{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3020", "width": "1913", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2854", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "AN\\nrv\\niP kl iE b b\\nDELIVERED ON THE CENTENNIAL\\nCELEBRATION,\\nTO THIS PSOPI.E or nOI.I.IS ET. H,\\nSEPTEMBER 15th, 1830.\\nBY THE\\nRET. GE.ANT POWEHS,\\nH\\nOF GOSHEN, CONNECTICUT.\\nDUNSTABLE, N. H.\\nPRINTED BY THAYER WIGGIN", "height": "2854", "width": "1778", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": ".?t^2\\nSeptember I5th, 1830.\\nREV. GRANT POWERS, 2548 f\\nDear Sir We herewith communicate to you a copy of the proceedings of\\na meeting of the citizens of HoUis, in relation to your Centennial Discourse. Be assured\\nyour kindness and labors upon this interesting occasion are duly appreciated, and will be long\\nand gratefully remembered.\\nWith sentiments of respect and esteena, we are, dear Sir,\\nyour friends and obedient Servants,\\nBENJAMIN M. FARLEY,)\\nBENJAMIN POOL, V Committee.\\nJESSE WORCESTER,\\nAt a meeting of tho citizens of Hollis, held at the Meeting House, September 15, 1830,\\nChose BENJAMIN M. FARLEY, Esq. Chairman.\\nEDWARD EMERSON, Secretary.\\nVoted, that Benjamin M. Farley, Esq., Hon. Benjamin Pool, and Jesse Wor-\\nCKSTER, Esq., be a Committee to present the thanks of this meeting to the Rev. GRANT\\nPOWERS, for his ingenious, elaborate and interesting discourse, this day delivered, and\\nrequest of him a copy for the press,\\nE. EMERSON, Secretary.\\nGentlemen,\\nAs the organ of this townj you have honoured me with a request for a copy of my\\nAddress as a preliminary step to its appearing before the public from the press. I cheerful-\\nly leave it at your discretion, with no other apology, than barely to allude lo the embarrass-\\nments, I he author experienced from ill health, during the time, which was afforded him for\\ntho preparation.\\nWith sentiments of esteem and high respect,\\n1 subscribe yours.\\nBenjamin M. Farley, Esq..)\\nHon. Benjamin Pool, V F.r.lii\\nJesse Worcester, Esq. V T\u00c2\u00ab\\nHollit, Sept. l$th, 1830.\\nGRANT POWERS.", "height": "2921", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "ADDRESS.\\nA wilderness of unmeasured extent is a sublime object.\\nThis world affords but one other of equal sublimity, it is\\nan ocean untraversed. Each presents to the mind a\\nboundless expanse, an infinitude of parts, a variety unde-\\nscribed, including objects of terror and dehght, of utiUty\\nand harm.\\nIn view of each, the contemplative mind must be im-\\npressed with its own limited powers, as when it surveys\\nthe heavens, and if it resists not the demand of nature s\\nGod, it will feel the inspirations of the Almighty, and in\\nthe admiring language of the Royal Worshipper exclaim,\\nLord what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him\\nor the son of man, that thou makest account of him.\\nTo every inhabitant of the Eastern Hemisphere in the\\n15th Century, the Atlantic Ocean presented an illimita-\\nble expanse, on the surface of which the adventurous\\nthought could travel forever, without meeting with other\\nbounds than those, which were created by a conscious-\\nness of its own incapacity to limit immensity Dark and\\nunfathomable was its bed, and he was pronounced pre-\\nsumptuous, if not impious, who dared to raise the bold\\ninquiry on what does the setting sun dispense his rays\\nAnd that must be a mental phenomenon, characterized", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "by the morally sublime, a sublimity commensurate with\\nthe greatness of the object in nature, which in such cir-\\ncumstances, proposed for itself to relinquish its hold on\\nterra Jirma^ and launch away, to explore the mysteries of\\nthe West. This phenomenon was exhibited by Christo-\\npher Columbus, a native of Genoa, in the year 1492,\\nvhen he stejnjed from the soil of Spain upon the deck of\\na small and sea-v. orn ship, to traverse an unknown Ocean,\\nand to explore the length and breadth of Terra Incognita.\\nIt seems to fall to the office of the imagination to con-\\nceive, rather than to the power of utterance to express,\\nthe solicitude of Columbus, amidst mutinies, and inces-\\nsant labours and night-watching, from the 3d of August\\nto the 11th of October, when the exclamation Land\\nLand was for the first time made in view of this nevvdy\\ndiscovered world Proportionally with the previous fears\\nand discontents of his crew, arose their transports of joy,\\non beholding a country so dissimilar to their own, yet\\nenchantingly luxuriant and beautiful. They united in a\\nhymn of praise to the Lord of the Universe, and falling\\non their linees before Columbus, confessed the wrongs\\nthey had committed.\\nThis was, unquestionably, an enterprise at that time,\\nwithout a parallel in the history of the v, orld whether\\nwe contemplate the boldness of the design, the fortitude\\nand perseverance of the adventurer, or the results of his\\ndiscoveries. And was it not for a single event, which oc-\\ncurred on the shore of New-England, one hundred and\\ntwenty ei^^ht years from the first voyage of Columbus, I\\nshould despair of exhibiting to your mental vision, a scene\\nso grand, so inspiring, among human actions, as the dis-\\ncovery and possession of this Western Hemisphere by\\nColumbus\\nBut as much as I admire the character and deeds of\\nCoiombus, I must think them both eclipsed by the little\\nband of Pilgrims, which first consecrated the soil of Ply-\\nmouth to the worship of the true God, and to civil and", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "relioious liberty. Columbus was himself an experienced\\nNavioator he had three small ships under his command\\nninety men, and ample provisions for a year. He sailed\\nunder the patronage of the sovereigns of Spain 5 he could\\nretrace his way at his pleasure, and if he was successful\\nin his enterprise, he looked for rewards and honors to\\ncrown himself and his posterity Not so with the Ply-\\nmouth Colony. They left their native country while it\\nwas frowning on their path. They fled from persecutions,\\nand meditated no return And when the shores of Eng-\\nland, the spires of their Churches, and the cloud-capped\\nsummits of their hills, retired successively from their view\\nthey said, Fareivell England farewell, the Church of\\nGod in England and all Christian friends there*\\nThey could obtain no grant from the crown of Eng-\\nland, nor the least assurance that they might enjoy either\\ncivil or religious liberty in the wilds of America! I hey\\nhad one solitary crazy ship to waft them over the yet un-\\nfrequented Ocean of the West, and a treacherous Cap-\\ntain, who, for a bribe, landed them upon the inhospitable\\nshore of Plymouth, late in the season, instead of bringing\\nthenij agreeably to his contract, to the more genial ch-\\nmate, and productive soil of New- York. Here were\\ntwenty four heads of families seventeen single men, and\\nsixty children and domestics, making an aggregate of 101\\npersons. Their provisions were scanty, and injured by\\nthe salt water their clothing was insufficient for the rig-\\nours of a northern winter, and they were without a shel-\\nter from the storm And now I solicit those who\\nare parents to take the place of our forefathers at this\\neventful moment. After a perilous and tardy voyage of\\nmore than two months, you discover land, but it is not\\nManhadoes, or New- York it is an unknown region at\\nthe north, and the cruel treachery of your Captain is no\\nlonger concealed. But here you must land, and encoun-\\nter all the calamities of want and cold for a long and drea-\\nry winter.\\n*Histo]7 of New-England.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "6\\nI imagine that I see you stand on that lone, frail deck,\\nviewing the appalhng scene before you. A wilderness\\nunmeasured, unbroken, more than fills all your vision.\\nThe dense trees of the forest, whose tops tower on high,\\nand cast their sombrous shade upon the deep, and through\\nwhose branches the storms of November howl tremen-\\ndously, seem to challenge you as their invaders, and to\\ndefy your boldest thoughts The waves from the Main\\nrun high, and clash and break up these wild shores in\\nsounds, which speak to your ears an eternal war of ele-\\nments The sea fow Is, perched upon the cliffs of the\\nimpending rocks, scream to their fellows, and strange\\nsights of human form are seen, running from tree to tree,\\nwith revengeful aspect, and weapons of murderous im-\\nport. The strangeness of the scene has brought your\\nchildren on deck, and the shivering group around you say\\nFather, is this our home, and are you still firm\\nand with the presentiment that this shore is to become the\\ntomb of nearly one half of your number the present win-\\nter, are you still firm Do I hear you say to these quak-\\ning innocents Yes children, this is our home. Here\\nwe will live, and here die on freedom s soil Here we\\nwill teach you to love and worship God agreeably to his\\nword, and the dictate of your conscience and when we\\ndie, we will bequeath you the rights of men, and leave it\\nin solemn charge, that you transmit them unimpaired to\\nyour posterity Do I see and hear this Then the\\nscene of our forefathers is mentally before me, when they\\nstepped upon the Plymouth Rock, and I witness a\\nmoral heroism, which this world has exhibited but once,\\nand the like it will never exhibit again an enterprise,\\nwhich for principle, fortitude, and greatness of design,\\nwas never surpassed by human deed\\nIt would be gratifying to notice in this connexion the\\npeculiarities in the history of this infant colony, and ex-\\nhibit some of the tokens of Divine favour upon it during\\nthe first years of its existence but I am admonished that", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "time would fail me in doing more than barely to allude to\\nsome events, which will suggest the progress of our fore-\\nfathers in the settlement of this Country, until the stand-\\nard of culture and civilization was planted in this town,\\nan event which is to come under distinct consideration at\\nthis time.\\nIt appears, that notwithstanding the hardships and loss-\\nes sustained by the Plymouth company during the first\\ntwo years of their residence in the country, (and they had\\nburied forty six of their number in less than four months\\nfrom their landing in Plymouth) their simple continuance\\nhad inspired others in England with a resolution to plant\\nthemselves in America, and in little more than two years\\nfrom the first possession of Plymouth in Dec. 22d, 1620,\\nEdward and William Hilton from London, came over and\\nestablished a settlement at Dover in this State, in the\\nspring of 1623.*\\nIn 1629, the Charter of Massachusetts Bay was grant-\\ned, and Salem, Charlestown, Boston, Dorchester and\\nother places, were planted with the tree of civil and re-\\nligious liberty in rapid succession.! This same year John\\nWheelwright and others of Massachusetts, meditating a\\nsettlement in the neighbourhood of the Piscataqua River,\\nassembled a council of the Indians at Exeter, and by pur-\\nchase, obtained a Deed, signed by four Sagamores, of all\\nthe territory lying between the Rivers, Piscataqua and\\nMerrimack, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the East\\non the South, by the Merrimack to Pautucket Falls, be-\\ntween Chelmsford and Dracut thence by a line N. W.\\ntwenty miles, passing through Litchfield, Hampshire,\\nDunstable and Merrimack, to Amherst plain thence by\\na line running N. E. to the Piscataqua River, passing\\nthrough Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack, Chester,\\nNottingham, Barrington, and Rochester Thence down\\nthe Piscataqua to the Ocean.|\\n*Belknap 8 History of New-Hampshire.\\nt Morse s Geographj.\\nJ Belknap.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8\\nThis contract, so amicably and honorably entered into,\\nwas scrupulously regarded by the Indians for the period\\nof nearly fifty years, nor do I find a single murder com-\\nmitted by them, within these limits during all this time\\nbat the English were permitted to extend their plantations,\\nand to cultivate their fields without fear or molestation\\nand with the exception of a short, but exterminating war\\nwith the Pequots, a powerful tribe in the South East\\npart of Connecticut, in the year 1637,* peace was main-\\ntained generally with the tribes in New-England. But\\nit may deserve a passing remark in this place, that the\\nNew-Hampshire settlers were not at this period distin-\\nguished for their agricultural pursuits. Their principal\\nattention was given to lumber, the fur trade, and to the\\nfisheries. For ten years from the settlement of the Colo-\\nny, their bread was brought from England in meal, or\\niiorn Virginia in grain, and sent to a wind-mill in Boston,\\nto be ground. t\\nBut in 1675, the Colony of New-Hampshire, in com-\\nmon vv^ith the other Colonies of New-England, was arous-\\ned from her state of repose so long enjoyed, and she en-\\ntered into the horrors of an Indian war, which continued\\nthree years. This was denominated Philip^s ivar, on\\naccount of a distinguished Chief of that name, who resid-\\ned within the present limits of the State of Rhode-Island,\\nand was thought to be the principal instigator of it. This\\nsagacious Chief foresaw the total extinction of the Indi-\\nans in New-England by the growing power of the Eng-\\nlish, unless a fatal blow was seasonably given to it and\\nhe conceived the bold design of giving it. The plan was\\nconceived and matured in his own breast, and it included^\\na union of all tribes in New-England, and some think of\\nall in the United States, and in Canada, to make a simul-\\ntaneous effort to exterminate the English, and reoccupy\\nMarshall s Life of Washington.\\nt Belknap.\\nj History of New-England.", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "9\\ntheir grounds. The league was extensively formed and\\nin such secrecy that the Colonies were unapprized of thef\\ngathering storm, until it burst upon them. Plymouth and\\nMassachusetts Colonies were the first to feel the perfidy\\nand fury of the Indians, but New-Hampshire soon drank\\nof the same bitter cup, and the towns upon the banks of\\nPiscataqua River were in constant terror. Men, women\\nand children were murdered, and others hurried into cap-\\ntivity. Their houses were burned, and their flocks were\\ndestroyed. But Phihp himself falling in the war he had\\nwaged, most of his tribe being annihilated, and the league\\nbeing broken, peace was restored in 1678. But this sea-\\nson of tranquility continued no more than ten years.\\nIn 1688, the Indians and French commenced hostilities\\non our Eastern frontier, and for the space of eleven years,\\nthe same tragic scenes were again exhibited, which were\\nacted in the war of Philip Portsmouth and Dover suf-\\nfering in a special degree.* Peace was declared in 1699,\\nbut hostilities were renewed in 1703, and were prosecut-\\ned with unrelenting severity another ten years. From\\n1713, to 1722, a tolerable degree of tranquility prevailed\\nand then succeeded the memorable conflict of three years,\\ndenominated LovelPs ivar, on account of the brilliant\\nachievements of Capt. John Lovell of Dunstable, N. H,\\nwho, in 1725, raised a volunteer company of 46, in his\\nown town, penetrated to the Head- Quarters of the Indian\\nsettlements at Pigwacket, and fought the battle in which\\nhe fell but he fell so mightily^ that he forever liberated\\nthat eastern section of our State from Indian invasion,\\nand procured a peace.f Fifty years had now passed away\\nfrom the commencement of Philip s war, twenty-seven of\\nwhich were consumed in actual hostilities, and twenty-\\nthree in fearful forebodings. This state of things had\\ngreatly retarded the settlement of New-Hampshire, and\\nin 1702, there were no more than 10,000 inhabitants in the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2New-Hampshire Gazetteer,\\nt Belknap. a1", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nwhole Province, seven incorporated towns, and four or-\\ndained Ministers.* But at the close of Lovell s war, with\\nthe prospect of a more durable peace, adventurers from\\nMassachusetts and our own sea-coast, began to multiply\\nand extend their settlements in the interior, and to this\\nperiod are we to look for the settlement of this town.\\nPeter Powers, born at Littleton, Mass. 1707, and Anna\\nKeyes, born at Chelmsford, Mass. 1708, being united in\\nwedlock in 1728,i moved to Hampshire, Dunstable, the\\nsame year, three years after LoveWs Fight, while the in-\\nfant settlement were yet mourning the loss of their distin-\\nguished Hero, and yet relating with melancholy satisfac-\\ntion his deeds of valor to their listening children, during\\neach long, and successive winter evening.\\nMr. Powers, not considering himself permanently loca-\\nted in Dunstable, penetrated the forest of JSfissitissit, now\\nHollis, in the fall of 1730, one hundred years ago, and\\nfixed on this place as his future residence. He came with\\nhis family, his wife and two children, in January 1731,\\nand pitched his tent in sight of this long consecrated spot,\\nthe vestiges of that first tent remaining still visible a little\\nSouth West of the dwelling house of Thomas Cummings.\\nWe may here pause and reflect for a moment on the\\ncondition of this pioneer family, and sympathize with them\\nin their circumstances.\\nMr. Powers was under the age of 23 years, and Anna,\\nhis wife less than 22 years. They had two infant child-\\nren the objects of their love, and solicitude. We see them\\nperched upon these snows untracked, except by the foot-\\nsteps of savage men, or beasts of prey They are seclud-\\ned from the civilized world, in the bosom of a dense forest,\\nand their nearest neighbor could not be visited in a less\\ntravelling distance than ten miles The Nashua rolled\\nits dark tide between them and their neighbor, and at two\\nperiods of the year only, when bound in fetters of ice, or\\nin times of extreme drought, could they cross it, without\\navailing themselves of the power and skill of an old, and\\nwell trained beast of the Narraganset blood, that at all\\nNew-Hampshire Gazetteer.\\nt Records of the town of Chelmsford, Mass.", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "11\\ntimes disdained its proud waters, and whose brawny limbs\\nwould cause it to boil like a seething pot, or caldron\\nThus secluded by all that is wild and grand in a deep for-\\nest, the solitude itself is impressive, and when it is occa-\\nsionally broken by the scream of an eagle, the howl of a\\nbeast, or the yell of a savage, it becomes mvful. Think,\\ntoo, that this youthful pair were familiar with all the fero-\\ncious cruelties of an Indian war Their ears had heard the\\nmelancholy story from those in the habiliments of mourn-\\ning and their eyes had seen the blood-stained hearth, and\\nthreshold, of the once peaceful and happy, but now de-\\nserted dwelling. We must suppose them possessed of the\\nreflection, that if upon any pretence, hostilities were re-\\nnewed, they must stand the first in sacrifice, and none\\nwould remain to record the tragic scene And in such\\ncircumstances, would not the horrid spectres of death in\\nall their terrifying forms, pass in vision before them, at\\nlying down and rising up, in the house and in the field\\nAh, happy are their sons, (I would they knew how happy,)\\nwho have entered into their labours and happy are their\\ndaughters, who dwell securely\\nIn the summer of 1732, Elcazer Flagg came into this\\ntown, and located himself in the South West part of it,\\non or near the place now owned and improved by his de-\\nscendant, Capt. Reuben Flagg. The house of Mr. Flagg\\nwas subsequently improved as a guard house, and was\\nfortified against an attack from the Indians. The sclme\\nseason 1732, March 9th, Anna powers was born to Peter\\nand Anna Powers, and was the first English child born in\\nthe town. She married Benj. Hopkins, Esq. of Milford,\\nN. H, and died at an advanced age. Thomas Dinsmore,\\nwho was the third family in the settlement, came in and\\nlocated himself on the place now owned and occupied by\\nAmos Eastman, Esq. and in 1736, the little colony was\\naugmented to the number of nine families. From 1731\\nto 1739, we have nothing special in the lustory of the in-\\nfant settlement to record, unless we were to relate some of\\nthe adventures of individuals, which would illustrate in\\nan eminent degree, the bold and enterprizing spirit of our\\nfathers and mothers, and grand parents, from whose lips", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nwe have received them and although they would amuse\\nand instruct, and in some cases, excite our admiration, yet\\non this occasion, they must give place to the more grave,\\nand important events. I have not been able to learn from\\nany authentic source, whether this settlement suffered in\\ncommon with other parts of New-England, from that des-\\nolating scourge denominated the Throat Distemper^\\nwhich first appeared in Kingston, in May 1735, and swept\\nthrough the colonies, as the angel of Death passed through\\nEgypt. But I infer from the silence of our fathers\\nupon this subject, that the blood of the passover was\\nseen upon the side posts of their doors, and that it became\\ntheir defence from the Destroyer. This Epidemic was so\\nmalignant in its character, and remaining without a par-\\nallel in this country for its mortality, it deserves a brief\\nnotice in this place. Of the first 40, who were seized by\\nit in Kingston, not one survived and in 14 months, that\\nsmall town had buried 113. Durham had buried 100.\\nExeter 127 Dover 88 Portsmouth 99. On the East\\nside of the Piscataqua River, in Kittery \\\\22 and at\\nHampton-Falls 210. In the last named town, 20\\nfamiUes buried all their children. 27 persons were buri-\\ned out of five families, and more than one sixth part of the\\nwhole population died. New-Hampshire lost by this vis-\\nitation 1000 persons, 900 of whom were under 20 years of\\nage.* And when we consider that at this period the Col-\\nony had but 15 towns, we shall see nearly every family\\n5lad in mourning all countenances sad, and all eyes red\\nwith weeping It may be said in the solemn style of ho-\\nly writ\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In New- Hampshire was there a voice heard, la-\\nmentation and weeping and great mourning; mothers\\nmeeping for their children, and tvould not be comforted,\\nbecause they were not. But New-Hampshire was not\\nmade the solitary example of the divine displeasure.f In\\nByfield, Mass. 104 were numbered with the dead. One\\nfamily buried eight children, four of whom were laid in the\\nsame grave in one dreadful moment. At Boston 114 di-\\ned, and 4000 were sick with the disease. It extended its\\nBelknap.\\nI IJistory of New-Kngland.", "height": "2849", "width": "1757", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nravages as far South as the Carolinas, but in no place was\\nit so destructive of hfe as in this Colony/*\\nFrom 1739, we begin to avail ourselves of the Records\\nof this settlement. Holhs was originally included in the\\nGrant of Old Dunstable, and belonged to Massachusetts\\nas was supposed. The number of settlers at this time,\\namounting to about 20, they petitioned the General Court\\nof Massachusetts, to be made a Parish, or Precinct, to\\nenable them in a corporate capacity, to regulate their own\\necclesiastical concerns. Accordingly, a grant vv as ob-\\ntained, bearing date Dec. \u00c2\u00a38, 1739, which constituted the\\nTerritory, lying between the Nashua and Souhegan Riv-\\ners, on the South and North, and six miles East from the\\nline, which divides between Pepperell and Tovvosend, a\\nParisli, to be known by the name of West Precinct, in\\nD unstable.! The first Parish meeting was legally warn-\\ned and holden on the 22d of January 1740, at the house\\nof Lieut. Benjamin Farley, Inn-Keeper, situated about\\n60 rods West of the present dwelhng of Dr. William Hale.\\nAt this meeting Abraham Taylor was chosen Modera-\\ntor and Clerk and Abraham Taylor, Peter Powers and\\nBenjamin Farley, were chosen Assessors and Prudential\\nCommittee of the Parish. On the 16th of Dec. of this\\nyear, 1740, the Society at a legal meeting, voted to erect\\na meeting-house, on Abraham Taylor s land, about 60\\nrods Southerly from his dwelling-house, and to lay out a\\nburying ground adjoining, one acre of land being a Deed\\nof gift from the said Taylor to said Society. Mr. Taylor,\\nwho appears a prominent character in these incipient sta-\\nges of the Precinct, and who was its first Benefactor, came\\ninto the settlement at an early period and is supposed to\\nhave been the 4th or 5th location in the town. The vesti-\\nges of his residence may still be seen about 60 rods North-\\nerly from the place which we now occupy. In 1741, a\\nmeeting-house was erected on this spot, and the ground\\nhas ever since been improved for sacred purposes. J This\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Weekly News Letter, published at Boston, April 29, 1736.\\nt Becords of the town of HoIlis.\\ni The tradition of the town, which says, that the first meeting-house was huili near the\\nplace where the present house stands is incorrect, as the Records of the town will sliow.\\nWhen the 2d house was to be erected, the 1st was removed a little to the East, and many of\\nour fathers, who can remember that first house, aftsr its removal, supposed it had always stood\\nthere, but it was not so. It originally stood where this now stands.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nivas the year in which the boundary hne between Massa-\\nchusetts and New-Hampshire, which had been a proUfic\\nsource of contention for ten years, was defined and estab-\\nlished, and this part of Old Dunstable fell within the lim-\\nits of New-Hampshire.* Our fathers improved the first\\nopportunity to petition the General Court of New-Hamp-\\nshire for an act of incorporation, making them a town, and\\ntheir petition was granted by an act bearing date April\\n20th, 174G. At the same time a town, called Monson,\\nwas created with corporate powers, composed of parts ol\\nthe several towns now called Amherst, Milford and Hol-\\nlis. The South line of Monson came half way from the\\ncorner school house on the North, towards the residence\\nof Thomas Patch.\\nBut prior to this the Rev. Daniel Emerson, born at\\nReading, Mass. May 2()th, 1716, and graduated at Har-\\nvard College 1739, had received a call to take the Pasto-\\nral charge of the Church and Congregation in this place,\\nand complying with the wishes of the infant Church and\\nSociety, he received ordination April 20, 1743. The thir-\\ntieth family, Jonathan Lovejoy, moved into the town the\\nday of the ordination.\\nThe first sermon, delivered to this people by that emi-\\nnent servant of Christ, was preached from Acts 10, 29.\\nTherefore came I unto you ivithout gainsaying, as soon\\nas I was sent for. I ask therefore for what intent ye have\\nsent for me.\\nOn the 5th of June following Mr. Emerson s ordination,\\nihis Church celebrated the Lord s supper for the first\\nLime. It was a season peculiarly solemn and interesting\\n\\\\n itself, and was rendered far more so, by an affecting in-\\nstance of mortality with one of their own number Mr.\\nAbraham Taylor, who had been an efficient helper in pro-\\ndding a house of worship, whose name holds a prominent\\n)lace in all the offices of the Society, and who had been\\nnstrumental in introducing Mr. Emerson into this town,\\nleparted this life on Friday preceding the 5th of June, and\\nvas buried on the day of the communion, thus exchang-\\nng the anticipated communion on earth, for one more\\n)ure, and exalted in the Kingdom of the Redeemer.!\\nBelknap.\\nt He gave the laad for the burying ground and was the first man buried in it.", "height": "2927", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "15\\nIn 1744, BIr. Emerson married Hannah, tlic dangliter\\nof Rev. Joseph Emerson of Maiden, Mass. and tlic same\\nyear was rendered memorable by a renewal of hostilities be-\\ntween France and England, which was a sure precursor\\nof war in America between the French and Indians on\\nthe one hand, and the English Colonics en the other,\\nThis war continued with a little abatement about fifteen\\nyears in America, and has been long denominated the Old\\nFrench IF\u00c2\u00abr, to distinguish it from preceding wars, and\\nthe war of the Revolution, which succeeded it. In 17-lo,\\nwe find a vote of this town to rebuild a place for worship\\non the spot where we now stand, but as Jerusalem was re-\\nbuilded in troublous times, so was the second house for\\nGod s worship to be erected in this place, for with great\\nsemblance of truth may it be said, every one with one\\nof his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand,\\nheld a weapon.\\nIn 1746, the French and Indians assaulted the settle-\\nments and forts at Hinsdale and No. 4, now Charleston,\\nin this State, and killed some and carried others into cap-\\ntivity. The settlements at Boscawen and Concord suffer-\\ned in like manner, and so alarming was the prospect to\\nthe inhabitants of this town, that we find a public expres-\\nsion of their fearful apprehensions, dated May 20th, 1746.\\nVoted to petition the General Court of Massachusett s\\nBay for some soldiers for a Guard for us, being in great\\ndanger of the enemy We will give a moment s con-\\nsideration to this document. It teaches us, that but 84\\nyears ago this present season, the inhabitants of this town\\nwere calling for aid of a neighboring State to protect them\\nfrom the vengeful arm of a Savage foe And when wc\\nreflect, that not an individual in the town, under 60 years\\nof age, has ever had a rational thought of meeting an In-\\ndian invader at his threshold, we exclaim What hath\\nGod ivr ought\\nIn 1749, a treaty of peace was ratified between France\\nand England, which suspended hostilities between them\\nin Europe about five years, but this did not so readily al-\\nlay the jealousies and animosities of the Indians in Amer-\\nTown Records.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\nica, and it was believed in the Colonies, that the French\\nin Canada, apprehending that war would soon break out\\nagain between their mother country and England, were\\nsecretly using their influence to prevent a reconciliation\\nbetween the Indians and the Enii;hsh Colonies in America.\\nAccordingly Charlestown was assaulted by the Indians\\nafter peace was known to exist in Europe Canterbury\\nsuffered some loss in 1752, and John Stark, who was Brig-\\nadier General in the Army of the United States in the\\nwar of the Revolution, was taken captive with one other*\\nwhile hunting on Baker s river, by a party of the St.\\nFrancis Tribe, and was carried into Canada to the head\\nquarters of that Tribe. f These facts will show what appre-\\nhensions must have prevailed with our ancesters, even,\\nwhile they were said to be at peace. But in 1754, the\\nanticipated war was renewed in Europe, and the contest\\nv/as formally revived in America. In 1755, the New-\\nHampshire troops were called upon to aid in the capture\\nof Ticondaroga and Crown Point, and a number of Hol-\\nhs men went on that expedition. It was at this time Pe-\\nter Powers received his Commission of Captaincy under\\nCol. Blanchard. It is given under the Hand and Seal at\\n^rms, at Portsmouth, the 5th of June, in the 2Sth year\\nof the Reign of His Majesty, King George the Second,\\nAnno Domini, 1755 signed Benning Wenticorth, as\\nGovernor of his Majesty s Province of New-Hampshire.\\nBenjamin Abbot was commissioned his Lieutenant. In\\n1755, the Rev. Mr. Emerson went out as Chaplain to\\nCrown Point,! but how long he was absent from his\\nCharge in this town, I have not been able to determine.\\nBut the fall of (Quebec into the hands of the English\\nin 1759, and the consequent surrender of all the French\\npossessions in Canada, in 1760, brought again the pros-\\npect of a settled tranquility in these Northern Colonies,\\nand it was inexpressibly cheering to those who had so long\\nborne the burden and heat of the day. For 15 long years\\nthe father had not cultivated his field in safety, nor had\\nthe mother committed her infant charge to rest, but with\\nthe most distressing apprehensions. And many of us can\\nLieut. Amos Eastman, who died at Hollis, March 6, 1808, in his 89th year.\\nt Belknap. Town Records.", "height": "2875", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "17\\nremember with what ardor the veterans of that day would\\nrelate the achievements and successes of that war, even in\\nold age, and when the thrillings of Patriotism seemed to\\nthreaten an immediate dissolution of their tremulous\\nframes But notwithstanding these trials and losses New\\nHampshire was increasing in number and in ^vealth.\\nFrom 1702 to 1749, her population had risen from ten to\\nthirty thousand and from 1749 to 1760, they had in-\\ncreased to thirty-four thousand.* And in Hollis in I76O5\\nthere were 120 taxable persons. f Every thing was now\\nanimating to the view of the Colonies. They were exempt\\nfrom fear of a lurking enemy their hardships had render-\\ned them bold and enterprising In marching to and from\\nthe theatre of war, they had become acquainted with the\\nfertile parts of the interior of their country, and our young\\nmen pressed back with ardor to take possession of the wil-\\nderness, and to convert it into a fruitful field The Gov-\\nernment of New Hampshire complied with their utmost\\nwishes in this respect, and in 1761, not less than 78 towns\\nwere surveyed, and their limits established in the Connec-\\nticut valley. But in 1763, their bright visions of peace\\nand prosperity were suddenly overcast. The New Hamp-\\nshire Gazette of May 27, which contained the definitive\\ntreaty of peace between England and France, contained,\\nalso, the intentions of the British Ministry to quarter\\ntroops in America, and tax the people without their con-\\nsent, for their support !J The Colonies at once under-\\nstood the purport of this intelligence. It was to subju-\\ngate them, and to make them vassals of the British Crown!\\nIt was no new idea It had been virtually argued and\\ncontested in a war of words, for nearly one century. But\\nlittle did these Colonies think that this subject would be\\nrevived at such a moment as this. They had contribut-\\ned all their aid to the British nation during that long and\\ndistressing war. They had expended their best blood and\\ntreasure, and by their hearty co-operation, they had con-\\ntributed to put the British nation in possession of a terri-\\ntory, full twice the dimensions of all their possessions in\\nMarshall, and N. II. GazeUeer. t Town Records.\\nt New Hampshire Gazetteer, and Belknap.\\nB2", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18\\nEurope And were they to be requited thus Must\\nthey, weary and exhausted, and panting for repose, bur-\\nnish their arms anew, and gird them on, single handed,\\nagainst their Mother Country, the most powerful nation\\nin the world, or resign to her oppressive grasp their liber-\\nties, and their lives Alas, this was their dilemma\\nAnd never was there a more affecting exhibition of the\\nScripture truth, that a Mother may forget her sucking\\nchild And, my hearers, I feel a deep sympathy with our\\nFathers, the living and the dead, who by a mysterious\\nProvidence, were brought to realize a scene like that\\nAnd I feel grateful to their memories, when I reflect that\\nthey did not sell us, but preferred death to the inthrall-\\nment of their Sons and Daughters Oh, it is an honor\\nto be the descendants of such men and women Let us\\nembalm their memories in our choicest feelings But al-\\nthough the parts, which both England and America were\\nto perform in case of extremity, were, doubtless, already\\ndetermined upon by them respectively, yet neither of them\\nwere prepared to enter the contest without a breathing\\ntime. Twelve years passed away in strifes and melan-\\ncholy forebodings. Every day the storm gathered black-\\nness. 1 he elements above were greatly agitated the\\ncaverns beneath bellowed, and gave portentous signs that\\nnature travailed to bring forth death An extract from a\\nprivate letter of Governor Wentworth to a friend in Eng-\\nland will serve to illustrate the state of feeling in New-\\nHampshire at that time. He says Our hemisphere\\nthreatens a hurricane. I have in vain strove, almost to\\ndeath, to prevent it. If I can, at last, bring out of it, safe-\\nty to my country and honor to our Sovereign, my labors\\nwill be joyful. My heart is devoted to it, and you know\\nits sincerity.\\nBut while things were preparing for momentous results,\\nHollis sustained some changes which should receive a\\nbrief notice in this place. In 1767, that part of Hollis,\\nlying East of Muddy Brook, Flint s Pond, and Fhnt s\\nBrook, was taken from Dunstable and annexed to this\\ntown. In 1769, the town of Raby, now Brookline, was\\nBelknap in Note.", "height": "2875", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "19\\ntaken mostly from Hollis, and received an act of incorpo-\\nration. In 1770, the town of Monson, which has been de-\\nscribed, was divided, and a part was annexed to Amherst,\\nand a part to HolUs. Three years snbsequently to this,\\nthe farms lying East of the Nashua, and now owned by\\nMessrs. Marshall, Read and Runnels, were annexed to\\nHollis.* In 1771, New Hampshire was organized into\\nlive Counties, Rockingham, Strafford, Hillsborough,\\nCheshire and Grafton, which received their names after\\nthe particular friends of the Governor in England. But\\n110 Courts were held until 1773.t\\nThe time now drew near for the storm, which had been\\nso long gathering, to burst upon the Colonies in America.\\nAnd in 1775, when the News came that General Gage\\nwas marching British troops from Boston into the interior,\\nNew Hampshire was electrified She took up arms and\\nflew to the assistance of her Brethren Twelve hundred\\nof her sons instantly repaired to Charlestown and Cam-\\nbridge, and seventy of them were contributed by Hollis.\\nThese marched under the command of Capt. Reuben\\nDow, a distinguished Patriot of the Revolution, whose\\nlove of Country and hatred of Tyranny became extinct\\nonly with the extinction of life. John Goss was his Lieu-\\ntenant, and John Cummings was his Ensign. These\\nwere the very men, who helped compose the Provincial\\ntroops at Bunker Hill, on the ever memorable 17th of\\nJune, and who at the command of the brave John Stark\\nof New Hampshire, and Col. William Prescott of Mass.\\ntwice shivered the British Phalanks to atoms, as they at-\\ntempted to invade their feeble redoubt !f Capt. Dow left\\nseven of his men dead on the field of action, viz Nathan\\nBlood, Jacob Boynton, Isaac Hobart, Phineas Nevins,\\nPeter Poor, Thomas Wheat, and Ebenezer Youngman.\\nSix were wounded, among whom was the Captain him-\\nself, and he bore with him through life a painful memento\\nof British violence. Caleb Eastman, of Hollis,|lost his\\nlife on the 2nd day after the Battle on Charleston heights,\\nby the accidental discharge of a gun while on the parade.\\nIn December of 1775, Capt. Noah Worcester marched at\\nTown Records. t Belknap. J Marshall and Belknap.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20\\nthe head of a company, about thirty of whom were HolHs\\nmen. Early in 1776, the State raised 2000 troops and\\nsent them in three Regiments to New York, to be at the\\ndisposal of General Washington.* A goodly number of\\nthese were Hollis men. These under the Command of\\nBrigadier General Sullivan, were ordered up the Hudson\\nand down the Lakes into Canada, where they fell in with\\nthe infection of the Small pox, this being aggravated by a\\ndysentery and a putrid fever, after they had retreated to\\nTicondaroga, it is computed that nearly one third of the\\nNew Hampshire Regiments died in this Campaign.f But\\nhow many of the troops from Hollis fell a sacrifice to these\\nmaladies we are not informed. In July of this same year,\\nCapt. Daniel Emerson marched at the head of a, company\\nto Ticondaroga 5 about half of his company were Holhs\\nmen and in August Capt. William Reed marched with\\na company to New- York, more than 20 of his men belong-\\ned to this town. In providing for the Campaign of 1777,\\nand for the future exigences of the war. Congress propos-\\ned to raise 88 Battalions with enlistments for three years,\\nor during the war, and that they should be apportioned to\\nthe ability of the respective States. It fell to New-Hamp-\\nshire to raise three Battalions, J and to Hollis thirty men.\\nThis requisition was promptly complied with by this town,\\nand they furnished thirty men annually until the close, or\\nnearly the close of the war. Nor was this all there were\\nrepeated emergences, which called for more aid, and these\\ncalls were considered imperious and sacred and were met\\naccordingly Says a respected friend in a recent communi-\\ncation to me, to whom I am indebted for many important\\nfacts exhibited in this ad dress. Our quota of men for\\nthree years, or during the war, was thirty. And besides\\nfurnishing these and keeping their places good we were\\nfrequently called on for more, as I recollect to have gone\\nthree times myself, after the three years men marched, be-\\nsides being at Ticondaroga in 1776, when fifteen years of\\nage. In 1777, Capt. John Goss marched to Benning-\\nton with a company, and about 30 of his men were from\\nTown Records. j Belknap.\\nt Marshall. Jesse Worcester, Esq.", "height": "2875", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "21\\nHollis. New-Hampshire men, when they had arrived in\\ncamp were ordinarily embodied in the same Reiiiment, or\\nRegiments, and their valor became proverbial. They\\nwere known by the name of Stark s men, Sullivan s\\nmen, and Scammel s men. They were at Bunker-\\nHill, Bennington, Still-water, Saratoga, Germantown,\\nRhode-Island, and York-town. And whatever is inspir-\\ning in the events which have characterized those places in\\nthe American history Hollis may justly consider herself\\nas having contributed her full share to render these events\\nresplendent and immortal From the surrender of Lord\\nCornwallis at Yorktown in the Autumn of 1781, active\\nwarfare between England and America terminated, but\\nthe regular troops were retained in camp until the treaty\\nof peace was ratified in Sept. of 1783 when we were ac-\\nknowledged by the Crown of England, an Independent\\nnation, and the war-worn soldier, who had survived the\\nperils of his Country, returned to enjoy the repose his val-\\nor had purchased, in the embrace of friends, and to live\\nin the grateful recollection of succeeding generations.\\nNew-Hampshire furnished during this war about 14,000\\nmen, of whom Hollis afl orded not less than 250. Of the\\n14,000 from this State, 4,000 died, either in battle, or by\\nsickness and of this number, Hollis sustained a share\\nof 30. And in view of the facts thus exhibited, I am hap-\\npy in the occasion, which allows me, while standing at the\\ndistance of nearly fifty years from the termination of this\\ncruel war and while my eyes are permitted to behold the\\nsparse remains of that generation, who inspired the world\\nwith admiration, to declare in the ears of their descendants,\\nthat their fathers were Patriots Not in words only\\nnot mere Mushroom defenders of then- country, prating\\nand blustering in security but they were Patriots in evil\\ntimes They had counted the cost of this struggle, and\\nwere prepared to give and receive hard blows and when\\nin the field, they were David s men they were men of\\nmight, and of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield\\nand buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions,\\nand were as swift as the roes upon the mountains.\\nN. H. GazetJeer.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "ot\\nThink for one moment. This town contained at that pe-\\nriod considerahle less than the present number of its pop-\\nnlation. The ground was comparatively unsubdued.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe facihties for subduing it not half so great as at pres-\\nent. Commerce being annihihitedj and our sea ports\\nblockaded by the fleets of the enemy, there was little\\nmarket for a chance surplus of produce. There was\\nscarcely a shilling in circulation, which would pass for its\\nnominal value, and no one could set limits to its deprecia-\\ntion Fields and farms were left unimproved by those\\nin the service of their country, and others yielded but a\\nstinted harvest, by reason of the interruptions, which hus-\\nbandry sustained from frequent calls for minute men and\\nvolunteers to take the field in cases of emergency In\\nthe midst of these burdens and hardships, the small pox\\nbroke out in the town in 1779, supposed to be communi-\\ncated by the enemy of our Country, and two houses were\\nimproved for hospitals, one of which was subsequently\\no\\\\vned and occupied by Lemuel Wright, and the other\\nby James Ridcout in the latter of which, there were\\nmore than 100 patients at one time. About 150 received\\ninoculation, three of whom died and five others who took\\nthe infection by exposure died also. To these trials, we\\nmust add the fre([uent intelligence, that such of their\\nneighbours had fallen in battle, or died by disease in the\\ncamp, and the people of the town must assemble, and ap-\\npoint others to fdl their places in the ranks of the army\\nFamily after family was added to the list of mourners,\\nand when fathers and mothers saw their sons, obedient to\\nthe call of their country, gird themselves with the panoply\\nof war, and set out for the field of action, they said, fare-\\nwell. And when they looked after them until vision fail-\\ned, they again repeated farewell our son These were\\nthe days which tried men s souls But our fathers did\\nnot faint and I love to repeat it They were Patriots\\nI woidd proclaim it over their ashes I would inscribe it\\nupon their tomb-stones, that generations to come, may\\nlearn the price of their freedom, and be excited to emulate\\nthe deeds of their ancestors", "height": "2875", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "23\\nFrom the termination of the v* ar, which secured us\\nPreedom and Independence the civil liistory of this town is\\n(lot characterized by any number of* incidents of an extra-\\nordinary feature. I will remark, however, that in 17 JK),\\nabout one mile in width was taken from the west side of\\nHollis, and annexed to Brookline, and in 179 1, the town\\nof Milford was incorporated, taking a portion from TToliis\\non the North West, and from that period to the present,\\nthe limits of this town have remained unaltered.* In\\n1793, the Rev. Mr. Emerson, who had been the Pastor\\nof this Church and Congregation fifty years, and who had\\narrived to the age of 77, became anxious, as he felt the\\ninfirmities of age increasing upon him, to see his succes-\\nsor in the sacred ofiice, stand up in his place, and minis-\\nter unto the flock, that at his death, the peoj)le might not\\nbe as sheep, which have no Shepherd. That so desirable\\nan object might the more readily be obtained, he relin-\\nquished one half of his annual salary, and cordially re-\\nceived into his desk, the candidate of the people s choice.\\nAt this time, the Rev. Eli Smith, born at Belchertown\\nSept. 1759, and graduated at Brown University in 1792,\\nhaving received a call from this Church and people to take\\nthe charge of their Spiritual concerns as Colleague Pas-\\ntor with Mr. Emerson, ^vas ordained on the 27th of Nov.\\n1793 The ofiice of delivering the charge to the Pastor\\nelect on that solemn and interesting occasion was as* ^ipfn-\\ned to Mr. Emerson by the ordaining Council, which ofuce\\nhe performed with great sensibility, and in the most affec-\\ntionate manner If From this time Mr. Emerson filled up\\nthe remnant of his days in a retired, devotional frame of\\nmind, evidently enjoying the blessedness of that Gospel,\\nwhich he had preached to others, and came to the grave\\nin peace, Sept. 30, 1801, in a fuil age, like as a shock\\nof corn Cometh, in his season, aged 85 years, having sus-\\ntained his Pastoral relation with this Church and people\\nsomewhat more than 58 years, and survived all but one\\nwho constituted his original Charge. His Consort lived\\nto the advanced age of 90 years, and departed this life Feb.\\nwn Records.\\nt Nicholas French. t ^^ss. JMissionary Magazine, June 1S03.", "height": "2900", "width": "1742", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24\\n28, 1812. In regard to this sainted woman I need only\\nrepeat the laconic eulogy of holy writ upon the demise of\\nall the eminently godly in Christ The memory of the just\\nis blessed. Mr. Emerson was an Evangelical Minister of\\nChrist. He preached the distinguishing doctrines of\\ngrace, and he was rendered the honoured instrument of\\nturning many to righteousness, who will, we doubt not,\\nbecome the seal of his ministry, and crown of rejoicing in\\nthe day of the Lord Jesus. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson were\\nblessed with a numerous family. They had thirteen chil-\\ndren, two of whom were graduated at Harvard College,\\nand about 20 of their descendants have either graduated,\\nbeen members of Colleges, or are now members. Dea.\\nDaniel Emerson, whose memory lives, I trust in the re-\\ncollection of you all, was born Dec. 15, 1746, and spent\\nhis days in the place of his nativity, in the pursuits of hus-\\nbandry and merchandize. He was not distinguished for\\na vivid imagination, or the brilliancy of his intellectual\\npowers but he was a good man He was sober and\\ndiscreet, and of excellent judgment. His habits of indus-\\ntry and economy afforded an example, that was a bless-\\ning to the town.\\nHe sustained the office of Magistrate in this town many\\nyears was repeatedly chosen to represent this town in\\nle Legislature of the State, and at different periods was\\na member of the two higher branches of the State Gov-\\nernment, a Senator and Counsellor. He became amem-\\nbvr of this Church at an early age, and sustained the of-\\nfice of Deacon for many years. At his death which occur-\\nred Oct. 4, 1820, he was an efficient member of the Bible\\nSociety of this State, and sustained a very responsible of-\\nfice in it. His, also, was a Ministerial family. Three of\\nhis sons were graduates and entered the Ministry, and\\ntwo of his daughters married Ministers. The Rev. Mr.\\nSmith who has been your Pastor already 37 years, mar-\\nried Ama Emerson, the eldest daughter of Deacon Dan-\\niel Emerson, May 7th, 1794. She was born August 20,\\n1769. Hannah Emerson married the Rev. Nathaniel\\nHall of Granville, N. Y. Thus we see how God keepeth\\ncovenant with his servants, and we hope it will endure io\\na thousand generations.", "height": "2937", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "25\\nCapt. Peter Powers, who we have seen, was the first\\nsettler irt the town, died of a maUgnant fever, August 27th,\\n1757, aged 50 years. Anna Powers, his widow died Sept.\\n21, 1798, aged 90. Peter Powers, their eldest son, born\\nat Dunstable, N. H, Nov. 29, 1728, graduated at Cam-\\nbridge College 1758, and was a devoted Minister of the\\nGospel more than 40 years. He died at Deer Island in\\nthe year 1800, aged 72. The widow Hunt, who was\\nthe wife of Eleazer Flagg in her first marriage, and\\nwho was the second family in the town, died at the ad-\\nvanced age of 95. Abraham Taylor, who, as we have\\nseen, was another of the first adventurers, died at an early\\nperiod of the settlement. The daughter of Mr. Taylor\\nmarried Noah Worcester, Esq. whose memory is with us\\nto-day, as one of the fathers of the town for a long series\\nof years. He had an active and vigorous mind, was one\\nof the framers of the Constitution of this State, sustained\\nthe office of Magistrate more than 40 years, and was a\\nmember of this Church more than 60 years. Mr. Wor-\\ncester and wife had seven children born to them, and of\\ntheir posterity 18 have either received the honors of Col-\\nlege, or are now members of New-England Colleges.\\nEight are, or have been. Ministers of the Gospel, and one\\nan author of celebrity. And may I not be indulged in the\\nreminiscence of one in this descent to whom the speaker\\nis indebted for the first thought of a scientific course\\nwhose powers of intellect were of the very first order, and\\nwhose manly virtues and sincerity in friendship, endeared\\nhim to all of a kindred spirit. Jesse Worcester, Jun.,\\nwas a rare youth. Conscious of his own powers, he aim-\\ned at great and noble ends and as the eagle of a longer\\nwing, and a stronger muscle than his fellows, soars away\\ntowards heaven unconscious of the danger of travelling in\\nunsubstantial ether until he falls a victim to his own ad--\\nventurous flight, so fell this youth in the ardor of literary\\npursuit. His bodily system was inadequate to sustain the\\nintense operations of his intellectual powers, and he fell a\\nsacrifice to his own mighty mind. Over his remains Ge-\\nnius wept for a favorite son, and the world sustained a\\nloss of which she was unconscious.\\nC3.", "height": "2952", "width": "1722", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "m\\nIt would be peculiarly gratifying to me thus to trace the\\norigin and progress of families in this town to much great-\\ner length, and exhibit the Noyeses, the Gumming ses, the\\nBoyntons, Parleys, Pools, Jewetts, Hales, Conants, Nev-\\ninses, Dows, Eastmans, Tenneys, and Burges, all worth-\\nies of former days but time would fail me altogether,\\nand I must hasten to notice some distinguishing displays\\nof divine mercy and grace exhibited upon this Church.\\nIt has been said, that Mr. Emerson was a successful\\nPreacher of the Gospel. In proof of this, I would have\\nyou bear in mind the small beginnings of this Church.\\nThere were but 29 families in the town at the organiza-\\ntion of the Church, how many were members of it at that\\ntime, the records of the Church do not show, but the num-\\nber must have been small. In 1745, two years after his\\nsettlement, the number of males were eleven.* We are\\nto consider, that the ordinary progress of dissolution\\namong Church members, during a period of fifty years,\\nmust have removed very many very many removed their\\nrelations to other Churches, as settlements advanced to\\nthe West, and in the latter part of the half Century, many\\nmore would take letters of dismission, than would bring\\nletters from other Churches, and yet there were about\\n200 members in this Church, at the settlement of Mr.\\nSmith in 1793. From 1793 to 1800 inclusive, more than\\none hundred had made a profession of religion. For four\\nyears from 1795, the still small voice of the Spirit was\\nheard, and some from every class of society submitted joy-\\nfully to his reign.\\nIn August of 1801, some special attention was again visi-\\nble. The Pastor and his Church, were greatly animated,\\nand with trimmed lamps, they went out to receive the\\nblessing of the Bridegroom and when he came in the\\nchariot of his power, his blessings exceeded all their an-\\nticipations Within the space of twelve months, every\\npart of the town was visited with the convincing, renew-\\ning, and sanctifying influence of the Comforter. Nearly\\nevery cavilling voice was either changed into that of love\\nand admiring gratitude, or was hushed in wonder and as-\\ntonishment Oh, who can recall those seasons, even at\\nChurch Records.", "height": "2937", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "21\\nthis distance of time, without feeling something of that\\nawful stillness and solemnity pervading him, which he then\\nfelt, as he approached the sanctuary, or the conference\\nroom Who can forget the love which animated so many\\nChristian hearts, inspired their prayers, and enabled them\\nto realize, that they were all members of one body How\\ngrateful to their ears was the sound of the footsteps of\\ntheir beloved Pastor upon the threshold of the school-\\nhouse, or of the Sanctuary, and with what readiness of\\nheart did they receive his instructions This was a Pen-\\ntecostal season, and the Church was seen coming up out\\nof the wilderness, leaning upon the arm of her beloved.\\nAnd my Christian friends, when we recall these things,\\ncan we not adopt the plaintive, yet emphatic language\\nof pious Job Oh that I were as in months past, as in\\nthe days when God preserved me when his candle shin-\\ned upon my head, and when by his light, I walked through\\ndarkness. The fruits of this revival, which continued\\nto the Autumn of 1802, were 142, who made a profession\\nof religion, and united with this Church, a greater part\\nof whom were heads of families about thirty more enter-\\ntained a hope, that they had passed from death unto life,\\nbut who in May 10, 1803, had not made a profession of\\nreligion.* At several subsequent periods, this town has\\nexperienced refreshing showers of divine grace, and by a\\ncommunication from the Reverend Mr. Smith, bearing\\ndate Aug. 24, 1830, I am informed, that about 450, have\\nprofessed to have experienced religion during his Ministry.\\nAbout 420 have united with this Church, and some re-\\nmain without, but give evidence of piety. This is a great-\\ner increase than is imparted to most Churches, and so far\\nas they have walked worthily they are the best Epistle of\\ncommendation of him, who has administered to them in\\nholy things. There are now four males and fifteen fe-\\nmales, members of the Church, who were members in 1793.\\nIn the summer of 1804, the present meeting house was\\nerected on the spot, which had been consecrated to that\\nuse in fear and much trembling by our ancestors so early\\nas 1741 and here I hope and trust, the Lord, the Most\\n*Mass. Miss. Magaziine, June 1803.", "height": "2952", "width": "1722", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "High God, has condescended to record his name, and that\\nit will be said of this house in the great day of accounts,\\nThis man and that man was born there.\\nIn regard to the healthfulness of this town, I have a\\nfew statistics, which may be interesting. From 1793 to\\n1818, a period of 25 years, there were 567 deaths.*\\nFrom 182^, to 1830, there were 169. The aggregate of\\nwhich is for thirty three years, 736. The number of in-\\nhabitants in this town has not varied much from 1550, for\\nthirty years, and this will show that one in 70, dies annu-\\nally, and that the average number of deaths is a fraction\\nmore than 22, annually. There has been an estimate,\\nthat one in nine persons has lived to 80 years of age. I\\nhave not been able to exhibit the number of marriages,\\nbirths or baptisms in any given period of time, as the Re^\\ncords both of the town and Church are deficient in these\\nrespects. There have been two persons belonging to this\\ntown, who attained to the advanced age of 104 years 5\\nMrs. Elizabeth French, who died in 1749, and Mrs. Ul-\\nrick, who died in 1789. Three have attained to 95 and\\nsix to between 90 and 95. There are two individuals now\\nJiving, who are the remains of a former generation, and\\n/stand like some ancient forest tree in an open field, to\\nmark the spot where thousands of their cotemporaries fell.\\nCapt, Caleb Farley, will have attained 100 years, when a\\nkind Providence has added 45 days to his already pro-\\ntracted, but vigorous life Mrs. Elizabeth Hale will\\nhave lived 98 years, should she reach the goal on the 17th\\nof Feb. 1831. May the termination of life with each of\\nthem be peace, and the reward of a valuable life be glori-\\nous. There are now 70 persons over 70 years of age in\\nthis town, and 21 of these are over 80 years. Hollis has\\nsustained the loss of 31 persons out of the ordinary course\\nof nature. Four have died by violence. Israel Wilkins\\nwas killed by his son in a paroxism of anger in 1771.\\nGrant Powers, son of Francis Powers, was murdered at\\nCrown Point, during the Revolutionary War. And Mrs.\\nHannah Kendrick and her daughter Hannah, were killed\\nby John P. liendrick in a fit of derangement. May 22^\\nFarmer s Gazetteer of New-Hampshire.", "height": "2937", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "29\\n1805. He was the only surviving son of Mrs. Kendrick,\\nand only brother of his sister Hannah. He died in June\\n1805, and was deposited by the side of those, who had\\nfallen victims to his insanity. Five persons have commit-\\nted suicide, ali of whom, I believe, were labouring under\\na partial derangement. Two have been killed by light-\\nning pour by the fall of trees two by freezing seven\\nby drowning three by falling from a horse one by fall-\\ning under a sled 5 one by a wagon- wheel passing over him\\nand two by guns. Lieut. Ralph Emerson was killed by\\nthe accidental discharge of a cannon on the parade in front\\nof this house, and Benjamin Hudson by the bursting of a\\ngun. Fourteen houses have been consumed by fire, one\\nof them, Mr. Ebenezer Jewett s, was destroyed by light-\\nning whilst the inmates of the dwelling were preserved, ap-\\nparently, by a miracle.\\nThus it appears, that the inhabitants of this town have\\nnot been exempt from the calamities, which are incident\\nto this mortal state but in some important respects, they\\nhave been signally blessed. You have ever enjoyed an\\nEvangelical Ministry. You have buried but one Pastor\\nin 87 years, the whole period of the Gospel ministry with\\nyou and to the present time, you have had your second\\nMinister. You have in this time reared and settled 26\\nMinisters, viz Peter Powers, Josiah Goodhue, Henry\\nCummings, Noah Worcester, Leonard Worcester, Thom-\\nas Worcester, Samuel Worcester, Joseph Emerson, Dan-\\niel Emerson, Ralph Emerson, Samuel Ambrose, Joseph\\nWheat, Abel Farley, Stephen Farley, David Smith,\\nMighill Blood, Caleb J. Tenney, David Jewett, Eli\\nSmith, Fifield Holt, Grant Powers, Daniel Kendrick,\\nSolomon Hardy, William P. Kendrick, Eli Sawtel and\\nJacob Hardy. You have, or have had, four licentiate\\npreachers not ordained, Joseph Emerson, Josiah Burge,\\nLeonard Jewett and Taylor G. Worcester, in all\\nTHIRTY Preachers of the Gospel, and thirteen of your\\ndaughters have married Clergymen. You have had sev-\\nen Graduates, who have not entered as yet either of the\\nlearned Professions. Joseph E. Worcester, who has be-\\ncome an author of celebrity, Jonathan Eastman, John", "height": "2952", "width": "1722", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30\\nProctor, Henry A. Worcester, Benjamin Emerson, Jo-\\nseph Emerson, and Samuel T. Worcester. You have\\nfour who are now members of College. Benj. F. Farley,\\nFrederick A. Worcester, Henry Sanderson and David\\nWorcester. You have raised eight Counsellors, and At-\\ntorneys at Law. Benjamin M. Farley, George F. Far-\\nley, Nehemiah Hardy, William Tenney, Luke Eastman,\\nAbel Conant, Luther Smith and Jonathan Sanderson.\\nEleven of your sons have become Physicians Abijah\\nWright, Peter Emerson, Samuel Emerson, William\\nHale, Jonathan Hale, Benjamin Burge, Luther Farley,\\nJoseph F. Eastman, Noah Hardy, Joseph Boynton and\\nLuke Lawrence. Fifteen have sustained the office of\\nDeacon in this Church William Cummings, Thomas\\nPatch, Francis Worcester, Enoch Noyes, John Boynton,\\nStephen Jewett, Daniel Emerson, Josiah Conant, Abel\\nConant, Ephraim Burge, Stephen Jewett, 2d, Benoni\\nCutter, Thomas Farley, Enos Hardy, and Philip Wood.\\n14 have sustained the office of Magistrate in this town\\nSamuel Cummings, Sam l Hobart, Sam l Cummings 2d,\\nBenjamin Whiting, Richard C. Shannon, Noah Worces-\\nter, Daniel Emerson, 2d, Benjamin Poole, Amos East-\\nman, William Ames, Benjamin M. Farley, Nathan Thay-\\ner, Joseph Greeley, and Benoni G. Cutter. I have not\\nbeen able to avail myself of any record, showing who have\\nheld commissions in the Military department of the town\\nand must decline making a partial exhibit.\\nI have thus brought to view some of the principal inci-\\ndents and facts in the history of this town for one Century\\nfrom its commencement. The reminiscence of these\\nthings is suited to produce in us a melancholy pleasure.\\nOn the one hand, we recognize the superintending care of\\na beneficent Providence, and his abounding grace and\\non the other, when we look around for our Parents, and\\nGrand Parents, we are reminded of the fleetness of time,\\nand of the frailty of man How surprizing the change,\\nwhich one hundred years have wrought in this town\\nSuppose the first settler of this town, who lies in this bu-\\nrying ground, should arise from his bed of repose, and\\nsurvey the country around him 5 suppose he should enter", "height": "2937", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "31\\nthis house, and look around on this assembly, and could\\nyou persuade him that he stood upon the ground of JS issi-\\ntissit that these were the descendants of his adventur-\\nous companions, and that he was addressed by his Grand\\nChild He would be ready to exclaim all is impos-\\nsible It would seem to him but yesterday, that he ford-\\ned or swam the Nashua, and with his pack on his back,\\ngroped his passage through the dense underbrush, parting\\nthem with his hands to make him a way over this very\\nspot, and looking cautiously on either hand for the lair\\nof a beast, or the haunt of a Savage And should his in-\\ncredulity be finally overcome, with what devout admira-\\ntion would he say Lord, thou makest all things new\\nAnd who can estimate the labour, that was requisite to\\ntransform this wilderness into a fruitful field, as we behold\\nit this day Consider, every tree was to be felled, and\\nif the stump was left to itself it was to be felled again in\\nsome ten, or twenty years. Roots and stumps, and\\nRocks were to be removed. Every rod of fence to be\\nmade over and over again. Every road to be worked in\\nthe same manner. Every bridge to be builded, every\\nhouse, every barn, shed, shop and mill every school-\\nhouse, and meeting-house, and all implements of husband-\\nry to be fabricated and kept in repair All these things\\nwere done, and the beasts of prey and savage men were\\ndriven from these bounds, long before we, who are among\\nthe middle aged, can date our existence and they were\\nperformed, too, in times of peril, and want, when our\\nMothers and Grand Mothers, left their Husbands and chil-\\ndren, and rode to Andover, to Woburn and Chelmsford,\\nto procure sustenance for their families, and returning,\\nswam their horses over the Nashua in the stillness and\\ndarkness of night These things, which may seem al-\\nmost Apocryphal in the view of their descendants, were\\nactually performed And they were performed, because\\nGod had prepared that generation for the work he assign-\\ned to them. They were bold, hardy, energetic and per-\\nsevering. The stateliest trees fell before the repeated\\nblows of their axes, like windfalls before a tempest, and\\nthe brisk wheel hummed in their cabin the livelong day", "height": "2952", "width": "1722", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "S2\\nThey were not only industrious, but they were frugal.\\nThey brought their living within their means, and kept\\nthe great object of improvement in view. Says a corres-\\npondent, who can recollect distinctly somewhat more than\\nGO years, and whose situation was as eligible as most of\\nhis cotemporaries,* I was a stout lad before I had any\\nthing like a surtout, or a great coat, and I never owned a\\nhat worth more than a dollar, or wore any kind of boots\\nuntil I had a family. He says concerning the article of\\nfood, It was more thought of for my Parents to have\\nTea once a week for breakfast, than it now is for some\\nfamihes to have it three times a day. Spoon victuals was\\nthe principal support.\\nIt was about the year 1760, the first barrel of Rum was\\nbrought into the town. The rumour of its arrival was the\\ncause of regret and alarm with the discerning and good\\npeople, and one Godly manf exclaimed, If it has come\\nto this, that a barrel of Rum is brought into this town,\\nwe are an undone people A prediction that has been\\nverified, no doubt, in respect to hundreds of families, a\\nsentence that is still worthy to be inscribed in letters of\\ngold upon the posts of every man s door, upon the doors\\nof the Sanctuary, and upon the lids of every man s Bible\\nIn respect to the means of instruction at that day, the\\nsame correspondent says I have no recollection of\\nhaving been taught to read by any Female, unless it was\\nmy Mother or Grand Mother. I never heard a lesson\\ngiven in English Grammar or Geography when I came\\ninto a Master s School, and in respect to Books, if we\\nexcept the Bible the spelling book, the Psalter and the\\nPrimer, were more than scholars generally possessed.\\nAt this time, 1765, there was but one News paper print-\\ned in the State, The New-Hampshire Gazette, publish-\\ned at Portsmouth, and it is thought quite problematical,\\nwhether more than four of these were taken in the town.\\nThere were no periodicals except the Almanack. In 1770,\\nthere was neither Sleigh, Chaise, or Wagon of any de-\\nscription in the town, but the saddle and the pillion were\\nJesse Worcester, Esq.\\ntThe uncle of the late Lieut. Solomon Wheat.", "height": "2937", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "35\\nindispensibles for conveyance to and from meeting during\\nthe summer, for those who did not walk and in the win-\\nter, oxen and sleds were frequently improved for this pur-\\npose. Now in view of these things, and when I reflect\\nthat our ancestors sustained these privations and hardships\\nin order to transmit to us, their descendants, a goodly in-\\nheritance, I feel inexpressibly indignant, when I hear the\\nmanners and customs of that generation made a subject\\nfor levity by those who are reaping the fruits of their in-\\ndustry and frugality.\\nIt was not because they did not love their children\\nthat they did not give them modern advantages it\\nwas not because they did not know how to estimate mod-\\nern conveniences for themselves, that they did not possess\\nthem but it was because they could not do these things\\nwithout sacrificing the greater for the less They consid-\\nered themselves as they actually were, the representatives\\nof unborn generations they had a w ilderness to subdue,\\na nation of Savages to drive back, and the freedom of\\ntheir descendants to purchase with their blood, and with\\nevery shilling they could control and how improvident\\nwould they have been, had they let go of those momen-\\ntous concerns, and attempted to elevate their children\\nabove their true condition, and the condition of their suf-\\nfering Country I must confess, that when I consider\\nhow well they improved the means they did enjoy how\\nwell they understood their Bibles, and their primers how\\nthey estimated the rights of men with what religious rev-\\nerence they regarded the Sabbath and the Sanctuary, and\\nwith what promptitude they discharged their duty to one\\nanother, and to their Country, I look back on them with\\nadmiration, and I declare my solemn conviction when I\\nsay The world never saw such a race of men but once\\nAnd I am equally convinced, that the farther their descen-\\ndants depart from the great and leading principles of their\\nAncestors, the greater will be their degeneracy, and the\\nmore speedy their ruin But I see that I am already an-\\nticipating the events of a second Century, events which the\\nProvidence of God alone can develop. And with me and\\nyou, it is a solemn moment. We are reminded, that we\\nD4.", "height": "2952", "width": "1722", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34.\\nare now the representatives of those who are to rise up af-\\nter us in our line for a century to come, as our fathers\\nwere our representatives a hundred years ago. As we\\nhave been influenced by the part which our fathers per-\\nformed, so will generations yet unborn be affected by the\\npart we shall perform, and how immense are our responsi-\\nbilities We do not move without the destinies of men\\ndevolving upon us We need, all of us, divine teaching\\nand sanctification, to enable us to act wisely and faithful-\\nly, in these relations We need to be praying men and\\npraying women, as our Fathers and Mothers were, and to\\nrealize that here we have no continuing city And vvhile\\nwe stand by the ashes of our Parents and our Grand Pa-\\nrents while we recall their prayers, and tears, and la-\\nbours for our salvation. Oh, let us not disappoint the hope,\\nthat alleviated their sorrows in death Although the\\ntongue is silent, which poured instruction into our infant\\nminds, and the arm has withered, which bore us to the bap-\\ntismal fount, yet we may believe, their faith in the atoning\\nblood of Christ is recorded on high, and we may hope, that\\nblessings are in reserve for their repentant offspring, and\\nfor all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our\\nGod shall call. With such obligations resting on us, and\\nsuch gracious promises left on record for us, and our chil-\\ndren, let us improve the opportunity to secure the pearl of\\ngreat price, that is put into our hands, and not lose the\\nblessing by delay\\nAnd can we be otherwise than deeply impressed with the\\nbrevity of human life, while we stand amidst so many me-\\nmentos of departed worth, and the voice of our fathers and\\nof our mothers speaks to us from the grave, Sons and\\nDaughters, the time is short Another century gone,\\nand where are we Where are our children Who\\nwill stand in this place, and address that unknown, that\\ndistant generation 7 Who shall open the book of Provi-\\ndence, and rehearse the events of another century Alas,\\nwe are then dead and our children are dead and but\\nfew of us will transmit our memories to that distant day,\\nand where. Oh where our spirits But whoever he shall\\nbe, that shall speak on that solemn and affecting occasion,", "height": "2937", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "addressdelivered00powers_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "35\\nto him would I now reach forth the right hand of fellow-\\nship, if he comes in the name of Jesus, and Oh, that it\\nmay be his delightful service to speak to an entire assem-\\nbly of holy men and holy women, and to adopt the lan-\\nguage of the seventh angel in the Apocalypse, by announc-\\ning that the Kingdoms of this world are become the King-\\ndoms of our Loi d and his Christ and he shall reign for-\\never and ever\\nBut I am unwilling to take my leave of this subjec\u00c2\u00bb.^\\nand of this numerous audience, until I have fixed your\\nthoughts on that future moment^ when Centuries will cease\\nto be numbered, and time to be measured. There is a lu-\\ncid spot in the distant horizon of our hopes, and it is ex-\\nhibited to us by the prospective part of God s holy word,\\na spot to which every e^e of faith is naturally turned for\\nthe personal interest w lich it sees to centre there It is\\nthe hour of judgment Yes, we are taught by unerrino-\\ntruth, that nature will cease to revolve, the world will ex-\\npire, and the dead, we, our ancestors, and our descendants,\\nwill awake -nto life, and stand before the effulgent throne\\nof God For it is the language of an Apostle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that ive\\nshall not all sleep, hut we shall all be changed In a mo-\\nment, pc the tivinkling of an eije, at the last trump for\\nthe trumpet shall sound, ami the dead shall be raised in-\\ncorruptible, and we shall be changed But why this\\nuniversal interest felt in the doctrine of the judgment It\\nis for the greatest of all reasons for it is again said\\nWe must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,\\nthat every one 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