{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3682", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "ANNALS\\nOF THt:\\nTOWN OF KEENE,\\nfrom: ITS FIRST SBTTZjEZSENT, ZXr 1734,\\nTO THE VEAR 1790.\\nBY SALMA HALE.\\nffirst published in the Collections of the Ntw-Hampshire Historical SocietT.\\nro^ j\\nCONCORD\\nPRINTED BY JACOB B. MOORF.\\n18?6,", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "ilvef\u00c2\u00abice.\\nThe following annals were compiled at the request of the New-\\nHampshire Historical Society, and of several citizens of Keeoe.\\nIt was thought of some public importance to seize the opportunity,\\nnow rapidly passing away, of placing on record, to preserve from\\noblivion, the most interesting events which, since its first settle-\\nment, have occurred in this place. It has been the principal\\nobject of the compiler to give a correct and lively impress of the\\nage gone by. This he thought could be best arcomplishpd by\\ncopying freely and fully such written documents as came under\\nhis inspection. Speak, that I may know thee, was the address\\nof a Grecian sage to a stranger. That the present generation\\nand posterity may know their ancestors, they have here been\\nbrought forward to speak for themselves.\\nFor the facts and proceedings, not related in the words of the\\nactors, the public are indebted to Thomas Wells, Joseph Ellis, and\\nseveral others, aged and respectable inhabitants of this town, or\\nof that portion of Sullivan which once formed apart of it", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "^nnal!^ of icrcnr.\\n-^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00a9\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6i\u00c2\u00ab-\\nKeene, which is one of the shire towns in the\\ncounty of Cheshire, was first settled under the au-\\nthority of Massachusetts. At the time of its set-\\ntlement, the line between that colony and New-\\nHampshire had not been surveyed, nor its direction\\nascertained, and it was generally supposed that\\nthe valley of the Ashuelot* would fall within the\\nboundaries of the former.\\n1732.\\nIn June, Gov. Belcher, in his speech to the\\nGreat and General Court of Massachusetts, re-\\ncommended, that care be taken to settle tfie un-\\ngranted land. In the House of Representatives,\\nit was thereupon voted, that there be seven towns\\nopened, of the contents of six miles square one\\nvest of the Narraganset town, that is near Wachu-\\nsett Hill one between the equivalent lands and\\nRutland, on or near the road lately laid out from\\nSwift River to Rutland one at Poquaig, (Athol)\\non Miller s river one west of the town called\\nNorthtown two on Ashueiot river, above North-\\nfield and the other in the eastern country, at the\\nhead of Berwick that committees be appointed to\\nadmit settlers and lay out house lots, so that the\\nsettlements may be made in a defensible manner,\\nand to direct in the drawing thereof, but not to lay\\nout any further division witliout directions from thi^,\\ncourt that there shall be sixty-three house lots,\\nlaid out in each township, one for the first settled\\nminister, one for the ministry, one for the school,\\nand one for each of the sixty settlers, who shall set-\\nIn the Indian language, the won! Ashueiot is saul to mean a colUction of ma-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ly waters.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "4 dnnals of Kecnc\\ntie thcreOD, in his own person, or by any of ha\\nchildren the rest of the land to be allotted or di-\\nvided equally into sixty-three parts that one year\\nfrom the survey be allowed for the admission\\nof settlers, and that the committee be directed to\\ndemand and receive, from each settler, at his ad-\\nmission, five pounds,* part of which shall be em-\\nployed for reimbursing the province the money to\\nbe advanced for paying the committees, and the\\ncharg\u00c2\u00bbiS of the survey, the remainder to be em-\\nployed for building houses of publick worship, or\\notherwise, ac the General Court shall order that\\neach settler actually live on his land w ithin three\\nyears after his admission, and continue there for\\nthe space of two years after, in person and with\\nhis family, if such he have that he do, within five\\nyears from his admission, build a Jiouse on his land,\\nof eighteen feet square and seven feet stud, at the\\nleast, and within the same time do sufficiently fence\\nand till, or fit for mowing, eight acres of Jand and\\nin case any settler fail of performance, his right to\\nbe forfeited and the committee for admitting set-\\ntlers are directed to take of each, at the time of\\nadmission, a bond for twenty pounds for the use\\nand benefit of tlie settlers, in case he fail of per-\\nforming the conditions mentioned and the settlers,\\nin each town, shall be obliged to build a suitable\\nThis was piobnbly of the paper money then current in IMassncliusetts Like\\nthe contiiipntal money of later times, it was at par when the first issues were made,\\nbut afterwards depreciated greatly. The following table, shewing its value at dif-\\nferent periods, will enable the reader to calculate the value of the sums hereaf-\\nter mentioned in this history. The second and fouith col:unns shew the value, in\\npaper, (old times) af an ounce of silver, which was equal lo six shillings and\\npjnht pence, lairful nnoney,\\n5.\\nd.\\n1\\ns.\\n1702\\n10\\n2\\n1728\\n18\\n1705\\n7\\n1730\\n20\\n1713\\n8\\n1737\\n26\\nKIH\\n;t\\n/7.11\\n28\\n1717\\nyi\\n1722\\n14\\n1749\\nCO\\ni.\\nSoon after 1749, old tenor rose to lilty liiHiiit;s the ounce, the General Court of\\nM. .-sachusetts having eneaaed to rtuiceni ir at that rate with the money received\\nfroin tlic British parliamentras a iciniburscment for the pxpenscs incurred in tak-\\ning Louisboura;. At 50s. the ounce, 100 pounds were ef|nal to \u00c2\u00a313, 6j. M. lawful\\natid 45 shillings were equal lo one dollar-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 5\\nnieetins: house, and settle a learned and orthodox\\nminister, in such town, within five years from their\\nadmission.\\n1733.\\nOn the first of July, this vote was concurred by\\nthe Council, and consented to by the Governor;\\nbut the committee appointed to make the survey\\nnot attending to their duty, it was, Oct. 19, IT.i.J,\\nvoted, that another committee, consisting; of Jo-\\nseph Kellog, Timothy Dwight, and William Chand-\\nler, be appointed, with directions, forthwith to lay\\nout the townships at Poquaig and on Ashuelot riv-\\ner, unless they find that, by reason of laying out\\nthe township granted to Col. Willard and others,\\n(Winchester,) the land remaining at Ashuelot river\\nwill not well serve for two townships, in which\\ncase, they are directed to lay out only one on that\\nriver.\\n1734.\\nIn Februar} the committee made a return to\\nthe General Court of a Plat of two townships,\\neach of the contents of six miles square, situated\\non each side of Ashuelot river above the tract of\\nland lately granted to Col. Josiah Willard and oth-\\ners, beginning at a spruce or white pme tree, stand-\\ning about midway between the south and ea^t\\nbranches of said river, about five perch east of\\nthe bank of the main river, and thence runnin\u00c2\u00ab-\\neach way as described on the plat. This is tlie\\ndividing line between the upper and lower town-\\nships. The plat was accepted, and the lands con-\\ntained in said townships were declared to lie in, and\\nconstitute a part of, the county of Hampshire.\\nIn March, a committee was appointed to lay out\\nhouse lots, in the townships mentioned, who, in\\nJune, made a report of a plat of the house lots in\\nthe upper township on Ashuelot river. Of these\\nJots, fifty-four were laid out on the village plain.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Annals of Kecnt.\\ntwenty-seven on each side of the main street, and\\nthe other nine upon the plain, on Swanzey line,\\nnorth of the factory. They were 160 rods long,\\nand eight wide, each containing eight acres. The\\nsur\\\\eyors reported, that near the Sf)rii^e or white\\npine tree, above mentioned, they made their first\\nstation. Hence originated the name, Statia, which\\nhas been appHed to an excellent farm in that quar-\\nter of the town. The lots owned by Daniel Wat-\\nson, and Dr. Twitchell, are the most northerly of\\nthe house lots.\\nThis committee being also authorized to admit\\nsettlers, they notified all persons, desirous of taking\\nlots, to meet at Concord, in Massachusetts, on the\\n26th of June. A few days previous to that time^\\nthe General Court voted, that, after the sixty i)er-\\nsons for each township shall have drawn lots, giv-\\nen bonds, and paid their five pounds, according to\\nthe order of this Court, passed Jul} 1732, they\\nforthwith assemble, at Concord, Mass. and then\\nand there choose a moderator and proprietors clerk,\\nagree upon rules and methods tor the fulfilment of\\ntheir respective grants, for making further divis-\\nions, and for calling other meetings, and attend to\\nany other matters or things necessary for the spee-\\ndy settlement of said townships. No charter was\\never granted to the proprietors by Massachusetts,\\nand their title to the lands rested wholly upon\\nthese several votes of the General Court.\\nAgreeably to the notice given by the committee,\\na meeting was held at Concord, on the 26th June,\\nwhen the sixty settlers, for the upper township, on\\nAshuelot river, were admitted. Among them are\\nfound the names of Jeremiah Hall, John Hawks,\\nWilliam Smeed, Isaac Heaton, John Guild, Joseph\\nEllis, John Nims, Josiah Fisher. Mark Ferry, and\\nStephen Blake.\\nThe next day, a full meeting of the proprietors\\nwas held at Concord; Samuel .Sady was chosen", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. V\\nModerator, aad Samuel Hey wood, proprietors\\nClerk, who was sworn before the worshiplul Jus-\\ntice Goddard anil the meeting was adjourned to\\nthe 18th of Sept. then to be held on the town-\\nship.\\nIn the succeeding September, seven persons,\\nproprietors, or sons of proprietors, whose names\\nwere Jeremiah Hal), Daniel Hoar, Seth Heaton,\\nElisha Root, Nathaniel Rock wood, Josiah Fisher,\\nWilliam Puffer, set out for the township. None of\\nthem having previously visited it, they were ac-\\ncompanied by Deacon Alexander, of Northfiehl,\\nas a pilot. They did not arrive at the line of the\\ntownship until late in the evening of the i8th. the\\nday to which the meeting was adjourned; and as\\nsoon as their pilot informed them they had passed\\nit, they opened the meeting, and adjourned to the\\nnext day.\\nAt the meeting held the next day, a vote was\\npassed, that the whole of the interval land in the\\ntownship should be surveyed, and that half of it\\nshould be lotted out in two enclosures, one so sit-\\nuated as to accommodate the 54 house lots, laid out\\non the village plain, the other so as to accommo-\\ndate the 9 house lots, laid out on Swanzey line. A\\ncommittee was also appointed to search and find\\nout the best and most convenient way to travel\\nfrom the upper unto the lower township.\\nAt this period. Upper Ashuelot was a frontier\\nsettlement, in the bosom of the wilderness. It was\\nof course most exposed to savage incursions, and\\nwas liable to suffer, in their extremity, all those;-\\ndistresses and calamities, w hich may be alleviated,\\nif not prevented, by the assistance and good offices\\nof others. Its nearest neighbor was Northfield,\\ntwenty miles distant Winchester, which was first\\ngranted, not being then settled, or containing at\\nmost not more than two or three huts.\\nv", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8 Annals of Keene.\\n1735.\\nThe next meeting of the proprietors was held\\nat Concord, Mass. on the last Wednesday of May.\\nThe committee appointed to survey the interval\\nland made a report. The lots they had laid out\\ncontained eigfit acres and as they were not all\\nequal in quality, the proprietors voted that certain\\nenumerated lots should have qualification, or al-\\nlowance, to consist of from two to four acres each,\\nand appointed a committee to lay out these allow-\\nances. The practice of qualifying lots, thus intro-\\nduced, was afterwards pursued, and occasioned\\ngreat irregularity in the future allotments of land.\\nAt this meeting, a committee was also appointed\\ntojom with such as the lower town proprietors\\nshall appoint, to search and find out whether the\\nground will admit of a convenient road from the\\ntwo townships, on Ashuelot river, down to the town\\nof Townshend.\\nAt a subsequent meeting, held in September of\\nthe same year, on the township, the proprietors\\nwere assessed in the sum of sixty pounds, and a\\ncommittee was appointed to bill out this money\\naccording to the proprietors directions. It ap-\\npears by the record, that the mode of billing out\\nthe money remaining in the treasury was often\\npractised. A committee was also appointed to lay\\nout a road to the Saw-mill place, which is about\\nthree quarters of a mile north from the house lots,\\nand where the lower Saw-mill on Beaver brook now\\nstands. A vote was also passed, offering one hun-\\ndred acres of middling good land, and twenty -five\\npounds, to any person or persons who would engage\\nto build a saw-mill, and saw boards for the propri-\\netors, at twenty shillings per thousand, and slit work\\nfor \u00c2\u00a33, lOs. per 1000. John Corbett and Jesse\\nRoot, appeared and undertook to build the mill, and\\na committee was thereupon appointed to lay out\\nthe land. The mill was to be finished by the first", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 9\\nA^y of July, 1736. Under date of May, 1735, ap-\\npears a record of the expense of laying out the\\nsecond division of lots. The surveyor was allowed\\n4.J shillinjxs, (70 cts four others were aUowed 12\\ntshiliings and two others 10 shillings per day.\\n173C.\\nOn the 30th day of September, a meeting of the\\nproprietors was 0{)ened, according to appointment,\\nat the house lot of Joseph Fisher, but was immedi-\\nately removed to the Ao/we of Nathan Blake. This\\nhouse was probably the first erected in the town-\\nship. A committee was appointed to agree with\\na man to build a great mill, and they were author-\\nized to offer not exceeding forty pounds encour-\\nagement therefor. The proprietors also voted to\\nbuild a meeting-house, at the south end of the town\\nstreet, at the place appointed by the General Court s\\ncommittee, (near where Mr. Carpenter s house now\\nstands) to be forty feet long, twenty ttet stud, and\\nthirty-five feet wide, and to lay boards for the low-\\ner floor the house to be finished by the 2bth daj\\nof June, 1737.\\nAt the same meeting, a vote w?s passed to widen\\nthe main street, which was originally but four rods\\nwide. It provided that, if the proprietors of the\\nhouse lots, on the west side of the street, would\\nsurrender four rods in depth, on the end of their\\nlots adjoining the street, they should have it made\\nup in quantity, in the rear. This proposition w^as\\nacceded to and to this measure the village is in-\\ndebted for its broad and elegant main street.\\nNo person had hitherto attempted to remain\\nthrough the winter on the township. Those who\\ncame in the summer to clear their lands, brought\\ntheir provisions with them, and erected temporary\\nhuts to shelter them from the weather. In the\\nsummer of 1736, at least one house was erected\\nand three persons, Nathan lilake, Seth Heaton and\\n2", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10 Annals of Keene.\\nWilliam Sraeed, the two first trorii Wrentham and\\nthe last from Deerfielcl, made pre{)arations to pass\\nthe winter in the wildertiess. Their house was at\\nthe lower end ol the street. Blake had a pair of\\noxen and a horse, and Heaton a horse Fw \\\\he\\nsupport of these, they collected glass in tfie opi ii\\nspots; and in the first part ot the winter, they em-\\nployed them in drawing logs to the saw-mill, which\\nhad just been completed. Blake s horse lell\\nthrougii the ice of Beaver brook and was drowned.\\nIn the beginning of February, their own [)rovisions\\nwere exhausted, and to obtain a supfily of meal,\\nHeaton was despatclied to Noithfieid. I liere\\nwere a few families at Winchester, but none able to\\nfurmsli what was wanted. Heaton procured a\\nquantity of meal but before he left .Northiield, the\\nsnow began to fall, and wh( n, on his return, he ar-\\nrived at Winchester, it was uncommonly deep, and\\ncovered by a sharp crust. He was told that lie\\nmight as well expect to die in Northfield and rise\\na;:ain in Upper Ashuelot, as ride thitii^r on horse-\\nback. Recollectinir the friends he had left there,\\nhe nevertheless determined to make ttie attempt,\\nbut had proi-eeded but a short distance wnen he\\nfound that it would be impossible to succeed. He\\nthen returned, and directed his cour ^e to^wards\\nWrentham. Blake and Smeed, hearing nothing;\\nfrom Heaton, gave the oxen free access o the ha},\\nleft Ashuelot, and on snow shoes proceeded either\\nto Deerneld or Wrentham. Anxious tor their ox-\\nen, tliey returned early in the spring. 1 hey tound\\nthem near the Branch, south-east of Carpenter s,\\nmuch emaciated, b\\\\jt feeding upon twigs and such\\ngrass as was bare. The oxen recognised their\\nowner, and exhibited such pleasure at the meeting\\nas drew tears from iiis e)es.\\n17.37.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, held IVTay 12,\\nthey voted to assess sixtj pounds ou the propria-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "*.innals of Keene, 1\\ntor of the hon^e-lots, for the purpose of hiring; a\\ngcspel minister, and cliose a committee to au;ree\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with so iie meet person to preach tiie ijospel\\namong; tnem. 1 his meeting was atljourned, to be\\nheld at the meeting;-house place, on tlie iOtli of\\nIVlny. On the day appointed, it was there opened,\\nbut was immediately removed to the interval hind,\\nand there a vote was passed, that another division\\nof meadow land should be made. A committee\\nwas also chosen to represent this propriety in ap-\\nply Ingj to, and receiving; of the Honourable the\\nGeneral Court s committee, for this townsnip, the\\nmotjey 2;ranted to said proprietors when they shall\\nhave the frame of a meetnig;-house raised, and forty\\nproprietors settled on the spot.\\nI he next meeting; was held at the nieeting;-house\\nframe^ June ;J0. Jeremiah Hall was recompensed\\nfor his services in searching; for, and laying out, a\\nroad to Townsend, and two others were added to\\nthe committee appointed to apply to the G\u00c2\u00abneral\\nCourt s committee for the one iuindred pounds.\\nmentioned in the proceeding;s of the last raeetinj?.\\nIt was also voted, that no meeting; of the proprie-\\ntors be held, for the future, but at this place, so lons^\\nas there shall be seven proprietors inhabiting here.\\nAt a meeting: held October iti, a vote was passed,\\nthat the ivorthy Mr. Jacob Bacon should draw for\\nthe second division of meadow land, for tlie whole\\npropriety. This is the first time that the name of\\nMr. Bacon, who was the first settled minister of the\\ntown, is mentioned in the records.\\nAt the same meeting, a vote was passed, to lay\\nout cue hiridred acres of upland to each house-lot\\nor right. The proprietors were to draw lots for\\nchoice, and he who ilri^w No. 1, was to make his\\npitch by a certain day and those who drew the\\nsuccessive numbers on successive days, excludino-\\nSundays, thus giving every man his day. Each\\nlot was surveyed by a coaimittee, in such plan and", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "Ifi Annals of Keene*\\nin such shape as the proprietor drawing it directed^\\nSome of the phins recorded in the proprietors re-\\ncords, (xh;bit figures which Euclid never imagined,\\nand probably could not measure. Common land\\nwas left in every part of the township, in j)ieces of\\nall sizes and shapes. In this manner, great confu-\\nsion in lines was introduced, by which the owners\\nof real estate are yet perples.ed and embarrassed.\\n1738.\\nOn the 7th February, Jacob Bacon, A. M. was\\nchosen proprietors Clerk and Treasurer. A vote\\n^vas passed, raising 240 pounds to support the\\npreaching of the gospel, and other necessary char-\\nges, and a committee appointed to provide preach-\\ning. A committee was also appointed to procure\\nan anvil, bellows, vice, sledge hammer and tongs,\\nfit for the work of a blacksmith, and to let the same\\nto a blacksmith, as long as he swall use and improve\\nthem in the proprietors business, by faithfully do-\\ning their work, at their request, before any other\\nbusiness or work, for any other person or persons\\nwhatsot ver.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, held at the meet-\\ning; house in the township. May I, the proprietors\\nproceeded to the choice of a suitable person to set-\\ntle in the ministry, and Mr. Jacob Bacon was unan-\\nimously chosen. A vote was also passed, offering\\nMr. Bacon, as a settlement, (50 pounds, (in )ills of\\ncredit of tiie old tenor,) provided he accept the\\ncall of the proprietors. B} another vote, he was\\noffered a yearly salary ot 13o pounds (old tenor)\\nfor ten years, with an addition of ten pounds year-\\nly afterwards, so long as he continued the minister\\nof the place, and a committee was appointed to lay\\nthese proposals before him.\\nI he proposals were accordingly laid before him\\nby a letter from the committee. On the 5th of Au-\\ngust, Mr. Bacon, by letter, accepted the call on\\ncondition tluit the town would furnish hioi a vear-\\nly supply of fire wood, at his door.", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "J^nnals of Keene. 13\\nAt a Tneetinf]^, held Oct. 2, the proprietors voted\\nto ydd ten pounds to Mr. Bacon s sukiry, at the\\nend ot ten years alter his ^ettlin\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb; anioni*; them, and\\nthereby raise his sahiry to 150 pounds, money of\\nthe present currency; and to find him so mucli\\ngood fire wood as he shall need, ready drawn to\\nhis door.\\nAlthough the whites were, at this time, at peace\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0with the Indians, yet, deemina; it not prudent to\\nremain \\\\\\\\Jthoutsome means of defence, the propri-\\netors, at this meetinji;, voted, that they would finish\\nthe fort, which was already be^un, and that every\\none that shoiild work, or had worked, at said foit,\\nshould brino in his account to the surveyor of hiiih-\\nways, and should be allowed therefor, ou his high-\\nway tax bill. This fort was situated on a small em-\\ninence, a few rods north of the house of Dr. Ad-\\nams. When completed, it was about 90 feet\\nS(juare there were two ovens, and two wells in\\nthe enclosure. It was built of hewn lo is In the\\ninterior, next to the walls, were twenty barracks,\\neach having one room. On the outside, it was\\ntwo stories high, in the inside, but one. the roof over\\nthe barracks inclining inwards, (n the space above\\nthe barracks, were loop-holes to fire trom with mus-\\nkets. There were two watch houses, one at the\\nsouth-east corner, and one on the western side, each\\nelected on four high posts set upright in the earth.\\nAnd for greater safety, the whole was surrounded\\nby pickets.\\nOn the IHth of October, a church was gathered,\\nand Mr. Bacon ordained, the churches represented\\nbeing those of Wrentham, Sunderland, Northfield\\nand Med way.\\nDecember 4, the proprietors voted, to finish the\\nmeetinij house, on the outside, workman-like, viz.\\nto cover it with good sawed clapboards, well plan-\\ned, good window frames well glazed, and handsome-", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14 dnnals of Keene.\\n]y to case the doors and so far to finish the inside\\nas to lay hv loner fioor and build tlie body ot the\\nseats, tlie pulpit, one pew, the table and deacon s\\nseat, all completely, workman-like.\\nAbout this tnnr, John Andrews came from Box-\\nford to settle in Upper As^luelot. He sent back\\nEpliraim Dortnan and Joseph Ellis, with a team of\\nei2;lit oxen and a horse, to bring up his turuiture.\\nTne route they came, which was pro[)ably then the\\nbest, il not the only one, led throuijh Concord,\\nWorcester, Brookfield, Belchertown, Hadley, Hat-\\nfield, Deerfield, Northfield. Winchester, Swanzey,\\nand on the bank of the Ashuelot to the house lots.\\nWhen tiiey passed through Swanzey, it rained\\nhard, and they did not reach the station until night.\\nAs it continued to rain, was very dark, and as tlie\\nwater, which already covered the mjeadows, rose\\nrapidly, they, apprehensive of being drowned, un-\\nyoked their oxen, chained their cart to a tree, and\\nhastened to the settlement, then a mile distant. As\\nsoon as day light appeared, the next morning, a\\nboat was despatched in search of the cattle and\\nfurniture. When passing over Bullard s island, a\\nman cru d to them tor help. It was Mark Ferry,\\nthe hermit. Wearied with the noise and bustle of\\nthe settlement, lie had retired to a cave, which he\\nhad dug into the bank of the river, where he c n-\\nstantly resided. Ttie water had now driven him\\nfrom his dwelling, and compelled him to seek re-\\nfuge on a stump, where he then sat, with a calf in\\nhis arms, over which he had drawn a shirt. The\\nboatman answered, we must take care of the neat\\ncattle first, and passed on. Tliey soon came to\\ntie cart which was .ifloat. Proceeding further, and\\nguided by the sound of the bells, which the cattle\\nas u ^ual wore, they found them on several little\\nhillocks, some with only their heads out of water.\\nThey fon ed them into the water, and guide l them,\\nswimming, to highland, where they lett tliem untd", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "Mnnah of Keene. 15\\nthe flood subsided. Hearing cries for help belov/\\nthem, they proceeded to (Jrisseu s house, iii tiie\\nbjriiers of Swanze}, to the chaiuber and to the top\\nof which, the taniily had been driven. These, they\\ntook off, and, on their return home, took Ferry and\\nbis ealt into the canoe. This, uiiich was known\\nby the name of Andrews flood, was the hi!i;hest\\ne^er known in the township. Tne water came\\nwithin a few feet of tlie street, north of Capt.\\nlilaKe s okl house.\\nMr. Andrews was the father of ten children, nine\\nof whom he brought with liim. Between Sep-\\ntember, 1 711, and September, 1715, every one of\\ntiie nine died of tlie throat .hsteni[)er, and he then\\nreturned disconsolate to his former residence.\\ni;40.\\nJanuary 7, a meeting of the proprietors was held.\\nIn tlie warrant calHng it, an article was inseited,\\nTo make such grant or grants of land, to such\\nperson or persons as they shab think deserve the\\nsame, for hazarding their lives and estate bj living\\nhere to bring forward the settling of the place.\\nUpon this article, the following vote was passed.\\nWhich probably gives the names of nearly all the\\nmen then residing in the township, and the number\\nof dwellings erected. Voted, to grant ten acres\\nof upland to eacli of the persons hereafter named,\\nviz. Jacob Bacon, clerk. Josiah Fisher, Joseph Fish-\\ner, Nathan Blake, VVilliam Smeed, Scth Heaton,\\nJoseph Ellis, Ebenezer x\\\\im:^, Joseph Guild, Joseph\\nRichardson, Isaac Clark, Edward Dale, Jeremiah\\nHaII, Ebenez(M Force, Daniel Ill^vs, Amos Foster.\\nElunezer Day, Beriah Maccaiicy, Jabez Hili,Obed\\nBlake, Jeremiah Hall, jr. David Nirns, Timothy\\nPiiffrr, El)\u00c2\u00ab*nez T Daniels, NatlntJ Fairbanks, John\\nBulhird^ David Foster, Solomon Richardson Abner\\nEllis, BtMijaTnin Guild, Asa Richardson,* Ebenezer\\nHi!l, vSaMUicl Fisher, Ephraim Dornian, Timothy\\nSparliawk. Jonathan Underwood, John Andrews,", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "iG ^^nnals of Keem.\\nSamuel Smith, Samuel Daniels, (39) anrl to such\\nother persons, having an interest here, who, from\\nthe first of next March, to March l742, shall make\\nup the quantity or space of two years in living\\nhere, and build a legal dwelling house, to the num-\\nber of sixty, including thjse before mentioned.\\nA run\u00c2\u00bbor of war having reached the township,\\nthe proprietors, February 25, voted that they would\\nbuild another fort, whenever seven of the propri-\\netors should request it. It is no krjown, that this\\nfort was ever built They also voted that there\\nshould be allowed, for every man who should work\\nupon the forts, ei^ht shiUings, and for every pair of\\noxen, four shillings, per day.\\n1 he long and spirited contest, between the prov-\\ninces of Massachusetts and New-Hampshire, res-\\npecting the divisional line between them, had been\\ncarried before the King in council, and in i740, a\\ndecision was made, that from a point three miles\\nnorth of Pawtucket falls, the line should run due\\nwest until it reached his majesty s other govern-\\nments. This left Upper Ashuelot far within the\\nboundaries of New Hampshire. Upon this sub-\\nject, the proprietors, on the 3d day of October,\\nheld a meeting, and the following proceedings ap-\\npear upon their records.\\nThe proprietors being informed that, by the\\ndetermination of his majesty in council respecting\\nthe controverted hounds between the province of\\nthe Massachusetts and New Hampshire, they are\\nexcluded from the province of the Massachusetts\\nBay, to which they always supposed themselves to\\nbelong.\\nTherefore, unanimously voted, that a petition be\\npresented to the King s most excellent majesty, set-\\nting forth our distrest estate, and praying we may\\nbe annexed to the said Massachusetts province.\\nAlso unanimously voted, that Thomas Hutchin-\\n*?on, Esq. be empowered to present the said peti-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene, 17\\ntion to his majesty, and to appear and fully to act\\nfor and in behalf of this town, respecting the sub-\\nject matter of said petition, according to his best\\ndiscretion.\\nMr. Hutchinson had previously been appointed\\nthe agent of Massacliusetts,to procure an alteration\\nof the order in Council. He made a voyage to\\nEngland, but failed to accomplish the object of his\\naiiency. It is remarkable that, in his history of\\nMassachusetts, he makes no mention of his ap-\\npointment.\\n1741.\\nAt a meeting, held September 7th, the proprie-\\ntors voted, that the meeting-house be removed\\nfrom the place where it now stands, to the most\\nconvenient place on the hill, over against the house\\nof Mr. Isaac Clark. This hill^ which has entirely\\ndisappeared, was a conical eminence in the street,\\none or two rods south of the old Ralston tavern.\\nThe meeting-house was accordingly removed thith-\\ner, and was placed near the centre of the street,\\nthe travelled path being east of it.\\nAt tlie same meeting, it was voted, that if the\\ncollectors shall be obliged to go through a course\\nof law, to recover their collections, and the Massa-\\nchusetts law, by which we are, or have been sup-\\nported, should fail, they should be remunerated for\\ntheir expenses, from the proprietors treasury.\\n1742.\\nJuly 27, the proprietors voted, that, whereas\\nthere was a vote passed by this propriety, Decem-\\nber 4, 738, to glaze the meeting-house, and set the\\nglass in lead, and to cover the outside with sawed\\nclapboards, we do now, having thought sedately up-\\non it, agree, and vote, to set the glass in wood, and\\nto cover the outside with shingles, for the following\\nreasons I, because we judge it stronger and 2,\\nbecause we can do it at less expense of money,\\n3", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18 Jnnals of Keem.\\nV hich is no small article, not easy to be obtained\\nb} us, at this day. And, whereas the proprietors\\nagreed, with the first committee, to make the doors\\nplain, we now ac^ree to have them done otherwise,\\neven framed, or pannel doors, and the north door\\nto be a doubie tolding; door, and that the committee\\nati\u00c2\u00bb ee with a man to do it well, and decently, as be-\\ncomes such a house.\\n1744.\\nJanuary 16, a vote was passed, allowing Jeremi-\\nah Hail eijiht pounds, old tenor, tor getting that\\n100 pounds, at Boston, ot Col. Dudley. This was\\nprobably the sum, which the (General Court of Mas-\\nsichusetts had directed should be paid to tlie pro-\\nprietors, on the erection of a meeting-house.\\nIn March, of this year, war was declared by\\nGreat-Britain, against France and Spain, which,\\nw as soon followed by a war between the colonists\\nand liulians. The dread of savage incursions, in-\\ncreased the labors and distresses of the frontier\\nsettlements. I he attention of the whites was di-\\nverted from the cultivation of their lands, to the de-\\nfence, and protection, of themselves and families.\\nThey dared not perform their usual labors in the\\nfield, n(U even go far from their forts, without car-\\nrying arms, and being accompanied by a guanl\\nand they lived in peipetuai apprehension of a sud-\\nden attack.\\nUpper Ashuelot was also visited by a distressing\\nsickness. Between August 1744, and October\\nJ7 45, agreat number died in the township, most\\nof them of the throat distemper.\\n1745.\\nAt a meeting, held February 5, the proprietors\\nvoted, that the support granted to the Rev. Mr.\\nBacon, for the year I 41, being l/)4 pounds, old\\ntenor, (\u00c2\u00a3e -50 for salary, and 2f for fire wood) and\\nwhich, by reason of war and sickness, was neglect-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 1\u00c2\u00a7\\ned, and not assessed, be brou z;ht into tlie assess-\\nment of tills year.\\nIn the warrant, callins; this meeting, an article\\nW^s inserted, to see il tlie proprietors vvill seek\\nall) further protection, iti case the war contniues\\nand if so, to agree upon some method how they will\\ndo it. The pioprietors voted, not to act upon\\nthis article.\\nOn the lOth of July, deacon Josiah Fisher was\\nkilled, as he was driving his cow to pasture. The\\nroad leading up the river, then left the main street,\\nb}^ Mr. Samson s tan yard, led along the margin of\\nthe meadow, back of his house, crossed West street\\na few rods west of Aaron llalPs house, and contin-\\nued up the river, near the adjoining low land, until\\nit came upon the route of the present tvirnpike\\nabove deacon Wdder s house, now occupied as a\\ntavern. Fisher was found dead, and scalped, in the\\nroad, near where Mr. Samson^s back house stands\\nand it w^as supposed that the Indian who sliot hitn,\\nwas concealed behind a log, which then lay within\\nthe present limits of Mr. Samson s garden. lie\\nhad a brass slug in his wrist, which, at tiie time, v, as\\nconje ^tured to have been cut from a arming pan,\\nthat had lately been lost by one of the inhabitants.\\n1746.\\nMarch 10. the proprietors agreed to raise the sum\\nof forty pounds, lawful montn* of New-En j:!and,\\n(Sl. 5i, 3:^) or one Inr.dred ^nd sixty pounds, old\\ntenor, for the Rev. Mr. Bacon s support the pres-\\nent year. From this vote, it a})pears that, at this\\ntime, old tenor, in comparison with lawful money,\\nwas as four to one.\\nHere occurs a chasm in the proprietors records,\\nwhich the following relation of events will sulii-\\nciently account for.\\nIn the early part of the year, 17^6, the General\\nCcurt of Massachusetts sent a j^artv of men to\\nCanada, lor what purpose, is not now recoliected.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20 Jlmials of Keene.\\nami perhaps was not generally known. On their\\nreturn, they passed through Upper Ashuelot. On\\narming in sight of the settlement, they fired their\\nguns. This, of course, alarmed the inliabitants,\\nand all who were out, and several were in tr-e\\nwoods making sugar, hastened home. From some\\ncause or other, suspicion was entertained, that a\\nparty of Indians had followed the returning whites\\nand for ;several days the settlers were more vigil-\\nart, and more circumspect in their movements\\nseldom leaving the fort, except to look after their\\ncattle, which were in the barns, and at the stacks,\\nin the vicinit}^\\nEarly in the morning of the 23d of April,\\nEphraim Dorman left the fort to search for his cow.\\nHe went northwardly, along the borders of what\\nwas then a hideous and almost impervious swamp,\\n]}ing east of the fort, until he arrived near to the\\nplace where the turnpike now is. Looking into\\nthe swamp, he perceived several Indians lurking\\nin the bushes. He immediately gave the alarm,\\nby crying, Indians Indians and ran towards\\nthe fort. Two, who were concealed in the bushes,\\nbetween him and the fort, sprang forward, aimed\\ntheir pieces at him, and fired, but neither hit him.\\nThey then, throwing away their arms, advanced to-\\nwards him, one he knocked down by a blow, which\\ndeprived him of his senses the other he seized,\\nand being a strong man, and able wrestler, tried his\\nstrength, and skill, in his favorite mode of trip\\nand twitch. He tore his antagonist s blanket from\\nhis shoulders, leaving him nearly naked. He then\\nseized him by the arms and body, but as he was\\npainted and greased, he slipped from his grasp.\\nAfter a short struggle, Dorn)an quitted him, ran\\ntowards the fort and reached it in safety.\\nWhen the alarm was given, the greater part of\\nthe inhabitants were in the fort but some had just\\nleft It, to attend to their cattle. Capt. Simons, the", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "dnnals of Keene. 21\\ncommander, as ^vas the custom cveiy morpinoj f)e-\\nfore |)ru)frs, was readinii a char\u00c2\u00bbttT in tiie bihlo.\\nlie immediatel} exclaimed, rush out, and assist\\nthose who arc cut to L :et in. Most of the men\\nimmediately rusljcd out, and each ran w here !as\\ninterest or aflections led him; the remainder cnose\\nposiiions in the tort, irom w Inch thej could the on\\nthe enemy.\\n1 liose who were out, and within hearing, instant-\\nly started ior the lort and the ituiians. from every\\ndirection, rushed into the slrett, hliiii; the air with\\ntheir usual horrid }eil. Mrs. j Keni:N hai! iione\\nto a barn, near wliere Miss Fiske s house now\\nstands, to milk her cow-. She was a2:ed and corpu-\\nlent, and could only walk slowly. When she was\\nw ithin a few rods of tiie fort, a naked Indian, prob-\\nably the one with whom Dorman had been w ?est-\\nlinjj;, darted from the bushes, on the east side ot the\\nstreet, ran up to her, stabbed lier in the back, and\\ncrossed to the other side. Slie continued walkinij;,\\nin the same steady f)ace as before, untd she had\\nnearly reached the gate of the fort, w hen the blood\\ngushed from her mouth, and she fell and expired.\\nJohn Bullard was at his barn, below Dr. Adams\\nhe ran towards the fort, but the instant he arrived\\nat the iiate, he received a shot in his back. He\\nfell, was carried ii and expired in a few hours.\\n]VIrs. Clark was at a barn, near the Tochi tiouse,\\nabout 50 rods liistant. Leaving it, she espied an\\nIndian near her, w ho threw away his gun, and ad-\\nvanced to make her prison -r. She g.ithere l her\\nclothes around her waist, and started for the f;srt.\\nThe Indian pursued the woman, animated by-\\ncheers from her friends, outran her pursuer, w ho\\nskulked back for his gun. Nathan Biake was at\\nhis barn, near where his son s house now stands.\\nHearing thecry of Indians, and presumimihis bnrn\\nwould be burnt, he determined that his cnttle\\nshould not be burnt with it. Throwing open his", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "22 Annals of Keene.\\nstable door, be let tbem loose, and presuminp: his\\nretreat to the fort was cutoff, went out at a back\\ndoor, intetiding to place himself in ambush at the\\nonly place where the river could be crossed. He\\nhad gone but a few steps, when he was hailed bv a\\nparty of Indians, concealed m a shop between him\\nand the street. Looking back, he perceived sev-\\neral guns pointed at him, and at this instant several\\nIndians started up from their places of cnuceal-\\nment near him, upon which, feeling; himself in their\\npower, he gave himself up. They sliook hands\\nw ith him, and to the remark he made, that he had\\nnot yet breakfasted, they smiling replied, that it\\nmust be a poor Englishman, who could not go to\\nCanada without his breakfast. Passing a cord\\naround his arms above the elbows, and fastening\\nclose to his body, tliey gave him to the care of one\\nof the j)arty, who conducted him to the woods.\\nThe number of Indians, belonging to the party,\\nwas supposed to be about jOO. I hey rame near\\nthe fort, on every side, and fired whenever they\\nsupposed liieir shot would be effectual. They, iiow-\\never, neither killed nor wounded any one. The\\nwhites fired whenever an Indian presented himself,\\nand several of them were seen to tall. Before noon,\\nthe savages ceased firing, but they remained sever-\\nal da\\\\s in the vicinity. The guns first fired were\\nheard at the fort in Swanzey, the commander of\\nwhich imme lately sent an express to Winchester,\\nwith information that the Indians had made an at-\\ntack upon Upper Ashuelot. From Winchester\\nan express was sent to the next post, and so on\\nfrom ])Ost to post to Northampton,where Col. Pome-\\nroy commanded. Collecting all the troops, and mi-\\nlitia there, and pressing all the horses in the place,\\nhe instantly, at their h ead, set out for Upper Ash-\\nuelot, and on his way added to his number all the\\ndisnosable force in the intermediate settlements.\\nIn little more than 48 houris from the time the ex-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 23\\npress started frooi Swanzey, he, wilh 400 or 500\\nuit ii, arrived al Upper Asliutlot, tlje distance down\\nand back, being, at least, nniety niiles. The arri-\\nval, so soon, ot this relief, was as unexpecteil, as it\\nwas gratit in^ to the seitiers. 1 he next morning,\\nPonieroy sent out his men to scour the woods in\\nstarch of Blake. While these were absent, the\\nIndians agaiti shewed themselves on the meadow,\\nSoutheast of the fort, where they killed a iiumber\\noi cattle. To recall the troops, an alarm was fired,\\nbut uas not heard. In the afternoon, they return-\\ned unsuccesstui, and that evening Mr. Bullard, and\\nIVirs M Kenny were buried. Ihe next morning,\\nthey found the track of the Indians, and followed\\nit, until they came to he place of their encamp-\\nment at night i his was east of Buck hill, TiOt far\\nfrom the present residence of Capt. C hapman. It\\nappearing that they dispersed, when departing\\nfron\u00c2\u00bb this place, they were pursued no farther.\\nCol. Pomeroy, on his way back to the fort, found\\nthat a house, beloni^ing to iVlr. Heaton, and stand-\\ning near the place where his son s house now stands,\\nha l been burnt. A liong the ashes, they discover-\\ned human bones, and the leg of an Indian uncon-\\nsumed As it is known to have been the custom\\nof the Ir-.dians to take t!ie most eflfectual means\\nin their power, to conceal the amount of their loss,\\nthey had doubtless placed in this house, before\\nthev set it on tire, tiie bodies of such of their par-\\nty as had been killed, which they had not other-\\nwise concealed. The number, as near as could be\\nasc,*rtained, was nine, and one or two were burnt\\nin the barn of IVIr. Blake.\\nThe next day, enquiry was made for Mark Fer-\\nry, the hermit. As he did not reside among them,\\nand had never performed the duties of relation,\\nfriend or cotnpanion to any of the settlers, they\\nfelt little solicitude for his fate but Col. Pomeroy\\noffering to send a party of men, they agreed to", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24 Annals of Keene.\\nsend a pilot to tlie place where they supposed he\\nniisht be iouiid. This was Ferry oieadow, on the\\nstream called Ferry brook, within the present lim-\\nits of SuUivan, whither he had repaired, as to a\\nplar e of safety, when driven by the flood from his\\ncave on Bui lard s island. They found his horse\\nconfined under the shelter of the root of a fallen\\ntree, and, looking further, espied him perched high\\nupon the limb of a laige tree, mending his clothes.\\nHis personal appearance indicated that he had not\\nreceived the benefit of shaving, nor ablution, for\\nmonths. They compelled him to descend, brought\\nhim to the fort, led him to the officers quarters,\\nand, with mock formality, introduced him to all the\\nofficers, and gentlemen of the party.\\nApprehending no farther danger to the settlers,\\nCol. Pomeroy and his men returned to their homes.\\nIn the early part of May, the same, or another\\nparty of Indians, liovered about the settlement,\\nwatching for an opportunity to make prisoners, and\\nto plunder. For several successive nights, the\\nwatch imagined that they heard some person walk-\\ning around the fort. When it came to the turn of\\nyoung M Kenny, whose mother had been killed,\\nto watch, he declared he should fire, on hearing the\\nleast noise without the fort. In the dead of night,\\nhe thought he heard some person at the picket\\ngate, endeavoring to ascertain its strength. Hav-\\ning loaded his gun, as was usual among fhe first\\nsettlers of the country, with two balls and several\\nbuck shot, he fired through the gate, which was\\nmade of thin boards. In the morning blood w^s\\ndiscovered on the spot, and also a number of beads,\\nsupposed to have been cut, by the shot, from the\\nwampum of the Indian.\\nThe inhabitants n^mained in the fort until March,\\nor April, 7 47. About this time, they passed an\\ninformal vote, releasing Mr. Bacon, their minister,\\nfrpm all his obligations to tnem, and resolved to", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 25\\nabandon the settlement, which resolution was im-\\nDiediately executed. JSoon after, a paity of In-\\ndians visited the place, and burnt all the buildings,\\nexcept the mill on Beaver brook, and the house in\\nwhich the miller had resided.\\nIt has been already mentioned, that Mr. Blake,\\nwheti captured, was pinioned, and conducted by an\\nIndian into the woods. Alter travelling about two\\nmiles, they came to a sn\u00c2\u00bball stony brock. The\\nIndian stooped to drink, and as Blake s hands were\\nnot confined, he thouiijht he could easily take up a\\nstone, and beat out his brains. He silently prayed\\nfor direction and his next thought was, that he\\nshould always regret that he had killed an Indian\\nin that situation, and he refrained.\\nNo particulars of his journey to Canada have\\nbeen obtained, except that he passed by Charles-\\ntown. At Montreal, he, with another prisoner of\\nthe name of Warren, was compelled to run the\\ngauntlet Warren, receiving a blow in the face,\\nknocked down the Indian who gave it upon\\nwhich, lie was assaulted b}- several, who beat Jiim\\nunmercifully, making him a cripple lor life. Blake,\\nexhibiting more patience and fortitude, received no\\nconsiderable injury. He m as then conducted to\\nQuebec, and thence to an Indian village, several\\nmiles north of that place, called Ccnissadawga.\\nHe was a strong, athletic man, and possessed ma-\\nny qnalities, which procured him the respect of the\\nsavages. He could run v^ith great speed, and in\\nall the trials to which he was put, and they were\\nmany and severe, he beat every antagonist.\\nNot long after his arrival at the village, the tribe\\nlost a chief by sickness. As soon as his decease\\nwas made known, the women repaired to his wig-\\nwam, and with tears, sobs, and clamorous lamenta-\\ntions, mourned his death. The funeral ceretuonies\\nperformed, the men sought Blake, dressed him in\\n4", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26 Annals of Keene.\\nthe Indian costume, and invested him with all the\\nantiiont} and privileges of the deceased, as one of\\nthe cidifs of the tribe, and as husband of the wid-\\no V. In the fam.!} to vvliich he now stood in the\\nrt laiion of fitlier, there were, as he has often re-\\nmarked, several dau\u00c2\u00abj|iters of uncommon beauty.\\nYet, notwithstanchng; this good fortune, he still\\nhad diificulties to encounter. The tribe was divid-\\ned into \\\\\\\\\\\\o parlies, his friends and his enemies.\\nThe former consisted of the great mass of tne\\ntribe, who respected him for qualities, to which,\\nthey had not equal preterisions the latter, of tiiose\\nwho were envious ol his success, and had beea\\nworsted in their contests with him. These, to\\nhumble his pride, sent far into the northern wilder-\\nness, and procured a celebrated Indian runner, to\\nrun against him. At the time assigned, the whole\\ntribe assembled to witness the race and a French-\\nn)an, from Quebec, happened to be present. Per-\\nceiving the excitement among them, he advised\\nBlake to permit himself to be beaten, intimating\\nthat fatal consequences might ensue, if he did not.\\nThe race was run, and Blake, as advised by the\\nFrenciunan, permitted his antagonist to reach the\\ngoal, a moment before he did. He persisted, how-\\ne\\\\ er, after his return trom captivity, in declaring\\nthat he njight have beaten hitn, if he had tried.\\nThe evei t of the race, restored harmony to the\\ntril e, and Bhdie was permitted to live in peace.\\nBut, rememberinij the family he had left, he felt\\nanxious to return to his home. After much inter-\\ncession, the tribe proposed, that, if he would build\\na house, like those of the Knglish, he should be\\npermitted to go to Quebec. Presuming, that, when\\nthere, he could more easily obtain his liberty, he\\ngladly aceeded to the proposition. With such-tools\\nas the Indians possessed, he prepared the necessa-\\nr; timber, ^plittins the boarrls fmn the tree, and\\nsooii completed the task. He then went to Que-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "Annals of Ketone. 27\\nbee, and gave himself up to the French. He had\\nbeen tlieie but a short time, wiitn hi In lati uile\\ncame in a canoe to reclaim him. lie retvis(:(l to re-\\nturn but she soliciting; anil even deuiandinii ii, lie\\ndeclared to her, that, if he should be c mpelled to\\nset out v.ith her, he would overturn the canoe, iind\\ndrown her upon which, she concluded to retura\\nwithout him. In the tall, the French commandant\\ngave Blake his election to pass the winter, as a la-\\nborer, with a farmer, in the vicinity of Qa bee, or\\nbe confined in the common jjaol. He chose the\\nlatter, and had no reason to regret his ciioic e, as\\nhe had a comfortable room, and sullicient rations\\nassigned him. He remained in confinement until\\nspriniJj, when his liberation was procured in t.ie\\nmanner, which will now be related.\\nAmonscthe numerous parties, wliich the love of\\nwar, and of adventure, brought upon the frontier\\nseUlements, was one consisting of a small nnmber\\nof Indians, commanded by lieutenant Pierre Kam-\\nbout, a young Frenchman. In the autumn ot l /-i7,\\nthis party penetrated the wilderness, as far as the\\nsouthern bank of the Ashnelot, in Winchester,\\nabout two miles below the village. They then\\nhalted, at^d the commander, taking his guii, passed\\nalone. over a neighboring hill, which descended ab-\\nruptly to the southward. While standing near a\\nroad, which led along the foot of tiic hill, he saw,\\nand, at the same moment, was seen I)} asioul.con-\\nsisting of Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Willard, of\\nNorthfield, and Dr. Hall, of Keene, who were tisen\\ntravelling this road, in a direction towards JNorth-\\nfield. Perceiving that he could not esca|)e, he, in\\nFrench, asked for quarter. Not understandiiig l. iin,\\nAlexander fired, and he fell. On examination, ihey\\nconcluded his wound was mortal, to( k his arms,\\nand presuming he had a party near him whii h\\nwould be drawn to the s[ ot, by the repoit of the\\nmusket, they hastened to Nortn field. The Indians", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28 jSnnals of Keene.\\nrepaired immediately to the spot, and findinsj their\\ncommandtT wounded, but yet alive, they removed\\nhi in to the bank of the river, where he had left\\nthem. Supposins; his wound was mortal, ajid\\nalarmed for their own safety, they then left him,\\nand returned precipitately to Canada, informini^ Ins\\nfather, a wealthy old gentleman, who resided near\\nQuebec, that his son had been killed by the Eng-\\nlish.\\nRambout remained as he was left, until the next\\nmorninsj. Feeling his strength revive, he then at-\\ntempted to rise, and, after several efforts, succeed-\\ned. Prompted by the lov^e of life, he then deter-\\nmined to endeavor to reach some settlement, and\\ngive himself up. Wandering about, he at length\\ncame to the road leading to Northfield, then about\\nfive miles distant. This road he followed, and with\\nmuch difficulty reached that place. The man\\nwhom he first saw, was Alexander, who had shot\\nhim, and to him he surrendered himself. Alexan-\\nder immediately conveyed him to the hruse of Mr.\\nDoolittle, who was then surgeon, physician, and\\nclergyman, of the place, where he was carefully\\nattended to, and his wound completely cured. He\\nwas an interesting young man, and, by his behav-\\nior, gained the res[)ect, and affection of the inhab-\\nit-^nts.\\nDuring the winter, he made a visit to Boston.\\nHe was very anxious to return to Canada and the\\nrelatives and friends of Samuel Allen, a young\\nman, who had been captured, at Deerfield, in l7^(i,\\nwere desirous of procuring his release, in exchange\\nfor Rambout, Application was therefore made to\\nthe governor of Massachusetts, who consented to\\nsend a party, with a flag, to Canada, to negociate\\nthe exchange. Rambout also engaged, that some\\nother Ejiglish prisoners should be released, in ex-\\nchange for liim. As he was an officei, considera-\\nble reliance was placed upon tins engagement and", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "Aiinals of Keene, 29\\nit was asreed that, should it be ratifietl by the ijov-\\nerwoY ot Canada, tiiu otiier prisontr sliould be Mr.\\nB ake.\\nThe party consisted of John Hawks, Matthew\\nEHsson, and John Taylor Hawks was ore of the\\n{Droprietors, though not an inhabitant of Keene\\nle commanded tort Myssachus ^tts, ncyr lioosac k,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wlien i was taken, in t (3, and had just rctnriitd\\nfrom captivity he was an active officer in all the\\nL-dians wars of this period, and rose to tiie rank\\nol lieutenant colonel, in the war of i7:)0.\\nConsidering it possible that the French governor\\nmight refuse to iMtify the engagement of the lieu-\\nt -ant, Mrs. Blake furnished Hawks with fimds to\\nrt deem her husband. 1 he paiMy, accompanied by\\nB Mubout, set out from Deerfseld, for Citnada, in\\nFebruary, l74tH. The season was inclement, and\\nthe snow was deep. I hey tra\\\\ elled on snow\\nshoes, and carried their provisions on their backs.\\nA r;ight, the} encam])ed on the snow, in the In-\\ndi;:n mode, at;d oftetj, without shelter or covering.\\nTlieir route led up the Connecticut^toTJ iarles-\\ntow n thence up Black river, to the present tov n\\nof Ludlow thence over the highlands, in Mount\\nlloily, to a branch oi Otter Creek thence down\\nOtter Creek, about twenty four miles thence a\\nwesterly course, until they stru( k a stream, which\\nthey followed to its junction with Luke Champlain,\\nopposite liconderoga; thence on the ice of tlic\\nlake, by Crown-Point, to Canada.\\nAt Montreal, Rambout was delivered to the\\nFrench commander, and search was made for\\nyonng Allen, who was at lenoti, found among the\\nIi dians and though he had resided with them\\nonly eighteen months, yet, unaccountable as it may\\nappear, he had become strongly attached to their\\nmode of life, displaced great aversion to returning\\nht n!e, and even attempted to avoid his deliverers.\\nWhen brought into tne presence of Coi. Hawks,", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30 ^innah of Keene.\\nhe acIfnov. ledc;e(i, with reluctance, that be rpeoojniz-\\ned him, though he was his uncle, and had been well\\nknown to him. at Deerfieid nor wouki he con\\\\etse\\nin English. Various means were used to weaken\\n}iis strange predilection, hut all wit? out effect, a..d\\nJus obstiuacj was only conquered by threats, aiid\\nforce. Nor did his Indian attachments cease in his\\nold age and he often declared, that tlie Indian\\nmode of life was tfie most haf)py.\\nAfter obtainitJg Allen, Hawks, and his part}^ pro-\\nceeded to Quebec. On their v. ay, tliey stopped at\\nthe house of old Rambout, whose feehiigs niay be\\nimagined, when he saw, standing before him, that\\nson whom he believed to be dead. Unwilling to\\nbe delayed, Hawks promised to visit him again, on\\nhis return. Arriving at Quebec, he made applica-\\ntion for the release of Blak according to the en-\\nS agement of Rambout. The governor refused, al-\\nleging that the lieutenant had no authority to make\\nsuch an engagement. Hawks persisted in urging\\nhis claim, as a matter of right. He also appealed\\nto his feelings, as a man, representing to him the\\nforlorn situation of Mrs. Blake, and the expecta-\\ntions she had been permitted to indulge, and pray-\\ned that be might not be sent back to her, the mes-\\nsenger of disappointment. The governor still re-\\nfusing, he declared that he could not return to her\\nwithout her husband and requested to know what\\nsum was required as his ransom, adding that he\\nwould endeavor to pay it. The governor, pausing\\na moment, replied, take him, and keep your mon-\\nExpressing his gratitude, Hawks hastened to the\\nprison, and gave to Blake the glad tidings of his\\nrelease. On their way to New-England, the party\\nagain stopped at the house of old Rambout. Tiie\\nneighbors were invited a sumptuous feast was\\nprepared; wine, to use the languige of Blake,\\nwas as plenty as water the evening, and the", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "Jlnnals of Keene. 31\\n^jiiiVit, were spent in dancing the Iiappy father and\\nmot iter opening- the ball, and displaying all tlie\\nliveliness of youth. Quebec, it should be remem-\\nbered, had then been settled nearly a century and\\na half, and was far in advance of all the English\\ncolonies in refinement of manners. To the rough\\nand sedate Knglishmen, who had seldom been out\\nof the woods, the whole scene was novel, and ex-\\ncited emotions, to which they had not been accus-\\ntomed.\\nJlauks, and his party, then proceeded on their\\njourney. Apprehending that the savages would\\npursue them, and attempt to release young Allen,\\n^vdieh they had shew n a strong inclination to do,\\niuutenatit Rambout accompanied them a part ot\\ntlie way. In the beginning of May, 1748, they ar-\\nrived at their homes\\nIn October, T4H, peace was declared between\\nEngland and France. I he Indians, however, con-\\nti.iued their depredations until June, i749, and a\\ntreaty oi peace was not made with them, until Sep-\\nttmber of that }ear.\\nOn the restoration of peace, the settlers who had\\nbeen diiven from their lands, by the war, made\\npreparations to return. The exact time when\\nUpper Asiiuelot was again ocrupied, l\u00c2\u00bbas not been\\nascer ained. It was, probably, some time in 1750 j\\nceitainly as easly as 17 I as it is within the re-\\ncollection of Tiioinas Wells, now living, who came\\nto reside here in 1752, that eight or ten dwelling\\nhouses had then been erected.\\n1753.\\nOn the 11 til of April, the proprietors, on\\napplication to Benning Wentworth, then governor\\noi New-Hampshire, obtained a charter, grantisig\\nthenj the land embraced in the original limits of Up-\\nper Ashuelot, and a small additional strip on the\\neastern side. The preat)d)le recites that, Wh.ereas\\nsundry of our loving subjects, betore the settlement", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32 Jltinals of Keene.\\nof the dividinc: line of our Province of Nevv-Hamp-\\nshiie, a.id oiu- otht-r goveriinnMit of the Massicliu-\\nsettsBav, had by permission of our said government\\nof iVlassachusetts Bay, bei^un a settlement of a tract\\nof huid on Ashuelot river, and made sundry divis-\\nions of, and improvements upon, said tract, and\\nthere remained until the Indian war forced tht m\\noff, and being desirous to make an immediate set-\\ntlement upon the premises, and having petitioned\\nour 2;overnor in council for ids majesty s grant )f\\nthe premises to be so made as might not subvert\\nand destro} their former surveys; therefore a grant\\nis made to them of the said tract, they are consti-\\ntuted a corporation by the name of Keene. and\\nthe inhabitants are declared entitled to all tiie priv-\\nileges, and immi .nities, that other towns in the prov-\\nince, exercise and enjoy. A reservation is made of\\nall white, arid other pine trees, fit tor masting the\\nroyal navy, and of a rent of one ear of Iiuhaa corn,\\nannually, until l7b.^\u00c2\u00bb, and afterwards, of one shilling,\\nproclamation money, for (very hundred acres. And\\nBenjamin Bellows is authorized to call the first\\nmeeting of the proprietors, and inhabitants.\\nThe first meeting of the proprietors, under tiiis\\ncharter, was held at Ktene, on the first Wednes-\\nday of May Votes were passed, granting to Benja-\\nmin Bellows 122 Spanish milled dollars, for his ser-\\nvices and expenses, in obtaining the charter; and\\nto Ephraim Dorman JJ dollars for goiiig to Ports-\\nmouth raising i22 pounds, old tenor, to procure\\npreaching and granting to Theodore Atkinson,\\nthe secretary of the Province, three hundred acres\\nof land.\\nOn the same day, a town meeting was held, and\\nvarious town officers were chosen.\\nThe inhabitants immediately directed their at-\\ntention to the concerns of religion. As a place for\\npublic worship, they erected a bmiding, on a green\\n])lat, near the house of Aaron Appleton. It was", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keeiie. 33\\nbuilt of slabs, the earth serving as a floor. And,\\nwith the inhabitants of Swarizey, they made a joint\\narranpienit nl for the settlement of a pastor.\\nIn the warrant, calHng a town meeting, to be held\\nJune 13, IS the following article to see if they\\n(the freeholders, c.) will make choice of the Rev.\\nMr. arpenter for our minister. From the expres-\\nsions, here used, it is probable that the church had\\nalready acted on the suhject. At the meeting, iMr.\\nCarpenter was chosen the sutn of fifty poudds,\\nsilver money, at six shillings and eight pence the\\nounce, or equivalent in our own province bills,\\nwas offered hisn as a settlement and the town en-\\ngaged to find him, yearly, twenty cords of fire wood.\\nA contract was subsequently made with Mr Car-\\npenter, which was to continue in force three years,\\nand, in w hich, it was stipulated that he should re-\\nceive, trom Keene, a salary of twenty-six pounds,\\nlawful money. He also officiated as the minister of\\nSwanzey.\\nIn December, the inhabitants voted, to build a\\nBieeting house, 45 feet lona;, and 35 wide and\\nagreed to set it at the crotch of the roads, so call-\\ned,one road leading up the river,and the other across\\nthe river to Ash swamp. This place must have\\nbeen several rods west of Aaron Hall s house.\\n1754.\\nIn Januar}^ of the next year, in consideration\\nof the unfitness of the ground, and the exposed-\\nness to fire, and to the enemy, in case of a war,\\nthey voted, to set the house on the road that go-\\neth from the town street to the mills, on the high-\\nest ground, between the causeway, by William\\nSmeed s, and the Bridge, by the clay pits. Smeed\\nlived where Dr. Twitchell now does, and the\\nbridge w\\\\is north of Col. Perry s store.\\nIn this year, the savages again committed acts of\\nhostility. Sometime in the fail,an express arrived at\\n5", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34 Annals of Keene.\\nKeene, bringing information,that a partj of the ene-\\nmy had appeared in the vicinity of Peuacook, (Con-\\ncord,) where they had killed, and captured, several\\nw^iites. This was in the afternoon. The inhabit-\\nants immediately assembled, and appointed sever-\\nal persons to keep guard, through the niglit, direct-\\ning them to walk, continually, from the house of\\nDavid Nims, (near Lewis Page s house, in prison\\nstreet,) to the meadow gate, (near Mr. Carpen-\\nter s and agreed immediately to complete the\\nfort, the re-building of which had already been com-\\nmenced. The next day every one able to labor,\\nwent to work upon the fort, and soon prepared it\\nfor the reception of the settlers.\\n1755.\\nWhen traces of Indians were discovered, near\\nany of the frontier posts, it was the custom to fire,\\nas an alarm to all within hearing, three guns in reg-\\nular and quick succession. If heard at any of the\\nposts, it was answered in the same manner if not\\nanswered,the alarm was repeated. In June,the peo-\\nple at Westmoreland, discovering traces of Indians,\\nfired an alarm, which was heard at Keene. A body\\nof men was immediately sent to their relief; but\\nthey returned without discovering the enemy. That\\nthey nere lurking in the vicinit} and that they fol-\\nlowed home the party irom Keene, is probable, as,\\nthe next day, they captured Benjamin Twitchell.\\nHe had been to Ash swamp on his return^ he took\\nwith him a tub, which, it is supposed, he carried\\nupon his head. This tub Avas iifterwards found, on\\nthe east bank of the river, near where the mills now\\nstand and there the Indians probably seized him.\\nHe was conducted up the river in the meadows,\\nwest and north of deacon Wijder s, the Indians kill-\\ned several oxen, a horse and f-olt. The colt \\\\\\\\as\\ncut up, an the best pieces of meat carried off. In\\nthis meadow, they left a bow, made of lever wood,\\nand several arrows. They encamped, for the night,", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 35\\nin IVrCurdy s meadow, in Surry, where four crotcli-\\ned sticks were discovered driven into the cjrouud,\\nin such positions, as led to the belief, that to each\\nwas confined one of the limbs of the prisoner.\\nThe party ihen proceeded to Quebec, where Twit-\\nchell met with Josiah Foster and his family, who\\nwere captured at Winchester. For the honor of\\nFoster, the particulars of his capture should be\\nrecorded. Returnin^i; home, one evening, he tound\\nhis house in the possession of Inchans, who had\\ncaptured his wife and children. He could have\\nescaped, but he determined to \u00c2\u00a3*ive himself up,\\nthat he might share their fate, and have an oppor-\\ntunity to alleviiite their sufferings. He acconipan-\\nic(i them to Quebec, carrying his wife on his back,\\na great part of the way. There the\\\\- remained\\nuntil, being ransomed, they were sent, by water,\\nto Boston. Twitchell was put on board the same\\nvessel, but, being taken sick, he was set on shore,\\nand died in a few days.\\nA month or two afterwards, a party of Indians\\nwere discovered in the meadow, south of the town\\nline, by the ])eGple of Swanzey. They, with four\\nsoldiers to guard them, were coming, in a body,\\nand armed, to work in their north meadows. The\\nsoldiers who were in advance, heard a rustling in\\ntlie bushes, and one, supposing it caus ed by a deer,\\nfiled his musket at the spot. The Indians, suppos-\\ning they were discovered, rose, and lired at the sol-\\ndiers, who, frightened, ran to the quarter, now call-\\ned Scotland. J lie people, coming up, saw the In-\\ndians, attacked them and drove them to the plain,\\nwest of the factory. An express was instantly\\nseht to Keene and a party of 15 men, under Capt.\\nIVietcalf, went out to meet them.- This party went\\nfirst to the foot of the hill, beyond Mr. Heaton s,\\nsupposing the Indians would there cross the branch.\\nRemaining there a short time, without discovering\\nany Indians, a Mr. Howard proposed to go to an-", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36 Annals of Keene,\\nother ford still farther up. Josiah French, a\\nshrewd man, observed, those who wish to meet\\nwith the Indians, had better stay here I feel no\\ndesire to see them, and will go over the hill with\\nHoward. It was agreed to go over the hill but\\nno sooner had they reached the top of the nearest\\neminence, than they discovered nine Indians cross^\\ning at the ford they had left. The^ lay in wait for\\nthem a tew hours, but did not see them afterwards.\\nReturning to the fort, Howard receivt^d no mercy\\nfrom the men, women and children within it. Sev-\\neral days afterwards, the men went, in a body, and\\narmed, to hoe Mr. Day s corn, near Surr}^ and dis-\\ncovered that an old house, in that neighborhood,\\nhad been burnt it was supposed to have been set\\non fire by the same party of Indians.\\nAfterwards, but in what year is not recollected,\\nanother, and the last party of Indians made a visit\\nto Keene. The inhabitants had cleared and fenced\\na large common field consisting of about two hun-\\ndred acres, laying southwardly of Mrs. I^anman s\\nhouse. This field was used as a cow pasture, and\\nthe access to it was by a path which led southward-\\nly along the high ground east of the place where\\nthe turnpike and Baker s lane unite. When driv-\\ning their cows to this pasture, it was the custom of\\nthe inhabitants not to go in the path, for fear of a\\nsurprise, but on one or the other side of it. Early\\none morning, they came suddenly upon a party of\\nIndians, concealed in thick bushes, and busily en-\\ngaged in mending their mocasins. They instantly\\nstarted up and escaped. It was afterwards ascer-\\ntained that the leather, with which they were mend-\\ning their mocasins, had been stolen, the night be-\\nfore, from a tannery at Walpole or Charlestown.\\n1756.\\nThe terra for which Mr. Carpenter was settled\\nhaving expired, the town October 5, 1756, voted", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 37\\nto carry on and maintain the worship and ordinan-\\nces ot God in unity with the people of Swanzey,\\nin the manner we have lor tliree years past, for the\\nspace of one year to come.\\n1760.\\nA similar vote was annually past until 1760, when\\nthe town voted not to join with the people of\\nSwanzey in niaintainius and carrying on the wor-\\nship and ordinances of God.\\nIn the warrant calling for a town meetina: to be\\nheld the 3 1 St day of December, 1760, an article\\nwas inserted, to see if the town will give a geniie-\\nnian a call in order to settle in the work of minis-\\ntry among us The proceedings of t!)is meelins:,\\nand also ot another meeting lull February iO, 761,\\nare lost. But from the proceedings of a meeting\\nheld iVIarch 26, l7bl, it appears that the to.vn had\\ngiven a call to the worthy ISir. Ctnieni S niner.\\nHis salary was fixed at thirty-five pounds sterling\\nand his fire-wood, with an annual increase of one\\npound ten ^hilling sterling, until fifteen pounds\\nshould be added. Tiie amount of his settlement is\\nnot known.\\n1761.\\nIn April, the town voted, that the Rev. Mr.\\nSumner s salary be stated on commodities as they\\nbe now and so from year to ear. Commodities as\\nthey be now wlieat at 35. 2 {--Id. sterling per hush-\\nel pork at 3 per pound beef at 2r/. per pound\\nIndian corn at \\\\s. Hrt. per bushel; rye at 2^ Qd.\\nper bushel labour in thesummei at 25. per day.\\nThis was afterwanis rescinded upon the suggestion\\nof Mr. Sumner, that the article of beef was stated\\nabove the market price.\\nMr. Sumner accepted the call, and the ordina-\\ntion took place on the 1 1th of June.\\nFor several years from this period, but few in-\\nteresting facts can be gleaned from written docu-\\nments, or Irom oral tradition.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "38 Jlnnals of Keene.\\nAmos Foster, an inhabitant of the town died\\nthis year. In his will \\\\\\\\f bequeathed one half of\\nhis estate to the town. The value of tlie leii;acy\\nis not known but in August the town voted that\\nMr. Sumner s settlt nient, and his salary for the first\\nyear, should be paid from this tund.\\nIn September, the town voted to build a house\\nfor sick soldiers,\\n1762.\\nAmong the town officers chosen this year was a\\nclerk of the market, and a deer reif. \\\\V hither\\nthe former had any duties to perform is not known.\\nIt was the duty of the latter to enfosce the laws a-\\ngainst killing deer in the spring. The first office\\nwas annually filled for the succeeding ten years,\\nand the latter until 17o2.\\n1764.\\nAt the annual meeting this year, the town voted\\nsix pounds sterling to defray the charges of a\\nschool.\\n1765.\\nBy a vote ot the town, each man was to be allow-\\ned for labour on the highway, two shillings and six-\\npence (probably lawful money) per day, until the\\nlast of September, and afterwards, two shillings per\\nday one shilling for a yoke of oxen, and six-pence\\nfor a cart.\\n1766.\\nThe following votes are found on the records of\\nthis year.\\nVoted, that Benjamin Hall be agent to repre-\\nsent the town in behalf of a shire town.\\nVoted, that the security for the money given\\nto the town by Capt. JNathaniel Fairbanks, deceased,\\nthe interest of which was for the use of a school in\\nthis town, be delivered to the rare of the town trea-\\nsurer, and his successors in office for the time be-\\nins.\\n5\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "Annuls of Keene. 39\\n1707.\\nAccording to an enumeration made the 7th of\\nOctober, t!ie number and description of inhabitants\\nwere 51s t ollows\\nUnniarried (ueii from 16 to 60 51\\nManjt-d nun from J 6 to 60 66\\nB \\\\ys from lb and under S4\\n]M\u00c2\u00ab ^n upwards ot 60 4\\nFemal* s nr/married 146\\n(Tried women 68\\nWidows 8\\nTotal, 427\\n1768.\\nJosiah Willard was chosen to represent the town\\nin thfi Geaeral Assembly at Portsmouth. He was\\nthe first representative chosen.\\n1770.\\nThe town was now first divided into school dis-\\ntricts, being four in number.\\n1771.\\nThis year, the state, which before consisted of\\nbut one county, was divided into five, and Keene\\nwas made one of the shire towns for the the coun-\\nty of Chesfiire. The Inferior Court held its first\\nsession here, in October, 1771, and the Superior\\nCourt, in September, 1772.\\n1772.\\nThe inhabitants, having become dissatisfied with\\nthe Rev. Clement Sumner, he was this year dis-\\nmissed, in pursuance of a vote of the town, his own\\nconsent, and the result of an ecclesiastical council.\\n1773.\\nThe following muster roll has been handed to\\nthe compiler, by a veteran of the revolution", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40 Annals of Keene.\\nA List of the Foot Company in Keene.\\nLieut. Benjamin Hall,\\nEnsign, Miciiael Metcalf,\\nCieik, Simeon Clark,\\nSerj. Elijah Blake,\\nSerj. Thomas Baker,\\nSerj. Isaac Esley,\\nSerj. Jedidiah Carpenter,\\nCorp. Dan Gnihi,\\nCorp. Joseph Blake,\\nCorp. Ahijah Metcalf,\\nBenjamin Archer,\\nJonathan Arclier,\\nAsael Blake,\\nJohn Brown,\\nEli ha Hriggs,\\nJohn Balch,\\nBenjamin Balch, jr.\\nLuther Braa;g,\\nSamuel Bassett,\\nJohn Burt,\\nNatlian Blake, jr.\\nObadiah Blake, jr.\\nRial Blake,\\nNaboth Bettison,\\nThomas Baker, jr.\\nJohn Pray Blake,\\nCephas Clark,\\nSeth Clark.\\nEliphalet Carpenter,\\nEbenczer Carpenter,\\nSamuel Chapman,\\nSilas Cook,\\nIsaac Clark,\\nSimeon Clark, jr.\\nJonas Clark,\\n.lohn Day, jr.\\nJohn Daniels,\\nReuben Daniels,\\nJohn Dickson,\\nAdington Daniels,\\nEbenezpi Day, jr.\\nJacob Day,\\nJames Dean,\\nTimotiiy Crosfield,\\nJoseph Etles, jr.\\nGideon Elles, jr.\\nSimeoii Elles,\\nTimothy Elles, 3d.\\nWilliam Elles,\\nCaleb Elles.\\nStephen Estey,\\nJames Eady,\\nHenry El n s,\\nBenjamin Elles,\\nBenjamin Elles, jr,\\nJoshua Elles,\\nJabez Fisher,\\nSilas French,\\nDavid Foster, jr.\\nPeter Fiskin,\\nAaron Gray, jr.\\nWilliam Goodenow,\\nJohn Grisigs,\\nJoseph Gray,\\nSamuel Hall,\\nJesse Hall,\\nPeter Hubberf,\\nSeth Heaton, jr.\\nJohn Hougliton,\\nJoseph Hills,\\nDavis Howletf,\\nZiba Hall,\\nJonathan Healon,\\nLuther Heaton,\\nNathaniel Kingsbury,\\nDaniel Kin!;s;iury,\\nStephen Rarrabee,\\nDaniel Lake,\\nEzra Metcalf,\\nJonathan Metcalf,\\nMoses Marsh,\\nEli Metcalf.\\nD.iuiel Metcalf,\\nWilliam Nelson,\\nTo Col. JOSIAH WILLARD.\\nKeene, August 7, 1773.\\nDavid Nims. jr,\\nEbenezer Nuton,\\nAsael Nims,\\nEliakim Nims,\\nZadock Nims,\\nAlpheus Nims,\\nJoshua Osgood,\\nBenjamin Osgood, jr.\\nAmos Partrige,\\nJonathan Pond,\\nAbiather Pond,\\nNathan Rugg,\\nJosial) Richardson,\\nEleaser Sanger,\\nAhner Sanger,\\nRobert Penser,\\nJi^reruiah Stiles,\\nRichard Smith,\\nJohn Swan,\\nJacob Town.\\nJoseph Thacher,\\nAbrfiham Wheeler, jr.\\nJoseph Willson,\\nWilliam Woods,\\nOliver Wright,\\nJedifliah Wellman,\\nDavid Willson,\\nDaniel Willson,\\nThomas Wells,\\nJohn White,\\nJames Wrii^ht,\\nZadock Wheeler,\\nWalter Wheeler,\\nSamuel Wadsworth,\\nAhijah Wilder,\\nJonathan W heeler,\\nThomas Wilder,\\nThomas Morse,\\nF.praim Leonard,\\nPeter Daniels,\\nI Luke Metcalf,\\nI Isaac Wyman, jr.\\nEPHRAIH DORMAr C.\\nErrors Excepted.\\nThe Alarm List belonging to Keene.\\nLieut. Seth Healon,\\nDea. David Foster,\\nJohn Day,\\nAbiaham Wheeler,\\nNathan Blake,\\nJoseph Ellis,\\nUriah Willson,\\nEbenezer Nims,\\nDuviil Nims,\\nGide in E lis,\\nLieut. Andrew Balch,\\nAaron Giay,\\nEbentzer Day,\\nEliphalet Bri-^gs,\\nBenjamin Archer,\\nCapt. Isaac Wvman,\\nDoct. Ohadiah Blake,\\nLieut. Timothy Ellis,\\nTiiomas F^ink, Esq.\\nDoct. Josiah Pomeroy,\\nDiet. Gideon Tifl any,\\nElijah Willianis.\\nIsrael Houghton,\\nSamuel Woods,\\nSamuel Daniels,\\nJesse Cl-rk,\\nJoseph Brown,\\nR ibert GiUmare,\\nObadiah Hamilton,\\nPeter Rice,\\nElisba Ellis,\\nIsaac Billings,\\nJosiah Ellis.\\nTimothv. EHis,Jun.\\nIchabod Fisher,\\nWilliam Gray,\\nBenjamin Hall, Jan.\\nBenja. .iin Osgood,\\nNathaniel Hall,\\nSamuel Woods, Jun.\\nJohn Coulee,\\n^amuel Colhoon,\\nEbenezer Cooke,\\nDaniel Snow,\\nEliphalet Briggs, Jun.", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Jtnnals of Keene. 41\\nFrom votes of the town, it appears that Nathan-\\niel Niles and Augustine Hibbert preached this year,\\nas candidates for settlement and that, in\\n1774,\\nWilHam Fessenden and Elias Jones preached al-\\nso as candidates. To the latter, the town unanim-\\nously gave a call, and offered him \u00c2\u00a3133 6s. (id. as\\na settlement, and seventy five pounds as an annual\\nsalary. What answer he gave to the call does not\\nappear.\\nElijah Williams, Esquire, an attorney at law, who\\ncame to Keene, in 177 1, was, this year, appointed\\na justice of the peace, as appears from the follow-\\ning precept.\\nProvince of JVetv-Hampshire,\\nPortsmouth, 2iith May, 1 774.\\nTo Mr. Simeon Jones, Clerk of his majesty s\\ncourt of General Sessions of the peace, for the\\ncounty of Cheshire, in said Province.\\nI am commanded by his Excellency the Gover-\\nnor, to direct that you enter, in the general com-\\nmission of the Peace, for said county, the name of\\nElijah Williams, Esquire, who is appointed, by his\\nExcellency, a Justice of the peace, for said coun-\\nty. You l, therefore, hereby take order according-\\nly-\\nBy his Excellency s command,\\nTHEODORiE ATKINSON, Sec ry.\\nThe discussions and excitement, which preced-\\ned the revolutionary war, began, about this time, to\\nextend to the interior towns. In Keene, nearly all\\nthe inhabitants were decided whigs but a few\\nwere neutral or silent,and a very small number were\\navowed tories. Against the two last classes, the\\npopular indignation was often directed, and some-\\ntimes with such irregular violence, as called for the\\ninterposition of the sober and considerate citizens.\\nIn a warrant, calling a town meeting, to be held\\nthe 26th of September, the following articles were", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42 Annals of Keene,\\ninserted To see if it be the mind of the town\\nto provide ammunition for a town stock, and grant\\nmoney for the same. And to see if it be the\\nmind of the town to sign the covenant and engage-\\nment, which was sent and recommended, by the\\ncommittee of correspondence, relating to the non-\\nimportation agreement.\\nUpon the first article, the town voted, to get\\na stock of ammunition for the town, viz. 200lbs. of\\ngood gun powder, 400lbs. of lead, and 1200 flints;\\nand to raise twent)^-four pounds, lawful money, for\\nproviding said articles.\\nUpon the other article, the following preamble\\nand vote were adopted Whereas the towns, in\\nthis province, have chosen members to represent\\nthem in a General Congress of all the colonies, now\\nsitting, at the city of Philadelphia, to consult and\\ndetermine what steps are necessary for the colo-\\nnies to pdopt, voted, therefore, not to sign the non-\\nimportation agreement, until we hear what meas-\\nures said congress have agreed upon for them-\\nselves and their constituents.\\nOctober l7th, Capt. Isaac VVyman, and Lieuten-\\nant Timothy Ellis, were chosen delegates to attend\\nthe county congress, at VValpole. No information,\\nconcerning the object or proceedings of this con-\\ngress, has been obtained.\\n1775.\\nOn the 4th of January, at a legal town meeting,\\nthe inhabitants voted, to come into the measures\\nrecommended by the Continental Congress, in their\\nassociation agreement. They chose, agreeably to\\nsaid advice, Isaac Wyraan, Timothy Ellis, Thomas\\nBaker, Dan Guild, and William Ellis, a commit-\\ntee of Inspection. They also chose Isaac Wyman\\nto represent the town, at the meeting, to be held at\\nExeter, on the 21st day of said January, for the\\nchoice of delegates to the Continental Congress.\\nAt a town meeting, held February 2:^, Captain\\nIsaac Wyman was chosen to represent the town", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 43\\nin the general assembly, liolden at Portsmouth, on\\nsaid 2:id clay of February, and so, day b} day, dur-\\ninj:; their sessions\\nOn the l9th of April, was fought the battle of\\nLexina;ton. An aged gentleman, then an inhabit-\\nant of Keene, gives the following account of the\\nproceedings of the citizens, on that occasion. The\\ninstant that news of the battle arrived in town,\\nwhich was in the forenoon, Capt. Dorman, who\\nthen commanded tlie militia, called upon Capt.\\nWyman. The regulars, said he, have come\\nout to Concord, have killed six men, and the battle\\nwas raging when t!ie messenger started. What\\nshall be done Send expresses, said Ca[)t.\\nWyman, to every part of the town, notifying the\\ninhabitants to meet, forthwith, on the green, and be\\ngoverned by their decision. Expresses were sent,\\nthe citizens met, in the afternoon, and a vote was\\nunanimously passed, that a body of men should be\\nsent to oppose the regulars. The question was\\nasked, who shall lead them Capt. Wyman was\\nnominated, was chosen, and though far advanced in\\nyears, cheerfully consented to go. Volunteers\\nwere then called for, and about thirty presented\\nthemselves. Capt. Wyman directed them to go\\nhome immediately, and prepare provisions tor their\\nuse, for, said he, all the roads will be full of men,\\nand you can procure nothing on the way and he\\nappointed sunrise, the next morning, the time, and\\nhis house, the place of rendezvovis. At sunrise\\nthey met, and immediately started for Concoud. In\\nthe afternoon. Gen. Bellows, CoL John Bellows, and\\nThomas Sparhawk arrived from Walpole, and rid-\\ning to his house, enquired for Capt. Wyman. Be-\\ning answered, that he started at sunrise, at the\\nhead of a company of men, they exclaimed, Keene\\nhas shown a noble spirit! and hastened onwards.\\nThey were soon followed by a party of men from\\nWalpole.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44 Annals of Keene.\\nAt an informal raeetinac of the inhabitants, held\\nthe 27th of April, they chose Timothy Efiis a del-\\negi.te to meet the committee, at Exeter, and to sit,\\nas a member, in the provincial congress, whenever\\nthey convene. He expressed his willingness to\\naccept the office, but declared that he had not, and\\ncould not, in season, procure money enough to bear\\nhis expenses. The inhabitants, thereupon, voted,\\nthat he might draw from the treasury four pounds,\\nlawful money.\\nSoon after the battle of Lexington, several to-\\nries, among whom was Elijah Williams, Esq. left\\nthis vicinity, and joined the British, in Boston.\\nIn the warrant calling a town meeting, on the\\n7th day of December, one of the articles was, to\\nsee if it be the mind of the town, that the names\\nof those persons, who buy, sell, or make use of bo-\\nhea tea, be advertised in the public prints. At\\nthe meeting, held on the day appointed, this arti-\\ncle passed in the negative but a committee of in-\\nspection was appointed to see that the resolves of\\nthe Continental Congress be complied with. Af-\\nter dismissing two other articles, relating to the\\ntroubles of that period, the town unanimously\\nadopted the following Resolves, which may be\\ntermed the Satute Law of Keene. And here it\\nmay be proper to state, that no judicial courts were\\nheld in the county, from 1774 to 1778.\\nWhereas, by the unhappy disputes now subsist-\\ning between Great Britain and the American Col-\\nonies, the laws of several of them have been en-\\ntirely subverted, or wholly neglected, to the great\\ndetriment of society, and of individuals, whereby,\\nmany disorderly persons, taking undue advantage\\nof the times, and taking upon them the name of\\nliberty, as a cloak to put their revengeful designs\\nin execution, do wickedly and maliciously threaten\\nto abuse and destroy the persons and property", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "^innals of Keene. 45\\nof many of the good and wholesome inhabitants of\\nthe land, and the Executive ])Ovv\u00c2\u00ab r heing thrown\\nbv and the Congresses, neither Continental or\\nprovincial, have, as yet, found out, or pubUshed,\\nany method or system of government, for the se-\\ncurity of our persons or property and until such\\na system as they in their wisdom shall see fit, or\\nsome other, be proposeil\\nWe, the inhabitants of the town of Keene, in the\\nCounty of Cheshire, and province of New-Hamp-\\nshire, legally convened, being desirous of order\\nand good government, and for the security of our\\nlives, persons, and property, do pass the following\\nResolves\\n\\\\st. It is resolved, that a committee of three\\ngood and steady men of the town, be chosen to\\na^ t upon, and a proper officer appointed, to prose-\\ncute the Resolves hereafter mentioned.\\n\u00c2\u00b1d. Whereas, profane cursing and swearing are\\nhighly provoking to Almighty God, and offensive to\\nevery true christian, which we fear, if not discoun-\\ntenanced, will provoke the Divine Majesty to bring\\nheavy judgments upon us, and still heavier, deliver\\nus up to the desire of our enemies to prevent curs-\\ning and swearing, be it Resolved, that if any per-\\nson, or persons, shall profanel} curse or swear, and\\nshall be thereof convicted, before the committee,\\nby sufficient witnesses, or by confession of rhe\\nparty, every such offender shall foileit, and pay to\\nthe committee, for the use of the poor of said\\ntown, a sum not exceeding three shillings, nor less\\nthan one according to the repeatedness of the of-\\nfence and pay cost of prosecution, which cost\\nshall be ascertained by the committee, before whom\\nthe person shall be convicted and in case any\\nper^on, convicted as aforesaid, shall reiuse to pay\\nthe sum or sums, so forfeited and adjudged, he, she\\nor they shall be immediately committed to the com-", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46 Annals of Keene,\\nmon goal, not exceediug ten daj^s, nor less than\\nthree, for said forfeiture, and until he pay all just\\ncosts.\\n3d. Whereas, it is highly necessary that every\\nperson, of able bod}^ should betake himself to some\\nhonest calling, and not misspend their time, in loi-\\ntering and tippling, in licensed houses, or else-\\nwhere, in this town to prevent which,\\nBe it resolved, that if any person or persons, fit\\nand able to work, shall refuse so to do, but loiter\\nand misspend his or their time, w^ander from place\\nto place, or otherwise misorder themselves, by\\ndrinking or tippling in any of the licensed houses,or\\nelsewhere, in this town, after nine o clock at night,\\nor continue in any of the aforesaid houses above\\nthe space of one hour, unless on necessary busi-\\nness, all such persons, being convicted of any of the\\naforesaid articles, before said committee, by suffi-\\ncient w itnesses, shall, for every such offence, forfeit\\nand pay to the said committee, for the use of the\\npoor of said town, the sum of two shillings, and all\\njust costs of trial, wdiich shall be adjudged by said\\ncommittee, and in case any person, convicted as\\naforesaid, shall refuse to pay the sum or sums, so\\nforfeited and adjudged, he, or they, shall be com-\\nmitted to the common goal, there to remain not ex-\\nceeding ten days, nor less than three days for said\\nforfeiture, and until he pay all just costs.\\nAth. Whereas, personal abuse tends to promote\\nill blood and discord among society, to prevent\\nwhich, be it Resoked, that if any person or per-\\nsons shall smite, or strike, or threaten to abuse, or\\ndestroy, the person or property of another, he or\\nthey, so ofiending, siiall,for the first offence, pay to\\nthe said committee, for the use of the poor of said\\ntown, the sum of five shillings, and costs of prose-\\ncution, and double that sum for the second offence\\nand for the third, or any after oflence, shall be im-\\nprisoned, or publicly whipt, according to the judg-", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "^^mials of Keene. 47\\nmerit of the committee, before whom they are con-\\nvicted ai)cl in case any person, being convicted as\\nafortsitid, shall refuse to pay the sum or sums, so\\nforfeited and adjudged, he or they shall be commit-\\nted to the common goal, there to remain, not ex-\\nceeding ten days, nor less than four, for said for-\\nfeiture, and until he pay all just costs.\\nbth. Further, be it Resolved, that if any person,\\nor persons, shall j)resume to purchase, or bring in-\\nto this town, any teas, of what sort soever, until\\nthe minds of the Congress, respecting that article,\\nshall be fully known, shall, forthwith, deliver up\\nsuch teas to one or more of the committee, to be\\nstored by them and kept for the owner, until the\\nminds of the Congress be known respecting that\\nmatter and in case any person shall refuse to de-\\nliver up said teas, the committee have power to im-\\nprison him until he does.\\n6M. And for the better execution of all and ev-\\nery the foregoing articles, it is resolved, that all\\nand each of the said committee shall have full\\npower and authority to bring before them any of\\nthe inhabitants of this town, or any person resid-\\ning in said town, that shall offend in any of the\\nforegoing resolves, and upon his or their own\\nviews, or other sufficient conviction of any such\\noffence, to impose the fine and penalty for the\\nsame, and to commit the offender until it be satis-\\nfied.\\nllh. It is likewise Resolved, that the officer ap-\\npointed shall have power and authority to carry\\nany person, that shall be found trespassing in any\\noi the foregoing particulars, before said committee\\nfor trial, and if need be, may command aid and as-\\nsistance in discharging his trust and any person\\nretusing to give aid or assistance, as aforesaid, he\\nor they shall forfeit the sum of three shillings for\\neveiy oflf ence, and have their names inserted in the\\npublic Gazette, as unfriendly to good order.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "48 vinnals of Keene,\\nAnd all masters and heads of families, in this\\ntown, are hereby directed to take effectual care\\nthat their children, servants, and others under their\\nimmediate jyovernment, do no trespass, in any of\\nthe fores^oing particulars.\\nChose Thomas Baker, Eliphalet Briggs and Dan\\nGuild, as a committee to judge, determine, and\\nact upon said Resolves, and put them in execution,\\nand chose Elijah Blake officer for the purpose men-\\ntioned in said Resolves.\\ni he town voted, 37 to 27, to give Mr. John Rem-\\nele a call to settle as a minister. They offered him\\n\u00c2\u00a31.33 05. 8rf. as a settlement, and 75 pounds as a\\nsalary. His repl} was, that the town had offered\\ngenerously enough for his support, but he could\\nnot think it his duty to settle in any place, where\\nthere was so much opposition.\\nThe population of Keene, this year, was 756.\\n1776.\\nThe representatives of the General Assembly,\\nhaving desired their constituents to nominate jus-\\ntices of the peace, the inhabitants, April 3d, voted,\\nunanimously, that it is the mind of this town that\\nCol. Isaac Wyman be apj)ointed.\\nAugust 2d, Capt. Eliphalet Briggs was chosen a\\na delegate, to meet with other delegates, at Wal-\\npole, to consult and agree upon such methods as\\nshall be thought necessary for the general good,\\nand our mutual defence and salety. This conven-\\ntion was called by order of a sub-committee of the\\nseveral committees of safety in the county.\\nThe small pox having been introduced into the\\ntown, hospitals had been erected, where such per-\\nsons as chose to resort to them, were inoculated.\\nThis disease, it seems, had been spread by persons\\nleaving the hospitals without being sufficietiily\\ncleansed whereupon, at a town meeting, held Se\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\ntember 27, eleven resolves were passed, prescrib-\\ning strict regulations for the government of the", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "Annals of Kee?ie. 49\\nhospitals. Eliphalet Bricjas, mentioned in the pre-\\nCfdina; })arajj:i a[)h, a worthy citizen, and stauncli\\nwing, (lied ot this disease, and was buried at the\\nfoot of the hill, on the road ieadina; to Koxbury.\\nIn December, Jeremiah Siiles was chosen one of\\nthe committee oi salety in his stead.\\n1777.\\nIn the beginninj? of this year, Samuel Whitman\\npreached as a candidate.\\nJanuary 1 4, the town nominated Jeremiah Stiles\\nas a justice of tlie peace. They also voted to raise\\nsixteen pounds for ammunition.\\nThe following memorandum is copied from the\\nrecords ot this year\\nVVHiereas orders were sent from the court to\\nthe selectmen, desiring tiiem to assist the com-\\nmanding ofiicets of the militia in the town, by caus-\\ning a town meeting to be called, in order to raise\\nmen for the continental army during the war, ia\\nobedience to which, a legid meeting was warned,\\nand the town met on the 3ist of March, made scv-\\neral proposals tor encouragement, and voted thirty\\npiunds to each man, if a sufticient number would\\nturn out, but as not any appeared, the meet ins: was\\ndismissed and nothing voted, that was conclusive\\nor valid.\\nIn May or June, a court, appointed by the com-\\nmittees of safety in the county, was held at Keene,\\nbefore whom were brought the principal tories in\\ntlie county, to be tried for their offences or opin-\\nions. It has not been ascertaiYied who were mem-\\nbers of this court, but Benjamin Giles, of New-\\nport, and Col. Hammond, of Swanzey, were prob-\\nably two. The tories were guarded by a bod} of\\nmen, of whom Mr. Floyd, oi Walpole, was com-\\nmander. The court sat nearly two weeks, before\\nthey came to any deci\u00c2\u00bbjion and it was supposed\\nby sonie, at the time, tiiat the object of tliis delay\\n7", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50 Annals of Keener\\nWas, that the viojcnt whigs, by whom they Were\\nsurrounded, might become weary and disperse, .i id\\nleave them at liberty to give a more lenient judg-\\nment than WHS demanded. In the end, the court\\ndecided that the tories should be confimul to their\\nfarms, and give bonds for their good l)ehaviour.\\nAt a town meeting, held June 1 1, a committee\\nwas chosen to state the price of articles, labor,\\nc. as a late law directs. The town voted tc pay\\nto each man that has or shall enlist into the con-\\ntinental army, for the term of three years, or dur-\\ning the war, to make up the quota of this town,\\ntlie sum of thirty pounds, exclusive of the bounty\\ngiven by this State and also to allow those that\\nhave done service in the war heretofore, in the\\n\u00c2\u00abame proportion as fifty-six pounds is for three\\nyears and a committee was chosen to make an\\nex^ct proportion of what every man had done ia\\nthe wai i J time past, in order that an exact assess*\\nluoit may be made for the above said charge.\\nIn December, in town meeting, Capt. Stiles,\\nCapt. Howlet, and Jabez Fisher were successively\\nchosen representative, and each declined accepting\\nthe office Timothy Ellis was then chosen, and\\nconsented to serve. The town voted to empow-\\ner the representative to act in behalf of ttie town,\\nin the choice of delegates to the continental con-\\ngress. A similar vote was afterwards annually\\npassed, from which it may be inferred, either that\\nthe town did not consider their representatives\\nJbad authority, or that the latter were unwillui to\\ntake upon themselves the responsibility of acting\\nin this behalf, without such a vote.\\nAt the same meeting, the town voted unani-\\nmously to give Mr. Aaron Hall, who has been\\npreaching among us, a call to settle in the work of\\nthe gospel ministry in this town. They also vot-\\ned to give him as a settlement \u00c2\u00a31 -$3 6s. bd., and an\\nannual salary of eighty pounds, both sums to be", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "*dnnals of Keene^ ^1\\nmade equal in value to what the same sums were\\nfour eai s ago, when silver and gold were current\\namong u\\nThe committee, chosen for the purpose, laid the\\nproceedings of the town before Mr. Hall, who ac-\\ncepted the call. The ordination took place on the\\n1 th of February, 1778. Mr. Hall was a belovid\\nand popular miuister to the time of his death, lO\\n1814.\\n1778.\\nAt a meeting, lield January 17th, the inhabitants,\\nafter reading and confeiring upon the articles of\\nconfederation of tlie continental congress, voted\\nthat it is the minds of the town that they be estab-\\nlished by this State.\\nVoted further to instruct the representative to\\nUse his infl ience, in the General AsNcmbl}, that a\\nfree and full representation of every town in this\\nState take place to a convention, to meet at such\\ntime and place as the General Assembly shall ap-\\npomt, to form a plan of government for said\\nState.\\nChose Capt Stiles, Maj. Ellis,and Capt. Griswoldj\\ndelegates to meet at Surry, and consult with the\\ndelegates of the other towns.\\nV April 27, Jeremiah Stiles was chosen a delegate\\nto meet in the convention to be held at Concord for\\nthe purpose of forming a constitution and plan of\\ngovernment for the State.\\nIt must be well remembered, by those at all ac-\\nquainted_with our history, that the territory now\\nconstituting the State of Vermont, was originally\\nclaimed by New-Hampshire and that long before\\nthe revolution, the executive of this State granted\\nmany townships within its limits. It was subse-\\nquently claimed by New- York, the government of\\nwhich in many instances made grants of the same\\ntownships. This produced an animated,und in some", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "52 Jlnnals of Keene.\\ninstances a virulent contest, between those wh\u00c2\u00a9\\nclaimed the same land under these conflictnig\\ngrants; and between the officers appointed bv the\\ncliff rent States and their adherents. At a conven-\\ntion of delegates from most of the towns in tiiis\\nterritory, then called the JNew-Hampshire Grams,\\nheld at Westminster, in 17 T7, it was declared an\\nii)dependent State, by the name of Vermont.\\nAgainst this proceedinii, New- York pretested, and\\nbrought the subject before the Continental t on-\\ngress. In June, 1778, sixteen towns, l\\\\ingon\\nConnecticut river, in New-Ham})shire, were, at\\ntheir request, made to the legislature of ermo!it,\\nadmitted a part of the new State and, in Octcber,\\nproposals were made to New-Hampshire, that all\\nthe towns lying west of the Masonian or curve\\nline, should also be admitted to a union. WitI) sub-\\nsequent proceedings of the Vermont legislature,\\nnot only these six.een towns, but most of the\\ntovM.s lying on the west bank of the river were\\ndissatisfied, and tlie project was started of so ex-\\ntendmg the acknowledged boundaries of New-\\ntlampshire as to embrace the dissatisfied towns in\\nVernK)Yit. And many were in favor of erecting a\\nTn\\\\ S ate, to be compostd of the western halt of\\nINew-Hampshire, and the eastern half of Vermont.\\n1 o determine on the course to be pursued, a\\nconvention ol delegates from the towns on both\\nsides of the river was appointed, to be held at\\nCornish, on the J 9th of December. In the warrant\\ncalling a town meetnijj to be held at Keene, Dec.\\n7th, an article was inserted, to see if it be the\\nii^ind of the town to choose a delegate to meet at\\nCv rnish, to take into consideration matters relating\\ntt the St;)te of Vermont. At the meting, this ar-\\nticle was dismissed.", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene, 53\\n1779.\\nAt a TYieetinfic, held March 2d, the town\\nvoted that tlie selecinjen be a committee to ^\\\\ve\\nthe representative instructions to use iiis influence\\nthat the delegates from this State to the Coutin-\\neutal Congress lay claim to the New-Hampshire\\ngrants, so called, provided that Congress will not\\ncoiifirm the same into a new State.\\nIn this year, Capt. Maik, of Gilsnm, probably\\nincited by some of the zealous whigs in Iveene,\\ncollected a party with a view ot apprehending sev-\\neral tories, who resided here, and who were sus-\\npected of furnishing the enemy with provisions.\\nOn the evening of the 3Uth o( iVIay,* they assem-\\nbled at Pattridiie s tavern, near VV right s mills, on\\ntiie road to Surry. In the night. Mack sent forward\\nseveral men, with directions to place themselves\\nse paratel\\\\ at the doors of those houses where the\\ntories resided, and prevent their escape. At sun-\\nrise he rode into Keene, at the head of his party,\\nwith a drawn sword and when he came to the\\nhouse of a tory, he ordered the sentinel, standing\\nat the door, to turn out the prisoner. The pris-\\noner being brought out, and placed in the midst of\\nhis party, he proceeded onward. Having gone\\nthrough the street, collected all of them, and search-\\ned their cellars for provisions, of which he found\\nlittle, he returned to the tavern of Mr. Hale, situ-\\nated where Dr. Twitchell s house now stands, and\\nconfined them in a chamber.\\nBut when he first made his appearance, infor-\\nmation was sent to Mr. Howlet, who then com-\\nmanded the militia, ot the commotion in the village.\\nThe first lint s of a song, remembered by arj aged citi/.en, fixes the clay wheo\\nthis party visited Keene.\\nUpon he thirty-first of May,\\nAppear d in Keene. at break of day,\\nA mob boti) bold jnd stout.\\nThose who lived in these times, well remember that the mnscs Trere not silent\\n^inid the din of arms.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54 vinnals of Keene,\\nHe instantly sent expresses to warn his company\\nto appear fortiiwith in the street, with their anns\\nand ammunition. About noon, the} assembled,\\nMere paraded before the tavern, and ordered to\\nload their muskets with powder and ball. Col.\\nEllis, a firm patriot, and frequently the represent-\\native of the town, came also. He asked Capt.\\nMack if he intended to pursue his object I do\\nreplied he, at the hazard of my life Then, said\\nEllis, emphaticall}, you must prepare for eternity,\\nfor the [)eopIe of Keene will not permit you to pur-\\nsue this irregular mode of wreaking vengeance on\\nany men, even if they are tories. Hearing this\\nresolute speech, and perceiving the militia prepar-\\ned to resist them, the followers of Mack were in-\\ntimidated, and, one by one, deserted him. Finding\\nhimself alone, he went off himself, and the tories\\nleft their confinement.\\nAt a meeting, held July 7, the town chose a\\ncommittee to hire and agree with five men to serve\\nin the continental army, on the best terms they\\ncan and the same committee were empowered to\\nhire two men for the Rhode-Island service, at the\\ntown s charge.\\nSept. 7, the town, after hearing the plan of\\ngovernment, lately formed by the convention at\\nConcord, read, and the several articles therein de-\\nbated, voted unanimously to reject the same, for\\nthe following reason, viz. That the mode of\\nrepresentation is not agreeable to the sentiments\\n\u00c2\u00a9f the town.\\nVoted, further to instruct our delegate to use\\nhis influence,) if the convention proceed to amend-\\nments,) that the mode of representation be as fol-\\nlows That every town, consisting of one hun-\\ndred families, shall be entitled to send a represen-\\ntative that larger towns send one tor each hun-\\ndred families, and smaller towns be classed together", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "Snnals of Keene. 59\\n^o as to send one for each hundred families, and\\nthe whole to be paid out of the public cliest.\\nAt the same meeting, the following preamble and\\nvote passed -Wliereas the selectmen of Ports-\\nmouth sent an address to this and the rest of the\\ntowns in this State, desiring their presence and\\nassistance, by their delegates, to meet at Concord,\\nill convention, to see if they can come into some\\nagreement to state the price of the several articles\\nbought and sold in this State therefore, voted,\\ntl at Capt. Jeremiah Stiles attend said convention,\\nas a delegate from this town.\\nOct. 20, the town voted to raise three hundred\\nand thirty pounds lor paying the charge of raising\\nmen for the defence of the State of Rhode-Island,\\nand the sum of \u00c2\u00a34 3 1 for the charge of raising men\\nfor the continental service.\\n1780.\\nMarch 7, the town voted, that the singing i a\\npublic worship be performed without reading line\\nby line as they sing.\\nIn the warrant calling a town meeting, to be\\niield July 20, the following article was inserted\\nWhereas, by an act of the General Assembly of\\nthis State, each town is obliged to provide month-\\nly a quantity of beef for the use of the continental\\narmy, for the space of five months therefore, to\\nsee what method the town will take to procure said\\nquantity of beef. At the meeting, the town voted\\nto raise 1 1,300 pounds of beef; each person to\\nhave liberty to pay his equal proportion thereof in\\nbeef, or to pay so much money in lieu thereof as\\nhe was taxed in the last State and continental\\ntax.\\nIn a warrant calling a town meeting, is the fol-\\nlowing recital Whereas the selectmen have re-\\nceived letters from some of the principal gentle-\\nmen in this county, who think it advisable, in this", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56 Jlnnals of Keene,\\ncritical jiiHcture, that a county coTivention of dele\\nrates Ironi the several towns, be called, to meet at\\nWalpole,the 1.5th of November, to consult on mat-\\nters relating; to the jurisdif tiou of the New-Hamp-\\nshire Grants aisd then a meeting is warned to\\nchoose one or more persons to represent the town\\nin said convention. At the meeting, held Nov. 1 3,\\npursuant to the warrant, Daniel Newcomb and\\nJohn Houghton were chosen delegates.\\nThe following proceedirrgs ot this convention,\\nare extracted from the Vermont State Papers,\\nan interesting volume lately published by the au-\\nthority of that state.\\nAt a Convention of Delegates from the several tokens in the Countij\\nof Cheshire^ in the State of New- Hamp^hire^ held at Walpoh, in\\nsaid County^ on the 15th day of JVovernber^ in the year of our\\nLord^one thousand seven hundred and eighty.\\nVoted, That Dr. Page, Col. Hunt, Capt. Holmes, Daniel Jones,\\nEsq. and Col. Bellows, he a comnr)itfee to confer with gentlenioa\\nfrom any parts of the territory, called the New-Hampshire grants,\\nconceriiing the jurisdiction of the s\u00c2\u00abid grants, and to consider\\nwhat is proper to be done by the inhabitants thereof, relativ\u00c2\u00ab to\\ntheir jurisdiction that the same may be asc^^rtained and estab-\\nlished Which committee, after due enquiry and consideratir n,\\nreport as follows, viz. The committee appointed by the conven-\\ntion, held at Walpole, November 15th, 1780, do report, that we\\nhave conferred with the several gentlemen present, who were\\ncommittees from the different parts of the territory, called the\\nNew- Hampshire grants, viz Cumberland, Gloucester and Graf-\\nton counties, and do tiud, that many nnatters lately agitated, with\\nrespect to the jurisdiction of the New-Hampshire grants, render\\na union of the inhabitants of that territory indispensably neces-\\nsary. The said inhabitants received the grants of their lands\\nfrom the same jurisdiction, and settled them while a union was\\nextant which was an implicit engagement of authority, that it\\nshould be continued. But we were unjustly deprived of the ad-\\nvantages resulting from it, in the year 1754, by an arbitrary de-\\ncree of Great Britain, to which we never acceded which de-\\ncree, however, cannot be esteemed efficacious, since the decla-\\nration of independence it being one of those iniquitous meas-\\nures, by which they were attempting to oppress the colonies\\nand for which we have since thrown off subjection. This being\\nthe case, the union re-exists. And shall we throw it off? God\\nforbid. The situation of the territory aforesaid, by reason of", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "Annals of JCfeiie.\\no\\nf.hoir bvMD^ a frontier, a\u00c2\u00ab well as many other matters, which .ire\\nQ! vious, TPspectingf commerce and transactions ol a publi nature,\\ntniikes it expcdieu* that they be united in all their interest*, in\\nordefto make their efforts, in that quarter, again\u00c2\u00abt the commoa\\nenemy, more vigorous and efficacious. In r^^spect to government,\\ngreat disadvantages may arise hy a division. In that case, de-\\nlinquents may easily evade the operation of justice, by passing\\nfrom ne state to another, and thereby be induced more readilj\\nto practice iniquity in that part where the body of inhabitants,\\nand the principal traffick, centre. And we imagine that a unioa\\nof public interests, is the only means by which the contentions\\nand animosities, now subsisting among the inhabitants of the\\nterritory aioresaid, can be brought to a happy issue lor, so long\\nas the course of justice is in different channels, where people\\nare so nearly allied, disturbances will arise. From authentic in-\\nformation, we cannot but apprehend, that the state of New-Hamp-\\nshire is greatly remiss, if not grossly negligent (to call it by no\\nharsher name) in trusting affairs of such great importance as the\\nsettlement of their western boundary, to a committee, some of\\n%vhom, we conceive, would risk the loss of halt the state, rather\\nthan NevT-Hampshire should extend their claim west of Connect-\\nicut river. And, from the best authority that can be obtained, it\\nappears that the agent of the state at oresaid, is endeavoring to\\nconfirm a division of the grants, contrary to their true interests\\nwhich has given the people, on the grants, just occasion to rouse\\nand exert themselves in support of an union of the whole. We,\\ntherefore, earnestly recommend, as the only means to obtain an\\nunion, preserve peace, harmony, and brotherly love, and the in-\\nterest of the community in general, that a convention be called\\nfrom every town within the said grants, to be held at CharK\u00c2\u00abs-\\ntown, on the third Tuep lay of January next, at one of the clock,\\nin the afternoon and that one or more members be appointed\\nfrom each town, with proper instructions to unite in such meas-\\nures as the majority shall jud ^e most conducive to consolidate an\\nunion of the grants, and effect a final settlement of the line of\\njurisdiction.\\nB. BELLOWS,-)\\nS. HUNT, I\\nD. .JON :S, iCommiUee.\\nL. HOLMES, I\\nW. PAGE, J\\nIn Convention, at Walpole, November 16, 1780.\\nThe above report being repeatedly read, Voted,\\nThat it be accepted and a sufficient number of copies be\\nprinted and transmitted to the several towns on the New-Hamp-\\nshire grants, on both sides of Connectirnt river, for their notice.\\n8", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "1)8 Jinnals of Keene.\\nto appoint one or more members to attend the said p^eneral cob-\\nvention which shall be deemed a suflicient notification.\\nBy order of the Convention,\\nBENJAMIN BELLOWS, Chairman,\\nA true Copy\u00e2\u0080\u0094Attest, DANIEL NEVVCOMB, Clerk:\\nAt araeetms:, held Oec. 1 f, the town chose Tiai-\\noth}- Ellis and Daniel Newcomb delrcjates to repre-\\nsent this town in the convention to be holden at\\nCharlestown, the third Tuesday in Jafuiary next,\\nto act relating; to the jurisdiction of the Ne^v-\\nH unpshire Grants and they voted to instruct\\nthe deleojates to come into a union with said grants,\\nin case they (the said grants) be annexed to the\\nstate of New-Hampshire, and not otherwise.\\n1781.\\nThe convention was held at Charlestown, on the\\nday appointed, and was attended by delegates from\\nforty-three towns. A majority voted in favor of\\nimiting with the state of Vermont.\\nOn the 24th of January, the selectmen, recitin;^\\nthat, by a late act of the General Assembly, each\\ntown is obliged to furnish their quota of men for\\nthe continental army as soon as possible, called a\\nmeeting to be held February 7, to see what meth-\\nod the town will take to raise their quota.\\nAt the meeting, thus called, the following votes\\nwere passed\\nVoted, to choose a committee to make an aver-\\nage of what service each man has done heretofore^\\nas to hiring men or going personally into the ser-\\nvice of the United States.\\nUpon further consultation and, consideration, vo-\\nted to postpone the average to some future time\\nand\\nVoted, to divide the rateable inhabitants of the\\ntown into twelve equal classes, and each class to\\nprocure a man to serve in the continental army\\nthe space of three years, or during the war, upon\\ntheir own charge, as soon as may bo.", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene, 59\\nAnd a committee was chosen to divide the town\\ninto classes, and proceed as is diiected in the\\naforesaid act.\\nAt a meeting;, held Marcli 26, the town voted\\nnot to unite with the New-Hampshire Grants, on\\nthe west side of Connecticut river, bli being\\naijainst, and 29 in favor of the union. The town\\nstood almost alone in tliis vote Hinsdale, Wal-\\npole, Surry, Gilsum, Alstead, Charlestown, Ac-\\nvorth, Lempster, Wendell, Claremont, Newport,\\nCornish, Croydon, Plainfield, Grantham, Marlow,\\nRichmond, Chesterfield, and Westmoreland voting\\nin favor of the union.\\nBy virtue of a precept from the General Assem-\\nbly, a town meetiiig was called, and held on the\\n30th day of May, at which Daniel Newcomb was\\nchosen a delegate to a convention, to be held at\\nConcord on the first Tuesday of June, for the pur-\\npose of forming a plan of government.\\nAt the same meeting, the town voted, that Thom-\\nas Baker stand in nomination for a justice of the\\npeace, in order to be put in said oflice by the Gen-\\neral Assembly.\\nAt a meeting, held December 1 1, the plan of\\ngovernment, which had been agreed on by the con-\\nvention at Concord, was laid before the town.\\nAfter hearing it read, and consulting upon the\\nsame, Josiah Richardson, William Banks, Ichabod\\nFisher, JVJajor H owlet, and Daniel Niiwcomb were\\nchosen a committee to make such remarks upon\\nit, in writing, as ihey think agreeable to the town,\\nand make report at a future meeting.\\nAt a meeting subsequently holden, this commit-\\ntee reported, that it appears to them that the fol-\\nlowing paragraph in said form of government, viz.\\nand to prevent an undue influence in this state,\\nwhich the first magistrate thereof may acquire by", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "^0 Annals of Keene,\\nthe long possession of that important office, as also\\nto stimulate others to quality themselves for t!)e\\nservice of the public in the highest station, no\\nman shall be elii;ible, as governor of this state,\\nmore than three years in any seven, is inconsis-\\ntent with the rights ot the people of New-Hamp-\\nshire, as declared m t)ie eleventh article, in the first\\npa-rt of said constitution and that when a person\\nhath governed the state three years faithfully, and\\nsuccessfully, his fidelity and experience ought\\nralherto recommend him as a proper person to be\\nelected governor the next year, than to disqualify\\nhim irom 20 .ernin2j within four years. The com-\\nmit tee, therefore, report, as their opinion, that the\\nfor g( inji; paragraph of the said constitution ought\\nto be t-xput!ged therefrom, and that the inhabitants\\nof this town ought then to approve and accept of\\nSlid constitution, without an} further alteration or\\naiii^ndmevt aud rather than said constitution\\nshould be rejected by reason of the foregoing ob-\\njection thereto, or be again sent for the examina-\\ntion of the people, the committee are of opinion\\nthat the said constitution ought to be approved, ac-\\ncepted a!;d established as it now stands.\\nThis report was unanimously accepted, thirty-\\ntwo voting in favor of it, and none against it.\\n1782.\\nThe town, March 5, voted a premium of 40 shil-\\nlings, to be paid to any inhabitant of the town, for\\nkilling a grown wolf, and 20 shillings for killing a\\nwolf s whelp, in this or any circumjacent town.\\nAt a meeting, held April lb, the town voted to\\nchoose a committee to make an account of the ser-\\nvice each man has done in the present war, and\\nmake an average, so that each man may have cred-\\nit for what he has already done and also to di-\\nvide or class the inhabitants into twelve equal class-\\nes, (credit for what each man has done to be given", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "Jnnals of Keene. Gl\\nhim,) and each class to provide, or hire, a man fo;-\\ntie space oi liiree years, or durincj the war, upon\\ntiieir o\\\\\\\\ n cost said classes to be so made, that\\neacli pay equal taxes.\\nA vote \\\\sas also passed to reconsider a former\\nvote ot tlie town, on the plan of government, and\\ntake the same into further consideration and u\\ncommittee was chosen to propose amendments.\\nAt an adjourned meetinjr, the committee on the\\nconstitution, recommended the following amend-\\nments, which were adopted, 53 yeas, 3 nays\\nist. I hat an exception be subjoined to the 17th\\narticle in the bill of rights, in the following words,\\nviz. except in cases w here it shall appear that an\\nimpartial trial cannot be had in such county, and\\nthe Legislature shall, by act, order the trial to be\\nin some adjacent county,\\n2d. J hat the .3d article, in the bill of rights, be\\nexpunged, and the following article be substituted\\nKetrospt ctive laws are, in most cases, oppressive\\nand unjust, and ought not to be made for the decis-\\nion of civil cases, or the punishment of offenders,\\nunless in cases of persons absconding and going\\nover to the enemy, as at the late revolution, where\\nthe laws prior to the offence were imperfect.\\n.hI. As to the mode of representation, let it be\\nas mentioned in the constitution, in all respects, ex-\\ncepting the following amendments, viz. that fifty\\nmembers for the House of Representatives be the\\npresent number; and the county of Rockingham\\nhaving their equal proportion according to ttie\\nnumber of ratable polls; said number in that coun-\\nts not to increase or diminish and the other coun-\\nties as they increase in number of ratable polls,\\nto increase in number of Representatives, until\\nthey arrive to as great a number as the county of\\nRoi kingham and that the delegates, at their firsi\\nmeeting, divide the counties into districts, and thew", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62 Annals of Keene.\\nthe delegates of each district, by themselves, vote\\nfor a representative for their own district, out of\\ntheir own body and after each district is set offj\\nthe delegates to meet for the future in some con-\\nvenient place, in their own district, and annually\\nelecta member for said district.\\n4th. That all persons who have now a right by\\nlaw to be voters in town afiaiis, be considered as\\nqualilied for electors of Goveinor, Senators, or any\\nother officer, to be chosen by the people at large,\\nas mentioned in the constitution, and that those\\nwho are elected have tiie same qualifications men-\\ntioned in the constitution.\\nbth. That tlje Governor be prohibited from\\nerecting permanent fortifications without the ad-\\nvice of counsel and from demolishing such as\\nhave been, or may be, constructed by order of the\\nLegislature, or advice of council, without their as-\\nsent.\\nt)M. That annual elections are a sufficient secu-\\nrity against every abuse of power such parts of\\nthe constitution as limits the number of years for\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2which a person shall be eligible to any office, be\\nexpunged from the constitution.\\nTie votes of this and of the other towns were\\ntransmitted to the state convention, which held an\\nadjourned meeting in the summer of this year. By\\nthem a new draft was prepared, which was also\\nsubmitted to the people. On the fifth of Novem-\\nber, the town of Keene vottd unanimously to re-\\nceive the bill of rights as it now stands. A vote\\nwas also passed not to receive the other part of\\nthe constitution, except there be some amendments.\\nAnd a committee wa chosen to propose amend-\\nments.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, the town voted to ac-\\ncept the constitution with the amendments propos-\\ned, which were as follows", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 63\\n1. That the mode pointed out in said coiistitu-\\niion for discharging the wages of tuC Representa-\\ntives by the towns, will have a tendency to lessen\\nthe number, and by that means produce an injury\\nto the State they, therefore, think it advisable\\nthat each Representative be paid, not only tor his\\ntravel, but also his wages, from the Treasury ot the\\nState.\\n2. That the General Court appoint all Judicial\\nofficers, instead of their beiuij; appointed b} the\\nGovernor and Council, and that the Governor, of\\ncourse, commission them.\\nThe disputes, which originated in the claim of\\nthe inhabitants of Vermont to bo acknowledged as\\na separate State, still continued to disturb the re-\\npose of the county. The new State had commis-\\nsioned civil and military officers on this side of\\nConnecticut river, between whom, and the officers\\ncommissioned by New-Hampshire, contests some-\\ntimes arose, which the militia v, ere once called out\\nto terminate. In September, when the inferior\\ncourt, acting under the authority of New-Hamp-\\nshire, assembled L t Keene, a mob, headed by Sam-\\nuel Davis, ot Chesterfield, and composed of per-\\nsons favorable to a union with Vermont, assembled\\nalso for the purpose of preventing the court from\\ntransacting business. As disturbances were ex-\\npected, a large number of the opposite party came\\ninto the village. x\\\\t the opening of the Court, Da-\\nvis, followed by his party, entered t!ie Court house,\\nwent up to the clt rk, laid his hand upon the docket,\\nand declared it should uot be opened. At this mo-\\nme))t, a Mr. Fairbanks, of Swanzey, addressed the\\nCourt, praying them to adjourn for an hour, that the\\npeople present might assemble on the common, and\\nthe strength ot both parties be ascertained. The\\nCourt adjourned the two parties paraded sepa-\\nrately, Davis attliehead of one. and Fair! anks, of", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64 Annals of Keene,\\nthe other. The former beinjj much the sma1Jes(i\\ntheir courao:e failed, and the Court proceeded in\\nthr-ir business without further molestation.\\nD ivis and several others were arrested, bj a war-\\nrant from the Court, and gave bonds to appear at\\nthe next term of the Superior Court, and to keep\\nthe peace. He then went out, and addressed his\\nfollowers, advising them to be cool and orderly, as\\nthe most likely mode of obtaining ^heir object.\\nWhen the Superior Court assembled, an attempt\\nwas also made to prevent it from proceeding to bu-\\nsiness, which entirely failed. Davis and two others\\nwere indicted, for that they, with others, commit-\\nted an assault upon the Justices of the Inferior\\nCourt and their clerk, and compelled them to desist\\nfrom executing the lawful business thereof. They\\npleaded guilt} and threw themselves upon the\\nmercy of the Court, who, having taken matters\\ninto consideration, forgave them, and ordered theui\\nto be discharged. At the same term, Robert Wser\\nwas indicted, for that he at said time, at Keene, to\\nencourage the rioters, did openly and publickly,\\nwith a loud voice, in the English language, speak\\nthe following words, viz. Col. Ashby (meaning the\\nfirst Justice of said Inferior Court) is for arbitrary\\npower, and arbitrary power he shall have damn\\nthe Court, and their authority. He also pleaded\\nguilty, was forgiven and disciiarged.\\n1783.\\nAt a town meeting, held June 19, the town vo-\\nted unanimously that the Representative be in-\\nstructed to use his influence, that all w^io have ab-\\nsented themselves from any of the United States of\\nAmerica, and joined with, or put themselves under\\nthe protection of, the enemies of the United vStatcs,\\nbe utterly debarred from residing within this State.\\nThis vote was passed at the request of the Repre-\\nsentative, Daniel Kingsbury, to be instructed on\\nthe subject.", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "Annals of Keene. 60\\nThe Continental Congress having proposed and\\nre o.iimeniled such an alteration in the eigiitii arii-\\ncle of ihe Contederation, as to make the population\\nof the several States, instead of the value of tlie\\ngi anted land therein, the rule for the apporiiomneat\\nof national taxes, (lie town, Septetnber 2, voted to\\nat cept of tiie alteration of said article, as recom-\\nn.ended by the Continental Congress.\\nIn the warrant calling a town meeting, to be h ^!d\\nOctober 1 7, is found tlie following article: To\\nCijoose a suitable person o represent trie town a a\\nconvention, to be holden at Peterborough, the id\\ninstant, to consult upon matters of public grievance,\\nVIZ. a multiplicity of* lawsuits, pensioni g tJie odi-\\ncers of the army, and many others not nameti, m\\norder to take some suita He measures for the redress\\nol said grievances. At the meeting, held on tlie\\nd.iy appc inted, INlaj. Davis Howlet was elected, ad\\na ommittee was appointed to give him instructions.\\n1 MPse instructions were as follows T ut the said\\ngate use his influence, in convention, that the\\nf ;iuwing matters of grievance be laid before the\\n(a neral Court distress f)y law-suits; that all\\ns ^s of neat cattle and grain be made a lawful ten-\\nr for the payment of de bts, (in case of suits onh\\nthe same to be appraised by judicious men under\\noath; to regulate the fee table, especially attorneys\\nf.rs, thnt t!iey may not draAv pay for the travel\\naal atlend 4 i.je of their clients in court, except in\\ncases V. ij^.j-s jt^s \u00c2\u00bb!ecessary for clients to attend\\nt attlt officers oi t. e continental army be not al-\\nlowed live years pay that State securities be\\nliicide a hiwfu! tender in case of suit.\\nAt a;; adjourned meeting, the doings of this con-\\nyentio:. -re read, hut the town, not fully agree-\\ning to aj;^ jve thereof, voted dismiss the meet-\\ning.\\n9", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0082\u00ac6 Annals of Keene,\\n1784.\\nThe treaty of peace with Great-Britain havinsj\\nsecured to the tories the privilege ot retuniiii^ to\\nthis country, to collect their debts and settle their\\naffairs, Elijah Williams, Esq. cam\u00c2\u00abi to Keene, for\\nthat purpose, in the beginning of this year. His\\nappearance here so exasperated the zealous whigs,\\nthat they seized him and carried rdm before Thoai-\\nas Baker, Esq. a Justice of the peace. What were\\nthe charges against him, or whether any charges\\nwere exhibited, has not been ascertained. The\\nJustice, perhaps with a view to protect him frotn\\noutrage, ordered him to recognize for his appear-\\nance at the Court of Sessions, to be held at Charles-\\ntown, in April, and committed him to the custody\\nof the sheriff. With this, the populace were not\\nsatisfied, and they discovered an intention of as-\\nsaulting and beating him but he was surroundeJ\\nand guarded to his lodgings by the old and the\\njoung men who happened to be present.\\nThe animosity of the whigs, aggravated proba-\\nbly by the arts of those who were indebted to him,\\nwas, however, so great that they determined he\\nshould not thus escape their vengeance. On the\\nday before that appointed for the sitting of the\\nCourt, a party crncealed themselves in the pines\\nnear Fisher brook, intending, when he passed with\\nthe sheriff, to get him into tlieir power. The sher-\\niff passed without him, relying upon the promise\\nhe had made to appear at Court the next day.\\nThis circumstance excited their suspicions they\\ncame immediately into the street, seized Williams\\nat his lodgings, and, placing him in the midst of\\nthem, repaired to a tavern in Ash Swamp. When\\nhe arrived there, two bundles of black birch rods\\nwefe produced, from which it appeared that a place\\nhad been concerted to compel him to run the guant-\\nlet, with the view, probably, of inducing him, by", "height": "3390", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "tflnnals of Keene. 67\\nench borsh treatment, again to leave the country.\\nB it by this time, a large number of considerate\\ncitizens had assembled and arrived at the tavern.\\nA proposition was made, that the whole subject\\nshoultl be referred to a committee. A committee\\nwas a|)pointed tneir report was too favorable to\\nWilliams, to suit the majority, and was rejected.\\nA lotlier committee was appointed, who reported\\nthat he should leave the town the next day, and\\nleave the state the next week. This report was\\nagreed to but the minority, still dissatisfied, pri-\\nvately sent out messengers, to collect more of their\\nfj lends This being communicated to those who\\nwere disposed to protect Williams, tliey advised\\nhim to retire immediately. An attempt was made\\nto prevent him from mounting a horse, which had\\nbeen offered him by a friend. A conflict ensued,\\nin which the horse was overthrown, and several\\npersons were knocked down with clubs. He at\\nlength, however, mounted, with the assistance of\\nhis friends, and rode through the crowd, which con-\\ntinued to oppose him.\\nThe next da}^ he repaired to Charlestown, and\\npresented himself to the Court, which, thereupon,\\npassed the. following order that Elijah Williams,\\nEsq. now in the keeping of Isaac Griswold, by vir-\\ntue of a mittimus from Thomas Baker, Esq., contin-\\nue in the custody of the said Isaac, until he shall\\nhave transacted the business upon which he came\\ninto this part of the country, and then be p*^rmit-\\nted to leave this State, upon his good behaviour,\\nwithout further molestation. After settling his af-\\nfairs, Williams repaired to Nova-Scotia. Shortly\\nafter, in consequence of ill health, he returned to\\nDeerfield, his native town, died, and was buried by\\nthe side of his ancestors.", "height": "3381", "width": "1924", "jp2-path": "annalsoftowne00salm_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "6^ *Snnals of Keene,\\n1T86.\\nAt a meetins^, held January 12, the town chose a\\nconuiuitee to take an account of all the services\\ndone bv the t( wi during tb.e late war, that the same\\nniay be sent to the couMnittee of claims in said\\nState.\\n1788.\\nJanuary 7th, the town chose the Rev. Aaron\\nKail a delegate to sit in convention, to be held at\\nExeter. for the lull and free investig;a ion, discus-\\nsi( i^, and decision upon, the proceedinajs of the\\nFederal onventiort, which framed the constiiu-\\ntion of tile United S tes. 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