, November 26, 1840, Eliza-\\nbeth, daughter of Abel and Hannah F. (Hunniwcll)\\nBowman. Their children were Alfred J. (deceased),\\nJosephine E. (deceased), Frederick E. (deceased);\\nFrederick left one child, (Lizzie Maria) and Ann,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0417.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "2 it;\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMaria K. She married James H.Hall, and has had\\ntour children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Susibell W.. Webb F... James E. and\\nAnnie May (died, aged six months).\\nJames Horace Hall, son of Joshua Hall, Jr., and\\nSarah F. Whitney, his wife, was born in Pepperell,\\nMass., Novi mb i 20 IM2. His father died when\\nJames was about two years of age, and when but six\\nyears old he was putout among stran\\nfrom that time has made his own way in life. When\\neighteen lie moved to North Chelmsford, Mass., to\\nloam the machinist s trade, where, at the commence-\\nment of the great Civil War, he was engaged. He\\nthen enlisted in Company F, Third Regiment New\\nHampshire Volunteers, and was with his regiment in\\nthree long years of active service and numerous\\nbloody engagements. lie participated in those ol\\nHilton Head, Drury s Bluff, Morris Island, siege and\\ntaking of Fort Wagner, Fort Fisher and Wilmington,\\nsiege of Petersburg, some of these being among the\\nmost sharply-contested battles of the war, with great\\nlosses yet, singularly enough, neither Mr. Hall nor\\nhis brother, Charles J who served with him and was\\nhis tent-mate, ever received a wound, although their\\nclothes were often cut with bullets. Mr. Hall was in\\nWilmington, N. C, when the news came of Lee s sur-\\nrender and the consequent near return of peace. He\\nwas mustered ,,nt of the United States service in\\nJune, 1865, accompanied his regiment to New Hamp-\\nshire, and in the following August was discharged\\nhonorably from the State service at Concord.\\nReturning to Chelmsford and finishing his trade,\\nMr. Hall was employed until 1868 as machinist at\\nWorcester and Providence. He then removed to\\nMilford, N. II.. and fora time carried on a machine-\\nshop. Coming then to Nashua, which has since been\\nhis home, he was for ten years an employ. of the\\nNashua Card and Glazed Paper Company. He married\\nAnna M. Whitford, January 18, 1876, and became a\\nfarmer on Mr. Whitford s place in 1881. He is a\\nif the Baptist Church of Hudson is Republi-\\ncan in politics; has been a Freemason since 1866, is a\\nSir Knight, and has taken the thirty-second degrei\\nan odd-Fellow since 1868, belongs to the Encamp-\\nment, lie is a steady, industrious citizen, one who\\nhas proven the highest title to that name by his\\nactive service for three long years in his country s\\ndefense.\\nen LKLES LUND.\\nAmong the old families and of those who did\\ngo..d service in the earlj days of Old Dunstable,\\nin defending her against the Indians, should be\\nmenti d the Lund family. The first emigrant\\nbearing the name was Thomas Lund, merchant,\\nl\\\\ h i i mi from London, England, in 1646. to l ..-i hi.\\nwith power from certain citizens in London to collect\\ndebts. One of the first settlers of Dunstable was\\nThomas Lund, born about 1660, probably a son of\\nthe Thomas above mentioned. His children were\\nThomas (1682 Elizabeth (1684) and William I 1686).\\nHe was aselectman and a worthy citizen. Thomas 3\\nwas a soldier serve. 1 under command of Lieutenant\\nJabez Fairbanks, of Groton, on garrison duty. On\\nthe evening of September 1, 1724, a partj of about\\nsevent) French Mohawks made an attack on Dun-\\nstable and took two men prisoners; the next morning\\nLieutenant French, with fourteen men, among them\\nThomas Fund, went in pursuit; but he, with half his\\nmen, were killed. The bodies were found and were\\nburied in one grave. The place of their interment\\nwas the ancient burial-ground near the State line.\\nThe inscription was as follows: 01011101110 Mori,\\nHere lies the body of Mr. Thomas Lund, who de-\\nparted this life September 5, 1724. in the 42d year of\\nhis age. This man. with seven more that lies in this\\ngravi was -lew all in a .lay by the Indians Some\\ntime during this year William, brother of Thomas,\\nwas taken prisoner by the Indians, carried into cap-\\ntivity, where he suffered great hardships, and was\\nobliged to pay a large price for his ransom. Thus,\\nthe Lund family have been important factors, as well\\nas actors, in the early days of Nashua. Thomas had\\nchildren\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas (1712), Elizabeth (1715), William\\n(1717), Ephraim (1720) and Phinehas (1723).\\nThomas (1712) was a deacon in the church, married\\nMary and died February 4. 1790. Thomas,\\non of Deacon Thomas and Mary Lund, was born in\\nNashua March 12. 17. From the time 1\\nseven years old he supported himself. He bei\\nfarmer but, having also a natural aptitude f\\nchanies, he made carts and wagons, and the nouse\\nwhere hi- grands .11. 1 diaries, now resides was mostly\\nbuilt by his own hands. He was an industrious,\\nenergetic worker, and from his savings was enabled\\nto buy the farm, where he resided many years. He\\nmarried Sarah Whitney. Their children were Han-\\nnah. John, Thomas, Isaac. Oliver, Sarah, Huldah\\nami Noah. Mr. Lund died at the age of eighty.\\nOliver, son of Thomas and Sarah (Whitney) Lund,\\nwas born April 8, 177V; married, April 17. 1814,\\nOrpah, daughter of William Danforth. She was\\nbom January 2. 1788. Their children attaining ma-\\nturity were Gei ll ge ileeea-ed I, I Irpall (d\\nLaura (Mrs. John A. Foster), Charles, Sabra (Mrs. E.\\nP. Parkei and Handel (deceased I.\\n1 (liver pa-sed his early life on the farm, and after-\\nwards, for several years, was captain of the packet-\\nboat running on Middlesex Canal from Boston to\\nHe was an active man, held various\\ntown offices, was a member of the First I\\ntionalisl Church of Nashua, and a good type and\\nworthy descendant of the pi jers of Nashua. He\\ndied December 21, 1866. His wife survived him,\\ndying in March. 1867.\\nCharles Fund, son of Oliver and Orpah (Danforth)\\nLund, was born November 8, 1821 married, May 8,\\nis 16. Eliza, daughter of Samuel G. and Betsey\\n(Davis) Stevens. (Mr. Stevens was son of David", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0418.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0419.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0420.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0421.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "Qj^MfU^t, diaxJ/cW-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0422.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "X \\\\SIII A.\\n217\\nStevens, a residenl of Bedford, N. H., and was born in\\nL797 was a carpenter. Ee came from Goffstown to\\nNashua, ami resided there forty years; he then reiiiov ed\\nto Weare and afterwards to Derry, where he now\\nlives, aged eighty-seven years. Hi assisted in the\\nerection of the first buildings of tie Nashua Manu-\\nfacturing Company.) The children of Charles and\\nEliza (Stevens) Lund are Eliza Ann (married Joshua\\nW. Hunt, and has three children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alma F., Wil-\\nliam E. and Charles L.), Charles II. (a dealer in\\nmilk), Alma L. and Marcus 0. The last three reside\\nwith their parents. Mr. Lund s early education was\\nthat of the district schools. He became a farmer\\nand remained al home, ami after his father gave up\\nactive life he took care of his parents until their\\ndeaths, and resides on the ancestral farm, which he in-\\nherited, lie is a i longn nationalist in religious be-\\nlief, a Kcpulilicau in politics, and was for two years a\\nmember of Nashua City Council. He is quiet and\\nunostentatious, has never sough! office, bul has\\nclosely attended to hi- business. Plain and simple\\nin his habits, social, amiable and pleasing in his\\nways, he is a kind husband and father, a good\\nneighbor and a useful member of society, a careful,\\npainstaking, industrious man, successful iii his busi-\\nness, and possess.- a good knowledge of agriculture.\\nHe is interested in the object and mission of the\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and at this writing is treasurer\\nof Nashua rrange.\\nSTILLMAN SWALLOW.\\nA century and more ago there lived in the old\\ntown of Dunstable, Middlesex County, Mass., a\\npious, just and honorable man, Peter .Swallow by\\nname. He was a farmer, and the land he tilled was\\nhis by inheritance and acquisition, much of which\\nhad been in the Swallow family since the time when\\nthe white man first planted the foot of civilization\\nupon it. [Peter Swallow married Sihhil and\\nthey hail six sons and two daughters, Nahum,\\nLarnard, James, M ly, Abijah, Archelaus, Prudence\\nand Lucy. As his will was made in May, 1812, and\\npresented tor probate in May, 1813, hi.- death must\\nhave occurred between those dates. His sou Arche-\\nlaus inherited the old home-had and followed the\\ncalling of his father. He married Susanna Kendall,\\nand they had six children, all of whom attained\\nmaturity. Archelaus was a man slow of speech,\\npatient and persevering in his daily toil, and also\\npossessed a large amount id good, practical common-\\nsense. He was one of the first worker, in the\\ntemperance cause, and with his energy, com Lined with\\ngood judgment, he was enabled to accomplish much.\\nIii his religious convictions he was a Congregal ionalist,\\nand a liberal supporter of the interests of t hat denomi-\\nnation. Politically he was a Whig. He died about\\n1855, aged seventy-two.\\nStillman Swallow, second child of Archelaus and\\nSusanna (Kendall) Swallow, was Lorn on the old\\nSwallow place in Dunstable, September 19,1816. lie\\npassed the early part of his life upon his father s farm,\\nsharing its toils and availing himself of such educa-\\ntional advantages as the district school afforded.\\nWhen about nineteen years of age lie left his home\\nand came to Nashua, and hired out as a farm-hand to\\n.Mrs. Fisk, a widow, whom he married the nexl year,\\nMarch 6, 1837.\\nThe children of Stillman and Nancy (Roby) Fist\\nSwallow are Mary F. (married Phineas 1 Mitchell\\nthey have had ten children, of whom eight are now\\nliving, Josephine E. (now Mrs. F. E. Wills), Katie A.,\\nLucy C, Fannie P., Harry S., Howard W., Emily I i.,\\nCarrie B.), Clarence II. deceased; married Mary H.\\nBarr; children, James Geo. W. and Willie\\nJames R., Anna A., and Louis M. (married Amanda\\nA. Smith, ami has Lucy E., Frank H. and Fred. W.).\\nMrs. Swallow is a woman of great strength oi\\ncharacter, and Iter husband has ever found her help-\\nful, sympathetic and encouraging in his life s work.\\nShe was the daughter of James and Liny (Cutter)\\nRoby, of Amherst, N. II., thus descending from two\\nold and reputable families .it New England. Her\\nt i i-i husband, Ralph Fisk, was a merchant oi Boston\\nand Providence. His health failing, he came to the\\nhome of his father, Nathan Fisk. in Nashua (who\\nlived where Mr. Elliot Whitford now resides, and\\nowned nine hundred acres of land), where he died.\\nThe children of Ralph and Nancy (Roby) Fisk were\\nWilliam F. (deceased), Anna A. (deceased), Lucy W.\\nmarried Alonzo Fisk, and has one child, Charles S.),\\nEmily (married Rev. Geo. 1 Wilson, tin- many years\\ncity missionary of Lawrence, Mass., and has three\\nchildren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Geo. II., who is one of the oldest employes\\nin the custom-house, Boston; Francis A., with Perry\\nMason !o., Boston and Anna F.).\\nMrs. Swallow has been a diligent ohsorverof passing\\nevents. A great reader, she has taken much interest\\nin the political and moral questions of the day, and\\nformed decided and intelligent opinions upon them.\\nAs a mother she ha- brought up her children wisely,\\nand now has the pleasant satisfaction of seeing her\\nchildren and her children s children occupying useful\\nand honorable positions in life.\\nMr. Swallow has always been a farmer, and for\\nmany years conducted a milk-route. He was bred\\na farmer and has never seen the day when he was\\ntempted to change his calling, [n this he has shown\\nhis g 1 sense, tor he never could have changed it\\nfor a more honorable or useful one. Diligent, in-\\ndustrious and unassuming, he has lived a useful\\nlife, and is much esteemed by his brother farmers.\\nMe has a plea-ant home and three hundred acres of\\nland, but his farm has not occupied him to such an\\nextent that he has neglected his civil and political\\nduties. He has been selectman, a member of the\\nCommon Council and an alderman of the city of\\nNashua. In politics he is a Democrat, and repre-\\nsented hi- party in the State Legislature of 1861.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0423.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMr. Swallow, in an unpretentious manner, has done\\nthe duties which have presented themselves to\\nhim thoroughly and well. He is kind-hearted and\\ncharitable, and is an attendant of the Baptist Church,\\nand contributes liberally to all good causes.\\nGENERAL JOHN G. FOSTER.\\nGeneral John (I. Foster was born in Whitefield,\\nN. 11.. -May 1^7, 1823. When ten year- old he removed\\nwith the family to Nashua, where he attended the\\npublic schools, lie also attended the academj a1\\nHancock, and subsequently fitted for the West Point\\nMilitary Academy at Crosby s school, Nashua.\\nThrough the influence of Charles i. Atherton, then\\nmember of Congress from this State, he was appointed\\ncadel at Wist Point in 1842. He graduated at that\\ninstitution, ranking number four in the elass, in 1n4G,\\nwith Generals McClellan, Reno, Sturgis, Stoneman\\nand. (Jakes, of the Union army, ami Jackson ami Wil-\\ncox, of the rebel army.\\nHe was in the Mexican War, and in 1.S47 was\\nbreveted first lieutenant loi gallanl and meritorious\\nconduct in the battles of lontreras and Cherubusco.\\nAt the storming of Molino del Rev he fell, severely\\nuounded. For his gallantry here he was breveted\\ncaptain. In 1854 he was appointed assistant professor\\nol engineering ai West Point. He wa- sec 1 in com-\\nmand at Fort Sumter when it was first fired upon by\\nthe rebels, from Charleston, in April. 1861, and for\\nthe heroism he displayed on this occasion he was pro-\\nnioieil to brigadier-general of volunteers.\\nGenera] Foster accompanied funeral Burnside s\\nexpedition into North Carolina, bore a conspicuous part\\nin the battle at Roanoke Island, thecaptureofNewbern,\\nand received the surrender of all the batteries, all\\nthe defenses and all the troops over two thousand\\nupon the islam! in February, 1862. In July he was\\nleft in command ol the Department of North Carolina\\nwith limited force, General Burnside being ordered\\nwith the main force to Fortress Monroe. Late in\\nautumn, reinforced by new regiments from Massachu-\\nsetts, he resolved to assume the offensive. He led au\\nexpedition to the Roanoke, but found no rebi I force,\\nand liberated several hundred slaves. In April, 1863,\\nthe rebel I teneral Hill made an attack on Washington,\\nand was handsomely defeated by General Fos-\\nter. In October he succeeded General Burnside in\\nEast Tennessee. All through the war General Foster\\noccupied responsible positions, and was regarded as\\none of the most accomplished, brave and prudent of-\\nficers in the army.\\nAfter the close of the Rebellion General Foster con-\\ntinued in the service at the South for several years.\\nOn account of feeble health he was stationed at\\nBoston in 1869, having his headquarters at Fort In-\\ndependence. In the spring of 1874 he returned to his\\nold homestead at Nashua, where he died on September\\n2d of that year. The funeral services a\\nthe Immaculate Conception were large", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0424.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF AMHERST. 1\\nBY DANIEL\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical Topographical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Original Onint First Meeting of Pro-\\nprietors\u00e2\u0080\u0094Early Votes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 News of Pioneers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nPioneer Grist-Mill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incorporation of Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Town-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTax-Payers in 17l 0\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Town of Monsnti\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Organization of Parishes\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIncorporation of Mont Vrrnon and Milford.\\nTin: town of Amherst is situated in the southerly\\npart of the county of Hillsborough, in the Suite- of\\nNew Hampshire, in latitude 42 51 north. Ii lie on\\nboth sides of the Souhegan liivcr, tin principal part\\nbeing on the northern side.\\nIn length from north to south, according to a sur-\\nvey ma. I. in 1806, i- nine miles and one hundred and\\nseventy roils. It.-* greatest width is about five miles,\\nand its least width two miles and two hundred and\\nforty-two rods, comprising an area of about twenty-\\ntwo thousand acres, of which about five hundred are\\ncovered with water.\\nIt is bounded on the north by Bedford and New\\nBoston, on lie- east by Bedford and Merrimack, on\\nthe south by Mollis and Milford, and on the west by\\nMilford and .Mont Vernon.\\nIts distance from Concord is twenty-eight miles;\\nfrom Manchester, twelve miles; from Nashua, ten\\nmiles; from Portsmouth, fifty-three miles and from\\nWashington, lour hundred and eighty-four miles.\\nIts surface is broken and uneven. Near the Smi-\\nhegan is a si rip of valuable intervale land. Adjoining\\nthis, at a higher elevation, arc large tracts of sandy\\nplain laud, formerly thickly covered with a growth of\\npitch pines. Along the water-courses arc considera-\\nble tracts of meadow land. At a higher elevation,\\nthe hill-sides afford excellent, grazing land, and when\\nmoderately free from rocks arc well adapted to\\nagricultural purposes, and with proper care yield an\\nabundant reward to the husbandman. In other parts\\nthey are as hard and strong as granite can make them,\\nand are fitted only for the production of fuel and\\ntimber.\\nThe town of Amherst had its origin in a grant of\\nland made by the icneral Court of Massachusetts to\\n1 The following history for this work was condensed from\\nHlBtory of Amherst, an elaborate and standard work of m\\nand seventy-eight pages, published in 18s:;.\\n15\\nsome of the citizens of that province for services in\\nthe Narragansct war in 1675-76.\\nThe township was granted in 1728, ami was known\\nas Narragansct, No. and subsequently as Souhegan\\nWest, No. It was incorporated as a town Jan-\\nmiry 18, 1760, at which time it received the name of\\nAmherst, from (icneral Jeffrey Amherst, at that time\\ncommander-in-chief of the British forces in North\\nAmerica.\\nThe first meeting of the proprietors of Souhegan\\nWest was held at Salem, July 17, 1734. At this\\nmeeting Captain Benjamin 1 otter, Captain Richard\\nMower and Mr. Daniel Kenney were appointed a\\ncommittee to take a Perticular view of ye scircum-\\nstances of s d Township, and make Report to ye\\nSociety or Grantees at their adjournment on the sec-\\nond tucsday in September next.\\nThey were authorized to employ a surveyor, and\\nsuch pilots as might be necessary, at the expense of\\nthe proprietors.\\nCaptain Richard Mower, Messrs. Cornelius Tarblc,\\nEbenezer Rayment, Jeremiah Gatchel ami Daniel\\nKenney were appointed a committee to subdivide\\nthe township. Captain lieiijamin Potter, Mr. John\\nBixbe and Ensign Thomas Tarbox were added to\\nthis committee at a subsequent meeting.\\nAnother meeting of the proprietors was held at.\\nSalem, August 13, 1734, at which William Collins\\nwas elected proprietors clerk; Captain Richard\\nMower, Messrs. John Trask, Ebenezer Rayment,\\nStephen Peabody and Jeremiah Gatchel, prudential\\ncommittee; and Captain Benjamin 1 otter, treasurer.\\nThe prudential committee was directed to rectify\\nall mistakes in the names of the proprietors, as given\\nin the list, and to lay the same before the General\\nlourt, if i bey thought proper.\\nSeptember 10, 1734, the proprietors met to hear\\ntie ri-porl of their viewing committee, but the com-\\nmittec had been disappointed by tin- surveyor they\\nhad engaged, and were not prepared to make a full\\nreport. They reported verbally that they had been\\non the land and foundif well timbered.\\nAfter some discussion it was voted, Thatthe town-\\nship be subdivided this fall, as soon as may be.\\n21 J", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0425.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe committee was directed to lay out sixty acres\\nto each proprietor, for his or her first or home lot,\\nwhat was wanting in quality to be made up in quan-\\ntity. It was also voted that should any large quanti-\\nties of meadow be found, it should be left to the con-\\nsideration of the committee whether to include the\\nsame in the lots or reserve it for the benefit of the\\nwhole society.\\nCollectors were appointed in each town to collect\\nthe assessments ordered to defray the expenses of the\\nsocii ty.\\nAt a meeting held January 8, 1734-35, the pro-\\nprietors\\nlu -i\\\\[y proprietors that shall ani I\\nthem hiiildand finish a Dwelling-house ,f eighteen l,-i i s.piare and ye veil\\ni leu hv. a. of Land tilt for mowing or plowing, and\\nin iua II lire on the spot, and perform the Bame within thn\\nih. v anil c;n h of tlit-ni shall hi; Intitled to .haw out of\\n..usury tin- sum of six pounds.\\nA committee was chosen to hear all person- that had\\nanj disputable claims to any rights in the township,\\nand make report of their opinion to the society as\\nsoon as might lie.\\nVoted, that I apt. Ki. haul Mower have Lihertj to .haw a Lott No.\\n21, he Building a convenient House it Entei taitnneiit, and feme in a\\npasture of six or eight aires of land, and pi. a id., a snip hint ferry Boat\\nto transport any of the Proprietors ovet Souhegan River, and performe\\nthe same within eighteen months from the Date hereof.\\nAit auditing committee was appointed, and it was\\nvoted that the Lotts Nn-. 87, 88 and 89 should lye\\nby for the present, to make good for the three lots\\nviz., one for the first settled minister. one tor the min-\\nistry and one for the school.\\nA committee was appointed to confer with the\\ncommitteeof the proprietors of Souhegan East, No.\\nabout building a bridge over Souhegan River, and\\nreport at the next meeting of the proprietors. Sou-\\nhegan East, No. (afterward Bedford), as at first\\ngranted, extended to Souhegan River.)\\nComplaint having been made by some that many\\nof the lots laid out by the committee were not so\\ng 1 as others, for want of quality, and therefore not\\nlit to settle on, by means whereofmuch din.\\nacci lie to some of ye proprietors, it was\\nII have tin- liherty, i\\nLot I or Letts hy hut ting hi- Kiedit to .11. I, Lott as he .-hall\\ndraw, toall tie- I iojii. I.., a hy takmu- otlei Lott 01 Lotts in the\\nI Lotts in any of the Lands Within the Township. Provided\\nin Vi.i.il.,.1 ih,. u ih. Lotts he 1 they .-hall uitt to the\\nI pii.t..!,, and Provided, also, that they or he shall laj no more\\nthan sixty acres to eai h Lott, t ball le in\\nhie. 1th, as the other Lotts an- now laid out. Fultheii,\\nthat ye Lotts so exchanged -hall he laid out at ye own. 1\\nyear from tin- I ate hereof, A said Lott- to tie sulheiently butted\\nbounded, and a Keturne thereof made to the Clerk of ye -d Society, .v\\np. to in. ike an entry in the proprie^ book, to whom and by whom\\nout, wnli the Cut- a Bounds.\\nThe lots laid out by the committee appear to have\\nbeen drawn by the proprietors at this meeting, as we\\nfind it was\\nVoted, tliii 1 he Lotts that have been Drawn in\\nthe Society s Book of Records to the several persons that have been al-\\nlowed to draw the same, witli their names.\\nIt was also\\nVoted, that the Clerk tai.. 1 ill L.tts that are not drawn, 4\\ntll.lt the -elel.ll pe|.,.l,, P 111 tl|e\\\\ llelollg h.,\\\\e pl.elty to lhpail [0\\nii.iw their Ih-pe. nve Lotts, they payingthe Rates or Dues\\nIn 1735, Robert Hale, Esq., Captain Stephen Pea-\\nbody and Lieutenant Ebenezer Rayment were ap-\\npointed a committee\\nT.. take a view of tie- tow nship, and in the most commodious place\\nit a place whereon to erect the Public sleeting EiouBfi foi\\nthe worship of GOD, a convenient place for a Public Buj j\\nAnoihei for a Training field, marking the same by Butte IB\\nii.it the! doe M,.ie i ivn Lay ..lit three home Lotts of e.jual quantity\\nand like form Willi ye Othel Lotts Already laid out,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (hie to he tot tin.\\n\u00c2\u00bbn-t settled Minister, One lor the Ministry .V One for tie\\ntheir return to make Distinctions, the Lotts to he Butted and bounded as\\naforesaid, and make return thereof I\\nThey were also directed\\ni a t -.ill. ...i lien, 111 order to find out ye most\\nconvenient 1,1., 1: r 1\\nSociety at their next meeting.\\nThe report of thi committee was recorded by the\\nclerk, .lime 4. 1735, a- follows:\\n...la pin e Meeting House, Training field,\\nBurying place a parsonage, klinistei a School Lott, k, Laid out for\\n110 place. Burying place and I raining fie]\\n1 asti rty toyehi ...1 ol ye Lotts No Ins, 109 A 110, lying\\nJoyning southerly to Andrew Balche G Lott, Containing t]\\n1 l p. li, 1 1 111. N. Hi, South 71 perch, East and West 30 perch. Also\\na Lott for ye Ministry, contai g Sixty acres, Bounded thus: Beginning\\nall a via] n,.. ma iked with I A 1 thence North, hy ye aforesaid Lott,\\n71 rods t.. a whit.- pine marked with I I a s, thence west Til rods to an\\nArsh marked with I A M. theme South 74 rods to a white pine marked\\nIB I mo,-. Also a .Ministers Lott of Sixty acres, Bounded\\nSoutherly Highway, Lying Sorfh a South 124 rods, easl and west\\n7s rods, the South west corner makiiie v e ,me llounds of the North East\\not v. ,j Ministry Lott, ye Highway Lying Between them, the foure\\ncorners marked with M. Also a School Lott, containing sixty acres,\\nVlllii-tcr s. Soilthelly toye Milil-I;\\nhouse pl.e Eash rlj t ye lead- ,d v. Lotts 109 All\\nmarked Willi S.\\nRobert Hale, p r Order.\\nThe first settlement in the township was probably\\nmade in the spring of 1735 by Samuel Lamson and\\nSamuel Walton, from Reading, Mass. They settled\\nat first about a mile south of the village, on the farm\\nnow owned by Mr. Bryant Melendy. where they built\\na log house. Both afterward removed to other parts of\\nthe town, Lamson to the westerly part, now Mont\\nVernon, where some of his descendants now reside.\\nAbout 1765 he removed to Billerica, Mass., where\\nbe died about 177 A\\nWalton removed to the easterly part of the town,\\nnear Babboosuck pond. iif his subsequent history\\nbut little is known. His name appear- occasionally\\non the proprietors records and is attached to the pe-\\ntition to the provincial authorities in 1747, asking for\\nhelp against the Indians. He is said to have died\\nhere, but none of his descendants reside in town,\\nand for the last eighty years the name is not found\\non the town records.\\nLieutenant Joseph Prince seems to have been the\\nonly one of the original proprietors who settled in the\\ntownship. He was from Salem village, (now Danvers,)", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0426.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "AMHERST.\\nand was a proprietor in the right of his uncle, Richard\\nPrinee. According to an old plan, still in existence,\\nhis land at one time extended from Bedford line\\nwestward to near where the village of Mont Vernon\\nnow stands. A family tradition says that he first\\nlocated himself on the farm afterward owned by\\nNathan and Peter Junes, in Mont Vernon, but re-\\nmoved thence to the place now owned by Solomon\\nPrince, in the easterly part of Amherst. Other set-\\ntlers followed not long afterward, many of them from\\nSalem, and the adjoining towns which once made a\\npart of that ancient town, but the progress of the\\nsettlement was slow. In September, 1741, but fourteen\\nfamilies were settled in the township.\\nEfforts were made by the proprietors to induce set-\\ntlers to locate in the township, and sinus of money\\nwere voted for that purpose, but the distance from the\\nseaport towns and the hardships attending the lives\\nof settlers in a new settlement prevented a rapid\\ngrowth of the place. The French and Indian Wars,\\nwhich commenced a few years later, also operated\\nunfavorably to its progress.\\nThe lives of the first settlers in the New Hampshire\\ntownships must have been a constant struggle for\\nexistence. Locating themselves ou their lots at places\\nwhere a supply of water could readily be obtained,\\nthey erected huts of logs or stones to serve as a tem-\\nporary shelter. Perhaps a brook or pond, not far\\ndistant, afforded them an occasional meal, or a bear\\nor deer came within reach of their trusty muskets.\\nA settler in one of the Narraganset townships wrote\\nthus of his town in its infancy:\\nA howling wilderness it was, where no man dwelt. The hideous\\nyells ol wolves, the shrieks of owla, the gobblings of turkeys and the\\nharking of f..xes was all the music we heard. All a dreary waste and\\nexposed to a thousand difficulties.\\nAgainst the monarchs of the forest the settlers waged\\na war of extermination. In the hot, dry days of sum-\\nmer and autumn the tire aided them in their work.\\nAfter their numbers had increased, they joined their\\nstrength in piling the logs into huge piles, which were\\nset on fire and consumed.\\nThe manufacture of potash from the ashes was once\\nquite a business among them.\\nEye was sown in the autumn on the cleared land,\\namong the stumps and rocks, or corn was planted in\\nthe spring, from which, with a little care, abundant\\ncrops were raised.\\nSeptember 8, 1735. The proprietors appointed\\nCaptain Mower, Lieutenant Rayment and Cornelius\\nTarble a committee to build a bridge ovei Souhegan\\nEiver,and they seem to have attended to the business\\nat once, as we find that at a meeting, held October loth\\nfollowing, the proprietors ratified an agreement they\\nhad made with Mr. Tarble for building a good and\\nconvenient bridge over the river, for doing which he\\nwas to receive the sum of ninety-five pound-,.\\nIt was probably built in the autumn and winter of\\nthat year, as we find the proprietors, at a meeting\\nheld April 1 2, 1736, desiring Captain .Mower to wait\\non Dunstable Selectmen, to Request Hem to lay out\\nj a Highway from Nashaway river to Souhegan Bridge,\\nin the most convenient place; and at a meeting held\\nDecember 27, 1738, the) voted that the sun, of ten\\npounds be raised toward building a bridge over Nashua\\nriver, provided it be built in a convenient place for\\nthe proprietors of this township; ami themoneywas\\nto be deposited in the treasury, to be paid when the\\nwork was satisfactorily performed.\\nThe building of a saw-mill was now in order, and,\\nApril 19, 1737, the proprietors\\nVoted, that Capt. Ives, Capt. Majory, Capt. Hicks and Mr. Edward\\nBond, for Ihe enii iiraei-ment nf Iniildine a saw null in s..nli.;:an M.-.I.\\nI 1 :i hr....k -ailed lliMi.-i I- k. wli.-iv ii in.n lie mosl conve-\\nnient, shall have paid them, out of the Treasury, forty i ids in money\\nor Bills of lii Provided, that the said mill be fitted i sav, bj the\\nfirst of November next, and thai shee shall be Kepi in Good Repair, and\\nto saw for the prop rs to the oalvi 01 Equi lenl to it, fol the spa f\\nten years lean this date.\\nA tax of one hundred and twenty pounds was le, ied\\nupon the proprietors, to pay the above grant and other\\ncharges, the same to be paid into the treasury by the\\n1st day of September following.\\nFebruary 14, 1737-38. The proprietors voted to\\nhave a second division of the land as soon as might\\nbe, and appointed Captain Joseph Parker, of helms-\\nford, Ensign Thomas Tarbox, and Lieutenant Cor-\\nnelius Tarble a committee to see it done.\\nVoted, ihe aftia the 1 iuiti.- have v.-w d the land they are to lay\\nlit it tin y think it will not allow of more than 60 acers, they are to\\nmake that the standard, and what land is m.-i-nei- to make it Equivalent\\nto thehestGO aliens and that the Comitte have regard to the medow, and\\nlay it out as they goe along, including it in the 60 akers\\nVoted, that the ahove Comitte shall lay out convenient ways for\\nthe proprietors as may be needful.\\nJuly 11, 1738. The committee for dividing the\\ntown was enlarged by the addition of Mr. John Wiles\\nand Captain Ebeuezer Rayment, and Mr. Joseph\\nRichardson was appointed to serve in place of Cap-\\ntain Joseph Parker.\\nParties that had newly pitched their lots were re-\\nquired to have them surveyed by the same surveyor\\nthai the committee employed to make their surveys,\\nand present a plan of I he same, with their butts and\\nbounds, to the committee, before the 10th of Sep-\\ntember next, at their own expense, they being noti-\\nfied by the committee.\\nThis committee made their report, which was\\naccepted and ordered to be recorded, September 27,\\n1738, and the lots wen- probably drawn by the pro-\\nprietorsat that meeting, or af one held on the 10th of\\nMay following.\\nMay 20, 1740. Solomon Wilkins had leave to\\ntake up sixty acres of hind adjoiningthe tall- in Sou-\\nbegan River, the land to lay square, on condition that\\nhe built a good grist-mill near the falls, kept it in re-\\npair, and at all times supplied the inhabitants of\\nthe township with meal for the lawful and customary\\ntoll, when they brought their corn to be ground. The\\ngrant was to be forfeited in case he should fail to", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0427.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngrind and supply the town with meal forthwith,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nunless prevented by some extraordinary casualty\\nor if he should wholly uegleet to grind for the space\\nof eight months; but, provided lie gave an answer to\\nthe clerk by the 20th of Juno next following, accept-\\ning the conditions of the -rani, and had the mill\\nrea dj to grind by the 20th day of May, 1741, in\\nthe meantime giving bonds for performance of the\\ncontract, the grant would hold good.\\nWilkins seems not to haveaccepted the otter, as,\\nApril 30, 1741, it was\\nVoUd, that the Proprietors will give to Mr. J Shepard Onehnn-\\nen j ao-rs of land, to begin at William Peal\\nRun down th. R I Un- fall-, and wide as to make\\nand twenty acers on the conditions that the sixl was\\nin Wilkin-, as app.oi, I. j tin records before lie building\\ngood Grist-mill and a i, -.d Saw-mill un so\\ntheaf aid land, and to finish them by the last of Novembei next, and\\nKeep tli. in in good repair for tilt- use ..f said Proprietor-. I., -ml. a\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e1 t ,rTr.- i t... .imply with th.- same fi.rth witli. lie bavin-, lib-\\nwhite Oke Timber for the mill as he want- and ha n i\\nOl In 0V.\\nMr. Shepard was from Concord, Mas-. He ac-\\ncepted the grant, built the mill, and became a useful\\nand honored citizen of the town.\\nAt the saint.- meeting they voted that they would\\nbuild a bridge over Souhegan River, and appointed\\nCaptain Samuel Bancroft, Captain Thomas Tarbox\\nand Joshua Hicksa committee to say where it should\\nbe built, and get it done.\\nTh also voted, that they will give noe encour-\\nagement to a blacksmith to settle among them but\\nthey soon thought better of it, for, May 22, 174- they\\nvoted that they will give encouragement forablack-\\nsmith to settle with them, and that Captain Parker,\\nLieutenant Prince and Mr. Lamson be desired to\\nagree with a good smith to settle with them.\\nAs the sixty families required by the grant had not\\nsettled in the township, the proprietors voted\\nheld March 11, 1746-47,\\nThat ill. will .1.U- a ..mitt, t.. -it an obligation drawn sub-\\nscribed, .I- i. ill Wige at leasl sixtj famalies, with them\\nalreadj there, to set 1 tnem\\nagreeable to the grant.\\nhl omitteo, I I Rai neut, IV Tarble a Robert\\nAndrew.\\nthe proprietors voted thattheir\\ncommittee\\nMay K Ijy ut Road from Salem Canady to Capt. Shepard s\\ni,,\u00e2\u0080\u009el-. a i: 1 from ll. z. ki.ih Lovejoy s to the meeting In.. is.- 3, a\\na Road from\\nI h as i lari. i the in.-,. tins li..n-e a 1!. .ad loading I.. an the meet-\\ning se i apl Shepard mill 6,s Road I .small a tothe meeting\\nw ith a road from William Peabody e into said Boad, all to be dun\\na, the I oinmittee think lite\\ni,, i, tii.it More shall be a Road laid out, four rod- wide, from Eb-\\n[nezei Lyon house to his Bi idge, ao ailed.\\nl loted, that they will build a 1 He wheuro\\ni i .point Mr. Lyon, Mr. Towne and Mr. Bead\\nthe Committee to build it.\\nfeted, to allow Capt. shepard and others, eighty pounds, old tenor,\\ntowards bnilding the bridge called shepard bridge.\\nIn 1753 the following petition for incorporation as\\na town was presented to the Governor and Council by\\nthe citizens of Souhegan West:\\nthe Honorable the t ouncil of\\nthe 1 loVill. of New |l. imp- 1\\nThis humbly showeth that we, the sul.seiil.ers. Inhabitants of a Kew\\nPlantation or Township railed Soughegan West, ol Narraganset, No. :i,\\n.i with many lrrelni.lible difficulties under our present sit-\\nuation, as the Barer will inform, earnestly [nay that hi Excellency with\\nHon rswould Incorporate us, that we might enjo;\\ni.tt,. i ti.- and privUedges ol a Town, and would Beg that the I battel of\\nthe Town may Bound us Westerly on the Township called Salem Canada,\\nNortherly on N\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Boston, so called, Easterly on Bedford and part of\\nItiVei, so railed. All which i-\\nhUnil.h -Hi. Illltl d to V. .11 l.\\\\. ellenel -S ail l lluleail., is.. CoUUcil, IVA\\na uty Bound shall ev.r pray.\\ni Dated at Soughegan West, January ye 26th, IT.\\nSign\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ephraim Abbot.\\nJoshua Abbot\\nJosiah Abbot.\\nA... hew Bixbe.\\nJoseph Boutell.\\nWilliam Bradford.\\nBenjamin i h.ev.-r\\nJoseph Clark.\\nEheiiezer Ellitiw 1.\\nEllinwood,\\nEben\\nJoseph Ellii\\nSamuel Laiusou.\\nRobert Read\\nBenjamin Lovejoy.\\nEbenezer Lyon.\\nJosiah Sawyer.\\nAndrew Seetown.\\nJohn Smith.\\nJoseph Steel.\\nSamuel Stewart.\\nRobert Stuart.\\nBenjamin Taylor.\\nIsrael Towne.\\nBenjamin Wilkini\\nNo action seems to have been taken upon this peti-\\nin old bill found\\ntloll.\\nPrices of sundries in 1759,\\namong the paper- left by Rev. Mr. Wilkins\\nIncorporation of the Town of Amherst.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In\\nanswer to a petition of the inhabitants of Souhegan\\nWest, the town was incorporated January 18, 1760.\\nA meeting for the organization of the town, under\\nthe charter, was held at the meeting-house, February\\n20, 1760, at which Colonel John Goffe, who was ap-\\npointed to call the meeting, read the charter.\\nSolmii. .n Hutchinson was chosen town clerk, and\\nwas immediately sworn to the faithful execution of\\nthe duties of the office.\\nt !olone) John Goffe was chosen moderator, and the\\ntown voted to accept the charter.\\nSolomon Hutchinson, William Bradford, Reuben\\nMussey, Reuben Gould and I h. .mas Clark were\\nchosen selectmen, David Hartshorn and Nathan\\nKendall tithingmen, and the other usual town offi-\\ncers were elected.\\nRESIDENT TAX-PAYERS IN AMHERST, SEPTEMBER, 1760.\\nEphraim Abbot, Joshua Ibbot, Josiah Abbot, Ebenezer Averill,\\nII, Vndiew Bixl.y. .1 Boi\\ndrew Bradford, Samuel Bradford, William Bin. If. ad, I aiid Bum-. John\\ni.ai. Benjamin Clark, J. Nsph I I. 1\\nJr., Thomas Clark. .lam.- bran. John Cole, Jacob Curtice, Benja-\\navis, John Davis, Benjamin 1M r, El.eii.-z.-r Ellinw I, El.ene-\\nI Ihiiu I, Jr., Jedediah Ellinw I, J.-eph Ellinw 1, Pram-is\\nElliott, hli-h.i P. ii ai. Simeon II. 1. her, Nathan puller, Kiel. aid Gould,\\nS a l (.lay. 1 w 1 ll.,it-li tii, John Ilaiw I, Ephraim Itildi.-th,\\ni me ip.i.i- William H _. Ebenezer Holt, Ebenezer Holt, Jr., J. Holt,\\nii II l.ius.m, William Jones. Nathan Kendall, Jona-\\nthan Lamson, Samuel Lamson, Samuel Lamson, Jr., William Lancy, Abi-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0428.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "jah Lovejoy, Benjamin Lovejoy, lle/.ekiali Lovejoy .1,,se|,h l...i -|o\\\\ 1--I\\nraim Lund, Ebenezer Lyon, Jonathan Lyon, John SIcClernand, Timo-\\nthy Mclntire, William Melendy, Reuben Mussey, William Odall, John\\nPatterson, Winiam IVabudj, .1. 1 11 lVlt.-ti-jill, .1 l-li l ni\u00c2\u00bb lM.ert\\nRead, Alexander Knbinson, Samm-l lr. tn- 11. 1 1 .t n 1 1 .1 1 l;, lint-, .lames\\nRollins, Hugh Ross, Andrev Seaton, John Seaton Sai 1 Seaton, John\\nSln-pal.l .T..I111 Slie|\u00e2\u0080\u009eu.l, .ll.. ,l,w| li Small. .I..I.H Smith, Tl Ii\u00c2\u00a5\\nSmith, Joseph Steel, Caleb Stiles, John Stuart, Robert Stuart, Sam-\\nuel Stuart, Benjamin Taylor, Israel Towne, Israel [owne, Jr., Moses\\nTown. Thomas Towns, David Truel, MosesTruel, Caleb Upton, Thomas\\nWakefield, Willi Wallaee, Davis Walton, Kcuben Walton, John\\nWasher, Stephen Washer, John Wasson, Dauiel Wes Ebenezer Wes-\\nWeston, Jr., George Wiley, Amos Wilkins, Benjamin Wil-\\nkins, Daniel Wilkins, Lucy Wilkins, WiUiam Wilkins, Mary Wilkins.\\nOne hundred and ten in all.\\nAmong the heaviest tax-payers were William Pea-\\nbody, whose tax was \u00c2\u00a346 18s. 3d.; Nathan Kendall,\\n\u00c2\u00a339 lis. Gd. Israel Towne, \u00c2\u00a334 Is. 9d. Joseph\\nPrince, \u00c2\u00a331 7s, and Joseph Steele, \u00c2\u00a330 14s. 3d.\\nA poll-tax was \u00c2\u00a33 7s. Sd.\\nThe charter of the town expiring by limitation on\\nthe 1st day of January, 1762, a petition for its renewal\\nwas granted January 7th, same year.\\nThe first dismemberment of Souhegan Wesl took\\nplace June 1, 1750, when, by the amended charter of\\nMerrimack, a strip of land and water, some thirteen\\nhundred and eighty rods in length, and averaging\\nabout one hundred and twenty-five rods in width,\\nwas taken from Souhegan West, and annexed to that\\ntown.\\nThis change seems to have been overlooked by Gov-\\nernor Wentworth at the time the charter of Amherst\\nwas granted, its boundaries, as therein described,\\nbeing the same as those given in the original survey\\nin 1728.\\nThis boundary was the source of some contention\\nbetween the towns, and remained unsettled until the\\nautumn of 1832, when it was settled by a committee\\nconsisting of Benjamin M. Farley, of Bollis; Jesse\\nBowers, of Dunstable; and John Wallace, of Milford.\\nThe town of Monsoti received a charter from Gov-\\nernor Wentworth, April 1, 174(1. It was formerly a\\npart of the town of Dunstable, as chartered by the\\nGenera] Courl of Massachusetts, October 16, 1673,\\nand came under the jurisdiction of New Hampshire\\non the establishment of the boundary line between\\nthe provinces, in 1741.\\nThe town of Hollis formed its southern boundary\\nand the Souhegan River its northern boundary.\\nIn 1754 a petition was presented to the Governor\\nand Council by the selectmen and other inhabitants\\nof the town ofMonson, asking that a portion of\\nSouhegan West, adjoining that town, and embracing\\nabout one-third of the area of the township, might\\nbe annexed to Monson. A petition from persons\\ninhabiting the territory asked for, asking to be an-\\nnexed to Monson, was presented at the same time\\nbut the request was not granted.\\nThe town of Hollis, at a meeting held March 2,\\n1761, voted to petition the town of Monson for a strip\\nof land, one and a half miles in width or thereabout,\\nfrom the south side of that town, which the town of\\nMonson voted to grant them, at a meeting he]\\n23, 1761.\\nOn October 18, 1762, Daniel Bayley, Robert Colburn,\\nWilliam lolburn, William lolburn, Jr., Samuel Hay-\\nden, Daniel Kendrick, Abraham Lernan,Onesiphorous\\nMarsh, Thomas Nevens, William Nevens, Zaccheus\\nShattuck, Joseph Stearns, Samuel Stearns, Jr., Daniel\\nWheeler and James Wheeler, inhabitants of Monson,\\npetitioned the Governor and Council to be annexed\\nto Hollis. A hearing on their petition was ordered in\\nApril following, but was postponed to the next June,\\nin order to give the petitioners time to make further\\narrangements with the towns of Amherst and Hollis.\\nAfter hearing the parties concerned, the pel it ion was\\ndismissed June 3, 1763.\\nThis movement for the dismemberment of Monson\\nfound but little favor in Amherst at first, as it was\\nproposed that the remainder of the town should be\\nannexed to Amherst.\\nMinister Wilkins presented a memorial against the\\nchange to the Provincial Authorities, in which he\\nstated the ill effects it would have upon the town and\\nupon himself personally, and at about the same time\\nanother memorial was presented totheGeneral Court,\\nfrom inhabitants of Amherst, protesting against the\\nannexation of a part of Monson to Hollis, in which\\nmany of the arguments were used against the meas-\\nure that Mr. Wilkins advanced in his remonstrance.\\nThis memorial was signed by\\nJoshua Abbot, Josiab Abbot, John Averill, T\\nBarron, Jr., Andrew Bixbee, Joseph Boutell, K\\nBradford, William Bradford, David Burns, John\\nBenja I Clark, Thomas i lark, James Cochran,\\nrice, Benjamin I avis, John Davis, Jacob Dressi i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 Klhnv. I, Ebenezi\\ninu I, Rollandson\\nWilliam Melendy, Jr., .Mm Mit.le-I, Il. ui.on M v, William Odell,\\nJoshua Pettengill, .Mm l :itt.-rs.,n, Nathan I lielps, .I.e-eeli I l inn-, 1 1 nj;h\\nItoss, Oliver Sanders, John See,- I.e, Andrew Seetoun, Samuel Seetown,\\n\\\\,\u00e2\u0080\u009eli,-\\\\\\\\ Shannon, Timothj Smith, John Stuart, Caleb Stiles, Benjamin\\nTaylor, Thomas Towne, AmosT 1, I aval Truel, Moses Truel, Thomas\\nW.iUm-M, Daniel We\u00c2\u00bbl,\u00e2\u0080\u009e, l.l.ii,.,, U I 1,,-iie/ei Wliitteninre.\\nProposals for a division of the town of Monson be-\\ntween the towns of Amherst and Hollis were laid\\nbefore the voters of Amherst at a meeting held\\nFebruary 21, 1703, but no action was taken upon\\nthem.\\nOn the 4th day of July, 1770, a charter dividing the\\ntown of Monson between the town- of Amherst and\\nHollis received the sanction of Governor John Went-\\nworth, and thus Monson died from among the towns\\nof New Hampshire, after an existence of about\\ntwenty-four years.\\nIt died, seized and possessed of a pound, said to\\nhave been the only public building ever erected\\nwithin its borders.\\nIn March, 1779, a petition was presented to the", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0429.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "224\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLegislature bysundry inhabitants of Amherst, Lynde-\\nborough and the Mile Slip, asking to be incorporated\\ninto a town.\\nEfforts for a division of the town into parishes were\\nmade as early as 1778. In the autumn of that year\\nseveral persons residing in the vicinity of Shepard s\\nmills petitioned to be set off as a parish by them-\\nselves; bu( the town refused tu grant their request.\\nIn the spring of 1779 the town chose a committee\\nto treat with sundry persons belonging to the north-\\nart of the town, who had petitioned to be set\\noff as a parish. The committee was also authorized to\\ntreat with a iiuiu1.it of inhabitants of the town, re-\\nsiding in the westerly part of the same, who desired\\nto beset off to Duxbury school farm and the Mile\\nSlip.\\nI hi econd ornorthwest parish was organized June\\n30, 1781, and December 15, 1803, incorporated as the\\ntown of Mount Vernon.\\nThe third or southwest parish was set off No-\\nvember 23, 1782, and incorporated January 11. 1794,\\nas the town of Milford.\\nMarch 14, 1768, the town\\nVotr.l U .ill..\\\\V 1 lime |o.l-\\nAmherst ma*\\nLlingsand four pence, lawful ui\\nvn thai exerted\\npounds thirteen\\nCHAPTER II.\\nAMHERST\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nMILITARY HISTORY.\\nFrench and Indian Ware\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFirel Recorded Action of the Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Amherst at Bunker Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cap-\\n1 ii v Captain Tuwne s oni|iaiiy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Levi\\n..i.i|.ain i li. i Tfst\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names of Signers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Col-\\n..ii.. I llal.hvin s Regiment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Votes of the Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bounties\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List of\\nRev.. Intl.. nary Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War ..f 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Rebellion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nFirst War Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Home Guard\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Soldiers\\nMonument.\\nAt a meeting held in the meeting-house, January\\n30, 1744-4o, the proprietors\\nThis vote i- the only one recorded which tells us of\\nany action taken by the proprietors for the defense\\nof the settlers against the attacks of the savages.\\nTradition tells us that about this time seven gar-\\nrison-houses were erected in different parts of the\\ntown, to which the inhabitants resorted in times of\\ndanger. Beside these, a block-house, or fort, is said\\nto have been built for the protection of the settlers.\\nThe House, May 15, 17 17,\\nVoted, that in answer to the two annexed Petitions, namely, that of\\n.1 i ttouson, His Exc.llon.-v he d.\\nI. I. eltei lOeln.ll to -O.llt and\\nguard, under proper ..Dicers, said Sonhegan West and Monson, till the\\n.1 1 I- 1 that -....I men I., dulled e\\nWhich was assented to by the Governor and Coun-\\ncil.\\nAmong the scouts employed by the province in\\n1748 we find the names of Daniel Wilkin- and Wiu-\\nc.l Wright, of Souhegan West, who were members\\nthe company employed to guard Sou In gaii, Stark s\\nand Moiisoii garrisons that season.\\nThe war came to a close in 1749, but was renewed\\nin 1752, and continued until the cession of Canada to\\nthe English, in 1763.\\nFortunately, no attack was made upon the settlers\\nal Souhegan West by the enemy, and no account has\\nreached us that any serious damage was done by them\\nwithin its borders. A family tradition litis reached\\nus that a part} of settlers, under theleadoi Deacon\\nHobbs, had a smart light with the Indians one Sun-\\nday morning, in which the deacon handled his men\\nso skillfully that no one of them was injured, while\\nthey were sure that some of the savages were killed.\\nThe Indians are reported to have said afterward,\\nSouhegan deacon no very g 1. He light Sabba-\\nday. On another occasion, while Lieutenant Joseph\\nPrince was going, one evening, from his clearing to\\nthe garrison-house, which stood near where Mr. B. B.\\nWhiting s house now stands, he heard an arrow whiz\\npast his head. On his return, the following morning,\\nhe found it sticking in a tree near by the path he had\\nfollowed.\\nNear the close of this war several of the inhab-\\nitants served in the expeditions sent against the\\ncommon enemy. Sergeant Ebenezer Lyon, John\\nEverdeen, David Hartshorn, Jr., Samuel Lamson,\\nJoseph Small and Thomas Williams served in Col-\\nonel Blanchard s regiment tit Crown Point, in 1755.\\nHumphrey Hobbs was a captain in the ranger\\nservice in 1755.\\nLieutenant Ebenezer Lyon, Daniel Wilkins, Sam-\\nuel Bradford, Israel Towne, Joseph Lovejoy, John\\nBurns, Jonathan Lamson, Nathaniel Haseltine, Dan-\\nte] Weston, Stephen Peabody and John Mills served\\nin Colonel John Hart s regiment, at Crown Point, in\\n1758.\\nBenjamin Davis, John Mills, John Stewart and\\nRobert Stewart were privates in Colonel John Goffe s\\nregiment, at Crown Point, in 1700.\\nThe first reference on the old town records in rela-\\ntion to the Revolution is under date of December 27,\\n1774. when the town voted to approve of the results\\nof the Grand Congress, and strictly adhere to them,\\nand chose a committee, consisting of Colonel John\\nShepard, Lieutenant Benjamin Kendrick, Nahum\\nBaldwin, John Shepard, Jr., Esqr., Dr. Moses Nich-\\nolls, Dani.1 Campbell, Esq., Josiah Sawyer, Joseph\\nGould, Paul Dudley Sargent, Thomas Burns and\\nSamuel Wilkins, to carry into effect the association\\nagreement in this town. If any break over said agree-\\nment, the committee [are] ordered to publish the\\nsame ill the newspapers.\\nThe town was represented by one of its citizens in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0430.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "AMHERST.\\nthe tea-party, in I ecember, 177 and in the Con-\\ncord fight, in 177\\nMarch 13, 1775, voted three pounds nineteen shil-\\nlings to Mr Sargent for hi- time and expenses al\\nExeter.\\nApril 19, 1775. Theattaekupon theLexingt nili-\\ntia by the British troops aroused the country. In\\nmany of the towns in Massachusetts and New Eamp-\\nshire companies of Minute-Men had been formed and\\ndrilled in anticipation of the coming conflict. The\\ncompany in Amherst repaired .-it once to Cambridge.\\nThe following will give us some idea of the enthu-\\nsiasm of the people alter receiving the news of the\\nfight at Lexington and Joncord. It is also an honor-\\naide tribute to Colonel John Shepard, one of the\\nprominent citizens of the town\\nThis certifies tiiiit i:-.| s|\u00e2\u0080\u009e. 1Kni \\\\,\u00e2\u0080\u009eil, 177:.. wont with a Detach-\\nment of the Melitia, .,1 ;,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e,u hundred men, from A mlierst to Cam-\\nbridge, aided, assisted, and comforted them, and ;tt Cambridge left with\\nthem two Spanish milled dollars.\\nJ0S1 in\\nNor was this all Colonel Shepard left with the\\nmelitia. On the hack of the certificate is a list of\\nother articles left, as follows: Pork, fifty-seven and\\na half pounds, one-half bushel beans, one and a hall\\nbushels to Sargent, some bread and one and a hal\\nbushels meal.\\nBy the census taken that year, Amherst had three\\nhundred and twenty-eight nun above sixteen years of\\nage, fifty-three of whom were over fifty years old. Of\\nthese, Captain Crosby says about one hundred, or\\nover thirty per cent., went to Cambridge. The cen-\\nsus returns report eighty-one men in the army.\\nAMHERST MEN IN Till: BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.\\nStephen I eahody, adjutant of Colonel R 1 r- 1 inn lit.\\nJosiah Croshy, captain I i\\nson Ha kv ell, second lieutt oant Jol\\nRamsay, Josiah Sawyer, Bergoants;\\nKinjrsburv, Peter t:,,-s. 1: 1 i Wilkin-,\\neii.-nt Thomp-\\nBradford, David\\ner, EleazerW,\\nPowell, drum-\\nmer; Jabez Holt, liter; .Inslina Al,l...tl, Nathaniel Cur.\\ntal, Alexander Brown, Jonathan Bnrnam, Joshua Bnrnam, Thomas\\nClark, Robert 1 ln.n,, John 1 .,1, M plan 1 resin Nathaniel e rosl.v,\\nJacob Curtice, Davi thai lit.li, Flint, Thomas\\nGiles, James Gilm n -o .11 I!.,-..,, \\\\i ehelnus Keiincy,\\nSolomon Kittredge, Jen miah I in, indrew Leavitt, Joseph Leavitt,\\nJoshua Pettingil), Notirse Sawyer, .lane- Simpson, Jonathan Small,\\nSamuel Sternes, Jonathan Taylor, RufusTrask, Ebi n Wakefield, Joseph\\nWakefield, Joseph Wallace, Sutherick Weston, Jonathan Wilkins, Sam-\\nuel w illiams, Isaac Wright.\\nIn Obtain IrcktlaM Toume a company, lltrn in sy.e\\nArchelaus Town.-, captain William Read, corporal Nathan Kendall,\\nJr., fifer; Beriiainio M.iull, M..-os llnlTnii .Inenl. ldoil-.-tt. Stephen\\nGould, Samuel l,.mi. \\\\dain CaMci-mi. l e-T.i lloheit-on, Bartholomew\\nTowne, Archelaus Towne, Jr., Reuben Wheeler.\\nla lii;./.im /..o J ..rW,i w j c.,/,iiaoo/. oa/neeet.\\nJoseph r.radford, firsl lieutenant Benjamin Dike, corporal; William\\nBrown, Richard Goodman, William Tuck, Richard Hue-lies. Robert I:.\\nCaptain Towne s company was at first a part of the\\nTwenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment, under the\\ncommand of Colonel Bridge. At the time of the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill it was one of the thirteen com-\\npanies in the First New Hampshire,\\nregiment.\\nPeter Robertson, a private in this company, was\\nwounded while crossing the neck on hi\\nHunker Hill by a cannon-ball, which carried away\\nhis right hand. lit- received a pension of twenty\\nshillings per month from the State, c enciug\\nJanuary 1, 1776.\\nJohn Cole, a private in I Japtain Crosby s company,\\nwas killed In the battle, and Robert B. Wilkins, \u00e2\u0080\u009et\\nCaptain Spaulding s company, was wounded in the\\nright elbow by a musket-ball.\\nAfter the battle Captain Crosb) made a return of\\nthe losses sustained by the members of his company,\\nas follows\\n\\\\n account of thin-,- that was lost at tin- Rattle of C.nnker s bill, .Mi-\\nllie [7iii of June, 177... belonging to Capt. Crosby s c 1 y: wis\\nI apt Clo-lo S tllillL s ale 1 pistol A I p.l i r if W 1-fed st .,cl, i 11 L Lent\\nDaniel Wilkins, 1 cotton shirl Inn Thompson Maxwell, I inn- hot\\na Adj t Stephen Pcabody, 1 blanket a 1 shin Quarter-\\nMastel lne. 1 coat 1 hat Seie t William Ilradford, 1 shirt; Serg t\\nLemuel Winchester, 1 pan of shoes; Eli Wilkins, 1 blanket a i bullet\\nel. r Brown, I cotton -hut. 1 pail of stockings, a I guap-\\n-e I, Thaddeus Fit h, 1 -Inn. I ui calfsB a pumj l i era\\ngnapsack; Samuel Stearnes, I paii oi moefi Stepl by, I greal\\nI |.i, .el. I i -co i.i I pen ot Leather Rieeelns\\nNail. I I 11 et. I _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 Ijo I I pall U -I -ale! I Hie I, [e-. A 1 llUlolU- 1\\nChief Sam l Williams 1 -hut, a I halidki 1. hi.-f. a I =nn I tel-\\nle. le. hlaliket, 1 handkerehief Jo.-eph Wal.etiell, I pi I.-. i-kn\\nbreeches, 1 cartooch box Eben i Wakefield, 1 sett ol sh\\ntings, a 1 p rsl s Daniel Ki oi 1\\nearn, Joseph W allis, 1 pair -le.es, Andrew 1 vitt, 1 coverlid, I p r\\nstockings, 1 gnapsack, handkerchief h.-nih Siowm, I -mi, 1 coat, 1\\npowder-h a 1 Bible; Joshua Abbut, 1 gnapsick a\\nn i] a p i ..I a... kings,\\nJOSIA.H Cose, aj 1\\nAndrew Leavitt, Samuel Robertson, William\\nWakefield and Eben Wincol Wright enlisted into the\\ncompany June 19, 177o. Of these, Leavitt seems to\\nhave been in the battle two days before.\\nCaptain Crosby s company was present when Wash-\\nington took command of the army, July L\\\\ 1775.\\nFrom a return made of Captain Crosby s company,\\nJune 21, 1777 we learn that on that day there were\\npresent and lit tor duty one captain, one lieutenant,\\none ensign, three serirennts, four corporals, one drum-\\nmei and thirty privates, \u00e2\u0080\u0094total, forty-one.\\nTwo privates were sick, one was wound i\\ntended the wounded, three were absent on furlough,\\ntwo had deserted, one was on command, three were\\nin the train, four were absent without have and one\\nwas ini ing, total, eighteen.\\nThis was styled the Ninth Company. The privates\\nwcte paid forty shillings per month for their services,\\nand the term of their enlistment was eight months;\\nmany, however, continued in the army until the Brit-\\nish evacuated Boston, in March, 177d; some even\\nlonger.\\nQuartermaster Isaac Five, of Wilton, reported the\\nrations dealt out t them tor several days as follows:\\n11 177. July o to s 5o men pre-out who received ,1 loaves bread t .o\\n11- |..il, una.- 1 f; 176 gills rice 44 gallons beer.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0431.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJuly 14 to 18; 64 n present l i -v 1 -1 l\u00c2\u00bb.n I read 4 llw.\\ngills rice.\\nlit lo.-civ.d 4 loaves 1 B I 61)\\nII,.. codfish.and 20 lbs.\\nIt appears from official documents that the State\\nfurnished five hundred and fifty-four gallons of New\\nEngland rum and seventeen hundred and fifty-nine\\nand a half gallons of West India rum foi the use\\nof its soldiers while engaged around Boston in 1775.\\n[n compliance with the earnest entreaties of General\\nSullivan, thirty-one companies, numbering sixty-one\\nmen each, were sent from New Hampshire to Winter\\nHill, near Huston, in December, 1775, to take the\\nplace of the Connecticut troops stationed there, who\\ninsisted on returning heme, as the term of their enlist-\\nment had expired. The names of the commissioned\\nofficers of these companies alone have been [ire-\\nserved. Benjamin Taylor, of Amherst, was captain\\nNathan Ballard, of Wilton, first lieutenant and\\nJohn Bradford, of Amherst, ensign of the company\\nraised in Amherst and Wilton.\\nCaptain Taylor died at Medford in February, 1776,\\nbefore the expiration of the time for which he en-\\nlisted.\\nJonathan Burnham was paid \u00c2\u00a312 4*. 10d., for mus-\\ntering in the thirty-one companies of New Hamp-\\nshire militia that served on Winter Hill in the winter\\nof 1775-76.\\nA regiment was raised in December, 1775, and\\nplaeed under the command of Colonel Timothy\\nBedel, which was ordered to join the northern army\\nin New York, with which it was to march to reinforce\\nthe army in Canada. In one of the companies in this\\nregiment we find the following Amherst nun:\\nDaniel Wilkins, Jr., captain John Mills. ud lieutenant; Wil-\\nliam Bradford, ensign; Benjamin Hike, s. i --ant Sntherick Weston,\\nJoshua Abbott, Samuel Sternes, corporals; Thomas Powell, drummer;\\nJ.iK-/ Holt, lit, i William Brown, Amos l .outwell. I miii- chandlei\\n(colored), Ja s Clark, James Cochran, Robert Cochran, [saac Palmei\\nStephen Curtice, Roger Dutton John Farnham, Laraford GU-\\nI .i Holt, Solomon Kitti. 1 I, ,-,p li Low-\\njoy Ihi. li M K- I mo Mel ^s Nichols Isaac steams,\\nDaniel Wilkins, (3d), Sylvestet Wilkins, Andre* Wilkins, John Wiley.\\nThe following Amherst men, mustered by Colonel\\nNahum Baldwin, April 15, 1776, wen a part of a\\ncompany commanded by Captain Timothy Clement,\\nwhich was sent to Portsmouth to assist in guarding\\nthe sea-eoast ami the forts in the harbor:\\nWilliam Stewart, onsi.-n Nallian Ua.ot. Mia- e,,.l\\nDutton, David Fisk, Richard G Iman, Joshus Kendall. Zephaniah Kit-\\nI I, -,,,11, J,,n ilh.ni I,\\\\oii, Id er C dall, ltoliert l arker.\\nSamuel Shopald, ,1,1m Steams. \\\\,a Sw i. merlon. ArrhelauS Towne, J]\\nHenry Trivet.\\nThis company, with others, was organized into a\\nregiment, September 25, 177G, which was placed un-\\nder the command of lolonel Pierce Long. Onthe23d\\nNovember following, it was ordered to Ticonderoga,\\nto which place it marched in February, 1777.\\nThe following citizens of Amherst signed the As-\\nsociation Test. For convenience of reference the\\nnames .are placed in alphabetical order, and the\\nof those who served in the army tire printed\\nDarius Lbbott,\\nThomas Averil,\\nBarred, M t\\nEphraim Abbott, Ebenezer Averil, John Averil,\\nit,. Ephraim I .ai\\nirron, Samuel BlasdelL B\\nKendall Boutell, ltmbai Bmtlell,\\n\\\\ieliew llra.ltoi,]. a illiam Bra.l-\\nt -io, i _.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 I .uni-, .lolin limns, J,,h\u00e2\u0080\u009e /erne.. .1,., ,t,,lin Iinne ,::dl,\\nTl m- Bums, Stephen Burnam, Olivei Carleton, I as II,\\n77,,,, mi, i I,.,*,, lolm Cochran, Joseph Coggin Henry\\nw illiam ,.,)e, m Cole, Satkan dole, Josiah Sara\\nson Crosby, Sites Cui wigs, Jacob Curtice, Jacob Curtice, J Ben,\\nI av, John l amoii, I .atile, m I oo, I .enjamiii H, ,l_e. J,,siah\\nleu,, 1,1, o. John Hnnekloe. ,l,.s,.[,h I m\\nmite., Elisha Felton, William Fisk,\\ntile I sos Flint. Jr.. Nathan Flint, Ephraim\\ni Gage, J i GUm l\\ni oiiiu.-. Jonathan Grimes, Joseph\\n-.on,;, I Hall s,, //a..,., f.aeiamin Harts-\\naa-e. Join, Haiwood, Xathanid\\ny, Ti liy Hill, Ephraim HiMreth, Unii.l Hit\\nEben Bolt, ,0 Isaa. Holt. Reuben\\nElliott, Jnsejil, To\\nWilliam Fisk, Jr., Am,\\nFrench, Nathan Fuller,\\n\\\\,,a,- a, Dai al I\\nte.nl, I, liiihard Ooiild,\\ng Hsu tsb a\\nSamuel Hen\\nHildreth, I\\nHolt, Isaae How. i .ainamin Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkit,-. Jr.,\\nEhene/.-r Hopkins f, !,\u00e2\u0080\u009eallf, ,i,a, Alaee Hut, hinson, Elien Hutchin-\\nson, Elisha Illlteliinsoli, \\\\athali 1 lilt, h i i,-,,n, Va .V.a //et./.i es,,). d),\\nNathan Jones. Jr.. 1/iWoi.I h ff. John Kendall, Jr.,\\nNathan Kendall. Benjamin Keurick, Josiah Kidder. Henry Kimbatt,\\nMoses Kimball, Soi. tha La n, William Lampson,\\nJoseph Langdi 11 F I I Jacob Lovejoy, John\\nLovejoy, WiUi a l l 7 a, Thomas McAl-\\nlister, J ts l/a, o Robert Sdi a Willi, mi Melendy, Jr.,\\nMerrfli, II e Timothy Nichols,\\nWilliam OdeU, Willi I.-M. Ji I Pari loTam Palter John\\nPott Stephen Peabody, William Peabody, William Peabody, Jr.,\\nWill:, in Peat ck, Joseph Pierce, Joseph Prince. ;.I,.sepll Prince. Jr.,-\\n77\u00e2\u0080\u009e ,,,,-ea en. Itohert Head, II illi,,,, l;,.,.l ;.,l:,.,l lohn lSol.y,\\nJoseph Rollings, Jonathan Sawyer, Josiah Saicyer, JosiaJi Bawyer,Jr.,\\nJohn Secoml e, Jane- S,a-t,,n. John s,- ion, John shepnid. Jr., Joseph\\nSmall, William Small, William Small, Jr., Daniel Smith, Isaac Smith,\\nJacob Smith, Jonathan Smith, Timothy Smith, Jar,,b N.....7/.e. Saa.c.t\\ns a, J,,-a|,|, Steel, Jo-eph Steel, Jr Hailed Stephen-.\\nSnaps,, s/eea,/, Anios Sticknev. Samuel Strattoii, Jonathan Taylor,\\ns: a I Taylor, William Taylor, Benjamin Temple, l .lieiiezei temple,\\nUS, Israel Towne, Israel Towne, Jr., Thome- Towne,\\nj.li, David Trnel, John Tuck, John Twiss, Jonathan\\nl ph.un, Ezekiel l ptoii, Thomas Wakefield, Ji Joseph\\nII a, U l, ,a. U a) a a, 1 a I, ,:d I 1 1 ,1 ,1 I l-lao, S\\nli, erWesl I-,... w. 11 u II al Wilkins, John\\nWilkins, J than WOkina, Jr., Joshua Wilkins, William Wilkins, I.rmutt\\nWinchester, lames W Ibury, l .tci W Hairy, II i\\nw right.\\nI,;, Ti, Com Hampshin\\nt),i,\\nPursuant to the He-piest on this pap.t Iroin il., 1 oinmittee Sat.dy\\nto us ,11 ted, we have invited thoM- 1 ers, ,u therein n.n I i a la,\\nn... iar.it e.n on tin- ],a|\u00e2\u0080\u009ei. and all thai h.n.- -.ii n havesigned it except\\nJoshua Atherton, Es.p, .Mr. Daniel Campbell, Mr. Samuel Do\\nTlloMV- WAKEFIEM,\\nReubek Mdssey, -Selectmen\\nSAM! 11 W 11 KINS,\\nA regimenl ^^as raised in July, 1776, to reinforce\\nthe army in Canada. It was commanded by Colonel\\nIsaac Wyman, was mustered in July 111, 1776, and\\nserved about three and a half months.\\nIn a company in this regiment, commanded by\\nCaptain William Barron, of Merrimack, we find the\\nfollowing soldiers from Amherst\\nJames Gilmore, ensign: Nathaniel Haz.dthie, Ephraini French, ser-\\nVila, IJoiitell, I .eti.jamin Clark, Jonathan Lamson, Ebenezer\\nRea, William Small, Jr., William Stewart and George Wil-\\nli! Captain William Harper s company wen- Silas", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0432.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "1227\\nCooledge, Zephaniah Kittredge, Robert Parker and\\nJoseph Perkins, privates.\\nIn Captain Samuel Wetherbee s cum]. any were\\nJohn Averill and Timothy Nichols, Jr., privates.\\nStephen Peabody, of Amherst, was major of the\\nregiment.\\nColonel Baldwin s Regiment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This regiment\\nwas raised in September, 1776, and marched to assist\\nthe army in New York. It was in the battle at\\nWhite Plains, October 28, 1776, and was dismissed at\\nNorth Castle, N. Y., about the 1st of December of\\nthat year. Amherst was represented in this regiment\\nby Colonel Nahum Baldwin, and the following men\\nwho served in the company commanded by Captain\\nPhilip Putman, of Wilton:\\nWilliam Low, ensign; Elijah Averill Reuben Bontell Ebenezer\\nCarlton, John Cochran, Jonathan I Stephen 1\\noi i I .1 1 ii II. h ir.li.an. .1 I (how. I f. I ib. dy\\nAbel Prince, James 11. -a, Benjamin Smith, Run. I Minih. P.. njaniiii lay-\\nlor, Richard Towne, Thomas Tow ne, Viot.n I pton, Joseph Walla..- and\\nJonathan Wilkins, privates.\\nIn Captain Head s company were William Head,\\ncaptain, and Andrew Elliot, private.\\nAnother regiment was raised in December, 177\u00c2\u00bb\\nto reinforce the army in Northern New York. This\\nwas plaeed under the command of Colonel David\\nGilman. In this regiment the following Amherst\\nmen served in tin- company commanded by Captain\\nWilliam Walker, of Dunstable Jonathan Cochran,\\nIsaae 1 Curtice, Jacob Curtice, Roger Dutton,\\nStephen Gould, Abiel Holt, Ebenezer Udell, John\\nTaylor, Robert Ii. Wilkins.\\nA special town-meeting, held .May 22, 1 7 7 was the\\nlast one called in His Majesty s name in Amherst.\\nThe constables were simply directed by the selectmen\\nto warn the inhabitants of the town of Amherst to\\nthe next meeting, held August 14, 177o. A meeting,\\nheld October 21, 177.., was called in the name of the\\nProvince of New Hampshire. After this, until\\nthe Declaration of Independence, the town-meetings\\nwere called in the name of the Colony of New\\nHampshire. Since September 11, 177ti, the meetings\\nof the town have been called in the name of the\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nParties f Loyalists, or Tories, were sent by the\\nauthorities of the State of New York to he confined\\nin the jails in New Hampshire. Of these, the follow-\\ning were ordered to be sent to Amherst jail. Novem-\\nber 22, 177ii:\\nAlexander Andrews, Peter Brown (to be kept in irons), Thomas Bullis,\\nWilliam Burns, Nathaniel Douglas, Jonathan Fannachiff, John Feath-\\ners, John Hit. heo.k, Laiiglilin McUatt.n. Isaac Man. Abraham Xath it\\nbe in irons), Thomas IVai-on, Johannes Yan/eliri and .Iain. ol, I o-\\nNot liking their accommodations, the prisoners\\nsoon broke jail ami escaped.\\nOther parties of New York Loyalists were sent to\\nAmherst jail. They were supplied with such clothing\\nas they stood in need of at the expense of the State.\\nThe expenses of their confinement were afterward re-\\npaid by the State of New York.\\nThe following action in regard to the estate of\\nZaccheus Cutler, Esq., was taken by the town at a\\nmeeting, held April 30, 1770\\nWhereus, /a. cheus I utler, Ibrmerlj I Amh\\nllillsl mli an.l ciony ..I N. Hampshire, has in a very daring nian-\\nii, i pcivnl himself inimical to his country, and absi.. ml...\\naforesaid, a ml joined our unnatural enemies at Boston, at I b\\ni, in:, I Inn. I him lands, buildings, if., to a considerable value. And\\nfor prevention of his esiate coming to strip and waste, we, the inhabitants\\nof Amherst, pa s the fullowinc. votes, viz.\\np.. t.. impi.o. tin utler, Ksq.\\nVuled their Commitl I Safety be a committee t improve said\\nu.l ..state I..- I. It ills r.. ternary will.\\nI said Coiniiiitt.-e pay tli.. pi.. tits arising .11 said improvement to\\nhim or them wlmse right it may be t.. make a demand therefor.\\nAgainst this action of the town Colonel John\\nShepard, Captain Israel Towne, Ensign William\\nPeabody and Mr. Thomas Towne entered their pro-\\ntest, for reasons that would he given at a proper\\ntime, if called for.\\nJuly IS, 1770, the Declaration of Independence was\\nreceived and proclaimed by Moses Kelley, Esq.,\\nsheriff of the county, with heat of drum from the\\nhorse-block, which then stood on the common in\\nfront of the meeting-house.\\n.March 31, 1777. The town voted to remit the poll-\\ntax of those persons wdio served as soldiers in the\\nContinental army the whole of last year.\\nJune It), 1777. Voted, in case there should bean\\nimmediate call for men to serve in the Continental\\narmy, to allow those who arc disposed to enlist the\\nsame encouragement they have heretofore paid, and\\nto asses, the amount necessary for this purpose upon\\nthe poll- and estates of the inhabitants of the town.\\nCaptain Stephen Peabody, Captain Hezekiah Love-\\njoy and Mr. Solomon Kittredge were appointed a com-\\nmittee to procure soldiers on the terms mentioned\\nabove.\\nColonel Nahum Baldwin, Mr. Stephen Burnam,\\nMr. William Wallace. .Mr. Andrew Bradford and Mr.\\nTimothy Smith were chosen a committee to affix and\\nsettle prices upon sundry articles.\\nhi a return, made by Colonel Moses Nichols, March\\n111, 177H, we have the names of the men employed by\\nthe town to till its quota in the Continental army in\\ntheyears L777,1778and 1779, the period of their enlist-\\nment, and the regiments and companies in which\\nthey served, as follows\\nStephen Abbott, Cillej regiment, Wait s companj for three years;\\nElijah Averill, Cilley s regiment, Wait s company, foi thn e years Joshua\\nBlodgett, illey s regiment, Richards company, for three years; Peter\\nraiment, Morrill s company, fur the war V.\\nCilley s regiment, Waits company, for three years I m.- Oochran,\\ni illey s regiment. Scoffs company, f..i three years Jonathan Cochran,\\nI,,, -.-..it pany, foi ti years Robert Cochran,\\nrjiiie, i. Wait ompany,forthe war; Silas Cooledge, Cilley s\\nregiment, Waif- rpany, oa tl year-; 10. b. o Cunningham, Jr.,\\nWho in,, tor three years Robert Cunningham,\\ni ,i for three 3 EzeMel Davil\\nCI by reg of Waif- ipany, for three year.- Joseph O.iM-, (illey s\\nregiment, Wait company, I m three years; Benjamin Dike, Cilley s\\nregiment, Waifs company, for three years; John Dow, Cilley s regi-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0433.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nmi nt, Richards c pany, For il years; John Dutton, Cilley s regi-\\nment. Wait s nmp.m\\\\ t..i I ii i \\\\e;n- Pi I Li I O 1 1 ii. hi, S. mi mini s\\nregiment, h wV company, for three years; Jude Hull, Cillej s regi-\\nment, Richards company, fbi three veai Henry Harris, Cilley s regi-\\nIII. til, Wails roinpaiiy, l.ir three v. mis Firhapl Hughes, Si ainmel s\\nregiment, Fry. oinpain n. line. .v I .mi.-l kiiMer. Cilley s reej-\\nmem, Morrill s company, for three years R ib rl Parkei Cilley s regi-\\nment Wait s company, fo trs rhomaa Powell, Scammel s\\niv -i in. in In. 111 p.nii, i,. 1 1: i. ,i,- W ilhain shaddock, Cilley s\\nregi-\\n1 1 1 1 1 L regiment,\\nScammel s regi\\nW.HI n.Nip.iliv, I- 1 Mil... Veal- Villi. 11\\nWait s company, i ..i three j -mi 1; Ri i\\nW ait s company, I m three years w\\nFive s ruin puny, Im tl vein s; lo.l.oit\\ni I i ]i;uiv, for three veins; SUioste, Wilkin- Cilley s reL i-\\nment, Wait s company, foi t years Wilson, Cilley s regiment,\\nWait s company, fur tine,\\nJohn Rano was hired by Amherst, but afterward\\ndecided to belong to Andover.\\nPeter Brewer \u00c2\u00ab;is a colored man, from New Boston.\\n.hide Hall, another colored man, was from Ken-\\nsington.\\nJoshua Blodgett was from Litchfield.\\nSilas Cooledge and John Taggart, from Hills-\\nborough.\\nThe Cunninghams, from Derryfield.\\nWilliam Shaddock, from Boscawen.\\n(in the advance of General Burgoyne s army\\ntoward Ticonderoga, in the summer of 1777, thousands\\nof volunteers marched from various places in New\\nEngland to assist in the defense of that stronghold-\\nTwo companies, under the command of Major\\nAbial Abbot, of Wilton, marched, June :u\u00c2\u00bb, 1777, for\\nthe threatened fortress. On reaching Charlestown\\n(Xii. 1), they were ordered home, but when they hail\\nreached Dublin, on their return, they received orders\\nto march with all speed to Ticonderoga. When\\nthey reached Otter Creek thej heard of its evacuation,\\nAMHERST MEN IN THESE ciiMPAMI B\\nlu ,i/7 .ie Peabudy i ompany.\\nCaptain Stephen Peabody, Lieutenant John Bradford Ensign John\\nPalters,.!!. Capo nil Villus Flllot, Nathan i I -I.J.Ie l\\nCrosby, William Crosby.Isaai P. Curtice, Jai b Curtice, Bogei Dntton,\\nFin. lever lint. hin\u00c2\u00bb a Jonathan I ii iii .1 J.n I ovejoy, w illiam Lew.\\n.1. nullum I\\\\ n. I .-iii n M.inll, timothy N In .ll Adam Patter-\\nWilliams.\\nIn I /ifoul .Vnt/e e /;.i//. ir.t s oiuiximj.\\nFn-l Ineiilonalit Joseph Fariinm. See. lei T.ienteiialit Eli Wilkins,\\nSei-v.iiit Nathan 1 1 nt. hiii-oii. Muses Averill, Saninel I in!:.. Ml.n\\ni iv, i, hols, i beni zei i Idell, Wosee Peabody,\\nBenjamin Sawyer, Daniel Smith, Samuel Stewart, William Stewart,\\nWilliam Talbert, Henry Timet. Thomas l n.l.-i wood, Solomon Wa-h.-i\\nIn the battle of Bennington the regiment com-\\nmanded by Colonel Nichols, of Amherst, commenced\\nthe attack, and Captain John Bradford, of the Amherst\\ncompany, is said to have been the second man who\\nm ited lite Hessian breast-work.\\nThe Amherst men engaged in the battle were:\\nI i.lonel M s Niele.l- eel 1 1 ma I ill i 11 Li a regiment Col I Stephen IV. n\\nbody, aid to General Stark John Bradford, captain John Mills, first\\nlieutenant Joseph Far mini, see I lieutenant John Pen\\nBergeants Nathan Cole, Jacob Curtice, Unos ciie.n, e,,, |,.,n,i- Ken\\nben I:. .nt. n, David Burnam, Israel Burnam, Jonathan Finn. no. Stephen\\nCrosby, Willil i sl.y, Isaae Curtis, Samuel Cultis, Stephen Curtis.\\nI; In. .M ledidiah Fllinw I, John Fverdnii, Fnlafnrd Oilhert,\\nA lh n hel_. l aiiiil In. en, Samuel Harris, William 1 1., v. I ihvli.ih\\nHolt, Joseph Jewett, CalebJones, Eli Kimball, s..i m Kittredge, Jon-\\nathan hainsoii, Asa I, .wis, Benjamin Merrill, Ebenezer Odell, Joshua\\nPettingill, JamesKay, Benjamin Sawyer, Indrev. Sham Benjamin\\nSteam-. Samuel Stewart, Simpson Stewart, Itellialnili Tiolor, ll.inx\\nTrivett, John Wallace, Eli Wilkins, George Wilson, privates,\\n[n Captain Ford s company, Nichols regiment,\\nwere Silas Gould, Solomon Hutchinson, Robert\\nParker and Eleazer Usher.\\nColonel Nichols was employed seventy-two days in\\nthis campaign; Captain Bradford and company\\nseventy-iinc days. They received \u00c2\u00a3213 as bounty\\nand advance wages at the time of their enlistment,\\nand \u00c2\u00a3461 7\u00c2\u00ab. 9rf. as a balance, due for their services,\\nOctober 18, 1777.\\nArchelaus Towne, Archelaus Towne, Jr., Francis\\nGrimes and William Hogg marched and joined the\\narmy under Genera] Gates, to Saratoga, in September,\\nAmong the old papers in the office of the Secretary\\nofState is tlie following order for payment of supplies\\nfurnished I m the Bennington expedition:\\nsii!, Niw Hampshire, April 2, 1179.\\nTo m holai Gilman, Esq., B. G.\\nPursuant to a vote of Council and Assembly, pay Josiab. Crosby and\\nHezekiah Fovejoy twenty-five pounds, twelve shillings, tor camp uten-\\nlen. Mark s brigade.\\n\u00c2\u00a325 l s.\\nM. Wkarf., Presid t.\\nA brigade of the New Hampshire militia, under\\nthe command of General William Whipple, was sent\\nto Khi.dc [sland in the summer of 1778, l assist in tin\\nattack upon the British forces stationed there.\\nColonel Moses Nichols commanded one id the reg-\\niments, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Peabody one of\\nthe battalions. Captain John Bradford was adjutant\\nin Colonel Nichols regiment, and Colonel Daniel\\nWarner quartermaster.\\nThe following Amherst men- served in Colonel\\nNichols regiment, in the company commanded by\\nCaptain Josiah Crosby\\nJo iii shy, captain; Bezekiah Lovejoy, Lieutenant; John Mills*\\nJosiab Crosby, Jr., Mh m G Iridge, sergeants; John Cole, Jonathan\\nWilkins, corporals; John Tlontt.ll, Finn Bradford, John Carlton, Daniel\\nChandler, Stephen Crosby, si a, Cummings, Ji s Ellinwood, John F\\nI arniiin. Feiijaiiiin Lewis, Renhen 1 Mnssey. Ti thy\\nNichols, Jr Ebenezei Odell, John Odell, Peter Robinson, Joseph Rol-\\nlins, Jacob Stanley, Samuel Stanley, Jotham steams. Thomas Stevens,\\nW i J 1 1 no -I. -w .111, Benjamin Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, William Talh.it.\\nP.artiiol w j ow no, S..I,, emu Washer, p. h ales\\nIn Captain Reynolds company were Roger Dut-\\nton, Ebenezer Odell, Joshua Pettingill, James Ray,\\nJohn Stevens and John Wallace, privates.\\nIn Captain Dearborn s company were William\\nHastings, Andrew Burnam, John Ellsworth.\\nMarch S, 177. Benjamin Hopkins, Jr., William\\nOdell and James Woodbury were chosen a committee\\nto provide for tin- families of the non-commissioned\\nofficers and soldiers lielmigingtothis town in the army.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0434.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "AMHERST.\\n229\\nJune 7, 1 77i\u00c2\u00bb. The town voted that tiny will take\\na method to raise the soldiers called for to serve in the\\nContinental army.\\nJune 29, 1779. Voted to add fifty bushels of Indian\\ncorn, or its equivalent in currency, to the State and\\nContinental bounties ottered each soldier who shall\\nenlist during the war, and the raising of the soldiers\\non the above encouragement was referred to the com-\\nmissioned officers (of the militia).\\nAugust 5, 1779. Mr. Timothy Smith, Colonel\\nStephen Peabodj and Captain John Bradford were\\nappointed a committee to procure the quotas of men\\nwhich should hereafter be required of the town during\\nthe war.\\nSeptember 15, 1771). Voted to raise twenty thou-\\nsand dollars lor hiring their quotas of men for carry-\\ning on the war in the future, and the selectmen were\\ndirected to assess the above sum in the common way\\nof assessing, and pay it into the town treasury as it is\\ncollected.\\nAt a meeting, held November 2. 1770, the town\\nvoted to a\\nlow\\nCl\\nedit t\\nthos\\npersons\\nwho had\\nlone\\nmore than\\ntlu\\nit\\niropo\\nlion i\\nl carrying\\nun the present\\nwar.\\nNincm\\nn\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\nfun\\nished\\ntin- the lontinental\\nrmy\\nin 1779, ti\\nsen i\\ny\\n;ar, as\\nfollows\\nSamuel Cla\\nk.\\nOi.\\n..l.lnlv\\n11 177!\\ndischarged\\nluguel 20,178\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w\\ni\\n\\\\.i- .t r\\nCalvin Hon\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 Vu\\n.1. hi, M K .i, i l I l.ih _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 ITT-i .Ii- li.u-.-l .lini.. J IT-\\nJoseph Perkins, enlisted Julj I 1779; discharged June 20, 1780.\\nI ph Rawlins, enlist I lugusl 14, i -I... h;ir_--.| \\\\n-n-t -jo, 17sn.\\nArchelaus To\u00c2\u00ab n,-, .Mih-t. .1 .Ink 21, 177 i .h.-.l 1 -in!., r 1, 177*\\nJoseph Wilson, enlisted .Inly 27, 1779; discharged .1 20, 1780.\\nSoldiers at Rhode Island, 1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colonel Her-\\ncules Mooney commanded a regiment sent to Rhode\\nIsland from this Slate in the spring of 1779, to assist\\nthe army stationed there. The following Amherst\\nmen served in this regiment, in the company com-\\nmanded by Captain Daniel Emerson, of Hollis:\\nBfoses Barron, ensign Moses Werill, drum r John Carlton, .VI-\\n[ili.-i.is Crosby, Jol del] and Levi w (bury\\nIn September of this year Captain Hezekiah Love-\\njoy and Joseph Nichols enlisted for six months in\\nthe garrison at Portsmouth.\\nEleven men were furnished for the Continental\\narmy in 1780,\\nPeter Abbot, enlisted July dw 1\\nu 1 |i. nili.-i- i i, 17.se\\nRobert Campbell i i list d lulj\\nischarged 1 ruber 21,\\nAlpheusCr.jsl.y, enlisted .luh 8 ,1\\ncharged 1 lei embei 6, l\\nStephen Crosby, enlisted July S .h\\ncharged December^ 17\\nIsaac C urti i\\ni I 17-\\n.I.li .Ii h M .-li, enlist. -.1 .lull.- 2 ,l .lis\\nObadiah Holt, .-nlisl.-.l -Iiih s .lis.\\nlarged ibi i 18, 17\\nJuthain Stearns, enlist. -.I July s (lis.-har^.-.l I eceiul..-r ii, 17so.\\nBimsley Stevens, enlisti-.l June 29 disi barged December Jl. 1780.\\nJesse Woodbury, enlisted July 8 discharged December 6, 1780.\\nA regiment under the command of Colonel Moses\\nNichols served three months at West Point in the\\nautumn of 1780. Dr. Henry Coduian was surgeon.\\nIn lie- company commanded by Captain William\\nBarron, of Merrimack, we find the following Am\\nhersl men:\\nDaniel mm l:..: i\\\\\\\\ in. .Ir Ainlr.-w ni;i.ll..i.l, loni.-l K.-n\\nnv, II.ni K1111I..1II. I .oi.l M.-kiu. .Ins.-ph Nichols, Benjamin Stearns,\\nWilliam Tolbcrt, William Wallace Bfer), Daniel Weston, William\\nBrown -..-i ved In anothel ipanj\\nSeventy-four men, including those then in the field,\\nbeing called for to serve three years, or during the\\nwar, the town, at a meeting held Februarj 8, 1781,\\nappointed Captain Nathan Hutchinson, aptain Israel\\nTowne and Amos Flint a committee to raise the\\nmen required.\\nCaptain Hezekiah Lovejoy, Thomas Wakefield,\\nDaniel Campbell, I .enjamin Davis, Eli Wilkins and\\nLieutenant Ebenezer Weston were subsequently\\nadded to the committee, who wen- authorized to hire\\nmoney to procure the men needed.\\nThe families of William Brown, James Cochran,\\nRichard Hughes, Farrar Miller, Nathan Tutlle and\\nJoseph Wilson, soldiers in the Continental army,\\nwere assisted by the town this year, 1781.\\nJohn Abbot Coss, Francis Lovejoy, Joseph Love-\\njoy, Joseph Pedrick and Daniel Wilkins (3d) were\\nstored in March 5, 1781, to till the quota of three\\nyears men required of the town a! that time.\\nIn July, 1781, nine men were required to serve six\\nmonths and the requisition was tilled by Nahum\\nBaldwin, Jr., Ebenzer Curtice, David Hildreth,\\nCaleb Hunt, Henry Hunt, Michael Kiel! Joseph\\nNichols, Allen Stewart and William Cowen (but\\nthere is no record that he joined the army until\\nDecember following, when he enlisted for three\\n5 ears).\\nLate in the summer of 1781 eleven men were\\ncalled for to serve three months. They marched\\nSeptember 2od of that year. In the selectmen s\\naccount they are mentioned as 1 1 suldiers at Charles-\\ntown, 1781, and were probably raised in apprehen-\\nsion of trouble on the western and northern frontiers\\nof the State. Their names were Peter Abb.. 1, Daniel\\nAverill, Elijah Averill, George Christopher, Paul\\nCrosby, John Fields, Edward Hartshorn, Joshua\\nlb :ywood, Samuel Phelps, Peter Wakefield and Dan-\\niel Weston, and they served in a company com-\\nmanded by Captain John Mills.\\nAmong the papers in the adjutant-general s office,\\nin Concord, is the following account of beef and\\nfat cattle collected for the army in the town of Am-\\nherst by Francis Blood, in the year 1781\\nJuly 23, 2 cattle weighing 1250 lbs.\\nAug. 7. 3140\\nAug. 22, 1 277.7\\nOct. 9,7 1355\\nNOV. i:i. V) 4IS.7\\nBeeffurnis 1 by Nichols 8560\\nTotal 24,565 lbs.\\nIVin- Hi. aiu.iiuil tie t.wn \\\\mi- required tu furnish.\\nIn 178J fourteen three years men were required", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0435.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto fill the town s quota in the Continental army, and\\nthe following men wen- furnished\\nJ M, Andrew Bla.ll .ir.l, Eno. h Carlt.m, K].ln..i:\\nGoes, ll.nis Handley, William Haywood, Adam Patterson, John Pea-\\nbody, Thomas Peabody, Alexander Uunnel-, Benjamin Cuck Daniel\\nBeaton and John Grout.\\nPeter Ahbott, fifer, Moses Pettengill and James\\nMeKean, privates, enlisted in a company commanded\\nby Captain Ebeuezer Webster, which was raised for\\nthe protection of the northern frontiers of the State\\nin 1782.\\nStephen Dike, of Amherst, served six months lot-\\nNew Boston, in 1781.\\nDavid Truel, Jr., served six months for Merrimack,\\nin 1781; and William Henry Wilkins, son of the\\nminister, enlisted to serve three years for Candia, in\\nJune, 1777, but died at Yellow Springs, Pa., June 22,\\n1778.\\nLuther Dana served in the navy a short time, near\\nthe close of the war.\\naptain Joseph Perkins served on board a privateer\\nvessel, which was taken by the British, and he was\\ncarried a prisoner of war to England, where he was\\nconfined for some time.\\nLevi Woodbury served on the privateer Essex,\\nwhich was taken, and he was carried to England, a\\nprisoner of war, where he died.\\nJonathan Wilkins served on the ship Hague, and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was wounded in an action with a British vessel.\\nApril 11, 1782. More soldiers having been called\\nfor to fill the town s quota, the town voted to add\\nLieutenant Darius Abbot, Robert Means, William\\nLampson, Samuel Dodge, Captain William Dana and\\nCaptain Ephraim Hildreth to the committee to hire\\nsoldiers.\\nOctober 29,1782. The sum of thirty pounds was\\ngranted for the support of the families of Joseph\\nI. ivejoj and Daniel Wilkins, Jr., the same to be in-\\ndorsed on the securities given them by the town s\\ncommittee for hiring soldiers.\\nBounties. Bounties paid soldiers in the war for\\nIndependence by the town of Amherst, which were\\nrepaid by the State,\\nSoldiers that served in Capt. Walker s Co., oilman s regiment,\\nSoldiers in Col. Peabodj s regiment, al Rhode Island\\nSoldiers in In], lialdwih s r.-.iiii, lit. at \\\\ru Yerk,]77t\\n1 I ontnieiita] soldiers, tram 17sl, 3 yours men\\n1 --Ml. 1- Hi I apt IsillMU i Mil. ill n\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t. 1 7 T i\\ni erved at Charlestown, iTsl\\n17*1, new levies, si\\\\ months men\\nat Coos, 1780, Captain Stone s company\\nin Colonel Mooney s reg nt\\n13 from 1783, years men\\nList of Soldiers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alphabetical list of soldiers and\\nsailors from Amherst in the war for Independence,\\nJoshua Abbot, Nathan Abbot, Nathaniel u.t..,t. Peter Abbot, Stephen\\nAbbot, James AIM, lnuiiel Avorill, liaw.l Amti 11, Elijah Av.-nll, John\\nl \\\\ioiill, Naliuni r.aMwin.Xahum Baldwin, Jr., Nathaniel\\nBarrett, MoBes Barron, Jacob Blodgett, Joshua Blodgett, Aaron Boutell,\\n\\\\in.is Boutell, Joseph Boutell, Jr., Eeuben Boutell, Thorns B 11,\\nRichard Boynton, Andrew Bradford, lams Bradford, John Bradford,\\nJoseph Bradford, William Bradford, Jr., Petei Brewer, Alexander\\nBr.oMi, Willi. mi I .ioun, lt,i\\\\i.l tin in. l.-rail linrnam, Jonathan Bur-\\naim Jot rnam, Robert Campbell, Ebenezer Carlton, Enoch Carl-\\nton, J in Carlton David andlei Pi is I handle] i ieoi gi I hi into-\\nphei I t i,,. JamesClal Duel Clark, Thomas Clark, Ja\\nCochran, J. -in. i inn,, Jonathan 01 bran, Robert Cochran, Henry\\nI ol .1 I. Uathan I ole, William Cook, Silas\\nCooledge, William Cowen Upheu Crosby, Ezekiel Cro-hy, Josiah Cros-\\nby, Josiah Crosby, Jr., Nathaniel Crosby, Paul CroBby, Stephen by,\\nWilliam Crosby, Silas i: tCnm rham, R rt Cunning\\nham, it I bei urti I Ps tnei Curtice, Jacob Curtice, Lem-\\n1 i urtii e, Stephen Curti .1 o oa, I hai h- Davenpoi i, Benja-\\nmin Davis, EzeUel Davis loseph D Benjamin Dike, Stephen Dike,\\nJohnD la h l\u00c2\u00bb..v.-h. J ti I uti J..nathan Dnttun, le^er Ihittnn,\\nJames! tin \u00c2\u00abd, Jedidiab Ellmw I. i j .1 Ellinw l, Amos Elliot,\\nVndrew Elliot, John Eluni rth J I irden, Asa Farnum, John Far\\nnui i, lost ph I. t.t t, sop I. I. John Fields, David Fiske,\\nh. i. I.lmi- Fitch, Amos Flint. I ,.1,\\nGiles, James lilmore, Ri bard t\\nGoss, John \\\\lihot Goss, Pete\\nI i.Hi, is Crimes, John Oi\\nHandley, Henry Harris, Samui\\nHartshorn, Jr.. John Hartshorn,\\non Ooiih l. Daniel\\nude Hall. Henry\\nartshorn, James\\nJo-hna Hayw 1.\\nli.ui, Hogg Uriel\\nM I.mIiiIi Holt, t .ilnn Honey, Joel Howe, Ulohartl\\nEfughet t Hunt, Henrj Hunt, Ebenezer Hutchinson, Nathan\\nHutchinson, Joseph Jewett, Caleb Jones, William Jones, Joshua Ken-\\nilall, Nathan Ivrliilall, Jr., Aivhrlinis hrnieo I aniol K. nney, Miehael\\nKeel Daniel KMili-r, Eli Kiiuhall, Henry kiinhall, Eleazer W. Kings-\\nbury, Solomon Kittredge, Zepheniah Kittredge, William Lakin\\nJeremiah Lamson, Jonathan LamBon, Samuel Lamson, J as Lan-\\ncaster Andrew Leavitt. Jo-, j,h t.oiwtt. \\\\~:t Lewis, Joseph Lewis,\\nA hi a hall i I.lttlelia], I ran- I- I. lh kiah laoejov, John I,o\\\\ejo,v,\\nJo\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fh l..a,..|.._v. Willi. in. I I h. Jonathan 1,\\\\ on \\\\ii,ln\\\\\\\\\\nSept. 4,\\n177h.\\nFait\\n15 men in Wyman ereg ot\\n1 ,0\\n5,\\n11 Baldwin s\\n132\\nMay 7,\\n1777.\\nJ7 Continental soldiers\\n809\\n13\\n1\\nJuly 19,\\n1777.\\n55 men in Stark s brigade, l tno.\\n221 1\\nit\\no\\n11,\\n1779.\\nt ..iilitii oital soldiers, beside 0\\nI Id g 1 money\\n215\\n2\\n9\\n21,\\n1780.\\n12 men in Nit hols ie_r t, mo.\\n72\\n31,\\n17sl\\n1 t Olt 1 lo-llt -ohh.l-. IMW I.O I.\\nti months\\nins\\n15,\\n17S2.\\nr. Continental soldiers, 3 years\\n1-1 Continental soldiers, 3 years\\n.OH\\nn\\nII\\nBounties, etc., paid by the town that were not re-\\npaid by the State, or the United States, as reported\\nby the selectmen Si-ptember 1791.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0aid Col, NiVhnh n^imont, ;it West Point \u00c2\u00a3180\\nAn average made in 1777, for soldiers that bad served 480\\nM.\u00e2\u0080\u009e I\\ny t Moa Peabody,\\nMoses Pearson,\\n11, Samuel Phelps,\\nRay, James Ray,\\nJoseph Rollings,\\nHubert s annuel!. Tin. in. t- w i mi, ,s, ^.iiiuelShepard,\\nAndrew Shannon, .lame- Simpson, Jonathan Small, William Small, Jr.,\\nBenjamin Smith, Daniel Smith, [saac Smith, Jacob Stanly, Samuel\\nStanley, Benjamin steam-, I-,.,.. Stearns, John Stearns, Jotham\\nSteam-, Samuel St.-arns, Bini.-ley Stevens, Thomas Stevens, Mini Si, w-\\nart, John Stewart, Samuel Stewart, Simpson Stewart, William Stewart,\\nAsa SuinueHnii, .Mm Ta_ _;nl, Benjamin Taylor, Benjamin Tayl.ir, 2d,\\nJohn Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, Hugh Thornton, William Talbert,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0436.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "AMHERST.\\n^:;i\\nArchelaus Town. Archelaus Towne, Jr., Bartholomew Towne, Jonathan\\nTowne, Richard Towne, Rufus Trask, Henrj Trivett, David Truel, Jl\\nBenjamin Turk, William Tuck, Nathan Turtle, rhomas I ndera I.\\nPeter Wakefield, ill un W ik. field, Jol Walla I Wa!\\nDaniel Warner, Solomon Washer, Stephen Washer, Dani I a Dani\\nWeston, Isaai West a, Sutl l Weatoi ft l r, John Wiley,\\ni, ise W oodbury, Levi\\nWilsoD, Joseph Wilson, Lemuel i\\nWoodbury, Eben Wincol Wright, Isaai Wrighl\\nSOLDIERS FROM SlMHERST WHO DIED IN THE WAB FOB\\nINDEPENDENCE.\\nLieutenant Joseph Hradford, at Mcllonl, July, I77. r\\nPeter Brewer, killeil in I i r 1 1 at S;in!u-;i, o. 1 I 1 7, 1777.\\nPrimus C1iali.ll.-i, kilk-I l-y Mi- In-lni May, 17711.\\nJames Clark, at Mount Independence, July, 1776\\nJonathan Cochran, (came borne Bick) died at home, March 24, 1778.\\nRobert Coi In an. died of disease, i. and pla. a not known.\\nJohn Cole, killed in battle al Bunkei Hill, June 17. 177\\nK/.-ki-l Davis, in o-nti.il N--\u00c2\u00ab York, June 16, 1779,\\nJoseph Davis, killed bj the Indian- V 1 1. \\\\-i-u-i 1 I\\n,1. sMcGraw, killed in battle at llnnk-i 11.11. .Inn- 17. 177.\\nDavid Ramsej (brough te sick), died Doce er2, 177:..\\nNourse Sawy. r, at Ci iwn Point, July. 1776.\\nWilliam Sha.hloek, nil. not known, .h-l .Inn- 30, 1777.\\nWilliam Til k .In -I li-.i-. tini- .in-l i-l.i. ii.. I known.\\ni t Wol -I December, 1776\\nDaniel Weare, at I ran Poinl July, 1776.\\nCaptain Daniel Wilkins, Jr., at Crown Point, July. 177...\\nSylvestei Wilkins, at Easton, Pa., Septembei 20, 1779.\\nWilli.uu ll.-i.ii Wilkins, at Yellow Springs, Pa., June 22, 177s.\\nLevi W ii-.uy. a prisoner oi war in Kngland date not known.\\nEben Wincol Wright, at Winter Hill, Noveml\\nWar of 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The record of the enlistments in the\\nregular army for the War of 1812 are in the possession\\nof the War Department, at Washington, and not\\naccessible to the public. The names of some who en-\\nlisted from Amherst are, however, remembered.\\nCaptain Turner Crooker, at thai time a resident in\\nthis town, opened a recruiting-office on the Plain\\nSeptember, 1812. He was then a captain of the Ninth\\nRegiment United States [nfantry. After the close of\\nthe war he was retained on the peace establishment,\\nwith the brevet rank of major.\\nJohn Dodge, Jr., enlisted and returned at the close\\nof his term of service. Heafterward removed to Ver-\\nmont.\\nJohn Dutton enlisted and served on the northern\\nfrontier.\\nSamuel Dutton served on the northern frontier.\\nTimothy Dutton also served on the northern\\nfrontier. He died at French s Mills in 1813.\\nDavid Hartshorn served une year on the northern\\nfrontier.\\nJoseph Hartshorn served one year in Vermont and\\nNew York, in the Twenty-ninth Infantry. He died\\nJune 27, 1884, the last survivor, so far as known, of\\nthe Amherst men who served in the War of 1-S12.\\nJoseph Low was second lieutenant in the Firsl\\nRegiment New Hampshire Volunteers. On the re-\\norganization of the regiment he wasappointed pay-\\nmaster of the Forty-tilth Regiment United Stales\\nVolunteers.\\nPeter Melendy enlisted in 1813, served a short lime\\nin Northern Vermont as lieutenant in a regiment of\\ninfantry. This commission he resigned, and was\\nshortly after appointed a lieutenant in the artillery\\nservice, and ordered to Fort Constitution, where he\\nremained until near the time of his death, May 15,\\n1823.\\nJacob Pike had enlisted in ISO .i, and serve I through\\nthe war.\\nJohn Purple served through the war as a drummer.\\nRobert Purple, his brother, enlisted and died in the\\nservice.\\n,I..lin Stewart and his son, John Stewart, Jr., also\\nenlisted. The latter served as a drummer-boy.\\nJohn Warner was sergeant in a company of in tan try,\\nand died at Sackett s Harbor in 1814. He was son\\nof olonel Daniel Warner.\\nOthers doubtless enlisted in the regular army, of\\nwhom we have a1 present no account.\\nAt a meeting, October 11, 1814, the town voted to\\nraise two hundred dollars to be appropriated for\\nammunition for the militia and other inhabitants of\\nthe town of Amherst, and the selectmen were consti-\\ntuted a committee to purchase the same.\\nSeptember 7, L814, detachments from twenty-three\\nregiments of the State militia were ordered to hold\\nthemselves in readiness to march for the defense of\\nPortsmouth, then threatened with an attack from a\\nBritish fleet, cruising near by, and on the 9th they\\nwen- ordered to march. The quota furnished by the\\ntown of Amherst was a part of the regirnenl com-\\nmanded by Colonel Nat Fisk, of Westmoreland, and\\nconsisted of\\n.1.. i. ii. ..nv. lain Si.iiin. I [..-..narit, Lot 1 1. -i Kllintt. r-.-ni.t-\\nSi. il.ii. ii 1: Fi.-n.li, J\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -ph lliiitslii.ru, cot |...ra1s Ilim.l lilli-lt, Ilavi.l\\nl i.-k (ii.l), Daniel Oilman. Jonalliau II. mm. I. lieiijaiuiii J. well. .Ii\\n.1. .In II kiiliu, Samuel M. luvili^-ti.n, I .-I.janlili IV. ik, Jr., (nival. -s.\\nThey were mustered into service September 16,\\n1814, and served three months.\\nAnother detachment of the militia was drafted for\\nthe defense of Portsmouth, which was mustered in\\nSeptember 27, 1814, and served sixty days. The\\nfollowing soldiers from Amherst served in Colonel\\nSteel s regiment, in the company commanded by\\nCaptain James T. Treavitt, of Mont Vernon:\\nRobert Read, lieutenant I. ml T. Niehnl-. s.iiuu- 1 si-v.-n- -i\\n-.-ants John Aunis, Si. inn. -I Cuvi-is.-, Jr., Israel Faniuin, .la s II.\\nGrater, Timothy Hartshorn, Mansfield King, privates.\\nAbout fifty citizens of the town, who were exempted\\nfrom the performance of military duty by the militia\\nlaw, met at the house of Captain Theophilus Page,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0437.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "HISTOllY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOctober 10, 1814, and formed a company of Home\\nGuards. The officers of this organization were\\nJedediah K. Smith, captain Timothy Danforth,\\nfirst lieutenant; John Secombe, second lieutenant.\\nA. committee was chosen al this ting to draft\\nregulations for the governmi nt of tin company, who\\nreported at a subsequent meeting, and the company\\nme1 several times for drill. The close of the war,\\n.shortly after, obviated the necessity for the continu-\\nance of the organization, and the company was\\ndisbanded.\\nThe war was brought to a close by a treaty signed\\nat Ghent by the representatives of the contending\\npowers, December 23, 1814. Before the news of its\\nconclusion had reached this country, the battle of New\\nOrleans was t ought January 8, 1815, where thelesson\\ntaught the British regulars, marly fifty years before\\nby the descendants of the Massachusetts Puritans\\na-Irish settlers of Londonderry, from the\\nfort and behind the rail-fence on Bunker Hill, was\\nrepeated by the Kentucky riflemen from behind the\\ncotton-bales on the field of Chalmette.\\nThe Civil War, 1861-1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first war-meet-\\ning in Amherst was held April 22, 1861.\\nBarnabas B. 1 avid was called to the chair, and upon\\ntaking it announced the object of the meeting, and\\npledged his all in support of the national cause.\\nA finance committee was appointed to secure and\\ndisburse contributions for the support of the families\\nof those who volunteered to fight the battles of the\\ncountry, and it was voted to raise the pay of the\\nvolunteers from Amherst to eighteen dollars per\\nmonth, and furnish each one with a Colt s revolver.\\nFourteen young men came forward and offered\\ntheir services as soldiers.\\nA Home Guard was formed, which met for some\\ntime for the purpose of drill.\\nThe Amherst Soldiers Aid and Home Relief So-\\nciety was organized in lsiil, and closed its work in\\nNovember, 1865. During its existence money to the\\namount of $817.90 had been collected for the use of\\nthe society, and articles distributed to the amount of\\n$1286.35, the excess being in labor, wearing apparel\\nand other articles contributed.\\nNames of soldiers who were furnished with revolvers:\\nJesse Barret, Taylor W. Blunt, Rodney Burdick, Frank Chickering,\\nlam. C n rvi.l, John M. Fox, (.eulgo W.I v: I\\nNewton T. Hartshorn, Henry H. Manning, Reuel r,_ Mai\\n1,. M Henry s, Ober, Iiuim-l A lValio.lv, chaik- I!, Phelps, George\\nIV. -.i\\nMilitary expenses of the town during the livil War,\\nas reported by the selectmen\\nPrior to March, lSf.2\\n51,263.06\\nFrom Mar.li, 1 to Mai\\n1863, 1864\\n13,506.50\\nISM, 1865\\n21,866.20\\n1S05, 1866\\n1,362 23\\nMarch 10, 1868, the selectmen were authorized to\\nexpend a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars in\\nbuilding a soldiers monument.\\n.May 30, 1*69, the selectmen appointed Harrison\\nEaton a committee on the construction of a soldiers\\nmonument.\\nAugust 9. 1870, J. Byron Fay, Edward D. Boylston\\nand Charles Richardson were appointed a committee\\ni ascertain the cost of a suitable monument to com-\\nmemorate the soldiers from Amherst who lost their\\nlives in the Civil War.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, held Septembei 6, L870,\\nthe committee reported in favor of erecting a monu-\\nment similar to the one recently erected in Peter-\\nborough, thi cost of which they estimated at four\\nthousand dollars. The report was accepted, but action\\nupon its recommendation was postponed until the\\nnext annual meeting.\\nMarch 14, 1871, Harrison Eaton, J. Byron Fay and\\nJohn F. Whiting were appointed a committee to\\nlocate and erect a soldiers monument, and the style\\nor character of the monument, and the time of erect-\\ning it, was left to their discretion.\\nIt was \\\\oted to appropriate the sum of three thousand\\ndollars, in addition to the sum left by the late Aaron\\nLawrence, Esq., toward its erection.\\nThe granite base of the soldiers monument on the\\nPlain was quarried from a bowlder found on land\\nowned by Levi J. Secomb, Esrj. The bronze figure of\\na soldier was placed upon it December 9, 1871.\\nAt the same time the bronze tablet, bearing the\\nfollowing inscription, was inserted:\\nOCR CITIZEN SOLDIERS.\\nWilliam W -aivl 11.\\n2d Reg t\\nJames Blanckard, loth Reg t\\nJames w Pa\\nSamuel Corliss,\\nlitii-M 11 Messer,\\nB Sloan,\\n4th\\nl.li s Gntterson,\\n1 i 1 .ilpatlirk.\\nRobertG] k ii\\nCharles II Phelps,\\n6th\\nGeorge A. McCluer,\\nGeorge A. Pedrick,\\nJohn L. Kendall,\\nJohn N Mace,\\nCharles A. Dl I,\\nI arkliurst,\\nWilliam Few,\\n7th\\nLyman P.. Saw telle,\\nEdwin Benden,\\nMil\\nMann, P. Weston, 1st Reg\\n,J..siijili .Tuhnsnli,\\nH. Heavy Artillery.\\nAll... u Noyes,\\nFrank H. Holt, 17th Penn\\nB Hall.\\nnth\\nA large portion of the above was repaid by the State\\nand United States.\\nI IWRESCE, ESQ.\\nA meeting was held May 31, 1872, to see if the\\n[own would vote to dedicate the Soldiers 1 Monument,\\nbut the article in the warrant for that purpose was\\ndismissed, forty-seven to forty-two. At another\\nmeeting, held June 17, 1872, the town voted to ded-\\nicate the Soldiers Monument, but no steps have\\nbeen taken to carry the vote into effect, and the monu-\\nment has never been formally dedicated.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0438.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "Soldiers and Sailors from Amherst in the Civil\\nWar, 1861-65. Three months men thai went to\\nPortsmouth in Captain Gillis company, April, 1861\\nJesse Barrett, Taylor W. Blunt, Rodnej fl Burdick, Joseph P.\\nCady, Frank Chickering, Ja B. David, John M I\\nI Onsu..l.l, Keu-1 Manning, All i i i u\\nGeorge w. Russell, William \\\\v. Sawtelle.\\nOf the above, those who declined to enlist for three\\nyears returned home July 13, 1861, having received\\na discharge.\\nTHREE YEARS MEN.\\nSee I Regiment.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. Fox, Fifield It. Messer, William \\\\v. saw-\\ntelle.\\n77,. Regiment.- Rodnej W Burdick, George W. Parkhurat, Ja s\\nRyan.\\nFourth Rtgiment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles F. Crooker, Albert Fletcher, Thomas L.\\nGilpatrick, John G. Lovojoy, Henrj II Manning, Samuel H. Ober,\\nGeorge W. Osg William D. Stearns, George II. Upton.\\nFifth Regit tohn Boodro, James B David, Edson Davis, Charles\\niug deserted, one was killed at Cold Harbor ami two\\nwere wounded.\\nanvtt, E.lwin Bemleh, .tames L. Har.ly.\\n.V,,. A\\nE Benden, I Ihai\\n1 1 T i L. Mil.\\nEyan.\\nTenth Regiment.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George F. Aiken, Albert s. Am-tin, James Blanehnnl,\\nThomas Broderick, Joseph A. Brown, Lawrence Cooley, Samuel W. Cor-\\nliss, gi I. Crooker, Jeremiah Crowley, Thomas Doyle, Robert Gray,\\nEli S. Gutterson, Charles F. Hall, Robert Harrison, I ge E. Heath,\\nPeter Levin, George V McClure, John N. M Thomas inell,\\nCharlesN Parkhurat, Ji sW Patterson, rge Pedrick, John D.\\nPedrick, J s A Philbrick, George W. Russell, John Shea, Joshua A.\\nSkinner, James i. 51 irn George B.Sloan, H I\\nC. Twiss.\\nBeany Artillery.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 klbert E. Boutell, Charles E. Flint, Edwin R.\\nRoundy, William F. Bussell, Charles H. Shepard, Nathan T. Taylor,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0William E. Wallace, Martin 1 Weston.\\nNod Hampshire Battery.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edmund E. Billiard, Richard Mahar, Bryant\\nH. Melendy.\\nSn.irjis/wnf. S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I harles I litem.\\nIn MitutiKhmrlts Iteiji.imili..\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Ha.-lin_-, Jos. |,!i l -tlelii! ill,\\nWarren Russell.\\nTwenty-Si I nt.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Michael Welsh.\\nFourth Pennsylvania Regiment.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank H. Holt.\\nUnited Statu E Newton T. Hartshorn.\\nUnited States Navy. John 11. Clark, Henry A Fletcher, Charles\\nChampney, Nelson D. Gould, Patriot! Moran, George N. Wheeler.\\nRe-enlisted aftei TItrei Years Servic, \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edward E. Benden, Rodney W.\\nBurdick, John G. Lovejoy, Ubert Noyes, James Ryan, George II Dpton,\\nGeorge W. Upton.\\nPott Bandat BOton Head.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Warren S. Russell, David 1 Thompson.\\nThe following citizens of Amherst furnished sub-\\nstitutes\\nHollis E. Abbott, Noah P. Batcbelder, Henry R. Boutell, James C.\\nBoutell, Luther Coggin, -Ir., Perley W. Dodge, John Fleti In r, Butlei P.\\nFlint, Charles E. Grater, John Hadlock, Joseph I Han Reuben\\nW Harradon, Frank Hartshorn, Asa Jaquith, Jr., Ebenezer Jaquith\\nAndrew L. Kidder, Charles 11. Kinson, Stephen McGaftey, William\\nMelendy, George W P.uk.-i, II, -my 31. Parker, James S. Parkhurst,\\nSolomon Prince, Alh.-it t;..t.li. i i ge J S.nair, Andrew I Sawyer,\\nChester Shipley, Hainet c shirl.y. Daniel W. Trow, Joseph P. Trow,\\nGeorge W. Cpham, ,l..hn F. WhitiiiL Samuel Wilkins.\\nNames of substitutes, so far as ascertained\\nCharles Baursturn, Pierre Boyleau, William B] wn, John Caten, Ira\\nClark, George Farley, John Fox, G raj barles Croht, John\\nHarris, Benjamin F. Hinds, Edward Hogan, rhot Jones, Al xander\\nMiller, Hiram F. Morton, James Brien, Danli I Hei 1. Christian Pet-\\nerson, Charles A. Rogers, Owen L. Rouse, Edward Rupel, William\\nThompson, Louis Walter, -[.h Wiight.\\nOf the above substitutes, nine are reported as hav-\\nCHAPTEB III.\\nAMHERST\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CorKiniierf).\\nECCLESIASTIC AL HISTORY.\\ni hni. b The First Baptist Chun li\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Mi thodist\\nEpiscopal i tiiii.h.\\nThe Congregational Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tin longregational\\nChurch in Souhegau West was organized September\\n22, 1741, and consisted of Daniel Wilkins, the pastor-\\nelect, Samuel Leman, Israel Towne, Samuel Lamson.\\nCaleb Stiles and Humphrey Hobbs.\\nOn the following day .Air. Wilkins was ordained and\\ninstalled as its pastor. Immediately after the ordination\\nservices six females were admitted to church mem-\\nbership.\\nThe church was the third formed in Hillsborough\\nCounty, that in Nashua, organized in liJSo, and that\\nin Nottingham West (now Hudson), formed in 1737,\\nonly preceding it.\\nHumphrey Hobbs was elected deacon January li,\\n1742-4::, but resigned the following year to enter the\\nmilitary service in the war then in progress against\\nthe French and Indians, and James Cochran was\\nelected to till the vacancy caused by his resignation.\\nThe sacrament of the Lord s Supper was usually\\nadministered five times in each year.\\nThe first baptism of which we have any record was\\nthat of Deborah, daughter of William and Sarah\\nLancy, in September, 174::.\\nAfter a ministry of thirty-tour years, Mr. Wilkins\\nfaculties, physical and mental, tailed, and the town\\nmade preparations for sett ling a colleague. After two\\nor more ineffectual attempts with other parties, Mr.\\nJeremiah Barnard was invited to become colleague\\npastor with Mr. Wilkins. He accepted the invitation,\\nand was ordained and installed March 3, 1780, and\\ncontinued as pastor until his death, January 15, 1835.\\nThe following bill, presented for the entertainment\\nof the members of the council that installed Mr.\\nBarnard, gives ns some insight into the customs of the\\nlimes and the habits of the venerable fathers who\\nwere entertained\\nThe TounoJ Amherst to Jonathan Smith, J\\nForkeeping the I il at the Ordination of V. s. d.\\nRev. Mr Barnard, in urrencj 1 123 5\\nIn silver,\\nTo 89 dinners, at Is 4\\n56 suppers, at 6d 1 IT 1\\nM breakfasts, at 9d I 3\\n43 lodgings, at 4.t. 14 I\\n74J^ mugs flip and to.My, at ln.t 3 2 I\\n38 drams, at 1 id 7 11\\n6 lbs. el se, at Od 3\\n16 mugssyder, at 3d 4 o\\n54 horses, 24 h rs, at la. eacl 2 14\\n13 horses baited, at U\u00c2\u00a3 eacl 4 4", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0439.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HlLLSBOROrCII COIN TY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNeither Mr. Wilkins nor Mr. Barnard left much\\naccount of the proceedings of the church, during their\\npastorates, and the little left is now mislaid or lost.\\nMr. Barnard s health having failed propositions\\nwere made to him by the town for the settlement of\\na colleague to share the labors of the ministry with\\nhim. To these he returned a favorable answer, and,\\nafter hearing a candidate several Sabbaths, the\\nchurch, at a meeting held January 13, 1816, voted\\nunanimously that Mr. Nathan Lord he invited to\\nsettle in the work of (he ministry and take the over-\\nsight of this church ami congregation, as colleague\\npastor with Rev. Jeremiah Barnard.\\nVtdeJ, th:it lo v Mi I .iin.ai.I Imni-h Mr. I.....1 uitl. ii,.\\nRobert Means, Esq., William Fisk, Esq., and Dr.\\nMatthias Spalding were appointed a committee to wait\\nupon the selectmen of the town, acquaint them with the\\nii the church and request them to rail a\\nmeeting of the town to see whether the town will\\nconcur with the church in the settlement of .Mr. Lord\\nin the work of the ministry, as above proposed, and\\nwhat salary they will offer him for his support.\\nTile town having concurred with the church in\\ngiving Mr. Lord an invitation t.i settle in the min-\\nistry in this place, and made satisfactory provision\\nfor his support, lie signiiied his acceptance of the call\\nand war- ordained.\\nMr. Lord s ministry continued until November 22.\\n1828, on which day his connection with the town and\\nchurch was dissolved, lie had been suffering for a\\nlong time from the effects of a violent cold, which\\nhad, at times, prevented him from preaching and\\neven speaking aloud. Being advised by physicians\\nthat his recovery was doubtful, he accepted the\\npresidency of Dartmouth College, which was ..tiered\\nhim in August, 1*2S. He died September Is7n.\\nWith the exception of carrying out tin\\nentered into with Mr. Laniard in 1780, thi\\nthe town in the support of the ministry c\\nthe resignation of Mr. Lord.\\nThe town was fortunate in the selection of its\\nreligions teachers. Mr. Wilkins well deserves the\\ntitle of father of the town. Among the first of the\\nsettlers, he identified himself thoroughly in all move-\\nments i..r their safety and well-being. He toiled\\nwith them in the forests and fields, -bared their\\npoverty, educated their children and in times of\\ndanger encouraged them by his advice and example.\\nIt is gratifying to know that in all their bitter dis-\\nsensions no one thought of assailing him. The in-\\nscription they caused to be engraved on the -tone\\nwhich marks his burial-place gives their\\nhis character.\\nMr. Barnard was altogether unlike his predecessor.\\nHis lot was cast in stormy times, among a divided\\npeople, and he possessed a will and energy to breast\\nthe storm. Not always wise or prudent in his utter-\\nances, his people soon learned that in a contest with\\nhim there were blows to take as well as give. He lived\\nand prospered where a man of a more quiet and\\npeaceable disposition would have been crushed be-\\ntween the contending factions in the town. More\\ntolerant of religious than political differences, he kepi\\nthe people of his parish together, and when he retired\\nthey were ready to give a cordial welcome to bis suc-\\nMr. Lord came to his work while yet in I be spring-\\ntime of life, a thoroughly educated gentleman, with\\ndecided convictions and an iron will. The civil dis-\\nsension- in the town had been healed by the incor-\\nporation ..f the different parishes int.. towns; but\\ndifferences of opinion existed in his church which he\\nwas called upon to reconcile or combat. Into this\\ncontest he threw himself with his whole energy,\\nmanaging his case with .consummate skill. The\\nfailure ol In- voice compelled his resignation, but he\\nhad thoroughly prepared thi.s place for the reception\\nof his whole-souled, earnest successor, Silas Aiken.\\nA meeting ol the citizens interested in the subject\\nwas held October L828, at which a society was\\nformed under the name and title of the ongrega-\\ntional hurcli and Society, ill Amherst.\\nEdmund Parker was chosen clerk David Met rregor\\n.Means, treasurer; John Mack, James Bell and Rich-\\nard Boylston, standing committee; and John Se-\\neombe, Robert Means and David Stewart, auditors.\\nRev. Silas Aiken, the fourth minister of the\\nchurch and the first of the Society, was ordained and\\ninstalled March 4, 1829, and remained as pastor\\nuntil February 28, 1837. He was succeeded b] Rev.\\nFrederick A. Adams, who was ordained November 14,\\n1837. He continued until September 24, 1840. Rev.\\nWilliam T. Savage was installed February 24, 1841,\\nand remained until April 4, 1843. Lev. Josiah G.\\nDavis was ordained May 22, 1S44, and continued until\\nJanuary 22, 1880, when he was succeeded by Rev.\\nWillis D. Leland, who was ordained January 22,\\n1880, and remained until 1881. Since that time the\\nchurch has had no settled pastor, but has\\nplied l variou- preachers, among whom were Revs.\\nPalmer, Si der and others.\\nThe following is a list of deacons from the organiza-\\ntion of the church to 1885:\\nIliuuphi.-y lle.t.1.-, elected January 171.:; resigned 1744 died L75I\\naged 44.\\n.Kw.-I.li Ho.itell, t.-.l .luin- I i\\n.lames lit.. .1, .-I t.-.l 171! .tied January 1771.\\ns urn. 1 Wilkii .Linn. ..1 I-, 177 1. i..-i_ii -1 M.. i. .1 ii...\\nembei 27, 1832 ._\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 IS\\nJohn Seat...., t. 1 January M, 1771 resigned 17s7 died 179 t.\\nN alium Baldwin, elected January In, 1774 died Mai\\n64.\\ntged88.\\nAmos Elliott, elected September 3, 1795 j died Ipril 7, 1807, aged 52.\\nJohn seat, hi, J. elected September 3, 1795; died October 1, Is;..,\\naged\\nJohn Hartshorn 1. e 1 |.i. -ul.. t 1, IS. .8 died Xovemliei _ s, |s[ _\\naged 83.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0440.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "M.illlii.i.- -imUiii -I\\nDavi.l Holme;, rlr I l l-r\\n181 ag i\\nAmos Elliott, Jr ele ted November 1\\ndied May 22, [865, aged 9 i\\nlied Noveuil i\\nEdmund Parker, 1 i M.o\\n8, is;.r., iiu i d t:;\\nAbel Downe, ele. ted January\\n.1 April LIT,\\n.1 1836; diedSeptemb. i\\nIS io died September 28, 1840, aged\\nI 183G r. Ignedl SO died June\\nDavid lo-i. .elected\\n22, 1873, aged 80.\\ni i i, el ted I i 30, i 16 died ember IT, 1862,\\naged\\nBanml.as 11. H.ivi.l. .ted .l.i nnaiv J, I I .li. .l s. pi eiul.tr 1--::.\\naged 81.\\nEduar.l 11. II. .y 1st..,), ele, t. -.1 April 1 J. ISO I u- t i I 1S7S.\\nAaron Lawrence, elected SJovembei 2, 1860 died September 1, 1867,\\naged 62.\\nCharles II. David, ele. ted Sovei i 2, 1871 resigned 1874 died Oc-\\nt. i 17, 1880, aged 65\\nAaron S. Wilkins, elected April 9, 1874.\\n/ii. vh.-u- l-.-i-i v. t.-.l April J, 1S74 resigned 1880\\nDaniel W. Sur-eiil, el, -ele. 1 April S, lssil,\\nJoseph E. Fowle, elei ted April 8, 1880.\\nHenry Wheeler, elected 1884.\\nThe TJniversalist Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 September 9, 1819,\\npublic notice was given by Israel Fuller, clerk of the\\nsociety, that Eber Lawrence, Isaac Chickering and\\nothers had formed themselves into a religious society\\nto be known by the name and style of the Univer-\\nsalis! Society in Amherst,\\nThe Christian or Unitarian Society. Public\\nnotice was given, March 27, 1824, by David Holmes,\\nclerk of the society, that on the 24th day of that\\nmonth Charles II. Atherton, David Holmes, Ephraim\\nBlanchard, E. F. Wallace and others had associated\\nand formed themselves into a religious society by the\\nname and style of the hristian Society in Amherst.\\nRev. Edmund Quincy Sewall was ordained and in-\\nstalled pastor of the Christian Church and Society\\n(Unitarian) January 26, 1825.\\nMr. Sewall continued pastor o the society about\\none year. A church was organized and continued in\\nexistence for some time, but its records, like the early\\nones of the First Congregational Church, are lost.\\n[n 1834, Rev. Lyman Maynard was employed as pas-\\ntor by a union of the Unitarian and Universalis!\\nsocieties in town, and continued here until 1838.\\nDuring his pastorate the new meeting-house (novi\\nBaptist) was built by members of the two societies.\\nAfter the removal of Mr. Maynard, Dr. Amory Gale\\nand others conducted the Sunday services at the\\nchurch for some time. Afterward the desk was occu-\\npied for a year or two by Rev. William Eooper,\\nUniversalist.\\nFinally, the house was sold to the Baptist society,\\nand the Unitarians and Universalists in town have\\nbecome connected with other societies.\\nThe First Baptist Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 An association for\\nthe support of preaching on Chestnut Hill was or-\\nganized October 6, 1828, under the Maine of the First\\nBaptist Society in Amherst, X. EL, by the following\\npersons: Ralph Holbrook, Ebenezer Holbrook, Oliver\\nMears, Franklin Mears, Henry Tewksbury, Joseph\\n16\\nliarvill, John Rollins, James Prince, Roberl Fletcher,\\n(His Fletcher, Benjamin I anion, John Washer,\\nBenjamin F. Shepard and Joseph Harraden.\\nThe church was organized July 2, L829, ministers\\nfrom the churches in Londonderry, Milford, New\\nBoston and Coflstown being present at the council\\ncalled for the purpose. Lev. Samuel Abbot, of Lon-\\ndonderry, was moderator, and Lev. Simon\\nof i roffstown, clerk of the council.\\nThe society held their meetings for Sunday sen ices\\non Chestnut Hill until is:;;, when they removed to\\nthe Plain, a large addition made to their number,\\nthe result of a protracted meeting held in February,\\n1835, making such a iinnriiuiil advisable.\\nHere for a time they had no sure abiding-place.\\nSometimes they worshiped in the old school-house\\nnorth of the court-house, ai the easl end of the- com-\\nmon, sometimes in the court-house, and afterward in\\na small hall over the old Lead -lore, w hieh stood near\\nwhere the soldier- monument now stands. Novem-\\nber L9, L841, arrangements were made with the pro-\\nprietors of the Unitarian meeting-house for the use\\nof their house a portion of the time.\\nHaving become proprietors of two-thirds of the\\npews, the house was, agreeably to a condition in the\\nsubscription to the shares for building it, transferred\\nto them by the Unitarian society by deed dated April\\n7, 1844. It was repaired in 1851 and in 1870. Since\\nthe purchase of the meeting-house a parsonage has\\nhern built and fitted Up.\\nA communion set has been presented to the church\\nby Mrs. Mary Twiss and her children, and a legacj\\nof two hundred and fifty dollars now amounting to\\nnearly lour bundled dollars was left by Miss S. Lue\\nLawrence to purchase a bell to be used on the church.\\nThe desk was supplied by different persons, for a\\nshort time each, until 1841. Since that time the\\nministers have been,\\nThe Methodist Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lev. Orlando Hinds,\\nwho commenced his labors here in 1829, is said to\\nhave been the first .Methodist preacher in Amherst.\\nHis immediate successors were A. M. Howe and J. C.\\nCromack.\\nThe first Methodist society was organized in 1839.\\nThe first Quarterly Meeting of which any account\\n.reserved was held September 19, 1834, at\\nwhich John Haseltine, Isaac Weston and William\\nBrovi n, of Amherst, Freeman Nichols, of Merrimack,\\nand William Coggin (2d), of Mont Vernon, attended\\nwith the presiding elder. At that time the societies\\nin Amherst and Gorfstown were united, ami i he Quar-\\nterly Meetings were held alternately in both places.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0441.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "2:;t;\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nRev. James Adams supplied the desk in 1837 and\\nL838, and Rev. Levi W. Davis in 1839 and 1840.\\nBut little is found in the records from 1834 to\\nL840. In L840 the record closed. After this, preach-\\ning was supplied occasionally b\\\\ members of the\\nBiblical Institute at Concord.\\nIn the autumn of 1839 the erection ofa chapel was\\ncommenced, which was finished in the course of the\\nfollowing winter, and dedicated to the worship of\\nGod April 22, 1840, on which occasion a sermon was\\npreached bj Rev. Jared Perkins,\\nIn the afternoon of the same day a temperance lec-\\nture was given in the chapel by Rev. Mr. Jones. In\\n1845 and 1846 preaching was furnished by Rev. A.\\nH. Fullerton, and in 1847 by Rev. Caleb Dustin.\\nThe record is resumed in 1850, when a Conference\\nmeeting was held. In 1852, Franklin Furber supplied\\nthe pulpit. Alter this the prospect was far from en-\\ncouraging for the society, as we read that\\nThere was no reason to Hunk that the chun b was pen much of the\\nyear, for the cobwebs gathered within it, the blinds were closed and\\ndarkness rested on the hearts of many.\\nIn 1854 a social gathering or tea-party was held at\\nthe residence of Deacon B. 1!. David, to raise funds for\\nrenovating the chapel and supporting preaching.\\nThe effort was successful, and Rev. Charles Merrill\\nwas placed ill charge as preacher, and, as a result of\\nhis ministry, quite a number of young men were\\nadded to the church. During his ministry the\\ncommunion plate formerly used by the Unitarian\\nchurch in this town was presented to the society by\\nMrs. Charles G. Atherton,\\nMr. Merrill remained here two years, and alter his\\ndeparture preaching was supplied for some time by\\nmembers of the Biblical Institute.\\nAbout 1857 a Mr. Seeley was sent here as a supply.\\nHe remained one year. In 1858 and 1859 the desk\\nwas supplied by Messrs. Tucker, Ham nd, Clip-\\npenger and others from the institute.\\nIn 1860, Charles Pyke was sent here as a preacher.\\nFrom 1861 to 1866 the chapel was dosed. After this\\ntime it was again opened, and a member of the\\nBoston Seminary supplied the desk a short time. He\\nwas followed by Levin 1 Causey, who also remained\\nInn a shorl time, and services were again suspended.\\nIn 1871, mainly through the efforts of Mrs. Mary\\nW. Few, the chapel was painted and refitted, and an\\neffort was made to sustain preaching.\\nRev. W. chase commenced his labors here in\\nthe fall of 1871, and his report at the close of the\\nyear was a favorable one. He continued here two\\nyears, and bis ministry was successful.\\nlie was succeeded ill 1872 by lieV. Ccol^C W. Ru-\\nland, who continued here until 1874. Since then the\\nI have been,\\nisti, Rei .r Mowrej Bean, until 1876 1876, Bev. J. B. Bartlett,\\nuntil 1877 j 1877, Eev. W. I: Dille, until 1880 1880, Bev. James Noyes,\\nuntil 1881 1881, Rev I. Ainsworth.\\nSince Mr. Ainsworth the pulpit has been supplied\\nby various preachers, among whom may be mentioned\\nRev. George W. Ruland, Rev. Mr. Johnson and\\nothers.\\nMr. Ainsworth relinquished his charge and left the\\ndenomination before the close of the year, and the\\nchurch is now united with that in Milford.\\nThe chapel was enlarged and remodeled in 1879 at\\nan expense of little more than fourteen hundred\\ndollars.\\nMeeting-Houses. At a meeting held August 6,\\n1735, the proprietors voted to build a meeting-house\\non the plot of ground lately laid out for the purpose.\\nFebruary 14, 1737-38, they voted to build a meet-\\ning-house, forty-live by twenty-two feet, tie- posts to\\nlie twenty-two feet in length, finish the outside, and\\nbuild a pulpit by the last day of October, come\\ntwelve months. Captain Joseph Parker, Ensign\\nThomas Tarbox and Lieutenant Cornelius Tarble\\nwere chosen a committee to build it or lett it out.\\nJuly 11. 1738, Captain Ebenezer Raymond and Mr.\\nJohn Wiles were added to the committee, and. as\\nCaptain Parker declined serving, Captain Joseph\\nRichardson was chosen to serve in his stead. At this\\nmeeting an assessment of three pounds was made on\\neach right, to defray the expense of building the\\nhouse and laying out a second division of lots.\\nDecember 27, 1738. The Kith day of May follow-\\ning was selected as the day on which to raise the\\nframe of the meeting-house, and Captain Ebenezer\\nRayment was desired to make provision for the same.\\nMay 10, 1739. Twenty shillings for each right was\\nordered to be paid to the treasurer for defraying the\\nmeeting-house charges, etc.\\nMay 20, 1741. A tax of one hundred and eighty\\npounds was levied on the rights for the purpose of\\nfinishing the meeting-house and defraying other\\ncharges.\\nDecember 14, 1742. John Shepard, Jonathan Tar-\\nble and Timothy Fuller were appointed a committee\\nto agree for finishing the meeting-house, but, October\\n18, 1743, the proprietors\\nVoted that a committee, consisting of Joseph l rince, Samuel Walton\\nand John Shepacl. must 1 1 1 the n tin.. lo.iw l.o.nded the dower laid,\\nI),,. I,, ,i, i- up, the pulpit made, and I lie- floors made and hung\\nFebruary 10, 171:1-44. thej\\nl I oI.mI that they will doe something toward finishing the meeting*\\ni l.iphuard it. make the uiiulow-frames, crown and glaze\\nthem, point the ground pinting, and prime the flew hoards, window-\\nfcine s, s.islu-s, anil doors, and, in ease there is not an Indian war, the\\nnext fall, laitb and plaster the walls ami eeili\\nthink fit.\\nDeacon Tarble, Captain John Shepard and Mr.\\nEbenezer Ellenwood wen- appointed a committee to\\nsee the above work done. It was also voted that the\\nnext meeting of the proprietors should be held in the\\nmeeting-bouse, where, pursuant to this vote, it was\\nheld. June 30, 1744-4...\\nIt is to lie hoped that the house was made comfort-\\nable for their reception; certainly it was no small", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0442.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "AMHERST.\\nL 37\\nundertaking to hold a meeting in such a place, ith-\\nout fires, in mid-winter.\\nProvision was made for finishing the meeting-house\\nami for meeting other charges at a meeting held\\nQber 21 1747.\\nAt a meeting held May 23, 1750, they voted that\\nthey would do nothing more to the meeting-house\\nthat year.\\nJune 26, 1751, they voted to finish the meeting-\\nhouse, or some part of it, this summer, and appointed\\nLieutenant Moses Barron, Andrew Bradford and\\nEbenezer Lyon a committee to get the work done;\\nbut, September 26, 1753, they refused to appoint a\\ncommittee to settle with the committee appointed to\\nfinish the meeting-house.\\nThis is tin last recorded act of the proprietors in\\nregard to building and finishing tin- meeting-house,\\nan undertaking which occupied about fourteen years.\\nAlter the incorporation of the town it seems to have\\npassed into the possession of the town, and its preser-\\nvation became, for a time, a town charge.\\nAs the population of the town increased, the house\\nbecame too small to accommodate the people who\\nresorted to it on the Sabbath. Hence, perhaps, the\\nvisitors from Monson, who bad no meeting-house of\\ntin ir own, and paid nothing for the support of\\npreaching, wen- unwelcome guests. Some traces of\\nthe feeling against them may be found in therecorded\\nvotes of the town at that time.\\n.Inly 2:1, 17(37, the town was asked to allow the men\\nto occupy the whole of the front gallery of the meet-\\ning-house, and also to appoint seats for the Quires-\\nters to set in, in order to improve Psalmody, or relig-\\nious singing; but both applications were denied.\\nMarch 1-1. 1768, Daniel Campbell and Benjamin\\nTaylor were appointed a committee to make so\\nmuch more room in the meeting-house as they shall\\nthink proper, and \u00c2\u00a313 8\u00c2\u00ab. M. was voted to defray\\ncurrent charges.\\n.lo-eph Steel and William Wallace protested against\\nthis grant of money, declaring that they would not pay\\nany part of it until it was decided whether the house\\nbelonged to the proprietors or the town.\\nDecember 4, 1771. Amherst was now the shire-\\ntown of the county of Hillsborough, and accommoda-\\ntions were needed loi the sessions of the courts. The\\ntown had already voted to build a new meeting-\\nhouse, and at a meeting held this day they\\nIY /e.7 to give, grant :M! l tnreviT (juiT-ela iin all right, title, inter-\\nest, rlaim ami property of. in and unto onr Id mr tiiig-house in -aid\\nAmlo-rst to the justices of tlie oiirt ..f on.-ial .-t i oi.r n\\nanil for this County for the use of the County, n s.rving to uursrlves tie\\naid house from time to time, as we may see meet,\\nfor the space of two years from this tine-, without ha\\\\ ing the house made\\ninconvenient for out meetings during that time, and reserving the righl\\nof removing the Pulpit fn.m tie- house at any time .luring the two years\\naforesaid, Provided the Justices cause a new County jail to rected\\nwithin 160 rods of the t ting-house as it now stands .air i v. ist the\\nabove vote and every clause therein contained to he void. 1\\nThe jili 1 was erected, the new meeting-house\\nwas built, and the old one passed into the possession\\nof the county, destined, ere long, to be removed to\\nthe plain, and to be purified by tire.\\nThe Second Meeting-House.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At a meeting held\\nOctober t. 1770, the town voted to build a meeting-\\nhouse for public worship, and to set the same upon\\nthe most convenient place on the training-field, in\\nsaid town, and make it seventy-five feet in length and\\nforty-five feet in width. They also voted to raise one\\nhundred and fifty pounds, lawful money, to defray the\\nexpense of building said house.\\nRobert Read, Samuel McKean, Archelaus Towne,\\nJohn Shepard, Jr., and Moses Nichols were appointed\\na committee to superintend the work of building\\nthe bouse, and they were authorized to settle and fix\\nupon the particular spot of ground in said field on\\nwhich to erect it.\\nIctober 25, 1770. At a meeting held this day the\\ntown voted to cut the meeting-house short of\\nwhat bad previously been voted live feet, and the\\nsame in width, viz., live feet. The\\\\ directed the\\nbuilding committee to add to the house a steeple at\\none end and a porch at the other end thereof.\\nThe committee was also directed to cause the frame\\nof the house to be raised, boarded and shingled within\\ntwelve months from that date. The height of the\\nsills from the ground was left to their discretion, and\\nwhen any particular job of work was needed toward\\nthe building of the house they were to notify the\\npeople and employ those who would do it on the most\\nreasonable terms.\\nArmed with these directions, it would seem that\\nthe committee was prepared to go forward; but a\\n-i. was gathering. The people of Monson, so re-\\ncently annexed, were dissatisfied. They had lived in\\nthe old town twenty-four years with no public build-\\ning but a pound, and to be called upon to assist in\\nbuilding a meeting-house was a new experience.\\nThe settlers around Shepard s mills, in Amherst, dis-\\nliked the plan. The people in the northwest part of\\nthe town objected to it, as it added half a mile to their\\njourney to meeting, audit was objected to by Chest-\\nnut Hill folks on the same ground and a meetingwas\\nheld November 6, 1770, in the interest of the disaf-\\nfected ones, to see if the town would vacate, annul,\\ndestroy and make void every act or vote of said town\\nlately passed, relative to building a meeting-house on\\nthe training-field in said town, to see if they will\\nenlarge the present meeting-house so as to make it\\nconvenient for the people to meet in for some time to\\ncome, and, finally, if they should be induced to\\nbuild the house expressed in their late vote, to see if\\nthey will vote to set il in the centre of the town.\\nThe above queries were summarily disposed of at\\nthe meeting, hi the article first named the town\\nvoted in the negative, the meeting being qualified.\\nThey then voted to ratify, establish and confirm\\nevery vote heretofore passed relative to the new\\nproposed meeting-house. They also voted to dismiss\\nthe consideration of the next two queries.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0443.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "l!3s\\nHISTORY OF HIU.SP.OKorCH COUNTY. NKW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAnother effort tq change the location of the house\\nwas made al the annual tow u-meetimr, March 11.\\n1771, at which propositions were made to\\nfor setting said house on\\nthe plain. To see if tin- town, upon consider-\\nation of a far superior place, with respect to under-\\npinning said house, dry land and a location nearer\\nilc i entre I the town, will vote to set said house on\\nthe west side i the road, near the shop of .Mr.\\ni !hi ever, so called, and, if voted in the negative, to\\nsee ii i hej u ill chuse a court s committee to i tablish\\na place for said housi all of which were rejected.\\nThomas Wakefield was chosen new meeting-house\\ntreasurer. and the work of building went forward.\\nAt a meeting held August 26, 1771, the town voted\\nthai the building committee pro\\\\ ide drink for rais-\\ning tie- 1 1 1 i t i 1 1 _i 1 1 1 1 ihat is, for the spectators,\\nc.\\nIW,,/. t]i;i! -an] I 1 1 pi 1 .r 111- raising\\nthe meeting-house frame in this town fn- ^11. h a- -hall do the labor of\\nnliii- In thru ili-rntinii, lint exceed-\\ning eight barrel- al-,., that said Ciiiinittee provide for the\\nensile-, ut S.ll l It-Mi- l-alt -l ,nu:a ihi wn -li-al l for the Use of\\nii ilait,-.| a. a.oIiiiL I\\nThe committee was also authorized to procure a\\nsufficiency of victuals and drink for such as should\\nlabor in raising aid lmu-e, while laboring, viz., one.\\ntwo or three meals a day, as the laborers should re-\\nquire. They were also directed to hire the Gem, etc.\\nWhat tin- i tem was does nut clearly appear but,\\nwith the ample preparations made by the town and\\nthe amount of victuals and drink provided for the\\noccasion, the fathers must have had a spirited\\nraising. Doubtless they lilted with a will, and the\\nmassive timbers were slowly set in their plai es under\\nthe direction of the master-builder, Deacon Barker.\\nDuring the intervals of relaxation from the solid\\nwork before them, running and wrestling-matches\\nwere in order, in most of which, if tradition is to he\\nbelieved, Sam Wilkins, the minister s son, after-\\nwards deacon of the church, wag the chii i champion.\\nHis greatest exploit on this occasion was that of run-\\nning a short distance with the chairman of the build-\\ning committee, who weighed about the sixth of a ton\\navoirdupois, upon his shoulders.\\nAt a town-meeting held December -4. 1771, it was\\nvoted to allow the accounts of the committee ap-\\npointed to build the new meeting-liou-e. and the ac-\\ncounts of the workmen employed by them.\\nThe town also voted that they would finish the\\noutside of the new meeting-house next summer,\\nclapboard and glaze it, ami finish the stei\\nway complete, and lay the lower floor in stud house.\\nOne hundred and sixty pounds, lawful money, was\\ngranted to defray the expense that has already arisen\\nin building the bouse, and the building committee\\nwas authorized to complete the work above mentioned.\\nNovember 14, 1772, the town\\nn the f.wri tloni ,i( tin\\ni i tin- inhabitants of tins town, the\\nlean On Kill- tn I,. applied to defray tile expense ol tin-\\nIshmg On- house.\\nDaniel Campbell, Joseph Gould and Stephen Pea-\\nbody were appointed a committee to sell said pew-\\nground; Daniel Campbell refusing to serve on the\\ncommittee, Ephraim Hildreth was appointed in his\\nstead.\\nBy a vote of tin- town, passed at this mi eting, then\\nwere to be three tiers of pews on tin- south side, one\\ntier on the north side and two tiers each on the east\\nand west ends. Alleys were to in- In between the\\npews and Seats ami between the pews. Tin size of\\nround lots was left to the discretion of the\\ncommittee, flu- sale of the pew-ground was to he\\nwithin one month from the time of this meeting, and\\nthe purchase-money was to lie paid into the meeting-\\nhouse treasury within three months from the time of\\nthe sale.\\nThe pews were ordered to be built within twelve\\nmonths from this date, and in a uniform manner. If\\nthey were not built within the time and in the manner\\nspecified, the sale of the ground to the person or per-\\nsons lading to comply with the conditions was to be\\nvoid.\\nThe house was so tar completed that ii was formally\\ndedicated to the public worship of God on the 19th\\nday of January, 1774. which date, curiously painted\\nin gold, in old English letters, on a panel in from of\\nthe singers gallery, directly opposite the pulpit, has\\nbeen, in bygone years, an enigma to more than one\\not the younger members of the congregation. Of\\nthe gathering on that occasion and the sermon\\npreached by Mr. Wilkins no written records remain.\\nTradition affirms that the di-course was, to some ex-\\ntent, a historical one, treating of matters connected\\nwith the settlement of the town and the formation of\\ntie- church. It SO, it loss is to be regretted.\\nAlter the public services at the meeting-house it is\\nsaid that the visiting clergymen were entertained tit\\nthe house of Pastor Wilkins. While partaking of\\ntheir dinner, of which hasty pudding and milk\\nformed a part, the newly-elected deacon, Stun\\nWilkins, told them a ludicrous story ol his exper-\\nience ni catching a sheep, which pleased the revi rend\\nfathers, and the pudding tlew well.\\nMarch 14, 1774. A proposition to choose a com-\\nmittee to procure a good loll for the meeting-house\\nwas rejected by the town; also, one to allow the\\n:i iii i In- new meeting-house that Psalm-\\nody may be carried on with greater regulation.\\nFifty pound.- sterling monej was voted to defray the\\nnew lie el ing-hou e charges, elc.\\nJum- 22, 1774. Daniel Campbell, Lieutenant Ken-\\ndrick and Israel Towne, Jr., were appointed a com-\\nmittee to examine the accounts of the meeting-house\\nand pew committees.\\nMarch 9, 1778. The town voted that the seats in\\nthe front gallery in the meeting-house, from the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0444.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "women s seats to the first pillar in the men s, be\\ngranted for the use of a number of persons skilled in\\nsinging, and Ephraim Barker, William Low, Amos\\nStickney, Abijah Wilkins and John Kimball were\\nappointed a committee for seating said scats.\\nMarch 31, 1779. The town voted to accept the\\nreport of the committee appointed to adjust the\\naccounts of the new meeting-house and pevt c mil\\ntees.\\nOctober 30, 1815. A committee, consistingof Wil-\\nliam Low, David Stewart and Andrew Leavitt, having\\nreported that the meeting-house needed some repairs.\\nthe town voted that said committee be authorized to\\nmake siieh repairs as were necessary.\\nMarch, 1818. The town refused to purchase stoves\\nfor the meeting-house.\\nFor several years efforts were made to induce the\\ntown to provide for warming the meeting-house dur-\\ning Sunday services; but when the matter was brought\\nup in town-meeting a majority of the voters steadily\\nrefused to make an appropriation for the purpose.\\nPerhaps they thought it well to have the temperatun\\nof their house of worship as unlike as possible to that\\nof the reputed abode of lost spirits. Wood was\\ncheap, and they could assemble at the taverns near\\nby, where mine host always had good tires burning,\\naround which they could gather, talk polities, discuss\\nthe forenoon s sermon,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the two being frequently\\nidentical,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 drink flip or something stronger, watch\\nthe boys and get in good shape for the afternoon s\\ncampaign. The fairer half of creation took refuge\\nin the neighboring houses, where they were welcomed\\nto good tires and, just as the bell rung, furnished with\\na plenty of live coals to till the fire-boxes in the little\\nfoot-stoves they carried.\\nSo they worshiped. Some, however, were not\\nsatisfied, and occasionally used the columns of the\\nCabinet to give vent to their feelings. f these,\\nwho evidently had a realizing sense of what was be-\\nfore him and his fellow-sufferers, thus wrote in the\\nCabinet of December 26, 1818,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nl;\\\\,n the /a./ei.K liav. sl..\\\\]:s in tli. il in.-. I ii -i-h I- i\\nastonishing that cirih Jjim] ,r, jhl,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e.l .,|,le ha\\\\.. n. .a.- Lot that III. y\\n[.....ih ih.Mi-.lv- InMivii .e.ay SaM.ath in the winter,\\nwhen the trifliti- e\\\\ ]..t,-.- ..f .h.llir each would make them comfort-\\nable? A wor-i to the frozen will, we hope, I.. sufficient to mil., them\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe subject was again brought up at the next an-\\nnual meeting, but the town refused to take any action\\nupon the subject. Finally, in 1.S24, some stovi wen\\nprocured by individual subscriptions and placed in\\nthe meeting-house.\\nStill, the house was a eold, uncomfortable place,\\nuntil it was removed ami remodeled in L836. Lfter\\nthat time loot -stoves were dispensed with, and the tew\\nthat now remain tire shown as curious relics of the\\npast.\\n.March, 1821. The town voted to shingle the meet-\\ning-house and make such repairs of the clapboard-\\ning and doors of the same as wen- necessary; also\\nyoted to paint the house, ami William Fisk, William\\nLow and David McG. Means were appointed a com-\\nmittee to procure the work done. They were author-\\nized to examine the steeple, and, if thej thought\\nproper, take it down and build a cupola in its place.\\nThe sum of five hundred dollars was place, 1 tit their\\ndisposal to lay out for the above, and lor such other\\nrepairs as they might sec lit to make upon the\\nhouse.\\nIn the winter of 1832 a movement was made for\\nthe sale of the house, the town reserving certain rights\\nand privileges in the same, flic matter was brought\\nbefore the town tit the March meeting in that year by\\nappropriate articles in the warrant calling the meet-\\ning.\\nMarch 14, 1832. The town voted to sell the meet-\\ning-house at auction, anil the sale was finally made, the\\nFirst Congregational Church and Society in Amherst\\nbeing the purchasers, and the property was transferred\\nin tin in by the committee appointed for the purpose.\\nIn August, 1836, the meeting-house was removed\\nfrom the spot on the training-field where the\\nfathers placed it, si sty-live years before, to the place\\nit now occupies.\\nJanuary 1, 1837, the repairs on the meeting-house\\nbeing completed, it was again occupied by the society\\nfor Sunday services. The exercises on this occasion,\\nunder the direction of the pastor, Rev. Silas Aiken,\\nwere appropriate and of a very interesting character.\\nMir centennial anniversary of the dedication of the\\nsecond meeting-house was celebrated with appropriate\\nservices on Sunday, January IS, 1874.\\nThe house had lately been thoroughly repaired and\\na new organ built.\\nfhe house is now in g 1 repair, and its massive\\ntimbers promise a continuance for centuries. Long\\n1 1 1 i s ii lie spared from the lire and tempest, a con-\\nnecting link between present and bygone genei a I ion.-,.\\n(MAP T E U I V.\\nAMHERST\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nImherst as the Count} -Seat Schools Aurean ^cademj Post-Offices\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Press\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Amherst Journal and New II. en. I i UverHaer\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Village Messenger\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Farmers Cabin I r. Hills] ugh\\niVli. S ralih The Amherst Herald\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tin- I isi -ata.pia l.i.nu. It, al Maga-\\nzine\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Banks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Hillsborough Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Farmers Ilatik-Sorial Liter-\\nary\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Franklin Society\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Masoni.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I liysirians- ..II\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Civil History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .Moderators .SeIcrtiiien-Kei..rcseiitatives--l o|.iil.-ition\\nAx attempt to divide the province into counties\\nwas made in the House of Representatives January\\n22, 1755; but it failed to receive the concurrence of\\nthe Council.\\nThe subject was brought up in the Council at a\\nsession held in March, L769,at which time votes were\\npassed for dividing the province into counties\\nami fixing their boundaries. In these votes the House\\nconcurred.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0445.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTORY OF IIII.LSFoKOrCH COUNTY. NFAY HAMPSHIRE\\nMarch 29, L769. The Council voted that one\\nSuperior Court, four Inferior Courts ofC mon Pleas,\\nand fourCoiurts of ii-nci. il r--i.,n- -ln.nlil he held an-\\nnually at Amherst for the county in which it was in-\\ncluded.\\nThis vote was returned b\\\\ the Bouse the next day\\nwithout concurrence, as they were in 30\\nwhether the courts should be held in Amherst or\\nMerrimack but they professed a willingness to abide\\nby the decision of the Council.\\nAfter hearing the statements of parties interested,\\nthe question was pul to the Council whether Amherst\\nshould l e stricken from the vote and Merrimack put\\nin its place and it was decided in the negative.\\nThe vote of the Council was then concurred in by tin-\\nHouse.\\nThe meeting-house belonging to the town was pre-\\nsented to the county for a court-house, and was sub-\\nsequently moved from its original location, at the\\njunction of the roads near the house now occupied by\\nP. W. and Thomas Jones, to a site on the Plain, north\\nof the soldiers monument, where it was burned by an\\nincendiary on the night following the loth day of\\nMarch, 1788.\\nA jail was built shortly after the organization of\\nthe county, which now tonus apart of tl Id. jail-\\nhouse building, and -one- fni ty ears later the stone\\njail building was erected.\\nAt a meeting held -March 31, 1788, the town voted\\nto grant eighty pounds toward the erection of a new\\ncourt-house. John Patterson, Captain Josiah Crosby,\\nSamuel Dana, Esq., Daniel Campbell and James Ray\\nwere appointed a committee to superintend its erec-\\ntion, and its location, form and figure were referred\\nto the committee and the selectmen of the town.\\nThe second court-house was built on the spot now\\noccupied by the dwelling-house of David Russell,\\nEsq. After the brick court-house was built it was\\nsold and removed to the westerly part of the Plain,\\nwhere it was fitted up for a chapel, for which it was\\nral years, when it was again sold and fitted\\nup for tenement dwellings. It is still standing near\\nthe foundry buildings. West ofit,asit was originally\\nlocated, and near by, were the whipping-post and\\npillory, those terrors of the law to evil-doers among\\nthe fathers. The whippings inflicted, we maj judge,\\nvaried in severity according to the disposition of the\\nofficer who inflicted them. In one instance, still re-\\nmembered, the culprit was told privately that he\\nshould not be whipped very hard, but was directed\\nto make a terrible outcry every time he was struck.\\nAfter the Stale prison was built the pillory and\\nwhipping-post were dispensed with, and but very few\\npersons now living can remember them.\\nIn this second court-house the giants of the legal\\nprofession in New Hampshire, from 1787 to 1822,\\nwere wont to congregate at the semi-annual sessions\\nof the Hillsborough County courts. Here came Jer-\\nemiah Mason. Jeremiah Smith, the elder l lnnnr.\\nWilliam Gordon, David Everett, the elder Athertons,\\nLevi Woodbury, George Sullivan, Arthur Livermore,\\nSamuel Bell, Parker Noyes, Judge Richardson and\\nothers oflesser note; and here, greatest of all, Daniel\\nWebster made his maiden argument before Judge\\nI arrar. He bad finished the study of bis profession\\nin the office of Christopher Gore, a distinguished\\njurist in Boston, and had been admitted to the Suf-\\nfolk County bar, on motion of thai gentleman, in\\nMarch, 1805. A few weeks later he visited Amherst,\\nand argued a motion before Judge Farrar s court\\nwith such clearness that the presiding judge remarked\\nto his associates That young man s statement 1- a\\nmost unanswerable argument. and at once granted\\nthe motion.\\nThe town of Concord having presented a petition\\nto the Genera] Court, asking to be annexed to the\\ncounty of Hillsborough, and that one-half of the\\ncourts then held at A n ill. 1 -t might be held in that\\ntown, the people of A in hei st at a meeting held April\\n28, L785, voted their unwillingness that the petition\\nshould be granted, and chose Joshua Atherton, Au-\\ngustus Blanchard and Samuel Dana, Esqs., a com-\\nmittee to show the General Court the reasons of\\ntheir unwillingness. Colonel Robert Means, then\\nrepresentative of the town, was instructed to assist\\nthe committee, who were directed to confer with\\nother towns relative to the premises before hearing\\nthe petition.\\nTin people of the towns in the northern part of\\nthe county requiring greater conveniences for tin\\ntransaction of their business before the courts, the\\nLegislature passed an act. which was apprised I\\n1 miii i 25, 17 J2, providing that the May term of the\\nSuperior Court and the September and December\\nterms ot the Court of Common Pleas and General\\nCourt of Sessions. h,ld annually at Amherst, should\\nthereafter I held at Hopkinton, at the same time\\nthey had been held at Amherst, provided that the\\nstud courts should be held in or as near the meeting-\\nbouse in said Hopkinton as they could conveniently\\nbe, and that the act should be null and void if, at the\\nexpiration of two years from its passage, the town of\\nHopkinton had not erected a suitable house, frei oi\\nexpense to the county, in which to hold said courts.\\nThe required building was promptly erected, and\\nHopkinton became a half-shire town of the county,\\nand so continued until the formation of Merrimack\\nCounty, in 1823. A jail was also erected there, which\\ncontinued to be used by the county of Merrimack\\nafter its incorporation until the completion of the\\nnew jail at ioncord, in 1852.\\nA committee appointed by the town to examine\\nand report, among other things, wdiat part of the\\ncommon the town should appropriate for a court-\\nhouse, on condition that the town should have the\\nprivilege of using the same for a town-house, reported,\\nat a meeting held September 21, 1818, recommending\\nthat tin town should grant the county a right to", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0446.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "nvri a court-house and the necessary buildings for\\nthe accommodation of the sam the common, in\\nfront of the burying-ground, placing the back thereof,\\nas far as may be convenient, into the burying-ground,\\nprovided the town shall ever nave the privilege of\\nusing the hou.se to hold their meetings in.\\nThe present court-house was erected shortly alter.\\nBy an act of the Legislature, approved December\\n28, 1844, it was provided thai a term of the Court of\\nCommon Pleas should thereafter he laid at Man-\\nchester.\\nAn act passed July 12, 1856, provided that a term\\nof the Superior Court should be held at Nashua.\\nAn act was passed June 29, 1864, providing for the\\nremoval of the county records to Nashua.\\nThe records were removed in 1866.\\nA jail having been built at Manchester, the jail,\\njail-house and small house, mar by, in Amherst, and\\nthe land around them, owned by the comity, were\\nsold at auction, October 8, 1867.\\nThe land on which these buildings -t I was pre-\\nsented to the county by Jonathan Smith, in 1771.\\nBy an act of the Legislature, approved July 15,\\nL879, the May term of the Superior Court held at\\nAmherst on the first Tuesday of May, annually, was\\nabolished, and a term of tin- court was ordered to he\\nheld in its stead at Nashua and Manchester, alter-\\nnately, on the firsl Tuesday id May, annually.\\nThis completed the removal of the Hillsborough\\nCounty courts from Amherst, where they had been held\\nwholly, or in part, for one hundred and eight years.\\nOn the removal of the courts, the court-house,\\nagreeably to the provisions of the deed given thi\\ncounty in 1824, became the property of the town.\\nIt lias since been fitted up for a town-house, and\\ncontains a large and convenient town ball, rooms for\\nthe town officers, the town library and a tire-proof\\nsafe for the preservation of the town records, etc.\\nWe find no record of any schools in Souhcgan West\\nprior to its incorporation as a town. Probably\\nprivate instruction was given by Mr. Wilkins, or\\nsome other qualified person, to such as desired and\\ncould afford it.\\nAt the annual meeting of the town in 17112 a vote\\nwas passed to keep a school this year in five\\ndivisions, the selectmen to divide, by which we may\\nunderstand the selectmen were to divide the town\\ninto five divisions or districts and employ a teacher,\\nwho should spend a part of his time in each district.\\nNo mention is made of any effort being made to\\nsecure an appropriation for schools in the years 1 7 13,\\nL765 and 1766. In 17G4, 17U7, 17fiS and 1769 the\\ntown refused to make any appropriation for that pur-\\npose; also, at a special meeting held in May, 1769.\\nFinally the matter became a serious one. The\\nselectmen were in danger of beiug presented for\\nneglect of duty in the matter of schooling. So the\\ntown voted, at a meeting held December 12, 1709,\\nthat they will keep a school a part id this year,\\nand granted the sum of UK! Ii.\u00c2\u00ab. N to dcfra\\\\ file ex-\\npense of so doing.\\nAt ilie annual meeting, March, 1 770, they\\nt,;l, |n keep a Scl 1 II [Willie y.-ai to ti ll,, children I\\nreai], write an I\\nI .ui no record remains that any money was appro-\\npriated for teachers.\\nMarch, 1771. Twenty pounds, lawful money, was\\nvoted for schooling, and the town directed that the\\nschool should be kept some part of the time in several\\nparts of the town. Also, voted that the people of\\nthe town keep as many schools as they think fit*\\nand each family that does keep a school sha\\ntitled lo draw their proportion of the monej ab ivi\\ngranted.\\nAt .a meeting held March 1/72. the sum of\\n\u00c2\u00a326 L3s. was granted for the support of schools\\nthai year. In 1773 the article in the warrant for the\\nannual meeting relating to schools was referred to the\\nselectmen.\\nA proposition to build several school-houses and to\\nchoos a committee to complete the same was rejected\\nat the annual meeting in March, 1774.\\nThe lots reserved for schools by the proprietors of\\nthe township seem to have been sold about this time,\\nas we find in the warrant for the meeting held March\\n13, 177o, an article, to sec if the town would allow\\nthat [part of the town that was originally (tilled Am-\\nherst to use the interest of the i icy their school-\\nright was lately sold for in private schools, which\\nthey refused to do.\\nNo record remains of any provision being made for\\nschools in the years 177- 177(1 and 1777. Other mat-\\nters of serious import engrossed the minds of the\\npeople in those years; but it is probable that the\\nschools were not wholly neglected.\\nAt the annual meeting in March, 177S, it was\\nVoh-d. to keep a oi ammar school the ensuine, year.\\nAnd on the cover ol the first volume of the town\\nrecords are the following entries, in the handwriting\\nof Colonel Nahum Baldwin, town clerk and first\\nselectman that year. April 27, 177*,\\nAgreed with Mr. William Kin- to keep a tow n scl 1 at 6\u00c2\u00ab. per las.\\narid board him. Same day opened s d Behoof, duly J7, 1778, Agreed\\nwitli Mr. Brown Emerson to keep a Behoof in this I\\nt t Ii l -.lumen, ol this day.\\nN. It Town Clerk.\\nThese were warlike times, and the fathers used war-\\nlike terms in the transaction of their business. So we\\nfind them voting, March 8, 1779,\\nI ll, it lli. town lie ll\\\\ idol int.. -an ad iv. as all\\nI.-, fin. ii. tli it tin- inhabitants may be the (..-iter aec modated with a\\nschool, and that each s.|.iadroli have their part of tin- money that shall\\nbe laisr.l I.. I s. houlin-. i.i\\\\idod th.y lay it out lol thai purpose.\\nThe sum of three hundred pounds was granted for\\nthe support of schools this year at an adjourned meet-\\ning held March 31st.\\nIn March, 1780, the sum of six hundred pounds\\nwas voted for the support of schools, ami the manner\\nof keeping them was referred to the selectmen.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0447.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "242\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAt the March meeting in 1781 the town voted to\\nraise ten thousand pounds r schooling this year,\\nand that the schools be kept by each neighbourhood\\nclassing together. It may be well to remember\\nthat this was in thedays of the depreciated Continen-\\ntal fiat money. The next year they had reached\\nhard pan, as they voted eighty pounds for the sup-\\nport of schools. The same amount was appropriated\\nin 1783.\\nIn 1784 they did better, and appropriated one hun-\\ndred pounds, and directed the selectmen to divide the\\ntown into school districts, and each district had\\nliberty to lay out their money as they pleased.\\nThe smn of one hundred and fifty pounds was\\nvoir,] for schools in each of the years 1785, 1786 and\\n1787.\\nAt a meeting held 10th of April, 1787, the town\\nvoted to keep a grammar school in the centre district\\nthis j ear, on condition that the district shall make up\\nto the master in a private way what their proportion\\nof the school money falls short of an adequate salary.\\nA disposition was manifested at this meeting to se-\\ncure the services of such persons as teachers in the\\nschools as were qualified for the work, and a commit-\\ntee, consisting of Rev. Jeremiah Barnard, Rev. John\\nBruce and Augustus Blanchard, Esq., was appointed\\nto examine the abilities of school-masters and mis-\\ntresses, and it was voted that none hut those thai\\nwere recommended by them should be employed by\\nany district as teachers of schools.\\nIt was also voted that if any district should not\\nschool out their money within one year from the time\\nit was granted, it should be paid into the town treas-\\nury for the use ofthe town.\\nne hundred and fifty pounds annually was granted\\nfor thesupporl of schools from 1787 tol793, inclusive.\\nAt the annual meeting in March, L789, the town\\nvoted to excuse a number of persons who had joined\\nthemselves together lor the support of an academy in\\nthis town from the payment of any school lax so long-\\nas they should support the proposed academy. The\\nuse ofthe town-house for school purposes was also\\ngranted to them.\\nLotteries were popular in those days, and we find\\nthat when the projectors of the academy asked the\\nLegislature for an act of incorporation they asked for\\nthe grant of a lottery to enable them to support it.\\nThe Senate, however, gave them leave to bring in a\\nbill for the incorporation of the academy only.\\nIn December, 1791, a petition was presented to the\\nLegislature by the academies in Amherst, Atkinson,\\nCharlestown, Chesterfield and New Ipswich, asking\\nfor i he grant of a lottery to enable them to raise five\\nthousand pounds, which thej proposed to divide\\nequally among those institutions; but the application\\nwas postponed lo the next session, and was finally un-\\nsuccessful.\\nFebruary Hi, 1791, Joshua Atherton, Samuel\\nDana.Robert .Means, William Gordon, Daniel War-\\nner, John Shepard. Hubert Fletcher, Nathan Ken-\\ndall, Jr., Saniud Curtis, Joseph Blanchard, Samuel\\nWilkins and Daniel Campbell, Esqr s., William\\nRead, Nathan Cleaves, David Danforth, Isaac Bald-\\nwin, John Eaton, David Stewart, Thomas Gilmore,\\nSamuel G. Towne, James Roby, John Watson, Jere-\\nmiah Hobson, Ebenezer Taylor, Jonathan Smith, Jr.,\\nand Ephraim Barker, of Amherst; Moses Kelly, of\\nloffston n Isaac Cochran, of Antrim Timothy Tay-\\nlor and Jacob MacGaw, of Merrimack and Stephen\\nDole, of Bedford, and their successors, were, by the\\nof the State, formed into, constituted and\\nI politic and corporate, by the nameofthe\\n\\\\iiivan Academy, which corporation was empowered\\nto transact all business necessary to the support and\\nmaintenance of an academy, the end and purpose of\\nwhich was declared to be to encourage and promote\\nvirtue and piety, and a knowledge of the English,\\nGreek and Latin languages, mathematicks, writing,\\ngeography, logic, oratory, rhetoric and other useful\\nand ornamental branches of literature.\\nAn organization of the corporation was effected\\nshortly after, and the school went into operation under\\nthe charge of Charles Walker, a son of Judge Timothy\\nWalker, of Concord, X. 11. He was succeeded by\\nDaniel Staniford, Henry .Moore, Jesse Appleton, Wil-\\nliam Crosby, William Biglow, Joshua Hayu 1, Wil-\\nliam Abbott, Daniel Weston, Peyton R. Freeman,\\nJames McPherson and Thomas Cole. The school was\\nin successful operation for some years, but it was fin-\\nally (dosed in 1801 for lack of adequate funds for its\\nsupport.\\nA select school was kept in the village during the\\nsummer months for several years afterward. Among\\ntin teachers employed in this school were Ephraim\\nP. Bradford, George Kimball, James McKean Wilkins,\\nJohn Farmer, Samuel Whiting, Abel F. Hildreth and\\nGideon L. Soule.\\nThe sum of ten thousand dollars was left to i lie town\\nof Amherst by the will of the late Isaac Spalding, of\\nNashua, the same to be paid in one year from the\\ndeath of his widow, and kept as a perpetual fund, to\\nbe known as the Spalding fund, the annual interest,\\ndividend or income of which is to be added to the\\nschool money raised by the town in each year, and\\nexpended as such money is now, or hereafter may be,\\nby law required or authorized to be expended.\\nPost-Office. William Gordon was appointed post-\\nmaster at Amherst, by the President and Council,\\nFebruary 1(1, 1791.\\nSince the organization ofthe Post-Office Depart-\\nment by the general government the postmasters have\\nbeen,\\nDanii I p [808. Samuel Foster; 1809, Eli\\nBrown 1812, Ann, 11 Whitnt-y Ism, Jclidiali K Smith 1826, Isaac\\nSpalding; 1827, John Prentiss; 1829, David Underbill 1841, Aaron\\n1 1849, Charles B. Totl 2, David Russell i Timothy\\nDanforth 1855, Nafhani Mo i 1861, H I Ibbott; 1868,\\nChiiile- lIu li.ii.Uoii is,, a, II. I;. \\\\v 11 n Wil-Mi, n For-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0448.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "A post-office whs established at Amherst station in\\nAugust, 1881, under the name of Danforth post-\\noffice, and Charles II. Mackay was appointed post-\\nmaster. Mr. c. E. Smith is tin- present incumbent.\\nA telephone-office was opened at the telegraph-\\noffice in the house of Dr. Edward Aiken, on the Plain,\\nJuly 7, 1882. It is now in the store of Mr. A. F.\\nSawyer.\\nThe Press.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Amherst Journal and New Hamp-\\nshire Advertiser, commenced by Nathaniel Coverly,\\nJanuary 16, 1795, was the first newspaper published\\nin Amherst or in 1 lil Uborough County. It was\\nprinted on a sheet, eighteen by twenty-two inches, and\\nissued weekly. In the centre of the title was a cut\\nof the national eagle, bearing a shield of generous\\ndimensions, which gave the paper quite ashowj ap-\\npearance. Its reading-matter was made up of selected\\nstories, news from abroad, from two to four months\\nold, ami very little of local interest. Mr. Coverly s\\nson became associated with him in the publication\\nof the paper, April 24, 1795, and it was discontinued\\nat the close of the year.\\nThe Vilh.li/r Mrsxriiijir succeeded the Journal, Janu-\\nary 6, 1796. William Biglow was the editor; William\\nBiglow and Samuel lushing, publishers. This paper\\nwas a decided improvement upon its predecessor, and\\nmade a very creditable appearance. Mr. Biglow soon\\nrelinquished the editorial chair, but Mr. Gushing\\ncontinued the publication of the paper until April 18,\\n17! 7, when he retired, and the establishment passed\\ninto the hands of Mr. Samuel Preston, by whom the\\nwaspublished until December 5, 1801, when\\nit was discontinued.\\nThe Farmers Cabinet, Joseph Cushing editor and\\nproprietor, succeeded the J/issc/oyo-, November 11,\\n1802. Mr. Cushing continued its publication until\\nOctober 10, 1809, when, becoming involved in the\\nfailure ofthe Hillsborough Bank, he sold the estab-\\nlishment to Mr. Richard Boylston, at that time a\\njourneyman printer in his office, who continued its\\npublication until January 3, 1840. liis son, Edward\\n1). Boylston, then became a-.-oiiated with him in its\\nmanagement, ami continued associate editor until his\\nremoval to Manchester, in April, 1843, when the\\nsenior editor again assumed the entire charge of the\\npaper. In August, 1848, his son again became asso-\\nciated with him in its management, ami January 1,\\nL851, became sole proprietor by purchase, the senior\\nremaining associate editor until 1856. In January,\\n1869, Albert A. Rotch, son-in-law of the editor and\\na graduate from the office, became associate editor,\\nand still continues as such.\\nThe Hillsborough Telegraph, Elijah Mansur editor\\nand publisher, was commenced January 1, L 820, and\\ndiscontinued July L3, IN22. It was a well-conducted\\nami well-printed paper.\\nThe Amherst Herald, published by Thomas Wells\\nand Nathan K. Seaton, was commenced January 1,\\n1825, and continued until December of that year.\\nwhen ii was united with the 2V w Hampshire /Statesman\\nand Concord Regixtrr. It was the oti spring of the\\nUnitarian Controversy o\\\\ those times, ami advocated\\nUnitarian views.\\nQuite a number of books and pamphlets were printed\\nal i lie above-named offices, and, with a view of enlarg-\\ning his business as a publisher, Mr. Cushing, shortlj\\nbefore he left town, elected the three-story brick build-\\ning, on tin- Plain, lor its accommodation, which he\\nleft in an unfinished state. Hence it was lor a long\\ntime called Cushing s tolly.\\nDr. Sammd Curtis, a citizen ofthe town, published\\na Pocket Almanack or New Hampshire Register, from\\n1800 lo 1809 inclusive, which was printed by Mr.\\nCushing from 1804-9.\\nThe Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine, conducted\\nmainly by President Appleton, at that time the min-\\nister of Hampton, was printed by Mr. Cushing from\\nJanuary 1, 1806, until .March, 1808.\\nBanks. The Hillsbokough Bank was incorpo-\\nrated June IN, 1806, for twenty years, with a capital of\\nI i0,00 $200,000. The corporation was organ-\\nized July 23, 1800, when Samuel Bell, Charles II.\\nAtherton, David Everett, Frederick French and Daniel\\nPrior were chosen directors. Samuel Bell was chosen\\npresident and David Holmes cashier by the directors.\\nThe first bills were issued October 17, 1806, and\\nwere of i be denominations of one, two, three, live and\\nten dollars. They were printed on Perkins stereo-\\ntype plates.\\nBeing authorized to issue bills to double the amount\\nof the capital employed, the directors availed them-\\nselves of the privilege, as business was good and the\\nmoney in demand.\\nShortly after, in consequence ofthe course the gov-\\nernment thought proper to adopt in reference to the\\ntroubles with Great Britain, the commerce of the\\ncountry was destroyed and its business paralyzed. It\\nbecame difficult to turn property into n y, and\\nthe bank suffered in consequence. The holders of its\\nobligations were clamorous tor their money, but the\\nbank found it difficult to obtain its dues from its\\ndebtors t meet them.\\nThe banks in the commercial centres, which had\\ncontracted their circulation to some extent before the\\nstorm, were better prepared to meet it. Viewing the\\ncountry banks as rivals, they pursued an unfriendly\\ncourse toward them. Finally the bill-holders, losing\\nconfidence in them, disposed of their bills to specula-\\ntors at a discount, who at once presented them for\\npayment.\\nI ii tin- emergency, alter redeeming its bills until its\\nspecie was exhausted, the Hillsborough Bank, August\\n23, ISO!), suspended payment. September 26 1809,\\nits bills were at ten and twelve and one-half per cent.\\nOctober 17, 1809, at fifty per cent, discount. Many of\\ntin active business men of the place suffered severely\\nby its failure, and some terribly bitter pamphlets were\\nwritten and published in regard to its management.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0449.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "244\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFor years any connection with the management of\\nlln Old Hillsborough Bank was deemed a reproach\\nby many of the citizens of A mherst.\\nFarmers Bank. A charter for a new bank at\\nAmlier-I was granted liy the Legislature at its session\\nheld in.liiiM lSi l The grantees, under this charter,\\nmet at Ray s Hotel January 31, 1825. At this meet-\\ning they oted to carry the pro\\\\ isions of their charter\\ninto effect as soon as practicable. The capital stock,\\n$65,000, was subscribed for at ..nee. and February 12,\\nISl o, the corporation was organized by the choice of\\nCharles H. Atherton, James Wallace, Edmund Parker,\\nRobert .Mean-, Robert Read. Daniel Adams and Aaron\\nF. Sawyer as directors. The board of directoi organ-\\nized immediately alter by the choice of Charles It.\\nAtherton as. president and John Prentiss cashier, who\\nserved iii those offices during the whole period of the\\nexistence of the bank. The bank went into operation\\nApril 11, 1825. The capital of $65,000 was fully\\npaid in, and during its existence it furnished for cir-\\nculation nearly S5.00(l,(. The bank was quite suc-\\ncessful in its business, its semi-annual dividends\\naveraging three and one-half per cent.\\nMarch 12, 1847, Charles 11. Atherton gave notice\\nthat he was prepared to make a final close of the\\naffairs of the Farmers Bank, by paying the stock-\\nholders their stock in full, with a small surplus.\\nMay 1, 1839, an attempt was made to rob the Farm-\\ners Bank by an Englishman, who gave his name as\\nJohn Jones. Tie- cashiei was awakened and suc-\\nceeded in securing the burglar before he had accom-\\nplished his object.\\nAt the session of the court held in September fol-\\nlowing he was .sentenced to ten days of solitary con-\\nfinement, and imprisonment for life at hard labor in\\nthe State prison. His real name was said to be John\\nHoneyman.\\nAmherst Social Library Samuel Dana, Joshua\\nAtherton, Jeremiah Barnard, Samuel Wilkins, Daniel\\nCampbell, John Shepard, Daniel Warner, Robert\\nFletcher, Jonathan Smith, Samuel Curtis and their\\nassociates were, by an act of Legislature approved\\nJune 21, 171*7. incorporated as the Amherst Library\\nSociety.\\nThis society continued in existence about thirty-\\nfive years. It was finally dissolved and its books sold\\nat auction February 25, 1832.\\nThe Franklin Society was organized September\\n16, 1807, for the improvement of its members in\\nliterary pursuits. It consisted of a number of young\\nmen wdio met every sec 1 Wednesday for the dis-\\ncussion of literary subjects, declamations and the\\nreading of original compositions.\\nThe following list of members is copied from the\\nbook of records\\nHerman Abbott, Samuel Abbott, Vlnaham An. trews. Charles It. Ath-\\nerton, John P. Batehel.ler, John Burnaui, Joseph Bell, William Clag. etl\\nNathan R. Clongh, Joseph Cusliin- Elisha II Elam, Caleb Emereon,\\nLuther Farley, John Fanner, Ml... I .-k. Benjamin 1\\\\ Fp-ikIi, Willi, m.\\nGordon, Alonzo S ,,n,H, l[.i, tl Jacob ll..lt,i.-~. .1..-\\nIb.lt. K.iL lie II ill. hill-on, Is..;..* Hill, Oeor^e Kitiikill .b.srj.li 1 1 M;Hi\\ni. ie_ Band McG. Means, William I Morrison, Harrison G Otis, Jr\\nI. 1 Parker, James Perkins, Robert Read Davids .be, Matthias\\nSpalding, li ...i. -I. nil- Sim, ii. liliiiwn Taylor, Jr., Henry J. Tll.li.r.\\nFreemasonry. A charter for Benevolent Lodge,\\nNo. 7, F. and A. M.. was granted by the Grand Lodge\\nof New Hampshire. April 26, 1797, and the lodge was\\norganized on the last Tuesday of May in that year.\\nSamuel Dana was appointed Worshipful Master; Jo-\\nnathan Gove. Senior Warden; and Luther Dana,\\nJunior Warden.\\nThis lodge continued in successful operation quite\\na number of years, and many of the citizens of Am-\\nherst were connected with it as members. At last.\\nas a majority of its members resided in Milford,\\nBrookline and Wilton, at a meeting held March 20,\\n1826, it was voted unanimously to remove said lodge\\nfrom Amherst to Milford, on condition that whenever\\ntwo-thirds of the members were in favor of restoring\\nit to Amherst, the minority should cheerfully acquiesce\\nin its removal.\\nSamuel Dana, Daniel Warner. I lharles II. At licit m,\\nAaron Whitney and Ephraim Blanchard were among\\nthe citizens of Amherst who served as Worshipful\\nMasters of the lodge while it remained in town. It\\nbecame dormant in 1832, but was revived and is again\\nin operation. There are but two older lodges now in\\nexistence in tile State.\\nSouhegan Grange, No. 10, Patrons of Husbandry,\\nwas formed December 5, 1873, with sixteen members.\\nand is now one of the largest and most flourishing\\ngranges in the State.\\nUnited Order of the Golden Cross was instituted\\nJuly 1, 1881, with twenty-seven members; officers\\nchosen semi-annually.\\nPhysicians. Moses Nichols, from Beading,\\nMass.. settled here as early as 1761, and remained in\\npractice until his death, in May, 1790. He was an\\nactive and influential citizen, and filled many im-\\nportant civil ami military offices. At the head of his\\nregiment, he commenced the attack upon the Hessians\\nat Bennington, in 1777. lie also commanded a regi-\\nment at West Point at the time of Arnold s treason,\\nin 1780.\\nSeth Ami s, from Dedham, Mass., brother of the\\ncelebrated orator ami statesman, Fisher Ames, gradu-\\nated at Harvard College in 17(il in the .lass with\\nJohn Wilkins; practiced here from about 1770 to\\n1777, when, his health failing from the excessive u~.-\\nof snuff, he relinquished practice and returned to\\nDedham, where he died January 1, 1778.\\nHenry Codman, son of Henry Codman, an Irish\\nimmigrant, was born in Middleton, Mass. His\\nmother was a near relative of Rev. Mr. Wilkins. He\\npracticed here nearly forty years, and died in March,\\n1812. His son, Henry oilman, practiced in Mont\\nVernon a short time, but died young.\\nEbenezer Weston, Jr., was in practice here\\nsome years. Weston s Itch Ointment. of which", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0450.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "tons were manufactured by Read Spalding, origi-\\nnated with him.\\nSamuel Curtis, from Sharon, Mass., graduated\\nat Harvard College in L766; was a surgeon in the\\narmy of the Revolution; settled in A.mherst in 1789,\\nand was in practice here a few years. He finally gave\\nup his professional business for that of an inn-keeper.\\nHe also kept an apothecary s store in his tavern;\\ncompiled and published a pocket almanac and register\\nseveral year-, beside other publications of various\\nkinds, and served as postmaster several years. In his\\nold age he loved to hear and tell the news and relate\\nrare instances which had come under his persona] ob-\\nservation or of which he had heard. Being rather\\ncredulous, sonic of the stories he reported would have\\ndone credit to the Pickwick Club. 1 lie died in 1X22.\\nMoses Nichoi 3,jR.,son of General Moses Nichols,\\nstudied his profession under tin- direction id his\\nfather, and commenced practice here in 17*4 removed\\nto Thornton in 1787, thence to Canada in 1802; re-\\nturned to Amherst in 1805 remained hen until 1811,\\nwhen he again removed to Canada. He died at Sher-\\nbrooke, Canada, in November, 1X4!\\nNathaniel Henchman, from Lynn, Mass., settled\\nhere in 178::, and remained in practice until his death,\\nir, May, 1800.\\nJohn MtJSSEY, a native of Kingston, studied his\\nprofession with General Nichols; settled in Pelham\\nin 1766; in Amherst in 1791, where he remained un-\\ntil 1800, when he removed to Peterborough, where he\\ndied in January, 1831. He was father of Professor\\nReuben Dimond Mussey, the celebrated surgeon and\\ninstructor in surgery.\\nRogers Smith, horn in Middleton, Mass., came, in\\ninfancy, with his father s family, to Amherst; com-\\nmenced practice prior to 1804; removed to Mont\\nVernon in 18 \u00c2\u00bb8, thence to Greenhush, N. Y., finally\\nto Weston, Vt., where he died in 1846. He was\\nfather of Rev. Asa Dodge Smith, the president of\\nDartmouth College from 1863 to 1871.\\nMatthias SPALDING,son of Colonel Simeon Spald-\\ning, of Chelmsford, .Mas-., graduated at Harvard Col-\\nlege in 1798; studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin\\nWaterhouse, of Cambridge, and Dr. E. A. Holyoke,\\nof Salem, Mass. visited England in 1700, where he\\nattended the medical lectures of Sir Astley Cooper\\nand other noted physicians and surgeons; on his re-\\nturn he commenced practice at Chelmsford, whence,\\nin 1806, he removed to Amherst, where he continued\\nin practice until disabled by the infirmities of age.\\nHe died May 2. I860, aged nearly ninety-six years.\\nCharles F. Hildreth, graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 1823; practiced here a short time; in 1824\\nremoved to Boston.\\nAmbrose Seaton, son of Deacon John Seaton, Jr.,\\ngraduated at Dartmouth Medical School in 1825;\\ncommenced practice in 1826. About 1830 he removed\\nto Boston, thence, at a later date, to Greenup, Ky.,\\nwhere he died.\\nAmory Gale, a native of Warwick, Ma\\nated :il Bowdoin College in 1824; practiced in Lan-\\ncaster, Mass., some years; settled in Amherst in\\nNovember, 1834, where he remained until 1839. He\\ndied in is;::.\\nFrancis Perry Fitch, a native of Greenfield,\\nwho graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in L831,\\ncon need practice in New Boston, whence he re-\\nmoved to Amherst in 1839; succeeded to Dr. Gale s\\nbusiness in Amherst, and remained in successful pt\\ntice until 1865, when he removed to Milford. After\\na lew years he relinquished practice, and removed to\\nVineland, N. J., where he died in December, 1874.\\nEdward Aiken, son of Rev. Silas Aiken, gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth College in 1851 succeeded to the\\npractice of Dr. Fitch in Amherst in 1865. He retired\\nfrom practice in 1883 and is now engaged on the re-\\ncords of the State Secretary, but resides in Amherst.\\nGeorge W. Moor, a native of Princeton, Mass..\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1841; settled here\\nin July, 1843, and remained in practice until his\\ndeath, in September, 1866.\\nPeyton D. Baker commenced practice here in\\n1855, but remained only a short time, lie removed to\\nMaine, where he died.\\nBradley It. Bartlett practiced in Manchester\\nand Pittsfield, and was a surgeon in the Civil War;\\ns ettled in Amherst in 1872. In October, 1876, he was\\ndisabled by paralysis, and died in December, 1878.\\nC. M. Douce practiced here a few months, com-\\nmencing in April, 1878, and was succeeded by A.\\nBuswell, who remained hut a short time.\\nW. II. DlNSMORE settled lane in 1880, and is now\\nin practice in Milford.\\nDr. J. H. Mills succeeded Dr. Dinsmore, and died\\naftei on,- j ear s pracf ice.\\nDrs. J. 11. Pettengill and II. D. Hicks are now\\nin practice.\\nLawyers. For lawyers sci- chapter on Bench and\\nBar.\\nCOLLEGE GRADUATES FROM AMHERST.\\nyard Collegt\\nJohn Wilkins, 1764, instructor; diedat Athens, 0., 1808, aged 68.\\nJacob Kimball, 17ns. fanner; died at Amherst, August 1, 1849. aged\\n81.\\nCharles I!. Atherton, 1794, Iawyei diedat Amherst, January 8, 1853,\\naged 7\u00c2\u00bb.\\nlorn. I We.. IT ler^ynian lied in Maine, 1837.\\nWilliam Gordon, 1806, lawyer diedat Brattleboro Vt., January\\n12,1871, aged 83.\\nJonathan F. l ana,= 1813, physician died in New York City, April,\\nLowell, Ma- M in I I\\nBosl Dei ember 5, 1861,\\nSamuel L. Dana, Isle, rhmiUI\\nL868, aged 7 J.\\nJohn II. Wilkins. 1818, I ksellei\\naged r.7.\\nCharles G. Atherton, 1822, lawyer; died in Manchester, Novembe] II\\n1853, aged 49.\\nStephen R. Holmes, 1822, instructor; died at sea, January 11,1830,\\nMassachusetts", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0451.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ni ollege.\\nJoshua Haj\\nReuben D.Mussc; lune 21, 1866, aged 86\\nDevi II. ii\\ndied June 23, 1876, aged 72\\nI- I. I\\nICiHiam H\\nEdward II. Pi\\nMi;. .i S] aiding graduab ol Hedical I oil\\n1851, physii iao\\nJohn 11 1 1ark t 1857,\\ni li.-iil.- il .il l-.7l.ui student; died June 21, 1801, aged 25\\nman.\\nWarren ngineer.\\nUniversity.\\nS Uhitiu-, lsls, lawyer.\\nBowdoin College.\\nRobert Means, Ji 1807, lawyer; died Sept. mber 26, 1842, aged 16\\nWilliam Ai.pl.-tii, !.-_ lawyt ,ii. ,1 i i.,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e., p., i ..-.-.l -p\\nJames Means, 1833, clergyman died Ipril, 1863, aged 50\\nlmh i I ollege.\\nBal lu clei gj man\\nJohn B. Whe\\nMODEli\\\\Tcil:s OF THE \\\\\\\\M AL TOWN .MEETINi is,\\nJohn Goffe, 1760.\\nWilliam Peal.... I 17. .1 C-J, ,1\\ni iron, 17..:;.\\nMioses Nil h .Is, 1767, 69, 70, 71, I 77\\nid, 1768.\\n.Samuel McKi\\nBenjamin Keiidrick, 1771.\\nDaniel Campbell, 177 88\\nNahum Baldwin, 177s.\\n.lusiab Crosby, 177\\nSamuel Wilkins, 1780, 31 t\\nJohn Shepard, Jr., 1785,\\nSamuel Dana, 17711. c\\nWilliam Gordon, 1796.\\nDaniel Wan,.\\nJonathan Smith, 17 1 lsnl, ..2.\\n18, 09.\\nSmith, 1 30 7 04, 05 06, 17, 11, 12, 13 14 17 23\\n24.\\n1 1 S ml e, 1810 16\\nCharlesH\\nEdmund Parker, ins, 19, 20, 21\\nHubbard Newl\\nDa\\nDavid Stewart, 1845, 16\\nLevi .1 j 155,\\nPerley Dodge, 1853 .1\\nCharles Ii I tJl\\nCharles B. Tuttle, I860 1\\nWilliam A. Mark, H1.7, is r,9, 70, 71 72, 73, 74.\\nBradley H. Bartlett, 1875, 76\\nBrooks K. tame, 1777.\\nI av, 1..71,\\n..r.-.- l:..-u,.itl,. 1.111., ,1.\\nFrank P. Mace, 1882\\n-ge E. Holbrook,] SS I, I. 35\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\nSolomon Hutchinson, 1760, v.l.\\nJohn Sbepard J G8, 70, 71. 72.\\nI I I\\nMoses Nichols, 177\\nSamuel Wilkins, 1774, 75, 76, 77, 84,\\nNabum Baldwin, 1778.\\nI 2, 93\\nWilliam Fisk, I\\n09, 10, 11.\\nJohn EUenwood, lsl2, l:;, 14.\\nB 6, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, J 23, 24, 25,\\nAmbrose Sea 1\\nJohn Prenti-.\\nAiuli.-n \\\\N\\nCharles L. Stewart, 1837 to Septembei 16, 1838.\\nDavid Stewart, Si-pp-m n. 42.\\nDavid Russi 1 17, 48.\\nLemuel Bissi\\nAlbert Hardy, 1850 to Jum\\nCharles B. Tuttle, June 23, 1851, to .March, 1852.\\nDaniel A. Fletcher, 1852, 53, 54, 55, 50.\\nCharles B. Tuttle. 1857\\nCharlesH. w .1 -nth.\\nDaniel Flet 359\\n1 63, 64\\nCharles N. Merrill, 186S to Deceml\\nAlbert A. Rotch, December 8, 1868,\\nJoseph I). Fay. IsiV.i. 711, 71.\\nWilson D. Forsaith, 1-\\nML.it A, Rotch, 1874, 75, 7.;, 77, 78, 7:.,\\nSELECTMEN.\\nSolomon Hutchinson. 1761\\nWilliam Brail\\nReuben Mussey, 1760, 61, 69, 70, 71. 76, 77.\\nJoseph Gould, 1760 7\\nThomasClarli L76I\\nWilliam Peabody, 1761, 62\\n.lohn Shepard, i ,7. 68, 7 71,\\nTl ias Walt 1\\n77, 7-. 79\\nOobert Read, 1761, 62, 1\\nDaniel Campbell, 1763, 64, 70, 71, 74, 75,\\nSamuel Stewart, 176 I.\\nJohn Graham, 17C.4.\\nAndrew Bradford, 1765.\\nMo* Nil hole 17c 68 7\\nNathan Kend\\nSamuel McKean, 17t 72.\\nBenjamin Taylor, 1766, 67, 69.\\nL766, 79.\\nEl.en.-zer Weston, 1767, 71, 7-,, 81, 82.\\nHezekiab Loveji\\nSamuel Wilkii\\nIsrael Towne, Jr., 171\\nNahnm Baldwin, 1769, 78.\\ndy, 177H, 72, 7-;, 79.\\nBenjamin Kedrick, 1771.\\nI77J 85, 86, .-7.\\nJohn Patterson, 1773.\\n177 1 7 77\\nStephen Washer, 1774.\\nPeter Woodbury, 1775, 7.7\\nSolomon Kittre I\\nAmos Flint, 1778.\\nII, 1778.\\n.li.lin Rums, 1778.\\nNathan Hutchinson, 177\\nTimothy Smith, L779\\nl ..-nj.iiiun 1.;.. 17- -1\\nEli Wilkins, 17-1 r, 88\\nJoshua Lovejoy, 1784. -7,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0452.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "Ahijah Wilkin-. ai\\nGeorge Burns, 1789.\\nWilliam Fisk, 1790, 91, 92, 93,\\n02, 03, 05, 06, 7. 08, 09, 10, 11, 12,\\nStephen Kendri. k, 1790, I 92, 93.\\nJos ph Langdell, 17 93, 94 95, 96, 7, 98,\\nMaii. I Stewart, 1794, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 1: l\\n98 99 [800 03\\nJohn Secombe. 1810, 11, 12, 13, I\\n14,\\nEdmund Parker, 1815.\\nElijah Putnam, 1815, 17.\\nDaniel Campbell, Jr., 1815, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,\\nMl.\\nIsrael Fuller, 1816, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,\\n32, 44.\\nTli.imn Wilkin-, IKi\\nJohn Ma.!., l-\\nDavld Stewart, Jr., 1829,\\nBarthol .mew D...1--. 1--\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0William Meleu.li\\nJohn Hazeltit\\nCharles Richarils.ni. 1-\\nEphraim Blanchard, 1831\\nIsrael Fuller, Jr., 1837.\\nElbridge Har.lv, 1837.\\nNathan Dane, lsaT.\\nDaniel Hartshorn, L838.\\nAbel Downs, 1838.\\nLevi .1 ob, 1839 i, I 12, 43.\\ni;:i Sawtell, L842, 13\\nWilliam.1. Weston, 1843, 41, 45, 40, 17, 48, 50,\\n61, 62, 63.\\nJotham Hartshorn, 1845, 46, 47, 51, 52, A\\nAlbert Riddle, 1845, 46.\\nCharles II. Campbell, 1847.\\n1 I I I\\nGeorge Walk... 1848\\nTimothy HartslM.ru. 1- I\\nFoster Wyatt\\nDaniel Fletcle-r. Is:,... I\\nJonathan Knl.i\\nHe., I S li\\nJoseph Mace, 18i I. 55, .7\\nBenjamin B. Whi\\nWill.rl Hayden, 1855.\\nWillard Danlorth, Is:,.;. .7,\\nWilliam A. Mack, 1858,\\nJoel F. Osgo.\\nJr.siah W. Pillshnii\\nJamesG. Haseltine, I860\\nCharles Richardson. 1861.\\nAsaJaquith. h\\nFrancis K. Boutell, 1863, 64, 05, 67, 68, 69, 7..,\\nDaniel Cram, 1864, 6 I, I\\nBarnabas B. Da-rid, I\\nJames U. Prince, 1861\\nThomas M. Harrill, 1870, 71, 81.\\nCharles I. Bradford, 1870, 71.\\nLevi Hartshorn, 1871, 72.\\nJoseph Byron Fay, ls7-\\\\ 7 71.\\ni, 74, 75\\nTh as Jones, 1873, 74,\\nAaron Smith Wilkins, 1875, 76, 77.\\nIsaac B. Dodge, lsTO. 77, 78.\\nDaniel W. Trow, 1878, 79, 80, 81.\\nMark Putnam, 1878, 79, 80, 81\\nLuther Coggin, 1879.\\nWilliam Pratt, 1880, 81.\\nJoseph B. Trow, 1882, 83, 84\\nJohn 11. I ggin, I\\n.1... 1 II l- ish.-r. iss... so.\\nF. A.Holl .1 S84, 85.\\nC. S Part\\nPrior to 1803 fh e selectmeE w re chosen annuallj\\nsince that time, but three.\\nRepresentatives. Amherst was classed with Bed-\\nford for the choice of a repi esentative to the t-eneral\\nCourt, under the provincial government. The first\\nmeeting for the choice of a representative from the\\nclassed towns, of which a record has hen found, was\\nheld at Bedford meeting-house, March 4, 17HL at\\nwhich Colonel John GofFe received forty-six votes\\nan. I Captain Moses Barron thirteen votes. Colonel\\nGoffe, having a majority of the votes, was declared\\nelected, and served as representative of the distrht,\\nunder this and subsequent elections, until the abro-\\ngation ,f (he provincial government.\\nPaul Dudley Sargent was the deputy from Antln rst\\nin the first Provincial Congress. His expenses were\\ndefi aj i I bj prh ate cont ributions.\\nPaul Dudley Saig.ni was chosen a delegate to the\\nseen. I Congress, which met January 25, 1775.\\nPaul Dudley Sargenl and Moses Parsons repre-\\nsented the town in the third Congress, which met\\nApril 21, 177.\\nThe same gentlemen represented the town in the\\nfourth Congress, which met May 17, 177\\nMoses Nichols and Nahum Baldwin wen chosen\\nbo the fifth Congress, which met Decembei\\n21, L775.\\nOn the 5th day of January, 1776, this Congress\\nadopted a temporary constitution, to continue in force\\nduring the resent unhappy and unnatural contest\\niih i iivat Britain.\\nIt then resolved itself into a House of Represen-\\nthe Colony of New Hampshire. Provi-\\nsion was made that precepts, in the name of the\\nCouncil and Assembly, signed by the President of\\nthe Council and Speaker of the House of Represen-\\ntatives, should issue annually on or before the 1st;\\nday of November, for the choice of a Council and\\nHouse of Representatives, to be returned by the third\\nWednesday of December, then next ensuing, in such\\nmanner as the Council and Assomhly shall herealtcr\\nprescribe. Since the 18th day of December, 1776,\\nthe representatives have been as follows:\\nMoses Nichols, 177 77, 81, 82.\\nPet, i ii II\\n1777. 7s, 7;., 82.\\nReuben Mussey, 1778.\\n.dy, 177;\\nSamuel Wilkins, 1780.\\nNahum Baldwin, 1780\\nlt,,l,eit M, its.:, si, si;, 89.\\nTl as Burns, 1783\\nWilliam Peabody, Jr., 17S7, 88.\\nDaniel Warner, 1790, 91, from June 10, 1793, 94, 95, 96, 97\\nlugust 23, 1798.\\n.I,,slnia Atli.-it.,!., 17. J .resigned, v:....... y m.l tilled, 93, to June 10th,\\ni ii..:.. August 23, 1798, 99, from August\\n06, 7. os, 09.\\nWilliam Bradford, 1800, 01, 02.\\nJedsdiah K. Smith, lsn;-;, t.. 1.1-uo J7, I- 1", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0453.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n|i;m,l M.c M.\\nJohnSecomb, I II\\nDaniel Campbell, Jr., 1\\ni II.\\nBai nabai i: I i id, 1842.\\nLemuel I\\nber, 1851\\nw illiam H i rbei I\\nCharlei H I i ibi 11, 1850 84\\nJotham Hartuhorn, 1861, 02, 71, 7-J.\\n\\\\.n,.n Lav ronce, 181\\nWilliam Clark\\nWilliam M i 1809\\nHarrison Eaton, 18 1, i i\\nFay, 1875, 70.\\nin i\\nThomas Jones, 1878, 79\\n\\\\n., ii i; it. h, L880,\\n188 84.\\n1885\\nPopulation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 V\\nnull at till tillH\\non\\nteen\\nMr\\nfamil\\nWilki\\nvere settle\\nrdination,\\n1 in\\nSep-\\nember 23, 17 11.\\nThirtj -five fan\\nili.\\na in\\nwhich\\nwen\\nfifty-eighl\\nnien\\nibove sixteen ye\\nITS\\nld,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2emain\\nid i\\ni town May 13,\\n1717.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0The whole population of the town in 1767 was 858;\\n177::, 1370; 177. L428; 1783, 1909; 1786, 1912; 1790,\\n2369; 1800, 2150; 1810, 1554; 1820, 1622; 1830, 1657;\\nL840, 1565; 1850, 1613; I860, 1508; 1870, L353; 1880,\\nL225\\nIn 17,17 tli.-r. ii.i. II ,,,:,1.-. .iii.l I r. iiuil.s.\\nI V. I. lll.,|r HUl\\nIn 177 i i 7 will I. iiiii 1, s :i n. 1 7 1, win I, I. Ill h\\n111 I7 i ll v\\\\. 11 17 Will I, 1 in. i I I i l wlnl. I\\nIn isliilli.i,. 71... win.. in., 1. .mil 7-1 uliil,. I.\\nIn 1820 il.. i. w, i. mal in 1 M0 I I.\\nIn L830there were 9wl le ud84 white feinal, s,\\nIn L840 there were 7 I i mal, an I 8 i. inali\\nin 181 ire ware 710 males and r, males\\nIn IsTn u,,.| \\\\vi*i i.i i mil\\nll, I--, Tin i. 1 t ciilillrS.\\nI l,,. Qumbei I families in 1810 was 235; in 1820,\\nlisi ii, 1850, 328; in 1860,345; in L870,355; in 1880,\\n338.\\nLverage aumber of persons in each family in 1810,\\n6j in 1880\\nin the inhabitants in 1880, 965 were natives of\\n\\\\,w Hampshire, 118 of Massachusetts, 27 of Maine,\\nl of Vermont, 16 of New York, I of Pennsylvania, 3\\nni Connecticut, of Wisconsin, 1 each of New\\nJersey, Kentucky, Minnesota and California, 52 of\\nIreland, 8 oi England, 3 of Canada ami 1 each of\\nt in many ami Scotland.\\nTlif population of the village precincl in 1880 was\\n13 1 of tlir miter dist riits. 7!U. In the precinct were\\n181 males and ii females. In the outer districts\\nwere 415 males ami 376 females.\\nThe whole white population of the town in 1830\\nwas 1651. Tin whole population of the town in 1880\\nwas 1225, a loss in fifty years of 126.\\nOf the whole population in 1830, 1259 were under\\nforty years of age anil 392 were forty years I l ami\\nupward.\\nill the whole population in L880, 704 were under\\nI age, ami 521 were lmi\\\\ \\\\ears old and\\nupward, showing a loss ,,t 555 in the population\\nunder forty ears of age, and a gain of 129 in the\\npopulation forty years old and upward, in in\\nIn the censuses of 1767 and 177- the ages of some\\nof the inhabitants and the number of each sex are\\ngiven a- follows\\n..|.l i\\nJim .tin\\n1 111, 1,111, il llH-ll l.ilW.rll 1,. .lli.l 111*.\\nMarried 136 237\\nMen i...\\\\. i,.i v oars 17 1:1\\n2 2\\nI in i ii, I 270 11-\\nMi I 117 246\\nWidows 1- i\\nIn the census of I77. i the population is classified ai\\nillows:\\nBoys mi,!. ii. years old 1 1 I\\nMen I ..i .1.: .in.i mi. i. i 10, :i in Mi. army 200\\nMen 60 years old and upward 63\\nM. ii in 111, iiiniv -1\\nFemales 717\\nited -1\\nlii the eensns ni 17: hi the population was ,i,,i clasai\\n1800 (here W(\\nin (lie first\\nparish. Of whites, 630 were under sixteen years of\\nage, ami 809 sixteen years old and upward.\\nAt the same time there were 2 colored pels,, lis in\\nthe see, in, I parish, 825 White persons under sixteen\\nyears of age, and 353 sixteen years old and upward.\\nIn 1810 and 1820 the white population was classi-\\nfied thus:\\ni mi.., I,, i. ..,...i\\nMl\\nni i roan and apt, ud 123 i a\\nI\\nUnder 10 roai 316\\nOf ii. .1 153 17,.\\n01 il and .1,1,1.1 I., years 130 1 H\\nit I will s ,ui,l iipwiu.l 160 163\\nIn 1830, 1840, 1850, I860, 1870 and 1880 the differ-\\n,t classes of population wen- as follows\\nHales.\\nl-;.. 1840\\n1 \u00e2\u0080\u009e.l,, 17 222\\nn l:i- 156 131\\nm i,, .,,,,1 im.i.i 60yean 110 115 16 i 158 151 134\\n01 i ,i hi. I .,,.\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,i,i 7 89 i I i 1", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0454.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0455.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "/jsSsyr y/) /V ^Xo", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0456.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "L -lil\\nI l.iln L llynilK,,! :l K1 :WI I\\nOf 20and undoi Wyeai 242 124 S3 I!\\nOf Wand u r BOyoara 121 i 0 i i IG4 148\\nOf 00 yeareand upward 89 60 103 [20 121 130\\nIn the census of 1.783 the selectmen stated that\\nthen- were in town two hundred and fifty-nine dwell-\\ning bouses and two hundred and forty-seven barns.\\nIn 1820, four bundred and lour of the inhabitants\\nwere engaged in agriculture; one hundred and\\ntwenty-two in manufactures and ten in trade. The\\nministers, doi tors and lawyers were classed as manu-\\nfacturers.\\nThe censuses of 1767, IT;:., 1778, L783 and 1786\\nwen- takm by the selectmen; those of 1790, 1800 and\\nL810, by Colonel Daniel Warner; thai of 1820, by\\nCaptain John Secombe; 1830, by Stephen Peabody,\\nEsq.; 1850, l Boberl Moore, Esq.; I860, by Charles\\nRichardson, Esq.; 1870, bj J. Abbotl Marsh, Esq.;\\n1880, by Isaac Brooks Dodgi I\\nCopies of the censuses of 1810 and 1820 may be\\nfound in the library of the New Hampshire Historical\\nSociety of those of 1850, 1860 and 1870, in the State\\nLibrary at Concord; and 1880, in the office of the\\nclerk of the courts of Hillsborough lounty, Nashua.\\nThe organization of the Hillsborough County Agri-\\ncultural Society was completed at a meeting held at\\nHardy tavem, February 8, L848. Dr. Pi ti i P\\nWoodburj was chosen president Edward I). I .oyls-\\nton, treasurer and David Stewart, a member of the\\ne.M eiiii\\\\ e i ommit tee.\\nThis* society held a fair at Am heist October 1 and 2,\\n1851, which was considered one of the most m i\\nfill e\\\\ er held in the county.\\nI In society held several fairs subsequently, at\\nvarious places, but finally disbanded.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH KS.\\n1- M BE \u00c2\u00a3S, ESQ.\\nIsaac Brooks, Esq., son of Isaac and Joanna\\n(Holden) Brooks, was a native of Wbburn, Mass.,\\nhorn August 16, 1757. Much interest attaches to his\\nbiography, as be was s ol the early teachers in this\\nand several of the neighboring towns, as also the\\nfourth register of deeds in Hillsborough County.\\nAt the age of nineteen (December 2, 1776 Mr.\\nBrooks entered the office of l\u00c2\u00bbr. John Hale, of Hoi lis,\\nVII as a si mli hi of medicine, hi re hi\\nbut a short time, Dr. Hale having received an ap-\\npointment as surgeon in the United Stati\\nAt precisely what dale he came to Amhet\\nknown, but a diary in the hands of hi\\nIsaac I-;. Dodge, Esq., makes i1 certain that it was\\nprevious to 1784, and that during 1787, 1788 and 1789\\nhe was employed in teaching in several parts of\\nAmherst, and thai he was also a stmlenl in the A mean\\nAcademy here four months in the last named year.\\nAugust 3, 1790, he commenced :i school in New\\nBoston, contracting for three months, a1 six dollars\\nper month, one-half in money and the other half in\\ngrain, keeping a horse. April 6, 1791, he closed a\\nschool in Lyndeborough, of ten weeks, al thirty-six\\nshillings per week, excluding horse-keeping. He also\\ntau do :i da) -school in Merrimack andawritin\\nin Temple, his diarj containing the names of all the\\nscholars attending these se\\\\ era I schools. He i Tied\\nMiss Abigail Kendrick.a most estimable lady, daughter\\ni Benjamin Kendrick, Esq., of Amherst, and sister\\nof the inui her of Presidenl Frank lin Pierce. Soon\\nalter, with her, he returned to Woburn, where he cul-\\ntivated a farm, and in 1793 was elected clerk of that\\ntown, serving also as tax collector in 1794. In that\\nyeai he n ived to Wilton, N. H., with his family,\\nici\\\\ He purchased a small place there of Luther Dana,\\nEsq., a merchant of Amherst, who assisted him in\\nopening a small store. lien- he continued until\\nNovember 30, 1801, when, becoming discouraged from\\nthe illiberality of his reception, supposed or real, and\\nwant of success in business, as well as depressed by the\\nl of In- first-born, he disposed of his plai e to one\\nSampson Keyes, of Westford, Mass., a blacksmith,\\nand took up his permanent residence in Amherst.\\nBeing a fine penman and having much reputation as\\na scholar, he soon obtained employment as a clerk in\\nthe office of Jonathan Smith, Esq., register of deeds\\nfor the county. Awaking on the morning of October\\n5, 1X1)2, to find tin office vacant, in consequence of\\nthe incumbenl having departed to parts unknown,\\nthrough the persevering efforts of Ins friends, in spite\\nof much popular opposition, he secured ihe appoint-\\nment to till the vacancy thus occasioned, and i nti n d\\nupon its duties October 9th, and continued therein\\nfor nearly twenty-six years, being annuallj i\\nthereto bj the people, ajority of whom, for most\\nof i he i ime, were hi oppom nts in polil ics. 1 1 is long\\ncontinuance in this office was due to the reputation\\nhe had attained asa teacher, his excellent chirography\\nand his excellent bu-i ms~ .pmlities. At the In ad of\\nhis diary, alluded to above, stands the key-note of his\\nlife, lo which it was ever closely attuned Method\\nin business is the surest guide; he who neglects it,\\nfrequent ly stumbli and alwa mdi i\\nuncertain and in danger.\\nSoon aftei ei ig upon the duties of his offici he\\npurchased an unfinished house, recently erected by\\nEphraim Blanchard, being then centrallj\\nthe same as i- now owned and oci upied bj his grand-\\nson. This he finished for his own occup\\nthere n ided until his decease. This was the first\\nnine by twelve. Hen I he\\nn cords of the count) wi i\\nMr. Brooks was a gent leman oi strict inti\\nmarked purity, a peculiar feature of his mind being", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0459.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH OI NTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nextreme conscientiousness and sensibility, which, in\\nthe diarj alluded tn.hr thus accounts for,ai\\nwith much correctness: The want of health, and my\\nearly misfortunes, have so clouded m\\\\ mind as to\\nmake me to be and appear the mo-t singular being.\\n[el me be w bere I will.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brooks united with the Congrega-\\ntional church in Amherst, under the pastoral charge\\nof Rev. Jeremiah Barnard, September 6, 1 -07, and\\never witnessed a good profession. He died December\\n20, 1840, at the age of eighty-three. His children\\nwere, Isaac, who died at Wilton, aged four years;\\nLuther Dana, died August 22, L829, aged thirty-four;\\nand Abigail, the widow of Ninian C. Dodge, died al\\nAmherst, January 22, 1872, aged sixty-five. A tine\\nmonument has been erected upon the family lot, in\\nthe west cemetery, by his only grandson, Isaac Brooks\\nDodge, Esq.\\niion\\n111 1:1.1:- 11. r m i-r.i.i .1..\\nHon. Charles H. Campbell, the youngest son of\\nCaptain Daniel and Susan (Ston Campbell, was born\\nin Amherst. April 24, 1827; received an academii edu-\\ncation: commenced teaehinu school at sixteen years\\nof age; followed teaching and farming si\\nsettled on the ancestral farm and engaged in farming\\nand cattle-dealing until 1866, when he disposed of\\npart of his real estate in Amherst, and re-\\nmoved to Nashua, where he now resides, engaged in\\nthe real estate and auction business, in which he has\\nbeen quite successful, his sales aggregating, in some\\ninstances, two hundred thousand dollars in a single\\nmonth, his business extending over most ofNew Eng-\\nland and man) ofthe Western Mates, and his sales\\nhaving been of all kinds of property, the old Hills-\\nborough mini v jail, the New 1 himpshire State Prison\\nand the Manchester and Keene Railroad included.\\nHe served on the Board of Selectmen and on the\\nsuperintending school committee of Amherst; was\\nmoderator of the annual town-meetings nine years,\\nding otlieer represented the town\\nin the State Legislature in the years L856, 1 351 1858,\\n1863 and 1864, and the old Seventh Senatorial District\\nin the Senate two years, of which body he was the\\npresident in the year 1872. He also 1\\nWard One. Nashua, in the Legislature ot\\npresided at the organization of the House of Kep-\\nresentatives in is. .s and lsx;;.\\nAmong the many important measures originated by\\nhim and enacted by the Legislature may lie mentioned\\nthe Act limiting and defining the [lowers and duties\\nof county commissioners in certain cases, the Act\\nproviding (or the distribution of the proceeds arising\\nfrom the tax on savings-hanks, among the towns\\nwithin this State where the depositors reside, and the\\nAct for funding the indebtedness ofthe State.\\n1 Bj la I F. Secomb.\\nHe took a deep interest in the success of the Union\\ncause in the recent Civil War, and gave largely from\\nhis private means to encourage the enlistment of\\nvolunteers for service in the army from his native\\ntow 11, and was appointed by the I rOVi rnor and I min-\\ned oneof the commissioners to re\\\\ ise the military t n-\\nrollment of the State\\nHe was one of the leading citizens in planning for\\nlie entennial celebration ofthe incorporation of his\\nnative town, in I860, and was the presiding officer on\\nthat occasion.\\nIn every position in which he has been placed by\\nthe town he was faithful to his constituents, particu-\\nlarly in local matters, and in the protracted political\\nstruggle in the Legislature of 1871 his untiring vigil-\\nance and devotion to his party did much to avert\\nwhat at one time seemed an unavoidable defeat.\\nOf his four children, only one survives, Colonel\\nGeorge Hylands Campbell, of Boston, whowas ad-\\nmitted to the Suffolk County bar in 1874.\\nI ANIEI. 1 A MPBELL. S\\nTheyeai 1719 brought a valuable accession to the\\ninhabitants of New Hampshire, in the settlement at\\nLondonderry of a colony of Scotch Presbyterian emi-\\ngrants from the north of Ireland, where their ances-\\ntors had settled a century before. This first emigra-\\ntion was followed in succeeding years by others of\\ntheir countrymen, and, as the settlement increased in\\nnumbers, colonies went forth and commenced the\\nsettlement of other towns, and, at the close of .1 cen-\\ntury, more than one-twentieth of the inhabitants of\\nthe State were numbered among their descendants,\\nand one ofthe number was its lovernor-elect.\\nDistinguished for their industry, perseverance, in-\\nand thrift, the descendants of these Scotch\\nemigrants have done the State and nation good\\nservice, and acquitted themseh es honorably in all the\\nimportant stations in which they have been placed.\\nAmong those who came over a few years after the\\nfirst emigration was Henry Campbell and his family.\\nHis father, Daniel Campbell, born in Argyleshire,\\nScotland, in 1660, was (as a family tradition\\ndescendant of one of the Eai Is of Argyle. He was an\\nofficer in the arm) of William, Prince of Orange, and\\ntook part in the battle of the Boyne Waters in 1690,\\nthe result of which seated William securely on the\\nthrone of Great Britain. After the close ofthe war he\\nsettled in Ireland-\\nHenry Campbell, bom in 1697, married Martha\\nBlack, wdiose parents emigrated from near Aberdeen.\\nScotland, to Ireland. In 17:11 or 1732 they emigrated\\nto America with their family, and after some delay\\nsettled, in 1733, in that part of Londonderry after-\\nward incorporated as the town of Windham, where\\ntheir youngest son, Daniel Campbell, was born, June\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a011. 1739.\\nBy Danii 1 I i,,i", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0460.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "J", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0463.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0464.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0465.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "-J a a r e. r/", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0466.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "He married Jane Hylands, of Londonderry, June\\n2-7). 1760, and one brighl morning, near the close of\\nApril, L761, the twain started on foot from London-\\nderry to A in I Hist At Lutwyche s ferry, in Litch-\\nfield, they crossed the Merrimack in a dug-out boat\\nand proceeded on their journey to Amherst, which\\nthey reached on the evening of the sai lav. On\\nthe lot where their cabin was then erected they spent\\nthe remaindei of their days.\\nHe was one of the stalwart men of his time, pos-\\nsessed of an iron frame, a strong will and decided\\nopinions, which he was ever ready to express fully\\nand freely. Mis manner of living was plain, his\\nhabits regular and he was temperate in all things.\\nHe riisr with the sun and retired early. The use of\\nardent spirits was con c in his time among all\\nclasses and mi all occasions, but a wine-glassful twice\\ni day sufficed him, and an invitation to partake of\\nmure was always declined.\\nIn 1766 be received a commission as coroner from\\nGovernor Wentworth, and filled the office man\\\\\\nyears; he also served a lung time as a justice of the\\npeace; thirteen years he was a member of the Board\\nid Selectmen nt his adopted town, and was for years\\nthe senior survivor of those who had served the town\\nin that capacity. Ee was also the last survivor of\\nthe town officers elected prior to the Revolution.\\nHe was frequently employed as a land surveyor,\\nand by that means became possessed of a better\\nknowledge of the lots and farms in Amherst and the\\nadjoining towns than was possessed by any other per-\\nson of bis time.\\nThe town of Hillsborough was surveyed and\\ndivided into l,,ls under his direction, and the adjoin-\\ning town of Windsor received its first name (Camp-\\nbell s t lore) from him.\\nHe was one of tbr lour citizens of the town who re-\\nfused to sign the Association Test Paper in 177b,\\nas he doubted the ability of the colonies to resist\\nsuccessfully, by lone of arms, the claims of the\\nmother-country.\\nIn his religious views be was, in early life, a de-\\ncided Presbyterian, but shortly after the commence-\\nment of Mr. Lord s ministry he joined in the move-\\nment which resulted in the formation of the Liberal\\nor Unitarian Society in Amherst, to which he adhered\\nthrough the remainder of his life.\\nHe retained his physical and mental vigor wonder-\\nfully. After be bad passed his ninety-eighth birth-\\nday he held a breaking-up plow a long distance, his\\nson and grandson walking on either side to assist\\nliim in ease of accident.\\nlie was a greal reader, and kept well posted in the\\ncurrent events of the day. He also retained his\\ninterest in town and State affairs to the last, attending\\nthe annual town-meeting the .March before his death,\\nand voting the Whig ticket.\\nHe died October 7, 1838, having attained to the\\nage of ninety-nine years, time months and ten days.\\nCAPTAIN DANIEL CAMPBELL, II;.\\nCaptain Daniel Campbell, Jr., only son of Daniel\\nand .lane Hylandsl lampbell, was born in Amherst,\\nMarch 2b, 1778. He taught school for a successi .1\\nwinters in Amherst ami the adjoining towns was a\\ncompetent land surveyor, coroner for the county of\\nHillsborough, an officer in the militia, a director of\\nthe Farmers Bank, moderator of the annual town-\\nmeetings three years, a member of tie Board of\\nSelectmen twelve years, and represented the town\\ntwo years m the State Legislature.\\nlie passed his entire lite on the farm where he was\\nborn, which he managed to advantage and profit,\\nbeing one of the most succes\u00c2\u00abful farmers and stock-\\ngrowers in town.\\nHe was a man of strict honesty ami integrity, con-\\nservative, but ever loyal to his convictions, of some\\njudgment, and worthy of the confidence reposed in\\nhim by his fellow -citizens. He died July 7, 1853.\\nI ICE GREELEY.\\nHorace Greeley, founder of the New York Tribune,\\nwas bom in Amhersl February 1811, and spent the\\nfirst ten years of his life here.\\nHe was early i id for bis love of reading and\\nstudy, and. before (he family left Amherst, there was\\nscarcely a book within ten mile,, of his h that he\\ncould borrow, which he had not read.\\nDriven from Amherst by the failure of his business\\nplans, his father removed, with his family, to West\\nHaven, Vt., in the spring of 1821, where, for live\\nyears, the future editor was engaged with the rest of\\nthe family in a struggle for the means of subsistence\\nin a new settlement.\\nin 1826 be began to learn the printer s trade at\\nPultney, Vt. He followed this trade at Krie, Pa., and\\nother places, and in 1831 went to New York City. In\\n1833 lie commenced his career in journalism as pail\\nowner of the Morning Post, the first daily penny paper\\never printed. Subsequently he was interested in the\\nNew Yorker, Daily Whig, Jeffersonian, Log Cabin and\\nThe Tribune, issued first April 10, 1841. His subse-\\nquent career as editor of the Tribune is a part of our\\nnational history. He was elected to Congress in\\n1848, serving one session. In 1*72 he was the Liberal\\ncandidate for the Presidency, but was defeated. His\\ndeath occurred November 2b, 1872, ai Chappaqua\\nN. Y.\\nCAPTAIN JOHN SECOMBE.\\nCaptain John Secombe, for many years one of the\\nprominent citizens of Amherst, was a native, and\\nthrough his whole life a resident, of the town.\\nIn early manhood he took quite an interest in mili-\\ntary matters, and at one time commanded the art il-\\nler\\\\ company in the Fifth Regiment New Hampshire\\nMilitia, whence lie obtained the title of captain, by\\n1 H\\\\ liiilll.l S T .lilk", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0469.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwhich, as was customary in those times, he was ever\\nafter known.\\nHe served on the Board of Selectmen twenty years.\\nwas moderator of the annual town-meeting sixteen\\nyears, and represented the town in the General Court\\nthree years. He was also treasurer of the county of\\n1 1 i ]UI oron.il i si -veil years, and held a comission as jus-\\ntice of the peace twenty-five 3 1 are.\\nPolitically, he was a Republican of the school of\\nJefferson and Madison, but, with many others of like\\nfaith, supported John Quincy Adams for the Presi-\\ndency in 1828, and thenceforth acted with the Na-\\ntional Republican, Whig and Republican parties, in\\nopposition to the .larks. m or Democratic Republican\\nparty.\\nHe was a Calvinist in his religious belief, and at\\nthe time of his death was the oldest member of the\\nCongregational Church in Amherst.\\nHe was a man of few words, firm and derided in\\nhis opinions, possessed a good share of perseverance\\nin his undertakings and was a believer in honest\\nwork. His own work was well done, better, in many\\ncases, than his pecuniary interests would warrant.\\nMuch of it still remains to bear witness to his faith-\\nfulness and honesty.\\nA lover of reading, he delighted in collecting books\\nand newspapers, and spent much of his leisure time\\nin their perusal, thereby becoming familiar with his-\\ntorieal matters and the current events of the day.\\nRICHARD BOYLSTON.\\nRichard Boylston served a four years apprentice-\\nship in the office of the Federal Spy, in Springfield,\\nMass., and finished his trade in the oilier of the Boston\\nCentinel, where he was employed seven years under\\nthe direction of Major Hen. Russell.\\nEarly in 1809 he came to Amherst, in answer to an\\nadvertisement for a journeyman printer, to take the\\nplace of Isaac Hill, who was about to graduate from\\nCabinet office.\\nAfter presenting his credentials, he was engaged\\nand assigned a place beside the future 1 rovernor, who\\nleft shortly alter, and, on the 18th day ..I April, 1809,\\ncommenced his career as editor and publisher of the\\nNew Hampshire ah int.\\nIn the autumn of that year the proprietor of the\\nCabinet office became involved in the failure of the\\nHillsborough Bank, of which he was one of the di-\\nrectors, ami, to avoid doing worse, left town some-\\nwhat suddenly and loeated himself in Baltimore, Md.,\\nwhere the remainder of his life was spent.\\nPrevious to his leaving he railed Air. Boylston to\\nhim, and, after telling him frankly of his plans, of-\\nfered him his printing establishment, with the book-\\nstore, at that time the only one in the county, on easy\\nt mis, assuring him that with proper rare ami man-\\nagement there was every prospect of doing a success-\\nful business. To this oiler he required an answer\\nearlj on the following morning, as circumstances\\nwould admit of no delay.\\nI i -..me time the young journeyman knew nut\\nwhat to say. He was young, without capital or a\\nproper education, his school-days having terminated\\nwhen he was twelve years of age. What could hedo?\\nAfter hours of anxious thought the time arrived. An\\naffirmative answer was given, and Mr. Cushing de-\\nparted to his new home.\\nThe first number of the Cabinet under Mr. Boyls-\\nton s direction was issued October 10, 1809, and from\\nthat time his success was assured. For ten years the\\npaper had no rival in the county. Being located at\\nthe county-seat, it had a large advertising patronage,\\nbeside which a large amount of job-work was done\\nin the office. The proprietor also had nearly all the\\nhook trade in the county. Large invoices of school-\\nbooks were bought and sold at a satisfactory profit,\\nand beforea long time had elapsed Mr. Cushing s\\nclaim was paid in full.\\nIn 1810, Mr. Boylston married, and again he was\\nfortunate. His wife, a niece of Paul Revere, of Revo-\\nlutionary fame, proved to he a helpmeet indeed. Her\\nhusband, in his old age, said, To her efficient help\\nand wise management of all the family r :erns 1 owe\\nall 1 1 1 after-prosperity and success in life. Other,\\nals,,, a graduate of the Cabinet office, for some years\\nan inmate of the family, said, when more than\\neighty years of age, Mother Boylston was, emphati-\\ncally, the editor- better hall\\nAnd so time passed away. Under his management\\nthe Cabinet maintained a respectable standing among\\nthe journals of its time and had quite an extensive\\ncirculation.\\nAs his means increased, Mr. Boylston was ready\\nto engage in enterprises that promised to benefit\\nthe place of his residence. \\\\\\\\v was one of the\\nfirst to advocate the building of a railroad to Am-\\nherst, the building of a steam mill and kindred en-\\nterprises. He early took decided grounds in favor of\\nthe temperance movement ami the improvement of\\nthe common schools. |-,,r many years he was a mem-\\nber of the Congregational Church and was repeatedl)\\nelected one of its officers, but invariably declined the\\nacceptance of the charge. He served on the superin-\\ntending school committee several years, and in 1844,\\n1845 and 1846 represented the town iii the General\\nlourt.\\nDr. Matthias Spalding began his studies in West-\\nlord Academy, under the instruction of Professor\\nHedgi graduated al Harvard 1 lollege in 1798, in the\\nclass with Stephen Longfellow, William Ellery ban-\\nning and Joseph Story, and although lie was the old-\\nest member of his class, he survived all but two of\\nthem.\\nHe studied his profession with Dr. Benjamin\\nWaterhouse, of Cambridge, and l r. E. A. Holyoke,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0470.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "251\\nof Salem. In 180] he went to London, where he at-\\ntended medical lectures and devoted himself to ac-\\nquiring the knowledge afforded l y its medical schools\\nand hospitals. He attended the lectures of Sir Astley\\nCooper and the younger Cline, and received from\\nthem many marks of personal attention. With Dr.\\n.Tenner he had a special acquaintance, and received\\nfrom him much information relating to vaccination,\\na subject in which he was much interested. Dr.\\nBatchelder, of New York, one of his pupils,\\nsays, Perhaps it would not be too much to say\\nthat, with the exception of Dr. Waterhouse, he\\ndid more than any other man to introduce that im-\\nportant practice into this country.\\nin his return home, in 1802, he was the bearer of\\na letter from Dr. Jenner to Dr. Waterhouse, with the\\ncelebrated silver snuff-box, containing vaccine, and\\nhaving on it the inscription. From the Jenner of\\nthe ld World to the Jenner of the New.\\nSoon after his return 1 r. Spalding commenced\\npractice in his native town, where he remained four\\nyears, and secure. 1 a large business and a high repu-\\ntation as a surgeon.\\nIn 1801) he removed to Amherst, where the re-\\nmainder of his life was spent.\\nAlthough his constitution was originally feeble, by\\nregularity of lite and a careful abstinence from all in-\\njurious indulgences, he was enabled to perforin a vast\\namount of professional labor.\\nSensible of the advantages that would accrue to\\nthe profession and the public from a mote intimate\\nacquaintance of physicians with one another, he ex-\\nerted himself to bring the regular physicians of his\\nneighborhood together for mutual improvement and\\nprofessional culture, and to him, more than to any\\nother one, is due the establishment of the Southern\\nDistrict New Hampshire -Medical Society, of which he\\nwas for many years the president and librarian.\\nIn 1809 he was elected a member of the New\\nHampshire Medical Society, of which he was vice-\\npresident from 1815 to 1821, inclusive, and president\\nin L822and L823. In 1817 he received the honorary\\ndegree of Doctor of Medicine from Dartmouth College\\nand he was elected an honorary member of the New\\nYork Academy of .Medicine June 1, I860.\\nFavored with an education which was superior to that\\nof most of his medical brethren around him, he was also\\ngifted by nature with many qualities which admirably\\nfitted him lor the profession of his choice. He was a\\ngentleman in heart and manners, and his integrity\\nand purity of character were never questioned. His\\nequanimity and cheerfulness rarely forsook him\\ncalm and self-reliant, he impressed his patients with\\nthe feeling that he comprehended their situation, and\\nwould do all that an intelligent, faithful and caution-\\nphysician could Jo. He had great faith in true\\nscience, and genuine contempt for all quackery in\\nmedicine or practice.\\nIn the early part of his professional life his office\\nwas the resort of students, many of whom attained\\ndistinction in other States as physicians and surgeons\\nand professors in medical institutions.\\n17\\nBeside his labors in his proles-ion, be was deeply in-\\nterested in agricultural matters, in which he was an\\nenthusiast to the last year- of bis lite. lie was one ol\\nthe first members of the Hillsborough County Agri-\\ncultural Society, and contributed, by his example and\\npen, to the advancement ol the object- which it was\\nlui med in promote.\\nPolitical office be never -ought, but was always re-\\nlied upon as the friend and supporter of such measures\\nas tended to promote education, good morals and the\\ngeneral welfare.\\nlie was :i member of the Congregational Church,\\nto which he was warmly attached, and in which hi\\nheld the office of deacon for nearly half a century.\\nAfter a long ami useful lite he went to his rest May\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01-2, 1865.\\nHi:. EDWARD SPALDING.\\nDr. Edward Spalding graduated at Dartmouth Col-\\nic-, in l.-:;. -in, lied medicine with hi- father and\\nat Harvard Medical School, graduating M.I\u00c2\u00bb. in 1837;\\nbegan practice immediately at Nashua, and there\\ncontinues; has often been a member of the municipal\\ngovernment, and was mayor of the city in 1864.\\nII, becamea trustee of Dartmouth College in 1866,\\nand in 1.S77 and 1878 was a member of the executive\\nDR. ALFRED SPALDING.\\nDr. Alfred Spalding spent two years in Dartmouth\\nCollege and some time in Yale. He studied medi-\\ncine with his father and Dr. Reuben D. Mussey, and\\nreceived the degree of M.D. from Dartmouth in 1843.\\nHe commenced the practice of his profession at\\nrreenup, l\\\\y.. soon after receiving his degree.\\nHe had a natural aptitude for his profession, in\\nwhich he greatly resembled his father. With the\\ngenial, quiet manners J the courteous gentleman he\\nunited the discriminating and cautious judgment of a\\nsuperior mind.\\nIn his practice his industry and painstaking fidel-\\nity soon win the confidence of all classes.\\nDuring the Rebellion his house was a hospital for\\nthe wounded soldiers, and his services wen- sought by\\ntbo-e who did not sympathize with his loyalty to the\\nold flag.\\nHis enthusiasm in the study of medicine never\\nabated. The latest reports and the most improved\\nsurgical instruments and apparatus\u00e2\u0080\u0094 everything pos-\\nsessing any advantage to bis profession was examined,\\neven though it deprived him of needed rest and sleep.\\nHe was a good horseman, and when he came into\\npossession of lauds suited to the purpose, devoted\\nsometime to the raising of his favorite animals.\\nHis interest in all local enterprises and improve-\\nments was constant and practical, and he made many\\nand fast friends.\\nHis health failing, he relinquished his practice,\\nand, the summer before his death, revisited his birth-\\nplace, for a time with some benefit but it proved not\\nto be permanent, and in November he returned, by\\nslow stages, to his home, where lie died Dec. 20. 1878.\\nl- ,,r Biography of Isaac Spalding, set- History of\\nNashua.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0471.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF ANTRIM.\\nI .V REV. W. R. fciCHRAXE.\\nI1APTER I\\nTin: town of Antrim is situated in the north-\\nwestern part of Hillsborough lounty, and contains a\\nlittle over thirty-three square miles (twentj -one thou-\\nsand one hundred and seventy-live acres), of which\\nsomething more than half is classified as improved\\nland. The Contoocook River forms the eastern\\nboundary of Antrim, with Bennington and Hancock\\non the south. Nelson and Stoddard on the west and\\nHillsborough on the north. Thesoil of Antrim is for\\nthe most part fertile and strong as compared with\\nNew England land in general. Some parts are of\\nlight loam, productive and easy to cultivate: but the\\ngreater part is rocky and uneven. It is a soil that\\nretains its enrichment for a long time. There are\\npastures in Antrim that have been fed for fifty or\\nsixty years and are still good. Along the streams are\\nbeautiful and valuable meadows. The intervales on\\nthe Contoocook are of surpassing fertility and loveli-\\nness. There are many line farms in town, and hardly\\na miserable, starvation farm within itsborders. Farm\\nbuildings are mostly neat and thrifty in appearance,\\nvillages are attractive, and the whole face of the town\\nis smart and good-looking. The western part of\\nAntrim is peculiarly rich in pasturage. Few towns\\nin the State can boast of fatter cattle or finer teams.\\nThe mountains of Antrim are numerous, but not\\nhigh or remarkable. In the northeast part of the\\ntown, near the junction of the Contoocook and North\\nBranch Rivers is Riley s Mountain, about fifteen hun-\\ndred feet high, named from Philip Riley, the first\\nsettler of the town. Windsor Mountains form a chain\\non the northern boundary of the town, the town-line\\nbeing about on the summit, and the broad southward\\nslope giving warm pastures and valuable forests and\\nfarm- to Antrim. On the western side of the town is\\na range of mountains, as a sort of protection against\\ncold and tempest, extending from North Branch\\nRiver on the north to Hancock on the south. This\\nrange has many summits, among them Bald Moun-\\ntain, Robb Mountain and Tuttle Mountain, the last\\nnamed being the highest, about fifteen hundred\\nand fifty feet above tide-water. Bald Mountain\\n252\\nwas so railed h the fathers because it was bare\\nand naked when first discovered. It seems that the\\nIndians burned it over occasionally, not suffering the\\nflames to spread elsewhere, and used it as a point of\\nobservation and a place of council. On its broad and\\nexcellent pastures moose once abounded, and it was\\na superior hunting-ground.\\nThe streams of Antrim of any considerable size are\\nfew. By far the largest is the Contoocook. Its source\\nis almost on Massachusetts line in Rindge, and it\\nflows a little east of north till it sweeps the whole\\neastern boundary of this town, then turns eastward\\nand flows into the Merrimack above Concord, having\\na length of about one hundred miles, and a fall of\\nover eight hundred feet. It is crossed from Antrim\\nby three bridges. In passing this town (more than\\nsix miles) its full is very trifling. The Peterborough\\nand Hillsborough Railroad is along its hank. A\\nlovelier river can hardly he found in New England.\\nNorth Branch River is the next in size. It rises\\nin Washington, flows southward through Long Pond,\\nStoddard, then turns eastward and runs about six\\nmiles in Antrim, nearly across the town, and nearly\\nparallel with the north line, at a distance of about a\\nhalf-mile from said line. Its length is about twenty-\\nfive miles, and its fall about the same as that of the\\nContoocook in a hundred miles. It falls more than\\nthree hundred and fifty feet in this town. Hence it\\nis a wild, impetuous, noisy stream, and when swollen\\nby rains, its roar can he heard for a long distance.\\nThe water-power on this river is immense; it has\\ncapacities for -aeat reservoirs, is never exhausted,\\nand affords unsurpassed advantages to manufacturers.\\nGreat Brook, so named by the fathers, comes third\\nin size. Its actual source is in the mountains in the\\nwest part of the town. From Gregg s Pond, through\\nwhich it flows, to the Contoocook River, into which\\nit empties, the distance is about three miles, and the\\nfall about four hundred and sixty-five feet. The\\npond is fed by springs discharging below the water-\\nmark, and hence this stream does not fail in a dry time\\nto the same extent as other streams. Mill men here\\nsay they can run when the wheels on the Merrimack\\nhave to stop for lack id water. Hence, the supply", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0472.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "ANTRIM.\\nbeing so regular and the fall so great, this little\\nstream affords some of the best water privileges in\\nthe State. Fourteen dams cross it inside of three\\nmiles, and some excellent opportunities are still un-\\nimproved. It may safely be said that no stream in\\nNew England of the same length affords so many\\nand so good privileges as Great Brook. Meadow\\nBrook, Cochran s Brook and Salmon Brook are the\\nother leading streams in the town.\\nThe collections of water in Antrim are neither\\nmany nor great. The largest is tregg s Pond, named\\nfrom Samuel Gregg, who built the mill at its outlet.\\nThis is a beautiful sheet of water about a mile long\\nand half a mile wide. It has mostly a hard, rocky\\nshore, is surrounded by high hills, and is a favorite\\nsummer resort for boating, fishing, camping-parties\\nand picnics. Antrim has also Campbell s Pond,\\nSteel s Pond, Eye Pond. Willard s Pond and other\\nsmaller bodies of water. From this show of moun-\\ntains, streams, lakes and valleys, it will lie evident\\nthat this is a town of variable and delightful scenery.\\nIt abounds with beautiful and romantic drives, and\\nis attractive and popular as a place for summer\\ntourists and boarders from the city.\\nThe first settlement in Antrim was made by Philip\\nRiley, a Scotchman, in 1741. At that. time, and lor years\\nprevious, it was a matter of great peril, on account\\nof Indians, to venture far from the .strong settle-\\nments of the lower towns. The valley of the Con-\\ntoocook was known to explorers, and was looked\\nupon as valuable ground, but it was prudently avoided\\nIn 31 ttlers lor many years. It was a place very dear\\nto the Indians. Near the river they hail residences\\nwithin the limits of Antrim. They had a burial-\\nplace here, and here they had fields to raise corn for\\nthe tribe. The first settlers found constant evidences\\nof the previous abode of the savages in this place.\\nHence, it was a perilous undertaking when Riley\\nand three or tour neighbors near him in Hillsborough\\nbegan in this valley, 1744. Riley located in the north-\\neast corner of the town, near Hillsborough Bridge,\\nfifteen miles from any help. The surrounding towns,\\nDeering, Franeestown, Greenfield, Bennington, Han-\\ncock, Stoddard and Henniker, were all a pathless and\\nunbroken forest. The nearest neighbors, in Hopkin-\\ntou, Peterborough and New Boston, were themselves\\n80 few and weak as to need assistance instead of being\\nable to impart it. The only strong settlement in\\nNew Hampshire west of the .Merrimack was Dun-\\nstable (now Nashua), and this was in no condition to\\nrender assistance to others. And when we take into\\naccount the fact that for many years there had been\\nalmost constant warfare between the French and In-\\ndians on one hand, and the English settlers on the\\nother, and that the cruel savages were scouring the\\nforests most of the time with murderous intent, the\\nundertaking of a half-dozen men in the unbroken\\nforest, and beyond the possibility of help, seems haz-\\nardous in the extreme. Other and stronger places\\npetitioned the Governor for soldiers to aid in their\\ndefense. In 1744 and 174 Indians swarmed along\\nthe frontier. The settlers in some [daces abandoned\\ntheir settlements and returned to the lower towns\\nin 174o. But Riley and his few neighbors remained.\\nNothing but their connection with the Scotch-Irish,\\nto whom the Indians seem to have had no enmity,\\ncan account for the attacking of Hopkinton, Charles-\\ntown and other places, and leaving this little com\\npany safe. The Indians were accustomed to murder-\\ning the scattered ami weak ones.\\nApril -22, 1741 the savages made an attack on the\\nsettlers in Hopkinton, and carried oil eight captives.\\nThe report of this event carried new alarm to the lew\\nsettlers of Hillsborough and Antrim. They had nogar-\\nrison-house. They had seen Indians lurking and\\nbiding along the Contoocook, and supposed they\\nwould be the next object of attack. They determined\\nto abandon their humble yet happy dwellings at once.\\nHurriedly burying some tools, and hiding others in\\nhollow logs and under Hat rocks, and driving their\\nfew cattle, they started over the hills of Deering for\\nNew Boston and Londonderry.\\nA Iter this flight Antrim had no white inhabitant for\\nfifteen years. I!ut when Canada was captured from\\nthe French (1759-60), and peace after so long a time\\nhad been restored, the settlers all along the frontier\\nbegan to creep back to their deserted cabins. Riley\\nwas the first to return to this section, coming back in\\nthe spring of 1761. A thick growth of young wood\\nhad spread over his clearing, and it was difficult to\\nfind the cabin he had left. His cabin alone remained\\nstanding. The savages had burned every other build-\\ning in the vicinity. Riley found his tools where he\\nhad concealed them, and soon prepared to bring his\\nfamily, and they were. here in the wilderness a whole\\nyear alone. In the spring of 1702 he received a\\nneighbor in the person of Daniel McMurphy,who be-\\ngan a second settlement of Hillsborough, a mile or two\\noff. But there was no other inhabitant in Antrim till\\nthe spring of 1700, when seven young men came, axe\\nin hand, and made beginnings in the cast and south\\npart of the town. One of them, .lames Aiken, moved\\nhis family here August 12. 1707, making the second\\nfamily in Antrim. For two years Aiken and his\\nfamily had a hard time. Often they felt the pinch of\\nhunger. Bears and wolves prowled around them by\\nday and by night. In October, 1767, his pigs running\\nloose were killed and torn in pieces by bears. Very\\nlittle could be raised from the soil the first year. The\\nnearest neighbor was Riley, six miles off, in the north-\\neast parf of the town. The winter following was long\\nand severe. Aiken and his good wife (Molly McFar-\\nland) lost a young child in February, 1708, the first\\ndeath in Antrim. There were no minister, no group\\nof assembled mourners, no coffin, no burial ground,\\nno road, nor even a path The sorrowing father split\\nout some rude boards from a log, and pinned them\\ntogether with wood for a casket, and then the parents", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0473.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "254\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncovered the little dead form in it and fastened down\\nthe heavj lid, and Aiken carried away and buried his\\nown child! Two months later, April 15, L768, Mrs.\\nAiken gave birth to a daughter,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the first American\\nchild born in Antrim. They named her Polly, and\\nshe died December 14,1862. She was a strong and\\nnoble woman, worthy to be the leader in the long\\nand honorable line of Antrim s sons ami daughters.\\nThe first male child horn in Antrim was James\\nAiken, Jr., spring of 1772.\\nV 1 1, l i carried corn to New Boston (sixteen miles)\\nOr to Pel. al..,]-,, null (twelve miles) on his hack, to be\\nground, and used to speak of this in after-years as\\nthe severest of all the hardships he endured. He lived\\nto see the town have a population of thirteen hun-\\ndred, with plenty of mills, and stores, and roads, and\\nschool-houses, and commodious, comfortable dwell-\\nings. He died July 27, 1817, aged eighty-six years.\\nThe third family locating in Antrim was that ofWil-\\nliam Smith, who came in 1771, having purchased his\\nland the previous year for tune cents per acre. He\\nlocated near Aiken, and they lived in ureal confidence\\nand love together till death. After they got rich\\nenough to have oxen. Aiken bought a pair of Smith,\\nand, not having ready money, wrote a note for the\\nsame. Smith said to Aiken I haven t any desk to\\nkeep it in, so you keep it till I call for it. Conse-\\nquently Aiken kept flu- note till he was ready to pay\\nit, and then gave it to Smith, at the same time paying\\nit in full. And thus Smith could remember that the\\nnote was paid.\\nThe fourth family in Antrim was that of Randall\\nAlexander, who came in the spring of 1772.\\nThe fifth was that of John Gordon, who made a be-\\nginning in the mirth part of the town, and struck the\\nfirst blows in North Branch village.\\nThe sixth was that of Maurice Lynch.\\nThe seventh family was that of John Duncan, af-\\nterwards Captain John, Esquire John, Deacon\\nJohn and Honorable John was a man of some rep-\\nutation brought his goods in a cart the first heels\\never driven into Antrim drove forty miles in this\\nway, and arrived at the door of his log house, wilh\\nwife and five children, September 20, 177: He lived\\ntill February 14, 182. dying at the age of eighty-nine.\\nWas long time representative from the district of An-\\ntrim, Hancock, Deering and Windsor; was a member\\nof the New Hampshire Senate, and was a stirring,\\nearnest, cheery, wide-awake and honest man.\\nIn 1774 eight settlors and their families arrived in\\nAntrim. This made fifteen families and about sixty-\\ntwo persons in the town. All summer long the forests\\neeh 1 the strokes of the woodman s axe ami the\\ncrash of falling trees. Paths were cut out for roads.\\nThe grounds about the dwellings began to look like\\nfields, and the new settlement was full of hope.\\nBut, in the spring id 177 the breaking out ..l the\\nRevolutionary War greatly hindered the progress of\\nthe work. This was a frontier settlement. A terrible\\nuncertainty pervaded everything. Every man iu\\nAntrim capable of bearing arms was in the service\\nmore or less; but. in spite of all discouragements, sev-\\neral families moved here during the first year of the\\nwar.\\n1776 was a dark year for Antrim. Its population\\nwas about eighty, and of its men (about twenty in\\nall), two, James Dickey and George Bemaine, were\\nlost at the battle ..f White Plains, October 2s, L776.\\nJames Hutchinson was killed the previous year at\\nHunker Hill. Thus one-seventh of all the Antrim\\ncitizens bad fallen thus early in the war. lint in this,\\nas in other dark years, the women of Antrim came\\nforward and wrought wonders of courage and hard-\\nship. Boys became men in work and fortitude,\\nshrinking from no task. So. in face of all obstacles,\\nenlargement and improvement were noticeable in the\\ntown.\\nThis year (April 12, 1770) the colony of New\\nHampshire sent out for signature the following\\npaper: We. the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly en-\\ngage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our\\nPower, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with\\nArms, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British\\nFleets and Annies against the United American Col-\\nonies\\nThis was, in fact, treason against the most powerful\\ngovernment in the world. It places little New Hamp-\\nshire three months ahead of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence of the United States. And every man in\\nAntrim signed\\nThis year (17761 the few people of Antrim sought\\nto be incorporated as a town.\\nThis shows bow courageous ami hopeful they were,\\nnotwithstanding fewness, poverty and war. About\\nmidsummer they held a meeting and appointed Mau-\\nrice Lynch, John Duncan and Samuel Moore a com-\\nmittee to petition for incorporation.\\nThe petition was presented (September 4, 1776) to\\nthe Legislature at Exeter, and the usual notices were\\ngiven to parties to appear for and against at the open-\\ning of the next General Assembly of the State.\\nWhen the time came no opposition was made, and\\nthe act of incorporation passed through its several\\nStages, and bears date March 22, 1777.\\nIt was called Antrim from the old town by that\\nname in Inland, occupied for generations by the an-\\ncestors of the settlers here. The name was very dear to\\nlb. Scotch. The settlers in Londonderry retained\\nthat honored name, and likewise the Scotch settlers\\nhere clung to that which was next most memorable\\nand precious. The town of Antrim, Ireland, was the\\nshire-town of the county of Antrim. It is a small\\ntown, but most beautifully located, sloping toward the\\nlake Lough Neagh lok na about as Antrim, seen\\nfrom the hills of Deering, seems to slope toward the\\nContoocook. Many a romance bangs about the old\\nname. The signification of the name Antrim is hab-\\nitation upon the water-, which, as is obvious, was ap-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0474.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "ANTRIM.\\nii.-\\npropriate to the old localities, both county and town.\\nThe inhabitants of these places in Ireland were nearly\\nall Sent eli. with a strong dislike of the Irish, and the\\nsettlers in this town of which We write were almost\\nentirely Scotch, and few of any other race came to\\nAntrim for many years.\\nThe first town-meeting in Antrim was at the house\\nof Esquire John Duncan, May 1, 1777. Themeet-\\ni 1 1 lt was called by said John Duncan. They were but\\na handful,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 twenty-three, but they had great hearts\\nand great hopes. It had little resemblance to the\\ncrowded, noisy town-meetings of modem date. A\\nkitchen fill of quiet, brave, noble, united men What\\na treasure a picture of that first town-meeting would\\nbe! John Duncan was (apparently) first moderator;\\nMaurice Lynch, first town clerk; and Thomas Stuart,\\n.lames Aiken and Kiehard McAllister, constituted the\\nfirst Board of Selectmen.\\nAt this first town-meeting they Voted to take\\nSome Meatho.l to find a lentor. This Meathod\\nwas by survey, and the Centor fixed upon was a\\nbroad common on the top of Meeting-House Hill,\\na high and commanding summit, from which nearly\\nall the town could be seen. It seems to have been a\\nlittle east of the real centre, and was a mile east of the\\ngeographical centre alter the enlargement of the town.\\nThey turned aside a little for the sake of building on\\nthe top of a high hill At this Center they called\\na meeting (August 20, 1777) to clear ground for a\\nliui\\nth:\\nburying-place and a Spoot t\\ntown-meeting was in the woods, under A Read oak\\ntree marked with the figure of Eight there was no\\nload, and out of the thick woods there was no open-\\ning from which a human dwelling could he seen\\nThey met at eight o clock in the morning, each man\\nbringing his axe in about half an hour the public\\nbusiness was completed, and then they immediately\\nwent to work felling trees on the Acer, more or\\nless. which now constitutes the old cemetery. They\\nmade rapid progress that day in laying the forest low.\\nThey were clearing the ground where their own bones\\nwere to lie Now the Read oak tree marked with\\nthe tignre of Eight, and the meeting-house subse-\\nquently built there, the highest landmark in the\\nvicinity for fifty years, and several dwelling-houses\\nbuilt near the church, and those strong-armed voters\\nthemselves are all gone Only the stones placed at\\nthe graves of those noble men remain to identify the\\nspot.\\nThe first saw-mill in Antrim was built by John\\nWarren, at the Branch, in 177d. The fn-t grist-mill\\nwas built at the Branch in 1777, by James Moore, he-\\ntore which ti the settlers all went to mill to Hills-\\nborough, Peterborough and New Boston. The new\\ngrist-mill was a thing of pride and satisfaction to the\\ntown, and brought more joy than a railroad or a gold-\\nmine could bring toa town now. This year,also, An-\\ntrim had her first public highway, though barely\\npassable for horses, the same first road being merely\\na path cut and cleared from the ContOOCOOk River,\\nby the old road. now so called, to the Centre;\\nthence over Meeting-House Hill to the corn-mill\\nat tin Branch; thence over the English Hill to Hills-\\nborough.\\nThis year 1777) Antrim, with all her struggles at\\nhome, did not forget the suffering cause of liberty.\\nOne-fourth of those belonging in town capable of\\nbearing arms were in the army part of the year, and\\nthose at home carried forward the clearings and\\npaid the taxes id those in the field. Several new\\nsettlers came this year, and altogether it was a lively\\nyear for Antrim, the year of incorporation, healthy,\\ntoilsome, struggling, hopeful 1777!\\nFrom this time to the close of the war the troubles\\nof this small frontier town were many anil great.\\nPoverty, depreciation of currency, absence of needed\\nmen in the army, the proprietors resistance to the\\nnon-resident tax, war expenses, terrible winters, the\\nDark Day, loss of money by a dishonest town\\ntreasurer, all these, together with untold hardship in\\nlabor and perils of wild beasts, combined to make\\ndark and heavy the trials of this company of settlers,\\nlet flic town slowly gained in population each year.\\nJune I, 1781, Antrim had fifty families or more.\\nEarly in 1 784 a question arose as to receiving a tract\\nmi 1 he west of Antrim as a part of the town. Stoddard,\\nthen the must populous town in this vicinity, discovered\\nthat there was a strip of unclaimed and unincorporated\\nland on her western border; and, thinking this tract\\nmore desirable than that on her east line, she laid\\nclaim to the western part, and ceased taxing an\\nequivalent area on the east. The last-named part was\\nuntaxed one or two years. But after discussion all\\nsummer, Antrim voted (November 3, 1784) to tax\\nthe Land Unclaimed by Stodder. And this has\\nsince remained apart of Antrim.\\nIn 17.S the town raised its first meeting-house,\\nhaving become so weak and impoverished bj the war\\nas lo he unable to do it before. The population of\\nSociety Land (Antrim, Hancock, Bennington and part\\nof Greenfield) was one hundred and seventy-seven in\\n177 In 17*0 the population of the town of Antrim\\nwas two hundred and eighty-nine. In 1790 the popu-\\nlation of Antrim was five hundred and twenty-eight,\\nnearly doubling in four years. But the population\\nwas not enough for Antrim to have a representative\\ntill 1798. Henniker, Hillsborough and Society Land,\\nand afterwards Hennikei*, Hillsborough, Antrim and\\nSociety hand, formed a district till 1783, when a dis-\\ntrict was forme including only Antrim. Deeringand\\nHancock. For about fourteen years this district was\\nrepresented by Hon. John Duncan, of Antrim, who\\nresigned in 17% on being elected State Senator.\\nThe first store in Antrim was opened in the spring\\nof]7xx. Previously the inhabitants went to trade\\nto Amherst. New Boston and even to Londonderry. It\\nwas customary tor the women of this town to take the\\nlinen (doth, which their own hands had manufactured,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0475.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "25ii\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngo to New Boston on horseback with it, ex-\\nchange the same for g Is or money, and re-\\nturn the same day, seventeen miles And it did nut\\nseem a severe day s work. A second store was opened\\nin Antrim in 1789, and tin* two stores accommodated\\nthepeople till the population of the town was more\\nthan a thousand. Trade was far less for the same\\nnumber of personsthan now. as then their wants were\\nfew. They spun their own yarn and wove their own\\ncloth of every description, and raised their own grain.\\nThe first barrel of flour was brought into Antrim in\\n1820.\\nIn the year 1800, Antrim, like other towns, was\\nswept with the dysentery scourge. One week in\\nAugust there were nineteen funerals. From July\\n2Md to September 2 !d (here were sixty-five deaths in\\nthis little community, mostly children. Fifty little\\ngraves made in the old cemetery that year are un-\\nmarked and forgotten. But still the population had\\nincreased in the fall of 1800 to one thousand and titty-\\nnine. The largest population was in 1820, when it\\nreached the number of thirteen hundred and thirty.\\nAt the census of 1870 it had dwindled down to nine\\nhundred and four, since which date there has been\\nconsiderable increase. It is now (January 1, 1885)\\ntwelve hundred and thirty-eight.\\nAs to religious matters, Antrim being settled almost\\nentirely by Scotchmen of the Presbyterian faith,\\nformed a church of that order. I p to the year 1836\\nthe town and church were united in action, the town,\\nby vote, calling the minister and paying him out of\\nits treasury, like any other town officer. He was\\ncalled the Town s Minister. The first town war-\\nrant ever posted in Antrim had in it an article To\\nSee What Money they Will Rease to Get preaching.\\nThe first sermon ever preached in the town was in\\nDeacon Aiken s barn, September. 1775, by Rev. William\\nDavidson, of Londonderry. Subsequently, for ten\\nyears, they had meetings in private houses, 1 ing too\\npoor to build a church. They finally raised the frame\\nof the building June 28, 178 and held their first\\nmeeting within the uncovered frame the following\\nSabbath. It took them light years to finish the\\nbuilding! At the March meeting (1788) the town\\nchose rsaac Cochran and John Duncan a committee\\nto go to the Presbytery and ask them to organize a\\nchurch in Antrim. In response thereto thc\\\\ commis\\nsioned Rev. William Morrison, of Londonderry, who\\ncame here and organized the Presbyterian Church\\nAugust 2, 1788, with seventy-two members, being one-\\nthird of the adults then in town. Thus they were\\nstrong as a church from the first. But they did not\\nsucceed in settling a pastor to their liking till 1800,\\nthough constantly increasing in membership. Their\\nannual sacramental seasons were times of great in-\\nterest. Absolutely all the people attended. The\\nwhole town kept the preceding Thursday and Friday\\nand Saturday with great strictness as fast days.\\ning ministers were called in, and the long-\\nanticipated occasion was often one of great revival.\\nIn March, 1790, the town Voted M r David Mleary\\nProvide table I. inning, twelve y 7-s :l wide, at the\\ntown s oast, the same being for the long communion\\ntables in the aisles of the church. Each pastor sup-\\nplied his flock with tokens. entitling them to ad-\\nmission to the tabic. These were small, cheap lead\\ncoins. Those for Antrim were marked with the letter\\nA. They ceased to be used hen- in 1824. A new\\nchurch building was erected in 1826 and remodeled\\nin 1857. The member-hip of this old church, now in\\nits ninety-seventh year, numbers two hundred and\\nsevi nty-four. Its pastorates have been as follows:\\nLitt t.-, -ettl. il S.pti-inl,. I 1M\u00c2\u00bbI; ri-J;lli .l s, l.r i.\\n1804.\\nRev. John M. Whiton, D.D., settled Septei 28, It\\nJanuary I, 1863.\\nRei JohnH Bates, settled March 16, 1863 resigned July 1, 1866.\\nRei Warren R Cochrane, began servia Jannarj 1, 1868, ind spasfoi\\nat this date.\\nA Congregational Church was organized in East\\nAntrim October 25, 1827, but, being reduced in num-\\nbers, it dissolved in 1843, most of its members uniting\\nwith the Presbyterian Lurch.\\nThere is now a flourishing Baptist Church in An-\\ntrim, located at the south village. This church was\\norganized at the house of Joseph Baton, inGreenfii Id,\\nDecember 17, 1805. Their first meeting-house was in\\nthat town, and was built prior to 1812. In 1826 they\\nhad moved to Society Land (now Bennington) and\\nhad a meeting-house there. In April, 1851, they\\nvoted to hold the meetings on the Sabbath half the\\ntunc at Smith Antrim. February 6, 1852, they\\nvoted to hold the meetings all the time at South\\nAntrim, and this has since been the location of the\\nchurch. They worshiped in Woodbury s Hall till\\n1871. Their pleasant house of worship was dedicated,\\nfree of debt, October 25, 1871. They have a parson-\\nage, built in 1879. The church was built in the pas-\\ntorate of Rev. William Hurlin, now the efficient\\nsecretary of the New Hampshire Baptist Convention.\\nThe pastors of the Baptist Church since its removal\\nto Antrim have been as follows Rev. W. W. Lovejoy,\\nRev. W. Kimball, Rev. L. C. Stevens, Rev. William\\nHurlin (1866-73), Rev. E. M. Shaw. Rev. W. H.\\nFish, Rev. E. M. Shaw. Rev. Horace F. Brown.\\nThe efforts of the Methodist denomination in An-\\ntrim began in 1838. A class was formed at the Branch\\nthat year, which continued for a time. In 1840 a\\nclass was formed in South Antrim. In 1851, through\\nthe exertions of Rev. S. S. Dudley, the work was\\nrevived at the Branch village, and tin- two clas es\\nwet,, lit,, tight together into a church in 1852. The\\norganization numbered fifty-one member-, and -i r-\\nvices were held chiefly at the Branch. But in 18 U a\\nmeeting-house was built in South Antrim, and dedi-\\ncated October 9th of that year. Since then the\\nMethodist Lurch has been at South Antrim, and has\\nConstantly gained in numbers and in strength, so that\\nit is now among the best of its order outside the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0476.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "ANTRIM.\\n257\\ncities. A fine parsonage has been buill this year\\n(1885). Its pastors at its present location have been\\nas follows: Kev. E. A. Howard, Rev. A. A. Cleveland,\\nRev. J. W. Fulton, Rev. C. E. Dorr, Rev. Lewis\\nHoward, Rev. Jacob F. Spalding, Rev. J. W. Cool-\\nidge, Rev. J. R. Bartlett, Rev. J. L. Felt (1876-79),\\nRev. G. F. Curl, Rev. William Wood, Rev. N. C.\\nAlger, Rev. A. F. Baxter.\\nThe military and patriotic record of Antrim is ex-\\nceedingly honorable. I havealready said that every\\nman in town, and every boy of sufficient size, marched\\ntin- Lexington at the first sound of battle, with the\\nsingle exception of John Gordon, who soon after en-\\nlisted for the whole war. There was not a male old\\nenough to march that did not respond to his country s\\ncall. How many other towns can say as much? The\\ncompany from Society Land, including the men and\\nboys of Antrim, then a part of Society Land,\\nmarched as far as Tyngsborough, where they were met\\nby General Stark, who complimented them in high\\nterms, advised them to return and plant their corn\\nand hold themselves ready to march at a moment s\\nwarning. Three men from this settlement were in\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill, one of whom was killed,\\nand two from this place were lost at While Plains,\\nall which was before the incorporation of the town.\\nTwo men from Antrim were killed subsequently, and\\nseveral wounded. Five months after incorporation a\\ntown-meeting was called to Regulate the expense\\nthe town has been at in respect of the war. Thus,\\nthough few and poor, the citizens of Antrim assumed\\ntheir part of the war expenses at once; and they\\ntilled every quota, both of men and means, to the end.\\nAbout ten men from this place were in the battle of\\nBennington (August 16, 1777), in a companj of which\\nDaniel Miltimore, of Antrim, was first lieutenant and\\nafterwards they look part in the series of contests\\nwhich resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne.\\nThere were at least four men from Antrim in the\\nlast company that was disbanded at the close of the\\nwar. The last surviving soldier of the army of tin\\nRevolution was Samuel Downing, of Antrim, who\\nwent from this place to Edinburgh, X. Y., 17H4,\\nand died there February 19, 1867, aged one hundred\\nand live years, two months and twenty-one days.\\nIn the old militia system Antrim fell within the\\nbounds of the famous Twenty-Sixth Regiment, first\\ncommanded by Governor Benjamin Pierce and af-\\nterwards by Colonel David McClure, of Antrim. By\\ntheaci ofl792each regiment wasto have a company\\nof grenadiers, meaning thereby a uniformed and\\npicked and trained set of men. The company for this\\nregiment was organized by General John McNiel,\\nafterwards distinguished in the War of 1812. McNiel\\nwas six feet and six inches tall, and received no one\\ninto hi- company who were less than six feet in height.\\nAt first the men were picked out from Antrim, Deer-\\ning, Francestown, Greenfield, Hancock, Hennikerand\\nHillsborough. But because Antrim raised bigger men\\nthan other towns, the majority of the grenadiers be-\\nlonged here from the -tart. With gorgeous uniform,\\ntall caps and high, brilliant plumes whichseemed to in-\\ncrease the stature of the men, this company of giants\\nmade a most imposing appearance,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the wonder of\\nsmall boys, the admiration of all. This noted com-\\npany was all made up from Antrim as early as the\\nyear 1823, and continued to flourish until the enact-\\nment of the disbanding law ofl851, after which it did\\nnol sun i\\\\ e many years.\\nWhen the War ofl812 broke out a company called\\nthe Alarm List was promptly formed here, in addition\\nto he other companies, and it was composed of the old\\nmen, most of whom actually borethescarsof the Rev-\\nolution. It had forty members their uniform was a\\nlarge white frock thrown over their ordinary clothing;\\nthey were under command of Captain Peter Barker,a\\nsoldier of the Revolution, and they actually offered\\ntheir sen ices to the.i fovernor. Several of them were\\nseventy-five years old when they offered to march for\\ntheir country s defense. Forty-four soldiers from An-\\ntrim were in the War of 1812, of whom seven, in one\\nway or another, lost, their lives. In the Mexican War\\nthere were four soldiers from Antrim, and thej were\\nall killed. In the War of the Rebellion the action of\\nthis town was thoroughly patriotic ami vigorous.\\nThere was a town-meeting called, a resolution was\\npassed to defend the Hag and to do our part whatever\\nstruggle might come, a committee appointed to a-sist\\nvolunteers and an appropriation of money made, all\\nwithin less than three weeks .if the hour when the first\\ngun was tired on Fort Sumter. Through all the\\nstruggle money was freely voted for volunteers and\\ntheir families. On all the many calls Antrim fur-\\nnished twelve men more than her aggregate quota,\\nfurnishing one hundred and thirty-nine men in all.\\nOf these, thirty lost their lives on the battle-field or\\nby disease. Thus her full part was performed in the\\nlong and fearful contest. The heavy war debt of the\\ntown is now nearly all paid.\\nThe first village in Antrim was the )ld lentre, on\\nthe top of Meeting- House Hill. Going up from the\\nsouth, the new building seemed to lean against the\\nsky. A school-house, church, tavern ami a few\\ndwelling-houses made up the whole. It was the\\nchief place in town for more than fifty years. At the\\ntime of the town s greatest population it had no other\\nmeeting-house or meeting-place. Congregat ot\\nfour or five hundred assembled there for worship. It\\nwas a spot very dear to the fathers. Now all is\\nchanged. The spacious and conspicuous common is\\nan ordinary field every building is gone, and only\\nthe ancient burial-ground remains unchanged to re-\\nmind one of departed scenes.\\nThe Branch village is situated in the north part ot\\nthe town, on North Branch River. For many years,\\ndown nearly to 1840, this was the largest and most\\nflourishing village in the town. It was seriously in-\\njured by the burning of its bobbin-simp and peg-shop", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0477.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF EIILLSBOKOUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n(Is4i, :nnl l*i;ii), which were not rebuilt. It has now\\na store, post-office, blacksmith s shop, chapel, school-\\nhouse, large saw-mill and tweiity-lh c dwelling-houses.\\nThe stage from Keeneto Hillsborough passes tin. u-h\\nthis village. It lias also a dailj stage to the depot at\\nSouth Antrim, four miles away. Branch village has\\na delightful situation on the river, has excellent\\nwater privileges sufficient for a large pla i\\nrounded by comely and protecting hills, and is quite\\na resort for summer boarders.\\nThe Centre, now so called, is a small collection\\nof buildings, hardly to be dignified by the name of\\nvillage. It is located well down the southward slope\\nof Meeting-House Hill, about half a mile from the\\n.site of the old church. The beginnings here were\\nmade liy Benjamin and Samuel Tn-jr.ir. 1 7 7* .77. It\\nis about a mile southeast of the geographical centre\\nof the town. The situation is sightly ami attractive,\\nand in the summer is well thronged by boarders from\\nbelow, as the popular summer boarding-house of\\nEsq., is mar by. Her.- is also the board-\\ning-house of A. R. C. Pike. The Presbyterian\\nChurch, with its long lines of horse-sheds, the vestry,\\nthe town-house, school-house and eight dwellings\\n(with barns make up the buildings at the Centre.\\nIn Clinton village the first building was put up by\\nDeacon Imla Wright, in 1828, lor a cotton-mill. Soon\\nafter several houses were built. Now there are twenty\\ndwelling-houses (twenty-six families., six mills and\\nfactories, a store, blacksmith-shop and cooper-shop.\\nThere is also an undertaker s warerooms. This vil-\\nlage 1 is one-half a mile south of the Centre, and is a\\nthrifty, smart village, with excellent water-power.\\nA variety of wares made from wood are manufactured\\nhere, isisting of bedsteads, cribs of various kinds,\\nwindow-shades, spring-beds and pail-handles, he-\\nsides threshing-machine, grist-mill, wheelwright-shop,\\ncider-mill and saw-mill.\\nBut the chief village in Antrim is South village,\\nformerly called W Ibury village, situated near the\\nsouth line of the town and near the Com ;ook\\nRiver. It has grown rapidly in the last ten years,\\nand is now by far the largest. It is beautiful for\\nsituation. being on a ridge rising from the wi st bank\\nof the Contoocook, and seen for long distances from\\nthe hills around. It has many fine residence-. In it\\nthere are two churches, wheelwright-shop, silk-factory,\\ntwo saw-mills, printing-office (where the Antrim Re-\\nporter i- published), blacksmith-shop, six store-,\\nbanking-office, shoemaker s, jeweler s, harness-maker s,\\nbarber s, tailor s and tin-shops. Here also are theshi ips\\nof the Goodell Company, which employ about two\\nhundred hands, chiefly in the manufacture of cutlery.\\nA grist-mill, Excelsior Shop, paper-box factory and\\nseveral halls arc here. Here are flourishirj\\nMasons, Odd-Fellows. Knights of Honor and Good\\nTemplars. Her.- are the headquarters of the Antrim\\nCornel Band. In this village there are two ministers\\ntwo physicians and aboul one hundred and\\ntwenty families. Has excellent graded schools, streets\\nare wide, some of them finely shaded; and every way\\nthis is one of the liveliest, smartest, handsomest,\\ncleanest, healthiest and pleasantest villages to be\\nfound in New Hampshire.\\nAntrim has been for seventy-five years a fruitful\\ntown to emigrate from. In every part of the land,\\nand in all lines of business, their absent ons and\\ndaughters are found. They are of the solid, substan-\\ntial and reliable kind. They have grit and grace.\\nFarmers, mechanics, lawyers, ministers, teachers,\\nmerchants, manufacturers, engineers. they stand\\nhigh among the best in the land. Among Antrim s\\nmore conspicuous sons are these,\\nMule Daniel M. eluisti,, LL.Ii mi..- ut tie- ulil.-st lawv.-r- .-y.-i pro-\\nduced iii V-w Hampshire.\\nw N. -smith, LI.. P., judge- of the Supreme Court.\\nI W Ibury, judge of Probate, nominated for G\\nbut dying before election.\\nHod. Benjamin P. heti.-.v, ]:..-t m.\\nHon. Charles Adams, Jr\\nHen. A II. Dunlap, Nashua\\nHun. Jacob Whittemore, of the i,.i.tn..r. e\\nCounty Court\\nl l i .1 id, distinguished teacher and author.\\nProfessor Benjamin F. Walla.-.-\\nrosepfa McKeen, I.1..I New Koi\\nProfessm- .laiu.-s W l .iu I..T. P. .-si-lent X,\\\\\\\\ Yelk Tel\\nBesides these, a lone list of ministers, doctors and\\nlawyers might he given, of whom a large part are\\nyoung and just entering upon their life-work.\\nThere is not room, in this brief sketch, to enter\\ninto details of the customs and privations of the pio-\\nneers of this town. Among ..ur Scotch ancestry the\\ndrinking of liquor was universal. The minister was\\ntreated with the best drink at every house. Women\\ndrank as well as men. It was looked upon as a\\nrightful and pleasant custom. In every hard job,\\nplanting, hoeing, haying, harvesting, they calculated\\nto have plenty of rum. If a meeting-house was to be\\nraised or a bridge built, the town always voted the\\nproper supply of rum. The first barn raised in An-\\ntrim without rum was in 1830; and the first bouse\\nbuilt without rum was in 1845. It was considered a\\ngreat calamity to get out of rum. If out when a\\nfriend called, they would detain him in conversation\\ntill a small boy could run to a neighbor s and borrow\\nsome rum. The most pious and devoted saw nothing\\nwrong in this. Yet the number of drunkards and\\nsots was small. Not half so many died from the ef-\\nfects of liquor as at the present daj\\nThe settlers of Antrim began here among untold\\nprivations. It was a day of beginnings. Young\\npeople got married without a dollar in the world.\\nJonathan would buy bis land at ten cents an acre on\\ntrust, go into tin- w Is and put up a rude log cabin\\nwith bis own hands, and at ..nee move his young wife\\nthere! In s cases the whole family outfit con-\\nsisted of a few scanty quilts, a fry-kettle and an axe-\\nMil.-, quently, in spare time, they made wooden bowls\\nand plates, and enlarged their wardrobe by raising", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0478.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "ANTRIM.\\nsheep and spinning and weaving for themselves. In\\na way similar to this the majority began life in An-\\ntrim. But they were hardy, healthy, honest and\\npersevering, and in the course of years worked them-\\nselves into comfortable homes and g 1 circum-\\nstances. Great, however, were the actual suffering\\nand hardship of this people through the War of the\\nRevolution, when the men wen- in the field, ami\\nwinters were hard, and snow was deep, ami neigh-\\nbors were tar apart, ami women ami small boys fared\\ncold and forest ami wild beast* under all pn-sibli- di--\\ncouragements But the lone log cabin hidden in the\\nsnow kept safe its brave and much-enduring flock!\\nThe amusements of our fathers wen- of a kind to\\ncorrespond with their religious, yet rough and ath-\\nletic, training. They had neither money nor taste\\nfor convivial entertainments, and were no creatures\\nof appetite or indulgence; but into physical sports\\nthey entered, young and old, with hearty zest.\\nWrestling-matches, ehopping-bees, piling-bees, log-\\nrollings, huskings, raisings, trainings, musters and\\nfoot-races made up their entertainments. Ami some\\nof these were noisy and dangerous pleasures. The\\nentertainments of the ladies were of a correspondingly\\nvigorous nature. We have no record of their meeting\\nto fold their hands or make tatting. 1 Jut carding-\\nbee-, apple-parings, quiltings, spinnings were among\\ntheir leading pleasures when together. It was com-\\nmon for the good mother to take her baby under one\\narm and her flax-wheel and flax under the other, and\\nwalk a mile to a neighbor s. When there, she and\\nothers coming in a similar way would set their wheels\\nbuzzing, and then chat together with voices that\\ncould he heard above the noise of twenty machines!\\nAmi such spinning! It was perfect and marvelous\\nin amount! And then, at sunset, each would take\\nbaby and wheel and yarn, walk home, get supper for\\na large family, and wasn t much tired after all\\nI have said that the founders of Antrim were all\\nScotch. They came from the north of Ireland; but\\nthei] ancestors came thither from Argyle and Ayr, in\\nScotland. There was not a drop of Irish blood in\\nthem. In language, habits, tastes, education, reli-\\ngion, history, capacity, bearing, manner of life, and\\ngeneral appearance, they were always distinct from\\nthe Irish. They prilled themselves on this distinc-\\ntion. To call one of them a Paddy, was to make\\nyourself sure of being knocked down before the words\\nwere fairly out of your mouth\\nThese settlers were all, young and old, women and\\nchildren, people marked with strong individuality.\\nThe Scotchman must think and decide for himself.\\nThere was a bold, cordial, honest, independent way\\nwith them all. They never kept others in the dark\\na- to their political or religious convictions. Yet,\\nwith all their self-assertion and personal independ-\\nence, they were humble and devout worshipers of\\nGod. Men they feared not God they feared. Though\\ntolerant of others, they were still Presbyterians\\nthemselves. The Bible was the hook for study ami\\nconversation in every family. The children were\\nthoroughly taught in it at home. They had a familj\\nreligion, and there was a bold open-heartedness in\\nthem which was an item of their religion. Manage-\\nment and craft and secret enmity they could not\\nendure. Outspoken, square, fearless and honest,\\nthey settled everything immediately, and face to face.\\nThe) were quick-tempered and hard-tempered, and\\nthey resented an injury with tremendous force; but\\nthey had no sullen or secret malice.\\nMoreover, the Antrim fathers were intensely set in\\ntheir own way. They wanted light, and informed\\nthemselves and thought the thing out and made\\nup their minds, and then it was counted about as\\neasy to move one of the mountains round about them\\nas to mo\\\\ e one of those old yeomen out of bis opinion.\\nThey had a mortal hatred of giving up!\\nThey were a jolly, willy race, fond of repartee and\\ng 1 cheer and practical jokes. They gloried in\\nhard hits. There was nothing weak or timid about\\ntheir fun. Jokes went round their companies as cut-\\nting as a keen blade, as heavy as a bard blow, and\\nthey roared and shouted in merriment together!\\nflies, hills of Antrim rang with their laughter in the\\nday when the panther s howl answered back and the\\nIndian s whoop echoed in the forest It is said the\\nlaugh of i he fathers of Antrim was glorious to hear!\\nAnd theaged grandmother, in her chair in the comer,\\nwould deal her strokes of wit as keen as ever, and tell\\na story with side-shaking mimicry and zest\\nAntrim was for many years an agricultural town,\\nwith much -razing and a fruitful, though rocky soil.\\nBut within a recent period the town has become\\ndependent on manufacturing for its growth and\\nwealth. There arc six saw-mills in town, as before\\nintimated, two grist-mills, two threshing-mills,\\nthree wheelwright-shops, four blacksmith-shops, live\\ncrib and bedstead-factories, one silk-mill, besides\\nthe several mill- nected with the cutlery-works.\\nThis last, under the name of the Goodell Company,\\nis by far the largest industry of the town. Here are\\nmanufactured many kinds of flue table cutlery, which\\nfinds a large sale all over the land. They make also\\nuntold numbers of apple-parers, slicers, corers, peach-\\nparers, cherry-stoners and seed-sowers, both of hand\\nami horse-power. This establishment furnishes em-\\nployment, directly and indirectly, for more than two\\nhundred Antrim people, and pays to the pi ople thou-\\nsands of dollars in cash every month. In all these\\nindustries, and some smaller ones not mentioned, a\\nmajority of the people of the town are now engaged.\\nFarming has greatly improved herein the last ten years,\\nhut manufacturing vastly more, and the farmer thrives\\nall the better because of the mills that flourish near him.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0479.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHON. DAVID II. GOODELL.\\nThe Goodells, Goodales and Goodalls, now so\\nnumerous in New England, are supposed to have all\\ndescended from R irtGoodell. (Forwhat is known\\nof him and his descendants, see the sketch of the\\nfamily and the line of descent of Levi Goodale, in\\nthis history.) Of the line through which the sub-\\nject of this sketch eame. we have the following in the\\nGranite Monthly:\\n1. David G iell, who resided in that part of the\\ntown of Amherst now included in Milford.\\n2. David Goodell, a son of the above, who married\\nElizabeth Hutchinson, and lived in Amherst.\\n3. David Goodell, sun of David and Elizabeth, who\\nwas born in Amherst, September 15, 1774 married\\nMary Raymond, of Mont Vernon, anil settled in\\nHillsborough; removed to Antrim in 1844, and died\\nin 1848. His wife died May 17, 1864, aged eighty-\\nfive.\\n4. Deacon Jesse R. Goodell, sou of David and\\n.Alary, who was bom in Hillsborough, February 12,\\n1807, and removed to Antrim in 1841, where he still\\nresides, and is a farmer. He married, first, Olive At-\\nwood Wright, of Sullivan, who was born Februar)\\n28, 1807, and .lied June 13, 1*77. He married, second,\\nMrs. Ruth (Wilkins) Bennett.\\n5. lb.n. David H. Goodell, only child of Jesse R.\\nand Olive A\u00e2\u0080\u009e was born in Hillsborough, May 6, 1834,\\nand removed to Antrim in 1841 with his father and\\nmother, and still resides there.\\nFrom the above it would seem that David was a\\nfavorite name in this branch of the family, as four\\nout of live in direct succession received it.\\nIn Sketches uf Successful New Hampshire Men\\nled of the mother of David H. Goodell that\\nher parents were J r, and found it difficult to pro-\\nvide for the numerous children dependent on them\\nthat when she was fifteen years old site left home for\\nBoston to seek her own living. On reaching there\\nshe had just fifty cents in her pocket. Not finding\\nemployment in Boston, she went to Waltham, where\\nthe first cotton-factory in the country hail just com-\\nmenced operations. She obtained employment, and\\nat the end of a year and a half visited her parents\\nwith forty dollars in her pocket. When she was\\nmarried, eight years alter this, she had saved from\\nher earnings five hundred dollars.\\nThe parents of David II. desired that he -1 Id\\nfare better than they had. and that he should have a\\na I education. Hence, when he had learned what\\nhe could at the town school, he went for several terms\\nto Hancock Academy, thence to New Hampton, and\\ngraduated at Franc, stown Academy in 1852. In the\\nRev. W. Hnrlin\\nfall of that year he entered Brown University, at\\nProvidence, R. L, and took high rank as a scholar.\\nIn Latin he was marked within one degree of perfect,\\nand he won a prize in mathematics. But in his\\nsecond year his health failed, and he was obliged to\\nreturn home. A year and a half on his father- farm\\nrestored him to health, and he taught school two\\nterms at Hubbardston, Mass., one at Leominsti r.\\nMas-., and one at New Loudon Literary and Sci( utific\\nInstitution.\\nBut his health again failed, and he returned to An-\\ntrim with the intention of making tanning the busi-\\nness of his life. In 1857, however, the Antrim\\nShovel Company was organized, and he became its\\ntreasurer ami book-keeper, and in 1858 he was ap-\\npointed general agent of tin: company. In 1861 the\\ncompany sold out to Treadwell .v. Co.. and Mr. Good-\\nell continued to act for them in the same position.\\nIn 1864 the late I takes Ames bought the business,\\nincluding the patents of the now famous Antrim\\nshovel, and removed it to North Easton, Mass.\\nMr. O iell now entered into partnership with Mr.\\nleorge K. Carter, one of the firm of Treadwell !o.,\\nand commenced the manufacture of apple-parers on\\na small scale. Having invented the lightning\\napplc-parer, it was put on the market through a\\nNew York house, who in two years S( ,],i ;l f e w hun-\\ndred dozen, and thought they did well. In 1866, Mr.\\nGoodell resolved to sell for himself, and in a tour of\\nthree weeks sold two thousand dozen, and thus made\\nhis invention known through the country.\\nIn February, 1867, the factory was burned, and as\\nthere was no insurance, it was a total loss but in six\\nweeks a mw shop was in operation, and five thousand\\ndozen apple-parers were manufactured and sold that\\nyear. In 1st! the patent- o I the ahoon seed -sowers\\nwere purchased, and these mac bines were added to\\nthe business. In 1870 a new trouble came upon the\\nfirm. The business of I H. Ooodell C. was con-\\nduct, d upon the cash principle; but the firm had\\nunwisely indorsed notes for Treadwell Co\\nthe partners being, as already stated, a member of\\nboth firms) to the amount of titty thousand dollars,\\nand the failure of Treadwell Co. necessarily led to\\nthe bankruptcy of 1). H. Goodell Co. When the\\nAntrim property was sold at auction Mr. G led\\nbought it, and since then has been enlarging his bus-\\niness ever) year.\\nIn 1*72, Mr. Goodell joined in organizing the Woods\\nCutlery Company, at Bennington, and carried thai on\\nin addition to his own private business at Antrim,\\nand in 1875 both concerns were merged in the Ii\\nCompany, of which Mr. Goodell is the general manager,\\nand of which he owns nearly the whole of the stock.\\nI b mpany manufacture all kinds of table cutlery,\\nsilver-plated, hot-water proof; and\\nalso numerous kinds of apple-parers, peach-parers,\\npotato-parers, cherry-stoners, seed-sowers, both hand\\nand hois, -i\u00e2\u0080\u009e, wer, and Robinson s hammock chairs.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0480.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "^y .^^^K", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0483.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0484.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0485.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "jZzz^?^", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0486.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "The number of hands employed is about one hundred\\nand seventy-five, and the pay-roll amounts to about\\nfourteen hundred dollars per week. The business is\\nconducted at Antrim, and there are factories both at\\nAntrim and Bennington, which are connected bj a\\nprivate telephone.\\nIn addition to his manufacturing business, Mr.\\nGoodell is a practical farmer, and he has for many\\nyears managed the large farm which formerly he\\nlonged to his father, hut which is now owned by him.\\nlie aided in organizing, and was for several years the\\npresident of, the ak Park Association for the encour-\\nagement of agriculture and mechanical arts has been\\nfor a number of years one of the trustees of the New\\nEngland Agricultural Society, and since bS7 J has\\nbeen an active member ofthe Xew Eampshire Board\\nof Agriculture.\\nMr. Goodell has also been active ami honored in\\npublic life. lie has served as school committee,\\ntown clerk ami moderator. In 1876, after a long con-\\ntest, he established his claim to have been elected as\\nrepresentative to the Legislature by the Republican\\nparty, and was twice re-elected, in 1X77 and 1878, and\\nlie commanded the confidence of his colleagues to\\nsuch au extent that no measure which he advocated\\nwas defeated, ami not one that he opposed was\\nsuccessful. The hill for the erection of a new State\\nPrison was carried largely through his judicious ami\\nearnest support. In 1882 he was elected a member\\nof the t iovernor s louncil, and served his term of two\\nyears, from 1883 to 1885. At the Republican Con-\\nvention of 1884 he received one hundred ami forty-\\nsix votes as the candidate for Governor, and was in\\nreality the only candidate before the Convention he-\\nsides the Hon. Moody Currier, whose nomination was\\nmade unanimous, ami who was elected. Mr. I lei]\\nis also an earnest temperance worker, and has been\\nvice-president and is now [president of the New Hamp-\\nshire State Temperance Union. He is also tin-tee of\\nColby Academy, at New London.\\ni u September 1, 1857, Mr. Goodell married Hannah\\nJane Plumer, a daughter of Jesse T. Plumer, ofGoffs-\\ntown. Their children are. first, Dura Dana, born Sep-\\ntember 6, 1858; and, second, Richard Carter, born\\nAugust 10, 1868. The whole family are members of\\nthe Baptist Church in Antrim, Mr. Jesse R. Goodell\\nhaving for many years been one ofthe deacons.\\nFrom the foregoing it will be seen that Hon. David\\nH. Goodell, though still in the prime of life, ha- won\\na position of considerable importance. His large\\nmanufacturing business is acknowledged to be the life\\nof Antrim, and to exert a large influence in Penning-\\nton his farm is noted as a model of progress, his\\nbusiness credit is high, his general reputation good ami\\nhis private character unsullied; and it is no wonder\\nthat be occupies a place among the eighty-eight per-\\nsons who are noticed in a work, published in 1882,\\nentitled. Sketches of Successful New Hampshire\\nMen.\\nHON. JACOB TUTTLE.\\nThe earliest record at hand of this branch of the\\nTuttle family is that of Samuel who was born in 1709.\\nIn 1729 he married Martha, daughter of Rev. Benja-\\nmin Shattuck, the first minister of Littleton, Mass.\\nShe was horn in 1712. Prom this union then- were\\nnine children. Of these, the one in the line of de-\\nscent was Sampson- who was horn August 29, 1738.\\nHe married Submit Warren, who was horn November\\n23, 1742. Sampson 2 died June 7. 1815, and his wife\\nJuly 21. 1797. They had fourteen children.\\nJacob 3 the subject of this sketch, was born in Little-\\nton, Mass., February 6, 1767. His childh I was\\npassed with his parents, and early in his career there\\nwere developed traits of character that gave unusual\\npromise tor the future. He was a rugged, healthy\\nhoy, and was foremost in athletic sports in his school-\\nboy days. His educational advantages were limited.\\nHe attended the district school ami came to his ma-\\njority in full vigor and ready for life s work. June\\nIN. 17 Jo, he married Betsey, daughter of Isaac and\\nElizabeth (Trowbridge) Cummings, of Westford, Mass..\\nand, taking his wife on horseback, started across tie\\ncountry for Antrim, X. H. He had saved a small\\nsum of money, and with it he bought a farm in the\\nnorthern border of the town. The old homestead is\\nnow occupied by James A., a grandson. Mr. Tuttle\\nopened a store for general trade and soon had a large\\nmercantile business, and also carried on farming on\\nan extensive scale. In 1818 he moved his store to\\nthe Branch Village and resided there for many years,\\naccumulating a large property. He soon became a\\nleader in civil affairs and tilled nearly all the town\\noffices, ami for sixteen years represented the town in\\nthe General Court. He was elected Stati 3en\\nfrom District No. 8 in March. 1833. He was elected\\na member of Governor William Badger s Council in\\nMarch. 1834, ami served two years. He was a mem-\\nber of the Electoral College in 1816. New Hampshire\\nhail eight members at that time, who were elected by\\nthe Republican party and cast their votes for James\\nMonroe for President of the United States. The whole\\nvote of the State was 28,555, Republican vote, 15,-\\n188; Federal vote, 13,367. Hewasalsoa side judge\\nof the Court of Common Pleas, from which circum-\\nstance he wore the title of Judge Tuttle. Judge\\nTuttle attended the Presbyterian Church and was a\\nliberal contributor for the support of public worship.\\nHe was a kind friend and a devoted husband and\\nfather. He died August 20, 1848. at the age of eighty-\\none years. His wife, who was greatly beloved for her\\nmany virtues, died January 28, lso2. Judge Tuttle\\nhad fourteen children: Betsey .horn June 13, 1796,\\ndied September 13, 1800; Jacob, horn February 4,\\nU s. died September IniiO; Nancy, bom January\\n17. 1800, died September 2. 1800; Betsey, horn July\\n13, 1801, died February 15, 1814; Nancy, born April\\n9, L803, died May 6, 1805; Submit R., bom April 21,\\n1805, married James Steel, died August 3, 1833; I i-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0489.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncetta, born March 23, 1807, married John Sargent,\\ndied August 1, 1855; Louisa, born June 3, 1809, mar-\\nried Andrew C. Cochran, died January 11, 1849; Lydia\\nS., born June I, 1811, married Hiram Griffin, died\\nApril, 1885; James M., born July 6, 1813, married\\nHannah Shedd, died December 5, 1861; Susan, born\\nJuly 17, 1815, married Henry 1 Pierce, died October\\n20,1874; Harriet, bom August :i. L817,married David\\n\\\\V Grimes, died September 2, 1848; Isaac C, born\\nSeptember 1 1, 1820, married Louisa .1. Love and lives\\nin Illinois; Mary E., the youngesl daughter, who\\nplaces the engraving of her father in this work, was\\nborn May 15, 1823. She was married to John S. Shed,\\nof New Bedford, Mass., May 20, 1846, and lives in\\nAntrim. There were two children from this union,\\nMan J., born April 20, 1854, and Eliza A., born July\\n1857. Mary died August 17, 1856. Eliza A. was\\nmarried, January 1,1879, to Ruthven Childs, of Hills-\\nborough, X. 11., and has one child, Carrie May, 1h.hi\\nDecember 20, 1 879.\\nMORRIS CHRISTIE, M.I\\nPeter and William Christie signed the Memorial to\\nGovernor Shute (1718), but neither of them came in\\nthe Londonderry company that settled thattown in the\\nfollowing year. But Jesse Christie, probably the son\\nof Peter, settled in Londonderry (now East Derry)\\nabout 1725. His wife s name was Mary, and they hail\\na daughter Mary, bom in Londonderry, June 1. 1728.\\nTheir son George (Captain George Christie, of New\\nBoston) was born Octobei 1731. From this Jesse\\nand Mary probably sprang all the Christies of Hills-\\nborough County. They were parents (there is hardly\\nroom to doubt) of Deacon Jesse Christie, who settled\\nin New Boston, and was a man of high standing in\\nthat town, lie was chosen deacon in the Presby-\\nterian Church there under the first pastor; was a\\nman of strict business uprightness, and was pecu-\\nliarly soeial and friendly was a farmer and mill-\\nowner, having built the mills where afterwards the\\nNew Boston Paper-Mill stood. Deacon Jesse Christie\\nmarried Mary Gregg, daughter of Samuel and Mary\\n(Moor) Gregg and granddaughter of Captain James\\nand Janet (Cargil) Gregg, which Captain James was\\nour of iln- original sixteen who began in Londonderry\\nin 1719, and was of mature years at that date.\\nDeacon Jesse and Mary iregg) hristie had twelve\\nchildren, Jeane, Peter, Samuel. John, Mary, Eliza-\\nbeth, James, Mary Ann, Jesse, Robert, Anna and\\nWilliam. Several of these sons settled in New Bruns-\\nwick about 1790, and their descendants have come to\\nhonor there. The mother of these twelve children\\nwas a noble woman, large in stature and large in heart,\\nI r the most useful and energetic and capable\\nwomen in that early settlement. The writer well re-\\nmbers hearing old people who knew hei speak of\\nher as a devoted Christian, of great kindness ami\\nfull of g 1 works.\\nSamuel Christie, third child of Deacon Jesse, was\\nborn in New Boston, February 20, 1764. He came to\\nAntrim in the spring of 178s and bought a large tract\\nf laud next east of the cemetery at the Old Center,\\nnow knownas Meeting-House Hill. Here he made\\nhis clearing, and in the fall of that year he put up\\na small, low house, answering well for the times, and\\nfor temporary use. Near the close of the same year\\ni 1788) lo- received a companion into his new and hum-\\nble home in the person of Xihiah Warren, daughter\\nof Josiah and Jane (Livingston) Warren, of New\\nBoston. Traditions say that she was verj young\\nand very fair. After a few years Mr. Christie built\\nthe large, old-fashioned tavern, with large square\\nrooms, enormous fire-places and long dancing hall.\\nHere he kept tavern the rest of his days. There\\nwas then considerable travel through the town, it be-\\ning before the day of railroads. There was large busi-\\nuess on training-days and town-meeting days; and\\non Sabbath-days the hearersof Rev. Dr. Whiton came\\nover from the church near by to warm up with the\\nsubject.\\nSamuel Christie died October 25, 1818, leaving eight\\nchildren, among them Hon. Daniel M. Christie,\\nLL.D., of Dover; Josiah W. Christie, Esq., of An-\\ntrim and Mary Christie, for fifty-five years a mis-\\nsionary in Ceylon, as wife of Rev. Levi Spalding.\\nDr. Morris hristie, the subject of this sketch, was\\nthe son of Josiah W. and Mary (Bell) Christie, and\\nwas bom in Antrim August 29, 1832. His fatherwas\\nfarmer and carpenter, a great worker; and the son\\nhad his full share, enjoying, however, from time to\\ntime, the Hunted advantages of the district scl I.\\nAfterwards he attended the academies at Franceston u,\\nWashington and Hopkinton, each for a time. Hav-\\ning had, from childhood, a desire to be a physician,\\nin the summer of 1856 he took up the study of medi-\\ncine with the late Dr. Thomas Sanborn, of Newport,\\nN. H. In the autumn of the same year he attended\\na course ofi lical lectures tit Dartmouth College.\\nThrough tile summer of 1857 he again studied with\\nDr. Stillborn. In the fall of 1857 he went to New-\\nYork and attended lectures in the University of New\\nYork till the time of his graduation, March, 1859.\\nAt once 1 utered hariu Hospital as assistant phy-\\nsician, remaining there a year, May 1,1860, he be-\\ngan practice in his native town, which he has con-\\ntinued with gratifying success till the present time.\\nHis practice reaches into all the adjoining towns, and\\nhe has fairly won a leading place in his profession.\\nHe is one having honor in his own country, a lib-\\neral giver, a worker in every good cause, of strong,\\nearnest convictions, a man characterized by large-\\nheartedness, outspokenness and Christian principle.\\nDr. Christie married Susan S. Hill, daughter of\\nGeorge W. and Sabrina (Woodbury) Hill, id Johnson,\\nt.. Julj 22, 1863.\\nThey have one son, George W., born Augusts,\\n1868.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0490.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "^tUS*^^\\n^7^ l^C^\\n5L-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0493.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0494.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0495.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0496.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "ANTRIM.\\n2 i3\\nin all that\\nand sustain-\\nDE. OILMAN KIM I VI. I..\\nDr. Gilman Kimball was born in New Chester (now\\nHill,) N. H., December 8, 1804. His father, Ebenezer\\nKimball, was born in Wenham, Mass., but, leaving\\nhis native place at an early age, lie moved to Antrim.\\nN. H., where, soon alter, he married Polly Aiken, the\\neldest daughter of Deacon James Aiken, who was the\\nfirst settler of that town.\\nlie subsequently established himself as a merchant\\nin New Chester, N. 11., a small village on the Penn-\\ngewasset River, about twenty-five miles above Con-\\ncord. Here he spent the business part of his life of\\nforty years, educated his children in the best schools\\nof the period, and became a leading\\nregion in building up town institutio\\ning all public anil moral enterprises.\\nDr. Kimball s early education was of a high order,\\nno department ofstudj being omitted that was calcu-\\nlated to aid him in whatever business or profession be\\nmight choose to adopt.\\nAt the age of twenty he entered upon the study of\\nthe medical profession, under the tuition of the med-\\nical faculty of Dartmouth College, and graduated as\\nDoctor of Medicine at the same institution in 1826,\\nthe last two years of his pupilage having been spent\\nin the office of Dr. Edward Reynolds, of Boston.\\nDuring this period he attended a course of lectures\\nat the Harvard Medical College, and, at the same\\ntime, with other members of the medical class, visited\\nregularly the wards of the Massachusetts General\\nHospital. At the close of the lecture term he be-\\ncame a daily attendant for a year at tin- United States\\nMarine Hospital, then under the charge of the late\\nDr. Solomon D. Townsend, and, during several months\\nof that time, was charged with the duties of resident\\nphysician and surgeon.\\nIn 1827 he com need the practice of medicine and\\nsurgery in the small manufacturing town of Chicopee,\\nnear Springfield, .Mass.\\nIn 1829 be left Chicopee to visit Europe, where, for\\nmore than a year, he pursued his studies in the\\nmedical schools and hospitals of Paris, thus ful-\\nfilling an early cherished purpose lor securing op-\\nportunities for professional study, which, at that time,\\nit was difficult, if not impossible, to obtain in his own\\ncountry.\\nWhile in Paris he availed himself of tin- greal ad-\\nvantages there offered for improvement in branches\\nof study which he had been specially interested in\\nbefore leaving home, namely, anatomy and surgery.\\nFor this purpose be placed himself under the\\ntuition of Professor Auguste Berard, assistant pro-\\nfessor of anatomy in the School of Medicine, re-\\nceiving from him daily instruction, both in anatomy\\nand operative surgery.\\nFor general instruction in surgery he selected the\\nHotel Dieu, not only from its being the largest, and,\\nin many respects, the best appointed hospital in\\nParis, but from its having at the head of its surgical\\ndepartment the distinguished surgeon, I .aron lhipuv-\\ntren, at that time the most popular, as well as the\\nablest, teacher of surgery on the continent of Europe,\\nin tin- respect holding the same position in France\\nthat Sir Astley Cooper did in England.\\nFrom this eminent surgeon he received an auto-\\ngraph certificate, stating the fact of bis daily attend-\\nance, both iii the hospital and at his clinical lectures,\\nfrom August 24, 1829, to July 1, 1830.\\nReturning home in the autumn of 1830, he imiiie-\\ndiatelv i -taldished himself, permanently, as physician\\nand surgeon in the thru comparatively small town of\\nLowell. Mass., and very soon became engaged in an\\nextensive practice.\\nThe measure of Ids professional growth ami stand-\\ning at home, as well as outside the limits of Lowell,\\nis sufficiently shown in the fact that, in 1839, he was\\nselected by the directors of the different manufactur-\\ning corporations of Lowell to take charge of the hos-\\npital, established the same year, for the benefit of\\ntheir mill operatives.\\nIn 1842 he was elected to succeed the late Dr. Wil-\\nlard Parker, of New York, as professor of surgery in\\nthe medical college at Woodstock, Yt., and the lid-\\nlowing year he was chosen to till a similar position in\\nthe Berkshire Medical Institution, at Pittsfield, .Mass.\\nAt the end of four years his relations as professor at\\nboth these institutions were necessarily given up on\\naccount of what were thought to be more important\\nobligations to the hospital.\\nHis connection with the Lowell Hospital terminated\\nat the end of twenty-six years from the date of its es-\\ntablishment. Although, during this period, be was\\nextensively engaged in general practice, it was in the\\ndepartment of surgery that bis name became particu-\\nlarly prominent, several of his achievements in this\\nline of practice having been recorded in the leading\\nmedical and surgical periodicals in Europe as well as\\nin America.\\nImmediately upon the breaking out of the Rebel-\\nlion, be accompanied General Butler as brigade sur-\\ngeon, first to Annapolis and soon after to Fortress\\nMonroe. At both these stations he superintended\\nthe organization of the lirst military hospitals estab-\\nlished for the reception of the sick and wounded of\\nthe Union army.\\nUpon the appointment of General Butler to the\\ncommand of the Department of the Gulf, be was\\ncommissioned to serve on his staff as medical di-\\nrector, and continued in that capacity until the em-\\nbarkation of the troop- from Boston for Ship Island,\\nwhen physical prostration consequent upon exposure\\nto a malarial climate the year before, at Fortress\\nMonroe, obliged him to resign. The following spring,\\nhis health becoming somewhat improved, he reported\\nhimself to headquarters as again ready for duty, and\\nwas immediately ordered to join the arm) of General\\nMcClellan, encamped at that time before Yorktown.\\nHe had scarcely reached bi new post, however, when", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0499.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF lllULSllOliOUCII COUNTY, NEW II AMPSHIRE.\\nhe was again prostrated with malarial disease and\\nforced to return home on leave of absence. His\\nresignation was .on after tendered to the surgeon-\\ngeneral, and accepted ii the ground of physical dis-\\nability.\\nHis services a- medical officer in the Union army\\ncovered a period of nearly an entire year.\\nActuated by the same zeal that first prompted him\\nto look beyond hi- own country tor sources of profes-\\nsional improvement, he repeated from time to time\\nhi- tsits to Europe, making the acquaintance of the\\nLeading men in the several departments of the profes-\\nsion, and gathering from them new and advanced\\nidea- and suggest] m-. which, as opportunity offered,\\nhe afterwards illustrated in his own practice at home.\\nIn tlii- connection it i- but just to remark that, in a\\npartment of surgery, his name has of late\\nhecome particularly prominent.\\nIn ovariotomy, one of the gravest and most formid-\\nable operations known in surgery, he has acquired an\\nenviable distinction, both in Europe and America,\\na distinction the more honorable from having been\\nreached in spite of a strong prevailing prejudice\\nagainst the operation on the part of the profession at\\nlarge, and a still more pronounced opposition from\\nmany of the leading surgeons in his own vicinity.\\nThis opposition, however, has at last been fully over-\\ncome by the success that has crowned his large num-\\nber of operations, numbering at the present time\\nthree hundred (a number larger than that of any\\nother surgeon now living in this country), so that at\\nthe present day ovariotomy is no longer a procedure\\nwhich well-informed -urgeoii- presume to denounce;\\nand as regards its beneficent results, il i- now recog-\\nnized as the most important within the range of\\nlegitimate surgery.\\nAlthough his connection with the operation above\\nreferred to has limited in some degree hi- general\\npractice, on account of extraordinary demands upon\\nhi- time, the record of his professional life of fifty\\nyears shows that during this period he has performed\\nall the important operations naturally incurring in\\nthe line of surgery. Among the most notable of these\\nmay In- named two amputations of the hip-joint, one\\nof them successful; exsection of the elbow-joint, fol-\\nlowed by a new formation of the same, the patient\\nultimately recovering its use, so that he was enabled\\nto serve in the Union army as an able-bodied soldier;\\nligation of the internal iliac artery, fatal on the nine-\\nteenth day from secondary bleeding; of the external\\niliac, the femoral, for aneurism, the common carotid\\nand subclavian arteries, all successful. Besides tin\\nthree hundred cases of ovariotomy already alluded to,\\nhe has extirpated the uterus twelve time-, with six\\nrecoveries.\\nOf the contributions to medical literature, the most\\nimportant relate to ovariotomy and uterine extirpa-\\ntion, first, eases illustrating certain points in practice\\ntending to relieve the operation of some of its most\\nserious dangers, Boston Medical and Surgical\\nnal for 1*74 and L876, and Transaction* oj the\\nAmerican Gynecological Society in Boston, 1 s 7 7\\nsecond, case of uterine extirpation, notable as being\\naccording to Koeberle id Strasbourg, the first on\\nrecord where the operation was ever proposed and\\nsuccessfully performed upon a correctly established\\ndiagnosis. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal,\\n1855. Paper on the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids\\nby Electrolysis or Galvanism, Boston Medical and\\nSurgical Journal, January, 1*71; paper on the Ex-\\ntirpation of the Uterus, read before the American\\nMedical Association at Chicago, June, 1*77.\\nHe became member of t he Massachusetts .Medical\\nSociety in L832, received honorary degree of M.D.\\nfrom Williams College in 1837, elected Fellow of the\\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of the Univer-\\n-n\\\\ of New York March, 1843, received honorary\\ndegree of M.D. from Yale College in 1 856, honorary\\ndegree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in L839,\\nelected member of the American Gynaecological\\nSociety in 187*, and president of the same in 1882.\\nIn 1878 he was elected vice-president of the Massa-\\nchusetts Medical Society.\\nHe has been twice married, Hist time to Mary\\nDewar, eldest daughter of Dr. Henry Dewar, of\\nEdinburgh, Scotland, and second time to Isabella\\nDefries, daughter id Henry I. Defries, of Nantucket,\\nMass.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0500.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF BEDFORD.\\nThe town of Bedford lies in the eastern part of the\\ncounty, and is bounded as follows: North by Goffs-\\ntown, East by Manchester and Litchfield. South bj\\nMerrimack and West by Amherst and New Boston.\\nThis town was one of the Massachusetts grants of\\n17:::-;. made to the surviving soldiers of the King\\nPhilip s War, including deceased soldiers heirs, and\\nwas called Narragansel No. 5, also Souhegan East,\\nand was under the government of that province\\nuntil the settlement of the line, in 1741. Ii was in-\\ncorporated by the government of Now Hampshire\\nMay 19, 1750, and named in honor of the Duke\\nof Bedford, who was at thai time Secretary of Stale\\nin the government of George the Second, and for\\nmany years Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland.\\nThe first settlement of the township was in 17- 7.\\nAs early as the winter of 1735 a man by the name of\\nSebbins came from Braintree, Mass., and spent the\\nwinter in what was then Souhegan East. He occupied\\nhimself in making shinnies, and the spol he selected\\nfor his purpose was south ol the old graveyard, be-\\ntween that and Sebbins Pond, on the north lii f a\\npiece of land that was owned by the late [saac At-\\nwood. In the spring of the year he drew his shingles\\nto Merrimack River, about a mile and a hall, on a\\nhand-sled, and ratted them to Pawtucket Falls (now\\nLowell). The pond already noticed, and a large tract\\nof land around the same, still goes by his name.\\nIn the fall of 1737 the first permanent settlement\\nwas made by Robert and James Walker, brothers;\\nand in the following spring, by Matthew and Samuel\\nPatten, brothers, and sons of John Patten; and soon\\nalter by many others. The Pattens lived in the same\\nhut with the Walkers until they built one of their\\nown. near where Joseph Patten used to live. They\\ncommenced their first labors near the bank of the\\nMerrimack, on a piece of ground known as Patten s\\nfield, about forty rods north of Josiah Walker s ham.\\nThe Walkers were immediately from Londonderry,\\nN. H. The Pattens never lived in Londonderry,\\nthough they belonged to the company they were im-\\nmediately from Dunstable. The lather, John Patten,\\nwith his two sons, Matthew and Samuel, landed at\\nBoston, stopping there but a short time thence they\\ncame to Chelmsford, and thence tu Dunstable, where\\nhe stayed till he came to Bedford. The second piece\\nOf land cleared Wits on the Joseph Patten place, the\\nfield south of the first pound, where the noted old\\nhigh and Hat granite stone now stands.\\nWith i vw exceptions, the early inhabitants of the\\ntown were from the north of Ireland or from the\\nthen infant settlement of Londonderry, X. H., to\\nwhich they had recently emigrated from Ireland.\\nTheir ancestors were of Scotch origin. About tin-\\nmiddle of the seventeenth century they went in\\nsiderable numbers from Argyleshire, in the west of\\nScotland, to the counties of Londonderry and Antrim\\nin the north of Ireland, from which, in 1718, a great\\nemigration took place to this country. Some arrived\\nat Boston and some at Casco Bay. near Portland,\\nwhich last were the settlers of Londonderry. Many\\ntowns in this vicinity were settled from this colony.\\nWindham, Chester, Litchfield, Manchester, Bedford,\\nGoffstown, New Boston, Antrim, Peterborough and\\nAeworth derived from Londonderry a considerable\\nproportion of their first inhabitants.\\n.Many of their de-cendauts. -ays Rev. I \u00c2\u00bbr. Whiton.\\nin his history of the State, have risen to high re-\\nspectability; anion- whom are numbered four Gov-\\nernors of New Hampshire; one of the signer- of the\\nDeclaration of Independence several distinguished\\nofficers in the Revolutionary War and in the last war\\nwith Great Britain, including Stark, Reid, Miller and\\nMcNeil a president of Bowdoin lollege, some mem-\\nbers of Congress, and several distinguished ministers\\nof the gospel.\\nPresident Everett, in his Life of General Stark.\\nthus notice- the colony.-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii.tr, I hum th.-Siuhh I ivsl.yt.rians, who.\\nUltln I lJll 1 i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.[,a.||-!i.il in Il.-l.ui.l. Lilt v\\nWilli lliltinll.lt 1. I,. i. lt\\\\ a fllUI-ll. Ii.ll.-f n.irli.l ill ;l,v ir,l;,l|,v will, til*\\npopulai i. iii in [reland noi with thai of it- English mi tern, and dig-\\nlik ill- tin ill- III ill inn- ,,i full,, ami nut, ileteriuiiie.l to Seek :i -i iMi-luriil\\ni A inn. The first partj came over in 1718, and led the way in a set-\\ntlement on Merrimack Kiver, II.. -ii.no .|..i inalart;.\\nnumber of their oiilitl yiiii.il. In. I.e.uiilil Willi tIliii Hi.- .11 I i,! Wri.vm-\\nlinen, ami first introduced the culture 1 the |mf.ito int.. thin part of\\nAinerira. mi.] funiisheil from their families a lai-i. iiuinl,. i ,,t Mi,, pi..-\\ni is o ih iM.ui in NVu Hampshire, Vermont an. I Maine; andeome\\nof the iimst useful mill distinguished i itizens of all these slates.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0501.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThese quotations will not, ii i- hoped, be though!\\ni onsidered how large a pro\\n1 Ij inhabitants of the town were of\\nScottish origin. Thej were, as thej arejustlj repre\\nsented in the address of Colonel Barnes, a well-priu\\ncipled, frugal, hardy and industrious people, who\\nbrought witb them a sound attachment to religious\\ninstitutions.\\na copy of tin- petiti\\nfoj\\n-overnor \u00c2\u00bbnd I om-\\nto emigrate. II was no world 1}\\ndiowed thtratof\\nloloarmenl*\\nto this western n Id, I\\ndown in tin\\nA few years after the 6rsl settlemenl the inhabit-\\nants petitioned to be incorporated, and in 1750 the\\ntown, whirl, had been called Souhegan E ist, 01 u\\nragansett No. 5, was incorporated under its present\\nname and within its present limits, its territory orig-\\ninally extending south to Souhegan River.\\nA l ril l7|s Cover Wentworth informed\\nthe Council of the situation of a number of prisons\\ninhabiting a place called Souhegan East, within this\\nprovince, that were without any township or district,\\nand had not the privilege of a town in choosing offi-\\ncers for regulating their affairs, such as raia\\nfor the ministry etc.\\ni 1\\npleased toordei thai th,\\npowered to call meetings ol the s d inhabitants at\\nS l 1 ol .,1 ,n.-|i\\ntaken gram\\n11,1 to II, soil\\nili 1 1 \u00e2\u0080\u00a2i that Capt. John Gone, ,.,n the\\nnieeting.by a written notification, posted up al\\ntluinhalutanls. i o,..,.|,\u00e2\u0080\u009e u\\n.,11,1 .no to follow tl\u00e2\u0080\u009e. rule.-\\nI\\nther\\nPI i inns FOB tNCOHPORATIOK\\nTo in- I Esq.,\\nProvinc, oi v i\\nrtsmouth, May\\n!1 ofSouhe, in\\nBut Hed, Sheweth, Tl,,t\\ni Iom 1\\nm\\\\\\\\ i ri! o,lh l l os Blinisol II\\n,1 I .OIVlo,.\\nr ;l i I in,or|.or.,t,\\nmlnlbiMuts -|io\u00e2\u0080\u009e|,|\\nm.-i.IiI.oiim I,., i, I\\nsame libenj\\ntlonera shall evei praj\\nSamuel Miller,\\nilliam U\\nJohn Biddell,\\nThomas I\\nMatthew Little,\\nM\\nK, nnedy,\\nHAR1 VN EAST INI\\nFriday, Maj the LSth,\\n1 -l .ir,l Wibird, Samuel Smith,\\nl r ,ted l,v John Gone Esq\\nIVtiti.m, and agrooing where the lin,\\nwith the advic,\\nPatten, t\\nOpon which the Council ,li,l ui\\nJohn Bell,\\nJ, lie U i\\nI liomai i\\nJohn Hi Dugle,\\nSamuel Patten,\\n1, v mdei w alker,\\nGan i:\\nin Smith,\\nand Mr, San\\nder to obtain Incorporation f\u00c2\u00bbr us,\\nllMfllt\\nlv ipj..-it.i..\\nit there be, and\\ni;\\nFergus Kennedy,\\nQuige,\\nPatrick I...\\nJohn Orr,\\nJohn M, or\\nJa Little,\\nRobert Gilui\\n1 aVi l II ipsot),\\nJames M, i,\\nDaniel Moor.\\nJohn Clark,\\nRobert Walkt r,\\nMattloo I\\nDated U\\nThe petition was\\ncopj\\nDetractions from\\n.l MI- I\\nGreat Brittain, France\\ni aith, a,\\n,1 Land with-\\n1 I. I\\n-mac H,,^\\nI,h tMdKequeetedtolv. r\\n1 r I at.~l into A 1\\nTowiw, within Out sdPr b, Law\\nM well asol the Inhabitants\\n1 r otin 8\\nI h.Esq.\\nl: d and Ordained, \\\\,\u00e2\u0080\u009e1 b, these\\ni,,\u00c2\u00bb .i,., ti...", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0502.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "BEDFORD,\\nin i\\nI.,\\nth Hi\\ncti nd thai\\nu of the West\\ni Run Norl\\nprove the a hi i eafti l\\ni lai thn\\nRiver, at John Chui n\\nNeedle, to Men .1, R\\ni\\nl H I\\nWest, aboul thn i I d in\\now-Hi Vest Euel coi\\nLl III n, ,,1 im.ii 1.\\nI I\\nI II, \\\\.,l II, I I M,\\ni i Needle I- Mel Li I, I\\nBouthei i i i:.\\ntin ll 1. An, I Ia tin,- I\\nnlii, ll. il,, I I.y tin- ulir ,,l\\nBedford, with all tin I r.r. .i,-.i.m Immunities,\\nI.,,,.,:.,, ,,,i i, I n.\\nEver, Always i i I ,i ,i II, n ,u\u00e2\u0080\u009el Ml lni. I m,\\ni hall horeaftot (irow and be, on the \u00c2\u00bbd\\nI ra. i ol Lan I, in I le 1\\np., wit nf dividing tli -I Town, I,. I Hi\\nii shall appi ,u i i Hi, i,,ii, ,i,ii-\\nndcrsto id, and i- din ;ly h\\nclared, that the privati Property ol theSoil isinnomai\\nbe affected in tin- Chat tot i ithin Our said\\nl Mil, ill V-n lI.,iM|, I, in .in-, I.. II,, 1,,,,, il :i l,],,,l an, I\\nAuthorized to Assemble, ami in H..\\nOffli i i iti m -i in tin i\\nV.:n n ,n \\\\|.|\u00e2\u0080\u009e,n,l |,,ln. I mil lm, I (l i\\nmta, to It held within the ad Town, atanytime within\\ni i\\n1 h, tin ii i, ii., i Mei ting\\nin -I Town shall be held foi the i i ol To\\nMan ll, -il ally.\\nOui d I ro in the nineteenth\\nIn.-, ol May, in the Ifeai ol Oui Lord Christ, Oni thou u\\ndred and fifty, n. v.\\nThe French War. Colonel John Goffe was in the\\nFrench War in L756, and was in command of our\\ni ae pi Mini. The following were also in the\\nwar from this town William McDougal Gi orge\\nI rr, Robi rl Bolmi I homaa VIcLaugh\\nPatterson, James Patterson, Nathaniel Patterson,\\nJohn Orr and John M the lasl of whom was\\ntaken prisoner al Fort William Henrj and carried to\\nnee to 1 I ehe n turned\\nhome.\\nIn 1760 -i i mi hi hundred\\nn\\nto join tin expi\\nCanada. This regiment\\nlolonel John I roffe,ol Bi dford, and, in I tct, was made\\nup, in a great measure, of men from the neighboring\\ntowns in 1 1 ,,l Roe! ingham\\n-.Hi had his rendezvous at Lytchfield,\\nn of Hill borough lounty.\\nCaptain James Walker was engaged in this war,\\nfrom L760 to 1763, as a sutler undi i I oloni I John\\nGoffe, his father-in-law. In 17m he wa\\ncaptain of a troop of horse by Governor V\\\\\\nthe commission, dated March I. L764, and signed bj\\nIf., secretary, and Ii. U\\ni town in\\nI in odore Atkinsoi\\nworl Ii, i i\\\\ ii noi i\\nervation.\\nRevolutionary War.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 Ih; first reference\\ntown records to the War ot the Revolution\\ndate of January 16, 1775,\\nled,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To ad ol the I ontlnental Congres\\ni i] I D \\\\i and Li.\\nThai wi will boai oui pro] h thi otl\\nHi I rovinci foi [phio, loth ol Ma; i\\n11 i -.in i mo i d I- fun ii-\\ni.i\\nTo rui -in, m\\nGcntleilH I In in- ,nn ,n\\nil. In- I., il, ni\\nmill tfJ\\nlie I, i, i i .mi I there, aD h\\nand i i 1 1 ulting meaau\\nmelancholy int. Ill I, bo. n i\\nI tw.-.ni ll., I p i, i;,.,,\\nBaj i I- imp i\\n1 ii- Provincial I\\nai i- i. .|.i.\u00e2\u0080\u009el,..l, iiiBlanll,\\nI. I, t\u00c2\u00ab I\\nn i foi -ni safety.\\ni i i thi ...ni-\\nM il 177 I,/., Sell i i.m in,\\nill i I- ii,, tOWn\\nI hat the town pay ten dollars to ei\\n...I, in July last, i\\ndolltti for\\ni ii\\nserved II. Coi\\n18\\nI,, I lln- yeal 1777, Bgri.mal.ln I.. |,i. i.-pl I,, n- .|i,.-. 1-,|\\nrohn M.\\niprll I 1777. I bounty\\n.ntini -in i m\\ni\\ntown, from Winter-hill SToil i in, n, I,, i n\u00e2\u0080\u009e.\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\\n15 11\\nI hn, al Hi.- I.. i. n pi\\nt,. supply Hi i;\\n..I, n |ii- il .1, mm I,, lln- I,,,; n, ,1,., in-- j.\\nI mill.., asm\\nciation of\\npaper money al that time\\nmom i\\nSeptembei i\\ni j i\\nI\\nsupport ..f", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0503.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWe only add the following to the votes relating t\\nthis interesting i\\nJuly 10, IT*:;. VoUdi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We will nol proceed to busini\\nThe following are extracts from the journal of Hon.\\nMatthew Patten\\n\\\\j.iii 20, 1775. I n i eired H e melan holj u m, I i\\n1\\nkilled a largi\\ngenerally met at tin- m id twenty of our\\nmen went directly oil I i\\nAmi our boh John come I\\ni.,i l mi i :u my to-morrow morn i ml. night baking\\nbread and ii\\\\in Dobbil\\n1\\nHi six i.\u00c2\u00bbi 1 i(.; M t1stitnn, and\\nI\\nto 15 in all. Suncook\\nin. n and two 1 tlirin marched on in about an\\nhour alter they amounted to There w:i.\u00c2\u00ab mm- men v.\\nI n:r.\\ni i handler s man, with a\\nately. Ami 1 went with it as fast as I\\ncould toJohi B i ty, ind both the oth i\\nSelectmen.\\nji. I went ami notified on the Rv al the meeting-\\nIi..iiSi-, on mil public ili-tr. -v Ami I went to Col John Com-, to ask his\\n25. I went at the service of thi town, to Col Goffe.and Merril, at\\nand cautioned them I\\npersons suspected oi being lories crossing the river by ferries to ex-\\nI nine flints front\\n..i, for which I paid him 11-. 8d., old tenor.\\nJuly 23, 1777 11m- .M-i]: to .ii .f Ti: nli-i.^.i I paid advanced\\nrough Si n\\nThe following is a list of Revolutionary soldiers\\nwho went from this town\\nMajor John l i Vikeu, Captain\\nThus, Mebau-hliu, l.i -ntenant.lolin 1 atten, John Patten, Jr.. Saiu l Pal-\\nten, Ja*. I attrn, Robert Patten, Hugh Campbell John Gault, Isaac Eid-\\n|1, John Kiddle, Aim\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i Thornton (died in\\nChandler (taken at the iVdar- and never alter heanl l\\nJolm Callahan killed. .I.nii.- Mo.., 1 inewell, John I a Id Well,\\ni r r i r i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_: William Parker, J- dm Kellen. J. dm Mc\\nnel McCain, John Griffin, Luke Eagan, Solomon Kemp\\n(killed), John i (killed), George Hogg. John liaid-\\nSamuel Fugard, William Newman, Thomas Mc-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l.i-,., \\\\:,tl,.,mel Spott..nl. Koli.-it I Wl pie killed i. Patrick I.aikm\\nWilliam Houston, Hugh Jam* son, Vt hitfield Gilmon, John Bell, James\\nHouston. Valentine Sullivan taken in the retreat fr m.\\na priM.nei K iliiam Kerr, Jr., David Drr, John Rosa,\\nMoi i 111, Josiah Tun-ill, Patrick\\nM pi j Pati O Fling, i rii I\\nUatl I dattln William Caldwell, John\\nBoies I taki n prisonei aid carried to Lim\\ntheme to Mill i Viken, John\\nMauahan, Thomas Lancy, w ilii\\ni i c Houston, J\\nJames Smith, J hi Ru\\n(wounded\\nThe following soldiers wen- with Lieutenant John\\n)rr at the battle of Bennington, under reneral John\\nStark.\\nJ. dm P.ai n. -it, Minii.l Ii- i ball through\\n[tun,?, .l.o.e- Walker, William Me-\\nWam Smith, Jolm Wallace.\\nSamuel McArlee ii. .1 Uobeil Matthews, 1-ae Houston, Hugh Kiddle,\\nVery few towns, probably, furnished a l;u\\nof men for the Revolutionary army.\\nThe following connected with the Revolution i a\\ncuriosity and shows that in those days constituents\\nfelt at liberty to instruct their Representatives.\\nBedford, May 31, 17*;;.\\nat the General Com\\n1\\nHampshire\\n-Although we have full\\nyour fidelity and public\\neive that you w..uld at all tin-\\nonh as tend to the public a i. yet, up n the particular occasion of our\\ni M. mm. ii, we i -le eive that it. will be an i\\nsentiments fortified by those of your e..n.-titn. i,i-.\\nThe occasion is this the return of those persons to this country who\\nare known in Great Britain by the name of loyalist, but in America by\\ni tries\\ntiiat you use your influence that these persons do not re-\\ni.iiiii I.. dwell among us, they not de-\\nserving favor, as they left us in the righteous can\\nfighting for our undoubted rights and liberties, and as many of them\\nacted the part of the most inveterate enemies.\\nAnd further.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that they do not receive any favor of any kind, as we\\nesteem them as persons not deserving it. but the contrary.\\nYou are further directed to use your influence, that those who an*\\nalready returned b- treated aecrding to their d. -serfs.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2John Kami, A Committ.*.- chosen May 28th, by\\ni thi Towd of Bedford, to give in-\\nJoii.v Bell, I structions to their\\nThe following interesting item in Revolutionary\\nhistory is from the American Archives/* compiled\\nby Peter Force, Esq., and printed at the expense of\\ngovernment, by order of Congress. It is a circular,\\naddressed to the selectmen of each town in the col-\\nony of New Hampshire, with the signatures from\\neach town, to a declaration of attachment to the\\nAmerican cause. As the document is of considerable\\nvalue, we subjoin it, so far as relates to Bedford,\\nColony of N. Hampshire, Ac\u00e2\u0080\u0094Committee of Safett.\\nApril 12, 1776.\\nTo the Selectmen of Bedford In ordei to carrj the underwritten\\nresolve of the Honorable Continental Congress into .-xecution, you are\\n[\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e.pieMr.l I- i- ..i!-..f age (lunatics,\\nthe Declaration mi C\\nwhen so done, to make return thereof, togeihei with the name or names\\nof all who shall refuse to sign the I d Assembly, or\\nM. W i\\ni KORESS, March 14, 177*1.\\neveral Assemblies, Jou-\\nventions and I oiin.ils, or Committees ol Safety, of the United Colonies,\\ninline, iKiteH to e;mse all j.ei n- i i di-armed. within their respective\\ni .iniiies. who are notoriously d^atie.-ted to th.\\nli.-.ive not l --o, i;ile.l, and refuse to as.soniite, to defend 1 Arms, the t ni-\\nh. .stile attempts of the British Fleets and\\nI fi .in the Minutes,\\nIn ATS. n. Secretary.\\noental Congress,\\nand to show our determination in joining our American Brethren, in\\ndefending the lives, liberties and prop, ities of the inhabitant? of the\\nUnited Colonies, We, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and\\nthat\\nMil,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0504.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "BEDFORD.\\n1^9\\nSigners in Bedford.\\nJohn Wallace, Jr., James Caldwell, William Caldwell, James M.it-\\nthews,John Harrison, John Aiken, Adam Dickey, Matthew Patten, John\\nMoor, John Moor, Jr., Thomas Matthews, Robert Griffin,\\nJohn Burns, Robert Burns. WiUiam Burns, John Brien, V Lilian) Moor,\\nJames Hi uston, John McKi Asa Barnes, S lei Ii trill, Ji Wil\\n1, Kennedy, Robert Morrel, Andrew Walker, Nathaniel P i-\\nB iberl Matthews, James Vose, G Comeray, Hugh Campbell, James\\nMcAllister, John McLaughlin, Joh irdner, Lmaiiah Pollard, James\\n-.i-i I, All,. II, W liitliel.l i.ilnl J.ii.i. Siinlli, J-Im. l-.i\\nl,.i- t .nii. .1..I.11 Moor, James Wallace, Ji 9 -Hardin, 1\\nJ. ,|,n Riddle, Samuel Patten, Jolm llm.-, .1. l.j.ni, I B\\nWallace, B ibert Walker, James Walker, I .nrkk 1-irUin. .Jolm Viek.ir.v,\\nWilliam McCleary, Jowph Bell, Sami I I las V. Voae, James\\nCarnes, Samuel Patten, Hugh Orr, John Mcintosh, Ja i McQua\\ni ,hn Little, Thomas Gault, Thomas Boies, Samuel Vose,\\nWilliam Whit I ph Wallao Lieutei E John Moor, Joseph Hous-\\nton, Daniel Si William M David Met lary, James\\nPattereo Matt UcDuffie, rboi McLaughlin, Benjamin Smith,\\nZechariah Chandler, Richai I Mi Ulister, John S h, .lames Little,\\nCHAPTER II.\\ntEDFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continue\\nTo gather up the records of the past and present,\\nand faithfully transmit them to the future, is a duty\\nwhich one generation owes to another. Especially is\\nthis true with reference to the history of God s people,\\nwhose experiences of faith afford an illustration of Di-\\nvine grace and mercy.\\nThe early struggles of the church of Christ in the\\nNew World, its growth and development amidst all\\nthe adversities through which it passed, its aspect as\\na moral and spiritual power in the land during this\\ncentennial year, with the grand future which seems\\nto open up before it, are points of ever-increasing in-\\nterest as the lapse of time brings us nearer to the\\nglorious consummation.\\nA general interest attaches to the history of the\\nNew England churches. In all the great cities of the\\nWest, and in every village and hamlet, aretobefound\\nthe representatives of these old New England towns.\\nTo them, as well as to ourselves, the history of the\\nchurch in which their early lot was cast, and within\\nwhose walls there cluster so many precious memories,\\nmust ever be a matter of absorbing interest. To gather\\nup these recollections of the past as connected with\\nthe Presbyterian Church in Bedford is the object we\\nhave at present especially in view. This task is the\\nmore pleasing from the fact that in all its history this\\nchurch has sustained an hojnorable record. Its early\\nstruggles, the blessings of Divine grace which have\\nbeen visited upon it, along with the general character\\nof its ministry, alf ord us material for the most pleasant\\nretrospect, and give us facts to make up a history\\nwhich no church need wish to forget.\\nThe Presbyterian Church in Bedford claims a com-\\nItlMnl I- ll Lli-i ,rlllS,\\nnion origin with those who planted the venerable\\nchurch in Londonderry, N. H. Although the date of\\nits organization is a few years later, yet the most of\\nthe original settlers came direct from Londonderry to\\nBedford. In the original memorial to Governor\\nShute, of Massachusetts, dated 1718, wherein the\\nmemorialists, Inhabitants of ye north of Ireland,\\nrequested encouragement to come to this country and\\nsettle, we find many names of those who were closely\\nidentified with the early history of this town. They\\ntrace their origin, therefore, back to Scotland, and to\\nScottish Presbyterianism. Their ancestors were the\\nmen who came from Argyleshire, in 1012, to the\\ncounties of Ulster, Antrim and Londonderry, in the\\nnorth of Ireland, who were foremost in the memorable\\nsiege of Londonderry, by which the Papal restoration\\nin England, under James II., was successfully re-\\nsisted; and who, bavin- thus fought for their liberties,\\nespecially for the liberty to worship God, refused con-\\nformity to theChurch Establishment, am! chose rather\\nto suffer the privationsof a lite in the wilderness than\\nyield to the dictation ofa persecuting hierarchy,\\nWhile the most of the early settlers of Bedford were\\nthus Scottish extraction, receiving the title of\\nScotch-Irish, because of their temporary residence in\\nthe north of Ireland, there was, also, a Puritanical\\nelement in tin- early settlement of the town. The\\ngovernment of Massachusetts, claiming jurisdiction\\nover the province of New Hampshire, gave to the\\nsoldiers who fought in the Indian War of 1075, com-\\nmonly knowai as the Xarragansett War, grants of land\\nin various places in Massachussets and New Hamp-\\nshire. These grants of land were numbered from one\\nto seven. No. 5 comprehended all the territory of the\\npresent town of Bedford, with that portion of the\\ntown of Merrimack lying north of the Souhegan\\nRiver and west of the Merrimack, with so much of\\nManchester as is embraced within the present limits\\nofPiscataquog. These lines were altered at a more\\nrecent date.\\nThe tract of land thus assigned t., the Narragansett\\nsoldiers received the name of Souhegan East. A few\\nof the original proprietors only became actual settlers,\\nthe others for the most part selling out their rights to\\nthose who were willing to enter and occupy the bind.\\nThose who came were mostly from towns in the\\nvicinity of Boston, and were probably of Puritanic\\nextraction. But the Scotch-Irish element, in a short\\ntime, largely predominated.\\nThe Scotch-Irish and Puritans, however they may\\nhave differed in national characteristics, made com-\\nmon cause in religious principle. The sain\\npersecution which drove the Puritans from England\\nforced the Presbyterians of the north of Ireland to\\nseek for freedom and independence in these western\\nB ilds. They were alike men of deep religious convic-\\ntions, and made the service of God the principal\\nbusiness of life. It was because of these deep convic-\\ntions that they were willing to give up the comforts", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0505.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand luxuries of civilized society, and endure the\\nprivations that are incident to the settlement of a\\nnew country. The very lirst duty to which they\\nturned their attention was the building of a meeting-\\nbouse and the settlement of an ordained ministry. To\\nsecure these privileges at the earliest opportunity,\\nlands were set off in the original grant for the first\\nminister who should settle among them, and other\\nlands tor the use of the ministry afterwards.\\nAt that early day the idea of the church and state\\nexisting independently of each other, however it may\\nhave existed in the minds of some, had not heen\\npractically carried out to any extent. We find, there-\\nfore, that the business of the church, a- well as that\\nof the town, was all done in town-meeting. The town\\nvoted to build meeting-houses, to support the gospel,\\nto call ministers, to applj tor their dismission and\\neverything else pertaining to the cause of religion.\\nThis may account for the fact that we have no\\nses,ional records of this church prior to the year\\n1804, or any other church records except those which\\nare found in regular reports of tin- town\\nThi meeting of Narragansett grantees, at which\\nthey divided themselves into seven distinct socii tii\\nand assigned Souhegan Ea-t to No. 6, was held in\\nBoston i lommon, June 6, 1733.\\nThe proprietors of No. 5 took immediate measures\\nto have their land divided up into lots Cor occupancy,\\nand voted that each alternate lot should he marked\\nfor a settler. The land was then an unbroken wilder-\\nness; nor does it appear that there were any actual\\nsettlers in the town until the fall of 17-7. The pro-\\nprietors, however, continued to hold meetings in Bos-\\nton, and in the winter of 1737-:!*, a numbei\\nhaving taken up lands in the town, the question of\\nbuilding a meeting-house began to be discus-ed. At\\na proprietors meeting in February, 1738, a committee\\nwas chosen to fix upon the cost and dimensions of a\\nuse, and report. They even went so far\\nat this meeting as to locate the proposed meeting-\\nhouse on a knoll of common land, about twenty-\\nfive rods eastward of the Eleventh Range. Subse-\\nquently, the southern part of Souhegan East was set\\noil to .Merrimack, which necessitated the location of\\nthe meeting-house in another place. But the\\nknoll referred to took the name of Meeting-\\nHouse Hill, and is so called to this day.\\nFor the convenience of non-settlers, the meetings\\nof the proprietors continued to be held in Boston, at\\nthe house of I. like Verdy, inn-holder, and also at the\\nb mse of Pelatiah Glover, sign of the Three Horse-\\n\\\\i these meetings the question of building\\nh meeting-house continued to be earnestly discussed.\\nSeveral times it was put to vote whether they should\\nproceed to build, but each time negatived. The\\nsettlers were as yet few in number, their mean-\\nlimited and the way did not appear to be open to\\nbegin the building of a meeting-house. Money, how-\\never, was raised for the purpose and placed in the\\nhands of a building committee. The names of this\\ncommittee were Edward White, John Goffe and\\nMoses Barron.\\nThe settlers, however, were not altogether destitute\\nof religious privileges. At several of the proprietors\\nmeetings, held from 1738 to 174S, they voted money\\nto pay tor preaching, appointed committees to secure\\nlie- same and named the places where preaching\\nservices should beheld. The sums thus raised pro\\nvided tor only a part of the time; the rest of the year\\nthey were accustomed to go to London, bury, a dis-\\ntance of twelve miles, crossing the Merrimack Rivei\\n.it Goffe s balls, and performing the journey, man)\\nof them, on foot.\\nThe first Presbytery in New England was organized\\nat Londonderry, April HI, 174o. It was called the\\nPresbytery of Boston. It was composed of Rev. John\\nMoorhead, of the Federal Street Presbyterian Church,\\nBoston Rev. Robert Abercombie, t Pelham, N.H.\\nand Rev. DavidMcl Jrcgoiv. of 1, londerry, with the\\ncongregations under their charge. The elders who\\nmet with them were James McKcan, Alexander Con-\\nkey and James Heughs. They voted To act so far\\nas their present circumstances would permit them,\\naccording to the word of God and constitution of the\\nPresbyterian Church of Scotland, agreeing with that\\nperfect Rule. At a meeting held in Boston, 174ii,\\nthis Presbytery licensed it- first candidate to preach\\nHi- name was Daniel Mitchell, a native\\nof the north of Ireland and a graduate of the Uni-\\nversity of Edinburgh.\\nAt a meeting of the Presbytery of Boston, held in\\nBoston, November 11, 1747, we find the first reference\\nto Souhegan Hast. The following is the minute upon\\ni be record- of Presbytery\\nUpon application made by Andrew Cochran, in ye name of the In-\\n;li.-v-ii iel t.itelitirtd, tor Mr. Mir I.. II i\\nfor a lime, the I n--I ytery appointed him to supply them until the second\\nSabbath of .Mae b next.\\nAt a meeting held in Pelham, June 14, 1748, Mr.\\nMitchell reported that he had obeyed the appoint-\\nment of Presbytery and their committee.\\nThere were, doubtless, other men who supplied\\nthem before this but Mr. Mitchell s name is thefirst\\nwhich appear- in any of the records certainly the first\\nsent them by the Presbytery. In their application\\nwe ob-erve their attachment to Presbyterian order\\nand their desire to secure the institutions of religion\\namong them. Mr. Mitchell was afterward settled\\nover the Presbyterian Church at Pembroke, N. II..\\nand died December Hi, 177(1.\\nAt the -ante meeting of Presbytery at which Mr.\\nMitchell reported, Pelham, June 14, 1748, another\\npetition for supply was made from Swaheggen. 1\\nAt the same meeting Rev. David McGregore presented\\nthe name of Mr. Alexander Boyd, a young man oi\\na liberal education. He produced certificate of his\\nattending the study of divinity at the University of\\nGlasgow, and having submitted to a thorough exam-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0506.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "271\\nination and subscribed to the fonfession of Faith, he\\nwas licensed to preach the gospel.\\nAt the next meeting of Presbytery, Londonderry,\\nOctober 4, 1748, Presbytery thought proper that\\nMr. Boydshould supply Kingstown the next three\\nSabbaths and then immediately after four Sabbaths to\\nLitchfield and Sicuheggen. It would appear from a\\nsubsequenl minute that Mr. Boyd, having received a\\ncall to Kingstown, did not fulfil bis other appoint-\\nments.\\nThe date of the ecelesiastieal organization of the\\nchurch in Bedford, has long been a matter of doubt.\\nIt is not given in any of the town records, nor does\\nil appear in our published town history, except\\nthe geneial statement, (p. 1-io,) that it was organized\\nby the Boston Presbytery. The recent recovery of a\\nportion of the old records of this Presbytery enables\\nus to fix the exact date of organization, and I here\\ninsert the minute in full, as a most important fact for\\nfuture preservation.\\nThe Presbytery of Boston met in Boston August\\n15, 1749. The members present were Rev. John\\nMoorhead, Boston; Rev. Jonathan Parsons, New-\\nbury; Rev. David McGregore, Londonderry; Rev.\\nRobert Abercrombie, Pelham. Elders, Richard Mac-\\nCleur, Ralph Cross, John Craig. Mr. Abercrombie\\npresided as moderator. In the proceedings of this\\nmeeting appears the following minute:\\nMr. Tattc u appeared as Commissioner from Soubeggan, presenting a\\nmemorial, wherein thai p] knowledge their Bubjection to the Pres-\\nbytery, and petition for supplys.\\nThus we learn that nine months before the incor-\\nporation of the town, and while the settlers were yet\\ndestitute of a place of worship, they made applica-\\ntion and were received under the care of Presbytery,\\nand became a regular Presbyterian Church. Their\\nmeetings for worship were held in different parts of\\nthe town and in private houses. The Mr. Patten\\nreferred to was probably Samuel Patten, as he, with\\nMoses Barren and Thomas Vicary, were appointed a\\ncommittee at the proprietors meeting to provide\\npreaching that year. The Presbytery held another\\nmeeting at Londonderry in October of the same\\nyear. Souhegan again petitioned for supplies, and\\nMr. Boyd was appointed to supply Litchfield two\\nSabbaths, Souhegan two and Suncook one\\nThe settlers, being desirous of securing more effec-\\ntive measures for supporting the gospel, and for their\\nbetter government as a people, now petitioned the\\nGovernor of the province, Renning Wentworth, Esq.,\\nfor an act of incorporation, giving as a particular rea-\\nson for the petition that, having been long destitute\\nol i lie gospel, we are now desirous of taking the proper\\nsteps in order to have it settled among us. They also\\nstated that your petitioners, as to our particular per-\\nsuasion in Christianity, are generally of the Presbyte-\\nrian denomination, and they wished the gospel set-\\ntled among them in that way of discipline which\\nthey judged to tend most to their edification.\\nGovernor Wentworth laid the petition before the\\nt iin.il, and, on the I .Uh of May, 1750, the act of in-\\ncorporation was passed, the district vested with town\\npin ileges and the place named Bedford.\\nMr. Boyd, having fulfilled his appointment of the\\npreceding October, Presbytery again appointed him,\\non the 5th of June 1750, in accordance with petitions\\nottered for supplies, to preach ten Sabbaths at Sou-\\nhegan, Suncook and Litchfield.\\nIn the mean time the inhabitants of the town of\\nBedford, acting in the spirit and intent of their peti-\\ntion for incorporation, tit once called a legal meet-\\ning and took measures to secure a settled ministry.\\nThe first meeting after incorporation assembled, June\\n6, 1750, in Matthew Patten s house, and thence ad-\\njourned to his barn. Here it was voted that the min-\\nister be entertained at Samuel Patten s, at the charge\\nof the town. On July 3d they voted one hundred\\nand fifty pounds, old tenor, for preaching during the\\nyear, and. on the 7th of August, L850, Voted there\\nlie a call given to Rev. Mr. Alexander Boyd to the\\nwork of the ministry of this town, with a salary of\\nthree hundred pounds, old tenor, if he would accept.\\nCaptain John Goffe, Deacon John Orr and Mr.\\nHugh Kiddle were appointed a committee to prosecute\\nthe call to the Presbytery.\\nIt is doubtful whether this call was ever formally\\npresented to Mr. Boyd. 1 find no record of it in the\\nproceedings of Presbytery, and an article in the town\\nwarrant, called for January 21st of the following\\nyear, was, To inquire what is the reason why the\\ncommittee for providing preaching to the town are so\\nnegligent in that business.\\nIt is probable these brethren had good reason for\\ntheir neglect, as Mr. Boyd had been sharply re-\\nbuked by his Presbytery for effecting a clandestine\\nmarriage before lea ing Hasgow, and passing himself\\nin this country for an unmarried man. The Presby-\\ntery, however, continued his appointments, on his\\nmaking a full acknowledgment, expressing his sorrow\\nand promising to adhere to her as his wife. This ac-\\nknowledgment was unsatisfactory, and .Mr. Boyd was\\nafterward summoned before a committee of Presbytery\\nto account for his conduct. It is not to lie wondered\\nat, therefore, that negotiations for his settlement in\\nBedford were at once terminated.\\nThe question of building a meeting-house now be-\\ngan to be agitated anew, and. at a town-meeting, Jan-\\nuary 24, 1750, a committee was chosen for the pur-\\nposi\\nConsiderable difficulty arose as to the location of\\nthe meeting-house, the choice lying between the east\\nor west end of what was known as the Bell Hill, im-\\nmediately south of what is now the centre of the\\ntown.\\nNot being able to agree, they summoned three\\nfriends from Londonderry to decide the question for\\nthem. This committee chose the east of the hill, but\\ntheir decision was equally unsatisfactory.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0507.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe building eommittei proceeded to prepare the\\ntimber for the meeting-house, and, finally, having\\nabandoned both ends of Bell Hill, at a town-meeting,\\nheld September 2ii. 17 it was voted unanimously to\\nlocate the meeting house mi bind bought forthe pur-\\npose, being part of No. L3 and 14 in the Tenth\\nRange. Hen the meeting-house was afterwards built.\\nIn the mean time the people continued their efforts\\nto secure a settled ministry.\\nAt a meeting of Presbytery, in Boston, 1751, ap-\\nplication was received from Bedford, ulins\\nfor a supply at discretion. At another meeting, in\\nBoston, August 13, 1751, Received a supplication\\nfrom Bedford, pleading for a supply.\\nAt a meeting of Presbytery, at Londonderry, Oc-\\ntober 29, 1752, supplications were received from\\nPalmer District, Canterbury, Colrain, North Rutland,\\nLitchfield, Derryfield, Bedford and Suncook. At\\nthis meeting Mr. Alexander MacDowell, a licentiate\\nof Presbytery, was appointed to supply a pan of the\\ntime at Bedford, Litchfield, Derryfield and Sun-\\ncook.\\nMr. MacDowell fulfilled bis appointments with ref-\\nerence to Derryfield and Bedford, both p] u\\nhim a call, the people of Derryfield pro]\\nunit.- with Bedford in having him settled over the\\ntwo plai es.\\nAn article was put in the town warrant to see if\\nthey would unite with Derryfield in this call.\\nOn the 28th of March. 1753, the town voted no1 to\\njoin with Derryfield, and, at the same meeting, voted\\na unanimous call to Mr. MacDowell, with one\\nhundred pounds, old tenor, if he accept, and a\\ncommittee appointed to prosecute the call to Presby-\\ntery. In July of the same year another committee\\nwas chosen to prosecute the call for Mr. MacDowell\\nto the Rev d Presbytery, and to procure preaching\\ntill the next annual meeting. -Mr. MacDowell, how-\\never, diil net accept the call.\\nMr. Samuel MacCHntock was licensed to preach the\\ngospel by the Presbytery of Boston, October 29, 1752.\\nOn the 14th of August. 1753, Mr. MacCHntock was\\ndirected by Presbytery to supply halt the time at Bed-\\nford, the other half at Litchfield, Derryfield and Sun-\\ncook, till next meeting. This appointment was re-\\nnewed en the following November, and his labors in\\nBedford gave evident satisfaction. At a town-meet-\\ning, October 1, 1754, it was voted, unanimously, to\\ngive Mr. Samuel MacCHntock a call to the work of\\nthe ministry in the town of Bedford. In the follow-\\ning January Presbytery renewed its appointment of\\nMr. MacCHntock to supply Bedford, in connection\\nwith Windham, Litchfield, Derryfield and Suncook.\\nThe people seem to have been very anxious to secure\\nthe services of Mr. MacCHntock. They voted him\\n.\u00c2\u00a3107 10s., new tenor, for his yearly stipend, took\\nmeasures to lay a tax upon the unimproved land in\\nthe town to build him a bouse, and agreed to .ait\\ntwenty cords of wood annually for five years, and draw\\nit to his house, if lie would accept. They also ap-\\npointed Samuel Patten a commissioner to prosecute\\nthe call to the Presbytery. At a meeting of Presby-\\ntery, August 22. 17.34. held at Newbury, appeals this\\nminute,\\nThe people of ISolfunl 11:0111- sent 11 Petition 10 e Tp -l.vicry re-\\nquesting them to send one or more of their number -.in\\ntime between thieand next meeting to mo.leeite in :i 1:1 11 to Me Sitmuo!\\nUlaci tintock, the Presbytery thereupon appointed Mr. MacGregore to\\nperform that piece o! e\\nAt the same meeting they voted that Bedford\\nshall have their proportion of time wholly in Mr.\\nMacClintOck. The following November this ap-\\npointment was renewed.\\nMi-. MacCHntock did not accept this call, but nego-\\ntiations with him continued. At a town-meeting May\\n6, L756, it was voted to renew the call made to him\\npreviously, at the same annual stipend, with this ad-\\nditional inducement, that be should have nine Sab-\\nbaths to his own use during each year, till the town\\nshould feci able to pay him for all or a part of those\\nnine Sabbaths, for which they would allow him ten\\npounds, old tenor, per Sabbath.\\nThe people of Bedford were not mistaken as to the\\ncharacter of the man whom they thus desired tosettle\\nover them. Mr. Mad Unlock afterwards bi\\nof the honored members of the New Hampshire min-\\nistry. He was graduated at Princeton, 1751, settled\\nat Greenland, X. II., 1756, served as chaplain in the\\narmy during the Revolutionary War, admitted to an\\nadeundum -Master s degree at Harvard, 1761, received\\nthe title of D.D. at Yale. 1791, and after a ministry of\\nforty-eight years at Greenland, died there in 1804.\\nDuring the time of these unsuccessful efforts to se-\\ncure a settled mini-try the work on the meeting-house\\ncontinued slowly. The carpenters who did the work\\ncomplained that they were losing money on it, and\\nthe town voted them thirty pounds, old I. -nor. addi-\\ntional. At length the work had so far progressed\\nthat the town-meeting, which had been previously\\nheld in bams, was called to assemble at the meeting-\\nhouse frame, April 21, 1756. The accommodations,\\nhowever, seem to have been unsatisfactory, as they\\ncontinued to assemble in barns for some time after-\\nward.\\nRev. John Houston, the fust settled pastor of the\\nPresbyterian Church in Bedford, was born in Lon-\\ndonderry, X. 11.. in 172. The family belonged\\nto the old Scotch-Irish stock, the name of Robert\\nHouston appearing in the memorial addressed to\\nGovernor Shute in 1718. Mr. Houston was educated\\nin the lollege of Xew Jersey, which was then located\\nat Newark, 1 and graduated in 1753. Rev. Aaron\\nBurr (father of the Vice-President of the United\\nStates) was then president of the college, and gave\\nto Mr. Houston, on his leaving college, the following\\nletter, which is still extant, and written in a clear,\\nbold hand", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0508.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "L 7r!\\nThiH may certify all concerned, that Mr. John Houston has for sonic\\nwith ye cliur.li nt tin cr in thi- i .l,-. ,.i.|:n- t\\nthe Rules of the Gospel. A. Burnt, Ps d.\\nSept. 28, 1753\\n)n his return to Londonderry, Mr. Houston studied\\ndivinity under Rev. David McGregore; and having\\nplaced himself under the fare of lVesh\\\\ day, parts of\\ntrial were assigned him, with a view to licensure.\\nThe subject of his Latin exegesis was An Del\\nBeneplacituiii sit solum e/ec/imii* t n\u00e2\u0080\u009e,i, num a hom-\\nily on 1 John iv. IS. After ha\\\\ing heeti examined in\\nsystematic and experimental divinity, and branches\\nof humane literature, and subscribed to the formula,\\nhe was. M.i\\\\ 1 I. 1754, licensed to preach the gospel,\\nbeing then about thirty-one years of age. The ex-\\namination was creditable to Mr. Houston, his classi-\\ncal and theological learning being aline the average.\\nPresbytery made a minute of the fact that he had\\nreceived the honors of the college at Newark. Mr.\\nIbai-h.ii was immediately appointed to supply one\\nSabbath each at Windham. Bedford, Suncook and\\nNottingham, and afterwards two days at a time at\\nWindham and Bedford.\\nThe negotiations with Mr. MacClintock having\\ntailed, the people now turned their attention to Mr.\\nHouston, and at a town-meeting, Lugusf 5, 1756, it\\nwas voted unanimously to give Mr. John Houston\\na call to the work of the ministry in this town. A\\ncommittee was appointed to treat with him. At an\\nadjourned meeting, August 7th, it was voted to give\\nhim six hundred pounds, old tenor, or new tenor\\nequal thereto; but this vote was, on the 30th of the\\nmonth, reconsidered, and it was finally agreed to\\ngive him equal to forty pound- sterling- in old tenor,\\nas the law shall fix the rate of dollars or sterling\\nmoney, and that what number of Sabbath-days they\\nshould think themselves unable to pay he should\\nhave, to his own use, deducted out of the aforesaid\\nsum. It was als dered that the committee should\\nagree with Mr. McGregore to moderate in a call.\\nshould Mr. Houston accept.\\nThe work on the meeting-house still went on\\nslowly. Special committees were appointed, one to\\nshingle and board it, another to procure sashes\\nand put them in, another to underpin and another\\nstill to lay the floors and make the doors and win-\\ndow-frames. There was no contract-work; all had\\nto be done by committee, and sometimes, the commit-\\ntees refusing to serve, others had to be appointed,\\nwhich caused much delay, and must have been vex-\\natious. But, however slow the progn they paid as\\nthey went, and thus avoided the bur.den of a debt.\\nThe winter of L756 wore along, and it was still un-\\ncertain whether Mr. Houston would accept his call;\\nthe town appointed other committees to procure\\npreaching. At length, however, Mr. Houston signi-\\nfied his acceptance of the call, and in July of 1757\\nforty pounds were voted to defray the charges of\\nthe ordination.\\nMr. Houston was ordained as pastor of (lie church\\nof Bedford on the 28th of September, 17o7. The\\nordination sermon \u00c2\u00bb:i- preached hy Ke\\\\. Jonathan\\nParsons, of Newbury, from I Timothy i. 2. Rev.\\nHtivid Mclitegoie ga\\\\ e t he charge, and other minis-\\nters took part in the services. From Matthew Pat-\\nten s journal we learn that the text of Mr. Houston s\\nfirst sermon after his ordination was Fear not, lit-\\ntle Sock; it is your Lather s good pleasure to give\\nyou the kingdom. Very appropriate, says Mr.\\n--nave, as it must base been a small church in the\\nmidst of the wilderness.\\nOn his settlement, Mr. Houston, as first pastor, tic-\\ncording to the provision of the original proprietors,\\ncame into possession of certain lands in the town.\\nThe people of Merrimack having then m\\nministry, and being, many of them, of the Presbyte-\\nrian persuasion, attended worship in Bedford. This\\nwas somewhat inconvenient, and in 1758 the town\\nvoted to allow the people of Merrimack who paid\\nrates to support the gospel in Bedford so many\\nSabbath-days of our Rev d Pastor s time for public\\nworship, to be held at John Burns as they pay in\\nproportion with us toward his annual salary for the\\npresent year, if our Rev d pastor be willing.\\nThe details of Mr. Houston s ministry are such as\\nwere common to the New England ministry of that\\ntime. There were many hardships, incident to the\\nbuilding up of a church in a new country, but he\\naddressed himself to the work with zeal and energy,\\nand dining his pastorate the church gradually in-\\ncreased in strength and influence. He gave especial\\nattention to catechetical instruction, and was much\\ninterested in the young people of his charge. He\\nwas conscientious and earnest in his piety, devoted\\nto tin- cause of his Master, and labored earnestlj foi\\nthe spiritual welfare of the people under his i harge\\nI luring the earlier years of his ministry he seems to\\nhave enjoyed the respect and confidence of his people,\\nand was happy in Ins relation- with them. But at\\nthe beginning of the Revolutionary War general dis-\\nsatisfaction arose again.-t him, because of his ad-\\nherence to the cause of the mother-country. In\\ntaking this position Mr. Houston was undoubtedly\\nconscientious, and acted in accordance with what he\\nbelieved to be the will id God in the matter. Time\\nhas sufficiently demonstrated that he erred in judg-\\nment. But we who are removed from those seem\\nof intense excitement can afford to impute to him\\nonly such motive- a- were dictated by what he under-\\nstood as his duty in the matter. In giving a faithful\\nrecord of the facts as they occurred, it is due to the\\nmemory of one who, in all other respects, bore an\\nirreproachable character, to regard this great mistake\\nof his life as resulting from an error of the head and\\nnot of the lean.\\nThe first intimation we have of a feeling of disaf-\\nfection of the people of Bedford against their pastor\\nappears in a call for a town-meeting, dated May 2,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0509.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "274\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1 77- it was immediately after the aews of the battle\\nit Lexington, and the excitement of the people\\nthroughout New England was at the highest pitch.\\nThe article in the warrant was To see what method\\nthe town will take relating to Eev. John Houston in\\nthese troublesome times, as we apprehend his praying\\nand preaching to be calculated to intimidate the minds\\nof his hearers and to weaken their hands in defense\\nof their just rights and liberties, as there seems a plan\\nto lie laid b\\\\ l arli: lit I o destroy Im.iIi. Tin- meet-\\ning, which was called for the 16th of May, voted to\\nshut the doors of the church against the pastor and\\nto stoji the payment of his salary till he should come\\nto a sense of his duty. Mr. Houston made a state-\\nment of his position to the town, but it was declared\\no I unsatisfactory.\\nIn the 15th of June, 1775, the town voted his dis-\\nmission, and adopted a .strong resolution condemning\\nhis course.\\nAs Presbyterians, however, tln-y recognized the\\nfact that he was still pastor of the church. It had\\nbeen the practice in former years to vote him a certain\\nnumber of Sabbaths to himself, ranging from four to\\nten. At the meeting of March 27, 177b, they voted\\nhim tin whole year to his own use. In the mean time\\nthey requested him to join with them in their appli-\\ncation to Presbytery for a dissolution of the pastoral\\nrelation, and a committee was appointed tor that\\npurpose.\\nAt tin- lor mat ion of the Synod of New England, at\\nSeabrook, X. II., .May 31, 177o, three Presbyteries\\nwere i stituted out of the old Boston Presbytery,\\nnamely: the Eastern, or Presbytery of Salem; the\\nMiddle, or Presbytery of Londonderry; and Western.\\nor Presbytery of Palmer. On the division ofthe.se\\nPresbyteries, Mr. Houston and his congregation were\\nunited to the Presbytery of Palmer, and he was di-\\nrected by Synod to convene the new Presbytery and\\nmoderate the first meeting. The position he had\\ntaken on the state of the country, however, had ren-\\ndered him unpopular with his ministerial brethren,\\nand the unfriendliness resulting therefrom led him\\nt it the duty assigned him by the Synod. There-\\nupon tbe Synod directed tie- Rev. .Muses Baldwin, of\\nto act in his stead, and Mr. Houston having\\npromised that he would satisfy both the civil author-\\nity and the Synod tin the cum-,, he had taken, was\\nrecommended to bring the evidence of such satisfac-\\ntion to his Presbytery, and through them to the Synod.\\nThis action was taken in September, 177b, more than\\ni bis dismissiuii l.\\\\ the act of t lie town, and\\nwhile he was as yet ecclesiastically, although not\\npractically, pastor of the church.\\nflic si nod met at Londonderry. September 1777,\\nAt this meeting a committee from Bedford appeared\\nand asked the advice of Synod respecting their\\ntroubles with their pastor. Mr. Houston, being present,\\nwas interrogated as to his promise to give satisfaction\\nto Synod respecting his conduct. It appearing that\\nhe had not done so, he was deemed guilty of a breach\\nof promise and contempt of Synod, and deprived of\\nhis seat in the body until he should give satisfaction\\nto the Synod for his conduct, either directly or\\nthrough bis Presbytery. The committee from Bed-\\nford was also directed to bring the matter of their\\ngrievances before their Presbytery in the regular way.\\nTin following year, September 3, 177*, at London-\\nderry, the Synod reaffirmed its action respecting Mr.\\nHouston, declaring his contempt of Synod to be\\nhighly blamable, but promised to recommend him to\\nthe churches as a member in good standing on his\\ncompliance with their requisition. At this meeting\\n..I Synod, Bedford congregation and Mr. Houston\\nwere annexed to the Presbytery of Londonderry, and\\nthat Presbytery was directed to take cognizance of\\ntheir affairs. Before the adjournment of the meeting,\\nhowever, the troubles in Bedford again came up for\\ndiscussion, and, both parties agreeing, the Synod\\npassed the following resolution:\\n:ip|.. ii- t- h.- ,i .li.sin-tVri.iu among the people of\\nBedford relative to the Rev. Mr. Houston, tvherebj he is a\\nuseful among them in the ministry, by consent of both parties, this\\nSynod do dissolve his pastoral relation to said congregation.\\nMr. Houston is described as having been of a stern\\nand inflexible disposition, but the progress of the\\nwar, coupled with the almost universal condemnation\\nof his countrymen, led him. subsequently, to modify\\nhi- position. He hail stood out in defense of his\\nviews to the point of surrendering his pastoral charge\\nand lo-ing his standing in the Synod. But now, being\\nleft free to act according to his own will, he appeared\\nbefore the authories of the State and took the oath of\\nallegiance, of which the following is a copy\\nHampshin\\nThis may certify all persons Unit the liev. John Houston has taken\\nthe oath of allegiance and fidelity to this, and the United States of\\nImerii a\\nIIM M. Weare, Chairman.\\nAt the meeting of Synod, at Windham, the follow-\\ning year, September 15, 1779, Mr. Houston s name\\nappears on the roll of Synod, and also the following\\nminute in the record of its proceedings:\\nA report being given by Mi Stiiklaml ami Mr. Williams that the\\nKev. Mr Houston brought from the State of New Hampshire a testi-\\ni nil satisfactory to this Synod, lo now restore him to full standing\\nwith this body.\\nMr. Houston s name appeared on the roll of Synod\\nup to the time of its dissolution, 1782. He remained\\nin connection with the Presbytery of Salem, which\\nsucceeded the Synod, until 1785, when, in June of\\nthat year, at a meeting in Sylvester, the Presbytery\\ngave him the following letter of dismission and rec-\\nommendation:\\nVoted, unanimously, that tie- Rev. John Houston (agreeable to hi- pe-\\niiOiij lo ie ili-ini-sol from this boilv, ami\\nchurches wherever Goil in his Proviileme may call him.\\nlie afterwards united with the Associate Presbytery.\\nMr. Houston continued his residence in Bedford,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0510.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "f i: I I K l\\n275\\npreaching as he had opportunity, and making, occa-\\nsionally, what might be called missionary tours into\\nNorthern New Hampshire and Vermont. lie died\\nFebruary 3, 1798, aged seventy-five years.\\nFrom the time of Mr. Houston s dismission, 1778,\\nuntil 1804, a period of twenty-six years, the church\\nwas without a stated pastor. How it survived this\\nlong period without the stated preaching of the gos-\\npel it is difficult now to understand. The whole\\nperiod is almost a total blank with respect to any\\nmatters of historical interest. The aames of Benjamin\\nSmith and James Little (elders) occasionally appear\\non the rolls of Presbytery and Synod a.- delegates\\nfrom Bedford.\\nIn the records of the town we find that a certain\\nsum of money was voted annually to provide preach-\\ning. Rev. William Pickles, a native of Wales, and a\\nman of considerable pulpit power, supplied them\\nstatedly about two years, from 1787 to 1789, but aside\\nfrom this there was no regular preaching in the town.\\nDuring this long period of destitution the church\\nmembers became much scattered, and there was\\nalmost no spirituality in the church. No revivals of\\nreligion are recorded, and it would seem that there\\nhad as yet been no general religious interest in the\\nchurch from the beginning of its history, although\\nthere were, undoubtedly, some conversions under the\\nministry of Mr. Houston. Towards the close of the\\ncentury there were decided indications of a desire to\\nsecure again a settled ministry. It was voted in\\ntown-meeting that the money appropriated for preach-\\ning should be used only for those who would come as\\ncandidates, and the i imittees appointed to secure\\nthe same were desired to apply t Presbytery for\\nsupplies in a regular way. Early in the beginning of\\nthe century six new elders were appointed to serve\\nwith those already in offiee, and Rev. Mr. .Morrison,\\nof Londonderry, was invited to ordain them and ad-\\nminister the Lord s Supper.\\nMarch (I, 1804, the town voted a call to the Rev.\\nDavid McGregore, of Londonderry, and in May of\\nthe following year Mr. Meliregore accepted the same.\\nOn the 5th of September, 1804, Rev. David\\nMcGregore was ordained and installed pastor of the\\nchurch in Bedford by the Presbytery of London-\\nderry, Rev. Dr. Morrison, of Londonderry, preaching\\nthe sermon.\\nMr. McGregore completed his collegiate course at\\nDartmouth College in 1799, and studied for the\\nministry under Dr. Morrison. Upon his settlement\\nin Bedford the affairs of the church assumed alto-\\ngether a more favorable aspect. Meetings of session\\nwere recorded and delegates regularly chosen to\\nattend meetings of Presbytery. In 1806 a regular\\nsystem of ministerial visitation was inaugurated, in\\nwhich the elders alternately accompanied the\\nminister. Numbers were added to the church from\\ntime to time, and church discipline was more strictly\\nobserved. The year 1818 was marked by a state of\\ngeneral religious interest, and during the year twenty-\\ntwo persons were received into communion with the\\nchurch.\\nMr. McGregore was a man of superior social\\nqualities, and commanded the respect of his congre-\\ngation, as well as of his brethren in the ministry.\\nMany of those who united with the church under his\\npreaching became eminent for usefulness, remaining\\nlinn in their attachment to the cause of the Master to\\nthe end of lite. A few of them survive to t lie present\\nday, and still bear witness to the earnest gospel\\npreaching and ministerial fidelity of die pastor\\nthrough whom they were converted to Christ.\\nLuring the earlier part of his ministry Mr. McGre-\\ngore labored as a missionary in connection with the\\nNew Hampshire Domestic .Missionary Society, ex-\\ntending his tours into the northern section of the\\nState. His labors were blest in the awakening ol\\nconsiderable religious interest in the places where he\\npreached.\\nthe relations of Mr. McGregore with the people of\\nIns charge were marked by harmony ami good-will\\nthroughout. During his ministry the church in-\\ncreased in strength and influence, the ordinances of\\nbaptism and the Lord s Supper were regularly and\\nmore frequently administered and the genera] tone\\nof morals and religion improved. He was a man ol\\nsound doctrinal views and of good pulpit ability.\\nHis sermons, some of which are still extant in manu-\\nscript, evince a logical mind and a diligent study of\\nthe Holy Scriptures. He is spoken of as having\\nfaithfully preached the gospel, enforcing the practical\\nduties of religion with great fidelity.\\nIn April, 1825, .Mr. McOregoro apprised his church\\nof his desire tor a dissolution of the pastoral relation,\\nand requested them to unite with him in application\\nto Presbytery for the same. Accordingly, the Lon-\\ndonderry Presbytery, at its meeting at Nottingham\\nWest (now Hudson), on the last Wednesday in April,\\n1826, dissolved the pastoral relation between .Mr.\\nMcGregore and the church in Bedford. Mr. McGre-\\ngore removed to Falmouth, in Maine, in 1831, and\\ndied there October 18, 1845, aged seventy-four. He\\nwas the nephew of Rev. David McGregore, and great-\\ngrandson of Rev. James McGregore, the first minister\\nof Londonderry. His pastorate continued twenty one\\nyears, as did that of .Mr. Houston.\\nA font the time of Mr. McGregore s dismissal a\\nPresbyterian Society was formed in the town, in ac-\\ncordance with the laws of the State, and to it the gen-\\neral affairs of the church were committed. While,\\ntherefore, the town negotiated with Mr. McGregore\\non the terms of his dismissal, nothing appears in the\\nrecords with regard to the call of his successor.\\nOn the 5th of July, 1826, Rev. Thomas Savage was\\ninstalled pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Bed-\\nford by the Presbytery of Londonderry, being its\\nthird settled minister. The sermon on the occasion\\nwas preached by the Rev. Dr. Whiton, of Antrim, N.H.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0511.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "276\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSir. Savage was born in .-t .n, S. ptemher 2, IT\\nHe prepared for college at Phillips Academy, An-\\ndover,and graduated at Harvard in 1 313, the eleventh\\nlit bis famil) who had graduated at that institution.\\nHaving pursued the study of thei 1\\nat lambridge, lie a n t 1 an invitation t mi a\\nprivate tutor in Louisiana. About this time he ex-\\nperienced a change of views with respect to the system\\nof theology lie had adopted, and finished his prepara-\\ntion under the care of the Mississippi Presbytery.\\nBy that body he was ordained to the work of the\\nministry in 1822, and preached two years at Baton\\nRouge.\\nReturning North in 1824, he supplied the pulpit of\\nDr. Colman, of Dorchester, for one year, during his\\nabsence, and immediately alter received his first in-\\nvitation to preach in this town.\\nMr. Savage entered upon his life-work here under\\nvery encouraging circumstances. He v.\\nvigorous, finely educated and full} imbued with the\\nspirit and energy invded for his work. He was earnest\\nin his piety, remarkable for the urbanity of his man-\\nners and for the genial kindness of his disposition.\\nHi- was, withal, an eloquent preacher, possessing supe-\\nrior pulpit address and powi r, and soon won to him-\\nself the affection of his people, the esteem of his min-\\nisterial brethren and the respect and confidence of\\nthe people of that part of the State where, during his\\nlong pastorate his name became the synonym, not of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0what it literally imported, but of those virtues which\\nare the embodiment of a perfect Christian gentleman.\\nPoliteness genuine) hristinn politeness was. in fact,\\nhis ili-tingui.-hing characteristic. To a temperament\\nnaturally gonial were added the refinement- ol edu-\\ncation and the graces of the hri-tiau life, making\\nhim, says Dr. Wallace, in his memorial discourse, a\\nmodel tor the young, a pattern for the Christian and\\nan example to he imitated hy that profession to which\\nhe was an ornament.\\nIll the freshness and vigor of his early life Air. Sav-\\ned himself to the work of the ministry, and\\nthe results of his labors were soon apparent, lie im-\\nmediately brought to the attention of the Session the\\nduty of systematic visitation, and a plan was adopted\\nthat had for its object a revival of religion, by\\nbringing the question personally to the attention of\\nall. The town was divided up into districts, and com-\\nmittees of visitation appointed to go from house to\\nhouse, pledging themselves united!) to\\nthe work, immediately to go about it. and not to grow\\ncold or weary in it. The Sabbath-school, which had\\nbeen previously held in school-houses, without much\\ninterest, was now transferred to the church and held\\nduring intervals of Divine service, with happy effects.\\nOn the 11th of October, 1827, a Thursday afternoon\\nprayer-meeting was commenced, which has continued\\nwithout interruption until the present day, now almost\\nfifty years. In 1829 a temperance reform began and\\na temperance society was formed, through the joint\\ninfluence of Air. Savage, and a temperance discourse\\ndelivered by Dr. Justin Edwards. The result of this\\nmovement was, that whereas se\\\\ en place- were licensed\\nin the town during 1829, hy the selectmen, for the sale\\nof ardent spirits, only two were licensed the follow-\\ning year.\\nThese Christian efforts were ordered, in the Provi-\\nd I, as preliminary to that wonderful work\\nof grace which swept over the country in 1831. The\\nchurch in Bedford was partaker, to a large degree, in\\nthat revival season, and accessions were made at that\\ntime which have had a lasting influence upon the\\nchurch and the word. At the May communion of*\\nthat year five were added on profession of faith; in\\nSeptember, ninety-one: and the following January.\\nseventeen, making one hundred and thirteen in all.\\nThis was certainly a most encouraging result for the\\nyoung pastor, and for a country church it certainly\\nevinces a work of no ordinary magnitude. Many of\\nthose brought into the church at that time became\\nbright and shining lights in the world; nearly all of\\nthem continued to adorn the Christian profession to\\nthe end of life, and some still survive to attest to the\\npresent generation the genuine nature of the work of\\nDivine grace in their hearts.\\nIt was during this revival year that the question ol\\nbuilding a new meeting -house tir-t took definite shape.\\nTheold building bad 31 1 and served its purpose for\\na period of seventy-live years, and was now too small\\nand inconvenient to meet the wants of the growing\\ncongregation. During the year 183] subscriptions\\nwere started and an association formed for building a\\nmeeting-house. The building was finished during\\nthe following year, and on Christmas Day, December\\n25, 1832, the house was solemnly dedicated to the\\nworship of Almighty rod.\\nIn the succeeding years Mr. Savage continued to\\nenjoy the confidence of his people, and accessions\\nwere yearly made to the membership of the church, as\\nfruits of his ministry. In an historical discourse pre-\\npared and published during 1841, he reported that\\ntwo hundred and seventy-two had been added to the\\nchurch on profession since his settlement, being an\\naverage of eighteen per year.\\nOn the 19th of May, 1850, the town celebrated the\\ncentennial anniversary of its incorporation. It was a\\ngreat day for Bedford. Many distinguished visitors.\\nformer residents of the town, and others, were present.\\nIt was estimated that about two thousand persons\\nparticipated in the festivities. The Hon. Isaac 0.\\nBarnes, of Boston, a native of Bedford, delivered the\\ncentennial address. A history of the town the\\njoint work ofRev. Air. Savage, Dr. P. P. Woodbury\\nand Mr. William Patten was published, embracing\\nmost of the facts of interest connected with the town\\nhistory up to that date. It was the result of great\\nlabor and is an unusually interesting book ot its kind.\\nOnce more, near the close of his ministry. Air.\\nSavage was permitted to witness the Divine approval", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0512.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "277\\nofhis labors in a revival ofreligion. In 1S64 a revival\\nbegan in Manchester, in connection with the preach-\\ning of the evangelist. Rev. A. B. Earle. The work\\nextended to Bedford. Special meetings wire held,\\nand a deep and general interest prevailed. Asa result,\\nseventy-two persons united with the church during\\nthe year on profession of faith.\\nOn the 3d of January, 1866, the pastoral relation\\nbetween the Eev. Thomas Savage and the church in\\nBedford was dissolved by the Presbytery of London-\\nderry. The pastorate of Mr. Savage extended over a\\nperiod of near h fort\\\\ years, anil embraced themost im-\\nportant period of the church s history. He had suc-\\nceeded in binding the church together in harmonious\\naction in all Christian work, and bringing it for-\\nward to rank with the strong churches in the State.\\nSis pastorate, on the whole, was eminently successful,\\nand the influence of his labors will long be lelt upon\\nthe cause ofreligion in this community.\\nMr. Savage did not long survive tin- termination of\\nhis pastorate. He died on the 8th of May, 1866,\\naged seventy-two years.\\nAs a preacher, says Dr. Wallace, Mr. Savage\\nwas practical ami impressive, lie did not dwell so\\nmuch on the distinctive doctrines of the gospel as\\nmany preachers, lie did not preach theology as a\\nsystem. Yet he preached salvation only by the cross.\\nBut its doctrines were mingled with precept, as the\\nleaven pervades themass in which it is hidden. They\\nappeared not as the veins penetrate the marble, but as\\nthe painter s color shades the whole.\\nRev. Anton Little was installed pastor January 3,\\nL866; l. i v. Ira C. Tyson, May 9, 1869; and Rev. D.\\nHerbert Colcord, the present pastor, September 8, 1881.\\nI II APTER III.\\nBEDFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nCentennial Celebration\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ci\\nRepresentatives from 17i;\\n1750 to 1885\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nb Population\\nitia\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Military\\nCentennial Celebration. One of the most inter-\\nesting events in the history of Bedford was the\\ncelebration of the centennial of the town, May 19, 1850.\\nPeter P. W Ibury was [president of the day. with\\nthe following vice-presidents: Thomas Chandler,\\nMoody M. Stevens, Samuel Chandler, John French,\\nJohn McAllister, Theodore Goffe, John Patten.\\nThe committee of arrangements consisted of the\\nfollowing: Leonard C. French, Willard Parker,\\nDaniel Moore, Isaac Darrah, John Patten, John\\nAdams, Adam Chandler, Andrew Dow, W.\\nRiddle, Joseph H. Stevens, John Barr, L. C.\\nFrench (2d), Thos. Holbrook, Charles F. Shepard,\\nJohn Goffe, Elijah Stevens, Gardner Nevins,\\nRodney McLaughlin, James Walker, Simon Jenness.\\nThe address on the occasion was delivered bj Hon.\\nIsaac O. Barnes. Remarks were also made bj I [orace\\nGreeley, 1 Rev. Mr. Adams, Rev. Mr. Clark, John At-\\nwood, Mr. Savage, Rev.C.W. Wallace, Rev. J. T. W I-\\nlniry, Dr. Leonard French, Hon. C. E. Potter, James\\nAdams and others.\\nThe toasts on the occasion were as follows\\nI7.JH 1 i I. .in, r 1 1 1 1 1,1 II,, I\\nBedford\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the petitioners on that day iv, eived acharterof in\\nwhereby they could support their religion, which was that, and that\\nonly, they petitioned for.\\nResponded to by Hon. Horace Greeley, of New\\nYork City.\\ni iO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thanks to God, our religious institutions are still\\nwith ns, and we most earnestly pray they may lie the tirst, ami, above all\\nother tilings, snppurte, 1 by us an, I ,,nr p,,e, i ity.\\nResponded to by Rev. Mr. Davis, of Amherst.\\nI,, ,n-. I,, in: I, !i us, -one to imp tlnir reward of .elory\\nwilti -.latitude we remember tliem ma\\\\ ue ,a ,-i pin n, e tbeir virtues,\\nami I, arh tliem to our eliililren by precept ami example.\\nlbs]. on, led to by Rev. Mr. Clark, of Manchester.\\nThe Eliti ji-an!*, o.o? fee s/s -We I I ,u \\\\m 1 1 1 i\\ntown, ami our festive board. Pleasant and profitable t,, I t as relations,\\nfriends, and acquaintances,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it is tlie fust time and il.c 1,1-1, we -halt\\nBver meet on Buch an occasion, in Bedford.\\nJohn Atu 1, Esq., of Albany, X. Y., responded.\\nj.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The woolen and linen-wheels\\n1,11 tl tton-mills and spinning jennies,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 are not re wonderful than\\ntie lini-os (w,, days |,,u c I, I 1 I ,,n, a nil v. leu panniers, with a tub\\nI butter ,111 eitbet ~ide, or both, tilled with linen cloth or thread, to the\\noie and tiie telegraph w ires.\\nF.mjlmi.l, Srotl.in.l ,n,.l Inl.m.t -Our nether countries tlieirimiU.il\\nill-- l -t ,t stock, defying the world for c petition.\\nRev. James T. W Ibury, of Acton, Mass.. re-\\nsponded.\\nimanry ol id Bedford uever despisi\\nthe hearty and sol.staritl.il b\u00e2\u0080\u009e,il ,,f their ancestors.\\nResponse by Hon. C. E. Potter, of Manchester.\\nOur PoBlerity.-\\nhenee, l,\\\\ ,,oi desc\\nAbe lii I, I. Inhered, one bun, bed ye\\nlid. Hits who shall then he on the she\\nResponded to by Dr. Leonard French, of Fitchburg,\\nMass.\\nThe Scotch-Irish.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 They left the north of Ireland, be. v., I ih I.\\nis ,,f il e.in, and ean le I lies, western adds b. en joy tbeir religion\\nand liberty. May their offspring appreciate sucl ble virtues, 1\\ni let i!. He in as a ri h legacy handed ,l,,wn IV their forefathers.\\nJohn Aiken, Esq., of Andover, .Mass., responded.\\nTfo Orator of the day. If our houses and Barnes appear\\nInn I us tl,, in to day, p,,-t,lit\\\\ will have IS\\ntheir inheritance.\\nHon. Isaac 0. Barnes spoke briefly on the subject\\nof education.\\nof Bedford. Ever prompt and energetic in every under-\\nthy and commendable\\nJames 0. Adams, of Manchester, responded.\\ni Horace iireeley was born just over the line of Bedford, in Amhi\\nthe school lie attended and the better porti,,ii of he father s farm be\\nin Bedford, where be resided duritic a petition of his early vein-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0513.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCivil History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thf following is a list of town\\nlerka from 1750 to 1885:\\nId i a .Mill, 1750, 51.\\nLeonard Walki r,1829\\nv., iii., n p\\n54,\\nIsaac Riddle, 1831, 32.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a061,\\n68,\\nFrederii 1, Wallai e, 1836,\\n1 73\\nn\\nJohn Bell, 1773, 71, 75, 76,\\n7.\\n1\\nWilliam Whit\\n80,\\nJohn Parker, 1842.\\n81.\\nAndrew J. Dow, 1844, 45, 46,\\ni b \u00c2\u00abi Laughlin, 1782.\\n47, 51.\\nJohn Rand i\\nBenjamin F. Wallace\\nJosiah Gillis, 1785, 86, 87.\\nMatthew Barr, 1850.\\nWilliam Moor, 1788, 89, 90.\\nB U i I. I- J. 53.\\nWilliam McAffeo, 1791\\nford, 1854 55, 56,\\nDaTid Patten, 1792, 93, 94,\\n96, 1807, 08, 09, 10.\\nBenjamin Hall, 1858, 59, 60, 61,\\nPhineaa Aiken, 1797, 98, 1801\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a002,\\n33, 64\\nWilliam W Willuns. 1- 67,\\nM,,.,h M -i, l-l 1. l_-. I.;, ii I1...ILIII..N, lsi .i, in, 71.\\nl I, 15. I lieodore i Gone, 1872.\\nilli M 1816, 17. Silas A. Kiddle, 187:5, 74, 70, 77,\\nAlfred Foster, 1818, 19, 20, 21, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85.\\n22, _ 24, 25, 26. George Flint, 1875.\\n28.\\nRepresentatives. The following\\nrepresentatives from 1 702 to 1885\\na list of\\nI i Hey, 177.1 76, 77, 7s.\\nJohn it, 17711, 82, 3 i, 9l\\n1-1 1 12\\nSamuel Patten, 1781.\\nMatthew Thornton, 178 I\\nJames Martin, 17-1. 85, 91.\\nStephen Hole, 1786, 88, 89, 90,\\n1-71. l:.i,i,inin F. Wallace and\\ni ii Stevens,\\nIs. Jain. Vliiriisiili and Tliom-\\n,i, i i] ,n m,\\n92, 93, 04.\\n1858\\nThomas G. Holbrook\\nIsaac Riddle, 1798, 99, 1813\\n1859\\nIII, una- II 11, ,11,\\nDai i P tten l- I\\nI860\\nPhi ii U a ii. 1803, ill. 14.\\n1861\\nHenrj Hah\\nWilliam Riddle, 1805, 06, 7.\\n[862\\nWilliam R. French.\\nSa il Chandler, 1808, 09, 10,\\n1863\\nWilliam R. French.\\n15, 16, 17. 18.\\n1864\\n1 ieol gi W, Kiddle.\\nJosiah Gordon, 1819, 20.\\n1865\\nGi ii ;e W Riddle.\\n1 Ii as Chandler, 1821, 22.\\nI860\\nSilas Holbrook.\\nilli Moor, 1-- 24, 32,\\n13.\\n1867\\nSilas Holbrook.\\nWil tid II\\n31\\nI80S\\nSai 1 Patten.\\nEbeneier French [827\\n1869\\nCharles II, Moore.\\nJoseph Colley, 1828, 29, 15\\n[870\\n.Ii.lill H. IlIi,;mi\\nJames McK. Wilkins, 1834,\\n16,\\n1871\\nGeorge Gone\\n17.\\n1872\\nTl as G Worthley\\nJ. Ii. Bowman I\\n1873\\nVoted not to send.\\ni in h, 1840.\\n1874\\nVoted not to send.\\nT a- rl.. hi. Her, 1841, 42.\\n187S\\nPaul r Campbi 11\\n1876\\nGi sV lotte.\\n1. C. French, 1844, 45, 46.\\nls77\\nVoted ii- .i to send.\\nWilli .in P Riddle, 1-47, Is.\\n1878\\nWilliam McAllaster.\\nGardnel Kevins, 1847, 18.\\nVoted ii, a In send\\nN Patten, 1849.\\n1 SSI 1\\nCharles B. Ileal.\\nChandler Spafford, 1849.\\n1883\\nJohn A. Riddle\\n1. i l rench 2d ,1850\\nISSJ\\nFreeman K. Freneh.\\nford in 178!); he married Elizabeth Swett, and died\\nMay, L809.\\nDr. William Wallace came to Bedford in 1805 his\\nnative place was Mil ford, N. H. He died in 1821.\\nHis willow, sister of Rev. E. L. Parker, of London-\\nderry, survived him many years.\\nDr. Baird came to Bedford in 1811; left in 1813,\\nand went to Nelson he resided, while in town, with\\nThomas Wallace.\\nDr. Page came in 1810, and resided in Bedford but\\na few months.\\nDr. Frederick A. Mitchell came in 1813; he was\\nborn in Peterborough. He married Lucy, daughter\\nof Deacon Phineas Aiken. He left the practice in\\n1815, but lived in town till 1835.\\nDr. P. P. Woodbury ca to Bedford in 1815; he\\nwas horn in Francestown, N. H.\\nDr. Silas Walker came to Bedford in 1827; bom in\\nGoffstown died in 1843.\\nDr. Houston came to Bedford in 1824; resided at\\nPiscataquog; stayed one year, and then wentto West-\\nern New York.\\nDr. Levi B. Johnson came to Bedford in 1825;\\nstayed two years; lie boarded at the village.\\nDr. Robert Riddle, son of Hugh Riddle, began to\\npractice at Hooksett; came back to his lather s in\\n1825; practiced medicine till his death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1828.\\nDr. Henry Clinton Parker, son of James Parker,\\nEsq., studied medicine in Philadelphia; began to\\npractice at the village in 1838.\\nDr. Leonard French, son of Leonard C. Freneh,\\nstudied medicine with Dr. Crosby began to practice\\nin L845; stayed one year in town, and removed to\\nA.shby.\\nDr. John 1 Walker, son of Dr. Silas Walker,\\nstudied medicine with his lather, and began to prac-\\ntice in 1840 or 1841.\\nDr. John Harvill came to Bedford in 1849; began\\nto practice at the village, and after one year went to\\nCalifornia.\\nThe present physician is Frank 1). Rowe.\\nThe history of Bedford also makes mention of the\\nfollowing lawyers who resided in town: Janus I q-\\nderwood, James Parker, Isaac MeGaw, J. I!. Bowman,\\nJames MeWilkins, John Porter.\\nPhysicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Nathan Cutler came to Bedford\\nfrom Dunstable, Mass., in 1777, and moved back in\\n1782.\\nDr. John Quin cameto Bedford in 1782, fr Hal-\\nifax, Vt. He was a relation of Dr. Cutler and had a\\nfamily. After staying a year or two he removed to\\nMassachusetts.\\nDr. Nathan Cutler, son of the former, came to Bed-\\nPOPULATION.\\nUnmarried men from 16 to 60 year- 30\\nUarried men t r 16 to 60 43\\nBoys from 16 and under\\nm.ii 60andabove 13\\nFemales unmarried 117\\nFemales married 51\\nshoe- 1 male, 1, female, 3)\\nWidows 6\\nTotal 362\\nFor 1775 we have the following return, dated Bed-\\nford, October 27, 1775.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0514.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "Males under 10 LOO\\nMales from 16 to 30 not in army\\ntfah a above 50 28\\nPersons gone to the war 1 1\\nFemales in all 241\\nNegroes and slaves for Uf\u00c2\u00ab 10\\nTotal i 1\\n1 1 1 1 DSB0R01 GH, SS., Oct, 27, ITT\\nThen personally appeared John Bell, and made Bolemnoathto his\\nfidelity and impartiality in numbering the souls in Itedford, and making\\nreturn of the several ages and sexes, as in the columns above thereof.\\nSwum before, .Matt. Patten, J. P.\\ni re 37 guns lacking to e.piip 1 1 1 inhabitants of Bedford\\nThere are 11^ 4 lbs. powder in Bedford, according tn information, and in.\\ntow ti to k amiiiunitii.il.\\nJohn Bell.\\nThe population in L783 was 762 (framed houses, 93);\\n1800, L182; 1810,1296; L820,1375; 1830,1554; 1840,\\n1543: L850, 1913; dwelling-houses, 312; families,\\n344; farmers, liilT laborers, L61 slim makers, 10;\\nblacksmiths, 5; brickmakers, 33; machinists, 10;\\ncarpenters, 8; physicians, 2; clergyman, 1; lawyer,\\n1; teacher, 1; scholars attending school this year,\\n589; value of real estate owned, $594,600. T\\nEXTRACTS FROM HON. M VTTHEW PATTEN S JOl h N W.\\nMarch 29, 1755. Was chosen town-clerk. Voted to give me six\\npounds, old tenor, fur what I should record fur the town this year, and\\nth were to find me paper to write the minutes of the town on.\\nOctobei 29, 1755 Snow fell, ankle deep.\\nduly 18, 1756. John Smith, t New l!ost..ii, informed ni that a bear\\nha l hit my heifer [that he had in keepin- so she culd not li I -of\\nM] M. Neil ol New lln-tiMi, to I. lit- hel h.-i fo I in.\\nSeptember 13 11, lT. .ii. A great frost, so as to kill all the corn-\\nNovember 27, 1 T i WViil to London. 1. Try, to know uli.-n the On.\\nf. uurt set fouml it to 1,.- ii.-\\\\t .Tuesday, iin the 3( th set out for Ports-\\nmouth; went as far as Mr. Murphy s, in Londonderry, and received an\\naccount thai the Gen, Court had adjourned till Tuesday, nth December,\\nSeptember 4, 1757. Mr. Housti\\nchapter of John, and preached in the after:\\n-v. i pi. a. h. .1 in our meeting house. 11th, Mi Houston lectured m the\\nforenoon on the 12th, 13th and 14th v. of the first chapter of John, and\\npreached in the afternoon, from Amos, fourth .i,,-ipt.-i and 1 nt I* \\\\.is.\\nJanuai\\\\ 22, 17.~ X Mr. Houston lectured on part ot the ::d.haplri\\nof .lohli -ospel. There W -ii hut lo [j.-ir-oii-. at nuellii\\nthe snow, which was deep, and poor path*.\\nJune S 9, 175!). Fished al Namaskeag Falls and got 120 shad, and\\nI gave Robert M. .Murphy 10 Of them; and I gol I -had and a small sal-\\nmon, for my part, from the -eftm-plac. m. Peters fished for ine by\\nthe halvi\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2July 15, ITGii. I. joined with Sam l Patterson to fish for salmon, and\\ni _. lhs and the other 18 lbs. The small one 1\\nI,., i. i. i :h ii i i i i\\nquo- river, and set our net thai night, and h\\\\ moi ning we bad a 9 and a\\n6 pound salmon the large .me had, ami the -mill one Patterson bad.\\nMarch 12, 1761. This morning, about 2 o clock, a considerable\\nsmart shock of an earthquake, whi.-h wakened me out of sleep.\\nMarch 1,1762. E attended a meeting of the towns of Amherst and\\nBedford, at Itedford meetiii-h.mse, to choose a representative; I was\\nchosen moderatoi by a unanimous choice, and Col. Gone was chosen\\nrepi. Bentative by 46 votes, and Capt, Barron had I\\nApril 1, 1764. Snow fell neai 3 inches deep.\\nJune 7, 1771. Attended the funeral ,,i i apt. li.n n-n, and was one oi\\ntile lindej\\nJuly 3, 1771. I went to lieiiyfi.-ld meetingdiou-e. and heard Mr.\\nWard, of Plymouth, preach.\\nNTovembei 27, 1779. 1 bave 2 bushels oi can a daj for writing.\\nMa3 i L780. Was a thunder-shower in the morning, and wa fol\\ndarkness, such as is\\nBO dark thai COUld not know a man I. iii .it a -iii ,11 detain e, and were\\nobliged to k.ep a light in the bimney to see to about, and the nighi\\nwas so extraordinary dark until 1 o clock ih.it a r i could nol Bee\\nhis baud when bedd up, nor even a white sheel uf pap. i. Hay ami\\nnight cloudy. Cause unknown. The works oi th.-l.oni\\nmarvellous, and past finding out until He graciously pleases to reveal\\nH\\nThe Old Militia. 2 Persons who held commissions\\nin the militia in the town of Bedford\\nStephen Dole, cdoim! .hum- \\\\iken, captain I hineas A iken, lieu-\\ntenant James i.iilntore, .u.e.ai, William hole, aptain Nathan\\nMaine-., captain Andrew Aiken, capt aiu of cavalry; James Mnm, lieu-\\ntenant; hunlap, major; Bois, captain William Moor, ca]\\ntain James McLaughlin, en-i-n John M. AlhM. i, eaptain Thoma-\\n.iii Joseph r .alley, ea.plaili I h.nna- Kan, captain\\nartillery, 1815 to 1817.\\nWilliam Moore, appointed .-aptain August 8, 1812; promoted adjti\\ntaut July 4, 181o promoted colonel June 20, 1818; resigned March u,\\n1820.\\nU ly M Sti utenani June 20, 181 1 n\\n26, L816\\nLeonard C. French, appointed ensign June 20, Is 14 promoted captain\\nJuly 2(1, lhlfi; resigned June 23, bsix.\\nEnoch Dole, appointed lieutenant July 2n, isii; promoted captain\\nJune 23, 181S; resigned February 10, 1819.\\nJesse Parker, appointed ensign July 2o, lsit; promoted lientcnai.i\\nJune 23, lslx promoted captain February L i, lSl .i resigned April n.\\nWilliam handler, appointed ensign June 23, 1 IS; promoted lieuten-\\nant February 10, 1819; promoted captain April 9, L821 resigned April\\n9, 1824.\\nlo.lnii M .ippi.inf.-.i 1 1 i _ i I el. in. n\\\\ I i. i i i pioiuoted licuten-\\nteiialit April J, 1X21 piomoted .aptain April 1824 r. -i.\\nDavid Steven i\\nApril 9, 1x24 resigned January 31, 1825.\\nSamml Campbell, appointed ensign April\\nFebruary 2, 1825 resigned Man h 21, l-\\nBenjamin Nichols, appointed lieutenant February 2,1-\\ncaptainyi.ir.li 1, 1828; dwharg.-d April 17, 1830.\\nJoseph Moor, appointed ensign February 2, 182o promoted lieu-\\ntenant March 1, lS2x promoted captain April 17, 1x30; re.-i-ti.-.] Feb-\\nruary 8, 1832.\\nSamuel G. Collcy, appointed .ii-i-n September 182a promoted\\nlieutenant April 17, 183d promoted captain p. in uary 2 |s;;2 rescue. I\\nAprils, L834,\\nDavid Sprague, appointed ensign April 17, lx3ii; promoted lieutenant\\nFebruary 2D, 1832; resigned April 8, 1834.\\nWilliam GofF, appointed captain April 9, 1834; resigned August 28.\\n1834.\\nRufus Merrill, appointed captain August 28, 1334; resigned February\\n1838.\\nNathaniel Moore, appointed lieutenant August 28, 1831; promoted rap-\\ntain 1 ehruary 6, L838 resigned June i, 1839.\\nWilliam Rundlett, appointed ensign August 28, 1831 promoted\\nlieutenant Mr _ resig] I March 14, 1839.\\nilliam K. Fi. n h. .ppoMi:. i n-i-.ii .M;tj J. h-.ix piomoted captain\\nI. SI 27, lS-21 pioui ,1 llrlileiiani\\npromoted captain\\n.Illlie 1, [83il promote\\nFrederick Ilodgman. app. .inted I\\ncaptain March 11, 1*42 d h\\nWilliam M.Alhst. i, .tp|.omied ensign June I), I promoted lieu-\\ntenant Man h II, 1842 resigned July 7, 181.:.\\nBenjamin Hall, appointed ensign March 11, 1812 promoted i aptain\\nJuly 7, 1X13 iv.-i-ned March 2 1844.\\nDiaries M e, appointed en-i-n July 7, 184:;, MSi-m-d May 27,\\ni- .mi October 13, lsl.i removed by\\n-mil. 184G.\\n1 i (.signed April 20,\\n1847.\\nTh .iii.i i: Worthh-y, app. anted lieutenant, octoher 13, 1x4 *j pro-\\nmoted captain April 2u, 1847 resigned April G, 1x48.\\n-From lli-tory of Bedford.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0515.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJoseph II Flint, appointed ensign April 20, 1*17 promoted lieutenant\\nAugust 24, 1847 i-r- -un t captain S.-i.t..-uil\u00c2\u00bb-i 1,1-1-.\\nJames H. Moore, appointed ensign Augusi\\n7, 1848.\\nK.beit M\\n22, l-l\\nWilliam Mo, ie igdi, appointed lieutenant Septeml.er 1, ]s4,S;pro-\\n.n, .May 1. 1849.\\nWilliam P. Gage, appointed lieutenant Ma;\\nKufus K. Daoali, appointed ensign May 22, Isl .t.\\n24, 1843\\nIn the year 1814 acompanj of exempts was formed\\nin Bedford, numbering about sixty men, which was\\ncomposed of men forty years .if age and upwards,\\nwho were not liable to do military duty,\\nto law, but armed and equipped themselves at their\\nown expense, lor the protection of their country,\\nwhich was then engaged in hostilities with England,\\nami held themselves ready to march at a moment s\\nwarning. Their first officers were the following: Isaac\\nRiddle, captain John Holbrook, lieutenant; Samuel\\nChandler, second lieutenant; William Riddle, ensign.\\nIt will lie perceived that during the Win oi L812\\nthere were more than two hundred men armed and\\nequipped in the town of Bedford, who held them-\\nselves in readiness to march in defense of their\\ncountry. At the time the British invaded Portsmouth,\\nthe company of exempts under Captain Isaac Kiddle,\\nthe infantry under Captain William Moore, and the\\nGrenadiers, under Captain William P. Kiddle, met tit\\ncentre of the town, and drilled every day for two\\nweeks, expecting hourly to have orders to march to\\nmeet the enemy at Portsmouth.\\nIn the year 1815 the infantry company, embodying\\nin its limits till of the town of Bedford, was composed\\nof about one hundred and fifty men. The field officers\\nof the Ninth Regiment, deeming it too large for the\\npurpose for which it was intended, created a volunteer\\ncompany by the name of the Bedford Grenadiers,\\nnumbering forty-eight rank and file. For military\\ntactics and strict discipline it si 1 the highest in\\nthe Ninth Regiment, and ;i- considered one of the\\nfust companies of the State. It was organized before\\nthe close of the War of 1812. The uniform- were of\\nAmerican manufacture. Coats W ere made of home-\\nspun cloth, colored blue, trimmed with yellow silk\\nbraid and bright buttons. Pants wire made of white\\ncotton jean or drilling, manufactured from No. lti\\ncotton yarn, and wove by the Mixes Patten, of this\\ntown. Vests of the same. Gaiters made from black\\nvelvet. Black wool hats, furnished with a bl\\npiece, impressed with the American eagle. The\\nplumes were of white with a red top, made from geese\\nfeathers by Mrs. The., dole Goffe, of this town.\\nIn the year 1821 the company procured a new\\nuniform, similar in style to the first one, hut of a\\nricher material, substituting English manufacture for\\nAmerican.\\nThe company continued to hold its rank as one\\n-i companies of the State until it was dis-\\nbanded, in the year 1834.\\nIts officei were the following:\\nWilliam P. Riddle, appointed first captain December 20, 1815 pro-\\nI lieutenant-colonel .1\\nenoted brigadier-general June 24,\\nis:;] promoted ma.i el -general .lulu- 27, is:;:; re-igned .lime I- :v\\nIsaac McGaw, appointed lieutenant December 2 1-1 resigned Feb-\\nruary 1 IMS.\\nWilliam Patten, appointed ensign December -go, l.-lr. promoted lieu-\\ntenant February In, ISIS promoted captain flan\\nApril 9, 1821.\\nAlfred Foster, appointed ensign February 10, 1S19 promoted lieuten-\\ni-J [.unnoted captain April 9, 1821 promoted major\\n.tune 18, 1825 died in office.\\nappoint eii-i-u v. ted lieutenant\\nApril a, 1821 promoted captain August 12, 1S25: resigned D unbei 1\\n1827.\\nDaniel Gordon, appointed ensign A-pril 9, 1821; promoted lieutenant\\n\\\\ugu-t 12, 1-. Mm December 22, 185\\nKufus Merrill, appointed ensign August 12. 182.7 promoted lieutenant\\nun December!!, 1829; resigned April\\nJohn P. Houston, appointed ensign I ,,,i,ei 22,1-\\nlieutenant December 2. 1-2 a led apt. iin April 1- \\\\i\\nVpri] I 1833\\n1 1. appointed ensign December 22, 1829 resigned April 16,\\n1832.\\nMil 18, 1832; i -omoted captain\\nApril 17, Is:;:; resig 1 April 2n. l-:l\\nSamuel Morn-on, appointed ensign April Is, 1S: ,2 promoted lieuten-\\nant April 17, is:;:; resigned April 26, 1834\\nR. McLaugblin. appointed ei\u00e2\u0080\u009eigii April 17. Is;: resigned July 22,\\nl-::4.\\nIn the year 1842 a volunteer company was formed,\\nunder the style of the Bedford Highlanders. Their\\nuniforms consisted of coats made from green and\\nHighland plaid, with a plaid scarf; pants of white,\\ntrimmed with black velvet; hats of black velvet, with\\nblack plumes.\\nIts first officers were the following:\\nCharles 1. Shepard, appointed captain April 11, 1-42; resigned Octo-\\nJoshua Vose, Jr., appointed lieutenant April 11, 1842 appointed cap-\\ntain October 13, 1845 resigned April 20, 1847\\nTimotby F. Moore, appointed ensign May 24, 1844; promoted lieuten-\\n1-17 resigned Decem-\\nAlfred McAffee, appointed ensign October 13, 1845 promoted lieuten-\\nant April 20, 1817 promoted captain December 9, 1847; (disbanded).\\nWilliam M 1 2.b. appointed ensign April 20, L847 promoted lieu-\\ntenant December 9, 1847 (disbanded).\\nWilliam McDole Fcrson, appointed ensign December 9, 1-17 .lis\\nbanded).\\nFfcM .net Slag Officer,.\\nSilas Walker, appointed sure September 17. 1-21 resigned Septem-\\nber 2. 1826.\\nappointed surgeon s mate September 2, 1826; died in\\noffice.\\ni: r. ..[pointed paymastei August 25,1831; resigned Sep-\\nI 11. Is;-; resigned March\\n-a\\nL824; promoted major Jq\\nresigned\\nIsaac Kiddle, appointed adjutai\\n.i\\nLewis F. Harris, appointed quartermaster July 23,\\ni. tobe: -J, 1-2.\\nnut l,ui. mi Jul 2 I- 7: resigned August 14, 1840.\\nLeonard Rundlett, appointed quartermaster July 2n, 1 .7 7 promoted\\na 1 IS I i.\\nL. P.. Bowman appointed paymaster August 16, 1838; promoted adju-\\ntaut Augusl 1 1. i-i resig\\nGeorge W. Kiddle, appointed quartermaster August 21, 1848.\\nMilitary Record, 1861-65\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following, com-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0516.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "piled and arranged by George W. Kiddle, is the record\\nof Bedford during the War of the Rebellion:\\nM. ni!..\\nlSl.il.\\nLUoi\\nSE OND BEG) ffl NT Chi\\nIfial red in J i 1, 1861.\\nW. Gage Kendall, CompanyC; diedal Camp Beauford, Ml., November\\n15, 1861\\nTHIRD REGIMENT (Three rears).\\nMustered in .i\u00c2\u00bb i. s 2 1, 1861.\\nEli E. Bowman, pan] A\\nWilliam 11. I In i, i f;inv A .lis. ham.. I I -r disability.\\nJohn Locklin, pany II.\\nWilliam A liiittertield. ..inpany II discharged for disability.\\nTil. .mas Adams, Company II served three years.\\nGeorge w Idams, Company H killed at Pinckney [aland, I\\ngust 21, 18G2.\\nSamuel AdaiilS, C.inpain II .ii- hill for disability AllgUSt 2, ISG 2.\\nJohn X. Campbell, C pany 11 w led severely June 16, 1862; .i.\\noharm-.l t..r disability Man 1. 2n. Is\\n\\\\V. 11. H. N ili. -Is, Company 11 wounded August 1, 1SG2 discharged\\nfor disability October 30, 1862.\\nAndrew J. Campbell, ..Inpany II ili...l of disease Sept.\\nI I. .1 leE I Indrews, Company K.\\nCorporal John A Armstrong, C pany K killed in action at Drury s\\nBluff, Va., May 13, 1864.\\nSergeanl George Way, Company k wounded August 16, 1864,\\nF01 KTH REGIMENT (Three rears).\\nMustered Sept, ruber is, 1861.\\nCaptain Edwin Whitfotd, Cmpaii, E; pmin. t.-.l to captain May 1U,\\nL865.\\nSoryrant Thomas S. Hums, Company E.\\nGeo] ge II Blood, Company E.\\nSergeant John P. Sodgman, Company K\\nCorpora! Samuel Ii Ma.., I ..inpany K.\\nGeorge W. Mace, Company K.\\nCorporal Samuel Mcl oel, ..inpany K.\\nLieut. unlit .l..lin Eullertnti, Company K promoted t Inst lieutenant\\nAugust, 1865.\\nSergeant .lames McConihe, Company K.\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT (Tin... rears).\\nMustered in November 1. 1861.\\nSergeant Charle- c. M, I li.i Company I supposed killed at Fort\\nWagner, July is, 1863.\\nHenry Oliver, Company I .lied of disease Sept. mm!. or 15, 18ii2.\\nOnBlo\u00c2\u00ab 1 McPherson, Company I.\\nJohn R. Young, Company I.\\nEdward Tatru, Company i died disease March 22, lsi ,2.\\nEIGHTH REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nI/.- lered in Dec, b 20, 1861.\\nJoseph F. Cady, died in service.\\nJames W Ilarriinaii, C pany I discharged f..r disahility March 3,\\nTENTH REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nMustered m lugust, 20, 1862.\\nCorporal Alfred Quaid, ..inpany A captured at Fair\\naks, October 27, lsi ,4 died at Anders. .nville pris-\\ni S50.00\\nAlbert N. Jenness, Company A served three years sn.oo\\nWilliam F. Conner, Company A wounded severely\\nSeptember 29, 1864 50.00\\nWalter D. Campbell, ..in]. any A wounded severely\\nI, 1864 50.00\\nCharles Seavey, Company A wounded severely July,\\n1864, also September 29, 1864 50.00\\nJackson Butterfield, Company served three years 50.00\\nTown Bounty.\\nHorace Tuwilsclnl. Cliipam A; w.. 1111. led severely\\nJune 5, 1864 00.00\\nSamuel Seav. i red three rears 00\\nCh, ill.- V I arkhust, C pany A, died Er.deri. Us-\\nImiii, I .-ccluher IT, 1SC2 00.00\\nPage Campbell. Company 11; died of wounds i,,.i\\\\,.l\\nMai. h II. 1864 B0.00\\nGeorge C. Campbell, Company D served three years, oO.OO\\n3Has am] I i, Compn I wound .1 ft! Fn\\nburg I mb r, 1802 E\\nIsaac Campb ill, ompany D iptu 1 Fair aks,\\nYa .a.. I. .a jt, lsn! .h.-.i iii Andersonville pris-\\non 50.00\\nl anie! S Campbell, C [.any ll. di Inn ge.l i..i li-\\nability Octobel I I, Is I 50.00\\ni. .hull Campbell, Company D served three years 50.00\\nAndrew S. Cainphell, Company 11 deserted al Tal-\\nlilouth January 22, 1863 50.00\\ni Ii. H I-- S ampbell, pan} I 1 disi liai ged for .lis-\\nubilily May 17, 1864 50.00\\nWilliam Philbrick, Company 1 Berved three years 50.00\\nge Bl I, Company I led at r.irtsinmith, Vn,\\nNovember 111, 1863 60.00\\nWilliam Adams, Companj D; .led of disease at Fal-\\nmouth January 1 J, 1863 50.011\\nAlbert P. Kelley, Company F; dischargedaf Fair Oaks\\nOctober 27, 1864 50.00\\nSeieeani lieiiieeC. M.l herson, Company H captured\\nat Fair Oaks, Va ct..b.-r 27, lsr.l died in Ander-\\nsonville prison, Ga 50.00\\nJohn Ruby, Company II served three years .o.liil\\nLysall.hr Gardner, I pi.ny II di-. Inn-, d t.r disa-\\nbility April 1, 1863 60.00\\nCharles N. Townsend, Company II transferred to V.\\nK Corps August 13, 1863 00.00\\nII. II. Walker, Company II served thrc. yeais 50.00\\nEdmund K lall, Company II; transferred to Signal\\nCorps May 2::, 1864 50.00\\nJohn G. McLaughlin, Company II; taken prisoner;\\nserved three years 50.00\\n81250.00\\nELEVENTH REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nw.. tered in August 28, 1862.\\nTown Bounty.\\nCharles A. Riddle, Company C; transferred I.. V I;.\\nCorps April 1 1864 $50.00\\nJames A. Riddle, Company r wounded severely De-\\ncember 13, 1862 discharged for disability 50.00\\nJoseph O. Smith, Company E; captured June 22, Is.;:;\\ndied in Andersonville prison 50.00\\n5150.00\\nFOURTEENTH REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nMustered m Septembei 22, L862.\\nTown Bounty.\\nT .1 Wnju ii. i .ii i pany 1 transferred t., Signal Corps\\nApril 28, 1863 $50.00\\nFIFTEENTH REGIMENT (Nine Mouths).\\nM,i-l,rt,l in Ocli.ber lxii2.\\nTown Bounty.\\nJohn Hodgman, C pan} hi w led severely .$200.00\\nAndrew C. Giles, Company E wounded severely 200.00\\nWilliam II. Ilo.l-iniui, ..nipain E died of i\\nCarrolton, Va., Jauuarj 22, 1863 2110.00\\nJames S. Lord, Company E 2oo.oo\\nJ. I. Whitte e.i.nni v C w. .iiiided slighily\\n$1000.00\\nSIXTEENTH REGIMENT (N Months).\\nMustered October 16, 1862.\\nTown Bounty.\\nRobert H. French, Company G died in service $200.00\\nGeorge W. Boyntoii, Company G died in service Au-\\ngust 13, ISC?.\\nWilliam P. Mudge, Company G served nine months. 200.00", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0517.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY REGIMENT.\\nMuttered in March, 1864.\\nTown Bounty.\\nCharles J. Parker served three monthB SSo.ijO\\n.in paid from town treasurj for tl\\nvolunteers to Sept. nihel 1. Is...: 83150.00\\nL. R. Lougee, unaccounted for\\nGeorge B. Moore, Company K\\nDaniel Way, t oinpativ lv severely wound\\n1864 died at Fori Warren\\nSamuel A. Stark, enlisted March 16, 1865, for one\\nyeat\\nFIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE BATTERY.\\ni, Jo, 1861.\\nTown Bounty.\\nSilas Holl t* wounded bi verely Di\\nCharged for disability Deeelnbel II, 18114\\nAlbert R. Holbr killed at Petersburg, Va., Julj\\n1864\\ne,..imded tl illisleri ed t V. II. CorpS\\nJohn A. Patt.n. i nhstod Mar. b .1 .00\\nEdward H. Patten, enlisted March 21, 1865, for one\\n81000.00\\n$1500.00\\nDRAFTED MEN WHO FURNISHED SUBSTITUTES.\\ng.ytrmler 1, 1803.\\nIndividual Bounty. Town Bounty.\\nOilman II. Moore 8140.00\\nWalter I. Bachelder 125.00\\nRoger H. Voso L7\u00c2\u00a3 00\\ni rem b 115.00\\nLeonard. I. Brown\\nCharlesH. Kendall 175.00 3 1\\nLevi J. W Iburjr 200.00 300.00\\nrgeWhitford 150.00 3 1\\nFarnham Jenkins 140.00\\nI I rd 5.00 300.00\\nnch L70.00\\nHorace S Campbell 155.00 300.00\\nGeorge B Shattuck 1 300.00\\nJohn G, Vose IT.\\nWalterGage 115.00\\nll.rook 175.00 3\\nCharles 11. Sargent 175.00 300.00\\nJohn II. Lord, in person L .00 300.00\\nIndividual bounty added 2875.00\\n89875.00\\nVOLUNTEERS FURNISHED r.Y TOWN OF BEDFORD.\\ni town cashed the United\\n8301\\nTown Bounty. 1\\nWilli in .1.. nes 8150.00 83 K)\\nEdwin Bums, deserted January 13,\\n1864 145.00 3\\nott 151 00 3\\nBt 265.00 1\\nGeorge E. Yates\\nrgeS. Mien L98.00\\nJohn Neilson 265.00\\nCharles Peterson 265.00 3\\nlard, veteran 275.00\\nr. 1) oley, died of wounds June\\nI 220 00\\n22 3\\nV. R. C 25 00 S3300.00\\nGeorgi w Cutler 14.00\\n136.00\\ni\\nJ15.694.00\\nRE-ENXISTED VETERANS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 THIRD REGIMENT.\\nafusfered in Feoruory, 1864.\\n1M.I\\nSergeant George Wily. Company K rc-enhsi.\\nary 12, ls.,4; wounded \\\\ugust lb. lsnl 200.00\\nCbrwin J. Parker re-enlisted February 25, 1864\\n1 nl RTH REGIMENT.\\nTown Bounty.\\nLieutenant John Fullerton, ...uoai.y K, re-enlisted\\nFebruary 15, 1864 8200.00\\nSergeant John P. Hodgman, ompany K re-enlisted\\nFebruary 15, 1864 200.U0\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nTown Bounty.\\nJohn K. Young, Company I re-enlisted February 27,\\n1864 820\\nOnslow F. .Me I* be r.so n. Company I re-enlisted Febru-\\nary 27, 1N.4 deserted May 24,1864 200.00\\n81400.00\\nSB LRPSHOOTERS.\\n.1/ii.b.c./ Mm ch, lsi.4.\\nTown Bounty.\\nEec-rge B] L, I !ompaD3\\nWarren T. Uackctt, Company G diedol wounds June\\n12, 1864\\nHEAYi ARTILLERY REGIMENT (One Year).\\n.1/.. i I in a- m}} i 2. 1864.\\nTown Bounty.\\nCorporal Herbert R. Fulton, Third Company\\nhailos M. B..\\\\\\\\ man, Third Company 300.00\\nWilliam Smith, Third Company\\nWalter M. Smith, Third Company 300.00\\nFerdinaner Reuiter, Third Company 300.00\\nCharles O. Townsend, Third Company .bed of disease\\nat Fort Williams, Novembei 21,1864 300.00\\nthird Company non-resident 300.00\\n.Vinlerei! in .S ej.l, mbtr 17. ls.,4.\\nSergeant Austin C. French, Tenth Company 300.00\\nWiggin T. Abbott, Tenth Company 30\\nGilmah T. Moore, Tenth Re-iment\\n-l BSTIT1 IBS II RNISHED BY ENROLLED MEX.\\n,i March, Is*\\nIndividual Town\\nBounty. Bounty.\\nli. IbrooF one .i\\nEnoch F. Gage, on.- for thn e years 2011.110 300.00\\n5400.00 .00\\nIndividual Bounty added 400.00\\nI CEENTH REGIMENT.\\nKtislered in March, 1864.\\nHerman Schnider, one year\\nM 100.00\\nEXITED STATES K (Nol credited on enrollment).\\nJosiab lb Woodbury. A. paymaster U. S. Navy J\\nkilled on b all, August 19,1864,\\nby a shot from Fort Wagner, while bombarding\\nCharleston, S. C. bis remains were brought to\\nBedfordaudihi. ned with Mas.. me honors\\nHugh R. Barnard, clerk, monitor Catskill.\\nSilas A. Riddle, clerk, U in and\\n--en\\nCaptain T. .1 I. 1 ami 1 Sal\\n(credited on enrollment)\\n1-21. 1", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0518.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "BEDFORD\\nMIL I. M I 1 PARTMENI\\nW YV Wilkin- ...I -n. T. nrl. N. w TI;i nif-\\nshire Regiment\\nGeorge E. W Ibui j assist First I 1 C\\nilunteers\\n\\\\l Ml:ll: mi SOLDIERS FI UMSIM-D FROM BEDFORD.\\nI in. i, in First, Sei I. rhird, Fourth, Seventh and\\nEighth Regiments, v.\\\\\\\\ and Medical Departments,\\ni. ceived no tovi bounty\\n12 m. ii in Xintli T. nlli. i:|..v..i.lli. I -inn nil. I il\\nn.-nlli .mil Si\\\\t. ml., m-l I ni.ili iin.nl-. i.\\nceived town bountj ..I\\n1863\\nmil paid from tow n t\\ni... 1:1 GAT] BOUNTIES AND EXP] NSES\\nPiii.l l.j tuun .4 Bi dlunl ami Iv\\n180 t.n nh soldiers, and i\\nmini., i 1. 1865\\nTall.\\nJuly 3. 18 drafted men\\nii. t 1 I II vulimt.-.TS\\n1864 i re-enlisted\\nFeb. 1. 4 enlisted-11 men\\nJulj 1- In men, II Artillery\\nj substitutes, ii,.iii...\\ni navy, I aptain Rollin\\n-in, n....i.i...\\n:JT\\nI 12 73\\nKm, 11,.\\nr...||..\\nthe\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I tm\\nM.i li 1 m::; I .ii.l I l-i lii.l.ll- In, .nil..- .nli-tim;\\nthirty-sevcn volunteers, in Tenth, Eleventh, Fifteenth I\\nI. n. I I I n.n .1 States l... enliel m i... on eleven\\n-1.\\n1 I hi- m. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0lii,li \u00c2\u00bbfti:ii\u00c2\u00bbi.iKir. S Imuntj .-nslie.l by I.. un li, I..I..1. 1m; .in.l\\n13275.00 individual bounties foi substitutes, making a total of 86575.00.\\n19\\nTV,. lii.l.ll, Iv..\\ni ash expenses\\nR. Fulton, twelve days 24 00\\ni rem b 2d f. d\\nBalanrv\\n1-..I In\\nil I, .,-1, paid B Hi ire -4\\nT. W. Moore, Jl expensee paid\\nHi. k.lt. Win\\nBl I.\\nGeorge W Riddle, sei rices] lucin\\n-in. .t.i. enlisting twelve men,\\ngetting credits, Stati l nties,\\net seventeen .lavs\\nash paid, expenses, see bill\\n..-I. balam e on hand\\nReceived ol I S\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24 nn Bl I .....I II... k-H T l mi\\n17\\nBalance paid from town treasury, l-.. i\\npaid from n.v n treasui I for\\nreduction ..I quota and enlisting sixty-\\nl men, to Julj I, 1864\\nlug 1864\\nExpense of enlisting ten mi n, Ivan artil-\\nlery:\\nL. B. Bowman s bill m\\ni. ii I\\nShe] 1. 1 23.67\\nM. i. I. I\\nk\\\\|.. im t iili-im- I ni m, n\\nu Riddle, foui days\\nTotal\\nla. I NTIES \\\\\\\\l EXPE1\\nIt. .ii i\\nAmherst\\nMi i nn... i.\\nGonstovi i\\nr.i\\\\\\\\\\n,.-t page\\n120,560.00 -::;i 22 I\\n35 I 1 13 13 38 2\\n36,795 mi 192.00 1.; j:;l nn\\n66,89! 29! 6.96 15\\n19,48 217.00 1.53 137.00", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0519.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF BENNINGTON.\\nHY REV. JAMES HOI.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis town was incorporated December, 1842. The\\ncommittee were John Dodge, John \\\\V. Flagg and\\nJohn II. Fleming. Before 1800 there was quite a\\npopulation on this soil. It was known as Hancock\\nFactory village and Society Land. You may trace\\nthe west line of the latter, beginning at Hie south\\nam! then north, including the present Carkin place\\nami that of John D. Butler, crossing tin step^ of the\\nmeeting housj north to N. Whitney s, and from that\\nto the Baldwin Bridge, then east, takingin the houses\\non tin/ road to Francestown. Besides, when this\\nton, i wis forme:! it took from Deering some ten\\nhouses; also, a strip of territory was taken from\\nGreenfield ami some change made on the Frances-\\ntown line.\\nSociety Land, as if it were a town, kept records,\\nfirst date, 1782, and are full ami well kept.\\nThe following quotation 1 1797) may aid the curious\\ninquirer. Three school districts wire made bj lien\\njamin Killam, rideon I odge ami Isaac Tenny, select-\\nmen.\\nV..,-//i -Nnb.-rl llinsiiii.ir, Villi I I m iii-Imii, t..s.].li llinlv, Tiiih\\nM\u00e2\u0080\u009ehil, .1 |.h id nihil. .i.ilm Colby, Andrew Taylor, John Puf-\\nfer, Gideon Dodg. itl in I uu, Benjamin Killam.\\nSouth.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Felcb, II,,.,. Bell, Matthias Gibeon, Zacheue Dustin,\\nThis purports twenty-one heads of families, ami\\nat that time living in Society Land. S e of these\\nfarms are identified, and three are still in the family\\nname. In early times the roads wane poor ami the\\nhills steep. One informs the writer that her father\\nwas accustomed to go to market si\\\\ times a winter;\\nwould load tip, go three ami a half miles, leave his\\nload, return home and rest the first night start\\nearly the next morning, and he absent near a week to\\nBeverly, Sale r Boston. This was common seventy\\nor eighty yearsago. Sometime since the estimate\\nof cultivated land in this town was three thousand\\ntwo hundred and ninety-nine acres, ami when the\\ncountry was new no doubt the crop- were g 1. There\\nare at present some excellent farms and well culti-\\nJS4\\nvated, whereas the many neglected ones should re-\\nceive more labor and more fertilizers, and SO benefit\\nthe owners. Within a lew years past some of the\\nbuildings have been repaired and painted, an exam-\\nple that others might follow. The best cultivation of\\nthe soil helps the community.\\nThe facilities from water-power is anothei item.\\nThe advantages are many five dams cross the river,\\nthe upper lor the powder-mill, now owned by the\\nPaper-Mill Company, to retain water tor a time of\\nneed.\\nThe ti lell Company have the second dam and\\nthe large shop attached, from this a telephone con-\\nnects the one at Antrim, two miles distant. In this\\none thi famous hammock-chairs are made. In many\\nways Bennington and South Antrim are inseparable,-\\neach quite dependent on the other.\\nThe third dam is for grist-mill, saw-mill, shingle-\\nmill, etc. The Hancock history will give early and\\nlate facts. First, Joseph Putnam, then Dustan s\\nBurtt s (father and sons), John Carkin, George W.\\nBurns, Jonathan E. King, and now, John L. King.\\nAll the time business enough to cause the industrious\\nto prosper.\\nThe fourth dam was for the cotton-factory. This\\nwork was commenced about 1810 by Benjamin Whit-\\ntemore and his brother, the father of Amos; and soon,\\non the death of the second mentioned, Amos ami his\\nbrother, George Alfred Whittemore, carried on tin\\nfactory business for a lew years. Bather the bcgin-\\ning of it was spinning cotton-yam much of it was at\\nfirst woven by the women in the old way.\\nThe fifth dam is at W. T. Barker Co. s paper-\\nmill, where they have made every essential im-\\nprovement,- laying new foundations, putting in\\nSteam-power for work continually, that no time be\\nlost, fhe owner is prompt and thorough in his busi-\\nness, and seeks help that are willing to be faithful.\\nEdward Finley, the leader in the mill, is a Scotch-\\nman, trained to this from a hoy. In the two years\\npast the -olid advance nt has been marked.\\nTown Hall and School-Rooms.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For many vears", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0520.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "BENNINGTON.\\nthere had been two school districts in the village,\\nand, after much discussion, it was decided to unite in\\none district, and have a graded school, primary and\\ngrammar. The town needed a hall tor meetings and\\nbusiness. The committee to build the two were Hon.\\nAmos Whittemore, William Eaton. J. Kimball,\\nGeorge P. Griswold. The whole was finished 1871,\\nat a cost lor the former, $2456.27, and lor the latter,\\n$3800. It was said to lie done in a workmanlike\\nmanner. It has been thoroughlj repainted, and the\\npast summer the root has been slated cost, $313 87.\\nThe idea has been to secure I be I. est teachers and the\\nbestschools. Much lias been done for the youth in\\ntown, and in this the lovers of good order should per-\\nsevere.\\nOn December 17, 1805, a baptist Church was or-\\nganized and recognized by a council, at the house of\\nJoseph Eaton, of Greenfield, by the name of the\\nPeterborough and Society Land Baptist Church.\\nThe constituent members were John Colby, Joseph\\nEaton, Benjamin Nichols, Isaac Tenney, Jonas Dodge,\\nElizabeth Eaton, Mary Dean, Sally Eaton, Mary\\nDarrah, Elder Farrier, Mary B. Haggitt, Mary Hall,\\nCharity Dodge. November 27, 1807, Gideon Dodge\\nunited.\\nAugust 19, L824, it was voted to call it Society\\nLand Baptist Church. When Bennington was in-\\ncorporated, in 1842, the name was changed to Ben-\\nnington Baptist Church, and August 29, L857, it was\\nvoted to call it Antrim Baptist Church.\\nVery little is known of the early pastors of the\\nchurch. As far as can be ascertained, they were\\nElders Elliott, Westcott, Farrar, Goodnow, McGregor\\nand Joseph Davis, and Revs. J. A. Boswell, F. Page.\\nJohn Woodbury, Zebulon Jones, Am/i Jones, J. M.\\nchick, S. L. Elliott.\\nRev. W. W. Lovejoy was pastor from 1850 to 1855.\\nOn January 2, 1852, it was voted to hire Woodbury s\\nHall, at Antrim, and February 6, L852, il was voted\\nlo bold the meetings all the time at South Antrim.\\nThe pastors since then have been Rev. W. Kimball,\\nL856-62; Rev. L. C. Stevens, 1863-65; Rev. W. Hur-\\nlin, 1866-73, seven years, being the longest pastorate\\nin the history of the church; Rev. E. M.Shaw, 1873-\\n79; Rev. W. II. Fish, being stated supply from\\nAugust, 1K77, to April, 1878, during Mr. Shaw s ab-\\nsence on account of sickness; Rev. H. F. Brown,\\n1879-84.\\nThe 6th of duly, 1839, a council was called and\\nformed a Congregational Church. At this period\\nthe friends of the cause decided to build the meeting-\\nhouse. A committee chosen, John Dodge, Samuel\\nBaldwin and Benjamin Whittemore.\\nAmos Whittemore took the contract to build, and\\nfor this he employed the most skillful workers. When\\nfinished it was dedicated with rejoicing.\\nRev. Ebenezer Colman supplied two years. No-\\nvember, 1841, Mr. Albert MansOD was called and\\nordained as pastor, and continued nine years. He\\nstill lives in Quasqueton, Iowa. June, l850,Rev. N.C.\\nRansom came and supplied three years. Rev. .1. M.\\nWhiton, D.D., having resigned at Antrim, removed\\nhere and preached till his last sickness and death,\\nSeptember 7, 1856. June, 1857, Rev. Daniel Mc-\\nClenning began a supply of near two years. Then\\nRev. William Claggett was here two years. August,\\n1861, Rev. Enoch H.Caswell supplied, who was re-\\nmoved by death, November 11, 1st;: Altera few\\nths Rev. Ira Morey came up from the oppres-\\nsions of the South, and deeply interested the people,\\nthough his health was frail, and he died November\\nil, L864. December, 1865, Rev. Caleb Tracy began\\nto labor and closed January 3, 1868. There are\\nmany months between the above supplies when there\\nwas only occasional preaching. November ii, 1869,\\nRev. .billies Holmes Brsl preached, and continued\\ntill February, 1883. The church then sought a pas-\\ntor, and. after the usual trial, chose Mr. Josiah H.\\nHeald, a student at Andover Seminary, who was or\\ndained as pastor September Hi, 1884. The occasion\\nwas one of deep interest to the town, for the people\\nrejoiced.\\nBy the liberal subscriptions of the citizens and\\nfrom huge gifts of friends in other places the society\\nhas secured a personage which is another ground of\\nrejoicing, Credit to whom it is due.\\nGeorge Alfred Whittemore, $200 John D. Butler,\\n$200; Samuel Baldwin, $100 Nathan Whitney, $100\\nGeorge Andrew Whittemore, $50; CalebJewetl Kiin-\\nball,$50; D.H.Goodell,$25; A. M. W lbury,$25;\\nWillard S. Carkin, $25 other men in town, $20, $10\\n$5, or less sums; over thirty ladies in this place, si\\n$5 o, less sums; W. T. Barker Co., $50 I F.\\nWhittemore, Boston, $25; Geo. E. Payson Dodge,\\nChicago, s. .ii; Hon. W. B. Dinsmore,New York,$250.\\nIn this we see the people had a mind to give.\\nThe following have been the deacons of the church:\\nFrederick Mitchell, May, 1840 Isaac Baldwin,\\nMay, 1840; Francis Burnham, September, 1845;\\nJohn .1. Whittemore, September, 1845; Charles H.\\nCoggin, November, 1875; Charles II. Kimball.\\nNovember, 1875.\\nThe same year the meeting-house was erected the\\nhotel was built by Arnold Burtt the house on thai\\nsite was removed to where Abraham Burtt, lives.\\nThe people rejoiced in having so large a public -house.\\nThat same season the new road to Francestown was\\nmade, which was a help to farmers and travelers.\\nBefore this time Mr. Burtt had built the residence\\nthat C.-o. And. Whittemore owns, and not long after\\nhe erected the large farm-house shed and barn where\\nhis widow has since lived with her daughter and\\nfamily, and the mother, the oldest person in town,\\nborn April 19, 1798. John and Betsey S. Carkin\\ncame to this town in 1823. lie built the first gun-\\npowder-mill in this section of the country and con-\\ntinued the manufacture for over fifty years.\\nlb- died in 1883, aged ninety -one years. His wife", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0521.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndied in IStiti, aged seventy years. They had five\\nchildren, Willard Smith, George Anson, Harriet\\nLugusta, Clintina Marion, Edward Jones,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now all\\ndead but Willard, who still has his home in Benning-\\nton, but is extensively engaged in the chain of Western\\nLakes as a contractor in the dredging business. Also\\nhas coal-mines in West Virginia. Consequently\\nremains al home very little, as his business lias been\\nentirely at the West tin- the last twenty years. John\\nCarkin was a man well proportioned, six feet in\\nheight, two hundred pounds in weight. He was\\nknown in all this region ami tar away, as his teams\\ncarried the powder to market. His son Willard,\\nwhen twelve years old, would drive one team and his\\nfather another. This son is, in many ways, like the\\nlather. The residence of .Mr. Carkin is pleasant,\\nfarm well cultivated, occupied by Mrs. Carkin and\\ndaughter, now in her teens. The history of this\\ntown has Keen made brighter by the benevolence of\\nthis man, as well a- by the influence of his father and\\nmother.\\nJohn W. Flagg came when a young man, had\\nlearned the trade of paper-making, then worked by\\nhand-power. Esq. Flagg was one of the committee\\nwhen the town was incorporated, and chosen the\\ntown clerk for a long series of years. He was naturally\\nan efficient man, his penmanship superior, a great\\nreader, hue memory; now a well-preserved man, yet\\neighty-two last October. When in middle life he was\\nin the excessive use of tobacco, but, becoming con-\\nvinced of its injury, he reformed, and has since given\\nhis influence for the right, saying much to persuade\\nyouth to abstain, and is leaping the good fruit of his\\nresolution. II, stands in wide contrast with those\\nsteeped and infected with the poison, and, of course,\\nhe is a true temperance man.\\nSamuel Baldwin, in 1826, came from Antrim, set up\\nthe business of blacksmith, and soon built the brick\\nhouse he ha.- occupied ever since, except from 1832,\\nwhen he was at .North Branch some four cars. Could\\nthe fact- in his lite be gathered and weighed, how much\\nground for thanks to Cod, the Giver of all mercy,\\nHe is a strong man in bodj and mind. He has taken\\nI are of himself, had a system in his labor, in his\\nrest, has accomplished much and still lives in a green\\nold age, eighty-two last June, but seems younger hv\\nten years. He was one of the committee to build a\\nchurch. He was a teacher in his youth of daj -schools\\nand in the Sabbath-school dow n to this pr senl inn.\\nHe was trusted with much business and represented\\nthe town. Here it mav be- wcdl to make mention of\\nbis son, Samuel Dexter, who in early life carried out\\nSi though frail in health, was energetic and suc-\\ncessful in business.\\nGeorge W. Hums, whose home is at Milford, has\\nspent much time in this town; for over twenty years\\nhasowned and operated the powder-mill; also the grist-\\nmill and saw-mill has dealt very largely in wood and\\nlumber. Latch has erected many dwellings here and\\nin Antrim. As the railroad was building, Mr. Burns\\nwas c crned in various ways. He has furnished\\nemployment to man} men and teams, and is still\\noperating. He sold the saw and grist-mill t.. Jonathan\\nE. King, and at ibis writing John L. King ha- the\\nhole caiv the business. There is enough to give\\nprosperity.\\nCaleb Jewetf Kimball, son of Isaac and Lucimla\\n(Tenney) Kimball, was born at Mason village, (now\\nGreenville), Maj 7, 1M7; married Ruth Burge Felt,\\ndaughter of David and Susan I ..Hard Felt, of Temple,\\nNovember 11, 1841. Located at Milford and resided\\nthere till 1849, when they removed to Wilton, where\\nthey remained till September is. L851, when the\\\\ re-\\nmoved to this town. Mr. Kimball s business was that\\nof a blacksmith and tool-maker. In 1860 he com-\\nmenced the manufacture ,.l hoe., and continued for a\\nterm of years. In 1873 his son, George E., became\\nequal partner in the manufacture of edge-tools and\\ncutlery, employing some ten men. Mr. Kimball was\\nsuperintendent of the Congregational Sabbath-school\\nfourteen consecutive years, I860 to 1S74. consist\\nent member of the church and society, ver_\\\\ judicious\\nin his counsel. The writer is picas,.! to testify that\\nMr. Kimball and his three sons have nothing to do\\nwith strong drink and tobacco.\\nFrederick H. Kimball has secured the most desir-\\nable and sightlj location in the village, and erected a\\nhome of much taste and value. His carpenter, Albert\\nGoodwin, of New Boston, has earned in this place a\\nhigh character in his trade.\\nJosie Caldwell has built a neat and convenient\\nhome for herself and daughter, now six years old. and\\nwill not need t.. move from house to house. She adds\\nme new residence t the town.\\nIn the records of Society Land we learn thai the\\nDodge farm was taken up in 1783. Cid i Under\\n-on ..f Jam.-. Dodge, of N.-w Bo-ton. married Charity\\nCole, of Beverly, Mass., March in. 1785, and moved\\nto the house he had built.\\nOf the four sons, John was the- one who slaved al\\nhome, and he was a leader in Society Land and Ben-\\nnington till his death, at the age of seventy-two.\\nThis was September 23, L865. tew years since, the\\nfamily built a large addition to the house, and the\\nplace is called \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Bennington Heights. The best\\nbarn and shed in the town; the former, one hundred\\nfeet long, i- slated. Neat bj stands the venerable\\nelm of one hundred years growth.\\nThe Andrew Taylor farm i- now owned by Eugene\\nHolt. The brick house was built b\\\\ Mr. Taylor about\\n180(1. The present owner has built the el] and litted\\nthe whole for boarders.\\nMay 15, 17 17, is the family record of Moses and\\nSusanna Favor. The sixth child s mime was Finer-\\nson, born July 26, L800.\\nJames E. Favor, his son, owns the homestead.\\nThree years since, the house was burned; the bam\\nwas saved. He -con. with courage, erected a line", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0522.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "BENNINGTON.\\n287\\nboarding-house, neat and commodious, the roof slated.\\nThe site is high. Thescenerj is delightful and is quite\\nattractive to summer boarders. It is three miles from\\nthe railroad station. The proprietors of all these\\nhouses have teams to carry their patrons and friends,\\nand so make their stay pleasant and healthful.\\nJohn F. Dodge, son of Solomon and Susan Felch\\nDodge, born November 30, L833, has been these manj\\nyears a noted, stirring man in town, a read] writer\\nami correspondent for m\u00c2\u00ab spapers.\\n\\\\V. D. W Is and family are all natural singers,\\npossessing much taste and skill in the church at\\nfunerals and in all social entertainments. Mr. W Is\\nha- often composed hymns and times to be used in\\nspecial cases, which are a comfort to friends.\\nHe and his brother, Eben F., were lor a time asso-\\nciated together in tool manufacture, and invented\\nimprovements, taking patents that are used by the\\nGoodell Cutlery Company, Mrs. F. F. Woods has for\\na long time assorted tin articles made, and isquick to\\nsee any defect. Now it takes seven ladies of taste\\nand skill to do that part. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Woods\\nride two mile- morning and evening to till their mis-\\nHugh Bell, son of Abigail Kitterage Bell, born in\\nAndover, Mass., February 11. 1771, married Nancy,\\ndaughtet of Captain David and Sarah .Wilson, of\\nDeering. Eight children. Now, November 11, L884,\\nfour are living. Twenty-one grandchildren and thir-\\nty-two great-grandchildren. Mr. Bell s daughter\\nBetsej became the wife of Samuel Baldwin. Nancy,\\nanother daughter, is Mrs. Jameson, of Antrim, who\\nhas suffered so much about her sight.\\nWesley Wilson, born March 25, 1810, has lived in\\nthe town from his childhood. A carpenter by trade,\\nand does well in many others, as mason, painter,\\npaper-hanger, pattern-maker. He thinks, is well-\\ninformed, ha- done much in all town business, repre-\\nsented the town and is one to lie- trusted. lie it was\\nwho finished the inside of the meeting-house.\\nHe built the house from which Esquire Flagg has\\njust moved. Uso the one this way from Mr. Carkins\\nBesides, In- has fitted up many other houses. Buying\\nth, Deacon Burnham residence, has refuted the house,\\nshed, ham and yard-fence in the best style. He\\nmarried Rachel Caldwell, September Is, 1834; she\\ndied September 25, L884, they having lived together\\nover fifty years. Their children are Orville, born June\\n15, L838; Orline A., born December l 1840.\\nHon. Whittemore waslong a prominent actor\\nin the history of Bennington; born March 3, 1802\\nmarried Ruth Bullard, December 6, 1825. Before\\nthis he hail commenced business in the village.\\nThe cotton-factory was built, and this youth when\\naliout eighteen bought the machinery for it. The\\nmaterial came to use the large and small things were\\nplanned. A boarding-house was required, and the\\nlarge brick house was erecti d Sometime after it was\\nmade two tenements, a- it is now. It required means.\\nskill and energy. He built the brick store, then his\\nown house, besides many others. He was kind to\\nhelp others, often became suretj and sometimes to\\nhis own hurt, lie was a benefactor to the town gave\\nland where he wished a vestry mighl be erected. The\\ncitizens do hold his name in high esteem. In earlj\\nyears he represented the town and later was State\\nSenator.\\nGeorge Alfred U hitti more, In- brother, was born\\nOctober 12, 1807. These two were workers together\\nin many ways for the good of the community.\\nThis brother, as you have already read, headed\\nlie subscription for the parsonage and annually\\nhelps io support the minister and make up the\\ncharitable contributions. He was the fust post-\\nmaster and continued some thirty years, and represen\\ntative to loncord.\\nAnother brother, John J. Whittemore, horn March\\n6,1810, married Sarah Bullard, December 5, 1834.\\nShe was born February 20, L809. This man was most\\nvaluable in every place he tilled. He was i hosen\\ndeacon, and felt diffident about accepting the office;\\nyet he (lid accept, and the few years he lived proved\\nthat he did right. Was much trusted and represented\\nthe town at loncord.\\nThese parents had two sous and one daughter, all\\ntrained to industry. How great the change when. In\\na short sickness, the husband and father was called to\\nhis reward, December 9, 1859 God s promises have\\nbeen fulfilled to her whoso deeply mourned.\\nThe oldest son of this deacon, John, was manj\\nyears ago chosen deacon, and just at this writing re-\\nchosen that he may fill the place of his father.\\nGeorge Andrew Whittemore, born April21, IV, 7. He\\nfills a most vital place in the town has had the confi-\\ndence of all classes. Has often been urged toacceptof\\noffice, but is slow to accept yet years since so unani-\\nmous was the vote for him as town treasurer that he\\naccepted, and has been a number of years re-elected.\\nHe was chosen treasurer of the Congregational So-\\nciety after thedeathof his Uncle Amos, w ho had tilled\\nthe office some forty years, lie was first on the com-\\nmittee to secure the parsonage, lias been postmaster\\nsince 1862.\\nRobert Dinsmore, born in Windham, November 14,\\n1751, married Sarah Dickey, settled in Society Land,\\nwhere, from 1781 and after, he was often in town office.\\nThey had eleven children. John, horn March 23,\\n1781, remained at home, married Betsej Talbot, of\\nFrancestown. He died November, 1843. Horace\\nFuller, a son. born February 25, 1814, resides in\\nFrancestown. Betsey, daughter of theabovi Robert,\\nborn March, L796, married John Dodge, tin- father of\\nJohn Dodge, who has six children, three sons and\\nthree grandchildren living. This John C. Hodge has\\nhad all kinds id town office,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 representative 1868 and\\nL869.\\nSamuel Abbott came from Andover, Mass., 1801\\nmarried Mrs. Ann Wallace. They had three children", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0523.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOne of these still lives in Amherst,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Sarah\\nDodge, a widow, eighty years of age, a ladj of much\\nenergj and benevolence. Mr. Abhott was very promi-\\nnent in town-meetings died .March 29, 1833.\\nSamuel Abbott, the oldest man now living in town,\\nwas burn in Hillsborough, October 18, 1800. He is\\nliving with a daughter, Mrs. Wilkins. In the house\\nare four generations a1 present lime.\\nWilliam Gillis, born January 30, 1803, married\\nDorcas Pettee, and have lived where they now do\\nmure than fifty years.\\nCharles Gray, born in Hancock, December 19, 1800.\\nMarried, first, Edna Wilson, 1820; seven children.\\nMarried, second, Olive Stiles; child, AugustusW.;\\nborn May 28, 1843, wl arried, January 515, 1866,\\nE. Abbie Wilkins. Twosons, George A. arid-Charles\\nII., now living, youth of high promise. The father\\nwasthreeyears in the war to crush the Rebellion. He\\nis popular; a moderator of town-meetings.\\nSamuel Whitney, son of Smyrna and Ruth (Whit-\\nney) Whitney, of Westminster, Mass., born March 7\\n1821, bought the paper-mill of G. P. Hall, 1865.\\nMill burned February 20, 1867, and rebuilt l.\\\\ lum\\nthesameyear. He died in Fitchburg, March -31, 1868.\\nNathan Whitney, brother of Samuel, born in West-\\nminster, July 20, 1828. Caineto Bennington Septein-\\nber, 1866; took an interest in the paper-iniil with his\\nbrother Samuel, which continued till the mill was\\nsold to settle the estate of Samuel Whim, v. He then\\ncontinued to run the paper-mill in company with\\nLyman Patch, of Fitchburg, Mass., till Dec inbi i 1\\n1871. In 1876 he hired the mill built by Taylor D.\\nLakin, and put in w l-pulp machinery, and run i\\nthree ears.\\nNathan Whitney married, first, Mary S. Dolman,\\nNovember27, 1850; second, I harlotte M. Belcher,\\nNovember 30, 1864. Their children arc Frank E.,\\nborn June 9, 1853 Caroline L., born December 25,\\nL856; William B., horn June 10, 1866; Sa I E.,\\nl\u00e2\u0080\u009e,rn October 12, 1867.\\nFrank E., a graduate of Dartmouth, 1878, settled\\nas physician, Rochester, N. II.: Carrie married Dr.\\nHadley, resides at Block Island; William I in Am-\\nherst College; Samuel I ready to enter this coming\\nsummer.\\nB. F. George owns the place of his ancestors. He\\nhas lived in Nashua, is a civil engineer, was employed\\nin building the railroad t. Keene last November.\\nHe was chosen to represent the town March, 1885.\\nTown Clerk, William II. Darrah; Treasurer, George\\nAndrew Whittemore; Selectmen, Wesley Wilson,\\nI George, E. .1. Dodge; Superintendent, Rev. .1.\\nII. Heald. Population, seven hundred ami ninety-\\nthree.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nSAMl l:i B W.l U IN.\\nSamuel, son of Isaac and Bethia (Poole) Baldwin,\\ngrandson id Colonel Nahum anil Martha (Low) Bald-\\nwin, of Amherst, was horn in Antrim. June 15, 1802.\\nIn early manhood he established himself at Benning-\\nton (then Hancock Factory village) as blacksmith,\\nbuilding, before marriage, his shop ami house, where\\nhe lived fifty-four years. He married. September 30,\\n1830 Betse\\\\ G. Bell, daughter of Hugh and Nancy\\n(Wilson) Bell, of Francestown, who died August 5,\\n1862. A family of seven children were bum to them,\\ntwo ons and five daughters (three of the latter ol\\nwhom survive their father).\\nImproving to the inmost his limited advantages\\nfur education, very fond of reading, and a close ob-\\nserver, he was well informed on all subjects of gen-\\neral interest; earnest, liberal, public-spirited, he was\\nthoroughly identified with all the interests ai the\\ntown, serving as representative in 1857 and 1858, ami\\non committee in various public enterprise-; was the\\nfirst manufacturer of cutlery in town retired from a\\nsuccessful career in 1870, devoting his last years to\\nfarming, which he much enjoyed. He married, sec-\\nond, Mrs. Martha (Gregg) Lear, of Manchester.\\nJanuary 18, 1871, who died February 24 1880\\nthird, Mrs. Margaret (Temple) Peaslee, of Nashua,\\nMaj 2, 1882, who survives him.\\nMr. Baldwin died February 18, 1885, after a long\\nlife of unwearied industry, fidelity to duty ami spot-\\nless integrity,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a loving father, a faithful friend and\\nan humble Christian.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0524.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "~X^7c ~zs*^6 C*-/ /7(5^^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0525.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0526.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF BROOKLINE.\\nl; II. SAW I l .Ui:.\\nBr\\nCHAPTER I.\\nis situated on the southerly border oi\\nthe county, having Milford on the north, Milford and\\nHollison the east, Pepperell and Townsend, in Mas-\\nsachusetts, on the smth. and Mason and Milford\\non the west. It has an area of ten tl sand two\\nhundred acres, nearlj four hundred of which are\\ncovered with water. Except a square mile, taken\\nfrom its northwest corner in 1794, when the town of\\nMilford was incorporated, it is quadrilateral in form.\\nthe longer lines extending north and south. It is\\ndrained by the Nissitisset River, which is formed\\nprincipally by the confluence of small streams from\\nMason and Milford. It passes through the town in\\na southeasterly direction, entering the southwest cor-\\nner of Hollis, and onward through a part oi Pepper-\\nell where it empties into the Nashua, lis waters\\nare extensively utilized in each of these three towns\\nto drive machinery. There are two natural ponds\\nin this town, the Massapetanapus, 1 situate in the\\nsouthern part, near its postal centre, and Lakin s\\nPond, in the northeast part. The tinnier is about a\\nmile in length, varying from one-third to one half of\\na mile in width; the latter is much smaller, hut an\\nexceedingly beautiful sheet of water. These ponds\\nare much frequented by sailing and fishing-parties.\\nThe surface of the town is uneven, and the soil for\\ncultivation is generally ordinary still, there are some\\nfarms which well pay the husbandman for bis toil,\\nyielding the fruits, grasses and grains in abundance.\\nIn order to give a distinct idea of the manner in\\nwhich this town came into existence, from its frag-\\nmentary origin, it will be necessary to give some\\ndates of the grants of land from the General Court of\\nthe province of Massachusetts Bay. In 1673 the old\\ntown of Dunstable (then and until the running of\\nthe province line in 1741 in Middlesex County) was\\nincorporated, and embraced within its limits more\\nthan two hundred square miles of land. The whole\\nof the towns of Nashua, Ilollis, Hudson, I stable\\nand Tyngsborough, and parts of the towns Am-\\nherst, Milford, Merrimack, Litchfield, Londonderry,\\nPelham, Brookline, Pepperell and Townsend were\\ncarved out of this township. In 1732 Townsend was\\nincorporated, its northerly line passing, in the lan-\\nguage of its charter, West 31J North, just at the\\nsouth of Brookline village. In 1734 the General\\nCourt granted to Benjamin Prescott and others, in-\\nhabitants of Groton, for losses of laud which went to\\nmake up the town of Littleton, 10,800 acres of land\\n11 a gore between Townsend and Dunstable. This\\ntrad was bounded,\\nBegi 11- ..1 Hi, X w. miner l Imii-i.ihlr. hi liriuii Cup Hill, bj\\nl;n.i net Smith ul tin- [tail l. io l I ii-i.ivr.- nor the rio-r,\\nn ,1 Wilton 1 1 then running South on Dunstable line past the\\nWest *ide iii Massapetanapas pond to tl\\niMltlslalile\\nle ui T v\\\\ nsend thence\\n,.1 stones: thence N.ntli-\\nlleillK tiaii-lalei] 1 1 lit the Indian Mir- \u00e2\u0080\u00a2e liilH- 1 I lieai limn\\neasterly 21 UH n\u00c2\u00abK I I llii-lalil. ..III. I til -I nnlil li.lieil.\\nIn I T that portion of Dunstable situate west of a\\nline running north three hundred and forty-eighl\\nroils west of Flint s P.rook was legalized as a precinct\\nknown as West Dunstable. This precinct, in 1746,\\nwas incorporated into the town of Hollis, known to\\nthe Indians by the ua f Nissitisset. The settle-\\nment of the province line by His Majesty in louncil,\\nsurveyed in 1741, caused a commotion among land-\\nowners and chartered bodies politic. By this line\\nnearly one-third of the town of Townsend from its\\nnorth part was cut oil into New Hampshire. Dun-\\nstable was severed in twain, leaving about an equal\\namount of territory in each province. The new line\\nleft the grant at the west of Dunstable, known as\\nGroton i lore, entirely in New Hampshire, and legally\\nin possession of the Masonian proprietors. In 1749\\nJoseph Blanchard, for the Masonian proprietors,\\ndeeded a large part of this gore, with other ungranteil\\nlauds, to William Lawrence and Ihirty-lwo others, it\\nbeing the same territory which, in 1768, was incorpo-\\nrated into the town of Mason. The southeast corner\\nof Mason was then established in the province line,\\nthree hundred and seventy rods westerly of Hollis\\nsouthwest corner; and the northeast comer thereof\\nwas the si distance from Hollis northwesl corner.\\nMason in no part approached nearer Hollis than\\nthree hundred and seventy rods; hence the Mile Slip,\\nso called.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0527.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COINTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMost of the earlj settlers of Hollis chose the best\\nlands situate in the eastern pari of the precinct.\\nThe mosf eligible place for \u00c2\u00abting-house was con-\\nsiderably east of a line drawn due north and south\\nthrough the centre of the town. Everything was\\nquiet when the first minister was settled in the parish\\nin 1743; but in 17tii. after its incorporation into a\\ntown, .iml at the time when the second meeting-house\\nwas being built, there was much excitement about\\nits location. Citizens of the western part of the town\\n(now a part of Brooklim I felt much aggrieved at\\nbeing left at so great a distance from public wor-\\nship, thirteen of whom petitioned the General Court\\not New Hampshire, praying for the appointment of\\na committee to vien the situation, and to fix a place\\nfor the meeting-house, and that the raising oi it\\nmight be postponed till the committee could report.\\nThis petition was dismissed by the House of Repre-\\nsentatives August 11, 1746.\\nFor a long time the voters of the west part of Mol-\\nlis submitted to taxation to support the ministry\\nthere, the same as the rest of the inhabitants, al-\\nthough a new town, made up from the west end of\\nHollis. the Mile Slip and that part of Townsend hit\\nin New Hampshire, by the running of the province\\nline, was the topic which engrossed the attention of\\nthe people living in these several portions of territory.\\nI ll. attention of Hollis was called to this matter in\\n1764, when that town voted to measure east from\\nthe meeting-house to the town line, and then meas-\\nure west from the meeting-house the same length of\\nline, and all west of a north and south line to be\\n-et off to the On. -Mile Strip, so called. The like vote\\nwas passed in 1768, at the annual town-mei ting\\nOn the 30th day of March, 1769, this new town was\\nincorporated by the name of Raby, so called from a\\ntown of that name in the county of Durham, in the\\nnorth paii of England, from which some of its set-\\ni lers emigrati d.\\nIt thus appears that the west part of Hollis, the\\nnortheast part of Townsend, .ait offb) the running of\\nthe province line, and the southeast part of what was\\n1 rroton i lore (the Mile Slip) were combined to form\\nthis township.\\nThe first settlers were Scotch-Irish Puritans by the\\nname of Mcintosh ami McDonald. Three brothers\\nof the last name located in the east part of the town\\ni Hollis line, where a lew rough, split head-stones\\nin the forest shade, still mark the spot where they\\nwere buried.\\nAll the settlers, except .lasher Wyman, the (own\\nclerk of Townsend, who was greatly disgusted at\\nbeing cut off into New Hampshire by the new prov-\\nince line, were exceedingly poor.\\nAt first, after its incorporation, the dwellers in\\ndifferent part- of the town were not social hut the\\nWar of the Revolution soon coming on, united I hem,\\nand they went into that struggle in good earnest.\\nHie Raby records are very full during this period.\\nNo census of the town had yet been taken, hut. as\\nneai a can he learned, it contained about one hun-\\ndred and si vent) inhabitants, and sent fort\\nml ih. land and naval sen ice of the patriots.\\ntown-t ting, in April, 1777. the lommittee of\\nSafetj was instructed to what every man has\\ndo,,,, since on. ..id fight.\\nEleven Raby soldiers went in a Hollis pan}\\ntwo of whom belonged to the Raby Committee of\\nSafety.\\nMr. Worcester, in hi- historj of Hollis, wrongfully\\nlaims then, a- Mollis men. The Hollis tax-lists of\\n1777 show that thej were non-residents, and on pages\\n379 380 and 381 I v. d. L779) of Hollis records are\\n,l na sot all tax payers who paid the Continental\\ntax, oi the tax assessed to pax the Hollis soldiers.\\nNot one of the names of the ele\\\\ en -oldicrs he el a lin-\\neal! I., found in this list.\\nThe following are the names of the Rabj soldiers\\nin ih. Revolutionary War:\\nJameE M. [ntosl i un.\\nNathani. I Patl\\nSeward, John Coni. i\\nSbattuck, William M.Iic\\nRugs. II, James Dickey,\\nlings, Isaac Stevens. Ji I lias\\nalexand. I M. [nta\\nConick, William Span\\nmial Hobart, Swallon\\nIsaac Shattuck, Benj\\ntosh, s. i Doug] i\\nJonas Flagg, Phin\\nBlown. Benjamin *ln- n I. .i--.ll. Kaiel.ill M.\\nH. D. nal I. II Robb Moses Powell, Jam\\nI U, Indren Russell, 3 Shi dd Robert Seav. Tl\\nUatth. alia. Samu. I Fai nsworth, Joshn\\nSo J were the people at the close of the war\\nthat the\\\\ were unable to support either a school-\\nmaster or a minister of the gospel. I h.\\nmade by James Cadger, Alexander Mcintosh and\\nRandall McDonald, the town clerks of that period,\\nwill, however, c pare favorably with those of the\\nneighboring towns. On the 15th of February, 1786,\\nH petition of the citizens of Raby, setting forth\\ntheir narrow limits and other grievances, the General\\nCourt annexed a tract of land, of the uniform width\\nof three-fourth.- of a mile, from the west side of Mol-\\nlis to the town of Raby. This time Hollis was the\\ndisappointed party. The town had been settled foi\\nmore than thirty years before it fell aide to bridge the\\nNissitisset at the mouth of Massepetanapas Pond.\\nsource of much trouble and disgust to the people\\nof the place was the existence of a gang of thieves\\nin this vicinity, the leader of which belonged to Kaby.\\nIn such disrespect was the town held that a citizen\\ntook no pride in, or scarcely owned that he belonged\\nto Raby. A change of the name of the town was\\ndiscussed, and finally, on the 1st day of December,\\nA. D.1798, in answer to the petition of the Belect\\nmen Randall McDonald, Benjamin Farley and Alex-\\nander Mcintosh,- the General Court changed the\\nname ..f Raby to Brookline.\\nEcclesiastical. -The town raised small sums ol\\nmoney from lime to time to support preaching till a", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0528.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "r.ltnokUNK\\n291\\nchurch was gathered, on the LOthof December, L795,\\nconsisting of the following members: Benjamin\\nFarley, Ezekiel Proctor, Joshua Smith, t lark Brown,\\nEphraim Sawtelle, Eleazer Gilson, Joshua Emerson,\\nJoshua Smith, Jr., Samuel Farley, Lucy Farley,\\nRebekah Campbell, Hannah Shattuck, Abigail Saw-\\ntelle, Hannah Gilson and Lydia Emerson. Tra\\ndition says thai these people were accustomed to\\nattend church quite regularly in the adjoining towns\\nprevious to this time. Rev. Samuel Dix, of Town-\\nBend, took much interest in this little band of believ-\\ners, visiting and preaching to them often after In-\\nusual Sabbath services with his people had closed.\\nThe first pastor of the church was Rev. Lemuel Wads-\\nworth, who was ordained October 11, L797. He was\\nborn in Stoughton, Mass., March 9, 1769, was gradu-\\nated from Brown University, 1793. Kewasamanof\\nexemplary character, and he secured and held the\\nconfidence of his people during the entire twenty\\nyears of his ministry, till his death, November 25,\\n1817. After his death the church was without a\\npastor for a longtime; meanwhile one William War-\\nren, a graduate from Dartmouth College, of 1800,\\nwas employed to supply the pulpit. He came from\\nDighton, Mass., and united theotliees of preach i and\\nphysician. He caused much excitement, and many\\njoined the church, but he finally proved to lie a bad man.\\nThe town record of September 18, 1821, chose the\\nselectmen a committee to notify 1 r. Warren that he\\nis discharged from any further ministerial services.\\nFrom this time till 1827 quite a number of differenl\\nmen supplied the pulpit, among whom was the Rev.\\nSamuel H. Tolman. The second pastor of the church\\nwas Rev. Jacob Holt, a graduate tinin Dartmouth\\nCollege, 1803, a native of Andover, Mass., ordained\\nJanuary 31, 1827; sermon by Rev. Humphrey Moore,\\nof Milford, N. II. Mr. Holt was a good man, strictly\\nsincere and conscient tous, but of moderate ability as\\na preacher. He was dismissed, at his own request,\\n(no record) some time in the summer of L831. He\\nmoved to New [pswich soon after, and he died there\\nin 1S47. aged sixty-six years.\\nThe third pastor was Rev. Henry E. Eastman, or-\\ndained December 9, 1835; sermon by Rev. .lames\\nHowe, ofPepperell. During his pastorate there was\\na strife between the different sectsabout the meeting-\\nhouse. The Congregationalists left the house, and\\nfor a long time held their meetings in the school-\\nhouses. Mr. Eastman remained about two years,\\nwhen he entered the service of the American Home\\nMissionary Society. During the years 1837 and\\n1838, Rev. Ebenezer Hill, of Mason, labored with\\nthis church and people.\\nThe present Congregational meeting-house was\\nbuilt in 1838, and on the 27th of February, 1839, it\\nwas dedicated with appropriate services, and on the\\nsame day the fourth pastor, Rev. Daniel Goodwin, was\\nordained; sermon by Rev. Edward L. Parker, of\\nDeny, N. H. Mr. Goodwin is a native of London-\\nderry, was born January 25, 1809, graduated from Dart-\\nuth College, 1835, Andover, 1838. He was dismissed\\nMay 2, 1855, by an ex parte council, with renewed\\nexpressions of fraternal confidence and esteem; the\\nCouncil recommend him to the churches of oui\\nLord. Soon after, Mr. Goodwin moved to Mason,\\nwhen lie became a settled minister, from the duties\\nof which he has sine. retired. [n November, 1884,\\nhe was chosen representative to the General Court for\\nthe town of Mason.\\nRev. Theophilus P. Sawin was the fifth pastor of\\nthis church, installed December 11. 1856; sermon by\\nRev. Ezra E. Adams, of Nashua. Mr. Saw in was horn\\nin Sherborn, Mass., 1817. He obtained a good aca-\\ndemic education, was a teacher in Lynn, preached\\nin Harwick, Mass., and from April, 1851, to the lure\\nof his installation, in Brookline, he was city mission\\nary lor Manchester, N. H. On the 7th of May, L866, he\\nresig 1 his pastorate, much to the regret of his\\npeople. He is a man of excellent natural ability,\\ni possessed of a good share of mother wit anil is\\npopular with his denomination. He is now (1884)\\nlocated at Lyndeborough, N. H. The sixth pastor\\nwas Rev. John H. Manning, ordained March 6, 1867;\\nsermon b\\\\ Rev. Charles Smith, of Andover, Mass.\\nAugust I 1 L868, Mr. Manning died suddenly of brain\\nfever, aged forty-four years. The seventh pastor and\\npresent incumbent is Rev. Francis D. Sargent, or-\\ndained October 20. 1869; sermon by Rev. A. II.\\nPlumb, of Chelsea. Mass, He was graduated from\\nAmherst College in 1866, Andover, 1869. Mr. Sar-\\ngent is the peer of any minister of his age in the county,\\nand he is appreciated bj his entire acquaintance,\\nfin meeting-house of this society was removed,\\nraised up and remodeled, with excellent taste, in the\\nsummer of 1875, ami recently a clock, the gift of some\\nperson or persons unknown, has been placed in the\\nbelfry. The outlook for the future promises well to\\nthe longregationalists.\\nfin, Methodists. -There was a certain Methodist\\npreacher who labored in this vicinity during 1850\\nand 1851, called Father Moulton by S e, and by\\nothers the breaking-up plow- for Methodism, and\\nwho belonged to the New England Conference. The\\nbiographer of Rev. Horace Moulton says of him:\\nlie probably organized more .Methodist Churches\\nfrom converts saved through his instrumentality, the\\nlast half-century, than an\\\\ other minister of our\\nConference. At that time the Methodists worshiped\\nin ll Id meeting-house on the hill, and its walls\\nechoed his ringing appeals in his revival work, in\\nwhich he had been engaged in more than forty towns.\\nlie preached the first Methodist sermon in Brookline.\\nRev. Samuel Tupper, of Townsend, during 1851,\\nsupplied the pulpit part id the time. He was suc-\\nceeded by Rev. Amos .Merrill and others. Thechurcb\\nwas organized by the presiding elder. Rev. I. V\\nSmith, May 12, 1852, and it consisted of Rev. Am. is\\nMerrill (preacher in charge) Ralph Burns, Gardner", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0529.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nShattuck, Samuel GilsoD, Henry Spaulding, Randall\\nDaniels and Eliab B. Shattuck. Mr. Merrill re-\\nmained about two years, when he left for another field\\nin Vermont, the church membership having increased\\nto twenty-two in number. About this time, bj cote\\noi the town, the Universalists came in possession of\\nthe old meeting-house, when the Methodists hired\\nUnion Hall, and they worshiped there must of the\\ntime, till they had a church edifice of their own.\\nThey increased in numbers slowly till 1856, when\\nMr. Goodwin was dismissed, at which time his warm-\\nest friends joined them. Some of them that went\\nover from the orthodox were men of considerable\\nworldly wealth, which was a perfect god-Send to this\\nfeeble little church. Gaining numbers for the next\\ndozen years, they built their meeting-house, which was\\ndedicated November 1 1,1868; sermon by Rev. Sullivan\\nHolland. This church, during its history, has en-\\njoyed the services of many pastors of various degrees\\nof ability and spirituality, and since its organization\\nit has been held in the bonds of peace and fraternal\\nkindness.\\nIndustries.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Among the first goods made in this\\ntown, which brought in any money, were potash and\\nshaved shingles. There was plenty of hard wood to\\nhe used for the former, while the hills were crowned\\nwith gigantic pines for the latter business. For the\\nfirst thirt) years in the present century there was a\\nlarge amount of chestnut posts ami rails made and\\nsold to the farmers in the northern ami central towns\\nof Middlesex County, Mass. The manufacture of\\nhard wood, beef, pork and rum-barrels was the prin-\\ncipal business. These goods were drawn to Boston\\nby ox-teams, and it required four days to complete the\\njourney both ways. Wool-carding and cloth-dressing\\nwere carried on by Abraham Betterly from about\\nIMS until he was unable to compete with better\\nmachinery and more skilled labor. More than\\nfifty years since, the firm of K. E. Bailey\\ndiil an extensive and lucrative business in morocco-\\ndressing. The large three-story structure stand-\\ning mar Hall Smiths mill was their manu-\\nfacturing establishment. Lumbering has been, and\\nstill is, a prominent business. At present there are\\nfour saw-mills in town, used principally in making\\npine-coopering stock. This branch of industry is in\\nthe hands of Joseph A. Hall, who employs about fifty\\nworkmen. Hobart Kendall Co., cabinet-makers,\\nhave an excellent water-power and good facilities for\\ncarrying on that trade. They employ more than\\nI orty workmen and arc putting some elegant furni-\\nture into the market.\\nWar of the Rebellion. New Hampshire re-\\nsponded promptly to the call of the martyr Presi-\\ndent for men to assist in the suppression of the\\nslave-bidders Rebellion. At a town-meeting in\\nBrookline, May 11, 1861, after the passage of some\\nspirited resolutions, Voted, to give the families of\\nmen who enlist the sum of ten dollars per month.\\nBrookline furnished sixty-six of its citizens and\\nthirty-three substitutes, during the war, for the land and\\nnaval service. Fourteen legal voters of the town lost\\ntheir lives, either in battle or by the casualties of\\nwar. Not having men enough at any one call to form\\na company, they served in different regiments. Four\\nof them were in I he navy. The following lisl ion\\ntains the names of the Brookline volunteers, no notice\\nbeing given the substitutes. The names of those\\nwho lost their lives are in italics:\\nThomas D. Bennett, .Inline Bennett, Moses Bohonon, Charles t\\niimii. Clinton Bohonon, .i.-M i. I r i i, P. Brown, David H.\\nFrench Lorem Green Cyrus Griffin 1 V Boll; David A. Bill,\\nEd irJ ii iel Kendall, J King Jamet Merrill, Ward\\nr. SatcUll Warren Shattui k. I W Smith, Perlej A. Smith,\\nStephen A. tug, Amos 1 Spaulding, i harles It\\nso Mil Mil-. 1 imI IV Stnwell I i ii 1 Wetherbee, Ezra S.\\nWright, William M Wright Bryant w Wallace, Edward E. Parker,\\nCharles Currier, Jamea B Burges JamesS Burgess, John C. Burgees,\\nEli S pare, _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 W 1 ster, John A t rem h, I\\nCharlesH Gai r, Charles Gilson, James Gillie, PeterW. Gould, War-\\nren i Hardy, Albert v Jefts, George II Jefts, Olivei Y. Mann, Joseph\\nC. Shattuck. Eugene L. Nelson, Charlet Wetherbee, William H. Wright,\\nLtn-is I Writ/hi, Hi-urge Little, Edward V. Jefts.\\nIn those battle-years, which seem so near, but are\\nso far away, these men went at their country s call\\nsteadily, sometimes wearily, but never doubting the\\njustice of their cause. At the close of the war they\\nseparated and old comrades went their way in life,\\nnever to meet again. But Decoration Day affords\\nsome of them the gracious privilege, for a brief hour,\\nto greet their brothers in anus; to call to mind again\\nthe scenes and trials of a soldier s life; to talk of the\\nbivouac and battle, and to commemorate those sterner\\ndays noted for the bravery both of the living and the\\ndead.\\nA post-office was established at Brookline in\\n1828, and David Harris, M.D., was the postmaster. The\\noffice was kept in bis house for a number of years. It\\nwas for some time kept in the ell part of the hotel\\n(then a store), and from thence it went across the\\nstreet to the store built by .lames X. Tucker. Its\\nlocation was changed twice after this time, with the\\nchange of the national executive magistrate, and\\nfinally, in 1861, it was moved to the north end of the\\nstreet, where it still remains. The route commenced\\nwith a horse-back mail carrier from Townsend to\\nBrookline, and return three times during the week.\\nSoon after, a route from Nashua to New Ipswich\\nthrough Hollis, Brookline and .Mason, went into\\noperation, and mail-stages made three trips weekly\\nfrom Nashua to New Ipswich, till some time after the\\ncompletion of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad,\\nwhen the route was abandoned the mail was carried\\nfrom Pepperell to Brookline. Now two daily mails\\nply between the railroad station in Townsend and\\nBrookline.\\nThe following is a list of postmasters:", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0530.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "BROOKLINE.\\nted June l, L832 David Harris, ap\\nN. Tucker, appointed July 30, 1841\\ncember 1, 1844 Reuben Baldwin,\\nTucker, appointed Jul) 25, 184 9 I\\n1850 Sumne] S. Kendall, ap] I\\nappointed June 5, 1861.\\nFire-Engine.- -About 1820 the militia system be-\\ngan to be unpopular in New England. Training in the\\nold company was anything but agreeable to the\\nbeaux of that period. Kims were often paid rather\\nthan to bear arms. In the large towns uniformed\\ncompanies were organized, which were rilled by those\\nable to meet theexpense and spend the time necessary\\nto make a good appearance on dress parade. A few\\nyoung men in Brookline, in order to escape this duty,\\npetitioned the General Court for a charter for a fire-\\nengine company, which was granted in 1826. This\\nact exempted about a seine of the soldiers from\\nmilitary duty. This company has kept up its organ-\\nization from that time to the present, has had its\\nregular meetings, has worn out one or two engines,\\nand has been the means of saving considerable\\nproperty from the devouring element.\\nAt the beginning of the present century, and\\nfor some time after, the number of books and\\nnewspapers to which the people had access was\\nvery limited. The Farmers Cabinet, published\\nat Amherst, was the only paper circulated in\\nthis town. The weekly bundle of papers for Brook-\\nline used to he sent by the publisher to Milford, anil\\nthe subscribers took their turns regularly every Satur-\\nday to go over after it. In 1823 the Brookline Social\\nLibrary was incorporated. It contained a small num-\\nber of volumes of travel, history, biography and Eng-\\nlish literature, and at first was circulated freely. After\\nthe postal service reached the town, newspapers from\\nBoston and other places took the attention of its\\nreaders and it was little used. About 1855 the young\\nmen of the town, by subscription, purchased a collec-\\ntion of books and held them in common for their own\\namusement and instruction. Additions to this library\\nof a il w books were made annually till 1878, when it\\nwas assumed by the town, and it is now a free public\\nlibrary, containing between one ami two 1 1 sand\\n\\\\olllme-.\\nRepresentatives.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From 177- till 1793, when\\nMason had the legal number of ratable polls, Baby\\nwas classed with that town in the choice of represeu-\\ntative to tin- General Court, .lames Campbell, of\\nBaby, represented this constituency several times\\nduring this period. After Milford was incorporated\\n(1794) Raby was classed with that town, and for 1796\\nand 1798, Benjamin Farley represented them. From\\nthe last date till 18(14 the town records do not show\\nwho filled this office, and the presumption is that a\\nMilford man was chosen. The following is a list of\\nthe representatives\\nSamuel T. Boyuton, 1804, 05, 06. Benjamin Shattuck, 1816, 17, 1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a207, 08, 09. i, S e Daniels, 1819, SO l\\nJames Parker, 1810, 11, 1-2. 13, Thomas Bennett, 1821\\ni ...-1\u00e2\u0080\u009e. 1820\\nid Harris l- 12,\\nben Baldwin, ls:;t.\\nSawtelle, l-l...\\nBenjamin Ouiil.t. I- ._\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nThe following-named gentle\\njustices of the peace\\nPopulation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first enumeration of the people\\nof Baby was made by the selectmen in 1786, at which\\ntime its population was 262. The Unite. 1 States de\\ncennial census gives the following numbers 1790,\\n338 1800, 454 1810,538; 1820,592; 1830,641 1840,\\niwi L850, 718; L860, 756; 1870, 741 1880, 698.\\nIn 1870 only twenty-four of its population were of\\nforeign birth, and at present there is not a specimen\\nof negro or mixed race residing in Brookline.\\nThe town is connected bj telephone with Nashua,\\nHollis, Townsend and Fitchburg. for so small a\\nplace its citizens are quite enterprising. On the 8th\\nof September, 1869, they had a spirited centennial\\ncelebration, addressed by Ithamar B. Sawtelle, poem\\nby Edward E. Parker and chronicles by Theophilus\\nP. Sawin. These exercises, although of ordinary\\ninterest, except to people of the town, engaged the\\nclose attention of about three thousand people. From\\nthe stand-point on the hill, where the McDonalds\\nsettled, looking westerly and southerly, Brookline\\npresents to the eye rather a pleasing picture. The\\nglassy shimmer of Massapetanapas Pond adds a water\\nview to the scenery; and then the green hills beyond,\\nand nearer at hand the village nestling at the base of\\nLittle Tanapas Hill, arrest tin attention. Here\\nthe houses, while they are not expensive, are, for the\\nmost part, kept in good repair, giving an air of thrift\\nto the general appearance. An abundance of shade-\\ntrees, especially when they are clothed in their sum-\\nmer verdure, adds much to the attraction of the\\nplace. The town has none very rich and lew that are\\npoor; and, although they altercate and jostle at the\\nballot box ami different church-bells call them to\\nworship on the Sabbath-day, they are very friendly\\nwith each other, and enjoy happy homes.\\nw hatever deepscience lias given ;tl oui rail,\\nTlie science of bom,- is tin, choict-st -I til\\nT13 to beat buck these demons of dis, id and -in\\nThat always are trying to steal th.n w.u in\\nTo use all the means God has plai ed in OU] sight\\nTo make our homes innocent, happy and bright.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0531.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nAlonzo Stewarl Wallace, M.D., of Brookline, Hills-\\nborough County, N. II., was born in Bristol, Mi on\\nthe 17th day of February L.D. I847,and consequently\\nis thirty-eight years of age. He is the only son of\\nDavid and Margaretl Wallace. His father, I :t \\\\ii 1\\nWallace, was born in New Hampshire, being the son\\nof David Wallace, one of the pi :er settlers of that\\nStair, and is doubtless of [rish descent. His great-\\ngrandmother was Nancy Palmer,in whose veins flow-\\nEnglish blood.\\nDr. Wallace is essentially a self-made man Born\\nand bred in the humbler walks of life, in a seel f\\nour country far removed from business centres, and\\nat a time when the best advantages tor education and\\nself-improvement had not reached that section of his\\nnative State, he early felt that yearning for personal\\nadvancement sometimes called ambition\u00e2\u0080\u0094 which, in\\nour New England life and training, has led the way\\nto bigh ami scholarly pursuits.\\nUnaided and alone, almost unadvised, this young\\nman, with that resolute will and unyielding deter-\\nmination that has characterized his whole lite, began\\nhis journey in pursuit of an education. Receiving\\nlittle encouragement from his surroundings, at a time\\nand in a community when higher education was rather\\ndespised than commended, he set to work with a zeal\\nand fervor that found partial satisfaction in attend-\\nance upon the district school in winter in the little\\nred school-house.\\nBeing born and bred in a maritime town, be began\\nthe career of a sailor when very young, and rose with\\nsurprising rapidity in that calling, and when he aban-\\ndoned it for higher pursuits had tilled many respon-\\nsible positions, the last being that of first mate of a\\nbarque.\\nAt the age of eighteen he began a career of teach-\\ning in the district schools of his native town, ami began\\nhis first work for a higher education in Lincoln Acad-\\nemy, New Castle, Me., then under the direction of\\nGrenville M. Thurlow. He pursued with great dili-\\ngence and perseverance his studies, teaching in winter,\\nattending on the academy a tern w and then, till\\nhe had mastered its full course of study and was lilted\\nforBowdoin College. Afterward he attended the East\\nMaine (inference Seminary, Bucksport, Me.\\nHe was engaged in teaching in various sections of\\nhis native State and in Massachusetts from L868 to\\n1872. At an early age be was called to till the posi-\\ntion of principal of the Rockport (Me.) High School,\\nand superintendent of the schools of bis native tow n.\\nLie resigned his position at Rockport to accept the\\nposition of first assistant teacher of the Reformatory\\nSchool for the city of Boston, and was soon promoted\\nto the position of principal. He held this position tola\\nnumber of years, which was an exceedingly difficull\\nto fill, on account of the character of the pupils who\\nnecessarily attend there. He, from the first, was\\nmaster of the situation, and at once gained the love\\nami confidence of the boys under his charge and the\\nesteem and respect of the city officials. During his\\nlabors here he became intimately acquainted with\\nDr. S. II. Durgin, then port physician for the city of\\nBoston, since and lor many years the able and efficient\\nchairman of the Board of Health for that city. This\\nacquaintance ripened into a strong and personal friend-\\nship, which exists to this day, and this, no doubt, gave\\nchoice to Dr. Wallace s chosen profession. While in\\ncharge of this important school he began the study\\nof medicine, and had obtained a good knowledge of\\nanatomy and physiology when he gave up his (barge\\nto enter upon an extensive and thorough preparation\\nfor bis lit.-work. lie attended the medical school of\\nBowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., and also that of\\nPortland, Me., graduating at the medical school of\\nDartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.. in the year 1S74.\\nDuring his preparation for medical practice he was\\nunder the instruction of Professors Frost, Crosby,\\nBracket! and Green, ami it is safe to say that few-\\nyoung men ever entered upon their profession better\\nequipped\\nAfter six months service at the Massachusetts state\\nLunatic Hospital, he resigned to acceptthe position of\\nfirst assistant port physician for the city of Boston. He\\nwas s i afterwards promoted to portphysician of the\\ncity, to till the place formerly occupied by bis friend,\\nI r. Durgin. In 1879 he resigned the office and entered\\nupon his practice in Brookline, in this county, where\\nhe now enjoys a large and increasing practice, and has\\nthe respect and esteem of the w hole community and of\\nall who know him. Dr. Wallace is a member of the\\n-ecrel I h der nf( \u00c2\u00bbdd- Fellows and of the United l h der\\nof the Golden Cross and Massachusetts Medical So-\\nciety. In politics he has been a life-long Republican\\nand a strong advocate of the temperance cause.\\nHe joined the Orthodox Church while attending\\nschool at the Lincoln Academy, and has ever since\\nadhered to that faith. lie is by no means in his\\nChristian lite a bigot, but follows the ad\\\\am,uuaid\\nof religious thought.\\nHe married an estimable lady in the person 1\\nMary F. Maynard, of Lowell, Mass., the only child\\nof Charles and Harriett Maynard, by whom he has\\nthree children, one bearing the name of Arthur Lowell,\\nin honor of the birth-place of his wife.\\nThe Puritan spirit, the master-influence of New\\nEngland civilization, has a satisfactory type in Dr.\\nWallace. He lias always regarded the influence of\\nthe humble homes of New England as the great in-\\nfluence that has shaped our New England character\\nand wrought the amazing miracle of America! His\\nestimation of early New- England life is best expressed\\nin that passage of New- Hampshire s greatest man,\\nDaniel Webster, which lias always been to Dr. Wallace", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0532.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "6U^^ ^f.24/aJ", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0535.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0536.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "BROOKLIN]\\nthe choicest gem of all thai man s w ritiugs, as follows:\\nIt did nnt happen tome to be bom in a log cabin,\\nl.ui in\\\\ elder brothers and sisters were born in a log\\ncabin, raised amid the snow drifts of New Hampshire,\\nai a period so early that when the smoke first rose\\nfrom its rude chimney and curled over the frozen hills\\nthere was no similar evidence of a white man s habi-\\ntation between it and the settlements on the rivers of\\nCanada. Its remains still exist. I make to it an\\nannual visit. I -airy my children to it, to teach them\\nthe hardships endured by the generations which have\\ngone before them. I love to dwell on the tender\\nrecollections, the kindred ties, the early affections\\nand the touching narratives and incidents which\\nmingle with all I know of this primitive family abode.\\nweep to think thai none of those who inhabited it\\narc now among the living, and if ever I am ashamed\\nof it, or if ever I fail in affectionate veneration for him\\nwin, reared it ami defended it against savage violence\\nand destruction, cherished all the domestic virtues\\nbeneath its roof and, through the fire and blood of\\na seven years Revolutionary War, shrunk from no\\ndangei no toil, no sacrifice to serve his country and\\nto raise his children to a condition better than his\\nnun, may my name and the mum of my posterity be\\nblotted forever from the memory of mankind.\\nDr. Wallace s New England character and training,\\nunited with persistent energy and untiring industry,\\nn ii-, in the subjecl of this sketi h anol hei\\nand striking example of that reward which attends\\nupon honest effort among a people governed as we are\\ngoverned.\\nIn the year 1879, Dr. Wallace came n Brookline.\\nThe position was one of peculiar difficulty on account\\nof existing conditions occasioned by the great popu-\\nlarity of his predecessor, Dr. D. II. I \u00c2\u00bbi arborn. Three\\nyears befon this quite a number of the citizens took\\nthe matter in hand of securing a resident physician.\\nFor years the community had depended upon medical\\nskill from the surrounding towns. The time seemed\\nto have come when a physician was demanded, whose\\nhome should be in their midst, By chance Dr. Dear-\\nlinni was mciih-iI, ami the hearts of the people went\\nnut towards him. This heartiness of welcome, coupled\\nwith a skill in his profession, won him a large place\\nin the affection of both the town and the outlying\\nrillages On this account nearly every one predicted\\nfailure for any one who should succeed him. Dr.\\nWallace entered upon the work of this field under\\nstern circumstances, and while an entire stranger, he\\nsoon gained a popularity that was as remarkahle and\\ni wide-reaching than that of his predecessor,\\nWithin a very short time his practice enlarged to such\\nan extent that only the possession nf an almost perfect\\nphysique enabled bim to attend in the multiplied calls\\nu|pnn hi- time and skill. From almost the first four\\nhorses were in cnn-lant requisition, ami night ami\\nday iii many seasons of the year, were alike working\\nhours for him. .Many li tfi ult and delicate surgical\\noperations have been performed by I r. Wallai e, some\\nof which taxed the nerve and knowledge of older\\nphysicians in the neighborhood. As a citizen, l r.\\nWallace, from the first, identified himself with every\\nreform, social, al and religious. No subscription\\npaper or solicitor for a worthy object ever met his dis-\\napproval or failed to receive heartj indorsement and\\nsubstantial aid. In 1884 he was elected a member of\\nthe Sel 1 Board, and his labors in that direction,\\noften performed under a stress of business that would\\nhave ier\\\\ ed st ol men, ha\\\\ e been aluable to\\nthe town and encouraging to every well wisher of\\nyouth.\\nDr. Wallace has gained the reputation of being an\\nardent temperance man, exhibiting his absolute dis-\\nliki and even hatred of the rum traffic and fashionable\\nt i|i|ilinii both in his |uol essinnal I iii- and public career.\\nIt has been -aid many time- and with t ruth that while\\n-..me physicians may li\\\\ their prescriptions lay the\\nfoundation for a drunkard career in many lives, l r.\\nWallace ci ever be charged with such a responsi\\nl.i lily, for if he Inn ml it necessary to prescribe a stim-\\nulant in one whose taste was vicious, he would so dis\\nguise it with drugs as to make ii well-nigh nauseous.\\nWe think we speak what we know when we say that\\nbe has done more towards suppressing the swinish\\nhabit of eider and beer guzzling than any ma in\\ncoi unity. Although Dr. Wallace did not unite\\nwith t he i longregational CI :h in this place by letter\\nfrom the church in New Castle, Me., until March,\\n1885, yet he was ever in sympathy with church and\\npastor No firmer friend to the cause of truth and\\nreligion could be found in the community, and the\\npastor always fell thai he had in him a firm friend, a\\nvaluable helper and a sy m path i/iiiLf wmker. Generous\\nto a fault, no poor person ever applied to him for aid\\nI. lit he received lllnl e Ihail he asked. Hundred- n[\\ndollars in lulls were given to the deserving poor or\\nthose who wen otherwise unfortunate. Many will he\\nible to rise up in the future and call his name hie\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ed\\nand his works imhle. To lose such a man IV any\\ncommunity would seem to be a loss almost irreparable.\\nThe following letters will show the esteem in which\\nhe wa- held hv hi- a--neiates in linstnll\\nDeal Sir, In V W nil m j,,,, i pin -i i ,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,h i,, i,\\ni.\u00e2\u0080\u009e ir u, i to you in- leaving iu will bi mro I\\nragrel but a letl Ilia lj.-lni.ll i.-i |.l.;inur I,, in,-. I huvc known I\\nu,l]l n\\\\.ni- 111- -hnl. 1 11 l.,l 1, Ull l, I l.)\\\\ ,ln,i llMll V.I-\\n|.in I ui I -m-Imji, I .i ur, -\\\\M, 1. mi. I lliuiun-!, !ai\\\\in,i In- il- ta, 111111..I1\\ntt-i p i. i-.i II was elected l j thi Dean, fi m trie\\n.1.,- ,,l m,.i,l,-lm-, .,1 |l.,n II,, In 11m- ,lu.\u00e2\u0080\u009e- ,1", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0537.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "HISTORY ()F HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nabout luilt the \\\\v,.rk at tlie institution,\\nwill be f great service bitn and his patients whe\\n1- -tlhtlv t.-iii|M];it.-, 1:1] ui.| nj nJit in I J -U\\ni. leparates i ft i if and\\na In mi. and private practice, [f he come6 to your p\\nImii in immista\\nll.liiiance I have\\nlit miii i.i-li I in Ivfliii- tin. ..Hi. i I \\\\w -hall sni-ak\\na pj ii.i. practice 1\\nIV tiul\\\\ -in\\n1 II In iti.t.v, M.D.,\\nin n (.-...ir.l lh\\nI i laic Institutions.\\nDeer island, Boston Harbor, April 15, 1\\nira Ives, deeply regretting\\n-it.. \\\\..n in aci pi tin accompanying\\nill nt id. In- li i -alii .mil st. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in in\\nnil- ami associates, both officially and\\nmil- most truly,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Gui C. LM.Ktiw Soperintenden\\n.l.ntN \\\\V. D.Wi.Mt N, chaplain\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Horai e Berry, M D., Resid i Phye\\nChari i i Paige, Eng\\nJohn .1. Collier, Ulark\\nJohn II. Swict, M. D.\\ni.i WOOD i Su] erinte\\nJAMES HARVEY HALL.\\nJames Harvey Hall, the bo William Hall, Jr.,\\nwas born m Brookline.N. H., June 22,1810. Hisedut :a-\\ntional advantages were limited to the common schools\\n..I In- native town; but being of a bright, active turn\\n(if mind, In- obtained a fair rudimentary education. He\\nworked on a farm during boyh 1, ami also learned\\ncoopering, ami whin he had attained his majority he\\nwent to the town of Lyndeborough and engaged in\\nbarrel manufacturing this hr continued there until\\nthe time of his marriage (1835). lie then went to\\nFrancestown, where he resided lour or five years,\\nwhen the advancing aite ami declining health of his\\nparents made it necessarj that he should return to his\\nnative town of Brookline ami take care of them.\\nI*].!. u his returning to Brookline he engaged in a\\nbranch of business which he continued through lite,\\nand which proved very remunerative.\\nThe homestead and adjoining lands wen- quite\\nheavily timbered, ami he engaged in burning charcoal.\\nHe was a man of untiling energy, anil he pushed his\\nbusiness assiduously and earnestly, and, meeting with\\neminent success, he gradually added to his landed\\npossessions; conducted farming on quite a large\\nscale, became the owner and conductor of a grist, saw\\nami planing-mill on property adjacent to the home\\nfarm, ami also the owner of valuable tenement prop-\\nerty in Charlestown, Mass.\\nHe represented his town in the State Legislature\\nin 1869 ami 1870. He was an ardent temperance man\\nand a total abstainer, and from early manhood was a\\nconsistent and valued member of the Congregational\\nIhurch, and one of its most generous supporters, pay-\\ning yearly, for several years, two hundred dollars and\\nover for the support of the gospel in his native town.\\nHe remembered in his will the church of his native\\ntown, ami his memory has further been perpetuated\\nin this direction by a generous contribution by\\nMrs. Hall for the remodeling of the church edifice,\\nand by his son, E. T. Hall, in the gift to the\\nchurch of an excellent bell, which now han^s in the\\ntower.\\nIn business matters Mr. Hall was remarkably far-\\nseeing ami sagacious. While proverbially slow in\\nexpressing an opinion or forming a conclusion on\\nany subject, yet his judgment, once pronounced, was\\nalmost invariably found to be correct. Every im-\\nprovement in the social or business affairs of the\\ntown found in him an earnest advocate. He was\\nan active, honest, earnest man, and one of the most\\nuseful citizens of his town.\\nHe was twice married, first, to Mary A., daughter\\nof Major Nehemiah Boutwell, of Lyndeborough,\\nNovember 10, 1835. They hail five children, only\\ntwo of whom are now living, Edward T. and Mary\\nF. (now the widow of Deacon George W. Peabody).\\nMrs. Hall died January 24, 1853. Mr. Hall married,\\nas his second wife, October 2(1, 1853, Mary J., daughter\\nof Matthew A. and Jane W. (Christie) Fisher, of\\nFrancestown, X. H. By this marriage there are no\\nchildren.\\nMr. Hall died August 15, 1874. Mrs. Hall still\\nsun ives 1 1885). She is a great-granddaughter of Dea-\\ncon Samuel Fisher, who came from Ireland in what\\nwas known as the starved ship, and a niece of Mrs.\\nLevi Spaulding, who was a missionary at Ceylon for\\nmote than fifty years. Mrs. Hall s mother (recently\\ndeceased) was a sister of the late Hon. Daniel M.\\nChristie, of Dover, N. H.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0538.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "W^r^Af", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0541.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0542.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF FRANCESTOWN.\\nBY REV. W.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThis tract was known to hunters and explorers\\nlong before its settlement, on account ofits beautiful\\nmeadows. As early as July 18, 1(17:!, a plat had been\\naccepted uuder the government of Massachusetts,\\npurporting to cover most of the surface of this town,\\nas now existing. This amounted to nothing, as the\\nlocation was dangerously remote from any settlements.\\nBut it shows the attractiveness of the locality in those\\nearly days. These open, green, grassy meadows urn-\\nlike oases of beauty in the dense forests. The clear-\\nings had been made, perhaps centuries before, i. e., by\\nflowage. The beavers, then very numerous in this\\nsection, cut small trees and twigs with their teeth, se1\\nup the short sticks a few inches apart in the mud, and\\nwove in brush between them. Then, with their flat,\\nstrong tails as trowels, they plastered this dam on both\\nsides with mud, thus making quite a strong barrier,\\nand raising ponds of considerable extent. As the\\nstreams were then much larger than at the present\\nday, and these dams were numerous and put in well-\\nchosen places, to the eye of the first white men, New\\nBoston and Francestown must have seemed to be\\nabout one-fourth covered with water. But when,\\nvery early, the beavers had been destroyed by hunters,\\non account of their valuable fur (a rapid and easy\\nwork), the dams they had made soon rotted down, the\\nponds were mostly drained off, and over the soft\\nground, long covered with water, grass sprang up luxu-\\nriantly and was just in season for the settlers. This\\nwonderful grass crop at once attracted attention. It\\nwas of excellent quality, was high as a man s head\\nand easy to get. Soon men came up from the lower\\ntowns in the summer, harvested the grass and made\\nstacks of hay in warm, dry places. Then, with a rude\\ncamp of logs and some partial shelter for stock,\\nthey drove up cattle in the fall and wintered the n\\nthe hay, some adventurous young fellows staying in\\ncamp till spring, occupying their time in tending the\\nstock and fire, and in hunting sable along the streams\\nand larger game upon the hills. And this process\\nsoon led to the permanent settlement of the town.\\nThe first actual settlement was made by a Scotch\\nman named John arson, and the date usually as-\\nsigned is 1760, though it is probable he was ou the\\nground part of several years before, and that other\\nsettlers had made beginnings previous to thai yeai\\nBut the spot on which Carson located, and much of\\nthe east and best part of Francestown, was then a part\\nof New Boston. That town, granted by Massachu\\nsetts January It, 1736, had quite a show of settlers\\nand improvements when the celebrated Mason\\nclaim was linalh successful and the title was pur-\\nchased by the Masonian Proprietors (1746). But\\nthe course of the grantees ami settlers of New Bos\\nton was so honorable toward these new owners that,\\nafter conference of committees from each party, the\\nsaid Masonian Proprietors not only, for a small\\nConsideration and with a few reservations, deeded the\\nwhole of the old grant, but also a large and valuable\\ntract on the west, called New Boston Addition\\n(1751). And when New Boston was incorporated, in\\nL763,this Addition was incorporated with it as a part\\nof said town, [t extended nearly as far west as the\\npresent village of Francestow n. Hence, John arson,\\nnamed above, was one of the first Hoard oi Selectmen\\nof New Boston. He was also chosen one of the Hear\\nKeepers. The following year the town of New Bos-\\nton chose John Cars. in chairman of a Oomite lo\\nLooke for a miniester, or minieRters, in order that we\\nmay have Some preaching. .Men livinginthe Ad-\\ndition continued to be appointed to various offices\\nfor the whole town. When New Boston looked toward\\nthe attainment of a minister for the town, Thomas\\nQuigley, of the Addition, was appointed chairman\\nof the committee to talk With the Rev d Mr. Solo-\\nmon Moor in Regard to his Setteling in New Boston.\\nDavid Lewis, of the Addition, was twice on the\\nBoard of Selectmen. In this way, and most of the\\nti in great harmony, the Addition belonged to\\nNew Boston twenty-one years. With characteristic\\nshrewdness, the settlers and land-owners in that town\\nhad sought these rich lands on the west, a m I several\\nof the leading New Boston men, for various reasons,\\nhad lots assigned to them in the New Addition.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0543.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF im.LSROROniH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n5 i i i!\u00c2\u00bb 3eem to have foreseen from the first that\\nthe union was only temporary, as they voted i Decem-\\nbei 29, L763) thai the New Addition Shall have their\\npairt of preaching amongst themselves During their\\nStay with the old tow as a pearish. Hence, the fol\\nlowing yeai thej built their meeting-house near the\\ncentre of the old town, and quietly waited till the pop-\\nulation might be large enough for a division. Accord-\\ningly, a petition was presented to the Legislature,\\nundei date of Julj 22, 1771, and signed by thirty-\\nnine men, asking that the New Boston Addition\\nami a part of Society Land adjoining might beincor-\\nporated into a tow n.\\nThis petition was successful aftei the due formali-\\nties, and this tract was incorporated as the town of\\nFrancestown June 8, 177:2. It received its name\\nfrom Frances, the wife of Governor Wentworth, and\\nwas written Frances Town in the old records.\\nThey held their first town-meeting (John Quigley be-\\ning empowered to call the same) at the house of\\nWilliam Starret, July 2, 1772. and chose John Quig-\\nley, John Dickey and William Starret their first\\nBoard of Select men. At this meeting they chose a cm\\nmittee to Senter the town, 1 and went on with the usual\\nvotes and measures required in this new undertaking.\\nThe population slowly but constantly increased, im-\\nprovements went on, roads were made and the little\\ntown was every waj hopeful and prosperous. Then\\ncame the long, hard struggle of the Revolutionary\\nWar, which greatly hindered the growth oi the\\ntown.\\nBut those hardy men and noble women bravely did\\ntheir part for liberty. A year before the war they\\nwere disposed to he loyal to the King, hut the cruelty\\nand injustice id the mother-country gradually brought\\nthem all over to the popular side. Even as early as\\ndune ln.177 they showed their determination by\\nchoosing a committee of seven, with John Dickey\\nchairman, to examine and try aney person or per-\\nsons that are or Shall he Suspected of being Enemies\\nto the iountrj That surely was pretty decided and\\npretty vigorous loyalty A large proportion of the\\nmenofthetown were constantly in the army, ex-\\nchanging places from time to time, asappears by the\\nfollowing record Voted to chouse 5 of a lommittee\\nto receivi the accoumpts and prize the turns of the\\nmen that Has hen into the Searvice With out aney\\ntown bounty. From time to time they paid largely\\nfrom the town treasury to fill quotas and to increase\\nthe pay of those already in the held. And theyshowed\\ndo disposition to give up. Seven years aftei the bat-\\ntle of Lexington they voted to raise men to Serve in\\nthe Continentle Armey for the term of three years oi\\nduring the War.\\nWhen war with France was probable (1795) Frances-\\ntown voted to makeup ten dollarsper month to every\\nsoldier, and fifty cents additional per day for any ex-\\ntraordinary service at home\\nIn the War of 1812 a large delegation from Fran-\\ncestown were in the field. Captain Hugh Moore, of\\nthis town, commanded a company.\\nIn the War of the Rebellion as always before\\nFrancestown was intensely loyal. The town voted\\nthat the Selectmen till the quota on the best terms\\npossible, hut not limiting the cost, and to pay\\nthc highest sum allowed by our State laws to till\\nall quotas this year, and so on till the close of the\\nwar. At the March meeting immediately preceding\\nthe surrender of they voted to rill till quotas tit\\nwhatever cost or effort, showingtheir zeal and de-\\ntermination to the hist. The full proportion of the\\nsons of Francestown laid down their lives for the\\nUnion,\\nThe population of the town was, in I777 two hun-\\ndred in 1783 selectmen returned 65 male Poles;\\nin 1850 the population was eleven hundred and four-\\nteen; 1870, nine hundred and thirty-two; in 1880,\\nnine hundred and thirty-seven. [n this town the\\nwater-power is small, and the people are chiefly en-\\ngaged iu agricultural pursuits. It is a good farming\\ntown. ami. with good, neat buildings and well-culti-\\nvated land, has a general appearance of thrift and\\nsuccess. There is much attractive scenery, and the\\ntown furnishes a large variety of views from moun-\\ntain to intervale. The centre of the town its only\\nvillagers a beautiful country village of about one\\nhundred families. It* principal street is broad, well-\\nshaded and about half a mile long, having on either\\nside many substantial residences, and some venerable\\nwith time, though in neat repair. This village contains\\na hotel, library building, school-house, two churches,\\nacademy two stores, two banks, carpenter s shop,black-\\nsmith-shop, harness-shop, milliner s apartment, two\\nphysicans, etc. Neai the main street i- a cabinet-\\nhut.. r\\\\ of considerable business. Also below, and on\\na branch street, is Mill village, so called, which is so\\nnear as to be conveniently reckoned as a part of the\\nchief village. It has a blacksmith shop, saw-mill and\\nabout fifteen families. Francestown village is high\\nand conspicuous from afar, and is justly an occasion\\nof pride to the people oi the town.\\nFrancestown is located a little northwest of the cen-\\ntre of Hillsborough County: is bounded on the north\\nby Deering and Weare,on the east by Weare and New\\nBoston, on the south by Lyndeborough and Green-\\nfield, and on the west by Greenfield .and Bennington.\\nIt is four miles from the railroad, the nearest depot\\nbeing that of rreenfield. The north part oi the low n\\nreaches Antrim depot at a distance of tour or live\\nmiles. The Manchester and Keene Railroad was\\nchartered and surveyed through Francestown.\\nIh. -oil of this town is, for the most part, strong\\nand good and somewhat rocky. The southeast part\\ninclines to a sandy loam, easy to cultivate and very\\nproductive. The northeast part, with broad ridges\\nand smooth, high fields, sloping southward, presents\\nthe conn licst farms.\\nI he two south branches of the Piscataquog River", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0544.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "FKANUKSTOWN.\\nrise in this town, being the only streams of much im-\\nportance within its borders. The largest oi these is\\nsues from Pleasant Pond; the other from Scoby s or\\nHaunted Pond. These two ponds form the chief col-\\nlections of water in the town. Pleasant Pond is in\\nthe north part, is narrow ami uearly a mile long, and\\nis a placid and beautiful sheet of water. The Haunted\\nPond is large, circular in form, and situated in\\nthe east of the town, near New Boston line.\\nThere is l ut one elevation of land in Francestown\\nto be dignified by the name of mountain, and that is\\nCrotchet Mountain, having an altitude of six hundred\\nfeet above the common in the village. It has two\\nprincipal summits, one covered with growing wood,\\nthe other almost a naked, solid ledge of rocks, from\\nwhich the prospect is very extensive and charming.\\n[n the east part of Francestown, not far from the\\npoint of the first settlement, there is a soapstone quarry\\nthat has given the town some note. It is considered the\\nmost valuable quarry of its kind in the United States.\\nIt has been extensively worked for a long series of\\nyears, vast quantities of the stone having been trans-\\nported to Nashua and there manufactured. The work\\nof the quarry is chiefly done by steam, and is vigor-\\nously prosecuted at the present time, the stone being\\nremoved in large bulk, and at the factory it is made\\ninto an untold variety of articles, chiefly stoves, man-\\ntels and fire-places. This quarry has added consid-\\nerably to the wealth of the town.\\nFrancestown has a national hank with a capital qf\\none hundred thousand dollars. President, M.L.Mor-\\nrison; Cashier, Hon. G. W. Cummings. And also a\\nsavings-bank, incorporated 1868. President, Hiram\\nPatch; Cashier, Samuel D. Downes.\\nThe first settled minister in Francestown, a- shown\\nby the town records, was Rev. Moses Bradford, or-\\ndained and installed September 8, 1790. A church\\nhad been organized as early as 177.:, and various calls\\nhad been given from time to time, hut none accepted\\nbefore the above-named date.\\nMany of the earl) settlers were Presbyterians, and\\nthe town voted to Scttel a minister a t lording to the\\nPresbyterans rules; but they agreed eventually to\\nbecome a Congregational Church, and this was the\\nonly church in town until a very recent date.\\nMr. Bradford remained pastor of the church thirty-\\nseven years. His successors were as follows:\\nAustin Richards, 1827-36; Nathaniel S. Fols\\n1836-38; James R. Davenport, 1839-42; Jonathan\\nMcGee, 1843-50; Lothrop Taylor, 1851 -57; Charles\\nCutler, 1857-66; Austin Eichards, 1866 70; Charles\\nSeccombe, 1871 73; Henry F. Campbell; Henry M.\\nKellog; and the present pastor. Rev. John A. Rowell,\\nwho began service December 17, 1882.\\nThis church recently erected a new and most con-\\nvenient house id worship, which was dedicated July\\n1, 1884, free of debt.\\nA I \u00e2\u0096\u00a0out the time of the close of the pastorate of Rev.\\nHenry F. Campbell, named above, a new church was\\n2u\\norganized in town, called The Independent Congre-\\ngational Church, its members coming partly from\\nthe old body ami partly from without. This new or-\\nganization retains the old church edifice, which thej\\nhave extensively repaired and improved, making i\\nvery desirable house of worship. They arc now in\\nfellowship with the Unitarian denomination, have a\\ngood parsonage and are united and flourishing under\\nthe pastoral car. of Rev. Joseph Wassail.\\nFrancestown Academy has been for re than\\neighty years an occasion of pride and honor to the\\ntown. The first term was taught in 1801 by Alexander\\nDust in, a graduate of Dartmouth College in the class\\nof 1799. The town voted, August 25, 1800, to give\\npermission to School Class No. 3 to maintain their\\nschool-house on the common, in which school-house,\\nit is supposed, the academy, then called the High\\nSchool, had its beginning. It was a low, unpainted,\\nsmall structure, with only one room and exceedingly\\nrude act tmodations, and the thirty pupils that at-\\ntended must have crowded it full.\\nAmong the number this first term was lion. Levi\\nWoodbury, LL.D., then a boj id eleven years. The\\nschool was open only one or two terms each year\\nfor a long time, and under various teachers, and\\nwith no great success.\\nfhc academy as not incorporated till June J-t,\\n1819. About this time the corporation, by gift of in-\\ndividuals in the town, came into possession of the\\nupper story of the Old Brick Academy, still stand-\\ning on the cast side of the common, and lure many\\nprosperous terms of school were kept. Here Dr. Bard,\\nIsaac Barnes and others taught, and here Presi-\\ndent Pierce and other distinguished men lilted for col\\nlege.\\nIn 1X41 an old building was moved on to the spot\\noccupied by the present edifice, and lifted up for the\\nbetter accommodati if the school. Here, under\\nRev. Horace Herrick and Rev. Harry Brickett, the\\nacademy flourished and gained an excellent reputa-\\ntion. The old building, just repaired and occupied\\nto the full, was burned March 27, 1847, and the pres-\\nent desirable building was built the same year. I lie\\nacademy celebrated its semi-centennial May li. 1851,\\nat which Hon. Levi Woodbury, a pupil of its fust\\nterm in 1801, gave the oration, and President Pierce\\nand others made addresses. The old institution i\\nstill in a prosperous condition. It has done a greaf\\ndeal for the community. Many of its pupil- have\\ncome io honor, i \u00c2\u00bbne President of the United States,\\ntwo Inited States Senators, several Congressmen,\\none major-general and many judges, lawyers, minis\\nIn-, do, tors and inventors began their c c of study\\nhere. The instructors sine L841 have been Rev.\\nHorace Herrick, Rev. Harry Brickett, Professor Henrj\\nI- Sawyer, tbn. Sylvanus Hayward, Dr. Martin V\\nRoot, Rev. Charles E. Milliken, Rev. Samuel B.\\nStewart, Rev. Frank G. Clark, Professoi Samuel B.\\nPrescott, ThomasO. Knowlton, Esq., Professoi ion,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0545.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "800\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nE. Vose, Professor H. S. Cowell and Professoi B. S.\\nKurd, the present successful incumbent.\\nFranccstown may fairly be credited with a people\\nof greater education and intelligence than most New\\nHampshire towns. Nearly all its citizens have been,\\nmore or less, students, and many graduates of the\\nacademy. Hardlj a man can be found living here,\\nhaving been born and brought up in the town, who is\\nnot capable of doing anj and all town business. The\\nwomen also are well educated. The long-continued\\nexistence of the academj here has tended toelevate\\nthe people, and to lead them into superior lines of\\nreading and thinking. Young hearts have la-en\\ntired with high ambitions all these years. As a con-\\nsequence.a host havegone from this town to fill places\\nof trust all over the land. in even thousands of\\nplaces of honor and importance the sous and daugh-\\nters of Francestown may be found. They have learned\\nto work their way. They can be trusted. Many of\\nmore recent years are now silently building up for-\\ntunes and reputations. They will be heard from.\\nThey will make their mark on society. They will\\nmould future opinions and characters. Bui onlj a\\ntew names among these worthy sons of Francestown\\ncan be given in this brief sketch of the town,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a sketch\\nmid all lie- mure brief because a full and careful\\nhistory of Francestown is expected to follow at no\\ndistant day. Some leading names are these:\\nLevi llmry, t.l.l I... 111 ii -_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0, 1789; gradui I\\n1 ;,1IU,. .nil, Cull, lsoo ,\u00e2\u0080\u009el\u00e2\u0080\u009e,il(,.,| :u |,|_.\\nI town clerk and chairman of selectmen, Francestown, 1815;\\njudge ofSnperioi Court 1816, al early ag twenty-seven veal\\nf the State 1823; Speaker ol the Hon i 1825 twic. i nited\\nS i Sei retarj ol the Navy; tar: o\\nsriii.- ,i, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.,n,i \u00e2\u0080\u009el, i, i,,., s j|j in e M\\nIII III- \u00e2\u0080\u00a21, iltll, S,.,,,, 7 _\\nHon Samuel D. Bell, LL.lt., born in Francestown, October 9, 1798\\ngraduate of Harvard 1816; chief justice of Nov, II. shire called\\none of the most eminent ami profound jurist* ,,l N, u lOnghmd died\\nin Man, hi ater, July 31, 1808.\\nHon. .Tames Bell, bornin Fi\\nR, i .1 vv Ibury, I\\nDi P Woodburj\\nDi George II Bixbj and others.\\nBefore the daj of railroads Francestown was a place\\nof large business. Other towns came here to trade.\\nFrom three to live ample stores were in operation.\\nThe County Courts were largely held here, flu\\nSecond New Hampshire Turnpike was built\\n11 1 Francestown, and for years a through stage\\nto Boston, and heavy teams transporting produce,\\nand a great amount of private travel poured through\\nthe tow u.\\nAll this, with the academy, made a lively and pros-\\nperous place. And still, both for situation and char-\\nacter, this is one of the most attractive towns in the\\nState, and all her many scattered sons and daughters\\nlook back with just pride on their early home.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nMARK BAIX H.\\nMark Balch was the son of William and Abigail\\n(Johnson) Balch. William Balch was a nativeof Fran-\\ncestown, and was by trade a tanner and currier. Be\\nspent the first few years of his married life in New\\nBoston, N. IF, and then returned to his native town,\\nwhere he prosecuted his calling and spent the princi-\\npal part of his business life. lie was successful in\\nbusiness, and about thirty years prior to his death\\nhe removed to Redding, Mass., where he fitted up a\\npleasant, comfortable home, and the residue of bis\\ndays were spent there. He was a much respected\\ncitizen and held various offices in church and town.\\nMark Balch was horn in New Boston, March 30,\\n1820, and was brought up to his father s trade Most\\nof his boyhood and youth, however, was spent al\\nschool. lie fitted for college at the Francestown\\nAcademy, an excellent school, and although he never\\ncarried into execution his design of attending college,\\nvet the advantages he enjoyed for study were verj\\nfair and had been well improved, and lie became a\\nvery fair scholar, and even after his school-days were\\nended he continued his studies, and through life was\\na reading, thoughtful, studious man. After quitting\\nschool he engaged in the tanning business with his\\nlather for a time, but feeling an inclination for com-\\nmercial pursuits, he went to Manchester in I860 and\\nengaged in the hardware trade with Mr. John B.\\nVarick. Aftc several years spent in this place he\\nreturned to Francestown, and succeded Mr. Paul II.\\nBixby as cashier in the First .National Hank of\\nFranccstown. He filled this station up to the year\\npreceding his death, when he retired. During part\\nof this period he was also town-clerk and treasurer.\\nHe was married, May 2, 1850, to Laurilla Fi.,\\ndaughter of Peter F. and Lucy H. Faruham, of\\nFrancestown. Mrs. Balch s ancestors were among\\nthe early colonists of Massachusetts. Her paternal\\nancestors were from Andover, in that State, and in the\\nmaternal line the Deans played an important part in\\nthe history of Dedham, Raynham and adjacent towns.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Balch was not blessed\\nWith issue.\\nMr. Balch s lungs were never strong, and about Inn\\nyears preceding his demise consumption was devel\\noped, which resulted in his death, December 16, 1879.\\niliii\\nGEORGE KINGSBURY.\\nge Kingsbury was the son of Joseph and Silence\\nr\u00c2\u00abls) Kingsbury, and grandson of Joseph\\nKingsbury, who was a native of Dedham, Mass. His\\nancestors of both the paternal and maternal lines\\nwere ai g the pi irs of thatpart of Eastern .Mas-\\nsachusetts, and played an important part in the de-\\nvelopment of that colony. The Richards Geneal-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0546.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "7^\u00c2\u00a3 /^V Sr-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0549.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0550.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0551.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "y tsorae -Joi npsfawty", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0552.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "Fi; WCKSTOWN\\n301\\nogy gives a very complete account ofthe origin and\\nhistory of that family. Ofthe Kingsburys we have\\naot been able to find authentic data concerning any\\nmember earlier than Joseph, thegrandfather of reorgc,\\nexcept that two brothers of thai Dame came from\\nthe north of England to America in the latter part of\\nthe seventeenth century, and joined the Plymouth\\ncolonists. The records are incomplete, but evidently\\none of these brothers was the ancestor of tin Dedham\\nKingsbury. Joseph Kingsbury, the father of George,\\ncame to Francestown, N. EL, when the virgin forestwas\\nalmost unbroken, and he and his young wife suffered\\nall the privations and hardships incident to pioneer\\nTin went resolutely to work, however, to make for\\nthemselves a home in the wilderness, and both being\\nindustrious. frugal and hopeful, tiny gradually over-\\ncame tin- difficulties under which they labored,\\nand succeeded in amassing quite a comfortable\\nproperty for that day. and both lived to see the\\nforest covered hills, among which thej had pitched\\ntheir early abode, converted into fruitful farms\\nand dotted with cheerful homes. Mr. Kingsbury\\nbecame one of the most successful and substan-\\ntial farmers of his town, and one of its most useful\\nand respected citizens. He built, in after-years, on\\nthe site of his early homestead, a substantial brick\\nresidence, which is now owned by Mr. Oliver Pettee.\\nThey had nine children, six of whom grew up to ma-\\nturity, and all hut one of whom married. Their names\\nwere George, Leonard, Hannah, Joseph, Julitta and\\nJohn Langdon. Hannah married Stephen Whipple\\n(deceased I, of New Boston, ami died lea\\\\ ing one son,\\nJoseph K.. who is in business in Boston, .Mass. Joseph\\n(deceased) married Betsey Everett (deceased) they had\\nfour children, only two of whom grew up to maturity.\\nJulitta (deceased) married Rev. Almon Benson (de-\\nceased), of Centre Harbor, N. 11.; shedied without\\nissue. John I., (deceased) married Abigail Hyde (de-\\nceased) they hail six children.\\n(leorge Kingsbury was born in Francestown, N. H.,\\nFebruary 1, 1795. He was brought upon his father s\\nfarm, ami, like most farmers sons of that early day,\\nhad but limited advantages for an education. His\\nfather, while a man of strong, practical common-sense,\\nwas an uneducated man, and his life s work had been\\nspent among scenes where brawn and muscle were\\nmore requisite than hook-learning; consequently he\\nwas disposed to regard a day spent in study asaday\\nlost. He undervalued the advantages of education,\\nand, as a result, did not afford his children the oppor-\\ntunities he might in that direction. This lack of\\nschooling in his youth was a source of life-Ion- regret\\ntoMr. Kingsbury. His was that cast and calibre of\\nmind that would have utilized and applied to a wor-\\nthy purpose the power which know ledge gives, and\\nwhile in youth the opportunity for study was denied\\nhim, yetthrougl t tic long years of his after-life he\\nwas always a reading, studious man. and to his honor\\nbe it said he gave his children all the advantages he\\ncould, and was anxious that his sons should attend\\ncollege. Their tastes, however, did not so incline\\nthem, i neof his daughters, Harriettc Newell, gradu-\\nated at Mount Holyoke Seminary.\\nMr. Kingsbury remained on the home farm till his\\nmarriage, which was in his twenty-eighth yeat Hi\\nmarried, May 7. 1822, Sally, daughter of I.I, and\\nLucy (Battelle) Everett, of Francestown. Her parents\\nwere also from Dedham, Mass., and were from a some\\nwhat noted family, of which Edward Everett was,\\nperhaps, themost famous member. Her grandparents\\non the maternal side were Ebenezer and Prudence\\nI ra per I .al telle. On the paternal side she is descended\\nfrom Richard Everett, who was one of the original\\nthunders ol Dedham. in L636. The family have al\\nways been, ami are yet, a prominent one in the town,\\nami particularly in (hat part of Dedham now Nor-\\nwood. Mrs. Kingsbury s lather was an industrious\\nand prosperous farmer, and did considerable at lum-\\nber business. When George Kingsbury was married\\nhis father pun based a farm near the old homestead,\\nand George took charge of it and resided there al I\\nseven years. The old gentleman then sold this place,\\nand George went on another farm belonging to his\\nfather, where he remained three years, when he pur-\\nchased a farm of his own near the soapstone quarrh s,\\nami on this place he remained twenty-six years\\nand reared his family until his youngest child hail he-\\ncome of age. He then sold his farm to one of his\\nneighbors, and. purchasing a pleasant building sit. in\\nthe village id Francestown, with eleven acres ofland\\nspent.\\nHe was by nature and\\ndustrious man, and even at\\nwith him for hard labor In\\nhabits of a lifetime, but\\nan energetic and in\\nic necessity was passed\\nlid not lay aside the\\ncontinually active in\\nbeautifying and improving his lion ic and surroundings\\nup to the time of his death. He was a man who attended\\nstrictly tohis private business affairs, and had no ambi-\\ntion to hold office or mingle in public a Hairs. II. was,\\ntheoretically and practically, an earnest friend of (lo-\\ncalise of education. I lis own children he kept in con\\nslant attendance atthe academy in their native town,\\nand when money was needed lor any purpo-i pertain\\ning lo the educational int. rests of the community he\\nwas always among the first to respond. f arc\\nyears, during more than half the lattei part of his\\nlife, he was an earnest member of the Congregational\\nIhurch.\\nHe had six children.\\nHarriettc N., married Sylvanu- Jewett, a Presb)\\nterian clergyman, and had one daughter, Hattie\\nNewell, who only lived to be four years old.\\nGeorge, married Betsey L Hyde, of Francestown\\nresides about two miles from the village, and i- a\\nprosperous farmer. They have three children, leorge", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0553.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAlbert, married Sadie M. Heald, and is now manu-\\nfacturing ice in De Land, Fin.; Warren, married\\nElla Wagnei (thej have 01 hild living; they re-\\nside in Duquoin, 111., where he is in trade); Henry\\nL., a build in.!: inn tractor, married Nellie II. Stevenson\\n(thej have one child, and reside in De Land, Fla).\\nSarah E., resides a1 home with her widowed mother.\\nHannah I died in infancy.\\nCaroline II.. now the widow of II. F. Blakeslee, of\\nIllinois he was a machinist, and his son George has\\nfollowed in the same occupation. She has four chil-\\ndren, three sons and one daughter. Their children\\nwere George, married Mary R.Holl (has three children\\nand resides in Duquoin, 111. I; Mary E., their daughter,\\nmarried John L. Holmes (he is in trade in Chicago,\\nand hasoneson); Frank A., another son, is in school;\\nand Willie Everett, the youngest, lives at present with\\nhis mother in Duquoin, 111.\\nMark Justin, theyoungesf of the children, enlisted\\nin the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, United States Volun-\\nteers, September 5, 1861 and served i hrough the war,\\nparticipating in numerous engagements, among\\nothers, Shiloh, Fori Donelson and Fort Henry. He\\nwas mustered out in 1864, and afterwards became pur-\\nser on the United state- transport steamer Colonel\\nJowles, and died while in this employ, April 12. 1865.\\nHe was an heroic soldier, a true and devoted son and\\nan intelligent, cultivated man. When in the service\\nhe always refused a furlough, on the principle that\\nmarried men who had wives and children to look after\\nshould receive whatever favors of that kind there were\\ntobegranted. His earlj death wasa severe blow to\\nhis aged parents. His remains rest on Dauphin Is-\\nland, Mobile Bay. I reorge, the elder brother, was also\\na soldier in the War of the Rebellion, lie enlisted in\\nthe Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry,\\nSeptember 27, 1864, was in the siege of Petersburg,\\netc., and served until mustered out at the close of the\\nwar.\\nGeorge Kingsbury, Sr., died October 14, 1869,\\naged seventy-four years, eight months and fourteen\\ndays.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0554.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "HISTORY ()K GOFFSTOWN.\\nC HAPTER I\\nGeographi at The First Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names ol P nal\\nGrant n i i t u n t Phi Bfasonian Claim Grant f Goffs-\\nt,, WM Condlti ni Hi. Hasting Business The Masting\\nTroubles Thi King s Sherifl -Incident\\nTHEtown ofGoffstown lies in the northeastern pari\\nof the county, and is bounded as follows: North by\\nMerrimack County, cast by Merrimack County and\\nManchester, smitli by Bedford, and west by Weare\\nami New Huston.\\nEdmund Burke, the great English statesman, once\\nremarked that they who never look back to their\\nancestors will never look forward to posterity, and\\nthere is great appositeness in the remark. He who\\nnever suffers his mind to revert to the past, its actors\\nor its story will care little tor the welfare of the fu-\\nture. He is supremely selfish who gathers the har-\\nvest without one thought of him who plowed the\\nsward and sowed the seed, or upward unto Him\\nwhose sun warmed and whose rains watered it, and\\nwhose care watched it through each successive stage\\nof its growth.\\nIt is natural and commendable to look to those who\\nhave gone before us; thej toiled through the sum-\\nmer s licit, winter s cold, and we are reaping the\\nbenefit of their labors they hewed the ancient w Is\\naway and left us these cleared fields, ready for the\\nplow, the seed and the harvest. They were ready to\\ndo all and to sutler all that they mighl plant a garden\\nhere in the wilderness. They called no man master,\\nand the germ of freedom which they planted here\\nbecame the uoble liberty tree of the Revolution.\\nIt is natural that we should wish to know some-\\nthing of these pioneers of civilization, of their toils,\\nof their privations, of the courage with which they\\nbraved the perils of the wilderness, of wild beasts\\nand of wilder men for from them is derived all that\\nis peculiar to the New England character, its energy,\\nits perseverance, its ingenuity, its hatred id tyranny\\nin all its forms and manifestations\\nHow valuable would we esteem a diary of one of\\nthe earliest settlers of the town! We would like to\\nknow what were tin thoughts of Job Kidder, when\\nIran\\nfaithful dog of the approach of Indians, who fre-\\nquently passed his clearing in crossing from Amos-\\nkeag Falls to Goram Pond, when, as was his custom.\\nIn- retreated to his log shanty and there, n H h his three\\nguns and no other companion, he was ready to let\\nthem pass or fight as they chose; or Matthew\\nKennedy, hauling hay upon a hand-sled from the\\nhog in New Boston, to keep his cow and three sheep\\nfrom starving during the long winter, with no other\\ncompanion but the howling wolf; or of Mrs. Gil-\\nchrist, a widow, who lived solitary and alone near\\nwhere Charles Hadley now lives, who, when returning\\nfrom a visit at a neighbor s living near the old Cum-\\nmings Butterfield house, being upon horseback, with\\nher youngest child in her arms, heard the screams of\\ntwo catamounts in pursuit. Casting away the child s\\nblanket to attract the attention of the beasts and de-\\nlay pursuit, she clapped one foot upon either side of\\nthe horse and run him home, just entering the log\\nstable and closing the door as two large-sized cata-\\nmounts sprang upon the hemlock trees which formed\\nthe corner-posts of the stable, tearing away the hark-\\nin their efforts to reach the horse, which they were\\nunable to do, though they persevered until nearly\\nmorning.\\nAn insight into their .very-day life and thoughts\\nwould he most valuable hut they have passed away,\\nand the story of the early settlers ofGoffstown, with its\\nstartling romance and stern realities, has nearly per-\\nished with them. Few materials only exist, scattered\\nand imperfect, in musty records and uncertain tradi\\ntion, gathered only by great labor and antiquarian zeal\\nand patience, and these, though unattended by im-\\nportant consequences, nevertheless possess peculiar\\ninterest. Co back a little more than a hundred years.\\nWeare looking out from beneath the topmost branches\\nof a tree upon the summit of the Uncanoonucks; far\\nas lie eye can reach stands the primeval forest;\\nthrough the interlacing branches of the trees we\\ncatch glimpses of the waters of the Piscataquog.\\n\\\\nii|i;is Dodge, John Dins] c. McClary and\\nSessions have made a little clearing upon the south side\\n303", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0555.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ni the nntain. Mr. Todd has toppled down a\\nfew trees at the Moore place. Butterfield and Robie\\nhave let daylight into the forest a little north of Mr.\\nTodd s clearing. Matthew Kennedj is one of the first\\nsettlers, and the first white child born in town was\\nSamuel Kennedy, his sun. He lived where B. F.\\nAiken formerly lived; we see his farm in quite a\\nflourishing condition as compared with his neighbors,\\nami there is Lieutenant Moses Little living half-way tip\\nthe Robie Hill, with his four acres of cleared ground;\\nAsa Patteehas a clearing, and lives in a smart frame\\n1 1 inke from the chimney of which rises above\\ntin trees, and is nearly, if nut the identical house,\\nwest of Mr. Balch s; and his neighbor, Job Dow, lias\\na fine house for the time, where Joseph Hadley now\\nlives, while the smoke of John GofFs chimney rises\\nfrom the site now occupied by Mrs. Artemas Whit-\\nney s house. Alexander Walker, the old town clerk,\\nhas quite a large clearing upon what is still called the\\nWalker place, though now owned by Lewis Sargent,\\nwhere .Mrs. Walker, of Irish origin, extracts teeth,\\nand is the obstetrician of the settlement. They have\\na numerous family, and are regarded wealthy; but\\none alter another of their sons becomes dissipated\\nand involved in debt, for the payment of which the\\nold gentleman became bound, and he ends his days\\nin the poor-house or is supported by the town.\\nSamuel lilodgett has a large clearing a mile or so\\nfrom Amoskeag Kails, ami is regarded the wealthiest\\nman in town, as he was in main respects tic most\\nremarkable one.\\nThese families are scattered along the hillside, hid\\naway in the sunny nook, by the meadow patch or\\nburied among the dark piues on the hanks of the\\nriver. An honest and. with some few exceptions, a\\nfrugal, faithful and pious people, all foreigners or of\\nforeign extraction, who. in common with other settlers\\nof New England, came here for the enjoyment of\\ncivil and religious liberty, which was denied them in\\nthe country of their birth. They sought and found\\nit in the country of their adoption, through much\\ntribulation and many perils, perils to which men of\\nordinary will would have succumbed perils which\\nthe brave heart can alone encounter and conic off\\nvictorious perils from which there was no escape by\\nday, and which the night onh served to magnify and\\nto till with more glu. mi\\\\ forebodings. Men toiled and\\nworshiped with their rifles by their side, and the\\nmother, when she laid her children down in sleep,\\nknew not but their slumbers would be disturbed by\\nthe war-whoops of the merciless savage. For one\\nhundred and thirty years, including the earl) settle-\\nment of this town, the Indian wars, with but brief\\nintervals ot peace, had continued.\\nProfessor Sanborn, in his History of New Hamp-\\nshire, says,\\ni lurked uear every dwelling the farmer at his\\ntoil, the worshiper at the attar, the mother I--M h.\\niltant -Illicit) I lie III U -li tin VH 1 1 Ills nl (lie i m i ij, i c .ecu\\ni iii New Hampshire visit,-, t anil the atio.-ities\\ncii fields wit 1 1 iirnicil linn si.l.s within then\\nHill-en f-iint tie in-- IveE up in ni M .1 I. ii\\n11 Ici-Imii.| iin.l s. in- hail 1 n iiniritereil. hero-\\nno day without e.n .-in l -..c i i li u is nnpossil.le tu\\nenjoy the meagre comforts which fire and slaughtei hads] I Then\\nrerj dreams were t, 1 1 m, i.. ,,u.. mil tie- alpine-knit me.it\\nflash 1 iet. ire tln-ir eyes, and the war-whoop resound in their ears, To most\\nmen a premature ileatti wiml.l ha\\\\e heen pnferrcil I., siieh alite. It was\\ni i I. y of apprehension, alarm, terror and suffering\\nJudge Smith, of Exeter, remarks that, drawing a\\ncircle round this village as a centre, twenty-five miles\\nin diameter, the number killed and made captives by\\nthe Indians within it was, during a period of forty\\nyears, seven hundred. In 1710 the brave Winthrop\\nHilton fell while at work in his own w Is. He was\\nregarded as the most fearless of the brave, the most\\nventurous of the daring, and his death was universally\\nregretted by histownsmen. His sharp, black eye and\\nlong, bright gun struck terror into the hearts of the\\nsavages. They thirsted for his blood.\\nIn 17-T the State of New Hampshire suffered from\\nan Indian invasion, when all the horrors of the former\\nIndian wars were revived and renewed. The frontier\\ntowns of Keene (then called Upper Ashuelot),\\nSwanzeyi Lower Ashuelot I and Concord (then known as\\nI etiiiacook Isull ered. besides many other towns, which\\nwere visit etl ami some murders were com in it ted, houses\\nburned and harvests destroyed. No man walked\\nabroad unarmed it was unsafe to leave the stockade\\nto milk a cow or feed an animal-\\nRobert Walker, being in the habit of trapping upon\\na. small stream in the neighbor] loi Hiram Tirrell s,\\nnoticed upon several occasions that tuts had been\\ntaken from his traps, and one morning, while passing\\ndown this stream, being upon land formerly owned\\nby Hadley Stevens, he espied tin Indian taking aim at\\nhim with his gun. Walker waited a moment, calcu-\\nlating about the time lie would pull the trigger, which\\nhe did, and dropping at the critical time, the ball\\nfrom the Indian s gun passed over his head. The\\nsavage gave a whoop, supposing that his shut had\\nbeen fatal to Walker, and rushed towards him for his\\nscalp Walker sprang up, brought his gun to his left\\nshoulder, tired and killed him. Being fearful that\\nother [ndians were near, he started for the garrison\\nimmediately, but afterwards visited the scene, and\\nfound where the Indian s ball had struck, and judged\\nthat he did not drop a moment too soon to avoid being\\nhit. Walker s gun was fixed for a person shooting\\nfrom the left shoulder, a place in the breech being\\nhollowed out for the cheek, ami the identical gun is\\nstill in existence in that ncighhorh 1.\\nThe territory now known as the town of loffstown,\\nin connection with six other townships, was granted\\nby the Great and Tenernl Court of Massachusetts, in\\n1728, to the soldiers, or heirs-at-law of the soldiers,\\nof the King Philip or Narragansett War, which\\nended full fifty years before the grant was made; so,\\nprobably, very cw of the soldiers were then living.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0556.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "GOFFSTOWN.\\n:;u:,\\nIn June, 1?:::!, it seems these grantees, in number\\nabout eight hundred and forty, met on the town common\\nin Boston for the purpose of dividing, equitably, the\\nland tlins given to them. They formed themselves\\ninto seven separate societies, and each society organ-\\nized and chose an executive committee to look after\\nits interests, who met by appointment in Boston on\\nthe 17th of October, 1733. The numbers who of the\\nseveral townships, from one to seven, were placed in a\\nhat and successively drawn. Goffstown wasdrawn as\\nNarragansett No. 4, and whs thus called for a num-\\nber of years.\\nThe territory of New Hampshire was granted to an\\nEnglish naval officer by the name of John Mason,\\nwho, after spending large sums of money upon his\\ngrant, died in 1635, without realizing any benefit\\nti uiii his investment, leaving his landed estate t\u00c2\u00ab\\nRobert Tufton, upon condition that he should take\\nthe name of Mason.\\nMassachusetts unjustly claimed the entire posses-\\nsion of Mason s grant, and in 1641 assumed the gov-\\nernment of New Hampshire, and, finding that she\\ncould not make g I her claim before the King in\\nCouncil, she very cunuingU adopted the plan of\\ngranting townships to actual settlers upon the land\\nthus claimed, so that the fee in the same should lie in\\nthe people of Massachusetts. Souhegan East (or\\nBedford), Souhegan West (or Amherst), Narragansett\\nNo.4(orGoflstown), Rumford (or Concord), Bakers-\\ntown and Tvngstown (or Pembroke), were each char-\\ntered upon this plan.\\nWhen the controversy was settled between Massa-\\nchusetts and the heirs of Captain John Mason, com-\\nmonly known as the Masonian proprietors, the latter,\\nestablishing their claim, made a grant of the town-\\nship of Goffstown (Hollo is the Celtic lor Smith) to\\nRev. Thomas Parker, of Dracut Colonel Sampson\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Stoddard and John Butterfield, of Chelmsford\\nJoseph Blanchard, Robert Davidson, John nbsand\\nJames Karr, ofDunstable JohnGoffe and John toffe,\\nJr., James Walker, Matthew Patten, John Moore,\\nTimothy Corlise, Thomas Farmer, Zaccheus I lutting,\\nSamuel Patten, Alexander Walker, all of Souhegan\\nEast (or Bedford) Thomas Follensbee, Joshua Follens-\\nbee, Caleb Paige (who cleared and settled upon the\\nAbram Buzzel place), Benjamin Richards, (previous\\nto the expedition against Fort William Henry ten\\nsachems had been dispatched by the French as mes-\\nsengers to the northwestern tribes, to invite them to\\nbecome the allies of the French. In consequence of\\nthis summons a tribe, called the Cold Country Indians,\\nappeared at the siege. By these cannibals many of\\nthe prisoners were slain and eaten. Two of them\\nseized a lad mimed Copp and were leading him away\\nby the shirt-sleeves. His cries caught the attention\\nof Benjamin Richards, who was a hold, athletic man-\\none of the Rangers enlisting from Goffstown who\\nrushed after them and snatched away the hoy,\\nleaving the shirt-sleeves in their hands. Colonel\\nBailey was pursued by these savages and ran hare-\\nfooted through the woods to Fort Edward, a distance\\nof fifteen miles, and thus escaped being roasted.\\nColonel Rogers brother, Richard, who was a captain,\\ndied of small-pox a few days before the siege of toil\\nWilliam Henry). Peter Morse and Caleb Emery;\\nJohn How, Peter Harriman, of Haverhill (afterwards\\na soldier in the French and Indian War; was at the\\nsacking of Quebec, and subsequently settled upon\\nthe place where Stillman Merrill now lives 1883);\\nAbram Merrill, Benjamin Stevens, John Jewell,\\nEphraim Martin, Nathaniel Martin, Aaron Wells,\\nCaleb Dalton, all of a place called Amoskeag James\\nAdam-, son of William Adams, William Orr, Job\\nKidder and John Kidder, of Londonderry; William\\nRead and Robert Read, James McKnight, William\\nCummings, all of Litchfield Samuel Creggs, Edward\\nWhite, Esq., John White, all of Brooklyn; which\\ngrant was made at Portsmouth in the month of De-\\ncember, 1748, upon the following conditions and limi-\\ntations, viz.\\nThat the whole trai i, saving the partii iilar tracts hereinafter n-\\ni- o 1 n luMnl inc. siNl v-.-i^lit Mian s, lights, anil i-a.-li shall- in\\nright be laid out into thr listinct lots, and numbered with the sa\\nnumbe sach of said ha- the number begin with one and end with\\nsixty-eight thai iiio.l tin- sahl slian-s lor tin- Ills! Inioisr.-l nl Ihi\\nGospel, *\\\\ii. i -hall hr settled n Baid tract of land hereby granted, and\\n.shall remain there during Ins life, or until lit- shall In regularl} dis\\n1111--1 I, I., hold I him, lii- heirs anil assigns, ami nihil hit i shun\\nt.il and ti. waul tin: -npl II t til.- Oiispi l i-tr\\\\ t .il iv. a that lwi.nl\\ntin tlil.-i- hits that Shall h-hiii- t., .aril shaiv shall o.ntan hun-\\nI acres each.\\nBut without quoting further, it goes on to state\\nthat the minister s lot shall be as near the meeting-\\nhouse as possible, and that another of said shares he\\nreserved for the use of the proprietors, the grantors\\n..I the said premises and their assigns forever; that\\nseventeen of said shares he exonerated from paying\\nany charges towards a settlement and not held to the\\nconditions of the other shares until improved by the\\nowners, or some one holding and improving under\\nthem; that within one year from the time of draw-\\ning each owner of a share shall have a house sixteen\\nfeet square, with a chimney and cellar, upoi f\\nhis lots, and some person living in said house, and\\nfour acres of land inclosed, chared and lifted for\\nmowing and tillage and in two years have four acres\\nmore cleared and fitted for mowing and tillage; ami\\nin three years have lour acres more cleared, making\\nin all twelve acres from the time of drawing.\\nNo small amount of labor with our present facili-\\nties of doing business, and at that time it must have\\ncalled forth all of their hardj strength and endurance.\\nAnd furthermore, that the settlers, within three\\nyears from the time of drawing for shares, build a\\nmeeting-house tit for the worship of God, for the use\\nof those who shall then or subsequently dwell within\\nsaid territory of Goffstown, and after three years\\nfrom the lime of the completion of said house shall\\nconstantly maintain public worship of God therein.\\nThat each owner of the said forty-eight shares shall, at", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0557.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nor before the drawing for lots, pay the sum of thirty\\npounds, old tenor, including whal they have already\\nI :iiil, tow aids carrying on tin* sett lenient, to be depos-\\nited in the hands of such persons as the owners shall\\ncl se, i defra) thecharges of surveying and laying\\nthe land out into lots, building a meeting-house, sup-\\nporting the gospel lor the first six months, laying out\\nhighwaj s, etc.\\nThat all white pine trees grow ing on -aid nan of\\nland, lii lor Ids majesty s use ill masting the Royal\\nNavy, lie and are herebj reserved to his majesty, his\\nheirs and successors forever. This was likewise a\\ncondition of the charter of incorporation, and many\\na mast has Goffstown furnished lor the royal navy.\\nBut, luckily, to the conditions herein stated, through\\nthe bravery of our forefathers, we are not at this day\\nhidden. The even! of the Revolution effaced all titles\\nof royalty.\\nThe school lot was near the Samuel Robie farm;\\nthe minister s lot at Deacon K. I Sargent s, or where\\nWilliam Hopkins now (1883) resides; the lot for\\nthe support of preaching near Walker Little s.\\nGoffstown in former years afforded a vast quantity\\nof lumber, and in the time of royal sun eyors, deputy\\nsurveyors and agents were always appointed to pre-\\nvent waste in the King s woods. Masts of great size\\nand extra quality were cut upon the Piscataquog and\\nit- branches lor the royal navy. The stump of a\\npine-tree is now, or was a few years ago, upon the\\nJonathan Bell farm, where a yoke of six-fool eat\\nlie wire turned around upon its laic The tree was\\nso large that it could not he drawn oil and Captain\\nKliphalet Richards said it took about all tin rest of\\nthe wood growing upon an aire of ground to burn it\\nup, But if they had let it remain until this day,\\nthere are those who would have removed it, sawed it\\ninto planks, made it into sashes and doors and had\\nthem in houses in Australia in about the time they\\nwen- burning it up,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 such now is the excellence of\\nmachinery and the power of steam. Vet had we ol\\nthis generation forests to clear, Indian wars to light,\\nthe Revolution to pass through and a government to\\nestablish, it is doubtful whether we should have had\\nthe steamboat, railroad, electric telegraph and tele-\\nphone to hoast of as the inventions ol the nineteenth\\ncentury. Arts never flourish in time of war, and\\ninvention is all directed to the production id more\\nefficient weapons for the extinction of the human\\nrace.\\nThe masting business was so important that troops\\nwere repeatedly ordered out to protect the mast-men.\\nThe officeof surveyor of the King s w Iswas hidden\\nby Governor Wentworth, who had his deputies in\\nall places where the pine grew in plenty. These\\ndeputies were the cause of a great deal of vexation\\nand trouble. The owner of the land, before he com-\\nmenced cutting, was under the necessity of employ-\\ning a deputy surveyor to mark the trees upon the\\nland reserved for tin- use of the King, and if he ne-\\nglected to have his land thus surveyed, from inability\\nto pay for surveying, or other cause, and proceeded to\\ncut his lumber, the same was forfeited to the Kim;-.\\nIn this way. whole mill-yards of lumber got out by\\nthe settlers for building their houses and barns,\\nwere often forfeited. I he Governor would rich-\\npast the mill in a coach, stop, ami order the broad\\narrow to he marked upon each log, and the same was\\nthe King s. After this mark the owner or mill-\\nowner dared not touch a log. They were then adver-\\ntised and libeled in a Court of Admiralty, and sold at\\npublic auction, and the proceeds over and above ex-\\npenses went into the King s i reasurj But, something\\nlike official transactions of this day, if the proceeds\\nof sale com red expenses, it was not inquired into\\nvery much, especially if the Governor stood well with\\nthe King.\\nIn the New Hampshire Gazette of February7, 1772.\\na large l,,t of lumber was advertised as being seized\\nin this wa at Richard s, Pattee s, Dow s and Rowle s\\nmills, in Goffstown, and Clement s mills, in Weare (at\\nthe (til-Mill village, at the mill formerly owned bj\\nChristopher Simons). Such seizures made a -real\\nmany patriots ready, by revolution or any other way,\\nto change a government so annoying.\\nOn the 13th of April, 1772, .Mr. Whiting, King s\\nsurveyor or sheriff of Hillsborough County, and a\\nMr. Quigly, his deputy, of New Boston, proceeded to\\nClement s Mill to serve an Admiralty writ upon one\\nMudgett, who lived at the Oil-Mill village. Mr.\\nWhiting made the arrest, but Mr. Mudgett suggesting\\nthat he would furnish the necessary hail in the morn-\\ning, the sheriff and his deputy went to Mr. Quigly s\\ntavern to put up forth.- night. Meantime the lad of\\nthe arrest got noised about and a most lemarkahle\\nbail was got up. In the morning some twenty or\\nthirty men, with their faces blackened, rushed into\\nWhiting s room, who, seeing their intention, seized\\nhis pistol and would have tired had he not been seizi d\\nhimself and disarmed, and most gloriously pummelcd\\nby tin- incensed lumbermen, two on a side holding\\nhim Up by the arms and legs, while others crossed\\nout their accounts of certain logs, hauled and forfeited,\\nupon his naked hack. Quigly, his assistant, showed\\nmore tight, and was secured only by taking up the\\nceiling over his head and heating him with a long\\npole thrust down from the garret. After stirring him\\nUp with the aforesaid long pole and beating him to\\ntheir heart s content he was secured, their horses\\nwere led to the door, and amid jokes and jeers of the\\npopulace (their horses tails, manes and ears having\\nbeen cut oil) the woe-hegone officers were assisted\\nupon their hacks in no gentle manner and sent oft\\nThis was a high-handed outrage and ill-brooked by\\nthe sheriff, who was disposed to have things bis own\\nway. He proceeded to Colonel Goffe, of Bedford, and\\nLutwiche, of .Merrimack, who, at his request, ordered\\nout the posse comitates, and armed with muskets\\nmarched to the scene of the outrage, hut the rioters", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0558.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "GOFKSTOWN.\\nbad Bed to the woods. One of them was subsequently\\nfound and ri mi in in ii I in jail. The War iif the Revo\\nlut ii in aftet coming on, Mudgetl and his bail\\nescaped punishment, and the affair in a few years was\\nlooked upon as meritorious ratlin- than otherwise.\\nThe old meeting-camp was a little waj from Joseph\\nHadley s house, or between Hamilton Campbell s and\\nMr. Grant s. One hundred oxen were kept there.\\nThere was another camp about a mile from this. A\\nman. by the name of McAfee, once, in the spring ul\\nthe year, crawled upon his hands and knees from one\\ncamp in the other, for which he was to receive a beaver\\nhat, which was not paid. Alfred Story s grandfather\\nonce saw a monstrous mast drawn down the Piscata-\\nquog River b) e hundred oxen, and when neai\\nwhere the] tow bridge now stands the sled cul through\\nthe ice, but was pulled out and taken down the .Mast\\niiia.l to the Merrimack and probably went down the\\nnavy.\\n(Mil Captain Kliphalct Richards saiil that he\\nbought the timber upon ten acres of Parker s inter-\\nvale for one hundred dollars, and the masts and timber\\nwere so thick upon it that he was obliged to haul a\\nlarge portion away before felling the whole. There\\nwas ncit room enough for them all to la) without lying\\nupon each other, which would make ii inconvenient\\nto get them off.\\nAnother condition in this grant was (ami it would\\nhave been well if it had never been annulled, or rathe]\\nthat it had been revived alter the Revolution and\\ncontinued to our day), viz.,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That no hindrance to\\nthe llee ulSsll HI 1 1 I ll e 1 1-1 1 I I Heed I leloW the cToteh\\nof the river, so called, or where the stream branches\\noff to New Boston and Wean\\nIt is a shame that a few mill and factory-owners,\\nby not being c lulled to build fish-ways, should\\nkeep back from our streams SO miieli excellent and\\nhealthy food as the sea-fish, which were accustomed\\nto come up here and spawn, afford. The salmon, shad\\nand alewife ought still to inhabit our streams a part\\nof each year. During the earl) settlement of our\\ntown they constituted an important -nunc of food.\\nOne of the oldest inhabitants of this town, who died\\na few years ago (Captain E. Richards), said that the\\nsalmon collected together in such numbers intheSquog\\nOpposite Mr. Whitney s, in what was and now isealled\\nthe Deep Hole, that the noise they made by slapping\\ntheir tails upon the water as the) were foiled above\\nthe surface by the pressure of those beneath, that\\nsome men who were working near the river thought\\nthat the Indians were crossine;, and only discovered\\nthe real cause when reconnoitering more closely, to\\nmake certain before spreading the alarm of In-\\ndian-\\nThe same person used to tell of the great success\\nhe had iu catching salmon just above Dow bridge,\\nwhere the Indians, in olden times, cut a handle in the\\nside of a large rock to help them climb its steep face\\nI roll I the project ill pail where their feet stood, I I ll is\\nhandle was broken oil by William Merrill, when a\\nwanton boy, throwing a stone.) Mr. Richards said\\nthe) took three barrels of salmon at that place in one\\nday.\\nin the grant of this town the legislature of Massa-\\nchusetts reserved such quantity of land as was deemed\\nproper by the court for the fishery. People at the\\npresent day can form no proper estimate of the abun-\\ndance f fish that swarmed in the Merrimack ami iis\\ntributaries, the river, rivulets and brooks in the\\nspring of the year were literally full of salmon, shad,\\nalewives ami eels. These fish wen- so plentiful as to\\nhe used l.y the Indians ami earl) settlers as manure.\\nMr. Richards said that he manured the land upon\\nthe east side ol the village with shad and alewives.\\nputting lie shad or two alewives into each hill ,,l\\ncom, and had an abundant crop. It was a very\\nstimulating manure, ami, life guano, impoverished\\nthe land in time. The Indians called the land worn\\nout iii this way souhegan, or sougheganish. Ale-\\nwives ran up the small brooks and were thrown out\\nby women and children with -hovels and pieces of\\nhark; cart-loads of them were caught in weirs and in\\nthe Merrimack in seines and nets. In the New Hmnp-\\nshin Ga etle, May 23, 1760, the following item, under\\nthe editorial head, appeared and was copied in a Lon-\\ndon paper: One day last week was drawn b) I,\\natone draught, two thousand and five hundred fish\\nout of the Merrimack, near Bedford, in this province.\\nThis was thought remarkable by some people. In-\\ndeed, so numerous were the salmon in those days that,\\ni tation of an old Scotch custom, when boys were\\napprenticed to an) trade, one of the special conditions\\nin the indenture was that they should not be obliged\\nto eat salmon oftener than three times a week. We\\nshould not object to this now, especially if the salmon\\nwas fresh and a few green pea- were added to the diet.\\nThe wish was that meat would last until li-li came\\nTin- did of the inhabitants ha- scry much changed\\nsince those primitive days. Porridge, samp-broth lev\\nand hominy, with now and then the -teak of the deer\\nor black bear, constituted tin- staple dishes after the\\nhi wa- o\\\\ .a Ine reason, it i mppo ed\\nwh) tie. who liuilt dams across rivers were not re\\nquired to build fish-ways was, that when food could\\nbe obtained so easily it caused a great deal ol idleness\\nIt i- i. filed of a man in Litchfield, who\\nthe river to do a day s work in the town of Merrimacl\\nwhich i- just opposite, thai his employer, Mr. Mc-\\nGaw, inquired of him if he had been to breakfast\\nHe made rather an equivocal reply, saying that he ale\\nthree little shad before he started, In it did not\\nit much of a breakfast for a man going to a .lay s work.\\nThe potato was not generally known to the earl)\\nsettlers. It was first introduced by men from Lon-\\ndondern who came here from that town and its value\\nas an article of food was not unilcrst I", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0559.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nyearsafterits introduction. Plummer Hadley s father\\nraised one year three barrels, and i( was the wonder\\nof the whole town what he was going to do with so\\nmany of them. This vegetable seems to have been\\nintroduced into New England by the Scotch-Irish,\\nwho settled in Londonderry. It is reported that one\\nof these Bettlers gave a few tubers to a gentlemau of\\nAndover, Mass., which he planted, and which grew\\nin great luxuriance, producing halls. These hecooked\\nin various ways, but could make nothing of them, and\\nit was not until the spring, when the plough passed\\nthrough the hills, that he discovered his mistake.\\nThe grandfather of Alfred Story made a carriage by\\ncutting down a crotched tree, hewing the butt down\\nto a spin and pinning a few pieces across the forks to\\nhold the meal-bags on, or other articles he might wish\\nto transport through the woods. This answered a\\nvery g I purpose where there were no roads and\\nmany fallen trees to get over. After they built high-\\nways cart-wheels were made of the cut of some big\\nlog with a holi- in the centre dug out for the axle.\\nSome men in town may remember seeing such.\\nGame was very abundant in this region. Piscata-\\nquog is said to signify a good place lor deer. Judge\\nPotter, in his History of Manchester, says that the\\nedar Swamp, situated in the east part of the town, was\\nfamous for deer, moose, bear and sometimes tin- cata-\\nmount. Also the lynx, fisher, beaver, otter and a\\nspecies of panther, called by the Indians luncasoux,\\nof a bluish color, like the Maltese eat, wire found\\nhere. It still inhabits the deep forests of Canada, and\\nis regarded as a very fierce animal. Several years ago\\nJohn Gilchrist s sonsaw acatamount feeding upon one\\nofhis father s cows in the vicinity of the Yakem Hill.\\nIt was afterwards killed in tin- town ofLee, and when\\n.-.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0en at Manchester, after it was killed, it weighed one\\nhundred and eighty pounds. It doubtless lived\\nalong the Uncanoonuck, Saddleback, Pawtuckaway\\nand other mountain-. The young man who killed it\\nwas out hunting foxes; his dog drove it up a tree near\\nhis father s house. The hoy went up to the tree\\nand saw the formidable animal, and immediately\\nproceeded to his father, who was ploughing in a field\\nnear by, forhelp. The old mancouldnot believe that it\\nwasanything larger than a house-eat and told the boy\\nto stay and plough and he would go down with his\\ngoad-Stick and kill it. The boy besought his father to\\ngo with him far enough to know where he was if he\\ngot killed in the encounter, which hi- was fully deter-\\nmined upon. This he consented to do, though all the\\ntime thinking his son s eyes had magnified the pro-\\nportions of the animal. Armed with his double-bar-\\nreled-gun, the boy approached very mar the tree, in\\nthe fork of which the catamount sat watching the dog,\\nwhen it was attracted towards the young hunter by\\nthe breaking of a twig beneath his feet. It immedi-\\nately crouched for a spring; at that moment theboj\\nfired, aiming between the eyes, and none too soon, for\\nthe leap of the catamount carried him within a few\\nfeet of the boy, and the way he made the leaves and\\nbrush fly, being blinded by the shot, convinced the\\nold farmer that it would take something more than\\nhis goad-stick to quiet him. The other charge from\\nthe gun gave him his quietus, as the first had pene-\\ntrated to thr brain through the eyes, both of which\\nwere put out, or he probably would have lived long\\nenough to havedone mischief. People will remember\\nthe number of ,h.gs. calves and sheep killed about\\nhere that year. Two hounds near Charles Hadley s\\nwere killed while in pursuit of the catamount.\\nThe bears were very numerous in this vicinity in the\\ndays of the first settlors. Ebenezer Hadley, father of\\nCaptain Peter E. Hadley, who first settled upon what\\nis now known as the Teal place, lost a lion weighing\\nnear three hundred pounds, and found it near\\nMr. Whitney s witli its shoulders eaten up by the\\nbears. He afterwards moved upon the place where\\nCharles Hadley lived, in 1859, and hearing on,- of his\\nhogs squealing, he ran out, and found a bear trudging\\noff with it in his forepaws, and the hog squealing out\\nfoul play with all his might. Within the recollec-\\ntion of Captain Peter Hadley, thesheep -nil. -red from\\nthe ravenous wolves. A three-days hunt was usually\\nsufficient on the part of an ordinary hunterto supplj\\na whole neighborhood with deer, moose and bear-\\nmeat. It was remarked by an old gentleman, who\\ndied about 1850, that within his recollection there\\nw.ie more deer ill the town of Wean- than then were\\nsheep at the time he made the remark.\\nIt was upon the southern bank of the Piscataquog,\\nabout ten miles this side of New Boston village, in\\nthe twilight of a summer evening, nearly one hundred\\nand eighty years ago, that the renowned warrior and\\nhunter, doe Kn^lish. wa- resting after a weary day s\\nhunting. His two long guns, elaborately ornamented\\nWith brass nails, and well loaded with three balls, were\\ncarefully plaeed away in the hollow of a free, which\\nwas still alive and growing, that they might be pro-\\ntected from the dampness of the approaching night.\\nJoe had not been upon good terms with his tribe, be-\\ning suspected by them of giving information to the\\nwhites of any hostile intention they might entertain,\\nand they were determined to kill him, if possible.\\nSomething attracted Joe s attention and he discovered\\nthree Indians creeping U] him. Without a moment\\nto spare, he setoff at the top of his speed for his\\nstronghold upon a hill now known as Joe I uglish.\\nWith the quick wit of an Indian, finding the\\nchances of escape against him. he slackened his pace\\nuntil his pursuers were almost upon him, that they\\nmight become more eager in the pursuit, and SO he\\nprolonged the chase until near the top, when he\\nstarted off with great rapidity and his pursuers alter\\nhim, straining every nerve, hoping to take him alive.\\nAs Joe came upon the brink of the precipice (which\\nevery one has observed who has passed the southern\\nside of the hill,) he leaped behind a jutting rock, and\\nwaited in breathless anxiety but a moment passed,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0560.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "COFFSTOWX.\\n309\\nand the hard breathing and measured, but light, foot-\\nsteps of his pursuers were heard, and another moment\\n(with a screech) their dart tonus were foiling down\\nthat fearful declivity, to be left at its base food for the\\nhungry wolves. Thenceforth the hill has been know n\\nas Joe English, and welldid his constant friendship\\nto the English residents deserve so enduring a monu-\\nment. Joe was killed not long afterwards near Dun-\\nstable, and the grandfather of Charles Ryder s wife,\\nfather of Deacon James lochran, Ion ml the guns many\\nyears afterwards in the same hollow tree, each loaded\\nwith three balls. They were kept in his family, and\\nfrequently used, and were esteemed excellent guns,\\nand are still in New Boston, and were traced out afew\\nyears after by the writer.\\nJoe English was the grandson of the sagamore of\\nAgawam (now New Ipswich), whose name was Mascon-\\nnomet. He came to his death while conducting\\nLieutenant Butterfield and wifeto Pawtucket (or Dun-\\nstable), i he storj of w hose death is familiar to many of\\nil Id inhabitants. Lieutenant Butterfield was the\\ngreat-great-grandfather of T. R. Butterfield, and was\\na prominent man in his day both in war and in peace.\\nA very large catamount was killed by a man named\\nParker upon a little stream just below Elnathan\\nWhitney s. Parker was a hunter, and left the house\\nof Mr. Carr, who lived therethen, ami waswalkingup\\nill. stream just before sundown it had become quite\\ndark in the thick w Is, when he saw directly in his\\npath a couple of very brilliant eyes. Without stopping\\nto inquire to whom they belonged, he leveled his gun,\\nfired and ran back to Mr. Carr s. The next morning\\nhe found the animal with a ball in hi* brain. Another\\nwas killed by Messrs. fatten and Walker, of Bedford,\\nupon the west side of tin Oncanoonuck, not a great\\nwaj from the residence of (he Widow Leach (1859).\\nThey were hunting, and their little cur dog drove one\\nup a tree. As they approached the tree and discor-\\nded the character of their game. Walker says, As I\\nam thebest shot, I will lire first, which he did, and\\nmissed hi- mark. Patten waited for Walker to load,\\nand then tired, hi inging the beast down badly wounded,\\nwhen Walker terminated its life with his hatchet.\\nWalker kept the tail as a trophy.\\nThe Kennedy family, who were among the first set-\\ntler-, c: from the garrison at Bedford, and cleared\\ntheir farm, reluming every night tor tear of the In-\\ndians. They built a small grist-mill, which would\\ncrack up a few bushels of corn ami rye every day, and\\nwhich proved to be very convenient for the early set-\\ntlers of this town. The stones of this mill lav in the\\nbrook upon Mcltougall s farm, ami are about two feet\\nin diameter. They can .-.till be seen (1859) in the\\nbrook a little south of the new road running from\\nJoseph McDoell s place to Richardson s, about the\\nmiddleofthe Andrew McDougall farm. Judge Pot-\\nter tells this storj Nol long after the settlement of\\ntin- town, General Stark, then plain .Mr. Stark, or\\nCaptain Stark, crossed the river from Derryfield, or\\n.Manchester, with a friend from down below, as Boston\\nwas usually called, to hunt in the Cedar Swamp for\\ndeer. Stark stationed his friend in a good place, near\\nthe deer s run or path, and fearing he might be\\ntroubled with the buck ague a- the dog drove along\\nthe deer, he placed himself a short distance from him\\nupon I he same run, so in case his friend should miss,\\nhe might have a shot himself, lie had but just got\\nplaced when he heard in a subdued voice, Stark!\\nStark! come here! Stark, supposing that he had\\ndiscovered a moose or deer, replied, What do you see?\\nflic devil, answered hi- friend, and immediately\\ncame the report of his gun. Stark rushed forward,\\nand there, almost at the feet of his friend, lay a huge\\ncata unt in the agonies of death, while his friend\\nwas deliberately loading his gun. Discovering the\\nanimal among the lowermost branches of a. tree, his\\nlii tec eyeballs glaring, his tail lashing the limbs, he\\nhad called Stark to c to his assistance. Startled\\nat his voice, the catamount prepared to hap upon\\nhim but the hunter was in time, and placed a ball\\nvery handsomely between his eyes, notwithstanding\\nwhich this powerful animal made a bound of thirty\\nfeet toward his intended victim. Upon viewing the\\nscene, Stark thus expressed his satisfaction of bis\\nfriend s qualities as a hunter, Well. I guess you ll\\ndo!\\nBuilding highways, encroachment upon the unap-\\npropriated lands, the neglect of the committee chosen\\nin 17o:2 to build tin meeting-house were the princi-\\npal articles acted upon at the proprietors meeting up\\nto the year 1761, when George HI., by the grace of\\nGod, King, defender of the faith, etc., etc., by and with\\nthe advice of trusty and well-heloved Helming Went-\\nworth, Esq., Governor and commander-in-chief of the\\nprovince of New Hampshire, declared to be a town\\ncorporate, to have a continuance until the 25th day of\\nMarch, 1763, to be known by the name of Goffstown.\\nJohn I roffe, Esq., was appointed to call the first meet-\\ning, at which Alexander Walker was appointed town\\nclerk, and held the office twenty-six successive years.\\nJohn Goffe was the most renowned Indian hunter\\nand lighter upon the frontier in his day. He was a\\nman of marked character, and for sixty years was\\nidentified with all the stirring scenes of the most ex-\\nciting period of our country s history.\\nStark, Rogers and Shute served under him through\\nthe Indian and French wars, and during the War of\\nthe Revolution be was almost constantly in the pub-\\nlic service, and though the military teacher of such\\nmen as Stark, Rogers, Hazen ami Stevens, at Amos-\\nkeag, he resembled, in many respects, the brave Col-\\nonel llavilaud. of the British army, who every Bab-\\nbath held religious meetings in camp, and conducted\\nthem himself, ami whose soldiers were known as the\\nsaints. Colonel Goffe frequently conducted relig-\\nion- n tings, and it is said of him that he wa- apt al\\nexhortation and prayer. He wa- at Fort William\\nHenrv, which surrendered to the French, where eighty", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0561.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlit oftwo hundred of the New Hampshire Regiment\\nwere murdered by the Indians, and where Thomas\\nCampbell, William Caldwell and Josiah Wan-en, of\\nNew Boston, barely escaped with their lives, ami who\\ncelebrated their escape ever after during (heir life-\\ntime, meeting in turn e\\\\ ery year at each other s houses.\\nRogers, the pupil ofGoffe, wasamosf unscrupulous\\ncharactei hl Mr. Shirley used i relate an anecdote\\nof him, illustrating this trait. Rogers, Stark ami\\nSamuel Orr, of this town, were up in the vicinity of\\nBaker s River (called by the Indians A.squamchu-\\nmauk near by is Moosilauke, a place where moose\\nlive, according to the Indian dialect. John Patch,\\none of the first settlers of the town of Warrren, often\\nha l twenty-five barrels of moose-meat in his cellar at\\na time), hunting, in time of peace, with the Indians.\\ntine after] n, while the three (Rogers, Stark and\\nOrr) were sitting in their camp, three Indians called\\nupon them and remained with them until a little be-\\nfore sundown, when they departed. Not long after\\nthey left, Stark and Orr missed Rogers, who was gone\\nso long that they began to have apprehension of his\\nsafety but about midnight he returned and carelessly\\nthrew into one corner of the cabin the scalps of the\\nthree Indians, whom he had tracked and slain. Stark\\nreproved him for killing these Indians in time of\\npeace. Oh! damn it! says Rogers; there ll he war\\nbefore another year Rogers father was mistaken\\nfor a hear, when approaching the camp of on. Stin-\\nson, somewhere in Montolonghny, a part of Dunbar-\\nton, and was killed, the second man buried in tin-\\ntown of whom there is any record.\\nThe next meeting was warned to meet at the barn\\nof .lames Carr. One of the articles in the warrant\\nwas to see how much money the town would raise to\\nhire preaching. The whole amount of money assessed\\nin 17HH was \u00c2\u00a31001! llf. old tenor or old currency,\\none-half of which Job Kidder was to collect and Wil-\\nliam McPoell the other half.\\nThe records of the town present up to this period\\nthe usual difficulties under which all new settlements\\nlabor before they get the machinery of government\\nto operating well, and before they obtain the comforts\\nof the older tow us. The most talked of seems to have\\nbeen in Follansbee s not building a mill over Harry\\nBrook.\\nSamuel Richards proposed to build one overPiscat-\\naquog River, and leave a free passage for the fish.\\nI!ut this proposition was not entertained, as it was\\nbelieved it would hinder the lish from passing up,\\nand thus destroy an important source of food.\\nIn fixing a location for a meeting-house, there\\nseems to have been as much difficulty as in our time,\\nshowing that human nature is about the same in every\\nage. They voted at first to have it built upon the\\nsouth side of the river, in the words of the record,\\non the convenientest place in the crotch of the\\nroads as they lead from the bridge to the Mast road.\\nA protest was entiled against this in the loll,, wing\\nNovember, signed by twenty individuals, on account\\nof its being too far from the cent f I he settlement.\\nfhe location was finally agreed upon, and a vote\\ntaken to have it completed in one year.\\nThis was not carried into effect to the letter, for it\\nwas many years before the house was finished, and,\\nlong after, articles were in the town warrants for meet-\\ning to see if the town will vote to sell any more pew-\\nground, and if they will appropriate the money from\\nsuch sales towards finishing the house. In the sale of\\npew-ground probably we arc to understand that\\neach purchaser may have such a portion of the floor,\\nand build the pew himself; but concerning this we\\nknow not.\\nII A PTER I 1\\nGOFFSTOWN Continued).\\nW:,, of the Revolution First wi i the Town Voted Purchase\\nS-T m k I |\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,m!. i e,,|,|:ii,, J,, ii, \\\\l.ntin C,,ni|iMii\\\\ Iii-M ..|ii\\nmill I Safety\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incidents of the War.\\nTHERE was an article ill the town warrant in 1774\\nto see how much money the town will vote to hire a\\nschoolmaster for the present year. Rut before the\\nmeeting the startling news of the battle at Lexing-\\nton had evidently reached this retired township,\\nand it was voted to appropriate it to the purchase of\\na stock of gunpowder, ami to omit raising any money\\nfor schools or preaching.\\nThree half- barrels of gun powder, two gross of Hints\\nami three hundred pounds of lead assigned to Thomas\\nShirley to purchase at Exeter, and a like quantity to\\nCaptain James Karr, at Cambridge. This was stored\\nbeneath the pulpit, or. as some understood it, in the\\nbig sounding-board over it. the meeting-house being\\na central place of rendezvous, and perhaps to obey to\\nthe letter the old Puritanic injuction, which was to\\n(luv t rod ami keep your powder dry.\\nWhen the news of this battle reached Goffstown it\\nspread like wildfire among the settlers. Almost to a\\nman, they left their implements of husbandry wher-\\never they happened to be using them, and hurried\\nto the place of rendezvous, and a company under\\nCaptain Joshua Martin was speedily enrolled and\\nmarched to the seat of war.\\nIn a neighborhood about four miles from here, con-\\nsisting of three families, three men were engaged in\\nhauling and piling wood upon a piece id burned\\nground, when a messenger brought the news of the\\nbattle. The three started immediately to their houses\\nfor their guns. The wives of two of the men seized\\nhold of them in their anxiety and besought them not\\nto go. Oh! said the men, we must defend you\\nat a distance; it won t do to let the British come\\nhere. They had but one horse between them to\\ncarry their provisions, and upon which, as they be-\\ncame tired, to ride occasionally. In the evening after\\ntheir departure these women met at the house of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0562.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "GOFFSTOWN.\\nMrs. Campbell, the most resolute of the three (the\\ngreat grand ther of Hamilton Campbell); verysoon\\nthere was weeping. Oh! we shall never see them\\nagain; thej will all be killed. Pooh! said Mrs.\\nCampbell; would uo1 care what the devil became\\nof them, if they had only left the old mare. This\\nraised a laugh, as well as their spirits.\\nThe females partook largely of the Revolutionary\\nspirit and Goffstown ladies cast bullets and made\\ncartridges, and were always distinguished for habits\\nof industry. Rarely would cue enter a house without\\nhearing the hum of the spinning-wheel or the stroke\\nof the loom. All articles of clothing were of domestic\\nmanufacture. The wool and flax wen grown, carded,\\nspun, woven, colored and made into garments at\\nhome. To use foreign goods was considered ex-\\ntravagance. For several years their clothes were not\\neven fulled.\\nIn 1775, Alexander Walker, Captain .lames Karr\\nand Captain Alexander Todd were chosen, with the\\nselectmen, a Committee of Safety, as recommended by\\nthe Continental Congress, convened at Exeter. In\\n1776, James Eaton, Enoch Sawyer, Captain Joseph\\nLittle, Moses Wells and Joshua Buswell constituted\\nthis committee. In the following year the town was\\ncanvassed by Samuel Richards, Joshua Martin and\\nThomas Shirley, to ascertain what each man had\\ndone in the Continental service in the war. It was\\nvoted this same year that the selectmen provide a\\nstock of gunpowder, lead and flints. A motion was\\nalso made to have the selectmen ascertain what had\\nbecome of the guns taken by this town of the State,\\nand stopped at Cambridge by order of General\\nWashington; but the motion .lid not prevail, suppos-\\ning that they were in good hands, and doing good\\nservice tor the cause. It was also voted to pay Amos\\nRichards and Samuel Carr for taking two deserters to\\nLondonderry, and also to pay Samuel Kennedy for\\npork he let the men have who went to Concord\\nbattle. Samuel Blodgett presented bis bill to the\\ntown this year for services as selectman, amounting to\\nfifty pounds, and for four hundred and eighty-two\\nmiles travel, and for removing several families sick of\\nsmall-pox,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all of which be begged the town to ac-\\ncept. Quite a liberal present.\\nIn 1778 there was an article in the town warrant,\\nTo see what course the town would take to procure\\nfour men for the Continental service. A committee\\nwas appointed to procure four men or go themselves.\\nThis vote was subsequently reconsidered, the com-\\nmittee not liking this summary manner of enlistment,\\nand Moses Little, Alexander Gilchrist and Robert\\nMcGregor were chosen a committee to canvass the\\ntown again, and see what each inhabitant bail done,\\nand appraise it a1 its true value, in order that a proper\\nami just assessment might be made for any future\\nservice called for.\\nGoffstown furnished its full quota of soldiers to the\\nContinental army.\\nThe following is nearly a correct list of their names\\nThere may he a few omissions, but it is tie l\u00e2\u0080\u009e I rei\\nord that can I blamed, and probably the most\\naccurate. Those marked with a star I w re killei\\nor died in the service\\nI, I,. i. I i ob Sargent,\\ncli i usually fatal) ;i\\nf di\\nlllo-e\\nThirteen were killed or diei\\nvice. Many of them return\\nthough honorable, wounds.\\nColonel Moses Kelley tnustt\\ninto sen ice, and was out a short time himself.\\nSeveral were at the battle of Bunker Hill and a\\nnumber continued through the war. Captain\\nEliphalet Richards, then a boy of seventeen, .Vat ban\\nllawcs, not quite fifteen, Amos Richards, Robert\\nSpear, Charles Sargent, Reuben Kemp, Samuel\\nRemick, Samuel Dunlap, William Houston and John\\nButterfield were at Bennington. Butterfield bad seen\\nsen ice iii both wars and was a resolute soldier. The\\nothers leaned upon him for support and encourage-\\nment. Mr. Richards related that at the battle of\\nBennington they were marched up to where the\\nHessians were entrenched, and, like all frontierinen,\\ntook to a tree as a protection against the bullets, and\\ncommenced tiring at the heads of the enemy, when-\\never they raised them over the logs. There were -is\\nof the Goffstown boys behind a tree, and Hawes was\\nsquatting in a hollow in the ground, made by the up-\\nrooting of a tree, loading and tiring as fast as be\\ncould; but very soon the enemy s bullets began I\\ncut the twigs and leaves all around him, when he\\nleaped up, exclaiming, Condemn it, Life, I can t stand\\nthis, and got behind the tree; but in a moment an\\nofficer rode up and ordered them to ,-li,ir so, with a\\nshout, they rushed forward, Butterfield leading. The\\nenemy lied, and in the charge the GoffstowD boys got\\nseparated.\\nRid 1-. in leaping the breast-work, saw a much", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0563.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "history of im,i,si;oKoroi] pointy, may Hampshire\\nbetter gun than the one he carried lying beside a dead\\nHessian, which hi exchanged for his own, and cai\\nried it through the remainder of the battle, and took\\nit home with him, and afterwards sold it to some shoe-\\nmaker then living in town, forever after regretting\\nthai he had not kept it ;i- a memorial of the fight.\\nRii hards and CharlesSargent kept together, and when\\nfollowing the retreating Hessians, one of their bag-\\ned uear them they both drew up\\nand fired, and one of the horses dropped dead; the\\ndriver immediately jumped down, cut it loose and\\ndrove on. If, said Mr.Richards, Butterfield hadbeen\\nwith us, we should ha, e captured the wagon but we\\nwere both young and stopped to load our guns before\\nrushing on. Hawes kept with Butterfield, and in\\ngoing through the woods eanie suddenly u] three\\nstalwart FIis-i:i u-. -j i i in in their tall bearskin caps\\nHawes thought it was all up with him and began to\\ncry; Butterfield motioned them to throw down their\\ngnus and surrender, when, no sooner were their guns\\nthrown down, than Hawes drew a bead upon one of\\ni hem and let drive but Butterfield caught the motion\\nin tinie.and knocked the muzzle of his gun up, and\\nthe bullet passed harmlessly over the Hessian s head,\\nwho expressed his satisfaction with many grimaces,\\nimitating Hawes and the way Butterfield saved him,\\nwhich afterward afforded merriment to the boys from\\nthis town when seated in the evening around their\\ncamp-fire. They would make the Hessian, a- everj\\ni a dropped in, go through with his descrip-\\ntion of the manner in which Butterfield saved him\\nfrom I law es bullet.\\nPrevious to this battle Stark had become disgusted\\nwith his treatment by Congress, and as New Hamp-\\nshire sj mpal hi/rd with him, at the time !ongress re-\\nceived the news of the battle it was about reading\\nthis State out of the Union. Of course there was a\\nbout face, and each member started upon the\\ndouble quick with his nose for the back track.\\nThus the hoys of toffstown participated in one of the\\nmost important engagement.- which took place during\\nthe war. previous to which the tide of battle was\\nflowing disastrouslj to the American arms. Burgoyne,\\nwith an army often thousand veteran troops, boasted\\nof his ability to march through thecentre of our pos-\\nsessions and form a jum tion with the southern depart-\\nnt under Jornwallis. So sanguine were the Brit-\\nish officers of this that shortly alter the affair at\\nHubbardstown, General Frazei said to three Amen\\ncan officers, prisoners of war, who were embarrassed\\nwith their Continental money. Here, pulling out a\\nhandful of guineas, take what you choose give me\\nyournote; I trust to your honor to pay me at Albany,\\ntor we shall probably overrun your countrj and 1\\nshall meet you there. They took, upon these condi-\\ntions, three guineas each. This was before the battle\\nof Bennington. Not long after, (ctober 7. 1777, this\\nsame General Frazer was opposed to the American\\nRifles, under Morgan, who could never endure a defeat.\\nIt was in vain that Morgan drove him from one posi-\\ntion to another; Frazer, upon his iron gray Steed, was\\nforever rallying them and bringing them back to the\\nfront. Morgan became excessively chafed, as he was\\nwont to be when victory long remained doubtful, and\\nseeing, as he did, that it was only through the power-\\nful influence which the officer upon the iron gray\\ne\\\\crci-cd over them that the British soldiers could be\\nbrought hack to face the deadly shots of the Ameri-\\ncan Rifles, he suffered himself, in the heat of the\\ncombat, to give an order, which no one in his cooler\\nmoments regretted more than himself. Riding up to\\nthree of his best shots, he exclaimed, pointing to the\\nofficer upon the iron gray. Do you see that olh-\\ncer Yes. Well, don t let me see him much lon-\\nger; the success of the American arms is of more con-\\nsequence than anyone man s life. The three riflemen\\nsprang lightly into the lowermost branches of a tree,\\nand as the tide of battle flowed in their direction, the\\nthree rifle-shots were heard, and Frazer. the brave and\\ngenerous soldier, rides never more the iron graj to\\nbattle.\\nThe lightning may tl.eh ami the Uiuiate! no\\\\ i hi I\\nBi l i I- not, he In m h. free from alt pain.\\nii- Let -1. h. ha.. f..u-lit In- I. el hnttl.-\\nXm -..mil. an :iu:ilv till l\\nThe British grenadiers immediately broke after the\\nfall ei their leader, and fled to their entrenched camp.\\nThe notes were never paid. The battles upon the\\nplains of Saratoga soon followed, and that army of\\nten thousand veteran soldier-, under the most ac-\\ncomplished general of the age. surrendered to tin\\nAmerican General (dates. a result which the\\nbattle of Bennington led directly to. and. indeed, so\\nmuch spirit did it infuse into the breasts of the de-\\nsponding patriots that it was little else, ever alter, but\\none series of victories.\\nThe American anas triumphed, and to Stark and\\nhis brave New Hampshire boys forever rests the\\nh of beating back, ai Bennington, the first re-\\nfluent wave of the Revolution, which shortly left us\\nupon the high ground of Liberty and Union.\\nEnsign Jesse Karr, whose father first settled the\\nElnathan Whitney farm, died of small-pox at Crown\\nPoint. )nc of the old inhabitants, Mr. Shirley, used\\nto say that Karr was the best built man ill town, that\\nhe was a fine-looking soldier, and expected home, to\\nbe married to a young woman, on the very da thai\\nthey received the news of his death. The young\\nml i i s,,o Jied here in our midst at a\\nvery advanced age. Weeping in her old age, as she\\nwas wont to in her youth, the untimely fate of the\\nyoung ensign, and though she had frequent offers of\\nmarriage as her family was of the best in town in\\nher younger days, she refused tnem all, and died\\nfaithful to her first affection.\\nXol would in i I.\\nKer any It-art el li\\\\iii L M\\n\\\\n i ill. i_i- chaDgi in- plume,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0564.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "(lOFFSTOWN.\\nThe leaf it- hue, the Bowel its bloom,\\nliui tiesaround hei hoai t were spun\\nI ll;. I .iiIl! n,,t. wmiiIiI not In- tin. lull.\\nCollins Eatou and Andrew Newell were killed in\\npassing through a place called the Cedars, some-\\nwhere in New Jersey. They were killed by the\\nIndians, who had secreted themselves in tin- trees.\\nCollins Eaton lived in the Deacon Ephraim Warren\\nbouse. Eleazer Emerson was killed at the evacuation\\nof Ticonderoga. Some one saw him by the roadside\\nwith liis leg broken.\\nJoshua Martin was a soldierin the French war, and\\nalso served during the War of the Revolution. He\\nwas a member of a company of Rangers, under the\\ncelebrated Captain Rogers, in the old war, ami in an\\nattack from a party of French ami [ndians near Lake\\n!hamplain, January 21, 17o7, was badly wounded in\\nRogers and Stark hail a gnat many wounded in this\\naction, and killed of the enemy one hundred and\\ntwelve, beside taking manj prisoners. On their retreat\\nlo Fort William Henry, while crossing the first nar-\\nrows of Lake George, and just as the sleighs had come\\nto their relief from the fort, they wen- looking back\\nupon the ice, ami observing something black following\\nI hem at a distance, supposing it might he one of their\\nstragglers, a sleigh was sent hack for him; it proved\\nio in Joshua Martin, of Goffstown, the grandfather of\\nthe present Joshua Martin (1859). His hip-joint had\\nbeen shattered by a shot which passed through his\\nbody also, being in a crouching position when it was\\nreceived. He was left for dead on the field of battle,\\nhut had revived and followed his comrades tracks to\\nthe lake, ami after that kept in sight of them. He\\nwas so exhausted that he sank down the moment the\\nrelief reached him. He was taken to the foil, recov-\\nered of his wound, served through the war ami died\\nat an advanced age. His escape seemed providential.\\nOn the night of their retreat the Rangers made a\\ncircuit to avoid a large fire in the woods, supposing it\\nto ha\\\\ e been made by the Indians, not being in a con-\\ndition to renew the fight. This detour caused them\\nto lose time, so that .Martin, who had kindled the tire\\nto warm himself, was enabled to follow and get in\\nsight of them on the lake; otherwise he mn-i have\\nperished.\\nJoshua Martin was a son of one of the earliest set-\\ntlers of this town. They were originally from what\\nwas called Earrytown, and had a ferry across the\\nMerrimack River, known now as Martin s ferrj 1 1 is\\nlather died when he was young, and hi- mother used\\nto run the ferry-boat herself, and could manage it\\nvery well. Joshua and his older brothers obtained\\ntheir support principally by hunting ami fishing. It\\nis related thai I he b\u00c2\u00bbj a once wenl up the brook upon\\nthe east side of the river in a deep snow, in hopes of\\nfinding some deer yarded in the swamp nearthe head\\nof the I nook, taking no other weapon than an ordinary\\nchopping axe. Upon entering the swamp the; met\\nwith a large track of some find of an animal, and, fol-\\nlow cl il up iii a -li.nl I imc tbej cam. upon acata-\\nnut beneath a hemlock-tree, gnawing at a deer ii\\nhad just slain. Instead of running at the i m-i sighl\\nof the animal, they determined to attack it. The ani-\\nmal showed no intention of leaving its breakfast, ami\\nno signs of being disturbed, save an occasional whisk\\nof its tail upon the snow. The 3 omul 111.11, after some\\nconsultation and some signs of fear u I he pari o| lie\\nyounger, commenced operations. The younger with\\na club made a feinl of attacking the animal in front,\\nwhile the other with his axe crept up in the rear of\\nthe catamount, which kept busily gnawing the hones\\nof the deer with more fierceness, and, a I intervals, as\\nthey approached, he lashed the snow with hi- ail. and\\nthrowing it in the air as if stirred by a fierce wind,\\na I the same time giving vent in a low, deep growl, still\\ngnawing at the dead deer, when the oldest hoy dealt\\nit a blow with his axe, breaking its hack-hone, ami\\nJoshua dealt it some vigorous blows with his club,\\nwhich soon dispatched it, when it was hauled home\\nin triumph.\\nJoshua was quite a lad then. He had often heard\\nhis brothers relate tales of hunting and adventure\\nexhibiting their courage, and before he was fairly in\\nhis teens he told his mother that he would like to see\\na bear. Pooh! said his mother, you would run\\nat the sight of one. I guess not, mother, the boj\\nwould say. So, one evening, to test Joshua s courage,\\nshe threw a bearskin over her, and, imitating as well\\nas she could the rolling gait of (he hear, she hurst into\\nthe house, and by the dim firelight looked for all the\\nworld like a veritable hear. Joshua was a good deal\\nsurprised, as well he might be but seizing a pitch\\npine knot, with one crack he laid the old woman out\\nas stiff as a maggot. She ever afterwards had a pretty\\ng I opinion of Joshua s courage.\\nr II A I T I It I\\nioKKSToWN i \u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009ei,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,.\\nThe inhabitants of Goffstown have tn ver been dis\\ntinguished for their attachment to educational interests\\namong themselves, or in the community at large. We\\ncan show a much lamer list of graduates from the\\nhi Iv battle-fields of the Revolution and the sub-\\nsequent wars than from any institution of learning\\nThe first money designed to he appropriated to the\\nemployment of a school-teacher was u ii\\\\ for the\\npurchase of gunpowder and lead, and we havi often\\nthought that the boj of the pi esenl time would be\\nthe last to find fault if such a disposition of it now\\nshould he made. This is wrong; there is in. .,,,,.1\\nreason why Goffstown should be behind other towns", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0565.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin tlie list cit her educated men. We have material\\nenough, keen, shrewd and active minds; all that is\\nwanted is encouragement and opportunity. The early\\nsettlers, in carrying ii their lumbering operations,\\nneeded all of the help they could muster, and when\\nhunting in the fall they must take the boys with them,\\nso that they seldom saw the inside of a school-house,\\nand Dillworth s spelling-book looked more formidable\\ntn them than the black bear or tawny catamount.\\nThese boys grew to manhood, practical men, without\\nfully comprehending the advantages of education,\\nami considered that they were discharging their whole\\nduty to their children by giving them a little better\\nopportunity tor education than they enjoyed them-\\nselves.\\nYet, notwithstanding these disadvantages, the gen-\\neration of which we are speaking presents some ex\\namples of a most extraordinary business talent. In\\nfact, tin enterprise and business, the men of roftstown\\nhave always occupied the front rank. They look al-\\nways to the main chance and the shortest cut to\\nreach it. Pretension, show and charlatanry never\\nprevailed here. This distrust of the utility of new\\nthings, though mainly a praiseworthy trait, has some-\\ntimes in our history afforded considerable amusement.\\nThere are people now living who remember how\\nthose opposed to the innovation of having the meet-\\ning-house warmed by a stove perspired on tin- first Sab-\\nbath after it was put up, ami how rapidly tiny cooled\\noff when they discovered then- hail been no fire\\nkindled in it during tin- day, and the stove had never\\nbeen connected with the funnel. Before this fart was\\nknown tiny became so heated ami were so sleepy\\nthat the preaehi ng did llieni nog 1. It was amusing\\nto see the martyrdom they endured wiping the sweat\\nfrom their faces.\\nThe epidemic of the Salem witchcraft barely entered\\nthe town. There were arrests made of two women for\\nbewitching two men. One was tried before Esq. Mc-\\nGregor and the other before Dr. Gove and Esq. Dow.\\nBoth, to the honorof the intelligent magistrates, were\\nacquitted.\\nRobert Met fregor, son of the Rev. David Met Iregor,\\nof Londonderry, settled in Gofistown in 1777. He\\nvolunteered his services and joined the troops must-\\nered in New Hampshire under the command of Gen-\\neral Stark, and was appointed his aid-de-camp, which\\noffice he filled at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was\\nvi i\\\\ energetic as a merchant and businessman. He\\nwas proprietor and projector of the first bridge which\\ncrossed the Merrimack River on the site now occupied\\nbj the Old Central I. ridge.\\nMany in those days were incredulous as to the\\npracticability of the enterprise. Among these was\\nhis neighbor, John Stark, ho li\\\\ ed upon the opposite\\nbank of the river, who remarked to him, Well,\\nRobert, you may succeed, but when the first passenger\\ncrosses I shall be ready to die\\nIn sixty-five days, however, from the time when\\nthe first stick of timber was felled in the forest, the\\nbridge was opened for passengers, and the general\\nlived for many years to cross and recrOSS it.\\nIt was called McGregor s bridge. McGregor was\\none of the original proprietors ami directors of the\\nAmoskeag Canal, of which Samuel Blodgett. another\\nof the celebrities of Gofistown, was the projector,\\nwhich was one of the earliest works of the kind in\\nthis country. McGregor resided in Gofistown many\\nyears, and his farm on the Merrimack embraced a\\nlarge portion of the land and water-power now owned\\nby the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.\\nAmong the most distinguished of the early settlers\\nof this town were Samuel Blodgett, Moses Kelley,\\nColonel Goffe, Samuel Richards, Asa Pattee, John\\nButterfield, Thomas Shirley, .lames Karr, Matthew\\nKennedy, Joshua Martin, William McDoell and the\\nPoors. There was a Mr. Worthley who was one of\\nthe first settlers, and lived near where David A.\\nParker afterward lived, near the cove, so called, but\\nwas driven off bj the Indians. He afterward returned\\nand was again disturbed, and moved to Weare, and\\nsettled near the Cold Spring, ami is buried with his\\nwife near there.\\nThe following is a list of the lawyers who have\\nresided and practiced law here\\nJohn Gove, graduated al Dart ath College in 1792, read law with\\nMil. mi Onnli.li an. I [.I i, -In e l li H mail Wi::\\nlli-iu. i- .l:i ii. -i uluateil .it liaitinnuth 17 iT. ieit 1 law with .l.jlm\\nHarris ami practiced law here until lsi3.\\nJonathan Aiken, graduated at Dartmouth (Villi 1st::, read law with\\nI -i.,li I i-.Htli anil pruitiieil until I-\\nI., -mil li.isaitli. graduated at Dartmouth College, read law with .1 B.\\n1 pi, mi ami lali I.I 1 until \\\\SS.i.\\nDavid Steele, -i ailn.it. -.1 at Hut i. mm h i nil. .\u00c2\u00bbi. 1.- is, ami practiced Ian\\nhere until hi* death.\\nJohn H. Slack, graduatedai Dartmouth Colli i L814; here a short\\nCharles I Gove, graduated at Dartmouth College 1817, practiced law\\nhere until [839, and read law with J. Forsaith and at Hi D I\\nSchool.\\nSamuel Butterfield.\\nGeorge w Morrison, readlawwith IV West, Jr., commenced practice\\ni 1839\\n.!,,l, i, sinli, i.-ail law with his father ami ii.ininem ,-,l |,i.\u00e2\u0080\u009eli, villi\\n|,,,,l III 1SI.1. et,l .-l .-I tin- New llalllHlile I aKlllW ill 1 Ml: I, ,,T e.l thlUUgU\\nthe wal a- Iii-t lieutenant, retlirm-.l at til.- i lu-e l the win and died in\\nThere have been for physicians Dr. Webster, Dr.\\nCushing, Dr. Jonathan Cove, I r. David L.Morrill,\\nlirs. John ami Ebenezer Stevens, Dr. Walkers, Dr.\\nWrights, Dr. Renolds, Dr. Crosby, /ilia Adams, Drs.\\nDaniel ami John Little, Dr. Flanders, Dr. Carr, Dr.\\nNcwhall, Dr. Charles F. George and Dr. Frank\\nBlaisdell.\\nI r. oive was considered to he the first physician in\\nthis section of the State. Dr. Morrill was Senator of\\nCongress and Governor of the State, also a minister\\nof the gospel, ami altogether a man of talent.\\nPerhaps one of the most distinguished of the early\\nsettlers of the town was Samuel Blodgett, who, in\\nmany respects, was a remarkable man. 1\\ns,. e Hhl-n nf .Manchester", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0566.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "(iOI-KriTOWN.\\n315\\nThe first settlers of Goffstown were very industrious\\nin their habits they had im public amusements, but\\nwhen it was convenient they used to asserableat each\\nother s houses and havea social meal and a g 1 time\\ndiscussing the news which each one had picked Up,\\nas there were no newspapers then. Every member of\\nthe family attended these gatherings, the children\\namusing themselves with games suitable I I heir ages,\\nthe mothers taking care of the youngest, ami in the\\nmean time plying the knitting-needles or sewing, and\\nsometimes, when much hurried, bringing the cotton\\nand wool cards with them, while the men usually\\nmade their appearance about lour or half-past four\\no clock, and at live o clock all partook, after invoking\\nthe Divine blessing, of a bountiful supper, which the\\ngood housewife had previously prepared.\\nNow, a supper in those days was a pretty substantial\\nmeal and was usually given the first of winter. First,\\nearly in the day, a big spare-rib was hung by a stout\\nstring before the blazing fire, and properly turned and\\nbasted by one of the younger girls, until it vvasbeauti-\\nt lly browned and cooked through to an iota, 1 nol\\na particle of it charred or scorched, when, meeting the\\nmother s approval, it was removed to a convenient\\nplace to await the time for setting the table; then, with\\nsome steaming hof potatoes and gravy, the first course\\nwas ready.\\nPotatoes were considered quite a nobby dish in\\nthose early days, few families having them, the brown\\nloaf being the usual substitute, and was seldom miss-\\ning from the table, even after potatoes became\\nabundant.\\nThe second course was a monstrous chicken-pie,\\nupon the making of which all the g 1 housewife s\\nculinary skill had been exhausted. As large a milk-\\npan as could possibly be crowded into the mouth of\\nthe oven was covered with a crust, made out of home-\\nmade wheat-flour finely sifted as possible, which, with\\nplenty of butter, was made nice and (laky. Covering\\nthe bottom of the pan first, then filling in the chickens\\nproperly cut up and duly moistened, salted and but-\\ntered, a top crust was adjusted; a second and third\\none followed, each a little less in diameter than the\\nfirst; then a row of stars and hearts, artistically or-\\nnamented with a trunk key, the centre of the crusl\\nhaving a hole sufficient for the escape of the extra\\n-team and moisture, and altogether giving forth such\\nan appetizing odor, when removed from the oven to\\nthe table, that no1 a man or woman of them all\\nrefused to have their square wooden trenchers (which\\nwere used instead of plates as now) bountifully filled\\nup with chicken-pie, and all pronounced it d lie 3,\\njust the nicest and most flaky crust they ever did\\nsee. And our ancestors did not fib.\\nHow they ever managed to find room for the\\npudding, which succeeded the chicken-pie in regular\\norder, must be set down as one of the lost arts, which\\nhas never been transmitted down to us dyspeptics of\\nthe nineteenth century; but the truth of history\\nobliges us to state that not one of the guests present\\nrefused to have their trenchers tilled with I lie\\npudding, and to have a cup of tea, which, Aunt\\nlluldah affirmed, was made strong enough to bear a\\nHat-iron up. This tea, which was not an every-day\\nluxury, had the effecl to loosen eery tongue, and\\nconversation never flagged until the clock struck\\nnine, which was the usual time for starting home.\\nThen there was gathering in hot-haste the steed,\\nand each one was soon on the way home, pronouncing\\nit a delightful time.\\nBut such a bountiful repast was not always pro-\\nvided. \\\\n old man many, many years ago related\\nthat a play-mate of his father s younger days\\ncame to hi- lather once much excited, exclaiming,\\nCharlie! you must come over to suppi\\nbouse to-night; we are going to have the best supper\\nyou ever heard of. What can it be said Charlie\\ndo tell us right away. Rye-doughnuts, fried in\\nhiii|iie\\\\ eel urease, by erackee; wdiat do you say to\\nthat? I ll be there, said Charlie. And sure\\nenough, with the maple molasses to dip them in, it\\nwas no small job to fry them as fast as a half-dozen\\nbig, hungry boys could make way with them.\\nII Al TER IV.\\niiOFFsTOWX-|r,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nI I.I si SSTIl U IIISTOIIV.\\nIi (Epis\\nCongregational Church. \u00e2\u0080\u0094This town was settled\\nin 1741 or 1742, and was chartered June 17, 1761. The\\npeople at that time were, as in all New England towns,\\na church-going people. It was considered disrepu-\\ntable to be habitually absent from Divine service on\\nthe Sabbath. Accordingly, we find that as S00D as\\npossible after receiving their charter, measures were\\ntaken to secure the ministrations of the gospel. At\\nthe first annual town-meeting, held at the barn of\\nThomas Carr (where the meetings were convened for\\nmany years), it was Voted, that one hundred pounds\\nlie raised for preaching, and Deacon Thomas Karr\\nand Asa Pattee were appointed a committee to expend\\nit. It was also Voted, that half the preaching be at\\nJames Kan s and the other half at John Smith s.\\nIt is probable that all the public religious services of\\nthai daj were held in barns, as we find by a vote in\\nMarch, 1763, that it was the will of the town that the\\npreaching for that year be at James Kan s barn. At\\nthe same meeting one hundred pounds was appro-\\npriated for preaching. At theannual meeting March\\n5, 1764, three hundred pounds was appropriated, and it\\nwas Voted that two hundred pounds be preached\\ni Contributed l.y R.v. Samm-l v. Or..nl.l. Mm ran .,f i\\nIiri-achcil I V linn in i.-.n-tuwii, Jul", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0567.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "316\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nout at John Smith s, and the other one hundred\\nthereof be equally divided on each side of the Piscat-\\naquog River. The next year the same amount was\\nappropriated, bul the services were all to be held at\\nThomas Kan s barn. In 1700 the amount voted for\\npreaching was reduced to one hunched and fifty\\npounds, and the selectmen were instructed to expend\\nit. In 1707 only nine pounds was voted for this\\npurpose, bul as three pounds was all that was raised\\nfor town charges, it is probable that the difference\\nwas owing to the shrinkage of the currency. Two\\nsomewhat curious votes stand side by side in connec-\\ntion with the annual meeting of this year, which will\\nserve to show the changes time and truth have\\nwrought. The one is that the town support no\\nschool this year; the other, that it pay tor the\\nrum used at the bridge by the Mast fordway.\\nIt will have been observed that the town, rather\\nthan individuals, supported public worship at this\\ntime. The towns also erected the meeting-houses.\\nThe Congregationalists were the standing order,\\nand so all the tax-payers, lor many years, contributed\\nto the support of this denomination. There was a\\nprovision, however, by which those conscientiously\\nopposed to this order, and in favor of some other,\\ncould be released by the selectmen, in which cases\\ntheir taxes went to support the denomination to\\nwhich they were attached. There were many Pres-\\nbyterians, some Anabaptists, as they were called,\\nand a few Episcopalians, that in this manner were\\nreleased from supporting the ongrcjat iou.ilists. I .ut\\nall voters must pay their proportion towards the sup-\\nport of some religious worship, and for many years\\nthe town as-osed and collected all moneys expended\\nfor this object. Various sums were yearly voted\\nby the town for this purpose, until the formation of a\\nchurch and the settlement of a pastor, when the sum\\nwas usually voted by the church, but assessed and\\ncollected by the town.\\nThe Congregational Church was organized Ictober\\n30, 1771. Its records for the first ten years of its\\nexistence were destroyed by fire many years -m i\\nit is impossible to give its strength or say very much\\nabout it for that time. The names of eighteen per-\\nson-, incidentally mentioned, who must have been\\nmembers, have been culled from the subsequent rec-\\nords; ami, as most of these are name- of men, it is\\nsate io presume that more than fifty must have been\\nadded to the church during this period.\\nIt is probable that a Presbyterian Church or society\\nwas formed very soon after, for in an old record-book\\nof the Londonderry Presbytery, lost for many years,\\nbut recently discovered in one of the antiquarian\\nbook-stores of Boston, is this record from the minutes\\nof a meeting held at Newburyport, Mass., May 13,\\n177:!: Ordered that a certificate be delivered to the\\nPresbyterian society of ioH -town. manifesting their\\nVicing under the care of this Presbytery. The\\nPresbyterians held a service, more or less, every year\\nin private houses ami barns, but never had a meeting-\\nhouse nor a settled minister, although a certain Mr.\\nPidgin preached for them some time. Very little can\\nbe ascertained in regard to this church. In the\\ntown records, under date of April 10, 1781, fifty-six\\nnames of males are appended to a declaration that\\nI ley ate Presbyterians. It is possible that not until\\nthis year did they become a separate legal parish,\\nthoii-h relieved from paying rates in 1773.\\nFrom the beginning there were some Anabaptists,\\nas they were then called, whose parish rates. at\\ntheir request, were applied tothesupporl of Baptisl\\npreaching at Hopkinton, where they attended till\\n1793. During this year a church of this order was\\nformed in town, though it had hardly more than a\\nname to live until it was reorganized in 1820. They\\nwere without a house of worship till 1834, when the\\npresent structure was erected.\\nThere were also a very few Episcopalians, whose\\nparish rates were applied at Newburyport, Mass.\\nHow often these persons worshiped in that place we\\nhave no means of knowing, but they hardly could\\nhave g i so far more than once or twice in a year.\\nThe town records have this entry under date ot March\\n7, 1791,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This certifies that Captain John Butter-\\nfield hath joined the Episcopal Society in Goffstown,\\nand means to support the gospel in that mode of wor-\\nship. (Signed), John Smith, John Clogston, War-\\ndens. Under date of March 4. 1793, is this record,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lie- in. iv .-.-i-tit all l.cp...i wli..in it may n.i,. -Ml that Mr. Enoch\\nEaton, i m-t..\\\\w,. ]n .t liim-. l! ii I a member oi the Epia opal\\n:nun h, now en in said town, and ina helped to m I ti\\nin tli.it line for st, m\\\\ i band John Di w John\\nButterfleld, John Smith, W ill sni SI Di ng il, Wardens.\\nFrom this it would appear that there was at that time\\nan Episcopal Church or society in this town, but I\\nhave been unable to discover other evidence of it.\\nAs early as 1766 the inhabitants began to move for\\nthe building of a place of worship. At a town-meeting\\nheld September 29th of this year, it was I that\\nthe meeting-house be built on the south side of the\\nriver on the convenientesf place in the crotch of the\\nroads a, they lead from the bridge to the Mast road.\\nThis is very mar where the Baptist Church now\\nstands. It was also Voted, that the house be forty-\\nfour feet long, thirty-eight feet wide and twenty-two\\nfeet post, and that it be raised, boarded and\\nshingled by the first day of October next. But the\\nquestion of the two sides of the river disturbed our\\nfathers, as it litis their children, and the opposition to\\nthis vote was so strong that the committee did\\nnothing. The town was also about evenly divided\\nupon another question. The settlers on the north\\nside of the river were mostly Congregationalists those\\non the south side were mainly Presbyterians. The\\nlatter, in getting a vote to build on their side of the\\nriver, gained a temporary triumph. Put the votes\\nwere soon rescinded. The next July the town voted\\nto build a smaller house near Deacon Kan s shop,\\nwhich vote was rescinded at the following March", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0568.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "IIOFF8T0WN.\\n317\\nmeeting in 1768. But our lathers evidently were be-\\ncoming wearied with this contention, and so at this\\nmeeting fixed upon the location, and empowered\\nSamuel Richards, Km\u00c2\u00bbii Page, William McDoell,\\nAsa Pattee, Joshua Martin, Job Rowell and Thomas\\nKarr to build the house according to their own\\nmind.\\nOn the 27th of April, 1768, the house, which most\\nof us remember, standing near the school-house at the\\nCenter, and which was taken down in 1869, was\\nraised. It was not completed tor several years. Vari-\\nous sums were appropriated from year to year for this\\npurpose. It was occupied as a place of worship as\\nsoon as shingled and hoarded. In August, 1769, the\\npew-ground in the body of the building was sold\\nat a vendue, and the avails were used toward com-\\npleting the house. The names of the purchasers at\\nthat time were Samuel Blodgett, William Gilchrist,\\nRobert tilmore, Captain James Karr, Deacon Thomas\\nKarr, Job Kidder, Joseph Little, Captain John Mack,\\nDaniel McFarland, Samuel McFarland, Asa Pattee,\\nSamuel Richards, Benjamin Stevens and Moms Wells.\\nThe vendue occupied two days, and was probably\\naccompanied with considerable discussion. Others\\nafterwards secured pew-ground, until most of the\\nbody of the church was sold.\\nThe second house of worship in town was erected\\nin 1815 and 1816, and was dedicated July 3, 1816,\\nRev. John H. Church, D.D., of Pelham, preaching\\nthe sermon. It stood upon or very near the present\\nsite of Mr. Samuel M. Christie s house. It was quite\\na large building, with galleries on three sides, and\\nhad a bell. After its erection services were held in\\nthis house two-thirds of the time, the other third\\nbeing in the old house at the Center. In 1845 it was\\ntaken down and moved away.\\nThe third meeting-house was built in 1838, which\\nwas the one occupied by the Methodists, and which\\nwas struck by lightning and burned a few years since.\\nThe old meeting-house had becomequite dilapidated\\nand uncomfortable, and a new one, upon which the\\ntown should have no claim, was very much needed.\\nBesides this, there was a feeling on the part of those\\nliving in the Center and east part of the town that\\nthey were not receiving so many privileges as the west\\nvillage, a large part of the preaching being at the\\nlatter place. They were also hoping to form a parish\\nof their own, and so have sanctuary privileges every\\nSabbath. Their desires, however, were not realized,\\nand in 1842 the house was sold to parties by whom\\nthe Methodist Church u;i- organized.\\nDuring the pastorate of Rev. Isaac Willey, and\\nlargely through his influence, the present house of\\nworship was erected, at acost of about two thousand five\\nhundred dollars. 1 It was dedicated in October, 1845,\\nfrom which time all the Sabbath services were held in\\nthis house. Its seating capacity was increased in lSt!9\\nby the addition of twent\\\\ -eight pews.\\nA parsonage, costing, complete, about two I bousand\\nseven hundred dollars, was built in 1870, and a\\nchapel or vestry, for the social meetings of the church,\\nwas erected in 1875, at an expense of two thousand\\nseven hundred and fifty dollars.\\nHaving spoken of the houses of worship, we natur-\\nally next come to the ministers of the gospel. A\\nhistory of the ministers of olden tin\\ntor\\\\ of the church over which they were settled.\\nThere was then, on the part of church members, very\\nlittle of what we now call religious activity. Such a\\nthing as a layman talking religion or praying, other-\\nwise than in his own family, was hardly known.\\nAbout the only public expression of religious life con-\\nsisted in attending the two very long preaching ser-\\nvices on the Sabbath, being punctual at the commun-\\nion, and presenting one s children for baptism. Upon\\nall these points they were very strict. The church\\nwas, therefore, more largely than now, what its pastor\\nmade it.\\nAt a town-meeting held August 31, 1769, it was\\nVoted, that we keep Mr. Currier four days, mean-\\ning, probably, four Sabbaths. It is likely he had al-\\nready preached several Sabbaths, being employed\\nby the committee for that year, ami that the town,\\nwith a view to his settlement, wished to hear him\\nlonger, as we find that, on the 24th of October follow-\\ning, a committee was appointed to treat with him in\\nregard to settlement. On the 13th of February, 1770,\\na formal call to settle in the ministry was voted him\\nby the town; but tor some reason it was not ac-\\ncepted. It was renewed July 29, 1771, ami was ac-\\ncepted the 17th of August following. He was to have,\\nas a settlement, the use of a certain tract of land, re-\\nserved by the proprietors of the town for that purpose,\\nand \u00c2\u00a340 a Mar the first live years, \u00c2\u00a34o the next three\\nyears and \u00c2\u00a350 a year after eight years. His salary\\nwas to be paid, one-half in corn and the other half in\\nlabor. He was ordained October 30, 1771, the same\\nday the church was organized. Mr. furrier was set-\\ntled by the town rather than by the church. The or-\\ndaining council, which also recognized the church,\\nwas composed of Rev. Daniel Emerson, of Hollis,\\nRev. Henry True, of Hampstead, and Rev. Henrv\\nGyles Merrill, of Plaistow, chosen by the town, be-\\nsides five chosen by Mr. Currier, whose names are\\nnot given. His ministry was a brief one for those\\ndays a little short of three years. He was yerj in-\\ntemperate in his habits, and was dismissed hv the\\ntown and church August 2 1774, without the advice\\nof a council. Probably he did not care to appear be-\\nfore one.\\nRev. Joseph Currier was born in Amesbury, Mass.,\\nMarch is, 1743; was graduated at Harvard College\\nin 1765, and studied theology in private. After his\\ndismissal from this church he removed to Corinth,\\nVt., where he died July 24, 1 829, aged eighty-six.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0569.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "318\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThis town shared in lli.- burdens of the Itevolution-\\nary War, furnishing seventy-four men for the army,\\nbesides large quantities of beef (thirteen thousand\\npounds at one time) assigned them by the govern-\\nits quota. For this reason, probably, after\\nMr. Currier left, there was no stated preaching, but\\nonly occasional supplies, till 1781. The fact that the\\nPresbyterians and Anabaptists had been relieved,\\nApril 19, 177M, from paying their rates for Congrega-\\ntional preachingmay have had somethingto do w itli it.\\nOn the 27th of December, 1781, Cornelius Waters\\nwas ordained and installed pastor of this church, the\\ncall having been voted the 23d of August previous.\\nIn this transaction the town had no part. The\\nchurches in Sutton, Amherst, Merrimack, Pembroke,\\nPlaistow, Atkinson. Hollis, Concord, Warner, Hop-\\nkinton and Hampstead were invited on the council.\\nAs preparing the way for his coming and his success\\nin his ministry, the church observed the 1st day ol\\nDecember as a day of tasting and prayer. Rev.\\nHenry True, of Hampstead, was moderator of the\\nCouncil, and Rev. Jeremiah Barnard, of Amherst,\\nscribe. Mr. True gave the charge to the pastor, Rev.\\nJacob Burnap, D.D., of -Merrimack, gave the fellow-\\nship of the churches, Rev. Gyles Merrill, of Plaistow.\\nthe ordaining prayer, and Rev. Elijah Fletcher, of\\nHopkinton, the concluding prayer.\\nHe received a settlement of one hundred pounds\\nand a salary of seventy pounds a year for the first\\nfive years, and eighty pounds thereafter. He seems\\nto have been a very worthy man. During his minis-\\ntry fifty-seven were added to the church and thirty-\\nthree ou ned the Covenant. During the latter pari\\nof his pastorate there were dissensions in the church.\\nA council was called for their settlement, but they\\nwere not settled. A day of fasting and prayer was\\nhut the difficulties continued. Mr. Cur-\\nrier was too loose in his habits, ami Mr. Waters by\\nsome was thought too strict. The lovers of ardent\\nspirits were determined lie should leave. So he\\nasked a dismission, which was granted May 4. 1795,\\nafter a ministry of fourteen years. To tin- record is\\nappended the following: Notandum Bene. The\\nvote accepting his resignation was passed in the east\\nend of the meeting-house on the common, at the\\ntime of the annual parish-meeting by adjournment,\\nand the church co do it to quel) the\\nviolence, rage and confusion which prevailed in a\\ndistracted party of the church and parish in the\\nparish-meeting. The opposition won tin- day, which\\nwas all they cared for. a- the leaders ceased attending\\nor helping in the support of worship, so\\nthat after three years it was found necessary to expel\\nthem.\\nCornelius Waters, tie second pastor of this church,\\nwas born in Millbury, Mass., May 12, 1749; gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth College in 1774. Like Mr. Cur-\\nrier, he studied theology in private. From here he\\nremoved to Ashby, Mass., where he was installed in\\n17 J7 and dismissed in 1X16. He continued to reside\\nin \\\\shl,y till his death, July 30, 1824.\\nAfter the expulsion from the church of those dis-\\naffected with Mr. Waters, the sober, second judgment\\nof the people convini ed them that they had all done\\nwrong. There had been much hard feeling between\\nthe Congregationalists and Presbyterians. An un-\\nholy strife for members had been carried on by both\\nchurches. A day of fasting and prayer was appointed,\\nand the Ihristian people were humbled. A vote was\\ni lie Congregational Church that they would\\nthereafter be more careful in the reception of mem-\\nbers. The result, in a few words, was that a plan of\\nunion between the two churches was adopted De-\\ncember 2 1801, and they became one, under the\\nname of the Presbyterian-Congregational Church of\\nGoffstown. The government was to be according to\\nthe Congregational polity, with the right of appeal\\nry or mutual council, as the parties might\\nideet.\\nUp to 1790 the Half-Way Covenant seems to have\\nbeen in use. This was an arrangement by which\\nadults whose outward lives were correct by owning\\nthe covenant were permitted to receive the rite of\\nbaptism themselves, and present their children for\\nthis ordinance. We have the names of thirty-eight\\npersons who were admitted under thi- covenant. It\\nmade had work with religion wherever it was adopted,\\nas it was virtually a letting down of the bars of the\\nchurch to any who chose to come in in this way,\\nwithout any personal interest in the Saviour of sin-\\nners. This Half-Way Covenant was originally pro-\\nmulgated in 1662 by a council convened in Boston by\\nthe General Court of Massachusetts, to s^ulc existing\\ndifficulties in the churches. The reason forits adop-\\ntion was because at that time none but baptized per-\\nsons could vote. But it was adopted or was in use in\\nmany places, as here, a long time after this reason\\nhad ceased to exist, so far as applied to town affairs.\\nAll who owned the Covenant could, however, vote\\non church affairs, and much trouble was sometimes\\nmade in con-eipienee. It -win- gradually to have\\nfallen into disuse in this place, as. ever after the union\\nof tie- two churches, the church members regulated\\ntheir own affairs as now, except that in the matter of\\nel sing and dismissing pastors the act of the church\\nmust he accepted by the parish, as now by the\\nsociety.\\nI pon the adoption of the plan of union, De-\\ncember 2 1 1801, a call wa- extended to Mr. David\\nLawrence Morril to settle with us in the work of\\nthe gospel ministry, and he was ordained and in-\\nstalled March 3, 1802. He received a settlement of\\nthree hundred dollars and an annual salary of three\\nhundred dollars. For the purpose of meeting the\\ndesires of the Presbyterians, six elders were appointed,\\nnamely, John Richardson. Jonathan Stevens, Thomas\\nWarren, Thomas Shirley, Thomas Kennedy and\\nRobert Moore, the last three having been, originally,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0570.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "GOFFSTOWN.\\n319\\nPresbyterians. John Taggert and William Story\\nwere soon after added. The ministry of Mr. Morril\\nwar. on the whole, a successful one, for he was a man\\nof prudence, ability and piety, and so won the confi-\\ndence of the entire community. Thirty-four were\\nadded to the church during his pastorate. The Pres-\\nbyterian and Congregational elements, however, were\\nnot quite in harmony, and many of the former with-\\ndrew in ISO:;. Intemperance prevailed in the church\\nto an alarming extent, but, to thecredit of the church\\nbe it said, every ease was met by discipline. Mr.\\nMorril s health having become poor, or rather his\\nvoiie failing him, he resigned his charge and closed\\nhis labors November 4, 1809. His resignation was\\nimt acted upon by a council till July 10, 1811. It is\\nprobable that in the intervening time lie occasionally\\npreached. From this time till the latter part of 1818\\nthere was no regular preaching, although the town\\nappropriated for this purpose in 1816 the sum of two\\nhundred dollars, the society the same amount in 1817,\\nand one hundred and fifty dollars in 1819.\\nDavid Lawrence Morril was born in Epping, June\\n10, 1772. He never went to college, hut studied\\ntheology with Rev. Jesse Remington, of Candia. In\\n1808 he received the degrees of A \\\\1. and M.D. from\\nDartmouth College, and in 1825 the degree of LL.D.\\nfrom the University of Vermont. He continued to\\nreside in this town for many years after his dismissal,\\nin tie- practice of medicine, and was moderator and\\nclerk of the church until another pastor was chosen,\\nlie represented the town in the Legislature from\\n18lo to 1816, inclusive, the latter year being Speaker\\nof the House. The same year he was elected to the\\nTinted State.- Senate for six years from .March 4,\\n1817. He was also Governor of the State in 1s24-2 i.\\nHe removed to Concord in the autumn of 1831, where\\nhe engaged in the book trade, and where he died\\nJanuary 27, 1849.\\nIn 1816 an ecclesiastical society was organized for\\nthe support of Congregational worship, called the\\nReligious Union Society, which was incorporated\\nDecember 11, 1816. This remains until this day.\\nIn 1819 a call was extended to Mr. Hosea Wheeler,\\nwhich was declined.\\nIn the spring and summer of 1819 the place was\\nblessed with a very powerful revival, under the\\npreaching of Rev. Abel Manning. Sixty-eight were\\nreceived into the church in the year 1819, the largest\\nnumber ever received in any one year. In the His-\\ntory .if the New Hampshire Churches, Rev. E. H.\\nRichardson says of this revival. There were a few\\nwomen whose persevering prayers, in the midst of\\ngreat obstacles, were answered in this revival of re-\\nligion. They prayed it. into existence.\\nBenjamin Henry Pitman was ordained October 18,\\n1820, tor the term of live years. During his ministry,\\nin 1822. the Religion- In ion Society received by will\\nof Thomas W. Thompson one hundred and seventy\\nacres of land, the avails of which were to In- used for\\nthe support of a Congregational minister. Mr. Pit-\\nman had many warm friends, and he was earnestly\\nrequested to remain longer than his five years, but he\\ndeclined. He was dismissed November l i, \\\\SS The\\nfollowing incident occurred during his ministry, which\\nillustrates the difference between those times and\\nthese: 111 the autumn of L825 the Bog road, so\\ncalled, was built, and Mr. Pitman, as road surveyor\\nfor one of the districts, had charge of a certain part.\\nStrong drink was freely Used at that time, and\\nthought no sin, provided one did not take enough to\\novercome him. On this occasion Mr. Pitman did,\\nand as a consequence gol into a quarrel with some of\\nbis But, to his honor be it said, he afterwards\\ns 1 1 o 1 1 1 and obtained the forgiveness of the individuals\\nami of the church for the quarrel, not for the\\ndrinking. The bibulous propensities of the inhabit-\\nants at that time were strongly developed. Shall I\\ngive you the names of those licensed by the town to\\nmix and sell liquors that year? They were Daniel\\nParmer, Robert Hall, Jonathan Butterfield, Gideon\\nFlanders, Parker *.V Whittle, John Smith, Ephraim\\nWarren, Daniel M. Shirley, Fliphalet Richards and\\nJohn Little.\\nMr. Pitman was bom in Newport, R. I., November\\n28, 1789; received neither a college nor a seminary\\neducation, hut probably studied theology in private.\\nOn leaving this place he returned to Newport, 1!. I.\\nHe died March 8, 1868. 1 cannot ascertain whether\\nhe ever preached after leaving this place.\\nIt will have appeared that there was need of a\\ntemperance reformation in this place. When the\\nenemy cometh in like a Hood. we have the promise\\nthat the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard\\nagainsl him. It was just about this time. 1826, when\\nthe temperance reformation in this country com-\\nmenced. A t uw hail received the light, hut most were\\nin darkness. Rev. Henry Wood, who followed Mr.\\nPitman, was a total abstinence man. He was or-\\ndained May 31, 1826. Through his exertions and that\\nof a few of the church, a vote was passed that year\\ndiscountenancing the use of liquor at funerals. That\\nwas as far as they could go at that time, as rum was\\nused upon every occasion by nearly every person. It\\nwas always set before the minister when he made his\\nparish calls. But so much advance had been made\\nunder Mr. Wood that, in the winter of 1829-30, a\\nvote was passed by the church testifying against the\\nuse of liquors in any form, except as medicine. It is\\nnot to he inferred from this that every member of\\nthe church had become a teetotaler, but that the\\nlight was breaking and the temperance can-\\ning. Mr. Wood was not only a temperance man, he\\nwas a spiritual man. whom many with us to-day\\nremember with tender interest. His ministry was\\nblessed with revivals, one hundred and tilty-t wo being\\nadded to the church. He seems to have left on ac-\\ncount of inadequate support. He wa- dismissed\\nNovember 29, 1831.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0571.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "320\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHi- was born in Loudon, April 10, 179ii was grad-\\nuated from Dartmouth College in 1822, where he was\\ntutor the following year. He studied theology at\\nPrinceton, lsi l-;. 1 and was professor i if languages in\\nHampden Sidnej College, Virginia, L825, from which\\ninstitution lie received the decree of 1 .1 in 1867. After\\nhis dismissal from this church. November 30, 1831, he\\npreai hi d three and a half years in Haverhill, five and\\na half years in Hanover, edited the Congregational\\nJournal at Concord for fourteen years, preached at\\nCanaan two years, was United .States consul in Syria\\nand Palestine four years, and chaplain United States\\nnavy from 1858 until his death, at Philadelphia, Oc-\\ntober 9, 1873.\\nOn the day after Mr. Wood was dismissed Rev.\\nDavid Stowell was ordained. The ministry of the\\nformer closed and that of the latter commenced in the\\nmidst of a revival. It is somewhat remarkable that\\nall the discussions in regard to raising Mr. W 1 s\\nsalary, some of which were heated, did not have the\\neffect of driving away the Holy Spirit but doubtless\\nthere wen. fervent prayers continually ascending that\\nHe might continue to abide with them. These facts\\nteach this truth, that a revival does not depend on\\nany one man, not even upon the minister. Mr.\\nStowell was a strong temperance man, and dealt its\\nenemies many heavy blows.\\nA sermon which he preached in this place forty-one\\nyears ago, and which was printed, is said to be a fair\\nexample of his style. He was dismissed Hecemher\\n15, 1836, the cause assigned in his letter of resigna-\\ntion being ill health. This letter is full of tenderness\\nand affection, and a hearty vote of confidence in him\\nwas afterwards passed by the church.\\nMr. Stowell was born in Westmoreland, December\\n29,1804; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1829;\\nstudied theology in private. Before coining here he\\ntaught the Derry Academy two years. He wen! from\\nhere to Townsend, Mass.. where he was installed pas-\\ntor .Tune 28, 1837. While there the fellowship of the\\nchurches was withdrawn from him, on account of al-\\nleged misconduct. He went to Fitzwilliam and en-\\ngaged in farming for a number of years, and died there\\n.March 29, 1854.\\nAll the pastors who have thus far been named have\\npassed to their reward. Most of them were g and\\nfaithful men. though not without their faults. They\\nare now seeing the fruits of their labors, as they could\\nnot see them here. In most cases the seed they -owed\\nwas good; it was watered with their prayers anil tears,\\nbut it did not spring up till they had passed away. It\\nvery often incurs that God sends one generation into\\nthe world to sow seed, the harvest of which another\\ngeneration shall gather.\\nWe come now to the ministry of Rev. Isaac Willey,\\nwho was installed November 23, 1837. He was the\\nfirst pastor of this church wdio had ever had a previous\\nsettlement. He came here from Rochester, where he\\nwas ordained January 18, 1826, and dismissed in 1834.\\nHis pastorate here extended over nearly seventeen\\nyears, the longest term of any.\\n.lust after Mr. Willey s settlement, as he was en-\\ngaged to preach all the time at the west village, the\\nmembers of the church living at the Center and in\\nthe east part of the town, to the number of sixty-four,\\nfeeling that they were neglected by the removal of the\\nmeetings to the west village, -ought letters of dismis-\\nsion for the purpose of forming a church of their own\\nat the Center. They applied to Mr. Wallace, before\\nhe was settled at Manchester, to preach for them. If\\nwe may judge from the votes passed at that time, this\\nrequest was entertained in a Christian spirit, without\\nany attempt to force them to remain. The result was\\ntheir petitions were withdrawn, and an arrangement\\nwas made by which Mr. Willey was to preach one-\\nthird of the time at their new house.\\nDuring Mr. Willey s ministry, his house, situated\\nwhere David Grant s now stands, was burned in the\\ndead of night, with most of its contents, and he and\\nhis family, ten in number, were left without a shelter.\\nIn this tire many of the valuable papers and records\\nof the church were destroyed. His pecuniary loss was\\nlargely made up to him through the liberality of\\nfriends in this and adjoining towns.\\nFrom the History of the New Hampshire\\nChurches I make this extract: In the beginning\\nof 1841 a woman in the character of a preacher\\ncame to this town, and held meetings almost daily.\\nHer hearers increased until the large church (the old\\nchurch at the Center), holding nearly one thousand\\npei-oii-, was filled. She professed no connection with\\nany existing church, and was sustained lor a time by\\npersons who had been expelled from the Congrega-\\ntional and Baptist Churches. In the following spring,\\n1842, more than one-half the voters in town, and\\nnearly all those who had never been willing to sup-\\nport any other preacher, came to her support. A\\nnumber of persons, who had made a profession of piety\\nhastily, were drawn off from each of the churches.\\ncent occasioned by her p reaching alter a\\nt vw months declined.\\nThis event seems to have caused great fear to the\\nchurch. There was, however, hardly any occasion\\nfor it. Had the church let it entirely alone, doubtless\\nthe excitement would have passed away sooner than\\nit did. It sometimes requires a highly sanctified\\nhuman nature anil common sense to let such things\\nalone. The advice of Gamaliel to the people, after\\nthe excitement produced by Peter s preaching, i- often\\nworth following in these days. Refrain from these\\nmen, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this\\nwoi k be ofmen, it will conic to nought but if it be of\\niod, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found\\neven to fight against Cod.\\nFifty-five were added to the church during Mr,\\nWilley s ministry: but his work i- not to be measured\\nalone by this standard. He closed his labors March L 7,\\nIS. but was not formally dismissed till .May 17, 1854.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0572.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "COFFSTOWN.\\n321\\nHewasborn in Campton, September 8, 1793; was\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1822, and studied\\ntheology at Andover with the class of L825, and also\\nwithRev. Bennet Tyler, D.D. After completing bis\\nlabors here lie was appointed agent of the American\\nBible Society for New Hampshire, retaining his home\\nhere until 1865, when he removed to Pembroke, where\\nhe now resides.\\nA call was extended by the church and society in\\n1854 to Mr. Franklin Tuxbury, but it was not\\naccepted.\\nThe next pastor was Rev. Elias EL Richardson. He\\nwas born in Lebanon, August 11, 1827; was gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth College in 1850; at Andover\\nTheological Seminary in 1853. He was ordained\\npastor of this church May 18, 1854, and was dismissed\\nOctober 30, 1856. Subsequently he was pastor at\\nDover seven years; at Providence, R. L, three years;\\nat Westfield, Mass., five years: at Hartford, Conn.,\\nseven years, and was settled at New Britain, Conn.,\\nin 1878, where he now is. He received the degree of\\nD.D. from his alma mater in 1870.\\nRev. John W. Pay became acting pastor April 1,\\n1857. He was invited to settle, but declined. He\\nclosed his labors May 1, 1867. He was born in tes-\\nter, December 23, 1814; was graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 843. Previous to his coming here he\\nhad been a teacher in Atkinson s Academy; Man-\\nchester High School at Eastport, Me; at Merrimack\\nNormal Institute; at Pinkerton Academy, Derry;\\nand also pastor at Rockville, Conn. Since leaving\\nhere he has been acting pastor at Hastings and Lake\\nCity, Minn., being now at the latter place.\\nMr. Jharles A. Tow lc was called to the pastorate in\\n1868, but declined.\\nThe present pastor was born in New (now East)\\nAlstead, July 11, 1834 was graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1858; studied theology two years ;;t Union\\nTheological Seminary, New York City, in the class of\\n1861; was ordained pastor at Stoddard, October 2,\\n1861; and installed pastor of this church February 4,\\n1869, having commenced his labors two months previ-\\nously.\\nA roll of the church from the beginning had never\\nbeen kept. Within a i uw years one has been made,\\nas accurate as possible, and it now has upward of\\neight hundred names. Without a doubt, it should\\ncontain from twenty to fifty more, who were members\\nfrom 1771 to 1781, but the records are lost. The\\neighteen names we have were found scattered through\\nthe subsequent records, where reference was made to\\nthem.\\nThere have been seasons of revival and depression\\nin the history of this church. Several important re-\\nvivals has it enjoyed, in 1802, under Mr. Morril in\\n1810, under Mr. Manning; in 1826-28, under Mr.\\nWood; in 1831-32, under Messrs. Wood and Stow, 1!\\nin 1835, under Mr. Stowell; in 1864, under Mr. Ray;\\nand tin- one in 1875. Two-fifths of all the addition.\\nto the church from the beginning ha\\\\c occurred in\\nthese years. Against these occasions of rejoicing we\\nin est [dace other seasoi i o I depression and trial, w hen\\n1 he band of has seemed to be against us because\\nof Our sins, when there were dissensions within and\\ntrouble without, when the prevailing iniquity of the\\nplace seemed to vender futile all efforts to bring about\\na better slate of things, ami when defection, intem-\\nperance and worldliness seemed about to rend the\\nchurch in pieces. Cod, having planted the vine,\\nwould not leave it to be destroyed. When its up-\\nrootal seemed imminent, He watched it with tender-\\nest care; when the soil about it had become dry and\\nhard. I le watered if with the Holy Spirit. It has been\\nwith it as with the church of God from the beginning;\\nthere have been times wdien it seemed as though it\\nwould die, but it has never died, it never can lie -o\\nlong a- there remain in it those who are tine to their\\nMaster and to each other. We still live because\\nhitherto hath the Lord helped us.\\nThere has been progress. The advance may not\\nhave been seen from year to year, but we can see it\\nnow. Within the memory of those now living a\\nmember of this church sought a letter of dismission\\nand recommendation to a Methodist Church, which\\nwas met by the appointment of a committee to disci-\\npline her. To-day we should all have said to a simi-\\nlar request, Go, and God lie with you.\\nIn early times the services of the sanctuary were\\nvery lengthy, the two sermons were each about an\\nhour long, as often running over this time as coming\\nunder. The prayers were very long, the long\\nprayer, so called, not usually less than thirty min-\\nutes. Between services tin people went to tin- noon-\\ning-house, where they warmed themselves at a huge\\nlire of logs, and with flip and cider. Here also they\\nate their brown bread, or beans, or other refreshment\\nthey had brought with them. Here the women tilled\\ntheir dishes with coals for their foot-stoves. No other\\nartificial heat was tolerated in the house of Cod lor\\nmany years, and when at last stoves were introduced,\\nthere Was, upon the part of the conservatives, a great\\noutcry. They claimed they were uncomfortable be-\\ncause they were comfortable, and they predicted the\\njudgment id heaven because of the sacrilegious inno-\\nvation. There were no prayer-meetings in those early\\ndays, no Sabbath-schools, almost no books or news-\\npapers. The Sabbath Ben ice- furnished about all the\\nmenial food the people had, save what they received\\nfrom the Bible.\\nThe first notice we have of a prayer-meeting in this\\nplace was in 1826(August 16), when one was appointed\\nby the church, and neighboring ministers were in-\\nvited to attend and aid in carrying it on. April 5,\\nL838, a monthly prayer-meeting- was established, and\\nJune 9, L844, it was made a weekly meeting. It was\\nevidently given up some time after, as a vote is re-\\ncorded, January 7, 1847, reviving it. Let it not be\\ninferred there was no praying by God s people before", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0573.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ni In- irrmiM there was nut social prayer. Our lathers\\ndid not know its power and its hles-.cdne.-s. They\\nacted according to the light they had. Surely there\\nhas been progress here.\\nThe first notice of Sabbath-schools was in L821,\\nwhen several were appointed in the various school-\\nhouses of the town upon Sabbath afternoons. Of\\nwdiat the exercises consisted we have no account,\\nbut probably of little more than the memorizing the\\nBible and the Catechism. When the Sabbath-school\\nwas introduced as a part of the regular services of the\\nsanctuary I am not informed.\\nIt may surprise some of you to know that slavery\\never existed in this place but this must have been\\nthe ease, as, September 1, 1785, Catherine, a negro,\\nformerly belonging to Ls.|. Blodgvtt, was baptized.\\nIn looking at the way the Lord has led us, during the\\nmore than a century of our existence, we have abun-\\ndant reason for taking courage and pressin\\nThe timid seldom win a battle. rod said to Joshua,\\nBe strong and go forward. [f Joshua had been a\\ntimitl man, and there had been no i ageous one to\\ntake his place, the entrance to the promised land\\nwithout doubt would never have been attained.\\nBaptist Church. Previous to the year ls \u00c2\u00bb2 then-\\nhad existed for several years in this town a branch of\\nthe Baptist Church at Hopkinton but in that yearan\\nindependent church was formed, including in its\\nmembership resident- of Gotlslown, How and Dun-\\nbarton. This organization was maintained until\\nMarch 18, 1820, when it was dissolved, and upon the\\nsame day the present church was organized with a\\nmembership of thirty-tour, including several persons\\nwho presented letters Horn the church in London-\\nderry, iii this State, and Haverhill and Gloucester, in\\nMassachusetts\\nThe first election of church officerstook place April\\n29th, when Jonathan Rand and Moses Gould were\\nchosen deacons mid Moses Gould was chosen clerk,\\nand on the following Sabbath the ordinance of the\\nLords Supper was observed for the first time, and\\nsixteen new members, who had been baptized by\\nElder John B.Gibson, of Weare, were given the hand\\not fellowship.\\nThe church had no pastor until June 29, 1822,\\nwhen a call was extended to Elder Gibson, who ac-\\ncepted and immediately entered upon his duties.\\nThe present house of worship was dedicated July\\n2, 1834, previous to which time the church had held\\nits meetings in private dwellings, in school-houses\\nand occasionally in the old Last meeting-house, when\\nit was not occupied by the Congregationalists, by\\nwhom it was used a portion of the time. The church\\nwas admitted to the Salisbury Association in 1*20,\\nbut withdrew in 1828, and was one of the churches\\nthat formed the Milford Association in that year.\\nThe i ailv records not being complete, it is impossi-\\nis Hazen.\\nble to ascertain the exact number of baptisms, but\\nsome three hundred persons have been received upon\\nprofession of their faith since the present organiza-\\ntion was effected. Several interesting revival seasons\\nhave been enjoyed, when large numbers were added\\nto the church.\\nThis church may be said to be the mother of several\\nchurches in this vicinity. November 27, 1828, thir-\\nteen members were dismissed to form the church in\\nDunbartoii May 28, 1829, nine members were dis-\\nmissed to form the church in Amherst; July 2d.\\n1835, ten members were permitted to form a branch\\nchurch at Amoskeag; and December 29, L836, forty-\\nfour members were dismissed to form an independ-\\nent church at that place.\\nA glance at the present condition of the two\\nchurches in Manchester will reveal the growth to\\nwhich this child has attained. Since its present or-\\nganization the following pastors have served the\\nchurch\\nRev. John B. Gibson from June 29, 1822, to February 28, 1828 Rev.\\nSi n Fletcher from June 25, 1829, to Ipril 29, 1830; Rev. Ferdinand\\ni. iii- ij.mii -nil., J: i-. \\\\i,_.i- K.-v. William X.\\nl-ii,\\nMarch 1\u00c2\u00bb, 1850; Rev. James W. Poland from March 28, I860, to April\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i 8ei D V Demingfr Maj 1. 1854, April 1, 1-.- Rev.\\ni. \\\\..v. miIht 7, i i. i; w iiii.ini\\nII. Eaton from September 4, 1864, to Julj 1,1m.-, Bev. John S. Hara-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 rom Si ptember6, 1868, to Octobel 2, 1870 Rev. James W. Poland\\nfrom April 1, 1871, t January 1 1ST l;,. v. John II. Nichols from July\\n1877 toApril29, i--:: Rev. Edward I. Lyford, the pr.\\nsim Kaj 6, 1883.\\nThe church has also enjoyed the services of other\\nbrethren, whose names do not appear among those of\\nthe regularly settled pastors, and of these the name\\nof Lev. John Peacock deserves special mention, his\\nfaithful labors being so abundantly blessed of Heaven\\nin the winning of precious souls.\\nThe present officers are: Pastor, Rev. Edward T.\\nLyford; Clerk, Charles Hazen Treasurer, Joseph B.\\nGilmore; Deacons, Joseph B. Gilmore and Francis\\nColby.\\nSt. Matthew s Church. An Episcopal church was\\nin existence in this town during the last century; but\\nthe date of its organization is unknown. It was al-\\nways small, and had become extinct before the organ-\\nization of the present parish, which was in 1866.\\nBev. S. Y. Compton was the first rector, services being\\nheld in a public hall.\\nThe corner-stone of the present church edifice was\\nlaid in the spring of 1868 by the late Rev. James If.\\nBarnes, D.D., of Concord, at the request of Bishop\\nChase, liming the same year regular services were\\ndiscontinued. The church building was erected\\nmainly through the liberality of friends in the diocese,\\nand in Boston and New York.\\nSByBov.W. II. Cutler.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0574.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "COFFSTOWN.\\nServices were first held in the new church in Jan-\\nuary, 1870. In the year 1874 the parish became a\\nmission in charge of the Rev. G. Brinlej Morgan,\\nfrom which time services have been held without in-\\nterruption, under the successful ministrations of Rev.\\nW. S. While,, ml. and Rev. II. A. Remick. The present\\nincumbent, Kev. W. II. Cutler, took charge in Sep-\\ntember, 1883.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, Goffstown Cen-\\ntre. 1 The first church edifice in Goffstown was built\\nby the town, the work being imenced in I 768, but\\nnot completed for several years. It was at the Cen-\\ntre, on the north side of the road, a little west of\\nwhere the school-house now stands. It was used as\\na house of worship by the Congregational Church and\\nalso as a town-house. In 1816 another house of wor-\\nship was completed at the West village, and there-\\nafter services were held at the Centre only one-third\\nof the time. This, together with the fact that the\\nold church was very much out of repair, led the mem-\\nbers of the Congregational Church at the Centre, in\\n1S38, to erect a new house of worship, with the view\\nof having a parish of their own, with preaching every\\nSunday. This house stood where the Methodist\\nChurch now stands.\\nIn 1841a .Miss Parker, who claimed to be independ-\\nent of all churches, but who had formerly been a\\n.Methodist, began to preach at the old church and\\nalso to hold meetings at school-houses in various parts\\nof the town. Large crowds came to hear her several\\nprofessed conversion. Meanwhile the Congregation-\\nalists had not carried out their plan of having preach-\\ning every Sunday, and Kev. Isaae Willey, of the West\\nvillage, preached in their new house one-third of the\\ntime. Some may have been dissatisfied with this\\narrangement. At any rate, some ,,f lie Congrega-\\ntionalists at the Centre became supporters of Miss\\nParker, and a controversy arose as to their right to use\\nthe new house of worship, which was settled by selling\\nthe entire building to two individuals who favored\\nMiss Parker s meetings. When the new converts\\nand others asked Miss Parker what they should do,\\nshe advised them to form a Methodist Church. Mr.\\nHarvey Stevens went to Manchester and consulted\\nwith Rev. Elihu Scott, pastor of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church there, who, in turn, consulted with Kev.\\nSchuyler Chamberlain, presiding elder of loncord I \u00c2\u00bbis-\\ntrict. Arrangements for a Methodist meeting were\\nmade, which was held in the new church in the au-\\ntumn of 1842. Schuyler Chamberlain, Elihu Scotl\\nand other preachers were present. The meeting con-\\ntinued several days and a number of persons were\\nbaptized. A society was organized The two men\\nwho owned thechurch edifice sold the pewsto various\\nindividuals, and the services of Rev. Mr. Smart, a\\nlocal preacher, living at Concord, were secured until\\nthe next session of the New Hampshire Conference,\\nBy Rev. E. It.\\nwhich occurred June21, 1843. Rev.SamuelS. Math-\\news, a local preacher, was sent to (iollstown, and\\npreached here one year. Mr. Mathews was twenty-\\nseven years of age, having been horn in London, N 1 1.,\\nJanuary, 1816. lie joined the New Hampshire Con-\\nference in 1*44, and was stationed at Exeter. The\\nnext two years he was al Kast Salisbury, Mass. In\\nis 17 he was stationed at Rochester, but in the au-\\ntumn of that year he was cut down by a prevailing\\nepidemic. He died September 6th. He wasa man of\\ngreat zeal and deep piety. His labors at (iollstown\\nwere attended with success. The new church pros-\\npered, and at the end of the year he reported sixty-\\nli\\\\ e members.\\nIn 1844, Warren F. Evans was sent to (iollstown,\\nand at the end of the year he reported an increase of\\nseventeen members. Mr. Evans was a g I scholar\\nand an original thinker, lie held pronounced views\\nupon the subject of holiness. After filling several\\nappointments, some of them important ones, he w iih-\\ndrew from Conference, and altera few years went to\\nthe West. His subsequent history is not known to\\nthe writer of this article. lie was followed at (iolls-\\ntown by Alexander H. Fullerton, who labored here\\ntwo years, during which there was an increase of\\nele\\\\ en members.\\nin 1848, Ezekiel Adams was stationed at Hooksett\\nand Goffstown. lie was assisted in his work by 1\\nI French, who seems to have preached at (iollstown\\nrather more than Mr. Adams. John McLaughlin,\\nwho came next, although he had been a member of\\nConference for two years, was still pursuing his\\nstudies al the Methodist Biblical Institute, which had\\nrecently been removed from Newbury, Vt., to Con-\\ncord, X. H. His subsequent appointments wire\\nNashua. Claremont, Lawrence, Mass., and (ileal\\nFalls. He died December 20, 1857, aged thirty-four\\nyears. L,,r the next nine years, 1850-58, Goffstown\\nwas supplied by students from the Biblical Institute,\\namong whom were II. Pitcher, Rodney Cage, A.\\nL. Herrick (now of the New England Conference),\\nEdwin W. Parker I now a missionary in India) and\\nStephen L. Baldwin (whose name has since become\\nprominent in the history of missions in China).\\nThese students were able to do little or no pastoral\\nwork, and often sent a fellow-student to supply the\\npulpit, so that some years there were as many as ten\\n,,r twelve different preachers, and during pail oi\\none winter there was no preaching. This was very\\ndisastrous to the interests of the church, and the\\nminutes ,,f 1856 report hut twenty-live members.\\nIn 1859 and I860 there was no regular reaching.\\nIn 1861, through the efforts ,,f Harvey Stevens,\\nThomas Sargent. Daniel i. Davis and others, the\\nservices of a student, named ,I,,hn C. Gooding, were\\nsecured for a part of the time. The place i tinued\\nto be supplied by students until the Biblical Institute\\nwas removed to Boston, in 1867. The names of those\\nwho had charge of the station, and wdio preached,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0575.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsome of them, nearly every Sabbath, were as fol-\\nlows\\n1862, Henry W. Ackerly 1863, John H. Hillman 1864, Thomas\\nCbipperSeld; 1865-66, S. W. Rnland L867, Egbert A. Braman.\\nUnder the pastorate of J. II. Hillman the member-\\nship, as reported in the minutes, increased from\\ntwenty-six to forty-six. He is now a member of the\\nNew Hampshire Conference. The appointments\\nsince 1867 have heen as follows:\\ntO, Watson W. Smith 1871, Eleazer\\nSmith; lt 72, William E. Benin-it ls7.:-7-l, ElMi l;;,- Bra.lfonl ls7.\\\\\\nI; Dearborn 1876-77, J. Mowry Bean 1878-80, D. W Downs 1881\\nS-, Ita.l Ta .,11 1--:, .1. i.. Hani-,.,,, lss4-s. E,lual,l K. Perkins.\\nWarren B. \u00c2\u00bbsg 1 was a student of the Theological\\nSchool at Boston. He was from New York, and was\\nconnected with the New Hampshire Conference hut\\none year. Watson W. Smith and .1. L. Harrison\\nhave withdrawn from the Methodist hurcli on ac-\\ncount of change of views. Eleazer Smith died at\\nConcord, N. II., in February, 1879, having been in\\nthe ministry fifty-one years. He was a good man, an\\nearnest and faithful preacher. Among his appoint-\\nments were Montpelier, Vt., and Concord, N. H.\\nHe was twice chaplain of New Hampshire State\\nPrison, in all fourteen years.\\nElbridge Bradford was transferred in 1882 to the\\nNorthwest Iowa Conference. T nder his pastorate\\nthere was a good revival interest, and the church was\\ngreatly strengthened. R. Dearborn did not till his\\nappointment, and his [dace was supplied by N. P.\\nPhilbrook. All the other preachers in the above list\\nare still members of the New Hampshire Confer-\\nence.\\ni in the 18th of August, 1877, during the pastorate\\nof J. Mowry Lean, the church was struck by light-\\nning and totally destroyed. Although there was no\\ninsurance, a new church was erected before the close\\nof the year. The debt of two hundred dollars in-\\ncurred at the time has since been paid. In 1881,\\nunder the pastorate of Lad Talari, a new parsonage\\nwas erected, at an expense of about fifteen hundred\\ndollars. The society is free of debt, and has a fund\\nof over sixteen hundred dollars, tlie legacy of the late\\nSally Harriman. The present membership is fifty-\\nfive. There is a good congregation and a prosperous\\nSunday-school.\\nthe incorporation was revived, to continue until we\\nshall please to approve or disallow the same.\\nJul} 2, 1822, a portion of the town was taken to\\nform the town of Hooksett. June 20, 1825, some is-\\nlands in the Merrimack River were annexed to tin-\\ntown, and June IS, 1836, the farm of Isaac Parker,\\nin New Huston, was annexed. It retained this area\\nuntil July 1, 1853, when a portion of the town was\\nannexed to Manchester, it previously having extended\\nto the Merrimack River.\\nTown Clerks.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tin- toll,, win- is a list of town\\nclerks from 1761 to 1886\\nAlexander \\\\V,,lk, -r, t j-,,m 17,. I t\\n.i M:,h i ii. i i, in i\\nCraig, from 1802 to\\n1811 Ephraim Warren, from lsi\\n1- II Robert Craig, from 1831 tc\\nIi 17-7 to\\nfrom 1 to\\nls:lti; )Ii\u00c2\u00bbb I fn.ui ls.;r. t.. o, t..l..-r Is. 1-11 Moses Roliy, from\\nOctober 18, 1841, to March, 1844 George Poor, from 1844 to 18*3 Benja-\\nmin Stevens nd), from 1845 to 1846; M Robie, from 1846 to\\n1848; Franklin 1 from 1848 to 1849 Alfred Poor, from 1840 to 1853;\\nEphraim B Wells, from March, 1853, t, December 21, Is David S.\\nCarr, from ]le,/enil er I l, Is;,:;, to Mareh 11, ls. ,4 All!*., I 1 tini\\n1854 t,, 1855 David Pattee.fi 1855 to 1856 I harlcsGi i\\nt,, is:,:, oivn Moor, from Is. to 1862 Georgi P. Henry, from 1862 to\\nOctober 20, 1868 John Steel, from October -1 1868, to March 9,1869;\\nFrank F. Flint, from 1869 t,, 1871; Fran* B. Ii lere, from ls71 t,.\\nL876 j Franklin Hadley. from 1876 to 1-7 rge L. Hooper, 1 i\\n1S7 l,. 18M1 Em.-t J, ,1, jis, ,n. Imu lvs. to ll,.- pi-- lit time.\\nRepresentatives.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of rep-\\nresentatives from 177! t,, 1886:\\nI- I: U Gregor was elected representative t attend at\\nin- I J Court, .t Exeter, for tin- ensuing year; 1780, Robert\\nMcGregor; 1781, Enoch Sawyer; 1783-85, Robert McGi\\nl 17-7. Job Dow 17. v\\\\ illiam Pag, i:- l, ti I\\nnot tosend; 1790, voted not to Bend; 1791-92 Robert McGregoi\\n1793, voted not t,, send; 17, l--,;,. John Pattee 17 not given;\\n17 .i7, John Pattee;1798, Robert M igoi 1799, John Btitterfield\\n1800-01, John Btitterfield; 1802, Jonathan Gove; 1803-04, John Bot-\\nterheM 1st, not ;;i veil Is,,,:, ,7. ,l,,lin Itnttertielil lsns-ll, Favi,!\\nL. Morrell; 1817, not given; 1818, William Brown 1819-21, John\\nPattee; 1822, Robert Hall 1823, John Pattee; 1824-25, Robert Hall;\\n1826, Jesse .,,i. i-J7.1i.oi, I Steel and Gideon Flanders 1828, Jesse\\nCarr and Eliphalet Richards; [829, Jesse Can and Eliphalet Richards;\\n1830, David K;,n and Charles F. Gove; 1831, David Barr and Charles\\nF Gove; 1832, David Ban and Charles 1 Gove; 1833, Charles F.\\nGove and Noye- I Is rhnil.-. F n,,ve and Koyet\\nRobert Craig and Jesse fa,,; 1.- l:,,l.,i t i taig and Isaac Flan-\\nders; 1837, Isaac Flanders and Benaiah Richards; is!-, Benaiab\\nRichards .,,..1 Henrj B Stevens; 1839, Henry I Stevens and\\nM r isle. M..-. s Poor and Benjamin st.-o-n-\\nBenjamin Stevens (second) and s. T. Jones; 1--I-, Shubael T Jones\\nand Noyes 1 i-t Noyes Pool and 1:1,1 halet B\\n1-44, Eliphalet l:\u00e2\u0080\u009e hai-,1-, Jr.. nml Joseph Sargeul\\nCHAPTER V\\nG0FFST0WN\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CoTitin\\nncorporalion ,f Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chain:,-- in I aiielari.-- -I. i-t of Town Clerks\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nRepi-. -entiitives\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Militai-i i 1861 Names of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ma-\\nsonic History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bible Lodge, No 27. r. and M -B.il Lodge, So\\n!i:;,F. and A M.- Webstet Lodge, No. 24, I 0. 0. F.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Press\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nEnterprise\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tin Herald Tb, L nion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Advertiser\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S\\nTins town was incorporated June 16, 1761, by the\\nJovernor and Council of New Hampshire, to continue\\ncorporate body until March 2- 1763. April5, 1763,\\nHadley; l-. i,\\naniiiiF. Blaisdell\\n1854, s, II,\\nW ill,. Ml,\\ni P. Hadley and Jos, i-li Dnnlap i-. ,7, John s. Can-\\nan, I H:\u00c2\u00abii.l Ml ivid M. Taggart 1859,\\n.1 .i,i, I no I i .in. nan It,,!,, o-oii Is,;,,. John Duulap and oilman\\nRobertson; 1861, TI as R. Butterfield and Albert G. Robie; 1--.-.\\nami John Gil, hri-l\\nGikhrist ls 4 l m.niu i ,,n i I 565, Joseph\\nli. Kennedj and Vlfred Pooi 1866, David S Fereon and William P.\\nn illiam ll. Eaton and John s. Little 181 B\\nJoin i and John 51. Parker; 1869, Lucian D. Hunkins and John\\ni; Moore and Peter E. Hadlej 1871, John K\\ni I I I: An-tin: 1-7. 1 s i.l M Tint-art and Tln.,1-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0576.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "COFKSTOWN.\\n325\\nU i W Ri. barde 1873,\\nAlvin Hadley and Jesae\\nTewksbury; 1876, Georj\\nSI.uk all.l .l. Mall l.a-.e]le\\nLeonard Robertson, elec\\nirgrage I s 4\\nidull and Julin\\n[877, Lewis II.\\noa II. Merrill\\n.lvanua B Gil.\\nrist; 1882, David V Taggart; 1884, George P Hadlej (si I\\nMilitary Record, 1861-65\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following are the\\names of those who enlisted from Goffstown during\\nmonths\\nJohn L.\\nFrederick Mel\\nrell, John A. Heath, Willard 1\\nI\\nSolomon Smit\\ni, Benjamin D. Bel tier, Edwii\\ns\\ndell, Henry B\\nker, Edward Barnard, Edwin\\njainin F. Quinby, John O Neil, Marselah A. Merrill, Thomas O.Grady,\\nHenry Richards, Leonard X. George, Godfrej Jehonnett, Hor\\nShirley. Jas.au Mill, t, J .-^i -I i Comfort.\\nThe following are the namesof those who enlisted to\\ngo to Portsmouth in 1863, into the Heavy Battery\\nFredrick 7,. Swartzs, Charles J. Drew, Samuel B. WeBton, John S\\nPoor.JamesL. Hunkins, Frank Harriman, George Gilchrist, Charles\\nMorgrage, Malcom Mi I. Daniel Kidder, Joseph i: SteaYens, Edward\\n.1 Collins, Moses W. w Ibury, George F. Bidwell, Daniel L. W Ibury,\\nIvlwu\\nStephen Law I\\nM. I ,Ja\\nBible Lodge, No. 27, F. and A. M., was chartered\\n.May, 1816, with the following charter members:\\nJonathan Gove, John McGaw, Thomas Raymond,\\nJesse Carr, William Fowler, Thomas Kenedy, Samuel\\nP. Kidder, Jr., David L. Morill. The First Master\\nwas Jonathan Gove, and the Second Master, Jesse\\nCarr.\\nFor a time it ranked among the first lodges in the\\nStan. In 1X24 a large number of its members\\npetitioned for a lodge in Bedford Lafayette Lodge,\\nNo. 41 (now located in Manchester),\u00e2\u0080\u0094 which, with the\\nanti-Masonic excitement, diminished the membership,\\nand in 1835 it was voted to dissolve the lodge.\\nBible Lodge, No. 93, F. and A. M., was chartered\\nMay 16, 1877, with the following-named persons as\\ncharter members: James H. Conner, Josiah Laselle,\\nDavid A. Paige, Amos H. Merrill. Charles I Georgei\\nJames G. Taggart. Oren J. Balch, James 1!. Ferson,\\nJess,- E. Junkius, John K. Richardson, Wallace Cald-\\nwell, Abel M. Davis, Charles E. French, Isaac J.\\nPaige, Thomas M. Harvell, Henry 11. Johnson, J.\\nFrank Warren, Benjamin F. Merrill, Charles II.\\nHadley. First officers were James II. Conner,\\nMaster; Josiah Laselle, Senior Warden; David A.\\nPaige, Junior Warden; Amos IF Merrill, Treas.\\nCharles F. George, Sec.\\nThe present officers are as follows: James R.\\nFerson, W. Master; Charles F. George, S. Warden\\nAbel M. Davis, .1. Warden; Joseph Cram, Treas.;\\nJames IF Conner, Sec; [saac .1. Paige, Chaplain;\\nlharles E. French, S. i eacon Leslie S. Bidwell, .1.\\nDeacon; William H. Colby, S. Steward Henry W.\\nParker, J. Steward John K. Richardson, Marshal\\notis F. Sumner, Tiler; James G. Taggart, Repre-\\nsentative. Past Masters Janus 1 onncr, Josiah\\nLaselle, David A. Paige, Amos H. Merrill, James G.\\nTaggart.\\nWebster Lodge. No. 24, 1. 0. 0. F., 1 was instituted\\nMarch 26, 1X77, by Alonzo F. Craig, M.W.Grand\\nMaster; Henry A. Farrington, Deputy Grand Master;\\nJoel Taylor, Grand Secretary; Robert Furnald,\\nGrand Treasurer Joseph Kidder, Grand Chaplain;\\nAlfred P. Hendrick, Grand Marshal; Benjamin\\nFletcher, Jr., P. G., Representative.\\nIII. charter members were William II. Weeks,\\nCharles A. Whipple, Robinson Brown, Kendrick\\nKendall, Frank Blaisdeil, M.D., Isaac -I. Paige, Nor-\\nman L. Richards, Calvin Richards, Charles G. Bar-\\nnard, Edwin A. Blaisdeil, Nathan J. furrier, Calvin\\nMartin, Henry Moore, Frank H. Woodman, William\\nP. Carlton, John E. Leizer, Selwin T. Martin, Edson\\nF. Rand, George W. Paige, Charles C. Hadley, L.\\nHenry Stark, John W. Story, Albert E. Emerson,\\nHenry W. Merrill, Thaddeus W. Richards.\\nI h. first officers were R. Brown, N. G. Isaac J.\\nPaige, V. (i. William Q. Carlton, Secretary Frank\\nIF Woodman, Treasure! Henry W. .Merrill, War-\\nden Edwin A. Blaisdeil, Conductor Frank J. Paige,\\ni lutside l-uardian John E. Leizer, Inside tuardian\\nNathan J. Currier, R. S. N. G. Kendrick Kendall,\\nE. S. N. G. William IE Weeks, R. S. V. G.; lharles\\nC. Barnard, L. S. V. G. George W. Paige, R. Scene\\nSupporter Charles A. Whipple, L. Si ene Supporter\\nCharles C. Hadley, Chaplain; Kendrick Kendall,\\nNathan J. Currier, William IE Weeks, Trustees; L.\\nHenry Stark, Calvin Richards, Henry Moon-, Investi-\\ngating Committee Henry Moore, (alvin Martin, L.\\nHenry Stark, Finance Committee; Frank Blaisdeil,\\nM.D., Examining Surgeon.\\nThe Noble Grands have been as follows: R.Brown,\\nI J. Pai ;e, F. II. Woodman, C. G. Barnard, William\\nIF Weeks, E. A. Blaisdeil, Calvin Martin, F. Blais-\\ndeil, K. Kendall, G. W. Paige, S. T. Martin, L. H.\\nStark, C. IE Gregg, C. Morgrage, F. J. Fletcher.\\nThe present officers are H. Moore, N. G. L. S.\\nBidwell, V. F. Blaisdeil, M.D., Sec. R. Brown,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0577.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "326\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nR. S. X. G; G. Henry II.. it. L. S. N. G. William\\nH. Dow, R.S.V.G.; Charles F. Ferson, L. S. V. G.\\nDaniel H. Hoit, Right Scene Supporter; Earnest\\nWhitney, Left Scene Sup] er; Charles H.Gregg,\\nWarden; George B. Stevens, Conductor; Fred. K.\\nHazen, Inside Guardian; E. A. Blaisdell, Outside\\nGuardian Frank T. Moore, Chaplain Representa-\\ntive to Grand Lodge, K.Kendall; C. Morgrage, E.\\nA. Blaisdell, F. .1. Fletcher, Finance Committee.\\nThe lodge at present numbers about seventy mem-\\nbers, and is in a flourishing condition; composed of\\nsome of the best citizens of Goffstown.\\nThe Press. There have been several small publi-\\ncations started in Goffstown from time to time, all,\\nhowever, being short-lived. The Enterprise, published\\nannually, in the interests of the inhabitants, January\\n1. L870, 71 and 72, by Henry E. Blaisdell The Her-\\nald, Mrs. II. L. Harvey, editress; The Union, .Mrs. G.\\nD. Davis, editress, in the interests of the Methodist\\nSociety The Advertiser, by Frank E.Paige.\\nStatistical.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is the inventory of the\\ntown for 1885: Number of polls 475, \u00c2\u00a347,500; 425\\nhorses, $35,182 4 mules, $200 74 oxen, $4826; 821\\ncows, $26,357; 561 sheep, $1768; 199 neat stock,\\n$4434; 56 hogs, (taxable), $462; stock in public\\nfunds, $3500; in banks, $8430 in trade, $35,050;\\nmills and machinery, s JiioO money on hand ami at\\ninterest, $216,448 total valuation, $1,198,327; increase\\nover last year, $26,869; amount of tax levied, $7248.66;\\nrate, including highway tax, 59 cents on $100; num-\\nber of dogs, 138. There arc 281 children in town\\nbetween the ages ..f live and fifteen years. Popula-\\ntion, 1699.\\nGoffstown has various manufacturing interests\\nwhich give life and stability to the town. There are\\nthree physicians in the town, A. I Carl I- Jo .rue,\\nand Frank Blaisdell, and one lawyer, Hon. Samuel\\nUpton. There is one hotel iii the village, II. II.\\nI Ui-tiu, proprietor; and two summer hotels, the\\nShirley Hill House, S. D. Johnson, proprietor; and\\nthe Scribner Hill House, II. S. Scribuer, proprietor.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJOHN M GAW PARKER.\\nThe first ancestor of the subject of this sketch was\\nJosiah Parker 1 who came from England prior to 1700\\nand settled in t ainbridgc, Mass. His son Thomas\\nwas a clergyman, and was the first settled pastor of\\nthe church at Dracut, Mass., and died there in 1765,\\nHis son John 1 settled in Litchfield, N. II. His sec-\\nond son, William was born in 177 He married\\nHannah Aiken, who died September 30, IMS. His\\nsecond wife, Hannah (Adams) McGaw, was born\\nAugust 22, 1788, and died February 2b. 1869. By the\\nfirst union there were tour children, Rodney, George\\nW., Caroline and Margaret Ann. By the second\\nunion there were also four children, Hannah A.,\\nborn November 13, 1819; John McGaw 5 bom Sep-\\ntcmberl7, 1822; David Adams, born October 5, 1S24;\\nand William H., bom August 6, 1831, who died in\\ninfancy. William was one of the earlj settlers of\\nGoffstown, N. II.. and became largely identified with\\nthe lumbering and the mercantile trade and was also\\nixtensive farmer and. for his time, one of the\\nprominent and successful men of the town. He died\\nAugust 9,1839. His wife, Hannah Adam-, was a\\nsuperior woman, a descendant of that honored fam-\\nily whose representatives were called to the executive\\nhead of our nation, whose Christian influence over\\nher family was most ennoblingand whose children\\nnow call her blessed. The subject of this sketch\\nat an early age attended the district school of his\\nnative town, where he received the rudimentary part\\nof his education, and alter some time spent in the\\nacademy at Hopkiuton, N. H., he completed his edu-\\ncation at old Derrj Academy, and entered the store\\nof his father as clerk. After several years of expe-\\nrience in mercantile life gained in his father s store,\\nalso in a store in loncord and in the store of William\\nWhittle, in loffstown, he, iii 1843, started on his own\\naccount in the mercantile trade at the old stand of\\nhis lather s, where, in 1847, lie associated with him\\nhis younger brother, David A.. underthe firm-name\\nof J. M. D. A. Barker, and for almost forty years\\nthey have pulled together, carrying along large :r^fi-\\ncultural as well as mercantile interests. The, have\\nalso invested a large capital and engaged exten-\\nsively in the wood and lumber business for many\\nyears, and by sound judgment and indomitable\\nenergy have accumulated a large property. The\\nbuilding of the Manchester and North Weare Bail-\\nmad added greatly to their business facilities, and\\nthey became its lamest patrons. On the 30th of\\nNovember, 1854, Mr. Barker married Letitia\\ndaughter of the late Captain (diaries Stinson, of\\nDunbarton, N. II. Mrs. Barker was born March 9,\\n1835. The children of this union are three\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I diaries\\nStinson, born November 3, 1855; Henry Woodman,\\nborn Februarj 26, 1859 and Frank Adams, born\\nJune 1,1866. I lharles was married, Augusl lit, 1877,\\nto Ella J. Hoit, who died February 3, 1878. I lharles\\nand Henry arc associated in the mercantile business\\nat Goffstown and are doing a large and profitable\\nbusiness. Mr. Barker is a Republican in politics,\\nand has been elected to various otlices, in each of\\nwhich lie has shown fidelity and good sense. He was\\na member of the State Senate in 1858-59. In 1855 he\\nwas elected commissioner li.r 11 illsborough County,\\nserving two terms, and in 1869 represented his town\\nin the General Court, [n 1876 and 1877 he was coun-\\ncilor from his district, being elected from a strong\\nDemocratic district, thus showing his popularity\\neven among political opponents. At the institution of\\nthe Male Board of Equalization, in 1879, he wascom-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0578.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0082\u00ac5^ 1\\nJ%^4\u00c2\u00b1-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0581.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0582.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0583.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0584.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "GOFFSTOWN.\\n327\\nmissioned by the court as one of the five members,\\nwas reappointed in 1881 and selected as president of\\ntheboard. In L879, atthe organization of the Guar-\\nanty Savings-Hank of Manchester, he was ehrted\\npresident, which office he still holds, lie is also one\\nof the directors of the Merchants National Bank of\\nManchester. Mr. Parker lias been postmaster of his\\nnative town, has gained a wide celebrity as a suc-\\ncessful auctioneer, is often called to act as referee in\\nthe adjustment of disputed questions, and in all\\nmatters of a public nature he takes a most lively in-\\nterest, and has won a most enviable reputation. New\\nHampshire is justly proud of such a son.\\nCAPTAIN CHARLES si I\\\\so\\\\.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born April 18, 1800,\\nin Dunbarton, N. H. He was grandson of William\\nStinson, one of the early settlers of this town under\\nthe Masonian granf of 1751; was born of Scottish\\nparents in Ireland, March 1 1725. From that\\ncountry, while young, he emigrated with his father\\nto Londonderry, X. II. In the year 17 l-o2 he com-\\nmenced a settlement in Starkstown (afterward Dun-\\nbarton where for a time he lived alone in a log cabin,\\nin which, on one occasion, he received as a visitor the\\nRev. David Mc Iregore. Not havinga table, says the\\nhistorian of Londonderry, nor anything that would\\nanswer as a better substitute, he was obliged to make\\nuse of a basket, turned up. The Rev. Mr. McGregore,\\nin asking a blessing,\\nhost might be blessei\\nThis blessing was liti\\nbecame one of the t\\ninhisbaskel and in\\nrally fulfilled, as\\nlost wealthy perso\\nvicinity.\\n1 le was prominent\\nu the settlement of\\nship, and Idled with credit many offices of trust and\\nimportance, and by industry and economy became\\none of the most substantial freeholders within twenty\\nWilliam Stinson was married to \\\\gnes Caldwell,\\n.March 26, 1754, and died August 21, 1803. She\\nwas born June 17, L734, and died July 23, 1818. By\\nthis union there were twelve children.\\nWilliam- Stinson, Jr., second son of William Stin-\\nson, Sr., born March 4. 1762, married .lane Cochran,\\nof New Boston, N. H., who was born in 1776. He was\\nan excellent farmer and intelligent man. Ifewas often\\nemployed in town affairs, was liberal and hospitable,\\nespecially to the poor. In him they found a friend.\\nHis wife was a superior woman, who looked well\\nto the ways of her household, and their house was\\none of the mosl agreeable visiting-places in town.\\nFrom this union there were five children. William\\nStinson, Jr., died April 8, 1822. Jam- C. Stinson\\ndied April 28, 1820.\\nCaptain Charles 1 Stinson was tin oldest son of\\nWilliam Stinson. Jr. At an early age he displayed\\na love for farming, and made progress in the district\\nschool. At Bradford Aeademv, Massachusetts, he\\nultimately acquired what education it was his privilege\\nto obtain. When eighteen years of age he was ap-\\npointed commander of Dow s Troop. He was an\\nactive officer during the celebrated Colistown muster,\\nwhere he obtained the title that followed him il gh\\nlife. He was well known in this section of the State\\nfor his good judgment and his sound integrity.\\nAs a farmer he was active, and naturally id a strong\\nconstitution, he was able to carry on a great amount\\nof worlc. and as a reward of his industry, he added to\\nhis original inheritance a good property.\\na resident of Dunbarton, N. 11., he was activi\\nand prominent in its all airs. He was countj c\\nmissioner, selectman, treasurer and twice elected lo\\nthe Legislature. In I Sl 7 he sold his large estate ami\\nmoved to roffstown, where he spent the remainder of\\nhis days in quietness and attending to his business\\naffairs.\\nCaptain Charles Stinson married Susan, daughter\\nof Robert and Prudence Cochran, of Sharon, Vt.,\\nMaj 15, L831. Susan was born October 27, 1803, and\\n.lied March S.;. 18S8. He married, second, Mary Ann,\\ndaughter of Moses and Sally Poore, of Cotistown,\\nX. II., May 29, 1839, born August 28, 1811.\\nCaptain Charles Stinson died August s. 1878.\\nI here wi re three children by the first union, and one\\nli\\\\ i he second.\\nChildren, Jane Stinson, born October 1833,\\nmarried Wallace Caldwell, of Byfield, .Mass., July\\n15, 1858.\\nLetitia C. 2 Stinson, born March 9, ls:;o. married\\nJohn M. barker, of Goffstown, November 30, 1854.\\nSusan C. 3 Stinson, born October 22, 1837, married,\\nGeorge Byron Moore, November 29, 1860. Mr. Moore\\ndied of pneumonia April 11,1872. On May 17, 1877,\\nshe married Judge Edwin S. .Tom s, of Minneapolis,\\nMinn., where she now resides.\\nMary Ad Stinson. born August I, 1st], married\\nCharles A. Pillsbury, September 13, 1866, of Minne-\\napolis, Minn., where she now resides.\\ni HE SHIRLEY FAMILY.\\nThe first ancestor of the New Hampshire Shirleys,\\nof whom we have any record, was James Shirley,\\nwho was born, probably, in the north of Ireland, in\\nUlster County, in 1649. This was the year that\\nCromwell sent bis famous Ironside Legion into Ire-\\nland, and avenged the terrible massacre of the Prot-\\nestants in 1641. It is not improbable that the ances-\\ntor- of James Shirley, if not James himself, came\\nloan Scotland to Ireland in one of those currents of\\nemigration that set out from one country to (he other,\\nas the waves of religious persecution swept hither\\nanil thither, as Catholic or Protestant was in the\\nascendant. It is even possible that .lame- Shirley,\\nas well as his ancestors, may have been a native of\\nScotland, and. with his parents, lure been among\\nthe exiles driven from Scotland, in 1660, under the", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0587.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "HISTOHY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncruel persecutions of Junius Craham. (if Claverhouse,\\nwho was the tool of James, viceroy of Scotland and\\nbrother of James II. These immi\\nland were Presbyterians. Fifty years before, in nil:!,\\nmany of their ancestors bad settled in Ulster, on\\nlands confiscated upon the overthrow of the Earl of\\nTyrone, who had rebelled against James I. This\\nimmigration kept up until 1641, when the hatred of\\nthe natives bad so increased that it culminated in an\\nattempt to exterminate the entire Protestant popula-\\ntion, and in the attempt forty thousand Protestants\\nv, ere slain I his massacre was a\\\\ enged by Iromwell,\\nwho, for the first time, brought all Ireland to Eng-\\nland s feet. For forty years more the Scotch and\\nIrish lived side bj side in the north of Ireland, al-\\nways hating and always at fend with each other.\\nThe expulsion of James II. from the throne of Eng-\\nland, in less, was followed by the accession of Wil-\\nliam III. and a new religious war in Ireland, the\\nCatholic Irish supporting James, and the Presbyterian\\nScotch rallying about the standard of William. It\\nwas during this turbulent period 11)90-91 that the\\nfamous siege of Londonderry occurred. William tri-\\numphed, and in the battles of the Boyne and !mgh-\\nrim the cause of James and the Catholics was over-\\nthrown. But the brave defender,- of Londonderry\\nfared but little better than their Catholic besiegers.\\nThe ai i- passed in the interest of the Church of Eng-\\nland bore as lu-a\\\\ ilv against the Scotch Presbyterians\\nas against the Irish Catholics. Many emigrated, and\\namong the number was the faithful band that settled\\nLondonderry. They sailed in five vessel-, ami landed\\nin Boston, August 4, 171*. That winter they passed\\nin Casco Bay, suffering terribly. The next year they\\nheard of Nuffield, on the Merrimack, settled there\\nand renamed it Londonderry, Thence thej spread,\\nand they and their children became the pioneer set-\\ntlers of Derry, Chester. Windham, Bedford and ioffs-\\ntown. James Shirley arrived in Chester in 1730, at\\nthe great age of seventy-six, bringing with him a\\nfull-grown family. He was a farmer, and is chron-\\nicled as living to the extraordinary age of one hun-\\ndred and five years. It will thus be seen that the\\nShirleys spring from a hardy, industrious, reliant and\\nlong lived ancestry.\\nWith James Shirley came three sons, John\\nnd Deacon Thomas 1 Captain James 1 Shir-\\nley, wdio died in 179(1, was a seventh son, and famous\\nfor curing king s evil (orscrofula) by the stroke of the\\nhand. Thomas- was born in Ireland in 1728, and\\ndied in Goflstown in I Si IS. aged eighty year-. Hi-\\nson. James was born in Chester in 17- 9, and died in\\nGoffstown, March 31, 1855, aged ninety--ix years.\\ni ed Man Moore, daughter of Colonel Daniel\\nM -e, an officer in the Revolutionary War. For his\\nsecond wife be married Mrs. Abigail McCutehins, the\\nmother of Moses and General Luther McCutehins,\\nMrs. John Swallow and Mrs. Robert M. Shirley.\\nTheir children were .Nancy .lane Thomas Daniel\\nM. .lames*. John Gilman 4 William and Rob-\\nert m:\\nNancy* Shirley, born 1784: died December 12,\\n1818; married Joshua Vose, of Bedford children,\\nJoshua, Daniel, James and Nancy.\\nJane born 1785; died December 9, 1865; married\\nWilliam McKinney, of Newberg, Ind.; children,\\nVlargaret, born 1806; Mary, bom 1808; John, born\\n1810; .Tame-, bom 1810; William, born 1814; Thom-\\nas, bom 1817; Joshua, born 1819; Nancy, bom 1822;\\nHarriet, born 1825; Martha, bom 1828; Cornelia,\\nborn 1830; Cordelia, born 1830.\\nShirley, horn 1789; died May 13, 1834.\\nHe was a teacher, and died at Satassia, Miss., aged\\nforty-live years. He never married.\\nDaniel J/ Shirley, born 1791; died August 23,\\n1855; married Jane Moure, daughter of Robert\\nMoore, of Bristol. He was a tanner, and lived on a\\npart of the original homestead farm on Shirley Hill,\\nthe bouse on which, still standing, was the second two-\\nstory frame house built in town. Their children were,\\nRobert M., born November 24, 1819; died April,\\n1883; married Margaret Lodge, ofGoflstown.\\nNancy, born December 2d. 1823; married Gilman\\nShirley: children, Alma, born 1849; Frank, born\\nMarch 29, 1854; Clinton, born October 6, 1857.\\nMary, born May 10, 1826; died December 1, 1869;\\nmarried Fphraim Heahl; children, George, born\\n1849; Hattie, born July s, 1852.\\nJoseph, born April 22. 1831; married Nellie Niles,\\nof Bombay, N. Y.; children, Ardello, born 1859;\\ndied 1865; Delbert, bom 1861; Jennie, bom 1869;\\nDelmay, born 1871; Hattie, bom 1875.\\nHarriet, born April 2. 1835; married Sylvanus D.\\nJohnson; children, Cora Belle, born February 10,\\n1859, died July 12. 1859; Horace Shirley, bom Oc-\\ntober 22. 1867, died October 12, 1869; Shirley Moore,\\nbom January 8, 1869; Helen Inette, born February\\n2, 1871.\\nDaniel, born September 26, 1838; married De Ette\\nSackett, of Potsdam, N. Y.; children, James, born\\nFebruary 2:;. 1876; Emma De Ette, bom July 4,\\n1879.\\nBorai e, born March 19, 1841; enlisted in Company\\nG. Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteers; drowned\\nin Vermillion Bayou, La., April 17, 1863, at the age\\nof twenty-two. He was oneofthe thousands of noble\\nand patriotic youths wdio gave their lives to their\\ncountry in the war which saved the Union and freed\\nthe slave.\\nborn May 5, 1794; died August 8,\\n18( 3. He graduated at Dartmouth College, read law\\nat Albany. N. Y., but soon left for Augusta, Ga., re-\\nsuming -todies and Inning charge of an academy\\nthere, lie began practice at Florence, Ala., and\\npursued it at Huntsville, Ala., but finally settled at\\nVicksburg. His character was unblemished, his be-\\nnevolence exalted and his loyalty to the Union un-\\ncompromising. It was at his plantation that the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0588.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "ec^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0591.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0592.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "CdlTSTOWX.\\n329\\ninterview occurred between Ccncrals Crant ami Pem-\\nI 1 [.hi, u hieli led tn the surrender of Vicksburg. He\\nmarried, first, Harriet, daughter of .lames Walsworth,\\nof Norwich, Conn., in 1820. In 1835 lie married\\nAdeline, daughter of Abraham Quincy, of Boston,\\nMass. James Jay. oldest son of .lames and Harriot\\nShirley, was born in 1825; died 1852. His widow,\\nHarriet, and daughter, Emma (Mrs. Andrew riddle),\\nreside in Clinton, Miss. Children by second mar-\\nriage, Frederick, born 1836, died 1873, unmarried.\\nQuincy, born 1848; graduated at West Point; died\\n1879; he married Margaret Parks. Alice, born\\n1844; married General John Eaton, United States\\ncommissioner of education; their children arc,\\nJames Shirley, born 1868; Elsie, born February 0,\\n1871; John Quincy, born 1873.\\nJohn* Shirley, born 1 71 7 married Margaret Hous-\\nton; lives at Suspension Bridge, X. Y. Children,\\nAlfred, born 1819; married Jane Woodbury. Maria,\\nbora 1827; married Andrew Kimball their children,\\nLauron H., born 1850; Emma J., burn 1852, died\\n1876; Ella F., born 1854, died 1X77; Clara M., born\\n1857, died 1881; George A., born 1859; John S.,\\nborn 1855, died 1861; Oilman, born September 20,\\n1823, married Nancy .Shirley; member of Company\\nG, One Hundred and Twelfth New York Volunteers,\\nkilled in battle of Odd Harbor, Ya., June 2. 1864.\\nJohn Shirley, died May 10, 1885; married Susan\\nParker, of Hooksctt children, Josephine, bom 1849;\\nCharles, born 1850; Quincy, born L858; Susey, born\\n1862; Mary Jane, born 1823, married Griggs Hol-\\nbrook, member of ne Hundred and Seventieth New\\nYork Volunteers, died in Andersonville prison; mar-\\nried, second, Joseph IT. Stevens, died 1880; chil-\\ndren, Margaret Abbie, born 1866; Alice Maria, born\\n1868; John Iladley, born 1870; Fred Hodgman, born\\n1873; married, third, Andrew Kimball. Sarah, bom\\n1836; married Matthew Dolphin; died 1869; chil-\\ndren\u00e2\u0080\u0094George Alfred, born 1X07; Carrie Shirley, born\\n1869. Margaret, born 1840; married James Cooper,\\n1863; children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Shirley, born 1865; John\\nMaxwell, born 1X07; Ella Margaret, 1869; Robert\\nJames, 1871 Mary Emma, 1874.\\nCil, unit 1 Shirley, born L799; died at Gilmanton\\nAcademy, Franklin County, Ala., August 18, 1822,\\naged twenty-three; unmarried.\\nWilliam* Shirley, bom 1802; died at Court land,\\nFranklin County. Ala.. August 25, 1824, aged twenty-\\ntwo.\\nRobert 31 Shirley, born January 7., L808; married\\nSophia McCutchins, born April 15, 1805, died De-\\ncember 6, 1870; married, second, Lucretia Houston,\\nborn July 20. 1X20. For fifty years Mr. Shirley was\\none of the prominent farmers and business men of\\nthe county. He is now retired from active business,\\nand in his retirement, as in his active life, is distin-\\nguished for his kindness, integrity and liberality.\\nHe was a seventh son, famous for curing kind s evil.\\nChildren (by first wife),\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJames Quiney b born November II, L829; married\\nElmira McPherson, of Bedford; educated at New Lon-\\ndon went to California in 1850, at the age of twenty;\\nengaged in mining and stock-raising in California,\\nIdaho. Utah and Oregon; a pioneer and successful\\noperator in the latter business. At the ear]\\ntwenty-one he drove a large herd of cattle from\\nCouncil Bluffs to San Francisco.\\nMary Helen bom .May 2:;, 1839; married Freder-\\nick Eaton, dry-g Is merchant of Toledo, Ihio; child,\\nHelen, bom August 5, 1866, died April 1;;, 1876.\\nAbitjail Frances bom November 21, 1844; married\\nColonel James B. David, of Amherst; resides in\\nSomerville, Mass. child,- -James Quincy, born May\\n30, 1874.\\nEdward Carlton Shirley 5 bom Dei-ember 5,\\n1834, in Goffstown, X. II.; married Amanda Malviua\\nBaldwin (April 24, 1x02), daughter of Deacon Nahum\\nBaldwin, of Manchester; children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Vicksburg 6\\nborn July 4, 1803, the day of the fall of Vicksburg;\\nHubert Lawrence born May 12, 1868; Florence\\nSophia 6 born February 17, 1871.\\nColonel E. C. Shirley is one of the best, known and\\nmost prosperous farmers in the State. He tills the\\nhomestead farm on Shirley Hill, which he has im-\\nproved and brought to a high state of cultivation.\\nHis occupation is that of his immediate and remote\\nancestry in an unbroken line, and which has so strik-\\ningly conduced to longevity in this family. His home\\ncombines the attractiveness of rural life and the hap-\\npiness of the domestic circle, united with a generous\\nhospitality and troops of friends. Colonel Shirley was\\neducated in the district school until he was eighteen\\nyears of age, and was then sent to New Hampton,\\nwhere he remained until the breaking up of that\\nschool. He then went with Professor Knight to New\\nLondon, where In- remained three years. A Her leav-\\ning school, Colonel Shirley went to California in\\n1856, where he remained two years, engaged in var-\\nious employments. Returning to New Hampshire,\\nhe was engaged in lumbering operations until 1862,\\nwhen his lather moved to Manchester, leaving the\\nhomestead to his care and possession. Colonel Shir-\\nley has always taken an active interest in military\\nand agricultural affairs. He has held a commission\\nas second lieutenant in the Amoskeag Ycterans, aid-\\nde-camp to Governor P. C. Cheney, with the rank of\\ncolonel, and on New Hampshire Day, at the Cen-\\ntennial at Philadelphia, was officer of the day. He\\nwas also assistant quartermaster on the staff of Brig-\\nadier-General Clough, New Hampshire National\\nGuard. He is a member and trustee of the New\\nEngland Agricultural Society, ami for liner years\\nwas chief marshal at the exhibitions. He is also a\\nmember of the Xew Hampshire Agricultural Society\\nand chief marshal at four exhibitions. He is also\\none of the founders of the I iscataiptog Valley Agri-\\ncultural Association.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0593.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLEMUEL NOYES PA J II E.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Massachu-\\nsetts, February 5, 1804. His parents, while he was\\nvery young, removed to Goffstown, N. JI., and in this\\nromantic and beautiful village he passed his boyhood\\ndays. He attended the public school, and there re-\\nceived the foundation for an education on a more ex-\\ntended scale than was to be acquired in the district\\nschool.\\nWhile yet of tender years he was placed in the office\\nof Judge Charles II. Gove (then a resident of that\\ntown), and under the private tuition of thai distin-\\nguished jurist became fitted for the discharge of the\\nresponsible duties of later life. Mr. Pattee, after leav-\\ning the office of Judge love, worked as a fanner dur-\\ning the summer months for several years, and during\\nthe winter taught in the district schools of several of\\nthe adjoining towns with a good degree oi success.\\nIn 1827 he married Vashti L., daughter of Joseph\\nand Margaret Little, of (ioffstown. They had one\\nchild\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary 1 who was born March 29, 1828, and\\nwas married to John B. \\\\V Ibury, of Antrim, N. H..\\nMarch 6, 1849.\\nMr. Pattee was the proprietor of a country store for\\nseveral years, and in this department of industry\\nachieved a g I degi ee of success.\\nIn 1842 he was elected register of Probate, and in\\nSeptember of that year removed to Amherst, N. H..\\nat that time the county-seat of Hillsborough County,\\nwhere, for ten years, he discharged the duties of that\\nresponsible office ith rare intelligence.\\nDuring his residence in Amherst he represented\\nthe town in the General Court. At the close of his\\nservice as register of Probate he removed to Antrim,\\nin the same county, which town he also represented\\n1 ri neral lourt.\\nAt the Juno si -ioii of 1855, Mr. Pallor was elected\\nSecretary of State, and served to June, 1858, being\\nre-elected each year. He discharged the duties of\\nthis responsible office with singular fidelity, and, as a\\npolitical history, was the first Secretai\\nState i lected under a Republican administration,\\nHon. Ralph Metcalf being Governor.\\nMr. Pattee was an active member of the Whig party,\\nand assisted in the formation of the Republican party,\\nand acted with it up to the time of bis death, u uli fn!\\none exception. Being an admirer of General George\\nJj. McClellan, ho voted for him lor President.\\n.Mr. Pattee was liberal in his religions views, was a\\nconstant attendant upon and a liberal contributor\\nto the support of public worship. He was a genial\\nman, an interesting and fluent talker, a good citizen\\nand much respected by all who knew him.\\nA beautiful portrait in oil, the gift of his widow,\\nbangs in the office of the Secretary of State, from a\\ncopy of which the accompanying engraving was made.\\n.Mr. Pattee died April 1. l. 7 aged sixty-six years,\\nand was buried in the familv lot in Cotl stown, N. H.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0594.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "f/;//^/ i\\n7/,}", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0597.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0598.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GREENFIELD.\\nFRANCES PEAVEY.\\nPREFACE.\\nTHE task of ^I-mhhii; Ml- full. .win- it-in.- ..I iJi.-.-iiti-M \u00c2\u00bbii-T- -i h.-\\ni ii u I. ii .1- ..in-, ..11 mint ,.t tin. .11. 1 1 v ..f ni.li. i i.l-\\nlias been found, and oolj a t- w li.ui \\\\t. ii.iii._- t i-. i periods Ii\\ni\u00c2\u00ab by detached Ii.i-ih.ih-s --I I nmh lu-h-n. -i 1 i I.--.I Ir.-in ill.\\nI. 1. ill. IMIIS Milt I ll). 1-1 t lll/.ll-. ..f 111- 1-1. Ill- I. I it- -I Ill- III l\\\\ tl,- M\\nancestors, that weave enabled to lifl tin reil Chi celops th past\\n11.111-I1 .it. Ii 111 1 ill li-aiiis I Hi i|..|ii.-Ii. Ill- ..I 111.- |Hnii.-.Th I In-\\nin-.-, i. ut -.--\u00e2\u0080\u00a2in to have I en the lovi ol adventure, .1 desire t.. be free\\nwhi.-haflur-l.-d .-p|.ui mini i.-r- t-. .i..|iii|. I...H,.-- uilli t iitnai\\nII id\\ntl,.-\\ntalwari physically, mentall,\\nwnti tin- dangers, pri-\\nsu Lei oul |.i.-i town .1 le V\\nen tbej happj\\n-I\\nhrough the long\\nTl,, 1,1 ,,.,1, 1,.., llia\u00e2\u0080\u009eUst\u00e2\u0080\u009etl\\nwe I iln- inlisil.it\\nitaof the town, tr. l,.i inri i.|.-nt-, ami li. :ill nilit-i\\nwho iia* aided\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i l.\\\\ fiitiu-lnnu l:l|i- .-f 1 ti~f v, iti. i lit- all l l.i.l\\nand dates, othei\\ni- M.ntial.|i\\\\\\nCHAPTER I.\\nBtance Agreeable. Wherefore, you] Petit] Ben Bumbij I i... that\\nthai Northwest Pari of the town of Lyndeborough, ol which the in-\\nhabitants hath tin some years past been desirous ol beii bettei\\nc modated, Maybe Annexed to thatpartoi the Society Land Lying\\nSouth and Southerlj oi the Crotched Mountain with Lyndeborough Slip,\\nami in, -.up. .rat,. I int.. t,,u I tl,. i.v. ill,, an, I y..nr l*.r it i. .mis. as in I nty\\nBound, will Evei Pray\\nBenjamin Pollard, Stephen Gould, Mexandei Parker, Robert Bad-\\ngers, Samuel Farmer, William Glover, Ouglasa Robison, William Mc-\\nCrac, Eben Farrii.gton, Tl as Vddisou, John Waugh, Pyam Elerri i.\\n22\\nS: ml ru.lwnrtli :,n,.i.l U K-, i Hi i II,, It. W illtan. Wilson, K.,l..-rt\\nAhxaml. t. I Ii. .in..- \\\\iU I..I.11 Chase, Timothy Cudworth, Ji natlian\\nGillis, James Bamsey, Robert Waugh, John McMastel Charles I iven\\ntal. lati.M. ..I\\nits into 11 bodj Politic,\\ntli.it youi petitioners\\nS, hooling\\nlife and\\n1 ,,i,l., I, Kn\\nin mi li A 1 1. it.-. I in an\\\\ ,,tli. w.,\\\\ ll ,11 1.1\\nn;ethei with lis ali.l II.iii^. ..I I,,, Is 111 Mi. I m t\\nthat with Hi. in w., llittik -.In- \\\\i.l. t.. in.. I..\\niaion for the e yment .t Privileges and Vdvant\\n.1\\n11- wuii tin-\\n.till tli.-. it, 1.. priviledgea\\n1- in thisState, ..1 Grant\\nConsent of Peterborough to Foregoing, 1790.\\ni :i legal town-meeting ol the inhabitants of Peter-\\ntrough, upon tlir istli day ..I October, I7 .k\u00c2\u00bb:\\nI I- tint I,, tlir is,, ns |...titi..iiing tli.- G.-ni ial l ..int tin- fast\\nauge of Peterborough in Case they obtain from Lyndel gh and\\nhei places what they have petitioned foi t,, incorporated into a\\nAti.,-1. Thomas Steele.\\nGreenfield was incorporated June 15, 1791, and was\\ncomposed of portions of Society Land, Peterborough\\nami Lyndeborough, and land between the two Iast-\\nnamed towns, called Lyndeborough Gore.\\n331", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0599.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": ":;:;2\\nI1ISTHKY OF IIIFFSBOliOUGH COUNTY, NEW II A M 1 SII II! K.\\nh:ini(! KiiniM.ii. Ksi|., of Hollis, was authorized to\\ncall the first town-meeting. They met at the house\\nof Mr. Daniel Gould, the 5th of July, 1791. After\\nopening the meeting, adjourned to the meeting-house,\\nat which town officers were chosen.\\nBy an act passed Decembei 28, 1791, the boundaries\\nwere changed and established. December 11,1792,\\nthe two east ranges of lots of land in Greenfield, in\\nthat portion which, previous to the incorporation\\nof the town, was known as Lyndeborough Addition,\\nwere annexed to Francestown. Julj 4. 1872, another\\nportion of this (own was annexed to Francestown. A\\nportion of the territory now comprised in Greenfield\\nwas settled, in 1771, by Captain Alexander Parker,\\nMajor Whittemore, Simeon Fletcher and others.\\nIt has been stated that the name Greenfield was\\ngiven the town bj Major Whittemore.\\nGreenfield is situated in the southwestern part of\\nEillsborough County, in latitude 42\u00c2\u00b0 55 north, and\\nlongitude 71 18 wesl (from Greenwich). Itisbounded\\nnorth by Bennington and Francestown, east by Fran-\\ncestown and Lyndeborough, south by Lyndeborough\\nand Temple, and west by Peterborough and Hancock.\\nIt comprises .in area of sixteen thousand nine hun-\\ndred and lour aires, irregular in shape, nearly the en-\\ntire border-line from northeast to southwest forming\\na curious succession of right angles.\\nIt is drained by the Contoocook River, which sepa-\\nrates it from Hancock.\\nThe surface is broken by many hi I Is, while two moun-\\ntains, Crotched and Lymlcborough lie partly within\\nits precincts. The soil is consequently varied in char-\\nacter, the low lands being adapted for tillage and the\\nhillsides for grazing. Its leading industry is agricul-\\nture. The same influences which impart severity to its\\nwinter climate make it a welcome and healthful sum-\\nmer retreat, easy of aCCeSS since the extension of the\\nBoston and Lowell Railroad to the place in 1.S74, and\\nthe Manchester and Keene in 1878.\\nThe village consists of a ehurch, school-house, post-\\noffice, hotel, depot, several stores ami a steam-mill,\\ntogether with a goodly number of neat and well-pre-\\nFrom its high central position it is visible miles away,\\nat various points, and the tops of its highest hills com-\\nmand on three sides a grand and extensive view of the\\nsin rounding county far beyond the limits. Away to the\\ncast, past hill and dale and village spires, rise the twin\\nheads of the hold Unconoonucs, while to the west, far\\nai ross the broad intervening plain, dotted with half-\\nconcealed farm houses, Monadnock rears his symmet-\\nrical form, towering high in air like a lofty sentinel\\nkeeping guard over the long line of approaching hills\\nthat stretch far to the northward.\\nIt has five ponds, known as Hog Hack, Mini Pond,\\nCould Pond, Bower s Pond and Pollard Pond. The\\nlast named, located in the west part of the town, is\\nthe largest, being about one mile long and one-half\\nmile wide.\\nFor many years it has been a favorite resort of\\npleasure-parties, and many a wary pickerel has been\\nlured from it- silent depths to be cooked and devoured\\non its shores, with that savage relish which excursion-\\nists rarely fail to exhibit.\\nFor more than half a century a succession of its\\nsons and daughters have emigrated to other parts of\\nthe country, many of whom have occupied honorable\\npositions in the professional, business and literary\\nworld.\\nThe habits of patient toil, frugality, self-denial and\\nendurance, acquired through the hardy occupations\\nof their early lives, have doubtless proved a surer pass-\\nport to success than anj inheritanceof wealth could\\nhave procured.\\nThe settlers of this town were mostly of English\\nand Scotch-Irish descent. The Ramseys, Beans and\\nPattersons emigrated from the ancient town of Lon-\\ndonderry. The Holts, Abbotts and Peaveys came from\\n\\\\ie|o\\\\ ei Mass., and were numerous in the south part\\nof the tofl n.\\nTo Chelmsford and Marblehead we are indebted for\\nsome of our earliest settlers, among whom were tin\\nSavages, Reynolds, Fletchers and others.\\nThe early settlers were industrious and frugal, and\\nplanned with a wise reference to the future welfare of\\nthe town.\\nThey raised large families and so trained them for\\nlitis duties that many of them haveoccupied honor-\\nable positions in almost every State in the Union.\\nBut leu of the descendants of the pioneers now in-\\nhabit the town.\\nAugust s, IT I U ,i I. -:.l i Hit i l -.ml o.l.-i, .iixl Mtli.-r... inliiili-\\nilants Ml lli. Tmuii of itieiMitiolil, at tin n)ivtiiig-lnm*e in said t.-wn, mi\\nMonday, the 8th day of August, 1791, Chose Lieut imoe Winn.\\nFirst Roads. Roads were first laid out to accom-\\nmodate individuals, and rendered passable by cutting\\ntrees as near the ground as possible, thus clearing a\\nspace of sufficient width tin teams to pass.\\nA Transcript of a road leading from the centre\\nroad, so called, upon the line betwixt Thomas Iiut-\\nnian s farm and Alexander Parker s, until it comes t\\nsaid Butman s North l- ast corner; from thence to the\\nNorth East corner of Samuel Buttei field s clearing,\\nand south from Joseph Eaton s barn to the bridge", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0600.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\n333\\nover the pond brook, as near as the land will permit.\\nBy the Selectmen of the Society, 1787.\\nIn 1791 a road was laid out, two rods wide, begin-\\nningat the west line of Lyndeborough Slip, so called;\\nthence westerly through land of Nehemiah and\\nEphraim Holt, to Peterborough west line.\\nIn 1793 another road, beginning at John Holt s\\nhouse; thence running northeasterly to the log cause-\\nway thence northwesterly to the meeting-house spot.\\nIn 1795 a road was laid out beginning at the\\nCounty road the south side id the meeting-house\\nthence easterly, by marked trees on the north side id\\nthe road, through land of Samuel Weeks, Elijah\\nBroadstreet, William Parker and Jesse Dodge, also\\nthrough land of Moses Lewis to a little brook in said\\nland; theme easterly to the road that leads to Lynde-\\nborough.\\nBefore 1795 a road was laid out beginning at the\\neasterly line id the town of Greenfield, running south-\\nwesterly to .liilm Grant s east line, south side of\\nGrant s hou-e, till it strikes the mad that leads by\\nPhilip Fletcher s to Lyndeborough meeting-house.\\nSeveral other mads win- early laid out, and used only\\nas bridle-paths.\\nFirst Crops. The first crop on burnt ground was\\nrye; the surface was as thoroughly harrowed as it\\ncould lie un aeeoiint of obstructions, and the seed was\\npeeked in with a line around rocks, routs and stumps.\\nThe yield was usually abundant it was reaped with a\\nsiekle and threshed with a Hail. Potatoes and tur-\\nnips grew well mi an\\\\ land. Flax yielded largecrops\\nboth on new and cultivated land. It was considered\\nwomen s work to pull and spread it on the grass ground\\nto int. The early pastures yielded timothy, clover\\nand other milk and butter-producing grasses. Corn\\ndid better on land that had been cultivated a few\\nyears.\\nFirst Mills\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac Cobbett had a fulling-mill from\\nL820 In 1823 on land bought of Deacon David Patter-\\nson. He had the privilege of flowing the meadow fur\\na pond until the 10th of May. He built and lived in\\nthe In. use now occupied by James Lewis.\\nHe was succeeded bj Mr. Locke, who carried\\non the same business several years, until the gradually\\ndiminished water rendered it unprofitable.\\nThe first saw-mill in town was built by Jeremiah\\nBaldwin, just below the junction of a brooklet from\\nIrotched Mountain, and a small stream which is the\\noutlet of the Gould Pond.\\nThe first saw and grist-mill was erected by Major\\nPeter Peavey, on thebrookat the outlet of the Bower s\\nPond. This mill was relinquished for want of water.\\nDeacon John Savage had a mill on the Hardy Brook,\\nso called, which afforded power for sawing fall and\\nspring. It was destroyed by tire. James Sawyer has\\na saw-mill on the same stream, which can only be op-\\nerated a few weeks in the year, and is the onlj re\\nmaining mill in town carried by water-power.\\nThe inhabitants of the place had Ions felt the in-\\nconvenience of having neither saw nor grist-mill in\\ntown, and after enthusiastically agitating the subject,\\ndecided to form a slock company and build a steam-\\nmill.\\nA company was formed and a committee chosen,\\nconsisting of Charles Richardson, John J. Duncklee\\nand Stephen Holt, Jr., to superintend the construc-\\ntion of the mill.\\nIt was located in the village, on Depot Street, a few\\nrods west id the junction of the four mads.\\nIt was a large, heavy-timbered building, and fur-\\nnished with heavy and expensive machinery. The\\nmill was operated by Stephen Holt, Jr. Silas B.\\nWinn was engineer.\\nIt did considerable sawing and grinding, hut the\\nexpenses of running it were too large to render it a\\nprofitable investment. It was destroyed by lire in\\nJune, 1851. A second steam-mill was built by the\\nHopkins Brothers, on the same site after running it\\na lew years they sold the engine to Edwin Jaquith, of\\nPeterborough, ami the building to S. D. Downes, of\\nFranci stown, who refurnished it with new machinery.\\nIt was burned to the ground in May, 1883. The site\\nwas immediately purchased by George F. Russell,\\nwdio erected a mill and is now running it.\\nWild Animals. The animals found lure by the\\ntirst settlers were deer, wolves, bears, foxes, wild-cats,\\nporcupines, woodchueks and squirrels. Wild turkeys,\\npartridges, woodcocks, owls, and a variety of other\\nbirds were also found.\\nDomestic Animals. Oxen were the most useful of\\nall the domestic animals for conveying agricultural\\nproducts to distant markets; as there was no pasturage,\\nthe earliest settlers seldom kept more than ow\\nHorses were trained to carry heavy burdens and\\nbulky loads. They were accustomed to cany two per-\\nsons and a child.\\nIt was not an uncommon method of performing\\nshort journeys to ride and tie, which means that a\\npart would ride to a specified place, and hitch their\\nhorse by the side of the mad, walk on until the Other\\npart came up, ami thus alternate\\nHogs were numerous, and in early spring they were\\nyoked, ringed and allowed to run at large.\\nII AFTER II.\\nGBEENFIELD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nFirst Church. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Previous to 179] the pie as-\\nsembled on the Sabbath for worship at private houses,\\nbut alter the town was incorporated they fell the need\\nof a meeting-house for secular as well as religious\\npurposes.\\nDecember 6, 1791, Deacon Cram, James Ellinwood\\nand Paul Cragin were chosen by the town to appraise", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0601.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na building owned by several proprietors, located on\\nthe site of F. C. Fletcher s present house.\\nThey reported that the meeting-house was worth\\ntwelve pounds, and the town voted to raise nine\\npounds to repair said house, the work to be done b)\\nthe last of the follow ing .June.\\nA church was organized in this house, as will ap-\\npear from a copy of the proceedings of the first\\nChurch of t Ihrist in Greenfield.\\nJune 25, I7 J4, this meeting-house was again ap-\\npraised and sold to Mr. liroadstreet, and moved to tin-\\nlower part of the village, where it is now owned and\\noccupied as a duelling by .Mr. Horace Cudworth.\\nSeveral persons ,.t ill.- T.iwn ,.t liiveiiti.-M, uliu in-.- in lull\\nin.. ii uiili ilu- Church .-I Christ in towne where thej formerly be-\\nlonged, Des i ..I being embodied into .1 distinct Church in this place,\\nmet together and proceeded as follows\\n1 Chose Dea Cram Chairman.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ji.b. Y,,t,.,| In i.-.pn-st tin- assist:! 11. v ,,f an Kr. 1, -siast i. al I i.-il t..\\nbe convened tin- Seventh day ..t September, followinp\\nChosi- 11 ..ininitt.-.- P. s.-ml t.. tin- Inn, I,.- 11. [iyndeborougb,\\nWilton and Temple, t desire tin- assistance ,.t theii eldet and di tegatt\\nonthis tsion\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l 1 Voted that Dea. Cram acquaint tin- inhabitants of tin- town\\nwith 11..- proceedings --t this meeting, and desire theii attendance when\\ntin- Count a -I.- till .t\\nOn it-- Sei t Sept., 1791, the Council were convened at the\\nbona of Joshua 1 1 -It l;--\\\\ \\\\l Iinlj, alnl K liillei, IV. .111 Lvinle-\\nborough 1: Hi 1 ad a 1. Ibbott, from Wilton Rev. Mr. Milea\\nand I.--, Cragin from Temple \\\\11.1 Enquiring the design of calling\\nthe Council, The information is as follows Ibout twenty pei-sons, now\\n1 Churches to which they belonged wish 1,. be\\nn- Council, h.-ini: satisfied with th,. ml, a 10.1 1 1. -li, a-ji I that Mr\\nhould i-i- 1. in Hi.- h.t.-n 1 and Mi Fisk in the afternoon, anil\\nilea\\nKalinin 1 lam I I i- I I. o.. Il.-ll. .I,,.,pli lt.,1, h. 1,1, i, ,l,,l,i,\\nBane, Jonathan Ballad and their wives Widon Man Fletcher, Mary,\\ntrite of The Carlt.. n, Dinah, wife of W\u00c2\u00b0 Blunt, Hannah, wife of Stephen\\n.iiiiihain. Lucy, wife ..f Peter Pevey, James Ramsey, Dea Cram, Joshua\\nrlolt, .loseph Batchelder, Robert Day and James Ramsey were chosen a\\n;ommittee, in presence of the Council, t.. act hereafterin behalf of the\\nClnir.-li --I In i-t ,|,i. --.n, a i, ii, ,1 in. might i\u00e2\u0080\u009e emboi 1 into\\na ihstiint ehnn I. ai.,1 ih. inn-. I,. n M Ciimil approving of\\ntheir proposal, -i-i person tppeai I befop the Council and in\\n(n is bet mentioned), and thej were accordingly acknowledged t..\\nI.., a regulai I Inn, h --I In ist\\nIn i, -linn, n whereoi we, the Pastors mddelegati of the Churches\\nof l.yn.leborongh. Wilt. .11 ami Turn jit,-. have heieiinlo s.-t our hands.\\nS| U u i Goodrich.\\nAnn, Fisk.\\nNoah Miles.\\nANDEB-B Fl II.EB\\nAniKi. Abbott.\\nFrancis Cragin\\nJune 25, 1794, the town those the following com-\\nmittee to look out a site to build a meeting house\\nupon Daniel Campbell, of Amherst; Timothy Far-\\nrar, Neu Ipswich, and John Duncan, of Antrim.\\nlitis committee report,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThat they have viewed the several places of the town, ami tin- dif-\\nferent splits sin. nii ns by in.livi.hialri, anil r.-ci i.-ml tu the inhabitants\\nt.i buildsaid meeting house on a small hill in Coster s cleared land, so\\na l. l, ,m-l have -ilinnly s.-t li). stake ami spotted a stump for\\ntin- front ofthe house, ami, although wedo not altogether approve of the\\nground in its present state, we j-.-t think that by the labor or tin- inhabi-\\ntants, it may I..- made eligible, ami, all things considered, ret mend it\\nas ii, n best place\\nVoted, I., accept the above repot t\\nJoseph Herrick, Toum Clerk.\\nVoted, to raist On- ting-house with ladders.\\n1 have hundred men t.. raise tin- meeting-house.\\n1, to have i. in.- from Peterborough, nine from Temple, nine\\nfrom Will,. n inn. from Lyndeborough, nine fr Francestown, nine\\nVoted, to send a Committeyman to each town t.. invite the men to\\nhelp raise tin- meeting-house.\\n1../,./, h. .1 se a committee h. hum a plan lot the Piibli. Expense\\nI ln- Commitv Report Hogshead of West [ndia Rum and half a\\nQuintal i Codfish, half a hundred of Shugar, the Itaiset-s to have a\\nWiting .i No O clock in the i ningand a dinner at one of the Clock.\\nI pi tin l.-p.irt nf tin ,,ininit\\\\\\ni i. n- the Rev Mi Goodrich to attend the raising, also to\\nVoted, thai Messrs. Isaac Foster and Joseph Batchelder be a commit-\\ntee tnk.-.p ..i.l.i on tin- ground a raisin d\\nI m- I, 1795 Voted, to finish thi meeting-house in tin.,- years from\\nnext April.\\nJoseph Herrick, Toum Cleri\\nMinistry.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Rev. Timothy Chirk was the first\\nsettled minister, according to the church records. He\\nwas ordained January 1. 1800, and after a pastorate\\nof several years, on the first Sabbath in June, 1810,\\naftei much solemn deliberation and inquiry to know\\nhis duty, requested a regular dismission from his\\npastoral office. His reasons I m- so doing were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1st,\\ninadequacy of temporal support; 2d, a persuasion in\\nItis own mind that the church and people were not so\\nwell united in his religions sentiments and public\\nadministrations as to rentier it duty for him to con-\\ntinue among them.\\nThe church, in the month of September, 1810, in\\nregular meeting, voted,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1st, their desire that the\\npastor should continue in office, and that thej were\\nwilling to unit.- with the other inhabitants of the town\\nin raising his salary; otherwise, 2d, should the town\\ndecline, that they were willing to unite with them\\nand the pastor in calling an ecclesiastical council\\nfor his regular dismission. The town, in the same\\nmonth, September, 1810, in legal meeting, voted to\\ncomply with the pastor s request, and he was dis-\\nmissed May I, 1811.\\nA town-meeting svas called on the 23d of November,\\n1811. At saitl meeting the church and society united\\nin voting to give Rev. John Walker a call to take the\\npastoral care of said church and society. An accept-\\nance of said call was manifested by the pastor-elect\\non the 29th of December, 1811. He was ordained\\nFebruary 5, 1812, and continued as acting pastor for\\nseveral years, when, at a church-meeting,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 voted,\\nthat it is thought expedient that the pastoral con-\\nnection between the Rev. John Walker and this\\nchurch lie dissolved. Voted, that a committee of two", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0602.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\n335\\nbe appointed to confer with the selectmen, I inform\\nthem what the church have done relative to the dis-\\nmission of the pastor, ami to request a regular town-\\nmeeting to inform the Iowa on what terms of dis-\\nmission the pastor has proposed. Agreeable to the\\nresult of council, he was dismissed August, 1822,\\nHis ministry was faithful ami successful, during\\nwhich time upwards of eighty were added to the\\nRev. Francis Danforth graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1819; ordained over the church in Green-\\nfield the 6th of June, L823. He served as acting\\npastor for nearly eight years. I ieil in larenee, N. Y.,\\nin 1843. An earnest Christian and useful in his day.\\nCHAPT E R III.\\n!UKKS|. IKU -(CWiW,/).\\nHome Life. The following glimpses of pioneer life\\nwere obtained from one who, in 17M, made her bridal\\ntrip to a Greenfield forest home, where she reared a\\nfamily, spent a long and useful life, and now, with\\nher husband and all her children, rests in God s\\nAcre, near the meeting-house where she constantly\\nworshiped. Most of the settlers lived in log cabins a\\nshort time, and then built framed dwellings. Their\\nhouses and barns were usually separated by a garden\\nor small field.\\nIn fair weather the cattle were fed in the yard, and\\nthe bars were left down thai they might go to the\\nnearest brook or spring to drink:. Water for house-\\nhold purposes was brought from the nearest springs,\\nfrequently many rods away.\\nThe all-important room in the house was the large,\\nlong, low kitchen-, usually facing the north. It con-\\ntained a wide, deep ti re- place, which in winter was\\npiled bigh with logs that warmed the well-ventilated\\napartment in the day-time and afforded light sufficient\\nfor nearly all domestic purposes in the evening. At\\nthe right hand of the fire-place was a capacious brick\\noven, with an ash-oven under it. A long high-hacked\\nsettle stood aslant, across one end of the broad,\\nsmooth, stone hearth. An open dresser adorned with\\nshining pewter rested against the wall beside a fall-\\ntable. Several broad shelves afforded convenient\\nplaces for baskets of wool and tow, piles of rolls, cards\\nand various miscellaneous articles.\\nThe studding was adorned with hanks of flax,\\nbunchesof wool and skeins of tlax and tow yarn. A row\\nof smooth poles, resting on wooden hooks, attached\\nto beams overhead, served as hat-rack and clothes-\\nbars, anil in one corner frocks, blankets and hoods\\nwere huddled together on wooden pegs. In one end\\nof the room st 1 a high bed, beneath which was a\\ntrundle-bed, a large and a small spinning-wheel, and,\\nnot unfrequently, a loom, swifts and reel and quill-\\nwheel shared places with other domestic implements.\\nA large brass or iron kettle I lor washing), a huge din-\\nner-pot, tea-kettle, long-legged spider and long\\nhandled living-pan comprised their principal cook-\\ning utensils. They did all their baking in the\\noven, except rye short-cakes and Indian trench-\\ncakes, which they baked on boards before the\\nlire. Besides manufacturing nearly all their\\nclothing without thi aid id machinery, ami pro\\nriding food for their families, they madi oap\\nhcci candles, wax, standi, glue, dyes, ink, syrups,\\nointments and pills. They knew the medicinal vir-\\ntues of barks, roots and herbs, ami, by judiciously pre-\\npared home remedies, lessened doctor s bills. For\\nbreakfast, children, and often the entire family, ate\\nI victuals, consisting of milk, rye or Indian\\ngrind, samp broth or bean porridge. Brown bread,\\nbaked beans and baked Indian pudding formed one\\nof their substantial dinner-. Another was a boiled\\ndish, served on a large pewter platter sections of\\npork, beef or mutton occupied its centre and were\\nflanked on all sides by piles of vegetables. A smaller\\nplatter held a cylindrical boiled Indian pudding,\\nwhich was served as the first course.\\nflic family stood round the table while the father\\nasked a blessing, and at the dose of the meal stood\\nwhile he retur I thanks. They were very eco-\\nnomical, and nothing was wasted. The number of\\nyears a family had kept house could he ascertained\\nby their pile of almanacs, tor hooks and papers of\\nevery description were carefullj preserved, children\\nwere received as blessings, and thanks were returned\\nin the house of God for their bestowal.\\nThe old meeting-house was built, owned and con-\\ntrolled In the town. Afterthe passage of the ait allow-\\ning each denomination in tow u the use id the house its\\nproportionate share of the time, one Sabbath in each\\nmouth was allotted tor I he use of a feu individuals of\\nanother denomination. Thus the First Evangelical\\nChurch was without a place of worship one-twelfth\\nof the time. After having repeatedly and unsuccess-\\nfully endeavored to make some arrangement with the\\ntown that would enable them to have the continued\\nuse and control of the place of worship, a council of\\nministers was called, who decided that it was for the\\ninterest of religion that the church should have the\\nentire control of their place of worship, and advised\\nthe church to build and own a meeting-house. Act-\\ning upon this advice, the church voted to build, and\\nin 1838 the majority of the church, with the assistance\\nof other church-going people, erected a neat and com-\\nmodious edifice, which was dedicated February 13,\\nL839, and the nest dav (February 14th), at the old\\nmeeting-house, the church voted to remove its meet-\\nings for public worship, and for the transaction id ail\\nchurch business, to the new meeting-house which\\nthey had erected and dedicated, after the expiration\\nof the engagement with Mr. Field, which would ter-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0603.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "BISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nminute in April, Then the church commenced wor-\\nship in the oew house, and, after employing different\\nministers for a brief period, employed, successively,\\nRevs. David P. Smith, Jonathan Metier and Daniel\\nGoodhue, under whose ministrations the church was\\nu n i ted mi ul prosperous ami remarkably harmonious. In\\nl-Xti-i the diminished numbers of church-goers in both\\nhouses rendered it expedient that the churches should\\nunite and occupy one place of worship. After much\\npreliminary arrangement, both churches disbanded\\nami unite. 1 under the name of the Union Congrega-\\ntional, and occupied the old meeting-house, the upper\\npart having been fitted up for a place of worship and\\nthe town having relinquished its control over it. Sub-\\nsequently, the new church edifice wa.s sold and fitted\\nn)p for private dwellings. It wassold for about three-\\nfourths of its cost, ami the amount divided among the\\noriginal stockholders.\\nA Congregational Church was organized at the old\\nmeeting-house November 19, 1839. Voted to give\\nthe Rev. Bancroft Fowler a call to become the Pastor\\nof this Church, and that the K clcsiastical Council\\nnow convened be requested to install him over this\\nChurch on the morrow. Mr. fowler was accordingly\\ninstalled on the 20th, agreeably to the above request-\\nThe i astoral relation subsisting between Mr. Fowler\\nand this church was dissolved, at his request, April 22,\\n1845, after which Rev. Noah Emerson, followed bj\\nRevs. Le Bosquet, Marshall and Case, supplied the pul-\\npit until the two churches disbanded and united in\\n1867.\\nRev. George W. Ruland.the present pastor of the\\nchurch.isa nativeofNew York. Heservedin the Army\\nof the Potomac in 18lil-( ll. then rc-in I teaching in\\nSuffolk* lounty.N. V., until September, 1864, when he\\ncame to New Hampshire, and graduated ill l.s J7 from\\nthe Concord Institute, now known as Boston School\\nof Theology. In connection with his pastoral work,\\nMr. Ruland is well-known as an active, outspoken\\nminister for total abstinence and prohibition. He in-\\nterests himself in the work of the schools and has\\nserved on the Board of Education in Littleton, Pem-\\nbroke and Greenland. His firs! year s labor here has\\nbeen successful and at i ended with marked re\\\\ ival in-\\nterest ami accessions to the church. He was installed\\nMaj 26, 1885.\\nCemeteries.-- -The oldest cemetery in town is situ-\\nated on the east side of the road leading from Frances-\\ntown to Lyndeborougli Mountain, and north of the\\nroad running over Lyndeborough Mountain, it being\\nland given about 17.V by Simeon Fletcher, whose\\nsolitary habitation at that time was a few rods north of\\nit, and where now his dust reposes with many of his\\ndescendants and others of the neighborhood.\\nin the farm originally owned l y Major Amos Whitte-\\nmore is a family burying-lot, although names on the\\nheadstones show that others have been permitted to\\nbe buried there, among whomwereRev. Charles Whit-\\ning and ile.\\nThe cemetery connected with the meeting-house\\nwas laid out in 17^7 by the following committee\\nJohn Reynolds, Amos Whittemore, Elijah Broad-\\nstreet and Joshua Holt, the hind being owned by the\\ntown.\\nMore of the early settlers repose there than in all\\nthe other cemeteries. Most of the available room 1ms\\nbeen occupied, and many entire families have been\\nburied there. A town receiving-tomb is accessible\\nfrom the road. About the centre of the yard are the\\nprivate tombs of Rev. John Duncklee and Dr. Samuel\\nPitch.\\nRev. Peter Holland Rev. David P. Smith rest neai\\ntogether in the most elevated portion of the lot. Then-\\nare several tine monuments and many marble head-\\nstones of modern style interspersed with ancient slate-\\nstone slabs, and numerous hillocks indicate unmarked\\ngraves.\\nA [oil 2i sui.l iniitteerecoi inded the purchase of a tract of land\\nsitnate.1 about ..lie Hi] It- east ..f the villas*-, an. I s..uth si.b- ..t tit,- t..o-t\\nl.i.i.l, at .-nst mI tin,-,- hllliilleil .1. .liars.\\nSepl Voted, that eight acrefi he enclosed within a suitable fence,\\nanil lat.l ..ut in l,.ts in a I, stil.stanti.il manner, at an e\\\\|.,-nso nut ex-\\neee.lini: three hull. Ire. I .i.V.lals, ami llial In- 1 .-alter it -lull I,. ;,ll,-.l liiv, u\\nvale I Vlu.-t.-i\\nThe first turf was broken to receive the remains of\\nCaptain Benjamin Hardy, an aged native of the town\\nand a man ofsterling worth.\\nThe first monument was placed in tin- famih lot of\\nDeacon Levi S. Holt, where twnniembers of his family\\nnow repose.\\nA tall granite monument marks the resting-place of\\nDeacon Peter Peavey, an esteemed native and life-long\\nreside I the town, and inclose proximity is the\\nunique and elegant monument erected to the me ry\\nof Rev. Samuel H. Partridge, late pastor of the Union\\nlongregational Church.\\nSchools. -As early as 1792 a vote was taken to\\nchoose a committee of eleven to divide the town into\\nschool districts. At this time the town was divided\\ninto seven school districts, and thirty pounds raised\\nfor the support of a scl 1.\\nBefore the erection of school houses, barns and\\nprivate dwellings were used as places of instruction.\\nIn the early part of the century we liud the following\\nnames recorded as superintending school committee:\\nRev. John Walker, Captain John Burnham, Farnum\\nHolt, William Whittemore, Peter Peavej and Amos\\nWhittemore, Fs.j.\\nIn most of tin- districts there are two term- of scl I\\neach year, A fall term of select school is often sup-\\nported in the village, which i- attended by pupils\\nfrom all parts of the town.\\nManj scholars supplement the district-school in-\\nstruction by attending High Schools and academies,\\nwhere they tire tittetl tor teachers and successfully\\nfollow that occupation.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0604.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "GEEENFIELD.\\n337\\n.March 14, 1885, an appropriation of three thou-\\nsand dollars was made in District No. 3, the centre\\nof the town, foi the erection of a suitable scl I\\nbuilding, with a hall on the sec I II for literary\\nMilitary.\\n1795. An article to see u\\ntheii proportion ut mm call!\\nagreeable to General orders,\\n1798 An Article Tosee\\n1 Ob to gil in. I\\ntteinore si onipany,\\nill tab to raise the\\nA draft of the loll. .wing- men was made destined\\nto Portsmouth: Peter Peavey, Jacob Peavey, John\\nW. Bean, John Savage, Nathaniel Reynolds and\\nDavid Emerson. From the following order for mus-\\nkets, given to Stephen Holt in 1838, it is evident\\nthat a company existed known as the Light Infantry\\n1 II... i the tw-i mi. panj ol Infantry, i., longing to laid town of\\nhaving the numbei enrolled ind completelj anifonued as the law pre-\\nscribes, .i-i 1 1 appl} to said State foi tbeii quota ..i mnekt M foi said Com-\\npauj\\nAnother well-officered company was organized\\nabout 1830, known as the Rifle C pany, which did\\nmilitary duty until 1851, when, by legislative enact-\\nment, this company disbanded. Prior to August.\\n1862, forty-two three-years men volunteered from the\\ntown, ami were sworn into the United Stall s service.\\nROLL UK SOLDIERS.\\nSecond Regiment.\\nEdmund Dascomb, second lieutenant, wounded July 13, 1863; ilie.l of\\n..iii.l- .inly l. I sir. n. sect A, Gettysburg Cemetery,\\nTinui Regiment.\\nHarrison Marshall, discharged foi disability May 9, Is.;:;.\\nFoi iiTii Regiment.\\nHarry Elw 1, wounded July 24, 1864 .li.-.l of disease, date unknown.\\nAntoine Goddard, discliarged foi disability January 26, 1863; died in\\nRockport, Va.\\nCharles II. Wilson, promoted corporal; wounded May 20, 1864; muB-\\nw iih. hi p W inn, din. harged al Beaufort, s. C, April, 1864.\\nGeorge D stiles, re-enlisted February 20, IS A\\nGeorge F. Launcey, die. I \u00c2\u00abf .1 i^.-o \\\\..-..-i l I, i-...;\\nDearborns. M ly, re-enlisted Februarj 17, 1864.\\nThirteenth Regiment.\\nI i n i- P. w ilson, I li i i n. captain January 12\\nPerkins W. Hopkins, miisterei t June 2, 1866\\n.I..I.I.\\ni. D 1. 1| died Ugusl 24, 1863.\\n.I .si pli Ash, .lis.-li.ML .l I... .lis.il.ilitv F. l.riinrv JS, Is.\\nSamuel G. Stearns, died Augusl 11, 1863\\nSewal P. Stearns, killed m .Inn. I, 1864\\nAmbrose W, Stearns, died ut Richmond, Va., May 28, 1865.\\nJohn E. Spanl liiis, wnuml.-.l slightly ,1 o o.- l, is.. I discharged by\\nlurk.\\n.1.I....1.I\\ni Met i Ji i ii-i I li .ii I. I8ti4.\\nN....I. I .IC\\nJohn lam.\\nw. o, w bridge.\\nSixteenth Regiment.\\nOscar C Stiles, mustered .mi Vugu I\\nRecreations.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Most of the earl} settlers were large-\\nhearted people, readj ami willing to assist their\\nneighbors. They were accust ed to combine utility\\nwith recreation, ami heartily enjoyed helping a new-\\ncomer tend his burning slash ami a townsman pile\\nhis blackened logs.\\nTrainings ami musters, town-meetings, Fourth of\\nJuly celebrations ami election-day gatherings were\\nhighlj prized. Wrestling and other athletic sports were\\npopular pastimes on such occasions. Aged, middle-\\naged, young men ami hoys attended raisings. The\\nold men made the wooden pins to fasten the timbers\\ntogether. The hoys distributed them ami carried the\\npail of toddy round. Strong men raised the frame,\\na broadside at a time, stimulated by the stentorian\\ncry of Heave her up! heave her up! I themaster-\\nworkman. When the raising was completed the\\nolil.r people went home, luit the younger i s\\nremained lor an evening frolic. There were huskings\\niu the fall, spelling-schools, school exhibitions ami\\nevening parties in the winter, and sweet sugaring\\noil gatherings in the spring. They loved, wooed ami\\nwed, ami the brides expected to hear their shares of\\nlife s burdens. There was a spirit of rivalry among\\nthe women to sec who could make the handsoniesl\\nflowered coverlets, plaid blankets ami table linen.\\niirls were taught common sewing, hem-stitching,\\nembroidering and marking samples at scl I. Even-\\ning neighborhood parties were very enjoyable. Some-\\ntimes a tincture ol credulity ami superstition was\\napparent in their love lor marvelous stories, ami a\\ndisposition to find out the incomprehensible was\\nmanifested in their warm debates about God s fore-\\nknowledge and decrees. Informal calls to sec how\\nstock was thriving and how crops were turning mil\\nwere common, and served to increase neighborly in-\\nterest and diminish envious tendencies. Than I. giving\\nwas the day that was anticipated the longest ami en\\njoyed the most heartily. It was both a secular ami\\na religious least. Sonic of the settlers prolonged it\\nto two ila\\\\ S.\\nTwo or more families would take the first dinner\\nat house, and the next day at another.\\nSamples of everything that had been raised on the\\nfarm were cooked, and placed on the table together,\\nas a thanks offering for the bounties of the year. A\\nboiled dish, with all it accompaniments, baked\\nmeats and fowls, puddings ami [lies, were temptingly", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0605.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "HISTORY (iK IIILLSRoROrCill ColNTV. NKW II AM PSB I RE.\\ndisplayed, and aftei :i longer grace than usual had\\nbeen said, ;j I appetites li l ample justice to the\\nmost impo.-ing iiical ni t lit- year.\\nThey were early taught to obey their parents, say\\nYes, sir, and No, sir, treat their superiors with\\ndeference and all others with courtesy. The} were re-\\nquired tn rise early and wait U] themselves, and to\\ndo their allotted work before they stopped to play.\\nAfter supper the father read a portion of God s\\nword, extinguished the candle and all the family rose\\nand si I while lie implored forgiveness for the sins\\nof the day, both of commission and omission, and be-\\nBought his heavenly Fatherto watch over them during\\nihe defenseless leans of sleep.\\nMany of them kepi Saturday evening as a prepara-\\ntion for the Sabbath, and Sabbath eve as holy time.\\n1 1 1 werestricl in the observance of the Lord s day,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nno walking nor riding, except to go to meeting; no\\ngathering berries, nor cracking nuts, nor amusements\\nof any kind wen- allowed.\\nThey rose early, worked hard and were prudent in\\nall their expenses, bul generally they wen- cheerful,\\nhopeful and contented.\\nRoad-Breaking-. When the highways needed\\nbreaking out, all the men and hoy- in tin neighbor-\\nhood met with their teams and shovels and worked\\nuntil the roads were passable, when they agreed to\\nmeet at the house of one of the party after the even-\\ning hoiue-w ork was done.\\nProceeding to their homes, they did their chores,\\ncovered their lire- with ashe-, put a -ealding tub on\\nan ox-sled and laid bundle- of straw around it.\\nThe tub was filled with small children, while the\\nlarger ones, with their mothers, sat on the straw bun-\\ndles, and the men stood up by the sledstakes, and tin-\\nlarger hoys gleefully ran ahead. [f there wa- no\\nmoon, .me or two tin lanterns with tallow candles\\nilluminated the merry party on pleasure bent.\\nOn then arrival thej were ushered into the large,\\nlong kitchen, where the dames from the great open\\nfire-place dill iised a ruddy light through the room,\\nt tn a beam overhead, in front of the lire, a cord with\\nthree iron hoo ks was suspended, and a rib, or some\\nother delicious roast, tilled the room with savory odors.\\nI he men discussed the interesting topics of the day,\\noften growing excited over political or religious\\nsubjects.\\nThe women, clad ill their warm domestic flannels,\\nand with lingers deftly plying knitting-needles, talked\\nof domestic concerns, while the children chased the\\ngrotesque shadows on the walls.\\nAt an early hour the sled was reloaded, and all re-\\nturned to their h 3S with increased interest in their\\nneighbor s prosperity, those who lived on the same\\nroad occupying the same sled.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nGREENFIELD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nManufactures\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pi.si-orh pin-i. kiiis\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lawvt-rs, Etc.\\nThe earliest articles manufactured for market were\\nboat oars and pine shingles. Timber suitable for\\noars grew near the South Mountain. Two or more\\nneighbors would go into the w Is together and split\\nand shave oars. They likewise split and shaved pine\\nshingles, performing the work in the forest where the\\ntrees stood. These articles, thus manufactured, were\\ncarried to Salem, Mass., with ox-teams. They carried\\nbags of hay for their oxen and buckets of provision\\nlor themselves. At night they put up at a tavern,\\nwhere they often found teamster- from Vermont, who\\nwent loaded with pork, venison and potash, and\\nusually returned with salt, rum and dry fish. After\\ncaring for their teams they would buy a mug of Hip,\\nopen their buckets and partake of a hearty supper,\\nami then, seated in the bar-room before the landlord s\\ncheerful lire, or lounging on the high-backed settle,\\nthey would spend the evening telling stories and\\nhearing news. The genial landlords of those days\\ngot the earliest news. It took about three days for\\nnews to travel a hundred miles. They were ready to\\n-tan homeward hound with the earliest gleams of\\nmorning light, and the first evening after their return\\nthe neighbors called to hear a description of their\\njourney, and all the- Mews they had collected.\\nPost Offices and Postmasters.- A post-office was\\nestablished in 1808, and James Miller appointed post-\\nmaster. He was followed by William Whittemore,\\nwho was appointed in 1823 (no record of having hen\\ncommissioned); Ezra Prescott, July 9, 1823 Lewis\\nWilson, September 3, 1828; William E. Whittemore,\\nJune 13, 1832; Jacob Stephenson, March 1,1841;\\nWilliam 11. Whittemore, October 7. 1842; John J.\\nDuncklee, September 21. 1848; Jacob Stephenson,\\nI cember 29, 1853; Rufus Hardy, April 16, 1867\\nHorace Cudworth, January 13,1870; Frank I!. Patch,\\nJanuary 27, 1874; Samuel H. Partridge, April 15,\\n1884; Warren Lewis, June 12, 1884.\\nPost-Office at South Greenfield.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This office\\nwas opened May 28, 1878, and John R. Russell ap-\\npointed postmaster, who continues to hold the ap-\\npointment.\\ni laptain Joseph Reynolds, of this town, carried the\\nmails several ears, on the Count} road, from Green-\\nfield to Amherst, on horseback, over Lyndeborough\\nMountain. After a few years the forest road was\\nbuilt, and we then had a mail every other day from\\nBoston, by way of stage-coach. At present it is\\ncarried by the Boston and Lowell Railroad.\\nPhysicians. I r. Samuel Fitch came to Greenfield\\nin 1800. He was horn in Acton, Mass., and studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Wyeth, of Sherborn, Mass. He\\nmarried Miss Eunice Perry, of that place. He prac\\ntieed medicine in Greenfield until age and feeble", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0606.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\nhealth compelled him to retire to a more quiet life.\\nHe died November I, 1857.\\nAbout tliis period doctors used i visit their\\npatients on horseback, carrying their lancet, calomel,\\nipecac and rhubarb in their saddle-bags, and in cases\\nof typhoid fever they often left medicine for four\\nsuccessive days, vigorously forbidding the use of\\nwater.\\nWhen they were called out in the night they carried\\na tin lantern with a tallow candle in it In guide them\\nthrough tlie forests, over corduroy bridges ami through\\nDr. John Ramsey was a native of town ami one of\\nthe pioneers of the practice f medicine, lie gradu-\\nated from the Medical Department of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1816. He died July 10, 1864, aged seventy-\\nfive years Dr. Ramsey was extensively known as a\\ngood practitioner of medicine, asa man of g I judg-\\nment ami sound common sense, lie had seen nearly\\nlift) y f mi- of practice, and it can he said to his credit\\nthat he never grew rusty in his profession. He was\\nthe oldest physician in this section of the country, and\\nhad hen extensively called in consultation with his\\nprofessional brethren. It was always a pleasure to\\nmeet him he was true, reliable ami cheerful, a man\\nof honor and integrity. He was everywhere highly\\nrespected by his medical brethren. He was ever fear-\\nful of the powerful and dangerous effects of tnedii ine\\non the human system. Tin subject of this notice\\npursued the even tenor id his way in his own town\\nfor nearly half a century, without the people being\\naware of the great blessing and comfort he was to the\\ncommunity or, perhaps, rightly appreciating his true\\ncharacter. His memory will long he cherished by\\nmany a grateful patient, as well as by all his medical\\nbrethren.\\nDr. James S. Burtt was horn in Andover, .Mass.,\\n1791. He studied medicine with Dr. Luther Smith,\\nof Hillsborough Bridge. He attended a course of\\nmedical lectures in Vermont. In 1842 he became a\\nresident iii the northwest part of the town and prac-\\nticed his profession for several years. He died in\\n1873, aged eighty-two years.\\nDr. Isaac N. Danforth was born in 1835, at Barnard,\\nN. Y. He is the son of Hon. Albert H. Danforth,\\nwho was a member of the New Hampshire Legisla-\\nture and a prominent man of that State. He was ed-\\nucated ai the common schools of that New England\\ntown. At the age of twenty-three he entered the of-\\nfice of Dr. Samuel 1 Danforth, his uncle, making\\nsuch rapid progress in his studies that he shortly en-\\ntered the .Medical Department, of Dartmouth College,\\nand graduated from that institution three years later.\\nHe was, soon after graduation, elected resident physi-\\ncian of the Hartford Retreat for the Insane. On ac-\\ncount of his health, he resigned this position and\\nremoved to Greenfield, N. H., where he practiced his\\nprofession for four years. In 1866 he remo\\\\ ed to Chi-\\ncago. His public and private life are alike an honor\\nto his name and his profession. He married, in 1868,\\nElizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Skelton,a well-\\nknown Methodist clergyman of Chicago lor mam\\nyears. Dr. Danforth was succeeded, for a short time,\\nby Dr. Williard D. Chase, of Claremont, N. II who\\nis now located at Peterborough, and highly respected\\nby the medical profession.\\nSamuel H. Partridge was the only resident physi\\ncian of the town from 1869, until his death, in 1884.\\nHe was an amiable man and an amiable physician.\\nDr. Nathaniel F. Cheever, our present physician,\\ncame from the practice of his profession in Na-lma,\\nN. II. the 1st of June, 1884. Dr. Cheever studied\\nfor his profession at the Universities of Michigan and\\nVermont, and the ollcge of Physicians and Surgeons\\nin Baltimore, Md. He bought the place known as\\nthe ld Parsonage, and settled down to the enjoy-\\nment of domestic life with the only daughter of W.\\nT. Spear, of Nashua.\\nThe hi is salubrious and in\\\\ igorating, and the water\\npure I generally sufficient.\\nThe inhabitants are usually quite healthy, many of\\nthem having lived to an advanced age.\\nThe town does not afford a competent support for\\nonephysician without his earnings beingsupplemented\\nby practice in adjoining towns.\\nLawyers. General James Miller was the first\\nlawyei established in Greenfield. He married Pattj\\nFerguson, and resided in the house now owned and\\noccupied by Zebediah Peavey from 1804 until 1808.\\nHis infant son James died there July 28, 1804; also\\nhis wife, May 12, 1805, in the twenty-third year of her\\nage. General Miller s office was on MainStreet, uearlj\\nopposite the hotel. He represented the town in tin-\\nLegislature iD 1807. It was doubtless owing to the\\ncircumstance of bis having learned the manual exer-\\ncise while yet a school-boy that he became a genera]\\nrather than a politician or a man of letters.\\nEarly in the nineteenth century he was chosen\\ncaptain of the Hancock Artillery, and in 1808 he re\\nceived a major s commission in the United States\\narmy, it being the highest commission at that time\\nissued to any one in the State of New Hampshire.\\nHe was born in Peterborough, N. H., April 25, 177b,\\nand died in Temple, N. H., July 7, 1851.\\nHon. Alson B. Abbott was born in Greenfield,\\nN. 11., on the 3rd of No\\\\ ember. 1S44. He was the son\\nof William and Sarah .1. Abbott, of that place, both\\nof whom are now deceased. In childhood he removed\\nto Andover. Mass., where he pursued his preparatory\\ncourse and was fitted for college. During hi- student\\nlife, moved by the same patriotic impulses that aui\\nmali d so many hundred youthful spirits a 1 the Ninth\\nwhen the tocsin of rebellion rent with rude blast the\\nsky of our nation s safety, he enlisted and served his\\ntime in the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, seeing\\nactive service at various places, including Fort Mi\\nHenry, Federal Hill, Monocacy Junction and Har-\\nper s Ferry. In 1866, shortlj after graduating at", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0607.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "340\\nBISTORT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE\\nDartmouth with honors, he \\\\v:is chosen principal of\\nthe Warrensburg Academy, and the following year, a\\nvacancy having occurred in the academy at (liens\\nFulls, he was selected tn take charge of it as principal.\\nIn this relation he continued for five years, serving\\nwith great acceptance and satisfaction to the patrons\\nof the school. The academy was never mure pros-\\nperous and flourishing than it was during this entire\\nperiod. He received from bis alma mater the degrei\\nof Master of Arts m [869, and while teaching, having\\nat the same time pursued the study of law, be was ail\\nmitted to the bar in 1872. In 1873 he was married to\\nSarah, oldest daughter of the late James Morgan. In\\n1874 In- traveled through the Southern States, and\\nthe following year made the tour of continental\\nEurope and the English isles. Sunn alter his return\\nfrom abroad hi superior administrative abilities as\\na man of affairs came to a gradual recognition by\\nan appreciative public by his being chosen, in 1878, a\\ndirectoi in the First National Bank of Glens Falls,\\nand a director in the Glens Falls Insurance Company,\\nboth of which positions be lias continued to hold to\\nthe present time (1885). The ensuing fall he was\\nelected to the New York Assembly, where he was dis-\\ntinguished not only by his readiness in debate and bis\\nattention to his duties, hut also by his courteous,\\naffable demeanor. The following season lie was\\nelected an elder in the Presbyterian Church. .Mr.\\nAbbott is yet in tin- early prime of an active man-\\nhood, and his tine intellectual training, hi- scholarl)\\nattainments ami superior culture, his aptitude at 1ms-\\niness affairs, and gentlemanly address give promise of\\na future replete with usefulness, ami an old age hon\\nnnd ami respected.\\nEzra Prescott, Esq., read law with Hon. Titus Brown,\\nof Francestown, ami commenced practice in that\\ntown, when, in 1824, he removed in Greenfield, and\\noccupied the same office that General Miller did.\\nIii L828 he was elected register of deeds for Hills-\\nborough County, ami removed to mherst in the fall\\nof that year.\\nThe following are some of the persons born in\\nGreenfield or have spent their earlj lives there who\\nhave graduated at different colleges; Moses trdway.\\nRev. John l iklee, Joshua Holt, Jr., Francis W.\\nCragin, Rev. Amzi Jones, Rev. R. C. Stanley, David\\nB. Ramsey, Alson B. Abbott, Charles 1). Fitch.\\nAmong others who have studied professions may be\\nmentioned Jacob Holt, M.D., Philadelphia; William\\nII. Ramsey, comptroller of currency in Wisconsin\\neight war-; Amon Robinson, a g I historian, now\\nin New York; Francis W. Cragin, M.l Norwood,\\nMass.; Francis 1 Fitch.\\nGeorge W. Putnam keep- a livery stable.\\nForest and Other Roads.- As Greenfield is on the\\ndirect line of travel from the north portion of this State\\nand Vermont, it was felt absolutely necessary to have\\na road built from Hancock, through Greenfield, to\\nI j udeb igh, suitable for travel with heavily-loaded\\nteams, likewise for a regular line of stage-coaches.\\nAfter a long struggle between enthusiastic ellort and\\ndetermined opposition, in 1881 a road was laid to\\ncomplete a direct connection between lharlestown and\\nNashua.\\nseveral hundred dollars were expended ill leveling\\nhills, which rendered the numerous teamsters jubi-\\nlant ovei the improvements on their route. William\\nWhittemore and Xehediah 1 eavey purchased the first\\nstagi coach. It was built by Abbott Downing, of\\nt uncord, N. II. Michael A. Whittemore went to\\nConcord with a pair of horses, which he attached\\nto the new vehicle ami drove to Greenfield, and\\nentered the village during a heavy shower. Thi next\\nday a team was improvised, and the owners, with\\nother gratified townsmen, took a ride to Hancock,\\nand returned in the most exultant mood. When on its\\nfirst regular trip, it driver, Noah L. Jackson, cracked\\nhis whip and drove up to the tavern on an airj gal\\nlop, where it was received with enthusiastic cheers\\nby the villagers and many other inhabitants, who\\nwere standing ill the street to wit Hess the important\\nevent. The upper end of the route was owned bj\\nMorrison Jackson, and the lower end by Dean\\nTarbell.\\nIn L837, C..I I Hiram T. Morrill bought Tarbell s\\ninterest in three teams from .Nashua to Hancock,\\nthe company being Morrill Dean. In about two\\nyears Dean sold his interest to Hall, and the firm\\nwas changed to Morrill Hall. Colonel Morrill\\ndrove the stage-roach twelve years in succession, and\\nowned an interest in staging until about the time of\\nthe completion of the railroad to Greenfield, in I 74\\nThe various other roads in town are in a respectable\\ncondition. Mom v for keeping them in repair is raised\\nbj a highway tax, and road surveyors are appointed in\\neach highway district, who allow the inhabitant.-, to\\nwork out their taxes under their supervision.\\nJanuary 1. 1874, the railroad was opened for travel\\nfrom Wilton to Greenfield, and a long train of cars\\nbrought some twelve hundred stockholders and\\nothers, who entered the r:i rs along the line, and\\nlikewise many individuals from Boston, who were en-\\ntertained in the town hall with a free dinner.\\nPeterborough Railroad from Fast Wilton, through\\nLyndeborough to Greenfield, eleven miles, is operated\\nIn the Boston ami Low ell Railroad.\\nThere is a telegraph connection from Boston and\\nKeene, and telephone from Francestown. Large\\nquantities of soap-stone from the quarry then are\\nshipped from our depot.\\nAs a point for shipping freight on the Boston and\\nLowell road, Greenfield i of considerable importance.\\nStores and Traders.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first trader in town was\\nAmbrose I rould he came previous to 1802. The store\\nhe occupied is now used as a dwelling-house on the\\ncorner of Main Street and Slip road. A few years\\nlater Joseph Bachelder opened a store in the south", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0608.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD\\n341\\npart of the town, on the farm now known as the [saac\\nFoster place. In 1816, Butler* Patterson traded in\\nthe west end of Mr. Samuel Gould s building, Mr.\\nGould .occupying the east end as a harness-shop.\\nWhittemore Brothers traded in the Long Block and\\ndidan extensive business. They were followed by\\nPeavey Gould.\\nIn 1826, Carkin Cragin opened a store in the ell\\npartofa large building situated on the site of the\\npresent hotel. The main building was destroyed by fire,\\nI, ut the ell was saved and the goods returned in\\naged condition. Subsequently, a hotel was\\nmi thesite of the burn* building.\\nAmasa Farrier kepta store from 1832 to 183\\nwas followed by Grant Dane, William\\nDuncklee Jones, II. II. Duncklee, Rufus An\\nG. P. Fletcher and L. P. Wilson.\\nAt an early date Mark Bailey buil! the sti\\noccupied by Patch Leu is.\\nHe was succeeded b\\\\ Robert Bradford,\\nEardy, Horace Cudworth, C. II. Hopkins, Brat\\n,|a\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\ncted\\nIn 1873, C\\nbuilding on\\nII. II.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ar Main\\nimodious\\nStreet. The upper pari contains t\\ntenements.\\nThe first floor is occupied by the owner, who is an\\nextensive dealer in flour and grain, as well as most\\nother articles usually tun ml in a country store.\\nF. r. S. Peavey are extensive dealers in cattle,\\nsheep and meal. They semi their meat to Manchester,\\nNashua, Lowell and Boston markets, rheii slaughter-\\ning establishment is fitted up with modern con-\\nveniences and labor-saving devices.\\nBrooks Spaulding are the only blacksmiths in\\ntown. They are skillful workmen, and give strict at-\\ntention to their business.\\nGeorge D. Pollard is a builder, and also celebrated\\nfor his judgment and success in moving buildings.\\nLE Hopkins, D. W. Burnham and George\\nRussell are experienced carpenters.\\nEarle Searle, formerly a blacksmith and tinman, is\\nnow a manufacturer of w len measures, w hose excel-\\nlence is not surpassed by any other workman.\\nTaverns. Tra.liii.iii says thai oi f the earliest\\ntaverns was kept by John Savage, his house being\\nfinelj located on the brow of a hill about three miles\\nfrom the cent re of I he tow u, on the lounty road i hat\\nlea. Is over Lyndeborough Mountain.\\nWe find recorded the name oi Samuel Weeks,\\nlicensed to keep tavern in I7ii4.\\nIn 1824, John arkin opened a tavern in the lentre\\nvillage. Among his successors have been Elbridge\\nManly. Mark Bailey, Horace Whittemore, S. S. Ten-\\nney, William II. Gowing, Luther Gray, Geo. J.\\nWhittemore, II. II. Duncklee and John I). Emerson.\\nIn 1881 the hotel formerlj owned bj H. II. hum k\\nlee was purchased by J. D. Emerson, and thoroughlj\\nremodeled inside and out. He introduced .lorn\\nconveniences into his pleasant apartments, which are\\nappreciated by his numerous guests, particularly by\\nhis summer hoarders from the cities. Mr. Emerson is\\na popular conductor on the railroad from Greenfield\\nio Boston.\\nThe Records. The records of the town are written\\nin a hold and legible hand, and are generally well\\niite an. I accurate. I lie Sabbat\\nlibrary There is also a small\\ntown. Many newspapers are ta\\nit of ratable polls in\\nand seventy six.\\nof the town in 1884\\ndial\\nThe tax-payers in I7M were Captain John Abbott,\\nMajor Abie! Abbott, Captain John Holt, William\\nBlunt, Abijah Clark. Joseph Batchelder, Joshua\\nHolt. In 1790 the following additional names are\\nfound: Timothy Holt, Joseph Severance, John\\nFletcher, Nathan Lovejoy, Daniel Holt, Isaac Foster.\\nOak Park Association. At the first meeting of\\nthis association, April 22, 1875, the following officers\\nwere chosen: President, D. II. Goodell, Antrim;\\nSecretary, Joseph Farnum, Peterborough Treasurer,\\nDavid Starret, Greenfield. Executive C mittee\\nGreenfield, John Fletcher, Albert II. Hopkins,! leorge\\nS. Peavey, Leonard Bailey and Benjamin Hardy;\\nLyndeborough, Luther ram, Andrew Holt, David\\nI litiiain, ti. oi Li, Spaulding and John Richardson;\\nHancock, Orland Eaton, W. A. Washburn, A. I\\nStone, J. S. Spaulding, P. Bugbee; Francestown,\\nH. A Simpson, Henry Richardson, William II.\\nFarnum, George A. Duncklee, John Morse; Ben-\\nnington, John F. Hodge, W. D.Woods, John\\nDodge, Hartwell Lakin, Heber Presby; Antrim.\\nD. H. Goodell, George L Cochran, Morris Christie.\\nEben Bass, John M. Duncan; Peterborough, George\\nII. Longley, S. I. Vose, E. W. Mcintosh, John Q.\\nAdams and lharles Wilder.\\nThe first fair was held September 16 and 17, 1875.\\nAs a soeial gathering it is greatly enjoyed by both\\nyoung and old, and the exhibits of farming imple-\\nments and other results of scientific research, utiliz-\\ning the hit. an forces of nature to lessen manual\\nlabor, serves to awaken the dormant energies of\\nmany a son and daughter of toil.\\nAll the towns and cities of I lillshor.iugh County,\\nand the towns of Jaffrey, Dublin, Harrisville and\\nStoddard, in Cheshire County, are comprised within\\nthe limits of this association.\\nThe grounds are finely located, easj of ai cess and\\nwithin three-fourths of a mile of the depot of tie-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0609.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "342\\nHISTORY OF HILLSIiOROrcH COrXTY, XF.W HAMPSHIRE.\\nNashua and Lowell and the Manchester and Keene\\nRailroads.\\nThe track of the Manchestei and Keene Railroad\\nruns within twenty rods of the grand entrance gate\\nto the grounds, and passengers are left and taken\\non at that point.\\nTemperance Work. The Hillsborough Count)\\nConvention of the Woman s Christian Temperance\\nUnion met in the Congregational Church, December\\n28,1881. \\\\t the close of the afternoon session a union\\nwas formed under the auspices of Mrs. Charles Rich-\\nardson, lit Amherst, N. II., president of the count)\\nsociety. The names of the first officers were Mrs. S.\\nEL Partridge, president; Mrs. Charles I Peavey,\\nMrs. Charles II. Hopkins, Mrs. Henry Unit ami\\nMrs. Levi Unit, vice-presidents Mrs. Sarah M. Pol-\\nlard, secretary; Mrs. Henry Unit, treasurer. These,\\nwith a membership of thirty, have been actively en-\\ngaged in temperance work until the present time,\\nL885.\\nMotto, Not by might, nor by power, but by my\\nSpirit.\\nThe following petition has been presented to the\\nselectmen, asking for the enforcement of the law:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2III l.lialf I tin- .-tire. is .ili.l In-mlii l- ..I 111. W. ni. Hi Clm-rim\\ni nun. we i.-jii Hull i. I l. .i ni Mi.,! u. i;m -ml r ,:i\\n-.hi- t i I li. vitii rli.it inhiM. arm- !i.[ii r. are lial.itnally sold inoiu\\n\\\\iM in notation of Lev. and to the detriment t the place and g i\\nirder ol oui community w e t]\\n1 1 i ._\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 bodj thai yii w\\ntl -U. h .1-. lll.nl. .Itl l [UV.Viili ll\\nillv but urgt\\nii .hi.- shall I- i Bi i f: illj Buppn\\nssed, sofai ;i- 3\\nIII MHI^Ih TI..1I f VT. Ll.k\\nr citizens\\nivc the sii).|. ii 1 .1 ml .i|.\\nGreenfield, ami to the many ami generous replies\\nreceived George S. Peavey responded as follow-:\\nfJreentrelii rem. mtiers tier al.serit sons ami daughters, especially her\\n.liMiii-in-li. .l nne- sli.- 1. .-.iili.ii |.r,,-|.. i n\\\\ si\u00e2\u0080\u009e. i s e ver proud\\nto meet them, and gladl] d i-w ri so m to-nighl and remem\\nt.ering those who are sHj.arar...l\\nterest they \u00e2\u0096\u00batill feel mtli\\nrmi. M- rli.-refore, R\\ngive expression to our g\\n.lent.- anil friends of i.n\\nalso tn those who hare t\\nate! unit, rial aid.\\nby many an intei vening mill Bomt\\nb m-t -in. of th. iti-\\n1 ityof its reltgious insti-\\n11- ..t i.i. titielil present,\\nv a t. of thanks I., all former resi-\\n1. in 1 i lie ii t. ii. ami aid. and\\nI 1. tl. t w illi \\\\|.r.-si..i\u00c2\u00bb- l in|..itliy\\nThe evening passed pleasantly, ami the result was\\nvery gratifying.\\nGreenfield Grange was organized by C. C. Shaw,\\nsecretary of State Grange, March 14. 1 -7 1. with the\\nfollowing officers: Master, John Fletcher; Overseer,\\nDavid Starrett; Lecturer, Samuel G. Hartshorn:\\nSteward, Willis D. Hardy; Assistant Steward, George\\nI). Pollard; Chaplain, Alfred N. Hardy; Secretary,\\nSidney II. Hardy; Gate-Keeper, Nahum Russell;\\nTreasurer, Alfred W. Savage; Ceres, Mrs. John\\nFletcher; Pomona, -Mr-. Taylor P. Lakin; Flora,\\nMrs. Willis D. Hardy; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs.\\nSamuel G. I lartshorn.\\nThrough the influence of this grange agriculture\\nhas received a new impulse, ami much practical\\nknowledge lias been diffused.\\nThe most formidable impediment to successful\\nfarming consists in the deterioration of the pas tun\\nlands, which do not afford feed for more than one-\\nthird of tin number of cattle that they did fifty years\\nago.\\nMilk i- -old tor the city markets and lor th. Wilton\\nCreamery, and the town grange, with neighboring\\ngranges, is agitating I he -ubject of more creameries.\\nOrgan Festival.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A meeting was called, ami an\\nassociation formed, and arrangements were made for\\na grand organ festival, to he held February 22, 1871.\\nI In committee of correspondence sent out over a\\nhundred letters of invitation to former residents of\\nCHA PTEE V.\\nGREENFIELD (Continued).\\nBIOGRAPHICAL.\\nM vim; Amos Whittemore settled in townas early\\nas 1771. He was born in 174(1 anddied in 1827. lie\\nwas a soldier of the Revolution and was with Wash-\\nington when a battle was fought at White Plains,\\nwhen New York was in posse-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ion of the British and\\nthe Americans were obliged to retreat.\\nWilliam Whittemore, Esq., son of Major Amos,\\nwas born in 1781 ami died in 1876. He was a native\\nand almost a lifelong resident of Greenfield. He\\nheld many trusts in the gift of the county and repre-\\nsented the town in the Legislature for sixteen con-\\nsecutive sessions. He was one of the original mem-\\nbers of the Bunker Hill Monument Association. His\\nremembrance dated back to the time when Green-\\nfield was almost a wilderness, two houses comprising\\nall that the town then contained.\\nOneof the first settlers in town was Simeon Fletcher.\\nHe was born in Chelmsford, Mass.. May 2, 1722. He\\nmarried Mary Davis.\\nDeeds say that he owned a farm in Chelmsford in\\n1744, which he sold. Then he removed to the prov-\\nit New Hampshire (a lew years later), and took\\nup some five hundred acres of land in whal is now\\nknown as the southeast part of Greenfield, built a\\nbouse and there founded a life-long residence. Five\\ngenerations of Fletchers have lived there, and four\\nwere born there.\\nA daughter, born -noli alter they came here, was\\nthe fust white female born in town. He hail two\\nneighbors, who settled north of him, one on a hill\\nnear Crotched Mountain. He was a man of philan-\\nthropic heart, for when roads were unknown he\\nwould elevate a pine torch-light at night as a token\\nthat all was well with him, and receive a similar\\nsignal if all was well with his neighbors. He was\\nthe first man in town that ever cut hay enough to\\nwinter a cow.\\nSimeon ami Mary had seven children, Persis,\\nmarried a Beasom Annie, married an Ordway and", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0610.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\nMary, a Balch; John and Olive died at the old home-\\nstead; Philip married Mary Barper, and tilled the\\nancestral acres.\\nHe was a brave man. for he took under his own\\nroof his father, mother and mother-in-law. He\\nhad twelve children; one lived to be nearly ninety-\\nnine. He always had a bed for the poor who might\\nbe strolling over the hill in those days. One morn-\\ning, as he was going through the w Is to his brother\\nSimeon s, unarmed, he met a bear, which stopped and\\nlooked at him. but when he raised his voice and\\nbrandished his walking-stick Bruin made a hasty\\nretreat into the wilderness, and the courageous man\\nwent on his way undauntedly.\\nWhen one of his neighbors was bodilj injured, and\\nliable to die before a physician could be procured, he\\nhastily constructeda stretcher, and, witli a few others,\\ncarried him to Milford, by marked trees, to receive\\nmedical aid.\\nHe and his brother Simeon were in the Revolution-\\nary War. ami at West Point they were on guard the\\nnight that General Arnold attempted to surrender\\nthe fortress to the British. After his return home we\\nfind the following receipt, now extant\\ni i i i i bi Office, New Hampshire, January 19, 1790.\\nReceivedof iti Philip Fletcher Thirty-seven pounds,sis shillings,\\nin part of State Certificate las of Fifty Founds, eleven -hillings, in part\\nof Continental Facility Tax. of Lyudeborough for the yeai 1788\\nw m. G iki.m b, Treasure)\\nPhilip died at the age of seventy-two. Simeon\\nmarried Mary Huston, ami lived to sec all of his\\nchildren laid in their graves. He died at the age of\\neighty-tour.\\nPhilip, .Jr., lived at the old homestead with his\\nfather; he raised hops for sixty years, and sold them\\nin Boston. For seventy-one consecutive years hi;\\nnever failed to assist in getting hay from his meadow.\\nFrom pine-trees that grew near this meadow he and\\nhis brother-in-law, Gates Perry, made shingles, and\\ncarried them to Boston with an ox-team to buy groce-\\nries to l.e used at the ordination of the minister. Rev.\\nJohn Walker. He carried the first load of soap-stone\\nfrom Francestown quarry to Boston with an ox-team,\\nand made more journeys to Boston with oxen than\\nall the other men in town.\\nOf the fourth generation now living in town air\\nDeacon John, Gilman P. and Franklin Deacon\\nJohn attended Hancock and Francestown Academies.\\nlie has taught school in Now Hampshire, Massachu-\\nsetts and Kentucky. For a decade of years he has\\nserved as Sunday-school committee in this town. He\\nstill owns a part of the original land bought by\\nSimeon more than one hundred and thirty years ago.\\nGilman I has been a trader here for man;) years.\\nFranklin C. is an enterprising farmer.\\nfile children of Deacon John, who are the fifth gen-\\neration, were horn on the original homestead, and,\\ndoubtless, received inspiration from the grand and\\nromantic scenery with which nature has surrounded\\ntheir ancestral home.\\nlln-\\nsacred homes\\nead has\\nbeen the birth-place\\nf thir\\nJ Fletchers, t\\nventy ol\\nwhom have died there.\\nThus we find the Fl\\ntchei\\nid! utified wit]\\nrreen-\\nfield since the hist whi\\ne mai\\nmade his hon\\ni on hei\\nRamsey Ancestry. Captain Hugh Ramsey, oi\\nScotch-Irish descent, from the north of Ireland, part\\nown. a- and captain of a sailing-vessel, sailed into\\nton Harbor eight or nine times between the years\\n1718 and 1725, bringing main of his relatives bearing\\nthe name of Ramsey, who emigrated to this country\\ni der to escape the religious intolerance of the Es-\\ntablished hlirch.\\nThey sought homes in different Stales.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in Penn-\\nsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, New York and\\nNow Hampshire. Many settled in Londonderry,\\nN. II.. from which place Captain John Ramsey, with\\nhis nephew. James Ramsey, Jr.. came to S i\\\\\\nLand (now Greenfield) in 1771. and bought adjoining\\nfarms about three miles west of the present site of\\nthe village, where they lived and died.\\nFrom these two were descended all the Ramseys\\nof Greenfield. Captain John s children were William\\n(father of John Ramsey, M.D.), Lieutenant John,\\nSamuel, Ebenezer, Marj (Mrs. Boyd, of Francestown),\\nMargaret (Mrs. David Parker, of Antrim), Anne\\n(Mis. John Mokecn, of Deering) and .Fine, a droll\\nand sarcastic spinster, stories of whose eccentricities\\nhave enlivened many all hour for the present gener-\\nation, while walls echoed ami re-echoed 1 e re-\\npeals of laughter at the rehearsal of her quaint jokes\\nand witticisms.\\naptaiu John s wife issaid to have been a strict ob-\\nserver of the Sabbath, and whenever the children\\nmanifested undue levity during sailed hours she was\\naccustomed to remonstrate with them in the follow-\\ning original and forceful words: You ll he sweet\\nnuts for the de il, come cracking time; the mere\\nmention of which undesirable fate doubtless pro-\\nduced the desired effect of repressing their childish\\nmirth, and restoring the solemn silence regarded b)\\nthe ancient Puritans as necessary to the contempla-\\ntion of themes naturallj suggest., I by holy time.\\nJames Ramsey, Jr., had several brothers and sis-\\nters, viz. Hugh, of llolderness, X. II. William, of\\nSt. Johnsbury, Vt. Matthew, of Ruinney, N. II.;\\nRobert, of the State of Maine John, who died un-\\nmarried in Deny; Mrs. Steele, of Walpole, N. IF:\\nMrs. Martha Boyce, of Now York: and Mrs. McGlo\\nthen, of Walpole, X. II.\\nThe children of James Ramsey, Jr., and Mary\\nNesniith, his wife, were David, who married Hannah\\nMarshall John, who married Margaret Si. ele, of An-\\ntrim James, who married Nancj Tennej Elizabeth\\nB., who married Thomas Holmes; Margaret, who\\ndied at twenty-six, unmarried; Mary Nesmith, who\\nmarried Ebenezer Hopkins, of Francestown. John M.\\nRamsey, I Grand Rapids, Mich., horn November", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0611.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "HISTORX OF FIII.I.SI .OKorciI (tl NTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE\\n27, 1809, and David Ramsey, born December 27, 1*11.\\nand the only remaining resident of Greenfield of the\\nname nf Ramsey, arc tlif only surviving children of\\nDavid, son of James Ramsey, Jr., the other seven\\nhaving passed ever theriver at a comparatively\\nearly age.\\nAbbott Biography. William Abbott and his wife,\\nHannah Bailey, came to Greenfield from Andover,\\nMass., about the year 1801, and settled near the base\\nof Peterborough Mountain. In this secluded but ro-\\nmantic spot, partly inclosed by forests, while a gentle\\nslope stretched away into meadow-land toward the\\nsouth, the) saw seven of their thirteen childn a grow\\nup t aiiliood and w anh 1, content with the\\nsimple pleasures afforded by the surroundings of their\\nrural home and adorned with those Christian graces\\nwhich are the fruit of early Christian training.\\nReared thus amid God s great pictures, so lull of\\nbeaut) and inspiration, and in air melodious with the\\nsweet, liquid notes of the nightingale and the rap-\\nturous songs of ecstasy the bobolink pours forth from\\nhis little throat in spring, it is no wonder they earl)\\nmanifested a remarkable loudness tor music, and that\\nMime of them developed a rare musical ability, well\\nappreciated both in their native town and in [daces\\nwhere the; subsequently lived. And no wonder they\\nhave since so often revisited this enchanting place\\nwith enthusiastic delight, and lingered with reluctant\\nfeet Upon the threshold where a thousand joyous\\nmen lories of earlier cars made dearer than ever the\\nhome, sweet home, on the rugged mountain-side.\\n(Sec Abbott history.)\\nDeacon Joshua Holt, of Lndover, Mass., had six\\nsons and five daughters, each of whom was baptized\\nin ile Orthodox Church the hist Sabbath alter his\\nor her birth. Previous to 1780 he purchased a tract\\nof wild land in what was then called Lyndeborough\\nGore, and subsequently Peterborough Slip, and after-\\nwards incorporated into Greenfield. For the entire\\ntrad he paid a pair of oxen.\\nHis son -Rev. Peter Holt, settled in Bpping, and\\nhis son, Deacon Solomon remained with him as\\nhome son\\nHi- other sons Deacon Joshua, Deacon John,\\nDeacon Timothy and Deacon Stephen settled on the\\nabove-mentioned land, and became industrious, entei\\nprising and successful fanners.\\nThey were pillars in the church, and held various\\ntown offices, and were prominent in carrying out ever)\\nenterprise com ted with the welfare of the town.\\nThe) were liberal in the support of religious, mili-\\ntary and educational institutions, and so educated\\ntheir families for the various duties of life that many\\nof them have occupied positions of trust in almost\\nevery State in the Union. Man) of them became\\nprominent instructors, and their influence still re-\\nmains, for the town has always furnished a large pro-\\nportion of teachers. All the brothers spent their\\nlives and died on their farms.\\nThe daughters, .Mary, married Isaac Foster; Phebe,\\nmarried Deacon Joseph Batehelder bloc, married\\nCaptain Francis Bowers; Hannah, married Captain\\nEphraim Holt, all of Greenfield; Bethia married\\nDeacon Daniel Kimball, of Hancock, Their father\\nalways evinced a generous interest in the temporal,\\nas well as the religious, welfare of the settlement.\\nHe gave the church its lirst communion service. In\\n1793, Ephraim Holt, of Andover, .Mass., 1 ght a lol\\nof wild land in the southwest comer of Greenfield.\\nHis first crop was a large yield of rye, which he car-\\nried to Salem, Mass., with an ox-team, and sold for\\nsilver money, which he brought home in a stocking,\\nand which amounted to enough to pay for his land.\\nHe was a successful farmer, a military captain and\\na justice of the peace. He held various offices of\\ntrust, represented the town in the Legislature and\\nwas one of the selectmen seventeen years in succes-\\nsion.\\nHe had seven children. Himself and wife and all\\nhis children now repose in the same lot in lie\\ntery near the church.\\nIn 1789, Major Peter Peavey, of Wilton, N.H., pur-\\nchased a lot of wild land near the base of South\\nMountain, in Greenfield.\\nHe built a log house about eighteen feel square,\\nwith a huge stone chimney reaching jusl above the\\nchamber-fl and from there it was topped out with\\nsticks plastered with cla) on the outside and inside.\\nIn one of its three windows, about a fool Square, was\\na rude lattice covered with oiled paper; the others, in-\\nstead of glass, had boards, which were removed when\\nlight was needed. The crevices between the logs were\\nfilled with moss. The door was wide enough to ad-\\nmit a hand-sled loaded with logs to till the yawning\\nfire-place. He moved his effects on an ox-team, and\\nhi- wile rode on horseback with a pair of large saddle-\\nbags, a bundle strapped to the rear of the saddle, a\\ntin lantern dangling IV the saddle-horn and baby\\nPeter, Jr., in her lap. Her horse walked faster than\\nthe oxen, and when she reached the last house she\\nlighted the audi, in her lantern, entered the forest\\nand pursued her roadless way, guided by blazed\\ntrees, and arrived at their house before her husband,\\nand kindled the lirst fire in their new home.\\nSubsequently, his brother Thomas purchased an ad-\\njoining lot, and both brothers carved fertile farm-out\\nof the primitive forests, reared large families and\\noccupied a from rank among the sturdy settlers of\\nthe town.\\nZebediah, son of Captain Thomas Peavey, on, of\\nthe early settlers of recti lield. was born in the south-\\neast part of the town in 1795, ami is the oldest person\\nnow living there. He was liberally endowed with\\ncommon sense ami a discriminating judgment.\\nHe was enterprising, honest, industrious and per-\\nsevering. His occupation- were tanning and deal-\\ning in cattle and sheep, which he successfully followed,\\nlie was early chosen captain of a military company,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0612.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "j3f fr-^-- z\u00c2\u00a3e^Ct^L~ C/j!^", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0615.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0616.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\nand was often honored by his townsmen with posi-\\ntions of honor and trust. His family (insists of two\\nsons and two daughters. His SO ns follow the occu-\\npations of their father, and honor the town by devo-\\ntion to its interests.\\nIn 1824 he married Mary B., daughter of Deacon\\nDavid Patterson, and subsequently purchased her\\nfather s homestead in rreenfield village, which he has\\nowned and occupied ever since.\\nOn the 24th of March, L884, they celebrated the\\nsixtieth anniversary of their wedding in the sa\\nroom where the original ceremonj was performed.\\nFriends came from far and near to congratulate the\\naged pair. Although the gr n had seen eighty-eight\\nbirthdays and the bride eighty-two, they were both,\\nmentally ami physically, in a remarkable state of\\npreservation. Their countenances retained the ani-\\nmated expression of middle-life, and the) greeted\\ntheir guests with youthful vivacity and pleasant allu-\\nsions I former days. Their cheerful rooms were\\nrilled with the perfume of fragrant (lowers, the gifts\\nof absent friends. After a social season, letters from\\nfriends (unable to he present) and a poem, written\\ntor the occasion, were read. One letter was writ-\\nten by the only surviving witness of their mar-\\nriage. Tin- Messing of hid was then invoked by\\ntheir pastor. Rev. Mr. Partridge, short speeches were\\nmade, old-time songs and hymns were sung and j :d\\nin by the bride, who, for threescore and ten years,\\nhad aided the church choir and enlivened social\\ngatherings with her musical voice.\\nRefreshments were temptingly displayed on tables\\nloaded with wedding and other tastefully arranged\\ncakes and fruits. Tea and coffee were served in the\\nidentical cups and saucers which the bride set before\\nher guests sixty years ago. At an early hour the\\nvisitors retired, feeling that they had enjoyed a re-\\nmarkable occasion, and wishing the happy pair many\\nmore wedding anniversaries.\\nJacob Richardson, Esq., an early settler of the\\ntown of Greenfield, was horn at Billerica, Mass., on\\nthe loth day of August, 1769, and of the sixth gen-\\neration from Thomas Richardson, who, with his two\\nbrothers, Ezekiel and Samuel, came front England to\\nthis country prior to 1740. He received a better\\neducation in the schools of his native town than fell\\nto the lot of most young men of that day. When\\nabout twenty-one years of age lie came to Milford,\\nX. H., or the territory which was soon after\\nincorporated into the town of Mil ford. In 1793 he\\nmarried Sarah Lewis, daughter of Benjamin Lewis,\\nwho then resided on the banks of the Souhegan River,\\nwhere Captain E. P.Hutchinson now lives. He re-\\nmoved to Greenfield in 1798, built a house in the\\nvillage, which is now in good condition and owned by\\none of his descendants. He followed blacksmithing\\nand farming, and represented the town in the State\\nLegislature in the years 1815 and 1816 he held other\\noffices of trust left live sons and four daughters.\\ne appoin\\ni or of tl\\nring\\nJacob Richardson, Jr., eldest sou o\\nnamed Jacob Richardson, was horn\\nchild horn in that town after its i\\nHe obtained a good education, and on\\nment of General .lames Miller as Go\\\\\\nTerritory of Arkansas, accompanied hit\\nthe port of Arkansas, the Governor s headquarters,\\nDecember 26, L819. He rejected his appointment to\\nthe clerkship of Phillips County, because in that\\nsparse settlement the fees would not pay. year or\\nmore afterward he rejected the appointment as one of\\nthe judges of a court, because of fever and ague and\\nother malarial diseases, which had so greatly reduced\\nhim that he decided to return East. He arrived in\\nNew Hampshire in August, 1821, after an absence of\\ntwo years. In L822, and lor forty years afterwards,\\nhe was connected with Barrett s silk-dyeing establish-\\nment, the latter part of which as a partner tinder the\\nfirm-name of Barrett and Richardson. He t iu\\nlated a handsome property. Hied November 3, L864,\\nfrom an injury received by the horse-cars in front of\\nhis office, 140 Washington Street, Boston.\\nColonel Lewis Richardson, s d son, was born\\nthere August :t, 1801. He early went to Massachu-\\nsetts to reside represented the town of .Med ford in\\nthe .Massachusetts Legislature in 1838 and L839, re-\\nturning to Greenfield in 1840. He was selectman\\ntwelve years, moderator twenty years; represented\\nGreenfield in the New Hampshire Legislature in lxj.s\\nand 1849; was county commissioner for Hillsborough\\nCounty for three years; died at Greenfield on the 21st\\nday of August, 1S7.S.\\nAlbert Louis Richardson, third son, was horn at\\nGreenfield October 1(1, 1803; has mainly resided in\\nMassachusetts. His early occupation was that of a\\ncivil engineer; has been postmaster at East W oliitrn,\\nMass., foi about thirty years. Eorseveral years prior\\nto 1876 he took a lively interest in procuring, arrang-\\ning and publishing the Richardson -Memorial, a\\nvolume of about one thousand pages, giving a history\\nof the three brothel s first mentioned, their posterity\\nand many others of that name.\\nCharles Richardson, the fourth son, was horn at\\nGreenfield July 30, 1809, where he resided until\\n1853; in early life was prominently connected with\\nthe militia of the Twenty-sixth Regiment represented\\nGreenfield in the New Hampshire Legislature in\\n1850 and L851; also a member of the Constitutional\\nConvention for the revision of the constitution in\\n1850, and held other offices of trust; elected register\\nof deeds for Hillsborough County in 1853, when he\\nremoved to Amherst, where he now resides, and has\\nbeen for the last thirty yea is a successful pension attoi\\nney.\\nColonel Cyrus Richardson, the youngest sou of\\nJacob Richardson, was born there August 23, 1812", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0617.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "346\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwas n blacksmith by trade, and carried on largely, in\\nconnection with his brother Charles, the manufacture\\nof cast-iron plows passed some time in California;\\nheld the office of town clerk in Greenfield in the\\nyears L856and 1857; was town treasurer several years,\\nand commanded the Twenty-sixth Regiment of New\\nHampshire militia; died at Greenfield February LO,\\n1861.\\nEdward A. Richardson, son of Charles Richardson,\\nabove mentioned, ami of the eighth generation from\\nThomas, was born in Greenfield on the 27th daj\\nApril, 1843; attended the schools of Greenfield and\\nAmherst; fitted lor college at Meriden spent three\\nyears at Dartmouth College; wenl to California in\\n1865; about two years later was connected with the\\nHank of California, with a capital often millions,\\nami then considered the great moneyed institution of\\nthe West. Some years since, while there was great\\nactivity in mining stock, he, as dividend clerk, paid\\nto tin- stockholders of two mining companies, which\\nwere in part controlled by the hank, a monthlj In i-\\ndendofa million dollars to each ..1 the companies.\\nHe i~ still connected with the bank, and i- it- foreign\\ncorrespondent.\\nTown OFFICERS.\\n-1791, Daniel Eme .n IT:.-, John\\n1-1 Ann,,) Hu.uli.im 1M7. El.cii,-/.-r 1 .1\\nLam 1819, Stephen Holt 1820 I \\\\i.i\\nJohn Ramsej 1827 29, Ephraim Holt 1\\n1831, John Itiiii-. l-:;i\\\\ I phraiin 1 1. .It\\nLin i j LS35-36, Paul Cragin 1 337\\n\\\\lnlin F.urnhiilii 1-41- Ij. Will: ,iu Whitl\\narjs..n I\\nGilin n IV Fletcher; Ism 66, I.. la, I\\ni Henrj II Dun. Ue,\\n1878, I l.iu H Dnm klee; 187 l -1. 4 .hi\\nHard} 1883 84, Gilman I Fletcher 1885\\nTown C i.f.kks.-K .H- .i.., .l,,.,.|,i, ll. i i. i,\\nI79S Joshua II. -It 1799-1800, lohn Sal\\ni i r,,\\n11.41 1-1 I 1 Kli.n.z.-r Farnngtun I 11-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l.o II -.-y IMlii, Paul Cragin; ls:;l, .1,\\nSavag. 1833-38, John Ramsej 1839 W,\\nDavid Ramsej Ml 17. Lewis Ri. bardsoi\\nHenrj II Duncklee; 185\\n1 i Ri. b irds. n 18 fa.\\ni s i I H ils. I.\\n1874-70, Horace Cudworth Istt -I, Eds\\ni\\n13, Joshua 11. .li. Jr.; 1834,\\n8, John Ranis, v 18 19 10\\nlore; 1843- 14, I iris Ri b\\nwis Ri. b irdson 1851\\nl |M,\\n1 7 harlee I Peavej\\nI. n Ram-.y 18:12, Willi.-,,,,\\nHngh I, Ibb\\nI84S .1,1 h, Richard-\\n50, Gilman P. Fletcher;\\nStephenson 1800-69 Gil\\nes. Peavej\\nn Richard\\n.1-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -pi. H.-Ili, I.. .1 .in. Ham .1 .-l.u.i H..II\\n1 i ll I., 4.,,,,. i;,,.,, .1 On., H..|t\\n.F.shua 11..I1. F.I ..n. Farriiigt..n, Jonathan Ballard\\nI \u00e2\u0080\u0094Joseph 11. ll i I I I. niamili Al.lu.tt\\n..\u00e2\u0080\u0094Joseph ll.-ll i. I., .lames Rain-.y, II, n Jaliilli .M.1...H\\nEben I gton Paul Cragin, Joebua Holt\\ni Paul I ,_,i, i Boll\\nFl.nl.. F.ii i in -1. .li, t anl i _. i i H II\\nJoshua Holt, Eben Farrington, Paul Cragin\\nIsa Butman, John Dane.\\n1 l.tia Holt.\\nJoshua Holt, Eben Farrington, Pauli\\nl. Eben. Farringl ,1, Richardson.\\n..\u00e2\u0080\u0094Eben. Farrington, Paul Cra gin i i\\nIs..,\\n-Paul\\nIII, haid-.m\\nStephen Holl\\n1806\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Paul\\nII. Ii J... ..I. l;,., I,,,, i.\\n1 .7\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Joshua Holt, Pyam Herri, k,\\nnos Whittemore.\\ni-. Josh\\na Hull. Pyam Herri, k. A\\n1809 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Joshua IF. it, iv, Herri k.\\nu bittern\\n1810 Josh\\na Hi.lt, Pyam Hen* k,\\ntoe W liittemore.\\n[811\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Eben\\nii lliun\\nam, Bphraim Holt.\\n1812\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Eben\\nlit I nut. u. Ann, ii Hum\\nam, Ephraim IF.lt\\n1813\\nFarrington, Ephraim 11\\nJa ib Richard in\\nI-I4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Falll-e}, Kj.1,1 llllll IF. II, San.\\n1-15. P., ii i\\n1816.- -n..ii. i Ramsey, Ephraim Holt, Samuel Lewis\\n1*17\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Ramsey, Ephraiin IF.ll. Samuel Lewis\\nl-Is -David Ramsey, Ephraim IF. It, -..:,.u. I F. ,w-\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Ramsey, Ephr Holt, I., wis\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Ramsey, Ephraim Holt, Samuel Lewis\\nls2F David Hanisny. E| .lu-.ii in IF.lt. Samuel Lewis.\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Ramsey, Ephiahn H,.lt. Samuel Lewis.\\nDavid Ramse;\\ni-.i David Ramsej\\n1S2.V\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Ham,..,\\nI.pht\\nII. .11. Sam.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ephn\\nFull.\\n1S27.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ephraim H. .It, i\\n1828.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William ll.u.i-. i.\\n1829.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William s. Ramsey, Zebediah I\\n1830.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul Cragin, Willi ira H\\nls: .l.-J..I,\u00e2\u0080\u009e Ramsey, William Savag. i\\n1832.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Savage, Wilh.nu Cavi ad,\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W illiaiu w i. hi, i I i| s\\n1*44.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William s.v.t-.-. William Calender, Is,;,, H Fustet.\\nWilliams Ramsey, Zebediah Peavey, Hugh A. Abbott\\nmS Ramsey, X. h. .h.,1, p. Hugh a Vbbotl\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Zebediah Peavey, Hugh I. Abbott, Willis i\\nHugh A Abbott, Jonathan Patch.\\nPeavi i, Hugh Abbott, Jonathan Patch\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Zebediah Peavey, Hugh A. Abbott, David Ramsej\\nIs 11. -David Rains,}, Funis R\u00e2\u0080\u009e har.U.n, Douglass. K ll.,ul,l\\nB Rid u Ison, 1 glassH Id\\nl-l I -I .AM- 111 I,:,, II,.,,,,..,, Al,|.,.,t M,,., i ,,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,.,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\\ni-. -Hera .it fie, B p,\\ni i u.,1 Richardson, P rl Hii im Hardj\\nRi Ii i, r. i ii,, Hardy\\nl-Is -chati... ia.1,.,,,1-.,,,, p,.\u00e2\u0080\u009e, 11..I,\\nB irdson, Peter Peavi I braim IF, It\\nH Ml-ti, I..... I. t M .h. I, \u00c2\u00ab,s Richardson.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hermon Abbott, Jacob Stephenson, Lewis Richardson.\\nIS5 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lewis Ri.hat.ls,, ii, IFiiii,,,, \\\\u\u00e2\u0080\u009e,tt. Ephraim Holt.\\nI- .huh P. i, Marsh.\\n1854 Lewis Richardson, Zebediah Peavey, Imos M 1\\n1855 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Henrj 11. Duncklee, William I.. Savage, .l,,i u Fht. h.u\\n1856.- H.-nry 11. Duncklee, William L.Savagi I\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William L. Savage, James Sawyer, Horace Cudworth\\nSawyer, F, wis Ri, hardson, Hiram Haul,\\nI-.. 1 A. -s.iui.u Nil. on H.u L, F|. In, im IF.lt\\n1861.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John\\ni IF,.\\nM. K.o\\nirdy.\\nmilium P II. I,,,, Fufus Hard}.\\nP 1 letcher, Rufus Hardy, John B Favoi\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hufus Hardy, George S. Peavey, John II. Reynolds\\norgi S. Pi ivey, John 11 Reynolds, Lewis Richardson\\n1866.. -John H. Reynolds, F.-wi- Rtchai ,l-.,n, Henry Holt.\\n1SI.7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .F.hli Flet. ll. I. Alltel W Savage, NallUlll Russell.\\nSavagl S .Lulu Russell. John R. Russell.\\n1869 -Alfred w Savage, John R. Russell, Franklin C. Fletcher\\n1870. lohn R. Russell, Franklin C. Fletcher, Henry Holt.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Franklin C. Fletcher, Henry lF.lt. James Sawyei\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Holt, Frank Brooks, Alberts Hopkins\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank Brooks, Albert 11. Hopkins, Sidney II Haul}\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Albert IF Hopkins. Sidney II Hard}, .lohn R. Russell.\\nIn, J IF Hardy. John R. Rn-.ll, William I\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henrj 11 Duncklee, Franklin C. Fletcher, Charles H.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry H. Him. klee, Franklin t.\\\\ Fletcher, Charles H", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0618.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "W n4sz/ p as??^J t", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0619.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0620.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0621.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "j/^ fa\u00c2\u00a3Z^", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0622.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\n347\\nn,l, 181\\nWlnlt.rn\\n\\\\V. Burnbam, John\\nIVES E itl.M.m\\nmi lini iih.un Isiij-:\\nLifted W S\\n..hi. I VV. Burnham.\\nii. John T. I;..i 1 1\\nII, l.llm.il, V I I. I., i\\n1801 i ph II. r-\\nII. -ii i. k 1804 6, \\\\i.i.-\\nnWhitte re 181 I- 1...\\nEphraim\\nS R 1838 I\\nGregg\\n1-1 02\\nJohn i:\\nI- I\\nll.il.lv\\n1-\\ninn H. Fi\\nfred W\\nSavage\\ni\u00c2\u00bb;i 72,\\ni; i.-\\nHenrj\\ni\\nklee 1877\\n1880, i.i- nli. 1.\\nclassed s\\niih 1 mi.i.i.i i,\\n!--_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nB3, Charle\\nII. Hopkins; 1-\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\n.liilIX RAMSEY, M.D.\\nDr. John Ramsey was born in Greenfield, N. II.,\\nNovember 24, 1784. He was tin- son of William and\\nJemima (Smith) Ramsey, ami grandson of John Ram-\\nsey, an Irish (.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2migrant to Londonderry, N. II., in the\\nearly days of that historic colony.\\nDr. Ramsey s father was a typical Now England\\nfarmer, and during the years of his minority Dr. Ram-\\nsey s time was spent alternately laboring on his father s\\nfarm or attending school, and the vigorous out-door\\nexercise thus obtained laid the foundation for a rugged\\nand strong constitution, which served him well in\\nthe arduous labors of his after-life as a country phy-\\nsician, with an extensive practice, when the rigors\\nof New England winters made the long and cheer-\\nless night-drives over rough and lonely roads anything\\nbut an easy task.\\nHis education was obtained at Londonderry Acad-\\nemy, and, being a close student, with an apt and re-\\ntentive memory, ho became quite a proficient scholar.\\nII.- studied medicine with Dr. James Crombie, of\\nTemple, an eminent physician of his day. and after-\\nwards pursued a course of study at Hanover .Medi-\\ncal College, from which institution lie graduated.\\nHe began the practice of his professional Mo nl Ver-\\nnon, N. H., where ho continued about three years, when\\nhe removed to Greenfield, X. II., in November, 181.8,\\nand established a practice which continued through the\\nremaining active years of his life, and the extent of\\nwhich was only limited by his capacity to attend to\\nit. For a period of forty-seven years he was almost\\nconstantly at the bedside of the sick.\\nHe was famous as a healer of disease, success at-\\ntending his efforts, perhaps, more largelj than i-\\nusual with the profession. His fame extended to the\\nsurrounding towns and his services were in constant\\n23\\ndemand. Me was a man of very kindly heart, whose\\npresence in the sick-room brought sunshine and\\ncheerfulness. That be was generous to a fault many\\nof those still living, who were recipients of his kind-\\nness, can testify.\\nNotwithstanding his extensive practice as a physi-\\ncian, Dr. Ramsey still found time lor the exercise of\\nother duties of citizenship. He was selectman of the\\ntown of Greenfield many years, and was town clerk\\nduring more than half the many years he was resi-\\ndent, there. He also did a great deal of probate\\nbusiness. He was a director of the Peterborough\\nNational Lank several years, and was a member of\\nthe New Hampshire State Medical Society.\\nIn religious belief be was a Congicgal ionalist, and\\na stanch Republican in politics. I le was an ardent\\ntemperance man and an earnest advocate of whatever\\ntended to the good of his fellow-man.\\nHe married Ophelia Davis, of Westford, Mass.,\\nNovember, 1818. They have three children, all of\\nwhom are living,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Milton, now residing in Pe-\\nterborough; Mary Davis, now Mrs. Dr. Leonard\\nFrench, of Manchester; and William Henry, now-\\nresiding in Grand Rapids, Mich.\\nMrs. liamsey died June 20, 1828, and Dr. Ramsey\\nmarried, as his second wife, Janet, daughter of Thomas\\nand Ann (Moore) Steele, of Peterborough, N. H., Oc-\\ntober 1, 1829. By this marriage there is.no living is-\\nsue.\\nDr. Ramsey died July 10, 1804. .Mrs. Ramsey still\\nsurvives and resides in Peterborough, N. H.\\nREV. SAMUEL HUDSON PARTRIDfJE, M.D.\\nRev. S. II. Partridge, M. D., was born at Dalton,\\nN. H., October 15, 1827. He was the son of Lewis\\nand Betsey (Fay) Partridge. He was brought up as a\\nfarmer s son, and fitted for college at Francestown\\nAcademy, but failing health prevented his entering\\ncollege, and for a time he applied himself to study\\nand teaching. Having an inclination for the ministry,\\nhe studied theology with Rev. Dr. Barstow, of Keene,\\nN. H., and was licensed to preach by the Monadnock\\nAssociation August 13, 1850. After preachings year\\nand a half at Sebec, Me., he located at Hillsborough\\nCenter, N. II., where he was ordained May 10, 1853,\\nat the same time uniting with the Union Associa-\\ntion, of which he was a very valuable, and, at the\\ntime of his decease, the oldest, member. He labored\\nas pastor at Hillsborough Center nearly five years,\\nwhen he removed to Lebanon, Me., at which place he\\nwas acting pastor of the church .mo year. In July,\\n1859, he took charge of the Congregational Church at\\nYork, Me., and hero ho spent ten active, useful and\\nhappy years of his life. But his constitution, never\\nstrong, finally gave way before the severe climate of\\nthe sea-coast, and ho was compelled to seek the in-\\nterior to recuperate his declining health. He spent\\nabout a year in Peterborough, when, his strength in\\na measure returning, he assumed the care of the", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0623.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCongregational Church at Greenfield, N. 11.. and con-\\ntinued in that pastorate until a few lavs prior to his\\ndecease. He had just resigned his charge when he\\nwas stricken with the illness which proved fatal.\\nWhile in the active discharge of his duties as min-\\nister he studied medicine, and qualified himself for\\npractice, and for a period of twenty-three years he\\npracticed medicine, supplying the pulpit at the same\\ntime. Jle was a conscientious, earnest man, studious,\\nintelligent and unremitting in labor, and as a physi-\\ncian was very successful. One who knew him well\\nsays of him As a minister he labored arduously\\nami greatly to the profit of his hearers. As a\\nphysician he entered the houses of his people only\\nto enter their hearts as well. The constant and ex-\\nhaustive labor necessarily involved in the practice of\\ntwo professions simultaneously undoubtedly operated\\nto shorten his lite. lie would often ride thirty miles\\non the Sabbath in attendance on the sick, and attend\\nthree services besides. It may he truly said of Dr.\\nPartridge that his life was spent in doing good for\\nothers. He was interested, actively, in every move-\\nment calculated to benefit the community or elevate\\nthe mental or moral tone of the people among whom\\nhe lived.\\nHe was possessed of a high grade of intelligence,\\nand mentally and morally was highly attuned. In\\nthe midst of the many practical duties of his more\\nthan ordinarily busy life he- found time to court the\\nmuses, and many pearls of thought has he enshrined\\nin verse. Many of his productions have been pub-\\nlished and some of them are of rare beauty and merit.\\nHe married, March 25, 1851, Elvira, daughter of\\nJoel and Mary (Blakesly) Fay, a native of Dalton,\\nN. H., but at the time of their marriage resident in\\nPeterborough. They had three children, Lizzie M.,\\nafterwards Mrs. Warren Lewis (she died August 23,\\n1884, leaving three children), Abide N. and Arlena\\nE., the two latter unmarried.\\nPerhaps no man who ever died in Greenfield, was\\nmore sincerely mourned by so wide a circle of\\nfriends and acquaintances than was Dr. Partridge.\\nThe spotless purity of his lite, the unselfish nature of\\nthe man, as manifested in so many ways, and the\\nactive, intelligent interest he invariably manifested in\\nall that pertained to the welfare of his people, very\\nnaturally endeared him to those with whom he came\\nin contact.\\nHe died May 22, 1884. A very beautiful monument\\nmarks his last resting-place in Greenfield cemetery.\\nCHARLES 0. FITCH.\\nCharles Darwin Fitch was bom in Greenfield,\\nN. H., November 29, 1815. He was the son of Dr.\\nSamuel and Eunice (Perry) Fitch, and grandson of\\nSamuel Fitch, of Massachusetts. Dr. Samuel Fitch\\nwas born in Acton, Mass., and came to Green-\\nfield, N. H., about the beginning of the present\\ncentury, where he began the practice of medicine.\\nIn this profession his life was spent, continuing in\\nthe active duties of a practitioner more than forty\\nyears.\\nHis family consisted of two sons and two daugh-\\nters. One of his daughters, Louisa, afterwards be-\\ncame Mrs. Jeremiah I eavey. 1 hebe, the other\\ndaughter, died young. Francis 1 the elder son,\\nbecame an eminent physician. He practiced many\\nyears in Amherst, X. II. Then, after a iew years\\nspent in Milford and Nashua, X. II., and Wakefield,\\nMass., he moved to Yineland, N. J., where he\\ndied December 24, 1874.\\nCharles D. was the youngest of the four chil-\\ndren. After receiving instruction at the schools of his\\nnative town, he attended the academy at New Ips-\\nwich, and also received private instruction under the\\ntutelage of different teachers. He entered Dartmouth\\nCollege when but seventeen years of age-, and gradu-\\nated in the class of 1837, and the same year we find\\nhim installed as preceptor of the academy at Henui-\\nker, N. H. He chose teaching as his avocation, and,\\nas an instructor of youth, met with undoubted success.\\nHe remained at Hennikcr, as teacher, two years, and\\nsoon after leaving there he went to Louisiana. In\\nthis State chiefly at St. Francisville\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he spent four\\nyears as private tutor. Returning to his native\\ntown, we next find him, in 1846, in Castleton, Vt.,\\nattending a course of lectures as a student in medi-\\ncine. He pursued his medical studies a considerable\\ntime, but finally abandoned his intention of becoming\\na physician, and returned to teaching as an occupa-\\ntion. In 1S47 he was instructor in the Amherst\\nHigh School, and he taught after this, at various\\ntimes, several terms in Amherst. In 1850-51 he\\ntaught the High School at South Windsor. In the\\nlatter part of 1851 he taught a select school in Green-\\nfield, and the following winter taught the common\\nschool in Center District. In 1852 he taught the\\nHigh Scl 1 at Greenfield, and 1853 and 1854 he was\\nprincipal of the academy at Conway, .Mass. The last\\nsession he ever taught was at Pinkerton Academy,\\nDerry, X. H. He then purchased a home (where\\nhis widow now resides) in Greenfield, to which he\\npermanently retired. He married, March 11, 1857,\\nLizzie D., daughter of Deacon Peter and Dorcas\\n(Unit) I eavey. Two children were the issue of this\\nmarriage, Frances Louisa, who graduated at .Mount\\nHolyoke Seminary, spring term, 1883, and is now en-\\ngaged in teaching at Temple Grove Female Seminary,\\nai Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; and Orianna P., who is\\nnow in her third year at Mount Holyoke Seminary.\\nProfessor Fitch was superintendent of public\\ninstruction in his native town one year, and was\\nleader of the choir in the Evangelical Church many\\nyears; and, after the union of the churches, he was\\nleader of the choir in the Union Congregational\\nChurch to the time of his death. He was an ardent\\nlover of music-, and an enthusiast on that subject.\\nThough not the possessor of a powerful voice, yet his", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0624.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "s i jAl", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0627.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0628.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0629.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "cZ\u00c2\u00a3I\\n^e^r", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0630.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "GREENFIELD.\\n849\\nhearty soulfulness gave zest to his singing and made\\nhim a successful leader. He was superintendent of\\nthe Sabbath-school many years, and continually\\nsought to elevate the moral tone of his pupils and all\\nthose with whom he came in contact. Hewasan\\nearnest friend of the cause of education, and a most\\nzealous advocate of moral reforms of every kind. Toall\\nkinds of intemperance he opposed himself aggress-\\nively and continually. Greenfield possessed, per-\\nhaps, no more public-spirited or self-sacrificing citi-\\nzen. As an illustration of his deportment toward\\nthose under his charge, and its natural result upon\\ntheir moral and intellectual natures, the following\\nestimation in which he was held: Never shall 1\\nforget, while memory lasts and reason has her power,\\nthe friendly and encouraging words that occasion-\\nally, in my intercourse with you. tell from your lips.\\nThe impressions that I received when in your soci-\\nety seem to give more strength to my character.\\nMr. Fitch died December 19, 1877.\\nDEACON PETER PEAVEY.\\nDeacon Peter Peavey was bom in Wilton, X. II.,\\nJuly 29, 1788. His lather, Peter Peavey, was a na-\\ntive of Andovcr, Mass and his mother, Lucy Cum-\\nmings Peavey, of Hollis, X. H. In May, 1790, the\\nfamily, following a line of marked trees, removed to\\na tract of unincorporated land on the northern slope\\nof the mountain known as Pack s Monadnock. With\\nfew advantages lor acquiring an education in youth,\\nbe succeeded in fitting himself for teaching, in which\\noccupation he excelled, especially in the management\\nof large and difficult schools. His pupils, now old\\nand gray-headed men, are found in this and all the\\nsurrounding towns. His patriotism and love of mar-\\ntial music anil military display was manifest at an\\nearly age, and culminated when a call came for vol-\\nunteers from the town in the War of 1812, he being\\nthe first to leave the ranks of the militia, then on\\nparade, ami step forward to the post assigned for\\nvolunteers. He was followed by his brother Jacob\\nand others.\\n)n the return home, after the enlistment, when the\\ntears and pleadings of mother ami sisters were threat-\\nening to damp the ardor of their patriotism, the\\nfather (better known as Major Peavey) exclaimed,\\nThat s right boys, go! Cfiveit to //inn Never let\\nthem see your keels.\\nIn the autumn of 1814 he went out as a non-com-\\nmissioned officer in the company thus raised, and\\ncontinued in the service till the close of the war.\\nFor such service he received a government pension\\nduring the last lew years of his life.\\nIn June. 1819, he was married to Miss 1 luivas Holt,\\na daughter of Deacon John Holt. They bad two sons\\nand three daughters, fhe second daughter, named\\nfor the mother, died at the age of five years. The\\nothers are all living. This first union was sundered\\nby the death id the wife. (ctober i 1856.\\nApril 1857, lie married Tamesin Holt, a sister of\\nilo deceased wife. She survives him. He received\\nthe ordinance of baptism September 18, 1791, at the\\nage of three years, Rev. Sewall toodridge, of Lynde-\\nborough, officiating. In September, 1812, at the age\\nof twenty-four, lie made a public profession of re-\\nligion, uniting with the church in Greenfield, Rev.\\nJohn Walker, pastor. At the organization of the\\nEvangelical Church of Greenfield, January 8, 1834,\\nhe identified himself with its interests. At its organ-\\nization he was chosen one of its deasons, who, with\\nan equal number of elders, chosen from the Presby-\\nterian (dement, constituted the session. At a meet-\\ning of the session, held January 9th, be was elected\\nclerk of the session and also clerk of the church, both\\nof which offices he held until the church disbanded,\\nin L867, to form the present Union ongregational\\nChurch. He was leader Of the choir connected with\\nthe Evangelical Church during its entire history, a\\nperiod of more than forty years.\\nHis relation to the Sabbath school was never\\nsundered, continuing in active service as a teacher,\\nwith unusual constancy, till a few months before his\\ndeath, and occasionally until three weeks previous to\\nthe injury that laid bini aside from all work.\\nHis sympathy w ith the spirit of progress that be-\\nlongs to the present generation was shown in bis last\\ndecision, left\\nby the town, the remains of his first wife and little\\nDorcas to be removed and laid beside him.\\nDeacon Peavey died on the evening of the ^lith of\\nOctober, 1879, alter an illness of one week.\\nDuring the eventful period of his life he was at\\ndifferent times teacher, then merchant, and later in\\nlife a farmer, in which calling he died.\\nOf his children, Hannah, married Nelson Abbott,\\nof Wilton, X. H.; Dorcas A., died in childhood;\\nLizzie D., married Charles D. Fitch, and resides in\\nGreenfield (Mr. Fitch died December 19, 1877)\\nJohn Peter, married Mary .1. Patch, of Greenfield,\\nresides in Montreal, province of Quebec Charles, re-\\nsides in Montreal and is unmarried.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0631.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HANCOCK.\\nIIV ORLAND EATON.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nEANCOCK is situated in 42\u00c2\u00b0 59 and was incorpo-\\nrated November 5, 1779, agreeably to the petition of\\nRobert Duncan and twenty-five others. It was\\nbounded north by Antrim, east by Contoocook River,\\nsouth by Peterborough and Dublin and west by\\nPaekersfield. January 16, 1794, that part of the\\nestate of Joseph Putnam, of Society Land, which lay\\nto the east of the river in Great Lot No. 9, was\\nannexed to Hancock, and January 1, 1849, that part\\nof the farm of John Flint which was situated in\\nAntrim was annexed to Hancock. In 1842 Hancock\\nFactory village (formerly Putnam s Mills I, with a few\\nfarms to the west of this village, became incorporated\\nas a part of Bennington, Hancock Factory village\\nbeing its centre.\\nThe west part of the town is quite hilly, the highest\\nelevation in the town, Mount Ska-tu-tah-kee, two\\nthousand feet high, being situated in this part.\\nMiller .Mountain is also quite an elevation in its\\nnorthern section, while Nahors Hill, near the north-\\neast corner, and Norway Hill, near its centre, are\\nconsiderable elevations. The town is generally agree-\\nably diversified with plains, hills and valleys, and\\nsince its recent tine railroad accommodations is be-\\ncoming a popular summer resort. Excellent tracts of\\nintervale land are located on the Contoocook and its\\ntributary streams. It is properly regarded as a good\\nfarming town. Lake Nubanusit, situated partly in\\nHancock and partly in Nelson, is the largest body of\\nwater in the town. Hunt s Pond, a little to the south-\\neast of this, Half-Moon Pond, near its southern\\nbonier, and Norway Pond, at its centre, are also line\\nbodies of water. The first settlement in the limits of\\nthe town was begun by John Grimes, mar the shore\\nof Half-Moon Pond, in 1764, although he returned to\\nPeterborough to winter in 1764-65. Shortly after\\nthis, George McCloury, Moses Morrison and William\\nLakin settled near him, and a t t-w years later a i^w\\nfamilies had located near Greal Pond (now Lake\\nNubanusit) and elsewhere; but the breaking out of\\nthe Revolutionary War greatly retarded its settle-\\nment, until about the lime of its incorporation.\\nHancock was named in honor of Governor John\\n350\\nHancock, of Boston, who was a large owner in Great\\nLot No. -1 (the centre of Hancock i at the time of its\\nincorporation, and was the second incorporated place\\nlo take the name of that great man, who, as president\\nof the Continental Congress, was the first to affix his\\nuame to our country s Declaration of Independence,\\nHancock, Mass., being its senior by three years. The\\ntown commenced its corporate existent under some\\npeculiar hardships, on account of the war and the\\ndepreciation of the Continental money. They also\\nlabored under disadvantages in having no place set\\napart for a centre and burying-ground, these, to-\\ngether with a ministerial lot, being generally given\\nto the towns previously incorporated. 1 (eacon James\\nBosley, of New [pswich, gave the town a place for a\\ncentre and burying-place a few years later, and the\\ntown bought a farm for its first minister of the heirs\\nof rovernor Hancock.\\nHancock is justlj regarded as a healthy town, the\\nonly unusual sickness having been the dysentery\\nscourge of 1800.\\nMills and Manufactures. The streams of Han-\\ncock as now constituted arc small and its nulls but\\nfew. During its early years these streams were more\\nvaluable, as the forests were in part remaining, and\\nthe swamps and meadows largely undrained. There\\nwas also a larger Local demand for lumber for build-\\ning, and more grain (especially rye) to be ground\\nthan in later years. The following abandoned mill-\\nsites are to be found in Hancock at the present time:\\n1st, Solomon W Is sawmill 1. Henry Prentiss clothing-mill; 3d,\\nEdmund Davis sawmill lili. Richard Band s clothing-mill ;.5th, Jamee\\ni .ui i Win.l sh.ip .tli v It jMlirisMii .s fiiniing-\\n11 Theabovewei lie Davis B I, 7th, Samuel Ames, saw and\\ngrist-mill, on Fergus, .n Iir....k. Mli, TliotnasSpaiiMing s grist-mill oth,\\nII. in Spin!. ling s grist-mill leih. ih 1 I I\\nI Hosloj Brook, tlth, Nicholas Lawrence, saw-mill 12th, Jesse\\nI lth Hunt s ..ft. i i i- Hall\\nill. Mill. CI! .n, 1 i. M.!i i Hill s rabinet-ehop\\n[6th, 1 SynHnuTE Ban and grist-mill. Thi lastbeing in\\nIt....-. Brook.\\nWe have given the original builders n, t., each\\nof these abandoned sites.\\nThe dams of two other mills spanned (he river, bill\\nfile mills themselves were in Greenfield.\\nThere were manufactories of potash at the Centre,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0632.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK.\\nfirst by Andrew Seaton and later by David Low.\\nSamuel Bullard also carried on a lively business al\\nthe Centre as a hatter for several years. The mills\\nnow located in the corporate limits of Hancock are\\nEdward Danforth s saw-mill, on Ferguson Brook,\\nand John NewelPs mill on Hosley Brook, which is a\\nsaw and grist-mill, and also contains a lull set ol\\nmachinery fur the manufacture of pails, also a fine\\nshingle-mill and iron turning lathe with much other\\nmachinery, and is operated by an extra miller.\\nThe sash, door and blind-shop of the late James\\nM. Johnson, a little to the east of the mill last named,\\nand on the same stream. The Willey Mills, so called,\\non Moose Brook, now owned and operated by Rev.\\nJ. W. Coolidge this mill, in addition to the usual\\nadvantages of a well-appointed saw and grist-mill,\\nenjoys the advantage of a side-track on the .Man-\\nchester and Keene Railroad, which gives it great\\nadvantage in the matter of handling grain and Other\\nfreights, especially since this railroad has become a\\nshipping-point. The steam tannery ot A. i. Foster,\\nin the south part of the town, is also a well-appointed\\nestablishment.\\nSaving noted the mills and manufactures of what\\nis now Hancock, it seems proper that we should\\nbriefly mention a section which, for threescore years,\\nwas identified with the interests and included in the\\nlimits of Hancock, first as Putnam s Mills and later\\nas Hancock Factory, bul now the centre of the thriv-\\ning town of Bennington.\\nAt the time of the incorporation of Hancock, Joseph\\nPutnam, a native of Wilton, and of the same lineage\\nas General Putnam, was a resident ot and a miller in\\nTemple; but finding his water-power insufficient, he\\nsoon after began to look for a better location, and\\ni (ctobet 1 1, 1782, purchased a lot of land at the Great\\nFalls of the Contoocook, described in the deed as\\nfollows: A certain lot or tract of land lying in the\\nRoyial Society, so called, viz. in lot Number 31, in\\nthe North range, as they are laid out and marked,\\nsaid lot laid out on tin original right of Jotham\\nOdion, Esq., of Portsmouth, deceased. This lot\\ncovered and included all the east side id the now used\\nwater-power of Bennington village, n l i 1 was annexed\\nto Hancock on his petition, January IT, 17 J4. lie\\nsoon commenced a clearing here and built a house\\nwhere the present hotel stands, and was here with his\\nfamily early in 1783, erecting his saw and grist-mill\\nsoon alter, where the present stands. November\\nHi, 1789, he added by purchase one hundred and\\nseven acres on the opposite side of the stream, and\\nowned most of what is now Bennington village for\\nyears.\\nMr. Putnam carried on tin extensive business, both\\n;ts a miller and a farmer here, for over a score of ears.\\nhut was unwilling to part with any of the water-\\npower he did not himself use, as it would injure\\nhis farm, lie sold his property here to John Dustin\\nin 1801, and removed to Alstead, and subsequent!)\\nto Marshfield, Vt., with his son Jacob, where he died\\nFebruary 12, 1826. lie left a numerous and In. ed\\nline of descendants. We are indebted to his grand-\\nson, Judge F. D. Putnam, of Montpelier, Vt., for facts\\nas to his residence here.\\nOf John Dustin, tin second owner of these mills,\\nlittle is known at this writing by the writer.\\nJohn D. Butler, a wealthy citizen of Bennington, is\\nhis grandson.\\nHancock Factor) was buill in this village, in 1810,\\nby Amos Whittemore, Sr., Benjamin Whittemore and\\nPaul Cragin. They, with help, cut and hewed the\\ntimber and had the frame raised in one week. Ben-\\njamin Whittemore was the fust agent. They manu-\\nfactured at first cotton yarn and put it out to be woven\\nby hand, hut soon put in a lew 1 us. In 1825, Amos\\nWhittemore, Jr., Decaine the agent, and the uext year\\nbuilt an addition to the first mill of thirty feel to the\\nwest, three stories high, and added some twenty-five\\nor thirty looms, employing about fifty hands.\\nIt is said that lor a time after this nearly one-half\\nof the cotton goods made in New Hampshire wee\\nmanufactured here.\\nThe next agent (who was also one of its owners)\\nwas Benjamin A. Peavey, who ran it for a few years,\\nafter which it was idle for a time. This is now Kim-\\nball s cutlery establishment.\\nChapin Kidder put in a fulling-mill in the west end\\nof the Putnam Mill, (then Hurt s), in 1815, and Merick\\nWcntworth built a mill for carding and cloth-dress-\\ning, where D H. Goodell iV Co. s works now stand,\\nin 1820. This spot was occupied as a paper-mill and\\nmanufactory of writing and blank-hooks for some\\nyears by John W. Flag-, Esq., while it was in Han-\\ncock.\\nIn 1835, Lewis Fletcher built and started a paper-\\nmill where Barker x Co. s now stands, which was sub-\\nsequently operated by Gilbert Hall and others.\\nAbout 1820, Jeptha Wright commenced the manu-\\nfacture of rifles and excellent fowling-pieces here.\\nHe manufactured the line rifles carried by the rifle\\ncompanies of Greenfield, Henniker ami Amherst in\\nthe palmy days of these fine military organizations.\\nMr. Wright subsequently removed to Hillsborough\\nand died there.\\nIt will be seen by this sketch that mills were stand-\\ning on every spot where mills arc now operated in\\nHancock Factory when it parted company with the\\nmother-town.\\nHighways. Railroads and Telegraph.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first\\nimportant thoroughfare in Hancock appears to have\\nbeen what is now known as the old Stoddard road.\\nThis road was an extension of the Windy Row road\\nin Peterborough, north through Hancock and corners\\nof Antrim and Parkersfield to Stoddard, and was a\\ngreat traveled road lo Boston from the towns to the\\nnorth and northwest of Hancock during the last few-\\nyears of the pasl century.\\nAbout the commencement of the presenl century", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0633.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe old County road, as it was railed, became the lead-\\ning thoroughfare forthe same rlass.it travel as had been\\nearlier accommodated by the road first-mentioned,\\nHancock turnpike was chartered from Milford to\\nMarlow early in this century but, after several meet-\\nings of the col poration, it failed to be built, except on\\npaper, the Forest road, so called, later taking its\\nplace as a road for trams and a stage and express\\nroute through the town. A g I business was done\\nfor many years on this road from Hancock and the\\ntowns above to Nashua, and later to Wilton depot.\\nThe building of the Peterborough Railroad, from\\nWilton to Greenfield (it never got to Peterborough),\\nand the Monadnock Railroad, from Winchendon,\\nMass., to Peterborough, subsequently gave depots\\nwithin some six or seven miles, respectively, of Han-\\ncock Centre before the town had railroad facilities of\\nits own. Trior to 1870 a survey of a route for a rail-\\nroad from Manchester to Keene had been made\\nthrough the north part of Peterborough, and, soon\\nafter this, a preliminary survey was made to deter-\\nmine the feasibility of locating tliis road through the\\nsmith part of Hancock.\\nOn the 25th of January, 1875, at a legal town-\\nt ting, the citizens of Hancock voted a five per\\ncent, gratuity to the Manchester and Keene Railroad\\nif it would build a road through the town within one-\\nhalf a mile of its town hall. Subsequent surveys\\nproving this route feasible, the road-bed was located\\nhere rather than in Peterborough, as had hern earlier\\nThe first earth was moved on the line of this rail-\\nroad on land of Lewis Symonds, in Hancock, in the\\nspring of the following year, and the road was com-\\npleted for business (from Greenfield to Keene) in\\n1879. The building of the Manchester and Keene\\nRailroad through Hancock seemed to render it nec-\\nessary that both the Monadnock and Contoocook Val-\\nley roads should connect with it. and the Peterbor\\noiigh and Hillsborough road was soon commenced,\\ncrossing the first-named road at Hancock Junction.\\nHancock now has two railroads through its terri-\\ntory, with depots at Hancock Centre, on the Man-\\nchester and Keene Railroad, and Cavender s, on the\\nPeterborough and Hillsborough Railroad, while there\\ni- also a union depot at the junction. There is also a\\nmuch-used side-track al Coolidge s mill.\\nIt is worthy of remark here that Bennington, Han-\\ncock s daughter, is the only other town that carries\\nthe rails of both these roads.\\nA post-office, by the name of Elmw I. has recently\\nbeen established at Hancock Junction, of which\\nHenry F. Robinson is the postmaster\\nThe junction, at the hour of three P.M., would re-\\nmind a stranger of some smart, young Western city,\\non account of its numerous trains of cars.\\nTelegraph lines have been extended along both\\nthese roads, with operating stations at Hancock Cen-\\ntre and Hancock Junction.\\nSchools. The first appropriation for schools in\\nHancock, of which we have any record, was made on\\nthe first Tuesday of December, 1787, when the town\\nvoted to raise ten pounds for schools, and a committee\\nwas chosen by the town for its proper distribution;\\nhut we have no record of any school-house for four\\nyears thereafter.\\nS i after the settlement of its first minister, Rev.\\nReede Paige, the town, under his lead, took a very\\nadvanced position for those days in relation to its\\nschool advantages, and the Centre District was author-\\nized to build a two-story school building, the upper\\nstorj to be used as a High School room.\\nIt was in this upper room that Rev. Brown Emerson,\\nfor nearly seventy years tin- pastor of the South Con-\\ngregational Church of Salem, Mass., and his brother,\\nRev. Reuben, of Reding, in the same State, obtained\\nmost of the higher education which fitted them for\\ncollege anil their future usefulness.\\nIn later years we find as students here Hon. George\\n\\\\V. Nesmith, of Antrim, a man who for many years\\nad. lined tin- bench of his native State, and is now, in\\nhi- green old age, the president of the Orphans\\nI bun. in Franklin, and, a little later, Franklin Pierce,\\nof Hillsborough, who subsequently became the Presi-\\ndent of the United States. This building was burned\\nabout the close of the first quarter of the present cen-\\ntury. tn the 14th of June, 1836, the Hancock Liter-\\nary and Scientific Institution was incorporated, Dr.\\nJonas Hutchison and seventeen others, with their\\nassociates and successors, being authorized to build\\na school building and maintain a High School\\nhere. This school was mainly under the control of\\nthe Milford and the Dublin Baptist Associations, and\\nwas tor several years in a very flourishing condition.\\nAmong its eminent instructors we will name Pro-\\nfessors Jones, Colcord, Burnell, Ephraim Knight and\\nTrue.\\nAbout the same time Hancock Academy was insti-\\ntuted and a tine brick building erected, and lor several\\nyears two large High Schools were in successful opera-\\ntion here at the same time. This was under the con-\\ntrol of the Congregationalists.\\nAmong its eminent instructors we might name\\nMessrs. Rice, Scott, Gilbert and others. Among the\\neminent men who were pupils in these schools we will\\nname ex-Governor William B. Washburn, of Massa-\\nchusetts, who held successively the offices of Repre-\\nsentative in Congress, Governor and Senator of that\\nStair, am I is now the honored president of the Amer-\\nican .Missionary Association, his father having been a\\nnativeand his grandfather an early settler here; Francis\\nJewett, of Nelson, tor several years the popular mayor\\nof Lowell: Professor Ephraim Knight, a native of the\\ntown; Rev. Daniel Goodhue, who responded to the\\nsentiment of The Schools of Hancock at its late\\ncentennial; Joseph Davis, Esq.; Hon. George Stevens,\\nof Lowell; Judge Aaron W. Sawyer, of Nashua; and\\nwe might mention many more.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0634.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "353\\nThe present distribution of the school fund is equal-\\nized as much as it can well he anion;; its scholars.\\nThe town was constituted a High School District\\nin 1873. One or more terms (usually two) ol thi-\\nBChool yearly have been enjoyed by all its scholars\\nwho choose to attend and can pass the necessary ex-\\namination.\\nAbout the commencement of the present century\\nan association was formed in Hancock which, lor\\nnearly thirty years, sustained a circulating library of\\nsome three hundred volumes here.\\nIn 1860 a town library was commenced with some\\ntwo hundred ami fifty volumes, which has now been\\nmany times increased. This institution has now a\\nfine library building, a gift to the town by one of its\\nsons, Adolphus Whitcomb, and a moderate trust fund\\nfrom legacies of Ebenezer Hubbard and Abijah Had-\\nley. the income of which is used in flu purchase of\\nadditional volumes.\\nLawyers. Only three persons have been known\\nto the writer as having a law-office in this town,\\nAndrew Wallace, from Milford, who appears to have\\nbeen an excellent man and a good lawyer, being the\\nfirst, lie was the town s representative in 1 Sl l!. 1823\\nand 1824. Mr. Wallace returned to Milford and died\\nthere.\\nHon. Luke Woodbury succeeded him, beginning\\nhis practice of the law here, but moved his office to\\nAntrim in 1826. Mr. Woodbury was long a judge of\\nProbate for this county, and at the time of his death\\na candidate for Governor, with almost a certainty of\\nelection. The last lawyer to open an office in Han-\\ncock was Hon. Timothy P. Fuller, who had been a\\nlawyer of note and ajudge of the courts of Caledonia\\nCounty, Vt. .Mr. Fuller and his wife both died here\\nin 1854. Several of the natives of Hancock have won\\ndistinction at the bar elsewhere, among whom we will\\nnote Charles Wheeler, son of Noah and grandson of\\nJonas Wheeler, of this town (and an uncle of Charles\\nJames Fo.x, named below), who won high honors in\\nthe courts of Missouri. Charles James Fox, son of\\nJedediah and Sarah (Wheeler) Fox, was born in\\nHancock October 28. 1811. as appears from abundant\\nwritten testimony (although his birth-place has been\\nclaimed elsewhere). Mr. Fox fitted for college at\\nFraucestown Academy, under the private tuition\\nof Rev. Archibald Burgess, of Hancock, and was grad-\\nuated from Dartmouth College with high honors in\\nthe (lass of 1831. He studied law with Hon. Isaac\\nBarnes, of Fraucestown, and completed his law\\ncourse at the New Haven Law School. He then\\nentered the law-office of Judge Daniel Abbot of\\nNashua, whose partner-at-law he soon became. He\\nsoon after became treasurer of the Nashua and Lowell\\nRailroad, and was for eight or nine years county solic-\\nitor of this county. He also held the office of com-\\nmissioner in bankruptcy. He was a member of tin-\\nLegislature from Nashua in 1837, and was appointed\\none of the committee to revise the Statutes of New\\nHampshire, with Judges Bell and Parker,in 1841-42,\\na rare compliment t e so young, and published his\\nvaluable Town Officer soon alter this date. On\\nace. .unt of declining health, he traveled in Egypl and\\nthe West Indies in 1844 -45, of which lie published\\ninteresting sketches, lie died, after a long sick-\\nness, at Nashua, February 17, 1846, aged thirty-\\nfour years. Industrious to the last, the hours\\nwhen such exertions were possible were devo-\\nted to the revision of the History of Dunsta-\\nble, which was published soon after his death,\\nand to poetical compositions, chiefly on religious\\nsubjects. With all his honors he was a Chris-\\ntian, and few men so young have left so glorious a\\nrecord. Mr. Fox married Catharine Pinkman Abbot,\\na daughter of his law-partner, who, as the widow of\\nex-Governor Samuel Dinsm of Keen,-, now sur-\\nvives him also one son. Dr. Charles W. Fox.\\nThe Whitcomb biotheis- -Charles and Adolphu\\nsons of John Whitcomb, torso long the postmaster of\\nHancock, went to California, where Charles soon\\ndied. Adolphus won distinction and wealth there.\\nHe now resides in Europe. It is to his munificence\\nthat Hancock is indebted lor its tine library building.\\nAlgernon B. Baldwin has won a high rank in his\\nprofession in Chicago, as has Charles A. Wood also,\\nin Salmon city, Idaho. Edward I Knight (a bro-\\nther id Professor Ephraim Knight) has become\\neminent as a lawyer also, in Charlestown, W. Y.\\nProminent Individuals and Families.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John\\nGrimes was the first person to locate in Hancock\\nwith the view of making the place his home. Mr.\\ni rimes was of Scotch-Irish descent, and came to Han-\\ncock by way of Peterborough in 1764, locating at a\\nspot near the south shore of Half-M L Pond. The\\nspot of the settlement of this pioneer was marked 1 j\\nits citizens with an appropriate monument in 1884.\\nHe remained but a few years in Hancock, and re-\\nturned to the old hive in Londonderry, where he\\ndied. His widow resided in Hancock with bei son,\\nWilliam Grimes, within the memory of some now\\nliving.\\nMoses Morrison was also of Scotch descent. Sam-\\nuel 1 was driven under the walls of Londonderry in\\nthe famous siege of L688. All his children emigrated\\nto America. John was one of the first settlers of\\nLondonderry, N. IL, his son, Jonathan 3 being lie\\nfirst male child bom in that town. Moses was the\\nyoungest of eight children of this John and was\\nborn in Londonderry, June 7, 1732. He married\\nRachel Todd, and located near Half-Moon Pond, in\\nHancock, prior to the birth of his son Andrew 4 who\\nwas born here January 21, 1770. He was a great\\nstory-teller, and has been called the Gulliver and\\nArabian Knight. of Hancock; hut we do not\\nindorse the statement of the historian of a neighbor-\\ning town, that it is for this only that his memory\\nhas survived him. The early records of Hancock\\nprove him to have been a man of ability and useful-", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0635.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nntv-ss iii the town where he spent his latest years and\\ndied. A grandson of his, Samuel 5 Morrison, of Al-\\nsteud, has been for many years a man of usefulness\\nand honor there, and has recently celebrated his\\ngolden wedding. He, with his brother, Benjamin F.,\\nof the sa town, have greatly aided iii the prepara-\\ntion of facts for tin History of Hancock. These\\nbrothers are also the grandsons of Deacon James\\nHosley, of Hancock. The historian of Hancock, Rev.\\nW. W. Hayward, is a lineal descendant of Moses\\nMorrison. Mr. Morrison and his descendants have\\noccupied the soil of Hancock for over one hundred\\nand fifteen years.\\nRobert Duncan was of Scotch descent. George 1\\nwas a native of Scotland, who emigrated to Ireland.\\nGeorge 2 was born, lived and died in Ireland. George 3\\nwith all his children, came to America. George 4 his\\noldest son bj his second wife, Margaret Cross, was\\ngrown to manhood when he arrived in Londonderry.\\nHe married Letitia Bell and left seven children.\\nRobert 5 his second son, married Sarah, daughter of\\nColonel Andrew Todd, of Londonderry, and was an\\nearly settler in Hancock. Hon. John Duncan, of\\nAntrim, who was the representative for years of Han-\\ncock and Antrim, was his brother. Mr. Duncan was\\nundoubtedly the most influential man in the town at\\nthe time of its incorporation. He drew up, headed\\nand circulated the petition for the act of incorpora-\\ntion, and was chairman of the first Board of Select-\\nmen chosen at an annual town-meeting, and chosen\\nat the same time its town clerk, which office he after-\\nwards hi Id for a time. Mr. Duncan was also chosen\\none of the first deacons of the church in Hancock,\\nand held the office at the time oi his death. He was\\nals.i much employed in the settlement .if estates of\\ndeceased early settlers. He died ill the midst of his\\nusefulness, January 25, 1793, at the age of forty-nine\\nyears. Samuel 6 married Sarah Miller, of Peterbor-\\nough, and settled on the homestead, hut died in\\nthe prime of life, April 20, 1807. aged thirty-nine.\\nHiram 7 who was only two years old at the time of\\nhis father s death, was the only child id Samuel and\\nSarah (Miller) Duncan who arrived at man s estate.\\nHi settled in Jaffrey in trade, and was a man of\\ngreat business capacity, hut died young, leaving one\\ndaughter, Sarah Miller Duncan, now the wile of Hon.\\nPeter Upton, of the Governor s Council, who is a lead-\\ning husiiiess man of that town, and, with their son,\\nHiram Duncan Upton, has charge of the banking\\ninterests of that place, Hiram D. being al-o president\\nof the Northwestern Trusl lompany ol I \u00c2\u00bbakota. Mrs.\\nSarah M. (Duncan) Upton is the last survivor of\\nDeacon Robert Duncan who ever bore the family\\nname. Deacon Josiah 6 of Antrim, son of Deacon\\nRoberl of Hancock, was a thoroughly good man and\\nan rider of the Presbyterian Chinch there, who is\\nsaid to have been a living example of Romans xiii.\\n11. Deleft no sons. Deacon Robert 6 also went to\\nAntrim, and married his cousin, Mrs. Naomi (Duncan I\\nNewton, daughter of Hon. John 6 and was said to\\nhave been one of the most efficient elders this ancient\\nchurch ever had. They had no children.\\nJames Duncan was a brother of Robert, named\\nabove, and seven years his junior. He came to Han-\\ncock from Society Land a little later than his brother\\nI;. .belt ami settled on Norway Hill. James was chosen\\na deacon of the church at the same time as his brother,\\nand continued in the office until his death. He was\\nalso much in town affairs. He married Jane Christie,\\nwho was said to have been one of the smartest girls of\\nher day. It is related of her that on one occasion she\\nwon a wager of forty dollars by reaping more grain in\\na day than the smartest male reaper f Londonderry.\\nThey had eight children.\\nI. Sarah 1 who became the wife of Samuel Fox, and\\ndied in early married lite, leaving two children.\\nII. Letitia 6 became the wife of Martin Fuller and\\nhad four children: (1) Thomas James Duncan, who\\nwas a lawyer of note and Representative in Congress\\nfrom the East District of Maine for eight years, and\\nwas second auditor id the treasury under Buchanan.\\n(2) Lydia J., who became the wife of Rev. L. 11.\\nStone, of Cabot. Vt. (3) .Mary, who was the wife of\\nStearns Foster, of Keene. (4) Hiram, who is a promi-\\nnent citizen of Hancock.\\nIII. George 6 win. settled in Antrim, where he was\\na prominent citizen.\\nIV. Susan 6 who became the wife of John Brooks,\\nof Hancock. No children.\\nV. James dieil in early manhood.\\nVI. lnist\\\\ settled on the homestead, and was a\\nprominent citizen of the town and a noted land sur-\\nveyor for many years. He married Lois Dow, and\\nthey had seven children: (1) Lydia A. 7 who was for\\nyears a teacher, and became the wife of Rev. Mr. Stone,\\nof Cabot, Vt. (2) Sarah 7 is the wife of Rev. Daniel\\nRice, formerly the principal of the academy here, now\\nlocated in Minnesota. (3) James 7 studied medicine,\\nhut died young. (4 Stephen D. 7 a teacher at Wil-\\nmington Del. (O) John 7 settled in Hancock, and mar-\\nried Mrs. Almira 1 Wilkins, and has two sons,\\nloorge i a dentist and druggist at East Jaffrey, and\\nChristy H. an esteemed citizen of Hancock. (6)\\nNathaniel 7 who resides in North Chelmsford, Mass.\\n1 7) Elizabeth G. 7 a teacher at the time of her death.\\nVII. and VIII. Rebecca 1 and Isaac (twins). Re-\\nbecca 1 became the wife of Hon. T. P. Fuller, of Hard-\\nwick, Vt., who late in life Located here. Isaac? located\\nin Stoddard and died there leaving honored de-\\nscendants.\\nSymonds Family.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Symonds was horn in\\nShirley, Mass., January 30, 1740, and married Mittie\\nCuinmings, a native of Holllis.\\nMr. and .Mrs. Symonds came to Hancock from New\\nIpswich about the time of the incorporation of the\\ntown, locating mi Norway Hill, and they and their\\ndescendants have been, and are to-day, among the\\nmm. -i useful and honored of its citizens.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0636.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "II WMII k\\nMr. Symonds was a member of the first Board of\\nSelectmen chosen at an annual town-meeting. He\\nwas often in town business, and l r several years its\\ntown clerk, and was a useful and respected citizen.\\nHe and his wife, Mitt ie, were among tl iginal mem-\\nbers of its church. Their children were, Joseph\\nknown as Captain Jo, who married Hannah,\\ndaughter of Lieutenant Joseph Dodge, of this town,\\nand lived and died here.\\nCaptain Joseph Sj m Is was a man of great busi\\nness capacity, and was honored by the town with\\nmost of the positions of trust within its gift. Their\\nchildren were, Nancy who became the wife of\\nJames Bowers. Hon. S. L. Bowers, of Newport, is\\nher son. Hannah who became the wife of Rev.\\nSylvester Cochrane, of Antrim. Both Mi. and Mrs,\\nCochrane died in Michigan. Judge Lyman i lochrane,\\nof that State, was their son. Amelia 1 became the\\nwife of Captain Gardner Nay, and died in i lalifornia.\\nJoseph 3 who died in infancy. Joseph 3 married\\nAnnais Cavender, and died in Manchester in 1849.\\nRebecca 3 who was married to .lames I avis, and lived\\nand died much respected in Hancock. Lewis mar-\\nried Persis Robinson, of Hancock, and lias always\\nlived in the town.\\nLewis 3 is a man much respected, and has repre-\\nsented Hancock in the Legislature. William F. 4\\nthe oldest child of Lewis 3 and Persis (Robinson)\\nSymonds, is, perhaps, to-day the most popular man in\\nthe town. He lias been seven years a selectman, and\\nis at this writing its representative to the Legislature.\\nHe married Abide M., daughter of Elijah and Mary\\n(Hills) Washburn, of this town, who is a first cousin of\\nex-Governor W. B. Washburn, of Massachusetts. They\\nhave three children Henry A. 5 Annie L. and Her-\\nbert \\\\V Thusit will be seen that the Symonds familj\\nhas been prominent in Hancock for over a century.\\nAlmon 3 was a blacksmith, and resided in Benning-\\nton. Mittie- liecame the wife of Peter Fox, and re-\\nmoved to Marlow, where their descendants are now\\nliving. Asa was long a deacon of the church in\\nHancock, and a useful Christian man. 1 1 is son Asa 3\\nis now an honored citizen of the town.\\nMellia became the wife of Captain Jacob Anus,\\nand left highly respectable descendants. Henry Ames\\nBlood, of Temple, the historian of that town, was her\\ngrandson.\\nCharles was married to Sallie, laughter of Moses\\nDennis, Sr., December 26,1809. They had several\\nchildren, among whom, John 3 is perhaps the most\\nesteemed in Hancock, as it was through his efforts\\nthai the annual Symonds reunions (which have\\ngrown into town picnics) were established in Han-\\ncock. The recent death of Hon. John Symonds is\\nsincerely lamented here. We learn that, by a provi-\\nsion of his will, the city of Keene, which was his\\nadopted home, is to receive a large legacy for the\\nbenefit of its public library. Lucy- married, but had\\nno children.\\nJAMES HOSLEY. Savage says Horsley James 1 of\\nNewton, married Martha, daughter of John Parker;\\nhad .lames. This Martha was born May 1, 1649, in\\nCambridge. Their son, James 2 married Maria\\nami came to Billeriea, Mass, in 1699. Their son,\\n.lames, born May 19, 1704, settle. 1 in Townsend,\\nMass. lie married Exercise and died in that\\nplace when his son, .lames was quite young, .lames\\nor Deacon .lames, as he was called here, was a re-\\nmarkable man and one of the greatest benefactors\\nHancock ever had. He was born in Townsend Jan-\\nuary 19, 1734. W the age of thirty-two we find his\\nname as one of the selectmen of the place, and he\\nwas chosen a deacon of the church there at about the\\nsame date. From 1770 to 1781 he was either moder-\\nator, town clerk, one of its selectmen or on a war\\ncommittee every year. In 177 Mr. Hosley held the\\noffices of moderator, town clerk and chairman of the\\nBoard of Selectmen. He was also captain of the\\nTownsend Minute .Men and led them to Lexington\\nat the alarm of April L 9th of that year. Being the\\nbest-balanced man in all respects (see History of\\nTownsend) in the town, and needed in its civil affairs,\\nand having a huge family, his only other service in\\nthe field was in 1777, when a company of men (most\\nof them veterans with families) was raised in Pepperell,\\nTownsend and Ashbj to assist in the campaign\\nagainst Burgoyne. Colonel William Prescott, the\\nhero of Bunker Hill, and two majors were in the\\nranks of this company, which unanimously chose\\n.lames Hosley its captain, a rare tribute to his popu-\\nlarity and military capacity. This company partici-\\npated in the battles preceding and was present at the\\nsurrendei of Burgoyne. Deacon Hosley sold his\\nfarm in Townsend at about the time ol the incorpo-\\nrati f Hancock, and a little later remo\\\\ ed to New\\n[pswich, in this State, where he also held the offices\\nboth of selectman and town clerk. While a citizen\\nof New [pswich he gave, bj deed, to the town of\\nHancock the common on which its public buildings\\nand Pine Ridge Cemetery are situated, and soon after\\nre ved to Hancock with his family. After bee, lin-\\ning a resident of the town he held tl Mice of town\\nclerk for years. ie who may have occasion to\\nexamine the records of Townsend. Mass., New Ips-\\nwich or Hancock can fail toadmire his legible chirog-\\nraphy. He also held the office of justice of the\\npeace, and was much employed as a conveyancer\\nhere. He was one of tl iginal members of the\\nChurch of Christ here, and the first pers hosen as\\nits deacon. Deacon Mo-lev died April 19, 1809,\\nexactly thirty-four years from the day when he led\\nhis Minute-Men towards the point where the em-\\nbattled farmers stood, and fired the shots heard round\\nthe world. The Amherst Cabinet of May 23, 1809,\\ngives a short but graphic account of him ami the\\nimposing ceremonies attending his interment, and\\nclosed the article with this adage of Pope: An\\nhonest man is the noldcst work of Cod.", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0637.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "350\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHis descendants (none bearing the family-name\\nresiding here now) are numerous and highly respecta-\\nble. Ex-Mayor John Hosley, of Manchester, who is\\na native of Hancock, is his great-grandson James 4\\nSamuel 5 Samuel 6 John\\nEbenezee Ware.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is a tradition of the Ware\\nfamily that it is of Welsh descent. Ebenezer and\\nEsther (Hunting), his wife, were residents of Need-\\nham, Mass., where their sun, Ebenezer was born,\\nand spent their last years with their son, who was :i n\\nearly settler here. Ebenezer- married Alice Eaton.\\nTheir only child, Ebenezer 3 has long been a promi-\\nnent citizen of Hancock. He early learned the trade\\nof carpenter. The Literary andScientific Institution,\\nwith the boarding-house connected therewith, and\\nthe late residence of .ledediah Fox, in the village,\\nwill remain as monuments of his skill. Mr. Ware\\nhas held nearly every office within the gift of his\\ntownsmen. He is a great reader, and the owner,\\nprobably, of the largest private library in the town.\\nHe married Martha E. Lakin. They have hail ten\\nchildren, eight of whom are living.\\nPhysicians. Dr. Thomas Peabody, who had been\\na Burgeon in tin Revolutionary War. was a resident\\nof Hancock for a short time in its earlier history.\\n|ii Ki.l. cii I ageart came here from Hillsborough in\\nAugust, 179(1, and Dr. William Brown, from Sullivan,\\nin March, 1791, but their stay was probably of short\\nduration.\\nThe Hist physician who practiced his profession\\nhere was Dr. Stephen Kittridgc. He came to this\\nplace from Francestown the 6th of October, 1790.\\nHe was a successful physician and a good man. He\\nwas a dcac.m of the church, anil so had double title,\\nbeing sometimes called deacon and sometimes doctor.\\nHe died about 1806, leaving his practice with his\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0successor, Dr. Peter Tuttle, who was born in Prince-\\nton. Mass., April 15, 1781. Dr. Tuttle began his\\nwork in Hancock in October, 1806, and proved him-\\nIf to In a skillful physician. He married a daughter of\\nhis predecessor in 1808, and brought up a large\\nfamilj of children. He held the office of justice of\\nthe peace, and was respected both as a magistrate and\\na citizen. At the time of his death Dr. Tuttle was\\nvice-president of the Southern District of the New\\nHampshire Medical Society. He was Master of the\\nAlteinoiil Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and\\nwas buried with Masonic honors. He died March 13,\\nL828 He was a genial man, always ready with a\\njoke, ami decidedly popular in his profession. He\\ndied mourned and lamented.\\nDr. Jonas Hutchinson was born in Milford, N. H.,\\nJune 2, 1792. He commenced the practice ofmedi-\\ncim in Hancock at the age of twenty-three. He was\\nami f tine powers and great energy. He was for\\nseveral years town clerk, and representative to the\\nLegislature in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. He\\nconnected himself with the Baptist Church, and was\\nlargely instrumental in founding the Literary and\\nScientific Institution, which for a few years was so\\nprosperous.\\nHe remained in town until November, 1841, when\\nhe removed to Milford, continuing the practice Oi\\nmedicine until a few months before his decease. He\\ndied in September. 1857.\\nHe was an influential citizen, and his removal from\\ntown was a cause of regret.\\nContemporaneous with Dr. Hutchinson we find\\nDrs. Rand and W 1. 1 r. Nehemiah Band came ben\\nfrom Francestown, and removed to Nelson aftei a tew\\nyears. He was considered a good physician.\\nDr. Jacob A. Wood was born in this town May 14,\\nL810. lb spent his boyhood working on the farm\\nduring the summer and attending school in the\\nwinter, It the age of sixteen he went to Frances-\\ntown to learn the saddler s trade his health not being\\nvery firm, he remained but a short time. Some year-\\nlater he began the study of medicine with Dr. Crom-\\nbie, of Francestown, whose daughter he afterwards\\nmarried. Subsequently he was a pupil of the cele-\\nbrated Dr. Twitchell, of Keene, and attended medical\\nlectures in Boston and at the Vermont Medical Col-\\nlege, at Woodstock, receiving his degree in the latter\\nplace in 1836. He commenced practice at once in\\nhis native tow n.\\nHe soon had an extensive practice, and was highly\\nesteemed but after some years he deemed it best to\\nseek a wider field, and about the year 1851 he re-\\nmoved to Boston, remaining there some -i\\\\ years.\\n1 luring his stay in Boston he became so celebrated in\\nthe treatment of spinal diseases that his friends in\\nNew York urged him to establish himself in that city.\\nHe finally did so, and there remained until his death,\\nMarch 21.1879. Dr. W I was a member of Dr.\\nBooth s Church, of University Place, New York. He\\nwas a good friend and a devoted husband. As a man,\\ndignified, firm and decided, yet gentle, genial and\\nladdeiiing the hearts of those with whom\\nhe came in contact. He lived a noble and self sacri-\\nficing life, and died trusting firmly in the Master he\\nhad served so faithfully.\\nIn the year 1S4_ Dr. .lame- M. Stickney came to\\nHancock. He was a son of Dr. Jeremiah Stickney,\\nof Antrim. He was a very pleasant man to meet,\\nand was esteemed both as a physician and i citizen\\nAfter remaining hen six or seven years he removed\\ntoPepperell,Mass., w hen he was erj successful in his\\nprofession.\\nDr. Levi W. Wilkins spent a short time in Han-\\ncock after Dr. Wood and Dr. Stickney left. He\\nbought out the former. Although he made a favora-\\nble impression and proved himself to be a good physi-\\ncian, he did not remain long, removing to Antrim.\\nDr. De Witt Clinton Hadlej was born in Hancock,\\nJune 12, L823, He was educated at New Hampton\\nand Meriden, N. IL. and was graduated in medicine", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0638.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK.\\na! Woodstock, Vt., in 1849. He practiced medicine\\neight y.ars in his native town, and died February 11,\\nL859.\\nDr Hadlej was apromiaing physician, and was just\\nbeginning his life-work when disease laid a heavy\\nhand upon him. His death was a sad blow to his\\nnumerous friends.\\nDr. I. Craigue was born in Troy, Vt., in 1832. He\\nwas graduated in medicine from the Harvard Medi-\\ncal College in 1857. He was lor a short time assistant\\nphysician at the Insane Retreat at Hartford, Conn.\\nFrom Hartford he came to Hancock, where he re-\\nmained until 1st;;;. He then went to Chester, Vt.,\\nremaining there till 1875. rinding country practice\\ntoo severe for him, he removed to Lawrence, Mass.,\\nwhere he resided until his death, in 1*77. His removal\\nfrom Hancock was a can I general regret. He\\nwas a true Christian, always found on the side of\\ntruth ami the right. Such men are always missed.\\nDr. It. G. Mather, wdio had previouslj been a sur-\\nge n in the army, practiced medicine in town lor a\\nshort time; he afterwards gave up general practice\\nand gave his attention to dentistry, in which profes-\\nsion he gained quite a reputation. lie was a native\\nof Newport and died in Hancock.\\nDr. Albert H. Tal t came to Hancock from Nelson\\nin 1867, and remained there until 1*72, when he re-\\nmoved to Winchester, N. H., where he has been suc-\\ncessful as a physician. Dr. Taft had a great many\\nfriends in Hancock, especially among the young\\npeople.\\nDr. Horatio Mclntire, also from Nelson, was the\\nphysician of the place during the building of the Man-\\nchester and Keene Railroad. Dr. Mclntire hail seen\\nservice in the army, which gave him an advantage above\\nmany in the treatment of cases of injury to the work-\\nmen. He removed from Hancock to Milford, ami is\\nnow in government employ in New York City.\\nDr. H. H. De I .eek, a native of Maine, succeeded\\nDr. Mclntire, but returned to his native State alter a\\nshort practice here.\\nDr. A. A. Ilaig, a native of St. Lawrence County,\\nN, V, commenced the practice of medicine in Han-\\ncock in the early part of 1883. He has a g 1 prac-\\ntice in Hancock ami Harrisville, ami is also often\\ncalled to the neighboring towns.\\nPhysicians and Dentists who were Natives\\n(if Hancock, but have peaticed in other\\nPlaces.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There Lave been several physicians and\\ndentists, who were either natives of Hancock or were\\nbrought up there, whose active lives have been spent\\nelsewhere. The list we give is necessarily an imper-\\nfect one.\\nDr. Jabez 1 Priesl was the son of Levi Priest, of\\nthis town, and from 1816 to the time of his death, in\\n1*26, was a very successful physician in Peterborough,\\nwhere he died of epidemic dysentery, at the age of\\nthirty-six.\\nDr. John Boutelle was the second son of Deacon\\nWilliam Boutelle. He was born in Leominster,\\nMass., April 1. 1783. At the age of live years his\\nparents removed to Hancock. He was a graduate of\\nDartmouth College in the class of 1808 (the first\\ncollege graduate from Hancock). After hi- gradua\\ntion he was for a time tutor in the same college, aiel\\nwas for some ten years engaged in teaching, when\\nhe began the practice of medicine at Edgecomb, Me\\nwhere he continued to the close of his life, lie died\\nApril 30, 1853. He was a sincere Christian, an affec-\\ntionate husband and a good eiti/.en.\\nDr. David Knight Boutelle was the oldest son of\\nThomas Boutelle, who was the fourth son of Deacon\\nWilliam Boutelle. He was born at Landgrovi Vt\\nOctober 6, 1811. At the age of fourteen years, with\\nhis parents, he removed to their native town (Han\\ncock), which was his home until be was twenty-one\\nyears of age. He bad a common-school education.\\nand at the age of eighteen attended a term at a select\\nschool in Hancock, taught by Mr. B. Y. Wallace.\\nAfter attaining his majority he took a course of\\nstudy at the Teachers Seminary at Andover, Ma.ss.\\nHe then taught for several years in the grammar\\nschools of Warren, R. I., and New Bedford, Mass.\\nHe subsequently studied dentistry at Providence,\\nIt. I., which profession he has successful!) practiced\\nin Newport, R. 1., Manchester and Peterborough,\\nN. II., and Worcester, Mass. In 1869, with the hope\\nof improving his impaired health, lie removed to\\nLake City, Minn., where he now (1885) resides.\\nDr. Jonathan Lee, son of Jonathan Lee, studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Peter Tuttle. He practiced his\\nprofession many years at Syracuse, N. Y.\\nDr. \\\\dauis Knight, SOU of Deacon Aaron Knight,\\nwas for many years a successful physician in Spring-\\nfield, Yt.\\nDr. William H. Weston, oldest son of Captain\\nEphraim West was born August 8, 1849, in Han-\\ncock. He was graduated at the Medical Department\\nof Columbia College, in New York City, in 1878.\\nAlter his graduation he associated himself for a time\\nwith Dr. Hovt, in Grafton, N. H. From this place\\nhe went to New York, and was associated with Dr.\\n.1. H. Wood. Alter the death of Dr. Wood he con\\ntinned the treatment of spinal diseases at the old\\noffice at Cooper s Institute until the spring of 1881.\\nPreferring general to special practice, he removed to\\n406 West Twenty-second Street.\\nDr. George Bowers, oldest sou of Mark Bowers,\\nwas born in Hancock, October 10, 1831. lie was\\ngraduated at the Philadelphia Dental College, and\\npracticed his profession in Springfield, N t., fifteen\\nyears, removing to Nashua, N. 11., in 1x77, where he\\nnow (1885) resides, a successful practitioner. His\\nbrother, Dr. Samuel 0. Bowers, is also a successful\\ndentist at Hillsborough Bridge.\\nDr. Cyrus H. Hayward, oldest son of Calvin Hay-\\nward, was born in Hancock, November 7, 1840. lb-\\nwas graduated at the Boston Dental College in", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0639.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMarch, 1870. He soon became a member of tlie\\nNew Hampshire Dental Society; was elected in\\n1880 delegate to the American Dental Association,\\nand in June, 1884, be was chosen one of the Board\\nof Censors for the State. He began the practice of\\nhis profession in Peterborough, N. II., soon after his\\ngraduation, where he has remained until the present\\ntime. His standing in the profession is of the first\\nclass.\\nI r. Albert E. Ware is in the successful practice of\\ndentistry in this, his native town, and Dr. Charles\\nOoolidge, is doing a good business in Bristol, V II.\\nDr. George C. Duncan is also in successful practice\\nin East Jaffrey.\\nMilitary History. -The compiler of this record\\nmakes no claims to accuracy in detail. It has been\\nalmost impossible to obtain any data, especially in\\nregard to the militia of the town.\\nAs yet no records bave been found, although dili-\\ngently inquired for. In 1718 it was enacted by the\\nLegislature that all able-bodied men between the\\nages of sixteen ami sixty, with a tew exceptions, be\\nheld liable for military duty. Later, this law was so\\nmodified that the military age was between eighteen\\nand forty-five. When the first company was organ-\\nized it is impossible to determine. In 1789 there was\\nan article in the town warrant to have the town\\ndivided into two military districts, that two companies\\nmight be organized, but at the town-meeting the\\narticle was passed over.\\nThere was for a brief period a company of cavalry.\\nHancock Artillery was organized early in the nine-\\nteenth century. Its first captain afterwards t leneral\\nMiller was then a young lawyer in Greenfield.\\nOf General Miller, Hawthorne said, He was New\\nEngland s most distinguished soldier.\\nHis motto at Lundy s Lane, I ll try, sir. was tor\\na long time printed on the knapsacks of tin- company.\\nIn 1849 the militia was disbanded. After the close\\nof the War of the Rebellion the old Hancock Artil-\\nlery, with a new name, was organized, but it is now\\ndisbanded.\\nAmong the early settlers, William I. akin and his\\nbrother Oliver had served in the French war.\\nThere were but few inhabitants in the town until\\ntowards the close of the Revolutionary War; there-\\nfore but lew men were actually sent from Hancock.\\nThe few settlers that were here were not indifferent,\\nas the town records will show. They furnished their\\nquota of Continental beef as best they could, and\\ntaxed themselves to pay bounties to those who were\\nin the field.\\nWilliam Lakin, Jr., Thomas Williams and Lemuel\\nLakin were in the sen ice.\\nWilliam Lakin, Jr., was a member of the First\\nNew Hampshire Regiment. He was discharged No-\\nvember 3, 1782, wounded in the hand and hip; ex-\\namined April I. 1789; received a pension of two\\ndollars a month.\\nA large proportion of the early settlers served in\\nthe army before liny became residents id Hancock,\\nsome of them with distinction. The following list,\\nmade up from various sources, may be incomplete,\\nbut is, without doubt, correct as far as it goes. We\\nonl\\\\ give their names, without regard to rank or term\\nof service,\\nSamuel Viiit-s, Ehenezer Barker, 1 v 1. 1 II;, i k i John Mutters, William\\nBoutelle, John Bradford, Sal Blodgett, John Brooks, John Cum-\\nmings, Abraham Davis, l-aa. Davis, Oliver Davis, Moses Dennis, Joseph\\nI I M l I t 1 I I l.i!. .11 S: KjLti.M, Tl lit- English,\\nr-i i I i.-i 1 1- i .1. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0n.iiili .dm Hay. .loli Gllmn, Abijah Eadli\\nJames II. .-lev. Nathaniel Hazelton, Daniel Ki ill, Simeon Lakin,\\nJosiah Lakio, Oliver Lawn u, Thomas Mav, Jonathan Margery, Roll-\\ner! Matthews, Al.ialiaiu .Moors, Timothy Moors, Ehenezer Pratt, Abner\\nPreston, Levi Priest, Thomas Peabody, Peter Putnam, Joel Russell,\\nI avn] Sloaii. .lo-.-pli son 1-, San I Tvrr.-ll. Elijah W a- hi. urn, Joseph\\nWashburn, salmon w William Williams, Jr, Abel Winship.\\nIn the War of 1812-14 quite a number of Han-\\ncock men served for a short time, and a few during\\nmost of the war. The records do not, in every in-\\nstance, .ji\\\\c the towns from which the soldiers went,\\nso that it is impossible to give i rrect list.\\nSimeon l.akiu was sergeant m Captain I:, ii.iauiiri Bradford s company,\\nFirst Regiment pay-roll from April 1 to May 1, 1813.\\nSamuel Itehliis was corporal 111 same roin| any.\\nAliraliuni I avi- ami Kol.ert Matlliews, Jr., wee- privates in -.on.\\nM s.s t| I. akin .-nil-tod ,1m in- tin- war in Captain lien jam in Bra.lt .el s\\ncompany, Forty-fifth Regiment United stat.-s Infantry, Denny\\nyi. Col.i., colonel, March 9, 1814 promoted to sergeant June 16,\\n1814\\nJohn V, Lakin .a p.. nil, enlisted at lie- -am,- time.\\nPlum i Wheeler, sergeanl enlisted December 15, 1813.\\nThatcher Bradford, tliir.l lieutenant in captain Hugh Moore s pauy,\\ndetached militia, si- ni i.. Portsmouth m an emergi acy, enlisted for\\nthree months, Septelnhcl Is, 1813. Willi him went Isaac Brooks,\\nBenjamin Ball, Abraham Davis, John Gilson, William Qraj Jesse\\nHall, Mark Pierce and Peter Rumrill, privates.\\n1 i. I. Boutelle wasfifer in Captain S t rivett i] Second Regi-\\nment detached itii ste.l foi sixty days, September T 1814.\\nAl.ijalr Hadley, i a I I, Benjamin stone, Joseph Washburn, Wat-\\nson Washburn, Asa Washburn and Eli Washburn, privates, enlisted\\nin Captain William Gregg s company, ..1 Antrim, Septembei 27, 1814,\\nt..i sixty days.\\nSamuel Matthew-. I ,m. I I. akin an. I Benjamin Turtle served as privates\\nIron, s.-pt i II to September 28, 1814, in Captain Alfred Smith s\\nonrpanj I arth B nenl detached militia.\\nWho. I w.o enlisted foi sixty .lav- s. pi. 26, 1-14. in Captain\\nJosiah B.-II..W- pany, of tl,,- Firsl Battal detached militia.\\nJohn Robinson, ditto\\nI I,. -i i. v.- 1 llul.l.ar.l --i v, .1 in a plain M. S. il oinpanv Eleventh United\\nStates Infantry, foi two months, from July I, 1813.\\nOtis Wheeler and Timothj Paige were educated it West Point Mr\\nWheeler held the rank of captain in tin- regular Dnited States army\\nand served in tin- Florida Wai II.- wae also long in service in Louis-\\niana ami Arkansas, and died recently in Missouri, leaving one son a\\nin, lee ami .lie a I nil,-. I States luai-lial Mr Paige -i-rveil uii,l,;-i\\nGeneral Harrison in the Indian war- He was stationed at one time\\nat New Orleans, ami for a time had command at Key West Se\\nheld the rank of lieutenant in the regular army\\nIn the late Civil War Hancock bore a fair share of\\nthe burden.\\nSei m\\\\i. Regiment.\\nCaptain Ephraim Weston i-omiiiahde,! Compan, o, Second Regiment\\ndied December 9, 1861.\\nSylvesti i i Dum klee we a private in same company mustered June 5,\\n1861 -.-veielv wounded Julv 2, 1863 mustered out June 21, 1864.\\nHis father. Sylvester J. Ihin. klee, -nl-.-pieiith enlisted as a recruit\\nin the same company was wounded at Gettysburg, and discharged\\nfoi disability.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0640.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK.\\nin A Cummings enlisted at Peterborough, but be was a son of Han-\\ncock first li. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0in. .i.i November30, 1861 captain April 23, 1862 die\\nel, are.. -d I. I |T tii.n .major I iivulrj i April 5,1864 is now\\nex-mayoi ..i Summeiville, Mass.\\nink I. Gray Bnliated Novembei 28, 1861 sei I lieutenant April 20,\\nrely wounded May 12, 1864.\\nirles E. Barker enlisted i-orp I Nov.-ml.oi \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ I-..I drowned in the\\nPotomac August [3, 1862,\\nmi li.n I., i -ii I isl.-.l Vo.inl.n l-i.l .liseliarge.l lor disability\\nJanuary 111, 1863.\\nron J. Duncklee enlisted Decembei 10,1861 died January 20, 1862\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2it I. Mlir[.ll\\\\ .lllistr.l N.H. Illt.ir J^, 1SIII iv-rlllist. .1 li.-. till.. 27,\\nHis A. Nutliing ,-iili-le.l NomiuI.. r _ s, Is..] iini-t.-i.-.l ,.iit November\\nil,.: i, M Sheldi n enlisted November 28, li\\nber 27, 1864\\nHarlen P. Knigl.i enlisted :i i... mil iii lugust, 1862 killed at Fred-\\nDecembei 21, 1862.\\nliardner, bis l.r.itber, iiltste.l a I th- same tune in .in N.ls.ni\\nThis regiment was in twenty-five regular battles, or\\nforty engagements in nil.\\nSeventh Rbgibist.\\nUebei .1. Davis, Becond lieutenant Company I. .Inly In, In.,;, m-t lieu\\ntenant Company February 6, 1864 was ou the staff of General\\nHawlt i wassevi n ly wounded at Fredericksburg.\\nu.l.n i i,i,- 1 1, Company K, Regiment; enlisted October 12,\\n181 1 .it- I.... .1 February 12, 1863.\\nTHIRTE1.MII ReGI m NT, COHPANY G.\\nWilliam H. Clark, enlist.-,! September In, l.Si 2 wounded September\\n22, 1864.\\nSamuel Bradley, enlisted September la, 1862.\\nG. W. Matthews, enlisted September 19, 1862 discharged November\\nMi,.!, i: Todd enlisted September 19, 1862; died Maj 18, 1863\\nPortei li West il. enlisted September 19, 1862.\\nEdwin Wan irporaJ j. b t to Brat sergeant and t.. lieutenant,\\nenlisted Septembei 19 L8 wounded four times.\\nCharles W Washburn, musi ian, enlisted Septembei 19, 1862.\\nThis regiment was in about fifteen regular battles,\\namong which were Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Drury s\\nBluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Fort Harrison, etc.,\\nand was the first to enter Richmond after Lee s re-\\ntreat.\\nUdenS W 1- enlisted iii-tob-r 4, 1862 first s, i e. ant, Novembei 13,\\n1862; mustered out August 20, 1863.\\nAlbert A. Buxt, n. .-uli-teil N. a ember 13, ls\u00c2\u00ab; mustered out Vugu-I 211,\\nit.,1. G W 1 :klee, enlisted Octobei\\ngust 2ii, 1863\\ni, tobet\\n1862 mustered out Au-\\n1862; died at Baton Rouge, La.,\\nii, .1 at Springfield\\nlluia,,- Fairer,\\nJune 23, 1803.\\n.lain.-- 11 .1, 1,1,-. .li, i.li-l. .1 I..I.-1 21. 1-1.2\\nLanding, July 2, 1863\\nEdward P Kimball enlisted Octobei 24. 1862 mustered out August 20,\\n1863.\\nHartwell II Shepherd enlisted Novembei 1862 .lied on his way\\nDavid L. Wood, enlisted October 24, 1862 died at Baton F.ouge, La.,\\nJuly 12. 1863\\nTheserviee of this regiment was short, butit suf-\\nfered severely from the climate and hard man lies.\\nCoryden D. Keyes and bis son. Ow\\nment. They enlisted from Wil\\nUani k in. I th.ii iiioiiiiin. -tits are here. The father died 1\\nFranklin Hue, served\\nHampshire \\\\,.lu\\nI1..I1:\\nM 1 1 .1.. 1, 1 Regime]\\n1 toil 1 1. lb \u00c2\u00abas kill. .1 ;.t Gettysburg, July I, 1863.\\n,-it Begbei was in the Twelfth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer!\\nmustered in Septembei IT, 1861, ami served marly I years. He\\nwastwii wounded being in nineteen engagements,\\n11 r v\\\\ ills m- was a in. mbei ..1 th. Thirteenth Massachusetts Batterj\\n11 A. Bullard, eliliste.1 1 1.. Ill I .tei Ugh ill tile Tbi rb 1, 11\\nla 1 1 1 1. Mas ma.., .1- 1 ill. I II.11.. k, iiiol Ma- 1U1 1,,.,-,.\\nules I. Symonds wasainember of Company I. Hundred ami\\nFourth Illinois Regiment, ami died U..- Bert ii e\\n..\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rill Taft, of Nelson, but foi several years afterward: sen and\\nphi ician of Hancock, was mustered into C pany E, Ninth Regi-\\nment, ascorporal, August 1 1862; discharged for disability Septem-\\n1M.1\\nregimental organi ation lanuary 6,\\nthe Second Company, M:i-si. Ini-iii,\\nr.ly wounded at Fredericksburg.\\nt..,-i enrolled in Wisconsin, hisadopted\\nterry sergeant ol Col my II, First\\nTin- parents of Major-, ieneral John Cray Foster\\nwere natives of Hancock.\\nli i- not necessary to give a sketch of his eminent\\nservices here, as there is a notice of him in the his-\\ntory of Nashua, which was for many years his home\\nand where he was buried.\\nSeveral patriotic citizens of Hancock put in substi-\\ntutes. Some of these subs served faithfully, but\\nmore deserted.\\nEcclesiastical History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At a town-meeting held\\nApril -!4, 1780, it was voted that the meeting-house\\nand burying-place In- on Norway Plain. This was a\\nlittle more than live months after the town was in-\\ncorporated.\\nOn the 8th of June, the same year, it was voted\\nthat money In- raised to hire preaching. The sum of\\nmoney raised each year to sustain preaching was\\nsmall, only enough for four or six Sundays. Mostof\\ntin meetings, until the first meeting-house was built,\\nin L790, were held at lite house, or rather the barn, of\\nMr. Joseph Symonds.\\nThe Congregational Church was organized in\\nAugust, L788. It consisted of seven female and ten\\nmale members, John Cuuimiii-ts, Sarah Cuinmings,\\nWilliam Williams, Mary Williams, James Hosley,\\nJoseph Symonds, Mile Symonds, Joseph Dodge,\\nMolly Dodge, James Duncan, Salmon Wood, Sybel\\nWood, John Bowers, Elizabeth Bowers, Samuel Tur-\\nrell, Aimer Whitconib, Susanna Gates.\\nThe first pastor of the church, Rev. Heed Paige,\\nA.M., was ordained September 20, 1791. Mr. Paige\\nwas bom in Hardwick, Mass., .August 30,1764. He\\nwas the -on of Colonel Timothy Paige (a gentleman\\nof ability, who tilled a number of important stations,", "height": "2990", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0641.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW BAMPSHIRE.\\nboth civil :iml military, with fidelity and honor). He\\nwas graduated at Dartmouth College in 1786, studied\\ndivinity with Dr. Emmons, of Franklin, Mas-., was a\\nHopkinsian of the straightest sect and, what was\\nthen very unusual among the orthodox clergy, was an\\nardent Democrat in politics. He published two ordi-\\nnation sermons, an election sermon, 1805, and several\\nother- on different occasions. He is described in the\\nGazetteer of New Hampshire as a learned,\\npious, able and faithful minister, a good citizen, an\\nh !St and upright man, a firm patriot, and zealous\\nand able advocate of hiscountry s rights, which very\\nmuch endeared him to the people of his charge, who\\nfrequently elected him to represent his town in the\\nState Legislature, of which he was a member at the\\ntime of In- death. Mr. Paige died, much lamented,\\nJuly 22, 1816.\\nDuring the six years alter the death of Mr. Paige\\nthe pulpit was supplied by different ministers. An\\nattempt was made to settle some of them, but no one\\nseemed able to unite all the elements in the town\\nuntil December 25, 1822, when Rev. Archibald Bur-\\ngess was ordained. Until about the year 1817 or 1818\\nthe town was the parish. At that time the town\\nceased to act. and a societj was organized to act in\\nconjunction with the church.\\nMr. Burgess was the son of Asa Burgess, and was\\nborn in Canterbury, Conn., February 2, 1790. He\\nwas :i graduate of Yale College in the class of 1814.\\nHe was a strong man. and was decidedly of the\\nopinion that it would be lor the best interest of the\\ntown to retain all the religion- element- within his\\nown church. When he was aroused tew men were\\nhis superiors, or were more active than he. No one\\ncould sympathize more tenderly with the sorrowing\\nand the afflicted. He died February 7, 1850.\\nHis successor, Rev. Asahel Bigelow, was installed\\nMay 15, 1850.\\nMr. Bigelow was horn in Boylston, Mass., May 14.\\n1 7 7. He was the son of Andrew Bigelow. He\\ngraduated at Harvard College in 1823. Soon alter he\\nwent to the seminary at Andover, where he gradu-\\nated. He wa- ordained at Walpole, Mass., in 1828.\\nHe had then a pastorate of twenty-one years.\\nHi- work in Hancock was eminently successful.\\nReared in tie severe school of ad ei-it .and coming\\nto Hancock in the mature years of his manhood, with\\nan earnest Christian spirit. In- endeared himself to all\\nwho became acquainted with him. August 10, 1*77,\\nat the ripe age of fourscore, he passed on to the\\nhigher life.\\nRev. Hervey Gulick, the present pastor of the\\nbutch, was horn March 27, 1846. His ancestors for\\ngenerations have resided in Northampton County,\\nI a. He graduated from Pennsylvania College in\\ni-ii-\\n1 le si u lied and began the practice of law but find-\\ning his profession uncongenial, he abandoned it ami\\nentered I linui IheoWical Sewinan from which he\\nwas called to preach at Hancock. He was ordained\\nand installed pastor of the church November 5, 1879,\\nthe hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the\\ntown.\\nHe has proved himself to be a Christian gentleman,\\nand it is to be desired that his term of office will be as\\nlong a- that of hi- leci ssors\\nearl] as 1792, John Cummings asked to be re-\\nlieved from his ministerial tax, presenting a- a reason\\ntherefor a certificate from a Baptist minister in Hollis.\\nIn 1798, there was in the town warrant the follow-\\ning article\\nNine men were exempted.\\nA Baptist Church was organized May 6, 1840. It\\nwas an offshoot from the church then known a- the\\nBaptist Church of Hancock and Society Land.\\nService- were sustained till 1852, when the church\\ncased to be active.\\nSeveral pastors served the church; but a- in records\\nhave come to band, the compiler will give from\\nmemory the names of Revs. Mr, Pierce, Frederick\\nPaige, Lorenzo Tandy and Mr. Guilford\\nIn 1822, Rev. Lemuel Willis, tin n a young man. was\\ninstrumental in forming a I aiversalist society, that\\nsustained preaching at intervals for nearlj fortj years.\\nAbout the same date Rev. Zetia- Adams, from Mai-\\nlow, organized a Methodist Church, which has also\\ncea-ed to exist.\\nIll the interval between the [pastorates of Mr. 1 aige\\nand Mr. Burgess several Unitarian clergymen occu-\\npied the pulpit of the church at different times.\\nThere was also growing out of the anti-slavery move-\\nment inc I rouble in the church lift ecu or more be-\\ncame what were then known as Come outers. The\\nMiller excitement in 1843 had its share of attention,\\nbut the steady hand of Mr. Burgess guided his church\\nsafely through it all.\\nAn apostle of what was known as the Latter-Day\\nSaints visited the town, and once, at least, occupied\\nthe church, but it is not recorded that lie made any\\nconverts.\\nMEETING-HOOSES.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first meeting house, as has\\nahead] been recorded, was built after a long struggle\\nin 1790. It was a plain structure, without steeple and\\nwithout bell. In lsl*i it was burned to the ground.\\nIn 1820 a new church, mole commodious than the\\nfirst, was erected, with comparatively little effort, In\\none da\\\\ the pews were sold for seven thousand dollars.\\nIn L851 this church was removed from nearly the\\ncentre of the common to a position deemed more suit-\\nable, and repaired and modernized, having an at-\\ntractive audience-room in the upper story and a com-\\nmodious town hall below.\\nThere was a small Methodist meeting-house built\\nin the western part of the town some J ears ago, but\\nnot a vestige of it remains.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0642.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK.\\nIn 1836 the Congregational Societj erected a two-\\nstory brick building, the upper story of which i- used\\nfor a school and the lower story for a chapel. The\\nchapel has within a fe\u00c2\u00ab years been remodeled, and is\\nat the present time one of the most attracts e rooms for\\nthe purpose for which it is used thai ran be found\\nThe sons and descendants of I Ian. -.irk who have\\nentered the ministry can be counted by scores, among\\nwhom we will mention Rev. Brown Emerson, who,\\nafter a course of study with his pastor, Rev. Mr. Page,\\nwas a pastor sixty-eight years, most, if not all, the\\ntime in Salem, Mass.\\nTw his brothers, Noah and Reuben, were also\\nministers of the gospel.\\nRev. William Clark, IM (son of John Clark of\\nHancock, and grandson of William (lark, of New\\nBoston), was born September 28, 1798. He fitted for\\ncollege at Bradford Academy, and was graduated at\\nDartmouth in 1822, and at Andover Theological\\nSeminary in 1827. He was employed as an agent for\\nthe A. B. 1- missions in Massachusetts and Con-\\nnecticut until settled over the ongrcgational Church\\nin Wells, Me., in 1829. After a pleasant and profita-\\nbli pastorati of six years, he was again called into the\\ngeneral service of the longregational Ihurch of New\\nEngland.\\nDuring forty consecutive years he acted success-\\nively as agent of the American Tract Society at the\\nWest District, secretary tor Northern New England of\\nthe American Hoard of Commissioners for Foreign\\nMissions, and secretary of New Hampshire Home\\nMissionary Society.\\nDartmouth College conferred the honorarj degree\\nof Doctor of Divinity on Mr. Clark in 1875. On re-\\ntiring from official labor, in 1876, he became a perma-\\nnent resident of Amherst, N. II.\\nMr. Clark responded to the sentiment The\\nClergy of Hancock, at the centennial of the town,\\nas did also another descendant of Hancock, Rev.\\nJosiah L. Seward, of I. ..well, Mass., a prominent\\nrepresentative of tic- Unitarian denomination.\\nWe would also mention Rev. Horace W. Warthen,\\nwho is now a leading preacher and worker in the\\nMethodist denomination in the State of Vermont;\\nRev. Arid S., son of Jonas Lakin, presiding elder of\\nthe Marion I istri t Alabama Conference of the\\nMethodist Church and Rev. F. M. Chapin, now a\\nmissionary of the American Board at Kalgan, North\\nChina, who unites in his vein* the blood of the fam-\\nilies of Wheeler, Knight and Goodhue, all belonging\\nto Hancock.\\nOkj.axo Eaton, Esq. 1 The Eatons of this country\\ntrai. back their ancestrj to five early emigrants,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI. Francis Eaton, who, with his wife Sarah, came\\nover in the Mayflower, in 1620.\\nII. John and Abigail Eaton, who came in 1635,\\nIt. i William W. Hiiywanl,\\nami settled in Dedham, Mas.-., where members of the\\nfamily continue to reside. John occupies the a -nt\\nhomestead of his ancestors. Hon. Dorman I Eaton,\\nnow the head of the Civil Service Commission, is of\\nlliis 1. ranch.\\nIII. William and Martha Eaton settled in I;, ading\\nMass., about 1636. Ex-United States Senator Eaton,\\nof Connecticut, represents this branch.\\nIV. Jonas and Grace Eaton came to Reading,\\nMass., about 1640. The wile of Rev. Mr. Gulick, of\\nHancock, is descended from that family.\\nY. John and Ann Eaton settled in Haverhill,\\nMas-., about 1644. Among their descendants we\\nnotice General John Eaton, United Slate- commis-\\nsioner of education.\\nThe Eatons of Hancock are descended from John\\nami Abigail Eaton, who settled in Dedham, Mass.. in\\n1635. John 1 John- and William 5 lived and died in\\nDedham. William 1 married Mary Starr, a grand-\\ndaughter of George Bunker, of Charlestown, Mass.,\\nwho was the owner of tin top of that hill of glory\\n(see History of the Star Familj l. Hi- son, Jer-\\nemiah 4 married Elizabeth W hock in 1751, and\\n-riile.l in Needham, Mass., dying there aboul L800\\nHe had four sons and four daughters. Three of the\\ndaughters died young. The youngest. Alice mar-\\nried Ebenezer Ware, of Hancock. All the sons re-\\nmoved to Hancock. Jeremiah 5 remained unmarried.\\nMoses Lemuel and Samuel 5 married and had fam-\\nilies; many of their descendants are now living in\\nHancock and the neighboring towns. Lemuel 5 was\\na soldier in the Revolutionary War be was present\\nwhen Washington took command of the army at\\nCambridge. He was disabled from doing military\\nduty in the later years of the war by the bursting of\\na gun, which tore off bis left thumb. He married\\nSarah, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther (Hunting)\\nWare, of Needham, February Hi, 1702, and removed\\nto Hancock the same year, where he was a useful\\ncitizen.\\nHi- oldest son, Lemuel 6 was born Octoberl7, I7 J4.\\nLemuel 6 was a man respected by his townsmen, lie\\nserved several years on the Board of Selectmen, being\\na member of the board Inn the separation took place\\nbetween the town and the new town of Bennington\\n(the other members being John Whittemore ami\\nSamuel Knight). He married Eunice, daughter of\\nIsaac and Mary K lhandler) Jewett, of Nelson, June 2,\\n1831. Their only child, Orland 7 was bom Julj 11,\\n1836. He is on. of the few men in town who retain\\ntl Id homestead of the first settlers of the name.\\nHis advantages for education were such as\\nforded by the common schools and the academy of his\\nnative town. He earl) developed a taste for historical\\nand genealogical research. He was the prime mover lor\\nthe celebration of the centennial of the incorporation\\nof bis native town, in 1879, and as chairman of the\\ntow a history committee, ami a,- it- agent, he has\\nbeen indefatigable. Without hi- persistent and earn-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0643.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "362\\nIIHToKY OF HILLSROROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nest efforts the undertaking would have been a disas-\\ntrous failure. Letters have been senl :ill river the\\ncountry, and a rich harvest of facts have thereby been\\ngarnered, which, in due time, will be given to the\\nworld.\\nMr. Eaton served four years as oneof the selectmen\\nof the town, and in- year as its representative to thi\\nLegislature. He has held a commission as justii t\\nthe peace lor over fifteen year-.\\nDesiring railroad facilities for the town, he drew up\\nsigned and circulated a petition to the selectmen for\\nthe eall of the town-meeting at which Hancock voted\\nits gratuity to the Manchester and Keene Railroad.\\nwhich vote decided the question in regard to the locality\\nof the road, not only bringing it through Hancock,\\ninstead of Peterborough, but also making necessary\\nthe Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad with the\\njunction in Hancock.\\nAt the age of twenty-two Mr. Eaton united with the\\nCongregational Church, and has been eithei a teacher\\nin. or tin- superintendent of, its Sabbath-school nearly\\nevery year since that time.\\nHe was chosen deacon ofthe church in (ctober, 1874.\\nand has been re-elected by a unanimous ballot fur\\nthe same position, holding it at the present time.\\nHe married Almeda E., daughter of Sherburn and\\nHannah I Fnddl -lbrd i Marker, ofHancock, November\\n21,1861. .Mrs. Eaton i- the seventh from Richard\\nBarker, of Andover, Mass., Richard Ebenezer 2\\nPhilemon 1 Ebenezer 4 Jessie Sherburn 6 Almeda 7\\nThey have no children an adopted child of much\\npromise, Albert Orland, died dune 19, 1883.\\nRev. William Willis Hayward B.D., 1 the sub-\\nject of this sketch, was burn in Hancock, N. H October\\n17. 1834. Eis ancestors were identified with the earlier\\ncolonial and Revolutionary history of Concord, Mass.\\nJoseph Hayward, the fifth in regular descent from\\nGeorge Hayward, of Concord (1635-71), emigrated,\\nwith his wile, Rebecca, daughter of Colonel Charles\\nPrescott, t.i 1 lib] iii. N. II., and settled mi the shores oi\\nthat most beautiful of all the small inland lakes of that\\npicturesque region. At the age of twenty Charles\\nPrescott Hayward. burn in Concord, son I the above,\\nsettled in Hancock, where he sunn alter married\\nSarah Mason, of Dublin.\\nCharles Hayward, the seventh from George, of\\nConcord, burn February l l L806 married Ann\\nLakin, November L5, 1833. Miss Lakin, we rind in\\nthe record, was the great-granddaughter t William\\nLakin. the third man who settled in Hancock also\\nthe great-granddaughter of Moses Morrison, the\\nsecond settler in Hancock. We find. also, that both\\nthe father and grandfather of Mis- Lakin the\\nmother of the subject of our sketch -were closely\\nidentified with the interests of the town fur a period\\ncovering Over hall a century.\\nWilliam Willis Hayward. bom October 17. 1834,\\nlb -i by Rev. S Elliott Lie.- 1. D\\nis, therefore, the eighth in descent from George Hay-\\nward, ho settled in loncord in a. p. 1635.\\nBefore proceeding, let us go back to the earlier\\nperiud in the history of William Willis 8 Hay waul. We\\nfind that George 1 Hayward- estate yielded an income\\nof five hundred and six pounds. a large amount in\\nthose early days. In the direct line we find the\\nname of Joseph the third child ami second sun, who\\nmarried Hannah Hosmer in L665, who died, when he\\nmarried Elizabeth Treadwell, in 1667. The youngest\\nchild of this marriage was Simeon H.\\\\ burn in 1683,\\nwho married Rebecca Hartwell. in 1705. The wife of\\nSimeon lived to tic greal ag of ninety -four. She\\ndied in 1776, Simeon having died in 171! at a com-\\nparatively early age. In the wife of Simeon 3 we\\nhave a connecting link between the colonial and\\nRevolutionary periods of American history, in which\\nJoseph Hayward. the fifth son by the marriage of\\nSimeon Hayward and Rebecca Hartwell, became a\\nconspicuous character. He married Abigail Hosmer.\\nHis s.m Joseph married Rebecca Prescott, a daugh-\\nter of Colonel Charles Prescott. who was the leading\\nman in uncord during the entire Revolutionary\\nWar.- The social positions f Colonel Pre-, nit wpre\\nsuch in those times as to greatly enhance the value\\nof a family relation possessed of so much military-\\ntact and dash as Joseph Hayward displayed upon\\nmany trying ,;,asinn-. In th. French Wai he be-\\ncame noted fur his courage and skill. Soon after.\\nwhen the storm of the Revolution had burst upon Lex-\\nington and Concord, Lieutenant Hayward. by his\\nundaunted bravery, captured a British soldier after\\nhaving slain bis two comrades with his own band.\\nactually seizing from one of them a gun as it was\\npointed at his own person from the window of the\\nrOODl here they were concealed. He then sei/ed l| pull\\ntwu chaises in Cambridge, -lay ing a hostile occupant\\nin each, and brought the chaises to Concord. 3\\nI, .hi I |.h Haywunl. Mt l ..iic-..rcl. 1:10- t tli it\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil .ii \\\\|.nl last, in the Figtal be took from the Regulars in Mod\\natomy, a Hon* mi. I Chaise The Chaise was owned b} Mi Reuben\\nBrown, of Concord Whal remains in his bands a mouse-colored\\nU. i- in-iu I 1 1 a n. I- Iii-I. ..M. i a. I .lull I 11. .1 uiiilt. Tawn-\\nn\\\\ ii Imtli M.li-- a u I I ami. -I Itnliiii: Ii.mi.I, I. pew I.ir mil- 1 illnn\\naula |n r Bed-Tick. Tlit, ..Mm a maj have them b;\\nmark aii l il.t- a.lv. a lis.an.iit.\\nThus it will be seen that the subject of thi- sketch\\ncan boast of an ancestry of which any New Eng-\\nland,! may well be proud. His early educational\\nadvantages were such as were at the time offered in\\nthe country towns of New England, supplemented bj\\nsome two years at the academies in Hancock. Peter-\\nborough and Francestow ii, and one season at the New-\\nEngland Normal Institute, in Lancaster, Mass. He\\ntaught in the country scl Is nine winters, and sub-\\n-c.0..ii,.| I r.s. ..tt lias tli,- am ill III l-ii.lli.il, Li.-.\\nan, I was descended from sir. la Pi n. i Standish Hull. England.\\ni I the guns aptured -ml I byhia 9on in 1835. See\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\u00c2\u00bbrrf.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0644.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK.\\nsequently three terms in a private school. His suc-\\ncess as a teacher was marked. At the age of twenty\\none he was chosen as a member of the superintend-\\ning committee of schools in Hancock, and at later\\nperiods served one year as superintendent of schools,\\nin Newfane, Vt. three years on the School Board in\\nKeene, N. H. and one year as superintendent of\\nschools in that city.\\nHe spent about two years in private study with\\nRev. Lemuel Willis, of Warner, N. H. was ordained\\nas a Universalist minister June, 1859. Subsequently\\nhe spent two years at Tuft s Divinity School, and took\\nthe degree of l ..l in 1871.\\nHe has had settlements in Ncwl ane. Vt.; Fairfield,\\nMe.; in Wakefield, Acton, Methuen, Plymouth\\nand Smith Framingham, Mass., and Keene, X. 11..\\nbesides several short engagements elsewhere. His\\npresent residence is South Framingham. Mi Si ptem-\\nber 7. 1859, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Ellen\\nChase, of Keene, X. 11., a daughter of Mr. Hosea\\nChase, a near relative of Hon. Salmon 1 Chase, who\\nfor over twenty-live years, has ever proved an efficient\\nhelpmeet to him, beloved by all.\\nHe served a few months as chaplain of the Thir-\\nteenth Maine Volunteers during the late war. and\\nproved himself as oue willing to share with the\\nsoldiers in the perils of the field, as well as in the\\ncomparative safetj of the camp ami hospital. It was\\nduring the brief experiences of Mr. Hayward with\\nthe army in Virginia (now West Virginia) that he\\nwas joined by his wife at Martinsburg, then Sheri-\\ndan base of supplies, who was winning greal and\\nconstant victories in the valley of the Shenandoah.\\nThe little army at Martinsburg, therefore, was the\\nobject of repeated and untiring attacks on the part of\\nthe Confederates, led chiefly by Mosl.v. the noted\\nguerrilla. Mrs. Hayward reached Martinsburg, to\\nthe surprise of her husband, by a night ride from\\nBaltimore at a time when firing upon the night-trains\\nover the Baltimore and Ohio Eailroad was a constant\\noccurrence; and her whole sojourn with the army\\nwas marked by this same spirit that always captivates\\nthe soldier. She was a splendid horsewoman so\\nrare an accomplishment and even appeared on the\\nfield. Nor did she fail to improve her opportunity\\nto minister in a Christian, womanly way to the welfare\\nof those with whom she met in the hospital. writing\\nletter- for the sick and wounded and taking care of\\nmoney for their families, which she concealed in\\ntimes of danger about her person. rod eared for her\\nin the midst of many dangers.\\nThe length of this sketch only leaves room to add a\\nfew words as to the literary ability of the subject of\\nthis article as a preacher and lecturer, whose genial\\nsoul shows itself in all he does. With all his ability,\\nof no ordinary cast, his heart is ever orthodox, in\\nthe truest sense, a- a preacher, and as a lecturer he is\\nalways welcome. His centennial address will be re-\\nmembered by all the citizens of Hancock, and also\\n2i\\nthe beautiful lecture on Longfellow by all who heard\\nit.\\nTown OFFICERS.\\ni. Roberl Duncan,\\nRob. 1 1 Duncan,\\nL7S2 Joseph Symonds, townclerk.\\ni i. h town clerk,\\n178G.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Dodge, town clerk.\\n1787.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Hoslcy, town clerk\\n17SS. lusepli Syinonds, town i Ink.\\n17- .lames l.uiieali, town I ll,\\nIT .it.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .Ian.es Iloslev, tuu II i I. i 1\\n1792.-James Hosley, town clerk.\\nIT .i:;. lames Hosley, tou n 1. i I.\\n17 .M.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Janies Hosley, town clerk.\\nIT .O I Jamee Hosley, town 1. r k Samuel (l.n.loii, iviiresentaiiv\\n179G. Ian ii Hosley, town clerk; Samuel Gordon, representative\\nIT .iT .lam. ll .sk V, town I. rk Samuel Cui.Ii.ii. n|.i,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mai i\\\\\\n1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Hosley, town clerk William I kg, representath\\nIT .I I. .lames llosle\\\\. t \\\\Mi I -lk U ilh. un I 1 I I l-fi lilativ\\n1 800. James Hosley, town clerk William Brooki i presentath\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Hosley, town clerk Willi. B cpreeentath\\n1 sir,.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .lames Hosley, town clerk William Brooks, repreeentath\\nI sin\\n1814\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094.loll\\n1 1 5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Job\\nIsle,\\n-Joh\\n1817\\n,l li\\nl-ls\\nJoh\\nDavid Wood, town clerk; u illiam Bn oks, n pn sentative.\\nL80C\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Symonds, town clerk William Bi i iks, n pn otative\\nImiT ,L.M|,li m- -nds, town rh-rk William lln.uk-, re[,n eiilati\\n1S0S. SallllH-l G.Ueg, tnuii clerk Willi. mi lh ooks, IT}. I.\\nL809 Sa el t.;it town clerk Reed Paige, representative.\\nL810 wpb Symonds, town clerk Reed Paige, repn\\n1 I i ,k j.ii in.- .1- t-.\\\\Mi i Ink P.iige, representative.\\n1812. Joseph Syi ids, town clerk Reed Paige, representative.\\nirt., town I.mU, Thatcher Bradford, representa-\\n.It.liii Whit.oinh, town rink; Thatcher Bradford\\n,1 iiili WhltCIIlli, 1 li I I k Thatch- i i:i l.i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0John Wllitn.iuli. li.un clerk; Thatcher 1 iadtoid, n pieheLila-\\nIslIL Ji lm Whito nih, town Icik \\\\:i-l[- w Wallace, nprceiiNiti ve.\\nls_ Julin Whihomh. town -i.Tk Andrew Walla..-.\\nIsJl.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. .li li White iiiiIi, town La k Aiidi.-w Wallace, representative.\\n1-j, .|..|,n Wlntc.. ink. town l-rk .h-e[, 1, Syrnomh i via v-.nla-\\ntSliS. J.mas Illlchiusun, town rink; Joseph S\\\\m K i e,\u00e2\u0080\u009e r-n:i;i-\\nlhiChiti-si.il, low li i lerk Thai. In r IJra.dl.inl. repn.-r-elita-\\n1830. Jonas Huchinson, town clerk; Jo-eph Sym-m-i\\n1831.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Whitcomb, town clerk Am.. Whitemore, repres uta-\\nl.s:V_\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Whitcnmh, town clerk Am- Whii.ni. n\\nL833. -John Whitcomb, town i li i\\nI\\nr.-pie-nite.l l.y Hon. John mn an, -.f Antrim, nio-r the time.\\nRev, Reed Paige, the representative for 1816, died during the year, and\\nl avid Nahur was chosen to nil tie", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0645.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIs.;-!. lolin j i T I t..wi 1,-ik: ,Kiii;h Hinlim-,\\ni,n in i i i ii -mi, representa-\\nIsia _J,,l in W] IIt .ml,, i,, un p., v T(i;i|\\nIs:::.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J..liu Whitcomli, town clerk 1 Kendall Gray, representative.\\nIs:;*.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Wliitcoinli, town clerk Ken. I. ill On, v. repi\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Whitcomb, ti wn clerk; Kendall Gray, representative\\n-1 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John w iii, mb, town Lerk David Patten, ri pi\\nIMi G 11 I m- i .mi l ii I. lepiesontative.\\n1 u i,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009eK...u it, 1 .mi k; ,....i-i...i- Baasett, representa-\\nim::\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Joseph Davis, town clerk; EbeneEei Ware, representative.\\nivwn i-I.-rk Ahijah Hadley, representative,\\n-Joseph Davis, townclerk; Ibtfab Hadley, representative.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Kodney S. Lakiti, townclerk; Al.i.iah Hinll.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Joseph Davis, town 1 lerk kirk C, I ...urn- 11, representative.\\n1 avis, town rl.Tk 1 link I .ontwell, representative.\\n111 1, town clerk; Joseph a\\\\i-, representative.\\n1, Davis, repireseiitative.\\nAmbrose C. 1!1 1, town 1 lerk William Gray, representative\\nAmbrose C. Blood, town clerk Willi ray, representative.\\nAmbrose C. Ill i. townclerk; David .men, representative.\\nAmbrosel Ill 1. l.,\\\\\\\\ i, I.-ik HO lepi .selitati Ve.\\nAmi. rose C. Bio, ..I. 1,1111 clerk Benjamin Gi lime, represen-\\niwn clerk; Bel\\nsi I I .l I. ton 11 clerk Jos ph Knight, reprt \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0main.\\n1851).\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ambrose C Bl I, town clerk Jose] Knight, re]\\nls .n.-Aiiii.ro.e c 1:1 1, town.-ierl Isa S repi Mutative.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ambrose C. Bl 1, town .-lerk; Asa Sim nds, 1 1 n sentative.\\nIs.c \u00e2\u0080\u0094Anil. rose 1 111 1, t,,\\\\\\\\ii ,l.ik H Iran 1 t nll.-i 1 epr.-eiitativ e.\\npresentative.\\nI- 1 \u00e2\u0080\u0094An, I., I ri. Mark X. Spal.li 1.\\nIs,,-,\\n,-rk Marl, N S|,.,l.lnm 1,1.1-\\nl.-ik lew 1- ml-, representa-\\n|si...,-\\\\,|,,l 1 ,lii,. 11. Tuttle, tow 1, clerk LeWI.\\nive.\\n18G7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus D. Tuttle, town clerk; 11. -m. Knight, representa-\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus D. Tuttle, town clerk; Avery M. Clark, representa-\\nive.\\n1869.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus D. Tuttle, town 1 lark, representa-\\n18T0.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus D. Tuttle, tow sentative.\\nphUS li I m II.- town illative.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus I Tuttle, town derk Joel Gates, represi ntative\\nIiiim-, 1. w 11 1. 1 1. Lewi- Syim.ti.l-. leiiresentative.\\n1*74.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Davis, town cleric Andrew 11. St. rejireseiilative.\\nIsT J. SepI ii ilew B. Stone. representative.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J .-epli Davis, town l-.il. nlative.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Davis, town 1, rk Joshua S. I. akin, repi\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus I\u00c2\u00ab. Tu i n. r, i, i,, representa-\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus 1 Tu\\nbD B\\n1881.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus 1 Tuttle, town clerk.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus D. Tuttle, town clerk; Charles G Matthews, repre-\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphus D. Tuttle, town clerk.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Adolphue 1 I i, town clerk William I i-., repre-\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nJOSEPH DAVIS.\\nOliver, David and Jonas Davis, three brothers,\\ncame from Leominster, Mass., and settled in Han-\\ncnek, N. II., in 17H4 or 1795, being the third gen-\\neration in this country. Eleazer Davis, their grand-\\nfather, emigrated from England about the year 1730.\\nlie served in the French and Indian War. When\\n]ieaee \u00c2\u00bb:i- declared, the body oftroops with which he\\nwas connected was discharged far away from white\\nsettlement, and on their way home many died foi\\nwant of food and clothing, subsisting for many days\\non bark, nuts and berries.\\nEleazer Davis made his way home successfully\\nafter enduring hardships and privations for many\\ndays, nearly famished, (.diver Davis, -mi of Eleazer,\\nwas also a soldier in the Revolutionary War. being\\nmil nl the .Minute-Men of those days. When the\\nintelligence came that the British were marching to\\nConcord, he shouldered his old musket, and was\\npresent at the battle of Hunker Hill, where, for lack\\nof ammunition, they fought the red-coats with the\\nbutts of their guns. diver Davis, grandson of Elea-\\nzer I lav is and son of (diver 1 av is, Sr., was born in\\nHarvard, Mass., May 12, 17(17; married Sally Pol-\\nlaid, l.v win. in he had sis daughters and .me son.\\nAfter the death of bis first wife he married Relief\\nHeath, by whom he had seven more children, five\\n-mis and two daughters.\\nHaving only a small farm ami a large family to\\nsupport, he found it advisable to sell and buy one\\nwhere he could farm more extensively by giving em-\\nployment to his buys and maintain his famiU easier.\\nHe was successful in selling his place iii Hancock,\\nwhere he first settled, and moved to Acworth, X. H..\\nin 1822, where he lived until his decease, in 1851.\\nIdie older boys were hired out. while the younger\\nkept at home to help do the work on the\\nhome place. He exacted all the wages for labor of\\nhis boys till they became of age, when be would say,\\nNow, boys, I have nothing to give you; go and do\\nthe best you can and be g I boys, which was one\\nof the best legacies ever bequeathed to children, for\\nthey all knew how to work, ami succeeded in getting\\na good living.\\nJoseph Davis, the subject of this biographical\\nsketch, was the fourth sun and tilth child of the sec-\\nond marriage, born in Hancock, Hillsborough\\nCounty, January 14, 1813 lived at home till he was\\nsixteen, when he wa let out to work for Dr. Stephen\\nCarlton, of Acworth. a man of high attainments,\\nsound judgment and g 1 abilities, one win, stood\\nhigh in his profession. He represented his town in\\nthe Legislature the two years he lived with him. It\\nwas during these two years that he obtained much\\nuseful information from those who had received", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0646.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "a.\\na", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0647.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0648.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "HANCOCK.\\nliberal education by being in their society, observing\\ntheir manners and listening to their discussions.\\nThese influences made a strong impression on his\\nmind, and he determined he would some day teach a\\ndistrict school, if nothing more. The doctor had a\\nlarge library, to which Joseph had access, and which\\nhe read every opportunity that presented, from which\\nhe received much knowledge and useful information.\\nThe next three years of his minority Joseph was\\nhired out to Hon. Amos Perkins, of Unity, N. II.,\\none of the most influential men of the town, of strong\\nmind, good abilities and sound common sense. From\\nhim he derived much knowledge in respect to trans-\\nacting business, which information he was ever ready\\nto give, as he was well [posted, both in regard to men\\nand parties .if that time. li was a gentleman of the\\nold school, whom every one loved and respected.\\nTherefore, being in the society and under the advice\\nami good influence of such men of business talent\\nand learning, it only stimulated him to greater exer-\\ntions t procure an education as soon as he could\\nobtain means to do it. His lather, being in bumble\\ncircumstances, was not able to educate his children\\nbeyond what learning they cipuld obtain from tin 1 com-\\nmon district schools, which were only open six t eight\\nweeks in summer and usually the same in winter.\\nThe next season alter he was twenty-one he worked\\nout, and earned money enough to pay his expenses tpp\\nattend the academy at Cavendish, Vt., which was a\\nvery flourishing institution at that time. Among the\\nstudents who attended that term was Dr. A. A. Miner,\\nnow of Boston. At tin close of the term he received\\nfrom the preceptor a certificate of recommendation as\\nwell qualified to teach, which was a great help to\\nhim in obtaining a school. He engaged a school that\\nwinter at ten dollars per month, for fifteen weeks,\\nami boarded around with the parents of the scholars,\\nwhich was usual in those times. Being successful in\\nhis first school, he was greatly encouraged and con-\\ntinued to teach, working summers ami teaching win-\\nters, earning money sufficient to pay his expenses 1\\n1 ks. clothes anil to go to school spring ami tall\\nterms. After the first term at Cavendish he attended\\nthe literary and scientific institution at Hancock,\\nwhere be went three years at tall ami spring terms.\\nAfter closing his studies at that institution be devoted\\nhis early life t. teaching, which was his delight, and\\nthe height of his ambition was t he in a school-ri i\\ngiving instruction tp the young. He followed teach-\\ning for ovcrthirtj years, from six to eight months\\neach year. Being successful in his employment, his\\nwages increased from ten to fifty dollars per month,\\nincluding board. He taught the graded school in\\nMilford, Wilton and Greenfield, also a select school\\nat Hillsborough Bridge. He was employed to take\\ncharge of the select school in South Orange, Mass.,\\ntwo years, and the graded school in Lincoln, Mass.,\\none year. During the thirty years as a teacher he had\\nfrom fifteen hundred to two thousand different schol-\\nars, who went forth t different parts of the world to\\nplay their part in the great drama of life.\\nIn 1X40 he married Mrs. Eliza B. Wallace, widow\\nof Dr. Jiphn Wallace, of Milford, N. II. She was\\nyoung and accomplished, endowed with a strong and\\nactive mind and of high moral and intellectual pol-\\nities. She was social, pleasant and dignified in every\\nposition she was called t fill. Thesickand distressed\\nwere objects of her care anil sympathy, never hesita-\\nting to go, when duty called, to watch with the sick\\nor assist in helping to relieve the sorrows of those\\nwhose friends lunl died. Her maiden-name was\\nEliza Burns. She was of Scotch descent, being the\\nthird generation in this country. At the time Davis\\nmarried her she had one son, by Dr. Wallace, by the\\nname of John J. Wallace, who is now living in\\nPeoria, 111. By the second marriage she bad two\\nchildren, Charles J. and Emma C. Davis. Emma\\nC. ilicpl when two years old. Charles J. married\\nSarah Twiss, by whom he bad three children when\\nshe died. He never married afterwards went tp\\nPalatka, Ela., where he died July 2, 1883.\\nSoon after Joseph Davis married he settled in\\nHancock, N. H., his native town, opened a store,\\nwhere be continued in the mercantile business some\\nnil years, and at the same time continued to teach\\nwinters, while his clerk carried on the trade of the\\nstore.\\nIn 1850 he sold out his Mop k of g Is and pur-\\nchased a small farm, devoting bis time to agricultural\\npursuits, still continuing bis school-teaching each\\nyear. He was elected town clerk, to which office he\\nwas elected eleven years at differeut times was\\nchairman of the Board of Selectmen three years,\\ntown treasurer and superintending school committee\\nfifteen years, and, in 1850 and 1851, was chosen rep-\\nresentative to the General Court. Such testimony t\\nhis fidelity and ability by his friends and fellow-citi-\\nzens was highly appreciated. He endeavored to dis-\\ncharge the duties of the olfices to which be was cho-\\nsen faithfully and acceptably. He was employed\\ndoing business at the Probate Courts for many years\\nin settling and helping others to settle states. He\\nwas appointed justice of the peace in 1851, and now\\nholds a commission of justice of the peace ami quo-\\nrum throughout the State,\\nThus, by his own exertions, industry, perseverance\\nand economy, he secured bis own education, earned\\nhis own money, paid tor bis mvn schooling, aid. in\\nfact, be is what we call a self-made man, ever social,\\npleasant and jovial with his friends and neighbors, and\\none lor whom they show much kindness ami respect.\\nBy strict adherence to the discbarge of bis duty when\\nbusiness called he has been able to accumulate suffi-\\ncient means to enable him to pass the remainder of\\nbis life with ease and comfort at his old homi\\nHancock, his native town, with bis friends anil f cllow-\\ncitizens, passing quietly down the stream of life till\\nhe sleeps with bis fathers.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0649.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF DEERING.\\nGEORGE C. PATTEN.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nDeering is one of the border towns in the county,\\nbeing bounded on the north by Henniker, which\\nis in Merrimack County, and also by Hillsborough,\\nthe most northerly town in Hillsborough County. It\\nis separated from Antrim, on the west, by Contoocook\\nRiver, while Weare and Francestown bound it on the\\nvast and south, respectively. The surface, which is\\nbroken and hilly, is divided, topographically, into\\nthree sections\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the westerly, central and easterly por-\\ntions. The three post-offices\u00e2\u0080\u0094 West Deering, Deering\\nand East Deering also mark tln.se distinctions. Each\\nsection is separated from the other by high ranges of\\nhills, extending mirth ami south quite through the\\ntown, the only break in them being utilized by the\\nmain mad leading f te section to the other.\\nAbout one-third of the surface of the town, including\\nthe entire westerly portion, is drained by Contoocook\\nRiver, the remainder forming the water-shed of the\\nnorth branch of the Piscataquog River, which rises in\\nthis town. Its sources are Dudley Ton. I, in the\\nnortherly, and Gregg Pond, in the southerly part of\\nlie town. The Dudley Brook, Mowing from the first-\\nmentioned pond, unites with the one flowing from the\\nlatter near the easterly line of the town. These two\\nponds have a surface area of forty ami one hundred\\nacres respectively. Mud Pond, situated about one\\nmile west of Dudley Pond, flows into Smith Brook,\\nwhich, after receiving Patten Brook, forms the Stearns\\nBrook, the latter uniting with the Dudley Brook\\nabove mentioned. The Piscataquog Water- Power\\nCompany have lately come into possession by pur-\\nchase of the mil! at tic outlet of Iregg I mid and the\\nadjacent ftowage to the extent of three hundred acres,\\nand have built a dam one thousand feet long and\\ntwenty feet high, having a flowage capacity of\\nseventeen feet, at a cost, including the land damage,\\nof more than twelve thousand dollars, li is intended\\nto supply water to t lie mills located on the Piscataquog\\nRiver between North Weare and Manchester when the\\nsupply from the natural sources fails or runs short.\\nThe water-shed of the reservoir, including the drain-\\nage of the Lyon and Wilkins Brooks, embraces an\\n360\\narea of more than four square miles. Fulton 1 I,\\nlocated one-half mile south-west from Gregg Pond, is\\nthe highest elevation of water in Deering, being\\nnearly one thousand feet above sea-level. Its over-\\nMow runs south into Francestown. The old New\\nHampshire turnpike passed through the westerly\\nsection of the town, and is still the main traveled\\nroad. The old hotel of that period still dispenses\\nhospitalities to the traveler that passes that way,\\nthrough its venerable landlord, James M. Appleton.\\nThe extension of the Northern Railroad from Hills-\\nborough Bridge to Hancock Junction passes directly\\nthrough the old Cork muster-field. Here, for many\\nyears, during the palmy days of the old New Hamp-\\nshire militia, were mustered, in the month id Sep-\\ntember, the troops belonging to the Twenty-sixth\\nRegiment, comprising those able-bodied citizens,\\nbetween the ages of eighteen and forty, from the\\ntowns of Hillsborough, Windsor, Antrim, Hancock,\\nFrancestown and Deering, for inspection and re-\\nview. From early dawn until late in the afternoon\\ntic ail resounded with the strains of martial music\\nmingled with the shouts of the peddlers and hawkers\\nCrying their wares. Here also might be seen the\\nrazor-strop man, known from Boston to New\\nOrleans, always happy in his numerous sales ami in\\ntie- consolation of still having a few more left of\\nsort. The speeches and address.- of the\\nreviewing officers were calculated to inspire the troops\\nwith the impression that it was not a burden, bul a\\nprivilegeand right, to bear arms; but, somehow, after\\nyears of successful application, the old militia law did\\nbecome a burden, and. together with Cork muster\\nbus become a matter of history.\\nGeological Formation. The principal rock for-\\nmation is gneiss. No granite ledges fit for building\\npurposes are known to exist within the limits of the\\ntown. A lew granite boulders have been found evi-\\ndently deposited during the glacial drift. One of these,\\nfound on the Grimes place, now ow 1 by Win. Mc-\\nNeil, is worthy of special mention, since it furnished\\nthe buildingstone for several of the earlier constructed\\nfarm-houses in the town. These old houses are all of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0650.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "DEERING.\\n:;(i7\\nsimilar construction, as, for example, that one on the\\nGrimes place; on the farm of Robert P. Cressey on\\nthe farm of Bartlett S. Brown; on the farm of Josiah\\nH. Loveren, etc. A quartz ledge is developed on the\\nfarm of Rodney (love, and on land of Russell Tubbs,\\nEsq., near the centre of the town, from which many\\nfine specimens of crystallized quartz have been taken,\\nA mine of plumbago on the farm of S. 8. Clement,\\nEsq., was worked for several seasons but the vein or\\nlode running constantly deeper into the hill, the en-\\ngineering difficulties in working the mine became so\\ngreat as to lead to it abandonment. The ore was of\\nexcellent quality, and would have paid liberally for\\nthe working, had it not been for the above conditions.\\nThe whole, surface of the town bears marks of the\\nglacial drift, the general direction of which was from\\nnorth to south. The ridges of land extend in the\\nsame direction, the southerly slopes of which are\\nsmoother and better adapted to cultivation than the\\nnortherly portions of the same. The outlets or over-\\nflow of all the ponds is in the same direction\u00e2\u0080\u0094 from\\nnorth to south.\\nClay-beds exist in the west part of the town, near\\nthe river; also on the farms oft reorge C. Patten, Bart-\\nlett S. Brown and Horace 1 Cressey, from which\\nbrick were made to supply the wants of the earlier\\nsettlers.\\nProprietary Records.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deering originally formed\\na portion of Society Land. This territory became the\\nproperty of the Masonian proprietors in 1746, by the\\npurchase of the Masonian patent. Previous to this\\npurchase the land titles in New Hampshire had Inch\\nsubjected to much litigation and dispute. John Tuf-\\nton Mason, the original grantee of all the lands within\\nthe Province, died without entering into possession of\\nthem. After his death the dispute was still carriedon\\nbetween New Hampshire and Massachusetts which\\nclaimed jurisdiction over the territory of the former,\\nuntil finally settled by the arbitration of the crown in\\nfavor of the former province. The heirs of Mason\\nthen revived their claim and sold to a company of in-\\ndividuals, mostly wealthy residents of Portsmouth and\\nvicinity, all the right ami title of John Tufton Mason\\nto the lands within the province of New Hampshire.\\nThe individuals or shareholders of this company were\\nstyled the Proprietors. They commenced business\\nin 174S by quit-claiming to actual settlers all those\\ngrants of land made by New Hampshire and Massa-\\nchusetts during the period of dispute, and making\\nnew grants in their own right. This policy secured\\nto them the possession of the vacant lands with little\\nor no opposition. A large territory bounded on the\\nsouth by Salem- Canada (now Lyndeborough), Peter-\\nborough and Monadnock No. 3, (now Dublin) on the\\nnorth by Nos.6and 7 in the line of towns, so called I now\\nHenniker and Hillsborough); on the west by Monad-\\nnock Nos. 6 and 7, (now Nelson and Stoddard) on the\\neast byWeare s Town and New Boston, was vacant land,\\nthat is, not coveredby any previous grant. It there-\\nfore became the property of this company, as above\\nStaged. From the circumstance of its being owned\\nin common, it gradually became known\\nLand, and the name of Cumberland, which had been\\npreviously applied to it. fell into disuse. The pro-\\nprietors caused a survey to be made of the whole ter-\\nritory in 1753, under the direction of Colonel Joseph\\nBlanchard, and at a meeting of the proprietors held\\nat Portsmouth, October 17. 17. Robert Fletcher,\\nthe surveyor who executed the work, made a report\\nand presented a plan of the survey. The whole tract\\nwas divided into fifteen equal shares, corresp ling\\nwith the number of shares in the company. There\\nwere also fifteen river or intervale shares of live hun-\\ndred acres each, laid out between the great tails, so\\ncalled (How Bennington village), and Keyes Farm, (a\\nsmall reservation of five hundred acres laid out on\\nthe Contoocook River, joining on the line of towns).\\nThe large shares contained on an average four thou-\\nsand acres but where the land was not so good, more\\nland was taken to make each share equal in value.\\nThe report and plan of the surveyor were accepted\\nand a drawing of the lots took [dace.\\nNo. 1 was drawn by .Mark H. Wentworth No. 2,\\nby Samuel Solly and Clement March; No. 3, by\\nColonel Joseph Blanchard, Nathaniel Meserve,\\nJoseph Green and Paul March; No. f, by John\\nWentworth, Esq. No. 5, by Daniel Pierce and Mary\\nMo. .re; No. 6, by George Jaffery, Esq.; No. 7, by\\nJohn Moffat, Esq. No. 8, by Thomas Wallingford,\\nEsq.; No. 9, to the right of Jothara Odiorne, Esq.,\\ndeceased No. LO, by Joshua Pierce; No. LI, bj John\\nThomlinson and John Tufton Mason; No. 12, by\\nThomas Packer. Esq.; No. 13, b John Ringe, Esq.;\\nNo. 14, by Theodore Atkinson, Esq.; No. b\\\\ by\\nHii hard Wibird, Esq. Nos. 1 to 7 were on the west\\nside of I mtooeook River, while the remaining eight\\nshares- -that is, from 8 to 15\u00e2\u0080\u0094 were on the east side of\\nthe river. The river or intervale shares were num-\\nbered with the same numbers as the large shares, from\\n1 to 15, and drawn with the same number, so that\\neaili shareholder held a large lot and a river lot\\nnumbered with the same number. From this date\\nthe laud comprising those shares became the private\\nproperty of the individuals to whom thej were drawn.\\nBig lots Nos. 11, 12. 13, 11 and 15, together with the\\nportions of the intervale lots lying east of the river\\nopposite to the former, became the territory of\\nDeering in 1771. The westerly portions of 8 and J,\\ntogether with additions from Lyndeborough and\\nPeterborough, became Greenfield in 1791. Easterly\\nportions of 8, 9 ami 10 became Francestown in 1772;\\n1, 2 and :i became Hancock in 177!\u00c2\u00bb; 4, 5, li and 7 be-\\ncame Antrim in 1777. A small territory still re-\\nmained around the great falls, bearing the name of\\nSociety Land until 1842, when it was incorporated\\ninto a town under the name of Bennington, receiving\\nadditions of territory from Deering, Francestown and\\nHancock. These six towns, it will be seen, bear a closer", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0651.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nrelation to one another than any other towns in the\\nState, with the exception, perhaps, of those that g^ew\\nout of the ancient towns of Chester and Londonderry.\\nFirst Settlement of Great Lots Nos. 11, 12, 13,\\n14 and 15. For more than ten years subsequent to\\nthe survey of Society Land this portion of the same\\nremained an unbroken wilderness, undisturbed save\\nby the hunter and explorer. Great Britain, with her\\nNew England colonies, were gathering their strength\\nfor the final struggle which terminated in the capture\\nof Quebec, in 1759, forever ending the Indian depre-\\ndations which had devastated and retarded the border\\nsettlements. In 1701 those families who had com-\\nmenced a settlement in Hillsborough in 1744, ami fled\\non the approach of India:) hostilities, began to return\\nand rebuild their ruined habitations. Weare, granted\\nby the proprietors in 174 .i to Ichabod Robie and\\nothers, was being settled, and in 1765, John Tufton\\nMason sold to Samuel Robie, John Webster, Robert\\nGraham, Matthew Forsaith, John Shackford, William\\nWhite, Robert Mills, all of Chester, and Robert\\nMoore, of Londonderry, all his right and title to one\\nundivided half of big lot No. 11, in Societj Land,\\nbeing two thousand acres, more or less, for the con-\\nsideration of one hundred pounds. The same year,\\nJohn Thomlinson, a merchant of London, gave Theo-\\ndore Atkinson and Mark H. Wentworth, of Ports-\\nmouth, power of attorney to set off or divide his share\\nof the same lot from that of Mason.\\nThe parties in Chester, together with Robert Moore,\\nof Londonderry, quit-claimed the northerly half of\\nthe said lot to John Thomlinson, through his attorneys,\\nthe said Atkinson and Wentworth; while the latter,\\nfor the said Thomlinson, quit-claimed the southerly\\nhalf or moiety to the said Robie and others. The lot\\nwas surveyed by Daniel Nichols, afterwards a settler\\nand citizen of Antrim. The northerly half, as well as\\nthe southerly, was divided into twenty lots, No. 1\\njoining the intervale lot on the west, and the numbers\\nincreasing in their order to 2b, which joined on\\nWeare. The year 1765 is memorable in the history\\nof the town as marking the date of the first settle-\\nment made by Alexander Robinson, on the farm now\\nowned by William T. Smith, about two miles south\\nOf Hillsborough bridge. At this period bears and\\nwolves were numerous, and the hill beneath which\\nMr. Robinson selected a building spot for bis home,\\nand where he lived tor many years, was the favorite\\nhaunt of the latter animal, and still bears the name\\nof Wolf Hill. Tradition relates that a bear came\\ndown int of the forest one day and began a raid on\\nMr. Robinson s hogs. His wife, hearing the outcry,\\n(Mr. Robinson being away from home), seized an axe\\nand made such a vigorous onslaught on bruin as to\\ncause him to beat a hasty retreat, leaving his prize to\\nthe weaker but lawful owner.\\nWilliam Forsaith came from Chester soon after\\nMr. Robinson commenced his settlement. He was the\\nson of Matthew Forsaith, one of the purchasers of\\nMason s half of big lot No. 11. Mr. Forsaith settled\\nthe David Carter place, west of the David Wilson\\nfarm. There is good authority for the assertion\\nthat there were only three settlers within the limits\\nof the town in 17C.7. Alexander Robinson and Wil-\\nliam Forsaith were two of that number.\\nRobert Mills, the son of Robert Mills, of Chester,\\nwho was also one of tin- grantees of the Mason moiety\\nin No. 11, assisted the surveyor in subdividing the\\nsame into settlers lots, marking the trees designated\\nfor the corners, and lor many years afterwards was\\nconsidered as authority in settling any dispute or\\ndoubt that arose in relation to them. He settled on\\nthe Dawn Mills place, so-called, now owned by Wil-\\nliam Colburn. William Aiken and Thomas, his\\nbrother, from Londonderry, settled on farms or lots\\nadjoining the former, recognized as the Levi White\\nplace, and the latter as the Luther Aiken place.\\nThese lots are all in great lot No. 11, the three latter\\nin the southern or Mason division.\\nSamuel Ratten, in 17(17. commenced clearing up a\\nlot in great lot No. 14, Atkinson s right or share, and.\\nhaving erected his humble dwelling, came up from\\nMarbh head, in 1768, with his wife and son, six years\\nold, and made a permanent settlement, which la-ted\\nwithout change during his lite, he dying in 1819.\\nHis son, whose name was Jonathan, grew up and\\nserved a term of enlistment in the Continental army\\nduring the Revolution. He died in 1832. His widow\\nsurvived him nearly thirty years, drawing a pen-ion\\nfrom the government. John Shearer settled a lot\\nadjoining Samuel Patten s lot on the east, while Alex-\\nander Hogg settled a lot ju-t south of Patten s lot,\\nin tin south range of Atkinson s right. William\\nMekeen settled on lot No. in in Atkinson s light,\\nand in 1771, Elias Hassell received of Anthony\\nWibird and John Penhallow, heirs of Richard Wibird,\\nwho drew big lot No. 15, a settler s deed of one\\nhundred acres of land in said lot 15, for tin- con-\\nsideration of five shillings aud settling the lot. This\\nlot was No. in the subdivision, and is identified as\\nthe farm where Alvah Gould now lives. At length,\\nin 177 1, so many settlers bad c ime as to justify them\\nin petitioning the General Court tor an act of in-\\ncorporation, aud James Betton, Esq., was chosen as\\ntheir agent to present their petition. Their application\\nwas successful, and, in honor of Governor John Went-\\nworth s wife, wdiose maiden-name was Frances Deering,\\nthe new town received the name of Deering. The act\\nof incorporation is given below with some slight\\nchanges in orthography.\\nLS.\\nProviii\\nuf\\nHampshire. King, Defender of the faith, c.\\nI .-II I ..pi,- In Ml .in tin nt- -hall m\u00e2\u0080\u009e T J ri \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_;\\n1 II \u00e2\u0080\u009ev ,,ur li.val Inhabitants ufa Tract of Land wit hi it I e.v.\\nnee of New Hampshire aforesaid, commonly called an. I known by the\\ni.e. 1 IV I. ami. i ..htaihiu- l.v .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-tiiiiatlun about i-i\\\\ mile- -.j.iaf.\\nhaohuinlilv |n-tti. .[nil ami Ki .|iu -ti-.l n-tliatth.y may I\\nmmiiii i l into a Township, and enfranchised with the same powt\\nami privilH^c* uliidi i.tln-r Towns within ..ur ,-aii] Province bylaw Ha", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0652.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "PEERING.\\nndusive to the general Good o(\\nand Enjoy, and it appearing I\\n...11 -aid l*r -X l n. c, as well as of thosald I tiliabitauts in particular, tiy\\nmentaining g lorderand uragini tin Culture 1 tin- Land thai\\ntin- same si,, .ill. I I..- done.\\nKnow ye that ,.f..ui special mv, riain kimwledgeand foi the\\nencouragement and promotion of the g I purpose- I. -nds ,,i.-i. -..i.l.\\nand with the advice of our trusty and well beloved .hilin Wontworth.\\nEsrir., our Governor and Commander-in-chief of our sai.l Provi and\\nof our Council of the same, have erected and ordained, and by these pre\\n..oils. I.,i us .,11.1 our Heirs and Successors, do will and order that the\\nInhabitants of said Trad of hand and others who shall improve and in\\nhabit thereon hereinafter, the same being hutted and bounded as fol-\\nlows, viz.: Beginning at the Northwesl Corner of Francestown, from\\nthence East to thi easterlj Bide line of the S tj Land so called; from\\nthence North to the Cornel of the said Societj Land from thence by\\nthe Baid Societj Land west, -rl\\\\ t.. cm k Kiv.i 1 iidine partly on\\nthe T. .mi- ..t ll.uiiiK.i and llillshorouch from thence, as said Contoo-\\nI, n i., that an East line shallstrike the said North-\\nCorner ofl ran i rtown from thence by said East line to the\\nHounds first mentioned, be and they arc hereby declared to be a Town\\ncup.. rat.. M the\\nforever with\\nthe Powers and authorities, privileges, immunities, and Franchises which\\nany other Towns I said Province bj law liold and enjoy to the said\\nIiihnl.itaiits.il those v, h.. shall hereafter inhabit there and their Succes-\\nsors forever, always r rving to us, our Heirs and Sui rs, all the\\nwhite pine Trees that are or shall be found, being and growing within\\nand upon the said Tract of Land fit for the use of our Royal Navy,\\nReserving also unto us, our Heirs and Successor-, the Powei ol dividing\\nsaid Town when u shall appeal lessarj and i onvenient for the inhab-\\nitants thereof, Provided, nevertheless, and it is hereby declared that this\\nCharter and Grant is not intended, and shall not in any manner be i\\nstrued, to affect the private property of the soil within the limits afore-\\nAnd as the several Towns within oni said Province are by the laws\\nthereof enabled and authorized to assemble and by the majority of Un-\\nvotes present to choose all Officers and transact such affairs as in thesaid\\nl.ms arc declared, We do by these presents nominate and appoint Wil-\\nliam Clark, Bsqr., to call the first meeting of the Inhabitants to be held\\nwithin the said town al any ti within Ninety days of the dab- hereof,\\ngiving legal notice of the time design ol such meeting afterwbicn\\nthe annual meeting for said Town shall be held for the choice of said\\nofficers and the Purposes al -aid on the First Tuesday in the month of\\nMarch annually.\\nT.slimoaij who I \u00c2\u00abe ha e a.l.se I Hie seal of ..in -aid Province to\\nbe hereunto affixed. Witness our afforesaid Governoi and Commander-\\nin-Cheif the seventeenth day of January, in the t teenth year of our\\nlei-ll, Anno. pie llolllilli. 1774.\\nBy his Excellency s\\nand with advice of\\nRecorded in the Hook of Charters No. I, Folios 183, 184 and Is;..\\nlomplj ing with che above conditions of the charter,\\nthe first town-meeting was called by the said William\\nClark, and held at the house of Alexander Robinson,\\ninn-holder. (A list of town officers is given in another\\ncolumn, to which the reader is referred. It extends\\nfrom the firsl town-meeting in 177-1 to 1885.) It was\\nvoted at this town-meeting that the Selectmen be a\\ncommittee to settle with Esquire Betton for obtaining\\nthe charter of said town. It is also worthy of note\\nthat from this town-meeting up to 1819, which marks\\nthe date of the Toleration Act by the Legislature,\\nmoney was raised at every town-meeting for preaching.\\ni A short church history will be found in another\\ncolumn.) The laying out of highways through the\\nnew settlements within the limits of the town re-\\nceived the first attention of the selectmen. As a\\nspecimen of the description and form of recording the\\nlaying out of those primitive roads, the following\\ntranscript is copied from the town records, and is the\\nearliest on record\\n[leering, April Trail npl I a High\\nRodswidi Beginning al Wear.- line, west of Eno.\\nthence ltuimim: west Bearing smith until it comes\\nland then... we-t a- leal tie -and will allow-\\ntrue I! id.\\nA road, the record of the hiving of which bears the\\nsame date as that of the above, was laid by William\\nMcKeen sto Hillsborough ferry, located tiearlj op-\\nposite the residence of the late Reuben Loveren,\\nHillsborough Bridge. At length a bridge was con-\\nstructed across the river above the ferry, when tin-\\nstone bridge now stands, and September 6, 177! the\\ntown voted That there be a Road opened to meet y\\nRoad hailing from y e Bridge in Hillsborough in Ex-\\nchange for y one leading to y e Ferry during the\\nContinuance of said Bridge. This structure was\\ncalled by the people who used it the Bridge, and was\\nas much used or utilized by the inhabitants of 1 Ber-\\ning as by those of Hillsborough. The name bridge\\ns i became associated with the place or locality,\\nwhich was, therefore known as Hillsborough\\nBridge. This growing manufacturing village, which\\nproperly begins at Eillsborough line, on the south,\\nabout one-third of a mile from the stone bridge, is\\nthe principal market for produce and lumber of a\\nlarge portion ofDeering at the present time. The\\nwar-cloud of the Revolution was gathering over the\\nXew England colonics, culminating in the battle of\\nLexington, on April 1!!, 1775. Leering, it will lie\\nseen iii another place, was represented there by one\\nof her settlers, and, when culled upon the nexi year to\\njoin the Association Test, which was virtually an act\\nof Independence several months earlier than the act\\nor Declaration assumed by enure--, n-\\\\ led with\\nthe following signers:\\nClark, Aloxaii.loi Ib.bin-oii. .l.-.-ph Robinson, William Bradford.\\nThirty-three, comprising the names of all theciti; ens\\nof the town tit that time not lunatics or paupers, with\\nthe exception of the names of two, who were report! d\\nas refusing to sign, viz.: John Bartlett, Jonathan\\nStraw. It is not to be inferred that these two men\\nwere Tories because they did not sign with the rest of\\ntheir townsmen. They might have held c scit ntious\\nscruples against bearing arms or withheld their names\\nfrom motives of policy or timidity, although friendly\\nto the American cause. The next year, 1777, on the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0653.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnews of the advance of Burgoyne, Nenian Aiken,\\nwith eighteen men from Deering, marched to the relief\\nor defense of Ticonderoga; but, hearing that the fort\\nhad been evacuated, be returned with his men, being\\nabsent and in the service three days, [n this cam-\\npaign against Burgoyne, Benjamin Bradford, of\\nDeering, served under General Stark at the battle of\\nBennington us second lieutenant. The next year,\\n177s. we find Nenian Aiken serving as lieutenanl\\nunder General Sullivan in the defense of the New\\nEngland coast against the British fleet. The records\\nof the town throughout the war show that the in-\\nhabitants contributed their full share towards keeping\\nthe Continental army supplied with men either from\\ntheir own borders or by hiring substitutes from other\\nplaces paying their war taxes in specie or supplying\\nbeef and grain. The depreciation in the paper cur-\\nrency may be seen in a vote of the town at the annual\\nmeeting in 1781, at the house of Alexander Robinson,\\nwhen it was voted that live thousand pounds be\\nraised to markeand repair highways in New Hamp-\\nshire currency, sli;,r,i;ii.iii:-. a pound being $3,831.\\nit was also vi 1, at the same time, to allow twenty\\npounds per day for men and oxen. The next year\\nthe price per day for men and oxen for work on high-\\nways was fixed at tour shillings per day for men and\\noxen, which indicates the return of confidence bj the\\npeople in the financial condition of the country, or\\nunder the pressure of the law which was enacted at\\nthis time to regulate the currency. So great was tin-\\ndistress for money to pay war taxes that an effort was\\nmade to tax corn raised on burnt ground: but the\\ntown, at their annual meeting, failed to sanction the\\nscheme, and it was abandoned. We are not able at this\\ntime of writing to give a complete list of the names\\nof those who served in the Continental army some\\nof them will be found in the general genealogical list,\\nwhile many were hired not citizens of I i ing,\\nthe agents of the town to till their 1 quota, as in the late\\nCivil War.\\nCaptain Nenian Aiken, one of the most prominent\\ncitizens of the town from its earlier settlement-, re-\\nmoved West about the year 1 T i selling his homestead\\nto Abraham I e,\\\\ e.\\nA return of the ratable polls to the General Court\\nof New Hampshire, for the year 17S3, by the select-\\nmen, Evan Dow and Abram Gove, numbers them at\\neighty-six. The return is indorsed as follows:\\nDi i i .iv.. Decern y 16, 1783.\\nIn 1785 a dispute between the town of Wcaiv and\\nthe Proprietors, in relation to the westerly line of\\nBaid town, was settled by the court in favor of Weare.\\nThe territory in dispute was about two hundred and\\nfifty rods wide on the south end, ami three hundred\\nat the north, extending the whole width of Deering,\\nadjoining Weare. By the decision of the court in\\nthis lawsuit Deering lost from her territory about two\\nthousand eight hundred acres, as will be seen by the\\nfollowing petition and certificate:\\nIV. tlit- H..iit.a- Senate An.l II. .use of Representatives in and for the\\nStat.- of Now Hampshire, lour Petit -rs humbly Sheweth.\\nli/,. re... the Proprietors of the town ,.f Peering, in tie- County ol\\nHillsborough, have given up To the Town ol Weare a Cerl Trad oi\\nXou-lniprove.i Land, an.l said Proprietors of Peering have Denied pay-\\ni I Land f,.t the year 1 7sb, And slid hand Being Inven-\\ntoried an.l Returned To the Hon 1 1 General Court as Belonging to the\\ntown t l r.-i in-, as it may Appear hereafter, Therefore, we hiiinl.lv\\npray your Honours would be pleased to Al.ate the taxes for the years\\n1786, 1787, on -aid Land, 01 anj part thereof, a- your Petitioners are in\\nDuty Ever Bound to r....\\\\\\nEvan P.. w, Select\\nAtK.XAM.r.K-vVn.soK, of\\nThom is Mi mala., J Deering.\\nDeering, June P\\\\ itst.\\nIn 17! 7 a library association was incorporated by\\nan aet of the Genera] Court, on the petition of Robert\\nAlcock, Thomas Merrill. Thomas Aiken, Wm. Aiken.\\nWm. Forsaith, James Shearer and their associates.\\nFor many years the members kept up their organiza-\\ntion but it long ago became extinct, although some\\nof the books are still extant, useful only to the\\nantiquary and 1 k-collector.\\nNo school-houses were erected until 1806, or about\\nthe time the pr sent school-district system was adopted.\\nPrevious to this period the schools were carried on.\\nlike the religious meetings prior to 1790, in private\\ndwellings and barns. Money was voted sparingly\\nfrom 17*:! everj subsequent year for schools; but\\nwith the proviso that, if not used, it should be turned\\ninto th,- town treasury. In the year 1790 the town\\nvoted No more draw-backs on school money. To\\nthe influence of the minister- associated with the\\nchurch formed in 1789 must be credited this change\\nof feeling in the people in regard to education. The\\ntowi ver receded from the vote of 1790, but have\\nkept increasing their appropriations for the support\\nof schools to the present time.\\nThe prescribed limits of this paper have already\\nbeen exceeded. The indulgence of the publishers\\nonly permits us to add the following memoranda of\\nthe weather, etc.: The history may properly be said\\nto close with the year 1800. The year 1800 was\\nnoted as a period of heat and drought. Much\\nsickness prevailed. October 7, 1804, snow fell to the\\ndepth of a foot. Potatoes, tipples, together with\\nsome patches of corn, were covered by the snow.\\nMany parties picked their best, or winter fruit on the\\nSabbath, in order to save enough for winter supply.\\nJanuary 19, 1810, is noted as the cold Friday. No\\nsnow was on the ground; but the intense cold and\\nhigh wind rendered it a day long to he remembered.\\nThe mother of the writer litis often related that she\\nstarted for school on the morning of that day, residing\\nat that time in Weare, but was soon forced to seek the\\nfriendly shelter of a neighboring habitation to pre-\\nvent herself from perishing in the cold, her kind neigh-\\nbor accompanying her back tothehon I her parents.\\n\\\\o snow fell, it is said, until the hist of February.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0654.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "The winter of 1X11-12 is on record as very severe.\\nDuring the winter the spotted fever appeared, bul\\nwas said nut to be so prevalent in Deering as in An-\\ntrim,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Cont wok River seeming to form a barrier\\nin checking the ravages ofthe disease.\\nSeptember 15, L815, is the date of thi\\nwhich swept over a portion of New England. Many\\nof the old-growth forests, on the hills and other\\nlocalities, exposed to the wind and rain, which were\\nfrom the southwest, were prostrated, compelling or ac-\\ncelerating the clearing up of many hill-topsand slopes,\\nwhich would other wise have remained in forest-growth.\\nThe year 1816 was long remembered as the cold\\nseason. Hardly sound corn enough was raised to\\nsupply the wants of the farmers, t \u00c2\u00bbr seed to plant the\\nensuing year. The spots on the sun, it is related.\\ncould be seen by the naked eye. The year 1826 is\\nknown as the grasshopper year. A long protracced\\ndrought favored their growth and increase, so a- to\\ncause the destruction of the grass and grain crops,\\nb. iving very little for the tanner to harvest.\\nAugust 28th a heavy rain occurred which washed the\\ngrasshoppers into the small streams in such quantities\\nthat bushels of them could be gathered on tie banks\\ni.l the same after the subsidence of the flood. 1852,\\nK and 1854 were very dry years, the latter noted\\nfor hush and forest-fires. greal freshet in the\\nspring of 1852 caused great damage to the mills,\\nhighways ami bridges.\\nThe murder of Keeland Chase, in 1860\\ndegn f excitement hitherto unknown to the inhabit-\\nants i Deering. He was found in his barn with\\nhis skull fractured. An inquest was held over his\\nbody, hut no verdict was ever rendered nor any one\\narrested for the crime.\\nJuly 25, 1881, thunder-storms passed over the north-\\nerly portion of Hillsborough County, causing the de-\\nstruction of many buildings by lightning. During\\nthe night following the barn of Carleton Clement. Esq.,\\nwas struck by lightning and consumed, his house and\\nother buildings being only saved by the exertions of\\nthe neighbors, who came to the rescue by dipping up\\nbuckets of water in the d --yard adjoining the blazing\\nbarn, supplied by the torrents of rain which fell at the\\nsame time. The lights of other tires in adjoining\\ntowns, which were visible during the lulls of the\\nstorm, together with the circumstances above de-\\nscribed, rendered it a night never to be forgotten.\\nThe murder or assassination of Edmund Wood, on\\nthe 18th of August, 1883, within a mile of hi- home.\\nwhile returning from Hillsborough Bridge, caused\\nmuch feeling and excitement, which extended to the\\nadjoining towns. Suspicion at once fastened on\\nNathan Brown, the neighbor of the murdered man,\\nas the perpetrator of the foul deed, and he was ar-\\nrested and tried at Manchester before a jun\\nfor this special case. The jury failed to agree, sev n.\\nis said, ot i.. ai quittal and ti- e foi com iction.\\nThe able counsel tor tin- prisoner, Hon. baric- Burns,\\nvery pointedly remarked in his plea before the jury,\\nThe |n isoner was soon to appear before a limber tri-\\nbunal from which there is no appeal. This remark\\nhas I n verified. Nathan Brown expired June 9,\\n1885, from a stroke of paralysis, making no confession\\nor implicating himself in any way with i\\nin the crime.\\n[n conclusion we may say Deering has\\nalways will remain an agricultural town butit can\\nbe -aid to her credit that she has paid liabilities, in-\\ncluding tl of the late civil war, to the amount of\\nmore than thirty thousand dollars, raised by taxation,\\nand i- to w substantiall) out ot debt.\\nChurch History. The history of the church in\\nDeering is so thoroughly identified and interwoven\\nwith that ofthe town, especially in the earlier portion\\nof the same, that it is difficult to draw the line be-\\ntween them. Deering, like many of her sister-towns,\\ndrew her first settler- from the earlier Scotch-Irish\\nsettlements of Chester and Londonderry. Not a few\\nof them were born in Ireland, emigrating to the latter\\ntowns, and then, after a short stay, removing to settle\\nin Deering. They carried with them the religious\\nbelief- and tendencies peculiar to those people, and\\nno sooner had they established themselves in their\\nhumble homes than they made provision according\\nto their means for having public worship. These\\nmeetings were held in private dwellings and barns.\\nFrom three to six days preaching were all the town\\nwas abh to pay for during the first decade in the\\nhistorj of the town. The town voted in 177 to\\nsettle a minister ai a convenient season. No minis-\\nter, however, was presented with a call for ten years\\nafterward-. A movement was made in 1780 to erect\\na meeting-house. Nothing came about, however,\\nimiiI 1786 when the town voted to build a house\\nfifty-five feet lone, forty-five feet wide, two stories\\nhigh, with a convenient porch at each end. Two\\nyears previous to thi- vote a dispute arose in relation\\nto the location of the nieeting-hou-e, the centre ofthe\\ntown being found, by a committee chosen for this\\npurpose, after an actual survey, to be near where the\\ntild of Albert Gregg are novt located. The in-\\nhabitant- of the town not being aide to agree upon\\nthis locality to set the meeting-house, it became\\nto petition, through the selectmen, Evan\\nDow and James Whitaker, the General Court lor a\\ncommittee to locate the same. Captain Joseph Si-\\ninond- John Duncan and Robert Wallace were ap-\\npointed June 12. 17*4. This committee attended to\\ntheir duties, and July 5, 17*4. reported a- follows:\\ni.e. |..,i.i. i 1 1 1 the place to build meeting-house\\ninsaidTown meet, and lj\u00c2\u00bb-n m.-.mii- tie V\\nArguments, Report that Eastofthi eutor; about\\n15 Rods South-East of James Shearei -I. use, on Elifelet Merrill s tote,\\nand ab.mt tiv Rod- Suth of the Road through the Centor of Range s\\nRight, said Ha. being Marked, whii h is submitted by the Committee.\\nPH SYMONDS,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0655.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe next year. 1785, the town voted to petition the\\nGeneral Court to giant a tax on the non-resident\\nlands within the limits of their territory (many of the\\nproprietors or their heirs still holding large traets\\nwhich were constantly increasing in value). This\\nwas done through the selectmen, Nenian Aiken,\\nAlexander I ircgg and Samuel Anderson. An act was\\npassed November 4. 17s granting a tax of one penny\\nper acre on all lands, except those owned by Quakers.\\nThe town voted in 17*7 to .dear the lot selected for\\nthe meeting-house, identified as the place where the\\ntown-house now stands, including the common above.\\nAt the annual meeting in March, 1788, the town\\nvoted to layout the certificates in the hands of the\\ncommittee tor underpinning the meeting-house for\\nLumber, etc\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\.,ie,l. also, that each Surveyor f highways ei with all his hands\\nIn his Districl i ..xiii- an .1 laviiii: out the atone for\\nrnderpinilig the Me. titig-h.iise. ami that the s. 1. rt M.-u appoint the\\nday for each Surveyor to work in his\\nVoted, to Raise 4-i Dollars, or twelve pounds, to be paid in Grain,\\nUye at four shillings per hush., and Indian corn at three shillings per\\nImsh., to buy Nails\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tin- ..nutiil tee fur pre pat nm 1..1 i: umiu th. t-\\ning-house to purchase the same.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, held March 18th, the same\\nyear, the town voted to purchase tour barrels of rum\\ntor raising the meeting-house, and the committee pro-\\nmeal of victuals tot spectators on the town s\\nCost.\\npa] -i\\\\t Dollars worth of the Grain for Raising the\\nMeeting-house by thi first day ol H;n \\\\t, 1 tl thcr hundred dol-\\nlars voted to be paid in Grain at or before the fifteenth of August next.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii have said (.[.im at Ll. Alex i.iv-i; Ml.\\nThomas Merrill s or apt. Robert Aim. k s.\\nThere not being considered a sufficient number of\\nmen competent to assist in the raising of the meeting-\\nbouse frame within the limits of the town, invitations\\nwere extended to the adjoining towns for help. The\\ncall was responded to, and on the day appointed Un-\\npeople of the town assembled, together with those\\ninvited from outside, and the body of the house\\nframe was raised the first day without accident,\\nleaving the roof to be raised on the following day.\\nThose from out of town were quartered for the night\\namong the inhabitants, each one taking one or more\\nof the strangers, accordingto their means of accommo-\\ndation, and on the following day the raising of the\\nframe was completed. It was not until two years\\nafterwards, however. 1790, that the house was closed\\nin, and the pews put in, and the whole structure\\nplaced in a suitable condition for religious worship.\\nRev. Solomon More, of New Boston, and Rev. Jon-\\nathan Barnes, of Hillsborough, organized the first\\nchurch in the year 17* The Congregational form\\nof government was adopted. It was, as is alleged,\\nconstituted of nine persons, all males, five bj letters\\nfrom other churches and four by profession. The\\ntown voted to extend a call about the -anif time to\\nRev. Mr. Gillet to settle with them at ninety pounds, as\\na setl lenient, and sixty-live pounds as an annual salary.\\nThe call was not accepted, and after a lapse of two\\nyears the form of church government was changed to\\nPresbyterian.\\nThe town also voted tit this time to give Rev. Dan-\\niel Merrill a call by a majority of two. The church\\ndid not acquiesce in this call; hut Mr. Merrill was\\nemployed for a season to preach, and under his labors\\nfifty persons were added to the church, the most ol\\nwhom were heads of families. After five years under\\nthe Presbyterian the church returnedtotheirorigin.il\\niigrcgational form of government.\\nIn 1798 the church extended a call to Rev. Chris-\\ntopher Page to settle as minister. The town acquiesced\\nand voted Mr. Page seventy pounds salary and twenty-\\nfive cords of wood, or eighty pounds exclusive of the\\nwood. Although .Mr. Page did uol accept the call,\\nhe preached here for a time.\\nFor two years after Mr. Page removed the town\\nvoted, respectively, one hundred and one hundred and\\nfifty dollars to hire preaching; but it is uncertain\\nwhether those sums were expended for that purpose.\\nNo steady supply of the pulpit was secured after\\nMr. Page s departure until 1800, when Mr. David\\nLong received a call, which he did not accept, al-\\nthough he preached a lew months.\\nIn 1801, Rev. Mr. Sleigh was invited by the town\\nto become their settled minister.\\nThe church was opposed to his settlement, while\\nthe majority of the town strongly favored him.\\nThrough the agency ot certain ministers, it is said,\\nanother church was formed, over which Mr. Sleigh\\nwas installed. He continued his labors with this\\nchurch until lso7. when he was dismissed at his own\\nrequest, and his church soon became extinct.\\nInthemean time the old orthodox church had kept\\nup its organization by having occasional preaching\\nand the administration of the Lord s Supper.\\nThe town, from thi- time up to 1819, as has been\\nstated elsewhere, raised annually small sums of money\\nto hire preaching.\\nThe year 1819 marks the date of the passage of the\\nToleration Act.\\nThe men who labored here alter the removal of .Mr.\\nSleigh were Rev. James Richards, afterwards a foreign\\nmissionary. Rev. Jabez Fisher supplied the pulpit\\nfor about five years. During his labors fifteen were\\nadmitted to the church by profession. After his re-\\nmoval there were only occasional and interrupted\\nsupplies until 1829, when Rev. Eber Chi Ids became\\npastor of the church, until dismissed, by his own re-\\nquest, in 1834.\\nRev. Peter Holt succeeded Mr. Childs in 1835, con-\\ntinuing bis connection with the church as pastor\\nuntil 1840.\\nAfter a period of three years Rev. William Rich-\\nardson was installed. He was dismissed, at his own\\nrequest, in 1*47, in consequence of an affection of his\\neyes He removed to Manchester, N. H., and be-\\ncame interested in real estate, thereby acquiring a\\nlarge property, Both he and his wife, an estimable", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0656.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "DEERING.\\nlady, are deceased, leaving no issue. Rev. Edmund\\nBurt labored here two years after Mr. Richardson^\\ndeparture.\\nHe was succeeded by Rev.Wm. Gale, who remi I\\nthree years, during which period be succeeded in or-\\nganizing an academy, which has been at various\\ntimes quite an effective means of education to the\\nyouth of the town.\\nRev. James W. Perkins, to whose article in the\\nNew Hampshire Churches we are indebted for\\nsome portions of this sketch, began his ministry with\\nthis church in 1854. After Mr. Perkins ministry,\\nwhich was closed on account of his feeble health,\\nRev. Mr. Nutting supplied the pulpit for one year,\\nfollowed by Rev. Samuel Gerould in 1859, suo ei ded\\n1 Rev. E. F. Abbot.\\nRev. Morris Holman preached to this church for\\nBeveral years, and in 1877, Rev. A. B. rainier was the\\nstated supply; in 1878, C. 1 1. Taintnr no meeting in\\n1880; in 1881, H. C. Cowell, also in 1882; in 1883,\\nRodney Cochran; in 1884, George A. Dickey. The\\norganization of this old church has become extinct or\\nnearly so.\\nIn 1829 the old meeting-house was abandoned as a\\nplace of worship, the orthodox society building a\\nnew one a few rods farther to the north, within the\\nlimits of the common. At this time there existed\\nipiite a numerous class of people at the easterly part\\nof the town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Methodists, Free-will Baptists, eti\\nwho had no place of worship. They made a propo-\\nsition to the town, at a special meeting called for the\\nabove purpose, to finish up the old bouse and occupj\\nit for public worship. The town voted to relinquish\\ntheir right to the old house and give the new society\\nthree hundred dollars towards the expense of build-\\ning a new town-house, provided the latter incurred\\nthe remaining expenditure. This proposition would\\nprobably have been accepted, but a new and unex-\\npected opposition now arose. Many of the pew-\\nowners in the old house refused to give up their right\\nand title, although no longer occupied by them. The\\nmeeting broke up with much ill-feeling on the part\\nof both parties, ami a society was immediately formed\\nat Eas1 Deering, under the name and title of tin-\\nFree Salvation Society, and in December, 1829, a\\nplat of land was purchased of James or Amos Peaslee\\nfor a church site, and the next year Mr. Reuben Lov-\\neren built, by contract, the church now standing at\\nEast Deering, as he had the one at the Centre the\\nyear before. For many years the Methodists and\\nFree-will Baptists held, alternately, meetings, and also\\nthe Universalists, who owned a share in the house.\\nThe Baptist and Universalist societies ha\\\\c l-c\\nextinct, while the Methodist society hold- regular\\nmeetings every Sabbath, A. B. Russell being the\\npresent pastor.\\nBurying-Grounds. On the easterly -lope of Wolf\\nHill, in full view from the little village of the Centre,\\nwhich it overlooks, is located the old burying-ground\\nwhich marks the last resting-place of many of tiie\\nfirst settlers of Deering. tradition points out a spot\\nin the southeast corner of the grounds where the\\nskeleton of a man was discovered lying beneath a fallen\\ntree. \\\\n axe near by and several felled trees, inclu-\\nding the one which rested on the body, indicated that\\nhe had commenced a clearing, interrupted by the\\naccident through which lie lost his life. The dei r-\\nskin breeches he had worn were recognizable, but no\\ntrace of his identity was ever found, and his remain-\\nwere interred near the place where they were found.\\nHe was supposed to be some fugitive from justice or a\\ndeserter from the tinny. It soon after occurred to the\\nsettlers to use this locality as a burying-place for their\\ndead, and on September 15, 1783, the town voted to\\ngive Bray Wilkins seven dollars for Clearing and fenc-\\ningthe graveyard according to law. This old bury-\\ning-ground is full of graves, with but few headstone-,\\nand the names of most of those interred there must be\\nforever unknown.\\nA burying-ground was laid out in the eastern part\\nof the town on the south end of lot No. 13, Ringe s\\nright. At the annual meeting in 1785 the town voted\\nthat Nat Cove have four dollars and three-quarters\\nfor clearing and fencing the same.\\nIn 1811, John llogdon, of Weare, gave to the\\ntown of Deering one-half :m acre of lam!, li\\nthe west part of the town, by the side of the old turn-\\npike, for to he used as a burying-ground, Ebenezer\\nGay, David Ellingwood, Samuel Morrill, the commit-\\ntee chosen by the town, giving bonds to fence and\\nkeep in repair the same forever. These conditions\\nhave been complied with up to the present time and\\nthe area of tlie original grounds enlarged.\\nIn 1851 a inn burying-ground was laid out near the\\nchurch at East Deering, and which has lately been\\nenlarged.\\nIn 1825 the town purchased of Isaac Wilkins about\\none acre for a burying-ground. It is located on the farm\\nof Andrew Wilkins, No. 7. in the south range, Packer s\\nright. These ground- were enlarged a tew years ago\\nto meet the necessities of the population in that part\\nof tic town.\\nR Ucock, about the year 1809 or 1810, laid\\nout a family burying-ground near the residence of the\\nlate Luke Otis, giving at the same time a plot of land\\nadjoining the same as a public burying-place, pro-\\nvided the town would assume the expense of fencing.\\netc. The proposition was accepted, and large addi-\\ntions have been made to it by private enterprise, the\\nhitter additions being utilized by the population of\\nHillsborough Bridge, one-third of a mile distant.\\nNotices and Genealogies of the Earlier Settlers\\nof Deering.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alexander Robinson, the first settler of\\nDeering, settled on the farm now owned and occupied\\nby William T. Smith. This farm is in the south\\nrange of Ringe s right, or No. We can find no\\ntrai eof hi- famih Cut we learn from the town records\\nthat he offered the town his property, provided the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0657.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlatter would take car% of himself and wife. The\\nproposition was not accepted.\\nWilliam Forsaith, said to be the second settler in\\nDeering, came from Chester. He settled on the Lot\\nwest of that tit the David Wilson farm, which is in\\nthe north range of the great lot or right No. 11.\\nHe married Jane Wilson, sister of David Wilson, who\\nsettled .n the lot east of tin- above-described lot.\\nHis children were,\\nMathew, win: married Jennie ^1\\nIlium, w I... nmi i i. .l JiMin I,\\\\ i,d-h,.i .11 li\\nMaty, whn married llu.-li M..i. I i aiire tou n.\\nl l Jame, 1m] -:illh, wli.. mall led Nam V o| :iilh, ,d Hi. -LM\\n10 I orsaitli main. -J \\\\.i in i I mtteih, Id. ..i (;...ff-t \\\\v:i\\nJenniemarried Jonathan 1: i 1. il\u00c2\u00abi..wn\\nEsther married Reuben w il-.n, N. m Hilton\\nRobert married Nancy I aulwcll, jf H.-nuiker.\\nu lied a huh in Boston, Ma s.\\nSarah married Reuben Page, ol Wears.\\n,f,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,rl,.i\u00e2\u0080\u009e \\\\,ii,,-\u00c2\u00bbi f,.uth.\\nWilliam Foi aiil, twi m .omd.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 first tn Lydia Downing; nd,\\nrgts, Cbildr.-n l.\\\\ tu-t mania- Marill 1\\nCharli Cod man sec i, Ja Richards, ol Goffstown Ursula married\\nS Dow Wyman, of Hillsborough, tti Forsaith has resided iu Deering\\nwhole of his active and useful life, and, alt!\\nId, -till retains his fa- tilth a so as to relate m u.\\\\ im idente\\nwin. h l.,nk pla- 111 In- ill} lit aii-1 consa-.juently in tin earlier hi l iy\\nof the town, Herein i that his grandfather, William 1 1\\nhi rti I- bis farm in Deering,\\na task that n. t niaiiv v\u00c2\u00ab nn- men would like to undertake even on a\\nAlfred marnnl 11, Main. .nt i died tin 1\\nN,i,.mi married I ;i\\\\ id\\nI illiam Mi_Feisi.ii.\\nWoldend married in M dne\\nEmiline married Jeremiah M.-nrn-r.\\nJ.-siah marn.il in U.ni .1 i- iil.-v IV;i.\\n1/ md Jt Forsaith\\nr\\\\ William Forsaith married 1 a the mm K s f l.\\\\ ndehm.\\n\\\\l \\\\andria. N. H.\\nMar iMiih.l I I j U M iv. ,if liancstOWli.\\nDavid married Nairny Mill*, daughter of Robert Mills,\\n1 -I Betsy Wilson, daughter of Uexandei Wilson, who set-\\ntled the farm now occupied i William Forsaith.\\nMargaret married Samuel Bell.\\nLucinda married John Wilkins.\\nZiba removed to New Jfork\\nj rus removed w est.\\nDai i i si ttli i in Stoughton, Mass.\\nSallj man led Hi a. e Grove 1 1\\nMathew married Elzira Wilkins.\\nairi. -1 M.uv Fii-^ ith died in the war\\nMini in i ahtoiiiia.\\n.lames, mimai ri.-d n.-si.h- 111 I\\nSquire uiari led I olby residi in Antrim.\\nWarren lives in the Wesl\\nHorace married a daugh ter of John Gage; resides in Manchester,\\nN II.\\nSamuel Patten settled the farm now occupied by\\nJoseph N. Gove and Gteorge C. Patten. He bought\\nthree adjacent lots of land viz., Nos. 20, 2\\\\ and 22\\nin the smith range of the Atkinson right, the last-\\nnumbered, lot 22, being his first purchase, and is\\nworthy of notice a beiny. the earliest deed to actual\\nsettlers found on record of land within the limits of\\nthe town. The date of the deed is April 10, 1770. It\\nis tin- only deed of land in Deering recorded in Rock-\\ningham County. He married Pr is cilia More in Ire-\\nland; came to Marblehead, Mass., in 1766, his wife\\njoining him in 1768 with a child six years old, and\\nremoved the same year to settle on the above-\\ndescribed lot.\\nChildren oj Samuel Patten.\\nJonathan, born in Ireland, married Abigal Blood.\\nJohn died unmarried.\\nSamuel Patten married Hannah B \u00c2\u00bbi l* of Londonderry.\\nBetsy married Aaron Travis.\\nPollj died unmarried.\\nJesse married Tolly *.vw settled in IleimiUer, N. II.\\nlil Patten.\\nEsther married Hiram Ilnni settled in Neport, N. H.\\nDavid married Alme Tnhh- cftled in Hancock, X. U.\\nJo ban married Phila Hurd.\\nM;.i\\\\ mat i Led Edward Chase.\\nAbigail married l a\\\\id Wilkin-\\nEliza married v. Eh.mv.r-i ha-\\nuj S Im\\nJ. din married Mary Kimball.\\nSamuel married Lydia Whitaker.\\nSophronia married Henry i odman\\nr g.\\ni\\nPatter\\nEliza died mimai i i. l\\nAlonzomarrie i I\\nMi lisBa mai i\\nPriscilla married I aniel II. -k\\nJes-i married Sarah 1\\nSamuel married Hannah Lacy.\\nMary married Caleb Philbro\\nOilman married Lncretia l .row a\\nReuben married Eunice Steal as\\nhildren I Jonathan PkUa Patten\\nN\\\\ ih. mai il -d Ji.si pb Stearn-. Jr.\\nI hila married I\u00c2\u00bba\\\\id i ha e settled in Henniker, N. II.\\n.1 Benjamin Martin d\\nIM ward mat ried M n ..nalit Mim-ved West.\\nSarah married Mark Pe islet d o ased\\nJohn remcved West and married there.\\ni Im .Im m n,,, I M tj Putt* u.\\no e-.r-e married Lnn i; r I .\\\\vn. X. II.\\nNan.y S. mart i-. I J. dm N i nine, -rtll.-d in Mamliester, N. II.\\nChildren oj Alan o Patten.\\nEdwin settled in I aliforni i\\nJoseph is a physician and resides in Bethlehem, N. H.\\nnd Lnrij A. Patten.\\nWilliam H. Patten married Vehma E. Hod-e.\\nHelen L.\\nSusie II. man i- .1 i thi n S II I, Manchester, N. H.\\nNote.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The family of George 0. Patten are all that remains of the\\nPattens in Deei\\nWilliam McKeen, one of the first settlers of Deer-\\ningj was the son of Samuel McKeen, who settled in\\nAmherst, N. H. His father was a brother of James\\nMcKeen, of Londonderry, known as Justice McKeen.\\nThe ancestor of the McKeens was James McKeen.\\nwho lived in Ireland. He was a zealous Protestant\\nand took part in the defense of Londonderry. He\\nhad three sons, .lames. John and William. The\\nwife of John, whose name was Janet, had by him four\\nchildren, James. Robert, Samuel and Mary. He\\nintended to emigrate with his brother James, but died", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0658.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "DEERING.\\n375\\nbefore the embarkation. His widow, however, with\\nher four children, came over with the other emigrants.\\nHer son Samuel, as above stated, had by his wife,\\nwhose aame was Agnes,a numerous family. William\\nwas the sixth son, and married Ann Graham or\\nGrimes, a sister of Francis Grimes, one of the earlier\\nsettlers of Deering. They had six sons and four\\ndaughters,\\nJohn married Ann RaniBy, Greentiel. I V II.\\nDavid married Nancy Ferscn, Deering, X. II.\\nRobert married Sally Barnes, I ring, N 11.\\nWilliam, Jr., married Lydia lla.ll.~k, Deering, N 11.\\nMuses never married.\\nSamuel never married.\\nRose married Clough, Whitefield, X. II.\\nMary married Withington.\\nBetsy married William McNeil, Rockingham, Vt.\\nmai I.\\nAgnes never married.\\nChildren of Willi Jr., and Lydia McKeen.\\nWalter married Leonora Gould, Hillsborough, X. II.\\nAlbert married Vienna Paine, r- llingbam, Mass.\\nNathan main. .I Susan Iliil.l.aid. an li V H-\\nLevi married lane- Ma\u00e2\u0080\u0094 j Saahua, S II\\nJ. C. Dodge died young.\\nSarah married W. Dickey, Deering.N. II.\\nChild Uberl and Vienna McKeen.\\nFrank A. married Clara Bowers.\\nSusie A. married G ge H. Andrews.\\nMary E. marriedJ. N Ind)\\nIf Keen.\\nLeonard married vngeliue Di.-kev. I rue. N. II\\nElbridge inane- 1 Bret, Jane Colbj second, Colbj\\nAilaline married Galusha Smith, Boston, Mass.\\nNote.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The name of McKeen has become extinct in D. ei In\\nWilliam and Thomas Aiken were two of the first\\nsettlers of Deering. They were grandsons of Edward\\nAiken, who emigrated, like the MeKeens, from the\\nnorth of Ireland about the year 1722, and settled in\\nLondonderry. He had three sons, Nathaniel, James\\nand William. Nathaniel settled on his father s farm,\\nand had five sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward, John, James, Thomas\\nand William. The two latter settled, as above stated,\\nin Deering. William settled the farm occupied by\\nthe late Levi White, and Thomas settled the lot just\\nwest of William s. William died when about fifty-\\nthree years of age. rhomasdied in 1831, aged eighty-two\\nyears. He was a good mechanic; he made wheels for\\nspinning linen, reeds, spools, etc. His old shop is\\nstill standing, and many of his wheels are still extant.\\nWilliam and Thomas each bad a son John. William s\\nson had light hair, while Thomas son had dark hair.\\nTo distinguish them, therefore, they were known re-\\nspectively, as red John and black John. Red John\\nhad a large family, only two of which are now living,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Electa, widow of the late David Wilson, of Deering,\\nand Joseph, who lives in Cambridge, Mass. The\\nnamesof those deceased were! :il vin, William, Martha,\\nRelief, Luther, Harriett, Rebecca, Jane.\\nThe children of Black John were Elmira, Cyrus,\\nCaroline, Hermon, Fanny,. Tames. Hannah, a daughter\\nof William Aiken, married John Gillis. of Deering,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nhis farm joined Thomas Aiken s on the west. The\\nchildren of John and Hannah Gillis were William\\nAiken Gillis, Thomas, Worcester, John, David, Horace,\\nHannah, who married Reuben Boutwell, is now a\\nwidow and lives in Hillsborough, N. H. .Mark, James\\nM. and Charles are not living.\\nThe name of Aiken as well as Gillis is now extinct\\nin Keeling.\\nDavid Wilson settled the farm known for more than\\na century as the David Wilson place. The house\\nnow -landing on the farm was built by him in 1786.\\nHis children were\\n.lames married Mary Mi Neil.\\nBetsy married John Grimes.\\nJenny married Josiah M. i\\nNancy married Hugh Bell.\\nHammh married, first, Robert Gibson nd, J imee hran.\\nSally married tirst. Hill second, Dustin\\nSusan marn.-d Nathan Mi,i.l..iigh.\\nDavid, Jr., married first, Jenny Dickey; od, Margai I e\\nEli/.a, who died at the age of nineteen,\\nsally, who died at the age of three.\\nHannah married James l ursaitu.\\nSarah M. married Luther Aiken.\\nDavid l\\\\ tnarrie.l Electa Aiken.\\nSusan married George Smart.\\nMary, who died at the age of seventeen\\nJames, who died at the a\\nWilliam D. married Sarah I hase.\\nily child of David and Margaret Wilson\\nmarried George A. Ramsdell, of Nas\\nThe 01\\nEliza D..\\nX. H.\\nReuben Loveren settled the farm now occupied by\\nRobert P. Cressey. His father, Ebenezer Loveren, of\\nKensington, purchased, in 1773 and 1774, several lots\\nofland in Atkinson s right, in Deering, notably lot\\n25, in the north range, identified as the lot on which\\nthe farm buildings now stand. Also, partoflot27\\ntwenty acres in the south range, identified as the lot\\non which the farm buildings stand on the Josiah Lov-\\nerenplace. Reuben Loveren came and settled on lot\\n25 about the year 1777, being seventeen years of age.\\nHe laid his camp bj the side of a large, boulder\\nstill recognizable, east of the highway leading by the\\nbuildings half-way between the highway and Dudley\\nBrook. Although be died iii 1815, at the early ago of\\nfifty-five, the hug.- bouse on the premises, and the\\nmassive stone fences or walls which cover this large\\nand noble old homestead bear witness to his industry\\nand energy. He married Sarah Hilliard, and bad a\\nnumerous family,\\nDollj ma I mi l Rowell, oi Deering.\\nsall married Daniel Gove, i Weare.\\nEbenezei married Annie Rowell removed to Medford, Mass.\\nElizabeth married Robert G lale died the\\ni I I., al. all. I-. n. lli i.kmt..n, X. II.\\n..Mi\\nDani-1 married, iirst. Kl-ie I.astniali. nf Weare i. v.d 1\\nm, where married again, Mi-. Nan. y l ...lg\u00c2\u00bb.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0659.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLrried Martha Whittle, .1 l\u00c2\u00bb-nn_, til 1 .t I.ilUK.n.u\\nBridge, N. I!\\n.iii.-.j 1,1i/;,Im il, dm i,|,.. {it HilMiuruiigh Bridge,\\nN H.\\nhUdren of i [nnie 1\\nnamed elenda ram, of Weare.\\nAlvah married Matilda Smith,\\ni;. i.iU-n iimrrie.l Uh.-ii. .\u00c2\u00abim;in. f Hillsbun.\u00c2\u00bbuj;li.\\nKavid married -.ettle.1 in M.-dn.rd, Mas-\\nNancy married Richardson.\\nA.bram Gove, of Kensington, settled on the farm of\\nBenjamin L. Bartlett in 1774. This farm is identified\\nas Lot 26, in the north range of the Atkinson righl\\nor lot 14; he purchased the lot settled by .John\\nShearer, known as the farm on which Charles F.\\nGove now lives, removing there the same year. He\\nwas a man of great energy and industry, and soon\\nhad his farm fenced with stonewall. He became a\\nlarge Landholder; built a large house similar to the\\none on the Loveren farm adjoining. He had a\\nnumerous family, and married Mary Nudd, of Ken-\\nsington.\\ni\\nSarah married Nathaniel baa\\nNanna married Juii -s pin-v^l WV-t\\na inathan married Roll] i\\nAbram, Jr., married N\\nSamuel married \\\\u_.i..:\\nMary died unmarried.\\ni Hoodj Cakin.\\nP-dly married .l. l.-itten\\nLydia never married.\\nVJn-w/.-y married \\\\;tn. ll.\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abi II\\nr,._-nj;imin married Mary Walla, e\\n.k-minm married (.anliei I I\\nChildri\\n1 Hi. hard Manalian.\\n\\\\lmiia married Th .mi\u00c2\u00bb..ii M.hmI\\nJemima married Joseph i i\\nI\\nJennie married Giles Alcock.\\nhtldr, n oj Sai 1 I Ah\\nl; 4n.-v married Naney Smitli.\\nae Mcock.\\nJuseph marrie.l Annlla rani.\\n1\\nTwo died in infancy.\\nEliza married, first, William VVhittli nd, Stephei Downing.\\nu .tii \\\\ni] man Led, m Im Hoyet.\\nlied unmarried,\\nhildren of B njo\\nMary Ann married Enoch Hadley.\\nlinn rneld settled in the West\\n.Maria married I .i-r -Ttled in tlie e-t\\nBe\\nlialnili 1 i\\nmini Melissa Patti u; settled in the\\nWee\\nHi\\nH\\nzabetb.\\ni h\\nirlea F. ma\\nried Amelia YTordswi i-th\\nl til\\nold\\n\u00c2\u00bbni lied in in!:i n. i\\nJohn Shearer settled the farm now owned by\\nCharles F. Gove, soon after Samuel Patten settled 22,\\nwhich bounds it on the west. These two lots are in\\nthe north range- of Atkinson s right, while the Alex-\\nin. I, i Hogg farm (now owned by Scott Bailey, of\\nWeare) is in the south range of the same right, and is\\nlot -7. It is worthy of mention that these three lots\\nwere measured out and sold to Samuel Patten, John\\nShearer and Alexander Hogg, respectively, before the\\nsurvey of Atkinson s right had been completed and\\nthe lots numbered. John .Shearer sold his lot in\\n1774. as above mentioned, receiving in exchange lot\\nNo. 26, of Abram Gove. A few years afterwards he\\nsold the latter lot to Samuel Shearer, his brother.\\nThe latter built the grist-mill owned by the late\\nJonathan Runnals. Samuel Dunlap operated this\\nmill for Samuel Shearer for several years.\\nEbenezer Loveren, the brother of Reuben Loveren,\\nsettled on the Josiah Loveren place about the same\\ntime bis brother came to Deering, in 1777. He built\\nthe large house il the premises, -till standing, and\\nthe lot on which it is built is identified as lot No. 27\\n(twenty acres), in the south range of Atkinson s\\nright. No. 14. The land south of the buildings anil\\nthe highway which separates Atkinson s and Hinge s\\ngreat rights, or lots Nos. 13 and 14. and which be-\\nlongs to this old homestead, is recognized as lot No.\\n15 in the north range of Binge s right, while the\\nland belonging to the same homestead, lying west of\\nthe lot 27 (twenty acres), is identified as lots 26 and\\n25 in the south range of Atkinson s right.\\nEbenezer married Eunice Hadlock. His children\\nwere.\\nh I... ni \\\\j ril J IT J died \\\\..im_.\\nJohn married lui-.i Richardson settled on the old hone -Oil\\nBetty, died i\\nSural irried Joshua Downing settled in Peering.\\nBenjamin married Esthet Bartlett: settled in Hopkintou. II,\\nI hildn,, J,./oi\\nJ -ia!i tried, first, Asanatli Orogg; second, Nancy I calnxly now\\n.-.-tth-.l in Antrim, X.\\nI.\\nK Eunice main. -I .1\\nii. -.1 ll-iinik-r ttled in M\\nHannah\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I k liul- settled in Maine\\ni lariasa marri 1 Hi\\nOn G IV. n D settled in Warner, X.\\nEbei i mai ried S\\n-in r.i\\\\v -.Ttled in tin- West.\\nKm. due- lost her li\\nthn.iiL h an i id. lit when .il ait\\nAlexander Gregg, the son of Hugh Gregg, who\\nemigrated from Ireland, settled the farm now occu-\\npied by John Wallace. His buildings were located\\nnear the great reservoir dam the old well and the\\nremains of the cellar excavations are still recogniza-\\nble. He built the mill at the outlet of the pond. The\\nold mill litis lung since disappeared, but the old mill-\\ndam still remained until removed to make place for\\nthe reservoir dam. Alexander Gregg married Mary\\nCristie, who was born in Ireland. Their children\\nwere.\\nJan.- died Bingle\\nH 1 1 1 1 1 1\\ni .1 Ha I tfille nl I -leu, N. II.\\nAlexander died single.\\ni .1 Judith Hadlock.\\nSamuel married Lydia Dodge Rattled on the old homestead.\\nn:i.i mat lied Kims Merrill settled in Weare, S II\\nReuben removed West, married died at Honona, I. ova. in 1 370.\\ntames Knlton.\\ni single\\nAsenitli married Josiah I... volet] settled in Peering, N II.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0660.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "DEERING.\\nSamuel married Al.l.y Wyman.\\nI.i, ha 11 1 married Umoe Fairfield Bettled in Antrim, N. 11.\\nRebecca died single.\\nCMMrm Jama and JndW\\nCristie married Mary Men ill.\\nLydia married SI\\nThe children of Peter C. and Mary Gregg were\\nDavid, Nancy, Mary Ann, Jane, Reuben (who mar-\\nried Catharine Gregg, of Deering), Robert, Samuel,\\nEmily, Cristie.\\nThe brother of Alexander Gregg, Reuben Gregg,\\nsettled on lots No. 15 and 16, in the north range of\\nbig lot No. 11, the former recognizable as the\\nReuben Gregg place and the latter as the Hugh\\nGregg Place. He built the saw-mill and grist-mill,\\nwhich supplied the wants and needs of that part of\\nthe town for many years. Those mills long since\\ndisappeared.\\nReuben Gregg married, first, a sister of Alexander\\nWilson. Their children were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHue], marrie.l Marj-aret 1 settled the farm of It F. Cleveland\\n(lot No. M).\\nThomas marrie.l Mary Currier; settled en the Klijali l.amh farm\\nMary married Page\\nmd Betsy i 1 single.\\nReuben, for second wife, married a Miss Houston.\\nTheir children were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNaiiey marrie.l .leiiathan Nesinith settle. 1 in .Vntriui, N\\\\ 11.\\nAlexander inarm-. i Kel.ee. a Wilkins.\\nHarriet.\\nHouston.\\nJamee married Hannah Whitaker; went West.\\nJohn marrie.l Betsy Dodge died fr xposure in il pen air.\\nMilton married IVasley settled in lletmiker, N. H.\\nThomas Bailey settled the farm of Thomas Merrill,\\nusually designated as the John Wilkins farm. He\\ncame from Weare and married (unknown).\\nN. II.\\nof James md Banke Fulton.\\nRobert Fulton, of Francestown. married Sarah\\nBrown. He, in L786, bought lot No. 10, south range,\\nMason s big lot No. 11, of .lames Graham, and iu\\n1797 lot Xo. 11, in the same.\\nChildren of 1 I S h Fallon.\\nAlexander.\\nsamiiel iie\\\\.-i inairie.i 1 1 .e ne,l the s-rond si .iv iii Deering, in the\\nvicinity of the in .lame. I -a.th ],i:i .lied al the residence oi hii\\nbrother James, on the old b -lend, in 1849.\\n.1 nied Hannah Faiilknei settled mi il M homestead.\\nBradford, N. H.\\ngle.\\nI the ..id lee\\nW. married, first, l.aui;\\nEbenezer Lock, son of Ebenezer Lock and Elizabeth,\\nhis wife, of Woburn, Mass., was horn 1734; married\\nLucy Wood.\\nlie had three sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer, Jonathan and Ben-\\njamin,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all of whom settled in Heeling and died there.\\nEbenezer, the father, discharged the first gun at Lex-\\nington, Mass., upon the British troops, April 19, 1775.\\nworking away some ten minutes before a shot was\\ntired elsewhere by the Americans. He served through\\nthe war as a private, and some years later joined his\\nsons in Deering, living with his youngest son, Ben-\\njamin, and died 1816.\\nChildren e. r/.. n nd Lucy Lock.\\nJonathan married Lu. v Brooks, of Woburn, Mass During thi Revo\\nD nental i ause as mariner. When he came to\\nDeering he settled on the farm now owned by Albert Hadlock. His\\nI e I I M ladlock.\\nli\u00e2\u0080\u009e n .,ei married Mollii Eastman, ot Weare. Their childrren were\\nI i [i e d e.im-i, Reuben and Charles. The father served in the\\nContinental army and was wounded in the knee. He died fr he\\neffects of this wound after Borne years of suffering, a pension helping him\\nsupport his family Aftei his decease his widow removed with her two\\nReuben and Charles, to Pennsylvania.\\nBenjamin, third son of Ebenezer, was born 1765.\\nHe married Anna Eastman, of Weare. He enlisted\\nin the Continental service in 1780, at the age of fif-\\nteen, and served until the (dose of the war. The farm\\nfinally settled upon by him is recognized astheone on\\nwhich Wm. Whitaker now lives.\\ni children of Bi rtjamin and I una I\\nEbenerei married Sarah Bartletl Bettled in I, \u00c2\u00bbti i\\nmarried Betsy Bartlett, of Wear.\\nairied l.v.lia Johnson, of Weare.\\nrued Colonel John Bartlett, still\\nI Sol Bartlett.\\nef II\\nv, bos ly survii ing child is James\\nhe farm now occupied by\\nilly Hop-\\nGillmai\\nWhitaker ii\\n1784.\\nHe married\\nkins, ot Chariest. iwn\\nMass.\\ni\\nStephi\\ni single.\\nStephen\\ndied young.\\nam.-.! M ii base, settled\\nin Deering.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0661.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNancy married Christopher Simons, of Wonro, X. II.\\nLucy married Jonathan Ooodale i-tli, of I eering.\\nStephen married Sarah IVash-e; settled ii the mM homo-tcad.\\nJames married K /i.tli l l.:i-l.\\nCJiiWr. Loi ke.\\nStephen died i\\nlr.-na married .lain.-- Priest, WYare. X. II.\\nSabra married Gilbert small, Weare, X. H.\\nLewis X. married Haunt C. Kendall.\\nIra I), married U..11.1L Mushier\\nNancy E. married oilman Clough.\\nLorinda died young\\nLavina died in infancy.\\nKi\\nLevi. I., -Till living with hi- guardian, .hi.. Morrill.\\nOlivet married Mary I: Porter, settled in W.\\nAndrew .1. married Liz H G\\nLiicinda di .1\\nLucina married .lames K. Hinkley.\\nElbridge 1.. II. died in infancy\\nAlfred married Mary I. M\\nIrene It. died v. .mm\\nKcZiah M. died in infancy.\\nChild\\nFred E.\\nArthur W.\\nJames Whitaker. one of the first settlers ofDeer-\\ning, lefta large familv with his wife Susannah Simons,\\nof I [averhill, Mass.\\n[eaac settled in Maine.\\nSarah died single.\\nJeams married Marv Chase.\\nSusannah married. I -sse Whitaker, Wear...\\nJoseph settled in Maine.\\nMary married Samuel olcAIister.\\nPeter marri -.i s.u.,1.\\nJohn married three wives, first, L; Vnah Bickford;\\nthird, Kuth Killum.\\nBottiedied single.\\nX. !i lah married Pli\\nJonathan Inane d and -till d In V\\nWilli,\\n:1, .1 ollins.\\nmarried Abigail Collins.\\nili.nl,..\\nI.y.ii.i died\\nOilman married Lydia Xeal.\\nChUdt\\nHiram inalTied. first. Kllen Monroe; second, Han el\\nDavid settled in Lowell, .Mass.\\nSusannah married s X. II.\\nAbbie married Daniel Ihi\\\\ton, Ilenniker, X. H.\\nAurelia, still living vvnh her 1. nailer, Hiram, OD the old homestead.\\nOphelia mart [out 1\\nChildren of WvUm a.i S ir. fnitaker.\\nJohn J. died young.\\nThe only child of .lames ami Abigail Whitaker\\nliving is Mary E. Whitaker.\\nWilliam Chase, from Seabrook, X. E., settled the\\nfarm south of the old burj ing-ground, near East 1 eer-\\ning, l.cino- hit 14 in the south range of Ringe s\\nright. Through his industry and frugality he ac-\\ncumulated a large property. Besides his tanning in-\\nterests, lie carried n the business of a banker, loaning\\nmoney to all who gave good security. lie subse-\\nquently settled on the farm now owned by James F.\\nLock, and lived there until his death.\\nChildren of With.,,,, and I\\nMat v m. ii ried James Whitaker.\\nSally manned John DowtiJDg.\\nl.vdia mai ried John U hitaker.\\nNancy married Isaac Willkins.\\nAbigail married James Willkins.\\nBetey, Bingle.\\nRobert McFerson, of Ihester, settled the farm now\\nowned by Augustus Wilson, recognized as No.\\n15 in the north range of Atkinson s right. The\\ndate of bis deed is June 25, 177- fixing approxi-\\nmately the time of his settlement. He married Mary\\nCri.-tie, of Londonderry.\\nChildren of Robert I Mary Ml\\nSarah never married.\\nI I homes Mitrdough, .v. worth, X. H.\\nstat sea.\\ni I avid M\u00c2\u00ab Keen, settled in Antrim, X II.\\nI.i i VI nn.-t. settled in P.iliei:\\nWilliam McFerson, brother of Robert McFerson,\\nsettled in the south part of the town, on the farm\\nknown as the Witter Wilson place; removed to\\nCork (West Deering).at the foot of the Falls, so called,\\nand lived on the farm known as the Joe EllingwOod\\nplace. He married Mary Blair, and they had eight\\nchildren,\\nRob. n m\\nNew \\\\i rk.\\nSallj -ii\\nHannah P.iilterlield settled in New York.\\nI, Bret, Sallj Will\\ni, New Vork.\\nt, X. Y.\\nThe two brothers, William and Robert, fathers of\\nthe above families, served in the campaign against\\nBurgoyne; were at the battles of Lake George and\\nSaratoga. William was left in the woods on the\\nmarch as too sick to go on; but his brother Robert\\nfound and cand for him until be recovered.\\nJohn Bartlett settled the farm now owned by\\nrtlett. He married Hepzibath Stevens, in\\nChester, ami removed to Deering in 177::.\\n.h.hn and Hepzibath BarfleU.\\nied v i 1 i\\nJohn. Jr.. mailed Mary Sineus seltl.d in We\\nI lam. I married, lirst, Abigail Steven\\nII u\\nHepzibath lie\\nHepzibath married Jonathan Straw.\\nViui v married Putney.\\nI iied Putney.\\nSarah married Ebenezer Lock.\\nvim married J ssi Brown.\\nJohn married Sarah Sanborn, -.-ttl.-.l in Suuapee, N. II. His:\\nson was ih.- Hon. Charles II. Bartlett, f Manchester, X II.\\nSolum. .ii married, first, Hannah HadlOCk second, Lucy Lock.\\ni II- iiiamin I.overeri.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0662.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "379\\nlleheeea married Jesse Oollius.\\nGeorge married Polly Simons settled ii tin* i\\nIrena married Stephen Lowell.\\nGreeley married Sarah \\\\nn Gove,\\nChild Daniel Bart*\\nSolomon died young.\\nJohn married Anna Lock.\\nDaniel married Anna Loveren.\\nAbigail married [ie.ibeii l.oveien.\\nDorothy never married.\\nJosiali married Mat) (e.ve\\nKerenhappuch married Stephen Unwell.\\nLrastns Harvev uiatried S.uah Chase.\\nElinor married Parker Bartlett.\\nChildren\\nEnoch II. Rartl I man ii d Euldah Sleeper.\\nSolomon, unmarried.\\nI i.i, unmarried.\\nJ\u00e2\u0080\u009el\u00e2\u0080\u009e, and\\nAbigail, unmarried.\\nBenjamin I,., unmarried.\\nii and family, residing tin the old homestead;\\nrtlett, living on the old homestead Benjamin L. and Abi-\\ngail Bartlett, with their mother, Anna Bartlett Mrs. Josiah Bartlett,\\n,,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,_,,,, it, ,1,,-i.ih l-.-i 1 1 l.-ti Linn, are the,, nly survivors of the family\\nJohn Simons settled the farm owned by Bartlett\\nSimons, lot IX in the north range of Thomlinson s and\\nMason s great lot No. 1 1. He married Lydia Bartlett.\\nTheir children were,\\n,,i /lee,./ ,n\u00e2\u0080\u009el Uiihlnh $nmms.\\nDaniel died single.\\nI,, .villa married Davis.\\nN u. y Jane married Matthew Forsaith.\\nhild i BartteU and llmira S/mo\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb.\\nGarvin died single.\\nEllen married Samuel Sprague.\\nLydia married Bartlett S. Brown.\\nSamuel Chase, of Kensington, settled on the farm\\nof Alexander Wilson (deceased), in ISIS. He married\\nEsther Manahan, of Francestown. Their children\\nwere,\\nMary married David Bailey.\\nJonathan married Clarissa Kimball.\\nEzra married Mary Eastman.\\nSamuel married Lydia llolbrook.\\nWells married Maria Bailey.\\nSarah married ErastUS II Bartlett.\\nIra M. married Josephine I.elalid.\\nBetsy Jane married Theophiltis II. Kimball.\\nEzra had one son, Ezra Allen, and Samuel one,\\nSamuel David. Wells has two children living,\\nSamuel Warren, married Virginia Hulth, and Charles.\\nIra has five children living, Frederick, Edwin,\\nRoscoe, Harry and Laura.\\nChildren of Jonathan\\nCharles M married charlotte Turner.\\nSarah F. married William Wilson.\\nCleora .7. married Henry Wallace.\\nStephen K. married Martha\\nClara Anna 111:11 lie. I John Barnard.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a220\\nJonathan I ioodale and Stephen t laic settled in\\nDeering, the former on the. farm owned by J. G.\\nMorril, and the latter on the farm of Lewis Goodale,\\nEsq. Their father, Robert Goodale, removed from\\nSalem, Mass., and settled in Wcare, X. II. He mar-\\nried, second, Mary Fowler.\\nCitildn Hubert I Mary (1 tale.\\nStephen null lied Mary Oieenleal\\nJonathan married Sarah Iiadlock.\\nMehitable married, first, Yonl\\nEsther.\\nClnlilriii i/Wi/J\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb mill Jie.;; C lute.\\n,,lh 11.11 ted I. nil.\\nJ, on. than married Lie V I.i.rke; seltled HI I\\nI 1 I 1 .1 i:i 1 Z: 1 belli Level en sett led oil the old lo\\nStephen married Judith Lowell settled in Vermont.\\nMehitable married Stephen Chase settled in Maim-.\\nNancy married John Corlis settled in Weare, X. II.\\nHannah mairied Hilllard L.iveieii settled 111 lei in\\nClarisy died singli\\nChildren of Jonathan \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ml Sarah G tale.\\nLevi married Mary Hewlett [settled in Uillsborough, N. II.\\nIsaac died single.\\nLydia married Jabez Morrill.\\nClara null lied Hubert Cum settled III llillsbolollgh, N II.\\nBetsy married Mark Sterrett.\\nJohn II. married Celest in M v resides in Nashua, N. H.\\nJons IIallison G ale, youngest son of Jona-\\nthan and Sarah G lale, was born October 2, 1816. He\\nworked on the farm till seventeen years old prepared\\nfor college at Newbury, t.; graduated at Middletown,\\nConn., in 1840, taught school at Columbus, Ga., five\\nyears; was editor at Manchester from August, 1848, to\\nNovember, 1860; went to California in 1864; traveled\\nin Alaska and British Columbia in 1867 returned to\\nNew Hampshire in 1869; was Secretary of State in\\n1S71-72; was superintendent of the public schools of\\nNashua from 1875 to 1878, and is author of History\\nof Nashua in this volume He has a valuable col-\\nlection of minerals and Indian stone relies. In 1848\\nhe married I lelestia S. M ley, of Northfield, N. H.,\\nwho died in October, 1863. In 1871 he married\\nJosephine B. Atkinson, of Tilton, N. H. They have\\none child, Charlotte A. G lale, who was born Mac,\\n1875. Mr. Goodale resides at Nashua, passing the\\nmidsummer, with his family, on a farm overlooking\\nAsquam Lake, in Holderness.\\nChildren of Hubert and Eluabet\\nl manned Pete) Y.Frye; settled in New York.\\nLewi- miiriied Eninui J. Whittle settledon tl Id b n\\nEliza Ann married Albeit Ma.lUL -ettled on the Jonathan L\u00c2\u00bb It\\nIlolyoke. Ma\\n\u00c2\u00bbe;;\\nof Jui\\n1 ouisa in. hi\\nOrel m, I,,:,, |l, .,1 Mm lll.l I. Wliill.\\nLibert married, first, 1 lestia T. Smith second, I ra\\nBilliard I married Surah E. Tead.\\nLevi W. married FrancesE, Kidney,\\nJames L. died single.\\nElizabeth II. married L bet I D Carr.\\nChildren of Steph\\nMary married Calvin M\\nDavid man ed Ella E Bati holder.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0663.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSti phi ii married Abbie L. Myreck.\\nMercy II. marriedA. E. Austin.\\nClara married P. F. Stowell.\\nCarolinedied in infancy.\\n.TiHtin M. married Ellen Herbert\\nWill, i 1 died in int. in. -j\\nJoshua Downing, from Henniker, settled on the\\nfarm previously owned by the Quimbys, lot 17, in\\nthe north range of the Ringe right. It had been\\nowned by Nathaniel Chase before the Quimby\\nbrothers purchased it, and still earlier bj Nathaniel\\nGove, the brother of Abrain Gove. Joshua Downing\\nmarried Patience Chase, of Weare. Their children\\nJohn Downing married Sally Chaa\\nJoshua, Jr., man ied Sarah LoTeren.\\nI. viha married William Foreaitb.\\nDai id died in childhood.\\nJudith died inchildh I.\\nMary married Samuel Dunlap.\\nM.ii A\\ns.ttl.-,| in Wakefield, )h.\\nThomas Merrill settled the farm now occupied by\\nElbert Goodale, near the centre of the town. While\\nclearing and preparing his land for settlement he\\nboarded with Levi Ha. Hock, who lived at the east\\npart of the town, at a distance of more than two miles.\\nHe married Lydia Abbot, of Andover, Mass.\\nI D D main [Eliza All\\nNathaniel nnurieil \\\\i i i|,,\\nVima ,,.__ 1 1 i ii,\\nJohn manic, 1 Nancy Barnard settled in Wear.-, V H.\\nCharlotte I. in l.-tia married Jonathan Ch-in\\niddlebury, Vt.\\nN. II.\\ni single\\nI.y.lia married Levi II. Sleeper, n\\n1/\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lulill W in isri- .l Maria II\\nW L I I 1.1311 11. Ill.llllcl I. .11 1111. 1 W\\nMartha and Mary, twins. Martha mam. \u00e2\u0080\u009e1 F.l.in sunn\\nNashua, N. II.; Mary married Crist} l,iv s.-tt l.-.l m Heeling, N. H.\\nAnna died single\\nCharlotte I. in i.tia ,1;\\nII. inn. ii. .Ii.. I Bingle.\\nI ll mi. married I. in an, la Will I ._ I!\\nMary .lam- died single.\\ni 1 single.\\nEltea Judith died single.\\nBenjamin Brown married Deborah Hadlock, who\\nwu- a sister of Joseph Hadlock, who at onetime lived\\nin Deering. The former settled Lot No. 7, in the\\nnorth range of Binge s right. He was killed by the\\nfalling of i tree, in the prime of life, leaving a large\\nfamily of young children, viz. Stephen, married,\\nfirst, Abigail Travis; second, Hannah Simons. By\\nfirst marriage he had Lucretia, who married Gilman\\nTravis. His children by second marriage were John,\\nmarried Priscilla Atw 1 settled in Concord, N. H.\\nLydia married Simon Green.\\nLewis settled in Danvers, Mass. married there.\\nIt. iij, mini -.-ill, 1 in l\u00c2\u00bbai tied there.\\nFrank ilieil single.\\nLli/a inani.,1 i, l: ,d y\\nM i 1 nii^. Com ,,i,l, N. II\\nBartlett s. Brown mauled Ly.lia Brown.\\nAlmira ilii-,1 simile,\\nI ll, In-, only daughter ,,f Belllalnin Brnwli. mill i i.d .1\\nBenjamin died young.\\ni inai i i.,1 Hannah Dow.\\nlnairi.,1. til-t, .Mary ll.iitli\\nNathan married Sarah Arlin.\\nDavid married Hannah Morrill.\\nMan,,,.;, Br\\nSyli ia \\\\i,i married Harrison Philbrook,\\nUmedia C. married Piiane Brainor.l, o,.ii,,,i,l, V II\\nMm ,li,-,l single.\\nLevi Orrin died single.\\nAnnie died in infancy.\\nSewell I!.\\nHannah Avis i I in ,1, 11,11, 1\\nElvira died single.\\nMeli-si 11. iiiarried I hail.-s I niikl-y, e,.inonl, N II.\\nThe children of Jesse and Mary Brown\\nHiram inn, .1, Maltha ;,,vo.\\nlea in ii.in heater, II marrii ,1 there\\nGil E marri l.firel I iinbeth rravii ad, Ellen Flint.\\nchild by firrt in ..ii..... hi- .1 R win. marrieil L.a.na Collins.\\nSamuel Brown settled on the easterly half of lot\\nNo. 9, in Hinge s right, now known as the farm of\\nJames F. Lock. We have no record of his family.\\nHezekiah Hadlock, from Weare, X. H., settled the\\nwesterly half of lot No. 9, in Binge s right, in 1776.\\nThis farm may be known as the Dana Hadlock place.\\nHe married a Mi s Fogg, of Seabrook. His children\\nwere\\nHe/.kial, mail i.,1 ii, y\\nJudith married .Tames ilreng.\\noj II. ekidh and tucjy I;\\nHannah married Solomon Bartlett.\\nBelinda marrii d David Rowell.\\nI hel.e inarried.Ii Ii.it! IVa |e,-, ot Weare, N. II\\ni single.\\nJudith Ann married David P. VVillkins.\\nAlbert married Eli/a Ann 1,1,\\nDana li. never marrieil.\\nLevi Hadlock settled on lot No. 11, in Binge s\\nright,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the farm now owned by Horace 1 Cressey.\\nHe came from Amesbury, Mass. He married a Miss\\nCurrier, and their children were,\\nLy.lia marrieil William McKeen.\\nSarah marrieil .leiiathai i 1,1\\nEunice married Ebeni i\\nPolly married Ephraim Codman, Hillsborough, N. II.\\nHannah niai\\nLevi Jr., i i, 1 w.i died single.\\nNathan married Ann Call settled m Bangor, Me.\\nAlbert and Eliza Ann Hadlock had one child,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLucy -Tan,,, nil,, married \\\\I. in Xubbs.\\nRobert Gove, of Weare, purchased from Joseph Had-\\nlock, in 177.S, lot No. 1(1, in Binge s right, fixing ap-\\nproximately the date of his advent into Heeling.\\nHe married Sarah Huntington and settled on the\\nabove-named lot, adding, by purchase, other lands to\\nhis homestead. His children were,\\nHannah, who married Hero.! Chase; settled on the old homestead.\\nJohn man nil, first, Sarah Dunsack second, Mm Relief Dickey.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0664.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "381\\nHerod Chase was the sun of Moody Chase, who\\nmarried Susan Locke. The latter left a large family,\\nSarah niarn. I o. -or..\\nLouisa niiii i L.--1 t wl.:. tirst. .1 Mr. Xel-m second, a Dunham.\\nLoi inia married a Nelson.\\nJudith married Hoses Harrington.\\nDavid married a Miss Call, oi Weare.\\nDexter married a Miss Smith.\\nTwo died in infancy,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fourteen in all.\\nJoshua Folsom, from Epping, X. H., settled on th\\nla mi occupied by the Danforth brothers, in tin- norl h\\neast part oi the town. He married Mary Braekenbury\\nChildren Joshua .nil Jf.ni/ Io/s..a.\\nBetty diedat the age of fifteen years.\\nJohn married Patieui Its im- :ti- 1 ;n san.lwi. li, V II.\\nSamuel i i i l V,i.\\nAbigail married Moses\\nSarah and Mai\\\\, twin-\\nS It. .Mary married Tl\\nl.v.lia 111 I I M- 1 1 s.Mllll.l\\nl a\\\\ 1.1 li- .1\\ni. ,1 liufns Tuth.-rly settled in Wea\\nthe age t twelve yi ars,\\nnaiie- l I I Alley; settled in Ilelllliker\\nii Claremont, X It.\\ne, X. II.\\nThomas Whittle eventually setl\\nstead with Mary, his wit.-.\\nThomas Pa ried M\\nace settled as a physil Ian i\\nDavid F. married Charlott\\nHannah married Charles 1\\nMartha A. married Reubel\\nled in H.-nniker, X. II.\\nd, Mrs. Sarah C. Wal-\\nHillsborough, X. II.\\nHillsborough Bridge,\\nAmos Chase, from Seabrook, settled the farm now\\noccupied by Henry Ashby. He married Elizabeth\\nKimball, ofHopkinton. By this issue he had seven\\nchildren,\\nsettled the farm n.nv\\nMary married Nathaniel A\\\\ l i lteh er, of Maine.\\nEdward married Mary Ratten settled on the old homesteail.\\nRhoda marriedSai 1 Straw, ofHopkinton.\\nI ollv married Ahram Dow, Seabrook.\\nRachel married Enoch Gove, of Weare\\nLizzie married Klisba 1 rye, Sandwich.\\ni Vol.- Chau.\\nlitis married I hehe Willard.\\n\\\\ni 06 married Mary Hanson, Weare.\\nEdward married Sarah I lia-c-.\\nWinslow married Hannah Dow.\\nJane-- and Moses were twins.\\nJames married Maria Thomson.\\n.Mo.,., married Martha Bl 1.\\nDavid married Lydia A. Chase.\\nI an.l was .howiied uli.si i .1:1 vrar- -1 as\\nRodney died in infancy.\\nChildren of Edward and Mart/ 7m..\\nEliza married, first, Daniel II. l \u00c2\u00bbw: seeond, William IS.\\nAnn B. married Samuel II\\nDavid 1 mar\\nfall.\\nChildrtno} Daniel i 1\\nHarriet married Linvi.no. K.-ilev\\nA s r, married Sarah .1. Niohol-.\\nDaniel G. married Jennie Raymond.\\nEdward married, first, If. a 1 has.. second, EnnlyA Wi-bbcr.\\nAiiiiC. Dowmarried Gilbert IV Hill.\\nEliza was the only child ..1 William 11. ami Eliza\\nWalker.\\nHumphrey Peasley settled the farm now occupied\\nby Rodney Gove. He came from Amesbury, .Mass.,\\nin 1782, ami bought lol No. 1 in the south range of\\nthe great Wibird lol No. 1- This lot is identical\\nwith the one mi which (he buildings of Rodney (love\\nnow stand. Two years afterwards he purchased lot\\nNo. ltl, just east of the above-described lot. These\\ntwo lots, of one hundred acres each, comprised the\\nold Peasley homestead. He married Phebe How, of\\nWeare, built a large house on the premises, which has\\nbeen remodeled to the form of the one now standing,\\nas mentioned above. He subsequently, with his son\\nJonathan, built a saw-mill, located on Patten s Brook,\\nrunning through lot No. lo, about one hundred rods\\nbelow the mill of William H. fatten, as it now stands.\\nIt has long since disappeared.\\n1, .o Ihnuph,,,, a;i./\\nJonathan married Sallie Hook\\nK.-iah man i..,l Vbram I lhase.\\nVim j died single\\nStephen died single.\\nIn siliaiu ii us! IMi.oi \\\\|....l, -.tt|.-.l in Manila. star, X. H\\nEliza died single.\\nHumphrey married, tirst, Abigail Atwocnl second, It.t\\nMary marrieil Dinll.-y ha-.\\nPhchc niai ii..l Nathan Bailey.\\nHumphrey is still living in Deering, and Phebe,\\nwho resides in Manchester, N. H.\\nBray Wilkins sett led on the Timothy Matthews\\nfarm, on the south side of Wolf Hill, near the old\\nburying-ground. He married a Mrs. Blanchard.\\ni hihlnn i. i and Lucy Wilkin*.\\nLucy died unmarried.\\nSally niarried Robert Fulton\\nAnna main,-. I, tirst. Nathaniel Merrill second, Stephen Carr.\\nBetty married Joseph Kimball.\\nRebecca marrieil \\\\l.\\\\\\nDavid married Abigail Patten.\\nIsaac mart id Nan. y Chase.\\nJain.-- man led. first, Abigail I lui.c; second,\\nJohn married Lucinda Forsaith.\\nTimothy Matthews, who married Betsy Huntington,\\nlived on this old Wilkins homestead for many years\\nafter the death of Bray Wilkins and the removal of\\nthe hitter s son James to Henniker. In his old age", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0665.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn- removed with his wife, leaving no issue, to Hen-\\nniker, and the buildings on this old homestead have\\nlong since disappeared.\\nAdam Manahan settled on lot No. 14, in the south\\nrange of Thomlinson and Mason s great lot No. 11,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe Ephraim Fuller place. He married twice. By\\nfirst marriage he had:\\nBichard married Polly Gove.\\nWilliam married Mary Bowers.\\nJoBeph.\\nBy second marriage:\\nMary married Bailey.\\nElvira married Solomon Bailey.\\nStephen married Xauey Bailey (above).\\nThompseli main..! Aliuira tiove.\\nMark Valentine, by profession a physician, remove,! We-t.\\nAndrew Aiken settled mi the (arm occupied by\\nlarlton Clement.\\nElizabeth.\\nMary.\\nMargaret.\\nMargaret Aiken was born in 1783, and was widely\\nknown as Peggy throughout Hillsborough County.\\nShe died at an advanced age at the Wilton County\\nfarm a i v.n years ago.\\nSamuel and William Anderson settled on farms\\nadjoining. They acquired their title to their land in\\n17! 4. Samuel bought, at the vendue sal. of the land\\nof Thomas Packer, Esq., deceased, lot No. 3, in the\\nnorth range of Parker right, and the same year sold\\nto William Anderson the same lot No. 3, which was\\nbounded on tin- easl by land of Jonathan Locke,\\nidentified as the farm on which Albert Hadlock now\\nlives.\\nWilliam Anderson married .Margaret Clark. His\\nchildren were,\\nMargaret ma Weare, who settled on the old\\n\\\\n.lei -,ii leanest, ad.\\nEliza married Beul,. n I s j i j m J w jf e\\nI (fi\\nMary Eliza mane ,1 A lr i 1 I... I.,\\nWilliam married Mary c.rirhn settled in Somerville M.,s-\\nMartha married llola i\\nI iliHiIei died V iiii-\\nWilliam Codman settled on lot 12 in Wibird s\\nright. No. 15, in 1778. lie was the first physician in\\ntown to practice his profession, which he did for many\\nyears, lie, lid in 1811. His children with his wife\\nMary were,\\nIt, -my married .[,l,i ana Calf,!,.\\nPeter married\\nCharles married Mahala Atw 1.\\nAlexander Hogg settled the farm owned by Scott\\nBailey, of Weare. The date of his deed is 1771 \u00e2\u0080\u0094lot\\nsouth range of Atkinson s right. He mariied\\nTheir children were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWilliam Hogg married Anna Follansbee.\\nSamuel Hogg.\\nA daughter married a Pettingill.\\nChildren William \u00e2\u0080\u009el Anna Bogg.\\nJonathan married Rebecca Hogg.\\nPriscilta married Benjamin Colby.\\nWilliam died single.\\nMary married Jonathan Kell.-y.\\nSarah died single.\\nBenjamin married Catherine 111,,,.,].\\nFollansbee married Susan McCoy.\\nLucy married Moses chase as a second wife.\\nJohn removed to Haverhill, Maes\\nThomas Hogg, George Hogg and Robert Hogg,\\nbrothers of Alexander Hogg, lived in Peering at one\\ntime, but owned no real estate as we can learn.\\nThomas had one son. Samuel Dana, and a daughter.\\n1 .eorge Hogg enlisted in the Continental army, but\\nsoon deserted and came bark to I Coring, where he\\nmanaged in some way to avoid the officers sent for his\\narrest. He, together with his family, lay upon Dud-\\nley Pond for many nights in succession to elude the\\nofficers, thereby so impairing the health of his daughter\\nMolly, then an infant, as to cripple her for life. The\\nrecords of the town shovi that his family was a public\\ncharge for many years. William Hogg, the son of\\nAlexander Hogg, enlisted in the war, and tie\\nshow that the town voted to give Alexander Hog-,\\nhis father, one hundred and thirty-six dollars in con-\\nsideration of his son s going to war. The latter drew\\na pension during the later period of his life. He\\ntaught many of the first schools in He, ring and ad-\\njoining towns.\\nParker Nois lived at one time on No.8,south range\\nRinge right. II, was thrice married, the last\\ntime to Dorcas McCoy. He had a large family.\\nAmong the rest was Russell T. Nois, who married,\\nfirst, Mary Currier; second, Sarah .1. Forsaith.\\nParker Nois removed t,, Haverhill, his former place\\nof residence.\\nRobert Alcock settled on lot No. i, in the south\\nrange of Wibird s great share or right, No. 15. The\\ndate of his deed is June 7, 1776. He was i ngaged in\\nmercantile business in London, where lie was born:\\nafterwards in Marblehead or Salem, Mass. from\\nthence he removed to Weare, N. IP. where, remaining\\nonl\\\\ a -hort time, he removed to Peering. H, ened\\nthe first store, located on his farm, as above de-\\nscribed. This farm max be identified as the Nathaniel\\nColby place. He served as town clerk and selectman\\nfor many years, and was chosen representative bj the\\ntown from 17M4 to 1805, eleven consecutive years.\\nHe was then chosen Senator from his district i 8)\\nfor a term ofyears; afterwards appointed to the office\\nof judge ,,f the court for the county of Hillsborough,\\nwhich office he held until disqualified by age. Asa\\nmember of the church and a citizen of the town, in\\na private and public capacity, no man ever more drew\\nthe confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0666.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "383\\nHe married, first, Elizabeth Marong; second, Eliza-\\nbeth Currier; third, Mary Currier. Children were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMansil married, first, Lucy Bradford mil, unknown.\\nRobert married, first, a sister of Peter Codman; second, a Miss\\nBlainer third, a Miss Grant.\\nElizabeth.\\nJohn married Mattie Shearer.\\n.lame- married, first, Polly Stuart Becolld, a Mrs. Taylor.\\nBenjamin married, first, a Miss Page second, unknown\\nJoseph married Lucy Hobson.\\nSamuel married Betsy Chadwick.\\nWilliam married, first, Ruth Gerry second, Judith Colby third,\\nTheresa Howe.\\nBetsy married a Tennanl\\nNancy married Samuel Kimball.\\nSally married a Goodwin.\\ni fhUdrtn of Mansil Lucy I\\nMansil married I. my Bacon.\\nCyrus died single.\\ntiara married John Tandy.\\nTimothy and Robert, twins. Timothy married Kate Howe; Robert\\nLuke married Maliala White\\nJohn and Lucy, twins. John married Hannah P.aldwiu Lucy mar-\\nried Jonathan Ellsworth.\\nSally married Peter Whitaker.\\nBaxter married\\nAlver died single.\\nFrederick married Eliza Putney.\\nChildren of R l e t\\nI -J\\nRobert married, first, Clarissa Flanders second, Mary Tarletou.\\nStephen married, first, Sally Wilson second, a Mi-, Pope.\\nChristopher inarrn-d a Miss Flanders.\\nChildren of Jama and PoUy iUoi k\\nNancy married Daniel Brown.\\nHenry married Charlotte Cheney.\\nJames M. married I arolins Mel 03\\nJoseph s children were Elbridge, Harriet, Joseph\\nSamuel s children were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nM.iroiiy, Marony,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 both died in childhood\\nElizabeth married Milton Mi Coy.\\nIra A. married Josette lAl ki Appleton.\\nWilliam s children were,\\nWilliam H. married Alinira A. Smiley.\\nTwo died in infancy.\\nlira married John EHIingw 1\\nHarriet married Gideon Page.\\nJane married Wilson 1\\nB;i tliird wife\\nIrene, unmarried.\\nCyrus H. married a Mi P.i.avn\\nNote. The descendants of Robert Alcock, under various names, areBtill\\nthe most numerous in Deering ot any of the tirst s.-ttlers of the town.\\nCaleb Whitaker, the son of William Whitaker, of\\nWeare, settled with his father on lot No. 20, in\\nRinge s right, identified as the farm of Russell Tubbs\\nand that of the late Wheeler Barnes. He married\\nMrs. Nancy White. His children were.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHannah married James Gregg.\\nI.ydia married Samuel Patten.\\nI; i\\\\1.i!i:i lli:,ri ied I C Mn.il 1\\nDaniel married Hannah Blodgetl\\nJoseph Wheeler died in i hildl 1.\\ni hailotte married\\nWilliam White married Nancy Mathis, who mar-\\nried, second, Caleb Whitaker, above. Children oi\\nWilliam ami Nancy White were,\\nJohn Morrill served in the Continental army as a\\nprivate soldier. It is not known from what town or\\nprecinct he enlisted; but after the close of the war,\\nor the expiration of his term of service, he married\\nAbigail Knight, of Atkinson, and after a short term\\nof residence in Hillsborough removed to Deering,\\nwhere he spent the remainder of his life, dwelling in\\nvarious localities, finally with his son Joseph on the\\nfarm known as the Frank Gould place. The\\nwriter, when a boy, often heard him speak of his ex-\\nperiences in the war, especially of being in tin battle\\nof White Plains, so bloody and disastrous to the\\nAmerican army, alleging that his right andleft-hand\\nmen were killed during the engagement. He also\\nspoke of seeing General Washington, lor whom he\\nwas detailed at one time as a servant or waiter, being\\nat that time less than seventeen years of age.\\nBe had seven children\\nJoseph married Catherine Smith\\nSamuel married Rachel Sprague He enlisted in tic War f 1812 as\\na soldier, and died from disease.\\nMary married Joel Heath\\nSarah married William Heath.\\nAbigail married Elijah Tburson.\\nHannah married David Drown\\nJohn married settled in Deerfield, X. H.\\n[saac Smith, (he son of Ichabod Smith, married\\nNancy Codman, and eventually settled on the\\nsoutherly half of No. 12, in Wibird s right, No. 15.\\nHis children were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIsaac married Amelia Stevens.\\nCatherine married Jo-r].li 1..|1 it\\nRene married a Jones.\\nAgnes mar I William Campbell.\\nHenry married Man Tuton.\\nTurner removed WeBt.\\nI.oraine married Samuel Gibson.\\nJail Smith died in childhood.\\nPrincess married Fleb hei settled in Troy, X. v.\\ni, i _ -cttled in Troy, X. i\\nlaniard man ied a nt lids M-ttled io St. Clair, Mich.\\nchildrci\\nid Amelia Smith\\nMatilda married Alvah Lovereii.\\nNaiey S. married Robert 1 ul\\nWilliam T. married Mary Ann Morgan.\\nCalvin S. married Maria\\n[saac married Josephine w hittlfi.\\nEsther married Adam Dicket\\nr G marrii i Mai i I\\nTheresa married, first, William Dickej od,\\n,.u Dost. .11 third. J..I111 McColl Mont Vernon\\nEllen M. died in childhood.\\nGeorge D. married Margaret", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0667.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNathaniel Colby bought the farm settled by Robert\\nAlcock, removing there from Hopkinton. He mar-\\nried, first. Tatty Muzzey second, -Mary McKeen.\\nChildren by first marriage were,\\nJohn died unmarried.\\nElizabeth married Frank Rus cl] live W.-st.\\nNancy married K11.ii.1lt._- McKeen.\\nBu\\nEl.en marred Ella\\nElbridge.\\nDaniel, brother of Nathaniel, married, first, a Miss\\nEmery; second, Lucy Cowen. Children by first wife\\nwere,\\nBelinda married Richard Clement.\\nPametiadied single.\\nCharles died in the Civil War.\\nTwo girls died in infancy.\\nSquiers.\\nSamuel removed Wee!\\nDiana.\\nJoseph Kimball, of Weare, first settled on lot No.\\n23, south range of Atkinson s right. He afterwards\\npurchased the reservation given to the first settled\\nminister, 1 when Mr. Sleigh, the incumbent, re-\\nmoved to New York. This reservation is located in\\nthe northerly part of No. 6, north range of Packer s\\nright, and is the farm now occupied by .Mr. Fulton.\\nHe married Betsy Wilkins. Their only child was\\nEliza, married Francis Mitchell. The children of\\nFrancis and Eliza Mitchell were Charles (married\\nMahala Coburn), Sarah (married, first. Augustus\\nWilkins; second, Francis F. Fulton), James (married\\nAlmira Twist), Joseph (married Alice Barnes I .eorge\\n(died in the civil War as a soldier), Albert B. (died\\nsingle). Francis Mitchell, for second wife, married\\nMrs. Charlotte Jaqueth.\\nSilas Parker Barnes (or Barron, as it was once\\ncalled) was the father of the Barnes families or races\\ndescribed below. He emigrated from England. His\\nchildren were,\\ni s.-ttlcd on Alex\\nthe\\nSamuel Barnes married Sally Lund.\\nI Robert McKeei\\nAlice, single.\\nI Hannah, twin- Wli. l.-i 1 Lay Hannah\\nmarried barles craft.\\nSilas married oliv.-i i\\nRodney died single.\\nMary E. married Sanm. 1 l lutli i\\nJohn married l.m--\\nHarriet married Charles Martin.\\nChildren of Wheel* I Nancy Barnes.\\nEdward died in the Civil War fron\\nFrank married unknown.\\nJohn married Arm Wilson.\\nChildren of John and Clarissa Barnes.\\nAlice M. married Jos,.,.), Mitchell.\\nKing 1 died in childh 1.\\nill el II. nth wile twins, the former is single the l.ni u-\\nried John Olosson.\\ni ied Mary v Ison.\\nMuses Codman married, first, Jennie Wallace;\\nsecond, Betsy Bennett; third, Jane Ross. He settled\\non lot 13, Wibird s right, No. 15, afterwards removed\\nto West Leering. His children by first wife were,\\nl ecund wife he had,-\\nnurtli r,iu_\\nWilliam and Dorcas children wt\\nEvan Dow and his brother, Stephen Dow, settled\\nnear the centre of the town, in Tinge s right. Their\\nlather. Captain Reuben Dow, of Hollis, after the bat-\\ntle of Lexington, raised a company of soldiers from\\nHollis and Pepperill, marched to Bunker Hill and\\nbrought away from the field on that eventful day a\\nbullet in his ankle. The bullet, which was extracted,\\nis still preserved; but the effects of the wound are\\nsaid to have eventually caused or hastened his demise.\\nHe had three sons, Daniel, Stephen and Evan.\\nHollis.\\nLois married I ristie Him. an, of Hancock, X. H.\\nStephen married Hall, of Groton, Mass settled in Weston Vt.\\nHannah married S|.aiilding settled in Weston, t\\nNathaniel married Aimes settled in Hancock.\\nJeremiah married Sally Eastman, and settled on llo ..Id h. no -i. 1 in\\nHollis.\\nAbigail married Timothy Wmo.hi .1 f Hilltborougb, X. II.\\nII V.\\nSarah married Xathali Cram.\\nReuben never married.\\nHannah married Jonathan Cram.\\nLydia married Loiel Cram.\\nEvan, Jr., married Nancy Balch,nfXew Boston, X. II\\nElias Hassel settled on No. 3, north range of\\ngreat lot No. 15, Richard Wibird s right. This lot is\\na settler s lot, and given to Hassel for the sum of five\\nshillings and the consideration of his settling on the\\nlot. The date of the deed is June 17, 1771. It is\\nidentified as the Gould farm. Hannah, who married\\nSamuel Morrill, and settled on the old homestead after\\nHassel removed to Hillsborough, is the only child of\\nElias and Mary Hassel.\\nJames White, of Framingham. Mass., settled on\\nthe farm now occupied by Henry Holton about the\\nyear 1807. He married Susannah Flint. Their\\nchildren were,\\nSophona died single.\\nIthoda married Moses Koaeh.\\n.lames married Abigail folium.\\nArtetnas married, fir-t i charlotte Burley.\\nSusan married Joel Bixby.\\nryntha married Hiram Smith.\\n1 h, a in. irned William Brown.\\nJason man i. .1 Mai 3 1 afie", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0668.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "Nathan White, brother of James White, above\\nmentioned, was the son of John White, who settled\\non the farm now occupied by David McAlister about\\nthe year 17S7. He married Susannah Eaton. His\\nson Nathan lived on the same farm with his father\\nand married, first, Doreas Wilson; second, Hannah\\nOrdway. His children by first marriage were\\nAnn married John Sterrett.\\nDnrca-. married Samuel Kimball.\\nNathan married Jane Smith.\\nMary married William Matten.\\nHis children l y seeond marriage were,\\nHarrison married, first, Esther Burley Becond, Amelia Morrison.\\nNancy died in childhood.\\nHarriet married David McAlister.\\nLoyinadied in childhood.\\nNancy died in childhood.\\nLuther Travis married Nancy .Shearer, and settled\\nnear the residence of John Barnes. His children\\nwere,\\nJohn died insane.\\nJames married i I idj o Reading, Mass.\\nLevi married Anna Hall.\\nWilliam married Eliza Heath.\\nThe children of Eliza aud William Travis were\\nLucinda married Albert Heath.\\nDexter died in tin- nil War.\\nGiles died insane.\\nAdam Dickey, from Londonderry, settled on lot\\n30, south range of Ringe s right, about the year 17S5.\\nHe married Betsy Furgurson. Their children were,\\nThe children of William and .Mary Wilson were,-\\nlVtsy -Ian., died ill childhood.\\nAlexander married Sarah Mi Keen.\\nAngeline married Leonard McKeen.\\nMary married .lames S. Allen.\\nEliza .lam- died single.\\ni aniline died in childl I\\nClara W married Gawn W. Mills.\\nAdam married Esther Smith.\\nCaroline died in childhood.\\nWilliam married Theresa Smith.\\nMaiidana.\\nThree died in infancy.\\nRolandson Ellinwood, of Amherst, settled on lot\\n12, south range, next to the intervale lot, Packer s\\nright, in 1793. He also purchased lot 11 in the same\\nrange, and the southerly half of lot 12 in north range\\nof the same right. He married Abigail Hildreth.\\nThe children of Rolandson and Abigail Ellinwood\\nwere,\\nDavid married Alice Aik -n.\\nJohn married Ruth Baker.\\nAbigail married Phineas Wilkins.\\nHe married for second wife Eunice Nichols. Their\\nchildren were,\\nCharles died single.\\nMary .lane married Benjamin Nickerson.\\nEliza married Joseph Nickers.ni.\\nItaviil married a Miss Stetson.\\nHan-iet L. married Rodney Wilkins.\\nJohn and Ruth Ellinwood s ehildren were.\\n.bibll B. main. I, n l.i I, -n I, l.\\\\atin. I a.\\nJames s. married Rachel o. Turner.\\nMary died in childl I\\nAbigail died ill cliil.lh I.\\nRuth S. married Luther Cheney.\\nCliildren of James 8. and\\nFrank 1\\nmarried Maria 1*\\n1 i ii\\nM.m\\nFlora .1.\\nClara i:\\nlarried Myron E\\nJohnson\\nSarah Lv\\nzie.\\nClark s.\\nScott L.\\nJoseph, son of Rolandson and Abigail Ellinwood,\\nsettled on or near No. 1, Thomlinson s moiety in big\\nlot No. 11. His ehildren were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNancy married a Mr Long.\\nIl.iltii- married .b.lin Burbauk.\\nJoseph settled in Grafton.\\nPhineas settled in California\\nI :e n moved West.\\nAbbie married a Mr. Walker.\\nHorace died a soldier in the Civil War.\\nMary Ann married Charles Joj\\nJoseph Dow, from roffstown, settled on or near the\\nintervale lot in Ringe s right. He married Mary\\nWells, and their ehildren were,\\nJoseph died in childhood.\\nBenjamin died single.\\nHaniel died in childhood.\\nRoxunnailied in childhood.\\nDavid mai-ried Lucretin Ui 01 I.\\nSarah married James Boss\\ni ii in .hi u-il Mary Alcock.\\nLyman married, first, Eliza W 1 ml, Esther Hadley.\\nMil I single\\nParker Morse settled on the farm just north of\\nThomas Merrill s, known as the John Wilkins place,\\nXo. 13, in Thomlinson s moiety of big lot No. 11.\\nParker Morse had the following children by Love, ins\\nnil Parker, Lovy, Joseph, Josiah, Samuel, De-\\nliverance, Mary and Sarah.\\nFrancis Graham, or Grimes, from Londonderry,\\nsettled lot 5, Wibird s right, No. 15. He married\\nSarah Cochran.\\nChildren of FV niui Sitrali Grimes.\\nChildren of John and Betsy Grimes.\\nHiram married Clarissa Forsaith\\nJan.. married James Butler.\\nSusan married Alden Walker.\\nI -i :ii.. i- mauled, first, Mary Chase second, Lucinda Kgleston.\\nDavid w. inarried. first. Harriet Tuttle second, Elizabeth Jones.\\nSarah L never married\\n.1. married Elizabeth Neally. He graduated ai college; Btudied\\nlaw; removed to Iowa; became Governor of tin- Slab-; rwards\\ni nited States Senator died a i,-m years ago, leaving a large property.\\nTimothy Wyman married Elizabeth Shattuck, and\\nsettled in Hollis, but removed to Deering about the\\nyear 1777 or 177*. His ehildren with Elizabeth.\\nhis wife, were,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0669.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTimothy 111.1m.Nl V n Urn)\\nNathan settled in Vermont waa tin married,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 first, to .1 Miss\\nStuart second, unknown third, Patty Howard.\\n,./..i iuam.Nl. first, .M.lntal.l. l.-m.-nr n.l. Betsy Stanly.\\nSybil married Jonathan Sargent\\nReuben married Rhode Hartwell.\\nAbel died young.\\nSally married Josiah Kill. .111.\\nPolly, twin with Sally, mar 1 [saai Merrill\\nHannah married John Smith.\\nDaniel tnarii.-.l l..nn-\\nChildren 0/ Timothy in\\n1 young.\\nStephen Dow marrie.i 1 t-ula 1m.i-.miIi\\nThe children of Ebenezer and Betsy Wyman were\\nElizabeth, Mehitable, John S., Charles, Daniel (died\\nyoung), Abigail Dow, Daniel. Almira, Almena,\\nand Moses.\\nThe children of Daniel and Louisa Wyman were\\nSquiers Clement, Louisa Maria, Ann Sophia, Laura\\nFidelia, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and\\n1 11a Matilda.\\nCharles Butrick, from Concord, Mass., settled on\\nthe Robert Mills place, at the head of the (alls, so\\ncalled. He married, first, Betsy Blake. Their chil-\\ndren were,\\nCharles married I.ucm.la Whit.\\nOlviu married Loisa Su.-.-t-. 1\\nElias B. died young.\\nSamuel married, first, a Hiss Sweetsei second, a Mi*. Fuller.\\nOtis 1 ied Julia A. Ill I.\\n1 ..I married Lenora .1 Bryant.\\nJohn 1! married, first, Maria Bixb) Becond, a Miss Barker; third,\\nManila Parker.\\nHe married fir secmd wife Achsa VVaugh; their\\nchildren were,\\nBetsy .li. .l .simile.\\nRobert W.\\nL riah H. died in childhood.\\nDanbi i Ige mai 1 ied alartha Bumford.\\nWilliam Waugh, from Londonderry, married Sun-\\nnah Walker. Their children were,\\nNancy married Benjamin Masterman.\\nI .1 lie. I Joseph Stevens.\\nSusannah marrie.i\\nJoseph married, hist, Sally Kendall =econd, Fanny Down.\\nAchsa married Charlea Butrick.\\nRobert died single.\\nEzra Fisher settled the farm now occupied by Luther\\nCheney. He married a Miss Bixby, of Francestown;\\ntheir children were,\\nOil. 11. 11 1 i.-.l a 5Ilss CaliiplN-ll\\nWilliam ilieil young.\\n1 1 -ingle.\\nThe brother of John Bartlett, Jacob, settled lot 20\\nin Thomlinson s right. Jacob Bartlett married a\\nMis- Sargent, and had the following children\\nSarah married Benjamin .illiiiiiliatn\\nSt.-I.hen iiiarrieii Ph.be Whitaker\\nAbigal marrie.i Samuel Raleh.\\n.l..-liiia married Catty i ha--,\\n.la. N.l. married Catherine Hall\\nMartha mai ri.il I. .mil\\nII id single.\\nChildren Stephen and Ihebe Harllett\\nPh. -he died single.\\nP.elief married Willar.l Cory,\\nAlmira married Elijah Mason.\\nHannah.\\nParker Bartlett married Eleanor Bartlett\\nFanny married Hugh I rail\\nStephen married F.lua Craitr.\\nOliver H. P. marrie.i LoiBB M..r-e.\\n1 fcuYn-m Parka and Eleanor Bartlett.\\nRotheous E married Emma .1. Merril.\\nI. .isilla A married Parker Craig.\\nI. la-tiis I! married Jennie Orne.\\nAi married Allie Jones.\\nSarah married Edwin Kiee.\\nHezekiah Wilkins settled on lot No. 7. south of\\nPacker s right, No. 12, about the year 1800. He\\nmarried Margaret Armor. Children were,\\nGawn died single.\\nPolly married Benjamin Huntington\\nSally married Robert 51. Fn--.11\\nIsaac married Roxanna Eaton.\\nPhineas Wilkins settled on No. 8, just wot of No.\\n7. above described. He married Abigail Ellingwood.\\nChildren were.\\nLouisa married Bcii.iainin Roberts,\\nNathan.\\nJames Eaton settled lot 9, just west of 8, above.\\nHe married, first, a Miss McClure second, unknown.\\nThe children by first wile were John, David, Samuel,\\nJames. Isaac, William; one son lost his life by the\\naccidental discharge of a gun, Polly (married David\\nBass), Roxanna (married Isaac Wilkins). Children\\nof Isaac and Roxanna Wilkins were,\\nGawn died in cbildh 1\\nLucinda married Sewell Packhard.\\nMalvina married William Forsaith.\\nElzira marrie.i Maine* Forsaith\\nAndrew A, married Calista o Ihue.\\n\\\\u-u-tu- married Sarah 5Iit.li. 11.\\nFrances marrie.i Charles J. Tatt.\\nCarleton lenient settled\\nright, after Andrew Aiken\\nDow. Their children were.\\nmarried, first, Charlotte I.- Merrill\\nlot No. 11, Wibird s\\nHe married Kesiah\\nJonathan\\nHanson.\\nS-piiei-s S. married Hannah Gage.\\nRichard married, first, Nancy lliitchins: second, P,.lin.,\\nKesiah D. married Adam Dickey.\\nThe brothers of Carleton Clement were Samuel,\\nwho married Sarah Buntin, and Richard, who married\\nMrs. Carleton Clement.\\nThe children of Jonathan and Charlotte were,\\nCharlotte married Horace Gould.\\nJonathan Dow married Vienna Dickey.\\nBy second marriage he had one child, Moses H.,\\nwho married, first, Ora Dow; second, Eliza Dow.\\nChildren of Squiers and Hannah were,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0670.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "DEERING.\\n387\\nBenjamin Bullard, from Oakham, Mass., settled on\\nthe Newman farm mow in Bennington) in 1816. He\\nmarried Ruth Woodice. Their children were,\\nEliza married, first, Elbridge Wilson second, James Wilson.\\nCalvin married, first, Mary I uu]a|i; -e. uid, .lane Io.svi third.\\n1. 1 mi ilson\\nMartha man I M thuja;.- Eaton.\\nlVniainin married Kusanlia Wdiitcoiul..\\nJoe] married lata Alcock,\\nGeorge Sumner settled the farm known as the\\nFarrington place. He twice married. By first mar-\\nriage hia children were George, Charles, William,\\nEben, Thomas, Lucy, Sybil, Mary, John, Eben\\n(married Martha Merrill).\\nAsa (i Inow, from Sudbury, Mass., settled on the\\nfarm now owned by. Mrs. Wilson. He married )rril\\nBurnap. His children were,\\nFidelia married Onrge W. Colby.\\nRussell Tubbs, from Alstead, settled on lot 22,\\nRinge s right. He was a successful merchant, and\\nheld many places of honor and trust in the gilt of\\nthe town. He married Desire Healy, of Washington,\\nhat left no family.\\nDr. Mieal Tubbs, brothei\\nabove mentioned, settled on\\nAtkinson s right. His famil\\nv\\\\ ere.\\nRobert .Mills, son of one of the first settlers in\\nDeering, is spoken of in another column, lie mar-\\nried twice. His second wife was Margaret Dinsmore.\\nChildren by second wife were,\\nIsaac married Hepsibath Whitten.\\nJohn, William at,,! David removed West.\\ni mat i ted David Forsaith,\\nAdam and Lydia s children were,\\nGawn W. married Clara Dickey.\\nRobert married Fanny l obni n\\nFive died in infancy.\\nLIST OF ToWN OFFICERS FROM 1771 To 1885.\\n177+. Ninian Aiken, town rink: Klias Hassel, Ninian Aiken, .lob\\n1775- Ninian Aiken, tuwn b-ik Tie. mas Aiken, Hubert Mills, Wi\\nBenjamin Bradford, William\\n.la G] Bond Tattle,\\nthe Russell Tubbs\\n24. south range, of\\nh his wife Esther,\\nAl married David Patten\\nMical married a Miss Stewai I\\nEben L. died Biogle\\nRussell married alary Ounliai\\nDesire mamed Richard CiUey.\\nRussell Tubbs by this marriage hail one son. Akin,\\nwho married Lucy .1. Hadlock.\\nNathaniel rove, brother of Abram Gove, settled on\\nlot 17, Ringe s right. His children with Elizabeth, his\\nwife, were Daniel, Nathaniel, Jr.. Peter and Enos. He\\nremoved to Vermont about 1790.\\nIsaac Currier married Elizabeth Hadlock, and set-\\ntled in Deering, removing from Ameslmry, Mass.\\nHe occupied the farm known as the -Currier Farm\\nfor more than a centurv.\\nChildren 0/ boat and n, dbtOi II\\nPolly died single.\\nJohn settled in Sebei Me\\nt-aae man led I.vdia .1, Head\\n.lames mat I led M:n\\\\ A. Howlet\\nSarah married Daniel Cram.\\nThe only one of Isaac and Lydia Currier s child\\nnow living is John X., who married Nancy Patten: J^\\nresides in Manchester, N. H. The family name\\nextinct in Deering.\\nliam Forsaith, tow\\nill. .1 .1 Selectmen\\niert Aheck, tuwn clerk; Hubert Alcm k, Joseph hulansun.\\n,,-rt All oek, town clerk Robert Ainu k, Robert McFerson,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,t m, town clerk Ebenezer Bl I, Levi Hadlock,\\ndan Aiken, tuwn clerk Andrew Aiken, Nathaniel Sweet-\\nlb. on 1 !-aith, tuwn clerk William F.usiith, William Mc-\\niliam Forsaith, tuwn clerk; Evan Dow, James Whitaker,\\n.selectmen; John Duncan, of Antrim, representative.\\nin Dow, tuwn clerk Evan Dow, .la s Whitaker, Alexan-\\ntin. ai John Duncan, of Antrim, representative.\\nin Dow, town clerk Alexander Gregg, Nun. hi Viken, Sam-\\nan Dow, town clerk; Robert Ucock, Alexander Gregg,\\niker, Belei tmen\\nei Dow, town clerk Evan Dow. Thomas Merril, Alexander\\n-Evan Dow, town clerk; Evan Dow, Robert Fulton, Reuben\\n-el. I II\\n-William Forsaith, tuwn clerk; William Forsaith, Andrew\\nPhomas Bailey, side. 1 n\\n-William Forsaith, tuun clerk Joshua Folsom, Thomas Bailey,\\nlerk .lusbua Fulsum, Kva\\ni clerk Evan Dow, Joshua Fols\\nPar-\\n1799\\nMat\\niew Forsaitl\\nMorril\\n.tana\\n1800\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094.tub\\nClan-, tow\\nAdam Dickej\\nselectmen\\nlsnl\\nuel Fulton, t\\ni .t i. Hue:- Whitato r,\\n,,i i lerk William Forsaith, Robert Ucock,\\nl ii AT i k, rrpn.-sciitativi.\\ni, Uexandei Wilson, Samuel Morril,\\nRobert Aleck, representative.\\ntuun clerk; Alexander Wilson, Samuel\\ntm, mi liubi-i t Al M,;k, ri pn.wntative.\\nrink N ithaniel Sweetser, Samuel Morril,\\nti.it Alfuck, representative.\\nvn clerk; Robert Alcock, Jamee Whitaker,\\ni Robert Ucoi b, representative,\\nown l.-ik rVii pniiii R. \u00c2\u00abir.-, .fatii. Shearer.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0671.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nselectmen Robert\\ntown clerk Benjai\\nmi n Rotx ii View\\nch-i\\nShearer,\\n.lam.- Wlntakei, -.-l--. linen IS. malum R..lfi-, r- |-i\\n1807. John Alcock, town clerk; Math... Forsa\\nWilliam McKeell, select Il It.-Iilainlli It. .lie, I epl eselitatlve\\n1808.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Alcock, town clerk; Mathew Foreaith, William Mc-\\nKeen, Jr., John Alcock, Belei tmen\\n1809 John Alcock, town clerk; William McKeen, John Alcock,\\n.I.,,.,,- w hitaker, selei tmen I njai Rolfe, re) mtative.\\n1810.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Alcock, town clerk William H Keen, John Alcock,\\nl-ll John Ucock, t....,, clerk William McKeen, John Alcock,\\nSainn.-l l ..ls..tn. sel.-i-lm.-n I:. ....uniii K-ll.-. i.-pte-eiitattve.\\n1812 1 -1 1 1 Alcock, town clerk; William McKeen, John Alcock,\\nTli a- Bail, -,l m.. n i: mi ii !;..it.\\\\ i.-pn-MMitative.\\n1813 \u00e2\u0080\u0094John Al. k, town clerk John \\\\1 ock, II las Bailey, Alex-\\nainlel Dnnlap, sel.itin,-ji Bellj. Itulte, rcpi- htatl v.-\\n1814. IoIiti Alcock, town clerk John Alcoi k, Thomas Bailey, Alex-\\nall ler Ilnnlap. -ele. t I Benjamin I(.,lle. rcpl .i.-nt.itl.\\n1815.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Alcock, town clerk T I in- Bail. Math. l..i-.,ul,.\\nKhciie/.i liay, selectmen .lulm i.-pr. -entati\\n1816. John Alcock, [own clerk; Math.-.. l ..r-aitli, Kli.-n.-/. r Cay,\\nWilliam McKeen, selectmen John Alcock, representative\\n1817.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Alcoi k, town lerk William Mi Keen, Mathew Forsaith,\\nvuuii.-l I I- --I.-. tin.-n Ji.lin Al.-,- U. i.-pi.-.-iitatne.\\nISIS \u00e2\u0080\u0094William McKeen, Jr., town clerk; Mathew Foreaith, William\\nBailey, Robert .Ii -I.-. tmi\\nI- 1 Russell Tubbs, town cli\\nBailey, l{,,l\u00e2\u0080\u009e,|t ii,.,v,-, .li select\\n1822.- Russell Tubbs, town clei\\nBenjamin Bullard, selectmen Ru\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Russell Tubbs, town cler\\nRobert i, lale,\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Enoa Bailey,\\n-l.i\\nl ..iil,-j.\\nI.,,,, McKeen,\\nK, I\\nll ir Rob-\\nJohn Grimes,\\nIliam Dickey,\\nil\u00e2\u0080\u009e. John Wil-\\nlay. selectmen; William Malialia\\n,1, II i Ill-, William Manilla\\nGaj Si I Gregg, e\\ni, I, ,k Unbelt lale. Willi. in,\\nM keen, i:i\u00e2\u0080\u009e-ii,-/,-r I.,, \\\\,-i, ii, selei tin, -ii Willi. mi in ii,. ii pie-, nl-\\nIS34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Maii.ili.ui, t....n clerk. l;.,l,,-it lale, Klu-uezer\\nl.,,\\\\, iv n, S. Ill I. I i, i I i;i, \u00e2\u0080\u0094_;, 1 i.-.-iitati\\\\.\\nlv; William M.iiialian, t..\\\\. n l.-rk Ebenezer Loveren, William\\nManaban, Jehu Wilkin-. -l -,-tt.ieii Salinn-I lireui leprc.-eiitative.\\n1836\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Manahan, town clerk J,, In, Wilkins, Robi n dali\\nl-:i\u00e2\u0080\u009e-ii.-/,i M, k.-.-n. -,-le. lm,-ii Sainn.-l iln-i;:. i.-pi,-, nt itive.\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert G lale, town clerk; .lulu. Wilkins, Ebenezcr It.\\nM, Kc.-n, i:i\u00e2\u0080\u009e-ii,-/.-r I.,,\\\\,i,-n, selectmen; F.heinzer l.a,-r,i.. represent-\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Manahan town clerk; Ebenezer LovereD, Robert\\nI.il l a.nl l .,isiilh. -el. I ii. I.I,, ii,/, r l...\\\\.i,ii. r.pr. .-eiitatice.\\nI W ill lam Manahan, H.vvn li-i k 1 aw.l l ,,r-.iilli, .1,-1 in 1 lull hat,\\ni:t\u00e2\u0080\u009e n, /,-r McKe.-n, l.-i I KI\u00e2\u0080\u009en,/,-i I.,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e-i,-ii, repr.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -iit.r;..\\n]sl William Manahan. t....n clerk; .1,-lm Bartlett, Khelie/. I.\\nMcKeen, James Foreaith 2d), 1 n l;.-i\u00e2\u0080\u009en ii I.il.-, r.-pie-.-i.i.\\nall.-\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Manahan, town clerk; Ebenezer 1!. McKeen, James\\nl lsailli I J.I .luh 1 1 Wil kills, s,-t,,, tmen Ih-bcll la). I. p I, -en la I I..\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Manahan. town clerk .lames Foreaith, John Bartlett,\\nSamuel Gregg, select u; John Wilkins, i.pi.-.-iit.iii.,\\n1843. William Manahan. tnwn In k .h-hn B.u ll.-tl. .lam. I i\\n.-II W I i.u.t Manaliali. 1,-uii l.-ik .lam, I m sail h, .lull 11 Haiti. It.\\ns.u l .i,_. w ,i,, M u.aliau, representative.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Manahan, town clerk; Robert Goodale, Daniel Wy-\\nman. L.-,,|iar.l M, Keen, -electmcli W illiam Manahan, represeiitalii\\n1 4 William Fursalth, town clerk .L.hn Bartlett. -lain,? F..:-..nli.\\nI II --I. -tin. -ii l:.,t\u00e2\u0080\u009e it I. ,\u00e2\u0080\u009elale. representative.\\n1 4T -Will,.,,,, Forsaith town clerk; Enoch Hadley, William For-\\nItl B G bait selectmen: Ja l.-r-aiti.. nptes, nt.iti.,\\nI-;- ..a- Foreaith town clerk; William Foreaith, Enoch Had-\\nley, II I. in,, i, .l.,n,y. K,,i-.iilh. I, I lvM-ntative.\\nl^la \u00e2\u0080\u0094Willi. ,m i.-i-aiih. town clerk Horace Gove, Freeman D\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Forsaith, town clerk Bora ve, Freeman Dow,\\nr,.u!l,n n -,-l,-, im, ii William I. a-. nil. i. j. tative.\\n1851 \u00e2\u0080\u0094William Foreaith, town i lerk Bartlett Simons, Enoch lla.lh-y,\\nWilliam Forsaith, selectmen; John Bartlett, rept ntative\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Forsaith, town clerk William Fi.r^aiih. Leonard\\nM, Kian. .1. v Kllin\\\\v,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009el, -,-h-i tii^.ti F. I .,\\\\v, n.,| ri- -ntativ,-\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Forsaith, town clerk Enoch Hadley, Leonard Mc-\\nKi-an, .1. s Kllinw I, SL-I.-, tin, n F. Dow, representative,\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 RuSBell Tubbs, town clerk Enoch Hadley, Bartlett Simons,\\n1 1, -i,\u00e2\u0080\u009e I i i I,-, tin, ii man l\u00c2\u00bb.,\\\\v, r.-i.ta-M-ntative.\\n1855 James W Ellsworth, town clerk Leonard McKean, Hodnej\\nWilkins, A,1hiii 1\u00c2\u00bbi k,- mil. I, atm, n I. Mi K- an. representative.\\n_i i:,[v i,i, _._. t, A \\\\n il.-tk; l.,-,n.,i,| M-K-ai, It,..lnei WilkinB,\\nAilatn Hi.-k.-v i.lt, ,,-|.-tin.ii I. M K.-an, i preseotativi\\ni, _.-.\\nGove, n ii-l il\\niii-i\\\\ i,i,;., ii.u ii 1. il, H,,iai-,- iluvc, ii -_: ii -I ii- W il-, n.\\ni l,- tin, ii Ikiiiii-I Sum, ii-. i-.-prcsentative.\\nsty Gregg, town clerk J S. Ellinvi 1. Samuel H. Jones,\\nSmith, selectmen Reuh.-n L,a,i-,-n. i, |,i,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 nialn.-.\\nII.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lewis lale, town clerk J S Ellinw I, Samuel II nes\\nSmith, selectmen Reub.-n l...v. t.-n. r- ;,i,-,-iit.ili\\\\,-\\ni2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Horace Gove, town clerk; Smith, II Jones, hestei\\n3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William A Muszy, town clerk lean m ll.\\nt. I. Ban\\ni 1. Bai\\nMatthew\\n,i, li. _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2. t- \u00c2\u00abn derk; I I\\ni: li II. Bartlett, selectmen Isaac Smith. re|\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew .1 l..\u00c2\u00ab ke, town clerk lugtu\\n-ailh. -iinii-l Wil-,ii. M-h-ctlni ti A. Applet., n, I ,pi,--.lit.,ti\\\\\\n1867 ll I Locke, t,,\\\\Mi\u00c2\u00ab hi k Anj-i-lii.- W|]-.. li, Matthew\\n-.lith. S-iiiiii- I W i -ii, -I,-, linen A. Applet, ,11, l,-pI.-,-,,l ,1 n\\n1868. IndrewJ. Loi ke, town, lerk Matthew Forsaith, Hiram Bt wn,\\nI. .1. Itim-ham, M-l.-i tmen An-ii-lii- il- n. i- ntative.\\n1st,- Jam. i lii.a---. li.wnelei-k Matth.-u Forsaith, I;\\nDana B. II... II.., k, selectmen Augustus Wilson, n presentative.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cristy Gregg town clerk I- I Bartl H D B Hadlock, S II\\nI. i Belei in, i. Mattle-u l-..i-..iil.. i. pi.-, ntative\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cristy Gregg, t t clerk Samuel H Jones, R. J. Bingham,\\n\\\\n,lie\\\\\\\\ I I.... k. 1. t .til., i, 1 -i ;r I i. pi -nl ,1 1\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs, towncIerk;A .1.1. Royal E Otis, M M.\\nI ,\u00e2\u0080\u009elmaii, -.-I,-, tin, -Il It,\u00e2\u0080\u009elney.l. Panel I ,-pl, -.lilatli\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Gove, lowiielerk .1. s. i;ilni\u00c2\u00ab, Alm.m Putney,.!.\\nPutney, i.\\nI rry, W 1\\ni C. Ferry, W\\nlia It. Ha, II... k. I- pi,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 litatl-\\n.mi clerk; II. i: mi-, Han\\nDana It Hadloi k, represenl", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0672.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0673.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "m \u00c2\u00abJ\\n7/", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0674.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. G. Morrill, town clerk, \\\\V. K. Whitaker, Harrison C. Ferry,\\nWilliam T. Smith, selectmen Aim. .11 Putney, representative.\\n187S 1 G Morrill, town clerk; W.F. Whitaker Harris Ferry,\\nWilliam T Smith, Imi.-ii Union Pntii.-y, re|.r.wiitiitiie.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs. townrlerk; M. Forsaith, B P I J l 11\\nI, selectmen Chai otative.\\n1881.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs, town clerk; 51 Forsaith, R. P. Creesy, J.S. Ellin-\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs, town clerk M. Forsaith, G -ge H. Sears, Wil-\\nliam H. Gilmore, selectmen Scott F. Dow, representative\\nL883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs, town clerk; M. I aith, George H. Sears,\\nCharles F. Gove, selectmen.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs, town clerk M. Forsaith, George H. Sears,\\nCharles F. Govi Belei tmen Matthew Forsaith, representative.\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alvin Tubbs, town clerk M Forsaith, G ge H. Sears, Wil-\\nliam H (iilm.Mv, selectmen.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SK ETC IIES.\\nJAMES GREGG.\\nThe first name of this family of which we have\\nrecord is Hugh 1 Gregg, a Scotchman, who had a son,\\nAlexander 2 who was born November 22 (old style!,\\n174i;, and died, date unknown. He married Mary\\nChristie-, who was born June 14 (old style), 17411,\\nand died September 13, 1817.\\nThe children from this union were Jane 3 born\\nNovember 29, 1774, and died September 11, 1822;\\nHugh 3 born October 14, 1776, and died April 12,\\n1859; Peter C.\\\\ horn August 26, 1778, and died in\\n1869; Alexander 3 horn November 27, 1780, and died\\nJanuary, 1834; James 3 born March 29, 1784, and\\ndied July 5, 1811 Samuel 3 born April 26, 1786, and\\ndied July 13, 1849; Anna 3 horn August 21, 1789, and\\ndied February 4. 1834; Reuben 3 horn May 19, 1793,\\nand died July 7,1871.\\nSamuel who died in Deering, N. H., married, first,\\nLydia Dodge. She was born July 15, 1784, and died\\nNovember 8, 1826. She had six children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eunice 4\\nhorn January 21, 1812, and married Mr. James Ful-\\nton, of Deering, whose portrait is to be found in this\\nvolume; James*, the subject of this sketch, who was\\nborn August 18, 1814, and died, unmarried, February\\n9,1871; Asenath horn September 13, 1816, and died\\nSeptember 12, 1855 Samuel*, born March 18, L819,\\nand died February 3, 1879; Lydia A. horn March 6,\\n1822; Rebecca 4 born April 5, 1825, and died August\\n23,1850. The second wife was Mary Currier, who\\ndied December 1 1 1865.\\nAnother very important branch of the Gregg\\nfamily is that of Anna who was married, in 1810, to\\nEnos Merrill, of Deering, and had seven children,\\nAnna A.*, born December 5, 1811, and died August\\n27, 1837; Charlotte L.*, born January 20. 1813, and\\ndied April 29, 1861; Hannah 4 born April 20,1815,\\nand died July 10, 1834; Thomas A. 4 born March 17,\\n1817, is living; Mary J. C.\\\\ born February 27, 1819,\\nand died December 6, 1837; Lydia A 4 born Novem-\\nber 17, 1825, and died December 30, 1864; Eliza J.\\nborn August 30, 1827, and died September 2, 1854.\\nMr. Gregg was born in Deering, N. 11. His boy-\\nhood was passed on his father s farm. The common\\ndistrict schools of the town were attended by him,\\nand he early showed a fondness for books, and, desir-\\ning better educational advantages went to Hopkin-\\nton Academy for a time, and, later, finished at Han-\\ncock Academy. He learned the mason s trade, and\\nworked at it in the summer mouth- for several years,\\nami in the winter taught school in 1 leering ami in\\nthe adjoining towns, and was successful. Never of a\\nvol. usi constitution, his health failed; and on this\\naccount, with a desire for outdoor work, he took up\\nbook-canvassing, and, for several years, followed it\\nin many parts of the country, but chiefly through the\\nWest. He was careful and prudent in his money\\nmatters, and in the western country found it greatly\\nto his advantage to make loans on real estate, bj\\nwhich means he became rich. Mr. Gregg was a\\nmember of the Free-Soil party, entertained broad\\nviews on religious subjects, and was liberal in his\\ncontributions to the cause of religion. It was during\\nhis travels through the country, and from his intimate\\ncontact with the people, that he discovered the need\\nof Ilililes among the poorer classes, which need he\\nmost nobly met by a gift to the American Bible So-\\nciety of twenty-three thousand dollars.\\nMr. Gregg lied at the residence of Joseph 11.\\nVaught, at Shopiere, Wis., where he had made\\nhis home for many year-, beloved by all who knew\\nhim. and, through the American Bible Society, his\\ninfluence will lie felt for many years. The beautiful\\nsteel portrait of Mr. Gregg was donated by his eldest\\nsister, Mrs. Fulton, of Methuen, Mass.\\nJAMES FULTON.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Fulton were Scotch-Irish, and\\ncame to America at an early date. The first definite\\nrecord is of Robert 1 of Francestown, X. H., who\\nwas born in June. 1752. He married Sarah Brown,\\nwho was horn in July, 1750. Her mother came from\\nScotland and settled in Derry, N. II. Robert 1 had\\nsix children, all boys, who were horn as follows:\\nAlexander-, horn May 17. 177.:; Samuel 2 born\\nJune 4. 1775; James 2 horn October 18, 1777; John-,\\nhorn February 0, 1780; Jonathan- horn June 25,\\n1782; Robert 2 horn October 12. 1785.\\nJames* married Hannah Faulkner, April 0, 1803.\\nShe was horn July 24. 1779, and died Dei embi 1 !0,\\nis:;;;. There were ten children from this union, as\\nfollows: Betsy 3 born December 30, 1803, died No-\\nvember 8, 1828; James 3 (the subject of this sketch),\\nborn April 3. 1806; Lyman horn December 0, 1807,\\ndied December 30,1879; Jenny horn February 27,\\nl-in, died March 2-. L880; Robert 3 horn July 2,\\n1812, is living; Curtis horn July 31, 1814, died May\\n2 1850; Abiel 3 horn September 18, 1816, died in\\ninfamy; Mary horn November 10. 1818, died May\\n10. 1842; Charles horn January 13. 1821, died He-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0677.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncember 30, 1*47 Hannah 3 burn August 25, 1823, is\\nliving.\\nMr. Fulton was born in Deering, N. II. His\\nfather, James- who first saw the light of Jay in the\\nstirring times of the Revolution, was a farmer, and\\nyoung Fulton, with his brothers, assisted in the farm-\\nwork, and, being the oldest boy, was a leader in the\\nwork as well as the -ports incident to the times.\\nHi- educational advantages were limiteJ to such as\\nwere obtainable in the common schools of the town.\\nand his attendance there was limited to a few months\\nin the winter season, as the summer months were\\ngiven to the usual round of farm duties. The farm\\nof the Fultons was one of the best to be found in\\nthis rugged section. At the age of twenty-two he\\nleft the old home and went into the machine-shop\\nof John Smith Co., at Andover, Mass., where he\\nremained three and a half years, doing general work\\nfor a stipulated sum of money. wing to the failing\\nhealth of his parents. Mr. Fulton returned to the\\nfarm, and his father gave him a half-interest in it.\\nand he cared for them as long as they lived. Mr.\\nFulton was successful as a farmer, and, December 1.\\n1-::. married Eunice, daughter of Captain Samuel\\nand Lydia (Dodge) Gregg, of Deering, by which union\\nthere were born live children, Lydia A. born Sep-\\ntember 23, 1836; Joseph II born September 7. 1839;\\nHannah J.\\\\ bom August 3, 1842, died October 30,\\n1881 Charles J., 4 born December 25, 1848: MarvE*\\nborn July 7, 1853. These children were born in\\nDeering.\\nJoseph IF. married, first, Laura A. Harnden, who\\nbore him two sons, James Arthur and Warren\\nl rregg 6 and she died February 10, 1871. His second\\nwife was Lucy A. Sargent. Charles J. married Mary\\nA. Wilson, who bore him two children, John W. 5 and\\nCharles Warren 5 who died August 12, 1879. Mary\\nE. 4 was married to Irving G. Rowell, of Weare, N. H.,\\nand has two children, Alice M.\\\\ born in Manchester,\\nN. IL, and Charles W.\\\\ born in Sunapee, N. II.\\nMr. Fulton was a Whig, ami when the Repub-\\nlican party was formed he joined it, and up to the\\npresent time has maintained its principles and exer-\\nci-cd his right of franchise in support of its candi-\\ndal, is to public office. In religious belief Mr. Fulton 3\\nis a Congregationalist, and has always been a liberal\\ncontributor to the support of, and a constant at-\\ntendant upon, public worship, and his daily life has\\never been consistent and devoted. Mr. Fulton held\\na commission from Governor Hill as captain in the\\nNew Hampshire militia. In 1873, his parents having\\npassed away. Mr. Fulton sold the farm in Deering\\nand removed to Methuen, Mass., where his two sons\\nhad established themselves in a successful mercantile\\nbusiness, and there, in a pretty cottage in the suburbs\\nof that lovely village, he is passing his declining years,\\nin company with hi- beloved wife, surrounded by com-\\nforts befitting the closing years of a successful life.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0678.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "t irrz J J/6\\n///v//", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0681.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0682.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH.\\nREV. HARRY BRICKETT, M.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Hillsborough 1ms made a good record\\namong the towns of Hillsborough County, to which\\nit has had the honor of giving its name. It is my\\npurpose to sketch briefly its history. The litera-\\nture of the town, the sources from which its history\\nmay be gathered, and from which I shall truly glean,\\nare rich in facts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in some cases scattered very widely\\nat random\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and are as follows: 1. The Annals of\\nHillsborough, by Charles .lames Smith, of Mont\\nVernon, delivered in a lecture before the Hillsborough\\nLyceum in 1841, it being the one hundredth anniver-\\nsary of the first settlement of the town, rich in\\nscattered material and full of genuine interest, show-\\ning commendable accuracy of research. Mr. Smith\\nwas then a young man, twenty-one years of age. lie\\nis enjoying life at home in Mont Vernon. II. A\\nvery readable article in the first volume of the Granite\\nMonthly, published at I loncord, from the pen of lolo-\\nnel Franklin H. Pierce, of Hillsborough, a member\\nof the bar, recently appointed judge-advocate of the\\nAmoskeag Veterans, and United States consul to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Matanzas, Cuba. Mr. Pierce is the nephew, name-\\nsake and heir of the late ex-President Franklin\\nPierce. III. Facts gathered and published under the\\ntitle of Early Town Papers, by Hon. Isaac W.\\nHammond, of Concord, Deputy Secretary of State.\\nIV. Military History of New Hampshire, by the\\nlate Hon. Chandler E. Potter, of Hillsborough. V.\\nHistory of New Hampshire luircbcs, by Rev. R.S.\\nLawrence. VI. The will-kept records of the town.\\nVII. Tin Press of Hillsborough County, prepared by\\nEdward D. Boylson, of Amherst, a practical printer,\\nan interesting and valuable history. In addition,\\nI should mention the memory of aged citizens of the\\ntown, to whose well-told tales of early times in Hills-\\nborough I have often listened with thrilling interest:\\nsuch as the late James Chase. Perkins Cooled Ion\\nathan Gould, Captain William Booth and the ven-\\nerated school-teacher of the long ago, Miss Clarissa\\nStow, daughter of Deacon Joel Stow, of Stow Moun-\\ntain farm.\\nIt will appear from the records that the first settlers\\ndid good, if not the best, work. They were men and\\nwomen, too. of pluck and endurance, just the ones to\\nsettle in what was then a wilderness infested with\\nwhat were objects of terror to women. bears and In-\\ndians. Their hardy frontier life titted the men to\\nbecome good soldiers.\\nIn all the wars in which the nation has been in-\\nvolved, the Cape Breton War, from 17-14 to 174U. in-\\nclusive; the French ami Indian War; the War of the\\nAmerican Revolution the War of 1812; the Florida\\nWar; the war with Mexico, undertaken to conquer\\na peace the War of the Rebellion, the fiercesl and\\nbloodiest of them all, in all these wars Hillsborough\\nlias had a full part; its men have fought in the Held,\\ntheir blood has been shed and lives have been sacri\\nficed. Hillsborough has furnished a full share of\\nbrave officers who led to victory or to death. It\\nwill lie found that the early settlers of the town were\\nsimple and frugal in their habits, and in their food\\nmade free use of milk and broth. It was the day of\\nsamp and bean porridge. The forests abounded in\\nwild game, --the bear, the moose and the deer. The\\ndrumming of the partridge was heard in all directions,\\nami the brooks and rivers afforded a plentiful supply\\nof fish, the trout, the perch and the salmon. Trav-\\neling for the most part was on foot the roads were\\nsimply bridle-paths for years, and ail riding was on\\nhorseback, often two on the same animal. The pil-\\nlion was a well-known article, and one often used on\\nSundays.\\nAs it is not originality of fact-, but only their dis-\\ncovery, solution, right arrangement and clear state-\\nment, that is required of a historian, I shall take well-\\nauthenticated facts from whatever source I may\\nbe aide without, in all cases, statitcj tin- source.\\nIt will be my object to condense into the smallest\\ncompass that will allow the presentation of the most\\nimportant and interesting facts in the clearest light.\\n1 desire lo bring Hillsborough, past and present, its\\noriginal settlers. it military achievements, its topog-\\nraphy, the occupations of its citizens, its corporate\\nindustries, its professions, its progress in social life,\\nin fine, Hillsborough and all that concerns it,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 into a\\nfull and clear view. Very likely, after the greatest\\ncare in sifting facts that is possible, some things, taken\\nfor granted because so many times repeated without", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0683.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncontradiction, may be over or understated, and at this\\nlapse of time, and especially mi account of the dis-\\nappearance of several generations of actors and the\\nabsence of well-authenticated documents, it may he\\nfound impossible to get any nearer the truth. It has\\nrecently been stated, on reliable authority, of Walter\\nGibson, A. B., historian of Concord, that original\\ndocuments ami records of several towns, including\\nHillsborough, were known to be in existenci in\\n181~ in the possession of uneSarson Belcher, a hatter\\nof Boston, deceased. Mr. Belcher was the executor\\nof the will of Colonel John Hill, proprietor of the\\ntown of Hillsborough, and for whom the town was\\nnamed. It is is hoped, though not confidently ex-\\npected, that these papers may yet lie in the posses-\\nsion of Belcher s heir-, and may tall into the bands\\nof the loeal historians of the towns interested, viz.\\nHillsborough, Bindge, Boston and Peterborough.\\nThey woldd hi of great value, whether corrobora-\\ntive or corrective.\\nTopography.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The town of Hillsborough is in the\\nnorthwest corner of Hillsborough minty. The original\\ngrant to Colonel Hill was for a section about six\\nmiles square. Looking at it on a good map, it has\\nthe appearance of having two opposite parallel sides\\npressed a little together, forcing, thereby, an acute\\nust one of the .-ides of Sullivan County and\\nthe town of Washington, in that county, and forcing a\\ncorner of Hillsborough into that town a considerable\\ndistance. It is bounded on the north by Washington\\nand Bradford, on the east by Henniker, on the south\\nby Deering and Antrim and on the west by Windsor\\nand Washington. It is in latitude i north and\\nin longitude 5\u00c2\u00b0 5 east. Its first line, beginning at\\nthe southeast corner of Henniker, deflects to the\\nsouth 5\u00c2\u00b0 30 from due west. The surface of the town\\nis greatly diversified with hill and valley, so much so\\nthat it is popularly, though erroneously, believed\\nthat this fact gave to the town its name of Hills-\\nborough. There is, however, a limited extent of\\nlevel land along th urse of it- streams.\\nRivers. The town is liberally, more than the aver-\\nage, supplied with living streams of water. The\\nlargest of these is the Contoocook, an important\\nriver, that assumes the name Contoocook an Indian\\nname meaning a place of crows\u00e2\u0080\u0094just as it enters\\nthe limits of the town at the corners of Deering and\\nAntrim It is formed by the union of two consider-\\nable streams, called, respectively, the South Branch\\nand the North Branch, forming a union near the\\ncorners above mentioned.\\nThe principal stream the South Branch takes its\\nrise in the elevated swamps of Bindge, in full view\\nfrom the railroad between Peterborough and Win-\\nehendon. It is augmented by streams from the\\neastern slope of the Monadnock Mountain and from\\nthe numerous lakelets lying at its base. It is still\\nfurther increased by the drainage of Peterborough,\\nrreenfield in part. Bennington, Hancock and Stoddard\\nin part, so that it becomes of itself no inconsiderable\\nstream. But as it enters Hillsborough it is greatly\\nincreased in quantity of water by the confluence of\\nthe North Branch, which rises in Horse-shoe Pond,\\non the west side of Lovell s Mountain, in Washing-\\nton, forming Long Pond in Stoddard, flowing through\\na portion of Antrim, giving its own name to a\\nflourishing village in the town of Antrim. Flowing\\na short distance in Hillsborough, which it enters on\\nthe south line, passing through the Lower village, it\\nsoon receives the waters of the Hillsborough River,\\nSO called, and the united streams join the South\\nBranch, and they together form the Contoocook.\\nThe Hillsborough River takes its first supply from\\nthe drainage of the eastern slope of Lovell s .Moun-\\ntain, increased by a stream Mowing from the marshy\\ngrounds of Bradford. It runs somewhat diagonally\\nthrough the town for a distance of about seven miles.\\nIt is increased also by the drainage of the ponds in\\nWindsor and from the Symond meadows, in Hills-\\nborough. The stream which comes from the west\\ndoes good work in turning wheel and driving ma-\\nchinery at the Upper Village, in Hillsborough. The\\nHillsborough River joins with the North Branch\\nnear the foundry near the residence, for so many\\nyears, of Major Charles I). Bobbins, now of Bradford.\\nThe Contoocook, thus formed, becomes an important\\nriver, bearing an unfailing supply of water, available\\nfor industrial purposes as it (lows through the Hills-\\nborough Bridge village, and for its size it is doubtful\\nif it can lie surpassed by any stream in New England.\\nThere is descent enough for all practical purposes,\\nand suitable locations for mills for a long distance\\ndown the river. There is no reason in the nature of\\nthings except distance lrom market why it should\\nnot, in time, create a rival of Lawrence or Lowell.\\nThe town is also well watered with brooks, one\\nplentifully supplied with the speckled trout, but\\nwhich are, for the most part, anions the g 1 things\\nthat were, but are not. There are also three con-\\nsiderahle ponds in town, viz.: Loon, a half-mile north\\nof the Centre; Contention, about a mile northwest\\nof Loon; and Campbell s Pond, in the eastern part,\\nnear the Henniker line and in the neighborhood of\\nJonathan Gould. Loon Pond deserves the name of\\na lake. It is much frequented as a summer resort.\\nSeekers of rest and recreation began living in tents,\\nas in tin- nomadic age; now cottages are going up on\\nits shores. It abounds in bass, pickerel and pouts,\\nand, in their season, the water lily.\\nAs has been said, it well deserves the name of lake,\\nfor it is about two miles in length by three-quarters\\nof a mile in width in its widest part. It is nearly\\nsurrounded with a fine forest growth. The waters\\narc clear, cool in the hottest weather, and deep, and\\ntin- fish caught from it are consequently of line flavor\\nand of the b.,t quality. Those who own the land\\nbordering claim the sovereignty of its waters; never-\\ntheless it is open and free to all comers. The late", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0684.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "HII.LSIiOROUGH.\\nJohn Gilbert, of Boston, who owned a summer resi-\\ndence at the Centre, to which he had all his children\\nand grandchildren repair to spend the summer\\nmonths, had a well-trodden path to the harbor, where\\nhe kept his boats upon its cool and salubrious waters.\\nA- a regular caiuping-LiTound lor spending one s vaca-\\ntion, Loon Pond was first brought prominently into\\nnotice by Rev. Harry L. Brickett, of Lynnfield\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ntre, Mass., the successful principal of Valley\\nAcademj and Union School, at Hillsborough Bridge,\\nfor three years, from 1876 to 1879, inclusive. Here\\nhe spent his summer vacations, in good part residing\\nin camp and fishing. He entertained hosts of friends\\nwith fried lish and chowders which he prepared with\\nhis own hands, to the enjoyment of those who visited\\nhim, camping in the quiet and beauty of this sylvan\\nlakeside retreat. Now the enterprising editor of the\\nHillsborough Messenger, Charles W. Hutchins. lias\\nbuilt a summer-house for campers upon its banks, and\\nevery year many are the camping-parties that make\\nmerry upon its pleasant shores. The writer would\\nsuggest that, in memory of the late John Gilbert, of\\nBoston, who for many years has done so much for\\nHillsborough Centre, it be called Lake Gilbert.\\nAlthough the surface is so much diversified with hills\\nand valleys, yet its elevations are hardly high enough\\nto be called mountains, and most of the land has, at\\nsome time, been cleared to the very top of its highest\\nhill. There is, however, one elevation famous in the\\nearly settlement of the town, which has received\\nthe name of Stow s Mountain., located in the north-\\nwest part of the town, in what is now best known as\\nthe Edgar Hazen neighborhood, and in that school\\ndistrict. Deacon Joel Stow (the father of one better\\nknown than he, Clarissa Stow, to whom so many\\nowe their first good start in learning) lived on the\\nsoutheast slope of this mountain. Justus Pike lived\\nhighest up. A fen years ago\u00e2\u0080\u0094 just before the war\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nliis house was taken down, brought to Hillsborough\\nBridge, and re-erected as a tenement-house just in\\nthe rear of the Methodist meeting-house.\\nA part of the farm of James M. Wilkins, near tin-\\nCentre, which, by the way, is made to he a very pro-\\nductive farm, is on very high ground. As you go\\neast towards Henniker from his farm the land rises to\\na great height, from which the view on a clear daj is\\nextensive and grand. A lon- stretch of the White\\nMountain range is seen, and sometimes Mount Wash-\\nington itself.\\nThe lowest part of the town is a little to the east of\\nHillsborough Bridge. It is up-hill from the bridge\\nevery way. except along the river road leading from\\nHenniker to Peterborough, through Hillsborough\\nBridge village. That, for the most part, is a level road.\\nThe land rises gradually from the valley of the Con-\\ntoocook, going north. A very hilly road leads from\\nthe Bridge village to the Centre through -one of che\\nbest farms in town, Baker s, Dutton s, the Clarkes\\nTaylor s and others. Another road, ci ssiuj.r the road\\nfrom Hillsborough Bridge to the Lower village, at the\\ndistance of one mile, at the Deacon Sawyer place, now\\nowned and occupied by Gawn Mills, leads over Bible\\nHill, owned and occupied by good farmers, then de-\\nscends into a fertile valley, whence it climbs the rest\\nof the way to the Centre. About two miles further\\nsouth is the Old New Hampshire turnpike, leading\\nthrough the Lower and Upper villages and on to\\nWashington. The roads through the Centre lead lo\\nEast Washington and Bradford. Overthese roads, and\\nconverging towards the same point, the Centre, all of\\nthe people of the town once traveled on the Lord s\\nDay to the one house of worship. The Centre was\\nonce an important village, and had its store and\\nblacksmith-shop; but these long since disappeared.\\nDeath and removals have thinned its population and\\nweakened its strength, old and venerable men, once\\nits strength and pride, have been dropping away one\\nby one. and few young people are willing to stay on\\nthe good old farms to make their places good. The\\nrecent death of Mr. John Gilbert, a native of the\\nCentre, a resident and business man in Boston during\\ninaii\\\\ years, has saddened the hearts of the people\\nat the Centre, among whom he was accustomed to\\nspend the summer months at bis residence there.\\nThe Soil.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough has a strong and, for the\\nmost part, productive soil, complained of, however, by\\nnot a tew, for its rocks and for being hard to cultivate.\\nIt once abounded in forests, some of which now re-\\nmain, greatly diminished especially within easy\\nreach of the railroad station\u00e2\u0080\u0094 during the last, twenty-\\nfive years. As a compensation for this, large tracts\\nof hill land Lave been allowed to return again to\\nthe condition of forests. Much of the new growth is\\nnow large enough lor lumber. The tall and stately\\nwhite pines that once abounded, reserved in the orig-\\ninal charter for the King s navy, have now almost\\nwholly disappeared, though, as it turned out, Kin-\\nGeorge had but very few of them. Most of those\\nnow standing are of second growth.\\nThe trees in the forests are of the usual kind found\\nin other towns in tin- vicinity, such as hemlocks,\\nspruces (not so abundant), the ash, the oak (of several\\nkinds, white and red), beech, white, red and rock or\\nsugar maple, the butternut, fir-balsam (rich in liquid\\ngum) and the cherry.\\nThe sugar maple (Acer sun-hart nam) deserves\\nespecial notice. It abounds in town. These Hers\\nhave been spared in the general demolition for their\\nvalue as deposits from which sugar is so readily ob-\\ntained at a season of the year when other kinds of\\nwork are not so pressing. In one section of the town\\nthe sugar orchards of Wilkins, Clark Brothers and\\nDr. Dutton are noted for the quality and amount of\\nsugar produced.\\nThe Clark Brothers exhibited specimens at the\\nCentennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, and\\nreceived honorable mention, and a correspondence\\nwas solicited by the agent of the French government", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0685.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin regard to the subject ami was carrier] mi from the\\ndepartment at home, in Paris. The writer of this ar-\\nticle had the pleasure of reading and translating the\\nletters to the lark Brothers from Paris, and knows\\nthat they were full of valuable information on the\\nsubject of sugar products and highly complimentary\\nto the Chirks.\\nGreat pains are taken by the best sugar-makers to\\nkeep the sap perfectly sweet and clean from its exu-\\ndation from the tree to its entering the evaporating\\napparatus, s that it comes to market white, clean\\nand pure.\\nSettlements. The first settlement in Hillsbor-\\nough, made in 1741, was one hundred and eighteen\\nyears after the first made in the colony, in Dover, in\\nlti2:;, under the lead of Gorges Mason, proprietors,\\nby the favor of James I., of England. They sent out\\ntwo small colonies. Their charter, embracing New\\nHampshire, included the territory lying between the\\nsea and the St. Lawrence, and the rivers Kennebec\\nand Merrimack. Massachusetts colony set up a claim\\nto New Hampshire, in part, to all north of the Merri-\\nmack, and for many years the two colonies were\\nunited under one government. But in 1741, the very\\nyear that the first settlement was commenced in Hills-\\nborough (then called No. 7). a final separation was\\neffected between the two colonies. The separation\\nwas peaceably gained.\\nThe first known visit of white men to I lite- site of\\nHillsborough was in that year. Before 1741 it had\\nbeen the unrestricted ami favorite resort of Indians,\\nas is known by the numerous Indian implements dug\\nup in the process of cultivating the land with the\\nplow anil hoe along the margins of the streams.\\nWhere Hillsborough Bridge village stands (a place\\nwhere there are natural falls in the river) it appears\\nthat they had a common resort. It is supposed thai\\nthe Pennicook tribe claimed the whole region bor-\\ndering the Contoocook River through its entire length.\\nTraces of thai tribe have been found along the whole\\nof that river and its tributaries, even to the region id\\nthe Monadnock. Indian relics have been found\\nthrough the valleys bordering the Contoocook and its\\ntributaries.\\nIn the year 1741 Hillsborough was an unbroken\\nforest; not only so, it was the part of an almost un-\\nbroken wilderness, extending west to the Connecticut\\nRiver and to the north indefinitely. Here and there\\na few settlements had been commenced, one such by\\na single family in Antrim. In that year the boundary\\nline was definitely settled between the colonies of Mas-\\nsachusetts and New Hampshire by a royal decree\\nof Charles I., of England, and the township of Hills-\\nborough (No. 7) was granted by Massachusetts to\\nColonel John Hill. He afterwards obtained a quit-\\nclaim from the original proprietors or their heirs.\\nGorges Mason. He could then give an undoubted\\ntitle to the land to those who came and bought of him.\\nColonel Hill immediately employed and sent a com-\\npetent surveyor from Boston to run the town lines and\\ndivide it into one hundred acre lots, and at once threw\\nthe land open for settlement. A small party re-\\nsponded favorably to bis invitation, and came on to\\nmake themselves homes at a great distance from\\nneighbors.\\nThe First Settlers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The principal of the first to\\ncome with axe and pick-hoe were Samuel Gibson,\\n.lames Lyon. Robert McCluer and James McColley.\\nIhe new settlers set themselves vigorously at work.\\nThey wrought with a will in felling trees, clearing\\nwith tire and axe, and putting in seed so as to raise\\nsomething to keep the wolf hunger from the door\\nand supply other necessaries of life; tor at their dis-\\ntance from any market it would not be easy to con-\\nvert ready money if they had any that was converti-\\nble into bread, meat, garments and other necessa-\\nries. Wool and Sax, their own products, wrought\\ninto form by the skill and industry of woman s hands,\\nmilk from the home cow. bread from the growth of\\nthe newly-cleared fields, meat brought down by the\\ntrusty rifle were the means by which the early set-\\ntlers lived in those early (lays that tried men s\\nsouls. But not only for themselves at their homes,\\nbut for those, too, in the tield fighting in a common\\ncause, must they make provision. They bravely met\\nall these numerous demands.\\nAs an evidence of their good faith in starting this\\nnew settlement, they began from the very first to\\nmake provision to supply their spiritual wants which\\nthey regarded as absolutely imperative. They built\\na meeting-house, presumably of hewn logs, for at\\nthat early day. 1741 to 174f there were no saw-mills\\nin the limits of the town, and none nearer than New\\nBoston. It met their wants. In one luxury, how-\\never, they indulged. The meeting-house was fur-\\nnished with glass windows and with a bell, in use at\\nbast a few years ago in iroton, Mass. This build-\\ning was located, as is believed, on the site of the\\nbuildings of the Clark Brothers, about half-way be-\\ntween the Bridge and Centre villages. At the same\\nplace they erected also a parsonage. Young men\\ncame with their wives to create a I for themseh es\\nand families, as they hoped, for life. Itrequiredno\\nsmall courage for tender and delicate women, in the\\nfreshness of their lives, to start for a howling wilder-\\nness full of terrors, at least for women and children,\\nterrors from hostile Indians, against whom it was\\nnecessary to keep a constant watch and guard. The\\nIndian- doubtless felt that they were an injured race,\\nas thc-\\\\- saw their hunting and fishing-grounds inter-\\nfered with by the pale-faces, and their forests disap-\\npearing under the blows of the woodman s axe and\\nthe fire. There, too. roamed ai large the bear, some-\\ntimes exceedingly tierce when called upon to defend\\nher young, provoked then to show signs of hostility.\\nJames McColley, of Scotch Irish descent, a native\\nof the north of Londonderry, which has furnished\\nmen unsurpassed in noble and heroic achievements,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0686.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\ntook up his place of abode at what is now the Bridge\\nvillage, on the ground now familiarly known as the\\nGyrus Sargent place, owned and occupied at the pres-\\nent time by the Hoyts. He built his log cabin\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all the\\nfirst hi uses were ot logs beside a huge granite bi tuli ler,\\nwhich many years ago was blasted into fragments for\\nbuilding purposes and cleared wholly away. In this\\nrude cabin was horn into his family, January 18, 1742,\\nthe first child bom of white parents in the town of\\nHillsborough. He was named John. He grew up to\\nhave a history.\\nAt an early age John McColley became a soldier in\\nthe King s army against tin- French and Indians; af-\\nterwards he was a soldier in the American army\\nagainst the same King (George the Third), and was\\namong those sent to drive Burgoyne out of the coun-\\ntry. This campaign was the turning-point in the War\\nof the Revolution.\\nAnother event, which also proved to be historical,\\ntook place in No. 7, the new town just settled.\\nA daughter, Elizabeth, was born into the family of\\nSamuel Gibson, in another log cabin, built where S.\\nM. Baker now lives, on the road from the Bridge to\\nthe Centre, May 19, 1742, just four months, lacking a\\nday, from the birth of John McColley. In due time,\\nat an early age,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 early enough, twenty-five years\\nthey were married in Litchfield, received a present\\nof a farm from Colonel Hill, the proprietor, and re-\\nmoved to Hillsborough and made it their home.\\nIn the same year (1741 ami perhaps at the same\\ntime, came Francis Graham\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a name afterwards\\nchanged to Grimes, as the name Graham itself has\\nbeen changed from tin- old Scotch Graeme. Francis\\nGraham was the grandfather of John Grimes, himself\\nthe father of a large family, a- families are now\\nreckoned, six sons and two daughters. Ine of these\\nchildren died in infancy. The oldest of his sons,\\nHiram, is the father of Colonel James F. Grimes,\\nwhose life will be briefly sketched in this history. So\\nfar a- can be traced, the third child born in the town\\nwas Ann Graham, daughter of Francis; born in 174H;\\nmarried Deacon William McKean and died July 12,\\n1825. Deacon McKean was grandfather of Frank\\nMcKean, once candidate for Governor in the State.\\nThe name Graham, as has been stated, became, for\\nsome reason not now known, changed to rrimes.\\nIt would be interesting to know, if we could, the\\namount of land cleared, the number and quality of\\nthe buildings erected and the number and names of\\nthe children born during this first settlement, lasting\\nfrom 1741 to 1746. We must remember that Hills-\\nborough was then absolutely new to white men; it\\nwas a wilderness, and a part of a still larger wilder-\\nness, with only here ami there an opening, hardly\\nmaking a noticeable break in the mighty stretch of\\nforests that covered the entire land. New Boston had\\na few settlers; Peterborough and Hopkinton a few;\\nAntrim had one in the very northeast corner of the\\ntown, nearest Hillsborough. Neighbors were not\\n21)\\nnear enough to annoy in times of peace, nor to aid in\\ntimes of danger from any sudden irruption id sav-\\nages or beasts.\\nThe Cape Breton War. 1744-46.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is easy to\\nconceive the alarm felt in the little settlement when,\\nin three years from the time of their coming, in 1744,\\nnews came that war had been declared between\\nFrance and treat Britain, and ilia i. in consequence of\\nthat declaration of hostilities, the colonists in New\\nEngland were affected unfavorably. A war on this\\nside of if. water, called the Cape Breton War, was\\nwaged with great severity. An expedition was fitted\\nout, in which New Hampshire bore a large share, the\\naim of which was to capture Louisburg, on Cape\\nBreton, in Nova Scotia. I ll, expedition was started\\nin the autumn of 1744. Louisburg fell into their\\nhands in the spring of 171 By the fall of this fort-\\nress the French were greatly enraged. The Indian\\nallies of the French were urged\u00e2\u0080\u0094 nothing loth\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to\\nmake a destructive invasion upon the thinly-settled\\ntowns in New Hampshire. These reports caused a\\nhasty retreat of the new settlers from their rudely-\\nconstructed homes. They made the more haste from\\nthe news that came from Hopkinton, with only the\\ntownship of Henniker between them and their treach-\\nerous foes, the distance only some twelv fifteen\\nmiles. They had learned that a large body of\\nIndians\u00e2\u0080\u0094 they went in companies of fifty or sixty\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwer i the war-path, and made, in the dead I night,\\nan irruption into Hopkinton on the 22d of April,\\n174ii. By the negligence of one who had gone out to\\nhunt, the door of the block-house had been carelessly\\nleft unfastened. The Indians rushed in fully armed,\\nand seized and carried oil eight prisoners. When the\\nIndians were about there was no safety in isolated\\nhouses, for they kept themselves hid for the most\\npari during the day if they did not, they showed no\\nopen hostility but in the darkness of the night, dur-\\ning the defenseless hours of sleep, they made their\\nattacks with tomahawk, scalping-knife and tire.\\nCommon prudence seemed to make it necessary for\\nthe settlers, few in numbers and scattered at wide\\nintervals over the town, to leave. Tin Cape Breton\\nWar virtually closed between France and England\\nsoon after the fall of Louisburg but the Indians were\\nslow to learn it and unwilling to settle down in peace.\\nThe only way in which the settlers in new towns\\ncould stay was by converting their strongest house\\ninto a block-house lor a common defense. The doors\\nand windows were strongly barricaded, and all the\\ninhabitants brought into it for protection. All work\\noutside was done under the protection of an armed\\nguard, and the greatest precaution would be taken\\nagainst surprises. The news of the attack of the\\nIndians upon Hopkinton in the dead of night, and\\ntin seizure of prisoners, caused a sudden departure of\\nall the original s.-ttlers from the place. So, conceal-\\ning, a- tar a- practicable, their heavier articles of\\nfurniture and implements of husbandry, carrying", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0687.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": ":i:m;\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlighter articles by hand and driving their cattle be-\\nfore them, they start for the lower towns. Indians\\nhad been seen lurking about the tails, where the\\nBridge village is, so they thought it prudent to Start\\nat once.\\nPhilip Riley, the only settler at the time in\\nAntrim, the one referred to as living in the northeast\\ncorner of the town, on what is familiarly known as\\nthe Whittemore place (formerly the home of Judge\\nJacob Whittemore), wont with them and acted as\\nguide. They were more than satisfied with their ex-\\nperience of frontier life. The first settlement con-\\ntinued five years or a little more,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 from 1741 to 174fl.\\nFear of the Indians drove them away. We can see\\nthat the first settlers did not leave without g I cause,\\nI learn from the Military History of New Hamp-\\nshire, u ritten with great painstaking and accuracy of\\ndetail by the late Judge C. E. Potter, a resident of\\nHillsborough, that the (ape Breton War was under-\\ntaken mainly to wrest the fortress of Louisburg ouf\\nof the hands of the French, through the New Eng-\\nland troops, under command of Major Vaughn, of\\nPortsmouth.\\nGovernor Benning Wentworth was the first rovernor\\nof the colonj of New Hampshire, and he entered vig-\\norously into making preparations for the di fense of\\nthe colony. In May, 1744, he sent out forty-one men\\nunder Captain TebbitS as scouts. These were not\\nordered to any particular place, hut to 1 i the\\nlookout for the enemy, wherever they mighf be\\nfound. Some guards were statu 1 at the most ex-\\nposed places, as at Canterbury, Contooeook and some\\nother posts. Colonel Potter has given the muster-\\nroll of Captain Tebbits. He has also given the mus-\\nter-roll of the men enlisted under aptain lough, as\\nvolunteers to keep garrison where ordered. In the\\nautumn of 1744 the plan was arranged by Major Wil-\\nliam Vaughn, of Portsmouth, for the capture of\\nLouisburg. It was matured during the winter of\\n1744-45, and the expedition set sail in March tor\\ni!i place ,,1 rendezvous. Louisburg was the strong-\\nhold of the French on this continent, and from this\\nplace expeditions were titled out against the English\\ncolonies in this country. It was thought that, as this\\nwas the very key to the French possessions on this\\ncontinent, nothing should lie left undone to gel pos-\\nsession of it. New Hampshire furnished for this\\ncampaign live hundred men, one-eighth of all the\\nforces employed. A part of these served under Col-\\nonel Moore, of Portsmouth, line hundred and fifty\\nof the New Hampshire men were attached to a .Mas-\\nsachusetts regiment. Louisburg fell into the hands\\nof its assailants June l 7. 1745.\\nNotwithstanding the tall of their stronghold, and\\nperhaps in consequence of it. the French incited the\\nIndians to renewed hostilities, so that they kept the\\npeople continually harassed, and oftentimes tilled\\nwith terrors at the unknown evils that might befall\\nthem. The people did their planting under the pro-\\ntection oi a strong armed guard. Whenever a man\\nhad occasion to go to a neighbor s on an errand, he\\ncarried a loaded gun. Whenever he went to his\\nbam, he went armed. While some were listening to\\na sermon inside the church, armed men walked to\\nand IV.. on the outside for the s;.ke of prole, lion and\\nin case the announcement of danger seen, the wor-\\nshipers instantly seized their arms, and were ready\\nfor action at a minute s notice.\\nAs has been said, the Indians went in large parties\\nof fifty or sixty. It is said that in Rumford (now\\nConcord), August 10, 174U. a party was ambushed\\nby the Indians; five were killed outright, two were\\ntaken prisoners; only one escaped. And this was\\ndone between two garrisons with full complements of\\nmen. and the most distant not more than a mile and\\na hah from the place.\\nThe French and Indian War, 1754r-63. A\\ngreater war than the Cape Breton War broke out\\nin 1754, called the French and Indian War, and\\ncontinued until 1763, when, after various engage-\\nments resulting in great loss of blood and life on\\nboth sides, a treaty of peace was signed at Paris. It\\nwas in this war that Braddock was killed and Wash-\\nington fleshed his virgin sword in blood, and bravely\\nconducted the defeated army from the very jaws of\\ndestruction into a place of safety. The experience\\nthus gained aided Washington in after years in lead-\\ning the small yet heroic armies of the new republic\\nsafely on to victory and independence.\\nNew Hampshire bore a full share in this ill-fated\\nwar. a war, forth.- most [.art. with savages, seem ing Ij\\nwithout heart or conscience a war in which women\\nand children wen- often the helpless victims; a war\\nfull of terrors, especially to the unarmed and defense-\\nless. In 1763 it came to an end. In the mean time\\nColonel Hill had matured all the plans for resettling\\nthe town, now that danger from Indians lurking to kill\\nwasover, and he was prepared, with the grant from\\nMassachusetts, sanctioned by Governor Wentworth,\\nand with a quit-claim from heirs of (Jorgcs Mason,\\noriginal proprietors, to give satisfactory titles to the\\nlaud.\\nResettlement.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1763, the year the last-named\\nwar closed. Colonel Hill had employed Daniel Camp-\\nbell, of Amherst, a skillful surveyor, to run out anew\\nthe lines of the town, and divide it into one hun-\\ndred acre lots. Soon settlers began to pour in who\\nhad come prepared to stay. The following is the list\\nof those who were known to be there in 1767. One\\nfamily came before the war closed. in 1762, live years\\nbefore. The rest came a few at a time, and were these,\\nviz.: John McColley, Captain Samuel Bradford,\\nLieutenant Samuel Bradford, Jonathan Durant, Jon-\\nathan Easty, Timothy Wilkins, John Gibson, Samuel\\nGibson, William Williams, Benjamin Lovejoy, Wil-\\nliam l ope, Jonathan Sargeant, Moses Steel, I-a.rc\\nBaldwin, William Taggarl, Isaac Andrews. Ofthese,\\nit will be remembered that John McColley was the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0688.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\n397\\nfiist-born son and child in town. The two Gibsons\\nwere younger brothers of McColley s wife. The first\\nsettlers who left during the Cape Breton War\\nnever came backto Hillsborough to reside. Of these,\\nthere were eight or ten families living at the Centre,\\nthe Bridge and near the meeting-house which they had\\nbuilt, located between the two. On the return of\\npeace everything was favorable for success. Those\\nwho purchased could obtain a good title to their land.\\nTrue, they ere not wholly relieved from anxiety from\\nfear of the Indiana still, they knew that they had the\\nprotection of the militia ami every able-bodied man\\nbelonging to it, which could be called out for defense\\nin seasons of danger at the shortest notice. The in-\\nvestment in Hillsborough lands seemed to be popular.\\nLands were bought not for speculation, but tor homes.\\nMen young men came with their wives, calculating\\nto he contented ami stay.\\nA won I of admiration is due to the eon rag eon- eon pie\\nDaniel Murphy and his wife, who came from Chester,\\nand settled on what was afterwards named, and has\\nsince been called, Bible Hill. They were truly\\npioneers. The traces of his cellar on the old Symonds\\nplace (now owned and occupied by Alonzo Tuttle)\\nhave been seen by persons now living. It is reported\\nthat at one time he left his wife alone more than two\\nweeks, with no human habitation nearer than New\\nBoston. Mr. Smith, the first annalist of Hillsborough,\\ntells the story so well that I will quote his exact lan-\\nguage\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1 1., v -l..i. .,m i li:i\\\\. I Hint siln.ili-.il in this ilroary solitude\\nSin- afterwards ivl.it. thul ..ii mi. -i mi .,ver|.i.ueie.l tt i.- sin M\\nsense of her Ion. -1 1 in--, ml ,1,.ii,.iis in h.ai the s. .iiinl ..fa lnu mm vi.i.v\\nanswering to her own, that at midnight, when no sound was audible\\nsave the distant howl of the famished wolt ami tie- .ii-ti.nt n,.| t|.,\\n\\\\v.i\\\\i ii\u00c2\u00a3 pin. si i. v, hi i. .it I. from In -I hut a i el .Ti.-.l 1 1,. i i.l at the h.a-iil\\nof her voire, that she mi^tit hear the res|miistv 1 Ii n- 111 i -n- 1\\n(lie dim aisles ..t the I rest. 1\\nIt was through many perils, inconveniences and\\npersonal sacrifices that the town was reclaimed from\\nit wilderness condition and made to he. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0nine the pleas-\\nant abode of civilized life. For some time Murphy s\\nfamily bore the strain of entire solitude. Unless they\\nhad become misanthropic through living a lone, I should\\nthink the sight of other settlers must have been a\\njoy. .us one. Man was made for social life. Society, as\\na rule, is indispensable to complete development.\\nCHAPTER U.\\nHILLSBOROUGH- I).\\nIncorporation of Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Fust Town-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The American Revo-\\nlution, 1775-83\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Veterans in the War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Co It Bridge-\\nWitches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Legends\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wild Game.\\nIncorporation of Town. Hillsborough, having\\nat the time twenty-two freeholders, was i 1 1 t p. irate. I\\nas a town in 1772, through the agency of Isaac An-\\ndrew-. Ks p It is related that he seeured the- services\\n..I i i l \u00e2\u0080\u00a2_ ivgational minister, Rev. James Scales, of\\nHopkinton, the first minister of the town, to draw up\\nthe petition. This is one of those incidental facts\\nwhich slum- two things: first, that the clergj at that\\nday were expected to know much relating to public\\nbusiness, ami, secondly, that the estimation in which\\nthey were held was a right one. The chartei of in-\\ncorporation bears the date November 1 1. 1775, ami\\nwas issued in the mime of teorge the Third, by the\\ngrace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland,\\nKing. Defender of the Faith, etc., by and with\\nthe advice of our truly .and well-beloved John Went-\\nworth, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-chief of\\nour province of New Hampshire, etc. The bounda-\\nries of the town are recited in the charter, and are\\nmarked by numbers placed upon beech-trees. The\\nsurveyor begins at the southeast corner of the town,\\nthe same as the southwest corner of Henniker, from\\na beech-tree marked 7, perhaps because the township\\nwas originally No. 7. From that tree is tht\\nsouthern line of Hillsborough, south. 84 west\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthis means that the line deflects to the south 5 30\\nfrom tin exact east and west lim to another beech-\\ntree marked 7, 8 and s l, till the first-marked\\nbeech-tree is reached. In the charter till the white\\npines in the town are reserved for the King s use.\\nColonel Hill paid a liberal fee to Governor John\\nWentworth for signing his name to the charter, viz.\\na sum equivalent to fifty dollars in gold. But, then, h\\nmust be remembered he could afford to pay liberally\\nto ha\\\\ bis name transmitted to posterity in the name\\not the town; yet, strange to say, some think it is\\ncalled Hillsborough because the land is so hilly.\\nSome, more learned than wise, suppose it ret\\niiaim Wilis Hills, the Earl of Hillsborough.\\nwho was one of the Privy Council of George the\\nThird, and whose residence was, at Hillsborough, in\\nI he county of Down, in Ireland. It is said that, it\\nwas originally named Hillborough, and that the s\\nwas inserted by a popular drift of pronunciation,\\nami is now established by the law of usus loquendi. 1\\nthink the fifty dollars given to Governor Wentworth\\nfor signing the charter settles the question that it\\nwas named for Colonel John Hill, the proprietor.\\nThe First Town-Meeting.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first town-meet-\\ning was held on Bible Hill, at Captain Bradford s\\ntavern, the first one built in town, November i l\\nI77i Captain Isaac Baldwin presided as moderator\\nand Isaac Andrews was elected town clerk. At that\\nmeeting it was voted to accept the charter, and Isaac\\nAndrews. John McColley, Daniel Mi Neil. Isaac I .ahl-\\nwin and William Popi six noblemen and the an-\\ncestors of noble men\u00e2\u0080\u0094 were elected -clectmen.\\nFirst Meeting-House\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first meeting-house\\nwas burnt during the time, between the two set-\\ntlements, wdien the town was destitute of inhabit-\\nants. Common rumor, right or wrong, fixes tin ad\\nof burning upon one Keyes, of Weare, who, happen-\\ning that way after all the inhabitants had left through", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0689.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "398\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfear of the Indians, and having taken out the glass\\nwindow-, and buried them for his own use, set\\nfire to the building, Nero-like, for the wicked pleas-\\nure of .-111;; it burn. As relics of the red men in\\nthe place, there were found buried in the earth im-\\nplements of their daily use, such as spoons, ladles,\\npestles for pounding grains, hatchets, tomahawks,\\nhooks and various other things wrought of stone or\\nbone.\\nThe American Revolution, 1775-83.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The second\\nsettlement had barely got under way when the great\\nAmerican Revolution broke out. The quarrel as of\\nlong standing. Repeated acts of injustice and oppres-\\nsi Irove our forefathers into opposition to the aets\\nof King and Parliament, and from opposition to open\\nwar in defense of their rights by the arbitrament of\\narms. In this war of nearly eight years Hillsborough\\nbore a full share. The town of Hillsborough bore\\ntheir part in furnishing recruits for the army. It\\nshould be borne in mind that the settlers forming the\\nsecond and permanent settlement had been in the\\ntown but a very few years when the news of the\\nbattles of Lexington and Concord bridge electrified\\nthe whole country with a cry To arms, to arms, and\\navenge our slaughtered countrymen Hillsborough\\ncaught the cry, and echoed it. This seems the hest\\nplace to insert the names of those who responded\\nfavorably to this appeal,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 those who did service for\\nthe country as soldiers in some capacity, as officers or\\nprivates, in the War of the Revolution, some of\\nwhom laid down their lives on the battle-field, while\\nsomi bore the -cars of battle to their graves.\\nVeterans in the War.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The names are as follows\\nwithout their titles: Benjamin Pierce, Isaac Baldwin,\\nAmmi Andrews, Isaac Andrews. Jr., Moses Steel.\\nWilliam Pope, Thomas Murdough, Solomon An-\\ndrews, John McNeil, Silas Cooledge, Samuel Brad-\\nford, Jr., John McColley. Samuel Symonds, William\\nBooth. Asa Wilkins, Nathan Taylor, William Tag-\\ngart, James Taggart, Archibald Taggart, Joseph\\nTaggart, John Taggart, Roberl Taggart, Nathaniel\\nJohnson, Jacob Flint. James Gibson, William Jones,\\nJr., Baxter How, William Symonds, Zachariah Rob\\nbins, William Gammell, Nathaniel Parmenter, David\\nMunroe, Timothy Grey, Thadius Monroe, Nathaniel\\nColby, Nathan Mann, and Daniel Kellom thirty-six\\nmen. and six of the -ame family name. Neither is it\\nlikely that these are all. So many names, at any rate,\\nhave been rescued from oblivion. They deserve of us\\nto be written in letters of gold. II every town then\\nsettled in New Hampshire -cut as large a proportion\\nof their whole population to the war, then surely New\\nHampshire did Iter share. Some of the mimes in this\\nlist tire already historic names, heroes and the ances-\\ntors of heroes. Some of the men deserve special no-\\ntice lor the part they took in the war and for personal\\nbravery on the field of battle. It would he a grateful\\ntask to the historian to say something of each, did\\nspace permit, and recount in detail the praiseworthy\\ndeeds they performed at their country s call for their\\ncountry s good. We will never forget their names,\\nnor i lie on,, great act of heroism,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 their going forth to\\nfight for their country. We will gratefully transmit\\ntheir memory down the generations.\\nAs Captain Baldwin was the first of Hillsborough s\\nmen to die, killed while doing his duty on the held.\\nas well as the very fust to enlist from the town and\\nsecure the enlistment of others, it is proper that he\\nshould precede his brethren-in-arms on the histor-\\nian s page. Captain Baldwin was born in Sudbury,\\nMass., in 1736, and was thirty-nine years of age when\\nthe War of the Revolution broke out. He married\\nEunice Jennison, of Natick, Mass., and, as has\\nbeen already said, had come to Hillsborough in\\nITiiT. near the time of the beginning of the second\\nsettlement. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade,\\nand when the news of the battles of Lexington and\\nConcord came he was at work at his trade in 1 leering\\nframing a barn.\\nCaptain Baldwin was used to war, and had been,\\nwith Stark, of world-wide renown as a brave officer\\nin the old French and Indian War, under the com-\\nmand of Major Kogets. Baldwin was the hero of\\ntwenty I. attics\u00e2\u0080\u0094 this nitty he Homeric\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in those old\\nwars. No sooner had he heard the news of the\\nliattles ..I Lexington tuid Concord than he made up\\nhis mind to have a part in what was to come. He\\nquitted his job, hastened home, collected a company\\nof volunteers and, putting himself at their head.\\nwith their entire approbation, started towards the\\nnoise of the guns. \u00c2\u00bbn their way they spent the Sab-\\nbath in Billerica, and attended church in a body.\\nThe pastor. Rev. Cummings, preached an appropriate\\nsermon on the duty of patriotism.\\nThey arrived at Medford June 17th, the day of the\\n1. attic of Bunker Hill. The company over which\\nCaptain Baldwin was elected, on arrival at headquar-\\nter-, was ordered to the field of battle, which they\\nreached about twelve m., and immediately went into\\naction. He was hit by a musket-hall in his breast,\\nand fell mortally wounded about one o clock in the\\nafternoon. He was carried to the quarters for the\\nwounded by two of his own townsmen belonging to\\nhis company, Lieutenant John McNeil and James\\nGibson. He livid until about sunset. After his\\ndeath Lieutenant Ammi Andrews extracted the bullet\\nand sent it to the wife of Captain Baldwin as a\\nmournful reminder of the manner in which her hus-\\nband met his death.\\nAndrews is a heroic name in Hillsborough. Lieu-\\ntenant Ammi Andrews, horn in Ipswich, Mass.. came\\nto Hillsborough at an early period ofthesecond settle-\\nment, and located at what is now the Upper village,\\nand, it is said, was proprietor of its whole site ate!\\nmuch adjacent territory. Lieutenant Andrews served\\nthrough the whole War of the Revolution, and was a\\nsharer in the perils of the expedition to Quebec in\\n177 under Colonel Arnold. He was taken prisoner", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0690.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\nthere by the British, but soon exchanged. A story is\\nrelated of him in connection with that expedition\\nthat is worth perpetuating. In the winter (if L775-76,\\nas tiny lay in winter-quarters three miles from the\\ncity of Quebec, the commanding officer was anxious\\nto gain some news of the enemy s strength and posi-\\ntion, and for that purpose expressed the wish that a\\nBritish sentinel might be captured and brought into\\nCamp. Lieutenant Andrews volunteered to make the\\nattempt. Sunn- one said that he ought to have the\\nbest gun in the army. Look here, said the gallant\\nlieutenant, is it a dead or a living man that you\\nwant? Because if it is a living man that you wish\\nbrought in, I do not wish to he bothered with a gun.\\nHe reached the city of Quebec, and, scaling its walls\\nin the darkness of the night, at a favorable moment\\nhe sprang upon a sentinel as he was pacing his beat\\nbackwards and forwards with a musket. The lieu-\\ntenant, who was a strong, vigorous man, a powerful\\nathlete in agility, seized him by the throat, and told\\nhim he was a dead man if he made the least outcry.\\nTaking him down the steep anil dangerous mountain-\\nside, leaping from one shelf of the precipice to\\nanother, he marched his prisoner three miles through\\nthe deep snows of Canada to the American camp.\\nLieutenant Andrews was distinguished as a business\\nman in his day, and transmitted the same qualities to\\nhis descendants now living. He died in his bed\\nMarch III, 1833, aged ninety-seven years.\\nCaptain Samuel Bradford also served through the\\nwar. He enlisted as an orderly-sergeant, and rose,\\nfor meritorious conduct, to the rank of ensign and\\nalso of lieutenant, performing adjutant s duty in Col-\\nonel Stark s regiment for more than two years.\\nThe name of Benjamin Pierce, an honored Gov-\\nernor of New Hampshire of tin. olden time, i- fa-\\nmiliar to all readers of history. He was bom in\\nChelmsford, Mass., December 25, 17o7. His father s\\nname was also Benjamin. At his father s death, when\\nhe was but six years of age, he went to live with an\\nuncle (Robert Pierce, of Chelmsford), who brought\\nhim up to work on a farm. When the news of the\\nfirst battle at Lexington (April 19, 177o) arrived he\\nwas plowing. He left the field, took his uncle s gun\\nand equipments and started at once for the scene of\\ndanger. He was one of the irregulars who fol-\\nlowed Piteairn s wearied soldiers, retreating, by a\\nforced march, towards Boston from Lexington like\\nothers, loading and firing at his own order. He did\\nnot return to his uncle s, but enlisted in Captain\\nFord s company. He was then eighteen. He joined\\nas a private, but in 1777 he was promoted t lerly-\\nsergeant for securing the Hag from falling into the\\nhands of the enemy. He was again promoted to a lieu-\\ntenancy, which commission he bore to the close of the\\nwar. He removed to Hillsborough after the return\\nof peace, in the thirtieth year of his age. He was\\nsoon appointed brigade-major by the Governor. In\\n178 9, in his thirty-third year, he was chosen to rep-\\nresent Hillsborough and Henniker in the Legisla-\\nture, and served in that capacity thirteen years suc-\\ncessively. He had found himself poor at the close of\\nthe war, in which, enlisting as a private, be had risen\\nstep by step until, at its close, lie had the command\\nof a company, and was on the -tall of Washington\\nwhen the army was disbanded, in 1784.\\nHaving been employed as agent to explore a part\\nof Cheshire County (now called Stoddard), and bav-\\nin- finished the work, he returned to Hillsborough on\\nhorseback, by way of the Branch, and stopped for\\nthe night at a log hut in the woods. Here he bought\\na small farm of fifty acres, and returned to Massa-\\nchusetts. The next spring he returned to Hillsbor-\\nough and commenced to clear his land. For a whole\\nyear he lived alone in his log cabin, cooked his own\\nmeals and slept upon a blanket, as he had learned to\\ndo in an eight years experience on the tented field.\\nHe was married the next year, in 17*7. In 1803, Gen-\\neral Pierce was chosen one of the Governor s I iouncil,\\nand continued in that capacity five years. At the\\nend of that term Governor Langdon appointed him\\nhigh sheriff of Hillsborough County. Hewasagain\\ncouncilor ami again sheriff of the county. In 1827 he\\nwas elected Governor of the State; and again, in 1829.\\nHe was elector of President in 1832. From 1775 to\\n1830, a period of fifty-five years, be was constantly\\nemployed in some public office, lie died April 1,\\nL839, aged eighty-one years. This tribute I find\\npaid to bis memory He was patriotic, brave, noble-\\nminded and charitable a benefactor to bis country\\nand a blessing to his State and society and no one\\nmemory associated with the past history of Hills-\\nborough brings up higher feelings of respect and\\nveneration than that of General Benjamin Pierce.\\nAs an illustration of bis nobility of character, an an-\\necdote is related of him while a prisoner on parole,\\nhaving fallen into the ban. Is of the British on Long\\nIsland. Attending a horse-race, be offended an Eng-\\nlish officer by an adverse opinion, which the English-\\nman thought too freelj expressed, who thereupon\\nstruck Lieutenant Pierce with the Hat of his sword.\\nThe blood flushed on the lieutenant s faci\\nquietly said Fettered by my parole, and unarmed,\\nI cannot now resent this indignity, but the chances of\\nwar may yet bring us together. And so it proved.\\nIn an engagement between the armies ol Generals\\nWashington and Howe, contending for possession of\\nthe city of New York, in the summer of 1776, they\\nmet. crossed -words, and the Englishman fell pierced\\nby the young American. He had a perfect contempt\\nof a coward. Just before bis death be invited his\\nold Hillsborough co-patriots to a dinner, in honor of\\nold times. One of the old veterans not being there,\\nsome one spoke of his absence, The Governor re-\\nplied, I invite no man to my table who is afraid of\\ngunpowder.\\nAn anecdote i- related of him, when high sheriff of\\nthe county, that -how- hi- generosity. He found im-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0691.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nprisoned in the jail at Amherst three Revolutionary\\nsoldiers, who had proved themselves good soldiers for\\ntheir country. At the close of their service they\\nwere penniless, the pay which they received being\\nnearly valueless, and after weary daysof travel reached\\nhome, only to be arrested and imprisoned for debt\\nwhich they were wholly unable to pay. The general,\\ntaking the keys, paid their indebtedness, unlocked\\nthe prison-doors, and leading them outside, pointing\\nabove, lie said, Go, breathe the free air. It is no\\nwonder that Governor Pierce was the idol of tic peo-\\nple, though lacking the polished manners of his\\nson, Franklin, for the people saw that he was a true\\nfriend and a champion for their rights.\\nGovernor Pierce was twice married. His first wile\\nwas Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Andrews, Esq. The\\nmarriage was on May 24, 17X7. She lived a little over\\none year, and gave birth to Elizabeth A., who was\\nmarried to General John McNeil, the hero of Lundy\\nI. an. She died August 1- 1788, in the twenty-first\\nyear of her age. lie next married Anna, daughter of\\nBenjamin Kendrick, of Amherst, in 1789. They lived\\nin married lite fifty-one years. She was the mother\\nof eight children, among whom were Nancy, the wife\\nof Genera] Solomon McNeil, a brother of General\\nJohn McNeil lion. Franklin Pierce, who attained\\nthe highest honor in the gift of the nation, and Henry\\nDearborn Pierce, tie- father of Colonel Franklin H.\\nand Kirk 1). 11, was the lasl of the Governor s chil-\\ndren to go.\\nThere are pleasant memories associated with the\\nnai f Lieutenant Robert B. Wilkins, who was a\\nBunker Hill hero, and quartermaster of General\\nLafayette s brigade. He was wounded at Bunker\\nHill. While serving under Lafayette lie rendered\\nat one time such signal service in taking some cattle\\nfrom the British at Poule s II, .ok, opposite V-i\\\\ York\\nCity, that Lafayette presented him with a full suit\\nof officer s uniform as a token for meritorious con-\\nduet. He was familiarly known in the army, es-\\nimong the officers of his regiment, as Bob\\nWilkes. At Lafayette s visit to America in 1825,\\nmore than forty years having elapsed, Wilkins was\\npresented to his old general, but time had wrought\\nsuch changes that he was not at first recognized. Al-\\nlusion was made to some incident of the battle-field,\\nwhich caused the Frenchman to look a little closer\\nand scrutinize the features of the man before him.\\nThe whole at _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 flashed upon the memory of\\nLafayette; he recognized in the changed face, bat-\\ntered with the storms of life, his old companion in\\narm-, and (the tears falling freely from many eyes) In-\\nfell upon Wilkins neck, and. tenderly embracing him,\\nexclaimed, Bob Wilkes, Bob Wilkes! and they\\nboth wept like children. Heads were uncovered and\\nshouts arose which showed (one writer says, describing\\nthe scene) how One touch of nature makes the\\nwhole world kin. Wilkins died in Boston in Au-\\ngust, L832, aged seventy-seven years.\\nThe Revolutionary War came to an end, as all\\nwars hitherto have done, and those who had fought\\nfor years in the held and had suffered many privations\\nreturned home to the avocations of peace. But they\\nhad many difficulties to contend with. The paper\\ncurrency, known as Continental money, continued\\nto depreciate through the war until it was worth only\\none per cent, of its face value. Examples can he\\ngiven. Daniel Killom paid tor a farm ten thousand\\ndollars in currency, which could have been bought\\nfor one hundred dollars in silver or gold; rye brought\\nseventy-five dollars a bushel in currency, which three-\\nfourths of a dollar in silver would pay for; it is said\\n-that Rev. Mr. Barnes salary for a year was only\\nsufficient to purchase a pig. Samuel M. Baker now\\nowns that ten thousand dollar faun above referred to.\\nAn inflated eurreuev is a inueh-to-1.. -dreaded evil.\\nIt disarranges all the best- laid plans of the shrewdest\\nbusiness men. However, by degrees, nun gained con-\\nli leie e again, and hu-inrvs U a- resumed on a healthy\\nbasis. Some manufacturing was done on a careful\\nscale, farms were improved and things in general put\\non a thriving appearance. Public improvements were\\ncommenced and carried ,,n little by little.\\nThe Contoocook Bridge.\u00e2\u0080\u0094* )ne noted improvement\\nwas building a bridge over the Contoocook River thai\\nshould answer the purposes of general travel, which\\nat this point seemed to be on the increase. The first\\nbridge made of wood was erected where the present\\nbridge now stands, in 1779, and was reconstructed\\nseventeen years after, in 1796. The timbers, many of\\nthem, were beginning by that time to be tender and\\nunsafe. There is an interesting note in Hammond s\\nEarly Town Papers in reference to this first bridge.\\nIt would appear that Colonel Hill, the proprietor of\\nthe township of Hillsborough, and who died in Bos-\\nton, 177il, had subscribed or provided in his will the\\ngift of one hundred acres of land in town towards\\nbuilding a bridge acro-s the lontoocook i at that time\\nthe settlers called the river the Connecticut). This\\nsubscription was made before the war; but so many\\nthings larking, the building of the bridge was put off,\\nand in the mean time Colonel Hill died. This will\\nexplain a petition of the town for authority to tax\\ni-residents, that would bring a tax upon the unsold\\nland- in town belonging to Hill s heirs. The petition\\nbears date 8th day of May, a.d, 1780.\\nCorrecting the spelling of the petition, which Ham-\\nmond has given verbatim et literatim, it is as follows:\\nSt* N, it LMPSHIBE.\\n2c iln Hon. thi Council and A\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abembly of aaid Slate in general court\\nMay it [.l.-asr V Iioiimi-, we. tin il ,-rri t..-i fn rln.hl.Ts in the\\nn m IMM-ni iii -an I st.,1,., L leave t,, petition, thai wheiva.-*, Ill,\\nlate J, ih ii II II I. K-. ..I hi-t-ii. uhi.wa- k pii iuii tni in lhi tn\\\\Mi. ,li-l.\\nI i tiii tl in lin ii iii lit I Mi pi i if u in [H lni-i In _1M on. I\\nill i-il arlcs t lull. I t \\\\\\\\.ii h lniiMiii- a IhuI-v \\\\n mii tii iit liver,\\nso called in this town, which bridge vt-e should have built four or five\\ny. .u-a^ii, ha.l ir imt 1 ii tui t!ii\u00e2\u0080\u009e unhappy war, hut at List we have\\ncornpleti it sui.l hri.liie, at). I tin- shares of tin sai l .hilill Hill haw\\nbeen solicited t make -unit their ttth.-l pnoni-.-s, hut refuse. We,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0692.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOliOriill.\\n-etnt tln-\\n|i.-titi..ii.\\nSigned by Samuel Bradford, Jr., and thirty-five\\nothers, among which are the names of Andrews, Tag-\\ngart, Wilkins, Dutton and Booth.\\nThe cost of that first bridge, as money waslastOc-\\ntober, -viz., (ctober, 1779, in the words of the pe-\\ntition.in currency was the sami according to a de-\\ncision by arbitration fixing the value of English\\nmoney\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as 111,118.97-rV. The granting of the peti-\\ntion would be getting probably a full equivalent for\\nColonel Hill s subscription out of the parties who re-\\nfused to make it good. Daniel McNeil was. employed\\nby the town to rebuild the bridge in 1809. These Re-\\npairs were a great bill of expense. Squire F.\\nClement, in 1824, builf substantia] abutments of solid\\nstone-work at the ends and connected them over a\\nspace of forty feet with wood, as before. This lasted\\nfifteen years, when, in 1839,, the whole wort was ele-\\nvated five feet and the wood gave place to a splendid\\nstone arch, which has stood without essential repairs\\nforty-six years, to the presenl time. Itis this splendid\\nand substantia] bridge that gives the distinctive name\\nto the growing village to which it is an essential ap-\\nI i ndage, connecting the two sides of the river as\\nreally as if not separated by its waters. The scenery\\nat this bridge is beautiful, and in time of high water\\ngrand in the extreme. The falls are an epitome .of\\nNiagara. The writer of this article, from a position\\nin the parlor of hi- house, while living at the Bridge,\\nhad a most enchanting view. The water falling over\\nthe dam could be seen under the arch, and by imagin-\\ning the scene to be carried back to some distance, it\\nafforded a prospect not to be surpassed in beauty.\\nThe house referred to belongs to E. H. Bartlett, and\\ni- located jusl west of the bakery.\\nIt may be asked how the people on theirfarms lived\\nin those early days? How in the villages. Where\\nall were comparatively in moderate circumstances,\\nnone verj rich, -at least, such as would be accounted\\nrich to-day,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 did aristocratic feelings prevail as among\\nthe present generation, the children am] grandchil-\\ndren of the Revolutionary fathers The answer will\\nbe yes, but based more upon character tested by\\ntrial than now, oftentimes upon the mere accident of\\nwealth, oftenest wealth gained by the toil and pru-\\ndence of ancestor-. Thc\\\\ prided themselves those\\nold patriots upon actual service rendered to the\\ncountry, a service of toil, danger, deprivation, but yet\\nof love. A coward or a traitor was despised, no mat-\\nter how rich.\\nThey were devout, even though sometimes, when\\ntheir anger was roused at some act unjust or mean\\nthat had been committed, they were considered rough\\nand severe. Thev were in those early days a church-\\ngoing community. They all appeared on the hill.\\nThe roads were dotted with travelers very many on\\nfoot to the place of worship. Then each man owned\\na share in the house of God by virtue of hi- residence\\nin town and paying taxes. The minister was sup-\\nported at the town expense, and the gospel was liter-\\nall) free to the poor as well as to the rich. No man\\nwho was brave and true was looked down upon because\\nhe was poor, and no man wanting these characteristics\\nof bravery and truth was looked up to, though he\\nmight be rich. These thing- change. I, however, little\\nby little, for the worse.\\nIn those early days they were not wanting in\\nhealthy amusements, changing with the season of the\\nyear, line of these was the hunting-match. The\\nwhole community except the very young, the very\\n..hi, the doctor and the minister, with now and then\\none who had scruple- in the matter engaged in the\\naffair. A leader li.r each side was chosen by com-\\nmon consent. These chose sides, and for several days\\nthe crack of the musket might he heard in all direc-\\ntions, rhe more obnoxious the animal, the more lie\\nwould count ill the game. The head- of some, the\\ntails of other-, were brought as trophies of success to\\nthe place of count, and the umpire decided which side\\nhad won the game. A supper, frequently paid for by\\ni he losing side, closed tin- affair.\\nI here were amusements of which the young women\\nhad charge, others of which the men were the leading\\ncharacters, to Loth of which both wen admitted, and\\nboth considered necessary for the highest enjoyment.\\nOne of these was the quilting-party, the other the\\nhusking-bee. Apple-paring bees were also conn i.\\nIt ma\\\\ lie -aid that such parties were too rude to lie\\nelevating, but the ancestors of the present generation\\nof refined Indies and gentlemen in society were sound\\nami true in heart and very rarely stepped over the\\nhounds of propriety. Possibly the laugh was louder,\\nl.nt the laugh was the whole of it and left no lurking\\nevil concealed. They were days remarkably free\\nfrom suspicions,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 days of mutual tru-t in families and\\namong friends.\\nWitches.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough, not to he outdone by sur-\\nrounding towns, had its genuine witch-story. Aunt\\nJenny Robinson had the reputation of being a veri-\\ntable witch, and could, I presume, as well as any other\\nwitch, ride through the air on a I. room-stick. She\\nhad the reputation of being able to stop loaded teams\\nuntil the drivers should go into her husband s tavern\\n:ii:. I pet a drink. In this respect the spell which she\\nused is not greater than is often cast over teamsters\\nand those who are carried by teams. 1 ill refer the\\nreadei to the story so pathetically told by the Hills-\\nborough annalist, Mr. Smith, on page twenty-nine of\\nhis published lecture. There are so many witches in\\ncurls and hang- in these days that I maybe ex-\\ncused from giving more particulars.\\nLegends of Beasts of Prey.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The early history of\\na town cannot he considered complete, especially to", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0693.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe young folks, without its bear-story any more than\\nwithout its witch-story. Both seem to he called for,\\nand Mr. Smith, the annalist, did his duty faithfully.\\nI cannot improve on his version of it, and will therefore\\ngive it in his language, Bears were frequently seen\\nin town long after the wolves had been exterminated.\\nMr. James Carr, residing in the north part of the\\ntown, was a bear-trapper. On going to his trap one\\nmorning he found it gone. [I cannot explain how\\nthat could be, how he could go to his trap if it was\\nnot there when he went, nor how he could he\\nsaid to tind it if it was gone.] He armed himself\\nwith his rifle, and after following the track about a\\nmile he espied a bear. He laid aside his gun, and\\ncommenced an attack with a club. The m ent he\\nstruck at the bear it grappled him with its paw and\\nseized In- left arm in its jaws. Carr. disliking so close\\nan embrace, with considerable effort drew from his\\npocket a knife and compelled Bruin to relinquish his\\nhold. The bear, having in tin struggle forced himself\\nfrom the trap, retreated to a ledge of rocks near by.\\nThither Carr pursued him, though somewhat hurt by\\nthe encounter, and discharged his rifle at him several\\ntimes before he killed him. Exit the hear, dragged\\naway by the trapper. As late as the beginning of the\\npresent century, and before that from time imme-\\nmorial, salmon ahounded in t he ontoocook River.\\nCivilization, by damming the rivers and other streams,\\nwhile it adds to artificial wealth, cuts off some of the\\nresources of nature.\\nThe wolf was once a troublesome animal in Hills-\\nborough. Major Isaac Andrews has the reputation\\nof killing the last wolf that was killed in town, lie\\nbaited a fox-trap; nothing disturbed it for two days,\\nhut on the third day, on visiting the [dace, it was desti-\\ntute of a trap. It was in the winter and the snow was\\ndeep; so, taking his gun. lie followed on snow-shoes\\nand killed it at the second firing.\\nWild Game. Moose audi leer were sometimes killed\\nin Hillsborough and vicinity. Aged people would\\nsometimes almost scare children out of their wits by\\ntelling them frightful stories of wolves, bears and\\ncatamounts, so that when out in the dark they would\\nimagine that they could often hear the tread of some\\nwild animal. The generation that fought success-\\nfully the battles of the Revolution, and secured inde-\\npendence for themselves anil their posterity, one by\\none came to the closing period of life, and the places\\nthat had known them knew them no more forever.\\nOne by one they had yielded in the race of life to\\nyounger competitors, and were contented to live again\\nin their children and children s children, let old\\nage is sometimes talkative, and the veterans of the\\nRevolution awakened in young minds dreams of\\nglory gained on the field of battle. The eye of the\\nidd man would sparkle with a new delight as he talked\\nof camping in the open air and sleeping on the bare\\nground under the open sk\\\\ as lie talked of evolutions\\nin tin- field, marching and counter-marching in\\nechelon of file and echelon of section, of the impetu-\\nous charge and the successful repulse.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nHILLSBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I Continued).\\nWar of 1S12\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The McNeils-Men in the Hanks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of Hi I:\\nlii.hi-tn.- ..f lIill-ii.nMu^li I TtL.ii uf Hill Farms\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Forestry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pine\\nTimber\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Contoocook Mil] The New Mill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough or Valley\\nAcademy.\\nWar of 1812. At length the time came for this\\nnew generation of Americans, and of Britons as well,\\nto show their hand in war. As of old, there is with\\nevery generation of men the time when kings go\\nforth to battle, when some cause arises that calls\\nmen to the tented field. Another war arose between\\nGreat Britain and the United States, which were once\\nher dependent colonies. It was called with us the\\nWar of 181:2, as that was the year in which it was\\ndeclared. It was a contest vigorously fought by brave\\nmen on both sides. It is difficult to state in precise\\nlanguage the real causes that led to that war, as in\\nthe final settlement made at Client nothing was de-\\ncided except that each, by hard blows given a- well\\nas received, had vindicated most fully its honor before\\nthe world.\\nThe war was fought with varying success on both\\nsides by sea and by land: sometimes victory was\\nclaimed by each party. A treaty of peace was made\\nand signed at Aix-la-Chapelle. December 4, 1814.\\nNevertheless, our greatest victory, which secured the\\nPresidency to the victorious leader of the American\\narmy, General Andrew Jackson, was gained after the\\ntreaty of peace had been signed, viz., on January 8,\\n1815. In the War of 1812 Hillsborough furnished\\nher quota of brave soldiers and skilled commanders,\\nand was represented on many a hard and well-fought\\nfield. The sons of sires who fought with honor in the\\nAmerican Revolution are found fighting with equal\\nskill and bravery with their fathers in the War of LSI 2.\\nLieutenant John McNeil was at Bunker Hill, his son\\nat Lundy Lane.\\nThe McNeils. The name of McNeil occurs fre-\\nquently in the war report- of the early days of Hills-\\nborough. John McNeil, who was in the Louisburg\\nexpedition in 17-14-4 in the Cape Breton War, came\\noriginally from Londonderry to Derryfield (now\\nManchester) and thence to Hillsborough. His son,\\nDaniel, moved to Hillsborough in 1771, and was ac-\\ncidentally drowned in the Contoocook at Hillsbor-\\nough Bridge. His son, John, was a captain in the\\nWar of the Revolution, was in the battle of Bunker\\nHill and was one of the linn that helped from the\\nfield the fatally-wounded Captain Baldwin, the first\\nof the Hillsborough men to die for their country.\\nThis Captain McNeil, of whom we have just made\\nmention, married Lucy, the daughter of Isaac An-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0694.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\ndrews, Esq. Of this marriage were four children,\\nviz., Mary, bom July 6, L779; General Solomon Mc-\\nNeil, born Januarj 15, 1782; General John McNeil,\\nborn March 25, 1784 and Lucy, whodied in infancy.\\nGeneral John McNeil, the third of the above children,\\nwas an officer in the War of 1812. At the age of\\nthirty he led his regiment in the battle of Chippewa,\\nbeing its major, and ranking the other officers on the\\nfield, and for meritorious conduct was breveted lieu\\ntenant-colonel July 15, 1814. In the same month\\nGenera] McNeil led the Eleventh Regiment in the\\nengagement at Niagara, commonly called the battle of\\nLundy Lane, July 25th, ju^t ten days alter the battle\\nat Chippewa. At this time he was breveted colonel\\nfor distinguished valor in this battle. He was\\nseverely wounded and made lame for life in this en-\\ngagement, being hit by a six-ounce canister-shot\\nwhich shattered his right knee: yet he kept in the\\nfield till the close of the engagement and a glorious\\nvictory bad been won. Nor had his promotions\\nceased. n the same day of the battle, July 25th, he\\nwas breveted (a second time that day) brigadier-gen-\\neral. In 1830 he retired from the army and was ap-\\npointed surveyor of the port of Boston by his friend.\\nPresident Jackson. He held this office until his\\ndeath. He died at Washington. 1 February 23,\\nI860, at the age of sixty-five, in the full possession of\\nall bis faculties. General McNeil married a daughter\\nof Governor Pierce, sister of ex-President Franklin\\nPierce. Of this marriage were a son and daughter.\\nThe daughter, Mrs. Frances McNeil Potter, relict of\\nthe late Hon. handler E. Potter, was born, I have\\nbeen told, in Chicago, when it was a military post,\\nwhen her father held command, and that she was the\\nfirst white child bom on the site of that city. Miss\\nFanny was a brave soldier s daughter, and shared in\\nhis glory. .She has been distinguished for her cour-\\nage, dignity of character and cheerful disposition\\nunder every allotment of Providence.\\nA son, named John W. S. McNeil for his father.\\nand also the distinguished military chief under whom\\nGeneral McNeil held a commission, fell in Florida\\nwhile leading an attack against the Indians, Septem-\\nber 10, 18M7. He was a lieutenant in tic regular\\narmy, having been educated at West Point. He was\\nkilled at the age of twenty years and six months.\\nHis death closed up the line of succession in that\\nI. ranch of the family for transmitting the family name\\nto postl rity. Mrs. F. McNeil Potter is the only rep-\\nresentative of the family. the fifth generation from\\nJohn McNeil of Londonderry. The historian wishes\\nher a long and happy life.\\nMen in the Ranks.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough furnished men\\nfor the ranks for the War of 1*12. Among these were\\ntwo well-known names to Hillsborough people, viz.\\nGeorge Dascomb and Daniel Templeton. Mr. Das-\\ncomb died more than thirty years ago, a man useful\\nin the church and in society greatly missed and\\nlamented. Mr. Templeton lived to a g I old age, and\\ndied at his son s in Cambridge, Ma\u00e2\u0080\u0094., in ISM. Mr.\\nTempleton was a conscientious Christian man, very\\nslow in making up his mind and slower -till in carry-\\ning it out. He received government scrip entitling\\nhim to draw a quarter-section of government land.\\nwhich he did in Michigan. When sold, the laud\\nbrings to the government a dollar and a quarter an\\nacre. He employed a professional agent to locati\\nhis land, stating his place preference. The agent.\\nhowever, did not locate where he wished and then\\nbegan his trouble. taxes upon taxes, heavy, because\\nnon-resident land is taxed heavily as a rule. He em-\\nployed an agent, as 1 base said, and then a man to\\nwatch the agent, and alter a while, getting suspicious,\\na third to keep an eye on both to see that they did\\nnot conspire together. He employed me to write to\\nfind out concerning the whole. I do not know who\\nlooked after me.\\nAfter the War of 1812 business was for a few\\nyears very brisk. Marcy s cotton-factory added to the\\nenterprise of the inhabitants. It employed most of\\nda W.\\ncarried on by theregular army, in which Hillsborough\\nhad representatives. But at length the sons of those\\nwho fought in the War of 1812 have work on their\\nhand-. War between the United States and Mexico\\nwas declared to exist by the act of Mexico. Aii\\narmy was raised and sent into Mexico under Gen-\\neral Xachary Taylor to conquer a peace. It was in\\nthis war that the gallant Hon. Franklin Pierce, after-\\nwards President of the United States, fleshed bis\\nmaiden sword in the blood of the Mexicans. Hills-\\nborough was well represented in that war.\\nIii the mean time the nation has been constantly\\ngrowing, from a twofold cause,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 natural increase lion\\nbirths and increase from immigration. The territory\\nso immense occasioned differing interests in the\\ndifferent sections. And so it turned out that a civil war\\nof gigantic proportion- burst upon the nation in 1861.\\nThe different sections -prang to arms with different\\npurposes in view. on one side, to secure a separation\\nof government, as well as of interests on the other, to\\nhinder the separation and preserve tin- Union. In\\nthis terrible war blood was poured out freely as water.\\nHillsborough sent her full share of brave bow. some\\nof them, alas! never to return to dear and loving\\nhome-. The bones of some lie mouldering in Southern\\nswamps. Some dying away or killed in battle were\\nbrought home tor interment.\\nWar of the Rebellion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Besides privates and\\nnon-commissioned officers, some were honored with\\ncommissions, and did g 1 service in the field. me\\nheld a colonel s commission, James F. Grim\\nnel .lame- Forsaith Grimes was the son of Hiram\\nGrimes and grandson of John Grimes originally ..I\\nDeering, who removed thence with his family to\\nFrancestown as proprietor of the hotel in that place,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0695.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand thence to Hillsborough Bridge, to the place\\nknown long after as the Totherly place. The elder\\nGrimes was a successful business man. and reared his\\nfamily to business habits. Two of his sons went\\nWest, to Burlington, Iowa, and amassed each a large\\nproperty. One of these, Hon. James W. Grimes,\\nwas in the United States Senate at the time of the\\nRebellion.\\nAt the beginning of the late cavil war Colonel\\nJam,-. F. Grimes, of Hillsborough, received a cap-\\ntain s commission, and opened a recruiting\\nthe Bridge. Enlistments were secured, and the tap\\noi the drum was a familiar daily sound and the\\ndrilling of squads a familiar sight. The military\\nspirit was roused in boys and men, and soon there\\nbegan to be companies and regiments, of which the\\nHillsborough boys tonne. I a part, getting ready for\\nthe field. Col 1 Grimes, then a captain of the\\nregular army, was constantly employed for some\\nmonths in enlisting and drilling volunteers and re-\\ncruits for the service, and itl. excellent success. He\\nwent himself to the field, ami. in due process of time,\\nby meritorious conduct in the field, he rose by\\nd grees, and at length wa- Inweted colonel. He re-\\nin lined in the army till the close of the wai\\nthe battles of the Wilderness, and for several years\\nafter it- close doing military service in the South,\\nhis faithful wife sharing in camp-life. Their second\\nchild. John, was born in camp.\\nHillsborough did it- full -hare in the late war in\\nfurnishing men and money. The question is often\\nasked. What did Hillsborough furnish for the defense\\nof the government during the dark days of the Rebel-\\nlion? The answer is ready: She furnished her full\\nshare. During the first part of the war there was a\\nrecruiting office in Hillsborough, and the waving oi\\nthe Union flag was a familiar sight at the Bridge\\n1 subjoin a list of the distribution of men\\nraised in Hillsborough who took pari in the war.\\nshowing the number in the different regiments and\\nother military organizations in the Union army.\\nThe following li-t will -how the distribution of the\\nmen belonging to Hiflsborough who were sent to the\\nWar of the Rebellion\\nnil Reia in 30\\nThird Regiment In\\nFourth Regiment il\\nSixth Iti-iniri,! S\\nSeventh Regiment 14\\nI i.l.lh lleii LMt.-Iit\\nEighth Regiment 2\\nNinth Regiment\\nI 1. venth Hi giro mt IT\\nTwelfth It. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0lament 3\\nnth Regiment 1\\niili Bi-L iliient 2\\nmil I j n i j r _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nEighteenth Regiment 3\\nI iY\u00c2\u00bblrj 12\\n3\\nSharped t re 1\\nThirteenth M.i\u00c2\u00abuelm-etts ll.jiiu.iit 1\\nInfantry\\nVeteran Reserve Corps 9\\nV.t i-porte l ami unknown 10\\nTotal 196\\nKilled and died from wounds as nearly as known,\\nforty-five.\\nIn the spring of L877 ureal pains were taken to\\nfind the grave,- of deceased soldiers who had been\\nburied in cemeteries in use by the town, one of which\\nwas just over the line in Deering.\\nI will here insert the names of soldiers whose\\ngraves were then found and decorated with flowers\\nand a flag. It will lie seen that one was in the old\\nFrench and Indian War exclusively, a goodly num-\\nber served in the War of the Revolution, others in\\nthe War of 1812, but the largest list of those now\\nsleeping with the dead served in the late Civil War,\\nthat nearly rent our land asunder. Since 1877 others\\nhave joined the army of the dead, as George Pritch-\\nard, the one-armed soldier citizen, and Warren Muz-\\ni long the sole care of a loving and faithful\\nwife.\\nnine is a list of Hillsborough soldiers who\\nserved in the several wars of the country whose\\ngraves were decorated with Hags and wreaths of (low-\\ners on .May 31, 1877, and succeeding years:\\ni Da I tfunroe Nathan Mann, I mothj Grey, Tbaddius Monroe,\\nLieutenant John Mi Neil, i ..l..n..-l Benjamin J i j Nathaniel I eli.y.\\niimon R.il.liins, Eli Wheeler, Jonathan Danforth, Da-\\nvid Livermore, Luke G II- ley, Captain Rans Bi I\\nDickey, Stephen Hi. har.l-.m. William Pope, Benjamin lv\\nD B. i., n ..I William H.\\nB i. i i! Murdough.\\n.1 en. VI .in. I u Robbins, Charles P.\\nBaldwin, John 11 I li mi nt, I apt B S. Wilson i iptain Gibson,\\nWilli N I i H illlaui Smith Clunk. II. II. Opt. .it p..- i;,.b-\\n1 ins .1 II it. 1 l: Ital .1.. V 11. W 1, K.lw.i I\\nLewis David L wis, i harles T. Robbins, John A.l.-il, William Iiun.ll,\\nJr., Sergeant John Ree.l, Inu-al- ..uiM. 1. s. Burt, Obadiah Rnmrill,\\n...1. I il..., .-ui.iu.-r M. A. lain-. I ll a- M :.ti. .Im1.ii\\n51 II. W ilham P ...!.l.. V r.ulonl,-, Itiehar.l l.l. UuuM, William\\nBui\\nThese foot up as ..How-:\\nFrench and Indian War 1\\nW .t th An... in... K. v, lutioi 17\\nWarof 1812 is\\nWai -I the Rebellion 32\\nTotal 68\\nThe writer of tlii- article had full opportunity to\\nlearn the grief- of households for the unreturning\\nbrave. One case is of peculiar sadness. Some\\nyoung men, having served their time, having been\\nstationed among the deadly swamps of Louisiana,\\nhad at length received their discharge, and were\\nabout to return home the next day. Charles Mr-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0696.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\nClintock, a noble youth, who left his preparation\\nfor college to serve his country, was taken down\\nwith malaria, and left there to die and be buried\\nhundreds of miles from his waiting and expecting\\nfriends. Willard Templet. .11. son of Daniel Tem-\\npleton, was killed by a gun-shol at Petersburg.\\nAnd so death came upon young Merrill, Rumrill,\\nReed and Wilson young Burt came home to die.\\nBut peace, blessed peace! came at length, thank God!\\nThe scars of battle have in the main been healed.\\nthough there are hearts that will not cease, but with\\nthe end o! life. t. feel and mourn in secret for their\\ndead. We, to-day, enjoy the blessings of the Union\\nof -tates, which, by their sacrifice, has been pre-\\nserved. Animosities between sections are .lying away.\\nThe gray and the blue meet together to honor\\nthe brave men who died, some for the cause, some\\ntin- Union. They were foes worthy of each other s\\nsteel.\\nIndustries of Hillsborough.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Since the war the\\nprosperity ofthecountry ha- been unexampled. Im-\\nmigration has rapidly increased ournumbers. Hills-\\nborough has shared in the new impetus given to bus-\\niness and in the coming in of foreign blood. The\\nvillage at the Bridge ha- more than doubled since the\\nwar in its population and wealth. The principal oc-\\ncupation of the town, numbering sixteen hundred and\\ntwenty-three inhabitants in 1860, is that of farming\\nin some of its various forms. The town has a strong,\\nloamy soil, admirably adapted to the small grains and\\ngrasses; hence hay is raised in great abundance and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_ 1 pasturage abounds. The land, for the most part,\\nis too rough to admit the use of modern machinery.\\nMost .c the labor on most of the farm- must be done\\nby hand. Still, year by year, one field after another\\nis cleared of stump- and stone- to admit the use of\\nthe cultivator and mower, so that machinery is get-\\nting to be in quite common use in town. There is\\nalso along the streams some smooth ami level land\\njust adapted to improved machinery, thus greatly fa-\\ncilitating the work of tanning.\\nThe common productions of New England are\\nraised. More bushels of wheat to the acre are some-\\ntimes raised without difficulty than i- averaged in the\\ngreat West. The advantage at the West is the illim-\\nitable acreage possible in a -ingle field rather than in\\nthe amount on a single acre. And it is so in corn.\\nAt the West, cultivation of the soil is easier than in\\nNew England, being for the most part performed with\\nthe aid of horses or mules. The land in Hillsborough,\\nwhere it is thoroughly worked, where the hay and\\ngrain raised on it are mostly fed out on the same, so\\nthat ample returns may be made for what is taken off,\\nproduces bountifully. True, it is hard to till in\\nmany parts,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 perhaps this may be truthfully said of\\nth.- greater part,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but it pays well for hard work; it\\nrewards industry. The laud reciprocates every favor\\nreceived. It has been truthfully said. [f you tickle\\nher with a hoe. she will laugh with a harvest.\\nDesertion of Hill Farms.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A change ha\\nin- on gradually which will continue indefinitely,\\nviz.: a desertion of the high hills as tillage land, and\\ntheir conversion into pasture land. This ha- alreadj\\nbeen done to a great extent. The original settlers\\npreferred the hill laud as their home. It was easier\\ncleared. The timber was not so heavy, and was usually\\nbeech and maple. The laud was dryer than in the\\nbasins. The stumps would decay sooner than in wet\\nland. The first crops were better, as the low land,\\nin its tir-t state, needed draining to make it cultivat-\\nable or productive. Hence they sought the hills, at\\nleast far up their sides. They could see further.\\nThey could signalize each other better in case of dan-\\nger. On the whole, they chose the hill country for its\\nsupposed advantages.\\nThe ashes left upon the ground at its clearing was\\nall that was needed for years to enrich it sufficiently\\nt.. insure a good harvest. They were less liable to\\n3I i/en late frosts in spring and early frosts in autumn\\non the hills than in the villages; hence, away to the\\nhills and ply the axe. In process of time the hills,\\nbeing bared ..I their forests, became more dry in con-\\nsequence; water sometimes is scarce or fails tor a sea-\\nson the soil becomes thinner from one period to\\nanother; the rain washes .nit the strength of lie -oil\\nand bear- it to the valleys; the wind drives away\\ngreat portions in dust: usually it is found conven-\\nient to sell some if the hay and reduce the number of\\nheads of cattle kept on the farm without returning an\\nequivalent the result is, the farm grows poor anil the\\nfarmer poorer. The girls are married and go to their\\nnew home-. The boys, as they become young men of\\nage. go West or to the villages. In process of time\\nfather and mother grow old and feeble, sell out to\\nsomebody wanting a pasture, and go to the village or\\nto live with. me. if the children. And so it is that,\\nfarm after farm in the most hilly section of Hills-\\nborough has been deserted, ami the ..ore well-\\ncultivated farms are either growing up to forests\\nor the process retarded by great herds of .-attic roam-\\ning over them at large. Whole school districts, where\\nonce was the hum of busy life, where once were troops\\nof laughing children playing about the house and\\nbarn, are now deserted and the buildings either taken\\ndown and removed, or, if left, are fast falling (0 decaj\\nand cureless ruin. This process will doubtless go\\non. More than half tic inhabitants of the town are\\nnow living within a mil,- of the arched bridge near\\nthe mills, which gives its name to the village.\\nThese hill lands are actually depreciating in value\\nevery year, owing to two facts,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 first, distance from\\nthe railroads, and, second, the natural disintegration of\\nthe -ml, ..wing to frosts, heat and water, and its con-\\nsequent subsidence to lower lands. The writer ..1 this\\narticle knows from persona] observation that in cer-\\ntain school districts, where once were from foi\\nscholars, there are now only from ten to fifteen and\\nother districts have been reduced from forty, some to", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0697.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "40G\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntwo or three, and some to nothing. Nominally, the\\ntown baa seventeen whole Bchool districts, besides the\\nindependent district at Hillsborough Bridge, formed\\nin accordance with the Somersworth Act also a half-\\ndistrict iu union with a halt-district in Antrim, unless\\nvery lately the union has been dissolved. But this\\nhalf-district for a considerable time furnished but one\\nscholar. Another district in town, one larger in num-\\nbers, did not furnish, for several years, a single scholar\\nof its own, but at length revived with one scholar and\\nthe teacher, sister and brother.\\nFrom all this it can be readily seen why some of\\nthe best farmers in town have turned their attention\\nof late in so great a degree to the milk business and.\\nin connection with producing milk-, to the making of\\nbutter for market. The usual mode of proceeding is\\nto allow the cows to run tree in the pastures during\\nthe summer. Coming in in the late tall, they are\\nkept in stable through the winter and ted with hay\\nand ground teed, ami butter is made tor the market\\nand sent weekly by railroad. Usually, the butter\\nfrom these creameries brings at that season a g I\\nprice and a sure sale during the winter months, and\\nit is found to be more profitable than the usual way\\nof making butter in the summer. The large farmers.\\nafter the seas f milking is over, turn the cows out\\nto pasture, reserving the best milkers tor furrow cows\\nor new milch cows the next winter, and selling the\\nothers for beef after they arc well fattened.\\nWithin the last ten years Hillsborough farmers\\nhave been coming into the foreground in the matter\\nof butter-making, and do not fear now to stand in the\\nmarket-place side by side with the famous blltter-\\ninakers of Vein t, who lor many years threw them\\ncompletely into the shade. There are many good\\ncreameries in Hillsborough many farmers furnish a\\nfirst-class article in the way of butter. I will illus-\\ntrate by referring to some few individuals well known\\nin town, without wishing it to fie inferred that there\\nare not many others equally good, viz., Charles W.\\nConn, James Bickford Son, Janus M. Wilkins,\\nthe Clark Brothers, the Gammells, Jeremiah Dutton,\\nSamuel M. Baker and others for whose names I have\\nnut space, but whose sweet and yellow butter I have\\noften tasted and know it to be good.\\nForestry. Another industry which furnishes\\nbusiness for many men in Hillsborough is cutting\\nand drawing wood and lumber. The forests within\\nthree miles of the railroad station in town have been\\nnotably thinned; yet the w 1 i- constantly growing,\\nand every year wood and lumber are drawn from\\ngreater and still greater distances. On many farms\\nthe most profitable growth is the forest growth. To\\nsecure in the shortest time new timber tit to be cut,\\ncattle should not be allowed to browse the young\\nshoots. It should be as carefully guarded from them\\nas a wheat-field. In a few years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 if left to itself\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it\\nwill be large enough for the wood-pile, or even the\\nsaw-mill. Hillsborough, especially back on the hills,\\nabounds in forests, heavily timbered. It is thought\\nthat with all the waste, wood grows in town faster\\nthan it is used tor all purposes.\\nPine Timber. It may be interesting to the general\\nreader to learn any facts in regard to the growth of\\npine timber in Hillsborough. It will be remembered\\nthat King George III. reserved all the white pines\\nfor the use of the royal navy. The settlers did not\\nrelish this restriction, and soon entrenched upon the\\nKing s prerogative and cut pirn- for home use. At-\\ntempts were made to arrest men and bring them to\\njustice for the crimt of stealing timber from their own\\nland: but the neighbors would interfere with the tree\\nand unrestricted course of Inn: and Justin-, and the\\nsheriff was sometimes glad for leave to return unmo-\\nlested without his man. The writer has seen pines ol\\ngreat length drawn to the railroad for shipment to\\nthe navy-yard for masts, not, however, for King\\nGeorge. The pines, except very small one-, are\\nnearly extinct in town.\\nContoOCOOk Mills. A quarter of a century ago the\\nold cotton-factory of the Marcys had passed into\\nother hands, and about that time John B. Smith\\nbought and took possession and set up the business of\\nhosiery-knitting. The old saw-mill standing near the\\nsouth end of the bridge, which had sawn boards, lum-\\nbei and turned ou1 shoe-pegs bj the cart-load, passed\\ninto his i Smith s) hands, and was transformed into a\\nlarge and convenient factory. For a time George i\\nReaseler run the south mill the old cotton-factory\\nand J. B. Smith the newly-modeled one near the\\nbridge, but at length the north factory came into his\\nhands, and for several year- be operated both mills to\\nthi besl advantage, and amassed a fortune. A few\\nyears ago the Contooi k Woolen Company was\\nformed and now exists in active operation.\\nIn the new company by far the heaviest owner is\\nthe original owner. John Butler Smith, and next to\\nhim hi- in iphew,a sister s son, George Edward Gould,\\nwho is also foreman and business manager in the\\nfactories. Mr. Gould is a natural mechanic, a. perfect\\ngenius in putting wrongs in machinery to right-, and\\nequally competent to manage help as machinery. He\\ni- the regulator of all the internal arrangements, and\\nha- always enjoyed tile perfect confidence of tin In .1\\nof the establishment. The !ont :ook Woolen-Mills\\nhave a high and well-deserved reputation abroad.\\nTheii _ I- -land among the first, if not the very\\ntirst. in the market, ami are not excelled. They are\\nexactly wdiat they are recommended to be, both a- to\\nthe material of which they are made and the weight\\nand the work that is put into them.\\nThese mills employ from fifty to a hundred bauds,\\nmale and female, at remunerative wages. Besides, a\\ngreat amount of work is done outside the mills,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 such\\npart- of the work as must be done by hand on under-\\nshirts, drawers and socks. In almost every house for\\nmiles may be seen the inevitable garments, since the\\nwork is easy ,nd commands ready pay once in two", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0698.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "HILLSB0R01 GH.\\nweeks in money. The 15th of the month is a golden\\nday at Hillsborough Bridge for help and the creditors\\nof help. If the Cont toot Woolen-Mills should\\nstop work, or should cease to give out work, many\\nwould l e at a loss for spending-money. It does\\noot pay, they say, bu1 it is better than nothing. Yes,\\nand it is a great deal better than making white cotton\\nshirts, all told, as i- done in Boston, at the rate of six\\nctuts apiece.\\nThe New Mill.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The hope of Hillsborough Bridge\\nand immediate vicinity ha- for many years centred\\n.,-i it- excellent water-power, \u00e2\u0080\u0094on the work which the\\nContoocook might some day do tor them. I he I Ion\\ntoocook River has been regarded for a long period as\\nthe tutelary genius of the place. Only a small por-\\ntion of its water-power has yet been utilized. It is\\nbelieved that it might easily do all the work that it is\\nnow doing, and, in addition, turn as many spindles\\nand drive as many shuttles as the Merrimack does at\\nLawrence or Lowell. It- grist-mills, -aw -mills, yam-\\nfactories, hosiery-mills and all the rest combined\\ndid not satisfy the longing mind- of the people.\\nThere was something not possessed that was wanted.\\nThe project of The New Mill was started at length\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094perhaps spontaneously. It was called The New\\nMill before even the plan of it was drawn, a -tone\\ndug or a stick of timber drawn, or even cut. Shares\\nwere taken eagerly, money paid cheerfully, in hopes\\nof having speedily a golden return. Work was i\\nmenced, the money which had been subscribed all\\nused, and The New Mill not completed. Then\\nbonds were issued, and more money raised on these.\\nThe New Mill at length was finished, from the\\nwater-wheel to the ventilator, made tor no particular\\nu-e. but for any use that might he needed by the pur-\\nchaser or renter. The bonds ate up the shares,\\nand, like Pharaoh s lean kine, were still hungry. No\\npurchaser, no renter that would lie accepted. Wait-\\ning, still waiting. At length The New Mill was\\nsold and put to use. It has added vastly to the busi-\\nness of the place by employing more hands requir-\\ning to be sheltered, fed and clothed. Hut it has not\\nbrought hack the first thirty thousand dollars that\\nwas paid out for original share-.\\nHillsborough Bridge has always been noted for\\nhandling the nimble shilling. A ten-dollar bill\\nstarted on its travels in the morning will make the\\nacquaintance of a dozen pocket-hooks before night, in\\nson to get back into bank within banking hours.\\nAnd so it has always been that a small capital at the\\nBridge has been able to do a large and legitimate\\nbusiness. The starting up of the New Mill, about\\nseven or eight years ago, awoke to full action the\\nlatent energies of the place. House-building became\\nat once a business, and lots for building purposes\\nalways high at the Bridge, proverbially so now rose\\nto an unprecedented height. SO that those who had\\nlot- to sell now received a part of their loss in\\n-hares. Business of all kinds improved.\\nThe corporate name of the New Mill is Hillsborough\\nWoolen-Mills, Rufus F. Frost Co., proprietors;\\nJohn Kimball, superintendent. The New Mill, even\\nif it should get old enough to demand repairs, will al-\\nways be The New Mill. [t can nevergrow old in\\nthe hearts of this gi neration. When the dam was\\nbuilt tor this mill, John B. Smith, proprietor of the\\nContoocook Mills, built the north half, which he\\nown-, and the mill privilege also, on the north hank\\nof the river. He did this for two reasons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 on. that\\nlie might he able to control one-half of the water, it\\nnecessary, for the use of the Contoocook Mills; the\\nother, to -cine the means of running another new;\\nmill, it he should think best at anytime to do so. In\\nformer years that mill privilege hail been used to ad-\\nvantage; it might he of advantage to use it again.\\nMr. Smith also owns the mill, last operated a- a silk-\\nmill, on the north hank of the Contoo( k, east of\\ntlie bridge across the river. Factories might he suc-\\ncessfully operated, if built, for a long distance down\\nthe river.\\nThe future of Hillsborough lies in the judicious\\nuse of the waters of the Contoocook. The river is\\nbetter than a gold-mine, and there isan opportunity for\\ngreat extension. The water can be conducted for a\\nlong distance down the river, and enough conveyed\\nto carry machinery to an unlimited extent. Besides,\\nthere is abundant opportunity to hold water hack in\\nthe vast reservoirs in Stoddard and in the adjacent\\ntowns, against a time of need, if such should arise.\\nHillsborough village-is destined to be. at no distant\\nfuture, a large manufacturing place. The Contoocook\\nMills, of year.- standing, are a pledge of what it\\ncan do.\\nHillsborough (or Valley) Academy.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It will be\\nfound, on inquiry, that about the year 1820 there was\\na wide-spread fever, both in New Hampshire and\\nVermont, for establishing incorporated academies-\\nLi was before the day of High Schools with or with-\\nout invested funds, a- the rase might be. Hillsbor-\\nough Academy was incorporated by act id the Legis-\\nlature in 1821. The first teacher was Dr. Simeon\\n[ngersol Bard, of Francestown, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth in 1821. He came to Hillsborough directly\\nafter graduation. He was -mall in size, wiry, elastic\\nin his movements, boyish in appearance, hut a man\\nevery way in mental ability and scholarship. His\\nmind was keen in analysis, and he gave a high tone\\nto tin- new academy. He afterwards taught in the\\nacademy at Francestown. So youthful was his ap-\\npearance that one of the citizens of Francestown,\\nnot knowing who it was, saw him as he was \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ to\\nthe academy with some large books under his arm,\\nand accosted him, Sonny, how do like your pre-\\nceptor? He was followed in the Hillsborough\\nAcademy by Rev. William Clark. D.D., of Amherst,\\na native of Hancock, a classmate of Dr. Bard in col-\\nlege, who taughl several years before going to An-\\ndover, where he graduated in theology in 1827. He", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0699.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "408\\nHISTOKY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nis well and favorably known for work in the home\\nmissionary field in the State. His brother\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev.\\nSamuel Wallace Clark\u00e2\u0080\u0094 took his place in the acad-\\nemy in 182 year and then went with\\nhis brother William to Andoyer, from which place\\nboth graduated in theology in 1827. Rev. Jonah Pea-\\nbody followed, who graduated at Dartmouth in 1825.\\nHe wasfollowed bythe brothers fin turn) Robert Ri ed\\nand Solomon Heath Reed, graduates of Dartmouth.\\nAnother teacher of note was Benjamin F. Wallace,\\nEsq., who became a veteran in the field and is well\\nremembered in Hillsborough. Rev. Ephraim Tay-\\nlor. Albert Baker, Esq., and F. B. Mussey followed\\nin turn. The academy was at first located in a brick\\nbuilding at the Lower village. Having at length\\ndone its work there, and good work, too. it reappeared\\nat Hillsborough Centre under the instruction of\\nRev. Elihu Thayer Rowe, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth College in 1840, who was a practical ami\\nthorough teacher, who died in 1867. others swayed\\nwith credit the educational sceptre on the hill, and\\nthe academy did good work there tin- year-. In 1864,\\ntaking the name Valley Academy, it reappeared at\\nHillsborough Bridge under the auspices of Rev.\\nHarry Brickett, assisted by his wife. Mr. Bricketl was\\nacting pastor, at the time, of the Hillsborough Bridge\\ntongregational Church. The pupils numbered about\\none hundred and twenty.\\nIn 1876 Valley Academy reopened with a fall and\\nspring term, the winter and summer terms b tng in\\nthe same building, under the same teachers, and\\nknown as the Union School. Rev. Harry L. Brickett.\\nson of Rev. Harry Brickett. a graduate of Oberlin\\ntss of 1875, was principal, and Miss Ellen\\nJ. Brickett, a graduate of the Ladies Department of\\nthe same institution in the same year, was assistant.\\nFor three years, from 1876 to 1879, they taught with\\nthe best of succesi the schools being crowded with\\nscholars\u00e2\u0080\u0094 four terms a year. In the tall id 1879, Mr.\\nBrickett entered Lndover Theological Seminary.\\nThey were followed by Dr. Frank 1 Newman ami\\nMi-s Mary Ellen Whittemore, who remained one year,\\nDr. Newman being called from there to the position\\nof principal of Tubbs Union Academy. Washington,\\nhis native town, where he litis since taught with great\\nacceptance, ami has made his school rank among the\\nfirst. Miss Whittemore. a graduate of Bradford Acad-\\nemy, Massachusetts, was called from Hillsborough to\\nBradford, N. H.. where tor several years she taught,\\nwith great credit, the Bradford Grammar School.\\nMr. B. F. Hurd, a graduate of Bates College, Me.,\\nfollowed, and remained three years. Miss Epps was\\nfor a time his assistant she was succeeded by Miss\\nGutterson. Mr. Hurd was called from here to Fran-\\nce-tow n Academy, where he -til! remains, doing faith-\\nful and efficient work. A primary department was\\nstarted under his administration with good success.\\nMr. George A. Dickey, a graduate of Dartmouth\\nCollege in ls-o .-ne ceded, and is the present principal.\\nA new, commodious and elegant school-house, with\\ntour department-, luts been built since Mr. Dickey s\\nadvent. Miss Jennie Breed. Miss Clara F. Potter and\\nothers are his co-laborers in educational work. Hills-\\nborough may well feel proud of her schools. A S I\\neducation i- the best legacy for children.\\nCHAP T E R I V.\\nHILLSB0K01 SB\\ni -i. 1.1. ment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Professions- 1 I\\nl -1. 1-11. .,1 Hl-tul.V I ,:_.. ,|i..,| ,i\\nis) Episcopal Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Baptist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Independents.\\nThe Scotch-Irish Element\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The inhabitants of\\nHillsborough are descendant- mainly of Puritan\\nstock; hut, like other stock in good companies, it\\nhas been somewhat watered. It will lie found that\\nno nationality can claim a decided majority. It\\nis well known, how ever, that from the very start there\\nhas been a liberal sprinkling id the Scotch-Irish ele-\\nment. These were men unsurpassed in decision of\\ncharacter, determination. love of liberty, even to\\nlicense; yet of the utmost fidelityin allsocial relations.\\nThey may be properly styled the defenders of the\\nhome.\\nThe Scotch-Irish originally went from Scotland I\\nthe north of Ireland, which they made their home.\\nVery likely there is, to a greater or less degree\\nintermingling of Irish bl I.\\nLond lerry, in New Hampshire, attracted the men\\nfrom Londonderry and the region round about in Ire-\\nland.\\nThe Scotch-Irish predominated in that town, and\\nsent out emigrants to help in settling other town-,\\nHillsborough among the rest.\\nIt is this blood that furnished most of our brave\\nofficers in the Revolutionary War and in the War of\\n1812, and they were not backward to volunteer to.\\nmarch in the ranks.\\nIt is a race that possesses in a high degree pluck\\nand lire. It |\u00e2\u0080\u009e,s-e--e- the pure Scotch firmness al-\\nmost obstinacy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that is determined to fight a cause\\nout on that line. to the fiery high blood of the Irish\\nSoldier that would charge, without flinching or turn-\\ning aside, up to the very cannon mouth.\\nIt is an exceedingly interesting class of people, as\\nstudied in their adopted homes in Ireland. The.\\nwere zealous Protestants, and, in the days of James\\ntlte Second, of England, the} adhered firmly to the\\ncause- of William of Orange against the tyranny of\\nJames. The story ot the siege of Londonderry, Ire-\\nland, in 1689, is one of tin- most thrilling in history.\\nThey endured the most terrible tortures of famine, but\\nheld out till they were relieved and saved. It is the\\ntendency of such bl 1 to tone up society to a high\\nlevel of honorable feeling. Some of the first settli re\\nof Hillsborough came originally front Ireland. Their", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0700.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\ndescendants have-, as a rule, been men of probity and\\nunblemished character. They are generous to a fault,\\nand will divide the last loaf. Hillsborough has felt\\nthe good influence of that blood.\\nThe Professions.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The history of a town would be\\nincompletethatleftoutmentionof its professional men,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094those who filled its pulpits, v, ho pleaded at the bar,\\nand administered the healing art,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who had to do with\\nthe- souls, the wills and the bodies of the people. I\\nought to add another class, much, at the presenl time,\\nmore than formerly a profession, thai of teachers of\\nyouth, those who, while dealing mainly with the\\nminds of pupils at a tender age, really lay the founda-\\ntion, either well or ill, on which the superstructure of\\na life, g I oj bad, is built. It is fair to presume\\nthat the professions are made up of men of at least\\naverage ability, hut of superior mental training.\\nLaw and Lawyers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Law is supposed to be the\\nembodiment of justice and fair dealing among men.\\nFrom the earliest ages of civilization there has been\\na class of men whose business is to know the law and\\nbe able to give sound and safe advice in regard to it.\\nHillsborough has been from the first the home of dis-\\ntinguished lawj era.\\nAmong the first practitioners was David Starrett, a\\nuative of Francestown, a graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1798, and student of law in the office of J ion.\\nSamuel Hell, of Francestown. He opened an office in\\nHillsborough in 1802. He was not regarded as a\\nbrilliant advocate, bu1 as a safe adviser he hail the\\ngeneral confidence of the people .if the town and was\\nconfidently trusted by his clients. He resided in\\ntown ten years. He then mysteriously disappeared,\\nnever to return. In Smith s annals is a long account\\nconcerning it.\\nJohn Burnam, also a graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege, a student in the office of Hon. Samuel Bell, ami\\nlater of David Starrett, succeeded the latter in 1812.\\nDavid Steele, born at Peterborough, September 30,\\n17^7, graduated tit Williams College in 1810, studied\\nlaw with James Walker, Esq., and Hon. Charles G.\\nAtherton, of Amherst; married, late in life, Miss\\natharina Kendall, of Amherst, who yet survives him,\\nand opened an office in Hillsborough, tit the Bridge\\nvillage, in 1813. He was a useful man, both in so-\\nciety and in the church. He died at Peterborough\\nmany years ago, between eighty and ninety years of\\nJohn McFarland opened an office tit the Upper vil-\\nlage in 1815, and died in Hillsborough in 1819.\\nTimothy Darling graduated at Harvard University\\nin 1822, opened an office in Hillsborough in 1826 and\\nremained in town just one year.\\nIn 1827, Hon. Franklin Pierce, of national reputa-\\ntion, opened a law-office in the Lower village of Hills-\\nborough, and continued there eleven years, when he\\nremoved to Concord. He was a graduate of Bowdoin\\nCollege, Maine, in 1824, at the age of twenty, and\\nthree vears later was admitted to the bar in his native\\nState. He tilled many positions of public trust with\\ndignity and honor. From 1829 1833 he represented\\nHillsborough in the State Legislature, the last two\\nyears being Speaker of the House. In Is:::: lie was\\nelected to Congress, where he served ably during his\\ntwo terms till 1837, when he was elected to the\\n1 nited State.- Senate. He was then tic youngest mem-\\nber of thai body, being barely of I he leu a I age required.\\nIn 1842 lie resigned his seat and returned to Concord,\\nwhere he resumed his legal practice.\\nHis fluency of speech, his knowledge of law and his\\nprominence as a public man gave him the first place\\nat the bar of New Hampshire. In 1846 the position\\nof I nited States Attorney-General w ;is otfeie. I I\\nPresident Polk, but he declined. He also declined\\nto run tor Governor when nominated bj the Demo-\\ncratic party in New Hampshire.\\nHis military record was one of rapid rise. Enlist-\\ning as a private in a volunteer company, he became a\\ncolonel and -oon after a brigadier-general. He took\\na prominent part in the .Mexican War. where he\\nserved with bravery and ho under General ;,u.\\nAt the close of the war he resumed the practice\\nof law in Concord. In 1850 he presided ovei\\nthe Constitutional Convention of New Hampshire.\\nIn 1852, at Baltimore, he was nominated, after a pro-\\ntracted struggle, on the forty-ninth ballot, over all\\ncompetitors, as the Democratic candidate for Presi-\\ndent of the United States. He was nominated\\nin the convention by two hundred and eighty-two\\neleven for all other candidates. When the\\nvotes of the Electoral College were counted, Pierce\\nhad two hundred and fifty-four and Scott forty-two.\\nAfter 1857, which was the close of his administra-\\ntion, Mr, Pierce passed several years in Europe, re-\\nturning in 1860. He die. I m Concord. It has been\\nproposed to erect a statue to his memory, to stand in\\nI lie Slate-House yard.\\nAlbert Baker, an exceedingly popular man in the\\ntown ami Stale, was a native of Bow, born leoiuai\\nin, 181(1, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1834\\nread law with Hon. Franklin Pierce, and opined an\\noffice in Hillsborough in 1837.\\nThere have followed men of brilliant talents-\\nSamuel II. Aver, an able lawyer, who was sometimes\\npitted against Hon. Franklin Pierce at the bar, wh. re\\nhe acquitted himself with honor. George Barstow, a\\nnative of Haverhill, a man of good mind and scholar-\\nship, a member of Dartmouth College, but who left be-\\nfore graduating, lb succeeded as a man of letter-\\nrather than as a lawyer. He remained but a short\\ntime iii town. Francis B. Peabody was also in Hills-\\nborough fora short time. Of him but little is known.\\nFrancis N. Blood, a Hillsborough boy had an office\\nand dwelling-house at (lie Lower village. He was re-\\ngarded as a good lawyer, and ;m upright and honor-\\nable man. He died of consumption, leaving a good\\nproperty, which he had gained in his profession,\\n11. hi. James F. Briggs, of English parentage, a dis-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0701.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "410\\nHISTORY OF HlLLSBOROlirll COUNT V, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntinguished counselor-at-law, an ex-member of Con-\\ngress, practiced at the Bridge several years, till his\\nremoval to Manchester. Charles A. Harnden suc-\\nceeded Esq. Blood. He remained in Hillsborough\\nbut a short time alter he was admitted to the bar.\\nBrooks K. Webber lias been in the practice of law\\nat the Bridge since the removal of Esq. Briggs. He\\ni- considered a safe adviser in law, and never counsels\\na client to incur the expense of a law-suit if he can\\navoid it by an amicable settlement. He has a good\\npractice.\\nA. B. Spalding, of Lyndeborough, began to practice\\nlaw the latter part of 1876, and remained a little less\\nthan two years. He left under a cloud, and has since\\ndied. Willis G. Buxton studied law with Brooks K.\\nWebber, and in the Boston Law School. He was ad-\\nmitted to the bar and commenced and continued\\nseveral years in practice in Hillsborough. lie\\nearly removed to Pennicook, where he now is in suc-\\ncessful practice. Samuel W. Holman has been at the\\nBridge several years in tin- practice of law. He\\nstudied law with Hon. Mason Toppan, of Bradford,\\nAttorney-General of New Hampshire. Mr. Holman\\ni- rapidly acquiring a lucrative practice. The Pierces,\\nColonel Frank II. and Kirk D., brothers, ate located\\nat the Lower village, and are doing a good share of\\nlegal work. Colonel Frank II. Pierce, one of the\\nfirm, has recently received the appointment of judge\\nadvocate of the Amoskeag Veterans. He has accepted\\nthe appointment of United States consul toMatanzas,\\nCuba. J. Willard Newman, son of .lame- Newman,\\nprepared under Esq. Webber, and is now a practicing\\nlawyer in Chicago. Others may have come into town\\nand reconnoitered, hoping to find a place to banc up a\\nshingle somewhere; but so Ions as the Pierces guard\\nIn Lower village, and Webber and Holman the\\nBridge, interlopers may as well know that there is no\\nroom; they had better not unlimber. Hillsborough\\nhas good lawyers now, fully competent to defend the\\ninterests of all its citizens and others who may apply,\\nmen who are good judges of law and equity and safe\\nail\\\\ isers of their clients.\\nTin: Ministry. In the early settlements the min-\\nisters of the gospel did not stay long behind the\\nB ho came with axe, saw, auger, shovel and\\npick-hoe to be supplemented with the plow to\\nclear, to build and to cultivate. Rude homes were\\nsoon constructed of hewn log-. The timber stood\\neverywhere, ami almost enough grew on the lot for\\nbuildings to make them especially if a garden and\\nsmall field were taken into the account a shelter of\\nlogs sufficient to protect the family during the hours\\noi sleep, and serve as a nucleus for the home, the\\ndearest plac i earth, whether a hut or a palace. At\\nfirst there were no saw-mill- and no means of sawing\\nlumber except by hand. The tool- most needed and\\nused most were axe. saw. auger and chisel.\\nFirst, a home for the family; the very next, the\\nmeeting-house rarely in those days in New England\\ncalled a church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and the next, a parsonage. The\\nfirst settlement, which, on ace. tint of imminent dan-\\nger from a treacherous enemy, lasted only from 1741\\nto 1746, nevertheless built a meeting-house and a\\nhome for a minister. As has already been said, this\\nmeeting-house was burnt, and, as is believed, wantonly,\\nfor the malicious gratification of seeing it burn. A\\nman named Keyes, as appears from the records was\\nat the beginning of the first settlement in 1741, joint-\\nproprietor with Colonel Hill. His name does Q01\\nappear in the records as connected with the second\\nsettlement of the town. Business troubles may have\\nsoured the mind of this Keyes, of Weare, and so for\\nrevenge he may have tired the building. It was\\nburnt. This Keyes may have felt himself wronged,\\nand that the glass which he took out and buried wa-\\nins.\\nDuring the time between tin- years 17b7 and 177H\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094twelve years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 public worship was held in warm\\nweather in groves or in barn-, in the coldest in pri-\\nvate dwellings. Colonel Hill, now the sole proprietor\\nof the town (by some means he has sloughed oil Mr.\\nKeyes), gave the town ten acres of land\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now occupied\\nat the centre of the town for the sole use of the\\nchurch buildings and the cemetery\u00e2\u0080\u0094 for these purposes\\nand also tor a common. In addition, he reserved\\nfrom sale two whole lots of the one hundred acre lots\\nand a part of another for the first settled minister.\\nIn the autumn of 1772 the church, concurred in by\\nthe town of Hillsborough, invited Mr. Jonathan\\nBarnes, a licentiate, to come and settle with them as\\ntheir minister and pastor. He accepted the call,\\ncame and was ordained ami in-tailed November iVi,\\n1771\\nThe ordination exercises were held on Bible Hill, in\\nthe barn of Lieutenant Samuel Bradford. It was no\\nuncommon thing in that early age, ami even later, to\\nhold religious services in a barn. The writer, in his\\nyouthful days in Newbury, Vt., frequently attended\\nmeeting in barns in the summer season; indeed,\\nhimself and sisters were baptized in a barn within\\nhis personal recollection. The name Bible Hill\\nha- frequently been alluded to. It is a familiar name\\nin Hillsborough,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as well known a- tin Bridge, Lower,\\nUpper or Centre village. A road from West Deering,\\none mile west of the Bridge village, running north\\nand south, passes by the Deacon Sawyer place,\\nnow owned and occupied by Cawn Mills, over a con-\\nsiderable hill, consisting of most excellent farming\\nland. b\\\\ the Jones. Burnham and Tuttle places. This\\nis called Bible Hill, common rumor has it, because\\nthe only Bible in town was owned by a family living\\nthere. Mr. Smith, who probably sifted the rumor,*\\nmodestly puts it, to save the credit of the deacons of\\nthe church, that the only large Bibles in town were\\nowned by Deacons Isaac Andrews and Joseph Sy-\\nmonds. I yield to that authority, and am glad to be-\\nlieve -Mr. Smith the faithful annalist in preference to\\nMadam Rumor, who has sometimes proved to be mis-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0702.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\n411\\ntaken. It is hoped and believed that there were some\\nsmall Bibles elsewhere, and that they were read and\\nobeyed. Bible Hill at that time bid fair to be the\\nleading place in town, outranking the Bridge even.\\nIt had in it the first tavern built in town, in 1766;\\nthe first town-meeting was held there in 1772; the\\nfirst ordination, in 1772 the first captain of the first\\nmilitary company formed in town, and its first lieu-\\ntenant, lived there.\\nThe second meeting-house in town was built by the\\ntown, the same as the first, which had been burnt.\\nThe town passed a vote for the purpose of building\\na bouse of worship in May, 1773. It was carried\\ninto effect in 1779, and used thirteen years, when it\\nwas found to In- insufficient for the increased congrega-\\ntion that was to come early every Sabbath morning\\nand stay till late in the afternoon to listen to two long\\nsermons, each of at least an hour s length, and\\nprayers and singing in proportion. It was then re-\\nmoved from its site several rods, and converted into a\\nschool-house. As a meeting-house it gave place to\\nanother larger building, and better adapted to the\\nwants of the town. The new building they\\ncalled it was to lie sixty-two feet in length, fifty feet\\nin width and two stories in height, with porches\\non three of the sides, each having a door lor entrance.\\nThe raising of this large building, lifted a broadside\\nat a time, as was the custom in those days with all\\nframe buildings, was no small affair. People came\\nfrom far and near, even from distant towns, to help\\nlift at tin- master-workman s call, Heave, O heave!\\nand then to share in the inspiring contents of the\\nbarrel, liberally furnished for the occasion. Though\\nprofessedly the building was fir the Holy Spirit s\\ndwelling, other spirits aided at the raising.\\nThis building was used as a place of worship for\\ntwenty-eight years, with no means of warming it ex-\\ncept the ladies foot-stoves. In the very coldest\\nweather worship was conducted in the pastor s\\nkitchen. Before the settlement of Mr. Barnes as\\npastor, religious services were conducted by the min-\\nisters of other parishes, particularly by Rev. William\\nHouston, of Bedford, and Rev. Samuel Cotton, of\\nLitchfield. They assisted in the organization of the\\nfirst church, which was gathered October 12, 1769, said\\nto be the tenth church formed within the present\\nlimits of Hillsborough County prior to 1G41, the one\\nhundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town.\\nAt the ordination of Mr. Barnes, Rev. Josiah Bridge\\npreached the sermon.\\nI find the following town record of its vote in re-\\ngard to the minister s support in Mr. Smith s annals.\\nVoted unanimously to fix the Rev. Mr. Barnes salary\\nThat we will give him thirty pounds \u00e2\u0080\u0094equivalent\\nto one hundred and forty-five dollars and a few cents\\nby way of settlement, thirty-five pounds ayearforthe\\nfirst four years, equivalent to $169.40,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 then forty\\npounds a year, until there shall lie seventy families in\\ntown; and when there shall be seventy families, u is\\n27\\nto be entitled to fifty ids. whether sooner or later,\\nuntil there shall lie ninety families; when there is\\nninety families, he shall receive sixty pounds until\\nthere is one hundred and ten families; when there is\\none hundred and ten families, he shall receive sixty-\\nsix pounds, six shillings and four-pence, which last\\nsum he shall continue to receive so long as he remain\\nour minister. This last was to be the ultimatum. It\\nwill be remembered (hat, in addition, Mr. Barnes was\\nto receive between two and three hundred acres of\\nland as the gift of Colonel Hill. Mr. Barnes, having\\nsustained the pastoral relation for thirty-one years,\\nbecoming incapacitcd for performing the duties of his\\noffice through paralysis resulting from a stroke of\\nlightning, resigned his office as minister and pastor\\nOctober 19, 1803, in the fifty-fourth year of his age,\\nand lived after his resignation only two years. He-\\nwas esteemed as a good citizen and a good friend, a\\nman of respectable talents and agreeable manners. As\\na preacher, he was regarded as leaning too strongly to\\nwhat is called the liberal side in doctrine. He was\\nactive and laborious, working with his own hand to\\nsupply the wants which his salary, prudently used,\\nfailed to do. His heirs own and occupy the home-\\nstead. Mr. Barnes married a most excellent lady,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMiss Abigail Curtiss, of East Sudbury. Mass., in 177-1,\\nwho became the mother often children. She survived\\nher husband thirty-three years, dying in 1838, uni-\\nversally beloved and lamented. She was esteemed\\nby all her personal acquaintances as a true friend and\\na consistent Christian. Though not rich in this\\nworld s goods, she always gave something to the poor\\nand needy, having a heart to feel for them in their\\npoverty and want. She set the example in her early\\nwidowhooil to attend meeting constantly when cir-\\ncumstances would permit. Her children called her\\nblessed on account of her gentle goodness.\\nRev. Stephen Chapin followed Mr. Barnes, and as\\none extreme follows another quite frequently, it is so\\nwith heat and cold as regards the weather. He proved\\nto be very unlike his predecessor. He was ordained\\nJune 18, 1805, with a stipulated yearly salary of four\\nhundred dollars. You note the change. English\\nmoney, in which Mr. Barnes salary was stipulated, is\\nfollowed by federal money in the case of Chapin. The\\nser was preached by the distinguished divine,\\nRev. Nathaniel Emmons, D.D., of Franklin, Mass.\\nThe selection of a minister to preach the sermon was\\nan indication of the course Mr. Chapin would take.\\nHe was the orthodox of the orthodox. He was re-\\ngarded as very rigid in his belief, and sometimes\\npreached so as to offend. It was, however, only what he\\nregarded as vital truth. As he regarded Mr. Barnes\\nas leaning too far towards the liberal side, he felt\\ncalled upon to lean pretty strongly in the other direc-\\ntion. His fidelity to what he regarded as the truth\\nof the Bible was the cause of his dismission in a little\\nmore than a year. He was young and inexperienced\\nfull of zeal and a real desire to do good. The zeal of", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0703.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF IllLLSI!( M ;iI COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Lord s house site him up. His farewell sermon,\\nwhich was printed for distribution, was preached\\nJuly 30, 1809. The reason for asking to have Mr.\\nChapin liMm--.il. a.- given by the committee of the\\nchurch before the council, was, Incapacity from\\nwant of health. He and his people had not become\\nacquainted with each other, and great difficulties lay in\\nthe way id obtaining an intimate acquaintance. The\\npeople could n oi, or thought they could not. change from\\nthe genial ways of Mr. Barnes to tic seeming severity\\nof Mr. Chapin. There is not a doubt that Mr. Chapin\\nwa- a thoroughly g 1 num. aid a better acquaint-\\nance between him and his people might have endeared\\nhim to them and secured bis stay. The third pastor\\nwas another Chapin. If they could not keep the man,\\nthey would try the name again. Mr. Seth Chapin\\nwas called and ordained January 1, 1812, an unlucky\\nyear, the beginning of a war between the United\\n.-tale- of America ami Great Britain. The ordaining\\nsermon was preached by Rev. Ephraim Bradford,\\nof New Boston, the pastor of a Presbyterian Church.\\nRev. John M. Whiton, another Presbyterian, gave\\nthe right hand of fellowship.\\nOf this second Chapin little has come down to us.\\nThe people were too busy in attending to thi state of\\nthe war to do much in the gospel line; so, alter the war\\nbetween the two belligerent powers wa- settled, they\\nfound time, on the 26tb of June, 1816, to unsettle Mr.\\nChapin. He had become embarrassed with debt.\\nWhile during war-time, usually, the people grow rich,\\ni rer gets higher wages, the producer higher\\nprice-, the man who depends upon a stated salary\\noften gets less in amount paid than wa- promised,\\nand the currency is inflated, while the price of every-\\nthing he buys is doubled or nearlj so. The writer\\nknow- whereof he affirms. Mr. Chapin s ministry,\\nso far as appears on the record, was destitute of\\nmuch fruit. He was a native of Mendon, Mass., an\\nAndover graduate, and his wife a mosi estimable\\nbnly. The fourth pastor was not called until there\\nhad been an interregnum of pastors of three or four\\nyears, during which time the church lived from\\nhand to mouth. Licentiates from the seminaries\\ncame and went, among these Mr. Jonathan Magee.\\nHe wa- afterwards settled pastor, successively, in\\nBrattleborough, Vt., Nashua and Francestown, and at\\nthe close acting pastor in Greenfield, over the Evan-\\ngelical Church in that town. Mr. Magee supplied\\nthe church on the hill several months in 1818,\\nThe writer sat under bis preaching seven years in\\nFrancestown, from 1844 to L851. During a few\\nmonths in 1851 he was supplying the Greenfield\\nChurch. He was by no means a brilliant preacher,\\nbut very gentlemanly and courteous in his manners.\\nOn the dismission of Rev. Seth Chapin, the town\\nvoted to discontinue the practice of hiring the min-\\nister and paying his salary. The salary aftei that\\ntime, 1816, wa- raised by voluntary contribution.\\nNext\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to stay permanently\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. John Lawton\\ncame with his family in January. l^L o, moved there-\\nto by his own will and judgment. He was in the full\\nstrength of ministerial lite, just turned forty, was a\\ngraduate of Middlebury College, and had studied\\ntheology with settled clergymen of repute, as at that\\ntime was frequently the ease, and had been ordained\\nin Windham, Vt.. in October. 1809. He was twice\\nmarried, the last time to Miss Abigail, only daughter\\nof the Rev. Jonathan Barnes, of Hillsborough. Mr.\\nLawton commenced preaching immediately on coming\\nto town with his family. he had supplied a tew Sab-\\nbaths previously to their coming. and the next year\\nbe bad gained such a hob! of the hearts of tic people\\nthat the church and society gave him a call to settle\\nwith them as their pastor. He accepted the call, and\\nwas installed the fourth pastor November 9, 1821.\\nRev. Joel Davis preached the sermon. Rev. J. M.\\nWhiton, of Antrim, aided in the services; the rest\\nof the names of helpers would be the names of\\nstrangers to Hillsborough people. Rev. Mr. Lawton,\\nstayed until April 22, Ls:;2, thirteen years, and at the\\nend of that time asked for a dismission. He wa- at\\nHillsborough during the precious season of wide-\\nspread revivals of religion, extending over New\\nHampshire and Vermont and elsewhere, which brought\\nmam thousands into the churches in comparatively\\na short time. At the time he asked a dismission the\\nperiod of great revivals wa- pa-t tor that time, and a\\nperiod of comparative coldness and indifference was\\ntaking the place of it in many churches onci\\ningly active; the reaction told upon the ministry, and\\nwas the occasion of many vacant pulpits about that\\ntime, and changing of ministers. At one time Mr.\\nLawton admitted about seventy member- into the\\nchurch as the fruits of the revival of that oue year.\\n]*27. In these extensive revivals he had the help of\\nRev. Ira M. Mead, who acted as an evangelist, and\\nproved to be very serviceable in assisting the pastor.\\nAfter his dismission Mr. Lawton acted as home mis-\\nsionary, and as he was only fifty-lour, or nearly that.\\nbe was vigorous, after resting, in prosecuting new-\\nwork. It is said that while out West resting from\\nhis long-continued and hard labors during those years\\nof revivals\u00e2\u0080\u0094 he built a wind-mill for grinding pur-\\nposes. The work was admirably done. Everything\\nseemed to betoken success; all was completed, except\\nthat the brakes bad not been put on. There coming\\nup suddenly a good wind, desirous of ascertaining\\nwhether it would run all right, he let on the wind. It\\nwa- a perfect success; it went and went, round and\\nround, and as there were no brake.- on to retard its\\nmotion or regulate it, its velocity constantly increased,\\nand a- the wind kept on blowing without any let up\\nfor hours, the friction was so great that it wore the\\nmill out. In his next mill he would be likely to put\\non the brakes before starting it. Rev. Milton Ward\\nsucceeded Mr. Lawton as the fifth pastor of the First\\nlongregational Church in Hillsborough; commenced\\npreaching in April. 1834, and was ordained July 23d", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0704.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\nof the same year; sermon by Rev. Calvin Cutler, of\\nWindham. Other familiar names are seen on the\\nprogramme of exercises, such as Rev. Joseph Merrill.\\nof Acworth.a nmst eloquent man in the pulpit. The\\nwriter sat under his preaching while teaching during\\na college vacation in Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Mass. Mr.\\nMerrill made the consecrating prayer. Rev. John M.\\nWhiton, of Antrim, a regular helper on such occa-\\nsions in Hillsborough, gave the charge to the pastor.\\nRev. Austin Richards\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who began his ministerial life\\nin Francestown in the freshness of youth, not without\\nhis trials, some of them life-long, and who closed his\\nministerial life there in the feebleness of age after a\\nlong absence, supplying the church a year while\\nthey were destitute of a pastor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 gave the right hand\\nof fellowship. Rev. Daniel Stowell, then of Goffs-\\ntown, a man ot ability, over whom a cloud gathered\\nin after-life, made the concluding prayer, Mr. Ward\\nwas dismissed by mutual council on account of a\\nchange of his belief respecting the nature and con-\\nstitution of the ihristian Church. He became after\\nhis dismission an Episcopalian clergyman. Before\\nhe preached at all he was a physician, a graduate of\\nthe medical college at Hanover in 1829.\\nRev. Seth Farnsworth next appears on the list as\\nthe sixth pastor at the lentre. He came in 1835, and\\nsupplied the pulpit one year, when he received and\\naccepted a call to settle over the church and society.\\nHe was installed over the Hillsborough Congrega-\\ntional Church November 23, 1836. It was an occasion\\nof great rejoicing at Hillsborough Bridge, inasmuch\\nas a church building had just been completed in thai\\nvillage, and was to be dedicated the day of the in-\\nstallation. A large council and concourse of people\\ncame togetherto attend the double ceremony, an in-\\nstallation and a dedication. There were to lie two\\nsermons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the installation sermon, by Rev. .1. M.\\nWhiton; the dedicatory sermon, by the new pastor,\\nRev. Seth Farnsworth, the silver-tongued pulpit ora-\\ntor, in the estimation of his new charge. Rev, Archi-\\nbald Burgess, of Hancock, a giant in those lav-,\\nphysically and mentally, among his brother ministers,\\nhad an important part, the charge to the pastor.\\nIt was a day of triumph at Hillsborough Bridge,\\nnever to be forgotten, to be told to children s children.\\nThe council informally advised that Mr. Farnsworth\\nshould make his home at the Bridge village, though\\nthere was no parsonage and it was difficult to rent a\\nsuitable house. He secured the house now owned and\\noccupied by Ammi Smith, and I have been told often\\nof the delightful prayer-meetings held in his cham-\\nber-study by him and a few praying men, one of\\nwhom would, of course, be Deacon Samuel Morrison.\\nHis labors during the winter following his installa-\\ntion were abundant in season and out of season.\\nHe supplied the two pulpits, on the hill and at the\\nBridge, on alternate Sabbaths. He had inspired the\\npeople with great love and confidence in himself,\\nwhen, mysteriously to all, in four months from the\\ntime of his becoming pastor by the laying on of\\nhands. In was removed l death, March 26, L837,and\\nwas buried with great lamentations in the old bury-\\ning-ground just back of Dr. Burnham s. He died in\\nthe freshness of his ministerial life, and almost before\\nthe holy oil of consecration at the Bridge was dry\\nupon his brow. The memory of the good shall live.\\nThe name of Rev. Seth Farnsworth still lingers with\\naffection in the hearts and memories of those who\\nknew him, especially at Hillsborough Bridge, lb-\\nwas the lirst to occupy tin- new church. He was in-\\nstalled in it over the Hillsborough Congregational\\nChurch. He preached the dedication sermon at the\\nconsecration of the new building. He was the first\\nminister who made his home at the Bridge village.\\nWhen he was installed he was in full health and\\nstrength, and in the freshness of early manhood. He\\nwas born in Charlestown (X.). 4), in New Hampshire,\\nJune 14, 1795, so that when he came to Hillsborough\\nhe was but forty years of age, and only forty-one\\nwhen be was installed. He died before his forty-\\nseventh birth-day. He was brought up to believe\\nthat all, irrespectively, would be saved. After a long\\nstruggle he gave up those doctrines as erroneous, and\\nbecame, it was believed, a truly converted man. He\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College in 1822, and ranked\\nfair as a scholar. He studied theology under the\\ndirection of President Tyler, of Dartmouth College,\\nwas licensed, and preached at first for the Vermont\\nMissionary Society. He preached in various places be-\\nfore coming to Hillsborough. He was an earnest and\\nefficienl worker, a zealous and faithful preacher of\\nthe gospel and a successful winner of souls. The dis-\\nease of which he died was called a lung fever.\\nAccording to the account given concerning him, both\\nas placed on record in Smith s Annals and in the\\nreports of his associates in the church, elderly peo-\\nple who were visitors at the sick-bed, he died in the\\nfull triumphs of the gospel faith. To his wife he said\\njust before his death. T have been swimming, swim-\\nming, yea, I have been swimming in an ocean of\\nbliss. For his people he sent a message by the min-\\nister who was to preach, to receive with meekness\\nthe ingrafted Word, which is able to save their souls,\\nand that they be doers of the Word and not hearers\\nonly.\\nMr. Farnsworth was followed by Rev. Samuel G.Ten-\\nney as the seventh pastor of the Hillsborough Church.\\nThe installation sermon was preached by Rev. Na-\\nthaniel Bouton, of Concord, July 4, 1838. The next\\nspring a new Congregational Church was formed, an\\noffshoot from the First Church by letter, at Hillsbor-\\nough Bridge, and was called the Hillsborough\\nBridge Congregational Church. Mr. Tenney was\\nretained at the Bridge. No mention is made in the\\nrecords of an installation. The deacons were Davison\\nRussell, wdio lived at the Upper village Samuel\\nMorrison, who lived just over the line in Henniker;\\nTristram Sawyer, who lived one mile west of the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0705.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBridge; and Frederick W. Symonds, who lived on\\nBible Hill. Mr. Tenney was agraduate of 1 artmouth\\nCollege in 1823, and studied theology with Rev. Wal-\\nter Chapin, of Woodstock, Vt. He remained at the\\nBridge about four years. He was succeeded by Rev.\\nJacob Cummings, who was installed pastor at the\\nBridge November 15, 1843. He remained pastor in\\ncharge until May. 1857, when he withdrew without\\nformal dismission from the church as pastor. He re-\\nmoved and died in 1866, aged seventy-three.\\nMr. Cummings was followed in 1857 by Mr. Harry\\nBrickett, a licentiate of the Manchester Association\\nof Congregational Ministers in July. 1854. He was\\nborn in Newbury. Vt.. February 1. 1818, and gradu-\\nateil at Dartmouth College in 1840. After graduating\\nhe taught two years in the academy in Jaffrey, at the\\nsame time studying medicine with Dr. Luke Howe, of\\nJaffrey, and afterwards with the medical faculty at\\nHanover, Drs. Peaslee and Crosby. He was ap-\\npointed assistant demonstrator of anatomy and was\\nalso in charge of the class in dissection. He attended\\ntwo full courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical Col-\\nlege. He went to Francestown into the academy for\\none term, to finish the year for a friend, and after that\\nterm stayed seven years longer as principal, and mar-\\nried, August 18, 1846, Miss Eliza C, a daughter of\\nCaptain Joseph utter, of Jaffrey. He was principal\\nof the Brown (Latin) High School, in Newburyport,\\nfrom 1851 to 1853, and of the Merrimack Normal\\nInstitute, founded by Professor William Russell, at\\nReed s Ferry, Merrimack. He was invited to come\\nto Hillsborough in the winter of 1857, preached a\\nfew Sabbaths, and came to stay permanently in May,\\n1857. He received ordination, declining installation.\\nin the First Congregational Church in Manchester,\\nRev. Cyrus YV. Walton then pastor, as an evangelist\\nwithout charge. January 28, 1858. He remained in\\nHillsborough as acting pastor made so bj vote of\\nthe church in 1858 until April, 1865, a period of\\neight years. The church prospered under his minis-\\ntry, nearly as many as were in the church as mem-\\nbers in January, 1858, at the time of his ordination,\\nwere added to it while he was their minister, from\\n1857 to 1865.\\nLev. Stephen Morrill followed, coming in May,\\n1865. Mr. Brickett preached his farewell sermon in\\nthe forenoon from the text Let brotherly love con-\\ntinue; and Mr. Morrill his first sermon in the P. M.\\nof the same day. Mr. Morrill stayed as acting pastor.\\nDuring his ministry the meeting-house was moved\\nfrom its location in the field to the Main Street, in the\\nvillage. The people took sides, sonic for and some\\nagainst the project, in regard to moving it, and some\\nwere offended, and Mr. Morrill did not escape ensure.\\nAfter resting on their oars after the dismission of Mr.\\nMorrill at his request, the church called Rev. Henry B.\\nUnderwood, January 24, 1871; he accepted the call\\nFebruary 2d, ami was duly installed March 7,1871.\\nJuly 7, 1872, he resigned, tor want, as he assigned,\\nof unanimity in the church, and was dismissed by\\ni 1. ii e of council July loth of the same year. Dur-\\ning the time he remained at the Bridge there was\\nquite a religious interest and a few conversions.\\nAmong these conversions was Ammi Smith, an aged\\nresident at the Bridge. Mr. Underwood was suc-\\nceeded by Rev. John Bragdon, who came in the\\nspring of 1873, and continued till near the close of\\n1875. .Mr. Bragdon was an earnest worker in the\\nYoung Men s Christian Association, and he was skill-\\ntill in managing young boys and gaining their affec-\\ntion. The desk being again vacant, Rev. Harry\\nBrickett was recalled, alter an absence of almost eleven\\nyears, at the commencement of 1876, which call he\\naccepted. He preached his first sermon the second\\nSabbath in January, 1876. He remained about six\\nyears, until August, 1881, when he resigned the desk\\nto take effect the 1st of September. Mr. Brickett\\nofficiated in all fourteen years. Rev. Abram J.\\nQuick succeeded Mr. Brickett as acting pastor of the\\nchurch, commencing November 6,1881. He closed\\nhis labors July 29, 1883.\\nThe present minister is Roderick J. Mooney, born\\nin Dublin, Ireland. February 17, 1853, where he re-\\nceived a liberal education at the Dublin University.\\nHe received an invitation to preach at the Bridge,\\nami came in the autumn of 1884. He is the only\\ntonal minister in town supplying at the\\nCentre as well as at the Bridge. He has received a\\ncall to settle as pastor over the Hillsborough Bridge\\ntonal Church. The outlook for success is\\ngood we wish him great sueccess.\\nWe will now go back to the original church at\\nHillsborough Centre, which we left destitute of a\\npa-tor in 1830. On the assignment of Rev. Samuel\\nOilman Tenney to the service of the church at the\\nBridge, Rev. George W. Adams was called to be\\npastor ot the Centre Congregational Church March\\n26, 184H. lie was installed October 21st of the same\\nyear, and dismissed January 17,1844. Rev. S. Tol-\\nman supplied the pulj.it during the summer of 1S44.\\nRev. F.liliu Thayer Rowe was called February 10,\\n1845, ordained May 28th of the same year, ami dis-\\nmissed, on account of ill health, November 30, 1*47.\\nMr. Rowe was a man of great excellence of char-\\ninter ami strength of mind. He was a classmate of\\nthe writer in college, and from a long and intimate\\nacquaintance he knows whereof he affirms. His\\nmemory among the people on the hill will ion- be\\ncherished.\\nRev. Robert Page was acting pastor on the hill\\nfrom 1S47 to 1851. He was an experienced and judi-\\ncious man. Rev. Mr. Durgin, familiarly called, from\\nthe color of bis f acej caused by iodine pills, the blue\\nman, supplied from 1851 to 1853. Rev. Samuel H.\\nPartridge was called .May 1, 1853, ordained May loth\\nin the same year and dismissed April 16, ls .7.\\nMr. Partridge was a man with the fewest possible\\nfaults.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0706.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\n415\\nRev. R. B. Dennis was acting pastor over Hills-\\nborough Centre Church, which name it assumed on\\nthe formation of the new church at Hillsborough\\nBridge, from May, 1857, to May, 1859. He was a\\nman sound in the faith, from Connecticut, and about\\nsixty years of age. After his ministry there was a\\ndisagreement among the people forming the society,\\nand some were anxious to secure a Methodisl\\npreacher. The result was that students from the Me-\\nthodist Biblical Institute, then located in Concord, were\\nemployed during the succeeding two years. Promi-\\nnent among these was Mr. Hatfield, a student of\\ngreat strength and presence of mind, a good scholar\\naud a pleasing and eloquent preacher. There was\\nquite an interest excited on the hill on the subject of\\nreligion and several hopeful conversions, the interest\\nreaching out into the regions beyond the hill. It\\nwas learned by the Congregational Church that its\\nhold upon the people was losing ground. The new\\nconverts were formed by Mr. Hatfield into classes for\\ninstruction and preparation, to be received into the\\nMethodist Society, at least, it was so understood. An\\neffort was made to transfer the control of the church\\nand society to a bodj of independent men, having no\\nrelation to the Congregationalists or responsibility to\\nthem, by vote of the pew-holders. This failed to be\\ncarried out, and a new church building was built in\\nthe interest of the Methodist Society. Much bitter-\\nness of feeling tor the time was excited by this sepa-\\nration. The breaking out of the War of the\\nRebellion, in 1861, tended to widen the separation\\nand deepen for the time the feeling. At this juncture\\nof affairs Rev. John Adams, awise and judicious man,\\nof .lee]) piety and great prudence, was called to take\\nthe helm. He was just the man for the [dace. In-\\ntelligent, wise, brave-hearted, true to the Union, he\\ncame and brought, by his wise counsel aud action,\\npi ace to the troubled waters. The church prospered\\nunder his ministry, which continued from January\\n1, 1861, till his death, May 18, 1879. He was assisted\\nduring his sickness by Hervey Chapman, a licentiate,\\na yi ting man of great zeal in the Lord s house.\\nAlter the death of Mr. Adams, licentiates from the\\nTheological Seminaries and others served tor short\\nperiods of time each, as Robert True, licentiate,\\nthrough the summer id 1879.\\nRev. Samuel W. Barnum, licentiate, supplied four\\nweeks in the fall of 1879.\\nDavid Judson Ogden, licentiate, supplied five\\nmonths ending April, 1880.\\nRev. Augustus Alvord was acting pastor one year\\nIn.,,, Mayl, 1880.\\nRev. Harry Brickett, acting-pastor tit Hillsborough\\nBridge, supplied three months in the spring and sum-\\nmer of 1881.\\nRev. Aaron B. Piffers was acting pastor from Au-\\ngust, 1881, to June 1884.\\nRodney Cochrane supplied several weeks in the\\nsummer of 1884.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ting pastor\\nof\\nRev. Roderick .1. Mootiey became\\nSeptember 19, 1884.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nthe Lord s sacramental host has had a home in\\nHillsborough County for about half a century, and\\nhas done good work in saving souls. There are two\\nsocieties and two church buildings,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one at Hills-\\nborough Bridge and one at the Centre, with a good\\nparsonage at the latter place. Owing to the itiner-\\nancj system, of course a large number of men have\\noccupied the desks of the two parishes. The writer\\nof this article had the personal acquaintance and bro-\\ntherly intercourse with the men who filled the office\\nof minister during fourteen years, from 1857 to 1865\\nand from 1876 to 1882, and he gladly heirs testimony\\nto the personal piety and excellence of the incum-\\nbents. They were, as a rule, men who were earnest\\nin their labors for the good of the people.\\nThe place of meeting at the Bridge formerly was at\\nthe extreme edge of the same large field that con-\\ntained the Congregational Church, out of the village,\\non the road leading from the Bridge to the Centre;\\nbut about a quarter of a century ago it was brought\\ndown and located in the heart id the village, followed,\\na few years later, by the longregational Church to the\\nsame street. The church at the Centre was built near\\ntin beginning of the War of the Rebellion, and it is\\npossible that disaffection with the Congregational\\nChurch among its own supporters may have had\\nsomething to do with its erection. It seemed a pity\\nthat thereshotild he a division at the Centre, as really\\nthe people are burdened to support two ministers.\\nAs a rule, the two churches on the bill have wor-\\nshiped side by side in peace, if not always with bro-\\ntherly love. It is sometimes difficult to forget the\\ncauses of the separation, or of the attempt to secure,\\nby a majority of votes, the church building of the old\\nchurch for the occupancy of the new. the genera-\\ntion that were the actors in the matter are most of\\nthem with the departed, aud the newer generation are\\ncoming up with the most kindly feelings, forgetting\\nthe old feud that sometimes embittered the feelings of\\nthe former. About a quarter of a century ago the\\nMethodist Biblical Institute, at Concord, was in full\\noperation, and the students ably supplied the desks.\\nAmong these Mr. Hatfield, at the Centre, was the most\\nnoted there, and William Van Bensehoten at the\\nBridge. Others ranked high as men of talent. At the\\nBridge the name of Rev. Mr. Prescott is frequently\\nmentioned as an aide minister. Later, Rev. John A.\\nHowler, who remained three years at the Centre and\\nat the Bridge, proved himself to be a man adapted to\\nthe place. The town showed their appreciation of\\nhis abilities and worth by giving him the superin-\\ntendency of the schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094a work for which he was\\nprepared and adapted, as he stood himself at the head\\nof the profession as a teacher before be began to\\npreach. Tlie Methodist Church at the Bridge is in a\\nprosperous condition, and is increasing in numbers", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0707.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "416\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand in strength. The present pastor is Rev. F. H.\\nCorson, who has started on his second year s labor\\nunder favorable auspices.\\nBaptist Society and Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Another church\\nbuilding stands between the two villages, in which\\nworship, at longer or shorter interval-, is held, some-\\ntimes for several months at a time. It is a conven-\\nient building for the purpose designed, and has been\\nkept by private liberality in good repair. The sheds\\nI m horses have disappeared. It was built in May,\\n1813, and a Baptist society supported preaching here\\nseveral years. Quite a number of different persons\\nacted as preachers to the soi iety. A church, at tirst\\nof sixteen members, was organized. Among the\\nprominent and familiar names is Rev. John Atwood,\\nof New Boston, who became its acting pastor in l x 7\\nand stayed three years. In the same year an Inde-\\npendent Baptist Church was organized, and Rev.\\nJohn Atwood became it- pastor and held the office\\nsome year-.\\nIndependents. In addition to the churches already\\nnamed, other classes of worshipers have occupied Odd-\\nFellows Block more or less on the Lord s Day. The\\nCatholics have meetings at stated times. Since the\\nerection and starting of The New Z\\\\i ill a large\\nnumber of Catholic worshipers have moved into the\\nplace. The Universalists also hold meetings in\\nthe hall. Spiritualists also ale addressed from the\\nsame platform. Hillsborough tolerates the broadest\\nfreedom in religious matters. Brethren of different\\nreligions live and labor side by side in the greatest\\namity. The masses of the people have but little\\nchoice between religious. The golden rule is very\\nwidely professed.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nHILLSBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (CWiW./).\\nations and L l_ I h\\\\-i i.m l .-uul Sin jri v\u00e2\u0080\u0094 l-Mm .1-\\nli.iiiiil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ..!,.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ o,.,.Iii.ii. II: IHIkr I nblk Lit.rary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Valley Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.,i;.-l;,.iil.- ii-l st.ei.-I LOHis\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stun-- ;uh] Slumps\u00e2\u0080\u0094 T..\u00c2\u00ab n\\noUp. .p.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i losing K,ni;tik-.\\nSecret Organizations.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I can only briefly refer\\nto the various lodges in Hillsborough.\\n1I\\\\i:mpp\\\\i Lodge,No 38,01 Free and Accepted\\nMasons. I s a flourishing society. Its place of meet-\\ning monthly is in Newman s Block. W. H. Story, at\\ntie- present time. Worshipful Master; C. H. Quinn,\\nSenior Warden; R. C. Dickey, Junior Warden; C.\\nCooledge, Treasurer; 1 W C. Newman, Secretary.\\nValley Lodge, No. 4. Independent Order of\\nOdd-Fellows, Meets Friday evenings. Officers,\\nNoble Grand, H. Proctor; Vice-Grand, G. H.Travis;\\nP. 11. Humrill Treasurer, I, Putney.\\nHillsborough Lodge, No. 17. Knights of\\nPythias. Weekly meeting on Monday, at Castle\\nHall. Officers, E. C. Black. Chancellor Comman-\\nder C. M. Glawson, Vice-Chancellor .1. II. T.\\nNewell, Keeper of Records and Seals G. W. Lincoln.\\nMaster ppf Exchequer.\\nSenator Grimes Post, No. 25, Grand Army of\\nTHE RefI BLIC\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Meetings fortnightly, seepiiiil and\\nfourth Wednesdays in each month. Officers, H. P.\\nWhitaker, Commander; John Buswell, Senior Vice-\\nCommander; C. C. French. Junior Vice-Commander;\\nJ. F. Grimes, Quartermaster; J. H. George, Adjutant.\\nBeacon Lodge, No. 34, Independent Order of\\nGoon Templars.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Meetings in Knights of Pythias\\nHall every Thursday evening. I cannot give the\\noilip .T-.\\nValley Grange, No. 63, Patrons of Hus-\\nbandry. Meetings monthly, on the Tuesday before\\nthe full moon, in Congregational vestry. Officers,\\nM. M. Hadley. Master: W. E. Gay, Secretary; O. B.\\nHuntley, Treasurer.\\nNorth Star Encampment, Independent rder\\nof Odd-Fellows. Meets second ami fourth Tues-\\ndays in each month. Officers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. (i. Pike, Chief\\nPatriarch; C. H. Quinn, Scribe: W. B. Pritchard,\\nTreasurer.\\nPhysicians. The number of those who commenced\\nthe healing art divine in Hillsborough may almost\\nbe called legion. Previous to 1840 there had been\\neleven, as follows: William Little, Joseph Munroe,\\nBenjamin Stearns, Joshua Crain, Luther Smith, Reu-\\nben Hatch, Ma-ppii Hatch, Thomas Preston, Simeon\\nIngersoll Bard, Nahum Parker Foster, Abraham\\nHazen Robinson. Some of these were men of ability\\nand success in their profession. Dr. Luther Smith ha-\\nbeen highly commended as a fair, honorable and lib-\\neral man in the profession. He commenced practice\\nat the Bridge in 1809, ami died in 1824, at the age of\\nthirty-seven. Dr. Reuben Hatch practiced in Hills-\\nborough twenty-four years, and removed to Griggs-\\nville, Ills. Dr. Thomas Preston was a native son of\\nHillsborough. His father was one of the decided\\nfree-thinkers in town, having .aught the spirit from\\nthe French, who were here to hell Us during the War\\npf the American Revolution. The doctor imbibed\\nhi.- principles and defended them. He was a fair-\\nminded, honorable man in all his dealings. Dr.\\nSimeon I. Bard was one of the most learned in bis\\nprofession, but was fond of change. He practiced in\\ntown five years and removed. Dr. Elisha Hatch, a\\nnative of Alstead, was born July 17. 1796; studied\\nwith Drs. Twitchell and Adams, of Keene; graduated\\nat Dartmouth Medical College; was skillful and hon-\\norable in his profession, and was accidentally killed\\nby a fall from the high beams f his barn in 1863,\\naged sixty-six. In 1841, Abel Conaut Burnham\\nopened his office in town, beginning at the Centre in\\nFebruary of that year, ami removing to the Bridge in\\nOctober of the same. For forty-four years the tor\\nhas remained faithful at his post, ami seems now t.p\\nhave, if not all the vigipr ami endurance, yet all fin\\nenthusiasm, love of his profession ami fidelity to bis", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0708.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\ntrust of a young man, and certainly the ability to\\ninspire. greater confidence than he could himself have\\nbelieved at the start. He had the best of advantages\\nfor fitting himself for his profession. Having obtained\\na g 1 academic education at the academies of Fran-\\ncestown, Pembroke and Billsborough, he commenced\\nthe study of medicine with tin late Dr. Elisha Hatch,\\nof Hillsborough, with whom he remained two years.\\nThe third year be was with Dr. Anms Twitched, of\\nKeene, one of the most eminent surgeons of Ids age.\\nHe attended three regular courses of medical lec-\\ntures, me at Woodstock, Vt.. and two at Hanover,\\nat the Dartmouth Medical College. He took his last\\ncourse and degree iii the fall of 1839; public notice\\nthereof was given by the president of the college on\\nCommencement Day, 1840. The year following he\\nstudied in connection with city hospitals, and after-\\nwards spent a season at the University of New York,\\nattending medical and clinical lectures in the city\\nhospitals, the Eye and Ear Infirmary, and spending\\nhis evenings and other spare hours in the dissecting-\\nrooms. Dr. Burnham came into the profession fullj\\narmed and equipped as the law directs, prepared\\nto stay, and he has stayed at the Bridge while the tide\\nof medical practitioners has flowed and sometimes\\nrushed by in an almost constant stream. In 1841\\nonly Drs. Hatch, Preston\u00e2\u0080\u0094 then an old man and\\nhimself were practicing in the town. He has and has\\nhad honorable competitors, some noble men in the\\nprofession, some for a longer, some for a shorter time,\\nyet he has held a firm seat. Dr. John Goodell suc-\\nceeded Dr. Hatch in 1859, Dr. Hatch leaving his\\npractice and beautiful home at his place between the\\ntwo villages, near the Baptist Church, which Dr.\\nGoodell at once occupied. It was an unfortunate\\nve for Dr. Hatch. While at the Bridge he bought\\nthe Esquire Steel place, into which he moved, and\\nwhere himself and family were beginning to enjoy\\nthemselves when he met with a sudden death, as\\nabove mentioned. He lived after he came to the\\nBridge village four years. Dr. Goodell has somewhat\\nimpaired health, arising from injuries received from\\nbeing thrown from a carriage. He has all the prac-\\ntice he cares for, and is respected and trusted. Dr. J.\\n(J. A. French came into town soon after Dr. Goodell,\\nand settled at the Upper village. He has a large\\ncircle of patronage, extending especially into Wash-\\nington. Dr. B. H. Phillips came to the Centre in\\nDecember, 1841, and left in October. 1842. He was\\nsucceeded by Dr. Swett, who died in the course of a\\nyear or tw... Dr. Wilkins came, and in a few months\\ndied. Dr. B. Lyford came in about 1848 and stayed\\na few years and went away, and has since died. Dr.\\nSkinner came, went, and in a short time he also died.\\nI r. leorge Priest, a native of the Centre, son of Ben-\\njamin Priest, once a pupil of the writer at the acad-\\nemy, remained for a time after his graduation, ami i-\\nnow at Manchester-by-the-sea in successful practice,\\nliving all these years in single blessedness. Dr. Charles\\nracticed a few years\\nllartwvll, a native ol the\\nand died.\\nDr. Charles Gould, a native ofthe town, practiced a\\nc uplc i if years at the Centre and three or four more\\nat the Bridge village, and removed from town. Dr.\\nJoseph Parsons came about lX.Vi, remained four or live\\nyears and die 1. Dr. Edward l\\\\ Cummin-\\nRev. Jacob Cumniings. at one time pastor of the lon-\\ngregational Church at the Bridge, came about 1855,\\nremained two or three years in practice, and removed\\nto Franeestown and stayed two or three years. At\\nthe breaking out ofthe Civil War he enlisted as sur-\\ngeon in the navy, returned to Newburyport, his home,\\nsickened and died. He was a true-hearted man. Dr.\\nConstantine C. Badger succeeded Parsons, and re-\\nmained for a few years, left, and died. Dr. J. P.\\nWhittle, practiced a short lime in Hillsborough, where\\nbe married, and then moved to WYare, where be has\\nbad an extensive practice tor the last quarter of a\\ncentury. Dr. Israel 1 Chase, homoeopathic, has\\nbeen in town about thirty years, and has a fair share\\nof practice, more than he sometimes feels able to\\ndo. He once published and edited The Hillsborough\\nMessenger with great acceptance to the public. Dr.\\nGeorge W. Cook was in practice in town two or\\nthree years. He was followed by Dr. Marcellus 11.\\nFelt, who came in about 1876 and has remained\\nto the present time. Dr. Felt is a popular man in\\ntow,,, and has gained quite an extensive practice I\\nought to mention the name of Harvey Munroe, a\\npupil of the writer, who graduated from Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1858, from the Medical Department of\\nthe same in 1860, practiced some in town, but even-\\ntually settled in Fast Washington, and alter suc-\\ncessful work for about two years, died in 1863, aged\\nthirty-one. After his death bis widow, .Airs. Munroe,\\nstudied the science of medicine, attended medical\\nlectures and entered upon a successful practice. The\\npresent practitioners of medicine in town live together\\nin entire harmony. Drs. Burnham. Chase. Felt,( lell\\nand French have each a medical parish of his own,\\nand there is no attempt to get practice away from\\none another. Their homes are but starting-points\\nfrom which they ride long distances to their patients in\\ntown and out.\\nIn medicine, as in theology, (lore are distinct schools.\\nThe historian, as a man, may have his preferences,\\nbut not as a historian. The two schools allopathic and\\nhomoeopathic have lived and practiced side by side\\nin Hillsborough without the local disturbance which\\nis felt in some adjoining towns. In one town, within\\nten or twelve miles ride of Hillsborough, a practitioner\\nof one SCl I wanted to hire some one by the nib\\nto help him hate a certain other person, wdio, he\\nthought, interfered with bis business, to get his prac-\\ntice for the other side, whether the patient should die\\nor get well. No such wrangling in Hillsborough. Dr.\\n[srael P. Chase came to Hillsborough Bridge from\\nHenniker, where he had been in practice, and had", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0709.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nat one time an extensive practice both in Hillsbor-\\nough and in Henniker, from which place he had\\njust conic. Dr. Chase is a genial man, especially in\\nthe sick-room, though bluff enough outside.\\nDental Surgery\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough has been distin-\\nguished for practitioners in the art of dental surgery.\\nA quarter of a century ago the forceps, drill and burr\\nwere skillfully handle. 1 by 1 r. S. Ball, naturally a\\nperfect gentleman, and of great skill in his profession.\\nDr. Frank P. Carey once had an office and an exten-\\nsive practice in town. Dr. Frank P. Newman also\\nworked here for a time, and Dr. Whittle. Dr. S. O.\\nBowers has, however, held the ground against all\\ncomers, and is a most successful practitioner in his\\nart. Others come and go, but he like Dr. Burnham\\ncomes and stays. Dental surgery has greatly im-\\nproved as an art within the last ten or fifteen years.\\nThe use of anaesthetics has been of great service in\\npreventing suffering in the extraction of teeth.\\nEducational\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dist it ict Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough,\\nfrom the commencement of its permanent settlement,\\nhas paid commendable attention to the education of\\nits children. At the first settlements were made on\\nthe hills in preference to the low lands, as the soil\\nwas drier and the timber more easily cleared. It\\nwas owing chiefly to these facts that the remote parts\\nof the town, for the most part made of high hills,\\nwere settled SO early in its history. Fifty years ago\\nthe outlying districts were very large, not only in\\nterritory, but in the number of pupils of age to at-\\ntend school. Some then contained sixty pupils, where\\nnow are less than one-fourth of that number; and\\nothers then contained from forty to fifty, where now\\nnot over a half-dozen are living. One district, once\\nquite large, became reduced to one scholar belong-\\ning to the district another, called the Sulphur Hill\\nDistrict, bad for several years not a single scholar\\nin it, but rallied at last with one scholar of its own\\nand a borrowed one. While the schools in the out-\\ndistricts have grown smaller and still smaller, the\\nschools in the Upper and Lower Village Districts\\nand at the Bridge have greatly increased in numbers.\\nCollege Graduates. Hillsborough has sent out,\\nduring its existence as a town, a goodly number of\\nyoung men to receive a liberal education at colleges\\nand higher seminaries. Not a lew also of her young\\nwomen have gone abroad for a higher education.\\nHer first graduate from college was Abraham An-\\ndrews, who prepared for college under his uncle. Rev.\\nEphraim P. Bradford, of New Boston, graduated at\\nDartmouth College in 1811, and became an eminent\\nteachei\\nColonel Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, eldest son of\\nGovernor Benjamin Pierce, entered Dartmouth Col-\\n507, a classmate of Andrews and at the end\\nof his third year left college and commenced thestudy\\nof law, which also he left, at the breaking out of the\\nWar of 1812, for the army, which he entered with the\\nrank of lieutenant, in the Third Regiment of artillery.\\nHe was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Third\\nArtillery in the regular army, and remained until his\\ndeath. He was distinguished for bravery in the field.\\nRev. Francis Danforth graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1S19. Studied theology at Andover Theo-\\nlogical Seminary, and became an efficient Congrega-\\ntional minister.\\nRev. Aaron Foster graduated at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1822, andaf the Andover Theological Semi-\\nnary in 1825, became a home missionary, and died\\nNovember 15, 1832, aged thirty-seven years.\\nAmasa Symonds entered Dartmouth College in\\n1821, and died at his father s house the next year.\\nLieutenant Amos B. Foster, born July 15, 1804,\\nwas educated at West Point, from which he graduated\\nin 1827. He entered service in the regular army and\\nwas brutally murdered by a private whom he repri-\\nmanded for disorderly conduct at FortHoward, Green\\nBay, February 7, 1832, at the early age of twenty-\\nseven years and six months. It was a Nad and tragic\\nevent, which is circumstantially related in Smith s an-\\nnals.\\nThe next graduate in point of time was ex -Presi-\\ndent Franklin Pierce, the fourth son of Governor\\nBenjamin Pierce, born November 23, 1804, and grad-\\nuated at Bowdoin lollege, in Brunswick, Me., in 1824.\\nlie obtained from the college not only a good liberal\\neducation and the president s name to his diploma,\\nbut something which he regarded of vastly greater\\nvalue, the hand and heart of the president s youngest\\ndaughter, Miss Jane M. Appleton, who proved to be\\nboth the ornament and honor of his home, whetherin\\nhis unostentatious one at Hillsborough or in the more\\nconspicuous one at the White House, at Washington.\\nRev. Henry Jones graduated at Dartmouth College\\nin 1835, and married, the next year. Miss Betsey,\\ndaughter of Eliphalet Symonds, of Hillsborough, and\\nbecame a teacher.\\nHis brother, Rev. Willard Jones, graduated at the\\nsame time and place, and also from flic Theological\\nSeminary at Andover. He was ordained as missionary\\nof the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign\\nMissions, July 4, 1839, and was married at the same\\ntime to Miss Miriam Pratt.\\nEdward R. Johnson entered Dartmouth College in\\n1880, and remained two years.\\nJohn Appleton Burnham graduated at Amherst\\nCollege in 1833, and went into the manufacturing\\nbusiness at Manchester.\\nJoel Buchanan Stow, son of Deacon Joel Mow, of\\nStow Mountain fame, graduated at the Teachers Sem-\\ninary, Andover, Mass., and became himself a teacher\\nin the West.\\nRev. Levi Smith graduated at New Hampton and\\nstudied theology there.\\nClark Coolidge, son of Lemuel Coolidge, entered\\ntin Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn., and\\ndied during his college course, July, 1840.\\nGeorge Harvey Munroe, son of Colonel Hiram", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0710.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\n419\\nMunroe, who was one of the leading men of the town\\nfor many years and a man of strung qualities of char-\\nacter, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1858, and in\\nthe Medical Department of the same college in 1860,\\nand practicing a short time in his own town and in\\nEast Washington, died in the last-named place. He\\nwas a young man of superior scholarship and his\\nprospects of success in life were very fair.\\nAlfred B. Dascomh, son of George and Mary Das-\\ncomb, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1 858. He\\nengaged successfully in teaching a few years, took a\\nprivate course in theology and entered the Congrega-\\ntional ministry, of which he continues an ornament\\nand strong helper. His services in Vermont and\\nMassachusetts have been and arc acceptable to the\\npie to whom he ministers and to all who arc per-\\nsonally acquainted with him.\\nJohn B. .Smith fitted for college at Francestown\\nAcademy, and for a time wavered between a collegiate\\nand professional life and a mercantile one the latter\\ncarried the day.\\nWarren McClintock, son of Luke McClintock, grad-\\nuated at Dartmouth College in 1864, and entered at\\nonce upon the work of teaching as a profession, lie\\nu:i~ :i young man of great promise, the oldest 30n in\\nthe family. He tell by consumption in 1871, aged\\nthirty-three j ears,\\nA brother, Charles, was fitting to enter college, but\\non the breaking out of the Civil War enlisted with\\nother Hillsborough young men and did good service\\nin the field. Just as they wen mustered out of ser-\\nvice, and were about to start for home, he sickened\\nand died from malaria, and his remains lie among the\\nswamps of Louisiana.\\nJames Henry, a third brother, entered Dartmouth\\nCollege and graduated in the same year that Warren\\ndied, in 1871, and he also died of consumption the\\nsame year, aged twenty-six.\\nA younger brother, John a faithful and enter-\\nprising fireman and engineer, avoided the classics and\\nfollowed railroading, so as to be out in the open air;\\nhe, too, fell in early lite a victim tee the same fell\\ndisease, consumption.\\nThey hail live sisters by the same mother, and all\\nhut one have gone in the same way.\\nOne sister, Abbie Sawyer Met llintock, graduated at\\nthe Appleton Academy, New Ipswich.\\nFrank H. Pierce graduated at Princeton College.\\nand was early admitted to the bar. He has been\\nengaged in the practice of law since that time, at\\nConcord and in his native town.\\nHis brother, Kirk D. Pierce, studied law and is in\\nsuccessful practice at the Lower village. The Pierce\\nbrothers, both young men from the best stock, are\\nbound to succeed. Hosts of friends are wishing them\\nlong, onward strides in a high and noble career. Age\\nand experience develop new and higher qualities.\\nThey are aiming high, and will not he hindered from\\nclimbing to a high position.\\nSamuel T. Dutton, son of Deacon and Mrs. Jere-\\nmiah Dutton, graduated at Yale College. Since his\\ngraduation he has been a successful teacher, and is\\nnow superintendent of schools in New Haven, Conn.\\nHe married Miss Nellie North, daughter of John\\nNorth, Esq., of New Haven.\\nHis brother Silas entered Yale College a few years\\nlater, and stood high in his class as a scholar; hut in\\nhis third year he succumbed to the power of disease\\nand fell by the way, mourned by friends, both in and\\nout of college. Their sister .Mary has received the\\nexcellent advantages of the New Haven schools.\\nMis. Mary Isabel Towle, nee Ward, daughter of\\nGeorge B, Ward, after attendance at other schools,\\ngraduated in a select school in Boston.\\nJacob B. Whittemore, son of the late William 15.\\nWhittemore, graduated at Phillips Exeter Academy,\\nand lor a time was a student at Yale College.\\nHis sister. Miss Mary Ellep Whittemore, graduated\\nat Bradford Academy, Mass., and has since been a\\nsuccessful teacher at Hillsborough Bridge, and also\\nOthers, at about the same time, received the ad-\\nvantages of a high academical education, but the\\ndata arc not at hand to make a correct record.\\nAmong those who were pupils of the writer, long\\nago, in the Francestown Academy, who have been an\\nhonor to their native town by their useful lives, he\\nremembers the Misses Munroe, of several families,\\nMiss Print, Miss Towne, Drs. Munroe and Priest, Miss\\nEliza Smith, Miss Butler, the Marcy brothers and\\nothers whose names it would be a pleasure now to\\nwrite. Not a few of these are among the honored dead.\\nHarry L. Brickett, son id Lev. Harry and Eliza\\nC. Brickett, graduated at Oberlin College in 1875.\\nHe taught from 1875 to L876 in Schroon Lake, N. Y.\\nFrom 1876 to 1879 he was principal of Valley Acad-\\nemy and the Union School, at Hillsborough Bridge.\\nIn 1879 he entered Andover Theological Seminary,\\ngraduating in 1882. While in his senior year in the\\nseminary he was called to his present pastorate at\\nLynnfield Centre, Mass., where he is now entering\\nupon his fourth year of active service.\\nEllen J. Brickett, daughter of Rev. Harry and Eliza\\nBrickett, graduated from the Ladies Literary De-\\npartment of Oberlin College in 1*75. She taught\\nwith her brother in Valley Academy and the Union\\nSchool, at Hillsborough Bridge, from 1876 to 1879; in\\nDeering Academy from 1879 to 1880; in Hooksett,\\nN. II., in the grammar school, from 1880 to the\\npresent time, this being her fifth consecutive year in\\nthai 3C I.\\nJulia E. Brickett, daughter of Rev. Harry and Eliza\\nBrickett, graduated at East Lake George Academy,\\nN. Y., in 187. died at Hillsborough Bridge in 1876,\\naged -e\\\\ enteen.\\nMary I. Brickett, youngest in the family, graduated\\nat Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1884, ami\\nresided with her parents in Thetford, Vt.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0711.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "120\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAda Buxton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel\\nBuxton, graduated at Tilton Seminary in 1884. She\\nhas had a large and successful experience in teaching\\nfor one so young.\\nReuben W. Lovering, sun of Reuben and Martha\\nA. Lovering, entered Harvard University in 1880.\\nlie stood among the highest in scholarship and in\\nmanly exercises, earned Large sums of money in\\ntutoring and had the fairest prospects of achieving\\nthe greatest success. Alas! who can read a single\\npage in advance in the great book of human life\\nWithin a few weeks of the time of graduation he\\nsickened anil died, the only son of his mother, and\\nshe a widow. Frank Wyman, youngest son of Mr.\\nand Mrs. S. D, Wyman, entered Harvard University\\nin 1882, and has taken high rank as a scholar. Livy\\nWhittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Whittle, is also\\nat Harvard, taking a special course. lara F. Potter,\\nonly child of Air. and Mrs. Joseph II. Potter, took a\\nspecial course in a select Bchool in Manchester. Since\\nthen she has been constantly engaged in teaching in\\nher own town, with marked success. Angie I. Marcy\\ngraduated at Cushing Academy, in Massachusetts,\\nand has since had full employment, at remunerative\\nwages, in teaching. olouel .T. F. Grimes lias several\\nsonsaway in institutions of learning. \u00c2\u00bbf these, James\\nW. is fitting for college at Phillips Andover Academy\\nin Massachusetts. Marion A. Moore is at Framing-\\nham Normal Institute; Amy L. Story and her\\nIn-other, Frederick G. Story, Cora Peaslee and her\\nsister and Cora M. Kimball are at different institu-\\ntions of learning; Hammond J. Dutton and George\\nKhen Wyman arc graduates of the English Depart-\\nment of Phillips Academy, Andover, Alass. William\\nDow, son of S. Dow and Ursula Rosette Wyman, is\\na graduate of Colby Academy, of New London. He\\nis now in the insurance business in Chicago, 111.\\nThe Fuller Town Library.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mark Fuller, at his\\ndeath, left in his will to the town of Hillsborough the\\nsum of two thousand dollars for the use of a town free\\nlibrary, on condition of keeping in repair, from year\\nto year, perpetually, the family burial-plot in the\\ncemetery between the Lower and Upper villages.\\nThe trustees were to be as follows: The three select-\\nmen of the town, ex-offieio, and two others, the\\nfirst one to be elected lor two years and tl tiler for\\none one going out and a new one elected each suc-\\nceeding year. The town accepted the gift on its con-\\nditions, and chose Charles W. Conn for two years and\\nRev. Harry Brickett for one year. The trustees\\norganized and chose S. 1 Wyman secretary and\\nestablished the library Jacob 1!. Whittemore don a ted\\ntwenty-five dollars in the rent of a room lor the first\\nyear.\\nBooks were purchased and a catalogue made out\\nand printed, the library-room fitted up for use and\\nWillis (i. Buxton appointed librarian. The Fuller\\nTown Library was duly launched, and went into\\noperation as a circulating library.\\nThe town, at every annual meeting, has added one\\nhundred dollars each year for the purchase of books.\\nin addition to the income of the fund. Airs. Alark\\nFuller, at her death, left in her will a large addi-\\ntional sum for the use of the library.\\nI In Fuller Public Library is open every Satur-\\nday from 9 to 12 A.M., and from 6.15 to 9 o clock\\nP.M., and is free to all residents of the town over\\ntwelve years of age.\\nValley Bank. From a written report of the cash-\\nier, John C. Campbell, Esq., to the publisher of this\\nhistory we learn the following facts: 1st, Valley\\nBank (State) was chartered .Inly, I860, and organized\\nOctober 1, 1860. 2d, Directors, John G. Fuller,\\nAmmi Smith, John G. Dickey. James F. Briggs,\\nJoshua Marcy, S. D. Wyman, F. N. Blood. 3d,\\nPresident, John G. Fuller Cashier, John C.Camp-\\nbell. 4th. Stephen Kenriek was chosen president\\nJune 24, 1861, to succeed John C. Fuller, deceased.\\nIn December, 1868, the First National Bank of\\nHillsborough was chartered, and subsequently organ-\\nized by the choice of Stephen Kenriek, Stephen D.\\nWyman, James F. Briggs, George Noyes, Jonas\\nWallace, James Chase and E. P. Howard, directors.\\nCapital, Bftj thousand dollars. President. Stephen\\nKenriek Cashier, John C. Campbell. At the death\\nof Mr. Kenriek, in August, 1884, James F. Briggs\\nwas chosen to succeed him. Present officers, Presi-\\ndent, James F. Briggs; Cashier, John C. Campbell\\npresent Hoard of Directors, James F. Briggs, Abel C.\\nBurnham, George D. Ward. Charles W. Conn and\\nJohn F. Jones. Surplus and undivided profit-.\\n$11,074.14.\\nThe Press. The first newspaper issued at Hills-\\nborough Bridge was called Thi Weekly News, and sent\\nout in the fall of 1859 by John K. Flanders, assisted\\nfinancially by J. II. T. Newell. Through failures and\\nother discouragements the paper passed through other\\nhands in rapid succession, Mr. Newell all the time\\nkeeping his eye and hand on it to sec that its money\\nvalue did not escape him. In process of time it\\npassed into Joe II. Potter s hands, who was a practical\\nprinter and did job-work. Mr. Boylston said tie\\nlate, but he is selling furniture now at Hillsborough\\nBridge. The editor was mistaken. The following I\\nquote verbatim from Air. Boylston s excellent His-\\ntory of the Press\\nTfta HitUborough .T/essenjjer was commenced in December, 1867, bj\\nWilliam ll S rgenl wb tinued its publication until June, 1875,\\nwhi n it pem .i.-. n. bands ol James P. Cbase a Co. The ni I th,\\nfirm w.t- In. .1. P t li.c-f, who in early lifv liad been a practical printer,\\nand ulin-r .i.l v. it j h:t Ma In- the junior partner.\\nIn their hands the paper prospered and betokened success, which wae\\nI., sudden decease of the junior partner, who was a great\\nfavorite with the community. Dr. Chase continued the paper, aided bj\\nProf, ii.niv I. Brickett, until Feb. 1. 1877, when, by sale, it passed into\\nthe hands of Edwin C. Holton and Edward J. Thompson. Mr. Holton\\nassumed the i ditorship,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 aided also by Prof. Brickett,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and Mr. Thomp-\\nson, a practical printer, the direel I the office [n July, 1879, Mr.\\nThompson rWin l,aii l Messrs. Holton and Ferry assumed the conduct f\\nii,. pap* i\\nSoon after Mr. Holton sold out bis interest to Mr.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0712.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\n421\\nFerry, who then assumed sole control. In 1882, Mr.\\nCharles \\\\V. Hutchins, foreman of the office, bought\\nout Mr. Ferry, and now successfully manages the\\npaper. It takes a high rank among the local papers\\nof the State. Colonel L. W. Cogswell, of Henniker,\\nwho well knows how to wield the editorial pen, is\\nlocal editor of Henniker, and has added by his work\\nto the circulation and interest of the paper. l r.\\nChase struck the right key in excluding from the\\npaper, when under his control, everything not suited\\nfor a family paper. Those who have since him\\nwielded the editorial pen and scissors have imitated\\nhi- example. Mr. Hutchins spares no pains or ex-\\npense in raising the character of The Hillsborough\\nMessenger. Every one who has lived in the town on\\ngoing away to live, takes with him the paper. He\\nt eels that it is a necessity, something he must have.\\nMr. Hutchins has won many true friend.-.\\nStage-Routes and Stage-Drivers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In former years\\nHillsborough Bridge was noted for the number and\\nexcellence of the stage-routes starting from it and\\ncentering there. The completion of the railroad to\\nWinchendon and to Keene has made a change. As\\nit is, three, and sometimes four, lines start out from\\nthe Bridge, one through the Centre to East Wash-\\nington and Bradford; one through the Lower and\\nUpper villages to Washington (some of the time to\\nDeering) and one, from time immemorial under the\\ncare of Hatch Burnham, formerly through to Keene,\\nhut now only to Stoddard. In the olden time famous\\ndrivers cracked the whip and held the ribbons;\\namong others, the fearless Jackson, and Smith, with\\nthe stiff knee, but level head.\\nStores and Shops.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whatever is wanted for home\\nconsumption can be obtained at Hillsborough at\\ncost and more, too, and whatever is offered for sale\\nand finds purchasers can be found in all the stores,\\nand when one is out of a given article, by some\\nmeans, in a very short time the rest are out of it,\\ntoo. It is a good place for trade, and there is a wide\\ncountry from which to draw custom. There is one-\\nthing to be noted, the same firms continue year after\\nyear for a series of years. The oldest firms are Dut-\\nton Morse, 1. S. Butler, Horace Marcy ami Mor-\\nrill Merrell, There are some smaller stores. Miss\\nSara Farrar has kept a millinery-shop for years,\\nand Mrs. Robert C. Dickey has kept one for the last\\nfour years. Henry C. Colby keeps, in the Newman\\nBlock, the best assortment of stoves and tin-ware.\\nThe Kimballs and Pickering wield the cleaver and\\ndeal in meats, and a shop for almost anything can he\\nfound in Hillsborough.\\nHillsborough has been noted for many years for\\nhaving a good assortment of drugs and medicines.\\nHorace Marcy keeps a drug-store in connection with\\ndry-goods. Bobert C. Dickey is known far and wide\\nas one who is master of the pestle and mortar, the\\nalembic, retort, and crucible. Mr. Dickey s predeces-\\nsor, Mr. Goodale, was a skillful druggist. The late\\nWin. B. Whittemore once dealt in medicines in the\\ndrug-store. Hillsborough has its silversmith W. H.\\nStory keeps an assortment of silverware, ami does re-\\npairing neatly at short notice. l an.\\\\ -tores of var-\\nious kinds are kept at the Bridge village. A five\\nand ten-cent counter is the attraction at William .1.\\nMarsh s store, in Butler s Block.\\nValley Hotel\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hillsborough Bridge has been\\nnoted tor good hostelry for at least the last quarter\\nof a century. Oliver Greenleaf was among tie most\\nnoted as an inn-keeper. He had the faculty of pleas-\\ning the traveling public in a wonderful degree. lb-\\nwas succeeded by others for short terms. The I Ihilds\\nBrothers kept the Valley Hotel with great acceptani e\\nto the public for several years. The present proprie-\\ntor is Charles G. Putney. His rooms and tables are\\nwell tilled. Hillsborough waited a long time, some-\\ntimes impatiently, for the New Mill. It is begin-\\nning to wonder when tin- promised new hotel will\\ntake the place of the old one, with ample ace ni-\\ndations for the crowd that will certainly fill it to it-\\nutmost capacity. When that takes place, the new\\nHistory of Hillsborough, about to he forthcoming\\nunder the auspices of the town, will devote a para-\\ngraph in mention of it.\\nTo fulfill all righteousness to make the history\\ncomplete, a list of the town officers is subjoined. The\\ncurious may read, the indifferent pass it over unread.\\nIt will be interesting, at least, to those whose ances-\\ntors served the town in its early days. One can hut\\nnotice that, as a rule, the early settlers were men of\\ncharacter and general intelligence. Men who were\\nlacking in noble, yea. in great qualities, rarely under-\\ntake so perilous a work as founding a new Stale or\\ntown. Very often it is the very best portion of the\\ncommunity that embark in such an enterprise. The\\nMayflower and its consorts of the deep brought\\nover some of the best hlood in England to settle in the\\nwilds of the New World. Some of the noblest men in\\nMassachusetts followed, or led, rather, in the work of\\nbuilding the new town of Hillsborough from 174] to\\n1767.\\nlow x OFFICERS.\\n17v:.. Joseph Simon. Is\\n1771 Samuel Bradford\\n1777. William Pope\\n177S. Timothy Bradford\\n1779. Samuel Bradford, .Ir\\n1780. William Pope\\n1786. John Duttou\\n1793. EnosTowne!\\n1835. Amos Flint\\n1841 Jotham M\\nI: T.iwn- died in 171C and. I.. III. M ll.-\\ndue of that year.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0713.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1774 Tim. -thy Wilkina.\\n177 Joseph Symondg\\n177 Daniel McNeil\\n1777. Andrew Dixhv\\n1778. Joseph Syinonds\\n.1] V\\ni h Symonds\\nB\\n1801. Otis Howe\\n1802. Benjamii\\n1803. John Dutton\\n1805. Benjamin Pier, i\\n1772. Isaac Andrews\\nJohn Mel olle}\\nDaniel McNeil\\niwill\\nWilliam Pope\\nWilliam P\\n1777. John Mel ollej\\nMoses Steel\\n177-. Timothy Bradford\\nSamuel Bra Ifoi i. Jl\\nDaniel M Neil\\nJames M l\\n1780. William P\\nJacob Flint\\nL781 1-.\\nJohn Dutton\\nArchibal\\nlarj\\n1782. The first thr ftheS\\nelei ted in 17-1 c instil\\nWillcm Svl uN\\nWilliam Ta\\nIsaac An!\\nPaulCooledgi\\nJohn M olley\\nJohn Clary\\nJohn McColl\\nI: I V, I.\\nI)-\\nJl I. It. Ill\\n1811.\\nBenjamin Pierce\\n1-1 l.\\n1815.\\nJohn Burnam\\n1823.\\nLuther smith\\n1824\\nJohn Burnam\\n1825.\\nReuben II. it. h\\n1828\\nFranklin Pierce\\n183i.\\nAmos Flint\\n1835\\nThomas Wilson\\n1836\\n1-M7\\nHiram Monroe\\n1-41\\ni ..i ge Das lb\\nSilas Dutton\\nDavid Starret\\n-in. .T.iiii. W i\\n1812. Samuel Bai m\\nSmiths\\n1-14. Samuel Gibson\\nIS1C. .I-. 1 Stow\\nJonathan Tilton\\n1818. G ge Little\\n1821. Al.x.i.\\n-!mu\\n1S24. Joel Stow\\nT) i. w ilson\\n.1, Tnttle\\n1830. Peter l\\nIsaac J\\nI-;.;\\n1834. Amos Flint\\n1S36. Hans mi Bixbj\\n1- .1\\ni Brown\\n.-..ii. ly Stinlli\\nwork to men of ability, who will have ample time to\\ndo their work, and no doubt ample compensation for\\nthe work they do. They will not have to do it under\\nthe blazing sun of the longest days of the year, it is\\ni tn lie hoped, as the present writer is under the neces-\\nsity of doing. He has given in the above enumera-\\nte tion a touch of the good things the people have to\\nexpect, interminable columns of names, dates and\\nsums of money in the form of bounties, taxes and\\nvalue of real estate.\\nThe list given brings it down to the recollectioD of\\nliving men and women. If any are curious to know\\nmore, the writer will refer them to the forthcoming his-\\ntory of the town, for the writing of which the town has\\nmade the most ample provisions, parceling out the\\nCow .I. dii .1 in tli- year 17 ami John Mi i olli j\\nl.- tinati fur tlu\\nler Smith re-iL-m- i tic- ..trice ..I .tiu.iii .11 account of its\\n11 was Lected\\nli hi, ir..f. -si .ti.il Im-i\\nin 1,:- -t.U l fertile remainder of the\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nFRANCIS GRIMES.\\nFrancis Grimes is the second son (fourth child)\\nof John and Betsy (Wilson) Grimes, of Deering,\\nX. H., and was born in that town October 19, 1805.\\nHe was reared upon the farm, receiving the advan-\\ntages ol tie common district school and a few terms\\nat/the Hillsborough Academy, under the instruction\\nof Simeon I. Bard. He entered the store of James\\nButler, at Hillsborough Bridge, as clerk, where he\\n-pint a i rw years, but mercantile business not being\\nto his taste. In- went, in 1832, to Windsor, N. II., and\\nengaged ill fanning mi a large scale, in which pur-\\nsuil he wa- eminently successful, and in which he\\ncontinued until 1856, when he removed to Hills-\\nborough Bridge, where he has since resided.\\nMr. Grimes was endowed with a sound judgment\\nand business -agaeity, which he has carried into the\\nevery-day practical affairs of life. He has always\\n.lone hi- own thinking; has decision of character\\nand entire integrity: his word is as good as his bond.\\nHe has never -ought and seldom accepted office; wa-\\none of the selectmen of Windsor two years has been\\njustice of the peace, and was, for a few years. United\\nStates internal revenue collector of his district. He\\nwas made a Master-Mason in Harmony Lodge, No.\\n38, I Masons, in 1857, since which time he\\nhas taken a deep interest not only in the growth and\\nwelfare of his own lodge, but in that of the institu-\\ntion everywhere.\\nHe married, first, Mary, daughter of Judge Henry\\nB. .and Dorothy (Bean) Chase, of Warner, N. H.,\\nFebruary Is::;. Children\\nSarah I- born July 9, 1838, married Alfred John-\\nson May 1. 1860, ami has children \u00e2\u0080\u0094Edwin Francis\\n(Johnson), horn January 20, 1861, ami Alfred Grimes\\n(Johnson), burn July 7. 1867.\\nJohn Henry, born May 4, 1840. He enlisted in the\\nUnited States marine service upon the breaking out\\nol the Rebellion, and was appointed second lieu-\\ntenant participated in the first battle of Bull Run,\\nwhere he was wounded by a Minie-ball; was on\\nboard the transport Governor at the time she\\nsunk, November 2, 1861, and was the last man to", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0714.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "7 7/CL^ C ,?^^^r^^/", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0717.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0718.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0719.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "w^ 2-~ ^-i_-^", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0720.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "IIIU.si:ni;oi (ill\\n423\\nleave the ship, being rescued by United States frigate\\nSabine, and was promoted to first lieutenant for\\ngallant conduct on that occasion. He remained in\\nthe service until the close of the Rebellion.\\nMary Chase, born March 28, 1842; died, unmar-\\nried, October 17, 1875.\\nHelen D., born March 4, 1844; married George B.\\nWhittemore, of Antrim, T H., November 24, 1870.\\nChildren, Francis Grimes (Whittemore), born Feb-\\nruary 6, 1872, died July 8, 1872; Henry Ernest\\n(Whittemore), born February 1, 1872, resides in Bos-\\nton, Mass.\\nLissia A., born December 7, 1851.\\nMrs. Grimes died December 30, 1851, and he mar-\\nried, second, Mrs. Lucinda Egleston, duly 4, 1853.\\nOne son by this marriage,\\nFrank C, bom August 9, 1857; married Abide J.\\nDavis, of Hillsborough, April 7. 1880. me child-\\nFrancis Crimes, born January 10, 1881; resides in\\ning;\\nN. H.\\nCOLONEL JAMES POKSAITH GRIMES. 1\\nThe portrait accompanying this sketch places the\\nsubject in a good light before the reader. As a per-\\nsonal likeness of Colonel Grimes it is good, and as a\\nlikeness portraying the general features of the Grimes\\nfamily it is also good. Any one who has seen Senator\\nJames W. Grimes (the colonel s uncle) or Commo-\\ndore John G. Walker (bis cousin) will see that the\\nlikeness strongly suggests each of them. There are\\nindications of decision and strong will in the portrait.\\nThe ancestors of Colonel Grimes were Scotch-Irish,\\nan ancestry of whom any man may be justly proud.\\nThe orthography of the name has changed from time\\nto time from Graeme to Graham and Crimes.\\nThe first ancestor of whom we have record was\\nFrancis 1 Graham, who came to America about the\\nyear 1719, and settled at or near Boston, Mass., and\\nin 1741 moved to Hillsborough as one of the pioneer\\nsettlers, where he remained until driven off by the\\nIndians, in 174(1. While living in Hillsborough, in\\n174:1, a daughter, Ann, was born into the family. She\\nwas married to Deacon William McKean, and settled\\nin Deering, N. H., where she died July 12, 1825, aged\\neighty-two years.\\nHis son, Francis 2 Jr. (whose name was later\\nchanged to Grimes), was born in 1747. on Noddle s\\nIsland (now East Boston), and later moved to Lon-\\ndonderry, N. H., and thence to Deering, X. 11., as\\none of the early settlers of that town, in 1765. He\\nmarried Elizabeth Wilson, of Londonderry, N. H.\\nHis son, John 3 was born August 11, 1772, in Deer-\\ning, and lived on what is now known as the McNeil\\nplace, and removed to Hillsborough in March, 1836,\\nwith his family, and there remained until his death,\\nOctober 17, 1851. He married Elizabeth Wilson, of\\nDeering. and from this union there were eight chil-\\nBv Rl-v. Hum Brick, tt, M. A.\\nilren, the youngest of w lmm was J, nut:- Witmit, who was\\na gradual, of Dartmouth College, a classmate of lion.\\nSamuel C. Bartlett, the present president of that in-\\nstitution, and Hon. John Wentworth, of Illinois. He\\nwas also Governor of the State of Iowa in 1854 58,\\nand was a member of the Senate of the United Slates\\nfrom 1859 to 1869. Ee was born October 20, 1816,\\nand died February 7, 1872.\\nThe other children of John 3 were Hiram*, Jane 4\\nSusan Francis*, Da\\\\ i l W* and Sarah Of these\\nchildren, Susan 4 became the wife of Alden Walker and\\nmother of John Crimes Walker, who has been pro-\\nthrough the\\nrades of the I uiled States\\nua\\\\ j to that of commodore.\\nHiram*, the eldest of this family, was born in Deer-\\ning, N. II.. September 17, 1798. He married Clarissa.\\ndaughter of James and Nancy Forsaitb, of Deering,\\nDecember 9, L823, and settled in Hillsborough, where\\nhe now resides. He is a farmer, and being a man of\\nfrugal habits, has, by industry and intelligence, won\\nfrom the soil a competence for his evening of life. A\\nlover of home and warmly attached to his family, he\\nenjoys the confidence and respect of all who know\\nhim. His wife, Clarissa, who died March 9, 1 373, was\\na superior woman, rearing her children with greal\\ncare, beloved by them and greatly respected by all.\\nThey had six children, live of whom are living,\\nJohn 1 born February 14, 1828 Nancy 5 Jane, born\\nJune 28, 1830; Elvira Elizabeth, bom February.\\n8, 1833; James 5 Forsaitk, bornMaj 19,1835; Clarissa\\nA., bom December 17, 1838.\\nJames Forsaitk (the subject of this sketch)\\npa\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ed liis boyhood on the farm of his father in Hills-\\nborough. His educational advantages were those\\nafforded by the district schools of the lime, supple-\\nmented by attendance at the academies of Gilmanton,\\nHopkinton and Washington. His summers were\\nspent in farm-work, where he gained experience and\\nvigorous health. At the close of his school-boy days\\nhe spent his winters in teaching in the district schools\\nof his own and the adjoining towns, commencing at\\nthe early age of sixteen. As a teacher be was succi\\nfill, and gained a wide reputation as a disciplinarian,\\nand his services were much sought in localities where\\nsomething like insubordination had at times been\\npartially established. In connection with bis school\\nduties, at Hillsborough Lower village, in 1859,\\nColonel Grimes commenced the study of law with\\nFrancis X. Blood, Esq., which he continued until the\\nbreaking out of the War of the Rebellion, in 1861. When\\nit became known that Sumter had been fired U|\\nhe was one of the first from his native town to volun-\\nteer in defense of the Union. Just at this time,\\nbearing that his uncle, Sena I or 1 rimes, bad presented\\nhis name to the Senate of the United Stale- foj con\\nfirmation as a captain in the regular army, he placed\\nhimself under a private instructor to be fitted for the\\nproper discharge of those responsible duties. oloiiel\\nCrime-, received bis commission as captain in the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0723.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSeventeenth Regiment of the United States Infantry\\nAugust 5, L861, and immediately joined his regiment\\nat Fort Preble, Maine, and was detailed as recruiting\\nofficer, first, at Hillsborough, N. H., and afterwards\\nat Ogdensburg, N. Y. It was while thus engaged that\\nbesought the influt.-in.-roi Senator mines to secure\\norders to join his regiment in the field. In answer, he\\nreceived a letter from the Senator, from which the\\nfollowing is an extract A good soldier obeys orders,\\nbut seeks none I cannot agree with many of our\\npublic men that this war will he brought to a speedy\\nclose. 1 think we shall have a long ami bloody war,\\nanil you will see all the fighting you desire before it\\ni- over. Wait patiently; your time will come.\\nColonel Grimes soon joined his regiment in the Fifth\\nCorps, Army of the Potomac, and participated with it\\nin some ol the hardest-fought battles of the war. He\\nwas in i imand of bis regiment most of the time\\nduring the latter part of the war, and led it in what\\nwill ever he known as the Memorable Battles of\\nthe Wilderness. He was wounded near Spottsyl-\\nvania, Ya., and carried from the held and ordered\\nback to Washington, where he was tendered leave\\nof absence to return home, which he declined, and\\nmade application to be returned to duty, and he was\\nreturned to duty at his own request, the surgeon\\ndeclining to take any responsibility in the matter.\\nHe joined his regiment at Cold Harbor, Ya., as they\\nmarched on to Petersburg. May 18, 186 1. Senator\\nGrimes wrote to his wife, among other items concern-\\ning the war, as follows: J. Grimes commanded\\nthe Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry until he was\\nknocked over by a shell. The Seventeenth United\\nStates Infantry suffered heavy losses in the campaign\\nof 1863 and 1864, especially in the battles of Gettys-\\nburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863; Wilderness, Va.,\\nMin 5,6 and 7. 1864; Laurel Hill, Ya., Mays, 10 and\\n13; Spottsylvania, Ya.. May 14; Bethesda Church.\\nVa., June 1 and 2 lold Harbor, Ya., June 2 and\\nPetersburg, Va., June 18 and 20; Weldon Railroad,\\nVa., August 18 and 21 andChapel House, Va., October\\n1,1864. At the close of the latter engagement the\\nregiment could muster only twenty-six men able to\\nbear arms, and in consequence of these severe losses\\nthe regiment was detailed by the officer commanding\\nthe corps for duty as guard at headquarters, and soon\\nafter were ordered out of the held for the purpose of\\nrecruiting, and arrived in New York about Novembi i\\n1,1864. Colonel Grimes was in command of battal-\\nion Seventeenth United States Infantry, at Fort La-\\nfayette, New York Harbor, guarding noted prisoners\\nof war and performing garrison duty from November,\\n1864, to October, 1st;. and after that was stationed at\\nHart s Island. New York Harbor, organizing com-\\npanies and drilling them until the regiment was\\nordered to the Department of Texas, in the summer of\\n1 366, which point the last battalion reached about the\\n1st of October. From Galveston Colonel Grimes took\\nhis command of eight companies by rail to Brenham,\\nand thence marched across the country, a distance of\\nover one hundred miles, to Austin, Texas, arriving\\nabout November 1st.\\nIn thespring of 1867, Colonel Grimes was appointed\\njudge advocate of a military commission, of which\\nMajor-General Alexander McD. McCook was presi-\\ndent, and convened at Austin, Texas, by order of\\nGeneral Philip H. Sheridan, for the purpose of trying\\ncriminal cases under the Reconstruction Act of Con-\\ngress, and serve-! in that capacity several months.\\nColonel Ciimes was in command of the post of\\nNacogdoches, in Northeastern Texas, from October\\n1867, to April, 1868; thence proceeded to, and took\\ncommand of, the post at Ringgold Barracks, situated\\non the Rio trande River.\\nIn tin- mean time his health had become impaired,\\nand his physicians advised him to go North, which\\nhe did, remaining during the summer, and returned\\nto his duties in the fall much improved.\\nUpon his return he was stationed at Brownsville.\\nTexas. Here it soon became apparent that the cli-\\nmate did not agree with him, and that, in order to\\nprevent permanent disability, he must have a change,\\nand he was again granted a leave of absence upon\\na surgeon s certificate of disability. He reached\\nhome about the 1st of August, 1870, and in conse-\\nquence of ill health resigned from the service, to take\\neffect January 1, 1871, having served nearly ten\\nyears.\\nIn the reorganization of the army, in September,\\n1866, he was transferred to the Twenty-sixth United\\nStates Infantry, and in Hay, 1869, was transferred to\\nthe Tenth United States Infantry. He was com-\\nmissioned major by brevet in the United States army,\\nto rank from August 1, 1864, lor gallant sen ices at\\nthe battle of Spottsylvania, and during the present\\ncampaign before Richmond, Ya., and commissioned\\nlieutenant-colonel by brevet, to rank from March 13,\\n1865, for gallant and meritorious services during\\nthe war. The colonel thus came to the close of the\\nwar both deserving and obtaining the reward of the\\ngallant and faithful soldier. His comrades bore un-\\nequivocal testimony to his bravery as a soldier and\\nbis win th as a man.\\nAt home and in the field there was an inspiring\\nmotive urging him on to high and noble deeds, a\\nmotive greater than the love of fame and glory, it\\nwas the love of a noble woman.\\nSeptember 8, 1864, while at home on a leave of\\nabsence, I Lionel Grimes married Sarah Ann, youngest\\ndaughter of Eben and Mary (Carr) Jones, of Hills-\\nborough, N. H., who endured with him all of the\\nfortunes ami vicissitudes incident to army-life, in\\ncamp and upon tin- march, while he was sojourning\\nin the Department of Texas.\\nFrom this union there are seven children, the\\nsecond of n hom was born in camp on the tented field.\\nTo the writer, the children, as they come around the\\nparental hoard, or as they mingle in their sports or", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0724.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0727.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0728.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "HILLS BOKOUCH.\\nperform their accustomed work, are the most interest-\\ning sight of all the beautiful things at the colonel s\\nmansion on the hill. Of such children lie maj justlj\\nlie proud. They are the chief ornaments of their\\nhome, commanding by their courteous behavior the\\nlove ami respect of all who visit the family.\\nNor should their colored nurse, Kate, who bas been\\nin the family for twenty years, lie forgotten,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 she\\nwho has loved and watched over each of them \\\\\\\\nli\\na love second only to that of their mother.\\nThe children were born as follows: .lames Wilson,\\nNovember 21, 1865 John Harvey, March 25, 1867;\\nWarren Parker. October 12. 1868; Mary air. August\\n27, 1871; Henry lit/., October 21, 1872 Clara For-\\nsaith, January 27, 1875; Cecil P., June 29, 1878.\\nHonorably discharged from the army with a com-\\npetence, a large experience as a soldier, ami merci-\\nfully spared in the fiercest battles, where many a brave\\ncomrade fell, spared in the midst of malaria in the\\nSouth, where he did duty for several years, Colonel\\nGrimes, alter ten years of service, returned to his\\nnative town to enjoy life. He and his fair consort,\\nHOW at life s half-way house, have the love ami resped\\nOf all who know them. Thus far their ranks remain\\nunbroken. Parents and children have been spared to\\neach other, and Kate, of the sable face bur the white\\naoul, spared to them all.\\nThe first ancestor of whom we have record is\\nJoshua 1 born in Connecticut October 2. 172N married\\nJoanna Taylor; settled in Surry in 1764--65. Among\\ntheir children were Joshua?, killed at the battle of\\nPennington; Lev?, who settled in Surry; and Cap-\\ntain David 2 born in Connecticut, died in .lay. X. Y..\\nmarried i first), January 22, 17s2, Elsea Gleason; died\\nMay 20, 1790, leaving children, David 3 born June 6,\\n1783; Elsea 3 bom April 2, 1786, married Lemuel Bing-\\nham, of Gilsum. He married (second), February 22,\\n1702. Jerusha, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah\\n(Yemmons) Adams, born September 2- i. 177 1, died Au-\\ngust 31, 1792, married (third), Oct. 20, 1793, Orinda,\\ndaughter of John and Sibyll (Wright) Bingham, of\\nGilsum, born in Montague, Mass., July 1(1. 1772.\\nChildren.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi born September :l, 1794, died Oc-\\ntober 4, 1798; Jerusha 3 born September 30,17%;\\nLuman 3 born August 25, L798; Levi 3 born April 14,\\n1801, died January 30, 1804; Orinda 3 born July 22,\\n1803, married Samuel [sham, Jr.; George W. a born\\nJuly 13, 1805, died July 1820; Bradford 3 born\\nJuly 10. 1807 Alvira 3 born June 26, 1809.\\nDavid 3 was born in Gilsum, N. H., June 6,1783;\\ncame to Hillsborough when twenty years of age;\\nworked out on a farm for a season, and then learned\\nthe shoemaker s trade married. January 6, 1806,\\nKeziah, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Parker)\\nKimball, of Hillsborough; removed to Francestown,\\nwhere he remained seven vears, and carried on the\\nand currying. He then returned to Hillsborough\\nLower village, established the same business there.\\nin which he remained during the remainder of his\\nlife. His wife died Februan 23, 1864; he died No-\\nvember 8, 1867. IP- children were all bom in\\nFrancestown, and were David Gardner 1 born October\\n27, 1806; married, April 27, 1830, Jane, daughter of\\nJosiah and Sally (Dean) lonverse, of Amherst, N. II.\\nIn early life lie was a noted hotel-keeper in 1 tica and\\nKoine, N. Y., Washington, 1 C, Richmond, Va., and\\nother places. Later, he did an extensive business as\\ndruggist in Concord, N. H. died in loncord July 10,\\n1879. His children were Sarah Jane bom in Hook-\\nsett, X. II., June 25, 1836; married Joseph Harlow,\\nof Plymouth, Mass.; Henry \\\\V.\\\\ born in Hooksett,\\nX. H, June 30. 1838; graduated at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1857; at Dane Law School, Harvard Univer-\\nsity, as Bachelor of Laws, in 1859. Upon the break-\\ning out of the Bebellion he enlisted as a private in\\nthe First Regiment of three months volunteers from\\nthis State; was commissioned first lieutenant ol\\nCompany Q April 30, 1861. After the First Regi-\\nment was mustered out he was commissioned captain\\nin the Fighting Fifth. Later, was lieutenant-col-\\nonel of the Fifteenth, then colonel of the Thirty-\\nthird United States colored troops, and finally a brevel\\nbrigadier of United States Volunteers. He remained\\nin the service until 1866, when he settled in Boston,\\nMass. He was a Republican in politics, and took an\\nactive interest in public affairs, serving in the Com-\\nmon Council in 1774, as a Representative in the Leg-\\nislature in 1875, 70. 77 and 7 was a member of the\\nState Senate in 1880 and 1881 and was, a few weeks\\nbefore his death, appointed by lovernor Robinson as\\njudge of the Roxbury court. He married, Septem-\\nber Hi, LSI Elizabeth, daughter of Laban and\\nFrances (Lewis) Beecher, of Boston, Mass., where he\\ndied April 7, 1885, leaving one son, Fred., born\\nMarch 2: 1872. George C. 5 bom in Lowell, Mass..\\nDecember 30, 1840, died in Concord, X. 11., February\\nlo, L878. He married. December 31, L861, Josie,\\ndaughter of Joseph and (Shackford) French, of\\nConcord, X. 11., where she died September, 1864.\\nEthelinda G. 5 bom in Concord, X. H., December 11,\\n1849; died there March 5, 1851. Mark W. born\\nApril 7, 1808; married, November 17,1831, Sarah,\\ndaughter of William ami Sally (Priest) Conn, of\\nHillsborough. One daughter, Susan, born April 24.\\n1840, died December 13, 1859. John Gibson* (see\\nsketch). William FA born in Francestown, X II..\\nMaj 10,1812; died in Hillsborough, N. H., Novem-\\nber 17, 1830.\\nJohn Gibson Fuller 4 was born iu Francestown,\\nN. II., April 21, 1810. He was the third son of i-\\nvid and Kesiah (Kimball) Fuller, and came from\\nthat town to Hillsborough, with his parents, when\\nthree years old, where be grew to manhood. His\\nonly educational advantages were derived from the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0729.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "426\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvillage school, at that time much less efficient than\\nnow. He learned the trade of tanning and currying\\nof his father, with whom he was afterwards\\nin business. Somewhere about 1850 a few calf-skins\\nwhich he had tanned and sold in Boston, Mass., were\\npurchased by Mr. Stephen Westcott, a leather dealer\\nof that city. They proved such excellent leather\\nthat Mr. Westcott traced them back to Fuller s tan-\\nnery, and sent a small number of green skins to Mr.\\nFuller to tan. The result was satisfactory to both\\nparties, and from this small beginning was developed\\na large business in tanning of calf-skins only, the\\nleather being known in market as Westcott calf.\\nHe gave constant employment to from fifteen to\\ntwenty men. To the business of tanning was added,\\na few years later, that of currying. Mr. Fuller was\\na man of marked executive ability. He had a re-\\nmarkable faculty for reading character and of influenc-\\ning men. His friendship meant something. If any\\nperson did him a favor, he never forgot it. Whatever\\nhe undertook to do he accomplished, if it was possi-\\nble. He allowed no obstacle to stand in his way. He\\nwas largely instrumental in the establishing of the\\nValley Bank (now First National Bank of Hills-\\nborough!, and upon its organization he was chosen it-\\npresident, which position he held at the time of his\\ndeath. In business habits he was methodical and\\nprompt. In politics Mr. Fuller was a Whig and.\\nlater, a Free-Soiler. He hated slavery. At the time\\nof the execution of John Brown he tolled the ehurch\\nbell with his own hands. While he was a man of\\ndecided convictions, resolute anil energetic action, he\\nheld in high respect those who honestly differed from\\nhim in opinion.\\nMr. Fuller married Ann, daughter of Nathaniel\\nand Betsy (bobbins) Jones, of Hillsborough, who\\nwas born September 27, 1814, and who died August\\n22, 1865. He died very suddenly in Nashua, N. II.,\\nJune 14, 1861, while on a business trip to that city.\\nTheir children were Abbie A. 3 bom December 4,\\n1834; married, in 1855, Stephen E. Westcott, of Bos-\\nton, Mass. Children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Everett Fuller (Westcott),\\nborn in Boston, Mass., in 1S.J8. died there September\\n11,1877; Edith 6 (Westcott), bom in Boston, Mass.,\\nDecember 3, 1870. Helen Marr 6 born July P. 1836;\\ndied August 8, 1840. Wirt Ximeo 5 born January 23,\\n1850; was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover,\\nMass.; married, February 3,1870, Addie A., daughter\\nof 1-eorge F. and laroline Carter (Grant) Russell, of\\nBoston, Mass., where they reside, and have children,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Wirt R. 6 born January 29, 1871 Addie May born\\nApril 28, 1874.\\nABEL ei.N s l BURNHAM, M.D. 1\\nThe Burnham family trace their ancestors in a di-\\nrect line of succession to Kobert 1 Burnham, who was\\nbom in Norwich, Norfolk County, England, in 1581.\\nIn 1608 he married Mary Andrews, and had seven\\nBj B,\\nchildren, of whom three sons, John-, Robert 2 and\\nThomas 2 came to America.\\nThomas 2 was born in 162:!, and came to America\\nwhen twelve years old, with bis brothers, in the ship\\nAngel Gabriel, which was wrecked on the coast of\\nMaine. He settled in Chebacco (now Essex), Mass.,\\nand was out in the Pequot expedition. He married,\\nin 1645, Mary Tuttle; had twelve children, and died\\nin 1694. His son, John 3 was born in 1648 married\\nElizabeth Wells; had nine children, and died in 17o4.\\nHis son, Thomas 4 was bom in 1673; he married, was\\nthe father of six children and died in 1748. Stephen\\na son of Thomas married .Mary Andrews, and settled\\nin Gloucester, Mass. The date of his death is un-\\nknown. He bad thirteen children. One of the sixth\\ngeneration, Joshua son of Stephen and Mary (An-\\ndrews) Burnham, was born in Gloucester, .Mass., in\\n1754. He had ten children, one of whom, TKomas\\nwas born in Milford, N. II., in 1783; married Rachel\\nConant in 1807, and removed to Antrim in 1821,\\nwhere be resided until 1837, when he came to Hills-\\nborough, where he died in 1856. His wife died in\\nNashua in 1 TTL, aged eighty-seven years.\\nDr. Abel 8 C. Burnham, the subject of this sketch,\\nwas the second son of Thomas and Rachel (Conant)\\nBurnham, and was born in Amherst, N. IF. May 2,\\n1812. During his boyhood he lived several years with an\\nuncle. Rev. A. Conant, at Leominster. Mass., attend-\\ning school and studying at home under the direction\\nol his uncle. He acquired an academical education\\nat the academies of Francestown, Pembroke and\\nHillsborough. After teaching a year at Watervliet,\\nN. Y., be returned to Hillsborough, and commenced\\nthe study of medicine with the late Dr.Elisha Hatch,\\nof this town, with whom he remained two years, teach-\\ning school in the winter. The third year he spent in\\nthe office of the celebrated surgeon, Amos Twitchell,\\nM.D., ofKeene, N. H.\\n1 1 ei e he had the best of opportunities to study prac-\\ntical surgery, and when, as was often the case, the\\ndoctor was called to a distance to some difficult oper-\\ntion, his pupil accompanied him as a trusted and\\nbandy assistant. In after-years Dr. Burnham became\\nhimself a skillful surgeon, and was called to operate\\nin many difficult cases. He had prepared himself\\nfor this by it thorough study of anatomy, accompanied\\nby work in the dissecting-room. He made himself\\nacquainted with the most modern works and modes\\nof practice in surgery, and with his own eyes saw\\nthem carried out into actual practice.\\nDuring these three years be attended three courses\\nof medical lectures. one at Woodstock, Yt.. and two\\nat Dartmouth Medical College, at Hanover, where he\\ngraduated in November, 1839. At the commencement\\nexercises of 184o the names of Dr. Burnham and his\\nassociates, who had passed their examination and re-\\nceived their degree the fall before, were proclaimed,\\nin tin sonorous tones of President Lord, in behalf of\\nthe trustees, Doctores Medicince. Dr. Burnham, hav-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0730.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": ".yfrup. fiSc-t^^A*\\nty^/z^i^t^ t*^", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0733.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0734.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0735.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "^2^C^ c^?^4", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0736.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOIKH GH.\\n127\\ning alreadj had the benefit of sinh teachers as Drs.\\nHatch, Twitchell, Holmes, Mussey and other excel-\\nlent professors in medicine, went to Lowell, Mass.,\\nand entered the office of Drs. Kimball and Bartlett,\\nand remaining during the winter, returned to Hills-\\nborough in tlic spring and spent a year with Dr.\\nHatch as his assistant, and commenced practice at\\nHillsborough Centre in February, 1841, but removed\\nto the Bridge village, a more central and desirable lo-\\ncation, in (etober of the same year. After practicing\\nhere six years he attended a course of medical lec-\\ntures at the University of New York and at the hos-\\npitals of that city, after which he returned to Hills-\\nborough Bridge, and resumed uis practice, where he\\nhas since resided and continued in active practice\\nuntil the present time (1885), a period of forty-four\\nDr. Burnham has remarkable tact in the sick-room.\\nAs a rule, he is a man of few words, quiet and unob-\\ntrusive, and very careful of what he says in the pres-\\nence of the sick. His coming is gladly welcomed by\\nhis patients. He lias been remarkably successful in\\ntreating the diseases of children, such as scarlatina,\\nmeasles and other like diseases, and his help lias been\\nmuch sought for in neighboring towns. His natural\\ntastes have led him in the direction of surgery, and\\nhe has frequentlj been called upon t perform capital\\noperations, such as amputations, also operations for\\nthe removal of necrosed bone, cancers, cataract, etc.,\\nh iili g I success.\\nDr. Burnham has remarkable self-possession in\\ntime uf an emergency, good judgment, a clear head\\nand a steady hand. Creat responsibilities have often\\nrested on him where the safety of the patient hung\\nin the balance and seemed to depend on his skill\\nand judgment. His intercourse with neighboring\\nphysicians has always been courteous, and with the\\nyoungei membersofthe profession marked bj great\\nkindness, ever ready to encourage and assist them\\nwith his counsels.\\nDr. Burnham has held, by appointment of the\\nGovernor of New Hampshire, through several con-\\nsecutive years, the office of surgeon of the Twenty-\\nsixth Regiment of New Hampshire militia, and until\\nhonorably discharged at his own request.\\nlie held the office of superintending sele.nl com-\\nmittee in the town of Hillsborough four years. In\\nlS4i he was commissioned justice of the peace for the\\ncount} of Hillsborough, and still holds the commission.\\nHe has been twice elected to represent the town in\\ntin State Legislature, and has been a member of the\\nHoard of Education at Hillsborough Bridge for three\\nyears, also lor thirteen veal s a member of the board\\nof directors of the First National Bank of Hillsbor-\\nough; he is a member of the New I Hampshire Medical\\nSoeiety.and in March, I860, was made a Master Mason\\nin Harmony Lodge, in Hillsborough, and was for\\nseveral years its secretary.\\nFor more than forty years the doctor has lived in\\nthe same place, practiced in an enlarging held and\\nheld, unimpaired and ever-increasing, the confidence\\nof the community, both as a man and a physician.\\nNovember 9, 1849, Dr. Burnham married Caroline M.,\\noldest daughter of reorge and Marj (Steele) Dascomb,\\nof Hillsborough, N. II. She was horn duly 27, 182:1.\\nJONES FAMILY. 1\\nAmong the earliest settlers of the town of Hills-\\nborough, N. 11.. was 117///.;/// who eame from Wil-\\nmington, -Mass. Ii is noi known at wha he\\nremoved here, hut his name appears upon the first\\nrecords of the town now extant nor is the name of his\\nwife known, nor the birth-place of his large family of\\nchildren, hut probably the most, if not. all, of them\\nwere horn in Wilmington. His descendants are nu-\\nmerous, and among the most respected citizens of the\\ntown, lie had four sons and rive daughters.\\nHis fourth son. James 1 was horn in Wilmington,\\nMass., and died .Inly Is. 1839, ami his wife, \\\\iina,\\ndied March 30, 1841. Married Anna, .laughter of\\nNathaniel and Sarah (Parker) Cooledge. Their chil-\\ndren were,\\nJonathan 3 born September 177S; died .March 5,\\n1810, unmarried.\\nAnna horn February is. 1780; married, Bret, Alex-\\nander McClintock, and, second, Asa Goodell; died\\nMarch is, 1829.\\n.lames born December 9, 1782; married Sarah\\nSmith, had one son, George, who died Nov. 11, 1844.\\nSilas born March 6, 1784; married Catherine Rolf,\\nwent to Pittsburgh, Pa., where h. died Oct. 6, 1832.\\nCooledge 3 born February 4, 1786 married Pierce\\nStone died February 1856.\\nSarah 3 hom March 22. 1788; died Julj 3, 1788.\\nNathaniel born May 1789; married Betsy Rob-\\nbins; died August L9, 1867.\\nEbenezer 3 born February 7, 1792; married, Mary\\nI an-; died December 1. 1864.\\nParker 3 born Februarj 13, 1794; married Judith\\nClapp; died .May 28, 1861.\\nSolomon 3 bom February 7, 1796; died in Pennsyl-\\nvania, August 2:!, 1842, unmarried.\\nWa .horn February 3, 1798 married Thank-\\nful Dy.r; died March 21, 1868.\\nSarah P. 3 horn dune 7, 1801 married Charles\\nBaldwin; died November 3, 1844.\\nEbeni er 3 married Mary Turner, daughter of\\nNathan ami Elizabeth (Smith) air, October 6, 1816;\\nremoved to Unity, N. II., where he resided ten years,\\nwhen he returned to Hillsborough and pun based the\\nNathaniel Johnson farm, upon which he afterwards\\nresided. Their children i\\nCharlotte born January 6, 1818 married Alonzo\\nTuttle, of Hillsborough died August 31, 1861.\\n1 IniG Me, M. D,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0739.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "H\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNathan P. 4 born in Unity, X. II., June 3, 1820;\\ndied August 4, 1820, ill thai town.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0trktr (sol- biographical sketch).\\nJames 4 born in Unity, N. II., November 17. 1823.\\nGeorge 4 born in Unity, N. 11., February In, 1826;\\nmarried Mrs. Mary (Goodale) Smith, of Hillsborough.\\nMary E. 4 born May 22, L828; married David \\\\V.\\nIri s, of Hillsborough.\\nHarvey born July 6, 1 330.\\nI beni er born October 24, 1S32; niarried Malvina\\nShedd, of Hillsborough resides on the homestead;\\nhas two suns, James H., born November 25,1860;\\nParker, born October 11. 1864.\\nSarah A. born March I ll, 1836; married Colonel\\n.lames F. Grimes.\\nParker*, son of Ebenezer and Mary Turner (Carr)\\nI s, was born in Unity, N. H., July 31, 1821; he\\ncame to Hillsborough with his parents iu 18H0; had\\nsuch educational advantages only as arc afforded by\\nthe common school; he left his home when nineteen\\nyears of age to seek his fortune. and found employ-\\nment at the Astor House, New York City, then one\\nof the most famous hotels in the country. After two\\nyears as porter, he was ottered a place in the office,\\nwhere he was rapidly promoted 10 the position of chief\\n.Ink. a position for which he was peculiarly adapted,\\nand which he continued to hold until obliged by ill\\nhealth to resign. Here he formed the acquaintance\\nof aU the most eminent men in the country, which, in\\nmany instances, ripened into personal friendship.\\nThe following tribute, n ritten by one of his life-long\\nfriends, and published in the Home Journal soon after\\nhis death, gives a more faithful delineation of his\\ncharacter than a stranger can give:\\nIN MKMoKI MI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2On Thiii ilay !;i.|, .it tin* \\\\-t..r Hmi in Mi.- hu ly--i\\\\th \\\\-.n nl hi-\\nage, Parkei Jones departed this life, peacefully ami in the full hope of a\\niilt-ssi-.l iiiini.utnlity IVihaji- i;iti nl hi- yat tilling .1 similar sla-\\nli.ill ill litr, was luniv wiilrh lomwii hail waitimr fti.inl- I m n|-\\nwar.l nl twiiltv in- wars h- Inn I ln -li :i i l lk ill t! Hi. m| On \\\\sl.i|\\nI\\nlllllV 1\\ntributors was Thurlow Weed, Bsq who, when the subscription-list at\\nalnnuiit .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.|llal r.i ill. L.i ual il Ml oil asl.-.l I-\\nrli\u00c2\u00ab- li i, ami. latin- up a peu, said,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Parker is a g I boy. I don t\\nhi i Hi- i loks v subscription/ ami doubled it. The late Colonel\\ni ii- tii hi. ii i lade On- Astor Souse his home when in\\nNiw ml,, Ii.ai.l ul tlu- i.i .s.-iilali..ii al trr il hail hi-i H mail.:, ami wrutc\\nI, II,. i 1 aik.T ill Mill li li- %|.i.-~. l In.- I..-I-1 at tint liaiilu; h. li\\nin Mm- ril\\\\ at tin. lint-, 1 inclosed a check for an at Hit qual to .ins\\nTin- writer ..f thin Imnildi- tribute to the many xirtues. if Parker .limes\\nkueu linn ii-ll I m iir.iilv Iw-uty years liiinn- nil this I llm Ast-i\\nin. re faithful Mi v.i lit a ml thr ttavrlitiL pill. I I lei\\nin ,r- v-ii t-iii]- i-l ami ..Mum- i.mservatur.\\noh Death\\nTim- -h.ill -ii ik- .i .l.i\\ned -I\\nnl.\\nI- u i- taken -i. k ill Auu-iist. 1-iC, U hil- .Inly in tin- alii. ami hit\\ni h- -i ..i in. ii l. -.a attendance\\nmd constant and affectionate can liad no othci effect ih.ni... th\\n-II -in I.-. an. I w In !i In am- hail. I. th- V.-I..I 11mu-i* from hishi.mn*\\nn -mi-Hi. i. ft pt 1 1 I. nt I., bis friends that\\ni .in V .in .ii :i hnl- aft-i n .-ii- i-.i\\nii il,.-, win ii 1 1 be In I. I dear, al peace with all a ml h-.i-.l hy theiuus..-\\nation nl a holy faith, In- --nil- .[liril s.ni-hi\\nNo farther seek his merits I\\ni \u00c2\u00bbi draw In- frailtii s IVnni their iln-ail aluiili-\\nTli.ii tiny alikn in tretliUlli- Impi ie|i,.-e,\\ni -..in of his Father and bis God.\\nMr. Jones married. June 14. 1859, Miss Julia\\nAndrews, of l awlet.Yl., win, survives him. They\\nliad no children.\\nIt is a well-authenticated fact that the families of\\nthese names in this country all sprung from a com-\\nmon ancestry. At what time or why the orthog-\\nraphy of the name was changed is not known, hut\\nthere is a tradition that three brothers, living in the\\nsame town, agreed to each adopt a separate spelling\\nfor their mutual convenience.\\nRobert 1 Goodell, a great-great-grandson of KmIhti.\\nwas horn in 1604, and sailed from [pswich, England,\\nAugust 30, 1634, in the ship Elizabeth, William An-\\ndrews, commander, with his wife, Katherine, and three\\nchildren, .Mary lour years old Abraham iwo\\\\ ears\\nold; and Isaac 1 six months. They .settled in Salem,\\nMass.. hut afterwards removed to what is now called\\n1 l.invers.\\nThe son Isaac 1 married Patience Cook they had chil-\\ndren, one of whom, Isaac dr.. was ln.ni May 29, 1670.\\nHe served in the expedition against Canada in 1690,\\nand. after his return, married Mary December\\n3,1692. The} had twelve children, one of whom\\nwas Samuel born May S, 1694.\\nSamuel* married Anna Fowler, of Saulshury, July\\n4, 1717. Their children were Robert Enoch Bar-\\ntholomew 5 Esther 5 (Collins), Hannah (Mclutire),\\nMary (married .Hide Haeket), Anna (married Enoch\\nFowler), another daughter, who married Moses Day.\\nRobert married (1st) Lydia Wallace in 1752, and\\nmarried (I d) Widow Mary Fowler in L764, and moved\\nfrom Salem, Mass., to Weare, X. II.. when he died\\nDecember II, 1804. He had six children, of whom\\nRobert 6 Jr., and Samuel 6 were by the first wife. His\\nother children were,\\nStephen 6 horn September 17, 1766, at Salem, .Mass.;\\nmarried Mary Greenleaf al Weare,N. II., ami lived al\\nDeering, N. II., where he died February 18, 1832;\\nJonathan*, born August 30, 1769, at Salem, Mass.;\\nMehitable, born married foung, and after-\\nwards orles, of Weare, N. II. Esther", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0740.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "^_\u00c2\u00a3yC^ _^ (^0-\u00e2\u0082\u00ac*- Z^0^i^", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0741.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0742.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0743.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "/s-y\\n,s\u00e2\u0080\u009ej i", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0744.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "IIII.LSKOPvUUGII.\\nJonathan married Sarah Hadloek at Deering,\\nN. H., iu August, 1795, and resided iu Deering, where\\nhe died Januarj 6, 1858. Their children were,\\nLeoV, born in Weare, N. H., March 7, I7 J7; [saac 7\\nhorn in Deeriug March 10, 1799, died May 15,1858;\\nLydia 7 born in Deering July 7, 1802, married Jabez\\nMorrell, died March 1, 1849; Clara 7 born i ier-\\ning March 16, 1806, married Robert Carr.of 1 1 ilUl\u00c2\u00bb..r-\\nough, N. II.; Betsy 7 born in Deering November 15,\\n1808, married Mark vStarrett ;John II T bornin Deering\\nOctober 2, 1816, married (1st) Celestia S. Mooney, of\\nNorthfieid, who died October 1863, and he married\\n(2d) Josephine I:. Atkinson, of Tilton, and lias one\\ndaughter by second wile, Charlotte A.(! lale, horn\\nMaj 26, 1875, has residedin Nashua since 1871.\\nLevi 7 G lale, the subject of this sketch, was horn\\niu Weare, V II., -March 7. 1797; was educatedin the\\ncommon schools in Deering and Salisbury Academy\\nmarried, November 6,1817, Mary, daughter of Thomas\\nand Mary (Newton) Howlett, who was horn January\\n28,1799; lived with his father-in-law, in Hillsbor-\\nough, till 1822, when hi bought of Thomas Moore\\nthe farm in the north part of the town, now owned\\nby his son Thomas. He was a laud surveyor, ami was\\nbetter acquainted with the lines of farms in this\\nami adjoining towns than any man living. Mr.\\nGoodale was much in public business, was a select-\\nman fourteen years, twelve of them consecutively\\nwas two cars chairman of the board as well as I own-\\nclerk ami overseer of the poor; represented the\\ntown in the Legislature in 1844 ami 1845; was justice\\nof the peace for thirty-live years he also adminis-\\ntered ii 1 Ired ami four estates, by which he\\nacquired a g 1 knowledge of probate law, upon\\nwhich his advice was often sought ami always given\\nwithout fee. lie was a consistent Christian, a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ami his\\nhouse was headquarters for the ministers of that de-\\nnomination, while the poor ami distressed never went\\nunaided froin his door. It was his boast that he never\\nbought a pound of hay, coffee or flour, or a bushel of\\nany kind of grain or of potatoes. His earliest\\npolitical affiliations were with the Democratic\\nparty, hut later he became a Free-Soiler, and upon\\nthe formation of the Republican party he joined\\nit- fortunes and continued to act with it during\\nhis remaining lite. Mr. Goodale was a man of sound\\njudgment, sterling integrity, of quiet unobtrusive\\nmanners and a retentive memory, which was replete\\nwith knowledge of the earl) settlement of the town\\nand of its history and traditions. He enjoyed a a I\\njoke and always had an anecdote ready to illustrate\\nhis opinions. Hillsborough has had lew such men.\\nHis wife died November 25, 1867; he died June\\n11, 1877. Children, \u00e2\u0080\u0094Thomas .V. born in Hills-\\nborough, N. H., August 24, 1819 (see next sketch);\\nMarj II. horn in Hillsborough, N. II., May 12, 1824,\\nmarried (1st) Daniel I:. Smith and (I d) George\\nJon,- Sarah A.\\\\ horn in Hillsborough, N. H.,\\n1 ecen\\n(2d)C\\nThomas 8 Ne\\n(Howlett) (I\\nAugust 24. 181\\nI Mary\\nII.\\nHe\\ntrict-schools in this and adjoining towns with marked\\nsuccess. He was among the Erst who acquired the\\nart of daguerreotyping, to the practice of winch he\\ndevoted more than twenty years of his life. Possess-\\ning an unusual artistic taste, the pictures whii h run,\\nfrom his camera were among the lines! produced. 1 1,\\nalso, Inter, gave much attention to civil engineering\\nand land surveying. He succeeded to his father s\\nhomestead, upon which be has erected a large and\\nelegant house, and great l\\\\ improved the Other build-\\nings, and where he dispenses an abundant hospitality.\\nHe has done a large prohale business since his father s\\ndeath. Mr. Goodale is a man of pronounced and\\npositive opinions; he was one of the first anti-slavery\\nmen in town, and has always worked and voted to\\npromote the success of the Republican party. He\\nhas never held public offjee,\\nHe married, August 12, 1840, Caroline G. Calkins.\\nTheir children were,\\n(1) Laura A., horn May 10. 1842, and married\\nNathaniel L. Chandler, of Sunapee, May. 1860, who\\ndied iii the War of the Rebellion (September 11.\\n1864), leaving one daughter, Christabel, who was horn\\nMarch 31, 1861, and married, October Id, 1881,\\nCharlesS. George, of Hopkinton; two children (twins),\\nCharles A. and Allison 8., horn August 29, 1882.\\nAllison S. died September, 1SS2. Laura A. married,\\nsecond, June 5, 1867, Elbert Goodale and died May\\n24, 1885, leaving children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Grace L., horn May 5,\\n1868; Carl /...horn November 25, 1870; Myrtle, born\\nSeptember 19,1876; Alice, horn July L9, 1881, died\\nSeptember, 1881 a son, horn May 24, 1885.\\n(2) Mary C, horn March 17, 1846, married Captain\\nGeorge A. Robbins, who died October 16, 1874; has\\none son, Thomas G. Robbins, born January 16, 1X74.\\n(3) Addie J., horn March 18, 1X7,:;, married O. II.\\nWarner, resides in Lowell, Mass.\\n(4) Sarah horn August 12, 1855.\\nMr. Goodale s wife (Caroline G.) died October 12,\\n1879, and he married, second, Mrs. Addie L. (Mather)\\nSmith, of Newport, N. 11.; (hey have daughter,\\nEmilie E., horn November 21, 1884.\\nHe retired from active business three years ago\\n(1882) on account of poor health.\\nJohn Butler Smith is by everything but birth a\\nnative ol New Hampshire. Four generations of his", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0747.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "BISTORY OF BILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW llAMl SHlU\\nancestors have lived and\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all hut the hist died in\\nthis State. His great-great-grandfather, Lieutenant\\nThomas Smith, was an original grant f the town\\nof Chester in 17l o, and later on was the lirst white\\nman to settle in New Boston. He came from Ireland\\nto Chester, and was a distinguished eitizen of his\\nadopted town, as its early records, by the frequent\\nmention of his name, attest.\\nA century and a half ago the Indians prowled\\nthrough what are now our quiet New Hampshire\\nvillages; and one day Lieutenant Smith and his\\nbrother-in-law, while at work in the held, were cap-\\ntured by them and hurried away from home and\\nfriends. At night they were securely hound, and\\nneither was allowed to know where the other was\\nsecured. The second night Smith made up his mind\\nhe would escape. He took careful note of the direc-\\ntion in which his friend was taken and when the\\nIndians were fast asleep, he tried his extraordinary\\nstrength upon the cords that, around his arms and\\nankles, pinioned his body, face downward, to the\\nearth. He snapped them. Then, releasing his com-\\npanion, they retraced their steps, traveling by night\\nin brooks to elude the scent of the dogs, and hiding\\nby day in the tree-tops to escape their enraged cap-\\ntors. On the night of the third day they reached\\ntheir homes.\\nAbout 1735 Smith, with his family, moved to\\nNew Boston, in this county. For a number of years\\nbe was the only white man in the town; and he\\nfought his way against the Indians and endured such\\nhardships as the pioneers of our country encount-\\nered.\\nThere one of bis sons, Deacon John Smith, married\\na daughter of William McNeil, by whom he bad five\\nchildren. After her decease he married Ann Brown,\\nof Francestow 11, who presented him with fourteen\\nchildren, making a royal family even for thosi earl]\\ndays. Deacon Smith was a man of great force of\\ncharacter, and emphatically a pillar of the church\\nami the State. Traditions of bis resoluteness are -till\\nfresh from repetition in the minds of bis kin and\\nfamily friends.\\nAmong these nineteen children Was David, who\\nmarried Eleanor iiddings, and left thirteen children\\nto perpetuate his name.\\nOf tlcsc Ami, John B. s father, was horn in Ac-\\nworth, in 1800. He married Lydia F., daughter of\\nDr. Elijah Butler, of Weare. Soon alter his marriage\\nhe moved to Saxton s River, Vt., and engaged in the\\nmanufacture of woolen g Is.\\nThe subject of our sketch was horn there. April 12,\\n1838. Nine years after this ids father moved to\\nHillsborough Bridge, where he has since resided.\\nHe was iii moderate circumstances, hut disposed to\\neducate his children as well as these circumstances\\nwould permit. This for John consisted of the advan-\\ntages of the public schools of Hillsborough and two\\nwars at Francestown Aeadeinv, where be fitted for\\nCollege. A term before he was to be graduated lie\\nleft school, and went into a store in New Boston.\\nHe had been there only a year, when, at the age of\\ntwenty-one, he entered upon business in a small way\\nfor himself. He tried his hand at several kinds of\\nbusiness ami in different places: at Boston, as a dry-\\ngoods jobber; at Saxton s River, as a tinware man;\\nat Manchester, as a druggist. While in the latter\\nplai c. he married Jennie M. Knowles. Experimenting\\na year in each of the aho vena inei I varieties ot 1. urines-,\\nin 1864 he commenced the manufature of knit-goods,\\nthe business in which he has achieved great success\\nand made a fortune. He carried on this bitsim s a\\nyear at Washington, and a year at Weare before he\\nmoved to Hillsborough. But these places were not\\ntitled for the business he had in mind to develop;\\nand late in 1865, with a capital of ten thousand dol-\\nlars, that he had accumulated up to this time, be\\nmoved to Hillsborough and built a small mill. He\\nhas always kept bis business within the limits of his\\nown capital; but as this has increased, he has devel-\\noped hi- operations until, at the present time, he\\nowns four-fifths of the fine-water power on the river\\nhere, and his mills employ one hundred and fifty\\nhands.\\nIn 1882 his business was merged in the lontoo :ooi\\nMills ompanv, of which Mr. Smith is president, and\\nhis nephew. George E. Gould, treasurer and business\\nmanager, by whom all the stock, except a nominal\\nsum, is owned.\\nMr. Smith s business makes Hillsborough the busy\\nplace that it is; and he is considered one of the\\nkeenest, as well as one of the fairest, business linn of\\nthe State. His shrewdness is demonstrated b) the\\ntact that, by hi- own energy, with no wonderful freak\\nof fortune in his favor, he has come from a poor hoy\\nto be reckoned anion- the wealthy men of the State\\nand no man with whom he has had the smallest\\nbusiness dealing will ace use him of trickery or impugn\\nhis integrity. His record is (dean ill his own town,\\nwhere he has done business for twenty years. His\\nemployes are his friends this is the most significant\\nCompliment that can he given a business man.\\nIn polities Mr. Smith has always been a stanch\\nRepublican. He is conversant with the political his-\\ntory of the country, and entertains bis pronounced\\nviews for reasons that he can readily convince one\\nare well grounded in intelligence. He has never\\nsought political office. His party has always been in\\nthe minority in the town; yet be has as ardently la-\\nbored io support it as many a one who has been im-\\npelled by political ambition as well as party fealty.\\nThe only political office he has ever held was that of\\nPresidential elector in 1884, at which election the\\nliomocralie majority in town was reduced fifty votes;\\nanother evidence of Mr. Smith s popularity among\\nbis neighbors.\\nHe is a member of the Congregational Church in\\nHillsborough, and has been since boyhood; is a con-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0748.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "/OocZZZo", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0749.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0750.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0751.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "Z V /~s", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0752.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\nstunt attendant at the church services and Sunday-\\nschool. He has contributed liberally to the support\\nof the religious institutions of the town, especially\\nhis own church, and generously aids all charities\\nthat come under his observation, but Dever ostenta-\\nMr. Smith lias been interested in vam\\nenterprises outside of Hillsborough. He was Half-\\nowner of the |Mia-l louse Block in Mam Hester when\\nit was built, in 1883, and is at present (1885) engaged\\nin the drv-goods commission business in Boston, to\\nwhich lie gives h of bis personal attention.\\nDuring all his business career Mr. Smith has been\\nan indefatigable worker, giving the strictest attention\\nto all the details of his business; be has never al-\\nlowed recreation to prejudice his business interests;\\nhe has been prudent ami frugal in his method oi\\nliving; he is temperate, strong and robust in phys-\\nique; he is a .lose calculator, careful investor, and\\nhis business judgment seld ens: these are the\\nsecrets of his success.\\nNovember 1, 1883, Mr. Smith married Emma\\nE. Lavamlcr, daughter of Stephen Lavander, of Bos-\\nton. .Mrs. Smith is an accomplished and Christian\\nlady, with agreeable and winning manners. She has\\nmany acquaintances in Manchester, and a large circle\\nof friends in Boston, her former home. Though she\\nhas lived in Hillsborougl ly a short time, her in-\\ntelligence and affability have won for her the friend-\\nship and esteem of all. She mingles freely in society.\\nengages in all the social interests of the community,\\ngenerously aiding, by personal work and material\\ncontribution, the religious and village charities.\\nHer benevolence, like that of her husband, is marked\\nby hearty g I- will, that makes the recipient feel her\\npersonal interest.\\nJOHN GILBERT,\\nAmong the patriotic hearts stirred by the news of\\nthe battle of Lexington was one Joseph Gilbert, of\\nLittleton, Mass., gentleman. Bidding an immediate\\nfarewell to his young wife, son of two years and a\\nbaby girl, he joined his brother s (Captain Samuel Gil-\\nbert) company, under command ot Colonel William\\nPrescott, of the Seventh Regiment of Foot, and marched\\nto the camp iii Cambridge. Here he received Ins\\ncommission as first lieutenant now in the possession\\nof his descendants from the Congress of the Colony\\nof the Massachusetts Bay, dated May 19, 1775, and\\nsigned by the celebrated General Joseph Warren,\\nscarcely another autograph of his, to a public docu-\\nment, being in existence. A second commission was\\nreceived January 1, 1876, from the United Colonies,\\nsigned by Governor John Hancock. In a blank-book\\nkept by him, various items, referring to camp-life, are\\nrecorded. Less than a month after his enlistment\\nthe Committee of Safety decided to occupy Bunker\\nHill. The perilous command was given to Colonel\\nPrescott; lie man lied to Charlestown the evening of\\nJune 16th, with his brigade of one thousand men,\\nthrew up his intreiichnients and the following daj\\nmet the British his men were the last to leave the\\nIbid. On the 3d of July, General Washington, hav-\\ning been appointed commander-in-chief, reviewed\\nthe regiments on Cambridge Common. There was\\nnow hard work for the men in digging the iiitrench-\\nmeiits, which extended from Winter Hill to Dor-\\nchester, confining the British army in Boston. The\\nregiments were paraded January 1, 1776, to receive\\nthe new llag I ongress had agreed upon.- the stars and\\nstripes. In digging trenches and acting as sentinel\\nLieutenant Gilbert seems to have been employed till\\nMarch 17th, when his heart was rejoiced at the sight\\nof the evacuation of Boston by the British. General\\nWashington at once ordered a part of the army to\\nNew York, and from the item Cash lent Samuel Gil-\\nbert in New York, May or June, we may conclude\\nhe accompanied it. June 13th finds him at Gover-\\nnor s Island, New York Harbor, the garrison stationed\\nthere being under command of Colonel Prescott. July\\n14th, William Williams signs a receipt for ten pounds,\\nten shillings, received by him, to be delivered to\\nLieutenant iilbert s wife.\\nIn August, when the American army was compelled\\nto retire from New York City, Prescott attracted the\\nnotice and commendation of Washington by the\\ngood order in which he brought oil his regiments.\\nSoon after, at Throgg s Neck (on which is Fort Schuy-\\nler), sixteen miles above Hell Gate, his regiment\\ndefended a bridge, preventing the landing of General\\nHowe at that point. October 21st the army moved\\nnorth in four divisions, and on the 28th occurred the\\nbattle of White Plains. Early in October, Colonel\\nPrescott made a return to General Parsons, and his\\nregiment in the brigade was stationed, November\\nloth, at the fourth entrance to the Highland:-, beyond\\nRobinson s bridge, at or above Peekskill. November\\n18th, Prescott reports his list of officers to General\\nHeath; among them is Captain Samuel and Lieutenant\\nJoseph Gilbert, who were sick at that date. At this\\nwinter camp on the Hudson, December 23d, he\\nbalances accounts with Lieutenant Joseph Baker,\\nand December 27th receipts arc signed for serving\\nand shouldering, September, October ami November,\\nin Captain (iilbert s company of the Seventh Regi-\\nment, by Jonathan Phelps, Joseph and Peter Baker,\\nEphraim Proctor, Isaac Durant Downe, William\\nBrooks ami others. January ,1777, Peter Cooper\\nreceives from him eleven dollars, which is the last\\nrecord in his handwriting. The winter was a trying\\none; he suffered from exposure, and fell a victim to\\nthe fever which attacked him in the spring. The\\nnext entry is made by the young widow April 20,\\n1777. Credit the estate of Joseph Gilbert by pocket-\\n1 k, not appraised, .Is. Westford, ctober 14th.\\nTo cash paid the Judge, 9s. 4 To going to\\nCambridge twice with bondsmen to get letters of ad-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0755.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nministration, \u00c2\u00a36. I\\\\ cash paid the appraizers,\\n16s., etc. His willow, with baby girl and son\\nJohn, four years old, found herself the possessor of\\na fewhundred dollars from her husband s estate. The\\nboy was strong and vigorous, took to farming and\\nrally 1, allied the blacksmith s trade, almost a neces-\\nsity in those days. He grew to be over six feet in\\nheight, and found plenty of work for his willing\\nhand.--. Having decided to accept the invitation of\\nhis Uncle Robbins to come to Hillsborough, he stops\\nat Greenfield, N. II., on the way, and while working\\nfor Benjamin Pollard, of thai place, asks and receives\\nthe assent of his daughter, Susan, to share with him\\nthe vicissitudes of life. They were married in 17!\u00c2\u00bb7\\nor 1798. Benjamin Pollard was from Billerica, Mass.;\\nhe, wlih two of his brothers, served in the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and he was a nephew of Asa. the first\\nman killed at Bunker Hill.\\nIL bought, first, a hall-acre of land in the centre\\nof the town, of Peter and Samuel Robbins, for, fifty\\ndollars, on which he built a house and shop, next the\\nBoardman lot, having his deed from the original\\nproprietor, Captain Hill (for whom the town was\\nnamed). By degrees he added a piece of land as he\\nhad money to pay for it,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a meadow from the Harries\\nestate, an upper pasture lot from Squire Johnson, -till\\nIn- secured a comfortable farm in the Centre of about\\none hundred and seventy-five acres, It was his\\ncustom for sixty years, on his birth-day, to make an\\ninventory of his possessions, the first modest record\\nreading,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 August 21, L795, -1-2 years old, worth in\\nnotes seventy-five dollars clothes, fifty-five dollars;\\ntotal, one hundred and thirty dollars. The next year\\na gun is added to his possessions; and in 1 SI III his house.\\nAt the end of the first thirty years we find, Aiii-im\\nI, 1825,52 years old, notes, cash, house, farm and\\nbuildings, four thousand two hundred and twenty-four\\ndollars. The totals for the next thirty years vary\\nslightly from this amount. John Gilbert was noted\\nin town for his firm adherence to what he believed\\nto he right, and for his strong g I sense and even\\ntemperament for a long time he was the only Whig\\nin the village. He early abolished the rum-jug from\\nthe Held: joined and was an active member of the\\nCongregational Church (remembering it in his will).\\nI le was often chosen umpire and referee, being a man\\nof reliable judgment, lie foretold our ivil War, for\\nhe was a close observer of men and events. Scott s\\nBible was the I k he loved best to read, and the\\ncoming of his weekly paper, the Farmers? Cabinet, foi\\nmore than a score of years was anticipated with\\npleasure. Horn a subject of Great Britain, he lived\\nto see the colonies a free and independent nation,\\nand the Presidential chair occupied by one of his\\nown townsmen (Franklin Pierce), railways and tele-\\ngraph introduced, the two days journey to Boston\\nshortened to live h s, the postage of twenty-four\\ncents reduced to three, and the shoe-nails, so labori-\\nously produced from his forge in his younger days.\\nturned out by the hundredweight. He died in 1857,\\nhighly respected, surviving all but one of his five\\nchildren.\\nHis youngest son. John, born in 1804, with his\\ntwo older brothers, Joseph and Benjamin, worked\\non the farm, and by turns in the shop winter eve-\\nnings, while the two sisters assisted the mother\\nin household duties. Every one had their allotted\\ntask, after the performance of which it was their\\ngreat delight to meet the young people of the neigh-\\nbor!) 1.\\nWhen the Barnes family, the Duttons, the Lawtons\\nthe Simons and Julia Parker got together, bright and\\nhappy hours were passed. The barn-raisings and\\nhuskings, training ami muster-days are still fresh in\\nthe memory, softening the asperities of the school-\\nhours; the ruler ami winter teacher were inseparable,\\nboth persuasion and force being considered necessaiw\\nto instil into his sixty or seventy pupils a knowledge\\nof the three R s. In time Joseph goes to Boston;\\nthen his best friend, Oilman Karnes, follow-, ret inn-\\ning on a vacation with blue coal trimmed with brass\\nbuttons, ami the happy possessor id a watch and\\npencil-case. This decided John; he is twenty-one,\\nover six feel in height, active and ambitious Benja-\\nmin will stay on the farm, so he turns his face towards\\nBoston, his whole capital being thirty dollars. For,\\nthe first three or four years he has a hard experience,\\ncollecting bills, distributing papers, working evenings\\nfor his board, after running all day, acting for a time\\nas sexton of Park Street Church. His church duties,\\nhowever, bring him to the knowledge of Jeremiah\\nEvarts, Judge Hubbard, George Denney and Daniel\\nSafford, who interest themselves in the hard working\\nyoung man. In June, lS:;il, he unites with the church,\\nfinding ever after a Divine helper in every time of\\nneed. He still remains a member of this church, and\\nhas ever responded with willing heart and open hand\\nto its needs and charities. By careful saving, through\\nmany discouragements, he accumulated one thousand\\ndollars, which gave him an opportunity to start in\\nthe grocery business with Haydeu Upham, How-\\nard Street, but dissolved in a year or two ils:;i\u00c2\u00bbi t,,\\nbuyout the stand corner of Tremont and Bromfield\\nStreets, hiring the store of Mr. John Bunstead; here,\\nas in all the grocery-stores, was a bar where liquor\\nwas sold, and from the nearness of the Tremont The-\\natre it was considered a desirable location. This bar\\nMr. Gilbert at once abolished, though told he could\\nhave no trade without it, and opened a temperance\\ngrocery-store. The sign he put up, John Gilbert, Jr.,\\nCo., has been familiar to Bostonians for titl\\\\ years,\\nand with hut one remove is still used by his nephew\\nand successor in business, John I i i II nil eldest son\\nof his brother Joseph, who at seventeen entered his\\nstore, and when twenty one was given an interest in\\nthe business. This same year (October 4, 1833) he\\nmarried Mrs. Vnn I!. Utwill, an F.nglish lad\\\\ ami\\nmother of three attractive children, the youngest of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0756.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "HILLSBOROUGH.\\nbusiness, from early morning till nine or ten :it night,\\nbe built up a good trade, passing without serious loss\\nthrough the disastrous financial panic of 1837, when\\nthe bottom seemed to have dropped out of all trade,\\nand the firsl question asked was, Who has failed to-\\nday lie visited New York frequently, buying\\ndirectly from the manufacturers and importers also\\nbuilt up a large trade in butter, by going back into\\nthat State, where the tanners, saying there was no\\ndemand, were satisfied with the York shilling (twelve\\nand one-half cents) offered for their host quality this,\\nbefore the days of railroads, had to he forwarded by\\ncanals ami stages. A remunerative wholesale ami\\nretail trade was thus established.\\nAbout the year 1842, Mr. Gilbert, with others, sent\\non i a cargo of merchandise to Oregon; the vessel went\\nround the Horn and reached there, fortunately, just as\\ngold had been discovered. Lumber costing fourteen\\ndollars a thousand in Oregon brought two hundred\\niii San Francisco, and provisions in proportion.\\nagi\\nthe surprise of the company, of\\nMi\\nGilbert was the treasurer, in hearing they had a deed\\nof nearly all the city of Portland, and soon after\\nreceiving the first gold, about fifty thousand dollars,\\nsent from Oregon. A second vessel was sent, the\\ncaptain of which proved dishonest. An agent built\\na vessel for them, which was wrecked. So Mr. Gilbert\\ndecided, having drawn one prize, he had had enough\\nof speculation, and ever alter kept out of it. In 1837,\\nMr. Gilbert bought a house in Temple Street, and\\nmoved from there to his present residence :il the\\nSouth End, in 1858.\\nHaving been troubled with deafness tor many years,\\nresulting from a fever, he decided, on reaching his\\nsixtieth 3 ear, to go out of husincss, leaving il with his\\nnephew, above referred to, who hail been with him\\nmany years, and who has proved himself a most suc-\\ncessful merchant. He invested his money at that time\\n(1864) in real estate, the care of which has occupied\\nhim during his declining years.\\n.Many an impoverished family and poor widow-\\nhave had occasion to bless his name from his for-\\nbearing kindness, it having been his principle to\\nsuffer rather than inflict wrong. He has been almost\\ndaily aide to assist others, and has ever ascribed,\\nwith thankful heart, all his success to the loM.ind\\nbeneficence of his Heavenly Father.\\nHe sold the homestead farm, now owned and occu-\\npied by Mr. 1 reorge W. Hay. preserving the adjoining\\nhouse, bought in 1830 by Benjamin and himself, w ith\\nOrchard and wood lot, for family use. Here it has\\nbeen the custom of all the family, by his invitation,\\nto spend many pleasant weeks every summer, the at-\\ntachment of all towards the homestead and church\\nin the place being remarkably strong, Hillsborough\\nCentre being preferred, even by the grandchildren, t\\nany celebrated summer resort or gay watering place\\nNine months after celebrating hi- golden wedding.\\nin L884, Mr. Gilbert was\\nloved partner of his lift\\ndaughters. On August G, I\\nshire many branches planted in this country issued\\nfrom this stock. The name is of Saxon origin, and\\nmeans a bright or hra\\\\ e pledge.\\nIn 1060, Gilbert de Gaunt came in with William\\nthe Conqueror. In 1115 a Gilbert who joined the\\nCrusades was father of Thomas a Becket. In I 2 1\\none is treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral; 1240, arch-\\ndeacon of Stow 1414, bishop of L Ion. In 1475,\\nan 1 Mho Gilbert is high sheriff of Devonshire. Sir\\nHumphrey lilhert, that high-spirited and skillful\\nmathematician and hydrographer, was horn in 1539.\\nMi- early youth was devoted to liberal studies, which,\\nwith his brothers, Sir .lohu, Sir Adricn and Sir\\nWalter, they pursued under one roof with the en-\\nthusiasm of great minds; they became valiant and\\nwell experienced in nautical affairs, and to the\\nlirothcrs Humphrey and Raleigh is ascribed the\\nhonor of laying the foundation of the trade and\\nnaval power of Great Britain. In 1570, Sir Hum-\\nphrey proposed to Queen Elizabeth a plan for a.\\nuniversity in the metropolis. Letters patent were\\ngranted him June 1 1, 1578, to take possession of all\\nre te and tortuous lands for himself and his heirs for-\\never. 1 1 is first voyage was unsuccessful but. Ii\\\\ e years\\nlater he discovers and lays claims to (he Newfound-\\nland fisheries, and- while coasting along the country\\nhis vessel, the Squirrel, wentdownin a violent\\nstorm, September 9, 1583. He was last seen sitting\\nin the stem with an open book in his hand, and his\\nlast, words were, Wean- as near heaven by sea as by\\nland. His son, Raleigh Gilbert, of Compton Castle,\\nhad a -on Humphrey, who, inl620, was five years old.\\nThat this is our ancestor i- most plausible from the\\nfact thai a Humphrey Gilbert was in Ipswich, Vlass.,\\nin llidS, and in 1650 bought one hundred acres near\\nthe hounds of Wenhani that his age, as shown by a\\ndeposition of his on file, agrees with that of Sir\\nHumphrey s grandson and that the name 1 1 iiiuphrcy\\nis in no other family of (iilberts either in England or\\nin this country. His will was made in 1657-58. By\\nhis wife, Elizabeth Kil ham, daughter of Daniel Kil-\\nham, he had one son, .lohu, and three daughters.\\nThe descent from this son is as follows:\\n1. John rilbert, married Martha 1 todge settled in\\nUoucester in 1704 had two sons, William and Jona-\\nthan; the filter died al 1800, aged eighty-six a\\nson of Jonathan died in 1836, also eighty-six. Three\\nof his son- were representatives.\\nli. Daniel, married Elizabeth I orter settled in\\nMarblehead, Mass.\\nBenjamin, married Estha Perkins; settled in\\nBrookfield, Ma--.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0757.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1. Joseph, married Mary Cogswell. (2d) Fliz\\nabeth Whipple settled in Littleton, Mass., in 1748.\\nHis will was probated April 1,1763. The children\\n..t Joseph by his wives Mar) and Elizabeth were,\\nI John, married Sarah Cummings.\\n2. Samuel, captain in Colonel Prescott s Seventh\\nRegiment.\\n3. Mary.\\n1. Elizabeth, married Aaron Stratton.\\nDaniel.\\nii. Joseph, born 1751, died 1777; first lieutenant\\nin Captain Gilbert s company; married Sarah Rob-\\nbins, burn L751; died in Hillsborough, N. H., No-\\nve i 25, L828.\\n7. Abigail Haynes.\\nThe children of Joseph by his wife Sarah were,\\n1. John, born in Littleton, Mass., August 21. 177\\ndied in Hillsborough, N. H., March 30, L857; mar-\\nried Susan Pollard (daughter of Benjamin Pollard),\\nborn in Billerica, Mass., October 8, L773 died in Hills-\\nborough, X. H., February M, 1850.\\n2. Pattee Gilbert, born September 27. 1770; mar-\\nried (1st), January 15, 1801, to Joseph Harwood, (2d)\\nDecember 16, 1819, to William Willard died March\\n9, I860. Children\\n1. Mary Wilder Harwood, bum December 4, 1802;\\nmarried, January 17. 1828, Steadman Willard died\\nDecember 26, 1877.\\n2. Joseph Gilbert Harwood, born July 27, 1804;\\nmarried Fletcher, of Westford; settled in Cali-\\nfornia had live children.\\n3. John Alfred Harwood, born March 27, 1807; died\\nAugust 13, L810.\\nI. Nancj Elvira Harwood, born March 17, 1810;\\ndied July 16, 1810.\\nchildren of Mary Harwood Willard,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1. Alma Harwood Willard, born August 28, 1828;\\nmarried George Kendall, June 23. 1864.\\n2. Mary Almeda Willard. born May 11, L831 died\\nOctober 25, 1855.\\n3. Stedmau Alfred Willard. born February 21, 1834;\\nmarried Annette Putnam, January 29, 1865\\n4. LydiaS. Willard. born December 15, 1837 mar-\\nried William G. Barrows, May L5, 1862.\\nThe children of John Gilbert and Susan Pollard,\\nall bom in Hillsborough,\\n1. Joseph, born January 10, 1799; died Septembei\\n27,1836; married Alvira Moore, of Marlborough,\\nMass., bom 1800, died March 11, 1872.\\n2. Benjamin, born duly 7, 1801 died in California\\n1 (ecember, 1852 not married.\\n3. John, born August 6, 1804; married, October 1.\\nL833, Mrs. Ann Burrows Attwill, born in Wood-\\nbridge, England, June 10, L802, died in Boston, July\\nborn Septembe\\nbom Mav 31,\\n1-17\\nMa\\n8, 185\\n1884.\\nI, Sane\\nDutton,\\nis i\\nlied Dec- 25, H44.\\n5. Sarah Tarbell, born 1816; died November 2, 1848.\\nThe children of Joseph Gilbertand Alvira Moon,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI. Almira, born February, 1828; died August 8, 1833.\\nII. Susan Page, born January 20, 1830; married\\nRodney S. Latin, October 11,1846; died June 7, 1852.\\nChildren,\\n1. Willis Gilbert Lakin,\\n2. Clara Frances Lakin,\\nSeptember 7, 1851.\\n3. John Clark Lakin, b\\nIII. John lark, bom November 2, l.s:i2 married\\n(1st), August 23, 1855, Abby .lane K.ay, born Janu-\\nary 1. 1832, died Januarj 3, 1861 married (2.1). Sep-\\ntember 1, INIIl, Lizzie Lake 1\\\\ cay, burn August 15,\\n1834. Children\\n1. Susan Aliee, born January 16, 1858.\\n2. John Clark, born November 5, I860; died dune\\n8, 1861.\\n3. Mary Abby, born dune 27. 1862.\\n4. James Porter, born January 21. 1867.\\nCarrie Louise, born August 23, 1870.\\n6. Bessie, born duly 29, 1872.\\nIN Hammond Barnes (lilbert, born September,\\n1834; married, in Colorado, October 28, 1869, Julia\\nEtta Beverley, born in Paris, 111., daughter of John\\nRandolph Beverley, a descendant of the Beverl eys and\\nRandolphs of Roanoke, Va. Children,\\n1. Joseph Beverley (filbert, born August 2, 1870.\\n2. Mary Florence Gilbert, born Augusl 21. 1873;\\ndied February 25, 1877.\\n3. Clifford Hammond Gilbert, horn May 9, 1875.\\n4. Julia Gertrude Gilbert, horn April 27, 1878;\\ndied February 27,1880.\\nThe children of John Gilbert and Ann Attwill,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI. Elizabeth Burrows Gilbert, born in Boston,\\nJuly 28, 1831 married, September 4, 1860, Henry\\nFrost, bom in Granby, Canada, May 18, 1832, son of\\nWashington Frost and Samantha Laurence. Chil\\ndren.\\n1. Henrj Gilbert Frost, born December 7, 1864.\\n2. William Lawrence Frost, bom April 5, 1868.\\nII. Ellen l.izette Gilbert, born in Cambridge, Mass.,\\nMarch 21,1845; married, June 9, 1869, Moses Field\\nFouler, bom in Yorktown, N. Y.. October 2, 1819.\\nHis lather was Henry Fowler, born dune Is, L785,\\ndied May 12, 1859; and his mother was Phebe Field,\\nbom January 16, 1784, died November 10, 1862.\\nScarcely had the above record of Mr. Gilbert s\\nlife, written according to his suggestions, gone to\\npress when he was called to enter his eternal home.\\nThe summons was a welcome one. bis last words\\nbeing, I am all ready. 1 long to go. Thus the faith\\nin an atoning Saviour, which throughout life had\\nbeen his comfort and support, brightened his last\\nhours. In peace with his Jod and all men he closed\\nhis eyes upon worldly -ecu.-. May 25, 1885,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0758.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MOLLIS.\\n(II A PTEB I.\\nble\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Original Bo\\\\\\nSettlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Pioneers\\nThe town of Eolli\\nthe\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.unity, and is bounded us follows:\\nOn the north by Milford, Amherst and Nashua;\\neast by Nashua; south by Massachusetts, west by\\nBrookline and Milford.\\nNearly all the territory embraced within the bounds\\nof the present town of Hollis originally comprised a\\nportion of the old town of Dunstable, which was\\ngri id by Massachusetts October 16, 1673 (O. S.),\\nand embraced the present town of Tyngsborough, the\\neast part of Dunstable, a narrow gore on the east side\\nof Pepperell and a tract in the northeast part of\\nTownsend, Mas-., and the towns of Litchfield, Hud-\\nson, portions of Londonderry, Pelhamand nearly all\\nthe present towns of Nashua and Bollis and parts of\\nAmherst, Milford and Brookline, in New Hampshire.\\nDecember 28, 1739, the westerly portion of Dun-\\nstable was erected into n separate and distinct pre-\\ncinct by the government of Massachusetts, and went\\nby the name of West Dunstable until April 3, 1746,\\nwhen, in answer to a petition from the inhabitants,\\nabout one-half of it was incorporated with full town\\nprivileges by the Governor and Council of the prov-\\ninceof New Hampshire, and named Holies.\\nI I think there can be no reasonable doubt about the origin oror-\\nography i this name. Benning Wentworth was Governor of the\\novince, autl owed hie position to Thomas Pelham Holies, Duke of New\\nutle, who wascoloni.il M-i i i iiii v It is well known thai Govei\\nriiluoilli ii. i 1 man. of tin- towns in this Stair in honor ol his\\nhail jn tilioiio.l to in- oipo-\\nDecember 13, 1763, the place called One-Pine Hill\\nwas annexed to Hollis, thus extending its domains\\nfarther east. March 30, 1769, a strip was taken from\\nthe west si.le of the town one ami a quarter miles\\nwide, ami, with mile slip, incorporated into the\\ntown of Etaby (Brookline). A small addition was\\nmade to the town. May 14, 177::, of land taken from\\nDunstable.\\nOn the 17th of February, 1786, a strip, three-quar-\\nters of a mile wi.le, the entire length of the wesl side\\nof the town, was annexed to Raby.\\nUnder the laws of the province of Massachusetts\\n(says Judge Worcester) in for, eat the lime, the twenty-\\nsix petitioners for the charter of Dunstable, with\\nsuch as might joyn with them in the settlement, be-\\ncame owners in fee simple, as tenants in common, of\\nall the ungranted land within the boundaries ol the\\ntownship. In the year 1682, shortly after the close\\nof Kino Philip s War. a meeting of these proprietors\\nwas held, who forme. 1 themselves into an association\\nfor the purpose of settling their several rights, of\\nmaking .livishms of their lands from time to time\\nanions themselves in the modes and proportions\\nmutually agreed upon, ami also for the making of\\nsales ami setting off the lands disposed of to pur-\\nchasers ami actual settlers.\\nThe meetings of these original proprietors, ami of\\nthose who succeeded to their estates, afterwards con-\\ntinued to he held (sometimes at intervals of many\\nniln. of Hollis\\nFarmer, in Ii\\nspelt\\ntil, prison Ml W llllSr hollo! tllr toWll WUS\\nGazetteei New Hampshire, 1 spriis a\\nwith an I and tells us thai the name was either derived from the Duke\\n,1 Sew i asfle, whose family name was Mollis, or from Thomas Hollis, a\\nlistinguiahed benefaetoi of Harvi lollege, Mr. Farmei spelling\\ninn,\\ni v I\\ntrl\\\\ its dti/.rns were lo-litl. .1 III hali-l Ir^ it P\\ndid to perp. tuate th, m i ol Thomas Hollis\\nliege H i ,\u00c2\u00abd\\nI u referring to this matter, Judge Worcester says: Within my re-\\nmembrance, there lias been much controversy upon the question\\nin that oi the person foi whom the town was railed. In the original\\ni,l ,,i the town i barter, now at oncord, ami in the copy ,,l tin- char-\\ntrr oil tlir llolli- irrol l, tllr is sprH /M/r, I] tie p.w, j-\\nto, thr twrnt.-Ilvr vrats air I I hrlmr fir War of the Revolution the\\na., m, ITS I I oil- of t ami. so tar as I have seen, mot lv\\nspelt Holies, as in the charter, and so spelt in the New Hampshire\\nLaws published as late as ixl;,.\\n|::r,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0759.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "IIISTOUY nF llll.LSIIOKorcil COI NTT. NKW II A M LSI 1 1 1! K.\\nyears) i i more than a century, the last of them as\\nlair as L816. The doings of this association, includ-\\ning the partitions and sales of land made by the pro-\\nprietors, were carefully recorded in books kepi by\\nthem for the purpose, mm worn ami mutilated, but\\nstill to he found in the office f the city clerk of\\n.Nashua.\\nBefore the year 1729 most of the land of these pro-\\nson ami Litchfield.N. II.. ami Tyngsborough ami\\nDunstable, Mass., had changed ownership, and much\\nof it was then in the occupation of actual settlers.\\nPrevious to that year no record of any sale or grant,\\nto any one of the early settlers of Hollis, of land in\\nthat town i- lo be found in the hooks kept by these\\nproprietors. Hut in the month of January, L729-30\\n(0. S.), as is shown by these records, the modest\\nquantity of thirty-seven and one-half acres was set\\noil by tin proprietors to Peter Towers, in the right of\\nJohn Usher. lie survej of it was made by Colonel\\nJoseph I .lam hanl, an honored citizen of Dunstable,\\nami a noted surveyor of the time, and was set ott to\\nPowers by Henry Farwell, Joseph French and Wil-\\nliam Lund, as a committee acting for the association.\\nThis tract is described in the record as lying in that\\npart of Dunstable called Nissitissit, which was the\\nIndian name ol Hollis. It was laid out in an oblong\\none hundred ami twenty rods east and west, ami fift)\\nrods from north to south. Some years afterwards, as\\nis shown by these records of the proprietors, there were\\nset oil 1,, Powers, as purchaser and grantee, in a simi-\\nlar way. sc\\\\ eral other tracts of land in Hollis. amount-\\ning in all to nearly fourteen hundred acres, among\\nwhich was one tract of one thousand acres lying be-\\ntween Long and Pennichuck Ponds, but he is the only\\nperson among the early settlers of Hollis whose name\\nis found asagrantee upon the booksof that association.\\nMr. Towers, afterward know n as Captain Towers,\\nand as a leading and prominent citizen of Hollis, was\\nborn at Littleton, Mass., in 17(17. In L728 he was\\nmarried to Anna Keys, of Chelmsford, and the same\\nyen- removed with his wife to that part of Dunstable\\nnow known as Nashua. I luring the summer and fall\\nof L730 he made the first clearing and built the lirst\\ndwelling-house in Hollis. In the month of January,\\n1731, with his wife and two infant children, he made\\nhis way through the then dense, unbroken forest to his\\nnew home, and thus became the first permanent settler\\nof the town. The site of this humble dwelling, no\\ndoubt built of logs, was about one-half mile north-\\nwest ol the present Mollis meeting-house, but a short\\ndistance from the house Conner]) owned by Thomas\\nCumings, afterwards by his son-in-law, Mr. John S.\\nHeywood, now deceased, where vestiges of the old\\ncellar, as is said, may be still seen. For nearly two\\nyears this family had no neighbor within about ten\\nmiles of them. in the 9th of March, L732, their\\neldest daughter, Anna Powers, was born, who was the\\nfirst child of Knglish descent horn in the town.\\nIn the summer of 17 1 I .leazer Flagg, from Con-\\ncord, Mass., settled in the soul h west part of I he tow n.\\non or near the [dace afterwards owned by his grand-\\nson, Captain Reuben Flagg, and now by Tiuiothj I\\nFlagg, Esq., about two miles from Mr. Powers. The\\nhouse of Mr. Flagg is said to have been fortified\\nagainst the attacks of the Indians, and was Used as a\\ngarrison-house. Mr. Flagg was the second settler.\\nThe third family is said to have been thai of Thomas\\nDiusmore, from Bedford, Mas-. In the year 1736 the\\nfamilies.\\nThe whole of the township of Dunstable, from the\\ndale of the charier till the new province line was\\nsettled, in the spring of 1711. was believed to be in the\\ncounty of Middlesex, Mass., and a part of it. The\\noffice Of the register of deeds for that county was and\\nstill is at Cambridge, where, by the province law of\\nthe time, the deeds of all real estate within the county\\nwere to be recorded. Hut uo records ol deeds of land\\nin Hollis, to persons known lo have been early in-\\nhabitants of the town, are to he found in that office\\nof a date prior to 1731.\\nSubsequent, however, to 1731, and before the spring\\nof 17-11, it is shown h\\\\ these records that between\\nthose dales a verj considerable number of deeds of\\nland, now in Hollis. wen- made to the early settlers\\nof the town Many of these deeds, in addition to\\ntheir date, a description of the land sold and the\\nname of the grantee, give also his occupation and\\nplace of former residence. Among these deeds of\\nland in Hollis, made before 1741. arc to he found the\\nfollowing names of the early settlers of the town as\\ngrantees, viz.: Thomas Dinsmore, weaver; David\\nXevins, carpenter, and widow, Margaret Nc\\\\ ins, all of\\nBedford, Mass. William Nevins, of Newton, Mass.,\\nhusbandman; Jonathan Dan forth and Joseph Farley,\\nof Billerica Eleazar Flagg and Jonathan Melvin, of\\nConcord; Enoch Hunt and .lames McDonald, of\\nGroton; Stephen Hani-, of Littleton; and Samuel\\nCumings, of iroton.\\nDunstable, as originally chartered, as we have seen,\\nwas bounded on the south, in part, by the north line\\nof Groton. As chart, red in 1655, Groton lay on each\\nside of the Nashua River, its northeasterly corner\\nbeing about two miles east of that river, at a place\\nthen and still known as Buck Meadow, now ill the\\ntow n of Nashua, about one-half mile from the south\\nline of that town. The original northwest cornel of\\ni Iroton was in the line between the townsof Pepperell\\nami Townsend, Mass.. about one mile south of the\\npresent south line of New Hampshire. This corner\\nis still marked by a stone monument. This, old north\\nline of iroton crossed the Nashua River and the\\npresent State line at a point very near the Hollis\\ndepot, on the Worcester and Nashua Railroad.\\nThe following notice of early settler- is taken from\\nlion. Samuel T. Worcester excellent Historj of\\nHollis:", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0760.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "MOLLIS\\nC;i[it:iin I .eiijamin Abbot was from Andover, Mass.\\nHis name was on the Hollis tax-lists in 1750. In\\n1755 lie was lieutenant in Captain Powers company,\\nColonel Blanchard s regiment, in the expedition to\\nrow 11 Point, and was again in the army in 177,7. He\\nwas selectman in 1752, 1753 and 1754. His son Ben-\\njamin was a soldier in the Revolution. Died Januarj\\n5, 1776, set. Ibrty-six.\\nWilliam Adams was in West Dunstable in 1788,\\nand signed the petition for the charter of West\\nDunstable. Married Mary Spears, .May 29, 17 11.\\nWas a town officer in 1746. His son William was a\\nsoldier at Bunker Hill and Bennington, hied August\\n3, 1757, n t. thirty-nine.\\nEnsign Stephen Ames came from Groton, Mass.\\nMarried .lane Robbins, in Groton, ill 1731. Was in\\nWest Dunstable in 1739, selectman in 1717 and 17 Is.\\nand was a soldier in the French War in 1757. Repre-\\nsentative to the New Hampshire General Court in\\n1775, 1776 and 1777. His sons Jonathan and David\\nwere soldiers in the Revolution.\\nEbenezer Ball came from Concord, Mass. His\\nname was on the Mollis lax-list in 171 and he was\\na soldier in the French War in 1755. in the company\\nof Captain Towers. His sons Ebenezer, Nathaniel,\\nWilliam and John were soldiers in the Revolution.\\nDaniel Bailcj was from Marlborough, Mass. Set-\\ntled in the part of Hollis known as Monson about\\nthe year 1754. Himself and three id his sons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 viz.\\nJoel, Andrew and Daniel, Jr. were Revolutionary\\nsoldiers. Hied January I 1798, set. sixty-nine.\\nHenry Barton was in West Dunstable in 1738 and\\nsigned the petition for the (hatter. Was parish as-\\nsessor in 17-11 and collector in 174:;. Died April 20,\\n1760, set. fifty-four.\\nBenjamin Blanchard is supposed to havecome from\\nDunstable, N. II. He was in West Dunstable in\\n17 1- and signed the call to Rev. Mr. Emerson. Mar-\\nried Kezia Hastings, December 31, 1744. Was tith-\\ningman in 1747, and selectman in 177.il and 177,4.\\nElnathan Blood, supposed from Groton, Mass. His\\nname is on the first tax-list for West Dunstable, in\\n174(1. Married Elizabeth Boynton,in Groton, in 1741.\\nHe was a soldier in the French War in 1757, and se-\\nlectman in 177.\\nJosiah 111 1 was from Dracut, Mass. Was in West\\nDunstable in 1738, and signed the petition for the\\ncharter. Was a soldier in the Revolution, as was\\nalso his son, Josiah, Jr., and is supposed to have\\ndied at I ii- leroga in September, 177(1.\\nNathaniel 1 dood, supposed from Groton, Mass. He\\nwas iii West Dunstable in l and signed the peti-\\ntion for the charter, and was a soldier in the French\\nWar in 1758. Five of his sons viz., Nathaniel, Fran-\\ncis, Daniel, Timothy and Nathan were soldiers in the\\nRevolution, the last named of whom was killed at\\nBunker Hill.\\nDeacon John Boynton, supposed from Newbury\\nMass. Was in West Dunstable in L743 parish clerk\\nin 1744. Married Ruth J\\nChosen deacon in 1755, a\\nand 1762, etc. His sons .1\\nin the Revolution, the la\\nacobi\\nin 1745.\\n758, 1761\\nsoldiers\\nkilled al\\nBunker Hill, Died October 29, 1787, set. sixtj seven\\nJohn Boynton, Jr., supposed also from Newbury.\\nHe was in West Dunstable in 1745. Married Lydia\\nJewett, of Rowley, in May, 1745. Hissons, Isaac and\\nJoel, were Revolutionary soldiers.\\nJoshua Boynton was in West Duustable in 1745,\\nand a town officer in 1717. Three of his sons viz.,\\nJoshua, Jr., Benjamin and Elia.s were soldiers in the\\nRevolution.\\nEnsign Josiah Brown came from Salem, Mass., and\\nwas in West Dunstable in 174:;, and a town officer in\\n1747 and 1748. He was an ensign in the French War\\nin 1758. Removed to Plymouth, N.H., in 17(i4.\\nJohn Brown was also from Salem, and was in West\\nDunstable in 1743, and signed the call to Rev. Mr.\\nEmerson. Married Kezia Wheeler, October 9, 1744.\\nDied May 6, 1776.\\nEphraim Burge was from Chelmsford, Mass.\\nSettled inHollis about 1760. Was a soldier in Cap-\\nlain Emerson s company iii 1777. His oldest son 9\\nEphraim I!., Jr., was for many years a deacon of the\\nHollis Church, and his sons, Rev. Josiah B. and Dr.\\nBenjamin B. were graduates of Harvard College. Died\\nJuly 21, 1784, set. forty-six.\\nJosiah Conant was from Salem, Mass. Came lo\\nWest Dunstable in 1744. Married Catharine Emer-\\nson, February, 1747,. His two sons, Josiah, Jr., and\\nAbel, were soldiers in the Revolution, and Loth dea-\\ncons of the Mollis Church. Died December 14, 1756,\\nset. forty-four.\\nLieutenant Robert Colburn came from Billerica,\\nMass., was in West Dunstable in 1738, and signed the\\npetition for the charter. Married Elizabeth Smithin\\n1747. Settledin the part of Hollis known as Monson.\\nHis sons, Robert, Benjamin and Nathan, were Revo-\\nlutionary soldiers. Died July 9, 1783, set. sixty-six.\\nSamuel Cuniings, Ksip, was born in Groton, Mass.,\\nMarch 1709; married Prudence Lawrence, of Gro-\\nton, July 18, 1732. Was in West Duustable in.1739,\\nand signed the second petition for the charter. He\\nwas the first justice of the peace ill Hollis, and was\\nchosen town clerk in twenty-two different years be-\\ntween 174(1 and 177(1. He was sergeant in Captain\\nPowers company in the French War in 1 7-* Two\\nof his sons, Samuel and Thomas, were Loyalists in the\\nRevolution, and Benjamin, his youngest son, was a\\nContinental soldier. Died January 18, 1772, set. sixty-\\ntwo.\\nJerahmael Cumings was a brother of Samuel Cuni-\\nings, and horn in Groton October 10, 1711. Mar-\\nried Hannah Farwell in 17:;b; was in West Dun-\\nstable in 1738, and signed the first petition for the\\ncharter. He was the father of Rev. Henry Cum-\\nings, D.D., the first minister of Billerica, and of\\nCaptain Jotham Cuniings. a soldier in the French", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0761.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW BAMPSHIRE\\nWar of 1755 and an officer in the War of the Revo-\\nlution. Died October 25, 1747, set. thirty-six.\\nDeacon William Cumings is supposed to have\\ncome from Groton, and was in West Dunstable in\\n1744, and chosen deacon of the Mollis Church in\\n174.\\\\ He was ensign in the French War in 1755, in\\nthe company of Captain Powers, and all his three\\nsons Ebenezer, William and Philip were soldiers\\nin the Revolution. Died September 9, L758, set.\\nforty-six.\\nJonathan Danforth came from Billerica, and was\\nin West Dunstable in 174::, and signed the call to\\nRev. Mr. Emerson. He was a grandson of the noted\\nMassachusetts sui veyor of the same name, and was a\\ntown officer in 1746. Died March 3, 1748, sat. thirty-\\nthree.\\nThomas Dinsmore came from Bedford, Mass. was\\nin West Dunstable previous to 1736, and was the\\nthird settler. Died December 10, 1748.\\nZedekiah Drury was also from Bedford, and by\\ntrade a blacksmith was in West Dunstable in 1743,\\nand signed the call to Mr. Emerson. About the year\\n17iio he removed to Temple, N II.\\nLieutenant Samuel Farley came from Bedford,\\n.Mass.; was in West Dunstable in 1739, and was a pe-\\ntitioner for the charter. Married Hannah Brown,\\nOctober 7, 1744. His son Benjamin was a Boldier in\\nth,- Revolution. Died November23, L797, set.seventy-\\nLieutenanl Benjamin Farlej was also from Bed-\\nford. Was in West Dunstable in L738, and was a pe-\\ntitioner for the charter, and was the first inn-keeper\\nin West Dunstable. He lived first on the farm oc-\\ncupied by T. Worcester, about one-fourth of a mile\\nsouth of the meeting-house. He was parish as-\\nsessor in 1740 and 1741, and selectman in 1746. Three\\nof his sons Ebenezer, Christopher and Stephen-\\nwere Revolutionary soldiers. Died November 23,\\n1707, in his eightieth year.\\nJoseph Farley came from Billerica, and was in\\nWest Dunstable in 174:;. Killed by the fall of a\\ntier. November 24, 1762, at. forty-nine\\nEleazer Flagg came from Concord, .Mass., and was\\nthe second settler in West Dunstable. He lived in the\\nsouthwest part of the town, and during the French\\nWar id 1744 his house was fortified as a guard-house.\\nHe was parish assessor in 1742. His son John was a\\nsoldier in the French War, 1755, and his son Jonas\\nin that of the Revolution. Died August 14, 1757, set.\\nfifty-three.\\nPhineas Hardy came to Mollis from Bradford, Mass.\\nHis name is first on the Hollis tax-lists in I7-~ 2. He\\nwas a soldier in the garrison at Portsmouth, N. H.,\\nin 1776, and his sons Phineas, Thomas. Noah and\\nJesse were all soldiers in the army. Died March 7,\\nL813, at. eighty-six.\\nStephen Harris was from Littleton, Mass., and\\nsettled in what is now the north part of Hollis about\\n1735. He was a petitioner lor the charter of West\\nDunstable in 1738, and first treasurer of West Dun-\\nstable in 1740. Died September 20, 177o, at. seventy-\\nfive.\\nDeacon Stephen Jewett is supposed to have come\\nfrom Rowley, Mass., in 1751, and married Hannah\\nFarwell) lumings, widow of Ensign Jerahmael um-\\nings, in 1752. He was chosen selectman in L766, deacon\\nof the Hollis Church in 1770, and a delegate to the\\nC ity Congress at Amherst in 1774 and 177o. All\\nof his three sons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen, Jr., Noah and Jonathan\\nwere soldiers in the Revolution. Died May 2:i.\\nIso:;. set. seventy-five.\\nZerubbabel Kemp was horn in Groton, Mass., Oc-\\ntober 12, 1705. Married Abigail Lawrence, in\\nGroton, November 2:i. 17::7. Was in West Dunstable\\nin 174:;, and a town officer in 174s.\\n.lames McDonald also came from Groton and was\\nin West Dunstable in L739,and a signer ofthesecond\\npetition for the charter. He was a town officer in\\n1 7 4 s i 1 1 1 1 a soldier in 1777, in the company of Cap-\\ntain Cos.-. Died April 11, 1801, set. eighty-three.\\nWilliam Nevins cane from Newton, Mass., and his\\nname appears in the lirst tax-list in West Dunstable\\nin 1740. He was selectman in 1771 and 1772. and\\nmoderator in 177. and 1774. Five of his sons \\\\i/.,\\nWilliam. Joseph, Benjamin, John and Phineas were\\nRevolutionary soldiers. Died February 1 1785, set.\\nsixty-seven.\\nDavid Nevins was from Bedford, Mass., and was in\\nWest Dunstable in L738 and signed the lirst petition\\nfor the charter. He was parish collector in 1741.\\nRemoved from Hollis to Plymouth among the first\\nsen lers of Plymouth.\\nDeacon Enoch Noyes came from Newbury, Mass.\\nHis name first appeared on the Hollis tax-lists in\\n1747. He was selectman in 1751, and chosen deacon\\nin L755. His two sons, Enoch and Elijah, were\\nsoldiers in the Revolution. Died September, L796,\\nset. eighty.\\nDeaeon Thomas Patch was iron, Groton. .Married\\n\\\\nna Gilson in 1741, in Groton. He was in West\\nDunstable in 1743, and was chosen deacon in 1745.\\nHis sons, Thomas ami David, were soldiers in the\\nRevolution. Died May 1. 1754, at. forty.\\nWilliam Pool was from Heading, Mass. Married\\nHannah Nichols, at Reading, June 19, 1751, and\\ncame to Hollis during the French War of 17o4, his\\nname being first found on the Hollis tax-lists in 1758.\\nHe was selectman in 1771. Died in Hollis, October\\n27, 1795, set. seventy. His oldest SOU, William W.,\\nwas a soldier in the Revolution in 177o, and again in\\n1778. James, the second son, settled in Maine, and\\nbecame a successful merchant. His youngest son,\\nHon. Benjamin Pool, born January 17, 1771, settled\\nin Hollis, and was many times chosen to important\\ntown offices. He was justice of the peace from 1810\\nto 1822, and justice of the peace and quorum from\\n1822 till his decease. He was also representative to\\nthe New Hampshire General Court from 1804 to", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0762.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "HOLLIS.\\n1809, and Stale Senator in the years L818, L819, 1820\\nand 1821. Beside these three suns, Mr. Pool had\\neleven daughters, ten of whom lived to adult age, and\\nwere all married, and most of them became the\\nilies. He died April 20, 1836,\\nniutln\\nla ;_;\\nixtv-th\\nCaptain Peter Powers was the first settler in Hollis.\\nWas born in Littleton, Mass.. and married Anna\\nKeyes, of Chelmsford, in 1728. Settled in West\\nDunstable in 1730. He was parish committee in\\n174H, and held many other important parish and\\ntown offices. He was the first captain of the West\\nDunstable militia, the commander of an expedition\\nto explore the Coos country in 1754, and captain of\\nthe Hollis company in the expedition to Crown\\nPoint in L755. Stephen, Whitcomb and Levi, three\\nof his sons, were soldiers in the French War in the\\nsame company; and four of them viz., Stephen,\\nFrancis, Nahum and Samson -were soldiers in the\\nRevolution. Died August 22, L757, set. fifty-six.\\nMoses Proctor came from Chelmsford, Mass. Was\\nin Wesl Dunstable in L738, and signed the first peti-\\ntion for the charter. He settled in the wesl pari of\\nthe town, on Proctor Hill, which was named for him.\\nHis name is found on the firsl Wesl Dunstable tax-\\nlist in 174H, ami lie was selectman in 1740. The life\\nof Mr. Proctor is said to have been shortened by the\\nbite ol a rattlesnake, and he afterwards waged SO suc-\\ncessful a war of extermination againsl those reptiles\\nthat no rattlesnakes have been known in Hollis since\\nhis death. Hied May 21, L780, at. seveiit.y-th.ee.\\nAbraham Taylor was born in Concord, Mass., and\\ncame to West Dunstable previously to L738, and was\\nagenl of the inhabitants with Captain Powers in ob-\\ntaining the charter. In 174n he gave the land for\\nthe Hollis meeting-house, burial-ground and com-\\nmon. He was parish assessor in 1740, 1741, 1742 and\\n174:;. Died June 3, 174. Est. thirty-six.\\nWilliam Tenny came to Hollis from Rowley, Mass.\\nHis name appears first on the Hollis tax-lists in 1747.\\nHe was selectman in 1769 and 1770. His son, Cap-\\ntain William Tenny, was a soldier in the Revolution.\\nDied March 22. 1783, set. sixty-one.\\nPeter Wheeler is said to have come from Salem,\\nMass., and settled in the part of Hollis known as\\nMonson. He was a petitioner for the charter of West\\nDunstable in 1738, and his name was on the first\\nWest Dunstable tax-list in 1740. lie is said to have\\nbeen noted in his day for his exploits and success in\\nhunting, especially of bears. He was a soldier in\\nthe French War in L755, and his sons, Ebenezer and\\nLebbeus, were soldiers in the Revolution. Died\\nMarch 28, 1772, set. sixty-seven.\\nJohn Willoughby came from Billerica. He was in\\nWest Dunstable in 1745, and was a soldier in the\\nFrench War in the years 1755, 1757 and 1758. His\\nson, John W., Jr., was a captain in the War of the\\nRevolution in the regiment of Colonel Webster.\\nDi.d February 2, 1793, set. eighty-five.\\nRev. Francis Worcester was horn in Bradlord,\\nMass., June 7. 1698. Married Abigail Carleton, of\\nRowley, in 172 i. Was settled a- a Congregational\\nminister in Sandwich, Mass., for ten years before\\ncoming to Hollis. Removed to Hollis in 1750. i\\nterwards preached as an evangelist in New Hamp\\nshire, hut was not again settled in the ministry, lie\\nwas the author of a small volume of Meditations\\nin verse, written in his sixtieth year; also of several\\nmoral and religious essays, reprinted in 1760, entitled\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A Bridle lor Sinners and a Spur for Saints. His\\noldest sou was Deacon Francis Worcester. His sec-\\nond son, .lesse, was a soldier in the French War, was\\ntaken prisoner ami died al Montreal ill I7 7. His\\nyounges! son was Captain Noah Worcester. Died\\n(\u00c2\u00bbd,, her I 1, 1783, set. eighty-five.\\nDeacon Francis Worcester was the oldesl -on of\\nRev. Francis Worcester. I .orn at Bradford March\\n30, 1721. Married Hannah Boynton, of Newbury,\\nMa s., October 28, 1741. Came to West Dunstable\\nin 1744. Was chosen deacon of the Hollis Church\\nin 17 hi. He was selectman in Hollis six years, mod\\nerator of the annual town-meeting eleven years, and\\ntown treasurer twenty years, between 1746 and 1768.\\nIn L768 he removed to Plymouth, N. II.. and was\\ndeac f the church ai l l\\\\ inoiiih representative to\\nNew Hampshire General Court in 1777 and 177*. and\\nte Cm\\n10, li\\nCaptain Joshua Wright came from Wol. urn, Mass.\\nwas in West Dunstable in 1739, and signed the second\\npetition for the charter. He was selectman in 1710\\nand 1700; a soldier in the French War in 1760, and\\ncaptain of the Hollis militia C pany in I77u and\\npreviously. His sons, Lemuel ami Uriah, were I\\ndiers in the Revolution. Died August 5, 1770, at.\\nsixty.\\nAt the date of the charter (says Judge Worcester)\\nthe nidc, primitive dwellings of the settlers who had\\npetitioned for it, with their stump-covered embryo\\nfarms, were widely and sparsely scattered in era large\\npait of the new parish. Robert and William I olhiirn.\\nDavid, Thomas and William Nevins, Stephen Harris\\nand Philip Woolerich had located on the south side\\nof the extinct town of Monson, now the north part\\npart of Hollis; Samuel Farley, James, Joseph and\\nRandall McDaniels, Melvin and Whitcomb, in the\\neasterly part of Brookline, formerly the west part of\\nHollis. The house of Abraham Taylor was about\\nsixtj rods north of the present meeting house in\\nHollis; that of Samuel Cumings about thirty rods\\nwest of the meeting-house thai of Benjamin Farley,\\nthe inn-keeper, on the road leading to the south ol\\nthe meeting-house Jerahmael Cumings lived on the\\nsame road with Farley, about one-half mile farther\\nsouth; Josiah Blood, also on the same road, about\\nline fourths of a mile from Cumings; Joshua Wright\\nabout one-half mile east of I d 1; William Blanchard\\nin ili, ca-t part ot the town, near Flint s Hill; William", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0763.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF IIILLSBOKOWiill COIM Y. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nShattuck still farther east, near the old east school-\\nhouse.\\nThe farm of Peter Wheeler was in the northwest\\npart of the town, about westerly limn Long Pond;\\nMoses Proctor settled in the west part, on Proctor Hill;\\nHenry Barton in the westerly part. The house of\\nWilliam Adams is said to have been upon the site of\\nthe present southwest school-house, about two and\\na half miles from the meeting-house. Samuel Parker\\nlived in the same neighborhood James Whiting on\\nthe road to Brook line, near Whiting s Hill; Nathaniel\\nHI 1 in the same part of the town and Enoch Hunt\\nin the extreme south part, next to lYpperell. Thus\\nit may lie seen that the settlers in the extreme north\\npart of the settlement were from six to seven miles\\ndistant from those in the south part, and those\\nliving at the extreme east and west parts were even\\nmori remote from each other.\\nMany of the ancestors of the early settlers were of\\nI iernian origin, who afterwards became Northmen or\\nNormans, and fought their way into Britain very\\nearly in its history. They were a brave and resolute\\nrace, inured to danger and hardships; their descend-\\nants were peculiarly fitted to become the pioneers of\\nNew England, and many of them settled in Massa-\\nchusetts some time between the years 1630 and 1650.\\nOne of the causes which promoted the early\\nsettlement in the region west of the Merrimack River\\nwas the fierce controversy that raged between New-\\nHampshire and Massachusetts in regard to the State\\nline boundary question, that engaged the attention\\nof these States from 1731 to 1741. Both States were\\nusing their utmost endeavors to obtain jurisdiction\\nover as many towns as possible; consequently, they en-\\ncouraged emigration in every possible way.\\nThe people were told the land would be given them,\\nand by this means they were induced to favor emigra-\\ntion. It is at this period that we arc to look for the\\nsettlement at the north part of Hollis, and this was\\nthe cause that led to it. One of its first settlers\\nwas Samuel Lee man, of Heading, Mass., who came\\nhere in the spring of 1736, and settled at the William\\nKittredge place, so called, and was then forty-four\\nyears of age, having been born at Reading in 1692.\\nI le became a prominent and influential citizen. It ap-\\npears from the old Monson records that he was one\\nof the petitioners for the town charter, and was\\nchosen third selectman at the annual town-meeting\\nof March Ml. 174s, and again in March, 1749; removed\\nto Hollis in the spring of 1750, where he died Jan-\\nuary ^7, 1756. There is an interesting history in con-\\nnection with the l.ccman family, -it is Stated thai for\\nleu jcneral ions succeeding, the eldest son was named\\nSamuel. The fourth Samuel Leeman resided at Beadle,\\nEngland, from which place he emigrated to Charles-\\ntown, Mass., in 1633. His son, Samuel (and grand-\\nfather of the subject of this sketch), settled in Sroton,\\nMass., shortly after its settlement, and was compelled\\nto leave there in consequence of the Indian invasion\\nof March 13, 1676. He returned to Charlestown,\\nwhere he enlisted for King Philip s War, serving\\nas private in Captain Samuel Mosely s company dur-\\ning the war. Mosch was afterwards employed by the\\nColonial Court of Massachusetts to guard and protect\\nthe settlers in Dunstable and vicinity from Indian\\ninvasion.\\nThe tenth Samuel Lccman was born in Monson\\nAugust 7, 1749, at the William Kittredge place. Upon\\nthe breaking out of the Revolutionary War he enlisted\\ninto lap tain How s company, and marched with thai\\ncompany from Hollis common, on the afternoon ol\\nApril 19, 1775, for Concord and Lexington. He was\\nat the battle of Hunker Hill, in Captain Levi Spald-\\ning s company, Colonel .lames Reid s regiment, and\\nafterwards enlisted into Captain Isaac- Fry s company,\\nof Wilton, as ensign, under the command of lolonel\\nAlexander Scaminel, and was present with his reg-\\niment at the battle near Saratoga, where he was killed\\nletober 10, 1777, aged twenl\\\\ -eight years he was un-\\nmarried.\\nAnother of the early settlers was William Col burn,\\nwho came from Billerica, Mass., in the spring of\\n1738, bringing his family and entire effects in an ox-\\ncart, plodding their way through the Dunstable wilder-\\nness, guided only by marked trees, lie settled at\\nPatch s lorner, about one hundred rods north of the\\nSilas S. Wheeler place, near the road leading to the\\nNorth District school-house. The old cellar hole is\\nstill to be seen. He was the ancestor of nearly all the\\nColburns in Hollis, ami was then forty-eight years of\\nage. His log hut was occupied a portion of the time\\nin the spring and summer of 1747 by an Indian scout-\\ning-party, who were sent by the General Court of\\nNew Hampshire on petition of the inhabitants id Am-\\nherst and Monson, to guard them against Indian inva-\\nsion; but no Indians appeared during that season to\\nmolest the settlers. .Mr. Colburn died April 1769,\\naged seventy-nine, leaving two sons, Robert and\\nWilliam.\\nRobert was lieutenant in the militia, and built what\\nhas been known for a period of over a hundred years\\nastheoldThaddcus Wheeler house about the year 1776.\\nMr. Colburn was a large land-owner, owning lion,\\nthe cast line of the Thaddeus Wheeler place to the\\ntop of Birch Hill. He first married Elizabeth Lee-\\nman. daughter of Samuel Leeman, March 1 1745;\\nshe died, and he married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of\\nElias Smith. By her he acquired a large landed estate\\nthat she inherited from her father. He died July 9,\\n1784, leaving a large family.\\nThis portion of Hollis was then included within\\nthe boundaries of the ancient township of Monson,\\na town which had a corporate existence of twenty-\\nfour years, lying between Hollis and the Souhcgan\\nRiver, in Amherst; but before 17lt it was known as\\nWest Dunstable, or Dunstable West Parish.\\nThe northwest (or Birch Hill) portion of what is\\nnow Hollis was surveyed oil, in parallel lines, into", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0764.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "HOLLIS.\\nlots of eighty rods wide and two miles long, thesouth-\\nnrsi corner being iu Rocky Pond, and running north\\niver the top of Birch Hill, the first lot being granted\\nto one Wadsworth, who had fought in the Narragan-\\nM t War; the next lot easl was granted to Humphrey\\nHobson, whose father, it was said, served in King\\nPhilip s War; the third lot was granted to one Clark\\nthe next to Joseph Lemmon,one of the original pro-\\nprietors of Dunstable, these grants covering an area\\noffive hundred and fifty rods wide and two miles long,\\nembracing all of the northwestern section of Hollis\\nThe first settler within the territory above de-\\nthe south end of the Lemmon grain, and commenced\\na clearing, built his log hut and erected a saw-mill\\nabout this time, which is supposed to be the first one\\nin town. The dam is still to be seen a few rods northeast\\nof the dwelling-house of Daniel Bailey, apparently as\\ng 1 as when first used tor a mill now over one\\nhundred years old.\\nMr. Saunders reared a family of four children here,\\nthe births of whom are found recorded in the old Mon-\\nln the spring of 1747, fearin\\nhe became alarmed for his ]i\\nwith his family, and returned\\ndition says that he thought he\\nthe woods lor several days befi\\nbent on the destruction of i\\now ner, ami quite a number o\\nin Indian invasion,\\nonal safety, and left\\nMarlborough. Tra-\\nw Indians lurking in\\nhe left they seemed\\nrv saw-mill and its\\nnills were destroyed\\nabout this time in various sections of the State.\\nTheir motive for doing this, as Dr. Belknap says, was\\nto retard the settlements, and prevent the clearing off\\ntheir hunting-grounds.\\nMr. Saunders sold his property here, after a few\\nyears, to Daniel ISailey, of Marlborough, who moved\\nhis family in the spring id 1761, and the property has\\never since remained in the Bailey family,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a period\\nof one hundred and twenty-five years,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and been\\ntransmitted to the fourth Daniel Bailey, its present\\nowner. Daniel Bailey, Sr., served in the old French\\nWar, and also in the Revolutionary War, and his son.\\nduel Bailey, was at the battle of Hunker Hill, in Cap-\\ntain Levi Spalding s company and Colonel James\\nReid s regiment. His son Andrew was at the battle\\nof Bunker Hill, in the company of Captain .Moore, ol\\nGroton; and his sou Aaron was also at the battle of\\nHunker Hill. His son, Daniel Bailey, born at Marl-\\nborough, Mass., December 5, 1755, was also in the\\nRevolutionary War was at the battle of Whit. Plains,\\nin Captain William Reed s company. After the war\\nhe occupied the old homestead, and became an influ-\\nential citizen was captain of State militia, served\\nseveral years as one of the selectmen of the town, and\\nrepresented Hollis in the Legislature of 1^1 he died\\nin March, 1847, being then over ninety-one years old.\\nEarly Rules and Regulations.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tut: Stocks and\\nWhipping-Post- Ai a town-meeting in June, 1746,\\nI bted, That the selectmen provide stocks; and at a\\ntown-meeting in the month of January next after,\\nVoted, To Accept the Account of Josiah Couant\\nfor making the Stocks. flic town whipping-post,\\nthe fitting companion of the stocks, held its place near\\nthe front of the meeting-house, not far IV the west\\nory of persons still living, with its inseparable asso-\\nciate, the cat-o -ninetails. The varied practical\\nuses to which the stocks and whipping-post were ap-\\nplied may be readily inferred by reference to a few ol\\nthe cotemporary criminal laws lor the punishment ol\\nminor offenses, most of which were within the juris\\ndiction of justices of the peace. S f these pun\\nisll nts were as follows\\nProfane Cursing and Swearing. For tin\\nfust offence, a line of one shilling. If not paid, th(\\nculprit to he set in the slocks two hours. For niori\\nthan one profane Oath at the same lime, a line\\ntwo shillings and to be set in the stocks not more thai\\nthree hours.\\nDrunkenness.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For first offence, a fine of fivi\\nshillings; if not able to pay, the convict to he set ii\\nthe stocks not more than three hours.\\nDefamation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If found guilty, the offender to I,\\nfined twenty shillings. If not paid, the offender to h\\nset in the stocks not more than three hours.\\nRobbing Gardens and Orchards.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If th\\nprisoner was not able to pay his line, to he set in lb\\nstocks or whipped, at the discretion id the Justice.\\nInsolence ok Violence ro Women on th\\nHighway. For first offence, whipping not exceed\\nitiL r ten stripes. For second offence, to he burnt ii\\nthe hand.\\nPetit Larceny.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The offender to forfeit trebl\\nthe value of the property stolen, and to be lined in\\nexceeding live pounds, or whipped not more tha\\ntwenty stripes. If not paid, the culprit to be sold fo\\na term of time to he fixed at the discrcti f th\\ncourt.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nHOLLIS- [Continual\\nCongregational Church. The church iu this town\\nthree years after the dale of the charter.\\nIll the mean time, however, the inhabitants had\\nmanifested a very commendable zeal in their efforts to\\ncomply with the laws in respect to the support of\\nthe ministry. At their first parish -meeting, a com-\\nmittee wa- chosen to provide Preaching till the\\nfollowing April. In the month of March previous.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0765.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSamuel Cuniings and Eleazer Flagg were commis-\\nioned to provide Preaching and Entertainment\\nii the minister for the nexl three months. Fn\\nuly, 1741, it was Voted that Abraham Taylor and\\neter Powers have the non-resident monej foi the\\nurrent year to pay Mr. Underwood and Mr. Towle,\\nand p. pro. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2inc Preaching till the first of January\\next, if the money shall hold out. In September,\\n7 II. ili. first article in the warrant for a meeting then\\neld was to see whether it be the minds of the\\neople to do anything towards the Bringing forward\\nie Settling of a Lamed and Orther Dox Ministerin\\nlis Parish. An. I in February, 1742, it was Voted\\niai an\\\\ Person who shall hereafter Entertain any\\nfor this Parish shall have paid to him Eight\\nibbath .lav and 20 s a Week if he\\nM\\nShillings foi\\nstay longer.\\nAt a parisl\\nwas publiclv\\neeting held in October, 1741, before it\\nown that any pall ofthe town of Old\\nni the wrong side ofthe province line,\\nSl,|.|n II ll.ll l I-, I l I .iVlnl A I rlrl I mW. I- lir |n\\\\ li\\nwith Benjamin Park 1 .ma Samm-I innnm:- in Ink. 1 soi\\nmres I., bring forward tin- si-tilm- l ;i l.nnie.l ami Orth\\nAt a parish\\n..nuns pres\\n-meeting IV.-\\n.iil. .l ami all.\\ninli.r 28, IT\\nwed were t\\ni,. .ai. Miruhani Taj Loi\\n1.-1 1 nT.-i 1. Mnu-t.-l- ;.l 111\\nl.l aiiiing Ministers Five\\nFast,\\nSabbaths, 2\u00c2\u00a3. Oi\\nThe warrant for this meeting was the last in which\\nthe words Middlesex ss. were written in the top\\nmargin. It soon became known to them that the\\nparish of West Dunstable was not in the county of\\nMiddl. ex thai their charter, as a legal instr mi.\\nwas worthless, ami that there was no law bj which\\nthe minority of the inhabitants could he bound bj\\nthe votes ofa majority. Embarrassed by the decision\\nin respect to the new line ami the loss of their char-\\nter, our ancestors did not falter in their effort to bring\\nforward ami settle a Larned ami Orther Dox Minis-\\nier. With this end ami others in view, the inhabit-\\nants, as we have said before, met in February, 174:!,\\nami petitioned the leneral lourt of New Hampshire\\nfor a township charter. No other public meeting of\\nthe inhabitants was held lill the 17th of January,\\n17 C near a year alter, when they came together by\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.iiiiiic.ii consent, and by mutual agreement in their\\npersonal ami individual capacity, invited the Rev.\\nDaniel Emerson, tic candidate of their choice, to be-\\ncome their minister. The proceedings of this meet-\\nin- ami of that which next followed cannot tail to\\nIn- ol interest,\\nTaylor i hosen i I-\\n.i m.-rlllm ,.1 ill. [llli:ll lt;lllt- I III. W\\nregular]; assembled January it, 17*2-43\\nI n.-iiinii, -ii-l.i noted an. I. I Mr Daniel B i for their Gospel\\nMinUter a. ink.- the Pastoral a i the Floi I. t hrist in said Place.\\nbud, I., give Thirtj I ords ..i l i\\nBrown\\nZcmbbabel Ki mp\\nn Taylor\\nPeter Wheeler.\\nInnl.\\nJosiah Brown.\\nShattuck\\nilliam Blanchard\\nHenry Barton.\\nHarris\\nNathani. 1 Bl 1\\nFlagg.\\nElnathan Blood.\\nlia\\\\ i,l Lowell.\\ni,l Cuniinge\\nn .a- Kevins.\\nCuuiings,\\nI ll as Patch.\\nNatlia 1 BlodgOtl\\nWrighl\\nMoses Proctor.\\ntewarl\\nJohn Browu,\\nkmct\\nHi 1 Kendall.\\nBlood.\\n.Install Blood.\\nin Blani i I\\nWilliam Kevins.\\nh In nr\\\\.\\nSa 1 Douglass.\\nowcrs.\\nJoseph Mi Daniels\\nii Danforth\\n1. M.-llahl.-ls.\\n1 .Hi.\\nJ. Whiting\\nAdams.\\nJoseph Farley.\\nl- i.-n. h\\nMaking in all fortj\\nThe parish committee were prompt in communi-\\ncating the foregoing .all to Mr. Emerson, ami on the\\n4th ..I the following March a meeting was called to\\nconsider his answer, which was entered upon the\\nrecord a- follows\\na ,,..l.i 17. IT): 1 h.i..- I III. a I lak.-li lli.il llli| .-H.nil\\nlliatl.i in I- -Hi. in- -I I -i.li-latn.li ainl lia a.-k. l I In- I -I :nl\\\\nr-\\n.iii.I am ...It.-I Inam 1 -cat -lllli- nil i l i mil in- I In- II\\nii you ill fulfill youi Promise as i the \u00c2\u00a3400 .-.-i i a in old\\nTenor, only that tl ne pail il be in Fort] V reso I I aud, in\\nMa--a IniM-ll- la-1 I jnitn.ii\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .\\\\J\\\\.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0766.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "443\\npr, tllli; the Tllll I J I ..111- ..1 W 1 Vll.l tli:it 11 Several Mini- I\\nbe continued to me so Long ;i- 1 continue a Ghospel Minisb i itbi\\nAlways .unl in an cspetiul manner expecting that yon will I Il lfl^\\nwith me bj Prayer\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNow if these before-mentioned conditions be freely and voluntarilj\\nacted on unl I tome-aeyon promist in the call -then\\nandwillingh Loceptof thi i ill md freely subscribe myBelf yours to serve\\nin the work nf the Ghospel Mmi-tn During Life.\\nDunstable West Precinct, March y\u00c2\u00bb4th, 1743\\nDaniel Emi rson\\nThe record continues,\\nIt -a a- 1 1 1. i ru ii hi Vutei] ami a- 1 t |.t tin I run- Ml l.nn i-mi\\nproposed in hisunsw.r, booth a- to settlement and sallarj M Voted\\nthai Samuel Brown, Abraham Taylor, Petei Powi rs. Bleu rFla tnd\\nSamuel Cuming I i i uniniitii-r hi i oii-nlt \\\\wth Ml. I.imt-n In\\nOn the same day and at the same meeting, us it\\nappeal s iii the record, a mutual additional agreement\\nwas entered into by the tax-payers, ami signed l\\nmost of them, with a preamble setting forth the rea-\\nsons that made this new agreement necessary, tie\\nimportant parts of which are as follows:\\nnf In t* I in I lint urn h\\\\ a inn n a 1 1. vti 1 .1- the\\\\ i.tln 1 wee nil -lit haw\\nil that .-Irml l 1 Enectnnl t.. i.inpel IVr-mi- t .i\\\\ theil Inne-I\\nni[.i ltMtl ni all -mil II. id- ami l.e.e-.sni,V 1 h. II that shall nil- in\\nlallimi, settling ami maintaining a minister.\\nXnw-, therefore, that we may Enjoy thn 1 lit I tin I .In .sp.l ,,nl|.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a1ances amongst us, we have c into the follow ing agreement and ob-\\nThe contract with Mr. Emerson is set forth in this\\nneu- agreement, verbatim, ami the rem, ml then con-\\ntinues as follows\\nmi,., agreed thai in the Payment of the Minister s Settle nl .v Sal\\nlnv. the a 1- hereaftei to be chosen Proportion Buch a certain part\\ntin 1. nl to each Pole, that when tin- Remainder thereol shall be levied\\nupon Each Person s Real ami Personal Estate, agreeable to the Rules ot\\nthe Massachusetts Province, that tin- highest Payel n| 1 tab hall\\nbe qua single Pole.\\nTo the Performance i the aforewritten agreement we hereby cove-\\nnant ami oblige ourselves in the Penal sum nf turn, till sueh time as\\nthis society be tncoi pi iabil a aistitict Town or Parish.\\nThirty-seven names were signed to this agreement,\\nsome of which were nut upon the call. This agree-\\nment, as will be readily seen, was a voluntary com-\\npact, entered into bj those who signed it as their best\\nexpedient for the lack of a town or parish charter.\\nSome other matters suggested by this contract be-\\ntween Mr. Emerson ami his society are worthy nf a\\nlew passing remarks, as illustrating the laws, customs\\nand prevailing sentiments of the times, as well in\\ncivil as in church affairs.\\nFirst, it was agreed, in this contract, that the new\\nminister, for the present, should receive for his yearly\\nsalary one hundred and fifty ounces of coined silver,\\nor their equal value in hills nf public credit, the\\npaper money of that day, and also thirty cords I\\nw 1. When the number of families in the societj\\nshould reach one hundred, live unices per year were\\nto be added, till the salary should amount to two\\n29\\nhundred ounces; ami il might afterwards be increased\\nto two hundred ami ten ounces.\\nThe ounce Troy, used in weighing the precious\\nmetals, contains lour hundred and eighty grains.\\nThe American silver dollar contains four hundred\\nand twelve ami one-half of those grains, making the\\nvalue of the ounce of silver i oin $1.14; one hundred\\nami fifty ounces, $171; two hundred ounces, $228;\\nand two hundred and tei nci $239.40, in standard\\nfederal coin.\\nMr. Emerson was ordained April 20, 174:;, and he\\ncontinued a faithful, venerated and popular minister\\n,,f that society till November 27, 17! a period of\\nmore than fifty years, without a change or wish to\\nchange his place. At the latter date the Rev. Eli\\nSmith, who had manic. 1 his granddaughter, was\\nsettled as bis colleague, Mr, Emerson retaining one-\\nhall of his .silary till his decease, September 30, 1801,\\nat the age of eighty-live years.\\nI ii In 31, 1745, a church covenant was adopted,\\nwhich was signed by the follow ing persons:\\nDaniel Emerson, John Boynton, Henry Union, Sat 1 Brown, Jerah-\\nin.nl Cumings, Benjamin Blauchard, Elias Smith, Enoch Hunt, Nathan-\\niel Bl I. Joseph I bo In r, Jonathan limit. nth\\nflic following were made members of the church\\nprior to the Revolution\\nlatum Wright\\nRev. Mr. Emerson was a man of large and active\\nintellect, a convert of \\\\V hitclield, and partaking\\nlargely of his spirit, he was uniformly evangelical,\\nami often a very eloquent preacher. His chief excel-\\nlencies in preaching were sound doctrine, deep feeling\\nand zeal at times almost overwhelming. His labors\\nwere by no means confined to the pulpit. He was\\ninterested in public affairs, serving as chaplain in the\\narmy and accompanj ing it to rown Point. An able\\ncounselor, be was often called from h to aid feeble\\nchurches. Interested in thecause of ministerial edu-\\ncation, ami much blessed with revivals of religion\\namong his own people, he animated a large number\\nof young men to become preachers of the gospel.\\nVery assiduous in his attendance on the meetings of\\nthis association, he manifested an energy like (hat of\\nBaxter, whom in person he was said t resemble.\\nFrom his talents and position the Hollis minister was\\nfor many years a leading mind in the association.\\nUpon the monument erected over his grave in the\\nHollis central burial-ground is inscribed the follow-\\ning epitaph:", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0767.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nHi M..1111 i li,.. il,,- M,\u00e2\u0080\u009etal |...rl ,,f\\nRev. Daniel Emerson.\\ne was i, rii .ii Reading, .M.,-s Kay 20, ITU;.\\nGraduated at Harvard I \u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00c2\u00bb,i.,i,, it 19\\nwas ordained April 20, 1743, to thi Pasta il car\\nOfthe Church and Congregation in Hollis,\\nwin, I, then consisted only 30 I lie\\ni was an honest man, given to Hospitality\\nA faithful Friend and Patr\\nAn Evaimrhr.ii. zealous and unusui\\nOf the Gospel of JeBus\\nHighly Estee I by his pie, bin praii\\nA D 1793, be voluntarily reUnqnish,\\nTol\\nin- Sa lai\\nKvini-ril an uiialmtm- Int.- l.ji the caused Christ,\\nUntil nature failed and he foil asleep in Jesus,\\nSeptember 30, 1801, aged 85 years.\\nNovember 27, 1793, Rev. Eli Smith was settled as\\ncolleague pastor with Rev. Mr. Emerson.\\nRev. Dr. Day, in a biographical sketch of Mr.\\nSmith, written for the History of the New Hamp-\\nshire Churches, says of him\\nThat he was a man of strong natural talents, a firm and energetii\\ndefender ofthe truth and a ssf astot During hie pastorate oi a\\nll 1 than thirty seven years between four and Ave hundred per-\\nsons were admitted to the church. The great revival of his\\nwaB m lllr years 1801 and 1802. Ai that time one hundred and\\nii.ii.i-tu.. ii.-u in. mi,..|, nnit.,1 t.i tli.- Iiimii. in isii there was\\nanothei revival. ttl\u00e2\u0080\u009ei, tlmtj m Lit v I I f tor,. ail.li-,1 to tin- i-huri-b.\\n[n 1817 there was still another, of which al t titty i -e were made\\nsubject* .Mi Smith was dismissed (al bis own request) in February\\n1831, and died in Hollis, May 11, 1847.\\nRev. David Perry, the third minister, was horn at\\nWorcester, .Mass., July 26, 1798; graduated at Dan\\nmouth College in 1824, at the Theological Seminary\\nat Andover in I.S27 and was ordained at Cambridge-\\nport, Mass., May, 1828. He was dismissed at Cam-\\nbridgeport, afterwards installed as pastor of the\\nchurch in Hollis, February 23, 1831, and dismissed,\\nat his own request, June 13, 1842, after a pastorate of\\nmore than ten years. Mr. Perry died at Ware-\\nham, Mass., August 27, 1876, aged seventy-eight, and\\nwas buried in Hollis.\\nRev. James Aiken, the fourth pastor, was bom in\\nGoffstown, X. H., November 14, 1810, graduated at\\nDartmouth College in L839,and at Union Theological\\nSeminary in 1842. He was ordained pastor August\\n30, 1843, and remained nearly five years. Dismissed\\nJuly a, 1848.\\nRev. Matthew 1). Gordon, fifth minister, was born\\nat Blantyre, Scotland, December 10, 1812. He was\\nordained pastor March 21, 1849, and dismissed in\\nconsequence of ill health June 7, 1862. Died at\\nHoosick Falls, X. V., August 21, 1853, aged forty.\\nRev. Pliny Butts Hay, D.D., sixth minister! was\\nhorn at Euntington, Mass., April 21, 1806; gradu-\\nated at Amherst College in 1834, and at the Theo-\\nlogical Seminary at Andover in 1837; was installed\\nas pastor of this church July 7, 1852. He received\\nthe honorary degree ofD.D. from Dartmouth College in\\n1864, of which institution he was a trustee foi several\\nyears previous to his death. He died at Hollis July\\n6, 1869, aged sixty-three.\\nThe published writings of Dr. Day are Letters\\nfrom Europe, 1851 Two Sermons, the Sabbath\\nafter his installation, 1852; New Year s Address,\\nL854; Sermons: at the funeral of Benjamin F.\\nNichols, 1854; al the funeral of John H. Cutter, I860;\\nFarewell to Soldiers, 1861; in memory of John H.\\nWorcester. 1864; Victory and its Dangers, 1865\\nin memorj of Abraham Lincoln, 1865; at the funeral\\nof Benjamin M. Farley, 1865. Dr. Hay was also a\\nvalued contributor to the Congregationalist and Con-\\ngregational Journal.\\nRev. -lames Laird, seventh minister, was born at\\nHuntingdon, Canada Fast, September 4. 1833. Hied\\nat Hollis May 2-3, 1870, aged thirty-six.\\nRev. Hiram L. Kelsey, eighth minister, was horn\\nat Win cl,,ck. Vt., August 31, 1835; was installed\\npastor of the church and society at Hollis June I.\\n1875, and dismissed (at his own request) March 1\\n1878.\\nRev. 1 1. B. Scott, in the fall of 1878, was engaged as\\nminister of the society, and remained until January\\n1, 1885.\\nWill,.,,,,\\ndied Septeml\\naged forty-\\nJosiah i\\n\\\\i,.| Co\\nI ll-, mas Pat h, chosen 174 died May I. 1754, aged forty fears\\nFrancis Worcester, chosen 1717 died October 10, 1800, aged si venty-\\n(rears\\nEno, h Noyes, chosen 1760 died Septembi r, 1790, aged eighty years.\\nJolm Boynton, chosen 1755 died o, tober 29, 17-7, aged Bixty Beven\\nStephen Jewett, i I ,i 1770 died May 23, 1803, ag,\\nDaniel Emerson, Jr., chosen 1775 died October 4, 1820 i\\nlugust 21, 1807, aged sixty-one\\nMay _ l^IJ, aged i ighty eight\\nEphraim Burge, chosen 1803 i I Man b 3, 1843, aged seventy-eight\\nThomas Farley chosen 1803; died March 17, 1832, aged sixty-three\\nStephen Jewett, Jr., chosen 1808; died February 22, 1829, aged\\nBenoni Cutter, chosen 181 1 i I January 17 1816, aged forty tout\\nEnos Hardy, In,- n 1816; died May 18, 1857, aged eighty-five\\nPhillips Wood, chosen 1820; died January 14, 1858, aged seventy six\\nWilliam Emerson, chosen 1832 died December 3, 1873, aged ei i,u\\n1^74. aged ninety\\nIsaac Farley, chosen 1832; died IV\\nJohn B. Hardy, chosen I s ,s\\nJewe\\n1841 di, .1 I\\ntry M. Farley, chosi n 1875\\norgs M Bradley, chosen 187 i.\\nNathan Willoughby.\\nThe first meeting-house was built in 1741. li\\na one-story primitive structure.\\nThe second church edifice was erected in 1\\nJune 13, 174ti, the town voted,\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0768.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "HOLMS.\\n445\\nI,, I ||m II Will I lll I. I .1 II. nw I.. I III. I ll 1.1 I. VV..|\\\\sl|i|l i l I.. I\\nrosee 1 1 the town will Accepl the Tiinbei whii h ia hewu and drawn\\nlm.tli.-i t.. Ijui 1.1 :i lions. with, anil .In. u I m t I. Ink. l.;i iu.\\nsaid Work.\\nTo if the town will accept the ac i (.and thai was given the\\nParish to Sett the Meeting House on and foi Burj ing Plai e\\nTo ii the town will vote that the raonej due fr. apt. Powers\\nTo see if the Tow a will provide a Pound and Stocks.\\nAt this meeting, also, the town voted,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nl-i, Tobuilds Housefol the Pnblii Worship of God.\\nI n.,l., T 1 I l i ii I II-. In I llll.l s;ii.l\\nII. hi-, with,\\ni: njamin Farley, Benjamin Blanchard and Capl Powers\\n.nun. i. i.l.. are and Bee thai -..i.l II Is I. mil\\n4th, T )ii Hi.- Laud ll... i waagivento the Parish to n tin\\nsleeting; Hous i and for a Burying l I\\nAfter the meeting of the 13th of June, such progress\\nwas made with the new meeting-house thai a special\\ntow n-meeting was called mi the 28th of the following\\nJuly, at which ii v, r as Voted thai y Meeting House\\nlie raised mi tin- 13th of August next (174(i). Also\\nVoted thai y Com provide Victuals and Drink tin\\ny c People mi Raising Day, and bring it to the Fraim\\nat noon. II they Can t Get it among our Friends, to\\nProvide it Themselves.\\nThe third and present house of worship was erect\\nin 1S04, ami remodeled ami enlarged in L849.\\nBaptist Church. \u00e2\u0080\u0094A Baptist Church was formed in\\nthis town as rally :is 1791. This was soon after dis-\\nsolved. There was also a church in existence Inn\\nabout 1822, Imt there is no record of it.\\nMar. Ii 31,1836,a new society was formed, and Juno\\n6,1837,the First Baptist Church in Hollis was organ-\\nized with twenty-eight memhers. A i^ the clergy-\\nmi ii u I (ficiated lor this church were the following:\\nRevs. P. Richardson, D. 1 Deming, II. W. Dalton,\\nB. Pease, G. Bills. A church edifice was erected\\nin 1838. It was sold in 1869 and removed. The so-\\nciety is dissolved.\\nThe Hollis Mutual Fire Insurance Company was\\norganized Augusl 1846, with the following officers:\\nPresident, Ebenezer Fox; Secretary ami Treasurer,\\nEdward Emerson; Directors, Leonard Farley, David\\n.1. Wright, David W. Sawtell, William I Saunder-\\nsiin, Joel Hardy ami Ambrose II. Wood.\\nThe Social Library was incorporated .lime 11.\\nL799, ami is one of tlm oldest in the State.\\nPhysicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tim following physicians have prac-\\nticed in Hollis: Jonathan Fox, Jonathan Pool, William\\nHale. I i lutter, Peter Manning, )li\\\\ er Scripture, O. M.\\nCooper, J. L.Colby, L. B. Farrar, W. A. Tracy, Henry\\nBoynton, II. W. Willoughby, G. B. Greeley, E. C.\\nClarke, S. Brinton, A. W. Howe, C. C. Corey.\\nPostmasters.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A inlirose Gould, from L818 to is:;ii\\nBcnoni G. Cutter, from 1830 to 1835; Moses Proctor,\\nfrom 1835 to L836; William Butterfield, from 1836 to\\n1840; Franklin Wright, from 1X40 to L845; Edward\\nEmerson, from 1845 to 1854; Reuben Baldwin, from\\n1854 to 1856; William VTeiiney, from 1856 t.. 1858;\\nDavid W. Sawtell, from 1858 to 1862; Ebenezer T.\\nWheeler, from 1862 to 1867; William A. Trow, from\\n1SC 7 to 1875; Henry N. Smith, from IS?:, to IS77;\\nGeorge A. Burge. from 1*77 to L885.\\nPopulation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 17 He 53; 1 7 .o, 77 1755, 107; 1760,\\n117; 1765,131; 1771,231; l77o(at the beginning of\\nthe wart, 279; 1783 (at the end of the war), 293;\\n1783, 1392; 1790, nil; 1800,1557; 1810,1529; 1820,\\n1543; 1830, 1501; 1840, 1333; 1850, 1293; 1860,\\n1317; 1870, 1079; 1880, 1080. The population in\\n1767 included one male ami our female slave\\nCHAPTER III.\\nHOLLIS -{Continued).\\nCIVIL hist, n: v\\norporation of Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Town-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Town\\nRepresentatives.\\nTin; town was incorporated, as before mentioned,\\nTown Clerks-\\nThe loll\\nclerks from 174H to 1885\\nSan 1 Cumin 1740 t\\n1TTH..N-\\nepl 1753, 1 and\\nSt 1 i. Mi 1 i\\n4.\\nJohn Hale, 1760.\\nWilliam Cumings, 1TTI\\n11, iiml\\n1782 to!788.\\n1836, 37,\\nls:i\u00c2\u00ab is:\\nBenjamin M. Farley, 1820 to Is...\\nSelectmen. The following is a list of the select-\\nmen from 174(1 to 1885:\\nSiiiiiiH-l I inning-. IT! I.. 177... ia\\ncept 17:.::, 1771 .iii.I 1700.\\nBenjamin Farley, 1746, 17 and\\n171s.\\nFrancis Worcester, 1746, 17. Is,\\n62, 63 and 1766.\\nStephen s, 1747, i-\\n1771.\\nN. ill.. in. I T..u l.\\nSamuel Brown, 1 7 1 s.\\nKlias Smith, 1 7 1 s\\nB Ii Hunt, 1749.\\n.I..-I w right, 17 in mi. I 1707.\\nMoses Proctor, 17tn\\nl: I. KFoyes, 1749, 1751 t.. 17\\n17 1.. 1700, 177-\\nSamuel Goodhue, 1750, 7,1,\\n.71 ainl 177i,.\\nBenj. Blanchard, 1750 and 17", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0769.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "11ISTOKY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nichariab L iwrence, 1 i54\\n1757.\\nJohn I 11 i L751\\nJosiah Conant, IT il and L755\\nBenjamin k-bbot, 1752, 53,\\n60andl761.\\nJohn Boyi I\\ntnd 1781\\nJohn li lie, 1761, 64 and 17CC.\\nm\u00e2\u0080\u009e W. bster, 1761\\nStej i\u00e2\u0080\u009e a Wi bster, 1762, 63 i\\ni\\nSamuel Hobarl\\nStephen Jewett, L766\\nro 1766\\nCal b i arley, 1767.\\nJonathan Philbrick, 1767\\n1768.\\nNoah Webster, 1769, 75, 76,\\nH..W,\\ni Tec\\nWillis\\nl un, i. iv, it. 1769\\nWilliam Brown, 1771, 72,\\nI\\nWilliam Pool, 1771\\nl i li ndall, 1771, 72\\nWilliam I u\\nDaniel Kendrick, 177\\n1777\\ni diver I. .in rence, L775,\\n177H\\nDaniel I mi re\\nm.\\nB I M i\\ni- i\\nChristopher 1 I url 1814\\nRalph W, Jen\\n.iii.l 1824\\ni. i, ii r ri-ht, 1823 to 1829,\\nand 1- 15\\nWilliam Em. i\\nI; ilph I Ti mi. L826 27 28,\\nBenjamin Earlc\\nII. in\\nis: :n\\nJonas Willongbby, 1789\\nSolol Wheat 1789 to 17\\n1- 01, 11, II, 15\\nI 16\\nJonathan Danfortb, 1789\\nWilliam T i. .Ii 171H. 112.\\nPool, ism to 1- I- .v.\\n09, in, n.i and 181\\n\\\\u,,- Eastman Ii 1806\\nSamson Powers 1 301 md\\n1809, 10,\\n1819\\nli,,. ,1 Hale i.-i i\\nWilli. ii 1 i- II, 12\\nJoseph 1. Smith, 1832,\\n4i i, 17. and ls.lt 1859.\\nWilliam Merrill l A\\nM Proctor, i- .i ad\\ni ..i- 15, 36, 39\\nillil Mil li II 17\\nin. 41, ii l\\ni Marshall IS 16, 37\\nPhillips W I, l- 17\\ni.i, Worcester, 1838\\nI dv. n.i I I ,,1 52.\\nI I 1 M II, I\\nJames Wheeler, 1840,\\nSamuel Little, 1841. IJ\\nJohn Farley, 1842 i I\\nReuben Baldwin, 1843, 1-1,\\ni,l. 62\\nJohn I. Pool, 184 I to i\\nWilliam r Saunderson, 1-17,\\nHardy, 1844, 45, 46\\n1847\\n1848\\nDavid .1 Wright, 184 19\\nw ,i S I aney, 1848, 49.\\nI nth,., Proi lor, i- i\\n60, 70. 71\\nwell, 1850.\\nNoah Johnson, 1851.\\n,i m lim I- 3,\\nStillman Spaulding, 1853\\ni., ,ii. H beeli\\nI, 1855\\nH. 1 Baili i\\nWarner Read, 1856, 57\\nEdward Hardy, 1858, 59\\nBbenezi i I. fl heeler, 18\\nlost pi D I .i i., i. 18\u00c2\u00a3\\nDavid M. Farley, I 360\\nJohn I war, Is., I\\nEnoch Farli f,1862, i\\nWilliam T. 1863 64\\nr l i, ii. hi. 1863 ,1\\ni barli Read, 1865, 66, 61\\nI cam u I. is.,-,.\\nEnoch I li in. 1866.\\nJohn W Is. 1866 to 69\\nFrederick A. W I, 1867 to\\nCharli II Won estei I 368\\nGeorge Moore, I- 70\\nn. I a Smith, 1870, 71\\ni. 1-71 i 73\\nSilas M Spaulding. Is72 to 7..\\n.lani.s I. Hill-, 1S72 t ls7:,\\nVlkin- J, Turner, 1874, 7.\\n1 tin E Flags 1876 to 7-.\\nJohn ,i,ni ii i-7 to 78\\nCharleB W. Hardy, 1-7 to 7\\nCharles S Spauldin\\nI bail.- M Sttatton, l-7 i, so. si.\\nAndrew .1.\\nCharles\\n1885.\\nJames E Hills, 1883\\nRalph E Ti am j 1884\\nTruman Hnnl, lss4\\nGeorge 11 blood, lssl\\nJames D Hills, 188\\nCharles\\nHal.-, I--:\\nHenry X. Smith, 188(1, 81.\\nRepresentatives.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following i- a list of the\\nRepresentatives from 1739 to 1858\\n17 ;i -Abraham Taylor and I eter Pow.-rs were delegates of the set-\\ntlers in West Dunstable to the Massachusetts General Court upon their\\npetition foi a i hartei\\n1714 -.lam.- t. wait \\\\va- ,1,1, ...it- the mhal.ltarits of West Dun-\\nBtable to the New Hampshire General Court, to present their petition for\\n-arn-, ,n- and soldier- for protection against the Indians.\\n1746 -Stephen Ai was delegate, of the settlersin the wesl partol\\nHullis, to the New Hampshire General Court, upon their petition lor a\\nnt..,- to locate ili- new l tin\\n1717 Sat I i mi, in.- wa- .1.1,-ate of the town to the Xew Hamp-\\nshire General r. iirt, upon its petition for an a.t lor taxing the land of\\nnon-residents for the support of the ministry, and also upon the petition\\nofthetownfoi -,,iit-t,,i |,i,t, tim a-ainst the Indians.\\nDt rohn Hale, representative to the New Hampshire Gen-\\neral i t six ye h- from 1762 to 1768.\\n17HS-74 r,,l..u. ,ii,u... II but, lepr\u00e2\u0080\u0094, [italic., t,, the New llamp-\\n-hir.. General I onrt -.x \\\\--ar-, from I7 .s to 1774\\n1774.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Ames, Reuben Dow and Stephen Jewett, delegates to\\nthe I .1-1 ,ii i t Congress, ai \\\\inli.-i-t, Novembei i T t\\n177 -Stephen Jewett and Enoch Xoyes, delegates to the Second\\nWilliam Nevins, Jeremiah Ames and Samuel Farley, delegat 3 to the\\nI ol IJ. .hi. Hale, I- pi. ill. ilii. toth\\ni ,i,i,,, 1 1 j.;.. 177.:,.\\ni oi,,ti.i Sainu.i H.ii.art, .1.1, --ate to the Provincial Congreas, at Exe-\\nter, \\\\pril, l\\nI oloiiel John Hale and Deacon Enoch Xoyes, chosen del.-ates t the\\nl-i in. ial on-i.-s- t., in, .t at Exeter. Ma 1 177.. i olonel Hale not\\nbeing aide to attend, I oloiiel llol.art was elected in hi- pla, Maj 21-1\\n\\\\,,i ml.,., L2 Stephen Vines chosen r.-presriilativc t,, il,,- i to i ,1\\nCourt for one year\\nI77C, N..\\\\.nil..-i 2n st.-pheti \\\\uic- a-ain hosen representative to the\\n177: \\\\,.\\\\,inl 2 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Stephen Ames c hi. -ell 1 opt .-s.-ntatlve for the thud\\ni: ,,i i ul\u00e2\u0080\u009e a. Ice ,1 n r. presentative to\\n177 An-n-l 12 \u00e2\u0080\u0094I 1 1 T.diii Hal.- chosen delegate to the conven-\\ntion held at loncord, September 2: 1779, to -tat.- prices\\nDecember 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 l ..l. an 1 John Hale chosen representative to the General\\ni nit\\n1780, November 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colonel Hale again chosen representative t. the\\nGeneral Court.\\n1751, Xoveiiib. a 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Daniel Emerson chosen representative to\\nil, aeral Court\\n1752. iirtobci Ki, 1,, n.i i mis shannon i presentative to the\\nGeneral lour!\\n1791, August 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Daniel Emerson chosen del\\ni r-ai-iiint ,.l I oiivention.\\nCaptain Daniel Emerson, 1783 to Daniel Bailey, 1-1;\\n1801, 02, 03, 09,\\n11.\\nI, I. ,1. \\\\mes, 17:12 to 17 and\\n1800.\\nBenjamin Pool, i- l to 1808\\nNathan Thayer,1812 i\\nM Farley, Isllto 1818,\\n1-21 to 1829\\nRalph W. Jewett, 1822 and 23.\\nJ itl.an T. Wrighl i-\\nKalph E. Tenney, 1832, 33, 34\\nand I-.\\nMoses Pro. I", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0770.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "HOLLIS.\\nJoseph K. Smith, DOS and\\nLeonard Farley, 1840, 41, 42.\\nWilliam Merrill, 1843 and II\\nWilliam I Hal.-. ls-HI. 47 ami 4s\\nJohn L Poole, 1849 and SO.\\nAlmon I 1 Marshall, 1851 and 52\\nJohn Farley, 1853 and 54.\\nJohn S. Haywood, 1855.\\nMajor James Wheeler, 1856 and\\n57.\\nJohn H. Cutter, lS. .S and 59.\\nMinot Farley, 1860 and 01.\\nLuther Proctor, 1862.\\nReuben Baldwin, lsiO and\\nJ. ,1,1, I ,.1, in n, ISIm and 1)6.\\nI thj E. Flagg, 1867 and 68.\\nii. I B Richardson, 1869 and\\n181\\nJohn W Is, 1-7 I and 71\\nCharles A. Reed. 1875 and 76\\nFranklin Worcester, 1877 and\\nCharles Richardson, 1879 and\\ni i M 1881 and 82\\nSila- M. Spaulding, 1883 and 8\\nFrederick Worcester, 1886.\\nOil A I TER IV.\\nHOLLIS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nMILITARY HISTORY.\\nThe Heroes of Four Wars\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The French and Inilian War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of tin\\nRevolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Rebellion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Soldiers Monument\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joht\\n11 Worcester Post, G. A. R.\\nIn the regiment which was raised in New Hamp-\\nshire for the Crown Point expedition, in 1755, Rev\\nDaniel Emerson was chaplain, Dr. John Hale sur\\ngeon s mate, and Jonathan Hubbard (Hobert) adju\\ntant, all ot Hollis.\\nNearly two-thirds of the Third Company of this\\nregiment were also Hollis men. Of this company,\\nPeter Powers was captain Benjamin Abbot, lieuten-\\nant William Cumiugs, ensign; James Colburn,\\nclerk; David Hubbard (Hobart) and Samuel Cum-\\niugs, sergeants; Jonathan Powers, Enoch Noyes,\\nStephen Hazeltine and James Brown, corporals and\\nSamuel Brown, drummer, all of Hollis. Among the\\nprivate soldiers, or sentinels, we recognize the follow-\\ning Hollis names, viz. Jacob Abbot, Ebenezer Ball,\\nSamuel Barrett, Jabez Davis, John Flagg, Jonathan\\nFowler, Josiah French, John Goodhue, James Hill,\\nGeorge Lesley, Christopher Lovejoy, Levi Powers,\\nStephen Powers, Whitcomb Powers, Isaac Stearns,\\nNathaniel Townsend, T aniel Wheeler, James Wheeler,\\nPeter Wheeler and John Wiloughby, making in all\\nthirty-four Hollis men in this regiment.\\nIn August, 1757, after the capture of Fort William\\nHenry by the French and Indians, a battalion of two\\nhundred and fifty New Hampshire troops was raised\\nfor the defense of Fort Edward, near Lake George,\\ncommanded by Major Thomas Tash. In the First\\nCompany of this battalion there were eleven Hollis\\nsoldiers, viz. Benjamin Abbot, Jacob Abbot, Stephen\\nAmes, Ephraim Blood, Klnathan Blood, Robert\\nCampbell, Timothy Emerson, John Hale, Samuel\\nHobart, (Sergeant) Jonathan Hobart and John Wil-\\nloughby.\\nIn 1758 a regiment of New Hampshire troops was\\nraised, commanded by Colonel John Hart, of Ports-\\nmouth, a part of which was ordered to join a second\\nexpedition against Louisburg and the remainder to\\nserve on the western froutier. Of this regiment 1\\nRev. Daniel Emerson was chaplain, and l r. John\\nHale surgeon. Of its sixth company, Ebenezer\\nJaqnith was second lieutenant and Josiah Brown\\nensign. Besides the foregoing, there were also in the\\nsi company sixteen Hollis soldiers, making in all\\ntwenty Hollis men in this regiment, viz. Nathaniel\\nBlood, Joseph Easterbrook, Jonathan Fowler, .lames\\nFrench, Samuel Hazeltine, James Hubbard (Hobart),\\nThomas Nevins, Ebenezer Pierce, Whitcomb Powers,\\nThomas Powers, Isaac Stearns, Samuel Stearns, James\\nTaylor, Abel Webster, Peter Wheeler and John\\nWilloughby.\\nIn 1750, the year of the capture of Quebec, a Nevi\\nHampshire regiment was raised and put under the\\ncon ind of Colonel Zaccheus Lovewell, of Dun-\\nstable, with its rendezvous at that place. With the\\nexception of two com], anies, the rolls of this regi-\\nment are lost; but as it was made up of drafts from\\nthe militia regiments of the whole province, and its\\nheadquarters being in an adjacent town, there can be\\nno reasonable doubt that the Hollis soldiers were\\nwell represented in it.\\nIn 1760 the vear oi the final conquest of Canada,\\n\\\\,u Hampshire furnished its last regiment of eighl\\nhundred men for this war, of which John Goffe was\\ncolonel, having its headquarters at Litchfield. This\\nregiment marched to its destination In the waj oi\\nMonson, Keene, the Green Mountains, ami thence\\nto Crown Point, [ts adjutant was Samuel Hobart,\\nand on the roll of .me its companies I find the follow\\ning names of Hollis soldiers: Joseph Taylor, lieu-\\ntenant James Taylor, sergeant and among the\\nprivates, Jotham Cumings, Francis Towers and\\nJoshua Wright.\\nIn the foregoing lists there will be found sixty-one\\ndifferent names of men who, as private soldiers or offi\\neel s, in the several years of that war, went into the\\narmy from the territory now or at that time embraced\\nin Hollis.\\nWar of the Revolution. -The first reference on\\nthe town record to the War of the Revolution is\\nunder date of November 7, 1774, which was a meeting\\ncalled to choose delegates for the County Congress, to\\nbe held on the following day at Amherst. Deacon\\nStephen Jewett, Ensign Stephen Ames and Lieutenant\\nReuben How were chosen.and the following preamble\\nand resolution adopted\\nPreamble.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 we, the inhabitants oi the town of Holies, having taken\\nint., our most serious considV ration the precarious and most alarming\\naffairs of our land at the present day. do firmlj enter into the following\\nresolul i, ,11\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tli.n we will at all times endi avol to maintain our liberty and priv-\\nil and sacred, .on ..1 tin- ns,|ii, ,,l .,111 livesand fortuli, s.\\nand \\\\wll not only disapproxe, but In, IK i 1 I,\\nI,,,,,, jnsl and solid reasons to tuinl ev, n wish us in any measure to be\\ndeprived of them.\\nIii 1774, \u00c2\u00a32716*. 3d. was assessed upon the inhabit-\\nants for ammunition.\\nOn December 30, 1774, it was\\nl,. i. that .v- a rdiallj a I to the iusl Btate\\nf the British i olonies and thi measures adopted and", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0771.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na. ii. Dea John B .yn\\nApril 28, 17\\nle-hall sent to [he army, ind Hi.-t I. all i.. I.. .n-r ii.nt.-.l t,. th..\\nMay 11, 1775, il was\\nI W-.l, .iii.l Ii.im i ..l .I..I111 llal. in.! 11. a. ..il V. 1 1 N.n.. 1 i.l. -.il.-\\nllir Provincial Congress t t at Exerei he 17th ol May, inst\\noted .ii i I mil in ted oui deli gatea to join the other Governments\\nraising and paying theil proportions in men and ney, in the defence\\nProvince of New Hampshire, i Special town meeting Ma) 18, 177.^\\nHillsborough County, SS [Ensign Noah W.Tia^t. a-, in.. ilinatur.\\n-i c a I\\nVgn r-IHi lii i.t I\\ndelegate to the ingress ..i\\nMIllUi, Ml., 1 L\\nColonj ..I Nevi Hampsl i S\\nHillsborough County, ss. I\\nf.. ami L li.i.1 l-aisii:ii Strplm\\nAssembly at Exetei rors year.\\nr,,. ,s- dispute arose respecting s votes which were\\nbrought in writing persons gone into the army, which being put to\\nvote iin were allowed as if the a were present them i Ivi\\nft a)i/ n .aitaai (Ii.ii- ii Coiiqmmj -a M,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009et. M, n who\\nmarched from Hott ttk, lath o) IpriJ, 1 7 7\\nReuben Dow, captain; John Goss tii-t lieutenant John Cumings,\\nsecond lieutenant Nathan til I, Joshua Boynton, William Kevins,\\nM i I i. a. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ai, i,-. Sams a I a- .1.. Mi tntosh, James Mc-\\nTliirty-niiic of the privates of the company, after\\nan absence of from five to twelve days, returned to\\nMollis. Tlic remaining fifty-three, with but few, if\\nany, exceptions, stayed at Cambridge and volunteered\\nin other companies, to serve lor eight months. Much\\nthe largest part of those who remained at Cambridge\\nre-enlisted lot- right months in a new company under\\nCaptain Dow, of which John Goss was also first lien-\\niriiant anil .John Cumings second lieutenant. This\\ncompany was afterwards mustered into the Massachu-\\nsetts regiment, commanded by Colonel William Pres-\\nii. ilo hero of Bunker Hill, who. at the time, lived\\nmar the north line ol tin- adjoining town of Pepperell,\\na large part of his farm being in llollis. Thomas !ol-\\n1 .ni-ii and Ebenezer Youngman, two of these Minute-\\nMen, enlisted in the company of Captain Moor, of\\nGroton, Mass., in the same regiment, ami were both\\nkilled in the tight at Bunker Hill. Job Bailey,\\nEphraim How and Samuel Leeman, three others of\\nthem, joined the company of Captain Levi Spalding,\\n..I Nottingham West (now Hudson), in the New\\nHampshire regiment that fought at Bunker Hill under\\nColonel Reed, and were all present in the battle. Six\\nothers of them viz., Joel Bailey, Richard Bailey,\\nNathan Colburn, Aimer Keyes, David Wallingford\\nami Bray VVilkins volunteered in the company of\\nCaptain Archelaus Town, of Amherst, N. H., after-\\nwards mustered into the Twenty-seventh Massachu-\\nsetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Hutchinson.\\nt if this company Wallingford was second lieutenant\\nand Wilkins one of the sergeants.\\nALPHABETICAL LIST OF HOLLIS SOLDIERS,* SHOWING 1\\\\\\nWHAT YEAH THEY ENLISTED, WHEN \\\\M now LONG\\nTHE} w i:i;i i\\\\ nil -I i:\\\\ hi;\\n177 I. .1. in.t.-s .:-nlist ?.l April la. 177., f.n LexinLrtaii anil I ain-\\nbridge; Cam., iridgi B H., at the battle of Bunkei inn\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T. i iiiiIiiii lital aim\\\\ -I lirl, 111 garrison at Pin tsln. mill,\\nN. II. Wh.P., at White Plains; Ti., Ticonderoga 1777 Al T.,\\nTiconderoga alarm, June, 1777 Ben., in the company of Captain\\nGoss, ai II ilngton, July, 1777; w l i, West Point; K. I\\nRhode Island; G K. i.a s in the return of Captain Goss\\nBenjamin Abbot, 75, L 7S, I!.\\nI., 22 .1.\\nWilliam Vdams, 75, Cam B n\\nJoseph Bailey, 75, L.\\nJoel Bailey, 75, Cam., 8 m 80,\\nW. 1 t.. in.\\nI i. a. Hill. 7 Cam., II. II\\ns a, 70, Port, and X- V L2m.\\n.I.il. ii Hall, 7U, Ti., I\\nJonathan Ames, 75, 1, 7.. M T\\nNathaniel Ball, Jr., 75. 1,.\\nJohn Uwell, 76, 1... 76, Port,\\nWilliam Hall, 77, Al. T.\\n3 in.. 78, Il 1 JJ il\\nJoshu Blanchard, 75, Cam., 3in.\\n.inlm luld, 78, C. A\\nAbel li 1, 80, i K ,i. in\\nAndrew Bailey, 75, Cam., It H\\nDaniel III 1, 7ft. ram.. 3 in., 77,\\ns in.. -711, Port. 3 iii 77, C\\nI\\n8 in 78, 11 1 22 d\\nDaniel in 1, 2d., 70, L., 75, Ti.,\\nDaniel Bailey, 75, Cam., 3 in 77.\\ni; in\\nAl. T 78, II. 22 79, II.\\nElnathan Bl 1, 76, Ti., G. It\\n1., ft in.\\ni phraim Blood, 75, ram., B. 11.,\\nDaniel Bailey, Jr., 76, Wh. P.,\\ns mo.\\nin.\\nl i in i- in 1, 75, Cam., n II.,\\nfob Bailej 75, Cam B II 8m\\nin", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0772.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "HOLLIS.\\nJosiah Bl I. 76, Ti., 6 m.\\nJosiah Blood, Ji 77. u T SO,\\nI l In\\nLe I HI I, 80, C A 6 in.\\nNathan Blood, 75, I. 7.7. Cam.,\\nn II 8 in\\nNathaniel Blood, 7-. R. 1 22 d.,\\n80, C\\nNathaniel III I. Jr., 78, K.\\n22 .1.\\nHi- I. 75, L.\\nReuben 1:1 1. 77, 11. T 78, C.\\nA., J v., mi. i 6 .ii\\nsin i 111 I, 77, Ben 78, C.\\nA., 2 v., 80, N. Frontier, 6\\nTimothj Bl I, 70, Wh. P., 5\\n22.\\nll.M.i Bow. re, i i\\n.1. rathmael Bow. re, 79, C I\\nOlivei Bowers, 77, Al. T.\\nSamuel Boyd, 78, C I y., 80\\nC A ,3 v.\\nBenjamin Boynton, 7.7. I,, 71\\nb I- m\\nEliae Boynton, 7:., Cm, B II\\ns m., 76,C. 1 v., 78, R, I\\n22 .1.\\nI Boynton, 77, C I y.\\nI... ..I. Boynl 75, Cam., li II.,\\nJoel Boynton, 75, Cam., 3 m 76,\\nWh. P., 5 mo.\\nJohn Boynton, .1 77, C. A.,\\nJo bus l; i. oton, 7 Cam., li. II..\\nJohn Brooks, 77, O. A.. 8 in.\\nI.l. William II ks, 7s. I; I 22\\nd 81,3 in\\nAbel Brown, 75, Cam., B II 8m\\nWilliam Brown, 76, Ti I;\\nEliphalet Brow 75, lam., 3\\n77, Al. T.. 77, Ben\\nr. 9. i I. Brown 76, X Y., 2 m.\\ni i .1. Bruce, 75, Cam., 8 in,\\nEphraim Burge. 77, Al. T.\\nJohn Campbell, 75, Cam I; II\\n8 in.. 77, Ben.\\nEdward I alter, 76 P\\n77. C. L, 3 j\\nThomas Carter, 7s, li I 22 .1\\ni Ihambei lain 31, 3 m\\nSamuel I hi i lain, 11 S 7\\nWilder Chambei lain, am B\\nII Sin\\nini.. i. lark, 81, A I j\\nll ii). iinin oil. in li. 77. Al T 7\\\\\\nli. I 22 .1\\ni. kilbui ii. 77. i am ,3 m.,\\n77, C. .sin\\nNathan Colburn, 7.7, L 77 1 7,in\\nin 76, Wh. P\\nRobert Colburn, 75, i7.n. m.\\nThomas Colburn, 75, I,., 77.\\nCam.,B. II.. 8 m.\\nAbel Conant, 75, Cam., B. II., s\\nm. 70. C.A., 1 7s, R. I,\\n22 .1\\n.Insiah Conant, 7.7, Cam., in 7s,\\nK. 1, 22,1\\nRobert Connick, 81, 3 m\\nWilliam Col k, 76, W I. P., 5\\nm\u00e2\u0080\u009e 77, c A j(]\\nWilliam Cow.ii, 7s, C. A., 2 y.\\n17 in. ii tilings, 75, I 75,\\nin.... B II ,8m., 76, Lj\\nJohn Conroy, 7.7, Cam., in., Sll,\\nW. l t.. 3 m.\\n1 I J -ll 7s, C\\nt Conroy, i, l 75, lam\\nB. II., s m.\\nStephen Conroy, 7.7, C. A I y.,\\nK I SO, C. A\\nKl.oniv. i I niniii--, 77.. 7\\nEll John i oi _-. 75, L., 75,\\n.no II II, S\\nLarnar.I i ninin^s, 70. I i ,,,,1\\nN. Y., 12 in.\\nPetol Cnmings, 75, Cam B II\\nPhilip in gS, 77, Can, II. II,\\nWilliam Cumings, 70, N Y.,2 m\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a277, ALT\\nJai ,7, Danforth, 76,1 A 1 y., 77,\\n77, Al T.\\nI, 77,\\nli I 22\\nII., 8m.,\\nEvan Dow, 75 Cam.,B\\n78, R. I .22,1.\\nStO] li Hon. 77. \\\\1 1\\nI i 1 1 1 1 1 1 I., i ley, 7.,, I.\\nBenjamin Farley, Jr., 76, Ti\\nin.\\nI.l Caleb Farley, 76, Port and\\nN f, 12 m., 78, H. I 22,1\\nChristopher la. I, 7,., foil ;,n,|\\nEbenezer Farley, 7.7, I.. 70.\\nN. V.. 2m.\\nJoseph Farley, 75, C 1 m.\\nStephen Farlej Cam 1 ,0\\nMinot Fartnei, 7.7. 1,,, 77, Cam\\nB. H., 8 m., 76, C. A 1 j\\nDavid Farnsworth, 75 1\\nCam., B. II 8 11.\\nJames I isk, 7 I, ,7 Cam 8m\\nJosiah Ki k, 7.7, Cam., B. II.. Sin.\\n.loo.,- II ,2L\\\\ 7-, K I 22 ,1 BO,\\nU I l 7, in\\nmi Foster, 79, 7 A,. 1 y.\\nDavid 17, -0,1, 70. Port and\\nN V 12\\n1 I 7,.\\nWh. P., 3 in.\\nJonathan French, 77, lien., 7s,\\nJoseph Fren, i, 1\\nV i.,1,0.,1, 1 I,,\\n77, ll T\\nTimothj French, 70,\\nilliam Flench, 7 1\\nEbcnozei Gilsou 1 1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21-1 01\\nC I., 3 3\\nSamuel lime, 77.\\nJohn Mo,, ,0 p\\nCapt. .i,,i 1\\nJohn Bale, .li 70, N 1,71\\n78, R I 22 d.\\nDim, I Hale, 78, R I 22 ,1\\nW illiam Bale, 77, C V., 3 y,\\nlaroti 1 1.. 1 v 75, 1\\nJesse llai.lv. so, W. Ft in\\nLemuel Hardy, 77, Al. I\\nu l t.,.;\\nJoseph Bardy, 7 1 Port, li m\\n.Noli, nn.ih II.,,. I, 1\\nN01 ardy, 77, ALT., 7s, R,\\n22 ,1.\\nPhineas Hardj 7,., Port, 3 m\\nPhineas Bardy, Jr., 75 Cam..\\n,3.\\nCaleb Eastman, 75, Cam., 1 II..\\nSilas Manly, 79, Port\\nThomas Hardy, 75, Cam., 1; II\\nWilliam Elliot, 75, Cam., B II s\\nIndrev. Henderson, 82, N 1\\nin 7.,, 1 L, 1 jr.\\ntier. 11 III.\\n.7.1,1 Daniel Emerson, 76, Ti\\nm. 77. AL T, 78, R. I 22,1,\\nSamuel Hill, 75, Cam., ll 11 8\\n0, 17 1,..., 77. 1., 3 J\\n7\u00c2\u00bb, R. I in.\\nDr. Peter Emerson, 79, R. 1 5\\nrsaac Hobart, 75, Cam B 11\\n0, 1, 2. Surg.\\n1; Iph Emerson, 7, Ti 6m 77,\\nIsaac Bol ,1 SI, C. A., 3 3\\n1.,. ,,o global 1 -11\\n3\\nSamuel Emerson, 79, HI. i ni.\\nJohn Hobart, 77. Ml 19 1; 1\\nI l i. Emerson, 76, Ti in\\nJonathan Hobart, 77. Cam., 3 m.\\nCol. Sain l Bobart 7 1 Payrnan\\nSolomon 11,7 77, Al. T.,\\nII. I.. 22 ,1\\nc,i met 1 Hon, r, 75, Cam\\nRichard Bopkins, 70, Port\\nN. V,, 12 in.\\nSamne] 11,-1, 7 i, Cam 1:\\nEphraim How, 75, Cam It. II\\n1,1 77 B, o\\nJohn How, 76, Ti., 6m., 78, 1:\\nEbenezer Jai 75, Cam 3\\nJan lewetl 1 Pi., G. R.\\n.I,,,,. ,11, .10 .o wetl 7.-. 1,7 I o\\nn. Nathani. 1 J. wett, 70, I i.,\\nJonathan Lovejo3 Jl 1\\nEphraim Lund, 1 am I m\\n.1. 11 77,, .7,1,1.,\\nII., sin.\\nI., 71, Run, I I- 1\\nRandall McDauiels, 75, I.\\n.1,0,,, 71, Hendl, y, 81, C. A., 3\\nAn hibald Hi I,. 77, Ben\\nJames Mcintosh, 77, am B\\nDaniel .Mr, nil re I i G 1:\\nw illiam Neviu 75, L., 75 Cam\\n11 11.- re, c 7.ii\\nli .0,,, 77, M 17, 78, 1,7 I\\n17 7, Noyc ii 70. Pi o\\nU Parker, si, m.\\nJon ,11, .ni.. i .0, i I y.,\\n17, .7 s 7-, i: I 7\\nStephen Parker, W I l In,,\\n1 13\\nDavid Patch, 70, C I., 1 y.\\nDaniel Patch, 7.,, Cam., in.\\nPhomas Patch, 75, *L., 76, Ti.,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0773.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "BISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nNathan Phelps, 76 I 7 Cam\\nuuuel I ll Ips, T6, Ti., 6 in.\\nJohn Philbrick, 75, L.\\nI pi lini Pi, i I 76, Wh\\ni\\ni, I lj\\nNull, uiiuli Pii leu, 75 urn U\\nSolomon Piei\\n76, Ti., 6 in.\\nRichard Piero ri PI G R\\nJohn Platts, 78, Cam., B. II., 6\\nin 71 Wh P.,\\n1 I. .lullalll.lll l \\\\,,lstallt Mil-\\nivt, i Pooi i Ci i ii\\nThomas Powell, 81,3 m.\\nFran, is Powers, 75, Cam., I! II.,\\n8 in, 77. Ben.\\nI l.lll, I. l\\\\,\\\\\\\\, 7 I I\\nMl, W. PI Ill\\n.lull. llll. HI t\\nWei Fi Poi and\\nIIm. in. i- Pi. ill 1 mi\\nP. H.,Sm Jli, I v l i\\nwai\\ni .mi\\n11 Pro toi tl l\\nJacob Reed, l\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in, i;. .,,,1 .i 7,.,\\ni in,\\nV.-|,li. 11 Hi, li.ii-l-.,,. i\\ni -in li. ii\\ng in 77, B, n i; l\\nJames Rolfe, 81, i\\nStephen Runn, lis, B, u\\nB, I.. 22 d\\n.limatliali IJuss, 75, I 5, i in,\\n3 m., 77. Ben.\\nBenjamin Saunderson, 7-,. I... 7,.,\\nV\\nS\\nmi 77, C v. 3 v SO, foi the\\nRobi Seal 7 1\\n11 r\\nick, 7 Port and N\\n12 iii.\\nI, i.i I, Sllillliivk. i am., s in,\\nWilliam Shat\u00c2\u00abck. 7 ra,,, m\\n.i ii, I 15,1 ..in in\\nJonas Shed, 77. Ben.\\nEphraim Smith, 75, Cam., B II\\n.1, .,liiu Smith. Ti., Wh. P.,5 in.\\ni:,i.,. I. Spaulding, 76, Pun. and\\nN. V 12 in 78, R I in\\nHiding, 7 I.., 75,\\nCam B II.. in 77 41 T\\n7- R I ,22 d\\nIsaai Ste I 75, I am\\nB.H., 8 m 77, A! P 77 B, ii\\nI in., 77,\\nII Ii 7i. Ti 6 in.\\nI i\\nCalebStiles, .1. 79, C A, 1 y.\\nEli Stiles, 76, C I v., 77, C.\\nA mii 80, c lui the war.\\n\\\\,i,.., T ij I-, 7.1 75, I am\\nB. II 8 m.\\nDanielTayloi 75, I.,, 75C. B. H.,\\nSamu, I w right, 75, Cam.,\\ns in., 77, Ben.\\n1 mil. Wright, 75, 1... 76,\\n1 I .7 1 Hi\\nJl 75, 1.\\nam I m 76, Wh. P., 5 m\\nHoses Ti, n,-i i i\\nssatael Twist Jl, C. A I j\\nLieutenant |ia\\\\i,| Wallimit xnl, 7\\nCam., 8m., 77. Al. 1 77 lien\\nJoseph Wheat, 77 U. I R\\nI 22 d 79, C A., I y BO, foi\\nthi wai\\nNathaniel Wheat, 7.5, L., 75,\\nam 3 in\\nSolomon w heal 7 Ti G. B\\nTI in- Wheat, 76, Port, and N.\\n1 12 i\\nII l.l, H Ii. Ml, Jl I\\nam B. 11 8 in.\\nlei mi 77\\nBen.\\n75, I. 76,\\nWh P in\\nw I Ji Cam., i\\nLebbeus H ler, I I\\ntsrai 1 u ilkins, 7 I,\\nT lin^ ill iii:lil .v .-_ V li. ii-\\nlonas I 77, \\\\l T 77. Be\\n78, K. I 22 d\\nNehemiah Woods, 77, U. T\\npi. MM N.Mll W ,l. l,\\nWorcesti Ii i\\nli II hi 77. Ben\\nless H itei i\\nP R\\n22 ,1 80, C. A, 6 m\\nSi 1 w orcester, 76, Port a\\nN 12 m.\\nii in W right, 75, I.. 76,\\nBenjamin Wri\\nl.ii T fl n In li\\nA I T,\\n-lal,,./ Vn, lli-liiaii, SJ, lining war.\\nJohn Youngman, 76. T.,6m 77,\\nC. A.,::y A foi Hi wai\\n\\\\i holae ,,iijin.in i i I.\\nTin. ma, Vi.iili-m.iii 7i A 1\\nv., 77, C. a I i 80, N I ton\\ntier, ii m.\\nBiographical Sketches of Some of the Hollis\\nRevolutionary Officers and Soldiers. Nathan\\nl!l 1, smi of Nathaniel Blood, wits born in Hollis,\\nApril 4, 1747; married Elizabeth Xoyes, daughter of\\nDeacon Enoch Noyes, April 16,1772; enlisted April\\n19, 1775, ami was first Bergeant in the company of\\nCaptain Dow, at Bunker Hill, where he was killed\\ndune 17, 1775.\\nLieutenant William Brooks came to Hollis about\\n1757; married Abigail Kemp, in Hollis, March 29,\\n1759; enlisted in 1778 in Captain Emerson s rum.\\n[\u00e2\u0080\u00a2any to Rhode Island, in which he was second lieu-\\ntenant; enlisted again in 1781, in the company of\\nCaptain Mills, regiment of Colonel Reynolds; re-\\nmoved from Hollis after the Revolution.\\nDeacon Josiah Conant, son of Josiah Conant; bom\\nin Hollis, October 17, 174ii; enlisted December, 1775,\\nin the company of Captain Woreester, for Cambridge:\\nenlisted, again, in 177S. in the company of Captain\\nEmerson, for Rhode Island, in which he was ser-\\ngeant; deacon of the Hollis Church in 1787. till his\\ndeath, in Hollis. August 21, 1807, aged sixty.\\nDeacon Abel Conant, son of Josiah Conant; born\\nin Hollis, October 3, 1755; enlisted April 19, L775,\\nand was in the company of Captain Dow al the bat-\\ntle of Bunker Hill; enlisted in 1776 in the Conti-\\nnental army for one year, and in 1778 in Captain Em-\\nerson s company for Rhode Island; married Pegga\\nJewett, in Hollis, November 20, 1781; chosen a dea-\\ncon of the Hollis Church in 1787 removed to Hard-\\nwick, Vt., in 1813, where be died May 2, 1844, aged\\neighty-eight.\\nEnsign John Cumings, born in Groton, Mass.,\\nMarch 16, 1737. His name was on the Hollis tax-\\nlists in 1758; enlisted April 19, 1775, and was ensign\\n,it second lieutenant in the company of Captain Dow\\nat Bunker Hill removed after the war to Hancock,\\nas is supposed.\\nlaptain Jotham Cumings, son of Jerahmael Cum-\\nings, and a younger brother of Henry Cumings, D.D.,\\nof Billerica, Mass.; born December 19, 1741. He was\\na soldier in the French War in 1758; married Anna\\nBrown, of Hollis, April 27. 1763; removed from Hol-\\nlis to Plymouth. X. H., in 17(14: was lieutenant in a\\ncompany of New Hampshire rangers in 1775, and\\nwas for manj years a deacon of the Plymouth Church\\ndied at Plymouth, April 1, 1808, aged sixty-six.\\nWilliam Cumings was born in Groton, .Mass., Oc-\\ntober 2. 1741; came to Hollis about the year L760;\\nmarried Mehitabel Eastman, of Hollis, June 28, L768;\\nwas master of the Hollis Grammar School in 1775\\nand for many years after; was town clerk and first", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0774.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "gelectman in Mollis In 1771 and L772, and again\\nfrom 1782 to 1788, inclusive; enlisted in the army in\\n1776, and again in 1777. About the year 1790 he\\nremoved to Hebron, X. H., where he died 0 tobei 2,\\n1831, aged ninety.\\nCaptain Reuben Dow came from Salem, N. EL, and\\nwas in Hollis in 1761, and selectman in 1769 and\\n1770; lieutenant of the Hollis militia company in Jan-\\nnary, 1775; chosen captain of the Hollis company of\\nMinute-Men that went to Cambridge, April 19, 177\\ncommissioned as captain of the Hollis company in\\nColonel William Prescott s regiment, Ma) 19, 177\\nwounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was after-\\nwards a United States pensioner for life. He was\\nchairman of the Hollis Committee of Safety in 1776,\\nand representative to the New Hampshire General\\nCourt in 1778. His two sons, Evan and Stephen,\\nwere Revolutionary soldiers died February 11,1811,\\naged eighty-one.\\nLieutenant Amos Eastman was a son of Amos East-\\nman, Sr.; born in Pennacook (now Concord), N. EL,\\nApril 28, 1751, and came to Hollis with his father\\nabout the year 1759; married Ruth Flagg, of Hollis,\\nJanuary 6, 1774; enlisted April 19, 17.75, and again\\nin 1776, in the regiment of Colonel Gilman. He was\\nfor many years a justice of the peace, and town clerk\\nand first selectman in 1806; died August 2, 1832,\\naged eighty-one.\\nIn the year 1752 his father, Amos Eastman, Sr.,\\nthen living at Pennacook, being on a hunting expedi-\\ntion in the northerly part of New Hampshire, with\\nGeneral John Stark and others, was, with Stark,\\ntaken prisoner by the Indians, and both of them\\ntaken to an Indian village in Canada. On their ar-\\nrival at the village both the captives were compelled\\nto run the gauntlet between two tiles of savages, each\\narmed with a switch or club with which to strike\\nthem as they passed between the lines. Stark, as is\\nsaid, escaped with but slight injury, but Eastman was\\ncruelly beaten, and was afterwards sold to a French\\nmaster, kindly treated by him, and soon after re-\\ndeemed and went home.\\nCaptain Daniel Emerson, son of Rev. Daniel Em-\\nerson, born in Hollis December 15, 1746. Married\\nAma Fletcher, November 17, 1768. Chosen deacon\\nof the Hollis Church in 1775. Appointed coroner\\nand high sheriff of Hillsborough County in 1776. He\\nwas captain of the Hollis company that went to\\nTiconderoga in July of that year, and was also cap-\\ntain of the company enlisted in Hollis in June, 1777,\\nupon the Ticonderoga alarm. He was also, in 1778.\\ncaptain of a mounted Hollis company that went to\\nRhode Island in the summer of that year, and also of\\na company in Colonel Mooney s regiment, raised for\\ndefense of Rhode Island in 1779. Captain Emerson\\nwas town clerk and first selectman in 1780 and 1781.\\nA member of the New Hampshire Council in 1787,\\nof the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in\\n1791, and a representative to the New Hampshire\\nGeneral Court in nineteen different years, between\\n1780 and 1812. His two oldest sons. Rev. Daniel\\nEmerson, Jr.. and Rev. Joseph Emerson, were grad-\\nuates of Harvard; his third son, Rev. Ralph Emer-\\nson, D.D., of Yale. His youngest son, William,\\nwas colonel of the regiment to which Hollis was\\nattached, and was for many years a deacon of the\\nHollis Church.\\nThe following epitaph is inscribed on the tomb-\\nstone of Captain Emerson in the Hollis central burial-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-ii.\\nAsa Defender t Fl I m,\\nAs a Magistrate and Legislator,\\nAsa friend of the Pour\\nAnd asa Zealous Promoter of the Redeemer s Kingdom,\\nHe rested from liis labors\\no, tobei i, 1820, st, 11\\nDr. Peter Emerson, second son of Rev. Daniel\\nEmerson, born in Hollis November 30, 1749. Ap-\\npointed surgeon of the regiment ot Colonel Mooney\\nin 1779. Settled as a physician in Hillsborough,\\nX. II., and died at Hillsborough in 1827, aged seventy-\\neight.\\nLieutenant Ralph Emerson, son of Rev. Daniel\\nEmerson, born March 4, 1761. Enlisted July, 1776,\\nat the age of fifteen, in his brother s company for the\\ndefense of Ticonderoga. In April, 1777, he enlisted\\nin the Continential army for three years. Married\\nAlice Ames, May 13, 1784. On his tombstone in the\\nHollis burial-ground is the following inscription:\\nKir, ted to thi Mr I Lieut. Ralph E reon,\\nW 1im v..ls in-talitly lollr.l 1 tin- ar i.l. liral diseharyr\\nol a raniiuii whih- \\\\r! i-liil; the niatross.\\nOctober 4, IT in the aiith yeai 1 his a-e\\nw drop apace,\\nAnd some he -n l^ of fortune sweep away.\\nCaptain Caleb Farley was bom in Billerica, Ma-.,\\nOctober 19, 1730. Married Elizabeth Farley, October\\n11, 1754. He was a soldier from Billerica in the\\nFrench War of 1755, and came to Hollis in November,\\n176. and was selectman in 1767. He enlisted in 1776\\nin the regiment of Colonel Pierce Long lor New\\nYork and Canada, and in 1778 he was lieutenant in\\nCaptain Emerson s mounted company, enlisted in\\nHollis for the defense of Rhode Island. Died in\\nHollis, April 5, 1833, aged one hundred ami two\\nyears, five months.\\nMinot Farmer, son of Benjamin Farmer, born 1750.\\nEnlisted April 19, 1775, in the Hollis company of\\nMinute-Men, in which he was a sergeant, and he was\\nalso a sergeant in the company of Captain Dow at\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill. Married Abigail Barrop,\\nSeptember 15, 1775. In the fall or winter of 1775 he\\nenlisted in General Arnold s expedition to Canada;\\nwas taken prisoner in the attack on Quebec, and died\\nin captivity, May 9, 1776, aged twenty-six. He is\\nsupposed to have held the rank of ensign.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0775.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "452\\nHISTOHY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCaptain John Goss was born at Salisbury, Mass.,\\nFebruary 13, 1739. His name firsl appears on the\\nHollis tax-lists iii 1770. Married Catharine Conant,\\nof Hollis, February 10, 1774, and was selectman in\\nHollis the same year. He was lieutenant in the Hollis\\ncompany of Minute-Men that went t Cambridge\\nApril 19, 1770, and also in the Hollis company at the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill. In the year 1777 he was the\\ncaptain of the Hollis company that went to Benning-\\nton. About the year 1805 he removed with his\\nfamily to Hardwick, Vt., where he died September\\n26, 1821, aged eighty-two.\\nColonel John Hale was bom in Sutton, Mass., C-\\ntober 24, 1731. Settled as a physician in Hollis at the\\nage of about twenty-four. He was assistant surgeon, in\\n1755, in the regiment of Colonel Joseph Blanchard, in\\nthe French War, and surgeon in Colonel Hart s reg-\\niment, in 1758, in the same war. He was representa-\\ntive to the New Hampshire General Court from Hollis\\nand Dunstable from 1762 to 1768. In 1767 he was\\nlieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the New\\nHampshire Militia, and colonel of the same regiment\\nin 1775, aud the same year he was representative from\\nHollis to the New Hampshire General Court, and\\nalso to the New Hampshire Provincial longress. He\\nwas surgeon of the First New Hampshire Continental\\nRegiment from 1776 to 1780, and a member of the\\nNew Hampshire Council in the year last named.\\nAfter the war was ended he continued in the practice\\nof his profession in Hollis, in which he was distin-\\nguished till his death, in 1791. His three sons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John,\\nJr., David and William were all soldiers in the war.\\nThe following epitaph is inscribed on his tombstone\\nin the central bun irig-ground\\nErei ted 1- the Memory ol\\n1 John Hale,\\nu i,.. wae born 0ctober2l, 1731,\\nDied October 22, 1791.\\nHow mioii ,,ni new -I i li-lil attain- I., lull a-cl\\nAnd that UOW BOon tn -rav-liailr.l li-M\\nw c spring, v\\\\ bud, we i i -s md we blast\\nlav u, ran count iir -lays, they t1\\\\ sn la-t.\\nDr. William Hale, son of Colonel John Hale, born\\nin Hollis July l 7, 1762. Enlisted for three years in\\nthe Continental army, April, 1777, when in his fif-\\nteenth year. After his discharge from the army he\\nstudied medicine with his father and succeeded him\\nin his practice. He was a man of great energy, and\\nhad a large practice in his profession. Hied October\\n10, 1854, aged ninety-two, and he is said to have been\\nthe last survivor of the twelve hundred men whose\\nnames are found on the rolls of the First New Hamp-\\nshire Continental Regiment.\\nColonel David Hobart, son of Peter Hobart and\\ngrandson of Gershom Hobart, the third minister of\\nGroton, Mass., born in Groton, August 21, 1722.\\nSettled in that part of Hollis known as One-Pine\\nHill about 174*. ami was a sergeant in the company\\nof Captain Powers in the French War in 1755. He was\\none of the grantees of Plymouth, N. H., and oneof the\\nfirst settlers of that town. His name last appears on\\nthe Hollis tax-lists in 1765. In 1777 he was colonel\\nof the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment of Militia,\\nand had command of a New Hampshire regiment\\nunder General Stark at the battle of Bennington,\\nwhere he greatly distinguished himself for his gallan-\\ntry and good conduct, for which he received due eom-\\nmendation from General Stark in his report of the\\nbattle. In that battle Colonel Hobart, with Colonel\\nStiekney, led the attack against the Tory breast-work\\non the right, where the contest was most desperate,\\nthe Tories, it is said, lighting like tigers, and neither\\nasking nor giving quarter. Colonel Hobart, having\\nlost his wife, after the war removed to Haverhill,\\nMass., married a second wife, and died soon after at\\nHaverhill. The name of this heroic officer is erro-\\nneously spelt Hubbard in Belknap s History of\\nNew Hampshire, as it also was said to have been in\\nGeneral Stark s report of the battle.\\nColonel Samuel Hobart, a younger brother of Colonel\\nDavid Hobart, born in Groton August 11, 1734.\\nSettled in Hollis during the French War of 1755;\\nwas a sergeant in that war in 1758; adjutant of\\nColonel Goffe s regiment in 1700, and an ensign in\\n1761. In 17H7 he was major of the Fifth New Hamp-\\nshire Regiment of Militia; representative to the\\nGenera] Court from Hollis for six years, from 1768 to\\n1774. In the year hist named was appointed colonel\\nof the Second New Hampshire Regiment ofMinute-\\nMen, ami was a delegate from Hollis to the New\\nHampshire Provincial Congress. Upon the organiza-\\ntion of Hillsborough County, in 1771, he was a] pointed\\nregister of deeds, county treasurer and one of the\\njustices of the County Court. In 1775 he was appointed\\nmuster-master and also paymaster of the New Hamp-\\nshire regiments at Cambridge. In 1777 he contracted\\nwith the State government to manufacture gunpowder\\ntor the State, and removed from Hollis to Exeter.\\nWas representative to the General Court from Exeter\\nin 1777 and 1778, and a member of the State Com-\\nmittee of Safety in 1779 and 1780. Anna Hobart, the\\nfust wife of Colonel Hobart, died in Hollis May 20,\\n177 A Iter he removed from Hollis he continued to\\nreside in Exeter for several years after the war; mar-\\nried a second time, and finally removed to Kingston,\\nN.H., where he died June 4, 1798, aged sixty-three.\\nLieutenant Ebenezer Jewett, son of Deacon Na-\\nthaniel Jewett, horn 174:!, enlisted in June, 1777, in the\\ncompany of Captain Emerson, on the Ticonderoga\\nalarm, and in 1780 in the company of Captain Bar-\\nron, regiment of Colonel Nichols, for the defense of\\nWest Point, in which company he was lieutenant.\\nWas selectman in 1782. He married Mary Rideout\\nin 1793. Died October 6, 1826* aged eighty-three.\\nDeacon Stephen Jewett, Jr., son of Deacon Ste-\\nphen Jewett, born in Hollis October 4, 1753. En-\\nlisted in 1775 in the company of Captain Worcester\\nfor Jambridge, and in 177li in the company oft aptain\\nReed for White Plains. Married Elizabeth Pool,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0776.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "HOLLIS.\\n453\\nNovember 16, 177-;. Chosen deacon of the Hollia\\nChurch, 1805. Died February 22, 1829, aged seventy-\\nfive.\\nCaptain Daniel Kendrick, born 1736, son of Daniel\\nKendriek. Selectman in 1777., 1776 and 1777. Mem-\\nbe) of the Hollis Committee .if Safety in 1776 and\\n1777. Enlisted in Captain Emerson s mounted com-\\npany for Rhode Island in 1778. Married Mary Pool,\\nFebruary 13, 1782. His eldest son, Daniel, was a\\ngraduate of Brown University. His youngest, Wil\\nHam P., of Harvard. Died May 20, 1790, aged ftfl j\\nthree.\\nEnsign Samuel Leenian, Jr., son of Samuel Lee-\\nman, born in Hollis August 7, 1749. Enlisted April\\n19, 1775. Was at the battle of Bunker Hill, in the\\ncompany of Captain Spalding, regiment of Col 1\\nReed. Enlisted in 177*1 in the Continental army, and\\nagain in the Continental army in 1777, in the com-\\npany of Captain Frye, First New Hampshire Regi-\\nment, in which lie was ensign. Killed at the battle\\nnear Saratoga, October in. 1777, aged twenty-eight.\\nEnsign William Nevins, Jr., son of William\\nNevins, born in Hollis July 2(1, 1746. Married Re-\\nbecca Chamberlain, March 24, 1768. Enlisted April\\n19, 1775, and was sergeant, and also a sergeant in the\\ncompany of Captain Dow at Bunker Hill. Enlisted\\nin 1776, for one year, in the Continental army. Died\\nin New York, 1776, aged thirty.\\nDr. Jonathan Pool, son of Eleazer Pool, born at\\nWoburn September 5, 1758. Studied medicine with\\nColonel John Hale, in Hollis. Was assistant surgeon\\nin the First New Hampshire Regiment from 1776 to\\n1780. Married Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Colonel\\nJohn Hale, December 7, 1780, and settled as a phy-\\nsician in Hollis, where he died July 25, 1797, aged\\nthirty-eight.\\nCaptain Robert Seaver, born 174:1; name first on\\nthe Hollis tax-lists in 1767. Enlisted April 19, 1775;\\nwas lieutenant in Captain Worcester s companj for\\nCambridge in 1775, and also in Captain Emerson s\\ncompany in June, 1777. Died November 1828,\\naged eighty-five.\\nCaptain William Tenney was the son of William\\nand Anna Tenney, and was born in Hollis March 17,\\n1755. April 19, 1775, he enlisted in the company of\\nthe Hollis Minute-Men; and in December, 1775, in\\nthe company of Captain Worcester, for Cambridge\\nand again, in 1776, in that of Captain Reed, for\\nWhite Plains. Married Phebe Jewett in 1776, by\\nwhom he had ten children, five sons and five daugh-\\nters. His Bons Caleb Jewett and William were\\ngraduates of Dartmouth. Died June 16, 1806, aged\\nfifty-one.\\nHis youngest son, Hon. Ralph E. Tenney, born\\nOctober 5, 1790, settled as a farmer in Hollis, upon\\nhis paternal homestead. He was for many years a\\njustice of the peace and quorum, and was frequently\\nelected by his townsmen to offices of honor ami trust.\\nFor his first wife he married olive Brown, of Hollis,\\nNovember 12,1812, by whom be bad one daughter.\\nAfter her decease be married, August 14, 1818, for\\nhis second wife, Miss Phebe C. Smith, bom in Dra-\\ncut, Mass., June 2, 1790. At an early age Miss Smith\\nwent to Merrimack, N. II., to reside with her step-\\nfather, Simeon Cumings, Esq., upon whose decease\\nshecame to Hollis with her mother, to care lor her in\\nher declining years. She was afterwards, in her ear-\\nlier years, widely known in Hollis as an excellenl\\nand popular school-teacher, and as an assistant of Mr.\\nAmbrose Could in bis store.\\nShe bad by Mr. Tenney a family of nine children,\\nami upon her marriage became an honored wife and a\\ndevoted, faithful and beloved mother. She was also\\na kind neighbor and an efficient and cheerful helper\\nin works of benevolence and charity.\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following from Mollis were in\\nthis war: Jacob Hobart, Benj. Ranger, Abel Brown,\\nWilliam X. Lovejoy, Isaac Hardy, William Emerson,\\nDaniel Lawrence, Jr., Phineas Cumings, Leonard\\nBlood, I. Butterfield, John Butterfield, John Crew,\\nII. Kendall, David Powers, E. Burge, Jr., and N.\\nHobart.\\nWar of theRebellion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following enlisted from\\nHollis during the War of the Rebellion:\\nFirst Rebimi v i\\nWilliam F. French, enlisted Company F. May 3, 18G1 mustered out\\nlilgusl 9, 1801.\\nAsa Jaquith, enlisted Com) v F, May 3, 1861 mustered out \\\\n\\nSecond Regiment.\\nSamuelJ. Beard, enlisted June 5, 1861, Company G wounded at Fair\\nOaks, Va., .luue -Ja, IKI ,J ihsrlnir|;eil fur disability I lube.\\n1, 1861 mustered out June\\n1862\\nge Worcester, enlisted Compai\\n21, 1864,\\nG ley, appointed h Want surgeon May 3, lwa i-. .i n.-. I\\nJune 3, 1861 appointed assistant surgeon F th New Hampshire\\nRegiment August 1. 18G1 i ted to surgeon October 8,1862;\\nhonorably discharged October 23, 1864.\\nThird Regiment.\\nThe Hollis soldiers whose names appear below\\nenlisted in Company F of this regiment, August 23,\\n1861\\nStillman Bl I, re-enlisted February 13,1864; mustered out May 15,\\nlieutenant Third South Carolina\\nVolunte. i-\\nJi L. Chase, wounded .1 15, 1862 i nlisted I bruary i I, 1864\\nLeonard Conroy, mustered out August 23, 1864.\\nCaleb Davis, wounded August in, isr.l mustered l Anun-l 2:1, lsi ,4.\\n.I,.l I ..licrty, discharged fur disability Sc[iloiiihei I. I r.j\\nFourth Regiment.\\nPerleyJ Jewett died of disease at Morris Island, S. C, 1\\nWilliam Mah-lieM, mustered (Mil September 27, ISI .t.\\nSeventh Regiment.\\nThis regiment was enlisted and had its rendezvous\\nat Manchester, and was mustered into the United\\nStates service December 14, 1861, under Colonel\\nHaldimand S. Putnam, of Cornish. Colonel Put-\\nnam was killed July 18, 1863, in the assault on Fort\\nWagner, and was succeeded in the command by Colo-\\nnel Joseph C. Abbott, of Manchester.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0777.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nm-d captain of oiiipauv II I) mber 14,\\nbin, sergeant December 14, 1861 mustered\\n26, 1862.\\nNathan M Ames, ci\\n1861 mustered\\nMark J. Austin, promoted\\nout December 22, lsi ,4.\\nHenry Ball, accidentally killed himself at Beaufort,\\nGeorge 11. Bartemus, mustered out December 22, 1864.\\nJohn P. Hills, killed at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863.\\nJohn F. Boynton, wounded at Olustee, Fla., February Jl, 1SU4 re-en-\\nlisted February 2s. lsoi, promoted to corporal ,1am,.\\npromoted to sergeant June V. isijo mustered out duly 20, 1S65.\\ni harles II Burge dis harp t.u disability at st \\\\i u;U stine. I la Janu-\\nary 4, 1863.\\nGeorge Burge, promoted t irporal May 25, 1862; promoted to ser-\\ngeant December J, lsii:; mustered out December 22. l- l\\nJohn A. t oburn, promoted to fourth sergeant December 14, lsi ,1 Inst\\nsergeant December28, 1863; re-enlisted veteran February 28, 1864\\npromoted t.i captain Company E I \u00e2\u0080\u00a2ruber 12. lsii. mustered out\\nJuly 20, 1865.\\nEdward S. Colburn, transferred to Invalid Corps Man h 29 1864\\nJodab I o li.u in. wounded at IVi mu.i.. linn I Va May 2d, 1864; mus-\\ntered out Decembei n. 1864.\\nDaniel \\\\v. Colburn, promoted to corporal Decembei 14, Isoi died ol\\ndisease, at Hollis, Febrna: f, 28, 1862\\nHenry M. 11. Pay, promoted to corporal December II. IS01 wounded\\nat nin. lee, Fla., February 20, 1864; mustered out December 22,\\n1864.\\nKli.ne/.i P [iun.klee.ili-. haige.i t,.r disability February, 18112.\\nBenjamin L. Farley, discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson Fla.,\\nJune 26, 1862.\\nI hall..- II tarlev. promoted to til -I set geanl Decemb. r 14. 1S01 see.uul\\nlieutenant June 3i lS ,2 tiret lieutenant August I lsii:: wounded\\nmortally at Olustee. Fla., February 20, [sill\\nCharles H.Fletcher, died of disease at Beaufort, S I Ugusl 10 1862\\nIianiel \\\\V. Heyden, promoted t corporal Decembei 5, 1862 wounded at\\nFort Wagner July IS, 1*113; promoted t.. -eigeant February 3, lso,4\\nwounded at Olustee, Fla, February 20, 1864; discharged lor disa-\\nbility April 2 1864.\\nJohn w llay.leti, promoted t.. corporal December 1 1. 1 36] died ot dis\\nat Ne\u00e2\u0080\u009e. York City, February s 1862.\\nI Newton Hayden, wounded May 14, 1861 mustered out December 22,\\nl.stll\\nOlustee l i i. .niMi.\\n-lied ot\\nJohn II. Worcester, pr ted to sec\\nto first lieutenant. hue lo.lM.J; i,,..| tally u, allele, I .1 uly 18, 1863, at\\nFoit Wagnei died o( wounds July 26, 1863,\\nWilliam Worcester, mustered out December 22, 18114.\\nEzraS. Wright, mustered out December 22. 1864.\\nNathaniel H.Wright, died oi disease at st. Augustine, Fla., Novembei\\n27, 1862.\\nEighth Ri\\nAlbert S. Austin, Company E, enlisted December 2oth transferred to Vet-\\neran Reserve Corps April IS, 1864.\\nAndrew tenant, Company E, enlisto.l Decembei 2 th promoted to\\ncorporal February 14, ISO:; re-enlisted January 4, 1st,; Hi,-, I at\\n\\\\,,l. hi ttiss., o.tober 10, 1865.\\nFreeman Elkins, Coiupanv F. enlisted Decembei 20th; discharged lor\\ndisability at Ship Island, Miss., April 111. 1862.\\nJames W. D. Jones, Company A, enlisted October 25th diedal Camp\\nKearney-, la Octoh I 26, I 562\\nJoseph T. Patch, i pany A. enlisted ictober 2ath .liseharge.l for di-a-\\nbility died at Nashua July 18, 1863.\\nFifteenth Regiment.\\nThis regiment was raised lor nine months, ami was\\nmustered into service November 12, 1862. The names\\nof the Hollis men are presented in the following list\\nUberl F Hills, wounded\\nout Decembei 21, 1864,\\nAlfred F. Hills, mustered out Decembei 22, I set.\\nJonathan B. Hobart, die.! of disease at \\\\].e it.- Man. I, si, \\\\ujrust 23\\n1863.\\nFrank I 11 1, wounded at Fort Wagnei July, I-\\naccouni oi wounds Sovi mbei\\n.in,,.- i Howard, wounded at Fat Wagnei Jul)\\nout December 22, ISi .l.\\nNorman K. Howe, promote.lt rporal De,eml\u00e2\u0080\u009e,| I\\nease at Beaufort, S. August [5, L862.\\nGeorge D. Jaquith, mustered out Decembei _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 ls.1-1\\nFlail, i- I.ovclov, plolllote.1 to third -ergealit Dec. mber 14. 1S01 to\\nsecond lieutenant August 6, 1863 lorablj discharged April 28,\\n1864.\\nJohn Lund, discharged foi disabilitj at Fort Jefferson, Fla. June 20.\\n1862.\\nWilliam Lund, transferred to Veteran Eeservi Corps March !9, 1864;\\nmustered out Heeembei 22, 1864.\\nStephen II 1 ie I la] December 14, lstll re-enlisle.l\\nveteran February 2S, lsi .l mustered out July 2D, Is,\\nCharles G. Rideout, mustered out Decembei 22, 1864\\nFreeman II. Smith, discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, July 20,\\nWinslovv J. Spalding, pr led to c..r|...ri! October 1 C 1\\nto sergeant captured at Fort Wagnei July 18, [863\\n[anual 1, 1864 mustered out 1 mber 22, 1864.\\nNathaniel L. Truell, promoted to corporal December 14, Isu] muster,-, I\\nout December 22. 1S04.\\nCharles II. Wone-toi, pi te.l I Ijioial I cnibei 14, lsi .l to ser-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ant October J, ISO: wounded near Richmond, Va n. tot. i\\n1 1.SC.4 milSlele.l ..111 I leCCIl .e 22, 1 Sill\\nCharles F. Idi\\nburn CharlesS\\nHardy, Samuel\\nPond, Frank E\\nSmith, John C.\\nF. Teiiney [saa\\nGeorgeH \\\\n\\nCaleb W. Chamberlain, \\\\i c 7,1-\\nHaii-com, Isaac Hardy, John H.\\nHull, Granville I Patch, Aaron\\nDavid J Rideout, Freeman H.\\nit Hollis August lo. I-.\\nU Will, .to. nine, II Willoby,\\nI i.hi. i. V. 1 SI 1 belli, .cot\\nOTHER HOLLIS SOLDIERS ENLISTED 1\\\\ 1862\\nHenryG. Cameron, enlisted Company I, Thirteenth Regiment. Septem-\\nber 2o, lsi.2; promoted p, sergeant dwharged for disability at Fal-\\nmouth, Va, Januarj 14,1863\\nFrank N Chi I., ring, olisb .1 I omp my B, Second E i August 21\\n|M,e; promote. 1 to sergeant, WollleleJ JllOe l,4: 1 1 1 11 ste|o, I oil t\\nliioe 1865.\\nJohn G J oh. eiiii-t. .1 company H, Seventh Regiment Mai b 11\\nlsi; _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 niuMeio.I out \\\\pril -I I- 1\\nHaii.1T. Roby, enlisted Company I, Tbirleeiith Regiment, September 20,\\nIs,;.; Wolllale.lSeptenibel ill. [Sot. 1 1 n 1-te I e, 1 out J ,1 1 e I.\\nPeter Smithvvick, enlisted Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, S. pi\\n20, lsi.2 1 1 .u.-i; t i.-.l i.. Veteran Reserve Corps March 31, 1864.\\nJoseph Sullivan, enlisted Company 11. Tenth Regiment, vvugusl 25, I 2\\nmustered out Maj 16, 1865.\\nJohn L. Woods, enlisted August 21, 1862, Companj B, Second Regiment\\nI,., harged foi disability Junt\\nENLISTED \\\\ND DRAFTED IN 1863.\\nPatiickBakei enlisted Dece i 7, 1863, Company 11, Seventh Regi-\\ni a.. i-t. red hi Jul) 2 1865\\nJoseph Bus., eiiliste. I Decembei 7, lsn.;, i oinpauy Twelfth Regiment\\n.b, -l..t diseaa at Fori Moi Va., 0. tobei 1.:. 1st. I.\\nJason w. Hills, enlisted lugust 14, 1863, Companj Heavy Artillery\\nCharles A. Hal. ub-i .1 n.o is is,, Company ll.Seveiui\\nwounded Jul] 18, [863, at Fort Wagner; May 1 1864, at Drurj\\nBluff, Va. June 10, lsol, at Bermuda Hundred, Va. mustered\\nOut July 20, 1865.\\nHarvey M. Hall, enlisted Novembei 4, is. i.c.mpuiiy c. Ninth Regi-\\nment di.,1 ..I disease at Washington, D. C, Septi mber 1, 1864.\\nHiram R. Kendall, drafted September 1, 1S03, Company G. Eighth Regi-\\nment; died of disease at Matches!, Miss., Novembei isut\\nJohn F. Boynton, John A. Coburn and S. H. Price\\nre-enlisted in 1864. The following also enlisted this\\nyear: C. S. Hamblet, Aaron Pond and Charles F.\\nlhase.\\nSoldiers Monument.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The soldiers monument\\nwas erected at a cost of $2120.77, ami was dedicated\\nMay 30, 1873. It is twenty-two and one-half feet in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0778.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "HOLLIS.\\n455\\nheight. On the west side is the following- inscrip-\\ntion: In honor of the Hollis soldiers who fell in the\\nWars of 1775 and in 1812; and on the east side are\\ninscribed the names of the Hollis soldiers who lost\\ntheir lives in the Rebellion, as follows:\\n1st Lieut. Julu:\\n1st Lieut. Chas\\ni urp. Webster\\nCorp. John W.\\nHenry Ball.\\n.1 .1.\\n.Mil\\nBills.\\nJames W. D. Jones.\\nHiram R. Kendall.\\nJoseph T. Putcli.\\nJohn C. Smith.\\ni.i r Wheeler.\\nNathaniel H. Wright.\\nJohn H. Worcester Post, Grand Army of the\\nRepublic, was organized April 1, 1875, in\\nLieutenant J. H.Worcester, who was mortal!;\\nin the assault on Fort Wagner. July 18, 181\\nHindi\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKET 3J I\\nJOSF.PII K. WOHCKSTEH, I, I, .11.\\nJoseph E. Worcester, LL.D., son of Jesse and\\nSarah (Parker) Worcester, was born in Bedford,\\nN.H., August 24, L784, and in 1794, when in his tenth\\nyear, came to Hollis with his parents. His youth,\\ntill the age of majority, was passed in agricultural\\nlabor on bis father s farm in Hollis; but he early\\nmanifested an ardent love of knowledge, and availed\\nhimself of every attainable means for mental im-\\nprovement. After reaching his majority be pre-\\npared himself for college, partly at the academy in\\nSalisbury, N. II., and in part at Phillips Academy, in\\nAndover, and entered the sophomore class at Yale\\nin 1809, and graduated at Vale in 1811. After leaving\\ncollege he was for several years employed as a teacher\\nof a private Bchool at Salem, Mass.; he afterwards\\npassed two years at Andover, Mass., and in 1819 re-\\nmoved to Cambridge, where he devoted himself to\\nliterary pursuits and to the preparation for the press\\nof bis numerous and valuable publications, till bis\\ndecease, October 27, 1865, aged eighty-one years. He\\nwas married, June 29, 1841, to Amy Elizabeth Mc-\\nKean (who still survives), daughter of Rev. Joseph\\nMcKean, D.D., formerly professor of rhetoric and\\noratory at Harvard College.\\nThe first literary work of Dr. Worcester was his\\nUniversal Gazetteer, Ancient and Modem, in two\\nvolumes octavo, of near one thousand pages each,\\npublished at Andover in 1817 the next, a Gazetteer\\nof the United States, one volume octavo, of three\\nhundred and seventy-two pages, published in 1818.\\nThis was followed in 1819 by his Elements of Geog-\\nraphy, Ancient and Modern, with an Atlas, a work\\nWnn.-t.r llw-n .t ll.illi-\\nthat was received with such favor that it passed\\nthrough several stereotype editions. In 1823 this\\ngeography was succeeded by an illustrated work, in\\ntwo volumes duodecimo, entitled Sketches of the\\nEarth and its Inhabitants. In 1825, upon being\\nelected a member of the American Academy, he\\ncommunicated to that association an elaborate essay\\nentitled Remarks upon Longevity, which w:is pub-\\nlished with the memoirs of the academy. His Ele-\\nments of Ancient and Modern History, with an\\nHistorical Atlas, appeared in 1826,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a work from\\nthat time to the present very extensively used as a\\nstandard text-book in our public High Schools and\\nacademies.\\nHis first work in lexicography was an edition of\\nJohnson s Dictionary, combined with Walker s\\nPronunciation, an octavo volume of eleven hun-\\ndred and fifty-six pages, first published in 1828. In\\n1829, against bis own inclination, be was induced,\\nthrough the persistent urgency of the publisher of\\nWebster s Quarto Dictionary (who was his personal\\nfriend), to prepare an abridgment of that work, a\\ntask to which he was strongly averse and at first re-\\nfused, a refusal to which he afterwards regretted that\\nhe did not adhere. This work appeared in 1830 in\\nan octavo volume of one thousand and seventy-one\\npages, into which he incorporated much valuable\\nmatter which he had prepared for bis own diction-\\naries. The same year he published the first edition\\nof his Comprehensive Dictionary, a duodecimo\\nvolume of four hundred and twenty pages. This\\nwork was the first of bis own dictionaries, and at once\\nhad an extensive sale and soon passed through many\\neditions.\\nIn 1831 he made a voyage to Europe, where he\\nspent many months in visiting places of interest and\\nin the collection of works in the departments of\\nphilology and lexicography, for use in his future pub-\\nlications.\\nUpon his return from Europe he became the editor\\nof the American Almanac, a statistical, closely-\\nprinted duodecimo annual, each number containing\\nabout three hundred and fifty pages, which he con-\\ntinued to edit for eleven years with his accustomed\\ncare and fidelity. In 1846 his Universal and Irit-\\nical Dictionary was first published,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a large, closely-\\nprinted royal octavo volume of one thousand and\\nthirty-one pages, and also, the same year, his Ele-\\nmentary School Dictionary.\\nIn 1847, Dr. Worcester was threatened with total\\nloss of sight. His eyes had yielded to his long, un-\\nbroken intellectual labor, and for two years he was\\nnearly blind. In the meanwhile three operations\\nwere performed on his right eye, which became\\nwholly blind, and two on the left eye, which was\\nhappily saved. Afterthe partial recover} ofhissighl\\nDr. Worcester published the following works:\\n1850, Primary Dictionary for Public Schools,\\n16mo, 384 pp., revised edition, I860.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0779.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nL855, Academic Dictionary, tor High Schools\\nand academies, duodecimo, t pp.\\n1857, Pronouncing Spelling-Book, duodecimo,\\n180 it-\\n1859, Quarto Dictionary of the English Language,\\nwith 1000 illustrations, 1284 pp.\\n1860, Elementary Dictionary, revised edition,\\nduodecimo, 400 pp.\\n|si;o, oiii[ireliensi\\\\e Dictionary, revised edi-\\ntion, duodecimo, 612 pp.\\n1864, i lomprehensive Spelling-Book, duodecimo,\\n156 pp.\\nFrom a memoir of Dr. Worcester, read before the\\nAmerican Academy by Ezra Abbot, LL.D., libra-\\nrian of Harvard College, a few lines are here trans-\\ncribed, presenting an estimate of his literary labors\\nby one who was familiar with them, All the works\\nof Dr. Worcester (says the author of his memoir)\\ngive evidence of sound judgment and good taste,\\ncombined with indefatigable industry and a con-\\nscientious solicitude for accuracy in the statement\\nof facts. The tendency of his mind was practical,\\nrather than speculative.\\nAsa lexicographer, he did not undertake to re-\\nform the anomalies of the English language. His\\naim was rather to preserve it from corruption. In\\nregard to both orthography and pronunciation, he\\ntook great pains to ascertain the best usage, and per-\\nhaps there is no lexicographer whose judgment re-\\nspecting these matters in doubtful cases deserves\\nhigher consideration.\\nDr. Worcester was a member of the Massachusetts\\nHistorical Society, of the American Academy, of\\nthe American Oriental Society, and an honorary\\nmember of the Royal Geographical Society of Lon-\\ndon. He received the honorary degree of LL.D.\\nfrom Brown University in 1847, and from Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1856.\\nIn a biographical sketch of Dr. Worcester, by Hon.\\nGeorge S. Hillard, it is said of him, His long and\\nbusy life was passed in unbroken literary toil. Though\\nhis manners were reserved and his habits retiring, his\\naffections were strong, and benevolence was an ever-\\nactive principle in his nature. He was a stranger\\nto the impulses of passion and the sting of ambition.\\nHis life was tranquil, happy and useful. A love of\\ntruth ami a strong sense of duty were leading traits\\nin his character. Little known, except by name, to\\nthe general public, he was greatly honored and loved\\nby that small circle of relatives and friends who had\\nconstant opportunities of learning the warmth of his\\naffections and the strength of his virtues.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0780.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HUDSON.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nBoundaries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tn|io|;rapli.v Forests\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wild Animals\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ponds and Streams\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Employments\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dunstable\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Settlement of Londonderry London-\\ndeny Claim\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hills Giant\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Hills\u00e2\u0080\u0094 His Will\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Hills-\\nHills Garrison\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Blodgett s Garrison\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Taylor s Garrison-Fletcher s\\nGarrison.\\nHudson is situated east of the Merrimack River,\\nand borders upon the Massachusetts line.\\nIt is bounded north by Litchfield and London-\\nderry, east by Windham and Pelham, south by\\nTyngsborough, Mass., and west by Nashua and Litch-\\nfield.\\nThe Merrimack River a beautiful stream, from\\nthree hundred and fifty to five hundred feet wide-\\nseparates it from the city of Nashua and forms its\\nwestern border from Litchfield to the Massachusetts\\nline, a distance of about six and one-half miles.\\nIts extreme length from north to south is a little\\nmore than eight miles, its average width about three\\nand one-half miles, and contains seventeen thousand\\nnine hundred and fifty-one acres, exclusive of water.\\nThe Merrimack at this point is raised from four to\\nsix feet above its original level by the dam at Paw-\\ntucket Falls, at Lowell, which causes a flowage as far\\nnorth as Iromwell s Falls, a distance of about twenty\\nmiles, and covers all the falls between those two\\npoints.\\nThe surface of the westerly part of the town is com-\\nparatively level, and bordering upon the Merrimack\\nare some very fertile and productive intervale lands,\\nwhere, especially at the northerly part, the Indians\\ncultivated small fields of corn before the first settle-\\nments were made by the whites.\\nSome of the land along the river is sandy and less\\nproductive, and other sandy plains abound to some\\nextent.\\nThe easterly part of the town is hilly, rocky and\\nhard to cultivate, yet in the valleys and upon the\\nslopes of some of the hills are good, strong, productive\\nsoils and many excellent farms, which are especially\\nadapted to the production of grass, the apple ami\\nother fruits.\\nThe sandy soils and rocky hills, many of which are\\nentirely unfit for cultivation, are very productive in\\nthe growth of wood and timber, which, being near\\nmarket, long have been, and for generations to come\\nprobably will continue to be, a source of considerable\\nprofit and income to the inhabitants of Hudson.\\nFor many years past the white pine has been the\\nmost profitable timber, and naturally thrives best and\\nmakes the most rapid growth upon sandy soils; yet\\nsome of the best pine timber in town may be\\nfound growing among the rocks.\\nThe hard pine is also a common forest growth on\\nthe plains, but, as compared with the white pine, is of\\nbut little value for timber.\\nOak of several kinds, walnut, soft maple, gray birch\\nand poplar thrive on the hard, rocky soils, ami some\\nspruce and hackmatack may be found in the swamps.\\nAbout forty per cent, of the area of the town is\\ncovered with forest growth, much of it young, and\\nvery little that has been growing more than fifty\\nyears.\\nThe first settlers found here an almost unbroken\\nforest of a heavy growth of white and pitch-pine, oak,\\nmaple, walnut and other species, which was long\\nsince cleared away.\\nSome of the early settlers were engaged for many\\nyears in collecting turpentine, by boxing the large\\npines, which, after being put into barrels, was floated\\ndown the river and shipped to England.\\nThe moose, deer, wolf, beaver, otter, mink, musk-\\nrat, squirrel, wild turkey, partridge and other wild\\nanimals were found here, and salmon, shad, alewives\\nand lamprey eels were abundant in the Merrimack.\\nDeer- Keepers were elected as late as 1784, and\\nbounties of six pounds each, for killing wolves, were\\npaid in 1752.\\nThe last moose known to have been in town was\\nkilled by Asa Davis, Esq., in Moose Swamp, at the\\neast end of Hill s meadow, some time, probably, about\\nthe beginning of the present century, although the\\nexact date is unknown. One of the horns of this\\nanimal is still preserved by the descendants of Mr.\\nDavis.\\nBarrett s Hill, in the northeast part of the town,\\nis the highest elevation, being about five hundred feet\\nabove the sea-level. Three ponds are within the limits\\nof the town.\\nLittle Massabesic, in the northeast part, and until\\n1778 in Londonderry, covers a surface of about one\\nhundred acres and empties into Beaver Brook.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0781.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nItternick more commonly called Tarnic lies\\nabout one mile east of the Merrimack, contains thirty-\\neight acres and empties into the river by Otternick\\nBrook, about eighty rods below Taylor s Falls bridge.\\nSeveral mills have been built upon this stream at\\nvarious times, from its outlet at the pond to near the\\n.Merrimack.\\nThe first saw-mill erected in town is said to have\\nbeen located at the outlet of Otternick Pond as early\\nas 1710. There is now on this stream a saw and grist-\\nmill and a file-shop. The name was derived from an\\nIndian name, variously given in the ancient records\\nas Wattannick, Wataanuck, Watananock, Watana-\\nnuck, Watannack, etc.\\nMusquash is a small pond in the south part of the\\ntown, out of which Hows a stream of the same name,\\nwhich empties into the river below the State line in\\nTyngsborough, Mass. This stream has furnished\\npower for a saw andgrist-mill from the time of the early\\nsettlements to the present.\\nThe water-power in this town is very limited, and\\nno extensive manufacturing interests have ever been\\nlocated within its borders; consequently the inhabit-\\nants of Hudson have always been, and are still,\\nprincipally engaged in the pursuit of agriculture.\\nIt is essentially an agricultural town, and while,\\nperhaps, it would not lie classed among the lust in\\nthe county, it is as good or better than the average.\\nThe city of Nashua furnishes a very convenienl\\nmarket for much of the surplus products of the town,\\nwhile Lowell, Mass., with a population of more than\\nsixty thousand, is but about live miles distant from\\nits southern boundary.\\nThe grant of the old township of Dunstable by the\\nGenera] Court of Massachusetts, October 16 (Old\\nStyle), 177: included all of Hudson.\\nLondonderry was settled by Presbyterians of\\nScotch origin, from Ireland, in April, 1719. A tract\\nof land not to exceed ten miles square was conveyed\\nto them by a deed dated October 20, 1719, from John\\nWheelwright, grandson of the original claimant of\\nthe same name under the famous Wheelwright\\nDeed. The General Court of New Hampshire incor-\\nporated the town of Londonderry, July 21, 1722. The\\nboundaries of the town, as described in this charter,\\nbrought the southwest angle of Londonderry within\\nless than two miles of Merrimack River, at a point\\nabout northeast from Taylor s Falls bridge, and\\nfrom there the line ran due north by the needle\\neleven and one-half miles.\\nThis covered nearly ten thousand acres within the\\nlines of Dunstable as granted by Massachusetts forty-\\nnine years before, and about four thousand six hun-\\ndred acres of this land are within the present limits of\\nHudson.\\nSome controversy followed between the proprietors\\nof Dunstable and Londonderry in relation to the\\nownership of the land included in both towns, and\\nlong known as Londonderry Claim.\\nThis controversy did not reach a final settlement\\nuntil the province line between Massachusetts and\\nNew Hampshire was finally established, in 1741,\\nwhen\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as these lands all fell within the limits of\\nNew Hampshire the original boundaries of Lon-\\ndonderry were recognized and sustained by the Gen-\\neral Court of that province.\\nThe first and only grant of land within the present\\nlimits of this town, made prior to the incorporation\\nof Dunstable\u00e2\u0080\u0094 so far as I have been able to learn\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwas five hundred acres laid out to Joseph Hills, of\\nMaiden, and surveyed by Jonathan Danforth in 1661.\\nThis survey was not acceptable to the court by rea-\\nson of its being in three places, and so much length\\non the river.\\nThis grant was made, as stated by Mr. Hills, in his\\nrequest lor a second survey, on a double considera-\\ntion, for \u00c2\u00a333 6s. Sd., laid down in England, and for\\nservices to the country.\\nA second survey was ordered by the General Court,\\nand a return made, of which the following is a copy\\nv i ordinf to tin ler of the General Court, tin- 14th Daj the itl,\\nmonth, 1662, There is added tmto the farm of Mr. Joseph Hill, of Mai-\\nden, One hundred Arres of Ian. I joining tu the former Parcel, Back-\\nward from the Kiver thence the Huttings and Boundinga of his farm\\nI.aye.l out to\\nMi. Joseph Hills, of Maiden, oiH aei .-s ol Land in tin-\\nWilderness, On il\\nEasterd Side ol Uerri\\nnack River.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0on,/ Pars. 1 ..I\\ni\\ni Acres, Joiuetb to Said Rivei\\nBeginning at W;\\ngainst the Island which Lyetb\\nal Hi.- i Hi -I\\nuhuaySii 1;:\\nup Merrimack 450 Poles by the\\nRivei in. n, i B\\nr\\ntard mi The Bast 148 Poles, cut-\\nit on the North, near M-.ni-\\n-t 106 Poles unto a Pine Tree\\nto Merrimack is 106 poles, all\\nof which is Sufri\\niently Bounded by Ma\\nfeed Trees, the form which\\nDoesBettei Appeal bj a Plat Taken oi tl\\nSann\\n\\\\1 te Other Pan el of the same, ah\\nut50 Acre* of Meadow, Lyetli\\nSouth East of tin\\nformer Parcel, about 2\\nMiles Distant from it, Lying\\nunder the North East end of a great In]\\nnil 1 i- overy hill. Also\\nBounded by othe\\n-Pat hill.- mm lh.\\nith West and North Eas1 A\\nBrook Running t\\ni rough the Sanir.\\nAlso there is\\nVlluthlT Mr.ul \\\\V mlilfil\\ninto this Parcel.\\nJonathan DaNFORTH.\\nSurveyor.\\nThe first tract of this land, containing four hundred\\nand fifty acres, commenced on the river about sixty\\nrods above Taylor s Falls bridge, and extended up\\nthe river to the little brook on the farm now owned\\nby Tyler Thomas, and included the best intervale\\nlands in town.\\nThe second tract, of fifty acres, was in the large\\nmeadow known as Hills Meadow, and the last\\ntract was on the brook east of Otternick Pond.\\nThis Joseph Hills was from .Maiden, Essex otinty,\\nEngland was in Charlestown, Mass., in 1638; removed\\nto Maiden, where he was freeman in 1645 was Rep-\\nresentative for Maiden 1647, 1650-56, and Speaker\\nof the House in the earliest year.\\nHe was a lawyer, leader of the militia of the town\\nand a man of much note; his descendants in this\\ntown at the present time, under different names, may\\nbe numbered by hundreds.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0782.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "HUDSON.\\n459\\nHe was married four times, ami died in Newbury\\nFebruary 5, 1688, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.\\nIn his very lengthy and explicit will, dated Sep-\\ntember, 1687, lie disposed of his farm in Dunstable\\nin the following manner:\\nTo his daughter Hannah, the wife of Abial Long.\\nhe gave ninety acres of upland at the south end and\\nten acres of meadow.\\nTo his son Wait he gave forty-live acres of upland,\\nnext to that he gave to Hannah, and live aires of\\nmeadow, with the little island at the mouth of the\\nNashua River, and his six-aere piece of meadow.\\nTo his grandchildren, Hannah and Elizabeth\\nBlanchard, he gave forty-five acres of upland and five\\nacres of meadow ground, next to that he gave to\\nWait.\\nTo his son Gershom he gave a like quantity of\\nupland and meadow, next to said Blanchard s.\\nTo Hannah Vinton and Samuel Greene, his grand-\\nchildren, he gave each forty-five acres of upland and\\nfive acres of meadow, next to that he gave his son\\ni rershom.\\nTo his granddaughter, Elizabeth, daughter of Ger-\\nshom, he gave forty-six acres of upland ami live acres\\nof meadow, next to that given to Vinton and Greene.\\nAll the remainder of his farm in Dunstable, both\\nupland and meadow, he gave to his son Samuel.\\nThis Samuel Hills, son of Joseph by his second\\nwife, and father of the first settlers of this town, was\\nborn in Maiden July, 1652; married, May 20, 1679,\\nAbigail, daughter of David Wheeler, and had chil-\\ndren in Newbury, Samuel, born February 16, 1680;\\nJoseph, July 21,1681 Nathaniel, February 9, 1683;\\nBenjamin, October 16, 1684; Abigail, September 2,\\nL686, died young; Henry, April 23, 1688; William.\\nOctober 8, 1689; Josiab, July 27, 1691; John,\\nSeptember 20, 16\u00c2\u00b03; Abigail, June 27,1695; James\\nand Hannah, twins, February 25, 1697 and Daniel,\\nDecember 8, 1700.\\nThree of these sons, according to tradition, were\\nthe first settlers in what is now Hudson, but from the\\nrecords two only can be traced, Nathaniel and\\nHenry. They built a garrison and settled on the\\nnorth part of the Joseph Hills farm, willed\\nto their father, Samuel. This was known as the\\nNathaniel Hills Garrison, and for nearly twenty\\nyears it was the extreme northerly outpost, it being\\nan unbroken wilderness between here and the Canada\\nsettlements. The exact date of this settlement is not\\ncertain, but the best evidence now to be obtained\\nplaces it in 1710, which cannot be very far from\\ncorrect,\\nThe garrison stood about twenty-five rods east of\\nthe Litchfield road, on the farm now owned by\\nflifton M. Hills, oneof the descendants, about twenty\\nrods east of the house, where a depression in the\\nground records the location of the first settlement in\\nHudson.\\nThe original farm, as willed to Samuel Hills, con-\\ntained about eighty-nine acres, and included the- north\\npart of the Pierce farm, the C. M. Hills farm and\\nthe south part of the Tyler Thomas farm, to near t lie\\nmouth of tin- little brook at the river\\nNathaniel Hills also bought of Jonathan Tyng\\nnine hundred acres of land between the north end of\\nthe Joseph Hills farm and the Brenton farm, on the\\nnorth, which extended east from the river more than\\ntwo miles.\\nThis included Hills Row, and this last tract\\nwas all in Litchfield -as incorporated in 1734, unless,\\nas seems probable, the east end extended into Lon-\\ndonderry\u00e2\u0080\u0094until Nottingham West was incorporated\\nby the General Court of New Hampshire, July 5, 174(1.\\nThese lands have always been known as Hills\\nFarms.\\nCaptain John Lovewell and his party spent the\\nfirst night at Hills Garrison when on their march\\nto Pequawket.\\nNathaniel was the only one of the brothers mar-\\nried for several years after they settled in the garri-\\nson, and bis wife, Sarah, was the only white female\\nresilient.\\nTraditions have been handed down showing the\\nheroism and bravery of this woman, and that once, at\\nleast, in the absence of all the men, the garrison was\\nsaved from falling into the hands of a party of hostile\\nIndians by her fearless courage and stratagem.\\nShe lived to a greal age, and died in 1786, aged one\\nhundred and two years.\\nNathaniel Hills died April 12, 1 748, aged sixty-five.\\nHenry Hills died August 20, 17o7, aged sixty-nine.\\nAnother brother, James Hills, removed from New-\\nbury to this town in 1737, and from these three\\nbrothers all of whom left children the numerous\\nfamily of Hills of this town have descended.\\nTwo other garrisons were built at or before the\\ntime of LovewelPs war,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Blodgett s and John\\nTaylor s.\\nThe Blodgett garrison was located about two and\\none-half miles below the mouth of the Nashua River,\\nsome distance west of the present River road, on the\\nfarm now owned by Philip J. Connell, which is a\\npart of the original Blodgett farm.\\nWe have it from tradition that the first white male\\nchild born in town, was a son of Joseph Blodgett.\\nJoseph Blodgett was one of the first settlers, if not\\nthe first, after the Hills.\\nWe find recorded upon the old Dunstable records\\nthe following births: Joseph Blodgett, born February\\n9, 1719 Ebenezer, January 1721 Rebecca, Feb-\\nruary I 728 Jonathan, December 1730. And on\\nthe Nottingham records: James Blodgett, bom Feb-\\nruary 17, 1734,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all children id Joseph and Dorothj\\nBlodgett.\\nJoseph Blodgett died December 3, 1761, in the\\nseventy-fourth year of his age, and his widow, Doro-\\nthy, died March 6, 1778, in the eighty-fourth year of\\nher age.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0783.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "lilt)\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe descendants of Joseph Blodgett are \u00e2\u0080\u00a2mnierous\\nin this town.\\nThe John Taylor garrison was on that part of the\\nJoseph Hills farm willed to Gershom Hills, now\\nowned by Charles W. Spalding, and was located j\\nbetween the present Litchfield and Derry roads.\\nThe exact spot where it stood is still known, and\\npieces of timber which entered into its construction\\nare preserved by Mr. Spalding.\\nBut little is known of this John Taylor, and none\\nof his descendants arc supposed to he residents of this\\ntown at the present time.\\nHis name docs not appear upon the town records\\nlater than 1742.\\nIt is recorded in the Dunstable records that Eliza-\\nbeth Taylor, daughter of John and Sarah Taylor, was\\nborn December 10, 1710, ami that they had a son born\\nJanuary 10, 1720.\\nIt has been thought that the tails in the Merrimack,\\nabout eighty rods I., low Taylor s Falls I. ridge,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now\\ncovered by the tlowage from the dam at Lowell.\\nderived the name from this John Taylor.\\nAnother, the Fletcher garrison, was located in\\nwdiat was the town of Nottingham, a short distance\\nsouth of the State line, now Tyngsborough, .Mass.\\nCHAPTER I I.\\nHUDSON I Continued).\\nThe Charter of Nottingham Firsl Town-Meeting and Town Officers-\\nShort Biographical Sketches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Med nj lion-... Mill- I .nm-\\nMeeting-House\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incorporation of Liti tvfield Boundaries Settlement\\nof Rev. Nathaniel Merrill.\\nIx 1731 the inhabitants residing on the east side of\\nthe Merrimack petitioned the town of Dunstable to\\nbe set off from that town as a separate township, and\\nby a vote of the town of Dunstable, March 2, 1732, the\\npetition was granted, to take effect when the rene-\\nral Court shall judge them capable.\\nLeave was obtained from the Assembly of Massa-\\nchusetts, and the new township was incorporated Jan-\\nuary 4. 1733, under the name of Nottingham.\\nThe township of Nottingham, by the terms of this\\ncharter, included all the lands on the easterly side\\nof the river Merrimack belonging to the town of Dun-\\nstable, and extended from Dracut line, up the Mer-\\nrimack, about seventeen miles, and included Litch-\\nfield, about one-third of Pelham, nearly all that\\npart of Tyngsborough on the east side of the Merri-\\nmack and all the present town of Hudson, excepting\\nthat which was included in the Londonderry Claim,\\nalready mentioned.\\nThe charter required that the inhabitants of said\\ntown of Nottingham arc hereby enjoined and required,\\nwithin the space of three years from the publication\\nof this act, to procure a learned orthodox minister,\\nof good conversation, and mate provision for his com-\\nfortable aud honourable support.\\nIf, by the conditions of the charter, it was under-\\nstood that the town was enjoined to settle a minister\\nwithin three years, those conditions were not strictly\\ncomplied with.\\nBut Rev. Sampson Stoddard was employed to\\npreach soon after the charter was granted, for which\\nservices he was paid, March 18, 1734, \u00c2\u00a335 I 11\\nand he received nearly as much more during the same\\nyear.\\nAn oriler from the General Court of Massachusetts,\\ndated April 4, 1733, directed to Mr. Robert Fletcher,\\none of the principal inhabitants of Nottingham, au-\\nthorized him to assemble and convene the Inhabit-\\nants of said Town, to choose Town officers to stand\\nuntil the annual meeting in March next. A war-\\nrant was accordingly issued by Mr. Fletcher, and the\\nfirst town-meeting was called to meet at the house of\\nEnsign John Snow on the 1st day of May. 1733, ai\\nten o clock, A. M.\\nThe following is a full list of officers elected at this\\nmeeting\\nCaptain llol.ert Fletcher, I leratol Henry Baldwin, town clerk:\\nHenry Baldwin, Captain Robert Fletcher, John Taylor, Joseph Snow.\\nJohn Butler, selectmen Joseph Haiul. lei, eonstahle Nathaniel Hills,\\ntithingman Joseph Perham, Joseph Winn, Eleazer Cummin^-. -nr\\\\.v-\\nII ...ll.nrn. Jonathan Perham, tiel.l-.triv. rs Pliineas Spald-\\ning, John Hamhlet, hog-reeves.\\nThe first tax-list, for 1733, was composed of the\\nfollowing names:\\nCaptain Robert Fletcher, Ezekiel Fletcher, Daniel Fletchei Joseph\\nPerham, Jonathan Perham, Jeremiah Colhurn, Zaccheus Spalding,\\nDeacon Joseph Perham, James Perham, Captain Joseph Butter-\\ntiel.t, Hugh Richardson, Samuel ll,.nl.l, Ensign John Snow. Pliineas\\nh;.i- 1...V.-W.11, Thomas 1 ollar.l, Eleazer Inmlnings.\\nWilliam Cummings, Eleazer Cninmings, Jr., Ebenezer Spalding,\\nNathaniel Hills, Ephraim Cniimnnus .i.\u00e2\u0084\u00a2-].h Snow, Thomas Ool\\nburn, Joseph Blodgett, Nathan Cross, John Tax I.... Jab. i Davis, Henrj\\nIH11-, I .h..n.l sp.i|.,in 1 n.iaiuiu Vlaln-, A.jmlla I uderwood, Samuel,\\nWartels, Captain II..I..U Richardson, El.cn./.i\\nWright, Edward Lingfleld, John John Butler, John Butler,\\nJr.. Samuel Butler, Joseph Hiinihh-t, Jr., .lo-iali Winn, Henry Baldwin,\\ngs, Joseph Wright, James Walker, Joseph Kamblet,\\nJoseph Winn, John Hamhlet, Jonas Proctor, lleii.iainiii Ila-.-l, William\\nll.H v. i. Samuel Murdough, Robert Walker.\\nThis list contains fifty-five names, of which the first\\ntwelve all lived in that part of the town which is now\\nin Tyngsborough, eight, beginning with Benjamin\\nAdams, in wdiat is now Litchfield, and the seventeen\\nlast, commencing with the name of John Butler, were\\nall, or nearly all, residents in what is now Pelham.\\nThus it seems that the tax-payers then residents\\nwithin the present limits of Hudson numbered only\\nabout eighteen.\\nJoseph Winn soon after settled near the river.\\nSpace will not admit of giving any lengthy account\\nof these early pioneer settlers yet, as their descendants\\ncomprise a very large percentage of the present\\npopulation of Hudson, a brief sketch may prove of\\ninterest to many of the inhabitants of the town.\\nThomas Colburn was son of Thomas and Mary\\nColburn, of Dunstable, born April 28, 1702.\\nSamuel Sewell, of Boston, conveyed to him, April", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0784.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "lnnsuN.\\n21, 1726, three pieces of land on the east side of Mer-\\nrimack River, containing in all seven hundred acres.\\nThe first tract described contained about two hun-\\ndred acres, bounding on the river, about three miles\\nbelow the bridge; it was the one on which he settled,\\nand a large part of it is yet owned by his descendants.\\napt.\\nOolburn died Aug. 30, 1 Tiio, in the 64th\\nThomas Colburu, Jr., sonofCapt. Thomas Colburn and Mary, his\\nwife, died Aug. 30, 1765, in Ins 4th year.\\nH...tli killed l.\\\\ lightning.\\nChildren of Thomas and Mary Colburn,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas,\\nborn November 12, 1761; Isaac, January 25, 1763;\\nZaccheus, February 1(5, 1765.\\nThomas Pollard also settled upon a farm bordering\\non the river, about one-half mile above the Colburn\\nplace.\\nHe was son of Thomas and Sarah Pollard, of Bil-\\nlerica, who had ten sons and five daughters.\\nChildren of Thomas and Mary Pollard, John,\\nhorn September 20, 1727; Ebenezer, December 4,\\n1728, was at the battle of Bennington; Thomas, Sep-\\ntember 17, 1732, died [September 7, 1756; Dorcas,\\nJanuary 12, 1735, died young; Amos, March 2, 1737;\\nRachel March 26, 1739; Mary, June 10, 1741, died\\nyoung; Samuel, duly 10, 174: Timothy, August 24,\\n1745, a soldier in the Revolution.\\nThomas Pollard died July 23, 1769.\\nJoseph and John Snow lived at the south part of\\nthe town, and, as is supposed, about two miles from\\nthe river.\\nJoseph Snow was chosen constable for the east side\\nof the river March 2, 1724. (Dunstable records).\\nJohn Snow was the first town treasurer, and died\\nMarch 21, 1735.\\nJoseph Winn was from Woburn, and a descendant\\nof Edward Winn, an early settler of that town.\\nHe bought land on the river upon which he settled\\nbetween the farm of Thomas Colburn and that of\\nThomas Pollard.\\nA part of the original farm is now owned by Paul\\nT. Winn, one of his descendants.\\nHe had several children, and died August 25, 1781,\\nin the eighty-fourth year of his age.\\nHis wife, Elizabeth, died September 17, 1778, aged\\nseventy-three years. His descendants are numerous.\\nNathan Cross and Thomas Blanchard were taken\\nprisoners by a party of Mohawk Indians wdien em-\\nployed in getting turpentine north of the Nashua\\nRiver, and about three-fourths of a mile west of the\\nMerrimack, September 4, 1724.\\nThey were taken to Canada, where they remained\\nin captivity several months, when they effected their\\nrelease and returned home through the wilderness in\\nthe spring of 172-i.\\nAfter his return Cross found his musket in a hollow-\\nlog, where he had placed it with his dinner on the\\nday of his capture.\\nThis musket has been preserved by the family, and\\nnot long since was presented by one of the descend-\\nants to the Nashua Historical Society.\\nMr. Cross had but a short time before come to this\\ncountry.\\nApril 22, 1724, Joseph I .utterfield conveyed to him\\nforty-five acres of land on the east side of Merrimack\\nRiver, two pieces of meadow and the little island at\\nthe mouth of Nashua River, it being the same land\\nwilled by Joseph Hills to his son Wait.\\nSoon after his return from Camilla he built a house\\nand settled upon this farm.\\nThe children of Nathan ami Sarah Cross, as found\\nrecorded, were Peter, born September 28, 1729;\\nSarah, June 26, 1731; ami John, son of Nathan and\\nMary Cross, bom October 9, 1735. He died Septem-\\nber 8, 1766.\\nThis family became numerous in this and the ad-\\njoining towns.\\nThe names of Eleazer Cummings, Eleazer, Jr.,\\nWilliam, Ephraim and Thomas appear in the list.\\nThey were all descendants of John Cummings, Sr\\nof Dunstable, who was son of Isaac Cummings, an\\nearly settler from Scotland, in Topsfield, Mass.\\nJohn Cummings was one of the proprietors of Dun-\\nstable, was elected one of the selectmen April 7, 1680,\\n.and was one of the founders of the church in the same\\nyear. He was one of the selectmen and town clerk\\nfor many years.\\nHe married Sarah Howlet, and had children,\\n.Iolm,2iatihjiiiiel, Sarah, Thomas (born 1(35;)), Abra-\\nham, Isaac and Ebenezer.\\nWilliam Cummings w as son of Johu Cummings, Jr.,\\nhorn April 24,1702; married Sarah, daughtei of Wil-\\nliam Harwood.\\nHe settled on that part of the Joseph Hills farm\\nwilled to Hannah and Elizabeth Blanchard, next\\nnorth of the Cross farm.\\nHis children were Sarah, born November 10, 1728;\\nEbenezer, January 29,1730; John Harwood, April\\n24, 1733 and Dorcas, December 18, 1737.\\nHe was a deacon of the church, and died Septembei\\nJ, 1758.\\nEphraim and Thomas Cummings were brothers, and\\nsons of Thomas Cummings.\\nThomas did not long remain in town.\\nEphraim Cummings was born March 10, 1706, and\\nmarried Elizabeth Butler.\\nHe lived on the Pelham road, on the south side of\\nBush Hill.\\nHis children. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Peter, born December 8, 1733 Sarah,\\nMaid, 12,1736; David, May 20,1738; Elizabeth,\\nOctober 26, 1740 Ephraim, April 9,1743; Hannah,\\nApril 2! 174 and Priscilla, July 7, 1747.\\nEleazer Cummings, Jr., as he is recorded, was the\\nson of Abraham Cummings, born in Woburn April\\n9, 1704; married Rachel Proctor.\\nHe lived on the south part of the ninety acres i if tin-\\nJoseph Hills farm, willed to Hannah Vinton and\\nSamuel Green.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0785.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "4t 2\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe house in which he lived was at the foot of the\\nhill, east of the causeway, on the farm dow owned by\\nJosiah K. Wheeler.\\nHe had two children, Eleazer, born December 15,\\n1730, and Abraham, .Tune 1. 1734.\\nHe died in 1735, and it seems that his wife died\\nbefore, and that he married a second time, as the name\\nof his widow was Mary.\\nEleazer Cummings was a son of Nathaniel and\\nElizabeth Cummings, born October 19, 1701, and from\\nhim all now living in this town by the name of Cum-\\nmings have descended.\\nBy deed dated August 1,1728, Benjamin Long and\\nHannah Rogers conveyed to him all that part of the\\nJoseph Hills farm willed to their mother, Hannah\\nLong, containing ninety acres, at the south end, below\\nthe Cross farm, anil extending to within about sixty\\nrods of Taylor s Falls bridge.\\nHe soon after erected a two-story frame house, in\\nwhich he lived.\\nHe married. July 28, 1734, Mary Yarnum, of Dracut.\\nAbout that time be established a ferry across the\\nMerrimack, and opened a tavern.\\nIt was said by his son Eleazer, who died December\\nI. 1843, that this was the first tavern in town, and the\\nfirst regular ferry between this town anil Dunstable.\\nHis wife died September 17, 1759, aged fifty-three\\nyears. He married again. July 12, 1764,Phebe Rich-\\nardson, of Litchfield. Their children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eli\\nJune 16, 176 and Phebe, July 8, 1768.\\nHe died December 8, 1780, and his wife died De-\\ncember 7, 1788.\\nThe Spaldings were descendants of Edward Spal-\\nding, of Chelmsford.\\nZaccheus, who lived south of the State line, and\\nPhineas were brothers, and nephews of Ebenezer.\\nPhineas probably lived in the north part of the\\ntown.\\nEbenezer, who was the ancestor of all the Spal-\\ndings now residents in town, and Edward, his son,\\nlived upon that part of the Joseph Hills farm willed\\nto Elizabeth, daughter of Gershom Hills, containing\\nforty-six acres, and it seems by deeds that he owned\\nanother piece north of it, or all of what is known as\\nthe Pierce farm.\\nHe was ason of Edward Spalding, and born in\\nChelmsford January 13, 1783.\\nHe married Anna and had children, Edward,\\nb,,rn March 8,1708; Bridget. December 25, 1709;\\nExperience. March 22. 1711 Reuben, March 27, 1715\\n(died young) Stephen, May 28, 1717 Sarah, Novem-\\nber 27. 1719; Esther, February 22. 1722; Mary, May\\n4. 1724; Reuben, July 26, 1728 and Anna, November\\n30, 17 4. The majority of these children were born\\nin Chelmsford.\\nZaccheus Lovewell was a brother of Captain John\\nLovewell, and lived near tlie river, a little north of the\\nState line, until 1747, when he removed to Dunstable\\n(now Nashua.)\\nJabez Davis was a Quaker, and is supposed to have\\nli\\\\cd on that part of the Joseph Hills farm next north\\nof that owned by Eleazer Cummings, Jr.\\nWithin a tew years after the town was incorporated\\nother families settled here by the names of Greeley\\nand Marsh, from Haverhill Merrill, from Newbury;\\nWason, Caldwell, Chase, Hale, Hardy, Burbank,\\nBurns, Hamblet, Page, Frost. Barrett, Kcnney, Rob-\\ninson, Seniles, Burroughs, Carkin, Nevens, Houston\\nand others, many of whose descendants are now resi-\\ndents.\\nVery soon after the town was organized, as was\\ncommon with other new towns, the question of build-\\ning a meeting-house engrossed the minds of the in-\\nhabitants but a serious difference of opinion existed\\nin respect to a location. September 11, 1733, the town\\ninstructed the selectmen to measure from the lower\\nend of the town, so up the river as far as Natticook\\nline, ami soarround the town and also to find the\\ncentre of the land.\\nNo\\\\ ember 5th, Voted, that the meeting-house -hall\\nstand the east side of Littlehale s meadow, at a heap\\nof stones at the root of a pine tree.\\nAt a town-meeting December 26th, the last vote\\nwas reconsidered, and a location farther north was se-\\nlected, and it was Voted, to build a meeting-house\\nforty feet long and thirty-five feet wide and twenty\\ntret between joints.\\nA committee of five was chosen to set up the\\nframe, and it was Voted, that the meeting-house\\nshall be raised by the first day of May next.\\n[t was also voted at this meeting to raise forty\\npounds to pay for the frame.\\nMarch G. 1734, the town voted to raise one hundred\\npounds to hire preaching, and titty pounds more to\\nfinish the meeting-house. Voted, to board, clap-\\nboard, shingle and lay the lower floor, and a com-\\nmittee was chosen to finish the meeting-house, with\\ninstructions to accomplish the same by the last day\\nof September.\\nThe location was again changed at the same meet-\\ning.\\nMay 27th, Voted, to reconsider the former vote lo-\\ncating the meeting-house, and voted to build a meet-\\ning-house on land of Thomas Colburn, at a heap of\\nstones this day laid up, not far from said Colburn s\\nsoutherly dam. Also voted to raise the same on\\nthe first day of June next.\\nThis last was the final location, and it appears that\\nthe eon mi it tees carried out their instructions, as a town-\\nmeeting was held in the meeting-house October 3,\\n1734.\\nAll the town-meetings prior to that date,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 nine iu\\nnumber,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 with one exception, were held at the house\\nof Ensign John Snow, one at the house of Ephraim\\nCummings. This was the first meeting-house in town,\\nthe exact location of which is not known, but it\\nstood on the east side of the road, as then traveled,\\nnorth of Musquash Brook, and is said to have been a", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0786.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "463\\nlittle north of the Nathaniel Merrill house, which oc-\\ncupied the same spot upon which Benjamin Fuller s\\nhouse now stands; but tradition aside, it would look\\nmore probable that it stood between the Merrill house\\nand the brook.\\nTradition has long pointed to the Hills Farms\\nmeeting-house, that stood on the east side of the Deny\\nroad, some distance south of Alden Hills house, as\\nhaving been built at an earlier date.\\nThe following extracts from a petition to theGeneral\\nCourt, in 1742, signed by John Taylor and fourteen\\nother inhabitants of the north part of Nottingham,\\nand Nathaniel Hills and sixteen other inhabitants of\\nthe south part of Litchfield, proves the tradition to\\nbe erroneous.\\nThe petition represents\\nThat your petitioners, after a meeting-house was built in Nottingham,\\nami before any was built in Litchfield, everted a -ting-house for the\\npublic worship .it where both we and our families might attend\\nonsiderable\\nvorship of God among us at c\\n,n,l \u00e2\u0080\u009eince that another meeting-house lias I\\nset up in Litchfield.\\nAnd your petitioners have for s\\nand supported the public\\ncharge.\\nYour petitioners therefore do humbly pray that we may be erected\\nintoa township, there being a sufficient tract of land in the Northwest-\\nerly part of Nottingham and the Southerlj part of Litchfield to make a\\nr pact Town, will i any prejudice to the towns \u00e2\u0080\u009et Nottingham or\\nLit. 1, field.\\nLitchfield, which had been known as Natticook, or\\nBrenton s Farm, was incorporated by the General\\nCourt of Massachusetts July 4, 1734.\\nUnder this charter the town of Litchfield was\\nbounded,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Beginning at Merrimack Liver, half a mile south of where Nat-\\nticook south line crosseth said river, run ion- from then, e west t.i, miles\\nand a half, then turning and running northerly the general course of\\nMerrimack River to Sow! g (Souhegan) River, making it a straight\\nline, then running by Sowbeeg (Souhegan). Eivor to Merrimack River\\nagain two miles and a half.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Also, that the bounds dividing between N alti k and Nottingham\\nbegin at the 1\\ngallery doors, build stairs to the galleries and a gal-\\nlery rail.\\nJuly 6, 1737, Voted and made choice of Mr.\\nNathaniel Merrill for their gospel minister to settle\\nin Nottingham, and voted him \u00c2\u00a3200 settlement in\\ncase he accepts the call, and those Captain Robert\\nFletcher, Ensign Joseph Snow, John Butler and\\nHenry Baldwin to find his terms how he will settle.\\nSeptember 19th, the town voted to give Mr. Merrill,\\nin case In- should accept the call, two hundred and\\nfifty pounds, bills of credit, old tenor, as a gift, and\\nto give him one hundred and twenty pounds, annu-\\nally, in bills of credit, silver money twenty shillings\\nto the ounce, an addition of ten pounds annually to\\nbe added after five years from settlement, and an ad-\\ndition of ten pounds more annually after ten years\\nfrom settlement, and to give him a sufficient supply\\nof litvw 1 brought to his door annually.\\nThe call was accepted, and the Rev. Nathaniel\\nMerrill was ordained November 30, 1737, and a Con-\\ngregational Church was founded the same day.\\nHe was the son of Abel Merrill, of West Newbury;\\nborn March 1, 1712, and graduated at Harvard Col-\\nlege in 17:12.\\nlb bought land of Thomas Colburn for a farm.\\nbuilt a house near the meeting-house, where he re-\\nsided until his death, in 1796.\\nIn front of the house an aged elm is now standing,\\nwhich is said to have been planted by Rev. Mr.\\nMerrill.\\nli.- had nine children, all born in this town.\\nChildren of Rev. Nathaniel and Elizabeth Merrill\\nNathaniel, bom September 25, 1739; Betsey, Septem-\\nber 6, 1741; Mary, August 28, 174::, died young;\\nJohn, October 26, 1745; Abel, December 2:!, 1747;\\nDorothy, February 10, 1749; Olive, December 1, L751,\\nmarried Isaac Merrill, February 25, 177 Sarah, Oc-\\nof Nathaniel Hills lands on\\nMerrimack Liver, so extending east l.v his south line to the south east\\ncorner; so on ea.st to Nottingham east line north two degrees east, about\\nhalf mile, to a pine tie,- u it 1 1 -ton.- about it. -tin.liii within sight of\\nBeaver brook, marked with the letter F: from theme North North west\\nby a line of marked trees, lettered with F, al t six miles to Merrimack\\nRiver, near Natticook corner Southerly by the Liver Merrimack to the\\nmouth ..f the Sou! s...ili..-,iiii Li\\\\.-r, b.-loie iicnti\\nLitchfield, as then bounded, extended south at Mer-\\nrimack River nearly a mile farther than tit present,\\nand about one-half mile south of the Brenton line,\\nand included the nine hundred acres of land Nathaniel\\nHills bought of Jonathan Tyng, leaving all. or nearly\\nall, of the Joseph Hills farm in Nottingham.\\nThe Hills Farms meeting-house, built soon after,\\nwas in Litchfield, near its southern border, as the\\ntown was then bounded, and so were all the houses\\nand farms in Hills Row, which farms were parts of\\nthe Nathaniel Hills Tyng land\\nDecember 3, 17o- the town voted to build a pulpit\\nand a body of scats, leaving room in the middle of the\\nmeeting-house up to the pulpit, and leaving room\\naround the outside to build pews, and also to lay the\\nCHAPTER III.\\nHUDSON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nSettle nt of the Province Lim Chartei ii Nottingham West- Bom\\ndaries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Second Sieetii H Sort! Hi n 3om i: i i I I\\n-io I.- Petit! i thCumn Bounty. ilTe Higli-\\nti ii i co Mi Herri!] Salarj Pn Ay* rians\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Si ttli rt with\\nLev. Mr. Merrill.\\nThe province lim- between New Hampshire and\\nMassachusetts, about which there had been a long\\nand bitter controversy, was settled and established in\\n1741.\\nThe new line divided the town of Nottingham,\\nleaving about four thousand acres of the south part in\\nMassachusetts and the balance in New Hampshire.\\nThe meeting-house was within less than two miles of\\nthe province line; the inhabitants were dissatisfied and\\nVoted to send a petition to England to be annexed\\n|o Ma--achu-ctts Hay.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0787.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "464\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe petition did nol Bucceed, and Nottingham.\\nnorth of the line, remained a district about five years,\\nsubject to the jurisdiction and laws of New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nMarch 10, 1746, at a district meeting, it was voted,\\nby a rote of thirty-two yeas to twenty-one nays, to be\\nincorporated into a Distinct Town, and Thomas\\nOage, Ephraim Cummings and John Butler were\\nchosen a committee to treat with the Courts Commit-\\ntee.\\nA charter was granted by the General Court of New\\nHampshire, .Inly 0, 1746, and the name of the town\\nwas changed to Nottingham West, then beingalready\\na Nottingham in the east part of the State.\\nUnder this charter the town was bounded,\\nBeginning at the River Merrimack, on the east side llioeol, wlim-\\nthe line that parts the I mviiio. ..t Ma.-sachusetts Kay ami Xew Hamp-\\nshire crosses the sai.J river, and runs from sad 101\\nsouth, hy the needle, two miles ami eighty rods then nortli, twenty de-\\n-i.,seast. foe miles -Hid eighty rods to Londonderry south side line,\\nthen hy Londonderry line uc-t northwest to the southwc-i nun.i ..t\\nLondonderry township then math on Lund Icrrywest side line one\\nnil. -i, i .hi v i,. -is tli eii we-l t tic needle to yi.-inmai k River then\\non said River southerly to the j.l li.-_.ni .it.\\nThe charter contained the following reservation\\nAlways reserving to us. our loirs and sueressors, all white pine trees\\ngrowing and heing, or that shall hereafter grow and lie on the said tract\\nof land, tor the use of oui Royal Sat v\\nThese boundaries excluded all of that part of Pel-\\nham nearly one-third formerly included in the dis-\\ntrict of Nottingham, with about twenty families by\\nthe names of Butler, Hamblet, Baldwin, rage, ribson,\\nNevens, Douglass, Richardson and Spalding, and in-\\ncluded a part of the south part of Litchfield, as before\\nbounded, about one mile wide on the Merrimack, but\\nless at the east end, with Nathaniel Hills, William\\nTaylor, Henry Hills. Joseph Pollard, James Hills.\\nEzekiel Hills, John Marsh. Jr.. Thomas Marsh, Henry\\nHills, Jr., Samuel Hills, Nathaniel Hills, Jr., and\\nsome other inhabitants.\\nIn apetition to the Governor and Council, by Nathan\\nKendall, in behalf of the inhabitants of Litchfield.\\nAugust 22, 1746, it is represented,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2That hy -nine in istak misrepresentation, the hound. -ion n\\nsaid charter are different from what the intention was, n tin v\\nfor part of that which was called Litchfield on llm .,-1, i I i ,,i. ,1 -,1.1\\nriver is, in fact, taken into Nottingham and incorporated a- parcel ,,t that\\ntown, and what is left of Litchfield is much to., .mall for a town and\\nali t possihlv snhsisl as such, and there is no place to which it can he\\njoined, nor from which anything can taken to ml. I to it\\nThe first town-meeting under the new charter,\\ncalled by Zaccheus Lovewell, was held tit the house\\nof Samuel Greeley, July 17, 1740, at which Zaccheus\\nLovewell was elected moderator, Samuel .reeley town\\nclerk, George Burns treasurer, and Samuel Greeley,\\nZaccheus Lovewell and Eleazer Cummings select-\\nmen.\\nAugust 20th. V lteil to move the preaching to Mr.\\nBenjamin Whittemore s house.\\nOctober 20, 1740. a committee was chosen to find\\nthe centre up and down of the town; and at an\\nadjourned meeting, November 20th, the committee s\\nreport is, that the centre up and down of this town\\nis on the northeasterly side of Mr. Benjamin Whitte-\\nmore s lot, and on the east side of the way that leads\\nto Litchfield.\\nThe town viewed the said place, and marked sev-\\neral pine-trees on said spot, and voted said place to\\nerect a meeting-house on.\\nIt was also voted, at the same meeting, to pull\\ndown the old meeting-house, and a committee was\\nchosen to effect the same. Lite committee lid not\\npull down the old meeting-house, as it appears\\nUtter that no satisfactory arrangement could be made\\nwith those people of Pelham and Tyngsborough who\\nhelped build and owned pews in it.\\nJanuary 12, 1747, the town voted to build a meet-\\ning-house forty feet long and twenty-six feet wide.\\nand a committee was chosen to effect the same.\\nThe meeting-house was not built by that commit-\\ntee, and June 1, 174*. the town Voted to purchase the\\nupper meeting-house in said town, at a value of eighty\\npounds, old tenor and a committee was chosen to\\npull down and remove the said meeting-house, and\\nto erect the -time at some suitable and convenient\\nplace, and to effect the same at or before the first day\\nof July next.\\nThis was the Hills Farms meeting-house, before\\nmentioned, and it appears that the committee soon\\nai ter effected its removal, as the next town-meeting,\\nAugust 31, 1 748, was held at the meeting-bouse, and\\nit was Voted to lay the lower floors, hang the doors,\\nunderpin the frame, board up the upper windows,\\nand to remove the seats out of the old meeting-house\\nand place them in the new house, and put up some\\nof the old glass windows, and to have a tier of pews\\nbuilt in the front of the meeting-house.\\nOctober 20th a committee was chosen by the town\\nTo pull up the floors in tile old meeting-house, and\\nthe breast-work, and take out the rails; and to put up\\nstairs and put in slit-work lay the gallery floors, and\\nbring the slit-work, old floors and breast-work to the\\nplace, and put up the breastwork all to be done this\\nfall, and to allow horse-shelters to be built on the\\ntown s land, near the meeting-house.\\nApril 24, 1740, Voted, to clapboard the meeting-\\nhouse and put up the window-frames anil the old glass\\nthis year.\\nJuly 7, 1751, Voted, to have two seats made and\\nset up around the front of the gallery, and to call in\\nand put up the old glass so far as it will go.\\nThis house occupied nearly the same position where,\\nforty years ago, stood the old school-house in Dis-\\ntrict No. 4, near the Joseph Blodgett place, in the\\nmargin of the old burying-ground and near where\\nthe gate now stands.\\nIt was the last meeting-house built by the town,\\nand was occupied as a place of public worship until\\nMarch, 1778, when the town voted to sell the old\\nmeeting-house. and, February 1, 1779, Voted, that", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0788.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "HUDSON.\\nthe money that the old meeting-house sold for should\\nbe turned into the treasury by the committee who\\nsold it,\\nThe record does not inform us to whom the meeting-\\nhouse was sold, but it is reasonable to suppose that it\\nwas bought for Mr. Merrill by his society and t riends,\\nand removed to the south part of the town, as there\\nwas at about that time, and for many years alter, a\\nmeeting-house on the east side of the Back road, south\\nof Musquash Brook, in which Mr. Merrill continued to\\npreach until near the time of his death, in 17%. This\\nhouse was called Mr. Merrill s Meeting-house, and\\nlater, the Gospel-Shop.\\nIt was located east of the mad, on the high\\nground nearly opposite the old burying-place, and\\nwas not as has been supposed by soim the first\\nmeeting-house, which, as has been mentioned in a\\nformer chapter, was on the north side of the brook, and\\nabout half a mile distant from the location of this one-\\nAnd further, if we suppose an error possible as to\\nthe location of the old meeting-house after the town,\\nin 174S, had removed the seats, pulpit, deacon-seats\\nwindows, floors, breast-work and rails, and put them\\ninto the new house, it was voted unanimously. January\\n30, 1749. To give the old meeting-house all that is\\nremaining, excepting window-frames, casements and\\nglass and pews\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i.e., all their right and interest in\\nand to the same, excepting what is before excepted\\nas a present to the Rev. Mr. Merrill.\\nMr. Merrill preached in the second meeting-house\\nfor nearly thirty years after he was presented with\\nthe shell of the old one, and it would not be reason-\\nable to suppose that he would preserve and keep the\\nold house in repair for that time, when he had no\\nuse for it.\\nThe old North meeting-house, at the Centre, which\\nstood until the present town-house was erected, in\\n1857, was built by the Presbyterians, probably in\\n1771, as a town-meeting held October 7th of that year,\\nwas called at the old meeting-house.\\nThe land upon which it stood was conveyed, Decem-\\nber 15, 1770, by Deacon Henry Hale, to Captain Abra-\\nham Page, David Peabody, Hugh Smith, Joseph\\nWilson and Asa Davis, as a committee appointed\\nfor building a meeting-house on said premises.\\nThis building, which was the cause id several very\\nbitter controversies, was repaired by the town in 1792,\\ndeeded by the proprietors to the Baptist Society No-\\nvember 26, 1811, and by that society to the town of\\nHudson March 1, LS42.\\nThe town-meetings, with a few exceptions, were\\nheld at this meeting-house from 1779 until the pres-\\nent town-house was erected to supply its place. A\\nfew were held at the house of Timothy Smith and\\nother private dwellings.\\nNovember 19, 1764, the town voted to build a\\nmeeting-house, and several similar votes were passed\\nat later dates, but as a location could not be agreed\\nupon, the object did not succeed.\\nMarch 9, 1747. hose Edward Spalding and\\nBenj. Frost to take care that the deer are not chased\\naround out of season as the law directs.\\nIn 1747 the selectmen laid out a road from Litch-\\nfield to the province line, which the town voted not to\\naccept, and it was laid out by a Courts Committee\\nthe same year. Nine other roads were laid out b\\\\ the\\nselectmen and accepted by the town.\\nSeptember 21, 1747, Voted to erect a pair of stocks,\\nand voted three pounds, old tenor nev.to erect the\\nsame. John Marshall was chosen to build said\\nstocks.\\nDecember 7. 1747, Josiah Cummings, Klea/.er Cum-\\nmings and several other residents of the north part of\\nthe town petitioned the General Court, praying,\\nThat they might be discharged, both polles and es-\\ntates, from paying anything towards the support of\\nthe ministry at said Nottingham, so long as they at-\\ntend elsewhere.\\nMarch 7, 174s. Deacon Samuel Greeley and John\\nMarshall were chosen to go to court to answer a\\ncitation. The prayer of the petitioners\\nwas not granted.\\nOctober 1 1749, a road was laid out from Rev. Mr.\\nMerrill s to the meeting-house, beginning near the\\nRev. Mr. Merrill s orchard and running northerly,\\nthrough land of Roger Merrill, Ebeneze r Dakin, Heze-\\nkiah Hamblet. Gerrish, Joseph Blodgett, Deacon\\nSamuel Greeley and Benjamin Whittemore, to the town\\nland appropriated for the use of the meeting-house.\\nThis is the same road now known as the Hack road.\\nor Burns road.\\nMarch 2, 1752, a bounty of six pounds was voted for\\nevery wolf caught and killed.\\nThctirst tax for mending the highways was in 1753,\\nwhen two hundred pounds, old tenor, was raised for\\nthat purpose, and the price of labor was established at\\nfifteen shillings a day for men, one-half as much for a\\npair of oxen and four shillings for a cart.\\nAs the currency continued to depreciate, Mr. Mer-\\nrill s salary was raised from year to year, until 1759,\\nwhen he received twelve hundred pounds, old tenor,\\nat six pounds per dollar.\\nSeptember 2 l. 17C4, Voted, that those Presbyte-\\nrians who attend Mr. Kinkaid s meeting in Windham\\nbe excused from paying towards the support of Rev.\\nMr. Merrill. Much trouble had already arisen in\\nrelation to the collection of the minister taxes from\\nthe Presbyterians, of which there was a considerable\\nnumber in town, which continued many years later,\\nand at times was carried into the courts for settle-\\nment.\\nAt the annual meeting, 1772. The town chose\\nDeacon Ebenezer Cummings to see that the fish are\\nnot obstructed in their passage up Wattannock Brook,\\nso called, this present year. Alewives in large quan-\\ntities made their way up this brook until the dam at\\nLowell obstructed their passage up the river.\\nIn March, 1773, a vote was passed against raising", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0789.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "466\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nany money to pay Rev. Mr. Merrill, and in June fol-\\nlowing it was Voted to call a council to settle the\\ndifficulties now subsisting between Mr. Merrill and\\nhis people upon such terms as maybe reasonable and\\nagreeable to the word of God.\\nIt does notappeai that this council was ever con-\\nvened.\\nSeptember 27th the town Voted to dismiss all\\nthose that are uneasy with Mr. Merrill from paying\\nany rates to his support.\\nThe contract between the town ami Mr. Merrill was\\ndissolved, as the following receipt will show:\\nr, for ami in consideration uf tin- sum ol -i\\\\i\\\\ pounds,\\nlawful money, to me in baud :tii], ..r secured to he paid, do therefore\\nacquit and discharge The Inhabitants of the Town of Nottingham west\\nfor all demands 1 now have, 01 y have hereafter, upon them as a Town,\\nby virtue of any former agreement or agreements, vote or votes made or\\nv 1 I t ween tl i md in. s 1 1 le i r minister As witness my hand,\\nttii\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nHUDSON- {Conth I).\\nA Part of Londonderry Claim Annexed to Nottingham West, 177s\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nName Changed .to Hudson, 1830\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Taylor s Falls Bridge\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Post-Offlces\\nand I ostma.-teis\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nottingham West Social Library\u00e2\u0080\u0094 llud-mi social\\nLibrary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Schools and School District Population\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Physicians-\\nNashua and l;.s In -ler Kailroad\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Employments.\\nIn 1754 a petition was presented to the General As-\\nsembly, signed by twenty-seven of the inhabitants of\\nthe southwest part of Londonderry, praying to be\\ntaxed in Nottingham West, which petition was dis-\\nmissed.\\nAs early as 1768 some action had been taken by a\\nnumber of the inhabitants occupying the south part\\nof Londonderry Claim, in Londonderry, to be an-\\nnexed to this town, and in March of that year the town\\nvoted to hear and answer their request.\\nFebruary 3, 1778, a petition praying to lie annexed\\nto Nottingham West was presented to the Honorable\\nCouncil ami Assembly, signed by Levi Andrews,\\nJosiah Burroughs. Simeon Kobinson, John Marshall,\\nWilliam Hood, Joseph Steele, Philip Marshall, Moses\\nBarrett, Daniel Peabody, John Smith, Ebenezer Tay-\\nlor, Simeon Barrett, James Barrett, W. Elener Gra-\\nham, Isaac Page, William Graham, Ezekiel Greeley,\\n(Icni c liurroughs, David Lawrence, Richard Mar-\\nshall, Hugh Smith, Thomas Smith, Sampson Kidder,\\nBenjamin Kidder, William McAdams, Joseph Hobbs.\\nThe petition was granted by an act of the General\\nAssembly, passed March G, 1778, annexing the south-\\nwest part of Londonderry to Nottingham West, with\\nthe following boundaries\\nB.-iniiiiig in tin- South boundary of Londonderry, a1 the North\\nEiM mi net ,t Nottingham west, Them e nilmin-s North de-lees East,\\n!i i. \u00e2\u0080\u0094i _ l)i eve! Itroolv, -U4 rods to a l.Ho 1 1 1 tnoi k.-.l.\\nIlie, i, e North eighty degrees west, coo rods to the East side line of\\nLitchfield, to a Poplar tree marked, standing in the edge of Fine meadow,\\nand im hiding the houses and lands belonging to William Graham, William\\nSteele, William McAdams, Simeon Kobinson and Ebenezer Tarbox, lying\\nto the East ward and Northward of said tract, according to the plan there-\\nof exhibited with said petition, and e\\\\i biding any hinds lying contiguous\\nto said North and East Bounds, belonging to Samuel Andrews ;i i,d\\nThomas Boyd, lying within the same.\\nThence from said Poplar tree South in the East Bounds of Litchfield\\nand Nottingham west about two miles and three-ijtiai ters to a corner of\\nThence East South East in the South Bounds of Londonderry and\\nNorth Bounds of Nottingham west, two miles and three-ijuai ters of a\\nmile to the place began at.\\nOnly two minor changes have since been made in\\nthe boundaries of the town.\\nThe first by an act of the Legislature, passed June\\n27, 1857, establishing the northeast corner of Hudson\\nand the southeast corner of Londonderry about one\\nhundred and twelve rods farther northerly on Beaver\\nBrook than the old corner, and running from there\\nnorth, 27\u00c2\u00b0 12 west, six hundred and ninety roils to the\\noriginal corner established in 1778, and from that to\\nthe corner at Litchfield line, as before.\\nAlso providing that these lines should be the boun-\\ndaries between the two towns.\\nPrior to 1862 the line between Hudson and Wind-\\nham crossed Beaver Brook several times. July 2d of\\nthat year tin act was passed by the Legislature estab-\\nlishing the line in the centre of the brook, from the\\nnorthwest corner of I Villain, about three hundred and\\ntwenty rods, to the southeast corner of Londonderry,\\nas established in 1857.\\nThe tract annexed in 1778 included nearly twenty\\nfamilies other than those whose names were upon the\\npetition.\\nMarch 9, 1830, It was voted to request the select-\\nmen to petition the General Court to change the inline\\nof the town, and Moses Greeley, Colonel William\\nHills, Deacon Asa Blodgett and .Limes Tcnney were\\nchosen a committee to report a name.\\nAt an adjourned n ting, March 13th, Voted to\\naccept the report of the committee to designate a name\\nfor the town, which name was that of Hudson.\\nThe name of the town was changed from Notting-\\nham West to Hudson at the June session of the Leg-\\nislature of the same year.\\nIn L826 a charter was granted to several individuals\\nof this town and Nashua, by the mime of the Proprie-\\ntors of Taylor s Falls Bridge, for the purpose of build-\\ning a bridge across the Merrimack.\\nAt that timetherewas no bridge across the river\\nbetween Lowell and Amoskcag. The bridge was com-\\npleted and opened as a toll-bridge in 1827.\\nPrevious to that time people crossed by ferries,\\nthere being three, Hamblet s ferry, formerly called\\nDutton sand for many years Kcllv sferry, was located\\nnear where the bridge was built.\\nAnother, about two miles above, always known as\\nHill s ferry and the third about three miles below,\\nfirst tiled Hardy s and later Pollard s ferry.\\nTaylor s Falls bridge remained a toll-bridge until", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0790.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "HUDSON.\\n1855, when a highway was laid out over it by the\\ncounty, and it became a free bridge.\\nIt was a lattice bridge, built of the best of old\\ngrowth native white pine, and remained until 1881, a\\nperiod of fifty-four years, when it was replaced by a\\nsubstantial iron structure.\\nPost-Offices and Postmasters. Prior to 1818\\nthere was no post-office in this town, and letters and\\nOther matter sent by mail, addressed to Nottingham\\nWest people, were sent to the post-office at Litchfield.\\nwhich was established as early as 1804.\\nA post-office by the name of Nottingham West was\\nestablished at the Centre July L2, 1818, and Reuben\\nGreeley was appointed postmaster at the same time.\\nThe name was changed to Hudson June 9, 1831.\\nIt was discontinued March 3, 1836, and re-estab-\\nlished A,,ri! 25, is:;-\\nThe office was removed to Taylor s Falls bridge Sep-\\ntember, 1853, and was discontinued again April 13,\\n1868, and re-established September 21. 1868.\\nHudson post-office remains at the bridge. A daily\\nmail is carried between this office and the Nashua\\npost-office, the distance being less than one and one-\\nhalf miles.\\nNovember 1, 1876, another post-office, called Hud-\\nson Centre, was established at the station of the\\nNashua and Rochester Railroad at the Centre, and Eli\\nHamblet appointed postmaster.\\nThe following list exhibits the names of all the\\npostmasters from 1818 to 1885, with the time for\\nwhich they severally held the office\\nReuben Greeley, from July 12, 1818, to April IT. 1829\\nJame9Tenney, from April 17. to M in h 1835\\nElbridge Dow, fi im April 18 15, Novembei 13 1-1\\nReuben Greeley, from November 1 1849, to Septembei 15,1853\\nThomaaH. Ewins, frrnu s.-pt.-ml.. i I.-., l-.v;. io 1 nibei Is;,:,\\nEli Hamblet, at Hudson Centre, appointed No-\\nvember 1, 1870, continues to hold the office.\\nPaul Colburn was appointed postmaster October\\n27. 1863, but failed to qualify or enterupon the duties\\nof the office, and G. W. Hills was continued in office\\nuntil 1868.\\nNottingham West Social Library.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1 7 .\u00c2\u00bb7,\\nSamuel Marsh, Joseph Winn, Phineas Underwood,\\nEleazer Cummings, John Pollard and Joseph Greeley\\npetitioned the General Court for the incorporation of\\na library, and December 9th of the same year an act\\nwas passed incorporating the -aiue by the name of\\nNottingham West Social Library.\\nThe proprietors of this library were very fortunate\\nin the selection of books, many of them being of a\\nhigh order, and it continued in active existence until\\nafter 1840, when it was dissolved and the books\\ndivided among the proprietors.\\nSoon alter the first libran association wa- dissolved\\nthe Hudson Social Library was organized, but it\\nwas dissolved and the hooks divided in L857.\\nSchools and School Districts.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Prior to 1754 no\\nmoney had been raised for the support of schools.\\nAt the annual meeting of that year, Voted, to\\nhire a school-master the ensuing year, and to raise\\none hundred and twenty pounds, old tenor, for the\\nsupport of said school, wdiich shall be proportionated\\nbetween Hills Farms, liush Hill and the lower end of\\nthe town.\\nNo further action was taken in relation to schools\\nuntil 177 9.\\nThe law in force in New Hampshire prior to and\\nfor some years after the Revolution required towns\\nhaving fifty families to support a public school for\\nteaching children in town to read and write, and\\ntowns having one hundred families or more to main-\\ntain a grammar school.\\nThese schools were sustained by an annual tax,\\nvoted by the town, and were wholly under the charge\\nand control of the selectmen.\\nThis school law remained in force without material\\nchange till 1780.\\nThe following exhibit presents the yearly amount\\nof the school-tax voted from 1754 for the following\\nthirty-five years\\nIn 17o4 one hundred and twenty pounds, old tenor.\\nIn 1755, 1756, 1757 and 1758, no school tax. In 1750\\nthree hundred pounds, old tenor. From 1760 to 1765,\\ninclusive, no school tax. In 1700 and 1767 fifteen\\npounds lawful money or silver each year. In 1768\\nfour hundred pounds, old tenor. In 1700 and 1770 no\\nschool tax. In 1771 and 1772 eight pounds lawful\\nmoney each year. In 177- and 1774 sixteen pounds\\nlawful money each year. In 177 eight pounds, and in\\n1770 twelve pounds lawful money. In 1777 twenty-four\\npounds in Continental paper money. In 1778 no\\nschool tax. In 1770 three hundred pounds. In 1780\\nfour hundred and fifty pounds, all in Continental\\nmoney. In 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, L785, 1780 and\\n17*7 thirty-six pounds each year, lawful money. In\\n1788 forty pounds, and in 1789 thirty-six pounds law-\\nful money.\\nAn act of the General Court, passed in 1789, re-\\npealed the school laws till that time in force, and\\nmade it the duty of the selectmen yearly to assess\\nupon the inhabitants of each town forty-five pounds\\nupon each twenty shillings of the town s proportion\\nof the public taxes, lor teaching the children and\\nyouth of the town reading, writing and arithmetic.\\nThe first school tax assessed under this law, in 17011,\\nwas forty pounds.\\nSince the law of 17.S9 was passed very little money\\nhas been assessed lor schools in addition to the\\namount required by law.\\nSchool Districts.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1785 the selectmen were\\nchosen a committee to divide the town into school\\ndistricts and number the same. The committee made\\nno report to the town until 1700, when a report was", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0791.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "468\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsubmitted, which was adopted, dividing the tow\\ninto nine school districts and establishing the boun\\ndaries of each district.\\nIn 1805 a number of the inhabitants of District No.\\n9, petitioned for a new district, which petition was\\ngranted by a vote of the town, and School District No.\\n10 was set off from the westerly part of No. J as a\\nnew and separate district.\\nIn 1835 a committee was chosen to take a view of\\nthe town in respect to school districts and report.\\nMarch 14. 1837, the committee madea report giving\\ndefinite boundaries of each of the ten school districts-\\nWith one minor amendment, the town Voted, that\\nthe. report fixes the school districts in this town with\\nregard to hounds and limits.\\nBut few changes had been made in the boundaries\\nof the districts since 1805, and, with the exception of\\nthe new district made in that year, the limits of the\\nseveral districts, as established by the last committee,\\nwere substantially the same as the,-,- made by the\\ncommittee chosen in 1785.\\nThe districts remained with no material alterations\\nfrom 1837 to 1885, when, at the annual March\\nmeeting, the town voted to abolish the school districts\\nand adopt the Town System, under section 2.\\nchapter SO, of the Genera] Laws; and Kimball Web-\\nster, David O. Smith and Daniel Gage were elected\\na Board of Education.\\nPopulation. By the provincial census taken in\\n17ii7 the town contained a population of five hundred\\nand eighty-three, with two slaves.\\nIn September, 1775, a second census was taken by\\nthe New Hampshire Convention, when the town was\\ncredited with a population of six hundred and forty-\\nnine. Men in the army, twenty-two slave-, four.\\nccording to the several censuses taken in different\\nvears since, the population was as follows: 1 7! i,\\n1064; 1800, 1267; 1810, 1376; 1820, 1227; 1830,\\nL282; 1840, 1144; 1850, 1312; 1860, 1222; 1870,\\n1066; 1880, 1045.\\nPhysicians. I have been unable to obtain data\\nsufficient to give as full and accurate an account of\\nthe physicians who have been residents in this town\\nas would be desirable, yet the following exhibit is\\nbelieved to contain the names of nearly all those who\\nhave practiced their profession here as resident phy-\\ncians.\\nDr. Ezekiel Ciiase. probably the first, removed into\\nthis town as early as 1741. He was a]. pointed a\\njustice of the peace about the year 1747. did much\\nofficial business and was a very prominent man in\\nthe affairs of the tow n.\\nHis wife, Priscilla (Merrill), died February 22. 1768,\\nin her fifty-ninth year.\\nHis death is not found recorded, but it occurred\\nnot earlier than 1780.\\nDr. John Hall was a resident in 177 and 1780,\\nDr. Joseph Gray removed into this town about\\n1 7*2. and remained until 1790.\\nj Dr. Apollos Pratt resided here in 1803 and 1804,\\nand possibly later.\\nDr. Paul Tenney, bom in Rowley, Mass.. April II.\\n17ii married. November 2. 17! 0, Sarah Gibson, of\\nPelham removed into this town as early as 1789,\\nwhere he practiced his profession for more than thirty\\nyears. He resided at the Centre, where he built a\\ntomb, the only one in town, and died April (i, 1821.\\nDr. Daniel Tenney, son of Dr. Paul Tenney, bom\\nJune 15, 1795, practiced his profession for a few-\\nyears in this town, and removed to Deny. He died\\nNovember 7, 1840.\\nDr. Dustin Barrett was also born in this town\\nwas a very skillful physician and practiced here for\\nseveral years. He died June 1, 1831, aged thirty-\\nseven years.\\nDr. Henry M. Hooke removed into the town a few\\nyears after the death of Dr. Barrett, and remained\\nuntil about 1S47, when he removed to Lowell. Mas-.,\\nwhere he died a U-k years later.\\nDr. James Emery commenced the practice of his\\nprofession in Hudson about 1847.\\nHe acquired an extensive practice, and remained in\\ntown until the time of his death, which occurred\\nSeptember 30, 1880.\\nDr. David Smith, son of Alvan Smith, bom in\\nthis town, commenced the practice of his profession\\nhere May 1, 1850, since which time he has been an\\nactB c and industrious practitioner, and is now I 885\\nthe only resident physician in Hudson.\\nNashua and Rochester Railroad.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 One railroad\\nonly intersects Hudson. The Nashua and Rochester\\nwent into operation in the fall of 1S74. It crosses\\nthe Merrimack from Nashua about sixty roils below\\nTaylor s Falls bridge, and follows a northeasterly\\ncourse through Hudson Centre to Beaver Brook, a\\ndistance of about four miles, where it enters Wind-\\nham.\\nThere is but one railroad station in town, and that\\nat Hudson Centre, where Eli Hamblet is station-\\nagent and postmaster. Under an act of the Legisla-\\nture, passed June session, 1883. this railroad has been\\nconsolidated with the Worcester and Nashua Railroad,\\nwhich consolidated road i called the Worcester,\\nNashua and Rochester Railroad. It forms a con-\\ntinuous line from Worcester, Mass., to Rochester,\\nN. II., where it connects with the Portland and\\nRochester.\\nThe inhabitants of Hudson are and always have\\nbeen principally engaged in agriculture, no extensive\\nmanufactories ever having existed in town.\\nSome twenty or more of those residing near the\\nBridge are employed in the manufactories and upon\\nthe railroads in Nashua.\\nIn 1820 Hudson contained two meeting-houses,\\none tavern, three stores, tour saw-mill-, four grain-\\nmills, two clothing-mills and one carding-machine.\\nThere are now (1885) in town two grist-mills, two\\nsaw-mills, one drug ami spice-\\nfile-shop", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0792.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "409\\nthree meeting-houses and ten school-houses. At the\\nBridge is one store, two wheelwright-shops and\\ntwo blacksmith-shops, and at the Centre one store\\nand a blacksmith-shop.\\nDeposits in the savings-banks in the State, one hun-\\ndred and forty-two thousand and twenty-nine dollars.\\nCHAPTER V.\\nHUDSON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nCongregal a] and Presbvt.-nan ehm.l. I;. Nathaniel Merrill\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nN nrtli M .tiii-lt ii-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Smith M .titjL -Ihm-,- Mini-r. i- .1-\\ntional Meeting-House Member The Baptist Church and Society\\nMinisters\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Baptist Mr.ting-tluust- lir.i. .ui-, Mriuhers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mettanlist\\nllpisrnp.tl Cliur.li an-l Society; Met titi^-llouses, Ministers, Mouthers.\\nIx former chapters I have already given an account\\nof the organization of the Congregational Church,\\nNovember 30, 1737, and tin- ordination of Rev.\\nNathaniel Merrill as pastor on the same daj ofthe\\nbuilding of the first and second meeting-houses by\\nthe town; and of the building the North meeting-\\nhouse by the Presbyterians. For the first fifty-eight\\nyears of the existence of this church no original\\nrecords are now to be found, other than such as are\\ncontained in the town records.\\nMr. Merrill s relation- as pastor to the church con-\\ntinued till very near the time of his death, in 1796,\\nalthough his civil contract with the town was dis-\\nsolved July 11, 1774.\\nHe continued to preach in the second meeting-\\nhouse until it was sold by the town, in 177*, and\\nlater in the meeting-house in the south [tart of the\\ntown, which probably was the same building, boughl\\nand removed by the Congregational Church and\\nSociety, and called Mr. Merrill s meeting-house.\\nHe was son of Abel Merrill born in West New-\\nbury, Mass., March 1, 1712, and was graduated at\\nHarvard College in 1732.\\nHe seems to have been a man almost universally\\nloved and revered by his chinch and people, as his\\nlong-continued services as pastor, extending over a\\nperiod of nearly fifty-nine years, will attest.\\nFor a tew years preceding 1774, the time of his dis-\\nmissal by the town, some trouble occasionally arose\\nin relation to the payment of his salary, which be-\\ncame largely in arrears, owing to the Presbyterians\\nvoting against raising money for the purpose, and re-\\nfusing to pay such taxes when assessed against them.\\nIt is a singular fact that no record of his death can\\nbe found, and that among his very numerous posterity\\nthe exact date is unknown.\\nA headstone erected by his grandchildren many\\nyears alter his death marks his grave, and dates his\\ndeath in 1796, but the day or month is not given.\\nIt will be remembered that Londonderry was settled\\nby Presbyterians, and before a portion of that town\\nwas annexed to Nottingham West, in 1778, a large\\nnumber of families of that denomination were resi-\\ndents in this town, who, joining with others of the\\nsouth part of Londonderry, a Presbyterian Church\\nwas organized, probably before the North meeting-\\nhouse was built, or as early as 1770.\\nNo records of this church are to be found earlier\\nthan 1816, the date ofits union with the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nIts first minister of whom we can find tiny record\\nwas Rev. John Strickland.\\nThe exact date at which he commenced preaching\\nhere is uncertain, but the town records Ineidentallj\\nshow that he was paid a salary by the Presbyterians\\nMr. Fox, in his historical sketch of Hudson, says,\\nJuly 3,1774, Rev. John Strickland was ordained,\\nbut after a I rw years was dismissed by the town.\\nThat he was ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian\\nChurch July 3, 1774, is probablj true, but the town\\nrecords do not show that as a town it had anything\\nto do with his settlement or dismissal.\\nHe probably remained here until 17S4, as In- nami\\nappears for the last time in the tax-list for that year.\\nFor several years the town assessed a minister tax\\nof sixty pounds, twenty-five pounds of which was\\nto be paid to Mr. Merrill, and the balance laid oul\\nfor preaching at the North meeting-house.\\nIn 17(12 the town entered into some agreement with\\nthe proprietors, ami repaired the North meeting-\\nhouse.\\nIt appears that Rev. Matthew Scribner preached\\nhereabout 1790, and Rev. Mr. Parrish soon after,\\nbut no minister was settled until 1796, when, on the\\n24th of February, Rev. Jabez Pond Fisher, a Congre-\\ngational minister, wits ordained at the North meeting-\\nhouse.\\nMr. Fisher was graduated tit Brown University in\\n1788, and was voted a settlement by the town, under\\nprotest ofthe Presbyterians against paying any part\\nofthe same, or of his salary id four hundred dollars.\\nand an annual salary of three hundred and ten dollars\\nso long as he should continue as pastor.\\nAs early as 1790 an unsuccessful effort was made by\\nthe town to purchase the North meeting-house from\\nthe proprietors, and in 1 7 .*7 a like attempt was made,\\nwith no better result.\\nThe town, having repaired the house, claimed to\\nown a part in common with the proprietors ami pew-\\nholders.\\nMany ofthe Presbyterians declined to pay any tax\\nfor the support of Mr. Fisher, and the proprietors\\nrefused to permit him to preach in the North meet-\\ning-house.\\nThis led to a very bitter controversy, in which a\\ncommittee chosen to open the house on the Sabbath\\nused axes upon the doors to effect an entrance, but\\nwithout success, its the resistance by the proprietors,\\nled by Asa Davis, Esq., upon the inside. so greal", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0793.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "470\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthai the attempt was abandoned, and the meeting for\\nthat day was held in the open air upon the common\\nin a drizzling rain.\\nAlter this Mr. Fisher preached in the meeting-\\nhouse already mentioned, in the south part of the\\ntown, in private houses, hams and in the open air.\\nuntil the South meeting-house was built, in 1798, by\\nproprietors connected with the Congregational Church\\nand Society.\\nAt the time -Mr. Fisher was ordained the members\\nof tin- Congregational Church numbered a little more\\nthan fifty, and while he was pastor, about live years,\\nthirty-six were admitted.\\nFrom obvious reasons, the town failed to raisi the\\nmoney to pay Mr. Fisher as had been agreed, and in\\nconsequence of his salary being largely in arrears, in\\n1801 he called for a dismissal, which was granted by\\nan ecclesiastical council, to take effect June 4th of\\nthe same year.\\nHe afterwards brought suit against the town to re-\\ncover a balanc f sloi:;.ii2 due him, which amount\\nwas allowed and paid in 1802, members of the Pres-\\nbyterian and Baptist Churches being exempt from\\npaying any part of this tax by a vote of the town\\npassed I ctober 30, 1797.\\nFor about fifteen years after Mr. Fisher left, the\\nchurch remained in a very weak condition, and the\\nrecords show of but little as having been done and\\nvery tew new members added. Preaching was sustained\\nbut a -mall part of the time until 1816, when, on the\\nloth of October of that year, the Congregational\\nChurch united with individual members of Presby-\\nterian Churches and organized a Presbyterian Church\\nunder the Londonderry Presbytery.\\nAt the date of the union the church was very small\\nonly eleven Presbyterians and thirteen ongn gation-\\nalists are given as uniting to form the new organiza-\\ntion, but many members of the old churches and new\\nconverts were admitted soon after.\\nAfter the organization of the new church preach-\\ning was maintained nearly all the time, it being di-\\nvided between the two meeting-houses, twenty-four\\nSabbaths in the year it was at the North meeting-house\\nand the balance of the year at the South meeting-\\nhouse, but no minister was settled until 1825.\\nDuring this period the pulpit was supplied by Rev.\\nMr. Wheelock, Rev. Samuel Harris, Rev. Mr. Stark-\\nweather and others.\\nNovember 2, 1825, Rev. William K. Talbot was\\nordained, under an agreement that he should remain\\nas pastor lor live years, at a salary of four hundred\\ndollar- annually.\\nAt this time tin 1 church had a membership of about\\nninety, but during the four years that Mr. Talbot was\\npastor more than one hundred new members were\\nadded.\\nIn February. ]S21 i, owing to arrearages being due\\nhim. Mr. Talbot requested a dismissal as pastor at the\\nend of four years, instead of live, a- had been agreed.\\nThe church refused to comply with this request, but\\nupon an appeal to the Presbytery he obtained a dis-\\nmissal and soon after removed from town, anil a lew\\nyears later was deposed from the ministry.\\nIn an appeal to the Presbytery by a committee\\nchosen by the church to oppose the dismissal of Mr.\\nTalbot, that committee gave among other causes for\\nhis salary being in arrears, That many have died,\\nout of the town sixty deaths occurred in one year,\\nand ten or more of the best families have providen-\\ntially removed to other places of residence, five of\\nwhom were elders, or elders elect.\\nThe church had no settled minister for the next\\nfifteen years, but the pulpit was supplied a part of the\\ntime by Rev. Samuel II. Tolman, a Methodist min-\\nister, Rev. Samuel Harris, Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Rev.\\nMr. Lawrence, Rev. Willard Holbrook and others.\\nAt an ecclesiastical council composed of ministers\\nami delegates from several Congregational Churches,\\nconvened at the South meeting-house September 29,\\n1841, the Presbyterian Church organization was dis-\\nsolved, and the members were organized into a Con-\\ngregational Church, railed the Evangelical Congre-\\ngational Church of Hudson, which adopted the\\narticles of faith of that denomination.\\nThe names of twenty-six members were enrolled at\\nthe time of its organization, and sixty others united\\nwithin the next two years.\\nA iii-v, meeting-house was built in 1842, fifty by\\nforty feet, located about one-half mile east of Taylor s\\nFalls bridge, near the Methodist house, which had\\nbeen built two years previous.\\nSoon alter, the Rev. William Page was engaged to\\nsupply the pulpit, and in 1844 an invitation from the\\nchurch and society to settle as pastor was accepted by\\nhim, and be was ordained August 24th of the same\\nyear.\\nHis pastoral relations continued until 1852, when\\nhis request for a dismissal was granted by an ecclesi-\\nastical council June 28th of that year.\\nDuring about eight years of -Mr. Page s labors after\\nhe was ordained about thirty members united with\\nthe church.\\nThe next minister was the Rev. Daniel L. French,\\nwho was hired to supply the pulpit soon after the dis-\\nmissal of Mr. Page, and remained till the time of his\\ndeath, which occurred July 20, 1860.\\nFor the next eight years the desk was supplied by\\nAddison Heald. Rev. Austin Richards, Rev. S. D.\\nPike. Rev. Benjamin Howe and Rev. Silas M.\\nBlanchard.\\nFor about eight years prior to October, 1876, no\\npreaching was sustained by this society-\\nRev. John W. Haley commenced to supply the\\npulpit October 2, 1876, and soon after many were\\nunited with the church.\\nIn November, 1878, Mr. Haley closed his labors\\nhere, and preached his farewell sermon on the 24th\\nof that month.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0794.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "471\\nThe Rev. S. D. Austin, of Nashua, has since sup-\\nplied the pulpit the most of the time and is the\\npresent minister.\\nThe number of members is now about sixty.\\nThe Baptist Church and Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Baptist\\nChurch was organized May 1, 1805, with sixty-five\\nmembers, who had been dismissed from the Baptist\\nChurch in Londonderry, of which they constituted a\\nbranch for several years, acting in harmony with\\nsaid church, but sustaining preaching and the ordi-\\nnances of the church.\\nThe church was organized by an ecclesiastical\\ncouncil upon the above date, and took the name of\\nthe Baptist Church of Christ in Nottingham West.\\nFor several years after its organization the church\\ndid not enjoy the labors of a settled pastor, but the\\npulpit was supplied by Eev. Thomas Paul (colored),\\nRev. Robert Jones, Rev. Samuel Ambrose and John\\nYoung.\\nThe labors of Rev. Thomas Paul were especially\\neffective, and many united with the church under his\\npreaching.\\nThe first pastor of the church was Rev. Ezra Ken-\\ndall, who assumed his charge November 3, 1808, and\\nresigned March 5, 1810. After Mr. Kendall resigned,\\nthe pulpit was supplied by Rev. Isaiah Stone, Rev.\\nJohn Perkins and others, until 1814.\\nJune 19, 1811, the church was incorporated, and all\\nthe right of the proprietors to the North meeting-\\nhouse, and Jhe lot of land upon which it stood, was\\nconveyed to it November 26th of the same year.\\nRev. Daniel Merrill, who had several years previous\\npreached in town as a Congregational minister, was\\ninvited to the pastorate of the church in May, 1814,\\nand accepted the invitation in August following.\\nMr. Merrill was a very radical man in his beliefs.\\nAfter he renounced the Congregational creed he was a\\nvery zealous advocate of the sentiments of the Bap-\\ntist denomination.\\nOne of his successors in the ministry, in writing a\\nhistory of the church, says, That it was not difficult\\nfor a stranger, after hearing him preach one sermon,\\nto decide with what Christian den ination he hail\\ncast his lot. During his ministry, which continued\\nabout six years, seventy-five were baptized and re-\\nceived into the church.\\nHe resigned in September, 1S20, and during the\\nnext two years the pulpit was supplied a part of the\\ntime by Rev. Isaac Wescott, Rev. Otis Robinson and\\nothers. Rev. Joseph Davis was ordained June 18,\\n1823, and resigned November 5, 1*24.\\nThere was another interim of about three years and\\na half, during which time the church did not have\\nany settled minister, and the desk was supplied by-\\nRev. Otis Robinson, Rev. George Evans, Rev. Samuel\\nElliot, Rev. John Peacock and others.\\nThe next pastor of the church was the Rev. Benja-\\nmin Dean, who commenced his labor- in April,\\n1828. Mr. Dean s connection with the church\\nterminated June 26, 1830, under circumstances of a\\npainful nature. He was deposed from the ministry\\nby an ecclesiastical council, and excluded from the\\nfellowship of the church.\\nThe church remained without a pastor for nearly\\nfoin- years, but the pulpit was supplied a part of the\\ntime by Rev. Otis Robinson, Stephen Pillsbury and\\nothers.\\nThe Rev. Bartletl Pease assumed charge of the\\nchurch March. ls:;4. and his pastoral labor- termi-\\nnated in April. 1839.\\nThe next pastor was Rev. John Upton, who i i-\\nmenced his labors November, 1839, and\\nAugust, 1841.\\nThe attention of the church and society had for\\nseveral years been turned to the object of erecting a\\nmore convenient house of worship than the old one\\nthey occupied but a difference of opinion respecting\\nthe location, together with some other circumstances,\\nhad prevented any decisive action on the subject.\\nIn 1841 a location near the old meeting-house at\\nthe Centre was agreed upon, and anew meeting-house\\nerected, which was completed and dedicated the same\\nyear.\\nIn September, 1841, Rev. Jonathan Herrick as-\\nsumed the pastoral care of the church. He was a\\nvery zealous laborer in his profession, and many\\nunited with the church under his ministry.\\nMr. Herrick was dismissed, at his own request,\\nSeptember, 1843, and the desk was supplied for a few\\nmonths by William H. Eaton, a student connected\\nwith Brown University.\\nRev. Joseph Storer supplied the pulpit in 184 I, and\\nassumed pastoral charge January 1, 184\\nDuring this year a parsonage was built by a stock\\ncompany for the accommodation of the pastor, which\\nwas a few years later presented to the society.\\nMr. Storer was a very zealous and faithful minister,\\nloved by all connected with his church and society,\\nand universally esteemed and respected by bis towns-\\nmen. He was retained in his office as pastor until\\nMay, 1855, longer by nearly five years than any\\nother pastor of this church, when he was compelled\\nto resign in consequence of failing health.\\nRev. W. II. Dalrymple began to supply the pulpit\\nin June. 1855, and assumed the pastoral care in\\nAugust following, which relation he held until March,\\n1858.\\nRev. George L. Putnam, the next pastor, was or-\\ndained June 15, 1858, having previously supplied\\nthe desk about three months, and was retained as\\npastor until November, 1863.\\nIn l si ;n the parsonage, built by a stock company in\\nii.^i presented to the society, and extensive and\\nsubstantial repairs and alterations were made upon the\\nmeeting-house the same year.\\nA bell was presented to the society several years\\nbefore by Deacon Moses Greeley, which is still in\\nuse, and the only church bell ever hung in this town.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0795.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "472\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nRev. Bartlett Pease, who was a resident minister,\\nsupplied the pulpit for about a year after the resigna-\\ntion of Mr. Putnam.\\nRev. Henry Stetson was pastor from October,\\n1864, to June 1, 1868, when he was dismissed at his\\nown request.\\nNovember 1st of the same year Rev. A. W. hat-\\nfin accepted an invitation to become the pastor, and\\nappropriate services were held December id.\\nIn 1872, Mr. Chaffin became very feeble physically,\\nand his mental faculties were mucb impaired; but\\nhe was retained as pastor until April, 1873, though\\nhe was unable to preach for several month-. He\\nremoved from town, but his health continued to de-\\ncline, and he died soon alter.\\nRev. George A. (dines held (the relation as pastor\\nfrom Septemher 1, 1873, to April, 1875, when he re-\\nsigned.\\nRev. S. VY. Kinney, the next pastor, assumed his\\ncharge January 1, 1876, and resigned in 1879,after\\nwhich the pulpit was supplied by several ministers\\nuntil May, 1881, when an invitation was extended to\\nRev. William P. Bartlett to become pastor, which\\nwas accepted, and he was ordained June 28th.\\nMr. Bartletl tailed to gain the love and confidence\\nof his church and people to a degree that would\\nmake a long stay profitable or desirable, and he was\\ndismissed, at his own request, in March, 1883. The\\npresent pastor. Rev. T. M. Mcrriam, assumed that\\nrelation in May, 1883.\\nDeacons of iiii: Baptisi Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas\\nSenter and Nathaniel Currier, chosen May 7, 1805;\\nMosi i rreeley and David Burns, chosen October 30,\\n1816 Enoch S. Marsh ami Benjamin Kidder, chosen\\nApril 1, 1838 (Deacon Marsh died December 19,\\nL865); Hiram Cummings and John M. Thompson,\\nchosen October 4,1866; Lewis L. Fish, chosen in\\nplace of Deacon Cummings, October 12, 1881; Fli\\nHamldet. chosen April, 1 382.\\nThe original number of members of this church in\\n1805 was sixty-five.\\nThe largest number at any one time was in 1S2S,\\nwhen it was 167; in September, 1847, the number of\\nmembers was 139; in February. 1878, 117; and Janu-\\nary 1, 1885, 125.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church and Society\\nof Hudson. Prior to 1830 a considerable number of\\npersons in this town had embraced the religious opin-\\nions and sentiments of the Methodist denomination.\\nSoon after the dismi-sal of Mr. Talbot by the Pres-\\nbyterians, in November, 1829, the members of that\\nsociety, to receive material aid from the Methodists\\nin the support of a ministry, entered into an agree-\\nment with them, and hired the Rev. Samuel H.\\nTolman, a minister of the Methodist persuasion.\\nMr. Tolman preached here in 1830, and possibly\\nlater, and may have been instrumental in laying the\\nfoundation of the Methodist Church organized ten\\nyears later.\\nJ ii 1 839, Rev. Jared Perkins, the Methodist minister\\nin charge of the Nashua station, came to Hudson, and\\nlectured in the school-house in District No. 4, and\\nheld meetings in other parts of the town, assisted 1\\nothers from Nashua and Lowell.\\nAn interest was awakened, and several persons\\nwere desirous of having the regular service of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church established among them.\\nThe Annual inference of 1839 appointed Abraham\\nFolsom pastor in charge of this station.\\nMr. Folsom was a man of energy and zeal, and so\\nlain, led as to establish a church.\\nThe chief effort of this year was to raise funds for\\nthe building of a house of worship, and twelve hun-\\ndred and fifty dollars were subscribed and collected\\nfor that purpose, a meeting was called, trustee- ap-\\npointed and the society legally organized.\\nCyrus Warren, Nathaniel M. Morse, David Cle-\\nment, Ethan Willoughby and John Gillis constituted\\nthe first board of trustees.\\nThe meetings for the first year were held in the\\nSouth meeting-house when not occupied by the\\nPresbyterians, and in school-houses and private\\ndwellings.\\nA plain meeting-house, fifty by forty feet, was\\nerected in 1840, on the south side of the road, about\\none-half mile east of Taylor s Balls bridge, and was\\ndedicated December I d of the same year.\\nIn 1877, the Nashua and Rochester Railroad having\\nbeen previously built, and passing between the meet-\\ning-house and the highway, which rendered the loca-\\ntion very inconvenient, the building was removed to\\nthe north side of the road, and near the parsonage,\\nwhich was built a number of years before.\\nThe meeting-house was raised and enlarged by an\\naddition in the rear, a vestry constructed beneath the\\nauditorium, forty by fifty feet in size, and other ex-\\ntensive alterations and repairs made. The expense\\nof this change and repairs was fifteen hundred dol-\\nlars.\\nOn Sunday, August 1879, immediately after the\\nclose oi the services, the stable connected with the\\nk tire, and, together with the meeting-\\nhouse and parsonage, was totally destroyed.\\nThe buildings were insured for a moderate amount,\\nand this loss seemed a severe blow to the society.\\nIn 1880, a lot having been purchased by the church\\nnear Taylor s Falls bridge, a meeting-housi built\\nof brick and wood, fifty by seventy feet, with a tower\\nand spire at one comer, was erected at a cost of about\\nseven thousand dollars.\\nThis church contains an audience-r i and vestrj\\nof ample size, and is one of the most convenient and\\nneatest country churches to be found in the State.\\nTin members of the church contributed liberally,\\nand many other citizens of Hudson and Nashua fur-\\nnished substantial aid in paying the expense of its\\nconstruction, so that the debt upon the society was\\nnot burdensome. It was dedicated December 7, 1880.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0796.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "it:;\\nThe present number of members of the church is\\nseventy, forty-eight of whom are residents of Hudson.\\nThe names of the ministers who have been stationed\\nhere as pastors of this church, and the time of their\\nservices, as near as I have been able to ascertain, are\\nas follows:\\n1839, Abraham Folsom; 1840, Charles H.Chase; 1841-42, Moses A.\\nHowe; 1843, II. Wuilhinir 1S44. John Boyce; 1846-46, Matthew\\nNewhall 1847-48, Jonathan Hall 1849-50, Isaac \\\\V. Huntley 1851,\\nGeorge F. Welus 18J2, fathers; 1853, Kimball Hadley 1854-56,\\nsupplied bystudents from Biblical Institute at C rd; 1857, K. C\\nDanforth 1858-59, J. W. Johnson, 1860-61, I.. W. Frescotl IS 12 63,\\nWilliam Howes; 1864-65, B. \\\\v Chase; 1866-67, Samuel B He 1868-\\n70, Otis Cole 1871-7 1, C Cressey 1874, V W, Smith 1875-76, J.\\nFoteoni 1877-79, A. F. Baxter; 1880-82, C W.Taylor; 1883-84,\\nWilliam w I 1885, Frederic* C Pillsbnry.\\n(II A PTEB VI.\\nHUDSON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued)\\nN ittinghain West Soldiers in 1748\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Soldiers in the French and Indian\\nWar of 1754-60\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nottingham West in the Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Committees\\nof Safety and Inspection\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Test Oath\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bounties Paid by the Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCaptain Samuel Greeley s Company Nottingham West Soldiers in the\\nRevolution.\\n[n volume two of the Adjutant-* reneral s Report for\\n1 -idtj, in the muster-roll of Captain John jotl e s com-\\npany, employed in scouting and guarding the Souhe-\\ngan, Monson and Stark garrisons, in 1748, I find the\\nnames of John Bradbury, John Carkin, Samuel\\nHouston, John Hewcy, Isaac Page and John Pollard,\\nall being names of persons then residents of this\\nNottingham West Soldiers in the French and\\nIndian War of 1754-60. In Captain Joseph\\nBlanchard s company, doing duty on the Merrimack\\nRiver in the fall of 1754, Peter Cross, Isaac- Waldron,\\nStephen lhase and John Carkin.\\nIn Major Bellows company, doing duty on the\\nConnecticut River at the same time, Amos Kenney\\nand Henry Hewey.\\nIn Captain James Todd s company, .Second Regi-\\nment, 17oi, James lilodgett, John Carkin and Jere-\\nmiah Hills.\\nJohn Pollard was also in the army (he same year.\\nIn 1757, James Wason, Micajah Winn and Tim-\\nothy Emerson; and in 175S, Amos Pollard, Asa\\nWorcester, Ensign John Pollard, Joshua Chase, Eli-\\njah Hills, Joseph Lowell, Jonathan Hardy, Samuel\\nHouston, Nathaniel Haseltine, John Catkin and\\nThomas Wason,\\nIn Captain Noah Lovewell s company, in 1760,\\nAmos Kenney and Samlets Bradbury.\\nThe foregoing names are all found in the report he-\\nfore mentioned, but it is not supposed to be a full list\\nof the names of all the men from this town who were\\nsoldiers in that seven years war.\\nIt is believed that all those whose names are given\\nabove were men from this, town, as men of the sain,\\nnames were residents here at that time; yet we have\\nno positive evidence that such is the fact.\\nNottingham West in the Revolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 2...\\n177- Abraham Page was elected to join with the\\nCongress at Exeter, to act upon such matters as shall\\nbe thought proper and expedient for the public\\ngood.\\nMay 7th, he was again chosen to join the Conven-\\ntion of Delegates., to meet at Exeter .May 17th.\\nAt the same meeting it was Voted, Thai the per-\\nsons who shall inlist, to be ready on any emergency\\nwhen called for, shall have forty shillings per month\\nfor their wages.\\nAt a special town-meeting, June 12, 177o, hose\\nMoses Johnson, Samuel Greeley, Elijah Hills, Tim-\\nothy Smith, John Haseltine, Deacon Ebenezer Cum-\\nmings and Alexander Davis a Committee of In-\\nspection.\\nIn April, 177- the following Test Oath was sent\\nout to each town in the State:\\ni i .-i. mnlj engage and promise that w.\\nwill, to the utmost of our power, at the risque of our lives and fortunes,\\nwith ones oppose the Hostile l loreeilm;^ nt the Uritish Fieri, aiel\\n1 lull s -i -aili-1 Ih- r nil. .1 in. 1 i. ;ui CImIij....\\nEvery person was required to sign this tesl or be\\nregarded as an enemy to the country.\\nIn this town one hundred and nineteen signed tin\\npledge, and one only. Captain Joseph Kclley, refused\\nto sign.\\nCaptain Kclley at that time owned the ferry near\\nwhere Taylor s Falls bridge now is, kept a tavern neat\\nthe same, \\\\\\\\as a man of had repute and feared by the\\ninhabitants. He afterwards removed to Wentworth.\\nin this State, where he became a pauper.\\nAt an adjourned town-meeting, September 30, 1776,\\nVoted to allow Major SamueK irceley and the select\\nmen, viz: Asa Davis, John Haseltine and William\\nBurns, for expenses on their march to Lexington\\nfight, five dollars\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CI 10s. 0d.\\nAt the annual meeting March 10, 1777, Voted to\\nchoose Lieutenant Ezekiel Hills, Captain JamesFord\\nand Lieutenant David Cummings, a committee ot\\ninspection and safety.\\nApril 7th, Voted to raise eighty dollars for each of\\nthose linn that should enlist into the Continental\\narmy for three years.\\nApril loth, Voted to raise twenty dollars for each\\nofthose men that should enlist into the Continental\\narmy as an additional bounty to what has been already\\nraised.\\nJuly 1 1th, Chose Deacon Ebenezer Cummings\\nand Scth Wyman in addition to the committee of safety\\nand inspection last elm-en.\\nAnnual town-meeting March 16, 1778, Chose Jno.\\nCaldwell, Captain Marsh, Deacon Ebenezer Cum-\\nininos. Thomas Smith, George Burns as a c aittei\\nof safety and inspection for this present year.\\nSpecial town-meeting June 24th, The towu voted", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0797.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "474\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto choose a committee, viz. Asa Davis, Esq. .William\\nBurns, Timothy Smith, Ensign David Lawrence, Dea-\\ncon Ehenezer Cummings, Ensign Daniel Hardy, Lieu-\\ntenant John Hazeltine, Jr., and empower them to\\nhire and agree with any men or number of men, and\\nwhat sum of money they will give, provided at any\\ntime the militia should be called upon to march, in\\norder to stop our enemy on any sudden emergenc;\\nAt a special meeting November 2d, Voted, that\\nwhat was formerly Nottingham West should pay the\\nsix hundred dollars that was paid by subscription to\\nRichard Cutter and John Campbell for service in the\\nwar this present year.\\nVoted to give those families (viz. 5) whose hus-\\nbands are in the Continental army two hundred\\ndollars- \u00c2\u00a336.\\nAnnual meeting: March 1. 177H, Voted, that the\\nselectmen take care of the soldiers families this\\nyear.\\nApril 5th, Chose a committee, viz.: Timothy\\nSmith, Samuel Pollard, Captain Moses Barrett, Daniel\\nMarshall, Deacon Ehenezer Cummings, William\\nBurns and Samuel Wason, ami gave them discretion-\\nary power to hire and agree with men as they think\\nproper, in order to stop our enemy on any enier-\\nJune 21st, Voted to give the selectmen discretion-\\nary power to hire and agree with the remainder of our\\npresent quotaof men, for the Continental army during\\nthe war, in behalf of the town.\\nMarch ti. 1780, Votedto allow the present select-\\nmen the interest money they have paid in procuring\\nsoldiers for the army in the year 1779.\\nJuly 3. 1780, at a town-meeting held at the house of\\nSamuel Greeley, inn-holder, Voted,aa a town, to hire\\nsix soldiers for the term of six months, to join the\\nContinental army, and chose a committee to effect the\\nsame, viz. Asa Davis, James Ford and David Law-\\nrence, and likewise gave said committee discretionary\\npower to hire and agree with any men, or number of\\nmen, upon any emergency in behalf of the town, for\\nthe present year.\\nFebruary 1781, Voted to raise our quota of men\\ntii till up the battalion in the Continental army, and\\nchosea committee in order to procure and agree with\\nthe men in behalf of the town, namely, Timothy\\nSmith, Captain Samuel Marsh, Daniel .Marshall,\\nLieutenant Ezekiel Hills, Lieutenant David Cum-\\nmings.\\nMarch 5th, Fbfedtogive thecommittei last chosen\\ndiscretionary power to agree with the soldiers for\\nyoung cattle, and to give their ..1. ligations for the same\\nin behalf of the town.\\nTwo beef-rates were assessed in 1781, amounting to\\nsix hundred and eight pounds in bills of the new\\nemission, or in the old hills at forty to one.\\nThe corn-rate for 1780 was four hundred and thirty-\\nfour bushels, and for 1781 five hundred and sixty-\\nfour bushels.\\nJuly .i. 1781, Voted, that the former committee\\nstill stand good and have discretionary power to hire\\nanl :!_[\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 e with soldiers in behalf of the town, as oc-\\ncasion may require.\\nJuly 30th, Voted to choose a committee to raise\\nsoldiers that i- and may be called tor this present\\nyear, and give them discretionary power to give their\\nobligations in behalf of the town.\\nVoted, that said committee consist of three nun,\\nviz. Captain Peabody, Lieutenant Peter Cross, En-\\nsign Elijah Hills.\\nVoted, that the obligations which the committee\\nhas given to the soldiers for corn, in behalf of the\\ntown, that the rate therefor be made in corn only,\\nwithout mentioning money.\\nDecember, 1781, Voted to approve of the select-\\nmen selling of the old paper money, eighty dollars\\nfor one of the new emision.\\nApril 17, 17S2, Voted to choose a committee of\\nthree, namely,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Greeley, Lieutenant Reuben\\nSpalding and Ensign Nathaniel Davis, as a commit-\\ntee to hire seven Continental soldiers for three years,\\nor during the war, and give them power as they shall\\nsee tit.\\nMay 13th, Voted to choose a committee to raise\\nthe Continental soldiers called for, namely, Major\\nJames Ford, Captain Cummings, Ensign Elijah Hills.\\nJeremiah Hills, Joseph Blodgett, Ensign Simeon Bar-\\nrett, Lieutenant Ezekiel Hills, Seth Hadley. Henrj\\nTarhox, Lieutenant Benjamin Kidder and Seth Wi-\\ncolil.\\nVoted, To impower this committee, in behalf of\\nthe Town, to give their private security tor to hire\\nsai.l Soldiers, not to exceed 100 dollars for each\\nsoldier yearly, for three years.\\nIt is a matter of regret that a complete list of the\\nnames of all the soldier- who served their country,\\nfrom this town, in the War of the Revolution, cannot\\nhe given.\\nNo town documents to show wdio they were can he\\nfound, and a i vw of their names only are incidentally\\nmentioned in the town records.\\nHo,,. Isaac W. Hammond, Assistant Secretary of\\nState, has kindly furnished some valuable informa-\\ntion, some has been gathered from the Adjutant-\\nGeneral s Reports, and some names have been ob-\\ntained from other sources,\\nWithin the limited time given to complete this his-\\ntory it has been impossible for me to make an ex-\\nhaustive research for all the names of those patriotic\\nsoldiers possible to be obtained.\\nThe following names are given as a partial list of\\nthe men from Nottingham West who were soldiers in\\nthe War of the Revolution.\\nNottingham West Soldiers in the Revolution.\\nThe following was copied from the original paper in\\nthe possession of the New Hampshire Historical So-\\nciety, by Hon. D. F. Secomb:\\nA muster-roll Ciqit. S;imiii.-1 Gic-l.-y s c..in|.aiiy, who turuol out ,i-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0798.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "475\\nvolunteers from Nottingham west, in New Hampshire, at the time of\\nLexington tattle, on the 19th day of April, 1775.\\nSamuel Greeley, captain .lolin Kcllcy. lieutenant John Pollard,\\nensign James Ford, clerk William Merrill, sergeant William Burns,\\nsergeant Ebenezer Pollard, sergeant Justus DaUiu, corporal Simeon\\nBarrett, corporal Jonathan Bradley, corporal John I ollard, corporal\\nBenjamin Marshall, lifer Samuel Currier, ftfer Samuel Mareta, Reu-\\nben Spalding, Peter Cross, Ebenezer Cummings, Kbetie/.er Perry, Elijah\\nHills, Ezekiel Hills, Jeremiah Hills, Samuel Hills, Richard Marshall,\\nDaniel Hardy, Seth Hadley, Abijah Reed, Richard Cutter, Nehemiah\\nWinn, Benjamin Whittemore, Abiathcr Winn, Stephen Chase, Jr.,\\nJoshua I hase, John Haseltine, David Glover, Oliver Hrlls, Page Smith,\\nSamuel Campbell, Samuel Smith, Moms Barrett, Etichard Hardy, Jona-\\nthan Blodgett, Joseph Greeley, Samuel Durant, Samuel Moore, Andrew\\nSeavey, Stephen Chase, James Pemberton, John Osgood, Nat. Hardy,\\nBenjamin Marshall, Daniel Marshall, John Walker, Joseph Gould, Ji\\nJohn Merrill, David Cunrmings, Thomas Wason, Alexander Caldwell,\\nThomas Caldwell, Asa Davis, Samuel ason, tchabod Eastman, Abraham\\nPage, Nat. Davis.\\nThe muster-roll also gives the number of days\\neach man served and the number of miles travelled\\nalso, the number of pounds of pork furnished and the\\nnumber of gallons of rum. Of pork there were four\\nhundred and twenty-four pounds, at sixty cents per\\npound rum, twelve gallons, at twenty-two cents per\\ngallon.\\nThe following Nottingham West soldiers were\\nknown to have been in Captain Walker s company at\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 Joseph\\nBlodgett, Stephen Chase, Joshua Severence, Joseph\\nGreeley, Nehemiah Winn and Abijah Reed. Joseph\\nGreeley was severely wounded in the ankle.\\nBy the provincial census taken in September, 1775,\\nNottingham West was credited with having twenty-\\ntwo soldiers in the army.\\nThe following is a list of Nottingham West soldiers\\nwho enlisted for three years to fill up the Continental\\nBattalions, April, 1777\\nIn Captain Emers.oi b Company, OVM/ s Iujimeiit.\\nSanders Bradbury, sergeant died of disease, 177\\nAmos Kinney, killed.\\nNathaniel Hardy, discharged April 10, 1780.\\nCaptain F. .11. BeU i Company, Halt Begimmt teredMayl, 1777],\\nDaniel Wyman. Epliraim Jones.\\nElijah Gould. Samuel French.\\nJohn Seavey. James Eastman.\\nEnlisted, at York.\\nJoBeph Severence and Samuel Kinney Thomas Perry, enlisted April 12,\\n177 discharged April 10, 1780.\\nNew Levies.\\nAbel Sargeant, Isaac Foot, Asa Hamblet and Thomas Cutter enlisted\\nJune is, 1780; discharged December, ITsu\\nAaron II 1, enlisted February 28, 1781.\\nEzra Carlton, enlisted April 23, 1781.\\nJoseph Marshall, enlisted February 17s],\\nEliphalet Brown, enlisted April 6, 1781.\\nEnlisted for Si Months, July, 1781,\u00c2\u00ab/or West Point.\\nJonathan Farwell. James Pemberton.\\nDaniel Pierce. Timothy Smith.\\nAbel Sargent.\\nEnlisted for Six Month* May U, 1782.\\nJonathan Farwell. Daniel Pierce.\\nJames Pemberton. Timothy Smith.\\nAbel Sargent. Abel Merrill.\\nSamuel Brown. Joseph HobbS and Simeon Butterfield were mustered\\nby c 1 rye, June 16, 1782.\\nUpon the Ticonderoga Alarm, in June, 1777, a\\ncompany of twenty-four men was raised in Notting-\\nham West and vicinity, commanded by Captain\\nJames Ford, of this town.\\nThey marched as far as Dublin, where an express\\nmet them ordering them home. They returned the\\n5th of July, and the next, day were ord I out\\nagain, and went as far as No. 4, where they heard of\\nthe evacuation of Ticonderoga and returned.\\nCaptain James Ford commanded Company 3 of\\nColonel Nichols regiment at the battle of Benning-\\nton, August 10, 1777, where he was wounded in both\\nthighs, from which he suffered a lameness through\\nlife.\\nNames of other soldiers who are known to have\\nbeen in the army, Ebenezer Pollard was at the\\nbattle of Bennington Seth Cutler enlisted in Stark s\\nregiment May, 1777 he was in the battles of Ben-\\nnington, Trenton and Princeton, and several others\\nof less note. Richard Cutter was in the army from\\nJune 10, 1778, to January, 1779. John Caldwell,\\n1776, Timothy Pollard, Gideon Butler, John Camp-\\nbell, Roger Merrill, Jonathan Perry, James Brown,\\nJonathan Marsh, Theodore Merrill, Robert Bettys,\\nJohn Haseltine, Jr., William Merrill, Isaac Merrill.\\nThe account of Nottingham West for pay-roll on\\nalarm at Cambridge was fifty-six pounds.\\nAt a town-meeting, October 9, 1777,\\nVoted, to choose Lt. Ezikel Hills, Jno. Caldwell, Jno. Hale, Lt. Wil-\\nliam Merrill and Samuel Wason a committee to set a valuation upon\\nwhat had I n \\\\n\\\\o- towards can vine the present war, and to make\\nreport thereof to the Town.\\nThe committee made a report at a meeting, Decem-\\nber 22, 1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nIt was put to vote to see if the Town would accept of the report of\\nthe committee that wa- hoseu to settle what each man hath done in\\nthis Town in this present war.\\nVotfl ill tile llee;tti\\\\e.\\nIt was put to vote to see if they would accept any part of the report\\nof the above committee.\\n1 olid in the affirmative\\nThe report is not recorded, but upon a tax made by\\nthe selectmen, December 29, 1778, to hire schooling\\nand defray town charges, the following persons, in\\naddition to names already given as soldiers, have\\ncredits placed against their names, in most instances\\nthe whole amount of their tax.\\nThere is good reason for supposing that a majority\\nof these men, but not all, had been in the army.\\nSome may have been credited on account of their\\nsons.\\n.v, Stephen Chase, Jr., Ensign Nathaniel Merrill, John\\nWalker, Benjamin Marshall, John Pollard. Jr.. Ju.-eph Winn, Jr.,\\nJoshua Chase, Asahel Blodgett, Joseph Blodgett, Justus Dakin, Moses\\nBarrett. Jr., Stephen Hadley, Eliphlet Hadley, Jr., David Glover, Samuel\\nCaldwell, Samuel Wasoll, .lames Caldwell, Thomas Caldwell, Nathaniel\\nHaseltine, Thomas Hamblet, George Burns, Jr., John Merrill, William\\nBums, Si. nine! Smith, .It l ,i-f Smith, John Hah-. Peter Cross, Isaac\\nBarrett, Caleb Seieivnee, r llM e, Elijah Hills, William Hills, David\\nMarsh, Richard Marshall, Thomas Marsh.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0799.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCredits were also allowed to many of the same per-\\nsons upon tax-lists made November 8, 177! and\\nJanuary 19, L780.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nHUDSON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nHudson in the War of the Rebellion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names f Hinlsun Soldiers-Boun-\\nties Paid bythe Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Drafted Men who Furnished Substitutes\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nother Men who Furnished Substitute Keliel of Soldiers Families-\\nSoldiers Aid Society.\\nA in the War of the Revolution, so in the late\\nCivil War, the quota of soldiers allotted to the town\\nby the State, on the many calls for troops, was\\npromptly rilled.\\nThe names of the Hudson soldiers, with the date of\\ntheir enrollment or mustering, time of service and\\nregiments and companies in which they served, are\\npresented in the following lists.\\nThe First New Hampshire Regiment was raised in\\nanswer to the call of President Lincoln, of April 15,\\n1861, for seventy-five thousand men for three months.\\nIt was under the command of Colonel Mason W.\\nTappan, and was mustered in at Concord on the 4th\\nof -May. left for Washington ou the 25th, and, upon\\nthe expiration of its term of service, returned and was\\nmustered out at Concord ou the following 9th of\\nAugust.\\nThree Hudson men enlisted in this regiment,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWilliam I. Walker, Company K, mustered out August9th; re-enlisted\\ni i tie- Seventh New Hampshire Regiment.\\n\\\\i. i t r.\\\\ K mustered out August 9th; re-enlisted in\\nl J t V llainp-hiie Regiment.\\nEben Cuttle, I impanj K, mustered out August 9, 1861.\\nThird New Hampshire Regiment enlisted for three\\nyears; colonel, Enoch Q. Fellows.\\nThis regiment was mustered in August 20th left\\nConcord September 3, 1861, and on the following 19th\\nof October was ordered to the seat of war in South\\nCarolina.\\nThe Hudson soldiers in this regiment were,\\ni_ i arr. Company F., wounded and captured at James Island\\nJune 10,1802; died in the hand; of the enemy, at Charleston,\\ns c., June 28, 181 2,\\np. to ll.oinessey, Company K, i nlisted Fehruary 10, 1804.\\nilli mi F. Millett, Company E, mustered out August 23, 1864.\\nGeorgt W. Miller, Companj F, wounded severely (left arm ampu-\\ni Moid June 16, 1862; discharged fol disability\\nNathan i al IweU, ompanj I nlisted February 22, L864.\\nCharles A. Wyman, Company F. mustered out August 1864.\\nWilliam F. Hardy, uin-i. i.-d \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m \\\\u-u-t 23, 1804.\\nThe fourth New Hampshire Regiment was mus-\\ntered in Manchester in September, 1861, and left for\\nWashington on the 27th, under the command of Colo-\\nnel Thomas J. Whipple.\\nThe Hudson men in this regiment, enlisted for three\\nyear-, in Company li, were,\\nCaleb; Marshall, discharged to, disability at Beaufort, S i Mo 1,11,\\nCharles A. Rohinsoii, discharged tor disability at IVaiiloit, i o,\\ntoberl 181 l.\\nHugh Watts, discharged for disability March 12, ls,,;l.\\nIn Company K,\\nSamuel T. Coffin, musician, discharged for disability February 11.\\n1864.\\nIsrael W. Young, discharged for disability at DeCtUnp Hospital N\\nJune 4, 1804.\\nCompany G, of the Second United States Sharp-\\nshooters, enlisted in this State for three years was\\nmustered in December 12, 1861.\\nThe Hudson men in the company were,\\nHarvard I Smith, sergeant; promoted t second lieutenant October\\n1803; promoted to captain November 1,1862; grounded May 6,\\n1H0J; mustered out December J I, 1.- 1\\nNonas Smith, promoted to sergeant; re-enlisted December 24, 1803;\\nwounded May ill, 1804 promoted to first lieutenant January 10,\\n1805; honorably .lis, barged.\\nJoseph G. Winn, killed at Antietam, Md\u00e2\u0080\u009e September 17, lsoj.\\nDustin B. Smith, re-enlisted February IT, 1804 transferred to Filth New\\nVolunteers January :lu, 180 mustered out June 28,\\nAlien Steele, died of disease at W.i s|, i ngtoii, D. I January 22. I-OJ\\nDura 1 Dow, promoted to corporal January 14, 1800 died ot dis.-a-.-\\nFebruary 20, 1803.\\nJob F. Thomas, wounded slightly at Antietam September 17, 1st, j dis-\\ncharged on account of wounds December 14, 1863.\\nWilliam H. Thomas, discharged for disability February 13, 1863.\\nCharles H. Hopkins, wounded severely in the arm at Antietam Septem-\\nber IT, 1862 discharged on account of wounds Januai\\nHenry Taylor, died at Washington March li, 1802.\\nJoseph S. Floyd, enlisted as a recruit February 12. 1804 killed at the\\nWilderness. Va., May 0, 1804.\\nCharles B Osgood, enlisted as a recruit February 25, 1864; wounded\\nHaj 16, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps January 311,\\nlsi,5 honorably discharged.\\nThe Seventh New Hampshire Regiment was en-\\nListed lor three years; mustered in at Manchester\\nDecember 2-t, 1861, and left for Florida by the way of\\nNew York, under command of Colonel H. S. Putnam.\\nJanuary 14, 1862.\\nIn Company 15, of this regiment, were the following\\nHudson men\\nLeander II. Cummings, promoted t -poral May 0, 1802 wounded and\\ncaptured July IS, 1803 died of wounds at Charleston, S. C, July\\n28, 1863\\nAlbert i ampbell, discharged by civil authority January T. 1 B62.\\nWilliam J. Fifleld.\\nWilliam I.. Walker, re-enlisted from First New Hampshire Regiment\\npromoted to sergeant August 1, 1864 mustered out December 22,\\n1804.\\nOtis A. Merrill, Company H, enlisted August 21, 1802 promoted to i\\ngeant; mustered out June 20, 1865.\\nAndrew J. Berry, Company II, enlisted August 21, 1802 killed at Fort\\nWagner, S. 0., July 18, 1863.\\nThe Eighth New Hampshire Regiment was also\\nenlisted at Manchester for three years, commanded\\nby Colonel Hawks Fearing and mustered in Decern-\\nber 23, 1861.\\nIt left Manchester for Ship Island, Miss., by way\\nof Boston, January 4, 1862.\\nThe following Hudson men were in the Eighth\\nRegiment\\nLevi F. Cross, Company A, discharged for disability at Carrollton, La.,\\nOctober 27, 1862; re-enlisted in the Eighteenth New Hampshire\\nI:\\nRobert D. Caldwell. Company A, mustered out January 1-, lsc", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0800.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "Abel F. Gould, Cmnpaui 1.--.-HH-.I.-.I fl in Fn-l V-u 1 l.i]n]. h ii lb-gi-\\nment drovi 1 at Alexandria, La., May 1 18G:}.\\nJames Hales, Company D.\\nAims M. Young, Company I re-enlisted Januarj 4, 18l .4 transferred\\nto Company A, Veteran Battalion, Fighth New Hampshire Volun-\\nteers, January 1. i M\\nJohn P. Young, C panj V, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May\\n1, 1S64.\\nCharlee A. Russell, Company E, killed at Georgia Landing, La., Octo-\\nber 27, 18G2.\\nJohn Smith, Company F, mustered out Octob.-l 24, lsi ,4.\\nThe Ninth New Hampshire Regiment was organ-\\nized at Concord, and left the State August 25, 1862,\\nunder command of Colonel E. Q. Fellows.\\nThe Hudson men enlisted for three years were,\\nJesse S. Bean, corporal I umpany I, wounded slightly December 13,\\n1SG2 transferred to Veteran 1;. -serve Coil s January 1. 1 so 1 mus-\\ntered ..in Julj 1865.\\nKill- I. Foot.-, I ..mpany F, died .-I di.-. ase at Alitl.-taiii, Md., 1 tober\\n1862.\\nThomas P. Ornery, CompanyC, captured May 12, 1864 died of disease\\nat Andersonville, Ga., August 28, 1864 grave No. 7072.\\nPrior to August, 1862, no bounties to volunteers to\\ntill the quota of Hudson in the war had been offered\\nor paid by the town.\\nAt a meeting held the 12th of August of that year\\nthe town Voted to pay a bounty of two hundred\\ndollars to each person who will enlist into the sen ice\\nof the United States as a volunteer for three- years, or\\nduring the war; until the last day of August, unless\\nthe quota of the town is sooner filled.\\nAnother town-meeting was held September 11th,\\nat which it was voted to pay a bounty of two hun-\\ndred dollars to each volunteer for three years, not to\\nexceed twenty, and one hundred dollars for nine\\nmouths volunteers.\\nThe Tenth New Hampshire Regiment was mustered\\nin at Manchester September 5, 1862, and left for the\\nseat of war on the 22d.\\nThe Hudson soldiers enlisted in Company I for\\nthree years in this regiment were,\\nCharles H. Kershaw, corporal.\\nJohn D. Farriuin, corpora], transferred t.. Veteran Iies.r..\\nustlo, 1m;::.\\nWilliam H. Durant, discharged for disability May 20, 18G3 enlisted in\\nInvalid Corps September2, 1864 no. tered out November 15,1865.\\nJoseph French, mustered out June 21. 1865.\\nFrancis Tetro, mustered out June 21, 1865.\\nRobert French, Company C, mustered out June 20, 1865.\\nThe Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment enlisted\\nfor three years, left Concord October 6, 1*02, under\\ncommand of Colonel Aaron F. Stevens, of Nashua.\\nIn Company I of this regiment eighteen Hudson\\nmen enlisted September 20th, whose names are given\\nbelow,\\nJames M. Greeley, ,-,-rge.int, .lis. barged t..i disability at Washington\\nFebruary 25, 1SG3 enlisted in Heavy Artillery September 6, 1864.\\nNathan M. Pd..dg.-tt, corporal, .iis.liaig.-d order, at Portsmouth, Va.,\\nNovember 30, 1863.\\nReuben Cummings. musician, must. -red out June 21, 1865.\\nAlden M. Jones, musician, mustered out June 21, 1st:,,-,.\\nGeorge W. Batch.-l.ler. .-aptur-1 o, r.-t- i _-7, lsi:,4: died of disease at Sal-\\nisbury, N. February 12, 1865.\\nHenry Butler, wounded December 13, 1862 promoted to corporal April\\n1, 1863; mustered out June 21, 186...\\nlira. It.. id alnpl.ell, iiioleie.l .Mil .Inn,- 21, ISii.V\\nHenry T. Colburn, discharged for disability ai Concord, N. H., July 13,\\nI-.,.;.\\nOilman F. Chas.-. t ran -1.- led I. .iu|.an I Sept.-inl.ei 1 .J Iiaus-\\nf.-rr.-d I-. brigade Land .l.iuuan muster.-.l .-at June 21,\\n18G5.\\nRufus Fletcher, mustered out June 21, Is.\\nLorenzo Fuller, mustered out .Inn.- 17, 1865.\\nFrederick Hiccox, mustered out May I 1865\\nNapol E. Jones, must red out June 21, 1865.\\nWilli. mi l: 1.,-ni-, PI--IO-.I.-.I i p..r.il \\\\piill 1863 wounded Blightly\\nMay 10, Is. ,4 pr..iuol.-.l t.. M-igeaiit .tune 7, Isi.l iiui-t. red ..lit\\nJon.- 21, 1865.\\n-la.ob Maisliall, died of disease at P. .1 Niii-.iilli, Va., August 21, 1863.\\nOtis R. Marsh, wounded severely Octobei 7. i--\\nMay 28, 1865.\\nAndrew -I. Smith, killed at Petersburg, Va., June 26, L864.\\nJamesG Smith, died ..t disease at Portsmouth, Va., October 3, 1SG3.\\nThe town continued the bounty of two hundred\\ndollars to men who enlisted for three years, and De-\\ncembers, 1863, Voted to assume the State and gov-\\nernment bounties, and add thereto the sum of three\\nhundred dollars to each volunteer. Voted to pay\\nthe men who were drafted September 2, 1863, one\\nhundred dollars each in addition to the two hundred\\nalready paid them.\\nVoted to pay a bounty of two hundred dollars to\\nmen who enlisted in 1801, and who tire now in the\\nservice, they having received no town bounty.\\nAt a meeting held June 18, 1804, it was voted to\\npay a bounty of three hundred dollars to volunteers\\nfor three years, or to drafted men; and August 29th\\nthe town Voted to pay each soldier who shall enlist\\nand lie mustered into the service of the United States,\\nwho shall have been for three months previous a res-\\nident of this town, for one year eight hundred dollars,\\nfor two years nine hundred dollars, for three years\\none thousand dollars. This included the State and\\nUnited States bounties.\\nIn Company F, of the First Regiment New Hamp-\\nshire Heavy Artillery, sixteen Hudson men enlisted,\\nSeptember 0, 1804, for one year, whose names are\\ngiven below, all of whom were mustered out June 15,\\n1865,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSamuel M. Walker, corporal.\\nJames McCoy, corporal, reduced t.\\nGeorge W. Berry, appointed\\nLucius T. linker.\\nJames s. Blodgett.\\nAlbert A. Campbell.\\nJames N. Corliss.\\nJoin. W. Fletcher.\\nFrank J. Fuller.\\nSai 1 A. Greeley.\\nThe following is a lis\\nenlisted into the service\\nJohn H. Phillips, enlisted for tb\\nit., .line- I, 1865,\\nDecember lit, 1864.\\nJames M, Greeley.\\nHorace J. Hainblet.\\nGeorge S. McCoy.\\nAustin T. M.-rrill.\\nFrederick F. Smith.\\nWillardO. Winn.\\nif other Hudson men who\\nlid i September, 1863; discharged foi disability January 27,\\nI,.. i\\nWarren Smith, enlisted in Troop A, First Regiment, New Hampshire\\nCavalry mustered in March 24, 18G4 promot.-d t I u..-.\\n1864; wounded severely August 25, 1864, and died of wounds soon\\nafter.\\nJonathan Burbank, enlisted f..r nine months in I .-mpany F. 1 7th N,-\\\\v\\nHampshire Regiment; mustered in October it, ISG2 mustered out\\nat Memphis, T.-nu., August 1:, Is.,;:, .i, k ;,t Memphis and died", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0801.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "478\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe following enlisted for one year in Company E,\\nEighteenth New Hampshire Regiment; mustered in\\nSeptember 28, 1864\\nLevi E. Cross, corporal, mustered out June 10, 1365.\\nCyrus Cross, mustered out .Tun.; 10, 1865.\\nThe following Hudson men were in the United\\nStates navy\\nJames 11. Shaw, enlisted in the navy April 19, 1861, and was 1 ably\\ndischarged April 19, 1865.\\nThomas M. Senter, enlisted for two years June, 1862 ro-cnlistcd for two\\nyears February 27, 1S63.\\n_. I, nter, enlisted as acting master s mate June, 1862 resigned\\nJune, 1803.\\nJoseph W. Wallace. Michael Harney and .Samuel L. Bevel\\nlistment unknown.\\nThe following are the names of Hudson men who\\nenlisted in Massachusetts regiments\\nAlmon S. Senter, enlisted in Sixth Massachusetts Regiment for nine\\nmonths; afterwards in Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, andserved\\nthrough the war.\\nAaron B. Frost, Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment.\\nJamison Greeley, Company M, Fourteenth Massachusetts Regiment.\\nSamuel M. Walker, Company C, Sixteenth Massachusetts Regiment.\\nWilliam Livingstone, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment.\\nThe following enlisted in unknown Massachusetts\\nregiments\\nGeorge McQ -U 8 Baker\\nHenry H. Dane. Patrick Bradley.\\nJameB 0. Dane.\\nThe following enlisted in a Maine regiment\\nMyron W T Harris and Henry Harris.\\nThe following are the names of men drafted in\\n1863 who furnished substitutes\\nJohn B. Marshall. E. Wesley Hill.\\nWillard 0. Winn. Augustus i Blodgett,\\nIraTempleton. Obediah F, Smith.\\nNehemiah H. Gage.\\nKidde\\nJohn C. Smith.\\nCharles H. Gra\\nEdwin S. Gowil\\nThe following is a list of men not draftei\\nished substitutes\\nDavid 0. Smith. Jimery ranter.\\nFranklin A. Hill. Augustus II. Morrison.\\nWillard H. Webster. Kimball Webster.\\nAlfred C. Ripley. Daniel M. Greeley.\\nAlphonso Robinson. David Clement, Jr.\\nCharles St. i 1\\nThe names of these twenty-four substitutes, to-\\ngether with thirteen others furnished by the town,\\nall being non-residents and principally aliens, are\\nomitted.\\nIn giving the names of the soldiers, it has been my\\npurpose to give the names of those who were resi-\\ndents of this town, a few of which were credited to\\nother towns.\\nAt the close of the war this town was credited at\\nthe adjutant-general s office with twelve men more\\nthan its full quota under all the calls for soldiers\\nduring the war, ami it was claimed that twenty-one\\nmen more than its quota had been furnished, after\\nallowing all due credits to other towns.\\nThe whole number of enlistments credited to Hud-\\nsou by the adjutant-general was one hundred and\\nthirty-rive.\\nAmount of bounty paid by the town to soldiers, a\\npart of which was afterwards reimbursed by the\\nState and United States, thirty-six thousand seven\\nhundred and twenty-five dollars.\\nOctober 14, 1861, the town elected Hiram Marsh,\\nGilman Andrews and Stephen D. Greeley a committee\\nto relieve the families of soldiers, and instructed that\\ncommittee to pay not exceeding one dollar a week\\neach for the wives, children and parents dependent\\nupon soldiers serving in the army from this town or\\nsuch as may hereafter enlist,\\nThis committee paid for the relief of such families\\nduring the war upwards of seven thousand dollars,\\nwhich was reimbursed by the State.\\nAt the beginning of the war, April 24, 1861, at a\\ncitizens meeting, held at the town-house, the amount\\nof two hundred and twenty-three dollars was sub-\\nscribed and paid for the purpose of furnishing volun-\\nteers who had enlisted with necessary outfits, in addi-\\ntion to such as were furnished by the government.\\nOn the 29th of October of the same year, at\\nanother meeting of the citizens, the Hudson Soldiers\\nAid Society was organized, and was continued in\\nactive and successful operation till the close of the\\nwar.\\nThe president of this society was Addison Heald\\nits secretary, Mrs. Nancy B. Merrill; and its treas-\\nurer, Mrs. Addison Heald; with an executive com-\\nmittee composed of ten ladies, one from each school\\ndistrict,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Thomas Gowing, Mrs. Luther Pollard,\\nMrs. Samuel Morrison, Miss Mary Buttrick, Mrs. D.\\nM. Greeley, Mrs. Oliver Hill, Mrs. David Seavey,\\nMrs. Robert A. Andrews, Mrs. J. E. Greeley and Mrs.\\nJames M. Greeley.\\nThis society contributed, collected, bought material\\nand manufactured and forwarded to the soldiers, in\\nlarge quantities, articles of necessity and comfort,\\nsuch as comfortable clothing, bedding, lint, bandages,\\ndried fruits, comforts for the sick and wounded in the\\nhospitals and necessaries for the use and convenience\\nof the men in the field and camp.\\nThese contributions were greatly appreciated by\\nthe soldiers at the front, and did much to relieve their\\nsufferings and add to their scanty comforts.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nHUDSON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nFirst Town Officers, 1733\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moderators ot Annual Town-Meetings, Select-\\nmen and Town Clerks of Nottingham from 1734 to 1741\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moderators\\nof Annual Town-Meetings, Selectmen and Clerks of the District of\\nNottingham from 174:1 to 174:.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moderators of Annual Town-Meetings,\\nTown Clerks and Selectmen from 1740 to 1SS... I o|, t.-s to 1 n.ral\\nCourt, etc from 1733 to 1885\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Representatives to the General I ourt\\nfront 177o to lss\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Votes for State resident from 1784 to 1792\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Votes\\nfoi Got i from 1793 to 1884.\\nThe first election for the choice of town officers", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0802.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "HUDSON.\\n479\\nfor the town of Nottingham was held at the house of\\nEnsign John Snow on the 1st day of May, 1733.\\nThe following is a full list of all the officers chosen\\nat that meeting, and who held their office until the\\nannual meeting in March. 1734:\\nCaptain Robert Fletcher, moderator; Henry Baldwin, town clerk;\\nHenry Baldwin, Captain Robert Fletcher, John Taylor, Joseph Snow\\nJohn Butler, selectmen; Joseph Hamblet, constable John Snow, town\\ntreasurer Nathaniel Hills, tithingman James Perham, Joseph Winn.\\nEleazer Cunimings, surveyors; Thomas cUim-ii, Samuel Butler, fence-\\nviewers; Edward Spalding, Jonathan Perham, field-drivers Phiueas\\nSpalding, J. dm Hainldet, bug-reeves.\\nThe following is a list of moderators of annual\\ntown meetings, town clerks and selectmen of the\\ntown of Nottingham from 1734 to 1741\\nMODERATORS OF ANNUAL TOWN-MEETINGS.\\nHenry Baldwin, 1734, 37, 38.\\nJohn Butler, 1735, 41.\\nJoseph Snow, 1736, 39.\\nThomas Colburn, 1740.\\nSELECTMEN.\\n1734.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Baldwin, Robert Fletcher, Zacchens Lovewell, John\\nButler, Eleazer Cumminga.\\n1735.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Butler, Robert Fletcher, Thomas Colburn.\\n1736. Daniel F^tcher, William C rings, John Butler.\\n1737.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Baldwin, Joseph Hamblet, John Butler.\\n1738.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Baldwin, John llutler, Joseph Hamblet, Joseph Winn,\\nJohn Baldwin.\\n1739.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eleazer Cunimings, Zaccheus Lovewell, Jonathan Sn..w.\\n1740.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Colburn, /.accbeus Lovewell, John Stow.\\n1741. Homy Baldwin, Joseph Hamblet, Thomas Gage.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\nHenry Baldwin, 1734, 37, 38, 41.\\nJohn Butler, 1735, 36.\\nJonathan Snow, 1739, 40.\\nUntil 1741 the town was supposed to be wholly in\\nMassachusetts, and was under the laws and jurisdic-\\ntion of that State but upon the settlement of the\\nprovince line in that year, the town was divided, and\\nthe greater part fell within the limits of New Hamp-\\nshire, and Nottingham in this State became a district,\\nand remained as such until 174G. There is no record\\nof any town or district meeting from November 22,\\n1741, to August 9, 1743, at which last meeting the first\\ndistrict officers were elected.\\nMODERATORS OF ANNUAL MEETINGS.\\nHenry Baldwin, 174:!, 44.\\nThomas Colburn, 1745.\\nTb- mas Gage, 1740.\\nSELECTMEN.\\n171:; Zh.v1i.mi- Livowell, F./oki.d Chase, Samuel Greeley.\\n1744.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezekiel Chase, Joseph Hamblet, John Marshall.\\n1745.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Zaccheus Lovewell, Samuel Greeley, Samuel Butler.\\nSamuel Greeley was elected district clerk at the first\\nmeeting, and was re-elected each year afterwards as\\nlong as Nottingham remained a district.\\nThe charter of Nottingham West as a town, as we\\nhave seen, was dated July 5, 174ti, and the first meet-\\ning for the election of town officers was held July\\n17th.\\nThe following lists present the names of the persons\\nwho have held the several offices of moderator of an-\\nnual town-meetings, town clerk and selectmen from\\nthe year 174(3 to 1885, with the years in which they\\nwere respectively chosen\\nMODERATORS I iF ANXr.U, TOW N MEETINGS FROM 1740 To 1\\nZaccheus Lovewell, 1740.\\nThomas Colburn, 1717, 48, I 1 50, 51, 53, 58,\\nEzekiel Chaa ,1 I, 65, 66, 67. 68, 70.\\nAbraham Page, 1759, 60, 71. 72, 71. 7. 77, 7-.\\nDaniel Merrill, 1761.\\nEphraim Cunimings, 170- 0.;.\\nHenry Hale, 1769.\\nTn,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S4, 87, .is,\\n88, KO, 90\\n.Mar-\\nPhineas Underwood, 1791, 02, I\\nMoses Johnson, 1700, 07.\\n.less.. Davidson, 1802, 03.\\nIsaac Merrill, 1804, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11.\\nRobert Patterson, 1809.\\nCaleb S. Ford, 1S13, 14, 15, 10, 17, 19, 21,\\nJO, 32.\\nNoah Robinson, 1818.\\nJoseph Greeley, 1820, 2:\\nThomas Ii. Wason, 1830, 31, 33, 34, 3o, 36,\\nJabez P. F. Truss, 1840, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,\\nJeremiah Smith, 1840.\\nEthan Willoughby, 1850, 51.\\nJames Emery, 185:1, 54, 59, 60, 66,\\nFor the years 184!) and 1852 the election of mode-\\nrator is not recorded.\\nTOWN CLERKS FROM 170. I I--\\nSamuel Greeley, 1746.\\nSamuel Greeley, Jr., 1747.\\nDoctor Ezekiel Chase, 1748.\\nSamuel i; ley, Jr., 1740 to 1781, except 1777.\\nSamuel Greeley, Jr. (son of the last Samuel;, 1777.\\nTimothy Smith, 1782 to 1784.\\nAsa Davis, 17S5 to 1705 and 1801 to 1807.\\nJoseph Greeley, 1700 to 1800.\\nJames Gibson, 1808 to 1811.\\nJoseph Greeley, Jr., 1812 to 1815.\\nJoseph Pollard, 1816 and 1817.\\nAsa Blodgett, 1818 to 1825.\\nFoster Towns, 1826.\\nReuben Greeley, 1827 to 1S::7.\\nJames Pierce, 1838 and 1839.\\nHenry M. Hooke, 1840.\\nDaniel McCoy, 1841.\\nDustin B. Faruum, 1842 and 184:;.\\nPaul Colburn, 1844 to 1856.\\nWilliam II. ilia.--, 1*57 and 1858.\\nJohn i Webster, 1859.\\nEli Hamblet, I860 to 1868.\\nJosiah K. Wheeler, 1S09 and 187o.\\nWaldo P. Walton, 1871, 72. 74.\\n.lames Emery, 1875 and 1S77. t\\nJames G. Walker, 1870.\\nJames B. Merrill, 1873 and 18So, to 1885.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2SELECTMEN FROM 1740 To L885.\\n1740. Samuel Greeley, /.accbeus Lovewell, Elea/.er Curnmings.\\n1747.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezekiel Chase, John Marsh, John Marshall, Samuel Greeley,\\nJr., James Wason.\\n174S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Colburn, Samuel Greeley, Ezekiel Chase, William\\nCunimings, James Hills.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0803.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nige Danii I Merrill.\\nmining-, Saiiiu.-I Mar-h\\n1749.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Marshall, Stephen Chase, Joseph Winn, II.\\nSamuel Greeley, Jr.\\n1750.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Marsh, Samuel Greeley, Jr., George Burns.\\n1751.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Merrill, Eleazer Oummings, Samuel Greelej\\n1752.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Burns, S.nuti.l Cre. .li J..-1.1I1 Cummin\\n17. Samuel Mm-h, vi.ialiam Pag Sura Greeley, Ji\\n1754.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Colbuni, Samuel 6i lej Jr James Hilla\\n1755.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezckiel Chase, Roger Chase, Samuel Greeley, Jr.\\n1766-57.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ez.-ki.-l Chase, Samuel Greeley, Jr Ephraim Cu\\n1758.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ai.rali.iin Page, rge Burns, James HUH\\n1759. Ai. nil.. mi Page, Samuel Greeley, Jr., Rogei Chase.\\n1760.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Merrill, I tekiel Hills, Henrj Sno--\\n1761.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Greeley, I] I\\n1762-63.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Greeley, Jl E|\\n1764.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezekiel Chase, Gem Buna, Ass Davis.\\n1765.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henrj Hale, Urn sal PS I ekiel Hill-.\\nL766.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sa 1 Greeley, Ji I Mel Chase, Ephraim Cummings.\\n1767.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ahrah Page, Nathaniel Davis, A -si Davia\\n1708. George Burns, Nathaniel Davis, Ezekiei Hills.\\n1769.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abraham Page, Henrj Hale, Asa Davis.\\n1770.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Burns, Samuel Moor, Nathaniel Davis.\\n1771.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abraham Page, Nathaniel Davis, Nehemiah Hadley.\\n1772-74.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abraham Page, Nathaniel Davis, John Haseltine, Jr.\\n1775.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Haseltine, Jr.. A -a [(avis, William Hums.\\n1776.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Marsh, John Caldwell, William Burns.\\n1777.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samml Marsh, Timothj Smith, George Burns, Jr.\\n1778.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Haseltine, John Caldwell, Andrew Seavey.\\n1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Marsh, David Lawrence, Moses Johnson, S\\nWason, Samuel Greeley.\\n1780.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, James Ford, David Lawrence.\\n1781.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Marsh, John Hale, Isaac Merrill.\\n1782 and 1784.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Smith, John Haseltine. Jr.. Samite\\n1783.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Smith, Nathaniel Davis, Samuel Burbank, Jr.\\n1786\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1788.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis. John Haseltine, Ji [suae Merrill.\\n1789.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis. John Haseltine, Jr.. Phineas Under* I.\\n1790-92.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, Phineas Underwood, Thomas Hills.\\n1793-94.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, Samuel Marsh, Phineas Underwood.\\n1795-96.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Marsh, Page Smith, [saac Colburn.\\n1797.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Marsh. David I i- i Merrill\\n1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, Thomas Senti r, Jonathan Burbank\\n1799.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Burbank, l-...e Merrill, Thomas Hills\\n1800 and 1804.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, Isaai Merrill, Page Smith.\\nism\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, Pag! Smith, i i. i ci\\n[802 03 Asa DaviB, I Smith, J Davidson\\n[80S 06 -Asa Da l-.,.\u00e2\u0080\u009e Merrill, I all b S. Ford\\n1807.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa Davis, Calel.S, Kor.l, James Gibson.\\n1808.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb S. Ford, Ja B Gibson, Jeremiah Smith.\\n1809-10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb S Ford, J isGibson, Noah Robinson.\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Burhank, M Gn ley, Reuben Sargenl\\n1813-14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses Greeley, Joseph Greeley, Ji Ji remiah Smith.\\n1815-16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses G ley, Bi njai M 1. William Hills.\\n1817-19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb S. For.l. Thomas It. Wason, Jacobl base.\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb S. Ford, Reuben Sargent, David Burns.\\n1821.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Burn-, William Hills. Noyes Tenney.\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Burns, Ja. ob I has. Noyes Tenney.\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noyes Tenney, William Hills, Oliver Pollard.\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver Pollard, Noah Robinson, Reuben Greeley.\\n1825.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver Pollard, Noah Robinson, Ebenezer For.l.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Greeley, James Pieree, William Hills.\\n1827-28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Greeley, James Pieree, J; i Im-i-.\\n1829. Caleb S. For.l, .lalur- Pi. re, John Puruham.\\n1830 James Pieree, William Hadley, Joseph Blodgett, Jr.\\n1.8.11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James pierce, William Hadley, Tl as B. Wason.\\n1832.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Caleb S. For.l, Jeremiah Smith, Noah It. .bins. .(I.\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 X. .ah Robinson, Tine .thy For.l, Jabez P. F. Cross.\\nL834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah P. .bins., n. .lab./ P. F CroBB, James Wilson.\\n1835.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Greeley, Noah Robins labez P. F. Cross\\n1830.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Greeley, Thomas B. Wason, David Robinson,\\n1837\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas It. Wason, Reuben Greeley, Paul Hardy.\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas B. Wason, Paul Hardy, Dustin B. Farnum.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul Hardy, Dustin It. Farnum, Jabez P. F. Cross\\n1840-41.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Pier..-, William Hadley, Warren Pollard.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Marsh, Greet, li. .f B. Farnum, i.ilmau Andrews\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas B. Wason, Amos Hills, Paul C..lburu.\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas B. Wason, Am..- Hills. Oilman Aiultow-.\\n1845 JabezP. F. Cro\\n184C. Oilman Andrew\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul Hardy, Jal\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paul Har.ly,\\n-James Pierce, George W.\\n-Stephen D. lire. ley. Hire\\n-Benjamin F. Chase, Luthi\\nAl van Smith,\\nmil Morrison.\\nben D. Greeley\\ni-u D. Greeley.\\ninF. Chase.\\nRobins.. n.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eli Hamblet, Samuel Gowiug, Daniel T. Gage.\\nl8i;j Daniel T. Gage, Samuel Cowing, Caleb Richardson.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel T. Gage, John Chase, Al.l.n Hills,\\nlsi.i. Eli Hamblet, Alden Hills, Benjamin A. Merrill.\\n1865-66.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen D. Greeley, Benjamin F. Chase, Josiah K.Whee\\n1867-68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen D. Greeley, Benjamin F. Chase, Benjamin A. 1\\nill.\\n1869 Ell Hamblet, Joseph Fullei John M. Thompson.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eli Hi det, John M Thompson, James B. Merrill.\\n1-71 .h.lii, M Tl...iii[,-..n. .bun.-- I till. Augustus F. Hloilge\\n187! fames B Merrill, K all Webster, Otis B Marsh\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kimball Webster, Otis 1: Marsh I bail.- W. Spalding.\\nel, ill u.\\ni i, Spalding, Chart* Steele.\\n1871,.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah K. Wheeler, John M. Thompson, George W. Trow\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. Thompson, Charles Stei I. G ge W. Trow.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. Thompson, Lucien M Tolles, William F. Winn.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lucien M. Tolles. William F. Winn, Charles W. Spalding,\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lumen M. Tolles, Charles W. Spalding, William S. Weston.\\n1881.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles W. Spalding Mark Batchelder, Arthurs. Andrews.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah K. Wheeler, William F. Winn. Clifton E. Buttrick.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah K. Wheeler, William 1 Winn, Robert A. Andrews.\\n[884 William F. Winn, .1 b F. Wilson, Daniel Colburn,\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James F. Wilson. Daniel A. Colburn, George G. Andrews.\\nDELEGATES TO THE GENERAL Ci (I [IT, Etc., FROM 17:::: Ti 1885,\\n1733.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Robert Fletcher and ZaccheusLovewell, delegates to the\\nMassachusetts General Court to get the non-resident lands taxed for\\nthe support of the ministry, ami to get s proportion of the lands foi\\nlb.- ti.wn, given to the town Dunstable by the proprietors or others.\\n1734, March.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Zaci bene Lovewell, delegate to the Massachusetts Gen-\\neral Court to procure the passage of an ai t allowing the town to a a\\ntax often shillings each upon all .attle driven into the town to pasture\\nin addition to the usual rates.\\n1734, June.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Robert Fletcher, Henry Baldwin, Joseph Snow\\nand Joseph Humbler, delegates to the Massachusetts General Court to\\nanswer for the town in all matters relating t.. the petition of the pie\\nof Natti k to be incorporated as separate township.\\n17:54, November.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Robert Kb -b her, delegate to the Mas-ai liu.\\nsett- General Court to procure a grant of province lan.ls b. aid the tow n\\nto maintain a public school.\\n1741.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Thomas Colburn, delegate to the Massachusetts Genet il\\nCourt to procure the abatement of the county tax, in consequence of the\\ntown being divided by the new province line.\\n1747. bjhii Marsh, delegate to the New Hampshire General Court,\\nupon a petition of the town, for Hie passage of an act for taxing the\\nlands of non-residents.\\n1748.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deacon Samuel Greelej ami John Marsh, delegates to the New\\nHampshire General Court t.. answer t.. citation in relation to a petition\\n,,f Josiah Cm iugs and other inhabitants of the town to be released\\nfrom paying taxes f..r the support ..f Ibv Nathaniel Merrill.\\n1760, March 17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ephraim I ll ling- chosen delegate t.. lb. X. w\\nHampshire General Court to make application to have the lands of non-\\nresidents laid under a tax.\\n171,2. January 15.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Samuel tire-ley chosen Representative\\nfor Nottingham West and Litchfield to represent said towns in the Gen-\\neral Assembly.\\nCaptain Samuel Greeley was re-ele ted March 4. 1762.\\nCaptain James Ford, delegate to the Provincial Convention at Exeter,\\nJanuary 25, 177*..\\nCaptain Abraham Page, delegate to the Provincial Congress al I", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0804.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "Captain Abraham Page, delegate to the Proi incial Convention at Exeter,\\nMay 17, 177.*., and to art for the town fur six months.\\nJohn Hazeltine, Jr., delegate to the Countj Congress at Amherst,\\n177s, May 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Burns ch a delegate to the convention to\\ni t at Concord, -inn. 10th, to form a new plan of government.\\n1781, May 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Smith chosen to represent the town at a con-\\nvention to be held at Concord, on the first Tuesday of June, to form a\\nnew plan of government.\\nL786, I tober 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Reuben Spalding h.-.-n delegate to the convention\\nto make a general plan for Paper money.\\n17ss, January 2*.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer Cumminns ehos,!i -1. legate to sit in the\\nconvention at Exeter, on the seeoiai Wednesday of February next, in\\norder to consult ami examine the Federal Constitution.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ethan Willoughby, delegate to the convention to revise the\\nconstitution.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dana Sargent, delegate to the convention to revise the constitu-\\nRepresentatives to the General Court from 1775\\nto 1885. Prior to October, 1780, this town was classed\\nwith Litchfield for the election of .Representatives.\\nThose elected from this town arc given in the fol-\\nlowing list-\\nWilliam Warren, is:,-,\\ndames Kmcry, 1854.\\nHiram Marsh, 1855.\\nBenjamin F. Chase, 1850.\\nPaul Colburn, 1857.\\nLuther Pollard, 1858.\\nGranville Hill, 185 9.\\nSamuel Morrison. I860,\\nWilliam II. Chase, 1861.\\nAddison Heald, 1862.\\nSamuel Covins, Is.,::\\nStephen D. Greeley, 1864.\\nEli Ilaml.let, 1805.\\nIsaac Colburn, 18G0.\\nBenjamin Kidder, 1867.\\nThomas Gowing, 18G8.\\nDaniel M. Greeley, 1869.\\nDaniel T. Gage, 1870.\\n1-71.\\nSamuel Greeley, 1S7-.\\nliana Sargent, 1874, 75.\\nlames It. Merrill, 1876.\\nLueicn M. Tolles, 1877.\\nWaldo P. Walton, 1878.\\ncaptain Abraham Page, 1775, 76.\\nDavis, 1777. 7 92, 93, 94,\\n99, 1800, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a200, 07, 08.\\nCaptain Samuel Marsh,1784, 85, 86\\nEbenezer Cumminga, 1788.\\nColonel Joseph Greeley, 1795, 96,\\n97, 98, 1811, 15.\\nRobert Patterson, 1809, 10.\\nIsaac Colburn, 1S12.\\nIsaac Merrill, 1813, 14, 10, 17.\\n\\\\,.ah Robinson, 1818, 20, 21.\\nTla.mas P.. Wa.son, 1819, 28, 30,\\nReuben Greeley, 1829.\\nJoseph Greeley, Jl 1837,\\nDavid Burns, 1838, 39, 47.\\nJabez P. F. Cross, 184o, 41, 42\\nWilliam Hadley, 1843, 44, 46.\\nI.i lames, 1848.\\nI mm... I i. rr. 1850.\\n|,l. -i., i, a, 1851.\\nThe following were elected under the revised con-\\nstitution providing for biennial sessions of the Legis-\\nlature\\nJohn M. Thompson, elected November, 1878.\\nJustin E. Hill, elected November, Issu.\\nNathan P. Webster, elected November, 1882.\\nWilliam F. Winn, elected November, 1884.\\nNo Representatives were elected for the years 1787.\\n89, 90, 91, 1832, 34, 45, 49 and 73.\\nVOTES FOR STATE PRESIDENT FROM 1784 TO 1792, INCLUSIVE\\n17s4 Mescherh Weare, 45, all cast.\\n1785.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Atkinson, 42 John Langdon, 5.\\n178G. John Langdon, 00, all cast.\\n1787.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Langdon, 86 John Sullivan, 7.\\n1788.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Langdon, 33 John Sullivan, 9.\\n1789.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Pickering, 78 John Sullivan, 2.\\n1790. lohn Pickering, Ss, all cast.\\n1791.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Bartlett, 80, all cast.\\n1792.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Bartlett, 72, all cast.\\nVOTES FOR GOVERNOR FROM 1793 To 1884, INCLUSIVE.\\n1795.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Oilman. 117, all .-I\\n1790.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Oilman. 56, all cast.\\n1797. -John Taylor Oilman, 57, all cast.\\n1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Oilman, 71. all cast.\\n1799.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Oilman, 19, all cast.\\nlson._.l\u00e2\u0080\u009el,n Taylor Oilman, 49 Tun. .thy Wall\\n1801.^Iohn Taylor Oilman, 51, all cast.\\n1802.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Oilman, Id: Jol\\n1803.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Gilman, II John Langdon\\nlso-E\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Langdon. 7:; John Taylor Gilmar,\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Langdon, 72; John Taylor Giliuai\\n1806.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Langdon, 90; Timothy Farrow, 1.\\nIsn7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Juhu Langdon, 90 Justus I .iUn. 1\\nISiis.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Langdon. 69; Thomas Senter, G.\\nIsn t.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah Smith, 111 John Langdon, 5\\n181 Jeremiah Smith, 115; John Langdon, I\\n1811.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah .Smith, 111 John Langdon, 6\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Gibuan, 112; William Clue\\nIsl J, ,1,11 Taylor Oilman. 11..; William Phi,\\n1814.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Taylor Oilman. 1 William Plm\\n1815.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Tin lor Oilman. 1J1 William Plun\\n1816.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Sheafe, 114; William Plniuiuer,\\n1817.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Sheafe, 106 William Pliiiuni. r,\\n1818.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Plummer, 97 Jeremiah Smith,\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Hale, 74; Samuel Bell, 82.\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Hell, 95; Jeremiah .Mason, 70.\\n1821..\\nBell,\\n1822.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Bell, 131 John E\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Levi Woodbury, 106; San\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David L. Morrill, 152, all\\n1825.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David L. Morrill, 158, all\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David L. Morrill, 182 P..\\n1827.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Pierre, H I\\n1828\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Bell, 103: Benjamil\\n1829.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Bell, 95 Benjamin\\n1830.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Matthew Harvey, 115 Ti\\n1831.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Dinsmoor, Ins tc\\n1832.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Dinsmoor, 111; 1.\\n1833.- Samuel Dinsmoor, 135, al\\n1834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Badger, 132, all c\\n1835.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Badge, lie Jos\\n1836 Isaac Hill, 120, all cast.\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac Hill, 77 Jeremiah\\n1838.-Isaac Hill, 139; James W:\\n.1 a\\nI 12\\nAnthony Colby\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Page, 138 Enos Sti\\n1841\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Page, 157 En,.- St,\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Hubbard, l.l i En\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry Hubbard, I 12 An\\n1S44.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John II. Steele, 132 Ant\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Steel,, 91 Auth\\n1846.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jared W. Williams, 125\\nBerry, 20.\\n1847. -Jared W. Williams, 141 Anthony Colby, 75; Nathaniel S.\\nBerry, 17.\\n1848.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jared W. Williams, 153 Nathaniels. Berry, 93.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Dinsmoor, 157 Levi Chamberlain, 07 Nathaniels.\\nBerry, 12.\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Dinsmoor, 144 Levi chamberlain, (.2 Nathaniel S.\\nBerry, 7.\\n1851. Samuel Dinsmoor, 105 John Atwood, 104 Thomas E. Sawyer,\\n31.\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah Martin, 135 John Atwood, 04; Thomas E. Sawyer, 37.\\n185:;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah Martin, 135; James Bell, 12; John II. White, 30.\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel B. Baker, l::5 Jared Perkins, 53 James Bell, 34.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ralph Met. alt. 115 Nathaniel S. Baker, 119 Asa Fowler, 5.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ralph Metcalf, 147 John S. Wells, 138 Austin F. Pike, 2.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Haile, 152 John S. Wells, 120.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Haile, 150 Asa P. Cate, 124.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ichabed Goodwin, 133 Asa P. Cate, 125.\\nI860.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa P. Cate, 152. Ichabed G Ivvin, 150.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Stark, 152 Nathaniel S. Berry. 151 Levi Bartlett, 1.\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Stark, 135 j Nathaniel S. Berry, I ;i Paul J. Wheeler,\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ira A Ea-tinat. 1\\n1804.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph A. Gil\\nJoseph oil,,\\n97 Walte\\nlani-\\nIvvard W. Hariington,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0805.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick Smytho, A Kduanl W. Harrington, 90.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick Smythe, 130 John G. Sinclair, IIS.\\n180 Walter Harriman, 144 John G. Sinclair, 132.\\nlsos\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Walter Harriman, 1.1s John G. Sinclair, 140.\\n1809.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Onslow Stearns, 139 John Bedel, 114.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Onslow Stearns, 133 John Bedel, 93 Samuel Flint, 31 Lo-\\nrenzo D. Barrows, 3.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Tike, 147 James A. Weston, 112 Lemuel P, I kjoper, 7.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ezekiel A. Straw, 139; James A. Weston, 123 Lemuel P.\\nCooper, 14; John Blackmei, 6.\\n187: Ezekiel A. Straw, 125 Jas. A. Weston, 103 John Blackjner, 4.\\n1874 James A. Weston, 14s Luther McCutchens, 128; John Black-\\nIt. Kohi-its, 149 Pearson C.Che\\n128 Nathaniel\\nVl:\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\n187 Pearson C. Cln-ney, lis Daniel Many. 112.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Marcy, 144 Benjamin F. Prescott, 130.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank A. McKean, 146 Benjamin F. Prescott 137.\\n1878, November.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Natt Head, 150; Frank A. McKean, 130; Warr\\nG. Brown, 10.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles H. Bell, 101 Frank Jones, 14(1.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel w. Hale, 129 Martin V. B. Edgerly, 121.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moody Currier, 161 John M. Hill, 135 George Carpenti\\n11 Larkin D. Mason. 3.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nKIMBALL WEBSTER.\\nJohn 1 Webster, of Ipswich, Mass., is supposed to\\nhave emigrated from Ipswich, England, county of\\nSuffolk, in the year 1634. He was a freeholder in\\n1635, and died about 104:.. He had eight children-\\nJohn, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail, Stephen,\\nIsrael and Nathan.\\nStephen 1 was born in Ipswich, Mass.; removed\\nto Newbury from there, in 1653, to Haverhill. He\\nwas a tailor by trade, a man of influence and\\none of the selectmen in 1669. He married, first,\\nMarch 24, 1663, Hannah, daughter of John Ayer,\\nof Salisbury; second, widow Judith Brown, His\\nchildren, all by his first wife, were Hannah, John,\\nMary, Stephen 3 Nathan and Abigail. He died Au-\\ngust 10, 1694.\\nStephen 3 horn in Haverhill January 1, 1672, mar-\\nried widow Mary Cook. He was one of eight men in\\nthe garrison of John Webster, March, 1690. He\\ndied March 9, 1748. He had six children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel,\\nJohn, Stephen, William, Ebenezer and Mary.\\nEbenezer 1 born September 20, 1711, married Me-\\nhitable Kimball, of Bradford, Mass. Their children\\nwere Lydia, Isaac, Mary, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Ste-\\nphen, Moses, John.\\nEbenezer 5 born in Haverhill, Mass., February 1,\\n1744, settled in Pelham, N. H., was married three\\ntimes. His third wife was Elizabeth Bradford, of\\nBeverly, Mass., by whom he had Rebecca, Nancy,\\nMoses, Simon, Isaac, Asa, John, Benjamin and Betsy.\\nEbenezer Webster was a quiet, industrious tanner in\\nPelham, and enjoyed the universal respect and es-\\nteem of his townsmen. He died in Pelham March\\n13, 1823, aged seventy-nine years. His widow sur-\\nvived him twenty-two years, dying at Amherst March\\n27, 1845.\\nJohn 1 was born in Pelham, December 25,1791. He\\nmarried, August 22, 1815, Hannah, daughter of Elea-\\ni and Sarah (Hale) Cummings, of Nottingham\\nWest (now Hudson), and great-granddaughter of\\nDeacon Henry and Mary Hale. (The Hales and\\nCummings were noted families in early New England\\nhistory. Mr. Cummings combined the vocations of\\nfarmer and school and music-teacher.\\nMrs. Sarah (Hale) Cummings, born April 20,\\n1767, was a very remarkable woman in physical\\nstrength and endurance while her husband was ab-\\nsent from home, occupied in teaching, she performed\\nher household duties, which were many and arduous,\\nhaving a large family of children, and also took\\ncharge of a stock of cattle. She was a woman of\\nsterling worth, a member of the Congregational\\nChurch for many years. Her Christianity was a part\\nof her daily life, not an adjunct, and she obeyed truly\\nthe golden rule. She died May 7, 1852.)\\nJohn Webster lived upon the old homestead in Pel-\\nham, excepting one year in Meredith and one in Hud-\\nson (formerly Nottingham West), until 1841, when he\\nsold his farm in Pelham and purchased one in Amherst\\nwhere he resided until 1840, when he returned to\\nHudson, and buying a farm upon Bush Hill, he lived\\nthere twenty years then resided with his daughters\\n(Mrs. Titcomb and Mrs. Baker) until his death,\\nMarch 1, 1883, of old age. Mr. Webster was a man\\nof great energy and unremitting industry, and it was\\nonly by hard, unceasing toil that the rough and rocky\\nsoil of the old homestead, at Pelham, could be made\\nto yield a remunerative crop but perseverance and\\npatience conquered, and Mr. Webster was able to\\nprovide for his large family of children and insure\\nhimself a comfortable living for his old age. He was\\ndrafted in the War of 1812, and served in Captain\\nHaynes company of New Hampshire militia at Ports-\\nmouth, where he obtained an honorable discharge,\\nand received for his services a pension from February\\n14, 1871. He was a loyal citizen, a good husband\\nand father, a kind and attentive sou, supporting his\\naged parents until their death, doing his duty faith-\\nfullv in every position, and for many years he was\\nuniversally called Honest John Webster.\\nMrs. Hannah (Cummings) Webster, although a\\nwoman of small stature and delicate health, performed\\nfaithfully her part in life as wife, mother and Chris-\\ntian. Industrious and frugal, she cared for her\\nchildren, physically, morally and religiously; not-\\nwithstanding her weakness, she was a tower ot\\nstrength to lean upon, and her children learned from\\nher daily, by precept and example, the force of the\\nwords, a good Christian mother. She united with the\\nCongregational Church in Pelham, and was an\\nesteemed member of other churches of the same\\ndenomination wherever she resided. She died in\\nHudson February 3, 1871. The children of this\\nworthy couple were Elizabeth B. (Mrs. Warren\\nBlodgett), Moses, Sally Hale (Mrs. Simeon C. Tit-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0806.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "f m\\ni-L^^^e^s^ y^y^j^^/^c^-.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0809.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0810.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0811.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "rt.Jt*\\n^1^\u00c2\u00a3^ I 6*", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0812.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "comb), Eleazer C. (deceased), Louisa U. (Mrs. John\\nH. Baker), Lucy Ann (Mrs. Daniel B. Cluff), Kimball,\\nHannah J. (deceased), John C, Nathan P., Willard\\nH. (deceased), Milton E. (deceased), Orrin P. (de-\\nceased).\\nKimball Webster son of John and Hannah (Gum-\\nmings) Webster, was born in Pelham, N. H., November\\n2,1828. His education was acquired at the common\\nschools of his native town and Hudson. While a boy\\nhe worked upon a farm in Hudson, and for a short\\ntime in the quarries in Pelham. He was one of that\\nhistoric, heroic and truly illustrious band, the old\\nForty-niners, which has furnished so much\\nmaterial for story and song. Before attaining his\\nmajority, in April, 1849, when the news of the dis-\\ncovery of gold in California had reached New Eng-\\nland, he started and traveled across the country,\\narriving in the Sacramento Valley in October, six\\nmonths being passed in reaching the golden West.\\nHe remained thereabout two years, engaged in mining\\nand other pursuits then went to Oregon, where he was\\na deputy-surveyor upon the government surveys,\\nand returned home in the fall of 1854. In 1855 he\\nwas employed by the Hannibal and St. Jo Railroad\\nCompany in Missouri. In 1858 he resided in Vinal-\\nhaven, Me. since that time he has been a resident of\\nHudson, where he owns and occupies a portion of\\nthe land purchased by his great-grandfather, Eleazer\\nCummings, in 1728.\\nMr. Webster married, January 29, 1857, Abiah\\nCutter, daughter of Seth and Deborah (Gage) Cutter,\\nof Pelham. Their surviving children are Lizzie Jane\\n(Mrs. Horace A. Martin), Ella Frances (Mrs. Frank\\nA. Walch), Eliza Ball (Mrs. Charles C. Leslie), Latina\\nBay, Julia Anna and Mary Newton.\\nMr. Webster is a quiet, unostentatious man, of ac-\\ntive temperament and of great executive ability.\\nHe has a marked power of making friends, and\\nenjoys a high degree of popularity in a very large\\ncircle of acquaintance. He is a worker and does his\\nwork conscientiously and thoroughly, and as a sur-\\nveyor of long experience he has a wide reputation as\\nbeing one of the most accurate and reliable in the\\ncounty. He is a Democrat in politics and an active\\nbeliever in the Jacksonian theory that The blessings\\nof government, like the dews of heaven, should fall\\nunseen, alike on the just and unjust. He has been\\nthe standard-bearer of a minority party in his town\\nand county in many elections, and has generally\\npolled more than the party vote. He was selectman\\nfor four years and chairman of the board. He has\\nbeen justice of the peace since 1859, and is a trustee\\nof the Mechanics Savings-Bank, Nashua.\\nHe is a member of Rising Sun (Nashua) Lodge\\nof F. and A. M., Hudson Commandery, U. O. Golden\\nCross, and has been largely identified with the history\\nof the Orderof Patrons of Husbandryin Hillsborough\\nCounty. He was the first to petition for the establish-\\nment of a grange in Hudson, and upon its organiza-\\ntion, December 8, L873, was chosen its presiding\\nofficer, which office he held three years. He was one\\nof the few to organize the New Hampshire State\\nGrange, December J. i, L873, and also Hillsborough\\nCounty Council, March 1, 1874, of which he was\\nmaster two years, ami secretary from December, 1876,\\nuntil the organization, April 17, 1883, of its succes-\\nsor, Hillsborough County Pomona Grange, when he\\nwas made secretary of that body and is now holding\\nthat office. He has been an active and valuable\\nmember of this order from the first, and stands high\\nin the regards of the fraternity.\\nHe is much interested in historical matters and\\nancient landmarks. He has done much to preserve\\nthe latter by careful and creditable copies of many of\\nthe much worn and injured plats of portions of lands,\\nold grants, etc., in Old Dunstable.\\nMr. Webster is a safe counselor, a good representa-\\ntive of New England s intelligent fanners and busi-\\nness men, an honest man, and worthily stands high in\\npublic esteem for his hearty co-operation in every-\\nthing tending to the elevation or improvement of the\\ncommunity.\\nJAMES 15. MERRILL.\\nAmong the families of New England who should be\\nrecorded in history, the one bearing the name of Mer-\\nrill lias a high claim, ami many of its representatives\\nhave been good and faithful ministers of the gospel.\\nNathaniel Merrill 1 was one of the first American\\nancestors of this numerous family. Emigrating from\\nEngland to America in 1634, he settled in Newbury,\\nMass., in 1635. His wife was Susanna Jourdaine. Their\\nchildren were Nathaniel, John, Abraham, Susanna,\\nDaniel ami Abel. He died March 16, 1655. Abel 2\\nwas born in Newbury, February 20, 1646 settled\\nthere; married, February 10, 1671, Priscilla Chase.\\nHe died at Newbury, October 28, 1689. His oldest son\\nAbel 3 was also born at Newbury, December 28, 1671.\\nHe moved to West Newbury, married, January 19,\\n1694, Abigail Stevens, and died February 6, 1759*\\nHe was a man of note, a deacon in the church, and\\nleft property, which, by will mad. October 21, 1752,\\nand proved March, 1759, was divided among his sons\\nand sons-in-law. His children were Samuel, Abel,\\nThomas, John, Nathaniel, Abigail (Mrs. John Kent),\\nMartha (Mrs. Joshua. Marsh), Priscilla (Mrs. Ezekiel\\nClark).\\nNathaniel*, youngesl son of Abel and Abigail\\nStevens) Merrill, was born in West Newbury, Mass.,\\nMarch 1. 1712. was graduated at Harvard College in\\n1732, and was pastor of the Congregationalist Church\\nin live, II. When the Congregationalist Church\\nwas formed in Nottingham West (now Hudson), No-\\nvember 30, 17::7. lie was ordained its pastor, and\\ncontinued in tint relation until his death, in 1796.\\nThe minister was settled by the town, and his salary\\nraised by a special tax. There being many opinions", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0815.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "434\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin the church, some claiming to he Presbyterians,\\nothers Baptist and Methodist, the people protested\\nagainst being compelled to pay outside of their own\\ndenomination; therefore the civil contract was dis-\\nsolved in 1774, but Rev. Mr. Merrill s connection\\nwith the church as pastor did not cease, his salary\\nbeing paid voluntarily by his congregation. He was\\na man of great decision of character and love for his\\nchosen profession; of acknowledged ability, both\\nnatural and acquired, he possessed excellent judg-\\nment and sterling integrity, and secured the respect\\nof all men. He married Elizabeth Sarjeant. They\\nhad twelve children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel, Betty B., Mary,\\nJohn, Abel, Dorothy, Oliver, Sarah, Benjamin and\\nRuth (twins), Molly and Theodore.\\nNathaniel Merrill 5 (Tertius) was born September\\n25, 1739, at Nottingham West; married, February 25,\\n1767, Olive Lund, of Dunstable (Nashua). They had\\nthree children, all of whom attained maturity,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ben-\\njamin, Oliver and Asa. Nathaniel held an ensign s\\ncommission from King George III. before the Rev-\\nolution, but supported the cause of the colonies. He\\ninherited a portion of his father s estate, which, just\\nprevious to the war, he sold and purchased a mill,\\nwhere he manufactured machinery for cider-presses,\\netc. The parties to whom the farm was sold did not\\npay for it until Continental money was so depreciated\\nas to make it valueless to Mr. Merrill. His death\\noccurred in 1785. His wife survived him, dying in\\n1820, aged seventy-nine.\\nBenjamin 1 was born January 24, 1768. His father\\ndying soon after the loss of his property, when Ben-\\njamin was seventeen years old, it was only by his\\nindefatigable industry and energy that his mother\\nwas enabled to keep the family together. He worked\\nearly and late, and provided a home for his widowed\\nmother during her lite. He married, July 25, 1820,Mrs.\\nSarah Caton, whose maiden-name was Plummer.\\nThey commenced house-keeping in the house which\\nhe had built in 1810, on the farm in the south part of\\nHudson, where he ever after resided, and which is\\nflow owned by his descendants. Their children were\\nBenjamin A., Ebenezer B. (deceased), .lames B. and\\nWilliam T.\\nBenjamin Merrill was prominent in town and\\nchurch affairs, was at one time a member of the Board\\nof Selectmen, was a deacon in the Presbyterian\\nChurch and familiarly known as Deacon Ben. A\\nman of good judgment, honest in character, faithful\\nin duty, of a kind ami social disposition, he possessed\\nmany friends, and few, if any, enemies, preferring to\\nbear an injury rather than to resort to any unpleasant\\nmeasures. He never had a lawsuit, but his services\\nwere often sought as referee, and his wise and friendly\\ncounsel made him a peace-maker. Politically, he was\\na Whig. He died April 25, 1849, aged eighty-one\\nyears, leaving a record of a life well spent. His wife\\nsurvived him but a few years, dying October 25, 1853,\\naged seventy-one years.\\nJames Merrill 1 son of Benjamin and Sarah\\n(Plummer) Merrill, was born in Hudson, X. II., May\\n6, 1824. His education was gained at the schools of\\nhis native town. He remained with his father, work-\\ning on the farm, until he was twenty-one. He then\\nlearned the carpenter s trade, and carried on the\\nbusiness id carpenter and builder for about thirty\\nyears in Lowell, Nashua, Hudson and elsewhere, but\\nof late years has been mostly occupied in farming.\\nHe married, January 2:i, 1857, Persis A., daughter of\\nWilliam and Persis G. (.Mo,, re) Winn, of Hudson.\\nThey commenced house-keeping in the house where\\nthey now reside, and which Mr. Merrill built before\\nhis marriage. Their children are A. Gertrude, .1.\\nEverett and George A.\\nMr. Merrill s affiliations are with the Republican\\nparty yet be never allows himself to be governed by\\npartisan bias. He represented Hudson in the State\\nLegislature in 1876. He has taken an active part in\\ntown affairs, having been a selectman for several\\nterms, town clerk in 1873, and appointed to fill a\\nvacancy in same office in 1879, to which he has been\\nre-elected annually ever since he was town treasurer\\nfor the years 1873-74, and now holds that office,\\nwhich he has had since 1879. He was a charter member\\nof Hudson Grange, No. 11, and its first secretary, and\\nhas held nearly all the offices has been its master and\\nis now its overseer. He is also a member of the order\\nof Golden Cross. In bis religious preferences Mr.\\nMerrill is a Congregationalist, being a member of that\\nchurch in Hudson and president of the society.\\nMr. Merrill stands high in the esteem and regard\\nof his fellow-townsmen, and in the discharge of the\\nvarious offices entrusted to him he has acquitted\\nhimself honestly, conscientiously and creditably.\\nHonorable in all his dealings, of exemplary character\\nand habits, the reliance of home and friends, he is in\\nall respects an estimable citizen, and is one of Hud-\\nson s representative men and a worthy descendanl of\\nthe early minister.\\nELI HAMBLET.\\nEli Hambletj son of Thomas and Tamar (Gilson)\\nHamblet, was born in Hudson, (then Nottingham\\nWest), May 12, 1810. We find, from early genealogical\\nrecords in Massachusetts Historical Society s collec-\\ntion, that William Hamlet (or Hamblet), bom 1611,\\nemigrated to America about the middle of the seven-\\nteenth century. Hewasa freeman in Cambridge, Mass.,\\nin 1651 removed to Billerica in 1658, and was a sub-\\nstantial citizen of the town, and was one of the first\\nBaptists of that place. He married widow Sarah\\nHubbard, who died at Woburn in 1689. His oldest\\nson, Jacob, was three times married, first to Hannah\\nParker in 1668, next to Mary Dutton, third to Mary\\nColburn. His children were Joseph, William, Jacob,\\nHenry and others. It is not definitely shown, but\\nprobably his son Joseph s three sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hezekiah,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0816.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0817.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0818.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "111 nsoN.\\n4S5\\nJoseph and Jacob,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 were the ones who respectively\\nsettled in Dracut, Mass., Hollia and Stratham, N. II.\\nJoseph, great-grandfather of Eli, was a farmer and\\nmiller in Dracut, Mass., on Heaver Brook; settled on\\nlands which he conveyed, March 4, 1773, to his sun.\\nJoseph Hamblet, carpenter, and by him deeded to\\nhis wife in 1774, as he was in ill health. He died\\nsoon after. His sun Thomas was probably born after\\nhis father s death, ctober 27, 1775. He was brought\\nup as a farmer by Isaac Colburn (grandfather of\\nIsaac Colburn, missionary to Burmah), a resident o;\\nthe south part of Hudson. Thomas worked at farming\\nand in various mills, particularly in Hale s mill,\\nChelmsford, Mass., for a number of years. His dil-\\nigence, industry and economy raised him to a solid\\nfinancial standing for those days. He married Tamar,\\ndaughter of Solomon and Tamar (Lawrence) Gilson,\\nOctober 21, 1806. The young couple came to Hudson\\nand settled at Pollard Mills, in which Mr. Hamblet\\npurchased a hall-interest but, in a few years after, the\\nmill was carried off by a freshet, and he exchanged\\nhis interest in the mill property for a farm of sixty\\nacres in the south part of the town, where he resided\\nuntil his death, November 9, 1850, being about seven-\\nty-live years old. His wife survived him, dying March\\n5, 1S66. Their children attaining maturity were\\nEli, Drusilla (Mrs. Joseph Phelps, deceased), Dorcas\\nS. (married, first, Reuben Frost second, Joseph Skin-\\nner), Alvan (deceased), Joseph and Gilbert. Mr.\\nHamblet was a hard-working, economical and prudent\\nman, a good, honest citizen, social friend and kind\\nneighbor. He was an Universalist in his religious\\nviews politically, a Whig, and held some town offices.\\nEli passed his boyhood s days, and until he was\\ntwenty-one, on the farm, aud was early taught to\\nknow the value of good, honest labor, which he has\\nnever ceased to appreciate. His opportunities for\\nearly education were limited to those attainable in\\nthe old red school-house in Hudson, and studying at\\nnight, after his farm chores were finished, by the light\\nof a pine-torch, thus gaining the knowledge which\\nhas been of so much practical value to him in later\\nyears. At the time of his majority Eli left the farm\\nand went to Charlestown, Mass., where he engaged in\\nbrick-making; he worked at this business for ten\\nyears, slowly, surely and steadily accumulating the\\nwages so hardly earned, and at the end of that time\\nhis savings amounted to one thousand dollars. About\\nthis time, however, he was prostrated by illness, which\\nincapacitated him for hard labor for nearly a year,\\nand, with his capital somewhat retrenched bj this\\nsickness, he returned to Hudson, and purchased the\\nplace, of sixty acres, which has since been his home,\\nlie married, first. Lucy Frost, of Tyngsborough,\\nMass., June 30,1839; she died September 24, 1840\\nsecond, April 2, 1844, Rebecca, daughter of Enoch\\nand Susan (Marsh) Butler. She was born in Pelham,\\nFebruary 13, 1819. They commenced house-keeping\\nin the house where they now reside, and which they\\nhave occupied over forty years. Their children are 1!.\\nSouvina and Arvilla, both living with their parents.\\nAbout thirty yens ago .Mr. Hamldet s residence was\\nstruck by lightning. The shoe was torn from Mrs.\\nHamblet s loot, ami from the shock she then received\\nshe has never fully recovered.\\nAfter his return to Hudson, Mr. Hamblet devoted\\nhimself to agriculture, and has been a faithful, dil-\\nigent worker, ami by industry, frugality and judicious\\njudgment, has acquired a comfortable home. For ten\\nyears he has been agent of the Worcester, Nashua and\\nRochester Railroad at Hudson; selectman for six\\nyears, having been chairman of the board for most of\\nthe time; he has served on committee of mails anil\\nbridges; as town clerk lor nine years, and treasurer\\nfor the same period he has been postmaster at Hud-\\nson Centre since the office was located. lie has also\\nbeen appointed administrator on several estates, and\\nhas done considerable probate business. Whig and\\nRepublican in politics, he represented his town in the\\nState Legislature of 1865. He was enrolling officer for\\nHudson during the Rebellion, and was appointed by\\nthe Governor recruiting agent to fill the quota of\\nenlistments for the town. He is a Baptist in his\\nreligious opinions, and has been deacon in that\\nchurch for the three past years, and is a prominent\\nteacher in the Sunday-school.\\nMr. Hamblet is a strong temperance man, is a good\\nmember of society, unostentatious and esteemed in\\nchurch and social circles, and favors everything\\nwhich advances honesty, sobriety and the education,\\nimprovement and elevation of his native town. He\\nis one of a class now, unfortunately, passing away,\\nthe pleasant, social, unpretentious, and yet well-\\ninformed New England farmer of the last generation.\\nHe has worthily and honestly filled his place in life,\\nconferred honor on all stations to which he has been\\ncalled, and in his old age is the warm friend, trusted\\nconfidant and aide adviser of a numerous circle.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0819.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF LITCHFIELD.\\nBY E. F. M oTESTEN, M.H.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nLitchfield, essentially an agricultural town, is\\nsituated upon the left bank of the Merrimack River.\\nIt is bounded on the north by Manchester, east by\\nLondonderry and Hudson, smith by Hudson and west\\nand northwest by Merrimack. It is small in territory,\\ncontaining about eight thousand five hundred acres.\\nThe surface is level the soil of the arable land is\\nstrictly alluvial and rich, producing excellent crops\\nof grain, vegetables and grass. In the eastern section\\nof the town the soil is light, unsuitable for cultiva-\\ntion; but it yields heavy growths of wood and tim-\\nber. A public road extends through the town a\\ndistance of nine miles, leading in one direction to\\nManchester, and in the opposite direction to Hudson\\nand Nashua. This mad was admirably located through\\nthe farming district, in close proximity to the river,\\nas early as 1734, and along it nearly all the people\\nof the town reside. Three reads lead to Londonderry\\nand two via Thornton s ferry and Reed s terry\\nto Merrimack and stations upon the Concord Railroad.\\nIn point of wealth, Litchfield ranks among the first\\nfarming towns in the State. In late years many of\\nthe farms have been seriously impaired by the inun-\\ndations of banks during the annual rises of the Mer-\\nrimack. Nearly one-halt of the territory is well\\ntimbered, pine predominating, witli oak, birch and\\nmaple in abundance. The timber trade is extensive.\\nThe greater portion cut during the winter is lor the\\nLowell market it is hauled to the river s hank during\\nthe winter and ratted in the spring. There are two\\nsteam saw-mills manufacturing for other markets.\\nLog- valued at $21,000 were cut in 1884. The inven-\\ntory for 1885 shows the following values: Real estate,\\n$177,130; bank stock, $17,800; money at interest,\\n$22,388; horses, $5915 cattle, $7848 stock in trade,\\n$20,515; deposited in savings-banks, $94, I; total\\nvaluation, $261,365; total tax, at forty cents on a\\nhundred dollars, $1359. The town is free from debt.\\nand has a surplus of $567.32.\\nI ENSI S EEPOBTS IX 1767 AND 177.-.\\n176 Unmarried men from sixteen to sixty 27\\nMarried men from sixteen to sixty 20\\nBoys, sixteen yean* of aire and under 17\\nMen, sixty years of age and over 13\\nFemales, unmarried 74\\n480\\nMale slaves 3\\nFemale slaves 9\\nWidows 3\\nTotal 229\\nI770 Males under sixteen years of age 62\\nMales between sixteen and fifty 44\\nMales over fifty years 19\\nPersons in the army 13\\nFemales 136\\nNegroes and slaves for life 10\\nTotal 284\\nThe population at various periods since 1800 has\\nbeen as follows: 1800, 372; 1820, 4(35 1840, 481;\\n1850, 447; 18(30, 352; 1870, 345; 1880, 291; 1885,\\n281.\\nThe Brooks. All the streams in Litchfield are\\ntributaries of the Merrimack River. There are three\\nof considerable size, viz.: Great Nesenkeag, com-\\nmonly called Brickyard; Little Nesenkeag, also\\nknown as Chase s; and Reed s. The first-named\\noriginates in Londonderry, and flows across the cen-\\ntral part of Litchfield it has a rapid current, and a\\nsufficient fall at several points for improvements.\\nThe water supply is good all the year. Upon this\\nstream the early settlers located their corn and saw-\\nmills. The grain-mill was rebuilt and operated until\\n1830, when it was removed. Mills tor the manufac-\\nture of powder were built in 1820, but they were\\nshortly after converted into carding-uiills there are\\nno mills at present.\\nLittle Nesenkeag rises in Hudson, and is fed\\nalong the course through the southerly part of Litch-\\nfield by numerous ponds. Grain and lumber-mills\\nhave been in operation upon this stream for forty\\nyears past it now furnishes power for the only grist-\\nmill in town.\\nReed s, in the north part of the town, also has good\\nfacilities for milling, which for a time were partially\\nimproved. There are several ponds in the eastern\\nsection; Darrah s and Half-Moon are the only ones of\\nextensive area.\\nFerries. The first ferry was established by the\\ntown in 1740. The landing on the east side of the\\nriver was in the centre of the town, on the river line,\\nand near the meeting-house. This ferry was leased\\nby several parties until about 1790, when it was pur-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0820.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "LITCHFIELD.\\n487\\nchased by Hon. Matthew Thornton it has been\\ncalled successively Curumings s, Lutwyche a and\\nThornton s. At the animal town-meeting in 1779 it\\nwas voted to join with the town of Merrimack in\\nprosecuting in the civil law any person or persons\\nwho doth or may presume to carry over the river for\\npay any person or persons at the place where the said\\ntowns improve their ferry near Lutwyche s.\\nWithin fifty years a great change has taken place\\nat this ferry and in the immediate vicinity. More\\nthan forty rods of the Litchfield shore have been\\nwashed away by the freshets, aud the sites of the old\\nchurch and burial-ground are submerged. A broad\\nalluvion of recent deposit on the Merrimack shore\\nmakes the change in the river s channel apparent.\\nThe charter for Reed s ferry, in the north part of the\\ntown, was obtained in answer to the following petition:\\nPETITION FOR A GRANT OF A FFRRY.\\nTo His Excellency, John Wentworth, Esq.. Captain-General, Governor\\nand Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty s Province of New\\nHampshire, In Council\\nThe humble petition of Lucy Read of Litchfield, in the County of\\nHillsborough and Province aforesaid, Widow.\\nSheweth that your petitinnei s late husband. Capt. William Read,\\nwas in his lifetime seized and possess d of a Considerable tract of land on\\nthe Eastward side of Merriinae River in Litchfield, aforesaid, aud did\\n(without any Grant from His Majesty) improve a Ferry about three\\nmiles and half Above Cob Lutwyches, called and known by the name\\nof Read s Ferry, for about twenty-five years before his death, which\\nhappened about four years ago.\\nThat the said William Read, in hie lifetime, and the said Lucy, since\\nhis death, have turn at a t tonsiderahle Expe in Bonis and attendance\\nI.. Kxpeillte the sal nr IVu V :uel make it c. n-. I L.e.v\\nNotwithstanding which premises your I .-t i t i .o.-i is advised That the\\nB d title under the said William is precarious, and sho 1 Any stranger ob-\\ntain a Grant thereof it Embarrass and ^really hurt v. mi Iviitietier.\\nwho has also six children by said William, all now under age, to main-\\nShe most humbly intreats your Excellency wise tender regard of the\\npremises to Confirm unto her the aforesaid unproved and accustomed\\nFerry by Grant from His Majesty.\\nAnd your Petitioner, as in Duty bound, will ever pray, etc.\\nLitchfield, 18th May, 1772.\\nTrade and Manufactures. Before the completion\\nof the Concord Railroad, in 1842, Litchfield had a\\nprosperous trade. Two stores of general merchandise\\nsupplied a large country around. A fleet of twenty\\ncanal-boats carried its productions to Lowell, and via\\nthe Middlesex Canal to Boston, returning with mer-\\nchandise for all points along the river as far as Con-\\ncord. These boats gave employment to a large num-\\nber of men, who were famous for their jollity and lib-\\nerality. Nearly every man in the town was a cap-\\ntain, by reason of having at some time been in com-\\nmand of a boat; sobriquets were common, and the\\nriver-man who failed to possess one had cause for\\ncongratulation. The selection of the west shore was\\na severe blow to the industries of Litchfield, which\\nmight have been prevented; with the thrift of its\\npeople, together with its rich farming districts, tim-\\nber and abundant water-power, the town lacks only\\naccess to the business world to make it eminently\\nprosperous.\\nThe following comprises the traders for the last\\nfifty years\\nGeorge Griffin, 1834 to 1850; Leonard Moore, L851\\nand 1852; Moore (Leonard) Kennard (Samuel),\\n1853 and 1854; Chase (Samuel) MeQuesten (Isaac),\\n1855 to 1858, also dealers in lumber from is Hi to\\n1860, when the firm was dissolved and Misiness con-\\ntinued by Isaac MeQuesten till 1878; White (John)\\nLydston (George), 1859 to 1862; John White, 1863\\nto 1865; George H. Lamprey, 1866 to 1868; George\\nB. Griffin, 1868 to 1X77; Norris C. Griffin, 1878 to\\n1885.\\nThe following are now (1885) engaged in business\\nLumber merchants: MeQuesten (F. H.) Chase\\n(John F.), Charles MeQuesten, Read Brothers (Wil-\\nliam T. and i reorge S. I larpenters: Rufus Saunders,\\nNathan H. Bulloch, German Kendall. Blacksmith\\nRufus Saunders. Grist-mill Frederick L. Center.\\nBrick was formerly manufactured in large quanti-\\nties. The following is a partial list of the sons of\\nLitchfield now engaged in business elsewhere\\nSamuel Kennard Sons (Perley and Walter), shoe\\nmanufacturers Jonathan A. Griffin, shoe manufai\\nturer, Cleveland, 0.; James Kennard, John Kennard,\\nDiamond Kennard, Joseph F. Kennard, capitalists,\\nManchester; Charles II. Bixby, John MeQuesten, mer-\\nchants, Lowell, Mass. George MeQuesten, lumber mer-\\nchant, East Boston, Mass. J. B. MeQuesten, grocer,\\nNashua, N. H.; Simeon Bixby, boot and shoe merchant,\\nNew York City; Samuel J. Lund, restaurateur, Nashua,\\nN. H.; George B. Griffin, grocer, Merrimack Most 9\\nH. Chase, grocer, Boston, Mass.; Samuel C. Lum),\\ngrocer, Boston, Mass.; Frank Kendall, grocer, Bos-\\nton, .Mass.; Freeling Tufts, civil engineer, Kansas\\nCity, Mo.; Benjamin MeQuesten, trader, Pelham;\\nSamuel Center, appraiser, San Francisco, Cal.;\\nSamuel Center, mining, San Francisco, Cal.; Samuel\\nKendall, mining, Oakland, Cal.; Stephen C.Richard-\\nson, Haverhill, Mass.; Alfred Campbell, Manchesti\\nN. H. Arthur S. Campbell, Manchester, N. H. James\\nParker, Washington, D. C.\\nSchools. Prior to the Revolution money was voted\\nannually for the support of a school for two or three\\nmonths at the centre of the town, in which the\\nchildren were taught to read and write, as the law\\nthen required. From 1790 to 1825 the town raised\\nabout one hundred and seventy-five dollars annually\\nfor school purposes. During this time three school-\\nhouses were erected. In 1823 the selectmen, who had\\nheretofore had the management of the schools, re-\\nceived the following petition\\nWe, v ,,ur fellow-townsmen, find tment in trans-\\nho- business relative hi -el in Hi,, town of Litchfield on account of\\nthe town not being regularly established into districts. We therefore\\nwish you to warn a meeting in said town to see if the town will alter, if", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0821.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nneeii be, and define the limit, of the districts, that everv m\\nbe judiciously acted upon, as in duty bound we will ever .j a v\\nSigned by\\nAbzl G. (.Hi...;.\\nJoSIAH HlCIIAKl.S js\\nLitchfield, N II De\\nPursuant in the foregoing,a warrant was issued for\\na meeting to lie held January 22, 1*24. A plan to\\ndivide the town into lour districts was presented by\\nthe petitioners, but the town rejected it. Joseph\\nChase, Jr., Thomas Bixby and Stephen Moor were\\nchosen a committee to report at the next annual\\nmeeting upon the expediency of dividing the town\\ninto school districts with fixed boundaries. As a re-\\nsult of their labors, the committee submitted a report\\ngiving the boundaries of three districts. The report\\nclosed as follows\\nAnd your committee believe that tic- district, are a. nearlj equal in\\npoint of valuation as tl is possible to make them without dividing farms\\nthey have f-.un.l it impossible take the l.-nu tti 1 f tails into view in\\nconnection with the valuation hence some districts where tli habit-\\nants liv- remote from each other have a greater length of road than\\nCould he Wished.\\nSubsequently the number of districts was increased\\nto five by the sub-division of Nos. 1 and\\nAt present there are only four schools. These are\\nunder the direction of a superintendent elected an-\\nnually. The yearly appropriation for school purposes\\nis about seven hundred dollars. The school property\\nis valued at two thousand dollars.\\nGraduatesof Dartmouth College.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward L. Parker, 1807; William\\nClaggett, 1808 William Mc. st 1821; Bufus Claggett, 1826; Wil-\\nliam Claggett, l.vjt; David oui\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1-v, .loliu N. Griffin, 1869 Alfred\\nH. Campbell, 1ST7 John N Center, 18S2.\\nGraduates of Yale College. Simeon chase, 1821; Benjamin chase,\\n1821.\\nChurch History. Through the generosity of the\\nproprietors of Naticook lands, the inhabitants secured\\nthe benefits of the gospel at an early date. At a\\nmeeting held in Boston, December 5, 1773, Mr. Dan-\\niel Dwight was allowed forty-five pounds, ten shil-\\nlings for his preaching at Naticook from the twen-\\ntieth of September to the twentieth of March next.\\nAugust 19, 1734, the town voted to build a meeting-\\nhouse forty-five feet in length, thirty-five feet in\\nwidth and twenty-five feet stud, on the east side of\\nlit.. Merrimack River, near Cummings ferry (now\\nThornton s ferry). The house was completed in\\n1736 under the direction of Captain Joseph Blanchard,\\nIhristopher Temple, Benjamin Blodgett, Robert Rich-\\nardson and Samuel Moor as building committee. Mr.\\nJosiah Brown and Mr. Isaac Merrill were successively\\ncalled i settle in the ministry, and declined. In\\n1741 the town extended a call to Rev. Joshua Tufts,\\nof Newbury, which was accepted, and he was ordained\\nDecember 9th. Mr. Tufts salary was fixed at one\\nhundred and forty pounds (old tenor) per annum. He\\nwas dismissed in 1744.\\nFollowing the dismissal of Mr. Tufts, an unsuccess-\\nful attempt was made to establish a union church in\\nMerrimack. The town of Litchfield voted to join\\nwith the town of Merrimack in settling a minister,\\nprovided Merrimack built a meeting-house within\\nforty rods of the Merrimack River, between Thornton s\\nferry and the mouth of the Souhegan River. Annual\\nappropriations were made for the support of the gos-\\npel but no settlement was effected until 1764, when\\nthe Rev. Samuel Cotton, of Newton, received a\\nunanimous call. He was ordained in January, 1765,\\nand received eighty pounds sterling for settlement\\nhis salary was forty pounds sterling. During his\\npastorate he was commissioned chaplain of the First\\nNew Hampshire Regiment, Revolutionary soldiers.\\nMr. Cotton, although of ecceutric habits, was brave\\nanil generous, and known all over the country as the\\njolly clergyman. He was dismissed in 17S4, but\\nretained his Litchfield residence for a number 1\\nyears. His death occurred at Claremont in 1819. In\\nAugust, 1800, the town voted to build a newmeeting-\\nhouse. At an adjourned meeting, in October, the\\nvote was rescinded, and five hundred dollars were ap-\\npropriated to repair the exterior of the old one.\\nCaptain Daniel Bixby, Colonel Samuel Chase and\\nLieutenant Simeon Kendall were appointed a com-\\nmittee to superintend repairs. The following month\\nan appropriation of seven hundred and fifty dollars\\nwas made for the interior of the church. Major\\nFrancis Chase was awarded the contract for repairs.\\nIn November, 1801, the committee reported an ex-\\npenditure of $178.83 in excess of the appropriations.\\nThe town accepted the report, and voted to sell the\\npews by auction, the proceeds to be placed in the\\nhands of the committee. The sum of one thousand\\nand ninety-eight dollars was realized from the sale of\\npews. Mr. John Davies supplied the pulpit in 1806.\\nHe was invited to settle, but declined. February 25,\\n1809, it was voted to give Mr. Nathaniel Kennedy a\\n.all I., settle in this town in the work of the gospel\\nministry, on a salary of five hundred dollars annually\\nfor four years, and four hundred dollars annually\\nafter the expiration of four years during the time of\\nhis ministry in said town. Mr. Kennedy was or-\\ndained by the Presbytery April 12, 1809, and contin-\\nued his pastoral relations until April, 1812, when he\\nwas dismissed. Mr. Kennedy was succeeded by Rev.\\nEnoch Pillsbury, who was ordained in October, 1815.\\nMr, Pillsbury died in February, 1818, at the age of\\nthirty years.\\nRev. John Shearer was pastor for a number of\\nyears subsequent to 1825. From 1833 to 1845 the\\nchurch was without a pastor, but had stated supplies\\nfor the most of the time. A new meeting-house was\\nbuilt by the society in 1844; the old house was the\\nproperty of the town. At the time of dedication the\\nLondonderry Presbytery established a Presbyterian\\nChurch. In 1845 the church and society united in\\nextending a unanimous call to Mr. William H. Por-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0822.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "LITCHFIELD.\\n489\\nter to become their pastor. He was ordained and\\ncontinued in charge three years, when he was dis-\\nmissed. Rev. S. N. Howell supplied in 1852 and\\n1853. Rev. Ebenezer Newhall accepted a call made\\nhim in June, 1854; he was installed the September\\nfollowing. Mr. Newhall was advanced in years when\\nhe commenced his labors, yet his ministry was suc-\\ncessful. He resigned in 1862, and removed to Cam-\\nbridge, Mass., carrying the confidence and affection\\nof his people. He was the last settled minister.\\nRev. Luther H. Angier supplied for two years, 1870\\nand 1871; Rev. L. Parsons in 1872; Rev. William\\nHart in 1873 and 1874; Rev. B. F. Emerson for three\\nyears, from 1875 to 1878; and Rev. Charles Scott\\nfrom 1879 to 1882. Rev. Henry C. Robinson was en-\\ngaged in September, 1884, to supply for one year.\\nAmong others who have labored in the service are\\nthese, whose terms of service cannot be definitely\\nstated Rev. Messrs. Wood, Miltemore, Fuller, Page,\\nBlanchard and Tattle.\\nThe following is a list of the deacons whose terms\\nof service continued several years: Joseph Barnes,\\nThomas Bixby, Joseph Chase, Clifton Claggett, John\\nUnderwood, Matthew Parker, William Read, John\\nParker, Andrew Lydston and Moses Chase. The last-\\nnamed is living at the advanced age of eighty-nine.\\nThe society owns a good parsonage and a circulat-\\ning library. James Parker, a native and resident of\\nLitchfield during his lite, died November 11, 1860.\\nHe bequeathed nearly all his estate as follows: For\\nthe support of the preaching of the Gospel in the\\ntown of Litchfield, according to the wishes and for\\nthe benefit of the Presbyterian society and church in\\nsaid town the increase, interest, gain or profit only\\nis to be used for the purpose aforesaid, and the prin-\\ncipal is to remain entire. This fund amounts to\\neighteen thousand and twenty-five dollars. Rev. Abel\\nFletcher, a minister of the Christian denomination,\\nresided here many years, devoting his time to the\\neducational, moral and spiritual welfare of this com-\\nmunity.\\nRev. Edward L. Parker, pastor of the Presbyterian\\nChurch in the neighboring town of Londonderry for\\nnearly forty years, and Rev. Benjamin Chase, who\\ndied in Natchez, Miss., some years ago, were natives\\nof Litchfield.\\nPioneer History. Litchfield and Merrimack\\nrepresent the area known to the Indians as Naticook.\\nIt was the home of a tribe of that name, or Nacooks,\\none of the many divisions under the rule of the great\\nchief Passaconaway. From accounts of the early\\n.settlers, these Indians were comparatively industrious,\\nand were engaged in hunting, fishing and the culti-\\nvation of corn, beans, melons, etc. The Naticook\\nlands were especially favorable for agricultural pur-\\nsuits. There are no evidences of their being other-\\nwise than humane in their treatment of the first\\nsettlers. This peaceful disposition was probably due\\nto the former sufferings of the Indians in the Merri-\\nmack Valley, through wars with the Mohawks, or\\nMan-Eaters of the West, famine ami disease, all of\\nwhich resulted in great loss in numbers and powers,\\nOne of the residences of Passaconaway, and his last in\\nthis section, was upon Cecil s Island, which he called\\nmy beautiful island of Natticook. His sale of land\\nto Wheelwright, and the rapid settlement of the\\nMerrimack Valley by Massachusetts parties who led\\nextensive grants, obliged him to petition to the Legis-\\nlature of Massachusetts for a grant of land for a resi-\\ndence. In answer to his petition, the government\\nallowed him and his associates a tract a mile and a\\nhalf on either side of the Merrimack.\\nTo the honerd John Endecot, Esqr., together with the rest of the\\nhonerd General Court now Assembled in Boat the petition ol papii\\nconnew in the behalf of himself, as also f many other Indians who aow\\nI m a lull-.- t i in. or selves [.I iclT irs -oated upon a trait of taint\\n.alt. it Natiiut, ami is imii m the pussi ssioli i if Mr. William Brenton, ut\\nKode Island, marchant, ami is firmed to thesaid .Mr. Brenton, to him\\nhis heirs an.l assigns, according t.. the Laws of this Jurisdiction, by\\nreason of which tracts of land beinge taken up as a foresaid and thereby\\nvr pore petitionr, with many others, is in an onsettled condition ami\\nmust be forced in a short time to re ve to some other place. The Hum-\\nble in si of yr petitionr is that this honerd Courte woulde phase to\\ngrunt unto us a parcell of land lor or comfortable cituation to lie Mated\\nfor or Injoymeiil. as also for the comfort of others after us, as also that\\ntic- honerd Court woldpleasto take into yr serious an. I graye con-\\nsideration the condition and al-u the nipieste of yr p,, r Suplialit and to-\\nil po\\\\ lib tw. m t! pel sons as a i oinmittee to arrange with sum one or\\ntwo Indians I,, vew and delermil I some place and to lay mil the same,\\nnot further to trouble this honerd Assembly, humbly cravinge an ex-\\npectedanswei this present session I shall remain yr humble i i int\\nThe order of the\\nfollows, viz.\\nupon this petition is as\\ni.lgoth i\\nIn answer to tin- petition ut l api-soooiiaway, this\\nmeete to grant to the said I apissei onaway and bis n\\nabout Xntioot, aliovc Mr. Itrenton s lands, where it is tree, a mile and a\\nhalf on either side Merrimack liner in breadth, three miles on either\\nside in length; provided he nor they do not alienate any part Of this\\ngrant without leave and License li this Conn, first obtained.\\nJohn Parker and Jonathan Dauforth were ap-\\npointed surveyors to lay out this township for Passa-\\nconaway and his associates.\\nDuring the progress of King Philip s War the\\nIndians departed from the Merrimack Valley.\\nCivil History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The beginning of the settlement\\nand the names of the first settlers in Litchfield can-\\nno. 1 ascertained. In 1656, Massachusetts granted\\nthe greater part of Naticook to William Brenton, an\\nexplorer and fur-trader. It was known as Brenton s\\nFarm until incorporated as a township. From 1659\\nI.. 1662 several Massachusetts parties procured grants\\nof Naticook lands on the east side of the river but\\nit is not known that any of them became actual set-\\ntlers. These grants were till included in the town-\\nship of Dunstable, incorporated in 1673. In August,\\n1728, the owners of Brenton s Farm (then sixteen\\nin number, and all non-residents) made application\\nto one of His Majesty s justices for the county of Mid-\\ndlesex for a warrant to call a meeting to make a divi-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0823.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nsion of the property according to their several inter-\\nests. This meeting was held in Charlestown on the\\n23d day of the same month, and organized by the\\nchoice of Francis Borland as moderator, and Jacob\\nHolyoke clerk. A committee, consisting of Robert\\nRichardson, Joseph Blanchard and Stephen Richard-\\nson, was appointed\\nT.. survey and take a Plat particularly of the enter\u00e2\u0084\u00a2] of the\\nmeadow- a nl til. olhel la li i Is lying olit.iili.il m til.- a I -aid I la. I ..I\\nlandoi Fannewith the quantity of each, to notifj Sjoiu with the\\nProprieton claiming the land joining to the aforesaid tract of common\\nland or Farme in Running the Lines according to Law, and to make re.\\nport thereon, with their opinions on the most Proper way and method for\\nthe Proceeding in the dividing the aforesaid land or Farme to among\\nthe said Proprietors, at the text Pi. .pi i.t..i- Meeting rail for that pur.\\nThe next meeting was held by virtue of a warrant\\nfrom Jacob Holyoke, clerk, in Charlestown, Septem-\\nber 26th. The committee reported that Mr. Samuel\\nDanforth, surveyor, whose services they had secured\\nhad surveyed the lands and made a plan of them.\\nThe report of the committee was accepted, and it was\\nvoted\\nThat the aforesaid Ian. Is on each side of the Merrimack River be\\nequally divided int.. sixteen pan-, allowing Quantity for Quality, the sit-\\nuation of the land to he duly considered.\\nBenjamin Prescott, Esq., of Groton, Eleazer Tyng,\\nEsq., of Dunstable, and Mr. Joseph Richardson, of\\nWoburn, were selected to lay out and divide the\\nlands. This committee was also instructed to lay out\\nroads and highways, and to select a suitable location\\nfor a mill, reserving one hundred acres for that pur-\\npose. Captain William Richardson had already im-\\nproved a tract of land, which was ordered to be con-\\ntained in one division. January 2?,, 1729, bills of\\ncredit to the amount of one hundred and sixty pounds\\nwere ordered to defray charges upon the property.\\nJonas Clark and Joseph Blanchard were appointed\\nassessors, and Captain Robert Richardson collector.\\nThe following is a list of the proprietors and their as-\\nsessments\\nJahleel Brenton, of Newport, Colony of B. 1 26 n\\nJoseph Blanchard, of Dunstable 3 1\\nWilliam Lund, of Dunstable 3\\nThomas Chamberlain, of Dunstable 2\\nMary French, administratrix, .1 Dunstable 1 10\\nJoseph Thompson, of London 20\\nJohn Smith, of Boston 1\\nJared Elliott, of Killingsworth, Conn 2 111\\nJohn Stall, of Conn 2 to\\nAugustus Lucas, of Newport 1 5\\nBarsheba Lucas, of Newport 1 5\\nJoseph w Ibridge, ol Conn 2 10\\nMartha Church, of Newport Ill\\nSamuel Brown, of Salem 10 li\\nNathaniel Cotton, of Bristol\\nNathaniel Cotton, adni r estate of Peleg Sanford .20\\nRobert Richardson, of Chelmsford 11 10\\nFrancis Borland, of Boston 20\\nEli/al.eth Burton, f Mar-litiel.l 2 10\\nJonas Clark, of Chelmsford 5 II\\n\u00c2\u00a3160 o\\nThe one hundred acre mill lot was located on the\\nGreat Nesenkeag stream. It was granted to Jona-\\nthan Richardson in 17211 upon condition that he erect\\ncorn and saw-mills, and constantly maintain the\\nsame in good repair. While it would be interesting\\nto know the population of Brenton s Farm at this\\ndate (1729), there are no means of determining even\\nthe family names. Massachusetts was encouraging\\nemigration to the Merrimack Valley in order to\\nstrengthen her claim to the territory the proprietors,\\nthat their property might be enhanced, were offering\\ninducements to actual settlers but the fertility of the\\nNaticook lands was the principal incentive which\\nswelled the numbers of the settlement to quite a\\ncolony in lour years time. Most of the families\\ncame from Massachusetts and were of English origin.\\nA few Irish emigrants became permanent settlers.\\nThe colony was unembarrassed by land title contro-\\nversies and held peaceable possession from the start,\\nan experience unlike many of the settlements in\\nSouthern New Hampshire.\\nThe next step was to procure a charter for a town-\\nship, and in this the settlers had the co-operation of\\nthe proprietors, for, March 20, 1733, they voted,\\nto join with such other persons as may\\nlie inclined to make application to the Towns of Not-\\ntingham and Dunstable to give their consent for their\\nbeing set off a distinct Township. The petition to\\nthe General Assembly of Massachusetts for incorpora-\\ntion, dated May, 1734, was signed by Aquila Under-\\nwood, in behalf of the petitioners.\\nThe Legislature passed the following order\\nIn the House ..f Representatives. July 3, 17:;4.\\nOrdered,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That Mr. Aquila Underwood, ..ne of the principal Inhab-\\nitants oi y* nevi Township at Naticook ami Ian. I- adjoining, be and here-\\nby is fully authorized and impowere.l to assemble the freeholders and\\nother inhabitants of s\u00c2\u00ab Township Lawfully qualified to choose Town\\nofficers to stand until the annual meeting in March next.\\nSent up for concurrence.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J. iic\\nI council, July 3, 1734. Read and .eiininol.\\ni copy. Attested, per\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Thai. Mi\\n.Sec\\nThe first meeting was held pursuant to the follow-\\ning warrant\\nMiddlesex ss., July 20, 1734.\\nPcrsuant toanactof y\u00c2\u00ab Great and General Curt or Assembly, July\\n4, 1784, I, y subscriber, Do in his Majesty s Name Require all y\u00c2\u00b0 f lc e-\\nither inhabitants of thi Town of Litchfield lawfully\\nqualified to vote in Town-Meeting, to meet and convene at y\u00c2\u00b0 bouse\\n..f Aquila Underwood, in Litchfield, on Monday y\u00c2\u00ab twenty ninth\\nDay of July, current at one of y\u00c2\u00ab clock in y\u00c2\u00ab afternoon, then and\\nthere to choose town officers, to stand until y\u00c2\u00ab anniversary meeting in\\nPer order of the General Court,\\nAol-\\nI m.kku\\nFor a period of twelve years Litchfield included\\nthe Naticook lands on both sides of the Merrimack\\nRiver. The management of town affairs was undei\\none organization until about the time the boundary\\nquestion between the provinces of Massachusetts and\\nNew Hampshire was settled, in 1741, when a division", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0824.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "LITCHFIELD.\\ninto districts (east and west) occurred. The town-\\nmeetings wen usually held in the meeting-house on\\nthe east side. From 1741 to the date of the Merri-\\nmack charter, April 2, 174o, each district managed\\nits local affairs. Although the records show that\\ncontentions frequently arose during this primitive\\ngovernment, the public interests did not sutler.\\nHighways were laid out, the streams were bridged\\na ferry was established, pounds, one on each side,\\nwere built, and a house of worship erected. To-day\\nwe arc in the enjoyment of direct fruits which the la-\\nbors of these hardy pioneers produced. Their pre-\\nscience was marvelous; their mads and bridges have\\nfrom time to time undergone repairs, the boats at the\\nferry been renewed and the church rebuilt, but the\\nchanges in location have been slight, and the inhab-\\nitants for a century and a half have reverenced the\\nwisdom of thr firs! settlers.\\nThe following is a list of the resident taxpayers in\\nLitchfield in 1736\\nRuber\\nWi.\\nJacob Hildreth, Jonaa\\nNathaniel Hills, Enoch\\nNathaniel Curtis, James\\nBenjamin Hasol, Christ\\nI. inn!. .luliu tinstone, Ja:\\nJoseph Smith, Simon Cook.\\nOnly sixteen of the above were taxed for real\\nestate.\\nPETITION FOII A PARISH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER.\\nTo His Excellency, Benning Wentworth, Esq., Capt. Genera] and\\nC.imnali.hr-lli (ln.f in ami over t li pimiu. .it NVw I l;uu pshhv\\npetitionei I\u00c2\u00bb\\nporated w\\nth the Injoymeut th\\nii the Easl -I.I.- of si River\\nand tu be Iiiv.-s\\nPrivilidge and Immunities\\ns other towns in s Province a\\nPetitioners, as in Duty Bout\\n.1. -hull E\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r pray.\\nPatrick Taggart.\\nu illi mi (Jesteo\\nPari Richardson.\\nJohn Questen\\nHugh Xalior.\\nJames Nahoi\\nJohn Butterfield.\\ni bj [.hi\\nJacob Hildreth.\\nJohn Orr.\\nWilliam Richardson.\\nNathan Kendall.\\nRobo t hi. hards.\\nPeter Ruse]\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0llillll lllll llllMlll\\nRobeart Darrah.\\nWilliam B ler\\nAlexander Parker.\\nJames Nickols.\\nRobeart McKeen.\\nJames Darrah.\\nRobeart McKeen, Jr.\\nJames MLcKnigh\\nAlexander Cahvell.\\nThomas Karr.\\nGarel Rowan.\\nDavid Whittento\\nJohn McAllester.\\nDaniel Kendall.\\nIn answer to the foregoing and another petition\\nfor additional territory north of Brenton s Farm, dated\\nMay, 1746, the following charter was issued by His\\nExcellency, Governor Wentworth:\\nI i;m\\nH.mishm:.;.\\nGeorge the Set ond, by the Grace of God, of Great 1\\nIreland, King, Defender of the Faith, c\\nI all t whom these presents shall come Greetin\\nof our Loyal subjects, Inhabitants oi t Tract oi Land\\nRuundarys of a Town Called old Dunstable, in ob\\nll.ui\\nth.- Inhabitants -I the dif.tri.-t of Litchfield\\nPetitioners art- ahuui forty familys, being a\\npart of Dunstable old grant, living on th-- North Kastei h\\nGrant; That the center of our town being about eleven miles from the\\nProvince Line, we had nut the least apprehention of our being affected\\nby the fixing of Towns near said Line, and that your petitioners have\\nI aid alioxe tun-thirds towards the support of the Gospel fur many years,\\nand that we are nut only forty families upon the Easterly side of the\\nKiver, but that we have Land to accommodate a considerable Number\\nnii.i-.-; rliat He Inhabitants of Litchfield, on the West side of the Kiver\\ndon t exceed thirteen or fourteen familys, who u are wry willing\\n-h-.nld o.- di-autiexed from us. In regard to 1 1 1- great danger and Deffi-\\nculty, which we know they are Exposed to In Crossing the Rivei in\\norder to attend the Publicb worship f God, K ti ritl ri I I tig I all\\nwhich Either, by our having been Inadvertantly over lookMor forgot\\nwhen Instruction- were gi\\\\en to the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2tiiiuit t t tin* llon..io.i!.|e As-\\nsembly for settleing the In-tint- m the-e parts, o: by .m other means\\nunknown to us, we understand thai it is Intended that we be annexed to\\nthat District upon the west side of the Kiver, and that our Center and\\nplace of I liUick Worship he on the Westerly side, which would oblige\\nAbove forty familys i instantly to cross the River, to our great and un-\\nspeakable danger and difficulty, In order to meet witli about thirteen or\\nfourteen famelys. May it please your Excellency to take the difficult\\ncase of your Petitioners under your wise consideration, and go to fia\\nthings that we may not be obliged to Cross the River for although we\\nhave Lost a number of famelys on the Westerly side of the River, we\\nhave accommodations on the East side that is now unsettled that is\\nLikely in a few years to Regain the Number Lost on the other Bide, so\\nthat, Considering the Difficulty and Danger we musi he at in case we\\nwere obliged to r-- river to attend puhlii-k worship, we think that\\nwe can be much better ae.ommodated to be Erected int.. a town on out-\\nside, and much greater satisfaction to the inhabitant-. Therefore, your\\n32\\nthe\\nirticular, by maintaining g I trder and en,\\nLand, that the. same should be done;\\nye, therefore, that 1 oui ia I Crae,.. ertaiu knowled\\ni ragein the I I pui poses md ei\\nby and with the advice of our trusty and u. I!- i i ,,,,i\\nGoi\\nlore\\ndain that the Iuhabita\\nlows, viz Beginning i\\nof Londonderry Tow n:\\nfrom thence North, on\\nseven furlongs and\\nideda.sfol\\nHav it i Incorporated ai\\nii tract of land aforesaid, hoi\\n.md Eighty rods North of the south i orner\\nthe Wesl Bide Of said Town, and to nu,\\nst side of said Londonderry, five nubs and\\nrods and a half; then North twenty-om\\ndegrees West to Merrimack River tlnn down said river till it\\nmeets with a west line by the needle that comes fr.\u00c2\u00bbm a place\\nm, and that shall inhabit the ^,me, be and by these pres-\\nents are declared and ordained to be a Town Corporate, and are hereby\\nerected and incorporated into a (tody Politick and a Corporation to have\\ntinnan. e forever by the name of Lytchtield, with all the i-w.as and\\nAuthorities, privilidges and Immunities and Franchises, which othei\\nTowns within said Province or any of them by Law have and enjoy. To\\nhave and to Hold the said powers and Authorities. Immumi n and\\nFranchizes to them, the said Inhabitants, and their sin\\nReserving to us, Our Heirs and successors all white pirn\\nand being and that shall lien alt. i jr\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00c2\u00ab and lie on s 1 Trad ot Land, for\\nthe u.-e ,,t .an Royal Navy, reserving also the power of Dividing the said\\nTown to US, out -I when it -hall npp. .1\\nconvenient for the benefit of the Inhabitants thereof; An.\\nTowns within our said Province are bj Laws thereof enabled and au-\\nthori/.ed to a-semble and by the majority ..l .^-s to I officers\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 in the said laws,. We do by thesi pn\\nnate and appoint John Mr Murphy, L-.p., to call the first meeting of the\\nsaid Inhabitants, to be held within the said town at any time within\\nthirty days from the date hereof, .ning legal Notice of M\\nand design of holding such meeting.\\nwhereof, we have caused the Seal of our -aid province to\\nto. Witness, Renning Wentworth, Es.jr., our 1 iovei noiir\\nq- chief of our said province, the fifth day of .Lin., m He\\naffiV d hep", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0825.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhundred ami forty-i\\nThe warrant issued by John McMurphy for the first\\ntown-meeting under the new charter was posted by\\nJohn Harvell, June 15, 1749. The meeting was held\\non the 3d of July following, and chose Nathan Ken-\\ndall, James Nahor and Jacob Hildreth, selectmen;\\nJacob Hildreth, town clerk Jeremiah Cotton, con-\\nstable; William McQuesten and Robert Darrah, tith-\\ningmen Josiah Richardson, Peter Russell and Alex-\\nander Parker, surveyors of highways. Peter Russell,\\nJoel Dix and Jacob Hildreth were constituted a com-\\nmittee to examine and adjust the accounts of the\\nselectmen and constable under the old organization.\\nThe sum of forty pounds, old tenor, was appropriated\\nto pay for the charter, for running town lines, and Mr\\nMcMurphy for attending the meeting and adminis-\\ntering the oath of office to the several town officers.\\nAt the first annual March meeting in 1750 the follow-\\ning town officers were elected\\nHildreth, town clerk; Jacob\\nHildreth, Jol hran and John Parker, selectmen Samuel Chase,\\nconstable; David Whitte -e, treasurer; Nathan Howard and Arthur\\nDarrah, door-keepers John McQuesten and Amos Chase, surveyors of\\nhighway- Willi. .in l;. i 1 ml \\\\1. -xan ler Parker, ti.-l.l-iJi-iv.-i-- William\\nM.vii.---[.ii :ui. i li.oi-l i |.l\u00e2\u0080\u009e-ll, t,-u,- i.-w.-i- liavi,] Whitt.-in. re\\nsealer of leather; Nathan K.-mhill, poun.l-keer.oi Uexandel Colvrel\\n:iTil in i 1 Gil, -on, titliin-iii.-ii .lulin M, ou.-sten iiii-l .l-.-.-pli Chase\\nIt was voted to raise one hundred pounds, new\\ntenor, to hire preaching. John McQuig, William Pat-\\nterson and William Read were chosen a committee to\\nprocure a minister.\\nDuties of Town Officers pkeviotjs ro mi.\\nRevolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The moderator then, as now, presided\\nat the town-meetings. The duties of the selectmen were\\nsimilar to those in towns at present date, excepting\\nthat iii colonial times they had charge of the schools.\\nConstables levied and collected the taxes in addition\\nto the duties at present performed by constables.\\nTown i-h-rks and treasurers were the same then as now.\\nField-drivers impounded all horses and cattle found\\nrunning at large. Tithingmen preserved order in\\nchurch and tit public gatherings. Hog-reeves enforced\\ntin- law which required hogs running at large to be\\nyoked. Fence-viewers inspected fences, to see if they\\nwere sufficient in law.\\nWARNING. In order to protect itself from pauper-\\nism, the town often took advantage of a law requiring\\nnew and doubtful subjects to leave within the time\\nspecified in the warrant. The following, served upon\\nIsezar Porter, is one of the many recorded\\n......(.il./,-/.., the t Litchliflil for 1785\\n1 i. ,.i- luT.-liy iiuth..ri7..-.l iiml re.|uiiv.l I v, ..n CH.i.a\\nnegroman, and Phillisee, his wife, and family, Now residing in Litch-\\nii. 1 1 i l .11 r m.t I--III- ii.ii. mi- tin r, that tli.-y do depart the\\nsaid I i within fourteen days, as they will answei the contrary in the\\nma!,:., i ilia: ili Law ,liie, Is, am! make return li,i,-,,l v illi o u |),.in-s\\nIII, -lv, ,n t us, the subs, rila-is, within I.- ml,-, -n ilays.\\nnn.l.-r ourhamls ami scat at Litehfi.-l.l, this nineteenth I a\\\\ -,f\\na. i,. ..tie thousand seven liiimlr.-.i ami eighty-siv..\\nDaniel Bixby, Selectmen\\no Davit. Model.;, V o/\\nHubert I ARKEIl.J Litchfield.\\nLitchfield, January 27,1786.\\nState of New Hampahil\\nHillsborough, as.\\nPursuant t., tin- precept, I have warned Ca-zar Porter an.l Pliilhs.-e,\\nhis wit ami family, to depart tin- sunt town as 1 am commanded, In, li\\ni- n\u00e2\u0080\u009e. return ol Samuel Cent, i Constable\\nper Daniel Bixby, Town Clerk.\\nIsezar is said to have been a native of Boston, and\\nin his youth was brought to Litchfield as a slave; he\\nlived witlt Mr. Jonathan Parker, and on this account\\nhe took the name of Csezar Parker. He continued to\\nreside in the town, and afterwards moved to Amherst,\\nN. H. In his old age he went to Rhode Island, where\\nhe died in the neighborhood of Newport, in 1858, at\\ntin advanced age of one hundred and five years.\\nThe growth of Litchfield from the date of its incor-\\nporation to the close of the eighteenth century was\\nsteady and propitious. Notwithstanding their many\\ntrials, the inhabitants were resolute and courageous;\\nfeu of them had the benefit of an education, in the\\ntechnical sense of the term but their varied experi-\\nences developed physical and intellectual forces which\\nwere the foundation of their continued prosperity.\\nOf the early families, the descendants of the Parkers,\\nBixbys, Tuftses, Chases, Barneses, Reeds and Mc-\\nQuestens have continuously resided in the town, and\\nthe several generations have distinguished themselves\\nin the various positions of trust and honor to which\\nthey have been called.\\nThe Moors, Hildreths, Underwoods and Da traits\\nhave, by removals and death, become extinct.\\nSince 1800 the only marked public improvement is\\nthe town hall which was built in 1850. This building\\nlitis an elevated location in the centre of the town it\\nis two stories in height, with halls and ante-rooms\\nin each for town purposes.\\nAmong those who have contributed to the business\\nand financial success of the town for the past fifty\\nyears may be mentioned .Moses Chase, Warren Good-\\nspeed, Isaac McQuesten, Simeon D. Leach, Isaac N.\\nCenter, John Goodspeed, Phineas Reed, J. A. Marsh,\\nWarren M. Barnes and John White. The first five\\nof the foregoing have resided and pttid taxes con-\\ntinuously tin- the last half-century.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n17. .1 15, \\\\,|iiil,i I ii-l-iw 1. 1730, Nathaniel Curtis; i,\\nRichardson; 1739-40, Jacob Hildreth 1741, Samuel Cochran 1742,\\nJohn Bradshaw 1743, Samuel Cochran 1744-48, Thomas Parker;\\n1749, Jacob Hildreth 1750, Thomas Parker; 1751-53, Joel Dix; 1754,\\nV, il.i..:., r I 1, -in. is Parker lTt .l Milt, tames Underwood\\nit, J.., ,i, Hil retl L7I I Ji I nderwood; 1770-75, William\\nMcQuesten 1776-77, Timothy Kendall; 17,s-sn, Jonathan Parker;\\nI, i I, I nderwood; 1782, Jonathan Parker; 17--::. .tames Under-\\nwood; i. i, Daniel Bixby; 1786, William McQuesten; 1787-95,\\nSamuel I hase, .n. 1796-98, James Parkei 1799-1803, Samuel Chase,\\n,l, 1804 6, Robert Parker; 1807-11, Samuel Chase, Jr. 1812-15,\\nSimeon Kendall 1816, Thomas Bixby 1817-18, Samuel Chase j 1819\\nJoseph Chase, Jr. lsj-t-. i I,.,-- Ik-ji. J7. Joseph Chase, Jr.;\\n1828-34, Joshua Harsh 1835-36, Abel G Quigg; 1837-38, Joshua\\nMarsh 1839, George Griffin 1840, Muses Chase; 1841-42, Isaac Mc-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0826.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "UTCHFIiai).\\nQuesteu: 1S43-17. Isaac N. Center; 1\\nSamuel Chase 1852 3, [saai N enl\\nMoses has.. h .T Jonathan A.\\nl..i. 186-2-64, Benjamin L. Pike; 186\\nH M 1867 69, George B Griffin\\nHorace Cento] 1873, Frank Kendall\\nBO, N .i i ..i, I--1 83, Alpli\\nI -T4-T-, tsaac V Centei 1879\\nhis.. II. Powers; 1884, Morris C.\\nSELECTMEN Wl ISSKSSORS.\\n1734.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aquila Underw I. Christopher Temple, Nathi I Hills\\n1735 i l.. I fnderv. 1, Christophei Temple, Josiah Cu lings.\\n1731 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Josiah c\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e,i ,,,,,_.. |i. ni. .nini 1;. it. Bbenezer Taylor.\\n1737. J Siah Hi. Ii.ii.I-.,ij, .lo.-iah li tigs, Khotie/or right.\\n1738.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah Cummings, Christopher Temple, Ebenezet Wright,\\nJosiah Bj. har.I.son, Jonathan Powers.\\n17 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Josiah Cummings, Ja. ob Hil.lr. Hi, l.i i~i..j.I..i Temple, Josiah\\nIII hanlsoii, Jacob Kendall.\\n1740.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jacob Htldretli, Josiah Cummin--, Alexander Parker, J,-iah\\nJ. i 1 1 1-11. Jam.-. Nnhor.\\n1741.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Cochran, Joshua Converse, Jacob Hildroth, Christopher\\nTemple, Nahoi\\n1751.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joel lh\\\\. .la Nahor, \\\\ti-li. w f.\u00e2\u0080\u009e hlan\\n1 T. t2 Thouias Parker. Jan..- N.1I1..1. J...-1 Ihx.\\n1753.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .lam.H Nahor, Joel nix. John Harvell.\\n1754. losiah Richardson, William Parkei, Jam.-- Na)i..r\\n1755.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Patk.r, James Nahor, John Harvell.\\n1756. Th ls Parker, Andrew Cochran, .l..lm Haw. II.\\n1757.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Parker, John Harvell, James Nahor.\\nrh ...s Parker, Jacob Hildreth, James Nahor.\\n17C.U. Tames I lnli-iu 1, William M. t.iiic-teii, Joseph Bnii.s\\n1761-62.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James 1 mien I. William McQuesten, William Reid\\n1 -I. -I- llil.li. 1I1. .l-ilin I aik.-t, .I..I111 Co. Iiran.\\n1704-67 James Undera 1. Roberl Darrah, John Harvell\\n17tis.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willi, ill. M.a.lii.-.I. -li, Saiuu.-I I lias.-, James Nali.a, .li\\n1769. -James I ml.ru I. l!..l.eil Man Samuel Chase.\\nK.-i\\n..\u00e2\u0080\u0094Robert\\nsu.oi. I !i Tim 1 1 1 v Kendall.\\n1777. lames lii.lcrw I. Samuel Chase, Ti thy Kendall.\\n1778. John Harvell, Uul.ert Bauali, Jonathan Parker.\\n177 John Parker, Jr., Daniel Kendall, John Parker.\\n178(1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Parker, John Parker, Jr., James Nahor, Jr.\\n1781.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Underw I. Joseph Barnes, Daniel Bixby.\\n17s..\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Parker, Robert Hurrah, Timothy Kendall.\\n1784-85.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Bixby, David V Qnij Roberl Parkei\\n1786.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William McQuesten, Tii In Kendall, Simon McQuesten.\\n1791-94. Samuel Chase, Jr., Roberl Parkei David McQuesten\\n1795.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Chase, Jr., I! ,bort Parker, Sim 1 Kendall.\\n1790-98.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Kendall, Hugh Nahor, Jacob Cobum\\n1799-1800.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Chase, Jr., William Parker, Matthew Parker,\\nls.il-3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Chase, Jr., William bixby, Matthew Parkei, Jr.\\n1804-6.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert Parker, Simeon Kendall, Hugh Nahor.\\nl.s. 7-11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Chase, Jr., John 1 ml, nv 1, Thomas Bixby.\\n1812-15.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Si n Kendall, Si n M cQuesten, Jr., Jonathan Abbi\\n1S10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Bixby, John Rollins, John Goodspeed.\\n1*17-18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Chase, William Bixby, Josiah Richardson.\\nl.sp.,-20. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Joseph Chase, Jr.. Jonathan Abbott, James Mei.in. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0st.-n.\\n1821-23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Chase, Jr., James McQuesten, J\u00e2\u0080\u009e|,n White.\\n1824-25.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan Abbott, John White, Moses Chase.\\n1826-27.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Chase, Jr., John G (speed, Abel G. Quigg\\n1828-31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joshua Marsh, John White, Simeon Harvell.\\nis ;j. Joshua Marsh, Fichu ick !u-. Park,, I oxl.v\\n1833-34\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joshua Marsh, Paiker Bixby, Samuel Center.\\n1835^36.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel G. Quigg, John White, Warren G\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joshua Marsh, George Griffin, Jabez L. Manter.\\n1838. Joshua Marsh, Daniel McC uosten, Samuel Center.\\n1839.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel McQuesten, Samuel Center, George Griffln.\\nl-ll Is..:,. X i nl.i. Samuel CI,.,-,-, Willi.,,,, I\\ni V Center, Samuel Chase, Horace Center.\\nI Isaac N. enter, II j i nter, John White.\\nIMs-pi m, ,_,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,,. r, Willi. mi r\\nI- 9-60 Jonathan A Griffin\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew J. Pike, Zachi\\n1862 i I-.,.,. Mi Queeten, I\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac McQuesten, 1- u\\nI M I\\n1-a... McQuesten,\\nVlexandei Tagga\\n1 .c..:. Griffin.\\nAudi, w J Pike, /a. haiiah W bittern,,:\\nnib Whitt,., Plnn..,- Reid.\\nirbert Chase, S. I Rii hardson\\nN Com. r. /a, hariiih Whittemore.\\nin. .mill 1 ,,,|ge, Zaohariah W hntem..!\\n1*75\\nSamuol cl,.,..,., E|\\nP.\\nNorris ml, ii.\\n1-:..\\nSamuel Chase, N\\nrria\\niffin, t.- M. Read\\nI-.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Isaac McQuesten\\nJob\\ni w\\nJohn 1,. tenter.\\n1878\\nMi Questeu\\nJob\\nI w\\nGoodspeed, George 11. Goodspeed.\\n1879\\n-Frani i- II McQi\\nistei\\nGe\\n1 H C.. !-p. ,,1, S.IU|,|,-| \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|lt,;|\\n1880.\\n1 ran. is 11 Mi Qn\\n1\\neri l nter, Elbridge Pike.\\n1881.\\nIt .1.-, i. I.\\ni\\nPike, David s Leach\\n1882\\n-Alphonso II P.-\u00c2\u00bb\\nAlp 11\\ni\\ns I., a, h. I n.leiii k M,(;uest,n.\\nk M. ii. (i.-orge c. Ilant orth\\nlohi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0to\\nc\\naiiforth. Alex.imlei Tag-art.\\nIss\\n-John F. chase, Alexander\\naggart, Orville D Annis.\\nTOWN\\nTBI\\n\\\\-i PI RS\\nn is\\nSamuel Moor 1:\\nl\\n18 i.\\n..\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u00a2u n ci ,i ,i i i t\\nDavid Whitte\\nv.-l I: 177 Nalh.\\nParlor 177.. 77,\\n1785, William a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0on Kendall I\\nI |s...\\nJonathan A\\n\\\\i ill,., i .than A. (.rutin I-.. I, An.li.u I\\nI ll..- 1862 67, l-ao M... i i-:|\\nace-.Center; IsTj, J i, Whil l I H Questen 1-7\\nCharles McQuesten; 1-7- 79, I-... McQuesten; Iss.. s Norris I\\nGriffin.\\nFrom 1820 to 1872 the chairman of the Board of\\nSelectmen ijualifieil as town treasurer.\\nREPRESENTATIVES CO THE GENERAL COURT FROM LITCH-\\nFIELD FROM 1775 TO 1885.\\n[Note.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Litchfield was classed with Nottingham West until 1780, then\\nwith Derryfleld until 1816, when a special act of the Legislature gave lie\\nannually until others\\nI ll.- apportionment t lssi authorizes th.- town to elect a representativi\\n-n. 1, proportionate part of the time a- it- number of Inhabitants (census\\ni to six hundred.]", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0827.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMarch, lTi .J, Captain Samuel Greeley; 17(18, James Tn.i.-i -\\\\voo,l\\nA].nl. ITT Wiseman Clag-rtl, Samuel Chase May, 1775, John Parker;\\nDecember, 1775, Wiseman Claggett 1775, Jamee Dnderwood for Litch-\\nfield and Hudson; 1770, Wiseman Claggett; 1777, 7 lea Davie Ibi\\nIIu.ls.iu and Litchfield; 17- Samuel Chase; 1793,1 John Webstei\\n1794, 1806, Etobert Parkei IT 1807, Isaac Huse; 1800, 02, Clifton\\nClaggett; 1804, Samuel Ch Jr. j.1805, s. p. Kidder; 1801, OS, Sim\\neon Kendall; 1809, Joseph Moor; 1811, 13, 16, Samuel M I i\\nThomas Bixby; 1816, 17, 18, 24, 25, Joseph Chase, Jr. 1819, 20,\\nSl i Meouest.-u lsjl-j::. J,\u00e2\u0080\u009e w tliaii Alii. .11; Is-,, _T, N:j 1-1\\nT l..se. Chase; ls js-;il, J,,-,.ph In.li.ni- Samuel Corning,\\nJr. 1837-38, M.ei G Quigj 18*1-42, Parke! Bixbj I I\\nIsaac M.. hi. -ten; 1846-47, 1870-71 W Ispeed; 1848-49,\\nGeorge Griffin 1850-51, I-...e N Cent.-, ls._- Samuel Chase: 1S.4,\\n1872-73, John G Ispeed; 1-.. G Samuel S aid 1857, Daniel Mc-\\nDELMJATES Ti 1 THE Ci INSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION KROM\\nLITCHFIELD.\\nJonathan Parker, 177s 1 ielBixby, 1788; Robert Parker, 1791-92;\\nIsaac N. Center, 1850 Samuel Chase, 1S77.\\nMilitary History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the- different wars Litch-\\nfield has furnished her quota of troops for the service.\\nDuring the French War one of the regiments (Colonel\\nOoffe s) rendezvoused in this town. Timothy Barron,\\nWilliam Barron, Simon McQuesten and Samuel Chase\\nenlisted for the campaign.\\nThe following list of Revolutionary soldiers is\\nprobably incomplete:\\nDavid McQuig, Sergeanl Harry Glover, drummer,\\nEdward Bieksby and .lames Gibson were members of\\n!apt. John Moore s up any in Gen. Stark s regiment,\\nand were present at the battle of Hunker Hill. John\\nParker commanded a company in Colonel Timothy\\nBedi I s regiment of rangers, Northern Division, Conti-\\nnental army, under General Montgomery in 1775.\\nWilliam Darrah, John Thompson, Joseph Harvell,\\nStephen Lowell and John Loring were privates in\\nCaptain Parker s company. They enlisted July 6,\\n1775, and were discharged December 31, 1775. In\\n1776, John Loring (second enlistment) and James\\nButterfield enlisted in Massachusetts for three years.\\nWilliam Darrah (second enlistment) and John Lare\\nwere attached to General Washington s Life-Guard.\\nHon. James Underwood was commissioned adjutant\\nof Colonel Joshua Wingate s regiment, raised to re-\\nenforce the Northern army in July, 1776. For the\\nFirst New Hampshire Continental Regiment (Colonel\\nCilley), raised in 1776, Litchfield furnished the follow-\\ning-named officers and privates:\\nRev. Samuel Cotton First Lieutenants, Nathaniel MrCauly\\nand Moody Dustitl Private-. .Inn,- Mm; i Thompson, Obed McLain,\\nSamuel Smith, Joseph ilaselton, John Stone, Thoma- i.iuii aiel\\nJoshua Blodgett.\\nAt a special meeting of the legal voters held April,\\n1777, the town voted a bounty of fifty dollars each to\\nthose who had enlisted in the Continental army.\\nWilliam Peed commanded a company in Colonel\\nNahum Baldwin s regiment, raised in September,\\n1776, to reinforce the army near New York City.\\nDr. Joseph Barnes was commissioned surgeon of\\nColonel David Gilman s regiment, which was raised\\nin answer to a requisition from General Washington,\\nin December, 1776, for service at Fort George and\\nFort Ticonderoga. In the Great Return of 1782,\\nthe following soldiers were credited with bounties:\\nRobert Cunningham, Samuel Chase, Jr., William\\nWhittle, John Williams, Stephen R. Youngman,\\nThomas Coleburn and (Hied McLain. It is not\\nknown where the first five of the foregoing list\\nserved, but from the amounts paid to them, they are\\nsupposed to have been in the service a considerable\\ntime.\\nIn June, 1777, a party of sixteen men, including\\nMajor Samuel Chase, Captain Samuel Cochran and\\nEnsign Daniel McQuig, marched from Litchfield for\\nTiconderoga, upon news of General Burgoyne s ad-\\nvance upon the fort. On reaching Charlestown\\n(No. 4) they received news of the evacuation, and\\nreturned to their homes. In 1779 the sum of one\\nthousand dollars was appropriated for the purpose ot\\nraising men to till the town s quota for the army.\\nThe Committee of Safety for 1775 and 1776 consisted\\nof James Underw I, Robert Darrah, John Harvell,\\nJohn Thompson and Daniel Kendall.\\nDuring the War of the Rebellion the town paid\\nseven thousand five hundred dollars for bounties to\\nsoldiers, besides liberally caring for their families\\nduring service.\\nThe following are the names of the soldiers in the\\nWar of the Rebellion from Litchfield:\\nJames Aiken,- David L. Annis, Calvin ii. Blodgett, John G, B ise, E\\nBoynton, George Brown, John D. Buckham, Jonathan Burbank,*\\nRufus Butterfield, Patrick Casgroye, Jonathan Crane, Franklin I ross,\\nThomas Donahue, James Duffie, William Flanders, Thorn;,\\nElias Foot, John Oiaham i II 1 1 Frank Jones, Hiram\\n.loyal, Joseph l.aeham Charles Low, Langdon C. Lydston\\nLydston (navy), Charles H. Marsh, Joseph Manning, James F McQues-\\nten, Henry W. Moor, William II. Parker, Fernando Parker, Jamee F.\\nson Page, William Patrick, Hiram Pierce, Stephen Rolfe,\\nWilliam E. Ituss.-ll. Harrison Seavey, Edwin Seavey, John E. Seavey,\\nDaniel Scott, Albert St Cloud, Jeriah Tufts, Thomas Tayloi James\\nWilson William Wallis.\\nBiographical Sketches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain James F. Mc-\\nQuesten was the third son of Henry McQuesten and\\nEliza (Chase) McQuesten, and was born iu Litchfield\\nMarch 7, 1835. During his boyhood he attended the\\ndistrict school in his native town, and was afterwards\\na student at the academy in Derry, where he prepared\\nhimself for the United States .Military School at West\\nPoint, entering that institution as eadct in 1857.\\nHe graduated with honor in May, 1861, as second\\nlieutenant of the Second United States Cavalry, and\\nimmediately entered the service at the outset of tin-\\nWar of the Rebellion. He was soon promoted to first\\nlieutenant, and in February, 1863, to a captaincy, and\\nserved on the stalls of Generals Buford, Fitz-John\\nPorter and McClellan. At the time of his death be", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0828.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "LITCHFIELD.\\nwas assistant adjutant-general on General Merritt s\\nstaff. aptain McQuesten was present in more than\\nthirty engagements, and was killed at the battle of\\nWinchester, September 1 9, 1864.\\nSuch was the brief but brilliant career of one of the\\nnoblest souls and bravest officers that fell during the\\nlate Civil War.\\nFrom youth he was fitted, both by nature and his\\nown great energies, for a soldier. His physical devel-\\nopment was faultless his height was something more\\nthan six feet, with full chest and ruddy complexion.\\nHis presence was commanding, and his character\\nunexceptionable.\\nCaptain McQuesten married Miss Marcia V. Mc-\\nQuesten, daughter of Edward and Harriet (Colby)\\nMcQuesten, September 23, 1863. The mortal remains\\nof Captain McQuesten rest in the cemetery of his\\nnative town. His only legacy was his noble example\\nof devotion and loyalty to his mother, his country\\nand his friends.\\nWyzeman Claggett was born in Bristol, England,\\nin August, 1721. His father was a barrister-at-law,\\nand educated his only son liberally for the same pro-\\nfession. Wyzeman, after graduating at the Inns of\\nCourt, was admitted a barrister in the Court of the\\nKing s Bench. He was subsequently appointed a\\nnotary public. In 1748, Mr. Clagett sailed for the\\nWest Indies, where he devoted ten years to the prac-\\ntice of his profession in the island of Antigua. He\\nwas secretary of the island for a number of years.\\nAn annuity of fifty pounds sterling was settled upon\\nhim during life by John Weeks, Esq., of Antigua, a\\ngentleman of means, who highly esteemed the friend-\\nship of Mr. Clagett. This annuity was paid regularly\\ntill his death, ami was a source of consolation in his\\ndeclining years, when his professional income was\\nmeagre. From Antigua he emigrated to Portsmouth,\\nN. H., where he soon became the chief magistrate.\\nIn 1765 he was commissioned King s Attorney-\\nGeneral by Governor Benning Wentworth, and was re-\\nappointed, in 1768, by Governor John Wentworth. In\\n1771, Mr. Clagett purchased a valuable farm in the\\ncentre of Litchfield, and removed there in 1772. He\\nwas a member of the Council in 1775 and 1776, and\\none of the members of the Committee of Safety for\\nHillsborough County during the Kevolution, and\\nsolicitor general until the new form of State govern-\\nment was established, in 1783. He was a member of\\nthe Legislature several years, representing Litchfield,\\nNottingham West, Derryfield. Merrimack and Bed-\\nford although a resident of Litchfield, the last two\\ntowns, classed, returned him to the Assembly, much to\\nhis delight and satisfaction. Mr. Clagett was married\\nAugust 14. 1859, to Miss Lettice Mitchell, of Ports-\\nmouth. This lady afterwards became the wife of\\nSimon McQuesten.\\nMr. Clagett was very severe as a magistrate; the\\nvery name Clagett was a synonym tor prosecute.\\nHe was very eccentric and overbearing, and many\\nanecdotes are told of his peculiarities. It is related\\nof him that at one time, while he was judge at Ports-\\nmouth, being too to buy a load of wood, he sent\\nhis servant out to insult a farmer who was passing\\nwith a load. The countryman swore at the servant,\\nand Judge Clagett had him arrested and fined him\\njust the load of wood.\\nHe died on the 4th of December, 1784. One of\\nhis sons, llifton Clagett, studied law with his father,\\nand began the practice of his profession in Litchfield\\nin 1787. He removed to Amherst in 1811. During\\nhis residence in Litchfield he represented the town in\\nthe General Court for several years. In 1810 he was\\nappointed judge of Probate for Hillsborough County,\\nand held the office until he resigned, in September,\\n1812, having been appointed one of the judges of\\nthe Superior Court; upon the reorganization of the\\ncourt by the Federal party, he was removed from the\\nSuperior Court, and again became judge of Probate,\\nholding the office until his death, January 26, 1829.\\n.lames U. Parker, son of Deacon Matthew and Sally\\n(Underw 1) Parker, was born in Litchfield, July\\n28, 1797. He fitted for Dartmouth College, and was\\ngraduated from that institution in 1820. He read\\nlaw with Hon. James Parker, of Bedford. Artemas\\nRogers, of Henniker, and Hon. Joseph Gilbert, ol\\nHanover. After admission to the bar he began prac-\\ntice at Litchfield; thence he went to Merrimack, but\\nreturned to his native town in 1847. In connection\\nwith his brother Nathan, he established the Man-\\nchester Bank, and was its president while it eon-\\ntinned a State bank. His brother, who still survives,\\nsucceeded him when it became a national bank.\\nJames U. was also the first president of the Lawrence\\nRailroad. He represented Merrimack in the Legis-\\nlature in 1844 and 1845, and was president of\\nthe New Hampshire Senate in 1846. In 1850 he\\nmoved to New York City, and from 1857 to 1859 he\\nwas a resident of New Jersey. In 1859 he returned\\nto New Hampshire, settled at Manchester and re-\\nsumed the practice of law. He married, first, Miss\\nMary Hawkins, of Hanover, N. H., February 25,\\n1829. After her decease he married, in January.\\n1835, Miss Rebecca J. Lund, the daughter of Deacon\\nAugustus Lund, of Merrimack, by whom he had\\nseveral children. He died in March, 1871. His\\neldest sou, James U., is a resident of Manchester;\\nhis youngest son, Charles A., resides in Lynn, Mass.\\nDr. Jonathan Parker, a graduate of Harvard\\nCollege, and a physician and surgeon of eminence,\\nwas a native of Litchfield.\\nDr. Parker had an extensive practice in his native\\ntown and also in the surrounding towns, being often\\nsummoned from a distance as a consulting physician.\\nHe died in September, 1791, leaving a family of ten\\nchildren in destitute circumstance-.\\nWilliam McQuesten emigrated to this country from\\nthe north of Ireland about 1735, and settled in\\nLitchfield. He was a descendant of the Mcl isthons", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0829.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "4! If.\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwho emigrated from Argyleshire, Scotland, near the\\nclose of the seventeenth century. William married\\na Miss Arbuckle, by whom he had eight children,\\nthree sons (William, John and Simon, all of whom\\nsettled in Litchfield) and live daughters.\\nBesides holding other positions of responsibility,\\nhe was town clerk for many years, and the records\\nbear witness of his faithfulness. He is mentioned\\nby the early writers as a man of sterling sense and\\nintegrity\\nCaptain Isaac McQuesten, one of the oldest in-\\nhabitants of Litchfield, has led a useful and laborious\\nlife from his boyhood. He was the fust child of\\nRobert H. McQuesten and Lydia (Barrett) McQues-\\nten, and was born October 18, 1X1 1. His only oppor-\\ntunity for education was the district school for a\\nterm of eight or ten weeks yearly, until he attained\\nthe age of fourteen years, when he was hired out as\\na farm-hand; therefore, his success in life is due, in\\na great measure, to his own exertions. His parents\\nwere poor, and his great aim in early life was to pre-\\nserve the homestead; this he secured at his majority,\\nand he has since resided upon it.\\nIn 1X40, Captain McQuesteo and Captain Samuel\\nChase formed a copartnership which continued\\ntwenty years. They were extensively engaged in the\\nlumber trade, and for several years were proprietors\\nof the store at the centre of the town. Owing to\\nthe removal of Captain Chase to Nashua, the firm\\nwas dissolved in I860, and Captain Met ^uesten con-\\ntinued the business till 1878. Under the old State\\nmilitia he held a commission as captain in the Fifth\\nRegiment.\\nIn politics he has co-operated with the Democratic\\nparty he has represented the town in the Legislature\\nfour years, and was elected road commissioner for\\nHillsborough County in 1x40: from time to time he\\nhits held various offices of trust under the town gov-\\nernment. From 1862 to 1868 he was first selectman\\nand town treasurer, and discharged the duties of\\nthese offices (which were greatly increased on ac-\\ncount of the Civil War) with fidelity. In L868 and\\n1869 he was his party s candidate for State Senator.\\nHe has been a justice of the peace, county since\\n1845, quorum and State since 1870, the principal\\nmagistrate of the town, and often employed in writ-\\ning deeds, wills and other instruments.\\nIsaac McQuesten and Margaret A., daughter of\\nMajor Francis Chase and Dorothy (Bixby) Chase,\\nwere married December 29, 1X42. They have three\\nchildren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eugene I a practitioner of medicine and\\nsurgery for eighteen years past in Nashua, N. H.;\\nFrancis H., lumber merchant and Jennie F., wife of\\nFrederick L. enter. Since 1851, Captain McQuesten\\nhas beeu clerk of the Presbyterian Society, and for\\nthe past ten years superintendent of the Sabbath-\\nschool.\\nDr. Joseph Barnes, who died October 29, 1781, at\\nthe age of fifty-five years and ten months, came from\\nLincoln, England. For about twenty years he prac-\\nticed medicine in Litchfield, and, as had already\\nbeen stated, was Burgeon in Colonel David Gilman s\\nregiment during the Revolutionary War. He was\\nelected delegate to the County Congress, which as-\\nsembled at Amherst.\\nAmong his descendants is Royal D. Barnes, son\\nof Warren M. Barnes, of Litchfield.\\nRoyal 1\u00c2\u00bb. was born in Litchfield June 18, 1854.\\nAfter fitting for college he commenced the study of\\nlaw, in the winter of 1x74, at Nashua, N. H. He was\\nadmitted to the Hillsborough County bar in January,\\n1878. Since his admission he has been located at\\nNashua, and has been three times elected city sol-\\nicitor.\\nLawyers who have practiced in Litchfield: Wv/.e-\\nman Clagett, Clifton Clagett, James Underw 1,\\nJamesU. Parker.\\nThe following physicians have practiced in Litch-\\nfield: Jonathan Barker, Joseph Barnes, Nathan Ken-\\ndall, David Campbell, Samuel Dodge. For many\\nyears the people have been dependent for medical\\naid upon the physicians located in Nashua, .Man-\\nchester and Merrimack.\\nDr. Arthur G. Griffin, port physician of Boston, is\\na native of Litchfield.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nGEORGE GRIFFIN.\\nieorge Iritf ui was the son id Kbene/.er and Betsy\\n(Carter) Griffin, and grandson of James and Phebe\\n(Abbot) Griffin of Wilmington, Mass.\\nThe ancestry of Phebe Abbot may be traced to\\nGeorge Abbot, who came from Yorkshire, England,\\nand settled in Andover, Mass., in 1043. In common\\nwith others who left their native isle and kindred for\\nthe enjoyment of religious freedom in the wilderness\\nid America, he realized that with enlarged liberties\\ncame increased responsibilities, which could lie wisely\\nmet only by the exercise of cultured intellectual\\nfaculties. The trio of noted educational institutions\\nat Andover, which have and will continue to bless a\\nnation, is but one grand ultimatum of this idea,\\nand with their history the name of Abbot is associ-\\nated either as a beneficent founder or distinguished\\neducator.\\nEbenezer, the eldest son of James and Phebe\\n(Abbot) Griffin, married Betsey Carter, of Leominster,\\nMass., August 11, 1702. She was the third of eighteen\\nchildren born to Josiah Carter, Jr., each of two wives\\nbeing the mother of an equal number of offspring.\\nThe family of which Betsy Carter was a member,\\ndescended from Rev. Thomas Carter, whose early\\nhome was in Hertfordshire, England. He sailed\\nfor the New World in 1635, and eight years later\\nwas pastor of a church in Woburn, Mass.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0830.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "4*H**r", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0833.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0834.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "LITCHFIELD.\\nThe parents of the subject of this sketch resided in\\nLeominster for a time, but previous to the birth ol\\nGeorge, which occurred July 28, 1811, had removed\\nto Chelmsford, Mass. if. was the tenth of a family\\nof twelve children. A few years later circumstances\\nfavored a residence in Litchfield, and here George\\nspent his life. His early educational advantages were\\nsuch as were afforded by the district school of that\\ntime in a small country town. These limited privi-\\nleges weregreatlj abridged tin- George, when twelve\\nyearsof age, by a serious illness occasioned by bathing\\nin the Merrimack when heated, which resulted in a\\ndisfigured limb. Had this physical infirmity been\\ntenfold more afflictive, it would not have modified his\\ndetermination to make his way in the world. As a\\nmeans to that end, he earned money boating wood to\\nLowell, which was then an incipient manufacturing\\nplace, to defray the expense of a term or two at Dem-\\nand one at Bradford Academy, the latter then under\\nthe principalship of Benjamin ireenleaf. This com-\\npleted his school education, terminating in his eigh-\\nteenth year, and he returned to bis former occupation\\non the Merrimack.\\nWhen funds were accumulated, Mr. Griffin engaged\\nin the lumber business tor a while, and then opened\\na general store in Litchfield. February 24, 1844, the\\nstore, dwelling-house and other buildings connected.\\nof which Mr. Griffin was proprietor, were burned.\\nTrade was continued near the old stand, until build-\\nings were erected on the former site. But mercan-\\ntile life had bo told upon Mr. Griffin s health that\\nhe felt compelled to relinquish trade and engage\\nin some occupation that necessitated an out-of-door\\nlife to some extent, and he accepted the office of\\ndeputy sheriff, entering upon its duties in 1848. This\\nwork proved disappointing in its recuperative effects,\\nand he soon resigned the office and gave his atten-\\ntion to the lumber business and the supervision of\\nhis farm. The characteristics prominent in the busi-\\nness operations of Mr. Griffin were sagacity, energy,\\nand fidelity, the foundation stones of a successful\\ncareer.\\nPolitically, he affiliated with the Democrats, and by\\nthe suffrages of his townsmen he held the office of\\ntown clerk in 1839, selectman in 1839 and 1840 and\\nrepresentative in 1848 and 1849. While in the Legis-\\nlature he served on the judiciary committee. He\\nreceived the appointment of justice of the peace July\\n7, 1849, ami the same year and the following served\\nin the position of superintending school committee.\\nWhile George Griffin s generous nature gladly\\naided all movements that promised a public benefit,\\nthe cause of education enlisted bis deepest sympa-\\nthies and heartiest -up]. on. The exercise of keen\\npowers of observation strengthened the opinion that\\nthe path to honorable success, especiallj to lie- boj\\nor girl dependent upon the labor of hand or brain\\nfor advancement, was over the stepping-st mi ol\\nknowledge, and better than all accumulation of riches\\nfor children was the discipline of good schools. The\\nexemplification of that deep-seated convict ion accom-\\nplished a good work\\nIn private life Mr. Griffin was the genial, courteous\\ngentleman; a kind husband, indulgent father, help-\\nful son and brother and generous friend. Children\\ndelighted in his presence, and those now in middle\\nlife wdio met him in childhood, recall with pleasure\\nthat ieoi ge I iritlin always shook hands with them.\\nWhen twenty-six years of age he married Clarissa,\\nthe eldest daughter of John and Susannah (Dickey)\\nWhite of Litchfield, who inherited from her English\\nand Scotch-Irish parentage those strong traits of char-\\nacter that mark the efficient, self-sacrificing woman.\\nEight children were the fruit of that union,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jose-\\nphine, Mary White, Susan Grace, George Byron,\\nJohn White, Nonas Clement, Orville Carter and\\nArthur George. Orville died in infancy, and John\\npassed away at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1878, aged\\nthirty-two years.\\nWith a large family growing up which needed his\\nprotecting arm, a devoted wife in whom he found a\\nhelpmeet, prosperous in financial matters, a popular\\ncitizen, there seemed much to make life sweet, not-\\nwithstanding physical suffering; but the all-wise\\nLather had better things beyond, and, December 13,\\n1853, the spirit left the feeble frame through which it\\nhad bravely met life s trials for forty -two years.\\nThe aged Christian mother survived her dear son\\nseveral months, but was an invalid after hi- di cease\\nHis father died five years previous, at the age of\\nseventy-eight.\\nThe wishes of Mr. Griffin in regard to the educa-\\ntion of his children were faithfully observed by his\\nwidow. Each child that reached the period of youth\\nreceived academical advantages to a greater or less\\nextent. Mary W. was graduated at the Salem, Mass.\\nNormal School; John W. at Dartmouth College, and\\nwas a member of the Legislature his last college year.\\nArthur G., who was but six weeks old when left an\\norphan, was educated at New London Literary Insti-\\ntution, Brown University and Harvard Medical Col-\\nlege, and is now port physician at Boston Harbor.\\nThe quiet, beautiful town of Litchfield is still the\\nhome of Mrs. Griffin.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0835.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF LYKDEBOROUGH.\\n];v i A\\\\ id c.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nLyndeboeotjgh is bounded on the north by Fran-\\ncestown, east by New Boston and Mont Vernon,\\nsouth by Milford and Wilton, west by Temple and\\nGreenfield. A part of all the surrounding tow as ex-\\ncept New Boston has been severed from Lynde-\\nborough. The mountain range nearly divides it\\nfrom east to west, rendering it very inconvenient for a\\njustcentral place for tin accommodation of all; hence\\ncame the divisions. The soil for the most part is\\nrough, hut fertile beyond the most of the neighbor-\\ning towns, affording the best grazing lands in the\\nState. Situated upon the first range of highlands as\\nthe traveler passes from Massachusetts to New Hamp-\\nshire, about midway between the Merrimack and Con-\\nnecticut Rivers, the view from the mountain is rarely\\nsurpassed by any mountain view in New Hampshire,\\nami is of easy access from the railroad station at\\nLyndeborough or Greenfield. The Pinnacle Moun-\\ntain is about fourteen hundred feet above the level\\nof the sea. In the eastern part of the town is a\\nremarkable gulf called Purgatory; over the s ,th\\nrock-bed from above, the waters of a considerable\\nstream rush down a rough narrow chasm with the\\nforce of a miniature Niagara to the great basin below.\\nThe first mention of Lyndeborough as a township\\nis found in the records of the General Court of .Massa-\\nchusetts. It is dated June 19, 1735, and is a vote\\nupon a petition of Captain King and fifty-nine\\nOthers, who were in an expedition to Canada in\\nthe year 1690, and the descendants of such of them\\nas are dead, praying for a grant of hind for a\\ntownship in consideration of their and their ances-\\ntors sufferings in the said expedition. Massachusetts\\nat the time of the date of this petition included\\nwithin her territorial limits the present State of New\\nHampshire.\\nIn accordance with the prayer of the petitioners,\\nthe General Court of Massachusetts ordered a com-\\nmittee to he appointed to layout a town, six miles\\nsquare, under the name of Salem-Canada, and to di-\\nvide it into sixty-three shares, reserving on, share for\\nili first settled minister, one tor the ministry and one\\nfor schools. The grantees were required to set-\\ntle a learned orthodox minister and build and finish\\na convenient meeting-house for the public worship of\\n498\\nGod, and that on each of the other sixty shares the\\npetitioners do, within three years from the confirma-\\ntion of the plan, have settled one good family, who\\nshall have a house built on his home-lot of eighteen\\nfeet square and seven feet studs at the least, and\\nfinished. That each right or grant have six acres\\nof land brought to and plowed, or brought to Eng-\\nlish grass and fitted for mowing provided, that in\\ncase any of the lots or rights are not duly settled\\nin all regards, as aforesaid, then such lots, with the\\nright- thereof, to revert to and he at the dis-\\nposition of the province. The committee, accord-\\ning to instructions, laid out the township west of die\\nNarragansett town (No. 3).\\nHow faithfully, with what energy, with what zeal\\nand determination the grantees entered upon their\\npart of the contract can now only he seen by the\\nimperfect record. The early landmarks have disap-\\npeared, and it is not possible to reproduce tin scenes\\nin which they planted their habitations. To men\\nemployed in subjugating the forest, clearing lots,\\nmaking roads and rearing log houses there was\\nno leisure and little disposition to make careful\\nrecords.\\nAt a meeting held m the 3d day of February, 1736,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nChose Daniel Eppa moderator, Daniel Kpps. Jr., clerk and Benjamin\\nLynda, Treasurer.\\nVoted to ass.-* i, hi^hi i\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e r pounds to defray expenses of sur-\\nveying.\\nVoU io Paj Capt John Stephens 88 pounds 13 shillings.\\nAlso cofed to paj Dauiel Epps, Jr., \u00c2\u00a3602\u00c2\u00ab.; Major Blaney, \u00c2\u00a313 4\u00c2\u00ab.\\n3d.; Cornelius Tarbell, E13 2\u00c2\u00bb Rogei Derby, \u00c2\u00a313 5\u00c2\u00ab. lid.; John Gar-\\ndener, \u00c2\u00a313 13\u00c2\u00bb. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i.i.\\nVole.l to have two more lots t.. eacli proprietor of 130 acres each.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Voted to pay John Gardner one hundred and fifty pound\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hi.- hmi.ln-,1 and t\\\\v.-nty~ix lot- ..f l:v act,- rach a]-.. Inn aer.-1 ..i\\na mill lot.\\nVoted that it be done before the first day of June next.\\n-Y,.i,,l that nntitii-atiotisof future meetings to he |.,\u00e2\u0080\u009e|,,l tv,.. in Sal-in,\\ntu in Maiblehead and one in Wobura.\\nFrom the above votes it appears that they pro-\\nceeded with all the dispatch that was possible in a\\nnew country so far separated from them. The first\\ndivision of lots was drawn February 3, 1 737, at the\\nhouse of Margaret Pratt, inn-holder, in Salem, Mass.,\\nwhere all the early proprietors meetings were held.\\nThe second division lots were drawn June 2, 1737,\\nOn the 28th day of November, 1737, Cornelius Tar-\\nhell and Joseph Richardson were authorized to clear", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0836.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGII.\\n499\\na road from Narragansett (No. 3) to near the centre\\nof the town, for which they be paid fifty-eighl\\npounds. At a meeting held on the 20th day of\\nDecember, 1738, Voted, that Mr. John Cram have\\ntwenty pounds in bills of credit and the lot No. 39\\nin the second division of lots if he build and keep\\nin repair a good and sufficient saw-mill for fifteen\\nyears, to be finished before the last day of August\\nnext. At the same meeting, Voted, to give ten\\npounds towards building a bridge over the Nashua\\nRiver. On the 7th day of March, 1739, Cornelius\\nTarhell, John Fowl and Joseph Richardson were\\nchosen a committee to locate a spot for the meet-\\ning-house and clear a road to it. On the 28th\\nday of May the committee reported. They voted to\\nbuild a house forty-five feet long, thirty-five feet wide\\nand twenty feet posts. These dimensions would\\nseem quite large for a new town. It appeared to be\\nmuch easier to vote to do than to do. As the com-\\nmittee reported at the next meeting that they could\\nnot find any person that would undertake to build\\nthe meeting-house, in 1740, June 9th, they voted to\\nalter the dimensions. On the 24th day of September,\\n1741, the committee were ordered to raise the house,\\nand Lieutenant Cornelius Tarhell, to furnish the\\nnecessary articles for the raising. Amonir the arti-\\ncles furnished were twenty-one gallons of rum, two\\nhundred pounds of fish, two bushels of meal and\\nbread, twenty pounds of butter.\\nThe separation of New Hampshire, in 1741, from\\nMassachusetts caused much anxiety and did much to\\nretard the settlements on the lands granted by Mas-\\nsachusetts. That the proprietors of Salem-Canada\\nwere not exempt is evident by their vote on the\\n2d day of October, 1741 Voted, that a humble\\npetition be presented to his most excellent majesty\\non account of the difficulties that may arise on\\nthe settlement of the northern boundary of this\\nprovince; that Benjamin Lynde, Joseph Blaney\\nand Daniel Epps be a committee to draft the same.\\nYet, with all these discouraging events, they made\\nsome progress, and in the space of five years no less\\nthan two saw-mills had been built and many set-\\ntlements made. The proprietors worked with a will\\nand determination known only to the first settlers\\nof New England. The nearest grist-mill was at\\nDunstable, Mass., to which the first grain that was\\nraised was carried on horseback or by hand-sleds in\\nwinter. The roads were little more than foot-paths\\nmarked by spotted trees. For a long time there\\nwere apprehensions of danger from Indians. Lvnde-\\nborough seems never to have been a fixed residence\\nfor them, but merely a hunting-ground. They lived\\nalong the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, and in\\ntimes of -hostility, or when hostility was feared, the first\\nsettlers went into garrison. This continued for ten\\nor twelve years. They built a garrison near where\\nthe first meeting-house was built, not far from where\\nE. H. Putnam now lives.\\nYet so slow were the settlements that the pro-\\nprietors, at their meeting on the 20th day of May,\\n1741, voted, as a further encouragement to settlement\\naccording to the conditions of the grant, that they\\nwould give them out of the treasury ten pounds.\\nThis will explain the delay in executing the earlier\\nvotes, the way was not prepared; openings must\\nbe made in the forest, the soil broken and crops\\nraised before many families could safely enter this\\nvast unbroken wilderness. The meeting-house, which\\nit had been voted to build in 1 73i dimensions altered\\nin 1740, raised in 1741, remained unfinished in 1 743.\\nAt a meeting held on the 23d day of August, 174:;,\\nVoted, to finish the meeting-house; chose a com-\\nmittee to do the same chose Deacon Putnam, lorne\\nlius Tarhell, Daniel Eps, committee also chose John\\nCram, Jacob Putnam and John Deale to hire a min-\\nister to preach and that there be allowed three\\npounds per day, old tenor, for as many days as\\nthey shall have preaching lor the next six months,\\nbeing the first provisions for preaching. This must\\nhave been a day long anticipated by these devoted\\nmen. We can raise no question as to the genuine-\\nness of their faith and of the sincerity of their love.\\nA people moving into the forests to clear for them-\\nselves homesteads in the solitudes of the wilderness\\ndo not take upon themselves the burdens of building\\nmeeting-houses and sustaining ministers without deep\\nconvictions of the value of the gospel. It would\\ngratify our curiosity to know more exactly how these\\nmen felt, what operated to cheer and depress them,\\nwhat books they read, what tunes they sung, how\\nthey passed their Sabbath days without the regular\\nservice. But the records are very scanty. Their\\npublic acts are recorded but of their own toils, their\\nprayers, their self-denials and their achievements\\nthey say nothing. The strength of their devotion\\nmay be inferred from their sacrifices to maintain\\nworship, and their belief of the truth from their\\nunfaltering purpose to train up their children under\\nthe instructions of a learned orthodox ministry.\\nAni iim tins noM -lioirtol lianil\\nShe came to cheer and refine the rude settlers. She\\nbravely dares the terrors of the wilderness to share\\na home in the log cabin. She forded rivers and pene-\\ntrated forests to come hither. She came to dwell under\\nthe shades of the vast, savage woods. Her employ-\\nments were humble, but her aims lofty, She looked\\nwell to the ways of her household, and ate not the\\nbread of idleness. Through long days and sleepless\\nnights she watched over her tender children; and\\nwhen distant labor or, what was still worse, the\\ntrumpet of war summoned her husband away from\\nher side, she steadily plied her lonely task, watching\\nhis return, or learned dreadful news of his return\\nno more forever. We have often read of the horrors\\nof the wars of that period. It would be unjust to\\nforget that those who stayed at home often endured", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0837.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntar more than those who braved the flaming lines\\nof battle, more in heart-sickness, hope deterred, hope\\ndestroyed and all the nameless haunting terrors of\\nthe deep woods, where the wild beasts and the wilder\\nIndiana were their only neighbors for miles and miles\\naway.\\nThe history of Mary McFarland, the wife of John\\nBadger, who died in Salem-Canada in the winter of\\n174o, is a good illustration of the courage, the devo-\\ntion, the patience and perseverance of the women of\\nthat day. Following her lover across the ocean and\\njoining him here, they were married, and after a few\\nyears moved into Salem-Canada. lie died suddenly.\\nThe night in midwinter she lelt him in her cabin with\\nher little children, and went on snow-shoes three or\\nfour miles to her nearest neighbors, the return, the\\nrude coffin, the burial of that dear one\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who can de-\\nscribe the impulses of that devoted heart Our\\nlimits will not admit of further remarks. There does\\nnot appear from the records that there was much to\\ndisturb the prosperity of the town until 1749, when\\nthe heirs of Mason, by their agent, Joseph Blanchard,\\nEsq., to form a town called No. 2 (afterwards named\\nWilton), took away nearly one-fourth of the land and\\nannexed another piece on the north equal thereto. By\\nthis movement it changed the centre, and the first\\nmeeting-house was never finished. On December 5\\n1753, the township was granted to Benjamin Lynde\\nand thirty others, as it was after the Wilton lands\\nhad been taken away, and named Lyndeborough.\\nThe town was incorporated April 23, 1704. In 1791\\nthe northwest part of the town was set off to form a\\npart of Greenfield, ami all that was added in the\\nnorth in 1753, to Francestown. In June, 1796, the\\ntown lost another piece, which was annexed to\\nTemple. In 1853 the town was divided and annexed\\nto Mont Vernon, and again, in 1873, a small piece\\nannexed to Milford; and we now stand like a plucked\\ngoose, picked of our most valuable part, yet alive and\\nnot discouraged, performing our part in the great\\nfamily of towns, and supporting two churches and ten\\ndistrict schools.\\nFrom 1753 to 17 S the vexed question of the right\\nplace for the meeting-house (as in many other towns i\\nwas the most difficult one to he settled. After many\\nattempts had been made, the town could not agree.\\nBut at a special meeting, held on the loth day of\\nApril, 176S, John GofT, of Bedford, Samuel Barr, of\\nLondonderry, and John Hale, of Hollis, were chosen\\na committee to locate the meeting-house. The com-\\nmittee reported on the 27th of April, 1768, that the\\nmost suitable spot was near when our present town-\\nhouse now stands. Here ended a difficulty that had\\nexisted about fifteen years. From the records hut\\nlittle can he learned of great interest to the present\\ngeneration. The building of the church, the settling\\nof the minister, Rev. Sewell Goodridge, the opening\\nof roads, improving their lands, building school-\\nhouses and th lucatioti of their children appears to\\nhave been sufficient employment until 1774. October\\n17th a warrant was issued by the selectmen tin- a\\nmeeting on the 31st instant, to choose delegate- To\\nmeet with delegates of other towns in this county, to\\nconsider the best method for the county to come into\\non account of the difficulties the country labored under,\\nChose David Badger and Joseph Herrick delegates.\\nI oted to purchase 1 barrel of powder, 100 lbs. of lead,\\n5 dozen Hints; chose Ephraim Putnam committee\\nto purchase the same. January 20th, Chose Dr. Ben-\\njamin Jones delegate to meet with other delegates at\\nExeter. On the 3d day of May. 177- Voted to\\nraise ten minute-men to he ready at a minute s warn-\\ning to meet their enemies. Voted, the selectmen t\\ntake care of their farms if suddenly called away.\\nVoted, to purchase 40 hhd. of salt, 5 hlid. molasses,\\n1 of rum for the use of the town. We have been\\nunable to find a list of the names of the men that\\nwere enlisted. By the census taken on the 19th\\nday of December, 177o. there were twenty-seven men\\nin the army. Our population was seven hundred and\\nthirteen at that time. A special meeting was warned\\nafter services on Sunday, the 27th of October, 177 to\\nconvene the next day, at which it was Voted to pur-\\nchase a barrel of powder. On the 6th day of May,\\n1777, Voted to pay a bounty of 100 dollars to each\\nof 16 men called for at that time. Also voted to give\\n20 shillings per month to every man that had served\\nin the army to that time. On the 9th day of Feb-\\nruary, 1778, the articles of confederation and per-\\npetual union were read and unanimously passed.\\nOn the 27th of September, 1770, a committee was\\nchosen to set a value upon the necessaries of lite and\\nthe various products of the farm. Voted, the Rev.\\nSewidl G lridge. his salary, 66 pounds, 13 shillings,\\nand 4 pence in Corn. Rye. Wool. Flax, Beef, Pork\\nor Labor, at prices such articles sold for before the\\nwar. in 1774. March 14, 1780, Voted to allow\\nNehemiah Rand, on Account, as Delegate to Exeter\\nand Concord to form a plan of government, 22 bushels,\\n3 pecks, of Indian Corn, or money enough to buy that\\namount. On the loth day of July, 1781, Voted to\\nreceive no more Continental money alter the 12th\\ninstant. In 1784 three hundred and fifty Continental\\ndollars were burned up by the committee chosen to\\nsettle with the treasurer.\\nAt a special meeting, held on the loth day id\\nAugust, 1782, Voted to have stocks built for the\\ncorrection of disorderly persons. Voted, the selei t-\\nliit ii be a committee to build the stocks. Whether\\nthis old Roman engine of punishment was ever built,\\nor used if built, the historian has left us no record;\\nhut if any one was so punished, he would undoubtedly\\nthink of St. Paul eighteen hundred years ago and of\\nthe un justness of his punishment. From the above rec-\\nord- we can form a very good history of the early\\nsettlers of Lyndeborough, maintaining the same fixed\\npurposes, uncomplaining, enduring all the toils and\\nhardships incident to the early settlement-. And", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0838.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGH.\\nwhat has the harvest been? The children and chil-\\ndren s children are scattered far and wide, and can be\\nfound in almost every Statu and Territory throughout\\nthis broad land, aiding and upholding our free insti-\\ntutions, establishing churches, schools and Sunday-\\nschools.\\nThelasttown-meetingheld in Lyndeboroughthat was\\ncalled in His Majestye s name was called March\\n14, 1775. (Recorded in vol. ii. p. 3, town records.)\\nRepresentatives.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of the\\nmen who have been representatives from Lynde-\\nborough\\nDavid Badger Joseph Herrick; Dr. Benjamin I; Neheiniah\\nRand, 4 Francis Epps, 2 in 1777, classed with Wilton, chose major\\nAbial Abbott, 1 also in 1778, Nathaniel Batcheldor, 1 Peter Clark, -1\\nLevi Spalding Ephraim Putman, 2 Joseph Eppe, 1 Jacob Dascomb,\\n2; Daniel Putman, PJ i Noheminh Boutwell. I d-.n- l limothy I nt-\\nman, 1; Joseph .lour;., Saniuel Hartshorn, uumel Putman,\\nSamuel T. Manehan, _ lV-ii.iamin Jones, J: Datn.-l V Bor.hnaii, -1\\nAsa Manning, 2 Peter Cram, 2 Jesse Clement, I Dei I d Put-\\nman, 1; Jotham Hildretb. Jr., Shereliiab M.a.tm,;. 1 Ebenezer\\nBusseU.l William H. Grant, 2 Charles Parker, 1; Israel Herrick, 3;\\nJolin Richardson, J Jonathan St.-phen.-on, J Julio i C... In L.-, J\\nTimothy T. Putman, 2; Luther Cram,2; George A. Putman; Dr. Wil-\\nliam A. Jones; Eli C. Curtis, 2 William W. Burton, Franklin Sen-\\nter, 2 John 11 Goodridge I harles Tarbell, 1 Daniel It, Whittemore,\\n1; Gaylord Smith.\\nJustices of the Peace.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No complete list of names\\ncan now he furnished; hut. almost without exception,\\nevery representative of the town was cum missioned jus-\\nticeof the peace, and quite often many others. Among\\nthe- names found not written above are Andrew Fuller,\\nDavid .Stiles, David C.Grant, Joel H. Tarbell, Charles\\nF. Tarbell and Joseph A. Johnson.\\nJonathan Cram died January 23, L790,aged eighty-\\ntwo years.\\nSelectmen. The following is a list of those wdio\\nhave held the office of selectman during the one\\nhundred ami twenty-one years of its incorporated ex-\\nistence\\nDaniel IS. Whitte charlo, II. s.-nter, Kvret K. Low. ib\u00e2\u0080\u009eil. -I..\\nPerham, David G. Dickey.\\nMilitary.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lyndehorough is noted for ii\\nspirit, having supported two organized companies for\\nmany years The Light Infantry was for some years\\nconsidered the best-drilled company in the old\\nTwenty-second Regiment. The Lafayette Artillery\\nis noted as the oldest military organization in the\\nState, being organized in 1804 tinder the name of the\\nArtillery; being assigned to the Twenty-see 1 Regi-\\nment of the New Hampshire Militia, with head-\\nquarter- at Peterborough. The roster of officers that\\nyear was, James Wilson, captain; Nathaniel Mori-\\nson, lieutenant Jonathan Mitchell, ensign. In 1833\\ntheir headquarters was moved to South Lynde-\\nborough. In 1841 it was incorporated under the\\nname of the Lafayette Artillery. In 1864 it was\\nmustered into the service of the United States, and\\ndid garrison duty at Portsmouth, X. II. Tin- roster\\nof officers that year was,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joel H. Tarbell, captain\\nEli C. Curtis, first lieutenant; Charles H. Holt,\\nsecond lieutenant; John Gage, orderly. The roll\\ncontains at date (1885), the names of twenty-eight\\ncommanding officers and six hundred and thirty-nine\\nenlisted men.\\nRevolutionary Records.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I find in the doings of the\\nselectmen (page 17sn, the following copies of re-\\nceipts, worded as follows\\nV memorandum of tlie rerei[its reeeived of those men that ildisted in\\nthe Continental army for what money and notes of hand they re-\\nceived of the selectmen.\\nMaj y 9th, 1777.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William 1 Lii utenant, rei eii i d i teol band\\nfor one hundred and Twenty Pounds t Money, for procuring I pay-\\nApril II, 1777. I. Jin siioiii i in .1 a in in- -J I ;.i ie I lui si\\\\n pounds\\nney, foi Li- two Sons doing three yi are service.\\nApril 11, 1777.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Campbell reeeived one hundred dollars fur\\ndoing iln ee j\\nApril 11.\\n777\\n-Nathaniel\\nBatchelder\\nrece\\nved a note\\nbaud for\\nthirty pounds\\nEn\\nTimi iln M\\ng Iln\\ni-i.-i\\ned a\\nvice in the army.\\naote i i 1 to thirty\\npounds t.\\n,1 hi-\\nsell i\\ne thi\\nee vears in th\\narmy.\\nJ 1 i;\\nvedi\\nnote\\n,t band for 01\\nhundred\\nN athain-1 Phelps, l .-t.-i Clark, Jeremiah Carlton. Daniel Gould, Nathanic 1\\nBateh-ldor. Dr. II- in J I... In nun, tonus Kidder. Jonathan Butler,\\nJoseph Batcheldor, Ujial \u00c2\u00abi Bamuel Hueston, Wm. Button, Aaron\\nLewie, Jacob Das.-,, ml-. John Woodward liiahCi Kliphlet Badger,\\nWilliam Clark. Daniel Putman, Oliver Whiting, Edmund Perkins, Caleb\\nHuston, Nathan Wheeler, Benjamin Go b Ige, Jotham Hildreth, Gideon\\nOram, Joseph Jones, William Jones, Jacob Fliim, J. II li iilc, \\\\-:t\\nManning, Joshua Atwood, Oliver Bixlvy, Oliver Whitin-. Henry Cram.\\nDaniel X. Bordman. Jam.-. I, Clark, Kl.ene/er Russell, David Putman,\\n-tames cram, Samuel T. Manehan, Israel Herriek. Jacob Butler, Benja-\\nmin Jones, David Stiles, Samuel Jones. El.cii./.-r Fi-k, Ivt.-r Cram.\\nDexter Burton, Amos Pratt, Jonathan St.-ph.-iiM.ii. Jonathan Hildretb,\\nJr.. David K. ll.lt, K/ra ham-, l.uther Cram, Daniel w Iward, Jr.,\\nSherebiah Manning, Howard S. Blood, Joseph Chamberlain, Jr., Rufus\\nChamberlain Davli .no, Eli C. I artto, John Hartshorn, John\\nt. ltoll, I lb i i II it Wo n W II .ii. I .-1 i I Spielill no, I\\nII. Tarbell, Nathaniel T M.lnnr-. tarbell Harvey Perham,\\nJoin i II Goodridge, Charles II Holt Ge rge 1. Spalding, John Rich-\\nardson, E.J.Parker, D. l; I m. tor, Andy Holt, Jonathan Dan-\\nforth, Wilks H. Hadley, George Rose, Adoniram Russell, John M.\\nEmory, Erwin L. Wilder, Levi I Hadley, Jason Holt, Albert Cram,\\n1 The tlL-u\\nn-|,r.-si-iit\\nthe number of v\\nJulv 1 77 c Israel Hutchinson, John Durpt, Isaa. Calkin, Wil-\\nliam Burnham received m cash ami notes of hand the sum of sixty\\nPound ii a- I mill t.,i doimj v. s-iui i- in ll\\nMaioh _ 177- .l.-i, .li Mil ii I-.,, Lieutenant, reeeived a Not- of hand\\nfor thirty pounds Money, tor pi iintjo :lll ,l pay mo a imm l.-i .loin- -J\\nthree years service.\\nA town-meeting held I (ctober 28, 1776, was worded\\nas follows\\nA I the a hove meeting the follow inn- vote was passed\\n1,1. I io Purchase one Bbl. of Powder for a town Stock.\\nAt a meeting held November, 177H, warned the\\nII,.- toll I. StOI B. of\\nhinges lot the door in\\nsame way. the following vol,- was passed\\no Voted, to impower James Boutwell to take care of t\\nPowder, balls and Bints, and pro. are i\\nth.. meeting-house loft.\\nApril 8, 1777, Voted to give each man that is to be\\nraised to make up the sixteen men that are now called", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0839.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfor, one hundred dollars, and that they shall have the\\ninterest of the money until paid.\\nThe committee oh.i.s.n .hi the tii^t .l:iy of Deeeiuher. 1777, in accord-\\n.111 f a vote of the town t.\u00c2\u00bb allow each man who had served in tie \\\\i.ir\\nfrom the commencement tn tie- pres.nt tune, twenty shillings per month,\\nReported on the 25th Inst a reward of t7, .7 13\u00c2\u00bb. lid.\\nN VIII 1SIIL BaTCUELD\\nReuben Spalding,\\nDavid Badoer,\\nMm-.,\\nIll\\nI .liM uiih Jones, j\\nThe following are the names of those men thatwent\\nand returned with Lieutenant Barron on the alarm\\nApril 20, 177.\\nSamuel Barron, John Reyu.dds, .lohn Savau Sanne l Stephens, Peter\\nRussell, Philip Fletcher, Nathaniel Rurnliam, .Joseph Merrick, Andrew\\nJohnson, Daniel Gould, Ehelie/.er Gardner, John Thompson, Andrew\\nThompson, Reuben Batcheldor, ^mqs Whitteniore, John Carkin, Na-\\nil, I Phelps, Lieutenant Spalding\\nThe following are the names of those that engaged\\nin the service for tie- year 1775, at Winter Hill, their\\ntime being eight months:\\nCaptain Spalding, Lieutenant lie-,,.,- Boffee, Ensign William Lee,\\nJoseph Elenv 1 Jess Lynd Nehemiah Hutchinson, Samuel McMhs-\\nt,-r, Nathaniel Hat. uelder, Jai oh Dutt m Ezra Dtntton, Edward Beviugs,\\nJr., John Smith. Jacob Wetman, Elisha Wilkins. Daniel Cram, John\\nHutchinson, David Putman, Benjamin Bevinga, Phineas Barker.\\nThe following are the names of those that went from\\nWinter Hill to York in 1776:\\nAdam Johnson, John Jnhnson, Thomas Pringle, Edward Bevi i\\\\-.- y.\\nThe names of those who went from Winter Hill to\\nCanada and to Trenton in 17713, were:\\nCaptain Spalding, Thomas P., William I.ee, Jaeoh Dutton, Samuel\\n-Ml. b, tfehemiah Hutchinson, Jolin Woodbury, James Campbell.\\nThe names of those who w.ut, in L776, to Ticonder-\\nOga, Well\\nCaptain Barron, John Sh-ple-nson, John Ki,l,ler,.l, hn Reynolds, Aaron\\nLewis, Nathan Pals,,ii-, ,i Putman. Daniel Putman, David Badger,\\nl;..i...it 1 i 1 u r o -g. il 1 leu. a o.eiM. l;. iii..n itatehetder, Joseph\\nBatchelder, Peter Russell, Joshua Had Wi il trson, John Savage,\\nEsq. Fuller, Lieutenant Kill- I. I, u I lliov, l-aa, Day, Lieutenant\\nlinest ,n, Amos Whittemore Simeon Fletcher, Captain Cram, Asa Stiles,\\nEphraim Putman, Jr., John Boffee, Samuel Stephens, Jonathan Chamber-\\nlain, Ensign Phelps, Jeremiah r.ulimi\\nThose that enlisted September L ti. 177H, and went to\\nNew York, were\\nNathaniel W I Only, .1 \u00e2\u0080\u0094i.ilt \\\\V 11 any, Khenozer Gardner, P.- 11 Jamil)\\nSenter, Hezekiah Duncklee, Vsa Dutton, [thamer Woodward, Amos\\nWhitte Ezra Dutton, Joseph Wilkins. Jr., Jess.. Piitiii.ii,, ...ill Nich-\\nolas IL MS.. III.\\nThose that went to Fishkill, N. Y., in the year\\n1777, were:\\nSamuel Chamberlain, Richard Battin, Andrew- Creasey, Daniel Cram,\\nAaron putman.\\nThose who went to Tieonderoga, July 1, 1777,\\nwen-\\nSamuel Hf.est.,li, Aar.ui l.eu I-. .1,1 .luiah Carlton, ,1 ithan Chamher-\\nlain. Jonathan Chamberlain, Ji -ha Beasom, William Holt, Aaron\\nPutman, Timoth] Parsoi Hat tnic Hut h u n Edward Bevens, John\\n11 in. h. us, ,ii, 1 1, mi,. I I raiu I. .Iin i .ok in, I ti. .in.,- Parsons, Joseph Abbott,\\nSiin Fletcher, Joseph Bat, b ;i1 Bent* u Spal ling, John Boffee.\\nThose win. went to Bennington, July 21, 1777,\\nwere\\nPeter Clark, Stephen llurnliam, Nathaniel ltiirnhaiu, Grengawn 0s-\\ng..o.l. I aniel lierrick, George Parsons, John Mead, Aaron Whittemore,\\nJohn lint, henson, Amos Wilkins, John Stiles, Walter Ross, Benja-\\nlniti Cram, Jr., Benjamin Dntton, William Holt, David Stratton, Reuben\\nSpalding, Jaeoh Cram, Edwin Biokf .rd, David Cram.\\nThe above men went or furnished substitutes.\\nSixteen men also were at Saratoga, (having enlisted)\\nSeptember 29th were also at the surrender of Bur-\\ngoyne, October 16th and were in the service twenty-\\nsix days.\\nSixteen men were in the service on August G, 1778.\\nin Rhode Island.\\nThe records also furnish the names of many that\\ndid some service daring the war; butthe above gives\\nthr names of those who rendered the most of the ser-\\nvile during the great struggle.\\nWar of the Rebellion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of\\nthe volunteers belonging to Lyndeborough, who were\\nmustered into the United States service during the\\nWar of the Rebellion\\nFIRST REGIMENT (Three Months).\\nAsher Curtis (2d), Alden It. Bennett, William Ordway, Hiram F.Cur-\\ntis, William Langdell, Hiram M. Tarhell, William R. Duncklee, Harvey\\nM. Newt. ,ii, Martin Hale.\\nSECOND REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nHarvey Holt, Jr., killed at the battle of Bull linn. July 21, 1861.\\ni up.. rat J,,hii A. Hartshorn, killed al the hattle of Williamsburg, May\\n.lames M. W elliuaii, discharged January, 1863.\\nFOURTH REGIMENT (Three Tears).\\nEdward K. Marsh, discharge, 1 Eehruary, LSf.2.\\nMartin Hale\\nFIFTH REGIMENT (Three rears).\\nFred. S. Manning, died at Richmond, Va., January, 1863.\\nJohnS. Stephenson.\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT [Three Tears).\\nHi\\nSage.\\nEIGHTH REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nC.rporal Jos.-ph Plan, hard, Joihain P. Draper, Samuel A. Conant,\\nGeorge i: Follensl (died at ship Island, summer of 1862), Samuel A.\\nI il, j.-, Hit A/lo 1). Irani, Lewis W. Smith. Klliallian 1 1. ..Igliian,\\nJohn Benton Dolliver, Andrew J. Marshall, Hiram M. Tarbell, William\\nin inn discharged), Sergeant G ge E. Winn, Nathan A. Fish (dis-\\ncharged), Edward Ross, Benjamin 8. w is\\nNINTH REGIMENT (Three Years).\\nWilliam Juslin and Edward K. Marsh.\\nELEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nHoward B.\\nTHIRTEENTH ItEGIMI- N t .Three Years!.\\nI, untenant Nathan P.. F...U1 v\\\\ 11 i .1 p. u.il IVnialllin J. Boutwell, David\\n1 poral George T. Woodward, Henry E Spalding, William\\nT. Boutwell.\\nSIXTEENTH REGIMENT Nine Months).\\nCaptain G W li.,-w..rlli, s.ig.a ul G....rge T. Jones, Sergeant Anda\\nIP, It, Corporal Ehen .1. Palmer, William P. Steele, John 0. Carkin, John\\nH. Karr. Nathan S. Harris, William H. Ordway, Benjamin I. Clark,\\nAbraham Boutwell, Michael Ford, Charles R. Bacon, George B. Ray-\\nmond, John C. Ordway, J soph Kaaon, William Plan, hard, James Bout-\\nwell, John A Franklin, Re hard Batten, John R. Butler.\\nSurgeon Alfred F. II, .It. First Texas Cavalry.\\nIsaiah B.Curtis, Illinois Cavalry.\\nGeorge F. Johnson, Illinois Cavalry,\\nWilliam Langdell, Fourteenth Regiment United States army.\\n1 David E. Proctor and George T. W Iward were captains of colored\\no.inipauii.s during the latter part ot llu war, and were discharged with\\nrank of colonel.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0840.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGH.\\nJonathan II. Stephenson, Fourteenth Regiment United States army.\\nGorham B. Clark, Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers.\\ni v.,.. I, k hi I! l.i i.:.\\nWhole amount of bounties paid volunteers from\\nLyndeborough, three thousand dollars.\\nHarvey Holt Post, No. 15, G. A. R., was organized\\nSeptember 22, 18G8, by C. Henry Holt, W. P. Steele,\\nW. W. Woods, J. Blanchard, C. F. Tarbell, A. Holt,\\nF. A. Nourse, G. T. Jones, J. C. Carkin, .1. H. Good-\\nrich, M. C. Fuller, W. X. Cheever, E. A. Cram, as\\ncharter members.\\nThe first officers of the post were,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Post Com-\\nmander, C. H. Holt; Senior Vice-Commander, A.\\nHolt; Junior Vice-Commander, G. T.Jones; Ad-\\njutant, C. P. Tarbell Quartermaster, F. A. Nourse;\\nSergeant-Major, J. Blanchard; Quartermaster-Ser-\\ngeant, J. H. roodrich.\\nThe membership was soon increased to thirty.\\nIt was voted to name the post after Harvey Holt,\\nthe first soldier who was killed from this town and\\nState, who fell at the first battle of Bull Run he was in\\nthe Second Regiment and on the skirmish line. D. G.\\nDickey, of this town, was beside him when he fell,\\nHolt was killed by a piece of shell which burst near\\nhim.\\nIn 1871 the post voted to appropriate all the surplus\\nfunds in their treasury, which were one hundred and\\nthirty dollars for a soldiers monument, and placed them\\nat interest until they could obtain enough to purchase\\none. In 1879 the town voted two hundred and fifty\\ndollars to assist the post in the purchase of a monu-\\nment, which was erected that year in the South\\nCemetery, with all the names of soldiers from this town\\nwho were killed or died of disease and not brought\\nhome.\\nINSCRIPTION.\\nEast Face.\\n1. Harvey Holt, Co. I. 2d Regt. V II V Killed at tsl Battle of Bull\\nRun, July21, 1861.\\n2. George K. ETollansbee, Co. B, 8th Regt., N. H. V. Died oi disease at\\nShip Island, Miss., May 1, 1862.\\n3. Corp. John A. Hartshorn, Co. G, 2d Regt., N. H. V. Killed at\\nWilliamsburgh, Va., May 1862.\\n4. Walter Chamberlain, Co. G, I .th Regt X. II. V. Died I disease at\\nOrleans, La,, Maj 7. 1863.\\nNobth Face.\\n.5. Frederick S. Manning, Co. I, 5th Regt., X. II. V. Killed at GettyB-\\nburgh, Pa., July L 1863,\\n0. NathanS. Harris, Co. G, 16th Regt, V II V Drowned near mouth\\n,,f White River, Ark., Aug. 6, 1863.\\n7. John H. Karr, Co. G, 16th Regt.,N II. Died of disease at Vicks-\\nburg, Miss., Aug 10, 1863.\\n8. Corp. Austin Blood, Troop C,lst N. H. V. Cavalry. Died of Wounds at\\nWin, hester, Va., Dec. 10, 1864.\\n9. Elnathan Hodgman, Co. E, 8th Regt., X. II. V. Died of disease at.\\nBaton Rouge, La., Jan. 9, 1865.\\nWest I\\\\i i\\n10. EdwardT. Ross, Co. I:, Bth Regt., V II. v. Killed at Tort Hudson,\\nLa., Jan. 1 1, 1863.\\n11. JothamP. Draper, Co. E, 8th Regt., v II v I lofdiseasi il\\nBatou Rouge, La., May 10, 1863.\\n1, eel\\nII Died\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J.s, 1863.\\n13. Corp. Eben J. Palmer, Co. i nth Regt., N. II. V. DiedatBaton\\nRoug I.:. .1\\n14. Sergt. William Langdell.Co. A, 14th V. S. Infantry. Died in Ander-\\nsoriville prison, (la., Sept. 2. 1*64.\\nEvery year since organized the post has placed ever-\\ngreen crosses at the graves of all soldiers buried in\\nthistown; there are 18 soldiers of 1861, 12 of 1812,\\nand 17 of 177ti, which makes 47, and 14 on the monu-\\nment, total, 61\\nNumber of soldiers living in town at this time that\\nhave been in United States service, 41).\\nPinnacle Grange was organized December 26,\\n1873, with a charter membership of seventeen. An\\ninterest in the order of Patrons of Husbandry had\\nbeen developed among the citizens, and at a meeting\\nheld December 9th of that year, Eben Thompson, a\\ndeputy of the National Grange, explained the object\\nof the order, and the benefits to be derived from a co-\\noperative association among the farmers. C. C. Shaw,\\nof Granite Grange, Milford, was its first installing\\nofficer, and was much interested in perfecting its or-\\nganization. The growth of the Grange for a number\\nof years was slow some prejudice and much doubt\\nas i the advantage of membership was encountered.\\nAndy Holt was the first Master, holding the office\\nuntil 1875, and again in 1877. David Grant wielded\\nthe gavel the nexf year, being installed in the office of\\nMaster by C. C. Shaw. January, 1876, Martin Whit-\\nney was elected Master, and also in 1878. From 1879\\nuntil January, 1883, Benjamin G. Herrick was its pre-\\nsiding officer. During this bitter period Grange in-\\nterests all over the country were in a depressed condi-\\ntion, and Pinnacle Grange was no exception. Much\\ncredit is due Mr. Herrick for his abiding faith in the\\naims of the order, and his sturdy courage and faithful\\nattendance during those five years when it seemed as\\nif the Grange must go down. In l.ss:;, Jacob A.\\nWoodward was chosen Master, holding the office until\\n1885. About this time a change was made in Grange\\nmethods. The social and educational features of the\\norder were brought into prominence, and the business\\nor financial part eliminated. The result was a rapid\\nincrease in membership, and new life and energy in-\\nfused into the organization. Its meetings were held\\nat the town hall and Armory Hall alternately during\\nthe first years of its existence, but the meel ings at the\\nlatter place were finally given up. Pinnacle Grange\\nis well represented in the county organization of the\\norder. Aiming to promote better methods in the\\nmanagement of the farm, to encourage the adorning\\nand refining of the home, taking a warm interest in\\nthe welfare and education of the young, cultivating\\nthe social relations of a community isolated, in a\\nmeasure, upon scattered farms, Pinnacle Grange is a\\npotent factor tor good in the town of Lyndeborough.\\nEli C. Curtis is the present Master, being elected to\\nthe office in 1885. It is in a very flourishing condi-\\ntion financially, and numbers among its members some", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0841.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "504\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NKW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof the best-known and enterprising farmers and\\nfanners wives in town. There is a large element of\\nyoung people connected with this srrange, and their\\npresence and interest give abundant assurance that\\nwhen the older Patrons shall have passed away, the\\norder will still prosper in Lyndeborough. Its regular\\nmeetings are held on the Tuesday on or before the full\\nof the moon; special meetings every two weeks.\\nJames H. Karr has been its trusted treasurer sine, its\\norganization, and John H. Goodrich its efficient\\nsecretary since 1878. Its present membership is over\\none hundred, having doubled since 1883.\\nAlfred F. Holt was born in Lyndeborough,\\nN. H., December 16, 1838, and lived here until nine-\\nteen years of age, working on his lather s and the\\nneighboring farms during the busy parts of the year.\\nHe attended the district school until fifteen, and\\nafter a few terms at the academy of Mont Vernon.\\nWhen about nineteen years old he commenced the\\nstudy of medicine, spending the first year with Dr.\\nW. A. Jones, the physician of the town, the next two\\nyears with Dr. Woodbury, of East Boston, attending\\ncourses of medical lectures at Harvard University\\nin the winters of 1858 and 1859, and 1860. In the\\nspring of I860 he attended a course of medical lectures\\nat the University of Vermont, where he graduated as\\na Doctor of Medicine in June of that year.\\nIn August, I860, he commenced the practice of\\nmedicine in Cambridge, Mass.\\nOn the evening of the 16th of April, 1861, he joined\\na company of volunteers, and early on the morning of\\nthe 17th started for the South. This company was\\nthe first one raised in the United States for the War\\nof the Rebellion. It was attached to the Third Reg-\\niment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia as Company\\nC, and sailed for Fortress Monroe the evening of\\nApril 17, 1861.\\nDuring the voyage Dr. Holt was made hospital\\nsteward of the regiment, which position he held\\nduring tin- three months of service.\\nThis regiment assisted in the destruction and burn-\\ning of the great navy-yard near Norfolk, Va., April 22,\\n1861, the second great event of the war; its service\\nafter this was at Fortress Monroe anil Hampton, Va.\\nReturning from the three months service in August,\\nDr. Holt at once sought a position in the medical corps\\nof the army.\\nIn November lie went to Camp Chase, Lowell,\\nwhere General Butler was organizing his force for\\nservice in the extreme South, and a few weeks after\\nwas made assistant surgeon of the Thirtieth Regi-\\nment Massachusetts Volunteers.\\nJanuary 2, 1862, this regiment embarked on the\\nsteamer .Constitution, and a few days after sailed for\\nShip Island. During the bombardment of Forts\\nJackson and St. Philip this regiment was on ship-\\nboard a few miles below, and after the surrender of\\ntin- torts it was one of the first to enter New Orleans.\\nFor the next few months Dr. Holt was in active\\nservice with his regiment, first in front of Vicksburg,\\nMiss., digging the cut-oft and later at Baton Rouge\\nand larrollton.\\nAt the battle of Baton Rouge Dr. Holt was especi-\\nally mentioned in general orders for humanity and\\nbravery in giving aid to the wounded as they fell.\\nIn December, 1802, he was promoted to surgeon of\\nthe First Texas Cavalry, a regiment made up largely\\nof Union men that had been obliged to leave their\\nhomes on account of their Union sentiments.\\nIn December, 1863, he left the medical department,\\nand was made the senior major of the regiment.\\nA few months after, he was promoted lieutenant,\\ncolonel of the same regiment, which position he re-\\ntained until his final muster-out, in October, 1865, at\\nSan Antonio, Texas, commanding his regiment almost\\ncontinuously from the time he was made field officer.\\nDuring this service he took part in nearly all the\\ncampaigns, battles and skirmishes that occurred in\\nthe Department of the Gulf. Returning to Cambridge\\nearly in the year 1866, he again commenced the prac-\\ntice of medicine, and has remained in that city since.\\nIlf i- now a member of the Cambridge Medical Im-\\nprovement Society, the Massachusetts Medical Soci-\\nety, the American Medical Association and the Amer-\\nican Association for the. Advancement of Science.\\nIn June, 1879, Dr. Holt was appointed one of the\\nmedical examiners tor Massachusetts, and in Janu-\\nary, 1884, he was appointed surgeon-general of Mas-\\nsachusetts, with rank of brigadier-general, a position\\nhe now holds.\\nHe is also the health officer of Cambridge, a posi-\\ntion he has held for the last five years.\\nEnoch Lynue, grandfather of Benjamin Lynde,\\nwas a merchant in London. Simon Lynde, father of\\nBenjamin, was born at London in 1624; was appren-\\nticed to a merchant when a boy first went to Hol-\\nland, but afterwards removed to Boston in 1650, where\\nhe was much respected as a merchant and a magis-\\ntrate for the remainder of his life. He died at Bos-\\nton in November, 1687.\\nBenjamin Lynde was born in Boston September 22.\\n1666. He was prepared for college under the tuition\\nni Mastej Cheever, a famous teacher of tlmse\\ndays, and graduated at Harvard in the class of 1686.\\nIn 1692 he went to England to complete his educa-\\ntion as a lawyer, and became student at the Middle\\nTemple, where he remained until he was admitted as\\na barrister. Receiving from the Lords of Admiralty a\\ncommission as advocate-general of the Court of\\nAdmiralty for the provinces of Massachusetts, Con-\\nnecticut and Rhode Island, he returned to Boston in\\n1697.\\nHe removed to Salem in 1699, where he resided\\nthe remainder of his life. About this time he married\\nthe daughter of William Brown, of Salem. 01 f the\\nwealthiest and most influential men in the province.\\nBrown had been a judge of the Court of Common\\nPleas and a member of the Council. His son", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0842.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGH.\\n.Samuel was afterwards chief justice of the same\\ncourt, and William Brown, judge of the Superior\\nCourt at the time of the Revolution, was his grand-\\nson.\\nIn 1703, Judge Lynde entered public life, and ever\\nafterwards continued to take a leading part in public\\naffaire. He represented the town of Salem several\\nyears in the General Court, after which he was elected\\nto the Council, of which body he was a leading mem-\\nber for nearly a quarter of a century. He was ap-\\npointed to the bench of the Superior Court of Massa-\\nchusetts in .luly, 1712. when Judge Sewall, who tried\\nthe witches, alluding to his appointment, remarked,\\nThat he hoped they would hereafter have the bene-\\nfit of Inns of Court education superadded to that of\\nHarvard College.\\nThere had been twelve judges appointed to this\\ncourt previous to Judge Lynde, not one of whom had\\neither studied or practiced law. He was, therefore,\\nthe first lawyer elevated to the bench in Massa-\\nchusetts, and probably in New England.\\nIn 1720, Chief Justice Sewall resigned, and Judge\\nLynde was appointed his successor, and filled the\\noffice until the time of his death, which occurred\\nJanuary 28, 1745. The Boston Evening Post, noticing\\nhis death, briefly closes the record of his life as fol-\\nlows:\\nInflexible in-ti.-.--, mi-li.itt.M ini-iiiv, liability an-1 humanity\\nwere ever conspicuous with him. He was a sinc.it- frien.l, most :iti\\ntionate to his n-btwns ami th\u00c2\u00ab.* uVlii;ht uf all wlm wvui honored with\\nLyndeborough Its Past and Present\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Her-\\nrick s Poem.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the Canada expedition of L690 were\\na large number of Massachusetts men. mostly from\\nSalem, that State. To fifty-nine of these Salem men\\nand Captain Samuel King, Massachusetts, for their\\nservices, -ranted a tract of land, which they called\\nSalem-Canada, the first name being in honor of\\nthe town from whence they came, the second in re-\\nmembrance of the expedition in which they joined.\\nThe grant of Salem-Canada was six miles square.\\nHad it been kept without mutilation, it would have\\nbeen one of the best townships in the county for farm-\\ning purposes. Its south line came as far south as the\\nmeeting-house in East Wilton, and thence west, by\\nthe needle, until it struck province land, or, as it\\nwas afterwards called, Peterborough Slip, southeast\\nof the County Farm. It appears from the record-\\nbook of the Salem-Canada proprietors that, about\\nthe year 1750, Joseph Blanchard, Esq., of Salem,\\nMass., was appointed agent for the heirs claimants of\\nTufton Mason. It also appears that there was a mis-\\nunderstanding between him and the Salem-Canada\\nproprietors, which was brought to a settlement in the\\nfollowing manner: The Masonian claimants of No. 2,\\n(now Wilton) were to take a strip from Salem-Canada\\nfour hundred and ninety-eight rods wide and five\\nmiles long, and the said Salem-Canada was to receive\\n-of province lands, on the north, equivalent to make\\nup twenty-eight thousand acres, which was the orig-\\ninal Salem-Canada giant.\\nThe effect of this, writes Dr. Herrick, in L858,\\nwas a lingering curse for Lyndeborough. It car-\\nried the centre almost two miles farther north than it\\nwas located, near what is now Smith Lyndeborough.\\nIt shoved the north line the same distance farther\\nnorth, which brought the mountain almost in the\\ncentre and opened the way for a series of depredations\\n(.n our territory from thai day to this.\\nEighteen years after the grant, Benjamin Lynde,\\nEsq., purchased the gram and considerable of the ad-\\njoining territory, and gave it the name Lyndeborough,\\nwhich it has carried just one hundred and twenty-five\\nyears.\\nThe first settlers in what is now Lyndeborough were\\nCram, Putnam and Chamberlain, descendants ofw horn\\nnow reside in town. But the first settler in Salem-\\nlanada I now Wilton) was John Badger. He pitched\\nhis camp in the spring of 1738, and died the next\\nwinter. His nearest neighbors were those by the\\nname of Cram. It was to them that the wife of\\nBadger took her lonelj way, in the night-time, on\\nsnow-shoes, the distance of over two miles, with no\\nguide but marked trees, to get help to bury her hus-\\nband, leaving her little children in bed with the in-\\njunction that they must keep quiet while she was\\ngone, so as not to wake their father. The fact that\\nhe was dead she wisely kept from them.\\nne hundred and twenty-one years ago, on the 23d\\nof April, the town was incorporated. The town is di-\\nvided by mountain and hills from east to west, and has\\nno large streams; the soil is deep and strong, the pas-\\nturage excellent and the farms well adapted to fruit.\\nIt is sixty miles from Boston, on the line of the Boston,\\nLowell and Greenfield Railroad, being first greeted by\\nthe regular locomotive s shriek on the morning of\\nJanuary 1, 1874. The advent of the locomotive was\\nheralded by the ringing of bells and cheers of the\\ncitizens. Previous to the railroad the south village\\nwas connected with Wilton by a daily stage line.\\nA small Baptist society was organized about 1829;\\nmeetings had previously been held in a school-house.\\nThe first clergyman of this society was Rev. Joseph\\nElliott. Seven members constituted the first organi-\\nzation. Deacon David Putnam, Moses Pearsons and\\nBenjamin Holt were the first male members; they\\nwere strictly devoted to their cause and creed. Fol-\\nlowing them were Micah Hartshorn, Thomas Kidder,\\nJoseph Chamberlain, Elijah Upton, Albert Hardy.\\n1 eacon John Hartshorn and others, all of whom ha: e\\npassed away. The present church building was soon\\nerected and partially finished. Services were held for\\nyears with no pews; but, by the energy of the church,\\nfrom time to time pews were put in. Public donations\\nprovided the organ, cupola, etc. By private contribu-\\ntions Luther Cram provided lumber for the belfry,\\nJ. H. Tarbell Son the church-bell the latter par-\\nties also put up the horse-sheds near the church, do-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0843.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnating them to the public. The elegant vane was\\ngiven by E. B. Badger, who is a friend of every g 1\\nFor only a short period was there but one regular store\\nin south village at one time, though a tew minor ar-\\nticles are now kept tin sale at the post-office. The\\nstore has been kept by several parties. The lust pro-\\nprietors were Holt Hard) second, Hardy Stephen-\\nson; third. Cram A Daniels; fourth, Burns Wallace;\\ntilth. Peter Smith; sixth, G. P. Fletcher; seventh,\\nJ. H. Tarbell; eighth, William W. Young; ninth,\\nJ. H. Tarbell Son; tenth. C. F. Tarbell, the\\npresent proprietor. The first store was moved\\nfrom across the street to the place where the\\nstore of C. F. Tarbell now stands; it was then oc-\\ncupied by Holt Hardy, who built the present stun-.\\nTo make room for it, the original store buildings were\\nmoved across the street to where the church now\\nstands; il was subsequently moved near the four cor-\\nners; it was afterward moved on to the Forest load and\\nis now occupied by W. X. Cheever, the blacksmith,\\nwho has been knight of the anvil in South Lyndebor-\\nough for seventeen years. He remembers when he\\nhad seventy-five yoke of oxen to shoe, but i vw oxen\\nare now owned in town.\\nAmong the important industries of South Lynde-\\nborough is the glass-works, which employs forty-five\\nmen. All kinds of bottles, from the common ounee\\nbottle to the carboy containing fourteen gallons, are\\nmade here. The silex from which the glass is made\\nis taken from a ledge about a half-mile distant. The\\nwares manufactured here are sent all over New\\nEngland and the Canadas.\\nNorth Lyndeborough is a small village connected\\nby stage with Milford. It has a post-office. John H.\\nGoodrich, the postmaster, was born in Lyndeborough\\n.March 28, 1835; always a farmer, was appointed post-\\nmaster when the office was established. May 17, 1857,\\ntwenty-one years ago, probably the oldest postmaster\\nin office about here. Has been selectman, collector\\nof taxes in town, also is secretary of the Grange, of\\nthe Town Insurance Company, of the Town Library,\\nschool district and Republican Club. His father was\\ngrandson of the Re\\\\ Sew all ioodrich, one of the firs;\\nministers of the town.\\nThe first clergyman of the place was Rev. John\\nRand (Congregational i, who was cttled in 1757 and\\nwas dismissed in 1763. In 1768, Rev. Sewall Good-\\nrich was settled; be died in 1809.\\nAfter Rev.Sewall Goodrich, Rev. Nathaniel Merrill\\nofficiated until 1835; then Bey. Jacob White; then\\nRev. William Richardson, one year; then Rev. Ivory\\nKimball, a k years; then Rev. Erastus B. Claggett,\\ntwenty-four years; then Revs. Smith, Jones and Har-\\nlow, for a year or so each. Rev. W. L. Clark ac-\\ncepted an engagement, and moved to the Centre, but\\ndied, about one week after taking up his residence\\nthere, of pneumonia.\\nThere is a post-office at the Centre, kept by 1 .1.\\nBoutwell. There are two libraries in town, the\\nFranklin, having five hundred volumes, and the\\nSouth Lyndeborough, containing about four hundred\\nvolumes.\\nAt present Lyndeborough has no physician, though\\nthe memory of Dr. Israel Herrick is still cherished.\\nHe was born in Wilton July 9, 1794; was fitted for\\ncollege in Tamworth, V II., but never entered; studied\\nmedicine with Dr. John Wallace, in -Milford, and Dr.\\nAsa Crosby, in Gilmanton, and graduated at Dart-\\nmouth Medical College December, 1820. Commenced\\nthe practice of medicine in Lyndeborough February\\n11, 1821, and remained there until March 20, 1828,\\nwhen he moved to Milford and practiced there almost\\ntwo years. From thence he went to Mason village\\n(now Greenville) and stayed two years. From Mason\\nvillage In 1 went to I leering, and practiced there until\\nthe fall of 1834, when he returned to Lyndeborough\\nand practiced until he died, February IS, 1866. Dur-\\ning the last twenty years of his life he was a faithful\\nadherent to the homoeopathic law of cure. He was a\\nconscientious and successful physician, and an upright\\nanil honorable man. He always did what he thought\\nwas right, regardless of what others might say. The\\nphysician now having the leading practice in this\\nplace is a native of the town. He is a skill ttil physi-\\ncian and is deservedly popular. We refer to Dr. W. A.\\nJones, who was born in Lyndeborough January 19,\\n1829. He received an academic education in Fran-\\ncestown; studied medicine with Dr. Israel Herrick\\nattended two full courses of medical lectures at the\\nCleveland Homoeopathic College, from which he re-\\nceived his diploma in February. 1854. He commenced\\nthe practice of medicine in Wilton, May 4. 1854; stayed\\nthere three years, then he removed to Lyndeborough,\\nwhere he remained until 1871. He then returned to\\nWilton.\\nSi RAPS LB0UT LYNDEBOROUGH, I!Y Hit. HERRICK, is 185S\\nI Mil- tow n IS ;i regular res, out-like swell,\\nMade up uf moinit;iui, unit lull, ami il.ll,\\nWith here and there a small level spot,\\nsuth. n nl to build a Ming, l.iiml.lt- cot.\\nA barn an.l a shed, with a yard f..r the kine,\\nA p l.ii the hens, ami a pen for the swine.\\ni- stonj and haul, ami rough,\\nThetilling of which I- r I r an.l [..iiji,\\nDiscounting to man. and t.. rsI In- food\\nIf only the proper lals.r is lua, I,-.\\nWith plow ami barrow, shove] ami spade,\\nCrowl.ar, Lu-h-li a a i\\nLaid on smart by a freeman s blow.\\nOur ancient domain was ample and bold,\\nSuch as Yeomen dolighl t. j.ni. tin-.- ami hold,\\nAnd build upa home for themselves and tin- brood\\nVery soon to come forth, for thi\\nThirty-six s.|uare miles, with a southern decline,\\nWell timbered ami watered. Ultli prospect sublime,\\nWas tin- price paid King, with his bold soldier clan,\\nTo hunt and sh low u his red fellow-man,\\nAmi Frenchmen to hoot twas a Sov rcign say.\\nAnd flunkeys, as now, were .piite sure to obey.\\nBut this goodly -inn! u.i, i I., lie luarr d\\nP.\\\\ g...!]y neighbors; and hackled and scarred,\\nThat they might enlarge tleil o-ality dominions,\\nAnd gratify will, a- well as ..pinions.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0844.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGH.\\nFirst, Wilton i\\n.1 two-mil -i e\\nTo make up a town, so snug and so nice,\\nWilli Mansonian lands, whii b tbey had on band,\\nAnd then take a notable public stand.\\nNext Temple presented a Bl l-yi request,\\nAnd after ontentton, twas thought to be best\\nTo lei them take on a three-cornered bite,\\nAnd keep it, rather than quarrel and fight.\\nNYvt i.iv.niirhi n-.piested a rather lai-e strip,\\nTo make up a h u with their barren old slip,\\nAnd rather than see them look meagre ami sullen,\\ng, i theii subsisted from sorrel and mullein,\\nWe granted their prayer, a- is plain to be seen.\\n\\\\uu I. I them have lands that looked health\\\\ ami -i.-n.\\nTo make her phylacteries come snug to a tit,\\nAmi ;_:iv.- her proportion, as plump ami as fair\\nthe maiden 3 whose name they bo i heerfully bear.\\nln. li -poke iath-1 ptain it vva trouble,] with fear,\\nHad oonfereni e m el ings ere anxious in i I,\\nAnd put up a prayer, pel ailveiitui r tu liml\\nEf General Court, then Hunkerdom s god,\\nWould just condeaceud to put forth a nod\\nOf grai loiu consent j rouls not to know\\nThat favours like this would readily flow\\nFrom Buch a high source pshaM it never said nay\\nTo the meanest short prayer, w ben the Dei il s to pay\\nTh -ii ill- w Ml an-weid they vmir Mm, plat-,\\nWhere Hunkers ;iiv hr. .l as iialnr.il as i:it-\\nAnd yet they may tin.l, in time- of helearter,\\ni i iii.\\\\ only caught a Tai tai\\nThus we have been pinched and hackled all raw,\\nWith this slight digression, w 11 pickup our traps.\\nAnd hasten along with th. rest oi out s raps\\nGreatly deficient for driving of wills,\\nAnd then you maj hear the clatter of saws\\nl iilliu- up 1 u ml mi, y.M, tiii_.i- .hi 1 paws;\\nYet, not a spoonful oi meal s to be had,\\nThough bens, dui ka and turkeys, yi a women, run d\\nAnd cackle, I old, quack, gohble ind quail\\nFor grain can t be ground, the stream\\nChun bes We v.- tu,., an. I preacher- the same.\\nWhere -iniuT ami -aint, the hliml, halt ami lam.-.\\nMay go and get \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ I to theii souls, if they will,\\nto ivoid the eternal down hill\\nWh.-ir ..Id Ni. key l ..-n, that lam .us .,1-1 up,\\nStands ready h Live them a ia- k with his whip.\\ntor l 1 lurk now I m\\nWere there none, few would die, except of old age.\\nNo Lawyer save one e er yet had the pride\\nTo think lie safely our yomen ouW ride\\n1 The late General 111 i. with hi- wMbkiiowu shu-wiUm-.-, ^,-t up a\\npetition, put it through th. I.e-i-datni e, ami pro aired tie- -rant.\\n-S. i.u.- hand u;i- originally a large -rant of laml, fruin which\\ni I t,,i, w.-re made tip. It is said that\\nair -tii, pr.-pri. S ..-i.-ti.-. Land tlmi i t by the name of\\nPeering, and that lu had a I -:mi t it ut hiiL l it or hy tin- name of Frances;\\nand in ompliment to hei the two towns were named, h is not known\\nto the writei that this i rcumstance was ever on record. It was related\\nto him many years ago by the late Russell Tuhbs, Esq., of Peering.\\n3 Ah. oit f.rry-h\\\\e vars a-.. K-ij. K y opened :i n \u00c2\u00bbtri. in this place\\nhad no business and went to niakin\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nthat; for m th-- granaries .if man\\\\ of our careful fariuei- rind\\nSets of measures made hy this wise lawyer.\\n33\\nShould learn tos\\nHaifa century gone by, or nearly that space,\\nCalifornia fever broke out in this place\\nPy -mie antiip.-Iield. the fa. t had hern told.\\nThat Scattaquog s* bowels were filled with gold.\\nSo at it they went, to digging and Mowing,\\nT.i .nun- and wheeling, shov lil.g and hoeing.\\nFrom Winter to Spring, through Summer and Fall,\\n\\\\nd .ill that they go1 was just nothing at all.\\nSo many who now are ravin- for riches,\\ni rom Mexican hills, w ill return poor as witi ties\\nlid wish they had staid on their own native soil,\\nI o gather their gold by Blow, patient toil.\\nThe i-r.i man free .-lire ran-.M our hills\\nTo -h o1 down th. deer, oi fish in our rills;\\nI,n tie dreaming that In- and his Moral must give place,\\nWith hie land and his hut, to a white, selfish race,\\nAnd turn their sad fai e to the West for to roam,\\nNi to return to their sweet, native home.\\nNear i Mir sp.-v k ..fa pond was his .summer retreat,\\nWhere he feasted on fish, it the chase gave no meat,\\nAnd gathered the ^rape, the wild p.-ar and cherry,\\nThat he with his friends mi^ht he joyful and merry,\\nTwas here, too, he Bickened and died,\\nAnd here he was buried, lose down hy the side\\nOf this little pond, and the tall, waving trees\\nSan -j hi- le.piieni, niov d hyllm soft Western breeze.\\nFain here would out n hei wing,\\nNor tempt furthermore to Mutter oi sing,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nfea, rain would avoid the sad task to fulfil,\\nBui oh the vile Berpent, the worm ol the still.\\nThat reptile s heen ln-re. with his poisonous breath,\\nBeguiling its vi tun- to premature death\\nGentlj and softly the heart he coils round,\\nTill all the affections forever are hound.\\nThe name of tin- eastern spur of our mountain. A I\\nmencement of the present century a company was orgs\\ntown, through faith in th i for silver. Much time\\nand i i pend. i i ;i i avation, though now\\npartly filled up is plain t be i a\\nIn the fall of 1S48, as workmen v. i mound at the\\nwest end of Badger V cm were dis-\\nniteir.-d. nthers may yet re-t there. The hrsi settler- ol this town\\nfound around this pond many domestic and oilier implements ,.t Indian\\nconstruction. I hat they e\\\\er made this region a\\ninting-ground", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0845.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nFail-\\nfond 1\\nbeen pained,\\nTo see their loved offtpriug so foolishl} chained\\ne wept foi a Brothel\\nWho fain would avoid, whan, alas twas too late.\\nThe place where Iliis lepllle was kept !u decoy\\nThe dooni d htm- li urine. In. nor and |..y,\\nALas:..h, alas! in t. -ugue ran e er tell\\nThe sorrows that How from this offspring of hell\\nIf once lie succ 1 hi wounding the brain,\\nThe dooni d one will .seek him again and again\\nWill sacrifice freely companions of youth,\\nProbity, honor, religion and truth.\\nFather and Mother, health, children and wife,\\nSister ami brother. Via, e en his own life.\\nAla he will peril Ins own i recious soul\\nIf he but for once can .piatl I r..m the l...wl\\nThe poisonous liquid so Bure for to kill,\\nThat comes from that reptile, the worm ol lie still.\\nOur muse is a blunder in a;, careless .Id jade,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe fact is, she never yet half learn d the trade.\\nW lilt dumb! have i ..in., til -I is left until HOW\\nW i I,. .hi 1. 1. iii a w .ii I oa.w I up il\\nWe have lots Hem le I c.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 sa.Ine young and Borne old,\\nSome handsome, somi h ely, somi rnodesl me hold,\\nThey all are ad. .puna; the modern plan,\\nWhen illes- ii, t.. lesemlile a 1.1. .ad, open fan.\\nOr rather a tut 1, with atelier. ns ciep\\nAt the nose, an.l 1 1 1 i in,\\nin say they do let,\\nBut till- i a grot,\\nJfol want t.. i married I d just as soon think\\nA miser would Ilee from the rattle of chiuk\\nOr our little pond, with all its live stock,\\nShould start up the m lain, t take a sle.rt walk.\\nLive single 1 when Wi. hovers, Hacheiors alel llealis\\nStand ready and tix .l in lien I.. -I -mai.ia 1. h.\\nTo give ill. in a i all, and make .plite a sl..p.\\nYea, e en I, lot h up. and the .jUestion I\\nNot wain\\nThey just kind i. sa SO, tlnai object tn gain,\\nAnd then. ..li. Ov m I v In I n i h hp.,\\nAnd make ye stiind round 111..- a l.a-ket ..I Inje\\nThat J\\nWas liev.-i lesign .l, in N. L |u|.\\nAnd so they an willing I.. e .in in and go\\nThrough Time s little joiimev ot sorrow an.l woe\\nWith him they ha\\\\.- pi.unis d to love from the heart,\\nTill death the fond union asunder shall pari.\\nThen ho ye single ..1.1 scissors, d\\nBut lift up your beads, y.-ui redemption is nigh\\nAnother good half you can get without fail,\\nAnd then cut like something, -so hi re ends our Tale.\\nJohn Badger, the subject of this notice, was born\\nin England, ami with two of his brothers, Joseph ami\\nEliphalet, came to America nut far from the year\\n1728-29. His father was wealthy, and a year or two\\nbefore ho came to this country he was sen! to Scotland\\nto collect demands there due. It was here that he be-\\ncame aquainted with Mary McFarland, whom he\\neventually married. When he related to his fatherthis\\ncircumstance of his attachment, lie forbid his son to\\nform any such alliance, on account of a strong preju-\\ndice which then prevailed between the English\\nami Scotch. To put his son outside of such an in-\\nfluence, he sent him with his brothers, as abovc-\\n\\\\meriea. They first located themselves for\\na time at Nottingham. 1 This wise plan of the father,\\nThe p Us. ui Irniu vale in tle.se fad.- weie derived used the name Not-\\ntingham, with. ait designating whether it was the town in Rockingham\\nhowever, was soon frustrated. There was an under-\\nstanding between him and his Scotch Mary, ami -he\\nsoon followed him to this country and landed at a\\nsettlement near the Kennebeck River. He soon net\\nher there, and it is the belief ot a granddaughter of\\nhis, now living in Lyndeborough, that they were\\nthere married. In the course of a year they came\\nback to Nottingham, where they remained a number\\nof years. From here they migrated to that part of\\nSalem-Canada township which afterwards became\\nWilton. He located his cabin about one hundred\\nrods ea-i ..I that ancient duelling, the first framed\\nhouse erected in Wilton, which was occupied for three\\ngenerations by the name of John Dale, ami is now\\nowned by S. 11. Dunbar, Esq. The swell of land on\\nwhich he settled has ever since borne the name of\\nBadger Hill.\\nHe moved into his cabin in April, 1739, and died in\\nFebruary, 174n, of consumption. Though the\\nplowshare has passed over the spot where his cabin\\nstood, there are many now living that can point it out.\\nHis family was composed of his wife and four chil-\\ndren. The names of his children were, David, Robert,\\nMary and Betsey, who was the youngest, and died\\nyoung, in consequence of injuries received by tie\\nburning of a house in Nottingham.\\nThe mother and children, after the death of the\\nfuber, moved back to Nottingham, where the cliil-\\ndien were put under the guardianship of a Judge\\nBatten, or Patten. David and Robert both settled in\\nLyndeborough, a little north of the pond which now\\nbears, the name of Badger Pond. Mary married\\nDavid Cram, whose father was one of the Hist settlers\\nof Lyndeborough. and where liadger s wife went to\\nget help to bury her husband Those three lived to\\na great age, and reared large families, the descendants\\nof whom, of the fourth, fifth and sixth generations\\nfrom John Badger, are widely scattered over New\\nEngland and many of the Western States.\\nThe following anecdote is related of Mary Badger:\\nShe came from Nottingham to Lyndeborough when\\neighteen or nineteen years of age, with her brother\\nDavid, to make him a visit. When passing the set-\\ntlement of Mr. Cram she got a sight of David, a\\nyoung man of some twenty years of age. As they\\npassed along she said to her brother, I mean to set\\nmy cap for that fellow.\\nHe told her she better not, for he was a lazy\\ndog.\\nShe disregarded his admonitions, and they were\\neventually married. It, however, has been surmised\\nby some that there was a smattering of truth in Da-\\nvid s advice, from the fact that something strongly\\nresembling his suggestion has occasionally manifested\\nitself even down to the fifth generation.\\nJoseph Badger, brother of John, eventually settled\\nin Meredith, or Gilmanton, and ex-Governor Badger\\nCounty or what\\nstances, that it wa\\nHudson, It is\\na belief, from other", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0846.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGH.\\n509\\nwas one of hi- descendants. Eliphalet, the other\\nbrother, settled in thesouthpart of Massachusetts or\\nConnecticut.\\nThe wife of John Badger was a true woman. She\\nfollowed him three thousand miles across the ocean\\nto a foreign laud to become his, and share with him\\nthe joys and sorrows of life. She went with him far\\naway into the howling wilderness, where, as a faithful\\nwife and mother, she watched over him ami his through\\na long sickness to his death.\\nAM this, with the trying scenes through which she\\npassed in procuring help to lay him in the grave, was\\ntoo much tor her constitution. Her nervous system\\nwas crushed down, reason tottered on its throne, ahe\\nsoon became insane, and in a lew years terminated\\nher existence by suicide.\\nThus the writer has attempted to gather up a few\\nfragment.- of history connected with the first settler\\nof his native town, from a source which will soon be\\nremoved from the earth, viz., Sarah Badger, a grand-\\ndaughter of the said John Badger, and who now re-\\nsides on the same spot where David, the son of said\\nJohn, lived and died. He believes the substance of\\nit truthful and correct.\\nIt has been a matter of surprise to him that Bad-\\nger was not recognized as the first settler in the\\npublished doings of the centennial of Wilton. His\\ndeath, with the circumstances connected, was alluded\\nto, and that was all. In a note in that pamphlet\\nJohn Dale is named as the first settler, which cannot\\nbe correct, which we will undertake to show. From\\nthe record-hook of the Salem-Canada proprietors it\\nappears that the first drawing of rights in said town-\\nship took place February 3,1736, and that Daniel\\nEpps, Jr., of Salem, drew rights Nos. 10, 22, 51 and\\n53, and it also appears from said records that Epps\\nsold John Badger right No. 10, which was the terri-\\ntory on which he settled and died. It also appears,\\nfrom a controversy that took place after the sons of\\ncame of age, that Dale occupied this territory after\\ntheir father s death; and it was adjusted between them\\nand Dale by said proprietors giving them lot No. 117\\nin lieu of the whole right No. 10, which their\\nfather had of Epps. Again, there is no evidence,\\neither from record or tradition, that the first John\\nDale ever located on the territory of Wilton a1 anj\\nother place except where that ancient building already\\nreferred to now stands. If Dale had 1 n located\\nthen- at the death of Badger, that wife would not\\nhave gone three miles north to the nearest neigh-\\nbor s for help, when she could have obtained it by\\ngoing one hundred rods west.\\nIn this matter there was probably an unintentional\\nneglect, or at least an oversight, as the chairman of\\nthe committee had in his possession the substance of\\nthe fragments above noticed, and from the same\\nsource. He also had in his possession for many\\nmonths the record-book of the proprietors of Salem-\\nCanada.\\nThe centennial celebration of Wilton was go1 up\\nin good and splendid style in all its parts, and its ex-\\nercises were performed by the first of abilities, and\\ngave general satisfaction.\\nIt reminded the writer, however, of a cin\\nthat once occurred in the court-house in Amherst, at\\nthe time that Richardson was chief justice. A boy\\nwas put on trial for his life. His connections being\\nI r, the court appointed one of the most able advo-\\ncates oi the Hillsborough bar to make the closing\\npica lor the defense. At the closing up id the term\\nan older was drawn on the treasurer for the lee al-\\nlowed by the court for the defense, which had been\\nvery able and successful. The advocate rather de-\\nmurred at the smallness of the fee. Judge Richard-\\nson, in his good-natured, otl -hand manner, answered,\\nWell, Mr. A perhaps the fee is comparatively\\nsmall; but I think you ought to be satisfied, for you\\nably obtained the cause, and, what was still more, you\\nembraced the opportunity of showing off the glory of\\nyour own sectarian belief.\\nWilliam T. Boutwell, son of Nehemiah and\\nElizabeth Jones Boutwell, was the fourth of eleven\\nchildren, born February 4, L803 fitted for i\\nExeter Academy; graduated at Dartmouth, 1828; at\\nAndover Theological Seminary, 1831 ordained at\\nWobiirn, Mass., June, 1831, as missionary of the\\nBoard of Commissioners for Foreign .Missions to the\\nChippewa Indians of the Northwest. He left Boston\\nli L2, 1831, for Mackinaw, Mich., where he arrived\\nafter a journey of five weeks, where he remained\\nduring the winter of 1831-32, teaching Indians\\nand half-breed children, and acquiring the language\\npreparatory to future labors in his chosen field. In\\n1832 he accompanied Hon. Henry R. Schoolcraft,\\nIndian agent, on an expedition to visit all the bands\\nof Indians on the borders of the British possessions.\\nDuring this journey he visited and ascertained the\\nhighest sources of the Mississippi River, which was\\nnamed Itasca Lake. In his letter referring to this\\nexpedition, he says: Scores of visitors, since 1832,\\nhave found a higher source in the marshes west and\\nsouth which feed the lake, and scores more will find\\na higher source, till the last man finds a pool in the\\nmarshes large enough for him to bathe in. Beyond\\nall doubt, Itasca is the true source of the Father of\\nWaters. Returning from the expedition, he spent\\nthe winter at La Pointe, on Lake Superior, having\\ncharge of the Indian school. In the fall of 1833 he\\nreturned to Leach Lake and spent the winter in the\\nfamilies of the fur-traders, for the purpose of ascer-\\ntaining what encouragement there was for extending\\nthe work by opening another station. He found the\\nchiefs kindly disposed and gave their consent to open\\na school.\\nSeptember 11, 1834, he married Hester Crooks and\\nreturned to Leach Lake, opened a school and began\\nhouse-keeping in a bark lodge while he built a log\\nhouse. Alter sixteen years of hard labor there and at", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0847.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "510\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nPakagama, he was obliged to abandon his work in\\nconsequence of the liquor traffic. In 1837 the treaty\\na1 Fori Snelling opened the pint- region to the white\\nman. He came md brought with him his whiskey,\\nwhich hegave to the Indian, although strictly forbid-\\nden by law. What will not the white men do for\\nmoney? Mr. Boutwell writes. The traffic increased\\nfrom year to year, and all five of of our stations closed\\ntheir work. Its influence will bo seen in the following\\nincident Curiosity often brough men to the mission\\nto attend the Indian service on the Sabbath. He often\\npreached, by request, at their camps on Sabbath\\nevenings. One Saturday afteru 1 he left home to\\nspend the Sabbath at three camps on the Upper\\nSnake River. At dusk he arrived at the hist camp,\\nwhere he spent the night, and during the evening the\\ntrader was in the camp, whom he invited to come\\nin at ten a.m. the next day. He said he would be\\nglad to but if the Indians should return from their\\nhunt, he could not leave his store. The next day he\\nheld his service, but his friend, the trader, was not\\npresent, lie passed on to the next camp, and still\\non to the next. In the night he was called in great\\nhaste to come at once, for the trader had been shot\\nby a drunken Indian. Before he arrived the man\\nhad died. On reaching the scene of distress and\\nconfusion he found forty men armed with weapons to\\nkill every Indian they met; but the Indians had tied.\\nAlter the excitement was over I was requested to take\\nthe body to the station for burial, with four men to\\ndig a grave and make a coffin. The rest would\\ncome the next day in a body. After the body was\\ndeposited on my team, the store was cleared of furs\\nandg Is and two barrels of whiskey were burned\\nup. The next day forty men came to the mission,\\ntwelve miles, to bury their dead. After the funeral\\nall signed a resolve that they would visit every In-\\ndian trader, demand and destroy his whiskey, which\\nwas carried out the nexl day; and they ceased not un-\\ntil they had accomplished their work. But the trade\\nrevived the next year, and it was found useless to\\nspend time and strength with a people given to\\ndrunkenness, and the mission stations were all aban-\\ndoned. In 1S47 he removed to Stillwater, then a vil-\\nlage of two hundred souls; began preaching in a\\ndining-room of a boarding-house; from this place to\\nan upper room in a small building, still standing and\\noccupied as a meat-market. After a time a small\\nchurch was erected. His time, for years, was divided\\nbetween Stillwater, Marien Mills, Taylor s Falls,\\nCottage Grove and Point Douglas, establishing\\nchurch.- ami Sabbath-schools.\\nIn a review of his life and labors. Mr. Boutwell\\nsavs,\\ni. h they\\not gives\\ni i away; v..ii will n\u00e2\u0080\u009ei live ...it half\\nv todeath.oi tin Indians will ticalpyou. Fitly\\nyears ago all that dw.-i.-i Michigan to thi Pacini -i was terra\\npied by wild animals and wild\\nmi a, oil 1 Indiam .n war to oxter ate eai I, other. There were no\\ntraces ivih/.it Tl ly available railroad I m- mo to get hero was\\nIrom Boston to Providence To-day it spans the continent to-day I can\\nn i. i pali .11 hundredsol mil ver ...man where I once drove a\\ndog-team oo snow-shoes To-day the gove in has located eserva-\\ntionsthe drunken Indians we were compelled to leave, provided them\\nwith machines, farms, schools, teat hers, teams, 4c. Expelling whiskey,\\ntl.. i. ii-.. wheat instead of liuiitiiigniuskriits. The missionary \u00c2\u00bbn, tile\\ne that let tin- first dawn of light into Western darkness\\nIt \\\\va* thus the li-lit mei.-a-.-.l l.\\\\ ,,ur oinmiiliicatiun with the\\nEastern world i limate, soil, resources of thecountrj been known. The\\nlumbermen came the fanner, followed. The man that opened the first\\nlam, in Minnesota, forty ago, if iliv, to-day I iftj in igo the\\nmissionary would freeze to death or die by the scatping-knife of the In-\\ndian\u00e2\u0080\u0094so thought Ins friends.\\nCom] what then was with what now is,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 then a wilderness with\\nles- wlient-helds. -e| I-. Inn I,.-. a-\\\\ linn- for lli-alie, deaf, diiinl. and\\nblind,a college in its teens. nniversity open to both sexes for equal\\nh handol God in sending the first man to light\\ntin- torch that has illuminated the land? sure their labor will be in\\nvain, thought the world not BO, thought Oo.l. It is God that duetli won-\\nders, and we stand silent and adore.\\nNearly all my old co-laborers sleep with the Father. My eyes have\\nfor Thy call that I may praise Thee\\nMr. Boutwell was the first man, a native, that\\nsecure. 1 a college education, and his great desire to do\\nhis whole duty to his fellow men, to his God, appears\\nto be the great aim of his life. The writer has visited\\nhim in his Western home; he is one of the most\\nhonored and respected of Minnesota s first settlers.\\nr l 1 1 tl Id meeting-] with it- high pulpit, its\\ndeacon-seats, Its sounding-board buns by an iron rod its -lip- for the\\nI r.Hssquan pews, its seats hung on hinges, which were turned back\\nduring prayer, its capacious galleries s ted by huge pillars. In that\\nhouse was I baptized and publicly consei rated to God. There I vied with\\nother boys in making a loud latter in throwing down my hinge seat at\\nClOS i. layer. And there t suffered with cold feet on winter Sab-\\nbaths before tin- introduction ..i Btoves. Freezing did not prove a means\\ngrace t-. me. In that house I preached my first sermon in Lynde-\\nborough. As inconvenient as that place of worship was, in it the gospel\\nwas effectually proclaimed by the godly Merrill and there our fathers,\\nd-.ul.tl.-s-. i.-ii lere.l n.-eeptaMe worship. I well remember the excite-\\nment produced in that old house,,,, the fast day in April. 1827, a few\\ndays before I left my home with Palmer and Woodward for East Teu-\\n1 Instead ol a sen i, Mi Merrill read tl lebrated lecture\\nbj Kittredge, oi Lyme, on temper which contained the statement\\n;l1 gallonol ni I as a bevel h town of Lyme was just\\n1 i quarts I.--- inn- h The _ I 1 I men of the church, including my\\nho -i-.I father, went oul of i li.it house vexed, if not mad. Vly father\\nsaid Why did Alt Merrill rend that foolish lecture we cannot gel our\\nhay without ruin. It will rot in the field.\\nWhen I returned, in 1837, I found all those g I mi n pledged to\\ntotal abstinence. They ackm wledged thai haying and all other farm\\nwoil; could l.e Letter done without rum than will, n\\nw h,-n a si,,,, ii boy, I n- -i to walk t-. church in company with -ilia\\nan, I women, whom I have often seen step into tin- bushes in the Bii hard-\\nson pasture, and exchange their thick shoes and soiled stockings for\\nI,. -I, mor and\\nIh, -,,|,l meeting-house was furnished with horse-blocks tor the ac-\\ncommodation of women and infirm men, from which to mount their\\nholses. Hiding ,,i, I,,,,-, k wa. II lily mod .1 in. cure to Imr, h\\nin si, none. When I was a hoy I hay,- lieipiently seen a man in the\\nBy l:\\nF. Chirk-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0848.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0849.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "f^fa^st", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0850.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "LYNDEBOROUGH.\\n5] 1\\nsaddle, a woman 1 1 1 1 1 1 I on th. -am. h..i-.-, and a child in the la]. ..1\\neach. I distinctly rcinenil.cr the first une-horse \u00c2\u00bb:.\u00c2\u00bbni in Lyndeborough.\\nIt was wholly dcstit t springs \\\\.-t it w a- called Ifankee pleasure-\\nwagon. It was the property of Israel II. (i lnd-e, r,-.| utei my return\\nf i .mi the West I pi -a. he. I iii I.\\\\iel.l~.i.ii-li, I i. ue .-t..\u00c2\u00bbii and Mont Ver-\\nnon. Since that time great changes have taken place. 1 know, while\\nI was acting-pastor in Lyndeborough, I prea. lied to a large i lassoi aged\\npersons, all of whom have gone on the returnlese way, i panied by\\nmany of my own age mel younger, all f the .lemon- ami many which\\nI\\nI will here put my testimony on roe. .1.1 that tie- povn ua- then\\ntemperate ami r.il. as a whole.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJOE\\nThe name of Tarbell is not frequent in this country.\\nIt does not appear in the long list of those who took\\nthe freeman s oath before 1669, nor is the name men-\\ntioned in the early Genealogical Register, only that\\nof Thomas, Sr., and Thomas. Jr. It is from these that\\nall of the name in Massachusetts and New Hamp-\\nshire are descended. Captain Thomas Tarbell was\\none of the original proprietors of No. 1 (Mason),\\nand named as such in the giant of the Masonian pro-\\nprietors. He was one of the first settlers, was clerk\\nof the proprietary, first chosen in 1762, and continued\\nin office until the last meeting of that body, in 177:;.\\nami was. one of the most active and leading men in\\nall affairs of the township prior to incorporation.\\nSix of his sons settled on farms near him. He was\\na native of Groton, Mass. Thomas Tarbell, his\\nancestor, was one of the original proprietors ol\\nGroton in 1661. His name also appears as town clerk\\nof i rroton. In the list are the names of Thomas Tar-\\nbell, Sr., and Thomas Tarbell, Jr.; one instance rel-\\native to the family, of alarm, attack and suffering\\nfrom a savage foe, was the capture of two lads (John\\nand Zachariah), brothers and sons of Thomas Tarbell,\\nby the Indians. They were carried to Camilla about\\nthe year 1705, the younger from four to six years of\\nage, so young that he lost his native language en-\\ntirely. Some years after, they both came to Groton\\nbut having 1 n accustomed to savage life, no per-\\nsuasion prevailed on them to remain with their friends\\nand relatives; their descendants are among the In-\\ndians. Truly, those were days that tried men s, souls,\\nand could not have been endured had it not been\\nfor their untiring fortitude and persevei\\nwell as muscular powers. One instance, as related,\\nwas that of John Tarbell, noted for his great\\nstrength, equal to that of three ordinary men of\\nthi.r day. He expired suddenly at the door of the old\\nmeeting-house in Mason, Sunday, August 20, 1 7117.\\nWe are not gratified to relate that among them was\\none Judas, that of Captain Samuel Tarbell, whose\\nproperty was confiscated for Toryism he i\\nGroton, his native place, lived and died in poverty\\nand wretchedness.\\nThomas Tarbell. thirdson of Captain Thomas Tar-\\nbell, Jr., was born October 8, 1751; in his youth he\\nreceived but limited education, remaining at home\\nrendering good service in clearing up and cul-\\ntivating the lands for the sustenance of the family.\\nJuly 8, 1778, he married Sarah Barrett, retaining a resi-\\ndence on the homestead of his father, which has been\\noccupied by family descendants to the fifth genera-\\ntion, but has now passed iuto outside hands, with but\\nlittle improvements from originality, almost forsaken\\nand nncared for. On apart of the premises is lo-\\ncated the Iturying-ground donated to the town in\\n1797, where rests the dust of our sires, their descend-\\nants and many neighboring citizens.\\nThe children of Thomas Tarbell and Sarah Barrett\\nw.re Sally, born November 6, 1778; Esther, born\\nAugust 11, 1780; Thomas, bom August 17, 1782, died\\nJanuary 17, 1785; Reuben, born duly 19, 1784;\\nLemuel, born February II, 1786; Thomas, born Octo-\\nber 19, 1788; Eunice, born April 24. 17M1 Joel, born\\nJuly 9, 1793; Lydia, born March 21, 1797.\\nJoel Tarbell, the younger son, married Betsej Shat-\\ntuek, daughter of Jonathan Shattuck, a worthy citizen\\nof Pepperell, Mass. continued a residence in Mason,\\nin the occupation of boot and shoemaker of the old\\nstyleof hand- work; noted as master-workman in sewed\\nboot making, in which occupation he continued in\\nsupport of his family, being in limited circumstances.\\nTheir children surviving were Joel I larr isotl, born\\ntit Mason February 6, 1816; Mary Elizabeth, born\\nFebruary 2, 1820; William, born July 4, 1824. Joel\\nII. remained tit home until about twelve year- of age.\\nattending the shorl terms of district school. At this\\nag. he went to reside with I r. Amos Parker, of Bol-\\nton, .Mass., having care of the stable and performing\\nsuch part as callable in the drug-store ami post-office;\\nwhile here he received five weeks of schooling at a pri-\\nvate Quaker school, kept by Elder Frye, in Berlin,\\nMass., walking to and from school morning and eve-\\nning, this being the onh educati ver received ex-\\ncept from the common district school, [t was while\\nresiding here that his mother died, October 29, 1829,\\nleaving him without a parental home. Returning to\\nNew Hampshire at the age of fourteen years, he went\\nto labor on a farm for Ebene/.er Stiles, in Temple, at-\\ntending short terms of winter district school. In this\\nfamily he received good precepts and formed habits\\nfor life. He remained in this family until about\\ntwenty years of age, one year alter the death of Mr.\\nStiles, after which he labored in Pepperell, Mass., one\\nseason and in Lyndeborough until marriage.\\nIn 1831 his father, Joel Tail. ell, married Mary\\nMansfield, of Temple, for a second wife; their chil-\\ndren surviving were. Charles, Solon, Hiram, Alon/.o\\nand Joseph, till residing with families in this county.\\nJoel Tarbell died at Lyndeborough, September 18,\\n1851; Mary M., his wife, died I ember 6, 1873.\\nJanuary 15,1839, Joel II. married Esther Putnam,\\ndaughter of Ephraim Putnam, a highly respected\\nciii/.i it, resident on the homestead of his father, in", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0853.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "512\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLyndeborough, (descendants from ancestors in Dan-\\ngers, Mass. i. At marriage Mr. Tarbell located in\\nLyndeborough (Putnam Corner), so styled, now Smith\\nLyndeborough, assuming the business of a country\\nhotel with farm connected. Shortly after marriage he\\nwas appointed postmaster, which trust he held for\\ntwenty years. At the time of his location here there\\nwere but few settlements in the immediate vicinity,\\nand those of not modern style. With his business grew\\na strong desire to make home and surroundings\\npleasant and build up the place, and he has lived\\nto witness the contrast from what was styled Slab\\nCity to that of a respectable little village and com-\\nmunity, greatly through his instrumentality. In\\nthis enterprise he took no active part financially,\\nprevious to the organization of the glass company\\nin 1866, the history of which is too well-known for\\ncomment. After about fifteen years in hotel business,\\nwhen railroads became more desirable than high-\\nways for public conveyance, he changed his business\\nto that of a general variety retail store, which, by him-\\nself and in connection with his son, has been retained\\nfor over thirty years, the son now conducting the\\nsame as principal. In his business he formed a de-\\ntermination to deal honorably, pay all bills promptly\\nand cultivate a kind and generous disposition, which\\nhas bei d carried out to a permanent success in bis\\nsocial aud business life. His children were San-\\nford P., born July 5, 1839, deceased; Charles F..\\nborn November 19,1843; Sarah Adaline, born Feb-\\nruary 24, 1850, deceased. She married Byron Staq\\ndied leaving one daug hter.\\nAs to his religious views, they wire more those\\nof conscience than of creed, though he rendered\\ncontinual aid in support of the gospel at the\\nchapel established in the place a short time prev-\\nious to his settlement, contributing with his son in\\nthe remodeling of the house to a more modern struc-\\nture, and placing in the tower a church-bell, fur-\\nnished gratuitously to the citizens. In politics firmly\\nDemocratic, although decidedly favorable to union\\nia offices of town trust. Held the office of selectman\\nseveral years, and town clerk seven years in succes-\\nsion, from 1850 to 1857, and for many years was a jus-\\ntice of the peace. Highly respected by the citizen-, he\\nne\\\\ i I connected himself with any secret organization.\\nIn the Rebellion he was in command of a military\\ncompany of State volunteers, known as tin Lafayette\\nArtillery. Their services were offered and accepted,\\nand they were mustered into United States service for\\nninety days, and stationed at Fort Constitution. Ports-\\nmouth, X. H. His subalterns were Lieutenants Eli\\nC. Curtis and Charles H. Holt, both of Lyndeborough.\\nAfter fourteen years in command he resigned; his\\nresignation was accepted with high commendations to\\nhimself and command by the Governor.\\nThe following was taken from a historical sketch of\\nFort Constitution and Walback Tower, Portsmouth\\nHarbor, hv a student of Dartmouth College:\\ni tin- UhI day of August, 1SI.4, tlir Lafayette i.uards, under com-\\nmand of Capt. .loci it. Tarbell, arrived at this fort, to which they were\\nordered by the Governor. This company was coinjHjsed of a tin.- class,\\nof men, ami the citizens of New Castle respected them much. 1V1 ng-\\nunder the guidance of a celebrated\\nCarl krclis. Their strains of music imparted much anima-\\ntion tu the island, and tin- monotony of L.irrison life was greatly less-\\ni h .on.o i t ilicn presence. They returned home a few\\nwo.l,. before the expiration of their term of service, to Lyndeborough.\\nCapt. Tarbell was an amiable man ot ronw t habits, aid .o,.\\nis command.\\nJOTHAM HILDRETH.\\nJotham Hildreth was born June 25, 1807,in Lynde-\\nborough, X. II. He is the sou of Jotham anil Abigail\\n(Sargent) Hildreth. Jotham Hildreth. Sr., was a na-\\ntive of Amherst. N. II., where he resided till his\\nmajority, when, with his entire worldly possessions\\ntied up in a bundle and thrown across his shoulders,\\nhe started out to seek his fortune in the world. He\\ncame to Lyndeborough, where he found employment\\nmaking shoes, and meeting with a measure of success\\nin this business, he made it his chief vocation through\\nlife. In addition to shoemaking, however, he soon\\npossessed himself of a small farm, to which original\\ntract he added by purchase at different times up to\\nthe time of his death. His life was one of constant\\nlabor and frugality. He would work at farming dur-\\ning the day and tit the shoemaker s bench tit night,\\nand by this course of persistent industry lie finally\\nbecame a fairly successful man. He married Abigail,\\ndaughter of Joshua Sargent they had five children,\\nonly two of whom tire now living, Jotham, and\\nAbigail, now the widow of Jacob Crosby. Mr. Hil-\\ndreth died December 8, 1850, his wife having died\\nAugust preceding.\\nJotham Hildreth, whose portrait appears in connec-\\ntion with this sketch, has followed in the footstl ps oi\\nhis father. He was brought up to the same occupa-\\ntions, farming and shoemaking. At agriculture he\\nhas done much more than his father, and for many\\nyears has been considered one of the best farmers in\\nhis town. Brought up in ti school of rigid\\nwith a full appreciation of the value of labor and\\nmoney, he litis been frugal, industrious, and, as a\\nnatural result, successful. He has never married,\\nand his widowed sister now finds a home with him.\\nM r. 1 1 ildreth litis been honored by his fellow-towns-\\nmen by being elected to the State Legislature in\\n1850, and again in 1855. He has been selectman of\\nhis town several years, surveyor, etc., and litis done\\nmore or less at settling estates.\\nMr. Hildreth was a Democrat in political creed\\nuntil some years prior to the war, when he became a\\nRepublican, and litis affiliated with that party to the\\npresent time.\\nIn religion he is a Congregationalist. He has so\\ndeported himself through a long and active life that\\nin hi.- old age, he litis the happy consciousness of\\npossessing the confidence and respect of his fellow-\\ncitizens.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0854.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": ",YrAe/L", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0857.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0858.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OV MASON.\\nCHAPTER I\\nThe town of Mason lies in the southern part of\\nthe county, ami in bounded as follows: North by Wil-\\nton, east by Brookline, south by Massachusetts, west bj\\nNew Ipswicdi and Greenville.\\nThe township was granted, November 1, 1740, by\\nJoseph Blanchard, as agent for the Masonian pro-\\nprietors, to William Lawrence and others, and was\\ncalled No. 1 until, in answer to a petition, it was in-\\ncorporated with town privileges, August 20, 170*, and\\ngiven its present name in honor of Captain John\\nMason, the original owner of that tract of land,\\nknown as Mason s patent.\\nAt a meeting of the inhabitants, June 22, 1768,\\nthey voted to have the town calledSharon, butGovernor\\nWentworth named it Mason. The town includes\\nthat portion of the town of Townsend, -Mass., which\\nwas uorth of the province line as established in 1741.\\nJune 28, 1872, the northwest part of the town was\\nsetoff ami incorporated as Greenviile.\\nBy the terms of the charter incorporating the town,\\nObadiah Parker, Gentleman, was appointed to call\\nthe first meeting of the inhabitants as a town. For\\nthis purpose he issued his warrant in due form, under\\ndati of September 5, 1768, for a meeting to be held\\nSeptember 10th, at which Obadiah Parker was chosen\\nmoderator; Josiah Wheeler, town clerk; Josiah\\nWheeler, Obadiah Parker and Joseph Bullard, select-\\nmen Reuben Barrett and John Swallow, constables;\\nNathan Hall, treasurer; John Asten and Jonathan\\nWinship, titliiiiirm.-ii Thomas Barrett, Enosh Law-\\nrence, Jr., Lemuel Spaulding and Josiah Robbins,\\nsurveyors of highways; Captain Thomas Tarbell,\\nsealer of weights and measures; John Asten, sealer\\nof leather: Richard Lawrence and Joseph Blood,\\nfence-viewers Samuel Lawrence anil Joseph Lowell,\\nhog constables: Aaron Wheeler and (diver Elliott,\\ndeer officers. Thus the territory formerly known by\\nthe name of No. 1 became legally a town, and, with\\nsome additions of territory subsequently made, has\\nremained a town to the present day.\\nOne of the first incidents attendant on arriving at\\nthe condition of a town was found to be taxes. To\\nfacilitate the collection of taxes, the town was divided\\ninto the west and east -ides. This division was made\\non the road leading from Townsend to the north part\\nof the town, by what was then the residence of Dea-\\ncon Nathan Hall. All east of that road and north\\nof the centre of the town on that road belonged to\\nthe east side; all west of that road and south of tin\\ncentre to the west side. A list of taxes was made\\nout, amounting to \u00e2\u0082\u00ac17 16*. 0 2 and committed to\\nJohn Swallow, constable, lor the west side, and a\\nsimiliar list, amounting to \u00c2\u00a317 IDs. 7 l. was com-\\nmitted to Reuben Barrett, constable for the east side,\\nfor collection, by warrants each bearing date Janu-\\nary 28, 1700.\\nThese documents show who were then inhabitants\\nof the town, and the rate of taxes, and their relative\\nwealt h or means. hi the west side were Josiah Rob-\\nbins, Ens. Enosh Lawrence, Samuel Lawrence, John\\nSwallow, Isaac Holdin. William Badcock, William\\nBarrett, Nathaniel Barrett, Jonathan Foster. Stevens\\nLawrence, Thomas Robbins, Enosh Lawrence, Jr.,\\nAaron Wheeler, Nathaniel Hosmer, John Dutton,\\nWidow Burge, John Elliot, Moses Lowell, Richard\\nLawrence, Joseph Merriam, David Lowell. David\\nLowell, Jr., Nathan Whipple, John Jefts, John \\\\s-\\nten, Joseph Barrett, Nathan Procter, Lieutenant\\nObadiah Parker, Joseph Bullard, Zachariah Davis,\\nReuben Tucker, Joseph fucker, Amos Dakin, Thomas\\nBarrett, Joseph Lowell, Benjamin King, Edmund\\nTown, Cornelius Cook and Dennis McLean.\\nOn the east side the names were Captain Thomas\\nTarbell, Elias Elliot, Jason Russell, Nathaniel Smith,\\nJoseph Ross, Nathaniel Tarbell. Edmund Tarbell,\\nJonathan Williams, Reuben Barrett, Hannah Elliot\\n(widow), Samuel Scripture, James Weathee, Lemuel\\nSpaulding, Elizabeth Powers (widow), Joseph Blood,\\nAbel Shedd, George Woodard, Jabez Kendall, Oli-\\nver Elliot, Daniel fish, Mary Jefts (widow i, Thomas\\nJefts, Jonathan Jefts, Nathan Hall, James Hall,\\nPatience Fish (widow), Eleazer Fish, Ebenezei Blood,\\nJason Dunster, Joseph Herrick, Jonathan Winship,\\nSamuel Tarbell, Nathaniel Barrett, Jr.. John Leonard,\\nJonathan Fish. On this list I do not recognize any\\nnon-residents. The highest tax on this list, ami the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0859.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "514\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhighest in the town, was paid by Captain Thomas\\nTarbell. Of the persons named in these tax-lists,\\nthere are many who have descendants now residing\\nin the town, and many of them upon the farms then\\nowned bj their ancestors.\\nAs to the places of worship, one of the conditions\\nof the grant of the township by the Masonian pro-\\nprietors was, that the grantees build a convenient\\nhouse for the public worship of God, at or before the\\nlast lav of May, 1753, for the use of those who shall\\nthen or afterwards inhabit there. In 17- 1 a vote\\nwas passed to build a house thirty by twenty-four I eet.\\nThe dimensions were afterwards changed to forty by\\nthirty feet. This house was erected about three rods\\nnortheast of the place where the second meeting-\\nhouse stood. The first house was never finished,\\nbut was 80 far litted tor use that it served tor public\\nworship and town-meetings till the see. .ml was built,\\nhaving, by a vote of tin proprietors, been made over\\nto the town. The second bouse was raised in 1789.\\nIt was so far finished that it was used for the cere-\\nmonies of the ordination of Rev. Ebenezer Hill,\\nNovember 3, 17! 0, but was not completed and dedi-\\ncated till November 2i 1 7; It continued to be\\nused for public worship and town-meetings till the\\nthird house was built, not by the town, but by a\\nreligious society in connection with the Congrega-\\ntional Church, in November, 1837, and afterwards\\nfor town-meetings till the town-house was built, in\\nNovember, IMS. It was then sold at auction and re-\\nmoved. The Baptist society built a bouse, but there\\nare no means of ascertaining in what year it was\\nbuilt. It was never finished outside or in, and could\\nnot be occupied in cold weather. It was sold and\\nremoved in 1812. The brick meeting-house in the\\nvillage was built in Sl 7 by a new Baptist society.\\nand has been occupied to the present time. The\\nmeeting-house of the Second Congregational Society\\nwas built in the village by subscription of individuals,\\nand dedicated in December, 1849. The Christian\\nChapel was erected in 1835.\\nThe Congregational Church was organized October\\n13, 1772. It consisted of twenty-one members, twelve\\nmen and nine women. On the same day Jonathan\\nSearle was ordained pastor of the church and min-\\nister of the town. Disagreements soon arose between\\nhim and tin 1 church, and between him and the town,\\nwhich, as time went on, became more perplexing and\\nunyielding. The result was bis dismissal by the\\nchurch, May 4, 1781, and by the town, August 14,\\n1781. Mr. Searle was bom in Rowley in 1744, and\\ngraduated at Harvard College in 17(i4. He held the\\nOffice of justice of the peace many years, but did little\\nbusiness as such. Indeed, little in that line iu his\\nday and region needed to be done by any one. He\\ndied December 7, 1812, aged sixty-eight years. No\\nmonument marks the place of his burial. He and his\\nwife were buried by the side of the monument of\\nB. Witherell, his son-in-law. His successor in office\\nwas the Rev. Ebenezer Hill. He was born in Cam-\\nbridge in January. 1766, graduated at Harvard\\nCollege in 1786, pursued his professional studies\\nunder Dr. Seth Payson, of Rindge, was licensed to\\nreach October 28, 17*8, and was employed by the\\npeople of Mason to preach for them early in 1789.\\n11 is services met with such acceptance that the church\\nand town united in a call for him to be their minister.\\nHe accepted the call, and was ordained November\\n1790. He remained minister of the town till Decem-\\nber 19, 1835, when he was. at his request, released by\\nthe town from the contract on their part. He con-\\ntinued in office as pastor of the church till his death,\\nMay 20, 1N 4, in the eighty-ninth year of his age\\nand the sixty-fourth of bis pastorship. In 1791 he\\nbought the farm, and on it, in 1800, lie built the house\\nin which, and on the farm, to which he made some\\nadditions, he passed the remainder of bis days. Upon\\nthis farm, with the pittance of two hundred and fifty\\ndollars for a salary, he brought up his numerous\\nfamily of fourteen children, only one ot whom died\\nin infancy. Order, economy, and industry were the\\nrules of bis household. Abundance of plain fare,\\ncoarse, strong, but decent raiment, were provided fir\\nall. Two of his sons graduated at Harvard Uni-\\nversity and one at Dartmouth College. Rev. Andrew\\nII. Ke.d was ..\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tiled as colleague pastor with him in\\nNovember, 1836, and remained till he was dismissed,\\nat bis own request, December 11, 1839. Mr. Hill\\nthen resumed the pastoral duties of the parish, and\\nperformed the labors of the station till August, 1840,\\nwhen the Rev. Joseph 1 Hill was employed to assist\\nhim. He was settled as co-pastor October 20,1841,\\nand remained till April, IN 17, when he was, at his\\nown request, dismissed. The Rev. J. L. Armes was\\nsettled as co-pastor in 1851, and remained till after\\nRev. Ebenezer Hill s death.\\nIn 1839 and 1840 be represented the town in the\\nLegislature of the State, but weary of public life, and\\nlonging for the quiet of home, he declined further\\nservice in that line. From the time of the settlement\\nof .Mr. Reed, Mr. Hill continued to devote his life\\nand labors to the business of his sacred calling, as\\nopportunity presented in the neighboring towns,\\nuntil the infirmities of age, wasting his energies\\nand strength, compelled him to retire, and pass the\\nevening of his life in the quiet of bis household and\\nfireside.\\nRev. Joseph B. Hill, after leaving Mason, took\\ncharge of the church in Colebrook, N. H., where he\\nremained ten years, and then removed to West\\nStewartstown, an adjoining town, and remained in\\ncharge of the church in that place five years. In\\n1862 be purchased a small farm in Temple, N. H.,\\nand removed and settled bis family there. In .March,\\n1864, be accepted an appointment in the Christian\\nCommission, and in that capacity joined the army,\\nand, witli fidelity, industry and zeal, gave himself to\\nthe duties of that office, in the Armv of the Cumber-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0860.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "MASON.\\nland, until, at Chattanooga, lie met with an accident\\non the railroad so severe as to terminate in his death,\\nJune 16, 1864. Mr. Anno was dismissed, at his own\\nrequest, May 13, 1857. Immediately after Mr. Amies\\nleft, the Rev. Daniel Goodwin commenced preaching\\nfor this church, and continued in that employment\\ntill he was installed as pastor. April 18, I860, and\\nremained until 1873. The succeeding pastors have\\nbeen Rufus P. Wells. Febiuary, 1874, to April, 1877\\nW. R. Tisdale. April. 1877, to April, 1881; II. 1\\nLeonard, July 1, 1881, to present time.\\nWar of the Revolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The r -ds of the first\\ntown-meeting show that the citizens were expecting\\nand preparing for this conflict, and when war actually\\ncame they were ready to meet it. Captain Benjamin\\nMann, with Ins company, marched to Cambridge and\\njoined the patriot army, and took part in the battle\\nof Bunker Hill, in which one of his company, Joseph\\nBlood, is known to have been killed, and one other,\\nEbenezer Blood, Jr., 1 was probably killed, as he was\\nnever heard of after that day. His name is not found\\non the roll of the company. Undoubtedly he joined\\nit only on the time of the battle as a volunteer. The\\nevidence of hi- service and fall in the fight rests only\\non tradition but that ha- been uniform and uncon-\\ntradicted. Ninety-one inhabitants of the town served\\nin the army or navy in the War of the Revolution,\\nmost of them on behalf of the town, but some for other\\ntowns or places, as follows:\\nLIST OF SOLDIERS.\\nJ. Ill] Adams, Simon Aims, Samuel Abbot, Ebi-iiczi-r Abb.it, Abrl Adams,\\ni. Joaepli Barrett, Joseph Blood, Nathaniel Barrett, Jr., Jos-\\nfrt.-r. Zebnloli Il.\u00c2\u00bbl^- olj\\\\.-r Eli, at, Asa K l-on, llaviil Kliot. Ilta. oli\\nAndrew Eliot, Abijab Eaton, Jonathan Foster, Simon Fish, Isaac Flagg,\\nJonas Fay, Jonathan Foster, Ji Nathan Foster, Ezra Fuller, James\\nUol.lnll, Reub ll Hnsln.-r. Timutlo lb Ionian, llavnl I b,.l-,, .1.\\nH...l_ inaii, .b.s.(.li Ilrrnik, .1 1 .b.-rpb Ho l^lnan, Jr. Jolili Hlul-\\nli-rt. Zadinis Ilo.luniaii, Am... Ib.l.leu, Willi:, m 11.. mi,.. i, Joh Hodgman,\\nHenry Hall, John Hall. Davi I Hall, Nathan 11 dgmal .Josiab Hurlbert,\\nAm.. H -rrirk. .1... |,li 1...W.1I I in .tb\\\\ l...u. 11, .b.-.j.b M-iiiam. K/ra\\nMerriam, Benjamin Mann, Al-iali.e,, M \\\\l--m,,., -ila.\\nMerriam, Abraham Merriam,Ji .Ephraim Sutt g, W mli P urers,\\nThe number of inhabitant- of the town was about\\nfive hundred so that nearly one in live of all the in-\\nhabitants of the town, including men, women and\\nchildren, old and young, took part in the strife of the\\nbattle-fields. It is impossible to make out. with any\\nsatisfactory certainty, the amount of pecuniary bur-\\ndens borne by the citizens in that war. That their\\n1 His name appears in the List of Killed in Swt-tt s Bunker Hil\\nAppendix, P- I. Haml-lni 1 M\\nenergies and mean- were taxed to the utmost is appar-\\nent, and that the demands upon them were promptly\\nmil is al-u shown by their records but the fact, that\\nall the sums paid and burdens borne are not fully re-\\ncorded, and the more important tact that alter the\\n1777 the currency was continually depreciating, ren-\\nder it hardly possible now to ascertain what was the\\ntrue value of the sums assessed and paid as taxes. In\\nthis war the town was united in the prosecution of\\nthe contest. There was hut one Tory in the town,\\nand he was soon driven away. His property was con-\\nfiscated, and his land sold by the authorities of the\\nState, and he ended his days in Groton, his native\\nplace, in poverty and wretchedness. No Slate in the\\nUnion was so thoroughly loyal to the patriot cause\\nand so free from Toryism in those days as the State\\nof New Hampshire, and no town in the Stale was\\nmore patriotic and unanimous in prosecuting the war\\nto the end than the town of Mason.\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the War of 1812 a very different\\nstate of feeling existed in the town. Many thought\\nthe war was needless, and that it was brought on not,\\nby any worthy cause, but by party management. The\\npolitics of the town, as indicated by the choice of\\nrepresentatives in the years 1811, 12, 13, 14 and 15,\\nshowing a change from one party to the other each\\nsuccessive year, prove that tin- parties were very\\nevenly balanced. The only call for soldiers from the\\ntown was made by the Governor for the defense of\\nPortsmouth.\\nWar of the Rebellion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The War of the Rebellion\\nfound much less unanimity of sentiment among the\\npeople of the town than that of the Revolution; but\\nstill a very decided majority was in favor of support-\\ning the old flag, and in this majority was to be\\nreckoned a large number I the Democratic party.\\nThe purpose to make the burdens and expenses of the\\nmilitary service a common charge upon the town was\\nvery generally resolved upon and acquiesced in. The\\nwhole number of men from this town was one hun-\\ndred and twenty-one. The amount of money paid by\\nthe town for bounties and hiring soldier- and other\\nexpense- of that war was \u00c2\u00a5L d,474 44, as follows:\\nExpi I.\\nThe following is a report of the number and names\\nof soldier- furnished by the town of Mason for the\\nsuppression of the Rebellion, a- made out February\\n29, 1866, by Charles II. Prescott\\nll\u00e2\u0080\u009e. i, i.i- E. M.ii-ball, Company G, I Regiment, Jul I 61;\\nwounded July 2, 1863 promoted to second sergeant ami then\\nthrough every grade up to captain re-enlisted January 1, 1864; in\\n::i ..mm.. n I -,i Me.\\nera, in v. I,:, b he nred till i 1 f the war.\\ni n l ftegimi ni Jun, ,,1861\\nCharlee I I ister, I impanj G, Se I 1861 re-en", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0861.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n186] pn ted\\nLevi .1. .Insslin, Cunpauy G, Seioiid Regiment, J\\ncorpora) mustered out June 21, 1864,\\nJohn Kelihey. I pany G. Soruhd lb -ginielit. June ISO]\\nnut June ill L864\\nAugustus G. Nutting, Company G, Second Regiment. June 1861\\nrauBtered out 21, i- .i\\nAndrew Corbit, Company II, Sir I Regiment, June 5, 1861.\\nMichbell Haley, pany II. ml Regiment, June 5,1861; pro-\\nDa I corporal mustered nut s.pt. ini.-r :i. l r.;t.\\nManpiis L. Holt, Company E. TInr.l Regiment, August _.: Isnl, pi,\\nIlioteil lorporal re-enlisted I ebmaiy 1 l-n|\\nEpbraim Crandell, Company c, Fourth Regiment. septembei Is, Isi .l\\ndied t disease .hue- 23, l- 1\\nRomango L. Nutting, corporal, Company E, Sixth Regiment, Novi mbi r\\n28, 186] 1 1 t offii (ally accounted for.\\nHenry A. Jones, Cinpaiiv K, Sixih Regiment. Vo. ml.i i js, lsni re-\\nenlieted I mli.-i j:., 1m;::\\nSethPreston, Company B, Eighth Regiment, D mbet 20,186] n en-\\nlisted January 4, 186\\nHenry Shattuck, Company I!, Eighth Regimenl I imbei 20, 1861;\\ndied at Camp Parapet, I.a.. Anmist e, 1--.J\\nRobertlJ. Pliinney. Company K, Eighth Regiment. Hereinboi in, lst ,1\\npromoted corporal July, 1862; wounded October 27, 1862; promoted\\nsergeant February II, 1- I,-, l,.u .1 l.. Ii-i|.;lu\\\\ November 27,\\n1864.\\ni.i oi-.- I liMin^, ,,i jh.ml, Fust Light Battery, New Hampsbire Volun-\\nteers, Septembei Jo. Is,,!; re, lined to the rank- mi\\ntember 25, 1864.\\nWillanl C. ISnrdi.k, l ii-t Li-hl I .attery. New Hampshire olmiteeis.\\nGeorgoll lux. New llaniiishin- P.allalloli. iil-l New Inn .n.i iy\\nOctobi i 24, 1861 missing tob r 12 1863\\nI a\\\\id Mmnii, New llalnpshile II, Hale n. loo New I\\nI 1 ml.- 1 24, 186] re-enlisti I i 364\\nEnoch Leavitt, N, w Hamps 1 tali i fin Xev, England Cavalry,\\nI i 24 186] i. i Q] si d J. v 1864.\\nPatrick O Briet New H pi Bat .1 Si b England Cavalry,\\nMilton II Hardy, sergeant, Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, New\\nHampshire Volunteers, Septembei L9, i- ,J eoi issionej a- lieu-\\nJohn G. Bio\\nshire\\n1 E. Boyi\\nVoluntas\\nWilliam W.\\nVol, ml.\\nWilliam I i\\nVolunte\\nrteenth Regiment, New Hamp-\\nh Regiment, New Hampshire\\nMd .1\\nIvlw-.u.j Havi-, Company t.. Thirteenth Kemiuetit, New Hampshire\\n.ilnniei i-, September III, l.so w on ndei I September J 1SI ,4 ilieil\\nof w ids al II .I m .i Octobi i l: 1864\\nCharles II. Russell, p :U i\\\\ G. Thirteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\ni in. 1862.\\nGeorgeD. Reed, Company Thirteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nVolunteers, pti I I dischat\\nRalph Weston, Company i., Thnte.-ntli |:.-:ii,ihii. New Hampshire\\nVolunteers, September hi, lSI i J; died of disease Mai.h _ I ISO:\\nIra M, Whittaker, Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nVolunteers Septembi i IS, 1862; died ol a,., a-,. January 15, 1863\\nCharles A l\u00c2\u00bbi.-;,n. ioi,,,.,,i.\\\\ I I In: I, iiTn 1;, _-i,m lit N.w Hampshire\\n.1 I h I I i i; I, I l i 1 1 lit] i I;. 1 unlit. New Hampshire\\nM V. II. Elliott, Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nVol eers, Si ptemb\\nFrnstus E lilb.itt. I pany i, Thirteenth Ue-imetit, New Hampshire\\nHani, I Pari,.\\nP .nil, I: j ,,l, New Hampshire V.\\nJoseph F. O l oluiell. seeolnl lieutenant. Sixteenth Regiment. New\\nHampshire Volunteer Infantry, Company C, November 4, IS62\\nmustered lugusl 20 L86 I\\nHeiirv H. Stevens, sergeant Company c, sixteenth Regiunii, V v\\nHampshire Volunteer Infantry, October Is, 1862 mustered out An-\\nI.-,\\nJohn K. Stearns, sergeant. Coinpanj Sixteenth Regiment, New\\nHampshire Volunteer Infantry, ri.tober IS. lsC mustered out An-\\ngusl 181\\nHarris.in Livingston, corporal, C pany C, Sixteenth Regiment. New\\nHampshire Volunteer Infantry, Uetoher Is, ls,,j mustered out An-\\ngus! 20, 1-e.:.\\nI h or- Company C, Sixteenth Re-llnent, New Hampshire V,,liiu-\\nteei Infantry, October 18, 1862 died Ugusl I 1863.\\nGeoi-e Adam-, Company C, Sixteenth Regiment. New Hampshire\\nVolunteei Infantry, Octobei 18, 1862 died August 19, 1863\\nCliauno.y A. Ailaiu-, I oinpaiiv c. Sixt.-. nt I !:.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_ N.w Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, October Is, 1862; mustered out August 20,\\n1863.\\nNo VI. i in-. Comiiaiij c. Sixteenth Iti-imeiit, New Hampshire Vol-\\nunteei Infantry, net il.et _ 7, lso-j mustered out August 20, LSI I\\nAlbeit A. Austin. Company c. Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, October Is, IstVj died August 1, lb63.\\nCharles P. Baldwin, Companj C Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nVolunteer Iiifantia October 18, 1862 died i i, 1-,\\nSydney A. Barrett, Company C, Sixteenth Eegiment, New Hampshire\\ni.lllllteel I llfallt I I li L.l.el i S l.-OJ 1 -e I l I 1\\n1862.\\nI m| c, sixteenth Regiineiit, New Hauip-liiie\\nVolunteei [ntantry, n. t..bei I.-. Isoj diseharged for disability,\\nchailes I Gnihaiu. Coinpany c. Sixteenth Regimenl, New Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, (lelnbei Is, isi.O; mustered out August _o.\\n1863.\\nI ll I- -Lei,,,, |i, I i.lnj I. S| X t,.,nth lb gillient, N e W Ha 111 p ll i 1\\nVolunteei Infantry, October 18, L862; mustered out August 20,\\nI\\nMarshall Kimball, Couipaiiv c, sixteenth Regiment. New Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, October Is, 1862; mustered out Vugnst\\nl-i;:;.\\nBenjamin G. Livingston, Company C, Sixteenth Reg mt, Sev Hani]\\nshire Volunteer Infantry, iietober Is. lsi ,2 um-i, ,i\\n[863\\nDavid Robbins, Company c. Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nVolunteer infantry, October is, 1862; mustered out August 20,\\nI si;:;.\\nNail iel Smith. Cmpanv C, sixteenth Regiment, N.w Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, October Is, 1862 died May 1l\\\\ ISO.:\\nLyman Sander-. Company c. sixo-enth i;. _mi. hi, N.-w Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, iietober Is, J62 died March 21 LS63\\nSamuel H. Wheel, r. Company C, Sixteenth 10 giment, New Hampshire\\nVolunteer Infantry, Octobei 28, 1862 mustered out August 20, l sl\\nThomas B. RuBsell, Company la Sixteenth Reginu lit. New llaiup-liii e\\nVolunteer Infantry, Nnvenihei I:;. 1-J imi+iel .nit \\\\hl;ii-i j,\\nI-\\nThomas R.Clement, assistant Burgeon, Tenth Regiment, V Hamp-\\n.|,ii. oluntei I,, I:,,,,,, ably disi hargt d\\nSeptembei 1 1-1,1\\nJames s. Maiilnve, Coiupauy K. sixth Regiment, Hampshire Vol-\\nWilliam\\nRegiment. New I]\\nVolunteer Infantry, Oi tob I ,1863\\nGeorge Beford, Company K, Eighth Regiment, New Hamps\\ntee. Infantry, September 1. is,.;, kill..! .n Bayou L) G\\nMay 17. 1S04.\\nWilliam Hum, Company c. I.igluli lb- nt. New Hampshire Volun-\\nteer II mtry, September l. is,,\\nMadison Colby, ipanj I\\nUUP i li.l.n.M I lib, I J. 1-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0862.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "MASON.\\nAK ii/ alter. Compain D. Eleventh Regiment, New Hampshire Volun-\\nteer Infantry, Derehih. r 11, 1 wounded .July IS64.\\nFlan, i- P.. in. II. I. Companv I. Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Yob\\nunteer Infantry, December 11, 1863.\\nJohn Grant, Company K, Twelfth Regiment, New I l.iiiip-hu \\\\..lun-\\nteer Infantry, December 11, Is-;;;; transferred t.. 1 nited States\\nnavj i.r-il 29, 1864.\\nThomas Gaiiigan, Company K, Twelfth Regiment, New Hump-hire Vol-\\nunteer tnfantrj December 11, 1863.\\nJames M. Howard, C pan} C, Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire\\nolunteer Int. mm. Dei .-nil., r 10, 1 36\\nWilliam Kingsland, Company I, Twelfth Regiment, New Hump-hii-\\nVolunteer Infantry, 1 imber 10, 1863.\\nGeorge Lansing, c pan\\\\ Iv, Twelfth Regiment, New- Hampshire Vol-\\nunteer Infantry, December 11, 1863.\\nWilliam Meaney. Company 10, Twelfth Regiment, Sew Hampshire Vol-\\nunteer Infantry, 1 iel II. 1863 wounded Waj 6, 1764\\nGeorge Nichols, Company D, Twelfth Regiment, N ev Hampshire Volun-\\nteer Infantry, December 11, 1863 transfeiTed to United states navy\\nApril 29, 1864\\nLouis Schafft, Conipahv Twelfth Regiment, New Itnuipshii o Y. .|un-\\nteer Infantry, Decembei 12, 1863; wounded June 3, 1864.\\nJohn Tupper, Company E, Twelfth R.gi nt. New Ilauip-lurc Volun-\\nteer Infantry, December in, It\\n.In M.l.tl. T p i., t ii-t Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer\\nCavalry, April ISH4 missing November U, l.sc.4\\nCharles S. Cheeney, Troop G, First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer\\nCavalry, March 31, 1864.\\nLouis Curtois, Troop G, Firsl Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Cav-\\nalry, March 31, 1864.\\nJames Dailey, Troop I First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Cav-\\nalry, June 25, 1864.\\nJames Eastman, Troop 1 First Regiment. New Hampshire Volunteer\\nConant, furnished substitute\\nrhittaker. furnished substitute.\\nAdams, tin hi-hcd -iih-ti! nte\\n1 H. Nutting, pan! commutation.\\nII -in.. i, discharged fot disability or othet i\\nM 1 1 i.uii, discharged for disability or other i\\nB Ni well, discharged tor disability or other i\\ni Hut. hinsoii, ilisrliarge.l lor dlsahilll or ..Hi. I\\nn 1 March, ilis.baig.il for disability or other c\\narrett, discharged for disability ther causes\\nGaney, discharged t..i disability or othet cause)\\n.Mar-\\nFirst Regiment, N. w II m|.-hn.\\nlist Regiment, New Hampshire\\nRegiment. New Hampshire Vol\\nairy, March -J. 1864.\\nHenry G iwin, C panj A, Eleventh Re| nt. Vpril 5, 1864.\\nJohn Staw, Company I, Seventh Reg D1 Septentbei 22 I\\nThomas Eletchet Company I Seven! Regit ent, September 22, 1864\\nK.lwanl Trial, Company A, N nth Regin \\\\n_u-i J.. I SI 1 missing\\nPeter Baker, ..iiifsm c. Ninth Regiment, \\\\iieu-l Is.u.\\nJohn L. Blance, Company F. Fifth Reg nt, Septembet 13, 1864.\\nCharles H. Dogberty, Company It, Filth Regiment, .September 17, 1864.\\ni I 1864.\\nEdward McGwire. C [...in I I ll;..., V t 1- I\\nThomas McCnue.c,,,,, pan, I I iftl Regit ibel 2, IS.14.\\nJohn Muholiey, Company 1 I nth lb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in,, ni pt. ml. i lsi ,4.\\nJohn Mountain, Company K, i ftl Rt it pi mbei 19, 1864.\\nWilliam H. Rand, Company 1 l fth B imi I in a I 25, 18G4.\\nJohn Sweeney, Company F, Filth Regiment, lugusl II, 1864.\\nSydney A Barrett, veteran, regnlar army, Angus* 31, 1864,\\nveteran, regular army, Septemhei I Istll.\\nThomas Dunham, veteran, regular army, Septembel I. 1864.\\n.lam. smith .v. t.ian. ,.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_, ,1a, ai me. Sepliin I. ei I I\\n.I......I, .l,,lin-oii. V.I. rail, roeular army. Spread,,., J I I\\nMorton In-all-. ,-nli-ted in the navy, but fell -iel, an. I .In. I Match\\n1862, befori j. .nun rbi\\nNelson l. Bat ret!\\n.lames P. Nutting, ll- I,.,,..-.! I. a .li-al.ibl\\nir other causes\\nib.-i causes\\nNAMES OF THOSE Wlln Fl RNISHED SIBSTITI TES INDER\\nTHE CALL OF JULY IS, 1864.\\nN t ll.s ni Pl,l;-i,\\\\s |,R M TFI) FUtiM M.\\nJerome Davis, furnished substitute.\\nun- Walt.,-, furnished substitute.\\nMorton I. Barrett, furnished sub-titute\\nHorace E. Davis, furnished substitute,\\nJoseph McGovven, fiirnislie 1 -ub-titut.-.\\nSEPTEMBER -1,\\nI I. i haiiiberlain\\nihaile- P. Ricliardsoii\\n.lames Taft.\\n\\\\h, I I. \\\\,l;uns.\\nSewall 1 Adams.\\nlniville .1. 1.\\nEdwin L. Nutting\\nCharles E K, v.\\nRufus 1 Boynton.\\nlane- Russell.\\nAnson d. Rideout.\\nI ge W. S. I iptllle.\\nBarnard Lamb.\\nJoel H. Elliott.\\nWilliam A Adams\\nnptiire.\\nJohn.L. Taft.\\nA A. Smith.\\nAlvah Eakin.\\nGeorge 1.. Id 1.\\nHorace K. Hodgeman.\\nNelson I\u00e2\u0080\u009e Barrett.\\nI I lb i. mi\\nEdward McGuire.\\nJohn Main y.\\nThomas Florence.\\nJoseph Marshall.\\nJoseph Freni h.\\nJohn L. Blame.\\nJacob Johnson.\\nJames Smith.\\nThomas Fletcher.\\nDavid Finn.\\nPeter Baket\\ni harles Barli\\nThomas Dunham.\\n.1, Gilson.\\nJohn Mountain.\\nEdward Prial.\\nJohn .Sweeney.\\nWilliam II. Rand.\\nCI, arlr s II Dough,\\n\\\\1 all. i .1 e.\\nAmount paid tin- substitutes, $22,455\\namount paid, $1225; lowest, $900.\\nState bounty, tov n i m 86\\nIt appears by it report made\\nIV till -elect 1 1 1 1\\ntin- town that bounties were pai\\nIn. follows:\\nTo three years n, [862\\n52,551\\n..in- n. isi;j\\nTo conscripts, lsil. i\\n2, ioo!oo\\nToconscripts, 1864\\n!)93 15\\nK ived from the gove tent\\n.Moo", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0863.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF GREENVILLE.\\nF. MEEHIAM.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nThe town of Greenville is a rectangle in form,\\nabout four miles in length, by one and one-half miles\\nin breadth, cut from the northwest corner of Mason,\\nand otherwise bounded north by Temple and Wilton,\\nand west by New Ipswich.\\nIts outlines are from the original survey, on the\\ncardinal points of the compass by the needle, as\\nwas said in the grant, except the north line, which\\ninclude- a gore of more than a hundred rods in width,\\nhut is also given in the old charter as running east.\\nIts surface is quite undulating, rising into several\\nhills of considerahle height and attractive prospects.\\nf these the nmst prominent are the Adams, Bellows,\\nCampbell, Dunster, Lawrence, Merriam and Barrett,\\nthe hitter reaching an altitude of twelve hundred and\\nseventy-one feet, and affording a valuable peak for\\nthe observations of the United States Coast Survey.\\nIts chief stream is the Soulie^an Itiver, whose de-\\nscent is quite rapid, furnishing valuable mill sites,\\nwhich are as yet but partially improved. Of these\\nHigh Falls is deserving of special notice for it- scenic\\ngrandeur and favorable circumstances for utilizing a\\ngreat water-power. The other water courses are but\\ntrout brooks, having their source in the immediate\\nvicinity, and known by the names of the early settlers\\nnear Davis, Hill and Shattuck.\\nThe -oil was originally a rich mould, and while\\nmost of the pastures have suffered from long grazing,\\nthe fields of the hest cultivated farms still yield rich\\nreturns for careful tillage. Along the meadows and\\nup the hillsides, near the river, the subsoil is largely\\nclay and has to a considerable extent been wrought\\ninto brick- of the best quality and various articles of\\npottery. Beneath tin- a- a foundation, cropping out\\nin frequent ledges, suitable for quarrying, or scattered\\nin broken masse- upon the surface, is an inexhaustible\\nsupply of gneiss or granite.\\nThe great forests of the past, as well as the younger\\nwing in their place, are for the most part\\ndeciduous. A lew acre- of pine, with an occasional\\ngroup of hemlock and yet rarer spruce, may still be\\nfound, but the maple-, red. rock and white predomin-\\n518\\nate, while the birch, beech, oak, ash, elm, ha\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and\\ncherry abound with a sprinkling of chestnut and\\nhickory near the southeast corner of the town.\\nThe first New Ipswich grant included the most valu-\\nable portion of Greenville, but subsequent charters\\ngave this territory to No. 1, afterwards incorporated\\nas Mason, with which parent town its history for\\nmore than a century was merged.\\nThe earliest settlement seems to have been in the\\nsouthwest corner of the town and the pioneer settler,\\nObadiab Parker, who soon built a frame house, a\\ngood house and about two acres cleared the pro-\\nprietors committee report to the proprietors meeting,\\nin Groton, Mass., October 25, 1752. On the 5lh of\\nJanuary, 1 70S, this same Lieutenant Obadiab Parker,\\nas with the nice regard of the day for military rank, he\\nwas called, was chosen to go to Portsmouth to secure\\nthe Mason charter and distribute the money there-\\nfor. His success appears in Governor Wentworth s\\ncharter, dated August 6th of the same year, author-\\nizing Obadiab Parker, gentleman, to call the first\\ntown-meeting, which he did by his warrant of Sep-\\ntember 5th. At this meeting, on the 19th of the same\\nmonth, he was elected moderator and one of the board\\nof selectmen; and it may be- added that in personal\\npresence, business capacity and Christian character\\nhe seem- to have been a lather of whom no town need\\nbe ashamed.\\nIt is said that the first house erected in the village\\nstood near the site id the town-house. It is worthy of\\nremembrance as the birth-place of one of the noblest\\nmen that ever honored the history of the town Deacon\\nMerrill C. Podge: and after removal the structure i-\\nstill standing on TempleStreet opposite the residence\\nof James Taft, Esq. It seems also from obscure\\nrecords, that a mill was very early built at one of the\\ntall- of the Souhegan hard by. Certainly the pro-\\nprietors voted November 4, 1867 ami chose a com-\\nmittee to view the roads to accommodate Slipton\\nwith power, if judged best, to lay out the road- by\\nMr. Barrett s mills; and in the warrant of the first\\ntown-meeting after incorporation was an article to\\nsee if the town will, accept the road lately laid out by\\nMr. Thomas Barretts and Amos Dakins mills and,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0864.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "GREENVILLE.\\n519\\nbuild a bridge over tbe river now the water is low.\\nAnd the record tells us, Voted, to accept the mad.\\nVoted, to build a bridge. A.bout this mill and the\\nsubsequent industries which took their motive power\\nfrom the several falls of the Souhegan grew a thrifty\\nvillage, known as Mason Earbor, Mason Village and\\nsometimes Souhegan Village, until its incorporation\\nJune 28, 1*72, with some of the territory naturally\\nclinging to it and the name which it now bears.\\nThe citizens of the Ireenville district were always\\nprominent in the history of Mason, furnishing its first\\nrepresentative, Deacon Amos Dakin, when classed\\nwith Ualiy (now Brookline), also when Joseph Mer-\\nriam led the list of town representatives. The organ-\\nization of the Second ongregational Church in Mason,\\nafterwards the Congregational Church in Greenville,\\ntook away the three deacons of the old church,\\nNathan Wood, Franklin Merriamand Simeon Cragin.\\nAnd so the whole secular and sacred life of Mason\\nbefore division is one in which Greenville shares\\nmost honorably.\\nThe distance of the village from the centre of\\nMason in time produced the same results as have so\\noften appeared in the change of town lines to accom-\\nmodate business centres. As usual the first impulse\\ncame from the conscience. The Baptists were the\\npioneers in this movement, erecting a meeting-house\\nin the village as early as the year 1827 and or-\\nganizing a new Baptist t Jhurch the year following.\\nThenceforth, the interest and worship of the denomi-\\nnation centered there, and the previous organization\\nand services at Mason Centre were discontinued.\\nTime passed, and the lathers and mothers of Puri-\\ntan faith and order could get only a part of their\\nfamilies and friends to their church three miles\\naway; hence, the organization of the Congregational\\nChurch June 3, 1847.\\nNearly twenty-four years afterwards, the convenience\\nof the manufacturing population led to a proposition\\non the part of .Tames L. Chamberlin, Esq., to buy the\\nold town-house at the centre of Mason and build in\\nits stead, at the village, an attractive edifice, fitted up\\nfor all requisite town purposes and to he freely used\\nfor them, upon conditions which were regarded by his\\nneighbors as generous, but which those near and be-\\nyond the old town-house were naturally reluctant to\\naccept. Out of this difference of opinion and conse-\\nquent excitement of feeling an amicable way of relief\\nwas found in division, citizens on one side giving the\\nrequisite legal notice and those on the other urging\\nthe matter to a successful issue.\\nBy the terms of its charter Greenville was to as-\\nsume thirteen-twentieths of the liabilities of Mason.\\nprior to separation and take besides its share of\\nthe north gore, forty-five of the two hundred eighty\\nacre-lots laid out in the original survey of the parent\\ntown.\\nSamuel Haines, James L. Chamberlin and Amos\\nScripture were empowered to call the first town-\\nmeeting, and upon their warrant the town organiza-\\ntion was perfected. July 17, 1X7J.\\nSome unfortunate litigation ensued with Mason\\nconcerning the Boynton common scl 1 fund which\\nwas decided in favor of the latter town, ami also as\\nto the south line of Greenville which resulted in es-\\ntablishing the full claim of the young town. The\\nmost harmonious relations have ever since existed\\nwith the mother-town and the citizens of Greenville,\\nbeyond all others, rejoice in her prosperity.\\nDuring the first year- of independent town history\\nall public meetings were held in the Congregational\\nvestn and the selectmen had their oflice in Mr.\\nChamberlin s building on the site of the town-house.\\nThe desire for a town-home soon began to express\\nitself. The Columbian Manufacturing Company\\nmade a generous oiler of a gratuitous lot, near the\\njunction of Main and New Ipswich streets, and it\\nwas once voted to accept the offer and build thereon,\\nbut the town afterwards decided to purchase land of\\nMr. Chamberlin and built there, in the year 1876,\\nthe present town-house. It is a substantial brick\\nstructure, secular Gothic in style of architecture, u ith\\nbasement and lower story for store, post-office and\\nselectmen s room, while above are main and banquet\\nhalls with ante-rooms. It was dedicated near the\\nclose of the year, cost, including land, about thirty\\nthousand dollars; building committee, James L.\\nChamberlin, Franklin B. Heald, George C. Bobbins,\\nHenry I. Whitney and Milton H. Hardy.\\nThe population of Greenville at its census in 1880\\nwas ten hundred and seventy-two. Its valuation by\\nthe selectmen for the year 1885 was six hundred thou-\\nsand tour hundred and ninety-four dollars.\\nThe principal town officers have been,\\nMODERATORS.\\nDavid Millikin, 1872.\\nJames I,. Chamberlin, 1st:;, 71, 7.:., 76, 77, 7s, 79, 80, 82.\\nL f II Livingston, lssil.\\nStephen H. Bacon, 1880, 82, 83, 84, 85.\\nThomas Hays, 1884.\\n.lolin Kenney, 1885\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\nJames Taft, 1872.\\nEben F. Pierce, 1873, 71, 77.\\nG 1 Herriam, 1875, 76.\\nFrank E. Pierce, 1878, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85\\nCharles E. Marsh, 1879\\nSELECTMEN.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew Henry, John Kenney, George M. Farrar.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry J. Whitney, Samuel Haines, Ja s L. Chamberlin.\\n1S74. Henry J. Whitney, James I., t hamberlih, Marshall Kimball.\\n1ST; Henry .1. Whitney, James L. Chamherlin, James Taft.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James L. Chamberlin, Franklin B. Heal. 1, Milton H. Hardy.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Franklin li. Heald, Janes Taft, Samuel E. Adams.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Franklin B. Heald, Ji Taft, Nathan P Farrar.\\ntsT i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen II. 1 ao ii, Nathan P. Farrar. Thomas Hays\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen H. Baeou, Nathan P. Farrar, i.ie..r-e la.hhins.\\n1881-82.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles E. Hall, Nathan P. Farrar. George c. Robbins.\\n1 arles E. Hall, Nathan P. Fanar, Milton II. Hardy.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan P. Farrar. Milt,. n II. Hardy, Bronson r Lamb\\nIss;,._o\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,,rL e 1. R,.bl.ins, William II. Sanborne, James Taft.\\nREPRESENTATIVES", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0865.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnry, L878.\\nI iiarles Marsh, 1880.\\nStephen B I\\nhi i EG VI I. TO CONS1 I ll TIOM \\\\l. CONI ENTIOK.\\nJ. I. Chamberlin, IS76.\\nI 1:1 USURERS.\\nJ. L. Chamberlin, 1872, 73, 7). 75, 76, 77, 7s.\\nSI. C. Dodge, 1879, 3i\\nP Lamb, 1882, 83.\\nI I. Ball, 1884.\\nOrin D. Prescott, 18S\\n-i ll RINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE.\\nM. C. Dodge, 1872, 73 74, 78\\nI i ll.. 1876, 77. 79, 81, 82, 83, -1\\nI ey, ls7s\\nI I,. Marsh, 1878.\\nF. A. Newell, 1880.\\nnsey, 1885.\\nIllonw w SURVEYORS.\\nElisha B. B..\\nH. J. Whit\\nM. H. Hardy, 1-7... 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84.\\nH. M. Livingston, 1877, 78.\\nSI PERVISORS.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew Henry, John Janes, George H. I.i\\\\ ih--i..ii\\nIvMi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Oeorge H. l.iuit^.l Harrison II. Sliuuiway, Charles E.\\nMarsh.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harrison II. Shumway, Charles F. Smith, George I. Bl 1.\\nISM.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fntnk I. IYabo.lv, Harrison H. Slumnvav, Sila- A. Hays.\\nBusiness History. In the original rant of the\\nMasonian proprietors mention is made of two lots for\\nencouragement of building mills. At the first draft\\nit seems that neither of the lots selected t r this pur-\\npose were within the bounds of Greenville, but the\\nsuperior advantages of the waterfall of the Souhegan\\nRiver were soon recognized and the needful arrange-\\nments made for building saw and grist-mills there.\\nFrom Hon. J. I!. Hill s Hist. try of Mason it ap-\\npears a committee was appointed at a proprietors\\nmeeting in 1751 to make a contract for constructing\\nmills on this privilege, the saw-mill to be completed\\nby the 25th of May, 17~ 2, and the corn-mill in a year\\nfrom that date. This was done, but the contractor\\nfailed to fulfill hi- bond and a suit tit law followed.\\nThe mills, however, were soon built by Thomas and\\nCharles Barrett. At least the latter sold his interest\\nto Deacon Amos Dakin and moved to New Ipswich,\\naccording to some authorities as early as 17 4. Dea-\\ncon Dakin soon aftei became sole proprietor and con-\\ntinued so until his death in 1779, when the property\\npassed to his son, Deacon Timothy Dakin, who re-\\nbuilt the mills in a very substantial manner and\\nremained the owner until 1*14, when he sold them\\nwith the privilege to Major Seth King and John\\nStevens, Esq. From these owners they passed in\\ntime to William Durgin and were directed bj John\\nFelt until September 18, 1854, when they were pur-\\nchased I.-, the Columbian Manufacturing Company,\\nto give place to one of its large factories, called No. 1.\\nThe first dam above the bridge was made by Deacon\\nAmos Dakin about 1788. Below this .lam, on the\\nsouth side of the stream, a carding and fulling mill\\nwas built by John Everett about the beginning of the\\ncentury. It was occupied by him, afterwards by\\nisbj and others for the same purpose until\\nthe year 1829, when it was removed to give room for\\nthe present No. 1 factory building of the Columbian\\nManufacturing Company.\\nThe water-power opposite on the south bank of the\\nriver was first used for a blacksmith s shop, in which\\nwas a trip hammer for the manufacture of scythes\\nand axes. This business was conducted by Ezra\\nNewell, and at the commencement of the century\\ncut-nails were there made. Not far from the year\\n1813, a new building was erected for the manufacture\\nof various woolen fabrics under the direction of\\nMajor Seth King. This too, afterwards passed into\\nthe possession of the Columbian Manufacturing Com-\\npany, and the site is now occupied by its planing-\\nmill and repair-shop. The three mill privileges\\nimmediately below those already mentioned early\\ncame into the hands of Roger Chandler and associ-\\nates, who soon improved the two lower ones with the\\nrequisite dams and buildings for manufacturing pur-\\nposes. Roger handler contract with Timothy Dakin\\nand Joseph Sanders for the building of the principal\\ndam and to set up a building for a cotton -factory\\nbears date of June 22, 1 1 1! and pledges them to\\ncomplete it all by the middle of November, while he\\nbinds himself to pay therefor at specified times one\\nthousand and fifty dollars, the major part in cotton,\\nyarn, or cloth, or store g Is, as they may choose, at\\ncash prices, also to furnish them with gla-s. nails and\\nlime, i stipulated terms, and one barrel of New\\nEngland rum at cash price. The exact date of build-\\ning the lower factory is uncertain, but under the\\nnames of Roger Chandler Co., Isaacs, Taft Co.,\\nand Mason Cotton Factory, the manufacture of yam\\nand cloth was here continued for many years.\\nIn the year 1818, Luammi Chamberlin bargained\\nfor water-power of this Mason Cotton Factory Com-\\npany, at its upper fall, and there built a machine shop\\nwhere be carried on quite extensively the manufac-\\nture of cotton and woolen machinery, machine tools,\\netc. He gave special attention to the making of\\npower-looms and originated a valuable improvement\\non those in previous use. About the year 1840, in\\ncompany with Captain Thomas Pierce, he secured\\nand fitted up the mills below for the manufacture of\\nsatinets and other woolen goods. The buildings\\nwere also extended for the lying and finishing of\\ncloth by Captain Josiah Heald. Besides, Mr. Cham-\\nberlin erected and operated a lumber mill further\\ndown the river, while he conducted the business of\\nblacksmithing and other important industries.\\nAfter a season the manufacture of woolen fabrics\\npassed into the hands of Patterson, Noone A: Clark.\\nWhen the other partners retired John Clark con-\\ntinued the business alone until his removal to Bos-\\nton left Mr. Chamberlin to resume it again. His", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0866.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "QBEENVILLE.\\n521\\nenterprise and mechanical skill made him a conspicu-\\nous figure in the early history of the village. He\\ncame to it in his early manhood and by his business\\nventures did much to quicken the life and build up\\nthe material interests of the community. For years\\nbefore his death, November 24, 1853, his affairs were\\ndirected by his son, James L. Chamberlin, who\\nafterwards, through his own active career, developed\\na like executive force and versatility of talent. Beyond\\nthe business responsibilities thus devolved upon him,\\nhe proceeded, in 1857, to build a more reliable dam\\nupon the lowest mill site of Roger Chandler Com-\\npany with substantial brick buildings on the cast side\\nnt tin- river for a flouring mill. This he managed\\nmost successfully and afterwards made large additions\\nto the mills themselves, introducing the manufacture\\nof furniture, which grew under his care to large pro-\\nportions and gave him all enviable reputation for\\nexcellence of workmanship, until just as he was ar-\\nranging for yet further expansion of the business,\\nwhen he was suddenly checked by untimely accident\\nand death May 1883.\\nThe making of twine was very profitably com-\\nmenced in the chief building of the Mason Cotton\\nFactory during the year 1856. John Barker and the\\nfirms of Barker Lynch, Barker Nichols and\\nBarker Brothers, and finally W. Jaquith, continued\\nthe business for several years. )ther enterprises, at va-\\nrious times, have taken theirpower from these several\\nfalls, as the manufacturing of chairs by George Kim-\\nball, lead pencils by Aaron Heywood, extens\\ntal.lcs by Willard Jefts, boxes by Gray Fuller,\\nand brackets at the lower mill by John M. White.\\nThen, without the use of water-power, there has been\\nthe manufacture of potash by Timothy Dakin, pot-\\ntery by Rue) Richardson, bricks l.y the Chamberlins,\\nboots and shoes by Wilson cV Taft, tinware I.\\\\ Scrip-\\nture S \\\\n.is. Daniel Felch ami also by Nathan P.\\nFarrar, furniture by William Saw tell, and outside\\ntin.- village l.y Nathan Woods; while at Davis village,\\nin tin southwest corner of the town, there has been a\\nlumber-mill at different times under the care of Cal-\\nvin Davis and A.Iron Winship, with an interval,\\n.luring which its power was used by Leonard Morse\\nf.r the making of printers supplies. Want of space\\nforbids much further detail except to remark the\\nearly thrift of small industries and enterprises of\\nthose with limited capital. From the busy hive went\\nforth many who have won distinction and wealth by\\nthe skill and character here developed. Abner\\nChickering, Isaac Kimball, Asa Webberand John R.\\nLynch have long been at the bead of prosperous\\nblacksmiths shops. Benoni C. Kimball, Sullivan\\nHoward, Thomas Hays and Frederic Mansfield have\\nbeen successful builders, and Benjamin Livingston\\nSons have won special reputation as stone-masons.\\nSo of others if space permitted the mention of their\\nmany names.\\nShortly after the death of James L. Chamberlin\\nhis lumber-mill was lea.-ed to Isaiah Wheeler, who\\nhas since managed it with great efficiency. The\\nflouring-mill is now conducted by Orin D. Prescott,\\nThomas D. Bennett superintendent. The furniture\\nfactories are again in full activity, operated l.y A.\\nWright Co., L. C. Farwell resident and managing\\npartner, with some forty workmen in their employ.\\nBut the chief impulse in the upbuilding of (liven-\\nville has come from the Columbian Manufacturing\\nCompany. This corporation was chartered by the\\nNew Hampshire Legislature June, 1*26, as the lien-\\nBen Manufacturing Company. Silas Bullard aud\\nAssociates and Successors were incorporated with a\\ncapital of three hundred thousand dollars, for the\\nmanufacture of cotton, woolen and other goods, and\\nsuch other branches of trade and manufactures as may\\nbe usefully carried on. The next year the corporate\\nname was changed to that which has since I, ecu\\nborne, and authority has subsequently been given\\nto increase the capital stock. The company now owns\\nsix factories within reach of about two miles, five of\\nthem in full operation. Of the two running in New\\nIpswich the upper one, at Bank village, variously\\ncalled Waterloom, Mountain Mill and No. 3, is on the\\nsite of the first cotton factorj in New Hampshire.\\nThe Mice of the company is at Greenville, and its\\nthree large factories there with all their drying and\\nfinishing attachments occupy all the ground and use\\nall the power before distribute. 1 ing tin-smaller in-\\ndustries above the furniture and flouring mills.\\nThe first agent was harles Barrett, the builder of\\nthe upper or No. 1 factory, which he put in operation\\nin the year 1830. Upon his retirement Messrs. Dakin\\nand Daniels here manufactured for thecompany under\\na contract by the yard. The agents since this time\\nhave been Leonard Dakin, 1837-39; John E. Bacon,\\nL839 ll; Willard Daniels, 1841-43 Stephen Smith,\\n1843-57; (/harles P. Richardson, 1857-70; Samuel\\nHaines, 1870, who is still in charge Factory No. -1\\nwas erected in 1856 by Stephen Smith, and Factory\\nNo. li in 1S7^ by Samuel Haines.\\nThese buildings are all of brick, stoutly built and\\nfully equipped with boilers, engines and all requisite\\nmeans for operation by steam as well as by water.\\nOf the 566 persons in the employ of this company\\n390 reside in Greenville. The average pay-roll of\\nbe companj is about $11,000 each month. Number\\nof spindles, 22,000; number of 1 is, .US, trans-\\nforming monthly l J7,000 pounds of cotton into 624,-\\n000 yards of cloth, mostly colored shirtings and den-\\nims. The company has been eminently\\nIts stock commands a high premium and can rarely\\nbe obtained. Its buildings are patterns of neatness,\\nits grounds tastefully ornamented with choice shade\\ntreesand its powerful influence ever felt upon the\\nside of temperance.\\nIts present offici Fabyan, treas-\\nurer, Boston, Mass; Samuel Haines, agent at the\\nworks; Bliss, Fabyan Co., selling agents. Boston.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0867.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "522\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWi\\nW. Stevenson,\\nNew York and Philadelj\\npaymaster.\\nThe first merchant who kept an extensive stock\\nof goods for sale at the village, if not the first in point\\nof time, was Isaiah Kidder, son of Reuben Kidder,\\nof New Ipswich. He commenced trade in 1799.\\nBy his enterprise and fair dealing he soon won the\\nconfidence of the community; and as his was then\\nthe principal store in Mason, Temple and Wilton, his\\ntrade was extensive and lucrative. On closing his\\nbusiness, at the expiration of six years, he declared\\nthat thirty dollars would coverall his losses by bad\\ndebts, a fact that speaks well both for the people and\\nthe merchant. So says Hill s History, and that of\\nNew Ipswich is even more emphatic in its eulogy of\\nhis after career. No man was ever more popular in\\nthe town or more interested in its history. Mr.\\nKidder has closely examined thesubject and foretold\\nthat the manufacture of cotton into various fabrics\\nwas to be a great interest in New England. With a\\nsanguine spirit he soon began the manufacture of\\nstripes, checks, ginghams and velvets and for this\\npurpose procured various fixtures, till then unknown\\nin this country, and as no persons proper to carry on\\nthese projects were to be found, they wen- procured\\nfrom England and Scotland. It was left to later\\ntime and other persons to mature and carry out such\\nenterprises successfully and to reap the fruits of\\nwhich he had planted the seeds. In the midst of the\\ngrandesl manufacturing schemes and with every\\nprospect of ultimate early success, he was eut oil by\\nfever at the early age of forty-one years.\\nRoger Chandler ami associates seem to have kept\\ngoods for the public, as well as manufactured cloth,\\nif we may judge from their invoices. One of June\\n22, 1812, the very day of the contract for building\\ntheir new dam and factory, gives quite a stock of\\ngroceries, but reminds us of the temperance progress\\nsince, in its leading articles,\\n$1.10 -n\\n1 ltli.l. Rum, 109 Knls.,\\n1 Hhd. i. in, 122 gals.,\\n1 BM. Brandy, 30) _, galB.,\\nOr $222.16 for spirituous liquors, while only $429,\\nwas allowed for some twenty of the necessaries of\\nlife including powder and shot for those iii a new\\ncountry and in time of war.\\nOf those who afterwards for a long time accommo-\\ndated their neighbors with the various supplies of a\\ncountry store two figures are conspicuous, James\\nTaft, by trade a tanner, upon coming to Mason vil-\\nlage a manufacturer, afterwards a man of affairs in\\nthe skill with which he conducted several branches\\nof business at the same time with uniform success,\\nand George Elliott, a son of poverty and a frequent\\nsufferer from fire and other losses, but a gentleman of\\nrare suavity and indomitable perseverance. Their\\n1 1. r-. like them, have generally been financially\\nsuccessful, but thej arc still living, and the words of\\neulogy however richly earned must be deferred.\\nIt is difficult to learn the exact date when the vil-\\nlage was deemed worthy of a post-office. Probably\\nabout the year 1830 George Elliott received the\\nappointment of postmaster. Following him have\\nbeen George Taft, 1845-49; Lucius A. Elliott, 1849-\\n54; .lames Taft. Jr., 1854-61; Merrill C. Dodge,\\n1861-65; Franklin B. Heald, L865-77; and Milton\\nII. Hardy, 1877, the present incumbent.\\nI m: Peterborough and Shirley Railroad,\\nnow the Greenville Branch of the Fitchburg Kail-\\nroad, was put in operation as tar as the Souhegan\\nRiver, or about a mile from the village, November 11,\\n1850, and two years after the road was completed to\\nits present terminus. This delay was caused by the\\nlabor requisite to build the bridge for the river cross-\\ning, which has been called one of the greatest works\\nof art in New Hampshire. It is mainly of wood,\\nhut stoutly trussed with iron, six hundred feet in\\nlength, and where it crosses the stream in its reach\\nfrom bluff to bluff about one hundred feet above it.\\nTwo massive piers of granite masonry, one of them\\nsome eighty feet in height, beside the terminal abut-\\nments support the structure, from which the tourist\\nhas a most interesting view of the ravine below, with\\nits wooded sides and winding waters. The original\\nproject of continuing the mad through New Ipswich\\nto Peterborough has not yet been carried out on ac-\\ncount of the cost of construction and the extension\\nof other mads. Its management gives superior mail\\naccommodations and traveling facilities to the citi-\\nzens. Station agent, Ambrose G. Stickney; conduc-\\ntor, Leonard Felch engineers, Andrew Henry, John\\nAllison road-master, William E. Ames; express-\\nmen, E. P. Sherman and A. Scripture. Regular\\nstages also connect with the adjoining towns of New\\nIpswich, Temple and Wilton.\\nThe Mason Village Savings-Bank was chartered\\nJuly 1, 1870, and organized July 30th of that year.\\nPresidents\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Thomas II, Marshall, 1870-72,\\nand Samuel Haines, Esq., 1872 until the present\\ntime.\\nVice-Presidents. Amos Scripture, Dexter L. Bur-\\nton. Jonathan Russell i 2d Sumner B. Nichols, El-\\nbridge G. Cutter, T. H. Marshall, G. F. Merriam, J.\\nI.. Chamberlin, Isaiah Wheeler, Eli Foster, M. C.\\nHodge, Samuel E. Adams, Beniah H. Savage, S. H.\\nBacon and John Kenney.\\nSecretaries.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Otis F. Packard, 1870-77; W. W.\\nStevenson, 1*77. and is still in office.\\nTreasurers.-F. B. Heald, 1870-77 M. II. Hardy,\\n1*77. and is still officiating.\\nClerk.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles F. Marshall.\\nThe largest deposit has been about one hundred\\nand seventeen thousand dollars. Twenty dividends\\nof two and one-half per cent, have been paid, six of\\ntwo per cent., and two extra dividends.\\nEducational History.^! he fust school-house in\\nthe village, at the junction of Main and Pleasant\\nStreets, was a present from two of its public-spirited", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0868.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "GREENVILLE.\\ncitizens, Timothy Dakin and Jason Dunster. With\\nthe increase of scholars ami consequent need it better\\ngrading and more extensive grounds, came the im-\\npulse to rebuild, and the present more commodious\\nedifice upon the hill was erected, it has stood some\\nthirty-five years, and its first masters, Hon. Timoth)\\nPerry ami Judge Levi Wallace, suggest the excel-\\nlent management which has generally characterized\\nits schools. These are of three grades, and ansvi er to\\nthe same bell, the gift of Samuel Haines. The Bul-\\nlard school-house is in Greenville, and the old dis-\\ntrict continues its individual, life though cut in twain\\nby the line of division between the old and new towns.\\nThe districts south were united about forty years ago,\\nand their two dilapidated school-houses taken to con-\\nstruct a new one in a new location between. Theold\\ncorner school-house, though more than a mile from\\nthe village, was the place where its first generation\\nwas educated. Many a sturdy disciplinarian there\\nwielded the rod, manya saintly mistress there taught\\nthe young idea how to shoot, many pleasant recollec-\\ntions are connected with its weather-beaten exterior,\\nand ceiling crayoned with charcoal from the hands of\\nathletes, who there Struggled together to register the\\nfarthest leap. The long benches carved with all sorts\\nof designs by the penknife, the many tokens of\\nthe stress of earlier times, might contrast painfully\\nwith the more elegant accommodations for the rising\\ngeneration but it will be well for them if they do as\\ngood practical work, in proportion to their opportu-\\nnities, as did their forefathers and mothers. The stock\\nof the pioneers is suggested by the names affixed to\\nthe quit-claim deed of the spot after the old school-\\nhouse was removed\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Lawrence, Amos Law-\\nrence ami Abb.it Lawrence. Son f the obstacles in\\nthe way of culture in those days appear in these lines\\nby one of the boys there taught, Rev. Edwin E. Mer-\\nriam, of Salem, Pa.\\nTHE SCHOLAR S LAMENT.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\.i longer, as m daysof yore,\\nThat ancient 1 1 1 house stands\\nWithin its hallowed walls no m\\nScholars their minds with learning store,\\nBy studying I ks which teach the lore\\nOf this and other lands.\\nv. more upon the window pane\\nThe school-marm V rap I hear,\\nTo call us tu our work again,\\nAftei .1 ran upon the plain,\\nAnd never did she rap In vain,\\nFor all wouldsoon appear.\\nTin- Summer s storms would enter there\\nThrough cracks am] openings ^v i I\\nAnd rats would ss the rl in fear,\\nLest danger Bhould to them he near,\\nAnd squirrels, too. would thereappear,\\nAnd lain from Bide to side.\\nTwas there I learneil to lea. I and write,\\nWithin those time-worn walls;\\nWhen Summer s sun was shining flight,\\nFor Winter in his power ami might,\\nA] rayed in garb of snowy white\\nThe benches, Booi ami walls.\\nAlel J..ys I.. I. o i g,.,M\\nAs a musical director, Professor Elisha B. Barrett\\nhas won a wide reputation during nearly fifty years\\nservice at the head of the church choir, anil in\\nthe conduct of more than one hundred and eight} ses-\\nsions of the singing-school.\\nThe Greenville Town Library had it.- origin ma\\ngift of one thousand dollars for that purpose by\\nJames L. Chamberlin. This primary donation was\\nmade in L876, and has been supplemented with gilts\\nfrom others, as well as town appropriations, until the\\npresent number of volumes is about sixteen hundred.\\nThe irrriirill, A i n-rtisrr was first issued in the\\nyear 1876; Dr. C. E. Hall, local editor for the first\\nfive years. Upon his retirement C. F. Marshall ac-\\ncepted the trust and still retains ii.\\nThe list of college graduates from Greenville in-\\ncludes the following names,\\nSamuel Dakin, Esq., Dartmouth, ITnT Obadiah Parker, Harvard,\\nI Veil t. 1st:: Key. Jesse Elllol,\\nleiriam, Amherst, 1858 Rei Geoi ge\\niklin .1. Clark, Harvard, [86V I:.\\ns. -i James \\\\V. Henry, Dartmouth,\\nrd, 1881 Elmer E. Kimball, Hart.\\nis, 1885. Undergraduate, Henry A.\\nentered the leal\\n1799 Rev. Israel Elliot, Dnivei\\nHamilton, L826 i I. Iv in I\\nF. Merriam, Amherst, 1- I 1\\nH. .Martin Kellogg. Dartmoutl\\n1-7- Howard P. Haines. Ha\\ntfabel Haines, si\\nMcGown, Amherst, 1886.\\nIthers from the tov\\nfollows\\nIter. William Elliot, Ue\\\\ Joseph Elliot, Rev. John Earrar, Rev. M.\\nI.. Holt, Dr. Moses Dakin, Hon Joseph E. Donnell, M H, Herbert .1.\\nTaft, Esq Prol I larence A.Taylor.\\nMilitary History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The military history of Green-\\nville is necessarily merged in that of the parent town,\\nas the years since incorporation havi been, happily,\\ntho e ol peace. it would appear that tit least twenty-\\nfive soldiers went from our sparsely-settled six square\\nmiles to serve in the war of independence. It is\\nbut a lew years since the last pensioner of the War of\\n1812 passed away, ami in the struggle for the main-\\ntenance of the L nioii tit least fifty from this district\\nanswered loyallj to the government call in person or\\nby substitute. They were in all arms of the service.\\nThey fell in battle, died with disease, star\\\\ ed within the\\nSouthern prison, returned to find tin early grave or\\nsurvived with the sufferings oi long martyrdom.\\nCaptain Thomas E. Marshall, Lieutenants M. 11.\\nHardy, M. L. Holt and J. E. Donnel returned with\\ncommissions. Lieutenant Henry A. Cragin led :i\\nC panj oi the famous Now York Seventh to the de-\\nfence of the national capital. Frederick Kimball, one\\nof the Free Soil pioneers in Kansas, was killed in Quan-\\ntrell s raid through Lawrence. Several veterans ol\\nthe war have become citizens since their return\\namong the number Captain tiurts, Lieutenants C. I-;.\\nMarsh and C. E. hers.,,,. Herman Shedd Post, No.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01~ G. A. R., named from a stanch patriot, who went", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0869.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "524\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nfour factories to lay down his life at\\nFair Oaks, was organized June 28, L870, and now\\ncontains thirty-six members from Greenville, New\\n[pswich and vicinity. In Past Commanders have\\nbeen Captain T. E. Marshall, G. II. Livingston, G. A.\\nHartshorn, Captain M. P. Donley, A. C. Fowler and\\nJohn Kenney. Present Commander, Charles F.\\nSmith.\\nSocial History. hganizations musical, social and\\nbenevolent have found their place and dune their\\nwork here as elsewhere. Brass and cornet bands, led\\nby William Elliot and Albert F. Walker, have lived\\ntheir lives of harmony tor the public good. Literary,\\nlecture and agricultural societies have contributed\\ntheir part to the general improvement. Engine com-\\npanies have been sustained to protect fromfire. A lodge\\nof the Sons of Temperance, and at different times\\ntwo lodges of G 1 Templars, have t r a season di-\\nrected attention to the reform with which they are\\nconnected. A generation ago a lodge of Odd-Fellows\\nnourished for a time. Souhegan Lodge of Ancient\\nand Accepted .Masons has shown greater vitality and\\nis still flourishing. It was chartered June 3, 1859.\\nCharter members,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. Scofield, A. D. Taylor, L. J.\\nSpalding, W. W. Prichard, W. Jefts, A. Henry, J. L.\\nChamberlin, Baldwin, G. Taft, E. A. Larkin, E.\\nK. Hardy and L. W. Kingsbury; Present Master,\\nLeonard Felch.\\nEcclesiastical History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A Baptist Church was\\nformed in Mason September 25, 1S7U, a part of whose\\nmembers resided in whal is now Greenville, and from\\nthis parent church twenty-four were dismissed, De-\\ncember 4. 1828, to form the Mason Village Baptist\\nChurch, for the last thirteen years known as the\\nGreenville Baptist Church. They chose for their\\nfirst pastor Rev. Bela Wilcox, who held his sacred\\noffice until the year 1831, when he was succeeded\\nin the pastorate by Rev. John Woodbury 1831-34\\nRev. Joel Wheeler, 1834-35; Rev. Benjamin\\nKnight, 1835-36; Rev. A. I.. Mason, 1836-44;\\nRev. D. F. Richardson, 1845-48; Rev. J. W 1-\\nbury, ls4*-le; Rev. Isaac Woodbury, 1849-51; Rev.\\nD. P. French, 1851-52; Lev. A. H. House, 1852-54;\\nl,v.. George W. Cutting, 1855-61; Rev. Enville J.\\nEmerv, 1861-65; Rev. 1.. C. Stevens, 1865-70; Rev.\\nW. II. Walker, 1870-73; Rev. A. M. Higgins, 1873-74;\\nRev. K. Holt, 1S74-7I Rev. J. D. Graham, 1876-78;\\nRev. 1.. C. Barnes. 1878; an ,l R ev Jesse M. Coburn,\\nwdio commenced his labors with the church in 1878, fol-\\nlowing a line of able ami excellent men with a most\\nwise ami devoted ministry.\\nThe deacons of the church have been Abel Adams,\\nJonas Adams, Amos Elliott, James Barrett, Benjamin\\nRobinson, Samuel Hartshorn, Calvin Boynton, Ben-\\njamin 14. Dix, Eben Tilton, Sewall F. Adams and\\nMilan E. Sargent, who still retain their office.\\nThere have been added to its membership since its\\norganization about live hundred. The present mem-\\nbership is eighty. Connected with this church is an\\nactive Sabbath-scl 1 of over one hundred, under the\\ncare of Deacon M. E. Sargent, superintendent. It is\\nfree from debt and has a good parsonage, the gilt of\\nLucius A. Elliott, Esq. It has also an attractive\\nhouse of worship and enjoys a general healthy pros-\\nperity.\\nThe Congregational Church was preceded for some\\nI inn In regular social meetings and a Sabbath-school.\\nAt a public meeting, February Is, 1X47, it was voted\\nthat the time has come when the spiritual interests\\nof this community require that a Congregational\\nChurch should be established in this place. In fur-\\ntherance of this vote, an ecclesiastical council was\\nconvened and a church organized. It was called the\\nSecond Congregational Church in Mason, and con-\\nsisted of eight members,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Smith, Maria E.\\nSmith, Joseph McGown, Elizabeth McGown, Henry\\nMcGown, Elizabeth McGown, George Kimball and\\nLydia Warren. In the same month fifty-eight more\\nwere added from the first church and live from other\\n(bur. dies. The first pastor was Rev. William Hmstead,\\nordained April 11, 1849, whose enthusiastic ministry\\nwas greatly blessed, and under whose lead the present\\ncommodious sanctuary was erected. His death, June\\n6, 1852, was a great loss to the young church. He\\nwas followed in his ministerial work by Rev. Erastus\\nM. Kellogg, 1852-55; Rev. Samuel J. Austin, 1857-59;\\nRev. I leoige E. Fisher, 1859-62; and Rev. M. N. Root.\\nM.D, 1863-64. All of these, with their various gifts,\\nstaved the church efficiently, and were scholarly, de-\\nvout men. On the 27th of August, 1864, a call was\\nextended to Rev. Andrew Jaquith, but it onlyreached\\nhim on the eve of his summons to the church tri-\\numphant. The present pastor, Rev. G. F. Merriam,\\nfirst entered In- pulpit I Ictober 15th of the same year.\\nHe was ordained March 9th succeeding. His ministry\\nhas been amid all the obstacles and advantages\\nwhich must needs be found in the place of one s na-\\ntivity. It has had the support of many win. wen\\nworthy of being called saints, and are now numbered\\nwith the sainted dead. It has witnessed great change-.\\nbut some other pen must write its history.\\nThe other officers of the church have been, Dea-\\ncons: Simeon Cragin, 1847-58; Stephen Smith, 1847-\\n57; Nathan Wood, 1847-50; Franklin Merriam, 1847-\\n49; M. C. Dodge. 1857-83; lharles Baldwin, 1859-82;\\nCharles Wilson, 1859-72; M. Kimball. 1858; and\\nAmbrose G. Stickney, the last two being now in office.\\nThe clerks of the church have been S. Smith, M. Kim-\\nball, J. K. Mills, M. C. Dodge and G. F. Merriam.\\nSuperintendents of the Sabbath-school: S. Smith.\\nHcrvey Tufts, M. C. Dodge, C.Wilson, E. B. Barrett,\\nM. Kimball, G. H. Livingston, E. W. French. F. P,\\nBacon, .1. II. Martin and A. (i. Stickney.\\nThe church has also a parsonage, the generous gift\\nof George D. Cragin, Esq., to promote the spiritual\\ninterests of his native village. It has also some per-\\nmanent income from a bequest by one of its deceased\\nmembers, Isaac Russell.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0870.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "GREENVILLE.\\nr.23\\nThe Roman Catholic Church first held regular pub-\\nlic religious services in Greenville during the year\\njs. )i;. Since the building of a town-house it has wor-\\nshiped in the town hall, and held its meetings at\\nleast mce each month. Recent arrangements have\\nbeen made by which the priest in charge will have more\\ntime to devote to this parish, and services will lie more\\nfrequent, or twice a month. The congregation gathers,\\nin part, from the adjoining towns, and is a large one.\\nA building lot has already been purchased for the\\nerection of a church edifice. The fathers in charge of\\nthe parish have been Rev. William Brady, 1860-61;\\nRev. Patrick O Hara, 1861-64; Rev. William Herbert,\\nL864 68; Rev. Patrick Hoolahan, 1868-76 Rev. Ed-\\nward Buckle, 1876, and is still officiating. These pas-\\ntors have all had the confidence of their parish and\\ntin respect of all others.\\nIn passing from this subject, the spirit of kindly co-\\noperation which lias characterized the churches of\\nGreenville should be noticed. For years the Sabbath\\nc ening service has been a union meeting alternating\\nbetween the Baptist and Congregational houses of\\nworship. During extra meetings in the week of\\nprayer, or at other times, as well as on funeral occa-\\nsions, united services have bound Christian hearts in\\ncloser sympathy and lifted them by a common im-\\npulse to a higher level. The writer would also add a\\nword in honor of the lay officers of these churches.\\nA good man now gone to his reward used to say that,\\nfrom his boyhood, the presence of Deacon Hartshorn\\nalways preached him a winning sermon. Children\\ngrew up in the Sabbath-school looking to Deacon\\nSmith as a model man, such was the kindness of his\\nsturdy nature. Others have felt a like esteem for\\nDeacons Cragin and Dodge, and devout spirits un-\\nnamed. Nor could any desire to be embalmed in\\nmore precious remembrance by any people than are\\nthe two holy men who are buried in the village\\nchurchyard, Rev. Alfred L. Mason and Rev. William\\nllmstead.\\nProfessional History. Physicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The alti-\\ntude of Greenville among the mountain breezes, with\\nthe swift flow of its sweet waters, give it a compara-\\ntive immunity from a class of diseases, and yet its\\ncitizens, like all others, must sometimes call for the\\nphysician, and worthy men have never failed to\\nrespond to the call. Otis Hoyt, M.D., came to Mason\\nvillage in the year 1835, but left after a few years,\\nentered the United States service as a surgeon, and\\ncontinued in that capacity through the Mexican War.\\nThomas H. Marshall, M.D., established himself as a\\nphysician lure in 1837, and continued to win patrons\\nand friends until his death. December 16, 1872.\\nLater practitioners of the healing art have been\\nEdwin Schofield, M.D., John H. Cutler, M.D.,\\nCharles G. Corey, M.D., Charles E. Hall, M.D.,\\nCurtis A. Wood, M.D., and George F. Munsey, M.D.\\nof these. Dr. Schofield s i moved to Worcester,\\nMass. Dr. Cutler did good service as a surgeon in the\\nwar of the Union, and afterwards won professional\\ndistinction in Peterborough; Dr. Corey died in 1878;\\nDr. Hall is conducting a large drug-store, while Drs.\\nWood and Munsey are in the midst of most successful\\npractice.\\nLawyers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Attorneys-at-law have not been drawn\\nto the town as inviting their services in litigation.\\nThe following knights of the liar have, at various\\ntimes, had their offices here: Nathaniel Shattuck,\\nEsq. William A. Preston, Esq.; Joseph Mason,\\nEsq.; A. B. Spalding, Esq.; and Herbert J. Taft,\\nEsq. The latter is still located here, with the confi-\\ndence .ind bestwishes of a people who havi known\\nhim from boyhood.\\nPersonal History. f citizens resident within the\\nbounds of Greenville, Hon. Stephen Smith reached\\nthe highest political station, being twice elected coun-\\nselor and was a prominent candidate for Governor,\\nwhen his health gave way from the pressure of his\\nmany cares. Hon. Thomas 11. Marshall was not only a\\ngood physician, but always in the fore front of the bat-\\ntle for reform, crowning his political career with two\\nterms of service in the State Senate. John Stevens,\\na man of marked dignity, urbanity and tact, in addi-\\ntion to most efficient service in various local offices,\\nrepresented Wilton and Mason more than twenty\\nyears in the State Legislature. Colonel .lame- Wood\\nand Joseph Barrett, besides other marks of popular\\nesteem, received special legislative honors in the\\nearlier days. Among those who have gone out from\\nthe town may be mentioned the brothers Algernon\\nand leorge Shattuck, famous as teachers of penman-\\nship; Jonas Chickering, the distinguished piano\\nmanufacturer John and Samuel Putnam, of the Put-\\nnam Machine- Works, Fitch, Mass.; Hon. Samuel\\nKimball, ex-mayor of Lawrence, Kan., and one of\\nthe proprietors of the foundry of Kimball Bros.\\nthere; Hon. John G. Kimball, late bank commis-\\nsioner and treasurer of the New Hampshire Banking\\nCompany; Henry W. Merriam, president of the\\nMcrriam Shoe Manilla, turing Company, Newton,\\nN. J. George D. Cragin, long prominent among the\\nbusiness men of New York, and now proprietor ol a\\nlarge sugar plantation in Louisiana; and Colonel\\nJames Scripture, said to own the finest orange grove\\nin Florida. Hon. Henry Stevens secured large influ-\\nence in Wisconsin prior to his death. Benjamin W.\\nMcrriam left a shining record among the merchant-\\nprinces of New York, (ieorge Barrett, of holer,\\nVt., was widely known for ability and Puritan\\nintegrity. Deacon Asaph R. Marshall, of Worcesti r,\\nMass., held many offices of trust, municipal, State.\\nnational and ecclesiastical, and all with a blameless\\nrecord. The list of deserving ones might be greatly\\nextended, but must be left for larger space ami a\\nlater pen.\\nI g live ih- B 1 town, giving nut, year In year,\\nI; hi- I., ii n. muni I m.l wuiiiiml 1 it ic\\nr ,ys, modest maidens, in beautj sent forth,\\nThe living epii-tl.-s iinil prnut ut il* youth", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0871.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nJAMES LANGDON CHAMBERLAIN.\\nJames L. Chamberlain was burn in Mason village\\n(now Greenville), N. II., February 16, 1824. He was\\nthe son and only child of Hon. Loammi Chamber-\\nlain, and grandson ut Captain Isaac Chamberlain, of\\nChelmsford, Mass.\\nHon. Loammi Chamberlain was, in many respects,\\na man of uncommon mould. He had a remarkable\\ngenius for the mechanical arts, and fine inventive\\n(acuity. }I\u00c2\u00ab- had much to do with perfecting and\\nputting in successful operation the machinery of the\\nvarious mills and manufactories in and about his\\nnative village, and made many valuable improve-\\nments in various machines, particularly in power-\\nlooms, which extended his reputation and business\\nto other States. Some years [prior to his death he\\ngave up practically all attention to mechanics, and\\ndevoted himself to the superintendence of his saw-\\nmill and farm. His biographer says of him, that\\nlew men have done more for the material prosperitj\\nof Mason village than Mr. Chamberlain.\\nHis son, James 1... seems to have inherited, in a\\nvery marked degree, the best traits of his lather s\\ncharacter. He had not the advantage of a collegiate\\ncourse of study; but being of a studious, thoughtful\\nturn of mind, and possessed of line powers of obser-\\nvation, his tastes led him to be, throughout his life,\\na close student, not only of books, but of that broader\\nfield for study, human nature. The choice library\\nhe left behind him shows more than ordinary culture\\nand a rare appreciation of the best works in art, sci-\\nence and literature. He early manifested an aptitude\\nfor business pursuits; and when he had attained his\\nmajority, his lather, whose health was declining, re-\\nlinquished to him the care and control of his busi-\\nness, which he soon began to improve and extend.\\nIn 1857 he built a new flouring mill, and dealt largely\\nin grain. He also entered quite extensively into the\\nmanufacture of furniture, and carried on a large lum-\\nber trade. He was a wide-awake, generous-minded,\\nliberal-spirited man, the kind of man, who, while\\ncareful of his own interests and investments, labors\\nalso with the broader view of building up and advan-\\ncing the material interests of the community. He\\nwas a sale and judicious counsellor, and his judgment\\nwas sought after and valued by his fellow-townsmen\\nin every important public measure. He was an ear-\\nnest, active member id the Masonic fraternity, in\\nnearly all its branches. In political life he was a\\nRepublican and an efficient local leader in the party,\\nand was frequently chosen to the most responsible\\npositions in the gilt of his townsmen. He repre-\\nsented them in the legislature. He was also chosen\\nas on,- ,,f the members id tin- Constitutional Conven-\\ntion in INTO\\nlie was married, February 16, 1854, at Boston,\\nMass. le Rev. Rollin H. Neal, D.D., to Miss Mary\\nA. Prescott, of Mason. They had two children, Ida\\nF. and Nettie F. The latter, a lovely maiden, died\\nDecember 15, 1873, at the age of fourteen.\\nI or two years prior to Mr. Chamberlain s death,\\nhe suffered much from declining health. The imme-\\ndiate cause of his death, however, was the crushing\\nof his hand, which was caught in the machinery of\\nhis mill. He died eight days later, May 5, 1883.\\nfhe Jerusalem Commandery, I\\\\. T., of which he was\\na member in full rank, followed him to his grave and\\nburied him with their impressive service. His wife\\nand daughter survive him.\\nThe following extract from the sermon at his obse-\\nquies, by Rev. J. M. Coburn, is eminently true of\\nhim: The man id sterling integrity, the active pub-\\nlic-spirited citizen, the judicious helper, the kind\\nneighbor and firm friend, the beloved brother, the\\naffectionate father and true husband, has passed away,\\nleaving distressing voids in the marts of business, in\\na large number of grateful hearts, and in a wide cir-\\ncle of strong friends, and especially in his own happy\\nand endeared household, which can never be filled.\\nBut his name and deeds, his hearty forgiveness of\\nenemies, bis constant patience in suffering, his calm\\nresignation to Heaven s decree in sickness and death,\\nwill be cherished, with loving remembrance, long\\nafter bis noble, outward form is turned to dust. The\\nthrift and industries of the beautiful village of Green-\\nville, its excellent free public library, and the line\\nBaptist Church edifice, tire perpetual reminders of\\nhis wise and noble beneficence. The entire commu-\\nnity deeply feel and mourn the mysterious sad he-\\nrein emellt.\\nAs was written of his father, so may it truthfully\\nbe written of him: He was eminently a domestic\\nman. and it was in the bosom of his family and in\\nthe circle of his most intimate friends, that his virtues\\nwere best known, and his many excellencies most\\nfully appreciated.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0872.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": ",/?-V 7", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0875.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0876.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MERRIMACK.\\nBY ELLIOT WHIPPLE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nNatural Features.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The town of Merrimack is\\nsituated mi the west side of the river bearing the same\\naame, and extends north from the mouth of the\\nPennichuck Brook, a distance of about six miles.\\nThe western boundary line runs due north from the\\nPennichuck, at a distance of about three anil a half\\nmiles from the most westerly point reached by the\\nMerrimack River within the limits of the town,\\nwhich is at Thornton s Ferry. The northern boun-\\ndary extends due west from the river until it inter-\\nsects the western boundary. Hence the shape of the\\ntown is approximately a rectangle, the eastern and\\nsouthern boundaries being very irregular, in conse-\\nquence of the windings of the above-named streams.\\nIts average length is about six miles and its average\\nwidth a little less than five miles, and it contains\\nnineteen thousand three hundred ami sixty-one acres.\\nAlong the river the land is comparatively level, free\\nfrom stone, and easily cultivated; but the soil is po-\\nrous anil sandy, so that the farmer must enrich it with\\nfertilizers freely and frequently, if he would gather\\nrich harvests. The western portion is broken and\\nhilly, and the soil is stony, but stronger than that of\\nthe plains. The prevailing rock, whether in the form\\nof boulders, drift-pebbles, or bed-rock, is granite.\\ngneiss, mica schist and other granitic formations, with\\nlitre and there some slate and shale.\\nIn many places the granite is suitable for building\\npurposes, and is used to a considerable extent for\\nfoundations. There are extensive clay deposits, ex-\\ncellent for brick-making.\\nNear the northwest corner of the town, between it\\nand Amherst, lies the beautiful Bald sue Pond,\\nwhich offers many attractions to picnic-parties and\\nsummer visitors. The largest pond wholly within the\\nlimits of the town is Naticook Lake, in the southern\\npari of the town. It contains about seventy-five acres.\\nHorse-shoe Pond, close to the Merrimack River, just\\nabove Thornton s Ferry, Dumpling Pond, neai Reed s\\nFerry, and various other small lakelets diversify the\\nscenery.\\nThe Souhegan River enters the town from the west\\nand winds through the middle portion, emptying into\\nthe Merrimack at Souhegan Village. It affords seve-\\nral excellent water privileges; one furnishes tin-\\npower for the mills at Souhegan, another, about three-\\nfourths of a mile up the stream said to be the besl\\non the river lies wholly unimproved, ami affords as\\ncharming and picturesque a scene as can he found in\\nthe State. The fall is occasioned by the river s break-\\ning through a barrier of rocks tilted up nearly seventy\\ndegrees, as is evidenced by the stratifications still\\nclearly discernible, notwithstanding the twistingsand\\niiietaiiiorphisnis of geologic times. At one point, too,\\nit requires no great amount of imagination to see in a\\nprojecting rock the face of a man peering steadily and\\nforever out over the boiling waters, past the tangled\\nforest, westward along the smooth surface of the river\\nabove the falls, as if it were the crvstalized genius of\\na vanished race, watching their departing footsteps.\\nBoth here and at Souhegan Village, numerous pot-\\nholes are worn in the solid rock, one at the latter place\\nwhich is only a foot in diameter measuring seven feet\\nin depth.\\nBabboosuc Brook, starting from the Babboosuc\\nPond, in Amherst, enters the town at its north-west\\ncorner, flows south-east, and empties into the Souhe-\\ngan near its mouth. It affords several small water\\nprivileges, some of which have been improved.\\nThe Naticook Brook, starting from the pond of the\\nsame name, wanders north-east and finds its way into\\nthe Merrimack through Horse-shoe Pond. There is\\none small improved water privilege on it near Thorn-\\nton s Ferry.\\nProductions. The predominant forest tree is the\\npine, which is the source of considerable income in\\nmany parts of the town. There are patches of oak.\\nchestnut, yellow birch, etc., furnishing some valuable\\ntimber and much lire-u 1. The farms produce grass,\\ngrain, potatoes, etc. Apples, pears, peaches, grapes,\\nand the smaller fruits, are grown with ease, while\\nhuckleberries, blueberries and blackberries grow wild\\nin profusion.\\nAnimals.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pickerel, perch and pouts abound in the\\nponds and brooks, and bass were introduced into\\nNaticook Lake by the State Fish Commission in 1877.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0877.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDucks are found along the Merrimack in the spring\\nof the year; crows are omnipresent hawks reduce the\\nnumber of chickens. Small birds till the groves with\\nmusic, except where driven away by cats. Wood-\\nchucks tempt the boys to break the state law on Sun-\\ndays. Foxes are numerous enough to give those who\\nare fond of hunting plenty of exercise. Large num-\\nbers of beautiful gray squirrels are killed every fall.\\nGrasshoppers, potato-bugs and other insect pests ex-\\nhaust the patience and ingenuity of tanners, here as\\nelsewhere. More dogs are kept than sheep, but\\nwhether with as much profit is not so certain. Many\\nfarmers keep a large number of cows, and dairy pro-\\nducts constitute an important source of income. There\\nare some oxen in town, but farm-work is mostly done\\nli\\\\ horses.\\nPigeons were once an important source of income,\\nsome persons even acquiring considerable wealth by\\ncatching them and sending them to market. Now\\nonly a few are found where once were myriads. The\\nmethod of catching them was to bait them in a\\ncertain spot called a pigeon-bed, and finally, when\\nthey had come to expect a feast at that [dace, a large\\npiece of cloth was spread on the ground at that point,\\nfood scattered as usual, and after the pigeons had\\nalighted, the cloth was suddenly folded on itself, often\\nsecuring several dozens at one time.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nNo traces have been discovered of any inhabitants\\nin this town prior to the Indians who were found here\\nby the first white settlers. Indian relics, stub as\\narrow-heads, stone axes, etc., are -till occasionally met\\nwith, but even these are becoming rare, and soon all\\nvestiges of Indian occupancy would be gone, were it\\nnot that Indian names remain and will forever remind\\nus of the original owners of the soil. One of the\\nlocomotives on the Concord Railroad hears the name\\nof t le grand old chieftain, Passaconaway. Merrimack,\\nin the Indian tongue, signified the place of strong\\ncurrent, though some writers give the less poetic\\nmeaning, a sturgeon. Souhegan signified the\\nplace of the plains; Babboosuc, the twins; Mon-\\nadnock, the [dace of the Great Spirit.\\nTheir memory liveth on your hills,\\nTheir baptism on your shore\\nour everlasting rivers speak\\nI beii lialect of yore.\\nMonadt I; on Ins forehca.l b\\nDoth seal tin- sacred trust\\nYour mountains build theii monuments,\\nTl gh ye give the winds their dust.\\nThe manner of life the Indians led, their dwellings,\\nanil means of living, have been so fully and accu-\\nrately portrayed in the history of Nashua that we\\nneed not stop to consider them here.\\nAll the Indians between Lowell and Concord be-\\nlonged to the tribe of Pennacooks, and were ruled by\\nthe once powerful chieftain, Passaconaway.\\nHis reputation for wisdom and cunning was celebrated among all\\nthe eastern Indians. Nor was be less renowned for his pacific spirit\\ntoward the white settlers. He was ever lor peace. He had almost\\nunbounded inlluence over the Indians. They believed that he had\\nsecret intercourse with the mysteries f nature that it was in his power\\nt,, make water burn and the trees dance. They supposed that he had\\npowei to i ban.. himself int. flame, and that be could darken the sun\\naud moon. In consequence oi these iupposed attribute-, the Indians\\nlooked upon him with wonder and veneration.\\nIn 1660 a great dance and feast was held, on which\\noccasion Passaconaway made hi- farewell speech. He\\nshowed the superior power of the whites, and told\\nthem plainly that the time would come when the\\nEnglish would possess all the pleasant lands of their\\nfathers. He prophesied that there would soon he a\\ngreat war all over the country, and that the only way\\nin which tiny could hope to he preserved, and keep\\nsome little land, was by keeping out of the war.\\nHearken, said he, to the last words of your fa-\\nther and friend. The white men tire sons of the\\nmorning. The (treat Spirit is their father. His sun\\nshines bright upon them; never make war with\\nthem. Surely a- you light the fires, the breath of\\nheaven will turn the flame on you and destroy you.\\nListen to my advice it is the last I shall be allowed\\nto give you. Remember it and live.\\nSo great was his influence thatthe Pennacooks were\\never friendly to the English, though they suffered\\nequally with their fiercer brethren from the continual\\nand unjust encroachments of the whites. Passacona-\\nway is specially ;m object of interest to the people of\\nMerrimack, because a portion of the northern part of\\nthe town was embraced in a grant of land made to\\nhim by the Massachusetts tcneral Court in 1662, and\\nit is not improbable that here he spent the last days\\nof his life.\\nIn 1669 the Pennacooks made an expedition against\\nthe Mohawks of New York, and were so badly de-\\nfeated that their power was destroyed. They had\\npreviously sent an invitation to Elliot, the apostle to\\nthe Indians, to come and preach to them, and they\\nnow moved to Patucket (Lowell), joined the Wame-\\nsits and became praying Indians.\\nDuring the fearful scenes of King Philip s War\\nthey remained faithful, and often warned the English\\nof approaching danger.\\nThe Indian outrages that made the lives of the\\nearly settler- of Dunstable one continual warfare for\\ntwo generations, were not committed by the original\\ninhabitants of this beautiful valley. They were the\\nresult of raids by Indians living farther north, anil\\nespecially in Canada, inspired by the jealousy of the\\nFrench.\\nWould that a remnant, at least, of the noble Pen-\\nnacooks might have been spared to enjoy the Chris-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0878.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "MKBKI.MACK.\\n529\\nthin civilization they so heartily welcomed But it\\nwas ii t destined to be. Unused to the arts and ways\\nof the whites, their weakness ami inability to cope\\nai once with such unaccustomed i litions unap-\\npreciated by the English, they failed to gain a foot-\\nhold in the new life. The same unjust and unfeeling\\npolicy that has characterized our national treatment\\nof the Indians was pursued toward the Pennacooks.\\nThey felt themselves in the way; they were bound out\\nto service by public authority toavoid their becoming\\na public charge. Gradually they tailed away, until\\ntiter have ceased to exist.\\nC II APTER III.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I Continue\\nEARLY SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe old township of Dunstable embraced Dun-\\nstable, Tyngsborough, Hudson, Hollis, Nashua and\\nportions of Amherst, Milford, Merrimack, Litchfield,\\nand Londonderry.\\nSome settlements were made within its limits as\\nearly as 1673, and in 1675, John Cromwell, a fur-\\ntrader, built a trading-house on the hank of the Mer-\\nrimack, about a mile below Thornton s Ferry. He\\ncarried on a very profitable business for about four\\nyears, using his foot for a pound weight in weighing\\nthe furs he bought. But at length the Indians, not\\nappreciating his business methods, formed a scheme\\nto get rid of him; hut when they reached his abode\\nthe bird had flown; so they burned his house, and\\nit was nearly half a century before another was built\\nin Merrimack.\\nThe name of the first permanent settler is not\\nknown with absolute certainty, but it is supposed to\\nhave been Jonas Barrett, who, in 1722, built his house\\nami began to clear up a farm on the place now owned\\nby Washington Warner.\\nSoon after, William Howard, then a bachelor, settled\\non the farm now owned by Hazen Hodge. He planted\\nthe first orchard, and bis house ultimately became a\\nresort for those who loved to pass a little leisure time\\nin drinking cider.\\nIn 1724 occurred the first and only Indian skirmish\\nknown to have happened in this town. A raiding-\\nparty captured two men, Nathan Cross and Thomas\\nBlanchard, who were manufacturing turpentine on\\nthe mirth side of the Nashua River. An alarm was\\ngiven and a party of ten of the principal citizens of\\nDunstable started in pursuit, under the command of\\nLieutenant Ebenezer French. Pressing on too heed-\\nlesslv, in their eagerness to rescue their friends, they\\nwere ambushed at the brook near Thornton s Ferry.\\nMost of the party fell at the first fire, and the rest\\nwere pursued and killed, one by one, except Josiah\\nFarwell, who escaped to receive his death-wound in\\nLovewell s fight, next year. Lieutenant French was\\novertaken and killed about a mile fr the scene of\\naction, under an oak-tree, whose stump yet remains\\non the line between the farms ol C. A. Han-is and\\nAmasa Estey. Cross and Blanchard were carried to\\nCanada by their captors, but succeeded in securing\\ntheir redemption and returned home.\\nAs early as ltioii a tract of land south of the Nati-\\ncook had been granted to William Brenton by the\\nMassachusetts General Court, whence the name\\nBrenton s farm, formerly given to the southern\\npart id Merrimack.\\nIn 172X, Brenton s heirs, and others who had pur-\\nchased shares in the grant, organized and took meas-\\nures for opening it up for settlement, and new clear-\\ning- were rapidly made in Naiioiis directions.\\nAmong the early settlers were Hassell, Underwood,\\nUsher, the Blanchards, Patten. Powers, Cummings,\\nTemple, Lund, Spaulding, Chamberlain, Barnes, Tay-\\nlor, Stearns, McClure, Auld, Bowers and Davidson.\\nBenjamin Hassell settled on the farm now owned\\nby Hugh McKean, and a daughter of his is said to\\nhave been the first white child born in town.\\nAquila Underwood lived near Thornton s Ferry,\\nand Phineas Underwood kept the first public-house.\\nJohn Usher settled on the farm now owned by\\nGeorge Lean, and was a justice of the peace.\\nCummings and Patten were the first deacons of the\\nchurch.\\nCaptain John Chamberlain erected a saw and grist-\\nmill, the first in town, at Souhegan Falls, in 1734, re-\\nceiving as an inducement a grant of three hundred\\nacres from the Brenton proprietors.\\nIn 1734 the General Court of Massachusetts granted\\na town organization to Naticook, which seems to have\\nembraced Litchfield as well as the southern part id\\nMerrimack, and for twelve years the people on both\\nsides of the river elected town officers in common,\\nerected the old meeting-house in Litchfield, and se-\\ncured the services of Joshua Tufts, of Newbury, a\\ngraduate of Harvard, as their pastor, paying him a\\nhundred and twenty dollars a year, and sixty dollars\\nfor settlement. Air. Tufts was ordained in Naticook\\nin 1741, but left in 1741.\\nU n\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nivil. HISTORY, 17C-71.\\nN the vexed question of the boundary line\\nbetween Massachusetts and New Hampshire was\\niinall\\\\ settled, in 1741, it divided the town of Dun-\\nstable, and various portions of it which fell to the\\nshare of New Hampshire applied to the Governor\\nand Council of that province for new article- of in-\\ncoriioratiou.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0879.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe pie of thai part of Naticook living west of\\nthe Merrimack petitioned for an act of incorporation\\nfor the territory lying between the Pennichuck Brook\\nand the Souhegan River, bounded on the east by the\\nMerrimack River and on the west by a line running\\ndue north from Pennichuck Pond to the Souhegan\\nRiver. The petition was granted, and the people that\\ninhabited or should inhabit the above-defined terri-\\ntory were declared and ordained to be a town cor-\\nporate, and erected and incorporated into a body\\npolitic, and a corporation to have continuance forever,\\nby the name of Merrimack.\\nThe act was dated April 2, 1746, which was there-\\nfore the birth-day of the town of Merrimack.\\nThe following is a literal copy of the records of the\\nfirst meeting under the charter:\\nItaineeting ol the Inhabitants on March the Irl, 1746, Lawfully,\\nCaiit. Jonathan ruining i lio-n M ...l.-i .it. .1 I tli. meeting; Phinehas\\nUndent t Ohose Town Clatk Phinehas Underwood, Mr. John Usher,\\nMr. ZecariahStarns Chosen Seleet n William 1 t t.-n Chose Constable\\nEphriam Powers Chose Tithinmaii Jonas Barrat Chose Saviaet of High-\\nways; William Lnn.l ami Jonathan Powers Chosen tiel.l Olivers; .tames\\nKara and Timothy I mlerw .1 chosen fence veears; all which Persons\\nwas chose,, into the Respective offices as above, this ithdaj ol March,\\n1741 Phinehas Underwood, Town Clark.\\nMan .March the 4th, 1746.\\nNew Hamps. I\\nThe above Persons was sworn to the faithfull deschargi of there\\nRespective Offices before me, Joseph Blanchard, Jtut Peeos.\\nAtt the meting Before mentno.l, it was then Voted that the Comons\\nin this Town he hi., /e.l t T .mi v.-ai. ami that Kaeh Propr. Resi.lant\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u009ei unresidanton Ech Bftj Eacre o imfenced Land h. iwi\\nBeast, and in Proportion lor a Grate] Quantitj in this Town and\\nunfe I, and iii as much as su I the Inhabitants of this Town has\\nit Quantitj i unfem I Lands to graze the whole of there\\nstock, that in Consideration of there paying Taxes and assistance in the\\nCharge i t the Town, thai thav have libarty to Graze all the Cattle and\\nhorses they have of thare own property, E.pile ami in the same mannei\\nas if they had a .sufficient of the Coinoi, in the wn Rights, and that\\nthe Cattle aiel horses thus gni/.ed on the Comons he all Entered with the\\nClark, and that he have one shilling old tenor for Receiving and fileing\\nsit- h list and Keeping them on tile\\nPhinehas Undebv, Town Clarl\\nThe latter portion of the above record gives us a\\nglimpse of the hardships and struggles of pioneer life.\\nThink of turning cattle and horses loose to pick a\\nliving in the untouched forest, and of the daily anx-\\niety of mothers whose sons were gone after the\\ncows, exposed to the attacks of wandering savages\\nand wild beasts and the many unknown dangers of\\nthe vast wilderness!\\nnc of the first things to be done by the town in\\nits corporate capacity was to secure preaching of the\\ngospel indeed, it was usually one of the conditions of\\nthe grants of lands and charters that a meeting-\\nhouse should be built and a learned and orthodox\\nminister he employed. Consequently, in a few weeks\\nafter the reception of the charter, another meeting\\nwas held to choose a committee to hire preaching\\nand to order the place to have the preaching tit.\\nThe records for the next twenty-five years bear con-\\nstant witness to their persistent efforts to build a\\nmeeting-house and settle a pastor, a work of so much\\ndifficulty was it to hew out homos for themselves in\\nthe forest, build roads and 1. ridges and establish what\\ntin deemed necessities\u00e2\u0080\u0094 church and schools.\\nRev. Daniel Emerson, of Hollis, preached for them\\noccasionally, and a Mr. Cheever was hired to act as\\ntheir minister for a time, the meetings being held at\\nvarious houses in different parts of the town, and\\nsometimes, very likely, in bams.\\nA portion of the present town north of the Souhe-\\ngan was granted to Pa-saconaway, as mentioned above,\\nbut it seems to have reverted to the province, for the\\nsame tract was embraced in a grant afterward made\\nto the soldiers and the heirs of soldiers who had\\nserved in King Philip s War, whence these lands were\\nknown as the Narragansett townships. The proprie-\\ntors organized in 1733 and arranged for selling their\\nhinds to settlers, and the portion embracing Bedford\\nand the northern part of Merrimack, named Souhegan\\nEast, had been settled to some extent previous to 1750.\\nIu that year the people of Merrimack sent in a peti-\\ntion to the Governor and Council, representing that\\ntheir hind is very mean and ordinary, and therefore\\nincapable of supporting such a number of inhabitants\\nas will enable them to support the charge of a town\\nwithout a further addition of hind and inhabitants.\\nWherefore, they humbly prayed that an addition might\\nbe made to the town of Merrimack, on the northerly\\nside thereof, of a tract of land about three miles in\\nbreadth and four and a half in length. This petition\\nwas granted on the 5th of June, 1750, thereby ex-\\ntending the boundaries of the town three miles farther\\nnorth and completing its present limits.\\nTin- town records for the same year contain several\\nitems of interest. People then, as now, sometimes\\nfound the burden of life too great to bear; for Mary\\nBadger was found dead, and the jury brought in the\\nverdict that she layed hands on herself and hanged\\nherself till dead. There was the same lack of\\nunanimity as now; for, under the date of November\\n12, 1750, the record reads\\nWe, the subscribers, do hereby enter our protest against joining\\nnit!, the rest ol the inhabitants of the town of Herrymac as to Church\\nGovernment.\\nRobert Gillmore, Patrick Taggard, John Thomas, Jonas Kinadaj\\nJohn Morehead. Phinehas Undeewood, Town CHari.\\nThis year they voted one hundred and twenty dol-\\nlars for highways, twenty-eight dollars for preaching\\nand one hundred dollars for a bridge over the Souhe-\\ngan. Eleazer Blanchard was paid one dollar and\\nsixty cents for killing one woulf.\\nIn 1753 forty dollars was voted for preaching, thirty\\nfor schools, which were to be kept in four different\\nplaces to accommodate the people in different parts\\nof the town, and a petition was sent to the General\\nCourt for authority to tax non-resident lands.\\nIn 1 7o5. Phineas Underwood was appointed to take\\ncare that the deer in this town be not killed at an un-\\nlawful season. A tax was assessed on non-resident\\nhinds to build a meeting-house, eighty dollars voted\\nfor preaching, one hundred dollars for raising the\\nframe of the meeting-house and Joseph Stearns was", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0880.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "MERRIMACK.\\ninvited to settle as minister. The place selected for\\nthe meeting-house was about thirty rods south of Tur-\\nkey Hill bridge, very marly al the exad centre of\\ntown.\\nThe next year saw the realization of many long-de-\\nferred plans and hopes, in the erection of the building\\nwhich was to serve for many years both as meeting-\\nhouse and town-house. The building yet stands, long\\nsince disused, except for storage purposes.\\nIn 1763 the burying-place was cleared and fenced,\\nand niie hundred and twenty dollars voted for a min-\\nister. At this period we find for the first time the\\nword dollars used, the records previously desig-\\nnating the amount of money in pounds.\\nIn 1764 three hundred and twenty dollar- were raised\\nfor highways. Two years later it was voted Dot to\\nraise any money for school-.\\nIn 1767 a census was taken, with the following re-\\nsult:\\nMarried men 65\\nHoys 98\\nMen over 60 8\\nUnmarried females 121\\nMarried 65\\nWidows 9\\nSlaves 3\\nAcres of arable land 377\\nAcres of orchards 19\\nAcres of pasture laud r \u00c2\u00bb4\\nOxen 117\\nCows 168\\nYoung cattle 188\\nFrom time to time various persons were hired to\\npreach, some as supplies, some as candidates for\\nsettlement, but no permanent arrangement was reached\\nUntil, in 1771. a Congregational Church having been\\norganized, the Rev. Jacob Burnap, of Reading, Mass.,\\naccepted a call which was given by the church and\\nratified in town-meeting. Mr. Burnap was twenty-\\nthree years of age, a graduate of Harvard, and a man\\nof unusual ability, scholarship and prudence, quali-\\nties which enabled him to hold the position until his\\ndeath, a period of nearly fifty years. He lived on the\\nplace now owned by James Wendell ami reared a\\nfamily of thirteen children but few of his descend-\\nants now remain in town.\\nThe names of the original members of the church\\nwere as follows Jonathan Cummings, William Pat-\\nten, Ebenezer Hills, Jonathan Cummings, Jr., Jonas\\nBarrett, Benjamin Hassell, Jacob Wilson, Thomas\\nBarnes, Samuel Spalding, Henry Fields, Hannah. w ife\\nof Jacob Wilson, Sarah, wife of Samuel Spalding,\\nRachel, wife of Thomas Barnes. Only fourteen church\\nmembers in a population then numbering nearly five\\nhundred A significant item for the consideration of\\nthose who believe that the gospel is losing its power.\\nTin- pastor s salary was, at first, fifty pounds per an-\\nnum, with seventy-five pounds for settlement, lawful\\nmonev.\\nIn this same year sixty dollars was raise. I for school-\\ning, to lie expended by the selectmen. The select-\\nmen were appointed overseers of the poor, ami we\\nfind the first record of a practice, which continued\\nfrom time to time, of warning persons out of town,\\nthis being done to secure the town from the obligation\\nto support them in ease of necessity, and to throw the\\nresponsibility on the town from which they came.\\nCaptain John Chamberlain wa- elected as the first\\nrepresentative to the i teneral Assembly. The wan-ant\\nfor the town-meeting is for the first time dated in the\\nCounty of Hillsborough.\\nThe meeting-house was not yet finished inside, and\\nin 1773 the pew-ground was sold at auction, purchas-\\ners to build uniform pews at their own expense, the\\nproceeds of the sale being devoted to finishing the\\nbuilding.\\nII A.PTEB V.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nREVOLT TIONAKY WAR, 1775 83.\\nJam \\\\i:y 16, 1775, in response to a letter from the\\nProvincial Committee, Captain John Chamberlain\\nwa- chosen as delegate to a convention at Exeter, for\\nthe purpose of choosing a delegate to attend a Conti-\\nnental ongress to be holden in Philadelphia in May.\\nSuch was the first notice taken by the town in its of-\\nficial capacity of the great struggle for independence;\\nbut, doubtless, the subject had been thoroughly dis-\\ncussed by the sturdy pioneers, so that when the time\\ncame they were prepared to act pr ptly.\\nAt this time the most prominent man in town was\\nEdward Goldstone Lutwyche, an English gentleman\\not education ami a lawyer by profession. When the\\nnews of the battle of Lexington reached Merrimack,\\nMr. Lutwyche was colonel of the Fifth Regiment of\\nthe provincial militia, ami he was importuned by his\\nofficers and men to lead them against the enemy. This\\nhe refused to do and tried to discourage others from\\ngoing. The result was that Mr. Lutwyche bit town\\nbetween two days, joined General Cage, in Boston and\\nwas never seen in Merrimack again.\\nThe people, thus deprived of their natural leader,\\norganized a town-meeting without waiting for any\\nauthoritj or even com]. lying with the usual legal\\nforms, appointed a Committee of Safety and enlisted\\nfifteen Minute-Men, who were literally to be ready\\nto march at a minute s warning.\\nNew Hampshire furnished more than one-half of the\\nmen engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill, and eleven\\nof them were from Merrimack. Town-meetings were\\nfrequent during the first years of the war, to raise\\nmoney, enlist men, provide powder and aid in organ-\\nizing the new form of government.\\nIn 177 the town united with Bedford in choosing\\nJonathan P.lanehard to represent them in the General\\nlongress of the province, whii h met at Exeter.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0881.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn 1777 thi town-meeting was called in the name\\nof the government and people of the State oi New\\nHampshire.\\nIn 1788 the Articles of oiif edcrat ion were approv ed\\nof by vote of the town, and their representative was\\ninstructed to vote to instruct the New Hampshire\\ndelegate in Congress to vote for the same. The rep-\\nresentative was also instructed to vote for a conven-\\ntion to form a State constitution. Solomon Hutchin-\\nson was elected to represent the town in the lonstitu-\\ntional Convention which met at Concord. John Alld\\nreceived a counterfeit thirty-dollar hill in paymentfor\\nhis services in the Continental army, and the town\\nvoted to give him thirty dollars of good money.\\nWhen the Continental currency depreciated in value\\nthe town voted to pay Captain John Chamberlain\\nsixteen hundred dollars for sixteen dollars due him,\\nbut they at first refused to vote a similar arrangement\\nto make g 1 the minister s salan yet at a subse-\\nquent meeting the vote was passed and Mr. Burnap\\nwas not starved out of town.\\nIn 1781, Simeon Cummings was elected delegate\\nto the convention, and the constitution that had been\\nformed was adopted with some modifications.\\nIn 1783, Jonathan Cummings was elected delegate,\\nfrom which it appears that the constitution had not\\nvet been satisfactorily modified. Meantime, the de-\\nvelopment of the internal affairs of the town was not\\nneglected. In 1776 the selectmen wire instructed to\\ndivide the town into school districts and proportion\\nthe school money among them. In 1777 it was voted\\nio creel stocks and a whipping-post.\\nIn 1783 the school districts were authorized to ex-\\npend the scl 1 money.\\nIt is said that more than forty men from Merrimack\\nserved in the Revolutionary War, but it has been im-\\npossible to find the names of more than thirty-eight,\\nand of the following list it is possible that some did\\nnoi helong in Merrimack, the only evidence in some\\ncases being that their names are given on the pay-\\nrolls of the New Hampshire regiments as being\\ncredited to this town.\\nREV0LUTI0NAR1 SOLDIERS FROM MERRIMACK\\nDavid Allds (Lieul 1 I Mil-. Caesar Barnes, William Barron\\nCapt. Jonathan Barron, lugustus Blanchard (Capt.), John Combs,\\nWilliam Cook, John Con Ire H lliam Cowen (deserted), Abel Davis,\\nTl las Davis, James Dl kej Natl inii key, John Fields, John\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nCIVIL HISTORY, 1784-1846.\\nThere is little of special interest to record for\\nian\\\\ years after the Revolution. It was a time of\\npeaceful development, with few changes of import-\\nance. In 1808 the care of the poor, which had for\\nmany years devolved upon the selectmen, was dis-\\nposed of by selling them to the- lowest bidder, and this\\nbarbarous practice was continued for several years.\\nIt seems that there was an unusual amount of poverty\\nin town at this period, for in 1815 it required fifteen\\nhundred dollars to support the poor.\\nIn 1810 a step in advance in behalf of education\\nwas taken by appointing a committee to inspect the\\nschools. The first committee consisted of Rev. Jacob\\nBurnap, James Wilkins and Simeon Kenney. This\\nwas the beginning of supervision of schools.\\nIl is a matter of curiosity to note that in L812,\\nDaniel Webster had seventy votes in Merrimack foi\\nrepresentative to Congress, while bis competitor, John\\nF. Parrot, had ninety-one! The best of people are\\nliable to mistake-.\\nIn 1822 the town voted to give permission to the\\nUniversalis! Society, which had been organized, to\\nuse the meeting house one Sabbath in each quarter,\\nand this practice was continued lor many years, with\\na gradual increase in the number of Sabbaths, until\\nin a few years the Universalists occupied the house a\\nfourth part of the time.\\nIn 1825 it was voted to give permission to any in-\\ndividual, or individuals, who chose to do so. to place\\nstoves in the meeting-house. This startling innova-\\ntion was not without opponents, but the money was\\nraised by subscription and the house warmed, chiefly\\nthrough the efforts of Dr. Abel Goodrich and Dan-\\niel T. Ingalls.\\nIn 1826-28 the present district system was fully\\ninaugurated by the institution of prudential com-\\nmittees, elected bj the separate districts, with power\\nto hire teachers, the latter being required to be ex-\\namined by the superintending committee.\\nIn this year we have the first and only notice of the\\nEastern Star Lodge, which was granted the use of the\\nmeeting-house for its installation ceremonies.\\nA discount for prompt payment of taxes W as first\\nottered in 1827, and at the same time it was ordered\\nthat taxes remaining unpaid at the March meeting\\nshould besold to the highest bidder with power to\\ncollect.\\nIn 1829 was organized a second Congregational\\nChurch, styled the Union Evangelical Church in\\nMerrimack, with Samuel II. Tollman as its pastor.\\nIt was composed of people dwelling in Hollis, Am-\\nherst, Milford and Nashua, as well as in Merrimack,\\nand the meeting-house was located in the village of\\nSouth Merrimack, or Centerville.\\nVoting bj cheek-list was first practiced in 1832.\\nA p -farm was purchased in 1835, as a more hu-\\nmane and economical method of earing for the poor,\\nand in the following year it was voted to make it a\\nhouse of correction also. The town farm was man-\\naged by an agent appointed by the town until 1868,\\nwhen it was sold and the poor were ordered to be", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0882.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "MKKKIMACK.\\ncared for by the selectmen, with the proviso thai do\\none should be carried to the county farm contrary to\\nhis wish.\\nCentennial Anniversary.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 April 1846, was a\\nmarked day in the history of the town, tor then was\\ncelebrated the one hundredth year of I In- town s cor-\\nporated existence. A committee was appointed in\\ntown-meeting to make all necessary arrangements,\\nand as the annual fast-day came on April 2d, the cele-\\nbration was appointed lor the following day. Roberl\\nMcGaw was appointed president of the clay Nathan\\nParker and Samuel McConihe, vice-presidents;\\nJoseph IS. Holt and Captain Ira Spalding, marshals.\\nAn able and interesting historical address was\\ngiven by Rev. Stephen T. Allen, pastor of the First\\nihurch.\\nA largo party of ladies and gentlemen took dinner\\nat the hotel of .1. Nevins, after which there were im-\\npromptu speeches by citizens ami gentlemen from\\nneighboring towns, and letters were read from former\\ncitizens who ware unable to he present. A suggestion\\nhaving been made that centennial trees be set out in\\nthe meeting-house grounds, a lew days later the fol-\\nlowing persons assembled there and each set out a\\nthrifty elm-tree, the numbers annexed to the trees in\\nthe diagram below showing, by tic corresponding\\nnumbers attached to the names of the persons, who\\nplanted each tree.\\nDIAGRAM OF CENTENNIAL TREES.\\n58\\n57\\nMEETING\\n56\\nHOUSE.\\n44\\n46\\n46\\n47\\n48\\n4\\nQ\\n37\\nG\\nQ\\nG\\nG\\n28\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j.,\\n30\\n31\\n32\\n33\\n34\\n36\\nG\\nQ\\nG\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n\\n20\\n23\\n22\\n19\\nG\\nQ\\n10\\n11\\n12\\n13\\n14\\n15\\n16\\n17\\n18\\nQ\\nQ\\no\\nG\\n9\\n8\\n7\\n6\\n2\\n1\\ns i i; i: t; r\\nNo.\\n32. Charles iii\u00c2\u00bb i\\n33. Stephen T mi,,,\\ni Boyw a\\nn P. Nti hi\\n36. Lewis i ampb, i,\\n31 3 pi, B Kevins\\n7 Alonsso M. Conine\\n9. Samuel Bai\\n10. James A IVIcKean.\\n11. David T Jones\\n12. Jacoh Burnap.\\n13. 0, s Chase.\\n14. Samuel C Nesmith.\\n15. Nathan Parker.\\n16. Henry Parker.\\nit C, T Nouree.\\n38.\\nChi\\n\\\\V. Campbell.\\nMcKean.\\n,n, McGilvray.\\nMcGa\u00c2\u00ab\\n.Mi- Marj\\nRufuf CI 1\\nMrs si bj I\\nJames II, ,1-.\\nEbenezer Boj\\nWilliam Wall\\nWilliam W. McKean.\\nt tli,,,,\\nSimeon Kenny, Jr.\\nMi- i ml, in ii Ki nil\\nElkanah P. Parki\\nI lard Walker.\\nR it W. French.\\nKiel\\n.I..-. i,h si,.\\ns:. David I,, iii s.\\n24. Reuben Barnes.\\n25. Henry U. Eaton.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ir,. Shubal Weeks\\n27. Joseph II. Wilson.\\n28 James Parker.\\n30. Frederick A. Bartlett.\\n31. Samuel Campbell.\\nSchool Matters.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Iii 1855 a movement was made\\nin school matters which ought, to have been followed\\nupuntilit developed into acomplete town organization.\\nThe superintending ami prudential committees were\\nconstituted a School Hoard auxiliary to the St ate Board,\\nand required to hold a meeting for consultation pre-\\nvious to the opening,,! the schools. If, now, it bad\\nbeen further required that no teachers should be em-\\nployed except upon examination in presence of this\\nhoard, we might have had a civil service HI in\\nthis department of public service thirty years ago.\\n-The trees marked\\nCHAPTER VI I.\\nMERRIMACK -{Continued\\nIn L860 the number of men enrolled in Merri-\\nmack as capable of military duty was a hundred and\\nfifteen.\\nWhen the war opened, volunteers went from Mer-\\nrimack, as from all the North, and in 1861 the town\\nvoted five hundred dollars to aid the families of\\nvolunteers. The following year a bounty of three\\nhundred dollars was offered to cadi volunteer, and\\nWilliam T. Parker was appointed a c mittee to see\\nthat the money was properly applied and that the\\ntown should be properly credited for the nun sent.\\nHe was afterwards made military agent for the town,\\nwith instructions to keep the town s quota full, and\\nat times was given full power to expend monej at his\\nowu discretion. He served in this capacity through the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0883.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "r :u\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nentire war wit li gnat efficiency and zeal, devoting r. i the\\nbusiness much of bis time ami energy, to the neglect\\nof his private affairs, and never asked for a single\\ndollar as compensation for his services.\\nI he highest bounty paid was live hundred ami fifty\\ndollars, and that was done by vote of the town.\\nThe whole number of men called for from Merri-\\nmack was a hundred and twenty. Eighty-three citi-\\nzens volunteered (one of whom was credited to\\nanother town), twenty-five citizens sent substitutes,\\nnine substitutes were hired by the town, and seven\\ncitizens re-enlisted (one of whom was credited to\\nanother town), so that the whole number credited to\\nMerrimack was a hundred and twenty-two.\\nLIST OF VOLUNTEERS FROM MERRIMACK.\\nI As iuitli, Ilaviil \\\\s.|iiith, l :iviil Uw Natlianii-! e. Haiki-l .lulm\\nBarnes, liilman Blood, George r Bowers, John II. Bowers, Charles L.\\nBrighara, Henry F. Butte Id, Joseph Cady, William H. Campbell,\\nWallace Clark, Abel M. Colby, Henry Collins, Horace B. Corning\\n(killed rge I m:, -enlisted M ittl hi. key, Hugh Dolan,\\nPeter H. B. Dolan, Edward A. Downi killed), R II Dnffey, ge W.\\nmi is F, Flint, George w I lint, I ourtland Follansl li d\\nrison), Charles G. Foot, Edward P, French, A. s Gardner,\\nGardner, Frank T. Gardner, Edwin Goodwin, Charles 0.\\naceS. Gould, Warren Green, Charles N. Green (re-enlisted\\nstoned tenant), JamesHale, Levi W. Hall, Richard\\nsorted), David Henderson, Jr., James Henderson, William\\nSilas P. Hubbard, 1 Ivison, John II. Jackman, Spence F.\\n,mas Law, Patrick Lee, Charles H. Longa, George B. Longa\\nFisl\\nr.,si,i\\nl.-in iliul A. 51. elm. -,n u- I M.i lm.-, I.iih.-M M.i li. ir.-\\nenlisted), Charles II M Gili rgi I Hi Girreraj Edward\\nMoKean (re-enlisted), Rufus Merriam (killed), Charles Morgan,\\nJames L. Nash, John P. Y. Nichols (died In camp at Concord), Groves-\\nnor Nichols, Charles W. Pa r, Corwin J. Parker, Nathan A Parker,\\nThomas Parker, Henry C. Patrick (killed), John G. Reed, James\\nReed, George II. Bobbins, John L. Robbins, George V Savage, Orison\\nSaij lt iM.ii, Ali-xHinliT S!i;a k.\\\\ I ..l. .o\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .-il in llialM.nl, Mattlnw P.\\nTenm ni, rge W iley, Charles w ilkinson.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nMEKRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nCIVIL HISTORY FROM 1866 TO 1885.\\nUntil 1872 the old meeting-house continued to\\nbe used as a town-house but, though it was a1 the\\ncentre of territory, it was not at the centre of popu-\\nlation of the town, nor was it adapted to the purpose\\nof social gatherings, which constitute so important a\\npart of the lite of a town; so, at the time above named,\\nan appropriation of live thousand dollars was voted,\\nwhich resulted in the construction of the convenient\\nnew town-house, located in Souhegan village, jus)\\nsouth of the new meeting-house. It is used not onlj\\nfor town business, but also for social gatherings and\\nthe regular meetings of the various social and benev-\\nolent organizations which havecome into existence in\\nthe past tew years. It i also rented to traveling\\namusement companies at five dollars per night.\\nThe new town-house was dedicated January 1,\\n1873, on which occasion Rev. C. L. Hubbard gave\\nan interesting account of the origin, development\\nand results of the town system of New England, and\\nBenjamin Ela gave a full and interesting history of\\nthe old town-house.\\nIn 1875 commenced the struggle for the abolition\\nof school districts and the institution of a town system\\nof management tor the schools. The change was\\nvoted down then, as it has been many times since,\\nbut the decreasing majorities of the school district\\nparty prove that in the end the town system is likely\\nto triumph.\\nIn 1875 a receiving tomb was built in the cemetery\\nnear the new meeting-house at an expense of three\\nhundred dollars.\\nIn 1879 it was voted, eighty-seven to twenty-seven,\\nto suppress the sale of eider, heer and malt liquors,\\nand this provision has been vigorously enforced ever\\nsince. Prohibition does prohibit in Merrimack at\\nleast.\\nIn 1880 the town received a legacy of $611.78 from\\nthe Wheeler estate, which was placed at interest,\\nto be disposed of as the town may see tit in future.\\nIn 1883 a road-machine was purchased and the\\nmad tax collected in money, so that working out\\nmad taxes is a thing of the past.\\nIn 1884 the town came into possession of a legacy of\\nsixteen thousand five hundred dollars from the estates\\nof Joseph N. and Jane N. Gage, the income of which\\nis to be divided among the districts in proportion to\\nthe number of school children in each, and Charles\\nS. Nesmith was appointed agent to take care of the\\nfund.\\nIn 1885 two thousand dollars was appropriated to\\nenlarge the town house, the purpose being to render\\nit more convenient for social gatherings.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nPRKSENT CONDITION (1885).\\nMerrimack contains about a thousand inhabitants,\\nmostly employed in agricultural pursuits, and, though\\nmuch of the soil is not rich, the substantial farms\\nand neat and comfortable houses show that the peo-\\nple get a good living.\\nThere are four small villages, Reed s Ferry, Merri-\\nmack (or Souhegan), and Thornton s Ferry, situated\\non the Concord Railroad, along the Merrimack River,\\nand South Merrimack, situated on the Nashua and\\nWilton Railroad.\\nManufactories. Stephen C. Damon s mill, on the\\nSouhegan River, in the central part of the town, af-\\nfords grist-mill facilities, and produces sawn lumber\\nof various kinds. It employs two or three men.\\nRodney Hodgman has a saw-mill at South Merri-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0884.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "MERRIMACK.\\n535\\nmack, on the Pennichuck, and Mr. Stowell a grist\\nand saw-mill at the northwest corner of the town,\\non the Baboosuc. David T. Jones runs a grist-mil] on\\nthe Naticook Brook, near Thornton s Ferry.\\nBrick-making was commenced in this town by Eri\\nKittredge about forty years ago, the bricks being\\ntransported to Lowell and elsewhere by boats on the\\nMerrimack River. The business is still carried on by\\nhis sons, Joseph Kittredge and Eri Kittredge, Jr., but\\nthe Concord Railroad now carries the bricks to mar-\\nket. This firm produced the largest number about\\nten years ago, when the product reached 2,200,000,\\nselling for $22,000, and giving employment to over\\ntwenty men. The present product is about 600,000,\\nselling for about sHUnn, and employing seven men.\\nThere have been several oilier brick-yards in town\\nat various times, but all except the Kittri\\nhave been given up. Jerry W. Kittredge has for many\\nyears carried on the business of manufacturing over-\\nalls, pants, jackets, etc., giving employment to a num-\\nber of ladies at their homes.\\nThe first use of the excellent water privilege at\\nSouhegan was by Captain John Chamberlain, who\\nbuilt the first grist-mill and the tirst saw-mill in town.\\nIsaac Riddle built mills there for the manufacture\\nof cotton and woolen goo. Is and nails. He was\\nburned out in 1818, rebuilt, and carried on the busi-\\nness until again burned out in 1829.\\nLater, David Henderson carried on an extensive\\nbusiness in the mills which had been rebuilt, manu-\\nfacturing carpets, cotton and woolen g Is, etc.\\nMost of the buildings were once more destroyed by\\nfire in 1882, but fortunately the building occupied by\\nThomas Parker escaped.\\nThe Thomas Pabkeb Table Company, which\\nhas done a good business for many years, manufac-\\ntures black walnut and chestnut extension tables\\nand dining and office tables. Ten men are employed.\\nThe annual pay-roll amounts to lour thousand five\\nhundred dollars; more than two thousand five hun-\\ndred tables are produced, and their value is about\\nfifteen thousand dollars.\\nWilliam M. West is the present efficient manager.\\nFessenden Lowell are manufacturers of fish\\nand syrup package-, cooper stock, and lumber. The\\npartners are Anson D. Fessenden, of Townsend,\\nMass., and Levi F. Lowell, of Merrimack, N. H.\\nThis firm commenced business at Reed s Ferry in\\n1872, and gives steady employment to fifty men, and\\nto a larger number at some seasons of the year. The\\nannual product is 240,000 fish packages, 2,500,000\\nstaves and 1,500,000 feet of lumber. Monthly pay-\\nroll, $2500; capital invested, $65,000.\\nMerchants. There are three stores in town stocked\\nwith the usual variety of dry-goods, groceries, hard-\\nware, etc.,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Porter Co., at Reed s Ferry; W. J.\\nAyer, at Souhegan and G. B. Griffin, at Thornton s\\nFerry.\\nHotels. There is only one hotel, and that is kept\\nby William Kennedy at South Merrimack; its prin-\\ncipal income is derived from summer boarders.\\nProfessional Men. There is but one minister per-\\nmanently located in town. Rev. E. A. Slack, pastor\\nof the First Congregational Church; one physician,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWarren W. Pillsbury, who is located at Souhegan.\\nNo lawyer has been able to get a living in town for\\nmany years past.\\nTown Finances.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 hiring the year closing March\\n1, 1885, there was expended for highways and bridges,\\nS1227.17; for support of the i r, $83.50; for inci-\\ndentals, $1234.55; for schools, $2070.27; Slate and\\ncounty taxes, $2536.69. The town has $3872.07 de-\\nposited in bank and has no debt.\\nIt has not been necessary to levy any tax for town\\nexpenses for several years, and consequently taxes\\nare very light. Of the sum expended for schools,\\n$454.23 came from the Gage Fund, and about fifty\\nper cent, more will be received from that source next\\nyear and hereafter, as the town received the income\\nfrom it for only about eight months of the past year.\\nThe amount deposited in savings-banks to the credit\\nof individuals resident in town may be inferred from\\nthe fact that the town received $2223.22 from the\\nState treasurer as savings-bank tax.\\nPublic Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The whole number of pupils en-\\nrolled is about a hundred and seventy, all of whom\\nstudy reading, spelling and penmanship, nearlj all\\nStudy arithmetic and geography, about one-half study\\ngrammar, and one-third United States history. There\\narc a few classes in drawing and vocal music, and\\nhere and there one or two pursue some High School\\nstudy. The money is divided among twelve districts,\\nand while some have thirty-six weeks of school in\\nthe year, others have no more than twenty, the aver-\\nage being twenty-live and four-tenths.\\nThe methods of leaching used arc mostly the same\\nas those of twenty-five years ago, and the results are\\nas good as can be expected under the circumstances.\\nOccasionally a teacher is employed who introduces\\nthe improved methods now adopted in the normal\\nschools and in the better class of city schools, and\\nsome of the leading citizens of the town are earnestly\\nworking to secure a change to the town system, so\\nthat better methods may become universal.\\nA goodly number of the young people of Merri-\\nmack are pursuing High School studies at their own\\nexpense, eighteen of whom were enrolled at McGaw\\nNormal Institute during the past year.\\nMerrimack furnish, s two college students at present,\\nand one student of medicine.\\nCHAPTER X.\\nMERRIMACK Continued).\\nCHur.i ins.\\nFirst Congregational Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This sketch of\\nthe history of the First Congregational Church of", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0885.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "5.;\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMerrimack is i iposed largeh of an extract from an\\naddress by the pastor, Rev. C. L. Hubbard, delivered\\nth centennial celebration of the organization of\\nthe church, September 5, 1871.\\nAlter speaking of the organization of the church\\nand the settlement of the first pastor, wh\\nhave been described in the foregoing history, he\\nInning tin- first hull-century of the church .-xi-i.\\nlik, that of any plai an among us, is remarkably uneventful. The\\nusual proportion ot the iK.j.uU.ti I the mivn were received into its\\ncommunion, there were the usual number of di-mis-i and mam\\nI from it.\\npari of tin- line at lca-l as appeals tioiu the 1 1 1. tie-\\nto maintain the character of a I hristian\\nbers are Cited to appear and shew rail* why Ih -i al~.-nt.-d Hi.-iiisel.es\\nfrom public worship i brethren al varia are required to adjust their\\ndltl.-len. a.. ..r.lihg I the Mnptuial rule, and II i- actuallj the Case\\nthat several diffl. ulties are settled in tin- way and its\\ncommendable purpose to preserve its purity.\\nThe balf-way covenant then had a place in the usages ..l the\\nrecognized her-. A bn.-f account of it may be ..fuse.\\nniuira! lner-ase and from iinliiigtiition from al.r-.ad, the class of\\npersons in the colonies not qualified to profess i-li-ioii -.on I.e.. me\\nnumerous. Many of tbeln were highly respectable for their talents and\\ngeneral worth of character, and ii was fell to be a hardship that they\\nshould be deprived of the pnviL-e.- Li is around them,\\nand especially that thej Bhould b. .1.-1.1. i lie n-htot baptism tin- their\\nTo obviate th lifflcnlties was the object ..I the ball-way covenant.\\nIt provided that all pel-sons of sober lib all- 1 I iitiments. without\\nbeing examined as to a change of heart, mighl I mi\\nchurch and have theii children baptized, though they did not partake\\nof the Lord s Supper.\\nThe time when this custom was given up cannot be accurately\\ndetermined, but it was probably at the close ot Hr. Burnap s ministry\\nin 1821,\\n\\\\t the co.uinen. .111.-111 ..1 11 011.1 hall century, though the uurch\\nreceived accessions from time to time, il was redui ed to a verj low and\\n}-i 1 in- ondition.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Three .in-.-- can be traced a- producing this,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nM.,1,1 ,1 not in th had passed away, and the\\ndeath oi the first pastol asioned the\\ntj.-s that bind a chinch together.\\nI I,. leg.nd that many b.i.l t. l lln-\\ntheir service could not I..-, -i \u00c2\u00ab.i- not,\\ncoldness and dissatisfaction ell-lied.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Then it was the fact that many of the lending citi/. 11- ..t tie town\\nalienated from the church, and at this Ii ,1 I nuei-ali-l\\nformed.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0In Isle the ...a was pa.-ed by the New llaliip-liii- I\\n1 11. mli i-i ,1 in, apable ..1\\nraising mon. 1 .1 He- suppoii -1\\nI hue, al e time when the pastoi was i. moved by death and many of\\nthe citizens were cold and indifferent to the claim\\nn ligion upon them, the m. l-- ihe experiment\\nof voluntary Bupport,\\nThe ensiling period ol eighteen \\\\-ais ilrolu l.- Jl e\\not the gical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t anxiety to those who w-r- interested in maintaining the\\ninstitutions ..1 the gospel.\\nIn ls-J-J th. M. 1 inn 1. 1. beh.-e.u- Soei. IV as\\nnrill. :iu.l oti-e ntly the observance of the ordinances\\nof religion was irregular. But in 1825, having gained confidence in\\ntheir ability to support a minister, thi church md Bociety called the\\nRei Stephen Morse, and he was installed as their pastor.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-Ire, 1 tin- I lab- tie .1 _-M, 1 -.il fill. ,il,l,.,Hi--rli. d. d-s-\\nlie.-. I by it- lie -tie .-1- in-li .1. Il- 11 I, l.il.e II... place ,,l tlie catechising\\n1 loU-lv .-ll-l Ill\\nAnd here allow me to quote tie alio, for more\\ntilllll folty yea 1- e.. I up, 1 ml, lei, Hi -Tie lb balh -ele \u00e2\u0080\u009e,1 h. 1- been\\ngenerally well attended and ilit-l ting, an. I tlie\\nt., th.- ehur.-h have usually been from 11- ranks. 1\\n1 M el V.\\nThe strength of the church and -...i.-ty seems not to have been\\n...n,, 1, \u00e2\u0080\u009et 1,,, the work assumed foi m 1828, three years all. rwards,\\nHe, I Hi M..i-, a.-king for dismission on the ground of inadequate\\nsupport, and his request wn- grant.-.!.\\nAftei this there was a long period during which the church had no\\nsettled minister and went 00 much as during the pret ious interregnum\\nwhen a sum of money had I n raised by tax ..n the members of the\\nsoei.-u .,1 1,\\\\ -iil.-inpti 01 nas ,,..ne.l 1 1 the Home Missionary\\nh-1\\\\. il iva- expended in preaching; when the money wa.s exhausted\\nSabbath\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hut there is .me thing that is worthy of special notice: whether\\nIhe,,. pre, ell. lie oil Hie Sabbutll I ll t. eight 111 1-1 CHI Illl-ll IlR t\\nw.-ekly at the church and asked Hod to verify His promises to I belli,\\nand revive His work in this pla... When we learn this fact wi u\\nlonger surprised that during this time that they were apparently for-\\nsaken their iiiaver- were being answered.\\nThere i lis ious inb n -t in i onnection with the\\nlab.u-s of the Rev. Mr. Hartley. Many Christian families removed to\\nthe town within this time, and tie- affairs of the church began to mend.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2In Is.;: ill. i.s. in house oi worship was erected. This was a\\n...ntage in three particulars,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-1 [t afforded a suitable opportunity foi tin reorganization of the\\n2. It led i reorganization ol Ihe Religious Society, many uniting\\nwith it who had previously been in. -ml. -is ..f a different\\nii. broughl arei th ntn ol population,\\nas South Merrimack had been detached from tin- parish in 1829.\\nAll this time their efforts to obtain a minister bad not been\\nand in 1839 lie- Rei Stephen T. Allen became Hen pastor, a relation\\nthat I., sustained to them for ten years\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tie- period ..1 tin- past.. nil,- wa- naturally the tine- for putting\\nthings in ord.-r. and Mr. Allen seems t,, have 1 n eminent fitted foi\\nthis work,\\nIn addition to his pi ..per ministerial labors, he contributed largely\\nto the development of Hi cial lib- of tin- town he wa- an active and\\niiitiiienti.il friend of tie- cause of education he was a strong atel earnest\\nii.ho.ate ,.t lli. l.-inp.-i .in-lit. and ilium- hi- connection with\\nthem He- Ii in h was generally harmonious and pi. -p.-\\nIn 1849, on account ..f ill health. Mr. Allen wa- Ir-iiir\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .1. and was\\nled within few ith_ l the Rev. E. G. Little. During his\\nministry tie ehur.-h enjoy-d the lu-t widespread revival in its history.\\nCom ncing in November, 1851, withadeeper interest in\\nmi- en. I lull, i i u.-i.. l.i ie upon th,- publii services oi the house of\\nI all classes and extended to all parts of the town. As\\nHi, ,ii, i and mini,. dial. I. -lilt, mole than seventy were, ill a short time.\\nadded to the church, of whom more than forty were beads ..I li.~\\nBui Ho- p. i I urge in 1854,\\nand. tie- next year, was follow-.! by tie l;-v. K.lwni .1 Halt. Mr. Hart\\nwas eminently faithful a.- a pastor, and well qualified to a-sist those win.\\nII... I ie, elltlj Ol.lllielli ed Hie 1 111 ls.tl.lll life.\\nmi,,,. i was continued throughout the period of his\\nministry, and the church received large addit to its members and\\nel id.\\ni lies- hl-l H -I M- Ill to liaV. I II the light tO C\\nto this church, and to Inn- com- at the right times.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mr. All-n busi-.l binis-lf with tin- outward relation ol i Iim-chum\\nand exhibited the gospel in its concrete forms,\\nMr. Little l-.l m-ii fi-m He- contemplation of these thin-- to Jesus\\nChrist as the sour.- of all g I and light.\\nMr. Hart was eminently qualified to guard and help Hi-, aim.\\nI, p. serve Christ, would n t with iniiiM Ii\\ntntlitul counselor.\\nMr. Hart closed his labors lure in 1865, impelled\\nby luck rat pecuniary support and ill health.\\nRev. .1. II. Bates supplied the pulpit for a year or\\ntwo, and in 1868, Rev. C.G.Hubbard was installed\\nas pastor.\\nMr. Hubbard, though fresh from the completion ot\\nhis studies, rapidly developed the characteristics of\\nan effective minister.\\nA series of meetings was held under the auspices\\nui the Young Men s Christian Association, and re-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0886.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "MEKRIMACK.\\n537\\nsuited in a great quickening of the church and the\\naddition of many new members.\\nThis work was successfully continued by the pastor,\\nso that there were almost constant additions, and at\\nthe same time he was a strong temperance worker,\\ndid much to elevate the public schools of the town,\\nwas a leader in the social life of the town, and by tie-\\nstrength and attractiveness of his sermons drew in a\\nlarger congregation than had ever before attended\\npublic worship.\\nIn 1878, Mr. Hubbard resigned, much against the\\nwishes of the majority of the people, and, after several\\nvain attempts to secure a settled pastor, Rev. Kingsley\\nI- Norris consented to serve for a time as acting-\\nThe work of Mr. Norris was essentially evangelistic\\nin its nature, ami resulted in the conversion of a large\\nnumber of young people ami the establishment of a\\nyoung people s prayer-meeting at Reed s Ferry, which\\nstill maintains a vigorous life (188-5), and is all the\\nprayer-meeting that is regularly sustained by the\\nchurch outside- of the Sunday services.\\nMr. Norris resigned in the spring of 1881, and Rev.\\nI, L Slack, the present pastor, was installed in the\\nautumn of the s:ime year.\\nTlie chief characteristic of Mr. Slack s ministry, so\\nfar, has ben steady, persistent, earnest, hard work,\\nand it results in steady additions to the church, four-\\nteen having united with tin- church during the past\\nyear, mostly on profession of faith.\\nThere are at present about two hundred names on\\nthe church-roll, about forty of whom are non-resi-\\ndents.\\nThe following persons have served as deacons in\\nthe First Church: Jonathan Cummings, William\\nPatten, Jonathan Cummings, Jr., Aaron Gage, Jr.,\\nSolomon Danforth, Benjamin Nourse, Augustus\\nLund, Daniel Ingalls, Robert McGaw, Joseph Wil-\\nson. Robert I French, Harrison Eaton and Thomas\\nParker. The present incumbents are Matthew P.\\nNil hols. Francis A. Gordon and John Wheeler.\\nThe superintendents of the Sabbath-school have\\nbeen as follows: Robert McGaw, Harrison Eaton,\\nNelson H. Brown anil P. II. Weston. The present\\nsuperintendent is Francis Gordon.\\nThe new meeting-house has been repaired and\\nmodernized from time to time until now it is a very\\nconvenient and comfortable place of worship. The\\nlatest improvement was introduced in the fall of 1884\\nand consisted of a hot-air furnace with ventilating\\nflues, which has entirely removed the nuisance of\\n-moking stove-pipes, and warms and ventilates the\\nUnion Evangelical Church in Merrimack.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This\\nchurch was organized October 29, 1829, and was com-\\nposed of persons living in Merrimack, Mollis, Am-\\nherst. Milford and Nashua.\\nThe same year a meeting-house was built al S mth\\nMerrimack.\\nThe lirst pastor was Res. Samuel II. Tollman. He\\nwas succeeded by Rev. John W. Shepherd in 1*44.\\nSince the close of Mr. Shepherd s pastorate no\\nminister has remained with this church for any\\nlength of time, its financial ability being too limited\\nto furnish an adequate support. A Sabbath-school\\nhas been kept up most of the time, especially through\\nthe summer season.\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nMERRIM ICK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Conti I\\nM oAU NORMAL INSTITUTE.\\nTut: establishment of schools for the professional\\ntraining of teachers marks the beginning of therecog-\\nnili f teaching as a profession, ami was an impor-\\ntant advance in the elevation of the human race.\\nThe lirst Normal School among English-speaking\\npeople, of which we have any record, was established\\nai Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1830 the next, at Milan,\\nOhio, two years later.\\nIn 1849 then- were only eight in the whole of the\\nUnited States, three of which were in Massachusetts,\\nand none in New Hampshire. Now there are two\\nhundred and thirty-three within the limits .,f the\\nUnion, and many of them are doing a grand work.\\nIt was in 1849 that Professor William Russell, an\\nalumnus of Glasgow University, and celebrated as the\\ngreatest elocutionist in the country, desired to devote\\nhimself more directly to the work of training\\nteachers.\\nFortunately for this slate and town, he found in\\nMerrimack men who could appreciate his idea and\\nwin. wen- willing to help in its realization.\\nThe Charter.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the records of the New Hamp-\\nshire Legislature lor 1849 we find the following:\\nSec. 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oi Representatives\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u009e General Court convened: That Rob rl McGa* Nathan Parker,\\nElkanah I Parker, Matthew P Sicholsand Nathan Parker, junior, and\\ntheir associates, successors and assigns, hi .mi an hereb] madeabody\\nan. I l.\\\\ liiat ii. nil. tua\\\\ ami I -ii l. j.r,,-,Tiit.- ami ,],-tend in final\\npal^m, lit ami v-, ut a nil -lull I I ill v.- ami --Il,j y all On- J.ri vile-. an. I\\nHerri K, in th tj of Hill- igh, l instruction youth\\n1 nie teachers oi common Ih.mI, f.,i rlmn a|.|,r,.|\u00e2\u0080\u009eiate duties may\\nerec t, maintain ami ii -iniaM. l.uil.lin-- tln-i.-ln ami may hold real\\nami i .,,1 property to .my amount not e\\\\ ding thirty thousand\\ndollars.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ski :i.l i:..l.-it M.i.au, Klkauali l Parker and Matthew P\\ni them, ma) call th, firel o ol saidcorpora-\\ni i\u00e2\u0080\u009e i\u00e2\u0080\u009e. i,, ,i,i,.,, ai -uiiaM,. tim, ami pliua- iii said town of Merri-\\nmack, bj causing a notification thereof to be posted up in some public\\nplace in said town \u00e2\u0080\u009ef Minima, l., ntt.-n .lay- |,ii,,i t,. th.- tin,.- appoint,-!\\nlb, holdinc said meeting, a( which, oratsome future meeting duly called\\nand holden, said corporation may adopt such constitution and by-laws,\\nnot inconsistent with the laws ,.i this Stat, a- thej may consider neces-\\nnt of their estate and funds, and for", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0887.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntli 111 ..i.l. i int. I -oven nl of their in-titntioti, ami may appoint or\\nb 1 i officers .ut l agents as tiny may think proper, ami prescribe\\ntheir duties, ami may hold their Corporate plupei tv a. tnally rinp] .y-l\\nition.\\nSec. 4th. The Legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal\\n(t| i i i i \\\\lm, in i i. -i i .i|.ii i ion, in imi.lii aiay require it\\nSEC. 5th. Tin- art shall lake .11. I fro\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sam L If. Aim.\\n.S/ ,,,f.,ti,r\\nWa I Weeks,\\nPresident of II,, Senate\\nApproved .Inly .11,. ls-l .i\\n1 IN\\nActing aa authorized above, the stockholders\\nganized August 22, 1849, with Robert McGaw\\npresident and Matthew I Nichols as secretary\\ntreasurer.\\nThe stock was divided into thirty-one shares of\\nime hundred ami eighty-two dollars each.\\nThe following is tie: list ut the original stock-\\nhi, hlers ami the number of shares held by each\\nSimon Kenny, Jr., 1 share Eri Kim-edge, 1 share; William Head, 1\\nshare; Matthew 1 Niehols, 2shares: plkanah 1 Parker, 1 shares; Nathan\\nParker, a -hales; ];,,|,ert Met law, 1 -hates; Robert W. Kletl h, 1 Shale\\n.lesse Parker, -hare- Thomas Parker, J share- .lane- Parker, 4 shares.\\nThe building was erected during the -initio all ,i\\nsummer of 1849 by Asa 0. Colby, of Manchester.\\nThe contract price was four thousand-six hundred and\\nfifty dollars, l.in 1 1 1 1 1 and additions increased the\\ncontractor s hill to nearly live thousand dollars, and\\nsubsequent improvements raised the total est t,,\\nsix thousand dollars or more.\\nlite edifice consists of a central portion forty feet\\nsquare and three stories bigh, and two wings, each\\nthirtj feet square and two stories bigh, together with\\nsuitable out-buildings. It contains fifty rooms, ami\\naffords convenient accommodations for thirty boarders.\\nProfessor Russell opened school August 27, 1849,\\nand enrolled sixty-five students the first term. The\\ntotal number of different students during the first\\nyear was a hundred and forty-four, of whom forty-\\ntwo were in the teachers class, and twenty of these\\ntaught school during the winter of 1849-50.\\nThe rules were few ami simple. The us,- of pro-\\nfane language, of intoxicating beverages and tobacco,\\nplaying at cards or dice, and turbulent and noisy\\nactions within the building were .strictly prohibited,\\nami punctuality was required.\\nThe boarding department was managed by Mr. and\\nMrs. John Wheeler, under whose administration the\\nbuilding was crowded to its utmost capacity, there\\nbeing at times sixty roomers and eighty table\\nboarders.\\nPrices were low,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 hoard, including everything but\\nwashing, being only a dollar ami a half per week,\\nand tuition five dollars for English and seven and a\\nhalf dollars for foreign languages, per term often\\nweeks.\\nflie reputation of Professor Russell and the excel-\\nlence of the work a mplished drew a still larger\\nnumber of students the second year. Tin largest\\nenrollment in the history of the institution was at-\\ntained in the spring of 1861, the number then being\\ni, ne hundred and eight.\\nYet, with all this prosperity. Professor Russell must\\nhave found it difficult to pay his assistants and sup-\\nport his family, and so we are not surprised to learn\\nthat his health failed, and he removed to Massachu-\\nsetts.\\nThe stockholders seem not to have untlerst 1 that\\na school of this character could not be so managed\\nas to make it pay like an ordinary business enter-\\nprise.\\nThe treasurer s hook shows that Professor Riis-ell\\npaid three hundred dollars rent the first year, and\\nthe second year rent was received amounting to\\n$311.64; $206.82 was paid during the third year.\\nAfterwards the records are not clear, but it is evident\\nthat whatever was received for rent was expended\\niii repairs ami improvements, for in 1852 it was voted\\nThat the Directors shall not expend any more\\nmoney than the earnings from the building of the\\n.Merrimack Normal Institute. 7\\nAnd so, after receiving two small dividends of two\\nand a half and four dollars per share, respectively,\\nall hopes that the stockholders may have entertained\\nof getting pecuniary return for their investment\\nvanished into the air.\\nYet, one man at least did not abandon the school,\\nfor during this same year philosophical and chemi-\\ncal apparatus costing $275.50 was placed in the\\nbuilding by Robert McGaw.\\nThe records do not show how long Professor Rus-\\nsell remained; but it appears that John W. Ray paid\\nthe rent in 1852, and Joseph Cushman and H. J.\\nPatrick in 1853, during which time the attendance\\nwas good, ranging from fifty to eighty.\\nIn the summer of 1853, Harry Brickett, A. M., be-\\ncame principal. Recommenced with twenty students,\\nbut the number increased to -even ty -two in the spring\\nof 1854, after which time it rapidly decreased, and it\\nis probable that Mr. Brickett soon left, as the record\\nof students here closes with twenty-six students in the\\nsummer of 1854.\\nThere is a record of twenty students in the spring\\nof 1855, but the name of the principal is not given.\\nAbout this time Levi Wallace, a former student,\\nhad charge of the school tor a while.\\nIn 1859 there is recorded a fall term with thirty\\nstudents, under Samuel Morrison, principal.\\nSome time titter, a Mr. Brown, who is now agent\\nfor Oberlin College, carried on the school for a brief\\nperiod.\\nEvidently, an unendowed academy could not be\\nsustained here, encompassed as it was on all sub- bj\\nsimilar schools with more or less endowment.\\nIn 1865 an attempt was made to establish a school\\nof an entirely different character.\\nThe property was leased to Rev. S. X. Howell for\\nten years for the nominal sum of one dollar, he ague-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0888.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "MERKIMACK.\\nin- to establish a school of a grade sufficiently high\\nto prepare students for college, and to keep the build-\\ning in repair at his own expense.\\nMr. Howell named his school the Granite State\\n.Military and Collegiate Institute, introduced military\\ntallies and military discipline, charged a high price\\nand, while the rage for military schools, generated by\\nthe war, lasted, the school was a success, securing an\\nattendance of thirty or more boarding pupils, hut be-\\nfore the lease expired the number had diminished\\nto one solitary pupil so the lease was canceled, and\\nthe building rented for tenement purposes.\\nThe institution now seemed dead beyond the pos-\\nsibility of a resurrection; but it is sometime- dark-\\nest just before day. In 1872 died Robert McGaw,\\nthe earliest and stanchest friend of the school, and\\nhis will provided an endowment of ten thousand dol-\\nlars, with these conditions,\\n1st. That the name shoul.l clian-eil to M-Oaw X -i inal Institute,\\nimplying that the character of tin- school should he restored, as nearly\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u009e --ibl.\\\\ I- uhal il was ivh.-li stalteil l.y I l. .lessor ltussell\\n2d. That in case the work of the school should be interrupted for two\\nyears, the endowment should ^o to Itartinouth College.\\nIt was Deacon Met Jaw s purpose to make it possi-\\nble for the people of Merrimack to have a good High\\n.School hut to throw on them a part of the responsi-\\nbility of sustaining it, believing that such a relation\\nof mutual dependence and helpfulness would be\\nbetter than to make the school entirely independent.\\nEdward P. Parker became president of the cor-\\nporation, and Francis A. Gordon treasurer; the con-\\nditions of the will were accepted, and the citizens of\\nMerrimack were invited to assist in opening and sus-\\ntaining a school. Certain persons responded heartily\\nto this appeal, but the apathy among the people\\ngenerally was so discouraging that the stockholders\\ndetermined to proceed independently.\\nThe income from the endowment and rents,\\namounting to some twelve hundred dollars, was\\nexpended in putting the building in good repair, and\\nin the spring of 1875, Bartlett II. Weston was in-\\nstalled as principal.\\nHe received six hundred and fifty dollars per year\\nand the free use of the building, together with wdiat he\\ncould get from tuition fees.\\nHe opened with twenty-nine students, and the num-\\nber increased to forty-eight the following winter,\\nafter which there was a falling off until the spring\\nof 1879, when Mr. Weston resigned. The average\\nenrollment during his last year was a fraction less\\nthan twenty-five.\\nThe next principal was Elliot Whipple, who was\\nemployed in June, 1879, on the same terms as Mr.\\nWeston, except that he received only four hundred and\\ntwenty-five dollars per year from the income from the\\nendowment, it being the desire of the stockholders\\nto reserve something for repairs.\\nMr. Whipple began with twenty-three students,\\nand his average enrollment the hist year was a frac-\\ntion over twenty-five, which number increased to\\nabout forty in 1883 and 1884, the largest number en-\\nrolled in any one term being fifty in the winter of\\nE884. The following year more teaching force was\\nprovided in the expectation ot an increased attend-\\nance but notwithstanding the fact that the students\\nnow had the full time and energy of three regular\\ninstructors, the attendance fell off so that the averagi\\nenrollment for the year closing April 24, 1885, was\\nonly about thirty.\\nThe report of the State superintendent of public\\ninstruction for 1884 shows that of New Hampshire s\\nfifty academies, only ten havea larger attendance than\\nMcGaw Institute.\\nSince .Mr. Whipple took charge the following per-\\nsons have graduated\\nFrom the four .wars course: John V I base, of Litchfield; EsaacN\\nCenter, ol Litchfield; Clara Kittredge, of Merrimack, from the\\nin- Ii.l I \\\\\\\\iii. I Hudson; Walter E. Kittredge, of\\nMerrimack; E. Monroe Parker, M. iinua. k Italian W. Whipple, ol\\nMerrimack; Sherman It, .1.1,-, -l It mi su.ih Moiiltun, ..I Merri-\\nmack. Front Mi-- y.-.ir- ...in-.-: .I.iiiii.- I i;ili.ii. ,.t Merrimack:\\n1 dd M .1 lis., illinmlii-rlanil Hunt E. II. ndi i ion, I Merri\\nmack; i. no- V Tin-ell. ..f Ootistown Maud Whipple, of Merrimack\\nEmma It. Winn, --t Hudson.\\n(M these, four tire continuing their studies in\\nhigher institutions and nine arc engaged in teaching.\\nA hasty glance ai the list offormei students reveals\\nthe names of several who have honored the institu-\\ntion by what they have done in the world. Among\\nthem we notice Mark Bailey, professor of elocution\\nin Yale College; Hon. Daniel Barnard, of Franklin,\\nN. H.; Joseph Cushman, afterwards one of the prin-\\ncipals of the school, now deceased; Levi Wallace,\\nafterwards principal of the institute and now a law-\\nyer in Groton, Mass.; John Swett, for many years\\nsuperintendent of public instruction in California\\nMrs. 11. N. Eaton, of Merrimack, a poetess and writer\\nof considerable ability; Walter Kittredge, of Merri-\\nmack, who sang in company with the Hutchinson\\nfamily many years, and now travels, giving musical en-\\ntertainments alone, also is the author of Tenting on\\nthe Old Camp-Ground, of which one hundred thou-\\nsand copies have been sold, No Night There/ The\\nGolden Streets ami numerous other pieces; John\\nPearson, of Pennacook John Goddard, of New York\\nRev. John W.Lane, of North Hadley, Mass.; Eugene\\nW. Bowman, city clerk of Nashua; Granville Web-\\nster, sub-master in the Elliot School. Boston.\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nM ElilUMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continued).\\nCIVIL LIST.\\nSELECTMEN. ItKl RESENTATIVES, ETI\\n[Th.- uril.-rof names indicate- tie rink a. first, I or third sell\\nman. No representative was elei ted t r several\\nt;io \u00e2\u0080\u0094I h i Hi-has I nil -nv I. .1. ih ii l sher,ZechariahStet", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0889.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1747. p, Undent 1, Steams, William Lund,\\n1748.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Jonathan Cunmiings, P. Under* I, William Patten,\\nselectmen.\\n17 i-i. 1\u00c2\u00bb. Vll.I.-lW.m.l, -I, Cullllin,\\n17.-, i _p. In, lei M.H.l, II las Vickere. .lames M I,\\n1751.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. Underwood, J. Barnes, J. Cummings, selectmen.\\nI i.dcrwoo.l, .Mill Chamberlain, Joseph Blum li.n.l .l..l,,..ii\\n1754.-\\n[755.-\\n1756.-\\n11. AIM, Cliantv I.11II.1, -0I0, 1 1,1.-1.\\n1.1, Thomas Vickere, Ji el n\\nd, John Usher, selectmen.\\n1757.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Blaii.-liar.l. P luderu 1, Thomas I .u n.-. selectmen.\\n1758.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Blaii.-liar.l, leN.aiid.-r Miller, William Patten,\\ni,ii..| nl.lw.ll. Janes Minot, W. AIM. sele. tine\\n1760.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J Blanchard, John Mi len. I.. Timothy Tail.\\n1761 -Same as prei year.\\n1762.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Caldwell, J. Blanchard, Samuel Spalding I.\\n1763.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward G. Lutwy.be, Thomas Km in-\u00c2\u00ab. Benjamin Baxter,\\nselectmen.\\n1764._Samu.-l Caldwell, J Blan. hard, Thomas Vickere sele.\\n1765.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same a- previous veal\\n||,|.1\\\\ IV M-, Captain TlioinaS Barnes,\\n17117. \u00e2\u0080\u0094S. Caldwell, .1. Chamberlain, Captain William AIM, selectmen.\\n17,-,S._ S. Cnldw.-ll. I I li.i...l.-i lam. Solomon IIllleliitiM.il, -I.-. tmen.\\n1769 -J. i hamherlain, s Hub binson, S Caldwell, selectmen.\\n1770.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. All.l. S Spalding, Jonathan I ummings, Jr., I nen.\\n1771.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Neal, Hugh Ramsey, John McClench, selectmen; John\\ni, an. I., i lam, representative.\\n177-2. J. Neal, II. Ramsey, Augustus Blnueliar.), sc|e,i,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e n n\\nWilliam All.l, elms- ii \\\\n .u-i, pi,.l,.ililv t.i fill a vaeaue.v.\\n1773.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Blanchard, Colonel Elien.-zer Ni.li-.1~, Captain J. Chamber-\\n1.,,,,\\nField-. -1 1--. Ill\\n1 Captail\\n1774\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .1. Neal. Captain T. Barnes,\\n177. I apt.i .iiiil.erlain, Jacob 51. Caw, siinei.n Cuiiunings,\\nM-leetnien Captain .1. Cliiilul.erlaiii I Jacob McGaw,\\ndelegate to the New Hampshire Provincial Congress.\\n1776.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Neal, S miogs, William Wallace, selectmen; Matthew\\nPatten, representative.\\n1777.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Augustus Blanchard, S Cummings, H. Fields, selectmen;\\nCaptain Samuel Patten, r.-pie-.-!itati\\\\ l.-r Men una. k an. I Bed!, e.l\\n177S.-S.Cul ings, II. Fields. Captain T. Barnes, sele. tiii.-n Lieu-\\ntenant John i in-, of Bedford, representative for both towns.\\n1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. Hutchinson, s. Cunimings, Ebenezer II,\\nWjseli.an flaggelr, repi.-s.-iilatii e for Merrimai 1, and Bedford\\nHutchinson, II Fields, Timothj Taylor, selectn\\n1781.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Stephen Wilkins, Captain William Barron, Ensign\\nBenjamin Vickere, select n; Jacob McGaw, representative for Merri-\\nmack and Bedford.\\n178 Captain S. Wilkins, Captain W. Barron, Ens. B. Vickere, select-\\nl.e hi lit John On, of Bedford, representative.\\n17s:-. s. in mining-, Matthew Tlioll.t Salmi. 1 1 st.-i .-l.-cti\\n17SL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Taylor, .1. M.-Gavv, Marsten Fields, s. I.-. I\\nMartin, ,,l Bedford, l.-pi .-entativ.-.\\nI7-S...-S Cummings, -I McGaw, T. Taylor, selectmen; T Taylor,\\nB.nioii, representative.\\n1787.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. McGaw, E. Parker, Jothan) Gillis, select n.\\n1788. E. Parker, Lieut. Walker, Solon\\nCayloi n i ntative.\\n1789.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. Park.-r, S. Danforth, James Gilmore, Samuel McKean,\\n.la Combs, five selei tmen being\\n17 in .-Samuel M, K. -an, Ilea. on Aaroli Cag-, Samuel Spalding Jr.,\\nselectmen T. Taylor, representative.\\n1791.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. McKean, s, Danforth, -I. Gillis, selectmen.\\n1792.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. McKean, S. Danforth, Jams ibs, selectmen.\\nDanforth, .1 Combs, J. Gillis, selectmen; T. Taylor, repre.\\n1794 Same as prev ious year.\\n17,,, s,.i,.,. IMI en satin- .1. Mii.au, representative.\\nL796 Select n same Captain .lames Tl... niton, repres. ntative\\nmings, representative.\\n]7 .1S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Selectmen same Samuel I o-lei, repi.-entalive.\\n17.1,.. _S Iiantoitli, -I Coiul.s, Cornelius Barnes, selectmen; S. Foster,\\nIs. ii, Same as previous year.\\n,.,,iil Samuel Cotton, Captain James Lund, Lieutenant\\nHenry Field-, selectmen S. Foster, representative.\\nlsn-J.-S. Hanfortli.Capt. J. I.uii.l, Deac.ti P.enjauiin Nourse, selectmen\\ns Foster, repres ntative\\nI ith, I.ieut.-iiaiit .l.-lin Aiken, Deacon II. Nourse, select-\\nmen S foster, represelllative.\\nlsol. Same as previous year,\\nL805 Simeon Kenney, B. Nours.-, Daniel [ngalls, selectmen; S.\\n-illative.\\n1 Sele, tmen same .1. Thornton, representative.\\n18.17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. Kenney, B. Nourse, Nathan Parker, selectmen; Samuel\\nMcConibe, representative.\\n1808.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deacon S. Danforth, S. Kenney, Robert McGa\\nThornton, representative.\\n1809, S. Kenney, S McConibe, Captain Samuel Fields,\\n.1 I ll, anion, representative.\\nI -in s Kenney, Captains. Fields, Lieutenant Samuel Barron, select-\\nmen; .1 Thornton, representative.\\n1811. S. Kenney, Lieutenants. Barron, Cosmo Lund, selectmen;\\nDaniel [ngalls, representative.\\n1-1 j Selechii.ii same J. Thornton, representative.\\n1SI: Selectmen same H. Fields, representative.\\nl-il i -i in, l.uud, Aaron Gag.-,.li s, ,1, ,m, ,n lisnl, ,i ih. dr., selectmen i\\nH. Fields, representative.\\n181, Selectmen same D. Infills, representative.\\n1816.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. Lund, A. Cage, Thomas McCalley, selectmen; D. Ingalls,\\nrepresentative.\\n1817. s.-ie. iuieii sa Aaron Gage, Jr., representative.\\nIsl.s dr., S Kenney, .lolin Cotiaut, selectmen; A. Cage,\\n.,-1 i, ni.,i,\\n1819.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abel Goodrich, S. Danforth, dr., T. McCalley, selectmen; A.\\nGage, representative,\\n1820.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Goodrich, S. Danforth, Jr., Robert McGaw, selectmen;\\ni ntative\\ni- i i Lund, D. Ingalls, Samuel Barron, Jr., selectmen A. Gage,\\nilkins, selectmen A. Gage,\\nrepresentative.\\n1823.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same as previous year.\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. Kenney, S. Barron, Jr., I. Wi\\nl.aei\\n1825, Gage, Jr., 1. Wilkin-, Martin Crooker, selectmen; Henry\\nI ntative.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Iiaiii.-l 1.. Herrick, L. Wilkins, John P. Wallace, selectmen\\nH. T. [ngalls, representative.\\n1827 I- W ilkins, M. Crooker,\\nThornton, representative,\\nls-s M. Cooker, S. Barron, dr., Francis Odall, selectmen; J. B.\\nTil. .niton, representative.\\n[829. Sam, a- previous year.\\n1830 M i ker, Olivei Spalding, Jr., James McCalley, selectmen j\\n.1. 11 Thornton, i.-preseiitative.\\n1831.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 0. Spalding, Jr., .1. McCalley, Jonathan\\nJoseph Litchfield, i, p., -em. urn-\\nis -,_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 -same a- pp-Vloils Voir.\\nselectmen James\\nSele. HI, ell\\n\\\\i Crooker, Francis Odall, selectmen; Samuel\\nDavid Jones, pi, N Gage, selectmen; S.\\nLevi Wilkins. I, lard Kendall, selectmen S.\\nBarron, dr.,\\nSpalding, Jr., representative.\\ni- .-i Mm laud, Ephraiin W. Livingston, Leonard Walker, select-\\nmen F. Odall, representative.\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L. Walker, E. W. Livingston. U.Spalding, Jr., seleci n.\\nF. Odall, representative.\\n1-11 li Jones, Elkanah P. Parker, William McKean, selectmen;\\nK. McGavi representative.\\nI, ling, John Gilson, Jr., Edward Wheeler, selectmen\\nI.. Walker, representative.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0890.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "MERRIMACK.\\n1*43.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. McKeaii, E. P. Parker, Joseph B. Holt, sele\\nWalker, representative\\n1844. _.i. b. Holt, 1 Jones, Daniel Moor, Jr., eelectme\\n1 Parker, representative.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Jones, D Moore, Jr., Daniel T [ngalls, selectu\\nParker, representative\\n1840.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 D. Moore, Jr., D. T. Ingalls, James Parker, selects\\nT. Jones, representative,\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. Melvean, J. Parker, Ira Spalding, selertme\\nDai i\\n1S4S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. MeKcan, I. Spalding, i;..h.n W. French, -eh-ctiiien\\nJ. 15. Holt, representative,\\nL849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. W. French, S. Kenney, John I- Bowers, selectmen; J.\\nB. Holt, representative.\\n1850. S. Kenney, J. L. Bowers, Francis A Chamberlain, selectmen;\\nR. McGaw, representative.\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alexander McCally Wilkins, F. A. Chamberlain, Elijah P.\\nParkhurst, selectmen W McKean. representative.\\nL852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. M. Wilkins, E. P. Parkhui~t, Benjamin Ki-M-i, le. tin. n\\nJohn Bayers, representative.\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A M Wilkin-, B Kidder, Nathan Parker, selectmen D T.\\nIngalls, representative.\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. M. Wilkins, N. Parker, Ward Parker, selectmen D. T.\\nIngalls, representative,\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Wheeler, Smith E. Fields James Hay, seleetmen Siine..ti\\nK.ninj, Jr., represent, ti\\\\e.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. 1- Field* I Ha: M ;i I: Spalding, selectmen; M\\nWilkins, representative.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Jones, L homas Parker. A hiel Holt, selectmen Harrison\\nEaton, representative.\\n1858. D. Jones, T. Parker, Abner C. Darrah, selectmen; II. Eaton,\\nrepresentative.\\n1859. x. Parker, A. C. Darrah, Jeremiah Woods, selectmen; William\\nT. Parker, representative.\\nlstin. E T. I arkhnr-I, (Imi-r Spaldum, Israel 0. roi k* t, t-\\nnieii W. T- Parker, representative.\\nisr,l.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. F. Spalding, Ward Parker, V. C. Darrah. seleetmen S. Ken-\\nDej fi [kv-... niative.\\nL862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ward Parker, J. Wheeler, Franklin Ilerrick, selectmen; El-\\nkanah P. Parker, representative.\\nis.;;;.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Wheeler. F ILrriek. Sumner Morgan, sele. t I i 1\\nParker, represeni itiv*\\nPM4.-J Wheeler, F. Herrick, David Jon. selectmen; E. P. Parker,\\n1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John L Spalding, Ward Parker, Kri ICitrredge, (men i;.\\nP. Parker, representative.\\nI st;*;. -S. Kenney, Ward Parker, lv Kittredge, selectmen eouhl not\\nagree on a representative\\nlsc,7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. L. Spalding, Ward Parker, Waltei Read, selectmen A. C.\\nDarrah, representative.\\nL868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A M. Wilkm-. Frederick F. Walker, Isaac Fitts, selectmen\\nc Darrah, representative.\\nlsiiii.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Wheel, T T. Parker. Henry J. Wilson, selectmen; Benjamin\\nEla, n presentative.\\nlsTH.-.T. Wheeler, T. Parker, H. J. Wil\\n1*71.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Marcellns Houghton, John L. Read, William \\\\1.\u00c2\u00ab m i.\\nseleetmen ct.ni hi not agree ,.,n a represvntar J e.\\n1S72.\u00e2\u0080\u0094T. Parker, W Me Jne^.-n, i. I. Spalding, sele, tmen Jane-\\nQtative.\\n1873.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Proctor P. Parkhurst, W M.*}u-- l-n, Nelson II ltrown, \u00c2\u00bbele, t-\\ni i i, i presentative.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I. Fitts, Artemas Knight, Horace W. Wilson, selectmen; T\\nParker, representative.\\n1875. I. Fitts, Knight, A. C. Darrah, tselectmi\\ngalls, representative.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H W. Wilson, Levi F. Lowell, c.enrg- e. Patterson, selectmen\\nO. Infills, rej. re-, -illative.\\n1877. Selectmen same Ward Parker, repi\\n1S78.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Selectmen same i arini M Parker, representative.\\n1*70. G. E. Patterson, Joseph Yoss, Henry F. Herrick, selectmen\\nI armi M. Parker, representative. Biennial ions of L\\nthis year, so that henceforward a representative was elected only ..nee in\\ntwo years.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. W. Wilson, J. Cross, II. F. HeiTick, selectmen.\\n1**1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. r r ,K., juhn Wheeler, G. E. Patterson, selectmen Matthew\\nP. Nichols, representative.\\n1**2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Cross, J. Wheeler. Herm.\u00c2\u00bbn Fold-, selectmen.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 T. Parker, H S. Fields, Everett E Parker, selectmen John\\nv\\\\ resentative\\nL884 ii Fields, E. E. Parker, Cleveland C Heard, selectmen.\\n1885 ii Pai i. i i i ft ard Daniel Jones, sele. tmen Lei r\\nLowell, representative,\\n,11 sticks OF THE PEACE -I\\nGeorge Alhee, Samuel 0. Anderson, Samuel P.arron, Jr., John L.\\nB iwers, Egbert Bi an, Wentworth Clagg t, I oathai\\nph- n ranker, Simeon Cummin.--, h.mi- I it. Dan forth,\\nvl.nei 1 1,! nah. Harrison La ton, Jane L.,\\\\ i. John K.iyres, William\\nI ayres, Benjamin Ela, Jos. ph I arwell, Henry Fields, isia. Kilts, Ahdiel\\nGoodrich, Francis A. Gordon, Hendi ..nt y T. Harris,\\nDavid Henderson, Franklin Herrick, Joseph B. Holt, Charles E. Hum-\\nphrey, Georg* Cngalls, Daniel X. [ngalle Henrj T. Ingalls, Caleb\\nJones, David Jones, Simeon Kenney, Benjamin Kidder, a Knight, ll.n-\\ntv i.. Lawrence, Ephraim W. Livingstone, Obediah Star] I U h-\\nley, John McConihe, Massena Mel lonihe, s. Md omhe. i;,,i,it\\nMcGaw, William Mi Kean.JamesL Mo. a. I narlesS Nesmith, Matthew\\n1 Nieh.il-. lien tarn in \\\\i\u00c2\u00bbiii e. 1 i.mk il \u00c2\u00bbl\u00c2\u00bb-i Nat hat i i*-l J. Oliver, James\\nV. Parker, Nathan Parker, Ckrw U Parker, Edward P.Parker,\\nWi liaro i Parker, Wane,, w Piltehury, Reuben 11. Pratt, Eleazer\\nKohy, John T. Reed, George F. Spalding, John S. Spalding, Hosea B.\\nSpaldiug, diner Spalding, Oliver Spalding, Jr., Daniel Stevens, James\\nThornton, James B. Thornton, Jamea I Walker, Leonard Walker,\\nLduard Wheeler, Alexander Mci alley Wilkins.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nSEI !EET SOCIETIES.\\nAll the secret organizations now existing in town\\nare those formed for social and benevolent purposes,\\nand their work is so well known as not to need any\\nexplanation.\\nThornton Grange, No. 31, was organized .May Its.\\n1874, with thirty members. It has had a prosperous\\ncareer, and now numbers one hundred and one mem-\\nbers.\\nThe presiding officers have been as follows Ward\\nParker. John McAfee. George W. Moulton, Walter\\nKittredge, Everetl E. Parker and William F. Kitt-\\nredge.\\nNaticook Lodge. I. O. G. T., was instituted January\\n18, 1876, with sixty members. Its presiding officers\\nhave been as follows: James T. Jones, Ira G. Wil-\\nkins, Truman P Knight, Henry L. McKean, Samuel\\nG. Chamberlain, John G. Read, Oliver B. Green,\\nHarrison E. Eerrick, Walter A. J. Kittredge, William\\nF. Kittredge, Warren J. Aver, William T. Parker,\\nWarren W. Pillsbury, George W. Moulton, Charles\\nE. Wilson, George P. Foskett, Daniel C. Barron,\\nEveretl I.. Hunter, Willard H. Kempton, Cleveland\\nC. Beard.\\nWebster Commandery, U. O. G. C, No. 161, was\\nestablished October 17, 1881, with fourteen members,\\nwhich number has since increased to thirty-three.\\nThere have been no deaths and no withdrawals.\\nThe presiding officers have been as follows J. (i.\\nRead, George W. Moulton, James T. Jones, Warren\\nW. Pillsbury, Horatio Bowers, William M. West.\\nThe James S. Thornton Post, G. A. R., No. 33.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0891.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwas organized in January, 1SS5, with twenty-five\\nCleveland C. Beard, presiding officer.\\nCHA l TEE XIV.\\nMERRIMACK\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nGENEALOGIES.\\nThe following genealogies are limited to persons\\nborn in Merrimack, it being outside the scope of this\\nwork to follow the descendants who have emigrated\\nto other places. Other families might have been\\ngiven with equal propriety, the only considei i1 in\\nchoosing these for record being the availability of\\ninformation concerning them.\\nBarnes.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lieutenant Thomas Barnes, from Plym-\\nouth County, Mass., settled where Dana Hutchinson\\nnow lives, previous to 174b. He had lour sons and\\nfive daughters, but it is not known that any of his\\ndeseendants now live in town.\\nHis brother, Dr. Joseph Barnes, was the first phy-\\nsician in town, and was the father of Lieutenant\\nReuben, from whom are descended a numerous posterity\\nnow living in this town and elsewhere.\\nHis children were Reuben 2 Joseph, Samuel, John\\n(settled in Dracut, .Mass.), Sally (died young I, Eleanor\\n(settled in Boston). Joanna (married Henry Fretts)\\nand Polly (settled in Dracut).\\nThe children of Reuben 2 were Hannah (married\\nIra Mears, of Merrimack), Rebecca (died young I, Ann\\n(married Nelson Longa, of Merrimack), Lucy (settled\\nin Chelmsford, Mass.), Dolly (married, as a second\\nhusband, Solomon Barron, of Merrimack), James\\n(died young), David (settled in Merrimack), John\\n(settled in Merrimack), Joel (went West), Eliza R.\\n(settled in Nashua), Lavinia.\\nThe children of Hannah Mears were Jane (went\\nWest), Mattie (settled in Manchester), George (went\\nWest), Stella (lives in Boston).\\nAnn Tonga s children were Washington (settled\\nin Manchester), Charles (settled in Nashua, where his\\ndaughter, May E., was born, and then returned to\\nMerrimack), John (lives in Nashua), Sarah (married\\nHenry T. I. Blood, of Merrimack).\\nSarah Blood s children are Clinton, Charley,\\nAnnie, Bertha and Mary.\\nDolly Barron s children were Sarah (married\\nCharles Tonga, and settled in Nashua), John (settled\\nin Nebraska), Clarence (died young), Daniel (settled\\nin Merrimack).\\nDavid Barnes children were Charles (settled in\\nMassachusetts), Sarah (settled in Nashua), Willie\\n(settled in Massachusetts), Almira (died unmarried),\\nElla Etta (died unmarried), Frank (settled in Lowell).\\nThe children of John Barnes were Edgar (settled\\nin Brookline), Clinton (died unmarried), Fred, (lives\\nin Nashua), Lillian (died unmarried), Addie (lives in\\nLondonderry), Nellie (lives in Townsend, Mass).\\nThe children of Joseph Barnes were Charles,\\nHiram and two daughters.\\nThe children of Samuel were Betsy (married John\\nConnary, of Milford, and afterwards a Mr. Goodwin),\\nSamuel 3 (settled in Boston), Solomon (lived in Merri-\\nmack), Jane (married Elijah Leech, of Milford),\\nAmanda (married Moses Pinghram, of Derry),\\nHannah (married Morrison Sanderson, of Merrimack),\\nNancy (married Joseph Day, of Derry).\\nThe children of Hannah Sanderson were Nancy\\nJ. (died unmarried), Lorenzo (lives in Fitchburg.\\nMass.), Ellen (lives in Merrimack), Dana (lives in\\nMerrimack), Orrin (lives in Merrimack).\\nThe children of Joanna Fretts were Harriet\\n(settled in Iowa), Lorena (settled in Nashua i, George\\n(settled in Vermont), Catherine (died young), Richard\\n(settled in Merrimack), Henry- Emmeline (settled\\nin New Bedford).\\nThe children of Richard Fretts are Emma, Henry\\nand Laura (all living in Merrimack).\\nChamberlain.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain John Chamberlain came\\nfrom Groton, Mass., in 1 704, and built mills at Souhegan,\\nas elsewhere stated. He built the first bridge across\\nthe Souhegan, at the village, at his own expense.\\nHe surrounded his log cabin with pickets as a de-\\nfense against the Indians, and when he went to work\\nin his field he took his family with him for safety,\\nlie was a man of great powers of both mind and body,\\nand was prominent in town affairs for many years.\\nMice, when a member of the Provincial Assembly,\\na member of the Council, vexed at their refusing to\\nconcur in some measure proposed by the Council, said,\\nin his passion,\\nI wish the Assembly were all in heaven.\\nThe ready reply of Chamberlain was, I should not\\nobject to that, sir, were it not that we should lose\\nthe pleasure of the company of His Majesty s I loun-\\ncil.\\nHis children were Nabbv (lived in Merrimack),\\nRachel (lived in Merrimack), Susie (lived in Merri-\\nmack), Josiab (lived in Merrimack), Rebecca (lived in\\nMerrimack), Silas (settled on Isaiah Herrick s place,\\nand afterwards left town), Joseph (settled on Henry\\nHerrick s place).\\nThe children of Joseph were Joseph- (settled\\nin Merrimack, and afterwards removed to Boston),\\nSamuel (settled in Merrimack), Reuben (settled in\\nMerrimack, and afterwards removed to Billerica.\\nMass.), Moody (settled in Merrimack, and afterwards\\nremoved to Terre Haute, Ind.), James (settled in\\nMerrimack, and afterwards removed to Vermont),\\nRoxv (settled in Nashua), Milly (lived in Merri-\\nmack), Augustus (settled in Terre Haute, Ind.).\\nThe children of Samuel were Frank A. (settled in\\nMerrimack) and Samuel G. (settled and reared a\\nfamily in Merrimack, and removed to Lake village).\\nThe children of Samuel G. were Ellen (died\\nyoung), charlotte (died young), Elvord G. (settled in\\nBoston l, Harriet (died young).", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0892.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "MERRIMACK.\\n543\\nFields.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There were four brothers and a sister of\\nthis family who came to this town from Andover,\\nMass., just before the Revolution.\\nHenry Fields settled on the Severns place, Mars-\\nten on the Lawrence place, Sally, (wife of Andrew\\nWilkins) on the Woodward place, Joshua on the\\nJoseph Foster place and John on the John H. Co-\\nburn place.\\nThe children of Henry were John (died young),\\nHenry 2 (settled in New York), Rebecca (married to\\nTimothy Carlton) and Susan (settled in Nashua).\\nThe children of Rebecca Carlton were, Rebecca\\n(settled in Nashua), John (settled in Lyndeborough),\\nSophia (married a Mr. Retterbush, of Merrimack),\\nEliza (married Joseph Wilson), Henry (killed in a\\nmill at Lowell), Francis (carried on business at\\nNew Orleans and elsewhere, and died in Merrimack),\\nPeter (settled in Merrimack), Susan (settled in Am-\\nherst), Isaac (died young), Isaac (settled in Massa-\\nchusetts).\\nThe children of Sophia Retterbush were Eliza\\n(settled in Milford), Sophia (married a Mr.\\nDodge, of Merrimack), Mary Ann (married Jerry\\nKittredge, of Merrimack) and Henry (burned in a\\nhouse). The children of Sophia Dodge were a\\ndaughter (died unmarried) and Francis.\\nThe children of Mary Ann Kittredge are Mary\\nJ. (married Scott W. Lane, of Manchester), Emma E.\\ni married George P. Buttertield, and lives at Fitch-\\nburg, Mass.) and Jerry C. (lives at home).\\nFrancis Carlton had two daughters. Peter Carlton\\nhad two daughters,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sarah (settled in Milford) and\\nHannah (died unmarried).\\nEliza Wilson had a daughter, Eliza Ann (died\\nunmarried), and a son, Henry (settled in Milford.\\nFor the descendants of Sally Wilkins, see Wilkins\\nfamily.\\nThe children of Marsten Fields were Isaac, Mars-\\nten, 2 Betsy, Hannah and Priscilla.\\nThe children of Joshua Fields were Joshua 2\\n(settled in Merrimack), Jonas (settled in New York),\\n.lames (settled in Merrimack), John (settled in Maine)\\nand Sally (settled in Maine).\\nThe children of Joshua 2 were Hannah (settled\\nin Lowell), Smith (settled in Merrimack), Sally\\n(married Peter Carlton), Joshua died at sea) and\\nJonas (died unmarried).\\nThe children of Smith Fields were Sally (died in\\nNashua Joshua (settled in Milford). Charles (died\\nunmarried), Mary (residence unknown), Hermon S.\\n(settled in Merrimack).\\nJohn Fields served through the whole seven years\\nof the Revolutionary War. His children were\\nHenry (died unmarried) and Elizabeth (married\\nJohn H. Coburn).\\nElizabeth Coburn had one daughter, Catherine\\n(married John H. Upham, of Amherst).\\nGage. Aaron Cage came from Methuen. Mass., in\\n1773, and settled on the place now\\n,-ned by Jai\\nHodgman. His children were Isaac (settled in\\nCharlestown, Mass)., Deacon Aaron (settled in Merri-\\nmack), 1 hineas (settled in Merrimack I, Mosesl settled\\nin Merrimack), Mehitaliel (married Thomas Under-\\nwood, of Merrimack) and a daughter, who married\\nJosiah Tinker, of Bedford.\\nThe children of Deacon Aaron were Hannah\\n(settled in Bedford), Aaron 3 (unmarried, lived in\\nMerrimack), Naomi (married Daniel Muzzy, di-\\nvorced, and lives in Merrimack), Sally (married\\nMr. Conant, of Merrimack, and, alter Mr. Conant\\ndied, married Stephen Crooker, of Merrimack),\\nBenjamin (settled in Bedford), Isaac (settled in\\nBedford), Solomon (settled in Bedford), Mary (un-\\nmarried, lives in Merrimack), Martha (unmarried,\\nlives in Merrimack), fanny (settled in Boston).\\nThe children of Phineas were Lydia (married\\nAlexander Wilkins, of Merrimack), Sally (settled in\\nBedford), Anna (settled in Nashua), Isaac (settled in\\nBedford), Benjamin 2 (settled in Lowell, Mass. Polly\\n(died young), Mary (settled in Sutton), Enoch (settled\\nin Merrimack, later in Bedford), Stephen (settled in\\nMerrimack, later in Amherst), Parker (died young),\\nGeorge (settled in Bedford).\\nThe children of Moses were Betsy (settled in New\\nBoston), Moses (settled iii Bedford), Sally (settled m\\nNew Boston), Ruth (settled in Goffstown), John\\n(settled in Lyndeborough), David (became a mission-\\nary), Joseph N. I settled in Merrimack, but afterward\\nremoved to Lawrence, Mass). At his death Joseph\\nX. Gage left a fund of about fourteen thousand dol-\\nlars, the income of which was to go to his wife\\nduring her life, and afterward to lie used in support-\\ning the public schools of his native town, on condition\\nthat the town should never raise a less amount than\\nbefore by taxation for school purposes, should ereel a\\nmonument to his memory, and should keep his lot in\\nthe cemetery in good condition. The town accepted\\nthe conditions, and at the death of Mrs. Gage, in\\n1883, came into possession of the property, together\\nwith two thousand dollars more added to it b\\\\ the\\nwill of Mrs. Gage, thus increasing the amount avail-\\naide tor school purposes about fifty per cent. (ther\\nchildren of Moses Cage were Mehitabel 2 Susan and\\nCharles.\\nThe children of Mehitable Gage and Thomas Un-\\nderwood were Thomas 2 John, Peter, Sally, William\\nand Charles.\\nSally Gage and Mr. Conant had a daughter, Han-\\nnah, who married Freeman Hill, of Merrimack, and\\ntheir children were George, Sarah and one that died\\nyoung.\\nThe children of Sally Gage and Stephen Crooker\\nwere Stephen 2 D. (settled in Boston and then went\\nWest Aimer C. (settled in Boston). Simeon W.\\n(settled in Boston), israel (settled in Merrimack),\\n.lanes I (settled in Boston\\nThe children of Israel Crooker were Frank W.\\n(settled in Norwood, Mas-.i, Sarah (unmarried, lives", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0893.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "544\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nin Norwood, Mass.), Mary (married George Bean, of\\nMerrimack), Ida (married Charles Wilson, of Merri-\\nmack).\\nThe children of Lydia Cage ami Alexander Wil-\\nkii.s were Olive (settled in Bedford), Fanny (married\\nLevi Fisher, of Merrimack).\\nThe children of Fanny Fisher were Levi W. (set-\\ntled in Merrimack), Sarah W. (settled in Nashua),\\nGeorge W. (settled in Boscawen), Anna L. (married\\nHa/en G. Dodge, of Merrimack), Cynthia M. (settled\\nin Maiden, Mass.).\\nThe ehildren of Levi W. Fisher are Maria (settled\\nin Bedford), Fanny W. (lives in Merrimack).\\nAnna L. Fisher and Hazen G. Dodge have a son,\\nElwin H., who lives in Merrimack.\\nThe children of Enoch Gage were Foster, Walter,\\nJoseph and Ann E.\\nThe ehildren of Stephen Gage were Permelia,\\nSophronia, Mary A., Parker, John and Orlando, all\\nof whom lived in Amherst.\\nIngalls. Deacon Daniel Ingalls came from Ando-\\nvei, Mass.. and settled on the Ingalls farm. He was\\na Revolutionary soldier, took part in the battle of\\nBennington, and guarded the Hessian prisoners at\\nCharlestown, Mass., the following winter. He was a\\nrespected and useful citizen of Merrimack for many\\nyears.\\nHis ehildren were Polly (settled in Bedford). .Sally,\\nRebecca [settled in Salem. Mass.), Elizabeth (died\\nyoung), Daniel T. (settled on the home farm in Mer-\\nrimack, where he still lives), Henry I .settled in\\nNew York City) and Putnam (settled in Newark,\\nN. J.).\\nThe children of Daniel T. were Horace P. (settled\\nin Ohio), Mary (lived in Nashua). George C. (settled\\non the home farm in Merrimack). Lucian (-.Hied in\\nFalmouth, Me.) and Nancy (lives in Nashua).\\nThe children of George C. are Helen L. and Dan-\\niel T., Jr.\\nJones. David Jones settled in Merrimack in 1S27.\\nHis children were Amos (dead), David T. (settled in\\nMerrimack), Daniel (settled in Merrimack) Sarah F.\\n(settled in Merrimack), George H., Rosa E. and\\nLouisa M. (settled in Merrimack). David T. has one\\nson, David R. David R. has a daughter, Nellie L.\\nThe ehildren of James T. were Ernest .1.. Leslie F.,\\nIdella M. (deceased) and Grace M.\\nCaleb Jones settled in Merrimack about 1830. His\\nchildren were Fliza B., Caleb G., Amos, George,\\nCharlotte H., Harriet and Mary.\\nJonathan Jones settled in Merrimack about 1844.\\nHe hail one daughter, Laura, and moved from town\\nabout 1850.\\nMcGaw. Jacob Met law was horn in 1 7 7 in\\nLineygloss, near Londonderry, Ireland, and belonged\\nto the famous Scotch-Irish stock. He came to this\\ntown when a young man with nothing hut his stout\\nIn-art and willing hands to depend upon. He was a\\nweaver by trade, but soon added to this short expedi-\\ntions with a peddler s trunk, then a store, and finally\\nbecame a wealthy merchant.\\nlie filled many of the leading town offices, was\\na pillar in the church and a respected citizen.\\nHis children were John (died in Bedford). Mar-\\ngaret (settled in Bedford), Jacob (settled in Maine).\\nRobert (settled in Merrimack), Rebecca (settled in\\n.Maine I. Isaac (lived in Windham many years, but\\ndied in Merrimack), Martha (settled in Maine).\\nRobert McGaw, whose name appears frequently in\\nthese pages, was for many years a leading character\\nin the social, religious and political life of the town.\\nHe settled on the old homestead at Reed s Ferry, and\\nwhen his father died, in 1810, he succeeded to his\\nbusiness as merchant.\\nHis business abilities were such that he added\\nlargely to the property he inherited from his lather,\\nand. though he used his means liberally for every\\ngood cause while he lived, he left about a quarter ol\\na million at his death, and, beside the endowment of\\nthe institute already named, he bequeathed five thou-\\nsand dollars as an endowment of the First Congrega-\\ntional Church.\\nThe children of Isaac bom in Windham were\\nMargaret Jane (married Edward P. Parker, of Derry,\\nlived several years in Merrimack, hut now resides in\\nConcord, Mass.), John Armour (settled in Jersey\\nCity, N. .1.), Sarah Elizabeth (died unmarried), Mar-\\ntha Dickinson (married Francis A. Gordon, of Hen-\\nniker, and settled in Merrimack) and Anna Eliza\\n(married Carmi Parker, of Merrimack, recently re-\\nmoved to Fitchburg, Mass.).\\nMargaret Parker had a daughter, Caroline Eliza\\n(settled in Concord. Mass.) Martha Gordon has two\\nsons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert McGaw and Arthur G.\\nAnna Parker has three sons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George L., Harry C.\\nand Maurice W.\\nMcGilveray. John McGilveray came from Scot-\\nland some time previous to the Revolution and settled\\non the place now owned by his grandson, John*.\\nHis children were John 2 Robert, settled in Maine;\\nWilliam, settled in New Orleans Alexander; David,\\nsettled in Brookline; Jacob: Martha, married Alex-\\nander Anderson, of Derry Margaret, died unmar-\\nried Simon, settled on the home farm.\\nThe children of Simon were John 3 settled on the\\nhome farm; Eliza J., married James Hale, settled in\\nMerrimack, and had seven children, four of whom\\nare living; William; Harriet, died unmarried;\\ni (eorge .Newel.\\nThe children of John 3 are Franklin D. John C.\\n1 1. Elbertie; Clarie 1 married Everett F. Parker of\\nMerrimack; Anuis B., died Harriette M.\\nParker.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan Parker, many years a resident of\\nMerrimack, was born in Litchfield, N. H., January\\n1, 1767; came to this town April, 1798. He married\\nMary McQuestin, of Litchfield, and died at the old\\nhomestead opposite the M. N. Institute, where his\\nwife lived at the time of his death.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0894.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "MERRIMACK.\\nHis posterity number six sons, four daughters,\\nsixty-six grandchildren, forty-three great-grandchil-\\ndren, and three great-great-grandchildren.\\nHis oldest son William, born December 16, 1797,\\ndied September 11, 1877, in Suncook, N. II., where\\nhe resided.\\nFranees (Mrs. Leonard Walker), born September\\n7. 1799; died a1 her home in Merrimack, December\\n13, 1870.\\nNathan, born September 25, 1801. He settled in\\nMerrimack, where he died April 1-1, 1876.\\nMatthew, born July 27, 1803. He was accidentally\\nkilled by the falling of a building upon him, at his\\nfather s place, in time of a fearful tornado, May 21,\\n1814.\\nAdeline (Mrs. Enoch Merrill), born August 30,\\n1S05; now lives in Nashua, N. H.\\nElkanah Philip, born June 6, 1807; died in Mer-\\nrimack, at the Parker homestead, April 5, 1875.\\nJames, the tilth son, lived and died in Merrimack\\nborn November 30, 1809; died March 1, 1864.\\nHarriet (Mrs. Robert French, of this town), born\\nJune 23, 1812, and now living.\\nThomas, the youngest son, died at his home in\\nMerrimack, March 27, 1885; born February 20, 1815.\\nMarietta (Mrs. John Wheeler), born December 28,\\n1818; died in Merrimack, July 30, 1881.\\nTwo daughters of Nathan Parker arc now living;\\nalso thirty-one grandchildren, thirty-six great-grand-\\nchildren, three great-great-grandchildren.\\nHe was the grandson of Rev. Thomas Parker, of\\nDracut, Mass. Rev. Thomas was the son of Josiah,\\nof Cambridge. He was born December 7, 1700; gra-\\nduated at Cambridge, 1718; settled in Dracut, 1720;\\nwas pastor of the Congregational (probably Presby-\\nterian) Church forty-four years, until the time of his\\ndeath, March 18, 1765, and only nineteen years of\\nage at the time of settlement.\\nHis sons were Thomas, William, John. Matthew\\nand Jonathan. His daughters were Lydia, Eliza-\\nbeth, Lucy and Sarah. Matthew (second) wis father\\nof James U. Parker, Esq., once a resident of Merri-\\nmack also of Nathan Parker, of Manchester, Presi-\\ndent of Manchester Savings Bank, and grandfather\\nof Deacon Matthew Nichols, of this town. Thomas\\nParker, his oldest son, became a celebrated physician,\\nsettled in Litchfield, was the father of Rev. Edward\\nL. Parker, who settled over the Presbyterian Church\\nof Derry, where he preached until his death. He\\nwas father of Edward Parker, Esq., a former resident\\nof this town, ami later of Concord, Mass., where lie\\ndied.\\nSpalding. Samuel Spalding came from Chelms-\\nford, Mass., and settled in Merrimack at some time\\nprevious to 1753.\\nHis children were Samuel 2 settled in Merrimack\\nAbijah, settled in Nashua Sarah, died unmarried\\nHenry, settled in New Boston and afterwards removed\\nto Lyndeborough Oliver, settled in Merrimack Isaac,\\nsettled in New Ipswich and afterwards removed to\\nWilton; Silas, settled in Merrimack, removed to An-\\ndover, Vt., and returned to Merrimack; Asa, settled\\nin Merrimack.\\nThe children of Samuel 2 were Ephraim, died\\nS 2 Sarah, married Luther Abbott, of Andover,\\nVt. Abijah-, settled in Nashua, after living in various\\nother places; Betsey, married Isaac Blood, of Hollis\\nLuther, settled in Baltimore, Md. Meriel, married\\nJohn Thomas, of Goffstown, and settled in Andover,\\nVt., afterwards removed to Wisconsin Ira, settled in\\nMerrimack; Josiah, settled in Salem, and was a sea-\\ncaptain Eleanor, settled in Vermont.\\nThe children of Ira Spalding were Ira 2 died in\\ninfancy; William Moore, settled in Texas; Ephraim\\nHealil, settled in Texas; Nancy Isabella, married\\nWilliam Kimball, of Temple; Eliza Jane, died in\\ninfancy ieorge Washington, died in infancy; George\\nFranklin, settled on the old homestead in Merrimack\\nBetsy handler, married John G.Kimball, of Nashua:\\nCatherine Mears, married Chancy C. Kuler, and set-\\ntled in Wisconsin; Ellen Maria, married Albert Gay.\\nof Boston, Mass.; Henry Harrison, died in in-\\nfancy.\\nThe children of George Franklin Spalding are\\nCaribella Frances and Frank Clarence.\\nThe children of Oliver Spalding were Abigail,\\ndied young Olivet settled in Merrimack: and an\\nunnamed infant.\\nThe children of Oliver Spalding- were Abigail\\nNourse, married William T. Parker, and lives in\\nMerrimack John Lund, settled in Merrimack\\nHosea I .allou, settled in Nashua; and Oliver Perry,\\ndied young.\\nThe children of John Lund Spalding were Sarah\\nFrances and John (liver.\\nThe children of Asa Spalding were Asa 2 settled\\nin Merrimack Ephraim, died young Samuel Woods,\\ndied young; Joanna, died young Sophia, married\\ntimothy Fry, of Lowell. Mass. Cynthia, married\\nGilbert Colburn, of Pelham; All. en Jefferson, settled\\nin Danvers, Mass. Lucy Davis, married Jacob Carl\\nton, of Lowell, Mass.; John Langdon, died young\\nSarah, married Jacob Carlton, of Lowell, Mass., after\\nher sister Lucy s death and Dorcas, married Andrew\\nJ. Nute, of Lowell, Mass.\\nThe children of Asa Spalding- were Samuel\\nWoods, settled in Danvers. Mass.; Joanna, married\\nWilliam Lyon, of Pelham Asa Langdon, has lived\\nin various towns in Massachusetts, the last being\\nNewton Centre; and Albert Jefferson, settled in Dan-\\nvers, Mass.\\nMatthew Thornton s Family and Descendants\\nJames Thornton, an Englishman, and Elizabeth Jenk-\\nins, his wife, removed from England to the north of\\nIreland, where Matthew Thornton was born, in 1714.\\nDuring his infancy his parents came to America and\\nsettled in Londonderry. After acquiring his profes-\\nsion he practiced medicine there, securing a high rep-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0895.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "546\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nutatiou as a physician and becoming comparatively\\nwealthy.\\nIn 174 Dr. Thornton joined the expedition against\\nLouishurg, Cape Breton, as surgeon in the New Hamp-\\nshire Division ofthe American army. .Matthew Thorn-\\nton was appointed president ofthe Provincial torn eh-\\nticm nt New Hampshire, and the following year\\nwas chosen to represent New Hampshire in the first\\nCongress holden at Philadelphia. He signed the\\nDeclarati t Independence, and s i after\\npurchased a farm in that part of Merrimack known\\nas Thornton s Ferry, where, surrounded by his family\\nand friends, he passed the remainder of his days in\\ndignified repose. He died at the house of bis daugh-\\nter, Mrs. Hannah Thornton McGaw, in Newburyport,\\nMass., June 24, 1803, at the age of eighty-nine years.\\nMr. Thornton was a man of commanding presence, but\\nof a very genial nature, remarkable for his native wit\\nand great fund of anecdote.\\nAfter serving his term in Congresshe became chief\\njustice of the Court of Common Pleas in New Hamp-\\nshire, and afterwards judge the Superior lourt.\\nJudge Thornton married Hannah Jackson, who\\ndied before reaching middle life, leaving five children,\\nJames, Andrew, .Mary, Hannah and Matthew-,\\n.lames married Mary Parker, and lived in Merrimack.\\nTheir children wen. Matthew 3 .Tames Bonaparte,\\nThomas, Hannah and Mary.\\nMatthew 1 died in youth, leaving one daughter,\\nMargaret Anne, who died unmarried.\\n.lames B. was graduated at Bowdoin practiced law\\nin Merrimack; was second comptroller of the treasury\\nat Washington; then United States charge d affaires to\\nPeru, South America. He died at Callao at about the\\nage of forty.\\nHe was a classmate of the late harles Atherton,\\nEsq., of Nashua, and ofthe late ex-President Frank-\\nlin Pierce, and the warmth of their strong personal\\nfriendship remained unimpaired until his death.\\n.lames B. Thornton left two children, JamesShep-\\nard Thornton and Mary Parker Thornton. James\\nShepard entered the Naval School at Annapolis at the\\nage of fourteen, and remained in the naval service\\nuntil his death, which occurred in 1875. He was ex-\\necutive officer of the Hartford under Farragut, at the\\nbattle of New Orleans, and executive officer of the\\nKearsarge, in the famous battle with the Alabama.\\nHe married a daughter of Rev. Henry \\\\V 1. who\\nsurvives him. Mary Parker married Dr. Charles A.\\nDavis, and, alter his death, Judge W. S. Gardner, of\\nI usetts. Hannah married Colonel Joseph\\nGreeley, of Nashua, of whose family there are three\\nsurviving children, Charles A. and Edward P., loca-\\nted at Nashua, Iowa ami James B. Greeley, M.D.,\\nsurgeon in the First Rhode Island Cavalry during the\\nlate war, who is now living on the old Thornti n farm\\nin Merrimack.\\nAndrew, son ,,f Judge Matthew Thornton, died in\\nearly youth, unmarried.\\nMatthew son of Judge Thornton, graduated at\\nDartmouth, read lawat Amherst and resided at Mer-\\nrimack, where he died, leaving a widow ami two\\nchildren.\\nOne of these died in youth the other, Abby.a very\\nlovely ami accomplished woman, married Captain\\n1 a\\\\ el Mac! Iregor, of Derry.\\nMary Thornton, eldest daughter of Judge Matthew\\nThornton, married the Hon. Silas Britton, of Salem,\\nN. II.\\nHannah Thornton, youngest daughter of Judge\\nMatthew Thornton, married John Met Jaw, of New-\\nburyport. Mass.\\nWilkins.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Wilkins family came from England\\nand settled in Salem in the early part of the seven-\\nteenth century.\\nStephen Wilkins. born in that part of Salem after-\\nwards incorporated in Middleton, left a son, Stephen\\nWilkins, Jr.. who took part in the French and Indian\\nWar, was appointed captain in the Revolutionary\\nforces, and served two years, hut left the army in 1777,\\nami bought a farm in Merrimack, on the Souhegan\\nRiver, three and a half miles from its mouth. An\\ninteresting incident occurred in connection with this\\npurchase. John Neal, the man of whom he purchased,\\nwas a whig when the Americans seemed likely to\\nsucceed and a tory when the British got the advan-\\ntage.\\nThe bargain was made in the spring of 1777: but\\nin the summer, when Mr. Wilkins came to pay the\\nmoney in Continental currency, it had begun to de-\\npreciate, and Mr. Neal refused to take it, declaring\\nthat the British would gain the victory and the money\\nwould not be worth as much as so many chips. But\\nwhen he heard of the capture of Burgove s army he\\nwas glad to take the whole three thousand dollars in\\nContinental currency.\\nThe children of Captain Stephen Wilkins, Jr.,\\nwere Andrew, came to Merrimack with his father\\nStephen, died young Hannah, married Elijah Chub-\\nbuek and settled in Vermont, hut removed to New\\nYork; Lucy, died at Mont Vernon; Stephen 2 set-\\ntled in New York; Levi, came to Merrimack with his\\nfather; James, horn in Merrimack, reared a family\\nhere and died in New York.\\nThe children of Andrew Wilkins were Amos (set-\\ntled in Merrimack, and afterwards removed to Ver-\\nmont), Mehi table I married Samuel McClure, of Merri-\\nmack), Andrew 2 (died unmarried), Sarah (married\\nZebulon Ritterbush, of Merrimack), Samuel (had one\\nchild, Samuel in Merrimack, and then removed to\\nAmherst), Asa (died unmarried). John (settled in\\nMerrimack I.\\nflic children of Amos Wilkins horn in Merrimack\\nwere Joanne A. and Sally N. (removed to Vermont\\nwith their father).\\nI he children of Mehitable McClure were Sarah\\nand Samuel (born in Merrimack and removed to\\nNashua", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0896.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "MIIKUIMACK.\\n547\\nThe children of Sarah Ritterbush were Stephen W.\\n(died unmarried), Lucy Jane (married John Collins,\\nof Nashua), William (went to California), Nelson\\n(went to California).\\nThe children of John Wilkins were Martha H.\\n(married Amos A. Wilkins, a son of Vinos Wilkins,\\nborn in Vermont), Charlotte (married Edward Col\\nburn and settled in Canada West), Augusta (died in\\nNashua), Adeline (died in Nashua), a son (died in\\ninfancy), Frances (died in Nashua), Alma P. (died in\\nNashua).\\nThe children of Levi Wilkins were Ann [died in\\ninfancy), Alexander McCalley (settled in Merrimack),\\nRoxana (died in Nashua), Levi F. lied vomit;), Lucy\\nA. (married Thomas H. Hall and settled in Nashua),\\na son (died in infancy), Hannah (married Ira Etoby\\nand settled in Amherst), Levi W. (settled in Antrim).\\nLevi Wilkins settled on the old homestead, and\\nwas elected selectman for several years, always dis-\\ncharging the duties of his office satisfactorily to his\\ntownsmen and with honor to himself. He made home\\nso pleasant for his children that they look back upon\\ntheir childhood as the pleasantest portion of their\\nlives. He was universally beloved and respected,\\nand his advice was often sought for by his fellow-\\ncitizens. He was a member of the Congregational\\nChurch, ami his example adorned bis profession.\\nThe children of Alexander McCallcy Wilkins were\\nLucy Ann (lives with her father), Franklin A. Isct-\\ntled in Providence), James M. (settled in Nashua),\\nGustine (settled in Manville, R. I.), Mary (died\\nunmarried I.\\nThe children of James Wilkins, son of Captain\\nStephen, were Eliza, Charles A., Mary A., Jane McC,\\nall born in .Merrimack and removed t, New York\\nwith their father.\\nSources of Information. The material for the\\nforegoing sketch of Merrimack has been taken from\\nthe follow in- sources: An address by Rev. Stephen T.\\nAllen at the centennial celebration in Merrimack\\nan address by Rev. C. L. Hubbard at the centennial\\nof the First Congregational Church in Merrimack;\\nI ox s History of] (unstable; History of Bedford,\\nby a town committee; History of Windham, by L.\\nA.Morrison; Spalding Memorial, by Samuel J.\\nSpalding; Town Papers of New Hampshire, edited\\nbj [saac W. Hammond; State Papers of New\\nHampshire, by same author: Merrimack town\\nrecords; records of First Congregational Church of\\nMerrimack; records of McCaw Normal Institute.\\nHou. W. T. Parker furnished the complete list of\\ncitizens who served in the Civil War, and many ol\\nthe oldest citizens have given much valuable in-\\nformation.\\nNo one can be better aware than the writer of the\\nincompleteness of this record. He has .lone the best\\nhe could in the time and with the means placed at\\nhis disposal.\\nevery side, inviting further exploration. This, at\\nleast, can be said as tar as the work has been ii d,\\neverything stated as a fact has been verified, and,\\nwhile of course there are errors in details, all im-\\nportant points stated may be relied upon as well\\nestablished.\\nAn interesting field of research opei\\ndelv on\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nHARRISON EATON, M.I\\nHarrison Eaton, M.D., traced his descent from\\nEnglish ancestry, through John and Anne Eaton, w bo\\nsettled in Haverhill, Mass., in 1646; be was the\\nelder of the two children oi .Moses and Judith\\n(Merrill) Eaton, and was born at the Eaton home-\\nstead in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, December\\nPi, 1813.\\nAt that date four generations were represented in\\nthe large, square mansion, where the present mistress.\\nMrs. Louisa (Eaton) Piper has all her life resided,\\nand of his early home Dr. Eaton cherished delightful\\nmemories.\\nThe patriarch of the household was the great-\\ngrandfather, John Eaton Esq., whose decea-e occiii ie. I\\nin 1824; his son, Major Nathaniel Eaton, was so stout\\nas to have hardly room for a grandchild on each\\nknee; yet there the boys clung, begging for a story.\\nWell, once there was a man \u00e2\u0080\u0094here David pulled\\nthe gran.lsire s nose\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tell it to me, grandpa, tell it\\nto me!\\nAmid exuberant mirth and frolic, the old man\\nwould begin again, and now it was Harrison who\\ndrew the narrator s face and attention toward him-\\nself; thus, while the progress of the tale was hindered,\\nthere was great amusement all round, and both first\\nand second childh 1 were happy.\\nHis maternal grandfather, Deacon David Merrill,\\nwho, after his wife s death, came to live with his\\ndaughter, was a saintly character in juvenile eyes,\\nwho never used wicked words, though he did once\\nthreaten to break the pesky heads of the hens if\\nthey did not keep out of his garden, that he took\\ngreat pleasure in cultivating. He made cross-bows\\nfor the boys, and amused and interested them with\\nincidents ofTiconderoga and Bennington, he having\\nenlisted as titer, in the Revolutionary army at the age\\nof sixteen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and while the younger boy dropped tin\\ncom lie encouraged him with the approving com-\\nment that be was a forward little fellow wdio would\\nnet big enough to cover corn some day, and so firmly\\nwas he bis friend that upon the sole occasion when\\nthe child was deemed worthy of chastisement, he\\ndemurred, saying, sotto voce, that if Harrison were\\nhis boy, be guessed be would not be treated that\\nway.\\nFor many years the estate and property of this", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0897.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "548\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nnumerous household were held in common stuck\\nropes, cloth, shoes and other articles which are now\\nalways purchased were of home manufacture and\\nthat so many people could have lived under one roof\\nwithout quarreling demonstrated to the doctor s sat-\\nisfaction a fact which reflected the brighl side of\\nhuman nature. At an infantileage he was was sent.\\nwith shining face, to school, and the master, point-\\ning his pen-knife at the first letter of the alphabet,\\ndemanded its name. Up spake the child 1 reads in\\nBaker! The doctor was wont to tell this anecdote,\\nadding with /.est, My mother taught rm f\\nHis physical strength and power of endurance\\nwere less than his brother s and most farmers sons,\\nbut he was up in the morning early, ambitious to\\nhave the work go on, and eager to keep up with the\\nmen. Whenever a ta.-k was imposed, this challenge\\ninstantly greeted his brother s ears Come, David,\\nlet us go and do it and not have to keep hating it.\\nThe happy home influences were of the most sal-\\nutary character, and vigorous, active mental powers,\\ncombined with an exceptionally sunny temperament\\nand cheerful disposition, were his natural inher-\\nitance.\\nHe abounded in humor, which was manifested in\\nquiet, never in boisterous, ways, and surviving mates\\nstill recount the witty repartees and sparkling bon-mots\\nof childhood years.\\nSays his cousin, Mrs. Piper: Harrison was fun-\\nloving, and how much we all loved him! 1 recall\\nthai one evening, his hoots oil anil the lire on his\\nstudy-hearth burning low, he asked David to fetch an\\narmful of fuel, to which he consented, on condition that\\nan improvised rhyme should lie his reward. When\\nthe wood appeared the rhyme was ready.\\nThank fortune that I Imv.m hi..th.-r z I\\nTo pick up iny chips and hring in my wood,\\nWhile I, like a moiikry. sit curled in my chair.\\nReading and halving the lectures of Ulair\\nHi- often alluded with satisfaction to the impartial\\ntreatment which he and his brother received at\\nparental hands, to their own harmonious exchange\\nor division of boyish properties. Why, said he,\\nneither ever had a piece of pie or cake, a new collar\\nor a marble more than the other. Here tin doctor\\nwas called out, and his mother continued, There\\ncame a day, when 1 was making a little coat, anil\\nHarrison asked, Who is to wear it? I said It is\\nfor you, my son. And will not David have one,\\ntoo? Not at present. He silently regarded my\\nhandiwork a moment, and then said, If there is to\\nhe hut one coat, please give it to my brother.\\nThe child was father of the man boyish traits,\\nprominent among which was peculiar unselfishness,\\ndeveloped into a manhood that has left the world\\nbetter and happier for its existence.\\nWorking, laboring on the farm, it i entered\\nin his memoranda of youthful years and doubtless\\nthat is the proper term, tor tradition, family tes-\\ntimonj and the record of his most useful, indus-\\ntrious life prove that there was never a lazy nerve\\nin him,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 attending district school, or the Hopkin-\\n1,111 Academy (a flourishing institution then remark-\\nable for the excellence and thoroughness of its\\ninstruction, and since for the number of its alumni\\nwho, in after-life, became distinguished), brought\\nhim to his seventeenth birth-day, December 13, 1830,\\non which day he commenced teaching, thenceforth\\nalternating that vocation with study till his grad-\\nuation.\\nHe entered upon the study of medicine with Dr.\\nEoyal Call, of Hopkinton, November 17, 1832, and\\nteaching in the towns of Essex and Hamilton, Mass.,\\nwas meanwhile a student in the office of Dr. Oliver S.\\nressy, of the latter place.\\nHe attended medical lectures at Dartmouth Col-\\nlege in 1833-34; at Berkshire Medical Institution,\\nPittsriehl, Mass., in 1830, and there received the\\ndegree ofM.D., November 22, 1836.\\nA few months immediately after he was assistant\\nof Dr. Stricter, in Troy, N. Y., then returned to his\\nnative State, and commenced practice in South Weare\\nAugust Hi, 1837.\\nHe married Miss Charlotte M. Eaton, of Hopkin-\\nton, December 25, 1838, and removed to Merrimack\\nAugust 17, 1839, where he spent the rest of life labor-\\ning diligently and faithfully, until failing strength\\nand sickness compelled him gradually to cease from\\nactive professional duty. His practice included the\\ntown of Litchfield.\\nHis son, Henry Harrison, was horn Ictober 24, 1839.\\nDr. Eaton became one of the associates of the\\nSouthern District Medical Society in 1839, and repre-\\nsented that body as delegate to the annual meeting of\\nthe American Medical Association held in Boston in\\n1849.\\nHe was admitted Fellow of the New Hampshire\\nMedical Society in 1*42, was its corresponding secre-\\ntary in 1854-55, secretary in 1857, councilor from 1859\\nto 1863, censor in 1869, and was also member of the\\nstanding committee on practical medicine. He was a\\npermanent member of the American Medical As-\\nsociation, and represented the New Hampshire Medical\\nSociety as its delegate to the annual meeting of the\\nassociation which convened at Washington, D. C,\\nin 1858.\\nDr. Eaton was received into full communion with\\nthe First Congregational Church in Merrimack July\\n4, 1S52, was several years superintendent of its\\nSabbath-school and had been president of its relig-\\nious society and one of its deacons many years\\nat the time of his death. He was superintendent\\nof the public schools of Merrimack and one of the\\nboard of trustees of McGaw Normal Institute many\\nyears, and in the years 1857-58 was a member of the\\nHouse of Representatives in the State Legislature.\\nTo quote from the obituary presented at the ninetj\\nsecond annual session of the New Hampshire Medical", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0898.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0899.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "f\\nC\\ny. ,_j6t^Cs/ ^i.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0900.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "MERRIMACK.\\n549\\nSociety, by Charles A. Savory, M.D, his intimate\\nfriend from boyhood,\\n[hiving entore.l upon In- |m .t.- -i- -n l\u00c2\u00bbj Lapm ile\\\\..te.l himself to its\\niIllllC- Willi |Uli I, lull llel Il lu\\\\ II I t I -It Illl.TllK .t nf\\nthe advancements made in tin different te i medicine, and\\nmade practical use of them wheuevei occasion offered. At the same\\ninn.. .I,-, i ,itl\\\\ atlil |iH :H ll lie ill ll till l\\\\ illsiTllin IKllei I I K t W I ll\\ntii.. certain and the doubtful ready to adopt a new remedy or method\\nwhen satisfied of it- claims, In- never abandoned tin- reliable foi the un-\\ntried. Novelty us such bad no charms for him.\\nHi- habits ut reading, observation and tnvestigal ntinued until\\nwithin .1 t. days of bis death. So long as liif- Btrength permitted, and\\nvii longer, In- In-lil himself icoh tn pe T form professional ilnties for\\nall who called for liis services. Besides these qualities, so necessary in a\\nskillful physician. In Katnii p. ,sm 1 ..tier- in nil inini iit ih-ree He\\nwas kind, genemii,-, conscientiously faithful, patent nnil sympathetic.\\nHe wasa reliable frieml -iii-l pleasant companion.\\nThose who knew him personally will i..all with pleasure the time\\nspent in his society Hi- ready wit, his genial humor and his inexhaust-\\nible fund of anecdote made bun a delightful host or guest,\\nWith noaffeetati f sanctity, he was a .i.voteil ami earnest Christian.\\nThe principles of bis religions faith governed ami directed him in all\\nthe affairs of life ami in the large circle of bis usefulness those who\\nwere suffering from physical or mental ilistie\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in-tim nvih -mi-hl Ins\\nniil. He was one of the pillars of In- lunch tor many years, aid was\\ninterested ami active in every work of refor r charity\\nMrs. Eaton died, after a brief illness, December\\n21. 1866.\\nDr. Eaton married Miss Harriet X. Lane, ..I Can-\\ndia. November 26, 1868; she survives him.\\nFrom foregoing data it will lie seen that, while\\nquietly going professional rounds, caring for the phys-\\nical welfare ut the community, Dr. Eaton was also\\nidentified with the political, educational, moral and\\nreligious interests of Merrimack and vicinity for more\\nthan forty-two years. He loved his fellow-men and\\nrejoiced in their welfare and prosperity. He heard\\npersonal detraction as though he heard it not; him-\\nself a peacemaker, he had not an enemy, and while\\nthe present and succeeding generation continue, his\\nname will he a household word in the extensive circle\\nof families who cherish not alone the memory of the\\ngood doctor, but of the good man.\\nHis gentle nature won not only human hearts,\\nall living creatures loved him, and, trusting, nearly\\napproached his person without fear.\\nThe robins drank from the pails about the stable,\\nthe sparrow chirped about the rim of his straw hat, as,\\nbusy among the bee-hives and grape-vines, lie rested,\\nafter long rides, in the garden; he knew the birds of\\nthe wildwood, and the birds of the wildwood knew and\\nresponded to bis call; he was a lover of Nature, a\\nline botanist and a delightful companion in his car-\\nriage, as well as by the fireside.\\nThrough lingering months and years of pain and\\nweariness he reached eternal rest, but his self-control\\nwas perfect; keenest, prolonged anguish wrote no\\nwrinkle, even momentarily, upon his brow. The al-\\nways sweet smile grew sweeter, till, in the words of\\nPastor Slack, be passed away, just as he had always\\nlived, in peace. His long and faithful work as a\\nChristian physician, his zeal in aiding till the interests\\nof the town and bis active and consistent life in the\\nchurch, all combine to make his loss keenly felt by\\nthe church and whole community.\\nDr. Eaton died November 1 1881. The day of\\nhis funeral, the 22d, was the forty-fifth anniversary\\nof his graduation.\\nUpon the plain granite monument erected near his\\ngrave is the inscription,\\nHarrison Ka M.D.,\\nr.i L01 i I PHYSICIAN,\\nBorn He.-. 13, 1813,\\nDeceased Nov. 19, 1881,\\nIE. f 7 years, 11 months, 6 days.\\nHe went about doing good.\\nHON. WILLIAM T. PARKER.\\nWilliam T. was the second son of William and Mar-\\ngaret Parker, and was bom at Cleethorps, county of\\nLincolnshire, England, November It), 1822. He came\\nto America witlt bis parents in 1832, and lias resided\\nin New Hampshire, with the exception of a k-w\\nmonths, ever since. When twenty years of age he\\nleft Stoddard, where bis parents resided, and came to\\nNashua to seek employment. He engaged for one\\nyear with Thomas S. Jones it Co., merchant tailors,\\ntaking charge of their manufacturing department.\\nTwo years later he commenced business for himself\\nin company with Colonel Charles P.Gage. He re-\\nmained in business with this and other firms until\\n1867, when he retired to his farm in Merrimack,\\nwhere he resides at the present time.\\nMr. Parker married, September 1, 1846, Abbie X.,\\ndaughter of Oliver Spaulding, Esq., of Merrimack,\\nand moved to that town in 1849.\\nIn 1856 he was elected moderator in the town\\nmeeting of Merrimack, and this was the first time he\\never presided over any public gathering. Since that\\ntime he has presided over more than one hundred\\nmeetings in the town where he resides.\\nIn 1859 and 1860 be represented the town of Mer-\\nrimack in the leneral Jourt. In 1866 he was chosen\\na member of the State Senate and served for two\\nyears, being the president of that body in 1867. Dur-\\ning the gr.-at Rebellion he was appointed war agent\\nfor the town of Merrimack, and so faithfully and\\nwell tlid he discharge the duties of ibis difficult posi-\\ntion that at the close of that fearful struggle he was\\ntendered an unanimous vote of thanks by his fellow-\\ncitizens.\\nMr. Parker joined the Odd-Fellows in April, 1844,\\nand for thirty years he has been a member of the\\nfraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, rising to the\\nthirty-second grade in thai body. He is also ;i mem-\\nber of the Good Templars, of the Golden Cross and\\nof tin- i rrange.\\nMr. Parker s religious connections led him, very\\nearly in life, in 1843, to connect himself with the\\nUniversalist parish in Nashua, and he has served his\\nchurch with a fidelity and love that docs honor alike", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0901.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "550\\nHISTORx OF HILLSBOROUGH COl NTY, NKW HAMPSHIKE.\\nto the mail and to the cause, He has served on its\\nboard of trustees man} years, and has been the super-\\nintendent of its Sunday-school for more than ten\\nyears. But his work has nol been bounded by the\\nnarrow limits of the citj of Nashua, foi iu State and\\nnational matters appertaining to the Universalis!\\ndenomination he has been :i potent factoi I oi\\nmany years he was the presidents the New Hamp-\\nshire State Convention, and he also served for nine\\nyears on the Board of the General Convention, seven\\nof which he was the chairman of that body. To him\\nalso was given the distinguished honor of presiding\\nover the great centennial festival of this people, held\\nin Faneuil Hall. Boston, in 1870, when such men as\\nthe Rev. E. 11. Chapin, D.D., of New York, Rev.\\nA. Miner, 1 .1 of Boston, Rev. W. II. Ryder, D.D.,\\nof Chicago, and Governor Claflin graced the occasion\\nwiili their presence and eloquence. Ii was the hist\\ntime that the lamented Dr. Chapin ever spoke in\\nFaneuil Hall.\\nIn his whole life Mr. Parker has been an earnest\\nand enthusiastic worker in ever) good cause. The\\ncause of temperance and that of education have\\nfound in him a worth) champion. Feeling his own\\nla.k of education in his youth, -for all his school-\\ndays would not make one year, he verj early became\\na warm friend of the schools of his town and State.\\nMi Parker has ever been true and outspoken in\\nhis convictions, both political and religious, and uo\\nhope of gain or advantage could swerve him a hair s\\nbreadth from what he perceived to be his duty in\\nthose matters. In all his business relations he has\\nbeen strictly honest and conscientious. In his domes-\\ntic relations he has been faithful and devoted. He\\nis a kind brother, a dutiful son, a devoted husband\\nand a firm friend. In h*is married life In- has been\\nunusually fortunate and happy. The esteem in which\\nho is held by his friends and neighbors is shown in\\nthe fact that during his life he has beeu called to\\nconduct nioic than two hundred funerals.\\nMr. Parker s executive ability is .it a high and\\nrare order. This, coupled with his firm decision of\\ncharacter, has made him uniformly successful in\\nx erj position he has been called to till. But his deci-\\nsion of character has e\\\\ er been combined with a Chris-\\n1 i.iu lo\\\\ e. a charit) a- warm am\\ndwells in human breast.\\nlarge-hearted as ever\\nur\\\\i\\\\ oik Mei u i i:y wit. kins.\\nAlexander McCauley Wilkins, a sou of Levi Wil-\\nkins, was born at Merrimack, V II.. Februarj 25, L806.\\nHis mother s maiden-name was Ann Met lauley, she\\nwas a daughter of Alexander Met laulej Jr., of Merri-\\nmack. He lived With his lather ami worked on his\\nfather s farm. To thedistrict school lie was indebted\\nfor all the education he received, except such as he\\nsecured l y study and reading at home; yet he im-\\npro\\\\ ed his opportunities s,. well that when he reached\\nmanhood he was employed to teach during the winters\\nin hisow n and neighboring towns, still working on the\\nfarm during the summers.\\n2, L884, he married Caroline Richmond\\nStearns, daughter of James Stearns, of \\\\inh. rst,N. 11.\\nAt this time he changed his business from farming\\nto lumbering. He bought mills on the Souhegan\\nKiwi in Merrimack, purchased lumber and manufac-\\ntured it into heard-, shingles, clapboards, etc., and\\nwas USUall) successful in selling his products for\\nenough to give him a lair remuneration tor his labor.\\nEndowed by nature with unusual vigor of boti\\nbody and mind and good executive abilities, he was\\ntor many years prominent in town affairs, lie repre-\\nsented the town in the New Hampshire Legislature,\\nwas chairman of the Hoard of Selectmen five years\\nand treasurer tour years.\\nlie was for several years a director of the Indian\\nHead Hank, at Nashua, ami served as justice of the\\npeace tor more than a quarter of a century. He was\\nemployed to settle many large estates, and generally\\nsucceeded in satisfying the parties interested.\\nIn L856, though still carrying on the lumber busi-\\nness, he bought a farm and returned to his early\\noccupation of tilling the soil, feeling that farming, it\\nnot very lucrative, was at least a healthful occupation.\\nHere he still resides (1885), and when hi\\nin the earl) morning to work in his fields, he feels\\nthe refreshing influence of the dewy air. and when he\\nreturns in tin. evening from the toils of the day, alter\\ncaring tor his thick? and herds, he retires to peaceful\\nand uudisturbed slumbers.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0902.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "I ya ^oi c fcV", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0905.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0906.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "Ill STORY OK M.JLKOKU\\nII 1-1 1,1 I\\nI", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0907.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nof Wilton, ii does ool possess a natural pond or lake.\\nThis is a physical blemish it can never overcome.\\nIt is divided substantially into two parts by the Sou-\\nhegan River, a beautiful stream of pur.-, clear water,\\nwhose source is anion.;- the hills of Massachusetts\\nand which affords considerable mill-power and makes\\nitself generally useful, as it is picturesque and orna-\\nmental. The name Souhegan, like the original\\nnames of most of the streams and mountains of New\\nHampshire, has an Indian origin, it being first called\\nSouheganack. It is said to signify crooked. Ii it\\ndoes, it is rightly named, tor its meanderings areas\\ntortuous as they are graceful and attractive.\\nInto the Souhegan, at various points, empty sev-\\neral smaller streams or brooks, which find their birth\\nin the bills of Milford and adjoining towns which\\nbound it. These towns are Lyndeborough and\\nMont Vern-.n on the north, Hollis and Brookline\\non the south, Amherst on the east and Mason and\\nWilton on the west. Lyndeborough and Mont Ver-\\nnon are rugged towns, with commanding hills, and\\nfrom their numerous water-sheds, in times of rain\\nand storm, comes a large abundance of water, which\\nfloods the low, broad intervales of Milford. The\\ngoodly town has a matronly lap, but it is often full\\nand overflowing, and while it sometimes looks as if it\\nwas having rather more than it could manage, the\\nbroad and restless river always takes care of it, and\\nthe low lands in the spring-time that follows attest\\nthe fact that they bave been embraced by the freshet.\\nMilford is fifty miles from Boston, thirty from\\nthe Male capital, and lies in latitude between IS\\nand 43\u00c2\u00b0 north and longitude between 5\u00c2\u00b0 ami 6\u00c2\u00b0\\neast from Washington, and became a town by\\nan act of the Legislature of New Hampshire, passed\\nJanuary 11, 1794, and is therefore hut a little over\\nfourscore years ami ten in age. Not having yet seen\\na century of town existence, the celebration id its\\nfirst centennial, January 11, 1894, will he an event of\\nmuch interest to its devoted children. It will soon\\nbe here, for\\nIt will be interesting to see what new discoveries\\nwill have been made at the end of a little less than\\nanother decade. Who can predict what is coming-.\\nWho can appreciate or comprehend its significance\\nwhen it has come? Marvelous inventions and revela\\ni ions an- constantly coming to the light, and n ic is\\nastonished. They are accepted as if they bad been\\nlong expected. They may be\\nThe greatest srli.Mi..-* that human wit ean forge\\nOr bold ambitioD -lares to put in practice,\\nand yet humanity remains undisturbed and acts as\\nif nothing had occurred hut\\nOn May :j0, lsi ,0, Amherst, to whom we were once\\nmldcd and from whom we were long ago divorced, cele-\\nbrated ii- centennial. Milford, by vote of the town,\\ntook an active part in the celebration. It sent one\\nperson from each school district as a committee,\\nnamely: No. 1, Oilman Wheeler; No. 2, Levi Cur-\\ntis; v, 3, X. C. Curtis; Xo. 4, .loci H. Gutterson;\\nNo. 5, Isaac Hums; No. i, li. D. Bennett, No. 7,\\nJacob Sargeant; No. 8, Whitcomb Tarbell No. 9,\\nWilliam Bamsdell; and an additional committee for\\nXos. 1 and 9, of Humphrey Moore, Abel Chase and\\nP tm M. Rossiter.\\nThe following is a copy of the charter by which\\nMilford was incorporated, taken from the town\\nrecords\\nthe year\\nIji l l. II 11 -,lll l\\n\\\\n t i.. in. ..i-],.. rate the S. ii i .-steil y part of Amherst, the\\nnorthwesterly j\u00c2\u00bb;irt of H*\u00c2\u00bbllis, the Mile Slip and Du.xbury S..h....l hum\\nniti ;t tn w n, ami ti.i invest the inhabitants thereof with all such privileges\\nand immunities .is other towns in this Stat.- huld and eiijn\\\\\\n(i.-titiun -I jin-.i li\\\\ a number t the inhabitant- ni n,.\\nSoniltvv.i.-i Iv pari i.i Amherst, the iictlh esterly part of Hollis. the\\nMile Slip and Duxburj School farm (bo called) has been preferred, Bet-\\nting forth that by an act ot nn* -i j n t i i pa-nli.y the Legislature of\\nthis State, on the first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand\\nseven hundred and ninety-two, the southwest part of Amherst aforesaid\\nwas L\\\\ i-i nam boundaries: therein described, made a parish thai the\\ntract of land therein contained is too .small tor a town that the inhabit-\\nants of the Mile Slip and l uxhiiM School farm aforesaid an- unable to\\nsupport the Gospel, build bridges and maintain schools; that a number\\nof the inhabitants of the northwesterly part of said Hollis could be better\\naccommodated by being annexed to tin- southwest parish in Amherst.\\nThey, therefore, prayed that they might be incorporated ami made a\\nbody Politic, with all the I mpi.rate powers and privileges by law vested\\nin othei towns. And the inhabitants of the town of Amherst, in legal\\nTown-meeting, having voted their assenl to the Bame\\ni;- ii Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives,\\nin i.. n ial i .(lit Convened, that all the lands and inhabitants within\\nthe following limits: viz., Beginning at the southwest corner of the\\nnorthwest parish In Amherst aforesaid, on Lyndelwrough East liue,\\ncalled the Mill |ni thence nitherlx mi a straight line to the sniithwe-t\\nComer of ]ot Xo. l! l tll.-lic- e;iste, 1\\\\ i. II lie- lange [lie- fn lie- Imllh-\\neasterly corner of William Peabody e land thence southerly oil the\\nrange line between John shepherd, Esq., and William Peabody s land\\nuntil it comes to land belonging to the heirs of John Shepard, latu of\\nsaid Amherst dee wed r i easterly to tic northeast comer oi the\\ni ngto mdof thesamt Johi Shepard, I-:- thence south rly,\\nb\\\\ land ui .b.ln, Me pari I,-.) alme-.ud. on tin- rang.- line to S..iih.-an\\ni down the middle of said Kiwi till it strike land owned\\nI in.uiiiii and Stephen Kiudrick ile-n ..iti,. i h b\\\\ said Kind lick\\nland to the road leading from David Danforth s to the town of Wilt-n\\nthence crossing the sa and running a Boutb point to Mollis lane, be-\\ning near David I me kl.- .m.l il,. n i.. il 1 ieast corner of the\\nland Lit. -ly laid ..ft from said Hollis bj their committee appointed for the\\nil- i--. i- I bene.- miming south a I. .ml iu.-he degrees east ,s\u00e2\u0080\u009e a- to\\nstrike the noil beast on ner ..f .John Steams 1 I,, ml, it being the northwest\\nrte r of Robert Col bourn s land then i on the same course until it\\nomes I-. the southeast corner of (he s|, i. IM ,i tllence Westerly,\\nbj said Steai us and William Haley laud, until it comes to the northwest\\ncorner ol said Haley land, thence w.-ieiiyt-. the north, i i m,-i\\nMr liouhi s land, and so n mid and David Danforth s\\nland, to said t.eiiihr.s northwest comer then..- turning southerly to the\\nsoutheast coruer of Robert Darrah a laud thence weal G\\nsouth until it comes to Itabj easl line thence northerly on said Raby\\neast line until it comes to the south line of said Amherst; thence\\nnortherly on the north line of said Kab\\\\ to the southwest corner of Am-\\nherst then, c southerly by the west line ,.f Kaby to the southeast comer\\nof the Mil.- Slip; thence westerly to the southwest corner then,.!:\\nt belli e iml lhe] Iv nil e;bl 1 1 lie uf Ma-oil ,V Wilton to the nortllU.-l i In I\\nof the Mill Slip thence easterly on the smith line of Lyudeborougti to\\nthe souih. a-t cnriiei tli. icf thence northerly by the east line uf Lynde-\\nbor.mgh to the bound tirst mentioned. Be, and the same are hereby in-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0908.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\n553\\ncorporatedintoatown by the name of Milford and the inhabitants who\\nreside and shall hen-after iv-id- within the bel ntioned boundaries\\nmade and constituteda bodj politic and corporate, and invested\\nwith all the powers, privileges and immunities which towns in this\\nSt.it.- h\\\\ l.i in-.- entitled tn enjoy to remain a distinct town and have\\ncontijiuauce and succession foi ever. Andbe it further Enacted thai\\nAugustus Blanchard, Esquire, be, and he hereby is, authorized and cm-\\npowered to call an ting of said inhabitants for the purpose l i I sing\\nall necessary Tow leers ami shall preside tie rein until a Moderator\\nshall he chosen to govern said meeting, which shall be warned bj post-\\ning up notice thereofal the Meeting-House in said Milford, fourteen\\ndays prior to the day of holding the same, and the annual meetings for\\nthe choice of Town Officers shall be holdenon the Bret Tuesday of March\\nannually.\\nProvided always lli.l lintliili- in tin- ;e I ..n I 1 1 led shall, ill any\\ntin-\\nassessed\\n(part of said Milford) from paying their proportio\\nfrom the town of Amherst, or theii pro] i\\nPresent Poor of said Town and Parish, or any\\nthem as inhabitants of the said Town of Amheret bul tb\\nlevied and collected from the inhabitants Ol thesaid Southwest Parish\\nw pari i Milford al said) in the same way and mat i as it this\\nact had not been passed and the present inhabitants of the said north-\\nwesterly part of said town of Hollis shall be liable to pay all taxes here-\\nto) B ed on them as inhabitants ol the town of Mollis, in the\\nIn Senate, January 11. 1794. This bill bavins had three several\\nreadings, passed to I naet.-d sent down bu ron.iii rem\\nAnna. Fosiiat, President of the Senate.\\nIn the House of Representatives, the same day, the foregoing bill,\\nhaving had a third reading, was enacted.\\nNathaniel Peabodv, Speaier.\\nApproved 11th January, 1794,\\nNathaniel\\nTUS Blanoha\\ni.i ii, Deo. Sec.\\nTown Clerk.\\nThe following is a list of the resident tax-payers in\\nMilford April 1, 1794, which is taken from the His-\\ntory of Amherst\\nIsaac Abb. .tt, [seat Abbott, Jr., Samuel Lhbott, Jacob Adams, Eben-\\nezer Averill, Elijah Ave] ill, .lames lladi-er, Rcuei ll.iblw ill, Joel llarker,\\nNehemiah Barker, Isaac Bartlett, Au-ustu- HI n. h..i 1. I- n I .l.uc haid,\\nJohn Blanchard, Sin\\nBlanchard, Oliver Dowers, John\\nBoyntou, Jr.. Andrew I .radford\\nBurnani, Joshua Illinium, St.pli\\nJames Hums, John Hums, Jo\\nBum\\nStephen\\nem. felee,\\nkins, Peter Hopkins, So\\n,mon Hops\\nHopkins, Nehemiah\\nHoward, Jeremiah Hubb\\ni.i, Abnei 1\\nBarthol imew Hiit.h-\\ninsoti, Benjamin Hutchir\\nson, Elijah Hub hi. isoi\\n,|b ,i lint. Iiiusoii.\\nJr., Timothy Hutchinson\\nI laniel Johnson, Caleb\\nIon, s, Jonathan .bee\\nJoshua Jones, Joseph K\\nlowltoii, Benjamin Le\\\\\\nis, Jonathan Lovejoy\\nSamuel Lovejoy, Porter\\nLuinnes, Jotham Lun.\\nIsaac Marshall, John\\nMarvel, Joseph Melendy\\n.Nathan Merrill, Joahu\\nMoore, Stearns Need-\\nham, Benjamin Nevens,\\nlosiah Osgood, An\\n.1 William Pea-\\nbody, Joseph Perry, Ilai\\nel Pi 1\\n,ib. in Phelps,\\nWilliam Pow. i n\\nriest, Nathaniel 11 n\\nnt. Jacob Eii bardson,\\nEbene/.er Sargent, Nath:\\nShepard, Jotham Shi p tl\\nb Dnai\\nNathaniel Soutbwi, k. .1\\nVtor, V idow Taylor.\\nWidow Temple, Bartle.l\\nmi w rowne, Jon itbaa\\nTowne, M\\nRebecca Upton, James\\nallace, John Wallace, J\\n-,.ph Wallace, W idois\\nMary Wallace, John Willard, Benjamin Wrigh\\nMilford was originally composed of five parcels of\\nland, all of which it now contains, with one other\\nsmall tract of one hundred and fifty acres, acquired\\nfrom Amherst in 184U, and one from Lyndeborough\\nin is?:\\nThe five- original tracts were a part of the old town\\nof .Muns. hi, a part of Souhegan West, the Mile Slip,\\nDuxbury school farm, and a part of Hollis. The\\npart taken from Monson was a Hart measuring three\\nmiles south from Souhegan River to the north line\\nof Hollis, in the Seventh School District, and extend-\\ning from Milford east line to the Mile Slip, or within\\na mile of Wilton east line. Monson was a small\\ntown lying between Amherst and Hollis, granted by\\nMassachusetts and chartered April I, L746. In 1770\\nit was divided between Amherst and Hollis. Sep-\\ntember 30, 1770, the charter annexing a part of Mon-\\nson to Amherst was read in public town-meeting in\\nAmherst. The part so annexed was as follows:\\nFrom Souhegan River southwardly, by the town\\nof Merrimack, two miles; thence northwardly to the\\nriver; thence down the river to the place first named.\\nThe tract taken from Souhegan West included all\\nbetween the river and Mont Vernon .smith line, and\\nfrom the east line of the Bartlett farm east to the\\nbrook which empties into the river near the shoe-shop\\nof the late Mr. Knowlton. The portion taken from\\nHollis was a tract south of Monson south line, in-\\ncluding more than half of the Seventh School Dis-\\ntrict. The Mile Slip was a strip of land lying east\\nof Monson and Wilton, extending from Brookline on\\nthe south to Lyndeborough on the north, about six\\nmiles iii length and about one mile in width. Duxbury\\nschool farm contained five or six hundred acres,\\nlying between Lyndeborough and the rivet, and ex-\\ntended from the Lewis farm on the west to the east line\\nof the Bartlett farm, or to the line of Souhegan West\\nThe lands described above, which compose the\\ntown ul Milford, were first settled about thi yeai\\n1740. In 1741 the line between Massachusetts and\\nNew Hampshire was established so as to place the\\nterritory in New Hampshire. John Shepard and\\nWilliam Crosby were the lirsl settlers in Souhegan\\nWest; Elisha Towne, Josiah Crosoy, Benjamin\\nHutchinson, John Burns and others in Monson, and\\nAimer Hutchinson in Duxbury. All these names,\\nwith the exception of the lirst. are as familiar to our\\nears in Milford as household words, (/rushy, Towne,\\nHutchinson and Burns are old familiar names.\\nIn 1745, Benjamin Hopkins settled in Monson. He\\nwas ti man of wealth in those days. He owned eleven\\nii Ired acres of land, situated immediately on the\\nsouth side of the river, extending from the easl line of\\nthe farm now owned by William Ramsdell to the\\nMile Slip, near the Jacob Howard farm. This tract\\nwas granted hy Massachusetts to the town of Charles-\\ntown in aid of schools, and was then called harles-\\ntown school farm. Ii was then, ami undoubtedly\\nis now, the most valuable tract of land in the town-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0909.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "554\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nship. In 1741 the proprietors of Souhegan West\\ngranted to John Shepard one hundred and twenty\\nacres of land adjoining the falls of the river, ex-\\ntending to the loot of the falls, on condition that he\\nwould build a good grist-mill, keep it in repair and\\ngrim 1 grain for the inhabitants of Souhegan West for\\ntin- customary and lawful toll. He built the mill\\nin compliance with this condition, and it was kept in\\noperation for a great many years. It disappeared,\\nand the saw-mill took its place. It is now owned by\\nMr. Klson. In those days the river was forded below\\nthe bridge, near where the foot-bridge is now sus-\\npended, and it was called the Mill Ford, and this\\nis probably the origin of the name of the town.\\nElishaTownetook uphis residenceon thesouth bank\\nOfSouhegan River, east of the village, near where a\\nfew ancient graves remain. Andrew Bradford, who\\nwas also an early settler, lived in the north part of the\\ntown, near where Fitch Crosby now lives. He was a\\nmilitia captain. Aimer Hutchinson lived near where\\nthelate William P. Burnham lived. Nathan Hut-\\nchinson, who came here in 1748, located and lived on\\nthe Searles farm, on the south side of the river.\\nCaptain Josiah Crosby lived whereM. I\\\\ Crosby now\\nlives. He commanded a company of militia at the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill. John Burns, of Scotch origin,\\nwho came here from the north of Ireland in 1786,\\nand settled in Milford in 1746, lived near where the\\nlate Joseph Burns lived. He first located in Notting-\\nham.\\nThese are the most prominent of the early settlers\\nof the town. They were, without an exception, strong,\\nresolute, sensible, honorable men. Their descendants,\\nfor the most part, have proved worthy of their an-\\ncestry.\\nAs the town was incorporated after the Revolution,\\nit cannot boast of the patriotism of its citizens in\\nthat memorable struggle. It could not send its sons\\nto Lexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga or Ticonderoga,\\nfor their battles had been fought before the town ex-\\nisted. The men who left the plow and became Minute-\\nMen.orwho fought at Bunker Hill and els. where,\\nwho belonged to the soil now embraced in her terri-\\ntorial limits, are credited to Amherst and Hollis, and\\nthey can exult over the honorable and noble list. This\\nterritory had defenders in every battle above-named.\\nIt helped Warren at Bunker Hill and Ethan Allan at\\nTiconderoga. Among its sons were heroes. They\\nwere all patriots. Their lot was not an easy one for\\nmore than thirty years before the Revolution they\\nwere constantly confronted anil menaced by Indian\\nsavages. They were always compelled to be vigilant.\\nThey possessed nothing that did not require defense.\\nNo wonder the New Hampshire troops at Charles-\\ntown were among the most effective and formidable\\nin that splendid campaign!\\nThe territory of Milford was given in recognition of\\nbrave and patriotic deeds. A large part of it was\\ngranted by the province of Massachusetts to officers\\nand soldiers belonging to the Province who were in\\nthe ser\\\\ it f their country in the Xarraganset War,\\nand to their Heirs and assigns or lawful Representa-\\nt i i-.. The grants were made from 1728 to 1733. 1\\nIn an order adopted by the House of Representa-\\ntives of this province, January 19, 1731-32, the lid-\\nlowing splendid tribute was paid to the brave and\\nnoble men who fought the early battles of New Eng-\\nland. In it the House, filled with honest and just\\ngratitude, give eloquent reasons why these tearless\\nmen should be rewarded with a suitable grant of land:\\nAmi one great Reason is tbat there was a Proclamation made i the\\nArmy in the name of the Governm nt uUvingevid when thej\\n.loin- and, as the conditions have been performed, certainly the Promise,\\nin all equity and justice, oughl i fulfilled; and if we consider the\\ndifficulties these bravi men went through in storming the fort in thi\\nDepth of Winter, and the pinching want they afterward underwent In\\npursuing 1 1 Indians that ea aped thro hid a wilderness, famouslj\\nknown throughuut New Knghiml I tins day 1 y the name ..I the hungrj\\nn i, an i u we further consider that, until this brave tho Bmall army\\nHi ns played the man, the whole Country was filled with Distress and fear.\\nand we trembled in the capital, Boston, Itself, and that to the Goodness\\nofGodtothie army we owe out lathi re and wn Safetj and Estates;\\nWe cannot but think yt those Inst nun is ,,t our Deliverani c and Safi tj\\nought to be, not. nily justly, but sIbo gratefullj and generously, rewarded,\\nand even wit uch mure than they prayed for. If we measure w t they\\nleeeive tClil n- by w t w.- eli.| mid h.tve l e.eived flVin til. -Ill, We liee-t\\nnot mention to ye Hon ble Boord the Wisdom, Justice i Senerositj oi\\ninn Uothe m andye int Romanson bui h occasions Triumphs,\\nOrations. Hereditary Honors and privileges, All tin- Riches, Landand\\nspoils id war mid e. .n.|iiei ..1 ...inline- ).;ne nut been thought too great\\nfor lln.se t.. win. 111 liny have not ..wed inure, it s., much as we do to those\\nour Deliverers, and we ought further to observe, what greatly adds to\\ntheir merit, that they w.-re not vag ndsand Beggars and outcasts, of\\nwhi.h ai lines :.r- suinetiines -ideiahly made up, to run the Hazzard\\nI the Dangi ol Stat Fat hum this, that these were\\nsome ol thi best of our men, the Fathers and suns ..f some of ye greatest\\nand best nf ulir families, and .ulll.1 have im ntber view but to serve ye\\ncountry and wl i..d wis plea-.. I, ar.nr.lim:ly. ill a very remarkable\\nmanner, to Honor and Blicceed.\\nIt is not strange that such an appeal reached the\\nhearts of the Legislature and that the grant was made.\\nIt is not strange that an inheritance, bequeathed with\\nsuch eloquence and in consideration of such matchless\\nheroism, should be honored with such a gracious and\\ngoodly prosperity.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nMILFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nHAVING now some knowledge of the lands ami\\nhereditaments which Milford obtained through the\\ngrace of the State, let us see what she then had for\\nmen, women and institutions, aside from those already\\nmentioned. They were i ow.\\nThe first town-meeting, which was held March 4,\\nhap. II.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0910.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\n1794, shows only twenty-five votes for Governor, the\\nonly person voted for beingJohn T. Gilman. At this\\nmeeting Jacob Flinn was chosen moderator and Au-\\ngustus Blanchard, town clerk Augustus Blanchard,\\nJacob Flinn and Benjamin Hutchinson, selectmen;\\nWilliam Crosby, town treasurer and Benjamin French,\\nconstable. It is doubtful if the entire population of\\nthe new town was then over seven hundred. It\\nhad one hundred and thirty-nine tax-payers. Their\\nmodes of getting about were slow and tedious. There\\nwere but two chaises owned in town. The principal\\nmethod of traveling was on foot and horseback. One\\nsaddle and pillion served to accommodate an entire\\nfamily, although their children were as man} as the\\nold woman had who lived in a shoe. An ox-team\\ncarrying the whole family to church was a common\\nand usual sight. Children who walked. otli girls\\nand boys, carried their shoes in their hands till they\\ngOl ill 3igh1 of the church-door. Shoe-leather was of\\ntoo much consequence to he wasted. It the skin on\\nde heel was worn off. it would grow on again; hut\\nthe wear from the tap of the shoe required cash to re-\\nplace, [t was twenty-five years before horse-wagons\\nwere known in town, and then for many years they\\nwere without springs; but they were looked upon as\\na wonderful invention. None hut the wealthy could\\nhave them. When to them was added the elliptic\\nspring, which soon followed, and which may he re-\\ngarded as the dawn of comfort in matters of locomo-\\ntion, the horse-wagon was an alisolute luxury.\\nIt had hut one church parish, and that was in its\\nyouth, having been organized after a part of Monson\\nhad been aggregated to Amherst, and which was an\\noffshoot from the Amherst Church. It was consti-\\ntuted a church parish in 17S2 (which was hut twelve\\nyears before Milford was incorporated), for transact-\\ning ministerial affairs only, and was organized as a\\nchurch by an ecclesiastical council, November 19,\\n1788. The council consisted of Jonathan Livermore,\\nAhiel Fiske, John Bruce, Moses Putnam, Ebenezer\\nRockwood, Richard Ward, Daniel Mansfield and\\nWilliam Bradford, and the church as then constituted\\nwas c posed of the following individuals: Stephen\\nBurnham, Caleb Jones, Elisha Hutchinson, John\\nWallace, Joseph Wallace, Nathan Hutchinson. Thos.\\nHums. Jonathan Towne, Benjamin lonant, Benjamin\\nHutchinson, William M.-lcndv, Jonathan Jones. The\\nrecord shows that attached to the covenant are the\\nnames of James Wallace, Hannah Bradford, Mary\\nBurnham, Sarah Hutchinson, Letitia Wallace, Mary\\nWallace and Betsy Wallace\\nDown to the time of tin incorporation of the town\\nit does not appear to have had a settled minister. It\\nhad built a church edifice. The parishioners, Janu-\\nary 14, 17*:!, voted to build il twenty-five rods south\\nof Shepard s bridge, which would have placed it near\\nthe corner, where Dr. S. S. Stickney formerly lived,\\nnow owned by Gilbert Wadleigh. Esq. hut the vote\\nwas afterward annulled, and the meeting-house was\\nfinally erected ten rods northwest of that site, be-\\ntween two pitch-pine stump-. This was when- the\\nelm-grove now stand- on the common in the village.\\nAugustus lilanchard, who was evidently a man of\\nsome standing, was parish clerk, as he was subse-\\nquently town clerk. The little hand of strug-has\\nworked hard to get their meeting-house, as an exami-\\nnation of their records shows. Il was many years\\nbefore it was completed. The frame of the building\\nwas raised in tin- summer of 1784. It was a big job.\\nIt must have been, for the parish voted that the\\ncommittee provide 1 barrel of rum, 2 hands cider\\nand one quarter of sugar tor the raising. It would\\nseem that tile people in those days were quite temper-\\nate in one respect, and that was sugar. Their extrav-\\nagance appears to have been in the direction of ruin\\nami cider. That raising undoubtedly raised a great\\ncrowd. In our day it would raise something beside a\\ncrowd: it would raise the wind and probably some-\\nthing worse. They came from Mont Vernon, Am-\\nherst, Lyndeborough, Wilton ami elsewhere. The\\ntimbers were heavy, rough hewn and green; but\\nthey had to rise, for there was muscle in that crowd,\\nand spurred on by one barrel of rum and two barrels\\nof cider sweetened with one quarter of sugar, nothing\\ncould stand before the grip ot our noble fathers.\\nThe building was raised and no one killed.\\nEleven years before, tic good people of Wilton\\nraised :i meeting-house. Wilton was settled in 1789,\\nmore than half a century before Milford was incor-\\nporated. It had its centennial in 1839. Rev. Eph\\nraim Peabody delivered the oration, and from it we\\nquote the following graphic a. -count of the raising of\\nWilton s meeting-house\\nTin c tenced raising tl Septeml- *i 7, 17;:; Sn. h tli in-- u.-n-\\nconducted differently then from what they are now. n was con-\\nsidi red the work of two days. People cami from distant towne i see\\nthe spectacle. There was great note of preparation.\\nr.vn l r i 1 1 1 1 1 i In- i-ni-eis. mnl ;uupl- pensions w-\\nstrangers.\\nIt \\\\vn :i l.--:illtiful Sept. -Mill. llnTIiii; \\\\n.|\\ni:. :i v. iy i...i.l, :ui. I h..ni On. neighboring\\nbers, m- ri v, n and children i the show\\nsome practiced the method, unknown in modern\\nII wo\\n.ill |.i. j..ii. t. lli.- wurkinr\\nthe ex.\\nI.IM.l.t\\nwork, ti\\nt spectators,\\nin 1 [ng oi\\ntelling\\nll\u00e2\u0080\u009e. boys\\npit,\\nin- their various\\ngames, nil mad(\\ni joicing\\nT li.- Bides\\ntl,.. 1,\\n.ili- ..n up, and\\nlso ;i pint ..I the\\nroof at tlf east end\\nluilding. One\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t\\nlb.- raisers li\\nLyndeborough,\\nCaptain\\n[Irudfoul,\\ni hi- win whom\\n1,. left, on ..i\\n..nit .,1\\nHill\u00e2\u0080\u0094-.\\n,1\\ni.l\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2re Mr. Baldwin\\nnow resides,\\nbile hi\\nhimself\\n..1- in the work.\\nH\\nhe .-1- iv..l that\\nwas n. .t properly\\nsupported. i\\n.,h. adj l\u00c2\u00ab .in\\n1 andgi\\nway I.i tl.\\npi\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iir- In raising\\ntli.. middle part\\n.1 tli. i.\\night ..r ti..- w.\\nI,:,\\ngreat mi asure\\nin., whi\\nno\\nstrong enough to\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2li.it. 1\\\\ 1--I tl. nn.l\\ninfon I it in\\ni... being made\\nonndent by the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0911.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nt]i u- :a i i l j r t j I J T ti u .0 a tl aid he lui tit If aie\\nthat tbey wanted u f.watds there. Indiitnaut, he imra\\ndown and started off for his wife with The purpose ..f returning home.\\nBut bef he had reached Hi Baldwin s the men had already pro-\\nIf. I forward, confident iiii.l elated at their progress. Tbey were\\ni Ilie iin-lipporled beam and the planks ant\\nrested on it. They \u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abvr.u.iiis\u00c2\u00bbp. with much exertion and shouts\\nif l W ii. il -llddflllv. I-\\nK, hf saw the tram. ali.-ady 1 ted tleln-\\nhle, the men shrink back aghast, the building seemed t i. foi amo-\\nm.-ut I., an. Iff an.l suddenly all. timhers ami h\u00c2\u00bbt- ami u. lushed\\ndown together in one uiiiiflfd ma- n I i-h was -o I..11.I\\na.- tuhe heard neatly a mile. Flu a moment all was silent, and then the\\nail was filled with Lti...ui* and outcries and shriek* terror. There\\nwere fifty-three men. at tie- fiait.e that 1 II. Three were instantlj killed,\\ntwo died very shortly aftci ward-, .ilea- weie 1 ripple. I for life, and most\\n..I tlt.-t.i wen in t wounded.\\nti.,| the til made at tie time, it\\n-a hoi. 1 I -i 1 L.i r 1 1 1 ..t lie town 11, women\\nand children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was -fan fly live hundred ll tvas like nv men lost\\noverboard from aship atsea. It caused a feneral mourn\\nwere few families whir h had not lost a friend\\n.itud- d.\\nThi- was indeed a terrible event. There are those\\nwin. think the cause of the disaster was the fact that\\nthe authorities, by vote of the town, furnished one\\nbarrel of West India nun. five barrels of New Eng-\\nland rum, inie barrel of good brown sugar, half a box\\nill good lemons ami two loaves of loaf sugar.\\nm course, the good people of the Mill- nil parish had\\nin.t forgotten the Wilton tragedy, and, displaying that\\nsagacity ami caution which has always distinguished\\nits citizens, and resolving that it should uot be re-\\npeated in the history of their church, they prudently\\nand wisely avoided lemons at their raising. They\\nevidently recognized the necessity of having some-\\nthing sour, and so they procured two barrels of eider.\\ng 1 and hard, for the occasion.\\nIn 1771 Amherst had built and raised a meeting-\\nhouse. They entertained the crowd with New Eng-\\nland rum. ami when the frame was up they had a\\nwrestling-match.\\nIt would therefore seem that raisings were then\\nfestive affairs. It was nearly seventy-five years from\\nthe time of the raising oi the Milford meeting-house\\nbefore the custom of furnishing intoxicating liquors\\ntit a raising was wholly discontinued. For more than\\nhalf a century the propriety of it has been questioned\\nby many right-thinking people, and happily now the\\n1 1 practice i- unknown, probably, throughout\\nN ew England.\\nDavid i Iwin, in- of the very excellent citizens\\nof Milford, now dead, who, by vote of the tow n. March\\n11. 1862, was chosen town historian, to record the\\nevents of the( ivil War as connected with Milford, and\\nto whose gleanings, through the courtesy of his family,\\nthe writer is indebted for many facts contained in this\\nsketch, was the first to attack this practice in Milford.\\ntame of his dwell-\\ne n ishing to i ncourage tl npi i am e i ause\\nwhichhad i gun I i be agitated throughout the county,\\ntired to try, as he says, the experiment of\\nraising the frame by the aid of a substitute for ardent\\nspirit, previous notice being given to that effect. It\\nproved completely successful. Others followed the\\nexample, and now it would he coii.-idered di-reputable\\nif ;in\\\\ one should presume to furnish any kind of\\ndistilled liquor tit a raising.\\nAll honor to David Goodwin anil those who acted\\nwith him in bringing about a new public sentiment\\nwhich stamped as disreputable a practice of long\\nstanding, which had not only killed men with falling\\ntimbers at public raisings, hut had afforded innumer-\\nable opportunities and inducements to form a habit\\nwhich bad for years borne an annual crop of poverty.\\ndistress and death\\nThe first church structure in time was completed.\\nWhat bard work it was to accomplish the task can\\nwith difficulty be understood. September 2, 1784, the\\nparish voted to board and shingle the meeting-house\\nit.iitt. and that the job be let out to the lowest bidder.\\nBenjamin Hopkins gave the nails. Many others con-\\ntributed in small ways toward the erection of the first\\ntemple in the parish. It was a perfectly plain build-\\ning ai first but March 17. 1785, it was determined to\\nhave porches, ami thai the work he done at three\\nshillings per day. In size the bouse was made,\\nagreeably to vote. the same as the meeting-house in\\nthe northwest parish of Amherst, now Mont Vernon.\\nThis first church in Milford po-scsses great interest\\nto us now. tor it was for a long time the town-house.\\nTlic town appropriated money and was taxed a- regu-\\nlarly for preaching in this church as for schools. In-\\ndeed, the annual appropriation for many years was\\nlarger lor the former than the hitter. At the first\\ntown-meeting, held, as before stated, March 4, 1 7. 4.\\nthey voted forty pounds or one hundred and thirty-\\nthree dollars for schooling and seventy-five pounds\\nor iwo hundred and fifty dollars tor preaching, and\\nthis a- followed up for many years. The town\\nreally owned the church. There was but one parish\\nin the bole township.\\nThe interior construction of the house was after the\\nfashion that prevailed in those times. For a while\\nthere were three porches through which the building\\nwas cnii fcdi. one each on the east, west and south, which\\nwas the front entrance. In 1802 the west porch was\\ntaken off and removed to the bank of the Souhi a in\\nupon Mr. Knowlton s land, and litis been used since\\nfor tl -Ion -hop. n the mil l!i Of tin house was\\nthe great pulpit. It probably bad a sounding board,\\nas tin Wilton meeting-bouse had, and a- the Old\\nSouth Church, Boston, had and litis, in 1802 the\\ntown built ti belfry similar to that in Francestown,\\nand soon after Mr. Perkins Nichols, of Boston, a na-\\ntive of \\\\mherst, presented the town with a hell which\\nweighed eight hundred pounds and cost four hundred\\ndollars. It still hangs in the tower of tile old town-\\nhouse. The pews were large square pens, with seats\\nwhich could l e raised up and let fall after prayer in a\\nway that would leave no room for doubt that some-\\nthing had occurred. It had a gallery on three sides,\\narranged also into square and long pews.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0912.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "It took ten years to build this meeting-house, but it\\nwas at last accomplished, and the old church, acting\\nin the double capacity of a place for worship and for\\ntown transaction.-, amply repaid its builders by its\\ngreat work, faithfully done, through several genera-\\ntions.\\nIt stood where it was built until the summer of\\n1847, when it was removed about tour rods to the\\nnortheast of its original location and fitted for a town\\nhall. Under the town hall, stores were put in, while\\nin the basement there was an engine-house, lobby, etc.\\nThe Congregational hurch, which assisted in building\\nit, sold its interest to the town, and thereupon pro-\\nceeded to erect a new and more commodious structure,\\nand located it where it now stands, having since en-\\nlarged it, built a vestry and adorned the grounds\\naround it with beautiful elms. Later on a brief\\nresume of its more recent history will be given, as well\\nas that of the town hall.\\nThe first bridge built by Mil ford was on the spot\\nwhere the arch bridge now stands, and was put in\\nplace of one which had been carried away by a freshet,\\nthe first one. which was a wooden bridge, having\\nbeen placed there in 1783. The new- bridge, built in\\n1808, was called the Ball Bridge, on account of the\\nwhite balls on its tour corner-posts, and was eighteen\\nfeet wide, with one pier in the middle, and cost two\\nhundred anil sixty dollars.\\nMarch in, 1795, Milford sent its first representative\\nto the Legislature, but not alone, for it was classed for\\nthat purpose with Baby (now Brookline). William\\nPeabody was elected for one year. Hereinafter will\\nbe found a list of all the men who have since then\\nacted as representatives and senators of Milford in the\\nGeneral Court of the Granite State. It will be seen\\nthat the first representative elected by Milford alone\\nwas Augustus Blanchard, who was chosen in 1799.\\nThis same Augustus Blanchard was also, a- appears,\\nthe first parish clerk.\\nThe King s Highway. About the first work\\nthat the early settlers of a country have to do, if they\\nare ambitious to become civilized, is to establish and\\nbuild highways and bridges. Highways, like steam-\\nships and railroads, being the indispensable promoters\\nof trade and commerce, do more to advance and\\nspread civilization than all other secular agencies\\nemployed by man. This fact seems to have impressed\\nitself upon the minds of the New England settler-.\\nThey gave unremitting attention to the building of\\nroads and bridges. After the log hut came, at the\\nearliest possible moment, the traveled path leading to\\nit. It soon widened into a broad highway. There\\nwas no hill so steep ami no barrier so impassable as\\nto prevent its approach. This traveled path always\\nhad a habitation at each end and frequently along its\\nside It was a sure indication of business and social\\nlife. It was the forerunner and herald of the church,\\nthe school, the -tore, the village and trade. It signi-\\nfied commerce, a state and finallv a nation.\\nbegan at once to lay out\\nThe first settlers of Mi\\nand build convenient highways.\\nProbably the first highway in the territory of Mil-\\nford originated in the path, and is the one on the south\\nside of Souhegan River, and is the old road leading\\nfrom Portsmouth to New Ipswich. If there ever was\\na record of its layingout, it was burned at Portsmouth.\\nIt is the same old highway over which old Mr. Gibbs\\ntraveled, carrying the United States mail in Ins sad-\\ndle-bags. The first bridge on this highway, between\\nMilford and Wilton, was built agreeably to an act of\\nthe General Court, passed April 2, 177 to oblige\\ntin County of Hillsborough to build and maintain a\\nbridge across the Souhegan River in the Mile Slip, so\\ncalled. It was subsequently, in 1835, rebuilt by the\\ntown, and is one id Lang s patent three-truss bridges,\\nIt is called the County bridge. The next high-\\nway, in point of time, is the one on the north\\nside of the Souhegan, leading also from Milford to\\nWilton. There are other highways in town whose\\nhistory it is now impossible to trace, many coining\\ninto existence by long-continued use and without\\nany formal laying out, as it is called. They weir es-\\ntablished, and had been for years, when the town\\nsecured its charter.\\nIn 1847 the road from the stone bridge past the\\nhotel was laid out and built on the west side of the\\ncommon. Franklin Street was also built by the town\\nthe same year. In 1850 the foot-bridge across the\\nSouhegan was built, the town appropriating one hun-\\ndred dollars and the balance raised by subscription,\\nthe subscribers having the right to act with select-\\nmen in locating it.\\nIn 1845 a granite bridge across the Souhegan, in\\nplace of Shepard s bridge, was commenced, and fin-\\nished at an expense of two thousand dollars, but it\\nwas noi satisfactory, and the next year it was made\\nover in a more substantial and thorough manner at a\\ntotal cost of five thousand dollars, completing one [of\\nthe finest bridges in the State\\nThe bridge across the Souhegan at Jones Crossing\\nwas built in 1S72. It is a thorough and handsome\\nstructure. March, 1*74, the town voted to name th\\nstreets, and Charles 15. Tuttle was chosen to do it.\\nStreet lamps were first put up in 1875.\\nSettlement of Humphrey Moore.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Down to 1802\\nthe one church of the town had been without any set-\\ntled pastor. It had made many attempts, but none\\ni id tosuit. April 2d, 1802, the town voted to con-\\ncur with the church in giving Rev. Humphrey Moore\\na call to settle with them as their minister, with tin\\nthen tempting offer of six hundred dollars settlement,\\nfour hundred dollars annually and two hundred dol-\\nlars annually after he should become superannuated.\\nHumphrey Moore was a native of Princeton,\\nMa-s., and was graduated at Harvard College in 1800.\\nHe was man of mark. For more than a third of a\\ncentury he was a moral, religious ami intellectual\\nforce in Milford and town- about. He was orthodox", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0913.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "558\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthrough and through. He preached the word aB\\nhe understood it, without extenuating, changing or\\nabating one jot or tittle. It mattered not who it hit\\nor where it cut, he applied it to every question and\\nphase of life, and whatever and whoever could not\\nstand that test was rejected by him.\\nThis was the character of the man whom the town\\nand church invited to become their minister.\\nHis reply to their invitation was not only character-\\nistic of the man, but of the times in which he lived.\\nIt was as follows\\nMilford, lug. L802.\\nMen and Brethren\\nILmi.i; i..rru.,l y.nlr invitation to taUe tin- i l _ r I ;ir. 1 tli.- Ilorl\\nin thi-i plan-, I I. 1 nivs. It nn.l.-r obligations to m.ik. you no biatrial\\nacknowledgments for the honor of your general approbation,\\nAlter much deliberation, with diffidence in myself, with bo] I\\nyour candor, of \\\\..iu t. i, i.-i n..~ an.l l-n- f tl-.-.a. with an inexperi-\\nenced ....nil, m nil hopi r thi ol ia.no f 2 r p it peace and\\nI li depen lem e upo I foi wis lom profitable to di-\\nThis, it will be observed, was directed to men and\\nbrethren. The mothers in Israel were left out.\\nIn those days these mothers were nol allowed to\\nteach in the common schools, to lead in public prayer\\nor take any active part in religious worship. They\\ncould listen and learn. It was the men and breth-\\nren upon whose broad shoulders the pillars of church\\nand state rested. It is only a few years since a Pres-\\nbyterian minister was arraigned by his denomination\\nbecause he dared to permit a woman to tell the story\\nof the cross from the top of the pulpit-stairs. But all\\nthis is now changed; fortunately for the church,\\nwomen arc not only permitted, but urged to lead in\\npublic religious work. The modern church, if it de-\\npended solely upon the men and brethren to do\\nChristian work, would soon languish into utter inac-\\ntivity and would be powerless.\\nThe call and acceptance being accomplished, it be-\\ncame necessary to settle Mr. Moore firmly and for-\\nmally amidst his people. He must be publicly en-\\ntrusted, after the manner of the church, with the\\npastoral care of the flock. In other words, he must\\nbe ordained. This occurred October L3, 1802.\\nThe ordination of a minister at that time, like the\\nraisin of a meeting-house, was a great event. It at-\\ntracted always the whole population. Everybody at-\\ntended, the old. young, rich, poor, the religious and\\nirreligious. Mr. Moore s ordination was particularly\\nimportant. He was the first minister the town of\\nMilford ever had. The church had given audience\\nto some seventy different candidates. He was the\\npicked man among the seventy. The people were\\nanxious to see him, and they wauled to see each\\nother, and they all knew that everybody would be\\nthere. The town had made liberal appropriation for\\nhis salary. Everybody was to be taxed, and of course\\nthey wanted to see the man on whose account they\\nwere to be assessed. The day came, and the popu-\\nlace came. The church wasn t big enough to hold\\nthem. They took out the windows ami built a plat-\\nform outside for the accommodation of those who\\ncouldn t get in. It was on a superb October day.\\nThe exercises of ordination were impressive. First\\nthey had an anthem. Rev. Ebenezer Hill, of Mason,\\nmade the introductory prayer. The Rev. Elijah\\nDunbar, of Peterborough, delivered a sermon from\\nLuke ix. 60. The ordaining prayer was by Rev.\\nJacob Bitmap, of Merrimack; the charge by Rev.\\nJeremiah Barnard, of Amherst concluding prayer by\\nRev. Lemuel Wadsworth, of Brookline and the bene-\\ndiction by Mr. Moore.\\nThe surrounding towns were mostly represented.\\nPossibly Wilton wasn t orthodox enough to have a\\nhand in the ordination exercises.\\nNow, while these exercises wen- going on there\\nwere certain small performances, like side-shows to a\\ncircus, near by. In a building south of the common,\\nand opposite the meeting-house, which is now owned\\nby Mr. Wallace, and which contained the first store\\nin Milford. there was a small hall. In this hall the\\nyoung people assembled while the ordination services\\nwen progressing, and had a social dance, and Parson\\nM,,., re said he could hear the music. Who will\\nsay that the music and the dancing were not graceful\\nand harmless expressions of honest delight in the\\nfortunate advent of the new minister in the new\\ntown, which he greatly honored in his splendid career\\nof a third of a century\\nDuring his ministry three hundred and thirty-rive\\nadditions to the church were made, and although dis-\\nmissed March 9, 1836, he remained in Milford and\\ndied in his parish. April 8, 1871, at the age of ninety-\\nthree, lie was a man of wit ami wisdom, piety and\\nbrains. His life was unblemished and his character\\nwithout a stain.\\nAt the time of Mr. Moore s settlement there was\\nprobably a population in the town of eight or nine\\nhundred people. There was but one church, ami\\ntill worshiped under the same roof. This con-\\ntinued down to 1809. The new minister, therefore,\\nhad a good audience to confront each Sabbath morn-\\ning, and lie generally satisfied them. Gradually new\\nseet ami other churches worked into the town and\\ncommanded a share of public attention.\\nH A P T E R\\nMILFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Com\\n-Methodist -Catholic\\nFirst Baptist Church of Milford.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 As a number\\nof persons living in Milford and vicinity, had em-\\nbraced Baptist views, united with the Baptist Church\\nin Mason, and as Mason was too hard to reach, they\\nwere permitted bj that church to associate together\\nami enjoy church privileges in Milford, ami were\\ndesignated as a Branch of Mason Church.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0914.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\nIn June, ISO they petitioned the Mason Church\\nto he set off as a distinct and independent church.\\nAccordingly, a council was called from the following\\nchurches, viz.: Second Baptist Church in Boston,\\nBapl isl Imrclics in I hiblin, New Huston and Wearo,\\ntogether with the church in Mason, which proceeded,\\non the 5th of September, 1809, to organize The\\nFirst Baptist Church in Milford/ and adopted a con-\\nstitution, articles nt faith and by-laws. It then\\nconsisted of thirty-one members; since then seven\\nhundred and eighty-five persons have united with\\nthe church, making a total of eight hundred and six-\\nteen. Present membership (January 1 1885), two\\nhundred and eighty. The church wasconnected with\\nthe Boston Baptisl Association until the Milford\\nBaptist Association was formed, October 15, 1828.\\nThe report they made at the first session of the asso-\\nciation was that they had enjoyed an interesting\\nrevival within the past year which still continues.\\nTwelve have been baptized. The season has been\\ntruly refreshing. The church has done re tor the\\ncause of missions than in any preceding year. They\\nrecommend entire abstinence from the use of ardent\\nspirits, and have, in many instances, set tin example.\\nThey have a Sabbath-school of about sixty scholars\\nand propose to continue it through the winter.\\nThe largest number that have united with the\\nchurch in any one year was sixty-one in 1831. Their\\nplace of worship during the first eight years was tin\\nschool-house in District No. L\\\\\\nRev. William Elliott had tin- pastoral care of the\\nchurch the first three years of its existence, preaching\\nfor them on the first Sabbath of each month. The\\nchurch wis supplied with preaching byseveral minis-\\nters, a short time each, until 1812, when George\\nEvans, a licensed preacher from South Reading,\\nMass., commenced his labors with them, and con-\\ntinued to preach for them until KX17.\\nThe settled pastors have been, and in the order, as\\nfollows, viz.: Ezra Wilmarth, one year; Matthew\\nHolies, four years: George Evans, two years Samuel\\nEverett, eight years: Mark Carpenter, seven years;\\n.1. G. Richardson, lour years: Orrin it. Stearns, three\\nyears; Ira Person, five years; Edward Anderson, five\\nyears; J. W. Horton, three years; \\\\Y. 1!. Clapp, one\\nyear; J. 1). Tilton, seven years; R. B. Moody, six\\nyears; E. J. Deane, two years; H. W. Tat. present\\npastor.\\nDeacon Isaac Bartlett, a deacon of the Mason\\nChurch, officiated in like capacity in the Branch of\\nMason Church until it was organized in due form.\\nAndrew Hutchinson and Ebenezer Pearson were or-\\ndained deacons, and officiated until disqualified by\\nthe infirmities of age. Their successors have been\\nWilliam Wallace, Aimer II. Haiti, tt (son of Isaac\\nB.), George F. Bartlett (son of Aimer Hi. Aaron\\nMills, William P. Colburn.\\nThe clerks have been Andrew Hutchinson, Joel\\nHowe. \\\\V. Wallace. teorge F. Bartlett, W. N. Harts-\\nhorn, William P. Heald, David C Iwin, J. M.\\nStanyan, H. .1. Parker, George Worcester. Trea-\\nsurers, Andrew Hutchinson, E. Pearson, Benjamin\\nGoodwin, John Mace, Daniel Putnam, Daniel Cram,\\nCalvin Averill, Jeremiah Hood, A. Mills, George\\nMelendy, Mrs. (1. A. Worcester.\\nBy an act of the New Hampshire Legislature, the\\nFirst Baptist Society in Milford was incorporated\\nJune 7, 1813. Their meeting-house was I mill in 1816\\n(on the hill, about thirty-five rods northwest of the\\n-tone bridge, upon the lot now owned by i. A. Wor-\\ncester), at a cost of about three thousand dollars. It\\nwas originally fifty-four by forty-two feet, without\\ntower, with square pews, high pulpit, so high that a\\nman could stand under the front part of it, which\\nwas supported by two fluted pillars, and had a Unlit\\nof stairs to get into it. There were wide galleries.\\nwith a row of pews against the wall and free seats in\\nfront. After the frame was raised, boarded and\\nshingled it was used for a while before being finished.\\nThe finished house was dedicated February II. 1817\\n(the same day George Evans was ordained), the ser-\\nmons upon the occasion being preached by Rev. l rs.\\nBaldw in and Sharp, of Boston.\\nIn 1836 it was moved from the hill to its present\\nlocation, and a vestry finished underneath it. In\\nl.S-lt! it was enlarged by the addition of fifteen feet to\\nthe front, and a tower built, the pulpit reduced in\\nheight, the galleries reduced in width, the old pews\\nremoved and modern slips substituted, all at a\\ncost of about seventeen hundred dollars.\\nIn 1856 a bell was hung in the tower, weighing\\nfourteen hundred and fifty-one pounds, and costing\\nthirty-two cents per pound without the hanging\\nThe total cost was about five hundred dollars.\\nIn 1X74 the pews were relinquished by the owners\\nto the society, and a lot of laud more centrally\\nlocated was purchased, and work upon a new church\\ncommenced June 3, 1874, and completed and dedi-\\ncated January 21, 1875, Rev. Dr. Lorrimer, of Boston,\\npreaching the sermon. The edifice is commodious,\\nbeing fifty-five by eighty t vi-t with a spire one hun-\\ndred and fifty feet high, and contains all the modern\\narrangements for comfort and usefulness, and was\\nerected at a cost of twenty-two thousand dollars, the\\nold house being meanwhile sold to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Ihurch.\\nUnitarian Church. The first Unitarian church\\nof Milford was organized in its present form in 1870.\\nMany years before, however, a liberal movement had\\nI. em begun, and a pioneer society formed as early as\\n1833, which continued to hold meetiiiL s ;,t intervals\\ndown to the date of the new society. But it was\\nnever strong ami was usually without a settled\\nminister.\\nIn 1-7H il was formed on a new basis, with better\\npromise of permanence. It adopted a platform of\\nfellowship, pledging mutual co-operation in main-\\ntaining the institutions of religion and in all Jhristian", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0915.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwork. It lias a membership of most excellent\\npeople.\\nIn 1878 tin .ii!\\\\ l.i u:ni the erection of a new and\\nbeautiful church on Elm Street, just west of the busi-\\nness part of the town. The material is granite,\\nquarried in the neighborhood, laid up in broken ash-\\nlar work with cut-stone trimmings, and finished in\\nthe interior in hard wood. Georgia pine being used\\nfor the trusses, and ash and birch for the other work.\\nIn style it is a modification of the old English\\nchapel architecture, a low. wandering building, with\\ntowers and gables on all sides. The auditorium, chapel,\\nparlor and other rooms are all on one floor and con-\\nnected with lifting doors, so as to reinforce each other\\nn 01 casions. Rich, stained-glass windows, picturing\\nthe chief thoughts of the gospel, add much to the\\nbeauty of the building.\\nIt is a very thorough piece- of work, and has 1 n\\nbuilt at intervals, as money could I 1 obtained, so as\\nto avoid debt. Though substantially finished, some\\nfurnishings remain to be added. It lias not yet been\\ndedicated. Altogether, it is the most unique and\\nnoticeable piece of architecture in Milford and is very\\ncreditable to the society. Ii is one of the hand-\\nimesl i lunches in the State. Rev. Aubrey M.\\nPendleton, the pastor of the society, through whose\\ntireless work this gem of a church has bei\\ndeserves great credit for his perseverance and suc-\\nThe ministers of the society have been John E.\\nJohnson, Samuel K. Priest, Loring E. Beckwith and\\nAubrey M. Pendleton.\\nMethodist Church. This society is of comparative\\nrecent establishment in town. In 1855 and 1856, an\\narticle being inserted in the warrant for that purpose,\\nthe town voted to ad ipl a resolution, which was pre-\\nsented by Jacob Gove, that they have the free use\\nof the town hall for one year. The growth of the\\nsociety since then has been slow. It has recently\\npurchased of the Baptist society its old church edifice.\\nin pastor is Rev. Mr. Johnson.\\nThe Catholic Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It stand, on the tract of\\nland which was taken from Amherst and annexed to\\nMilford in 1843. It is in good condition, but small in\\nnumbers. Rev. Father Bucklee, of Wilton, has the\\npastoral care of the church.\\nCongregational Church after 1834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The longre-\\ngational Church built a new meeting-housi\\ntown purchased the pew-holders rights, in 1834. It\\nwas dedicated in October of that year. The house\\nmilt seventy by fifty feet. Afterwards eighteen\\nfeet was inserted in front of the pulpit. The bell\\nlout twelve hundred pounds. It ha\\nadded largely to its vestry. It has no parsonage.\\nThe church was organized November 19, 1788, with\\nnineteen members. It has admitted into the church\\nsince, nine hundred and forty-eight. Whole number\\nof present members three hundred and fifty-eight.\\nIt has had in all twelve deacons and eighteen clerks.\\nIt- present clerk is I S. Burnham. Its pastors have\\nbeen Humphrey M e, ordained October 13, 1-\\ndismissed -March 9, 1836; .1. W. Salter, installed\\nApril 27, 1836, dismissed October 24, 1838; Abner B.\\nWarner, ordained February o, lNM J, dismissed Octo-\\nber 27, 1846; Lycurgus P. Kimball, installed May\\n19, 1847, dismissed August 7. 1849; E. N. Hidden,\\ninstalled November 21, 1849, dismissed April7,1858;\\nS. C. Kendell, installed April 7. 1858, dismissed\\nOctober 15, 1860; E. D. Ayer, ordained Maj 1. 1861,\\ndismissed September 8, 1867; Geo. E. Freeman, in-\\nstalled December Isiis. dismissed December 14,\\n1871 George Pierce, Jr., installed October 29, 1872;\\nRev. Mr. Lamb, Rev. Mr. Taintor, and its present\\npastor is J. Rollins.\\nSchools. It is difficult now to give the number\\nof school children in Milford in 1794 or the con-\\ndition of the schools; but from all that can be as-\\ncertained, it is evident that there were but a small\\nnumber of each. The settler.- of the town were\\nworthy descendants of the Pilgrims, a cardinal virtue\\nof theirs being the careful education of the young.\\nThe old district school of the good old New Eng-\\nland town has never been improved, ami never will\\nbe in many respects. It did not po-^-ss the intricate\\nmachinery and mysterious wisdom of the modern\\nschool arena, hut it did have plain solid merit. It\\ntuned out a set of boys and girls wdio could read,\\nMtu.. spell, cipher and think. The graduating dress\\nand plug-hat were unknown. The method- of tie\\nschool-room were terribly practical. The object of\\nthe teacher seemed to be to turn out a person who\\ncould think and act wisely and safely for himself, to\\nmake him know something and know it absolutely.\\nfhe schools of -Milford were fully up to the average.\\nIt would be interesting tc lice some of the good old\\nschool teachers who reigned in the Milford winter\\nschool-room. They did splendid work. They helped\\nto make a set of excellent men ami women. Of\\ncourse, the term- of school were short, and continued\\nonly through the winter months. The school money\\nfor the whole town, at the date of its incorporation,\\nwas less than one hundred and fifty dollars. The\\nwages of the teachers were small. The master\\nusually boarded round, and in that way the\\nterm was materially lengthened and the time was so\\nshort that every moment was improved with religious\\nperseverance.\\nMarch 7. 1 7! 7 the town was divided into Beven\\nschool districts or classes. It i not easy to determine\\nfrom the record the exact history of the school dis-\\ntricts. In 1821 it speaks of six classes, in I sl l o\u00c2\u00bb\\nseven districts. In 1852 District No. 1, which was\\nthe village district, was divided, making one and\\nnine, and at this time there were nine districts In\\n1853 the large brick school -house in No. 1, which\\nis capable of holding two hundred scholars, wa- built-\\nin 1867 Districts No- 4 and 8 were united into No. 4.\\nIii 1871 the present system of graded schools took the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0916.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "place of the old district system, or, rather, the town\\nhas gone back to the first system which prevailed in\\nthe province and State. In 1872 the school-house in\\nwhat was formerly No. 8 was sold and the land re-\\nverted to its former owner, John Daniels.\\n1 p to March 11. 1834, the town had been collecting\\na fund called the Literary Fund, and it was at this\\ntime divided, and each district was to receive one-\\neighth but March 8, 1835, it was voted not to confirm\\nthe vote passed at the animal meeting of 1834, but\\nthat the select men be empowered to make a division\\nand distribution, according to the valuation of 1831,\\namong the different classes at or In-fore January 1,\\n1836.\\nThe Milford Academy w;is incorporated June\\n24, 1835. The proprietors purchased a lot of land\\nand erected a convenient building; hut, having no\\npermanent fund to sustain it.it never flourished. Tin\\nbuilding was sold for a dwelling-house.\\nThe Female Seminary was incorporated about\\nthe same time; but, like other similar institutions\\nwithout funds, it soon began to decline. The build\\ning is now used as a vestry for the Congregational\\nChurch. It was at one time used, in part, to accom-\\nmodate the district school.\\nIn the village or High School young men an pre-\\npared for college ami young ladies receive a good\\neducation. The schools are liberally supported and\\ncarefully watched. Young people from Wilton,\\nLyndeborough and ueentield of late have been in the\\nhal.it of att, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2tiding the High School tit Milford, which\\nindicates the estimation in which the school is held.\\nThe school-houses throughout the town are in ex-\\ncellent condition, and worthy the character of tin-\\npeople.\\nThe Milford Lyceum was organized November 7,\\n1831. Meetings for lectures, essays and debates were\\nheld every week. The hist president was Rev. H.\\nMoore: J. W. A. Smith, secretary; A. Lovejoy,\\ntreasurer; S. Peabody, Esq., S. K. Livermore and\\nDr. John Wallace, curators.\\nThe organization flourished for many years, and\\ndid much good. The subjects canvassed were numer-\\nous and interesting. During much of its existence it\\nwas conducted wholly by home talent. Essays, more or\\nless learned, lectures, more or less instructive, and\\ndiscussions, more or less entertaining, were indulged\\nin by the men and women of the town.\\nThe records of the club are still preserved, and\\nindicate its character. The members did not hesitate\\nto grapple with science, astronomy, philosophy,\\nethics and the affairs of state. Most of the questions\\nconsidered were settled on the spot, at 1 1 i e close of the\\ndebate, by vote of the assembly.\\nThe old-fashioned New England lyceum was a\\nsplendid institution, and it is a pity it i- not kept up\\nat the present day. It has never had a fitting sub-\\nstitute and never will.\\nNewspapers. The first newspaper published in\\nMilford was in 1847. W.Bradford published it. It\\nwas called the Milford Weekly Mirror. It was soon\\ndiscontinued. In 1848 a paper called the Souhegan\\nSttiwlttnl, dedicated to free soil, was published for\\na while. Afterwards, in 18 7, tin- publication of the\\nMill iiril Jirjiiihlii-nii \u00c2\u00bb;i- begun, and continued under\\nthat name for several years. Its first issue was Jan-\\nuary 7, 1857, and it was edited by Dr.Colby; J.\\nGarfield succeeded him as editor, who turned over\\nthe editorial duties to K. V Boutwell, having served\\nbut a short time. Mr. Boutwell was editor for several\\nyears, but ultimately went to Leominster, Mass.,\\nw here he has since, until recent ly, published a paper.\\nAt the present time the name of Milford s paper is\\nthe Milford Enterprise. It is skillfull-, edited\\nGeorge E Foster, Esq., and i~ highly valued bj the\\ncitizens of the town, as it is by those living away who\\nha\\\\ c an interest in all that concerns her people.\\nThe paper has always been, as it i- now. a helpful\\nmoral force in the community, and a source of much\\npleasure to its readers.\\nPublic Library.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nngparenl words\\ntn i --I i tbei age/\\nMilford became interested early in its history in\\nbooks, June 1, 1796, several gentlemen of Milford,\\nwith a lew from Amherst, got an act of incorporation\\nfrom the Legislature, establishing an organization b)\\nthe name of The Milford Social Library Proprietors.\\nIt prospered well for a time; but the books became\\nworn, and as they had no fund with which to increase\\nor replenish the library, it languished, and, February\\n14, 1832, tin- concern was closed out by auction. In\\ndue time tin- subjeel of Looks was again agitated,\\nand, like all good movements, forced it-elf upon the\\nattciit ion of the people.\\nThe following is copied from the catalogue of the\\nMilford Free Library as giving a brief history of that\\ninstitution\\nTin town was without a public library till March, 1841, when\\nSchool District Vo I roted thai one Imtnli .-.1 .Lilian. 1..- laid out in I k\u00c2\u00bb\\nfor the u f the district, and Re\\\\ Humphrey Moore, Solomon K l.iv.-r.\\ni Esq ...i O.-.i-l I .a-. ..-I w.-i- .-linx-n a ittei\\nvote into effect. Ln the cour f the yeai the 1 ks were purchased,\\nrules adopted, Daniel K.I---II .ti..s.ti lil.ru ian and tin- library ci tr-\\nod working order. In 1842 further sum i\\nus.-.-t .-.i.-li voh tali. -li nut. and tin- [.up liasini: c tt.-r w.-n- m-\\n-Itui-t.-il nut t-i laiv atn -til. Ilv si-.-ra. I u- tic- la-\\nto i appropriations from time to time till 1853, when the district\\nwas divided. Its decay then commenced It. however, lingered till\\nIscn. wh.-ii tin Ixinks wen- -LI at aiirtiuli. il lia\\\\ itiL- lieell ill existence\\nnineteen years. The year following that in which the district library\\nwas Sold the subjeel ol esl iblishing an agricultural library wasagitat -i.\\nand in January, 1862, an effected. In 1869 the pro-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0917.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "562\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nly gave it to the town, that it might be merged in\\nthe present library. In l- -l several ladies -.~r.tl.li.~li.-l a library,\\nami tilt- a~~...-i..ti..Ii was rall.-.l The l.atlie- Library A.~S ialittlt. hen\\nthe Free Library was established it was .-l.j~.-tl. and the very valuable\\ncollection was divided among the proprietors I Idition to the\\nlibraries mentioned, there baa i a library ...inte.-t.-.i\\nttilli rl M.-i i 1 _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 i i a l.-ty upwards ..I I.. in y.-ais, and with the\\nBntui j\\nMarch 1(\u00c2\u00bb, 1868, the town made :m appropriation of\\nrive hundred dollars to establish :t free library within\\nthe town. The movement was started by Colonel T.\\nL. Livermore, who was then living in Milford. The\\nlibrary was thereupon organized. A board of trustees\\nwas appointed. September 10, 1870, a code ol rules\\nand regulations were adopted, which have been mod-\\nified since as was thought best. Liberal appropri-\\nations by tin- town have, from time to time, been\\nmade.\\nThe library now contains three thousand three\\nhundred and forty-one volumes, and i~ a well-selected,\\nvaluable collection of 1 ks.\\nill APTER IV.\\nMILFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Cont\\nI .u.m- .1 tie- Town Manilla, tut Hanks l .in yiii--i lids\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tem-\\nperance\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tuwn l.ek IV 1 latin- Ib t.-I-.\\nAt the time the charter was granted there was but\\nlittle, if any, manufacturing in the town. The em-\\nployment of the inhabitants was almost wholly in\\nagricultural pursuits. The early settlers wen- obliged,\\nin order to carry on this pursuit, to clear the forests\\nand do enough business in manufacturing lumber to\\nfurnish material with which to build their houses and\\nbarns and expose tin soil tor cultivation. Tie- mill\\nprivilege granted t.. Colonel John Shepard in 1751\\nwas given him for the same purpose that towns now\\nexempt manufacturing property from taxation foi u\\nterm of years. It was to encourage the business.\\nThe mill was built and for many years litl faithful\\nduty, lint it was not until 1810 that any attempt\\nwas made to start a manufacturing bu-im\\nA company of men, ha\\\\ inn purchased a part of the\\nmill privilege granted in Colonel shepard, obtained a\\n(barter of incorporation from the Legislature by the\\nname of The Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufac-\\nturing Corporation. They erected a factory. It was\\nbuilt in 18K, on the south side of the river. In 1814\\nthey commenced the manufacture of cotton yarn, and\\nin 1 s^ 4 they began the manufacture of cotton cloth\\nby power-loom. In 1833 the i ipany suspended\\nbusiness. It was a lime of great depression. Their\\nmachinery was old ami worn out ami their manage-\\nment was bad, and (bey met the usual fate of such\\nenterprises. But in the spring of 1837 a new com-\\npany, et.nsistiiit; nf Cenrge Daniels, II. Moore, Ezra\\n(lay ami James Searles, purchased all of the property\\nof the former company, repaired and replenished the\\nmachinery and building ami organized one I the\\nmost profitable enterprises ever carried on in Milford.\\nIn 1844 they built a new saw-mill on the north side\\nof the river, and soon after this sold out to a new\\ncompany. The mill or factory is now owned by the\\nMorse Kaley Manufacturing Company, a thriving\\nand enterprising company, whose goods are in great\\ndemand, and whose management, under the skillful\\ndirection of Mr. Hillings and Colonel Kaley, insures\\nsueeess. They make knitting-cotton. The saw-mill\\non the north side is owned by .Mr. Gilson.\\nThe lir.-t agent of the original proprietors was\\nAdam Dickey. They ran twenty-eight looms, em-\\nployed forty hands and produced four thousand yards\\nof cloth a week.\\nSince the days of Adam Dickey a tremendous\\nchange has taken place in the manufacturing of\\ncotton cloth and everything else. Single machines\\nnow do the work of a dozen men, and forty hands\\noperating modern machinery will produce at least\\nten times the quantity of g 1 turned out in Adam\\nDickey s mill.\\nThe next attempt made to organize a manufactu-\\nring business of any note was begun in 1846. Daniel\\nPutnam and Leonard chase, two fd Milford s best\\nmen, both now dead, constructed a stone dam across\\nSouhegan River in the eastern part of the village.\\nIi cost thne thousand dollars. June 1847, tiny\\nprocured tin act of incorporation by the name of the\\nSouhegan Manufacturing Company, with a capital\\nstock of one hundred thousand dollars, which was\\nafterwards, in June, 1849, increased to two hundred\\nthousand dollars.\\nIn 1847 a factory building was erected. The main\\nbuilding was one hundred and eighteen feel long.\\nforty-eighl feel wide, four stories high, with a base-\\nment. It had two wings, thirty by twenty-five feet.\\ntwo Stories high. Whole length of building one\\nhundred and seventy-eight feet. It was intended for\\nfour thousand spindles. In 1850 it employed one\\nhundred and fifty bands. W. T. Jacquith was its\\nfirst agent. He wassucceeded by Charles Gillis, who\\nlost bis life by the bursting of a steam cylinder. The\\nnext agent was Moses French, who was succeeded by\\nDavid Gillis. The last agent was Hon. George C.\\ni lil re, of Manchester.\\nThis mill at one time was merged or consolidated\\nwith the Milford Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing\\nCorporation, but the main factory and ells having\\nbeen burned in 1872, the two properties again Lee:\\nseparated, and what remains of the old Souhegan\\nManufacturing oiupain property i~ now owned by\\nMr. John Daniels, and remains now, as it lias ever\\nsi nee the lire, unimproved, except that one end of the\\nmill, which was saved, litis been occupied a part of the\\ntime since for grist-mill and toy-factory.\\nThe tannery was first built in 1837, and although\\nit has had a variable history, for the most part it has\\nbeen a useful and remunerative enterprise. It was\\nrecently burned, but lias been rebuilt and passed into\\nnew hands and with bright prospects.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0918.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\nThe steam mill built in 1850 has generally been\\nemployed since for sawing and planing boards, man-\\nufacture of furniture, picture-frames and other arti-\\ncles. It is owned and occupied by David Heald, who\\nhas made improvements in machinery and buildings,\\nmaking it one of the best establishments in town.\\nThe Star Foundry was built in 1853. It prospered\\nfor a while and at one time seemed to be a promising\\nbusiness, but it collapsed finally. The buildings, in\\npart, have been used for the Francestown soapstone\\nbusiness, and this enterprise looked well for a while,\\nbut Nashua was found to be a better railroad centre,\\nand Milford lost it. They are now used by Pierce\\nCo. for cooperage.\\nAmong the successful business men of the past\\nmay be mentioned Mills Lewis, who for years\\ncarried on the boot business in Milford. They\\nemployed a large number of men and their 1 ts\\nwere the best in the market. Andrew Fuller com-\\nmenced business in Milford in 1852, manufacturing\\nmirror-frames. In 1865 he bought out Putnam\\nChase, who also were among the most active of .Mil-\\nford s business men forty years ago.\\nAmong the modern enterprises in town which\\nought to be mentioned is the Hillsborough Mill-.\\nIt was first incorporated by the name of tie- Pine\\nValley Company. It was used as a carpet-mill,\\nbut it did not flourish. II. A. Daniels was its\\ntreasurer. It finally failed. Subsequently it was\\nbought up by a new company, its corporate name\\nchanged to Hillsborough Mills, its capital stoek in-\\ncreased to two hundred and twenty-five thousand\\ndollars, and it is now employing one hundred and titty\\nhands in the manufacture of woolen carpet yarn or\\nwarp. The agent of the mills is Mr. Nash Simonds.\\nJohn McLane, now representative of Milford in\\nthe Legislature, is carrying on a very successful busi-\\nness in manufacturing post-office boxes. He employs\\nfrom fifteen to twenty-five men. and is one of the most\\nsuccessful and enterprising young men of Milford.\\nPierce Mills, Gilson and others are engaged to i\\nconsiderable extent in the cooperage business; Emer-\\nson .V Son in the furniture business. The fancy box\\nand toy business is also carried mi to some extent.\\nBanks. There is one discount and one savings-\\nbank in Milford. The Souhegan Bank was chartered\\nin 1855. Thomas chase, of Nashua, was its fust\\npresident and Hiram A. Daniels cashier. It was\\norganized as the Souhegan National Bank in 1865,\\nwith H. A. Daniels president ami Charles Daniels\\ncashier. February 17, I8.S0, the charter was ex-\\ntended for twenty years. Capital stock, one hundred\\nthousand dollars. ilinton S. Avcrill is now president\\nand F. T. Sawyer cashier.\\nThe Milford Five-Cent Savings Institution was in-\\ncorporated in 1859, with a perpetual charter. It has\\ndeposits of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.\\nClinton S. Averill is its treasurer. It is in fine con-\\ndition.\\nMilford has many stores, and some of them excellent\\nnoes. E. 0. Batchelder is one of the oldest established\\nof tin merchants. Ill- has lor years kept a huge lir-t-\\nclass dry-goods store, and may be truly called an\\nhonorable merchant. Mr. Barber also has a first-\\nclass modern store, which is carried on with great en-\\nterprise and success; and there are others concerning\\nwhich the same may be said.\\nThe town is the centre of quite a large trade, which\\naccounts for the thrifty and excellent character of the\\ntrailers and business men of the place. It contains a\\ngrist-mill and saw-mills, millinery-shops, harness-\\nshops, jewelers, blacksmiths, druggists, news-rooms,\\ngroceries, restaurants and all of the equipments 01\\na lively country village.\\nThe farmers sell between live hundred and six\\nhundred cans of milk a day. or forty thousand dollars\\nworth a year. It is carried to Boston.\\nMilford contains several valuable granite quarries.\\nThey are operated with success. The qualitj ofthe\\nMilford granite is excellent, and it is sought far and\\nwide. It is a valuable source of income to (he people.\\nIt is doubtful, all things considered, if the business\\nof Milford has improved for the last twenty-five\\nnig\\noperation, which have given employment\\nlit- i.ll. !\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_-.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 i- well -i|| |.ii. l With inatlU-\\nM i.,. ture -I different and almost all\\nthe\\n.n\\nwarehouse, 8 stores,\\nharness-shops, mar-\\nrssiMili.ilh liaii_-.il within a l-u i.\\ntun.- (July, 18G0), il are I- i\\nI..U \\\\a is J \u00e2\u0096\u00a0l-iilel-. -i I\\nblacksmith-shops, 2 carringi manuf\\nl,.-i-li.,ii---, 1 priniinn-ithi 1 I- -I- iti J riodii al offii 1 Dagiii r-\\ni-ciiti s.i] 1 i -ii. ultucil U.H.-I...II-. I..:l,n.\u00e2\u0080\u009e -i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ niilliii -ry-\\nshops, 1 hotel, i restaurants. Then\\nknown, a- l an n a pi rmai i\\nti.-n on.- Ii. ,-n- 1 .,_ i [ii II\\ni li-.s.- uli.. an :iv. -,ti-ia. t..i ,ii i a, tti.tr 1 1,. will ii only t--r\\niii-ali- iri.il ..r in., h mi- al |tiirpMS.;s I n this town the num\\nwhom the title of K- 1 is often affixed is too i lerous to particul u-ize.\\nThere are in this town main mills. saw-mills, i I ami shoe-shops,\\ntory, I pail uil.i. i-.iy, carpenters, i pers, painters,\\nc.\\nII this is a correct statement (and there can be no\\ndoubt about it), there was as much thrift ami pros-\\nperity then as now. The population of the town in\\n1860 was 1.21 2. It had made a gain, however, of only\\n53 in ten years. In 1850 the population was 2159.\\nIV thai time to 1880 it has only gained 259, and\\nthe gain of the last decade is 186, But there- has\\nbeen a steady gain in the property of tie- town. In\\n1x411 the appraised val f all the property of Mil-\\nford was, in round numbers, $500,000. It has gained\\none million of dollars in valuation since. It is inter-\\nesting to note that half of the increase was made\\nfrom 1840 to 1850. It also increased, during that de-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0919.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ncade, its legal voters between two and three hundred.\\nIt began, during this period (1847), to send two\\nrepresentatives to the Legislature. It wmilil there-\\nfore seem that these were very prosperous years in\\nthe town career.\\nIn this connection, it is useful and interesting to\\nmake another quotation from the observing pen of\\nMr. 1 1 Iwin\\nWithin a few anal r]i i- .il i i i r T-- n in 1st, i, in w ts\\nhave beeu laid nut in tin- villa-. which, as\\nImilli, llllt l nil l.nttl -i l Willi IH-W llll l nl. J 111\\nj U- of Milf.ml havn l n piMviliiallv a \\\\.rv husy, enterprising, wide-\\nwain pi--. It. in- .1 in n in-. Hi --ti-ati li- In I In I-. I In I a 1 1 Mm 1,\\ni man I v. Inn il I I a n I\\nthere I iscomii [01 lej rj subject that\\nisairitatetl in this. anil IV ll.lln! it 1 hiti-s p. pnlill.*. 1 .liuinll -lavcn,\\ntemperance, music ,,t nnaal refurin\u00e2\u0080\u0094 has its^n I ...a hum, Mine; a.l-\\nvocates and a debating e i\\nll til. Sllil]^, i mill i. laiiMin-- in ...iiin-i.t ill.- -te I In pi.- pm-\\nnai in- lln- in- 1 l i [.,i.- i i i i .1 n.. i n.i- i I. iml i law, which\\nnit snlil.nii ..i never Ins.. rt.nl iii this town Tin -mare few, it any,\\nIns ill tills r. L i. ti win. sn llillal.lt.lllt- in.. m a in l.i In. il- ..I a-pli in_,\\ncherishing the mistaken i.lcii thai wealth maltes the man. and riches\\nare sought after in ever} lawful win as thn tlmv were tin- one thing\\n.llnl.\\nBurying-Grounds.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTin- history of a people can be largely inferred\\nfrom it- tombstones. While the town dues not\\ngrow in population, the graveyards are constantly\\ngrowing. Time, the tomb-builder, gathers in\\nwith astonishing swiftness. An elderly lady recently\\nvisited the town and many places with which, in\\nby, -lie had been familiar; hut she saw\\nbut few people with whom she was acquainted, and\\nshe was confused and disappointed. She did nut un-\\nderstand it. Finally she visited the burial-places of\\nthe town and made a tour among the tombstones, and\\nthere -he found her old friends. It was explained to\\nher then. She was living, but these old friends, the\\nfamiliar faces of the past, had all gone, and here\\ntheir dust was laid, and the simple inscriptions upon\\ntoppling marble and crumbling granite revealed the\\nwhole truth.\\nSeptember 2, 17^1. the town voted to accept one\\naere of land on the north side of the highway, on\\nthe west side of William Crosby s land, and adjoining\\nrhaddeus Grimes land, as a present by William\\nI tosliy, lor a burying gr I.\\nIn 1839, thegraveyard first laid out having been\\nsubstantially occupied, the town purchased about\\ntwo acres mi the Brookline road for a cemetery.\\nCos1 of the land, with the fencing, four hundred and\\nfifty-five dollars. It was made up into family lots,\\nand the choice of lots sold at auction. Ever} lot in\\nthai cemetery having been taken, the town purchased\\nanother lot of a little over live aere- of Rev. -Mr.\\nMoore, on the south side of the Wilton Railroad, in\\nthe west part of the village. The cost of the land.\\nright of way across Mr. Moore s land, fencing and\\npreparing the same for burial purposes was $623. 55.\\nIn 1850 the town chose a committee to see about a\\nnew burying-ground. In 1852 the selectmen were\\nauthorized to grade and set out trees in the new bury-\\ning-ground.\\nFor the most part, all the yards are well cared for.\\nThere are several costly and many tasteful monu-\\nments and slahs erected to the memory of the dead.\\nTemperance. The first temperance committei\\nappointed by the town were Leonard Chase, Daniel\\nPutnam, Freeman Crosby, Pliny Whitney and Wil-\\nliam Wallace. They made their first report in 1849,\\nwhich covers eight pages of solid writing in one of\\nthe large record-books of the town. They continued\\nin service a number of years, and then others took\\ntheir places, who, in their turn, still made the same\\nexhaustive reports and eloquent appeals to the lies\\nsentiment of the people, doing a grand work for the\\ntown, and through the persistent efforts of these men.\\nsupplemented by the strong Christian aid of their\\nwives, sisters and mothers, Milford is recognized as\\nthe banner town of the State in the cause of temper-\\nance.\\nIn the same year, 1849, the citizens inaugurated a\\nmovement lor beautifying ami adorning the common.\\nThe first measure was to cause it to he fenced, which\\nwas accomplished in 1850. They also planted a lot\\nof elm-trees, which tire now fully grown and add\\ngreatly to the attractiveness of the village.\\nThe committee who were appointed to do this good\\nwork wen- Humphrey Moore, Daniel Putnam, Hiram\\nA. Daniels, Jonas Hutchinson and Leonard Chase.\\nAfter the trees were planted they had to he caivfullv\\neared for and watered. This was faithfully done, and\\nwe now see tin- result.\\nSince then the fence has been remodeled and the\\npark enlarged and improved. The present fence was\\nbuilt in 1872.\\nFire-Engines.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first appropriation for a fire-\\nengine was made in 1820. The town voted an appro-\\npriation of seventy-five dollars towards defraying\\nexpenses of an engine. October 18, 1820, William\\nRamsdell, S. K. Livermore and Abiel Lovejoy were\\nchosen first fire wardens. August 17, 183! the town\\nvoted to raise three hundred dollars for the purpose\\nof luiying a new tire-engine, provided three hundred\\ndollars he raised by subscription. In lieu of the\\nabove, the town voted to raise one hundred dollars in\\naddition to the three hundred dollars, provided two\\nhundred dollars could be raised by subscription. In\\n1840 it was voted to buy a second tire-engine, hut it\\nv, a- iml purchased until 1841. In 1856 the town\\nvoted to huild tin engine-house, and one was after-\\nwards erected.\\nTown Clock.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1866 the town voted two hun-\\ndred dollars towards a town clock, the citizens to\\nraise four hundred dollars more. It was purchased,\\nand did very poor service until the present year,\\nwhen the town voted an appropriation of five hun-\\ndred dollars, and a new clock is in the place of tin-\\nold one.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0920.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\nPoor-Farm. -I r a great many years the town\\nowned and occupied a farm on which the town s poor\\nwere kept, but, agreeably to a vote of thetown in\\n1868, this farm was sold. It was situated in the\\nsoutherly part of the town. Since then many of its\\npoor, by arrangement, have been kept at the county\\nfarm in Eillsborough County.\\nTaverns. There is but one in town for the accom-\\nmodation of transient patrons, and that is an old one.\\nThe earliest of Milford s landlords was Jonathan\\nBttxton. He was a model inn-keeper. He was skill-\\nful in making flip. There are those living in Milford\\nnow who remember seeing Buxton mix his flip with\\na singeing hot iron. Everybody who chosesold liquor\\nin those days. There was scarcely a house between\\nMilford and Wilton, on either side of the river, that\\ndid not hold a license to sell the ardent. Old Dr.\\nFuller, who lived on the spot where tin lieu town-\\nhouse stands, in the first dwelling-house ever built in\\nthe village, used to put into his cellar twenty-five\\nbarrels of cider for domestic consumption; but his\\ncider had a large circle of acquaintances, and whoever\\npleased, night or day, could walk into his cellar with\\nmug in hand and help himself.\\nIt would lie a great task to give a -ketch of the\\nlandlords of Milford since the days of Jonathan\\nBuxton. Mr. Buxton was the first librarian of the\\ntown, as he was also first tax collector.\\nThe Ponemah.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 lucentlv a new and handsome\\nhotel has been built in the south part of the town,\\nnear Milford Springs, called the Ponemah House.\\nIi stands on a tine eminence, is handsomely made\\nand furnished and kept as a first-class summer\\nhouse. It owns the Milford Springs. These springs\\nare noted for their medicinal waters. The Ponemah\\nCompany are engaged to some extent in bottling\\nthis water for the market. The enterprise is just\\nstarted, and ii is I larly to predict the result.\\nill A PTEE V.\\nMILFORD- {Continued\\n[ILFORD IN THE GREAT CIVIL W \\\\K.\\nIt is simply stating a fact to say that a more gen-\\nerous and patriotic people could not be found in this\\ngreat land than lived in and went forth from Milford\\nduring the dark period of the Rebellion days. Her\\nresponse to every call for volunteers was hearty and\\neffective. To every appeal for succor and aid for\\nthose on the field and in the hospitals she gave with\\na munificent hand. The flower of her populace went\\nforth at their country s call some never returned, hut\\nfell upon the field of glory others came hack, and\\nas citizens of a grand republic, have been as noble\\nand true in the path- of peace a- they were brave\\nand patriotic in war. The record of these people, in\\nthe greatest civil conflict the world ever witnessed, is\\none of which every son and daughter of Milford is\\njustly proud.\\nIn 1861, when the President senl forth that first\\nrequisition for volunteers, a recruitinu-oilice was im-\\nmediately opened ai lie town hall, and lie i j eighf\\nmen. one-half of whom were married and one-half\\nsingle, were soon enrolled. l lie\\\\ n-ere the first forty-\\neight men on tin li.-t of Milford soldiers hereafter\\ngiven. The company, under the com maud of laptain\\nGeorge II. ilillis, left for Portsmouth on the 7th of\\nMay, L861. The company was made up of soldiers\\nfrom the following towns, viz: Milford, forty-eight\\nAmherst, thirteen; Wilton, eleven .Mont Vernon,\\nlive; New Boston, five; Lyndeborough, two; and a\\nfew from other towns, making in all ninety-three.\\n\\\\t .in informal ting of the i itizens of the town, nolden on the\\n22d of Aim!. 18G1 ii i mi. nun lousisting of George Daniels, William\\nRanisdell, 0. W. Lull, Daniel Putnam and Clinton S. iverill, was ap\\npointed to a* i in behalf .il the town in relation t.i all mattei\\n\u00c2\u00abiili n nlisting inn! equipping of a c pany of Volunteers, and far-\\nlil.sliili;: aiil .mil Ml] |ii.rt In Tin- t.iiuill.- ,,f -Hill ..I.list. .1 n\\nImi- I., tin- town.\\nThis committee proceeded at once to discharge the\\nduties imposed ii| them, and at a legal town-meet-\\ning, held May 11, 1861, made a report of lie ii work\\nand received the sanction of the town. Major George\\nDaniels offered at the meeting a resolution,\\nTliat tlir si.liTtmrti In- iu-lriii li-il Int 11 -inn i. t r\\\\ liti-\\niiii.I lli.it -ii. I. |i..rti.ii lliiir.it i- in. iv I j in i I 1-. .i|ipc l n.it.- l\\n|M Ml i Illll, Willi 111. Ilk-Ill. II .-Xp. llM-S, illl l til flll-llisll\\ni -I-1...I i t ii .t -ii ii ill/. -ii- .1 tin- t.iwn n liavi. inili-ti il anil\\nIn-ill liiii-trlril nili. tin- *i-ivi illi.ii 1 III first rail .if tin I-r. si.l. lit ni tln-\\nrjnited States fur volunteers\\nThe resolution was unanimously adopted, ami all of\\nthe recommendations of the committee were accepted.\\nThe town voted that, in addition to the dress ami\\narms furnished by the State, the soldiers of Milford\\nshould be furnished with their board and eleven dol-\\nlars a month till accepted by the State, and after that\\nseven dollars per month iii addition to government\\npay; also a revolver and india-rubber blanket, be-\\nsides such other articles for the promotion of cleanli-\\nness and health ami to meet possible contingencies,\\nwhich the patriotic ladies were then providing for\\nthem. They voted to soldiers who had families a still\\nfurther allowance: if he had a wife, six dollars per\\nmonth; a wife and one child, eight dollar- per month;\\na wife and two children, ten dollars per month and\\nstill more in special cases.\\nAt a subsequent town me, -ting held September 27,\\n1861, the committee, through Major Daniels, made a\\nreport of its disbursements for the above purposes,\\nreceiving the indorsement of the town. At about\\nthis time the Souhegan Bank offered the government\\na loan oi twenty thousand dollar- to aid in carrying\\non the war.\\nAt the annual town-meeting holden March II,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0921.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1.862, it was voted that David (i hvin be town\\nhistorian, to record the events of the present war as\\nconnected with the people ofMilford, to be preserved\\nin the archives of the town. Mr. Goodwin faithfully\\nperformed his duties, and in those archives, put\\nin perfect order by his careful hand, is a reliable rec-\\nord of the splendid work done by the patriotic men\\nof Milford, and from that record the facts of this\\nsketch relating to the war are taken.\\nThe history of the work of woman in the great\\nStruggle in tlii- country has not yet been written.\\nWhen it is, it will be found to surpass in sympathy,\\ntenderness and practical and effective assistance to\\nthe mighty cause anything that was ever dreamed\\ncould be accomplished by the gentler sex. The\\nladies of Miltbrd early engaged in the great soldiers\\naid work. They made a record worthy of being\\nplaced alongside of that of their brothers, husbands\\nand fathers who fought that the nation might live.\\n[n October, 1861, a society of ladies was organized\\nunder the name of The Women s Soldiers Aid So-\\nciety, and they chose the following officers: Presi-\\ndent, Mrs. Humphrey Moore; Vice-Presidents, Mrs.\\nStillman Hutchinson, Mrs. Martin Hall, Mrs. Abel\\n(base, .Mrs. Efezekiah Hamblett, Mrs. Charles A.\\nBurns, Mrs. Benjamin F. Hutchinson; Secretary,\\nElizabeth A. Livennore; Treasurer, Miss Hannah\\nP. Ramsdell; Executive Committee, Mrs. William\\nCrosby, Mrs. Joshua M. Holt, Mrs, John Dickey, Mrs.\\nIra Holt, Mrs. John A. Towers. The society num-\\nbered more than eight\\\\ members, beside.- se\\\\ent\\\\\\nmen as honorary members. The first report or ad-\\ndress of the society made by Miss Livennore is here\\ngiven, as it reveal- clearly the spirit which impelled\\nthis noble company of women to push forward the\\nglorious work which carried comfort and solace to\\nmanv a soldier s home and heart,\\nMarch 28, 18C2.\\n.1 ill. ,-iirl) ].:ut\\n1 thr ye.iri.f our Lnnl lsi.l tli.-,t it- i olial -itunts \u00c2\u00ab]ii| imt thrill with Imr-\\nr. l :tt tin- nun] ua-.-l ..1 hull!.. l..-t.,r,. tin-in liv th.- I\\nanil ill inns li-mli-r- ul 111.- Sunt lir in -In v-p.-u ..-r Thru -r.-j.l n- ..1 |...\\\\v.-l\\nhaddeparted frum tlii in with th.- .Aii tv.iiii ntti.a.. a tin-\\nPreaidi nl Tlii would aol even In i a] I longi I nstitu tal\\ni ui.-iiu.ii...i il.. barbaric force t.i ihi..\u00c2\u00ab n-.-li agaiti in\\nthe path of progress. Almost wit animous voice the Nortb Ktid,\\nWe will meet this Corn- .m the l.atih-lhhl, ami may Uod speed the\\nilLiht. l.iirlitliiii:. lla-.li.-.| itit.-Ill-i-nci-, t.-.ii. i I. nl lu l win-- ami\\nr friend and citi/i-n t.. ..a apilal a On u -.i.-n\\ns--l.li. -is \\\\i li.. ha-l \\\\..IiiiiIi-.-i--.| h. in\\nlily\\nJii- pari-.l\\nand wounded.\\nIn Mill\\nled T\\nWomen Soldiers\\npaying\\nn, nts or re.\\non.- hundred and thirty-eight dollars wen\\n..II- te\\nby iii.-i.ii. asinp an.)\\nl.\\\\ levies. W n met once a weelt to\\nwhile -.inn- devoted\\n-i ^i.-..l pan uf tlu ir tun.- in 1. it.. .mi. i il.\\nomfort. Si\\\\ bar-\\nnl- .-t .iiii.i.- -i ,-ntiai p. hospital\\nwere nt ..li their\\ni-il.m.l -.1 l.ivo l.i-f,.ii- il..- 1,... i),.\\nThe\\nirk -till continues, as\\nth- varied calls for ossistauce row h n-, ami\\nvillbe\\nontiuued until there\\nertaintj that uo D is needed\\nThis noble work was continued by this patriotic\\nsociety all through the war until no more was\\nneeded.\\nIn October, 1863, the secretary made another an-\\nnual report, closing it with the following eloquent\\nwords which she quoted from another\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tii- ble in a 11 -an-!- \\\\ili-. at.- i.-:..|v 1.. p.-n-li. aii.l l.-n-\\nih, ii-an.l- win. I.ivr tln-ir niuiiti v ami tln-n kiml, will lie cast up.ui thus.\\n1 .-in. .I. .1, mil th. hIi.. sustain th,- i nil ile work. Let the people s\\nli. ..t- in ..a tail, ami their liatnls n.-ver w.-ary! I. lit h t them, oi their\\nal.iii.ilalii an. tlii- .a.iiillnssi.,n til 1 1 im-a-in j s.-l II. -hak.-ti\\nt.i-.-lli.a ami lilliliina i.yi-i. that, v\\\\ li.-i. .1 tilt- red liali.l of war is\\n-..ii. ils .liMia- l....t-t.-ps may l.illi.w that wherever the led hand el\\nMai i- lifted i.. wound, its wim.- hand may be lifted to heal that its\\nwork may never cease until it i- assumed by a great Christian govern\\nimnl, i.r until pi-an- unri- mure reigns tl.n. Helmut Ihelaml; I.ii.-ii\\nIn n. aiatiiinle f..r its service and joy in its i- lory shall ti.-\\\\. i .1 it\\nol the hearts of the American people.\\nThis society raised and disposed of more than\\nfifteen hundred dollars worth of article- to the\\nsoldier- in the field beside- large bounties to their\\nfamilies at home. A titling close of this branch of\\nour subject is found in the eloquent Words made use\\nof when the society disbanded\\nAs tin 1,VI\u00e2\u0080\u009e lli.ni l.a- l.i.ii rnsln-il. ]ira. lias I n hill v [in\\nclaimed, and the ol.ject for which our association was instituted in. longer\\nneeds nut churls feeling thai ...n l.i-tn-\\\\ ol.-nl .-[lofts have ma 1 n in\\nvain, we now disliatid mil a ^ain.-atn.ii. and tin u .an attention t.. other\\npin suit- ami a\\\\ ati. .us. fc.-liii-r i haul, lul thai we ha\\\\.-l n permitted to\\nI in il .1 an-c ..f Innnaijity\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the cause of God\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I. inj.-.t In/.\\nu ill 1 1 1. u Ill a ted am! t.i.l. -iiiu llnii; t.iu.u.l tin- -al at i, ,n I ..in 1.. luVcd\\ncountry. 1\\nlint not only were the ladies of Milford benevolent\\nand liberal in their aid to the cause, but the men gave\\nlargelj of their means. The town voted generous\\nami large bounties, and furnished assistance to all\\nsoldiers families without stint.\\nSixty Milford soldier- lost their lives by the war,\\nforty of whom were never brought home to lie buried.\\nThirteen were killed in battle. Their names are\\nOliver W. Lull, Abram B. Shedd, William D. Coffin,\\nJeremiah Lyon, Josiah 1 Smith, Alexander M. Bob-\\nbie, Samuel Dolbear, Thomas M. Gilpatrick, George\\nL. .Tones. Isaac F. Five, J. I. Plympton, Samuel F.\\nJones and Joseph Shedd.\\nIt i- not within the scope of this -ketch to give a\\npersonal history of each soldier who fell or was\\nwounded in the battles ol this cruel war. When the\\nhistory of Milford is written ill detail the work will be\\ndone. It i- gratifying to know that every fact is pre-\\nserved and will in due time be published to the\\nworld.\\nDun; II:iIiiIp1.-TI W;i- tln tir-1 snMi. i \\\\\\\\liO volunteered from Bfil-\\ni. i I int., tin- I HIT. I -it id- -mi. S..011 untlie ih-ws nf the massacre ol\\nMassachusetts soldiers in the Btreets of Baltimore reached a\\niu Bostoo, ApriI19, 1861, into the Fourth Battalion of Rifles, Company C\\nWe quote the following from Mr. Goodwin s pen us\\na just tribute to ;l noble boy\\nmi, -ii Mills, youngest d ol John and Sarah Mills\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a\\nkind and loving boy\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was born Januan jt, IM4. He rlllist.-d as a pri-\\nvate t .-i inn.- mo tit lis in tin- i xd iit li ll. ^iltn iit V-\\\\v 11a III] -li i iv ,i|iin-\\nC, October 10 1862. At the expiration of in- term of\\nservice he returned home with his regiment August 14, 1863 received", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0922.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "his discharge August 1863. He i tracted a fever at the siege ol\\nPort Hudson, of which hedied _ngust23, 1863. He enlisted, as hesaid,\\nbecause his gov.! -nmi.it culled liiin and he felt it his duty to go, and at\\nthe last said he had done all chat had I i [uired ol him the boat\\nis ready, let me go li\\nMr. Goodwin speaks of another of Milford s heroes\\nas follows\\nA. B. Ilayd.n was Mi.it tl,r..ii_li tin- wn-t Mi r 1 1 1 T 1 1 1 Kr.-.l.-i i.-U--\\nburg. Five nun had 1,,-eii shot down ill his regiment. At the fall uf the\\nfifth Ulan this l.rav.- soldiel graspeil the Hag-staff and hole tie -tai- an.l\\nstrineB aloft Put h,- was 1 ,.,ii,,- l 0. tie I l .a in.. II-\\nball soon struck and shattered his left arm. lie was carried tothe hos-\\npital in Alexandria, where he die.l January 1W.. lie was embalmed\\nand brought home January l:i, l.-i..;\\nMost nf the soldiers from Milford wen. discharged\\nand came home July, L865. August 3, 1865, the peo-\\nple, grateful forthe deliverance of their country from\\nthe grip of rebels, assembled in the park and gave\\nth.-ir soldiers a generous welcome home. Speeches\\nand music and general pleasures were indulged in,\\nand Peace on earth and good will among men\\nonce more reigned.\\nThe following are the names of all the Milford sol-\\ndiers who went into the United States sen ice during\\nthe war\\nGeorge II GilUs,\\nH right, Loammi B. Ward.\\nRichard Mahar, Robert M Kemdi\\nMcArthur, Thomm\\nJames McRobbie, D P V I Yi I\\nH. Drew, Norman Bui ick, Gf\\n*Ueolge I. Lovcio\\\\, William Ahhol\\nEdward F. Lund.*. rlea 1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2George Worcester, Daniel II Grei\\ni tim. Samuel Dolbear, Alb, it a\\n11 An.-d. i., .1.11.0- o. William\\nWilliam E. Howe, J. M. Blancho\\nting, George Clark, John v\\\\ Cro\\nus Adams, Alex. McRobbi\\ni i. iniah Lyon,\\n,,r Colby, William II. Ramsdel\\nWon ,-l.i, W II i.illi-. K..I..H i in, maid, II. n I oi, nor, John liame,\\nII. M. Tyler, Thomas Jess\\nThose names with the star prefixed are tlmse\\nsoldiers wln re-enlisti d.\\nThe names of the seventy substitutes furnished\\nfrom abroad are not recorded.\\nP. A. She.1.1. -J. II Lovejoy, William P Heald C I: Stickney, II L.\\nGeorge E. Hartwell, J II. Stimson, *H. E. Mills, F. .1. Stimson,\\nkoring, Josl Royli igh, Josiah P Smith, C II\\nran,)., tfetoon w I, 0. W. Lull. S. G. Dearborn, F J. Lawrence,\\nWilliam Gourley, John F Howard, Andrew I. Marvol John Meikle,\\nWilliam A. Crosby, II. M.Potter, Ji a i Gilil I I Shedd,\\nThomas Gilpatrick, Abel F. Gutterson, \u00c2\u00bbJohn H Stanyar HarrisGray,\\nLuke Hallegan, John E. Herrick, Orrin A. Hamblett, Thomas 11. Law,\\nGeorge A. Holt, fa w Joseph Buss, Bdward Powers, Frank\\nII I, li. M. Peruana, John Bonner, II. J. Richardson, *John Martin,\\n*E. P. Ross, F. W. Dennis, M. P. Feleh, Dennis Holden, III P\\nConnery, Frederick ler, R B. Kidder, Hugh Connor, J. B. Fretts,\\nA. B. Bennett, F 0. Howe, Patrick Dillon, A. B. Hayden, J. W. Spald-\\ning, J. E. Mackay, A. W. Heald, John II, .Hand. I F Frye, i harles\\nHowe, W. II. Howe, .1. P. Richardson, II. P. Hutchinson, C. H. Dun-\\nning, J. B. Melon, ly, John Arhuckle, Tie, mas lo-_.ni. M. \\\\iK.u,\\nJ. W. Shattuck, Charles Huntley, Charles Bl Fran ii 1 I.\\nJ, .hui Aiken, J. Lovejoy, F. F Greisinger, W o AveriU, J. P.\\nShedd, G. F. Stone, 0. R. Hartshorn, Frank Crosby, Union Wyman,\\nL. A. Duncklee, Noah Fund, C. W. Mills, I!. F. Clarke, E. K. Jewett,\\n.1. P. Fuller, i II Osg I. II. C. Stimson, C. C. Bartlett, IF JI. Mills,\\nJ. D. Crosby, Edwin Howard, Joseph Pushing, illiam Abbott, P.\\nConnery, _lvin B. Chase, J Hutchinson, F Crosby, .Men R. Hood,\\nfl ,11.. ,i ii Garvin, 1 Hans, omb, Ed Hans b, I\\nFr.deiirk A. Pl.ln.l_.. Jam,- P;,.iii, H. A. Has] E. P. J A. 1\\nHutchinson, F, A. Fisher, George Marvel, F. P. N elson, F. T. Cogin,\\n\\\\v. D, I nt. I1111-..11. Patrii k Chroan, M Hatch, .1\\nR. H. Pierce, I. IP Layden, J. Carlton, Jr., w, P, Easton, Charles IP\\n(II A l TKl: VI.\\nMILFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 [Continued).\\nM W TOWN-HOUSE.\\nSelection of Spot\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F.iviii. ,,f .n,,.| -Stone\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 option .1 P.uildiii-\\nDedii ation.\\nFin: several years prior tolNii l the subject of a new\\nTown I [otise wa-agitated. It had its advocates and its\\nopponents. Like most enterprises of the kind, its birth\\nwas through great labor. It was evident to a majority\\nof the people that the town had outgrow n 1 In- old town-\\nhouse. Since 183:.-. .4, when it was ahandoned by the\\nFirst Church or Congregational Church for its new\\nchurch structure, the old hall had been used ex-\\nclusively tor town ami social purposes. Before that\\ntime its history has been already given. In 1847 tin-\\ntown purchased the pew -holders rights and moved\\nthe hmise a short distance north and east of its orig-\\ninal site, fronting it to the south. The first story was\\ndevoted to stores and the upper one to the town hall.\\nIt has been well said that it was early consecrated to\\nfree speech ami a free ballot, and iii these respects it\\nwas mil unlike the other New England town-houses.\\nIt served its employers well. The time came, howe, or,\\nwhen it was unsatisfactory and inadequate to meet\\ntin- wants ,,f the populace. It was finally determined\\nto have a new one. Then came the usual struggle\\nover its location. It was first voted to build neat the\\nbridge, and then the spot where it now stands was\\nsubstituted. The old house was again moved to a lot\\nmar the bridge. 011 the west side of the villag\\nwhere it still stands, and again repaired, improved\\nand sold.\\nThe town seleeted William Ramsdell, Clinton S.\\nAverill and Robert R. Howison a building com-\\nmittee. Ground was broken .May 6, L869. Messrs.\\nBryant Rogers, of Boston, were the architects.\\nLaying 1 the Corner-Stone. flu- corner-stoi f\\nthe new town-house was laid on Saturday. July 1869,\\nwith interesting Masonic ceremonies, under the\\nauspices of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire,\\nassisted by the Masonic lodges in Nashua, Milford.\\nWilton, Mason and Peterborough.\\nfin- occasion brought together a very large eon-\\ncourse of people, and he exercises of the daj were\\ncarried out with perfect success and to the entire\\nsatisfaction of all concerned.\\nAt two o clock the visiting bodies were received at\\ntin depot by Benevolent Lodge, of Milford, and a\\nprocession was fonm d in the following order", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0923.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIl.li.-o.letil No 7, ul Milt.. I- 1\\nlllli. i I- of the Grano I\\nI ..u n Committee.\\nThe procession numbered about three hundred, and\\nmade a fine appearance. After making a short march\\nthrough several of the principal streets, the procession\\nbrought up at the site of the new town-house.\\nThe stone selected for the cornel- was ready for lay-\\ning at the southeast angle of the foundation on the\\narrival of the procession. It was -suspended by a\\ntemporary derrick, and measured three feet in length,\\none and a half in depth and a foot in width. The\\nfollowing articles were placed in the stone, which\\nwas then hermetically sealed\\nA manuscript containing a brief history of the ac-\\ntion of the town relating to the building of the town-\\nhouse, giving the votes and dates of meetings of the\\ntown relative thereto; tin appropriations of the town\\nfor the year 1869, for town charges, for highways, for\\nthe Free Library and librarian, and the date of the\\nvote of the town establishing the library and the\\nnumber of volumes at that time; also a list of\\nthe clergymen, lawyers, physicians, machinists, man-\\nufacturers, banks, the organization- ,,i ill. I U\\nin the town, with the teachers; the railroad and\\ntelegraphic communications, the estimated popula-\\ntion of the town, a set of United States coins\\nof the date 1869, directly from the Mint, and which\\nhad never been in circulation, presented by Edwin\\nL. Howard, of the Mount Lebanon Lodge, Boston,\\nMass., consisting of the dollar, half-dollar, quarter-\\ndollar, dime, half-dime (both silver and nickel), the\\nthree-cent piece (both silver and nickel), ami the\\nand one-cent pieces; a half-dozen stereoscopic\\nviews, contributed by Edward Lovejoy, Esq., em-\\nbracing a view of the hotel, the veterans, the old\\ntown-house, the middle falls ami bridge, the oval and\\ngroup, and thenew town-house and lot, with the old\\ntown-house in the distance; a catalogue of the Mil-\\nford Live Library, a band-bill of the celebration of\\nthe day, a hand-bill of the Hutchinsons celebration\\nconcert, a school report of 1869, a report of the re-\\nceipts and expenditures of the town for 1868-69,\\na report of the county commissioners for 1868-69,\\na cop\\\\ of the by-laws and members of Benevolent\\nLodge, No. 7, Milford, X. H.. for tin- current\\nyear, a copy of the Farmers Cabinet, dated Feb-\\nruary 19, 1825, a copy of the same dated .Inly 1.\\n1869, a copy of the Manchester Mirror dated July\\n1869, a copy of the Nashua Daily Telegraph\\ndated June 28, 1869, a copy of the New Hampshire\\nTelegraph dated July 1869, a copy of the Daily\\nPatriot dateil June 30, 1869, a copy of the Nashua\\nllilltbnrnugli I ninihi Ailrrrtis, r dated JllK\\n1. 1869, a copy of the Union Democrat, Manchester,\\ndated June 29, 1869, a copy of the Boston Daily Post\\ndated June 30, L869, pj of the Boston Daily Even-\\ning Journal dated July 1, 1869; Morse Kaley s\\ncard of prices of knitting cottons, manufactured in\\nMilford.\\nThe ceremonies were opened by proclamation of\\nAiling Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. William\\nBarrett, Esq., who had been deputized by M. W.\\nGrand Master Winn to perform the service, that the\\nrrand Lodge had been invited by the civil authorities\\nof Milford to lay the corner-stone of their new town\\nhall. A fervent and impressive prayer was offered\\nby Rev. E. B. Wilkins. of Nashua, acting Grand\\nChaplain of the Grand Lodge, and a hymn, Great\\nArchitect of Earth and Heaven. was sung by the\\nHutchinson family. The stone was then laid with\\nthe usual rites ami ceremonies of the Masonic older.\\nThe inscription on the plate was read by the acting\\nGrand Secretary, E. I Emerson, as follows;\\nThis corner-stone was [aid with Masonic ceremonies, Saturday, July\\n3rd, Hi 1869, I I. 586 .i, uii.I.t tin- iliivcik.ii of tbi- M. W Grand Lodgi\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I Vu ll.iin|.-liii. K W Wdliam r.uir.i- :iiul Oiaml M;i\u00c2\u00bbter\\n.i ...i i/i /i w i. i .\u00e2\u0080\u0094Alexander M. Winn, .it I .11 inm-cii.\\nyi Grand Master; John ]i Hoi! I-. Portsmouth, II. W. D. Grand\\nMaster N. W. Cumner, Manchester, It. \\\\V. Sen. Grand Warden Wil-\\nli. mi Barrett, Nashua, E. w. .Inn Grand Warden; John Knowlton,\\nPortsmouth, K. W. Grand Treasure! II. .in e Chase, Hbpkinton, R. W.\\ni.i. in. 1 Secretary.\\nUlysses S. Grant, President 1 S, Schuyler Colfex, Vice-Presidenl\\nSal a P. Chase, Chief Justice Onslon Stearns, Governor N. H. John\\nIi. Lyman, Sec State Peter Sanborn, sen.. Treasurer Ira Perley, Chief\\nJustice Aaron H. Cragin, .lam.- I .utr, ...n. Senators; Jacob Ela.\\nAm. .ii 1 St. -veil-. .la. ..I. l:.-]it. .11, I;, ).i v-oilim\\n-w ilhiini K Wallace, John Marvi G\\nI .iutl.tt, Selectmen James 31. I; i,..i.i. I,..n Clerk; William It.\\nw.li. T in 1 i|i,.... -i, nittee; William\\nRamsdell, W. B lowni 1 rill Ci ssofl rei Librat 11\\nli..aii li.it. ii, 11, l^.- .i.n..._h. i;..[.t. 1. 1. mi.- 1. .in, w. Crosby,\\nPostmaster; William Ramsdell, C. S. Averill. Robert II. Eowison,\\nBuilding Committee Gridley J. F. Bryant, Louis P. I.\\narchitects; Albert Currier. Newburyi t. Ma\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 .mn.i. t,i .tam.-s 1\\nTinker, l ...-r..n, superintendent.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Amount of Inventory for 1869, $1,185,000 amount deposited In Sav.\\n.,1,, urn ivi 1, ,i i, Raili M l -1\\n1 per hundred.\\nAfter the stone was lowered the Hutchinsons sang\\nan ode, Placed in Form the Corner-Stone, and\\nM. W. G. M. Barrett delivered a brief address to thi\\npeople mi the character and objects of Masonry.\\nThe procession was then reformed and marched to\\nthe oval, where the writer of this article. Charles H.\\nBurns, of Wilton, a native of Milford, delivered an\\naddress to fifteen hundred people. The Hutchinson\\nfamily also sang from the grand stand several stirring\\nami beautiful .songs. At the close of the open-air ex-\\nercises, at lour o clock, a tine collation was served in\\nthe old town hall, which was neatly trimmed with\\nflags and flowers for the occasion. Speeches were\\nmade, and the post-prandial exercises closed by the\\nentire company joining the Hutchinsons in singing\\nAuld Lang Syne.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0924.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "5t!9\\nThus the good work of building the now town-house\\nwas begun. It was completed April 27,1870, when\\nthe edifice was solemnly consecrated by the\\nDedication of the New Town Hall.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The day was\\nbeautiful, and one of the most significant in the re-\\ncent history of the town. Many of the sons and\\ndaughters of Milford who lived away earn. home to\\njoin in the celebration. They were welcomed with\\nwarm ami generous hospitality. The greetings over,\\nheii eyes turned from friends and the old town-house\\nto the new. The) beheld an edifice striking in ap-\\npearance, commanding in stature, ample in all its\\nparts, made of brick, one hundred by sixty feet.\\nThe basement, which is constructed of rough granite,\\nwith hammered lines, is nine feet in height, and is\\nclear of the ground on the west and south. The first\\nStory is fourteen feet in the clear, anil contains three\\nstores, post-office and selectmen s room; the stores,\\nfifty feet deep and from twenty-one to twenty-seven\\nfeet wide. The building fronts to the west, and the\\nentrance is reached by a massive (light of granite\\n3teps. At the head of the fust stair-ease, and facing\\nthe entrance, is an elaborate and beautifully-carved\\nblack walnut ease, about five feet in height and eight\\nfeel long, inclosing live marble tablets, and on the\\nmiddle one is inscribed the following:\\nin defense ..f the Union\\nin tli.- war of\\ntli.- rebellion of 1861-1865\\ndedicated April\\n1870.\\nOn the other tablets are inscribed the names of the\\nfifty-three ofMilford s patriots who, in the great Civil\\nWar, heroically fell. It is a beautiful and eloquent\\nmemorial, conspicuously erected, and will frequently\\nremind the good people of the town of the enormous\\nsacrifice that was made to preserve the nation s in-\\ntegrity. The plan ol a monumental slab in the vesti-\\nbule originated in a resolution offered by the late Dr,\\nS.S. Stickncy. The, hall is symmetrical and beautiful. It\\nis tifty-seven feet wide, sixty-five feet long and twenty-\\nfour feet high. Over the entrance, and extending\\nacross the west side, is a spacious gallery, capable of\\nseating three hundred persons. The main hall, which\\nis lighted by fourteen large windows, has a seating\\ncapacity of eight hundred. The platform is on the\\neast side. On the righl and left of this is a small\\ngallery for the use of a band or choir. The hall is\\nresi oed and painted. There is a high wainscoting of\\nchestnut, with black walnut panels and moldings. It\\nhas a central chandelier, with four minor ones tli\\nHoor is Georgia pine It has settees. The acoustic\\nqualities of the ball are not good. It may be possible\\nto remedy this. It is well ventilated\\nOn the right of the entrance to the hall is a dress-\\ning-room, Ion the left one Cor ladies. They are\\nlarge, tastefully furnished and provided with all the\\nmodern improvements.\\nAscending to the upper or attic story, we have from\\nthe large dormer-window a commanding view of\\ncharming landscape. In the foreground is the village\\nof Milford, with the winding Souhegan stretching to\\nthe west. In the dim horizon rises Mount Monad-\\nnock, and tin- Peter! Mi jli, i.i .-en field and Temple\\nhills lift their handsome lead- boldlj against the sky.\\nThe view abounds in beauty, and will be looked\\non with delight by the thousands who shall hereafter\\nascend to the great dormer-window of the Milford town-\\nbouse. The exterior view of the edifice is striking\\nand altogether pleasant. The style of architecture IS\\nnot distinct, but seems to be a combination of the\\nearly Tudor English. A graceful tower surmounts the\\nsouthwest angle, in which the old bell is placed, loo\\nclosely hooded to give a clear and certain sound, and\\nabove is a clock, with dial on each side. Dwarl\\ntower- surmount the other angles, and from the front\\nroofa large dormer-window projects, giving a first im-\\npression that the town has succeeded in turning an\\nhonest penny by building a tempting eyrie for some\\nenterprising photographist. The entire building i-\\nheated by steam and lighted by gas.\\nSuch was the new town-house. It still stands in\\nall its original beauty and firmness, a memorial indi-\\ncating the character of a stalwart and enterprising\\npeople.\\nDedication. The ceremonies of dedication were\\nimpressive and eloquent. The spacious building was\\npacked to the brim with interested people. William\\nKamsdell, a man of mark and one of the foremost\\ncitizens of Milford. in behalf of the building com-\\nmittee, delivered the keys to the chairman of the\\nBoard of Selectmen, the late William 1!. Wallace, ill\\nbrief and fitting words, to which Mr. Wallace made\\na brief and fitting reply. George A. Kamsdell, Esq.,\\na native of Milford, then delivered an eloquent and\\npolished address, which was listened to by the vast\\naudience with marked pleasure. It was published\\nin the local paper and deserves a permanenl place\\nin the records of the tow ii.\\nCaptain John 31. Stanyan read a poem lull of local\\nhits and spicy tidbits. Addresses followed by Thomas\\nL. Livermore, Charles II. Hums, E. D. Ayer, .1. I..\\nSpring and D. A. Adams. A dedication ode was\\nfinely rendered which was written by J. W. Pills-\\nbury.\\nDuring the exercises the venerable Dr. Moore\\nentered the hall, and amidst the most earnest ap-\\npi. .ii-. he was escorted upon the platform, lie ac-\\nknowledged the grand reception by the waving of\\nhis hat. It was most fitting for the good old parson.\\nMilford s first and most honored minister, to pro-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0925.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "570\\n1IISTOKY OF IllU-SHoltnnill (M)I NTY, NKW II AM l SH I KK.\\nnounce the solemn benediction, which he did, with\\nthe greal audience reverently standing, in the follow-\\ning words\\nMy tlieml-, !na.\\\\ 111 1,,,!, I hi,.-:- \\\\,,ii ;unl ail-e In- la, I -hill. il[\\nyou, ami wli ii you .iir ivmove.l from earth may you he introduce, 1 into\\ntin hall above, where you maj be bl ed forevi i tnon\\nThe audience adjourned to theolil town hall, where\\ndinner was served, lion. Albert E. Pillsbury, a\\nnative of Milford, aetecl as toast-master. Eloquent\\nspeeches were made by T. Kaley, Dana W. King,\\nIsrael Hunt, 11. Moulton, Clinton S. Averill and\\nMiss Adeline Irosby.\\nMr. Kaley closed his remarks on the occasion with\\nthese eloquent words in reference to the new edifice:\\n1 We wish that the last object of the sight -i him who leaves this\\npleasant and thriving village, and the Bret to gladden him who revisits\\ni, I,,.,, i in, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ilini^ iliat will remind him of the industry, enterprise\\nand publii spirit el Mill, i,l. Ia-t it statel, th. ii. i,, meet the sun in its\\ncoming let the earlieBt light of the morning gild it and parting day\\nlinger and play ,,n its summit\\nAmong the eloquent toasts was the following,\\nwhich was responded to by a dirge from the band\\nwhile the entire company stood in thoughtful silence:\\nTo the memory of our heroic l,an,l, mat tyis in a cause in which t,,\\ntight was honor, to fall impeiishahle glory. May they toe inth,- I., arts\\nof the people when the marble which we tin- ilaj eon ate to theii\\niuem,,r\\\\ has rnniiMeil int. t,,i -often dust.\\nThe festivities of the notable occasion were con-\\ncluded by a grand ball, held in the new town hall in\\nthe evening, which was largely attended by the beauty\\nand chivalry of Milford and it* neighboring towns\\nand cities. The best of music was furnished by\\nHall s Band, of Boston. The spacious gallery was\\ncrowded by spectators anil the balcony galleries by\\ninvited guests. The -cue was one of unusual gayety\\nand brilliancy.\\nII A PTEE VII\\nMILFORD\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Cond i\\nTin: first saw-mill and first grain-mill in Milford\\nwere built on the north side of the river, where Hi-\\nson s mill now stands.\\nflu first stort worthy of the name was kept by\\nMi J. Shepard in the building on the south side of\\nthe common now owned by 1!. M. Wallace. At that\\ntime .lame- Wallace kepi tavern in the old Wallace\\nhouse and afterward kept a store where Mr. Shep-\\nard did. At the same time Captain Thomas .Means\\nkept a store in the building which is now owned by\\nGilbert Wadleigh, having been remodeled and made\\nOver anew, and Colonel Joshua Bumham had a\\nstore in the ell of the large house he built on the\\nLyndeborough toad, known as the Jesse Hutchinson\\nhouse. Colonel Bumham, with the assistance o[ a\\nfew others, built a bridge across the river south of\\nlii- bouse, to accommodate his customers on the\\nsouth side of the river. A great attraction to this\\nstore was the sign with these words: Rum Sold\\nHere.\\nThe only wheelwright in town eighty years ago was\\nJeremiah Fairfield. His shop stood south of E. C.\\nBatchelder s store. It is supposed the first blacksmith\\nin Milford was Jonathan Buxton, father of the late\\nJonathan Buxton, inn-keeper. He wrought in a\\nshop which stood where the stone shop now stands.\\nThe first male child born in Milford was Jacob\\nRichardson, late of Boston. IB was born in the\\nLewis house, now occupied by E. P. Hutchinson.\\nThe firs! house to have blinds was the house where\\nthe late Abel Chase lived.\\nAmong the queer incidents of the town the follow-\\ning may lie mentioned: Caleb Jones, an eccentric\\nman, lived near where Jacob Howard formerly lived.\\nH\u00c2\u00ab planted ami cultivated a cherry-tree express!)\\nfor the purpose of furnishing boards for his own cof-\\nfin. After it bad grown to a sufficient size he cut the\\ntree and had it sawed into boards. Alter he died\\nthe coffin in which he was buried was made of the\\nsame hoards.\\nA Fish-Story.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is stated upon undoubted au-\\nthority that a Mrs. Hopkins, who lived a great many\\nyears ago upon the south side of the Souhegan,\\nwhile wading the liver one day, caught between her\\nfeet a salmon. This foolhardy fish impudently sup-\\nposed he could safely run (hat gauntlet, but he got\\ncaught, and upon being landed by the brave woman.\\nthe victim was found to weigh sixteen pounds, and\\nwas the best specimen of a leg-locked salmon ever\\nbrought ashore.\\nThe Hutchinson Family of Singers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colonel\\nBuruham, it appears, was a man of considerable\\nconsequence. The sign on his store, Rum Sold\\nHere, was a sign of the times in which lie lived.\\nRum was then sold everywhere. But times have\\nchanged. In the old Colonel Burnham house, after\\nthe old colonel had been gathered, with all his\\nen- ire lor whom he built that bridge, to tb,\\nbosom of the common mother, there was bom\\nand reared a family of children, some of whom be-\\ncame famous, and by the singing of sweet temperance\\nsongs contributed immensely towards bringing about\\nthis change.\\nThe Hutchinson family deserve more than a\\nmere allusion in any history of Milford, not because\\nit is numerous or unusually brilliant, but because of\\nthe marvelous and exquisite musical gifts possessed\\nby many of them. The most noteworthy of the tribe\\nwere Judson, John, Asa and Abby. Jesse and\\nJoshua also deserve mention. The first four named,\\nunder the guidance of Jesse, who was a man of Le-\\nnin-, won great fame as the sweetest singers of their\\ntime. The harmony of this band of brothers and\\nsisters was never surpassed by mortal throats. Tb,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0926.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "571\\nwhole family could sing. They inherited their tal-\\nents in this behalf from their parents, the mother\\nand father both being beautiful singers.\\nWhen the family lived at home, on the old home-\\nstead, it was a treat to happen round and hear the\\nsongs. The Sundaj evening prayer-meetings, held\\nin the old district school-house, were marvels in the\\nway of singing. People came from afar, not to hear\\nthe prayers, but hoping to hear the Hutchinsons sing\\nthe good, old-fashioned psalm tunes. They were not\\noften disappointed.\\nSometimes they were all there,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 lather, mother. 1 11\\nthe boys, and Rhoda an.! A-bby. In the summer\\nevenings the windows would lie up, and a crowd, not\\nable to get in, would stand outside and listen\\nentranced as the family sang the immortal old times.\\nThere never was such harmony a- thej made. Ii\\nmoved to tear-. ii reached into the solemn depths\\nofthesoul. [t was God-given and heaven-inspired.\\nThe Hutchinsons employed their wonderful gifts in\\nthe anti-slavery cause and in the cause of temperance.\\nNathaniel 1 Rogers, one of the greatest and aoblest\\nof the immortal anti-slavery advocates, in 1844 wrote\\nof the Hutchinsons\\nGod be thank- i. t to- II ut.-liin.-oii-i arc in II iti-slavery movement\\nwell asours! Their music would ruin them, but for the\\nchastening influences of oui glorious enterprise. It will now inspire all\\ntheir genius ami s o- it lull j.l.u, .iml u ill ^u.iel I Imni liom 11 iimimns\\nof the flattering world, which, butfoi n- protect: would make them\\na prey. Inotethem nol to praise them I am above that, as On s are\\nI do it in exultation foi n mse, and for theii adm [on. Though\\nin U)ol in-;., tli.-x .1 not I it anti slavery is a safe\\nregulator of the strongest genius. I hen Ink ision to say, in defi-\\nwriter of the times, so lai i nov Nor I appi ved\\ndrafted ini i its en t rati lunti i l at ite on H at W\\nb ,s l]| 1 I r Burleigb\\nor Whittior s, Burns wrote bis immortal songs to\\nmatch the tim. m lm II onl ln i -in- 1 i\\nJesse Hutchinson, [don t] w as he could at all. Bis soul could if\\nhis voice couldn t, ami uml., it- m-i initi.,n in- |...in -.-d h.n li his lays in\\nsongstei verse. hal songs he* b it. left us ii I lid have writ-\\nten nndersuch as] t e i, ,i .ua\\nsongs remind me l lulu I lu- ^l..v-- Moih.u k- iumlh\\nsimplicity and patboe bj anj ..i Hum- I .mly mention it to call\\nthe attention of the people to what is going on in the anti\\nMilford was once the hot-bed of Abolitionism. It\\ncontained a splendid set of nn-n and women, who\\nearly espoused the cause of the slave. Among these\\nwere the Hutchinsons, known, as before stated, the\\nworld over by the singing of stirring Abolition and\\ntemperance songs. Leonard Chase, Charles A. Burns,\\nJohn Mills, Eugene and Benjamin Hutchinson, Eze-\\nkiel Mills, ,T. W. Pillsbury and their wives, as\\nwell as others Some of these\u00e2\u0080\u0094 namely, Charles A.\\nBurns and Elizabeth II. Burns. Benjamin and Eliza\\nHutchinson, and perhaps others\u00e2\u0080\u0094 were excommuni-\\ncated from the Baptist Church in Milford because\\nthey believed in the abolition of slavery. What a rec-\\nord this for a church! It were enough to make it\\nhang iis guilty head in absolute confusion and shame\\nas it contemplates its shallow and hypocritical action.\\nIt excommunicated noble men and women because\\nthey dared to believe in the universal brotherhood of\\nmen. Exhibiting the narrow disposition of a tj rani\\nit undertook to stifle free speech and free thought\\nwhenever it asserted itself in the cause of humanity.\\nBut the cause of the slave was triumphant in spite of\\nthe opposition of dishonest pro-slavery churches.\\nMany of those noble men ami women lived to see\\nthe chains fall from the limbs of slaves, and with\\npride and satisfaction they have seen the result of\\ntheir patriotic and devoted efforts.\\nThe anti-slavery pic of Milford held many mei t-\\nings for conference and discussion. They were often\\naddressed and encouraged b\\\\ the great anti-slavery\\nagitators of the land,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Garrison, Phillips, Rogers,\\nFoster, Pillsbury, Douglass, Abby Kelly, Remond\\nand others,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and their splendid eloquence, supple-\\nmented sweetly and grandly by the emancipation\\nsongs of the Hutchinsons, created a public sentiment\\nin this thoughtful town which was irresistible, and\\nspread far and wide, and became a powerful factor\\ni,, bringing about the redemption and disenthralment\\nwhich constitutes the crowning glory of\\nthis nation.\\nThe children and descendants of those devoted men\\nand women tain now. and for all time will, reverl ith\\npride to the anti-slavery work done by those good\\npeople of Milford.\\nIn due time the church, b\\\\ slow degrees, with its\\ncustomary caution (not to say cowardice), came up to\\nthe high and heaven-approved ground occupied bj\\nthe people it had before spurned, and has made many\\namends since for its manifold sins in this behall in\\nThe Cobbler and Barber.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Their respective shops\\nstood near each other, on the south hank of the rivi\\nsou th of the stone (Shepard s) bridge and west of the\\nroad. Major Stimson was the cobbler and John\\nAdams the barber. The major stopped humming his\\ntunes many years since; but John, the barber, al-\\nthough he long ago ceased to lather, cut and shave,\\nstill lives, a verj old man. The major was a good\\nold soul, and so, in fact, was John. Between the two\\nthey kept both end- of the men and hoys of .Milford\\nlooking fairly well.\\nThe major was fat and jolly, full ofsnuH aiid stories,\\nwhile the barberwas lean, solemn and absent-minded.\\n[1 would be difficult to name a single particular in\\nwhich they were alike, except that they were both\\nll !St.\\nTheshop of the major! What a place it was!\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a\\nlittle, old, dingy room in a little, old, one-story build-\\ning, full of old dust and old boots, pegs and lasts,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwhich lasted as long as the major lasted,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and old\\nscraps of leather. It had an old stove, a cobbler s bench\\nor two, an old leather apron with which the major", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0927.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "572\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COl \\\\TY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nover his capacious belly, and when the old\\nmajor was in that old shop, as he always was, sitting\\nsolidly on the old bench, with awl and hammer in\\nhand, and with boot or lapstone on his leg, working\\naway, whistling as if the troubles of this world did\\nnot trouble him, it was a delightful spot\\n.In i old shop, wiih the oldmajor in it. \u00c2\u00abn-\\nspol in all the illage. Ii was i he besi pa-\\ntronized. Ii was a handy corner to drop into and\\nod Btory or take a pinch of snuff, if you\\nliked snuff, and if j ou didn t, it would do\\nsee the major take it. Some of it would lodge on his\\nupper lip, it is true; bul you wouldn t mind\\nthat, tor it was always there. The major was\\ng 1 to us boys. lie was never cross. 11.\\nwould bear quizzing. His pump-handle was al-\\nways out. ami w.- used to ply that handle indus-\\ntriously hut he never told us anything ho ought\\nnot. ami his tailing wore all on virtue s side. Major\\nStimson was not only an excellent shoemaker, but he\\nwas drum-major. He was skillful with more than\\none kind of taps. The sound of his drum was the\\nsignal for the gathering of a crowd. Cotemporary\\nofficers with Major Stimson in the regular militia\\nwen- Major Jim Hutchinson and Major Ezra\\nWilton. Major .lim was fife-major. The\\nelation notes of hi- life used to frequently wake the\\nechoes of the Sou began Valley, and the throe to-\\ngether were an attractive trio. Ii was considered a\\nrare treat to assemble these thro,- on the village\\ngreen The music they made inspired patriotism,\\nami set the boys to marching. The man who couldn t\\nkeep time to that music was horn wrong, and was\\nonly tit tor treason-, stratagem- ami spoils.\\ni: Milford major not only wielded the hammer\\nami the drum-Sticks, hut ho was master of the baton,\\nand skillfully led the villagi\\nThe old shop ha- paid its debt to time, and the\\ngood old cobbler lias b ien at rest for more than forty\\nj oar- I le left an excellent family. Peace to his dust\\nHops. For a period of twenty-five or thirty years\\nbefore the late Civil War there wen- large quantities\\nof hops raised in Milford. They were cultivated\\nchiefly on the intervales bordering on tin\\nThe crop was tolerably sure, hut the value of it was\\na matter of great uncertainty. It required care and\\nconsiderable skill in its culture. Not only was it ne-\\ni watch it in its growth and maturity, but\\nthe picking and curing wore delicate matters requir-\\ning judgment and g 1 management.\\nWhen the crop was good ami mature a bop-yard\\nwas a sight novel and handsome. The tall poles, ar-\\nlethodically in row-, and -landiiu\\ntoot apart, covered with the clinging vines ami bend-\\ning under the weight of the beautiful hops, presented\\nit likely to 1m- forgotten, and the fragrance\\n\u00c2\u00abious flowers that tilled the air all around\\nwas an added charm, greatly increasing the pleasures\\not the hop-field.\\nAnd tlie picking and gathering of the hops! How\\ndelightful it was! llop-pieking How vividly the\\nbop-times of the past come back to the memory The\\nfathei of the writer, Charles A. Burns, raised hops.\\nHis farm was on the north side of the Souhegan, now\\nowned, in part, by Mr. Nourse. He was one of the\\nheaviest producers in town. It required a large\\nnumber of pickers to gather the crop. It took from\\ntwo to three weeks to do it. The pickers were or-\\ndinarily oiing girl- now and then, very much to the\\ndissatisfaction of his boys, an old maid was mixed in,\\nstraight. It frequently happened,\\nhowever, that the old girl, was as frisky and full of\\nfun as the young one. Everybody liked fun in hop-\\ntime. The bins in which the hops wore dropped were\\nti M feet long, four feet wide and three feet high.\\nh took one man to tend each bin. Four or five, and\\nsome times half a dozen, pickers arranged themselves\\naround the bin and [died their work. The poles\\nwere pulled up and laid across the bin, and the\\nhops were stripped or! and woe to the girl who\\ndidn t pick clean! When the proprietor was seen\\ncoming down the cart-path, it was interesting to see\\nthe bright-eyed maidens run their nimble fingers\\nthrough the heap- in search of stems and leaves, and\\nwhen they received the merited compliment from\\nthe boss, for the nice manner in which they were\\ndoing their work, the sly wink^ that were shot around\\nthe bin convinced the writer that girls would hear\\nwatching. He has watched them ever since, and he\\nhas found out simply this ami nothing more. And\\nwhen the day work was done, and the hops were\\nbagged to be carried to the kiln for drying, how often\\na hop-box would he turned over, and some one made\\nto mount it and make a speech The speaker was\\nsure ol ag I audience. Charles Carkin, ol Lynde-\\nborough, a unique character, was sometime- the\\norator, and ho wasa g I one. Ho was a horn orator.\\nand if he had been horn in Milford, possibly lo\\nmight have gone to Congress. The writer, although\\nin hi- toon-, was conscripted into tin- business f\\nspeech-making, and many a splurge did he make from\\nthe top of a hop-box. The hops of the evening\\nwere not like the hops of the day-time, hut in the\\nold kitchen and the front-door yard, by the moon-\\nlight and the mu-ie of Carkin s fiddle and Betsy s\\nvoice, often did we hear the command,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2on with\\nWhen the hops were dried and pro-sod hard into\\nbales ol some two hundred pounds each, they had to\\nted, and the day of inspection was one of\\nconsiderable anxiety to the hop-raiser. Whether his\\nhop- wore to be stamped first, second or third sorts\\nwas a very material fact to him.\\nStephen Peabody, of Amherst, was for many years\\ninspector; but latterly Joseph Tucker, who lived on\\nthe south side ot the Souhegan, on the farm owned\\nby the late Moses Proctor, acted in that capacity.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0928.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\n573\\nHop-raising\\nid in New II:\\nII PTEB V\\nxi 1 1 1 i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mi bin i\\nylo,\\nI\\nI Is, -I\\n1 1 is tin boasl i some towns thai they Inn e ue\\\\ er\\nhad a lawyer, ami they regard themselves as most I or-\\ntunate. Sonic sixty years ago a lawyer settled in\\nLyndehorough, bul he had no business, ami finally\\nturned his attention t aking wooden measures. He\\nwas good at that ami successful. Dr. Herrick, how-\\never, in his reminiscences, couldn t let the old fellow\\nrest, ami gave him ilm following notice:\\nv. i.m\\\\ \\\\.-i. ,:i\\\\ -i had the pride\\nl iiiink he safety yeoman could ride\\nAnd li was thrown ofl i trei\\nIl li I. Ml. Ml J. I I,\\nFrom the earliest history of tin- law ami its admin-\\nistration there have been lawyers, ami they have al-\\nu.i\\\\ been the lawful targi ts foi satire ami wit. Even\\nlaw j era t hemselves arc constantly joking or sal irizing\\nat their own expense. Thus Erskine, one ol tic mosl\\nlearned and brilliant of lawyers, once wrote concern-\\ning an old lawyer s house, which had been sold and\\nwa- occupied by an ironmonger,\\nTin I Be, I i ice ii lawyei dwelt,\\n[a now ii Smith s ale\\nHow rapidly the a\\nBen .lonsun, on being told of the death of a dis-\\ntinguished lawyer, who was not Only eminent in learn\\ning, bul of the highest integritj had the impudence\\nto suggest the following couplet as a proper epitaph\\nlor his tomb:\\nNotwithstanding all these reflections and unjust\\ncomments, the craft still lives.\\nWhatever may he true ol lawyers generally (and\\nthe writer has the most profound admiration tor the\\nprofession). Mil lord has certainly been fortunate in\\nthe men who have in he past practiced, and now\\npractice, law in her midst. They have been, and are,\\nwithout an exception, strong, sensible, uprigb\\nzens, and have had much to do in forming a health;\\nand progressive public sentiment, which has placed\\nthe town anion the foremost of the intelligent town-\\nships of the State.\\nA lawyer who spends his time in fomenting litiga-\\ntion and strifes among his fellow-men is a terrible\\nnuisance; but a fair-minded, straightforward reliable\\nattorney w ho engages onlj in legitimate work in his\\nprofession and win. possesses ability to successfully\\nhandle his business, and there arc a great many of\\nthem, is one of the most useful of cil izens.\\nSuch ha- been the character of our lawyers. A\\nIn hi account i thi e genl lemen is here given to\\nget her with a short biographical sketch of the mil iveSOf\\nthe town w ho have become lawyers. Those of the na-\\ntives who have eii aged in I he other learned professions,\\nwith the exception of the lew here given, we have not\\nbeen able to look up, for want of time and facilities\\nThis work, with a vast amount of other work, will fall\\nupon those who give lis the history of the town\\nin full at the end of its first century of corporate\\nSolomon Kidder Livermore, the earliesl established\\nlawyer in Milford, was the fifth child of lies. Jon-\\nathan Livermore, the first settled minister of Wilton.\\nwhere he was born March 2, 177 lie was the sixth\\ngeneration fr John Livermore, who cami from\\nEngland to VVatertown, Mass., in 1634, from whom\\ndescended several individuals of distinguished fame\\nas jurists and lawyers. Mr. Livermore was taught at\\nI in his earlj years; but the common school was\\nestablished before his entire \\\\.,uih pa- d Insinu-\\nate] lie helpi d in i lie in Id- and in h intei in the woods;\\nhis love lor his native hills and valleys grew with his\\ngrowth and continued to the end of his life. Winn\\nadvanced enough in his studies, he entered Mr.\\nPemberton s school lor boys, at Billerica, Mass., hi-\\nmother s native place, where he remained till fitted\\nfor college, which I ntered in 1799, and graduated\\nfi i ib ridge in 1802, in a class large foi the pe\\nriod, and numbering ai ig iis members many who\\nbecame eminent and influential citizens of Massa-\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0In. i\\nMr. Livermore studied lav with Oliver Crosby, Esq.,\\nof Dover, II., was admitted to tin bai aboul 1806,\\nami after practicing a lew years in Rockingham! lountj\\nremoved to Hillsborough County, at the earnest soli-\\ncitations of relatives and friends, earl; in the yeai\\nof 1809. Mr. Livermore wrote to a friend about this\\ntime that tin- people generally ..t Hillsborough\\nC ity are i e intelligent and cultivated and law-\\nabiding, than the people of Ivoek iiighain County.\\nLaw business may not have been so goo. I, but to a lover\\nof pe: who often advised Ids clients to sell I,- their\\ndifferences w ii In.nt the aid of the courts, thi- was no\\nhindrance. Mr. Livermore was eminently a lover of\\njustice, beloved bj those for whom hi labored looked\\nfirst to the public good, was utterly a wise la towns or\\ncitizens pursuing narrow or selfish end-.\\nPolitical partisanship, the most pronounced, pre-\\nvailed during Mr. Livermore s early life; but he\\ncould be no partisan. Unmoved b\\ninvectives of the partisans of France, he saw much\\nmore that was good and hopeful and less that was\\nmischievous in the federal party, which crystallized", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0929.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "574\\nHISTORY or HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ninto the Whig party, worked with that party till it\\nwas bereft of life, found himself a Free-Soil sympa-\\nthizer, and from that evolved ;i Republican.\\nMr. Livermore was a member of the First Congre-\\ngational Church for nearly twenty-five years, then a\\nmember of the First Unitarian Society. He married\\nMiss Abigail Adkins Jarvis, of Cambridge, Mass. Six\\nchildren lived to mature age. A son and a daughter\\nsettled in Baltimore, Mil.; another son in Galena, 111.;\\nthe youngest son finally in Cambridge, Mass., on the\\nmaternal grandfather s homestead. Two grandsons\\nhave been in the navy for years; oni\\nThomas L. Livermore, rose from the ranks\\nnelcy in the war of secession, and, until he recently\\nresigned, was at the head of the largest manufactory\\nin the country.\\nThrough his long life Mr. Livermore felt a keen\\ninterest in the colleges ami schools of the country, in\\nand their progress towards right living and\\ngood citizenship. He was a judicious friend, a wis.\\ncounselor and a good citizen. He died in July, 1859,\\nin the eighty-first year of his life.\\nGilbert Wadleigh settled in Milford about the same\\ntime as Bainbi idge Wadleigh and I lolonel Lull. He\\nwas born in Sutton, N. H. fitted for college at New\\nLondon gradual .-l at Dartmouth Colli\\ntaught school till 1850, and in that year was admitted\\nto the Merrimack County bar, N. 11. Soon after he\\nwent to Milford, where he began the practice of law.\\nlie was cashier of Souhegan Lank from 1859 to 1864,\\nand treasurer of Milford Five-Cent Savings Institu-\\ntion from 1871 to 1875. He still resides in Milford\\nand still practices his profession in a moderate way.\\nMr. Wadleigh i a highly esteemed citizen and a very\\nworthy man.\\nJohn .1. Bell, of Exeter, was born at Exeter, V IF.\\nOctobei 30,1827; educated in the common schools\\nand academies in Concord and Manchester studied\\nlaw with lion. Samuel 1 Bell, Hon. William C.\\nClarke, ami at Dana Law School of Harvard University\\nand graduated in 1846, receiving the degree of LL.B.\\nHe was admitted to practice April 7. 1848, in Hills-\\nborough I ounty. Hecommi need practice in Nashua,\\nin 1848, moved to Milford early in 1849, remained\\nthere until July, 1850, and then went to Concord,\\nMe., where he remained until June, 1864, when he\\nremoved to Exeter, X. IF. where he still is living.\\nIn 1864 Dartmouth gave him the honorary degree\\nof A.M. Mr. Bell was a member of the Constitu-\\ntional Convention in 1876. He was judge of the\\nPolice iourt of Exeter from the time of it- establish-\\nment, in March. 1877, to March, 1883. He n\\nExeter in the House of Representatives ni L883 and\\nis one of its representatives now.\\nMr. Bell is in all respects a first-class man. com-\\nmanding attention and influence in whatever he en-\\ngages. He comes from as good stock as the State\\ncontains, and it is enough to say that he is a worthy\\nrepresentative of a splendid race of men.\\nLawrence Dudley Bailey was born at Sutton, V II\\nAugust 26, 1819; followed farming on his father s\\nfarm till he was seventeen years old was educated\\nin the schools and academies of New Hampshire and\\nVermont; studied law in the office of W. Tappan,\\nand his son, M. \\\\Y. Tappan admitted to the liar at\\nNewport, N. IF. July 9, 1846, Hon. Joel Parker pre-\\nsiding. He began practice at East Washington. N. \\\\l.,\\nand r ved to Milford. N. IF. in March, 1847, and\\nentered into law partnership with S. K. Livermore\\nand remained there till 1849, selling out his librarj\\nto 1 1. ,n. I Wadleigh. He then went to i\\nReturning November 1, 1853, he entered into partner-\\nship with M. W. Tappan. and continued at Bradford\\ntill March ls 7, then went to Kansas and opened\\nlaw-office mar Emporia was elected to the Legislature\\nin 1858 and to the Territorial Legislature in 1859. He\\nwas eh cted one of the judges ,,f the Supreme I iourt\\nunder the new Free State institution, and re-elected\\nin 1862 for six years; was president of Kansas Ag-\\nricultural Society in 1863 and re-elected four years in\\nsuccession. In 1869 he was a member of the Legisla-\\nture for Douglas County, and in 1873 was nominated\\ntor State Senator, hut declined to take it. He assisted\\nin forming the Historical Society of that State in\\n1868 and 69. He for a while edited and published\\nled The t, ul! ir.it,,,- ,,,i,l lliiihman. He is\\nnow living on his farm of four hundred and thirty-\\nfive acres in that State. Judge Bailey has written a\\ngreat deal for the press ami for New Hampshire pa-\\npers, as well as others. He was a contributor to the\\npublished in Milford in 1 8 18.\\nOne of the early settlers in Kansas, he helped dedi-\\ncate the State to freedom, and the above record shows\\na life of great activity. Original, with a nervous\\nforce ami high purpose, he has pushed his way on\\nfrom an obscure New Hampshire town into the heart\\nof the great West, and his work has told in the up-\\nbuilding of a powerful State, It is a loss to New\\nHam]. shire to give up such men as Judge Bailey, hut\\nii is a magnificent gain t.. some other state and t.. the\\nnation.\\nThe next man who settled in Milford as a lawyer\\nwas Bainbridge Wadleigh. .Mr. Wadleigh was horn\\nat Bradford, X. IF, on the 4th of January, 1831. He\\nread law with Hon. M. W. Tappan at Bradford. He\\nwas admitted to the New Hampshire bar al Newport,\\nFebruary, 1850, and immediately began practice at\\nMilford. where he continued to work, doing a large\\nlav, business, until he was elected to the United States\\nSemite, in 1872.\\nMr. Wadleigh represented Milford in thi\\nture in 1855 and 56, in 1859 and 60, and in 1869, 70,\\n71 and 72.\\n\\\\i the close of his term in the United States Sen-\\nate In began the practice of his profession in I .oM.m.\\nwhere he still continues doing a large and lucrative\\nlaw business.\\nMr. Wadleigh is a man of talent and integrity.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0930.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "^tf. l l \u00c2\u00a3^^\u00c2\u00a3^t7Z4LJ", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0933.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0934.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "575\\nHe is a strong, able, fine lawyer, a forcible and at-\\ntractive speaker, with exceedingly agreeable manners\\nand noticeable physique. Energetic and persistent,\\nwith an active mind and retentive memory, he makes\\na powerful opponent in any cause he espouses. He\\ntook high rank in the Senate, as he does in the law.\\nHis career is by no means closed, as he is iu the full\\nvigor ami strength of manh I.\\nMr. Wadleigh still retains his residence in Mil-\\nford ami take- great delight in the town ami its\\npeople.\\nAnother prominent lawyer of Milford was Lieu-\\ntenant-Colonel Oliver W. Lull. He was born in\\nWeare, N. H., January 14, 1826. His parents were\\nof tie highest respectability. They were not able,\\nhowever, to give Oliver a liberal education, which,\\nquite likely, was fortunate for him. He attended\\nthe public schools at Weare ami at Manchester,\\nX. H\u00e2\u0080\u009e to which place lie removed in 1*44. He\\ntaught school for a while in Framingham, Mass., ami\\nin Milford, X. H. He commenced the study of the\\nlaw at Framingham, ami afterwards completed the\\ncourse in the law-office of the Hon. David Cross, of\\nManchester. He was admitted to the bar of Hills-\\nborough County in May, 1851, and then established\\nhimself in practice at Milford. He pursued his pro-\\nfession with great zeal ami marked success until tin\\ncommencement of the Civil War, in 1861. As a law-\\nyer, considering his age and experience, ho had few,\\nif any, superiors. He infused into his practice the\\nsame enlivening energy and strong determination as\\nthat which had marked his previous career. Al-\\nthough an unflinching and tireless opponent, he was\\nthe most considerate and faithful of counselors.\\nHe commanded a large share of the business in his\\nvicinity, and his practice was successful to an eminent\\ndegree. He was a good citizen, kind and faithful\\nhusband, an indulgent parent, a true friend. He\\npossessed tin- highest social qualities, and no one en-\\njoyed life better than he, and no one was Letter cal-\\nculated to make those happy about him.\\nWhen the war broke upon us, the cause of our\\ncountry found in Lieutenant-Colonel Lull an aide and\\nefficient supporter. Among the first to otter his ser-\\nvices to his native State, his influence was felt far\\nand near in raising recruits, and all, whether friendly\\nor indifferent toward him, were constrained to ac-\\nknowledge the manly and noble course that he pin-\\nsued and the valuable and timely services that he\\nrendered.\\nHe was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the\\nEighth New Hampshire Volunteers, and went with\\nIn- regiment iu General Butler s expedition to New\\nOrleans. Before his departure he received manj testi-\\nmonials from his fellow-citizens of their regard and es-\\nteem, not the least of which was a beautiful horse pre-\\nsented to him by the citizens of Nashua and vicinity.\\nMany will remember his stirring and patriotic letter\\nin which he handsomely acknowledged the gift, and\\nthe hope that he breathed, that the rider might\\nprove himself worthy of the blood and mettle of his\\nnoble .-teed. Most truly was the prayer answered.\\nColonel Lull was every inch a man. His devotion\\nto the land of his birth knew no hounds. lie was\\naccustomed to say, in his impassioned appeals lo\\nyoung men to come forward and till up the ranks ol\\nbis regiment, that he would not ask them to follow\\nwheie he was not willing to lead. How true was\\nthis! Winn he received the wound that caused\\nhi- death he was bravely leading bis regiment\\nto attack the works of the enemy. Throwing into\\nthe contest more than his accustomed encrg) and dis-\\nplaying a bravery that cannot be de-i rihed, raising\\nbis sword above his brow, In- cried to bis trusty fol-\\nlowers to press on to victory. But in the midst ol\\nthe wild excitement of the hour he fell from a rifle-\\nball, which entered hi- thigh and ranged into the ab-\\ndomen. He was shot about ten o clock in the fore-\\nnoon ami died about two the same day. When in-\\nformed by the surgeon that he must die, be said,\\nThank (Sod, 1 die for my country Thus was added\\nanother mime to the long roll of heroic Americans\\nwho, by their valor, have proved their lives more\\nthan sublime, men who were as true to the cause I\\ntheir country as the steel to the star or the stream\\nto the sea.\\nColonel Lull for some time was provost-judge at\\nThibodeaUX, where he discharged the duties pertain-\\ning to the position with great proficiency. He was\\nafterwards appointed, upon General WeitzeFs stall\\nand received the highest encomiums from that officer,\\nalso from Generals Butler. Phelps and Emory. He\\nalways proved himself fully competent to fill any\\nposition to which In- was assigned.\\nColonel Lull was a Democrat in politics, lie was\\na patriot. He was a man of brains and power. He\\nhad commanding talent.-. His natural place in any\\ncompany was at the front. He was a star. He was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth New\\nHampshire Regiment of Volunteers October 1. 1861,\\nand at once aided in recruiting the ranks and went\\nwith them to the field and remained with them till\\nhe died.\\nAt the time of the terrible assault upon the fortifications of Port\\nB ii :7th ofMay,18C3, Lieutenant-Colonel Lull was tem-\\nthestaffoi General Emory but Colonel Fearingbeing\\nin the charge of a brigade, he roluntarilj returned and tooH c and\\nof his own men. The Eighth Regi m was among the forces at the\\nhi iiil nl thf o -in in n wli li tin- ;ut Mini- w. i- MpU i il. unit ill uii.-ijunli-tt\\nheroism, the bra\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 men charged directlj upen the Rebel Hi\\nconflict was desperate, but at length the enemy began to retreat with\\nlonel Lull was constantly at Hi- head ol his\\ncommand, and the fourth Rebel In l i \u00c2\u00bbt i\u00c2\u00bb-\u00e2\u0080\u0094n |o when, in the\\nac tof cl ring his men, ho fell, pierced with 8 Rebel rifle-ball The\\nUMHIl.l, llwnjl M IV O l UilS Mm! ilisllllltly tillllt H. \\\\MI- Hill lllll.tV\\ncarried to tin- rear, where, after a few hours of i\\nii,. i.,..n i, i i-.i I- v Orleans, placed in receiving tomb\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iin tli.c ri iiiiuni il until tin full. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2win:; iiiitiuuli. whi-ll it was brought\\nIimiiii t. 1 Milf T.1 f..r imri.il. Hi- inn. ml i were held November\\n17 t h n the church where the deceased had been accust\\ning mi. ,i i i tl,. utmost capacity with sorrov\\n.,,,,1 |-|\u00e2\u0080\u009e.|\u00e2\u0080\u009e1- A il.-r.i. Iinnnit nl th.- Onverin.r Hursi- 1 1 minis wins prewut", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0935.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF IIILLSBOKOUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand performed military h s. Hon Pa via Cross, ..t Manrln i,i. ina-i.-\\nMl wl lt sS, ;i li. I ivlntr.l inall.V lln lilrllts ill til. lit t til- r.asnl. Til-.\\ni.-maitia wen- ilriu.sit.il in tin- village cemetery, ami his\\nIn- r. liniiibereil ami 1 1. 1 1 1. .1 i Iliat of a mail win. nobly sacrificed bis\\nhi.. 1..I In- country.\\nThe above paragraph is from Waite s work on\\nNew Hampshire in the Great Rebellion, and is\\nquoted as giving an excellent epitome of the critical\\nmoments in (he life of our distinguished friend. If\\nhe had chosen to have done at this supreme hour\\nwhat lie most properly might, and remained with\\nGeneral Emory, tin- result would have been very\\ndifferent; but he deliberately exchanged a post of\\ncomparative safety tor one of extreme danger. The\\nspirit which impelled this heroic act is seen in the\\nmemorable ami patriotic words of our hero written in\\nhis diary on the morning preceding his death, before\\nthe battle opened,\\nIn one hour we commence the storming of Port Hudson. Many of\\nus will not si-.:- an. .fin r lav. 11 I -li.oil.i lo- on.-..! tlial muni).-! I shall\\nbave Ion..* my duty.\\nHe was one who did not see another day, but his\\ndeeds of heroism tire seen. His unselfish patriotism\\nis brought to tin light of the endless day, and the\\ncrown of immortal approbation is his. Verily,\\nTis sweet a in 1.1. cor. .us t.i ili.. for one s country.\\nJohn L. Spring practiced law in Milford from 1860\\nlo 1870. He was horn tit Newport, X. H., January\\n14, 1830, educated in the common schools, studied\\nlaw tit Hover ami Salmon Falls, admitted to the bar\\nin isiin, began practice at Wilton, remaining there\\nabout one year, then removed to Milford. In 1870\\nhe located at Lebanon, X. II., where he still lives.\\nIn 1876 he was a member of the Constitutional Con-\\nvention. Mr. Spring is a very enterprising man. ami\\nhas been successful.\\nDr. Albeit II. Crosby, now of Concord, first struck\\nout as a lawyer, and located for a time in Milford;\\nhut he soon drifted into his proper place, ami is now\\na distinguished physician, thus keeping up the pres-\\ntige Oi his family. A Mr. Trombly also located here\\nfor a few mouths, hut where he is now does not ap-\\npear.\\nMilford litis given its share of young men to the\\nso-called learned professions. Among them may lie\\nmentioned the following gentlemen, who tire lawyers:\\nClinton S. Averill, George A. Ramsdell, David and\\nCharles Secombe, Fred. Hatch, Jonas Hutchinson,\\nAlbert E. Pillsbury, Alvaro Hutchinson, Edward\\nBrown, Jeremiah 1 in; le and the writer.\\nA brief sketch of .Air. Averill is given elsewhere\\nin this volume. He is a polished gentleman ami one\\nof the first citizens of the town. With fine attain-\\nments, had he given his attention to the law exclu-\\nsively, he could have easily won prominence and\\ndistinction. As treasurer of one of the most success-\\nful savings-banks of the State, and as a wise and\\ncareful counsellor, his life is one of great usefulness\\nto his fellow-men.\\n(irorov A. Ramsdell is a son of William Ramsdell.\\nHe was born at Milford, March 11, 1834 educated\\nat Mont Vernon, entered Amherst College but did not\\ngraduate. In 1871 received honorary degree of M.A.\\nfrom Dartmouth, studied law with ex-Senator Wad-\\nleigh and Hon. Daniel Clark; admitted to the bar in\\n1857; practiced law at Peterborough, N. II., six years,\\nuntil 1864, and was then appointed Clerk of Supreme\\nCourt of Hillsborough County, a position which he\\nnow holds. He was a member of the Legislature\\nfrom his ward in Nashua in 1869-70-71, and member\\nof tie Constitutional Convention in 1876; presidenl\\nof the board of trustees of Mate Industrial School\\nfrom I S.si to 1883; is now president of the First\\nNational Bank of Nashua.\\nMr. Ramsdell is a high-minded, well-equipped,\\nconscientious gentleman, lb jni-i .-is tact, candor.\\nability and integrity. Although his life has been\\nsomewhat uneventful, it has been useful, and he is\\nwell prepared to meet the duties of tiny position to\\nwlinh he may be called. He is one ofthe brightest and\\nmost .substantial men Milford has produced.\\nAlbert E. Pillsbury, horn at Milford, August 19,\\n1849, attended the public schools in Milford, Appleton\\nAcademy, New Ipswich. 1865-66; Lawrence Acad-\\nemy, Groton, Ma-s., L866 .7; entered Harvard Col-\\nlege in 1867 but did not complete the course taught\\nschool and studied law at Sterling, 111. was admitted\\nto the Illinois bar and to the Massachusetts bar in\\n1870, and has been in active practice in Boston since.\\nHe was a member of the House of Representatives\\nfrom the Seventeenth (Suffolk) District in 1876-77-78,\\nbeing the junior member in 1876; was a member of\\nthe Senate from the sixth (Sn Hoik) Senatorial District\\nin 1884-85, and is now president of that body, and\\nhe is said to he the youngest man ever elected to the\\nchair. A noteworthy fact in Mr. Pillsbury s political\\ncareer is seen in his Senatorial canvasses. He was first\\nnominated for the Senate in 1882 and was defeated\\nby forty-three votes, [n 1883 he was elected bj four\\nhundred and twenty-three votes, ami re-elected in\\n1884 by fourteen hundred votes, being the largest\\nplurality ever east in the district.\\nMr. Pillsbury is a well-read, bright and accom-\\nplished lawyer, and in every respect a first-class man.\\nClear in expression, sound in judgment, with a fine\\nvoice and graceful physique, lie never speaks with-\\nout carrying great weight and often conviction. Al-\\nthough young, he has achieved popularity and a\\ndeservedly high position among his fellow-men, and\\nit is safe to predict for him a brilliant future.\\nJonas Hutchinson was bom tit Milford January\\n10, 1840. He was graduated at Dartmouth College\\nin the class of 63; admitted to the New Hampshire\\nBar, March, 1869, and went immediately to Chicago,\\n111., where he has ever since remained in the active\\nand successful practice ofthe law.\\nMr. Hutchinson has exhibited in his profession the\\nsame indomitable perseverance that he displayed in", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0936.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "577\\nsetting an education, and he is in all respects a self-\\nmade man. He takes good rank at the bar. He has\\nnever given any attention to politics. He is a man\\nof fine persona] appearance, genial and agreeable\\nmanners and high and honorable character.\\nTheSecombes are successful men in Minneapolis.\\nThe writer has not been able to obtain sufficient data\\nto justify an extended notice of other legal gentlemen\\nwho have the honor of being natives of the town.\\nbut they are all honorable men. h is too early to\\nwrite much concerning some of them, as they are\\nyoung and have just launched their boats for the\\nrough sail.\\nFred. Hatch has started well at Exeter, N. H.\\nand his law-otliee is visited by quite a numerous\\nclientage; Edward Brown is battling awaj at Law-\\nrence while Jeremiah Doyle s shingle is hung out at\\nNashua.\\nAlvaro Hutchinson was born at Milford, studied\\nlaw and was admitted to the bar ami began practice\\nat Milford, but soon left town and located in Wash-\\nington Territory, and is now engaged in mining.\\nRobert M. Wallace was horn at Henniker, -May 2,\\n1847, and was graduated at Dartmouth College in\\n1867. He studied law in the office ofM. W. Tappan,\\nmaking the third Milford lawyer who started on his\\nlegal tour in the office of our gonial and accomplished\\nAttorney-General. He was admitted to the bar in\\n1 ml. or, 1871.\\nHe formed, soon after going to Milford, a copart-\\nnership in the practice of the law with ex-Senator\\nWadleigh, and continued in that relation until Mr.\\nWadleigh went into practice in Boston, and Mr.\\nWallace still continues in active practice at Milford.\\nIn 1882 he was elected solicitor of Hillsborough\\nCounty, and re-elected in 1884. He has been a mem-\\nber of the House of Representatives twice from\\nMilford.\\nMr. Wallace possesses the indispensable (nullifica-\\ntions of a good lawyer. He is square, bright, push-\\ning, well informed, and remarkably industrious. His\\nbusiness is already prosperous and his place at the\\nbar assured. He has many elements of popularity\\nand a great many friends. He is a growing man,\\nwith a promising future.\\nCarl E. Knight was born in New Hampton, X. II..\\nMay 6, 1851; graduated at Dartmouth in the i lass of\\n1873; taught school for a while at various places;\\nstudied law with John G. Murgridge was admit-\\nted to the bar September 1. 1881, and located as a\\nlawyer in Milford in December following.\\nMr. Knight comes from an excellent family, and is a\\nworthy young man. Should he give his whole at-\\ntention to the practice of the law, he will, without\\ndoubt, be a successful man.\\nPhysicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Milford has not only been fortunate\\nin lawyers, but also in physicians. Drs. donas Hutch-\\ninson, S. S. Stickney, Samuel G. Dearborn, H. El-\\ndridge, 0. O. Roberts, and its present physicians,\\nI rs. W H.W.Hinds,] earborn, 1 \u00c2\u00bbinsmore, Smith and\\nHutchinson, make a lisl of exceedingly reputable gi n-\\ntlemeu. The limits of this article will nol allow a\\ndetailed account of all.\\nDr. Jonas Hutchinson was bom at Milford, June 2,\\n1792, and died September 13, 1857; studied medi-\\ncine at 1 Dartmouth Jollege imenced pi\\nHancock, and continued there till November, 1841,\\nwhen lie removed to Milford. He represented Han-\\ncock in the Legislature, 1833-34-35. lb\\nskillful and successful physician.\\nS. S. Stickney was born in Townsend, Mass.. No-\\nvember 16, 1810, and died in Milford, after liv-\\ning there forty years. He graduated at the Carlton\\nMedical College, in Vermont, in 1836, Hi\\nin Dublin, X. H., a few months, then removed to\\nMilford. His cotemporaries in practice were Drs.\\nHutchinson and Eldridge. He was a strong, sensi-\\nble, upright man and a good physician.\\nDr. Eldridge s history we have been unable to look\\nup, hut he was lor a long lime one of Milford s best\\ndoctors. A good, kind, honest, faithful physician.\\nSamuel G. Dearborn, born at Xorthficld, N. II.,\\nA.llgus1 b 1827 educated at the district sidc.il and\\nat Sanbornton Academy and New Hampshire i lonf. r-\\nence Seminary graduated in November, 1849, from\\nMedical Departmentof Dartmouth College; practiced\\nmedicine at Union Bridge (now East Tilton), for three\\nmonths; in February, 1850, went to Mont Veri\\nin June, L853, removed to Milford; married Decem-\\nber 1853 in L861 was commissioned surgeon\\nEighth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, served\\none year; in summer. L 863, served three mouths in\\nthe Army of the Potomac wenl to Nashua May.\\n1873, and has always had a large and lucrative prac-\\ntice. He is the best known and one of the most\\nskillful physicians and surgeons in Southern New\\nHampshire.\\nDr. Dearborn belongs to a noted family of physi-\\ncians, and he is himself a man of eminent ability.\\nHe ha- patrons from all parts of New England.\\nHenry G. Dearborn, born at Northfield September\\nIS, is:;:., practiced medicine with his brothers, Samuel\\ni I learboru and d l las I Dearborn, atMilford, for\\na while, then went to Nashua, and is now in practice\\nt here with his brother.\\nThomas Benton Dearborn was horn at Northfield\\n25, 1838. He graduated at the State\\nUniversity of Indiana in 1861. He- studied medicine\\nwith his uncle, Dr. Jonathan Dearborn, of Sterling,\\n111., and with his brother. Dr. S. G. Dearborn, and he\\ngraduated at the Medical Department of Dartmouth\\nCollege, and practiced medicine at Milford, where he\\ndied, dune 10, 1879, at the age of forty years. He\\naccomplished surgeon and a man of large\\nbrain and great ability. His funeral was attended by\\nan enormous concourse of people, and\\ncaused widespread sorrow. He left a wi\\nfour beautiful boys.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0937.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "578\\nBISTOEY OF HILLSKOKorniI COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam H. W. Hinds was born at Chichester,\\nX. 11.. August 1. L833; was educated in tin- Boston\\nschools, including the English High School, from\\nwhich he graduated in L850 studied medicine with\\nO.S.Saunders, M.D., ami Daniel Hall, of Lowell,\\nami Jonathan Brown, of Tewksbury was at the State\\nAlmshouse, Tewksbury, from 1857 to 1861 graduated\\nii-i.i Harvard .Medical College in 1861; assistant\\nsurgeon Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteer-, ami\\nlater surgeon Twelfth Massachusetts Volun\\nserved in that capacity three years; began practice in\\nMilford in 1865, where he has remained since, doing\\n-m-, -.-in! business. He has represented\\nMilford in tin- lower branch of the Legislature, in\\n187 -76, ami is now a member of the Senate from his\\ndistrict.\\nDr. Hinds is a man of large intelligence, very skill-\\nful as a physician ami an agreeable ami accomplished\\ngentleman.\\nDarius Stearns Dearborn, another Northfield Dear-\\nborn, was born there, attended school at Tilton Semi-\\nnary ami at Lind University, Illinois graduated from\\nUniversity Medical College, Ne^ York; began prac-\\ntice in Wyanet, 111., afterward- at Brookline, X. 11..\\ni year- pas) at Milford, where he is engaged\\nwholly in a very large practice. Dr. Dearborn has\\nhad large experience and i.- a first-class physician.\\nDr. Dinsmore is a young man of excellent educa-\\ntion and very skillful as a physician. 11.\\nin Amherst, where he was verj successful, but re-\\ncently moved to Milford, in which place he has be-\\ncome one of the leading and most successful prac-\\ntitioners.\\nHerbert S. Hutchinson, born in Milford in 1849;\\ncollege a! Milford High School, 18(39-71;\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College June, 1875 studied\\nn the Medical School oi -Maine, at\\nBrunswick, and at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-\\nlege; graduated at tin: latter, March, 1880; prac-\\nticed a short time at New Boston; then\\nFrancestown, where he remained five years, and is now\\nlocated at Milford. Dr. Hutchinson possesses all Hie\\nrequisites of a first-class physician and surgeon. He\\nlucated, skillful and nergetic.\\nAmong the natives of Milford who have become\\nphysicians the following may he named.- all young\\nmen of great promise: Fred. A. Eldridg\\nA. Hatch, George E. Hatch, Charles A. Weaver.\\nlame- Sullivan ami Herbert S. Hutchinson.\\nCivil List. The following are the names of those\\nwho have represented Milford in the House of Rep-\\nresentatives\\n1795.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W il\\ni .e ikliii riuw\\nV. article in the wart\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094William Peabody.\\n1801-2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William I\\n1803 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Augustus Blanchard.\\nlS i-i. Vi teil ma t nil any .an-.\\n]Sil.Vli C.i|,l.i i .1\\n1813-1 I Vi iiliaiu Lovejoy.\\n1820-24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Crosby.\\n1825.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Peabody.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiab French.\\n18i7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Peabody.\\n1828.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josiah l\\n[829-31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon k 1\\n1833-34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Wallace, Jl\\n183 Abiel I\\n1 any one.\\nI!\\nPutnam.\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William\\n1st:!.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Putnam.\\n1.-4.1. Nineteen 1. all., t ami m. chuiee ami voted lint t\\nI any one.\\nted not tn Bend.\\n1S17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel I ntnain ami William 11a in-. 1-0 1.\\n1-1-.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dane 1 i tilii.iin ami Jl.innl Iinsse)|.\\nIM.I.-Dauel Itnssell ami linage Daniels.\\n1850. \u00e2\u0080\u0094I..- i a Daniels.\\nlSal.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I.e. -U.i 1 li..;..- ami I -I i m\\nBurns\\ni. ana-.\\nrgi W. c, ami llainl.n.lu-e Wadleigh.\\nI Bartlett.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George I Bartlett ami V) ill, ti i im\\n1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Lane an. I Martin Hall.\\n1863 Slartin Hall and Gilbert Wadleigh.\\nlM .r.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oillu II Wa.llea li an. I I. in I. 1 SaWJW.\\nIsic.. Kre.l. ii. k T. Sawyer ami .li.hn Marrell.\\nMarvel! and Francis .1. French.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fran, i- .11. ~la\\n1868.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Math i ml Dearborn.\\n.in ami llamliiiilL-.- Wadleigh.\\nW.nll. i.li ..ii.i M-\\n1.-71. It. i el Muses French.\\n1N7J. liainliridge Wadlcigli ami I ...i.e., I CI illume\\nI-:; a, ui.iiinn r. iini.-hnis.iii. u. i: i 1 Isaiah Hutch-\\nilliam B. Towne and William M.\\niaiu II W Hinds and Christophi r\\n-Ii.ih ami Timothy\\n1S74.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin F. Hutchil\\nKuowlton.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William M. Knowlton, William II.\\nC. Shaw.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William II. W. Hinds, Christopher\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac I Abbott, Robert M. Wallace and Ti thj\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bobert M. Wallace, DsaacP. Abbott and William W. Howard,\\nphen C. Ooburnand William W. Howard.\\n1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David II.. .1.1 ..I -i. phi r,\\nls.-j\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ja-,.n T Burns an. I David F. Tl ipson.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Mi Lai e and Samui 1 B. otton.\\nThe following are the names of citizens of Milford\\nwho have been elected and served as members of the\\nNew Hampshire Senate\\n.lam-. Wallace, in 1814, 15, 16.\\nJohn Wallace, Jr., in 1821, 22, 23, 24, 28.\\nHumphrey Moure, m lsll.\\nLeonard chase, in 1861, 62.\\nTimothy Kaley, in 1 381, S2.\\nWilliam H. w. Hinds, in 188", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0938.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "Z^sf?\\ni\u00c2\u00a3", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0941.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0942.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nAmong the families that for nearly a century and\\na half have been connected with the improvement\\nand progress of Milford, and which deserve especial\\nmention in this history, is that of Averill. This\\nfamily is undoubtedly of early French 01 Soman\\nextraction, domiciled, however, in England since the\\ntime of William the Conqueror. The branch located\\nin county of Worcester, England, and lrcun which,\\nprobably, the American Averills derive, was entitled\\nto bear arms described in heraldry as follows: Gu.\\na cross Bleury, ermine charged in chief, with a buck s\\nhead of the field crest, a buck s head, caboshed as\\nin the arms.\\nThe first American Averill was William, whose\\ndescendants arc numerous in various parts of this\\ncountry. Then- are many of the name in Topsfield,\\nMass., from which place Eliene/.er Averill came in\\n1752 to Milford, N. H., then the South Parish of\\nAmherst, as one of the pioneers of the town, and pur-\\nchased a farm adjoining the Mont Vernon line. He\\nwas an active man of energy, well qualified to succeed\\nin the troublesome and difficult life of the early set-\\ntlers. Mis children were Ruth, Ebenezer, David,\\nElijah and Moses. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, horn\\n1 752, succeeded to the home farm, where he became a\\nwell-to-do farmer. He erected a frame house, yet\\nstanding, about 1790, and this was so unusual an event\\nas to call people from near and far to witness the\\nstrange appearance. He married Anna Johnson, horn\\n1755, and had children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .lames (1778), Elijah (1781),\\nEben (1783), Luther (1786), Calvin, Aladan, Nancy\\nand Alma. He died July 1 t. 1837, aged eighty-five.\\nMrs. Averill died September 15,1 339, aged eighty -four.\\nThey were a quiet, undemonstrative peoph of marked\\nindustry, who early impressed upon their children\\nthe value and necessity of labor; these did credit to\\ntheir instructions, and all inherited a goodly share of\\nancestral strength and physical vigor.\\nJames purchased a farm in Mont Vernon which\\nadjoined the paternal estate, where he lived until his\\ndeath, in 1868, at the advanced age of ninety. Luther\\nsettled on the farm immediately south of his lather s,\\nalways resided there and attained nearly four-score\\nyears. Elijah in early life was a farmer, afterward\\nremoved to the village and was for year- engagi d in\\nlumbering with his brother Calvin. Eben remained\\non the home farm, succeeding to its ownership, and\\ndied when about eighty-six. Aladan, after a short\\nexperience as farmer on a part of the home farm,\\ncame to the village, where he conducted a saw and\\ngrist-mill for many years, dying at an advai I age.\\nNancy married John Leavitt, a farmer of Amherst,\\nhad several children and died aged nearly seventy.\\nAlma married, first, Daniel Johnson, had one child.\\nNaac I -ccoud, I !eii ja mi n I .arker, of Milford, who\\nwas a miller. She also attained an aihanccd age.\\nCalvin Averill was born September 18, 1788. His\\neducation was acquired at the common schools of that\\nperiod, and in the practical one of farm-life, where\\nknowledge of the axe, the plough and the scythe was\\nof tar more value than the conjugation oi Greek\\nverbs, and well was he grounded in their principles.\\nAt his father s request, he remained on the home farm\\nUntil he had several years passed his majority, and\\nmarried, in 1S14, Eunice, daughter of (diver and\\nEunice (Brown) Spalding. The hard labor of the\\nfarm was not sufficiently remunerative for his ambi-\\ntion, and, with a desire of bettering his condition, lie\\nremoved to Milford village and engaged in lumbering\\nand running a saw-mill. This part of the State was\\nthen covered with dense pine forests, and the rapid\\ngrowth of Lowell and other cities gave a quick market\\nand good price for the lumber. Mr. Averill was\\nprosperous, and continued this business alone, and\\nwith others, during iiis active life. He was a man of\\npositive character, clear and decided in his opinions\\nand strong i n his advocacy of them. He aided\\nfreely, all matters of public improvement, was a pro-\\nnounced Jelfcrsoiiian Democrat in a community in-\\ntensely Whig in sentiment, but was often selei ted for\\nimportant trusts and tin management of affairs of\\nconsequence, lie held the various low n oi\\nselectman many terms and tit one time county com-\\nmissioner. He owned, in company with his brother\\nElijah, a large farm in the rich valley of the river,\\nimmediately below the village. In 1836 they built\\nthe house now occupied by C. S. Averill, ami which,\\nmodernized ami improved, is one of the pleasantest\\nhomes in Milford. Here the brothers passed their last\\nyears, Calvin dying April -J7, 1874. lie was a great\\nloss to the business interests of the town and to the\\nBaptist Church, of which he was a valued and active\\nmember. In this large family one especial trait is\\nnoticeable love of home and their native town they\\nall passed their li\\\\cs and died within a radius of ten\\nmiles from the old homestead.\\nClinton Spalding Averill, the only child of Calvin\\nand Eunice (Spalding) Averill, was born in Milford,\\nSeptember 22, 1827. His primary education was\\nreceived at the district schools of Milford he then\\nattended Hancock ami Pembroke Academies, fitting\\nhimself for the military school, Norwich I\\nNorwich, Vermont, where he was graduated in 1849\\nw ith tin degree of I S., and from which he afterward\\nreceived the honorary degree of M.A. After grad-\\nuation he became a tutor in the same institution;\\nthen was appointed professor id natural science,\\nwhich position he resigned in 1853, as his health\\nwmld not permit him to continue his work. In\\nDecember, is:.:;, he went to Marietta, duo. as princi-\\npal oi the Western Liberal Institute, but ill health\\nobliged him again to relinquish teaching, and he re-\\nturned to New Hampshire. This was a severe trial", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0943.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "580\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nto a young man who had the essential i|ualities of a\\ngood teacher, knowledge and power, that is, he\\nwas master of his work, and had the power, without\\nwhich all knowledge is vain, to stimulate. As Pro-\\nfessor Tyndall says: Both go together in the true\\nteacher; a power of character must underlie and\\nenforce the work of the intellect, There are men\\nwho can so roiis. and energize their pupils\u00e2\u0080\u0094 so call\\nforth their strength and the pleasure of its exercise-\\nas to make the hardest work agreeable. It is a\\nremarkable coincidence in the lives of many good\\nteachers, those well fitted for this work, thai ill\\nhealth forces them from their chosen field of labor.\\nOn returning to New Hampshire, Mr. Averill\\nstudied law with Colonel 0. W. Lull, ofMilford, and\\nwas admitted to the bar in 1858. In L861 the break-\\ning out of the great Civil War created a large demand\\nfor experienced military instruction, and his Alma\\nMatt r again demanded his services as teacher. He was\\nthere for a few months only, the confinement proving\\ninjurious to his health. In 1862 he opened a law-\\noffice in Milford, but owing to his precarious health,\\ntwo years passed before he was aide to attend to busi-\\nness. From 1864 his office business has grown stead-\\nily, and is now quite extensive, pertaining mostly to\\nmatters of trust and probate. His interest in educa-\\ntion has always been warm, and he was superintendent\\nof schools for many years in Milford. He held the\\nposition of trustee of the State Normal School for\\nseveral years. In 1873 he was elected superintendent\\nof schools of the city of Nashua, accepted the posi-\\ntion and held it for two years. The same love of\\nhome and home surroundings which has been so\\nmarked in all his family drew him again to Milford,\\nand, in connection with this, was an urgent request\\nfrom the officers of the Milford Five-Cent Savings-\\nHank, of which he had been trustee since its incor-\\nporation, to return and devote his time and financial\\nability to its affairs, which were in an unsatisfactory\\ncondition,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a sequence of the robbery so well\\nremembered by all citizens. He i sented to do this,\\nreturned to Milford, and in August, 1875, was elected\\nits treasurer, which office he still retains. He has\\nbeen connected with the Souhegan National Bank for\\nmany year- as director, vice-president and president,\\nbeing elected to the filler position in January. 1882.\\nMr. Averill married, March in, 1852, Catherine\\nFrances, daughter of Dr. Jonas Huti hinson, of Mil-\\nford. Thej had but one child, who died in infancy.\\nMrs. Averill s death occurred April -t, 1878. liming\\nall his active life Mr. Averill has been prominently\\nconnected with the business, social ami educational\\naffairs of his native town, and a large contributor to\\nits development and progress. A Democrat in politics,\\nhe has always cared more for the triumph of right\\nprinciples and the election of good men than for\\nparty or personal gain. Careful and conservative, but\\nalways in favor of true progie-s. he has shown him-\\nself a successful financier and a valuable adviser in\\nbusiness undertakings, and has ever commanded the\\nrespect, confidence and esteem of a large range of\\nacquaintance. In private life he is especially marked\\nby his modest and unassuming manners, strong social\\nfeeling and warm friendship for his numerous friends.\\nIn public life he is the courteous gentleman to all\\nand a faithful and devoted guardian of all trusts.\\nay:\\nin-: a\\nDavid Heald, son of Oliver and Tatty (Wright)\\nHeald, was bom in Nelson, Cheshire County. N. II..\\nOctober 6, 1832.\\nHe is a descendant of two early New England\\nfamilies, which in various ways have been connected\\nwith the progress of the last two hundred and fifty\\nyears. John Heald let! Berwick, England, in 1635,\\nto make a home in far-off America, and settled in\\nConcord, Mass., where he died .May 24, 1662. He had\\neight sons, the oldest of whom, John- married Sarah\\nDean, in 1661. Their oldest son, John 3 married, in\\n1690, Mary handler. Of their six sons, John*, the old-\\nest, married a Hale, settled in Acton, Mass., where In-\\ndied in 177o, aged eighty-two years. Oliver 5 his third\\nson, married Lydia. daughter of Deacon Isaac Spauld-\\ning. of Townsend, Mas-., and came as one of the first\\nsettlers to that part of New Hampshire now Temple.\\nThe young couple experienced the hardships and pri-\\nvations incident to pioneer life, and it is written of\\nthem and their companions: Their only guide-\\nboards were marked tree- they could keep no Stock\\nof any kind for want of provender, and when they\\nwent to church thej wen obliged to go on foot all the\\nway to New Ipswich, it being a distance of six statute\\nmiles.\\nOliver Heald was a man of strong and sturdy in-\\ndependence of thought and strict integrity, and won\\nthe resped of all. Active and energetic, he held\\nvarious offices of trust. He was an official member\\nof the first church in Temple, selectman for several\\nyears, and one of the patriotic band of forty-six who,\\nupon the alarm of April 19, 177o, marched from\\nTemple to Cambridge to assist in repelling the British\\ntroops. He died in 1790, aged fifty-six. His wile\\nsurvived him, dying at the age of sixty-five, in 1802.\\nThey had eleven children, of whom Amos was second\\nson. He was born June Hi, 1765, married, in 1789,\\nSybil Brown, of Temple, and became a resident of\\nNelson. They had seven children. Oliver 7 their\\nsecond son. horn October 1,1790, learned the trade\\nof cloth-dresser, to which he afterwards added those\\nof wool-carder and clothier, in connection with farm-\\ning. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, a\\nsoldier in the War id 1812, and was many times chosen\\nby hi- townsmen to fill places of trust. He had the\\ncommission of justice of the peace for years. Of in-\\ndependent thought and positive character, and with\\nan innate hatred of all oppression, he early identified\\nhimself with the unpopular Abolition movement, and", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0944.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "Q$frK4/bk", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0945.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0946.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "became an active local leader of that party. He\\nmoved to Milford in 1849, where his wife, Patty.\\nborn March 28, 1794, whom he had married April 30,\\n1816, and who had borne him ten children, died August\\n19, 1854, aged sixty years. Mrs. Heald s mother was\\nof the celebrated Dunster family, the American branch\\nofwhich originated with Henry Dunster, who came\\nfrom England in 1640, became the first president of\\nHarvard College, and was said to be one of the\\ngreatest masters of the Oriental languages that has\\nbeen known in these ends of the earth, and who ad-\\nministered its affairs with eminent success. Mr. Heald\\nmarried, second, March, 1857, Belief Little, of Peter-\\nborough, N. H., in which town he died October\\n1867, aired seventy-seven years. His children were\\nAddison, Albert, Sarah D. (Mrs. William Crosby),\\nEmily (Mrs. J. Q. A. Ware), Henry, Lydia (Mrs. M.\\nW. Harris), William (died in infancy), David, Almiia\\n(Mrs. Alonzo French) and Edwin. To show the deep\\nreligious feeling of this family, we would state that\\nAddison and Albert were educated for the ministry.\\nand Albert is an efficient minister of the Baptist de-\\nnomination. Emily s husband (Rev. Mr. Ware) was\\nalso an able Baptisl clergyman.\\nDavid Heald s by the force of circumstances, early\\ndevoted himself to labor, receiving only the educa-\\ntional advantages of the old red school-house of his\\ndistrict, summers and winters, until he was twelve, and\\nwinter terms until he was fourteen. He worked both\\non the farm and in his father s cloth-dressing shop up\\nto that age. With his brother Addison, who had\\nlearned the trade, lie then started the manufacture of\\nfurniture or cabinet-work in the shops of his father,\\nbut after three years time the business was relinquished\\nas unprofitable, and the family removed to Milford.\\nDavid then engaged as journeyman in the same\\nestablishment of which he became proprietor in .May,\\n1856, From that time to the present Mr. Heald has\\nbeen identified with the manufacturers of Milford.\\nFrom the small force of half a dozen men employed\\nin 1856 in making cheap cottage bedsteads and\\ntables, the number of employes has increased to forty\\nor fifty, anil the quality of work to a fine grade of\\nartistic chamber furniture made of ash, walnut, cherry\\nand chestnut. The main building of his factory is\\neighty feet long, thirty-five feet wide, three stories in\\nheight, with an ell titty feet by thirty-five feet, four\\nstories in height; besides this there is an engine-room,\\ndrying-room, etc. An eighty horse-power engine\\nhas just been put in as the force to run the factory\\nand the saw-mill and numerous appliances necessary\\nin so elaborate an establishment, which has been\\nprovided with the latest improvements for the pro-\\nduction of furniture, five thousand dollars worth hav-\\ning been added in the last four years, making a com-\\nplete establishment for its purpose. Thislarge factory\\nand extended industry has been the product of Mr.\\nHeald s own exertions. He has steadily devoted him-\\nself to his business, and has the satisfaction of know-\\ning that it is one of the permanent and prosperous\\ninstitutions f the town. A vvorkingman himself, he\\nunderstands the condition of other workingmen, an. I\\nthe relations which should exist between\\nand employed. One man has worked for him for over\\ntwenty-five years, several others from ten to twenty\\nyears. Hi- two sons, Edward and Frank, are his\\nactive assistants,\\nMr. Heald has been twice married: first. November\\n27. 1856, to Mary Susan, daughter of Ebenezer Frost,\\nof Ashburnham, Mass. She died November 9, 1858.\\nTheir child. Ella F., born April 15, 1858, died 3i p\\ntember 21, 1858. He married, second, Octobet 22\\n1862, Mary E., daughter of Calvin and Elvira (Walling-\\nford) Stone, of Marlborough. She was a successful\\nteacher in Milford for several years previous to her\\nmarriage. Their children are Edward S., Frank 11.,\\nFlorence M., Clara M. (deceased), Mary S. and\\nHattie 1..\\nAlthough a member of the School Hoard of Milford\\nfor several years, and of the Lower Hon si of t lie State\\nLegisl e in L881, Mr. Heald ha- never -ought\\noffice, but rather shrank from official position. In-\\nheriting the Abolitionism of his father, he has sup-\\nported the Republican party in nearly every election\\nsince its organization. Intensely radical by nature\\nthat party has not always come up to his advanced\\nideas, lie inherited a deeply religious character, has\\nbeen a member of the Baptist Church for about\\ntwenty-five years, and, with the sympathy and hearty\\naccord of his estimable wife, ha- given largely of his\\nenergies to the cans. of religion and temperance. In\\nfact, this worthy couple have generously contributed\\nboth of their time and money to all good work tending\\nto the mental and religious improvement id the com-\\nmunity, ilrs. Heald is much devoted to religious\\ninterests, and prominent in efforts for the welfare of\\nthe young. Mr. Heald is a valuable factor in the\\nSunday-school. As superintendent and teacher for\\nyears, no one in Milford has more thorougly impressi d\\nhimself upon the rising generation.\\nEsteemed as a citizen, of sterling honesty and per-\\nsistent energy, Mr. Heald is one of the best types of\\nNew England s self-made men, and justly holds i\\nhigh place in the regards ..fall who know him.\\nJOHN W. HUTCHINSON.\\nThe Hutchinson- trace their ancestr) to A.D. 1282,\\nwhen Barnard Hutchinson resided in Cowlan, county\\nof York, England. The family is entitled to bear\\narms described thus, Per pale, gules and azure,\\nsemee ol cross-crosslets or, a lion ramj t, argent.\\nCrest, out of a ducal coronet or, a cockatrice with\\nwings indorsed azure: beaked, combed and mottled\\ngules.\\nThe line ol descent in England is Barnard 1\\n.1; James 3 William 1 Anthony Thomas 6 Law-\\nrence 7 Thomas Thomas 1 Richard 10", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0947.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "BISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nRichard 10 bora in Arnold, England, in 1602, emi-\\ngrated i America in 1634, with wife, Alice, and four\\nchildren, settling in that part of Salem. Mass., now\\nDanvers,in 1637. He became a large land-owner. His\\nson Joseph lived through the historic pi\\nwitchcraft delusion of 1692. Joseph 12 Joseph 1 Jo-\\nseph continue tin- line to Elisha 15 who. being\\ngranted by his father s will a lot of seventy-four acres\\nof wild lands in the northwest part of Amherst (now\\nMilford), X. 11.. moved thither in 1719, oi\\nfirst settlers. This lot was bought lor fifty-five\\npounds, and, with subsequent additions, bi\\nbeautiful farm which has been the fondly-cherished\\nhome oi the singers.\\nElisha was well titted for the privations and ard-\\nuous labors of a pioneer. Be had been one of the\\nearliest in respond to the call of the col\\nprivate in the Danvers companj of militia, which,\\ncommanded by Captain Jonathan Page, engaged the\\nBritish troops at Lexington on the memorable 19th\\nof April. He was chosen surveyor of Amherst March\\n12.17^7. He had three children, Jesse K Andrew and\\nSarah.\\nJ.\u00e2\u0080\u0094. and hi- brother Andrew, with the assist-\\ninci Andrew Leavitt, built the first Baptist\\nChurch in Milford village, and they were earnest\\nand conscientious Years before,\\nthe brothers had purchased a violin. After join-\\ning the church, anything that had association\\nwith dancing was repulsive to them, and that the\\nviolin might yet be of use, they sawed it in two and\\nmade tobacco-boxes of the halves. Jesse married\\nMary, daughter of Andrew Leavitt, of Mont Vernon,\\nIso a Li rolutionary soldier, who did good service at\\nBunker Hill. This worthy couple were residents of\\nMilford from 1777 to 1868. Uncle Jesse was very\\npopular with his townsmen; he had a large family,\\nand from their parents they received religious in-\\ni.i I fruit in after-life. These\\nchildren, sixteen in number,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jesse, David, Noah.\\nMary, Andrew, Zephaniah, Caleb, Jesse, Joshua,\\nBenjamin, Judson, Ethoda, John, Asa, Elizabeth,\\nAbby,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 had by nature and inheritance musical talents,\\nwhich gave to the family a world-wide reputation.\\nMary, the mother, was a sweet singer, and, whether\\nforking tin- cradle, at tin- old spinning-wheel or in\\nthe active duties of her household, her voice was\\never raised in sacred song. if this large family.\\nthree died in early youth, one lived to bi seventy-\\nseven years, and only two are now living. John and\\nAbby (Mrs. Ludlow ration,.\\nJohn W. Hutchinson the thirteenth child, was\\nborn January 4. 1821, under a lucky star, and for\\nears he led the life incident to all farmer s\\nSew Hampshire,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that of unremitting toil.\\nHi- sical genius was developed at a ery early age.\\nBefore he could lead the -tall he could sing his part\\ncorrectly, and at n he could manage\\nany of the simple tunes then in vogue. When he\\nwas ten years old he was admitted to the church, but\\nwhen, in later life, his soaring spirit could not endure\\nany restrictions upon his principles of freedom, he\\nwithdrew. For some years he was a member of a\\nbrass band, and with his stirring music aided in the\\ncampaign of Tippecanoe and Tyler, too, and from\\nthat time to the present he has been in the vanguard\\nof reformers, and one of the promoters of ail progres-\\nsive movements. But to the hold, daring, ambitious,\\ninflexible, gifted John there could he hut one result\\nto any of his undertakings success; and. acting up\\nto the inspiration of his early-conceived and long-\\ncontemplated ideas, he, with his younger brothers,\\nestablished a singing hand, to travel and give public\\nConcerts; and, with a brave heart and a pel\\nthat knew not the word fail, even when failure staled\\nhim in tin- face, he pushed forward and accomplished\\nthe desired end, and through him and by him tin-\\nhand became an established factor in the musical\\nworld.\\nIll the -piillg of 1841 theV visited Massachusetts\\nand gavi their first concert as a quartette in Lynn,\\nJesse. Judson, Asa and John being the members,\\nthe need of more culture and realizing\\nthe necessity of gaining public opinion in their favor\\nbefore they could make their com (its remunerative,\\nJohn sought the advice of Professor Webb, of Boston,\\nwho said. Please yourselves and you will please the\\npublic. To earn the money required by them, these\\nbrave boys sought and found employment in mercan-\\ntile houses, and their bodily wants in this manner\\nbeing provided for, they attended to the cultivation\\nof their musical powers. In the fall they were in\\nreadiness for another trial, and advertised and gave a\\nconcert in the village of Wilton. X. H., which netted\\nX cents. Failure and discouragement was depicted\\nupon the countenances of the three brothers, but\\nJohn inspired them with hope and to try again.\\nThey visited New Ipswich, Peterborough and Han-\\ncock, and at the end of the week, after all expenses\\nwere paid, there was thirty-seven cents in the ex-\\nchequer. This was disheartening, and John prom-\\nised if another week did not prove more remunera-\\ntive, he would comply with their desire and retire.\\nTheir next week s concerts were given in another\\nsection of old Eillsborough County. As the result oi\\nlive they cleared twelve dollars. This was their first\\nstep on the round of the ladder on which, in a brief\\nspace of time, they mounted to the hill of lame.\\nDuring the twelve years that followed they gained\\nglial favor with the public and were very successful\\nfinancially, and the name of Hutchinson, carried by\\nthe sweet singers from the mountains of the old\\ngranite Stale. became a household word.\\nIn the autumn of L845, John, with Jesse, Judson,\\nAsa and Abby, visited the mother-country to touch\\nthe hearts of Old England with their sweet melody.\\nSuccess crowned their efforts, and the heart of Great\\nBritain did heat and throb in time with their rhythm", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0948.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "U1S\\nIv^^UH^u^-.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0951.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0952.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "MILFORD.\\n583\\nand sentiment. During this tour they won the ad-\\nmiration and warm friendship of many distinguished\\npeople; were received with tokens of honor by the\\nnobility and crowned heads; enjoyed the confidence\\nof Mary Howitt, Douglas Jerrold, Harriet Martineau,\\nRichard Cobden, John Bright and oilier eminent re-\\nformers, ami completely iihjiiitl 1 English coldness\\nand insular apathy. Their course was a continual\\ntriumph. With sweetest melody rang out their en-\\ncouraging words of A 1 rime Coming, Boys,\\nand a fortune- awaited them if they would remain even\\none year in England. Seven thousand gathered in\\none place to hear their songs, cheering with enthusi-\\nasm the glorious sentiment, War and Slaverj shall\\nbe the Monster of Iniquity, etc. The Tribe of\\nJesse had won a musical success never equaled.\\nOn their return there was no cessation in their work\\nas exponents of the Abolition movement, which duty\\nhad called them home. They started on a campaign.\\nsinging in various cities. What an ovation they re-\\nceived! Their burning desire to see the curse of\\nslavery blotted out from this fair land of freedom\\ngave a power to their rendition which carried con-\\nviction and fire, eliciting warmest sympathy and\\napproval and also bitter wrath and denunciation. In\\nMusical fund Hall, Philadelphia, a crowded audience\\ngave them a warm welcome. The Good Timi I om\\nfor Emancipation and other songs of\\nburning eloquence created such indignation that the\\nmayor, who was under pro-slat ery influence, ordered\\nthe trustees of the hall to refuse its use to\\nunless policemen were stationed to prevent their\\nutterances of freedom. Refusing to win the wealth\\nthey might have acquired by sacrificing their\\nprinciples, they returned to their old home in the ld\\nGranite State.\\nThe Hutchinson family was now fully identified as\\na leading force in the gigantic revolutionary move-\\nments of the day. Tor years they labored with the\\ngreat apostles of reform, Garrison, Rogers, Phillips,\\netc. Ten ears w itue-sed o -truggles,\\nmany and diverse changes, which, though hard to\\nbear, were rich in results. Washington, Baltimore,\\nChicago, Cincinnati and many other places heard\\ntheir voices, gave their meed of praise to the talent\\nshown and cheered the anti-slavery sentiments ol\\ntheir song*. During this time Jesse formed a com-\\npany of singers and made a tour of the Pacific coast,\\nand on his return, in 1853, died ai I lincinnati. John,\\nat the request of his living brother, moved to Lynn\\nand took possesion of that unique and pleasant estate.\\nHigh Rock, leaving his native town, around which\\nclustered so many sweet associations of youth and\\nearly manh 1.\\nWhile campaigning in the West, in 1855, John\\nand his two brothers founded tie town of Hutchinson,\\nMinn., erected mills, improved acre upon acre oi the\\nrich virgin soil and were the forerunners of a vast\\ntide of emigration. John cut the first tree, began the\\ncabin used in the pre-emption of the town site and\\nwas one Of the most active in building up the place.\\nIn 1857 he gathered around him his little flock,\\nwhich had matured during his absence and were\\npossessors id the family talent, and organized the\\nTribe of John. Ilenn and Viola won laurels as\\nthey joined with their parents in hundreds of success-\\nful ci n-. The Tribe of John never forgot that\\nthey had a mission. They continued to press home to\\nthe hearts of the people Oh! Liberate the Bond-\\nman. for two years Mr. Hutchinson traveled with\\nhis family through New England with horse and\\ncarriage, rejoicing the hearts of the faithful.\\nThere was no more devoted or effective worker for\\nthe election of Abraham Lincoln than Mr. Hutchin-\\nson. He had the pleasure of singing to him v. hen. a-\\nPresident-elect, he passed through New York, and\\nwas present at his inauguration. When war came\\nMr. Hutchinson was at the post of duty. He visited\\nthe recruiting-stations, and. by speech and SOUg, eii-\\nand inspired both officer and private-. After\\nthe terrible repulse of the Union troops at Bull Run,\\nMr. Hutchinson, with his son and daughter, visited\\nWashington, and, after a series of concerts, was in-\\nvited i o jo to Virginia and sing to the troops. il Gain-\\ning an appointment from Secretarj Cameron, he\\nentered at once upon this service. At the first con-\\ncert, at Fairfax Seminary, their allusions to slavery\\nwere received with hisses, and a turbulent see en-\\nsued. The offensive words were in the newly-written\\npoem of Whittier, which Mr. Hutchinson had wedded\\nto music as inspiring,\\nWhat gives Hi- nli-.i! i. I I 1 Lie.\\nWhat [mints Iti. r.l,,\\nWhat sets the warring rebel heel\\nWith the word shivery came a hiss. I\\nin command declared this act an insult alike to the\\nsingers and the old Sag, and if the hiss was re-\\npeated tin disturber should leave the church. A\\nyoung surgeon from New Jersi\\nYou had better commenci ae. The major re-\\nplied, I can put you out m\\\\ self, and if I fail, I have\\na regiment that can and will. Thereupon the two\\nthousand -oh In r- arose n muss, and (he shout Put\\nhim out! put him out! was heard in all directions.\\nci v, as soon quieted, and t he concert pro-\\nceeded to the close without further interruption. The\\naffair was brought to the notice of Genera\\nIan. An order was issued expelling the Hutch-\\ninson Family from the lines. .Air. Hutchinson\\ndid not silently submit to this act of arbitrary\\ntyranny, and appealed to the President. Salmon\\nP. Chase read the obnoxious songal the next Cab-\\ninet meeting. The President said, It is just the\\ncharactei oi song I desire the soldiers to hear.\\nami re-instated Mr. Hutchinson. The Hutchinsons", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0953.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "53-1\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwere also active in temperance. From 1841, when\\nthey sang King Alcohol in Old Deacon Giles\\nDistillery in Salem, one or more temperance\\nsongs have been included in their programme. At the\\nclose of the war Mr. Hutchinson secured Cooper In-\\nstitute, in New York, and, associating with him sev-\\neral notable workers, inaugurated a series of very\\npopular Sunday Evening Union Temperance Meet-\\nings. These were continued for several years, and\\neffected a revival of the temperance cause. Mr.\\nHutchinson s services were sought by the State or-\\nganizations, and he conducted fully a thousand tem-\\nperance conventions under their auspices. He char-\\ntered three large connected parlors in Union Square,\\n.New York ity, and, Sunday afternoons ami evenings,\\nconducted popular services, and established two active\\nami useful organizations, the Manhattan Society and\\nthe American Temperance Union, which, even uow,\\nare powersforg 1 in this held. He also inaugurated\\nthe temperance camp-meetings that for tea years\\nhave proved so successful at Martha s Vineyard. He\\ntook part in the Sunday temperance meetings held\\nin Tremont Temple, Boston, where his quartette sang\\nwith great effect, till the death of his son, Henry, who\\nsang bass. Mr. Hutchinson is decidedly in harmony\\nwith the Prohibition party. In 1884 he unfurled a\\nlarge American (lag, winch bore the names of St.\\nJohn and Daniels, to the breeze, from the staff at\\nOld High Rock, and did good service in the cam-\\npaign, and, in connection with the Reform Club of\\nLynn, he held Sunday temperance meetings, and\\nboth by speech and song, from LS. 2. he ha- advocated\\nwoman suffrage. In that year he attended the Na-\\ntional Convention at Ravenna, Ohio, and created\\ngnat enthusiasm by his song, Right over Wrong, or\\nthe Good Time Come. Believing with all the in-\\ntensity of his nature in the justice of the cause, he has\\nlifted up his voice everywhere in favor of the emanci-\\npation of women. His suffrage concerts wire a\\npart of the organized forces that made Kansas their\\nsuccessful battle-ground. His associates were Mrs.\\nStanton, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony.\\nMr. Hutchinson married, February 21, 1843, Fannie\\nIS. Patch, of Lowell, Mass. They have had three\\nchildren, Henry I. (deceased). He sang fortwentj\\nyears with his father, was a vocalist of the highest\\norder, and left a widow and two sons, all possessing\\ngreat musical powers. Mrs. Lillie Phillips Hutchin-\\nson, wife of Henry, a lady of rare culture, a teacher\\nof piano, organ and the voice and eminent as an in-\\nstructor, resides at High Rock with Mr. Hutchinson.\\nAs a reader no one excels her. She has positions in\\ntwo churches, and her powers as a ballad-singer keep\\nher constantly engaged in her profession. Viola,\\nanother musical prodigy, married Lewis A., son of\\n.lodge William Campbell, who for fifteen years was a\\njudge of the Supreme Court in New York City. She\\nhas three children, and resides in Santa Fe. Judson\\nWhitticr resides with his parents. Mr. Hutchinson\\nhas a wife who has been a constant aid to his genius.\\nHer high culture and delicate appreciation of melodj\\nwith her practical common sense, have been of great\\nvalue to the husband whose home she has adorned.\\nMr. Hutchinson is apparently in his prime. The\\nclear tones of his voice are just as full and sonorous\\nas when he accompanied the song-birds in his youth,\\nor tuned it to the tempe-t or the thunder in the Old,\\nld Home, conquered applause from the consen atism\\nof England or held audiences enraptured by its in-\\ntonations of freedom in the stirring days of the past.\\nDevoting his life to the amelioration of humanity, he\\nhas dealt strong blows in cause- which have made the\\nworld purer and better. His forty-four years of public\\nlife and eleven thousand concerts given, are evidences\\nof a glorious and well-deserved success. Perhaps no\\nperson of the presenf generation has accomplished\\nmore good, is held to day m higher esteem or can\\nattract larger or more enthusiastic audiences than the\\nveteran John \\\\V. Hutchinson. A history of the\\nHutchinson family, with full incidents and historical\\nevents of great value, and which will be of deep in-\\nterest to every family in the land, is now in prepara-\\ntion by Mr. Hutchinson, who has devoted the spare\\ntime of many years to properly chronicle the purposes,\\nstruggles and achievements of this truly remarkable\\nfamily.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0954.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NEW BOSTON.\\nBY -NIEI. McLANE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nNEW BOSTON.\\nGRANTEES AND GKANT.\\nIn L735, John Simpson, John Cannes, James Hal-\\nsey, John Tyler, John Steel, Daniel Goffe, Charles\\nCoffin, Ebenezer Bridge, Daniel Pecker, William\\nLee, Henry Howell, Job Lewis, Thomas Bulfineh,\\nJohn Indicott, John Erving, James Day, Andrew\\nLane, Byticld Lyde, John Hills, John Spooner, John\\nRead, Samuel Tyler, John Boydell, John Unmans,\\nJohn Williams, Jr., Joshua Henshaw, Jr., Benjamin\\nClark, Jacob Hurd, James Townsend, William Salter,\\nThomas Downs, Zachariah Johonett, Daniel Loring,\\nJohn Crocker, William Spcakman, Thomas Greene,\\nGilbert Warner, John Larab.ee, John Green, Rufus\\nGreene, Thomas Foster, John Arbuthnott, James\\nGould, Joseph Greene, Isaac Walker, Robert Jenkins.\\nBenjamin Bagnald, Richard Chcckly, John Mave-\\nricke, Joshua Thomas and Thomas Hancock became\\npetitioners to the Great and General Court or As-\\nsembly of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay,\\nin New England, for a grant of six miles square for a\\ntownship. In looking over the records, wo do not\\nfind any reason why they should claim this grant\\ni, either have we the petition, but must go wholly\\nupon supposition. The most probable and reasonable\\nis. that, on the coast of Massachusetts it was so thickly\\nsettled there must be some opening or avenue for the\\nyoung men. These grantees were all Bostonians, and\\nmen of wealth ami title; hence it would not seem that\\nit was for themselves or descendants, but to improve\\nthe new lands and encourage settlement. Another\\nauthor writes that it was to pay descendants of soldiers\\nin the Indian wars: Massachusetts treasury becoming\\nimpoverished by these expeditions, bills of credit\\ndepreciated and s t became nearly worthless, and\\nthese soldiers laid claim for further remuneration.\\nHence the grant of New Boston was given.\\nupon W ednesday, the J Or ol \u00c2\u00abaj 17 15, 1 tinued i.\\\\ si feral ad-\\nj Ullinients U, eilm-slav. (he lath N \\\\r!ii|n-] fnllnwin-.\\nIii tin House ..r K 1 itativi D mbei 17 m .1 a v.. 1 1.. il,\\npetitiuh i .luhn Sidij is. 01 ami ..tilers,\\nV lnl. th.it lli.. prayer i.f the Ivtithni he -oauteil, .111. 1 that I. .-ether\\nv. itii -Hi li 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 liall In- JMiii. .1 i v 111. Il.m.rnhle lti.ar.1, In- a Oi.rninittee III\\ntin- charge of the Petitioners to 1.0 out a Tow nship of On contents ol ox\\nmil. square at thi plai e petition! il for, oi itl 1 suitable place\\nami thai thej return a platl thereoi to this Court ifithin twelve months\\nt H 11 ill In mar Inn. ami lnr tin- Mli.Ir etleetiia] lit I ll_ I II tnl Ma\\niiu.-iit ui the said new Town.\\nih.it tin- said Town be laid out into sixty-three equal\\nwhich tobeforthe first settled minister, one for the min-\\nistry ah. I i.n f-T tin- -1 I Is. an. I that i.ti each uf tie ,.th.-r sixtVJ shares\\ntie- pel tiers do, within tl yetne fn.ni the lirmati. 1 lli.-platt,\\nhave settled uhe 1 fauiil u le. shall Inc. e a le.lis,- I. mil uli hi. hous?-\\nhit ut eighteen h,t square, aiel sen feet stud at the least, and hnislied\\nthat each tiiilit to- ei ai it ha\\\\e six tes of land brought to and ploughed,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01- hiniieht tn English :i lle_ Ihi tie (tie a\\nlear 1 and Ol lli...l..\\\\ niillistei and I -a lid ale! Imisli II o. liven i.-nl Meet-\\ne,eh,\\nf.litll-\\ntheti hi. ,.i then o-ht. -h.ii.- ..t interest in said Town I vert to and\\nl.e.c the ill.s(..isili..ii .1 lh- i..\\\\ in. and lh.it lie -aid I an nut lee he\\nand hereby are impowered t. sue ou! the Bonds and recovei the posses-\\ns I lie- t..rleit.-.l la.lt- (if any hei at tin- expiration of the three years,\\nand to grant them ovei toothei persons that will complx with the condi-\\ntions witl in year next after the said grant and tin- Bonds 1 in*\\nmade ami L iveli In the -aid I i .tiim itlei ami their sini ess.ns in t lie said\\ni:. ...I and oni\\nConsented to.\\nIn the House of Repr\\nit was,\\nOrdered., That Captain illi\\nwith bui h ae si\\ntake a platt of the within towi\\nbrought forward to all intents a\\nof the Oranl\\nRead ami concurred, ami Wi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ati in cop* examined by\\nJ. I.tci N i\\nIn I liiiinal, .January 11, 17:;.\\n.I. Wii.iAiiii, Secretary.\\nTil Mi. Mason, tlep. Sec lJ.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0seiitatives. Januar. 111. 1\\nJanuary 16,17\\ni- joined in tl\\nI u \\\\n VI i-\\nTn mi. M.v- 1 ii", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0955.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "history of inu.si: ii;on;ii cointv. new Hampshire.\\nAgreei bly to these art-, tin- committee appointed\\nJeremiah Cummings surveyor to layout the township,\\nwith Zacheus Lovewell ami .lames Cummings for\\nHe performed the work ami submitted his report,\\naccompanied by a rude map of the township, denoting\\nit- boundary lines, rivers and Joe English Hill.\\nHere follows the report,\\nI, Hi.- -nl.-i I ii,, I. t ,.a-tlnl w nil /..i. h. n- t.. v\\\\ 1 1 ami .[.in..- in ill-\\ninium-, bavt luiii ..in, jii! ~n;i nt t.\u00c2\u00bb tl ant i the Genera] Court, to Mr.\\nappropriated Laml- ,t th, l i.,\\\\ tin- a ill, in- at si\\\\ mill.- square,\\niiit.il it thus I .r-iiming H a Bead one ,1 the i Dr-\\nums i.l tin- Nni i ii i i,.\\\\\\\\ii. V. ami in til.- north tin.-. Vn ill-\\nicit, from tlnm-a rnniiiiia two degrees south ol the west by ye\\n[muii. l.iiir mill- ami tin ijiiart^- h. th. ilorth-\\neastcomeroi the s 4 Township from thence the sat one mile\\n:,ii,i ,:i l.nn i: toaBurch tree marked thence the\\nllii.. tuiii- ami tun- North iv. .1, I, ami. six\\npine tree marked from thence the\\nline turns and Runs East tun l.-e-, math, hy I r.ivim.- I, amis, -i\\\\ miles\\nand forty-two Rods to a White Oak tree marked, from th\\nSan til two i.l(-g|..|.-, east I .uili la I V na. I ..mil- ami part hy til Nal\\ni.|..ni-it law II ;il iiln. tin] In. nil. 1,\\nwatli twu toil- Ml h a 1 1 liiinih .-.I nlil.-ii tar\\nof Chain.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Win I, -.ml Lam!.- I, ye mi tlit- west\\nla in. Ii. ..l I a 1 1 a 1 1 _ Rivi a\\nFebruary th\\nSS., l utistahle, January\\ni i a md measuring a 1 iwnship sranl\\neral Court to Ml John Simpson and others, thej would deal truly and\\nfaithfully in their respei live trusts.\\nBle v\\nIn the House of Representatives, March 19, 1735,\\nthis report was read, and it was,\\ni platt t.i is miles squan ol Land, laid out I J\\n.[.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ivinuh liiiiiliilli--. -ilia ;.,a, ami twa lliai nni.oi, i a, o.illi a. -:iti-t\\\\\\ntlm (ti-.uit aforesaid, Lying ml: a Ha Nana\\nHilar ami \\\\a. a, at,.i an in a\\\\ in. I. .in.l, witli an iillowam a ol nim thousand\\na, in -aid Platt, was presented foi al-\\nlowance,\\n11. ml ami orileivil that iil.itl In- allowei], ami y Laml therein ile-\\nlimat.-i! ami .1 are Cnnlniimil t..\\niln a Grantees mentioned in sain petition, passed y\u00c2\u00ab last\\nInlfVal pro.\\n\\\\i, la, 1 the [ilatt r\\\\. nils nut th. ,|m,ntnyi.l -i\\\\ miles square, and one\\nof Land, an allowance for Ponds within II Tract, an. I\\nlines tint illt.Ttrl. Willi alivallel 1 I it.-l Olalll. i ha 1 1 -i i a\\nPetitioners, their Heirs .a a.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i-tn-s, I amply with _\\\\ i ntiditiuns of the\\nConsented to.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0In .linn ii, Mai, h _-n, 17.;:.\\nSim. a. I\\n.I I\\nLater on we find an additional act. Mr. John\\nSimpson was authorized to rail the first meeting.\\nflu proprietors now felt the way was open lor ac-\\ntion, and accordingly a meeting was held April 21,\\n17 .ii. at the house of Mr. Luke Vardy, in Boston.\\nOne of the first acts was a vote instructing their com-\\nmittee Daniel Pecker, Andrew Lam-, John Hill, John\\nIndicott and James Halsey, to build a saw-mill on\\nsome convenient stream for the use of the proprietors\\nin -aid township.\\nin ihe surveyor s report appears the name 01\\nZacheus Lovewell as one of the chainmen.\\nThis Zacheus Lovewell lived in the part of Nashua\\nthat was then called Dunstable. He is said to have\\nattained the greatest age of any man that ever lived\\nin New Hampshire.\\nMasonian Heirs and New Addition.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1620\\nJames I., King of England, formed a council com-\\nposed of titled men and gentlemen to the number of\\nforty. They were known by the name of The oun-\\neil, established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon,\\nlor the planting, ruling ami governing of New Eng-\\nland in America.\\nTwo of the most prominent members welt Captain\\nJohn Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges. The land\\ntinder their control extended from the fortieth 1 the\\nforty-eighth degree of northern latitude.\\nThe proprietors procured a further grant oJ all\\nthe land from the river Natimkeag l now Salem), round\\nCape Ann, to the river Merrimack, and up each of\\nthese rivers to the farthest head thereof, then to cross\\nfrom the head of one to the other. The following\\nyear another grant was made to Gorges and .Mason.\\njointly, of all the lands between the rivers Merrimack\\nand Sagadehock, extending back to the great lakes\\nand rivers of Canada, which tract was called Laconia.\\nIn i i i apiain Mason procured a new charter for\\nthe land from the middle of Piscataqua Liver, to-\\ngether with all islands within five leagues of the\\ncoast. This land was called New Hampshire, which\\nsoon came under the care and government of Massa-\\nchusetts.\\nAfter much legal controversy in regard to these\\nclaim-, il as resisted until John Tufton .Mason con-\\nveyed, in 1746, his right and title to land- in New\\nHampshire, lor the sum of fifteen hundred pounds\\ncurrency, to Theodore Atkinson, M. H. Wentworth\\nand thirteen others.\\nWhen the Mason heirs learned that these men were\\nin power, and only with the greatest difficulty could\\nthey resist the claim, they were amused and great\\nconsternation followed. It appears from the follow-\\ning resolution, pas.-ed by the Masonian pro]\\nthe year 1751, that the above-named gentlemen were\\ndispo-ed to lie reasonable\\nVoted, The Question he put w nether this I lnpriety w..nl,l I hnase a\\ncommittee to make application n a .n s claim to\\nknow upon what condition ih.a will grant us their righ\\nI. .I.n II ill, II.. I- .a, hay, I- t-.| .iinl .lain.- 1 la l.-e\\\\ the a.\\nempowered to settle with them on the best terms they can, if\\nthey think proper, ami they he ilesirnl ta ntlei this 1 1 ,h h a.nti l i,,| i i,\\n|,,r tn- their approbation.\\nAas passed, and the proprietors authorized\\nthe committee to purchase of John Blan chard, as\\nagent of the Mason heirs, all right, title and interest\\nin said proprietary.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0956.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\nThis extension was ever after known as the New\\nAddition, and continued to be till .Tun- 8, L772,\\nwhen Francestown was incorporated.\\nPhoi ince of New Hahpshibe.\\nPursuant to the power and authority grunted and vested in in* by\\nthe pro] iM-i.-is of land pun ha-ed f \u00c2\u00ab1 j i Tutton Mason, V,-\\\\ in the\\nI-I..M!, 1 N-w Hampshire, by their vote, passed at tbeii u)i eting held\\nat IVrt.-i itli. mi sii l l i..Yiii.v, the t- Qtfa day i June, 1752.\\nI by ili. I r.s.-nt.s, on the\\npressed, gPe and -rant .ill t j right\\nproprietors aforesaid unto Jul. 1.\u00c2\u00bb-\u00c2\u00abi\\nBullfinch, Robert Jenkins, John 9\\nTyloy e heirs, James Townsend s b\\nII I P :ilili-l l e. u.-i. w ll\\nconditions hereafte\\nperson inhabiting there on each settlement, itii.l (m t\\nthere [mi- tit IV* y.lls til. 11 Next. .Ihi it 111 II til. 1 1 I. Tin\\nmore each for mov oi tillaj e a al\\nThat tin grantees build a niectillg-hOUSi then\\nd by this\\n1 1 iii of\\nPay, Jam\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -ill^- H.\\nWilson, Jonath. i Willful\\nM. lister, Edward Duxant fi\\nKnhi- Civi tl, .lain. llaPey, Pan\\nHunter, Thomas Wilson, of, in si\\nailed v w Boston, in the Provin\\nmug at a heeehtlec ll.- -..nil, .-i i- i 1-- .|,i Hi- u\u00c2\u00abi tli l.\\\\ t lu-\\nll. edlc. two l.g s westward, -t mil--, -i until it comet unti the\\nnorth -st in i. lMi. ily mad- iiii li-i th- M\\nnortheast cornet of .-.ud tr.u t and from th-n. b\\\\ the needle two\\ndegree- t. tin- sniiiliwaid; an-l fmin the firsl i nde mentioned, the\\nMiuthi*;uit ...rmi ai-.iii-.il. 1, ?t l.y the needli two degrees Bouthward,\\nsi\\\\ miles, or until it meet with Salem-Canada line (so called), and turn-\\ning and running north by the needle two d-unes -twanl. t\u00c2\u00ab.. nu|.-\\nor until it come to the n\u00c2\u00ab- -t t t id- .i-t-i P i m-i of Salem-Canada\\ntownship, as formerly laid .ait then tm run- .in.l running \u00c2\u00abc-t. a- afore-\\nN ,i.|. tu, _..\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-- -itM. ily tar ar.d \\\\t-n-iu,_ lli r t I i i\\npi.niiM- likewise u\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tu.ud. until a 1 i Ti parallel with the .-a-l line will\\ninclude the contents uf .-even miles lung and si.x mile- l i .ad. a- .it--n-\\n-.in I i n have .in.l tn Imbl I tlein. their heir- and a--igN-. \\\\-T.\\neptll.g .i- at ii. .sii.l. ..ii Id-- following t. t in-, i ..ni lit I.. 1 1- and limitations\\n(that is to sayi that us tli- -iv.it. -t part of the tract aforesaid has here-\\ntofore h. en diwd.-d into -i \\\\ty-thn u -i -u. m.-i td.it tin -re b,\\ntli. viz., The\\ntwenty-eight, five, tw oty-nine, eighteen and ten, with the several lots\\nannexed t.. the same, in tin- -ch. dub d.-i-alu-t al-.. mueh ..t the\\ncommon land, m 1 illidivid.-d, t.. he laid .ait in that part tin- .-.ud lia. t,\\nin -ar tin- great i.|.-.n|..u- as -hall de .-pi.il .-n. dial! pal I -I .1 -I. i- i-\\n-r \\\\e.| .i- it- 1. -.ml, win. d dalt share is appropriated to Jo-.pti Plan, lend,\\nJr.. with tin- sum- I 1 1 i-ai -1 tin- \\\\,mnion laud, each in tint I part fur\\nmerly within the hounds called N--w l!.\u00c2\u00bbt..u. .-m lusiv.- ami excepting\\nlive hundred achs hen-dy -laut-d and :ippr--J-i i.ih-l t T i\\ndr hy them .lisp... -,rd -d fur eneuiira^eineut f nr building and supporting\\nmills in said township also, reserving unto the grantors, their heirs and\\nassigns, after the five huudred acres aforesaid is laid out and completed\\nin id. MiLinjMii ..rn:-f..t;rth part t..i .pi;uitil\\\\ and .piality .d the lmids by\\nihi- -rant a. Idi-.l within tli.- 1 mis.. I l h.-.t al l.-d Pi..-t.m, ;i- t ..i-\\nmerly laid out. the said grantors 1 pari to be divided, lotted and coupled\\nt. -.-tin i, .in.l di.iun l..i \u00c2\u00abil!i tin- -i ;uil. i 1 i n- t the liumlier of\\nas t .ir i In- \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 i ,-i n i is t- hav ..lie lull .|ii;iM.-c\\n|i:ul a- atu!-(-;iid \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ni l -A..II, t\u00c2\u00ab. linishril within twelve niontl^ from\\nthis d:M. at tin Inn d t In- -i a nte-- -n I A Is... tl iat the grantors 1\\nright in three of tin- shares laid out as at.ire-iiid I..- and d.\\nand appn.priat.-d. fiv.- ..f all ehar.L e, uin- l-.r Ihelirst setth-d minister,\\nonefoi the ministry and one for the lm..l then. f..tvv.-r, a- Mn-\\\\ are\\nset down in the schedule hereaftei\\nThat the aforesaid reset i^ationa for thi jrantora and as wi u fot Jo\\nseph Blanchard Jr., be free from all .lull.-, .dar-.-s. i..\\nwhatsoever, until improved by the owner or owners, oi soirn b. khnf\\nunder them.\\nThat all the lota in aaid township be subject to ha^\\nroadsor highways laid through them, as tln-iv shall bene, v\\n|..t. tn-.- fr. .in .ill .li.u-. ..f pun basing tin- mimc,\\nThat the L r rant.-e n tln-lr parts, furty-five settlements in said\\ntownship in the following manner, viz. Kaeb to have .i h\\none room, at least sixteen feet s.|iiare, fitt.-d and hnished for uinlort-\\n38\\nfrom all future charge thereon.\\nThat tin- grant. hold, iiudei the conditions liernii, th- several lots\\nof uplan. I ami meadow already laid out in said township, a- i l- \u00c2\u00bbli m\\nthe schedule annexed, and the future divisions to be ascertained by and\\naccording to th* M bt tl jranl to them oi theii veudon\\nThat one home lot (so called), viz uumber sixty, be Bet and relin-\\nquished unto John and Jonathan Simpson s assignee, Joseph Wright;\\nalways provided, and ..n tin u-lite-i ly, that In- build, clear, iiirl--ft\\n.i I. I\\\\ ..n -..-I i r i I, to t In- primils .11 id Vf-nil .itli-\\n1 les .-I dui\\\\ enjoined and Bpecified foi f the forty-five rights afore-\\nisiid, and ihi- -.-til. in. ni i- 1 and above the said fortj -five, and in\\nca f failure or neglect oi anj part oi the said duty, the said lot nuin-\\ntioued with the other coinm.-n In.. I- .-i- -l ib. u.i i _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 t\\nIn- .i-ijii-. p..\\\\ tin- pt..|.*.itioiiabl.- p.nt ot haig. for that lot, in carry-\\nii-. at any |.nbli. m.-.-ting ralb d for\\nnl tin- int. n-st [m-eiit, grant and .is-\\nley .1- they shall tl\\nsettlement afi i\\nwill pay 11.. tax i tax. m\\nto be appointed by the grai\\nThat all white pine trees R\\ngrowing on said tract uf land.\\nhis heirs and e issors, r-n\\ngrant, that the grantees hereii\\ndate hereof, signify theirconst\\nh.--b..ll 1 -I n\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ;in.l n.-glfi-t rnakin- pt\\\\-\\nid taxes for the space oi three months\\nI .-hall hi- granted and mad. I hat th Ii\\nil, ii-pc. lively, shall and lu.ty he sold as\\nand bereb) are granted to lli.- M,ij-i\\\\.\\nr .,i..|, ^i- -a [ill tin I condition of this\\nii.-litioiied, within tlilee liiuiithsfi. .m fln-\\nt and .1. ceptani as well as th. tr fulfil-\\nment and coiif...i inity, to the whole of the conditions herein specifi d,\\nby eimutersiglMNg these pteiuis. s w itli tlndl hands a ml k. hIh. and, oil fail-\\nure thereof, to receive no benefil bj I ;rant always\\nprovided there be no Indian war within any of the tern andlin tionE\\n;,i ,,.-:u.|, I..] P 1 1 j :_i tin.- duty conditioned in tin- grant, and in case that\\n-li M iiM Ii..] p.-n, tb- -ame t... be nil.iw-.l l ..i tie- n- pecti\\\\e dutt-s, matt.-rs\\nand thin a if* i said, aftet such impedimenl -1 all be re red To all\\n,,f wbii b pn-uM-.es .h.s.-].h Pi. ni. bard, a-. iit h-i and in behalf of the said\\n.-1,1 Tit.. I- ell the ,,|ir 1 it, alld the gralltees OU th lllel pn!\\nunto int.r. hangeablj set their hands and seals this twenty-fourth da} uf\\nDecember, 1752.\\nqi .1 .el sealed,\\nBi i\\ni\\nWith this deed was a schedule of i\\nginning at the northwest corner ni the\\nm lots. Be-\\ntown, thence\\nwesterly, in the same degree as the north line, about\\ntwo and one-half miles; thence southerly, parallel\\nwith the west line oi town, aboul four miles: thence\\neasterly t the west Hue of the former grant. It was\\nsurveyed and laid out into fifty-one Lots by Matthew\\nPatten, of Bedford, reserving for the grantors four", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0957.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "588\\nHLSTOill- OF IIIPLSBOKOIJGH CUINTY, NKW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhundred and thirty acres in the northeast corner and\\ntour hundred acres in the southwest corner of said\\ngrant, and three hundred acres near the centre of said\\ntract, as a [.resent to Colonel Joseph Blanchard, the\\nagent of the grantors, and as surveyed, included the\\nsoap stone quarries.\\nIncorporation. New Boston was incorporated by\\nthe government of New Hampshire February 18,\\n1763. The charter was granted by Benning Went-\\nworth, Esq., Governor and eoniuiander-in-ehief of\\nthe province of New Hampshire, and attested by-\\nTheodore Atkinson, Jr., secretary.\\nBy petition of the citizens, John Goffe was directed\\nto call the first town-meeting, which meeting was\\nrequired to be held within twenty days alter date of\\ncharter; time and place of meeting to be given in the\\nnotice.\\nThey were instructed by the charter thai after the\\nfirst election the annual meeting of said town for\\nchoice of officers, and the management of it~ affairs,\\nshould lie held within said town on the first Monday\\nof March in each year.\\nColonel Goffe being authorized to call a meeting,\\nimmediately proceeded to perform his duties. The\\noli;. cts of the meeting were specified in the call,\\n1st i Ii .ill ill. u ruw ii .ill. .-is lor the y.-ai .-ii-m i u .is th.. law\\nillle. I-. J.I. T.j see uh.it money tilt t..ivii will laise t. ilefiay the\\ntoun, lii.I t ir mea. hiii^ tor the year ensuing.\\nIn accordance with the notice, the first meeting was\\nheld March 10, 1763, at the house of Deacon Thomas\\nCochran. This place is now owned and occupied by\\nthe great-great-grandson of Deacon Thomas Cochran,\\none of our most respected townsmen, Thomas R.\\nCochran.\\nRecord of the meeting i, as follows:\\nM...1. lat. I, I ll. .lil.is\\nVoted, Alexander\\nVoted, Thomas W il Constable.\\nVute l, Matthew Caldwell, .loh ii Smith, Jam.- w a-, .n, ..i-. ii-i.\\nThomas Blown, Surveyor- ..I Highways.\\nIhraham Co. hran, Samuel Sickles, Tithin.i\\nVoted, William Gray, John Ruins, 11. _- I;\\nVoted, John Carson, James Hunter, Deer-Keepers.\\nVoted, John Cochran, I .....i. .1 Isseg ments.\\na j.oiiml shall I... I. uili l.v tli.. corn-mill, and tliat Deacon\\nrii Iii. 111 -lull I.. .mil-master.\\nVuted, Matthew Caldwell, James Will\\nEarly Settlers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first settlement wa\\nThomas Smith, of Chester, in the northeast part of\\nthe town, on what is mm known as The Plain,\\nwdiere he built a cabin, cleared a small piece of hind\\nby girdling the trees anil burning the ground.\\nfine day, after planting, he discovered tracts, evi-\\ndently made by a moccasined foot, and knowing Indians\\nwere still lurking in the vicinity, ami were watching\\nan opportunity to either take his scalp or carry him\\nprisoner to Canada, he sauntered back to his cabin\\nwith. .in manifesting any alarm, secured his gun and\\naxe, ami thinking Indians were in ambush in a direct\\nroute, In- proceeded in a northerly direction to the\\nnorth branch of the Piscataquog, thence up said river\\nsome distance before he ventured to take an easterly\\ncourse, eventually reaching home in safety.\\nAmi the sequel shows he was right in his conjec-\\ntures in regard to the place where the Indians were\\nsecreted, lor that night they made prisoner of and\\ncarried to Canada a man by the name of Worthley,\\nwho had a cabin near what is known as Parker s\\nMali. Ml. roffstown.\\nHow soon he returned is not now positively known,\\nbut probably in season to harvest his corn, his family\\ncoming with him. He cleared a farm and built a\\nframe house, which is now standing, the oldest in\\ntown. It appears, in a few years, that he obtained,\\nby purchase or settlement, a large tract of land in\\nthe northwest part of the town, near the Great Meadow,\\nnow owned and occupied by George \\\\V. Sanders.\\nThis land remained in the possession of Smith s de-\\nscendants until within a few years.\\nThe next earliest settlers were Thomas Cochran.\\nThomas Wilson, James Huuter and James Caldwell\\nin the east part of the town William Blair and John\\nBlair in the north; John McAllister in the south;\\nand George Crist y in the west.\\nBetween the years 1742 and 1748 the settlers were all\\nemigrants from Scotch-Irish colonies that first settled\\nin Londonderry, X. H., in the year 1719, excepting\\nJohn McAllister, who came from Scotland.\\nThe Scotch-Irish settlers were a new element in\\nthe population of New England, differing materially\\nin their customs, manners anil inside life from the\\nEnglish colonists of New Hampshire, but were not\\nto be classed with the Catholic Irish.\\nOn the death of Elizabeth, the last of the Tudors,\\nJames the Sixth, of Scotland, became King of Great\\nBritain, under the title of James the First. The\\nCatholic population of Ireland rebelled against him,\\nbut he effectually crushed them in a short time, and\\nthen he proceeded to confiscate the estates of the re-\\nbellious chiefs, more particularly those of the\\nO Donnells and O Neils in the north of Ireland,\\ngranting the lands to his Scotch and English subjects\\nto settle on as crown tenants, tit a nominal rent. This\\nstimulated a large emigration from Argyleshire,\\nScotland, many of whom settled on the river Hon, or\\nbecame citizens of Londonderry.\\nWithout doubt the English would avail themselves\\nof the same privilege, and when they met those\\ncommon interest in the same religion, they\\nwould naturally unite and intermarry, and in two or\\nthree generations they would form an admixture of\\nthe two nationalities, as is evident from the names of\\nthe first settlers in Londonderry, N. H.\\nIn this blending of the Scotch Highlanders with\\nthe Sax. m and Norman there was no intermingling", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0958.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\n589\\nof the native Catholic Irish bl 1, for the most bitter\\nhatred existed on the part of the latter toward the\\nformer, as intruders who had usurped their rights,\\nami taken possession of the fairest portions of their\\ncountry, and were heretics in religion; the former, as\\nconquerors looked down on the latter as an inferior\\nrace, who, as Catholics, had no rights which they\\nwere bound to respect, and both parties in after-years\\ngave vent to their implacable animosity in the con-\\nflicts at the siege of Kerry and battle of Boyne. This\\nsame enmity continues at the present day between\\nthe Orangemen, Protestants and the native Lrish\\nCatholics.\\nOther emigrants followed from Londonderry as the\\n(Harks, Crombies, McColloms, McCurdys and others j\\nbut the settlement appears to have progressed slowly\\nuntil about the year 1760. A census taken by the\\nproprietors from September 20th to the 24th of the\\nyear 1756 reported twenty-six men, eleven women,\\nnine boys and thirteen girls, making a population\\nof fifty-nine persons in all. The same committee re-\\nported thirty houses, one dam and one saw and grist-\\nmill, four frames and lour camps, one house cut down,\\nwith one hundred and forty acres of improved land.\\nPrevious to this date they suffered all the hardships\\nand privations necessarily attendant upon a new\\nsettlement, living in log houses a long distance from\\nneighbors, with no roads except a bridle-path through\\nthe forests, guided by marked or spotted tin-, with\\nthe underbrush cut away, so that a horse might pass\\nin summer, but in winter the usual mode of traveling\\nvas or snow-shoes. Tradition says that the snow tell\\nto a greater depth in the dense forest than at the\\npresent time.\\nAny utensil, implement or artiele of household\\nfurniture that they could not manufacture had to be\\nbrought from the older settlements on the roast, and\\nuntil they cleared and brought a sufficient amount\\nof land to keep sheep and raise flax, every article of\\nclothing in fact, every artiele of textile fabric was\\ncarried from one place to the other on the shoulders\\nof the men.\\n.Salt, an article indispensable to civilized people\\nhad to lie transported from Londonderry, a distance\\nof from twenty to twenty-five miles, in the same way.\\nIt is related of an early settler that he went to one\\nof the older towns to purchase some necessary articles,\\nwhich made quite a package in weight and bulk, and\\nalso a bushel of small grain tor seed, either of which\\nwould make a load for a man he started with one,\\nand carried that some two or three miles, and then\\nreturned for the other, and in that way managed to\\nconvey both to his home.\\nSo far as animal food was concerned, it was pro-\\ncured from the forests. The deer remained in limited\\nnumbers, and bears were numerous, and as every man\\nowned a gun, they could procure a supply of meat,\\nparticularly of the latter, although not as palatable\\nas the deer.\\nAnother source from which to vary their diet was\\nfish, with which the streams and ponds abounded to\\nthe degree that in the spring, when the suckers left\\nthe ponds for the brooks, in the spawning season^\\nthey could throw them out with shovels.\\nThe clearing of the forest required long and per-\\nsistent labor. First came the felling or lopping of\\nthe trees, as it was termed. Usually one of two\\nmethods were adopted, cither to cut down the- trees\\nseparately and level the branches, or to (tit a large\\nnumber on one side, so that they would fall in the\\nsame direction, and as they fell, one would strike\\nanother and so on, carrying the whole down.\\nThe next step after the leaves were dried was to\\nburn it over, and then came the most laborious part of\\nclearing the land, first, the trunks of the trees must\\nhe severed, which was done b\\\\ cutting or burning\\n(the latter was termed i i in them then rolling\\nthe logs in piles and burning.\\nAfter the seed was sown, it was raked or hoed over\\nto cover it.\\nIn some instances, after burning over, they did not\\nwant to clear off the wood, SO planted corn between\\nthe logs.\\nThe rearing of domestic animals was attended with\\nconsiderable trouble and anxiety. To protect them\\nfrom the wolves and bears, every night they were put\\nin a secure pen built of logs, so high that a wolf could\\nnot easily get over but in one instance a wolf had\\nmade his way in, ami was found and dispatched in\\nthe morning. Bears were voracious and troublesome\\nin the spring, and would attack and kill cattle. An\\nearly settler in the northwest part of the town had a\\ncow killed by them. He caused traps to be set near\\nthe carcase, one a log, the other a spring-trap, and a\\nbear was caught in each.\\nThe d epic, hit ions oil hese same animals in the corn-\\nfields was a source of great annoyance. Put with all\\ntheir privations, hardships and self-denials, the settlers\\nhad their pastime and amusements, such as wool-\\nbreaking-, log-rolling and raisings.\\nSocially and pecuniarily, they were on an equality,\\nand a friendly feeling pervaded the community.\\nChurches. At a meeting of the proprietors, held\\nin Boston December 17:58, it was voted to settle an\\northodox minister, also to build a meeting-house of\\nthe following dimensions thirty feet wide, forty-five\\nlong and twenty feet stud.\\nThe committee was authorized and empowered to\\nagree with some person or persons to build said house\\nas soon as they could, provided they did leu exceed\\nthe -inn of six hundred pounds; that they have\\npower to call upon each proprietor to defray expenses\\nas often as they should think proper.\\nThis house was built on what is now known as The\\nPlain, nearly south across the highway from the\\nresidence of the late Samuel Davis.\\nAccording to tradition, it was burned; but there- arc-\\nvarious theories in regard to the cause. One is, that", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0959.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": ".-,9(1\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\none of the early settlers set it on Bre to procure the\\nnails to build a house for himself.\\nIt is thought tin insideof the house was never fin-\\nished, and it is not probable that meetings were ever\\nheld in it, yet there may have been an occasional\\npreaching service during this period.\\nIn 1757 the settlers again expressed a desire for\\npublic worship. The proprietors informed them that\\npreaching could not begin until 1758. It appears\\nby the records that, November 28, 1758, the proprie-\\ntors agreed to send a letter by John McAllister to\\nThomas Cochran to convene the settlers, and agree\\nupon a site for the meeting-house and a suitable loca-\\ntion for a public Burying-Place. Lot 79, on the\\nnorthern slope of the hill, was selected as a desirable\\nspot for the meeting-house.\\nIt also authorized said McAllister and said Coch-\\nran to sell one hundred acres of land, near Andrew\\nWalker s, to defray expenses.\\nAugust 30, 1759, the proprietors met five of the\\ncitizens of New Boston at Dunstable, ami then ami\\nthere agreed to send the sentiments of the meeting\\nin writing to the committee, and this committee at\\nsome future time warn the people to meet and take\\ndecisive action in the matter.\\nIt seem- there had been several places selected on\\nwhich to build, none ofwhieh were satisfactory to the\\nsettlers.\\nThe proprietors and resident proprietors met at\\nSteinrod s, in Dunstable, and Voted to build a meet-\\ning-house, near lot eighty-nine, fifty feet long, forty\\nfeel wide and twenty feet stud, hoarded and clap-\\nboarded, and shingled with short shingles. Yntnl\\nto sell so much of tin undivided land in the New\\nAddition as necessary to defray expenses.\\nThe Boston proprietors and settlers of New Boston\\nagreed to refer the location to a committee composed\\nof the following-named gentlemen: Matthew Patten,\\nJohn Chamberlain, Samuel Patten.\\nBelow is given a report of the committee.\\nTo Propri\\nGentlemen\\nPursuant In tin \\\\..ti ..ml I 1 1 .it tin- iiirctiti- li. li] il I Ml n -I 10- in\\nI u I,,, the 14th of September, 1762, We, the\\nsubscribers, have attended tin- business tbereiti nn l i .-.ml t 1-\\n111: dee ii- in 1 1 a propel place to build a meeting In use in New\\nlli.slini we k-w.-il tin [i1i.it hi- |i!iiiiis,i ln-i.i ,1 tin reasonings of the\\nProp] i tot and inhabitants of said town I do report to tin- Baid Pro-\\ni-ii. -I* it. it i. .-I rtt id el\\n.I. tin- so lit h -il. i.l I isi .it. i ,ii Kiwi, m. nth of a Red Oal\\nmill l.-tt.-I tii.it tti.. -r.l\\\\ In liilil liUlii il liirlr, i* tin- limst pi ..J.er\\nplace in spot to build meeting-house mi in town. a. Win- t n iu.lc-\\nMatthew Patten\\nWitness our hand, July 24, l\\nAt a meeting held in Dunstable Septembei 28,\\nITtlo. it was voted to accept the report of (he cum-\\nin it tec; th it- stin ie commit tec were authorized to engage\\nsome suitable person to build said house without de-\\nlay. They were still further instructed to sell any\\nunoccupied lands belonging to the proprietors for\\nbuilding meeting-house.\\nJames Balsey, John Hill. Robert Boyes and Thomas\\noe h ran were appointed standing committee of the pro-\\nprietors. September 30, 1766, John Hill ami Robert\\nJenkins were appointed a committee to make a con-\\ntract with .Mr. Ebenezer Heard for building the\\nchurch. The proprietors becoming impatient at .Mr.\\nBeard s delay in completing his contract, instructed\\nI hoinas Cochran and James Caldwell, provided\\nBeard did not finish said house before July, 1767, to\\nemploy suitable workmen to finish the house.\\nIt seems there was a misunderstanding between\\nBeard and the committee in regard to inside finish; but\\nit was soon settled, as they voted. September 15, 1767,\\nto give Beard one hundred acres of land in the New\\nAddition, since Beard complained that he had a\\nhard bargain. The proprietors relinquished all right\\nin the gallery to the citizens, providing they would\\nassist in finishing said meeting-house.\\nOne half-pew on the lower floor was given to each\\noriginal proprietor. The house was now left to tin-\\ncan of the town.\\nWe cannot learn that there was any action taken\\nin regard to the church till the year 1768.\\nIt was a large ami noble edifice for those days, be-\\ning titty feet long ami forty feet wide. There were\\nthree doors, the front and largest being towards the\\nsouth. The high pulpit stood on the north side, with\\nits mysterious sounding-hoard above.\\nThere were large square pews a roll ml the w al Is of the\\nhouse, a broad aisle in the centre with pews on either\\nside. flu seats were hung with hinges, and as it\\nwas considered very irreverent to sit during prayer,\\nthese seats were raised to enable them to stand with\\ne; tit the conclusion of the prayer the\\nseats were dropped, causing a great disturbance.\\nThe singers seats were located in the gallerj oppo-\\nsite the pulpit. There was no way of warming the\\nchurch, and as the services were very long, the\\nwomen found it necessary to take wdiat was called a\\nfoot-Stove. This was a small tin box set in a wooden\\nframe; inside was placed a dish for coals.\\nNot far distant from the church was a building\\ncalled the session-house, where the deacons held\\nbusiness meetings.\\nThe church was not completed till 1786, though it\\nhail been occupied for many years. In 17G7 the Rev.\\nSolomon Moor began his labors here.\\nHe was horn in Newtown-Limavady, Ireland, 1736,\\nwas a graduate at the University of Glasgow in 1758,\\nand was licensed to preach by the Londonderry\\nPresbytery, Ireland, July id, 1762, ami ordained\\nminister-at-large in 1766. He soou started for\\nAmerica, and arrived at Halifax October, 1766, an. I\\npreached for the first time for the Rev. Mr. Moor-\\nhi.tiil of Boston, Mass. The following Sabbath he\\npreached for Rev. Mr. Davidson, in Londonderry,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0960.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\nN. H. In those lays the churches were so scattered,\\nand many of the early settlers coming from London-\\nderry^ was but natural that they should turn to their\\nold pastor for advice and assistance in obtaining a\\nminister. Probably through Mr. Davidson s influ-\\nence, Mr. Moor was induced to visit. New Boston and\\nspend a lew months with them. Becoming acquainted,\\nthey seemed well adapted to each other, and August\\n25,1767,the people, with great harmony, gave him the\\nfollowing call\\nWe, the inhabitants,,! the town ..f New li.,st,m. a- n-d,le Ml tin- re-\\npeated instances uf the gi\u00c2\u00abiJiH-BS of our kind lleiirl.e |,,r, |,ai ti. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0nl.ii l.v in\\nyearn, are in, reused t,, a ,,nsi,leral lr n inn Her, ana rue\\nkind influence, is in many places amon i I\\nfording us a comfortable sustenance; we acknowled\\nproprietors of our e-t.il- in tie- -i-!a .too I. .a\\nof his interest and 1 ing destitute oi a fixed pastor,\\nand earnest inclinations to have one estol .li-h.-.i ai\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,n-.-t as, that we may\\nhave the gospel mysteries unlet, ha ami adiiia -administered aumii-.st\\nub, the appointed mean.- in God s house l,el\u00e2\u0080\u009ew, thai we ana our Beed maj\\nbe disciplined and trai I up for his house in glury above, As the kind\\nprovidence of God in- opened sucha deer by, air, your ing amongst\\nns, we axe led cheerfullj to embrace the uappj op] inity, being-well\\n.,-ui,.,l, reo-ona -n, l.j i M plemal i red, imal-as t,. your ministerial\\nabilities to preaeli the -,.s],el and likewise a- to jmiii ex,. miliary life,\\nwhich gives force to wh.a i- preached, a- :il-.j the suitableness and\\na-leeal-leness what yell lea, li t II e, ,al liestly impler-\\ning direction from the Being that al an effectually dire, t us in su, I,\\nweighty and soul-concerning matter, we, with lean- full ol well-\\nguided affection, do, in the i Ileal t man mi no it,-. all and entreat\\nv,,,i, II,,- 1;, S,,!,,,,,,,,, yl.\u00e2\u0080\u009e ,n,a, 1 tale tie III I |.a-l,a alneu-.-t\\nsolemn manner, promise you all dutiful respect, encouragement and\\nobedience in the Lord further, as the laborer is worthy of la- hire and\\nhe that serves at the altar Bhould live In it, as we have nothing but\\nwhat we have received, we are willing to improve part ol our portions\\nin this life that we may be mad,- pal takers of tl \\\\,i ia-in _ portii i, in\\nthe life to come, by the blessing oi God, under youi ministry, and foi\\nyour en iragemenl and temporal reward, we promise you yearlj forty\\npounds sterling per annum for the first, live years alter your instalment,\\nand after that the addition of live pounds mere sterling.\\nAugust the 2oth, 1767,\\nSubscribed i John Smith, Matthevi Caldwell, William Caldwell,\\nJesse Christy, II as Cochran, James Pel 8.1 lander McColl\\nWilliam Clark, James Cochran, William Gray, i I in,,\\n.lames Wilsou, .tames l ii-tv, \\\\|,\\\\audei \\\\\\\\il-,,n, .lane- II \\\\l\\nander Graham, Sai 1 McAllister, lie. ma- McCollom, Ninian Clark,\\nIn. in. I: in- ii -i rdy Fei I i Blaii roun Coch-\\nran, Jr., Thomas Cochran, Jr., Uexandei Mool liam HcNiel Jr.,\\nThomas Quigely, William Kelsey, John Cochran, William Boyes, Paul\\nFerson, Jr., Thomas Wilson, William Blair, John McAllister, Ananias\\nMcAllister, Robert White, John Burns, Robert Livingston, Nathaniel\\nCochran, William Livingston, John Gordon.\\nThis call, given by individuals, was adopted\\nand confirmed al a legal meeting held by the\\ntown. Mr. M did not give a definite answer to\\nthis call until July 1, 1768. Tradition has it that\\nMr. Moor would not agree to settle here until he\\ncould gain the consent of a fair lady to share with\\nhim the privations and trials incident to a settlement\\nin what was then called in Londonderry The\\nWoods.\\nThe ministry lots not being near the centre of the\\ntown, the town voted to exchange lot No. 61 for lot\\nNo. 53, which had been designed for a school lot, this\\nbeing only about two miles from the meeting-house.\\nThe people, leeling anxious that Mr. Moor should\\nremain with them, offered to help clear the land\\nwhich was then a wilderness, and assist in the erec-\\ntion of a suitable house.\\nMarch 7, 1868,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted, Thomas Cochran, James Fersou, Th us Quigelj Daniel VIi\\nMilieu, William Clark, e mittee to treat with Rev. Solomon M\\ni, .-.ii, I t,, III- lllin- ill New I:,, -tell, and in ease tile said I,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,r will ma\\n-lay, tn (u. i,le ilea. Ill it- J 1 1 i 1 1 i u.,\\\\ III- ],r lit yen.\\nIt would seem that there wasdoubt iii the minds of\\nthe people of Mr. M s acceptance of the call. He\\nhad been with them mails six months before it was\\ngiven, and they thought the time had now come for a\\npermanent supply.\\nMr. Moor was installed September 6, 1768. If is\\nthought Rev. David McGregor preached the install-\\ning sermon, and Rev. William Davidson gave the\\ncharge to the pastor.\\nIt is not certainly known when the church was or-\\nganized. By some it is thought to have been flu\\nsame day of Mr. Moor s installation. There are\\nother reasons to suppose it was formed at a much\\nearlier dale, in the proprietor s records we find the\\nnames oi Deacon Thomas Cochran and Deacon\\nArchibald McMillen previous to Mr. Moor s installa-\\ntion, while there is nothing to show Us that they had\\nbeen deacons in anj other church. It would hardly\\nseem reasonable that they, good Christian people, or\\nthat their pastors would allow twenty-eight years to\\npass without an organization.\\nIt is said these ministers watched carefully and\\ntenderly over this Hock, and there are many instances\\nrecorded where they preached lor them gratuitously.\\nThe early records of the church were imperfectly\\nkept, so that it cannot be positively known when the\\nchurch was formed, but probably many years pre-\\nyioiis to Mr. Moor s installation.\\nMr. Moor commenced his labors in this place, then\\na wilderness, with a strong desire and purpose lor a\\ngreat ingathering of souls. He was supported and\\naided in his work by the session, which, in the year\\n1768, was composed t Mr. Moor, pastor; Thomas\\nCochran, .lanus Ferson, John Smith, Archibald\\nMcMillen, Jesse Cristy and Robert White, deacons.\\nJuly Hi, 1770, Mr, Moor took unto himself a wife,\\nthe daughter of Rev. Mr. Davidson. The young\\ncouple started immediately for their new home on\\nhorseback, accompanied by many of Mrs. Moor s\\nfriends. n their way they were met by a delegation\\nof their parishioners: enough of the friend.- were\\nleft at home to have all in order when they should\\narrive.\\nThe people were delighted to welcome this youth-\\nful bride of only twenty years, and so great was their\\njoy ami love for her that she was borne in the arms\\nof these Scotch women from her steed to her cham-\\nber, and in like manner to the reception-room, where\\n-In- was greeted by men and women of all age-, each\\nanxious to pay her homage.\\nThus i imenced the ministry of this great, and", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0961.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "592\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngood man. He was a friend to the poor, spoke words\\nof comfort to the mourning, was charitable towards\\nall in a tow words, he had all the requisites neces-\\nsary for a true minister of the gospel. He lived\\namong this people thirty-tour years, and was loved\\nand respected by all. He died May 28, 1803, aged\\nsixty-seven years.\\nMrs. Moor lived to the good old age of ninety-six\\nyears.\\nThe children ..I Mr. Moor were Mary, Witter D.,\\nFrances, Ann, John ami Elizabeth.\\nMary married Samuel Cochran, of Londonderry.\\nWitter died when young. Frances married Captain\\nJohn Smith, of Goffstown she died May 7, 1807.\\nAnn died unmarried November 23, 18. I, aged eighty-\\none. John married Mehitabel May, of Mont Ver-\\nnon. Elizabeth Cummings was married to James\\nMcCurdy, March, 1813, and lived in New Boston until\\nher death.\\nMr. Moor was succeeded by Rev. E. P. Bradford,\\nwhose pastorate with Mr. Moor s till a spa f eighty\\nyears.\\nThe children have not followed the example of\\ntheir fathers, as will be seen.\\nThe next to follow Mr. Bradford was Rev. E. M.\\nKellogg. May 1846, he received a call from the\\nchurch, which was accepted, and he remained as\\npastor of this people until April, 1852. He is now-\\nliving in Manchester, N. II., having retired from his\\nprofession many years since on account of failing\\nhealth.\\nRev. Alanson Rawson then supplied the pulpit for\\nabout two years, hut refused to be installed on the\\nground of impaired health.\\nRev. E. C. Cogswell began his labors October 30,\\n1855. Aside from a faithful and efficient ministry,\\nMr. I logswell will he long and gratefully remembered\\nfor his labors in compiling ami w riting the History of\\n\\\\eu Boston. He was dismissed November I, 1865.\\nRev. I C. Frink was installed by the Londonderry\\nPresbyter) November 25, 1866, and remained pastor\\nof this church until his death, which occurred June\\nI, 1871.\\nRev. William Bessom was the next settled pastor.\\nHe was installed by the Londonderry Presbytery in\\n1872, and was dismissed in 1873.\\nAfter the dismissal of .Mr. Bessom there was no\\nsettled minister until October 111, 1S7!), when Rev.\\nFrank H. Allen was ordained and installed. He\\nclosed his labors in April, fs.sii.\\nIn 1S74, by a donation of two thousand dollars\\nfrom George \\\\V. McCollom, Esq., of New York, a\\nneat and commodious chapel was built for the use of\\nthe Presbyterian Society.\\nHistory of the Baptist Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From records\\nwhich have been consulted, reaching back about nine-\\nty-five years, it appears that the Baptist Church in\\nNew Boston took its origin from one previously ex-\\nisting in Amherst, and entirely distinct from the pres-\\nent church in Amherst. The Amherst Church was\\norganized December 6, 1787, and consisted of persons\\nresiding in New Boston and in those parts of Amherst\\nwhich were subsequently formed into Mont Vernon\\nand Milford, few or none residing in what is now-\\ncalled Amherst. In the course, however, of twelve\\nyears it had become so diminished in numbers as to\\nafford little hope that the enterprise would be per-\\nmanently successful. In the mean time several persons\\nin Nefl Boston had made a public profession of reli-\\ngion, and united with the church in Weare. Rev. Mr.\\nElliott, of Mason, also baptized fourteen persons in the\\ntown on the 4th of t Ictohcr, 17! !i, though at the time\\nthey united with no church. In view, therefore, of\\nthe number of Baptist professors that were resident in\\nNew Boston, it was mutually agreed, by members of\\nthe church both in Amherst and New Boston, at\\nmeeting holden at John Whipple s, in New Boston,\\nNovember 23, 1799, that the Amherst Church should\\nin future be known by the name of The First Cal-\\nvinistie Baptist Church in Amherst and New Bos-\\nton. Whereupon those persons who had lately been\\nbaptized, and those who had joined at Weare, united\\nwith this church, whose number was also increased.\\nduring the year 1800, by the additition of nineteen\\nothers.\\nIn the year 1801, Rev. Josiah Stone commenced\\nhis labors with this church, and in this and the three\\nsucceeding years fourteen persons were added to its\\nfellowship. In 1804 the church, by the advice of\\ncouncil, took the name of The Calvinistic Baptist\\nChurch in New Boston. The same year the church\\nagreed upon the erection of a meeting-house, which\\nwas completed the following year. This house\\nwas located in the westerly part of the town, three\\nmiles from the present place of worship. Its dimen-\\nsions were forty by thirty-two feet, and one story\\nhigh.\\nDuring this year the church united with the War-\\nren Association, with which it retained its connection\\nuntil the formation of the Boston Association, when\\nit fell within the limits of that body. The same year,\\nalso, Rev. Josiah Stone was installed as permanent\\npastor of the church.\\nFrom this time to 1816 the number received into\\nthe fellowship of the church was twenty. At the ex-\\npiration of this period a case of discipline arose which\\nresulted in the division of the church into two bodies,\\nthe on. being retained in the Boston Association, the\\nother unit ing w ith the Salisbury.\\nIn June, 1N24, Rev. Mr. Stone resigned the pastoral\\ncare of the church, but remained in the place Until\\nIns decease, which occurred ill 1839.\\nRev. John Atwood, then a licentiate, commenced\\nhis labors with this people on the first Lord s day in\\nJune, 1824 He was ordained the 18th of May. 1825,\\nand closed his pastoral relation the last Sabbath in\\nJanuary, 1836. During his ministry ninety-nine per-\\nsons were added to the fellowship of the church.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0962.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "NKW LONDON.\\nFebruary 2:!, 1825, the two churches were dissolved\\nby mutual consent, and the members, forty-six in\\nnumber, reorganized into one body and united with\\nthe Salisbury Association. In 1826 a pleasant re-\\nvival of religion took place, in which thirteen were\\nadded to the church. In 1828 the church was dis\\nmissed from the .Salisbury and united with the Mil-\\nford Association.\\nA more central location for public worship being\\nvery desirable, in 1832 a meeting-house was erected\\nin the Lower village, and was dedicated to the wor-\\nship of God on the 6th of February, 1833.\\nIn 1835 a precious revival of religion was enjoyed,\\nduring which fifty-three persons were added to the\\nchurch.\\nIn February, 1836, Rev. A. T. Foss became pastor\\nof the church, which relation he continued to hold\\nduring eight years, till January, 18-14.\\nOn the first Sabbath in February, 1845, Rev. David\\nGage commenced his ministerial labors with this peo-\\nple and continued with them ten years, duringwhich\\ntime sixty-four were added to the church. His pas-\\ntorate closed in March, 1855.\\nNovember 1, 185. i, Rev. .1. N. Chase began his per-\\nmanent labors in the place, was recognized as pastor\\nDecember 19, 185. and dismissed May 1, 1859.\\nRev. Franklin Merriam succeeded him in the pas-\\ntoral office in May, 1859, and closed his labors with\\nthis church October 5, 1862.\\nThe pastorate was then filled by Rev. Thomas\\nClarkson Russell, who entered upon his labors with\\nthis church the first Sabbath in June, 1863, closing\\nthe same November, 1866. His ministry was a strong\\none the church enjoyed a revival and thirty-seven\\nwere added by profession. Rev. Samuel Woodbury\\nsucceeded, his pastorate extending to March, 1868.\\nRev. It. G. Farley was the next pastor, serving the\\nchurch from July, 1868, to 1870. During his staj\\nnine were received by baptism.\\nHe was followed by Rev. J. M. Coburn, whose pas-\\ntoral relations closed in August. 1871.\\nIn January, 1872, Rev. G W. Kinney succeeded to\\nthe pastorate, and remained with the church till Jan-\\nuary, 1876. During his ministry many of the old\\nmembers were called home, of whom (whose history\\nwas closely allied to the church), perhaps, particular\\nmention should be made of Rev. John Atwood and\\nMrs. Hannah Whipple. Additions by baptism,\\nseven.\\nRev. Francis K. Cleans followed him, his pastorate\\ncovering from January, 1.S78, to May, 1881. Additions\\nby baptism, four.\\nIn October, 1881, Rev. E. Whittemore com-\\nmeneedsupplying the church was ordained as pastor\\nJuly 1, 1882, laboring as such till November, 1 884.\\nIt was a marked and successful era in the church s\\nhistory, a constant interest and twenty-six added\\nby baptism.\\nA valuable circulating library was procured, and\\nextensive repairs and improvements were made on\\n(lie church edifice. Mr. Whittemore removed to Au-\\nburn, Me., and al the present writing the church\\nis without a pastor. Total membership, one hundred\\nand twenty-three, of whom ninety-nine are resident\\nmemlii i\\nGraveyards. The firs! account of the graveyard\\nis found ill the proprietary record, in connection with\\nthe building of a meeting-house, and is as follow-\\nTo tli. ii!. i- i Hi. i mi. I n\\\\ \u00e2\u0080\u009ei, ih.. most proper place,\\nIII nil. III. I. .Ml. .il.llli- I|m i,M linr, hlipilLHClI (0 I.. illinlll\\nlut 7(1, to build u 1 titnt-lii.ui.i- :iNo t In on n -oiliil .1.- ,1\\ning-ground neat i..-;u.l pin.-.-, n. -lull l.. i\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,-i ,i,i, i\u00e2\u0080\u009e M, -,.iu.\\nThe next, we find, is referred to in the report of a\\ncommittee who were authorized by the proprietors\\nand settlers to select a site on which to build the\\nmeeting-house, as follows\\nDo report to said Proprietary ;t- l..ll..\\\\v- licit U.t T in tin- sin. ml\\ndivision the centre ..I said I the Bouth side of Piscata iuog\\nRivi i.s,.inh .,i Red Oak lr.-.. marked with the Icttei C m\\nof ;i .lnl.l t.in i.-.l tli. i- tin 1 in.. -I fiii.|iri pi.... I., l.inli\\nAccording to tradition, the child referred to was a\\ndaughter of Captain George Christie, the first settler\\nin the southwestern part of the town, and this place\\nof interment was selected, in all probability, witli the\\nknowledge that it was then or would lie inclosed in\\nthe yard, and must have been near where the Brad-\\nford monument now stands.\\nHistory and tradition are silent as to any other\\ninterments within the limits of what is known as\\nthe old yard, and the supposition is that there were\\nnone at that period.\\nThe time of laying out and setting apart a tract of\\nland tor a graveyard is not now known, as there is\\nno record to be found, but the presumption is thai it\\nwould be immediately after the location of the meet-\\ning-house; for, in accordance with the universal cus-\\ntom of the times, the land for the graveyard would\\nbe inclosed in the nar of, or in the immediate\\nvicinity of, the church.\\nThe next recorded allusion i to be found in the\\ntown records, May 7, 1768, when a vote of the town\\nwas taken or a resolution passed to the following\\neffect that each man work one day on the stone-\\nwork in the graveyard. This was nearly six years\\nafter the report of the committee, and the meeting-\\nhouse was built and finished outside. Doubtless\\nthe wood was cut off at this time and the ground\\ncleared for the yard.\\nThe stone-work referred t in the resolution would\\n.iml removing stone within the inclosure\\nof the premises t make a stone wall.\\nAt a town-meeting held February 14, 1777, a reso-\\nlution was passed requiring each man in town to\\nwork one day at the graveyard, with the privilege of\\nexpending the labor in that pint of the yard where\\nindividually interested.\\nA period of nineteen years had now elapsed since\\nthe first interment. The first monumental record of", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0963.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nburial is that of Alexander McCollom, who died\\nJanuary 6, 1768, at the age of thirty-six years. He\\n(Mine from Londonderry in 17o7, and settled on the\\nfarm owned by the late George Adams; was chosen\\ntown clerk whin the town was incorporated, in 1763,\\nand held the office at the time of his death.\\nThe toll,, wing-named are the earliest burials of\\nwhich there is any monumental record\\nThomas Cochran, October 6, 1770; Mrs. Jane\\nMcNiel, April 2, 177li Captain James Cochran,\\nApril 21,1772; Nathaniel Aiken, June 8, 1772; Joseph\\nWaugh, October 13, 1770; two children of John\\nCochran, May, 1775; Maurice Lynch, 1 7 7\\n[n all probability, few were erected in comparison\\nwith the whole number that died.\\nThere does not appear to have been any addition\\nor improvement made until about 1840, when a small\\ntriangular piece of land, lying between the yard and\\nthe highway, was added but in a few years that was\\ntaken up, and it became apparent that the town\\nwould be obliged to furnish new ground for inter-\\nment. The question was discussed at several tow n-\\nmeetings, and the selectmen were instructed to\\npurchase land suitably located lor a cemetery; but, in\\nconsequence of inability to purchase and difference\\nof opinion in regard to locality, failed to accomplish\\nthe objeel desired.\\nMr. Elbridge Wasou, of the firm of Wason, Peirce\\nCo., of Boston, a native of the town, very gener-\\nously offered to give the town land for a new\\nburial-place or an addition to the old. After a\\nconsideration of the subject by the citizens, the latter\\nwas thought most desirable, and Mr. Wason pur-\\nchased land on the north and west of the old yard,\\nand conveyed the same to the town by deed, under\\neerlain conditions, one of which was that it should\\nbe controlled by a board of trustees, to lie appointed\\nb\\\\ grantor, with power to till vacancies as they\\nmighl occur. Since thai time the trustees have\\ncaused the erection of a tow n-t.mil. and brought water\\nby aqueduct into the yard, which is discharged by\\ntwo fountains. Great changes have been made by\\ncitizens in improving lots and erecting monuments,\\nso that it will compare favorably with cemeteries in\\nneighboring towns.\\nSoil, Forest Growth and Productions.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The sur-\\nface of the town is very much like that of the neigh-\\nboring towns, crossed by hill and vale, although the\\nhills are not so steep and high as in Francestown and\\nLyndeborough.\\nThe soil varies. The hill land-, are generally an\\nadmixture of clay and marl, with the granite formation\\non the south anil east sides; on the ninth and west\\ntin formation is purely of granite, and with less depth\\nof soil and fertility; the valleys partake more of the\\nmail than of (he granite.\\nThe valley of the smith branch of the Piscataquog\\nis alluvial, evidently the result of the glacier period,\\nas the extended morains and cairns along its banks\\nwould tend to show, and during the melting of the\\nice the water must ha\\\\ c been from seventy-five to oue\\nhundred feet deep where the village now stands, as at\\nthat height on the hills on each side the sediment\\ns. -tiled ill still water.\\nThe meadow or bog land is of but small amount,\\nexcept what is known as the Great Meadow, in the\\nnorth part of the town, although now comparatively\\nworthless, except for cranberries.\\nIt was of great value to the early settlers, having\\nIn en Bowed at sonic period by the beavers, which\\nwould destroy the timbers, and being abandoned by\\nthem, their dam went to decay, and after the water\\ndried oil, a kind of grass, known as the blue joint,\\nsprang up and grew luxuriantly, affording a supply\\nof hay to keep cattle before there was a sufficient\\namount of land cleared for that purpose.\\nThe forest growth was principally oak and pine,\\nwith a mixture of beech, maple and hemlock on\\nthe hills; oak, beech and pine grew on low lands.\\nThe banks of the Piscataquog. its entire length, a\\ndistance of ten miles or more, was lined with pines\\nof a large size and good quality. Some fifteen or\\ntwenty years prior to the Revolution the British\\ngovernment undertook to procure masts for the royal\\nnavy, from Concord and vicinity, by floating them\\ndown the Merrimack River to Newburyport; but in\\ngoing over Amoskeag Falls most of them were\\nbroken. The project proved a failure, and was given\\nup. They next turned their attention to the Piscata-\\nquog and its branches as a better field of operation,\\nand to give even better facilities for conveyance, built\\na i. .ml from Squog village (what was then Bedford)\\nto Oil-Mill village, in Weare. This road was known\\nas King s Mast road, and the King s surveyor went\\nthrough the woods and put the broad R on all\\npine-trees suitable for masts for the royal navy.\\nIt was a capital crime for a man to cut on his own\\nland any pine-tree twenty inches or more in diameter,\\nand was punishable with a fine and confiscation of\\nthe lumber.\\nTradition says that in 1774, Benjamin Whiting, of\\nAmherst, sheriff of the county, laid an attachment on\\nall logs found at the mills in Gollstoun over twenty\\ninches through, and then went to Oil-Mil], where\\nthere was a large number of logs, and did the same.\\nHe then went to a hotel to spend the night; after he\\nretired, a band of masked men broke into his room,\\nordered him to dress, placed him upon his horse,\\nwhose tail and mane hail been closely shaven, and\\ncompelled him to leave the place.\\nBeing an obstinate, willful man, and highly exas-\\nperated at the treatment he received, he persuaded\\nColonel Goffe to go with a company of soldiers to\\nexecute the King s writ but his assailants were not\\nto be found. No further effort was made at that time\\nto arrest the offenders.\\nThe next year, 1775, was the beginning of the\\nRevolution, and Sheriff Whiting was one of the small", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0964.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\n595\\nnumber that refused to sign the Test Act; but his\\ntownsmen made it so uncomfortable for him that he\\nremoved to Nova Scotia, and never returned.\\nAllusion lias been made to the size of the trees,\\nmany of which, taking the stumps as a standard, wore\\nfrom lour to five feet in diameter at the root. One\\nwas cut down on the farm formerly owned by N. C.\\nCrombie that was six feel in diameter at the stump;\\nanother, near John M. Holt s mill, marly as large,\\nand the story is that a pair of oxen, six feet girth,\\nwere turned around on them without stepping oil\\nIt is evident they could not be removed full length\\nfor masts, and were therefore left to rot.\\nAfter the Revolutionary period the business of cut-\\nting and drawing the best and straightust trees to the\\nlanding at Suuog for masts was continued until all\\nsuitable for that purpose had disappeared. The man-\\nufactured lumber prior to the building up of Nashua\\nand Manchester was drawn to the same place and\\nrafted to Newburyport or Boston. At that time the\\nlust boards sold at Squog for from live to six dollars\\nper thousand. When the town was laid out it con-\\ntained as much oak and pine timber as any town six\\nmiles square in the State, but it is now nearly all\\ngone.\\nThe principal productions, excepting lumber, are\\nnow and have been agricultural.\\nOf grains, corn is the leading one, being the stand-\\nard crop.\\nWheat, oats and barley are grown to a limited ex-\\ntent on the hill farms. The potato and turnip do not\\ngrow as well now as when the land was new. The\\nfarmer realizes more from hay than from any other\\nproduction.\\nButter and cheese are made to a limited extent, as\\nmany of the largest farmers are selling their milk.\\nThe natural scenery of New Boston cannot be sur-\\npassed. Among the highest elevations in town are\\nClark s, Cochran s ami Bradford Hills.\\nFor weeks the traveler might discover some new\\nattraction in these abodes of nature. Nothing can\\nexceed the splendor of a sunrise on these hills in a\\ncalm, summer morning. The stillness of the place,\\nthe varying positions of objects as the morning mists\\nrise and change and pass away before the sun, these\\nand other features present to the mind a landscape\\nabounding in that wild beauty which exists where art\\nhas not usurped dominion over nature. The eye\\ndwells with delight on the vast country which is\\nspread before it.\\nFar as the eye can reach, it is mel by a constant\\nsuccession of hills and mountains, sometimes swelling\\ngently in the distance and sprinkled with settlements,\\nagain breaking into wild peaks; in summer crowned\\nwith ledges of granite, and in winter covered with an\\nunbroken mantle of snow, rising like monuments of\\nmarble above the surrounding woods.\\nJoe English Hill is the highest point of land in\\ntown, and is almost perpendicular on the south side.\\nwhich appears as though tl had been broken off by\\nsome mightj convulsion of nature; the glacier period\\n1 1 1 i ha\\\\ e bad something to do about it. The West and\\neast sides are not so steep, and on the north the ascenl\\nis verj gradual.\\nThe name is derived from a friendly Indian, who\\nlived with the English when Tyngsborough, Dunstable,\\nIhelmsford and 1 racut were frontier towns, lb- was\\na good hunter and warrior, and from the I ael of his\\nliving with the English the other Indians gave him\\nthe name of Joe English.\\nBecoming satisfied that be gave information of their\\nhostile designs to the pale-faces, they determined to\\ntake his scalp, and, accordingly, laid in wait for him.\\nSoon alter, about twilight, they found Joe hunting\\nnear I be south branch of the Piscataquog, and made\\nan attack on him, but he managed to escape, and be-\\ning a good runner, he made for the north side of the\\nhill, knowing that unless he had recourse to strategy,\\nthey would capture him. He ran with great speed to\\nthe base of the hill, then slackened his speed so that\\nhis pursuers had nearly overtaken him when hi came\\nto the brink of the precipice, on tile southern side,\\nbe leaped down a short distance, and concealed him-\\nself behind a projection of the ledge, while bis pur-\\nsuers, having seen their prey, came on with renewed\\nenergj to the point where he had disappeared, fell\\nheadlong and were dashed on the rocks below.\\nAnother account is thai in one of his excursions in\\nIbis vicinity he was pursued by a native Indian war-\\nrior. On discovering his enemy he ran for the base\\nof the hill, and after going around several times came\\nup with his pursuer in the rear, and shot him in the\\nback.\\nJoe English, in consequence of bis faithfulness to\\nthe English, came to his death in the following man-\\nner As he, with some white men, were escorting\\nLieutenant Butterfield and wife from Dunstable to\\nChelmsford, July 27, 170(1, they fell into an ambuscade\\nof hostile Indians. Butterfield and the other men\\neasily made their escape, as the principal object ol\\nthe Indians was to capture Joe. He started for the\\nwoods, with all the Indians in full pursuit, excepting\\none, who was left in charge id .Mrs. Butterfield.\\nWhen he found thc\\\\ were gaining upon him lie faced\\nabout, look aim, as if about to lire; the Indians, know-\\nin- Ilia! he was a fatal shot, dropped instantly to the\\nground. Joe then ran for his life, but, seeing his pur-\\nsue,- were gaining ground, repeated the action, which\\nhe did several times, until he had nearly reached the\\ncovert of the thick wood, when one of the Indians\\nfired. The shot struck his right arm, and his gun fell\\nfrom his hand; but this impelled him\\nspeed, and he had just gained the w 1 when another\\nshot struck him in the thigh and he fell to the ground.\\nAt the same time a yell of triumph expressed the joj\\nid the savages. Coming up, they gave vent to their\\nhatred in no measured terms, as follows Now. Joe.\\nwe are glad voll no tell English we Come again.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0965.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "histokv of iiii,Lsnoi;on;ii cointv. m:\\\\v h ami-shirk.\\nNo, answered Joe; Captain Butterfield I ll that\\nat Pawtueket. Ugh exclaimed the Indians; the\\nthought just striking them that the soldiers at the\\nblock-houses at Pawtueket or Dunstable, alarmed by\\nthe whites who had escaped, would lie upon them in\\na short time, they did not delay, but burying the tom-\\nahawk in tin head of .Toe English, this faithful friend\\nof the white man died.\\nThe services of Joe English were considered so\\nmeritorious that a grant was made to his wile and two\\nchildren by the Legislature of Massachusetts, be-\\ncause, as the words of the grant have it, lie died in\\nthe service of his country.\\nRoads. The first road built in town, according to\\nthe proprietary records, was from where the first house\\nwas built on the plain to the saw and grist-mill the\\nnext was from Amherst line to John McAllister s\\nhouse, in thesouth part ofthe town and also one from\\nthe plain to the Great Meadow. The first road through\\nthe town began on Bedford west line, near Chestnut\\nHills; thence, in a northwesterly direction, nearly\\nthrough the centre of the town, crossing the south\\nbranch of Piscataquog River about one-half mile\\nbelow the Lower village, at a place now known as the\\nford-way thence it followed, in nearly the same di-\\nrection, to thesouth line of Weare.\\nA large part of it has gone out of use ami is fenced\\nup, the land reverting to the abutters, and is known\\nas the idd County road, probably designed as a leading\\nthoroughfare on which the cross-roads from east ami\\nwest would terminate. After the incorporation of the\\ntown, the record shows a large number of transcripts\\nof new highways laid out by the selectmen, in doing\\nwhich they appear to have had two things in view,\\nfirst to so locate the road as to pass each settler s\\nhouse.\\nNo regard being paid to straight lines, the roads\\nwere circuitous and often nearly at right angles, being\\nbuilt over the hills, seeming to avoid as much as\\npossible the level and low lauds. According to tradi-\\ntion, one of the reasons for o doing is found in the\\nfact that most of the early settlers built on a hill, or\\non the most elevated portion of their lot or grant,\\nbeing of the opinion that the soil was better and the\\nlocation more pleasant and when they had made con-\\nsiderable advance in clearing of the forest, it gave\\nopportunity to see their neighbors premises.\\nAnother reason was that it was difficult to build and\\nmaintain a road in low and swampy laud.\\nThere appears to have been two leading ways to the\\nolder towns, where they procured such articles of mer-\\nchandise and luxuries as their means would allow,\\none through the north part of the town to Goffstown\\nand Londonderry the other from the northwest pail\\nofthe town, over the Clark Hill, to the Lower village;\\nthence to the upper ami over Bradford Hill, and, as\\nthe road now runs, past the residences of A. Wason,\\nDavid Marden and Robert Kelso, to Amherst line,\\nand is known as the old Amherst road. It was the\\nroute over which the merchandise was transported\\nfrom Boston and Salem for the stores here and those\\nin lb. southwest part of Weare.\\nAbout 1827 an event occurred which changed, to a\\ncertain extent, the terminus of many of the old roads\\nand discontinued others: which was the building of a\\nnew road from Newport to Amherst through the town\\nlengthwise, to avoid the steep and long hills over the\\nold turnpike, particularly those of Cork ami Mont\\nVernon. This changed the course of travel from\\nWindsor, W Istock and Montpelier, Vt., and a large\\nsection that centred at Claremont and Newport. But\\nthemost visible change effected in the town by the\\nbuilding said highway was the removal of the busi-\\nness centre from the village on the hill to what is now-\\nknown as the Lower village, which then consisted of\\nthree houses, a grist and a clothing-mill. The first\\nnew buildings erected alter t he completion of this road\\nwas a -lore by Micah Lawrence and Waterman Burr,\\nand a bold and store by 1 r. John Whipple.\\nAlthough it was of great advantage and benefit to\\nthe town and public, the large expense of building\\ncaused strong opposition on the part of many of the\\ncitizens, two of whom refused to travel over it, but\\npreferred the old circuitous road to reach the village,\\nnearly twice the distance.\\nIn the year 1 sri l a new highway was built from the\\nlower village to Jollstow n. to connect with the old\\nMast road in said town, known as the River road, and\\nis now the leading thoroughfare from the towns w est\\nand southwest to the city of Manchester.\\nBy this time the town had been at great expense\\nbuilding mw road- t.. accommodate the public. Two\\nhad been built from the west line of the town, termi-\\nnating at the village, one farthersouth having its ter-\\nminus n fhe Amherst road, one in the northeast part\\nto Weare line, andanother in the southeast to Bedford\\nline, varying in length from two and one-half to four\\nami one-half miles, beside many shorter pieces made\\nto avoid the hills and straight! n old roads, the build-\\ning and maintenance of which was aheivy burden on\\nthe tax-payers.\\nThe presumption is that New Boston has mote\\nmiles of road than any other town ofthe same size in\\nthe c lty or ill the State.\\nBridges.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first bridge wason the south branch\\nof the riscataiptog, where tl Id County road crossed.\\nand was built with log abutments; this was effected by\\nplacing:! log well imbedded on each side of the stream,\\nthen others from the bank notched on as headers, and\\nstretchers laid from one abutment to the other until\\ntbev had attained a suitable height. All incident i-\\nrelated in connection with this bridge which appears\\nalmost incredible, although related as a fact well\\nvouched. During a severe freshet the covering of the\\nbridge was carried away, leaving the stringers bare.\\nA resident of Francestown, returning from London-\\nderry on horseback in the evening, passed over, and\\nas it was unusuallv dark, concluded to call at the first", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0966.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\n-.117\\nhouse and spend the night. The first question on his\\narrival was,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 How did you cross the river? His\\nanswer was,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On the bridge, but was assured that\\nthat was not possible, as it had been carried away by\\nthe water. He refused to credit what his host related,\\nbut in the morning went back, and, to his great sur-\\nprise, saw nothing remaining of the bridge from one\\nabutment to the other except one stringer, which was\\nsufficient evidence to convince him that his horse had\\ncarried him over in safety, with i tlier surface for\\nfoothold than the remaining cross-tie.\\nOn the south branch of Piscataquog there are eight\\nw len truss bridges, varying in length from forty-\\nfive to sixty-live feet, and one bridge of iron in the\\nvillage; on the middle branch, two wooden truss\\nbridges, from forty to fifty feet in length, and six with\\nstretchers laid across, plank-covered.\\nMills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first mill or mills was built by the\\nproprietors, as has been related; the next by Andrew\\nWalker about the year 1751. As appears by the\\nrecords, the proprietors made an agreement or con-\\ntract with said Walker, on condition of certain giants\\nof land, to build a saw and grist-mill on the middle\\nbranch of the Piscataquog River, where Charles\\nTucker s mill now stands, with a right to flow, for\\nthe space of seven years, the low land farther up\\nsaid stream, so as to furnish a supply of water lor tin\\ndry season, the proprietors to provide the mill-irons.\\nThe frequent complaint of the settlers to the pro-\\nprietors would tend to show that he did not give\\nsatisfaction. What the difficulty was does not ap-\\npear, whether he refused to saw boards for one-half.\\naccording to the custom of the time, and demanded\\npayment in cash, or claimed more than a sixteenth part\\nof the grain for grinding. But it is .piiteevident.it\\nwas an infringement on the rights of tin 1 settlers, and\\nan abuse of the privileges granted him, or was so con-\\nsidered by the proprietors from the action taken at\\nseveral of their meetings. At one it was voted to sue\\nWalker and take the mill-irons if he was not more\\naccommodating; at another time they authorized and\\nempowered Thomas Cochran and John McAllister to\\ntake legal measures with Andrew Walker. At an\\nearly period Deacon Thomas Cochran built a corn-\\nmill on a small stream known as the Cochran Brook,\\nand prior to 1770. Hugh Gregg built a saw and grist-\\nmill on the middle branch of the Piscataquog River,\\nwhere Alvaro Hadley s now stands.\\nDeacon Jesse Christy built a saw and grist-mill on\\nthe spot now owned by the Paper-Mil] Company.\\nSaw-mills were built in different parts of the town to\\nthe number of thirty-three, nine of which were located\\non the south branch of the river, nine on the middle\\nbranch, four on the Marden Brook, one on Turkey\\nBrook, near the north end of the Great Meadow, one\\non brook near Hiram Wilson s, tw i Wood s Brook,\\nbesides two on the south branch of the Piscataquog,\\nwhich were connected with grist-mills.\\nManufactures.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first manufactory in town of\\nwhich then- is any record was that of wire, and was\\ncarried on by Holmes, Kendall Crombie in a build-\\ning near where the paper-mill now stands. Not proving\\nremunerative, it was given up.\\nAxes and hoes were manufactured there about the\\nsame time.\\nA year or two later Moses Wood creeled a building\\nnear the same place, and began the manufacture of\\nguns and rifles, which he carried on successfully for\\nalong period, until the breech-loader succeeded the\\nold muzzle-loader.\\nKendall McLane began the manufacture of\\ndoors, sash and blinds in 1845, in a building where\\nJohn Gregg s shop now stands, which was afterwards\\nburned, and were succeeded the next year by N. R.\\nMcLane, who continued the business thereuntil 1852,\\nwhen they erected a dam and building about one\\nhundred rods northeast of the Lower village, and\\nhave continued the manufacture of doors there till\\nthe present time.\\nThe same year Nathan Farley commenced the\\nmanufacture of piano-cases, which lie has continued\\nsuccessfully.\\nFuller .v Wisewell made looking-glasses and pic-\\nture-frames in the same building formerly occupied\\nby N. li. McLane tor two or three years.\\nThey were succeeded by Mr. Smith, who put in\\nmachinery tor knit hosiery. After operating a few-\\nmonths, he had the misfortune to have his stock and\\nmachinery destroyed by fire.\\nFor twenty years or more David N. Butterfield has\\nmanufactured fancy boxes and toy furniture in what\\nwas known as the Cage Mill, and has machinery for\\nturning and planing iron.\\nMr. Brett for three or four years carried on the\\nbusiness of making bobbins.\\nMorgan Andrews for a time manufactured bed-\\nsteads in the west [.art of the town. The premises\\nare now occupied by E. 1 Morgan as a table-factory.\\nIn 1846, George D. Neville commenced and pur-\\nsued the making of edge-tools in the shop built by\\nI lavid Smith.\\nJohn W. Andrews knob and chair-factory Is now\\nowned and occupied by Mr. Alfred Wilder, who\\nmanufactures toy carriages to quite an extent,\\nAbram Wason erected a steam-shop for the making\\nof barrel-heads in 1883, and is still in the business.\\nSoldiers of the French and Indian Wars.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There\\nis no evidence, traditional or historical, that any resi-\\ndent of the town servedin these wars from 17 to\\nI7i,n.\\nDaniel Kelso enlisted from Deny in 1758, at the\\nage of sixteen years, and served till the close of the\\nwar. He afterwards remove. 1 to this town.\\nJohn Livingston, born in the year 17 2 J, in the\\nparish of Learcastle, County of Argyle, Scotland, had\\na more varied experience than any other citizen of\\nhis day. The year 1756 was, on the whole, more fav-\\norable to the French arms in North America than the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0967.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBritish, ami great efforts were made m the part of\\nthe latter to put a sufficient force into the field, so as\\ni.i successfully contend with the former and to d\\nthat it was necessary to raise a large number of men\\nby enlistment to make up the quota of the standing\\nregiments and form new ones, and if the young men\\nwould not enlist, they were conscripted.\\nIn September of the above-named year, on Living-\\nston s return from the grist-mill, he was met by the\\nrecruiting sergeant and a hie of soldiers, and was\\nforced to accompany them to the place of rendez-\\nvous, leaving the horse and bag of meal in the\\nhighway, aud at his home a wife and child. He\\nafterwards enlisted and sent his wife the bounty\\nmoney. The Highland Regiment, of which he was\\na soldier, landed in Boston in the early part of the\\nyear 1757, and was in service on the frontier that\\nyear and the next, and in 1759 took part in the ex-\\npedition under General Wolfe to take Quebec. He\\nwas iu the battle of Abraham s Plains and all the\\nother conflicts in which that division was\\nin every one of which he performed his duty faith-\\nfully. After seven years service he obtained his\\ndischarge, of which the following is a copy\\nCITY o]- JOHN LIVINGSTON S DISCHARGE.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0His Majesty s t-lli Regiment of foot Whei.-.f Simon Frazcr is lot.\\nThese are to Certifk- ttiat tin- Bearer hereof John 1 l v i r i _. 1 1 1 .T r i i\\nin Hayoi Campbell s Company -i the aforesaid Regiment\\nparish of Learcastle and in the County of Argile, aged thirty-six years\\nand by trade a fanner.\\nHath served honestly an. I Faithfully in tie- -.ml I,-.\\nspace of seven years. But by reason that the Regiment is to be reduced\\nis here by discharge.!, he having first received all just li.-man.ls .1 pay\\nClothing etc. from hi, entn int.. the sai.l Ke-i nt I., the Da} this\\nq. pears l.y hi Ke. .-pi ..nth.- Fa. k hereof\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i;iven under my hand and the seal of the I;. --intent at Ouel.ee iu\\nCanada this Tenth day ..I S.-|.t.-uil..o IT...;.\\nAfter his discharge, in company with other High-\\nlanders, he came to Montreal, and from thence up\\nthe Missisqui River to Lake Champlain, along the\\nshore of this lake to the- mouth of the Winooski, up\\nthe last-named to Montpelier, where there was but\\none log house There were but few settlements in\\nVermont then, except on the Connecticut River and\\nLake Champlain.\\nHe then went from Montpelier to Windsor, and\\nfrom there to Boston, where he worked in the sum-\\nin in a Wr-l India good.- -tore and a steve-\\ndore s gang for the small sum of fifty cent.- per day,\\nand in the winter came to Bedford (or New Boston)\\nami worked for his board. After three or I ears\\nhe had saved enough to purchase a lot of land in the\\nnorthwest part of the town, and clearing it, he built\\na log house and frame barn, ami in 177- l -cut for his\\nwife and daughter, whom In- had not seen for seven-\\nteen years. They arrived in November of the same\\nyear. By industry and economy he acquired a large\\nlanded estate in this town and Franeestown. He\\nwas a very successful farmer, raising a large number of\\nhorses, cattle and sheep. He died July lb. 1818.\\nSoldiers of the Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A bner Hogg, son of\\nRobert Hogg, was born iu Londonderry in the year\\n1759. He enlisted in June, 177b, under Captain Barnes,\\nof Lyndeborough, and went with him to Tieonderoga,\\nin General Gates division, and in December returned\\nhome, lie re-enlisted the next spring under t aptain\\nLivermore, in lolonel Scammel s regiment, the Third\\nNew Hampshire, and was in frequent skirmishes in\\nthe vicinity of Tieonderoga. He was in the battle of\\nStillwater, and, later, witnessed Burgoyne s surrender.\\nHe then joined Washington s army and was in several\\nconflicts; he came home in .May, 1780. During his\\nterm of service he was iu ten battles, held a sergeant s\\nwarrant for two years of the time and drew a ser-\\ngeant s pay from government from 1831 to the time\\nid his death.\\n.lame-, an elder brother. Was in the battle of\\nBunker Hill.\\nWilliam Beard was also in this battle, and after-\\nward received an ensign s commission. He was in\\nGeneral Stark- army ai the battle of Bennington,\\nin 1777.\\nDeacon Archibald McMillen was wounded in the\\nBunker Hill conflict, but it does not appear that he\\nenlisted for a term of service, for he was elected\\nrepresentative of New Boston and Franeestown to the\\ni reneral Court tit Exeter in 1777.\\nRobert Campbell, Josiah Warren and James Cald-\\nwell were taken prisoners by the Indians in the vicin-\\nity of Tieonderoga, and left there some months. The\\nexchange or liberation occurred on the last Wednesday\\nof May, the day on which the Legislature of Mas-\\nsachusetts met, and they afterwards annually cel-\\nebrated the event by a festival, called the feast\\nof Purim or deliverance, at which times they met\\nalternately at each other s houses.\\nCaleb Howe served long enough to draw full pen-\\nsion.\\nAbout the beginning of the Revolutionary War\\nthere was a large addition to the population of the\\ntown from Beverly, Windham, Hamilton and other\\ncoast towns.\\nThey were a people of purely English origin and\\nancestry, having different manners, customs and\\nusages from the earlier settlers, and a different pronun-\\nciation from the broad Scotch. As a body, thrifty,\\nfrugal and industrious. A- a rule, they came with\\nsufficient means to purchase many improvements over\\nthe earlier settlers. This influx continued until about\\nthe beginning of the present century, and added\\nmaterially to the wealth and prosperity of the town.\\nThere were families of Dodges, besides the Andrews.\\nObers, Dam-, Morgans, Langdells, Bennetts aud\\nWhipple.-.\\nFrom the beginning of the second immigration the\\npopulation increased rapidly, and reached the highest\\nin the second decade of this century, it being about", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0968.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\n1700, and since that time there has been a steady\\ndecrease. In 1870 it was 1241, in L880, 1144\u00e2\u0080\u0094 an ac-\\ntual decrease of over 550 in sixty years, due mainly\\nto the same causes that have diminished the wealth,\\npopulation and production of the farming towns,\\nmore particularly those that have no railroad facilities.\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There is not much known of this\\ntown in connection with the War of 1812. Nathan\\nHall and Jonathan Brown are the onl) ones known\\nto have been engaged in it.\\nNAMES OF VOL1 NTEEBS FROM NEW BOSTON IN THE WAB\\nOF THE REBELLION.\\nFob I mi. i i. Months\\nJames I!. Whipple, Paul Whipple, Page Fox, Joseph K. Whipple, W.\\nB. Dodge, lifted Ea W E. Taggart.\\nPerley Dodge,* M. Ci.li.uni, I\\ndrews,* C, U Dickey, n Pe*b I\\ndell, William Kelso, Page Fox, H Fairfii\\nCudworth,* Calvin Aiuln-ws, r. H. .Murpl\\nI. M, Lewis Towns, Moses Crombie, Benja\\nIvlS JuCull I\\nTowns, George \\\\n\\nPeabody, .1 Lang-\\ne Langdell, Edward\\nDodge, -ge Mar-\\nion,* Frederick Lam-\\nPaul Whipple, Henrj A Cn-i,. I i tr oi\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,. ,i\u00e2\u0080\u009eiu, i.,run,\\n(George Davis, George IL-\\\\\\\\, E.hvin Banianl,* Levi W. Sarg. Qt, Charli 3\\nBrooks,* RichanR.u, Frank Warden, Juhii llnxt Washington\\nFollansbee, Henry Shelle,, W.I1-..11 M. .el.-, i li.nl... I I mgjrrtt,* H. Frank\\nWarren, Elbridge MansBeld, J II Johonnett, l I Bennett, i-ustin\\nM. r_.,,: i i i: v W ii. i\\naids, Joseph Richards, Oscai Richards, Daniel F. Shedd, James Col-\\nburn, John Dickey, William J, Perkins, John II. Boynton, Robert\\nRichards.\\nLawyers. There existed lor a long time a decided\\naversion to the legal profession among no small part\\nof the community, but that soon disappeared; never-\\ntheless New Boston has never been an inviting field\\nfor this profession. Its location is not sufficiently cen-\\ntral to attract business from surrounding towns, nor\\nhas New Boston raised many of her sons to thiscalling\\nbut of those she has given, there is no occasion for\\nshame.\\nWilliam Wilson became the leader and rosetoemi-\\nnence. He was the son of Alexander Wils gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth College in 1797, settled in Ohio\\nand became judge of the Supreme Court in 1823; he\\nwas subsequently elected a member of Congress and\\ndied in 1827, aged fifty-five years.\\nJosiah Fairfield, the son of John Fairfield, was born\\nAugust, 1803, fitted for college at An dover, Mass., and\\ngraduated from Dartmouth in 1S25. In 1827 he went\\nto Hudson, N.Y.,and became principal of the academy\\nWhich position he held five years, studying law in the\\nmean time, and in 1832 began to practice.\\nMr. Fairfield was always a firm friend of education\\nand an advocate of all righteous reforms, lie died in\\nHudson, N. Y., respected by all.\\nClark B. Cochrane was born in 1813, and was the\\nson of John Cochrane. He commenced fitting tor\\ncollege ;;l Atkin-oii Academy in ls:!2, under John\\nKelly, Esq., and Completed his preparation at I ran-\\ncestown Academy and at Nashua.\\nHe entered Union College in 1835, and graduated\\nin l.So J, commenced practicing law at Amsterdam,\\nN. Y., and in 1851 removed to Schenectady, thence to\\nAlbany in 18.35. In 1856 he was elected to represent\\nin the United States Congress the counties ol Sche-\\nnectady, Schoharie, Montgomery and Fulton, and was\\nre-elected in 1858.\\nMr. Cochrane gained a high position among his\\ncompetitors by his legal knowledge. He died at\\nAlbany.\\nJames Crombie was born in 1811, the third son of\\nWilliam Crombie, Esq., removed from New Boston to\\nOtsego, N. A when only five years of age. Ill health\\nforbade a college course, but in 1834 he began thi\\nstudy of law, and was admitted to the bar at Albany\\nin October, 1837.\\nLorenzo Fairbanks is the son of Joel Fairbanks,\\nand was born March 16, 1825. He fitted for college\\nat Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt., graduated at\\nDartmouth College in 1X52, and immediately com-\\nmenced the study of law in New York; was admitted\\nto the bar iii 1853. He subsequently established him-\\nself in business in Philadelphia, but has sine rrm^\\\\ ed\\nto Boston, where he now resides.\\nIhristopher C. Langdell is the son of the late John\\nLangdell. He fitted for college at Exeter Academy,\\ngraduated at Harvard and afterwards practiced law\\nin New York City. He is now professor in the Law\\nSchool at Harvard iollege.\\nPerley Dodge was the youngest son of William\\nDodge, who settled lure in 1787. His ancestors are\\nbelieved to have come from the north of Wales, and\\nwere among the early settlers in Massachusetts I .ay.\\nHe fitted forcollegeat Pinkerton, Salisbury and Kran-\\ncestown Academies, entered Dartmouth in 1820, sub-\\nsequently went to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated in 1824. In 1828 he was admitted to the\\nbar, practicing first at Francestown, then in New\\nBoston, but afterwards removed to Amherst, where hi-\\niiou lives.\\nJohn Gove, son of Dr. Jonathan Cove, was bom in\\nNew Boston, February 17, 1771, graduated at Dart-\\nmouth College in 1793, commenced the practicing of\\nlaw in Goffstown in 1797 aud removed to Chillicothe,\\nOhio, in 1802. He died the same car. a^.d thirty -one.\\nCharles Frederick Com- was also the son of Dr.\\nJonathan Cove. He was born May 13, 1 793, gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth College in 1817, read law with J.\\nForsaith and commenced its practice in iollslown in\\n1820, where he remained till 1839, when he\\nto Nashville (now Nashua), and represented it in the\\ni islature in 1830, 31, 32, 33, 34. He was presi-\\ndent of the State Senate in 1835, was solicitor from\\n1834 to 1837, Attorney-Gem ral from 1837 to 1842, and\\nappointed circuit judge of Court of Jommon Pleas in\\n1842.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0969.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nRobert Chirk Cochran is the son of the late John\\nI). Cochran. He was born Novenber 4, 1813, and\\nresided in Gallatin, -Miss., up to the time of his\\ndeath.\\nJesse McCurdy, the son of the late James McCurdy,\\ngraduated at Dartmouth in the class of 1852. He is\\nnow practicing law in Quitman, Miss.\\nSeth Fairfield is the son of Benjamin Fairfield,\\nEsq., and a graduate of Waterville College, Me. He\\nwent into Mississippi tip teach school, and is now in\\nthe practice of tile legal profession in that State.\\nNinian huh Betton was born in 1788. Hestudied\\nat Atkinson Academy, entered Dartmouth College\\nand graduated with the reputation of high scholarship.\\nHe practiced in Boston up to the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred November 19, 1856.\\nGeorge E. Cochrane, son of Allied Cochrane, was\\nbornMarch 30, 1845. He studied law with Judge\\ni loss, of Manchester, afterwards settling in Farming-\\nton, and from thence he removed to Rochester, where\\nhe now resides.\\nCharles S. McLane, the son of Rodney McLane,\\nwas born November, 1854. He received his educa-\\ntion at Mont Vernon, Derry and Tilton schools, stud-\\nied law with Wadleigh Wallace, of Milford, and\\nsubsequently practiced in Dover, from which place he\\nhas now removed to Wichita, Kan.\\nDoctors.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first doctor in town was Matthew\\nThornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of\\nIndependence. When he came here and how long he\\nstayed is not known. He afterwards removed to a\\nplace in Merrimack known as Thornton s Ferry,\\nwhere he died.\\nThe next was Dr. Jonathan Gove, who came here\\nHe\\nevidentlv a polished and\\nin the year 1770.\\ncultivated man, as well as a skillful physician. He\\nheld many town offices, more particularly that of\\ntown clerk, for a long period. After he had passed\\nmiddle age he removed tip (lotlstown and died there.\\nContemporary with Dr. (Jove was Dr. Hugh Mc-\\nMillen.a self-educated physician and a good practical\\nchemist. By study and experiment he was enabled\\nto compound and prepare medicines that wire valua-\\nble in diseases of the blood, and it is said he discov-\\nered ii cure for hydrophobia, if taken in season. The\\nsecret he left to his son, Dr. Abraham McMillen, and\\nit died with him.\\nThe next in order was Dr. Eastman.\\nlie was succeeded l Dr. Lincoln, a man of some\\nenterprise. He built mills on the premises now\\nowned and occupied by Elbridge C. Colby but hav-\\ning met with some reverses, he left town, and he, ill\\nturn, was succeeded by Dr. Cutter, who remained a\\nshort time, and returned to Jaffrey, his former home.\\nNext in order was Dr. John Whipple, who began\\npractice ill the year 1800. He was a good practitioner\\nand a man of enterprise.\\nDr. Brown, of Maine, came here in 1813, and\\nstayed four years.\\nDr. Dalton succeeded him in 1819, and remained\\ntill Ins death.\\nDr. Dalton was followed by Dr. Perkins. After\\na lew years practice he abandoned this profession to\\nstudy for the ministry. Next came Dr. Bradford, who,\\nafter some three years, removed to Montague, Mass.\\nHis successor was Dr. hitch, of Greenfield, N. H.\\nDr. Danforth, of Wean, followed Dr. Fitch, lie\\nretired after a practice of more than twenty years.\\nIn the year 1848, Dr. Moses Atwood came here\\nfrom Concord. He hegan the practice of medicine\\nin North Lyndchorough in 1827 thence removed to\\nDeering, and from Deering to Francestown, where be\\nhad a very extended practice, probably equal to that\\nof any physician in the county. In 1841 he changed\\nfrom allopathy to homoeopathy, and such was the\\nconfidence of his [patrons in his skill and judgment\\nthai, almost without except ion. they continued their\\npatronage. He was the first homoeopathic physician\\nin New Hampshire. He died in New Boston April\\n28, 1850.\\nAbout 1858, Dr. N. P. Clark came here from An-\\ndover, N. II.. and was a successful practitioner for\\nmore than twenty years. He died in 1881.\\nIn 1865, Dr. Terhune cam. here from Hackensack,\\nN. J., and remained a lew years.\\nDr. Sturtevant was contemporary with Dr. Clark\\nfrom 1875, and built up quite a lucrative business,\\nHe was succeeded by Dr. Myshrall, and he, in turn,\\nby Drs. Gould and Weaver, who are now the resident\\nphysicians.\\nThe following are the physicians who have gone\\nout from here:\\nDr. James Crombie hegan practice iu Temple.\\nN. H., in 17H8. He removed from Temple to Fran-\\ncestown. and from thence to Waterford, Me.\\nDr. William Person practiced in Gloucester, Mass.,\\nand died there.\\nDr. Alexander Mct olloin practiced in Pittston,\\nMe., where he died in 1884.\\nDr. Samuel Gregg studied medicine with Dr. Dal-\\nton. of this town went first to Medford, Mass.\\nafter wards became homo opathic, and went to Boston,\\nwhere he died.\\nDr. Jeremiah Cochran studied with Dr. Daltou\\nremoved to Sandusky, Ohio, where he died after sev-\\neral years practice.\\nI if. harlcs Cochran is a practicing (physician at\\nToledo, Ohio.\\nDr. Horace Wason hegan the practice of medicine\\nat Manchester. Mass., and died there.\\nDr. Thomas Cochran took bis degree at Harvard in\\n1840. lie went to New Ipswich the same year,\\nwhere he remained until 1853, when he went to West\\nRutland, Vt. In 1862 he received the appointment\\nof a-sistant surgeon iu the United States army.\\nDr. Daniel Marden studied with Dr. Danforth;\\nhegan practice at Goshen, N. H.,and went from there\\nto Peru, Vt.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0970.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\ntiOl\\n;raduated\\nat\\nthe Homoeopathi\\nhi, and is\\nv located in Frai\\ngradual.\\n1 at\\nDartmouth Mud\\nLoin\\nDr. Nathaniel Peabody studied at Hanover, and\\ndied in New Jersey.\\nDr. E. G. Kelly studied medicine with Dr. Muzzy,\\nof Hanover, and graduated at Jefferson .Medical\\nCollege, Philadelphia, Pa., and now lives in New\\nbury port.\\nDr. J. K. Warren graduated at the II ipat hic\\nMedical College, New York City began practice in\\nPalmer. Mass., and is now a physician in Worces-\\nter.\\nDr. George Adams graduated from the same college,\\nand commenced practice in Webster, where he died\\nDr. Arthur Todd\\nMedical School, Bos\\ncestown.\\nDr. Eugene Wasoi\\neal School, and practiced\\nthere removed to Nashua\\nTraders\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first stoic in town was opened by\\nJohn McLaughlin, on the hill south of the Upper vil-\\nlage after he retired there were several trailers in the\\nUpper village, viz., Dr. Lincoln, Messrs. Whitney,\\nBixby, McCollom, Warren.\\nIn the year 1824, Micah Lawrence and Waterman\\nBurr began trade in the Upper village, and continued\\nthere until 1828, when thej erected a store in what is\\nnow the Lower village, and remained in company until\\n1834, when Mr. Lawrence retired. Mr. Burr contin-\\nued in business some eighteen years longer. Both\\nwere largely identified with the interests of the town,\\nMr. Lawrence as auctioneer, selectman, overseer of\\nthe poor and two years representative Mr. Burr as\\njustice of the peace for fifty years and doing a large\\namount of writing in drawing wills, deeds, bonds, etc.,\\nand as executor and administrator, having settled\\nnearly or unite one hundred estates.\\nAbout the year 1825, Amos W. Tewksbury suc-\\nceeded Samuel Trull in the Upper village, where he\\nwas in trade till 1830, when he removed to the Lower\\nand built a house and store; here he remained twenty\\nyears or more, when he sold to .lames M. Gregg and\\nremoved to West Randolph, Vt., engaging in the same\\nbusiness under the firm-name of A. W. Tewksbury\\ncV Sons, doing an extensive business, said to be the\\nlargest retail store in Vermont.\\nDuring the same period Stephen Whipple, David\\ni. Fuller and Alexander Dickey were in trade a short\\ntime each.\\nMr. Burr was succeeded by .1. M. D. D. Smith,\\nJoseph K. Whipple and S. D. Atwood commenced\\ntrade in the old brick store, and continued some five\\nor six years. Whipple retired and was succeeded l\\nHenry Kelso. Kelso withdrawing, the business was\\ncontinued under the name of S. D. Atwood .V Co.\\nThe Smiths were succeeded by Samuel M.Worthley\\nwho was in business two years, when his house and\\nstore were burned.\\nA short time prior to the destruction of Worlhley s\\nbuildings, Charles and larence Dodge opened a store\\non the premises formerly occupied by A. W. Tewks-\\nbury the senior partner, on retiring, was sin m ile.l\\nby George Warren; since his withdrawal II.\\nDodge has carried on business alone.\\nREV. JOHIS ATWOOD was born in Hudson (then Not-\\ntingham West), October 3, 1795, where he united with\\nthe Baptist Church at the age of twenty-one.\\nSoon alter he lagan to study, with the ministry in\\nview, under the instruction of Rev. Daniel Merrill.\\nIn May, 1817. he entered tie Literary ami Theological\\nDepartment of Waterville College, in which he re-\\nmained live years, iiudei the instruction of Rev. Dr.\\nChaplin.\\nlie married, November 28, 1826, Lydia, eldest\\ndaughtei Of Deacon Solomon Dodge. Being dis-\\nmissed from the church in New Boston as their pastor,\\nalter spending a short time in Francestow n, he re-\\nmoved to Hillsborough, where he remained seven\\nIn 1843, Mr. Atwood was elected State treasurer,\\nwhich office he retained six years, a parted which\\ntime he served as chaplain to the State Prison.\\nIn 1850, Mr. Atw 1 returned to New Boston, when 1\\nhe resided until his death, which occurred on April\\n28, 187 occupying his time in cultivating his farm,\\nami occasionally supplying churches destitute of pas-\\ntors, enjoying the confidence and respect of the com-\\nmunity, whom lie represented in the Legislature rive\\nyears, viz.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1832, 33, 34, 35, 59.\\nAs a preacher. Mr. Atwood was evangelical and in-\\nstructive, and as a pastor, faithful, affectionate and\\nconciliatory; ami his ministry in New Boston served\\ngreatly to enlarge and strengthen the church to which\\nhe ministered.\\nHe always cordially .-ought to advance t hi cause ot\\neducation and to promote every enterprise that prom-\\nised to benefit the community. And the government\\nand Union found, in their hour of peril, an unwaver-\\ning friend and supporter, planting no thorns for the\\npillow of his declining years by neutrality and op-\\nposition to a just government. Courteous, hospitable\\nand generous, be bound to himself all good men, both\\nas a Christian gentleman and an upright citizen.\\nMr. Atwood s children are Lydia D., Sarah E.\\nJohn B., Roger W., Ann J., Mary F., Solomon D.\\nand John H.\\nThe latter and John 1 died in infancy.\\nSarah F. married John L. Blair, and resides in\\nAlton, 111.\\nAnn J. became the wile of Rev. J. L. A. Fish she\\ndied March 15, 1874.\\nRoger W. married Emily Larcom, of Beverly, Mass.,\\nand resides in Alton, 111.\\nSolomon D. married Flora A. Dodge, of Frances-\\ntown, and resides in this town.\\nDwiki Campbei i .ii of Thomas ami\\ngrandson of Uob.-rt Campbell, mie of the earliest set-\\ntlers in the east part of the town, now resides where", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0971.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "602\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhis grandfather settled in 1763. This is one of the\\ninstances where property descends to the third and\\nfourth generation,\\nHe has held ihr oilier of selectman longer than any\\nother person now living in town, four timi\\nted the town in the State Legislature, has exercised\\ngreat influence in town affairs and enjoyed the confi-\\ndence of his townsmen for uprightness and integrity.\\nNow past the eightieth mile-post, he retain- his intel-\\nlectual vigor unimpaired.\\nNovember 6, 1834, he married Sal rin a Moor, daugh-\\nter of John Moor and granddaughter of Rev. Solomon\\nMoor, who died Februarj 11. 1846, by whom he had\\nfive children,\\nClark, horn March 17, 1836,and married Ann Per-\\nkins, of Mont Vernon, where they now reside.\\nAlfred ML, horn May 14. 1838, married Mary Abbie\\nCochran, ofNew Boston.\\nJohn, born May 1, 1840, died November 17. 1840.\\nJohn and Sabrina, born February 11. 1846, both of\\nwhom are now dead.\\nMr. Campbell married, forhisscc 1 wife, Decem-\\nber 2. 1847, Matilda Moor, and they have two chil-\\ndren,\\nHamilton M., born August 29, 1848, married Hattie\\nAndrews, of New Boston they are now living in\\nroffstown.\\n.Mary Ann. horn March 27, 1851, married Charles\\nBales, of Wilton, where they now reside.\\nHost. Robert B. Cochrane was horn in New\\nBoston October 24, 17 J4. He was grandson of .lame-,\\nof Windham, and great-grandson of John and Jennie\\n(McKeen) Cochrane, of that town. This John was\\nhorn in Londonderry, Ireland, 1704. and settled in Lon-\\ndonderry, N. H. (part now Windham), in 1720. His\\nfather, John, when not more than sixteen years old,\\nshared in the defense of Londonderry, Ireland, against\\nthe Catholics, in 1689. He afterwards married Eliza-\\nbeth Arwin, and died at the age of of forty-six years.\\nThe John who settled in this country was known as\\nCaptain John. and was a leading and efficient man\\nin Windham till his death, in 1788.\\nThe parents of Hon. Robert B. were John Coch-\\nrane, of New- Huston (who died in Chester February\\n1(1, 1.S47V, aged srveniv-!i\\\\ e years I, and Jemima I a\\\\ is,\\nwho was called a saintly woman. She died Octo-\\nber 7. 1868, aged ninety-four. She was a daughter\\nof Benjamin Davis, a captain in the Revolutionary\\narmy.\\nRobert B. had only the scant} privilege, of the\\ndistrict school of llc.se days, but fitted himself to\\nbegin teaching at the age of sixteen (1810), and\\ntaught winters for nearly fifty years, generally two\\nschools each winter; was justice of the peace for\\nabout the same length of time. He was a surveyor\\nof land, and no other man in New Boston was so\\nfamiliar with lots and lines; was representative from\\nNew Boston, 1835-36-37; was selectman about a\\ndozen years, most of the time chairman of the hoard,\\nand was chosen State Senator, 1854 and 1856. For a\\nlong series of years he was largely in probate busi-\\nness, was a frequent referee, and wrote an untold\\nnumber of wills, deeds, contracts and various legal\\npapers; was a Christian man most of his long lite,\\nand was for years an officer of the Sabbath-school\\nfollowing its earliest organization in the town; was\\nrom New Boston to the Constitutional Con-\\nvention of 1850; was a self-made man. of clear load\\nand strung natural abilities. He died May 7, 1878.\\nHis brothers ware Hon. Gerry W. Cochrane and\\nHon. Clark B. Cochrane, A.M.. several terms repre-\\nsentative in Congress from the Albany District, New-\\nYork.\\nRobert B. married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain\\nRobert Warren, of Ijfew Boston. Of their ten chil-\\ndren, four died young. The others were as follows\\n1. Prudence, horn March 10, 1*24 a quick scholar\\nand good teacher; has been an invalid since 1847.\\n2. Annis C. O, horn April 16, 1825; married John\\n0. Parker, of Manchester, November, 1848; died\\nMarch ll, 1854. Her only surviving child, Willard\\nBoyd, was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1875.\\n3. Sophia P., born February 18, 1830; died April\\n30, 1851; a remarkably keen and accurate scholar.\\n4. Rev. Warren R., born August 25, 1835, was\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College 1859; tutor in Dart-\\nmouth College. 1861; pastor of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, Antrim, N. H., nearly eighteen years; mar-\\nried Leila O, daughter of William C. and Harriet\\nCrombie) iochran, June 1 1, 1864.\\n5. Elizabeth D., horn April 28, 1837; married W.\\nW. Story, of Antrim, November 6, 1870.\\n6. lark B., horn February 9, 1843; was graduated\\nat the Albany Law School, 1865; married .Mary K.\\nAndrews, of New London, N. H.\\nCasualties, Suicides, etc. Nathan Merrill was\\nfound dead in the road. Tradition says that in the\\nearly settlement of the town an erratic, visionary\\nSort of man was found dead in SO small a 1 of\\nwater that foul play or suicide was suspected. A\\njury was called, on which was a broad-spot\\nErin, who acted as chairman, and when inquired ol\\nby the justice for the result of their investigation,\\nreplied. Ver honor, we brought in a verdict of\\nfelonious wilful murther! But, jest to soften it down\\na little, we ca d it m-cidcntit!.\\nTradition says that in the spring of the year, in\\nthe early settlement of the town, the body of a man\\nwas found tear the Great Meadow, in the west part\\nof the town. Who he was or how he came to his\\ndeath is not affirmed; his hody was found near the\\ncamp where some cattle had been fed during the\\nwinter, which had been driven up from Londonderry.\\nas was the custom for many years.\\nCaptain John McLaughlin, who resided on Brad-\\nford s Hill, carrying on an extensive business in tan-\\nning, met with some reverses of fortune, and was 80 on\\nafter found drowned in a well in the east corner of his", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0972.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\nfield. The late Luther Richards was on the jury of\\ninquest, who, in speaking of the result of the inves-\\ntigation, said, As we could not say, as no one saw\\nhim, that lie came to his death intentionally, we\\nthough! it would be most in harmony with the feel-\\ning of the community to say accidental, ami that was\\n..in erdict.\\nThe wife of Captain Gray hung herself on the night\\nof the installation of Rev. .Solomon Moor, in lie house\\nnow owned by .John Kidder. iray had been a sea-cap-\\ntain, and foul play was suspected, as the knot in the\\nrope around her neck was a genuine sailor-knot.\\nWhen asked why he did not cut her down when he\\nfirst found her, he replied that he put his hand to\\nher mouth, and her breath was cold, so he knew she\\nwas dead.\\nIn L854 a young man sought to win the hand of a\\nyoung lady, and, being unsuccessful, resolved to take\\nher life, which he elf eeted, and then took his own\\nwith the same instrument, expressing a desire before\\nhe died to lie buried in the same grave with her\\nwho had just fallen by his hand.\\nThe following inscription on her tombstone not\\nonly serves to preserve tin- historic fact, but to show\\nto what wondrous heights of sublimity the muse will\\nrise when so tragical an event transpires\\nSevilla, daughter of George and Sural, .tones, innideiedhj Henry X.\\nSaiaant. .January la, IJ-. -i, a^-d IT jours and J in...\\nThus foil Ibis lovely. hlooinini: da.i-hlei\\n111 Hi., revengeful hand\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a malicious Henry.\\nhen mil hei way I I he met her\\nAnd with a six self-rooked pistol shot her.\\nCharles Small was murdered September 7. 1840, h\\\\\\none Thomas, of Amherst, mar the McCollom tavern,\\non the road to Amherst,\\nMr. Benjamin Blaisdcll, of Goffstown, came to\\nNew Boston, and bought a farm, now owned b)\\nCharles Shedd. His family consisted of his wife,\\nwho was Clarissa J. Kimball, of Goffstown, their four\\nchildren and his mother. In the winter of 1849,\\nLetitia Blaisdell, an adopted daughter of the late\\nfather of Mr. Blaisdell, who had been workingat Man-\\nchester after his removal to New Boston, came to visit\\nin his family. At her own request, the night after her\\narrival she slept with her adopted mother. The next\\nmorning the old lady was taken sick in a strange way,\\nsoon became insensible ami died the next morning,\\naged about eighty. After the death of Mr. Blaisdell s\\nmother Letitia weut to Wentworth, and spent about\\nfour weeks, ami returned February 16, 1849.\\nThe next day after her return, a son, a child about\\ntwo years and a half old, was taken sick, and after\\ntwelve hours of suffering, died, the physicians affirm-\\ning that in some way the child must have I en poi-\\nsoned, yet no suspicions rested on any person.\\nSoon after the burial of the child Mr. Blaisdell and\\nhis wife were taken sick while at tea. with every\\nsymptom of poison, but by timely aid were relieved.\\nSuspicions now began to rest .m L t it ia, and she soon\\n39\\nconfessed her guilt,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that she had administered mor-\\nphine both t.. the aged mother and the little child,\\nand the same ill the tea which Mr. and Mrs. Blaisdell\\ndrank; and that she had provided herself with\\nstrychnine it the morphine failed; that she held a\\nforged note against .Mr. Blaisdell, and intended to\\ndestroy the whole family. This was undertaken from\\nno ill will towards any member of the family, but\\nevidently with the impression that if they were all\\nout of the way she could take possession of the prop-\\nerty. To this horrid crime she affirmed she had\\nbeen impelled by the counsel and assistance of\\nanother person. She was arrested, tried and con-\\ndemned to he hung but this sentence was commuted\\nto imprisonment tor life yet, in 1861, she was par-\\ndoned out by Governor Goodwin, and she subse-\\nquently married a man who had served a period in\\nthe same prison.\\nMrs. Hannah Hint s, daughter of the late Mi.\\nRollins, was shockingly burned on Saturday evening,\\nDecember 12, 1863, about nine o clock, by her clothes\\ntaking fire at the upend of her stove. She sur-\\nvived, in great agony, until the next morning, and\\ndied about seven o clock, aged thirty-three.\\nThe spotted i vvrr prevailed in New Boston greatly\\nin 1814 and to a limited extent in lsl. i.\\n-III.\\nMIS\\nNalhalii.\\nCoch\\nNathaniel 1. hi. in. .loin\\nMcAllis\\noesCoch\\nin. Jesse Cristj\\nI..\\nCochin\\nd Clark\\n...hr,.,\\nii\\nMi.;, i\\nThomas\\nWilson\\nnil.,.\\nThomas\\nWilson.\\ndwell.\\n.1. e-l.li. U. ill. II. J:ihi\\nl i w i.- iii, .lr i:..i. n .uii|\u00c2\u00bbi..-i[.\\ni I., i I.,ni.- U i ii. Jr.. William rorabie\\nIT I |i.: r .1 i, t.i [.m tit\\nISuit. Knlirrt Clark, William Ci-.-ml-ii-, Sanim I Hrr^.\\nI i;. 1 1 i In k, William i..nilu.\\\\", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0973.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1802. Ensign Alexander McCollom, David Wii-,,n\\na ilium i i mbio, I .i.-iir- ii.ii. r !;._\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 1 i r\\nI hristii\\nWllitillg. Lielltellullt Rohelt C|,,l-Il, S,,|ohloll Do-lio\\nu .ii l ...i_,. Lieuti-naiil John Cochran, Captain William\\nCrombie.\\nw Iliam Crombie.\\n18h7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Major William I o-, aplain -l.-h n Cochran, James Wilson,\\nISO- \u00e2\u0080\u0094.Major William I ,1,1,., Captain ,l,,lin C.\u00e2\u0080\u009e lirali, .1. il-.,|i.\\nEsq\\n1m, \u00e2\u0080\u0094Geary Whilnig, aptain Joseph Amlr-ovs, I aeon Joseph\\n1810.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deacon Jo-cph i lirali. Fti-i-m Alc.vimlci 1 ollolll, Solomon\\nJosepb Cochl\\n1811.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deacon Robert\\nB\\n1 i l:,,i.,, i I., 1 1., Robert Wason, Vlexand,\\n.hi ];,,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e-ii s..i\\n1 14 .lame- Fits, Jr., Benjamin Faille!\\nI .1,,-opll I\\nI sin Koberr Was,,u, H, a, .11 Robert Clark, .\u00e2\u0080\u0094I -a,\\n1-17 1 l .\u00e2\u0080\u009el_. i aptain Roberl Warren, J,,-,-pli Cochran, Es.i.\\ni I i aptain l:,a ,-rt Warren.\\nJ... .,1, Hooper, Jr., Colon, -1 Sarnie-l Dalle.\\nl-2 i Jo-ph i ,m lnan, ,li .la,,, I, I),,.,],,!. Jr., I apl.nii Andrew\\nBeard\\nW21 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Joseph Cochran, Jr., Jacob Hooper, Jr., Benjamin Fairfield.\\nDodge, Deacon Robert I lark, Benjamin Fair-\\nJr.. Deacon Solomon Dodge, Jacob Hooper,\\nl: I. ill,, It, -a, ,,ii Sol-miou Dodg,-, l n lalulli F.nr-\\nSolo\\n1, Jr., John ClondO Benjamin Failtield.\\niii.iii. J,., J, ,lm i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ion, 1,1,-, ,l,,n, ill, an Cochran.\\nSol.,, Dodge, Benjamin Fairfield, J,,-\\nI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Fairfield, Samuel Trull, Robert 11. Cochran.\\ni.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew Beard, Issaohai Andieu-. I;- 1 it I; hi ,n\\nBenjamin Fairfield, Esq I B I w m i man Burr.\\n-Benjamin I un II. W-; iman Bui Bel rail Woodbury.\\nI.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Trull, Rodnej Mi I ollom, Ja ii Bii hards\\nRodm-v M,t ll Benjamin Fanliold, Jacob IF Richards.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Jacob IF 111, Inn, I., Janes F. Creag. John I\\nl*o,l J, 1 1 Daniel Camp-\\ni ncilbrick, John I.amson, Mlcah Lawi-nee.\\nI; c,\u00e2\u0080\u009e In. in, I ,,lain W ill., i, I ...]_., I Mi,,. I amph.-ll\\n1841.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert B. c.\u00e2\u0080\u009e him, i aptain Uillar.I I\\n1842.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert B I nehl.in. Captain Willard limine, Fain, I 1 .impl.,-11.\\n1843.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Campbell, N. I i rombie, Join, Whipple\\n1S44.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Niniah i i a\\nl :,le,,, J, ,im I.,, in.,,,,\\n1846. Ninian C. Crombio, Benjamin Fairfield, Jacob H, Richards\\nb II. Richards, Ira Gage, John B. Warren\\nII 111. I I: I, John II Wane,,.\\n1849\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ninian I roi Jo II I bilbri. 1, William Beard\\nilbrick, William Beard.\\nlee. Benjamin Dodgi 2d)\\nJ. une. McCurdy.\\ni. id ,i. Cristj\\ni Dai\\n,.i. J..:,,. I [odd\\no Langdell\\n11 A Full.\\n[.I. H, .11.\\na Lane\\ni- Ninian C. Ci i I H\\n1851.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ninian l\\n1852.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willard Dods M rail\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Fairll I B\\n1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Fairfii Id, I:. I\\n1855 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Daniel Campbell, Com\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George M -I, I\\nM Shedd, F.eiu.\\n1838. Benjamin Fletcher, Han\\n1859,-Daniel Campbell, Willi,\\nl-i,o illiam Bear,!, George W M, Fane, Stephen F. Biiriiham.\\n1 -i ,l Hubert It. Coehian, Stephen F Bio n\\nCampbell. Benjamin olio\\nIS -o Robert II c. lira. i, Daniel Campbell. Beniaiioli Colby.\\nB liran, D pbell, Benjamin Colby.\\n-it Co. I.ii.ii. B, i,|. mini li,\u00e2\u0080\u009e|e,.. Aim,, ii Lul kin.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert B. Cochran, Benjamin Hodge, Alniou Lufkin.\\n1867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert 11. Cochran, Stephen F. Biirnhain. Havel Barnard.\\nl.M ,8. -Benjamin Colby, David Barnaul, William Woodbury.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i B. Cochran, William W Ibury, El bridge Colby\\nl-7-c I.lbiidgei i oil,., John 51 Holt, Alfred M. Campbell.\\nlsTF-Elbri.lge C. Colby, John M Hull, Alfred M Campbell.\\n1872. John M IF, II, A 111. ,1 .M Campbell, Vt illiam Urn.-.\\nn M. Holt, Willis rne, George Langdell.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 illiam mil, i. o I.aiie, 1,-11, 1 i,l Mar.leh.\\n1*7. ge Langdell. David Mai, I. n. B, iijamin C lime\\n1 el .Maiden. B, in, .mi. i dim, ,,,_,. [1. ,1-,,,,.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Marden, Benjamin I dbue, George IF Wilson.\\n1878.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David -Maiden. Benjami Ihue, Thomas B i hi.m.\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Maiden. Be I\\ni ii, gidni i\\n1881.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas I; Cochran Chai Ii Hi\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas R ran, Charles M\\n1883 Hired w Bead. I harles 1 Dodge, John\\nWilliam E. Andrew- I UcCurdj\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James M. i urdy. Henry Kelso, Charles Shedd.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\nlTC-.o. Alexander .McCll, an 17n- Til, illiam Clark 1777-85, John\\nCochran, Jr. 1785-92, J John Cochran, Esq. J\\n1796-98, Robert Clark; 1799, John Cochran 1800-1, Robert Clark;\\n1802 t, Gearj Whitine 1805-8 Luke Lincoln 1808-11, Gearj Whit\\n1-1 14, Joseph Cochran, Jr. 1816, Robert Wason 1816-17,\\nJi I i i- i. S19 Joseph I,- loan J, 1824-29, John Dal-\\nn.n 1830 Am- W Teck-bury ls:tn-)2. Rodney McCollom 1843\\n45 John I Cochran; 1844-48, June- lumforth 184fl-ol, Waterman\\nBum 1-oJ To. I ge G. Fox; 1871-81, Clarence IF Hodge: F-s2-\\nBenjaminHall; 1884-85, i I i\\nREPRESENTATIVES.\\n17, Jouall illiam Mom were chosen\\n.mil, i-t, November 8, 1774.\\nho-cn delegate to Exeter, to choose\\ndelegate to represent tins province in a Continental Congress to be\\nIndd in Philadelphia, May In, 177:,.\\nlTi.7 I I, ..,n.i- x\\\\ i|..o a. In,., i, .i .[,l,-;,l, 1,, a -a,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 held at Fx-\\neter, Maj I i\\n17i ,8-i -7n. Benjamin Dodge, hosen representative in tin- assembly\\nto be held at Fxeter, on tin- third 1 1 n-, I a of December, 1771\\n1771-72. Arehil, aid M, Milieu, eh,, sen r,-i,reseiitative in the General\\nAs-emblv h,,I,|. ii al F\\\\, t, I. thud \\\\A ednesday of December. 1777\\n177::. An Inl M II n. li.-,ii ie|,iesentative in tin- convention\\ni l 75 w ,,h. i ii i Stam it, -i FranceBtown, representative in the Gen-\\neral mi.,-. ,i 1 v- 1, third Wednesday of December, 1778.\\n17711-77.- Lieutenant William Livingston, delegate to tin\\ni .a,. i.i Septet :7T\\n177--7 J.m i aUuei: I- pi, -i illative m General A-selubly hold.-n\\nat Exeter, third Wednesdaj in I imber, 1780.\\n17*11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jam, iiiv- in the General Assembly at Ex-\\neter, 17-1.\\nI7sl-s2-s:;.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 lleiijainiii Dodge, Archibald McMillen, William Starrett\\nin. i i. un. ,l.iai I ,i...l N,\u00e2\u0080\u009e Bo-ton and Fiancestovvn, being\\n1 a ii. n ol ii,- la,- towns at a -pe, ml meet\\nthat purpose.\\n178-.I Not anj\\nJ.-, .1, w ,i a deli -ai- n- He- convention t-, revise\\ni, of New I Iain], -hire, hddeii at Con. or, I. Ilt-t ,l,i,--,lav\\ni 1791.\\n1794-95.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ninii\\n17... x.-t any\\n1798.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ninian Clark.\\n1799. lam,- Caldwell.\\n1800-2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ninian (lark, Esq.\\nI I .plain I pi\\n1814-17.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lieutenant William Dodgi\\nD i ii Robert Wason.\\nrosepb Cochran, Jr.\\nl-l J-- -Be in 1\\n1827-28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Trull.\\n18211-311.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew Beard,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0974.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0975.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "t\u00c2\u00a3L", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0976.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\nlillf)\\n1831-34.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Am I.\\n1S35-37.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. b.n r.ni\\n1 M i.\u00c2\u00bb 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l.n ln-I\\nlS40-41.-Asa McMillen.\\n1842-43.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Solomon Dodge, Jr.\\nI. II l, bnei Hogg.\\n1846-47.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Campbell.\\n1848-49.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Gage and Micah Lawrence.\\n1850-31.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Lamson.\\n1852-53.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .1- ihl\\n1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Fleti hi i\\nIKiio-oC.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel I.;im.nlelland Daniel Campbell,\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Campbell.\\nmi H.i.lu.- I ill .m.l 1 ii% Km Ii.u .U.\\nI860. John Aiin.uJ and James Danforth.\\n1S61.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Danforth.\\n1862-63.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David Gregg\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Fox.\\n1865-66.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George M. Shedd.\\n1867-68.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Gr,\\nJ869-70.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew J. Bennett.\\n1871.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen F. Burnham.\\nSamuel M. Christie.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen V. Burnham.\\n1875-76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George E. Cochran.\\n1877-78.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred M. Campbell.\\nIOLLEGES.\\nWilliam Wilaoi\\nolle e, 1791\\nCochran, Dartmouth College, 17!\\nNatha 1 1\\nai y, Dartmouth Col-\\n1 ige, 1 300 Bei I ll i oi In\\n[verattj Rev. Robert\\nCo, in. in. Brown 1 i-m\\nDartmouth College,\\n1812; Charles 1 Gove, Dartmoul\\n.In. Ml, 1 airfield, Dart-\\nmouth College, L825 Clark 11.\\nlochran, I nm\\nCollege, 1839 Perley\\nDod i aion College, 1824; Re\\\\\\nHinuii Wason\\nAmherst College, 1834;\\nl. .i Royal Parkinson, Dartmou\\ni ..11.-. 1-1\\n2 w hi. ir S, McCurdy,\\nDartmouth 1 lien IM i; .M\\nCurdy, Dartm\\nllth College, 1852 Amos\\nB Hi Dartmouth College,\\nil lln. Dartmouth\\nCollege, 1848; Lorenzo r. ml\\n111 1853 Rev. War-\\nren R. Cochran, Dartmouth\\n91 I .in li. Adams,\\nDartmouth College, 1859 w illiai\\nartmouthCoIleg, 1861\\nHenry Marden, Dartmouth Colle\\nSchools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The facilit\\nes of the\\nearly settlers for\\neducating their children\\nwere very\\niraited until after\\nthe incorporation of the town. All the instruction\\nwas given by teachers hired by individuals, while\\nthose wh,. had the means sent their children to older\\ntowns, where public schools existed.\\nIn 1767 a small building erected by the town near\\nthe meeting-house was occasionally used for schools.\\nMr. Donovan, an Irishman and a school-teacher\\nby profession, taught five months in 1776.\\nThree year- pre\\\\ ious to this date, in 1773, the town\\nvoted to raise twenty-four pounds, and the selectmen\\nwere to divide il as they thought proper.\\nIt appeals thai a teacher was employed a few\\nmouths in different parts of the town. The follow-\\ning year the same amount was raised, and an arrange-\\nment had been entered into by the inhabitants volun-\\ntarily dividing the money equally between the five\\ndistricts.\\nIn 1788 the town voted to hire a grammar school-\\nmaster, with as little expense as possible, the school-\\nmaster to be examined by the following gentlemen\\nRev. Solomon Moor, Dr. Jonathan Gove and William\\nClark, as regards his ipuilifieations as teacher of the\\nand mathematics and it was voted thai\\nthis teacher keep an equal time in the five districts.\\nIn 1792, Ninian lark, Matthew Fairfield, Solomon\\nDodge, James Caldwell and John Cochran were ap-\\npointed a committee to re-district the town, which\\nthey proceeded to .1.,, making eleven districts.\\nAltera time other changes took place; in u dis-\\ntricts were formed until there wen- eighteen. No\\nfurther changes w I. made until 1856, when twodis-\\ntricts n. ai the centre of the town, including the two\\nvillages, united in luiildinu a spurious and substantia]\\nhouse in the Lower village, and adopted the graded\\nsystem. Since that time other districts have built\\nnew houses and, with but few exceptions, none of the\\nold ones remain to disgrace the town. The school\\nsystem should undergo a radical change. The aver-\\nage uumber of scholars in each district is five and\\ntwo-tenths, and at the present rate of decrease in the\\npopulation in a few years some of the outside schools\\nwill be devoid of scholars.\\nIt is evident that the town, in order to expend the\\nmoney raised for the support of the schools judi-\\nciously and profitably, should either reduce the num-\\nber of districts one-half or adopt the town system,\\nwhich would be preferable.\\nBIOGRA PHI0A L SKETCHES.\\nELBEIDGE WASON.\\nThere is a tradition that years and years ago sonic\\nold Vikings came from Norway to the north of Scot-\\nland, and conquering in battle, gave the name of\\nWason field to the plane where the battle w.i- fought,\\nwhich name it retains to this day. Later on, history\\ntells of Wasons among the Scotch Covenanters,\\ndriven from their homes into the north of Ireland.\\nThe first authentic history of this particular branch\\nis that James Wason, who was born in the parish of\\nBallymanus, County of Antrim, Ireland, in the year\\n1711, came to this country with his brother Thomas\\nin 1736, and was married the sum,- year, at Portsmouth,\\nX. II., to Hannah Caldwell, from the same place.\\nTo them were born sons and daughters, -ran.!-\\nchildren and great-grandchildren, till the name was\\nknown in many places in New England.\\nIn 1781, Robert Wason, grandson of James, was\\nborn at Nottingham West (now Hudson), N. H.,\\nand went ill 1803 to live in New Boston, N. II. (on\\nlot N... 30, mar Joe English Hill), with his uncle,\\nRobert Boyd. Ee was married, in 1808, to Nancy\\nBachelder, of Mont Vernon, and they had a family\\nof linn children.\\nElbridge Wason was the oldest of them, and faith-\\nfully served both as son and elder brother. His ad-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0979.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvantages of school were about the av rage of the NY\\\\\\\\\\nEngland farmer-boy, supplemented by a few terms at\\nan academy, and afterwards as a teacher.\\nHe came to Boston March 8, 1832, and entered as\\nclerk in the employ of Pierce Cooilnow, whole-\\nsale grocers, 29 South Market Street.\\nSeptember 1. 1837, he entered into business in\\nBoston with Henry Peirce, of Lowell, under the firm-\\nname of Wason Peirce, wholesale grocers; a few-\\nyears later the firm-name was changed to Wason,\\nPeirce Co., and has thus remained until the present\\ntime, and is one of the oldest firms itt the city. The\\npresent partners are Elbridge Wason, Henry Peirce\\nand Robert Boyd Wason, a brother of Elbridge.\\nTheir success in business has been due to strict integ-\\nrity and promptness in all business relations.\\nMr. Wason has been twice married. his first wife,\\nMary Stickney, daughter of Samuel Stickney. of\\nLyndeborough, N. 11.. and his second wife, Mary\\nIsabella, daughter of Hon. Leonard base, of Milford,\\nX. H. They have two children, .Mary Isabel! Wason\\nand Leonard Chase Wason.\\nTheir home is in Brookline, Mass.. and here they\\nobey the Scripture injunction, Much given to hos-\\npitality.\\nThroughout his busy life Mr. Wason has ever re-\\ntained a fondness for his old home among the hills,\\nand very often has he gone there for a change and\\nrest lrom business. He is always interested in the\\nprosperity of the place. A few years ago he gave to the\\ntown of New Boston a lot of land adjoining the ceme-\\ntery, to enlarge the burial-ground, as a memorial to\\nhis father and mother. It has since been embellished\\nby art; but nature has done her utmost to render it\\none of the most beautiful [daces where He giveth\\nUN belo\\\\ ed sleep.\\nKEY. EPHEAIM P. BRADFORD.\\nRev. Ephraim P. Bradford, son of Captain John\\n1!. Bradford, of Milford, afterwards of Hancock,\\nN. H., was born December 27,1776. He graduated\\nat Harvard College at the age of twenty -seven\\nstudied theology with the honored and celebrated Dr.\\nLathrop, of West Springfield, Mass.; was licensed to\\npreach at the same place in 1804. At this date the\\nPresbyterian Church of New Boston, .V 11., was\\nwithout a pastor, its former and onlj pastor, Rev.\\nSolomon Moor, having died May 2.s, lsii:i. at the age\\nof sixty-seven, after a ministry of over thirty-four\\nyears. They were seeking for a me to become\\ntheir pastor. By some means, which do not now*\\nappear, thej had heard of Mr. Bradford, and sent for\\nhim to come and supply their pulpit as a candidate\\nfor settlement. After preaching for them for four or\\nfive months, and making a very favorable impression\\n1 M -t of tiiis sketch haa i n glea 1 From E C. Coggswe\\nii, published in 18G4,\\non the minds of the people, by a vote of the town, he\\nwas cordially invited to become their settled pastor,\\nat a salary of four hundred dollars per annum, with\\nan additional sum of four hundred dollars as a set-\\ntlement benefit.\\nTo become the successor of the venerable and\\npopular Rev. Mr. Moor was, in the mind of Mr.\\nBradford, no small undertaking. But the cordiality\\nanil unanimity of the call made such a favorable im-\\npression on his mind that, alter two or three weeks\\nof earnest and prayerful consideration, he decided to\\naccept. His ordination and installation occurred on\\nFebruary 26, 1806. This was an event which, at that\\nearly period, awakened a widespread interest. It was\\nattended with most solemn and imposing ceremonies.\\nBesides the regular council of Presbyterian ministers,\\nit was decided to invite six Congregational clergymen\\nfrom the adjacent towns to join the Presbytery as\\ncouncil; and the town, by a kind of independent\\naction, and with a pleasing magnanimity, voted to\\ninvite nil the neighboring ministers to be present.\\nThe Lev. Jesse Appleton, of Hamilton, N. II., after-\\nwards president of Bowdoin College, was invited to\\npreach the ordination sermon. His text was 1 Cor.\\ni. 20: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name\\nof our Lord .lesus Christ, that ye all speak tin same\\ntiling, ami that ye be perfectly joined together in the\\nsame mind and the same judgment. The assembly\\non this occasion was very large the services were\\ndeeply impressive, and worthy of the men and of the\\nevent. Nothing was wanting on the part of the town\\nto render the ordination of their chosen pastor\\nprofitable and imposing. They planned liberally and\\nexecuted magnanimously. The 26th of February was\\ncherished by that generation as the most delightful\\nevent of their lives.\\nRev. Mr. Coggswell, the historian of the town, says\\not Mr. Bradford as follows: To prepare himself\\nmore effectually to labor for the good of his people,\\nbe purchased a small farm upon one of the loftiest\\nhills ot New Boston, now known as the Bradford\\nI lill. w hence he could survey vast regions of country,\\nanil witness such glorious risings and settings of the\\nsun as ate seen from but tew localities. Here he\\nprovided a home, and, on September 1, 1806, was\\nmarried to Miss Mary Manning, daughter of Deacon\\nEphraim Barker, of Amherst, N. II.. with whom he\\nlived for nearly forty years, greatly given to hospi-\\ntality, with a growing family, loving his people and\\nloved by them in return.\\nHis ministerial labors were highly appreciated and\\nwire profitable to his parishioners. The church, from\\ntime to time, received large accessions to its member-\\nship. In 1815 forty were added, and in 1826 thirty\\nmore were received. During 1831 and onward, for\\nthree or four years in succession, a very widespread\\nrevival interest prevailed, when nearly one hundred\\nwere added to the church. It was during Mr. Brad-\\nford s efficient ministry, and largely through his zeal", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0980.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "C /isztyr /5^^_ V^ AJ^o^wz^Op", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0983.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0984.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\n007\\n;uk1 untiring efforts, that, in 1S23, the old, incon-\\nvenient and dilapidated meeting-house was abandoned,\\nand a new one was erected, which still stands (1885)\\nas the majestic monument of the skill and liberality\\nOf the New Boston people who lived sixty years ago.\\nIt was dedicated on Christmas day, 1823. The con-\\ngregation filled the house to its utmost capacity, and\\nlistened to an appropriate and talented discourse,\\ndelivered by their own pastor, whom the proprietors\\nhad selected for the occasion. His text was 2 Chron.\\nvi. 41 Now therefore arise, O Lord rod, into Thy\\nresting-place, Thou and the Ark of Thy strength; let\\nThy priests, Lord God, be clothed with Salvation\\nand let Thy saints rejoice ill goodness.\\nFor elegance of style and finish, and for expensive-\\nness, this house was equal to any structure of a similar\\nkind in the State. It is even to-day, after standing\\nfor more than sixty years without essential repairs,\\none of the grandest and most imposing public build-\\nings of the county.\\nIt is a little singular that, after suffering very much\\nfrom the cold in the old house, they should not have\\nprovided for wanning this new and beautiful one.\\nYet they continued to worship, winter alter winter,\\nwithout any lire in the church, except what was\\nbrought in the old-style foot-stoves, until 1835, twelve\\nyears alter the house was dedicated\\nFrom this new pulpit Mr. Bradford proclaimed the\\ngospel truth unto the people for almost twenty-two\\nyears, making an aggregate ministry in both houses\\nof worship of nearly forty years.\\nDuring all this period, so uniform and robust was\\nhis health that his public services were not inter-\\nrupted for more than tour or five Sabbaths.\\nIn the early part of 1845, however, he suit, red a\\nsevere illness, from which he only partially recovered,\\nwhen, taking a severe cold, he suddenly died of croup,\\non December 14, 1845, aged sixty-nine, greatly la-\\nmented by old and young throughout thewhole town.\\nRev. Dr. Whitton, in speaking of Mr. Bradford,\\nsays,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 After his settlement in the ministry he\\nrapidly rose into distinction. Few men in the State\\nwere equally acceptable in the desk. In the contro-\\nversy relative to Dartmouth College, from 1815 to\\n1819, he was one of a committee of three appointed\\nby the Legislature to investigate its condition. A\\nvacancy occurring in the presidency of the college,\\nhis was among the names before the public as candi-\\ndate- tor the office.\\nIn the town history, Mr. Coggswell says of Mr.\\nBradford\u00e2\u0080\u0094 He had a commanding person, a rich\\nvoice, combined with a high order of intellect and\\ngreat suavity of manners. He had the faculty of\\nmaking people/eel well and to believe that he highly\\nesteemed them. And his love lor them begat love\\ntoward himself. Every crumb of bread was sweet,\\nwherever among his people it might be eaten, and\\nevery home and every locality was pleasant and at-\\ntractive. Thus he was welcomed at every door by\\ngladde 1 heart-. Mr. Bradford was a fine classical\\nscholar, and had read much, so that in conversation\\nhe was aide to draw from rich and abundant .-tores,\\nwhich a retentive memory always commanded. His\\nfund of wit and anecdotes, of classic and historical\\nallusions, seemed never exhausted. Able readil) to\\nread character and motives, he seemed always pre-\\npared for all occasions and to meet all persons,\\nknowing how to order hi- conversation aright.\\nRev. Mr. Aiken, late of Park Strei I him h.\\nBoston, remarks, Mr. Bradford was literally one\\nof nature s noblemen; of princely person, with a\\nsonorous, commanding voice, exceedingly fluent and\\naccurate in speech, modeled somewhat after Johnson s\\nstyle,.--, richly gifted in mind and heart that, with\\nlittle preparation for his Sabbath services, he stood\\namong the first preachers of the State.\\nIt is not strange the people of New Boston became\\nproud of their minister, since he gave character to\\nthem and distinction to the town.\\nMr. Bradford was greatly aided in his ministry by\\nhis very estimable wife, whose good sense and holy\\ninfluence never failed in lie family circle. She\\nrelieved him of all care tor the interior of the house\\nand also of much anxiety for that which was without.\\nShe manifestly excelled in her calm and dignified\\ndeportment, in her patient endurance of hardship, in\\nher carefulness of her household, and of the happi-\\nness of her husband and his success as a mil\\nChrist. With such a helpmeet, Mr. Bradford could\\nnot fail to be happy in his home and it was here, as\\nwell as among his people, that he found incentives to\\npiety and consecration to hi- Master s service. \u00c2\u00bbf Mr.\\nBradford s children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 eight sonsand four daughters,\\nall lived to grow up except two, -one son and one\\n.laughter. The family now (1885) are all gone down\\nto the grave except three. a son ami daughter\\nresiding in Milwaukee, Wis., and one daughter,\\nseventy two year- of age, living still in New Boston,\\nthe wife of Waterman Burr, Esq., who for manj years\\nfill and popular merchant of the town.\\nThe perpetuity of American institutions and a re-\\npublican form of government depend not ii] the\\nstrength of armies, might} corporations or the wealth\\nof millionaires, but upon the unpretending individ-\\nuals who. with steady persistency and industrious\\nlabor, have commenced life in humble circumstances,\\nwith all the disadvantages of limited education, and\\nby perseverance, economy and long years of toil, both\\nof brain and hand-, have conquered all obstacles, and\\nas a reward of their honest exertions, temperate hab-\\nits and a devotion to law and order, has. acquired\\na competency of wealth and an honorable position in\\nthe e. immunity. Nowhere in America is this class\\nmore numerous than in New England, and no people\\nunderstand better the deep meaning of the couplet", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0985.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe farmer on his few sterile acres, the artisan and\\nmanufacturer in their work-shops, the great masters of\\nfinance and railroad kings, and the legislators in the\\nhalls of Congress, all stand mi the plane of equality,\\nand the life of one, as well as the other, may point a\\nmoral or teach a valuable lesson to coming genera-\\ntions.\\nA little more than sixty years ago, in the spring of\\n1824, Luke, son of David and Ellen (Giddings)\\nSmith, at that time twenty years old, having been\\nhorn December 29, 1804, at Acworth, N. H.,\\nleft his father s home, carrying a small bundle con-\\ntaining all his worldly possessions, to go to Boston,\\nthere to find employment. His father was a farmer,\\nand Luke s school advantages were limited; but by\\nhis many years work on the farm he had acquired\\nvigor of health, habits of diligence and frugality that\\nwere of practical use to him in after-life, lie found work\\nat brick-making for the summer, then returned home\\nand was employed in a saw-mill tor the winter, re-\\nceiving eight dollars per month. The next spring he\\nwent to Utica, N. Y.. then a small village, for the j\\nsummer, but again passed his winter in the hard la-\\nbor of the saw-mill. Returning to Boston, he\\nlearned the trade of a nailer, and worked diligently\\nI.., him years, and with his strictly temperate and fru-\\ngal habits was enabled to save some money. In June,\\n1831, Mr. Smith removed to Hillsborough, where his\\nlather was at that time residing, purchased a farm,\\nbecame a resilient of Hillsborough, where he lived\\ntwo years. Here he married, June 16, 1831, Wealthy,\\ndaughter of Deacon .lames and Susan (Senter) Eyres.\\nMr. Smith interested himself in affairs of the town,\\nand being strong, vigorous, of line presence and mili-\\ntary hearing, he was made lieutenant of the militia,\\nwhich position he resigned when leaving Hillsbor-\\nough for New Boston. On coming io New Boston, in\\n1835, he purchased a saw, grist, shingle and clapboard-\\nmill.whichheconducted for eighteen years successfully\\nand was one of the prominent manufacturers and\\nbusiness men of the town, besides owning considerable\\nreal estate. After so main long years of patient, dili-\\ngent and efficient labor, he disposed of his mill and\\nfarm, and devoted a season to recreation, and traveled\\nthrough Ohio, Michigan and other Western States\\ngaming much enjoyment as well as information from\\nhis journey. After his return to New Hampshire,\\non account ofhis wile s delicate health, in 1854, he\\npurchased the place in Milford where lie now resides.\\nMrs. Smith died duly 5, 1859. Their children were\\nWealthy (died aged six years), George L., Mark J.,\\nand Charles II. Y. Mr. Smith married, January 4,\\nI860, hi- second wife, Mrs. Sarah G. Sargent, daugh-\\nter of Issachar and Mindwell (Sillsliy) Mayo, of\\nLempster.\\nMr. Smith has been a man of unwearied industry.\\nHe was trained to work when a boy, and has never\\nbeen too proud to work, even during his days of\\nprosperity. Through many long years he lias been\\na worker, a producer, and not a mere consumer. And\\nhe has taught his children to walk in the same steps.\\nHe holds the old-school principles, such doctrines as\\nwen- established and current in the periods of his\\nearly manhood, for men rarely change their views\\nafter they pass the boundary of middle life. So-\\ncially, he is plain and unpretending, a kind hus-\\nband and father, a good neighbor and a worthy\\ncitizen. Politically, Mr. Smith has ever re-\\nmained true to those old Democratic ideas of Jeffer-\\nson and Jackson. Religiously, he holds to the Bible\\nand rests his hopes on it. His theological views are\\nbest expressed by his life, in deeds, not words. He\\nhas been a member id the Baptist Church at New-\\nBoston for many years, having never removed his\\nmembership to Milford; but he has given generously\\nto the churches ofhis chosen faith of both places, es-\\npecially to the latter, which has received fifteen\\nhundred dollars.\\nHON. GEORGE I.. SMITH.\\nHon. George Luke Smith, a worthy\\nof\\nestimable parents. Luke and Wealthy (Eyres) Smith,\\nwas born in New Boston, N. II., December 11, 1837.\\nHe gave early tokens that he was possessed of an\\nactive, keen and inquiring mind. He had a ready\\nand retentive memory, a fondness for hooks, and, his\\nfather s means justifying it, he hail the advantage of a\\nliberal education. He was fitted for college at San-\\nbornton, and entered Union College, N. Y., then in\\ncharge of that veteran teacher. Dr. Eliphalct Nott,\\nand from which he was graduated. At the breaking\\nout of the War of the Rebellion, in 1861, he went\\nSouth, having engaged to furnish forageforthe cavalry.\\nGeorge L. Smith was a young man of energetii\\nbusiness characteristics, and genial, social disposition,\\nwhich made him many friends among the officers and\\nother hading men. His venture was a financial suc-\\ncess, and when, at the close of the war, having a large\\nam. hi f supplies on his hands, he opened a store at\\nNew Orleans, and largely increased his business asso-\\nciations, he was further prospered, and afterwards had\\na large commercial establishment at Hot Springs,\\nArk., wdiere his death occurred July 9, 1884, in the\\nprime of business life and an important political\\ncareer, in which he had already won high In is.\\nCool, clear-headed, wide-awake, positive, energetic\\nand straightforward, he was elected to represent his\\ndistrict in the Lower House of Congress in 1875,\\nwhere he served with marked ability, and was re-\\nelected by a very complimentary vote, but under the\\nprogram in e of the Haves administration was deprived\\nofhis seat. In acknowledgment ofhis popularity and\\nexecutive powers, President Hayes appointed him\\ncollector of the port al New Orleans. That office,\\nunder his administration, was conducted on business\\nprinciples and for the best interests of the country.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0986.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0987.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "M \u00c2\u00abR^*\\n14-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0988.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0991.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0992.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0993.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "ZP/7^r-Zs7^JLlsL-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0994.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "NEW BOSTON.\\nFaithful in duty, untiring in effort, earnest and\\nloyal in his political convictions and attachments, of a\\ngenerous, kindly and courteous disposition, he leaves\\na record of a fine character and of work well done,\\nand had his life been spared, he would have made a\\nstrong impress on his country s history, both in a\\npolitical and financial sphere. His body was brought\\nto New Hampshire, and lies beside his mother, in the\\ncemetery at Milford.\\nA leading Southwestern journal gave him this notice\\nat the time of his death.\\nHon. George L. Smith was at one time prominent\\nin political affairs in Louisiana, being a member of\\nthe Legislature in 1868, and afterwards twice elected\\nto Congress from that State, and in 1879 was ap-\\npointed collector of the port of New Weans. He was\\nalso offered a foreign mission by President Hayes.\\nHe was a man of wealth and shrewdness, and held in\\nhigh esteem by those who knew him best.\\nNINIAN CLARK CROMBIE.\\nThe subject of this sketch was horn in New Boston,\\nN. H., January 20, 1801. The family was of Scotch\\norigin, having all the marks id vigor, strength and\\nactivity peculiar to that race. This side the water\\nthe record is as follows:\\n1. John Crombie. He came from the Scotch coun-\\nties in the north of Ireland and settled in London-\\nderry, N. H., in 1720. He married Joan Rankin,\\nNovember 17, 1721, and had a large family. Was\\none of the few honored with a notice in the Genea-\\nlogical Sketches by the early historian of London-\\nderry, N. H.\\n2. James Crombie, son of John and Joan (Rankin)\\nCrombie. He married Jane, daughter of Robert\\nClark, of Londonderry, and lived in that town till\\n1 7S: 1 when he moved to New Boston and settled on\\none of the best farms in that town. Was shoemaker,\\ncurrier, tanner, farmer and mechanic, and was a man\\nof great activity, generous, high-minded and of great\\nwit and cheerfulness and Christian zeal. Lied Janu-\\nary 7, 1314.\\n3. John Crombie, son of James and Jane (Clark)\\nCrombie. He was born in Londonderry, July 30,\\n1770. He married his cousin, Lydia Clark, daughter\\nof Ninian Clark, Esq., of note in the early history of\\nNew Boston. John Crombie lived with his father on\\nthe homestead, and died there April 4, 1839. Was a\\nmaster mechanic and builder. He built many of the\\nbest churches erected in Southern New Hampshire in\\nhis day. His pastor wrote of him a- being a man of\\nremarkable common sense, sound judgment and well-\\nstored and discriminating mind; as being a noted\\nreferee and peacemaker generous to the poor and a\\ngiver to every good object and a Christian, straight-\\nforward and devoted to the last.\\nNinian 4 Clark Crombie, son of John and Lydia\\n(Clark) Crombie, passed his boyhood in New Boston.\\nHe had. in addition to the common school, the advan-\\ntage of studying with an uncle (a clergyman) in\\nPrinceton, Mass., a year. He was one of the leading\\nmen in New Boston for nearly half a century, one of\\nthose practical and efficient men that so much help\\nand honor our country towns. He held neat!) all\\ntin town offices from time to time, was guardian of\\nthe orphan, counselor of the widow, executor of wills,\\nadministrator of estates and frequent referee where\\nsound and impartial judgment was required. He was\\na man solidly honest, was faithful in every place and\\nevery decision was marked by good judgment. He\\nwas well informed in public affairs and was a positive\\ncharacter therein: in social life, a genial, wittj and\\nattractive man, and a good neighbor. He was a\\nliberal supporter of the institutions of the gospel and\\na constant attendant at public worship until pre-\\nvented by bis last sickness. He lived the life of an\\nhumble Christian, though, from distrust of his own\\npiety, he had not made a public profession of religion.\\nHe bore with great patience the long and distressing\\nillness which closed bis life, March 14, 1880. His\\nend was peace. one of the quiet, faithful live- that\\nwill some time be counted great.\\nOctober 20, 1829, -Mr. Crombie married Rebecca\\nI at i ei i. daughter of Captain Samuel Patten, of terry,\\nN. H., who still survives, -a worthy companion and a\\nmost excellent and benevolent Christian woman,\\nspending the evening of life amid the love and\\nrespect of the whole community. Of the children by\\nthis union, only three are living,\\nNannie Moor, who married Henry N. Hall, of\\nManchester, N. H., and has two children, Hattie\\nJames and Rebecca Clark.\\nJohn Clark 5 who lives in Elko, Nev., married\\nMaria E. Lee, of Toronto, Canada, and litis one child.\\nRebecca Patten.\\nMoses Colvard, married Carrie E. Bell, of Frances-\\ntown, N. II., and has no children. They live in New-\\nBoston.\\nThe children win. died were Samuel Patten l 1st l,\\nMary Eliza Samuel Patten I I d Hattie Rebecca\\nand James Patten. 5", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0997.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NEW IPSWICH.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nNEW IPSWICH\\nGeographical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Original tirant\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Grant of 1750\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incorporation ol the\\nTown\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Charter of L762, Ipswich\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Charter of 1766, Xs\u00c2\u00bb Ips-\\nwich\u00e2\u0080\u0094The First Si tll. iu.-nts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Names of Pioneers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In.lian Alarms\\nThe Pioneer Mills\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Votes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tax-List of 1763\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Firs! Town-\\nM.ftnig\u00e2\u0080\u0094 offir.-1-s Kh-rt.-.l\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \\\\..tw\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tax-List of 1774.\\nThe town of New rpswich lies in the southwestern\\ncorner of the county, and is bounded as follows On\\nthe north by Sharon and Temple, on the east by\\nGreenville and Mason, and on the south and west by\\nCheshire County.\\nThe township was granted by the government of\\nthe Massachusetts Bay, in 1.736, to some inhabitants of\\nIpswich, in that province, as surveyed by Jonas\\nHoughton. The settlement of the province bounda-\\nries in 1741 severed a small portion of the Massachu-\\nsetts grant from the township. The Masonian pro-\\nprietors claim, being confirmed in 174~ annulled the\\naforesaid grant; but the proprietors under it, with\\nothers, applied to Colonel Joseph Blanchard, agent\\nfor said Masonian proprietors, and succeeded in pro-\\ncuring a grant from them at a small expense, said\\ngrant being dated April 17, 1750. This grant varied\\nsomewhat from the former, but covered much of the\\nsame territory.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors. July 5, 1762, it\\nY Aol to appl.V to Ki IKTal I oui t to git til-- I l. or ull* l Now 1 ps-\\nwich Incorporated.\\nVoted to imploy Capt, Reuben Kidder to go down to Court to get the\\nIncorporation effi-eted, an, I that (ho said KiiMw shall proceed in the af-\\nfair as lie shall think Post, aii l that the necessary charges shall ho paid\\nby the Propriety. 11\\nHe secured an act of incorporation\\nSeptember 9, 1762.\\nThe following is a copj of tin- charti i\\ndate\\nNew IIami SHIRK.\\nof God, ot Gi.at Britain, France and\\ni these pros-\\nGeorge the Third, by the G\\ni reland King, Defender of the Faith, eti To\\nenta shall come\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Greeting\\nH7o ,-os on i loyal sul,], I nhahi touts i.l a ti .ot ot Land within the\\nI oo i t V-u ll.mi]^! 1 w ii 1 tho ii. ..I New [pswieh, lying\\non a loanoli ol the Soulieean Ko.r, l,e1\\\\\\\\een I and ltowley Canada\\ntso called), have humbly petitioned and requested that they may he erec-\\nted and incorporate, 1 into i Town, lop and lilt] ale liise l with llie same\\npower and privileges which other Town., within our said Province have\\nand enjoy and it appearing unto u. to be conducive to the general good\\n610\\n-f in .said Province, a- well as of the Inhabitants in particular, by\\nmaintaining good ord) and incouraging the culture of the land, that\\nthe same should be done;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Know ye therefore, thai We, of our special\\ngrace, certain knowledge, ami tor tin- encouragement an. I promoting the\\ngood purposes and ends aforesaid, \u00e2\u0080\u0094by and with the advice of our truly\\nand well beloved Benniug entworth, K$qr., our Covernuur and Com-\\nmander in Chief, and of our Council for.-viid Province of\\\\.-w Hampshire,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094have enacted ami ordained, and by these Presents, for us, our heir? and\\nii 1 i-, 1 1. 1 will aii l ordain, that the Inhabitants of the tract of Land\\nftfon -.ill. .up] others Who -ball [nh bil and improve thereon hen-after,\\nthe Bame being butted and bounded as follows, viz. Beg b ata\\nwhit- pine tro b I _ i 1 wuthw it corner of the Town of Wilton\\ntli-nee riinnin- w -t -i\\\\ mil. d t x i e running south t tin- 1 iovinee\\nline, liv.- mile- thence MX mile* east upon the Province line;\\nthence running north five miles l the bounds first mentioned, Be,\\nand hereby are declared and ordained t b a Town Corporate, and are\\nheivb. erect. -d and incorporated intoabodj politick and corporate, to\\nhave continuance until the first day of January, 1766, by the nam. of\\nIpswich, with all the powers and authorities, privileges, immunities and\\nfranchises which any other Tow M in said Province by law have and en-\\njoy, to said Inhabitants, or who shall hen-after inhabit, tin-it ,-.u.\\nfor said Town. Always reserving to us, onr heirs and successors, all\\nWhite Pine Trees that are or shall be found growing on the said tract of\\nLand fit fur the use of our Navy. Reserving also to us, our heirs and\\nsuci \u00e2\u0096\u00a0e.-i-oi t hi- power and i i-ht of dividing said Tow n when it shall ap-\\n,md convenient tor 1 lit* inhabitants thereof.\\nwided, nevertheless, and it i- lierehj declared that this Charter\\n.ind Grant is d I intended, and shall no) in any mannei be in-imel, t..\\n\\\\t iid to m alb-, t the private property ot tie- soil within the limits afore-\\nsaid. And as the several Tow Us within oui said Province ;u.. bv l:i\\\\\\\\-\\nthereof enabled and authorized to assemble, and b.\\\\ tbemajontj ol the vo-\\nters present to choose all such officers and transact such affaire as in Lawfi\\nart? ii-- la led, we |o by Mi--..- I ills nominate and appoint Keuben Kid-\\niI-t, lis, 1 1 in rail the first meeting ot siiiii Inhabitants, tube held within\\nsaid Town, at any time within forty days fn.m the date here. -f, giving\\nle^al uotie. lb.- time a ud doi^ii ot iiolding -mil meeting after which\\nthe Annual im-eling of said Town -.hall be held for the ch-\\nofficers and the purposes aforesaid, on the second Monday in March an-\\nIn Testimony whereof, we have caused the Seal of our Bald Province to\\nbe hereunto affixed. Witness, Banning Wentwortb, Esqr., our Gov-\\nernoui and Commander in Chief of our said Province, the ninth day\\nof September, in the second year of our Reign, Anno Domini, 1762.\\nBenning Went worth.\\nBy His lA.eileiicy s command, bv a. Kit of Council.\\nTheodore Atkinson.\\nThe town was chartered as [pswich, and was to\\nhave continuance until January 1, 1766.\\nAnother act of incorporation was ^ranteW March\\n6, 1766, by the same authority, to have Continuance\\nduring Our Pleasure by the Name of New [pswich.\\nThe hist permanent settlement of the town was\\nmade in 1738 by Abijah Foster, who. with his wife\\nand daughter, Mary, then one year old, came from\\nOld rpswich. His son, Ebenezer, was the first white-\\nmale child born in the town. Roth lather ami son", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0998.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\nGil\\nwere in the French War, and died Dear I Irown Point\\nin 1759.\\nJonas Woolson was one of the five earliest settlers,\\nand is said to have been here in 1739, and to have\\nworked about three summers on his land in company\\nwith Benjamin Hoar, Jr., returning to Littleton dur-\\ning the winter, it i supposed they .both removed\\ntheir families lure in 1742, soon after his marriage.\\nHe is mentioned as one of the resident grantees un-\\nder the Masonian charter. 11 is name is often noticed\\nin the proprietors and town records, under both of\\nwhich he was often appointed to importanl offices.\\nHis farm was located on the east side of the river, on\\nTown Hill. It was occupied by him and his de-\\nscendants for seventy years. Mr. Woolson was at\\nthe taking of Burgoyne, where he lost a valuable\\nhorse.\\nAbout the same time (1739) came Benjamin Hoar\\nand Moses Tinker. Mr. Eoar was from Littleton,\\nand came from Townsend by marked trees, before any\\npath had been cleared. He settled on the lot below\\nWoolson, near the river, near where the first bridge\\nwas built and still continues. He was a blacksmith\\nand also kept a public-house, and was a very useful\\ncitizen. He was the third settler, and hi wife the\\nBecond woman in town. Captain Tinker settled on\\nthe west side of the river, cornering on Mr. Hoar.\\nand his house stood on the side of the hill near the\\ncorner where the roads going to the river divide,\\nthe farm long owned and occupied by Judge Champ-\\nney. He also subsequently owned, and probably\\noccupied, a farm on the Town Hill, on the eastern\\nline of the town, as we learn from the record of the\\nlaying out of a road to .Mason Iineinl765\\non said Chandler s land to the corner of his\\nlott, then on the north end of his other lot to laptain\\nMoses Tucker s end line of his lott to the town line,\\netc. Along this old country road, then, on either\\nside of the river, was the first neighborhood gathered.\\nThe Bullards, Ebenezer and John, next followed,\\nand settled on the Town Hill. In the records of tin-\\ntown of Groton is recorded the marriage ol Jo-eph\\nStevens, of New Ipswich, to Elizabeth Sawtell, No-\\nvember in, 174: showing that he, too, was at that\\ntime a resident in the town. He setl led on the Wil-\\nson Hill. Some of the Adams and other young\\nmen, both married and single, came in, 80 that in\\n174 there were a dozen or more inhabited houses in\\nthe town.\\nThis, to be sure, was not making any great ad-\\nvance towards a settlement, far less than the terms\\nof the grant required. The inherent difficulties in\\neffecting a new settlement are always great, especially\\nwhen remote from others. But in this instance, be-\\nfore the five years probation allowed them for set-\\ntling their lots had expired, the energy of the pro-\\nprietors had been paralyzed by the running of the\\nprovince line in 1741, and by the consequent loss of\\ntheir rights under the Ma~-.ichu-.eti- jraut and\\nthose i\\\\-w settlers who persevered in clearing and\\noccupying their lands must have done so under the\\ndiscouraging con-cioii-ne.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ihat they held them by\\nno valid titles.\\nBut a still more serious obstacle soon interposed,\\nwhich, for a time, entirely suspended further opera-\\ntions. This was the breaking out of the French and\\nIndian War, in 1741. which spread consternation\\nthroughout all the feebler settlements, as well a.s in\\nthe older country towns. The Indians soon made\\ndescents from Canada, spreading terror and devas-\\ntation as they went, and the principal towns to the\\nnorth and west were attacked. The inhabitants id\\nthe neighboring towns either received garrisons for\\ntheir defense or tied to stronger places for refuge.\\nThe settlers here, however, seem to have maintained\\ntheir ground until an actual incursion upon our\\nverj borders. In the summer of 1748 a descent ot\\na body of Indians, about eighty in number, i\\nM, he settlement of Mr. John Fitch, which wag\\nlocated in what was then Lunenburg, and near the\\nsouth part of the present town of Ashby. He, with\\nhis wife and five children and three soldi\\npied a garrisoned house. They were attacked one\\nmorning when two of the soldiers happened to be\\nali-cnt, one of whom was killed in attempting to\\nreturn. After a gallant defense, and the loss of the\\nsoldier with him, he surrendered, and with his wife\\nand children was carried to Canada.\\nThere was a block-house in Townsend, at the foot\\nof the hill, above the West village, which still bears\\ntie name of Battery Hill, on the south road, not far\\nfrom the southeast corner of New Ipswich. To this\\nplace tin- inhabitant- now tied lor protection, with\\ntheir families and valuables, with one exception.\\nCaptain Tucker boldly resolved to remain and make\\nsuch defense as he could, or otherwise take his fate;\\nand he did so. It i- probable, however, that his\\nfamily accompanied the fugitive-. In the coursi of\\na mouth or two their fears were allayed by the re-\\nport of the scouts which had been sent out, that the\\nIndian- had retired beyond the Connecticut River;\\nand they returned to their deserted homes. Captain\\nlinker was found safe. They also found that their\\nmeeting-house had been burnt but whether by the\\nIndian- or by fire from the burning forests was uncer-\\ntain. It was probably by the latter, howi\\nIndians would not have been likely to destroy the\\nmeeting-house alone, while they left the private dwell-\\nings unmol\\nThe inhabitants of this town seem never afterwards\\nto have been seriously alarmed on account of the\\nIndian-, though some of the neighboring towns were\\nled to feel the to m. In 1750 Peter-\\nborough petitioned lor a block-house and soldier-,\\npleading their great danger and exposure. Even as\\nbite as January. 1755, when the Indians ra\\nburnt the towns on the lonnecticut River, the people\\nof [pswich Canada (Wiuchendon) .-ailed for aid.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_0999.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "012\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nstating that Indians were about, and they could not\\ncultivate their fields, so that they were dependent on\\nLunenburg, Lancaster and Groton for food. Nor\\nwere their tears groundless, for traces of the visi-\\ntation of savages wire detected near at hand by the\\nscouts.\\nBut such was the rapid progress then being made\\nin this town that the settlers felt themselves in com-\\nparative security and when, at the proprietors meet-\\ning, in January, 17 7, the question was put whether\\nthe Proprietors will build a lint or forts in this town-\\nship, it was voted not to build any forts in this town-\\nship; and again, whether they will repair Mr.\\nAdams flankers in order for defense against the\\nenemy, it was voted in the negative. This is the\\nonly intimation we have that any means f defense\\nagainst the Indians were ever adopted in this town.\\nThese flankers were a sort of breast-work of logs\\nand stakes, extending outwards and inwards from the\\nangles of the house, with a port-hole at the point of\\nmeeting. Douglass, who wrote in 1 7 4 S says, indeed,\\nthai More were two block-houses ill New Ipswich.\\nMr. Adams house might have been one of those to\\nwhich he alludes and Captain Tucker s another. It\\ni^ probable that our forefathers were indebted for\\ntheir immunity from Indian intrusions to the moun-\\ntain barrier on the west. This opposed a serious\\nobstacle to a ready retreat with plunder; and hence\\nwe hud it to have been the custom of the savages to\\nconfine themselves, in all their predatory incursions,\\nto the principal water-courses and low lands. 1\\nThe first meeting of the proprietors was held in\\nDunstable April Hi, 1749. At the next meeting,\\nhow ever, it was\\nVoted, ttiat all meel i~ -tin 1 1 u t,:,],| ,i l|,-\\\\w, h t tie futur\\nlint !li;it tin- owners of tor sln-ats shall lie stiffi r if II t tn re.|ne-| nmtiiij.\\ntor Mi* time to com, anil that uotiricatioiis liein^ posted up at New Ijib-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vieli, Olti I)is\\\\vieli ami liiuislal.tr staill\\nThomas Dennis. Francis Choate, Nathaniel Smith\\nand William Peters, who had been proprietors under\\nthe Massachusetts grant, were admitted as proprietors.\\nThe first saw -mill was built in 1750 and the first\\ncorn-mill in 1751, by John (handler.\\nMarch 21, 1753, Voted that Reuben Kidder,\\nEphraim Adams and Benjamin Hoar to he a Com-\\nmittee to take care of the prudentials of this place;\\nalso to layout a Burying-place, and clear some their.\\nFebruary 27. 1754, Votedto give Joseph Kidder,\\nat tic rate of twelve pounds an acre, for clearing his\\nhtml at the North West corner of his lott, to lie lor a\\ncommon, after three years and a halfe from the date\\nhereof. The same vote wits passed in relation to the\\nsouthwest corner of Joseph Bates lot, and ten acres\\nwards laid out ailjoyning to the meeting-\\nhouse, agreeable to y e grant of y same.\\nThe westerly part of the lot then laid out was sub-\\n1 History nf New Ipswich.\\nsec|Uently exchanged with Mr. Farrar for land under\\nand about wdiere the meeting-house afterwards\\nstood.\\nNovember 26, l754, Voted that four neat cattle\\nshall stock a Right till such time as it shall be thought\\nproper to alter this vote.\\nAugust 25, 17o7, Voted that Timothy Heald shall\\ndraw out of the Treasury forty-live pounds, old tenor,\\nfor keeping Phinehas Goodale and carrying him to\\nTownsend.\\nThe following is the tax list of 1763:\\nMINISTER S RATE FOB THE YEAH 1763,\\nCaptain Benjamin Hoar\\n1\u00c2\u00bb 8 in\\ni a\\nIs 1\\n4 J ii\\n11 4\\n,n\\nRobert Campbell\\n4 3 1\\n2 6 3\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J 4 8\\n1\\n11 (1\\n1 li 3\\nThomas S|iauMiu g\\n2 7\\n1 ii\\n4 14 1\\nCaptain tfosee Tucker\\nJames French\\n11 3 in\\nI 1 n ii i\\n1Q\\nDeacon Benjamin Adams\\nli.-aiiiii F,|.liiaim Adams\\n6 19 ii\\nPetei Fleti he]\\ni: 7\\n7 7\\nBarnabas Davis\\n5 3 6\\n2 16 8\\n2 U\\nw nt .Mail Foster\\n3 3 9\\n4 l\\n1 1 i\\nIn H- Farrar\\nIS 1\\nReuben Kidder, Eeq\\n16 13 10\\n5 1 3\\n4 11 in\\nosworth\\nu 10", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1000.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\nAudrew Spnuldiii.j,\\nJosiah Crosby\\nMoses Tucker, Jr\\nThomas Fletcher\\nFrancis Fletcher\\nWilliam McClary\\nWido. Catherine McClary\\nDaniel Mi Clarj\\nAaron Kidder\\nw iiiiiiin Brov, a\\nBenjamin Cutter\\nSilas Parker\\nLeonard Parker\\nSn .11 Wright\\nThomas Brown\\nWilliam Spear\\nNathaniel Carleton\\nAmos Taylor.\\nReuben Taylor\\nRobi 11 Crosbj\\nJohn Preston\\nIchabod Bow\\nAsa Bollard\\nJoseph Richardson\\ni e. II. w. ir\\n3il Ruf i 11\\nZachariah Emery\\nZachariah Adanis\\nSamuel Foster\\nJoseph Parkei\\nJobnMcIntosh\\nrllm- t v. 11- tin-- l i the future the Constable mot..\\nat the Mill and tlie most puMi. II. him- hi town.\\nI,,/,, l .,..i t.. pay tli.. Select men.\\nCod i ii. .i t.. e\\\\a. t the ti i i.i. t Bates foi In- m\\nstable fur said year.\\nII.. had been regularly chosen, but refused to serve\\nthis year.\\n1770,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHTiet-eu\u00c2\u00bbsundr\\\\ Iiei-.n- I..M 1 1 -.It., sell spirituous liquors\\nin llu- t..w II, i\\\\li. li.iw n. .1 h.i.l tin-\\nwe think has a bad Tendency, and\\nTown\\nVoted, thatthe Town Clerk, in behalf ol the Town, prefel Petition\\nI,, ll,,. I ,\u00e2\u0080\u009ent iiiiart.-i- Sessions, that person for the future be lie. used\\nbut what have the Approbat ol the Sel a,\\nVoted, that Cmmi-sion- ,1 profit and t ai ultys ami 1\\nhe Kilted by the Selectmen lid .r.liliy t.. their supposed pi, .tits,\\nIn 1770 an article was inserted in the warrant for\\ntown-meetin\u00c2\u00ab-, a s follows\\nthe He\\nprop,.,\\nWid\u00c2\u00b0 Mary Brown 14\\nTotal, \u00c2\u00a3436 10s. 8 -4200 nearly.\\nThe above is a copy of the Ministers Hate fortheyear 1763 the\\nassessment was on silver al \u00c2\u00a32 5s. pei dollar, asthej were sel oi valued\\nin the Massa. busetta Provinces, in the currency of the said Province, by\\nreason that our contrail with y Kev. Mr. Stephen Farrar was for Silver\\nas aforesaid.\\nTlMOTHJ IlKAI.,., V\\nFirst Town-Meeting, The first town-meeting was\\nheld September 13, 17(52, as follows:\\nAt the first Town-,, lectins held at Ipswich, in New Hampshire, by\\nVeirtue of a c haitei -of [ncorporation held in said Ipswich.\\nCapt. ,i.,m i~ w ..mIs.iii chosen Moderator of said eting.\\nM BTucker.In John Preston and Robert Crosby chosen Select-\\nEbenezer Dullard chosen i onstable.\\nI. habod How- and Thomas Il.-ald chosen a Committee to examine the\\nSelectmen s accounts, and make Report of the same at the next annual\\nmeeting.\\nVoted, that the Selectmen si, all serve as Assessors.\\nBenjamin Knowlton and Isaac Applet,.,, chosen litliiu-.|iieii\\nJoseph Bates was chosen S.-alor of Waits and Measurs.\\nSam 1 Kinney, Simeon Could and Aaron Kidder chosen deer keep-\\nJosepl, Stephens, Thomas Farnsworth, Francis Fletcher, El.euezer\\nHeald and Joseph Bollard chosen Surveirs of High ways.\\nRobert Crosby chosen Surveir of Lumber.\\nTimothy Heald, 1\\n1763\\nVoted to cbuse an agent to defend in behalf f thiB town, in those\\nactions commenced against this Town by Capt. Kidder and Samuel\\nParkfr.\\nVoted to build a Pound of Wood, and to set it on Joseph Kidder s\\nLand, south f the road, on the east side of the Hi -ook thai rune out of\\nsaid KidderV mi.-oMmw.\\nVoted not tu abate IWt. Prfstuii s P.ate f r hi- to-ad and hors, nor\\nRelesehim from pay for liis h.jad and hors for tin- futui.\\n1767\\nVoted to chuse t\\nistal.les f,.r the pies.-, it year.\\nVoted, thatthe Selectmen provide a sick of Al lion, sutable\\nfor the town.\\nVoted to build a place for the Town Stock of Amunitioi he Bi ami\\nunder the Roof of the Meetinghouse.\\n1773\\nVoted, that the Selectmen provide Burying Clothe foi tie Town s\\nAn invoice of the town, taken in 177c!, was as fol-\\nlows: 169 male polls, 3 slaves, 201 oxen and horses,\\n267 cows, 246 young tittle, is acres of orchard, 118\\nacres of pasturage, 881 acres arable and mowing \u00c2\u00a366\\nlawful, the yearly income of stock in trade, money at\\ninterest, mills, etc.; whole number of inhabitants,\\n882.\\nTOWN TAX I on 1771.\\nStephen Adams, Jr 3\\nSilas Adams 8\\nRichard Alexanders 13 9\\nCharles Barrett I\\nSamuel Bartlett 17 6\\nJohn Breed 1 1\\nJohn Ilrooks 12 10\\nNathan Boynton 1 s\\nAllen Breed 17 1\\nDavid Brocks 2 (I\\nJesse Butterfield S 3\\nRobert Campbell 1 1 1 9\\nNathaniel Carlton 12\\n.lames Chandler 1 4 6\\nHezekiah Corej 1\\nThomas Cummings 9 7\\nEphraim Chamberlain l I\\nBenjamin Carver\\nEphraim Cummings\\nSamuel Cummings II 16 3\\nAaron Chamberlain 6 3\\nHunker Clark s\\nBenoni Cory s\\nIh. .mas Davis I 8\\n.1 than Davis 1 7\\nJosiah Davis 12\\nWi.l Rachel Fletcher 1 7 6\\nTimothy Vox 1 8 G\\nIsaac Farwell 12\\nTimothy Farwell 11 11", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1001.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n11\\n8\\nJ\\n11\\n19\\n1\\n5\\n13\\n8\\n11\\n11\\n19\\n6\\n11\\n16\\n8\\n5\\n16\\n1\\n14\\n10\\n1.1\\n1\\n14\\nd.\\n5\\n8\\n10\\nl(i\\n2\\n3\\n3\\n3\\n7\\n1\\n6\\n2\\n11\\n6\\n9\\nin\\n11\\nJ\\n4\\n6\\nB\\n7\\n11\\n4\\n11\\n5\\n6\\nHenry Wright\\ni.\\nd.\\no\\nEp Foster\\nUnit v Spiiuliliug\\nT t..l\\nNo TU LlPT.\\n..\u00c2\u00a386\\nBenjamin Gibbs\\nJ\\n12 6\\ni 10\\n3 6\\nj\\nLieut. If.it.ti Applet. ut\\nKniti. i Appletutt\\n1\\nj\\n11 U\\nSimeon Hildretb\\nI\\n11 4\\nLevi VI. .in-\\n.i\\n8 3\\nJohn Jaquitb\\nSamuel Kinny\\n8 3\\n1 5\\n9\\nStephen Lnn\u00c2\u00abl\\nNathaniel Melvin\\n1\\nj\\nEdmond Briant\\n19 10\\nJohn Mansfield\\nBarnes\\n.1. \u00e2\u0080\u0094ph Baker\\nJames Barrett\\n9 7\\nDavid Melvin\\n2 11\\nin 3\\nRetire Bai\\n1,\\nEpbraim Burge\\nJohn Brown\\nJoseph Parker\\nStephen Pierce\\n8 3\\n8 3\\n1- 1\\n5 3\\nM r Ebeuezer Ohatuptiey\\nKI.M/ti t uiuiuiugs-\\n2\\nj\\nWilliam Clary\\n1\\n9\\nI iip\\n8 3\\n13 11\\nNathaniel Reed\\nJonathan Bobbin*\\nDaniel Clary\\nJohn Cutter\\n1\\nIVlij uuill it\\\\\\nWilliam Shattuck\\nEphraim Severance\\n2\\nDea Stephen Davis\\nStephen Davis, jun\\n(1\\n1 4\\n1.. 7\\nJohn Sawteil\\n11\\nWilliam Shattuck, Jun*\\n11 11\\n11\\no\\n10 3\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I ll as Sprague, Jun*\\nReuben Taylor\\nOdoardo Thomas\\n1\\nJames Tidder\\nAil. im Goold\\nn\\n7\\n8\\n18 1\\nIsaac How\\nDavid 11,11-\\nJ\\n1\\n9\\n8\\n12\\n19\\n12\\n14\\n13\\nSamuel Whittemore\\n2\\n13 5\\nSamuel Woods\\nPeletiah liittei e, Jun*\\n1\\nRobert Harkness\\n:it 1 ll-yu.tnl\\nThomas Holt\\n1\\nU\\n7 :i\\n4 3\\n10 4\\n5 11\\nr..i i;- ni. -ii Kj.i.it-r\\nLieut Hfuiainiii Knuwlttut\\nWid\u00c2\u00bb. Rachel Kidder\\n4\\n3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I ph Lowell\\nDaniel Mansfield\\ni M insfield\\nJosiah Melven\\ne\\n1\\n2\\nNathan Wesson", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1002.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\nElijah Morse 8 d\\nJoseph Peirce 10 7\\nDoctc John Preston 1 8 9\\nStephen Parker s s\\nPaul Prichard\\nBenjamin Pollard 1 12 U\\nSamuel Parker 1 7\\nBenjamin Procter 1 6 7\\nAmus Prichard u 9\\nEzra Peirce s\\nRobert Reading 1:! a\\nSilas Richardson 14 6\\nDoct Jesse Rice 12 4\\nJosiah Robbena o 11 2\\ni\\nSamuel Rogers 10 3\\nEns 1 Joseph Stevens 1 6 3\\nG Start 1 3\\nLieut. Nathaniel Stone 1 19 6\\nJonathan Stevens 8 3\\nAbijah Smith 1 2 4\\nWilliam Start 1 1\\nw illiam Spear 1 c 1\\nAndrew Spaulding 19\\nThomas Stow 1 4\\nJoseph Stickney 16 4\\nEzra Town 1 11 3\\nJoseph Tucker 1 17 1\\nEdmund Town 12 4\\nJosiah Walton 16 1\\nBenjamin Williams 11 2\\nTimothy Wheelock 19 10\\nSamuel Walker 9 7\\nJohn Warner 1 5 S\\nJoseph right 12\\nJonathan Wheat 17 10\\nJohn Flynt 8 3\\nSamuel Soper 10 5\\nDaniel Stratton 1 6 3\\nTimothy Spaulding 3 9\\nBenjamin Smith 8 3\\nTotal \u00c2\u00a3106 16 5\\nCHAPTER II.\\nNEW IPSWICH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nMILITARY HISTORY.\\nImtMl Kvciii-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tie- Lexington Alarm\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Ib-ald s Company at\\nLexington Captain Towne s Company\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Parker s Company-\\nSara to n a and Stillu. On The sci a Lake Expedition, List of Soldiers\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Militia of 1786\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of 1812, List of Soldiers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the Re-\\nbellion.\\nTin; first reference on the town records to the\\nforthcoming struggle for Independence was under\\ndate of December 6, 1771, jis follows:\\nVoted, That it is II pinion of this Town that Representation is ab-\\nsolutely necessary to legal taxation or Legislation and whereas this\\ntown has, for a number of years, b.--ii taxed to the Province, and have\\nhad no Voice in Lcgi-laiem, he h i- a givai do vain.- anil in order\\nto obtain a Redress, that the Selectmen id Ibis lown .1,. forward a Peti-\\ntion anl Remonstrance to bis Excellency, our Coventor, that we may\\nenjoy lb-- privileges win. h an- essential to the British Constitution,\\nand that they call upon the adjacent Towns to adopt the like\\nand endeavor that the unrepresented Towns come into similar\\nthroughout the Province.\\nI lir intelligence of tin- British advance mi Lexing-\\nton (says Kidder and Gould s History of New Ips-\\nwich reached this town about two o clock iri the\\nafternoon. The Committee of Safety immediately\\nassembled on the common, ami fired three guns in\\nquick succession, the signal that hail been agreed\\non in case of a sudden alarm. The people rapidly\\nassembled, and in less titan two hours a greal propor-\\ntion of tic male population met on the little common\\nin front of the meeting-house. Alter a short consul-\\ntation with the eldest and must experienced, it was\\ndecided to prepare as many as possible and march lor\\nConcord. The town s stock of powder and lead was\\ntaken from the magazine, then situated on (lie beams\\nf the meeting-house, and distributed to such as had\\nnot a supply, a careful account of it being taken bj\\nthe selectmen. In the mean time the alarm was ex-\\ntending through the remote parts of the town, anil\\nsome of the men who were at work in the woods or\\ndistant fields did not reach the usual training-ground\\ntill sunset and as provisions had to lie collected, so\\nmuch time was consumed that probably hut few\\ncommenced their march beforedark. Several parties\\nproceeded as tar as Captain Heald s, where they took\\na few hours repose, and others spent most of the\\nnight in and near the middle of the town, but took\\nup their march before daylight and before the sun\\nrose lie next morning not less than a hundred and\\nfifty men, the very bone and muscle of the tow u were\\npressing forward, some on foot and some on horse-\\nhack, towards Concord. Provisions were collected\\nand forwarded in carts, under the direction of the\\nCommittee of Safety.\\nDeacon Appleton, like Cincinnatus, had lefl his\\nplow in the furrow at the moment of the alarm.\\nand soon alter mounted his horse and carried the\\nnews to Peterborough. The next morning a company\\nfrom that patriotic town, with Captain Wilson in\\ncommand, passed through New Ipswich, then nearly\\ndeserted by tin- men, the deacon hastening on with\\nthem, not even stopping to take leave of his family,\\nthough he passed near his nn n door.\\nIt has been stated that there was hut little military\\norganization. Timothy Farrar was, perhaps, the\\nmost prominent man, and had been the most active\\nin exciting a military spirit, though he did not as-\\nsume any command. Ezra Towne was an officer in\\nthe militia, hut acted as a subaltern on this occasion.\\nCaptain Heald was recognized as the commander, and\\npaid the hill for the entertainment of the men at\\nActon, where they arrived and remained during the\\nnight of the 20th. u tic succeeding day they ar-\\nrived ai Concord, where they obtained reliable infor-\\nmation that the enemy had all returned to Boston.\\nMany of the elder men, titter visiting the scene of\\nblood at the North Bridge, returned home to make the\\nnecessary preparations lor a contest, which they now\\nsaw was inevitable; and with what feelings we may\\njudge, when we consider that the scene of the con-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1003.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "616\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nrliet was the natal soil of many of thorn, and that\\nmany of those who had fallen victims had been their\\nneighbors and kinsmen. By far the larger part,\\nhowever, proceeded to Cambridge, the headquarters\\nof the army.\\n\u00c2\u00bbu the arrival of our men at Cambridge they\\nfound an immense concourse of people, rathei than\\nsoldiers, most of whom were occupying the colleges\\nfor temporary quarters. At the request of the Com-\\nmitt 1 Safety, Captain Towne, on the 23d of April,\\ntook orders for enlisting a company, and immediately\\nnotified his townsmen and such was their confidence\\nin him, and in those who were to be associated in\\noffice with him, that nearly thirty signed his roll that\\nday, and by the 10th of May it was increased to\\nsixty-five in number, including rank and file. Most\\nof these were citizens of New Ipswich, only ten\\nbeing from Peterborough and a few from Mason.\\nAll the officers were of this town, and it was called\\nthe New Ipswich Company.\\nEzra Towne, captain; Josiah Bi.m ne. hist li.-ut 11:1111 .b.hn II ink 11. -ss.\\nsecond lieutenant Benjamin Williams, lvloti.ili Wlnttemore, Elisha\\nHubbard, Samuel l .i hii- i _, nts Supply Wilson, Elijah Morse,\\nStephen Adams, corporals; Jesse CarltoD, drummer; Wilder Kidder,\\nfiler. Privates. Phiuehas \\\\dams. As;i Plains, Jeremiah Andrew, David\\nAvery, Timothy Avery, John Breed, Ehenezer Billiard, IVter Blown,\\nBenjamin Cutter, An her hurohwood, Nathaniel Carlton. Elijah Davis,\\nAbraham Densmore, David Elliot, John Elliot, Joseph Kelt, Ezra Fuller,\\nSilas Gill, Samuel i.rilhn, Samuel Ilutehius, Daniel Hal B\\nKing, Peter Lowell, Samuel Mitchel. David MelviD, David ttarsbal,\\nFarrow Miller, Thomas Morrison, Aaron Oliver, Thomas Pa\\nPratt, Jeremiah Pritchard. I iilian Stevens, ,b,|m i.i I\\nkilled -lime l th), Abel Severance, Benjamin\\n-i mhope. Eplil aim Stevens, Willi. no Scott, liamel Sever-\\nance, Josiah Sti iie. Timothy Sterne-, samuel Super, rh,,ma.s Tufton,\\nEzra Towne, Jr., John Tempi) Josiah Walton, Nathan Watson, Archi-\\nbald White. Daniel White, I .en Adams,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 sixty-five rank and lib\\nAbout the 1st of June, Colonel James Reed arrived\\nal 1 ambridge with a commission from the Provincial\\n1 longn SS of New II amp-hire to command a regiment\\nof Hoop- ,,f that State. The next morning, he says,\\nhe was waited upon hv Captain Towne, who intro-\\nduced to him some other officers commanding com-\\npanies from this State. and a regiment u.i- 1\\nformed, consisting of eight companies, of which\\nCaptain Towne s was called the First, and was\\nassigned the post of honor, being stationed on the\\nright.\\nIn October, 177ii. Captain Abijah Smith marched\\ntoward- New York with a company from this town.\\nPeterborough and the vicinity. Among them were\\nmany of the principal men, the two Deacon\\nAdams, Lieutenant Stone, Deacon Isaac Appleton,\\nJohn Cutter, Jonathan Kinney, Jonas Dutton, Jere-\\nmiah Pritchard and others. They were present at\\nthe battle of White riains. but from their position\\nwen not much exposed to the tire of the enemy.\\nThey all arrived home safe before the end of the\\nyear.\\nRoll of Captain 1/mms Xiehols\\n./oYe Militia,\\ne-Oe J I elCler,,/,,\\nII, July, 1777\\nStephen Parker, captain: Ceina ii: ILL -im, t., Samuel Cunning-\\nham. IV, to si lieutenants; Benjamin William-, 1: le\\nI. lb, I Archibald White, Satin Mil. lei, I\\n1 .0 is. Ej.inaim Brown. Thomas Morrison, P., Sand. Lewis,\\nioi ler Simeon Hildreth. fifer. Privates,\\n\\\\iiii. Breed Hen Breed, Jr., Saml. Walker, Benjamin Saflbrd, Josiah\\n1 Rumrill, Pelatiali Whittemore, l eter Fletcher. Kphraim\\nStevens, Jona. Parker, Richard Wheeler, Amos Wheeler. Win I pton,\\nl.Onoiiid Sawtel. Neheluiah s, laIt n .1, din Kni -bt. Jothain Ileal.\\nFrancis Appb-t. in, Ebenezer Severance, James Fester. Caleb llnnerof,\\nPaul Powers, John Everet, Samuel Wheeler. l eter Wheeler, Daniel\\ni 1: 1 r. Sat Shattuck, Needham Drury, Benja. Serer-\\n:111c, l.i-\\\\ 1 Spaulding, Henry Spaulding, Kli Adams, Abel Dutton, Benja.\\nDunn, P., Fphraim Brockway, I Jeremiah Proctor, P., v\\nP., Jesse Smith, P., .lanes Mitchel, I John Blair, P., I:\\nP.. Win. Kolihe. I Thomas Little, I Sargent Paige, P., Simpson\\nHogg, 1 Jeremiah Smith, P., .lame, w hit,., p., Charles McCoy, P.,\\nWm. Plain, I Saml. Miller, p Wo, Moore, P., Joseph Eeald, John\\n1 1 irret, P.\\n1 Tempi,.. p.. Peterborough.\\nIn September a company of forty-two men was\\nraised, in which Simeon Gould was an officer, and\\nhurried off in great haste. Part of the men had\\nhorses, and. no doubt, practiced ride and tie.\\nThey arrived in time to take part in the battles at\\nStillwater and Saratoga, and to witness the surrender\\no; 1 on. nil Burgoyne and his whole army, an event\\neverywhere received with joy and satisfaction, more\\nespecially by the people id New England, who were\\nthereby relieved from the fear of impending invasion.\\nIn 177 .i a number of men joined the expedition\\nunder General Sullivan to Seneca Lake, which re-\\nsulted in great disaster to the Indians there.\\nIn March it was Voted, that there be a contribu-\\ntion taken up to defray the charges of bringing Eph-\\nraini Foster home from the army, and also tor the\\nbenefit of the poor of the town.\\nAt this time the British held possession of part of\\nRhode Island, and a company of thirty-one men\\nunder Captain Joseph Parker proceeded to Provi-\\ndence, and afterwards to the Island. It is not known\\nwhether or not they fought in the engagements there.\\nIt would appear that several parties went to Rhode\\nIsland while it was invested by the British for. in\\nthe following August, when a committee was ap-\\npointed to make another average of the services of\\nthe inhabitants in the war, their report was, That\\nthose who went to Rhode Island the first term be\\nallowed for six months: and those who went the\\nsecond term he allowed three weeks; and those who\\nwent the last term be allowed six months.\\nIn obedience to another call in August, it was\\n\\\\oied to Hier six men to go in the Continental\\narmy, agreeable to the requisition of the Court.\\nIn June, 1780, a call for six men for the Continen-\\ntal army was made. A meeting was called, and it was\\nVoted, that the Selectmen and the Captains of the\\ntwo Train Bands he a committee to hire the six men\\nfor the town, in the cheapest and most expeditious\\nway they can.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1004.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "NEW [PSWICH.\\nIn July a demand was made on the town for their\\nproportion of bout for the army. It was accordingly\\nVoted to raise Fifty-five Thousand Pounds, lawful\\nmoney, 1 to procure Beef for the Army, and to paj\\nSoldiers now gone. It was also voted that any per-\\nson might pay his rates, in silver at seventy-five for\\none, which shows the depreciated state of the\\ncurrency at this period.\\nThe next year it was Voted to raise \u00c2\u00a3400 Silver\\nMoney, for to pay for this Town s proportion of Beef\\nrate for the Army, and the constables were author-\\nized to rceei\\\\ e the old rates, on the scale of one silver\\ndollar tu ninety of paper.\\nIn February, 1781, a meeting was held to raise\\ntwelve men for the Continental army, who had been\\ncalled for to till up the quota assigned to the State.\\nThese were raised by dividing the town into twelve\\nclasses, as recommended by the Genera! Court, each\\nclass to furnish a man, by hiring or otherwise.\\nIn November a call was made for militiamen, and\\nthe selectmen proceeded to hire them on the best\\nterms they could. The town Voted to approve of\\nthe Selectmen hiring the three months militia, and\\nalso to procuring this town s proportion of Rum. It\\ni supposed that nine men went at this time to West\\nPoint, of whom Isaac How was the leader.\\nVoted, to pay those men who went on the late\\nalarm for Coos. A small party of British soldiers\\nmade an incursion into Vermont, and at Newbury\\nhad captured a Colonel Johnson, and carried him to\\nCanada. An alarm was made in this region, and\\nCaptain Heald, with quite a number of men, were\\nsoon on their way thither; tiny were absent but a\\n-hurt time.\\nJanuary, 17*2, Voted, that the Selectmen -hall\\nprocure clothing for the former Continental Soldiers\\nagainst the next Town-meeting, if they can.\\n.Six men were raised this year for the Continental\\nservice one of these was Mr. John I tould.\\nDuring this summer or autumn a party of Tories\\nfrom Canada made an irruption into Vermont, and\\nproceeded as far as Royalton. It was supposed the}\\nwere the vanguard of a large detachment sent to lay\\nwaste the towns on Connecticut River. An alarm\\nwas sent to this town, and a large company of sixty-\\nlive men marched immediately, but were absent only\\na tew days. This was the last alarm that ever came\\nfor soldiers. The capture of Cornwallis, with his\\narmy, nearly closed the active operations id the Revo-\\nlution.\\nOf the persons who were officers or soldiers in the\\nservice during the war, it is to be regretted that no\\nentry was ever made on the town records, that there-\\nby their names might have been preserved. We have\\nalready given two extensive rolls, and, after a\\nthorough investigation, we think the subjoined list\\nwill contain the largest part of those who served\\nesides those alreadj named, but\\nHunker\\ni:t.:i/.|\\n\u00c2\u00a37 33 13\\nIn addition to tie-, were all those who turned out\\non the various alarm-., on the requisition of the Com-\\nmittee of Safety, making in all something like three\\nhundred and sixty enlistments, in numbers varying\\nt v three to forty-eight men at a time, and for\\nperiods of from one month to three years. Nearlj\\nevery man, from the highest to the lowest, sooner or\\nlater took his turn or hired some one as a substi-\\ntute.\\ni If all these men. but one or two were killed in\\nbattle; eight or ten were very severely wounded,\\namong whom Were Josiah Walton. Fbene/.er Fletcher,\\nJeremiah Priehard and Jonas Adams; and about\\ntwenty died of sickness in the army, or soon after\\nthey were brought home, of whom were John Adams,\\nSimeon Ilildreth, Daniel Hall, Samuel Campbell,\\nJonathan Wheat, Samuel Foster, Ephraim Foster\\nand Asa Pel ham. Quite a number of them had con-\\ntracted habits incident to the camp, which materially\\naffected their respectability and success in after-\\nlife.\\nThe country was drained of all its available means\\nby continual heavy taxes that were almost constantly\\nlevied, in one shape or auot her. to carry on the con-\\ntest. The proportion of this town, in a province tax\\nof 1000, was, in 177::, \u00c2\u00a313 1*. only sixteen towns\\npaid more. In 1777 it was \u00c2\u00a312 11*. 6d. only ten\\ntowns paid more. In 1780 it was t. J2 5s. 2d. In\\n1781 an act was passed to raise a quantity of beet\\nfor the army; the proportion levied upon this town\\nwas 17,164 pounds; only twelve towns furnished a\\nlarger quantity. A levy was made by the State for\\n10,000 gallons of rum; this town s part was 122\\ngallons.\\nIn 1781 Congress called on this State for thirteen\\nhundred and fifty-four men for the Continental\\narmy our proportion was seventeen men, which were\\npromptly furnished. From this it is probable that\\ntins town was relied on, and did supply a fraction\\nover one-eightieth of all the men and other means\\nraised by this State during the Revolutionary War.\\nAll the requisitions were supplied fully and promptly.\\nIn 17^2 a list was made out by the Legislature of the\\ndeficiencies of the several towns; and while there\\nwere great delinquencies in some places, New Ips-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1005.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "618\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwich was found deficient two men only, which were\\nimmediately supplied. 1\\nThe following lists of Revolutionary soldiers ami\\nmatters pertaining to the Revolution are from the\\n.State archives and furnished by Isaac W. Hammond,\\nEsq., Deputj Secretary of State\\nThe following is a list of those who responded to\\nthe lirst alarm, referred to on page 75, History\\nNew Ipswich\\nPert that went to Cambridge in April, A. D. 1775, on h alarm of\\nThomas Ileal. I, Capt\\nEzra Town, Lieut\\nJoseph Parker\\nIlezekiah Colo\\\\ Ih.il\\nWilliam Start, Clerk\\n.1 r, s,. g t\\nDan Clarj\\n[saac Fat m n\\nTim- Farwell\\nSimeon Hildrith\\nChen Browo\\nJesse Carleton\\nJno. Brow n, Jr\\nJoseph Wright\\nSamuel Soper\\nStephen Davis\\nRobert Cambell\\nThus Brown\\nJosiah Brown, Sgt 13\\nJonas Wilson, Jr 7\\nSimeon Gould 4\\n.lone. I uvis 4\\nJoseph Pollard 13\\nFrancis Fletcher lu\\nNathl Pratt\\nIvlni i Bryant r\\nWilliam Hodgkins 5\\n.lain... i [handler 5\\nJon. Brookes Serj 13\\nJno. Cutter 11\\nNath Swain\\nTier Wl lurk 4\\nJoel Vi l lock 8\\nffath Read 5\\nBenja Hoar 7\\nAaron Chamberlain 9\\nRev. Stephen Farrar 30\\nKlijah Flagg\\nTim- Farrar 5\\nJno. Wilkins 5\\nDan Mansfield S\\nPetei Fletcher\\n,lii Sartoll 8\\n13\\nW\u00c2\u00bb Speei 6\\nElijah Davis 13\\nllnvid San. I. r- H\\nISenj. Williams\\n13\\nJosiah Walton\\n13\\nLeonard Parker\\n7\\ni t i Tinney\\n5\\nEphraim Foster\\n8\\nDaniel Foster\\nSamuel Foster\\n8\\n1 im Steai as\\n13\\nBenja Gibba\\n8\\nSaml. Kinney\\n13\\nDavid Helvin\\n13\\nJosiah Davis\\n13\\nChas. Ilarrelt\\n1\\n1 s.i... Appleton\\nReuben Kidder\\n5\\nJere* Underu 1\\n7\\nBenj. Pollard\\n13\\nJosiah Rogers\\n6\\nSaml Haywood\\n5\\nThos Farnsworth\\n8\\nStephen Parker\\n5\\nNath Stone\\n5\\nNathi Fair\\n13\\nSaml Bartlett\\n3\\n3\\nElea 1 Cummings\\n5\\nIsaac Clark\\nwi Shattuck\\n3\\nEph ra Adams, Jr\\n7\\nRobert Harkness\\n7\\nTho Ih\\nI.D.\\nStatu of New Hampshire. Hillsborough ss. ocfl7n ITS\\n,M, I .Inn. ml Briant and Joseph\\nParker ami mailr solemn .mill that this Ar lit by them severally sub-\\nscribed is .lust ami Inn- according to the lust of their kni\\nCoram l fne Farbab, .Iu-i Pai is\\nThe whole account amounted t \u00c2\u00a3124 16s.\\n1 Kidder ,v Gould s History of New Ipswich.\\n7 Visi.es ll.nl\\n\u00c2\u00abbirm to Kolialst.m, Stale Verm. ml. ll..t. I,....\\nee,/ epi .^i\\\\^ ii uh horse*.\\nEilnnl Bryant Ca|.t, lsaae Clark I, hut. lleiij Williams Lieut, Jerk\\nPrichard, Thos Brown, Josiah Walton, John Brown Jur., Silas Haws.\\nJohn Gould, Joseph Sticknej Jr., H-ni- Adams Jr., Jn\u00c2\u00b0 Adams, Amos\\nBaker, Sam Speer, W\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Speei Jr., .In- Cutter, W\u00c2\u00bb Prichard, .ton\\nFleti her, Eph n Adams Jr., Elijah Davis, Josiah Brown, Tho Kidder,\\nTho Fletchei Jr., W\u00c2\u00bb Clary, E.lnr Town\\nfour days ami trav-\\nlt amounted to \u00c2\u00a334\\nThey went on horses, etc\\neled forty-live miles. The act\\n10s.\\nT In. I., ll.nl .r. ..I O.i I U Rot/aUt N sue/ alarm.\\nI ll.e Hale Lieut Col ,Iose|.h Talker Cap Muses Tucker Lieu .lames\\nChandler Ens .In- ISn.iiks Seig Leonard l ark.r. Allen lie\\nFans, Eben Knight, Elms Knight Jr., Sam 1 Cumings, Ebon I hi. her.\\nlie. Spaull him. Tim Fox, W Shattiiek, Jon twist, W\u00c2\u00bb Hodgkins,\\nLevi Ian, N.itli Ian, Isaac llnrtlet, .lotham Hoar, Eph\u00c2\u00bb Hildreth, Jo-\\nu i i Walker, Ames Huyntnti, J. .el linker, Stephen Pierce,\\nSam Fletcher, Stephen A. lams Jr., .lie Prat, Edw* Prat, Nath I rat.\\nIsaac Farwell, K.h.r 1 Farwell, Jn\u00c2\u00abGowing,RobertCambelI,Thad Taylor,\\nReuben Paylor, Hezek Hodg, Jn\u00c2\u00bb Wheelei Jr.\\nThe foregoing were out with horses four days, trav-\\neled thirty-five miles and the account amounted to\\n\u00c2\u00a390 2s.\\nM..I IJ.nl SS.nl In. II., T.i.r.i ..fX.ic Ips.r,.}, I., I n.\u00e2\u0080\u009e-\\nbridgoon tin alarmat wd tohich mu turned into the Publid\\nuntinental store there\\nJinn weight Hie Flower\\n3 I .i. 1. 1. ,r Bread being\\nlinn Weight of Pork\\nfour Bushels of Beans\\n300 weight t hesc ,i 6 d\\nCap Charles Barretts Inns, h.st when Tn vacuated\\nJonas Wilsons horse at the alarm when Borgoin was taken\\nCap 1 Francis Fletchers horse lost at the same time\\nFrancis Appletona horse lost at the same time\\nW i hoi i i foi a yar ..ml expenses A tunc in\\nobtaining his horse\\nJohn Thomas* Hois, taken A impressed int., the Conti-\\nnental Service\\nThe aggregate amount was u;:2s 8s. Od. The\\naccount was sworn to before Timothy Farrar.\\nl th h. II see, \\\\ee Hampshire:\\nThe Petition of the Siihscril.crs, Inhabitants of the Town New-\\nIpswich\u00e2\u0080\u0094 hum\\nThat on the -m Hay of October last past we began ..ur Man b i\\nint., ice the Northern Army, (agrcnble to the Older of the t 1 ,,ui\\nin a Con, [.any utnlei I lie c ..ml of Cup Hriant that cadi ol us tod,\\nii ,e..:. I..- ..ml oihers ,ii He- Company that\\nwe joined the Army ami continued m the service till regularly dis-\\nmissed: that, .luting ..in said sci vice, each of ns lost an Il.-ise, which\\nwe have not -nice heard of. not withstati. ling the I ains we luiv,- taken\\ni Petitioners humbly pray your Honors to taki theabove\\nint., consideration am! make such pensation for the loss we have", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1006.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\n619\\nsu-tainc.l a you in V..111 i--i-.ni -hull 1\\nin duty bound shall ever pruy\\nNew-Ipswich Dec* 25 th 1777.\\nExeter, Feb y- 10 i 177S\\nthe Horse ol Francis Fletcher I think mi worth \u00c2\u00a330 William\\nM\u00c2\u00b0Clary 28 Jonas Woolson 35 Epbraira Adams 30 the Horse was ordered\\n1miu.u1 t-v in-- with tin- advise of --titer --III- us\\nTho- IIkai.i-, lent Col\\nPETITION TO PAY Full A HORSE LOST IN THE SERVICE,\\nvlccl-M.-\\nof tin- Town -if New-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0huiiihh -I.. w--th\\nThat on or about tin- lii-t I a of --H 1777 v.- pressed -hi an Horse,\\nthe Property of Cup Charles Barrett --I sai-1 N.-w-I|,sw\\nthe Laws of said State) to carry Packs for the M.-n who tnr 1 out Vol-\\nunteers, in Onli-r t-- reinforce the Northern Army under the Command\\nof ;,-i|i ilnr.-s; t ti nt the sai-1 Hois.- was l--si in the Expedition, and has\\nn-.l since 1 ii hear-] -if, notwithstanding tin- penis taken win- h l.-s we\\nestimate at sixty P-nm-ls lawful Money.\\nWherefore y-.in P.-titi -rs humbly in ay your honors to take the\\nloi-l. -ration and order sti-h O.-inpeusitiou f.-r the -ai-1 I-.s-\\na- i.-ii in N-..IU Wisdom shall think fit and your Petitioners, is in Duty\\nbo I, e-ii ever pray c\\nNew-Ipswich, 23* OcP 177s.\\nI\\nteiAi i Select men\\nCm\\nHillsborcr ssIM- ll 177s\\nThe above-named W\u00c2\u00bb Shattuck, I: Appleton and J. Chandlei made\\nsolemn Oath, that in Appraising the Horse above mentioned. Ih. y have\\nacted impartially according to their best Skill and Judg Coram\\nTl u- 1 mil- \\\\u Jtut Pacil\\nAPPRAISAL OF ESTATE 01 ABSENTEES, 1778.\\nAn Inventory ..f the Estate of John T.-mlins.-n and J-.hn Tnfi-.n\\nMason K- i i.-n|-i .s.-il t-- l~- Inhabitants --I Great Britain lying in\\nN-Ipswich in the State of N-Halnpshire, taken int.- Custody and appiai-d\\nby the Subscribers, Select-Men of s\u00c2\u00ab New-Ipswich by Authority .-fan Ait\\nintitled An Act to prevent the Conveyanci f Estate\\nTear of our Lord 1777, which Estab 1 in Partnership, viz\\n80 M l iin- .l .-i \u00c2\u00a3420 Taxes in- .I\\n11-3\\nThe subscribers charge for the\\nSworn to b-for- Tinn-th.. Kin r.n t. J I, 1.7-\\nRELATIVE TO MILITIA REGIMENT, 17s;..\\nTo the Bonble General Court oj the State oj Veto Hampehin\\nThe Petition of the Sul.Miil.-r-. S- I- Inn ri iui-1 -lh--r Inhabitants of\\nthe Towns of New-Ipswich, Peterlmp.ugli, Temple, Lyndsl- -roii-li. il-\\nl-ill, M.i-.li. P.-l-l-l-H.-ll-ll-Slll.. H:.H ill behalf of\\noiii-s, -ices and the Towns we belong to\\nHumbly sheweth\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThat by a vote of the General Court pa-se-1 at their last Session, the In-\\nhabitants of the Towns above mentioned were cousiiiub-d He- Ih--:i-\\nment of Militia and that the Tow,,- I. lafire; Dublin, Pack-\\nersfield, Marleborough i Fit/will inn i w--i ,,-n, ,,t. 1 1\u00e2\u0080\u009e- l-jt- Regiment,\\nretaining the Number which they bad when connected with Me -i-.ii-i\\npart of the Towns first mentioned which we conceive to he injurious,\\ninverting the order which ought to hav.- taken place in their Numbers.\\nAnd presuming that the General Court were not rightly informed as to\\nthe circumstances of those two Regiments, beg leave to lav before your\\nHonors some facts, in order to procure an alteration in their Numbers\\nwhich W-- think ought I-- take place for tie- following reasons The\\nI .-wn- are the oldest by about twenty years, taking\\ntheir age uj ,,\\\\,-,:iu--. \\\\V,,..l-..n -.f N-Ipswich having a Coin-\\ngle Inhabitant in any oi the six Towns above named, aud many years\\nbeforeaC n in iver, inj persol within their limits.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 By\\n-l be aired with th l rns we 1 tour N ,er\\n12; therefore ought not to toes from 1- t- 23, bj dissolving the Con-\\nnection. Hv puling tli. ir No,,, b.-r- an-1 wealth it will appear that\\nv.- i\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\\\\ \u00c2\u00a349-15 t-- the TI sand; they but \u00c2\u00a332 1; That there are\\neleven hundred rateable poll- in his lb- .,,,-1 little more than six hun-\\ndred in that That then- are t.-ui Held officers in this Beg who will\\nil,,,, I. -l iding i-. rem o Hi- mmiss in thi 23- Regt an-1 but\\none in Hint [and that a second Maj-).\\nThus, Gentlemen, whuhve, w substitute us a I riteriou t-- dotcimino\\nie uh.tli-i Age, numbers, wealth, H,.- r.-,l-\\nof Field officers oi whatei nceive to operate in the\\nminds of the Legislature, thi pre! a, most clearly, on our side\\nAnd as we would not be vainly ambit!-. us for b ur, to which we bad\\nnotitle; so neither would wi be thought so mean, as tamely to submit\\ntO .1 selll ell- I V Which We U I I L 1 I.el.O-. I\\nfore applyto your Honours as the Giianlian-oi m u-.-i.i\\ning for a reconsideration of the vote complained --1 and that we may\\nhe permitted t.- retain tie- 1-iie.inal Number. Aid win j-\\nduty l-oiiud hall ever pray Ac\\n-.bin- 27 17-\\nPAl-tPr.t.nwm\\nEpn m Adams f\\nTinr- Farrar, Josiah Wall in, Josiah Rogers, Ebenezer Jones, Daniel\\nI Vilams .1 Eph\u00c2\u00bb H.ntw-ll, lieti.i-uiiiii Kn.dtoii, s-lh\\nv, i Carlton, Luther Kidd-i, Nathan lb-bens, Tlnr N--nls\\nReed, A Bilker. NTith II- --Igl.in-, Xuth Fai let, John wheeler, Iticli- 1\\ni- i .,.-_.,.. i- Fox I,, Jonathan Fox, Lazarus\\nCary, Elijah v I Eleaier I _ 3tarl I Bartlett,\\nBen.i II- en, .1-,-.-;,, Bate] Ilel [thamai w k, William Prichard,\\nNehemiah Stratton, John Cutter, William Speer, William SpeerJ\\n.le-s,. walker. I-.,., II. il I ..,,4 Samuel Bartlett, Timothy\\nFox. Peter Shattuck, sili- VI,:,,-. John si e, 1 1 uck. Stephen Adams,\\nTh..- Spaulding I b S] t ling Jr, John Binney, Joel Baker,\\nOnesimua newell, Call Cam] II, San I 1 Fletcher, Robert Campbell,\\nEl Fi.-i b- J. 1 i i Wam m il arleton, Zebulon\\n.In William Fariss, Stephen Hildreth, Joseph Baker, Reuben Tayloi\\nTI,,,- Fletcher, Peter Jones, -I -8 French, Joseph Briant, Joseh\\nFletcher, Thomas Fletcher .Inner, William Wheeler, William Cary,\\nFrancis Fletcher, Eben- Bullnrd. ,1.,-iab Walt-.n ,jur, James Walton,\\nTine Brown, .lona- W....1-. II .Inn .lolias Wlillllej, Sun II\\nSam Whiting IT.m Appi- -l-m. Nathan Pallor, .lame- I\\nli.-el... k .1,, s, i;,,, .l.i .liinr, Lb.-iie/er Adams, John Ohainpney -Tur,\\nDaniel Bartlett, Noah Bartlett, John l riohar.l. I .mi-I Mansliel.I, F./in\\nT.-wii-, sburii..-i siuittu, k. Suniiiel bu tull-i A,ir.,n Ki-lil-i, J. -el Hil-\\ndreth, Nathan Walker, Jos.-pb Parker .In Ruben T.iyloi Jr. /..-l-.lee\\nI., U h- t Jr. I uniel Clary, David Clary, Ephraim\\n111 Fletcher, William Delap, Enos\\ng t, David Knight, I bi n i I ni ;hl V Tucket Bi\\nS.. mil. 1 I .uk-i, -l.-tbam Ib-in. Jo-i.ili Uol.l.iii-, l-iit,,. 1 Pink-\\nBI I, I. .Ini Preston. Eben Parkel Benjamin Procter, l --n,i Hoarjun,\\nNathaniel Prentis.\\nCERTIFICVI E 01 3ERVIC1 OF SAMUEL WALKER, 1782.\\nII, I,,,. rtify that I th- Subscriber one of the Selectmen in New\\n1,,-wi h in the year 1780 did with the other Selei tmen by order of Court\\n-en- Six in,.,,,],- in tin- Continental army of which\\nl Walkei oi New Ipswich was who marcht off and\\nreturned with the others and I never heard but that he faithfully Did\\nro] erly Dischai gi d.\\nNew lp-w-i. h Augu-t 27 1782\\nIsaac How.\\nJohn Goold certified that he served with s-ai I\\nWalker tur the term of six months, ami that they\\ncami- home tufrether.\\n40", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1007.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGfl COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSOLDIER S BOl NTY.\\nThe Bounty paidto Hezekiah Sartwell by the Town ofNew Ipswich\\na .-1:1,1- to Eighteen pounds\\nJmSTAH Gil MA\\nPETITION FOU JOHN THOM [785\\n.I:miis, of New Ipswich, -fate?- that .l..lm Tin ana- a- in tin-\\nKh \u00c2\u00bbl Nlaml expedition mi 177\\\\ ami ha\u00c2\u00abl a horse impressed into the\\nt Miitin.-iit;il s.-rviee ami that saidhui se wa-. nev.-r if Turned to liiln. He\\na-sk.-d to be ji;,j.l for tin? same. Timothy F \u00c2\u00bbx -tated that\\nworth \u00c2\u00a3ln. .lusri.h Parkfi ami lvter Fleti-ht-r testified that they were\\nin til. .shim- lv-iju. Ut 1 1 nl.. 1 if] i;n,.,|, U.i I.--.. :uii| km.wili t Tin fart as\\nstat 1 bj Idams. He was allowed \u00c2\u00a310.\\nPETITION OF CAPTATN EZRA TOWNE.\\n21 the G tlOourtofthi BtaU of New Hi\\nThe Petition of Ezra Tuvn of X-w Ip-wi, h in aid State humblj\\nsln-w- tli;ii If in .l.i 1. 1. a 1 I 177 1 .Hi mid.-.! a company in tlie Ser-\\nvice nf tlir I nitr.l tat-^. ,iml tliat hisMfii went into aiiaila t lif 11 t\\nAlbany in the same year and nn the first \u00c2\u00ab.f rt.-c.Miib.-r in tlie shim- year\\nhis company marched to Pennsylvania ami continued there untill the\\nfirst il.tv Jaro t.,ll..\\\\\\\\inu t 1 u after hi- e .iiipan\\\\\\nwi t In -ut rations ,,r any -uh-isianc. in. in-.- y h- cany them home.\\nNew Iiwwieh.-intb ,1\\nEzra Towne.\\nThe petition was dismissed, and he presented\\nanother dated February 4. 1788, in which he stated\\nthai his company was in General .lames Reed s regi-\\nment, and that the men were discharged February 13,\\n1777, at Morristown, X. J.\\nPETITION FOE ALLOWANCE EOR BOUNTIES PAID THREE\\nYEARS MEN, L785\\nn /y t M (i.t it was Emoted b\\\\ the Aiithmii\\\\ tin- State -.1 New Hamp-\\nshire upon January\u00e2\u0080\u0094 17K1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Thai fur every remiil rai-fd ami Mustered I-. il, three vats Service\\nin the Continental Army\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tin Towne who raised said recruits should be\\nentitled to receive out of the Treasury ot said state Twenty pounds\\nequal in Valine to Indian l. nnial ti.ur Shilling a r.n-h.-l eaehie-\\nit appears b* us tbat a_ ,:il t, tl,,- i. -r. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 i iil: I the Town of New\\nIpswich raised the following persons Im said n i- vi/) John Bullard\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Peter Bullard -John Adam- \\\\-hii Stratten- Joseph Proi tei Ste in\\nAdams\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Phi nehas Adam--\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sam 1 Walker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .1.-.-.* Walk -i J..|m Tin, mas\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Joel Baker\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \\\\nn.s r.akfi Sam IVitter\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W Hewitt a W Scott\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWe therefore desire yotn Honour the T: ^i.t. t,|,.,v\\nthe Sums allow d to the Town for raisiim tin- i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 _- r- run- to I fa-\\ncon Ephraiiu Adam- and In- nv.-ipl Shall lhsi liar-.- you for said Slim\\nNew [pgwich Mm\\nHon. J Taw.uk Gilman Esq*\\nJames Hosley Selectmen\\nPai i. Pru ii IRD\\n-Ken 1 Adams Jb New-Ipswich\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The War of 1812 met with but little\\nfavor from the citizens of New Ipswich.\\nTin- following were in the service:\\nLmings, Mr. Steara,\\nu.i, S..U.-H Spauld-\\n.l..lm Ii. Wright,\\nnes Spaulding and\\nAaron Bart. Ml. .I.lm 1 I\\n.1. William Ball, Vbel\\n1\\nPeter Wilder, Silas Wheeler, Sa\\nlk Ut-y K-. -p ia a substihil I ..i\\nGould.\\nThe town responded promptly to the call of an im-\\nperiled country during the War of the Rebellion,\\nand its record during thai conflict is an 1 irable\\none. Its quotas were tilled and money furnished\\nwith the same patriotic spirit evinced by Deacon\\nApplct in as he left the place on that April day in\\n177- and marched to the uncord fight.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nNEW IPSWICH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continned).\\nr, I I.KSI ASTIl At. n i- ihi:y.\\nt Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Methi\\ni -lin|.ti,.t I hinvli\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I n\\nCongregational Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the original grant of\\nthe town a reservation was made of a certain piece of\\nland for the support in part of the Christian min-\\nistry, and at the town-meeting in 1750 it was voted\\nto choose a committee to provide a proper person to\\npreach in said town. They also voted forty-six\\npounds, old tenor, for preaching in the fall of\\nthe year, and chose Joseph Stevens and Reuben\\nKidder a committee to provide a proper person to\\npreach. Two years afterwards (1752) one hundred\\nand fifty pounds, old tenor, were voted to pay for\\nwhat preaching there had been, and to be laid out in\\npreaching for the futer, and also to have constant\\npreaching hereafter. In 17- 4 it was voted to hire\\ntwo months preaching in six months next coming,\\nand no more.\\nIt was voted. February, 1755, to proceed to settle\\na minister, and subsequently, that Mr. Peter\\nPowers be our gospel minister. Joseph Stevens and\\nEphraim Adams were chosen to apply to Mr. Powers,\\nand make some proposals to him about his settling\\nwith us, and hear his reply, and make Report at the\\nAdjournment of this meeting. They were also\\ndirected to hire Mr. Powers to preach with us hear\\nin this place till the adjournment of this meeting.\\nThey voted to give four hundred pounds, old tenor, in\\npassable bills, for a settlement, and also to give\\nhim four hundred pounds, old tenor, equal to about\\nforty pounds silver, for a salary, with thirty cords of\\nw 1 yearly.\\nMr. Powers accepted the call, but before the day\\nappointed for the ordination he requested to be re-\\nlieved from bis obligation to become their pastor. The\\nrequest was granted, and, November 2(1, 1759, Rev.\\n.Stephen Farrar was called, ami ordained October 21.\\n1760, when the church was also organized. Rev.\\nMr. Farrar remained pastor of this church until bis\\ndeath, which occurred suddenly June 23, 1809. He\\nwas succeeded by Rev. Richard Hall, who was or-\\ndained .March 12, 1812, and remained until his death.\\nJuly 13, 1824. Rev. Isaac R. Barbour was pastor\\nfrom March 8, 1826, to September the same year;\\nRev. Charles Walker from February 28, 1827, to\\nAugust 26, 1835; Rev. Samuel Lee from May 5, 1836,\\nto 1862; Rev. Calvin Cutler settled March 12, 1862, dis-\\nmissed April 11, 1867; Rev. Prescott Fay settled\\nJanuary 1, 1868, dismissed October 6, 1809; Rev.\\nBenjamin F. Ray acting pastor from July 1, 1870,\\nuntil death, January 1, 1872; Rev. Thomas S. Robie\\nacting pastor from .May, 1872, until March, 1874;\\nRev. Bela N. Seymour, acting pastor from October\\n1, 1874, until .March 15,1878; Rev. Horace Parker,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1008.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\n621\\nacting pastor from August 1, 1878, until May 30,\\n1880; Rev. Sumner G. W I settled December 31,\\n1880, dismissed March 1, 1883; Rev. George F. Mer-\\nriain, acting pastor, April 15, 1883,\\nThe first meeting-house was erected by the proprie-\\ntors of the town, but probably was never used as a\\nhouse of worship, and was destroyed during the de-\\nsertion of the town in 1748.\\nIn 1752 it was voted to build a meeting-house,\\nwhich was completed in 1759, and a committee was\\nappointed, consisting of Aaron Kidder, Joseph Bates\\nand Ichabod How, to seat the meeting-house; and\\nthey were directed to seetc ten persons on each\\nLong Seal and tour on each short one.\\nThis was an unpretentious building, and in 17(52\\nt l.llil.l II Mr,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0la r.-.-t wide stii-l HI\\nVoted tochuse a Committee t :eive and provide stuff Buch as\\nb,,ards, slit-work. shinnies, 1 i r. 1 1 I r 1 1 like f,.r tin M.-.-ti n^-liou\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nChosenMi Robert Crosbj III John Chandler, Dea. Benjamin Adams\\nand dipt. Reuben Kidder.\\nA controversy arose respecting the location of the\\nhouse, which lasted until 1767, and after the location\\nhad finally been decided upon, and the church erected,\\nanother controversy occurred in relation to the distri-\\nbution of the pews. Some wished to have a com-\\nmittee to prise the pew spotts and let the highest\\npayers have them according to theirpay, and others\\nwished to have them sold to the highest bidder at\\npublic vendue. It was finally agreed, November 18,\\n1768,\\nThat .ill per~,n- wli., hath a mind I,, li.iv hi- prop.,! r i. ootl.l.- part iti\\nthi pev and a thi New H., prefer a Rei st to the Com** 8 chosen\\nto disposi ol th Pews al Vendue, bj the 25th day instant at 9 o clocs\\nin the morning, shall have their proportionable part, ace ti theii\\npay, sett off to su b as Request it\\nToted, t Entrest, that all the persons Intrested in the New M. II.\\nshall sell the pews thai are not sett ofl to sui h as Requested theii parti\\nat public vendue p. tin- highest bidder, and have the benefit ot the\\nmoney -a el j, iv- ,,me to, ill proportion to their pay.\\nIn March, 1769, it was voted that the committee\\nproceed to build a pulpit and make the Body of\\nSeats, and Seal up the window stools, and lathe and\\nplaster to the I oillcry girts and so under the Gallerys,\\nand Build the Siairs, and lay the gallery floor and\\nalso the ministerial Pew, all to lie compleated this\\nSummer coming.\\nIn January, 1770, it was voted to finish the meet-\\ning-house this present year; to have a row ol pews\\naround the gallery, sell them at auction and apply\\nthe proceeds towards the finishing of the house.\\nThey also voted to paint the interior as the commit-\\ntee should think proper upon advise of men skilled\\nin painting. The last recorded act in relation to\\nthe completion of the house was to build seats on the\\nspaces over the stairs, and the Negroes to set on\\nthe Hindmost of said seats in each gallery, though\\nby a subsequent record it appears that they had not\\nbeen built in 1774.\\nThe fourth and present church edifice was com-\\npleted in 1813.\\nFebruary 22, 1759,\\np. -He .i,.-eph si hi I in ih,.i, ,,i,i i, nor, for going to\\nCoi I to hier a preacher, and toTownshend to wait on Mr. Pamir up;\\nIm g g to I ainl.ri.l-e, 17 h. silver, old tenor; 2 ln.i., like tenor,\\nfor going i 1 Ihelmsford on the like i,,,-,,,\\nNovember 26, 1759. At a meeting of the proprie-\\ntors,\\nKei Daniel Emei presiding, and after solemn supplication, Voted\\nby I roxes, and hoseii Mr. Stephen Fai rar to he onr impel minister in\\nthis place.\\nVoted to give Mr. Stephen Farrar \u00c2\u00a340 starling i teyol Grafc Bril\\ntoninaddil to the firsl Ministei Riti ol Land ill this Place, if he\\nsettles in the mini-try in tin- place\\nVoted to give Mr. Stephen Farrar forty pounds starling u ,1 sai 1,\\nfor a yearly Sallery, so long as he continues a GoBpel i\\nb le l Ml Ml. Farrar s Sallerv live Pounds Starline,, to he paid\\nyearly, when II is Eiehli I, lir.s and live Pounds starling more,\\nto be paid yearly, when there is on, hundred falnelies settled in this\\nplace, said addition to ontnioe ii\u00e2\u0080\u009e, u as i,\u00e2\u0080\u009e do,- the u-ii\\nThe following signed the church covenant:\\nFletcher, ,.h.v, Spaulding, Jonah Crosby, A Taylor, Zechariah\\nAdams, Stephen Adams, John Dutton, Benben Kidder, Ebenezei Bu]\\nlint. Joseph Stevens, Benjamin Hoar, Benjamin Idams, II las Adams,\\nl o these were added, in the course of the succeed-\\ning twelve years, thirty-eight others. Among these\\nwere\\n17C.4 liaiiiaba., Ilavi-, Nathaniel Carlotoii and Mile. Kaehel Kidder.\\nCornelius Cook, Joel and Hannah Crosby, Ma] shall pal nsworth.\\n17651\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Start and wife, Ichi land Sarah How.\\n1766.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ed I and Abigail Briant, Nathan Boynton, itebeccs Melvin\\nhi. I the Wi I 1 a and \\\\bi|ah Smith.\\n1767.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Set h I ..bo aim .1 1 ban and Sa\\n17ns Joseph and Ruth Pollard, and Rebecca, wife of John Preston.\\n177c.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel and Bridget Brown, Silas Iin.hajd.son. John and Su-\\nsannah Cutter, and the wives ,,t Jonas Woolson, Jimiah Brown, Stephen\\nBrown and Elijah Mansfield.\\n1772.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac Clark, William Elliol and the wife ol Simeon Fletcher.\\nAccording to Mr. Walton s memoranda, there were\\nadded, in 1786, 88; 17s7, 10; 1789, 5; 1790, 1; 1791,\\n2; 17 .i2, 1794,2; 1800,5; 1801,3; 1806,1; 1808,\\n2; 1809, 3.\\nEphraim and Benjamin Adams were the first\\ndeacons.\\nThe Second Congregational Church was organ-\\nized October 9, 1851, with fifty-seven members, bu1\\nwithin ten years later united with the old church.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church was organized\\nin 1841. The following is a list of pastors from its\\norganization to the present time:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0u, from December, 1841, to June, 1842; Jacob Boyce,\\nfrom July, 1842, to July. 1844 George W. T. Rogers, from July, 1S44.\\nto June, 1843; Henry Nutter, from June, 1846, to May, 1846; J. W\\nGrumdly, from May, 1846, to June, 1x48; Joseph Hayes, from June,\\n1.-1-, I- Mn. I M .i; Jonathan Hall, from June, 1849, to May, 1851; 0.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1009.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n11 May, 1 1 I.. H.-. tul i is. .l u I Pitcher, from De-\\ncember, 1851, l .lum-, is.-,--.; Jonathan Hull-, from June, 1852, to May,\\nL855; -I r Stinchfield, from May, 1855, to July, 1866; S. G Kellogg,\\nfrom July, 1856, to July, 1858; David Culver, from January, 1859, to\\n\\\\].ni, i- iS A P llai. I., i May, 1859, to April, 1861\\nl i Vpril, 1861, to April, 1KI1-J Inul Taggart, from April, 187(1,\\nto April, 1872 Jacob I Spaulding, from ipril, 1872, to Vpril,1875j\\nrth, i Ipril, 187 to Vpril, 1 -77 1 W, Johnson, from\\nApril, 1877, to September, ls77; G. M. Curl, from September, 1877, to\\nApril, 1879; Geo S. Wentworth, from April, 1879, to \\\\piil. 1880; F. II\\nCorson, from .Inn.-, lssn. to \\\\pril, 1883 J M Coburn, from June, 1883,\\nto April, 1884.\\nThe church has no pastor at the present time.\\nAn Unitarian Society was formed here and a\\nmeeting-house erected in 1833. Among the ministers\\nwere Rev. Mr. Hardin;:, Rev. R. Bates and Rev.\\nWarren Burton. The church is now extinct.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nNEW IPSWICH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 [Continued).\\nAPPLETON ACADEMY. 1\\nWEreadinthe HistoryofNen [pswich, tha( though\\nthe town had made provision for instruction in the\\nlanguages, it was lor only a few weeks in the year;\\nand after the close of the Revolutionary War it was\\nnot to be supposed that such men as the Farrars,\\nChampneys, Protons. Barretts, Appletons and Kid-\\nders, who had children growing up, would be satisfied\\nwith the advantages enjoyed. In 1861, at a re-union\\nof the alumni of the academy, Hon. John Preston,\\nin responding to the toast, The Original Founders\\nof the Academy, said,\\nAs early as 1787, when but one Academy had been\\nn two men of New Ipswich and other towns in this vicin-\\nity bound themselves by mutual covenants to contribute theil several\\nproportions to tin- support .1 a I in V u Ipswich, where tin- higln-r\\nbranches of knowledge might be taught. In 178! I Academj was in-\\ncorporator S f til.- t.nill.l. i lia.l I.e. a. -..Mi. a- in I\\nRevolution ;all w.-rc flittering from the elnl.ai lassiie-nt- .cca-i-mol l.y tin-\\nexpenses of the war and a depreciated currency, Many of them were\\ninvolved in debt yet, lot Hi.- -al I |\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,inlil,-_- tin- In.-nlisot c.lurntilig\\nrinai hiMl -o. tln.- in. r-as.-.l th..-n il.-l.ts ami .-v.-n morl\\niarins, liriuly Colo illcol lliat tlu-y o.ul.l leave tli.-it hiMi.-n u. I.ga.\\nvaluable as a good education.\\nIii the fall f 17S7 tin- school opened in adistrict\\nschool-house, with Mr. John Hubbard lor its first pre-\\nceptor. The school nourished and outgrew its first\\nhome; so, in 1789, a building, now occupied as a\\ndwelling by Emerson I low,-, was erected, and a\\ncharter of incorporation obtained. Trustees were se-\\nlected from those who had been members of the as-\\nsociation, all paper- and money given to the new-\\nboard and the old association gave place to the new.\\nRev. Stephen Farrar was chosen presiden! of the\\ntrustees, Dr. John Preston secretary and John Hub-\\nbard was retained as preceptor till his resignation, in\\n1795. The next year Mr. Samuel Worcester, who\\nhad lilted lot- college under .Mr. Hubbard, was se-\\ncured as preceptor, and remained two years, when he\\nresigned to begin his vocation of the ministry in 1798.\\nXI r. Worcester was succeeded by Mr. David Palmer.\\nwho remained one year, and the school was closed\\nthat winter.\\nThe next two terms were under the charge of Mr.\\nPett i i lochran.\\nIn September, 1799, Mr. Warren Pierce took the\\nschool for two years. At this time there seems to\\nhave been a depression, and the school was closed for\\ntwo years, to open in 1803 under the care of Mr.\\nJoseph Milliken, who remained till 1807, when Mr.\\nBenjamin White was put in charge for a year. He\\nwas succeeded by Mr. Oliver Swain Taylor, who re-\\ncently died in Auburn, X. Y., at the age of one hun-\\ndred. Under Mr. Taylor the school was prosperous,\\nand a goodly number of the daughters, as well as the\\nsons, of the town attended. At this time we find the\\nfirst lady assistant (Mrs, Mitchell, afterward married\\nto Mr. Peter Batchelder). Mr. Taylor resigned in\\n1811, and the next few years we find the school to\\nhave been in charge of Messrs. Luke Eastman, Hart\\nTalcott, Jesse Smith and Elijah Demond.\\nIn 1817 the town was about to build anew town hall,\\nand an agreement was made with the trustees by\\nwhich the town and trustees should, to their mutual\\nadvantage, join in erecting a building.\\nIn 1817 the school was moved to its new rooms, the\\nstudents marching in procession from the old building\\nto the new. The music on tlii- occasion was furnished\\nby some of their own number, among them being\\nElijah Bingham and Jonas lackering, whose name\\nlitis since been so well-known in musical circles\\nthroughout the world.\\nFrom isl.s to L820 Mr. Earl Smith was preceptor.\\nThe school flourished tit this time, and we find in a\\nletter from Mr. Charles Barrett to Mr. Samuel Apple-\\nton that, besides the building, fifteen hundred dollars\\nhad been added to the fund. Soon after this Mr.\\nSamuel Appleton sent some globes and one hundred\\nvolumes toward a library, of which the school was\\nin need. At the same time Mr. Isaac Appleton\\ncontributed a large and curious folio volume on\\nrenealogj\\nThe next four or five years were under Messrs.\\nAmasa Edes, Rufus Putnam and Cranmore Wallace.\\nIn 1827, under Mr. Seth H. Keeler, the school was\\nvery small. Mr. Robert A. Coffin, assisted bj his\\nwile, held the school from 1828 to 1833 with great\\nsuccess. During this time Mrs. Dolly Everett, sister\\nof the Appletons, presented the school with a bell.\\nMr. Coffin was lollowed by his assistant, Mr. Stephen\\nT. Allen, who was highly commended by the trustees\\nwhen he resigned at tin- end of the following year.\\nFrom 1835 to 1st], Mr. Charles Shedd was preceptor,\\nand front 1S41 to 1844, Messrs. Josiah Crosby, James\\nK. Colby and Aimer Warner were in charge.\\nIn 1844, Mr. Edward A. Lawrence began bis suc-\\ncessful work, which lasted till his resignation, in 1851.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1010.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\nAt the meeting of the alumni in 1861 allusion is made\\nto him by the chronicler as follows:\\nAfter a season canie Edward, whose Burname waa Lawrence, a wise\\nin. hi. halt uprightly and walked in his integrity. Ami his days\\nw. n- iijiiknl l.v gentleness anil peace. Many children of the people\\ndrew nigh unto his loving-kindness, ami Ihey took s\\\\v.\\ngethex and walked to the Bouse of God in com] v Now the rest of\\nthe acts of Edward, anil his many kind words, ami hi- g [ness, they an\\ngraven with the point uf a diamond mi tin taMots 1 air memory.\\nOn September 11. 1850, the town celebrated its cen-\\ntennial, and many of its distinguished sons ami\\ndaughters were present. On account of great age and\\ninfirmities, Samuel Appleton was unable to attend,\\nbut sent, a letter, in which he says,\\nwhich I hupe will nii-t-t the approbation ot all Tin- Literary Institu-\\ntion- of New Hampshire in general, ami tin- A. .i l 1 1 1 ol Neu Ip-ueh\\nin particular ami In enable thai institution l.i a-s n- t r -lairl-\\ning and extend its Intim useful ti-.^s, I, Sainu. l Appleton, ol r..-1 n. i\\nhereby promise lo pa\\\\ in Iln Tl nsteo- of N.\\\\i l|.-\\\\M.h n-l.-iu v, t..i the\\nlienefit of said Academy, the lln.ui.aiid dull. us .n ,l. n, ,n\\nAfter the applause, which the reading of this letter\\nexcited, had ceased, Dr. Augustus A. Gould, of Bos-\\nton, one of New Ipswich s sons, rose and promised to\\ngive to the academy an extensive collection of shells,\\nplants and other objects of natural history whenever\\nthe resident citizens would furnish suitable cases for\\ntheir arrangement and preservation. At the same\\nmeeting a committee, consisting of lion. Samuel\\nBatchelder, Hon. Timothy Parrar, Jonas Chickering,\\nEsq., Dr. A. A. Gould and Frederic Kidder, were\\nchosen to solicit money for a permanent fund for t lie\\nacademy. Such an impulse had been given by the\\n(lunations of Mr. Appleton and Mr. Gould that the\\nresident and other friends of the school resolved to\\nerect building suited to the future requirements of\\nthe institution, and money for the purpose was given\\nby S iiniiel Appleton, Nathan Appleton, Jonas bick-\\nering, the Kidders, Champneys, Barretts, Prestons,\\nThayers and many others. Mr. Elihu T. Quimby\\ntook charge of the school after the resignation of Mr.\\nLawrence, in 1853 the present academy building\\nwas begun, a large two-story brick building, situated\\non fine grounds commanding an extensh e view. In\\nthe spring of 1854 the new rooms were ready for oc-\\ncupation. The first Moor of the building was devoted\\nto recitation-rooms; by a broad, easy stair-way the\\nsecond story was reached, on which were situated the\\n1 irge school hall, library, room for philosophical ap-\\nparatus and a museum for the promised gift of Dr.\\nGould, who, shortly alter the completion of the cases,\\ncame to superintend the arrangement of the cabinet.\\nAmong other things is a very valuable and complete\\ngeological collection, part of which was L iven to Dr.\\nGould by his friend, Sir Charles Lyell, and many of\\nthe inscriptions are in Lady Lyell s handwriting.\\nAnother branch of the collection bad been given to\\nDr. Gould by Colonel Ezekiel Jewett, a native of\\nRindge, who served in the War of 1812 and also in\\nthe South American War. Still later in life he be-\\ncame famous for his researches in minerals and shells.\\nIn 1854 the academy received from the esecutors of\\nthe will of Samuel Appleton, who had recently died.\\ntwentj thousand dollars, making his total gilt to the\\nschool fund twenty-live thousand dollars and a! I his\\ntime, in recognition of his kindness, the name of the\\nschool u a- changed to New Ipswich Appleton Academy.\\nIn the summer of 1861, al the request of friends of the\\nacademy, .Mr. Quimby, the principal, issued a circu-\\nlar, a portion of which follows\\nI. ii l.i an mat h\\\\ I! IV Kingsbury,\\nPerry, Ef ol Brooklyn, N. Y., has\\nl i rton, Esq., I New I psv, ah,\\nred to make tin- day pleas-ant and\\nWe read in the record of that day that a large\\nnumber of the alumni and friends of the school met\\non Wednesday, September, IS, 1861, at nine A.M., in\\nthe old academy hall. The meeting was called to\\norder by Rev. Samuel Lee. one of the board of trus-\\ntees, and the following officers of the day were\\nchosen: President, Deacon N. D. Gould, of Boston,\\nMass.; Vice-President, Hon. John Preston, of New-\\nIpswich; Marshal, Colonel John P.Clark, of New\\nIpswich; Chaplain, Rev. Perley 11. Davis, of Andover,\\nMass; Secretary, John N. Stearns, Esq., of New\\nYork.\\nAfter the business of the day bad been transacted,\\na procession was formed on the green in front of the\\nold academy in the following order\\nTie- Mar-lial and Aids.\\nI i licis past an. I le.nl of tils Academy.\\nAlumni.\\nflic procession moved through the principal streets\\nof the village to the large hall in the new academy\\nbuilding, which was tilled to overflowing. The presi-\\ndent of the day, Deacon N. 1). rOUld, a vigorous man,\\nthough in his eightieth year, upon calling the as-\\nsembly to order, made a short address, in which he\\nsaid,\\ntorj t i lie Icademj as myself, i \u00c2\u00bbi -ay. a- I an, that of the\\nIIiiiH la,, on filial foliml.Ti- f tin- instil lltii ill, f the till\\ngentlemen who have been fmin tunc I., nine its trustees, ami of the\\ntwenty-eighl i ptore who have successfully had its chat I have\\nknown every one, and lac. been Intimately acquainted with mosl ol\\nAn oration was then delived by I P.. Kingsbury,\\nEsq., entitled \u00e2\u0080\u00a2True Heroism and its connection\\nwith the life of the scholar. The oration was fol-\\nlowed by a poem written and delivered by Timothy\\nPerry, which was received with great favor by the\\naudience. The poem was followed by the Word of", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1011.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "624\\nHISTOKY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nthe Prophet Benammi, by William A. Preston. The\\nancient and allegorical style in which the prophet\\ntreated numerous incidents in the history of the\\nacademy provoked hearty merriment among the\\nmost dignified in the assembly.\\nIt was in the first year of our Civil War. s i after\\nour defeat, when Hull Run and Manassas Gap awak-\\nened sad memories in all hearts, ami it was in allu-\\nsion to these events that the chronicler, who refers\\nto New Ipswieh as Gilead and the academy as the\\ntabernacle, foretells the final triumph of the right,\\nand invokes the blessings of Heaven upon our cause\\nas follows\\n6. And the children of tin- Xortli hasted and went down to the con-\\nflict, and among them were many from the land ..t oil. id\\nof the tabernacle, men of might and men of war. hi for the battle, that\\ncould handle the shield and buckler; whose faces were like the fares of\\nupon the mountains.\\n7. And they girded on theii armor, even the glittering Bpearand the\\nsword, and were terrible as an army with hauliers.\\n8. And they said one to another: Gilead is mine,\\n9. And they trembled not at the sound of the trumpets, the thunder\\nof the captains and the shouting, aud they fought from the rising of the\\nsun to the going down thereof.\\n10. And, lo, even now their arnioi is not laid aside, and even now\\ncan we hear the trampling of l! hariot,- and the\\nmidnight sky is red with the glare of the battle.\\n11. But we remembered how in the days of old stood Phineas, the\\nil aron, before the Ark of the Covi I. .ax-\\ning: Shall I battle against the children of Benja-\\nmin in brother, or shall I ease\\n12. Andth for to-morrow I will deliver them\\ninto thine hand.\\nI::. And \\\\\\\\e weri- eouiforted, and bade our children be of _ 1 cheer,\\ntot lie who led bl- people with a pillai ol fire by night, and a pillar of\\ncloud by day, would not forsake u in tin, out I hie. but would be our\\nstrong fortress, and a -bade upon right h i\\n14. But tie- ey 1 the prophet Iienanniii wax din\\nas if in a vision, that the land of Gilead shall again How with milk am!\\nhoney that it- garnet- .hall I., lull to ,o orrlowing;\\nlo. That this label naele *hall -till .end forth blessings without num-\\nber, and that our children and oni children s children shall come up\\nhither to learn that whu I, s _ i, md .boll do liouoi and reverence to\\nthose who. ill old time, established this abode of W i-doiu.\\n16 Let them walk in their integi ,-il neither the\\nPestilent e thai walketli in darkness, nor the destruction that wasteth at\\nnoonday: till, beneath their own vine, and among their own kindred,\\nthe silver cord is loosed, and the golden bowl is broken,\\n17. To thee, our foster-mother, Hail! Peace be within thy walls,\\nwithin thy palaces.\\n18, for my brethren and companions sake, I will m\\nDuring the next t\\\\-w years many valuable philo-\\nsophical and chemical instruments were added to the\\nschool laboratories. Mr. Ira Holden, of Baltimore,\\nMd., gave a fine air-pump; Mr. Jeremiah Prichard,\\nof Boston, a large electrical machine, and, from time\\nto time, many other instruments have been given by\\nother friends. Rev. E. T. Rowe succeeded Mr.\\nQuimby in 1865, and remained till 1868, when Mr.\\nEarl W. Westgate was put in charge of the school.\\nIn 1872, Mr. John Herbert took charge of the school,\\nand remained till 1874, when William A. Preston,\\nEsq., became principal, and the school still remains\\nin his care. The school fund has, within a few years,\\nbeen increased live thousand dollars by the bequest\\nof the late Isaac Spalding, of Nashua, a native of\\nXew Ipswich. Among the prominent men who have\\nbeen students at the academy are Chief Justice Ap-\\npleton, of Maine: Levi Woodbury, of the Supreme\\nCourt of the United States; Amos Kendall, Post-\\nmaster-General of the United States; Marshall P.\\nWilder, of Boston; Dr. George C. Shattuck, of Bos-\\nton; the famous surgeon, Dr. Amos Twitchell, of\\nKcene, and many others. At the New Hampshire\\nfestival in Boston, in 1850, five of the twelve vice-\\npresidents were sons of Xew Ipswich and former\\nmembers of the academy. The following gentlemen\\nhave, at various times, been trustees:\\nRei Stephen Farrar, I barb-- Barrett, Esq Ephraim Hartwell, Esq.,\\nJoseph Brown Rei Seth Payson Re\\\\ 1 auiel i:\u00c2\u00bbi iie, 1M w I-.\\nJacob Abbot, John Hubbard, Dr. John Preston, Hon. Ti tin lunar.\\nlb i Noah Md. s, Jonathan Si at i i, ft i kbel 1 iski\\nRobert Smith, Ebeneaer Edwards, Jeremiah I ri. hard, lev Coin, liu-\\nKildei, lioinumiii I h.uupney, Ksij Pr. John 1 re-ton.\\nJl Rev. Richard Hall, Samuel Hat. h elder. Rev, l.beu.v,., iijn, V\\nPa r, Charles Barrett, N lb Gould, In Jl I\\nTho Beedet Petei Fell Joseph Barrett, Rei [saw I: Barbour, 0.\\nharies Walker, Rev. A. B Burnnai ,1,1 n t\\nrar, John Clark, William Ainsworth, Isaac Ida as, J i\\n1 Ftedi .Adams, William W.\\nJohnson, G ge Barrett, Stephen Thayer, William Olmstead, Supply\\nI li \\\\m [in- A Could. William A l*reston Rev.\\nCalvin Cutler, Newton Brooks, Edwei d ~p,,:,,.. M.t h, H\\nThomas II Marshall, Frank w. Preston Fn lerii ,i nea, Jeremiah\\nSmith, John I Davis, lia s Holden, Thomas G Appleton I!\\nw lorn, x bo.iue, Wallat\\nCHAPTER V.\\nIPSWICH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I Continued).\\nM\\nihe Manufacturers Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Xew Ipswich Bank The New\\nIpswich Sawngs-Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Pres Physicians\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Post-otfice\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manu-\\nre, F. and M -Watatii l Ig. t.O.ofO.]\\nCivil History Kepresehlativos 1 Town Clerks from Incorporation\\nol low,, to 1886.\\nThe Manufacturers Bank was chartered in 1820,\\nwith a capital of $100,000. The first president was\\nCharles Barrett, who held the position until his\\ndeath. Thomas B. Fearing was the first cashier.\\nHe was succeeded by William Ainsworth, and .Mr.\\nAinsworth by George Barrett.\\nThe New Ipswich Bank was chartered in 1848,\\nwith a capital of $100,000. J. M. Minol was presi-\\ndent, and George Barrett cashier. William A. Pres-\\nton succeeded Mr. Barrett as cashier in 1861. The\\nhank closed about 1867.\\nThe New Ipswich Savings-Bank was incorporated\\nJanuary 3, 1849. The incorporators were Isaac\\nAdams. Joseph Barrett, Jeremiah Smith. Nathan\\nSanders. John P. Clark. James Chandler. Ephraim\\nH. Farrar, George Sanders, William W. Johnson.\\nSupply Wilson, George Barrett, John Preston, Hiram\\nSmith and Stephen Smith.\\nThe incorporators met February 10, 1849, and\\nchose the following trustees: William W. Johnson,\\nJoseph Barrett, James Chandler. Nathan Sanders,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1012.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\nJeremiah Smith, Supply Wilson, George Barrett,\\nHiram Smith and Stephen Smith.\\nThe trustees above-named met February 24, 1849,\\nand the following officers were chosen: Jeremiah\\nSmith as president, John Preston as treasurer.\\nThe presidents in order and time of service are as\\nfollows: Jeremiah Smith. 1849 to 1873, resigning on\\naccount of ill health; James Chandler, 1873 to 1878,\\nresigning on account of ill health; William W.\\nJohn~oii. 1878 to L883; George Whiting, 18S3 to\\n18S6.\\nThe treasurers in order and time of service are\\nJohn Preston, 1849 until his death, in March, 1807;\\nWilliam A. Preston, son of John Preston, 1867 to\\n1875; Frank W. Preston, son of John Preston, 1875\\nto 1886.\\nThe present standing committee arc George Whit-\\ning, Henry Preston, Frederick Jones and Edward\\nO.Marshall.\\nPresent board of trustees arc William W. Johnson,\\nGeorge Whiting, William A. Preston, Ephraim F.\\nFox, George W. Wheeler (2d), Frederick Jones,\\nFrank W. Preston, Henry Preston and Edward\\nMarshall.\\nThe first three depo-ii,- wen a- follows: February\\n27, 1849, Charles Aimer Chickering, $13; March 30,\\n1849, Joseph Howard Sanders, $6.50; March 31,1849,\\nFrank Whipple Preston, $13.\\nThe amount of deposits January, INN. were $77,-\\n091.\\nThe Press. On New Year s morning, 1802, a small\\npamphlet was found distributed at almost every man s\\ndoor. It was entitled The New Year s Gift, 01\\nNaughty Folks Reformed; by his Honor, Isaac\\nIambic. The avowed object of the muse was to\\nThe management of singing and singing-schools and\\nthe preceptor of the academy are castigated, with sun-\\ndry hits at hard drinking, swearing and lying and\\nmany other topics. The excitement produced was\\nvery great, and the effect was highly beneficial in\\nsuppressing the follies and quarrels of the citizens.\\nEvery one stood in terror of Isaac, who had declared\\nthat he should do his duty, and that every New\\nYear they should have his gift, and moreover, that\\nhe will\\ntoll til. truth, but will lio! -pair\\nLittle I- great a single hair\\nAmi when you tell a lie or swear.\\nIXp rl \\\\i.lil ll 0-1 e t Ll:,il n: llii H\\nT b i it i your Dame, and then to lift\\nIt into his next Msio Fear s Gift.\\nThe threats of vengeance from those who had been\\ndirectly alluded to were loud and long. The sin of\\nauthorship was laid at many a door, but no satisfac-\\ntory clue to it was then obtained. Indeed, we believe\\nthe name of the author has never yet been fully dis-\\nclosed. His two coadjutors were faithful, ami he so\\nartfully diverted attention hy ca-tlualniL\\nwell a- his father, hinting\\nHow s 1 It r, tie v\\nthat he escaped detection.\\nA somewhat similar commotion was produced,\\ndozen year- or more afterwards, hy the circulation of\\n-one verses entitled The Ladies Looking-Glass,\\named a i some of the prevalent follies of the day.\\nTin: Press of New Ipswich. 1 Early in the year\\n1815, Simeon Ide, then in his twenty-first year, having\\nsi rved an apprenticeship with Farnsworth Church-\\nhill, publishers of the Vermont Republican, at Windsor,\\nprocured of Monroe ,v Francis, of Boston, a small two-\\npull Lineage press, a font of second-hand bourgeois\\ntype, weighing three hundred and ftfty-fivi\\nbadly worn, and other material necessary for printing\\nan edition of the New Testament. This In- placed in a\\nblacksmith-shop on his father s farm, situated over\\nthe hills, in the southwest coiner of New Ipswich,\\nabout four miles from the Centre village and three\\nmiles easterly from the village of Bindge. Having\\npr,, cured paper from the mill of Samuel Smith, Esq.,\\nof Peterborough, with the assistance of a sister not yet\\ni wel\\\\ e years if age. he ci uupletedan edition of five thou-\\nsand copies of the New Testament, in duodecimo form,\\nthree hundred and seventy-five pages, in i hi five\\nmonths. lie doing the press-work at half-press,\\nwhile his sister did nearl} all the case-work. This is\\nbelieved to be the first edition of the New Testament\\npublished in the State. In order that this, his first\\npublication, might he as free a- possible of errors, lie\\nengaged the Rev Dr. Payson, of Rindge, to read the\\nproof-sheets, ami walked to the doctor s house, a dis-\\ntance of three miles, twice a week to read proofs with\\nhim. To give greater currency to the edition, he\\nprevailed upon Dr. Payson to allow him to insert\\nupon the title-page, Revised and corrected by Rev.\\nS. Payson, D.D. Some of the doctor s friend- get-\\nting I he impression that he had been attempting a\\nnew translation, he was not a little troubled; but .Mr.\\nMe came to his relief by placing over the o\\nline a primed slip, on which were the words, First\\nNew Ipswich Edition. hie thousand copies, in full\\nbinding, were sold to the New Hampshire Bible So-\\nciety for two hundred and eighty dollars\u00e2\u0080\u0094 much below\\nthe cost in order to raise the money tor his SUpplj\\nofpaper. The remainder of the edition was retailed\\nai fifty cents a copy. Mr. Ide also printed -.-col\\nsermons, pamphlets and .-mall 1 ks for tie- young,\\nduring the term of about one year he remained with\\nI,,- father al the homi stead. \\\\.mong the hitter were\\nFranklin s Way to Wealth. Prompter, Sket-\\nches of Franklin s Life and Character (written by\\nMr. Ide while an apprentice), The i o\\nRobert Blair, Gray s Elegy, etc.\\nAbout the same time Solomon Wilder removed to", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1013.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "026\\nhistory f mi.i,si;(n;uri;ii corxTV, new Hampshire.\\nNow Ipswich from Leominster, Mass., with a printing\\napparatus of the rudest sort, even for thus,- days. He\\ndidjoba in the wa\\\\ of posters for vendues, farm sales,\\nprobate notices, etc. He also printed toy-hooks, with\\ncuts of a very questionable styleofart, ami an occa-\\nsional pamphlet; but beyond this he did not aspire.\\nHe did most of the printing demanded by the locality\\nfor many years.\\n7v New Tpswich Register was published by Mark\\nMiller in 1833, and had hut a short life.\\nTht Newt- Gatherer was published by King Hewes\\nin 1836.\\nThe New Ipswich Times, a small sheet, is now pub-\\nlished quarterly by Emery Allen.\\nreorge I). Burton commenced printing in New Ips-\\nwich in 1871. With a press seven by nine inches,\\nami a small stock of type, mostly purchased on credit,\\nhe opened in a small room opposite the hotel. His\\nprincipal work was address and husine.-s cards, pro-\\ncured by advertising from abroad. Being successful\\nin this, and having paid off his indebtedness, in\\n1872 he purchased more type and a plough paper-\\ncutter.\\nIn 1874 he commenced the publication of the AVw\\nEiKjbind Star, an eight-page, thirty-two column ama-\\nteur paper, published monthly, at fifty cents a year,\\nprinted at the office of the Cheshire Republican, at\\nKeene. At first one thousand copies were issued, and\\nthe circulation continued to increase monthly. The\\nadvertisements so called in work that in the spring\\nof 1875 an eight-inch Gordon press was purchased,\\nand more spacious quarters were found for the busi-\\nness in the two-and-a-half story block opposite\\nThayer s cigar-factory. Soon after a Hoe press, with\\nplaten twenty-six by twenty-eight, was added, and a\\nlarge outfit of wood and metal type. In the fall of\\n1875, Mr. Burton received from the postmaster a cer-\\ntificate that he furnished and receh cd lnoremail matter\\neach day than all the other inhabitants combined.\\nThat thenar had some shining qualities is evidenl\\nfrom the fact that in the spring of 1 S7t; it had attained\\na circulation of between live thousand and six thou-\\nsand. In that year it was sold to William M. Pem-\\nberton, of Ansonia, Conn. In the spring of 1877,\\nsuch was the run of job-work from abroad that an-\\nother press was demanded and procured also a thirty-\\ntwo-inch Sanborn power paper-cutter and a four horse-\\npower engine. New shafting was put in. and the\\nbusiness run by steam. Many large business houses\\nin Boston ami other huge [daces procured their print-\\nin- at this office. A machine-shop was also annexed,\\nin the rear of the building, t or the manufacture of\\nsmall novelties. Everything continued prosperous\\ntill the fall of 1877, when, on a calm, (bar November\\nevening, the office having been run to a late hour to\\nmeet the crowd of work, theownerand his co-laborers\\nwere summoned from their incipient slumbers to see\\ntin- whole establishment vanish as in an hour by the\\ninsatiable tire-fiend. The amount of loss can be\\njudged from the foregoing sketch, and the fact that\\nseven hands were constantly employed in this office.\\nPhysicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first physician was John Pres-\\nton, who came in 1762, ami for some time was the\\nonly physician in the town. He was followed by\\nDrs. Thomas Swain, Eben H. Goss, Nathan Breed,\\nJohn Preston, Jr., Timothy Preston, James Barr,\\nMoses Farwell, Calvin Brown, William Galleys, John\\nClough, Henry Gibson, L. II. Cochran. Dr. Kitter-\\nedge, Frederick Jones. 1 Stillman Gibson, George M.\\nGage, James Emerson, John M. Rami, Francis N.\\nribson, 1 John Cutler, Frederick W. Jones. 1\\nThe Post-Office at New Ipswich was established, in\\n1800, with Samuel Batchelder, Sr\u00e2\u0080\u009e postmaster. The\\nfollowing is a list of the postmasters from that time\\nto the present Sampson Fletcher. Josiah W. Spaul-\\nding, barbs Hastings, Jr., Charles Chickering, Ed-\\nward M. Isaacs, John I*. Davis, John G. Leonard,\\nCharles A. Whitney, Henry O. Preston (the present\\nincumbent).\\nThe first Cotton-Mill in New Hampshire was es-\\ntablished in this town, in 1804, by Charles Bobbins,\\nCharles Barrett and Benjamin Champney. Robbins\\nwas a practical manufacturer, and was to receive for\\nhis services and skill S2.7 per day, and the others to\\nfurnish the means for conducting the business. The\\nmill went into operation in December, 1804, and con-\\ntained five hundred spindles. Four and a half pounds\\nof yarn were spun on the first day, which was sold to\\nI harles Kohl, ins for $3.42. June 11, 1805, the Legis-\\nlature of New Hampshire, on the petition of Charles\\nBarrett and others, passed an Act to encourage the\\nmanufacture of Cotton Yarn in the town of New Ips-\\nwich, in this Slate\\nOther factories were built from time to time; but\\nthe only one now in existence in the town is the Co-\\nlumbian Manufacturing Company, which manufac-\\ntures cotton goods, denims, stripes, etc. The woolen\\nmanufacture was also carried on at one time in this\\ntown. John Everett commenced the manufacture ol\\nwoolens as early as 1810; but it was abandoned in\\n1826.\\nSlavery in New Ipswich.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Slavery at one time\\nexisted in this town, and the minister, the doctor, the\\nmagistrate, the deacon and the captain all were slave-\\nowner-. The first one owned in town was a man\\nbelonging to Deacon Adams. Tradition says he was\\n-.cry discontented when comparing the solitudes of\\nthe wilderness with the cleared fields, of old Ipswich.\\nSoon after. Colonel Kidder had two, one of whom\\nwas a girl, who died young; Caesar, the man, was\\npurchased in Ihelmsford, for ten pounds, hen seven\\nyears obi. Scipio, owned by Captain Hoar; Patience,\\nby Rev. Stephen Farrar; Boston, by Doctor Preston,\\nSt.; and Grace, by Paul Prichard, died young.\\nThe first Burial-Place in the town was near the\\nfirst meeting-house.\\n1 Now in practice.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1014.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "NEW IPSWICH.\\n627\\nWatatic Lodge of Odd-Fellows was\\ninstituted\\n,111\\nBethel Lodge, No. 24, F. and A. Masons, was\\nchartered August 22, 1815, and John Everett was\\nfirst Master. The present membership is about\\nthirty-five, among whom is Silas Wheeler, who re-\\nceived his Entered Apprentice degree at the first\\nmeeting held for work, September 12, 1815.\\nCivil History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of town-\\nclerks and representatives from the incorporation of\\nthe town to 1886:\\n762. Moses Tucker, tow\\nj clerk.\\n763.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Heald, ti\\nra clerk.\\n764.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ichabod How, tovi\\nclerk.\\n70o. Bi-njaiuiil \\\\dam-.\\nown clerk\\n17(3 IiiternjL iunii.\\n767.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac Appleton, tov\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n clerk.\\n17ns.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Adams,\\nown cleri\\nns, town clerk.\\n1770. Benjamin Adams, town clerk.\\n1771. John Preston, town clerk.\\n1772. Benjamin vdams, town clerk.\\n1773.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Adams, town clerk.\\n1774.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Farrar, town clerk.\\n1775.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Shattuck, representative Isaac How, town clerk.\\n1770.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Hates, i r, r t v I- II. .w. t,,wn clerk.\\n1777. Benjamin Adams, representative Isaac How, town clerk.\\n177s.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Piv t,,n, repie-enlative Isaac Appleton. town clerk.\\n1779.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ebenezer Champney, representative; Isaac Appleton, towi\\n1780.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Brown, representative Isaac How, town .Ink.\\n1781.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy Farrar, representative; Benjamin Adams, t.iwi\\nclerk.\\n1782.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ephraim Adams, representative Isaa. Mow, town clerk.\\n1783.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Epliraim Adams, representativ, Ji Horsley, town clerk\\n1784. Epliraim A, lam-, representative .lames Hot-ley, town clerk.\\n1785. Epliraim Adams,, representative James Horsley, town clerk.\\n1786.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Preston, representative; Isaac Ippleton, town clerk.\\n1787.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Barrett, representative [saac Appleton, town clerk.\\n1788.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Barrett, representative Isaac Appleton, town clerk.\\n17S9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Clonics Barrett, representative Isaac Appleton, tow,, I.-rk.\\n1790. Charles Barrett, representative Isaac Appleton, town clerk.\\n1791.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Barrett, representative; Jeremiah Prichard, tow\\nclerk.\\n1792.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Barrett, representative Jeremiah Prichard, tow-\\nclerk.\\n1703. Charles I .arrett, representative Jeremiah Prichard, tow-\\nclerk.\\n.94. Jeremiah Pri hard rept\\nJeremiah Prichard,\\nJohn Huhhard,\\n-Samuel Batchelder, representative John Preston, town clerk.\\n-Samuel Batrhcldor, rept. tentative John Pie-ton, town clerk.\\nSamu, l Bat, held, presentative J, hn Preston to\\n-Samuel ItatclieWer, ropi e.enlal v .loin, l ivsl.,n, town clerk.\\n11. Gould, representative John Preston, town clerk.\\n-N. I ,0.,,1,1, representative Samuel Hatch, -|,ler, tow II clerk.\\n-Charles liar, ell. 1 pi ,-o\u00e2\u0080\u009et,iln e Samuel Hat, I, elder, town\\n-X. I I0,ul,l, representative: Samuel Hatclielder, town I. 1 1,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Charles Han, -it, representative; Samuel Batchelder, town\\n-Charles Barretl\\nSat 1 Batch\\nl,j:j._si,.p],.\\nepic-, ntalive S;t 1 Hal, heMer. town\\n1797.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah Prichard, representative Jeremiah Prichard, town\\nI hat les Bam 11. representativi Seth heeler, town clerk.\\n1799.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah Prichard, representative Noan Bartlett, town\\nlerk.\\nlsun.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeremiah Prichard, re|,resentative Xuah Bartlett, town clerk.\\n1801. Ehenezer Champney, representative Noah Bartlett, town\\nlerk.\\n1802. Jeremiah Prichard, representative John Preston, town clerk,\\nlso:;.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah B.ntlett. representative John Preston, town clerk.\\nIsol -V,,,h P.... II, tt, representative John Preston, town clerk.\\n1805 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Noah Bartlett, representative; John Preston, town clerk.\\nlso, Nod, Bartlett, representative John Preston, town clerk.\\n1807.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah Bartlett, representative. John Preston, town clerk.\\nl.sos.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Xoal, Baitlett. 1. 1 eiitalive John Preston, town 1,-rk\\n1809.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Noah Bartlett, representative rohn Preston, town clerk.\\n1810.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaiah Kidder, representative; John Preston, town clerk.\\nISll.-Samuel Batchelder, i.-pr illative; John pie-ton. town cleik.\\n1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Batchelder. repre tative John Preston, town clerk.\\n1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Wheeler, representative K H. Fanar, town clerk.\\n1825.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Barrett, representative V. II. Farrar, town clerk.\\n1826.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Barren, repie-eutaiive 1:, II Farrar, town clerk.\\n1827.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Wheeler, representativi I II Farrar, town clerk.\\nIsjs -Stephen Wheeler, representative I. II. Fanar, town clerk.\\n1829. Stl pbeu I,. r. 1 -i lit ,,,ve .1. leiuiali Smith, town .lerk.\\nI I II Farrar, town clerk.\\nII 1 II Farrar, town clerk.\\nl Wheeler, representativi I H. Farrar, town clerk.\\n1833.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Preston, representativ, 1. II Farrar, town clerk.\\n1834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Seth King, representative E II Farrar, town clerk.\\n1835.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Seth King, repi ntative I. II Farrar, town clerk.\\n1836 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Stephen Wheeler, representative i. II Farrar, town lerk.\\n1837.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Seth King, representative F II Farrar, town clerk\\n1838.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John lv-ton. representative John Gould, Ji town clerk.\\n]s:;:i. lereiuiah Suiilli, representative John Could, Jr., town lerk.\\n184(1 Jeremiah Smith, re sentative John,; d. Jr. town clerk\\nEdward M. Isaacs 1 nil vacancy\\n1841 \u00e2\u0080\u0094William A111-W..11I1, representative John Clark, town clerk.\\nu v, ji,, p.pie-eiit.i nve Henry I-aacs to fill vacan\\nI 1 I ,j, -t. 1 1 ntative John cl.n i..w n 0I.1 k.\\n1 1 p n. t. 1 native .loh 11 rl.iik, town clerk.\\n1M \u00e2\u0080\u0094John l |e-t..|i. lepie.entativ. John Clark, town lerk.\\n1M0.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Prestv eprrsentative John (lark, town h-ik\\n1847.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Preston and Jeremiah Sinilh, representative- Join, Clark,\\ntown clerk\\nl-|s .1,1 cm,., I, smith cud Samuel I 1, pi, -e 111, ,11, os John Clark,\\ntown clerk.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel 1 and .1. remiah Smith, representatives John Clark,\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Chandler and Frederick .lone., representatives; John\\nClark, town clerk.\\nps,:,l.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James I handler and John Preston, tepresei datives John lark,\\ntown clerk.\\nisvj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 llosea Eaton and John Preston, representatives; Charles A.\\nJonathan Hall, i,-| iv-eni\\nJonathan Hall, representatives Charles\\nJonathan Hall, representatives; Charles\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hosea Eat\\nWhitney, town clerk.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Christopher Whitney and Stephen Thayer, representatives;\\nCharles Whitney, town clerk\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William W. Johnson and James chandler, representatives;\\nCharles A. Whitney, town 1 111.\\n1S5S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. JI. Isaacs and William W. .lohn-oii, r-pl motives Charles\\nA. Whitney, town clerk.\\n1859.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles B. Marshall and Henrj Pi\\nharlee Whitney, town clerk.\\n[860 Charles B. Marshall and Henry 11 Preston, representatives\\nCharles A. Whitney, town clerk.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathan samlet- and me Baydon, represent., 1 r\\nA Whitney, town clerk.\\nlsiVJ. -jSiinni-l I..-.-, i.-pr,-, ntalive I,,, ih- A Whitney, town clerk,\\nm 1 .00,,, pl ntative Charles A, Whitney, town clerk\\n1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John V. Davis, representative; Charles Whitney, town\\n1805.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John F. Davis, representative; Charles A. Whitney, town\\nclerk.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hosea Eaton, representative; Charles A. Whitney, town clerk.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1015.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nL867.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hosea Eaton, representative Charles A. Whitney, town clerk.\\ni! i Fat. .11, representative Charles A. Whitney, town clerk.\\ntil I lesteti, r.-].i tit^iti\\\\ Charles A. Whitney, town\\nclerk.\\n1870.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William A. Pr. -i Whitney, town\\n1.S71. Francis X niC-oh pi. -.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Nt.iuv Charles A. Whitney, town\\nclerk.\\nlsT 2. Francis X Gibson, representative i harles Whitney, town\\nclerk.\\ni ink W. Preston, representative Charles A Whitney, town\\nW I rv-lmi. repr.-, nt iti\\\\e Charles 1 1 1 1 n |.mu\\n1 7. William W. Johnson, r-pr-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ntativt- Charles A. Whitney,\\ntown clerk.\\n1876.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Charles A. Whitney,\\ntown clerk.\\n1*77\u00e2\u0080\u00941 X. Seymour, representative Charles Whitney, town\\nclerk.\\nIs7s.-p.-tei H. riark. representative j Charles V\\nclerk; Henry 0. Preston t.. till vacancy,\\n1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Peter 11. Clark, representative John W. Cummings, town\\nclerk lien Preston to fill i\\n1 si.i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlei. W heeler, rcpresentatii e Kail 11. Farwell, town clerk\\nlssL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Wl ler, r. pies, nlal i i Carl II F.u well, town clerk.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edwanl i.i Mai-hall, representative Earl 11. Farwell ami\\nEugene F. Adams, town clerks.\\n[883 i Iwanl i Marshall. r.-|.i i I Marsh, Ji\\ni l i M i Jl\\ntown clerk.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Warren Pratt, representativi J. l. I Marsh, Jr., town clerk.\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Warren Pratt, n i i Marsh, Jr., town clerk.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\\n.mux PKESTON.\\nThe first of the name of Preston to come to\\nNew Ipswich was John, in 1760, .it the age of\\ntwenty-two, son of Captain Samuel, of Littleton,\\nMass., who was a descendant of John, of Andover,\\nand the name John seems to be a family heirloom\\nfrom a time when the memory of man runneth not to\\n1 ntrary. Captain Samuel Preston wasabrave\\ncommander in the French aid Indian War. ami John,\\nso family legendstell us was a fearless J I\\nilier in his lather s company. Little fighting was\\nthe capture of Quebec by Wolfe in 1759,\\nand the next year John laid aside the sword lor the\\nscalpel, and settled in this town as a physician. The\\ndoctor was a fortnight younger than the new minister.\\nRev. Stephen Farrar, who was ordained the same\\nyear, ami the two young men became last friends.\\nThat the doctor s livi|iicnt visits to the parsonage\\nwon- not wholly due to his interest in theology is\\nevident by his niani.-i^c, in 17C4. to Rebecca, the min-\\nter. oi which marriage were horn eleven\\nchildren, of whom the eldest son- of course, named\\nJohn was horn February 15, 177o. The doctor wa-\\ntt stanch Whig during the Revolution succei ded Ins\\nbrother-in-law, Judge Timothy Farrar, as member of\\nition to frame tic State Constitution was\\none of the founders of the academe, and for inane\\nyears its secretary; his son-in-law, John Hubbard,\\nbeing its first preceptor. He tilled the various town\\noffices of town clerk, selectman and representative,\\nand till his death, in 1803, was a leader of public\\nopinion. The house which he built and always occu-\\npied has remained in the possession of the family, and\\nis now owned by his granddaughter, Miss King.\\nHi- -on John, born, as we have -aid, February 15,\\n1770, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1791, and,\\nlike Ins lather, was a physician, a portion of his\\nmedical studies being with Dr. Holyoke, of Salem\\nHe mis a good townsman, was town clerk tor sixteen\\nyears, was,like his father, secretary of the academy,\\nand built the house now owned by his nephew Henry\\n(i. Preston. In 1798 he married Elizabeth, daughter\\nof Judge Ebenezer Champney, and of this marriage\\nwere born ten children, of whom John, the subject of\\nour sketch, was born April 12. 1802. The doctor\\ndied in 1828. Hi- mother. Rebecca (Farrar) Preston,\\ndied the following year. At the time of John s\\nbirth, April 12, 1802, the doctor had not finished his\\nnew house, and was living in the house built by Noah\\nCooke, grandfather of Professor J. P. Cooke, of Har-\\nvard College, and now owned by the heirs of Edward\\nF. Preston. A few years later, when he was living in\\nthe new house on lite turnpike, and when John was\\nabout ten veins ld, the store of Samuel Batchelder,\\nbut a few rods distant, caught fire on a cold winter\\nnight, and John sprang from his bed, and without\\nwaiting for shoe- or stockings, ran through the snow-\\nto awaken the neighbors. A severe illness followed\\nthis exposure, producing subsequent lameness and\\ndisease, from which he was a constant and acute suf-\\nferer tcrr more than fifty years, resulting at hist in his\\ndeath, on the 5th of March, 1867. He fitted for col-\\nlege tit the academy, of which he. like his father ami\\ngrandfather, was for many years secretary and en-\\ntered Harvard College in 1819, in the time of Presi-\\ndent Kirklaud; a relative, Professor John Farrar,\\nbeing one of the faculty. During the course he was\\nuse the strictest economy, and one year re-\\nceived but eighteen dollars aid from his father, earning\\nthe balance of his expenses by writing and school-\\nkeeping. He was tt member of the Institute of 177\\nof the Hasty Pudding and also of the Medical Fac-\\nulty, a noted society which was founded a year before\\nhe entered, and in which his ready wit made him a\\nleading member. His classmate, Rev. George Ripley,\\nof i lie New York Tribune, writes of him: In college\\nlie wa- distinguished for his successful devotion to\\nstudy, the rare kindness of his disposition and his\\nfriendly and winning manners. Other members of\\nhis class were John P Robinson, humorously assailed\\nby Lowell in the Biglow Papers, and Governor Dorr,\\nof Rhode Island, who, while in prison, read with\\nemotion a .speech in his behalf by Mr. Preston in the\\nNew Hampshire Senate. He was fond of his class-\\nmates and fond of his college, and in after-years de-\\nlighted to ramble through the college-ground- with", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1016.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "//t/i", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1017.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1018.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "NEW TI SWH ll.\\nr.-j\\nhis sons, pointing out the various rooms lie had occu-\\npied among them one in the noted Weasel Den, near\\nthe present location of College House. After gradu-\\nating he commenced the study of law, a portii 1\\nthe time with George F. Farley, then at New Ipswich,\\nand also with Judge Samuel Hnhhard, at Boston. It\\nwas while in Boston that his winning\\nalluded\\nto by Mr. Ripley, attracted the attention of an old\\nScotchman, who was but recently from Abbotsford,\\nwho said to .Mr. Preston Ye mind me, lad, of the\\ngreat Sir Walter, ye re aye sac cheerie. While in\\nthe office of Mr. Farley, a fellow-student and towns-\\nman was John Appleton, Maine s famous chief\\njustice.\\nOn October 27, L828, Mr. Preston married Elizabeth\\nSmith French, horn in Boston, March 1, 1808, and\\nthe daughter of Al.ram and Elizabeth (Kidder)\\nFrench, and tor two or three years practiced law in\\nTownsend, Mass., but in 1831 came hack to New\\nIpswich and purchased the house in the Centre vil-\\nlage once owned by his grandfather, Judge Champney,\\nwhere he afterwards resided, and still later purchased\\nhis grandfather s farm, lying along the river.\\n[n this connection we will quote a paragraph from\\nthe Annual Report or the Trust lesofthe New Hamp-\\nshire Insane Asylum, in reference to him, published\\nsoon after his death, lie having been a member of the\\nhoard for eleven years He was very fond of agri-\\nculture, and the State had few more intelligent or\\nsuccessful farmers than Mr. Preston. Flis efforts to\\npromote an intelligent, sound and practical agriculture\\nwere earnest and constant, and their influence will\\nremain for generations to come.\\nSoon after his return to New Ipswich, in L831, the\\nquestions of temperance and anti-slavery began to be\\ndiscussed, and both reforms found a warm champion in\\nMr. Preston. He introduced and secured the adop-\\ntion of resolutions in town-meeting, as early as 1835,\\nto suppress the sale of liquor, was the president of\\nthe first total abstinence society in the town and his\\nzeal for the cause ended only with his life.\\nIn politics he was a strongWhig, and especially fond\\nof Henry Clay, whose birth-day, like his own, was\\nApril 12th; but although to ally one s self to the\\ncause of anti-slavery at that time meant social os-\\ntracism and insult, which was peculiarly trying to\\none of his genial nature, yet he turned away from his\\nformer associates and was one of the little band known\\nas the Liberty party in 1*44, and never faltered in\\nthe faith till he was rewarded by seeing the slave sys-\\ntem overthrown. He was many years in the Legis-\\nlature, was Senator from District No. when all\\nother members of the Senate were Democratic, was\\nthe Free-Soil candidate for Congress in IMS and was\\nsupported by tin Free-Soilers in the Legislature for\\nUnited States Senator in 1852.\\nThough not believing the course of William Lloyd\\nGarrison to be wise in refusing to vote, lie was a sub-\\nscriber to the Liberator, and his house, as well as that\\nid entertained for him\\nMr Preston now lies\\non, bearing witness to\\nIt perhaps should be\\nof his sister s husband, Elisha I.. Hammond, was the\\nhome for the long array of Garrisonian speakers thai\\nwent through the laud arousing the sluggish con-\\nsciences of the people.\\nMr. iarrison was bis guest\\na warm regard. A sonnet 1\\nbefore us, written by Mr. Gun\\nhis mental and moral worth.\\nstated here that in all schemes of reform he was not\\nonly supported, but perhaps incited, by bis wile, who\\nwas as warm-hearted, clear-sighted and fearless as\\nhimself.\\n(ho- who knew him well, being asked to give his\\nOWIl ideas with regard to him, says: You ask me to\\ndescribe Mr. Preston a pen-picture at first seems\\neasy,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 there is his figure, rather below the middle\\nheight, but broad-shouldered and muscular; quick\\nand alert in his movements, with a smile al st al-\\nways playing round his features,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one whom Mr. E.\\n1 1. Boylston, of the Amherst Cabinet, paints in a\\nsingle line when lie says lie was a man whom the\\nboys and the birds all loved, with a warm and im-\\npulsive nature, unable to harbor resentmenl againsl\\nhis bitterest foe if he saw him sick or in want. Not\\nan orator like Gough, yet one of the readiesl and\\nmost effective speakers in the Legislature. Not so\\ndeep a lawyer as Bell, Parker or Perley, but men-\\ntioned by a judge of the Supreme Court as being a dan-\\ngerous opponent. Not such a classical scholar as\\nEverett, but helping his son with an ode of Ana-\\ncreon that he hasn t semi for thirty years, or reading\\nFrench or Spanish with his wife. Not a professional\\nmusician, but ready with voice or flute to please the\\nhome circle. Not a professional philanthropist, bul\\na1 the time of the famine in Ireland, leaving the\\ntable, unable to eat till he had packed a box with ar-\\nticles for the starving Irish and seen one bitter day\\nin winter toiling through the drifts to rind if a poor\\nfamily were warm. Very fond of a cigar, but giving\\nup the habit for nearly forty years that his example\\nmight I good tor others. So fearless that there may\\nbe a doubt if it should be called bravery or insensi-\\nbility to peril. College-bred, as were bis ancestors,\\nbut thoroughly democratic in his sympathy with the\\npoor and ignorant, of whatever race or country, and\\nwith food ami shelter lor the slave on hi- way to\\nCanada. Taking gnat pride in his town and its his-\\ntory, and especially beloved and revered in the do-\\nmestic circle. In saying all this, while perhaps few\\nsalient points are presented, it seems to me t hat Mr.\\nPreston exhibited a well-rounded and wonderful sym-\\nmetry in all those points which go to make up a man\\nin the highest and uoblesl sense,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 such a type as. I\\nfear, may begrowing rarer every day, in view of the\\npresent craze for specialists.\\nAs Mr. Preston advanced in life his sufferings from\\nM lameness became more intense, until, as a last re-\\nsort, amputation was performed, from which he ral-\\nlied, and for more than a year seemed to enjoy vigor-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1019.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": ";:;o\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\non- health and to be wholly without pain, a feeling that\\nhad been unknown to him for more than fifty years.\\nIt is probable, however, that the seeds of the dis-\\nease still lingered in his system, and were the occa-\\nsion of the brief but fatal illness that ended on the\\n.tli of March, 1867, in the sixty-fifth year of his age,\\nhis mother following him to the grave a few months\\nlater, at the age of eighty-eight.\\nOf seven children, two sons and a laughter only\\nwere living at his death, and the daughter died less\\nthan two years after.\\nIn closing this sketch we append the following\\nfrom the town records.\\nAt the annual town-meeting in New Ipswich,\\nX. H., March 12, 1867, the following resolutions\\nwere unanimously adopted\\nWhereas, It is fitting fur puhlie Ix.ilies to acknowledge tin liand of\\nO.nl, e.-p. rully in tli\u00c2\u00bb mill I, i- 1 n ills if [heir history therefore\\nSaolxed, That in the recent death of the Hon. John Preston this\\ni n has lost ;i valued citizen,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one who had [ong been identified with\\nthe leading interests of the pi., ;,nil often I red with important\\npublic trusts.\\nResolved, That \\\\v reiueiiil.er with gratitude to Coil, and commend\\nto our young men as a worthy example, Ins energy and perseverance,\\nhis enterprising .spirit, liis love for liis native town and country, his\\nactive sympathy it. tiie cans.- of education and reform, his cheerful hos-\\npitality and the purity of his domestic life.\\nI loit these |,--,,1 lie etltele l nil M I e I oWD ReCOrds,\\nand that a copy of them he sent to the family of tin-\\nLEAVITT LINCOLN.\\nLeavitt Lincoln is descended from two of Massa-\\nchusetts oldest and most honorable families, the Lin-\\ncolns and Cushings. Among the branches of his\\nancestral stock have been numbered men who have\\nachieved distinction in almost till the walks of life.\\nGeneral Benjamin Lincoln, of Revolutionary fame, is\\nnoted in history as the man who received Lord Corn-\\nwallis sword upon the hitter s surrender at Yorktown,\\nwhile Abraham Lincoln will always he regarded as\\none of the most illustrious Presidents our republic\\nhas had. The Cushing family has produced some of\\nour ablest jurists, statesmen and divines. tin the\\npaternal side, Mr. Lincoln traces his lineage in a di-\\nrect line, through William, William. Jedediah, Sam-\\nuel and Samuel again, to one of the first settlers of\\nHingham, Mass. Thej have been an honest, upright,\\nstrong, hardy, long-lived race. His great-grand-\\nfather, Jedediah, lived to he nearly ninety-two years\\nof age, while most of the members of both families\\nhave been noted for their longevity and vigorous\\nconstitutions.\\nLeavitt Lincoln is the son of William and Jael\\n(Cushing) Lincoln, and was burn in Marlborough,\\nV II June -1-1, 17 J7. To this place his lather had re-\\nmoved in 1792, and was a tanner and an cxtonsiv e far-\\nmer, owninga farm of more than three hundred acres.\\nLeavitt learned in his youth the trade of a clothier\\nand followed this trade until its decline, on account\\nof the rise and development of cloth-making in the\\nlarge factories. He then learned shoemaking with\\nhis brother-in-law, and carried on this industry for\\nsix years at Townsend, Mass. He then purchased a\\nfarm at Ashby, and carried on both shoemaking and\\nfarming for a period of more than twenty years.\\nWhile in Townsend he married, May 29, 1821, Sibyl\\nlleahl. daughter of Colonel Thomas Heald, I New\\nIpswich, N. H. They had eight children, live of\\nwhom reached maturity, hut only one, William L.,\\nis now living. He is a physician in Wabasha, Minn.\\nOf the others, .Maria died when twenty-two years of\\nage; Henry Martin died in young manhood, after\\nhaving graduated in the Medical Department of Har-\\nvard College. He was at the time of his decease a\\nri-ini: yuiig physician in Westminster, Mass. Cyrus\\nStone, another son, died at the age of twenty years,\\nwhile fitting for college.\\nAbout 1852, Mr. Lincoln removed to Winehendon\\nami purchased a farm, his principal object being to\\nmake a In. me for his son, William L., who had grad-\\nuated in medicine and chose that town to practice\\nin, lie had been in practice there about two years\\nwhen hi- father removed there. The son s health\\nfailed, however, and he went West, anil was for three\\nyears physician to a hospital for the insane in the\\nState of Missouri he then went to Wabasha, Minn.,\\nwhere he now re-ides.\\n.Mr. Lincoln made his home in Winehendon about\\ntwelve years, until the death of his wife. He then\\ncame to New Ipswich, X. 11.. where he afterwards\\nmarried his deceased wife s sister Mary, who was\\nthen the widow of Francis Shattuck. This Mrs. Lin-\\ncoln lived about twelve years, when she died, leaving\\nno issue. Iii 1876, Mr. Lincoln married his present\\nwife, Delia McDonough. They have no children.\\nMr. Lincoln has made farming his principal busi-\\nness through life, and still conducts a farm, and he\\ncan boast of having mowed more or less every sum-\\nmer for seventy-eight years. He has been a man of\\nremarkable vigor, and has never had a serious spell\\noi illness in his life. He has been regular and prim-\\nitive in his habits, has led a quiet, unostentatious and\\nunambitious life, never having sought or held office,\\nand he has made it a rule through the long years of\\nhis business life to always do unto others just as he,\\nunder similar circumstances, should desire to be dealt\\nwith. He was appointed Sabbath-school teacher in\\n1819, and held that relation for more than sixty\\nyears, and in the various communities in which the\\ndifferent periods of his life have been passed he litis\\nalways deserved and received the unqualified respect\\nof his fellow-citizens.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1020.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "L*C /-^Zsk^", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1021.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1022.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF PELHAM.\\nBY REV. AUGUSTUS BERRY.\\nCHAPTER\\nPelham is situated on the southern border of the\\nState. It is bounded on the north by Windham and\\nSalem, on the east by Methuen and Dracut, on the\\nsouth by Dracut and Tyngsborough. on the west by\\nHudson. It is intersected by Beaver River, \u00e2\u0080\u0094named\\nfrom the beaver, which formerly had large settlements\\non it. This stream has, as tributaries, numerous\\ntrout brooks. There are four ponds of crystal waters\\nand picturesque scenery, the resort of sportsmen\\nand picnic-parties. The soil is well watered and\\ngenerally fertile. The surface is diversified. The\\nnatural scenery is romantic and beautiful; much of\\nit truly grand.\\nSettlement.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The exact date of the settlement is\\nnot known. Tradition gives it as 1 2\\\\. Mr. Fox, in\\nthe History of Dunstable, says 1722.\\nThe earliest settlers were Butler, Eamblet, Rich-\\nardson, Wyman and Jaques, who came from Woburn\\nand vicinity also Cage, who came from Bradford.\\nIn 1721 or 1722, John Butler and David Hamblel\\nbought land two miles west of the Centre, at what has\\nsince been known as the John Gage corner, on the\\nMammoth road. They cleared land, sowed grain\\nand went back to Woburn for the winter, and returned\\nin the spring with their families. Mr. Butler house\\nis said to have been on the site of the present John\\nGage house.\\nAbout two years previous, and two miles below,\\nwhere now stands the house of Frederic A. Cutter,\\nEsq., the first settlers of Londonderry built a block-\\nhouse to establish a line of communication between\\ntheir settlement and Boston a few rods below the block-\\nhouse the Richarclsons settled. Jaques settled a\\nlittle east of the Centre, on what has since been\\nknown as the David Atwood place. Exactly where\\nGage and Wyman settled is mere conjecture. In the\\nfollowing years families came to this region and\\ngenerally located on the hills. The Baldwins and\\nBarkers settled on Baldwin Hill. There came, prob-\\nably between 1735 ami 1740, four families of Gages\\nfrom Bradford, who settled on what is now known as\\nCage Hill. These were Josiah Gage, Daniel i lage\\nand Amos iage, sons of Daniel and Martha lia:i-, of\\nBradford, and their nephew, James Gage.\\nAbout one mile and a half from the Centre, on the\\nroad to Lowell, tradition points to the spot where the\\nfirst sermon was preached\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a high rock on the ledge.\\nA company going to some place above, having their\\nminister with them, encamped here over the Sab-\\nbath.\\nBut while there is no evidence of any settlement\\nprevious to 1720, extensive grants of land had been\\nmade to gentlemen in Boston and vicinity, one to\\nMr. Kimble, known as the Kimble Farm, which\\nname is still perpetuated in a brook another as Mr.\\nCoburn s farm, which lay near Gumpas Pond and\\nanother, a tract of four hundred acres, purchased by\\nGovernor Endicott, the deed of which was given in\\n1664. The present farm of Mr. William W. Butler is\\na part of the Endicott farm. Mr. Butler has, in a\\nline state of preservation, a plan of the Endicott farm,\\nsurveyed and made by Jonathan Danforth in 1774.\\nIn the History of Dunstable, Endicott s grant is\\ndescribed as lying in the westerly part of Pelham,\\nabout six miles from Pawtucket Falls, and one mile\\nwest of Beaver Brook, at a great bill called Masha-\\nShattuck i Deer Hill), lying between two othei great\\nhills and adjoining southerly on a great pond, called\\nPimmo-Mitti-quonnit (Long Fond).\\nIncorporation. The incorporation and settlement\\nof the town was probably very much delayed bj the\\nunsettled condition of the line between the provinces\\nof Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Theoldtown\\nof Dunstable included a large territory. The north-\\nwest portion of the present town of Pelham was\\nwithin this territory. In 1 7.12 that part of Dunstable\\neast of the Merrimack was set off as the Nottingham\\nDistrict. The boundary line between the provinceswas\\nestablished in 1741, leaving a portion that was des-\\nignated the Dracut District; this, with a portion of\\nNottingham, was incorporated in 174d. Nottingham\\nwas incorporated the same year as Nottingham West,\\nto distinguish it from another Nottingham in New-\\nHampshire.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1023.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nCHARTER.\\nI the 1, I j the Grace of God of Greal\\nT all l,o.., tli *r i yl .ill i,, ,etiug\\nli i t I ill Sul.|,., I- inhabitants ..f a tract of lanil\\nwithin the Antient Bound! 8 sol the towns of old Dunstable and Dra-\\ncute, in our Province of Nov Hampshire, two miles and Eightj Bods\\nEast of Merrymack River, herein hereafter described, have humbly\\nI eltiioiie.l iil l Ke.|m-te.l ot us that they tuav lie- I l 1. .1 .ami lu,-.,i|\u00e2\u0080\u009e,-\\nthe same should I d -e Kt ov. S Iherefon Thai Wi of our Espei ial\\nGrace, Certaii K.. _ i the Encouraging and Promoting tlie\\n1 IPuri sat ideal said, by and with the Advi f our Trustj\\nand well beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq., out Govern and C\\nmander-in-Chief, ami .if ..in Couucil fur said Provinci havi Erected\\nI porated and Ordaim ents, f..i our heirs and suc-\\ncessors, I will and Ordain, that tin- Inhabitant- Tractoi land\\naforesaid, Bounded -i- fill -a- i:. .nnu at th. I: lary Pitch\\nPine tree, mail- M Mr. Minimi, ami Running mi tin- north Boundary\\nline of the Massachusetts until it Comes within two miles and eightj\\ni ml- ut Mei r,v mark Kivi-r then in-rtli twenty li.-gr.-. 17a -t In London-\\nderry; then l.\\\\ Londonderry l- .a-t S-.ntli Ka-t in- mile- ami ..tie hundred\\nnul fortj Rods then South to Hfethuen line and to meet tin- Curve Line\\ni ailed Miti h-i Line then by said i urve inn to the Pitch Pine Tree,\\nMb- re It le-all, ami that -li all Inlial.lt the Same,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 15.- anil l.\\\\ I lie.-.- Pres-\\nents are de.lalcil and Ordaiiic. I to he a l-.ai n i-rjini ate, and are hereby\\ni Incorporated into a Body Pollitick and a Corporation to\\nin. i iiiiiiu -i, t. n-M-i by tin- name of Pelham, with all the Powers\\nand authorities, Privileges. Immunities ami Tram in-\\ntowns within our S d Province or any of them by law have and enjoy\\nTo Hum- and to Hold tl\u00e2\u0080\u009e- -aid Powers, authorities, immunities and\\ni- ian In-.-- tu tin -in, til.\\nways, Reserving to us, Heirs and Su is, all White Pine Trees\\nGrowing and being, and that shall m ,1...\\nTra. t .1 I and, fit the us,. ,,f Royal ua\\\\y R.-sor, ing al-u tie I .awi ,.f\\nDividing -aid Town to us, our heirs and suo essors, when it shall appear\\nn -nit- nt lot the Inhabitants thereof. And as Hi.- Se vet a II\\nTowns within ...n said P i iws ih. i of Enabledand\\nmi ie- and in tL. in. n ,.i ,,i,- to i I all sni b\\nii .1 i the Said Laws do bj tie Presi m-\\nNominate and appoint Zacheus Lovewell Gentleman, tocall the first\\nmeeting of the -aid Inhabitants t,, l\u00e2\u0080\u009e. I, ,1,1 within said Town at any\\nTime within thirty, Day- I i He- date b, i -..I, i ,,v ing I,. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_ a I \\\\..i I\\ntlm tune. Place and Design of holding Midi meeting. In Testimonj\\nwhereof, We leu aiise.l the seal ,1 .an -aid Province 1.. I..- I, .-1, -iint,.\\naffixed. Witness. Bennine. Wentworth, Esq., our Governor and C\\nmim.ler in Chief of out Siud l r,.\\\\i the .Mb ,i a ,,t July, in the year\\nI a bundled and forty-six, and in the\\nTwentieth Year of our Reign I .y In- I7v ,-h-ncies Command with advice\\nof i louncil,\\nBenmn,; Wentworth.\\nTheodore Atkinson,\\nEntered and recorded, accorded, a, i ording to the Original, this six-\\nteenth day ol September, 1717, l a\\nThf.oih.uk Vn,i\\\\-,..\\\\.\\nW IRRANT FOR THE FIRST TOWN-MI\\nPursuant to authority from his excellency, Benning Wentworth,\\nin le 1 tlolii this, hi- maj.-ty s rnoim-e of Xew Httini-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n.e ol this i.o.i i t I 1-\\ndie freeholders and\\nants in Pelhom ualitied 1- vote in the choi f town officers that they\\nassemble and meet at th I Henry Bald wii .Monday,\\nlie- twenty-nrsi day Jul} currant at tw\u00e2\u0080\u009e of tin- ,loek in the afterm\\nthen and there lo chuse all such town officers for the en\\nthe law directs.\\nLoVBWELt.\\nIj V II 171.\\nStOCEl DINGS 01 nil l [RST TOWN-MEETING.\\nid town-meeting ..1 th, I I,, ,M, ,tl,, r Inhabitants\\nof the town of IVlhaiii Regularly assembled July ye L l. 1740 The town\\nCap Henry\\nhen I i.d n. chuse town Officers as follows: viz.\\nBaldwin, Moderator; Eleazar Whitiug, Town Clerk,\\nJoseph Hamblet, Henry Baldwin, William Richardson, ,i\\nEleazat W I a Town Treasurer, Henry Baldwin, im Constabl\\nThomas Wyman; Surveyors of Highways, viz., Jacob Butler, John\\nBaldwin. I a, del Hag.- and si Heard Tythingmeli, viz., Henry Itich-\\nat\u00c2\u00bbl\u00c2\u00bb t 1 Amos Gage Fence-vewers and field-Drivers, viz., William\\nElliot and Hugh Richardson Sealei of Weights and Measures, viz.,\\n-u Siin.-y.,, ,,t timber i, \\\\\u00e2\u0080\u009e,.i- Gagl Hog\\ni. 11/ Simon Beard and David Jones.\\nEcclesiastical.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At a town-meeting in October,\\n1746, the second meeting after tin- incorporation of\\nthe town, ii was voted to hire as much preaching for\\nth.- coming winter as could be procured for sixty\\npounds, old tenor; a pound, old tenor, equaled about\\nforty-two (.-iiis.\\nIn the lull. .win years appropriations were made\\nto support preaching and committees chosen to hire\\nministers. At a meeting in May, 1751, thin- was a\\nreconsideration of the vote to call in two or three\\ncandidates, as the town was willing to make choice\\nbetween the two last.\\nAt a town-meeting, June 3d, the town voted to call\\nMr. James Hobbs, of Hampton, to be their gospel\\nminister; also, to give him seven hundred pounds,\\nold tenor, as a settlement ami four hundred pounds\\nas his yearly salary.\\nAt this meeting a committee was chosen viz.:\\nHenry Richardson, Esq., Captain William Richard-\\nson. Mr. Joseph Hamblet, Lieutenant Josiah Gage\\nand Danh-l Hutchinsion to apply to the neighbor-\\ning ministers for advice in the matter of the ordina-\\ntion of Mr. Hobbs.\\n\\\\i -i meeting on the 9th of August, it was voted\\nto add one hundred pounds to the settlement of Mr.\\nHobbs and one hundred pounds to his salary, twenty\\npounds a year for live years, old tenor. It was further\\nvoted ti. give him twenty-five cords of tire-wood\\nyearly during his ministry. The furnishing of\\nthe fire-wood to commence when he has a family and\\nkeeps house. .\\\\t a subsequent meeting in the same\\nmonth. it was voted to state .Mr. Hobbs yearly sal-\\nary so long as his ministry continued in town, Indian\\ncorn at twenty-six shillings per bushel, pork tit two\\nshillings per pound at the time of slaughter and beef\\nat sixteen pence pier pound at the time of slaughter,\\nreckoned in old tenor.\\nMr. Hobbs acceptanceof the call is as follows;\\nPelham, Nov. 11, 1751.\\nGentlemen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wh.-i...,. ive me an invita.1 to\\nsettleai igsl you as your minister, and have made y\\nencourage and enable mi to settle and cany-on lb.- work of the ministry\\nainoiig-t yoii.aii.l have .-..nnrmeil the Sam.- as a l.g.,1 ,.,te, [I,.\\nHe consideration ol those proposals and also when fulfill\\ninsufficient to support me in the quality becoming a minis,,-, ibe\\nGospel, that you will be read} to contribute all needed support, I do\\naccept yonr .all, Ac.\\nJames Hobbs.\\nNovember 13th, Mr. Hobbs was ordained and a\\nchurch was organized. The churches invited were the\\nChurch of Christ, in Methuen, iu Dracut, in Not-\\ntingham, in Salem, in Kingston, First and Fourth in\\nHampton.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1024.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "PELHAM.\\nThe Rev. Thomas Parker, of Dracut, was modera-\\ntor of the council the Rev. Ward Cotton, of Hamil-\\nton, opened with prayer; the Rev. Peter Coffin, of\\nKingston, preached from Titus ii. 15: Let no man\\ndespise thee; the Rev. Nathaniel .Merrill, of Notting-\\nham, gathered the church Thomas Parker, of Dracut,\\ngave tin charge; the Rev. Christopher Sargent, of\\nMethuen, gave the right hand of fellowship; the\\nRev. Abner Bagley, of Salem, made the last prayer.\\nThe church consisted of ten members,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James\\nHobbs, Joseph Hamblet, Henry Baldwin, Daniel\\nHutchinson, David Jones, Henry Baldwin, Jr.,\\nThomas Gage, Jonathan Kimball, Samuel Butler,\\nAmos Gage.\\nMr. Hobbs was twenty-six years old. Be proba-\\nbly married in January, 1752, as the following\\nappears in the town records\\ni: James 11..1.1- nu.l mi- Kli\u00c2\u00bb.il..-tli lta Welder was Pub-\\nlished in pelham Decembr y is, 1751.\\nThe following from the records of the church has\\ninterest in this connection\\nMrs. Hobbs was from Hamilton. Her maiden-name\\nwas Batchelder. There is a tradition that her father\\nwas unwilling that she should visit Pelham before her\\nmarriage, lest she should shrink from making her\\nhome in the wilderness. The contrast between\\nHamilton and Pelham was very great. Mrs. Hobbs\\nendured many privations and hardships. But the\\nyoung woman of twenty-two, who left her father s house\\nto make a home for the husband of her love in this\\nnewly-incorporated town, found it her home for\\nmore than sixty years; saw. instead of the wilder-\\nness, cultivated fields and happy homes, good roads\\nconstructed, two meeting-houses successively built\\nand thriving schools established in the live districts\\nof the town. Mrs. Hobbs is said to have been a model\\nof a housekeeper and to have abounded in ministries\\namong the people. She was sent lor in sickness, at\\nbirths and deaths and she dispensed charities from\\nher own door.\\nAt a town -meeting December 2, 1751, a committee\\nwas chosen to buy a tract of land for Mr. Hobbs, so\\nthat the young minister and his wife were probably\\nat once established in the parsonage as their home.\\nIn less than a year from his ordination there was an\\nappropriation of four hundred pounds to pay the\\nbalance of his settlement. His salary was duly cared\\nfor with each passing year. Committees were chosen\\nfrom time to time to treat with him about stating\\nit in the necessaries of life, as the prices of these\\nvaried. The years passed. The people were sub-\\nduing their lands, comforts were increasing in their\\nhomes, the institutions of the town were assuming\\nform and fixedness. There were births, baptisms\\nand funerals. The following record is one of in-\\nterest\\nMarch j 28 th 1753, baptized Phylliys, a negro servant ol Edward\\nWvmiui, lunr ;unl on \\\\piil I 1 7 l :i| tise l John :unl Kilwurd,\\nsons of IJiwiinl Wynum, |un\\nThirty-seven had come into the church.\\nThere had heen the vicissitudes ami varying ex-\\nperiences of human life, when, suddenly, the min-\\nister, the shepherd of the sheep in the wilderness,\\nwas stricken down; for, at a town-meeting held\\nJune 5, 1765, it was voted to hire one month s\\npreaching; at another meeting, June 21st, it was\\nvoted to bury Mr. Hobbs at the town s charge, and\\ntwenty pounds sterling, money of Great Britain, was\\nappropriated for the funeral expenses and other\\ncharges.\\nWilliam Richardson, Josiah Gage, Robert Evans,\\nJoseph Butler, Daniel Hutchinson, Amos Gage and\\nBenjamin Barker were chosen a committee to see\\niliat tin Rev. Mr. Hobbs is decently buried. This\\ncommittee was also instructed to provide preaching\\nfor the remainder of the year, ami not to bring any\\nminister to preach in this town without the ap-\\nprobation of the association we belong to.\\nThus the first pastorate of thirteen years anil seven\\nmonths terminated. There can he no question but\\nthis pastorate did much in determining the future\\ncharacter of the town. It was a period when founda-\\ntions were laid, when tendencies received their direc-\\ntion, when principles were established that were to\\ncontrol the future and in this plastic period the gos-\\npel ministry formed the high-toned character for\\nwhich the town has always been distinguished.\\nThere is a tradition that -Mr. Hohlis was a man oi\\ngreat strength that once he overtook a man taking\\nhome a load of lumber from the saw-mill. I Ine wheel\\nofthe loaded cart had accidentally comeoff. Mr.Hobbs\\nsaid to the man, You take the wheel and put it on\\nwhile I lift the end of the axle-tree, and Mr. Hohhs\\nactually lifted so much of the load as was necessary\\nto replace the wheel. The descendants of Mr. I [obbs\\nhave been, and are, among the most respected, influ-\\nential and useful families of the town, and the first\\nminister lives not only in the continuous ministry,\\nbut in a posterity identified with the growth, develop-\\nment, fair fame and sterling character of the town.\\nIn October, 1766, the town voted to provide grave-\\nstones tor the Rev. Mr. Hohhs grave.\\nThen- was no suspension of the gospel ministry.\\nAt a town-meeting, September 3d, it was voted to\\nmake choice of Mr. Amos Moody, from Newbury, for\\ntheir minister. Seventy pounds sterling of the cur-\\nrency of Great Britain was voted to .Mr. Moody as a\\nsettlement, and fifty pounds sterling as his yearly\\nsalary.\\nMr. Moody was ordained November 20th. The\\nchurches that assisted were Methuen. Newton. Not-\\ntingham, Kingston and Newbury.\\nltatown-i tingOctobei 28, 1765, moderator/Captain Bichardson.\\nVoted, ;it s ii.i meeting the ordanition to lie on Novembi i", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1025.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlimit. -v t take care ..f t!i. meeting-house the\\nday of the ordaniti tosea that the l)i\u00c2\u00bbi- be -heat while Counsel i=\\nredey to raign, naTiiely. .totiutli.ui Stukney, Ebeti f .huiues, William El\\nliut, Uriah Abbut, .tallies i.iIim.ii\\nAboul three years from his ordination Mr. Moody\\nmarried the widow of his predecessor. For several\\nyears hi- pastorate was harmonious and pleasant.\\nDuring the hard times of the Revolutionary War his\\nsalary was in arrears; but this was attended to, and\\nonce a consideration was made to him on account\\nof the sink in money. After fifteen years a\\ndissatisfaction with his ministry began to he ex-\\npressed. At a town-meeting in September, 1783, a\\ncommittee was chosen to confer with Mr. Moody on\\nwhat method is Inst to be taken in order to remove\\nthe unhappy uneasiness that now subsists between a\\nnumber of his parishioners concerning his continuing\\nor not continuing as the minister, ami make report to\\nthe town. At a town-meeting. January 25, 1785,\\nthis vote was passed, The town to release all those\\nthat think in conscience they can t attend on his min-\\nistry from any tax to him, according to hi- proposal he\\nmade in writing.\\nJune 23, 1786, it was voted to request some of\\nthe neighboring ministers to give their advice with\\nrespect to the difficulties now subsisting in the town\\nbetween the Rev. Mr. Moody and some dissenting in-\\nhabitants Of the low n.\\nAt this meeting permission was granted to form a\\nPole Parish. This was a parish of individuals in-\\nead oi territory.\\nOctober 2, 1786, a committee was chosen to agree\\nwith Mr. Moody on what term- he will leave of\\npreaching in said town at an adjourned meeting it\\nua-\\\\- leil iini to accept of the proposition of Mr.\\nM ly sent in writing.\\nMarch 5. 1787, it was voted that the selectmen\\nshould he tmpowered to discharge from paying their\\ntax to the Rev. .Mr. Moody all those who can make\\nit appear that they are of a different persuasion from\\nthe Congregationalists, at or before the first day of\\nMay next.\\nJuly 5, 1792, it was voted to ],ay tin sum due\\nto Mr. Moody from the town, agreeable to his answer\\nto a committee sent to him from the old parish to\\nknown on what terms he would resign the desk;\\nit was al-o \\\\oteil to ehoo-e a committee of two per-\\nsons i call upon those persons nominated by a\\ncommitl if both parishes to apprise the meeting-\\nhouses.\\nMr. Moody was dismissed by an ecele-ia-tieal coun-\\ncil October 24, 1792. His pastorate was twenty seven\\nyears, wanting twenty-six days. He received .-ivty-\\none to the membership of tin 1 church. He remained\\nin town, a respected ami valuable citizen, and co-op-\\nerated with his successor in his work. lb- was\\ndelegate to the convention that adopted the federal\\nConstitution, and was chosen representative a number\\nof times. He died March 22, 1819, aged eighty\\nyears. Mrs. Moody died February 21st, preceding\\nher husband by one month, aged ninety years. She\\nhad been a member of this church nearly sixty-six\\nyears.\\nThe town was now without a settled mini-try for\\nsix -,.ai,-. There were two parishes, but, probably,\\nonly ie church organization. After the dismissal\\nof Mr. Moody the parishes united. There was still\\na division in doctrine, and the partisan spirit intensi-\\nfied this. Preaching was sustained during these\\n\\\\ear-. Calls were given to several different men.\\nsome of whom afterwards became eminent, of which\\nnumber was Samuel Worcester, afterwards Dr. Wor-\\ncester, pastor of the Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass.,\\none of the secretaries of the American Board of For-\\neign Missions, whose death occurred while he was on\\na visit to tin- missionary station- of Elliot and Brain-\\nard. The records of Mr. Worcester s call ami the\\nprovision made for his settlement and salary would\\nindicate that the people were united in him.\\nThe calls extended to several other gentlemen\\ngave rise to decided opposition and the expression of\\na bitter partisan spirit.\\ni In July, 1793, Mr. Fli Smith received a call by a\\nmajority of seven but at a meeting a month latter\\nthe article to make provision for his support was dis-\\nmissed.\\nBut the scene of the greatest excitement was the\\nattempt of the church to complete a call extended to\\nMr. John Smith by his ordination. In March. 1796, the\\ntown concurred with the church in giving Mr. Smith\\na call, forty-two yea-, twenty-nine nays; also voted\\nto give him as a settlement the interest of one thousand\\ndollar- annually, and a -alary of ninety pound- an-\\nnually; but at a meeting the 17th of May, Voted\\nnot to compromise matters with Mr. Smith. Voted\\nthat till who are not agreed to settle Mr. Smith shall\\nbe free from paying tttxes to him. Voted that all\\nthose who are dissatisfied with Mr. Smith shall have\\ntheir just proportion of the meeting-house and the\\nmoney the parsonage land was sold for according to\\nthe last year s invoice. Voted not to choose a\\ncommittee to join the church committee in appoint-\\ning a day for the ordination id Mr. John Smith, and\\nproviding for the council. At a town-meeting in\\nJune, Voted to enter a protest against the proceed-\\nin-- of the church in ordaining Mr. John Smith.\\nVoted to choose a committee of seven persons to\\nlay the proceedings of the town in regard to Mr.\\nJohn Smith settling in said town as a minister he-\\ntore the council. A protest of sixty-nine persons\\ni on the town records against Mr. Smith\\nsettlement and against ever paying anything for his\\nsupport.\\nTh. council convened, but did not proceed to the\\nordination of Mr. Smith, and the day was called tlus-\\nteratioti daj by the party zealous for Mr. Smith.\\nMr. Smith afterwards became professor in Bangor\\nTheological Seininarv. He married Hannah Hardy,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1026.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "(135\\nof this town, daughter of Adjutant Daniel Hardy,\\nand he subsequently died. Later in life she married\\nGeneral Richardson, of this town, and was esteemed\\namong this population as a Christian lady of a large\\npublic spirit and generous charities.\\nFebruary 1~ 1798, a call was given to Mr. John\\nEmerson, with a settlement of the interesl of one\\nthousand dollars, and a salary of ninety pounds.\\nBut at a meeting, April 2:!d, to sec, by vote, how\\ngreat the union among the people lor Mr. John Em-\\nerson, with respect to his settling with them in the\\nwork of the Gospel ministry. seventy-nine voted for\\nMr. Emerson and twenty against.\\nAt a town-rneeting, August, 11th, a vote was passed\\nto concur with the church in a call to Mr. John H.\\nChurch. I To give Mr. John II. Church as a\\nsettlement, within one year from the time of his or-\\ndination, five hundred dollars. Voted, To give\\nMr. John II. Church, as salary, three hundred ami\\nthirty-three dollars, thirty-three cents and one-third\\nof a cent annually, so long as he shall supply the\\ndesk, with this cpialilication of the last clause [viz.),\\nthat he relinquish no part of his salary, although he\\nshould be sick ami unable to supply the desk tor six\\nmonths at anyone time; that should he be unable\\nto supply the desk longer than si\\\\ months at any\\none time, his salary cease till he does supply the\\ndesk.\\nMr. Church was ordained October 31, 1798, Rev.\\nDr. Backus, of Somers, Conn., preached the sermon.\\nThe pastorate that had been vacant six years and\\nseven days was filled. The unhappy division and\\ncontroversy about the ministry ceased. long and\\nsuccessful pastorate was commenced. An important\\nelement in this division was theological. But other\\nelements entered into it, and these were kept active\\nby a partisan spirit, and this was intensified by every\\ndisturbing breeze of personal or social feeling; and\\nthe one thing that saved the town from a permanent\\ndivision into religious sects, neither of which would\\nhavi been able to sustain religious institutions, was\\nthe large number I level-headed, far-seeing men,\\nwho, comprehending the misfortune of such an issue,\\nSteadied and held things until the time of union\\ncame. There were such men in each party. The\\nintroduction of M r. Ihurch to the town was in a way\\nto pacify and prepossess in his favor, lie was really\\nthe candidate of the pail) the least in sympathy with\\nhis theological sentiments. Mr. Church was invited\\nto preach m Pelham al the suggestion of William M.\\nRichardson, afterward chief justice of New Hamp-\\nshire. Mr. Richardson was his class-mate in college,\\nand knew him to he a fine scholar and of sterling\\ncharacter. Mr. Church was bom in Rutland,. Mass.,\\nMarch 17, 1 772. He graduated at Harvard in 1707.\\nHe studied theology with Dr. Backus, of Somers.\\nConn. He married Thankful Weston, of Rutland,\\nMay 7,1799. She .lied April 11, 1806, aged thirty-\\none Ve.us. In 1807 lie married Hannah Farnham, of\\nNcwburyport, Mass., who died July 9, bs: ,7. aged\\nfifty-nine years.\\n1 r. Ihurch was cue of the nhlc-t clerg\\\\ men of his\\ntime. lie held important ecclesiastical positions.\\nHe was actively engaged in all the missionary, phil-\\nanthropic and educational works of that time, lie\\nwas for many years a trustee of I inkerton A.cademy,\\nai Derrj of Dartmouth College from 1.820 till his\\ndeath; of Phillips Academy, at Andover, from 1826\\ntill his death. He was an associate of the professors\\nof A.ndover Theological Seminary. He took a promi-\\nnent part in all the theological discussions of that\\nperiod, and was considered high authority. He was\\nargumentative rather than persuasive. His logic was\\nirresistible. He was In pcr-ealviuistic in doctrine.\\nThere grew up under hi- ministry men and women\\noi strong mind, marked intelligence and character.\\nThe financial standing of the town at this time was\\nthe best of any in the Stale. It had more taxable\\nproperty and a higher rate of assessment, according lo\\nthe number of its inhabitants, than any other town in\\nthe State, l he interesl I he town took in Mr. Church is\\nindicated by a vote passed iii I soil, the year that the\\nfirst Mrs. Church died.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To give .Mr. Church two\\nhundred dollars to assist him in defraying his late\\nextra expenses.\\nMr. Church had such dignity in his bearing as in-\\nspired fear. Children shunned him, were afraid ot\\nhim; but he was. nevertheless, interested in the\\nyoung,aud all who yielded to that interest found him\\nhelpful. He received the degree of A.M. from Dart-\\nmouth College in 1813, and 1). D. from Williams\\nCollege in 1823. The town system of settlement and\\nsupport of the ministry, tiial existed in New England\\nin its early history, and was adhered to in Pelham for\\neighty-eight years, had co lo be supplanted by the\\nvoluntary system. In the early history of the town\\nthere were those who objected to supporting preaching\\nnot in accordance with their sectarian preference. As\\nearly as 170:.!, Kbenezer Richardson petitioned the\\nselectmi n that lie might not be taxed for the sup-\\nport of the gospel, as he was a Baptist, ami in full\\neo me with a IJnpti.-t. Church ill Boston. This\\nnumber had been increasing during all the years.\\nThe fact that this system was in force in Pelham\\nlonger i ban in most of the towns of New Hampshire\\nami Massachusetts indicates the stabilitj of the\\npeople. The contract between Dr. Church and the\\ntown was terminated by mutual consent December\\n17, 1834, inning existed thirty-six years, one month\\nand fifteen days, and the town never failed to pay\\nhim his salary.\\nIn May, 1832, at a meeting legally called for the\\nformat! f a religious society of the long regational\\norder, such a society was organized under the name\\ni ongregatioiial Society in Pelham. Il-\\ntirst legal meeting was held July 4th but it does not\\nappear to have raised money till alter the termina-\\ntion of the contract of the town with Mr. Church.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1027.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nIn the year lsii. i, on account of failing health, Dr.\\nhureli resigned his pastoral charge. I In the MOth of\\nSeptember he was dismissed, and the same council\\nordained Mr. John Keep. The pastorate of L)r.\\nChurch was thirty-seven years, wanting one day. Jie\\ncontinued to reside in town till his death, June 12,\\n1840, at the age of sixty-eight. He was buried, as\\nwere his two predecessors, in tin- old Imrying-ground\\nat the Centre. It is a matter of interest that the first\\nthree pastorates should have reached so near the eon-\\nelusion of the lirst century of the corporate existence\\nof the town, and the first three ministers, when they\\nrested from their labors, should sleep with their\\npeople. During the ministry of Dr. Church one\\nhundred and ninety-nine came into the church.\\nMr. Keep was dismissed etoher 13, 1841, a pastor-\\nate of six years, one month and thirteen days. Forty-\\nthree came into the church under his ministry.\\nIt is a matter of interest that from the settlement\\nof Mr. Hobbs to the dismissal of Mr. Keep, a period\\nof ninety years, there had always been a gospel\\nminister in town. Mr. .Moody came during the sick-\\nness of Mi. Hobbs, and was in town when Mr. Church\\nRev. Cyrus \\\\V. Allen was settled February 1, 1843,\\nand dismissed May 12, ls-JT.\\nJune 21, 1848, the Rev. Eden li. Foster was settled,\\nand dismissed January 13, 1853. Mr. Foster was a\\nman of rare culture, a most interesting and fervid\\npreacher. It was with great reluctance and sorrow\\nthat the church and society relinquished him. Mr.\\nFoster received his doctorate from Williams College.\\nIt is a noticeable coincidence that the two Pelham\\npastors honored with a doctorate should have re-\\nceived them from the same college.\\nAugust 30, 1854, Rev. Charles Rockwell was in-\\nstalled as pastor. He was a man of ability, but not\\nadapted to this people, and, by the advice of an\\necclesiastical council, was dismissed June 20, IS.jo.\\nThe brevity of the previous pastorates, and espe-\\ncially the unfortunate experience in the 1\\nsome discouragement and hesitancy about the settle-\\nment of another minister. During the next six years\\nthe church was served by acting pastors. The Rev.\\nJohn E. Farwell supplied from November, 1855, to\\nMarch, 1858, and the Rev. William F. Derrick from\\nSeptember, 1858, to April, 1861. October 30, L861,\\nthe present pastor, Rev. Augustus Kerry, was settled.\\nAs an indication of the spirit of benevolence in the\\nchurch and congregation, there has been given to mis-\\nsions and other causes of Christian benevolence, in\\nthe last twenty-three years, twelve thousand dollars.\\nThus has the town, from the elate of its incorpora-\\ntion, sustained the gospel ministry. Only sixteen of\\nthe one hunched and thirty-four years, since the\\norganization of the church, has it been without a\\nsettled pastor, and never without preaching.\\nDeacons. To the year 1882, one hundred and thirty\\nyears from the election of Deacon Amos Gage, eight\\nditferent men had held the office of deacon. There\\nhas always been a Deacon Gage, a lineal descendant\\n..I one or the other of two brothers, Amos and Daniel,\\nthai were among the lirst settlers of the town. Amos\\n(.age and Daniel Hutchinson tilled the office till their\\ndecease, Deacon Hutchinson, May 1785, and\\nDca.on Gage, September 8, 17H2. Then Abel Gage,\\na son ol Deacon Ames bme, and benjamin Barker\\nwere elected deacons. They resigned in 1835, and\\nDaniel [age, a grandson oi 1 taniei Gage, the brother\\nol Amos Gage, and Jeremiah Tyler were elected\\ndeacons. Iii 1853, Deacon Gage died and Deacon\\nTyler resigned, and Daniel T. Gage, a son ol the last\\nDeacon Gage, and Charles Stiles were elected dea-\\ncons. Deacon Stiles died in .May, 1882. He was\\nsucceeded by Eliphelet F. Woods, who died in .No-\\nvember of this year, ami was succeeded in the office\\nby Samuel Kelley.\\nReformed Methodist anj Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch. Near the commencement of tin present\\ncentury the Methodists commenced to labor among\\nthe inhabitants of the northeast section of the town,\\ncalled Gage Hill, and the adjacent portion of Salem.\\nMeetings were held in school-houses and private\\ndwellings. Among their preachers was the Rev.\\nJoseph Snelliug, who, with his family, resided in\\nthat section of the town some years. By the uni-\\nversal estimate, In- was an eminently devout and good\\nman. In his autobiography he speaks of the diffi-\\nculty he encountered in introducing Methodism into\\nPelham. His converts either united with the Cou-\\ngregationalists or went out of town to other denomi-\\nnations. At length lie succeeded ill forming a small\\nsociety of Methodists, and prejudice was so tar re-\\nmoved that they built a meeting-house that the\\nMethodists were to occupy a part of the time, and he\\nsays, I was invited to preach the dedication sermon,\\nand continued to preach there a part of the time\\nwhile I lived in Pelham. This house was probabl)\\nbuilt about 1820. It was small, located near the\\nSalem line, and subsequently remodeled lor a dwell-\\ning-house, and occupied as a parsonage, it is now\\nowned by the Rev. Tobias Foss. This house was\\nbuilt with the understanding that the different re-\\nligious sects represented bj the proprietors should\\nOCCUpy il their respective shares of the time.\\nThere was great embarrassment in finishing this\\nhouse. At length Mr. Robert Bradford took the job\\nand received his pay in pews, so that he came to be\\nthe chief proprietor.\\nThere does not seem to have been any church or-\\nganization till 1S42. In this year, after a revival\\nunder the labors of Rev. L. Harrington, there was a\\nReformed Methodist Church, of thirteen members,\\norganized, Robert Bradford, Mehitable Bradford,\\nAbner Kittridge, Mary Kittridge, Joseph Hag., Na-\\nthan i rage, Mehitable Gage, Simon B. Webster, Relief\\nJ. Webster, Olive. Gage, Charles Butler, Nathaniel\\nChase, Sarah Kittridge.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1028.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "t;:i7\\nThe Rev. Isaac Dunham became their pastor.\\nUnder the lead of Mr. Dunham, in 1844, a larger\\nmeeting-house was built. After a pastorate of some\\nfive years Mr. Dunham was succeeded by Rev. John\\nM. Durgin, a Free-Will Baptist. Mr. Durgin was a\\nman of many fine qualities. There was a rich vein\\nof humor in his make-up. Many of his bright say-\\nings are still quoted, lie taught school in connec-\\ntion with his ministry and is pleasantly remembered\\nby his pupils, lie was succeeded, in 1858, by Rev. T.\\nP. Moulton. At this time the church was admitted\\nto the Boston Quarterly Meeting of Free-Will Bap-\\ntists, and received the name of the Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch of I elham and Salem. Mr. Moulton was\\nsucceeded, in 1856, by Rev. Tobias Foss. He was\\nsucceeded, in 185 by Rev. S. M. Weeks, who left in\\nthe spring of 1861. For a few years there was no\\nstated preaching. In 1867, Mr. Foss returned to town,\\nand by his efforts preaching was resumed. In\\nJanuuary, 1868, Rev. N. C. Lathrop became pastor,\\nand remained till April, 1870. In 1872, Rev.\\nJonathan Woodman became pastor; but the\\nstrength of this church and society had been seriously\\nimpaired by the formation of churches at Salem\\nDepot and the removal of families influential in the\\nsupport of public worship. Mr. Woodman rendered\\nmost valuable service for a few years; but his ag\\nnearly eighty and calls of duty elsewhere led him\\nto resign the charge. There was a fitness that a re-\\nligious organization that had been productive of SO\\nmuch good should have terminated its mission with\\nthe labors of such a noble Christian man as Elder\\nJonathan Woodman.\\nEpiscopal Met] (ST. In 1859-60 there was a\\ndeep religious interest in connection with the labors\\nof Rev. Matthew M. Parkhurst, who was hoarding in\\nthe town for the recuperation of his health. Some\\nof the converts, with others who had a preference fot\\nthe Methodists, applied to Conference for a minister,\\nand a church was constituted. The preachers who\\nsuccessively served them were Rev. Albert N. Fisher.\\nRev. Amos 1 Russell. Rev. Charles Newell. Mr.\\nNewell left for another field in the latter part of 1863.\\nThe friends did not deem it expedient to have an-\\nother appointment. The membership of the church\\nwas transferred to the church in Methuen, quite a\\nportion of whom have since connected themselves\\nwith the Congregational Church by letter.\\nMeeting-Houses. At a town-meeting September\\n3,1746, it was voted to build a meeting-house in\\nthe centre of Land ill this town, or the most con-\\nvenient place. October 27th the report of the com-\\nmittee to find the centre was accepted, and tin. previous\\nvote re-enacted with the specification, the house to\\nbe twenty-eight feet in length and twenty-four feet\\nin width. But the location was not satisfactory, for\\nNovember 19th it was voted to choose three good\\nmen from out of town to come and state a place tor a\\nmeeting-house. Captain Henry Baldwin, Ensign\\nWilliam Richardson, Daniel Cage, Amos Richardson\\nami lle/ckiah HaniMct were chosen a committee to\\ncarry on the work in building the meeting-house,\\nand the sum of twelve pounds, old tenor, was voted to\\ndefray the charge of said house. This house must\\nhave been a rude structure. March 6, 174s, Voted,\\nto I u the Nottingham West Meet iiig-Uouse of Mr.\\nMerrill.\\nApril 10. 174!), a committee was chosen to take\\ndown the meeting-house and bring it to Pelbam by a\\nwork-rate of twentj shillings per day, and any who\\nwere delinquent in work were, if warned, to pay\\ntwcntyshillings, oldtenor, lor every day of delinquency.\\n\u00c2\u00a3120, old tenor, were voted to defray the charges in\\nthis business, and the town Voted, to set the meet-\\ning-house 18 rods from where the meet jug-house now\\nstands.\\nBut notwithstanding these decisive votes, nothing\\nwas done for, October 2, 1751, it was voted to bring\\nthe meeting-house to Pelham and set it up. Aftei\\npassing ami rescinding several votes, it was finally\\nagreed to set the bouse on the two acres of land that\\nMr. l lirgerson had negotiated with the town about.\\nThis was probably near where the new meeting-house\\nstands. October filth it was voted to board and\\nshingle the meeting-house with convenient speed,\\nand also that any one might furnish material at\\nreasonable rates, indicating that the house was\\nmoved and an earnest effort was being made to get it\\nin readiness tor worship the coming winter. There\\nwas a work-rate at fifteen shillings per day, old tenor.\\nNovember 6, 17 l it was voted to allow pew-\\ngrounds in the meeting-house, on the lower floor,\\nround the walls, to thirteen highest payers on the lis!\\nbeing inhabitants of the town. They were to build\\nlor the town a handsome or decent pulpit, with a\\ncanopy over if also a deacon s seat. The men were\\nto obligate themselves to sit iii these pews with their\\nfamilies till they were Idled, and if they did not in-\\ncline to take these pews, then the next highest m\\ntheir course to take them. It was also voted to\\ngrant four pews more in the two hind seats on the\\nlower II of said meeting-house, men and women\\nside, to four men, the highest according to the above\\nsaid votes; provided they will make three d s to\\nsaid meeting-house, and to hang them with good iron\\nhinges and latches, decently, ami be durable doors,\\nmade of good boards, and a committee was chosen\\nto see when the said pulpit and deacon s seat and\\ndoors are to he made and completed.\\nSeptember 27, 1753, the town voted to raise three\\nbundled pounds, old tenor, for the committee to use\\nin finishing the meeting-house; also that they should\\ntake the money then in the collector s hands. They\\nwere authorized to buy a box of glass to glaze the\\nmeeting-house. and to build the body scats also 0.\\ntake out the middle post on the back side of the\\nmeeting-house in order to build a handsome pulpit\\nprovide for handsc\\nillars for said house.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1029.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF EILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThis house was used as the meeting-house till I\\nwhen the present town-house was built. Everything\\nin its finish must have been very plain. It had no\\ncomforts. The seats were hard. There was nothing\\nto soft, mi the light or mitigate the heat ot the sum-\\nmer s sun. Nor was there anything to relieve the\\ncheerlessness and cold of winter. And still the whole\\npopulation came together in winter and summer and\\nremained through the protracted services. There\\ncan be no question lint this was an influential factor\\nIn the formation of the institutions of the town.\\nThe following is copied from the record- books of\\nthe builders of the present town-house\\n.mil the Credit I the Tuwn wmilil Suliwrilie what ilnv will mo- towards\\nBiiil-lmi: a V-w Moling Ii.iii-i-, .in.i. s.a: i. 01 Sum sli.cll In-\\nSul.s, lil.ol. Tall a l l. 1 ti. I..1- Hi tin- ali-1 I ..in l.iil.. ..)i wlial Method\\nwe will take foi Building the same.\\n\\\\t a town-meeting, June 7, 1785, it was voted\\nto give liberty to set a meeting-house on the eom-\\niiiini near the old meeting-house, which meeting-\\nhouse i- now prepairing for building by propri-\\netorship. This house was not finished for some\\nyears, but was probabh soon used for public wor-\\nship and town-meetings, as. May 27, 1789, it was\\nvoted to sell the old meeting-house at public\\nvendue, in such a way and manner as shall be\\nthought most likely to fetch its mil value, in ordei to\\npaj the town debts with the same. and a committee\\nwas appointed lor this purpose.\\n[t is a tradition that the year 1785 was remarkable\\ntor the depth of snow, ami that the timber for the\\nframe of this meeting- house was eltt in April. 1 the\\nsnow was so hard that, the timber was hauled over\\n-lone walls and other kinds offence. About this\\ntime there was a meeting-house built by the Pole\\nParish, and situated in front of the David Cutter\\nhouse. In the town records this is designated as the\\nting House, and the proprietors meeting-\\nhouse as the Great Meeting-House. I pon the dismis-\\nsal of J Mr. M ly and the union of the two parishes,\\nthe town purchased the meeting-houses.\\nMarch 26, 1793, it was Voted, To -ell the Little\\nMeeting-House and the land where it stands. .lames\\nGibson, Esq., Joshua Uwood, Josiah t iage, Ksq., were\\nchosen a committee to make the sale; but the} did\\nnot -11 ii, as, December 22, 1794, it was i to sell\\nthe Little Meeting-House. This house is said to have\\nKeen moved to the spot where the parsonage now\\nstands, and used lor a store, with a hall over the -tore.\\nDeacon Jeremiah Tyler owned it man) years. He\\ntraded in the store. The hall was known as Tyler s\\nHall, and was used for singing-schools and religious\\nllleel llejs.\\nJanuary 7, 1793, it was Voted, That the propri-\\netors of the old meeting-house should receive their\\nlull pay when the pews are sold, viz., the pews in\\nthe new meeting-house. Voted, To cuoose a com-\\nmittee of five persons to make a settlement between\\nthe parishes, -Messrs. Jacob Butler, Jr., Nehemiah\\nButler, Captain Eliphelet Hardy, Lieutenant Thomas\\nSpoflbrd, Lieutenant John Ferguson. Voted, To\\neh. ...so a committee to see what method is best to hi-\\ntaken towards finishing the meeting-house, and bring\\nin their report next meeting. The committee were\\nDr. Aaron Grosvenor, Lieutenant John Ferguson,\\nJames Gibson, Esq. But the finishing of the Great\\n.Meeting- House hangs. There an- many propositions,\\nhut none on whieh a majority agree. The- subject\\nwas brought before town-meetings in .Inly, 1793, and\\nin August, 1794, ami iii each instance dismissed. But,\\nDecember 22, 17 J4, Voted, To finish the inside of\\nthe meeting-house in the manner prescribed by the\\ncommittee chosen for that purpose. Voted, To\\nsell the pews in said meeting-house at public vendue.\\nVoted, To sell the finishing of said meeting-house at\\npublic sale. Voted, That said meeting-house shall\\nbe finished by the 1st day of Novetnbor next. I In re\\nis a spirit of determination in these votes that assures\\nsomething will he done. But though the purpose is\\nto have no set-back, the plan is to be changed. Janu-\\nary 19, 1795, these votes were reconsidered. Then it\\nwas Voted, That Captain Jesse .Smith be a committee,\\nwith full power to receive money and finish the meet-\\ning-house by the 1st day of November next. Also\\nVoted, That Lieutenant John Ferguson be an assistant\\ncommittee with Captain Jesse Smith for linishing the\\nmeeting-house.\\nThis action was final Captain Smith and Lieuten-\\nant Ferguson were the men to execute it, and the job\\nof ten j ears lingering and uncertainty is completed by\\nthem in a single season and at the specified time. At\\ni In- same town-meeting the selectmen ordered tin-\\nsale of the pews.\\nI lecember 8th, the account of the committee to\\nfinish the meeting-house was received, and they were\\nallowed live shillings per daj foi their services.\\nMarch 7. 1796, Voted, that the money which was\\nleft in linishing the meeting-house shall be loaned\\nto keep the meeting-house in repair. Voted, that\\nAmos M ly, Esq., Captain Asa Richardson, be a\\nto take said i lej and make the best use of\\nit they can for the advantage of the town. But though\\nthe house, with its square pews and high galleries,\\nwas considered finished, there were improvements\\nprop.ee. I from time to time. March 5, 1797, Voted,\\nto purchase a ushion for the pulpit and a* curtain for\\nthe pulpit windows, to build a cupboard in the lower\\npar! ..I the pulpit and to lay some gravel by the un-\\nderpining of the meeting-house. March, 1803, the\\ntown voted not to purchase a hell and build a steeple.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1030.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "Julj 2, L804, voted aot to build a portico over the\\nfront door. September, 1805, the town again voted\\nnot to build a portico. In October of this year,\\nfooted, not to build a belfry and steeple to th easl\\nend of their meeting-house. These votes indicate\\nthat then- was a minority of public-spirited, progres-\\nsive men in town.\\nIn presenting the growth and development of the\\ntown, it is necessary to tints sketch the 1 list on of the\\nmeeting-house; for it was about the meeting-house\\nthat the New England town grew, and the history oi\\na New England town cannot be written without the\\nrecognition of this central fact.\\nThere are in the records a few plain, homely things\\nthat are very suggestive. They have a sweet touch\\nof nature and charm by their simple beauty. In the\\nstudy of the histor) of the town, the first meeting-\\nhouse, the meeting-house bought of Mr. .Merrill, the\\nhouse moved from Nottingham West, the ohl meeting-\\nhouse, must be kept continually in view. Every-\\nii iated with that house reveals some feature\\nin the life and character of the early inhabitants.\\nLittle incident- connected with it mirror those plain\\nand frugal homes, fn somi thought for it, some pro-\\nvision for its care, the subtle, golden chain of faith\\nis traced, that steadied their lives heavenward. In\\nsuch items as the following there is a resurrection of\\nthe past, and scenes of one hundred and forty years\\nago appear \\\\ivid and fresh as the life of this da)\\nMarch ye 1, 1756, voted Jabesh Gage \u00c2\u00a310, old tenor,\\nfor hoarding workman tit the meeting-house. I\\nAmos Richardson 01-15-0, old tenor, forsweeping the\\nmeeting-house. Chose Joseph Butler, Levi llil-\\ndrith, John Butler, .1; is Gilmore and Amos Gage for\\nseating the meeting-house. Voted, to leave it to\\nthe committee to dignify the seats as they see lit.\\nFor seventy-five years the people worshiped with-\\nout tires in their meeting-houses. The worship of\\nthe winter season might have been a- i as the\\nmost perfect crystal, hut an absence ol warmth i-\\nsuggested. It there was beauty in it. thi- must have\\nexisted in the spiritual light reflected from frosty\\nforms. To modern conception there is a touch of the\\ncomic in the audience muffled, their heads drawn\\nwithin the mufflers. Pulpit orator) was certainlj at\\na disadvantage. Stoves were put into the treat Meet-\\ning-House about 1820. I .lit this was not done without\\nopposition. The Great Meeting-House was used by\\nthe church and First Congregational Society till 1*42.\\nDuring the last ten years tie ciety had made sev-\\neral propositions to the town for the purpose of\\nsecuring some exclusive rights in the house. ne\\nwas the outright purchase; another was to finish the\\nupper part for worship, which should be the property\\noi the society, and the lower part lor a town hall,\\nwhich should he the town s. But the town was un-\\nwilling to entertain any of these propositions. Ac-\\ncordingly, at a meeting of the First Ion\\nSociety in the hall of Jeremiah Tyler, February 9,\\n1842, to see if tic societj will procure a suitable\\npiece Of land on which to build a house for public\\nworship, it was voted to procure such a piece, and\\nat the same meeting General Samuel M. Richardson\\npropo ed, on certain conditions, to give till\\nsuch a piece, which gift, subjei i to the conditions, was\\naccepted by the societj\\nAt a meeting held February 24th, it was voted\\nthat the erect ion of the meeting-] se be imenced\\nas soon as practicable in the ensuing spi\\nDavid Cutter, Moody Hobbs, Joshua Atwood, David\\nButler and A s Batchelder were chosen a building\\ncommittee. At a meeting held October 17th, Jere-\\nmiah Tyler, Enoch Marsh ami John M. Tyler were\\nchosen a committee of arrangements for lie dedica-\\ntion oi the new meeting-house. The dedication\\nwas ninety-one years from the time that the old\\nmeeting -house was first used for public worship.\\nfin. Parsonage.- At a meeting of tin first Con-\\ngregational Society, September 4, 1861, it was voted\\nto accept the Tyler store lot, so called, purchased\\nby individuals for a pars mage-houseof said society.\\nIt wa- \\\\oted to proceed at once to huild. ami lolonel\\nEnoch Marsh, V.b 1 rage, Esq., F. Cutter, Eliphe-\\nlet F. Wood- were chosen a building committee, the\\nwork was commenced at once, ami under the enthusi-\\nastic lead of Colonel Marsh, who devoted in- time\\nand energies to the enterprise.it was substantial!)\\ncompleted that autumn, and occupied by lie present\\npastor the next April. Richard B. llillman was the\\nbuilder.\\nI II PTER I I.\\nPELHAM\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Couth 0-\\n.ma .11 [ON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ml\\n)TE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PHVSICI\\nEducation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The town records show no public\\naction upon the subject of education till fiftei a j ears\\nafter the incorporation. I hit from thi- time there was\\na gradual and substantial growth of the ed\\nsentiment. I lie i i I and school-house\\nviolent controversies. There were seasons of intense\\nexcitement. At times there was the reckless spirit that\\nwould destroy all rather that I carry it- point then\\nbetter counsels would prevail, harmony would he re-\\nstored, bygones would forgotten and all would be\\nunited in the good cause.\\nMarch 9, 1761, Voted the non-resident money for\\na school. At the March meeting of the next year\\ni appropriation for schools, but at a meet-\\ning April\\ni-t. Voted ii-i I- buildanj hoot houses.\\n2d, Voted four months scl ling, to begin in September next ensu-\\nii,-, :ai l ii Oil 1 Jo- lulu in. mile \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0xpil l.\\nMarch 7, 1763, Voted two hundred pound-, ohl", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1031.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSROROlKiH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntenor, for a school this present year. Said school is\\nto be in four parts of said town. and each pari to have\\ntheir portion of said money to be divided by the se-\\nlectmen.\\nMarch 1764, Voted two hundred pounds, old\\ntenor, for a school for this present year, to be provided\\nby the selectmen as they shall think proper.\\nMarch 11, 1705, Vnteil not to raise any money for\\na School this present year. For the next tell years\\nan average of fifteen pounds was appropriated annu-\\nally for schools.\\nMarch 4. 1776, Voted twenty Pounds, Lawful\\nmoney, tor Schooling this Present year.\\nA Committee Chosen to Place the schools ami to\\nProvide Masters and Mistresses Dr. John Mussey,\\nEbenezar Parmer, Esq., .lesse Wilson, Amos Gage,\\nJr., Phillip Richardson, Jr. Voted that Every Quar-\\nter of the town should have the use of their own\\nmoney, and that Each Quarter should Enjoy the\\nPriviledge of their own and not Send from one to\\nanother, and that when the School was l ro\\\\ ided they\\nthat would not Send Should Go without the Benefit\\nof the School.\\nDuring the next fifteen years, which included the\\nhard times of the Revolutionary War, the town failed\\nonly once to make appropriations tor the schools.\\nAfter 1790 the matter id an appropriation was no\\nlonger optional, as the towns were required by legisla-\\ntive enactment to raise a specified sum. March 4,\\n1793, on the article To see if the Town will vote that\\nEvery Class shall have the Privilege of the School\\nwhen it is kept in I heir Class without being thronged\\nwith Scholars from other lasses, -Voted that\\nScholars shall have Liberty to Go from one Class to\\nthe other for the benefit ol Schooling. t n the\\n26th of this month. Voted to liaise One Hun-\\ndred and fifty pounds, L. M., in order to build\\nthe School-Houses in s 1 Town, Meaning that those\\nClasses that have built tluir School-Houses shall Re-\\nceive an order from the Selectmen for their proportion\\nof the aforesaid sum. Votnl that James Gibson, Esq.,\\nbe a committee to fix the Place where the School-House\\nis to be built in the Southwest corner of said Town.\\nDecember 8, 1795, Voted to dismiss the article to\\nsee if the Town will vote to Empower Each Class to\\nhire their own Masters and Mistresses.\\nMarch 7, 1796, Voted to chuse a Committee viz.,\\nCaptain John Ferguson, Captain Thomas Spofford,\\nLieutenant Ezra R. Marsh, James Gibson, Esq., David\\nCage to Class the Inhabitants of s 1 Town for keep-\\ning Scl Is agreeable to a former vote of s d Town,\\nwhich was to be Ih e classes.\\nMarch 6, 1797, Voted to except the report of the\\ncommittee to class the town with five classes.\\nThe number of families in each class was as follows\\nt Mi. I. II. i l.i a \\\\..irli..,,.l\\nDAT\\n1. Gage,\\nI ll\\nCAS Spofi\\nEzs\\nR. Maes\\nJ\\nMarch 4, 1799, the generous spirit that the town\\nhas ever since expressed towards the cause of educa-\\ntion commences to express itself, Voteil to iai-i\\nthirty pounds in addition to the sum commanded\\nl.\\\\ the aiilhoiitN of the State for the support of\\nschools.\\nThe town was fortunate in the outset in an\\neconomical classification. There were few classes.\\nThe number of families in each class was nearly the\\nsame. Hence an equal division of the school mone)\\nwas the fair thing. This classification has remained\\nsubstantially the same to the present time, and the\\nmoney has, with few exceptions, been equally 1 i ided\\namong the five classes.\\nThe spirit of a people i- often shown by a move-\\nment that is a failure. Minorities of even but one\\nin a cause that looks to enlargement and progress\\ngive a people character. They are the little leaven that\\nwill some time be the majority. The article in the\\nwarrant of 1789, to sec if the town will vote to\\nhave a grammar school kept in said town, though\\ndismissed, asserted literary tastes, intellectual life and\\naspirations among the people. The town may not\\nhave furnished as many for the professions as\\nsome others; but there are few towns that, ai nliug\\nto their population, could show as large a number\\nit men and women of good home-bred sense, of re-\\nfined taste, of such general information, of such\\ncorrect methods in business, and who expressed them-\\nselves with more understanding and grace.\\nAI t the commencement of the century Mr. Dan-\\niel Hardy, a graduate of Dartmouth College and an\\naccomplished scholar, taught an academy lor-.\\\\ iai\\nyears at the Centre, in the building since known as\\nthe Cottage, and occupied by the Misses Hastings lor\\nmany years. Mr. Hardy and his school had a healthy\\ninfluence upon the intellectual life of the people.\\nHere many young men and women received instruc-\\ntion that qualified them to be efficient teachers in the\\ncommon schools.\\nDuring the ministry of Dr. Church there was a\\nliterary association that owned quite an extensive\\nlibrary of solid reading, comprising history, essaj\\nand poetry, but no fiction as such this was exten-\\nsi\\\\ elj and faithfully read.\\nDuring the first sixty years of the century the town\\nlyccum was an institution, furnishing not only the so-\\nciability and wholesome diversion that a people need,\\nInn also intellectual nurture and culture in speaking\\nand writing.\\nflic following is a list, perhaps imperfect, of edu-\\ncated men that the town has raised:\\nGRAD1 \\\\TK or DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.\\nDanii t Hardy, 17s 1 Aaron Hardy, 1704 Caleb Butler, 1800 Reubi u\\nDimond Mussey, 18 [saai Butler, entered l.ut died in u ura\\nStephen I Brads it, 1819; Barnabas G. Tenney, 1819 Calvin Butler,\\nIs:!; Nathaniel Alilmt Kru,, Is;. I lia! I-- liin iili.tin, 1-1 I nia\\nr. i-i. Joseph H. Tyler, 1851 Eliphelet Butler Gage, 185J\\nin tin Scientific Scl I Joseph Edward Marsh, 1858, at the Scientific\\nSchool Nathaniel Parker Gage, 1862.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1032.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "GRAD1 \\\\TKS OF HAKVARD.\\nWilliam 31. Richardson. 1 T- T .lo-iah P.ntl. r, 1 so:; .l.,hn Cutter Gage,\\n1851 Frederii W Bat. hi ld( i I860\\nFour of these graduates became clergymen, seven\\nlawyers. Reuben Dimond Mussey became eminent\\nin medicine, and had a reputation that was European\\nas well as American. William M. Richardson repre-\\nsented the Stair in Congress, and also became chief\\njustice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.\\nJosiah Butler represented New Hampshire two terms\\nOthers became teachers and business\\nmen.\\nPROFESSIONAL MEN NOT GRAD1 ATES\\nElijah Butler, born \\\\pnl 13,1765; studied I Heine and practiced\\nMilton Grosvenor studied medicine\\nSehemiah Butler, a lawyei ^ml judge of probi\\nJohn ftuincy Adams Griffin, at his death, in .air\\nMined distinction at Me- l.ai\\nBenjamin Russ.ll Cutter, at liis death .eventcon years principal of the\\nishington Grammar School, I oil\\nWilliam H. Ga^o studied medicine, and at his death hail Iwn many\\nyears assistant physician at tie- asylum. Taiinl Ui. Ma-s.\\nOf gentlemen of the last generation noted as com-\\nmon-school teachers were Moody Hobbs and A.bel\\ni rage, both self-made men and popular teachers, with\\na life-long interest in education. Mr. Hobbs became\\na public man. and was associated with the distin-\\nguished men of the State. He was greatly interested\\nin agriculture. He was the magistrate of the town\\nand the civil engineer of this and neighboring towns.\\nMr. Gage led a quiet life on his farm, enjoyed bis\\nlibrary and took an intelligent and devoted interest\\nin all the philanthropic and missionary enterprises of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lie age.\\nfor Merrimack\\nnh 1. lia-l\\nMis- II in\\nFEMALE TEACHERS.\\neducated under Mi-- o\\nMiss Mary C. Richardson, educated al Bradford Ics Slaj i hu-\\nsetts, holding for many years a n-sponsiUi- p .sili.ui in tlj.it iii-titu; i ui\\na lady of superim- intellectual powers and a popular teacher.\\n3Iiss Mary T. Ga ;e, educated at tie- A CI ml female Seminary, Aiel.e.i\\nMass., a teacher for many years. Her culture was marked. Her life\\nwas an ornament to the social -late\\nHiss Helen Cutter, a popular teacher for many years at Arlington,\\nblissEmma D. Coburn, forascore of years holding important p si-\\ntions as teacher in Western citieB.\\nOf young ladies of the present employed in the\\ncommon schools of this and adjoining towns, two\\nmay be named for their long and raluabt services\\nMiss Susan M. Smith, great-granddaughter of James\\nGibson, and Miss M. Amanda Cloyd.\\nSome Men of Note.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Deacon Amos Gage, born in\\n1717. 1 robably came to this town in 1739 or 1740,\\nfrom Bradford, .Mass. Prominent in the church, in\\ncivil and military affairs. Died in 179:2.\\nI a ai Barnabas Gibson, bom nearthe coast of Ire-\\nland after his parents sailed for this country. His\\nfather s name was lames. Among the old papers of\\nthe family is a receipt for the passage-money of the\\nfamily, dated Portrush, August 26, 1738.\\nJames Gibson, brother of Barnabas, for a series of\\nyears a man of great prominence in the affairs of Ihe\\ntown.\\nJesse ribson, a son of .lames, a life-long resident of\\nthe town, often elected to town offices, for a long\\ns, i ies id years justice of peace, a man of unquestioned\\nintegrity, lie accumulated a large property, l ied\\nin 1S7H, aged eighty-nine, wanting a few days.\\nCaptain Henry Baldwin, at whose house the first\\ntown-meeting was held, died in 17o4.\\nDr. John Mussey, father of Reuben Dimond Mus-\\nsey, often chosen to offices of importance in town.\\nJames and Samuel Hobbs, grandsons ot the first\\nminister, stirring men and often called to positions of\\npublic responsibility.\\nGeneral Samuel M. Richardson, a true gentleman,\\na distinguished citizen, a member of a family thai not\\nonly adorned New Hampshire, but Massachusetts.\\nHe left a generous legacy to the First Congregational\\nSociety, and also to the town for remodeling the old\\nmeeting-house into a town hall.\\nDavid Cutter, for many years postmaster and a\\njustice of the peace. He was very exact in the trans-\\naction of all business, exemplary and strictly law-\\nabiding, a pillar in the moral and religious institu-\\ntion- of thi town. He died in L863, agi\\neighty-two years, and left two thousand dollars to Ihe\\nFirst Congregational Society.\\nGeneral Joshua Atwood, for more than thirt) yeare\\nmoderator of the annual town-meeting. He died in\\n1872, aged sixty-live year-.\\nBenjamin F. hitter, a generous and public-spirited\\ncitizen, was widely known iii bis horticultural and\\nnursery business. lie died in 1 870, aged sixty-seven\\nyears.\\nColonel Enoch Marsh, who still survives, near his\\nninetieth year, in a green old age, a gentleman of\\nthe truest type. He in ver sought or held office; but\\nto the support of this religious institutions of the\\ntown and causes of Christian philanthropy he has\\ngiven bi time, his strength and his propertj\\nMisses Eliza and Caroline Hastings cami from\\nBoston to l elham in 1835, to live on the small prop-\\nertj thej had acquired by years of teaching, an\\nemployment that they engaged in when financial\\nreverses came upon their father s business. They\\nwere ladies of a true culture and a noble Christian\\nspirit. They rented the building once occupied by\\nMr. Hardy for a scl 1. and afterwards il was known\\nas the Cottage. They employed their time in the care\\nof I h.ir cultured natures and deeds of charity. They\\nloved to walk the different streets of the town and\\nmake informal calls in all the homes. Families in\\nall pails of the town were wont to have them as their\\nguests. They made for themselves a large place in\\nihe esteem and affection of the people. Thej were a\\ngreat acquisition to society. Their influence was\\nsalutary. Miss Eliza died September 10. L853, aged\\nseventy-one. The -hock was great to Miss Caroline.\\nSim endured it with Christian fortitude, and died", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1033.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "642\\naiSTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nApril 26, 1872, aged eighty-nine. Their\\nu ith the ed| le of their adoption.\\nPhysicians. The earliest was Dr. .Viims Richard-\\nson; then Dr. John Mussey, Dr. Aaron Grosvenor,\\nDr. William Gage, Dr. Benjamin R. Skelton, Dr.\\nBenjamin F. Simpson, Dr. Edwin Grosvenor, Dr.\\nLucius Grosvenor, Dr. Amos Batchelder.\\nDr. Batchelder commenced practice in town in\\n1837. He has been a studious man and kept himself\\nabreast of the times in his profession. He has also\\nbeen a careful observer and extensive reader in\\nnatural history and general science, and he has a\\ncabinet of six thousand specimens of. his own col-\\nlection.\\nMusic. The Pelham people have always been musi-\\ncal. The Gages, Butlers, Cutters, Gibsons, Atwoods\\nand Wilsons were musical families. Of those who Led\\nthe singing in the past, and sometimes taught singing-\\nschools, were Deacon Amos Gage, Deacon Abel Gage,\\nGeneral Samuel M. Richardson, David Cutter, Jona-\\nthan B.Greeley, Abel Gage, Jr., Jesse Wilson, Colonel\\nEnoch Marsh, Frederic A. Spofford and, later. Wil-\\nliam Chase. In the years 1798 and 1805 there were\\narticles in the warrant tor the annual town-meeting\\nto see if the town would appropriate money for a\\nsinging-school. In neither instance was the appro-\\npriation made; but in 1803 the town voted to\\npurchase a bass viol for the use of the singers also\\nthat Deacon Abel (.age, Samuel M. Richardson and\\nDoc William Gage be a committee to purchase s d\\nviol.\\nIn 1859 an unusually fine-tcned pipe-organ was\\npurchased for the church, since then .Mr. Alonzo\\nD. Greeley, an amateur in music, has played the\\norgan, led the singing and devoted much time and\\nexpense to the culture of music in the town. When the\\norgan was procured there were but two or time pis\\nin town; now there are a dozen, and parlor organs\\nin almost every house. Two of the school-houses\\nhave musical instrn in -n t-\\nCHAPTER III.\\nCIVIL GO ERNM IM mi 11 i aky or.. w nr, hi. vi- m i-m i i\\nAND CHANGE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PERSONAL REMINISI ENCES.\\nCivil Government.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The town from the firsl took\\na thoughtful interest in the constitutions of both the\\ni nai ional governments.\\nAt a town-meeting April 111, 1778, Mr. James\\nBarnard was then chosen as a member of that Con-\\nvention that is to meet at loncord on June the tenth\\nnext, in order to form a Plan of Government for the\\nPeople of this State for their future g 1 ami hap-\\nVoted to ehuse a Committee of Eleven men to\\nGive Instruction to said Barnard Concerning the\\nplan of Government, which are as follows: Messrs.\\nMaj. Daniel Coburn, Esq. Gage, Do John Mussey,\\nEsq. Gibson, Dca. Barnabas Gibson, Dea. Amos Gage,\\nThomas Spofford, Nehe miah Butler, Capt. Jesse Wil-\\nson, Capt. A-a Richardson, Peirce Gage.\\nI h e plan that was submitted to the people by the\\nconvention of June, 17M, was considered in the town-\\nmeeting held in December, and Voted to chuse a\\ncommittee to Take into consideration the plan of\\nGovernment, and make remarks on it and lay them\\nBefore the tow a. hose the !ommittee viz.), Dea.\\nBarnabas Gibson, Aaron Wyman, Jacob Butler, Jun.,\\nDavid Butler, Abel Gage, Joshua Atwood, Caleb\\nButler, Doc John Mussey, Josiah Gage, Esq., and\\nMark Gould. This plan was discussed on the re-\\nport of the committee, by articles, at a town-meeting\\nJanuarj 21, 1782, and substantially rejected by Pel-\\nham, as it was by the State. The convention sub-\\nmitted another plan in August, 1782. At a town-\\nmeeting December 2d this was referred to s com-\\nmittee, Dr. John Mussey, Nathaniel Abbot. James\\nGibson, Esq., Josiah Gage, Esq., Jess,- Smith, Abie!\\nBarker, Jacob Butler. Jr., Pea. Barnabas lilison and\\nDavid Butler. The meeting then adjourned till the\\n17th. The town being Mette. according to the above\\nadjournment, Voted not to accept ol the Plan ot\\nGovernment as it now stands, by 60 Votes. Voted to\\naccept the Plan of Government with the Amendments\\nmad.- by the Committee, by 52 Votes; 7 Persons\\nVoted against it.\\nThis plan was also rejected by the State. The con-\\nvention met in June, 1.783, and submitted another\\nplan to the people. At a meeting held August L8th,\\nVoted, to choose a committee of Nine Persons to\\ntake under Consideration the Alteration of the Eight\\nArticle of the Coulideration. Coin., M David\\nButler, M r Uriah Abbott, James Gibson, Esq., M\\nJoshua Atwood, Deak Barnabas Gibson. Josiah\\nGage, Esq., M r John Ferguson, Doct r John Mussey.\\nM r Aaron Wyman. Voted for the afore s 1 Committee\\nto take under Consideration the Address Ir Con-\\nvention.\\nThe Moderator Adjourned s 1 Meeting Three\\nWeeks.\\nMet According to tin- Above Adjournment.\\nVoted, to receive a Verbal Report of s d Committee\\nthat is to alter the Eight Artical of Conlideiation.\\n(viz.), that is the Proportion among the United State-\\nShall be Laid by the Number of Souls. Voted, to\\nReceive a Verbil Report of the afore s d Committee,\\nthat is not to alter the Executive Department.\\nThis plan was adopted by the State and ratified h\\\\\\nthe convention I (ctober .lst.\\nThese quaint record show how carefully the under-\\nlying principles of both the national confederation\\nand the State Constitution were examined by the\\ncitizen-, ot Pelham.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1034.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "PELHAM.\\nTOWN CLERKS.\\n1746-47, Eleazar Whiting 1748 19, Benrj Baldwin, I\\nAmosGage; 17:..:, 1 awil .l..n. 17 1- .7, Amos Gage 1758, Levi Hi]-\\ndreth 1759-72, Vi Gag. 1773-74, Josiah Gage .ii 1775-82, Dan-\\nielBarker; 1783-90, John Ferguson 1791-96, Benjamin Barker, Jr.;\\nHardy; 1799-1802 Benjamin Barkel 1803 1, Peti i\\nPatereon; 1805-19, William Hardy (2d) 1820-23, William Atwood;\\n1824-26, William Hardy 1827-31, James Hobbs 1832, Reuben B.Gib-\\nJ. r.-iniiih Tvh i l- 1 ihaih-- Spnl!..].! Isl i-ll.\\nU u Hobbs; 1843, Charles Spofford 1844-45, Frederic A. Spoflbrd\\n1845, David Spofford; 1841! 85, John Woodbury 1865.A Batchelder\\nl-i i 67, Joshua At 1, .II, 1868-77, Vmos Batcheldel 1878\\n]i. .Li,, i iiunii-I V AlivLijil\\nDELEGATES TO Till: SEVERAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN-\\nTIONS.\\n1778, James Barnard 1781, Jacob Butler, Jr. 1791, James Gibson\\n1851, Joshua Atwood 1876, F. M. Woodbury.\\nPI ION\\niDEB U, CONSTITUTION.\\n1788, Rei Amos M Ij\\nREPRESENTATIVES.\\nITT:., Aaron Wvtnali l77 .-7 .lame- .11\u00e2\u0080\u0094 n I 77 -sl, David Butler\\n1782, JameH Gib 1788 B5, Jacob Butler, Jr. 1786, Ji Gibson;\\n1787-88, Jacob Butlei 1789 voted nol to send; 1790, James Gibson\\n1791, voted not t.i send; 1792, James Gibson; 1793-96, Rev. vmos\\nM i. 1797, Nehemiah Butler; 1798, Rev. Amos H ly 1799-1802,\\nJames Gibson 1803 R i ^moe M lj 1807. Ji isGibson 1808-\\njosiah Butler; L81U 11, James Gibson; 1812 20 Uaj. Samuel M.\\na, a\\n34, .i.-ss, .,ii,-, m. I. -i i- -..-.Hi M Ri. 1 Ison I David B a-\\nblel 1837, -I. ll.ii.i-, Esq. 1838- 11, Jesse Gibson 184 15, J\\nUwocd 1846 17, Gilberl Coburn; 1848-49, Josbua Uv, 1- 1850,\\nJesseGibson; 1851, Darius Stickney 1852, Joshua At\u00c2\u00bb B53-54,\\nJohn Richardson 1855 .6, Joshua Uwood 1857 8, John W Ibury\\n1859-60, linos Bat. heldel 1861-1 2, Dai n I Mai I. Warren\\nSherburne 1865, Kimball Gibson 1866, Georgi II Currier; 1867-68,\\nEliphelel I w 1 18G9 70, William G Butler; 1871 7:. vm.\\n1873-74, rge H.Currier; 1875-70, John H tburj 1871 !i St\\nthan Gage; 1879, Daniel N \\\\i\u00c2\u00ab 1, l881,Lutheri Richardson 1883,\\nGeorgeS. Butler; 1880, Rirhar.l IS. Hillnian.\\nMilitary Record\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The citizens of Pelham have\\nalways been patriotic. They have enlisted in all the\\nwars of our country and shed their blood on nearly\\nevery battle-field. Amos Gage, an early settler of the\\ntown, one of the original members of the church and the\\nfirst deacon, was a captain in the French and [ndian\\nWar. and lost a son, aged twenty years, in that war.\\nIn the old records of the town the following is\\nfound:\\nIn the year 170, Begune the BloodJ wai Btween England and\\nli.ui,.., ,iti,l llir win.!., r.itnitiv ut anaila \\\\va- -in i .ii.h-rr.l f-i his\\ni in il.. i, .ii i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tin. an mini ,.t 11..- n ii i. .I.... ..I iii. ii thai \u00c2\u00bb,i- I l n-iii. I.. I 11.. i in\\nthat died a Broad\\nJonathan Wright, Kd\u00c2\u00abard Wvinati. K/.ni l.iill.l.a.l Si\u00e2\u0080\u009e,.,n l:.-ai.l,\\nLieut. Thomas Gage, foseph Gage, Simon W3 I\\nWeber.\\nIn the American Revolution, no one of the colonies\\nexhibited a more resolute and determined spirit of\\nresistance to the oppression of Great Britain than\\nNew Hampshire, and in no town of the Stale was this\\nspirit more pronounced than in Pelham.\\nAt a town-meeting April 1, 1777. Voted, twenty\\npounds lawful money per man l lint shall Inlist. tor\\nthree years into the Continental army.\\nApril 7th. Voted, to anex Ten Pounds Lawful\\n3 to the above Twentj pounds, to Each Soldier\\nwho shall Inlist into the Continental army lor the\\nTerm of three years.\\nJune 4th, Voted, that Each man who has served\\nas a Soldier in Defence of the United States of amer-\\niea, shall be allowed sixteen shillings ami Eight\\nPence per month. Those Persons who were in the\\nservice two months at Wiiiterhill. Being Present,\\nagreed to take out twelve Shillings per month.\\nAt a town-meeting February 177*. Voted, that\\nLA John Bradford, M Aaron Wyman, apt. Asa\\nRichardson Be a Committee to Provide lor the\\nSoldiers Families. At this meeting the vole was re-\\nconsidered, allowing each soldier sixteen shillings\\nand eight pence per month for what he hath done in\\nthe service more than his proportion. ami a com-\\nmittee chosen to bring in under oath how much\\nshall he allowed to those who have served is soldier-\\nin the several Campaigns that have been in the\\nPresenl War. This committee brought in at a sub-\\nsequent meeting that the year s men should lie al-\\nlowed nine pounds and sixteen pence per man.\\nAt this meeting Voted, to chuse a Committee to\\nInstruct the Representative Concerning the Confed-\\neration Lately Published by the Continental Con-\\ngress, which would indicate that the men of Pelham\\nhad a nice percepti if equity and justice and saw\\ndistinctly a wrong that has convulsed the nation and\\n\\\\1 ;i n,,, tiim .if til. Ft II. .1.1.. I- o Ii. 1 ithi t iii!i. il. emit- .1 th. t.,\\\\vii\\nof February, 177s, The Following\\n..nit.. I\\nby Baid town\\nfor il,.- Tom\\\\ oj Pelham it.- th,\\n13 the Voi til... townof Pelham\\ni.,i Court, and .1- it must be\\ny -I mistitu.-nt* mall important\\n1.. 11. .wini; in-tni, li.ai- w\\nof Pelham, ..it Monday, 1\\nNinth\\n1 1.-1 1 11. t v.. reporte\\nby ii-. t\\nfor that purpose, v. Inch i\\nere ace.\\n7 n a Gibson, Esq.\\nProvincial Congress\\nBxetei\\nOlMl.l 11 ss \u00e2\u0080\u0094You 1\\n,,,_ 1,,,-\\n1,, Represent them in tl\\ni to M.n 1.. know\\nmatters, m think lit 1.,\\nto the articles oi coufedei\\ny.. III--. -11 I., t, an all -i\\nation ..1\\nu r g. the calling full\\n1 bj ill general asaem\\n_ .1 1 menl plan or\\n1 wilh all\\nve |.-vf t\u00c2\u00ab. ymr tinnne^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2clnrii ami Liberty (an-l\\n1 Dh. John Mi ssi\\n1,1, .ImSI!\\nJacob Bi", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1035.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "644\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe records of the town during the year- of the\\nRevolutionary War indicate a whole-hearted loyalty\\nto the cause and faithfulness to the soldiers. Some\\nof these simple records are a beautiful revelation of\\ni he character of the men and spirit of those times.\\nMarch 2, 1778, Voted, to pay Samuel Davis four\\nDollars in the Lieu of a Counterfeit Bill which he\\nreceived of the town for his services in the war.\\nVoted, to Pay Asa Knowlton Fifty Dollars for his\\nservice three years in the war.\\nAt a town-meeting April 13, 1778, Voted, to hire\\none man to go into the Continental service for nine\\nmonths, to make Up the town s proportion of the\\nthree years men. Voted, that Eng\\\\ Nathan Butler\\nshould hire the man and the town to pay the man\\nthat s d Butler should hire.\\nAt. a town-meeting February 1. 1781, Voted,\\nto chuse a committee of three men to hire soldiers for\\nthree years to go into tin- war, (vis.): Asa Richardson,\\nAmos Gage, L .\\\\c\\\\ ins.\\nAt a meeting March 13th of this year, the com-\\nmittee to average the expense of the war made their\\nreport, which was accepted,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted, thai i\\nney to the v:i\\nIII.- -p.-,ha I.. settle lln\\nV.t.,1, h. alow thus,- II 111;, I went t., WilltiT-llill f..r Fu--hl Hill-,\\ntwo Bushels ..I corn Per month, le value in money\\nVoted, tu alow the year s nun I m- Bushels ,.f ,_,,,,, |v, ,u,.\\nQ n.\\nVotr.l, t,. liIiav Hk.s.- that Went tu Portsmouth urn- month, one Rn-hi-l\\nif cum Per month, ..r tin- vain.- in m..n.-\\\\\\nPoled, to alow the Hve months men that went to Tic leroga, two\\nBushels of corn Per ith, or the vain.- in money.\\nVoted, toalnw throe months in.-n thai went l STork, one Bushel ol\\nI II. I III \\\\.llll. I\\nVoted, to alow the two months men that went to Fork, on. Bushel\\n-.1 orn Per in. .nth, or the value in in -v.\\nVoted toalon the two n I. men that went to Bennington, Com\\nBushi Is ..i .-in Per month, the vain,- in money.\\ni ted, to alov the year s men Raised in 1770. three Bu\\nor the Value in money.\\nVoted, to alow the one month s at Rhode Man. I, Bushel ol\\nvalue in money.\\nVoted,\\nW. Ill tu 1\\nI .ri\\nthe value in money\\nVoted, tu aluw the l\\\\vu muliths men that went\\nBushel uf eurn per month, or the value in m.inev.\\nI-- the ,ix months men iliat went lu York\\nI\\n-1: Tw,\\nBushel-\\nthe\\nl- to aluw the three inunlhs men Itai-. .1 in the year 1781 four\\nn. Per month, the value In money.\\nVoted, to alow those Pel thatw.nl olunt.-.-is, thai I, no- Hun.\\nthan their Proportion in the war ..I time, hair liberty to Depose uf\\nAt a town-meeting July 9th of this same year\\nVoted, that those Persons that has Paid their Beefrate\\nshall take it Back again out of the Constables Bands.\\nAt a town-meeting on February 1,1782, Voted,\\nthai the corn that was voted to settle the s d average\\nshould be set at half a Dollar Per Bushel.\\nThe town sen! eighty-six true men to the war; the\\nfollowing arc their names\\nA w ah Abbot, Abijah Austin, Isaac Barker, Benja-\\nmin Barker, Deacon Daniel Barker, .Joseph Bailey, Simon B.-ar.l, Dam.\\nBuih-i, Nathan Butler, .Jacob Butler, Lieutenant John Bra.lfoi. I M.-iu\\nI ol.iuii, Asa Chum. Benjamin Coburn, Edward Coburn, Seta I 1111.\\nSamuel Dm is, .lames Farmer, .lames Ferguson, John Ferguson, Michael\\nFitzgerald, John Foster, David, Abner and Daniel Gagi\\nfamily; Captain Jonathan Gage. \\\\-a, Vl.el and lin.s li, t i-, th.-sai,..\\nTamil,! Dam. -I i. age, it,, haul Gage, Deacon Am..- Gage, Joeiah Gag.\\nBenjamin Gage, Deacon Barnabas Gibs James Gibson, Phinehas\\nillialn Gordon, Alexander i.iahalu, Josiab G ItSOn, I. a.\\nthan Griffin, Phineas Hamblet, Reuben Samblet, Nathaniel Haseltine,\\nMajor Thomas Hardy, Simon Hardy, Noah Hardy, J liah Hardy,\\nWilliam Hardy, Cyrus Hardy, James Hardy, James Hobbs, Enocl\\nHoward, Sa el Howard, John lluyi, William Johnson, Phinehai\\nKimball, Ziba Kimball, Benjamin Kimball, John Kimball, Thomas\\nKnowlton, Vsa Knowlton, Amos Kemp, Jacob Marsh, tfoah Mareh,\\nJohn Marsh, Dudley Harsh, Zebulon May, I.. in Mills, Jonathai\\nMorgan, Lieutenant Robert Sevens, Ebenezer Palmer, Daniel Richard-\\nson, E/ekiel Richardson, Thomas Richardson, Tl lasSpofford, Edward\\nTenny, Jonathan Tenny, Th..ma- Thistle, Xathan Whitim, Captaii\\n.Ji\u00e2\u0080\u0094e WiNon. .lulu, Williams .lu-.-ph Wright, .lulm Wyman\\nThe -aine spirit of patriotism and alacrity in meet-\\ning the calls of country was exhibited in the War of\\nthe Rebellion. Partisan spirit was intense. The dif-\\nference- of opinion about the causes of the war were\\npronounced but when the flag was tired upon at\\nSumter, these were all sunk in one united de-\\nvotion to the integrity of our government, and the\\ndominant sentiment was most forcibly voiced in a\\ntoast of a distinguished citizen on the 4th of July,\\n1861 Union first, compromise afterwards.\\nThe following is the list of the soldiers from Pel-\\nham\\nBenjamin F. Bean, Joseph w. Bright, Willi. G. Burnham, Edwin\\nBurnham, Crank E Butler, Charles w Butler, William W. Butler,\\nJames Carey, Kimball J chaplin, Benjamin Chase, Is. 11. Da ts,\\nEdward Dow, llonsio Ellenwood I rauk M Ellenwood, Joshth 8 Everett\\nD -i I I II Ga... W,ll,.,m II. lO.-kielV ,u.,..\\nMcCoy, .la,,,,- E. McCoy, OltOl\\nMarsh. F.lwanl Muran, Miehae\\nW Philbrick, Russell 0. Richard-\\n*per, Alfred s. Smith, Neil I\\nSpc.ii, W illiam B. Thorn, Vi.le:\\nii II. Titeuiuh, Frank E. Titcomb,\\nVndrew C am, Lyman Web-\\nl.-i. G-oige W. Wilkins, Oilman Ii.\\nGrowth, Development and Change.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For several\\nyears after the incorporation of the town there were\\ndeer wardens, surveyors of brick and leather, cullars\\nof staves and fish wardens. Tvthingnicn were chosen\\ntil] the year 1838.\\nIn 1764, Votedto ReserveaH the timber and woo\\nnow Growing and standing in the highways in this,\\ntown for the use and benefit of the Reparing the\\nhighways in said town.\\nIn 1792 it was voted to work out part of the high-\\nway money in the winter.\\nIn 1796 it was voted that sheep shall not go at large\\nfrom May till October.\\nIn 1798 the town voted to clear the brooks so that\\nthe fish might have a clear passage. The same\\nyear there was an article in the warrant to see if the\\ntown will Mite to raise money to purchase amninio-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1036.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "645\\ntion, and also provide ;i place to keep a stock. This\\nwas defeated; but in 1809 it was voted to leave it\\nwith the selectmen to provide a magazine.\\nIn 1800 the town voted to pay the expenses of the\\nsoldiers on muster-day.\\nThe intensity of the eeelesiastieal feeling is indi-\\ncated bj another vote of this same year, which was\\nnot t pay Joshua Atwood the expense of the din-\\nner for the council about Mr. Smith.\\nIn 1807 the town voted not to buy a hearse but in\\n1815 voted one hundred ami fifty dollarsfor a hearse.\\nSome years alter, the body of this was put on run-\\nners for winter use, ami a new hearse was built by\\nMr. Asa Davis Butler. In 1865 a new hearse was\\npurchased tor six hundred dollars Major John W 1-\\nbury ami Mr. Alfred S. Smith were the agents that\\nmade the purchase. In 1882 a winter hearse was\\npurchased at an expense of two hundred dollars.\\nIn the earlier days tile farmers went with their ox-\\nteams to Haverhill, old Salem ami Boston to mar-\\nket. Until within the last twenty-live years the OX\\nperformedall the labor of the farm. A yoke of oxen\\nand a horse hauled the wood to market. Now, labor\\nof all kinds is performed by horses. Twenty-five\\nyears ago there were hut tw three covered carriages\\nin town. Now, every farmer has one. In the same\\nperiod there has been either a rebuilding or remodel-\\ning of marly every dwelling-house and barn in\\ntown, and machinery has come to facilitate all the\\nlabor of the farm. In the earlier days of the town\\nthe water of nearly every brook in town was utilized\\nfor a saw-mill. Now, very often, steam mills are set\\nup in the wood lot, and the lumber of a number of\\nacres sawed in a few weeks. The first century of the\\ntown s history was distinguished by the construction\\nof roads. In 1825-26 two routes of public travel\\nfrom Lowell, north and northeast, were improved,\\nthe present Mammoth ami Central roads, the one\\nconstituting a public thoroughfare to Concord, the\\nother to Dover and Portsmouth. Lines of stages\\nwent over each of these roads. At a later date lie\\nstage over the Central road was called the Chicken\\nLine, from the amount of poultry expressed over it.\\nI u the .Mammoth were some famous hostclrics, nota-\\nbly the one at North Pelham, kept, for a time, by\\nthe late Jesse Gibson, Esq. It was a satisfaction for\\nMr. and Mrs. Gibson, in their old age, to tell how\\nPresident Jackson, Levi Woodbury, Isaac Hill ami\\nDaniel Webster had received the hospitalities of their\\nThe Centre had two public inns and was tin resort\\nof the neighboring towns for the recreations of elec-\\ntion-days. The speed of horses would be tried on the\\nplain, and the strength of parties tested in wrestling\\nmatches. It also furnished favorable grounds for the\\nautumn musters.\\nOn the place formerly owned by Samuel Hobbs\\nand later by his sun. Moody Hobbs, there is a stone\\nknown as the lifting stone. The early proprietor\\nf the place is said to have tested the strength of his\\nhelp by this.\\nThat the Indians once had their homes here is evi-\\ndent from Indian names. Golden Brook, is so called\\nfrom an Indian who lived by it. flic site of his wigwam\\nis still to be seen, a little to the southeast of the\\nMoody Hobbs place.\\nMr. William W. Butler has an interesting eollee-\\nti f Indian relics thai he ha- gathered from his\\nfarm. Dr. Batchelder has a large number and variety\\nin his cabinet. Gumpas Pond and Hill, as well as\\nJeremie s Hill, perpetually remind of th dginal in-\\nhabitants of this town.\\nThe firs! settler- not onlj endured the privations\\nand hardships incident to the making their homes in\\nthe wilderness but perils from wild beasts. The wife\\nof Lieutenant Tho. Gage, who was lost in the French\\nand Indian War, had been to visit a neighbor on the\\nother side of Beaver Brook from the Centre. On re-\\nturning to her home, .hi Baldwin Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 there was no\\nhabitation on the way she was suddenly startled b\\\\\\nhearing footsteps behind her. which she discovered to\\nhe a bear, ami with difficulty kept him at bay till she\\nreached her home. Mrs. Gage was a woman of great\\nenergy. Sin- went to Boston on horseback, ami car-\\nried thread ami yam of her own manufacture, and\\nbought nails to build a house, which is said to be the\\nhouse, m the place owned at present by Mr. Under-\\nwood.\\nJonathan, her son, a captain in the Revolutionary\\nWar, was the first male child born after the incorpora-\\ntion of the town. Mrs. iage s life had severe ex-\\nperiences. Besides I be loss of her husband in the\\nFrench and Indian War. her son, John rage, a y g\\nman with a family, perished in the snow, January 26,\\n1765, aged twenty-seven, He had been, with his grist\\non bis back down in Draeut. (to what, ill these later\\nyears, has been known as LawSOn s,) to mill. He bad\\nreturned nearly to his home, where he was found the\\nnext morning\\nIn the door-yard of the place where the late\\nMajor Daniel Atwood lived, a bear was shol l,\\\\\\nSimon Beard, the knob of his fire-shovel serving in-\\nstead of a bullet.\\nThere is a storj of an attack upon the cattle of\\nButler and Hamblet by wolves. The cattle of both\\nfamilies ranged (he woods west of their settlement,\\nin the direction of Gumpas Pond. One Sabbath a loud\\nbellowing was heard; a young man from each of the\\nfamilies seized his gun and started in the direction of\\nthe pond. I mtering the foresl they met the\\ncattle coming in great haste, the cows ahead in single\\nfile, then the young cattle in the same order, some\\nwith their heads scratched and bloody. Following\\nthese was a cow. also scratched and bloody, with a\\nyoung calf before her; behind her four oxen abreast.\\nwith bloody bead-, and in tie- rear of the oxen three\\nangry, growling wolves. The young men discharged\\ntheir guns and the wolves fled.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1037.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe old town records are exceedingly interesting\\nand suggestive. Such are the following:\\nThis Day Hugh Tallent Left the\\nhole throu the Eight Ear.\\nThis Day the Rev*. Kr. imos M Ij Lefl the Mark of all 1\\nlUIT-S, Which .1 Suallnu\\nHi Eai\\n3o too is the following, which is vi\\nthe records of the first iiln\\nfrequent\\ni i 1 11 v 11, Maj 1\\n16, 1;\\nroh i u. bbi\\nmd bis\\nwife and family,\\nLate of metl\\nIlil\\nout I s i town by\\nBenjam\\n11 Barker\\none\\nS 1\\nIII.- iirraciit\\nyear.\\nSo too the\\nollow\\nng, se-\\\\\\niral 1\\nf which 1\\nmi- in the\\nr irds of e\\nch V\\niar, fn\\nm 1\\n790, for\\nl\\\\\\\\\\nenty-five\\nears:\\nILIUM, Sept\\nthe\\n8th, L800.\\nTo .ill whom\\nit may\\nconcern\\nthi s\\ncm\\nH biting, ol Pelham, Living .1 fev, rode eas\\nOl 1\\nin\\ntown, on the road\\na. litis;\\nrom Not!\\nWest toHa\\n.-,1\\nwell Qualified foi\\netailing\\nforeign dietilled\\npiritsandv,\\nB ii 1\\n4M Wymax\\n1 of Pelham.\\nB] 1\\n11\\n1:\\n1:\\nTot\\nI nilMMlr.l nir ,1 1,- |i, 1\\nMai 11.-.I 111. -n I1-0111 li, to HO\\nMi ii. i i .mi and upwards\\nI in ilea, unmarried\\nFemales, married\\nWidows\\nM.N s]av...s\\nTotal\\nSIosk.s Eaton, i\\nS l/f j t;r II,.\\nMarch, 1752, the (own- Voted to William Elliott\\nlour shillings a Dinner for .Mr. Hobbs, upon the Sah-\\nbath. At the same meeting Voted to Henry Bald-\\nwin, Esq., thirteen pounds, old tenor, tor rinding\\nLicker for the ordation (ordination).\\n1790, Voted, to rectify the pound, but not to ap-\\npoint a person to take care of it.\\n1701, the pound was moved into .Mr. Ferguson s\\nfield, the hack side of the meeting-house.\\nQuaint Persons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tlie town probably has had the\\nusual proportion of such. Tradition brings several\\nanecdotes of Preceptor Hardy. He was very scholarly\\nhut possessed of little practical knowledge, lie cm, 1,1\\nnot harness or care for his horse. He had hut small\\nestimate of the value of money. His father, Adju-\\ntant Hardy, ha. 1 a nice pair of velvet breeches. On\\ngoing for them, they could not he found. The -rear\\nquery with the family was, What had become of them?\\nwhen Daniel remarked that a man had come along\\nbegging for a pair, and he had given him those\\nThere is an authentic story of a g 1 man who\\nlived on Baldwin s Hill, who was so scrupulous in\\n!l observance of Fast Daj that he gave his cattle\\nnothing to eat till night, and, on calling inn. a\\nneighbor s on his return from the religious services\\nCompliance to a Resolve of 1 longress at Exeter, we\\nve taken au exact account of Every Soul belonging to th. Town of\\n.Males under 16 is )(l)\\nFrom IG to50 is n\\nMales above is\\nMales ihr yis\\nFemales is\\nTotal\\nN B.-The Quantity ofPowde. taken, by estimation as nea, as]\\nGuns lit fur us.. 11Q\\nGuns wanting i^\\n1k.11 l.y us tin, |-t!i day ,,l S..],n, 17;-,\\nJ\\nPelham, Septr. y\u00c2\u00ab 12th. 1775\\nTliis.laY I v,s,, nail van. IS,.,, rally A iv.n .r,,!,. the SuliRrih,\\nali..\\\\c I... I S,l,. itnicii. a n.l madr ,,ath t. tin- cnflil II\\nNumber of Soulstaken by them to be a true account.\\nDaniel Barker, Town rl.rir\\nPelham, .May 27th, 1786\\nThe following isa True List of the Number of Inhabitants .,f 11\\nTown of Pelham\\nNumber of mals\\nNumber of female\\nif the day, remarked,\\nips that day hut tobm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0that\\n-ll. l I. Ml\\n1769,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nINI I I N u HAMPSHIRE.\\n.I surveyors ol tin highways foi the\\nYou are hereby required, in his Majesty\\nMill, II\\nthair\\nThe Faithless Lover.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the long ago a school\\nmistress on Baldwin s Hill used to knit going to and\\nreturning from her dinner, nearly a mile distant, for\\na young man in college, who tailed to make real the\\nexpectations he had aroused.\\nThe provincial records ,,f New Hampshire con-\\ntain a few interest in- census items of Pelham.\\nI Jewell s, and so by your own house;\\nII to the road which 1 .-.sir, rohn\\nI.e.- I.. \\\\...ik Ins r\\nin highways, yon are 1.. deal with\\n.his ..f it,,. Law, whe 1 fail n. a.\\nMac ii N,-\\\\t ensuingthedatehereof.\\nwentyeth Day of March, and in the\\npence Pr day for a Pair of oxen.\\nWork 1 done in .inn.. Septembei and October.\\nSamuei B\\nBarnabas .Ihmin,\\nShe rburne, 1 bomas Jewell, Benoni Jewell, Marl ni.i, Lot\\nsranMitn:. In.,.|,l, U,,..l,,,.I\u00e2\u0080\u009esl,\u00e2\u0080\u009ea Han t, Capt, William\\nM la. bardson, Ebenezai Parmer, William \\\\V\\nKl.a/ai Whiting.\\n...11 11.. ar.l.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1038.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "t^^^-Z^-^s^Z^f^^*-^ I/O ^S-^-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1041.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1042.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0_:,tl|.\\nad\\nBH GRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nMr. William W. Butler has in bis possession a deed\\nof his farm, given in L732, and the property has since\\nbeen in the possession of the Butler family. The\\nmills ;ii North Pelham, owned by the estate of Asa\\nDavis Butler, have been the property of thai family\\nsince 1737. They have an old deed of thai date,\\ngiven b) John and Samuel Joseph Butler, so thai\\nit has reallj been the property of the Butler familj\\nfrom an earlier date.\\nThe farm in the west pari of the town owned bj\\nMr. Warren Sherburne has been, with the exception\\nof a single year, in the Sherburne name since 1751,\\nami Mr. Sherburne lias a deed of that date.\\nThe farm of Captain Jesse Wilson has been the\\nproperty of the Wilson familj from aboul the time of\\nthe incorporation of the town, and Captain Wilson\\nhas in his possession a deed thus ancient.\\nThere are a number of ancienl houses in town.\\nThe one On the lladley farm has a tal.lel in it, placed\\nthere bj Mrs. Belinda Butler Hadley, certifying thai\\nthe house was erected in 1776, and was the home of\\nDaniel Butler and Mollj Tenney, his wile, and thai\\nthirteen children were horn to them t here.\\nThe hen, where Dr. Reuben Dimond Mussey was\\nhorn (June 23, 1780) i- still standing on the place\\nowned bj Mr. Daniel Pearsons. Dr. Mussey was\\nwont to early visit it.\\n.lust below where Dr. Mussey lived, on the place\\nnow owned by Mr. I mliiwood, there was an exten-\\nsive tannery, where a dozen hand- were employed.\\nCaptain Jonathan (agi carried on the business.\\nCooperage was quite an industry of the town.\\nThere was also the manufacture of pearlash.\\nII ;ii- were manufactured in town. Deacon Charles\\nStiles had a shop at his place on the Mammoth road\\nand worked at the business till 1870. Jesse Gibson\\nEsq., i an ii I on I In h trness business al North Pelham\\nAt two differenl timi there has been a cotton-fac\\ntory at Butler s Mills, which has had the misfortune\\ni nut. The lasl one was burnl in 1871.\\nA short distance below Butler s Mill- there was a\\ncardin n later years, was altered into a\\nwoolen-factory. A few years since this was burnt\\nand has not since been rebuilt.\\nRunning across the easterly part of the town is a\\nledge of granite, lie- working of this ledge has been\\nan important industry. The stone to build the dam\\nat Law rence was hauled from Gage Hill, in tie north-\\neast paii oi t he town, and that to build the ri rvoil\\n:il Lowell was taken from the ledjre of Miss Sarah\\nLyon, in i he ul h pan of the town. Just on i he bor\\nder of the town, mar Mr. Abraham Tallent s, there\\nwas a brii I. -yard.\\nI h i obbler with his kit of tools and the tailoress\\nwith h from house to house and tarry-\\ning while thej prep. ire. I -hoe- mid garments for the\\nfamih were institutions of the past.\\nm:v. Ala. I SI I I.I i: l:\\nRev. Augustus Berry was born in Concord, on what\\nis known as Dimond Hill, October 7, L824. His\\nparents were ashington Bern, and Maria Dale\\nBerry. His lather was a native of Middleton, Mass.,\\nwhich was the home of his ancestors. His mother,\\nof Sal eii i, Mass., wliieli was I lie home ol her a nee-tor-.\\nHis father returned to his native place in 1828, and\\nmoved to Henniker, to a faun In the southwest\\npari of i he town, known as the Judge Wallace place,\\nin L833, This was the home of his parent foi re\\nthan Minis veins. The associations of hi\\nhood, youth and earlj n hood are al Henniker.\\nIn boyh I he had a passionate love of books, and\\nrend much i hough laboi ing lend on i he farm. m e\\nlie, ing i i erelj wounded one of his limbs, the\\nthought quickly flashed through his mind as an\\npie eoinpensation for all eon linemenl and suffer-\\ning, now I shall have time to read.\\nHe was very desirous to get an education. He\\nwalked, several terms, three miles to the village to\\nattend the academy. If he went to college he must\\ndepend mainly upon himself for the means. He re-\\nsolved to try. At an i arlj age he commenced to\\nteach in the district school. He taughl a number of\\nmonths al Amherst and made there many valuable\\nti a nd-hips. 1 1 1- studies, preparatory for ollege,\\nwere pursued mainl) at Francestown Academy. He\\ngraduated at Amherst College in the class of 1851,\\nw ii h .i In- h rank in schol trship. I uring his colli gi\\nLUghl lour successful fall terms in the old\\nacademy at Henniker. On graduating he accepted\\nthe charge of the academy at Limerick, Me., and the\\nschool soon had an unprecedented patronagi ii\\nthe end of the second year he left in the face of an\\nurgent inv itation to n main. In the spt it\\nhe accepted I he charge of t he acadi m\\\\ al Lj ndon,\\nVt., and remained till the summer oi 1855, when he\\nii principal of i.ppleton Academy, al Mom\\nVi iieai, hen he remained five eat and left to\\n.nh r t he ministry. II.- was a popular ami successful\\nteachi i More than a thousand different pupil- have\\nbee el. r his instruction, a largi number of whom\\nhave tilled and are filling important positiot\\nsociety. A brii f quotation from a private letti I\\npupil who has attained reputal ion at the bar, and now\\nhas a high position in the Judiciarj of the State of\\nNew York, will indicate something of the I,\\nof his teaching. He says, I\\nfort you always seemed to make to distin\\nbetween individual minds and to seek to meet their\\nspecial aptitudes. To mj mind this i- the secret of\\nnil valuable instt ucl ion in school oi elsi here. I\\nwith confidence thai under your instruction\\nmore than anywhere else I received that training and", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1043.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ndiscipline in habit.- of thought which have been use-\\nful to me in all my pur-nits.\\nIn 1857 he received a license to preach, and fre-\\nquently supplied tin- pulpit in Mont Vernon and\\nneighboring towns. In the autumn of 1860 he went\\nto Andover and remained during the seminary year,\\nand attended the lectures of the middle and .senior\\nclasses. In October, 1861, he was settled over the\\nchurch in l elhani, where he is still pastor. As a\\nwriter he is distinguished tor perspicuity and purity\\nof style. His productions are characterized by a ful-\\nness of thought. A ministerial brother, pastor of an\\nimportant city church, and whose reputation as\\nscholar, critic and preacher is acknowledged, gives\\nthe following estimate of him He is held in pecu-\\nliar esteem by those who have become familiar with\\nhis mental qualities and habits. There is unfailing\\nfreshness in his thinking, because he holds his mind\\nunvaryingly open to the acquisition of new truth.\\nWith a sound scholarship and broad reading he holds\\nthe field of knowledge a broad one and still open for\\nconquest, lie evinces a remarkable spirit of candor\\nin dealing with the living issues of the day, and with\\na commendable modesty in the estimate put upon his\\nown attainments, shows a power of penetration and\\nsound judgment not often surpassed. The fairness\\nand kindness of his consideration tor others is re-\\nwarded by a universal regard on the part of his\\nbrethren in the mini-try.\\nlie was married to Mi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dora Richardson Snow, of\\nPeterborough, November 24, 1853. She died March\\n15, 1873. January 30, 1877, he married Miss Mary\\nurrier Richardson, of l elhani.\\nApart from the specific duties of his pastorate, he\\nlias maintained a living interest in the cause of edu-\\ncation, and kept himself familiar with the new\\nmethods of instruction and the educational thought\\nof the present time. The subject of agriculture, both\\npractical and scientific, engage- his attention, and he\\nmakes the social problems of the age his study.\\ni If a retiring disposition, he has never -ought place\\nor po-ition. With a passionate love of nature, and\\ncourting the retirement that a country life furnishes\\nfor study, hi ha- had no other ambition than to faith-\\nfully serve in the gospel ministry an intelligent, agri-\\ncultural population, who have ever been very chari-\\ntable toward- bun and coii-idcrate of him.\\nJOHN WOODBURY.\\nThe Woodbury family is of English descent, mem-\\nbers of which emigrated to America as early as the\\nyeai 1626, and many of them bave since been promi-\\nnent in law, politics, C. John W Ibury, ol Som-\\nersetshire, England, who was among the first settlers\\nof Salem, Ma\u00e2\u0080\u0094., ha- numerous descendants in New\\nEngland. He was a man of considerable ability; was\\nadmitted freeman in 1630 and was a representative to\\nil court in 1635 and 1638. A namesake,\\nJohn Woodbury, of Salem, had a son, Isaiah Wood-\\nbury, who married Lois, daughter of Captain Israel\\nWoodbury, another branch of the Woodbury family\\nof Salem.\\nJohn Woodbury, son of Isaiah and Lois (Wood-\\nbury) Woodbury, was born in Cornish, N. H., March\\n25, L819. His lather dying when he was but eight\\nmonths old, under the pressure of limited circum-\\nstances, John was obliged, while but a mere lad, to\\nlab.,r; and. at the age of six years, his mother re-\\nmoving to Salem. V II., he Went to live with an\\nuncle in Haverhill, Mass., with whom he remained\\nlive years, working on the farm: from there he re-\\nmoved in Salem, and was with another uncle tor four\\nyear-. Kuring this time his advantages for education\\nwere limited to the district schools of the towns\\n\\\\\\\\bir be resided. When he was fifteen In u.nt to\\nMethuen, Mass., to learn the shoemaker s trade,\\nwhich In mastered thoroughly in all it- detail-.\\nHere he remained tor about two years, then came\\nto l elhani, where he worked at his trade one year,\\nand continued at shoemaking and farming for a year\\nor more in Salem and l elham.\\nAt this time, having saved some money and feeling\\nthe need of education, he attended the New Hampton\\nAcademj tor the summer term. In the fall of 1838\\nhe was employed in the famous Saxonville Mills,\\nwhere he continued three years. Returning to l el-\\nham he established himself as a butcher in the east\\npart of the town, and after being there a year and a\\nhalf, he came to Pelham Centre and carried on\\nbutchering for four years. In 1847 he commenced\\ntrade as a merchant in l elhani and continued mer-\\nchandising for over thirty years, when he retired\\nfrom business life and devoted himself to agricultural\\npursuits, more from a desire to he active and to he\\nengaged in work than from any expectation id gain.\\nMi. Woodbury married, December 26, 1843, Betsy\\nA., daughter of Captain Samuel Hobbs, a life-long\\nresident of l elham. They have had four children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJohn Otis (who died December 11. 1871), Alice A..\\nMrs. Ezekiel C Gage (she has on. child, Frank P.)\\nFrank M. (the present postmaster, and who suc-\\nceeded his father in business), Eliza H., Mrs. Wil-\\nliam II. Peabody, (she has two children, Harrj 0.\\nand Frederick H.)\\nMr. Woodburj has been largely indentified with\\nthe affairs of the town of his adoption has frequently\\nbeen called upon to discharge important local trusts,\\nwhich have been uniformly done to the satisfaction of\\nhis constituents. He was town clerk twenty years\\nconsecutively; treasurer for fourteen years; select-\\nman for six years; was moderator eleven, and post-\\nmaster for many years. In his political belief he is a\\nDemocrat, and as such represented Pelham in 18.17,\\n58, 75 and 76. He is a prominent Freemason and a\\nmember of Pilgrim Commandery of Lowell, Mass.\\nHe has taken much interest in the military organiza-\\ntion of the State and has held important official", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1044.jp2"}, "883": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1045.jp2"}, "884": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1046.jp2"}, "885": {"fulltext": "PELHAM.\\npositions, adjutant ami major in the Eighth Regi-\\nment Militia and was a member of General Joshua\\n\\\\i\\\\\\\\ L s staff and Inspector in Third Brigade, New\\nHampshire Militia.\\nMr. Woodbury is liberal in religion, noi a member\\nof any church, and believes as long as a man acts\\naccording to his convictions and dots his duty faith-\\nfully in the station to which he is called or circum-\\nstances have placed him, that the particular denomi-\\ni is of little worth, hut that we shall he judged\\n1 deeds and not creed. He occupies a high position\\nin i In esteem of the worthy citizens of Pelham. He\\nis modest and unpretent s. social, genial, hospi-\\ntable, upright and honorahle, and possessed of ureal\\nsympathy and kindness of heart. A good citizen\\nand an honest man, he has always acted up to the\\nScriptural command, owe no man anything, and\\nby his own unaided exertions, perseverance anil\\nability, has acquired a comfortable independence.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1047.jp2"}, "886": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.\\nCHA 1 T EB\\nl lCTEKliORCifill.\\ni i^in.il I ti-.mt N.im- I T.nvn\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tin Fn-t S.-t t K- n i.-ii r N.iin,- 1 n,-\\nneers Incorporation of Town First Town-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Officers elected\\nTuun Clerk*- Selo tmrri- K w T i T, itiv.\\nThe town of Peterborough lies in the western part\\nof the county, and is bounded as follows:\\nNorth, b) ll;ii IciiiiU ireen villi- east, by (4 recti\\nville and Temple; south, by Temple and Sharon;\\nami west by Cheshire lounty.\\nThe original grant of this township was made by\\ntin Legislature nf Ala.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ai liiiiftts tn Samuel ETeyward\\nami others. December 8, 1737, approved by Governor\\nBelcher, January Id, 1738, and surveyed in May fol-\\nlowing. The survey was accepted and the grant\\nconfirmed June 11, 1738. Proprietors meetings were\\nheld in Boston until 1753. On the 26th and 27th of\\nSeptember in that year a meeting was held in the\\ntown, at which time the name Peterborough first\\nappears on the proprietors records. It is probable\\nthat it was named in honor of Charles Mordaunt,\\nEarl el Peterborough.\\nThe settlement of the province line in 1741 decided\\nthe town to be within the limits of New Hampshire.\\nBeing within the limits of the Masonian proprietors\\nclaim, a settlement with them becann aei essary, and\\nmeans were used which resulted in procuring a quit-\\nclaim to all the territory in town but three thousand\\ntour hundred an es.\\nThe First Settlements. The adventuro\\nwho threaded their way through the wilderness, and\\nlirst located in what is now the town of Peterborough,\\nwere William Robbe, Alexander Scott, Hugh Gregg,\\nWilliam Gregg. Samuel Stinson, William Scott, Wil-\\nliam Wallace and Wallin Mitchel, in 17:: These\\npioneers, however, made no permanent settlement.\\nTlie tract was subsequently visited by others, but no\\npermanent settlement was effected until the year\\n174 after the cessat ton of hostilities bet n\\nBritain and France and the settlement of the claims\\nof the Masonian proprietors.\\nThe following is a list of the earlj settlers from\\n171 taken from Smith s Historj of Peterborough:\\nWilliam Ritchie came from Lunenburg, Mass.,\\nwhere he paid a poll-tax in 17-hi, to Peterborough\\n650\\nwith his family, probably in 1749. and settled on the\\nRitchie farm, so called, in the south part of the town.\\nHis son John was born February 11, 1750, the first\\nchild horn in town.\\nDeacon William McNee moved his family here\\nMay 1. 1752, and settled in the smith part of the\\ntown. He removed .from Roxbury. in Massachusetts.\\nDeacon William McNee, Jr., was twelve years ol\\nage when bis lather removed to Peterborough. He\\nremoved to Dublin in 1760, and alter remaining\\nthere a few years, returned to Peterborough, where\\nhe died. His oldest child, Robert, was the first male\\nchild horn in Dublin.\\nJoseph Caldwell (called Ensign supposed to have\\noccupied the Pitman Nay farm, which be sold, and\\nwhich passed into the hands of Deacon William\\nMcNee, Jr., about 1765 or 1766. He erected the first\\nbuildings on this farm. He removed from town\\nabout 177 i.\\nJohn Taggart came with his family, about Ma I.\\n1752, from Roxbury, Alas-., having bought a framed\\nhouse that had been built on the Caldwell place, and\\nremoved it to his lot in 1751. He is represented in\\nthe History of Dublin as residing in Peterbor-\\nough and Sharon till 1797, when be removed to\\nDublin, where he died November 15, 1832, aged\\neighty-two j ears.\\nGustavus Swan began the Samuel Morison place, in\\nthe south part of the town, and came to town from\\nabout the year 1750, before the birth ol\\nhis second child, Robert, in 1752. 11.- went early to\\nNew York to make brick, and his lather, old John\\nSwan. came from Lunenburg .and lived and died on\\nthat place. He was the progenitor of all the Swans in\\nthis town. Tin place was sold by his son, Lieutenant\\nJohn Swan, to Aaron Brown and a Air. Stowell in\\n1774. Brown lived on it before the Revolution. He\\nwas one ..I I he selectmen in 177d. The same plaee\\nwas occupied a few years by Alathew Wallace, and\\nthen sold to Samuel Morison in 1789.\\nWilliam Smart came from Lunenburg about 1750.\\nHe was the father of Thomas and Charles Stuart.\\nHo died March 15, 1753, aged fifty-three. He was\\nthe first man who died in the town. He was buried in\\nthe little cemetery on Meeting-House Hill.\\nWilliam Smith, son of Robert Smith, of Lunen-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1048.jp2"}, "887": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\n651\\nburg, settled on the west side of the street road, in\\nthe south part of the town, in 1751, or possibly in\\n1750, as he was married December 31, 1751, and at\\nthat lime began lite with his wile on this place. The\\nestate remained in the family till 1873.\\nSamuel Miller (spelled formerly Millow), a race en-\\ntirely distinct from the other race of the same name\\nin this town, though both came fr Londonderry, re-\\nmoved to the town iii 17 o, before the birth of his\\ndaughter Ann, in 17 4. He settled on the east side\\nof the -Meet road and had twelve children, the first\\neight of whom were horn in Londonderry.\\nThomas Cunningham emigrated from the north of\\nIreland, ami was of Seoteh-lrish descent, lie came\\nto Peterborough probably about 1750. He left a fam-\\nily of eight children. He died in Peterborough, Sep-\\ntember 23. 1790, aged eighty-four. The name of\\nCunningham was originally pronounced in Peter-\\nborough, Kinnacum.\\nAlexander Scott was among the five who made the\\nfirst attempt at settlement in town in 1739. He,\\nand probably the others, came from Lunenburg or\\nTown-en, I. Little else was done except to purchase\\nthe land and make a beginning, lie settled on the\\nwest side of the street road, south of the Captain\\nWilson farm, in 1750 or 1751, and kept a tavern, as it\\nwas called in those days. The proprietors of the\\ntown met at his house September 26, 1753. He was\\na relative of William Scott, who came to Peter-\\nborough from Hopkinton. He afterwards lived east\\nof the old cemetery, and about 1760 removed to\\nDublin. He was the father of Major William Scott.\\nJames Iiobbe, supposed to be a son of William and\\nAgnes (Patterson) Iiobbe. settled the Thomas Cald-\\nwell place. After 1774 hi- name die- not appear on\\nthe town record-, nor is anything known of him after\\nthis. He has the births of three children recorded\\nin 1760, (12. 64.\\nJohn White came about 1760. His first seven\\nchildren were born in Lunenburg, date of the last\\nbirth. November 4, L759. Two children were born\\nafter his removal to Peterborough viz.. Susan (mar-\\nried David Grimes) and Dr. Jonathan White. Jere-\\nmiah Gridley and John Hill deeded to him the lot,\\non which he settled, of two hundred and sixty-eight\\nacres. May 5, I7 i2.\\nJohn Morison, the progenitor of the Peterborough\\nMorisoiis, came somewhere from 1749 to 1751, and\\noccupied the place afterward- owned by Deacon\\nRobert Morison. lie was one of the first settlers of\\nLondonderry, and resided there about thirty years\\nbefore his removal to Peterborough, and then became\\none of the first settlers of this town, and lived here\\ntwenty-six or twenty-seven years before his death,\\n1776, aged ninety-eight.\\nJonathan Morison, his son, probably came at the\\ntime his father did. He built the first grist-mill in\\ntown, on the site of the Peterborough First Fac-\\ntory, in 1751, and was for a time the owner of the\\n42\\nmill lot, so called, which he purchased of Gor-\\ndon, of Dunstable, containing sixty-eight acres, which\\nhe sold to .lame- and. Thomas Archibald, saddled\\nwith a mortgage to Cordon and Hugh Wilson.\\nHe was the !ir,-t male child born in Londonderry,\\nlie left Peterborough late in life. Supposed to have\\ndied somewhere in Vermont, about 177.V\\nCaptain Thomas Morison came from Lunenburg\\nin 17 1 and built a bouse made of hard pine logs\\nten inches square, and moved his family in the fall\\nof 1750, and his -on Thomas was born in town April\\n20, 1751. lie occupied what was called the Mill\\nfarm, South Peterborough.\\nJohn Smith, son of IJobeil Smith, came from Lu-\\nnenburg in 1 7 o.j and -ell led on the place so long occu-\\npied by William Smith, his son, in the south part of\\nthe town. He raised a large family.\\nDeacon Thomas llavison was born in Ireland, and\\nfirst settled in Londonderry on his emigration, but\\nremoved to Peterborough about 1757, soon after his\\nmarriage. His first child was born December 20,\\n17.~ x. He settled a lot iii the southwest part of the\\ntown, and owned a large tract of land bordering on\\nJail rev. He bad a large family; was a deacon in the\\nI rc-byterian Church.\\nThomas Turner was born in Ireland in 172 and\\nwas accompanied by his parents when he emigrated\\nto America, both of whom died ill town. He came\\nprobably in 1751 or 1752. When the proprietors of\\nPeterborough met in town. September, 1753, they\\ngranted him fifty acres, or lot 92, adjoining his lot\\nXo. 29, in consideration of his relinquishing to them\\nlot No. 7, of fifty acres.\\nDeacon Samuel Mitchell came in 1759. lie bought\\nof James and Thomas Archibald the Mill farm. so\\ncalled, of sixty-eight acres, on wdiieb had been built\\nsome years before, by Jonathan Morison, the first\\ngrist-mill in town.\\nWilliam Scott emigrated to America, accompanied\\nby his father s family, in 1736, and first lived in Hop-\\nkinton, and is represented as one of the very first\\nsettlers of Peterborough He took up bis lot on the\\nnorth side of the road, and between Carter and Hunt\\nComers. He left a large family. He lived and died\\non this place.\\nWilliam Mitchell, father to Isaac Mitchell, began\\nthe .lames Wilson place. Isaac succeeded his father,\\nand next followed James Wilson.\\nRev. Mr. Harvey, called old Mr. Harvey, prob-\\nably began what was afterwards known as the Hunt\\nfarm. He was succeeded bj .lames Houston, black-\\nsmith.\\nSamuel Stinson was one of the first settlers in town,\\nand probably took up his permanent residence in\\n174 j, with his family. He settled on the John Little\\nplace, north of the Meeting- House Hill. Moor Stinson\\nwas surveyor in 1767, and James Stinson in 177::.\\nI nly notice- of the name on I be tow n\\nrecord-.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1049.jp2"}, "888": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWilliam Robbe came from Lunenburg in 1739, but\\nprobably did little else but prepare for the settlement.\\nHe is the progenitor of all the Robbes in town. He\\nwas driven away by fear of the Indians, and did not\\nreturn for a permanent residence with his family till\\n1749-50. He settled on land west and north of the\\nJohn Little place, afterwards called the Mitchell\\nfarm.\\nSamuel Todd, son of Colonel Andrew Todd, of\\nLondonderry, began the Todd place, so called. It was\\nthe first improvement made in this part of the town.\\nAbout 17ol or 1752, Samuel Todd and Deacon Samuel\\nMoore came and purchased a lot of land, at a crown an\\nacre, of the proprietors, John Fowle, John Hill and\\nJeremiah Gridley, for four hundred and thirty-nine\\nacres, comprising lots Nos. 57,58,66, 67, 68, according\\nto a deed dated November 15, 17- This lot was in the\\nnorthwest part of the town, ami comprised the Todd\\nand Spring farms. The} held it in common about ten\\nyears, hut divided it a short time before Samuel Todd\\nwas killed by the falling of a tree. In the division\\nMoore took the westerly part, while Todd improved\\nthe easterly.\\nDeacon Samuel Moore came to town in company\\nwith Samuel Todd, and purchased land, as related\\nabove. Deacon Moon, on account of the Indian\\nwar, returned with his family to Londonderry in\\n1754, and remained there till about 1762 or 1763. He\\nlived on the westerly part of the lot originally pur-\\nchased, the Spring place, lougsince abandoned,\\non which he built a house. In 177H he exchanged\\nthis place with Dr. Marshall Spring, and began the\\nlam where Benjamin and Jonathan Mitchell lived,\\nand died there.\\nJohn Ferguson came from Lunenburg, Mass.\\nTradition has it that he came to Peterborough before\\nthere were any inhabitants in town, and lived three\\nmonths in a log cabin. If so, he was among the very\\nearliest pioneers of the town. He purch\\nhundred acres of land This he divided among his\\nchildren. He probably came to town as soon as it\\nw.i- deemed sab alter the close of the French war.\\nDavid Bogle was at one time the owner of farm B,\\ndrawn by John Hill, one of the proprietors. He had\\ntwo Mitis, Thomas ami Joseph, and one young\\ndaughter, named Martha.\\n.lames McKean came from Londonderry about\\n17\u00c2\u00bbi-\\\\ and began the David Blanchard place.\\nJothain Blanchard. We know nothing of his\\nfamily or his antecedent.-, or the man, any farther\\nthan is recorded in the town records, lie was a\\nselectman in 1777, 78, 79; moderator in 1776,77,\\n78, 80, 81. He was elected a representative to a\\nconvention held in 1783. With all these offices and\\nhonors of the town, not the least trace has been dis-\\ncovered in relation to him, as to where In- came from,\\nthe time he first appealed, or whether he had a\\nfamily, or what, became of him after 1783, when he\\ndisappeared.\\nMajor Samuel Gregg came from Londonderry and\\ntook up a tract ol land in the north part of Peter-\\nborough, constituting a part of farm C, extending to\\nthe Cont :ook River, about three miles north ol the\\npresent village; the precise time is not known, but\\nprobably before 1760. It is the same farm afterwards\\nov\\\\ ned by John S. White. His name doc- not appear\\non the town records till 1768.\\nLieutenant John Gregg settled on the same lot I,\\non the ea-t side of the lontoocook, and just south of\\nMajor Gregg, where his son, James Gregg, lived. It\\nwas deeded to him bis father, John Gregg, oi\\nLondonderry, I (ctober 8, 1765. He came about \\\\7\\nIt appears that the whole farm C was deeded to John\\nGregg by John Hill, of Boston, December 6, 174- as\\nland granted to Samuel Haywaid and others, Hast\\nMonadnicks.\\nHugh Wilson came lo town for a permanent resi-\\ndence in 1752 or 1753. He bought three lots a mile\\nlong that made six hundred acres, nearly a mile\\nsquare, in the north part of the town. This land, in\\nthe early settlement, was supposed to be the most\\ndesirable in town, but was found by experience to be\\ncold, w,i and unproductive. This was among the\\nfirst settlements in the north part of the town.\\nWilliam McCoy was an early settler, and made one\\nof the first settlements on the Last Mountain, on the\\nfarm afterwards occupied by John Leathers. Lie\\nprobably removed here in 1752 or 1753. All his chil-\\ndren were born here; the oldest born July 2, 1753.\\nGeorge BlcClourge was an early settler, and settled\\nsomew here near the hill now known as the McClourge\\nHill. Nothing more is known of him or his family,\\nexcept the record of the births of six children from\\nAugust 22, 1752, to January 10, 1760.\\nThomas McCloud settled in the east part of the\\ntown; had a family of eight children, all born in\\ntown, beginning with September 2, 1769, and extend-\\ning to July 29, 1783.\\nCa] i David Steele came from Londonderry,\\nwith family, in 1760, and purchased the farm where\\nhe always lived. the same afterwards occupied by\\nGeneral John Steele.\\nSamuel .Miller purchased certain lots of land in the\\nnorth part of Peterborough, for his sons, from the\\nthrifl ami earnings of his wife in the manufacture of\\nlinen.\\nJoseph Hammill, not far from I77f began the\\nfarm at Bower s Mill, so-called built a saw-mill in\\n1778, and a grist-mill in 1781, and was the owner of\\nconsiderable land in the vicinity.\\nMajor Robert Wilson removed to Peterborough\\nfrom West Cambridge, Mass., in 1761 or 1762, soon\\nafter his marriage, and bought the farm and suc-\\nceeded to Alexander Scott in a tavern a few rods\\nsouth of the Captain Wilson place, on the west aid\\nof the road.\\nDr. John Young came to town in 1763, from Wor-\\ncester, Mass., as a physician. He lived and owned", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1050.jp2"}, "889": {"fulltext": "I KTKKBOllOl (ill.\\nland :it Carter s Corner, it being a portion of the Mill\\nlot, lying on the east side of the onto,, conk.\\nSamuel Brackett came to town from Braintree,\\nMass., soon alter his marriage, Decembei 17, 1765,\\nand settled on a farm situted on the north border of\\nthe Cuningham Pond. He reared a family of thir-\\nteen children.\\nThomas Little came to town in 170:1 or 1704, from\\nLunenburg, and settled on a lot of land east of the\\nJohn Little farm, long since abandoned.\\nAbraham Holmes removed to town from London-\\nderry about 170. He settled in the north part of\\nthe- town, near the mills. He raised a family of\\neleven children.\\nAbel Parker was an early settler. He began land\\non the East Mountain, probably before 1760.\\nElijah Puffer came from .Norton, Mass., in 1704.\\nHe first located himself north of the General David\\nSteele farm, which he exchanged with General Steele\\nfor wild land in the northwest part of the town.\\nPeterborough was incorporated January 17, I 760, to\\nbe in continuance for two years only; it was, how-\\never, rechartered in April, 1762, to continue until\\ndisallowed by the King.\\nThe first town-meeting under the act of 1760 was\\nheld March 1, 1760, as follows:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;itl the frechohlorsan.l other Inhabitants Being met ..n J i\\ning to the time appoint,..! in the warrant the luirtei l.,n, m.l\\nthe meeting heing npeiicil Juhn F ai gnssun was chosen tnwn del k ami\\nthen the select men uhieh wen* as t .ill.oveth Hugh Willson thonios\\naiorisoi] Jonathan morison Gent n Joseph Caldwell John Swan,\\nJuno, were the Select men that wears Choscn*by vote, itwasaleo\\nvM.il tint Hugh Will. mi II,. una- Neuisnn ,V Jonathan nmrieon\\nCent John Smith I h.o t linilighain A .lolin Itohhe, Shon 111 he Surveyrs\\nof ttie high ways this year. William Itohhe Jun r Constable .lames\\nRobbe Hugh Dunlap tithingmen. Tho arcbable John Robbi Hi\\nReift telle., viewers ami I riser.s. voted iiial Sam 1 iiiifchel Alexander\\nRobbe A William Smith he a Committee t.. recken with the ..hi Cot it-\\ntee, voted under the same head that W illiam iie 3 william Smith and\\nJohn Itohhe lie a committee to invite ngnlm mmi-teis I i 1 ilo-\\nyear, c.\\nTown Clerks. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The following is a list of town\\nclerks from the incorporation of the town to the pres-\\nent time\\nIln-.li W il lii.o. .,1, :-j.\\nTlenna.- Miil isoll, 17 .o. CO,\\nJ..I111 Ferguson, 171:11, 1:1, 02, 0.;,\\n64, 05, GG.\\nSamuel Mitchell, 17. .7. 68, 69, 71,\\n72, 73. 74, 75, 76, 77, 7-. 79,\\nso\\nMatthew Wallace, 1781.\\nWilliam Smith, 1782.\\n1. iiigham, 17S:S, 84, 85,\\nSO.\\nThomas Steele, 17s7, 88, 89, 90,\\n01, 02, 0::, 94, 96, 97, 98,\\nI, 1800, ol, 02, 03, 04, 13.\\nJohn Steele, lsii;., 01,, 07, 08, 09,\\nin, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19,\\n20.\\nDaniel Abbot, 1815.\\nNathaniel II. lines, Jr., 1-21, 22\\nSI,-].!,,.,, I Steel. I\\n26, 27, 28.\\nCyrus In-all-. 1829, 30, 31, 32\\nhull,. Forbush, 183 I\\n50, 51, 52, 53, .1,\\n5S, .V.I. lie 1, 01, Y,2, 1..:, ..I 5\\n.,0\\nM I3 Davis, 1837, 38.\\nA. Blodgett, 1839, I\\n1-11 1 1.:, 11\\n45, 46, 17,\\nKendall Scott, ls07.\\nDaniel W. Gould, L86S\\nSamuel X. 1 .iter. 1869.\\n0)1:111,- Ames, 1870.\\nJoin II. Steele, 1871, 72, ill, 74,\\n75, 76, 77, 78, 79,\\nSelectmen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of the selectmen\\nfrom the incorporation of the town to the present\\ntime\\nJohn Ta art, Jr., 1701, OS.\\nJames Robbe, 17. .1.\\nSamuel Mitchell, 1762, I\\nWilliam Hit. hie, 1702.\\nWilliam Robbi Jr., 17, ,2. 66, 74,\\nJohn Gregg, 1762, 63, .7.\\nM.itllo Wallace, 1765, 80,\\nJohn l onng, 176\\nWilliam Miller, 1761\\nJohn Wile,,, 1707.\\nSamuel Gregg, 17iiS, 71, so,\\nJoseph Ham, mil, 1774.\\nThomas I avisi.ii, 1774.\\nRobert Morison, 1774.\\n.hones Templeton, 1775, 76,\\nWill 1 .11, Nee, Jr., 177.7, 70,\\n:i ham, 17ns, 76,\\n81.\\nThomas Turner, 1768,\\nWilliam Moore, 1769\\n.lam,- Miller, 1709.\\nJames Cuningham, 177..\\nCharles Stuart, 1775, 81, 84,\\n10, I no, -H7, 98.\\nAaron Brown, 1776.\\nKi I- J, 1770,\\nJot] 1 la. Hi. hat. 1, 1777, 78,\\nJonathan Wheeloi k. 1779,\\nR.. licit lli.hu. s, ]7sn.\\nII in- Stuart, 17S3, 84.\\nRobert Smith, 1785, 02.\\nThomas steel,.. 1786, 88, 89,\\nin, 112, 0,:, il, 95 97,\\noo, [800, ol. 02, Hi, ol\\nNathaniel Evans, 1780.\\n1-1. 1. 1 Taylor, 1786.\\nJohn Gray, 17s7.\\nNathan Dix, 1787.\\n1. ..1 I ..11, 178s, 89,\\nJeremiah Smith, 1790, 91.\\nAsa Evans, 17 94, 0. 96,\\nlis, .Hi, 1800, ol. 02, 03,\\nI-. 19, 20, 21,\\n26, 27. 2\\norgc I nn. .in. .1. 1805, 06,\\n-1 4 I 10\\nihn s. ..it, 1810, 11, 12, 14,\\n18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27,\\nViiieuiicl Moore, 1819, 2\\nUexandei Robbi 1824 15,\\n.1\\nTim 5 Fox, 1827, 28, 20,\\n1\\nArchelaus Cragin, 1843, 44, 45,\\n53, 54.\\nAbiel Pi avey, 1843, II. 45.\\nesG Who\\nJohn H. Steele. [846\\n.1. SSCOtt, 1-17. ,1 56, 57,\\n10..\\nIsaac Ha, Hey, 1817, IS, 411, 51.\\nRobert full. .1,. 1848,\\nJosiah S. Morison, 1849, 50.\\nEdwin Steele, 1851.\\nWilliam B. Kimball, 1852, 53\\nKri Spanl.liiig. Is, 7. 1, 7.5.\\nI d, 55.\\nHi... I.tian Mclvin, 1855.\\nThomas Little, 1856, 64, 65.\\nsinm. I I; Mill, 1, 1850, no.\\nAsa Davis, 1856, 58, 66, I 1\\nAlhert Frost, 1857, 58, 59.\\nMortier L Morrison, 1808, 69,\\nlharles Barber, 1869, 70, 71.\\nI, ,hn 1,1 Vkilie. 1870, 71, 72,\\n1: w. Mi tntosh, 1871, 72, 73.\\nJohn Cragin, 1872, 73, 74.\\n1 1874. 75, 76.\\nw illiam Moore, is7n, 77, 7s,\\nJonathan Smith, 1799, 1800,\\n1 II, 12, 13, 11, 15, l,;,\\nT. X. Hunt, 18-1. -2, 83.\\n1882, S 84.\\nW. s. Hyer, 1883, 84\\nC. W. Hunter. 1884.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1051.jp2"}, "890": {"fulltext": "bo-i\\nHISTORY OK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nRepresentatives.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 TIic following is a list of the\\nrepresentatives from the incorporation of the town to\\nthe present time\\nSamuel Cuningham, Vpiilu. 1777.,\\nTimothy K. Ames, 1840, 41.\\nto 3d Provincial 1 at\\nStephen P. Steele, 1841, 42.\\nExeter.\\nfl illii ollane\\nWilliam Smith, May 17, 1775, to\\nLuke Mill, i is i i-\\n4th I m vim i.il Cor,\\nJosiah S. Morrison, 1845, 48.\\neti i.\\nNorton Hunt, IS47.\\nSamuel Moore, Dec. 21, 177.5, to\\nSamuel Adams, 1847,\\n5th Provincial Congress .it Ex-\\n1 M.., i i-,.|i, i.J,\\netei\\nDaniel McCleiiniii:\\nMatthew Wallace 1784\\n1. 3i ..il. 1- 19, 50\\nSitu 1 Cuningham, 1786.\\nSamuel Miller, 1851, 52\\nNathan Dix, 1787.\\nDaniel l:\\n.Ii-n-iiii.ili Smith, 17s-, io\\nJohn Smith, 1791 92, 9 14, 95,\\nPel-\\n96, it, 98, 99, 1800, 01,02\\n\\\\-.i Davis, 1854.\\nlib. ii Smith, 1855.\\n07, 08, 12, 13, 14.\\nAlbert s. Scott, 1855, .7, 66,\\nHi, 1809, 21, 22, 23,\\nSi lei Edes, 1857, 58.\\n27, 28\\nJohn Steele, 1810, 11.\\nHugh Miller, 1815, 16, 17, Is,\\n19, 20, 30, .1\\nEi i.i VI 1871, 72\\nJohn 11. Steele, 1829.\\nDaniel W. ild, 1872\\nJohn Smith, 1859, 60\\nI jih 1 ,n iiiiin 1-7:.\\nAndrew A. Farnsworth, I860, 61.\\n1\\nCornelius V. Dearborn, 1861, 62\\nFranklin Field, 1875, 76.\\nGranville P. Felt, 1863, 64\\nhat I. Si mi. 1876,\\nElijah M TuM.s, lsul i.\\n.Samuel 1. Pom, 1S77, 7s,\\nNathaniel II. Moore, 18\\nJam il Collins, ls77, 7s.\\nJohn Wilder, 1867, 68\\nLewis P. u ilson, 1879, 80.\\nRiley IS. Hatch, 1868, 69.\\n11 1 Mm,-, -ii. 1879, 80.\\n.Tuuies Walker, ls:!:s, :1. 14.\\nH 1 ii-. 1882,\\nAlexander Kolilie, Is;.., .:i. i l. ll.\\nJohn II, tier, M I, 1882,\\nJohn Todd, 18\\nFrank G. Clarli 1884, 85\\nWilliam Moore, 1838, 39, 1\\nJohn Q. Adams 1884 85\\nCHAPTEB II.\\nPETKRBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nTHE HEROES OF FOl R WARS.\\nFrench and Indian War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War of the\\nRebellion.\\nIn four memorable wars has Peterborough been\\nrepresented by her gallant suns. In the first, the\\nFrench and Indian War of 1755, were James Turner,\\nbrother of Thomas Turner, Samuel Wallace, William\\nSwan, sun of old John Swan. If these, James Tur-\\nner died in camp at Crown Point, 1760. In 1756,\\nThomas Cuningham and Samuel Cuningham. The\\nformer, who was a lieutenant, died of small-pox.\\nIn 1757, diaries McCoy, John Stuart, son of Wil-\\nliam Stuart, David Wallace, son of Major Wallace,\\nWilliam Wilson, brother of Major Robert Wilson,\\nRobert McNee, son of old Deacon McNee, John\\nDinsmore, John Kelley, brought up by Rev. Mr.\\nHarvey. All the above, being enlisted in Rodgers\\ncompany of Rangers, were killed in one unfortunate\\nmoment, having fallen into an Indian ambuscade,\\nMarch 13, 1758, near Lake George; while Samuel\\nCuningham and Alexander Robbe, being of this brave\\nbut unfortunate band, and in the same fight, escaped.\\nIn 1758, William Scott, Jeremiah Swan. Samuel\\nStinson, Alexander Scott. Of these, Jeremiah Swan\\ndied in camp.\\nIn 1759, Robert Wilson, Daniel Allat, John Tag-\\ngart, William Scott, George McLeod.\\nIn 1760, Samuel Gregg, John Taggart, Samuel Cun-\\ningham, William Cuningham, Moore Stinson, Henry\\nFerguson, John Swan, William Scott, Solomon Turner,\\nJohn McCollom, John Turner, John Eogg, David\\nScott. Of these, John Turner and John McCollom\\ndied somewhere on the lake, and John Hogg and\\nDavid Scott, son of Alexander Scott, both took the\\nsmall-pox in returning, and died at home.\\nThe whole number enlisted from Peterborough was\\nthirty-two, and fourteen were lost, a great, number\\nfrom a settlement so small and weak.\\nWar of the Revolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following from this\\ntown served in the War of the Revolution:\\nD Anus, -i veil with Captain A hvuuli i Hobbe, on alarm, from June\\n77.\\nI. ml,, i Vil.im-, divhameil He, eml.n 20, 17st.\\nIl Uexandi r, mustered in April, 1777 Colonel B. Hah reporl\\nJoseph Bahb, alarm from June 2:1 to July 3, 1777; July, 1770,\\nlive mouths; mustered in April, 1777; report of Colon. I E. Hale;\\nserved three j ea i\\nBlair, alarm June 29 to July 1777, army at Cambridge, 1775 for\\nBennington, Jul) 19 1777 sai.a. Sept,\u00e2\u0080\u009e,l,e, jsth returned\\nOctober 25, 1777.\\nJohn Blair, raised July 19, 1777; discharged September 26th army at\\n177 -i m,l in Rhode Island from Augusl 28, 177-\\nmustered April. 1777. of twenty-tw n for Peterbop\\n-I i ,.h, ii,. I i, Hal,\\nZaecheuf Brooks, mustered June 15,1779, by Enoch Hale never\\nJohn Barlow, by order of C nine,, of Safety, July 12, 1782.\\nlambridge\\ni months\\nEnsign w Cochran, in army at Cambridge, 177.\\nJaiiii.s Cuningl mustered September 20, L776, t\\nved in Rhode l-l.nnl fr Lugusl 28, 177-\\nl| ulnim, iI.iiii, lo.u, June 29 to July 3, 1777\\nisod July 111, 1777 discharged September 2( .tli for Bennington\\nl-l mil ti ..in Aiiuu-t js 177s alar,,, at Lexington\\nI.. November 27, 1780.\\nhums ,,t Londonderry,\\nvo men mustered April, l\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0port of Col-\\nSamuel Caldwell, served in Rhode Island from Auguat 28, 177s Colonel\\n17. Hale e n\\nThomas Davison, three months, spring ,,l 1777, i, L \u00e2\u0080\u009e^il July 7th dis-\\ni edO t.il.iT Jl, 17.su, three nths, fifte, Ll\\nCharles Ilavisi.u, on-agod .1 ul y th disch.il ceil Deeemliei _ i 177\\ns 1 1 Dodge, engaged June 28, 1780 dischargt d in 1 iei\\nRichard Kineiv, tnustei s, ptember 2(1, 177tl, for two months; in army\\nal C 1,ii. I 17\\nLieutenant Hetiiv I., ,,-,.,1. sine, I t orty-l nnr\\n77.\\nami, ridge, 1\\nJereniiati Kairehild, in army at Cambridge, 1777,.\\nGreen, in armj al 1 ambridge, 177 ngaged .tune 28, 1780\\ndischarged in December.\\nWilliam Graham, in army at Cambridge, 177 of twenty-two men tin\\nfor 177,,,\\nin armj al Cambridgi 177. one v. art men, 177.,\\nmustered by E. Hale, July, 1776, to serve five months,\\n.lames Gregg, served in army at Cambridge, 177.\\n,1,1m .,1 1.. 11. 1,.,, \\\\p,ii 1 177.. live days; alarm at\\nWalpole.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1052.jp2"}, "891": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\nAdamsGregg, alarm ;il Lexington, April I- ITT army ai fiunl.h.l^,\\nlast of ITT on alarm from June 29 to July 3, 1777: Rhode Island,\\nfrom August 27, 177s, under Captain Samuel lunintiham.\\nHugh Gregg, alarm at Lexington, April 19, 1775] alarm lr June 29\\nto July/., 1777.\\nJohn Gregg, alarm ai l.,\\\\iti-t,,n, April m, 177..\\nRobert Gray, alarm al Lexington, \\\\pr.l L9, 1775,\\nRiclianl Cil, llll-l. II. al ll.l al I allil-lld--. 177V\\nipatlY .it I apt. Nil S\\nlovember 27, 1781.\\nJames Gordon, -u-a:;,d S-pt, ml,, t r. tli dismi 1\\nJames Hockley, in armj at Cambridge, 177:.;.. I twenty-two men fur-\\nnished \\\\piil. 1777. one i.ii men, 1771\\nJoseph Henderson, of twenty-two men furnished April, 1777 raised\\nJuly 19, 1777, for Bennington discharged January 1, 1778.\\nJohn Halfpenny, one year s men, 1776; in army at Cambridge, 1775.\\nNathaniel II-! inn-t-i-d .pi-iid\u00e2\u0080\u009e-i :i, 177... two n the.\\nSims ai 1[.._ 1..I- ll-lltliti-t.m, .llllv I! 1777 .lis. Iial;\u00c2\u00a3, l s, |,l -lnl -t J .th\\nSamuel Huston, alarm, J to July 3, 1777, five days; served in\\nRhode Island, Augusl 28, 1778.\\nIsaac Huston, alarm, June 29 t.. July 3, 1777. five days.\\nWilliam Huston, al al Walpole, 1777\\nJohn Kennedy, mustered July, 1776, five months town claims,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as\\npud by town.\\nSolomon Leonard, in army at aml i id-e, 177.\\nSamuel I of twenty-two men furniBhed April. 1777 alarm at Wal-\\nTli-illl.t.s l.lttl, in al mv at I .iml iid-n-. 1 l-i I-\\n1777 di-rlia!-- S-pt.inl\u00e2\u0080\u009et Jl.tll.\\nRobert Lakin, engaged Jnlj 7th; discharged Octobel 2\\nTim-aliy I....-U.-. .-i 1 1 1 r I plain S It s i -n p ,,i\\ngaged .Int... 17- di- i. _- l 1 mb i erve\\nS u.d I.. \\\\vi ..I. alarm. 1:1 lapialtl A|.\\\\alid-I ll,,l,l\\nJamea Miller, alarm of Lexingl \\\\pnl I 177.\\nWilliam M.N,.-, al.irui ,.t l.-\\\\ilm \\\\pnl I 177\\n.Inly 1\\n.I..., i, \\\\1 ,M, ,.t ill,- I u-iiti-tu., m-ii .1 i\\nsuppose i!,!.-,. years.\\nWilliam MrCi.y, ill army at Caiiibrid--. 177. n-d\\n:ln\u00e2\u0080\u009el,. 1-1 1\\n177i.. I,,r livi-\\nitli-\\ntil- in., Iltlis alarm, in com-\\ni-,, m .1 29 I,, .Inly 1777,\\nmi M husetts of the\\nmonths.\\n1771 1 1 t- nths.\\nMarch 1. 1777.\\nuid-r Robbe s company, from\\nfrom An-iist\\nirlee M.i oy, in\\nSeptember -I\\nli, .Inly I d, 177 -li liaij.-d S. pt-in l\u00e2\u0080\u009e-r _!l\\nit, .Inlv I 1777 di- li ii .-I pt,nil\u00e2\u0080\u009e-i a,\\nRhode Island, ti, ,n, \\\\,.-,,-i 28, 177s Colonel\\nat Bennington, .inly 19, 17\\nWillian\\nJam, 1\\nrat,, -a, S-pteinb-l ii returned li.-t.ili.-i J 1777 alarm\\naim ai l,.-\\\\iiml,ni, April 1 I77a.\\ng, engaged .Inly 7. -Ii-, ii.u -,-d iii-i.,l..-r 21,1780, three\\n.-.-ii days\\nalarm al Walpole\\nl age, -t.-i.-.l .inly. 177,,. Bevvi five months;\\n.lull p,, 1777 di- I..,, -I pt lul el\\nli- l.ar-- I li.-t,,l\u00e2\u0080\u009eT Jl, 17SH\\np i,-, I l,v unlet .-t lln- Cmiinitt,-,-\\nIge, 177 died there\\nint.. i 1777. di- I..-. a i t,,l\u00e2\u0080\u009e-l ,-t,\\nnil.. I 19 dis.l.al-.-d N,,i, nil,, -I -7, 17-1 nil alarm, ill\\nBennington, Julj l 1 1777 discharged September 26\\nUlall.l, Au-il-l J-. lT7s .a, alarm. Ill I uplall] Al.-\\\\atld.-r ln.l.l.- s\\npany, II ill] J,,,.- I- Inli 1777, tin- day-: Heiuuiist- li\\nIJ, in in Mil, h, -II. alarm at l.-viii^lnii, April 1 177 luii-l-i -d Sep-\\nt.-ml.-r 20, 177,.. n,- Hi onths; fbl Bennington, Inly p..\\n1777 dia hargi d Si ptembei\\nJohn Moore, alarm al Lexington, April 19, 1775.\\nTI omas Morisnn. in army at i .u.il.i nip.-. 177 tniisi, i, d S,.pt,-ml\u00e2\u0080\u009e-r _\\n177,,, for tii,, months alarm at Walpole alarm, Captain Alex lei\\nRobbe s company, Juue 29 to July 3, 1777, five days; i l B\\nton, July I:,. 1777; .lis, liai-,-,1 s.-ptemi ,-i 26; Saratoga, Septembei\\n28 to October 25, 1777.\\nEnsign Munro, in army at Cambridge, 177,. served in army, 177, one\\nJames Mil shell, m army at Cambridge, 1775 alarm al Lexington, \\\\pnl\\n1 1775 It -iiinn-.-l-.il. .lull I i. 1777 di- liar.-d S.-pl-ml.-r J,, -,ii\\nalarm, in Captain \\\\l-\\\\..n-i- i Robbe s company, from .Inn- 29 to July\\n1777. in, -l.i-\\nl-.u,, Mil. hell, in .linn al ambridge, 177 alarm al Lexington, April\\n19, 177 ..I Hi- tu. -n tin,,. furnished April, 1777 al; at\\nWalpole rel -I service April J. 17-t\\ns. il Moore, Jr., in army al Cambridge, 177.. alarm at Lexington,\\nApril 19,1775; alarm, in company ,,t Captain Uexandei Robbe,\\nlimn .linn- -J l t, .Inly 1777, til,-, lav.\\nWilliam Mitchell, in aiinyai Cambridge, 1775 served in army. 177...\\none year s\\nRandall McAlister, in armj al Cambridge, 177. alarm at Lexington,\\nApril l 1 177 tin,-,- y ,-.u t,,ii n lanns ol I In- I u.-nti -In in-ii\\nfurnished April, 1777 alarm, in company of Al, van\\nK lln I, aid\\ni aptain \\\\l,\\\\ let\\nday- mustere\\nmill. in i Swan, at\\n7 111 army at I am\\ni.. March I- 1777.\\n77- alalin at lp,,l\\n75 in army al Cam\\nmbi i 28, and\\nWilliam Scott, Jr alarm at Lexington, April [0, 1775 in 13\\nCambridge, 177 mustered July, 177 for five mi\\nlaptai,, Willi s,-,,tt. ii, ami; al Cambridge, 177.\\nJames Stanford, al.u in at laAiti^t, ,n. Apnl Pa, 1775; in al Cam-\\nbridge, 177.. of the twenty-two men furnished Vpril, 1777 on town\\nclaims three yeai man.\\nEphraim St, vens, in army al Cambridge, 177 the twenty-two men\\nlarm at V\\\\ alp\u00c2\u00ab,le died ill tin i i\\nand, nd--, 1775 served in 177 veal\\nJames Stinson, in army at ambridge, 177.\\nThomas Sanders, of the twenty-two i funnsli-,1 \\\\pril, 1777.\\nI i.i lid ..t tin- til, -lily In., in-ii r,nliis|i-,| April. 1777.\\nli,. i -j m. -my in., a, n t, in, ,-l,, d April. 1777\\nJohnSmith, in army at CainlilldL..-. 177. ninst-i-l t.. I\\nRobert Smith, mustered by E. Hale, to serve five tlis mustered\\n777 in, -In-\\nnths.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1053.jp2"}, "892": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJanies Smith, in alarm, of C;iptain Alexander RoLLe s c pany, from\\nJune 29 to July 3, 1777, five clays.\\nJeremiah Smith, raised i. Bennington, July 19 discharged Septembei\\n26, 1777.\\nThomas Smith, in Rhode Islan J, August is, 177- s.iwed from Deceul\\nbei 5, 1 T 7 I.. March 15, 1777, three months Saratoga, Sept.aiil.ei\\n28; returned Octobei 25, 1777\\nR. Swan, mustered by Colonel E.Hale, for five months il n\\nCaptain Alexander Robbe s company, from June 29 toJuly 1777,\\nfive days\\n,l,.li ii swan. Saratoga. S.j.t.iul.ei ret in iiedOcn.l.ci _ 1777 Inarch,\\non alarm of Captain Alexander Ib.bl.e s company, from June ill to\\nJulJ 7, 1777, five days\\ni. n alarm, in Captain Alexander Robbe s company, from\\nJune 29 to July 1777, five days alarm al VI ilpole\\n1 aptain I avid Steele alai m al Walpnle.\\nfie ana- Sander-.. n, alarm at Walp..le, tr. lay-\\nAmos Spofford, enlisted bj Majot Scott, August 9, 1780.\\nSamuel Speer, three year- town claims.\\nJohn Stroud, town claims.\\ni alarm at Loxingtun. April l a, 177. in army at Cam-\\nbridge, 177 served fr December 177 P. March 1.7,1777 em\\ntnyvn rllliin- Hii.ex.ai-. I Hie t\\\\\\\\ ellty-tw. i lie II furnished April,\\nTreadwell, in army at Cambridge\\n17;:. .11. ,1 in i ..ml. i\\nit;. died in Camb) idge, 177.7.\\nI 28, I 77s.\\n,,f tin- twenty. tw.. iin-ii turuished\\n-land In- dad. Mount Independ-\\nI a,. I, ,11\\n.mi 1 Octo-\\nJoseph Taylor, in army al\\nrple, in army a\\nIsaiah Taylor, served in Kl\\n.lohn Tagg.n i\\nApril, 1777 served ii\\ni aplain Robert Wil-.ti, alarm al Lexington. April 111, 17\\nJohn While, Si alarm at I., xingtmi. A|.ril 19, 177. ah\\nAlexander Robbe i tpanj from .inn. 29 to .ii\\ndays.\\nCorporal John White, al S.nat.._a. .pt label is. 1777\\nbei 25 hho.l.. Island. 1771\\nCharles Whit... alarm al Lexington, April l .l, 1777: in .nam at Cam-\\nL775;served in New York from December .,177 t..\\nMarch 1.7, 1777 Rhode I-lalid Iron, Angus! is, 177s.\\nW. White, alarm al Lexington, April 111, 177.7 in army at I ambridge,\\n177.7 served in New! 6, to March 17,\\n1777 Saratoga, Septembei 28 returned Octobei ib, 1777.\\nllavid Whit.-, alaim at Lexingt \\\\pril In, 1775 ill army\\nbridge, 177 served in Rhodi l-lai.d \\\\n_n-t 28, 177-\\nTitus Wilson, of the twenty-twi furnish Ipril 1777 alarm\\nWalpnle; a negro died ai Blount Endepei bi\\n.lames Moor, filial I l.liialy I [777 dl-tui 1 l\\nFirs! New Hampshire Regiment.\\nLieutenant John Caggart was in Captain [saai Farwell\\nHunker Hill, and was killed at I iconderoga .Inly 7, 1777.\\nJonathan Wheelocli, of the twenty-two men furnished Mail 1777 Saia-\\ni. uil.ei isth returned October i,7. 1777 alarm, in Captain\\n\\\\i., .i.i i.i K. i i mpany.froui Jum J 1 to inly 1777, five\\ndays served ill Illu.de Island, April is. 177s.\\nM U tcocl in army at Cainl.t idg-, 1777 niu-l.red July, 177(1, to\\nsen., five in. .ml,- servi d In Bhodi Island from i\u00c2\u00bb u\\n.lames Wilson, mustered from .Inly, 177 to serve five months.\\n.lam. u int. lieuniiigton. July In, 1777 p. s. pi, mhei inth served in\\nRhode Island, August is, 177s.\\nl.ii, lock, engaged from July 7th dischargi I tobi 21, I 7-\\nllionia- illiains, engaged from July to N.oeud,, i\\nJohn Wallace, enlisted by Committee of Safety, July li. 1782\\n.1 lut\u00e2\u0080\u009eftl,\u00e2\u0080\u009eK wh lunteered on tlu 17 of June, IT! 5\\nBunk* 11,11.\\nCaptain William Scott.\\nLieutenant William Scott, wounded\\nL. ...I, wounded his name does n. it app.-.n again\\n.lame- Hockley.\\nJohn Graham, wounded.\\nliavid s, ,.it James Scott, Thomas Scott, David Robbe\\nRandall McAlister, wounded.\\nJohn Taggart, died al Mi nni Indi pel dem e, 1777\\nSamuel Mitchell, I ll\\nDavid Allatt his name n..i a pp. a.\\nTl,. anas (ireelle, w.aiiided.\\nJoseph Henderson, Richard Gili brist,\\nKn-ign William Cu.liran, John Swan and Jonathan Hat net t these thr.\\nwere ..ii duty, but not in battle.\\nIb\\\\. John Morrison remained in .amp, and excused himself fruin ae.\\n.oinpaliyilig hi- ti a M.1-, alleging thai the Pick ..1 bis gun w a- m-\\nl.e il-el. ss shortly after he passed over to H..-t.u and\\njoined the Bl iti-b\\nMl Vli-l.i and l.l. .u.. u a .1 wnlinded; Greene, in a\\naltin.-t expiring shite, w a- saved by his friend Gilchrist, who trans-\\n1 hi in on his back from Hunker Hill to M. .11,. id\\nIn addition to the above, the following names Wil-\\nliam Scott, father to James Scott, Esq. Joseph Green,\\nDudley Taggart (known as Judge Taggart), William\\nGilchrist, William Blair, William White, Charles\\nWhite, James McKean.\\nBy the above account, one hundred ami forty differ-\\nent men of Peterborough were called for longer or\\nshorter periods during the Revolutionary War, and,\\nin addition to these, five inure, viz.\\nge MiLe.nl, David Allat, Jonathan Harnett,\\nDudley Taggart, Joseph Greene, who were in the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill, whose names do not again\\nappear, making in all one hundred and forty-five\\ndifferent persons from this infant settlement who\\nrendered military service during the war.\\nmitteet 1775, 76, 77. 78, 79, a- lh,:,j appei 1\\nHP07I lh\\n1775.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aaron Brown, Henry Ferguson, Kelso Gray. Alexander Robbe,\\nWilliam McNee.\\n1776.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William r.olbe, Havi.l Steele, .lotbaiu Ulan. bard, vimicd Mil. I..\\nell, Robert Wilson.\\nH cue, Jonathan Wheelock, Robert Gray.\\n177s.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 llavid Steel.-. I ll. anas Pavitoll, Matthew Walla.\\n17711. lames Templet Samuel Gregg, Jam.- Cm\\nstuart, join, wi, it-\\nWar of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A draft of soldiers\\nborough for three months was ordered in\\n.left use of Portsmouth, and the following officers and\\nmen volunteered lor the service, viz.:\\nColonel John Steele, Se id Lieutenant .la 11 ie- H I. ,1.1. Corporal Alii-\\nd Jewett, John Gray, John T. Haggot, David Killer, RobertMor-\\nis.m, Hrown Sbattuck, William t ptoli, St. pie 11 at c 1 J.-lin Am-\\nNathaniel Smith, Ilaniel Kites, ttu-el Nay. Hull Wil\u00c2\u00bb,m, liavid V\\nHatch, Joseph Washburn, Nathan Wait, Nathan Upton, David\\nKvans, Andrew Holmes, Samuel Pelt.-, r.e.ni l-aac Hadley.\\nThe British naval force did not attack Portsmouth,\\nas was apprehended, ami the soldiers were discharged\\nwithout serving out their time.\\nThe following vote was passed in town-meeting\\nApril 4, 1815:\\nVoted, To gee lb. soldier- th\\nyea. In, dollar- per month in a.\\nand state government\\nThe town did not furnish much aid to this war,\\nexcept in the unequaled services of General James\\nMiller, one of her sons, whose bravery and military\\nexploits were more than equal to a regiment of men,\\nand have afforded one of the 1. tightest pages in the\\nhistory of that war.\\nWar of the Rebellion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following enlisted\\nfrom this town during the late Rebellion:\\ne, Matthew Tem-\\nngbar\\nCharles\\nfrom\\nPeter-\\nLSI 4,\\nforthe", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1054.jp2"}, "893": {"fulltext": "PETERBOKOUGH.\\nApril 22, 1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ii. -urge w. tinr-.aunl::;. Fust Regiment, Company G\\n3 mli-\\nMay20,1861 EUuerJ Starkej aged !1 I Regiment, Company\\nG: 3 years; in 1 Bull Run battle, severelj wounded\\nthigh and left on tin 5eld ol battle, whore be was taken pri\\nMay 15, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Reagan, aged 23, Second Regiinent,C pany G;\\n3 years wounded at liist Hull Run Faille, and -ul.se. pieiitly taken\\nprisoner at Glendale, V*a,\\nMaj 20, 1861.- UphaE Vmes,aged 20, nd Regiment, Companj G\\nMay24, ixi .i -r- .-.-i I. Bolio, aged 28, Si nd Regi at, Companj G\\n3 years\\nMaj 15, 1861 Daniel w Gould, aged 22, SecondRegi at, Companj\\nI years; wounded in battle at Willi sburg, and had i\\n\\\\i I...1..- l\u00c2\u00bb \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii-l II -ine-iil tympany i.\\nCharles 0. I lh- I -l-F ml K.-nii.-nt. c pany ti y,-ai-\\nin -a ,,|id P.ull Lull Lattl lie Was Wound- d in 111 bowels, left ..II the\\nriel.l ami reported afterwards as killed\\nAlbert J. Farnsworth, aged 1 Sec 1 Regi nt, Com] I fears\\nMay24, 1861, \\\\i.i..i Forbush, aged 21 Second Regiment, Company\\ni years.\\ni.ilinaii T. tl.mld, aged gl. So. olid Regiment, C pany\\nnli-te.l .laiiu.ny 1, lsr.-l; promoted P. ni-t h.iit.ii-\\nUonzi 1. Hi t Aged 20, Second Regiment, Com] yG 3 years;\\nwound I raburg, .Inly 2, 1m;::.\\nNewman 11. ill aged 29 Second Regiment, C panyG; years; died\\nat Washington, December 11. 1862.\\nMay 24, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nelson Hurd, aged I Second Regiment, Company G\\nyears r iih-P-.l veteran.\\nMay 25, 1861. John J. Moore, aged 22, Second Regiment, Company G\\nMay 20, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James E, Saunders, aged 10, Second Reg int, Com-\\npany t. I veal-: pioiuotod to si-i gealit iiiajivr September I ISH3;\\nre-enlisted .lime I, Fsu-l, ami promoted raptaiii.\\nAugust 6, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .lames M. Hannaford, aged 28, Sec 1 Regiment,\\nCompany G 3 years.\\nSeptember 10, ls .l Frank h II. .we, aged pi. See 1 Regiment, ..lii-\\npanj i ire; killed at Fair Oaks, \\\\a .inn- 23, 1 S62\\nJuly 15, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Darius Hadlej iged I! rge W Hadley, aged 22;\\nWilliam V I u I 21 years;\\nSecond New Ham| i Bai m tered as! 1862.\\nAii-iist 1. im .i,- Hi. hard P.. Kn hai.l-..n, aL. .i I liird Regiment;\\nCompany 1 3 years.\\nAugust 9, 1861. Charles Jewett, aged 34, Third Regiment, I ompanj I\\nyears; appointed armorer .lime, lsi;:t; re-enlisted February 1.7,\\n1865 I ai First \\\\.-u Hampshire Cavalry.\\nAugust 30, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frank Matthews, aged 21, Fourth Regiment, Com-\\npany F (years wounded .it Drury s Bluff.\\nEmery Wyman, aged 18, Fourth Regiment, Company E; 3 years;\\nwounded May 16 ami August in, 1864\\nLyman Wyman, aged 22, Fourth Regiment, Company F .1\\nAugust 2 iKiii.\u00e2\u0080\u0094sie.lman w. Piper, ag.-.I is, Fourth Regiment, Com-\\npany I years; discharged 1864 re-enlisted.\\nileorge WeMing, ag.-.l Fourth Regiment, .nipauy I\\nin hattle .Inly 24, 1864\\n\\\\neu=t 27. l- .l IF-n.v- 1.,, 11I. I an. I Fourth Ilegl lit, l puny\\nI 3 years .lisrhaiged lor ilisahility re-enlisted, substitute tor Al-\\nbert Stevens, September \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_:, l.si,; Eighth Regiment, Companj B\\nVugust 28, 1861 Fuller 1.. Crosby, aged 10. Fourth 1:\\npany C; 3 years ilieil in hospital. Roaut ort, N 1 Aueu-t _a,, Isi,,\\nSeptember 10, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Wyman, a ed !8, Fourth Reg int, Com-\\npanj K 1. .1\\nlugust 26, 1861 i-. rmau V Breed, aged 20, Fifth Regine-nt, I ompany\\nK 3 years died at Fairfax Court- House, of typhus fever, March 27,\\n1862.\\nOctober 12, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ancil D. Holt, aged 38, Fifth Regiment, Companj K\\ndischarge.l for disability May 27, 1862.\\nAugust 2s, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George M. Spanlding, aged 23, Fifth B\\npany K 3 years killed in battle at 1 old B\\nSeptember 2, lsol .lam-s Nichols, aged 2S. Filth R.-i nt, Company\\nK 3 years wounded in arm at White Oak Swamp transferred to\\nInvalid Corps January 1, 1863.\\nNovember 28, 1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles Seott, aged .;2, Sixth Regiment major,\\nand promoted to lieutenant-colonel resigned October Fl, 1862.\\nJ h o A ca!\\niniliuti--. .i-.-i Jt. SlMh UririliK-liI 1\\ni ..r mm n A 1 1\\npi\\nenlisted, and\\nI l-\\n1.. M\\nin\\nt t Ni W H.iiiii iiliirt- Cavalry, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tn]i.iuv\\nOctobei 1\\n4, istH. lohn Smith, ap-l J.:. Sixth V\u00c2\u00bb -in.\\n1, war* |\u00c2\u00bbn Hint til Ii\\nWutlluleil .it r, -l,.| v Hill\\nr iii Mi.I.tl ;ij= tir-t lii-ui\\nsergeant t adjutant Mi\\niii expiration ol in- tbri\\nnam in I\\nOctobei 1\\nand iii..t.-.l I., captain :i\u00c2\u00bb iiiu li-iii| ..1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a26 110 longer required.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry C Lak. man iged 1-. Sixth K-\\n1 [866,\\nj.i nt. Com-\\npany\\nOctobei .i\\ntrans) i n\\nl- .l Osg 1 Hadlej\\nI..|in.,],.i\\n1\\n3 yea\\nOctobei 7\\ndis h;ii and i.\\n.-tit. Company\\nt.,\\nOetohel 1 I, 1-..F-- llhaln 1 1 alia. :ig- d J Sixth Regiment, Com-\\npany K year- di-d at Memphis, I s. pi. nil.. 1 1... 1-.\\nSepl 1 bet 186 Lucius H Farwell, aged 24, Sixth Ri\\npany K year- .ln-.| .1 11 i- is Inlet, N. 1\\n29, 1862\\nl.tetoher I, FsOF -11. any F. R..I..I a-.. I Is, Sixth It. gnu. nt, Cnipany\\nE 3 years re enlisted I bei 10, 1863, as veteran, I pr ted\\nto .-a 1. lid lielllell.llll I 1 1 1 1 I I, |M.. Mellllded Julie 1 M A atld\\nJulj 30, 1864\\nOctobei 1 I -I Martin While, a.je.l u l, sixth Regi nt. Company K\\n3 yeans wounded Maj li 1864 ai Spottsylvanis\\nwcake I: re-enlisted as veten icembei 21, 1863; had in-i\\nII. toh.\\nS. |,|e\\nlh Regiment,\\nC pany F.\\nOctober 7. 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David 1 ram agi d I Sixth Reg\\n3 years; kille.l at second Bull Kun hattle, lugust 29, 1862\\nSeptenihei 21. 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Allen T. Perry, aged 20, Sixth Regiment, Com-\\ni years discharged foi disability.\\nii- o.i r 15 1861 .la. -.a Bi i. i i i: ent,Company\\nI ii- wounded in right arm, Septeinbei 17, ISC ,li-. Iiaigeil\\nisi,\\nXovelnher 1. 1-..1 -.1 I,. sixll 10\\npanj i I j ears; (charged 1 lisabilil 1 nlish .1 Uigusl II\\n1864, in Firsl Sen Hampshin i avalrj Troop i:\\nNovembet 28, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothj K si d aged H, Sixth Regiment;\\n-er-. aiil-inajor pr ted p. tu-t li.-iiten.-nil \\\\ugusl 1m;o\\n1 Full him haul Ugtisl 29, 1862; I y m vei re-\\nNovembci 26, 1861 -Mar-hall K. Ames, aged 20, Sixth Regime it, om-\\npany V. i a. i. iglit ami. I.\\\\ whi.-h he In-t the\\nrotatoi i motion of the arm.\\ni i. l trlli i aged\\nyears ..a. I lieutenant promoted to first\\ni Hull Rill) hattle, AiieOM JO, 1\\nII, 1862.\\nNovember 2, 1SII1 .\u00e2\u0080\u0094.lames K Flak., a-.-.l p ^ixth U.-aiu\\nPhilemon W. Cross, aged ,7. Sixth Regiment, C pany K years;\\ndied by collision of the steamers West Pent ami the Gi irge\\nPeaiu.lv, mi ihe Potomai Au-ii-i 13, 1862.\\nSixth Regiment 3\\niii.naiii wounded in\\nnd died in hospital\\n,t. an-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1055.jp2"}, "894": {"fulltext": "(J58\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nSovei r23, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. I ,\u00e2\u0080\u009e1,1, aged 21, sin giment, Cnmpany\\nK; yctlh serg. ii n t-ijijij. .1 promoted tu second lieutenant; died\\nMa} 1 I, 1864 enlisted veteran.\\nNovember 7, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles II. Fay, aged 20, Sixth Regie\\nK. years; died January I lsog, at Al.- -.,1 i,.h ia v.... .t ,.i\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nNovember 1, ]s.,i._ cii.u 1. v.,.-\\nfur. Usability August 12, 1873.\\ni, 1 it.i Uiar.1.1.. R..bb,-, aged s, U h u, giment, Com\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles C. Silver, aged 22, Sixth Regiment, Com-\\npany K -mn discharged fur .lisubilit} I rail.i 22. l\u00c2\u00abf.\\n1 -1 Wu.-hlligtnn Swett, aged -J I, SiMh 1;\\nI years; wounded in second Hull Hun battle, and had his\\nunputated.\\n111. -Henri C. Taggart, jiLi...] S1UI1 K.-sii iii.-nt, Company\\nK years kill.-. 1 at ml Dull Run buttle. August lsia body\\nnot recovered\\n1861 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Thomas J. V osi aged 27, Sixth Regimi nt, Com-\\npany K 0, 1862\\nOctober28, 1-. -i,ti, Regiment. 1 onv\\nB years; sergeant, and promoted to first lieutenant slightly\\nwounded at Fredericksburg, .1\\nOi tobei 26, 1861.- George W 1-, aged 2\\nh- i-aldlity returned home and died of\\nconsumption.\\nDecembet 1, 1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Men nil,. i;,,\u00c2\u00bber.~, ng,.d:;l, siuh Reg in 1, 1 pain\\nwounded Septembe) 17, 1862, .1 Intietam, in the side\\nand thigh ;s...\\nDecember 11, I -el laitle-i Mail., ..,1 _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 I Siuh Regiment, Culiipam\\nI lei 1: 111, ipain k\\ncharged for disability Man It 2\\nDecember M, 1861 Wallai 1 Bi ott, aged 21, Sixth Regimi at, C ianj\\nK years druni-iua jm .laiiuury 1, 1st\\nUctobei 1, 1861. -Josiah P Smith, aged Jl. Ki-htb Ki-iio nt, C pany\\nIt; years; Killed in the battle at P .rl 11 I .hue- 14. 1863.\\n1861.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonathan L. Powers aged M Eighth Regiment,\\ni any D died in 1 lamp Parapet, L11 Oi tobi r 20, 1862.\\nAugust 15, IS .1 ih .,,1 .i tenth Regiment, loinpany\\nK 3 years wounded ..t Drury t Bluff, M\\nCold Harbor, June 3, 1864\\nAugust 9, 1862. Nathan D -1 Ilej aged 19, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nompany G j 3 years captain promoted t j\\nslightly woundedal the siege of Suffolk.\\nGustavus Forbush, aged 10, Thirteenth lb g Companj G 3\\nyears; first lieutenant ....i tain naj i, 1863 killed in\\nstorming Kurt Harrison, September 2 .i, isr.4.\\nSeptember 12, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Person C. Chenej aged 34, Thirl enth Regiment,\\nlilt ,,f Mekn. SS \\\\llgll-t\\n6, 1863.\\nAugust 30, 1862 11. ..He, i, m sou, aged 26, Thirteenth Eegi it,\\n1 it pi, .muted tu .pialtel master\\nAugust I- 1863.\\nAugust 12, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henrj B. Wheeler, aged 28, Thirteenth Reg nt,\\nlupaiiv\\nl. I 18114 Wounded Knit Hani.,... 1 Suptetnliei 2 .i. ls.14.\\nAugusl 1 1862 -Olivet 11 Brown, aged 14, Hun. enth R. m.\\nCompany G\\nAugusl 12, 1862 -Ira .1,\\npany G 3 years ac. identally wounded Cold Harbor,\\nJohn Bolio, aged jl, Khit 1. in 1, Hegiu.eut.rvmpanj I\\nVugust 15, 1862 John Gafney, aged 18, Tenth Reg t, 1\\n.2 -K lwar.l lla-k.ns. aged .12, Tenth Regiment Company,\\nF 3 years.\\nAugust 13, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Kelly, aged 1, Tenth Regiment, Cum pain K.\\nwounded al 1 .Id Harbor, rum 3, 1864\\nAugust 12, 1862,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 Centh Regiment, 1 ompanj\\n1 led ..1 Cold II\\nbush, aged 21 Thirteenth Regi nt, C pan] G\\nproinuted fruni corperal sergeant\\nAugust 13, 1862 -Albert M. Smith, aged 25, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nCum pany 11 pruinuted fn.i p..i al to sere, I\\nI* -1. ,_... Il.ii r.eiitb Itegiment,\\n.1. ...I i .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-.ii.i uv Ma. jl I.si,:;.\\n1 1 bail.. aged 2 1, rhirteenth Regiment,\\nlump. in. G :i years .piaite. ma .1 3 sergeant served as clerk till\\npromoted\\nAugusl IS, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles W. Bailey, aged 20, Thirteei\\n3 years; ruptured at Fredericksburg, Vu. transferred\\nto Veteran Resen rps.\\nAugust 12, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John A. Bullar.l, aged 38, Thirteenth Regiment,\\npanj G 3 years; detailed as hospital nurse and clerk most of\\n.11 ufeuiisttiie.it.\\nlugusl 13,1862.- Rodnej M. Brackett, aged 25, Thirteenth Regiment,\\n1.- 1 ...I i... disability died at Peter-\\nJoseph 1 Crosby, aged 22, Thirteenth Reg -nt. Cm;\\nL I storming Fort Harrison, Septemb.\\nAugust 1- 1862 lark, 1 18, Thirteenth Regiment, Com-\\ntnded li htly, I 11 irriaon, Septembe) J 1864.\\nJacob I ttamberlain, aged I hiit.enlh Regiment, Company G 3 yeans;\\nwounded at Kredericksburg, a and died Nevelnhcr 4, 1S63, of\\niugusl 18, 1862 Harrison I.. .._..! 26, Thirteenth Regiment, Com-\\nP*nj 1 j 1 .1-1... B i.ai, and ston keepei\\nAugust I. 18112.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kugene I 1 1 ,_,.! ju, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nCoinpanj G 3 years; died at Hampton, June u, 1864.\\nRufue 1; Frair, aged 18, Thirteenth Regiment, Com-\\npany G 3 years.\\nAugust .1, 1802\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry N. Krair, aged 28, Thirteenth Re\\nI years; killed in battle neat Petersburg, Va June 15,\\n18.14.\\n62 -Edmund S Greenwood, aged 42, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nCompany G I years transferred to Vi t. ran Reserv. 1 orps\\nAugusl 13, 186 Id, aged 20, Thirteenth Itegiment,\\nCompanj G\\nS.uguel 12, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John J. It. K. Hardy, aged 30, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nC p.. a. I years\\nHerbert Lee, aged 20, Thin, enth Regiment, Company\\n1 i diphtheria lugnsl 31, 1863.\\nAugusl 1. I--.. 1.,:,.. 1 lge d 11, Thirteenth Regiment, Com-\\nl .I 3 years; died of small-pox at City Point, Va.\\nAogii-t 12. 1.M12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ilenn K Me. leulillig. a^ed 20, Thtrtcc.,.\\nrG;\\nRobert M McGilvray, aged 18, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nyears Wuuiided thrnugli 1..\\n.2, Thirteenth Regiment,\\n1862 Daniel\\n.ao].:n,, .,1\\nAugust 13, 1862\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cortes s Osborne, aged 18, Thirteenth Regiment.\\nCompany G I yean died Hampton, Va Octobet 31, 1864\\nAugust 7, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Andrew J. Robbins, aged 26, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nany G; I eat\\nAugusl 13 1-.2 -.lulu, 1: Stevens, aged 30, Thirteenth Regiment,\\nCompany G\\nnut 15 1862.- Sat 1 Jl Is, aged 31, Thirteenth Eegiment,\\n1 urn G; 3 yeat transferred to 1 nited States navy April 28,\\n1864.\\nAugusl 12, 1862.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mark Wilder, aged 19, Thirteenth Itegiment,\\nluinpau. 1, year,: discharge.! b.r d.-abilit, .Tan. in\\nWilliam 11. 11. Wilier, aged 22. Tl -ml, Regiment, ...ny G 3\\n11.-.I a, ipialtennasb 1 I, I,\\n11, tuber 2 ls.,2. Francis S. Piper, aged Hi, Sixteenth Reg nt. 1..10\\npany I died.\\nI aged 24, First Company,\\n1-. 1 iiipnin K y dm I,ai-ed Iiec-mber I .i, I S..2\\ndrafted Septelnbel 2. ISll.:. nil tee lit 1, Uegniielit. CuinpatiJ li.\\nI 1 i. i- .2 -.1. rii n Mel i. it.e, a_..i 11 c I pany.New\\nHampshire Cavalry I yeai\\n\\\\u-il-l I- 2. -.1.- |.b I ...I Regiment, I p.,|,y It\\nEdward Bolio, a_ l Is, See I Regiment. Cmpaiu uvears; died\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lull 16, l- I a .me i in lie thigh, at Cold Hurl.\\nbeing\\nV\\nag Sen nth Regiment, Company\\ni Brackett.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1056.jp2"}, "895": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\nPatrick Glancey, arret -1, Eighth KeiTi ut, i [urn II i- i\\nBubstitute foi Hiram Mel oy.\\nSamuel Wigs I Ki-litlj Regiment, Companj i I (rears;\\nSubstitute fi l I M -1. I I.ihiiii^ tram-ten. d (u navy .lime lh,\\n1864.\\nJames Smith, aged 20, Eighth Regiment, C panj K;\\nin be Ii.n.i-. id transferred to nai .1. 1\\nEighth Regiment, 1 pany K 3\\n21, Firrhrh llc-i nl, 1 1 ii iv I 3 years\\nFi-hlh l: -mi. 11I 1 ..tujuiiiv l\u00c2\u00bb sul.-tiliite f..r\\n-.1 I-. I.i-lilli I!, -mi. nl substitute Imi II. -iiiy\\ntged J Eighth Regimi nt, 1 ompanj K substitute for\\nI. .1.1 BFox,agedl9, Fourth Regiment, Company A;\\nbetil 1 11 Rodney M. Wilder.\\n.Ii.lm I Marsh, aged 21, Beavy Artillery, Company\\nii.ii-\\nfoi\\nfor -I I j D. Holmes.\\nSeptember 1 1- I IF.\\nFifth Regime\\n11. Fifth Regin\\nifantry, omp d\\nThomas Worth, as.\\nD. Lovejoy.\\nAlexander McLen\\nM. Breed.\\nPatri k Carni y,\\n1 i.i .1- 1 29,\\nDecember 21, Fsil3 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Charles I Fi.-n.h, .i-. l 111. Tim Lentil Regiment,\\nCompany F y.-i.l dialled S.-{.r .-i 1 1 1\\nDecember 22, 1863. Frank S. Bitter, aged 16, Ninth Reg 1. Com\\npany G three years musician a lure. I recruit.\\nDecember 24, 1M .3. Italian! I .11 1 ;med 22, Ninth h iiiient. I ...miianj\\nD; 3 years; a prisoner I war; no discbarge furnished; a hired\\nJolm Smith, aired I .i, Tliii teeiith Retriment. Company] years; a\\nDecember.: 1st.:;- I 1 ui\\\\ Tli 11: -t. 11. am. I Is. Nnilli nt. c\\nThomas Rigley, aged 22, Ninth Regiment, Company C; 3 years;\\nwounded Januarj IT, 1854; a hired recruit.\\nJohn Watters, aged 22, Ninth Regiment, Company E; II years.\\nDaniel W. Ken !v. aged 19, Ninth Regiment, Companj I 3 years\\nWilliam RuBsell, aged 32, Ninth Regiment, Com] j I I years; s\\nhired recruil absent from Bii Un.ss; transferred t.i Sixth Regiment,\\nCompany F.\\nDecember 28, 1863 Pctei Fin-, age 18, Ninth Regiment, Companj\\n.1 Im.-.l recruit; transferred in Sixth l:.- nt, 1..111-\\nWilliam A, Walker, aged is. Ninth Hegimeiit, 1 iniiium 1 1.-.1-,\\nwounded May 12, 1864 transferred to Sixth Regiment, Company\\nnt, Companj D; lyeare dii d\\nin, Companj G 3 years trans-\\n1 1 1 recruit.\\nt, 1 lompanj G 3 years trans-\\niiy IF .inn.- 1, 1865 a hired re-\\nt probably a hired recruit.\\nit, C [.any G; 3 years trims\\nG; a hired recruil\\naged 33, Sixth Regiment, Com-\\nI .iin. k Mullen, representative\\ni-.| Georg\\nI war representative ret\\nWilli Simpson, Fourier nth\\nBenjamin M odi y, n pn sei\\nAuguBt 9, 18G4. 1 w\\nI....-I lyeare pr t.\\nAugust 19, 1861 -Charles E. Lakenian, Thirteenth Regin\\ndi.-.l Mil. h In. ISO...\\nAugust 9, 1864 I .i 1 M. White, aged 21, Firs! New Hampshire Cav-\\nalry, Tr ii..i. 1. .;\\\\eius, al tu second lieutenant.\\nAugust ]o. ls.,4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Willi- F, Allies, Fust New II p-hice Cavalry, Tr.s.ii\\nitirteenth Regiment Infantry;\\ns Hunt\\nIn: in; 1 year representa-\\n.111 for Albert Smith\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n-i New Hampshire Cavalry,\\nC pany\\n.h.hll S, Mil.\\nCavalry, Troop G quarter-\\nHampshire Heavy\\nRobert Warner, age\\nSamuel VI 1- igt d\\nfe I I- sixth I\\nDecember 31, 1863.-\\nF11 -1 N.ii 1 arnlaml 1 uralrr T I a]. tin. si i\\nAugust 17. 1864 probably a hired recruit,\\nWilliam Culberson, aseil 22, Sixth Reeiiuetit, I miiiianv I v.n-\\nhired recruit.\\nJanuary 1. 1861 \u00e2\u0080\u0094George Wallace, aged 28, First New Hampshire Ca\\nairy, I p D a I I reel ml\\nAugusl 5, 1864. -William I.., ttis. Fourteenth Regiment, New Hamp-\\nshire Infantry, Company l: e-m- -nl- 11 in. i,.i F.lwm A\\nTowne.\\nAii-iist c, 1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Hiffsina, Fifth Regiment New Hampshire In-\\nfantry, Company A substitute for George F. Livingston.\\nAugust in, 1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Don Negretta, aged 40, First New Hampshire Cavalry,\\nTroopG; 3 years; substitute foi liariesJ Smith\\nAu-11-t set .lain.- 1 inn. 1, I .a,it. Ml, lb-uncut Infantry, Corn-\\npany C 3 yoai- -iil.slitulc t..r Albeit 1 Frust.\\nAugusl 6, 1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Mahoney. Fifth K.-i nt Infantry, Com-\\npany I substitute bit Horace F. Whim-more.\\nAugust 12, 1864.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Bennett, Fifth Regimenl Infantry, Company\\nB; substitute for George Bruce.\\nHardj a ed 42, first New Hampsh\\n1, aged 24, Fust New Hampshi\\nCav-\\nalry, I |i 3 nals; c.l|,tl I i r el, 1 1 1 1 ISItl, 111 Cedar\\ni k Ion d in I ill r I i i -hi, Kicbii.iiiid, and Sal\\nendured great sufl gs in tie- above pi isons.\\nMarch 10, 1864 -sub Dunn, aged -27. Fu-t New Halii|i-hu. Far, In\\nT pi lyeare\\nAll.n I;. II I. aged JJ. First New ii I n. c.r, in Troop B 3\\nlien.l. F W hit ih. First \\\\crr IIaiil|i-hii c Cuali r, I i\\n\\\\iiil.i l l i i n, aged 18, Firsl Now Hampshire I avalry, Troop B; 3\\nX i I I I .lune 20, ISO! ilieil al \\\\ii.l. r-..nr III r ii i.i\\nI i ti r 7, lsr,+\\nMai. I, 23, 1864. -William II II. I ritchar.l, lined 2:!, First New Hamp-\\nshire I avalry, Fi. mi- a 3 rem- wounded mi pi. ket Julj is, 1864.\\nHen Field, aged 40, First New Hampshire Cavalry, Troop 3 years.\\nM ,i. i, j ,:-i i -.1 1 i, F Farmer.aged _ J, First New Hampshire Cav-\\nMarch 31, 1864 William Huntress, aged 36, First New Hampshire\\ni i.vahv. Fiihiji F 3 years; w.niti.le.l in ley transferred t.. Veteran\\nReserve C irps April 17. 1865.\\nalan h In, Isi l-Ceni-e F. Whitman, used 20. First New Hampshire\\nCavalry, Troop B;3 years; captured, ami died at Indersonville\\nI, .bin .or i: I-. ii.ni. .leweit, ma is, In-t New Hampshire\\nHeavy Artillery, K; 1 at\\nMarch 10, 1865 \u00e2\u0080\u0094George D Mar I m N.u II i 1 n i Heavy nil hi v.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1057.jp2"}, "896": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nB i -Charles S. G\\nairy, Troop I. I yeai\\nUe.-rffe I!- Tildrll, ag.-t l J. First X.-w Hallipxll\\nagc-d 4M, Fir-t Xew Hampshire Cav-\\ny, Troop L 1\\nGeorge N. Bailey, Firsl N.-w Hampshire Cavalry, Troop K 1 year.\\nFebruary 25, 1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wells E Fork, Firsl Ilanip liii II. my Anil\\nlery, M I (real\\nFebruary 14, 1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John C. Richardson, Eighth New Hampshire Ic\\nfantry, Company A I year.\\nw II. II. Greenw I, FSrsl Se\\\\t Hampshiri Hear] artillery, M;\\nH. 1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John\\nril.l-i l;,.s I .y I y ,u\\nSoldiers Monument. The soldiers monument\\nerected in Putnam Grove, Peterborough, consists of a\\nbronze statue of a soldier, six feet seven inches high,\\nstanding in full dress, at rest upon his arms, upon a\\ngranite pedestal sown feet in height. The statue was\\ndesigned by .Martin Milmore, Esq., of Boston, and\\ncasl bj the Ann s Manufacturing Company, at Chico-\\npee, Mass. The pedestal is of the Concord granite,\\nanil was designed at Ohicopee, ami wrought by D.\\nHutchinson, of Manchester. The statue and pedestal\\nare so well proportioned that the artistic effect of the\\nwhole is very pleasant and admirable. Upon the\\nface of the granite pedestal, in front, is inserted a\\nbronze inemori.il tablet, hearing the following in-\\nscription\\nTill; WAR ol THE REBELLION.\\nrapt, Gu-tavus A. Fiirlmsli, Kith X. II. lti-j;l.\\nLieut. Timothy K. A s,6thN. II Regt\\nLieut. Charles L. Fulli r, 6th Nil i:\\nLieut. John M. Dodtl, 6th X. II. Regl\\nCharles 0.1 ollister,2dN. H. Regt.\\nNewmanHall, 2d X. II Regl\\nEdward Bolio, 2d N H R.\\nFrank E. Howe, 2d N. II. Regl\\nil ling, nil N. ii. Regl\\nLuther G. Crosby, 4th S H B\\nGerman X. Breed, 5th II. Regt\\nGeorge X. Spanlding, 6th X. II.\\nRegt.\\nW H.i,ll,-y. nth N II II. ul.\\nWilliam II. Wallace, 6th V II\\nl:.\\nLucius H. FarwelL6th N. II Regt,\\nCyrus Henry Farnum, S Ii\\nRegl\\nChristopher SI. Wheel\\nii Regl\\nDai id Cram, 6th X. H. Regt.\\nlifted Perry, (ith X. II. Regt.\\nPhilemon W. Cross,6th II Regt,\\nCharles II Fay, 6th N I! Regt,\\nll,-i, Taggart,6th N II gt.\\nTl las J. Voee, 6th N. II. Regt.\\nB 1, 6th N. II. Regt.\\nJonathanL Powers, 8th X II Regt.\\nRodnej M Brackett, 13th X. H.\\nRegt.\\nJoseph A. Crosby, i:\u00c2\u00bbh X. H. Regt.\\nb I ii. .ei lain, 13th X. II.\\nR, .1\\nCharles E. Lakeman, I Ith V II\\ni:, gt.\\nEugene G. Farwell, 1 Ith X. II.\\nRegl\\n1 i n, ,,,ir, llh X. II. Regt,\\nHenry II. Frail, 13th X. H. Regt.\\nHerbert Lee, 13th X. II. Regt.\\nJohn Leathers, 13th X II. Regt.\\nCortes Osborni 1 Ith V II. Regt.\\nFrancis S Piper, 16th N II. Ri gt\\nJames L. Boyce, 16th X. H. Regt.\\nAinl.1,,-1- I I jii.,11, 1st V Hi av-\\nHenry Moore, 11th (II\\nJoseph Clark, M Mass. Regt.\\nGeorgeM. Clark. 5th Conn. Regl\\n.luhu P. Cram, 15th Conn. Vol.\\ni,,\u00c2\u00ab u.,,1. In -u.I.i.il ,,l -i, .mi, i ,,i, I .,t,iii,a, llh\\nSophia, u ifeol Lieut -Col. CharlesSi ott.\\nKati.-, Wife nf Capr .luhu A. Cuiiiiniii^s.*\\nCHAPTER III.\\nPETERBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Continue,\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nThe I iiii.iii.u, Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Unioi\\npal Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Baptist Church-\\nUnitarian Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is not known when the first\\nchurch iii this town was incorporated, but the first\\nhouse of worship was erected in 1752. In 1761 sixty-\\neight pounds were voted to repair the house and to\\npurchase the land on which it was located. The town\\nVoted, To protect meeting-house from falling trees\\nand tire, each surveyor, with all his gang, should\\nwork one day to clear about the meeting-house, and\\nclear the graveyard and fence it. Voted, To enlarge\\nold meeting-house by an addition eighteen feet long\\non smith side, and as wide as the old house is long,\\nand join roof of addition to that of old house. In\\n1763, Voted to lay a Moor and build plank seats, and\\nglaze windows in meeting-house. Voted, To de-\\nmand of Alexander Scott the neals given by the\\nproprietors. The old house is not again mentioned,\\nexcept in the following vote of 1774, viz. Voted,\\nTo build a new meeting-house upon the ten acres of\\ncommon land, where the old one stands and some dis-\\ntance west from said house. hose William Smith,\\nWilliam Robbe and II. m\\\\ Ferguson a committee to\\ncarry the same into effect. Voted also one hundred\\npounds toward the same, and that it should he framed,\\nhoarded, elapboarded, shingled and glazed by the\\ncommittee one year from the date, which will he in\\n1776. The house was not raised till 1777, and re-\\nmained in an unfinished state a number of years.\\nIn 177 J (says Mr. Smith) we learn that the town\\nreleased Mr. Comings with regard to the obligation to\\nbuild the meeting-house, and allowed him certain sums\\ntin his labor, and at the same time voted to finish the\\nnew meeting-house and lay the under floor anil have\\nwindow- ti.r the lower story. The house remained 1111-\\nfinished till 17*4, when a committee- was chosen to let\\nout the building of the pews and the finishing of the\\nmeeting-house, and in 1785 there was action of the\\ntown in relation to the galleries, and after this there\\nwas no more legislation, only votes to move the meet-\\ning-house to a more convenient place, in 1795; and\\nif the town cannot agree, the subject to be submitted\\ntn a committee from out of town: in 1797, also to\\nmove meeting-house, if they can agree upon a place\\nto set it; in 1798 it was Voted to set the meeting-\\nhouse a little to the east of the house that Thomas 11,\\nBlood (Dr. Blood) now lives in (Carter s Corner),\\nwhen built or moved. In 1812 it was voted to make\\na thorough repair of tin- meeting-house, and one hun-\\ndred dollars was voted for the same in 1813. In same\\nyear, April 6th, Voted, That the town be at one-half\\nI th,- e\\\\pense of pun basing a stove, on condition\\nthat the other half of expense is done by subscription,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1058.jp2"}, "897": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\n061\\nsaid stove to be the property of the town and to be\\nkept iii the meeting-house. In 1816 it was voted\\nnot to repair meeting-house, so no repairs wen- made\\non the house, nor, indeed, did a stove ever gel within\\nits walls.\\nAn effort was made to fix upon a location for a new\\nmeeting-house in 1816, and a committee from out of\\ntown was selected: viz., Nahum Parker, of Fitz-\\nwilliam, Samuel Bachelder, of New Ipswich, and\\nBenjamin Pierce, of Hillsborough. It was not till 1819\\nthat this committee was called on to act. The town\\nchose David Steele, Jonathan Faxon. Thomas Steele,\\nNathaniel Holmes, Jonathan Smith, James Cuning-\\nham, Robert Swan. Hugh Miller, David Carter and\\nAdam Penniman to wait on committee of location\\nand see that all necessary admeasurements be made,\\nand all necessary information be furnished, and no-\\ntify them to come as soon as convenient.\\nThis committee was assembled in June. As pre-\\nparatory to their decision, the distances were accu-\\nrately measured from every dwelling in town to a\\ncentral point, with the number of each household:\\nthoseinthe southeasl to Bunt s Corner, those in the\\nsouthwest to Carter s Corner, those in the west and\\nnorthwest to Smith s Bridge, those in the northeast\\nto John Little s Comer, the same being laid down on\\na plan, now in g 1 preservation, bj Caleb Searle,\\nJune 19, 1819.\\nThis committee, after a careful examination, fixed\\nthe place of location for the new meeting-house\\nnorth of the house of .lames Wilson, on the west\\nside of the street road, about midway between the\\nhouse aforesaid and the old cemetery. The decision\\ndid not prove satisfactory to anybody. At a town-\\nmeeting, September 13, 1819, Samuel Smith, modera-\\ntor, Voted, not to accept the report of the locating\\ncommittee. Voted, not to repair the meeting-\\nhouse. The old house continued to be used for\\nsome years only during the summer season, the meet-\\nings being held in school-houses in winter till 1825,\\nwhen it was finally abandoned. In 1829 we find the\\nfollowing vote, Voted, to sell the old meeting-house\\nforthwith. Sold to William Scott for seventy-live\\ndollars and twenty-five cents.\\nRev. John Morrison, of a race entirely distinct\\nfrom the Morisons of the town, was the fust settled\\nminister. Mr. Morrison was offered sixty pounds\\nsterling and one -hundred acres id land, or one hun-\\ndred dollars in money, if he accepted the call. The\\nland was given by the proprietors. J lis yearly salary\\nwas tbrty-iive pounds in our currency, and an increase\\nwhen the number shall increase to one hundred fami-\\nlies. Then to be fifty pounds a year. It was voted\\nthat his settlement be assessed forthwith. Mr. Mor-\\nrison complied with the offer, and was ordained\\nNovember 26, 1766, no account of the ordination\\nhaving come down to us. It was an unfortunate\\nministry for the town, and great uneasiness ami dis-\\nsatisfaction were soon manifested bv some of the best\\nmen of the church. It appears that a petition was\\nmade to the Provincial Legislature, dated November\\n27, 1771. praying to be released from the support of\\nMr. Morrison, and was signed by the following per-\\nsons, viz.\\nexan ,ii;\\niseph\\nlllllllll.il. Slllllll.\\n1 Cuningham,\\nin. i.i Jr., Mm\\nVilson, I .ni. 1\\nHooi\\nJohn Mil. hell\\ni\\nUll 11,\\n22 !o Dei 11, 1\\n71.\\nl:,l.\\nii. mi- ..I the i..v\\n11 of Petorbor\\nthe Rei .1 John Morris.. 11 wns\\nIII -II I\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t .u.. l r;i,viiiL tin. Iritei-positi.iii\\ntli.-ir l.lig.itii.i. In support him,\\ni.r II. in- .ir.lcrr.l l.y Hi.- li.\\nThe vote for a hearing in the Council was recon-\\nsidered, and December is, 1771. it was ordered that\\nthe petition be dismissed. And in the House of Rep-\\nresentatives, December 20, 1771. the above vote 1 the\\nCouncil being considered, it was proposed that the\\npetition should be dismiss.-, 1 accordingly, the ques-\\ntion being put, it passed in the affirmative. (Provin-\\ncial Records.)\\nMr. Morrison relinquished his connection with the\\nsociety in March, 1772. During his ministry his con-\\nduct became so scandalous that at a Presbyterial meet-\\ning held tit this time he was for a time suspended from\\nhis office. He is represented as possessing more than\\nordinary talent. He was i\u00e2\u0080\u009eit twenty-three years of\\nage when he commenced his ministry.\\nThe town was without a minister till 177S, the pul-\\npit being supplied by the town authorities with such\\nmen as could then be procured, preaching, neverthe-\\nless, being pretty constantly maintained. Tin- early\\nsettlers had great faith in a regular maintenence of\\nthe preached gospel.\\nRev. David Annan was called in 177*. having been\\nordained at Walkill. N. October. 177*. with Peter-\\nborough lor his destination. He was brother of Rev.\\nRobert Annan, a man of superior talents, who was ful-\\nsome time a pastor of the Federal Street Church, in\\nBoston. Mr. Annan came to America when young.\\nHe received his education at Rutgers College, New\\nBrunswick, X. J., where tin- degr f A.M. was con-\\nferred on him in 1782. The pastoral connection of\\nMr. Annan with the societj in Peterborough continue. 1\\nfourteen 5 ears, until it was dissolved, at his request, in\\n1792, by the Presbytery of Londonderry. In a complaint\\nagainst Mr. Annan by Elder Samuel Moore to the Pres-\\nbytery of Londonderry, to be holden at Peterborough\\nAugust 30, 1788, drawn up in the handwriting of\\nJudge Jeremiah Smith, whether ever acted on we\\nhave no means of knowing, it charges first, That the\\nRev. Mr. Annan, as appears from his private con-\\nversation, as well as his public performances, has", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1059.jp2"}, "898": {"fulltext": "C(i2\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nneglected the study of useful knowledge, the reading\\nof good books, ami especially of the Holy Scriptures,\\nand hath not given himself to study, but has fre-\\nquently, as he himself confesses, gone into the pulpit\\nwithout any preparation, and thus hath served the\\nLord with that which cost him nothing, and hath not\\nby hi- discourses edified or improved the Hock com-\\nmitted to his care. That Mr. Annan s conversation\\nand beha, ior and manners have Keen of a kind differ-\\nent from those recommended by the apostle and\\nessential to the character of a gospel minister, who is\\nan example to the Hock. his conversation not sea-\\nsoned with salt, but generally upon trifling subjects;\\nhis behavior not being sober, 1ml light and vain and\\nhis conduct and manners irreverent, sometimes inde-\\ncent and unbecoming the character of a gospel min-\\nister. That he has attempted to extort from the\\ntown two fifty-acre lots of land, which he knew were\\nnever designed for him, and were no part oi the eon-\\ntract the town made with him and to accomplish\\nhis purposes respecting this land, he has not scrupled,\\nin several instances, to deviate from the truth. The\\ncomplaint then charges him with being intoxicated\\non several specified occasions, viz. at an entertain-\\nment at the house of William Smith, Esq., about the\\n1st day of September, 1784, he became intoxicated\\nwith spirituous liquors also the 1st day of February,\\n1785, at the marriage of Elizabeth Smith, he was in-\\ntoxicated with liquor, and behaved very unbecomingly.\\nSeveral other instances are mentioned of his being\\nintoxicated, and reference is made to the names of the\\nwitnesses to substantiate the charges. The complaint\\nends thus,\\nYour eumplainant might have swelled th. iitalu^iir with Mr. An-\\nnan s faults as a minister, as a lllall and a Christian 1\\nbut if 1\u00c2\u00bb should 1\u00c2\u00bb- al.tr tu justify tin Presbytery that tin s. win. h b.-ivn\\n1 n i.e. .1 n tin.,, 1 1, i- i-uatle.l that they will think it need-\\nles- t.. a.lilu. any In. He p|....f- t.. slinw thai tin- pi\\ncomplin mini, ha\\\\. pist ran-, i. in plain and that .Mr. Annan s la burs\\nin Pet.il i-.li air witl t pletit to the pi. an. I that bis conduct\\nhas been irregular, and mi mm bis sti is a minister of tin gos-\\npel and a membei ol jroui rev d Presbytery, and that you will pro-\\n.1 n. milt, i n. h i,-iir.- ..n ii in as tin- nature of tin- offences merit,\\nand as v w .-I. in mall .in. I\\nThere was a prejudice against written sermons in the\\nearly settlement, as indicated by a vote in town-meet-\\ning April 3, 17C4. Voted, that the Rev. Mr. Mor-\\nrow hiielv come from 1 reland, and is shortly to return,\\nshould be our commissioner, ami be invested with\\nfull power and authority to send to us a faithful min-\\nister of the gospel, a Calvinist of the Presbyterian\\nConstitution, a /irnir/irr of the word, and not a\\nWatts Hymns were introduced by a vote of the\\ntown at a meeting April 10, 17H2. The following vote\\nwas passed. Voted, That Dr. Watts version of\\nl salms be used in tin- congregation of l eti t b..t .ni-.lt\\nfor the future also, Voted, To choose a committee\\nto procure seats in the breast and front of the gallerj\\ndecent and comfortable, to accommodate a sufficient\\nnumber singers to carry on the singing in as good\\norder as the circumstances of the congregation will\\nadmit of; also, Voted, Thai Robert Smith. John\\nMoore and Thomas Steele be said committee to buy\\nor hire said seats or pews as they shall think best\\nalso, Voted, That Jonathan Smith, John i iray.t diver\\nFelt and Samuel Smith arc to set the tune, and to in-\\nvite such persons to assist them as they think proper.\\nThe town continued without a pastor until 1799,\\nobtaining such supplies of preaching as offered, and\\ngular call to two different individuals. The\\nfirst was to Rev. Abram Moore, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth College, 1789. September 25, 1795, a call was\\nextended to him, and was signed by fifty-eight of the\\nleading men in town, his salary voted, and Samuel\\nSmith authorized to prepare a call, and present ii in\\nhim or to the Presbytery to which he properly be-\\nlongs. Nothing more is beard of this matter, whether\\nhe accepted or declined, or what broke oil the ex-\\npe, ted engagement and, with the exception of Mr.\\nElihu Thayer, no one in town ever heard that such a\\nman existed. The following tire the names of those\\nwho signed the call to Rev. Abram M -e, September\\n21, L795, viz.:\\nvi ._! sainni l Mm!:.]!. David Steele, Samuel Gregg,\\nJohn Morison, Joseph Hammil, William AIM, William Mulliken, Benja-\\nmin Mitchell, John Todd, Peter Thayer, John Gray, Robert Smith,\\nJam... Mill, i Nathaniel II. .lines. Robert Swan, .h.iiathan smith, Samuel\\nAlld, si 1 \\\\l .lam.- Richej VI. ii. r Baggctt, John White, Rich-\\nard I in. I Ji bn Waugl St n Mi N I .11 i Daiid Steele, ,h\\nvi. .11. .a. vv iii. 111, ii. Ii .1.1 egf Randall McAlister, Christophei\\nThayci Williai M vi.,;.i j, ,,,p!et,,n. Henry Crane. luibert\\nIts i, .1 l.i l!..n William Nay, Vbraham Holmes,\\nII. mi l.l-ii II. in. in H\\\\. in-, Samuel Smith, NathalH.il VI Wil-\\nliam Smith, .hihii steel.-, liarth. .I.nneii Thayer, lluedi Miller, Samuel\\nMill i .Ii William White, Richard Hovey, Elihu Penniman, Kelso\\nii.. I,.., Steel\\nRev. Elijah Dunbar was settled as pastor October\\ni.:. 1799, and remained until June 27, 1S27. The\\nchurch edifice was repaired and rededicated Feb-\\nruary 22, 1826. July 4, 1826, the Congregational\\nSociety iii Peterborough was formed, and the first\\nmeeting held January 27, 1827, with General John\\nSteele moderator.\\nThe following is a list of pastors from this time to\\nthe present\\nRevs vi.i.-i vi.L.,1. D I ..inn JT, 1-::, i September 9, is4s Charles\\nIt. .hu, ii. I 111I..1 1. 1851, t.. .Inly I, ls;,n C. IV Ferry. .Tune 13, ISO\\nto Dece i I, 1869 I-. Porter, luneS 1870, to V.ugust 1, lsT J\\nvi. lain, a, vv Jackson, January J. 187 to 1881. Rot. William W. Wal-\\nhridfre became pastor Scpti-inher 1. Issl, and is the present incumbent.\\nThe Union Evangelical Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Presbyte-\\nrian Church was organized in 1822, being a secession\\not members of the Congregational Church who were\\nnot pleased with the Congregational form, and others\\nwho could not adopt the liberal views of Dr. Dunbar s\\nsociety.\\nThe first house of worship was erected in 1825,\\nat Gordon s Corner, and was dedicated October\\n4th of the same year. This building was occupied\\nuntill839. In 1840 the present church edifice was\\nerected in the v illage.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1060.jp2"}, "899": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\nThe first pastor was Rev. Peter Holt, of Epping,\\nfrom March. 1826, to .March. 1835. The society was\\nwithout a pastor from 1837 to 1840. Rev. N. Pine\\nwas pastor from June 8, 1836, to January, 1837, and\\nRev. J. Barrett supplied till February, 1839; J. R.\\nFrench was installed March IS. 1840, ami remained\\nuntil 1847; Henry .1. Lamb was pastor from July 14,\\nL847, to December, L852.\\nDuring the year ISM, much dissatisfaction i-xi-.tin.tr\\nwith the preaching of Mr. Lamb, a number of the mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Church, by the decision of\\nthe Presbytery of Lond lerry, were recommended\\nto different churches in the vicinity. In 1853 the same\\npersons, with others, were, by advice of council, or-\\nganized into a Congregational Church, whose officers\\nwere Nathaniel II. Mo., re. Joel Fay and Andrew A.\\nFarnsworth. April 21, 1858, the Congregational\\nand Presbyterian Churches, by mutual consent, and\\nadvice of a reference committee tor both parties, were\\norganized into a church to be known by the name of\\nthe Union Evangelical Church.\\nRev. George Dustan was ordained pastor of this\\nchurch in October, 1859, and remained its efficient\\npastor more than a quarter of a century. He was\\nsucceeded February 26, 1885, by the present pastor,\\nRev. Austin II. Ball.\\nIn I860 tlie church edifice was repaired and en-\\nlarged at a cost of about three thousand dollars, and\\nin 1873 a neat and commodious chapel was erected\\ncosting nearly two thousand dollars.\\nMethodist Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Methodist services were first\\nheld in this town by Rev. Z. Adams, in 1819. The\\nchurch was organized in October, 1824. The first\\nclass consisted of Adam and Phebe Penniman, John\\nShearer, Jean White, Elizabeth and Fanny Gregg.\\nThe society worshiped in school-houses, private\\ndwellings and the town-house until 1840. September\\n16th of that year their first house of worship was\\ndedicated.\\nThe following is a list of the pastors to the present\\ntime\\nI h i I I .l.ilm ,I,kk-s\\n1830-40, J. C. Cromack; 1840-tl, B. D. Brewster 1841-42, 0. H. Chase\\n1842-14, JamesAdams; 1844 45, Moses A Howe 1846 16, Elijah Mason\\n1846-47, Franklin Furber 1847-49, RufuaTilton 1-1 -I Ibl fee;\\nI- i a, I li I I I. M I m 1854 I. in\\nball Hadley; 1855-57, William H.Jones 1857-59,] nville i Mil!\\n1859-60, George S I;., mm, 1860-62, B I Danfortb 1862-64, S. I. East-\\nman 1864^65, in- ph Fawcetl i Drap 1867-68, Silas\\ni I Hamblet 1871-72, S lei Deedle 1872-73,\\nSamuel L. Better; 1873, Mi irtF.Baxtei 1 -T... I II Hillman; 1S77-7S,\\nE. P. F. Dearborn 1878-9, J. I,. Harrison; 1879-80, Mi Presbj 1880-81,\\nMr. Windsor; ls.M-sj, v.,.;tin I--- .1 V Iiniv, I\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBaptist Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Baptist Church was organ-\\nized December 19, 1822. Jonathan Faxon was the\\nfirst deacon and Moses Dodge the first clerk. Elder\\nJohn Cummings, who organized the church, supplied\\nthem with preaching for several years. The first\\nregular pastor was Rev. Asa Niles, who remained\\nduring 1825-26. The following have been his suc-\\nRevs. John Peacock (supply i, .l..m-. l-ln-l; i m i l-t-\\nB i- I, 1861 -67 o Vyer, 1871-74; i F. Myers, 1875;\\nRev, David Gage, from November, 1880, to Maj I, 1881 Rev. Id\\nHerring, from Maj I, ISM, tu .luniwry, ls W it..\\\\ Kdward Greene,\\nli i.iu I i re 1 1 I. ISM1, lu May I. tSSl, shun wliirli 111. -iv hi- l\u00e2\u0080\u009e i a\\nThe first church edifice was erected in 1822 on\\nHigh Sheet, and was enlarged in 1834. The pres\\nem house of worship, on Main Street. \u00c2\u00abas completed\\nin lsti and dedicated in the summer of that year.\\nSt. Peter s Roman Catholic Church. Prior to\\n1874 Mass was said in this town by priests from\\nNashua and Keene. In that year, however, Rev. P.\\nHolahan located in the town as pastor, and remained\\nuntil 1876, when be was succeeded l the present\\npastor. Rev. Edmund Buckle. The church edifice\\nwas dedicated May 14, 1876. It was erected at a\\ncost of about five thousand dollars.\\n(HA PTER IV.\\nPETERBOROUGH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nMi li M Hi-I M 1 in v Tlio Iliuh S. It.-ol First Na-\\ntumal Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Savings-Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Pres Masonic\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I. ol 1\\nTi n-J 1. nisi Manilla ttui I ust-i Hlki-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Population.\\nMedical History. 1 Dr. John Young was the first\\nphysician who practiced in Peterborough. His early\\nhistory and life is but little known. He was horn in\\nWorcester, Mass., June 2, 1739, and studied his pro-\\nfession with Dr. Green, of that town. He was con-\\nsidered one of the best read men of his day. and the\\ncommunity held him in very high esteem for his\\nmedical knowledge and skill.\\nHe came to Peterborough about 17 i4. He there\\nsustained the reputation of being one of the best\\nphysicians of his day, and was extensively employed\\nin all this and the surrounding community.\\nAlthough Dr. Young continued in a full practice,\\nbe became very r. probablj from two causes, one\\nbeing the small fee and slow pay which he was com-\\npelled to accept in the then new country, ami much\\nof that must come in the way of farm produce, as\\nthere was not much money in the community; the\\nother being the habit of intemperance, which be-\\ncame strong with him. in consequence of which be\\nwas obliged to ask help from the town in bis latter\\nyears. He bad two wives and ten children. Hedied\\nof a cancer of the face, after a long illness, February\\n^7, 1807, aged sixty-eighl years.\\nHi;. Kendall Osgood came to Peterborough in\\n1788. He was a well-educated gentleman, hut was\\nin. i successful in his profession. The history of the\\ntown speaks of him as being a man of considerable\\nmeans, acquired while acting as surgeon in a pri-\\nvateer during the last partof the Revolutionary War;\\nI. at lii- great pomp and show in dress, etc., led the\\nlily .Ic.lm II. rutin. VI.:", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1061.jp2"}, "900": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngood people, clad in their coarae, home-spun material,\\nto soon tire of him. He died August 19, 1801, aged\\nforty-five ears.\\nDr. Jonathan White, sou of John White, Sr., was\\neducated as a physicion. Jle studied with Dr. John\\nYoung, and completed his studies in Boston. The\\nblight of intemperance rested on his early career, and\\nclosed his professional life almost as soon as begun.\\nHe died miserable and degraded at Carlisle, Pa.,\\nhaving enlisted as a common soldier in the War of\\n1S12.\\nHi:. David Smiley was born in Haverill, Mass.,\\nApril 10, 1760, and came to Peterborough in 17s2.\\nHe married Miss Rachael Johnson, of this town. In\\n1793 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Stephen\\nJewett, of Eindge, and his practice commenced\\nalmost simultaneously with his studies. Though not\\nfully educated, his practice extended over a large\\ncountry, and he enjoyed the confidence of the best\\nfamilies. lie retired from practice when the infirm-\\nities of age compelled him to, and died October\\n1855, aged ninety-live years and six months.\\nDr. Thomas H. Blood came to Peterborough\\nsome time previous to 1798, and left town about 1801,\\nand removed to Massachusetts, where he was State\\nSenator and brigadier-general in the State militia.\\nDr. John Mussey came to town in 1800. He\\nnever practiced much, though a regularly educated\\nman. He died January 17, 1831, aged eighty-five\\nyears and four months.\\nDr. Thomas Peabody is remembered by the\\nelder people as a Tramp Doctor, with a secret\\nremedy which he called bis Arcanum, supposed\\nto be a preparation of antimony. With In- secret\\nremedy he dispensed his skill equally to man and\\nbeast. Hi died in Greenfield November 6, 1822,\\naged fifty-seven years.\\nDr. Willis Johnson was born in Sturbridge, Mass.,\\nDecember 21, 1786, and came to town in 1808, and\\nremained till 1814, when he removed to Mason, and\\ndied in 1X50, aged seventy-three years. He always\\nenjoyed the confidence of the community.\\nDR. JOHS STARE graduated from Harvard Col-\\nlege in 1804, and came to town in 1808 or 1809, and\\nremoved to Northwood in 1814, where he died Sep-\\ntember 8, lx. il, aged sixty-seven years.\\nDr. David Carter came to town in 1x12, from\\nMarlborough, and removed to Dublin in 182b, where\\nbe died in January, 1828.\\nDr. Jabez B. Priest came to town in 1816. He\\nmarried Fanny Moore, April 4, 1820, and died August\\n17. 1826, of epidemic dysentery, survived bj his\\nwidow and two children. He attained a large prac-\\ntice and was quite successful as a physician, his\\nbusiness extending over a large country.\\nDr. Samuel Richardson came to town in 1820.\\nand was in active practice till he removed to Water-\\ntown, Mass., in 1838. He was a successful physician.\\nDr. William Follixsisee was born in Frances-\\ntown December 12, 1800, and received his degree\\nfrom Dartmouth College in 1825. He came to Peter-\\nborough in 1826, and succeeded Dr. Jabez B. Priest in\\nhis practice. He was twice married, first, to Hannah\\n.1. Follinsbee, second, to Rachel P. Moore. He\\nwas a man of influential standing and wealth, was\\npresident of the Peterborough Savings-Bank at his\\ndeath and was sent to the. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2state Legislature in 1X42-\\n4:i. He was endowed with tine practical ability and\\nenjoyed a large patronage until his death, which oc-\\ncurred May 30, 1867, of heart-disease, aged sixty-six\\nyears.\\nDr. Richard Stelle received his A.M. and M.D.\\ndegrees from Dartmouth College, began practice in\\n1826; not succeeding, left town and died at Durham,\\n1870, aged seventy-three years.\\nAlbert Smith, M.D., LL.D., was born in\\nPeterborough June IX. 1801, and received his A.M.\\nfrom Dartmouth College in 1825, his M.D. in\\n1833 and LL.D. in 1870; also an honorary M.D. from\\nRush Medical College, Chicago, 111., in 1875. He\\ncommenced practice in town in 1838, and married\\nMiss Fidelia Stearns, of Jaftrey, February 2b. 1828,\\nwho survived him. He held the position of profes-\\nsor of materia medica and therapeutics in the\\nDartmouth Medical College from 1X40 to 1870, and\\nthe same at the Vermont Medical College, Castleton,\\nlor the term of 1857, and at the Bowdoin Medical\\nCollege, Maine, ill 1859. He was always an active\\nmember of the New Hampshire Medical Society, and\\nwas an honorary member of the New York .Medical\\nSociety. He continued in practice until his death, in\\nFebruary, 1878, aged seventy-six years and eight\\nmonths.\\nDaniel B. Cutter, M.D., was bom in Jatfrey\\nMay in. 1808. He graduated A.M. from Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1838, and M.D. from Yale College iii 1835,\\nand commenced practice in town in 1837. Delias\\nbeen twice married, first, to Miss Clementine Parker,\\nof Jalfrey; second, to Mrs. Tryphena T. Richardson,\\nof this town, lie has been for many Years on the\\nBoard of Education, and also intimately connected\\nwith the Peterborough Savings-Bank was a member\\nof the State Legislature in 1852; he was made histor-\\nian of Jaffrey in 1872, and compiled and published\\nan excellent history and centennial report of his\\nnative town in 1881. lie has had an active andsuccess-\\nful practice, and has accumulated a competency, but\\nhas of late retired from active labor.\\nDr. Seavey and Dr. Chase, homceopathists, were\\nin town lor a short time, but no one remembers much\\nof them.\\nDr. George Greely came to town and re-\\nmained for a short time.\\nOliver L. Bradford, M.D., was bom in Frances-\\ntown, lie graduated from the Homoeopathic Medical\\nCollege at leveland, Ohio, and came to town in 1861.\\nHe attained a. large practice, but removed to Ando-\\nver, .Mass., in 1867. He is a bachelor.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1062.jp2"}, "901": {"fulltext": "PKTKKIIUKOUGH.\\niii;5\\nJohn Hurd, M.D., came to Peterborough from\\nEtindge in 1860, and after remaining in town foi six\\nor eight months removed to Hillsborough. He was\\na man of good ability.\\nLev] Dodge, M.D., was born in Francestown\\nJanuary, 1819,and graduated from the Homoeopathic\\nMedical College of New York City in 1865, and came\\nto this town in 1867, where he practiced until 1873,\\nwhen In- removed to Fall River, Mass., and practiced\\nuntil his death, January 15, 1881, aged sixty-two years.\\nHe was a man of education, character and sterling\\nability, and attained a good practice.\\nW illarh D. Chase, M.D., was born in Claremont\\nDecember 4, 1836, and graduated from Harvard Col-\\nlege in 1866. He settled in Greenfield, but removed\\nto Peterborough in tin spring of 1868, where he\\nenjoys an appreciative patronage. He married,\\nDecember 30, 1869, Miss Josephine L. Clark, of Wil-\\nton. II.- is connected with the Peterborough Savings-\\nBank; has been a member of the Board of Education\\nand Public Library committee. He is an active mem-\\nber of the New Hampshire Medical .Society.\\nMahv Ann Theresa Kimball, M.D., was bom in\\nNew Ipswich August 31, 1827, and removed, with her\\nparents, to town in 1830. She graduated from the\\nBoston University in 1870, and immediately com-\\nmenced practice in town where she died, June 20,\\n1882, aged Sfty-four years and nine months; un-\\nmarried. She was a strong and consistent advocate\\nof homoeopathy, ami practiced it without deviation.\\nCHARLKS F. OBER, M.D., was born in Nashua\\nMarch 2, 1848. He graduated A. 15. from Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1873. He married Miss Jennie E. Fitield,\\nof Milford, in June, 1875. He followed teaching in\\nNew York until 1876, when he commenced tin study\\nof medicine, and graduated M.D. from the University\\nMedical College in 1879, and immediately commenced\\npractice in Lowell, Mass., where In- received the ap-\\npointment of attending physician to St. John s\\nHospital, ami also a membership on the staff of the\\nCity Dispensary. He was elected Fellow of the\\nMassachusetts Medical Society in 1880, and came to\\nthis town in November, 1881, where he now resides.\\nJohn H. Mayo, M.D., was bom in M (town,\\nWashington County, Vt., May 18, 1857. He was edu-\\ncated at the State Normal School, Randolph, and\\nfollowed teaching until he commenced the study of\\nIn- profession, and graduated from the Hahnemann\\nMedical College, Chicago, 111., February. 1882, and\\ncame to town in July, 1882, where he now enjoys an\\nappreciative patronage. He married Miss Alice M.\\nGould, of Northfield, t\u00e2\u0080\u009e June 21, 1883.\\nJohn Harrison Cutler, M.D. 1 The Cutler family\\nis of English origin, and was represented in this\\ncountry in the early part of the sixteenth century.\\nThere is a tradition in the family, and English rec-\\nords, if they do not confirm, rather favor the posi-\\ntion,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that Sir iervase Cutler, who married a daughter\\nof the I Mike of Bridgewater, was the ancestor of the\\nCutlers who came to America, and from the records\\nwe feel assured that as early as li;:;.~ James Cutler\\nwas in Watertown, Mass., and was an original\\ngrantee of land in the northerly part of the town, on\\nthe road to Belmont, and in 1649, James Cutler and\\nNathaniel Bowman purchased i Edward Goffe two\\nhundred acres of laud in Cambridge, near the\\nWatertown line, and in 1651 he sold bis share to Bow-\\nman for thirty-nine pounds. It is probable that Cut-\\nler and, perhaps, Bowman moved from Watertown\\nabout this time. Cutler settled at Cambridge I um-\\nnear the 1 !cil ford line a part of this farm was owned till\\nrecently by the widow of John and heirs of Leonard\\nCutler. This house must have been one of the first\\nerected in the precinct.\\nlie was born about 1606, and probably married\\nbefore he came to this country. His wife, Anna,\\ndied, and was buried September 30, lb44, and he\\nmarried, second, March 9, 1645, .Mary King, widow\\nof Thomas King, of Watertown, who died December\\n7, 1654.\\nHe married, third, 1 liebe Page, daughter of John,\\nabout 1662. He died May 17, 1694, aged eighty-eight\\nyears. He had thirteen children, of whom James was\\nin t be di i eei ;nii estral line.\\nJ, inns Cutler (2i, nt Cambridge Farms, was born\\nNovember li, 1635, and married, June 15, 1665, Mrs.\\nLydia Wright, of Sudbury. He died July:;], 1685,\\naged fifty years. He had seven children, of whom\\nThomas was in the direct line.\\nThomti.x Culler was born December 1 lb77, and\\nmarried Sarah Stone, daughter of Samuel and Dorcas\\nStone. He was constable in 1719 and selectman\\nin I7l 31, 33 and 34. He bad eight children, of\\nwhom David was in the direct line.\\nI ,i r 1,1 I ,,11, i t was bom August 2(1, 1 7U. and mar-\\nried Miss Mary Tidd, daughter of Joseph and Mary\\nTidd. They were admitted to the church April 14.\\n172S. They resided on the old homestead, near the\\nBedford line. He was constable in 1746 and select man\\nin 1749, 50 and 51. His will, dated September 13,\\n17~ 8, ami proved February 9, 1761, mentions wife.\\n.Mary, sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David, to whom he gave the farm in\\nWeston (now Warren), on which he then lived; Joseph,\\nto whom he gave the place in Weston on which he\\nthen resided; Solomon, to whom he gave tin somb-\\nerly part of the homestead; and Thomas, to whom he\\ngave the rest of the home farm; and daughters,\\nAbigail Hodgman and Mary Page.\\nHe was a man of g 1 property, bis inventory of\\npersonal property beinu C\\\\l Hemadeample\\nprovisions for bis widow, providing thai Solomon\\nand Thomas should supply her with a horse, two\\ncows, and furnish- her annually with twelve bushels\\nof corn, four of rye, one bushel of malt, sixty pounds\\nof beef, one bundled and twenty pounds of pork,\\nthree barrels of cider and ten cords of wood, cut up", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1063.jp2"}, "902": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nand tit for fire. He died December 5, 1760, of\\nsmall-pox, aged fifty-five years. She died May 25,\\nL797, aged ninety-three years. Thej had eight chil-\\ndren, of whom Solomon, the sixth child, was in the\\ndirect line.\\nCutler 5), was born in Lexington, May 10,\\n17 1 i Ma 15th, as stated by 1 \u00c2\u00bbrs. Bond and Hud-\\nson i.\\nHe married, December 2i, 1761, Rebecca Page, of\\nBedford. Tin removed to Rindge, N. il., probably\\nin 1771, and were admitted to the church by letter\\nfrom the church in Lexington March 21, 1772. Cap-\\ntain Cutler lived many years as a farmer and inn-\\nholder about one-half mile from Rindge Centre, cm\\nthe Fitzwilliam turnpike, on tin- farm subsequently\\noccupied by Dr. Thomas .lewett. lie as styled\\nlieutenant in 177- and captain in 1777 and subse-\\nquently, on account of commissions held in the home\\norganizations. In 1777 he was a member of Captain\\nstun. company, which marched in response t an\\nalarm at Ticonderoga. lie was selectman in 1770,\\n77 and 83. His wife, the mother of eight children,\\ndied October 18, 1782, and he married, sec 1, Hep-\\nsebeth Hush, of Stirling, .Mass.. by whom he had two\\nchildren.\\ntier (6), the oldest son of Captain Solomon.\\nwho was in the direct ancestral line, was horn Sep-\\ntember 20, 1762, and married, December 29, 1785,\\nElizabeth Carlton, daughtei of James and Elizabeth\\n(Sherwin) Carlton, lie always resided in Rindge.\\nHe was a tanner ami held the offices of constable and\\nsexton for many years. Many of hi- quaint, original\\nsayings arc not forgotten by the aged, who remember\\nhim. He died A m; ust i. ls::s, ;igod seventy-six. and\\nhis willow died February 14. 1859, aged ninety-three.\\nHe was the father of nine children, id whom\\nthe tilth son, was in the direct line.\\nharles t ml, r(7), was born Xo\\\\ ember i .s, IT .itl, and\\nmarried. October 18, 1831, Melinda Wright, daughter\\nof Abel and Zilpha (Rice) Wright, of Ashby, Mass.\\nShe was born July 22. 1805, and died August 9, is 47.\\nhaving been the mother of three sons and four\\ndaughters, five of whom (two sons and three daugh-\\nters) survived her. He married, second, -March 5,\\nL848, Esther Whitcomb, of Saxton s River, Vt.. who\\nis the mother of one son, Virgil M., with whom she\\nnow resides in Cambridge, .Mass.\\nCaptain Cutler was a farmer, and always resided on\\nthe Captain Asa Sherwin place, in the north part\\nof the town (Rindge\\nHe died February 15, 1864, leaving threi sons and\\nthree daughters, the second of whom, John Harrison\\nis the subject of this sketi h.\\nJh/di (8) was born in Rindge.\\nCheshire County, 11.. February 16, 1834, and\\nafter receiving a liberal academical education, he\\ncommenced his professional studies under the direc-\\ntions of Dr. O. II. Bradley, of East Jaflfrey, N. H., and\\ngraduated from the University of Vermont in 1861,\\nhaving been indebted to his own industry for the\\nmeans which enabled him to pursue his studies.\\nAlter a brief practice in Greenville, N. H., he was\\nappointed assistant surgeon in the army, and remained\\nin the service until the close of the war, when he\\nlocated in Peterborough, where he has continually\\nenjoyed a liberal and appreciative patronage.\\nI .e.-ides hi- professional labors. Dr. Cutler has always\\ntaken an active interest in public affairs. As early as\\n1N72 he became interested in the State militia, and\\nheld a commission as major-surgeon from that time\\nuntil the organization of the National Guards, in is;;,\\nat which time he received a like commission in the\\nSecond Regiment New Hampshire National Guards,\\nand held it in active duty until he resigned, in lssi.\\nHe has for several years been an active member\\nof the Peterborough Public Library committee,\\nmaking, with his associates, important improvements\\nin its entire system and valuable acquisitions to its\\nliterary standing. He has held the position of presi-\\ndent of Contoocook Valley Savings-Bank since its\\norganization, and for several years past has been a\\ndirector in the Monadnock National Hank, at East\\nJaffrey.\\nAt the organization of the Peterborough Improve-\\nment Company in .Tune, 1884, he was made its\\ntreasurer, and has held the office since. He also\\nholds the position of secretary and treasurer of the\\nMonadnock Railroad Company, whose office is at\\nPeterborough.\\nHe was elected a member of the State Legislature\\nfor 1883 and bs.S-l, and took an active part in its\\ntransactions. He is also an active member of the\\nNew Hampshire Medical Society. Professionally, as\\nwell as in business transactions, Dr. Cutler is an in-\\ndependent actor, never hesitating to assume any legit-\\nimate responsibility which may result in good; this,\\nwith the good judgment and cautious deliberation\\nalways at his e mand, coupled with his acute pro-\\nfessional ability and generous sympathies in the sick-\\nroom and at the surgical table, renders him a success\\nin all of his associations.\\nIn society associations he attends the Congrega-\\ntional Church, but possesses liberal views. IF is a\\nmember of Altemonl Lodge, and an officer in Peter-\\nborough Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, and also a\\ncomrade (surgeon) in Aaron F. Stevens Post, No. 6,\\nG. A. li.. and a Fellow of the Webster Histori-\\ncal Society, while his skill in horticulture and\\npomology has given him an early membership with\\nthe Patrons of Husbandry.\\nHe was married, .Tuned, 1865, while in the army.\\nat Dale Fniied States Oeneral Hospital, to Miss\\nMartha Louise, daughter of Samuel and Hannah\\n(Shedd) Ryan, of Jaffrey.\\nShe was born November 30, 1845, and is the fourth\\ngeneration, paternally, from Daniel Ryan, M.D., who\\ncame from Ireland a- surgeon of a vessel about 17o(),\\nand settled in Tewksburv. Mass. His son. Samuel", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1064.jp2"}, "903": {"fulltext": "JoC^^t^k^", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1067.jp2"}, "904": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1068.jp2"}, "905": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\n667\\nRyan, M.D., came to Sharon, X. II.. in 1790, and his\\nson Samuel Ryan was a farmer and dealer in lumber,\\nand owner of the famous Ryan Strain Mills. He was\\na leading man in town, holding all of its important\\noffices. In 1854 lie removed to Jaffrey, and became\\nprominent as a leading citizen. He was several years\\na selectman, and represented the town in the State j\\nLegislature in 1863-64. He was also for many years,\\nuntil his death (Maj 5, 1876), a director in the Mon-\\nadnock National Hank. Mrs. Ryan was a daughter\\nof George Shedd, Esq., of Peterborough, and is still\\na resident of Jaffrey.\\nThey have had five children, all of whom are\\nliving,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Ryan, horn April 29, 1866, a gradu-\\nate from the Peterborough High School, and now\\nat Cushing Acad. any. Ashburnham, Mass.; Charles\\nHenry, born September 9, 1867, and lastella Melinda,\\nhorn November 21, 1869, both in Peterborough High\\nSchool; Martha Evangeline, born October 20, 1875;\\nAm. Louise, horn August 22, 1 s?7.\\nThe following is a list of the natives and inhabi-\\ntants of Peterborough who became physicians and\\nsettle! elsewhere\\nReuben D. Mussey, M.D., LL.D., was horn in\\nPelham June 2:;. 1780, and removed to Peterborough,\\nwith his parents, in 1800. Graduated A.M. from\\nDartmouth College in 1803, and Bachelor in Medi-\\ncine in 1805, having been indebted to his own in-\\ndustry for the means which enabled him to continue\\nIns studies, lie practiced for some time in Salem,\\nMass., where he distinguished himself for his scientific\\nattainments as well as skill as a physician and\\nsurgeon. Leaving Salem, he pursued his studies in\\nPhiladelphia, and proved in one of his several experi-\\nments, conclush civ, the theory of absorption by the\\nskin, in direct opposition to a former theory of the\\ncelebrated Dr. Rush, which was the subject of his\\ntheais at his second graduation at Philadelphia.\\nIn 1814 he was appointed to the chair- of theory\\nand practice and obstetrics at Dartmouth lollege, and\\nfrom that time to 1837 he filled all of the professor-\\nships in the Medical Department of the institution,\\nin addition to all of the important surgical practice\\nin that region, lie also during that time Blled the\\nchairs of anatomy and surgery for four years tit\\nBowdoin College, -Maine, and the chair of surgery at\\nthe Medical College of Fairfield. X. Y\u00e2\u0080\u009e in 1837. In\\n1838 he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and by invi-\\ntation took the leading part in the Ohio Medical Col-\\nlege, there located, for the next fourteen years.\\nHe then founded the Miami Medical College, and\\nlabored assiduously in its behalf for six years, when\\nhe retired from active profes.-innal life, though still\\nretaining till of his ardor for his chosen profession.\\nHe now in 18AS removed to Boston and spent the\\nremainder of his days in the family of his daughter.\\nwhere he wrote the work entitled Health Its\\nFriends audits Foes. As an operative and scien-\\n43\\ntific surgeon he attained a national reputation, having\\nperformed all of the capital operations iii surgery.\\nHe operated forty-nine times for lithotomy, w ith only\\nfour fatal results for strangulated hernia, forty\\ntimes, with but eight fatalities. He was the first sur-\\ngeon who ligated both carotid arteries at once in\\nthe same person with entire success, which opera-\\ntion gave him great ielat both at home and abroad.\\nHe visited Europe twice for the purpose of profes-\\nsional and scientific improvement. Is an operator\\nhe was bold and fearless; as a teacher, impressive\\nand earnest, ami always beloved by bis students.\\nHe married, first, Miss Mary Sewell, of Ipswich,\\nMass., who survived the marriage only six months;\\nsecond, Miss Hitty -_ I. of Salem, Mass., who died\\nMay 14, 1866.\\nHe died from the infirmities of age, June 21, 1866,\\naged eighty-six years.\\nDE. I REDEEICK A. MILLER was born in Peter-\\nborough July 15, 1789; he studied with i r. Starr, of\\nthis town, and Howe, of Jaffrey, and attended medical\\nlectures at Dartmouth College, and died at Manches-\\nter, July 28, 1869, aged eighty years.\\nDr. David Mitchell was bom in Peterborough\\nMay 31, 1782. He studied medicine with Dr. Howe,\\nof Jaffrey, and attended lectures at Dartmouth ollege.\\nLived at Bradford, and died January 21, 1821 aged\\nthirty-nine years.\\nJesse Smith, M.D.. was born in Peterborough and\\ngraduated A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1814,\\nand M.D. from Harvard College in 1819. He\\nwas appointed professor of anatomy at Dartmouth\\nMedical College in 1820, and soon after he accepted\\ni ships of anatomy and surgery in the Ohio\\nMedical College, at Cincinnati, which he retained\\nuntil his death. He became eminent as\\nHe was an independent thinker, with an indomitable\\nwill that overcame till obstacles, and his wide profes-\\nsional culture rendered him an interesting .and in-\\nstructive lecturer. He married Eliza Bailey, of\\nharlestowii, who survived him. He died of cholera\\nin July, Is::. aged forty years, after fourteen I\\nsickness, a victim to his prole-si. ma I zeal during the\\nprevalence oJ I he disease in that city.\\nWilliam Little, M.D., was born in Shirley,\\nMass., October 20, 1753, and came to Peterborough\\nwith his parents in 1764, and studied medicine with\\nDr. Young. He settled in practice at Hillsborough\\nBridge, and was drowned in the I Ymtoocook River.\\nRobert Smith, M.D., was born in Peterborough.\\nHe practiced in various place-, and died in Addison,\\nYf.\\nWilliam II. Peabody, M.D., was born in\\nMe., and came to Peterborough with his parents in\\nyouth. He graduated from Dartmouth College in\\n1826, and commenced practice in Gorham, and died\\nthere March 2. 1843, aged forty-two years.\\nHieam J. Edes, M.D., was born in Peterborough\\nJuly 17, 1815 graduated from Hampden Sidney Col-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1069.jp2"}, "906": {"fulltext": "MISTiiliV HFLLSl .ulKinUI COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nlege, Virginia, in 1844. He settled in Missouri, but\\nduring the Kansas troubles removed to Cedar Rapids,\\nIowa, wlu iv lit now resides.\\nDavid Yoi sgman, M.D.. was born\\nborough August 26, 1817. He graduated from Dart-\\nmouth A.M. in 1839, and M.D. in 1846, and settled\\nin Winchester, Mass., where he practiced for ten\\nyear and then removed to Boston, where he is now\\nin active practice.\\nGeorge H. Ingalls, M.D., was bom in Peterbor-\\nough March 15, 1805, and graduated from Berkshire\\nMedical College in 1837, and located in Proctorsville,\\nVt., in 1838. His health failed in 1848\\nturned to his native town, where he died, of consump-\\ntion, May 26, 1849, aged forty-four years.\\nLuke Miller, M.D., was born in Peterborough\\nAugust 18, 1815, and graduated from Norwich Uni-\\nversity in 1841 and Woodstock Medical College in\\n1844. He represented the town in 1845 and 46;\\ncommenced practice in Troy, N. H., and afterwards\\nin Winchendon, Mass., where he acquired a reputation\\nHe removed to Chatfield, Minn., in 1857,\\nwhere he was s i engaged in a laborious practice, in\\nwhich surgery had a special prominence. He was\\nelected eight successive years from 1862 a Si nator to\\nthe Minnesota Legislature. He held appointments\\nunder the Governor during the War of the Rebellion;\\nwas on the hoard of trustees of the Asylum for the\\nInsane for several years after it was established, and\\nli;i also held important offices in the railroads of\\nHe now reside- in I.aneslioro Minn.,\\nwhere he enjoys an active practice.\\nJohn G. Parker, M.D., was bornin Peterborough\\nJuly 2,1818. lie graduated from Norwich University\\nin 1847 and Dartmouth Medical College in 1852;\\npracticed in Dublin twelve years, and removed to\\nWarner in 1865, where he died September 12, 1869,\\naged fifty-one years. He sustained a high reputa-\\ntion professionally and as a citizen.\\nE. Coolidge Richardson, M.D., was born in\\nPeterborough April 1*21. graduated from Harvard\\nCollege in 1842, and resides in Ware, Mass., in the\\npractice of his profession.\\nJames Morrison, M.D., was born in Peterbor-\\nough June 20, 1818 graduated A.M. from Harvard\\nCollege in I -i I and M.D. from the University of\\nMaryland in 1846. He was resident physician of the\\nBaltimore Infirmary until 1S50, when he removed to\\nSan Francisco, Cal.. where he practiced until 18o4,\\nwhen he spent two years in Europe in the study of\\nhis profession.\\nReturning to San Francisco in 1858, in addition\\nto an extensive practice, he assisted in thi\\ntion of the first medical school on the Pai\\nin which, for five years, he filled the chairs of theory\\nand practice of medicine and pathology. He was a\\ntrustee of the University of the Pacific and vice-\\npresident of the California Medical Society. He left\\nSan Francisco in 18ii7 and settled in Quincy, Mass.,\\nin 1869, where he was chosen president of I In- Nor-\\nfolk County Medical Society early in 1882, but died\\nMay 20th of the same ear. aged sixty-four years. The\\nposif to which he was elevated are the strongest\\nindications of his eminence. He was twice married,\\nin- sec wife surviving his death.\\nFrederick A. Smith, M.D., was born in Peter-\\nborough June 18, L830. He graduated A.M. from\\nDartmouth College in 1852 and M.D. in 1855. He\\nwas assistant at Blackwell s Island. X. Y., for one\\nyear, ami settled in Leominster. Mass., where he died\\n20, 1856, aged twenty-six years. He was\\nwell fitted in taste and education for his profession,\\nand gave promise of eminence. He married Miss\\nFrances Gregg, of Belleville, X. J., June 18,1856,\\nwho survived him.\\nEdward J. Cutter, M.D., was born in Peterbor-\\nough July 5, 1855; graduated from Harvard Col-\\nlege in ls;7, and resides in Boston.\\nLawyers. Jeremiah Smith, James Wilson, Ste-\\nphen 1 Steele, James Walker, Artemas L. Holmes,\\nDavid J. Clark, Edwa i.l S. Cutter, Charles G. Ihenej\\nGeorge A. Ramsdell, C. V. Dearborn, Albert S.Scott,\\nRile) I Hatch. Eugene Lewis, Ezra M. Smith.\\nFrank G. Clark. Daniel M White. R. B. Hatch.\\nPeterborough Academy was incorporated De-\\ncembet 28, 1836, ami in L837 a neat school-house,\\nforty-seven by thirty, was erected in the village on a\\nbeautiful and convenient site, presented by Genera]\\nJames Wilson for this purpose. The academy con-\\ntinued lor many years and finally declined.\\nThe High School was established in 1871, and was\\nopened in August. 1871, under the instruction of\\nThomas 1 Maryatt, graduate of Dartmouth College,\\n1871, with about fifty scholars. Nathaniel H.Mor-\\nrison, LL.D., of Baltimore, Md., presented the school\\nwith philosophical apparatus valued at about two\\nthousand dollars.\\nThe Peterborough State Bank, with a capital\\nof fifty thousand dollars, went into operation Janu-\\nary 1. L855; A. C. Cochran, president, ami Charles\\nG. chciny, cashier. Mr. Cheney resigned May lii,\\n1862, and William G.Livingston was elected to fill\\nthe aeancy.\\nI his bank closed its operations May 27, 1865, when\\nthe First National Bank of Peterborough was estab-\\nlished with a capita] of one hundred thousand dol-\\n1: rs. Che office of president Incoming vacant by the\\ndeath of A. C. Cochran, Esq., June 27, 1865, Fred-\\nerick Livingston was elected to fill the same, which\\noffice lie still holds. William J. Livingston resigned\\nas cashier August 1, 1867, and Albert S. Scotl was\\nelected in his place. Mr. Scott held the office till\\niil 24, 1871, when lie resig I. and was succeeded\\nby the present cashier. Charles 1 Richardson.\\nPeterborough Savings-Bank was incorporated\\nin 1 V I7. It \\\\\\\\a- organized in l.s.V.i hy the choice of\\nJohn H. Steele, William Follansbee, Timothy K.\\nAmes, Whitcomb French, James Scott. Albert Smith.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1070.jp2"}, "907": {"fulltext": "PETERBOROUGH.\\nDaniel B. Cutter, Samuel Nay. Abraham P. Morrison,\\nAbial Sawyer, Norton Hunt and Samuel Adams as a\\nboard of trustees.\\nJohn H. Steele was chosen president and George\\nA. Ramsdell secretarj and treasurer. January 12,\\n1863, John H. Steele resigned his position as presi-\\ndent and trustee, and William Follansbee was chosen\\npresident of the board. George A. Ramsdell resigned\\nas treasurer April 30, 1864, and Rile) B. Hatch was\\nelected to till the vacancy. The office of president\\nbecoming vacant by the death of Dr. William Fol-\\nlansbee, Dr. Albert Smith was elected to this office,\\nJuly 6, 1867, which office he still holds.\\nThe bank buildings of the Peterborough Savings-\\nBank were erected during the season of 1870, and the\\nfirst meeting for business was held in the new r ns\\nFebruary 20, 1871. R. B. Hatch resig 1 the office\\nof treasurer April 5, 1873, and Mortier F.Morrison\\nwas elected to till the vacancy. He entered upon the\\nduties of secretary and treasurer April 17, 1873, ami\\nstill holds the office.\\nThe Press. 1 Tin first newspaper in town was\\npublished by William P. John S. Dunbar, and\\ncommenced in the last part of 1829, which was called\\nthe Hillsborough Republican and New limn], shirr\\nClarion. It was edited by Rev. Elijah Dunbar. It\\nwas printed in the building near the bridge, on Main\\nStreet, afterwards known as Joel Frown s store. It\\nhad a short duration, for it closed April 29, 1831, with\\nthe ninth number of its second volume.\\nThe second paper, a little sheet in pamphlel form,\\ncalled the Peterborough Messenger, was published by\\nSamuel F. Brown in the summer of 1847, and discon-\\ntinued after about ten months.\\nThe first number of the Cbntoocook Transcript,\\npublished by Miller Scott (John R. Miller and\\nKendall C. Scott), was issued June 2, 1849, with four\\nhundred subscribers. It has been continued unin-\\nterruptedly to this time, the present proprietors hav-\\ning early changed the name to that of Tlie Peter-\\nborough Transcript, by which it is known.\\nDuring the first two years of its publication, for a\\nportion of the time, it was edited by Albert S. Scott,\\nEsq., ami they were also indebted for many valuable\\ncontributions to tin- students of Ban ard I\\nAt the expiration of two years, the subscription-\\nlist in the mean time having doubled, the paper passed\\ninto the hands of K. C. Scott. Elias Cheney was the\\nnext proprietor, who sold out to Charles Scott, and\\nby him it was again sold to K. C. Scott, and after\\nsome years passed into the hands of the present pro-\\nprietors, Famum Scott.\\nAltemont Lodge No. 26, F. and A. M.. was char-\\ntered June 14, 1815, in Dublin. It was subsequently\\nremoved to Peterborough. Its charter was surren-\\ndered in 1840, and restored in 1849. The lodge is\\nnow in a prosperous condition. There is alsoaRoyal\\n\\\\rel, Chapter in this town.\\nPeterborough Lodge, I. 0. of 0. F., was chartered\\nin February, 1846. There is also a Rebekah Degree\\nLodge here and an encampment.\\nTown-House. The first town-house was built in\\n1830, and the present one in I860. It is a neat and\\ncommodious building.\\nThe Manufactures of Peterborough have been\\nquite extensive from an earl) day. The Old or\\nBell was incorporated December 20, 1808. In ad-\\ndition to this, there were also the Eagle Factory,\\nSouth Factory. North Factory, Phoenix Factory and\\nUnion Factory. Woolen manufacture has also been\\ncarried on here. There are also other branches of\\nmanufacture which add to the importance of the\\nplace.\\nPost-Office. Fhe first post-otliee was established\\nOctober, 1795. The following is a list of the post-\\nmasters from that time to the present\\nSmith s History.\\nUnity Stcflr, app iiit I May 1 ls.vt.\\nHiss s. M. Gates, appointed Februai I. I S61.\\n.ImIih I;. Miller, appoint Aii .-uM IT, 1st,!.\\nw. lv lim i 1882, present incumbent.\\nPopulation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 17D0, Mil 1800,1333; 1810,1537\\n1820,1500; 1830,1983; 1840,2163; 1850,2222; L86I\\n2265; 1870, 222X; L880, 2207.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1071.jp2"}, "908": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF SHARON,\\nCHAPTER I.\\nOrigin\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incorporation\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Petitions\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Settlers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Town Clerks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Repre-\\nsentatives\u00e2\u0080\u0094Military Record\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Population,\\nTin: territory iii this town w:is formerly the wes-\\nterly portion of Peterborough Slip, and retained the\\nname after the east part was separated and incorpo-\\nrated into the town of Temple. By an act passed Feb-\\nruary (J, 1789, the inhabitants were invested with the\\nprivilege of levying and collecting taxes for there-\\npair of highways, and the laying out and building of\\nthe same; anil by an act passed .Tunc 19, 1789, they\\nwere authorized to levy and collect a tax of one penny\\nper aire annually, for the term of three years, for the\\npurpose of repairing roads and bridges. January 24,\\n1701, the town was incorporated by its present name.\\nPetition for Annexation to Peterborough: addressed\\nloth General Court, 1777. We the [nhahitance of\\nPeterborough Slip as Your Humble Petitioners do\\nBeg Leave to Aquant Your honors that wehave Voted\\nto be Anexed to Peterborough and Are Yerry Desirous\\nfor the Same for our Number 3 BeingSo Small that we\\nannul lie a town of our Selves Nor have Any towne\\nPrivilidges while we Are in this Situation and we\\nhumbly Pray that Your honors would take it into\\nconsideration and if it be Your Minds to Grant Us\\nour Petetion Which we Now Request of Your hon-\\nours let it be Don Soon as may be\\nAnd we Shall Ever praj\\nPeterborough Slip .May l 7 1 1777\\nJohn Taggart, Jn\u00c2\u00b0 Swan, Jon Taggart, J r John\\nSwan, .Inn Samii 1 Milliken, John Whitemore, Gil-\\nbert m cay, William Milliken, .lame- Milligen, John\\nm allaster, James M Nce. Benj Nutting, Josiah\\nCrosby, Sam 1 Gragg, Jn\u00c2\u00b0 Eliot, Andrew Conn.\\nPetition for 1,7 /iir,,,-j of :/i ni addressed to\\nthe General Court, L786.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The petition of the sub-\\nscribers in behalf of the Inhabitants of a place called\\nPeterborough-Slip in the County of Hillsborough in\\nsaid Slate humbly sheweth,\\nThatthesaid Inhabitants have lor many years\\nlaboured under great inconvcnieneies ,V diliieulties in\\nnot being vested with corporate powers\\nThat the said place called Peterborough Slip is\\nr,70\\nsurrounded by incorporated placet Peterborough on\\nthe north, Jaffrey on the west, Rindge New Ipswich\\non the South Temple on the east\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that it cannot\\nwith convenience be annexed to either of those\\nTowns\\nThat the number of Inhabitants in said place\\nnow Amounts to one hundred eighty, And the\\nnumber of Families to forty: That the said Place\\ncontains about seventy lots containing upon an aver-\\nage One hundred acres, is capable of making fifty\\ngood Farms or settlements That your Petitioners\\nare very desirous of enjoying, in common with their\\nfellow Citizens, the Blessings resulting from a Gospel\\nministry publick Schools good roads all the\\nother Benefits that flow from an organized V- well\\nregulated Society\u00e2\u0080\u0094 And your petitioners beg have to\\nobserve that should your Honours be pleased to en-\\ncorporate them, in their present situation, that most\\nof the difficulties v. embarrassments which they now\\nfeel, would still remain; that the only expedient\\nwhereby your Petitioners may be relieved, is, as they\\nhumbly conceive, that a small Piece betaken from\\neach t the Towns that join upon said Peterborough-\\nSlip on the north and west and be added thereto\\nYour Petitioners humbly conceive that if One mile\\nbe taken off the east end id Jaffrey one mile from\\nthe south end of Peterborough, as tar as they adjoin\\nupon said Peterborough Slip, that such an accession\\nwould make them competent for all the purposes of\\ncorporate Society, and in no degree injure the said\\nTowns of Jaffrey Peterborough\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Your petitioners\\nare led to conceive thus of the matter from these con-\\nsiderations; That the said Town of Jaffrey i- now\\nseven miles from west to east, A only live from North\\nto South; So that, when that part of said Jaffrey,\\nwhich it is the wish of your petitioners may be an-\\nnexed to them, shall be taken off, the remaining part\\nwill be large enough for a Township will better ac-\\ncommodate the Inhabitants than now.\\nThat as to the said Town of Peterborough your\\npetitioners beg leave to observe, thai a tract of land\\nunincorporated, called Society, lies adjoining to Said\\nPeterborough on the North\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that this Tract is also\\nsurrounded by incorporated places And may very", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1072.jp2"}, "909": {"fulltext": "SHARON.\\n671\\nconveniently. At least a part of it, be annexed to said\\nPeterborough, And will more than compensate for\\nthat part of Peterborough which may be Annexed to\\nsaid Peterborough-Slip\\nYour petitioners Therefore pray that your Hon-\\nours would be pleased to annex. One mile taken oil\\nthe east end of said Jaffrey, One mile taken off the\\nSouth end of said Peterborough, t the Trad of Land\\nnow called Peterborough-Slip, and incorporate the\\nwhole into a Township vested with all the privileges\\nof corporate Societies in this State and as in Duty\\nbound your Petitioners shall ever pray\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJohn m\u00c2\u00b0ALLASTER Committee\\nSam 1 oi: ujg of\\nSam 1 Millikex J Peterborough Slip.\\nThis petition\\nMi d and dismisses\\nPetition for Authority levy and collect Taxes the\\nrepair of Highways, 17x7.\\nThe petition of the Inhabitants of a place called\\nPeterborough-Slip, in -aid State,\\nHumbly sheweth,\\nThat your petitioners, by reason of their being\\nunincorporated, are subject to many inconveniences,\\namong which are, first, That they cannot lay out new\\nhigh- ways\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Second, That they 011101 tax Xon-resi-\\ndents lands, nor lands unimproved, to help make and\\nrepair highways And, Third, That they cannol com-\\npel! persons wdio are unwilling to labour on highways\\nto work on them at all: Wherefore, your petitioners\\npray that your Honors would enable, empower and\\nfully authorize them to lay out high-ways in said\\nPlace, where necessary to tax the Non-residents\\nlauds and lands unimproved, in said place, for the\\nmaking and repairing highways in said place And to\\ncompell the Inhabitants of said Place to make, mend\\nA: repair said high-ways\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in as full and ample a man-\\nner as the inhabitants of incorporated towns and\\nplaces in this State are by law authorized to act and\\ndo in such matters\\nAnd your Petitioners as in duty hound shall ever\\npray.\\nJune 25 1787.\\n.Ioiin Prenth i: for the Petitioners.\\nVoted unanimous not to let Peterborough Slip have\\nany part oil the east part of sv town. Voted to\\nChuse a 1 mitt f live men to Petision and Re-\\nmonstrate the General Court of this State thai the\\nPrayr of the Petision of Peterborough Slip he not\\nGranted hose M Laban Ainswortb Esq Roger\\nGilmore, Lieu Joseph Bates, Adonijah Howe, Co!\\nJed 11 Sanger\\nVoted that the Committee make a Draught and\\nLay the Same before the town at an adjournment of\\nthis meeting Voted to adjourn this meeting to Thurs-\\nday n, :24 of May instant at three O Clock afternoon\\nMay 24 17X7 the inhabitants of S 1 Jaffrey being\\nmeet acording to adjornment the Remonstrance\\nDraughted by the affore Said Committee being read\\nVoted to except the same. Voted that the remon-\\nstrance be Presented to the General Court of this\\nState\\nA true Coppy Attest\\nAdonijah Eowe, Toxon Clark of Jaffrey.\\nFirst Settlers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Among the firstsettlers wereCap-\\ntain William Taggart, Lieutenant McAlester, Samuel\\nMillican, Josiah Crosby, Thomas McXcc. Gilbert\\nMcCoy, Samuel Gragg, John Marshall, John Swan,\\nAbjar Spofford, David Moor, Adam Conn, John\\nWhitman, Reuben Law, John Taggart, Joseph Barnes,\\nJoseph Miller, John Duncan and James McNee.\\nThe foregoing petition was granted by an act pa;\\nFebruary 6, 1789.\\n-ed\\nRelative to Peterborough Slip, 17x7\\nJaffrey June\\n17X7\\nThis may certify that at a Legal meeting of the\\nFreeholders and other inhabitants of the town of\\nJaffrey (qualified by Law to vote in town meetings)\\nmeet on may the 10\u00e2\u0080\u009417x7 for the Porpos Si 1 ing\\nwhat the town would do in regrard of Peterborough\\nSlip haveing a mile off the east Tart of Jaffrey.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1701-96, Samuel Mill a 1 1\\n1708 i i Samuel\\nMillican 1804-7, William Tag\\ncan; 1809 n. Ben-\\nia. 1,111 Russell 1812, Asa Ban\\nRyan 1816-10, M-\\ni-ii, Bi n-\\nh \u00e2\u0080\u009e..\u00e2\u0080\u009ej| L842-4S Hath\\nm [84^\\nmas Mi Coj 1850-\\nNaj i\\nl,an Moore 1855-\\n58, James Taggart; L859-61,\\nsir, ii Bacon, Jr\\n1862-03, Fred. A.\\n,.ii 1 1 G8,Stephen II.\\nBacon 1800-70, Natl\\nin M v 1871-72,\\nII. li. Evans; 1873-84, Benjai\\nmi II Sanders.\\nREPRESENTATIVES.\\n1853-54^ William Livingston 1855 i7, Phineas II. Taggart 1858-59,\\nBeD [86o t i i i G3, Stephen A.\\nI i 1806-07, John B. Shedd; 1868,\\n.lulu, Kadlec 1869-70, Stephen II Bacon 1871-72, Nathan Moore;\\nl873,JohnA II. nil. 1874-75, Benjamin H. Sanders 1876, Derostos\\nI Emory; 1877, Henry E. Bond 1878, John A Hadlej I B\\nTaggart.\\nMilitary Record.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following enlisted from\\nSharon during the late. Rebellion\\ni Davis, OliverO Davis, RandallA. Davis, Luther Davis, Alfrfid\\nn v w,ii., i:,,,i William li Hardej Alfred C Taggart, Jack-\\nI, v j. Hadley, 1 i I B Hey, W illiam Milli, an,\\nI n in Henry B i rackson Taggart, War-\\nren Nicholas, Henrj Nicholas, Elishi ,111 rederi, k-\\nPopulation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The present population of the town\\nis two hundred and three. For information\\ning this town we are indebted to Mr. J. A. Hadley.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1073.jp2"}, "910": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF TEMPLE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nGeographical\u00e2\u0080\u0094 inoinnl .rant,.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I h. i^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Incorpora-\\ntion of Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Ton u-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I ir i..Ti !o, I rporation\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSecond Petition for Incorporation\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Documentary History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Various\\nPetitions\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lottery\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Inhabitants m 17*4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Columbian Library.\\nThe town of Temple lies on tin- southwestern part\\nof the county and is bounded as follows\\nNorth, by Pctei-hoi-outi li, Greenfield and Lyndebor-\\nough; east, by Lyndeborough and Wilton; south, by\\nMason and Now [pswich west, by Sharon and Pe-\\nterborough.\\nThis township embraced several traits of land\\ngranted to individuals by the government of Massa-\\nchusetts prior to 1740. The territory was granted by\\nthe Masonian proprietors in November, 1750, with\\nthe usual reservations. For some years it was called\\nPeter! iorou rh Slip, and included the present town of\\nSharon.\\nThe town was incorporated August l H, 1 7iiS, and\\nincluded one tier of lots on the west side of Wilton\\nand the easterly portion of what was formi I\\nas Peterborough Slip or Sliptown, and was named for\\nHon. John Temple. Ephraim Heald was authorized\\nto call the first town-meeting, which duty he per-\\nformed, and the meeting was held at the house of\\nZedekiah Drury, October 10, 1768.\\nA dispute concerning a strip of land between this\\ntown and New Ipswich resulted in favor of Temple.\\ni .v an act passed January 12, 1781, a trad of land\\ncontaining about four hundred acres, lying north of\\nthis town, called P.orland s farm, was annexed to\\nTemple.\\nJanuary 29, 1789, some territory was severed from\\nthe southest coiner nt lvtei liorouiih, and annexed to\\ntins town.\\nBy an act approved June 11, 1796, a considerable\\ntract of land was severed from Lyndeborough and\\nannexed to Temple.\\nPetition for Incorporation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a\\ncopy of the petition for the incorporation of the\\ntown\\nw the In!i ah, taut- rough-Slip, in S d prov-\\nince Humbly petetioti yum K\\\\, .11- m\\\\ an.l Honours That where as The\\nMu Had mi- ks Mountains Kuns a Tins- nir Tow ,,-liip. win. h i- Ilnj\\nI Roads, So That we Cannot Si ttle The public Wo i\\none side of tin- il- iiiinu-.- i ..11 [a- tl tlor sol oi ih \\\\l .u u\\nI h.il w. May F.c IiiY.ol, ,1 \\\\olli I ,n u\\nlid ro ih ioii ,n in i; I, to mi.- i;,. 1.11,11,0 ait peter-\\neast 1 rner, 11 west on s d Peterborough Line Tilit\\nin toaBeecb, Cre marked Being the Northwest Cornerof the Lott,\\nX Eleven, in the Eighth Hang,- it lot 01 s i p. lc horiuighslip, Then\\nRunning South llotwoo,, rho 1, nil, ,V Tnehctlrl.ots. on a l.moiiialko.l\\non Hi. pinnai I 1 Mounl line til it o,,mes to the Xmii.\\n1 1 1. o. -nil Kunningon the pinnacle of\\nn, o 11. rhxough the Lota Twelve in tin- Sixth and fifth Ranges,\\n01, a lane marked to a Spri S 1 -I wesl I on no\\ni oi Twelve in the Fourth Range, Still Runing on the pim\\nMountain, Through the Lots thirteen in the fourth Range and fourteen\\n4 fifteen in the Third Range, 01, a lino marked on the pinnacle of the\\nKnow n la I ll, Nam, of Molt. tt In I lioii Ifunin. W -t at\u00e2\u0080\u009e,nt fifteen\\nRods I- the wesl Lii I thi I it I Iftei 11 it thi ad Rang PhenI\\nboat Easl 1 N Ipswich North Line To the Southeast Corner of Sd\\n1- io igl Slip, -nil Runing Easl on wilton South Liu\\n1 1 1 o 1 Kline- Noiih itetween the Eighth Nineth Ranges\\nI I O I Too, of Lot- to I\\nSouth Ian., I I :..:,,:._ W -I on mil,,,. Ninth 1. 1 no a In I lOrOUgh\\nSlip Norl I 1 peterbi rotigh East Lino. Then Sunii\\n|io,o,l. a. 11 :h Kan 1.00 to u 10 south Fast Coiner first mentioned\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all So\\nno II blej pro, moo l.v oil- mi I I W ill i\\nno be 01., I up To Them By yol Lai\\n1 .,0 Sid, 1 .,11, l and known B The Nai I The Mo, I\\nSlip, and We ill l ut\\\\ l ,\u00e2\u0080\u009euni -hall tin [nay: A: C potoi l\u00e2\u0080\u009e n oiiol, -1\\n11 \\\\pol.l7os.\\ni in, i- Blood, 1\\nJOHH MaKSIIAI.\\n1 Colli;\\nThis petition, however, was not granted, and on\\nthe 101 li of tile following June a second petition was\\npresented, as follows\\nrth and I Com\\nW In n a- tin M.,;,., o\\npet i i oroughslip b Im] ra, ti able fol Roads bo that\\nn, oi in i toscttli the pul lii k worshi] t God soas to i,, l\\nii both sides oi the fountains no the Enl\\nthe East side of the Mountains Humbly pray your Excellency and\\nII,,,,,,,,, thai we may Hav, pal i oi thai no ,n,,\\\\\\nbe anexed to wilton from the penicle of the mountains a Gri\\n1 1,,,,, Hi- o i in the pot it ion laid before your Excellency arid II i,\\nlo in i (too the fourth .f tua\\\\ L;ot and we in dm\\ni io [768\\n/odolnah dun v. Thoiiia- inar-hall. Soth ,,bb, Jonathan Bl 1 Jul..\\nJoseph Heald. Jonathan Drury. VlbcSc won,,,. i,,i in i", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1074.jp2"}, "911": {"fulltext": "673\\nBenj Cutler,\\nHeald, Josiah Robim\\nEklad Spafford, Petti\\nGarshom Drury, tlio\\nEmery, Daniel Drury,\\ni Drurj Jun, r. .1 1 1 i i-i. herd s.-n, John\\nl; u- Riohnrils..n, Oliver\\n11 tynard, Stephen lobb,\\n1. I 1 Hi l nui .Inner, Nathan Drury,\\n1, st, ph. 11 parlin John Heald, Zei hariah\\nHam Brew, 1 .1 -lm. CM M.iiah Guold,\\nFoster, E/.rk i,l I.,l.\\\\ .hi. i-i-i-i *.mo Emory, Ebnezer\\nDrury Junr, Elea ei Cayloi n Fell! Pet 1 Felll John Brown, Jo-\\nWilliam I iiim -ii An-, i. Jonathan Avery, Benj\\n1 ph R.--1 llphrsnii Hi itM.\\nThis petition was granted, ami tin- town was incor-\\nporated, as mentioned above, Augusl 26, 1768.\\nDOI I MI.NTUIY HISTORY.\\nRelative to somt Vai i \\\\ddressed to tin Assembly, 01 Commit-\\ntee of Safely, 1776.\\nHaving providentially net with some Suspicious Circumstances in\\nthe Appearance and Behaviour of f men passing tin-,. this Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWe pursuednii P aratl\\n|\u00e2\u0080\u009e.ai-,-,l plain Hum their own Account that they had been\\n5, ,n from some part ol New S irk, by Committees in thai Quarter, to Ex-\\neter on suspicion at least of unfriendliness to y I m- of Annul, a\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and\\nthat they had been allow d a large Liberty ,.t Yard at Exeter, whieh they\\nimproved in attempting an eseape\u00e2\u0080\u0094 their Nam\u00e2\u0080\u0094 hi then own A- emit\\nare Stephen Hunt, Asa Drown, Jacob Mote, lli-h lb- Me, ,lo net\\npretend any of them to have ,]..ne aiiythin- for America, but only as ex-\\npressly Called upon lb., Ih.-i would ev use thouisolios from any direct\\nOpposition\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We have s.nl ,u down to bo ,li-]io.e,| ol a, the Hon^ Court\\nshiill tliink proper\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe expenresof Apprehending and Cnnvoyin- tln-m I thi- Town\\n-.,,1 -in ils particulars on a paper by itself\u00e2\u0080\u0094 amounting to\\nal sol, lie!-, Ill, Husband\\nRegiment I\\nIn, lm, Corn at 1 pet bushil en- 1-1\\nbushil 1 lb Hi: b\\nISO\\nDrm\\nme bushil ol 1:\\nbeing a sold\\nS, 1 1- Rig 11 a by mo\\nTemple May 27\u00e2\u0080\u00941779\\nMi i;i,\\nMrs. Unity als,, signed rei\\neipts\\nus follows:\\nJune lo, 17711, 1 bushel Corn\\nN,o. jo, i 2\\nReceived of Benj Cutter on,\\nbushile oi Corn at 3-\\nand Nine pound of Cash\\ni i:,_ .1 So], lie, in tl\\nTemple April 1\u00e2\u0080\u00941779\\nMrs. Eillsgrove also gavi\\nMay 177:i, bushel ,-1 1 lohl\\nof Ephrain\\n177C\\nSam 1 Howard a\\nDavih sriirmih Committee /o!\\nJohn I ll hi .if e rot\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 of\\nSam\u00c2\u00bb Websteb I Temple.\\nEfhraim Heald j\\nReceived of the Town of Temple by the Committee the sum ol\\nNinety Two Dollars in lull for enlisting into the Cntiii.-i.\\nsoldier in part of the Quota of the Town abovesaid ol the three Battal-\\nlions rai-ing in lie State of Newhamshil\\nTemple March 28, 1\\nTestis\\n1 John HiLLSGROVE.\\nSam fl 11-11 a.\\ni 01 i Ti mph bj Hie Committee the sum of Ninety\\nTwo Dollars in full lot enlistine into the Cm! mental -eivi, e as a soldier\\nthe three Battall\\nraising in the State of Newbaiup-lore.\\nTemple March 28, 1777 u\\nRe, ,1 of John Ciagin, nliver Heald and S,\\nReceivars for the Town ,,l Temple ..I the soldier i:.,b I\\naffix d to bur Names foi enlistment in y\u00c2\u00ab Continental\\nHub lm\\nJames Hutch\\nTemple April the\\n7\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Drury :50,\\nApril 9, 1777, Josiali Slmic si.-j.-n.-il a similar receipt\\nfor thirty pounds, and Benjamin Smith did the same\\nApril 7th of the- same year.\\nn Soldiers Wives.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r.ee i ,,f the S.-l ten of Temple tew bushel of 1,\\nI, i lln-band Elijah Alan-field being a -ol.liei n\\nRegiment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I say lb- by me\\nii Mansfield.\\nTemple Jan 4 177s\\nThen Received Ten dollars of An helaus Cuniming- one of the Com.\\n.lulyjc,\\nof Corn, bush, 1 of Rye, and\\nill cash, of dipt. Cr-honi loin Y\\nOliv, i Heald\\n63, 0, ash\\n.17, 0. continental money. J 1 v bushels Cot\\nbushel, I n bi.-ii 1- Rye at 1-8 prbush.\\nHeald\\ni of\\nIn,.\\n177- addressed to\\n!i I;, A apt (I, [Shore\\nih Reliel Of\\nit lu-\\nlots Weill on r.-piest to\\nll..\\nliken out or\\n1 It w\\ni.- before t\\nI in,| tor a man and\\nK I\\nng\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00a32-6-0\\nr Honours Ihul II\\nill,,] upon to\\n,-i a\\nd your petiti as in\\nu illiam Drury of Temple in\\nDn i ompani sheweth that hi\\nTii .,n,i iroga u the alarm in Jul\\nand that at harlest\\nbrook out of -bitliaiu Whit-- I\\nfound him, and that I paid for li\\nhois to Go afeter him and foi stn\\nW h.-refoi e your p. liH .it, i II\\nbe Kepai Ulli l -111, I 1 tW, p, ,1111,1\\nGo with iii- horse foi the defem\\nin, i, H, tl Shall I i\\nTemple Feb* 2n 1778\\nSworn to before Francis Blood, justice of the peace.\\nCapt. Robert Fletcher s Petition mid 1 On Council\\n1770.\\nThe petetion of Cap\u00c2\u00ab Robert Fletcher of Temple in th, Count} I\\nluiiebi, sheweth thatyoui pet net\\nC omman ded upanj in the volentear in Col\u00c2\u00b0 Eno, Hal,\\non the Island flloail Island in the Month of Annus! In-l lh.il II. mi\\nSpaulding of Stodard was in my Company the whole tim,\\nyour petitiOUel aoi. .1 a h t ol He Company to the Committee on Claims\\nataMusterRollandGave an abstract that I did not\\nlVe pound tWOShlllil\\npray c\\nMay appear\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Therefore your pet, holier\\nl,e Repaid to Me win ll\\nand your [leletiotier as in Duty Bound Sb\\nTemple March y -J- 1 1779\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.The II u:\\nPetitioner ii .nit in apt Fry- ..mi\\nmelsRidg the ll 1 \u00e2\u0080\u009ef Feb-- 1777 that h. inarched with the first Devii\\nthe first of April to Ticondaroga\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Discharged the duty of a Leiu\\na Continued th, re til Ap- 30 1778 when\\nl\u00e2\u0080\u009e Continue,! implications f ,y Family of their I", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1075.jp2"}, "912": {"fulltext": "074\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n1 Discharged Come bom, pi\\nSoi foiDepre-\\ntherefore j peteti i\\ns, ,,;_,,\\nI a tj Shall Ever|\\nTemple Febr 14\u00e2\u0080\u0094 178\\nThe committee reported in favor of allowing him\\nthe depreciation of Ins pay.\\nfar\\nB Hewesof Boston to the Honourable i ouncel and\\nol il- St. Ne* Hampshirefo. th. Fur-\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u009eo,,t..f clln-s Ma.\u00e2\u0080\u009e,la,t.. n mi, l\u00e2\u0080\u009e |,i,a in the Town ,,f\\nTemple in this State\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nY r l 111 I etiti.me. Prayplli thai he. n at so (ileal\\ngot the Manufactory i\u00e2\u0080\u009e ,\u00e2\u0080\u009e_\\nithout Pul.liok In. i,i L\u00e2\u0080\u009etteri ,mvj\\nHonej to biii s it to Perfection,\\nto Proci\\nI uMlieJ\\nLevi Peirce, Silas Bn\\nAbner Felt, Ezekiel\\n3. -.I Ju 1 I\\nnM. mi.. 1. 1. Gideon powers, Jacob Foster,\\ni Iburn, John Path I\\nI. -I -hn st..w.ll, Jnsiah Kisk, William\\nM Abraham I m- JohnCragin,\\nLowel, \\\\,\u00e2\u0080\u009el,..,v Lane, Jonas\\n1 l; Inieli, liani.-l Ileal. 1. Oliver Heald, Ephraim Co-\\nSl Al l H.dt. Joseph Ki.l.ler, .l,,|,\u00e2\u0080\u009e M Allaster James\\nMillike,,. W... Millik,,,,, .I......I, s.v.Mr. Jai M LS\\n.1 I.,. -v...\u00e2\u0080\u009e ..1, Miller, Nathan Boyn-\\n1 h Marshel, Reuben Law, Bob Potter, John Taggart, Benjamin\\ni U -I Ho, Jam\\nmiah Andrews, John Tagyait, ,;.rsl,,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e l\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009er.v, Pavi.1 s.\\n.lull. Nathan Whee^r.John Bnrnap, Saim Holt, Ezekiel Jewett, Francis\\nVaron Colman\\nSoldier i Certificate, 1784.\\nThese indrews is Father heir t,\\nAndrews a Minor late o1 Temple Deceas d\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who was a Soldierinthe\\nny\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hired bj S\u00c2\u00ab Town ol Tempi,\\ni ..mi\\nHaled IV\\nDei\\nAuthority\\n1781.\\nof the .1/..,,,,.,, tottery:\\nCourt, 17.-J\\nhumbly sheweth thai\\n1 M H Hewes o B monwealth ol\\nll 1 ,h era! I I ,i ,,,i State of STew-\\naMarch A D: 1781, i\\ntewes in setting y md caiTyin;\\nf I !tat i; la PP dnting i-mii p. 51\\nl i-i,a,i f their trust,\\niverthe thougl\\nappointed b,\\nII. in. k,\u00e2\u0080\u009e.V leije,.\\nts of\\nthe\\ni... .j..--, pi inting said\\nsllrl. .slims af in,,,,, as\\nol said lotterj and, fo\\nII,.\\nlubitan Iccounl to thi\\n.1 foi\\nE Brown of\\nF. Blood J Temple.\\nto m,i L7g5\\nHumbly Shewe Selectmen of Temple in the County of Hills-\\ns Town -Th bi\\nll 1 n pasl li\\\\ wl,i [livid.\\ni-rt rail K 12 and the Easl pari i all 1 1.. R,\\nSurcumstances of Towns that Nov\\nEasl Bigimenl we Suppose then laid befon the Hoi\\nwe beliveif they had it would Nol l,.u. i.i, i,,.- i...n,.\\nS| V Thal l! I N e\u00c2\u00ab 1, 1 Bason Wilton Temple\\nPeterborough Lyn.M,.,r..ue|, s n ll..,,... 1. a Peterboroughslip was\\nformerlj of the ttftli E, Iment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 That they pay \u00c2\u00a349\u00e2\u0080\u009415 ln.lt...\\nlve :l ;1 ill Appeal i.i last proportion\\nv Vl oi i- i. as i.\\\\ S vote m/i Binge Fitzwilliam\\nfatfrey Maril rough Dublin a Packersfleld pays but \u00c2\u00a332 13\u00e2\u0080\u0094 which ie\\ntbirdi i much, oi in other words we pay UT-is tii.i more to\\ni i i| mn half they paj -That we in\\nirSi tha then 1100 poles was return d in the\\n\\\\n.l that most of the Towns in the Easl Beg was Settl, I\\nI. Wilt. .ii M11-..1, v, i feara\\nNew-Hampshire\\n10 1783\\nTown ..I Ten\\n..i Twentj one years ol Age\\npole Tax Taken\\nSworn to before Franci\\nInhabitants in 1784.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Th,. follow\\nin 1784:\\nSamI Howabd\\nBE.N\\nBl 1. justice of the eace.\\n.iliz.iis\\nr Number-\\n\\\\n l thai there\\nwit) Ileal.\\nill-.,., Vbbot\\nllllot-\\nlules a hi. 1\\nis only ll. .mi. ..I,\\nren.w their Com\\nlition i,\\nTliatil, ev,\\nsidei oui Si\\nwe humbi} pray\\nExcellenci\\nv 1I..I,,,.\\nBig, (towi\\nNe\u00c2\u00ab [DSwich A\\n11 1 the\\n1 totheii foi\\nNumber 01 that\\nhe Divis\\nnent may bi\\nMale N,|| A V0il\\nHi.-, as\\nh. n\\n,.v bound shall p\\n27-1785.\\ns Stii l\\n.b Howrd, Ben,\\n.i Vento\\n..a- Gei-sl\\n1, Ezra\\nDrurv. Abrahan\\n1 hi, -in\\naleb in..-, i\\nrd, rge Conn\\nDavid 1 me-, Joshua To,\\nmi-. Tl m- M\\nrshall, Jonathan\\nMarsha\\nall i. Ban\\nroft, John Ball, J ,i Lovejoj\\nBenj an\\nv.th Ball,\\nNath Ball .1 A\\nLowel\\nJacob Lo\\n.11. .I..-.,!, Heal.\\nJ Benj. Cragin\\nKl.li.,1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2wet, Nath\\nIli.d Jewel. Willi.\\nJewet, Oliver Whiting,\\nJohn Andrews.\\ni\\nnil Fering\\nn, (In- X mark\\nSamson walker, Levi r.\\nRet,\\nini Heald, Benja Cutti\\nW Ie,.\\nTho Sen\\nvid Drurj\\nFelt, badiah Dinsm,\\nAvery, i.h,, In ry, I\\nlei, simual Buri.ili,\\nGriffin, Jonathi\\ni fors-\\nJoshua Todd, Caleb Bam i.\\nmi Manser, Benj Cutter, W\\nHoward, Mos,\\nAbraham Shelden, Benj- Cra-\\nI ...|.i! lew.\\nI. BI i i BI 1.1\\nVoted toanswei Bequest of Joseph Richardsen and ..then, Inhab-\\nitants ol la., borough Relative to their beingannexed te Cemple Pro-\\nvided they will obligate themselves t i tl bj to involve si\\nTown annexed or\\n..n ,\\\\cr^ of Moving the Meetin i....\\nTemple Ma,\\nT Clerk.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1076.jp2"}, "913": {"fulltext": "COLUSIBIAS LIBRAKT.\\nto thi ml\\nlai Sature-\\nand your Petit\\nTemp] :fl 2\\ni\\nI us EdVi \\\\l:l j\\nColumbian Library was incorporate I\\nThe following were residents in 1799:\\nSenate, 1784^-85; judge of the Court of Common\\nheld numerous offices in town. He was\\nborn in Concord, Mass., March 18, 1735 (0. S.), and\\ndied in 181 I.\\nAs eat ly as January 12, L775,the town sent about\\n40 bushels of rye to the Poor of yHown of Boston.\\nThe following marched to Cambridge on the alarm\\nof April 19, 1775:\\nJr., Ebe\\nli lair\\naey, I\\nThe follow in- wen\\nSam We\\nEzekiel\\nPeter Felt, Caleb Maynard, Da\\nKath Barrett, Benjamin Pai\\nWalton, Eliae B03 nton, Jo iah\\nFelt, Eliot Powers, Timothy i\\nOliver Whiting, John Brown,\\nPatterson, Gidei P 1\\nThomas Towns J\u00c2\u00bb, David Ti\\nTli\\nT..\u00c2\u00abii\\nCHAPTER II.\\nTEMPLE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nWar of the Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Soldiers Na Francis Bl I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 War\\nof the Rebellion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ecclesiastical History Congregational Church-\\nBaptist I hurcli- I no oali-t I ll 111. -h -1 ..It.-.- Ora.liiat.- 0I.1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 a\\nti.ry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Familii^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 rii -i. i;m I ivil iloti.i v.\\nWar of the Revolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the War ofthe Rev-\\nolution Temple responded promptly with nun and\\nmeans, and the record of the little town during that\\nstruggle i- one in which her citizens may justly feel\\npatriotic pride.\\nG il Francis Blood was a prominent man in\\nthe town during the Revolution. He was a member\\nofthe House of Representatives in 1777, and on Sep-\\ntember 27th of that year was appointed commissary\\nto attend a guard sent to conduct prisoners of war to\\nPortsmouth. He was appointed January 27, 1781,\\none of the two collector-generals of beef for the\\narmy; member of the Council in 1784. and ofthe\\nBunker Hi\\niredeen, Peter 1\\nhn Hillsgrove.i\\nThe followim; belonged to ihe two\\nin 1 775\\n.Ciiathaii Av.i v. s.a]] i ,,1,1.. s 1 ,.1,1,, loni.l 1.\\na. 1 1 1. i. E 1 lalo, J. ieph Kidder,\\nlw. 1-. .1..-, |.h l. n lianl-..n, sil.. I. i. I. Sli.klirv, llriiji 1 s\\nTodd, Peter heeler, David Townsend, z. i\\nThe following were in Captain Ezra. Towi\\npany\\niter Davis, Z\\niwers, Gideon\\nSmith, John\\nSi lei Vvery, Jonathan Avi\\nJohn Hillsgn.v.. I ll.. 1, no falt.rs.\\nWilliam MaiiMii. ,l..lm Mattlirv,\\nThe following marched to baratog\\nDrury s company, in September, 1777\\nel Bredeen, Zedekiah Drurj\\nHutchinson, V\\\\ ildei Kidder,\\niln Smith, K. Miller, Samuel\\nCaptain\\n11, v. Drary,\\nHolt, Samuel\\ntinsi e, Cap-\\nahsent\\nThe following wentto Rhode Island:\\ntwenty-three days:\\n1, mt, Iiolii. 1-t I l.l.li. 1. .1 1 .1 1 Kiililfl [lani.-l H.-al.l. oi.l.a.li\\nI -or-, .li.-lma l .,-T. 1, .l.i-lnia Ul. lial.U..n. S. U. Sti.kll.i..,\\n1 I M.. 0I1, ill. 1 in......\\nSamui 1 W In .lai s a lia 1 Josiali Stone.\\nSil n .11 men, as follows, marched on the alarm at\\ni loos, at ye time Royalston was burnt:\\nIV, William Unity, At let H..II, Siilnil. l II. .It. Caul Sriek-\\nnee, Nathaniel Jewett, Francis Cragin, S. R. Stick S I arlin, D.\\nHeal l. Siiii.-..ii 1 a liuriiap, Z. Emery, S Walker,\\nfour days.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1077.jp2"}, "914": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nWar of the Rebellion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 During the War of the\\nRebellion Temple responded promptly to the various\\ncalls for men, and the n rd of the town through that\\nconflict was an hi able one; men and money were\\npromptly furnished.\\nEcclesiastical History. It is probable thai\\nwas commenced in this town prior to its\\nincorporation. The first minister was Rev. Samuel\\nWebster, ordained October, 1771. He died August\\n4. 1777. After the death of Mr. Webster, various per-\\nsons filled the pulpit until October, 1782, when Rev.\\nNoah Miles was ordained in y* new meeting-house\\nnot yet finished. He died November 20, 1831. His\\nwere as follows: Revs. Leonard Jewett,\\nWalter Foil ett, George Goodyear, George Williams,\\nIsaiah P. Smith, Royal Parkinson, S. D. Clark,\\nW. L.S.Clark, J. S. Bassett, John W.Haley, John\\nMellish.\\nAn Universalist Church was formed here in\\n1832, under the name of the Union Society, and the\\ndistinguished Hosea Ballou was the first pastor. A\\nchurch edifice was erected i after.\\nGlass-Factory.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr. Blood, in his History of\\nTemple, says Strange as it may seem to us, there\\nis little doubt that the first American manufactory of\\n-lass W as erected in the town of Temple. The\\nbuilder and owner was Robert Hewes, who was born\\nin Boston in 1751. He was a celebrated hone-\\nsetter and fencing-master. The factory was sixty-\\nfive feci square. It was started in 1780.\\nFamilies. The following family names, identified\\nwith the history of the town, are taken from Blood s\\nHistory of Temple\\nBall, Barkei Bio I Bi ntoii Captain Elias Boynton was in the battle\\nof Bunker Hilli. r.i..\\\\vn. Cm nap, i\\nin--. K.lwai.N Captain Kl. i IMwards was with the company ol the\\nArt. m Miiiui. M. :i al I Bri Ige, when they met the British), Kar-\\nen Felt, 1 i-k. Fosti i, Gardni i. Heald o.u rous familj Peter Heald,\\ni H.ali! t.imiiy, v I,, born in Tem-\\nII. m I. -II. k.-M Ki.l.l. a, kn.u-l.i\\nin. M:i-mm. m.i. Mill i e. ii. i i Piper, Powers,\\nPr.itt. S.-uilr, Shatlurk, Sli.Twiii.s,,,, |,i,\u00e2\u0080\u009e_ S|\u00e2\u0080\u009e, M Walton, Wheeler,\\nw hytynge, and w hiting\\nPhysicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The earliest physicians in Temple\\nwere Drs. Silas Durkee, Brown and Taylor. Dr.\\nJames Crombie located here in 1798, and remained\\nuntil 1820. Other physicians have been Drs.\\nFobes, S, Cumings, Nathan Jones, A. 11. Wilder,\\nRaymond, Nathaniel Kingsbury, 1). S. Prescott, G.\\nA. Phelps, Henry J. Young and J. M. Bl 1. There\\nis no resident physician in the town tit the present\\nSchools. The first reference to educational mat-\\nters is under date of March 4, 1771, when it was\\nVoted to have schooling and voted to raise \u00c2\u00a38 L. M.\\nfor schooling. From that early day to the present\\ntime Temple has kept abreast with the rapid stride\\nof educational progress. The hist appropriation for\\nsupport of schools was seven hundred dollars. The\\npresent Board of F.dueation is tis follows:\\nWheeler, Charles E. Rockwood, A. B. Davidson, J.\\n0. Whitcomb, Thomas Derbyshire.\\nCivil History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The following is a list of repre-\\nsentatives from 1776 to the present time:\\nI it Bl i 1776 to 178 Thomas w. Smith I\\n1784, 86 90, i-.. u i, n\\nBenjamin Cragin, 1788.\\nAMjab w heeler, 1794. E Cutt ]S 4 7\\n7 IS Danii-IFelt 1865\\nIIJ T (Nocho i-\\nJamee Killam, 1859\\n.hum- kill\\nHavi.1 I .ttt.\\nJames Crulnliir. lsli..\\nA 1 UIlllllillg-, ISls, in, _ I\\nJesse Spofford, 1822 23\\nDavid Stiles, 1825, 27\\nI cm. i. w inn,,;;. i.y;-j-r.:;.\\nElbridge Cutter, 1866.\\nv i\\ns i SI MoeesM. Baloh, 1869.\\nIsaiah Wheeler, 1870, 71, 72.\\nNil FreemanJ. Holt, 1873, 74.\\nrge E. .11. in\\nSupply W. Edward\\n1838 Charles K. Colburn\\nNathan klliiJ.iltv. 1-41. I-.\\nM ll.aM. lssa. -si.\\nTnW N i I I ill.- FROM 1768 TO 1886.\\nNathan I ,.11.111 n J] I-\\n40, 41, 42, 58,\\nlid i-l, II. 45, 46,\\n47, 48, 49, 60, 51,\\n70\\nSamuel Howar\\nDaniel Searle, 1802-20.\\nXathan \\\\VI.,.,|.i l-_i jl. :j.\\n26, 26, 27\\nDavid Stiles, 1823, 24.\\nMl.\\nv..\\nBI (GRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nM Llnll SUPPLY V7. EDWARDS.\\nMaim Supply W. Edwards is the fifth child of\\nNathaniel and Sarah (Wilson) Edwards and was\\nborn in the town of Temple, X. H., April 9, 1817.\\nHis grandfather, Captain Ebene/.er Edwards, was horn\\nin Acton, Mass.. March 2. 1737. He was a member\\nof the V-toii Company of Minute-men under com-\\nmand ii Captain Davis, and did service during the\\nWar of the Revolution. He was on Dorchester\\nHeights at the sice., of I .oston, and after the evacua-\\ntion of that city worked as a carpenter on the fortifi-\\ncation of the harbor, at the same time doing military\\nduty. He removed to what is now Sharon, in 1777,\\nand to Temple, X. 1! in 1780. About 1786 he built\\nwhat is now known as the General Miller House,\\nand resided there until about 1819. He was a man\\nof character and importance in the town, and the\\nrecords show that he held all the principal ollices in\\nits gift. He was twice married, first to Lucy Wheeler,\\nof Lincoln, Mass. They had eleven children; she\\ndied November 20, L800. His second wife was Mary\\nFlint, also of Lincoln. Mass. She bore him four chil-\\ndren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Captain Edwards died March 21, 1826. Na-\\nthaniel, his fourth child, was horn May 26, 1785. He", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1078.jp2"}, "915": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1081.jp2"}, "916": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1082.jp2"}, "917": {"fulltext": "677\\nmarried June 10, 1808, .Sarah Wilson, of New Ipswich.\\nTheir children were Sarah, Mary, Abby, Susan W.,\\nSupply W., Elizabeth, Nathaniel I and Charles W.\\nMajor Supply W. Edwards had no advantages for\\neducation in his youth beyond what the public school\\nof his native town could furnish, and his attendance\\nto this was limited to the winter terms. Being one\\nof a somewhat numerous family, in moderate circum-\\nstances in life, he was taught to labor as s l as his\\ngrowing strength could make his services of anj\\nvalue. As soon as he was of sufficient age he learned\\nthe trade of stone-masonry, and this he has made the\\nprincipal occupation of his life. He made it a rule\\nat the beginning to do whatever he undertook con-\\nscientiously and well, and to that rule he has adhered\\nthrough life and to this may be attributed the suc-\\ncess he has attained. His work may he seen in his\\nown and all the surrounding towns and villages. In\\naddition to his work at masonry, he purchased a farm\\nnear his grandfather s old homestead, and has carried\\non tanning quite extensively and with marked success.\\nHis farm buildings are among the best in the county.\\nHe married, December Id, 1840, Elizabeth Winn.\\nShe was born August 2, L820. Their children are\\nJohn Wheeler, born Maj 28,1844; Charles Warren,\\nborn January 12, 1847; i ge Walter, born Febru-\\nary 14, L849; Edwin Brooks, born Maj 3, L851; Em-\\nma Josephine, born January 8, L853 Alma Jane,\\nborn January L3, 1856.\\nMrs. Edwards died September 11, L883. Major\\nEdwards has practically retired from active business.\\nHis son-in-law, who resides with him, conducts his\\nfarm for him.\\nIn 1876 77 he represented his town in the State\\nLegislature, and has, at different times, held various\\nminor offices. In 1840 he was chosen major of mili-\\ntia under Colonel Little, and served in that capacity\\nfour years. Among the prominent traits of Major\\nEdwards character may lie mentioned pet\\nand punctuality. He is prompt in performing what-\\never he promises or undertakes to do, and is a man\\nmuch respected by his neighbors, among whom his\\nlife has been spent.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1083.jp2"}, "918": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WEARE.\\nBY WILLIAM LITTLE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTopography.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Weare is in latitude 43\\nLongitude 71 41 west. It is fifteen miles from Con-\\ncord, the State capital, eighteen miles northwest of\\nManchester and seventy miles from Huston. It is\\nbounded north by Henniker and Hopkinton, east by\\nDunbarton ami Cotfstown. south by Goffstown, New\\nBoston and Francestown and west by Francestown\\nand Deering. Its area is :i3,G4S acres and it has 23,-\\n392 acres of improved land. The length of the town\\nis about seven and one-half miles, the breadth six\\nand one-half, and in territory it is the largest town in\\nthe county of Hillsborough.\\nWeare has four mountains in the central part of\\nthe town on a line running nearly northeast and\\nsouthwest,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mt. Dearborn (1229 feet high), Mt.\\nWallingford I 1213), Mt. William (1108)and .Mt. Mis-\\ni). There are also thirteen hills, each about\\n1000 leet high,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kuncanowet, so called by the Indians\\nfrom Kunnaway (a bear), wadchu (a mountain) and\\net la place), meaning the mountain place the\\nhear Sugar, Burnt, Rattlesnake, Craney, Hogback,\\nChevey, Mine. Toby, Odiorne, Boar s Head, Barnard\\nand Raymond cliff.\\nTwo rivers flow through the town, the Piscataquog\\nand Middle Branch. The Indians gave the aame to\\nthe first, ami it is from Pos (great), attuck (a deer)\\nand quoag (a place), meaning grea i deer place, or\\na place of many deer. The correct spelling of the\\nword i- 1 oseattaipioag. In Deering the stream is\\nsometimes called Nomkeag from Namaos (a fish)\\nill keag (a place), meaning fish place.\\nTwenty-nine brooks enter these two rivers. Cram.\\nFerrin, Lily-pond, Emmons, Eight-Loads Meadow,\\nCurrier, Peacock, Meadow, the Otter, Huse, Alex-\\nander, Bassett, Choate, Felch. Cilley, Bog, Chase,\\nHuntington, Trinity, Getchel, Breed, Half-Moon\\n-Meadow, Center, Dustin, Thorndike, Putney, John-\\nson, J ludh-y and Hadlock.\\nThere are three considerable ponds, Ferrin. Duck\\nand Mt. William. The latter contains one hundred\\nand twenty-eight acre- and is forty feet deep.\\nGeology.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The oldest rock in Weare is porphyritic\\ngneiss. It forms what were once two islands standing\\nout of the sea, North Weare and Raymond cliff\\nLake gneiss abounds in the northwest part of the town,\\nals.i near Clinton (irovc, Mt. Dearborn, Odiorne Hill\\nand the east base of Mt. Misery. Mica schist forms\\nRattlesnake Hill there is an outcrop of it two miles\\nnorth of Clinton Grove; also near Mt. Misery and\\nOdiorne Hill. Ferruginous schist is found on the\\nsummit of Mt. Wallingford and throughout the west\\npart of the town. It reddens the mica schist rocks.\\nFihrolite schist makes the top of Mt. Misery. Rock-\\ningham schist forms the huge masses of Mts. Wal-\\nlingford and William, and it rests upon the lake\\ngneiss underneath. Mont Alban rocks are on the Kun-\\ncanowet Hills. Steatite or soapstone crops out on the\\neast slope of Mt. -Misery. Crystallized radiated\\nbunches of talc are disseminated through the Boap-\\nstone and with it are minute bits of pyrrhotite,\\narsi Qopyrite, asbestos and crystals of feldspar.\\nThere are many remains of the glacial period to be\\nseen in Weare. Stria are on all the rocks. Lenticular\\nhills abound in the southwest part of the town.\\nBoulders by the thousands are strewn thick on the land.\\nThe Elephant boulder on Mt. Wallingford, the Trav-\\neler and the Dolmen on Barnard Hill, are curiosities;\\nsome of them will weigh two thousand tons or more\\neach. Embossed rocks {Roches Moutenes) arc abund-\\nant. Precipices on the southeast slopes of the hills\\nshow where the ice fell down like an avalanche. Ter-\\nraces made of the material ground up by the ice sheet\\nare in the river-valleys. Kettle-holes are common in\\nthe great beds of drift, and pot-holes worn in the solid\\nrock are high up on tin hills.\\nFlora There are thirty-eight native trees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 white\\npin. pitch pine, red pine, black spruce, balsam fir,\\nhemlock, larch, red cedar, arbor vitas white maple,\\nred maple, rock maple, striped maple, beech, black\\nbirch, yellow birch, white birch, gray birch, white\\noak, red oak, chestnut oak, scrub oak. chestnut, elm,\\nbutternut, walnut, hickory, basswood, white ash,\\nbrown ash, leverw 1, ironw 1, poplar, white pop-\\nlar, willow, black cherry, buttonwood. Eleven or\\nmore foreign ones have been introduced. Lombard}-\\npoplar, locust, horse chestnut, balm of Gilead, thorn.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1084.jp2"}, "919": {"fulltext": "WEARE.\\nquince, apple, pear, peach, plum ami cherry. There\\nare a great number of shrubs and a multitude of other\\nplants.\\nFauna. In early times moose, deer, panthers,\\nwolves and bears were very plenty. These have dis-\\nappeared. Wolves at times were a meat pest; the\\nStat. uttered large humifies lor their heads, and Weare\\nin 1780 was so much troubled with them that it was\\nproposed to offer an additional bounty for their de-\\nstruction. The otter, hedgehog, raccoon, with its\\ncunning, half-human face rabbit, two kinds; red fox,\\nblack fox, woodchuck, skunk, musquash, mink, stoat,\\nweasel, squirrel, four kinds hat, mole, rat and mouse\\nnow abound. Two or three kinds of wildcats occa-\\nsionally visit the town.\\nIndians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The valley ,,t the Piscataquog was a\\nnoted hunting-ground for the Indians. It was their\\ngreat place for deer. The tribe who occupied all this\\nregion was the Nipmuck, a name derived from nipe\\n(still water) and auke (a place), the letter m thrown in\\nfor sound, and meaning Fresh-water Indians. They\\nwere divided into numerous clans, each clan bearing\\nthe name of the particular place where it happened to\\nlive.\\nThe Indians built their wigwams on the meadows\\nby the streams, where they could plant, hunt and fish.\\nMany of their stone implements have been picked up\\nby the farmers.\\nMoses A. Hodgdon found several arrow-heads on his\\nfarm at the fork of the Peacock they were of a light\\nslate color; he also found a mortar pestle or stone to\\ndress hides and some stone axes. Mr. (Jove, who lives\\nnear by him, found a few arrow-heads. Thomas and\\nJohn Follansbee, on their farm by the Piscataquog,\\nfound a stone-knife, spear-heads, a skinning-stone, a\\nmortar of stone in which they pounded their corn, and\\non an intervale several old fire-places, paved with\\nstone. The Felches found a -tone axe near Hogback\\nHill.\\nIn the time of King reorge s War. 1744-47, Timothy\\nCorliss, a hunter from Haverhill. Mass., had his\\ncamp on the meadows of the Peacock. A party of\\nIndians, who were prowling about the border settle-\\nments, found, captured and carried him away to\\nCanada. He came back after the war was over and\\neventually settled in Weare.\\nExplorations. The first white men to visit Weare\\nwere, no doubt, hunters and trappers. Captives taken\\nby the Indians may have journeyed through the land.\\nDuring the Three Years or Lovewell War, Massachu-\\nsetts offered a bounty of one hundred pounds f r every\\nIndian scalp brought in. There is a tradition that\\nCaptain John Lovewell, the celebrated Indian fighter,\\nmarched through our town with a part) of scouts,\\nkilling a black moose on the way. and went as far as\\nMount Lovell, said to have been named for him in\\nWashington. This was in 1723. He, with his men,\\nafterwards killed ten Indians in the night, by a small\\npond in Wakefield, getting a thousand pounds for\\ntheir scalps, and was himself killed by Paugus and\\nhis braves at Lovewell Pond, in Krvelmrg, .Me.\\nLovewell s great success roused others to hunt the\\nIndians, and no less than seventeen seouting-parties\\nwent marching through these northern Is.\\nCaptain Daniel Pecker was captain of one of these,\\nand, as tie and his company are the first recorded\\nwhite men whoever set to,,t in Weare, we shall give\\nhis Scout Journal in full. The company was raised\\nin Haverhill, .Mass., and the following i- the journal\\nof its inarch\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0CUT. I E Kia: S Jol UNAL. IiEC. 12,\\ni\u00c2\u00ab written uii tf.\\n[The i\\nA ourual -f ii i v pi .lm-~ n mi Seen. I M.u.ii aft. a\\n172.;. Nov 33.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Victualed part of my Company\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n24. Sabbath day\\n2.V i. in il. .I 1 1 tli.. part of my Men\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n2(i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Marched from Haverhill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Westward 11 mil\\n27. Mar.he.l further Westward\u00e2\u0080\u0094 12 miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n28 -We got to Dunstable\u00e2\u0080\u0094 8 miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thanksgiving Day\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n29. Lay by, by reason ofbad Weather\\n30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Marched t.. Nashua River,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 8 mile\\nDec I. Marched up to Pennechuck Brook al t North\\\\\\nI 1 ..I. ..lit W: up I.. S.. uli. -an ,t I l-nl the [tiler.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMar.he.l l.v rnheiiotiuek hilt. 14 Miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Steering Northward to at Mountain 50 sent .mi a Scout t...\\nthe hill to see w hat thev eoul.l Discover, heme S miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Steering about North ,t by East up to Poscaiia.pi\\ncrossed Said River,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 12 Miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ni;,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sr.-eiine. aliout N E over another pint .1 I io.... I:\\nat...ut hi n e|,\u00e2\u0080\u009e k, I s.-ni la-hf M mi. mi. I.u (lie e, .nnna u.l .1 .1 than\\nKi.l.in. up C, .Ii I... h I in. r .V e. [.-turn tin thirl .|a\\\\ t. in- ill Su.u-\\ncok Itiver. and then w.-nt with the r.-st .f m i j I .l.ek 1:\\n-14 Miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n7 .vs. lav son by reason ofbad Weather-\\nMan I..-.I i 1!.J. In I i. e M.i I. It h i agai list\\nsun k. being a Stormy l ay ..f Su..\\\\\\\\. the seout returning to me at\\nnielit. loll me they h. el inarehe.t up I., sum. ..I Ii.. Southerly Bran-\\nch. I. Itiei i if Discovered Nothing\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMan heil troiu Aiinah....ks,.t hill, t lost M en imaek Iti\\\\ I -i\\ning a smith Easterly Course, Starched to Great Massapisset pond, 16\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a011 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Mar. he. I from Mas-apis-et p.. ml to the N.atliniu -t part I he-\\nshin ,\u00e2\u0080\u009416 miles\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Marched from thence t.. Haverhill,-\\nDaniel Ii ckeb\\nGrants.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Previous to 1740 all the territory west of\\nthe Merrimack Liver was claimed h\\\\ Massachusetts.\\nNew Hampshire also laid claim toa partofit, .and the\\ncase having gone on lor a long time, Massachusetts Le-\\ngal] to think she might he beaten, and, to give her\\ncitizen- the profit that might arise from the sale of the\\nlands, til, out 1725 began to make grants. She tried to\\nhide her avarice by a show of patriotism, and on the\\npretense that she needed a line of towns on the iron-\\ntier to k.cp out the French and Indians, laid out and\\ngave grants of a double row of nine towns from the\\nMerrimack to the Connecticut, and four more towns\\non the ea-t side of the latter stream.\\nThen she voted nine towns as a bounty to the heirs\\nof the men who fought in tin- Indian War with King\\nPhilip in 1675, and these were known as the nine\\nNarraganset towns, hut only seven of them were laid", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1085.jp2"}, "920": {"fulltext": "630\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nTo reward the men who went with Sir William\\nPhips, in 1690, to fight the French and Indians in\\nCanada, a score or so of towns were granted, called\\nCanada townships, one of which was our town of\\nWeare. Those in New Hampshire were known as\\nCanada to Beverly, Weare; Canada to Dautzick,\\nBow; Canada to Salem, Lyndeborough Canada to\\n[pswich, New Ipswich Canada to Harwood, Peter-\\nborough lanada to Sj Ivester, Richmond lanada to\\nRowley, Rindge and Canada to Baker or Stevens,\\nSalisbury.\\nWeare was granted to Captain William Rayinent\\nand company, on the petition of Colonel Robert Hale\\nand others, by the General Court of Massachusetts,\\nMay, 1735. The grantees had live years to settle\\nthe town; each one was to build a house on his re-\\nio1 or share, eighteen feel square ami seven\\nfeet stud, plow and bring to English grass tit for\\nmowing six acres of land, settle a learned orthodox\\nminister, build a convenient meeting-house for the\\npublic worship of Cud. and eaeh was to give a bond\\nof twenty pounds to do these things. The town was\\nto he laid out at once at the charge of the province.\\nColonel Hale and John Wainright were a committee\\nto do this, and William Gregg, of Londonderry, sur-\\nveyor, with Isaac Gray and Jeremiah Butman as\\nchainmen, went to Weare and did it. They made a\\nplot of the town and returned it witli a short descrip-\\ntion under oath February 17, 1736.\\nThe town was divided into shares, many sales were\\nmade and, that the deeds might he properly recorded,\\nthe township granted to Captain Raymenl and\\ncompany, with other townships near by, were de-\\nclared to he a pari of the county of Middlesex, in the\\nprovince of Massachusetts. This act was passed\\nFebruary 2, 1 7: 7 Man) deeds of lands in Weare\\nare recorded in the registry of that county. What\\nthese proprietors ever did towards the settlement of\\ntin- town we have never been able to learn.\\nHalestown was the first name of Weare, so called\\nfrom Colonel Robert Hale; to Beverly appears as\\nit- name on Thomas Jaffrey s map of New England,\\nand this name was given because most of the grantees\\nresided in Beverly. Beverly-Canada, or lanada to\\nBeverly were other names tor Weare, which are\\nfound in Douglass Summary, written in 1746-49.\\nThe settlement of the line in 1740 between the two\\nprovinces, located our town in New Hampshire, and\\nthe Masonian proprietors, who had bought out Robert\\nTufton Mason, granted it September 20, 1749. to\\n[chabod Robie and seventy-nine others. Robie s\\ntown wis, more or less, the fifth name lor Weave\\nloi i lie next fifteen j ears.\\nBj tle term- of the grant thirty families should be\\nsettled on said grant in tour years, having a house,\\nsixteen feet square or more, and three acres of land\\ncleared and fitted for mowing and tillage. Ten\\nfamilies more should be settled in town in the next\\ntwo years. A meeting-house for the public worship\\nof Cod should be built in six years ami constant\\npreaching maintained alter twelve wars. A good\\nsaw-mill should lie built and all wdiite pine trees fit\\nfor masting the royal navy should be reserved to his\\nmajestj use forever. If these things ami -ome others\\nan- col done ill times specified the grant shall be\\nforfeited, but if an Indian war should break out the\\nlinn the war lasted was not to run.\\nSettlement. The proprietors went to work at once\\nto comply with the terms of the grant. They laid out\\nthe town into lots ami divided them they cut out a\\nway to the Centre Square and built a bridge over the\\nPiscataquog.\\nThen they built two log cabins ami hired two men\\nto go and live in them the men never went, but in\\n17 0 they succeeded in getting one man to move into\\ntown.\\nNathaniel Martin was the first white settler ot\\nWeare. He was from Bedford and had married the\\ndaughter of Colonel John lotte, one of the proprietors\\nwho probably got him to move into town. Hesettled\\non the east bank id the Piscataquog, about fifteen\\nrods from the river and one and one half miles above\\nthe present Oil-Mill Village. He built the first saw-\\nmill at the latter place about 1760.\\nJohn Jewell, from ld Derryfield, now Manchester,\\nwas i he second settler, lie moved into town in May,\\n1751 and built bis cabin in South Weare. The place\\nwhere it stood is still pointed out. It was on the\\nnorth side of the present road from Oil-Mill Village\\nto Dearborn s tavern and about one fourth mile from\\nthe latter place. Hi- sons, John Jewell, Jr., and\\nJacob Jewell, came to Weare with him. His daughter\\nwas the bride of the first wedding in town and they\\nhad a wedding lea-! consisting of bear s steaks and\\nJofhain beans. A wild bear from the woods was killed\\nfor the occasion and the beans were procured from\\nJotham Tuttle, hence the name Jotham bean-.\\nThomas Worthley was the third settler, lie was\\noriginally from Bedford, hut came to Weare from\\nGofTstOWI] October, 1751. lie settled on the west\\nbank of the Otter near a cold spring and a few-\\nrods east of the north road from Oil-mill to South\\nWeare. His old cellar is yet plain to be seen, and his\\nwife grave, paved with white pebbles, is near by.\\nBy bis cabin was an open meadow, where ome was a\\nbeaver s pond, ami from it he got wild grass for his\\nsiock. His sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Timothy, Jr., Jonathan and\\nThomas, came to Weare with him, and one of his\\ndaughters married Jotham Tuttle, who found the\\nbeans for Miss Jewell s wedding.\\nMoses Quimby was the fourth settler. He came\\nfrom Derryfield to South Weare and built his house\\nnear when the meeting-house now stands about April\\n8, \\\\l rl. He was born in what is now Danville (for-\\nmerly llawke).\\nTimothy Corliss, originally from Haverhill, Mass.,\\ncame from Bedford about December 6, 1753 and sat\\ndown in South Weare near where stands the present", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1086.jp2"}, "921": {"fulltext": "church. He was the father of Timothy, Jr., who was\\ncarried away bj the [udiatis during King George s\\nWar; and the smi probably came to Weare al the\\nsame time ami they lived together.\\nWilliam Quimby came from Derryfield to Weare\\nlate in the year L753 and settled in Smith Weare\\n..nil one-half mile south of the church.\\nih. se were all who came in the Erst four year-, and\\nthe grant would have been forfeited had not the old\\nFrench and Indian War..- letimes called the Seven\\nYears War. broke out. The exception in their grant\\nof an Indian war saved them.\\nWhile the war was iroing mi new settlers were lew\\nand tar between, hut the following came on or about\\nthe dates named\\nAaron Quimby, L754 Jeremiah r..ih--, i;.; -..i.-i. lanei.v. lTr.s\\nJ.. than) Tllttle, 17.V.P; IS, .ml I,itll,\\\\ 17.~i!i Joshua Maxfielil, 17r.ll Joshua\\nCorliss, 1760 Caleb Uwood, 17 nines E reon, 1761.\\nMary Corliss, born June 2, L759, daughter oi Jere-\\nmiah t orliss, was the first white child of Weare.\\nMiss Lydia Jewell, daughter of John Jewell, and\\nwere the first couple married.\\nAbigail orliss, wife of Joshua Corliss, decea ed\\nMarch 17, 1763, was the first one who died.\\nWhen the war was over then the tide of immigra-\\ntion flowed faster and these settled about the dates\\ngiven\\nStephen Elners.iii, I7i.j sti l lnn 1 jm r-.ni, .h., 17 1 J; Mn-r- Oil.\\\\\\nSaw-Mill.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The proprietors, March l(i, L752, voted\\nto build a saw-mill on the twenty acres of land set\\napart tor that purpose, and Moses Blake took the\\ncontract to do the work and put in a strong dam lor\\nseven hundred pounds old tenor. The proprietors\\nwere to find the mill irons, saw and all time, to fit\\nthe mill for work. It was built on the Piscataquog, a\\nshortdistano aboveEast Weare. where Unlit, Peaalee s\\nmill now stands. At this place there is almost a natural\\ndam across the stream. At a proprietors meeting.\\nheld telwbcr 24, 17- 2, Blake reported that lie had jot\\nl lie mill done ami Mm-. Wadleigh, the man t ln\\\\ had\\nchosen to judge of that fact, said lie had helped build\\nit in the tw three months just past anil that it was\\ndone in all things. This was such good news that they\\nVOti d t.. pay Blake and not hold him to do any more\\nwork. It was good luck for the contractor licit he\\nbad the work done and the money in his pocket. In\\na very short time there came an immense freshel\\nwhich swept the dam and mill away. When the\\nwaters subsided some one gathered up the mill irons\\nand hid them under a great pine log on the hank of\\ntin- stream. Robert Peaslee found them there more\\nthan three-fourths ofa century afterwards. 1828.\\nThe Old French War.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Many of the settler., of\\nWeare were nut iii iheold French war, some of the\\nearly ones going from Weare and others from the\\ntowns where the} lived before they c i to Weare.\\nTheir name- are\\nCaptain N athi\\nMartin n.n Id n Ebi u Sim i r. Joshua\\ni oi -i, i L r i e. ..I-. .i.ih ii Wnithley, .lereiniahCorlia Jacob Jewi 11,\\nl i i ni, -ii u. .al., M I In-. William Darling,\\nJohn Darlin I u i 1 h W orlhl. j I oi Im\\nOrdway, I I I men in, Cat. Emery, Boi Littl B\\nVye\\nEaton,\\ntman.\\nMeeting-House.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We are not certain al t the\\ntime the first meeting-house was built. There was\\none in South Weare about 1768, and we think the\\nproprietors must have built it several years before\\nthat date to fulfill the c litions of their grant. Ii\\nstood at the fork of the roads about one half mile\\nwest ol lie- present cliureh, south side of the I leering\\nroad and wes! of that I,, New Boston. Jacob Jewell\\nprobably gave the land on which it stood. It was\\nnever completed, but both religious and town-meet-\\nings were held ill it. The A ntipado-l .apt ist Cliureh\\nclaimed to own it and afterwards sold it.\\nIncorporation. The town thus far bad not been\\nincorporated, no town-meetings had been held, no\\ntaxes raised, no highways laid out and no bridges\\nbuilt. These things were sadly needed, and so they\\ngut up the following petition\\nPETITION of INHABITANTS 1- HALE S TOWN, SOW\\nWEARE.\\nProvlnci I 1 To his Excellency Bening Wintworth, Esq\\n\\\\.-w Hampshire. [Capl General ..ml Governo) and commander-in-\\nChiei hi .eel iiu- in- Majesty s Proi New HampBhier, tjie\\ntli,. Ii iiiii I.I.. felt I lii. n ..I lie I ii lull il III 111- it 1 1 nit I m. I ..I l.i I i.l klli.v .li\\ni,\\\\ ii,, i Hails Town, otherwise called Col Wearee Town, Hum-\\nbly sliru i r It\\n[mmunitye I I im m i ..in c itilinuers, as in\\n:l Heath, Stephen George, Caleb Emory, T] as Worthly, Na-\\nthaniel i Oi-. John Mud n miah I orlh Fai o linbe\\nw,ih. .ni llui. i i men, Stephen\\nStephen Emerson, Jr., Benonj Coben, Bond Little, Jacob\\nJewell, Mm. I. ..in Johnson, Jonathan Atw I.John Simons, William\\nDarling.\\nHelming Wentworth, Governor of the Province,\\nw ith the advice and consent of his council, on the\\n21st day of September, 1764, issued an order, often\\ncalled a charter, wherebj the inhabitants of Hailes\\nTown, as they called it, wen- ereeted and Encorpo-\\ninto a township with town privih\\nI lie do ni c scited the hounds making thi town\\nsix miles square; annexed a slip of land mi the south\\nlong and one mile wide\\nMasonian proprietors and often called lie\\nnamed the town Weare; gave the inhabitants all the\\n.limit. privileges, immunities and fran-\\nh other town- enjoy; reserved all white", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1087.jp2"}, "922": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\npine tnes tit for masting the royal navy, and also the\\nright to divide the territory of the town; promised\\nthat private property should be held inviolate bj the\\nowners; that they should choose their own Hirers\\nand transact their own town business; appointed\\nJohn Goffe, Esq., to call the first town-meeting and\\npreside therein, and declared that hereafter the an-\\nnual town-meetings should lie held mi the second\\nTuesday .if March.\\nFirst Town-Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Colonel John Goffe .ailed\\nthe first town-meeting September 28, 17H4. It was\\nheld at tin inn of Lieutenant Jeremiah Allen or\\nTuesday, October 9, 17 ;4. John Goffe presided.\\nVoted, to Except On- Charter.\\nVoted thai tl i i I bj Powl.\\nThe i n that sl.all-1.- the v-ai -sli.illli.iv- n.iallr.uan.\\nfur tlu-il- lali.u Kxeept hal --S Inn n Ijv tin- I uwii.\\ni hose Jeremiah Corliss, Town Clark Capl Natl i.-l Martin, John\\nMi M ..mi ml..-, .l-e iiii.il, r..,li- ...,.l \\\\i.... Oil- Selecl n:\\ne; Abraham Johnson, Asa Heath, Hog Reafs; Na-\\nfor pr ihing; Forty-Eight |\u00c2\u00ab.im.ls old Tenor foi\\n..ml Charges in Gitting thi Chartei Eighteen\\nCornel Goffe s Trouble for Swaring theoffi. ere a. ..I\\nA I 111- Kl-C -TiI l.v in-,\\nFirst Inventory.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aaron Quimbe at once took\\nthe invoice. The citizens were thus taxed:\\n.i ,i\\n.lain.s Emerson 6 10\\nJonathan Cle nt 12 16\\nEzra Clement 6 10\\nJotham Tuttle 7 In u\\nStephen George\\n1 1- Worthley i.\\nJonathan Atwood In\\nCaleb Am I II\\n.1. -i. ill Brown\\nStephen E -son 24 IT\\nsi-|.li-ii I-: isnii, ,lr\\nMosea Gille 1.-, i,, u\\nia|.|..in N.il li.ini-l Miirlin 17\\nBen ..I. in ii 6 i\\nalosee Huse g\\nJoshuaCorlles 9 n (l\\nNallialil-1 C, i-lJ-5\\nCaleb Km. -iv 6 ii ii\\nTimothy Corliss g l\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nTimothy c.ill-.li II\\nJeremiah Colles 11 pj\\nJoshua Martin 1 (l n\\nThomas Worthly I,;\\nPi ..-tin\\nWilliam I .etin 1:; 4\\n.l.-I-iiiiali AH. -n. K .j j\\nJohnJewoll 19 14\\nM 1- I j\\nSamuel Nut 9 10 .1\\n1 Dicke i,\\nJohn Mudget 9\\nA-.. Heath 9\\n1 11 s 8\\nWilliam Hutchins\\nr Bayly ._, l(\\n[nsine .1... .-I. Jewell I\\nGeorge Little j 3\\nSecond Town-Meeting.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The next town-meeting\\nwas held March 12, 1765, at Jeremiah Allen s inn.\\nThe town otricers were chosen by hand votes, and\\nth.v w.-ie to have no pay for their labor except the\\ncharges borne by the town. Voted to build a\\npound that Insign Jacob Jewell and Asa Heath be\\ndeer keepers; thai Jonathan Clement should keep\\nthe charter; that eighty pounds, old tenor, should be\\nraised for [.reaching, which should he at the house oi\\nEsquire Allen; fifty pounds to defray town charges.\\nFrom 1764 to the present time Weare has never failed\\nto hold its annual town-meeting.\\nFirst Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The vote of eighty pounds t.. pay\\nfor preaching brought many preachers to Weare. In\\n1766 Samuel Haven, of Portsmouth John Strick-\\nland, of Andover John Houston, of Bedford and\\nDavid Met rregor, of Londonderry, were each paid one\\npound four shillings for preaching. Elders Samuel\\nHovey and Hezekiah Smith preached in South Weare\\nseveral times during the two years previous to April\\n19, 1768, and Elder Pelatiah Tingley came to town\\nJanuary that year. God was pleased, says the\\nchurch record, to follow with his blessing, and on\\nsaid April 19 the Antipaedo-Baptist Church of Christ\\nwas gathered. They adopted a Covenant which had\\nfor its principal planks, first, the doctrine of election.\\nThat all y e Elect were personally chosen in Christ\\nbefore y Foundation of the world; second, that once\\nelected always elected, no matter what they might\\ndo; they said distinctly the elect can neither totally\\nnor finally fall Irom the state of grace, but shall\\ncertainly I.,- kept by the power ..f God and I..- eter-\\nnally Saved, and third, that the wicked or non-\\nelect shall he turned into hell to experience misery\\nand torments through all eternity. These were sweet\\nmild doctrines full of God s love.\\nTl riginal members who signed the covenant\\nmi.: Caleb Atwood. John Simons. Ebenezer\\nBayley, Elizabeth Atwood. John Ardway, Enoch\\nJew.l. John Mudget, William Hutchens, Abigail\\nHutch, ns, Sarah Mudget, Mehitable Ardway, John\\nJewel, .Mary Corlis, Louis Corlis, Betty Simons, Ruth\\nLittle.\\nThe above signed their names with their own hands,\\nand the following had their names written after-\\nwards\\nNathaniel Corlis, Mehitable Bailey, Molly Corlis,\\nJr., Jonathan Atwood, John Jewel, Jr., Ham. ah\\nJewel, Dorothy Atwood, Martha Jewell. Joseph\\nGeorge. These, with the first-mentioned, woe bap-\\ntized and received.\\nThe I. .If .wing were received by the laying-. .11 of\\nhands Pelatiah Tingley, Jacob Jewel, Joshua Corlis\\nSamuel Bailey and John Mudgit.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1088.jp2"}, "923": {"fulltext": "WEARE.\\nThis was the second Baptist Church formed in New\\nHampshire, the first being at Newton, formed in\\n1755.\\nEldei Pelatiah Tingley was the first minister, but\\ntie was not settled. It was voted, at a meeting held\\nin July, 176S, to notify the selectmen that they had\\ngiven Mr. Tingley an unanimous call, in order that\\nthey might have opportunity to do as the Lord might\\ndirect them about it.\\nAugust 23, they met to consult about the settle-\\nment, and On Account of Some unsatisfactorious-\\nness in Mr. Tingley s mind perhaps some others)\\nit was concluded this Day to determine .Matter for\\ny e Present by Lot, Accordinly alter Prayer a public\\nDiscourse n y e peaceable Kingdom of Christ of\\ny* Nature of Casting Lots in a Solemn Manner\\n:ommending the Decision of y Matter to y c Lord\\nproceeded to draw: And y\u00c2\u00b0 Lot fell not to settle now\\non y present invitation of y e Church.\\nElders Hezekiah Smith, Shepard, Greenleaf and\\nHovey also preached with this church at intervals\\ntill 1773.\\nThe church did not get along very harmoniously;\\none-half of it was generally engaged in disciplining\\nthe other half. 1, otters of admonishment were plenty.\\nBrother Enoch Jewell, who had been admonished\\nNovember 17, 1769, met with the church August 3,\\n1770, and after prayer Confised he had Dune rouge\\nto the Caus of Christ in Commiting forniflcation and\\nSuch like sins and Desierd for giveness of the Chh\\nand to be recvied in to you en again which thing\\nwas granted to him.\\nAugust 24, 177H. tin church heard the charge\\nbrought by Sister Mehetabel Bayley that she had\\nseen Sume of the other Sisters Do She thought\\nit was not Lawful to Do which was this putting\\nLinnen and wooling yarn together. She was affrade\\nthey put too much of it together. The church\\nfound she had not eommeneed tin- action rightly and\\ndismissed ii.\\nBrother Caleb Atwood was admonished fir gaging\\nJoseph Qui mbe maier. He confessed and was re-\\nstored.\\nSister Ordway had brother Joseph Webster up.\\nWebster had charged brother John Worth with\\nSaying that if Sinners would do what the} Id\\nthey would have an Esier place in hell than in a\\nChh meeting in Smith Weare. The church found\\nthen did Ilot hear him say any such thing.\\nBut soon a great schism arose. The point on which\\nthey split was whether ministers should exhort\\nsinners to repentence, or should simply tell them\\nGod s law. and then leave them to God. Brother\\nJoseph Corles maintained the latter, hut it served\\nto be to mi porpurces. Elder Samuel Hovey held\\nanother way. They had a. great council to consider\\nthe matter. Four ministers and three deacons from\\nabroad were present and debated the point. The\\\\\\nmade a report which did no good.\\nAugust 1, 177:;, Elder limey preached his mind,\\nand then the -term burst. They held a incline. g i\\nmad, adjourned, and so full of pious wrath were they\\nthat they did not meet again fur eight years.\\nSchools.- -The first effort made by the town for a\\npublic school was in 1769. At the annual town\\nmeeting held March 14th, Vnliil to raise money for\\nSchooling, and voted to the Nigitive. But, before\\nthe meeting was dismissed, they Voted to Reconsider\\nthe Vot that was to Raise money for Scoling, and\\nVoted to the Negitive, and Voted five pounds Law-\\nful monej for Scl ling to aier a scoll da\\nThe next year, 1770. nothing was dune at the an-\\nnual meeting for schools; but, August 161 h, by Vert}\\nof a pettion from a number of Signers to See if the\\ntown will Raise money to hier Scholing this year,\\nthe selectmen called a town-meeting to be held Aug-\\nust 30th, when it was Voted to Raise money for\\nScoling. Voted to Raise fifteen pounds for Schill-\\ning. Voted to divide the money into destriets.\\nIn 1771, thirty-five dollars were raised for school-\\nIn 1772, fifty dollars; thii\\nivided as folio\\npaid to the d\\nrtrict bv Capl Awoode\\n3\\npaid i tin- new\\nBoston Rode 1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\npaid to the\\noting R 1 1\\n17\\n1 to I ll ill., i\\nRoad 1\\nII\\npaid in rediah\\nlow l i i In north Road 1\\n17\\ne\\npaid i diah\\ni.iw for theSenter Road 2\\n16\\nPaid Belecl\\nii ii foi going aftei a gri arSi hool mas-\\ntei and gi 1\\ning lei., ,i| rabated 1\\n1\\nU\\npaid i Doi tor\\nI.e. II,- lie Oh. Hie 1 le ji.inni.i\\nSchool\\nI\\n1.\\npaid the Select\\nI, n lur IloMitej. I lie Si llenl in :y into\\ndeBtricts\\n5\\n1\\nIn 177: and 1774 money was raised for schooling:\\nhut in 1775, after the war began, voted June 19th,\\nto Drop the Chooling for the present. Nothing\\nmore was done for schools till 17711, when it was voted\\nto raise three hundred pounds, and all Delinquent\\nDestriets Neglect or refuse to hire masters or mis-\\ntresses, their proportion of School money shall he\\nturned into the town Stock. Schools were kept this\\nyear; for we find that, in 1780, the town Voted that\\nthe mountain Destrict and the Destrict by Caldwell\\nShall Draw theire Proportion of School money for\\nthe year 1779.\\nThen there were no schools kept till 1785. Sixty\\npounds, lawful money, were raised that year, and\\nthe selectmen an- to Divide the town into Destriets\\nami in provide tic Schools. Since 1785, sc! Is\\nhave been regularly kept.\\nThere was a grammar-school part of the time hold-\\ning its sessions in different places in town. Often ii\\nwas online. 1. and in 1 7-^7 the town was indicted ami\\ntiiied lor its neglect. Soon after this the law compel-\\nling towns to support a grammar-school was repealed.\\nlie schools at first were kept in the houses or\\nbarns of the settlers. In 1789 a low school-houses\\nwere built by the districts, and in 1793 the town", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1089.jp2"}, "924": {"fulltext": "684\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvoted to build school-houses in each district by a tax\\nin proportion to the school-tax, and give credit to all\\nwho have already built houses.\\ncommittee was chosen in 1806 to divide the town\\ninto districts (the selectmen had done it before), and\\nthey reported the following:\\nCorner.No 1, Pago District, No 2; Shugar Hill, No. 3;\\nSchool Hill, No I Hoil No i ttelvin, No 6: Worthlej No i apl\\nHadley, No. 8 George, No. 9 Baylej No.10; Hodgdon, No. 11 To-\\nl.i. No 12; C i. No i I\\nNew districts were afterwards formed from time to\\ntime, till there wore twenty-six of them.\\nIn 1853 a committee was chosen to rebound and\\nmake new school-districts; they acted, reported,\\nand the town accepted the report; then began a fight\\nthat lasted several years; dozens of petitions were\\nput in, dozens of votes passed, and but few were sat-\\nisfied. Another committee was chosen to re-district\\nthe town in L866. Thej did the work, made a report,\\nthe town accepted it, and for years every attempt to\\nalter it was voted down with a rush.\\nSuperintending school-c nittees were first ap-\\npoii I about L829. In 1837 voted that thej should\\nnot visit the schools in 1847, that they should visit\\neach school twice a war for one dollar a district, and\\nin L850 that they should publish their school-report,\\nand that the town should pay for it.\\nPine Tree Riot. The Masonian proprietors, in\\ntheir grants, and Governor Benning Wentworth, in\\nall In- charters, had a clause reserving to the king\\nall White Pine Trees tit for masting the n :i 1\\nnavy. In 17:22 the New Hampshire General Court\\npassed an act making it a penal offence to cut such\\ntrees twelve inches or more in diameter, a law that\\nstood till the time of the Revolution. The tine for\\ncutting a tree twelve inches through was live pounds;\\ntwelve to eighteen inches, ten pounds; eighteen to\\ntwenty-lour, twenty pounds; and twenty-four and\\nmore, fifty pounds; and all lumber made from such\\ntrees was forfeited to the king.\\nThis law was not popular farmers wanted such\\ntrees fur their houses, preachers fur their churches\\nand mill owners to saw. In 1771 Governor John\\nWentworth was appointed Surveyor of the King s\\nwoods. He had many deputies anil tried to enforce\\nthe law. They rode about the country, searched the\\nsaw-mill yards and if they found any such trees they\\naffixed i he broad R mark, libelled and sold them\\nand turned the proceeds into His Majesty s lr.a-ur\\\\.\\nA deputy went to Weare; he found two hundred and\\nseventy logs from seventeen to thirty-six inches in\\ndiameter, in Clement s noil yard at Oil Mill village.\\nThey were marked, and complaint and warrant made\\nout against Ebenezer Mudget who had got them in.\\nIt was put into the bands of Benjamin Whiting, Esq.,\\noi Hollis, sheriff of the county, for service. April 13,\\n1 77 j, be went with his deputy, Mr. Quigley, of New\\nBoston, to Weare to serve it. Whiting arrested Mud-\\nget, who agreed to give hail in the morning. The\\nsheriff and his deputy then went to Aaron Quimby s\\ninn near by for the night. The news that the sheriff\\nhad cum, for Mudget spread over town like wild-fire.\\nScoi s of men said they would hail him. Thej gut\\ntogether at his house ami made a plan how to give it.\\nMudget went to the inn at dawn, woke the sheriff,\\nburst into his room and told him his bail was ready.\\nWhiting jumped out of Led. chid Mudget for coming\\nso early and went to dress. Then more than twenty\\nmen rushed in, faces blacked, switches in their hands\\nand went to give hail. Whitingseized his pistols and\\nwould have shot some of them, but they took his\\nsmall guns away and with their rods heat him to their\\nheart s content two on a side holding him up from\\nthe II by his arms and legs while the rest crossed\\nout their account of all logs cut. drawn and forfeited\\nupon his hare hack much to his great com fort and de-\\nlight. They made him wish he bad never heard of\\npine trees lit tor masting the royal navy.\\nQuigley, his deputy, showed light they had to take\\nup the floor over his head and beat him with long\\npoles thrust down from the garret to capture him, and\\nthen they tickled him the same way.\\nTheir horses, saddled and bridled, with cars, manes\\nand tailscut and sheared, wereled to thedoor and the\\na told to mount. They refused force was\\napplied they got on and rode off down the road while\\njeers, jokes and shouts rang in their ears.\\nThey were mad they would give the Weare men\\na dose of the law; they went to Colonels Moore, of\\nBedford and Lutwyche, of Merrimack, and from their\\ntwo regiments got a posse comitatw. This with guns\\nanil swords marched up to Weare but the rioters bad\\ntied to the w Is and not a soul of them could be\\nfound. But soon after one was caught and put in\\njail, and the rest gave bail to come to court.\\nAt the September Term, 1772, they were indicted,\\nand when brought into court plead that they would\\nnot contend with our lord, the King; but submit to\\nbis irace. Then the court imposed a fine of twenty\\nshillings with costs and they went free. Meshech\\nWeare, who gave bis name to the town, was one of\\nthe judges of the court, and the light tine imposed\\nshows that hedid not like the law any better than the\\nnun who cut the logs.\\nWar of the Revolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The prohibition to cut\\npine trees was as much an oppression as the tax on\\ntea, and the Wean- riot was as great a feat as the Bos-\\nton tea partj and would occupy as prominent a place\\nin history if only as well written up. Taxation with-\\nout representation, the stamp act, the tax on molasses,\\nthe law that all exports should be sent to England\\nand that England should furnish all the imports, tin\\nattempt to govern by force and the quartering of\\ntroops on the people roused the colonists to armed re-\\nsistance.\\nlie- battle of Lexington woke up the land and hun-\\ndreds of New Hampshire men hurried to the scene of\\naction near Boston. Thirteen citizens of Weare", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1090.jp2"}, "925": {"fulltext": "WEARE.\\nmarched at once to Cambridge. They were Captain\\nJonathan Atwood, Caleb Atwood, Nathaniel Weed,\\nSamuel Worthing, Mark Flood, Samuel Caldwell,\\nAbraham Melvin, Samuel Brocklebank, Philip Hoit,\\nAaron Quimby, MardeD Emerson, Ephraim Hardy\\nand Levi Hovey. Bui these men soon came home;\\nsome of them enlisted, and the following were in the\\nbattle of Bunker Mill: Jonathan Page, Stockman\\nSweat, Reuben Trusell, Ebenezer Sinclear, John\\nFlanders, Jacob Flanders, Ephraim Hadley and Sam-\\niiel Caldwell, Jr. These also went to Cambridge al\\nthe time and might have been in the battle: Marden\\nEmerson, Joshua Maxfield, Jacob Carr, Joseph Hunt-\\nington, Joseph Colby, Jesse Bayley, Asa Heath and\\nDaniel Watson. Captain Aaron Quimby, Lieutenant\\nHenry Tuxbury, Jonathan Worthley and Moses Fol-\\nlansbee went to Canada others from Weare went to\\nCoos, to St. Johns, to Mount Royal and La Prairie.\\nSome tramped with Colonel Benedict Arnold s de-\\ntachment through the Maine wilderness to Quebec;\\ntwenty under Lieutenant Timothy Worthley marched\\nto 1 1 1 i 1 i to join laptain Henry Dearborn s company\\nfive were in Captain Henry Clement s company at\\nNew Castle and three wen in the tirst New Hamp-\\nshire regiment.\\nIn order to learn who were true to the colonies and\\nwho were Tories i lie New Hampshire Committee of\\nSafety, April \\\\2, 177(1, sent out the following:\\ni.t iii.- linn\\nbo Signed b) a Number ol men who ipcan to be well .1 iated, to De-\\nf.-Ilil l.y nuns the I 111! I oliom- ;i-.onsI Hi. liuslili nUrlliptfi Of tbf\\nHi- Sel i.- ol Weari ba ?e R\\ns u l.y ill., (nlmbitcnce I Said V\\nl.l.TS Hi. [iii laration \\\\vi mako K.-tui 11\\ni- li l.it.iti .n. ;i l.isl ul theii 11:1 s is on\\nVSS0C1 \\\\TI n\\nWe, 11\\nisubscr\\nbers\\ndoherebj\\nolemnly\\nMl, 1\\nMi. ill 1\\nofo\\nir power, 1\\nwith a\\nins\\noppose\\nthe\\nostile 1\\n1;., Ill-\\nth\\nl nit...l\\nAm\\nin .in Coli\\nlies\\ns in\\n1 HV.,1\\niaa w\\ntley,\\nwell, Joni\\nRobie,\\n:,.li\\ninn Jones\\nSal v.. 1111\\nBlak\\nY.i.\\nki.0 Ki\\nil.al\\nTl tag 1\\niinball,\\nWorn\\nEaton\\nz\\nbrae]\\nPaige,\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I-. Moses\\nhy Tux-\\nMo. hit,\\nI .-i-riii. \\\\-.i W Inlii k. 1. I .1.1 1 .1\\nb Sargent, Jonatb in M iod I b 1\\nAaron ilninlii Uaar Tilxlniry, M..s.s oiimil.... .1 1 I. on. ait, Saiiiuol\\nSelty, Jonathan I la. II... k, Si 1 Easman, .1 itban Worthley, Samuel\\nOrdway, John Colby, Jr., Tho -1 11 Daniel Bayley,\\nTimothy Wurtlilry, St. 1 I I 1 1\\nWhitaker, Isaai Sargent, Thomas Worthly, T hj George, Joseph\\nHum.. Peter Rogers,Ji .Joshua Macfield, Samuel Brockelbank, Ephraim\\ni. raon, I.. irg M I I] 11 1 tatban Clemeni\\nJoiliain Turtle, Mark Flood, Philip Sargent, Joeepl Hadlock, Joseph\\nOn.-iilii Daiii -I Ha.l|.\\\\, -.Hi I ll. in- n, Ben Flanders, John\\nJewell, Timothy Co l.-.s J..s, T .l, lla.lloik, .li Ho ,.1 M.,00,,1 .1. .1, 1, M,,,l-\\n5et,\\n111,-\\nCrani, Daniel Gullnslia, .lacoli lirav.-, .la... I. I. iiu-I.!,. !,.-iali li.iwn.\\nJoseph Hunton, Moses Boyt, Jr., Jacob Tuxbury, NIeodemua Watson,\\nSamuel Worthen, .John Onhvay, I ani.l o.nil.i, |.h Kills, jfosos\\nFolonsbury, Joseph Webster, John Clio, .lonaihan Marlnin, Xatloui\\nGoud, John Iliilitiii-I.ai, Hi. una- 1 oll.v. J I in 1 1 1 rani, Timothy Cilis,\\nJr. M-s.- Flood. .I..I111 I a.n. Sim. .a, II.o.v.I. s I ni.i-on. Manl.-n\\nEmerson, William Out-mby,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1:;1.\\nColony or New Hampsbibk\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTo Die Hon. Committee of Safely this olmy\\nWhereas wo tlo- Si li rliii U of Wrap, havo rails. .1 l[n- II.-. Iaiatk.n to\\nJames Buxton, Joseph Parkins Samuel Colings, John Chase,\\ni.-l ll.v.i.s lluniiii-toii. salon. 1 llayl.y, .lolin .1. 1 1\\nge lla.ll.y. Nalli.iioil e.iili.-, \\\\liialiatn Molvon, Asa lloalli, .losi-ph\\nAs the war went on Wean furnished more men.\\nThe town paid small bounties for volunteers at first,\\nfrom two 10 ten pounds. And then there were drafts\\nand men furnished substitutes and paid line- Largei\\nbounties were paid and as the value of the paper\\nmoney depreciated almost fabulous sums were given\\ntor volunteers and substitutes. When the pap 1\\nmoney was worthless the government called lor taxes\\nin corn and beef. The town of Weare hauled anil\\ndelivered her corn at Salisbury, .Mass. There were\\nloo f collectors. Soldiers were lined ami paid in\\ncorn or live cattle. The town s committee to hire\\nsoldiers paid to Daniel Straw Twenty Bushels ol\\nGood Indian Corn Per Month. Robert Colens was\\npaid Sixteen Middling three year old heifers with\\nCalf or Calvs By their Sides. David Greelej was\\npaid Fifteen Midling Heifers three years old with\\neach a 1 all hy her side.\\nWeare, with only a population of eight hundred\\nami thirty-seven, and with one hundred and fiftj of\\nthese Quakers, who had scruples against, lighting,\\nsent one hundred and eighty -three men into the arnn\\nduring the War of the Revolution. Nearlj everj prom-\\ninent citizen and even a few of tic Qua] 1\\nin the army at some time during the war.\\nWhen Cornwallis surrendered the people look\\nheart. Peace and independence seemed assured, am!\\nappropriation.- were madl :e more lor schools and\\npreaching.\\nChurches Baptists. The Baptist church woke\\nup (o life again ami had the following preachers\\nSamuel Fletcher, 1782 Eliphalet Smith, 1783 Amos\\nWood, L788-98, the most popular minister whoever\\nlived in town; Job Seaman, 17 S Thomas Rand.\\n1799; [siah Stone, 1801; lie. ma- Paul, 1802; Sam-\\nuel Applebee, 1803 Ezra Wilmarth, 1804; Otis Rob-\\ninson, 1805; Henry Veasey, L806; William Herrick,\\n1807; George Evans. L808-12; but none of thesi", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1091.jp2"}, "926": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nafter Amos Wood were settled. Elder Ezra Wil-\\nmarth came back in 1813 and preached till March 13.\\n1817. John B. Gibson, 1818 to April 21, 1822; he was\\naccused of intemperance and had great trials; Elder\\nWilmarth returned in 1823, he gol up a great re-\\nvival, difficulties were settled, backsliders reclaimed,\\nthe church refreshed and sinners converted. He was\\ndismissed October 17. 1826; Joseph Davis, April 17,\\n1827 to September 15, 1 530.\\ntip to 1829, the society had included the whole\\ntown and the minister had preached alternately at\\nthe meeting-house in South Weare and at the north\\nmeeting-house at East Weare. Then the East Weare\\nmembers desired to set up for themselves twenty-one\\nmembers were dismissed from the first church and\\nformed the second Baptist church at East Weare.\\nBoth societies, after this, were weak and the first so-\\nciety had no regular minister.\\nElder John Atw 1 administered tin ordi ice to\\nthem once or twice Nathan Chapman labored with\\nthem one half of the time in 1832-33 Lewis E. as-\\nwell made them an occasional visit; S. G. Kenney\\nwas with them a few months in the summer and fall\\nof 1836 Ferdinand Ellis preached to them part of\\nthe year IS: i. and aleh Brown was with them some\\npart of the time in 1842.\\nAbraham Morrill was one of the pillars of this\\nchurch he stood by it for nearly half a century and\\nwas one of the last survivors. He was present at its\\ndeath. August !i 1843, and made the sad record of\\nits demise.\\nBaptist Churehai East Weare.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It was formed No-\\nvember 28, 1829. It had twenty-one members at\\nfirst. Rev. Asa Niles was the first pa-tor, 1830;\\nNathan Chapman was ordained July 4, 1832 Lewis\\nE. Caswell, 1834-42; Caleb Brown, 1843-47; S. O.\\nKenny, 1847-40 John Upton, 1849-51; E. H.\\nSmith, 1851.\\nIn 1856 the church contained seventy-two mem-\\nbers mostly females.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lHonalhts. A church was formed at Easl\\nWeare, June 17. 1789. It was always weak. Rev.\\nWilliam Sleigh was one of its first preachers. Rev.\\nMr. Shearer preached for it. Rev. John Clayford,\\nfrom England, was ordained its pastor, Octobei\\n1802, and was dismissed May 4, 1808. Ii had some\\npreaching after that but it soon died, one strong-\\nminded woman leading all its members into the Bap-\\ntist fold.\\nA Coiigreiratioiialist Church was formed at South\\nWeare, Februarj 1. 1876. Rev. A. 15. Palmer was its\\nfirst pastor; resigned May 1,1878. Charles H. Taint-\\norwas pastor, March 25, 1879, April 22, 1880; John\\nA. Rowell came July 16, 1SS0; left November 20.\\n1882. John Bragdon preached three months in sum-\\nmer of 1884. No preaching since. Whole number\\nof members, thirty-eight.\\n117 V Buptixt*. A church was established Octo-\\nber Jo, lso,;. Their first ministers were Elders Timo-\\nthy Morse. Joseph Quimby, Elijah Watson, Joshua\\nQuimby, Ebenezer Chase and Moses Bean. Elder\\nHezekiah I Buzzell was pastor from March 8, 1813 to\\n1829. He was a man of good ability, and was a mem-\\nber of both branches of the State Legislature. Many\\nother Free-Will Baptist ministers were about Weare\\nduring his pastorate. David Harriman was the next\\npastor, 1829-37; David Moody, 1837-40 Sister Par-\\nker, 1840-43; John G. Tuttle, 1848-18; Rufus Hay-\\nden, 1848-50; John Kimball, 1850-52; W.C.Stafford,\\n1852-53; a Rundlett, 1854-55; N. B. Smith, 1856-\\n61; David Moody, 1862-63; 0. C. Lane, 1864-65;\\nN. Young, 1865-66; J. M. L. Babcock, 1866-68; N.\\nB. Smith, 1868-70; D. Moody, 1871-73; Sister Saul-\\npaugh, 1873.\\nTransient ministers who preached about this time\\nwere J. M. Coburn, 1871; N. L. Chase. L873; Jo-\\nseph Granvill, 1874, and D. J. Quint, 1875.\\nThis church, often called the First Free-Will Bap-\\ntist Church of Weare. was the parent of four other\\nsmall churches. About 1877 it died.\\nDeering Church. Many of its members were from\\nDeering, and May 5, 1830, they were dismissed for\\nthe purpose of forming a separate and distinct\\nchurch in that town.\\nFree-Will Baptist Church in North Weare.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Its\\nmembers were from the First Church. They were\\ndismissed March 29, 1838, and immediately organized.\\nThe church at first consisted of seventeen men and\\ntwenty-two sisters. They called themselves the Second\\nFree-Will Baptist Church in Weare. Their ministers\\nhave been Revs. Amos Emery, Benjamin Locke, Ru-\\nfus Hayden, Plumer Chesley, J. J. Wentworth, David\\nMoody, N. B. Smith, Clarion II. Kimball, Sullivan\\nCicero Kimball, Moses Folsom, Joseph Granville,\\nDaniel I. Quint. George W. Pierce and some\\nothers. A Methodist minister is now preaching for\\nthem.\\nThird Free-Will Baptist Church at Fast Weare.\\nThe Little Free-Will Baptist Church in the north-\\nwest corner of this town was formed before 1830.\\nI mi i:i;sa lists. The Rev. John Murray, father\\noi Universalism, preachedin Weare some time in the\\nlast century. Aimer Kiiceland. a hero office thought\\nwho went to prison for his opinions, lived in town in\\n1803, and preached in private houses and school-\\nhouses, for the Evangelists would not let him and his\\nfollowers into the meeting-houses. Hosea Ballou and\\nWalter Balfour preach, d occasionally, and in 1808 or\\n1809 a society was formed. Ministers who have re-\\nsided in town and preached are Sebastian Streetcr,\\n180 .i-12; Squiers Streeter, 1812-16; Russell\\nRobert Bartlett; J. R. Atkinson, 1840; Elbridge\\nTrull: Frederick Foster. Others who have supplied\\nthe pulpit are Revs. Mr. Anderson I a Scotchman),\\nWalter Harriman, William Hooper, G. L. Demarest,\\nDr. Emerson, It. S. Fisk, Mr. Turner and Dr. A. A.\\nMiner.\\nQuakers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Quakers settled in Weare at an", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1092.jp2"}, "927": {"fulltext": "early date before the Revolution. They have two\\nmeeting-houses.\\nThe Second Ai f.n i i-i- had a society about\\n1843.\\nShakei .s lived in town near Rattlesnake Hill and\\nheld meetings early in the present century.\\nMeeting-Houses.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first meeting-house in\\nWeare, as we have said, was probably built by the\\nproprietors before the incorporation of the town in\\n17G4. The second was built at East Weare in 1786.\\nIts pews were sold in advance in September, 1785.\\nThe third was at South Weare, built in the same\\nway, by selling the pews. They were sold in 1788\\nand the house built in 1789. The Quakers also built\\ntheir houses about this time and the town-meetings\\nwere often held in the one near the Center. A meet-\\ning-house was built at North Weare about 1840.\\nThe Universalis built one at Weare Centre, in con-\\nnection with the town house, about 1835, and the\\nCalvinistic Baptists builtoneat Easl Weare in 1836 at\\na cost of eight hundred and fifty dollars. The Free-\\nwill Baptists also built a meeting-bouse at East\\nWeare, in 1840.\\nWeare has had more religious societies and church\\nbuildings than any other town of its size in the\\nState.\\nSmall-Pox.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A hospital was established at Dun-\\nbarton in 1793 for inoculating persons for the small-\\npox. 1 Dr. Sawyer and Mrs. Jimison kept it. James\\nHogg and others, of Weare, had children there sick.\\nDunbarton people were uneasy about it, and their\\nselectmen notified the parents that they should semi\\nthe children home to them February 27th. Weare s\\nselectmen were informed and asked that the children\\nmight have it at Lieutenant James Eogg s house, or\\nthat a place might be provided for them. There was\\ngreat excitement. February 28th a town-meeting was\\ncalled to be held March 2d to see what should be\\ndone. The town was wild. All came to the meeting\\nand they voted unanimously that Lieutenant Hogg\\nshould be notified to remove all infected persons and\\ninfection of the small-pox out of the town forthwith.\\nJesse Woodbury and Philip Sawyer were chosen a\\ncommittee to see that it was done. The town in pass-\\ning this vote did not seem to care what other town was\\nafflicted with the small-pox if they could onlj gel rid\\nof it.\\nBut the children and the small-pox did not go, and\\na pest-house was built at once. It was located in an\\nout-of-the way place on Burnt Hill, and the patients\\ntaken there. One died and was buried near by.\\nThe following bill shows the customs of those\\nthlleS: Wb.ks, April, 1793.\\nThe Town Due to Obsidian Eaton on ace it ol the\\nI Several would be inoculated and go through with th dis ise. Thej\\n:re called class.\\nL, -|,i!ii; h, A I.M.Iuiir- ni ii\\nto I pint sim^ l mug Egg pop\\nto keepin- T ]ml a I ..I. n\\ntoSniugs-W I .-I,\\n1 i|u.nl W in,- 1,1, -I,! !,;,,I I,-! IV. H,\\n1 I Wine\\nmy s,lf, ii\u00e2\u0080\u009el Aav.,11 liuriihaiii .V l ,,in i ivn ,,nt- lvi\\\\\\nl pail Sheats S 1 qt, w I. a I qt. N. E\\nSamuel Bean s children were taken to the pest-\\nhouse, and he was much vexed. One night he stole\\nthem all away. The selectmen took the advice of\\nJohn Prentice, a lawyer of Amherst, and then broke\\nopen the house where the children wen- and carried\\nthem back. Then they arrested Bean ami made him\\ngive a bond for good behaviour. The child that died\\nwas Bean s.\\nTown-House.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the first one was built in 17! 7. It\\nwas located on the road a short distance southeast of\\nDuck Pond. Before it was finished, but after they\\nhad held one town-meeting in it, Ezekiel Kimball, Jr.,\\nset it on tire and it was burned to ashes. Ezekiel\\nran away and hid in the great Moose Bog swamp.\\nEbenezer Peaslee hunted him out by stratagem, hail\\nhim arrested and arraigned. He gave hail and his\\nfather settled the matter by paying one hundred dol-\\nlars. The house finally cost four hundred and sixty-\\neight dollars, ami town-meetings were regularly held\\nin it tor the next thirty-five ears.\\nMinute-Men.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There was trouble with England.\\nShe persisted in insulting the United States ami im-\\npressing her seamen. France despoiled our com-\\nmerce, the Algeriue pirates preyed upon it am] the\\nIndians upon the frontier were hostile. Congress\\nwished for troops to he in readiness in every town,\\nand provided pay and bounties tor minute-men. as\\nthey were called.\\nThe town of Weare, November 27. 1794, being pat-\\nriotic, voted a bounty of two dollars to each soldier\\nthat shall enlist to he in Redness at a i ient s\\nwarning in defense of theUnited States. December II,\\n17 .i7, voted a bounty of two dollars, and nine dollars\\na month in addition to what 1 longress voted, to min-\\nute-men when in actual service.\\nThe War of 1812.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1809 war was imminent\\nwith England. Weare showed her patriotism again,\\nand. March 14th, voted a bounty of two dollars each\\nto our proportion of soldiers to make up the one hun-\\ndred thousand called tor, and live dollars per month\\nin addition to what the Government allows them.\\nMay 30th, they chose Daniel Moore and Captain\\nSamuel Eaton a committee to provide a I\\nami other military utensils for the town, the Legis-\\nlature at its last session having passed an act that this\\nshould lie done by towns.\\nIn 1812 war came. The Republicans of Weare\\nwere in a majority and were in favor of prosecuting it", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1093.jp2"}, "928": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvigorously. But there were some Federalists who\\nbitterly opposed it. A town-meeting was held, July\\n3d, to provide troops, and alter much discussion,\\nsome loud talk and a great deal of wrangling,\\nVoted, To give and make up the wages of those sol-\\ndiers wdio shall he drafted from the militia, or to SO\\nmany of them as shall enlist, as will make the town s\\nproportion of the one hundred thousand men to be de-\\ntached from the United States Militia, fifteen dollars\\nper month and two dollars bounty to be paid on en-\\nlistment or draft and four dollars addition thereunto\\nwhen called for to march into actual service. Alter\\npassing a vote that the expense of the militia lie de-\\nfrayed the present year by the selectmen, as usual\\nthey adjourned, and Joseph Philbrick, tin- clerk, in\\nmaking his record, said, Thus ended a clamorous\\nmeeting.\\nThe following men went from Weare: Ephraim\\nPhilbrick and Isaac Grant were in Captain Benjamin\\nBradford s company, Colonel Aquilla Davis regi-\\nment. Lieutenant Stephen Emerson, ensign Ninian\\nFollansbe, sergeant John Gale, corporal Thomas\\nEastman, George Alley. Jonathan C. Butterfield, Wil-\\nliam Clough, Daniel Emerson, Jr., Thomas Nichols,\\nArchibald Stinson and .Moses VV 1 were in Captain\\nTrivett s company, Colonel Steele s regiment. Ser-\\ngeant Ebenezer Wilson. Jacob Barrett, Robert\\nClough, Nathan Oram and Nathan Johnson wore in\\nCaptain Rollins company (Captain Rollins was\\nfrom Weare). Phinehas Stone, of Weare, was cap-\\ntain of a company in the First Regimenl (Col 1 X.\\nFisk s). His men from Weare were Richard W.\\nCooper, musician Oliver Belcher, James Butter-\\nfield, John Colby, Jonathan Flanders, David Grant,\\nWilliam Cray, Luther Locke, Jonathan Ordway,\\nJohn Philbrick, George Philbrick, William Pope,\\nNathaniel Peaslee, Benjamin Tcnnv, Jr.. and G go\\nWoodman. The latter company went to Portsmouth,\\nSeptember 1l 1814, did actual service for three\\nmonths and were honorably discharged.\\nSpotted Fever.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It occurred in 1815, 1H and was\\nprevalent throughout New England. .Many died in\\nWeare.\\nTown Farm. In 1824 Joseph Philbrick, William\\nWhittle and Abraham Morrill were chosen a commit-\\ntee to report at the next annual meeting about the\\nsupport of the poor, and in 1825 they said a farm\\nshould lie bought. Being continued in office they\\nreported the next year. 1826, that they wire not in\\nfavor of buying a farm, they hail changed their\\nminds, but of setting up an establishment for the\\ntown s poor. They thought this was better than the\\nformer practice of humanely putting them up at\\nauction and striking them oil to the one who would\\nkeep them for the least pay. There were eleven\\npaupers this year. Mary Bailey, aged ninety-two;\\nThomas Worthly, son of one of the lirst settlers, eight\\nnine; Hannah Flood, eighty-four and Sarah Collins\\nwere among the oldest, and Mary Matthewson. aged\\ntwo, daughter of Sally Kinson, twenty-one, was tie\\nyoungest. They were all let out to a contractor to be\\nsupplied by him and he was also to buy books and\\nsend the children to school.\\nThe question slept for twelve years. In 1838 Os-\\ngood Paige, Abraham Morrill and Levi Gove were\\nchosen a committee to look up and report on the sub-\\nject of a Poor Farm. April 14th they reported\\nthey had examined the John Robie farm and the\\nAbraham Morrill farm not quite so good. They\\nstrongly urged that a farm be bought, and said, We\\nare bound by every principle of virtue and religion to\\nmitigate, as far as possible, the sorrows and sufferings\\nof the unfortunate poor, and that they could do it\\nbest on a farm. The town was convinced they ac-\\ncepted the report, voted to buy a farm and to hire of\\nthe agent the Surplus revenue and pay for it.\\nThey also voted that the poor farm should be a\\nhouse of correction, and chose Amos W. Bailey,\\nDaniel Page, Jr., and Moses Peaslee a committee to\\ndraft and report suitable by-laws for its proper man-\\nagement.\\nSurplus Revenue.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1837 the Government of\\nthe United States sent to the several states large sum-\\nof money, called the surplus revenue. New Hamp-\\nshire divided the money among its several towns.\\nWeare voted to take the money, and chose Amos W.\\nBailey agent to receive it from the State Treasury\\nand loan it in sums of not less than twenty-five dol-\\nlars, nor more than four hundred dollars, at six per\\ncent, interest, to be paid annually into the town\\ntreasury to defraj town charges, and that the agent\\ntake good security subject to the approval of the\\nselectmen.\\nIn L838 a part of this was taken as we have seen\\nto pay for the poor-farm. In 1843 the citizens voted\\nto put one-half of it into their own pockets, in other\\nwords, to take it to defray town charges, anil that\\nEbenezei Gove he an agent to take care of the rest\\nof it. In 1846 some tried to divide it among the\\ncitizens, but the majority decided not to do it. The\\nnext year at the March meeting they voted to distrib-\\nute it equally among the legal voters, and (ctolier lit li\\nchose Cyrus E. Wood agent to do it and record the\\nnames and amount each received. They got lol-\\nlar and forty-five cents apiece. Thus went the Sur-\\nplus Revenue; they could not be content to keep it\\nas a fund, and so spent it in just ten years.\\nMexican War. Only one man enlisted from\\nWeare, and he was a citizen of Collstown.\\nNew Hampshire Central Railroad.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It was char-\\ntered June 24, 1848. Its Board of Directors were\\nDavid Steele, president Muses Sawyer, North Weare\\nCharles Stinson, Dunbarton Perry Richards, New\\nBoston Horace Chi Ids, Henniker; Moses A. Hodgdon,\\nAimer Hoit Weare; John S. Eldridge, Boston.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lewis\\nSmith was clerk; Samuel H. Price, superintendent\\nAbraham Mitchell, roadmaster; Joseph Knowlton,\\nfreight agent; and James Priest, wood agent. Work", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1094.jp2"}, "929": {"fulltext": "r,Mi\\nwas begun in 1849; the road was completed to Oil Mill\\nvillage January 1850, and in February following the\\nears began to run regularly to the latter place. They\\nreached North Weare in November and Henniker\\nDecember 10, 1850. The ears did not run above Oil\\nMill till the road was built through to Henniker,\\nthen regular trains were put on. The first conductor\\nwas Robert Moon- of Henniker, from December 10,\\n1850, to September 1, 1853. Charles Henry Hurlburt\\nconductor September 1, 185:; to 1855, and Charles W.\\nEverett since that time. The road fell into the hands\\nof Joseph A. Gilmore about 1853, and the name was\\nchanged to the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers\\nRailroad. Sunday, October 31, 1858, Gill e tore\\nup the rails between North Weare and Henniker,\\nmuch to the disgust of every one living on the line,\\nand soon after tin road became the property of the\\nConcord Railroad.\\nFour trains now run daily between North Weare\\nand Manchester and two trains on Sunday, and the\\nroad pays good dividends on the amount the Concord\\nrailroad paid for it. There are four stations in Weare\\nat the present time, Oil Mill, Everett, East Weare\\nand North Weare, and the road is now known as the\\nManchester and North Weare Railroad.\\nWar of the Rebellion. Fort Sumter was fired\\nupon April 12, 1861, and the war began. President\\nLincoln called for seventy-live thousand troops, and\\nNew Hampshire sent her first regiment into the field.\\nSoon there was another call for more men. and. May\\n25, the town voted to pay each soldier who enlisted\\nfrom Weare nine dollars a month in addition to what\\nthe government pays, and to each nurse from this\\ntown an amount sufficient to make the pay up to\\ntwenty dollars a month. Also, those who en-\\nlist in the navy before August 27, shall be paid\\none hundred dollars if they will count on the town s\\nquota; the selectmen to hire all the money and pay\\nall the volunteers when they are mustered into ser-\\nvice. November 10, 1861, the town voted town aid\\nfor the families of volunteers, in addition to the\\nState aid.\\nAugust 12, 1862, the town voted to pay two hundred\\ndollars to each volunteer, the money to be hired to\\ndo it.\\nSeptember 8, 1862, the town affirmed the acts of\\nthe previous meeting and also voted to pay the nine\\nmonths men two hundred dollars each.\\nSeptember 8, 18(i:.l, the town, by vote, paid three\\nhundred dollars to each drafted man or his sub-\\nstitute who shall be mustered into the service\\nthis time the States and the United State- each paid\\nthree hundred dollars for a soldier, making a bounty\\nof nine hundred dollars to every man who went to\\nthe war.\\nDecember 2, 180:5, the selectmen were authorized\\nto hire money to till up Weaiv s quota under the call\\nof the President October 17 L86\\nJune 7, 1864, voted to pay those who have enlisted\\nor been drafted to till the last call, three bundled\\ndollars, the selectmen to hire the money.\\nJune 27, 1864, the selectmen were authorized to\\nprocure the enlistment of such number of soldiers as\\nwill be needed to fill the next call of the President,\\nthe selectmen to hire the money.\\nAugust 29, 1864, the President had called lor the\\nhundred thousand more troops. The calls cam. t lock\\nand fast. At a town-meeting held this day, voted to\\npay to each volunteer who shall enlist from this town\\nfor one year, one thousand dollars, for tv\\neleven hundred dollars, and for three years, twelve\\nhundred dollars, the selectmen to hire thirty thousand\\ndollars to pay the volunteers or their substitutes. Six-\\nteen to eighteen hundred dollars was a good, substan\\ntial bounty.\\nDecember 17, 1864, the town resolved that the\\nselectmen be authorized to pay to every man three\\nhundred dollars who may be drafted and accepted or\\nhas furnished a substitute since the last call for five\\nhundred thousand men, and hire the money therefor.\\nThis was the last of the bounties. One giganth\\neffort was made to crush out the rebellion and more\\nthan a million men were sent into the field. The\\neffort was successful. Had the war continued a few\\nyears more, the North would have been bankrupt\\nand secession a success.\\nWeare sent one hundred and fifty-nine of her\\ncitizen- to the war as volunteers and her drafted men\\nput in fifty substitutes.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 2011 men in all went from\\nWeare to the war.\\nRoll Of Honor. -The following are the naue- of\\nthe men of Weare, who gave their lives to their\\ncountry\\nEllTi.Uv Ilu-tiTi, Ninth lii-mmi-lit I, illf.l lit .l.irk-uii, lll-t.\\nJu\u00c2\u00bb pli II m Hi -I .ii Fort\\nLindlej Folia] I ted at I lv\\nChillies 10. P.-iislee, killf.l .it W iIM.ii.i-I.mi\\nt onrt.-tith It. -inn lit, died.\\ni Regiment\\ndied nt Hilton Bonge.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1095.jp2"}, "930": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nEllin.]-. |i.:ul\u00e2\u0080\u009e.rii, Sixt.-.-mh II.-iin.iil .li.-.l .1! e..n.. ,1 .1, N. II.\\nSiijiim.i li.-anl. Sixteenth l: \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2..mi. ill ili.-.l.\\niim...i\\\\\\\\ Chase, Si [eei B lied at Baton Rouge.\\nHonry Clement, Sixt.-i nil. lieeiment Jii-il.\\nUnion Dow, Six nth Regiment died.\\nr.lrli, Sixl- i ,li, .1 at NV\u00c2\u00bb Orleans.\\nWilliam Thorpe, Sixteenth 1;. nn.ul .li.-.l\\nDivision of the Town.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Many attempts were made\\nnear the close of the last century to divide the (own.\\nbut none of them were successful. There was an\\neffort to take portions of Weare, Goffstown and New\\nBoston and make a new town this failed, and, in 1876,\\nmany of the inhabitants in the southeast pari of the\\ntown wished to sever a portion of Weare and annex\\nit to Goffstown this shared the fate of the earlier\\nefforts. Two parishes for religious purposes was a\\nfavorite scheme of the East Weare Ihurch, but they\\nnever could accomplish it. The only thing of the\\nkind that met with any favor was the forming of two\\nmilitary districts for training purposes.\\nStove to Warm the Town-House\u00e2\u0080\u0094 About 1840.\\nafter building the new town-house a1 the Centre, the\\ntown refused to buy a stove to warm it. and it was\\nonly after voting on the question several years that\\none was bought. The same penuriousness was seen\\nin wanning the meeting-houses. Ministers preached\\nwith their overcoats and woolen mittens on ami the\\nwomen kept their feet warm with the old-fashioned\\nfoot-stoves, with a dish of live coals therein, for years\\nafter the first efforts were made to put in stoves.\\nMoney was appropriated for such purposes grudgingly.\\nWealth. But Weare s citizens arc more generous\\nnow. Each year the sum of fifty dollars is appropri-\\nated to decorate the soldiers graves; the town-house\\nhas been remodeled and modernized, a level floor of\\nGeorgia pine has taken the place of the sloping floor\\nof spruce and hemlock, comfortable settees have sup-\\nplanted the hard plank seats of former days and other\\nimprovements have been made. A receiving tomb\\nhas been built, a hearse procured, road machines\\nbought, and two thousand five hundred dollars apro-\\npriated, and paid for the reservoir at the head of the\\nPiscataquog. One item alone shows their prosperity\\nthey have $357,742in savings-banks, the tax on which\\nmore than pays the State tax of the town.\\nTown-History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 About 1881 the town chose David\\nCross, Abner P. Collins, Robert Peaslee, Josiah G.\\nDearborn and Sylvester Gould, a committee to\\nprepare a history of Weare. From data in part furn-\\nished by (hem this sketch has been written.\\nTemperance. A few generations ago there was\\na cider-mill at nearly every other house and every\\nordinary farmer put seventy-five to one hundred\\nbarrels of cider in his cellar each fall. Some also had\\na barrel of rum or other strong liquor with it. It was\\na common thing for men to drink a quart of cider at\\na draught without once taking their lips from the\\nmug. Now the apples arc sent to market bringing a\\ngood priei A little cider is made for vinegar or to\\nbe used in a proper manner and the old eider guzzlers\\nwho went from house to house drinking are all in the\\ngraveyard.\\nEducation and Religion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Better school-houses\\nhave been built and better schools are had better\\nchurches have been provided and they are kept in\\nbetter repair.\\nWe would not detract from the merits of our an-\\ncestors; they were patriotic, public-spirited and\\nvirtuous. But the people of Weare to-day are much\\nbetter off; have more property, better houses and\\nfurniture; more intelligence; are more temperate;\\nhave purer morals; a truer and freer religion, and\\nlive twenty years longer on the average than did the\\ninhabitants of y e olden times.\\nManufactures.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Weare is chiefly an agricultural\\ntown, but a great variety of manufacturing has been\\ncarried on. The following articles have been produced\\nin Weare; Woolen goods, cotlon goo. Is, lumber,\\nClocks, ready-made clothing, hats, linseed oil, pump-\\nkin seed oil, cotton yam, woolen rolls, skimmers, nails,\\nhinges, wooden ware, starch, carriages, sleighs.\\nmusical instruments, toys, boots and shoes, matches,\\nleather, barrels, tubs, kits, sugar, skivers.\\nThe following aged persons lone died in Weare:\\nIn 1800 (or about that time). Thomas Worthley, aged\\n106 years; in 1843, BetS\\\\ Sargent, aged 100 years;\\nin 1860, Hannah Peaslee, aged 101 years in 1869,\\nFannie Morse, aged 100 years and nine months.\\nCensus of Weare.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 768, 268; 1773, 884; 1775,\\n837; 1786, 1574; 1790, 1924; 1800, 2517; 1810, 2634;\\n1820,2781; L830.2430; 1840,2375; 1850, 2435 1860,\\n2310; L870, 2092; 1880, 1829.\\nREPRESENTATIVES\\nSam ii i Page, 177.\\nJohn I.. Hadley, 183 1 34, 3\\n36\\nJohn Worth, 177:..\\n37, 38, 46, -17, 48.\\nG Hadley, 1776, L803.\\nThomas Muzzey, 1835, 37\\nSamuel 1 aldwi\\n.l.ilm Eilniuii K I S .s,\\nItli.iMi.n Eaton, 1780.\\n.1 w liittake] (839,\\nSa 1 Phill i 1 1782,\\nWilliam w Ibury, 1840, 41,\\n48.\\nJonathan G. 1 olby, 1842, 43.\\n42,\\nrohnHod don L789\\n01 ad h 1 ton, 1 12, 93 94 95\\nDaniel C\\n46.\\na IB 1 i. i: H\\n47.\\nEheney.er Gove, Is 11. 45.\\nJabej Mi roll. 1799, 1800, di i\\nlibel B, Cram, 1849.\\nSa.. je] C. Eastman, 1849, 60.\\n.lames Caldwell, 1806, 06, 07, 08.\\nHiram Simons, 1850, 59.\\nJonathan \\\\uv 1, 1809, 10, 11.\\nWilliam II. Gove, 1851, 52,\\n65\\nDauiel Moore, 1810, 11.\\n71 Speakei .it the House,\\nSamuel Eaton, 1812, 13, 17. Is.\\n1871.\\n19, 20.\\nPeter Dearborn, 1851, 52.\\nr, 1813\\nJosiah G Dearborn, Is 54,\\nii nekiah D Buz/.ell, 1814, 16,\\ni raD t, 1853 54\\n16, 19, 20.\\nDavid Gould, 1.X55.\\nAbraham Morrill, 1815, 16, 17.\\nJohn Bartlett, 1856, 57.\\nIs, 21, 22.\\nRobert B. Caswell, 1858, 60\\nJam- Wall ice, 182]\\nAll... Morrill, 1868.\\n.1 rial Dmnl i 1823, 24\\nJonathan B Moulton, 1859.\\nA w Bailey, 1825, J :7.\\nSimon il Grove, I860, 61.\\nTristn ..n. n, L825, J. 7, It\\nMoses A Cartland, 1861.\\ns ii I lull,,-, (S2S, I MO, 31,\\nMoses A. Hodgdon, i 1\\n32, 41.\\nZil.a A. 11. .m, 1862, 63\\nDaniel Page, Jr., 1829 i\\nAbraham 11. Story, 1864,\\nIra Gove, 1864, 65.\\nSeth V illey, 1832, 33, 34.\\nAbner P. Collins, 1865, 68", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1096.jp2"}, "931": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1097.jp2"}, "932": {"fulltext": "0 m xiJ^f/?j7U", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1098.jp2"}, "933": {"fulltext": "Jonathan Buxton, 1866,\\nMoses Sawyer, 1866\\nCharles Ballou, 1869, 7\\nAlonzo H. W i. 1869, 70.\\nCharlesW. Everett, 1-71\\nGeorge W. Colhy, 1872, 73.\\nJohn Thorndike, 1872, 73.\\nLindley M. Sawyer, 1874, 75\\niiu, i i rost, 1874, 7.\\nMi... ii B Johnson, 1876, 7:.\\nBioanAHin. AL skktojiks.\\nHIRAM SIMONS.\\nHiram Simons, son of Christopher and Nancy\\n(Locke) Simons, was born in Weare, Hillsborough\\nCounty, N. H., February 22, 1805. Being the eldest\\nof nine children, he was necessarily looked upon as a\\nhelp in the home duties and interests, and as school\\nadvantages We re not as easily attained as now. his\\nwere consequently restricted to short terms. But his\\nnaturally quick and keen perception in active busi-\\nness matters raised him to a high degree of capacity\\nin all and every position in which he took an in-\\nterest. In early life he labored on his lather s farm, in\\nthe southwest pari of Weare. When about twelve\\nyears of age, his father purchased a large lot of land\\nin the southeast part of Weare, where he carried on\\nthe oil-mill business, buying large quantities of\\nflax-seed, which was converted into oil, after which\\nthe meal was fed to cattle. They also owned a\\nsaw-mill and wheelwright shop, all in very active\\noperation. After Hiram became of age, his father gave\\nhim a small compensation for his labor for one year.\\nThen he went into mercantile business for himself,\\ntaking for partner Harrison Hobson, of \u00c2\u00bbil Mill Vil-\\nlage. This village derived its name from the Simons\\noil-mill, which was afterward converted into a\\ntloin ing-mill.\\nAbout 1833, Simons Hobson moved to Wear.\\nCentre, then quite a thriving little village, where\\nthey continued in mercantile business, prospering\\nfinely. Hiram engaged in lumbering quite exten-\\nsively. After locating at Weare Centre Hiram\\nSimons was elected postmaster, was also justice of\\npeace, was very active in the town interests, took a\\ndeep interest in the prosperity of the village, pro-\\nposed and helped build a church ami support a pastor.\\nHe will be remembered long by those who attended,\\nas one who took an active part in its prosperity;\\nplayed bass-viol in church while he remained there.\\nHe officiated as selectman, treasurer, collector for a\\ngood part of his stay at the village, was Representa-\\ntive in 1849, 1850, 1859,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all of which offices he filled\\nwith great honor. In 1860 In- moved to Manchester,\\nN. H., where he remained until his death, June\\n1. L882.\\nHe married M. Almeda Chase, .laughter of John\\nand Lydia Chase, of Weare, September I. 1842. They\\nwere bli ssed with a son, Maj 1843, earned Hiram\\nAugustus Simons, (in October 11, ls-)7, another son\\nwas bom, named George frank Simons, treasures\\nwhich were not spared them long. Augustus was\\nsent to u London, V II., school at fifteen years of\\nage, and was a very tine scholar. He came from tie\\nschool of books and enlisted in the school that tried\\nall people s souls the Rebellion. He went out in\\nthe first licet to the Southern Slat.-, enlisted Sep-\\ntember 4, 1861. He went as musician, served one\\nyear of hardship, came I ie September 5, ISt .L\\nstayed with his family one year; then, in 1863, came\\nthe loud and imperative calls for more men. The\\nnoble boy responded once more, and as he bade his\\ndear ones goo.l-bve, he said. Good-bye good-bye!\\nI ll come home nil rhjlil nil riijlil He did come\\ntill right the next July. Hut \\\\oieeless was the\\ndear form that left home so short a time before. He\\ndied in Washington, D. C, July 19, 1864 at Columbia\\nCollege Hospital, at the age of twenty-one years, one\\nmonth and a lev days. This was a hard blow for his\\nparents and brothers. But they bowed submissively,\\nfeeling that it was well with the dear one who bad\\ngone first, or, as he expressed it, some one must go\\nfirst it might as well be me as any one. The next\\nsummer dear Frank was called. He died August 9,\\n1m;. aged seventeen years, ten months and a few\\ndays I hen the parents were alone, feeling deeplj\\nbereft, yet with a hope and trust of meeting their\\ndear ones again when they too shall pass over to\\nthe shining shore.\\nHiram Simons lite was a very active, industrious\\non.-; ever ready to help the needy, both in words of\\nkindness and deeds of charity; quietly and unosten-\\ntatiously were his kind acts performed, but never\\nt,, be forgotten by the recipients. II. had acquired\\na handsome competency by his own industry, some\\ntwo hundred thousand dollars of which his four\\nsurviving brothers, one sisirr and one uieci\\nsixteen thousand dollars each of his property; of\\nthe remainder his wife has control, ami of which\\nshe ha- bestowed liberally where needed. Hiram\\nSimons lived the motto of his heart: This life is\\nshort, and we should miss no opportunity of giving\\nhappiness to others. His hist days were the ful-\\nfillment of this aim. Never an ill word passed his\\nlips if he could m.i speak well of a person he would\\nnot speak at all. He passed happily to rest on the\\nfirst day of June, 1882.\\nLEWIS SIMONS.\\nMl ,ir_ the man) successful business men of Hills-\\nborough lounty, no .me is better entitled t.. conspicu-\\nous mention that! Lewis Simons, who has attained his\\nore years and ten within the county where\\nboth he and his father before him were born, and from\\nwhose forests and timbered wastes he has cut for him-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1101.jp2"}, "934": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nself a fortune, while by his industry and integrity he\\nhas perfected a character as enduring as the granite\\nhills of his native State.\\nHis father, Christopher Simons, was born in South\\nWeare, and lived on the family homestead until two\\nyears alter the birth of Lewis, August 12, 1815, when,\\nwith his family of seven hoys ami two girls, he moved\\nto the flourish inn village in the same town, then and\\nsince known as the Oil Mills, and purchased the mills,\\nwhich gave the place its name and fame.\\nEn the year 1825 the business of the mills had so in-\\ncreased, under the excellent management of the\\nsenior Simons, aided by the efficient services of his\\nboys, that it was found uecessary to rebuild ami en-\\nlarge the capacity of the mills; and the raising of\\nlinseed and its manufacture into oil was a source of\\nprosperity to a large and thriving community. It\\nwas not mi. -,,111111011 t,, see over five hundred bushels\\nof seed at a time in the bins, and so long as the rais-\\ning of linseed was as remunerative as other branches\\nof agriculture, the business prospered hut, with the\\nlack of material, it languished, and in 1S3j! the in-\\ndustry was abandoned; the oil mill was leased to a\\nparty who utilized it as a pail factory until 1847,\\nwhen it was totally destroyed by fire.\\nUpon leaving the oil business, the senior Simons\\ndevoted himself to the care of his large farm, which\\nhe had secured by his industry and economy, and car-\\nried on also quite a thriving business in the saw-mill,\\nwhich he owned in the same locality. He was a type\\nof that invincible manhood which, in the early days,\\ncould master obstacles that in the light of modern\\ncivilization would seem overwhelming; and his suc-\\ncess was not less marked by the comfortable fortune\\nwhich he amassed, than by the habits of industry,\\nfrugality and integrity which he instilled into all his\\nnine children, and especially his fifth son. Lewis, the\\nsubject of this sketch.\\nNotwithstanding his limited opportunities lor ob-\\ntaining au education, young Simons nevertheless\\nmade the most of the means at his command, and,\\nivith the same untiring le\\\\, ri,,u and patient applica-\\ntion which had characterized his life he mastered what-\\never he undertook. With only eight or ten weeks of\\ndistrict school in a year, and ,,ne term of instruction\\nat the Henniker academy in the fall of 1835, where\\nhe was a class-mate with the late ex-Governor Har-\\nriman, he became proficient in scholarship and\\ntaught school with marked success in his own and\\nother districts in his native town for five consecutive\\nwinters. When not thus engaged he worked in his\\niw-mill, laying there the foundation for his\\nfuture business success in life.\\nIn 1843 he went into trade at Oil Mill village, hut\\nthis was not congenial to his tastes, and in 1845 he\\nabandoned it to follow the bent of his earlier inclina-\\ntions. In his father s saw-mill he had acquired not only\\na thorough knowledge of sawing lumber, but a strong\\ndesire to engage in the lumber business lor a livelihood.\\nThis desire had now fully ripened into a determi-\\nnation. The wisdom of his choice and the pertinacity\\nwith which he has pursued his calling are fully evi-\\ndenced in the splendid success which he has achieved\\nand the enviable reputation which he has won as a\\nman of broad judgment, of conscientious prudence\\nand of large business energy and integrity.\\nHis first venture in the lumber business, in 1845,\\nwas with his lirother Hiram, with whom he remained\\nin partnership until is. living meantime in Weare.\\nIn that year he sold his one-half interest in the busi-\\nness to hi- partner ami took up his residence in Man-\\nchester, having purchased a tine residence on the\\nwest side of the river, in that part of the city then\\nknown as Squog, but now graced with the more ele-\\ngant title of West Manchester. Her die continued to re-\\nside until 1860, when he built his present spacious and\\nattractive residence at the corner of Brook and I Ihesl\\nnut Sheets, in one of the most desirable locations in\\nthe city. Here for a quarter of a century he has\\nsummoned the immeasurable influences of a happy\\nhome to aid him in successfully prosecuting the\\nbusiness of his earlier years.\\nHe brought with him, to this new home, his wife\\nHannah W., daughter of Charles Gove, of Wean,\\nwhom he married in 1840, and her three surviving\\nchildren, Langdon, born July 20. 1841; Almeda,\\nborn November 24, 1*42; and Minot, bom June 12,\\n1849.\\nThree other boys had previously been born to\\nthem, hut they had faded beneath the touch of the\\ngrim messenger, early in life, and, in January, 1861,\\nthe faithful wife and devoted mother was summoned\\nto join them in the better land.\\nSubsequently Mr. Simons married Mary J. Gilmore,\\nwho still shares with him. in happy contentment, the\\nfruits of twenty year-. ,,t wedded bliss.\\nThe youthful Minot found, in his new mother, all\\nthe affection and devotion which he had lost, and,\\nthrough the lew years which he was permitted to re-\\nmain in this happy family, and especially through\\nthe trying ordeal which preceded his death, no\\ngreater love could ha\\\\e been manifested, no more pa-\\ntient or self-sacrificing care could have been be-\\nstowed. To this m, ist fortunate union much of Mr.\\nSimons prosperity in life is due.\\nHis son Langdon resides in Manchester, engaged in\\nthe jewelry business on Elm Street. He married\\nearly in life and has one sou, a bright and promising\\nyoung man, the idol of his grandparents, at whose\\nrequest he bears the name of Minot, in memory of the\\nson, whose loss in early maturity so keenly affected\\nboth Mr. and Mrs. Simons.\\nHis daughter Almeda is the most estimable wile of\\nDarwin A. Simons, one of Manchester s most enter-\\nprising and respected citizens.\\nIn all departments of the lumber business Mr. Si-\\nmons has been exceptionally fortunate. His judg-\\nment in estimating values, his thorough knowledge of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1102.jp2"}, "935": {"fulltext": "gyzc\\n-2^7^!", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1105.jp2"}, "936": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1106.jp2"}, "937": {"fulltext": "WEARE.\\nall the details of working and sawing lumber, his\\nlarge executive ability and thorough personal devo-\\ntion to the management of his business, together\\nwith his sagacity and prudence in putting Ins\\nmerchandise upon the market at the right time, or in\\npro-en inir and holding his lumber until a bi tin mar-\\nket would ensure tor him its full value, have won for\\nhim not only liberal wealth and the enviable reputa-\\ntion which his success financially demands, bul with\\nthis, and better than this, his strict, unswerving in-\\ntegrity in all his alt airs have ensured to him the full\\nconfidence, appreciation ;md esteem of all with whom\\nhe has come into contact. Hi- counsels have been\\nwidely sought, his methods scrupulously copied and\\nhis influences largely felt.\\nFor about eight years he owned the farm and mill\\nat the outlet of Lake Massabesic, with Gilman\\nClough. who learned bis trade of the Simons in\\nWcare, and in 1863 sold to Clough his one-half inter-\\nest. Since 1855 he has been extensivelj associated\\nin the purchase and working of immense tracts of\\nwoodland, with J. M. and D. A. Parker, ofGoffstown,\\nand his active labors in the lumber business look back-\\nover aperiod of forty years. In all this time, notwith-\\nstanding his business was immense, furnishing to one\\nparty in one year ten thousand cords of wood, yet he\\nnever let the smallest detail escape his attention. ut\\nof the many millions of lumber which he has handled,\\noftentimes accumulating on his hands for a bettei\\nmarket, not five hundred feel were ever wasted. His\\ncareer in this business, which, more than any other.\\ntaxes the judgment and common sense, has been almost\\nphenomenal, and he justly enjoys, in his declining\\nyears, the well-earned fruits of his life s labor.\\nAs a public-spirited citizen he lias stamped his im-\\npress upon the history and growth of our city, and\\nmany of the finest blocks and buildings are the results\\nof his industry. Besides his beautiful and valuable\\nhomestead, he has been instrumental in building the\\nMercantile Block and Music-Hail Block, Manchester,\\nboth beautiful and costly structures, situated on the\\nmain thoroughfare and in the heart of the business of\\nthis metropolitan city. He also helped to erect a large\\nbrick block on Elm Street, known as Webstei Block,\\nand a large tenement block on Pearl Street. In all of\\nthese, and in other valuable pieces of real\\nthis city, he is a large owner, and tow of Manchester\\ncitizens have been more fortunate in their financial\\naffairs.\\nAlthough ready and willing always to assist in any\\nlaudable enterprise. Mr. Simons has never sought the\\nhonors of political favor, nor held other offices of\\ntrust than justice of the peace, and, in 1855, alderman\\nin his ward, although the representative of the mi-\\nnority party.\\nThe reasons are obvious. In his earlier years he\\nwas too much engrossed in his own affairs\\nlitical preferment, and latterly fortunately, doubtless.\\nfor him, however much community may ha\\nfrom the loss of his valuable services, he has been\\na tenacious adherent of the old .lellersonian do, nine-.\\nbringing him a multitude of unsought Dei\\nnominations, only valuable until election day. In\\n188 I he was I he nominee of Ins partj for Mayor, re-\\nceiving in the caucus over twelve hundred votes, a\\ngreatei number than was ever given to any former can-\\ndidate. For years he was g regular attendant and an\\nenthusiastic worker in the Universalis! Society, lend-\\ning a willing hand and open purse to the prosecution\\not every g I work for the benefil of the church and\\nsociety, and equally ardent and liberal in resisting its\\npersecutions. Of late years he has attended the\\nUnitarian Church and has been president of its\\nboard of trustees.\\nHe has never yielded to the infatuating charms of\\nnidations of any kind, possibly on\\nof bis early interest in military affairs, which en-\\ngrossed his attention and engaged bis bonis of re-\\ncreation.\\nAt the age of eighteen he picked bis flint, shoul-\\ndered bis musket and became a real soldier in the\\nVolunteer Militia I lompany of bis town. He plucked\\neasily whatever of laurels for military achievements\\nwere obtainable in the militia service, and, with ac-\\ncumulating honors, lie joined, first, lie G\\nLight Infantry and after that he achieved distinction\\nin a rifle company of that time.\\nEvery year, to the date of the disbandment of the\\nState militia, he did military duty, in .very rank\\nof the line, and was hence admirably\\nby instinct, education and experience to take\\nupon himself the high honor and supreme mili-\\ntary distinction of becoming a member of the\\nVeterans, then in its infancy, whii h\\nhe did in 1855. for thirtj years he has bei n on ol\\nit- most useful and influential members, holding, in\\nsucci ssion, every office in its gift, until, at the last an\\nnual meeting in L885, he was honored by a unani-\\nmous election to the office of Commander, which he\\ndeclined to a tain thecommandof\\nCompany A as its captain, which position he has held\\nfor several years andstill continues to fill most accepta-\\nbly. The prosperity and high standing of this famous\\nil home and abroad, is largely due to his\\ndevotion, prudenceand careful oversight in the in iii-\\nol all it- affairs.\\n1 in- brief historj of the life of one of Mai\\nmost honored citi/ens would he incomplete if dueem-\\nphasis were not laid upon the stilling integrity\\ninnate moral dignity of its subject\\nlife and under all circumstances.\\nErect in stature, elastic in -ii [i I., -1; and well pre-\\nserved, thoi\\namiable, kind and always genial, bis acquaintances are\\nuniversally bis friends, whose, fidenceand approba-\\ntion no man in community possesses to a larger extent.\\nAbsolutely temperate as to intoxicants, he has also\\ntirelj from the\\nid\\nry walk in\\nIll", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1107.jp2"}, "938": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nforms, and no man ever heard from his lips a violent\\nor profane word. In short, Lewis Simons is, in the\\nbroadest and truest sense, an honest man.\\nMOSES SAWYER.\\nMoses Sawyer was born in the picturesque little\\ntown of Henniker, N. II., October 26, 1803. He was\\nthe seventh generation from William Soyer, who\\nemigrated from England to America in 1632, and\\ncommenced the hard life of a pioneer in the little\\ntown of Newbury, now Newburyport, Mass. Some\\nof his children united with the Society of Friends, of\\nwhieb religious organization his descendants have\\nremained members to the present time.\\nThe subject of this sketch was little indebted to\\nour public institutions for the unusual fund of in-\\nformation which he possessed. The world was the\\nschool in which he was taught, and a few well-chosen\\nbooks constituted his early library.\\nAt about the age of fourteen he left the home of\\nhis ehildb 1 to learn the trade of dressing (doth,\\nand subsequently went to Amesbury, .Mass., and per-\\nfected himself in the art of manufacturing woolen\\ngoods. Here he made the acquaintance of John G.\\nWhittier and William Lloyd Garrison, and at the\\nsolicitation of the latter subscribed for the first num-\\nber of the Lihrrnlor. which is now in his possessiou.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he determined to\\ngo into business for himself, and bought a water\\nprivilege in North Weare, X. II., where he erei ti d a\\nmill ami formed a company to manufacture woolen\\ngoods. He had little other capital than his hands\\nami his natural energy id character, yet he started\\none of the first, if not the tirst successful woolen mill\\nin New Hampshire, when Manchester contained only\\none house, and Peter Cooper was trying experiments\\nwith the first locomotive.\\nAfter several years of prosperity a new company\\nwas formed, of which lie is still the airent. He has\\nalways been known as a straightforward, honorable\\nbusiness man.\\nA member of the Society of Friends, both by faith\\nand inheritance, he has been prominent in Church-\\nwork, particularly that which showed itself in deeds\\nrather than words.\\nHe was an Abolitionist from the very first in the\\ndays when the name was as repugnant to what is\\ncalled Society, as the name Christian was to the\\nJewish Sanhedrin. or Puritan to the established\\nChurch of England in the days of Charles the First.\\nNo heart beat more ardently for the great subject of\\nhuman rights, or felt more keenly the injustice of\\nholding human beings asslaves ami he let i ppor-\\ntunitv pass to do his all in aiding the cause. His\\nhouse was one of the stations on the underground\\nrailway. and it was there that Frederick Douglass\\ncommenced the writing of his autobiography.\\nThe temperance movement, and every other philan-\\nthropic work has always had in him a strong advocate,\\nand be has given freely of his means for their support.\\nTo champion wearisome causes and take the part of\\nthe oppressed was his nature. It was nevera burden.\\nBut he never sought publicity in any field or held\\npolitical offices except at the earnest request of his\\nfriends, vet he represented the town in the Legislature\\nin 1866, was the first president of the Hillsborough\\nI oimty Bible Society, one of the trustees of our State\\nOrphans Home, beside holding many other offices.\\nAnd now that tor him the sunset hour has come, and\\nthe activities of business life are over, he has leisure\\ntor reading and study, and we trust he may be long\\nspared to gather the fruits of a well-spent life.\\nMr. Sawyer has been twice married. First to Re-\\nbecca B. Morrill .if Seabrook, N. H., and, several\\nyears after her decease, to Hannah Bassett Jones, of\\nGilmanton. He has three children still living:\\nHenry Abbott, a graduate of Dartmouth College;\\nEllen Rebecca, wife of J. Fred. Smith, of Fishkill,\\nX. Y., and Mary Elizabeth.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1108.jp2"}, "939": {"fulltext": "j/ t j \u00e2\u0096\u00a02^ s-f^Ut", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1111.jp2"}, "940": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1112.jp2"}, "941": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WILTON.\\nBY REV. A.\\nLIVERMORE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTHE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN, ITS GEOLOGY, STREAMS,\\nHILLS, TERRITORIAL LIMITS, SCENERY AND CLIMATE.\\nThe town of Wilton is situated in the southwest\\npart of the county of Hillsborough, State of New\\nHampshire, in latitude 42\u00c2\u00b0 50 north, and in longi-\\ntude 5\u00c2\u00b0 8 east from Washington, D. C. The original\\ngrant of territory by the Masonian proprietors in-\\neluded forty-six shares of two hundred and forty\\nacres each, or one hundred and thirty-eight lots of\\neighty acres each, or about twenty-eight square miles,\\nand not far from sixteen thousand and seventy acres.\\nBut, August 2G, 17u8, a range of lots, half a mile wide,\\nwas set oft to the adjoining town of Temple, on the\\nwest, leaving Wilton an oblong parallelogram, seven-\\nteen hundred rods long from north to south and\\nfifteen hundred rods wide from east to west. It lies\\neighteen miles from Nashua, forty from Concord,\\nthirty from Keene and fifty-eight from Boston. It\\nis bounded on the north by Lyndeborough, on the\\neast by Lyndeborough and Milford, on the south by\\nMason and Greenville and on the west by Temple.\\nIts geological formation is chiefly granite and\\nschist, making a very uneven surface and hard but\\nstrong soil, rising into lofty hills, which crop out with\\nextensive ledges, and sinking into deep valleys, the\\nbeds of whose streams are filled with bowlders, large\\nand small. There are but few plains or patches of\\nsandy soil. The original forest growth was very thick\\nand heavy, and indicated a deep, rich soil. The most\\nvaluable mineral products are clay, suitable for brick-\\nmaking, and l cd or large bowlders of granite, capable\\nof being worked for building materials.\\nOnly a small portion of the town is covered by\\nwater. There are no lakes or ponds, except artificial\\nones, to create mill-power. The principal stream is\\nthe Souhegan River, said to be so called by the\\nIndians as the River of the Plains, which rises in\\nGreat and Little Watatic Lakes, in Ashburnham,\\nMass., runs under the name of the South Branch into\\nNew Ipswich, where it joins the North Branch com-\\ning from Pratt s Pond, in Jaffrey, passes through\\nGreenville and enters Wilton on the south, from\\neighty to one hundred rods east of the southwest cor-\\nner of the town. Thence its course is northeasterly\\nuntil it enters Milford. Two streams join it from the\\nwest and north as it passes through Wilton, Gambol\\nBrook, with north and south branches, and North\\nStream or Stony Brook, which also has two con-\\nsiderable blanches. The Souhegan falls into the\\nMerrimack in Merrimack. These streams, with\\nsmaller brooks falling into them, form the water-\\ncourses of the town, and supply the power for numerous\\nmills ami factories.\\nThe bold sand-hill bluffs at various points, especially\\nalong the Souhegan Valley, indicate the points where\\nthe great eddies left their deposits whin immense\\nstreams filled these valleys to their brim, after the\\nglacial period in the history of the earth gave way to\\na warmer temperature. Owing to the granite forma-\\ntion, there are no actually perpendicular falls or cas-\\ncades in town, as in the limestone formations; but in\\nseveral instances there are rapids of considerable\\nheight and interest, as Barnes Falls, on a branch of\\nStony Brook.\\nWhile there are no mountains proper, there are\\nmany high hills, commanding wide prospects and\\nseparated by deep valleys. Such are Abbot Hill, in\\nthe southeast part of the town, a long, broad eleva-\\ntion, sloping up gradually from the bed of the\\nSouhegan; Kimball s ami Mansur s Hills, on the\\nsouthwest, the highest elevations in town Russell s,\\nor Lone-Tree Hill; Bade s Hill, near the Centre;\\nFlint s Hill, in the northwest and Bale s Hill, in the\\nnortheast. All are high eminences, commanding a\\ncomplete view of the basin, which centres in the town,\\nformed by the Temple, New Ipswich and Lynde-\\nborough Mountains, called the Pack Monadnock.\\nThe climate of Wilton is the climate of New Eng-\\nland on its northern hills and mountains, a long,\\nsevere winter, usually with high winds and deep-\\ndrifting snows, a short and checkered spring, a hot\\nand luxuriant summer and a brilliant autumn, with\\nthe foliage turned to brown, crimson and gold. Its\\nclimate is one of extreme- of heat and cold, but vivid\\nand picturesque with the drifting snows of winter, the\\ngreen herbage and foliage of summer and the gor-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1113.jp2"}, "942": {"fulltext": "096\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n-.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mis color- of autumn, and stimulating to body and\\nmind. In the early history of the town, autumn and\\nspring were more nearly merged into winter and\\nsummer. The snows fell into deep forests, where\\nthey lay comparatively uninfluenced by sun or wind\\nuntil a late spring, when the sun was high. Then\\noverflowing fre.-hets ru-hed down the hills and moun-\\ntains and tilled the valleys, sweeping everything\\nbefore them, and summer suddenly hurst upon the\\nlaud. Then, too. the transition from summer to\\nwinter was not less rapid, and not seldom the fruits\\nof field and orchard were surprised by sudden frosts\\nand snows. But since the heavy forests have been\\nlargely cut down, or have been succeeded only by\\nslighl second growths of young trees, and the surface\\nhas been more exposed to the direct sun and wind,\\nthe seasons have become more changeable and fluctu-\\nating, and rapid extremes of eold and heat succeed\\none another. The cutting down of the dense iorcsts\\nhas dried up the smaller brooks and meadows,\\ncaused severer droughts and opened the way tor the\\nmore rapid descent of the rams and melted snows into\\nthe water-courses, and sudden and more injurious\\ntl Is, as in the disastrous freshet of October. 1869.\\nBut if we take all the features of the climate into\\nc sideration, we shall come to the conclusion that it\\nis fitted to develop a hardy and vigorous race of\\npeople, with great activity and endurance ofbodj and\\nmind.\\nOf late years a marked social change has come, and\\nmany people from the cities and the seaboard annu-\\nally resort to the hills ami mountains tor health and\\ninvigoration, in the summer months. IV\\ntwo hundred boarders find accommodations in Wilton\\nduring the warm season, and enjoy its healthful air, its\\ncharming drives and walks and its beautiful scenery,\\nwhile not a lew build hero tasteful country cottages\\nfor their homes nearly half the year.\\n(II I TEE II.\\nWILTON-\\nTllK vegetable and animal productions of the town\\nhave not differed essentially from those of the other\\ntown- in this county already described in this work.\\nThe original forests sisted of pitch, white and\\nNorway piues to a great degree, and furnished excel-\\nlent timber. White, black and yellow birch. 1 ch,\\nwhite, red, yellow and scrub oak, poplar (native and\\nLombardy), chestnut, butternut, walnut, white, red\\nand rock or sugar maple, ash, willow, ba\u00e2\u0080\u0094 wood, horn-\\nbeam, leverwood, elm, cherry (white and red), hem-\\nlock, spruce and fir abound. While the first, and\\neven the second, growths of timber have been princi-\\npally cut off, probably more acres are now in woodland\\nthan were fifty years ago, but the trees are. many of\\nthem, only saplings.\\nThe shrub- and flowers are those common to a\\nnorthern climate and a mountainous country. The\\nfields, v Is, pastures and roadsides are gay with a\\nuie.it variety of flowering plants,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 from tin- wind-\\nflower and May-flower of the spring to the laurel,\\ndaisies, lilies, primroses and buttercups of summer,\\nolden-rod, John s-wort, life everlasting and\\ncardinal flower of autumn. Many exotics also have\\nbecome domesticated in the town. Numerous wild\\nberries mulberries, sumac, bogberries, barberries and\\nothers beautify the summer and autumn scenery.\\nThe herbage, too. of the northern temperate zone, the\\nline, green turf and the many delicate grasses give\\nexquisite pleasure to the eye as compared with the\\ncoarse grasses of warmer climates.\\nThe wild animals were, at the time of the early\\nsettlement of the town, the bear, the moose, the deer,\\nthe wolf, the catamount, the muskrat, the mink, the\\nweasel, the woodchuck, the skunk, the rat. the rabbit,\\nthe fox, the hedgehog, the red. gray, striped and fly-\\ning squirrel, the otter, the raccoon, which peopled the\\nwoods and fields.\\nAbiel Abbot, one of the early settlers, was treed by\\na bear, which watched him till, wearied by the delay\\nand annoyed by a small dog. he withdrew. Lieuten-\\nant Abraham Burton sometimes trapped bears. In\\nthe winter wolves came down from the mountains in\\nsearch of food, and were killed by hunting-parties.\\nTradition reports that two i ise have been killed in\\ntown, one near Mason and one near wdiat is now\\nFrench village. Heaver-dams are yet to be seen on\\nthe Whiting and the Dale farms. Hut the hunter\\nfinds little now to raise his enthusiasm or reward his\\ntoil. The aboriginal animals have departed with the\\naboriginal men. Civilization has driven them from\\ntheir ancient haunts.\\nOf birds, the largest, the wild turkey, wa- shot in\\ntown as late as 1 7 7 but. owing to the absence of\\nouds or lakes, few wild geese or ducks or loons have\\nbeen known, though the long, black lines of the for-\\nmer, ranged in harrow-like array against the blue sky,\\nmay be seen making their semi-annual migrations,\\nand heard by their peculiar penetrating notes. The\\neagle has been occasionally shot in town. The\\nsmaller summer birds are numerous, and increase\\nrather than diminish by civilization, as their means\\nol procuring food are improved by the gardens and\\ngrain-fields of the farmer. The robin, sparrow,\\nyellow bird, whippoorwill, thrush, crow, hawk, king-\\nfisher, woodpecker, oriole, catbird, blackbird, bobo-\\nlink, pigeon, bluejay, snowbird, scarlet tanager, par-\\ntridge and butcherbird are found here, and the sum-\\nmer woods and fields are musical with these natural\\nchoristers.\\nFew or no reptiles of a venomous kind are known\\nto exist at the present day. The rattlesnake has dis-\\nappeared. Tradition reports that one was killed on", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1114.jp2"}, "943": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\nthe spot where the house of the late Mr. [saac Blanch- eighteen feel square and seven feel stud, ;it least that\\nard stands. The black-snake, striped snake, green\\nsnake, the house adder and the water snake are the chiel\\nspecies. Lizards are occasionally seen. Frogs and\\ntoads are abundant. Hats are common.\\nThe insect world is largely represented. Flies of\\nall species, wasps, bees, wild and tame bornets, ants,\\nspiders, mosquitoes, bugs of every variety and grass\\nhoppers, which, though small in size, often pi iduce\\nserious results upon the harvest-fields of the farmer,\\nare abundant in summer.\\nOf fishes, the largest, the salmon, were caught in\\ntheSouhegan as late as 177:; and 1774. The trout,\\nshiner, sucker, minnow, juke and pickerel were com-\\nmon in the streams, but seldom now reward the\\nangler s patience and skill.\\nof land should he cultivated; that the\\nhabitants should settle a learned orthodox minister,\\nami build and finish a convenient meeting-house for\\nthe public worship of lod.\\nSewall Putnam, Esq., who is authority on all ques-\\ntions relating to tin- early history id Wilton, says.\\nI ll i- i- no doubl Unit Hi\\nM.ntliea-t N 1 S;i l.tu -I a n.i i la The ..1.1 people ol ilton, many years\\nCHAPTER\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Com\\nIII.\\nd).\\ncontil 1 west would run betwi\\n,n Ml\\nM;i ik 1 loir sand .Mt. 1 loo s houses.\\nThat ShOWH Mm:\\n..1 t\\npresent town ol W ill\\nSalem-Canada\\nin 1739. Jacob and l pfaraii\\ni I m\\nurn. John Hill.- and John Badge]\\ncomment ed d ttlemenl ull tin\\nBOUtl\\ni ly pari i tin territory thus hii.l\\noul m| Salem 1 lanada. Kphrah\\ni I m\\nmi loi ated mi whal now Iol No\\nl 1. in Hi. Ml, ran ;i al Hi mi\\nsecti\\nhi ol tli-- roads near the north whip.\\nterj 1 a daughter of hi was\\ntie, 1\\nrst child born in Wilton.\\nI KoPIUETAKY HISTORY SALEM -CANADA Till INDIANS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094NO. 2 INCORPORATION SLIP ADDED TO 1 EM CLE.\\nThe first movement toward the settlement of Wilton\\nwas made in 1735. On the 19th ol June of that year\\na petition was presented to the General Court of Mas-\\nsachusetts, by Samuel King and others, for relief, in\\nconsideration of their sufferings in the expedition\\nto Canada, under Sir William Phips, in the year 1690.\\nAgreeably to the old Roman method of rewarding\\nmilitary .services, by colonizing the veterans, a com-\\nmittee was chosen, consisting of Samuel Wells, Esq.,\\nSamuel Chandler and John Hobson, to lay out a\\ntownship, containing six square miles, west of the\\nXarragansett town, called No. and return a plat\\nthereof to the court, within twelve months, for con-\\nfirmation.\\nThis tract, including Lyndeborough ami the north\\npart of Wilton, received then the name of Salem-\\nanada. The term Canada was obviously given on\\naccount of the remembrance of the expedition to\\nCanada. The prefix of Salem was, probably, due to\\nthe fact that, in the early history of the country. Es-\\nsex County. Mass., of which Salem was the shire town,\\nor capital, was represented as extending hark, west-\\nward from the sea-hoard, to the Connecticut River,\\ncovering, of course, as may he seen by the map, the\\nterritory now occupied by the towns of Lyndeborough\\nand Wilton. It has also been suggested that the\\nsigners ol the petition to the General Court, for relief,\\nmay have been residents of Salem and the vicinity.\\nThe town of Salem-Canada, six miles square, was to\\nhe divided into sixty-three equal shares, one of which\\nwas to lie tin- the first settled minister, one for the\\nministry and one for the schools. The conditions of\\nsettlement were: that on each share, within three\\nyears, a good family should be settled, a house built,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.Jii. i.l. I ntiriiii I- ate.l mi Hi.- -ontloa-t |ull 1 I. t No I in tli. .Ml,\\nrange (tli anal 1 .01111. 1 it the lots was a largo pinn ..n tli. north kink\\nof thestrea i Bhort distance below tl 1,1 saw-mill). II.- built the\\nnous. Mid I McCarthy now lives, [t was two storiei in front\\nmill ..in- li.i.-k. 111.- front rafter l, -ing -.In .it. aii.l tin- to\\nManyoftheold houses were built in thai style ..I archil\\nhouse remai 1 in that snap.- until it was i.-m.i.l.-l. .1, with some addition,\\nbj Mi Joseph ilson, I,- i ..i i t ire hcsold it mid rem\\nNew\\nOl It.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-.I.ilin liitl. tivst mil) v :i inn where tin- roads\\nold house that In- afterward- Imilt. n. W owned liv S II Dunbar, and it.\\n-aid I I Hi til-t t\u00c2\u00bb -t I. Il In ii-,- Imilt in W iltMi. It 1- lined be-\\ntween the outside mid itiM.I. Iiiiii.li Willi 1,1 i. I., lor 1 i.ite, tinli agaihst thi-\\nll l, lull- tin In il, :i in,,! in ve ill ni I, .1,1. Hale, John Hale, Jr..\\nand John Hale (3d), ho died April 1843, and was sold al auction bj\\nnil,- east .1 Dal. In D\\nilly went tn a bloek-hoiise,\\n-works in Lyndeliorntigh.\\nnursing lint what his wife\\nFebruary. IT In, the first\\na pathetic description of the sad\\nI Ir. Peabody gi\\ncircumstance^\\nIk- died in tin- night, tin- nearesl neig i\\ni lid lie -I el lei- v. led deep With li .w 111.\\nth,. i, ,d as t..i rest, left her children with their breakfast, and with strict\\n:.i awake then father, as h. was asleep, and putting on\\nU ii|, her. lie,- was holloaed ...it for Mini, and in the solitude,\\nwas he committed to tin- earth.\\nid her child-\\nt eight vears\\nAfter her husband died, Mrs. Badge\\nren, of whom she had three, the oldest\\nold. went to Hollis.\\nThe remarks of Mr. Putnam follow:\\nVugusl -Till, lifter Mi Iladg.i .1. ,ll, a langhlei was I.mii t., Mis.\\ni rson 1 Ho id was\\nthe father of our respected townsman, I avid (ram. Mr. Gideon Cram,\\nlate ,,l I.i ii. le _-li, \u00c2\u00abii. lie ir s.,11. nli was the falher ..I Mrs. Man\\nI was Hal I l i lea gran. In... b\\nsettle\\nThe first settlers were front Danvers, Ma--. For\\nafter the settlement began, the wife of", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1115.jp2"}, "944": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nJacob Putnam was the only woman who resided per-\\nmanently in the town. During one winter, such was\\nthe depth of snow in the woods, and Buch the distance\\nfrom neighbors, that for the space of six months she\\nsaw no one but the members of her own family.\\nIndians. The Indians of this vicinity consisted\\nprincipally of the Pawtucket tribe, who had their head-\\nquarters, and, perhaps derived their designation from\\nPawtucket Falls, on the Merrimack River, near Low-\\nell, Mas-. The back country and the streams feeding\\nthe Merrimack River were their chief hunting and\\nfishing-grounds. No permanent settlements of the\\naborigines seem ever to have been made in Wilton,\\nthough they traversed its territory for game. There\\nwere no large ponds or rivers to attract them, and\\nthey had no motive to make their habitual residence\\non the granite hills. They left few. if any, traces be-\\nhind them,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 perhaps a few arrow-heads, or hatchets of\\nstone. Mr. Putnam reports that on lot No. 13, range\\n4, in the pine woods east of the Stockwell [dace, was\\na place dug out some ten or twelve feet square, which\\nwas supposed by many to have been an Indian camp,\\noccupied when on hunting expeditions. Hill and\\nvalley, river and mountain, remain as the unalterable\\nfeatures of nature, but the children of the ancient\\nwilderness have passed away forever, leaving scarcely\\na trace behind them. The one certain memento of\\ntheir race is the name of the principal stream, the\\nSouhegan, or Sowhagon, as it was sometimes spelled,\\nsignifying, as is said, in theirdialect, the river of the\\nplains.\\nSo tar as is known, no person belonging to Wilton\\nwas carried into captivity or killed by the Indians,\\nexcept Henry Parker, Jr.. in the French and Indian\\nWar, 17o7. in the massacre of Fort William Henry, on\\nLake George.\\nWhen apprehensions of attack arose, the settlers\\nwent into neighboring garrisons. Dangei\\nabout ten years. One garrison was in Milford, near\\nthe Peabody place, on the north bank of the Souhegan\\nRiver. Another was in Lyndeborough, near Mr. Eph-\\nrairn Putnam s. The anxieties of the pioneers were\\nsuch that, in 1744. they sent the following petition to\\nthe i tovernor ami louncil of the Province\\nst Tin: INDIANS.\\nIV. liis F.xielleilfv. I .-niiiii- W etitw.-rth, Ks-j,. i n,,i an.leomiiiau.ier-\\nin-Chief -if bis Majesty s Province New Hampshire\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The petition of tli- Inhabitants ,.f S:ilrin i ana, I.,, to\\nHumbly shews That your petiti- -mi- -ily expeseil p,\\nI have not men Sufficient for to iiefenil us, Thattho there\\nl... bul few of us, vri we have laid out oui estate.-, to begin iu this place,\\nso that we shall be extremely lent if wemust now movi\\nGod. i. oui laboi i, a ane rop oi i -m en the ground^\\nand tho we have a Garrison in the town, Built b\\\\ Oi.hr -f Muj. I.ovell,\\nyet we have nobody empowi red so much as to t a w ii h\\nmen to keep it we would pray your Excellency that D\\ni In- iio\\\\ernmi nt. iii Bending us some Bouldieig, to Guard\\nanil Defend us, as in your wisdom von shall think proper.\\nThough we are but newly added to this Covet nni iit. y.-l we pray\\nyour Excellency not to disregard us, hut to assist ns, that we may keep\\nJoseph II\\n-s and do service for the government hereafter A ml your Te-\\nas in iluty Bound, w Ml ev.-r pi av.\\nJohn Cram, -ir\\nJohn Cram.\\nI ia\\\\ nl Stevenson.\\nJohn Bale. Jonathan train.\\nEphraiiu Putnam. Benjamin Cram.\\nAbraham Leman.\\ni 16th, 1711.\\nNo. 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The grant of Salem-Canada, in 17:; by the\\nMassachusetts General Court, and the settlements\\nformed in it, were followed, in 1740, by the ion; m a\\nnew township from the proprietors, holding under the\\ncharter of John Tufton Mason, to a company of pur-\\nchasers, forty-six in number. Many of them never\\nresided on the lands, but afterwards sold them to\\nsettlers coming in. These shares were drawn by lot.\\nThe deed conveying the land was dated October 1,\\n174 at Dunstable, and the lots were drawn on Octo-\\nber Pith. The name first given to the new township,\\nwhich included on the north a part of Salem- !anada,\\nwas No. 2.\\nThe following conditions were prescribed by the\\nproprietors to the grantees:\\n1 1 w-, h-t- ,-f ei-lity acres -a. h should be set apart to .i\\nbuilding of mills.\\nota- -hare -f two hundred ami forty aires should be given to the\\nfirst minister.\\nOne share Bhould in- set apart f.u the Christian ministry.\\non-- -htm- Bhould b.- given I scl 1-\\nflu share-holders should make .,11 roads.\\nr-- -i i.,.l-l. r- -1,--.,M -ttl. i build houses -a. forty lots.\\n1 Iii n- t ttillillili- thee I ii-. except ill case --f an Indian\\nwar. wen- lo foifeit tie-\\n11. White pine trees were to be I.-- tve.l t--t tie- British navy.\\nThis new township, which, with new territory on the\\nsouth, included a portion of Salem-Canada, received\\ntin- name oi No. 2, as stated above. This name was\\ncontinued till 1762, thirteen years, as the title of Sa-\\nlem- lanada had been for fourteen years, viz. 1733 to\\n1749. No. 1 became afterwards Mason, Xo. 3 became\\nLyndeborough and No. 4, Charlestown, X. II.\\nWilton Proper. In 1761, June 18th, the following\\npetition for incorporation, was addressed to Governor\\nBenning Weutworth\\nPETITION For INCORPORATION.\\n1- iicy. Binning W.-ntworth, Es-| Governor, .Vc. in tin-\\nI rovtn 1 New Ilalllp-hlle, ainl the Honorable 111- Mate-tv\\nI oiiii.il ,-t saiil Province\\nTb l-etlti f US, the -111-- ill\\nLandinsaid lv five miles square, called and\\nknown bj tb.- name of Sumbi whii ll Township bound\\nrand southerly on Peterborough slip ami Number\\nl. Easterly on ye Mason s Grant, not taken up which Tracl ol i i is\\nearTaxed t- the Province\\nwith other Town-\\nWewould, therefore, Humbly request of your Excellj\\nthat we ma} i- [ncorporated into aTi nship, and be invested with sucb\\nPrivileges and Immunities as othei Towns be-, 1 i-. n|.-\\\\ m 1 1, ie\\nye more easy carrying on our Public affairs ,vc. ten! tha t\\ntb- so ol i a potation may be B. -iiiiih-il a. .oi iii u g to the Grant of the said", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1116.jp2"}, "945": {"fulltext": "Mill.\\nt .Smith.\\nin Vance\\nJohn Burton. Robert Ii.nU. r.\\nPhilip Pntnam. David Barker.\\nEl nezet Perry. John Di\\nJonathan Greele. Benjamin Thompson.\\nHugh Sinyli... Samuel Manaur.\\nJacob Putnam.\\nThe prayer of the petitioners was granted, and the\\ntown was incorporated, June 25, 17i 2, under the name\\nof Wilton, derived from an ancient borough in Wilt-\\nshire, England. This act of incorporation was to con-\\ntinue in force till January 1, 1765. The first town-\\nmeeting was held June 27. 17G2. A second act of\\nincorporation was granted, January 2, 1765, signed by\\nHon. Benning Wentworth, Governor of the Province\\nof New Hampshire, to have continuance until His\\nMajesty s pleasure shall be further known. As His\\nMajesty and 1 1 is Majesty s successors have, so far as is\\nknown, taken no exception to it, it is presumed this\\nact of incorporation remains valid to the present day.\\nAddition of Part of Wilton to Temple.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1768\\na petition was addressed to the Governor and Council,\\nby the inhabitants of Peterborough Slip, the part of\\nPeterborough lying east of the mountains called Pack\\nMonadnock, to have one mile of the west part of\\nWilton, and extending the length of the town, five\\nmile-, added to Peterborough Slip, to form an inde-\\npendent town. To compensate tor this -lire of a\\nmile wide being taken off Wilton, the petitioners also\\nprayed that one mile wide of territory might be added\\nto the town on the east. The people of Wilton ad-\\ndressed the authorities with a counter-petition, asking\\nthat Peterborough Slip itself might be added to Wil-\\nton, and deprecating any addition on the east. But\\nthe petitioners of the Peterborough Slip prevailed over\\nthe Wiltonians, and a tract half a mile wide and five\\nmiles long was taken from Wilton and added to Peter-\\nborough Slip, constituting the town of Temple.\\nThus, after all these changes of names and bounda-\\nries, of Salem- lanada; No. 2; Wilton five miles square;\\nand Wilton four and a half miles wide by five miles\\nlong, as at present constituted we have the proprie-\\ntary and territorial history of the town of Wilton up\\nto the present time.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nTOWN INSTITUTION S MEETINGS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 OFFICERS DEBTS-\\nTAXES\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HOUSES\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ETC\\nIt has been said that American liberty was born in\\nthe cabin of the Mayflower in 1620, when the\\nPilgrims made a covenant with one another, and\\n45\\nsigned it as the instrument of their civil and religious\\npolity. But its earliest effective institutions were the\\ntown church, supported by the taxes of all the peo-\\nple, and the town-meeting, to which all freemen were\\nadmitted and which regulated all municipal affairs.\\nThus more than a century before a thought was enter-\\ntained of a free and independent nation, separated\\nfrom tin- parent country, the citizens of the colonies\\nwere virtually put to school in the knowledge and\\npractice of public and official duties in St\\nchurch, and were trained to administer the affairs of\\nthe nation in peace ami war.\\nDe Tocqueville, in his Democracy in America,\\nthe best work by a foreigner ever written upon our in-\\nstitutions, says,\\nIn \\\\.w En -l:i ii. 1 p. lit i. at 111.- tin. I it- ..ri-in in tli.- town-hip-. I it\\nmay e Sliil that .-ai h ol thrill a ia ilialh t .a 1 all ilalrp. n.l. lit natl-.n.\\nIii tin. Amrii an town-hips [...wit has hren distributed with admira-\\nble skill for the purpose of interesting the greatest possible number of\\npeis.ai- in th.- mi. m w.-al.\\nTln-.v pnssr-s no. a.haiit.i Hhi. h -h-.n-h- .-van- th,. interest of\\nnialikili.l, nalii ly,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in.lep.-n.h-IRa- atl.t until, -rity h i- in. ait. --tat.lv\\ni.-- an.l lial.it- ..f i.-i.uhli. an i:..\\\\ .a nin.-iit in the United\\nSlat.- w.-t. hi -I r. at.-.l In III.- t..\\\\\\\\ li-hipsali.t tin- I luvin. ial A\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .-iiiI.1i.-b,\\nA good illustration of this public spirit and interest\\nin the common weal, which was strengthened and\\ncherished by the township system, is found in the\\nrecords of the town, dated July 15 ami September 8,\\n1774, in which the inhabitants enter into a covenant\\nof non-importation and non-consumption of British\\ngoods. This instrument is given in full subsequently\\nin the chapter on the Revolutionary War. It seemed\\na trifling thing for this little community of farmer\\npeople, perched mi the granite hills of a sparsely in-\\nhabited State, thus to fling defiance in the face of a\\ngreat nation, but it had its serious meaning and\\nweight. The act showed a determination to repel\\nunjust laws by sacrifices of comfort and peace, and to\\nvindicate the cause of freedom at whatever cost. It\\nnls.. showed sympathy and made common cause with\\nthe sister colonies, wdm sulleriiig from the stamp act\\nand taxation without- representation and other inva-\\nsions of the rights of British freemen, needed the\\nsupport of their brethren. That same spirit ac-\\nirce as it proci eded sent the embattled\\nfarmers t.. Bunker Hill and Bennington, and finally\\nafter a war of eight years with one of tht\\np. overs of the old world, won the independence of\\nthe new.\\nTown-Meetings, Etc.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 These were usually held\\nannually tin- second Tuesday of March. A public\\nnotice was posted by the selectmen, informing the\\npeople when, where, and for the transaction of what\\nbusiness the meeting was called and summoning the\\nlegal voters to assemble and discharge their legal\\nduties as freemen. The assembly in early times was\\nheld in the church, but at the present day in a town-\\nhouse or hall, built for the purpose. A presiding\\nofficer called, a moderator was chosen, and prayer was\\noffered bv the minister of the church. A town clerk", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1117.jp2"}, "946": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwas elected to record the proceedings. A board of\\nselectmen, usually consisting of three men, was\\nchosen to administer the affairs of the town, relating\\nroads, the poor, taxes, etc. A representa-\\ntive was chosen to the General Court or State Legis-\\nlature, also town treasurer, town collector, superin-\\ntending school committee, tithing men, constables,\\netc. Reports were read by the officers of the preceding\\nyear in relation to roads, schools, taxes, bridges, and\\nall matters pertaining to the welfare of the town. Thus\\nthe town-clock was wound up to run another year.\\nIt was really a democratic republic in miniature. All\\npower sprang from the people ami was referred di-\\nrectly back to the people as the legitimate source of\\nall human authority. In these political schools the\\npeople were nurtured and strengthened lor the days to\\ncome, the times that tried men s souls. And the\\npermanence and success of the republican system of\\ngovernment depend to a considerable degree upon\\nthe extension and efficiency of the public town-meet-\\ning. This is the uest egg of the political system of\\nAmerica.\\nOne who long filled important offices in town and\\nwho has been a careful observer remarks, am\\nunable to perceive where we have in our political\\norganizations any that are purely democratic, except\\nin the towns and wards. All our other organizations,\\ncity, county, State, etc., are representative, and I\\nthink only in New England is the pure town organ-\\nization still retained.\\nTown Debts and Town Taxes.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The expenses of\\nthe town for the church, schools, roads, bridges, pub-\\nlic improvements, the poor, etc., were met by taxes\\nlevied on all property, real and personal, collected by\\nan officer appointed for the purpose and paid over to\\nthe treasurer, to be disbursed by orders signed by the\\nselectmen. Unfortunately in many States since the\\nformation of the government the township system has\\nfallen into disuse, and so there has been in some re-\\nspects a perceptible decline in municipal liberty and\\nspirit which augurs ill for the future of the country.\\nReports of public affairs arc now printed, not read\\nbefore the assembly of the people ami submitted to\\ntheir judgment. There is no discussion in the\\npresence of the legal voters of the interests of the\\npublic and the caucuses cut and dry the measures to\\nbe adopted and the men to be chosen in office, while\\nthe town-meetings only ratify what has been deter-\\nmined on elsewhere. The restoration of the town-\\nmeeting to its primitive place and power and its\\nextension to all the States of the Union would be a\\nmost beneficial agency in the progress of America.\\nAll hail to the town-meeting!\\nTown Hall or House.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 As already seen the earliest\\ntown hall was the Congregational Church. The\\ncivil as well as the religious meetings of the town\\nwere held there. The moderator and town clerk oc-\\ncupied the deacons scat in front of the pulpit, the\\nvoters the pews and the spectators the galleries. The\\nburning of the church in L859 led to the subsequent\\nbuilding, the next year, of the town hall, situated on\\nthe common in the centre of the town, just south of\\nthe site of the church, and in this hall the town meet-\\nings were held until 1868, when it was voted to sell\\nthe town hall, and the meetings were held in the\\ndepot hall at the East village. The town hall at the\\nCentre was sold to a company and called Citizens\\nHall, and is used for lectures, social meetings and\\namusements. At the annual meeting in 1883, it was\\nvoted by the town to erect a town house at the East\\nvillage for the convenient transaction of the public\\nbusiness of the town. The lot of land was given by\\nthe Messrs. Whiting and the building was erected at\\na cost of about twenty thousand dollars and dedi-\\ncated January 1, 1885.\\nTown Church and Town Schools will be treated\\nof under the respective heads of The Ecclesiastical\\nAffairs of the town and Education.\\nTown Officers, Census, Etc., will come under the\\nhead of the chapter of Statistics.\\nCHAPTER V\\nI ci I INI W| R AL AFFAIF\\nNo more important subject is connected with the\\nhistory of New England towns than that of religion\\nand religious institutions; for the general spirit and\\nmotive which prompted the first settlers to leave their\\nhomes in the old world and brave the perils of the\\nwilderness in the new, was their desire to have free-\\ndom to worship God. However imperfectly they\\ncarried out the idea, and however they may have\\nbeen at times inconsistent in trespassing upon the\\nreligious freedom of others, their religious interests\\nwere their supreme interests. For these they lived,\\nlabored, prayed and suffered. If other lands and\\nclimes may boast of richer soils, milder skies, more\\nprecious mines, it is the glory of New England that\\nthe motto of her homes and her churches, her States.\\nher schools and colleges was Christo et ecclesioe, to\\nChrist and the church.\\nChurches and Church Buildings. We have al-\\nready seen the origin of the religious history of the\\ntown in the provision made by the original grantors\\nto establish a town church, as was customary in those\\ndays by assigning one -hare of two hundred and forty\\nacres to the first minister and one share of the same\\nextent to the ministry in general. This town church,\\nto the support of which all contributed by annual\\ntas and on whose services almost all the inhabitants\\nregularly attended, was for many years the only church\\nin town, and went under the name of the Congrega-\\ntional church, that being the form of the church gov-\\nernment.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1118.jp2"}, "947": {"fulltext": "701\\nThe same grantors had also made it a condition in\\nthe original instrument oi* settlement, that a church\\nbuilding should be erected by November, 1752. This\\ncondition was fulfilled, ami a log church was built\\nnot far from the spot on the common, at the centre,\\nwhere the Unitarian church now stands. It continued\\nto be used for about twenty-one years, and was then\\ntaken down. The first minister was Rev. Jonathan\\nLivermore, a son of deacon Jonathan Livermore, of\\nNorthborough, Ma-s., born December 18, 17ii .i, grad-\\nuated from Harvard College, 1760, was ordained De-\\ncember 14, 1703, resigned February, 1777 and died\\nJuly 2o, 1809. A sketch of his life and character is\\ngiven elsewhere.\\nThe second meeting-house was a large two-story\\nbuilding, situated a little to the north of the old one\\non the common. It was built like the first one at the\\nexpense of the whole town. It had a porch at the\\neast end and one at the west end. It had a high\\npulpit, after the manner of the times, over which was\\nsuspended a large sounding-board. Two rows of large\\nwindows extended round the building. The pews\\nwere square, with seats that turned up in prayer-time,\\nand were let down with a distinct emphasis at the\\nclose. In front of the pews, before the pulpit, were\\nopen seats for the deaf and aged. Galleries were\\nbuilt on three sides of the church, supported by pillars\\nplanted in the church floor, divided into pews, and\\nopposite the pulpit provided with seats for the sing-\\ners. In the early days, the attic, to which there was\\nan ascent by a trap-door, was the powder-arsenal of\\nthe town; the earthly and the heavenly ammunition\\nbeing thus stored under one roof. Originally there\\nwas no bell, but one was placed in the cast tower or\\nporch in the year 1832.\\nAt the raising of the church on September 7, 1773,\\na terrible accident occurred. When the frame was\\nnearly up one of the central beams broke and fell,\\nowing to the failure of a post that supported it, being\\nrotten or worm-eaten at the core. A large body of\\ntimber, boards and tools, such as axes, iron bars,\\nadzes, etc., and upwards of fifty persons standing on\\nthe beams all tumbled down, in the middle of the\\nbuilding, some thirty feet to the ground. Three men\\nwere instantly killed, two died soon after of their\\nwounds, others were crippled for life, and of the fifty-\\nthree that fell not one escaped without broken bones,\\nterrible bruises, or cuts from the axes and other tools.\\nAs many of them were picked men from the town and\\nthe vicinity and were heads of families, it can be\\nimagined what was the consternation and grief in the\\nsparse population at that day, and how great was the\\nloss not only at Wilton but to the neighboring towns.\\nUpon reflection on the event in later times it has been\\nnot unnaturally conjectured that possibly a previous\\nvote of the town may have had something to do with it,\\nand that it was not altogether an accident, but the re-\\nsult of too much good cheer and self-confidence on the\\npart of the master workman and his associates.\\nAt a town-meeting June 177. it was Voted to\\nprovide one barrel of West India rum, five barrels of\\nNew England rum, one barrel of good brown sugar,\\nhalf a box of good lemons and two loaves of loaf-\\nsugar for flaming ami raising said meeting-hoine.\\nThe people recovered their courage ami t ipleted\\nthe church, which was dedicated January 5, 177o.\\nThe pastor, Rev. Jonathan Livermore. preached the\\nsermon (which has since been published), from\\n1 Chron. xxix. 14.\\nIbis church was struck by lightning on Friday,\\nJuly 20, 1804, and, according to the narrative of Rev.\\nThomas Beede, then pastor of the church, one of the\\nmiddle posts at the east end was rent from top to\\nbottom, the windows were burst out, and pieces of\\nlath ami plastering were sent from the east to the\\nwest end of the house with a force sufficient to break\\nglass; when the charge reached i he ground it took a\\nhorizontal direction and left visible marks upon the\\nsurface for several rods before it was conducted into\\nthe earth. There was no lightning-rod then attached\\nto the house. One was afterwards put upon it.\\nThe second minister of the church was Rev. Abel\\nFiske, born in Pepperell, Mass., 1752; graduated at\\nHarvard College 1774; was ordained in Wilton No-\\nvember 18, 1778; and remained the pastor of the\\nchurch until his death, April 21, 1802.\\nHe was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Beede, born in\\nPoplin, now Fremont, N. II., 1771; graduated at\\nHarvard College 1798; and was ordained in Wilton\\nMarch 2, 1803, and resigned his charge, January 15,\\n1829.\\nThe organization of the church was at first by a\\ncovenant agreeably to the method of Xew England\\nCongregationalism, not by a specific creed. The first\\nchurch in Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed, was\\norganized in that way and still retains its covenant.\\nDuring Mr. Beede s ministry a creed was adopted, but\\nsubsequently it was dropped and the church reverted\\nto the original method of a covenant. This caused\\ndissatisfaction among some of the members, and a\\nSecond Congregational Church was formed July 18,\\nL823, holding Trinitarian views. It consisted of\\nseventeen members at first.\\nRev. Stephen A. Barnard was ordained over the\\nFirst church January 13, 1830, and resigned his office\\nApril 25, 1833.\\nRev. Abner D. Jones succeeded Mr. Barnard and\\nwas ordained January J, 1834.\\nHe was succeeded by Rev. Nathaniel Whitman,\\nwho was installed October 5, 1836, and continued\\npastor of the church till 1843.\\nThe following ministers succeeded Mr. Whitman, in\\nrapid rotation, as pastors", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1119.jp2"}, "948": {"fulltext": "702\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDuring this period several other ministers have, for\\na short time, supplied the pulpit.\\nThe Universalist Society.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The second religious\\nsociety established in Wilton was that of the Univer-\\nsalists, in 181;.!; hut it had only occasional preaching,\\nno settled pastor and no meeting-house. It was cus-\\ntomary for them to meet in the Brick Hall, and in\\nlater years they had their services in the First Con-\\ngregational Church.\\nBaptist Church. 1 The Baptist Church in Wilton\\nwas constituted April 7, 1817, with eleven mem-\\nbers: Pierce Gage, Joseph Holt, William Mansur,\\nEbenezer Chandler, William Howard, Jabez Gold-\\nsmith, Joseph Smith, Abigail Smith, Lucy Smith,\\nMary Goldsmith, Chloe Bales. The lust surviving of\\nthese was Deacon Joseph Smith, who died March 1(1,\\n1883, aged ninety-four years and live months. He was\\nmade deacon very soon alter the church was consti-\\ntuted, and held the office till his death. He was a\\nman of deep piety and fully consecrated to Christ.\\nAssociated with him in the deacon s office, during\\nmost of his active life, was Deacon Timothy Gray.\\nThe same day the church was constituted, six were\\nadded to its membership by letter and seven by bap-\\ntism. By letter, William Goldsmith, Hannah Gold-\\nsmith, Anna Upton, Ketsy Holt, Esther Holt, Sally\\nMansur; by baptism, William Bales, William L. Bales,\\nTimothy Gray, John Peabody, Susannah Smith,\\nNancy Cray, Sally Peabody.\\nFor some years previous to this a lew residents of\\nWilton had embraced Baptist principles and had\\nunited with the Baptist Church in Mason. The pas-\\ntor of that church, Rev. Wijliam Elliott, frequently\\nvisited Wilton and preached to the people assembled\\nin private bouses, the school-houses of the town being\\nclosed against him. The truth, however, could not be\\nbound; quite a number received it gladly and em-\\nbracing the same became consistent Baptists.\\nDuring the winter of 1816-17 under the labors of\\nRev. reorge Evans, the Spirit was poured out. Some\\nwere converted and the desire to have a church in\\nWilton, which had been for some time burning in the\\nhearts of the faithful few, was so much strengthened\\nthat they resolved to organize a church and did so as\\nabove stated. The church thus constituted had no\\npastor for fourteen months, but was supplied a part of\\nthe time by Brother Benjamin T. Lane. Eleven were\\nadded to the church during this time.\\nIn June 1818, Rev. Ezra Wilmoth was settled as\\npastor, the church then numbering thirty-live. He\\nbaptized forty-nine.\\nHe was succeeded in February 182:!, by Rev. Bene]\\nLathrop, who served one year. After this for a while\\nthe church was supplied by neighboring pastors.\\nFrom February 1823 to October 1827 twenty-five\\nwere baptized.\\nIn 1827, the church and society built its present\\ni;, George C. Trow.\\nmeeting-house at Wilton Centre. November 7th it\\nwas dedicated, and the same day Brother Simon\\nFletcher was ordained. He served the church three\\nyears and baptized three and was succeeded in 1830\\nby Brother Caleb Brown. He was ordained and\\nserved the church two years, and during the time\\neleven were baptized.\\nIn L833, Brother Harrison Strong was ordained.\\nHe served two years and baptized nine.\\nHe was succeeded in June 1835, by Rev. John\\nCannon, who served one year and baptized seven.\\nAlter this Rev. Ezra Wilmoth again served the\\nchurch for a season and baptized seven. In August,\\n1838, Rev. N. W. Smith became pastor; he served\\neighteen months and baptized two.\\nAbout this time fourteen members were dismissed\\nto form the church in Lyndeborough. Thus the\\nchurch at Wilton is a mother as well as a daughter.\\nIn June. 1840, Rev. J. P. Appleton was settled as\\npastor. He baptized twenty-nine. He was succeeded\\nby Rev. Henry Tonkin, in April, 1843, who served\\nseven years and baptized eight.\\nIn 1850 Rev. Horace Eaton became pastor. He\\nserved four years and baptized eighteeen. From\\n1854 to 1860, the church had no pastor. During this\\ntime three were baptized.\\nIn August, I860, Rev. Nelson I!, .loins became\\npastor. He baptized eleven and closed Ins labors in\\n1864. In December 1866, Brother S. C. Fletcher was\\nordained as pastor. He served the church seven\\nyears and baptized forty-nine.\\nIn 1867, the church and society built a parsonage\\nat I iray s corner.\\nIn 1874, Brother William Libbey was called to be\\npastor and was ordained in October of that year. He\\nbaptized four and closed his labors in March, 1877.\\nThe church at once extended a call to Rev. J. H.\\nLerned, who commenced his labors in May. He held\\nthe pastorate sixteen months, but his health per-\\nmited him to occupy the pulpit only a few months.\\nTwo were baptized.\\nFebruary 17, 1881, Brother George C. Trow was\\nordained and installed pastor of the church.\\nThe church has existed sixty-eight years and has had\\nsixteen pastors. It lias winessed many precious re-\\nvivals and has had baptized into its fellowship two\\nhundred ami forty-four. Four of these are or have\\nbeen preachers of the gospel.\\nSecond Congregational Church.- The Second\\nCongregational Church of Wilton was organized\\nJuly 18, 1823. It consisted of seventeen members,\\nfive male and twelve female. It resulted from the\\nconviction that the views and teachings of the\\npastor of the church of which these persons were\\nmembers were not in accordance with the Bible, the\\nchief difference of opinion being in respect to the\\ndoctrine of the person of Christ. The new church\\nI .v Rev. Alfred I i. Cracj", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1120.jp2"}, "949": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\nretained the confession of faith and covenant of the\\nold church, thus showing that they were not dis-\\nsenters, but held firmly to the old-time creed. Pre-\\nvious to the formation of the church an ecclesiastical\\nsociety had been organized, May 16, 1823. It con-\\nsisted of those men who afterward joined in the or-\\nganization of the new church and some others. Public\\nworship was held for a time in what was known as\\nthe Brick Hall it was over a store at the lentre\\nof Wilton. The church was without an installed\\npastor until December, 1830, when Mr. Wm. Richard-\\nson, of Andover Seminary, was ordained and in-\\nstalled pastor of the .Second Congregational Church\\nof Wilton. During the more than seven years since\\nits organization, public worship had been maintained,\\nsometimes by the aid of a minister; often a sermon\\nwas read and other acts of worship conducted by\\nthe beloved physician, Ebenezer Rockwood, M.D.\\nThe first meeting-house of the Second Congregational\\nSociety was erected in 1829. It was dedicated January\\n1, 1830.\\nThe pastorate of Rev. Wm. Richardson continued\\ntill October 27, 1840. Rev. Dr. Humphrey Moore was\\ninvited to become their pastor. He declined the call,\\nbut served as acting pastor for nearly two years. Rev.\\nCharles Whiting, second pastor of the church, was\\nordained and installed January 4, 1843; he was dis-\\nmissed February 13, 1850. Soon after his removal an\\nattempt was made to unite the two societies. This\\nproved unsuccessful, and the church again opened its\\nhouse of worship. In the summer of 1851 an invita-\\ntion was given this society to remove its place of wor-\\nship to East Wilton, where there was no meeting-\\nhouse. September 1851, it was decided to accept\\nthis proposal. A house of worship was erected at\\nonce, which was dedicated June 10, 1852. F:om Rev.\\nCharles Whiting s dismissal, February 13, 1850, until\\nFebruary 21, 1850, when Rev. Ebenezer S. Jordan\\nwas called, the church was without a settled minister.\\nRev. W. W. Winchester was with the church two\\nyears of this time, but declined to be settled. Mr.\\nJordan resigned November, 1859. Rev. Daniel E.\\nAdams, of Bangor Seminary, was ordained and in-\\nstalled pastor December 5, 1860. His was the longest\\npastorate the church has had, terminating May\\n1876. Rev. J. Newton Brown commenced labor as\\nacting pastor December 1, 1876, and served the church\\ntill August 15, 1878. The present pastor. Rev. A. E.\\nTracy, began his services September 1, 1*711, as acting\\npastor was installed May 3, 1880.\\nThe deacons of the church have been: Burleigh\\nFrench, chosen January 19, 1824; Abel Fisk, chosen\\nSeptember 2, 1831 Oliver Barrett, elected September\\n2, 1831 Hermon Abbot, elected June 6, 1852 Wm.\\nSheldon, elected June 6,1852 Chas. Wilson and Asa\\nB. Clark, chosen December 10, 1875.\\nVery soon after the formation of the church a\\nSabbath-school was organized. About twenty mem-\\nbers comprised its whole number; now it includes\\nmore than two hundred. It very soon collected and\\nhas ever since maintained an interesting and useful\\nlibrary. The whole number connected with the\\nchurch since its organization, up to January 1, 1885,\\nwas four hundred and eighty-six. The membership at\\nthat date was one hundred and forty-seven. An\\naddition of twenty pews was made to the meeting-\\nhouse in 1857. Again, an addition was made to receive\\nthe fine pipe organ, the gift of individuals to the\\nsociety.\\nIn 1858 a vestry was built for social meetings. This\\nwas sold, and made into the pleasant home now occu-\\npied by N. D. Foster, Es.j. The present two-story\\nchapel was built in 1867.\\nBiographical Notices. liev. Wm. Richardson,\\nfirst pastor of the Second Congregational Church, was\\nbom in Gilmanton, N. H., March 4, 1801 graduated\\nat Andover Seminary, 1830; ordained pastor Decem-\\nber 15, 1830 pastor from 1830 to 1840 acting pastor\\nat Lyndeborough 1840 to 1*41 pastor at Deering,\\nN. 11., 1842 to 1846. His eyes failed him and he lived\\nin Manchester, N. 11., from 1*40 until his death there,\\nSeptember 6, 1869. His wife, olive Tilton, of Gil-\\nmanton, is still living. She was a lady of superior\\nqualities.\\nRev. has. Whiting, the second pastor of the church,\\nwas born at Lyndeborough, N. H., July 23, 1813. He\\ngraduated at Dartmouth College, 1830, and at And-\\nover Seminary, 1*42; ordained January 11, 1843;\\npastor from 1843 to 1850; acting pastor 1850 to 1851\\npastor in Fayetteville.Vt., from 1851 till his death, May\\n5, 1855. His wile. Sarah Wyman, of Greenfield, N. H.,\\nsurvived him, but is now dead.\\nRev. Ebenezer S. Jordan, third pastor of the church,\\nwas a native of Maine; as also his wife. A graduate\\nof Bowdoin College, of Bangor Seminary; for a time\\nresident licentiate at Andover; ordained at Wilton,\\nDecember 17. 1857 dismissed December 5, I860. He\\nis now settled at Brownsrield, Me., where he has been\\npastor since 1874.\\nRev. Daniel E. Adams was born at Camden, Me.,\\n1832 graduated at Bangor Seminary, 1860 installed\\npastor in Wilton, December 5, 1*60; dismissed May\\n3, 1876. He went directly to Ashburnham, Mass.,\\nas acting pastor, and is there still. His wife, Ellen F.\\nKingsbury, of Keene, N. 1L, died May, 1**2. He was\\nmarried, February, 1**4, to Miss Marion E. Center,\\nof Wilton.\\nRev. Alfred E. Tracy, present pastor, was born in\\nWest Brookrield, Mass., July 2, 1845; graduated at\\nAmherst College. 1869, Andover Seminary, 1872; or-\\ndained and installed at Harvard. Mass, September 4,\\n1*72; dismissed September 1874; pastor in Ocono-\\nmowoc.Wis., from 1874 to 1878; supplied church in\\nNorth Springfield, Mo., from November, 1878, till\\nJune, 1879; commenced as acting pastor in Wilton,\\nSeptember 1, 1879; installed May 13, 1880. His wife", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1121.jp2"}, "950": {"fulltext": "704\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nis Kate S. Harwood, born in Bennington, Vt. her\\nhome at the time of their marriage, North Spring-\\nfield, Mo.\\nLiberal Christian Church. 1 This church was or-\\nganized in the East village of this town, two miles\\nfrom the Centre, in 1869. Its church edifice was\\nerected and dedicated the same year. It contains\\nthe usual modern improvements, including a vestry\\nin the basement; also a lecture-room, Sunday-\\nschool room, ladies parlor and kitchen, with all\\nits needful accompaniments; also a furnace, a fine\\norgan and bell. Its site is very fine, being in every\\nrespect one of the best in town. The whole cost about\\nten thousand dollars. In their organized platform the\\nwords church and society are used in the same sense.\\nThe following articles are contained in their plat-\\nform of fellowship\\nail l US U IUeallS ef Usefulness In etllelS.\\nArt. IT. We thus declare and claim to be members of the great union\\nfall Christian disciples, of which Jesua Christ is the living Head, by\\nthu will of God.\\nArt. III. Receiving Jesus as our (liviii.dyegiven Tea-tier and\\nGuidi and e stlj seeking t.. have in u- a nieas f the Spiril that\\nwas in him, we pledge ourselves to follow tin truth asit shall be made\\nknown to ..in minds, both m belief and in life.\\nAit. IV. We will co-operate by contributing, of our time, interest\\nand means, in sustaining tin- institutions ..f r.ligi.ui, and in all christian\\nw.,rk that shall he undertaken hv llii- I n\\nArt. V. Any per- nav I me. mhei ..1 (his I limn hv signing\\nthis h.riu of association, no objection being made by these already tnem-\\nThe preceding is an extract from the records of the\\nSociety.\\nNames of settled ministers: Aubrey M. Pendleton,\\nfrom March, 1869, to 1875; Charles H. Tindell, from\\nApril, 1*77, to November, 1878; James J. Twiss, from\\nNovember, 1.87 to April, 1884. Several others have\\npreached here as supplies tin- a limited time during\\nthe past sixteen years.\\nSalaries paid ministers by the society hitherto about\\none thousand dollars per annum.\\nThe audience room of the church has sittings for\\nthree hundred. The society is now tree from debt,\\nand has a good amount of pecuniary ability, though\\nits membership is not very large.\\nCatholic Churches.-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first Catholic services\\nwere held in Wilton in 1867 by Rev. Father O Don-\\nnell, then residing in Nashua. The entire Catholic\\npopulation at that time was seventeen families. At\\nthis period there was already a small Catholic church\\nin Milford, where services were held regularly once a\\nmonth by Rev. Father O Donnell.\\nIn L879 Rev. I Holahan was placed in charge of\\nthe Catholic populations of Milford, Wilton and\\nGreenville, then Mason Village. Father Holahan\\nresided in Milford. From that time Catholic services\\nwere held in Wilton twice a month. In lour years\\nilie Catholic population of Wilton trebled itself. In\\nBj O, 1. Sumner Lincoln. By Rev. Edmund E, Buckle.\\n1877 Rev. E. E. Buckle was appointed to the above\\nin is-iiuis. Father Holahan going to Keene.\\nIn the autumn of 1881 a Catholic church was built\\nin Wilton by Rev. E. E. Buckle, who took up his\\nresidence there. The Catholic population at this day\\nis about live hundred souls.\\nChurch Edifices.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Congregational Church\\nhas had three houses of worship, all of wood 1. A\\nlog church, 17o^-1772, which was taken down after\\nbeing used twenty-one years 2. The large old-fash-\\nioned church which was burned after being in use for\\nabout eighty-four years, 1775-1859; 3. The one now\\nstanding, 1861-1885.\\nThe Baptist Church has had one brick edifice,\\nwhich has been in use as a house of worship for about\\nfifty-eight years. 1827-1885.\\nThe Second Congregational Church has had two\\nhouses of worship, one at the Centre. 1830-1851, and\\nat the East village, 1852-1885, both of wood.\\nThe Liberal Christian Church litis one house of\\nworship, built of wood in 1869, and still in use, 1869-\\n1885.\\nThe Catholic Church was built of wood in 1881-\\n1885.\\nEight houses of Christian worship have been built\\nin Wilton, first and last, of which five still remain.\\nNot far from fifty clergymen have been engaged in\\nthe ministry here in all the various churches.\\nill AFTER VI.\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued.)\\nMANNERS AND CUSTOMS AND EARLY REMINISCENCES.\\nSo simple, yet so graphic, a picture of the New\\nEngland manners and customs of the earlier times is\\ngiven by one of the honored sons of Wilton, Dr.\\nAbie! Abbot, that we give it entire. It is contained\\nin the Wilton Centennial:\\nI will siva w.i.l about Sunday of olden times, on Saturday even-\\ning He- work ..f the week was finished, My father, aftei washing and\\nputting on a skillet ol water, would get his razoi and soap, -it dew,, by\\nHe- I a,\u00e2\u0080\u009el take ell his |.e,||,|, alteiwhllll heWellld hike hi, 1 1 1 1\\nsellle S seme Othd heel*. M til. I, attl-1 W.|sllil|- tile |ieI..|e.S.\\netc., and preparing l..r Sunday feed, used t,. make hasty pudding fur\\nsupp, which was eaten in milk or, il that was wanting, with buttei\\nI he hill, Midi! l, w. I. put te Led Illy ill the BTI OJUg\\ne\\\\ t n ,,1 1, r I i in I he lhl.|e and etleied a prayer, S 1 alter\\nwhich the younger part of the family and the hired help went to bed-\\nindeed the family every night went to their rest soon alter supper, espe-\\ncially iii tin- summer. Saturday night and Sun, lay and Sunday night a\\nperfect stillness, no play going on, no laughing. The t us who were\\nId -h took il. e Testament, or learned the Catechism or a hymn,\\nand read in the Testanu n1 03 prime! to fathei or i nether in the me ruing.\\nFor breakfast, when ue h.,,| milk siitli. lent, we had hread and milk\\nwhen this failed, i.ean and orn porridge was the substitute. Some time\\nalter the He\\\\ ,,1 uti, marv wai. f.e Sunday morning tea and teasl were\\noften used we lived at a distance fi meeting (nearly three miles),\\nthese who walked set out pretty s aller nine ...leek, and tleee who\\nred. en horseback were ehligeil te start ,..n att.l them: the roads and\\npole bridges were \\\\.i\\\\ had, and (he horses always carried double, and", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1122.jp2"}, "951": {"fulltext": "wfe\\ni m M", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1123.jp2"}, "952": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1124.jp2"}, "953": {"fulltext": ".f Hi.- saddle lii-f. iv Mi. falh.-i All mi I.. I. n- .-\\\\..-|.t s\\ni.,. .iii.i i ,i.. ild not taki\\nul\\nttie pudding, I il. and\\nThose who went i used to pul int. tli\\ne Bhort-cake 01 loi H\\nmeeting at four o clock, often much late] 1 .hit.l\\\\ tin w.\\nthe table, and the men took i-ar-- ...t th -t .m-l in tin- wn\\notbel cattle, etc li short days it would ..ft.- sninli.uii I.\\nvery Boon after, we got home The sled with oxen was often\\nmeeting when the snow deep, or by tin- who did not keep\\nVft, i suppei the I ildren and mngi r part l\\nn i-ad in tli. IV-tam- lit ami l lini. I, and, It* then- v,\\n..ul ili.-n r..t.. I, Hi. -A ii.l.i .iH.l Mil -I i-t liyinnsaiid\\ni I ai v\\\\ ill-\\ni i guage was use\\nto i- i Industry and\\nli. i-.. n. .t\\nAli.!..v.-t A. a.l.-mv. I\\nk that |.r..tal\\n;..\\\\i.liilii ii.ir\\nli. .11. i-.l. and It a- -ii|;\\nwas a!-. nt tin- i *uiid ,l\\nvisit ill-, bowi vi\\ni abits, I supp i n\\ni t t II- r.-. hti.i; gluuii\\n-mi. lav was gone orwould not come.\\nsay ah,. lit Sunday, iv .-|.l that tin- m.-.-t\\nNow whs re -hall I say? A\\npoor enough. We used to read, 1!.\\nt.-i. hers were not taught. The\\nthe Bible or Testament were tli I kl\\nwho u.i- then a Inn ire i liege,\\nSpeaking ul tin- mothers, the same writer as above\\nand tln-ir linsiu.-ss,_,,nr Hi\\nTheir living and dress luceil i\\nprovement m tne soutn nisi\\ntl.--. I\\nul 111. ai I\\nsound theology I venerate\\nthing I-.- t i theil anxiety\\neducation, literal-) ind relif\\nhave li doubt it did them\\nin.. n joy\\nTl. wen\\nThe\\nSawyer\\nage\\nii\\nmutual, and ai I and relief, a- lar a- possible, were afforded,\\nindeed one family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 all iu -nil.i-i- f syinpathi/ins hndy.\\nillnu iii- reminiscences arc by Mrs. Vehsah\\nAllan, of Marion, Me., eighty-four years of\\ned a postal l ill\\nproposed to publish a history of Wilton. It would be very\\nII. \u00e2\u0080\u009el the p. a t i ready write] in my a.l-\\nthe liistorj earl} recollei tions\\nlid-. ha.-iv l.n.l.lui- and lu-.la I.I -ad and\\netc. When there was company t entertain, c\\ncoffee. Pewter basins or porringi i- and mi\\nI ui li able\\n..Hi, i- ili.it will give clearer\\nuill iiv I etati\\n..I age, when 1 left f..r\\nneighbor came in for any purpose he was asked to drink I r or cider.\\nWhen women visited theil m i_hh..i- they w.-ut early in Hi r\\ncarried their work, and ntniind h before nnd.iwn l i take ca] tl\\nmilking the cows and s.. forth. Tln-ir i-iii.-it.n nt as i n.nly\\nshort-cake, baked by the fire, and tea, except in the early part of the\\ni: ,i, nary wai I -i the visit they often put on a clean chequered\\napron and handkerchiel and short, 1 gown\\nIn the winl. r \\\\.-lal I In- i _ t a- w-aild in- I f.-i a i.il fil-\\ning, and would Inn. a Biipper. There were ilect parties all wen\\nneighbors, the Scriptun sense The maid and boy in the family the\\nsain.- a- tin- rhiMi.-ti m all i.-|..-it- I -I n.-t recollect evet hearings\\nstore which, I presume, -land- close to the dwelling-house o\\nabout i: ....i 1797, In- filled his-store. Tl. Id I k.- whii I\\n.i, a, thai In- Had. I\\nthe surrounding .a ad, ling towns which traded at hi- stol\\nexchanged produce foi w I as halt i\\nahes, -t Here i- a -mall sample of a bill I\\ncharges, etc., February, I-\\nbeans, rye,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1125.jp2"}, "954": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDd r t X it!i.n,id .S.Kcv-.r\\nFeb. 3, 1 lb. ofeugar, li\\nug of flip\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Is of ashes, at 9d\\n2s, 9d. 1\\n1 lb. shells, 1\u00c2\u00ab 6\\nG I I- i bushel 2 busl ls of beans\\nFederal money had not taken the pla I pounds, shillings and\\n1 i came mi practice Boon after.\\nI w li to go to the store with Bmall articles of j luce to\\nfor 8 1- was often a Intl.. stimulus would be called in,,\\nwill, the mistaken idea that it would 1 i 1 t 1 1 1 1 i ;uv, md r would\\neasily borne; verj few accounts were I without many\\ncharges of the vile beverage The mug holds a quart, the half mug a\\npint. In winter flip was i mouly called for, which was made from\\n1 i Iron, called the hottle, wa lei i in the fire-place to\\nhave if quickly heated to warm the 1 r. West [udia mm. with loaf-\\ni i rackei and nutmeg grated ovei it, in idi drink worth\\ntin- pi h e; toddy was a mixture of rum, siif;ai ami water, with other fix-\\ningsii required blackstrap was sirnply rum and molasses. Spirituous\\n1 pli no partii no l\u00c2\u00bb n. in- i i_i, i\\niv l.ii-I -a a I ll. -II. I si. I,\\ni.li. in tin- families, 1. nt fire-places\\nw 1 rliMll^li t a.llint a l-tl _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0- I at tin- ha, k, Willi a ti 1 1|.|- in.| as\\nll! andirons in front, with a l I supply ol Ion the top.\\nT le afire that was a joy to all the family, and often a pine would\\n1 addition t.. make a little more light lor t hildn a\\nI by fol ti..- morrow s school. Our brooms were made frc\\nyellow hiteh, -tii|.)\u00e2\u0080\u009e-,l at Inn. w. It.iij t. us.- small hemlock lwi u\\nThese] Is weie w. -II attended, eniisi, I, .rim: it,,. ,!i-i.,m t.. walk;\\ntliere was some very cold w.atli.-i it ma. I I.I I. ami* ami t .-.i. n, -,e\\nus children loubt wn t weathei with .jm i-- a iiumliei\\ndegrees below ri tided with the warm clothing that\\nblest with now, yet the: were punctual at si- I. Teachers\\nI boarded in -i n -.i I i i length, n li..- I I the\\nI passed off with little variation, 6ewine was taught with\\nifailiiii: and spell ine the lesson was learned from Perry s spelling hook\\nshoulders to draw the wool through the cards, and not unfrequently\\nhere would parties ai ig II,.- young] pla to help each othet in\\nbreaking wool, which was considered half carded, when they had fin-\\nished (heir alien,..., n work.\\nflu ii I a. 1.- Nathan Martin would timl his way to the house. Though\\nblind he could fiddle. Very h-w in those days hut could nil, the lightfan-\\n-li I ni.ani.,1 in I nolo Nathan s violin.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii wasof I, manufacture, suchartii let of i omforl\\nas undershirts, diawers and even lined punts, I novel heard mentioned\\nbefore 1812. The hist carding machine near Wilton, was in New Ips-\\nwich, not earlier than 1808, wool -was carried thereto be carded. Flax\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i the majority ol B immei clothing was mostly\\nmade from Ma\\\\ anil eottoll\\nirdoi my dissension of religious opinions until\\nlsos. Tin- first ministel- ..I tin town ask..,l ilisii,is-i..n, why I never\\nheard, but always beard him spoken of as a trulj a I man, he nevei\\non ..at ll. was .conversing with\\na friend about tl tola liberal education, said he, Had 1 known that\\nsou, .vhom 1 have educated, would Lave chosen a legal profession, I\\nnever should have expended ich for him. Hisfriend made answer\\ni I I ible foi lawyi rsto 1\u00c2\u00bb- i bristians. -1 believe it, said\\nbe, but it i- oo ran\\nHi- .hail, was very sudden, aftei he retired something unusual\\na;,],..,!..! in I,,- 1. 1. at hi,,-, hi- wit.- spoke to him. he I.- no answer, she\\nwent ha a light, when she returned life l.a.l departod. He was the first\\npersoi .I in ill.- South Cemetery. Rev. Abel l- i-k was the next min-\\nister. I think he was very much beloved by the people, and they hit\\nf l I I as Beede wa- the next ordained minister, some of the\\nI P e so pleased thai they expressed themselvesas having their\\nI,.-- more than made up to them.\\nMr. Beede was a gentleman wl ild win the youth bj histeach-\\nings in 5i I..... I ..,,i ..i s. I i. his kindness in various ways, bisjudi-\\n-n-lvi.e 111 little, htli.nlties, .-vol t.-a-lv to loml.-r assistallee I., the\\nly, I It could not always i ieeds it was always in words of\\nsympathy ami en. niiiae.enie!it w In, li had the effect to do g 1. How\\nmany have I n II I in tln-ii In. ati. ti hi- .11. a t.aily tor\\nn th.-n- ,-..|h_i.,t, in-. 1 1..- tew advantages\\nwith whii Ii I wa- 1. 1. I I owe l.. .Mi. an. I Mrs. Beede. II,- was my Inst\\nill,.\\nIs ,7 i.. 1812\\nLiet a. ,11 llllt,, I Will,. lit l.ivilii;\\n\u00c2\u00bbl- 1 .1. HI 1,1 I\\niritahly. Toeri wa- human,\\nvited all ii,- children who would\\n!-h.. use, neat the Illeeting-hoUSe\\n.lay appoint, 1 ti.. wa- -i, at\\nll,.,. w. s. iii, I exe.-llenl\\nlie ml. t. t voi ..I i.iii-i, ii, those\\nI pUshl theln-t\\nman Mansur a field, on the th side of the\\nli S has I ii hujlt at.,, nt half a mil,- toward\\na thing as bringing a pail of watei inn... 1.\\nthought out of order how many times the\\nwell which belonged to the house, late! own.. I\\nilm\\nI, a\\npart t li. Gil-\\nreraembei it now.\\nthen a new\\nIn th. iiiiin-li v\\nvillage. Such\\nsinging. Thcj -an\\niii.i have I ti\\nline, commence the\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 t run l Mi.-\\nIn, ami tiny would\\narkhurst how\\nsingers i-l i in\\nkct that hung\\nhad three sessions a\\nti the .nil. ami\\nest in them. Alter\\nlays.\\nthe Bingillg tin- w.\\nhave worshiped\\n;t. years, thi wouli\\nyears ago.\\ntin -n pn judii wa-\\nand the pastor, Rev.\\n.111 lulVl.lthrl- W..| lljpri], ht.U SM I\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2II. ll tl.i\\\\\u00c2\u00ab., \\\\-...||.|i llti- -ll- .liil Iio|\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i. a d the soul Liu board.\\nn. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0!._ si rmona\\npassed from one to another, to keep\\nwere iv well filled, verj few stayed\\nr meeting-h iuse not conceived\\nettled by farmers ry family manu-\\nlll l Mi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 III.- W.m.I .iil l 111- fcliuik part\\ntli.il hoOl\\nMl i\\nI lie in in i -I iv 1 Ml l i-k lli._\\\\ I i.i I what i- I. Tin, .1 niurr^atinlial\\nfrom David Psalms the Deai n would read -i\\nline, all [h people w .iil. I I. lluu In::..\\nfinish the psalm in thai way. At last the younger\\nirove.anda Mi Heuri k was hired teach. He\\nuM-;tI ititt l-\\nmusic with\\nn iiilvam-fil\\nM.i^-.u. it\\nWilton.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tli. -iv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t Btop to hear, one said he\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i i 1 tyed i. ..I any place,\\nli. i did doI lik\u00c2\u00ab tl .i\\nned H.. Baptist flum-li in\\nClmn h wa- \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^.iiu/. .1 in\\nveteran that was very much pn-jinlhrd a-ainst a rei-\\ntain iiiiiii-rrr wh,. liaiigt. il with h Il.-.-.l., tli. ..Itl gml Icman iiil\\nnut liiiml liitu wli.-ii li.- si-ati.-il liim-. lt !n tli,- I\u00e2\u0080\u009em1\\\\ -.-ats. start -d fur\\nthed i :i- In Inn i i.l wiiii wa.-, I.i pi.-arh, .1- hr I 1 1 1\\na man si i.l to him star and hear the rest. Ho replied, The di el a bit ol\\nit, I have heard enough of it aliiM ly.\\nIn 1815 there wasa society called th. Literary and Moral Society, for\\nthe benefit of the young people. Tl xercises were writin\\nclaiming and the dia ussion of Buch questions proposed as would give in-\\ntin- m.-uiht-rs. K.-v. Tin\\nIlrr.l.-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1126.jp2"}, "955": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\n707\\nof his remarks have 1 nablessing tometothe present day. Questions\\nin Philosophy and Mason, on Self-knowledge, were for our study. I\\nbelieve il ended in a Lyceum.\\nIII IS. H i,n epidemic visited til, t oNV II Solll t II i II n like the t.V ph II- l. O l,\\nmany families were sa.lly attli.to.l Rev. ibel Hsk and the physician,\\nDl Kockvt 1, were the first who were taken with it. I think there\\nwerebnt two families thai escaped leylii Ion the outskirts oi the town.\\nThe physician that attended Di Preston, Sr., of New Ipswich, he\\nrode night and da} until Dl R I i 1 wae able to assist, one family\\nlost -i\\\\ iSi Keyee father, m. ther, three sons an I\\nMany suffered for wanl if pi per care, there we I e) gh to care for\\nI., i. i, who were able. Very fev, were willing to come from out of town\\ni... h .1 th, fever. Tli. Ni.rt! in.tt iy will t ll of tin iiin.il\u00c2\u00bba- l.y\\ntin ^rave-tones which years Inn i I...1 ..l.litcrate.l. A pe.lh i t h. .nel.t\\nI., have introduced th.\\nIn conclusion, 1 look back on the friends in the town where I had\\nm\\\\ eai lies! associations, 1 know nol it any neai my own age are living.\\ni;. I... points over 111. i., 1 .-I i I tin- river, llie l l l.-n i.l- mark, the\\nchurchon the hill, has fri.ii. it.... i_l.t. \u00c2\u00abli.ri iiiv parents, l.i ,.t 1,,-r nu.l\\nsisters worshipped Change, change is -written on many things, and\\nWilton lias had its share.\\nAlthough my l t has l-.n ra-t i n a i I li i locality, I still Wing to\\ntl temory of the early associations of my childhood, an. I the boatman\\nwill call forme to land me on the shore over there, where man)\\ngone before, and not a great while heme it will be my lot to go as they\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nl AI 1 ICIIISM ANH INS VMTY.\\nIn the earlier stages of New England civilization\\nthe conditii f the abnormal members of the com-\\nmunity, such :is paupers, the insane, orphans, slaves\\nand criminals, was a hard one. Puritanism made\\nmen and women stern, resolute, firm, severe, but not\\nparticularly gentle, an j a-si .nat i-, sympathetic or\\nhumanitarian. God himself was looked upon as\\nKing and Judge, rather than as the Universal\\nFather. If men suffered, the feeling- was that they\\nought to suffer. It was the Hebrew code, rather\\nthan the Christian, an eye for an rye anda tooth for\\na tooth. The Indians were regarded and treated as\\nthe children of the devil and worthy of extermina-\\ntion. They were often sold into slavery. Slaves\\nwere made even of white men. Little passion\\nwas felt for those who fell out of line and did nut\\nkeel step with the march of society. The poor were\\nsold at auction, tor their maintenance, to the lowest\\nbidder. The insane wen- regarded with superstitious\\nawe, and often shut up in cold and filthy out-houses,\\nsometimes chained, without tire, suitable clothing,\\nproper food or medical attendance. I knew, in one\\ntown, where a man was confined in a rage for thirty\\nyears, from which he had never been out but once.\\nThe treatment of criminals was harsh and vindictive,\\nand the condition of jails and lock-ups was a reproach\\nto civilization and Christianity. Orphan children,\\napprentices and the friendless often experienced little\\nmercy or commiseration from those who had them in\\ncharge, or from the community. Domestic and school\\ndiscipline, even to the morefavored, was grounded on\\nthe proverb of sparing the rod and spoiling the\\nchild. Such was the general character of the\\ntimes, to which there wen-, of course, many notable\\nexceptions worthy of all commendation.\\nI .ut till these features are so changed now that they\\nappear as almost incredible to later times. There\\nhave been no reforms more remarkable than those oi\\nthe amelioration of the condition and life of the\\nweak and suffering classes. The leaven of Ihristian-\\nity has been leavening the whole lump, and reaching\\nout and down to the very outskirts of society. The\\nspirit of Him who came not to destroy men s lives\\nluil to save them, and to seek and save the lost, is be-\\ncoming the corporate spirit of Slates and cities.\\nWhen we consider the progress of the last one hun-\\ndred and fifty years in the direction of humane and\\nbenevolent activity, we cannot but hope for still\\ngreater and more beneficent changes in the near\\nfuture.\\nThe Ccnhiniiiil Pa in I lild tells us that\\nThe first pauper in town was hy the name ofsti-att who received\\n....I from il.- town hei the Revolul r tin- time till 1830 there\\nwere bul seven families-and these but in part\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who wen- supported by\\naionally received aid In 1830 a farm i i the i was purchasedand\\nwere nearly sufficient, in most years, to paj the wages of the overseer and\\nlamily an. I lor tin- su[,]..al t th. r.\\nTown Farm.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At the annual town-meeting in\\nMarch, 1830, the town voted to purchase a farm on\\nwhich to support the poor. Joel Abbot, I diver Per-\\nham and Daniel Batchelder, selectmen, and Jonathan\\nParkhurst and Jonathan Livermore were appointed a\\ncommittee to purchase a. farm, stock, tools and furni-\\nture, and employ a man and his wife to manage the\\nsame.\\nThe paupers were supported on this farm thirty-\\neight years. At the annual town-meeting in March,\\nis.;-, il,.- town\\nlit a committee of three to .lisposo of\\nthe personal property on the town\\nI /.W, hat llie s. l Ctlnen a|,|\\n.1 t sell th. town farm.\\nI Tli.. I ihi- commit sel\\nfarm on the 1st .lay ..f April next.\\nVoted, That this committee be authorized and empowered todisposi\\nof, sell and convey sac I farm and to give a .1 1 ..I the same.\\nThe farm comprised lot No. 8, in the eighth\\nrange, and about three-fourths of lot No. 8 in the\\nninth range of lots. The farm was formerly owned by\\nNathan A. Whiting. After tin- town sold the farm\\nthe paupers were provided for by i ontract.\\nHillsborough County Farm.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The increase oi\\nmanufacturing at Manchester, Nashua and other vil-\\nlages in the county, and the law passed in 1841 mak-\\ning void all settlements gained in the towns prior\\nto L796, added much to the number of the paupers to\\nbe supported by the county.\\nThe county judges\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1 Ion. Jacob Whittemore, of\\nAntrim, and lion. Jesse Carr, of Goffstown at that", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1127.jp2"}, "956": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ntime had the superintendence of all matters relating\\nto the county paupers. For the purpose of lessening\\nthe expenses to the county of maintaining the pau-\\npers, in the latter part of the year 1849 they pur-\\nchased ofNoyes P Esq., of Goffstown, a farm, for\\nwhich was paid ten thousand dollars.\\nAt the session of tin Legislature of 1851 the Rep-\\nresentatives of Hillsborough County met in conven-\\ntion for the purpose of examining the financial af-\\nfairs of the county, and the following resolve was\\npassed\\nBaolvid, That Jonathan D. Clement, of Weare, he and is hereby ap-\\npointed, in behalfoi this convention, to make examination into and\\nthoroughly inve l g ti th tn cial affairs of the countj foi thi last five\\nyearB,and to mak andreport to the next count) convent]\\n-t;itriiioiit I Tin iCiirr- h -I .-.e I, -:.M vimi I a Jul! and particular\\nlid affairs In detail, for each oi I In two last years, and that\\nsaid Clemen! have power to send for persons and papers in making Baid\\ninvestigation\\nThis resolution, having been considered bj the con-\\nvention, was, on motion, adopted by unanimous rotes.\\nMr. Clement submitted his report to the Conven-\\ntion of Representatives of Hillsborough County, in\\nconvention, June session, 1852. From that report\\nwe take the following account of the expenses of the\\ncounty for paupers in 1 1 1 years named in the report\\nCash paid October term, 18+6 84,328.13\\nCash paid January term, 1847 379.03\\nCash paid April term, 1847 1,00 I .0\\n89,710.60\\nCash paid October term, 1 s 17 5,931.18\\nCash paid April term, 1848 t.cis.v::\\nCash paid October term, 1848 8,563 15\\nCash paid April term, 1849 6,096.76\\n12,660.31\\nCash paid IMnlier twin, 1 sill 7,518.94\\nCash paid April term, 1850 6,554.53\\n14,073.47\\nI ni.l llrtnl .T tiTin, IS. .II J. .ln un\\nCash paid .January term, 1851 -Jl-l.nS\\nCash paid April term, 1851 2,487.32\\n5,048.80\\nI .i,;, j\u00e2\u0080\u009e,i,l/\u00e2\u0080\u009ei l\\\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u009e.\\nCash paid o,n,l\u00e2\u0080\u009ei t.-rm, 1sr.ii |,i 50 W\\nCash paid January term, 1851 l,Ti;4.77\\ni ash paid April term, 1851 1,707.76\\nTotal for th, years lsM -al $10,171 1 I\\nIn February, 1850, the judges notified the several\\ntowns that the establishment in Goffstown was ready\\nto receive paupers.\\nIn the report of lN-ifl is the account\\nThe firsl report of the justices was dated September\\n1850, the institution Inning been occupied about\\nsix months.\\nAt that time there had been one hundred and\\nseventy-six paupers at the farm, eighty-eight having\\nbeen the largest number at anytime, and seventy-\\nseven being the average number.\\nThe law passed by the Legislature in 1855 re-\\nmodeled the judiciary, abolished the offices of county\\njustices and road commissioners, and created the\\nolliee of county commissioners, with the same duties\\nand powers of those of the county justices and mad\\ncommissioners.\\nIn the report of the commissioners, dated Decem-\\nber, 1S )7, for the year previous, the expenses of the\\npaupers areas follows;\\nAt the county farm $4,546.33\\nPaid to towns for sup] oi county paupers 5,544.73\\nTo pay spi-i.-ialrn.iti acts, X.-w Hampshire Asylum, printing, etc. C14.32\\nTotal 510,705.38\\nWhole numbei of paupers at thi farm, 281.\\nAverage number, Ni 1\\nXumla-r nf wi-i-ks ln-anl nf panp. is, M;vl.\\nThe Legislature, in 1860 or 1861, passed a law making\\nvoid all settlements gained prior to 1X40, that threw\\nthe support of most of the paupers upon the county,\\nand caused the sale of the farms that were owned by\\nthe towns on which the paupers had been supported.\\nThe next report we have is for the year ending\\nJanuary 1, lSii.S, which was the year the paupers were\\nremoved from Goffstown to Wilton.\\nLate in the year 1866 the buildings at the farm in\\nGoffstown, with the exception of the barn, stable and\\ncorn-barn, wen- destroyed by lire.\\nThe representatives of the towns of Hillsborough\\nCounty, in convention at Manchester, in January,\\n1807, instructed the county commissioners to sell as\\nspeedily as possible, consistent with the interest of\\nthe county, at public or private sale, the county r\\nfarm at Goffstown, in whole or in parts, and such\\nparts of the personal property connected with the\\nfarm as they deem advisable, and directed and author-\\nized them to purchase the Whiting farm, in Wilton,\\ns called, at an expense not exceeding the sum of\\ntwelve thousand five hundred dollars, and directed\\nand authorized them to erect such further buildings\\non said farm as may be necessary for the accommo-\\ndation of the county, at an expense not exceeding\\nten thousand dollars.\\nThe county look possession of the farm April 1,\\n1867, and a building was erected of wooden materials,\\neighty-two by forty feet, three stories high, with\\ncellar under the whole, cemented bottom, and par-\\ntitioned into rooms suitable for the purposes needed.\\nThe farm is bounded on the west by Temple, and\\nthe north line is one-half mile from the south line\\nof Lyndeborough, and contains four hundred and\\nthirty-six acres; also, northwesterly from the build-\\nings, a lot of one hundred acres, that is bounded on\\nthe north by Lyndeborough line, is included in the\\nfarm. Since the farm was purchased by the county,\\nthere has been expended in building, including the", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1128.jp2"}, "957": {"fulltext": "7(19\\nboiler-house and boilers, over twenty thousand dol-\\nlars.\\nIn 1884 a wind-mill, with the necessary apparatus,\\nwas put in for raising water int. the building, at\\na cost of five hundred and twenty-one dollars. This\\narrangement has proved satisfactory.\\nA number of years since the establishment was\\nmade a county House of onvtion, which adds to\\nthe number ol (hose that are able to work.\\nWhile Captain Buinpus was the superintendent,\\ntwelve an-.- of the pasture west of the buildings, to-\\nwards the intervale, wire cleared of rocks; and since\\nthe present superintendent, Mr. Charles A. Stiles,\\nhas had charge, twenty acres north of the buildings\\nand ten acres east of the road have been cleared of\\nthe rocks, with two acres that have been commenced,\\nwhich, when completed, will make forty-four acres\\nchanged from rough pasture land to smooth fields.\\nThe old walls have also been cleared off, making\\nbut one field on the west side of the road. On the\\nsoutherly part of the farm is a large orchard of nearly\\nall Baldwin apples, from which, in 1883, were taken\\ntwelve hundred bushels of marketable fruit.\\nWe extract from the report of 1873 the following\\nstatistics\\nNumber at tin- almshouse January 1, 1st. Ins.\\nAdmitted during tli year, 1 In.\\nDeaths during the year, 11.\\nw eeklj average during the year, lis.\\nNumber al the. shouse January 1, 1st::, 120.\\nOf the one hundred and forty-six admitted during\\nthe year, twenty-nine were sentenced to the House of\\nCorrection.\\nFrom the report for the year\\nwe take the following statistics\\nNumber at tin- almshouse May 1, 1883, 2\\nAdmitted t. May I, 1884, 253.\\nDisi barged to May 1, ism, 243.\\nSupport-al ana pail ially suppoi t.,1, 4 .i7.\\nBirths, 11.\\np. aths, 21\\nWeekly average, 266\\nNulnl er at rh. ;ilius-le m-e May 1, lss-l.\\nFor Bupport of paupers al\\nF,,r support of p.uipris ii\\nTotal est of supporting paup.Ts in tin unty of Hillsbor-\\nough from May 1, 1883, to May 1, 1884 837,103.57\\nSince the county farm has been established in Wil-\\nton, three chaplains have held office, Rev. S.\\nFletcher. Rev. I. S. Lincoln and Rev. George Trow.\\nMe. -is. Fletcher and Trow are Baptists, and .Air.\\nLincoln Unitarian. The last gentleman officiated\\nfor ten years, ending May 1, 1884.\\nThere have also been two superintendents, Captain\\nG. G. Bumpus and A. Stiles Esq.\\nCrimes and Punishments.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J n the time of our\\nfathers, whipping was a common punishment lor small\\noffenses, such as petty larceny and assault and bat-\\ntery. This custom is revived in several States of\\nthe Union, as the proper infliction for wife-beaters\\nand other despicable criminals. But cruelty in general\\nonly begets more cruelty and barbarism. Wife-beaters\\narc almost without except ion drunkards. To prohibit\\nliquor-making and liquor-selling is the sure method\\nto stop wife-beating.\\nAt the County Court held at Amherst October, 1771.\\nJonas Stapleton was sentenced to he whipped twenty\\nstripes, and to he sold as a slave lor seven years, pro-\\nvided he could not paj his tine. It is not stated what\\nhis tine was.\\nAn oak on the Wilton common was. in very earlj\\ntimes, the whipping-post. A culprit, condemned to\\nthis punishment lor stealing clothes from a clothes-\\nline, while undergoing the lash, made his shrieks\\nheard across the valley, a mile away. An old lady\\nrelates that, tit a later period, a whipping-post, eight\\nor ten feet high, stood at the southeast corner of the\\ncommon. Here justice was administered by the offi-\\ncers f the town to till violators of the law. The\\nsame post was also used as a bulletin-hoard for no-\\ntices.\\nAggravated crimes have been very rare in Wilton\\nhistory. Robbing graves was at one time carried\\non to some extent, but though the offenders were\\nstrongly suspected, and almost certainly identified,\\nno positive proof could be obtained sufficient for\\nan indictment and conviction. A document still\\nexists in which it is recommended to the town\\nto ferret out such heinous doings, and to re-\\nmunerate a detective who had been employed to\\nvisit Boston and bring the criminals to justice. But\\nthough some persons tied IV town, no arrests were\\nmade, and the whole affair subsided. At another\\ntime a native of the town, no doubt deranged, dis-\\ninterred a body in the North Cemetery, and carried\\nthe bones to another State and showed them to some\\npersons.\\nIn 1 s\u00c2\u00ab ;r, supposed horse-thief was passing through\\ntown and was arrested and indicted, tinder the name\\nof W.J. Hunter, alias George Brown, but the evidence\\nfailing to convict him, the man was discharged.\\nSome ears ago an altercation took place on the pub-\\nlie street in East Wilton, on Sunday, in which Thomas\\nBroderick, of Milford, struck one Doyle on the head\\nwith the edge of a 1 id. Doyle tell and died in\\na few minutes. Broderick was convicted of man-\\nslaughter and sentenced to the State Prison for a\\nterm of years. Alter about one year s imprisonment,\\nhe was pardoned out by the Governor, on a peti-\\ntion signed by a large number of the citizens of Mil-\\nford.\\nAbout the year 1868 two young men\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Newgent\\nand Howard committed several burglaries at East\\nWilton, but were arrested in 1 elerboroiigh, and tried\\nand sentenced to the State Prison for three years.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1129.jp2"}, "958": {"fulltext": "710\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nLess than a month elapsed between their crime and\\ntheir punishment.\\nAbout the year 1870 a young man by the name of\\nBarry was convicted of committing a burglary at\\nEast Wilton, and sentenced to the Mate Prison for\\ntwo or three years.\\nThe greatest slunk ever given to the public morals\\nand the honorable repute of the town was by the\\nrepeated crimes and public execution of Elwin W.\\nMajor. January 5, 1877. Major was born in Goffs-\\ntown and was about thirty years of age. lie had\\nremoved with his parents, at live years of age, to\\nRandolph, Vt., thence went to Manehester, X. II.,\\nwhen nineteen years old, where he worked for some\\ntime, then removed to Iowa. He returned East,\\nworked tor a time in Goffstown, and then went to\\nWilton, working in a mill and cabinet-shop, and\\nfinally on a farm tor Moses Lovejoy, whose daughter\\nMa he married in 1869. On the 20th of Decem-\\nber, 1S74, .Mrs. Major was taken suddenly ill, and\\non tin evening of the same day died. Her sudden\\ndeath led the town authorities to investigate the ease,\\nwhich resulted in evidence that led to the belief that\\nMajor had purchased strychnine in Nashua a lew\\nweeks previously, and also of his criminal intimacy\\nwith another woman in Wilton. These discoveries\\nwere followed by other facts, which, added to Major s\\nquestionable reputation, convinced people that he\\nwas a murderer.\\nMajor was arrested, and, after two trials, was con-\\nvicted of murder and sentenced to be executed January\\n1875, on which day he was hanged at Concord, in\\nthe precincts of the State Prison, protesting his in-\\nnocence to the last.\\nGeorge Peacock, in 1 ^7 .r L879, was sentenced\\nthe State Prison lor three years tor burglary at East\\nWilton, but after one year s imprisonment was par-\\nd jd out by the Governor on petition.\\nNone of the criminals above named were natives of\\nWilton.\\nStatistics prove that by far the greater part of the\\npauperism, insanity and crime in the community are\\ndue to the use of intoxicating liquors.\\nCHAPTEE VIII.\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {Continued).\\nSchools, LIBRARIES, EDUCATION, ETC.\\nSchools. 1 Wilton was first settled in 1739, and was\\nincorporated asatown in lTiii Recognizing the pre-\\nvailing sentiment of New England respecting the im-\\nol tree schools, the grantors of the land con-\\nstituting the principal part of the township, in order\\nBy G L. Dasco\\nto encourage settlements, set apart one share, which\\nconsisted of two hundred and forty acres, for the use\\nofschools. This land was sold before the town had\\nbecome so fully populated as to render it very valua-\\nble, and the proceeds invested as a small fund, the\\nannual income of which was appropriated for the\\npurposes for which it was designed.\\nThe first record which we find respecting schools,\\nexcepting the locating of the school lots of land, was\\nin 1767, when the town voted to raise six pounds,\\nlawful money, for a school this year, and chose the\\nselectmen a committee to provide said schools. For\\nthe next ten years about the same amount was\\nannually raised, and the schools were kept in dwell-\\ning-houses in different parts id the town, as would\\nbest accommodate the inhabitants.\\nIn the midst of the trials and embarrassments of\\nthe Revolution the interests of education were not\\nneglected; provision was made every year for the\\nmaintenance of schools. From the close of the war\\ntill the end of the eighteenth century a larger sum\\nwas appropriated tin- schools than for town expendi-\\ntures; and down to the present time the amount\\nraised for the free education of the children of the\\ntown has always been largely in excess of that re-\\nquired by law.\\nSchool Districts. In 1787 a committee consist-\\ning of nine persons divided the town, which com-\\nprised twenty-five square miles of territory, into five\\ndistricts tor the purpose of building or repairing\\nschool-houses at the expense of each district. In\\n1807 the selectmen, by vote of the town, recon-\\nstructed the districts and constituted eight, which\\nwere thenceforward designated by numbers. Subse-\\nquently two additional districts were formed from\\nportions of these, so that the township now contains\\nten districts, having eleven school-houses, containing\\nthii Men school-rooms.\\nSchool-houses. The school edifices of the early\\nlimes seem to have been designed to withstand the\\nvandalism id the boys rather than to afford comforts\\nand conveniences for the pupils. They were warmed\\nso far as they were made warm at all in winter by\\nhuge open fire-places, in which green wood ex-\\nclusivi hj Mas often burned, and there was no need of\\nany special arrangements for ventilation. The seats\\nand desks were made of plaid; from an inch and a\\nhalf to two inches in thickness, the dimensions of\\nwhich, however, were soon materially diminished\\nunder the operal ions of the busy jack-knives of idle\\nscholars.\\nThe first school-house of improved construction was\\nbuilt in 1*4^ in the district of which Rev. Warren\\nBurton was a native. The seats in this house consisted\\nof chairs, graduated in height ami size to correspond\\nwith the varying ages of the pupils, and firmly fixed\\nto the floor. Ample space was afforded, means of\\nventilation were furnished and the house was at first\\nwarmed by a furnace in the basement. Schoobhouscs", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1130.jp2"}, "959": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\n711\\nou a similar plan were soon alter built at the centre\\nof the town ami at East Wilton, the principal\\nvillages, and those in other districts have been re-\\nplaced by new ones or remodeled till, at the present\\ntime, there are only two which are not adapted to the\\npurpose for which they were designed, and even these\\nare a decided improvement upon those of fifty years\\nago.\\nCourses of Study vxi. Methods of Instruc-\\nXION. One hundred years ago the branches ..t study\\nwere limited to reading, spelling, writing and arith-\\nmetic. The methods of instruction, even in these,\\nwere extremely imperfect. The pupils had no text-\\nbooks in arithmetic. The schoolmaster usually\u00e2\u0080\u0094 not\\nalways possessed one. He communicated a rule\\norally to his pupils, who wrote it out in their\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2manuscripts, which generally consisted of a few\\nsheets of coarse paper stitched within a brown paper-\\ncover. Then an example under that rule was given.\\nWhich the scholars solved, and copied the operation\\ninto their manuscripts In-low the rule. When a suf-\\nficient number of examples had been thus disposed\\nof, another rule was given, and so on till tic mathe-\\nmatical education id the student was completed.\\nThe branches of study now pursued, even in our\\nrural schools, include reading, spelling and defining,\\npenmanship, arithmetic, grammar (including analy-\\nsis), geography (including physical geography as a\\ndistinct branch,) history of the United States, physiol-\\nogy, algebra, geometry, book-keeping, natural philos-\\nophy, and sometimes chemistry ami botany.\\nTeachers. Until within the last thirty years\\nschoolmasters were almost invariably employed in\\nthe winter and school-mistresses in the summer. If\\na lady teacher was placed in charge of a winter\\nschool, she was always one possessing masculine\\ntraits. A change has gradually taken place, and at\\nthe present time our schools, with very few excep-\\ntions, are taught by females.\\nMany of the teachers, both men and women, who\\nhave assisted in forming the intellectual and moral\\ncharacter of the successive generations of youth in\\nWilton, have been eminently fitted for their vocation.\\nIn 1782 an intelligent and public-spirited citizen of\\nthe town, convinced that the schools were nearly\\nworthless, hired a Student at college to teach during\\nhis vacation, and invited bis neighbors to send their\\nchildren to the school free of charge This, re-\\ncords the Rev. Abie] Abbott, D.D., a son of the cit-\\nizen referred to, gave a new complexion to the\\nschool in the south district; and for a number of\\nyears alter, qualified teachers, usually students from\\ncollege, were employed about eight weeks in the\\nwinter. Soon after the improvement in the south\\ndistrict some of the other districts followed in the\\nsame course. To this impulse, I think, we may im-\\npute the advance of Wilton before the neighboring\\ntowns in education and good morals.\\nAmong those who, at various times, taught in the\\ndistrict schools of the town, and afterwards became\\nwidely known as public men, were Professor John\\nAbbott, of Bowdoin College; Benjamin Abbott,\\nLL.D., for many years principal of Phillips\\nAcademy, at Exeter, N. II.: Rev. Samuel Bar-\\nrett, 1 .1 of Boston; Rev. Samuel R. Hall, first\\nprincipal of the Teachers Seminary, at Andover,\\nMass.; and Rev. Warren Burton, author of the\\nDistrict School as It Was, ami in his later years\\neminent for his labors in the cause of home educa-\\ntion. Of these, -Air. Barrett and Mr. Burton received\\nthe rudiments of their education in the schools of\\nWilton.\\nIn 1803, Rev. Thomas Beede was installed as min-\\nister of the town ami remained in that capacity till\\nL829. He was a ripe scholar, a man of genial\\nmanners, and deeply interested in the improvement\\nof the young. In addition to bis pastoral labors he\\nsomel IS taught one of the district schools, some-\\ntimes a select school, and also gave instruction to\\nadvanced students at his home. His influence in\\npromoting the educational interests of the town was\\nincalculable. A remarkabl] large number of the\\nyoung men of Wilton acquired a liberal education\\nduring bis ministry.\\nText-Books.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The text-books of a century ago. as\\nrecorded by one who attended school at that time,\\nwere the Bible or Testament, the Primer and Dil-\\nWOrth s Spelling-Book. As the wants of the schools\\nhave demanded, new books have been introduced.\\nWhen improvements have been made, those improve-\\nments have been adopted. But the town lias never\\nbeen given to frequent changes. When a thoroughly\\ngood 1 k was in use it has not been discarded merely\\nbecause something new has been offered. Adams\\nArithmetic, under its successive forms oi the Scholars\\nArithmetic, Adam- New Arithmetic, Adams New\\nArithmetic (revised edition) ami Adams Improved\\nArithmetic, was used for nearly seventy years, and\\nWarren Colburn s Mental Arithmetic for about fifty.\\nIt is only within the last yeai that these works have\\nhe, ii gupi rsedi d.\\n-i ri i:\\\\ 1-lnN OF Sill ,S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For more than twenty\\nyears before the State made any provision for the\\nsupervision id schools the town of Wilton annually\\nchose e of its best qualified citizens a committee\\nto inspect the schools. It is worthy of note that oui\\neducational interests have always been kept free from\\nany connection with party politics. Th\\nhave led the appointment of superintending school\\ncommittee\u00e2\u0080\u0094 since that office was established by the\\nlaw of the State\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to the selectmen and those offi-\\ncials, to their honor be it recorded, have never seemed\\nto be influenced by partisan leadings in making their\\nselections.\\nSELECT Schools.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At various times for seventy-\\nfive years past skillful teachers have opened private\\nschools, for one term in a year, which have partaken\\nmore or less of the character of High Schools. These", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1131.jp2"}, "960": {"fulltext": "rl2\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhave been largely instrumental in raising the stand-\\nard of education in the town. There has been for\\nsome time a select school at the principal village,\\ncontinuing through the year, which affords ad-\\nvantages equal to those which are found at respectable\\nacademies. This school gives promise of being a\\npermanent institution.\\nLiterary Societies. Under the inspiration of\\nThomas lieede, ami aided by some intelligent young\\nmen and women, an association was formed in 1815 or\\n1816, called the Wilton Literary and Moral Society.\\nour of its members has described it as follows;\\nThe Ill -lllbei-S f thi- -ally Society coll-i-teil of yolim, L. r e Ill I. Ml I. 11 1111,1\\nknlies, ami there were ii lew v hoys liki- nivsrll it II,, time, wli-, li.nl\\na literary taste, such us hi ailiuit theln t ._ a coiiipaiin uiship wit li their mi-\\np. iaii-. i- met at fit si a \\\\o k i fa t m Jit, .it \\\\|r. Beede s bouse,\\nand then in a parlor of the Busb House, tobecalled Weshould\\nhave been lost in lie* spaciousness a liali. I !ntv our navri il Castor\\n(.resale, I nvi.aih iinilei the titli- of Ileum ra, it 1 rightly remember. We\\ndiscussed literary ami moral questions orally or by untitle. In, 1 1. sub-\\nit .a each meet in;; to be written upon against the next,\\nand read before (he society ami then put into the hamls of the Instructor\\nto 1 OrreCted. These Were to me, ami I iloilht Hot to tie- i,s|. .l.-li-ht-\\n[mpulseG were there given which, in the chain of causes,\\nmust, I think, have been of valuable conseijiictice.\\nThe next step in the general enlightenment of the\\ntown was the establishment of the lyceum ami the\\nlecture course. Questions were debated and lectures\\ngiven, agreeably to the general practice of these asso-\\nciations. The speakers and lecturers, generally id\\nhome origin, gave their services without pay. It was\\nlater that large sums were paid for lecturers from\\nabroad, who made lecturing their special work, and\\nwdio wrote their lectures in the summer and delivered\\nthem in the winter. A still later method has been the\\nLecture Bureau, which sends out annual circulars of\\neminent lecturers, humorists, singers, etc., with a list\\nof their subjects or performances for the winter s cam-\\npaign.\\nSunday-Schools. The fust Sunday-school was es-\\ntablished in May, 1816, in the Congregationalist\\nChurch, of which the Rev. Thomas Beedewas pastor.\\nTwo ladies, -Miss Phebe Abbot, afterwards the wife\\nof Ezra Abbot, Esq., of Jackson, Me., and the\\nmother of Professor Ezra Abbot, D.D., LL.I)., of\\nCambridge, and Miss Sarah White Livermor. were\\nleaders in the enterprise. Thisschool was one of the\\nfirst, if not the first, in the country, devoted especially\\nto religious instruction.\\nSeventy children attended the first season.\\nThe book used was the Bible, and the Bible only.\\nSunday-schools are now established in all the churches\\nin town.\\nThe Columbian Library was incorporated June 9,\\n1803. Ebenezer Rockwood, Jonathan Burton ami\\nPhilip Putnam were the corporate members. The\\nrecords of the library have not been found. About\\nthe year 1820 the company was dissolved, ami the\\nbooks sold or divided among the stockholders. Among\\nthe books which can be traced may be mentioned\\nHunter s Sacred Biography and John Adams\\nDefense of the Constitution of the United States,\\nin three volumes.\\nThe Ministerial Library, belonging to the First\\nCongregational Church, for the use of the ministers,\\nwas established in 1824 by Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D.,\\nwho gave a large number of books to it. It was in-\\ncorporated and placed in the hamls of five trustees,\\nwho were to fill their own board. The library has\\nan endowment fund, the income of which goes to the\\npurchase of books. All ministers in town are en-\\ntitled to the privileges of the library.\\nA Parish Library also belongs to the First longre-\\ngational Church, consisting of several hundred vol-\\numes, and open to all the members of the parish. The\\nSunday-school libraries of the various churches con-\\ntain a large number of volumes, which arc tor the\\nuse of the teachers and scholars of the several\\nSocieties.\\nThe Public Library.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 By the efforts principally\\nof Lev. A. M. Pendleton, then pastor of the Unita-\\nrian Church in East Wilton, a public library was\\nestablished in town, consisting of about two thousand\\nvolumes; but in the great fire of December 29, LS74.\\na. considerable part of the library was destroyed;\\npartially insured and in the great fire of January\\n20, ISM, it was almost entirely burned up. It has\\nbeen proposed to re-establish this library and open it\\nfree to all the inhabitants of the town.\\nDoctors. Dr. Ebenezer Rockwood, a graduate of\\nHarvard College in 1773, ami Dr. Timothy Parkhurst,\\na graduate of Dartmouth College in 1813, were for\\nmany years the wise and skillful physicians of the\\ntown. Dr. John Putnam also practiced medicine\\na long time in Wilton.\\nDr. Crombie ami Dr. Kingsbury, of Temple, Dr.\\nTwitchell, of Keene, Dr. Adams, of Mont Vernon,\\nDr. Spalding, of Amherst, and Dr. Dearborn, ot\\nMilford, have also been called upon to visit in their\\nprofessional capacity the sick and suffering in Wil-\\nton. Drs. Trevitt, Fleeman and Hatch are at present\\nthe physicians of the town.\\nLawyers. For many years no lawyer resided in\\ntown. Hon. Charles H. Burns, J. E. Spring, Esq., ami\\nW. II. Grant have officiated in that capacity.\\nGraduates of Colleges.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 One of the tests of the\\nappreciation of the advantages ami privileges of edu-\\ncation is the eagerness with which the higher education\\nof academies ami colleges is sought and the sacrifices\\nin lib I,, secure it. Wilton has sent many of her sons\\nto colleges and universities. The following is the\\nlist of college graduates, as near as we can ascer-\\ntain it:\\nThe following persons have graduated at Harvard\\nCollege; Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D., 1787; Rev. Jacob\\nAbbot, 17 .lL William Abbot, Esq., 1797; John\\nStevens Abbot, 1801; Solomon Kidder Livermore,\\nEsq., 1*02; Ebenezer Rockwood, Esq., 1802; Samuel\\nGreele, Esq., 1802; Samuel Abbot, Esq., 1808 Rev.\\nSamuel P.arrett, 1818; Rev. Warren Burton, 1821;", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1132.jp2"}, "961": {"fulltext": "713\\nRev. Abiel Abbol Live re, L833; Hermon Abbot\\nwas two wars in Harvard College.\\nThe following are the graduates of Dartmouth\\nCollege: Daniel Rockwood, Esq., 1811; Augustus\\nGreele, Esq., 1813; Timothy Parkhurst, M.D., L813;\\nAbner Flint, Esq., 1821; D. .Morgan, Esq., 1835;\\nRev. Lubim Burton Rockwood, 1839.\\nThe graduates of Bowdoin College are Professor\\nJoseph Hale Abbot, 1822; Rev. Ephraim Peabody,\\n1827; Ezra Abbot, Esq., 1830; Abiel Abbot, Esq.,\\n1831.\\nGraduates of Vale College,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rufus Abbot, M.D.,\\n1834; Rev. Alvah Steele, three years at Yale, but\\ndid not graduate; Levi Abbot, Esq., 1840.\\nGraduate of Amherst College Charles Abbot, Esq.,\\n1S35.\\nGraduate of Middlebury College: Samuel Flint,\\nEsq.\\nRev. John Keyes and Rev. Nathaniel Abbol were\\nnatives of Wilton, and received, alter leaving town,\\na college education.\\nWilliam Barret, Harvard, 1859, practicing law in\\nSt. Paul, Minn.; Joseph Chandler Barrett, Dart-\\nmouth; Charles D. Adams; Everanl W. Dascomb\\nwas one year at Oberlin, and graduated at Hobart\\nCollege, Geneva, N. Y., 1880, valedictorian.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nWILTON {Continued).\\nINDUSTRIES, MILLS, MANUFACTURES AND TRADE.\\nBenjamin Franklin, when, more than a hundred\\nyears ago, he traveled through New England, forecast\\nits destiny, for he saw its numerous and rapid streams\\nand its immense water-power and predicted that it\\nwould be a great manufacturing community.\\nAnother feature leading to the same conclusion is\\nthe character of the people, as distinguished by gen-\\neral education, skill and inventiveness. The me-\\nchanical power and the intelligent population both\\ncombine to make mechanics and manufactures lead-\\ning interests. Water and wind will ever be cheaper\\npropellents than steam and electricity. The course\\nof events since Franklin s time has justified his\\nsagacity.\\nThe occupations of countries are largely deter-\\nmined by climate, geological formation and the race\\nof men. The sea-coast and islands make a commu-\\nnity of sailors, merchants and fishermen. The plains\\nand prairies destine men to husbandry; the hills\\nami mountains to grazing and mining; the brooks\\nand rivers to manufactures, and so on to the end of\\nthe chapter.\\nThe early settlers of Wilton had to contend with\\nmany difficulties. They had no mills, no boards, no\\nclapboards, no shingles. The first burial was in a\\nrude coffin hollowed out of a tree, with a slab hewn\\nfrom the same lor a lid. The houses were built of\\nlogs. Earth supplied the place of mortar. The axe\\nwas the chief tool, for glass was used mica, for\\nfloors the ground, for window-frames lead, for chim-\\nnies clay, for plates w len platters, for roofs split\\nrails and earth, for paths blazed trees, and for roads\\ncorduroy or logs ami poles. At first there was n\\nmill to grind their com nearer than Dunstable and\\nafterwards Milford. The pioneer must travel miles\\nand miles along his Military path through the wild\\nwoods with his bag of grain on his back or on a\\nsled to reach a grist-mill, ami return the same weary\\nway to supply bread-stuffs for his wile and children.\\nThe grantors of the town, in order to promote im-\\nprovements, set apart two lots of eighty acres each\\nfor encouragement for building mills.\\nThe first mill in Wilton was the grist-mill at\\nBarnes Falls, built by Samuel Greele, one of the\\ngrantees of the town, the father of Major Samuel\\nGreele, and grandfather of Captain Samuel Greele.\\nit was on lot No. 15 in the fourth rang. being one\\nof the lots drawn for mills.\\nThe first saw-mill was that of Jacob Putnam, situ-\\nated a short distance west of the northwest corner of\\nlot No. 15, and very near, or on the line between\\nlots Nos. 15 and 16 in the fifth range.\\nA saw and grist-mill was built by Hutchinson at\\nthe East village, on the same spot where one stands\\nnow.\\nOn lot No. 20 in the fourth range, on the brook\\nthat flows by the present glass-house at South Lynde-\\nborough, a few rods above where it unites with\\nStony River, a grist-mil! was erected by Deacon\\nJohn Burton. These mills were all erected before\\nthe Revolution.\\nNear the knob-factory oi Samuel Smith, at the\\nWest village, on the Gambol Brook, there was, for-\\nmerly, a grist-mill and fulling and clothing-mill\\nowned by Uriah Smith, It was burned in 1781 or\\n1782, but the remains of the dam may still be seen.\\nRev. Jonathan Livermore built a saw-mill on\\nGambol Brook about the time of the Revolution, on\\nthe site now occupied by his descendants for a saw-\\nmill, with shingle ami -lave machinery.\\nAt the time of the centennial celebration there\\nwas the following record made of the industries of\\nthe town: There are now eight saw-mills in opera-\\ntion five grist-mills; three tanneries; two fulling-\\nmills; one bobbin-factory; one cotton-factory, burnt\\nin 1839 and not yet rebuilt; one starch-factory,\\nowned and carried on by people from Wilton\\n(Messrs. Ezra and Samuel Abbot), but itself in\\nMason; four blacksmiths; ten shoemakers, including\\njourneymen; two cabinet-makers; one hatter; three\\nstores; two taverns.\\nThe Wilton Manufacturing Company was formed\\nin 1848 with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, and\\nJoseph Newell, Eliphalet Putnam, Ziba ray, Kan-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1133.jp2"}, "962": {"fulltext": "714\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOKOUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\niel Abbot, Esq., William L Beasom, Chirk (_\\nBoutwell, Royal Southwick, Elbridge Reed and\\nTappan Wentworth as principal stockholders.\\nThe mill was built in 1849, and the wheel and\\nshafting put in in 1850, and commenced to make\\ncarpet-yarn April G, 1851. The mill was of w 1,\\nninety-eight by forty feet, two stories, with basement.\\nA wheel-house thirty-two by thirty feet, one story,\\nwith hasement for washing wool, and one-half of room\\nabove for repair-shop. The wheel was a breast-wheel,\\ntwenU -lour feet diameter, with twelve-feet buckets.\\nThere was also a dry-house, a wool-house and our\\ndouble cottage-house built. These, with the old\\nboarding-house, were all the buildings owned by the\\ncompany at the commencement.\\nThe first lot of machinery consisted of six spin-\\nning-frames, three twisters, drawing-frames, pickers,\\nand other small machinery to match; also one set\\nof cards and one jack for making filling. From\\nthis small beginning new machinery was added from\\ntime to time, until the mill contained fourteen spin-\\nning-frames, seven twisters and a corresponding\\nincrease of new and modern machinery, including\\nEnglish combers. The machinery was increased for\\nmaking filling from one set to four sets.\\nWhile this increase of machinery was going on, the\\nbuilding had to be correspondingly enlarged. In 1858,\\nforty feet were added to the length of the mill, making\\nonehundred and thirty- eight feet long. In 1865another\\naddition was made in L form, fifty by seventy-two\\nfeet, and one of Swain s turbine wheels of one hundred\\nand thirty horse-power took the place of the old\\nbreast-wheel, and was run/until the mill was burnt,\\nMarch (i, 1872.\\nMay, 1851, there were on the pay-roll forty-nine\\nbands, and the pay-roll of that month was $788.34.\\nThe pay-roll of January, 1872, one hundred and six-\\nteen hands, was $2371.41. The mill was in operation\\ntwenty years ami eleven months. A short time at\\nthe commencement the superintendent was Mr.\\nRipley. Mr. Elbridge G. Woodman was superin-\\ntendent the remaining part of the time the mill was\\nin operation.\\nOne of the most serious changes in the industries\\nof the country has been the virtual abolition of the\\nsystem of apprenticeship. When our forefathers\\na over the sea they brought the European method\\nof initiation into the industrial trades by a long\\nperiod, usually seven years, of careful training and\\npractice. When an apprentice or negro boy ran\\naway, it was customary to advertise him and offer\\none cent reward. It is questionable whether me-\\nchanical work is as thoroughly done under the pres-\\nent system as the old one, where years of careful\\ntraining and practice, under experienced master-\\nworkmen, habituated the apprentice to accuracy and\\nskill in every detail of his trade.\\nIndustries of Wilton according to the Census\\nof 1850\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Saw-mill, carding-machines and cloth\\ndressing: Capital, $1200; boards, 100,000, $1000;\\nshingles, 50,000, $125; lath, 40,000, $80; carding\\nand cloth-dressing, $300. Benjamin Hopkins, saw-\\nmill: Boards, 50,000, $450; shingles, 10,000, $25;\\nlath, 24,000, $48 shuttle-woods, 6000, $120, Nahum\\nChild, saw-mill and grist-mill: Boards, 125,000,\\n$1125; shingles, loo.ooo, $250; toll for grinding,\\n$300. John A. Putnam, saw-mill and grist-mill\\nBoards, $450; shingles, 100,000, $250 table-legs, 4000,\\n$240; toll for grinding, $50. Willard French, saw-\\nmill: Boards, 200,000, $2000 shingles, 100,000, $220.\\nJonathan Livermore, saw-mill: Boards, 75,000 shin-\\ngles, 30,000, $775. E. Putnam .V Co., bobbins, knobs\\nand machinery, $2650. William Shelden, bobbins and\\nspools, 125 cord timber, $11,000. Abijah Hildreth,\\nsaw-mill and grist-mill Hoards, 120,000, $1200; shin-\\ngles, $80; grinding, $75. Joseph W. Killam, furniture\\nStock, $1850; product, $5500. John Burton, table-\\nframes Stock, $10 product, $800. Jones, Lane Co.,\\nboots and shoes Capital, $7000 stock, $8000; num-\\nber employed, 20 males, 12 females product, $17,700.\\nManufactures of Wilton in 1885\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1882 the\\nsite, where two mills had been burned, was purchased\\nby the Colony Brothers, who erected a building of\\nbrick, one hundred and seventeen feet long, fifty-four\\nfeet wide, three stories high, with basement; boiler\\nand engine-room on the west side and dyeing-room on\\nthe south.\\nThe size of the mill is seven set. Early in 1883\\nthey commenced the manufacture of woolen flannel,\\nmedium grade; color, blue and scarlet. Number of\\nhands employed, seventy; the power, steam and\\nwater; the mill is warmed by steam.\\nTin: Wilton Company. Capital stock, thirty-\\nthousand dollars. Charles li. Burns, president; John\\nA. Spalding, treasurer; Charles A. Burns, clerk.\\nMill nmenced January 1, 1883, the manufacture\\nof cotton warps, yams and twine. Number of hands\\nemployed, thirty-eight; power, steam and water; the\\nmill is warmed by steam and lighted by gasoline.\\nMilk has been one of the principal products of tin-\\nfarmers of Wilton for the last thirty years. A ear\\nwas started from Wilton in 1852 tor conveying milk\\nto the Boston market. At the present time 1). Whit-\\ning Sons run four cars to Boston daily, one from\\nHillsborough Bridge, one from Wilton, one from\\nMilford and one from Concord, Mass.\\nOwing to the impossility of furnishing the right\\nquantity for the Boston market, the loss to the milk-\\nraisers by keeping a small quantity at home when the\\nquantity was Hush, and the inconvenience to the\\ncontractor to collect to supply the deficiency when\\nthe supply was short, induced Mr. Whiting to con-\\ntraef for more milk than the market took and work\\nthe surplus into butter ami cheese.\\nFor a few years the Messrs. Whiting have deliv-\\nered daily about seven thousand gallons at Boston\\nand the surplus has ranged from about two hundred\\nto three thousand gallons daily. For a few years", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1134.jp2"}, "963": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\n715\\nthe months that have furnished the least milk have\\nbeen August and September.\\nThe pay-day for the must of the milk they buy is\\nabout the middle of the month, for the milk of the\\npreceding month.\\nThe Messrs. Whiting have a saw-mill that they run\\nseveral months in the year, in which, beside the board-\\nsaw, they have box-board and stave-saws and saws for\\nsawing wood, planing-machines and machinery for\\nmaking keg aud-barrel heads, and forpreparing the box\\nstock ready to be nailed together. They grind in their\\ngrist-mill about one hundred and twenty-live ear-\\nloads of corn annually, which, with about one hun-\\ndred car-loads of feed, is, a large part of it, sold to the\\nmilk-raisers. In addition, they have a large run of\\ncustom grinding. Their power is eighty horse-power\\nsteam and seventy horse-power, water. They also\\nsell about live hundred tons of coal and three hun-\\ndred and fifty cords of wood annually.\\nLevi Putnam has a saw-mill, planing-machine and\\nturning-lathes, and manufactures trunk stock and\\ntrunks. Power, water.\\nDaniel Cragin has a saw-mill and machinery for\\nmanufacturing knife-trays, dry measures and sugar-\\nboxes. He employs about six hands. Power, steam\\nand water.\\nNathan Barker, grist-mill Hermon Hopkins, saw-\\nmill, clapboard and shingle machinery and turning-\\nlathe; .1. II. 11. Livermore, saw-mill, shingle and\\nstave machinery; Henry 0. Sargent} saw-mill and\\nturning machinery James H. Holt Son manufac-\\nture knobs and milk-can stopples, and have a cider-\\nmill; Samuel W. Smith manufactures knobs; Flint\\n.y (hay, wheelwrights and carriage-makers: A. J.\\nParker, wheelwright and carriage-maker; Bales\\nPutnam, jobbing blacksmiths and carriage-smiths;\\n!1. N. Graj Son, jobbing blacksmiths and carriage-\\nsmiths; C. B. Smith, jobbing blacksmith and car-\\nriage-smith carpenters, C. A. H. L. Emerson,\\nJames L. Hardy, William D. Stearns, Jeremiah Dris-\\ncoll, L. A. Tyler, Edson 1). Frye, J. H. Hutchinson\\nand Albion Flint.\\nS. H. Dunbar, meat and vegetable market; S. A.\\nSpalding, meat and vegetable market; Joseph Lang-\\ndell, livery stable (has about twelve horses); F. P.\\nKent, livery stable (has about eight horses).\\nWilton Savings Bank, Josiah Fleeman, presi-\\ndent Moses Clark, treasurer.\\nDruggists, Dr. Henry Trevitt and H. A. Powers.\\nStores. S. N. Center Son, fancy and dry-g 1\\nboots, shoes and groceries; George A. Carter, dry-\\ngoods, boots and shoes; David E. Proctor, flour, meal,\\ngroceries, boots, shoes, hardware, a general assort-\\nment store; George W. Wallace, clothing and furnish-\\ning goods Levi W. Perkins, clothing and furnishing\\ngoods Miss S. A. Smith, millinery and fancy goods; A\\n0. Barker, groceries ;.C. W. Edwards, groceries; E.\\nE. Hutchinson, groceries; M. P. Stanton, tish and\\ngroceries P. Ring Son, variety-store; S. K. Fos-\\nter, stoves and tinware; Stickney, undertakers\\nfurnishings; Henry A. Holt, writing-desks and fancy\\nboxes (employs, on average, live hands) Henry W.\\nHopkins and Francis B. French, writing-desks and\\nfancy boxes.\\nC PI A P T E R X\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fcW/ ,d\\nROADS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 POST-ROUTES A K PIE US\u00e2\u0080\u0094 POSTMASTERS STAG-\\nING AND RAILROADS.\\nTm; facilities of travel, intercourse and the com-\\nmunication of intelligence were, of course, in the\\ntime of our forefathers, of the most meagre kind.\\nLoads\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one of the tests of civilization\u00e2\u0080\u0094 were few and\\npoor. It might be said, as in the time of the judges\\nin ancient Israel, that the highways were unoccu-\\npied, or, rather, that highways were not yet opened\\nand that the travelers walked through by-ways.\\nFoot-paths from house to house, trails through the\\nforests, marked by blazed trees, were the firsl con-\\nveniences of the settlers; and as roads for carriages\\nwere gradually opened, fords and ferries were slowly\\nsucceeded by bridges, and logs and rails were laid\\ndown for rough corduroy highways. The roads ran\\nusually over the hills and shunned the valleys, as the\\nsettlers lived on the heights, and avoided the low-\\nlands, as being marshy and damp aud subject to\\nfloods, and more exposed tosurprises from Indians,\\nIt was rather remarkable, and showed the high aims\\nof the pioneers, that while they early set apart a por-\\ntion of the land beforehand for the support of churches\\nand schools and public improvements, that they left\\nthe road aud bridge-building to the immediate care of\\nthe settlers and thi tardy votes of the town. Roads\\nwould come of themselves by stress of necessity but\\nthe minister, the teacher and the miller must be put\\nbeyond doubt or neglect. Bread for the body and\\nbread for the soul must be subject to no contingencies.\\nAnd in due time the roads came, as they were forced\\nupon the public attention. But as it was, there were\\nten appropriations lor the church and the schools\\nwhere there was one for bridges and roads. These are\\nsome of the ancient records of economical appropri-\\nations,\\nMarch 9,17(i7. Allowed Tim. .thy I d. Inn [...unds t.-n shillings Hi-\\nrer, old tenor, for planks for covering th bridge near r.n .1 l N ii,:i m\\nApril -27, 17bS. Th-lib laerning raising money\\nto rebuild the bridge near C.ipt. Nathan i I o tcli\\nBut they soon thought better of it, and voted\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.t.i raise nine pounds, lawful money, to rebuild I he Lrid-.-\\nhv t apt. Nathan Hutchinson s mill, and that e.n-li ]-r.,.nsI Id havi\\nthe liberty to work out hi- rat- to th- sum aforesaid.\\nApril 25, 1770. Voted to raise twenty pounds to rebuild the bridge\\nover the river known by the name of Parker s bridge.\\npt. 28, ITT Voted to tin- thirteen ].,un.l-, lautnl ney, to i\\nbuild l\\\\iik. i s bud--, so-called.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1135.jp2"}, "964": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nThe following bridges allowed tube maintained by the town Par-\\nker s bridge, the bridge by Capt. Nathan Hutchinson s mill, the bridge\\nover the river by timothy Dale s, the bridge to LyndeboruiiLdi, the bridjre\\nby Jacob Putnam s saw-mill, the bridge by l\u00c2\u00bb;i\\\\ i.l K c\\nI .rii _._- over Gainbrel bruuk.\\nApril 14, 1772. rotedto raise thirty pounds, lawful money, to re-\\nbuild and repair the town lucl-os in -aid town.\\nI c. eJ that oa li pel Son M\\\\ 1 to -aid bl 1.1l;cS -lionU h.i\\\\ 1\\\\\\\\ o chilli nits\\npei l.i%, and each yoke ol oxen one shilling per day.\\nVoted that each person should he 1 in their day s work at -00 11 o elo, k\\nin the forenoon.\\nVoted to raise one hundred pounds, lawful liloli-y, to be laid ..lit in\\nliKikme, and repairing the hi-liways the present year.\\nI o/,J toallow each person taxed 111 town two shillings and ei-ht\\npen..-, and eaeb yoke of ox.ii on,- shiHinc, and four pence per day, and\\neach cart and each plow eiiiht peine per day.\\nApril jo, 177; 1 t. i.n.c titr\\\\ pounds, lawful money, f.r high-\\nways the present year. Voted to allow the same per day for men, oxen,\\nplow and cart as fin- c;u 1. 1.:\\nAs tin illustration, at a much later period, of the\\nheavy expenses of maintaining the mails anil bridges,\\nand building new ones, the town expended in twenty-\\none years, from 1825 to 1846, the sum of $23,924.41 in\\nextra sums for that purpose, besides the regular high-\\nway tax of from six hundred to eight hundred dollars\\nannually.\\nThe first mail-route through Wilton was over the\\nold County road, through the north part of the town,\\nfrom Keene to Portsmouth, about 1788. The first post-\\nrider, Ozias Silsbee, was succeeded by Messrs. Wright,\\nPhillips and Thayer. The latter died very suddenly\\nin Amherst, of injuries received in a playful scuffle\\nwith Mr. Cushing. the editor of the Cabinet, August\\n1,1807.\\nMr. Daniel Gibbs succeeded Mr. Thayer, and ear-\\ntied the mail on horseback some eight years. The\\nmail-pouch was about two feet long, and from eight\\nto ten inches wide, but amply sufficient to carry the\\npostal matter that passed over the road at that time,\\nin a pair of saddle-bags he carried newspapers and\\nexpress packages. He passed down through Wilton\\non Sunday ami back on Thursday. During the Wat\\nof 1812 he was accustomed to call out the ion-, good\\nor bad, to those within hearing, as for instance,\\nGlorious news! Commodore Perry has captured the\\nwhole British fleet on Lake Erie, or, if the news was\\ntin reverse, with a melancholy expression, Bad\\nn.ws! The British have captured ami burned\\nWashington. He began to drive a wagon about\\n1816, and carried some passengers. He was prompt\\nand faithful in the discharge of his duties. Mr. Gibbs\\ndied in Peterborough at the age of seventy-three,\\nSeptember 25, 1824, by being thrown out of his wagon\\nat the great bridge over the lontoocook, on the rocks\\nI flW\\nBefore the establishment of the post-office, in 1816,\\na number of copies of tin- Xfir Jfim/i-Jiirr I tttrhit,\\npublished at Concord by Isaac Hill, and one or two\\ncopies of the New Hampshire Sentinel, published at\\nKeeue by John Prentiss, were brought to subscribers\\nin Wilton by Mr. Gibbs. But the majority of the\\npeople took the Farmers abinet, published at Amherst\\nbv Richard Boylston. The subscribers in turn went\\nfor the papers on Saturday, and they were distributed\\non Sunday. Mr. Boylston kept the tally, and marked\\nthe paper each week of the one whose turn was next.\\nLetters, too. were superscribed and forwarded to\\nyour turn next. and thus reached the post-office at\\nAmherst. Verily, those were the primitive times.\\nAbout the time of Mr. Gibbs death the post-route\\nwas changed from the north road to that through the\\nmiddle of the town. Mr. Gibbs son succeeded his\\nfather, and drove a two-horse carriage until 1828,\\nduly 7th. when the four-horse coach-line from Keene to\\nNashua was started. Different owners Messrs. F.\\nLovejoy, Joseph and John Holt, T. Smith ami L.\\nWinn were partners in this enterprise. About 1833\\nan accommodation line was established, and a coach ran\\neach way through town daily. On the opening of the\\nBoston and Lowell Railroad to Lowell, the line was ex-\\ntended to Lowell. As the railroad was extended\\nfarther into the country, successively to Nashua,\\nDanforth Corners, Milford, and finally to Wilton,\\nDecember, 1851, the stage-line was shortened. The\\nsiicces.si\\\\|. drivers, well remembered by the older\\ninhabitants, were Messrs. John Holt, John Larch,\\nBenjamin P. Cheney and Captain Porter. The busi-\\nness on this line was continued till October, 1870,\\nwhen tin proprietors sold out to the railroad company.\\nThe railroad to Greenfield was opened January, 1874.\\nwhich took the stage-coaches on that line from Wilton\\nafter a service of about forty-six years.\\nThe Forest r flad, in the north part of the town, was\\nbuilt in 1831. Mr. Joy. of Nashua, started, in 1832, a\\nline of stage-coaches, which ran to Charlestown, X. 1L.\\non this )o;id. At various periods, besides Mr. Joy.\\nother proprietors and drivers were concerned in this\\nenterprise, Messrs. \\\\V Is. thcWymans, Penuock,\\nDane, Tarbell, Morrill, Phelps, Hall, Harrison,\\nHowison and Prouty.\\nThe drivers on the road, other than the proprietors,\\nwere Messrs. Leavitt, Harris, Pettengill and Sanborn.\\nAn accident to a stage-coach on this road at one\\ntime cost the town over one hundred dollars.\\nAfter the river road from West Wilton to East\\nWilton wtis built, the Btage-coaches from Keene to\\nNashua ran on this route for many years.\\nThe road from Gray s Corner to Greenville was\\ncompleted in 1843. Soon after, a mail-route was\\nestablished on this line from Manchester to New Ips-\\nwich. Coaches with four and two horses have been\\nrun at different times, but at present the mail is car-\\nried with one horse. The drivers have been Messrs.\\nPorter. Thomas. Sanborn and Batchelder.\\nSoon after the railroad was opened to Greenfield,\\nthe post-route from West Wilton to East Wilton was\\nestablished, and Mr. Abiel Frye carries the daily mail.\\nThe Wilton post-office was established October 1,\\n1816. The following is a list of the postmasters, and\\nthe date of their appointments: John Mack, October\\n1,1816; Elijah Stockwell, February 21, 1824; Harvey\\nBarnes, April 4, 1826; Stephen Abbot. February 27,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1136.jp2"}, "965": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\n1828 Ezra Buss, January 4, 1837 Timothy Park-\\nhurst, January 3, 1838; Isaac Blanchard, June 7,\\n1845 Varnurn S. Holt, February 9, 1856 (the title of\\nthe office was Wilton) Varnum T. Holt, April 16, 1855\\n(the title of the office was Wilton Centre) Varnum\\nT.Holt, April 23, 1856; Philander King, April 21,\\n1858 Henry O. Sargent, December 10, 1877 Ballard\\nPettingill, February 24, 1831 William M. Edwards,\\nJanuary 4,1833; John Merrill, January 19,1835;\\nWilliam M. Edwards, October 30, 1835; Ephraim\\nHackett, February 14, 183(1 James M. Dane, Feb-\\nruary 17, 1842; Albert Farnsworth, July 22, 1853;\\nLeonard Pettengill, February 28, 1854 (the title of\\nthe office was East Wilton) Leonard Pettengill, April\\n16,1856; Nathan Flint, July 20,1861; William J.\\nBradbury, December 14, 1869; Alfred E. Jaques,\\nAugust 4, 1875 (the title of the office was Wilton).\\nCHAPTER XL\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Cbnftniied).\\nCEMETERIES, EPIDEMICS AND NECROLOCSY.\\nBesides the lour cemeteries at present in Wilton,\\nviz.: the North, Centre, and East and County Farm,\\nthere are four other private burial-places, where a\\nfew bodies have been interred.\\nThe earliest is the spot where John Badger was\\nburied, the first white person who died on the terri-\\ntory now included in Wilton, a little north of the\\nroad, as an intelligent informant stated, running\\neast from the Dale place, either in the field or pasture,\\nprobably in the pasture. The exact locality is now\\nunknown.\\nPhilip Putnam, Esq., a few years before he died,\\nbuilt a tomb near his house, in which be, his wife and\\ntwo sons were buried.\\nLieutenant John Hutchinson, his wife and two\\nsuns were buried in the lor back of his house, in the\\nEast village.\\nMrs. David Cram, who died of smallpox in 1853 or\\n1854, was buried on the farm belonging to the\\nfamily.\\nThe following measures were early taken by the\\ntown to provide suitable interment for the dead:\\nJane 27, 1771, Voted to raise \u00c2\u00a31 16s. to provide a\\nburying-cloth for said town, and chose Nathan\\nBlanchard and Aimer Stiles a committee to provide\\nsaid cloth.\\nThe first entrance on the town records relative to\\nthe bin ying-grounds is found in a warrant for a town-\\nmeeting, dated September 17, 1772, Article 5, as fol-\\nlows To see if the town will vote to clear and\\nfence the burying-ground in said town, and to raise\\nmoney and choose a committee for that purpose.\\nAt the meeting, October 5th, the fifth article was\\ndismissed; but in a warrant for a town-meeting, Maj\\n20, 1773, is the following:\\nacre of land for a burying-pla\u00c2\u00a9 t- mid town, On- Ee, therefore, fourth-\\nly, i.. seeil Mi. town will pay Mr John Cram eighteen shillings, I\\nmoney, f oe other half-aci if land adjoining old buryin plao\\nin said town, and for a privilegi ol t road \u00c2\u00bbi tiighwaj to the same, on\\nhis giviu^r ;i conveyance of the same.\\nAt a meeting, held June 177. i, it was voted to\\nallow Mr. John (ram eighteen shillings, lawful money,\\nfor one-half acre of land, adjoining the old burying-\\nplace in said town, and the privilege of a highway to\\nthe same upon his gi\\\\ ing com ej ance ol the same.\\nThe North Burying-Ground was occupied from the\\nearly history of the town, being enlarged and im-\\nproved from time to time.\\nThe burying-ground near Mr. Henry Gray s was\\nfust occupied in 1809, the first interment being that\\nof the first minister of the town, Rev. Jonathan\\nLivermore.\\nWithin a few years the cemetery near East Wilton\\nwas opened, and improvements and additions made\\nto it. Many interments have been made in it.\\nThe cemetery in the northwest part of the town\\nwas established in connection with the County Farm,\\nand many burials of the inmates of that institution\\nhave already been made in it.\\nEpidemics.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. Thomas Beede, in A Topo-\\ngraphical anil Historical Description of Wilton, in\\nFarmer and Moore s Collections, Vol. I., No. 2,\\nJune. 1822, pp. 69-72, says: No uncommon sickness\\nhas ever been known here except in the year 1801,\\nwhen a very malignant and contagious fever pre-\\nvailed very generally among the people for a number\\nof months, and in many instances proved mortal. It\\nis conjectured, perhaps not without reason, that the\\ncontagion was introduced in a parcel of old feathers\\nwhich hail been brought in and sold by peddlers just\\nbefore the fever made its appearance.\\nThe smallpox has appeared at several times in the\\nhistory of the town, but has not prevailed to any\\nextent. Mrs. David Cram died of it in 1853-54.\\nVital Statistics. The first child born in town was\\na daughter of one of the first settlers, Ephraim Put-\\nnam, by the name of Hannah, March, 1741. She was\\nmarried to a Mr. Woodward, of Lyndeborough, and\\ndied there in October, 1801, in the seventy-first year\\nof her age.\\nThe number of deaths in Wilton in 1851 was 21\\n1852,20; 1853,2(1; 1854,27; 1855,20; 1857,26;\\n1858,26; 1859,25; 1860,25; 1861,16; 1862,22;\\n1863,40; 1864, 27; 1865,25; 1866,15; 1867,14;\\n1868,19; 1869,31; 1870,34; 1871,31; 1872,40;\\n1873,26; 1*74. 2o 1875,31; 1876,24; 1877,19;\\n1878,29; 1879,34; 1880,25; 1881,23; 1882,22;\\n1883, 24; 1884, 38.\\nThe healthfulness of the climate may be strikingly\\nillustrated by the low rate of mortality and also by\\nthe great longevity of many of the inhabitants. In", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1137.jp2"}, "966": {"fulltext": "718\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\na carefully-prepared list by Sewall Putnam, taken\\nfrom the public records, it appears that from 1791 to\\n1884 one hundred and thirty persons have died of\\neighty years and upwards, twenty-four of ninety\\nyears and upwards, and one, Mrs. Sarah A. Holt,\\nwho died October 9, 1854, aged one hundred and\\nthree years, two months and twenty-five days.\\nI ll APTER XII.\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nFIRES, FLOODS, CASUALTIES, MISFORTUNES, REMARKABLE\\nEVENTS, ETC.\\nWilton has not escaped the destroyers which be-\\nfall our modem civilization. Especially her losses\\nby tire have been comparatively very great. Besides\\nthe repeated destruction of single houses, mills or\\nbarns, in two notable instances, in 1874 and 1881,\\nextensive conflagrations swept over the business centre\\nof the East village, laving waste the principal stores\\nand public buildings. But the sufferers have uni-\\nformly rallied, with fresh courage and energy, to\\nrepair their losses and make the place more beautiful\\nthan before. New stores and dwellings have filled\\nthe vacant lots, and a substantial and elegant town\\nhall now occupies the site of the once spacious hotel.\\nBut it has become, in general, a serious \u00e2\u0080\u00a2juestion\\nhow the ravages of fire can be stayed in our modern\\nworld. We have resorted to all the new measures and\\ninventions to arrest the fearful devastation, such as\\nsteam fire-engines, paid Fire Departments, fire ex-\\ntinguishers, quick communication by telegraph and\\ntelephone, fire signals, but millions upon millions\\nevery month are destroyed by fire throughout our land.\\nNo wonder that, with all the toil, industry and\\nenergy of multitudes of human beings, there is still\\nso much poverty and misery, when such wholesale\\ndestruction is constantly taking place, and the fruits\\nof their labors are swept away in smoke and ashes.\\nThe small annual gain of income over expenses,\\naveraging in the whole population, is said to be only\\nabout four dollars to each individual. Only by this\\nnarrow margin does our American civilization keep\\nahead of utter want, starvation and nakedness. He\\nwill be a great benefactor of society who shall rise\\neijual to the occasion, and, by some yet unapplied or\\nundiscovered instrumentality or invention, say to the\\ndevouring element, Thus far shalt thou come and\\nno further, and here shall thy tierce flames be stayed.\\nFires. Hezekiah Hamblet s house, on the west\\nside of the road southeast of Abiel Flint s house.\\nJames Dascomb s barn, 1774, on the south side of\\nthe road northeast of Mrs. Francis Whiting s build-\\nings. Wood s barn (by lightning), August 9, 1779,\\non the 1 place now owned by Mrs. Curtis Blood.\\nUriah Smith s grist-mill and a clothing-mill, near\\nwhere Samuel Smith s knob-sbop now stands, in 1781\\nor 1782. A school-house, near where Mrs. Henry\\nNewell s house now stands. Deacon John Flint s\\nhouse, April, 1810, northeast of Mrs. Charles White s\\nbarn. Colonel Dascomb s shop, March 21, 1829.\\nJohn Parker s house, May, 1833. Wilton Company\\nfactory, February, 1839. Simeon Holt s barn (by\\nlightning). J. Newell s first store at East Wilton.\\nDeacon Ezra Abbot s house, 1840. Deacon William\\nSheldon s shop and dry-house at the West village,\\n1st) second fire, July 21, 1864. D. Whiting s barns\\n(by lightning), 1846. Theron Russell s house. John F.\\nRussell s house. Joseph Holt s house. The Batchel-\\nder house, on the hill east of Joseph W. Stiles.\\nDavid Whiting s Barrett House. Henry Putnam s\\nEaton House. Mrs. Charles Howard s house and\\nbarn. Abel Fisk s cider-mill, farming tools and\\ngrain, May, 1853. Jonathan Snow s house. 185(3.\\nThe old meeting-house at the Centre, the second\\nbuilt in town, was burned December 8, 1859. A\\njuvenile concert, given by Miss .Mary Thurston, had\\ntaken place in the evening. The fire, as generally\\nbelieved, set by some malicious pers broke out before\\nmidnight, and our holy and beautiful house, where\\nour fathers praised Thee, was binned up with fire, and\\nall our beautiful things were laid waste. Mrs.\\nhandler s bouse, opposite to Gardiner Blanch-\\naid s. John Frye s house and barn. Stock s house,\\nand two children were burned in it. Nahum Child s\\nbuilding, where the butter-factory now stands. Wil-\\nton Company factory, March, 1872. Peter 11. Putnam s\\nstore-house. W. P. Dunklee s shop, where A. II.\\nI,. Emerson s shop stands. Spalding s cooper-shop.\\nJohn Herlihey s house. Freeman s mill, built and\\nformerly owned by Philip Putnam. Mrs. Neil s house\\nand barn, L873.\\n)n December 2, 1874, a destructive conflagration\\nswept over the Fast village. Beginning in a store\\nand dwelling on Main Street, it destroyed the spacious\\nWhitney Hotel, Masonic Hall, stores, houses and\\nother buildings. The cause of the lire was supposed\\nto lie combustion of oil and painters rags. Losses,\\nabout one hundred ami live thousand eight hundred\\ndollars; insurance, about fifty-five thousand dollars.\\n.1. Newell s and S. N. Center s buildings, March 15,\\n1876. John H. Frye s stable, opposite to the depot.\\nJeremiah Driscoll s house and barn, 1879.\\nAs if one great fire was not enough, a second fire\\nbroke out January 20, 1881, and swept away .-tores.\\nMasonic Hall, bank, library and houses along the\\nmost thickly-settled part of Main Street, in the East\\nvillage, on nearly the same site as that of the great\\nfireofl874. The losses were estimated to be aboul\\ntitty thousand dollars and the insurance about thirty\\nthousand dollars, (loss Mills, formerly the French\\nMills, 1882. Harvey A. Whiting s bam, June 27,\\n1883. Harvey A. Whiting s house, 1883.\\nFreshets.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The greatest flood ever known in Wil-\\nton took place ou Monday, October 4, 1869. Rain had", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1138.jp2"}, "967": {"fulltext": "WILTON.\\n719\\nfallen on Sunday and Sunday night and on Monday\\nforenoon, but no apprehensions of a very high freshet,\\nwere felt until noon, when the windows of heaven\\nseemed to he opened and poured down sheets of\\nwater such as had never been seen before. In a very\\nshort time the streams rose to a fearful height, sweep-\\ning away bridges, dams, logs and mill stuffs, mills and\\nfactories, gullying roads and flooding fields and\\nmeadows. Brooks became raging mountain rivers.\\nTorrents swept down the hills. A cloud seemed to\\nhave burst over the devoted region. It continued to\\npour until half-past three o clock in the afternoon,\\nwhen the storm broke away and the sun came out.\\nnly one bridge in town escaped injury. Roads were\\nimpassable for weeks. Travel was across fields and\\nby fording streams. The woolen-factory at French\\nvillage was undermined and swept down -lie. mi.\\nThe cost to Wilton of repairing roads and bridges\\nwas sixty thousand dollars.\\nTwenty thousand dollars of taxes were remitted to\\nthe town by the State Legislature for damages done.\\nOther towns shared in the losses by the flood. Per-\\nmanent marks were left in the bills and valleys of\\nthe terrible deluge of 1869.\\nMany misfortunes have, from time to time, fallen\\nupon the inhabitants. The Daniels defalcation sunk\\nfrom eighty thousand to one bundled thousand dol-\\nlars. The Milford Bank robbery cost tin people\\nof the town some ten thousand dollars. The Pine\\nValley Company failure lost its owners some sixty\\nthousand dollars, besides bad debts to grocers and\\ntraders by operatives.\\nCasualties.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At the raising of the bouse of John\\nDale, one of the early settlers of the town, a man\\nwas instantly killed by an iron bar tailing accident-\\nally on his head from the hands of a man above him\\non the frame.\\nThe terrible accident and loss of life which oc-\\ncurred at the raisin- of the Second Church have\\nalready been related elsewhere. Three were killed,\\nand almost all more or less wounded of the more\\nthan fifty men who were on the frame when it fell.\\nSome died afterwards and others bore the marks of\\ntheir injuries to thegrave.\\nC H A P T E It XIII.\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Coirfi I).\\nFESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, CENTENNIALS. ETC.\\nWith all the gravity and seriousness of the New-\\nEngland Puritan, there was always mingled no little\\nof dry wit and a social, festive spirit.\\nHe had his joke, and too often also his pipe and\\nhis mug. The huskings, the raisings, the wood-haul-\\nings and bees, the quiltings, the weddings, the balls,\\nthe sleigh-rides, the wrestling and hunting-matches,\\nthe trainings and musters testify to the hilarious side\\nof the pioneer character. Many of these are now only\\nknown in tradition. New customs have sprung up in\\nthe place of the old ones. New wine has been pul\\ninto new bottles. The old-fashioned sleigh-ride,\\nwhen a large part of the inhabitants took a fine winter\\nday to make an excursion to a neighboring town\\nand take dinner, perhaps have a dance and return\\nhome in the evening by moonlight, is among the\\nthings that were. If they go now.it is by railroad.\\nHalls and weddings are permanent institutions. Of\\nold there were no festivals like our modern Sundav-\\nschool excursions, and the picnic was not known to\\nthe fathers. Bees, quiltings, huskings and raisings\\nand other neighborhood gatherings have chiefly gone.\\nWood-haulings for the parson or a decayed brother\\nare superseded by donations and surprise-parties.\\nThe Willing Workers and the Cheerful Workers.\\nthe church Benevolent Sewing ircles and Soci-\\nables, have stepped in to occupy the place once\\nfilled by more boisterous entertainments.\\nChildren have more festivities than of old and go\\nearlier into society. Lodges, granges, societies, ex-\\ncursions are multiplying on every hand. The passion\\nof resorting to cities, and giving up the farm for the\\nshop, the exchange, the bank, and the professions, is\\ndue chiefly to two things, viz.: the desire to make\\nmoney faster than the country farming or mechanic\\nlife will allow, and then the eagerness to have more\\nsociety life. These are the sirens that bewitch our\\nday. Besides, as communities have grown larger,\\nthey have split up into cliques and coteries, and the\\nold hearty neighborliness has been exchanged for\\nfashion and gilt-edged snobbery. Wealth, not man-\\nhood or high character, is the open sesame to genteel\\nsociety, so reputed.\\nThe farmer s frock, the mechanic s apron or the\\nhouse-wife s home-spun dress have no more any beauty\\nthat man or woman should desire them.\\nService is still a long way behind show, as a key to\\nopen the chief places at feasts and the high seal- in\\nthe synogagues. But even if society has grown more\\nexclusive, it has, strange paradox grown more phil-\\nanthropic. The humanities and amenities flourish\\napace. A world of good is being done to the less\\nfortunate of our race.\\nIf men and women have hardened into greater\\nselfishness and exclusiveness on one side of their\\nnature, tiny have softened into wider sympathy ami\\nhelpfulness on the other side. Never probably did\\nwealth feel its responsibility more to society, or dis-\\ntribute its means with a more generous hand than\\nnow, be it to schools, colleges, libraries, churches,\\nmissions, philanthropies, hospitals, asylums or to the\\nhumbler and more private charities of society.\\nAs good a specimen of the ancient sleigh-ride as\\ncould be selected is that which escorted Rev. Thomas\\nBeede and his bride on their wedding-trip from Har-\\nvard to Wilton. He was married to Miss Nancy", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1139.jp2"}, "968": {"fulltext": "720\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nKimball, of Harvard, Mass., January 20, 1805. A\\nnumber of their friends after the ceremony accom-\\npanied them as far as Amherst, X. II., where they\\nstopped at the hotel. Here they met a large party\\nfrom Wilton, who had come down to meet their min-\\nister and his new wife, and both companies dined\\ntogether. They then separated, the Harvard friends\\nreturning to Massachusetts, and the Wilton company\\ntaking Mr. and Mrs. Beede to their new home in New\\nHampshire.\\nThe silver wedding of the Hon. Charles H. Hums\\nwas celebrated January lit, 1881. A large number of\\ninvitations were sent out and a great host of friends\\nand neighbors responded to the call. Many eminent\\npersons were present (rom abroad, including the\\nGovernor, Nathaniel Head, and wife. Many costly\\nand beautiful gifts were bestowed on the honored\\ncouple, and music, dancing and speeches made a\\nlively and enjoyable evening. The only pall upon\\nthe festive occasion was the breaking out of a terrible\\nconflagration, elsewhere recorded, a few hours later\\nin the same night, which laid a large part of the\\nbusiness portion of the village in ashes, destroyed\\nMasonic Hall, the Public Library, stores, shops, offices\\nand dwellings to the amount, probably, of fifty thou-\\nsand dollars or more of total loss. The cause of the\\nfire was unknown.\\nSeveral other silver and golden weddings have\\noccurred in the town, as the new customs have come\\nin, of which a more particular account will be given\\nhereafter in a fuller history of the town of Wilton,\\nsoon to he published.\\nAs good a specimen of the old-time Fourth of July\\ncelebrations as can In- found is the following, which\\noccurred during Mr. Monroe s administration. The\\naccount is taken from the Fanners Cabinet, pub-\\nlished at Amherst\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The Anniversary i,f American Independence was celebrated in Wil-\\nlull ,,n tin- ttli iiist Ni previous arrangements having been made, a\\ncompany of gentlemen in that ami from the adjoining towns asaemhled\\nfor the purpose of doing honor to tin- day which gave birth to a nation s\\nfreedom\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and independence b, lie-.*,. Tinted States.\\nAfter having heard the Declaration of Independent. read, Mai. k.\\nWilson was chosen toist-maetcr, who, after having made a short, but\\npertinent address, produced tle^ loll., wing toasts, in which all parties\\nappeared to participate\\nrii. Day me celelii\\nlie |,,test poslel in\\nJames l/...,,,,,\\n-May\\nColumbia guide with upright skill refln .l,\\nTo cheek the rage, and cure the public mind\\nThe North he visits, in the common cause,\\nThat he may guard their lights with equal laws.\\n1. James Madison\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ye immortal powers that guard the just, watch\\nover him in retirement soften bis reposi in fond remembrance cherish\\nhis virtues and show mankind that g [nesa is your care\\nI. New Hampshire bike her own native untains\u00e2\u0080\u0094 though storms\\nami tempests have thundered on her brow, faction lies prostrate at her\\nbet SI,,, stands iimiioved and glories in her height.\\nII. i! /Vwmer\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Discord and her Advocates may attempt to sub-\\nvert\u00e2\u0080\u0094but he has the power to save, anil the constancy to preserve.\\nf, tie, J muu May it be perpetuated till the n shall cease to give\\nher light, and the bright sun himself be extinguished yea, till the\\nglobe shall be annihilated, and, like the meteor s transitory gleam, be\\nlost in chaotic darkness.\\n7. The Soldier or* 7b\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rem,, inber, this anniversary was purchased, as\\nit were, with the price of his blood then let us cherish his age, supply\\nhis wants, and follow his example, in loving his country.\\ns The Star-spangled Banner\\nlief, re the\\nJ and stripes shall\\na into a grave.\\n-.May they be 1\\n9. The Patriots of South America\u00e2\u0080\u0094 May they be reinforced\\nGod of Armies, thai the Republic in the North may greet 1\\nill the SOUth.\\nBy A. Wilson. Esq.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The President of the I States. The profound\\nstatesman we delight to honor great and good men. May his tour\\nthrough the Union have a happy influence on the people.\\nBy Lt. John Stevens\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Gove\\nwhen storms and tempests thunder\\nbillows at its feet.\\nBy Capt. Benj. Hutchinson, of Milford\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Militia. Maj thej in\\ntime of peace prepare for war.\\nBy Deacon Jacob Putnian\u00e2\u0080\u0094 May the partition wall between Federal-\\nists and Republicans be thrown down and all unite like brethren.\\nBy Mr. I Hivor Whiting.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Rev. Clergy. May they cease to preach\\npolitics, and know nothing among their people, save Jesus Christ, and\\nhim crucified.\\nBy apt F. Whitney\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The people of Wilton. May that noble spirit\\n,,1 peace, unanimity and independence, which shines so conspicuous in\\ntheir character, be as permanent and lasting as it is pure and honorable.\\nBy Mr. Israel Herrick.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The fair daughters of Columbia, being tie\\nweaker vessel, may they he united to a man, whereby they may be pro\\ntected.\\nA well-served field-piece and a band of music resounded the senti*\\nments of freemen to the distant bills, and was by them echoed back to\\nthe convivial multitude, who at an early hour retired to their several\\nhomes in harmony and friendship\\nThe centennial celebration of the town, in 1839, is\\nnarrated elsewhere. The one hundred and fiftieth\\nanniversary, which will occur in 1889, will be ob-\\nserved, it is to be hoped, in a manner and with a\\nspirit appropriate to flic occasion.\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nWILTON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 (Continued).\\nMILITARY AFFAIRS.\\nFive wars have called on our people to supply\\nmen and means the French and Indian, 1755, the\\nRevolutionary War, 1775-83, that of 1812-15, Mexi-\\ncan War of 1846-48 and the Civil Rebellion, 1861-65.\\nI. The French and Indian Wars.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 These were\\nprolonged and revived from time to time from 1755\\nto 1773. The terror of these wars was that the In-\\ndians were readily seized upon as allies of the French\\nand officered by their European masters and em-\\nployed to carry havoc through New England and\\nNew York. They laid in wait as the settlers left\\ntheir block-houses to go out to their fields for their\\nday s work, or made night hideous as they dashed\\ninto some lone settlement with their terrible war-\\nwhoop, firing the houses, tomahawking and scalping\\nthe men and carrying the women and children into a\\ncaptivity often worse than death. These incursions\\nof the savages kept the whole country in a state of", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1140.jp2"}, "969": {"fulltext": "721\\nfeverish alarm and terror and suspended all regular\\nbusiness. The pioneers, after great sacrifices, were\\noften obliged to abandon their improvements, made\\nat great cost, and take refuge in the cities or in the\\nfortified towns to escape their barbarities. It was a\\nguerrilla warfare of the most terrible character.\\nNor were the early settlers of New England alto-\\ngether innocent in the matter. They regarded the\\nIndians as the children of the devil, and their ex-\\ntermination as in some measure a religious duty.\\nThey superstitiously believed that in ridding them\\nfrom the land they were doing the same sorl of ser-\\nvice to God that Joshua and the Israelites did ill\\ndriving out and slaughtering the Canaanites.\\nBut, as elsewhere said, Wilton bore but a small part\\nin the Indian warfare. No tribe permanently occu-\\npied her territory. But few of her sons were engaged\\nin the proper French and Indian Wars.\\nAmong the troops that were raised to reinforce\\nthe army after the battle of Lake George, September,\\nL755,in Captain James Todd s company, is found the\\nname of Ephraim Butterfield; time of enlistment,\\nSeptember T2; time of discharge, December 13,1755.\\nIn the campaign of 1757, in the roll of Captain\\nRichard s Emery s company, we find the name of\\nHenry Parker, Jr., and Josiah Parker, whose father\\nsettled on lot No. 5, in the seventh range. He was\\nmassacred at Fort William Henry when captured by\\nthe French and Indians.\\nIn the campaign of 1758, in the roll of Captain\\nNehemiah Lovewell s company, is found the name of\\n.[anies Mann, one the earliest sellers in the south-\\nwest part of Wilton; also Philip Putnam, Ephraim\\nButtenield and Alexander Milliken. They were out\\nabout six months in the sen ic\\nThe above enlistments are all we find recorded in\\nthe old documents as belonging to Wilton. But the\\nfollowing petition will show painful apprehensions of\\nthe inhabitants at an earlier period, and the measures\\nthey took to insure their safetj against these fierce\\nchildren of the wilderness:\\nPETITION FOB PROTECTION AGAINST INDIANS.\\nTo His Excellency, Bcnning W.nt worth, ICh.j., (Iovciiioi and i\\ninarider-iii-Chicf i.l 1 1 i Majesty l r. ivin. ._\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 of New Hampshire The\\npetition of the inhabitants uf Salem Canada, in said 1 rovince, Humbly\\nshews, That yuur petitioner;) live ill a place ei rath i\\\\ ji.e. .1 U lie- I ii-\\ndiaufl ami have not men sufficient for t Defend us. That tho there be\\nbut few of us, yet we have laid out i an c-tate.- In burin in this place\\nliial we shall be extremely bull it we must now QlOve off, for we\\nii l.v He- Blessing of God on our labors, a tine crop of corn on the\\nground ami tho we have a Harrison iii the town. limit by order i.f\\nMai. Lovell, yet we have nobody empowered so much as to set a watch\\nmi it- ii- tea in. 11 1- keep it. We would pia\\\\ yuill bXcell. n that ut-\\nility have some assistance from the Government in sending us some sol-\\ndiers t Ouaid and Iiefeinl us, as ill your wisdom \\\\aai -hall think proper.\\nThough we are but newly added to this Government, yet we pray your\\nExcellency not to disregard us, but to assist us, that we may keep our\\nestates and do service for the government hereafter And your Peti-\\ntioners, as in duty Bound, \\\\iill ever pray,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2John Cram, Jr., Joseph Cram, John Cram, Samuel I.eman, Iiavid\\nStevenson, John Stevenson, John Date; Jonathan Cram, Benjamin\\nCram, Kphraim Putnam, Abraham Lemau.\\nSalem Canada, June Jilth, 1744.\\nII. The Revolutionary War.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We have\\nseen, in the account of the public spirit and patriotism\\nof the citizens in resenting the unjust laws of taxation\\nand stamp duties in 1774. the [(reparation of the town\\nto enter heartily into the final struggle for inde-\\npendence. In (act. the Wilton declaration of virtual\\nindependence of Great Britain takes precedence in\\npoint nf time of the famous Mecklenberg articles of\\nNinth aruliua.\\nMany of the town records of that period have, un-\\nfortunately, perished either by neglect or tire. We\\nare told in the centennial address and appendix that\\nnearly every able-bodied man belonging to Wilton\\nwas out in the war, and every man in the town either\\ndid service personally or hired another to till his\\nplace for a longer or shorter period. At the battles\\nof Bunker Hill, Bennington, White Plains, Saratoga\\nand others Wilton was honorably represented. Twen-\\nty-two out of its sparse population were killed or\\ndied in camp or hospital in the war. The whole\\nnumber enlisted was thirty-four known, and many\\nothers whose names are not recorded.\\nA ig the names of those who were in the war,\\nand in many instances several of the same name, are\\nAbbot, Ballard, Barker, Burton, rani. Fry, Gray,\\nGreele, Hawkins, Hazleton, Hidden, Holt, Honey,\\nHow, Hutchinson, Lewis, Martin, Parker, Perrv,\\nPettengill, Peirce, Putnam, Reddington, Russell,\\nSawyer, Wilkins.\\nWilton jiaid at one time \u00c2\u00a330(i 10.?., and at another\\ntime \u00c2\u00a3293 9s., as bounties to the soldiers. When the\\nContinental currency depreciated in value, in order\\nthat the soldiers should get their dues, they were paid,\\neach, for three months service, a bounty in cattle,\\ntwenty head to a man, estimated at eight dollars a\\nhead. The sum paid instead of the cattle was twelvi\\ndollars in the depreciated money. Besides the regu-\\nlar [iay by the government and the bounty by the\\ntown, the town also paid for the clothing. In 1777,\\nIchabod Perry enlisted during the war. Isaac Fry\\n-ci\\\\. il through the war. and at its close was honored\\nwith the brevet rank of major and a letter of com-\\nmendation from I ieneral Washington.\\nNor did the women and children at home bear a\\nless honorable or patriotic part while their husbands,\\nsons, brothers or fathers were absent in the service of\\ntheir country. It fell to their lot to carry on the\\nwork at home, not only in-doors, but on the farms,\\nanil to provide means to support their households\\nand help pay the heavy taxes and bounties for the\\npublic service. We cannot be so forgetful of the\\nheroism displayed in those days that tried not only\\nmen s, but women s studs, as to pass by unremem-\\nbered and unmentioned the soldiers families at\\nhome, their labors, dangers, anxieties and sufferings.\\nIII. War of 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The soldiers from Wilton in\\nthe War of 1812 were Lieutenant Abiel Wilson, Jr.,\\nPrivates Timothy Mclntyre, Oliver Wilkins and\\nAaron Wilkins. They were on the northern frontier.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1141.jp2"}, "970": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nMclntire was slain in battle in 1814; the others were and to their families. The sublime spectacle of a\\nout during the war. Aaron Wilkins was out about great nation, rising at the emergency to maintain the\\nUnion and destroy slavery, is one of the greatest\\ntwo years.\\nAt the first call for troops to defend Portsmouth,\\nAugust, 1814. Aaron Wilkins, John furrier, Aaron\\nEolden and Samuel Holt went from the South Com-\\npany, and Abner Flint, James Wilson, Emery Foster\\nand Abner Shattuek from the North Company. They\\nwere out about ten weeks.\\nAt the second call, Seth P. Tyler, Benjamin N.\\nFisk, Joel Severence and Timothy Abbot from the\\nSouth Company, and Ensign Putnam Wilson, Eliab\\nTapley, Ambrose L. Farnum and Asa Fletcher from\\nthe North Company. They were out about seven\\nweeks. Foster died at Londonderry when on his\\nway home.\\nThose in the first call were in Captain Timothy\\nPutnam s company, Colonel Fisk s regiment.\\nThose in the last eall were in Captain William\\nGregg s company, Colonel John Steele s regiment.\\nThe town gave io those in the first eall a bounty of\\nten dollars each, and to those in the last eall a\\nbounty of six dollars each.\\nThe custom of annual trainings and musters was ob-\\nserved by Wilton, as by the other towns in New Hamp-\\nshire, and a more minute history will lie given here-\\nafter in the fuller annals of the town in regard to the\\nState militia.\\nIV. The Mexican War.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is not known that\\nany soldiers from Wilton were out in this contest.\\nevents in the history of the world, and cannot tail to\\nhave its moral and political effect upon all future\\ngenerations of the American republic.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.\\nJoseph Newell was born in Reading, Mass., in the\\nyear 1794. His father died soon after, so that he\\nhad no recollection of him. His mother married,\\nfor her second husband, John Cofran, of Charlestown,\\nMa where tin- family were brought up, consisting\\nof two .-mis and two daughters.\\nAfter leaving school Joseph was placed in a store,\\nand afterwards went into the West India goods busi-\\nness in Charlestown Square under the firm-name of\\nNewell and Thompson, where they did an extensive\\nbusiness with the country towns of Vermont and\\nNew Hampshire, which in those days was done by\\nthe slow process of teaming, the products of the\\ncountry to be exchanged for goods of various\\nkinds.\\nIt was in 1823 when he was obliged to make a\\nThe popular impression in the North that this war ehange, on account of ill-health, to a climate free\\nwa- waged in the interest ot the extension of slavery eagt winda :lllli s |lt air th (t his stepfatner Jobn\\nby the politicians of the South prevented any ex- Cofran, who had been obliged to take a place in Wil-\\ntensive enthusiasm lor it among the masses of the ton. New Hampshire, fir debt, advised his son to go\\nNorthern people. t this place ;ls all experimen( and see it might\\nV. The Civil War of 1861-65,-In this great agree with him. He had married Lavina Hopkins,\\nconflict Wilton did its honorable part by men and daughter of Colonel Samuel Hopkins, of Wilming-\\nMass., the year previous, and with his young\\nmoney. The votes of the town were earnest and\\npatriotic in main!. lining the Union, while the\\nmothers, wives, daughters and sisters at home bravely\\nand faithfully did their part to assist those in the\\nfield by sending them clothing, food, medicines and\\nhome comforts of every description, and by keeping\\nup the home farms and households.\\nThere were four men in the First New Hampshire\\nRegiment, nine in the Second Regiment, one in the\\nwife he started for New Hampshire, never once think-\\ning that his stay would be more than temporary but\\nhis health became so much improved by the pure air\\nand fine scenery that he concluded to remain for a\\ntime, and commenced business in the middle of Wil-\\nton. At that time all the business of the town cen-\\ntred there, ami the country store was the grand ren-\\ndezvous for all the town people, not only to exchange\\nbird Regiment, seven in the Fourth Regiment, ten I their product- but their sentiments and opinions on\\nall important questions of the day that might come\\nup. and as one can imagine they were many, and\\nthen, as now, in political times were of Tie same vast\\nimportance to the different contending parties, ever\\nwatchful for their country s good. The hall over the\\nstore was the caucus room adjoining was a large\\nthe Fifth Regiment, two in the Si ventb Regiment,\\nfifteen in the Eighth Regiment, three in the Ninth\\nRegiment, two in the Eleventh Regiment, one in the\\nThirteenth Regiment, twenty-one in the Sixteenth\\nRegiment, two in the First Regiment Cavalry, five\\nin tie- first Regiment Heavy Artillery, and fifteen in\\nthe Lafayette Artillery\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in all, eighty-seven. These Free-Masons hall; the post-office was connected with\\nare independent of those who may have enlisted in the store; therefore, one may readily see the many\\nmilitary organizations in other States from Wilton. attractions of the central store of one of those old\\nThe town wa- generous in paying bounties, and New England towns, where not only the affairs of the\\nhas since been munificent in giving pen-, town but those of the State and nation as well were\\nSions io those wounded, sick or crippled by the war, discussed oftentimes in a most exciting manner.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1142.jp2"}, "971": {"fulltext": "-y^c iy\\\\7u^^^^", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1145.jp2"}, "972": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1146.jp2"}, "973": {"fulltext": "723\\nAt this period New Hampshire seemed to have\\ntaken a life lease of the Democratic party. It was\\nthe law, if not the gospel, of both town and State tor\\nmany long years, while the struggling minority were\\never working to free themselves from the bondage of\\nthe dominant party, occasionally encouraged but\\nonly to Ik* defeated.\\nJoseph Newell was always one of the stanch, hope-\\nful opposition\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a Wehstei Whig from the start. In\\nthis he was decided and fearless, but annuallj on\\ntown-meeting day was obliged to succumb to the will\\nof the majority. It will be seen that I ccupied a\\nbarren field tor political promotion, although his\\ntastes were not of that kind.\\nHe clung to the old party to which he belonged\\nwhile ii lasted with the tenacity of life, hut when the\\ndissolving elements set in he took to what he consid-\\nered the next best landing, the Republican party, al-\\nthough with many regrets an. I fond lingerings for the\\npast old battle-ground. In 1865 and L866 lie was\\nelected to the State Senate, which was the only polit-\\nical office he ever held and. perhaps, here I cannot\\nbetter illustrate a point in his character than by an\\nextract taken from the Nashua Telegraph\\nliail\\n.1.--11.-.I ti ai-im a lull ii- in, :e Vmii may argil. It .ill ,lav, it ti\\nIlk,. -.u,l Mi V A.ll. inv mill, I is mail,, up An.l il tiiiin.l mil\\nthat it was made up against the counsel.\\nlie was a constant attendant and supporter of the\\nold Unitarian Society of the town, and in former\\ndays his house was always open to the gatherings ol\\nthe clergy, which were frequent in those times; and\\nif he did not fully endorse the creed or belief of that\\ndenomination tit that time, it must he confessed thai\\nthe gulf was not widened tis time went on with tin\\ndevelopment of more liberal ideas.\\nWhen the railroad Ir .Nashua was extended to\\nWilton, it completely changed the old town, and all\\nthe business forsook the old haunts of trade lor the\\nterminus of the railroad on (he river hank in the\\neastern part of the town.\\nThe subject of our sketch was not long in determin-\\ning the icih course lefl for him to take. He at once\\nerected a store and house and afterwards other build-\\nings and removed his business to this more thriving\\nsituation, where he continued to take an interest in\\nthe intinx enterprises of the town until 1857, when\\nhis wife died, and he then commenced to close up his\\nWhile the old town was fast going to decay on\\naccount of its new rival, till it might have almost\\nreminded one of hiblsmitlfs I eserted Village, yet,\\nnotwithstanding the forlorn and forsaken look which\\neverywhere presented itself from abandonment and\\nneglect, he could never entertain the thought of part-\\ning with his old home, surrounded as il is with\\ncharming scenery of woods and streams and w ith a\\nbold outlook of the grand old Temple Hills which he\\nso much enjoyed to look upon in after life. Add to\\nthis ih, old homestead, built in 1800, where his four\\nchildren were born and the best and happiest days of\\nhis life were spent.\\nWith these feelings he was prompted to oiler the\\nold store and adjoining buildings to his j\\nII. Newell, who immediately altered it into a spa-\\ncious summer residence. The old homestead hegave\\nlo his eldest Son, reorge A. Newell, n ho made exten-\\nsive repairs and alterations, and also occupies it dur-\\ning the summer months. This, together with other\\nimprovements, made the place an attractive home\\nduring the last days of the ..Id gentleman s life, and\\none which he never failed to enjoy.\\nJoseph Newell ill any position in life would have\\nbeen called a character. He was, as litis been -aid, a\\npositive man. 11 is nature was not of a frivolous kind\\ndeception, he had noni hut with a strong deter-\\nmination and decided opinions, strongly tinctured\\nwith a true sense of justice. He might be regarded\\namong men like a how Idet on the landscape, linn and\\nimmo, able.\\nAn extract from the Telegraph at the lime of his\\ndeath may not he inappropriate in closing this brie)\\nsketch\\nlav) illuming at l li.- a.lvano-il a-.- e- He, u -m .ii The eased\\n,\\\\a- a liatlo- el,.ul.,..|..u n, Ma l|.- to Will\\n111. I wa- a |.l,,^|, --Il i/.n an. I lit m.i.l I 1 than\\nwen paralli I. I,- was a l- I citizen\\nrs to e\u00e2\u0080\u0094 foi his example was \\\\v..r-\\nOAVin WHITING. 1\\nDavid Whiting is the son of Oliver and Fany (Stiles)\\nWhiting, and was born at theold Whiting homestead,\\nnow the county farm in Wilton, New Hampshire,\\nAugust I ll, IS HI. t Hiver Whiting was a native of\\nTemple, X. H., and a successful farmer. He was a\\nstrong, sensible, resolute man, and acquired a pe\\ntence. He had four children, of whom David was\\nthe otil\\\\ -on. He located upon a large faun in Wil-\\nton and carried it on until declining years prevented\\nhis gi, ing active at I en I ion lo il. when David look con-\\ntrol and ultimately succeeded i,. its ownership.\\nI:, I II a in", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1147.jp2"}, "974": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nDavid Whiting is therefore a native of Wilton, and,\\nwith the exception of a few years, lias always lived\\nthere. His life has been one of great usefulness. He\\nreceived the ordinary instructions ofthe district school\\nin his neighborhood, but the school was seldom, if\\never, over two months in length, and in winter. In\\nsummer he did not attend but worked on his lather s\\nfarm. He began to work almost as soon as he com-\\nmenced to walk, and he has never been idle since. At\\nthe age of eight he did the chores and took care of the\\ncattle. Although his school days and the hours spent\\nin reading and studying books were few, he has.\\nthrough his keen observing powers, acquired a large\\nstore of practical information, and has become a busi-\\nness man of unusual intelligence.\\nWith a body aglow with health, knit together with\\nmuscles as strong as steel, and which has never been\\nhurt by intemperance or abuse, and with a mind\\nas clear and bright as sunlight, it is not strange that\\nwe find him, at the age of seventy-five, full of vigor\\nand enterprise, pushing along with all the enthusiasm\\nof youth. It is useful to record the life of such a man.\\nIt affords an instance of what perseverance, enterprise,\\ncourage and fidelity will do. Mr. Whiting possesses\\nall these traits, hence hissuccess.\\nBetbre he was twenty years obi be kept a store in\\nTemple for awhile, belonging to his father; subse-\\nquently he went to Fitehburg, Mass., and there erected\\na building in which he carried on trade for sunn three\\nyears, ami in the meantime built and sold three dwel-\\nling-houses. He then sold out at Fitehburg and re-\\nturned to Wilton, ami to his father s farm. lie\\nbought the farm and carried it on for many years.\\nMr. Whiting, October 5, 1830, married Emma,\\ndaughter of Isaac Spalding, of Wilton. He was\\nmore than fortunate in his marriage. In all of his\\nyears since, and in every undertaking, he has been\\naided by the intelligent assistance of his wife, who is\\na lady ol i are beauty of character and whose domestic\\nlife has been the chief charm of Mr. Whiting s beau-\\ntiful home.\\nAbout two years after his purchase of the old home-\\nstead, the barn with one hundred and fifty tons of hay\\nwas burned. This was a severe loss. He had fr\\n!iii\\\\ lo seventy-five head of cattle and winter was ap-\\nproaching. There was no time to be lost. In this\\nemergency Mr. Whiting s grit and courage were mani-\\nfest. Storms test ships so difficulties and trials test\\nmen. He secured a company of men, went into the\\nwoods and cut the trees and turned them into lumber,\\nand in about one month completed a barn hun-\\ndred and twenty by forty, which still stands, a monu-\\nment to his courage and perseverance in the most try-\\ning circumstances.\\nMr. Whiting in time, made his fi\\nmost valuable in the State. It was one\\nand possibly the largest dairy farm in\\nit did not satisfy him. He wanted mo:\\nWhen the railroad was built to W\\nI m one of the\\ne ofthe largest,\\ni the Slate, bin\\nire business.\\nothers, engaged a special car, and began to purchase\\nmilk of farmers and carry it, with the product of his\\nown farm, to Boston. Previous to this time there had\\nbeen no outlet for milk in this section of the State.\\nIt had to be made by the producer into butter and\\ncheese. The milk ear was first started by parties in\\nBoston, but largely through Mr. Whiting s influence\\nand assistance. He was for a time employed on the\\ncar, but finally purchased the business, at the same\\ntime turning the management of the farm over to his\\nson Harvey, and from that time henceforward has\\nbeen engaged in this enterprise.\\nThe farm was finally sold to the county of Hills-\\nborough and is now used for the County poor. In due\\ntime Mr. Whiting s two sons, H. A. and G. O. Whit-\\ning, joined him in business, and for many years the\\nfirm of I Whiting Sons has been one of tin- most\\nenterprising in southern New Hampshire. They are\\nengaged not only in the milk trade, but in lumber\\nand grain. Very soon after entering the milk busi-\\nness, Mr. Whiting began the manufacture of butter\\nand cheese in Wilton. He now has a first-class fac-\\ntory full of modern machinery, and consumes two\\nthousand gallons of milk daily, making about eight\\nhundred poundsof butter and sixteen hundred pounds\\nof cheese.\\nThe visitorto the thrifty town of Wilton can 3ee on\\nevery hand the evidences of the enterprise of I a\\\\id\\nWhiting V Sons. It is fair to say that to the indom-\\nitable enter]. rise of David Whiting the town owes\\nmore than to any other person. His force and indus-\\ntry have, for a full half century, been a source of en-\\ncouragement to all with whom he has associated.\\nIn 1866 Mr. Whiting erected a large hotel in Wil-\\nton. For years he was its landlord. He was a model\\none. Under his management the Whiting House\\nbecame a famous summer result. In 1874, in a dis-\\nastrous conflagration which visited the towu.it was\\nburned and was never rebuilt. The site was subse-\\nquently presented to Wilton by Mr. Whiting, and is\\nnow occupied by the new town house. He has twice\\nrepresented the town of Wilton in the State Legis-\\nlature.\\nMr. Whiting has Ci\\\\^ children, seventeen grand-\\nchildren and two great-grandchildren. His children\\nare Harvej A. and George 0. Whiting; Mrs. Frances\\nE. Spencer, of Lexington, Mass.; .Mis. Maria A. Van\\n1st i ne, of Louisville, K y. and Mrs. Lizzie M. Brad-\\nley, of Chicago, 1 11.\\nOctober 5, 1880, Mr. and Mrs. Whiting celebrated\\ntheir golden wedding. He was seventy, she was sixty\\nseven years old. It was a memorable occasion. Chil-\\ndren, grandchildren and friends from far and near,\\ngathered in the charming home of the worthy couple\\nin Wilton, and all were received with genuine, hospi-\\ntality for which Mr. and Mrs. Whiting an so well\\nknown. More than three hundred people were pres-\\nent and entertained. The day and evening were spent\\nin pleasant reminiscences, in merry-making, song", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1148.jp2"}, "975": {"fulltext": "Qf)6u^~L", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1151.jp2"}, "976": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1152.jp2"}, "977": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1153.jp2"}, "978": {"fulltext": "f ^xrX", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1154.jp2"}, "979": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1155.jp2"}, "980": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1156.jp2"}, "981": {"fulltext": "and dance. Many were the tokens of lovea nd re\\nspect that were left with them; and these, with the\\nearnest words spoken, indicated the esteem in which\\nthej are held by their kinsmen and townsmen and\\nfriends. David Whiting is a strong, earnest man.\\nThe world needs such men.\\nD NIEL CRAGIN.\\nDaniel Cragin, fourth child of Augustus and Almira\\n(Boynton) Cragin, was born in the town of Merri-\\nmack, Hillsborough County, N. 11., December 31,\\n1836.\\nII, is seventh in line of descent, from John Cragon\\n(as the name was then spelled), who was a Scot by\\nbirth, and whose life was rather an adventurous one.\\nThe tradition is that at the age of sixteen he was\\nforced to join the army of the Pretender, and at the\\ndisastrous battle of Dunbar he, with numerous others,\\nwas made prisoner by the English troops, and in 1632\\nhe, with over two hundred and seventy others, were\\nsent by the British Government to America in the\\nship John and Sarah, to lie sold into slavery as a\\npenalty tor their political offenses. We have not been\\nable to learn whether Cragon was sold in obedience to\\nthis decree; if SO, it was certainly a very mild form of\\n.slavery, and he soon obtained his liberty. At any rati\\non the voyage he was stricken with small-pox, and\\nhis lite being despaired of, he was about to be thrown\\noverboard, from which fate he was happily saved by\\nthe intercession of a young English lady named Sarah\\nDawes, whom he afterwards married in Woburn,\\n.Mass., in which town they resided till their death.\\nThey had eight children, of whom John was sixth\\n(born September 19, 1677, died January 26, 1703.)\\nHe married I leborah Skelton they had three children\\nthe eldest also named \u00e2\u0096\u00a0lahn, was born .March 24, 1701,\\nmarried Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in\\nthat part of the town now called Acton, from which\\nplace he afterward removed to Temple, N. II. He\\nhad nine children. Francis, the seventh child, was\\nhorn in Acton, and came with his parents to Temple\\nwhere he grew to manhood and married Elizabeth\\nLaw. They had a numerous family Francis, the\\nthird child, was born October 24, 177o he married\\nSarah CummingS. Their son. Angus/us, was born\\nJuly 19, 1802 married December II, L830, Almira\\nBoynton; they had ten children, of whom Daniel,\\nwhose portrait accompanies this sketch, was fourth.\\nWhen Daniel was but six months of age, his father,\\nwho was a farmer and mechanic, removed from Mer-\\nrimack to Temple. Young Cragin was early taught\\nto labor, his boyhood being spent on his father s farm\\ntill the age of seventeen, when he engaged with John\\nNewell, of Lyndeborough, to learn cabinet-work.\\nAlter three years spent with him, he went to Wilton\\nwhere for a year be was employed in a furniture-shop.\\nThen returning to Lyndeborough he, in company\\nwith a partner, purchased the shop and business of\\nMi. Newell, his first employer. Continuing here with\\nvarying success something more than a year, Mr.\\nCragin disposed of his interest in the business, and\\ncame lo what was known a I ilia I time as the l u I nam\\nCorporation, in the north part of the town of Wilton.\\nThis was in L858. Mr. Cragin bad just attained bis\\nmajority, and while, as before slated, be had had some\\nbusiness experience, yel fortune had not favored him\\nwith financial success, and he began business in Wil-\\ncash capital often dollars.\\nHe rented oner n in the l u I nam Bobbin Factory,\\nin winch to carry on his manufacturing. Continuing\\nhere two car- and meet ing with fair success, he pur-\\nchased a small building on the site of his present\\nfactory, and removed his manufacturing there. Soon\\nafter this he built an addition to his shop, and from\\nthat time to the present a- the exigencies of his in-\\ncreasing business have demanded, he has made addi-\\ntions to the space and facilities with which hestarted.\\nIn addition to the water-power which at the begin-\\nning was sufficient to operate his machinery, he has\\nsince found it necessary to add steam-power, and now\\nboth are in use.\\nAbout the autumn of 1876, Mr. Cragin began the\\nmanufacture of dry measures, which has since grown\\nto be the leading feature of his business. At the time\\nwhen he undertook this line of manufacturing, the\\nmachinery in use for the purpose was very crude, in-\\ndeed in fact, the measures were bended and made\\nalmost entirely by hand. And just here comes a\\npractical illustration of the genius or faculty, which\\nmore than all others has made N.-w England the\\ncentre of capital and cradle of progress in America,\\nChe faculty of invention, that predominant and dis-\\ntinguishing characteristic of the Yankee character,\\nwhich seeing a need proceeds at once to devise a way\\nof supplying it. With a singleness of purpose and de-\\ntermination to succeed, coupled with an analytical\\nand practical turn of mind. Mr. Cragin began at once\\nto devise simple and labor-saving machines to do\\nwhat had hitherto been done only by hand. rae con-\\ntrivance after another was made, xperimented with,\\nimproved and perfected, until now, by the aid of\\nvarious ingenious, curiously contrived, yi\\nIM: n hines, the lumber is carried through the manifold\\np ro esses necessary to i onvert it into measures of\\nvarious sizes and capacities, in an amazingl) rapid\\nand skillful manner, until the vessels are completed,\\nthe whole work practicall) done l,\\\\ machinery. And\\nwliai is] ,everj piece of machinery in Mr.Cragin s\\n1:ll except a few of the simpler contrivance,-, is\\nthe product of his own inventive genius. The im-\\nproved facilities which he lias thus created for him-\\n_ r ir dave enabled him to produce first-class wori at\\nprices which have practically driven from the field\\n;l competitors, SO that in the area which he attempts\\nto cover, he has almost a nopoly in this specialty.\\nIn addif to manufacturing he has dealt more or", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1157.jp2"}, "982": {"fulltext": "726\\nHISTOKY OF llll.FSlloKol CI1 COUNTY, XF.W II A M FSI1 1 F K\\nless in lumber, real estate, etc., and made other in-\\nvestments. Il lii- been selectman of the town of\\nWilton five years, ami chairman of the board for\\nthree years. IF- represented his town in the\\nLegislature two years, 1875-76, anil in Iss-i was\\nnominated candidate lor Senator .in the Democratic\\nticket, Imt with no chance of election as the district\\nisstronglj Republican. Mr. Cragin is a stanch yet\\ntolerant Democrat, broad and liberal in both political\\nami religious views. He is one of the directors of the\\nWilton Savings-bank.\\nHe married March 22, 1859, .lane L., daughter of\\nJohn ami Lucette Dolliver, of Lyndeborough. They\\nha\\\\ e no children.\\nMrs. Cragin s ancestors came originally from Eng-\\nland the name was then spelled Dolebier. Her\\ngrandfather was a master mariner ami sailed for many\\nyears in the China trade. Prior to the United States\\ntreaty with China. Captain Dolliver was at one time\\nimmured in a Chinese prison for quite a while for\\nsome technical violation of some of their customs or\\nlaws. Mis. Cragin s father was a native of Marble-\\nhead, Mass., from which place he removed to Lynde-\\nborough, X. H., where he is still li\\\\ ing at an advanced\\nII. N. Gray was born January 4. 1826, at what is\\nknown as Cray s Corners, in the town of Wilton,\\nN. H. He is descended from Joseph Cray, who was\\na soldier iii the War of the Revolution, and partici-\\npated in the battle of Ticonderoga. Joseph Graj\\nwas, by occupation, a farmer, and was a man of great\\nenergy and tone of character. He retained his in-\\nterest in military affairs, anil after the Revolutionary\\nWar was over he became adjutant of militia, which\\nposition he held for many years. He was a man of\\nrobust constitution, full of energy, an early ris r, and\\nnoted for his push and vigor. He lived to be e\\nthan eighty years of age. His wife was Chloe Ab-\\nbott. Calvin Gray was his son. and was brought up\\non his father s farm. When about eighteen years of\\nage, he learned blacksmithing with James Mean-, of\\nWilton, and followed that occupation as long as he\\nlived, lie was a genial, pleasant man, and fond ,,f\\nthe jollities of life. He inherited his father s love\\nfor military affairs and rose to the rank of adjutant\\nof militia, the same rank his father had formerly\\nheld. He married Clarissa King. They had three\\nchildren, who survived him: H. Newton; Harriet\\nX. (married Henry K. French, of Peterborough,\\nX. II., and died, leaving one child); Charles I\u00c2\u00bb.\\n(married Kate Spaulding, of Mason, and died leav-\\ning no issue i. Calvin Gray was born 1800, and died\\nL856.\\nII. Gray was brought up on the farm and in\\nthe blacksmith-shop of his father, with whom he re-\\nmained until he attained his majority. IF then\\nhired the shop of his father, and conducted business\\nlor himself. Upon his fathei s dei ease, In- purchased\\nof the other heirs their interest in the estate, and has\\nsuccessfully prosecuted the business, to which he has\\nadded carriage-building, to tic present time. He is\\nthe originator of what is known as the Wilton Wagon,\\nand has made a specialty of their manufacture for\\nseveral years. He has the reputation of doing thor-\\noughly first-class work, and ha- that grandest of all\\ntributes paid him by his neighbors (hat of being, in\\nall respects, an upright, reliable, truthful man. He\\nis a Republican in politics, and a Unitarian in re-\\nligion.\\nHe married, January 3, L853, Mary Ann Heath, of\\nFane. Mass., an estimable lady. They have three\\nchildren: Ella H. (married William H. Putnam, of\\nWilton, and has live children), Charles X. (married\\nMina O. Jones, of Wilton, daughter of Dr. Jones),\\nand William H. (married .Minnie Follansbee, oi\\nWilton).\\nMr. Cray is an industrious, pushing man. and lias\\nmade for himself and family a beautiful home. Flis\\nvenerable mother, who is still living at the advanced\\nage of eighty-one, is, in man} respects, a remarkable\\nwoman, possessing a strong mind in a strong body.\\nShe has been a woman of remarkable activity and\\nindustry, of clear judgment and sound common sense,\\nfull of life and energy. She has, perhaps, done more\\nlabor, and successfully carried through greater re-\\nsponsibilities, than any other woman of (he commu-\\nnity. She has been a model New England house-\\nwife, neat, frugal, industrious and self-reliant. Such\\nmothers have given to the world the successful men\\nof the world. She has, all her life, prided herself on\\npromptitude, never failing to perform to the letter\\nwhatever she promised: and this trait, inherited by\\nher son, has been the key-note of his since-- in busi-\\nness, and his standing as a reliable man among his\\nfellow-townsmen.\\nIt is a pleasure to be able to preserve on the pages\\nof history some record of the virtues of such wives\\nand mothers. All honor to their memory, and may\\ntheir descendants revere their name, and emulate the\\nexample of their unselfish, noble lives.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1158.jp2"}, "983": {"fulltext": "c/^r^^\\n7^", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1159.jp2"}, "984": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1160.jp2"}, "985": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WINDSOR.\\nI1Y .John Q. DODGE.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nWindsob is situated twenty-seven miles west from\\ni loncordand has an area of live thousand three hundred\\nand thirty-five acres. It is Unruled on ihe northeast\\nand east by Hillsborough, on the south by Antrim, en\\ntin- west ami northwest by Stoddard, Cheshire Count}\\nand Washington, Sullivan ity.\\nThe shape of the town is like that of a flat-iron.\\nTin- was caused b) the old State survey and layingout\\nof the towns. They began at the east side, on the Maine\\nline, and ran west to the west side of Hillsborough,\\nstopped there, and began again on the west side of the\\nConnecticut River, running east to the east side ofStod-\\ndard and Washington, thus leaving this heater-piece,\\nas described, the same being granted t Mr. lamp-\\nbell, and lor many years prior to incorporation it went\\nby the name of Campbell s Gore. December 27,\\n1798, it was incorporated a town under its present\\nname, Windsor.\\nIts present population (1885) isahoutsixty-five. The\\nsoil is naturally very fertile, and there is but little ol\\nwhat would be termed waste land; yet, at present,\\nthere is hut a small portion of it properly eared for and\\nunder a respectable state of cultivation, quite a portion\\nbeing owned by a lew whose attention is turned to\\ngrazing.\\nThere are three natural ponds. Black Pond is the\\nprincipal body of water. White and Bagley Ponds\\nare smaller. Fish abound in each.\\nThe writer is unable to get much of the early his-\\ntory of the town, as in the year 1850 .Mr. Samuel\\nChapman was town clerk, and in June his house was\\nburned, and all the town minutes and records, except\\none book, were destroyed. This hook dales back\\nto July 1809, except by chance the incorporation of\\nthe town in 1798 had been recorded in it.\\nA Mr. Joshua Lovejoy, who oner made potash here,\\nwas authorized to call the first town-meeting.\\nJohn T.Gibson was Governor, and thefirst meeting\\nwe have record of was .March 14, 1809, at which there\\nwere thirty-four votes cast. The present number of\\npoll.- is twenty-four.\\nAn alphabetical list of all the representatives on\\nrecord is as follows\\nREPR] 5ENTATIVES\\nHorace Ui I, i yeai Charles Blam hard, I y ai Jo 1 1 b I\\nN |.;,vi.t .Llll 1 v.;irs Siilnil.-I\\nI It:, pi. .n v.;u- si la- ili.ipni.iii. J yi .11- I .-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I ll I C!i.i| in. lyr.n-\\nFrancis G. Dressei\\nyears; Nehcniiah .1.\\nii\\n,11 11. Flint, J\\nJ i 1\\nMark S;\\nam! Francis 1 resser was tin\\nrov s i 1.1 rks\\nI l,..|.\\nDai\\n.1\\nA,. I. ,i .Li\\nMcClintock, 14 years J Warren Perkins, 2 years George M Russell,\\n|i. II Sweatt, 7 years\\nArchibald McClintoi k was the first town clerl mi\\nrecord, in 1809, and George M. Russell the lasi and\\npresent one.\\nSKI, I-. nn N\\nw. \\\\i. .1. 1 1 i w I (years; S Buck, 1\\nbail. Blam i. ..el. years\\nyears Jolin Curtis, 1 yeai\\nChapman, 31 yearn\\nJohn M Curtis,;) i\\nyears J B Em n\\nI yeai I ram i- I\\neph I li.ipm\\nyears hi I. FoIb\\nThe present hoard arc George M. Russell, Francis\\ni Dresser and Mark Symonds.\\nThe whole amount of mom paid soldiers during\\nthe war of the Rebellion was $1613, as follows: John\\nC. Knowlton,$100; Joseph C. Chapman, $100; George\\nW. Carr (a nine months man), $100; Charles A.\\nBlancbard, $300; Charles A. W Is, $300; Hiel Mc-\\nClintock, $300; Joseph Wright, $413. The last foui\\nscut substitutes.\\nThe town paid, up its whole war debt in two years.\\nThe first mill in town was built at the foot oi Black\\npond, by Alexander McClintock. about 1790; was\\nowned and operated bj aim for sevi ral years and then\\npassed into the hands of Mr. Silas Gibson, who after-", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1161.jp2"}, "986": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nwards built a new one and also a flour-mill a few feet\\nabove. Tbe part he built now stands, with an addi-\\ntion a1 each end. Mr. Gideon Knowlton bought the\\nmill from Mr. Gibson, and for several years large quan-\\ntities of flour were made there up to about 1850.\\nMr. Knowlton operated the mill until he died, in\\n1863. Ii was then bought by Mr. Daniel G. Dodge,\\nwho put in a Leffell water-wheel, which, under the\\nlull head of water, gives seventy-two horse-power.\\nHe also put in a board circular-mill, planing machine,\\netc., and did quite an extensive business until he died,\\nin 1872. It then passed into the hands of the present\\nowner. John II. Dodge, who, in 1S70, leased it to New-\\nman Co., of Hillsborough. They put in a boiler\\nand engines, in addition to machines and fittings for\\nthe manufacture of clothes-pins, and run it for about\\ntwo years; but, being heavily in debt when they began,\\nand failing to secure funds, they were obliged to assign\\ntheir property for the benefit of their creditors. At\\nthe assignee s auction, John G. Dodge purchased the\\nentire outfit, and, in 1880, began operations in the\\nlumber business, after first having put in a cemented\\nstone dam that water will never move nor time decay.\\nHe now employs a dozen hands on the lumber and\\nclothes-pins, ami to utilize the whole power would re-\\nquire twenty-live men.\\nIn 1883, .Mr. Dodge refitted the grist-mill with one\\nrun of stones lor coarse meal.\\nAbout the year 1819, Mr. Ezra Smith built a mill\\nabout one hundred rods below, on the same stream,\\nfor the purpose of dressing woolen cloth. A part of\\nthe old dam remains, but the mill has long since de-\\ncayed. Mr. Samuel Chapman is the only man now-\\nliving in town who was at the raising.\\nThere are three other unoccupied water privileges\\nbetween the present mill and where the woolen-mill\\nstood, from which twenty to forty feel of fall might be\\nhad, with water sufficient to do quite a business, the\\nyear round, in the manufacture of wooden-ware, ami\\nthere is an immense quantity of good lumber center-\\ning here, with no feasible outlet for it in the log.\\nIn 1853 there was a steam-mill built at White Pond\\nby Mr. Joseph Lund, and until it was burned, in June\\nof 1858, he did quite an extensive lumber business.\\nMr. Otis Chamberlin was chief manager.\\nThe mill was located on the southeast corner of the\\npond, and there were several houses built near by, giv-\\ning it the appearance of quite a thrifty business place.\\nNothing remains now to mark the spot, except partol\\nthe mill foundation.\\nMr. Judkins built another steam-mill in the north\\npart of the town, on the turnpike, about 1856. Mr. .F.\\nR. Emerson furnished logs for him, and he did quite\\na business for four or live years. The mill was burned\\nand the watchman, Mr. Benjamin Case, was burned to\\ndeath in it.\\nMr. J. B. Emerson afterwards built a little shop\\nbeside the road, and for several years made bobbins\\nby steam-power. The building was then converted\\ninto a dwelling-house, where Mr. Silas Blanchard, the\\npresent owner and occupant, resided with his wife, a\\ndaughter of Mr. Xchemiah Jones, who has in her\\npossession some of her father s old account-books.\\nThey are not dated, but were used when there were no\\nJ s used. Jones was spelled tones, and Jacob, i l-acob.\\nShe has his goose-quill pen and the inkstand he used\\nto carry in his pocket, together with other ancient\\nrelics.\\nThere was a brick church built by subscription in\\n1849, at an expense of one thousand dollars, under\\ncharter of the Union Religious Society, and dedicated\\nApril 24. 1850. Rev. Robinson, of Stoddard, Rev.\\nPowers, of Washington, and Dudley, of Hillsborough,\\npresided. The first board of trustees were Hy. B.\\nSweatt, Daniel Sweat! and Sue] Preston. By virtue\\nof his office, the chairman of the board of trustees\\nwas always made treasurer. The building was situated\\nacross the road, opposite the cemetery, near Black\\nBond, and was used tor a church until purchased by\\nNewman Co., in 1N77, who remodeled and fitted it\\nup for a boarding-house, to accommodate the em-\\nployes in their clothes-pin manufactory.\\nThe building was purchased by John G. Dodge, its\\npresent owner, at the assignee s sale, and is now used\\nas a boarding-house for his employes.\\nThere have been two stores ami two hotels kept in\\ntown. Joseph Chapman kept a hotel and slue about\\n1800, for several years, near the Chapman corner. A\\ncolored lady. Miss Hannah Hackett, carried on a store\\na little above the corner, on the Washington road.\\nAir. John Avcrill conducted a hotel on the turnpike,\\n(which was built in 1801,) for several years, about\\n1827.\\nThere have been two blacksmith-shops in town,\\nwhere quite a business was once done. One of them,\\nnear theHackette store, was conducted by Irani Woods,\\nand the other, near Black Pond, owned and carried on\\nby Mr. Mark Symonds for fifteen years, from December\\nI, 1837, during which time Mr. Symonds saved fifteen\\nhundred dollars.\\nAmong the most noted justices we have had may\\nbe mentioned Solomon Andrews, from about 1800 to\\n1810; Joseph Chapman, from 1 810 to 1820; Nehemiah\\nJones, from 1820 to 1830 (Mr. Jones was custom-house\\nofficer at Hillsborough before he moved here) John\\nG.Flint, from 1830 to 1835; and Mr. David Curtis\\nfrom 1835 for about ten years. Mr. Curtis was also\\nroad commissioner at one time. Several others have\\nheld commissions as justices, but have never done\\nmuch business.\\nWe have now only two school districts in town,\\nwith about one hundred dollars of school money.\\nDistrict No. 1 has about seventy dollars and District\\nNo. 2 about thirty dollars. District No. 2 has no com-\\nfortable school-house. District No. 1 built, a house in\\n1884 which is very creditable to those who favored\\nthe enterprise.\\nAmong the most noted men and farmers who have", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1162.jp2"}, "987": {"fulltext": "WINDSOR.\\nlived here and are here now, beginning at the south- years, and has greatly improved the farm and build-\\nwest part of the town, were David Curtis, a good far- ings. The farm produces nearly three times as much\\niner, active in business and highly respected; Lemuel hay, an. I of a better quality.\\nCurtis house stood in Windsor and his barn across On the road leading to Washington, Joseph I I hap\\nthe road in Antrim. man has a good farm, and cares well for it. At the\\n.Mr. Simeon Buck was a good farmer, and on his Chapman corner is the Ian. owned by Samuel and\\nand the Lemuel Curtis place were founded the first Mark Chapman; the soil is naturally good, but they\\nsettlements in town. have never made any great improvements on the land.\\nThe settlers selected this place on account of the Mr. Samuel Chapman has done more town business\\nhigh land, from which they could overlook the valleys than any other man that ever lived in town, lie i-\\nand see the Indians camp-tires at night and watch\\ntheir movements. They took their grain upon their\\nshoulders and went, by marked trees, to Litchfield ami\\nBedford, a distance of some forty miles, to have it\\nground.\\nI in the Mountain road, from Windsor to Antrim,\\nwere the places of John Sweat! and his son Oliver,\\nalso that of Samuel Curtis (who went to Contoocook),\\nwho, with his son, Groavenor, is now doing an exten-\\nsive mercantile business. They used to keep good\\nstock, ami were good fanners. On the road leading\\neast to Hillsborough was the place of James Perkins,\\na good farmer and the owner of a rich farm. Down\\nat the foot of the hill was the farm of Reuben Preston,\\nextending to Black Pond. (fall the farms mentioned\\nin this part of the town, and several others not men-\\ntioned, there is but one farm at present occupied,\\nwhich is that of David Curtis, now in the possession\\nof his daughter.\\nMr. Asa Goodell now owns what was formerly eight\\ngood farms and two large pastures adjoining, lying\\nsouth of Black Pond, making one solid body of land,\\nwhere, thirty years ago, one hundred head of cattle\\nwere sheltered from the cold blasts of winter not a\\nsingle creature received shelter last winter. This is\\nnot all, for, on the road that formerly led from Wind-\\nsor to Stoddard, he owns what was four farms in\\nWindsor and hundreds of acres ou the edge of Stod-\\ndard, adjoining. His son-in-law, Melvin Temple, also\\non this road, occupies the farm of Daniel Sweat!.\\nwhich he has greatly improved.\\nJohn i. Dodge has a farm connected with his mill,\\nto which he yearly makes improvements. Mark S\\\\\\nn.onds lias a good farm, which received his careful\\nattention for several years after he abandoned black-\\nsmithing; but for some years past, as infirmities came\\nupon him, he converted considerable of it into pasture,\\nHarrison E, Russell has owned bis place but a few\\nnow the oldest man living in the town, and can\\nremember when fifty-two families lived in a place\\nwhere not a soul is living now, and over one hundred\\nand fifty families that have lived in town that are not\\nliving here now. One-fourth of a mile to the north\\noff the road leading to Hillsborough, is the birth-place\\nof the writer, whose father, Daniel G.Dodge,\\nfrom Goffstown in 1845. The farm was stony, but of\\nexcellent soil, and be far surpassed an\\\\ other man that\\nhas lived in town in the way of improving his farm\\nand buildings. He was a model farmer. In 1868,\\nfour years before he .lied, he built on, he best\\nbarns in the county, upon a -tone foundation, which\\nhe often said (and very truly) would show his foot-\\nprints for many years to come, lie would never ac-\\ncept a town office, but attended strictly to bis own\\nbusiness. This place has an extensive landscape view.\\nThe youngest son, Perley II. Dodge, now owns the\\nfarm and takes excellent care of it.\\nNext (and last) to the Hillsborough line is Nelson\\nSt. Severn. lie has a g 1 farm and rare- foi it well.\\nIn the northern part of the town. the turnpike,\\nthe soil is quite good, but a little more frosty. Here\\nmay be found Mr. Charles C. Jones, Albert J. Grey,\\nJason D. Wheeler, Francis G. Dresser and Mr. Silas\\nBlanchard, all of whom have good farms and are\\nthrifty farmers.\\nWe now have no church, no minister, no lawyer, no\\ntrouble, no doctor, no hotel, no drunkards, no post-\\noffice (only in connection with Hillsborough, Upper\\nvillage), no store, no voice in legislation, no paupers,\\nI no prospect of having any. Taxes are very light,\\nbeing this year a little above the average, but still\\nbring only $6.30 on one thousand dollar-. Tin- roads\\nare kept in good repair, and the bridges are few and\\ninexpensive.\\nThere has never been a settled minister, a post-\\noffice or town library in town.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1163.jp2"}, "988": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MONT VERNON.\\nBY (H A RLES J. -MITII.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nDescriptive.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mont Vernon is situated ijo i j ra| li\\nically a little southward from the territorial centre o\\nHillsborough County, being third in the tier of towns\\nnorthward from the Massachusetts line. It is\\ntwenty-eight miles south by southwest from Concord,\\nfifteen miles southwest from Manchester, and fourteen\\nnorthwest from Nashua, and four and one-half mile-\\nnorth from the line of the Nashua and Wilton Rail-\\nroad, at Milford village. The towns which bound it\\nare .New Boston on the north, Amherst on the east,\\nAmherst and Milford on the smith and Lyndeborough\\non the west. It is irregular in shape, averaging four\\nmill s in length and three and one-half in width.\\nThe surface is hilly, the larger part of the town being\\na lofty ridge lying between the valley of the south\\nbranch of the Piscataquog River on the north and\\nthat, of the Souhegan mi the south. It is emphati-\\ncally an upland town. The soil is rocky, hut gener-\\nally deep and fertile, well repaying careful cultivation.\\nIt seems specially adapted to the apple, several thou-\\nsand barrels of this fruit being the annual product nl\\nits orchards, and the winter apples grown here have\\nlong been noted as not excelled by any for their keep-\\ning qualities.\\nIts water-courses are limited to five brooks, four\\nof which flow southerly to the Souhegan and one\\nnortherly to the Piscataquog. The largest of these\\nstreams has its rise in the northeasterly part ol\\nthe town, flows southerly some tour miles furnish-\\ning, in the easterly part of the town, two mill-sites\\nto Holt s Meadow, in Amherst, where it unites with\\nCaesar Brook, which rises in Mont Vernon village,\\ntwo miles above, and unitedly form Beaver Brook.\\nwhich i ses southward, and, after furnishing the\\nwater-power to Amherst village, makes its confluence\\nwith the Souhegan three miles below. A third\\nbrook, known as llarw I s, rises in the meadow\\nnorthwest from Mont Vernon village, and alter a\\njourney southward, from three to tour miles, empties\\ninto the Souhegan, one and a half miles above Mil\\nford. On this stream are situated Trow s mill, in the\\nsoutherly part of Mont Vernon, and Harts Norris\\nextensive lumber-mill, in Milford, one-fourth mile\\nbelow the southern 1 Hilary of Mont Vernon. Black\\nor Purgatory Brook issues from Smith s Pond, one and\\none-half miles northerly from the village, has a course\\nof some five miles, and, after receivings large tributary\\nfrom Lyndeborough, known as Curtis Brook, empties\\ninto the Souhegan about three miles above Milford\\nvillage. A fifth stream rises in the northwest part\\nof tin- town, and, after a course of two miles north-\\nward, discharges itself into the Piscataquog at Paper-\\nMill village, in New Boston. Smith s Pond, a body\\nof water located one and one-halt miles north from\\nthe village, covers an area of twenty-five acres. Joe\\nKnglish Pond is divided between Mont VernOD, New\\nBoston and Amherst, the larger part being in Amherst.\\nRoby s Hill, rising at the northeast part of the\\ntown, near Joe s Pond, forms the highest eleva-\\ntion. Other conspicuous prominences are McCollom\\nHill, on the northerly line of the town, Beach Hill, in\\nthe northwesterly section, Carlton Hill, in the south-\\nwesterly part of the town, and near the village,\\neasterly and southeasterly are Campbell s Hill and\\nProspect Hill. From the summit of the latter, which\\nis a broad plateau, elevated some one hundred feet\\nabove the village, is obtained a prospect most varied\\nand extensive. An expanse of country, forty miles\\nin every direction, is seen with the naked eye.\\nHundreds of visitors are attracted here every sum-\\nmer to admire and enjoy the landscape which this\\nnoble hill presents to view.\\nMoot Vernon village is situated on all eminence\\nseven hundred and seventy feet above mean tide-\\nwater, with its church, academy and a number of its\\nelegant resiliences resting on the brow of the hill,\\nlooking southward upon a landscape stretching forty\\nmiles away ill beauty and grandeur. Il is built\\nmainly upon one street, one-third of a. mile in length,\\nand consists of a church, a spacious academy building,\\nchurch vestry, school-house and two stores. Here is the\\nBellevue House, an elegant four-story structure, used\\nas the village hotel and accommodating forty summer\\nguests. Four other large ami elegant boarding-houses\\nare fitted for the reception of summer visitors, having\\naccommodations for one hundred and thirty guests.\\nTheseare known as Conant Hall, Prospect House,\\nHillsboro House and the Deanery. Aside from\\nthese, there are forty-two dwellings. The village,\\nthough small, is one of the most beautiful in New\\nHampshire, the elements of which are its well-kept,\\nshadj streets, its air of thrift and neatness (not one\\nof its dwellings being unpainted or in other than a\\ncreditable condition), characteristics which it has", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1164.jp2"}, "989": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\nwell maintained for half a century\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and, finally, the\\ngrandly beautiful prospecl which it commands in all\\ndirections.\\nThirty years since, its basis of support and growth\\nwas its mechanical industries, then of considerable\\nimportance. There was a tannery employing ten\\nor fifteen hands, two large fancy-box shops, a\\nsmall -Irani mill for dressing lumber and a small\\norgan-shop. The superior railroad facilities and\\navailable water- power of neighboring towns have\\ncaused the gradual removal of these industries. The\\nmechanical business of the town is now of no account.\\nThe box-factories, tannery ami steam mill were burnt,\\nand the owners either retired from business or located\\nelsewhere Fiftj years since, the village was a centre\\nof considerable trade. Located on the second New\\nHampshire turnpike, a leading thoroughfare from\\nBoston to Vermont anil Canada, the tide of travel an. I\\ntransportation gave it lite ami stir, and supported four\\nla wins, three (and sometimes four) stores, one lawyer\\nami two physicians. Railway service has made the\\nstage-coach and six-horse merchandise wagon a tradi-\\ntion. The glory of the hill towns as centres of busi-\\nness has departed. In 1830 the population of Mont\\nVernon was 763, and in 1880, 516,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a decrease of one\\nthird. In 1855, F. 0. Kittridge, Esq., an active and\\nenterprising citizen, noting the advantage which the\\nscenic beauty and pure, dry, bracing air of the place\\nwould give it as a summer resort, purchased the old\\nRay tavern, in the centre of the village, remodeled\\nand enlarged it. and fitting and furnishing it in an\\nelegant and tasteful manner, opened it for summer\\ncompany. For thirteen years it was thronged in the\\nhot season, and was in all respects a signal success.\\nIn 1848 the proprietor enlarged and extended it to\\nmore than three times its former size, giving it a height\\nof four stories and a length of one hundred and forty-\\nlive feet, surmounted by a cupola in the centre. As\\ncompleted, it was asymmetrical, stately and beautiful\\nstructure, the largest ami best-appointed public-house\\nin New Hampshire. April 20, 1*7:!, it was burned to\\nthe ground by a fire which commenced in the attic.\\nIt being then closed, the origin of the fire is an unex-\\nplored mystery. Not being rebuilt, its hiss has been\\na severe blow to the prosperity and growth of the vil-\\nlage. Oilier establishments, which had grown up\\naround it, have since been extensively patronized.\\nThe average number of boarders for the last thirteen\\nyears has exceeded two hundred. It is known to\\nthousands as a most delightful resort to the seekers\\nfor health and rest.\\nThe time is probably not distant when many ol\\nthe beautiful sites for summer residences in Mont\\nVernon will be improved. Three Boston gentlemen\\nhave led the way, by purchasing and beautifying es-\\ntates, which they thus occupy. The in, .si elegantoi\\nthese is, perhaps, the beautiful place of Rev. Dr. R.\\nR.Meredith, which, with its surroundings, -really\\nornaments the south part of the village.\\nA.b0Ut two luili-s from the illage, near I be westerly\\nedge of the town, is Purgatory, a natural curiosity\\nwhich is much frequented by visitors and excursion-\\nists from all the neighboring towns. It is a deep\\nravine, e than half a mile in length, through\\nwhich Black Brook makes its way. At the Upper\\nFall, the brook plunges perpendicularly more than\\nfifty feet into a deep chasm or pit. from which the\\nview upward, of solid wall Of rock on either side and\\ndense, overhanging forest, is one of singular wildness\\nand grandeur. One 1 bed rods down this deep\\ngorge the stream makes several further leaps, known\\nas Lower Falls. There is a fine grove uear the\\nUpper Falls, which is fitted up for picnic-parties.\\nThe annual Purgatory Picnic, in August, has be-\\ncome an institution. The last fathering, in August,\\n1885, numbered eight hundred persons.\\nMunicipal and Ecclesiastical. Mom of the tei\\nritory now Mont Vernon was included in Souhegan\\nWest, which, in 1760, was incorporated as Amherst.\\nIn 17*1 Mont Vernon was ecclesiastically severed\\nfrom the parent town by being made a distinct par-\\nish. The separation was made complete by its incor-\\nporation as a town, in December, 1803. Its earlj\\ncivil and religious history are so inseparably blended\\nthat they must be traced together.\\nThe first English settlement in what is now Mont\\nVernon is believed to have been made by Sa 1\\nLamson about the year 1740. He came from Read\\ning, Mass., and first settled a mile south of Amherst\\nPlain. He lived here about twenty-live years, re-\\nmoved to Billerica, Mass, and died there in 1770.\\nTradition says that Lieutenant Joseph Prince, an orig-\\ninal grantee of Souhegan West, once owning a bell of\\nland extending from Bedford line westward to Mont\\nVernon village, first located, about 1710, on the farm,\\nabout one mile southeast from .Mont Vernon village,\\nknown as the Jones farm, for many years owned by\\nSamuel Campbell. He removed thence to the east-\\nerly part of Amherst.\\nIn 1700 there were certainly fourteen of the tax-\\npayers of Amherst resident in what is now Mont\\nVernon. These original settlers bore the names of\\nCarlton, Cole, Curtice, Gould, Harwood, Mills, Lam-\\nson, Bradford. Averill, Smith. Steel. Wilkins.\\nFrom this date the growth of this section of Am-\\nherst was rapid. Four soldiers who lived in what is\\nnow Mont Vernon served in the French and Indian\\nWar, closing in 1763. In the Revolution the town of\\nAmherst furnished over three hundred soldiers, and\\nbetween fifty and sixty of this number are identified\\nas belonging to this section, ami there were probably\\nmore of those enlisting from Mont Vernon. Two\\nwere officers, Joseph Farnum, lieutenant of Captain\\nBradford s com]. any at Bennington, ami Stephen\\nPeabody, an adjutant at hunker Hill, aid to General\\nStark at Bennington, ami lieutenant-colonel, com-\\nmanding a battalion sent to Rhode Island. The pio-\\nneer settlers of Mont Vernon were a rough, hardy", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1165.jp2"}, "990": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nworthj people. la man; of them the religious ele-\\nment was strong. Their attendance at church was\\nregular, though the route was long and circuitous.\\nThey early looked forward to the time when this sec-\\ntion should become a separate parish. In 1777, Rev.\\nDaniel Wilkins. the first minister of Amherst, had\\nbecome so enfeebled by age as to be incapable of\\nperforming his duties acceptably the town sought to\\nobtain a colleague pastor. The people of the north-\\nwest part of the town made this an occasion for a\\nstrong and persistent effort for separation into a sec-\\nond parish. In the winter of 1777-78 the church\\nand town extended a call to Mr. John Blydenburg to\\nbecome associated with Mr. Wilkins as colleague\\npastor. Against this action seventeen citizens of\\nwhat is now Mont Vernon made a written protest,\\ndemanding that it be placed upon the town records.\\nMr. Blydenburg declined the call. In the spring of\\n1779 petitions were presented to the General Court\\nby sundry persons belonging to the northwesterly part\\nof the town to be set ofl as a parish. The town chose\\na committee to treat with these petitioners in March.\\n1779, ami at a subsequent meeting, on the 31st of same\\nmonth, after hearing the report of the committee,\\nvoted not to set them off.\\nIn August, 1779. the town appointed an agent to\\nprepare and enforce reasons why this petition should\\nnot be granted before the General lourt.\\nDecember 6, 1779, sundry inhabitants of the\\nnorthwest part of the town asked to be voted oil as :i\\nparish, on condition that the inhabitants of that part\\nof the town should pay their full proportion toward\\nthe support of Rev, .Mr. Wilkins and even i aarge oi\\nthe town, except the settlement of a minister, until\\nthey could supply themselves with preaching in the\\nparish, but the town refused to grant their request.\\nIn December. 1779, the church and town united in\\ninviting Mr. Jeremiah Barnard to become their min-\\nister, whereupon thirty-two residents of the north-\\nwest part of tin- town tiled a protest, setting forth\\nThat, having repeatedly petitioned to be set oil as a\\ndistinct parish, and their petitions having been re-\\njected, they enter their protest against Mr. Barnard s\\nbeing settled, or any other minister while the\\\\ re-\\nmained in conjunction with the town and their re-\\nquest not granted. It would seem that their oppo-\\nsition to these ministerial candidates was almost\\nwholly based Upon their desire to be made a distinct\\nparish. Mr. Barnard, having accepted his call, was\\nordained March 1780, prior to which a length} and\\nearnest protest was addressed to the ordaining coun-\\ncil by thirty-seven residents of what is now Mont\\nVernon ami a others.\\nAnother committee was appointed by the town.\\nSeptember 11, 1780, to show cause before the General\\nCourt why the prayer of a number of the inhabitants\\nof the town residing in the northwesterly part of the\\nsame, asking to be set oil as a separate parish, should\\nnot be granted.\\nBut the people of this part of the town insisted\\nUpon having a ministry of their own selection, and,\\nin September, 1780, called a council which organized\\nhere what was called the Second Church in Amherst.\\nNo records of these transactions, or of the church,\\nfor the first thirteen years exist: but it is known\\nthat the first deacons were Oliver Carlton, Nathaniel\\nHeywood and Richard Ward, all men of sound or-\\nthodoxy and fervid piety. Immediately after the or-\\nganization of the church Rev. Mr. Coggin, of Chelms-\\nford, Mass., preached to a large congregation, in\\nMajor Cole s barn, upon the importance of immedi-\\nately erecting a house of worship. This, in the poverty\\nof those Revolutionary times, was no slight undertak-\\ning, but in the month of April following, each farm\\nin the community had contributed its free-will offer-\\ning of timber for the frame and covering of the\\nedifice, which still stands on the summit of the hill,\\na monument to those brave Christian men, the only\\nchurch there is, or ever has been, within the limits of\\nthe town. It is related that the heaviest timber was\\ndrawn upon the snow-crust the last of April without\\nobstruction from walls or fence,. Lieutenant .lames\\nWoodbury gave the land where the church stands,\\nand also another lot one-fourth of a mile above for\\nthe burial-ground.\\nSo urgent was the demand for the house that, as\\nsoon as the frame was covered, and before the floor\\ntimbers were laid, it was occupied without any formal\\ndedication. They finished the house gradually, as\\nthey were able. The first worshipers here sat upon\\nrough benches with a single open floor, with nothing\\nto warm them but the glad tidings of salvation. The\\nold-fashioned, square pews were constructed as the\\nfamilies felt able, the pew-ground merely being\\ndeeded by the parish.\\nI lie organization of a church ami providing -a\\nplace of worship were but preliminary to the renewal\\nof their effort to be legalhj set oil into a second\\nparish. They, in March, 1781, presented to the\\nGeneral Court, convened at Exeter, an extensive\\npetition, setting forth their reasons in asking for a\\nseparation, in which they did not forget to say that\\nyour humble petitioners, in expectation of being set\\noil as a separate parish, did. some time ago, at their\\nown proper charge, build a commodious meeting-\\nhouse at said northwest part id Amherst, and have,\\nlor some time past, hired preaching, hoping, at the\\nsame time. t have enjoyed the privilege id a minis-\\nter of their own choosing, our local situation requir-\\ning the same. The prayer of this petition was\\ngranted, and, June 30, 1781, fifty-two voters and\\nheads of families were set off and constituted the\\nSecond, or Northwest, Parish of Amherst. Of the\\nnames found in the act of incorporation, some arc\\ninteresting as being the progenitors of present active\\nif at least the fourth generation. In the\\nsame month the first parish meeting was held and\\nparish officers chosen. In March, 1782, a committee", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1166.jp2"}, "991": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\n7::::\\nwas chosen to lay the lower floor, sell the pew-ground\\nin the meeting-house and use the money received\\ntherefor in finishing the house; also to hire preach-\\ning iijMin probation. In I 7.S2 ;i Mr. Towers, and in\\n1783 a Mr. Allen were employed as preacher. In 178:3,\\nit was voted to raise fifty pounds to defray parish\\ncharges. In December, 1783, it was voted to con-\\ncur with the church in calling Mr. Samuel .Sar-\\ngent to the gospel ministry in said parish. The effort\\nto settle Mr. Sargenl tailed, for, in the summer of\\n17*4, Mr. John Bruce commenced preaching, and.\\nDecember 29, 1784, they voted to concur with the\\nchurch in giving him a call to settle in the gospel\\nministry in this parish. Also voted to offer Mr.\\nBruce one hundred and twenty pounds as a settle-\\nment, and sixty pounds and twenty cords of wood\\nyearly, so long as he carries on the work of the\\ngospel ministry here, and thirty pounds and twenty\\ncords of w 1 annually, it he should become dis-\\nabled from carrying on the work of the ministry,\\nfoi so long a time as he remains the minister of the\\nplace.\\nNathaniel Haywood, Oliver Carlton and Lieuten-\\nant William Bradford were appointed a committee\\nto communicate the .tes of the parish to Mr. Bruce\\nand receive his answer.\\nMr. Bruce accepted the call, and, alter some delay.\\nwas ordained November 3, 178.i.\\nIn 1791 the finishing of the meeting-house was\\ncompleted by a committee consisting of Moses Kim-\\nball, Lieutenant Joseph Farnuni and Deacon Oliver\\nCarlton.\\nMarch ill, 17! 2, Mr. Jonathan Conant, formerly of\\nBeverly, was designated, by a vote of the parish, as\\nthe most suitable man to serve as a justice of the\\npeace in said parish.\\nMay 25, 1792, Voted to build a wall by the high-\\nway against the burying-ground.\\nVoted, that the bass viol be not carried into the\\nmeeting-house to be used in time of exercise.\\nOctober 25, 17 J2, it was voted to allow the bill of\\ntin committee for building the gate in front of the\\nburying-ground, amounting to \u00c2\u00a34 19*.\\nVoted to build another piece of wall by the side\\nof the burying-ground.\\nMarch 18, 1793, v. .ted the pew in the gallery of the\\nmeeting-house to the use of the singers.\\nMarch 21, 1796, an article having been inserted in\\nthe warrant calling the meeting holden this day,\\nasking the consent of the parish that the viol be\\nused in the meeting-house on Sundays to assist the\\nsingers in time of public worship, failed of approval.\\nMay 1802, it was voted to take measures to effeel\\na separation from the town of Amherst, and a com-\\nmittee, consisting of Major William Bradford, John\\nCarlton, Captain John Batchelder, Captain Joseph\\nPerkins, Captain Thomas Cloutman, Deacon Jacob\\nKendall, Lieutenant Benjamin Parker, Lieutenant\\nJoseph Farnum, Eli Wilkins, Parker Richardson,\\nNathan .lone-, and Lieutenant fine. thy Hill, was\\nap] Mil to pel l! loll the tOfl II lellll e lllelclo.\\nOn the last Thursday of May, 1802, the parish\\nvoted to petition the General Court to incorporate\\nthem into a town, with the same boundaries as those\\nfust established between the First and Second par-\\nishes; also, that a strip of land half a mile wide,\\nlying in the easterly part of Lyndcborough, extend-\\ning the entire length ol this parish, and adjoining\\nit, be asked lor as a part of the new town.\\nNathan Jones, Eli Wilkins, James Joseph Smith.\\nLangdell audi aptain Joseph Perkins were appointed\\na committee to prepare a petition for that purpose.\\nOn the fust Monday of June, 1802, chose Nathan\\nJones, Captain Joseph Perkins and Captain Benja-\\nmin Parker to present the petition to the General\\nourt.\\nNovember 21, 1803, it was voted to accept the\\nreport of the committee of the General Court in re-\\ngard to I he incorporation of the new town.\\nVoted, that the name of the contemplated town\\nbe Mont Vernon.\\nAn act incorporating the town of Mont Vernon\\nwas consummated by the signature of lovernor John\\nTaylor Oilman. December 15, L803.\\nflic verdure of the farms which cluster about the\\neminence upon which the village is located sug-\\ngested the name of the town.\\nThe number of tax-payers in the town thus in-\\ncorporated was one hundred and thirty-live, April 1,\\n181)4.\\nThus was completed an entire separation from the\\nparent town. Twenty-three years before, this had\\nbeen partially effected by the formation of the Second\\nParish, as religiously independent of the first, and this\\nhad not tended to unity of feeling or action. Political\\ndifferences had succeeded the religious diversities\\nwhich induced the former action. In 1783, two years\\n..nly from the organization of the Northwest Parish,\\none hundred and twenty-one residents of the First\\nParish addressed to the Legislature a petition ask-\\ning that, as they had in part disunited the town,\\nand the result was variance, discoid, contention,\\nthat separate interests established by law had\\nmade their town-meetings scenes of confusion,\\nirregularity and vexation, therefore th\\nthat the division of the body corporate I\\npleted and those polls and estates set oil in ministerial\\nmatters be wholly separated from us in all matters\\nwhatsoever. flic Legislature took no action on this\\ndoleful petition, but twenty years later the desired\\nrelief came, to the satisfaction of both communities.\\nIn the party divisions which distinguished the close\\nof the last century and the beginning oi tie present,\\nthe ruling influences in the Second Parish were as\\nintensely Republican or Jeffersonian as were those of\\nthe First in an opposite direction. For thi\\n18 2. .Major William Bradford, classed as an\\noffensive Jacobin, represented the town at the", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1167.jp2"}, "992": {"fulltext": "734\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nGeneral Court by aid of the Second Parish vote, and\\nthe Federal elements rejoiced to be free from the\\nconnection.\\nThe first town-meeting was held January 23, 1804,\\nat the Centre School-house. Joseph Langdel] was\\nchosen moderator, John Carlton town clerk, and John\\nCarlton, Jus. Langdell and Jacob Kendall selectmen.\\nAt the first annua] town-meeting March 13,1804,\\nthe same town officers were re-elected, and Major\\nWilliam Bradford chosen as representative.\\nLater Ecclesiastical History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. John Bruce,\\nthe first pastor, ministered to Mont Vernon Church\\nfrom 1784 to his sudden death of apoplexy, March li\\n1809. He was born in Marlborough, Mass., August\\n31, 1757; graduated at Dartmouth in 1781. Of\\nthe first ten and last eight years of his pastorate\\nthere, are no church records. A list of the members\\nof the church, in Mr. Bruce s handwriting, about\\n1798, makes its membership one hundred and ten.\\nThe next veai fifty were added by profession. This\\nrevival was the first known in this section, and it\\nawakened much interest tar ami wide. Mr. Bruce\\nwas a successful minister. He was meek, |iioiis,\\nhumble, kind and gentle. Among his distinguishing\\ntraits, aside from these, were his solid sense, prudence\\nand discretion. All who knew him loved and revered\\nhim. Mr. Bruce married, in 1785, Lois Wilkins, of\\nMarlborough, who survived him with four sous ami\\ntwo daughters. The sons were heads of families,\\nall worthy citizens and life long residents of Mont\\nVernon. Their united ages at their decease were\\nthree hundred and twenty-two years.\\nOn the decease of Mr. Bruce, Rev. Stephen Chapin\\nimmediately received a call from this church, hut. was\\nnot installed until November 15, 1S09. Born at Mil-\\nford, Mass., in J77.S, a graduate of Harvard in 1804, a\\npupil in divinity with the famous Dr. Emmons, of\\nFranklin, Mass., his firsl settlement was in the neigh-\\nboring town of Hillsborough, four years, from 1805 to\\n1809. Mr. Chapin was a man of positive convictions\\nand bold, unadorned and uncompromising in his style\\nof preaching. His earnest, aide preaching and string-\\nent discipline made a deep impression upon his\\npeople. 1 luring a pastorate of nine years, one hundred\\nami fifteen were added to the church. On one Sab-\\nbath in 1817 fifty-one converts were received into\\nfellowship.\\nWhile all hearts were completely united in him,\\nthe day of separation came from a quarter least sus-\\npected. In October, ISIS, the pastor suddenly an-\\nnounced a change in his views respecting the mode\\nand subjects of baptism. He renounced infant bap-\\ntism. He was a man sincere and true, and consci-\\nentiously embraced Calvinistic Baptist views. He at\\nonce resigned his pastorate and was dismissed in No-\\nvember, ISIS. After a three years pastorate as a\\nBaptist clergyman at North Yarmouth, he was, in\\n1822, called to a professorship in Waterville College,\\nMaine, and thence to the presidency of Columbia\\nCollege, at Washington, D. which he occupied\\nfor many years. The salary of Mr. Chapin was stipu-\\nlated at four hundred dollars per annum, ami if, from\\nany cause, he was unable to preach, no abatement, un-\\nless such absence exceeded six week-.\\nAlter an interval of a little more than a year from\\n.Mr. Chapin s dismission, Rev. Ebenezer Cheever, a\\nnative of Reading, t., a graduale of Bowdoin\\nCollege, was ordained December 8, 1819. He con-\\ntinued pastor until April S, 1823, with an addition to\\nthe church, in the mean time, of twenty-two mem-\\nbers. He baptized thirty-nine children in less than\\nthree years. In the spring of [820 the first Sabbath-\\nschool was organized here, being held in the school-\\nliouse and composed exclusively of children. After\\nleaving here, Mr. Cheever was pastor of a church in\\nWatcrford, N. Y., and at other places, and died in\\nNew Jersey. Two weeks alter Mr. Cheever s dismis-\\nsion, Ke\\\\ Nathaniel Kingsbury, from Connecticut, and\\na graduate of Amherst College, commenced his labors.\\nHe was ordained November 8, 182::, and dismissed\\nApril 6, 1836. He removed West and died some\\nyears since in Wisconsin. Mr. Kingsbury was not a\\nman of marked ability, but his ministry here was\\nprosperous, and during it one hundred and fifty-four\\nwere received into the church. Two periods of pe-\\nculiar interest occurred, the former in 1828, when\\nthirty-four were added, the latter in 1831, when\\nnearly sixty united by profession. Those were re-\\nvival days, when the ministers aided each other in\\nwhat were called protracted meetings, which were\\noften seasons of thrilling interest and great power.\\nMany of the converts of 1831 were persons in mature\\nlife. It included the lawyer and the two physicians\\nthen in practice here. Never, before orsince, has this\\nchurch been the scene of such religious activity\\nscencsstill living vividly in the remembrance of main\\namong us.\\nIt was in 1830, during Mr. Kingsbury s pastorate,\\nthat the temperance reform began in the church, and\\nwas vigorously and steadily prosecuted outside until\\nit expelled liquors from the town. The youth of the\\npresent .lay can hanlU imagine I lie condition of this\\nsmall community, with eight tavern licenses signed in\\na single year. In some places they sold a hogshead\\na week but a small portion of this quantity was dis-\\npensed to residents, but enough to alarm the\\nthoughtful ami virtuous. At that period two public\\nroads led northward, through different sections of the\\ntown. These were thoroughfares, thronged with\\nlight and heavy travel. At all hours of the day lines\\nof canvas-covered merchandise teams might be seen\\nhearing their heavy freight from and to the seaboard.\\nTo modify and control public opinion was noeasy mat-\\nter, work which required strong heads and true\\nhearts. Dr. Daniel Adams may lie named as one\\nearly prominent in this movement of philanthropy.\\nHe delivered convincing and effective addresses on\\nthis subject in this and other towns.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1168.jp2"}, "993": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\nRev. Edwin Jenniscm, :i graduate nf Dartmouth in\\n1827, succeeded Mr. Kingsbury, being installed April\\n6, 1836. Hi- was a native of Walpole, N. II., and\\nhad been settled in the ministn in that place from\\n1831 to 1835. His pastorate in Mont Vernon con-\\ntinued until August 19, 1841, during which time\\ntwenty-three were added to the church. As a ser-\\nmonizer he excelled, but visited little. During bis\\nministry the discussion of the slavery question agi-\\nlatcd tli church and sum. -what disturbed its peace.\\nIn 1837 the church was removed westerly to the\\nopposite and more sheltered side of the street, en-\\ntirely remodeled, being finished in two stories and\\nfurnished with a bell and organ. The town conveyed\\nto the Congregational Society all its right to this\\nmeeting-house, reserving tor a town hall one-half the\\nground-floor. Also the town stipulated to finish the\\ntown-hall appropriated for their use, and to sustain\\nthe roof of the bouse, making all repairs which mighl\\nbe required from time to time, anil that the Congre-\\ngational Society have side control of the house, they\\nsustaining and making all needed repairs on the body\\nof the building excepting the town hall. This eon-\\ntract has been scrupulously adhered to these forty\\neight years, and the church and town occupy the\\nedifice harmoniously within clearly-defined limits.\\nThe tailing health of Mr. Jennison compelled his dis-\\nmission, and alter a voyage to Europe he settled in\\nAshburnham, Mass., and subsequently, from 1 .si 7 to\\nL849, at Hopkinton, N. H. His frequent ill-health\\nat length compelled his retirement from pastoral ser-\\nvice. He located as a farmer in Alstead, N.ll..\\nsupplying for a timeone of the churches in that town,\\nand from 1852 to 1854 the church in the adjoining\\ntown of Langdon, N. 11. Hedeceased several years\\nsince.\\n.Mr. Jennison s successor at Mont Vernon, Rev.\\nBezaleel Smith, was installed hen August 19,1841.\\nHe graduated at Dartmouth in 1825, and had been\\npreviously settled at New Hampton. V II.. and at\\nRye, N. II. He labored in .Mont Vernon nine years,\\nclosing his ministry here in 1850. He was a sound,\\nhut not brilliant preacher, cautious and discreet, a\\npastor who made uemies. Slave-holders wen- by\\nvote excluded from the pulpit and from the Lord s\\ntable, and thirty-two persons added to the church\\nduring his pastorate. He removed from here to Rox-\\nbury, II.. and after laboring there two years was\\ncalled to the pastorate of the church in New Alstead,\\nX. H., from tin nee to i In 1 church at Hanover Centre,\\nN. H. Some ten years since, the infirmity of old\\nage compelled his retirement. He died some years\\nsince at Rutland, Vt.\\nRev. Charles D. Herbert commenced preaching\\nhere .Inly 5, 1850, and was installed November 6th.\\nHe is a native of Ellsworth, Me., and a via Inc. oi\\nBowdoin. Coining here young and enthusiastic, he\\ndevoted himself with singleness of aim and Christian\\nzeal to his work. His labors here exhibited him as a\\nkind, sympathetic and sincere friend, and earnest,\\nconsecrated man. Under his ministry, in 1851 and\\n1852, quite a number of young people in the\\nAcademj and outside attained the christian s\\nhop,-. The whole number added to the church\\nduring Ins ministry was fifty-five, lie closed his\\nlabors here earl) in 1856, and was soon after settled\\nover a church in West Newbury, Mass. After a\\nministry there of many years he qualified himself\\nfor the practice of medicine and labored in Rut-\\nland, Mass., some years, both pleaching and prac-\\nticing. Some years since, he was recalled to Ins\\nformer parish at West Newbury, and now is in the\\nministry there.\\nIn the fall of 1856 the church extended a call to\\nRev. Charles E. Lord to its vacant pastorate, ami his\\ninstallation occurred late in that year. His people\\nregarded his sermons as very well written. He\\nquietly pursued the even tenor of his way until the\\nsummer of 1861, when he requested and r ived a\\ndismission. He has since been in the ministry at\\nChester, Vt., and some years since was a professor in\\nti i schools for clergymen in New York, lie is\\na native of South Berwick, .Me., and a graduate of\\nI lartmouth Jollege.\\nEarly in 1862 the church invited Rev. George F.\\nSanborne to succeed Mr. Lord, lie ministered to\\nthem about three and a half years, until the summer\\nof 1865, when he resigned to accept a call to N orth-\\nhorough, Mass. Mr. Lord is a native of Reading,\\nMass., and a graduate of Amherst College. He is now\\na resident of Hartford, Conn. The ministry of both\\nMessrs. Lord and Sanborne was barren o I noteworthy\\nincident, and the numerical increase to the church\\nslight. The Civil War was raging and public atten-\\ntion was concentrated upon it, to tin 1 exclusion of.\\nother interests, flic clergymen of Mont Vernon,\\nlike most of their brethren during that eventful\\nperiod, omitted no effort to set anil keep the public\\nopinion around them in what thej deemed the right\\nchannel, the prosecution of the war for the destruc-\\ntion of slavery and the conquest of rebellion as the\\nonly basis for a reunited country. They sought, in\\nand out of the pulpit, to stimulate the zeal ami\\nsustain the courage ol their people. And the event\\nhas justified their patriotism as of the true quality.\\nA peace, based on righteousness, was conquered.\\nIn tin- summer of 1865, Rev. IS. M. Frink, a native\\nof Jackson, N. II., and a graduate of Bangor Semi-\\nnars, began his ministry of two and one fourth years\\nwith this church, sundering the connection in 1867\\no accept a call to Portland, Me. He i- umi set-\\ntled at Shelburne Fall-. Mass. Mr. Frink is a man\\nol great vital force and activity ami an engaging\\nspeaker.\\nThough his stay in Mont Vernon was brief, the\\nline, commodious parsonage is a memorial of his\\nenterprisi and energy. Early in 1866, appreciating\\nthe need of a parsonage and having faith in his", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1169.jp2"}, "994": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY OF HILLSBOROUQH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nability to secure tin- necessary means, he- set Oil foot a\\nsubscription, and, with others inspired by his ener-\\ngetic spirit, collected, in a brief space, the requisite\\nconstruction fund to erect the elegant structure\\nwhich stands opposite the church ami very near the\\nsite formerly occupied by it, from 1780 to 1837. These\\nbuildings, with the stable since added, cost aearlj\\ntwo thousand dollars.\\nLate in the winter of L867-68, Rev. Setli H. Keeler,\\nD.D., became the minister of the parish without\\npastoral charge, lie continued preaching in Mont\\nVernon nearly eight years, closing his ministry late\\nin September, 1875, when he removed to S erville,\\nMass., where lie has since resided. Though advanced\\nin years when bis service to this people commenced,\\nhe approved himself as an able, scholarly and faith-\\nful religious teacher. In is?:! ami 1874 some forty\\npersons united with the church as the result of\\nspecial religious interest in the community. Dr.\\nKeeler is a graduate of Middlebury College, and had\\npreviously been a pastor at Windsor. N t., South\\nBerwick, Me., and for many years at Calais, Me.\\nSeptember 5, 1880, Dr. Keeler preached a cen-\\ntennial sermon, the church having been organized in\\nSeptember, L780.\\nIn November, 1875, Rev. Wm. H. Woodwell was\\nengaged to supply the pulpit for one year, with\\nreference to permanent settlement, and his labors\\ncontinued nearly four and one-half years, he deliver-\\ning his farewell discourse March 28, 1880. He is a\\nnative of New buryport, Mass., ami graduated atBow-\\ndoin College. He is now in the ministry at Orient,\\nLong Island, Y.\\nThe church employed various candidates during the\\nsummer of 1880, ami in October, Rev. Charles C. Car-\\npenter accepted their invitation to settle with them,\\nand began pastoral service November 1st, though his\\ninstallation was deferred until July 1, 1881.\\nIn tin summer of 1883 he was attacked by an affec-\\ntion of the throat, which threatened thesuspensi f\\nhis ministerial work. By medical advice he sailed for\\nEurope in September, in pursuit of relief. His ab-\\nsence covered a period of less than three months, and\\nwas passed wholl;, in Great Britain, of which he made\\na rapid but extensive tour. Returning much improved,\\nhe resumed his labors and continued them until the\\nsummer of 1885, when the condition of his health\\ncompelled a resignation of his pastorate, which was\\ndissolved by a council July 28th, having had a dura-\\ntion of lour years and nine months.\\nHe has removed his residence to Andover, Mass.\\nMr. Carpenter performed his work here with energy\\nand fidelity, so diligently and thoroughly that the im-\\npress will long abide. That one with such varied\\ncapacities foi usefulness as a pastor ami citizen, and\\nwho had so readily identified himself with the com-\\nmunity, should be abruptly withdrawn from it is an\\nevent that causes profound and universal regret.\\nMr. Carpenter is an aide preacher; his sermons are.\\nalwaj original and Scriptural, and interest and edify.\\nThey are never encumbered with superfluous verbiage,\\nbut are simple and clear, concise and direct, with no\\nlack of fit illustration. Rev. Charles C. Carpenter\\nwas born at Bernardston, Mass.. July 9, 1836. His\\nfatherwas Dr. Elijah W. Carpenter, a physician of\\nthat town. Mr. Carpenter titled for college at Willis-\\nIon .Seminary. Massachusetts, and at Kimball Union\\nAcademy, New Hampshire. Failure of health obliged\\nhim to forego a collegiate course. He- studied the-\\nology at Andover. and was ordained to the ministry\\nat Montreal in 1860.\\nHe was in the sen ice of the Canada Foreign Miss-\\nionary Society, principally at Caribou Island, Labrador,\\nfrom 1858 to L867. In 1866 he wasappointed financial\\nsuperintendent of Robert College, at Lookout Moun-\\ntain, Tenn., where he remained until 1872. In 1875\\nIn- became pastor of a church at South Peabody, Mass.,\\nresigning, in 1880, to accept a call to a less arduous\\ncharge at Mont Vernon.\\nThe honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on\\nMr. Carpenter by Hamilton College, New York.\\nThe membership of the church is about one hun-\\ndred and sixty-five. More than one-third of these are\\nnon-residents. The average attendance at Sabbath-\\nservices through the year 1884 was one hundred and\\nfifty-one, and the average attendance al Sabbath\\nschool was ninety. The entire average amount raised\\nami expended for support of church and purposes of\\nChristian benevolence for the last five years has ex-\\nceeded one thousand dollars annually.\\nJuly 3, 1884, the new creed recommended by the\\nNational Council of Congregational Churches was\\nadopted by this church.\\nFrom the formation of this church up to the min-\\nistry of Dr. Keeler the uniform practice was to have\\ntwo sermons at the church on the Sabbath. About\\n1870 the new usage was introduced, of only one\\npreaching service, and that at half-past ten A.M., thus\\nvery materially lessening the labor of the clergyman.\\nThe salary of the minister at the settlement of Mr.\\nJeiiiiison, iii 1836, was fixed at five hundred dollars\\nper annum. In 1850 it was advanced to six hun-\\ndred dollars, and in 1856 to seven hundred dollars,\\nwhich is the amount now paid, with free use of par-\\nsonage.\\nVestry. At the remodeling of the church, in\\n1837, a mom was finished on the lower or ground-\\nfloor of the meeting-house for use as a vestry. In\\n1855, when furnaces were introduced to the chureh,\\nthis r n was needed, and the second story of the\\nscl 1 building, a few rod- north of the church, which\\nwas used as an academy from 1850 to 1853, was ac-\\nquired by the society, and appropriated as a vestry.\\nDeacons. Appended are the names of those who\\nhave served in the office of deacon from the forma-\\ntion of the church, in the order of their appoint-\\nment,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oliver (ailton, Nathaniel Heyw 1, Richard\\nWard, Daniel Smith, Jacob Kendall, John Carlton,", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1170.jp2"}, "995": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\nT::7\\n.John I .ruce, .losiah Kittredge, William Conant, Joseph\\nA. Starrett, George E. Dean, William II Conanl\\nThere have gone out from this church ten preai hei\\nof the gospel, not all uativea of the town, but mem-\\nbers of this church, and entering the ministry from it.\\nThey are as follows\\n1. Joshua Hey wood, son of Deacon Nathaniel Hev-\\nwood, who was prominent in the organization of the\\nNorthwest Parish and for some years a leading citizen.\\nJoshua graduated at Dartmouth College in 1795,\\nstudied divinity, was ordained and installed at Dun-\\nstable, Mass., June 5, 1799, Rev. John Bruce preach-\\ning the ordaining sermon. He continued pastor there\\nuntil lie died, November 11,1814, aged fifty-one years.\\nHe was a large man, of dark complexion, and verj\\nmuch in the esteem of all who knew him.\\n2. Daniel Weston, son of Daniel and Mary Harts-\\nhorn Weston, born .Inly is, L764; graduated at Har-\\nvard 17! 7; studied divinity; became minister at Gray,\\nMe., where he died May 28, 1837.\\n3. Solomon Kittredge, son of Josiah Kittredge,\\ngraduated at Dartmouth; studied theology, and set-\\ntled in the ministry in Indiana, where he died.\\n4. Charles B. Kittredge, brother to Solomon named\\nabove, graduated at Dartmouth; studied divinity at\\nAndover; settled in the ministry, hist at Groton, Mass.,\\nand at West borough, Mass., where he died Novem-\\nber 25, L884, aged seventy-eight.\\n5. Darwin Adams, born 1801, son of Dr. Daniel\\nAdams, graduated at Dartmouth in 1sl!4 and al An-\\ndover; settled at Alstead, N. II., and at Stow, Mass.;\\nnow living at iroton, Mass.\\n6. James Woodbury Perkins, son of Captain Jo-\\nseph Perkins, settled in Warner, N. H., and at Al-\\nstead, V E.; died in Wisconsin.\\n7. Henry Adams Kendall, son of Asa Kendall,\\ngraduated at Dartmouth; settled in Dublin, N. II.,\\n184(1; dismissed in l.soO installed at East Concord,\\nN. 11., June 26, 1851 yet resides there, bin wit!\\npastoral charge.\\n8. James C. Bryant graduated at Amherst College\\nand at Andover Seminary, 1840; settled at Littleton,\\nMass., resigned to become a missionary to the Zulus\\nin South Africa, where he died.\\n9. William O.Baldwin, son of Samuel Baldwin,\\nborn August l o, isiM graduated at Amherst College;\\nis settled in the State of New York.\\nHi. George W. Stinson, son of William and Lois\\nStinson, did not pursue a collegiate course settled\\nin the ministry in Illinois and died there\\nRev. William Shedd, a Congregational clergyman\\nof distinction; was a native of Mont Vernon, but\\nleft lure in boyhood.\\nCharles Peabody, a Baptist, James Gilman Smith)\\na Methodist, and William (J. Cambridge, an Univer\\nsalist clergyman, were all natives of the town.\\nThere has been but a single church formed in\\nMont Vernon. There were several Baptist families\\nin former vears in the South School District, who were\\nconnected with the church in Milford, and there are\\nMethodists ami Baptists iii the southerlj and easterly\\nsections ol the town who attend and aid in support-\\ning their respective churches in Milford and Am-\\nherst.\\nEducational.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mont Vernon, prior to the close of\\n1803, was an integral part of Amherst. Whatever of\\nschooling tnosl of its adull inhabitants had received\\nthey had obtained from the school privileges provided\\nby tin mother-town, and used by them as a part of its\\nits population. By the records we find that in 1762 it was\\nvoted To keepascl I in five divisions, the sell ctmen\\nto divide but as no appropriation was de, tin- was\\nonly a prophecy of what they would do years later.\\nThe first appropriation was made in 1771, when the\\ntown voted twenty pound-, lawful money, for school-\\ning, and that the school be kept some part of the\\nlime in several parts of the town. Also voted that\\nthe people of the town keep as many schools as they\\nsec lit, and each famih lliat does keep a school shall be\\nentitled to draw their proportion of tin- money above\\ngranted. The next year twenty-six pounds and\\ntwo-thirds of a pound were voted. But little attention\\nwas paid to other than private instruction through\\nthe years of the Revolutionary War. In 177* it was\\nVoted to keep a grammar school, and in that and\\nthe year following the names of two teacher- appear\\nas thus employed. March 8, 1779, the town was di-\\nvided into squadrons for schools, each to draw its\\nproportion ol the money appropriated. They made\\nan appropriation this year, and gradually increased it\\neaidi subsequent year.\\nIn 1781 it was voted thai tin- scl I- be kepi\\nby each neighborhood classing together. In 17*7\\na grammar school in the eiitre District was provided\\nfor, conditioned that the district shall make up to\\nthe master in a private way what their proportion of\\nhe -el I in falls short of an a de. plate salary.\\nThis year, al same meeting a committee, of whom\\nRev. John Bruce was one, was appointed to examine\\nthe ability of schoolmasters and mistresses. and\\nnone should be employed in any district but those\\nrecommended by them. From 17*7 to 17! the an-\\nnual appropriation for schools was one hundred and\\nfifty pounds. In 1789 the town voted to excuse such\\nas had united fol the support of an academy from the\\npayment of any school tax, so long as they should\\nsustain the proposed academy. The use of the tow n-\\nhouse for school purposes was also granted them.\\nFebruary 10, L791, an act of incorporation was\\ngrained forth. Aiirean Academy at Amherst. Twen-\\nty-six of the thirty-one grantees were of Ainhersl\\nand live from other towns. Nathan Cleaves was the\\n..iilv grantee in the Second Parish. This school s....n\\nafter went into operation. It had an existence often\\nyears, and ten preceptors, among whom were J. Hey-\\nWOod and Daniel Weston, from the Northwest Parish.\\nIn 180] this academy was finally closed for lack of\\nfunds.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1171.jp2"}, "996": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOKOruH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nAt that time a law was in effect requiring that in\\nshirt- and half-shire towns a portion of tin school\\nmoney should be applied lor the support of a Latin\\nGrammar school, or a school in which that language\\nmight he taught, if desired. This will explain the\\nfollowing votes: April 13, 1801, Voted that tin\\ngrammar school he kept eight months in the First\\nParish and four month- in the Second Parish this\\nyear.\\nMarch 2, 1803, seven hundred dollars was appro-\\npriated tor schools, three hundred dollars of whirl,\\nn;i- i bi used for the support of grammar schools,\\nthe Centre District of the First Parish to have two\\nhundred dollars, and that of theSecond Parish to have\\none hundred dollars; and it was provided that even\\nperson in town have liberty to send to the gramma!\\nschool. These votes will explain the fad that foj\\nseveral years immediately preceding the incorporation\\nof Mont Vernon a school of high character had been\\nkept in the Centre District, a select school, open to\\nany in the parish. David Dodge and Ephraim P.\\nBradford were two of its teachers.\\nAt the first annual meeting of the new town, March\\n13, 1804, it was voted to raise two hundred dollars\\nfor schooling and to choose a committee of twelve\\npersons to class the town for the convenience ol\\nschooling. March 27th this committee presented\\ntheir report, dividing the town into live school dis\\ntricts (classes) and defining their respective limits.\\nMay 7, 1804, accepted report of committee and voted\\nto raise money to build new school-houses in three\\nof the districts; voted to raise one thousand dollars\\nfor this purpose. March 12. 1805, appropriated three\\nhundred dollars for schooling during the current year.\\nThis sum was raised each successive year from that\\nuntil 1822, when it was increased to three hundred\\nand fifty dollars. In 1830, there having been a small\\nsource of revenue (about thirty dollars) derived from\\nthe literary fund applied to schools, the town voted\\nbut three hundred dollars, which was the amount ol\\nappropriation until, in the year 1851, it was increased\\nto four hundred dollars, in 1853 advanced to four\\nhundred anil fifty dollars, and in 18 4 fixed :ii five\\nhundred dollars, which, being augmented by the lit-\\nerary fund, amounted to live hundred and sixty dol-\\nlars, the average amount devoted to schools between\\n1854 and 1870.\\nIn the latter year two hundred dollars additional\\nschool money was voted, and il has been continued\\nannually, making lor the last fifteen years an average\\nof seven bundled and sixty dollars expended U]\\nthe district schools annually. Additional to this,\\nsince 1871 the town has given McCollom Institute\\nfour thousand two hundred dollars. With the de-\\ncline of population has come a diminution of the\\nnumber of pupils in our district schools. In 1859\\nthe whole number was one hundred and forty-nine,\\nand in 1860 one hundred and sixty-seven; for the\\nyears 1884 and 1885 it is less than one hundred ol\\ntotal attendance. The School money has increased\\nin the ratio that the number of those receiving its\\nbenefits have been diminished.\\nFrom 1803 to 1818 there is no record of any special\\nsuperintendence of schools bj an examining commit-\\ntee. For ten years, inclusive, from 1818, a superin-\\ntending committee, consisting of three persons, was\\nchosen by the voters at the annual town-meeting.\\nBelow are the names of these, with the number of years\\nthey served: Dr. Daniel Adams, ten years; Jonathan\\nS. Adams, nine years; John Prentiss, one year; Ar-\\ntenias Wood, lour years; Rev. K. Cheevcr. three\\nyears; A. F. Sawyer, three years. From 1827 to\\n1840-41 there is no trace of a superintending com-\\nmittee. The Board of Selectmen made the appoint-\\nment from 1841 to ]S77, since which the voters have\\ndone it at the March meeting lor the choice of the\\ntown officers. The persons who held the office from\\n1841 to 1853 were Dr. Daniel Adams, Rev. Bezaleel\\n.Smith, Samuel Campbell, Dr. Samuel G. Deal bora\\nand Rev. D. Herbert. Since 1852 the committee\\nhas consisted of one person onlj 1853-56, Rev.\\nCharles D. Herbert; 1857-59, Rev. Augustus Berry;\\n1860-64, Charles .1. Smith; 1865-66, Charles A.\\nTowle; 1807, Joshua V.Smith; 1868-72, Charles .1.\\nSmith; 1873-77, George W. I odd L878, J. W. Car-\\nson; 1879, Charles J.Smith; 1880, William H.Ray;\\n1881-85, Charles J. Si, nth.\\nThe conspicuous feature in the educational record\\nof Mont Vernon since 1850 must be its academy, now\\nknown as McCollom Institute. For nearly every\\nautumn from 1835 to 1850 there had been kept a\\nselect school, usually by a fresh graduate from one\\nof the New England collegi s.\\nEnterprising citizens of the town had long cherished\\nthe hope that a higher institution of learning would\\none day crown that noble eminence on which their\\nvillage reposed. The beauty of its scenery, the grand\\noutlook, stretching away to the distant horizon, the\\npure, health-giving air ami many other elements\\nmarked it as a most desirable locality for public\\neducation.\\nIn June, 1850, an act of incorporation was obtained,\\nand they named the projected scl 1 Appleton\\nAcademy.\\nA verv opulent citizen of Bo-ton hearing the name\\nhad often visited the place, having a mother and\\nthree sisters long resi I here, and they hoped to\\nwin an endowment by this recognition. They did\\nnot consult him as to the name, and he did little for\\ntheir institution. Its first board of trustee- wee\\neight citizens of the village-, with Dr. Samuel G.\\nDearborn as secretary. Its first term was taught in\\nthe fall of 1850, in the hall over the district school.\\nin which its sessions were held until the completion\\nof its new building, in 1853.\\nLucius B. Clotigh was its fust principal, assisted 1\\nJohn Odronaux. The first is a most respectable\\nlawyer in Manchester, and the last has long enjoyed", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1172.jp2"}, "997": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\n739\\nwide celebrity for his ability as a public teacher of\\nlaw and medicine in the city of New York. Alter\\nthis there was no school until the fall of 1851, when\\nGeorge Stevens, who had some two years before\\ngraduated at Dartmouth, commenced what proved to\\nbe the placing of the solid foundation of an institu-\\ntion which, until then, was only an idea. He trans-\\nlated that idea into a fact. He had entered college\\nfrom Mont Vernon, to which place his parents had\\nremoved in 1844; had taught district and private\\nschools in the place. He was among his kindred and\\nfriends, and most fully in sympathy with those who\\nhad undertaken the establishment of an academy\\nhere. He left Pittsfield (N. H.) Academy to assume\\nthe charge of this, and brought with him a dozen\\nstudents from that vicinity who had learned his value\\nas an instructor. He had for his assistants two ac-\\ncomplished ladies, and the second year Kev. John\\nColby, a graduate of Dartmouth and a fine scholar,\\nwas his associate teacher. It was mainly through\\nMr. Stevens influence that the tine academy building\\nwas erected in 1853. He drew the plan and per-\\nsuaded the trustees and citizens that all difficulties\\nwould vanish before well-directed and persistent en-\\ndeavor. The funds were but partially secured at its\\ncommencement, but when completed, it was but one\\nyear before it was free from debt. His enthusiastic\\ndevotion to his work brought success. During the\\nfall term of 1853 one hundred and twenty-five pupils\\nattended.\\nAfter two and one-half years service, Mr. Stevens,\\nin the winter of 1853-54, communicated to the trus-\\ntees his fully-matured decision to complete his law\\nstudies and enter the legal profession. Removing to\\nLowell, Mass., he, in a short time, commenced prac-\\ntice in that city, which he pursued successfully well-\\nnigh thirty years. His death occurred June 6, 1884,\\naged fifty nine years.\\nAs in the lives of individuals, so in the life of in-\\nstitutions, sharp vicissitudes occur. The disappoint-\\nment and vexation of those who had hoped that Mr.\\nStevens would continue here for many years was not\\nslight. The school was suspended for one term.\\nRev. Fenner E. King, the third preceptor of this\\nacademy, a graduate of Wesleyan University, Middle-\\ntown, Conn., came in the fall of 1854 and remained\\none year with two lady assistants.\\nThe fourth principal was Kev. Augustus Berry, a\\ngraduate of Amherst College, and for many years the\\nesteemed pastor of the church in Pelham, N. II.\\nHe, with two lady assistants, had charge of the\\nschool five years, from 1855 to 1860. His administra-\\ntion here was a successful one, and marked by the\\nability of many of his students who have since at-\\ntained eminent success in varied callings.\\nThe fifth principal was Rev. C. F. P. Bancroft, who\\ncame here immediately after graduating at Dart-\\nmonth, and remained from August, 1860, four years.\\nHe was young, genial and enthusiastic, with conceded\\nability and soundness in judgment. It was not a\\nfavorable period for large schools. Thecolossal Civil\\nWar, then raging, engrossed the public thought, and\\neducational interests were in the background. The\\ninstitution suffered no loss of prestige through his\\nconnection with it. When he commenced his work\\nhere the fund belonging to the institution was seven\\nhundred dollars. Dr. Bancroft occupies a high rank\\nas an educator, having for the last twelve years been\\nat the head of the famous Phillips Academy, Andover.\\nHe is identified with this town by marriage ties, and has\\never manifested a cordial interest in its prosperity.\\nThe sixth principal was Rev. Charles A. Towle, a\\ngraduate of Dartmouth, whose connection with it\\ncontinued two years from August, 1m .7. The school\\nwas fairly prosperous with him and two lady assist-\\nants at its head. He resigned to study for the\\nministry, and is now settled in Illinois. His suc-\\ncessor was Dr. Joshua V. Smith, who remained two\\nyears, unfortunately to witness a decrease in num-\\nbers. He was a graduate of Bowdoin and now a\\nphysician in .Massachusetts.\\nThere was a suspension of one year, until August,\\n1.SII9, when Professor Lucien Hunt, a veteran teacher,\\ncame from Falmouth, Mass., to become its eighth\\nprincipal, the number of pupils during his stay of\\none year ranging from twenty-five to forty.\\nMr. D. A. Anderson, a graduate of Dartmouth and\\nnow a teacher in New Jersey, was the ninth princi-\\npal, remaining two years, from 1870 to 1872. The\\nschool was not altogether unprosperous during his\\nconnection with it.\\nEarly in the year 1871, George W. McCollom, then\\nof New York City, offered to the trustees, as a per-\\nmanent endowment, the sum of ten thousand dollars,\\nprovided they would cause the name to he changed\\nfrom Appleton Academy to that of McCollom Insti-\\ntute, and provided further that the town of Mont\\nVernon should, for five successive years, raise and\\npay to the institution the sum of three hundred\\ndollars, being an aggregate amount of fifteen hun-\\ndred dollars. The conditions were complied with,\\nand now for fourteen years the school has enjoyed\\nthe income from this valuable endowment. Mr.\\nMcCollom was a native of New Boston, but came\\nwith his parents to Mont Vernon to reside in earlj\\nlife. He married the eldest daughter of Asa and\\nMary A. A. Stevens, of this town. She died in New\\nYork in 1865, and her husband s donation was in-\\ntended as a grateful memorial of her. A marble\\ntablet placed by him in the hall of the institute hears\\nthis inscription:\\nMr. McCollom died in New York September 4,\\n1878.\\nIn 1872, Hon. George W. Todd, of Rindge. N. II.,\\nbecame the tenth principal, a man of untiring zeal,", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1173.jp2"}, "998": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\ngreat executive ability and large experience. He at\\nonce associated with him as classical teacher Rev.\\nCharles P. Mills, an accomplished scholar, a graduate\\nof Amherst, and now in the ministry at Newbury-\\nport, Mass.\\nMr. Todd held the office of principal six years, re-\\ntiring in 1S78. His later assistants were Messrs. F.\\nA. Eldridge and G. W. Putnam, graduates, respect-\\nively, at Harvard and Dartmouth. Mr. Todd re-\\nmoved from town in 1879, and died suddenly at\\nNorridgewock, Me., April 15, 1884, when he was in\\ncharge of the High School in that town.\\nWilliam H. Ray, a graduate of Dartmouth, suc-\\nceeded Mr. Todd, as the eleventh principal of this\\ninstitution. He remained here three years, vacating\\nhis position hereto accept a more lucrative one in\\nY r onkers, N. Y. Professor Lucien Hunt, the eighth\\nprincipal, succeeded Mr. Ray in 1881, and contin-\\nued at the head of the institute two years, when he\\nresigned. Mr, Arthur V. Goss, a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth, was his assistant here.\\nHiram Q. Ward, from St, Johnsbury, Yt., a gradu-\\nate of Dartmouth, was principal from 1883 to 1884.\\nHis success not being marked, he was nut re-engaged.\\nIn August, 1884, Mr. Cassius S. Campbell, of Dart-\\nmouth College (1858), was engaged fur live years, and\\nhis diligent and energetic supervision promises a\\nbright future for the school.\\nThe endowment of the school is respectable, but\\nmore would be acceptable. There is a library of\\nsome twelve hundred volumes, extensive and val-\\nuable apparatus for the illustration of physical\\nscience and an invested cash fund of thirteen thou-\\nsand dollars.\\nFor fourteen years past the town of .Mont Ver-\\nnon has raised each year three hundred dollars,\\nand given it to the institute for the tuition of its\\nresident youth, if their attendance is in such num-\\nbers as to absorb it; otherwise any balance goes into\\nthe general fund of the school. Thus it is used by\\nthe town as a High School. The entire number of\\nstudents who have been enrolled as members of this\\nacademy during the thirty-five years it has existed\\nis about fifteen hundred. Its foundations were laid\\nin an earnest desire to elevate the standard of intel-\\nlectual and moral culture in tin- community around\\nit. Its Christian character has ever been upheld and\\npronounced, and it has been an ally to the church\\nnear which it stands. Every three years its alumni\\ngather for a triennial reunion, occasions which bring\\ntogether hundreds whose presence testify their at-\\ntachment and gratitude for the strength and help it\\nhas given them for the conflicts of life.\\nBeside the endowment fund of Mr. McCollom, other\\nfriends have remembered the school. Among the larger\\ndonations Hon. Samuel Appleton, of Boston, gave\\nabout one thousand volumes of books for a library\\nHon. William Appleton, five hundred dollars;\\nMessrs. William H. and A. Conant, fifteen hundred\\ndollars and Hon. George Stevens, of Lowell, five\\nhundred dollars.\\nPoor Farm. From the incorporation of the town\\nuntil 1837 it was the practice to sell to the lowest\\nbidder the board for the current year of such poor\\npersons as were wholly unable to maintain themselves\\nat the annual meeting. Such as required only partial\\nsupport from the town were to be provided for by the\\nselectmen according to their discretion.\\nIn the year 1837 a farm was bought in Lynde-\\nborough, about three miles from Mont Vernon village,\\nby the town, and occupied by itspooruntil 184fj, when\\nit was sold and another bought, a half-mile southeast\\nfrom Mont Vernon village, and occupied as a pau-\\nper farm until 1870, when the farm and contents\\nwere sold in compliance with the vote of the\\ntown.\\nPost-Office. Mont Vernon was not made a post town\\nuntil 1823. Letters for its inhabitants were distributed\\nfrom Amherst. Appended are the names ofthe several\\npostmasters, with the year of their appointment:\\nPorter Kimball, 1823; Daniel W. Baker, 1829; Jesse\\nK. Smith, 1832 Daniel R. Baker, 1835 Franklin O.\\nKittredge, 1842; Thomas H. Richardson, 1849 Dan-\\niel R. Baker, 1853; Nathaniel Bruce, 1861 Alonzo\\nS. Bruce, 1873; John M. Fox, 1885.\\nMilitary. The people of Mont Vernon believing\\nthat the War of 1812 was just and necessary, ar-\\ndently favored its prosecution, ami quite a number en-\\nlisted for permanent service. Captain James T.\\nTrevitt, commanding a company in Colonel Steel s\\nregiment, was for sixty days at Portsmouth, expecting\\nan attaek from a British fleet cruising near by. This\\ncompany was made up of men drafted for special\\nservice. Dr. John Trevitt was a surgeon who con-\\ntinued permanently in the service after the conclusion\\nof peace, and died in 1821 at Augusta, Ga., at his post\\nof duty. Dr. Rogers Smith was an assistant surgeon\\non the frontier. In the days of militia musters\\nMont Vernon was always well represented. For thirty\\nyears a first-class company of infantry was sustained\\nhere under the old militia law.\\nIn the late Civil War this town was represented by\\nnearly forty citizen soldiers.\\nNone of those who enlisted from this town were\\nlost in battle, but seven died of disease contracted\\nin the service. Subjoined is this list:\\nJames C. Towne, Henry N. McQucstion, William\\nH. Upton, Charles Robinson, Nathan Kendall, George\\nW. Brown and John Alexander.\\nWm. II. Ireland lost his life by drowning.\\nGeorge N. Bruce went to the war a lieutenant and\\nreturned a lieutenant-colonel.\\nC. F. Stinson went out a private and came home a\\ncaptain.\\nGeorge A. Marden was quartermaster of Berdan s\\nregiment of sharpshooters.\\nThere has been since its incorporation but one\\nterritorial change in Mont Vernon. Through the per-", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1174.jp2"}, "999": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\n741\\nsistent efforts of a few individuals, and against the\\nremonstrance of the large majority of its citizens, a\\ntract exceeding one thousand acres of land was an-\\nnexed from Lyndeborough to Mont Vernon at the\\nwinter session of the Legislature of 1852. There\\nwere fourteen families added to the population of\\nMont Vernon by this change.\\nMont Vernon is unquestionably a place favorable\\nto health. Epidemics are of rare occurrence. The\\nmost notable instance of the prevalence of any malig-\\nnant epidemic was in January and February, 1812,\\nwhen the terrible disease known as spotted fever\\nvisited certain sections of this county. It attacked\\nseveral familes here and proved fatal to some ten or\\ntwelve persons, nearly all adults.\\nThe salubrity of the breezes which fan these hills is\\nattested by the tact that over two hundred persons,\\nwho either were resident in the town in 1820 or who\\nhave lived here for the term of twenty-five years since,\\nhave reached the age of eighty years.\\nPhysicians. The entire number of physicians who\\nhave been in practice here is twelve, viz. Henry\\nCodman, Zephaniah Kittredge, 1 Rogers Smith,\\nJohn Ramsey, David Adams, Jesse K. Smith, Daniel\\nF.Hale, Samuel G. Dearborn, Alfred A. Gerrish,\\nMaurice E.Jones, Sylvanus Bunton, Frederic Chand-\\nler.\\nFour of the above were natives of the town, viz.\\nDrs. Kittridge, Codman and the two Smiths.\\nPhysicians who were natives of the town other\\nthan the foregoing, ami places of residence,\\nDrs. Stephen Carlton, Acworth, N. H. John Peabody, Salem, Mass.\\nStephen Peabody, Orange, Vt. Nathan W. Oaves, Ann X II Na-\\nthan Cleaves, murdered in Mexico; Ingalla Kittridgi I i SI\\nJosiah Kittridge, Pembroke and Nashua, N. H.; Charles M Kittridge,\\nFishkill-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. Luther Smith, Hillsborough Bridge,\\nN. H. Norman Smith, Croton, Mo. Ira Weston, Bradford and Wind-\\nham, N. II. i William Trevitt, Columbus, 0. John Trevitt, I mod\\nStates Army Daniel L. Adams, Bidgefield.Conn. Henry Trevitt, Wil-\\nton, N. H. Irving W. Boardman.\\nLawyers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Two lawyers were located here many\\nyears since,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Aaron G. Sawyer and Andrew Wallace.\\nRepresentatives.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The followingis a list of repre-\\nsentatives sent to the Legislature from Mont Ver-\\nWilliam Bradford, three years, 1804-06 voted not 1 s\\nJohn Batchelder, three years, 1808-10.\\nBenjamin Ion. mi, ttvi yeai 1811-15.\\nAndrew Wallace, one year, 1816.\\nKzekiel t pton, five years, 1X17-21.\\nJohn Brace, five years, 1822-26.\\nAaron F. Sawyer, t!\\nNalham.l Brio-- iVin y.ii\\nDaniel W. Baker, two years, ls::4-35.\\nPorter Kimball, one year, 1836.\\nG Raym I, thn i yi ire, 1837-39.\\nNathaniel Bruce, two years 1840-41.\\nGeorge Raymond, one yeai I i\\nZephaniah Kith v.-ar, 1st:;.\\nilliimi I Miianl year, !sld.\\nLeander Smith, thn e years, 184. )-47.\\nJohn Averill, on.- year, 1848,\\nJoseph -in rett, oo\\nWilliam Brui a one year, 1850\\nLeander Smith, two years, lXM-f.2\\nAlonzo Travis, three yeai\\nCharles It. Beard, two years, 1856-57.\\nIra Ki ii. I. ill. i\u00c2\u00ab. years, 1858-59.\\nCharles J. Smith, two years, 1860-61.\\nIra Roby, on,- year, 18G2.\\nWilliam ii. Bruce, two years, 1863 64\\nHenry C. Dodge, one year, 1865.\\nGeorge A. Brio year, 1866.\\nCharles F. Kittredge, one year, 1S07.\\nAndrew W. Raymond, i\\n.1 ii i: i, twoyears, 1870-71.\\nJames I pton, two years, ls7-. -7:i.\\nJohn Trevitt, two years, 1874-75.\\nDaniel 1 Kendall, two years, Isto-77.\\nciarl, Campbell, two yeai\\nElbridge F. Trow, two years, 1880-82 1884, voted not to send.\\nUnder the law, as it stood before 1S77, with the\\nSenate consisting of twelve members, two citizens\\nof Mont Vernon held the office, viz. 1839 and 1S40,\\nDr. Daniel Adams; 1863 and 1864, Charles J. Smith.\\nPopulation of Mont Vernon.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1810, 762; 1820,\\n729; 1830,763; 1840,720; 1850,722; 1860,725;\\n1870, 601 1880, 516.\\nNoted Citizens. Among the more conspicuous\\ncitizens of Mont Vernon, Dr. Daniel Adams is entitled\\nto remembrance. Daniel Adams was born in Town-\\nsend, Mass., Sept. 9, 1771!; graduated at Dartmouth\\nCollege in 1707 anil at its medical school in 1799;\\nmarried, August 17, 1800, Nancy Mulliken, of Boston.\\nAfter residing several years at Leominster he removed\\nto Huston. For a period was engaged in publishing\\nan agricultural journal in Huston; came to reside in\\nMont Vernon in 1813, and was employed in preparing\\nhisvarious publications and in his profession here\\nuntil his removal to Keene, in 1846. His Scholar s\\nArithmetic, Adams New and Revised, all\\nwere in very extensive use lot many years. He wrote\\nand published several pamphlets. Dr. Adams was\\nvery highly esteemed in Mont Vernon, and during his\\nthirty-three years residence here he wielded a con-\\ntrolling influence in behalf of temperance, education\\nand morality. In 1830 and 1840 he was a member oi\\nthe New Hampshire Senate from the district where\\nhe resided. He died June 8, 1 86 I.\\nA man whose noble character and brilliant,\\neventful public life should give him a record as one\\nhonoriug the place of his birth was the late Dr.\\nWilliam Trevitt ofColumbus, Ohio. A sketch of his\\nimmediate ancestry, as it relates to a family prominent\\nin the town, is of interest. Richard Trevitt came from\\nEnglandand waskilled bythe Indians at Fort William\\nHenry, lie left a little son, Henry Trevitt, born at\\nMarblehead, in ]7- who, at ten years of age, came\\nto Mont Vernon with his step-father, Amos Steel, ami\\nid in active service in\\nthe War oi tic Revolution and fough! under Stark at\\nBennington. He moved to Ohio ami died in Licking\\nCounty August, 1850, aged ninety-six. His children\\nwere nun .-\u00e2\u0080\u0094seven sons ami two daughters.", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1175.jp2"}, "1000": {"fulltext": "742\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nOne son only remained in New England, his eldest,\\nCaptain J. Thompson Trevitt, who led a company at\\nPortsmouth in 1814. All the others, except Dr. John,\\nthe third son, who died in 1821, at Augusta. la., either\\npreceded or followed their lather Wist. Captain James\\nTrevitt died in 1858, leaving two sons, the youngest of\\nwhom is Dr. Henry Trevitt, of Wilton, N. H., and\\nthe eldest, Captain John Trevitt, graduated from\\nWest Point, 1844; served several years in .Mexico and\\non the Western frontier; returned to the old home-\\nstead in Mont Vernon after his father s death, where\\nhe still resides, devoting himself to farming and civil\\nengineering. Dr. William, the youngest of the seven\\nsons, of Henry Trevitt, was horn at Mont Vernon,\\nFebruary 7, 1809. He pursued his preparatory\\nstudies at Francestown and Amherst, and his pro-\\nfessional with Dr. Daniel Adams. He graduated\\nat Dartmouth College in 1830, and subsequently at-\\ntended medical lectures at the Pennsylvania Univer-\\nsity.\\nIn 1830 he began the practice of his profession in\\nFairfield County, Ohio, removing two years later\\nto Perry County, where he continued in his chosen\\nprofession until 1840. During his residence here he\\nrepresented the county in the General Assembly of\\nOhio for three successive terms, being but twenty-\\nfive years of age when first returned. In the spring\\nof 1840 he removed to Columbus, having been ap-\\npointed Secretary of State, to fill the vacancy occa-\\nsioned by the death of C. P. Harlan. At the expira-\\ntion of his term he was appointed physician to the\\nOhio Penitentiary, and served in that capacity until\\n1846.\\nAt the outbreak of the Mexican War Presi-\\ndent Polk appointed him surgeon of the army, and\\nhe held that position until the last gun of the conflict\\nwas spiked. During the last part of the war he ex-\\nchanged services in the field for headquarters, and\\nwas attached to the staffs of Generals Taylor and\\nWool. In 1849 he resumed medical practice at Co-\\nlumbus. In 1X51, on the adoption of the new State\\nConstitution, he was elected to tin- office of Secre-\\ntary of State, and was re-elected in 1853. In 1857,\\nPresident Buchanan appointed him consul at Valpa-\\nraiso, Chili, the most important mercantile post on\\nthe South American Pacific coast, and, subsequently,\\nadvanced to the consulship at Callao, Peru, and\\nwhile there was acting American minister. In 1861,\\nat his own request, he was relieved, and returned\\nagain to Columbus. Subsequently, upon the death\\nof ex-Governor Medary, he assumed the management\\nof the Crisis that then had the largest circulation in\\nOhio. Afterwards, in 1867, he established another\\npaper. Finally, February 8, 1881, he closed, at lin-\\nage of seventy-two years, an active, eventful and\\nvery useful life. Dr. Trevitt was, politically, an\\nunswerving Democrat, though widely esteemed by-\\nall parties. He was survived by a wife and three\\nThe late Oliver Carlton, Esq., of Salem, Mass., was\\nanother son of Mont Vernon whose life and character\\nshed lustre upon the place of their early training.\\nHe was a grandson of Deacon Oliver and the fifth\\nson of Deacon John Carlton, and was born July 20,\\n1801, in the ancestral house, and on the same farm\\nwhich has been owned and wrought by five genera-\\ntions of the name. In 1818 he entered Phillips\\nAcademy, Andover, and, in 1820, Dartmouth College,\\nfrom which he graduated in 1824 with the second\\nhonors of his class.\\nAdopting the profession of teacher, he was, in 1825\\nand 1826, a tutor at Hanover; afterwards a teacher at\\nHaverhill, Mass., from 1827 to 1830; at Marblehead,\\nfrom L830 to 1832; and in 1832 was placed in charge\\nof the Latin Grammar School at Salem, where he\\nremained until 1856, a period of twenty-four years.\\nTeaching from 1856 to 1860 at Portsmouth, N. H., he\\nreturned to Salem, and from 1860 to 1867 conducted\\na private school. For forty-three years a teacher, he\\nretired to private life, and died June 21, 1882. He\\nwas a man of pure and upright character, and, as a\\nscholar and tutor, was equaled by few and excelled\\nby none.\\nHon. Aaron Worcester Sawyer died in Nashua,\\nAugust 23, 1881, aged sixty-three. He was the\\nyoungest son of Aaron F. Sawyer, who practiced law\\nin Mont Vernon nearly twenty-five years. Aaron W.\\nwas horn here in 1818; attended school at Hancock\\nand elsewhere; studied law with his father. He at-\\ntained a high reputation as a lawyer and jurist. He\\nwas frequently honored by his fellow-citizens with a\\nseat in the Legislature was one year (1800) mayor\\nof Nashua, and for some years a judge of the Su-\\npreme Judicial Court.\\nGeorge Wilkins Kendall, eldest son of Captain\\nThaddeus Kendall, a merchant of Mont Vernon, was\\nhorn at Mont Vernon August 22, 1809, and died in\\nTexas October 22, 1807. He was a poet, journalist,\\nauthor and farmer, and eminent in all.\\nHon. George Augustus Maiden is the son of Ben-\\njamin F, and Betsey (Buss) Marden, and was born at\\nMont Vernon August 9, 1839; prepared for college\\nat the academy in his native town graduated at\\nDartmouth College in 1861. In the following au-\\ntumn he joined the army, serving three years as\\nquartermaster of First Regiment of Berdan s Sharp-\\nshooters. Returning to New Hampshire in the au-\\ntumn of 1804, he engaged in the study of law in the\\nollice of Minot iy. Mugridge, in Concord, until the\\nfollowing summer, when he became owner and editor\\nof the K t mi trim kejtitliliran. at Charleston, West\\nVirginia. Disposing of this interest in April, 1866,\\nhe was employed for the remainder of that year al\\nConcord in editing and preparing for the press the\\nHistory of the War Regiments of New Hampshire,\\npublished by Adjutant-General Natt Head. In Jan-\\nuary, 1807, be went to Boston as assistant editor of\\nthe Daily Advertiser. The property of the Lowell", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1176.jp2"}, "1001": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1177.jp2"}, "1002": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1178.jp2"}, "1003": {"fulltext": "MONT VERNON.\\n743\\nCourier being for sale, he, in conjunction with Ed-\\nward T. Rowell, a college classmate, bought it, and\\nhas continued to edit it for eighteen years. In 1873\\nhe represented Lowell in the Massachusetts Legisla-\\nture, and in 1874 was elected clerk of the House of\\nRepresentatives, a position which he hold for nine\\nyears, from January, 1874. Being returned to the\\nHouse the previous autumn, he was, in January, 1883,\\nelected its Speaker, and was re-elected in 1884. In\\n1885 was a Senator from the Seventh Middlesex Dis-\\ntrict. In 1880 Mr. Marden was a delegate to the\\nNational Convention which placed General Garfield\\nin nomination for the Presidency. Always a stanch\\nrepublican, Mr. Marden holds a prominent place in\\npolitical circles, and has a wide reputation as an able\\njournalist.\\nHon. George Anson Bruce, son of Nathaniel and\\nLucy (Butterfield) Bruce was born in September,\\n1839, at Mont Vernon; fitted for college at Mont\\nVernon; graduated at Dartmouth in 1861; studied\\nlaw one year with Hon. D. S. Richardson, at Lowell.\\nIn August, 1S62, he enlisted in the Thirteenth New\\nHampshire Regiment, and went to the front as first\\nlieutenant of Company B. He served with distin-\\nguished bravery until the close of the war, holding at\\nits close the position of brevet lieutenant-colonel. In\\n1865 he resumed his legal studies at Lowell. In 1866\\nhe represented Mont Vernon in the Legislature of New\\nHampshire. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar,\\nand opened an office in Boston, where he still pur-\\nsues his profession with an assured reputation as an\\nable counselor and advocate. Establishing his resi-\\ndence in the city of Somerville, he was, in 1877, elec-\\nted its mayor, holding the office three consecutive\\nyears. In 1883 and again in 1884 he was in the State\\nSenate from his district, and the latter year was its\\npresiding officer.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.\\nWILLIAM STEVENS, Esu.\\nWilliam Stevens is of the seventh generation from\\nColonel Thomas Stevens, of London, who was orig-\\ninally from Devonshire, England. He was a member\\nof the company chartered in London for the settle-\\nment of Massachusetts Bay, which, in 1628, sent out\\nJohn Endicott and one hundred others to plant a\\ncolony at Salem. He contributed fifty pounds ster-\\nling to the stock of the company, and was one of the\\nsigners of instructions to Endicott before his coming.\\nHis business was that of an armorer, and he fur-\\nnished a supply of arms for the colony. He did not\\nemigrate to this country, but sent three sons and\\nhis daughter, Mary, as his adventure to our cause.\\nThe youngest of these sons, Cyprian Stevens came\\nfrom London about 1660, being then a lad of fourteen,\\nHe settled at Lancaster, Mass., marrying, January 22,\\n1672, Mary, daughter of Major Sim.. .n Willard, of\\nthat town. He was the father of five children, of\\nwhom the youngest was Joseph, born about 1682. He\\nmarried Prudence, daughter of John Rice, of Sud-\\nbury, Mass.; lived in Sudbury, Framingham and\\nLancaster; removed, in 1720, to Rutland, Mass., and\\ndied there in 1745. He was one of the first settlers\\nof Rutland, and a leading man in its early history,\\nholding its various town offices. He was captain of\\nthe militia and a deacon in its church. He was the\\nfather of fi.ve sons and the same number of daughters.\\nOn the morning of August 14, 1723, he went from his\\nhouse to the meeting-house meadows in Rutland to\\nmake hay. Four sons followed him, Phineas, the\\neldest, being sixteen, and Isaac, the youngest, but\\nfour years of age. They were surprised by a company\\nof Indians. The father fled to the bushes. Phineas\\nwas taken prisoner, and the two next youngest,\\nSamuel and Joseph, were slain. They were preparing\\nto kill the child of four years, Isaac, when the elder\\nbrother, by signs, made them understand, if they\\nwould spare him, he would carry him on his back,\\nand he carried him to Canada. They were held in\\ncaptivity upwards of a year, and were only redeemed\\nat great expense and trouble, the father for this pur-\\npose making two wearisome journeys to Canada.\\nThe elder of these boys became the famous Captain\\nPhineas Stevens, of Charlestown, N. 1L, an able and\\nbrave man, who rendered most important service in\\nprotecting the frontier from French and Indian in-\\ncursions. He was born at Sudbury, Mass, in 1707,\\nand died in the service of bis country in 1756. He\\nwas the father of seven children. His younger\\nbrother, Isaac, was born in 1719; married, first, in\\n1743, Mercy Hubbard, of Rutland. Mass. She dying\\nin 1746, he married, in 174*, Abigail Barling. By the\\nfirst wife he had a son and a daughter, ami by the\\nlast three sons and a daughter. He removed in early\\nmanhood from Rutland to Carlisle, Mass., and died\\nthere. His youngest son. Calvin Stevens, was born\\nat Rutland, January 27, 1753; removed in infancy to\\nCarlisle. In 1773 he married Esther Wilkins, and in\\n177b removed from Carlisle to Hillsborough, N. H.\\nHere he had his home forty-five years, and removed\\nthence, in 1821, to .Mont Vernon, where four of his\\nchildren had settled, ami .lied there in 1834. He\\nwas a soldier of the Revolution, having been in the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill. While at Hillsborough he\\nwas for many years a town officer and magistrate, and\\nwas known for uprightness, intelligence and rectitude\\nin all the relations of life, lie was the father of\\nthirteen children, ten of whom survived him. Nu-\\nmerous descendants honor his memory, of whom, of\\nthe fourth generation, is Hon. George A. Marden,\\nlate Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Repre-\\nsentatives and now a member of its Senate.\\nAsa, the seventh child and fifth son of Calvin", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1181.jp2"}, "1004": {"fulltext": "744\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nStevens, was born at Hillsborough, February 5, 1787;\\nmarried, in 1811, Mary Ann, youngest daughter of\\nRev. Joseph Applet..,,, of Brookfield, Mass., and a\\nsister of the late Hon. William Appleton, of Boston.\\nSoon after bis marriage be settled in Mont Vernon,\\nand died there in January, 1863. His wife survived\\nhim until November, 1867. They were the parents\\nof seven children, of whom six survived them.\\nThe subject of this sketch (William Stevens), their\\nthird son, was born at Mont Vernon, July 28, 1816.\\nHe passed the first twenty years of bis life under the\\npaternal roof, alternating farm labor with attendance\\nupon the village school. His academical studies\\nwere limited to two terms at an institution in Han-\\ncock, N. H., in 1836-37. His father was a thrifty\\nman and possessed of considerable means, but be-\\nlieved his sons more likely to succeed in life without\\n(ban with parental aid, and the large estates accumu-\\nlated by the three who grew to manhood proved the\\nwisdom of his judgment. In 1838, when twenty-two\\nyears old, William travelled West, as far as Illinois.\\nIn 1839 he sought and obtained employment at the\\nStark Mills, in Manchester. N. H., then managed by\\nhis cousin, the late John A. Burnham, Esq., of Bos-\\nton. After a few weeks service there be went to\\nBoston, securing a position as a salesman in a cloth-\\ning-store under Faneuil Hall. He continued here\\nuntil 1841, when his elder brother, Calvin, who was\\nengaged in an extensive business in smoked pro-\\nvisions at 13 Front Street. New York City, invited\\nhim to a position in his establishment, where he re-\\nmained some eighteen months, when he purchased a\\nstock of ship stores at 116 Wall Street, and conducted\\nbusiness there until the autumn of 1844, when he\\nsold out and located in Ludlow Street as a dealer in\\nsmoked provisions. In March, 1846, he removed bis\\nbusiness to 76 and 78 Worcester Street, associating\\nwith himself bis younger brother. Asa, making the\\nfirm of W. A. Stevens, and here they conducted a\\nlarge and prosperous trade until .lime, 1865, when\\nWilliam retired and returned to Mont Vernon.\\nBy unremitting devotion to business tor more than\\ntwenty years he had acquired an ample and well-\\nearned competency, and to enjoy it wisely turned his\\nfeet to bis native bills. He purchased of his father s\\nestate the homestead, enlarged and improved the\\nbuildings, added to his domain by the purchase or\\nother lands, and now these twenty years has occupied\\nthis elegant home in a manner befitting a gentleman\\ntanner of taste and means. Mr. Stevens is a fine\\ntype of that increasing class of New England boys\\nwho, obedient to the promptings of a self-reliant am-\\nbition, have gone forth from the country to the great\\ncities, and. by unflagging industry, enterprise and in-\\ntegrity, have won fortunes, and before the forces of\\nlife are spent and decay overtakes them, lovingly\\ncme back to their early home to beautify it by\\nliberal expenditure, to dwell there and toconferupon\\nthe surrounding community the benefits which opu-\\nlence enables the public-spirited and generous-hearted\\ncitizen to dispense around him. Mr. Stevens is a\\nman of broad sympathies, always on the side of those\\nwho need help and strength, and the voice of cheer is\\nalways given where needed.\\nPolitically, he is an earnest but not bigoted Repub-\\nlican. Repeat,, IK a candidate for the Legislature.\\nhis personal pupularity has always given him a full\\nvote, and in the last State election his candidacy pre-\\nvented the choice of a representative in a decidedly\\nDemocratic town for the first time in its history.\\nI tonnected with no church, he is liberal in his religious\\nviews, confident of the wisdom and mercy of the\\nAll Father, believing that in any ease the dead are\\nsafe, and cannot go where the Divine law will not\\nprotect them, nor where the Divine law will not en-\\ncircle them. He is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity.\\nMr. Stevens has been twice married, first, to Louisa\\nW. Dye, of Newark, N. J., who left him four\\ndaughters,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Ann, now Mrs. Charles F. Wilkins,\\nof Omaha, Neb. Ella L., unmarried Catherine, now\\nMrs. C. Henry Hobbie, also of Omaha; and Frances\\nE., unmarried. January 4, 1876, he was again\\nmarried to Mrs. Helen L. (Ober) Whipple, the widow\\nof John Whipple, of New Boston, N. H., who died\\nin a Confederate prison during the late Civil War.\\nThey have on,, daughter, Helen Willette Stevens,\\nborn September 3, 1880.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1182.jp2"}, "1005": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX\\nMANCHESTER.\\nFreemasonry in Manchester. 1 The history of\\nCraft Masonry in this city dates from August, 1845,\\nwhen Lafayette Lodge, No. 41, was moved from Pis-\\ncataquog village (then a part of Bedford) to this side\\nof the river. A dispensation was granted to the lodge\\nJune 9, 1824, with Brother Robert Duulap as tin- first\\nMaster. It was chartered anil duly consecrated Sep-\\ntember 1st following, and commenced work in a lodge-\\nroom provided by the late Brother General William P.\\nRiddle, who was the stanch and liberal friend and\\nsupporter of the fraternity during his life. Bro. Dun-\\nlap afterwards became the Grand Master of the State,\\nand many others of the twenty-three brothers who\\nassembled at the first meeting to consider the subject\\nof the formation of a lodge became prominent in the\\norder, and did noble work in its interest. They have\\nall been gathered to the Grand Lodge above, and\\ntheir memories are a valuable legacy to those who\\nnow sustain the important duties of their member-\\nship.\\nLafayette Lodge was named in honor of the French\\nnobleman who rendered such great service to the cause\\nof freedom in the struggle of this country for her inde-\\npendence. He was a Mason, and at the time of the\\nformation of this lodge was making a triumphal tour\\nthrough the United States.\\nLafayette Lodge remained in Bedford about twenty-\\none years, covering the most eventful period of its\\nexistence, years which put to the severest test the\\nfidelity and fortitude of the craft in every part of the\\ncountry. The history of Lafayette Lodge is a proud\\nrecord of the brotherhood in this vicinity, ami is evi-\\ndence of their devotion to the truth.\\nSpeaking of this subject, a distinguished brother\\nsays: The consecration of the lodge was in ample\\nform, and the exercises of the day were interspersed\\nwith appropriate music by the Bedford performers.\\nIt was a gala day for Piseataquog village, then the\\nprincipal place in these parts, for Manchester of the\\npresent time was not dreamed of for years after\\nthese events occurred.\\nFor the four succeeding years the lodge was greatly\\nprospered the brethren did walk together in love,\\nand Masonry was very popular. About this time a\\nnew lodge was formed in Hooksett, another in Mer-\\nrimack, down the river, and another in Derry. But\\nin 1S28 the dark age of Masonry in this country com-\\nmenced. A fierce and relentless anti-Masonic war\\nwas waged. Their ceremonies were misrepresented,\\ntheir principles maligned and good Masons them-\\nselves bitterly denounced. It was carried into church\\nand political parties. It found its way into families,\\ncausing bitterness and alienation. The shock that\\nthus agitated the country was felt by Lafayette Lodge.\\nFor seventeen years no work was done not a Mason\\nmade.\\nAlong the track of these years we find evidences of\\nthe pressure brought to bear against them meetings\\nbecame less frequent. In 1831 the by-laws were so\\namended as to require but four meetings a year.\\nFrom 1833 to 1837 there was but one meeting a year;\\nthen for a time meetings were more frequent;\\nmeanwhile, the lodges in the vicinity went down, and,\\nyielding to the pressure, lost their charters. These\\nwere signs of distress. But Lafayette Lodge held its\\nmeetings and preserved its charter. All honor to\\nthose noble craftsmen who, so long subjected to the\\nassaults of persecution, maintained the right and kept\\nthe faith.\\nWhen the lodge was moved to Manchester, it occu-\\npied rooms in the so-called Duncklee Block, on Elm\\nStreet, hut soon became prosperous and able to im-\\nprove its place of meeting and furniture. In 1847, a\\nnew hall had been prepared, and in December it was\\nduly dedicated, Brother Sylvanus Cobb, of Boston,\\ndelivering the oration.\\nA few events in this lodge during the succeeding\\nyears are worthy of passing notice. In December,\\n1848, Okah Tubbee, a chief of the Choctaw nation\\nof Indians, residing on the borders of Arkansas, took\\nthe three degrees of Masonry in this lodge, under\\nauthority of a dispensation for that purpose. In Sep-\\ntember, 1852, the centennial of the making of George\\nWashington a Mason was duly celebrated. In 1854,\\nthe anniversary of St. John was celebrated with im-\\nposing ceremonies, under the auspices of Lafayette\\nLodge, assisted by many lodges from other parts ol\\nthe State.\\nSoon the hall in Duncklee Block became incon-\\n745", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1183.jp2"}, "1006": {"fulltext": "746\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nvenient, and larger rooms were necessary. In 1856\\nMasonic Temple on Handon Street was erected and\\nthe lodge transferred its place of meeting to that\\nbuilding, and occupied it the first time April 25th of\\nthat year.\\nLater in the season the belief that another lodge\\nshould be formed began to be entertained. Ac-\\ncordingly, a petition was presented to the Grand\\nLodge, signed by John S. Kidder, Isaac C. Flanders,\\nE. W. Harrington, Samuel G. Langley, E. H. Davis,\\nJames S. Cheney, George W. Morrison, N. W. Cum-\\nner, George B. Chandler and many others, asking to\\nbe authorized to form a new lodge by the name of\\nWashington Lodge. No. 61.\\nJanuary 1, 1857, the Grand Master granted letters\\nof dispensation, and appointed John S. Kidder the\\nfirst Master of the lodge.\\nOn the 10th day of January. 1857, Washington\\nLodge held its first meeting, and its officers were in-\\nstalled by Deputy Grand Master Jeorge H. Hubbard.\\nAt the annual communication, in June following,\\nthe G^ind Lodge granted a charter, and on June\\n25th the ceremonies of consecration were performed,\\nin ample form, and Washington Lodge, No. 61, took\\nits place among the regular lodges of the Slate.\\nFrom that day to the present tin- two lodges have\\nworked side by side with that harmony and fraternal\\nspirit which should distinguish all good Masons.\\nAs Lafayette Lodge took its name from that high-\\nhorn patriot and friend of freedom, who was the friend\\nand companion of Washington in the camp and in\\nthe field, so it was fitting that the newly-formed\\nlodge should take the name of the father of his\\ncountry.\\nIn 1870 the great fire of our history destroyed, with\\nmany other buildings, Masonic Temple. Nearly all\\nthe furniture of all the Masonic societies was de-\\nstroyed, and the fraternity suffered great disaster.\\nHut, Phoenix-like, there arose from the ashes of our\\nformer home a far more commodious and beautiful\\ntemple. Even while the smoke and flame yet clung\\nto the ruins of the fust building the enterprising\\nand energetic brothers who owned the property be-\\ngan to plan for a new temple, and in due time the\\nbrethren hail the satisfaction of seeing ereetedthe\\nsecond temple, better than the first; and so the\\nwork shall not cease.\\nIt was formally dedicated December 26, 1870, by\\nthe Grand Lodge of the State, assisted by Lafayette\\nand Washington Lodges, the late Brother John R.\\nHolbrook, M. W. Grand Master, conducting the\\nceremonies. It was a very happy occasion. The\\ncraft had watched the building as it grew in com-\\npleteness and detail, and their interest in its dedica-\\ntion was enhanced by the purposes to which it was to\\nbe devoted.\\nThe ceremonies were happy and successful in every\\nparticular. Resides the formal exercises usual on such\\noccasions, a very interesting and instructive historical\\naddress from which much of the matter herein has\\nbeen taken was delivered by Brother John R. New-\\nell, and an able and elaborate oration by Brother\\nJoseph Kidder. More than a thousand people wit-\\nnessed the exercises, and the fraternity entered upon\\na new era of success. From that time Craft Masonry\\nin .Manchester has maintained a high degree of pros-\\nperity. Its influence has been powerful, and its\\nworks of charity have been countless. The lodges\\nhave taken a front rank among the lodges of the\\nState, and have done a great amount of good work.\\nLafayette Lodge now numbers two hundred and\\nninety-four and Washington two hundred and eighty-\\none members. There are also residing in the city\\nahout two hundred more members of the fraternity,\\npart of whom belong to lodges in other places, and\\npart of them are unaffiliated. The institution of\\nFree-Masonry holds a prominent place in the history\\nof Manchester, and has made its impression upon her\\npeople and customs. It has identified itself with\\nmany public buildings by performing the ceremonies\\nof laying the corner-stone, or by dedication services.\\nIts growth and prosperity has been commensurate\\nwith that of the city, ami its future is even more\\npromising than its past lias been successful.\\nCapitular Masonry was established in Manches-\\nter November 15, 1847. A preliminary meeting of\\nnine Royal Arch Masons was held September 1st, at\\nwhich Daniel Balch was selected for the first officer\\nand appointed to present their petition to the Grand\\nChapter of the State for a dispensation and charter.\\nThis was granted under the name of .Mount Horeb\\nRoyal Arch Chapter, No. 11. and Daniel Balch was\\nappointed HighPriest. This Chapterat once assumed\\na prominent position among the Chapters of the\\nState. Its members were made officers of the Grand\\nChapter, and its influence upon the condition of the\\norder was fully recognized.\\nIn 1850 its membership was 34; in 1860, 113 in\\n1870,186; in 1885, 280.\\nIn the fire of 1870 the Chapter suffered a financial\\nloss in common with the other Masonic bodies, but it\\nwas well prepared to restore its furniture and bear its\\npart of the burden of refitting and occupying the new-\\ntemple. In all respects, the history of Mount Horeb\\nChapter is full of honor and satisfaction. Its mem-\\nbers comprisesome of the ablest and most respected\\nmen oftheState, men who have been an honor to\\nevery position where they have been called to act,\\nand whose names will lie carried upon the rolls of the\\nfraternity with distinction, and whose examples will\\nrest in tlie memory of their brethren while life lasts.\\nCryptic Masonry. Adoniram Council of Royal\\nand Select Masters No. 24, was established in Man-\\nchester September 11, 1856, by a dispensation granted\\nto Daniel Balch, Ira Bliss and Moses O. Pearson by\\nthe (irand Council of Connecticut to form and open\\na Council, etc., and on the 27th of the same month a\\ncharter was issued.", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1184.jp2"}, "1007": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\n747\\nThe Council worked under the authority of Grand\\nouncil of Connecticut until the formation of a Grand\\nouncil in New Hampshire, June 11, 1862, when a\\new charter was issued and Adoniram Council became\\nJo. 3 in the Councils of this State. It has been ex-\\n:eedingly prosperous in all respects. Its membership\\nlow numbers two hundred and thirty, the largest in\\n;he State. It suffered, in common with other Masonic\\naodies in the fire of 1870, a total loss of its property,\\nbut soon repaired its misfortune and provided an\\nelaborate and elegant outfit for all the Cryptic work.\\nIf we may judge from its success and present condi-\\ntion, this Council has the promise of long and remark-\\nable prosperity.\\nTrinity COMMANDERY, No. 1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Trinity Encamp-\\nment of Knights Templar, the first in the State, was\\nestablished at Hanover under a charter from M. E.\\nSir Henry Fowle, Deputy General Grand Master of\\nthe General Grand Encampment of the United States,\\nbearing date the 24th day of March, 1824. The peti-\\ntioners for the charter were James Freeman Dana,\\nJames Poole, Timothy Kenrick, Amos Bugbee, Ammi\\nB. Young, Alpheus Baker, George W. Culver, Henry\\nHutchinson and George E. Wales.\\nThe Encampment was consecrated May 8, 1824, by\\nM. E. Sir Henry Fowle, with public ceremonies ac-\\ncording to the following programme\\n1. An ode was sung by the Handel Society, of Dartmouth College.\\n2. Prayer by the Rev. President Tyler, of Dartmouth College.\\n3. Consecration of the Encampment by Sir H. Fowle, D. G. G. M.\\n4. Installation of the officers. Installing prayer by Kev. Professor\\nShurtleff.\\n5. Address by Sir H. Fowle, D. G. G. M.\\nC. Ode by the Handel Society.\\n7. Prayer by Rev. rrofessor Hadduck, of Dartmouth College.\\n8. Benediction by Rev. President Tyler.\\nThe early records contain a history of the proceed-\\nings of the Encampment from its organization down\\nto May 3, 1830, when the election of officers for the\\nyear took place. This, so far as can be ascertained\\nfrom the records, was the last meeting of the Encamp-\\nment but we know that it was represented by some\\nof its officers in the Grand Encampment as late as\\n1837. Sir Charles W. Adams, one of the early mem-\\nbers, in recording a brief history of the Encampment,\\nsays In 1826 and 1827 there were gloomy forebod-\\nings for the future, and for Masons a period of dark-\\nness and gloom. We struggled along through the\\nexcitement until April, 1830. He then speaks of\\nthe annual meeting of that year, and of what oc-\\ncurred, and adds This was our last meeting, and\\nwe went down with the Masonic establishments of\\nthis section of the country.\\nFrom this time the Encampment was dormant till\\nthe autumn of 1851, when a meeting of the few sur-\\nviving members and of other Sir Knights residing in\\nthe city was held at the Masonic Hall in Manchester,\\nto take the necessary measures to petition the General\\nGrand Encampment for the renewal of the charter.\\nUpon the petition then made to Sir Charles W.\\nMoore, General Grand Generalissimo of the General\\nGrand Encampment, a dispensation was granted, and\\nthe Encampment was revived and established at\\nManchester with Sir Daniel Balch as its Grand Com-\\nmander.\\nFrom the time of its reorganization the career ot\\nTrinity Commandery has been one of continued suc-\\ncess and prosperity, steadily increasing its members\\nand taking a high rank among the commanderies of\\nthe jurisdiction. It is now the largest commandery\\nin the State, containing among its two hundred and\\nseventeen members men of deservedly high rank in\\nevery profession, who have ever manifested a zealous\\ninterest in all its affairs, and who have always been\\nready to give their time and bestow their means for\\nthe advancement of its interests.\\nThe strength and integrity of character of its\\nmembers, their attachment to the commandery, their\\nliberality and knightly courtesy at all times, their\\nearnest devotion to the principles of the order, have\\nnot only contributed to its success in the past and\\npreserved unsullied the high and honored name\\nwhich knighthood attained in the community, but\\nalso afford satisfactory evidence of future prosperity.\\nThe A. and A. S. Rite.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1S62 a dispensation\\nfrom the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, having\\nits Grand East in Boston, was granted to John 1\\nPatterson and several others who had received the\\ndegrees of the Rite to the thirty-second, inclusive.\\nBy virtue of this dispensation, which was for a Lodge\\nof Perfection, many members of the York Rite were\\nelected and received the degrees of this Rite to the\\nthirty-second, which were conferred either in Nashua\\nor Boston at the request of the Manchester brethren.\\nAlthough it has not been deemed judicious to estab-\\nlish working bodies in Manchester, yet a consider-\\nable number have taken the degrees of the Rite, and\\nere long it is understood there will he a request for\\nthe Supreme Council to charter the usual working\\nbodies to the thirty-second grade. The Rite is in a\\nprosperous condition in this vicinity, and contains\\nmany of the most active and influential members of\\nthe fraternity.\\nThe Red Cross of Rome and Constantine.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A\\nCouncil of this Illustrious Order of Knighthood was\\nformed in 1873. The charter was granted by the\\nGrand Imperial Council at London, England, at the\\nhead of which was the Earl Bective, to Joseph W.\\nFellows and eleven others, May 14th, in the name of\\nLabarum Council.\\nThis Order of Knighthood is essentially Christian in\\nits doctrines, and is founded upon the legend that\\nConstantine beheld in the sky a cross with the words,\\nEn Touto Nika By this sign ye shall conquer\\non the eve of the battle of Saxa Rubra. The Emperor\\nwas inspired with the belief that this was a sign from\\nthe True God set in the sky to foretell his success, and\\nhe imparted such courage and confidence to his\\narmies that a great victory was gained, The motto", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1185.jp2"}, "1008": {"fulltext": "748\\nHISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nhas been Latinized, and is used In Hoc Signo\\nVinces upon the banners ofthis and other rders of\\nKnighthood. The name of this nun HI, Labarum, is\\nofdoubl ful origin, but was undoubtedly Lhenamegiven\\nby Emperor Constantine to his banner, upon which\\nwas inscribed the monogram composed of the first two\\nletters of the Greek work Kristos. This Council 1ms\\ndone but little work, and 1ms not yet united with the\\nother Councils in this country, but contemplate- taking\\nsteps to form other Councils, and a hand Council of\\nthe Irder as soon as members sufficient in number arc\\ncreated to warrant the expense and labor necessary to\\ntheir support.\\n.Masonic Relief Association.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The fraternity\\nformed an organization, April 14, 1874, for the relief\\nof the families of Masons who have deceased. It is\\nintended and practically does afford a system of life\\ninsurance for moderate amounts at a very low rale.\\nThe plan is that each member shall paj one dollar\\ninto the treasury at the decease of any one member,\\nso that the family of the deceased shall receive as\\nmany dollar- as there are lie niliers. A small sum is\\npaid to provide for expenses; but the mai\\nof the association is very inexpensive and careful.\\nThere is always kept in the treasury a sum of dollars\\nequal to the number of members, ready to be paid\\nimmediately upon the decease of any member. The\\ng I faith of the fraternity is the guaranty fund, and\\nn has nei er failed to respond when called upon to do\\nso. The association now numbers near four hundred,\\nand its popularity increases with every year, and the\\ngrateful hearts of many who have been aided in the\\nhour- of bereavement testify to the good it performs.\\nPublic Building.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Curing the last Congress a bill\\nwas passed appropriating two hundred thousand dol-\\nlars for a public building in this city.\\nHANCOCK.\\nJohn While, mill, Esq., held the office of postmas-\\nter here for fifty-four years, from the first institution\\nof the office, in 1812, until his death. His grandson,\\nAdolphus D. Tuttle, Esq., has held the same position\\nLBAp 06", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1186.jp2"}, "1009": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1187.jp2"}, "1010": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1188.jp2"}, "1011": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1189.jp2"}, "1012": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1190.jp2"}, "1013": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2985", "width": "1933", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1191.jp2"}, "1014": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n013 984 854 8", "height": "2984", "width": "1934", "jp2-path": "historyofhillsbo00hurdd_1192.jp2"}}