{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3085", "width": "2091", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "W* A A \u00e2\u0099\u00a6a Vj. a*\\n--^1^* ft.^", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "v* w- \\\\cf \\\\.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2???5f:\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^* ^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.fT. f", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "A^ A^\\n_ _ W V^\\nV^\\n-0... ^r. ,-^^^rJ^%%^\\nvv", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "r=?\\n^Si^^^S^^^-^^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE\\nHISTORY OF WARNEE,\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE,\\nONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR YEARS,\\nFrom. 1735 to 1879.\\nWALTER HARRIMAN.\\n11\\nCONCORD, N. H.:\\nPRINTED BY THE REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.\\n1879.\\n0^", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0011.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": ".\\\\a;sl\\\\H^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0012.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nMost intelligent people have a desire to know\\nsomething of their country and of their forefathers.\\nEdmund Burke, the great English statesman, says,\\nThey who never look back to their ancestors, will\\nnever look forward to futurity T To rescue the early\\nhistory of Warner from oblivion, and to perpetuate a\\nknowledge of it in the generations to come, has been\\nmy purpose in this undertaking. Records become\\ndim with age, and are destroyed the traditions of\\nevents which occurred in the preceding century are\\nrapidly fading from memory. It has been a hundred\\nand forty-four years since the, first grant of Warner\\nwas made. The last surviving original grantee of the\\ntownship has been dead ninety years. All the first\\nsettlers, and all their children, long since departed this\\nlife, and it is felt that the writing of a history of the\\ntown has been delayed too long.\\nIn July, 1878, 1 decided to undertake this task, a\\ntask in which I have expended a large sum of money\\nbeyond any expected remuneration, and thrown in\\nmy personal services as a gratuity. My labor has\\nbeen a labor of love. Warner is my native town,\\nand there cluster all my earliest and fondest remem-\\nbrances. Every brook and rock and tree that I knew\\n1", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0013.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "4 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nin my childhood is still dear to me, and, if my wishes\\nare regarded, Warner will be the place of my final\\nrest.\\nI have travelled nearly 2000 miles in gathering\\nmaterials for this book have searched the province\\nrecords at Boston and at Concord the county records\\nof old Hillsborough at Nashua, and of Rockingham at\\nExeter the Masonian records at Portsmouth, and the\\ntown records of Amesbury, Salisbury, Newburyport,\\nHaverhill, Bradford, Andover, and Ipswich, Mass., and\\nof Concord, Hopkinton, Boscawen, and Sutton, N. H,\\nRemembering the injunction, neither give heed\\nto fables and endless genealogies, which minister ques-\\ntions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith, I\\nhave made this w^ork not a genealogical register, hut\\na history of the toion.\\nNames of individuals have been written strictly in\\naccordance with the letter of the record, and when-\\never quotations from ancient documents have been\\nmade, the original orthography, capitals, abbrevia-\\ntions, punctuation, c., have been preserved.\\nThe XXXVIth and last chapter embraces an ad-\\ndress which the author gave, in 1878, on the Bound-\\naries of New Hampshire. As no student of history\\nwithin the state can fail to be interested in the angry\\nand prolonged controversies which grew out of this\\nboundary question, and as the inhabitants of Warner\\nmust be specially interested in those controversies,\\nthat address has been deemed a fitting close to this\\nvolume. At one time it was supposed that the terri-\\ntory of Warner would constitute a part of Massachu-\\nsetts at a subsequent period it seemed probable that", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE. 5\\nWarner would make the fractional part of a great and\\nnoble state extending westward to Lake Champlain,\\nand embracing the whole of the present New Hamp-\\nshire and Vermont and at a still later day there was\\ndanger that the town would stand on the very bor-\\nders of a despoiled and dismembered state, embracing\\nonly the meagre territory which constituted the grant\\nto Capt. John Mason.\\nThe small, rough map which accompanies this book\\nis intended, mainly, to represent the outlines of War-\\nner, and its mountains and streams. Entire accuracy\\n(particularly in regard to the roads) is not claimed for\\nthe map.\\nOmissions and inaccuracies of various kinds will of\\ncourse be found in this volume. Several of these\\nhave already been noticed since the body of the book\\nwas printed. By the merest accident the name of R.\\nEugene Walker, son of Abiel, is not included in the\\nlist of college graduates, nor in that of lawyers. Mr.\\nWalker graduated at Brown University in 1875 read\\nlaw with Sargent and Chase, and was admitted to the\\nbar in August, 1878. He opened an office at Concord\\nthe next month, and is now in practice there.\\nThe book has been open to all who were willing to\\ncontribute portraits to embellish its pages, and I am\\ngrateful to Mrs. Abner Woodman and Benjamin E.\\nBadger, for the portrait of Benjamin Evans to Mrs.\\nGeorge H. Witherle and L. Willis Bean, for that of\\ntheir father to Mrs. Herman Foster, for that of her\\nhusband to Abner D. Farnum s family, for that of\\nFranklin Simonds to John E. Robertson, for ihat of\\nhis father to the officers of the bank at Warner, for", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "6 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthat of Joshua George and to the sons of Asa Pat-\\ntee, for that of their father. To those who have\\nfurnished portraits of themselves, I am also under\\nspecial obligations.\\nI am indebted to Levi Bartlett, whose recollection\\nof early incidents and historical events is remarkable,\\nfor many facts herein set forth to the late H. H.\\nHarriman, whose knowledge of the topography of the\\ntown, of its roads, of its divisions and sub-divisions\\ninto ranges and lots, excelled that of any other man\\nto Mrs. Hardy, of Hopkinton, an intelligent old lady,\\n94 years of age, the mother of Col. Tyler B. and\\nGeo. B. Hardy to Charles Davis, of Davisville, S. S.\\nBean, L. W. Collins, Rev. Wm. H. Walker, and others,\\nfor valuable items found in this work.\\nIn conclusion, I can only express the hope that the\\nreading of the book will afford the people of Warner\\n(and others) as much satisfaction as the publication\\nof it has afforded the author.\\nW. H.\\nJune 24, 1879.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "TABLE OF CONTENTS.\\nPage.\\nChapter I. Grants Township Number One 11\\nChapter II, Description of township Number One\\nIts boundaries Its soil and productions Its\\nponds and streams Its mountains 24\\nChapter III. Proprietors records A new start\\nFirst saw-mill The inevitable tax 41\\nChapter IV. First meeting in the township Dam\\nand flume First proposals to settlers Troubles\\naccumulate New Hampshire appealed to No re-\\nlief Indian depredations The Masonian propri-\\netors Further encouragement to settlers Grant\\nto Rye 50\\nChapter V. A new epoch Settlement of the town\\nDaniel Annis Reuben Kimball The first child 65\\nChapter VI. Proprietors record Efforts for colo-\\nnization Gift lots Settlers bond Early settlers 78\\nChapter VII. Early settlers, continued Boat on the\\nContoocook Second saw-mill 92\\nChapter VIII. The Rye grantees Records of Ames-\\nbury proprietors First meeting-house Hedged\\nin The Potash The old tavern First grist-mill 111\\nChapter IX. The Masonian proprietors A new grant\\nOrofanizino; under it 129", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nPage.\\nChapter X. Delinquent rights Second meeting-liouse\\nAnother town Trespassers; Running the lines. 141\\nChapter XI. Settlement of first minister Steps\\ntowards incorporation A church organized The\\nsurvey; First bridge; Proprietors records 151\\nChapter XII. Proprietors records The Rye grantees\\nBoard of arbitrators; Their award; Parmer\\nagain 158\\nChapter XIII. The town incorporated; Mills at great\\nfalls More trouble with Rye Burying-yard and\\nParade Captain Francis Davis Nearing the end\\nFinal meeting 165\\nChapter XIY. The intermediate state First meeting\\nof the settlers Fast day Rev. Mr. Kelley called\\nHis salary His ordination The first juryman\\nTown charter 176\\nChapter XV. Name of the town Daniel Warner\\nCol. Seth Warner His character and services 190\\nChapter XVI. Warner s first meeting Town records\\nWar-notes; The census; Sage tea; The crisis at\\nhand Convention of the people Governor Went-\\nworth 211\\nChapter XVII. The Exeter convention Not a col-\\nony, but a state First representative Town and\\nclass records 224\\nChapter XVIII. Constitutional conventions Town\\nand class records President of tlie state Loca-\\ntion of meeting-house 237\\nChapter XIX. The federal constitution; Half-shire\\ntown Court s committee Court-house A pro-\\ntest Town records House under the ledge 253\\nChapter XX. Town records; Half-shire again Anti-\\npedobaptists; Gen. Aquila Davis; The first pound 270", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "TABLE OF CONTENTS. 9\\nPagk.\\nChapter XXI.^Jown records Pauper sale Hon.\\nHenry B. Chase First school committee A new\\npound Hon. Benjamin P]vans 287\\nChapter XXII. Town records The cold Friday\\nWar of 1812 Rev. Jolin Woods A cold season\\nMasonic Divorce of church and state Heresy\\nQuaker w^omen whipped oOO\\nChapter XXIII. Town records The tornado 318\\nChapter XXIV. A new county The nation s guest\\nTown records Cattle show 327\\nChapter XXV. Town records Presidential election\\nHenniker celebration First poor-farm 342\\nChapter XXVI. Town records Second poor-farm\\nFarmers and mechanics library Cranberry and\\nhoop-pole parties 357\\nChapter XXVII. Town records New town hall\\nRailroad opening The banks Constitutional con-\\nvention Homestead exemption 374\\nChapter XXVIII. The war State aid Bounties to\\nSoldiers Raising the bid Bounty-jumpers More\\nmen The army moves 394\\nChapter XXIX. End of town records Mountain\\nroad Warner High School River-Bow Park\\nRoad and reservoirs Funding the debt Constitu-\\ntional convention County buildings Under the\\nnew constitution 403\\nChapter XXX. Kearsarge Gore The Masonian pro-\\nprietors The curve line Survey of the Gore\\nWilmot incorporated The Gore records 429\\nCh.ypter XXXI. Post-masters; Deputy sheriffs Law-\\nyers; Physicians; College graduates; High-school\\nteachers; Debating clubs; Literary men and women 445", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nPage.\\nChapter XXXII. Military history of Warner The\\nRevolution Alarm at Coos War with France\\nthreatened War of 1812 The Rebellion State\\nmilitia 477\\nChapter XXXIII. Ecclesiastical history of Warner... 500\\nChapter XXXIV. Local names Population of War-\\nner Four-score years and ten Manufactures. 521\\nChapter XXXV. Fatal casualties Suicides Priva-\\ntions Woman lost Wild beasts Witchcraft. 535\\nChapter XXXVI. The Boundaries of New Hampshire\\nAn address by Gen. Walter Harriman, delivered at\\nCanterbury, N. H., May 3, 1878 550\\nILLUSTEATIOE S.\\nPage.\\nWalter Harriman fifPfo^\\nMap of Warner 26\\nOrison Hardy 105\\nGeorge Runels 123\\nDaniel Barnard 136\\nAsa Pattee 257\\nBenjamin Evans 298\\nGilman C. George 313\\nEzekiel A. Straw 331\\nDaniel Bean, Jr 354\\nRobert Thompson 361\\nGeorge A. Pillsbury. 375\\nPagk.\\nJoshua George 382\\nIra Harvey 387\\nHarrison D. Robertson.. 392\\nFranklin Simonds 410\\nNehemiah G. Ordway 423\\nAlonzo C. Carroll 447\\nAlbert P. Davis 452\\nHerman Foster 455\\nLevi Bartlett 469\\nJohn C. Ela 494\\nIsaac D. Stewart 515\\nWalter Scott Davis 532", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE I.\\nGEANTS TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE.\\n.HE English claimed the whole of North America,\\nfrom Labrador to Florida. They claimed it by\\nvirtue of its discovery by the Cabots, in 1497, and of\\nsubsequent explorations, and efforts to colonize it.\\nThey found their claims, however, interfered with, to\\nsome extent, by the occupation of Canada by the\\nFrench, and of New Netherland (now New York) by\\nthe Dutch.\\nBy the English constitution, the title to all the\\nlands of the natives was vested in the king, and he\\nmight grant them when, to whom, and for what con-\\nsideration he pleased. His grants might be absolute,\\nor they might be conditional.\\nThe grants of the king, with corporate powers, con-\\nstituted what were denominated charter governments.\\nSuch were the grants to Massachusetts, Connecticut,\\nand Rhode Island. Then there were royal govern-\\nments, governments in which the king, untrammeled\\nby grants of the soil, still retained his original author-\\nity. They were presided over by a governor, who", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwas appointed by the Crown, and who was removable\\nat the king s pleasure. The governor was assisted\\nby a coimcil, generally recommended by himself, but\\nappointed by the king, and he had a negative upon\\nthe proceedings of any assembly of the people, with\\npower to prorogue or dissolve it whenever he saw fit.\\nTo the governor, also, was committed authority to\\ngrant, in the name of the king, any unchartered lands\\nin his province. Such was New Hampshire.\\nKing James the First chartered The Council of\\nPlymouth on the 3d day of November, 1G20. To\\ngive a clear understanding of what this council was,\\na paragraph from its charter is here introduced\\nThere shall be forever, in our town of Plymouth, in\\nour county of Devon, a body corporate, consisting of\\nforty persons, with perpetual succession, called by the\\nname of the Council established at Plymouth, in the\\ncounty of Devon, ybr the planting, ruling, ordering, and\\ngoverning of New England in America.\\nTo this council was granted by the king a broad\\nextent of territory, reaching nearly to the mouth of\\nthe St. Lawrence river on the north, to considerably\\nbelow the southern limit of New England on the\\nsouth, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.\\nThe language of the charter is, all the lands from\\nforty to forty-eight degrees of north latitude, from\\nsea to sea.\\nThis Plymouth Council, on the 7th day of Novem-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "GRANTS. 13\\nber, 1629, granted to Capt. John Mason, of the county\\nof Hampshire. England, All that part of the main\\nland in New England, lying upon the sea-coast, begin-\\nning from the middle part of Merrimack river, and\\nfrom thence to proceed northwards along the sea-\\ncoast to Piscataqua river, and so forwards up within\\nthe said river, and to the furtherest head thereof, and\\nfrom thence north-ioestward until three-score miles be\\nfinished from the first entrance of Piscataqua river.\\nAlso, from Merrimack, through the said river, and to\\nthe furtherest head thereof, and so forwards up into\\nthe land westwards, until three-score miles be finished\\nand from thence to cross over land to the three-score\\nmiles end accounted from Piscataqua river.\\nThis is the state of New Hampshire in its incep-\\ntion, and Warner is included within the limits of this\\ngrant. But this is not the state of to-day. These\\nboundaries have been extended, and the domain has\\nbeen doubled in amount.\\nThe king in his grant, and the council in theirs,\\nwere not entirely unselfish in the performance of their\\ndeeds. They made valuable reservations. They were\\nactuated, in large degree, by the hope of gain. When\\nKing James chartered the Council of Plymouth in\\n1620, and when the council, in 1629, made the grant of\\nNew Hampshire to Capt. John Mason, it was believed\\nthat immense quantities of gold and silver existed in\\nthese mountains. This country was compared to", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nMexico and Peru, from which plunderers had re-\\nturned laden with the shining dust. Indeed, all\\nEurope began to dream of America as a land where\\nthe sands sparkled with gold, and the earth was paved\\nwith glittering gems. So, in the charter of King\\nJames aforesaid, a reservation is made of one fifth of\\nthe gold and silver and in the grant of the Council\\nof Plymouth to Mason, one fifth is reserved for the\\nking, and another fifth for the council, and these two\\nfifths were to be taken from the whole amount\\nbrought above ground, to be delivered above\\nground.\\nGovernors of provinces made grants in the name\\nof the king, to individuals and companies, for various\\nconsiderations. Innumerable cases occurred in which\\nthey granted lands for actual or supposed service to\\nthe king or to his local governments. Especially were\\nsuch grants made for military service. Many who\\nhad been engaged in the French and Indian wars\\nwere affectionately remembered in this way. Grants\\nwere also made with valuable reservations of land\\nand timber, the reservations being worth, after the\\nsettling and opening up of a locality, more than the\\nwhole of the territory granted was worth before.\\nGrants were also made for stipulated sums of money\\nand in some instances the grantees simply paid cer-\\ntain incidental expenses. Such was the case with the\\nproprietors of Warner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GRANTS. 15\\nIt is not known that the grantees of Warner had\\nrendered any particular service to the king, or to his\\nprovincial government of Massachusetts. Only a\\nsmall number of the sixty had been engaged in any\\nmilitary service, except in the home guards. They\\ngave nothing for their township of land, as has al-\\nready been stated. But at the time this and many\\nother grants were made, the boundary line between\\nMassachusetts and New Hampshire was in controver-\\nsy. Massachusetts claimed the territory of Warner,\\nand all the country between the Merrimack and the\\nConnecticut, to a line far north of Warner. New\\nHampshire, of course, claimed the same territory.\\nThe dispute had been warm and long continued. To\\ngain ground in the contest, Massachusetts used every\\nendeavor to induce men to accept grants of townships.\\nIt had become apparent that the line between the\\nprovinces must soon be settled, and the government\\nof Massachusetts feared that their claim might be\\ngreatly restricted. In this apprehension, the general\\nassembly of that province, under the recommendation\\nof the governor, commenced granting the lands in\\ncontroversy to actual settlers from their own province,\\nin order that, if she should lose jurisdiction over the\\nlands, her people would have the fee in the soil. Ac-\\ncordingly, in 1725, Penacook (Concord) was granted\\nto actual settlers from Andover, Bradford, Haverhill,\\nand other towns in that vicinity. Pembroke was", "height": "3049", "width": "1997", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\ngranted in 1726, and in the course of a few years,\\nAmherst, New Boston, Bedford, Boscawen, Hillsbor-\\nough, Keene, Swanzey, and Peterborough were grant-\\ned. About the same time it was proposed in the\\nlegislature of Massachusetts to grant two tiers of\\ntownships from the Merrimack to the Connecticut\\nriver, under the pretence of having a line of settle-\\nments on the frontier as a protection against the Ind-\\nians, but in reality to secure the lands to the people\\nof that province, and, if possible, to forestall the deci-\\nsion of the boundary question. Hence, grants were\\nmade with rapidity, and on terms unusually fjivorable\\nto the grantees. Hopkinton, Henniker, and Warner\\nwere all granted in 1735.\\nTOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE.\\nIn the Massachusetts House of _ Representatives,\\nThursday, January 15th, 1735, Edmund Quincy,\\nEsq., from the committee of the two houses, on the\\npetitions for townships, presented the following re-\\nport\\nThe Committee, appointed the 14th current to\\ntake into consideration the several Petitions for Town-\\nships, before the Court, and report what may be prop-\\ner for the Court to do thereon, having met, and ma-\\nturely considered the same, are humbly of the opin-\\nion that there be a careful view and survey of the\\nlands between Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE. 17\\nfrom the northwest corner of Rumford [Concord], on\\nthe Merrimack, to the great falls [Bellows Falls], on\\nthe Connecticut, of twelve miles at the least in\\nbreadth, or north and south, by a committee of\\neleven able and serviceable persons to be appointed\\nby this Court, who shall, after a due knowledge of\\nthe nature and circumstances thereof, lay the same\\ninto as many Townships of the contents of six miles\\nsquare, as the land in width as aforesaid will allow of;\\nno Township to be more than six miles east and west\\nand also lay out the land on the east side of Connecti-\\ncut River from said falls to the Township [Winches-\\nter], laid out to Josiah Willard and others, into as\\nmany Townships, of the contents of six miles square,\\nas the same will allow of; and also the land on the\\nwest side of the River of Connecticut, from said falls\\nto the equivalent land, into one or two townships, of\\nthe contents of six miles square, if the same will allow\\nthereof [Massachusetts, at this time, laid claim also\\nto a part of Vermont.] Five of which Committee to\\nbe a Quorum for surveying and laying out the Town-\\nships on each, from Rumford to Connecticut River as\\naforesaid and three of the committee aforesaid shall\\nbe a Quorum for surveying and laying out the Town-\\nships on each side of Connecticut river as aforesaid\\nand that the said committee make report of their do-\\nings to this Court at their session in May next, or as\\nsoon as conveniently they can, that so the persons", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwhose names are contained in the several Petitions\\nhereafter mentioned, viz. In the Petition of Hopkin-\\nton, in the Petition of Salisbury and Ameshury, in the\\nPetition of Cambridge, in the Petition of Bradford and\\nWenham, in the Petition of Haverhill, in the Petition\\nof Milton and Brookline, in the Petition of Samuel\\nChamberlain and Jonathan Jewell, in the Petition of\\nNathaniel Harris and others, in the Petition of Ste-\\nphens, Goulder, and others, in the Petition of Morgan,\\nCobb, and others, Jonathan Wells and others, Lys-\\ncom, Johnson, and others, in the Petition of Isaac Lit-\\ntle and others, in the Petition of Jonathan Powers and\\nothers, John Whitman, Esq., and others, Samuel Hay-\\nward and others, Josiah Fassett and others, John\\nFlynt and others, Jonathan How and others, of\\nBridgewater, that have not heretofore been admitted\\ngrantees or settlers within the space of seven years\\nlast past, of or in, any former or other grant of a\\nTownship, or particular grant, on condition of settling\\nand that shall appear and give security to the value\\noi Forty Pounds to perform the conditions that shall be\\nenjoined by this Court, may, by the major part of the\\nCommittee, be admitted Grantees into one of the said\\nTownships the Committee to give public notice of the\\ntime and place of their meeting to admit the Gran-\\ntees; which committee shall be impowered to employ\\nSurveyors and chainmen to assist them in surveying\\nand laying out said Townships the Province to bear", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE. 19\\nthe charge, and be repaid by the Grantees who may\\nbe admitted the whole charge they shall advance,\\nwhich committee, we apprehend, ought to be directed\\nand impowered to admit sixty settlers in each Town-\\nship, and take their bonds, payable to the committee\\nand their successors in the said Trust, to the use of\\nthe Province, for the performance of the conditions of\\ntheir Grant, viz. That each grantee build a dwelling-\\nhouse of eighteen feet square and seven feet stud at the\\nleast on their res2Jective home lots, and fence in and\\nhreak up for plowing, or clear and stock ivith English\\ngrass five acres of land, within three years next cfter\\ntheir admittance, and cause their respective Lots to he in-\\nhabited; and that the Grantees do, within the space of\\nthree years from the time of their being admitted,\\nbuild and furnish a convenient Meeting House for the\\npublick worship of God, and settle a Learned Ortho-\\ndox Minister and in case any of the Grantees shall\\nfail or neglect to perform what is enjoined above, the\\ncommittee shall be obliged to put the Bonds in suit\\nand take possession of the Lots and Rights that\\nshall become forfeited, and proceed to grant them to\\nother persons that will appear to fulfil the condition\\nwithin one year next after their last mentioned grant.\\nAnd if a sufficient number of petitioners that have\\nhad no grant within seven years as aforesaid, viz.,\\nsixty to each township, do not appear, others may be\\nadmitted, provided they have fulfilled the conditions", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 HISTORY OF SVARNER.\\nof their former grant. The committee to take care\\nthat there be sixty-three house lots laid out in as reg-\\nular, compact, and defensible a manner as the land\\nwill admit of; one of Avhich Lots shall be for the first\\nsettled minister, one for the second settled minister,\\nand one for the school to each of which an equal pro-\\nportion of land shall accrue in all future divisions.\\nThe foregoing report was adopted by the house,\\nthe council concurred in the measure, and the gov-\\nernor approved of the same.\\nFriday, January 16, 1735, In the House of repre-\\nsentatives, ordered that Joseph Gerrish, Benjamin\\nPrescott, Josiah Willard, and Job Almy, Esqrs., Mr.\\nMoses Pearson, and Capt. Joseph Gould, with such as\\nthe honorable board [Council] shall join, be a commit-\\ntee to all intents and purposes to effect the business\\nprojected by the report of the committee of both\\nhouses to consider the petitions for townships which\\npassed [was approved] this day, viz., on the proposed\\nline between Merrimack and Connecticut rivers, and\\non both sides of Connecticut river and that there be\\ngranted and allowed to be paid out of the public\\ntreasury, after the rate of fifteen shillings per diem (to\\neach of the committee) for every day he is in the ser-\\nvice in the woods, and subsistence, and ten shillings\\nper diem for every day to each one of the said com-\\nmittee while in the service in admitting settlers into", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE.\\n21\\nthe said townships, and subsistence, to be paid as\\naforesaid.\\nCouncil, same day, Read and concurred, and\\nWilHam Dudley, Samuel Wells, Thomas Berry, Joseph\\nWilder, and John Chandler, Jr., Esqrs., are joined with\\nthe committee of the house for the line between Mer-\\nrimack and Connecticut rivers.\\nTo the Salisbury and Amesbury petitioners, a grant\\nof a township six miles square, to be called Nimiber\\nOne, was made to the following sixty persons\\nTHE GRANTEES.\\nDea. Thomas Stevens, Daniel Currier,\\nCapt. Richard Currier,\\nEleazer Wells,\\nJacob Currier,\\nDaniel Ring,\\nMoses Sargent,\\nJeremiah Flanders,\\nIchabod Colby,\\nPaine Wingate,\\nJonathan Barnard,\\nJames Ordway,\\nPhilip Quimby,\\nCapt. John Sargent,\\nDr. Nehemiah Ordway,\\nJoseph Quimby,\\nJohn Pressey,\\nJoseph Peasley,\\nSamuel Straw,\\nJohn Allen,\\nJoseph Jew^ell,\\nJohn Hoyt,\\nJohn Jewell, 2d,\\nElihu Gould,\\nCaleb Clough,\\nStephen Merrill,\\nNathan Chandler,\\nJohn Challis,\\nAaron Rowell,\\nEdmund March,\\nJonathan Currier,\\nJohn Wells,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "00\\nHISTOEY OF WARNEE.\\nJonathan Pressey,\\nSamuel Colby, 3cl,\\nDavid Ring,\\nJoseph Currier,\\nSamuel Barnard,\\nJonathan Blaisdell,\\nSamuel Parsons,\\nJohn Hoyt,\\nWilliam Nichols,\\nJarvis Ring,\\nStephen Patten,\\nWilliam Straw,\\nSamuel Flanders,\\nJohn Jewell,\\nOrlando Colby,\\nJohn Stevens,\\nFrancis Davis,\\nJohn Nichols,\\nIsaac Chandler,\\nBenjamin Tucker,\\nJacob Fowler,\\nTimothy Colby,\\nTimothy Sargent,\\nGideon Rowell,\\nThomas Rowell,\\nStephen Sargent,\\nJacob Sargent,\\nJoseph Jones.\\nThese sixty proprietors lived in Salisbury and\\nAmesbury, Massachusetts, most of them in Ames-\\nbury. They received their grant of this township in\\nthe year 1735. Some of them, at a subsequent day,\\nbecame residents of the town, but a majority of them\\ndid not. In this volume will be found clearly set\\nforth the perils which they encountered, the discour-\\nagements that beset them, and the victories which\\nthey achieved. In short, the reader will here find a\\nfaithful representation of the intensely interesting\\nrecord which they made.\\nAs not only most of the proprietors, but also a large\\nproportion of the settlers of Number One, were of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE. 23\\nAraesbiiry, that town may be considered the parent\\nof Warner and Warner need not be ashamed of\\nher parentage, for Amesbury is a thriving, wealthy\\nplace, containing now a large population. The broad\\nMerrimack rolls at its feet, the town being situated\\non the north bank of that famed river. Among its\\nmany attractions is the home of the world-renowned\\nQuaker poet, John G. Whittier. Powow river, fall-\\ning down from New Hampshire, passes through the\\ncentre of Amesbury, and carries some of its small\\nmachinery, but the great factories there are run by\\nsteam. To the east of Amesbury, and on the north\\nside of the Merrimack, lies old Salisbury, extending\\nto the ocean. Salisbury beach, till it was disfigured\\nand destroyed by the cottages which have been erect-\\ned there within a few years, was the grandest beach\\non the whole coast. On the north of Amesbury lies\\nSouth Hampton, New Hampshire on the west is\\nMerrimac, Massachusetts and on the opposite side\\nof the river, a little farther down, is old time-scarred\\nNewburyport.\\nThis is a desirable region, but it began to be filled\\nup early with an enterprising population land soon\\nbecame dear, and families with small means thought\\nthey could get a foothold in a new, wild country more\\nreadily than there. Hence the migration to Warner", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nDESCRIPTION OF TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE ITS BOUNDARIES\\nITS SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS ITS PONDS AND STREAMS ITS\\nMOUNTAINS.\\n(he centre of Warner Number One is eighteen\\nmiles from the state house at Concord, in a direc-\\ntion a httle north of west. It is bounded on Henni-\\nker, Hopkinton, Webster, Sahsbury, Andover, Wilmot,\\nSutton, and Bradford. It is 85 miles from Boston, by\\nthe most direct pubhc road, and 95 by railroad. As\\ngranted by the Massachusetts government in 1735, its\\nboundaries were as follows Beginning at a place\\ncalled and known as Contoocook, then running north,\\n15 degrees west. 6 miles; then running from each end\\nof this line, west 5 degrees south, 6 miles; thence cross-\\ning and running over on a straight hne, from the west\\nend of one of these last mentioned lines, to the other,\\nso as to make up the quantity of six miles square and\\nno more.\\nThere was no Contoocook village at this time, and\\nno inhabitant anywhere in Hopkinton. The bound-\\nary did not begin on the Contoocook river; and the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "DESCRIPTION OF TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE. 25\\nlanguage of the grantors would have been more intel-\\nligible if they had said, beginning on the line of the\\ntownship of Contoocook, for Boseawen had already\\nbeen granted by that name. They intended to begin\\nat the junction of the Boseawen and Hopkinton lines;\\nbut, as Hopkinton had not yet been surveyed, though\\nit had been granted, they could not recognize a Hop-\\nkinton line: it did not exist.\\nThis corner of the town is in the midst of a swamp\\nor bog and the pole which marks it can be plainly\\nseen from the road leading from Davisville to Contoo-\\ncookville, some eighty or one hundred rods below the\\nformer place.\\nThe grantors intended to convey the quantity of\\nsix miles square, and no more; but by the terms of\\nthe grant they did not convey that amount. The\\nangles which they made were not right angles and\\nthe area of the grant fell considerably short of thirty-\\nsix square miles.\\nLots and ranges were laid off, but no official survey\\nof the town was ever made under this grant from\\nMassachusetts. No bounds were ever established.\\nOther and grave matters crowded. The survey was\\ndelayed and in March, 1740, the decision of the king\\non the boundary question put an end to the Massa-\\nchusetts claim in this region.\\nThe town was re-granted in 1767, by the Masonian\\nProprietors, with boundaries precisely the same as", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 HISTOKY OF rt^ARNER.\\nthose in the Massachusetts grant. The township was\\nsurveyed for the first time in August, 1772. Hubertus\\nNeal, of Concord, a skilful and popular surveyor, su-\\nperintended the job. His report of this survey is in\\nthe words following\\nAt the request of the proprietors of New Almsbury\\n[the town was now generally called by that name], I\\nhave laid out said Township, containing the quantity\\nof six miles square, and no more, as followeth, viz.\\nBegan at a stake in a meadow in the line of Bos-\\ncawen, and run North 17 degrees west, six miles and\\n126 rods, to a birch tree, the north-west corner of Bos-\\ncawen thence South 71 degrees west, three miles\\nand 70 rods, to a beech tree by the corner of Stevens-\\ntown [Salisbury] then same course, 290 rods, to a\\nsmall beech in Perrystown [Sutton] line then by\\nPerrystown line, South 16 degrees east, 345 rods, to a\\nbeech iree and heap of stones, the south-east corner\\nof Perrystown then South 85 degrees west, three\\nmiles and 70 rods, to a beech tree and heap of stones;\\nthen South 17 degrees east, four miles and 176 rods,\\nto a beech tree in the line of Henniker then by said\\nline, north 85 degrees east, and by Hopkinton line, to\\nthe stake first begun at.\\nHubertus Neal,\\nDeputy Surveyor.\\nThe Warner of to-day is precisely this, with the\\nGore added but it will be seen that the town does", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3372", "width": "2070", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "DESCRIPTION OF TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE. 27\\nnot correspond very closely with the terms of the\\ngrant. It is not six miles square, nor is it regular in\\nshape as proposed. It is more than six miles and a\\nthird in length on the Boscawen end, and but little\\nmore than four and a half on the west end. Its\\nlength from east to west is above seven miles. The\\narea of the town, without the Gore, is thirty-seven\\nsquare miles, and with the Gore (which embraces\\nseven square miles), it is forty-four. The north line\\nof the town, before the Gore was added, running from\\nthe south-west corner of Salisbury, near Bartlett\\nHardy s house, crossed the north road at the site of\\nthe Sawyer shanty, and struck Sutton on the line\\nbetween land of William K. Morrill and Nathaniel\\nPage, near Stevens brook.\\nThe reason why the town was not surveyed and\\nlaid out in accordance with the terms of the grant is\\nobvious. Obstacles were found in the way. Henni-\\nker and Hopkinton on the south, Boscawen on the\\neast, and Salisbury and Sutton on the north, had been\\ngranted and surveyed before 1772, and their limits\\nhad been established by due metes and bounds. The\\nproprietors of Warner, therefore, had to take their\\nterritory where they could find it. Only on the west\\nwas the country unsurveyed, and their full comple-\\nment of land, and more, was made up by extending\\ntheir limits in that direction. Had there been no ob-\\nstructions on the north, the Eaton neighborhood, and\\n3", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nmuch more of Sutton, would have been in Warner.\\nThe town would not have extended as far west as it\\ndoes by more than a mile and the two western ranges,\\nwhich sought to be annexed to Bradford in 1832,\\nwould have always belonged to that town.\\nTownship Number One, New Almsbury, War-\\nner, is rocky and uneven, like most of the towns in\\ncentral New Hampshire but the soil, as a rule, is\\nloamy, warm, and productive. It is admirably adapt-\\ned to corn and apples. Wheat, on certain farms, is a\\nsafe crop. Hay is a good crop on most farms, and\\npasturing throughout the town is equal to that of\\nMerrimack county generally. In a word, most of\\nthe staple crops of New England do well in Warner.\\nThe town has never been fairly appreciated, even by\\nits own people. There is no better place on earth to\\nlive than in the town of Warner. It is a matter of\\nregret that so many valuable farms have been de-\\nserted. Look at the abandoned places between the\\nold cemetery and Kimball Corner, on the Gould road,\\nand at Kiah Corner, near the residence of Evans\\nDavis! Look at the abandoned Putney and Page\\nfarms in School District No. 8, the Kelley farm on\\nthe north side of the Minks, the Flood farm on Sutton\\nline, the Savory farms in the Gore, and the great farm\\non Denny hill These, and many others that might\\nbe named, should never have been abandoned. They\\nought now to be reoccupied and rejuvenated. A resi-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "PONDS AND STREAMS. 29\\ndence on any one of these old farms is to be preferred\\nto a tenement in the attic of a three-story block in\\nthe city, or to a home on the exhausted lands in the\\nfever-stricken South, or on the treeless and lonely\\nprairies of the West.\\nThen think of the mountains, and the unequalled\\ngrandeur of the scenery One view from Kiah Cor-\\nner, for instance, just at sunset, will do more towards\\nliftmg the soul heavenward than scores of ordinary\\nsermons. It is said that the native forests of the town\\nwere gorgeous beyond description, in their autumn\\nglory. The rock maple and the pine predominated,\\nthe golden hue of the one blending beautifully with\\nthe deep green of the other. One of the distinguish-\\ning features of the town at the present day is the\\nlarge and thrifty sugar orchards found in nearly\\nevery section.\\nPONDS AND STREAMS.\\nWithin the limits of Warner there are six recos;-\\nnized ponds, viz.. Pleasant, Tom, Bear, Day s, Sim-\\nmons, and Bagley s. None of these are very large,\\nor^very noted. Pleasant pond is a charming little\\nbody of water, embracing fifteen acres. Like the\\nDead Sea, it has no visible outlet. Massaseekum\\nlake, commonly called Bradford pond, lies just\\nbeyond the west line of Warner. It is a beautiful\\nsheet of water, a mile and a half long and nearly a\\nmile wide. Its shores are attractive, its waters are", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "30 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nclear as crystal, and its islands are perfect gems.\\nPoetic justice requires that it be called after Massa-\\nseekum, the last of the Penacooks, who dwelt on its\\nevero-reen shores, who remained after the departure\\nof his tribe till the coming of the pale face, and who\\nwas found dead in his wigwam by an early English\\nsettler.\\nWarner river was formerly called Almshury river.\\n(This is the spelling of the word as found in the origi-\\nnal writings.) One branch of it rises in the Sunapee\\nrange of mountains, and another in Massaseekum\\nlake. It passes through Warner diagonally, from\\nthe north-west to the south-east corner, and ftills into\\nthe Contoocook a mile below the village of Contoo-\\ncookville. The Contoocook, above the junction of\\nthese rivers, makes a graceful bend to the left, and,\\nas if to meet the w^eaker stream in its coming, flows\\ndue west at the point of the union. The united riv-\\ners make a double right-angle, a-nd bear off to the\\neastward.\\nSchoodac brook rises in Long pond in Webster, flows\\nsouth-westerly through White plain and Schoodac, and\\nfiills into Warner river. Willow brook rises in Duck\\npond in Salisbury, runs in a southerly direction, and\\nunites with Warner river at the village. Stevens\\nbrook rises around the western base of Kearsarge\\nmountain, takes a southern course, and joins Warner\\nriver a mile below Waterloo village. The French and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "MOUNTAINS. 31\\nMeadow brooks are branches of this, coming down\\nfrom the mountain and the Gore. Slaughter brook\\nrises on the western slope of the Mink Hills, runs\\nnortherly, and empties into the river near Timothy\\nEastman s. This brook takes its name from the fact\\nthat Dea. David Heath, in hauling out timber in that\\nlocality, had the neck of one of his oxen broken. On\\nthe ice, in a broad part of the brook, the ox was hand-\\nsomely dressed, and the meat was carried home. Page\\nbrook rises in the western part of the town, and flows\\ninto Bradford pond. Harriman brook rises in the Har-\\nriman meadow at the southern base of the Mink Hills,\\nruns southerly, and, after uniting with one or two\\nothers, falls into the Contoocook river just below the\\nold Dea. Connor muster-field. Silver brook rises on\\nthe eastern slope of the Mink Hills, passes through\\nthe North village, and falls into Warner river at the\\nfair-ground. The Bartlett brook runs north-easterly\\nthrough the farm of Levi Bartlett, and empties into\\nWarner river a half mile below the village. Ballard\\nbrook rises in Joppa, flows in a northerly direction,\\nand falls into the river near the old Ballard place,\\nwhich is now owned and occupied by Marshall Dun-\\nbar.\\nMOUNTAINS.\\nRome was built on seven hills, but Warner stands\\non seven times that number. She is literally among\\nthe mountains. The Mink Hills are a range extend-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "32 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ning from near the river, at Waterloo, back three miles\\nin a south-westerly direction. Their name comes\\nfrom the circumstance that minks were found in great\\nnumbers about the meadow at the foot of these hills,\\nand the brooks that come down the ravines, by the\\nsurveyors, when they came to make the first division\\nof the town into lots. This range consists of four\\ndistinct mountains, yet all are united in one. The\\nmost northern of the four is Monument hill the next\\nis Middle Mink the next. Bald Mink, and the last is\\nStewart s hill. The summit of the latter is 1808 feet\\nabove the level of the sea. The view from this, and\\nfrom the summits of the other three, is extensive and\\nelevating. Men and women make weary journeys,\\ncross continents, and sail the seas, to obtain views not\\nmore enchanting than can be had from the top of\\nMonument hill, not more than two miles from Warner\\nvillage.\\nKEARSARGE.\\nThe late Dr. Bouton called Kearsarge the peerless\\nmountain of Merrimack county. It is closely identi-\\nfied with Warner. It lifts its head 2943 feet above\\nthe sea level. It has no immediate competitor. To\\nthe traveller on the Northern Railroad it presents a\\nbold and striking outline. It is a prominent landmark\\nwithin a circle whose diameter is one hundred miles.\\nA controversy in relation to the origin of the name", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "MOUNTAINS. 33\\nof this mountain sprang up a few years ago. Some-\\nbody set afloat the absurd story that an English hun-\\nter, by the name of Hezekiah Sargent, came, some\\ntime previous to 1750, and made his home somewhere\\non this mountain, and hence its name that, further-\\nmore, the said Hezekiah died about the year 1800,\\nand was buried, but, as in the case of Moses, no man\\nknoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.\\nIt is a sufficient answer to this to say that no such\\nman ever lived on Kearsarge mountain, on the top or\\non either side of it. The story is a flibrication. The\\nbest authority for it, so far as the writer knows, is a\\nvisionary, crazed man (now dead), who, in his last will\\nand testament, bequeathed to his daughter four hedge-\\nhogs, when she should catch them on his mountain\\nledo;e\\nTwo hundred years before the ridiculous tale is told\\nof this Hezekiah Currier Sargent, the mountain bore\\nthe name of Kearsarge, in some of its variations; and\\na hundred and seventy-five years before this remark-\\nable character is placed on the mountain at all, or is\\never heard of anywhere, even in tradition, Kearsarge\\nwas known by its present name. This hero of the\\nwild hunting-grounds puts in an appearance too late.\\nThe name unquestionably comes from the Indians,\\nwho sojourned at its base, who roamed over its steep\\ndeclivities, or who saw it from afar. It is not easy to\\nconvey, by the use of English letters, the precise", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "34 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nsounds of the unlettered wild men of the forest. The\\nthing is impossible, and, in attempting it, we have the\\northography of the name in almost an unlimited num-\\nber of forms. The still further difficulty may be no-\\nticed, that, even among the Indians themselves, the\\npronunciation of the word varied as much as the\\northography of it has varied among white men.\\nIn 1652, Gov. Endicott s exploration of the Merri-\\nmack river to Lake Winnipesaukee was executed.\\nThe Endicott rock, at the outlet of the lake, was then\\nmarked. A plan was made of this survey, and the\\nproof is at hand that this plan must have been made\\nhefore 1670. It is thus endorsed Plat of Mere-\\nmack River from ye See up to Wenepeseoce Pond,\\nalso the Corses from Dunstable to Penny cook\\nJn\u00c2\u00b0 Gardner\\nKearsarge mountain is on this plan, and the name\\nis spelled Carsaga.\\nCaptain Samuel Willard, of Lancaster, Mass., the\\nprince of Indian rangers, saw this mountain from the\\ntop of Monadnock, July 31, 1725, and called it Cusa-\\ngec mountain.\\nOn the margin of the ancient plan of Boscawen,\\nwhich was granted by Massachusetts, as a township,\\nin 1733, appears a rude representation of an irregular\\nhill along the northern boundary line, with this ap-\\npended inscription: Supposed to be one of ye A7a-\\nsaga Hills", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "MOUNTAINS. 35\\nA plan of Kearsarge Gore, drawn by Col. Henry\\nGerrish subsequent to 1751, bears the following title:\\nA plan of Kaysarge Gore, near Kyasarge^\\nAn English map, published according to Act of Par-\\nliament, in 1755, by Thomas Jeffreys, geographer to\\nHis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, near Char-\\ning Cross, and taken from actual surveys made in\\n1750 by Mitchell and Hazzen, puts our mountain in\\nits true place, and spells it Kyasage.\\nThe proprietor s records of Sutton state that a\\ntownship of land was granted to Capt. Obadiah\\nPerry and others, in 1743, lying on the west side of\\nKiasarge Hill.\\nIn June, 1750, a meeting of the proprietors of that\\ntown was called by Thomas Hale, who represented\\nthat the land laid on the westerly side of Ciasarge\\nHill. Again, the proprietors of that town spell the\\nname, Ciasargey again, Chia Sarge and again,\\nKeyasargy. But words need not be multiplied. The\\nposition here taken required, perhaps, no substantia-\\ntion at all. The story of Hezekiah Sargent is a myth.\\nThe mountain has been known, continuously, as Kear-\\nsarge, more than two hundred years\\nBut another controversy concerning this mountain\\nhas arisen still more recently. The birth of this latter\\ncontroversy, so fixr as the public are informed, was in\\n1875. The Union corvette, or sloop of war, Kear-\\nsarge, became famous by sinking the Confederate Ala-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "36 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nbama, June 19, 1864. Eleven years afterwards the\\nquestion is raised, whether this gallant vessel took its\\nname from the Kearsarge of two hundred years stand-\\ning, or from a mountain in Carroll county.\\nThe Kearsarge was built at Portsmouth, N. H., in\\n1861. Major Henry McFarland, of Concord, a pay-\\nmaster in the army, wrote a letter to the assistant\\nsecretary of the navy (G. V. Fox), on the first day of\\nJune, 1861, suggesting that one of the sloops of war,\\nwhich were then being built at Portsmouth, be called\\nKearsarge. Gideon Wells, of Connecticut, was sec-\\nretary of the navy. He accepted this name. He\\nthought, at first, that Kearsage, with the final r left\\nout, was the true orthography, but the secretary of\\nthe treasury, Salmon P. Chase, corrected him. Con-\\ncerning this matter. Secretary Wells wrote as follows\\nI first directed that the corvette should be called\\nKearsage but Mr. Chase, a New Hampshire man, cor-\\nrected my pronunciation and orthography. We had,\\nI recollect, a little dispute, and that I quoted Governor\\nHill, but Mr. Chase convinced me that he was cor-\\nrect.\\nMajor McFarland says, with much force and beauty,\\nThe corvette appears to me to have been named\\nwhen she received the precise designation which she\\ndefiantly carried through storm and battle. It will\\nbe well to remember here that Salmon P. Chase was\\na native of Cornish, a New Hampshire town, which", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "MOUNTAINS. 37\\nhas the Kearsarge of Merrimack county in plain\\nview.\\nMr. Wells quoted Governor Hill. This is further\\nproof that it was the mountain in Merrimack county\\nfor which he named the corvette, Governor Hill hav-\\ning been a citizen of Concord, a large land-owner on\\nthat mountain, and an enthusiast in setting forth its\\nlofty grandeur.\\nAbout 1865 a large hotel was built on the Wilmot\\nside of this mountain, and named, in honor of the\\nship s captain, the Winslow House. That hotel was\\ndestroyed by fire in 1867, and was rebuilt on a larger\\nscale. A reception was given to Admiral Winslow, in\\nthe first house, and he was present at the opening of\\nthe second, in 1868, when he gave the proprietor a\\nstand of colors and a picture of the battle.\\nMen of high station, both in the state and country,\\nas well as others, were present on these occasions,\\nparticipating in the festivities and congratulations of\\nthe hour. Nobody whispered that we were on the\\nwrong mountain. Probably, into no one s mind, at\\nthat time, had the idea entered that a rival mountain\\nwas entitled to these honors.\\nIn due time Admiral Winslow died, and a boulder\\nwas taken from the original Kearsarge to serve as a\\nmonument at his grave. And now the controversy as\\nto the origin of the ship s name began but the fam-\\nily of the Admiral stood by our Kearsarge, and the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nboulder is found in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston\\nHighlands, supporting a bronze tablet with the\\nfollowing inscription\\nRear Admiral\\nJohn Ancrum Winslow,\\nU. S. Navy,\\nBorn in Wilmington, N. C,\\nNov. 19, 1811,\\nDied in Boston, Mass.,\\nSept. 29, 1873.\\nHe conducted the memorable\\nSea-fight in command of\\nU. S. S. Kearsarge,\\nWhen she sank the Alabama in the\\nEnglish Channel, June 19, 1864.\\nThis boulder from\\nKearsarge Mountain, Merrimack County, N. H.,\\nIs the gift\\nOf the citizens of Warner, N. H., and is erected\\nto his memory by his wife and\\nsurviving children.\\nA correspondent of the Boston Journal, writing\\nfrom Petersburg, Virginia, July 16, 1864, says, The\\nsinking of the Alabama by the Kearsarge gives great\\njoy to the soldiers. They are as much gratified as if\\nthey had won a victory. The men of the Kearsarge", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "MOUNTAINS. 39\\nwere mainly from New Hampshire. Their ship was\\nbuilt there, and it bears the name of the grand old\\nmountain beneath the shadow of which Daniel Web-\\nster passed his childhood. The name was selected\\nfor the ship by one of the publishers of the New\\nHampshire Statesman. The tourist, passing through\\nthe Granite State, will look with increased pleasure\\nupon the mountain whose name, bestowed upon a\\nnational vessel, will be prominent in the history of\\nthe republic.\\nWarner, Wilmot, Andover, Sutton, and Salisbury\\nall claim ownership in this mountain. Warner and\\nWilmot meet on the very summit Andover comes\\nnear the top Salisbury and Sutton not quite as near.\\nThe summit of Kearsarge is a bald rock. It was\\nonce mostly covered with wood but about seventy-\\nfive years ago the fire ran over the top of the moun-\\ntain, increasing in intensity for several days, and con-\\nsuming not only the dead and living trees, but burn-\\ning up the greater portion of the soil itself\\nStanding on that majestic height, one feels that he\\nis, indeed, on the king mountain of all this region.\\nIt stands there without a rival. It has no neiofhbor\\non the east, nothing to intercept a view of the\\nocean. At the south, fifty miles away, rises the Grand\\nMonadnock, its equal, and its solitary neighbor in that\\ndirection. At the west lies old Ascutney, triple-\\npointed, and grand beyond description in the evening", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0051.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "40 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ntwilight; but this mountain is over the border, for,\\nby the decree of King George the Third, in 1764, the\\nwest bank of the Connecticut river is our boundary.\\nTlien, to the northward and in fair view, though from\\nthirty to sixty miles away, the nearest equal neigh-\\nbors are Cardigan, White Face, and Chocorua, the\\nsummits of the two latter being seldom trodden by\\nhuman feet. Each of these mountains is sublime in\\nits way, but Kearsarge stands alone in solitary grand-\\neur, the Mont Blanc of central New Hampshire.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0052.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nPKOPRIETOES RECORDS A NEW START FIRST SAW-MILL THE\\nINEVITABLE TAX.\\nNDER the sanction of the king, the loyal gov-\\nernment of Massachusetts has made a grant of\\ntownship Number One, in the line of towns, and the\\nproprietors of said township are fairly in possession of\\nthe premises granted. Now the question presses,\\nWhat shall be done with the prize\\nFull of courage and expectation, these proprietors\\nset themselves to work. There were among them di-\\nversities of gifts, but, for a time, the same spirit. It\\nis evident that they held one meeting or more, of\\nwhich there is no record in existence. Of the second\\nor third meeting there is a record. It was held in\\nthe year 1736. From an old and torn leaf in the rec-\\nord-book of the proprietors, it appears that, at a meet-\\ning held some time in 1736, David Ring, Benjamin\\nTucker, Timothy Colby, Joseph Jewell, and Isaac\\nChandler were chosen a committee to lay out sixty-\\nthree lots of forty acres each, one lot for each pro-\\nprietor, one for a school-lot, one for the first minister,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0053.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "42 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nand one for a parsonage. That committee proceeded\\nto the wilderness on their mission. They found no\\nwliite inhabitant above Penacook. From there to\\nNumber One there was not so much as a blazed\\npath but they reached their destination, and did\\ntheir work. They brought in a return of their do-\\nings at a meeting of the proprietors, held in Amesbury,\\nNov. 25, 1736. The record of said meeting is in the\\nfollowinu; words\\nA meeting of ye township Number One, Nov. ye\\n25th, 1736, Mr. Pain Wingait was chosen moderator\\nfor said meeting ye committy brought in a return of\\nthat they had laid out 63 lots of 40 acres to each lot\\nin 4 ranges which was received in and voted on ye\\nfirmative.\\nThere was some wrang^lino; at this meetino-. Disa-\\ngreements crept in, so soon. A part of the proprietors\\ndeemed all the proceedings thus far illegal. They\\ncontended that nobody had been properly authorized\\nto call the first meeting, and some plain talk was in-\\ndulged in. Words ran high. Jarvis Ring bluntly said to\\nRev. Paine Wingate, You re college larnt, I know\\nbut there s men here that can beat you in and out on\\nthe law.\\nThis Paine Wingate was a graduate of Harvard, and\\nthe settled minister in Amesbury. He had a son by\\nthe same name, who settled in Stratham, New Hamp-\\nshire. This second Paine Wingate and John Langdon", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0054.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "A NEW START. 43\\nwere the first two senators from New Hampshire in\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nA NEW START.\\nAll the proceedings of the proprietors and of their\\ncommittees up to this time fell. The lots which the\\ncommittee had laid out were thrown up, and a new\\nstart had to be made. In fact, before the committee\\nfor laying out lots had returned from Number One\\nand reported, certain of the proprietors, who believed\\nthat so far all that had been done was illegal, went to\\nBoston for relief They were successful, for,\\nAt a great and general court held in Boston, the\\n24th day of November, 1736, the following vote pass-\\ned the two houses, and was consented to by the gov-\\nernor, viz. Voted that Deacon Thomas Stevens of\\nAlmsbury, be and hereby is empowered to assemble\\nthe grantees of township Number One, lying in the\\nline of towns between the rivers of Connecticut and\\nMerrimack, giving timely notice to the said grantees\\nadmitted into said township by the committee of this\\ncourt, to meet and assemble at some suitable place, in\\norder to choose a moderator and proprietors clerk,\\nand a committee to allot and divide their lands, and\\nto dispose of the same, and to pass such votes and\\norders as by them may be thought conducive to the\\nspeedy fulfilment of the conditions of their grant, and\\nalso to agree upon methods of calling of meetings for\\n4", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0055.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "44 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe future. Provided none of their votes concerning\\nthe dividing or disposing of their lands that shall be\\npassed while they are under the care and direction\\nof the committee of this court, shall be of force before\\nthey are allowed of by the said court.\\nUnder this act of the Massachusetts authorities, our\\nproprietors started again. Dea. Thomas Stevens call-\\ned a meeting at Amesbury, April 25, 1737. There\\nwas a full attendance, every member being present in\\nperson or by a substitute. Below is an exact copy of\\nthe records of this meeting\\nBy order of ye Grate and General Court to Dea-\\ncon tho Stevens the proprietors of ye township Nom^^\\none Met to Gether on Aprl ye 25* 1737 att ye same\\nMeetino; Jarvis Rino; was chosen Moderator for said\\nmeeting. Att ye same meeting Jonathan Blaisdell\\nwas Chosen proprietors Clarke and sworn before Or-\\nlando Bagley Justice of ye Peace. Att ye same meet-\\ning voted to Chouse three Men to be a Committy to\\nLay out and Divide s township as thay shall Receve\\norder from ye proprietors of s township.\\nAtt ye same meeting voted to allow s Committy\\neight shillings a day expended in laying out s Land.\\nAtt ye same meeting Joseph Jewell, Jarvis Ring\\nand timothy Colby was chosen a Committy to Lay\\nout said Land as soon as may be, and to proseed to\\nvew s township and Lay out ye Entervail or flood\\nLand to Each proprietor in Equal proportion in Quan-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0056.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "A NEW START. 45\\ntity and Quality, and al so a Division of Lots of up\\nLand to each proprietor where it may be thought\\nmost Convenant by them for a settlement in Quantity\\nand Quality.\\nAtt ye same Meeting voted that as soone as ye\\nCommitty hath Laid out s Lots thay have power to\\nwarn a meeting to Receive thair Return by posting it\\nup on 3^e two Meeting houses in Almesbury and on\\nye west Meeting house [Rocky Hill] in Salisbury.\\nAtt ye same Meeting voted to have our Anuell\\nMeeting on ye third Wednesday in March Anually.\\nThe proprietors had now started on the right track.\\nThey were energetic men, and were ready to grapple\\nwith the difficult problem of surveying, dividing up,\\nand settling a township in the wilds of a new country.\\nThey hardly forecast the nature of the experiment,\\nand it is well that they did not. Without doubt they\\nfelt assured that they had a good thing. All the ac-\\ncounts that came to them from this region were flatter-\\ning. One report said, The soile is rich and Deap,\\nthe Trees are verry large and the Brookes are stocked\\nwith fish.\\nThis second committee to lay out and divide said\\ntownship also went promptly to the discharge of\\nits duty. Two of its members, viz., Joseph Jewell\\nand Timothy Colby, had been on the former commit-\\ntee, and were therefore acquainted with the ground.\\nThey attended to this work in the early autumn of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0057.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "46 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\n1737, adopting the survey of the first committee, to a\\ngreat extent. They now found a bridle-path, which\\nthe proprietors of Hopkinton had cleared, running\\nfrom Penacook over Dimond s hill, and on over ground\\nwhere Hopkinton village now stands, to the top of\\nPutney s hill. They crossed the Contoocook river on\\na raft of logs constructed by themselves. They re-\\nmained in township Number One less than a w^eek,\\nas their stock of provisions failed them. But they re-\\nturned to Amesbury with exaggerated accounts of the\\nrichness of the new country.\\nIn January, 1738, the proprietors held their next\\nlegral meetino;. The record stands thus\\nAtt a Meeting of ye proprietors of ye Township\\nNo. one January ye 21, 1738 Mr. Stephen Moril was\\nChosen Moderator of this meeting.\\nAtt ye same meeting voted to Chouse a man or\\nmen to clear a way from Contoocook River to ye\\nmeeting house Lot in ye township.\\nAtt ye same meeting samuel straw Gideon Rowell\\nwas chosen to clear said way or Rhod as a fore s d at\\n8 shillings per day.\\nThe meeting-house lot was at the old cemetery\\nwhere the first church edifice stood, and also the\\nsecond. But as here was the original Parade of the\\ntownship, the locality will be designated by this name\\nhereafter. The ferry over the Contoocook, from\\nwhich this way was to be cleared, was at the still", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0058.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "FIRST SAW-MILL. 47\\nwater, about a third of a mile below the present\\nbridge at Contoocookville.\\nFIRST SAWMILL.\\nAtt ye same meeting voted to Bild a saw mill by\\nye last Day of August Next in ye town ship No. one.\\nAtt ye same Meeting Jonathan Barnard was chos-\\nen to a Gree with a man or men to build said saw\\nmill and Iron work and bring in an accompt of what\\nit will Cost at ye anual meeting in March next for\\nRevisal or Refusal.\\nNo record of an annual meeting in March, 1738,\\nis in existence, and the presumption is, that, if such\\nmeeting was held, no business of importance was\\ntransacted.\\nA meeting was held in June, 1738, when the com-\\nmittee appointed in April, 1737, to lay out lots, made\\ntheir report. They had laid out sixty-three house-\\nlots, of five acres each, on the plain between Charles\\nP. Sawyer s and Tom pond. The committee had\\nprobably acted under the direction of the proprie-\\ntors and these lots had been thus laid out contig-\\nuous to each other, that the inhabitants might be in\\na situation to defend themselves against any attacks\\nfrom the Indians, who were hovering about with hos-\\ntile demonstrations. The plan was, that each settler,\\nor family, should have one of these house-lots to live\\non, and at least a forty -acre lot elsewhere for a farm.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0059.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "48 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nBut such a, scheme could hardly be made practicable\\nin any case, and in this case it fell. These house-lots\\nwere all abandoned, and absorbed in subsequent sur-\\nveys.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 21, 1739, Thomas\\nRowell was chosen moderator, and Jonathan Blaisdell\\nproprietors clerk. At the same meeting, voted to\\npay Orlando Colby, Joseph Jewell, and John Challis,\\nJr., 120 pounds in Province bills, old tenor, for build-\\nino- a good and serviceable saw-mill in the township,\\non the ^FalU called Blaclcwater River by the last\\nday of August next, the said workmen to find iron-\\nworks and all other materials for said mill, according\\nto contract. Each proprietor was to pay his due pro-\\nportion to defray the cost of building the mill, or for-\\nfeit his right in the township.\\nThe proprietors seem to have labored under a mis-\\napprehension, at this time, in regard to the location of\\nBlackwater river but the error makes only this sin-\\ngle appearance.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors the September fol-\\nlowing, at Amesbury, Jonathan Blaisdell and Jona-\\nthan Barnard were chosen to go up to township\\nNumber One, and view the saw mill there in process\\nof building, and the highway cleared to said township;\\nand also to select the place, and agree with a man or\\nmen to build a dam for said mill. These men were\\nto be paid eight shillings a day each, from the day of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0060.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE INEVITABLE TAX. 49\\nleaving home till the day of their return. Eight\\nshillings paid all the bills, for service, for travel, and\\nfor subsistence. Their manner of travel was on\\nhorseback.\\nTHE INEVITABLE TAX.\\nThere is a saying that nothing is sure but death\\nand taxes, and the proprietors of Warner were not\\nleft without witness that taxes were sure enough. In\\nMarch, 1739, a tax of forty shillings to a right was\\nassessed upon these proprietors. It was the first reg-\\nular tax, and the same names appear in this tax-list\\nas are found on the roll of grantees on a former page.\\nIt is hardly probable, however, that all these men had\\nlived and held their rights up to this time, though it\\nhad been but a few years. The assessors placed the\\ntax, in each case, to the name of the original owner\\nand the holder of the right, whoever he might be,\\nhad to foot the bills. This tax amounted, in the\\naggregate, to \u00c2\u00a3120, or $400.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0061.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nFIRST MEETING IN THE TOWNSHIP\u00e2\u0080\u0094 DAM AND FLUME FIRST\\nPROPOSALS TO SETTLERS TROUBLES ACCUMULATE NEW\\nHAMPSHIRE APPEALED TO NO RELIEF INDIAN DEPREDA-\\nTIONS THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS FURTHER ENCOURAGE-\\nMENT TO SETTLERS GRANT TO RYE.\\nT the annual meeting of the proprietors, March\\n19, 1740, John Hoyt was chosen moderator, and\\nJonathan Barnard, clerk. The meeting then adjourned\\nto May the 12th and at this second meeting,\\nVoted to adjourn this present meeting up to said\\ntownship No. One, at the Old Camp, near the saw mill,\\nMonday, the 28th day of this present May, at 12\\no clock on said day.\\nIt is not known how many of the proprietors made\\nthe long journey to attend this meeting at the old\\ncamp, but there were certainly as many as four in\\nattendance, and perhaps twice that number. It was\\nin the charming month of May that this meeting\\noccurred. Every tree was clothed in a foliage of\\ngreen, every blossom was scenting the air, and the\\nwhole earth was adorned in beauty. It is not strange", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0062.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "FIRST MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP. 51\\nthat this httle company returned to Amesbury enthu-\\nsiastic in the praises of their new inheritance.\\nThe record of this meeting is as follows\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors of Township No.\\nOne in the line of towns, May 28th, 1740, held by ad-\\njournment from Jonathan Barnard s, Inholder in Alms-\\nbury, at the old camp, near the saw mill in said Town-\\nship, Joseph Jewell was chosen Moderator, and Eze-\\nkiel Morrill, Clerk.\\nAt the same meeting, Isaac Chandler and Henry\\nCurrier were chosen a committee to view the said\\nmill, and take delivery thereof, if finished according\\nto contract.\\nThe committee reported the same day that they\\nhad viewed said mill, and received her for the Propri-\\netors use.\\nAtt ye same meeting voted to ad jorn that same\\nmeeting Back to the house of Jonathan Barnard in\\nAlmesbury aforesaid on the 11th day of June next.\\nThis mill was at the great natural fall where the\\nDavis mills now stand. The old camp, where their\\nagents and workmen all put up, was near the\\nspring at the stone watering-trough. The water from\\nthis spring was represented as being clear as crys-\\ntal, and very cold. It was a fine spot for one to rest\\nand refresh the inner man. The camp stood on dry\\nground, forty feet above the bed of the river, and\\ncommanded a pleasing view of the valley. No plow", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0063.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "52 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nhad turned the soil, no axe had felled the trees, of this\\nprimitive region. The subsistence, whether victuals\\nor drink, of those who tarried here, was brought from\\nbelow. Their shelter was rude and inexpensive\\ntheir bed, the luxuriant boughs of the hemlock and\\nthe pine.\\nJoseph Jewell, who has now a family representative\\nby the same name in Warner, had the honor of being\\nthe first man ever elected to office on our soil. His\\nconstituency, to be sure, was not large, but no doubt\\nit was eminently respectable.\\nDAM AND FLUME.\\nThe following is an exact copy of the next record\\nof the proprietors\\nJune ye 11*^ 1740, by adjournment of ye meet-\\ninge of ye proprietors of Township No. one in the line\\nof towns Joseph Jewell beinge moderator again open-\\ned ye meetinge, att ye same meetinge voted and Re-\\nsolved to Give to Ezekiel Morrill sixty pounds in Bills\\nof Credit for Bildinge a dam and floom att ye saw mill\\nin the Township No. oue to be paid at the finishinge\\nof said dam and floom accordinge to the Condition\\nof the Bond Baringe date with these presents which\\nsaid Morrill giveth to the proprietors.\\nThey also voted at this meeting that the said Mor-\\nrill should have the improvement [use] of each pro-\\nprietor s part of the mill till said proprietor should", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0064.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "TROUBLES ACCUMULATE. 53\\npay in his share of 20 shilHngs for building dam and\\nfloom.\\nFIRST PROPOSALS TO SETTLERS,\\nAt a meeting in Amesbury, August 29, 1740, Voted\\nto give to the first five families that would settle in\\nthe township 20 pounds each, provided they would\\nfulfill the Court Act by building a house and clear-\\ning five acres of land by the 15th day of the next\\nJune, each settler to receive 5 pounds within one\\nmonth from the time he first moves his wife and fam-\\nily to said township, and 5 pounds a year for three\\nyears after, in case he remained so long.\\nAt the same meeting, Capt. Thomas Rowell was\\nchosen to prepare a petition to the Great and General\\nCourt of Massachusetts for a longer time for comply-\\ning with the requirements of their charter respecting\\nthe settling of the township.\\nThese grantees had now been in possession more\\nthan five years, but not a solitary settler had planted\\nhis foot on the soil of Number One.\\nTROUBLES ACCUMULATE.\\nThe last two foregoing votes were passed after the\\nroyal decree, that Massachusetts had no jurisdiction in\\nthe premises, had been issued. The territory of the\\ntownship had been adjudged to be in New Hampshire,\\nand not in Massachusetts. But the proprietors did", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0065.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "54 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nnot relinquish their undertaking they persevered\\nthey still sought to stimulate settlement, and get pos-\\nsession of the soil. They felt that no government\\nwould drive out bona fide settlers, or impose new bur-\\ndens upon them. In this they were right but men\\nare naturally timid and cautious. Before taking grave\\nresponsibilities and burdens upon their shoulders, they\\nwant to be assured that there are no insurmountable\\nobstacles in the way.\\nMeeting after meeting of the proprietors was held,\\nbut settlers did not aj)pear. The General Court of\\nMassachusetts was appealed to again, but no relief\\ncame from that quarter. Discouragement ruled the\\nhour. Some of the grantees proposed to sacrifice\\nwhat they had done, and surrender the claim, but the\\nmajority thought otherwise. Time rolled on, and at\\nlast the harassed proprietors supplicated another\\nthrone.\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE APPEALED TO.\\nAt a meeting held at the house of Jonathan Bar-\\nnard, Innholder, in Amesbury, Feb. 1,1741, Voted,\\nthat Capt. Thomas Rowell, and Lt. Joseph Jewell, be\\na committee to prepare a petition in the name of the\\nproprietors, to the Governor and Council of the Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire, to obtain orders and direc-\\ntion in relation to bringing forward the settlement of\\nthe Township and that each proprietor pay 5 shill-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0066.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "NEW HAMPSHIRE APPEALED TO. 55\\nings to the said committee on or before the 4th in-\\nstant, to enable them to perform the duties required.\\nIn pursuance of this vote, the committee acted,\\nthough not in great haste. In May, 1742, they pre-\\nsented the following petition to the government of\\nNew Hampshire. It is here copied without alteration\\nTo his Excelli Benning Wentworth Esq Gov in\\nChief in and over his Majesty s Province of New\\nhampshire to the hon his Majesty s Council\\nThe humble petition of Capt. Thomas Kowell and\\nJoseph Jewell in the name and by order of the pro-\\nprators of a Township called No. One, in the Line of\\nTowns from Kumford to Connecticut River, Humbly\\nshewing That whereas the Province of the Massa-\\nchusetts in the year 1735, granted severall Townships\\nand laid them out from Rumford to Connecticut Riv-\\ner, among the Rest your Petitioners for services done,\\nobtained a Grant of a Township of six miles square\\nSince which time your petitioners have laid out Two\\nDivisions of Lots and Built a Saw mill thereon and\\ncleared considerable of their Lots and done consider-\\nable in order for settling But so it is, that by the de-\\ntermination of his Majesty in Council upon the Boun-\\ndary Line between the Province of the Massachusetts\\nand New Hampshire, the said Township lieth to the\\nNorthward of the s Boundary Line, and in the Gov-\\nernment of New Hampshire\\nWherefore we your Excely* and Hon most Hum-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0067.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "56 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nble Petitioners looking upon ourselves as suitable\\nobjects of favor and compassion as any of his Maj-\\nesty s subjects, would therefore humbly pray your\\nExceF and Honors to take our case into your most\\nwise and just consideration and alow and confirm\\nunto your most Humble petitioners the afores\\nTown ship and give us such suitable and conven-\\nient time for bringing forward the setelment as\\nyour ExceF and Hon in your great wisdom shall\\njudge most fitt and convenient and your petition-\\ners as in Duty bound shall ever pray.\\nThomas Rowell\\nJoseph Jewell\\nEssex Almsbury\\nMay the 12; 1742.\\nNO RELIEF.\\nHere the case is intelligibly stated, and the petition\\nis warmly pressed, but the government of New Hamp-\\nshire has no authority, and cannot act. The propri-\\netors called for a fish, but New Hampshire could not\\ngive even a stone, and they were turned away empty.\\nTownship Number One was found to be within the\\ndomain granted to Capt. John Mason in 1629. The\\ntitle to the soil was claimed by Mason s heirs and\\nthe prospect of finding them, and making any favor-\\nable negotiation with them, was very distant. So\\nhere was another bitter disappointment to the Salis-\\nbury and Amesbury proprietors.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "INDIAN DEPREDATIONS. 57\\nBut this is not all the old adage, that Curses\\nnever come singly, seems to have been repeatedly\\nverified in the case of the grantees of Warner. Be-\\nsides what has already been stated, the first French\\nand Indian war came on about this time, or a year\\nbefore, greatly retarding settlements in all frontier\\ntowns, and depreciating the value of unsettled lands.\\nThe war contiuued, with more or less violence, for six\\nor seven years, hostilities being terminated by the\\ntreaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, October, 1748.\\nHostilities were renewed, however, in 1752, and\\nwere continued till 1760. In this second Indian war\\nthe colonies changed their policy from a defensive to\\nan aggressive warfare, with the best results. The en-\\nemy were conquered and dispersed. After this, settle-\\nments went forward all along the line of the frontier\\nwith rapidity, and with but little molestation.\\nINDIAN DEPREDATIONS.\\nWarner was never the seat of any Indian tribe,\\nthough the red men roved through our forests and\\nsojourned by our waters. On the banks of Warner\\nriver, on the shores of Schoodac brook, in Harriman\\nmeadow, and probably elsewhere, Indian relics have\\nbeen often found.\\nA particular mention of some of the Indian depre-\\ndations committed in the neighborhood of township", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nNumber One, shortly after 1745, will be both proper\\nand mteresting.\\nIn April, 1746, the Indians made a descent on the\\nsettlers in Hopkinton, and carried away eight cap-\\ntives. Among this number was Mary, daughter of\\nDavid Woodwell. After a detention of six months\\namong the French, at Montreal, she returned to Al-\\nbany, and soon after to Hopkinton, Mass., her native\\nplace. She was twice married, but died a widow,\\namong the Shakers at Canterbury, in 1829, in the\\none hundreth year of her age.\\nIn May, the Indians killed two persons in Boscawen,\\nand carried away one captive. In August, two more\\ncaptives were taken in the same town. In the same\\nmonth, five men were killed and two captured, in\\nConcord. The scene of this tragedy is marked by a\\nstone monument on the Hopkinton road. About this\\ntime many persons were killed or taken captives in\\nClaremont, Charlestown, Keene, Hinsdale, and other\\nplaces. In Warner, no persons were killed or taken\\ncaptive none were here but the Indians burnt the\\nrude saw-mill, which had been built in 1740, at Davis-\\nville, and been accepted for the proprietors use.\\nIn 1753, Nathaniel Meloon, living at the Meloon\\nmeadow, near Smith s Corner in Salisbury, was cap-\\ntured by the Indians, together with his wife and three\\nchildren, viz., Sarah, Rachel, and Daniel. Another son\\nof Mr. Meloon, a lad of twelve years, discovered the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "INDIAN DEPREDATIONS. 59\\nIndians approaching the house, sprang for the woods,\\nand made good his escape.\\nMr. and Mrs. Meloon and the three captured chil-\\ndren were carried to Canada, and sold to the French at\\nMontreal. Another son was added to the family dur-\\ning its residence with the French, who was baptized\\nJoseph Marie. After a residence of four years and\\na half with the Frerjch, Mr. Meloon, with his wife,\\nreturned to his farm in Salisbury. His house was on\\nthe upper Warner road, a little west of Smith s Corner,\\nand near Warner line. One daughter died with the\\nIndians. The other daughter (Rachel), who was nine\\nyears old when she was captured, returned to the fam-\\nily after eight or ten years, having acquired the hab-\\nits and manners of the Indians, and become much\\nattached to them.\\nMany meetings were held by the proprietors in\\n1741, 1742, and 1743, but nothing worthy of note\\nwas transacted nothing really could be.\\nAt their annual meeting, March 21, 1744, they\\ncommenced a renewed effort for relief Emulating\\nthe example of the old gentleman who removed the\\nboy from his apple-tree, they proposed to try more\\neffectual remedies than those first resorted to they\\nproposed to drop epistolary correspondence, and put\\nin a personal appearance before the New Hampshire\\nauthorities. The following vote is found in the rec-\\nords of this meeting", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "60 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nVoted that thomas Rowell and Joseph Jewell be a\\ncommittee to Goe down to the Governor of New\\nHampshire to receive orders and instructions respect-\\ning ye settlinge of ye s Township.\\nThe seat of government was then at Portsmouth.\\nIt was but a short journey from Amesbnry there, and\\nwithout doubt this committee performed the journey\\nbut how futile their efforts were, and must of neces-\\nsity have been New Hampshire was as powerless to\\nafford the assistance which they needed, as Massachu-\\nsetts herself Neither had the slightest authority over\\nthe matter in hand.\\nTHE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS.\\nJuly 31, 1746, twelve gentlemen, all living in\\nPortsmouth but one, purchased of John Tufton Ma-\\nson, tracts of land containing two hundred thousand\\nacres, more or less, it being all the land that the\\nsaid Mason then claimed in the province. The names\\nof these twelve purchasers were Theodore Atkinson,\\nMark Hunking Wentworth, Richard Wibird, John\\nWentworth, George Jaffrey, Samuel Moore, Nathaniel\\nMeserve, Thomas Packer, Jotham Odiorne, Thomas\\nWallingford, Joshua Pierce, and John Moffat.\\nThis was an important step to the proprietors of\\nWarner, as the township became, at this time, the\\nlawful property of the aforesaid twelve men. New\\nlords, new laws, is the old adage; and the Ames-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE MASONIAN PROPEIETORS. 61\\nbury proprietors could not determine whether it\\nwould prove a good thing or a fearful thing to fall\\ninto the hands of this company. The company con-\\nsisted of men of wealth and position, and they will be\\nknown henceforth as the Masonian Proprietors.\\nTheodore Atkinson was a graduate of Harvard, in\\nthe class of 1718. Soon after leaving college, he was\\nappointed clerk of the court of common pleas. He\\nwas many years colonel of the First Regiment New\\nHampshire Militia also was collector of customs,\\nnaval officer, and high sheriff of the province. He\\nwas appointed secretary of the province in 1741, and\\nchief-justice of the supreme court in 1754.\\nMark Hunking Wentworth was a brother to Gov.\\nBenning, and the father of the last royal governor,\\nJohn Wentworth.\\nNathaniel Meserve built, in 1749, the America,\\nfor the British government, doubtless the first ship\\nof the line built in America. He was a colonel of New\\nHampshire troops in the expedition against Crown\\nPoint, having the command at Fort Edward. In the\\nsecond expedition against Louisbourg. in 1758, he and\\nhis son, Lieut. Nathaniel Meserve, fell victims to the\\nsmall-pox.\\nCol. Samuel Moore was a wealthy ship-master, at\\nPortsmouth. He was one of the grantees of New\\nBreton, now Andover.\\nGeorge Jaffrey, Joshua Pierce, Jotham Odiorne,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "62 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nand Richard Wibird were members of the council of\\nthe province, and Samuel Solly, who soon became one\\nof the Masonian proprietors, by purchase or by the\\ndeath of an original member, was also on the council\\nboard.\\nThe grantees of Warner, notwithstanding all these\\naccumulating discouragements, kept heart as well as\\npossible, and pushed ahead. They trusted that the\\nMasonian proprietors would do the fair thing. They\\nheld a fully attended meeting at Amesbury, Decem-\\nber 18, 1749, and\\nVoted to build five houses in said Township, at\\nthe cost of the proprietors the dimensions to be ac-\\ncording to the Act of Court.\\nJanuary 26, 1750, less than six weeks after the\\nabove vote was passed, the following record is found\\nWe the subscribers, pursuant to the above vote,\\nhave built four houses on the Township No. one in\\nthe line of towns agreeable to order of Court.\\nThomas Colby, Jarvis Ring,\\nMoses Morrill, Gideon Straw.\\nFURTHER ENCOURAGEMENT TO SETTLERS.\\nAt a meeting in Amesbury, Feb. 12th, of the same\\nyear,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted that the five first families that will go and\\nsettle shall have the 5 houses voted last meeting and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "A NEW COMPLICATION GRANT TO RYE. 63\\nshall receive 20 pounds old tenor, provided they go\\nthere to work next spring and move their families by\\nthe last of September next.\\natt ye same meetinge voted that each proprietor\\npay his proportion of ye charge that has Been in\\nBuldinge the Houses in said township at the next\\nannuell meetinge.\\nThese houses stood on, or very near, the Stephen\\nDavis muster-field. They were never occupied, but\\nwere burned by the Indians at the same time they put\\nfire to the saw-mill. And so this scheme, also, ended\\nin smoke.\\nA NEW COMPLICATION\u00e2\u0080\u0094 GRANT TO RYE.\\nThe Masonian proprietors, on the 14th day of\\nMarch, 1749, granted the town of Warner to seventy-\\nsix men, seventy of whom belonged in Rye and New-\\ncastle. Most of these were Jennesses. The other\\nsix were Joseph Parsons of Bradford, Mass., Andrew\\nMcClary and John Blake, Jr., of Epsom, Stephen Ger-\\nrish of Boscawen, Hunking Wentworth and Thomas\\nPacker of Portsmouth.\\nThe Salisbury and Amesbury proprietors must have\\nknown of this grant when they were building houses\\nand making other efforts to induce families to become\\nsettlers in Number One, but they regarded this grant\\nto the Rye proprietors as conditional^ and they did", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "64 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nnot believe those proprietors would be able to fulfil\\nthe conditions prescribed. Too much space would be\\nrequired to insert those conditions here. It is enough\\nto say, they were extremely exacting and harsh.\\nBut at last the multitude of adversities (not the\\nleast of which was the renewal of the French and\\nIndian war, which stopped the tide of emigration to\\nthe frontier) compelled the grantees of Warner to de-\\nsist in their endeavors for the settlement of the town-\\nship. From 1750, onwards, for eight or ten years,\\nthey rested from their labors, so far as caring for\\ntheir interest in the disputed territory was con-\\ncerned.\\nIt is evident, however, that they recommenced\\nefforts for the settling of the town as soon as 1760 or\\n1761. There are no records in existence covering\\nthis period, but there is proof that their agents or\\nemployes, in passing through Concord and Hopkinton,\\nnotified the inhabitants thereof that settlers in Num-\\nber One would receive a gift of 40 acres each, and\\nliberal treatment, if they availed themselves of these\\noffers promptly.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE Y.\\nA NEW EPOCH SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN DANIEL ANNIS\\nEEUBEN KIMBALL THE FIRST CHILD.\\n.OLUMBUS discovered America in 1492. Capt.\\nJohn Smith, of Jamestown memory, discovered\\nthe Isles of Shoals in 1614. Plymouth was settled\\nin 1620 Dover, New Hampshire, and Portsmouth\\nat Odiorne s Point, in 1623 Nashua, in 1673 Concord,\\nin 1727 Boscawen and Canterbury, in 1734 Hop-\\nkinton, in 1742, but the inhabitants of that township\\nleft their homes a few years after this on account of\\nthe hostility of the Indians. They returned, how-\\never, in 1752. Salisbury was settled in 1750; Hen-\\nniker, in 1761 Warner, in 1762 Sutton, in 1767 and\\nBradford, in 1771.\\nAbout the time of the settlement of Warner and\\nthe adjacent towns, the tide of emigration was setting\\nstrongly inland. Cheap land was sought for. The\\nromance of a home on the frontier influenced thou-\\nsands. Young men and young women were seeking\\nthe virgin soil of the wilderness. Many who had", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "66 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nreached middle life were doing likewise. They did\\nnot hesitate to brave the trials and deprivations\\ninseparable from a life in the woods. While many of\\nthese adventurers were called to endure disappoint-\\nment, hardship, and want, most of them bettered\\ntheir condition by disposing of such proj)erty as they\\nhad nearer the sea, and going back into the unoccu-\\npied country.\\nSETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN.\\nA peculiar interest attaches to those who happen\\nto have been the first settlers in any town or place.\\nWe naturally desire to know who they were, where\\nthey came from, and how they fared. We are also\\ninterested in ascertaining the exact spot on which\\nthey settled, and the exact time when the event oc-\\ncurred.\\nThe curiosity of the readers of this volume will be\\ngratified in these respects, for the author has been\\nunexpectedly successful in searching for facts in rela-\\ntion to these points. In the spring of 1762, the first\\nsettlements in Warner were made. Daniel Annis and\\nReuben Kimball, with their families, made these set-\\ntlements. Kimball was the son-in-law of Annis, and\\nthey both came from Hopkinton.\\nThe Salisbury and Amesbury proprietors, not relin-\\nquishing their claim to the township, began to make\\nrenewed exertions to people it as soon as 1761. They", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. 67\\ngave assurances that if they should maintain author-\\nity in the premises they would accord most generous\\ntreatment to anv and all who should become settlers\\nin Number One. They were, indeed, hampered, and,\\none would think, utterly defeated in their enterprise,\\nby the complications which have been referred to\\nbut they still persisted in claiming the township as\\nrightfully theirs and after a struggle of several years\\nmore, and the expenditure of large sums of money,\\nthey were victorious.\\nAs already stated, the first two families to settle in\\nWarner were from Hopkinton, our nearest neighbor-\\ning town on the south-east. The home of Daniel An-\\nnis was on the south-west slope of Putney s hill. He\\nowned lot No. 5, on the west side of South Range, and\\nlot No. 5 on the east side of the same range; and he\\nlived on one of these lots. He also owned land on\\nSugar hill, and two intervale lots on the south side of\\nContoocook river. He had not been long a resident\\nof Hopkinton, not more than five or six years in-\\ndeed, nobody had been there a great while.\\nCharles Annis was born in Enniskillen, Great Brit-\\nain, in 1638. He came to Essex county, Massachu-\\nsetts, in 1666 and he is believed to be the common\\nancestor of all the Annises in New England. We soon\\nfind them in Newburyport, Amesbury, Bradford, and\\nHaverhill. We find Daniel and John (brothers) in\\nBradford, Mass., as early as 1740. The proprietors", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nand settlers of Penacook (Concord) belonged in Ha-\\nverhill, Bradford, and that vicinity. About 1745, Dan-\\niel Annis disposed of his property in Bradford, and\\nmoved to Concord, New Hampshire. He settled the\\neast side of the Merrimack, perhaps at or near the\\nspot where the village of East Concord now stands.\\nHe was assigned, among others, in 1746, to man the\\ngarrison near Captain Ebenezer Eastman s. In 1748\\nhe united, with others, in a petition to His Excellen-\\ncy Benning Wentworth, Captain General and Gover-\\nnor of His Majesty s Province of New Hampshire,\\npraying that a small number of soldiers might be\\nplaced in the garrison near Henry Lovejoy s grist-mill,\\nwhich he had erected at great expense, which was\\na good mill, and at a place the most advantageously\\nto accommodate the three towns of Rumford [now\\nConcord], Contoocook [now Boscawen], and Canter-\\nbury. The petitioners set forth that the ill con-\\nsequences of abandoning the garrison the past year\\nhath been severely felt by us. Lovejoy s mill was at\\nWest Concord, on the stream which is the outlet of\\nPenacook lake.\\nHopkinton, though granted by Massachusetts, in\\n1735, to citizens of Hopkinton in that province, soon\\nfound itself, as did Warner, outside the limits of that\\njurisdiction. A new charter had to be obtained, as in\\nthe case of Warner, and it had to come from the Ma-\\nsonian proprietors. When this took place, most of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. 69\\nthe old Hopkinton grantees retired. The few origi-\\nnal members that remained called a meeting in 1750,\\nat Concord, N. H., to admit new proprietors, and to\\nstimulate settlement. Daniel Annis, and several fam-\\nilies of the Kimballs, enlisted in this enterprise, and\\nbecame settlers in Hopkinton. Annis became also a\\nproprietor (he being a man of considerable means),\\nbut he did not move to Hopkinton till about 1757.\\nReuben Kimball s home, or that of his father (Jer-\\nemiah), was on Putney s hill. The first Kimball that\\nis found in this country is Henry. He came over in\\nthe Elizabeth, from Ipswich, England, in 1634, and\\nsettled in Watertown, Mass. A nephew of his, by\\nthe name of Caleb, came to Ipswich, Mass., and was\\nkilled in King Philip s war, at Bloody Brook, 1675.\\nRichard, a brother of the latter, settled in Bradford,\\nMass., and raised a large family. Thomas, another\\nbrother, was an early settler at Bradford, and was\\nkilled by the Indians, May 3, 1676. At the same\\ntime his wife and five children were taken prisoners,\\nand carried forty miles into the wilderness. On the\\n13th day of June following they were set at liberty,\\nand allowed to go home.\\nThe Kimballs soon abound in Essex county, and in\\nother parts of Massachusetts. At as early a day as\\n1746, a number of them are found in Concord, N. H.\\nThese came from Bradford and that vicinity. They\\nare also among the early settlers of Hopkinton. Some", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "70 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof these came direct from Essex county, while others,\\nlike Daniel Annis, came first to Concord, and thence\\nto Hopkinton. They settled near Kimball Fort, which\\nstood on the highest point of land on the Concord\\nroad, a mile below Hopkinton village. They settled,\\nalso, on and around Putney s hill. Jeremiah Kimball\\ncame from Bradford, Massachusetts. He died in May,\\n1764, aged 56, and was buried at the Old Fort on\\nPutney s hill. He was the father of Reuben, who\\nmarried Hannah, daughter of Daniel Annis, and set-\\ntled in Warner in 1762.\\nThese two men, not being quite satisfied with their\\nsituation in Hopkinton, took a tramp up into town-\\nship Number One. This they did in the early sum-\\nmer of 1761. It was but a short trip, and they came\\nand returned the same day. They were pleased with\\nthe country, as well as with the liberal propositions\\nwhich the proprietors of the township were making.\\nThey made a second journey, tarried longer, and se-\\nlected their lots. During the summer and fall of this\\nyear they cleared a number of acres, sowed winter\\nrye, and made preparations for building. Annis se-\\nlected the ground where Paine Davis now resides. It\\nwas Lot 72 in the first survey, containing sixty acres.\\nKimball went up south-west, a third of a mile, and\\nselected a forty-acre lot, which for many years con-\\nstituted one half of the old Origen Dimond farm. It\\nwas Lot No. 26, of the first survey, but the lots were", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. _ 71\\nnot surveyed and numbered till after these men had\\nmade their settlements.\\nAnnis had a large family, not less than four\\nsons and three daughters, now young men and\\nyoung women. The sons were Daniel, Jr., Thomas,\\nMoses, and Solomon, and the daughters were Hannah\\n(Mrs. Kimball), Rachel, and Ruth.\\nIn the spring of 1762, these families came to\\nstay. Mr. Annis, the first of May, had his house\\ncompleted. It stood on the little jjlat of ground\\nbetween the main road and the railroad, just above\\nPaine Davis s shed. The front door of the house was\\nwithin ten feet of the present wall. The humble barn\\nof this pioneer stood on ground which the present\\nlarge barn on that place covers, aud the barnyard\\nwas where the shed now is. Across the road, on the\\nside-hill, perhaps five rods from the front of the\\nhouse, was a living spring, from which the family for\\nyears obtained their supply of water. But the spring\\nbecame dry long years ago, and those who drew there-\\nfrom thirst no more.\\nHere, after fifty years of vicissitude and toil, Daniel\\nAnnis pitched his tent for the remainder of his life.\\nHe pitched wisely. Hopkinton had now a small num-\\nber of inhabitants, but none of them had crossed the\\nContoocook river to found their homes. To the\\nnorthward, the habitation of no white family could be\\nfound this side of Canada. The stillness of the day", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nand the silence of the night may have been, for a\\ntime, unwelcome to the stirring nature of Daniel An-\\nnis. No stage-coach rolled along the public way no\\nrailroad train thundered by at the rear no wood-\\nman s axe echoed in the distance no birds sang in\\nthe wilderness; and yet it was a charming place.\\nThe soil was productive a part of the intervale was\\nopen prairie land. A road, such as it was, led by the\\nfront door of the house, connecting New Hopkinton\\nwdth the meeting-house lot in New Almsbury. The\\npeaceful river was sweeping gently by, a few feet at\\nthe rear of the house, and the gray summit of old\\nKearsarge stood out boldly at the north.\\nDaniel Annis brought a part of his family with him\\nto this new home the first of May, 1762 but he left\\nhis wife, two unmarried daughters, and one or two\\nsons at Putney s hill. He had not yet disposed of his\\nproperty there. Reuben Kimball, and Hannah Annis\\nhis wife, came to Warner with the father, and, if we\\nmake no account of the Indians, Hannah Annis Kim-\\nball was the first woman who ever slept in town.\\nKimball and his wife made their home w^itli Mr. An-\\nnis till the last of June. Having completed their\\nhumble log house and their humbler barn, and hav-\\ning dug and stoned their well, which was seven feet\\ndeep, Reuben and Hannah, the SOtli day of June,\\n1762, went up to this primitive home on the hill,\\nthere to make their abode. Six acres were then in", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN. 73\\ncorn, potatoes, and winter rye. The latter was now\\nfive feet tall, with long heads, and beginning to\\nturn. Kimball was 24 years of age, and his wife 22.\\nDaniel Annis now broii2;ht other members of his\\nfamily to Warner, perhaps all the others. He lived\\nhere the remainder of his days (28 years), died in\\n1790, and his dust sleeps in an unknown grave in the\\nold cemetery at the Parade.\\nWhen this Kimball lot was surveyed, and the title\\nof the occupant to it was confirmed by .the Amesbury\\nproprietors, it was numbered 26. It was a gift lot,\\ncontaining forty acres. It was half a mile long, and\\nforty rods wide. The whole lot was annexed to the\\nDimond farm in 1767, but at a subsequent time it was\\ndivided. The south end (and the larger part of the\\nlot) still Constitutes a part of that farm but the north\\nend, on which Kimball s buildings stood, has for a\\ngreat many years been a part of the Ira P. Whittier\\npasture, which was formerly owned by Oilman C.\\nGeorge, and by his father before him.\\nTo visit the site of the buildings where this young\\ncouple settled in 1762, one should go to the Ballard\\nplace (now owned and occupied by Marshall Dunbar);\\ngo up the new Joppa road from Dunbar s shop a few\\nrods, and turn in to the left then follow Dunbar s\\ncart-path up through his first and second fields get\\nover the wall from the latter into Whittier s pasture,\\nand there, about twenty feet from the wall, will be", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "74 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfound indistinct traces of the old cellar, and of the\\nfoundations of the house and barn. The old well is\\ndistinctly marked, and an ancient apple-tree stands\\nnear by. It is a sightly place, there being nothing to\\nobstruct the view to the north, the east, or the west.\\nBut no buildings have stood on this ground to tell the\\nstory of the joys and sorrows of that young family, for\\na hundred and twelve years. A solemn air seems to\\npervade the place, for here, on this lonely height, a\\ncentury and a sixth ago, on a dark October night,\\nwhen the storm was howling down the mountain\\nsides, the first child of Warnei^ was born\\nSubsequently, another child was born here to the\\nsame parents, and still another but after living here\\nfive years, Kimball sold his farm to his brother-in-law,\\nAbner Watkins, and moved to what is now known as\\nthe Kimball road, where he died in 1811. His son\\nJeremiah followed him on the same place. The two\\nsons of Jeremiah, Chellis F. and Reuben, are\\nwell remembered by the people of Warner of the\\npresent day.\\nThis second home of Reuben Kimball, too, is de-\\nserted. It was near the corner (sometimes called\\nKimball Corner) where one road leads off to Joppa,\\nand the other down to the Parade. Four generations\\nof Kimballs have lived at this place, Reuben, senior,\\nJeremiah, Rev. Reuben, and his children. But the\\nold two-story red house was taken away many years", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE FIRST CHILD. 75\\nago, and the farm, as a place of residence, was\\ngiven up.\\nThe body of Reuben Kimball, the first, was buried\\nat the Parade, under the blossoming apple-trees, near\\nthe wall, and not far from the south-east corner of the\\ncemetery. On the slab that marks the grave are the\\nfollowing words\\nIn Memory\\nof\\nMr. Reuben Kimball,\\nWho died May 2, 1811,\\nAged 73.\\nTHE FIKST CHILD.\\nThe place has now been designated where Warner s\\nfirst child was born. The event occurred in October,\\n1762. The baptismal name of this child was Daniel,\\nand his life was one of quiet romance. Born and\\ncradled in the region of hills, Daniel Kimball gazed,\\nwith youthful eye, on the grandeur of a broken coun-\\ntry. He learned to love the mountains, and when he\\nbecame of age, he made his adopted home in their\\nvery midst. He started out, in 1783 or 1784, to seek\\nhis fortune. With a small bundle of clothes swuna:\\non a stick over his shoulder, he sallied forth. His eye\\nwas towards the north, the country of cheap land\\nin fact, the country where the land was free to actual\\nsettlers. He travelled alone, passing through Sutton,\\n6", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "76 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nNew London, Springfield, and on to Enfield, making\\nthe whole journey between sun and sun. He put\\nup at Enfield for the night. Archelaus Stevens and\\nhis family had gone up there from Hampstead, and\\nsettled, a few years before this time. Daniel Kimball\\nstopped with this family, and ate and slept in their\\nhouse. Polly Stevens was a blooming damsel of\\neighteen. Possibly Daniel K. was aware of her pres-\\nence in that house, but he pushed on the next morn-\\ning up into Canaan. He selected a lot on Sawyer s\\nhill, in that town, and went industriously to work.\\nEvery Saturday night he returned to his patron fami-\\nly in Enfield. In due time Daniel Kimball and Polly\\nStevens were no more twain. They made their\\npleasant and satisfactory home on Sawyer s hill.\\nTheir first house, to be sure, was made of logs, but\\nit was just such a one as the male head of this little\\nfamily had been born in, and there was no complain-\\ning. Within ten years from their first occupancy of\\nthis place, they had a comfortable frame house, and it\\nstands to-day. It is good enough. Their farm was\\nabout an average one in that locality. It was good\\nfor wheat, oats, grass, and potatoes, but only moder-\\nately good for corn. Their roads were steep and\\nrough, and they have not been much improved since\\nthat day. The home of Kimball was on the ridge of\\nSawyer s hill, two miles north-west from Canaan\\nstreet. At the rear of his buildings abruptly rises", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE FIRST CHILD. 77\\nMoose mountain, to the height of 2,300 feet. In front,\\nat the south-east, and in full view to its very base,\\nstands old Cardigan, lifting its silvery head 3,100 feet\\nabove the level of the sea. Thus the view from this\\npoint is very striking.\\nJust across the road from the Kimball house, and\\nnot five rods from the front door, is a natural pond,\\nembracing less than a sixteenth part of an acre. This\\npond, on the 28th day of August, 1878, was full of\\nfragrant lilies. Here this couple settled down for\\nlife. Here they raised up, to be men and women, ten\\nhealthy children. Here they lived respected, and\\ndied in peace.\\nThe writer has pursued this first child of Warner\\nto the end has found where he was born, where he\\nperformed his life-work, and where he died. He has\\nfollowed him to his grave. He is inurned in the old\\ncemetery on Sawyer s hill. A clump of red rose-\\nbushes and a white marble slab mark his burial-place\\non the mountains. On this slab the chisel of the\\nengraver has only said,\\nDaniel Kimball,\\nDied July 29, 1843,\\nAged 80.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE YI.\\nproprietors record EFFORTS FOR COLONIZATION GIFT LOTS\\nsettlers BOND EARLY SETTLERS.\\nPPARENTLY without much fear of the Jen-\\nnesses before their eyes, the Salisbury and\\nAmesbury proprietors met at Amesbury, in June,\\n1763, and proceeded to business. The exact record\\nof this meeting is in the words following\\natt a Meeting of the Proprietors of township No.\\none in the line of towns, on ye 21st of June, 1763,\\nvoted that Joseph Jewell Francis Davis Moses Morrill\\nand Daniel Quimby be a Committee to Go and hire a\\nservayer and what help thay shall think Proper and\\nGo and Run a Line Round said township att the same\\nmeeting voted to allow the committee half a Dollar\\nper Day for thare time voted that this meeting be ad-\\njourned to the 19th day of July next at Captain Jon-\\nathan Barnard s house.\\nThis committee, for some unknown reasons, never\\nperformed the duty assigned them. They may have\\ntaken a tramp in some portions of the township, but\\nthey run no line round the town, and made no report\\nof such transaction.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "proprietors record. 79\\nAt the adjourned meeting, July the 19th,\\nVoted that the first ten settlers Provided thay\\nshall settel Emediately on s township shall have for\\nthare Incouragement a forty acre Loot of upland and\\nfive acres of Intervail Each, the five acres of Interval\\nNigh s^ upland.\\nOn the 9th day of August, 1763, the proprietors of\\nNumber One met again at the house of Capt. Jona-\\nthan Barnard, Innholder, in Amesbury, and after or-\\nganizing,\\nVoted to lay out a division of 60 forty-acre lots of\\nthe best land in the township, exclusive of intervale,\\nand that Enoch Blaisdell, Barnard Hoyt, and Elipha-\\nlet Danford be a committee for laying out the said\\nlots.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that the men that will\\nfirst agree to settle in the township with their fami-\\nlies shall have their choice of the forty-acre lots.\\nVoted that each proprietor shall pay eighteen shill-\\nings, old tenor, to defray expenses of laying the set-\\ntlers division of lots.\\nThe names of those persons, who at this meeting\\nagreed verbally; or by letter, to become settlers in\\ntownship Number One, are as follows, viz.\\nEnoch Blaisdell, Barnard Hoyt,\\nEliphalet Danford, Daniel Flanders,\\nStephen Danford, Zebulon Flanders,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "80 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nSamuel Walker, Nathan Currier,\\nElijah Blaisdell, Bartholomew Heath,\\nMoses Pressey, Joshua Bagley,\\nJeremy Fowler, Daniel Chase,\\nPaskey Pressey, Isaac Chase,\\nThomas Jewell, Abner Watkins,\\nWilliam Eowell, Jr., Francis Davis,\\nNathan Goodwin.\\nA part of these men became actual settlers j others\\nsettled only by proxy.\\nThe proprietors met again the 30th of August, of\\nthe same year, to receive the report of the committee\\nfor laying out Settlers Lots. The committee re-\\nported that they had been upon their mission, and\\nhad laid out and numbered sixty 40-acre lots for set-\\ntlers, but they presented no plan of their survey, and\\nnone is in existence. It is therefore impossible to de-\\ntermine the exact situation of those sixty lots. They\\nwere resurveyed and renumbered in 1770. The com-\\nmittee were allowed for their service 75 pounds and\\n4 shillings.\\nSETTLERS BOND.\\nThe proprietors of the township were generous to\\nthe first settlers. They granted to each one a 40-acre\\nlot of land they granted, also, five acres of intervale\\nland to each one of the first ten settlers who should\\napply immediately. Each settler as he came was to", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 81\\nmake his own selection from the sixty lots till they\\nshould all be taken up.\\nBut there were obligations resting upon the other\\nparty. A bond had been agreed upon at some pre-\\nvious meeting for the settlers to sign, the conditions\\nof which were, that each settler should build a\\nhouse 16 by 18 feet square, or equivalent thereto,\\nand clear three acres of land fit for grass, pasturing,\\nor tillage, the houses to be built in two months, and\\nthe land to be cleared in three months, after the lot\\nhad been selected.\\nOn the fulfilment of these requirements, the settler\\nwas to receive a deed of the 40-acre lot which he had\\nselected and improved, and (if one of the first ten) a\\ndeed, also, of five acres of intervale nigh said upland.\\nEARLY SETTLERS.\\nDuring the year 1763, a few families availed them-\\nselves of the foregoing propositions, and became resi-\\ndents of No. One. Daniel Flood came that year, and\\nsettled on what has long been known as Denney s\\nhill. But he did not come from Rye, as many have\\nbelieved. The Christian name of the first man in\\nAmerica by the name of Flood, was Edmund. He\\ncame to Plymouth, Mass., in the ship Ann, in 1623,\\nbut he disappears from there before 1627. He may\\nhave died, may have gone back to England, or may\\nhave removed to the new settlement at Merry Mount.\\nThe next one we find of this name is Henry Flood,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "82 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nin Boston. We find Richard Flood in Haverhill, in\\n1741. In the roll of Capt. John Hazzan s company\\nfor the reduction of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, in\\n1757, we find Daniel and Silas Flood. One of these\\nwas the father, and the other the uncle, of Daniel,\\nAmos, and Richard (brothers), who came to Warner\\nfrom Amesbiiry.\\nDaniel Flood, prompted, undoubtedly, by the lib-\\neral ofiers of the proprietors of Warner, came to\\ntown a single man, in quest of a home. In pursuing\\nhis journey up the river, he called at the last house\\n(that of Daniel Annis) for rest and refreshment. This,\\nalso, was the first house that he saw above the Con-\\ntoocook river. Before the snow flew the coming win-\\nter, he had his log house completed and in good order,\\non Denney s hill. He also had Rachel, second daugh-\\nter of Daniel Annis, safely domiciled there. Unlike\\nold Jacob, our hero did not serve fourteen years, nor\\neven seven, for his Rachel. She went promptly, and\\nwith the ready consent of her parents. Stingy old\\nLaban was not there to speculate in his daughter s\\nattractions.\\nPaskey Pressey, with his family, came also from\\nAmesbury, in 1763. He settled in Joppa, on the\\nfarm which Capt. Matthew D. Annis occupied after-\\nwards for forty years, and on which James Emerson\\nnow resides. Mr. Pressey served in the Revolution-\\nary war.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 83\\nIsaac Waldron and his two sons, Isaac, Jr., and\\nJacob, came the same year from the same town, and\\nsettled on that part of the Gould road called Wal-\\ndron s hill. Jacob Waldron was one of the selectmen\\nof Warner, being chosen at the first election after the\\nincorporation of the town. His sons were Abraham,\\nIsaac, Jacob, and Benjamin.\\nPerhaps others came the same year, though there\\nis no certainty of it. But from this time forward the\\nsettlement of the town was expedited. During the\\nsucceeding decade, the following persons, many of\\nthem with families, were added to the population of\\nthe youthful town, viz., Daniel Flanders, Isaac Chase,\\nEliphalet Danforth, Francis Davis, Samuel Roby,\\nRichard Goodwin, Joseph Currier, Philip Flanders,\\nAbner Watkins, Elijah Blaisdell, Joshua Bagley, Dan-\\niel Chase, Daniel Young, Daniel Currier, Jeremy Fow-\\nler, Barnard Hoyt, Enoch Blaisdell, Parmenas Wat-\\nson, Nehemiah Heath, Joseph Sawyer, Jacob Tucker,\\nMoses Clark, Ebenezer Eastman, Theodore Stevens,\\nJonathan Fifield, David Gilmore, Seth Goodwin, Eze-\\nkiel Goodwin, Joseph Foster, Abner Chase, Stephen\\nEdmunds, Hubbard Carter, Thomas Rowell, Robert\\nGould, Theophilus Currier, and Nathaniel Trumbull.\\nThe sons of Daniel Annis each settled down upon\\nhis lot during this period.\\nDaniel Flanders came from Hawke (now Danville);\\nlived at the lower village, near the Henry B. Chase", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nplace. He was Warner s first town-clerk. His farm\\nextended across the river, and the lightning struck\\none of his trees near the Hutchinson place, broke it\\ndown, and shivered it to pieces. Flanders hauled it\\nhome for firewood, and, in doing this, stuck a sliver\\ninto his hand. He got cold in this slight wound, and\\ndied. From that circumstance most of the people be-\\nlieved, and some believe to this day, that the electric\\nfluid poisons the wood, and that a scratch from a\\nsplinter of such a tree is sure death.\\nIsaac Chase came from Amesbury settled first on\\nthe Stephen George place, afterwards on the Moses F.\\nColby farm. He often served as moderator of town-\\nmeetings, and as selectman. He was one of the early\\nrepresentatives of the classed towns.\\nFrancis Davis was from Amesbury. He settled at\\nDavisville, and was prominent in the affairs of the\\ntown and state for many years, as the records herein-\\nafter will show. His sons were, Zebulon, Wells, Fran-\\ncis, Aquila, Paine, and Nathan.\\nSamuel Rohy settled in Schoodac, near the Bos-\\ncawen line, where he died at a good old age. He had\\na large family, and one son (Hiram) yet remains.\\nRichard Goodwin came from South Hampton, and\\nsettled just above Rev. William Kelley s, between the\\nParade and Kimball Corner. He was a brother to\\nEzekiel and Seth.\\nJoseph Currier was from Amesbury. He lived at", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 85\\nthe present Richard S. Foster place. He was the\\nfather of Jacob and Capt. Benjamin Currier, and the\\ngrandfather of the late John Currier, Jr. He was\\nfamiliarly known, in his day, as Ensign Jo Currier.\\nPhilip Flanders was from Hawke. a brother to\\nDaniel, who came to Warner with him, and to James\\nand Christopher, who came afterwards. Philip settled\\nwhere the symmetrical elm tree now stands, it being\\nthe first place on the Schoodac road. He was the\\nfather of Major Philip, who lived on the pine plain,\\nand who is yet remembered by many of the people of\\nWarner.\\nAbner Watkins was from Nottingham West (now\\nHudson). He settled in Joppa, on Lot 25, by the\\nfirst survey; and in 1767 he bought Lot No. 26 of\\nEeuben Kimball, for \u00c2\u00a340 lawful money. He lived on\\nthe exact spot where the Origen Dimond house now\\nstands. He married Ruth, the youngest daughter of\\nDaniel Annis. He was one of the early selectmen of\\nWarner. He was also a Revolutionary soldier. After\\na residence of several years in Joppa, Watkins ex-\\nchanged farms with William Merrill, of Nottingham\\nWest, went back to his birth-place, and Merrill came\\nto Warner. In due time, Merrill conveyed the farm\\nto Isaac Sweat, of Boscawen. Sweat conveyed it to\\nSamuel Pearson, of Newburyport, Pearson to Isaac\\nDimond, Dimond to his son Origen, and the latter to\\nSmith Rand. Watkins, in 1793 or 1794, returned", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nto the shadow of Kearsarge, and settled in the\\nGore.\\nJoshua Bagley was from Salisbury, Mass. He set-\\ntled at the jDresent Samuel H. Dow place, by Bagley s\\nbridge. His son David, who was town-clerk thirty-\\nnine or forty years, occupied the same firm till his\\ndeath, as did also his grandson Joshua.\\nDaniel Young was a soldier in the Revolutionary\\narmy. He lived on land now owned by Levi Bartlett,\\nsome little distance south of the Gould road and west\\nof Bartlett brook. His buildings were destroyed by\\nfire.\\nDaniel Currier came from Amesbury, and settled in\\nJoppa, where his son, Zebulon D., long resided, and\\nwhere his grandson, Charles Currier, now lives. He\\nwas the father of Stej)hen, Daniel, Jr., Zebulon D., and\\nNathan.\\nBarnard Hoyt was from Amesbury. His lot was at\\nWaterloo, on the south side of the river. He was the\\nancestor of David and Barnard Hoyt.\\nParmenas Watson settled in Joppa, near the Clarks.\\nThere is no house now standing on the place which\\nhe occupied, but a barn remains. The present Joppa\\nschool-house is very near the site of the house in\\nwhich he lived and died. He was one of the first dea-\\ncons of the Congregational church, and he frequently\\nserved as selectman of the town. He was the father\\nof Jonathan, and the grandfather of Capt. Cyrus.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 87\\nNeliemiah Heath came from Hampstead, and settled\\nat the place where John Tewksburj now resides, near\\nthe site of the old Kelley stand. He, also, was one\\nof the first deacons of the Congregational chmxh.\\nHis son, Dea. David Heath, followed him, on the farm\\nand in the church.\\ne/osef)/i Sawyer was also from Hampstead. He set-\\ntled near the old cemetery, on the right hand side\\nof the road leading up to Joppa. His sons were\\nMoses and Edmund the one lived near Bear pond,\\nand the other at what is now called the old poor-farm.\\nJacob Tucker was a soldier of the Revolution. His\\nhome in Warner was on land now owned by the Har-\\nris family, on Tory Hill road.\\nEhenezer Eastman was from Concord. He settled\\non Waldron s hill, a soldier of the Revolution.\\nTheodore Stevens was also from Concord. He took\\nup a settler s lot on Waldron s hill, but never really\\nmade his home in town.\\nEhenezer Stevens, his son, took possession of the lot,\\nand occupied it many years. But most of his life-\\ntime was spent on the river above Roby s Corner,\\nwhere he was surrounded by a large family, all en-\\ngaged in manufacturing business.\\nJonathan Fifleld lived just below Gould Annis s,\\non the south side of the main road, but did not re-\\nmain long in town. His wife had the misfortune of\\nbeing considered a witch.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "88 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nDavid Gilmore was from Amesbury. He first set-\\ntled at Davisville, then on the Gould road, and last in\\nschool district No. 8, near Wiggin Corner. He was\\nthe father of John and Mitchell, and the grandfather\\nof Mitchell, Jr., Aiken, Elijah R., and others.\\nSeth Goodwin was from South Hampton, or Ames-\\nbury. He settled on the Moulton place, in Schoodac.\\nEzekiel Goodwin (a brother to Richard and Seth)\\nlived at the Dea. Bailey place, where John Johnson\\nnow resides. He was a temperance man at that early\\nday. When, in the Revolution, the regiment to which\\nhe belonged was called out to do picket duty for the\\nnight, a ration of rum was issued to each man. Good-\\nwin did n t drink, but he made the rum serviceable to\\nhimself He always found a man to take his place on\\nguard, however black or bleak the night, for his\\ngill of liquor. Whether the rigid prohibitionists of\\nto-day would approve this practice, deponent know-\\neth not.\\nJo8ej)li Foster came from Amesbury, lived in the\\nKimball district, where David Foster, his grandson,\\nnow resides. His sons were Joseph and Benjamin,\\nand his grandsons living in Warner are David and\\nStephen.\\nAbner Chase was a brother to Isaac and Daniel.\\nHe lived at one time in Waterloo was a soldier in\\nthe Revolution.\\nStephen Edmunds was from Amesbury. He settled", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 89\\nwhere his grandson by the same name now resides,\\non Tory hill. His son John, who was the father of\\nthe last Stephen, occupied the farm during his lifetime.\\nHuhhard Carter was on Tory hill, at the Ben Sar-\\ngent place, which is now in possession of a son of\\nAbner Sargent. Carter was in the Revolution.\\nRobert Gould came from Amesbury, and settled on\\nthe Gould road. He was a brother to Jonathan and\\nAmos, and the father of John and David.\\nTheophilus Currier was from Amesbury. He set-\\ntled at the Kiah Corner, near the Evans Davis\\nplace. His sons were Enoch, William, and Theophi-\\nlus. The sons of Enoch, are Enoch, the 2d (now liv-\\ning), and Jesse D. Ezekiel G. Currier, the tanner,\\nwas a son of William.\\nNathaniel Trumhidl, a Revolutionary soldier, was\\nborn at Concord, in 1746. He settled in Schoodac,\\nnear John Jones s, and died there seventy-five years\\nago.\\nDaniel Annis, Jr., settled on the Ira P. Whittier\\nplace. He received a forty-acre lot as a settler at\\nthat place, and he bought the lot and gore which\\nconstitute the Ballard farm, and added that to his\\ndomain.\\nThomas Annis selected his forty acres just below\\nhis father s, at the Samuel H. Dow place. He built\\nhis house and other buildings on the upper side of\\nthe road, where the old cellar is now visible. In", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "90 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\n1771, Thomas bought of his father, Daniel Annis, sen-\\nior (who was now growing old and infirm), the home-\\nstead of the old gentleman. The Hillsborough coun-\\nty records show that Thomas paid his father \u00c2\u00a3180,\\nlawful money, for the sixty acres of land where he\\nthen lived, with the house and barn thereon, the\\nsaid land being all the land which was granted unto\\nme, the said Daniel Annis, by the Proprietors of the\\ntownship of New Almsbury, as a settler. This is the\\nPaine Davis place. After this purchase, Thomas went\\nthere to live. He built on the exact spot where the\\nhouse now stands, and probably built the identical\\nhouse that Davis now occupies.\\nThomas Annis was thrifty, and by additional pur-\\nchases was soon in possession of a large estate. The\\nland all about Tom pond was his, and the pond owes\\nits name to this circumstance.\\nMoses Annis took his forty acres as a settler, where\\nMoses G., commonly called Gould Annis, now resides\\nbut Gould does not descend from tJiis Moses. He\\nleft no heirs. Gould was the son of Moses, which\\nwas the son of Thomas, which was the son of Daniel.\\nHe is therefore a great-grandson of the original settler.\\nSolomon Annis selected his forty acres still further\\ndown the main road. The old cellar which he duo- is\\ndistinctly seen, but it has been covered by no house\\nfor a great many years. Pass down the road from\\nMoses G. Annis s, cross the little brook and rise the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 91\\nhill nearly to the top, turn square to the left, get over\\nthe fence and go a few rods towards the railroad, and\\nthere will be seen the cellar which Solomon Annis\\nfinished the day he was twenty-one years of age.\\nIn April, 1778, Solomon Annis, of township No. 6,\\ncounty of Lincoln, in the Province of Mass. Bay,\\ndeeded to Moses Annis this lot of land which he had\\nreceived as a settler, for \u00c2\u00a328 lawful money. This\\nLincoln county lies on the coast of Maine, beyond\\nthe Kennebec. Solomon Annis, having a roving dis-\\nposition, had gone down there, glowing representa-\\ntions having been made of the richness of the coun-\\ntry, and of the chances for thrift. He soon found\\nhowever, that all was not sunshine in that place. He\\npacked up and returned with his family to Warner,\\nwhere he ended his days.\\nEach one of the settlers already named availed\\nhimself of the generous offer of the proprietors, and\\nselected his gift-lot according to his own best judg-\\nment. Most of them did wisely in coming. They\\nwere generally destitute of means, but were willing\\nto work, and anxious to better their fortunes. They,\\nand those who followed them in succeeding years as\\nsettlers, came with no pomp or parade, but in the\\nmost quiet, humble, and undemonstrative way. Not\\nmany wise men, after the flesh, not many mighty, not\\nmany noble, indeed, not many of very lofty preten-\\nsions, were among the early settlers of Warner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE TIL\\nEARLY SETTLERS, CONTINUED BOAT ON THE CONTOOCOOK\\nSECOND SAW-MILL.\\nI URING the Eevoliitionary war, and for several\\nM years after its close, settlements were made in\\nWarner with encouraging rapidity. But the gift-lots\\nhad been appropriated, and settlers now had to pay\\nmoney for their lands. Perhaps they could better\\nafford to do this than the first comers could afford to\\naccept them as a gift. It would be a difficult task to\\ndetermine in what order the settlers came to town in\\nthose years, and that task is not attempted here.\\nThe names of many of the early settlers of Warner\\ndo not appear in the following catalogue, because\\nthey appear elsewhere on these pages. The names\\nof others, who are as worthy as the best, do not\\nappear at all, because the writer has no knowledge of\\nthem, and because it is not the purpose of this book\\nto notice every individual, nor even every family.\\nEphraim Morrill came from Amesbury, and settled\\nat the Moses Morrill place, near the Pumpkin Hill\\nschool-house. He had, at least, two sons, Ephraim,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 93\\nborn in 1790, and Moses, born in 1794. The old\\nhomestead is occupied by the widow, and a son of the\\nlatter.\\nChristopher Flanders, a brother to James, came\\nfrom Hawke, remained but a few years in town, and\\nremoved to Canada.\\nSamuel Savory was from Derry. He first settled at\\nthe Quimby or Jacob Chase place, within the limits of\\nSalisbury, then moved into the Gore. His sons were\\nRobert, John, and Daniel, and his only grandsons now\\nin Warner, are Jesse, George, and John. [See account\\nof tornado.]\\nMoses Colby settled in Warner, on Burnt hill. He\\nwas the father of Samuel, and the grandfather of\\nCharles H. and Samuel W. He was born in Newton,\\nN. H. After his arrival in Warner he lived fifteen\\nyears in a log house without chimney or windows.\\nHis grandson, Samuel W., occupies the original home-\\nstead.\\nAsa Harriman was of the fifth generation from\\nLeonard, who came from Yorkshire, England, in 1640,\\nand settled in Rowley, Mass. Asa s father was a sol-\\ndier in the French war, and also in the Revolution.\\nHe moved from Georgetown, Mass., to Epping, N. H.,\\nin 1777. Asa, at the age of 18, went to live with his\\nuncle, Capt. Benjamin Evans, of Rocky hill, Salisbury,\\nMass. He there married his wife, and in 1787, at\\nthe age of 21, settled in Warner. On the 9th day of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMarch, 1794, he Avas killed while felling trees. He was\\nthen 28 years of age. He left a family of four chil-\\ndren, two girls, one six and the other four years of\\nage, and two boys, Benjamin E., aged three years, and\\nDavid E., aged one. His widow lived sixty-two years\\nto a day after his decease.\\nHezekiali Colby came from Amesbur} and made a\\ntemporary home between the Parade and Rev. Will-\\niam Kelley s house. In the course of six months or\\na year he selected a farm for his future residence, it\\nbeing the Mark Colby place. His sons were Chellis\\nF., Philip, Willaby, Samuel, and John P.\\nLevi Colby was a brother to this Hezekiah. He set-\\ntled at the Fair Ground and the railroad, when it\\ncame along, ploughed through his old cellar. Fred\\nMyron Colby, the young writer of Warner, is a great-\\ngrandson of this Levi, being the son of Levi 0., who\\nwas the son of Valentine, who was the son of Levi.\\nDavid Colby was another brqther to Hezekiah. He\\nlived at the Willaby Colby place, which is now owned\\nby Francis Robbins. He was the father of William,\\nwho was drow^ned in the great freshet of 1824, and of\\nDavid, who died not many years since. The latter\\nwas a good, honest soul, but a little peculiar. His\\nface was set like a flint against innovation. The cut-\\nting of the railroad up through his old homestead\\nvexed him very much. When inquired of how the\\nrailroad folks were getting on up there, his character-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 95\\nistic answer was, ^^They goes headlong, and they re going\\nto the devil\\nSimeon BmHlett, a brother to Joseph and Richard,\\na son of Simeon Bartlett, of Amesbury (one of the\\nproprietors of Warner), settled on the north-eastern\\nslope of Burnt hill, but died at an early age. His\\ndaughter married Dr. Lyman.\\nBenjamin Hill was from Hopkinton. His farm was\\nthe present Warner poor-farm, on Burnt hill.\\nJosiah Melvin was from Pelham. Melvin s Mills vil-\\nlage takes it name from him. Some of his descend-\\nants are yet in Warner, but the family, like most\\nothers in this day of enterprise and easy transit, are\\nmuch scattered.\\nlliomas Barnard, who settled at the North village,\\nnear the present residence of his son, Joseph 0., was\\nfrom South Hampton.\\nJohn Clement, father of John, and grandfather of\\nJohn W., was from Salisbury, N. H. John W. Clem-\\nent s farm, on Tory hill, was the homestead of the\\nfirst John, and the second.\\nIsaiah Flanders, whose home was at Warner vil-\\nlage, was from South Hampton. He had several\\ndaughters, one of whom married Nehemiah Ord-\\nway, another a Mr. Dike, and another a Mr. Tewks-\\nbury.\\nFrancis Davis came from Amesbury, in 1789, and\\nsettled on a good farm near the Kiah Corner. His", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "96 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\ngrandson, Evans Davis, now occupies the same place.\\nHis sons were William F. and Francis Davis; and of\\nhis daughters, one married Nathan Foster, another\\nMajor Joseph S. Hoyt, and another a Mr. Whitcomb.\\nEhenezer SargenU father of Dea. James, and great-\\ngrandfather of Alfred W. Sargent, of the North vil-\\nlage, was from Amesbury. He settled where Dea.\\nJames Sargent lived most of his lifetime, and where\\nWillaby Colby and his son John now reside.\\nIsaac Walker settled in Schoodac, his house being\\non ground now within the limits of Schoodac ceme-\\ntery. He did not remain long at this particular place.\\nHe was in the Eevolutionary war. Philip Walker\\nwas his son, Isaac and Barnard Walker his grand-\\nsons, and Abiel is his great-grandson.\\nmdiavd F. Rogers, father of John, Thomas, and\\nJoseph S., was from Newburyport.\\nThe Dhnonds, Ezekiel, Israel, and Isaac (broth-\\ners), were from Dimond s hill, in Concord. Ezekiel\\nsettled in the Mirick neighborhood, where his son Cal-\\nvin lived and died. Israel (generally called Potter\\nDimond lived at Dimond s Corner, and Isaac lived in\\nJoppa, where his son, Capt. Origen, resided many years.\\nNathaniel C. Whiiiier, the father of Richard B., was\\nfrom Salisbury, Massachusetts. lie came to Warner\\nin 1795, and died at Waterloo in 1815, aged 31. His\\nwidow lived to the age of 93, and died a few years\\nago at Warner village.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 97\\nDeacon Bailey was from Haverhill, Mass. He\\nbought his farm (which is now owned by John John-\\nson) of Ezekiel Goodwin. His sons were Dudley,\\nRobert, and Webster Bailey.\\nCapt. John Denney was an Englishman, and a sea-\\nfaring man. He lived on Denney s hill after the\\nFlood family were gone, and gave name to that\\npleasant eminence. His children all died young.\\nDea. Jonathan Wiggin was from Stratham. He\\nwas the father of Lot, Jonathan, Thomas, George\\nW., and Stephen. Thomas occupies the old home-\\nstead.\\nPhilip Osgood was from South Hampton. He set-\\ntled at Waterloo, where John Davis, 2d, resides. He\\nwas the father of Levi, Caleb, Jacob, Joseph, Tappan,\\nPhilip, and Nehemiah. The second generation have\\nall passed away, and the only grandsons of Philip,\\nsenior, now living in Warner, are Noah, John, and\\nJacob, sons of Jacob.\\nReiiben Clough, the father of Joseph and Reuben,\\nwas from Sandown. He settled in Schoodac, at the\\nWm. D. Trumbull place. He was the grandfather of\\nReuben Clough, Jr., and of Joseph, Jr.\\nIsaac Dalton was from Salisbury, Massachusetts.\\nHe came to Warner in 1784, and settled in the North\\nvillage, where Levi 0. Colby resides, at the foot of\\nthe Minks. Here he carried on both farming and\\ntanning. Late in life he removed with his family to", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "98 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nthe main road, at the lower end of Warner village,\\nand there died in 1838. Mrs. John Stewart was his\\ndaughter, and his sons now living are Col. Isaac and\\nDr. John E. Dalton, both in the West.\\nPhilip Colby, the father of Thomas and Philip, 3d,\\nand the grandfather of Timothy L., came from South\\nHamiDton, and settled on a great farm in school dis-\\ntrict No. 10. His grandson, Timothy L,, is in posses-\\nsion of the old homestead.\\nJohn Colby was a brother to the above Philip, but\\na much older man. He had one son, Hezekiah, 2d.\\nHis house was near the Caleb Kelley place, on the\\nnorth side of the Mink hills. Hezekiah lived and died\\non the old homestead, but it is now deserted.\\nThe Sargents, William, Stephen, and Abner (broth-\\ners), were from Amesbury. William was the father\\nof Capt. William R and of Abner, Jr. Stephen, the\\nftither of Abner on Tory hill, of Daniel, and of Jacob\\nR, deceased; and Abner, the father of Harrison K.\\nThey all lived between the Burnt Hill school-house\\nand Smith s Corner.\\nBenjamin Currier was from Deerfield. He settled\\non Pumpkin hill, near the old cemetery. He had at\\nleast two sons, Benjamin and Daniel P., who reside\\nin Manchester, and carry on the carriage business\\nthere. He had, also, certainly one daughter, who\\nmarried Capt. Safford Watson, and who is now living,\\na widow, at Sutton Mill Village.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 99\\nStephen Currier was a brother to Benjamin. He\\nalso lived on Pumpkin hill, but further on towards\\nthe mountain. He was both farmer and tailor. Only\\none of his sons (Robert Davis Currier, of Bedford) is\\nnow living.\\nDavid Hardy, the father of Dea. Jesse, was from\\nAmesbury. He settled in Joppa, where his grandson,\\nJosiah C. Hardy, now resides.\\nStephen Hardy was from Bradford, Mass. He set-\\ntled near Hardy Springs. His sons were Joseph,\\nDaniel, and Solomon.\\nDaniel Watson lived in Joppa. Capt. George Wat-\\nson was his son, and the sons of George were Alfred,\\nDaniel, George, and perhaps others.\\nAbijah Watson lived in the corner of Salisbury. He\\nwas a farmer and a minister. His sons were Elder\\nJoseph (whose home was where John Shepherd Davis\\nresides, near Bradford pond), Nicodemus, Abijah,\\nDavid, and Jonathan.\\nCaleb Watson was a brother to Abijah, and the\\ntwo lived in the same neighborhood. The sons of\\nCaleb were Ithamar, Safford, Moses, Caleb, and per-\\nhaps others.\\nEphraim Rand was from Rye. He built the house\\nat the Lower village which stands across the old Hen-\\nniker road from the yellow store. He was the father\\nof J. Noyes Rand.\\nNathaniel Page was from Weare. He settled in", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "100 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe westerly part of Warner, where his son Samuel\\nfollowed hmi, and the latter s son, Nathaniel, followed\\nhim.\\nPaul Page, a relative, came from Derry, and bought\\nthe Samuel Morrill farm. He removed, in his old\\nage, to Warner village, and there died a few years\\nsince.\\nOliver Hall was from Hollis. His old farm is now\\nin possession of one or more of the sons of Cyrus\\nColby.\\nThe Badgers, Benjamin and Stephen (brothers),\\nwere sons of Obadiah Badger, of Amesbury, who\\nserved fourteen years in the French and Revolution-\\nary wars. They came to Warner not far from 1785,\\nand settled near together, and not far from the resi-\\ndence of Ebenezer S. Badger. The sons of Benjamin\\nwere Elliot C, Stephen C, and the aforesaid Eben-\\nezer S.\\nStephen Badger served in the Revolution, was\\ntaken prisoner, carried to England, and confined in\\nDartmoor prison. When called on, with others, to\\nswear allegiance to the king in order to secure re-\\nlease, he gave what might be called a profane answer,\\nbut one that did credit to his patriotic blood. When\\nthe officer in charge said to this mere boy (for he was\\nlittle more than that), Sir, are you ready to swear\\nallegiance to the king? the young hero replied,\\nBegad, I don t know your king! The king pro-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS.\\n101\\nnounced him an obdurate boy, but ordered his\\nrelease.\\nEliot Colby was from Amesbury. He settled on the\\nroad between the Parade and Kimball Corner. His\\nsons were John (who lived through life on the old\\nhomestead), Ezekiel, and Stephen. Elliot and his son\\nStephen were Revolutionary soldiers.\\nGideon Davis was from Amesbury, a brother to\\nCapt. Francis Davis. He settled near the Great\\nfalls, on the Moses Davis farm. His sons were John\\n(the carpenter), Robert, Gideon, and Moses.\\n3Ioses llirick was born in Newburyport in 1773;\\ncame with the family to Boscawen in 1780 settled,\\nfirst, on becoming of age, in Henniker, and then in\\nWarner, where his youngest son, William, resides.\\nEdmund Mirick, of Henniker, is another son of his,\\nand Henry E. is a grandson. The family have, in\\nrecent years, changed the orthography of the name to\\nMerrick.\\nThe Emersons, Eliezer and Ithamar (brothers),\\ncame from Concord, N. H., in 1795. They bought\\ntwo adjoining farms near Waterloo. Eliezer had a\\nson by the same name, who occupied the old home-\\nstead till 1845, when he went, with his family, to Wis-\\nconsin. He died there in August of the same year,\\naged 50.\\nIthamar had one son (Jonathan), who lived to ma-\\nture age, and occupied the old homestead the larger", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "102 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\npart of his life. His only son (Reuben) died in the\\nwar, and his only living daughter is Mrs. William G.\\nAndrews.\\nTimothy L. Dowlin came from the old country, and\\nsettled at the Amaziah Hall place in Bradford. He\\nwas the grandfather of John H., Timothy Leavitt,\\nMrs. Moses E. Gould, and others.\\nJere Wheeler, the father of Moses D., came from\\nDunbarton to Warner. He built a blacksmith shop\\nat Kimball Corner, but afterwards was at the village.\\nZehulon Flanders, of South Hampton, married Han-\\nnah French, of Kingston, settled at the North village,\\nwhere Capt. Timothy and Walter M. Flanders now\\nreside, and had children by the following names\\nNathaniel, Ezekiel, Zebulon, Benjamin F., Levi, Tim-\\nothy, Hannah, John, and Washington.\\nMoses Flanders, the father of Ezekiel, Amos, John,\\nand Col. William G., was a brother to Zebulon. He\\ncame from South Hampton.\\nHenry Johnson, the father of Capt. John H., Moses,\\nCapt. Stephen B., and Henry, came from Sutton, and\\nsettled in School District No. 10.\\nCaleb Kelley was from Amesbury, or that vicinity.\\nHe settled, first, on the main road, above Waterloo,\\nand Kelley hill takes its name from him. He went\\nfrom there to the north side of the Mink hills. His\\nson Caleb occupied this latter place till his death,\\nwhen the remnant of the family moved to Wisconsin.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 103\\nSamuel Brown settled on Bible hill, where his\\nyoungest son, John H., resides. The rest of the sons\\nhave departed this life. Two of them, Capt. Newell\\nand Jeremiah, died in Ohio.\\nIsaac Day lived in the south-west corner of the\\ntown, on the main road from Bradford to Henniker.\\nHe was a large farmer, a taverner, and a manufac-\\nturer of gravestones besides, he sometimes preached.\\nThe little horn-pout pond in that quarter received its\\nname from him. He had a large family. One of his\\nsons is now in Bradford and another in Tennessee,\\nbut most of his numerous descendants are on the\\nunseen shore.\\nJacob Wkitcomh was born in Stow, Mass., in 1743.\\nHe came to Henniker in 1770, and to Warner about\\n1780. He settled where his son John died a few\\nyears since. His wife was Olive Wetherby, also of\\nStow. He was usually called Doctor Whitcomb, be-\\ncause he could pull a tooth or set a broken bone\\nquite successfully, though he was neither dentist nor\\nsurgeon. He was a leading farmer.\\nFarrington Hawks came from Hudson, and com-\\nmenced in the wilderness of Warner on what is\\nknown as the Jonathan Straw place. After remaining\\nthere two years, he made a second start in the un-\\nbroken forest. This was near Bradford pond, on the\\nfarm now occupied by John Shepherd Davis. Mr.\\nHawks built a log house here, and made a good be-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "104 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nginning. Having no barn, he threshed his grain on a\\nledge, and carried it on his back three or four miles,\\nthrough wood-paths, to Hoyt s mill (since Melvin s.)\\nHe remained on this farm a few years, and then made\\nhis third start. He bought of Joshua Pierce, of Ports-\\nmouth, one of the Masonian proprietors, a hundred-\\nacre lot in the western range of Warner, on Bible\\nhill. He cleared fourteen acres on this lot, and then\\nsold it to Enos Collins, of Burnt hill, who took pos-\\nsession about the year 1802, and erected the first\\nframe house on that road. This place is now owned\\nand occupied by J. Herbert Ewings. Mr. Hawks, for\\nhis fourth and last move, simply crossed the highway,\\nand took possession of a lot in Bradford. Mrs. Nathan\\nMarshall and Mrs. Timothy Dowlin were his daugh-\\nters, and Colburn and David were his sons, Colburn\\noccupied the old homestead during his lifetime.\\nDaniel Sanborn was born in Raymond in 1767. He\\nmarried Betsey, daughter of Jacob Whitcomb, and\\nsettled in the chestnut region of Warner. He had a\\nlarge family of children, now all dead. The names of\\nthe sons were Jacob, Moses, Daniel, John, and Ste-\\nphen. The old homestead is now occupied by the\\nwidow of John, and Warren, her son.\\nNathan Colby was from South Hampton. He set-\\ntled on the place now owned by Samuel Sargent, on\\nthe Slaughter Brook road. His sons were Barnard,\\nJacob, Mark, Nathan, and Cyrus.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "M\\n^^^L^ 0{f.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 105\\nJonathan Hardy came from Bradford, Mass., and\\nsettled at the Marden Seavey place, on Tory hill.\\nHis sons were Thaddeus, John, Paul, Silas, and per-\\nhaps there were others. Among his grandsons are\\nDarius, John A., Bartlett, Sylvester, Orin, and Ori-\\nson.\\nOrison Hardy (a grandson of Jonathan) was born\\nat Warner, Nov. 30, 1823. The Hardys came from\\nEngland. Thomas Hardy, or Hardie, was one of the\\nfirst twelve who settled in Ipswich, Mass. This oc-\\ncurred in 1633. Joseph Hardy settled at Salem in\\n1634. His son James (a mariner) married Ruth\\nMarsh, and had a large family. His son Joseph mar-\\nried, in 1648, Mary, a daughter of John Grafton, a\\nman of repute.\\nJohn Hardy, a brother to Joseph, the first, of\\nSalem, settled there in 1634. He was selectman of\\nthat town in 1647, and perhaps for several years. He\\ndied in 1652. He had a son John, who settled in\\nBradford, Mass. This John had a son Thomas, and\\nthis Thomas a son John, who is believed to have been\\neither the father or the grandfather of Jonathan, who\\ncame to Warner and settled on Tory hill.\\nSilas Hardy, one of the sons of Jonathan, married\\nRhoda, daughter of Abner Harvey. He was a famous\\nschool-teacher in his day, and also a teacher of sing-\\ning. The names of his children are as follows Leon-\\nard, Sylvester, Alraina (Mrs. William R. Sargent), Jo-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "106 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nsepli Warren, Rhoda, James, Orison, Nancy (Mrs. Levi\\nSargent), and Andrew J.\\nOrison Hardy, at the age of 20, became a clerk in\\nthe store of his uncle, Ira Harvey, and thus remained\\nfor a period of five years. In 1848 he went to Man-\\nchester, engaged in the West India goods business,\\nand carried it on successfully about nine years, when\\nhis health failed. He then sold out, and in the sum-\\nmer of 1857 travelled extensively in the West, with a\\nview of settling there. On returning home to make\\narrangements for following the star of empire, his\\noldest child died, and his wife, broken in health, per-\\nsuaded him to remain near the graves of his kindred.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Hardy became the travelling salesman of\\nDorr, Proctor Co., of Boston, a business at that\\ntime almost in its infancy. He remained the faithful\\nagent of this firm about 15 years, and till its dissolu-\\ntion, when he took a like position with the firm of\\nBriggs Shattuck, which he now holds.\\nMr. Hardy joined the Baptist church at Warner in\\n1843, and was elected one of the deacons of the First\\nBaptist church of Manchester when but 32 years of\\nage, which office he still continues to honor. He\\nmarried Dolly A. Campbell, of Manchester, November,\\n1846. Their children were Charles Augustus, Ellen\\nF., and Frank Herbert. Only the latter is living. Mrs.\\nHardy died in 1870, and in 1871 Mr. Hardy married,\\nfor his second wife, Miss Frances Brown, of Boston.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "EARLY SETTLERS. 107\\nIt will be seen that most of these emigrants came\\nfrom Amesbury and that vicinity. The road which\\nthey generally travelled led through South Hampton,\\nKingston, Hawke, and Chester passed by the Devil s\\nden, on the east shore of the Massabesic thence on\\nthrough Pembroke, Concord, and Hopkinton, to the\\npoint of destination. Some bore further to the right\\nleaving Kingston, they passed through Poplin, Ray-\\nmond, Deerfield, and on to Pembroke. Just before,\\nduring, and immediately after the Revolution, emigra-\\ntion was brisk, and humble adventurers were often\\nseen plodding along these thoroughfares. They made\\nno display. Nothing like pagentry attended them\\non the toilsome journey. They came with ox teams\\nthey came on foot they rode double, on horse-back,\\nand sometimes the patient woman had a child in her\\narms, and the steady old horse jogged along with\\nthree on his back. They had no money to spend at\\ntavern houses, for either victuals or drink. In most\\ncases they took their commissary supplies for the\\njourney from the homes they left. While no very\\ngreat prospect was before them, they generally felt\\nassured that brighter days were in store, and while\\nthey were sad, they were cheerful.\\nAll these have passed away. They have joined\\nthe innumerable caravan. While many of them\\nwere prospered in life according to reasonable expec-\\ntation, others, alas were called by the tide of un-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "108 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ntoward events to stand over the grave of many an\\nearly dream.\\nBOAT ON THE CONTOOCOOK.\\nBefore 1766, people, in coming to or going from\\nWarner, found much difficulty and suffered much de-\\nlay at the Contoocook river. There was no bridge\\nthere, and no proper ferry-boat. Rafts made of logs\\nwere improvised, to carry horses, cattle, and other\\nheavy freight over the stream, and a small dug-out\\nstood tied at the bank to carry over the people.\\nAt a legal meeting, held in Hopkinton, May 28,\\n1766, Lt. John Putney was chosen moderator, and the\\nfollowing votes were passed:\\nVoted to Buld a Boat at Controock river as Big\\nas Deacon merrill s fary Boat is at Concord.\\nVoted to buld tlie Boate By the first of July in\\nsuing the Date.\\nVoted that s*^ Boate Shall becept whare they now\\npass over Controocook River from hopkinton to New\\namsbury.\\nVoted that mr. Enoch Eastman Capt. matthew\\nStanlay Be the Commity to Buld the Boat and take\\nkear of it till our next annuel meting.\\nJoshua Bayley, Town Clerk.\\nThe ferry where this boat plied was about a third\\nof a mile below the bridge at Contoocook. The road", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "SECOND SAW-MILL. 109\\nfrom Hopkinton to Warner, coming down Putney s\\nhill, bore to the right, and struck the river at this\\nplace. Here the first bridge was made, and the old\\nabutments are yet distinctly to be seen. The road\\npassed on through the Paul R. George intervale to\\nDavisville, and thence onward, substantially where it\\nnow is. There was then no house at Contoocook vil-\\nlage, no bridge there, and no road leading from there\\nto Warner.\\nThe above action of the town of Hopkinton was\\nimportant to the inhabitants of Warner, who in the\\nearly history of the town were compelled to go below\\nthe Contoocook river for a store, a blacksmith shop,\\nor a physician. After this, they had a boat on which\\nto cross and recross the river, as big as Deacon Mer-\\nrill s at Concord; and they and the new comers found\\nwhat they called liberal accommodations at this\\nplace.\\nSECOND SAW-MILL.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, held in Amesbury,\\nAugust 30, 1763,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted that Bartholomew Heath and Francis Da-\\nvis be a committee to build a saw mill on the site of\\nthe one that was burned that said committee have 4\\nshillings lawful money per day for their time, and\\nother hands 3 shillings and 4 pence (if they earn it),\\nwhile they work on the mill that said mill be com-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "110 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\npleted by the 15th day of the next October, and that\\nDr. Nehemiah Ordway, Capt. William Rowell, and\\nDeacon Stephen Sargent, be a committee to provide\\nIron-work for said mill, to warn meetings and do any\\nother business to forward the settlement of the town.\\nAt another meeting in Amesbury, holden October\\n11, 1763,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted and made Choice of Joseph Jewell, Francis\\nDavis, and Stephen Morrill, a committee to Make sale\\nof any Delinquent Rights according to law to Defray\\nthe charges that has aris.\\nAt a meeting January 3d, 1764,\\nVoted that each proprietor pay $4 towards defray-\\ning charges of building the mill.\\nApril 9th, 1764, the proprietors met and received\\nreport that the committee had finished the mill, and\\nhad scmed in her, and had employed Mr. Annis and\\nMr. Jewell to tend her.\\nVoted, at said meeting, to tax each right six shill-\\nings in addition to what had already been raised, to\\ndefray expenses of building a dam.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER YIII.\\nTHE RYE GRANTEES RECORDS OF AMESBURY PROPRIETORS\\nFIRST MEETING-HOUSE HEDGED IN THE POTASH THE OLD\\nTAVERN FIRST GRIST-MILL.\\nfeOM 1749 to 1767, the township of Warner was,\\ntechnically, in possession of the Rye grantees\\nbut there is nothing to show that those grantees ever\\norganized and kept records, or that they ever made\\nsurveys in or around the township or any efforts to\\nadvertise their property. Only two or three settlers\\never came from Rye at all, and none of these were\\ngrantees of the town. That the Rye people never\\nperfected their title to the township is evident from\\nthe flxct that they did not convey it, finally, to the\\nSalisbury and Amesbury proprietors. The Masonian\\nproprietors, ignoring the Rye grant, did this them-\\nselves. And yet the Rye proprietors gained some\\nsort of a foothold in the township. A lot of one\\nhundred acres was set off to Andrew McClary, of Ep-\\nsom, one of those proprietors. The records of Hills-\\nborough county show that Daniel Annis, on the 23d\\nday of August, 1762, bought of John McClary (a", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "112 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nbrother to Andrew), for \u00c2\u00a3150, lawful money, one\\ncertain lot of land lying and being in the township\\ngranted by the Masonian Proprietors to Richard Jen-\\nness, and others, known by the name of Jenness-\\nTown said lot being No. 32, in the 4th range of lots;\\nit being the original right of Andrew McClary.\\nThis land was near Tom pond, on the west side of\\nit but subsequent surveys have obliterated the lines\\nof the lot, and its exact locality cannot be determined.\\nNor can it be determined how McClary came into\\npossession. He may have visited the town and\\ncleared out bridle-paths, or made some surveys. Or\\nthis lot may have been assigned to him by the Rye\\nproprietors (of which he was one), in the expectation\\nthat he would interest himself (he being a man of\\ncharacter and influence) in advertising the town, and\\ninducing people to go in as settlers.\\nAndrew McClary was the major in Col. Stark s\\nregiment at the battle of Bunker hill. He was a\\ngallant officer. He was tall, of fine personal appear-\\nance, and, in the words of a brother officer, the hand-\\nsomest man in the army. He fought bravely in the\\nbattle of the 17th of June, and escaped its perils, but\\nwas killed, as he was returning from examining the\\nposition of the enemy on Bunker hill, by a chance\\nshot from a British ship in the river.\\nMeetings of the Salisbury and Amesbury proprietors\\nwere usually warned by notices posted in joublic", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "RECORDS OF AMESBURY PROPRIETORS. 113\\nplaces by a committee annually elected for that pur-\\npose. Below is the usual form\\nThese are to notify and warn the Proprietors of\\nthe Township No. One, in the line of towns, called\\nNew Almsbury, .in the Province of New Hampshire,\\nto meet at the Widow Esther Colby s house, Innhold-\\ner in Almsbury, the 28th day of March, instant\\n[1765], at one oclock P. M. to act on the following\\nparticulars\\nFirst, to choose a Moderator\\nSecond, to choose a Proprietors Clerk\\nThird, to choose a committee or Selectmen\\nFourth, to choose a committee to rectify the bounds\\nof the 40 acre lots, and lay out a lot to each Pro-\\nprietor, if thought proper\\nFifth, to empower some suitable person or persons\\nto employ the saw mill for the benefit of the Pro-\\nprietary\\nSixth, to choose a Collector or Collectors, or do any\\nother business that shall be thought proper to be\\ndone when met.\\nDated at Almsbury, March 11, 1765.\\nNehemiah Ordway 1 Proprietors\\nStephen Sargent J Committee.\\nAccording to this warning, the proprietors met at\\nthe time and place designated, and chose Theodore\\nHoyt, moderator, and Nehemiah Ordway, clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that Deacon Nathan\\nCurrier, Deacon Stephen Sargent, and Nehemiah Ord-\\nway should be selectmen (or committee), for the year.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that the selectmen\\nbe collectors to gather the money that is already\\nvoted b}^ the proprietors, or shall be voted this present\\nyear, and also a committee to pay out the money to\\nthose that the proprietary are indebted to, and the\\nsaid selectmen are also empowered to make sale of\\ndelinquent rights or lands, and give deeds of them in\\nbehalf of the proprietary.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that Deacon Nathan\\nCurrier, Increase Morrill, Barnard Hoyt, and Theodore\\nHoyt be a committee to go and rectify the former\\nbounds of the 40-acre settlers lots, and renew the\\nbounds round the town also lay out 80 or 100 acre\\nlots to each proprietor, and employ some suitable\\nperson or persons to employ (run) the saw-mill for\\nthe benefit of the proprietors then the meeting was\\ndismissed.\\nAt a meeting held Oct. 10, 1765, at Amesbury,\\nVoted to raise eight shillings on each right to pay\\ncharges of laying out the 80 acre lots.\\nAt this meeting, the committee, consisting of Cur-\\nrier, Morrill, and the two Hoyts, brought in their re-\\nturn of the laying out of the first division of eighties\\nfor the proprietors. Then the drawing of the lots", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "RECORDS OF AMESBURY PROPRIETORS. 115\\ntook place. Said committee also reported that they\\nhad run a line around the town, but they gave no\\npoints of compass, no distances, and no details what-\\never. It was really no survey at all.\\nWithout a correct map of the town, with the\\nranges, divisions, lots, and numbers plainly marked\\nthereon, no proper idea can be obtained concerning\\nthese particulars. No such map is in existence.\\nThere was great irregularity in the laying out of\\nthe township. The first surveys of the proprietors\\nwere in 1736, when 63 forty-acre lots were laid out.\\nThe same number of five-acre lots were laid out in\\n1738. Sixty forty-acre lots for settlers were surveyed\\nin 1763. The first division of eighties was surveyed\\nin 1765 after that, the first division of sixties.\\nIn these surveys but little regard was paid to the\\nlines of the town, nor were the several surveys made\\nwdth any apparent reference to each other. The con-\\nsequence is, the town is full of gores and irregidar\\nlots, of all forms and dimensions. Another thing\\nwhich laid at the foundation of these irregularities\\nwas the changes which the proprietors were allowed\\nto make in their lots. When they drew, as they many\\ntimes did, lots of little value, surveys of other lots, in\\nlands not yet appropriated, were made for them.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "116 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFIRST MEETING-HOUSE.\\nAt the meeting of Oct. 10, 1765, last referred to,\\nVoted to give Mr. Ferrinton six shillings on each\\nright to build a Meeting House, in the township\\nVoted, also, to provide preaching once a Quarter\\nfor the inhabitants in said Township at the Proprie-\\ntors cost.\\nUnder this vote, a log meeting-house was built in\\nthe south end of the meeting-house lot in 1766. The\\nmeeting-house lot headed on the Gould road, or Bart-\\nlett road, or Waldron s Hill road, and stretched back\\nnorthward, across the river. This log house stood not\\nfar from the south-east corner of the old cemetery, as\\nit now is. To go to the exact spot where it stood,\\none should enter the gate on the Gould road, and go\\ndirectly back at right angles with the highway some\\nfour or five rods, and there, on the little knoll which\\nis now occupied by those who have fallen asleep,\\nthe humble edifice was erected.\\nAt first the services in this house were like angels\\nvisits, few and far between. Preaching once a\\nquarter was all that the proprietors provided for, and\\nthe inhabitants of the town at that time could hardly\\nput in so much as the widow s mite. They had but\\na trifling amount of this world s goods of any kind,\\nand no money.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 117\\nTimothy Walker, of Concord, was the first preacher,\\nand Nehemiah Ordway, Jr., of Amesbury, the second,\\nbut neither of them was settled. Mr. Walker was a\\nson of Rev. Timothy Walker, the first minister of\\nConcord. He graduated at Harvard college in 1756.\\nHe preached, more or less, in Canterbury, Rindge,\\nWarner, and probably elsewhere, but he was never\\nsettled over any church. During the Revolutionary\\nwar he went into civil life, where he attained honor\\nand distinction. He was a member of the council,\\nand chief-justice of the court of common pleas.\\nNehemiah Ordway, Jr., was a son of Dr. Nehemiah\\nOrdway, of Amesbury, one of the proprietors of the\\ntown, and for many years their clerk. Nehemiah,\\nJr., was born in Amesbury in 1743. He graduated\\nat Harvard in 1764, preached a while in Warner\\n(at this time gene rally called New Almsbury), was\\nordained at Mid die ton, N. H., in 1778, where he\\npreached a few years. He was then in East Haver-\\nhill, Mass., from 1789 to 1794, when he went to\\nRaymond, N. H., where he preached till 1797. A\\ndaughter of his had married Dr. John Pillsbury, and\\nas advancing years came on, he went to live with the\\nDoctor in Candia, and last in Pembroke, where he\\ndied in 1836, aged 93.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "118 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nHEDGED IN.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, held in Amesbnry\\nOct. 29, 1765,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted to pay Barns Jewell fifty dollars to build a\\n2^0 s session fence round the town.\\nAs this is the only record of that meeting which\\nappears, the inference is that nothing beyond the\\nabove vote was transacted then and there. But what\\nis a possession fence, and what did those men mean\\nWe have been led to regard the proprietors of War-\\nner as rational, considerate people, but this action of\\ntheirs fails to justify such regard.\\nA little calculation will show the distance around\\nWarner (without the Gore) to be more than 25 miles,\\nand therefore more than 8,000 rods. Fifty dollars\\nwould be a small price for building so much fence.\\nIt would be only two thirds of a cent to a rod No\\npicket fence, or post and rail fence, or common board\\nfence, or stone wall, could be built for any such\\nmoney. The proprietors must have meant a hedge\\nfence, but that, even, would cost more than two thirds\\nof a cent to a rod, and more than five times that sum,\\nas the workmen would be compelled to live out,\\nand find themselves\\nThen what on earth was this fence to be for Was\\nit to keep out the Indians, or the settlers in adjacent\\ntowns, or the wild beasts? Was it to serve as a", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE POTASH. 119\\nprison wall to keep the inhabitants of Warner in, and\\nto prevent their going back to Amesbiiry\\nIn foreign countries they have their walled cities,\\nbut old Number One stands preeminent as the first\\nrural township among the hills to be hedged in. But\\nnot so. The proprietors only had an attack of tem-\\nporary insanity, for they hastily despatched orders to\\ntheir faithful employe to desist, and, at a subsequent\\nmeeting, Voted to allow Barns Jewell, 1 pound 4\\nshillings [which is just four dollars], for his trouble and\\ncharges in what he did in fencing the town.\\nTHE POTASH.\\nAt the annual meeting of the proprietors, March,\\n1766, at Amesbury,\\nVoted that Richard Harbard, Stephen Emery, and\\nJames Walker, of Concord, shall have half a right\\nthroughout the town (they paying equal proportion\\nof the charges with the proprietors), and eighty acres\\nof land nigh Mr. Flanders, provided they set up and\\ncarry on the potash in said town.\\nVoted, also, to lay out the first Division of 60 acre\\nLots.\\nDea. Nathan Currier, Simeon Bartlett, and Daniel\\nQuimby were chosen to lay out said lots, and also to\\nsurvey and lay out eighty acres for the potash lot.\\nThis committee employed Abial Chandler, of Concord,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0133.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "120 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nto survey the sixties, and to survey and measure off\\n300 acres of intervale land, giving;: to each rio;ht five\\nacres.\\nThe potash lot was nigh Mr. Flanders, meaning\\nDaniel Flanders, who has already been mentioned,\\nand who lived at the Lower village, where the Henry\\nB. Chase house stands, or a little further down. The\\neighty-acre lot granted for the potash was at the\\nBrooks place. These Concord parties, to whom the\\ngrant was made, turned over their chance to one\\nJacob Hoyt of the same town. Hoyt came on and\\nbuilt a small hotel on the spot where the old Carter\\ntavern afterwards stood. He entertained travellers,\\nand kept an open bar, according to the custom of\\nthe times, for everybody. Across the street, near\\ndown to the little brook, but on the west side of it, is\\na very small plat of ground where the old potash\\nstood. The sills were much lower than the road, and\\nthe ashes were carried in over the beams, on an\\ninclined bridge. Every ten bushels of ashes, accord-\\ning to the law as laid down by Hoyt, entitled a man\\nto a gill of West India rum as a gratuity. The early\\nsettlers of Warner, it is to be presumed, were not\\nsinners above all the Gallileans. They were about\\nan average class, and they had their appetites and\\nweaknesses, in common with the race. They liked\\ntheir toddy, and the manufacturer of ashes always\\nexpected this gratuity of a gill of rum for each and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0134.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE OLD TAVERN. 121\\nevery ten bushels, besides the going price of his com-\\nmodity. In those days families burnt vast amounts\\nof fuel, their fireplaces being large and open, and\\ntheir houses unfinished and cold. They cared not\\nhow much they burnt. Firewood was abundant and\\ncheap, and while there was not millions in it, there\\nwas ashes in itj and there was rum in the ashes\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2THE OLD TAVERN.\\nThe history of the first inn, tavern, hotel, or\\nwhatever it may be called, of Warner, if it could be\\nfaithfully written, would be as thrilling as Dickens s\\ncelebrated story of the Bleak House. But it cannot\\nbe written. This hotel stood at the Lower village,\\na village that at one time was the business centre of\\nthe town. The lawyer, the doctor, the post-office, the\\nstores, the potash, and the tavern were all there.\\nThe first building on the old site of the Carter\\nstand was erected in 1766, by Jacob Hoyt. It was\\nmade of logs. It was his dwelling-house, and, on a\\nsmall scale, a public house. In the course of eight or\\nten years this gave way to a small one-story frame\\nhouse, which had all the appointments of an approved\\ncountry tavern. This latter hotel building was dis-\\nplaced, some time about the beginning of the present\\ncentury, by the large, low, two-story house, with nar-\\nrow halls and 7 by 9 glass, which was last occupied\\nby Samuel Brooks.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0135.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "122 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAfter Jacob Hoyt, Dr. John Currier came as tav-\\nerner, and, after him, Richard Pattee, a cousin to\\nJohn. Mr. Pattee was an ensign in the War of 1812.\\nHe also served as deputy sheriff from 1813 to 1816.\\nAfter Mr. Pattee, WiUiam Carter became the landlord\\nof this house, though he may not have immediately\\nsucceeded the above named. He was born in Wil-\\nmington, Mass., 1787. He carried on the baking\\nbusiness in Concord a number of years, but removed\\nto Warner in 1828, and kept the hotel seven years.\\nAfter leaving Warner, in 1836, Mr. Carter kept the\\nold Raymond House at Bradford Corner, then carried\\non the baking business at Amherst, and finally died at\\nLebanon, at the residence of his son, Henry W. Car-\\nter, in 1875.\\nThe last occupants of this old tavern house were\\nSamuel Brooks and his family, who took possession in\\n1835, and remained in occupancy till 1857, a period\\nof twenty-two years.\\nMr. Brooks was a native of Charlestown, Mass.,\\nwhere he spent the larger portion of his life. He\\nlearned the hatter s trade when a boy, but, having no\\nmechanical inclinations or skill, he never followed it a\\nday. He purchased this ancient hotel, with the farm\\nattached, in 1835, and (taking down the old familiar\\nsign) made it simply a residence for his family. He\\nwas an inveterate reader, and a man of marked char-\\nacteristics. His doors were always open to his friends.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0136.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0137.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0138.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE OLD TAVERN. 123\\nAfter the marriage of his only daughter to Hon. John\\nAbbot, he went to Concord to pass the evening of his\\nlife. He soon thereafter sold out his property in\\nWarner, and the famous house, which for generations\\nhad sheltered the weary traveller from the storm, and\\nwhich had finally been the peaceful family abode,\\nwent the way of all the earth.\\nGeorge Runels. Warner Lower Village has given\\nbirth to many prominent men and women, and among\\nthe number is the subject of this sketch. His ances-\\ntor, who was of Scotch origin, came from Halifax to\\nBradford, Mass., in 1674. His grandfather (who was\\na blacksmith) was born at Haverhill, Mass., in 1726.\\nHis father (Major Daniel Runels) was born at Haver-\\nhill, in 1775. Major Runels learned his trade, and,\\non becoming of age, went to Corinth, Vt., and there\\nworked at blacksmithing a short time. In 1797 he\\ncame to Warner, and in 1799 married Chloe, a daugh-\\nter of John George. Their children were Daniel G.,\\nHannah, Sally, Charles, and George, all of whom are\\ndead except the last named.\\nGeorge Runels was born February 3, 1823. His\\nmother died in 1829, and he remained with his flither\\ntill he died, in 1837. He then worked with his broth-\\ner (Daniel G.) one year at blacksmithing and fjirm-\\ning then for six months he worked half the time for\\nLevi Bartlett, and the other half for Noyes Rand.\\n9", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0139.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "124 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nHe was next with bis guardian and uncle (Maj. Dan-\\niel George) a short time. He received his schooling\\nat the brick house by the river, and at New London\\nacademy, where he was a student one quarter. He\\nwent to Lowell in the spring of 1840, and learned\\nthe trade of a stone-cutter. In the fall of that year\\nhe travelled with Henry Carter, visited all the New\\nHampshire musters, engaged in selling books and\\nother notions. Li November of the same year he\\nwent on board of a barque, and sailed to the Pacific\\non a whaling expedition. In about twenty months\\nafter sailing the barque was wrecked on the Fejee\\nIslands. The crew were picked up (after being in\\nboats three days) by a ship, which left them in New\\nZealand. Mr. Runels worked there three months, pit-\\nsawing in the woods and building a wharf the first\\nwharf on that island. He sailed from there to New\\nHolland, and back, in a Scotch brig. He then went\\non board a vessel from Salem, Mass., which was trad-\\ning with the natives of the Fejee Islands: he re-\\nmained with this vessel about one year, and left her\\nat Manila, on one of the Philippine Islands. From\\nthere he went in an English ship to Canton, Singa-\\npoor, and Calcutta, leaving her at the latter place.\\nHe was sick with Asiatic cholera six weeks in Cal-\\ncutta. Having recovered his health, he shipped on\\nboard of a Boston vessel, and came home around the\\nCape of Good Hope. He went again to Lowell, and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0140.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "FIRST GRIST-MILL. 125\\nstarted the business of stone-cutting there in 1845, in\\nwhich pursuit he remained till 1849. In the fall of\\nthat year he went to California, and returned in 1850.\\nHe then went to farming in Waterbury, Vt., where\\nhe remained till 1854. Since that time he has been\\nextensively engaged in business at Lowell till within\\nabout one year, when, having acquired a competence,\\nhe retired from active work. For the past twelve\\nmonths he has travelled in Florida, Colorado, Califor-\\nnia, and the West generally.\\nMr. Runels married, in 1845, Miss Mary A. Morrill,\\nof Springfield, N. H. Three children have been born\\nto this couple, viz., Emma, who died in 1871, aged 23,\\nand Charles and Henry, who are engaged in the stone\\nbusiness at Lowell.\\nFIRST GRIST-MILL.\\nAt a meeting held Nov. 10, 1766,\\nVoted to raise 16 shillings on each right, to pay\\nthe charges of laying out the 60 acre Lots, and for\\nbuilding the Meeting House, and that said tax be\\npaid before the lots are drawn.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that Daniel Quimby\\nand Ezekiel Dimond be a committee to make sale of\\nthe Mill and Privilege for the most it will bring and\\noblige the buyer to build a Grist Mill.\\nAlso, chose Ezekiel Dimond and Joseph Eastman", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0141.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "126 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nto dear roads in town, and raised $30 to pay for the\\nsame.\\nOver four years had now elapsed since the first set-\\ntlements had been made in town, but the indispensa-\\nble grist-mill had not yet put in an appearance. The\\nprivation was sorely felt. The inhabitants were un-\\nder the necessity of going to Hopkinton or Boscawen\\nwith their grists, and rel3dng on such ordinary mills\\nas had been already erected in those places. At\\ntimes, however, from one cause and another, those\\nmills failed to perform their functions, and the War-\\nner people were compelled to go to Concord to get\\ntheir grinding done. In such cases, they j)atronized\\nthe mill on Turkey river, where St. Paul s School\\nis now located. Capt. Daniel Flood used to carry\\ntwo bushels of corn on his shoulders to that mill, and\\nbring the meal back in the same way. Others, also,\\ncarried grists on their backs to the same mill, the\\ndistance of which from Warner town hall is sixteen\\nmiles. There were then but few horses in town, the\\nroads Avere very poor, and it was a difficult and\\ntedious job to convey horses over the Contoocook on\\nlog rafts. Even after the fary boate commenced\\nrunning, the toll for a team was an item to be consid-\\nered in that day of money scarcity. Hence the early\\nsettlers bent their shoulders to the task in the man-\\nner stated.\\nMuch depends upon custom. The men of Warner", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0142.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "FIRST GRIST-MILL. 127\\nof a century ago did not look upon these hardships\\nas they would be looked upon by the men of to-day.\\nThey were accustomed to carrying heavy burdens on\\ntheir shoulders through the forest paths. Philip\\nFlanders brought two bushels of potatoes on his back\\nfrom Concord, being accompanied by Isaac Walker,\\nwho brought a bushel and a half in the same way.\\nJacob Collins, the father of Levi, carried the boards\\nfor his rye bins on his shoulders from Bean s mill, at\\nWaterloo, through the woods and up the hills to his\\nhome in district No. 10, because no team could get\\nthrough.\\nThe mill on Turkey river, which the Warner peo-\\nple occasionally patronized, performed faithful service\\n145 years (from 1733 to 1878), when it was convert-\\ned into a laundry for the accommodation of St. Paul s\\nSchool. This mill was established shortly after the\\nsettlement of Concord. At a meeting of the proprie-\\ntors of that town, October 13, 1732,\\nVoted, that any Person that is agreeable and shall\\nbe accepted of by the Proprietors of Penny Cook\\nthat will build a Grist Mill on Turkey River in Penny\\nCook for the use of the Proprietors shall have one\\nhundred acres of Land convenient to the mill and the\\nBenefit of the whole Stream of said Turkey River.\\nIt seems that one Barachias Farnum was deemed\\nagreeable, for he accepted the gift, went forward in\\npursuance of the vote, and built the mill in 1733.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0143.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "128 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt the annual meeting, in March, 1767, Capt. Wm.\\nRowell was chosen moderator, and Nehemiah Ord-\\nway, clerk. Simeon Bartlett, Nathan Currier, Nehe-\\nmiah Ordway, Ezekiel Evans, and Barnard Hoyt were\\nchosen committee for the year.\\nVoted that said committee be instructed and em-\\npowered to make sale of Delinquent Proprietors\\nLands also to provide Preaching according to a\\nformer vote.\\nAlso, voted to raise one dollar on each right, to de-\\nfray the charges of the present year.\\nAlso, voted to give Increase Morrill a 40 acre Lot\\nnear where Palmer huilt a frame, he complying with\\nthe terms and settling as other settlers.\\nHereby hangs a tale, as subsequent pages will\\nshow.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0144.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE IX.\\nTHE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS A NEW GRANT ORGANIZING\\nUNDER IT.\\nOT only were the Rye claimants unacknowledged\\nby the Amesbury people and the settlers in War-\\nner, but they were also unrecognized by. the Masonian\\nproprietors themselves. The grant which was made\\nto them in 1749 had become null and void. The\\ngrantees had not complied with the conditions of the\\ngrant, and had therefore forfeited their claim to the\\ntownship. Hence the Salisbury and Amesbury pro-\\nprietors could make their appeal only to the twelve,\\nwhose names have been heretofore given. And yet\\nthe Rye grantees (or persons who settled under their\\nauthority) had acquired certain rights which could\\nnot be justly ignored. It seemed to be an acknowl-\\nedged principle, that when persons, acting in good\\nfaith, became settlers upon the unoccupied lands\\n(even if those who gave them permission so to do\\nhad no authority over the matter), they should be\\nprotected and made secure in possession. This was\\nvery favorable to the settler, and was just and right.\\nThe Rye people left no record, and we can never", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0145.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "130 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nknow exactly what steps were taken, or what labors\\nwere done by them. The grant of the township to\\nthem, as alreacjy stated, fell but they had gained, by\\nsettlement or otherwise, a strong foothold in town,\\nand the records hereafter will show that it required\\nconsiderable money to remove the incumbrance.\\nOn the 27th day of July, 1767, the Amesbury pro-\\nprietors met at the house of Widow Esther Colby, in\\nAmesbury. After choosing Thomas Rowell modera-\\ntor,\\nVoted that Capt. Jonathan Barnard, Increase Mor-\\nrill, and Ezekiel Evans, be a committee to go and treat\\nwith the Proprietors of Mason s Patten, so called, and\\nagree with them, if they can upon reasonable terms,\\nand take sufficient security of them of said Township,\\nand give security for such a sum as shall be agreed\\nupon, and make return of their proceedings at the\\nadjournment of this meeting.\\nMet, according to adjournment, the 10th day of\\nAugust, of the same year, when Mr. Barnard, from the\\ncommittee, reported that Ae and they had not settled\\nthe affair.\\nAt the same meetinsj; the said Barnard and Evans,\\nof the committee, were instructed to go immediately\\nto the Mason Proprietors, and obtain from them the\\nbest terms on which they would relinquish their\\nclaim.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0146.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS, 131\\nThese men went promptly to Portsmouth on their\\nmission. Something had got to be done, and the fol-\\nlowing record will show what ivas done.\\nThe other party now appears.\\nProvince of\\nNew Hampshire Portsmouth, September 30, 1767.\\nThe Proprietors met according to adjournment\\nVoted that Col. Theodore Atkinson be, and hereby is author-\\nized to write to Capt. Jonathan Barnard, Increase Morrill and\\nEzekiel Evans, in answer to their application to the Proprietors\\nfor the Township called Number One in ye line of Towns, and re-\\nceive their Reply, and make agreement for the same in behalf of\\nthe Proprietors, and make report of his Proceedings as Soon as\\nmay be.\\nNegotiations were now successfully begun. Corre-\\nspondence ensued kind feelings prevailed the Ma-\\nsonian proprietors fixed the price for which they\\nwould dispose of the township (which had been so\\nlong a subject of dispute), or of their interest in it,\\nand the Amesbury proprietors accepted the offer and\\nclosed the trade.\\nAt a meeting of the latter, in Amesbury, November\\n4, 1767,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted to pay the sum claimed by the Masonian Proprietors,\\nnamely, six hundred dollars, or ten dollars on each right, except\\nthe public rights, and chose Jonathan Barnard, Increase Morrill\\nand Ezekiel Evans, a committee to take a Grant of the said Ma-\\nsonian Proprietors of the said township of New Amesbury, in the\\nProvince of New Hampshire, on the terms that had been agreed\\nupon by the former committee, and give them security for the\\npayment of the six hundred dollars.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0147.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "132 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt the same meetino;,\\no?\\nVoted that jf any proprietor has an 80 acre Lot judged not\\nfit for settlement, he may apply to Abial Chandler, survej or, and\\nanother man, and have another Lot laid out at the cost of the\\nProprietary.\\nGRANT BY THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS.\\nProvince of\\nNew Hampshire j At a meeting of the Proprietors of the lands\\npurchased of John Tufton Mason Esq., in New Hampshire, held\\nat Portsmouth, in said Province, by adjournment, on the 24th\\nday of December, 1767\\nWhereas, Capt. Jonathan Barnard, Increase Morrill and Eze-\\nkiel Evans have applied to said Proprietors, in behalf of them-\\nselves and others whose names are hereinafter mentioned, for the\\nright of said Proprietors to a tract of land hereinafter described,\\nwhich they were disposed to settle with all convenient dispatch,\\nand the said Proprietors being desirous of encouraging the settle-\\nment of all the Lands within their claim and of accomodating\\nsuch persons who were inclined to make such settlements, and\\nfor the greater advantage of the settlers, instead of reserving a\\npart to the Grantors, as has been usually done by them in such\\ncases, have agreed to take a sum of money as an acknowledge-\\nment of their right and hereupon it is voted, That there be,\\nand hereby is Granted all the right, title, interest, property and\\ndemand of said Proprietors in and to the said Tract of Land,\\ncontaining the quantity of six miles square, within the following\\nBounds, viz Begining at a place, called and known by the\\nName of Contoocook, thence running North 15 degrees west, six\\nmiles, then running from each end of this line, west 5 degrees\\nsouth, six miles thence crossing and running over on a straight\\nline from the west end of one of these last mentioned lines to the\\nother, so as to make the quantity of six miles square and no\\nmore. In consideration of the sum of One Hundred and Eighty\\nPounds, to the said Proprietors in hand paid, or secured to be\\npaid by the Grantees, whose names are as follows", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0148.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "A NEW GRANT.\\n133\\nJonatlian Barnard\\nIncrease Morrill\\nEzekiel Evans\\nRichard Cnrrier\\nDr. Nehemiah Ordway\\nHumphrey Pierce\\nE-euben Dimond\\nJoseph Jewell\\nSamuel Barnard Jr.\\nStephen Colby\\nBarnard Hoyt\\nBenjamin Evans\\nJoseph Eastman\\nSimeon Morrill\\nElihu Gould\\nJohn Nichols\\nRev. Pain Wingate\\nThomas Rowell\\nThomas Barnard\\nDavid Ring\\nBenjamin Tucker\\nSimeon Bartlett\\nEnoch Sargent\\nBartholomew Heath\\nJonathan Pressey\\nStephen Merrill\\nNathan Currier\\nWidow Esther Colby\\nJohn Wells\\nDaniel Quimby\\nThomas Fowler\\nBarns Jewell\\nNathan Goodwin\\nFrancis Davis\\nPeter Sargent\\nAaron Rowell\\nThomas Jewell\\nAbraham Morrill\\nDr. George Abbott\\nJeremiah Flanders\\nSamuel Barnard\\nTheodore Hoyt\\nNehemiah Ordway Jr.\\nGideon Rowell\\nSamuel Straw\\nIsrael Straw\\nJames Ordway\\nEzekiel Morrill\\nJarvis Ring\\nJoseph Jones\\nDr. Stephen Sargent\\nWilliam Straw\\nBenjamin Sargent\\nDavid Bagley\\nBenjamin Osgood\\nEastman Hoyt\\nJonathan Martin\\nEliphalet Lowell\\nand Daniel Morrill, on the terms and limitations here-\\ninafter expressed To have and to hold to them the said\\nGrantees in several and separate shares to them and to their sev-\\neral and respective heirs and assigns forever, on the terms and\\nconditions following, viz\\nThat the said Grantees settle forty families, each having a\\nhouse of 18 by 16 feet, or equivalent thereto, and three acres of\\nland fit for tillage mowing or pasturing within three years to each\\nfamily That they lay out three rights or shares, one for the use", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0149.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "13-4 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof the minister of the Gospel who shall be ordained and settled\\nthere, that one right be for the use of the ministry in town when\\nincorporated, forever, and one other right for the use of a school\\nfor and towards the support thereof forever, each of said rights\\nto be laid out in Lots as the Grantees manage the other rights\\nand to be free from the charge of Settlement or any public taxes\\nto that end That each Grantee do faithfully and duly pay his\\nproportion of all taxes that shall be agreed on by the majority at\\nany legal meeting for carrying on the settlement That they\\nbuild a Meeting House and maintain constant preaching there,\\nfrom and after the term of three years from the date hereof\\nThat all White Pine Trees, growing on said tract of land be re-\\nserved for His Majesty s Use.\\nThat each Grantee who shall neglect to pay his proportion of\\nthe Taxes that shall be agreed on as aforesaid shall forfeit so\\nmuch of his share as will raise the money at which he is assessed\\nwhether laid out into Lots or lying in common, and the other\\nGrantees shall hereby have power to direct how and in what man-\\nner the same shall be disposed of for this purpose, and he who\\nshall not perform the duty required of him as his proportion and\\npart of making the said settlement shall forfeit his whole right or\\nshare to those of said Grantees who shall have duly performed\\nthe same.\\nBut in case the majority of the Grantees shall neglect to\\nmake the settlement and perform the several matters and things\\nnecessary thereunto according to the time above limited, they\\nshall forfeit the whole tract to the said Grantors, and it shall and\\nmay be lawful for them to enter in and to the same to re-possess\\ntheir proper estate and there is also reserved in said tract of\\nLand, land sufficient for convenient highways through the said\\ntract as is usually granted in other towns by said Proprietors.\\nAttest George Jaffrey, P. Clerk.\\nThus the SaUsbury and Amesbury proprietors have\\nat last an unquestioned title to the township, exclu-\\nsive of certain rights acquired by individuals under\\nthe Rye grant. But time has wrought great changes", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0150.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "A NEW GRANT. 135\\nsince this grant was made by Massachusetts in 1735.\\nThirty-two years have elapsed ahnost a third of a\\ncentury and many of the original proprietors have\\nbeen gathered to their ffithers. Others have become\\ndiscouraged by the continuous, up-hill struggle to ac-\\nquire possession of the town, and have fallen out.\\nPerhaps most of these sold their rights for some small\\nconsideration. Of the sixty original proprietors, only\\ntwenty-five remain. The other thirty-five appear no\\nmore.\\nThe sum of one hundred and eighty pounds, stated\\nas the consideration of this grant, is identical with the\\nstipulated price of ^600, a pound being, at that\\ntime, three dollars and a third.\\nBy the terms of the grant, these proprietors were\\nto build a Meeting House, and maintain constant\\npreaching from, and after three years, from which it\\nappears that the grantees did not deem the humble\\nlog house already in existence as a fit temple in\\nwhich to worship the Most High. This is not strange:\\nbut perhaps if they had prayerfully studied the les-\\nson concerning the woman of Samaria, they would\\nhave been less fastidious.\\nThe white pine trees were reserved for the use of\\nhis majesty the king, but the war of the Revolution\\nand the independence of the colonies cancelled that\\nobligation.\\nThis additional burden of $600 was a grievous one", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0151.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "136 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nto the long-suffering and over-taxed proprietors of\\ntownship No. One. They had to submit to it, how-\\never, or surrender their entire claim to the town.\\nBut this was not the last, nor the worst, as the subse-\\nquent records will show. Under the Rye grant, cer-\\ntain acknowledged rights had been acquired. To\\nclear away the incumbrances, still further taxation\\nhad to be imposed.\\nDaniel Barnard. Capt. Jonathan Barnard, Inn-\\nholder of Amesbury, was a man of some note in\\nhis day. He commanded a company of his majesty s\\nmilitia, under the provincial government of Massachu-\\nsetts. He was one of the original proprietors of\\nWarner under the grant of 1735, and he stood at the\\nhead of the list of proprietors under the Masonian\\ngrant of 1767. That he was a man of character\\nand ability is evident from the fact that he was often\\nintrusted, as these pages show, with important mis-\\nsions concerning the affairs of the township. He was\\nthe great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch.\\nHis son, Charles Barnard, a soldier of the Revolution,\\nsettled in Warner, on the north-east slope of Burnt\\nhill. Charles had at least two sons, Thomas and\\nEzekiel, who are yet remembered by many of the\\npeople of Warner. One of the sons of Thomas is\\nHon. Daniel Barnard, of Franklin, whose nativity\\neach one will settle in his own way. He was born\\nin Orange, the 23d day of January, 1827; but if his", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0152.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0155.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0156.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "A NEW GRANT. 137\\nparents had remained at the home of their early wed-\\nded life a very feio months longer than they did, his\\nbirthplace would have been Warner. It is thought\\nthat he is fairly entitled to recognition in the history\\nof the town.\\nDaniel Barnard, after attending the district school\\nat Orange, became a student at Canaan union acad-\\nemy, where he nearly fitted for college. Subsequent\\nto this he was a pupil of the late William Russell,\\nwho established a Normal Institute at Reed s Ferry,\\nand who also received private scholars. From the\\nage of 18 to 25 he taught schools a part of the year\\nin the towns of Groton, Lyme, Grafton, Enfield,\\nOrange, and Amherst. In January, 1848, he was\\ntwenty-one years of age, and in the March following\\n(when his first vote was cast) he was elected as repre-\\nsentative to the General Court. He continued to\\nrepresent the town for four years in succession. Dur-\\ning this membership in the legislature, he concluded\\nto pursue the study of the law, and at the close of the\\nsession of 1851 he entered the office of Hon. Geo. W.\\nNesmith and Hon. A. F. Pike, at Franklin, where he has\\nsince resided. He was admitted to the bar in Octo-\\nber, 1854, and he at once formed a partnership with\\nMr. Pike, which continued till the spring of 1863. He\\nwas elected as representative from the town of Frank-\\nlin in 1860 and in 1862, and to the Senate, from the\\neleventh district, in 1865 and 1866, and was president", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0157.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "138 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof that body the latter year. He was elected coun-\\ncillor from the third district in 1870, and again in\\n1871. He was a member of the Philadelphia Con-\\nvention in 1872, which nominated Gen. Grant for his\\nsecond term. He was appointed county solicitor in\\n1867, but declined a reappointment in 1872. The\\nappointment was again tendered him in 1877, but de-\\nclined. He has been a trustee of the Franklin Sav-\\nings Bank since its organization in 1865, and clerk\\nand legal counsel of the Franklin Falls Company since\\nits organization in 1864, and for seven years past its\\nagent. He is a widely known and successful lawyer.\\nMr. Barnard married, Nov. 8, 1854, Amelia Morse,\\nonly daughter of Rev. Wm. Morse, then of Chelms-\\nford, Mass. Seven children have been born to this\\ncouple, six of whom are now living.\\nORGANIZING UNDER THE GRANT.\\nAn application was now made to a justice of the\\npeace for a warrant to call a legal meeting, and a copy\\nof the justice s warrant here follows:\\nProvince of\\nNew Hampshire, j Whereas, application has been made to\\nnie, one of His Majesty s Justices of the Peace for the Province,\\nhy the owners of more than one sixteenth part of a Township,\\nNo. One called New Amesbury in the said Province, which has\\nbeen granted of late to Capt. Jonathan Barnard and others by\\nthe Proprietors of Mason s Right, that a meeting of the proprie-\\ntors may be called\\nThis is therefore to notify all the Proprietors to meet together", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0158.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "ORGANIZING UNDER THE GRANT. 139\\nat the house of Mrs. Esther Colby, Inholder in Amesbury in the\\nProvince of Massachusetts Bay, the 17th day of February, at\\none o clock P. M. to act on the following particulars, viz\\nFirst, to choose a moderator\\n2d, to choose a proprietors clerk\\n3d, to vote a confirmation of what the proprietors have hereto-\\nfore agreed upon\\n4th, to choose a committee to call meetings and empower them\\nto settle accounts and collect in delinquents money and pay out\\nwhere due.\\nPhilip White, Justice of the Peace.\\nSo. Hampton\\nFeb. 2, 1768.\\nAgreeably to this warning the proprietors met, and\\nmade choice of Thomas Rowell for moderator, and\\nNehemiah Ordway for clerk.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that Francis Davis have\\nthe saw-mill, iron-work, and mill privilege, the same as\\nhad been laid out by the committee.\\nVoted, also, to confirm many votes previously passed.\\nChose Increase Morrill, Francis Davis, and Ezekiel\\nEvans a committee to visit the settlers, and see if\\nthey have fulfilled their contract, and if not, to forbid\\nthem to proceed any further and if any have taken\\nmore land than was granted them, to warn them off.\\nIt is evident from one of the foregoing votes, that\\nFrancis Davis had completed a grist-mill at this time,\\nfor a committee had been previously appointed to\\nmake sale of the saw-mill and privilege for the most\\nthey would bring, and oblige the buyer to build a\\ngrist-mill. So, from about this time forth, the rum-\\n10", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0159.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "140 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nbling of the millstones has been a familiar sound\\nwithin our borders.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 22, 1768,\\nVoted to raise 3 pounds and 12 shillings ($12) on\\neach right, to pay the Masonian proprietors and to\\nmeet the charges of the present year.\\nDuring the years 1768 and 1769 many bills were\\npaid by the proprietors for services of committees, for\\nthe relief of settlers, for preaching, for the township\\nof land, and for various other purposes. A few of\\nthese bills are here transcribed\\ns. d. q.\\nWidow Esther Colby, expense of several meetings, 1-11-0-0\\nMr. Ferrenton Preaching and expense of meetings, 6- 2-4-0\\nEzekiel Evans Collecting taxes, 1768\u00e2\u0080\u0094 6- 0-0-0\\nEzekiel Evans for going to Portsmouth to get the\\nCharter of Mason Proprietors 3-17-7-1\\nDr. Nehemiah Ordway for services rendered to\\nJacob Rowell for crcmips 4-10-8-0\\nTimothy Walker for jjreaching 4-16-0-0\\nDavid Morrill for Iron work 1- 0-0-0\\nOrdered to pay to George Jaffrey 180- 0-0-0\\nNehemiah Ordway, Jr. for preaching, 5-12-0-0\\nCapt. Jonathan Barnard, services 2-14-0-0\\nErancis Davis work on higliwa} 2- 0-9-0\\nEzikiel Evans for clearing way to Perry town 2- 8-0-0\\nDaniel Annis plank for dam 0-15-0-0\\nSimeon Bartlett services as assessor 0- 9-0-0\\nBarnard Hoyt for services in New Almsbury 5- 3-6-0\\nVoted to give to Seth Goodwin $15, under his distressed cir-\\ncumstances.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0160.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE X.\\nDELINQUENT RIGHTS SECOND MEETING-HOUSE ANOTHER TOWN\\nTRESPASSERS RUNNING THE LINES.\\nFTER the lars-e assessment was made in 1768\\nto pay the Mason proprietors, and after it was\\nseen that another heavy assessment must be levied to\\ndispossess the Rye people of their claims in the town-\\nship, many of the Amesbury proprietors allowed their\\nrights to be sold for taxes. Indeed, before 1768, a\\nnumber had become weary of taxation and of strife,\\nand had allowed their rights to go, under the hammer.\\nFrom the year 1764 to the year 1769, twenty-three\\nout of the sixty original rights or shares were sold to\\npay taxes on the same. The sales averaged only\\nabout $15 to a share. No further proof is necessary,\\nto show that as a speculation the investment in the\\ntownship was a failure. Each proprietor had paid at\\nleast twice $15 on his right.\\nIn 1768 and the next year the proprietors frequent-\\nly met for the transaction of business. It was an un-\\nusually busy period with them. Settlers on the gift-\\nlots were confirmed in their titles committees were", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0161.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "142 HISTOEY OP WAKNER.\\nchosen for re-surveying those lots, for laying out high-\\nways, for examining bounds and rectifying mistakes,\\nfor laying out another division of eighties, and another\\nof sixties. The details of these transactions might not\\nbe interesting to the reader they are therefore omit-\\nted.\\nIn the year 1768 another tax of $2 was ordered on\\neach right.\\nIn the year 1769 the province of New Hampshire\\nwas divided into counties, five in number, viz., Rock-\\ningham, Strafford, Hillsborough, Cheshire, and Graf-\\nton. The public business had all been done at Ports-\\nmouth previous to this, and it was done there some\\nlittle time afterwards, as the machinery of the coun-\\nties did not at once get to running.\\nSECOND MEETING-HOUSE.\\nIn the warrant for a meeting of the proprietors\\nin the house of James French, innholder, in South\\nHampton, June 28th, 1769, the fourth article to be\\nacted upon was in these words\\nTo see if the Proprietors will do anything towards\\nbuilding another Meeting House in the township.\\nOn this article the following action was taken\\nVoted to build a meeting house in the township.\\nAt the annual meeting, in March, 1770,\\nVoted to raise ^60 to build the meetinghouse,\\nand that Ezekiel Evans and Ezekiel Dimond be a", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0162.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "SECOND MEETING-HOUSE. 143\\ncommittee to see that the $60 be laid out for said\\npurpose.\\nThe first house had but a brief day. It was de-\\nstroyed by fire, no one knows how. It could not have\\nbeen an act of incendiarism committed by the Indians,\\nfor they had retired forever from Warner before this\\ntime. It could hardly have occurred accidentally, be-\\ncause the house was seldom occupied, and there was\\nin it no fireplace or other provision for heating. The\\npoor old edifice may have been the victim of a dispute\\nor controversy, as many a one, both before and since,\\nhas been. But no insurance company was broke\\nby this fire, and no great loss was suffered, for the\\nbuilding was poorly constructed of unhewed logs. It\\nhad in it not a single pane of glass, nothing but the\\nmerest apology for a pulpit, and not a pew of any\\nkind.\\nThe second house was erected in the old cemetery,\\non the exact site of the first. It was a frame building,\\n24 feet by 30, one story high, without a steeple,\\nboarded on the sides, and covered on the top with\\nlong split shingles. It faced the Gould road, the door\\nbeing at the middle of the front side, and the pulpit\\nat the back side. It was rather uncomely in appear-\\nance, but far less so than its predecessor. After the\\ntimber was partly prepared for this second meeting-\\nhouse, and the nails were on the ground, a bee was\\nmade, to which all the people were invited, and the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0163.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "144 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nhouse was raised and substantially completed in a day.\\nThis was in the summer of 1770.\\nThe seats, at first, were rough benches, but in Sep-\\ntember, 1772, the pew-gromid was sold, and the\\nproceeds of the sale went for the further finishing of\\nthe house. At the same time the assemblage\\nVoted that there should be six pews at ye fore\\nside of 3 e meeting house, and four at ye back side,\\nand two long pews one at each end of said house.\\nAt the same meeting the unmade pews were sold\\nat public vendue, to raise money for the making of\\nthe same. Captain Daniel Flood, who had a gift for\\nthat position, acted as auctioneer.\\nPew No. 1 was struck off to Francis Davis at 19 shillings\\nNo. 2 to Abner Chase, at 20 shillings\\nNo. 3 to Dea. Neheraiah Heath, at 17 shillings\\nNo. 4 (it being the long pew at the east end of the house) to\\nZebulon Davis, at 14 shillings\\nNo. 5 to Joseph Currier, at 18 shillings\\nNo. 6 to Seth Goodwin, at 23 shillings\\nNo. 8 to Isaac Waldron, Jr., at 21 shillings, 6 pence\\nNo. 9 (the long pew at the west end of the house) to Thomas\\nAnnis, at 14 shillings\\nNo. 10 to Daniel Flanders, at 15 shillings;\\nNo. 11 to Richard Goodwin, at 21 shillings, 6 pence;\\nNo. 12 to Dea. Parmenas Watson, at 22 shillings.\\nOf course these pews were not to be finished in the\\nhighest style of workmanship, nor to be made of ma-\\nhogany or black walnut. The lowest priced one sold\\nfor $2.33^, and the highest for $3.83i\\nA part of the house was provided with benches for", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0164.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "ANOTHER TOWN. 145\\nthose who did not feel able to own pews. It was\\nfelt that provision must be made for all, as the people\\nof that day did not forsake the assembling of them-\\nselves together on the Sabbath, as the manner of so\\nmany now is.\\nAXOTHER TOWN.\\nThe reader is now invited back to the proprietors\\nmeeting at South Hampton, June 28, 1769. At that\\nmeeting,\\nVoted that Capt. Jonathan Barnard and Nehe-\\nmiah Ordway, be a committee to send to the General\\nCourt, by some of the Representatives to see if they\\ncan get the petition granted that was sent in last\\nyear for another Township.\\nThis application was, of course, to the General\\nCourt of Massachusetts, and not to that of New\\nHampshire, for the latter province was under no obli-\\ngations to those proprietors. She had had no deal-\\nings with them. The proprietors held that Massachu-\\nsetts was indebted to them that they received their\\nfirst grant from that Province, which failed that they\\nhad been compelled to purchase the same township\\nfrom the lawful owners and that another party still\\nwas assuming a threatening attitude towards them.\\nThis was equity, if not good law. By the false\\nstep of Massachusetts the proprietors had been led", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0165.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "146 HISTORY OF \u00e2\u0096\u00a0WARNER.\\ninto difficulty, and it was the duty of that province\\nto lead them out, or in some way to make thera\\nwhole.\\nTheir application was favorably considered. The\\nGeneral Court of Massachusetts, by way of remuner-\\nation for their losses and labors, granted to the Salis-\\nbury and Amesbury proprietors one half of the\\ntownships of Solon and Poland, in Maine. Maine, at\\nthis time, was a part of Massachusetts. Solon is on\\nthe Kennebec river, in Somerset county, and a few\\nmiles north of Skowhegan. Poland is in Androscog-\\ngin county, near Auburn and Lewiston. They are\\nboth very respectable towns at the present time, but\\nit is not known how valuable these grants became to\\nthe ^proprietors of Warner.\\nTRESPASSERS.\\nAt the aforesaid South Hampton meeting, Simeon\\nBartlett, David Bagley, and Jonathan Barnard were\\nchosen as a committee to prosecute trespassers.\\nAt a meeting of the proprietors, in March, 1770,\\nVoted that the settlers who have taken up 40 acre\\nLots, shall give security for them in one month s time\\nfrom the above date, or be excluded from having one.\\nRUNNING THE LINES.\\nVoted, at same meeting, that Henry Morrill and\\nBarnard Hoyt be a committee to applj^ to the Pro-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0166.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "RUNNING THE LINES. 147\\nprietors of Mason s Patten, to settle the Lines round\\nthe town purchased of them, and that said committee\\napply to the Lords Proprietors for the above purpose,\\nby the first day of May.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, April 18th, the committee\\nreported that they had acquainted the Clerk of the\\nMason Proprietors, and that they would appoint a\\nSurveyor at their next meeting to perform the busi-\\nness required.\\nVoted that Ezekiel Dimond and Ezekiel Evans go\\nwith the surveyor to run the lines round the town.\\nIn the records of a meeting; of the Masonian or\\nLords proprietors, held at Portsmouth, June 13, 1770,\\nthe following appears\\nWhereas there has been application to this Pro-\\nprietary, requesting that the Bounds of the tract of\\nLand sold to Jonathan Barnard and others, may be\\nrun and marked by a skilfuU Serveyor, by order and\\nDirection of the proprietors, ye Venders and the\\ncharge of the Same to be defrayed by the Vendees\\nor those who hold under them. Therefore Voted that\\nDaniel Rogers Esq. and Mr. Peter Pearce be a Com-\\nmittee to have the same performed at the Expense of\\naforesaid Vendees.\\nIn due time these steps resulted in the thorough\\nand systematic survey of the township which has\\nbeen noticed in a preceding chapter, and which is", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0167.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "1-18 HISTORY OF WAENER.\\nreferred to again in the following pages. It was the\\nfirst proper survey of the township ever made.\\nIn the warrant for a meeting to be held in Ames-\\nbury, April 21, 1770, the following articles appear\\nTo see if the proprietors will choose a man or\\nmen to carry on the Law-suit commenced by Increase\\nMorrill against Jonathan Parmer of Chester for Tres-\\npass.\\nAlso, to do what is thought proper towards clear-\\ning a way from Boscawen to Perrystown.\\nAt the meeting held under this warrant,\\nChose Jonathan Barnard and Ezekiel Evans a\\ncommittee to take advice of the Lords Proprietors in\\nrelation to the Law-suit against said Parmer, and\\nchose the said Evans to clear the way from Boscawen\\nto Perrystown.\\nIn the years 1770 and 1771 taxes were assessed, at\\none time, two dollars on each right; at another time,\\nthree dollars and at another time, one. Highways\\nwere laid out in different sections of the town, but\\nprincipally in the eastern and southern parts, and\\nmost of them leading to the meeting-house, the great\\nreligious and political centre. Some of these roads\\nwere decently made others were made barely pass-\\nable for cart and oxen; others were mere bridle-\\npaths.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0168.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "RUNNING THE LINES. 149\\nIn 1771, the report of the committee on roads con-\\ncludes as follows\\nAlso, layed out a road between every Eange in\\nall the divisions except where they are altered by the\\npoints of Compass.\\nAll the roads laid out in those years were to be\\nthree rods in width. It is a pity that this early ex-\\nample could not have been followed more closely in\\nafter years by the authorities of Warner.\\nAmong the prominent and active proprietors of the\\ntownship under the Masonian grant, were Jonathan\\nBarnard, Benjamin Evans, Simeon Bartlett, Ezekiel\\nEvans, Nehemiah Ordway, and Ezekiel Dimond. The\\nhistory of these men, in all its details, would greatly\\ninterest the inhabitants of the town which they found-\\ned, but only a small part of that history is known to\\nthe present generation.\\nCaptain Jonathan Barnard, innholder, is briefly\\nmentioned on a preceding page.\\nCapt. Benjamin Evans lived at Rocky Hill, Salis-\\nbury, Mass. He was a large farmer, a tanner, and a\\ndealer in cattle. He also served in the legislature of\\nhis native state, and was a sheriff many years. As a\\nproprietor, he owned lands in Warner. Asa Harriman,\\nwho was his nephew, bought sixty acres of his land\\non the south side of the Mink hills, and named his\\nfirst son for him.\\nSimeon Bartlett was a resident of Amesbury. He", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0169.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "150\\nHISTORY OP WARNER.\\nwas a brother to Dr. Josiah Bartlett, one of the sign-\\ners of the Declaration of Indej^endence, and one of\\nthe early chief magistrates of New Hampshire. Sim-\\neon was the father of Joseph, Richard, and Simeon\\nBartlett, who settled in Warner, and the grandfather\\nof Levi, Stephen, Thomas H., and Col. Simeon.\\nEzekiel Evans was a resident of Salisbury, Mass.,\\nand was a brother to Capt. Benjamin. The Ezekiel\\nEvans, of Warner, was a distant relative of his.\\nNehemiah Ordway resided in Amesbury, and was\\na doctor. He was jDroprietors clerk a great many\\nyears. He visited Warner, and remained in town\\nsome months, perhaps a year, at one time. He had\\ntwo adjoining lots in the North village, the one being\\nthe lot on which his great-grandson, John Ordway, re-\\nsides. He was the father of Rev. Nehemiah, noticed\\nin a former chapter, and of Bradshaw, who settled in\\nWarner, and who was the father of Nehemiah and\\nSamuel, recently deceased.\\nEzekiel Dimond was originally from Amesbury. He\\nwas one of the proprietors of Warner, and was regard-\\ned at one time as a citizen of the town, though he had\\nno permanent residence here. He settled on Di-\\nmond s hill, in Concord, where he remained through\\nlife. He was the father of Israel, at Dimond s Corner,\\nEzekiel, in the Mirick neighborhood, and Isaac, at\\nJoppa.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0170.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XL\\nSETTLEMENT OF FIRST MINISTER STEPS TOWARDS INCORPORA-\\nTION A CHURCH ORGANIZED THE SURVEY FIRST BRIDGE\\nPROPRIETORS RECORDS.\\nT a meeting of the proprietors, in Amesbury,\\nNov. 14, 1770, Voted to pay a dollar and a\\nhalf on each right for the first year, and a dollar a\\nyear on each right for the next four years, and fifty\\ncents on each right for the sixth year, on condition\\nthat the inhabitants settle an orthodox minister in\\ntown within two years from December, 1770.\\nAs there were sixty rights on which this tax was\\nto be assessed, this proposed aid from the proprietors\\nwould amount to the handsome sum of $90 the first\\nyear, $60 a year for the next four years, and $30 for\\nthe sixth year. The proprietors believed, of course,\\nthat the town would be rapidly increasing in numbers\\nand wealth, and that the demand for foreign help to\\nsustain the church would be growing less and less.\\nAt the same meeting,\\nChose Nehemiah Ordway, Simeon Bartlett, and\\nDea. Daniel Morrill, a committee to treat with the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0171.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "152 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nsettlers committee in relation to settling a minister\\nin town, and having constant preaching, according to\\nthe charter.\\nCONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARTIES.\\nAlmsbury March 13, 1771. Pursuant to the votes of the\\nproprietors of New Almsbury, so called, in New Hampshire, at\\ntheir meeting Nov. 14, 1770, at the Widow Esther Colby s, We\\nthe subscribers, in our capacity Do by these presents engage and\\nbind ourselves to Isaac Waldron Joseph Sawyer and Isaac Chase\\nall of New Almsbury aforesaid committee of the settlers in the\\nsum of three hundred and sixty milled dollars to .be paid 90\\ndollars on or before December next, and 60 dollars a year for\\n4 years after December next, and 30 dollars in five years after\\nDecember next which payment well and truly to be made we bind\\nourselves and successors in the penal sum of 108 jjounds lawful\\nmoney witness our hands in presence of\\nSamuel Barnard Nehemiah Ordway y\\nBenjamin Evans Simeon Bartlett Committee.\\nDaniel Morrill\\nTwo of the committee from the settlers had made\\na journey to Amesbury in the fulfilment of their mis-\\nsion with regard to settling a minister. They met\\nthe committee of the proprietors, on the day above\\nwritten, and then and there signed the contract in\\nbehalf of the settlers. It was in the words following\\nAlmsbury, March 13, 1771. We the subscribers, Isaac Wal-\\ndron Joseph Sawyer and Isaac Chase, committee of the settlers\\nin New Almsbury in New Hampshire in our capacity Do by\\nthese presents bind and oblige ourselves in the sum of 108 pounds\\nlawful money, to Dr. Nehemiah Ordway Simeon Bartlett, and\\nDeacon Daniel Morrill of Salisbury, to be paid on or before De-\\ncember, 1772 The conditions of the above obligation are such", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0172.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 153\\nthat if the above said Isaac Waldron Joseph Sawyer and Isaac\\nChase or the inhabitants of New Almsbury shall settle a Learned\\nOrthodox Gospel Jlinister in New Almsbury as above expressed\\non or before December in the year 1772, then the above obliga-\\ntion to be void and of none effect, or else to stand in full force\\nand virtue In witness whereof we have set our hands the day\\nand date above written\\nIn presence of\\nSamuel Barnard Joseph Sawyer _,\\n-r, -T^ T \\\\-M i Committee.\\nBenjamin il,vans Isaac Chase\\nThis contract needs no explanation, as there is no\\nambiguity about it. It was reHgiously observed by\\nthe two contracting parties. The inhabitants of the\\ntownship settled their learned orthodox minister\\nten months before the expiration of the time in which\\nthey had bound themselves to do this, in order to se-\\ncure the stipulated sums from the proprietors to sup-\\nport preaching, and the proprietors on their part\\npromptly paid over every dollar, according to con-\\ntract.\\nTo be prepared to meet the conditions of this con-\\ntract, the proprietors were obliged to levy additional\\ntaxes on the rights, and they, at their annual meeting\\nin March, 1771,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted to raise 4 dollars on each right to defray\\nthe charges of the year.\\nVoted, also, that Seth Goodwin have 28 acres\\nmore of land, if he will accept it in lieu of the 15 dol-\\nlars voted him at a former meeting, under his distress-\\ned circumstances.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0173.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "154 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nWhat the distressed circumstances of Mr. Goodwin\\nwere, there is no hving witness to tell. He may have\\nbeen disabled by an accident; his family may have\\nbeen sick perhaps his buildings were burned, or his\\ncattle died, and blighted was his corn or his gift-\\nlot did n t pan out as well as he expected. But we\\nmay console ourselves with the reflection that it could\\nnot have been a very grave matter, for the proprie-\\ntors, who were alive to every cry of distress, evidently\\nthought that about fifteen dollars would make him\\nwhole. He lived at the Moulton place in Schoodac.\\nAt a meeting, May 29, 1771,\\nChose Capt. Benjamin Evans, Nathan Currier, and\\nBenjamin Osgood a committee to prosecute Trespass-\\ners on lands, or for cutting timber.\\nAt a meeting, July 30, 1771, ordered,\\ns. d. q.\\nTo Mrs. Tarbiatha Barnard, for expenses of propri-\\netors meetings 0- 6-4-0\\nTo Mrs. Esther Colby, for meetings at her house, 2- 2-6-0\\nTo Nehemiah Ordway, Jr., for preaching, 1-10-0-0\\nFor preaching in 1771\u00e2\u0080\u0094 16-10-0-0\\nAt the same meeting.\\nChose a committee to renew the bounds of lots, so\\nthat they might be recorded in the proprietors book\\nand to see if those persons who had engaged to be-\\ncome settlers had complied with the terms of their\\nagreement, and if not, to make a demand of their\\nlots.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0174.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "A CHURCH ORGANIZED. 155\\nSTEPS TOWARDS INC0RP0RATI0:N\\nAt Amesbury, October 24, 1771,\\nChose Ezekiel Evans and David Bagley a commit-\\ntee to get the town incorporated.\\nAt another meeting, held November, 1771,\\nVoted that Eliphalet Danford have the Interval\\nlaying in his Lot. (This intervale and lot belong to\\nthe Bagley farm, which is now owned by Samuel H.\\nDow.)\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted that there shall be laid out a 40 acre lot\\nfor the first ordained minister, near the Meeting\\nHouse, and also, a 40 acre parsonage Lot and a 40\\nacre School Lot.\\nA CHURCH ORGANIZED.\\nA church was organized, and Rev. William Kel-\\nley was ordained and settled in New Araesbury\\n(Warner), Feb. 5, 1772. A biographical sketch of\\nMr. Kelley will be found in a subsequent chapter.\\nHis home in Warner was on the road that leads up\\nsoutherly from the Parade. He built his house after\\nhis settlement in town. It was a small, one-story\\nbuilding. After living in this several years, he added\\na two-story front, it being the first two-story frame\\nhouse built in town. That front now stands in War-\\nner Lower Village, opposite John Aiken s. It was for-\\n11", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0175.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "156 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nmerly occupied by Capt. Joshua Sawyer, and is now\\noccupied by his grandson, Herbert Sawyer.\\nLet him who can appreciate the grandeur of a\\nperfect landscape go up from the guidepost, at the\\nParade, to the site of Rev. William Kelley s house. It\\nwill be on his left hand. He must not come to this\\nplace from the opposite direction, nor in the middle\\nof the day. It must be at the hour of sunset, for all\\nviews are comparatively tame at any other hour.\\nStanding there, on the strong foundations of the Kel-\\nley house, facing the north, he will catch a view that\\ntranscends in some respects all other views to be had\\nin Warner.\\nTHE SURVEY.\\nThe town was surveyed in August, 1772, as stated\\nin the second chapter. The work was done under the\\nsupervision of Hubertus Neal, of Penacook, deputy\\nsurveyor. William Perkins and Zebulon Davis were\\nthe sworn chainmen Francis Davis and Ezekiel Evans\\nwere the committee for conducting the survey. This\\nparty, failing to find an unappropriated territory six\\nmiles square, and corresponding with the terms of the\\ngrant, found an equivalent by extending the town-\\nship westward.\\nZebulon Davis was the oldest son of Capt. Francis.\\nHe was at this time 24 years of age. When he set-\\ntled down in life, he lived at the Charles P. Sawyer\\nplace. His sons were Stephen, Alpheus, and Zebulon.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0176.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "FIRST BRIDGE. 157\\nAt a proprietors meeting, September, 1772,\\n\u00c2\u00a3.s.\\nOrdered for the proj)rietors part for preaching, 18- 6\\nOrdered to Hubertus Neal for running out the town, 6-13\\nFIRST BRIDGE.\\nIn the warrant for a meeting, October 13, 1772, the\\nfollowing article appears\\nTo see if the proprietors will assist the inhabitants\\nin building a bridge over Amesbury River, near Mr.\\nDaniel Flanderses, and in repairing road to Perrys-\\ntown.\\nAt the meeting which followed, David Bagley and\\nEzekiel Dimond were chosen a committee to repair\\nsaid road, but no mention is made of the bridge, in\\nthe records of this meeting. Still, it is probable that\\nsome provision was made at that meeting, or at one\\nwhich soon followed, for building the bridge. A bridge\\nwas built the next year (1773), and it stood about\\ntwenty rods down the river from the present bridge\\nby the brick school-house.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 24, 1773,\\nVoted that the assessors raise five dollars on each right to de-\\nfray charges\\ns. (I\\nVoted to allow Ezekiel Evans for 11 days service running\\nout the town, 2-17-0\\nVoted to allow Francis Davis, self and son, for the same\\nservice, 2- 2-6\\nOrdered to pay to the settlers committee for preaching, 18-0-0\\nAt the same meeting,\\nChose Benjamin Evans and Simeon Bartlett a committee to\\nproceed in the law and eject Jonathan Parmer off his lot of\\nLand, and all other trespassers in the township.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0177.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XII.\\nPEOPEIETORS RECORDS THE RYE GRANTEES BOARD OP ARBI-\\nTRATORS THEIR AWARD PARMER AGAIN.\\nT the annual meeting in March, 1773, Chose a\\ncommittee to meet a number of Gentlemen\\nbelonging to Rye, upon their desire, and hear their\\nproposals and make report at the adjournment of this\\nmeeting then the meeting adjourned to the 5th day\\nof May.\\nNo business was transacted at the adjourned meet-\\ning but at another, held June 3, 1773, Voted, that\\nNehemiah Ordway, Nathaniel Currier, Benjamin\\nEvans, Simeon Bartlett, Henry Morrill, Samuel Bar-\\nnard, Daniel Morrill, Theodore Hoyt, Peter Sargent,\\nand Thomas Barnard, or any five of them, be a com-\\nmittee to proceed with the Rye committee and have\\nthe case submitted to men for Arbitration, unless the\\nRye committee propose to take a sum of money\\nwhich our committee shall deem reasonable and think\\nproper to pay.\\nSaid Rye committee consisted of Richard Jenness,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0178.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "BOAED OF ARBITRATORS. 159\\nRichard Jenness, Jr., Samuel Jenness, Francis Jenness,\\nNathaniel Rand (cordwainer), and Ozam Doust.\\nBOARD OF ARBITRATORS.\\nThe proprietors committee met the Rye committee\\nin conference, and July 20th, 1773, the two commit-\\ntees agreed to submit all matters in dispute to a\\nboard of arbitrators. Each party gave bonds in the\\nsum of 1000 pounds, lawful money of the province of\\nNew Hampshire, to abide the judgment of this board.\\nTheir agreement was in the words following\\nAll disputes and controversies that have been and still are\\nexisting between sundry persons who, under the name of Jen-\\nnestown Proprietors, claim title to lands within the bounds\\nof New Amesbury in the county of Hillsboro and Province of\\nNew Hampshire, and the Proprietors of said New Amesbury,\\nare submitted for final determination, to Thomas Waldron, Ben-\\njamin Chadbourn, Benjamin Greenleaf and Woodbury Langdon.\\nAfter due deliberation, the arbitrators announced\\nthe following\\nAWARD.\\nKnow all men by these presents That, whereas, the above\\nnamed Richard Jenness, Richard Jenness Jr., Francis Jenness,\\nSamuel Jenness, Nathaniel Rand and Ozam Doust Nehemiah\\nOrdway, Daniel Quimby, Simeon Bartlett, Nathaniel Currier\\nand Benjamin Evans, have, by their Bonds of even date with\\nthese presents by them respectively executed, submitted to our\\nfinal determination the controversies and disputes in the condi-\\ntion of the foregoing obligation mentioned having taken upon\\nus the Burden submitted to i;s, and heard the parties and their\\nevidence thereupon, We do, for the putting an end to the said", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0179.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "160 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nControversy and Dispute make and publish this our Award, in\\nmanner following\\nThat, within six months from the date of these Presents, the\\nsaid Proprietors of New Amesbury shall pay unto the Proprietors\\nof Jennestown, the sum of 140 pounds Lawful money of the Prov-\\nince of New Hampshire, with interest for the same sum from\\nthis day until paid And that the said Proprietors shall, upon\\nthe receipt thereof, release unto the said New Amesbury proprie-\\ntors all their Eight, Title, and Interest in and unto all the Lands\\nlying within the bounds of said Township of New Amesbury, and\\nshall free them from the claims of all persons claiming right un-\\nder the said Jennestown Grant, and the said Proprietors of Jen-\\nnestown shall indemnify them of all damages that may accrue by\\nsuch claims and that this Award shall be a final end of all said\\ncontroversies and disputes between said parties to us submitted.\\nWitness our hands and seals this twentieth day of July Anno\\nDomini, 1773.\\nThomas Waldron\\nBenjamin Chadbourn\\nBenjamin Greenleaf\\nWoodbury Langdon.\\nThe proprietors met at the Widow Esther Colby s,\\nin Amesbury, July 27, 1773, and voted to raise eight\\ndollars on each right, to sustain the action of the com-\\nmittee in relation to the settlement of the difficulties\\nwith the Rye proprietors.\\nDecember 2, 1773,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ns. d. q.\\nOrdered to committee for settling dispute with Rye pro-\\nprietors\u00e2\u0080\u0094 143-3-8-0\\nOrdered to Benjamin Evans for services and money,\\npaid\u00e2\u0080\u0094 14-3-8-2\\nPARMER AGAIN.\\nAt the annual meeting, held March 10, 1774, Ben-\\njamin Evans and Simeon Bartlett were chosen a com-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0180.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "ACTION AGAINST TRESPASSEES. 161\\nmittee to eject Jonathan Parmer, or any other per-\\nson on land in New Amesbury, claiming under the\\nJennestown proprietors, in case the said Jennestown\\ncommittee neglect to remove the said trespassers.\\nAt the same meeting, voted to lay out and allot all\\nthe common land in the township.\\nVoted that Isaac Chandler, Joseph Pudney, and\\nDea. Kimball, of Hopkinton, be a committee to exam-\\nine and see whether the settlers have fulfilled ac-\\ncordino; to ag-reement.\\nAt the same meeting, voted to raise four dollars on\\neach right, to defray the charges for the year.\\nThe Jonathan Palmer case seems to have been a\\nperfect Pandora s box to the proprietors of War-\\nner. A multitude of evils sprang from it, and much\\nlitigation grew out of it. It appears that Palmer was\\nfrom Chester; that he came to Warner about the\\nyear 1765; that he came when the town was techni-\\ncally the property of the Rye grantees that he came\\nunder their auspices, and took up a 40-acre lot, and\\nmade certain improvements upon it. It appears, fur-\\nther, that the Amesbury proprietors made repeated at-\\ntempts to drive him out, taking the ground, first, that\\nthe Rye people had no jurisdiction and, second,\\nthat, even if they had jurisdiction, Palmer had failed\\nto comply with their conditions of settlement. He\\nhad selected an ordinary lot to make a farm of, though\\nit was very fair for pasture land. It was a half mile", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0181.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "162 HISTOEY OF WAENER.\\nlong, and forty rods wide. It has for a great many\\nyears constituted a part of the Joshua Bagley farm,\\nwhich is now Samuel H. Dow s. It heads on the Ori-\\ngen Dimond lot, and stretches along northward, on\\nthe upper side of the Dunbar farm, across Ballard\\nbrook, the north-east corner running over the main\\nroad and just reaching the railroad. At that point is\\nthe corner bound, a little below the buildings on the\\nsaid Bagley farm.\\nOn this lot Palmer cleared, or partly cleared, three\\nor four acres, and built something that he called a\\nhouse, though the Amesbury proprietors called it a\\nframe. The new Joppa road runs very near the\\nsite where this frame stood. The Amesbury proprie-\\ntors allowed that if Palmer had complied with the\\nterms of settlement prescribed by the Rye grantees\\n(even though they had no authority), he should go\\nunmolested. But they denied that he had done this,\\nand claimed that he was simply a trespasser on land\\nnot his own. They therefore voted, in March, 1767,\\nto give Increase Morrill a 40 acre Lot near where\\nParmer built a/r\u00c2\u00abme, he [Morrill] complying with the\\nterms and settling as other settlers. This meant that\\nMorrill was to have the very lot that Palmer had pre-\\nempted, and the first step was to drive Palmer off.\\nThe law was appealed to for this purpose, and Ports-\\nmouth was the theatre of the conflict. But the law s\\ndelays and the law s uncertainties were again exem-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0182.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "ACTION AGAINST TRESPASSERS. 163\\nplified. Palmer still held the fort. Seed-time and\\nharvest came, years passed on, and, in August, 1770,\\na meeting was called at Amesbury To see if the pro-\\nprietors will choose a committee to carry on the Law-\\nsuit commenced by Increase Morrill, against Jonathan\\nPalmer, of Chester, for Trespass and Ezekiel Evans\\nand Jonathan Barnard were chosen to take the advice\\nof the Lords proprietors in relation to the law-suit\\nagainst said Palmer.\\nThen, after another long delay intervened, the pro-\\nprietors, March 24, 1773, chose a committee to proceed\\nin this law-suit, and eject this man from the lot he had\\nselected. And, finally, this latter vote is repeated\\nand emphasized at the annual meeting, March 10, 1774.\\nJustice requires the presentation of the grounds on\\nwhich Palmer stood and claimed a verdict. He con-\\ntended he was rightfully there, because he entered\\nupon the lot under the sanction of the Rye grantees.\\nHe contended further, that even if he had acquired\\nno rights under the Rye people, he had acquired a\\nperfect title under the Amesbury proprietors by ful-\\nfilling every obligation which they demanded of set-\\ntlers. This the Amesbury people denied. They rep-\\nresented, in court and elsewhere, that he had not com-\\nplied with a single condition that the land he had\\npretended to clear was covered with logs and with\\nstanding trees, and that the house he had built was\\nunfit for a pigeon-roost.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0183.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "164 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nPalmer fought valiantly, single-handed, and against\\ngreat odds. He evidently lost the field in one en-\\ncounter, but he seems to have regained it in another.\\nThe records of Hillsborough county show that this\\nredoubtable Jonathan, of New Amesbury, in May,\\n1774, sold and deeded to his brother, James Palmer,\\nof the same place, for the sum of fifteen pounds, lawful\\nmoney, a tract of forty acres of land, described by\\nhim as follows\\nIt being a Lot that was laid out to me by my right,\\nand afterwards recovered to me by law.\\nThus the contest with this individual seems to have\\nended in a victory for him, whatever may have been\\nthe fate of the one who held under him. He was\\nnot ejected. He sold his lot, and took his money and\\nhis departure from the scene of action.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0184.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XIII.\\nTHE TOWN INCORPORATED MILLS AT GREAT FALLS MORE\\nTROUBLE WITH RYE BURYING-YARD AND PARADE CAPTAIN\\nFRANCIS DAVIS NEARING THE END FINAL MEETING.\\nT the annual meeting in March, 1774, the pro-\\nprietors took further action by choosing Moses\\nFlanders, Ezekiel Evans, and Francis Davis as a com-\\nmittee for getting the town incorporated. This com-\\nmittee attended to their duty, and in the month of\\nSeptember following the town was incorporated by\\nthe name of\\nWARNER.\\ns. d.\\nOctober, 1774, Ordered to Capt. Francis Davis for\\ngetting tlie town incorporated 24-13-6\\nOrdered to committee in Warner, for preaching 18- 0-0\\nAt the same meeting, Francis Davis and Ezekiel\\nEvans were appointed to allot all the undivided land\\nin the township into Lots to each Proprietor in Divi-\\nsions as it will hold out.\\nIn November following, this committee reported as\\nfollows\\nIn pursuance of the above vote, We the subscribers have\\nbeen on the Township of New Amesbury (now Warner), and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0185.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "166 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nhave layed out all the undivided land, and find it to make (with\\nwhat lots were drawn and thrown up) an 80 acre Lot, a 60 acre\\nLot and a 40 acre Lot, to each Proprietor, reserving the County\\nRoad (main road), that goes through any part of the above Divi-\\nsion of 40 acre Lots, and any other roads that may be wanted\\nfor the use of the town and that may be laid out by the Select-\\nmen also reserving the mill privilege belonging to Capt. Davis\\nfrom damage of flowing the 40 acre Lots according to the true\\nintent of the Proprietors in granting said Privilege.\\nFrancis Davis p^^^^^ee\\nNov. 1774. Ezekiel Evans f ee.\\nMILLS AT GREAT FALLS.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1775, at Amesbury?\\nthe proprietors chose their officers for the ensuing\\nyear, and then,\\nVoted that the collector give notice by News Pa-\\nper in Newbury Port, Mass. and in Portsmouth, N. H.\\nat what time the taxes must be paid by the Proprie-\\ntors, and that said collector shall have sixpence per\\npound for gathering the Rates.\\nAt the same meeting.\\nVoted to empower the assessors to sell the mill\\nprivilege at Great Falls in the upper part of the town\\nto any person that will pay $100, one half of the\\npurchase money to be paid next December, and the\\nother half to be paid one year after said assessors to\\ngive a Deed to the purchaser and take security for\\nthe money.\\nVoted to raise $3 on each rightj to defray the\\nnecessary expenses of the year.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0186.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "MILLS AT GREAT FALLS. 167\\nOther business was transacted at this meeting, as\\nwas usual at most meetings, in reference to lines, lots,\\nand divisions. Constant changes, in these particulars,\\nwere being made.\\nThe great falls, mentioned above, are the falls at\\nWaterloo village.\\nNothing occurred at the annual meeting of the\\nproprietors, in March, 1776, worthy of note, but at\\nthe annual meeting of 1777, a committee was chosen\\nTo guard against encroachments upon the proprie-\\ntors lands. Said committee were authorized to see,\\nwhen in Warner, that no person had taken possession\\nof any lot of land without grant or purchase.\\nAt the annual meeting in March, 1778, John Barn-\\nard and Simeon Bartlett were chosen to advertise\\nand make sale by auction of the Mill Privilege at the\\nGreat Falls, and to give the buyer a lawful convey-\\nance, and oblige him to build a Saw Mill in one year\\nand a Grist Mill within three years from the time of\\nhis purchase, and to keep the mills in repair.\\nYoted $2 each to a committee who had settled a\\nland difficulty between Christopher Gould and Chris-\\ntopher Flanders.\\nVoted to give Charles Barnard 4 acres if there be\\nso much of Common land at the end of Carter s Lot\\nas Sawyer must have 4 acres from said Barnard s Lot\\nor have a law-suit.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0187.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "168 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMORE TROUBLE WITH RYE.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1779, nothing but\\nroutine business was transacted but at a meeting held\\nat Amesbury, April the 29th of that year, Simeon\\nBartlett and John Barnard were chosen to confer\\nw^ith a committee of the Proprietors of Jennestown,\\nso called, and see if they will remove the encroach-\\nments in the township by persons acting, or claiming\\nunder said Jennestown Grant.\\nIn case of a failure of this committee to get a fair\\nsettlement, they were instructed to take counsel, and\\nappeal to a court of law for redress of their wrongs.\\nIt is difficult, in the absence of any records of their\\nown, to understand this conduct of the Rye people.\\nAccording to the award of the commissioners, they\\nwere to relinquish all their right, title, and interest\\nin and unto all the lands in the township of New\\nAmesbury. To this award they submitted (as did\\nthe other party), but such records as are in existence\\nshow that they did not in good faith abide by it.\\nThe head man of the Rye grantees, or proprie-\\ntors, was Richard Jenness. Perhaps this trouble is\\nchargeable to his door. Perhaps it was lands in War-\\nner that he conveyed to parties by fraudulent papers,\\nand if so, these difficulties are accounted for.\\nThis Richard Jenness, representative for the towns\\nof Rye and Newcastle, was expelled from the assem-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0188.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "BUEYING-YARD AND PARADE. 169\\nbly of the province, at Portsmouth, May 12. 1773, for\\nthe forgery of deeds of conveyance of lands.\\nThe inhabitants of Rye and Newcastle, after this\\naction of the assembly, were called upon to elect\\nanother representative to take the place of the ex-\\npelled member, and Amos Seavey, of Rye, was chosen.\\nThis man was the ancestor of all the Seaveys of War-\\nner. His son Andrew settled between the Mink hills\\nand Bradford pond and the three sons of Andrew,\\nBurns, Harden, and James, are well remembered by\\nthe people of Warner.\\nBURYING-YARD AND PARADE.\\nAt their annual meeting in March, 1784, the pro-\\nprietors took steps for having ample grounds set off\\nfrom the meeting-house lot, for a cemetery and a per-\\nmanent training-field. Simeon Bartlett and David\\nBagley were appointed a committee to carry forward\\nthis project. They attended to their duty, and report-\\ned that they had set off from the Meeting House Lot\\nabout thirteen acres of land for Burying- Yard, Train-\\ning-Field [or Parade] and Highways.\\nThe metes and bounds of this tract are given in\\ndetail in the report of the committee, but they would\\nnot interest the reader, and are therefore not present-\\ned here. It is sufficient to say, that this tract of land\\nis at the old cemetery, heading on the Gould road,\\nand extending back north to the river. It is forty-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0189.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "170 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\none rods in width on the road, and some sixty rods\\ndeep. It is now mostly covered with a thrifty pine\\ngrowth; but in 1784, and for twenty years before that,\\nit was a beautiful slope, carpeted with greensward\\ndown to the river s edge. Here, on this tract, was\\nerected the first house of worship within the town-\\nship, and here the second house also. Here all\\nclasses, ages, and conditions were wont to congregate\\non the k5abbath day. They toiled up the long ascent\\nfrom the east they came in from the north, crossing\\nthe river almost under the shadow of the church edi-\\nfice they came down the Gould road from Waldron s\\nhill and the Minks they poured in from the south in\\ngreat numbers, passing the residence of their minis-\\nter, and often receiving kindly recognition from him\\non the way. The young and gay assembled at that\\nsacred place and the aged pilgrims, leaning upon\\ntheir staves, were there also, waiting for the consola-\\ntion of Israel. During the intermission, these vener-\\nable fathers and mothers, on bright summer days,\\ngathered at the river to recount the past, and to\\nrecall the graves of their kindred, far away.\\nHere, also, was planted the first city of the dead\\nwithin the township. Here, year after year, were the\\ntown elections held, and here the class, embracing\\nWarner, Fishersfield, Perrystown, and New Breton,\\nassembled annually, to make choice of a representa-\\ntive to the general court. Here the town militia,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0190.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "CAPTAIN FRANCIS DAVIS. 171\\nboth under the king and under the United States,\\nmet on parade for disciphne and drill. Here Captains\\nDavis, Flood, and others, in the exercise of lawful\\nauthority, drew the sword and took command. Here\\nthe men were warned to meet on parade and,\\nbefore the independence of the country, they were\\nsometimes notified and warned to assemble at the\\nKing s Parade for military drill and exercise.\\nCAPTAIN FRANCIS DAVIS.\\nAs Francis Davis was the first man to be put in\\ncommand of the soldiery of Warner, his authority, in\\nthe shape of a commission, is herewith presented.\\nProvince of John Wentworth Esq., Captain General and\\nNew Hampshire Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty s\\nProvince of New Hampshire, in New England,\\nTo Francis Davis Esquire Greeting.\\nBy virtue of the Power and Authority, in and by His Majes-\\ntj^ s Royal Commission to Me granted to be Captain General, c.\\nover His Majesty s Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, I Do,\\nby these Presents, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your\\nLoyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, constitute and appoint You\\nthe said Francis Davis, to be Captain of the 22d Company of\\nFoot, in the Ninth Regiment of Militia, in the Province of New\\nHampshire, of which John Goffe Esq. is Colonel.\\nYou are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty\\nof a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising said company in\\nArms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keej) them in\\ngood Order and Discipline hereby commanding them to obey\\nyou as their Captain, and yourself to observe and follow such Or-\\nders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from\\nMe, or the Commander in Chief for the time being, or other your\\nsuperior Officers for His Majesty s Service, according to Military\\nRules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in You.\\n12", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0191.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "172 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nGiven under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Portsmouth the\\nNinth Day of March, in the thirteenth year of the Eeign of His\\nMajesty King George the Third.\\nAnnoque Domini 1773. J Wentworth.\\nBy His Excellency s Command,\\nTheodore Atkinson, Sec y.\\nAs the cemetery in those days did not extend so\\nfar down towards Levi Bartlett s as now, Captain\\nDavis often paraded his company on ground now\\nwithin its enclosure. At other times the company\\nwas paraded in the road, by the ledge, and at other\\ntimes on the gentle slope just at the north-east corner\\nof the cemetery.\\nThese grounds are the property of the town to-day,\\nbut time has wrought great changes there. Unbroken\\nsilence now reigns on that venerable spot. The voice\\nof prayer and the voice of command will be heard\\nthere no more forever. The dead only sleep there.\\nBut with what unrivalled poetic beauty Longfellow\\nsays,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThere is no death what seems so is transition\\nThis life of mortal breath\\nIs but the suburb of the life elysian,\\nWhose portal we call death.\\nIn that great cloister s stillness and seclusion,\\nBy guardian angels led.\\nSafe from temptation, safe from sin s pollution,\\nThey live whotn we call deacV\\nNEARING THE END.\\nAs the work of the proprietors of Warner drew\\ntowards a close, it naturally became less and less", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0192.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "NEARING THE END. 173\\nimportant. The record of proprietors meetings, from\\nabout 1785 onward, becomes yearly less interesting.\\nFrom 1784 to 1792 the proprietors met annually, to\\nkeep their organization intact, and to transact what-\\never business must necessarily come before them, but\\nthey did little in those years except to confirm titles,\\nto rectify the boundaries of lots, to make trifling\\ngrants to certain settlers, for one reason and another,\\nand to divide up and draw the last remnants of their\\nlands. Having become, to a large degree, residents\\nof Warner, the proprietors, from 1792 onward, held\\nall their meetings in old township Number One.\\nOn the 13th day of April, 1792, the following warn-\\ning was posted up at two public places in Warner\\nIn the name of the State of New Hampshire, we Do Hereby\\nNotify and warn all the proprietors of the township of Warner\\nin the County of Hillsboro in this State that are legal voters in\\nproprietors meetings, to assemble and meet together at the house\\nof Doct. John Currier in Warner on thurs Day the 24th Day of\\nmay next att one of the clock in the P. M. to act as followeth,\\nviz.\\nfirstly to chuse a moderator to govern said meeting\\n2 ly to see if the proprietors will vote to Ratify and Confirms\\nthe proceeding of the former proprietors meetings which ware\\nwarned and held out of this State or any part thereof\\n3 ly to See if the proprietors will vote to chuse a committee to\\nBring an action or actions against any person or persons that are\\nin possession of lands in the town of Warner not having any title\\nto the same from under the proprietors of the township of said\\nWarner.\\n4 ly to See if the proprietors will chuse any committee to settle\\nwith the former Collectors and all other persons indebted to the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0193.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "174 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nproprietors or that have any demand against them and to Dis-\\npose of the Remaining Common Land or any part thereof.\\nJames flanders\\nm -pi Committee,\\nlappan Jivans j\\nThe proprietors met agreeably to the above warn-\\ning, May 24, 1792, and chose Nathaniel Bean, Esq.,\\nmoderator.\\natt the same meeting voted to chuse a committee\\nof three to Examine the former votes of the proprie-\\ntors and See what part of them is Necessary to be\\nRatified and make a Report at the adjournment of\\nthis meeting.\\nNathaniel Bean, Lt. Wm. Ring and Richard Bart-\\nlett were chosen said committee.\\natt the Same meeting, voted to chuse a committee\\nto Bring an action or to Support one in Behalf of the\\nproprietors with those on Lands not claiming them\\nunder almesbury proprietors.\\nSimeon Bartlett, James Flanders, and Nathaniel\\nBean were chosen.\\natt the Same meeting, voted that James flanders\\nEsq. and Mr. Tappan Evans be a committee to Dis-\\npose of a gour of land by Mr. Moses Clements.\\nFINAL MEETING.\\nThe last legal meeting of the proprietors was at the\\nhouse of Levi Bartlett, in Warner, March 29, 1830.\\nThe record of this meeting is in the words following", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0194.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "FINAL MEETING. 175\\nMet according to warning and chose Dea. David Heath,\\nModerator, and Levi ])artlett, Clerk.\\nOn motion of Benjamin Evans Esq.\\nResolved, That it is expedient to discontinue the proprietors\\nmeetings in Warner, and to choose an agent to take the notes\\nand collect the funds of the proprietors, pay all demands against\\nthem, and divide the money that remains equally among the\\nlegal proprietors.\\nThe above Resolution was carried in the affirmative, and\\nStephen Bartlett was chosen to take the funds and dispose of\\nthem as directed above.\\nThen the meeting adjourned.\\nLevi Bartlett, Clerk.\\nThus ended the work of the proprietors of Warner.\\nMuch of shadow and but little of sunshine had been\\nfound in it. Ninety-five years had elapsed since the\\nfirst grant of the township had been made. All ot\\nthe original grantees, and most of the men and women\\nof the next generation, had gone to\\nThat undiscovered counrry, from whose bourne\\nNo traveller returns.\\nMany of those grantees, unlike the prophet of old,\\nnever so much as beheld the promised land but their\\ndescendants, generation after generation, have caused\\nthe hills and valleys of Warner to teem with plenty,\\nand to echo the voices of contentment and gladness.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0195.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XIV.\\nTHE INTERMEDIATE STATE FIRST MEETING OP THE SETTLERS\\nFAST DAY REV. MR. KELLEY CALLED HIS SALARY HIS\\nORDINATION THE FIRST JURYMAN TOWN CHARTER.\\nAVING pursued the proprietors of township\\nNumber One, in the line of towns, through\\ntheir many tribulations, to the end of their authority\\nand the termination of their existence as a legal or-\\nganization, the reader is now invited to go back and\\nconsider the transactions of the settlers in the town-\\nship.\\nIn December, 1770, the inhabitants, the settlers\\nof the town then generally called New Almsbury,\\nmet together for the first time to take action concern-\\ning their affairs. Hitherto all their municipal matters\\nhave been managed by the proprietors of the town-\\nship, most of whom lived in another province. Now\\nthe occupants of the soil begin to be heard. The pro-\\nprietors may control their own jpro perty in the town-\\nship, whether held by them in common or individ-\\nually, but may not longer control the general affairs\\nof the settlers.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0196.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "THE INTERMEDIATE STATE. 177\\nThere is yet, however, no legal town organization.\\nNo act of incorporation has been passed. Hence no\\ntax can be collected, no road or bridge can be built,\\nno school can be supported, except by voluntary con-\\ntribution. This period, from 1770 to 1774, may be\\ncalled the intermediate state. It stands between the\\nlegal authority of the proprietors over the inhabitants\\non the one hand, and the legal town organization on\\nthe other. The town is not only not yet organized,\\nbut it has no 7ia?ne, no legal name. It was granted\\nby Massachusetts as township Number One, but that\\ngrant fell for want of jurisdiction on the part of the\\ngrantor, and another grant, from another party, had\\nto be obtained. The proprietors, being residents of\\nAmesbury, Mass., and that vicinity, generally called\\nthe town New Almsbury (spelling the name, for some\\nunaccountable reason, with an I But in convey-\\nances of land and other legal documents, up to the\\ntime of its incorporation in 1774, the town is called\\nNew Almsbury or township Number One.\\nIt is probable that the Rye proprietors (if they had\\ngone forward, settled, and organized the town) would\\nhave given it the name of Jennestown. But the town\\nhas never absolutely been known by that name,\\nthough it may have been indifferently called by it in\\ncertain cases. So it was called, occasionally, by the\\nMasonian proprietors, Rye Town. And on an old\\nEnglish map, made from the survey of Mitchell and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0197.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "178 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nHazzen in 1750, it is distinctly marked at the foot of\\nKjasage, and there called Rye Town. But the\\nonly established legal name that the town ever had\\nis the one it now bears.\\nFIRST MEETING OF THE SETTLERS.\\nThe first public meeting of the settlers of the town\\nwas held in the meeting-house at the Parade, Decem-\\nber 27, 1770. This meeting took action only in re-\\ngard to the religious affairs of the parish. At that\\ntime the town and church were one. The record of\\nthe proceedings of that meeting is given below, in\\nfull, and is as follows\\nWhereas the Proprietors of a tract of land usually known by\\nthe name of New Almsbury in the Province of New Hampshire,\\nby Nehemiah Ordway, Simeon Bartlett, and Daniel Morrill, their\\ncommittee, have promised and engaged to pay ninety Dollars for\\nthe first year, and sixty dollars a year for the four years next fol-\\nlowing, and thirty dollars for the sixth year, to be applied to the\\nsupport of a Gospel Minister in said New Almsbury and to sup-\\nplying the same place witli preaching till such Minister can be\\nsettled therein, provided such Minister be ordained and settled\\nwithin two years from this time\\nAnd Whereas, said Proprietors have further engaged a right\\nof Land as a Proi)rietors Share in said New Almsbury, to the\\nfirst Ordained Minister in the same place, and also the Improve-\\nment [use] of an other Right or Share in said New Almsbury, as\\na Parsonage during his continuance in the Ministry there in\\nconsideration of said promises and engagements of the Proprie-\\ntors aforesaid, and in consideration also that Isaac Waldron, Isaac\\nChase, and Joseph Sawyer, a committee chosen and appointed by\\nthe majority of the inhabitants of said New Almsbury will use\\ntheir best endeavors that an Able and Learned Minister of the\\nGospel, approved by the Pastors of the neighboring Churches,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0198.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "FIRST MEETING OF THE SETTLERS. 179\\nmay be settled and ordained in said New Almsbiiry according to\\nsaid proposal of the Proprietors aforesaid We whose names are\\nhereunto subscribed being inhabitants of said New Almsbury and\\nbeing willing to encourage and promote so laudable a design Do\\npromise each for himself to pay to the said Isaac Waldron, Isaac\\nChase, and Joseph Saw3^er, or to the survivors of them our just\\nand ratable proportion, according to our respective estates, of\\nwhatever sum or sums of money shall be needed to defray the\\ncharges of hireing some Preacher qualified as aforesaid to preach\\nin said New Almsbury on probation for settlement, and also\\nfor the settlement and Ordination of said minister, and also for\\nhis yearly Salary or allowance afterwards Said Minister to be\\nchosen and his Salaiy appointed b} the majority of the inhabi-\\ntants of said New Almsbury, and the allowance per day to\\nPreachers as by custom to be the price to be paid, and if any-\\nthing further be given for the encouragement of a Minister to\\nsettle among us the same shall be by agreement by the inhabi-\\ntants, and all charges or sums of money to be paid by us as afore-\\nsaid shall be assessed by the said Waldron, Chase, and Sawyer, or\\ntheir survivors in the same manner as the Province Taxes are by\\nLaw assessed, and paid by each of us respectively our said Tax\\nwithin one calendar month from the time we are notified of the\\nsame provided the Proj)rietors aforesaid shall well and faith-\\nfully perform all of their several promises and engagements, and\\nthat we shall and may have the full benefit of the money which\\nthereby shall be paid by said Proprietors, the same shall be de-\\nducted, when paid, out of the Salary of said Preacher or minister,\\nand our several assessments abated in proportion to the money\\nso paid by said Proprietors, and that all of the money paid b}^ us\\nand the said Proprietors shall be faithfully applied to the support\\nof the Gospel in said New Almsbury. And in case no minister\\nof the Gospel shall be Ordained in said town within the space of\\ntwo years, or in case the Proprietors aforesaid shall neglect to pay\\nany sum by them promised for the term of one year from the\\ntime said money was to be paid, in either case the promise by us\\nmade shall be Void as to all time to come, but shall stand good\\nagainst us for all debts due any Gentleman for preaching in said\\ntown by us engaged. Provided further that this writing shall be\\nof no force against any Subscriber of the same unless Nine Tenths", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0199.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "180\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nin number of the present inhabitants of said New Almsbury shall\\nsubscribe the same and in case of failure of performance by either\\nof us subscribing, of any of the articles according to the true\\nintent and meaning of the writing, then we are each of us to for-\\nfeit for each and every such failure of his own, ten pounds, Law-\\nful money, to be collected by the said Waldron, Chase and Saw-\\nyer, said money to be applied to the support of the Gospel as\\nabove directed.\\n^In consideration of all the articles above written, we have\\nhereunto subscribed our names, this 27th da}^ of December,\\n1770.\\nThough the meaning of the above bond or obliga-\\ntion is somewhat obscured by verbiage, the reader\\nwill probably be able to comprehend it. It has been\\nthought best to give it in full here, as it is em-\\nbraced in the proceedings of the Jirst meeting of the\\nsettlers. Forty-five names are appended to the docu-\\nment. They are substantially the names that appear\\non a former page, in the list of early settlers, and\\nthey need not be repeated.\\nAt a meeting of the inhabitants of the township,\\nheld Feb. 14, 1771, Joseph Sawyer acting as moder-\\nator,\\nVoted that Mr. Nehemiah Ordway stay one day more.\\nVoted that the committee designated in the Bond for provid-\\ning preaching, shall send for Mr. Wm. Kelley to preach here\\nthree Sabbaths, and that Mr. Joseph Sawyer shall board the min-\\nister.\\nAt another meeting of the inhabitants, held May\\n14, 1771, Francis Davis acting as moderator,\\nVoted to hire three days preaching\\nAlso, voted that Mr. Daniel Flanders shall keep the Settlers\\nBond, taken from Daniel Gale s of Concord.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0200.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "FAST DAY.\\n181\\nThis was a bond given by the settlers to the pro-\\nprietors of the town, for the fulfilment of their obli-\\ngations in relation to building houses, clearing lands,\\nand making improvements generally upon their gift-\\nlots. It had been several years in the custody of\\nMr. Gale.\\nAt another meetins; of the inhabitants and free-\\nholders of New Almsbury, held at their meeting-house\\nSept. 26, 1771, Francis Davis acting as moderator,\\nand Daniel Flanders as clerk,\\nVoted to hire Mr. Kelley six Sabbaths from this date, and\\nthat Joseph Sawyer board Mr. Kelley during said term of time.\\nFAST DAY.\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted that Mr. Kelley appoint a Day of Fast, and that Mr.\\nIsaac Waldron go to the neighboring Ministers and invite them to\\nattend said Fast.\\nThere is no evidence on record going to show that\\nIsaac Waldron saddled his horse and pushed off to\\nSalisbury, to Boscawen Plain, to Hopkinton, and to\\nHenniker, to invite the ministers of those towns up\\nto this fast, no evidence, in fact, that Mr. Kelley\\nappointed such a day in accordance with the above\\nvote. Fasting has, in all ages and among all nations,\\nbeen resorted to in times of mourning and sorrow.\\nJoshua and the elders of Israel remained prostrate\\nbefore the ark from morning until evening, without\\neating, after the Israelites were defeated by the men", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0201.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof Ai. The king of Nineveh, terrified by Jonah s\\npreaching, made an order that not only the men, but\\nthe beasts also, should continue without eating or\\ndrinking. The Jews, in times of public calamity,\\nmade even the children at the breast fast. But no\\ngood reason appears for this Fast day in Warner. The\\ninhabitants had got through the Ked sea. Neither war,\\npestilence, nor famine stalked abroad in the land. The\\nharvests of 1771 were abundant. The infant town of\\nNew Almsbury was rapidly filling up with substantial\\nsettlers. The second meeting-house had been just\\nerected, and all the people were attending upon the\\nministrations of the sanctuary. The young clergy-\\nman, who was soon permanently settled over the\\nparish, was popular in the pulpit and fascinating in\\nmanner out of it. There was every reason for thanks-\\ngiving, but none whatever appears iov fasting.\\nMR. KELLEY CALLED.\\nThe inhabitants met at their meeting-house Nov. 4,\\n1771, and after choosing Francis Davis, moderator, and\\nDaniel Flanders, clerk,\\nVoted to give Mr. William Kelley a Call to Settle in the\\nMinistry in this place, and that our said committee, Waldron,\\nChase and Sawyer, shall extend the call to Mr. Kelley in behalf\\nof the Inhabitants.\\nAt this and a subsequent meeting, held Dec. 17,\\n1771, the salary and maintenance of Rev. Mr. Kelley\\nwere fixed by the following votes", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0202.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "MR. KELLEY CALLED. 183\\nVoted to give Mr. Kelley for the first year 40 pounds, lawful\\nmoney, and to rise one poitnd ten shillings a year, for 13 years\\nand four months, or till his Salary shall amount to sixty pounds\\na year, lawful money.\\nVoted, also, to give Mr. Kelley $100, in labor at two and six-\\npense per day, or if dinners are found, the work to be performed\\nat 2 shillings per day.\\nVoted, also, to give Mr. Kelley 20 cords of Wood annually to\\nbe cut and hauled to his door.\\nVoted, also, to cut down and clear the trees from three acres\\nof land each year, for three years, on Mr. Kelley s Lot and that\\nsaid nine acres of land shall be cleared by a tax on the Inhabi-\\ntants at the rate of $7.50 per acre workmen to be hired at\\n2s. Qd. per day and commence their day s work at 7 o clock in the\\nmorning.\\nThis salary looks small to the people of the. present\\nday, but, if it was paid promptly, it was sufficient. It\\nafforded the family of Mr. Kelley ample support.\\nMoney was money at that time.\\nThe regular salary was forty pounds a year, which\\nwas $133.33. Then they added $100 a year in labor\\nat two and six a day, the laborer finding himself.\\nThis was laid out about his buildings, and in general\\nfarm work. Then they added twenty cords of wood\\nannually, cut and hauled to his door; and then, again,\\nin addition to all this, they were to clear three acres\\nof land a year on his farm for three years. These\\npayments, in the aggregate, amounted to not less\\nthan $275, which was as good as $800 or $1000\\nnow.\\nBut this is not all, for they voted to rise $5 a year", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0203.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "184 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfor thirteen years and a third, or until the direct sal-\\nary should amount to sixty pounds, or $200, a year.\\nWhile this (if paid) yielded Mr. Kelley a fair support,\\nthe settlers were not ground down by heavy taxation.\\nThe pro2}rietors paid $90 of this sum the first year,\\nsixty dollars a year for the next four years, and thirty\\ndollars for the sixth year. After the sixth year they\\nleft the inhabitants to go alone.\\nORDINATION.\\nRev. William Kelley was ordained and settled in\\nNew Amesbury, Feb. 5, 1772. This appears among\\nthe records of the proprietors in a former chapter. A\\nchurch was organized at the same time, a full account\\nof which, and of its several pastors, will be found un-\\nder the head of Ecclesiastical History.\\nThe only record in the books of the inhabitants,\\nreferring to the ordination, is found in their doings\\nat the annual meeting, held March 25, 1772. At this\\nmeeting, Isaac Chase acting as moderator, and Par-\\nmenas Watson as clerk,\\nVoted to allow Mr. Isaac Waldron s account for pro-\\nvision lie made the Ministers at the Ordination,\\nVoted to allow Isaac Chase s account for board of Min-\\nisters and other services performed for the town,\\nVoted to allow Mr. Joseph Sawyer for board of Mr.\\nKelley, and other services for the town, all lawful\\nmoney\\nVoted to raise to defray the necessary charges of the\\nyear, lawful money 52-10\\ns.\\n2-\\n1\\n1-\\n11\\ns.\\nd.\\n3-3-\\n3\\ns.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0204.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "ORDINATION. 185\\nAt this meeting, Daniel Flanders, Seth Goodwin,\\nand Daniel Flood were chosen assessors, and Jacob\\nTucker collector, for the year. Their duties had\\nreference simply to the matters of the church. No\\nselectmen or other officers were chosen for the g-en-\\neral management of town affairs during the continu-\\nance of this intermediate state.\\nThe sale of the pews in the meeting-house, which\\noccurred in September, 1772, has already been set\\nforth among the transactions of the proprietors.\\nAt the annual meeting of the inhabitants, March\\n30, 1773, Isaac Chase was chosen moderator, and Dan-\\niel Flanders, clerk. Dea. Parmenas Watson, Francis\\nDavis, and Dea. Nehemiah Heath were chosen asses-\\nsors to take Invoice and make out the Rates. Jacob\\nTucker was again chosen collector.\\nThe assessors were instructed to carry the town\\ninventory to the office of the secretary of state. This\\nwas done under the direction of the royal government\\nof the province.\\nA meeting of the inhabitants was held June 17,\\n1773, by virtue of a warrant from John Goffe, Esq.,\\nfor the purpose of raising a province tax. The sum\\nrequired of the town of New Amesbury was \u00c2\u00a33 16s.\\nlawful money.\\nAt the annual meeting of the inhabitants, March\\n29, 1774, Isaac Chase was chosen moderator, and\\nDaniel Flanders, clerk. Capt. Daniel Flood, Lieut.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0205.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "186 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nJacob Waldron, and Isaac Chase were chosen asses-\\nsors, and Jacob Sawyer, collector.\\nVoted to raise \u00c2\u00a354 lawful money, to defray all expenses of\\ntown and for preaching above the 18 pounds to be received from\\nthe proprietors for preaching.\\nVoted that we should be glad to have the town Incorporated\\nand that the Assessors send a letter to the Proprietors to see what\\nthey will do about having it incorporated.\\nThe condition of affairs was not satisfactory during\\nthis period. Perhaps there was not much actual dis-\\norder in town, but there was wanting that wholesome\\nfear of law which has been found essential in all com-\\nmunities. There could be no compulsion, for the\\ntown government that then existed was simply the\\nvoluntary association of men. Hence the inhabitants\\nwould be glad to have the town incorporated. The\\nproprietors, it will be recollected, had already initiated\\nsteps looking to this end.\\nTHE FIRST JURYMAN.\\nAt a meeting held June 14, 1774,\\nVoted to allow Dea. Nehemiah Heath s account of Eight\\nShillings, and nine pence, Lawful monej for his services as Jury-\\nman to Amherst.\\nIn the account of this meeting is the following\\nrecord\\nThis day Stephen Edmunds appeared at town meeting and\\nacknowledged it to be the first time that he ever appeared at a\\ntown meeting in this town.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0206.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "CHARTER. 187\\nIt is not quite clear whether this fact was an-\\nnounced by Mr. Edmunds in a feeUng of exultation,\\nor confessed in a spirit of contrition.\\nAt the next meeting of the inhabitants, which was\\nheld July 14, 1774,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted that the Records which have been destroyed by JFire^\\nin consequence of the burning of the present Clerk s house, shall\\nagain be recorded as he has collected them, and stand good.\\nVoted that Captain Francis Davis shall go and get the town\\nIncorporated, if the Proprietors will find the money to do it with,\\n[The proprietors did find the money.]\\nVoted that Captain Daniel Flood shall keep the Covenant\\nObligation, for us, the inhabitants of New Almsbury. [This is\\nsupposed to refer to the Church Covenant, and this is the last\\nvote ever given by the town in its inchoate state.]\\nIn September, 1774, Francis Davis went on his\\nmission to the seat of the provincial government at\\nPortsmouth. There he was joined by Ezekiel Evans,\\nof Salisbury, Mass. (agent for the proprietors), whose\\nmission, like his own, was to get the town incorpo-\\nrated. They found no insurmountable obstacles in\\ntheir path, but were entirely successful in their un-\\ndertaking. They obtained the following\\nCHARTER.\\nProvince of George the Third by the grace of God of\\nNew Hampshire j Great Britain France and Ireland King De-\\nfender of the Faith, c.\\nTo all People to whom these presents shall come\\nGreeting.\\nWhereas our loyal subjects Inhabitants of a Tract of Land\\nwithin our Province of New Hampshire, aforesaid, commonly\\ncalled and known by the Name of New Almsbury, containing by\\n13", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0207.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "188 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nestimation about six Miles square, have humbly petitioned and\\nrequested Us that they may be erected and incorporated into a\\nTownship and enfranchised with the same powers and privileges\\nwhich other Towns within our said Province by Law have and\\nenjoy, and it appearing to us to be conducive to the general Good\\nof our said Province as well as to the said Inhabitants in particu-\\nlar, by maintaining good order and encouraging the culture of\\nthe Land that the same should be done\\nKnow ye that We of our special grace, certain knowledge, and\\nfor the encouragement and promotion of the good purposes and\\nends aforesaid, by and with the advice of our trusty and well be-\\nloved John Wentworth Esq. our Governor and Commander in\\nChief of our said Province and of Our Council of the same, have\\ncreated and ordained, and by these presents for Us Our Heirs and\\nSuccessors, do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of said Tract of\\nLand and others who shall improve and inhabit therein hereafter,\\nthe same being butted and bounded as follows, viz\\nBeginning at a place called and known by the name of Contoo-\\ncook, thence running North fifteen degrees West six Miles, then\\nrunning from each end of the Line, West five degrees South, six\\nmiles, then crossing and running over on a Straight Course from\\none end of these last mentioned lines, at the end of the said six\\nmiles, to the other, so as to make up the quantity of six Miles\\nsquare and no more, Be and they are hereby declared to be a\\nTown Corporate, by the name of\\nWARNER,\\nTo have continuance forever, with all the Powers and authorities,\\nPrivileges, immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in\\nour said Province by Law hold and enjoy, to the said Inhabitants\\nor those who shall hereafter inhabit there, and to their successors\\nforever, always reserving to Us Our Heirs and Successors, all\\nWhite Pine Trees that are or shall be found being and growing\\nupon the said Tract of Land fit for the use of Our Royal Navy.\\nReserving also, unto Us our heirs and Successors the power of\\ndividing said Town when it shall appear necessary and conven-\\nient for the Inhabitants thereof\\nProvided nevertheless, and it is hereby declared that this Char-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0208.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "CHARTER. 189\\nter and Grant is not intended and shall not in any manner be\\nconstrued to affect the private property of the soil within the\\nlimits aforesaid\\nAnd as the several Towns within our said Province are, by the\\nLaws thereof, enabled and authorized to assemble, and by Major-\\nity of the voters Present, to chuse all officers and transact such\\naffairs as in the said Laws are Declared, we Do by these Presents\\nnominate and appoint Captain Francis Davis to call the first\\nMeeting of the said Inhabitants to be held in the said Town at\\nany time Avithin sixty Days frome the Date hereof. Giving Legal\\nNotice of the time and Design of holding such Meeting, after\\nwhich the annual Meetings for said Town shall be held for the\\nchoice of said officers and the Purposes aforesaid, on the First\\nTuesday in the month of March annually.\\nLi Testimony whereof We have Caused the seal of our said\\nProvince to be hereunto affixed.\\nWitness our aforesaid Governor and Commander in Chief, this\\nthird day of September, in the 14th year of our Reign Annoque\\nDomini 1774.\\nJ Wentworth.\\nBy His Excellency s\\nCommand,\\nTheo. Atkinson, Sec y.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0209.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XY.\\nNAME OF THE TOWN DANIEL WARNER COL. SETH WARNER\\nHIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES.\\nIHE names of towns are often brought by the first\\nsettlers from the homes they left. Thus, to hun-\\ndreds of towns in New England and to thousands in\\nthe country, English names have been applied. Thus\\nHopkinton, Salisbury, and Bradford came by the\\nnames they bear. Towns are also frequently named\\nfor persons of character and worth. Boscawen takes\\nits name from Lord Boscawen of the British navy\\nWebster takes the name of the foremost man of\\nAmerica Wilmot received its name from Dr. Wil-\\nmot, an Englishman, who at one time was supposed\\nto be the author of the celebrated Junius papers Hen-\\nniker received its name from Gov. Wentworth, who\\nconferred it upon the town in honor of his friend,\\nJohn Henniker, a merchant in London, and a mem-\\nber of the British parliament when that town was\\nincorporated.\\nWarner, New Hampshire, was the only town by", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0210.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "NAME OF THE TOWN. 191\\nthat name in the United States till a recent date.\\nThere is no other now east of the Alleghany Moun-\\ntains, and but one west of those mountains by that\\nname. The author of this volume has no doubt that\\nthis name was conferred upon his native town in\\nrecognition of the services of Colonel Seth Warner, the\\nchampion of the New Hampshire Cause in the mem-\\norable contest between this province and that of New\\nYork. The late B. E. Harriman never entertained a\\ndoubt that the town received its name from this\\nsource. The writer never heard such doubt ex-\\npressed till a few years since; so, in 1870. he pre-\\npared so much of this chapter as relates to Col. War-\\nner, to be woven into a history of the town, which\\nthe late H. H. Harriman, at that time, had some\\nthought of writino;.\\nBut it is found that differences of opinion exist.\\nThere are those who believe that the town received\\nits name from Daniel Warner, of Portsmouth, who\\nwas in the provincial council from 1753 to the com-\\nmencement of the Revolutionary strife. The tradi-\\ntion seems to be, that this Daniel Warner came into\\nthe township before its incorporation, and, finding no\\nbridge over the river, promised to contribute forty\\ndollars towards building such a structure if the inhab-\\nitants would call the town by his name, and that the\\ntown accepted the proposition.\\nWith the utmost respect for those who entertain", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0211.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "192 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthis belief, the author must dissent from it, and for\\nthe following reasons\\n1. It is evident (for the records everywhere have\\nbeen searched) that Daniel Warner never owned an\\nacre of land in the township before or since its incor-\\nporation and there is no evidence, and but little\\nprobability, that he ever set foot upon its soil. In\\nother sections of New Hampshire this man held large\\nlanded estates, and his honors would naturally have\\ncome (if at all) from a section where his interests\\nwere, instead of from one where he had no interests,\\nand where he was probably entirely unknown.\\n2. According to the tradition, it was Co?. Warner\\nwho proposed to contribute the forty dollars. But\\nDaniel Warner, of the council, was never a colonel at\\nall, and was never known by that title. Seth Warner\\nwas a colonel, and if either one of the Warners rode\\nthrough the township and found no bridge, this is\\nprobably the man. He was in close correspondence\\nwith Gov. Wentworth during the border war, at the\\nvery time the town was incorporated, as well as for\\nseveral years before. His name was as familiar in\\nNew Hampshire at that time as a household word.\\nEthan Allen made journeys to Portsmouth to consult\\nwith the government of the province during the bor-\\nder difficulty, and why should not Seth Warner have\\ndone this He was the stern defender of the New\\nHampshire Grants, and he had the confidence of the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0212.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "NAME OF THE TOWN. 193\\nNew Hampshire government more than Allen. If he\\never made this journey, his true course was through the\\nioimi of Warner.\\n3. Daniel Warner never 2Kdd a dollar towards build-\\ning or repairing any bridge in town The silence of\\nthe records is proof of this, and the believers in the\\ntradition admit that nothing was ever paid. Yet\\nDaniel Warner was a man of great wealth through\\nlife, and he left at his death a large estate. What\\nshall be said of this act of bad ftiith on his part As\\nthe story runs, the people of the town promptly per-\\nformed their part of the contract, and then he refused\\nto perform his. It was a downright swindle and\\nthe voice of every man and woman in town, if the\\nname came from that source, would have demanded a\\nchanore.\\n4. Daniel Warner was not loyal in the great strug-\\ngle for national existence. He followed in the foot-\\nsteps of his chief, the royal governor. In short, he\\nwas a tory, and he fell under the ban of an exacting\\npublic opinion.\\nThe Committee of Safety of the colony of New\\nHampshire sent out, in April, 1776, to the seve-\\nral towns of the colony, the following pledge or\\ntest\\nWe, the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise,\\nthat we will to the utmost of our Power, and the risque of our\\nLives and Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the hostile proceedings", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0213.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "194 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof the Britisli Fleets and Armies against the United American\\nColonies.\\nThis was New Hampshire s declaration of indepen-\\ndence. It preceded the national declaration of July\\n4th. Eight thousand one hundred and ninety-nine\\n(8199) persons signed it, and seven hundred and sev-\\nenty-three (773) refused to sign. Among those who\\nrefused to sign this patriotic test were\\nDaniel Warner\\nand\\nJonathan Warner.\\nIn the list of persons in Portsmouth, reported to\\nthe Committee of Safety as notoriously disaffected to\\nthe Common Cause, is the name of\\nJonathan Warner.\\nThe Committee of Safet}^, in 1777, ordered the\\nsheriff of Rockingham county to seize from Jona-\\nthan Warner two hogsheads of rum, for the use of\\nthe American army, as he would not sell it to the\\narmy at a reasonable rate. Daniel Warner, the\\nfather, was the chief member of this firm, and it was\\nhis property that was thus confiscated by order of the\\nCommittee of Safety. These two Warners (father\\nand son) clung to the fortunes of Gov. Wentworth,\\nwho was compelled to flee the country. They both\\nrefused to sign the Association Test. They both had\\ntheir property confiscated. They were both on the\\nside of the enemy in the supreme struggle of the col-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0214.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "NAME OF THE TOWN. 195\\nonies for independence, and the public odium rested\\nseverely upon the heads of both.\\nIn that day of intolerance and hate, when the un-\\nfaithful were pursued when they were driven from\\nthe town, the state, and even across the seas when\\nthey were tarred and feathered when their printing-\\npresses were destroyed, and their houses were sacked\\nand burned when their names were hissed, and their\\npersons treated with indignity, is it probable that the\\npatriotic citizens of Warner had so little self-respect\\nas to tolerate this name, if derived from the quarter\\nclaimed Is it probable that Capt. Francis Davis,\\nwho had three sons in the Revolutionary army, two\\nof whom were in the battle of Bunker Hill, Francis\\nDavis, the first representative, elected the year that\\ngave the nation birth, is it probable that he w^ould\\nhave submitted tamely to this dishonor, when the\\nmere expression of a wish on his part would have\\ncaused an immediate repudiation of the name\\nIs it probable that John Langdon, Meshech Weare,\\nJosiah Bartlett, John Sullivan, or any of their com-\\npeers, would have permitted the name to stand, if\\nbestowed to honor one who proved unfaithful in the\\ntime that tried men s souls\\nAssuming: that the town takes its name from Col.\\nSeth Warner, a brief sketch of his character and ser-\\nvices wnll be useful and interesting to the reader.\\nHis life, though short, was an active one, and full of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0215.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nincident but space will not permit any extended\\nreference to his public career. He was born in\\nRoxbury, Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 17*43.\\nHe was the son of Dr. Benjamin Warner, who in\\n1763 removed with his family to Bennington, in the\\nNew Hampshire Grants. This was the second year\\nafter the settlement of that town.\\nIn 1765, Seth Warner, at the age of 22, went back\\nto Connecticut, and married a young lady who had\\nbeen his school-mate, and of whom it is said, She\\nwas always his first choice at the spelling-school.\\nTheir home in Bennington was opposite The Wild-\\nCat Tavern, which became famous in history as the\\nhead-quarters of the Vermont patriots during the bor-\\nder struggle, and also during the subsequent struggle\\nfor independence. An air of romance seems to hover\\nover this whole region. It is a magnificent country,\\nand the stirring events which transpired there have\\nmade it memorable forever. The hotel took this\\nname from the fact that on the large sign which\\ncreaked in the wind there was a full-sized painting of\\na fierce wild-cat. The Council of Safety held a per-\\npetual session in that tavern during the first years of\\nthe Revolution, and Gen. Stark was not an unknown\\nguest in that house. He mounted his horse at its\\nfront door on the morning of August 16, 1777, and\\nrode to the battle.\\nBenning Wentworth, the royal governor of New", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0216.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "SETH WARNER. 197\\nHampshire, granted Bennington to Connecticut and\\nMassachusetts proprietors in 1749. He granted many\\nother townships in the present state of Vermont\\n(which territory was called the New Hampshire\\nGrants), claiming that the province of New Hamp-\\nshire extended westward to within twenty miles of\\nthe Hudson river. The New York authoHties dis-\\nputed this claim, and contended that their jurisdiction\\nextended eastward to the Connecticut river. A bitter\\ncontroversy grew up betw^een the two colonies, the\\nsettlers upon the grants generally siding with New\\nHampshire. New York made attempts to drive these\\nsettlers out, or to compel them to pay for their lands\\nagain, and to pay to New York. When the execu-\\ntive officers of New York came to eject the settlers\\nfrom their possessions, they were resisted. At the\\nhead of these settlers stood Seth Warner, a man of\\nnoble physique, two or three inches above six feet\\ntall, straight as a hickory tree, and compactly built.\\nIn the History of Vermont, by Samuel Williams, ll. d.,\\nit is said of Warner, He was cool, steady, resolute,\\nand fully determined that the laws of New York\\nrespecting the settlers should never he carried into\\nexecution^\\nThe government of New York, early in this contro-\\nversy, offered a reward of \u00c2\u00a320 each for the arrest of\\nWarner and several others, but that offer did not in\\nthe least weaken the firmness of these patriotic men.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0217.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nThey continued, without wa\\\\ ^nng, to defend the set-\\ntlers under the New Hampshire Grants, and to resist,\\nwith force when necessary, all attempts of the New\\nYorkers to drive them out.\\nTo show still further the heat of the controversy,\\nand the hazard of opposing the New York authorities,\\nthe follo\\\\^ing enactment of that government is pre-\\nsented\\nIf any person or persons ojipose any civil officer of New York\\nin the discharge of his official duty, or wilfully burn or destroy\\nthe grain, corn or hay of any other person or if any j^ersons, un-\\nlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together to the\\ndisturbance of the public peace, shall wilfully and with force, de-\\nmolish or pull down, or begin to demolish or pull down, any\\ndwelling-house, barn, stable, grist-mill, or outhouse, within either\\nof the counties of Alban}^ or Charlotte, then each of such offences\\nshall be judged felony, without benefit of clergy, and the offenders\\ntherein shall be adjudged felons, and shall suffer death, as in case\\nof felony, without benefit of clergy.\\nA copj^ of this law was forwarded to the sheriffs,\\nand was posted up by them in public places, with the\\nfollowing clause added\\nAnd in case such offenders shall not respectively surrender\\nthemselves, he or she, so neglecting or refusing, shall, from the\\nday appointed for his surrender as aforesaid, be adjudged, deemed,\\nand (if indicted for a capital offence hereafter to be perpetrated)\\nconvicted of felon} and shall suffer death, as in case of persons\\nconvicted of felony by verdict and judgment, without benefit of\\nclergy.\\nAt the same time the governor of New York issued\\na proclamation, offering a reward oi fifty pounds each\\nfor apprehending and securing Setli Warner, Ethan", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0218.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "SETH WARNER. 199\\nAllen, Remember Baker, and several others. And yet\\nthese undaunted men remained true to their convic-\\ntions. This bloody code, and this additional re-\\nward, failed to move them. Though they might, in\\na figurative sense, have adopted the words of Paul,\\nIn labors more abundant, in stripes above measure,\\nin prisons more frequent, in deaths oft, yet they\\nnever swerved.\\nIt appears that Albany and Charlotte counties\\nwere made, by the New York authorities, to cover\\nthe whole of the New Hampshire Grants. It appears\\nfurther, from the spirit of this law, that the settlers\\ngenerally stood boldly by their rights, and did not\\nquietly tolerate the partisans of New York who were\\nin their midst. They undoubtedly made the water\\nrather hot for them.\\nVarious associations were formed among the set-\\ntlers for the protection of their rights, and a conven-\\ntion of representatives from the several towns on the\\nwest side of the Green Mountains was called. In the\\nmeantime the s^overnment of New York was makino;\\ngrants and establishing courts in this territory. The\\nsheriff of Albany county being required to execute a\\nwrit of possession against James Breckenridge, of\\nBennington, called to his assistance, by order of the\\nNew York government, a posse of 750 armed men.\\nThe settlers, having timely notice of his approach,\\nprepared for resistance. Seth Warner was at their", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0219.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "200 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nhead. He formed his men just west of the Wild-Cat\\nTavern, in two ranks, facing the enemy. They stood,\\nwith grounded arms, in silence, Warner at the front.\\nThe sheriff, having approached to within ten rods of\\nWarner s line, with his army, halted, and, after a few\\nminutes consultation with his officers, beat a hasty\\nretreat. Not a gun was fired on either side.\\nJohn Munro, a sheriff under New York authority,\\nmoved, perhaps, b} a hope of reward and a desire for\\nnotoriet}^, on the 22d day of March, 1772, resolved to\\nattempt the arrest of Warner. He soon found his\\nopportunity. Warner, in company with a single\\nfriend, was riding in the vicinity of Munro s resi-\\ndence, and being met by Munro and several of his\\ndependents, a brisk conversation ensued, in the midst\\nof which Munro seized the bridle of Warner s horse,\\nand commanded those present to assist in arresting\\nhim. Warner instantly struck Munro over the\\nhead with a dull cutlass, and levelled him to the\\nground.\\nIn the History of Vermont, by Williams, already\\nreferred to, it is said, In services of this dangerous\\nand important nature Warner was engaged from the\\nyear 1765 to 1775. And it may be added, that, dur-\\ning this whole period often years, he was on intimate\\nrelations with the government and people of New\\nHampshire. John Wentworth, and those in authority\\nwith him, would have been guilty of base ingratitude", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0220.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "SETH WAENER. 201\\nif they had not, in some manner, acknowledged or\\nrecognized his services.\\nIn the Revohition, Col. Warner s record, though cut\\nshort by wounds and disease, was a brilliant one. He\\nwas in at the tap of the drum. He commanded the\\nsmall force that took Crown Point. A regiment of\\nGreen Mountain Boys was raised, and Seth War-\\nner, as lieut. colonel, was placed in command. In\\nthe Life of Ethan Allen, by Jared Sparks, referring\\nto this matter, it is stated that, after the capture of\\nTiconderoga and Crown Point, Allen and Warner\\nset off on a journey to the Continental Congress, with\\na design of procuring pay for the soldiers who had\\nserved under them, and of soliciting authority to raise\\na new regiment in the New Hampshire Grants.\\nIn both these objects they were successful. By an\\norder of congress they were introduced on the floor\\nof the house, and when they had each addressed the\\nhouse they withdrew. It was resolved by congress\\nthat a regiment should be raised, not exceeding 500\\nmen, and to consist of seven companies. A lieut.\\ncolonel was to be the highest officer. The commit-\\ntees of safety of several townships assembled at Dor-\\nset to choose officers for the new regiment. The\\nchoice fell on Seth Warner for lieut. colonel, and on\\nSamuel Safford for major. A portion of the commit-\\ntee ^Vanted Allen for the commanding officer of the\\nregiment he received five votes, and Warner forty,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0221.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "202 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nIn September, 1775, Warner is foimd at the head\\nof this regiment during the siege of St. John s by\\nGen. Montgomery. Their term of service having\\nexpired on the 20th of November, Montgomery dis-\\ncharged them with thanks for meritorious services,\\nand they returned to the New Hampshire Grants. In\\nthe attack on St. John s, our force under Gen. Mont-\\ngomery was completely successful, as the British army\\nwas captured and destroyed. Warner and his regi-\\nment bore a conspicuous part in that engagement.\\nWarner, in dead of winter, raised another force,\\nand marched to join Gen. Wooster at Quebec. This\\nwinter campaign in Canada proved extremely dis-\\ntressing. In the spring of 1776 a large body of\\nBritish troops arrived at Quebec, and the American\\narmy was compelled to make a hasty retreat. Col.\\nWarner took a position exposed to great danger, and\\nrequiring the utmost vigilance. He was always at\\nthe rear, picking up the wounded and diseased, drum-\\nming up the stragglers, and keeping just before the\\nadvance of the British army.\\nCongress, on the 5th day of July, 1776, resolved to\\nraise a regiment, consisting of new troops and a por-\\ntion of those who had served with so much reputation\\nin Canada, to be commanded, as before, by a lieut.\\ncolonel. Warner was again appointed, but the New\\nYork people were bitterly hostile to him. The Pro-\\nvincial Congress of that state demanded his removal", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0222.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "SETH WAENER. 203\\nfrom the command, especially as this Warner hath\\nbeen invariably opposed to the legislature of this\\nstate, and hath been, on that account, proclaimed an\\noutlaw by the late government thereof But Warner\\nwas not interfered with. He raised his regiment and\\nrepaired to Ticonderoga, where he remained till the\\nclose of the campaign. When the American army\\nfell back from Ticonderoga, it was hotly pursued by\\nthe British. Warner again took position at the rear,\\nand had several fierce engagements with the advance\\nline of the invading army. From the History of Ver-\\nmont, by Henry W. DePuy, the following facts may\\nbe gathered. At Hubbardton the advanced corps of\\nthe British army overtook the rear of the American\\narmy, on the 7th day of July, 1777. The larger part\\nof this army had gone forward. All that was left of it\\nwas a part of Hale s, a part of Francis s, and a part of\\nWarner s regiments. The enemy attacked them with\\nsuperior numbers and the highest prospect of success,\\nbut our army opposed them with great spirit and vig-\\nor. No officers or troops could have displayed more\\ncourage and firmness than ours displayed through the\\nwhole action. Large reinforcements of the enemy\\narriving, it became impossible to make effectual op-\\nposition. Francis fell in rallying his men for a fresh\\nonset. Hale was captured with his regiment. Sur-\\nrounded on every side by the enemy, but calm and\\nundaunted, Col. Warner fought his way through all\\n1^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0223.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "204 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nopposition. He brought ofl the troops that were not\\ncaptured with Hale, checked the enemy in their pur-\\nsuit, and, contrary to all expectation, arrived safely\\nwith his troops at Manchester. To the northward of\\nthat town the whole country was now deserted. Bur-\\ngoyne, with his disciplined army, was moving down\\nthrough there, as Sherman moved, at a later day, in\\nhis march to the sea. But at Manchester, Warner\\ndetermined to make a stand. And DePuy says, in\\nconclusion, Encouraged by his example and firmness,\\na body of the militia soon joined him, and he was once\\nmore in a situation to protect the inhabitants, harass\\nthe enemy, and break up the advanced parties.\\nCol. Warner, in obedience to Gen. Schuyler s com-\\nmand, scoured the country, up and down, west of the\\nmountains, to gather up and bring to Bennington\\nsuch property as the British might supply themselves\\nwith. Large droves of -cattle were thus brought in\\nand sold, under the direction of the Council of Safety.\\nWhat tories there were in that region escaped and\\njoined the enemy. Through the whole of this un-\\npleasant business, just recited, the firmness and hu-\\nmanity of Warner were conspicuous. Only one per-\\nson was killed by the scouts during the summer.\\nSchuyler, who at first had contented himself with\\ngranting the Vermonters half a ton of powder, sent to\\nWarner, a few weeks before the battle of Bennington,\\n$4,000, and an order for whatever clothing could be", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0224.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "SETH WARNER. 205\\nprocured at Albany. He also ordered all the troops\\nfrom New Hampshire, which were then marching\\ntowards the camp, to miite with Warner. The corre-\\nspondence between Stark and Warner at this point\\nis voluminous and intensely interesting.\\nAbout the first of August, 1777, Gen. Stark arrived\\nat Manchester, on the New Hampshire Grants, with\\n800 New Hampshire militia, on his way to the seat of\\nwar on th6 Hudson. The battle of Bennington, in\\nwhich Stark deservedly won great renown, was fought\\nthe 16th day of August, 1777. Col. Warner rode with\\nStark to the field, and was with him through the whole\\nengagement. Ex-Governor Hiland Hall, in his admi-\\nrable history of Vermont, says,\\nWarner s residence was at Bennington he was familiarly ac-\\nquainted with every rod of ground in the neighborhood of the\\nposts which had been occupied by Baum, and their approaches he\\nwas a colonel in the continental army, superior in rank to any offi-\\ncer in the vicinitj and he had already acquired a high reputa-\\ntion for bravery and skill, all which naturally made him the\\nchief counsellor and assistant of Stark in his deadly struggle with,\\nthe enemy.\\nWarner s efficiency was felt throughout the coming\\nbattle. In discovering the position and strength of\\nthe enemy, in arranging the disposition of the troops,\\nin determining the time and point of attack, and in\\nthe execution of every design, his services were inval-\\nuable.\\nWarner s regiment was at Manchester on the 15th", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0225.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "206 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nunder command of Major Safford, who brought it up\\nto participate in the second engagement on the 16th,\\nand to save the day.\\nThis is not the place for a full description of that\\nimportant battle, a battle in which New Hampshire\\nplayed a most prominent part. Bm^goyne, who had\\nbelieved that six hundred men could march from\\nthe Hudson to the Connecticut, subjugating all the\\nintervening region, without any risk of loss, and who\\nhad boasted that his should be a triumphal march\\ndown through the country to the sea-board, found an\\nimpassable barrier at Bennington, His army of 1,500\\nmen, under Col. Baum, was routed and destroyed.\\nBauui was mortally wounded. Burgoyne hurried up\\nCol. Breyman, in the afternoon, to reinforce Baum,\\nbut Warner s intrepid regiment came up in hot haste,\\nswung into line on the double-quick at the opportune\\nmoment, and put Breyman and his force to flight.\\nThe day was ours. The field was ours, and the can-\\nnon, and the munitions, and the rum and certain\\nhistorians have asserted that our army, the rest of\\nthat day, gave humble heed to 1 Timothy, 5:23.\\nNew Hampshire was proudly represented on that\\nbattle-field, for, in the first place. Gen. Stark, the hero\\nof the day, was New Hampshire s favorite son; and in\\nthe second place, fully one half of his men were New\\nHampshire soldiers. Col. Moses Nichols, of Amherst\\nCol. David Hobart, of Plymouth and Col. Thomas", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0226.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "SETH WARNER. 207\\nStickney, of Concord, each with his regiment, was\\nconspicuous in that engagement.\\nCapt. Ebenezer Webster (the father of Daniel) was\\nalso in this battle. His company constituted a part of\\nCol. Stickney s regiment, and he fought with distin-\\nguished bravery. Stark, in speaking of Webster, said,\\nHis face was so dark that gunpowder wouldn t\\nblack it.\\nThe town of Warner was well represented at Ben-\\nnington. In Capt. Webster s company there were five\\nof our men, viz., Paskey Pressey, sergeant, Robert\\nGould, Abner Watkins, Francis Davis, John Palmer.\\nAsa Patney, who went into the service from Hop-\\nkinton, but who, immediately after the war, became a\\npermanent resident of Warner, was severely wounded\\nin this battle.\\nTHE DAY BRIGHTENS.\\nThe Colonies had long been depressed by disaster\\nand defeat, but the decisive victory at Bennington\\nturned the tide of success, and brought light out of\\ndarkness. The American cause looked up. A change\\nof officers took place at this time. Gates took com-\\nmand of the army of the north. Arnold, who up to\\nthis period had been faithful, and whose career had\\nbeen brilliant, was also with that army, as was the\\npatriot of Poland, the accomplished Kosciusko. There\\nwas a grand uprising of the people through the whole", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0227.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "208 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ncountry in consequence of this staggering blow to\\nBurgoyne s army. Doubt and fear gave way to con-\\nfidence and courage. The halting became bold, and\\nthe timid became aggressive.\\nThen Freedom sternly said, I shun\\nNo strife nor pang beneath the sun,\\nWhen human rights are staked and won.\\nCol. Warner at this time was but 34 years of age,\\nyet the credit due to him for the triumphant result at\\nBennington is second only to that due to the general\\ncommanding. In reporting this battle to Major-Gen.\\nGates, Gen. Stark recognizes the solid merits of War-\\nner, and pays him this proud compliment Colonel\\nWarner s superior skill in the action loas of extraor-\\ndinary service to me.\\nSoon after the battle of Bennington, Warner was\\npromoted to the full rank of colonel by the Conti-\\nnental Congress, but his active service did not long\\ncontinue. He is reported sick at Hoosac, the latter\\npart of August. The indefatigable exertions which\\nhe had made in the cause of right, as God gave him\\nto see the right, and the constant exposure and\\nfatigue to which he had been subjected from his early\\nmanhood, undermined his constitution and hastened\\nhis death. Disease in an aggravated form struck its\\nfangs into his system, and totally unfitted him for\\nactive service. His limbs became paralyzed, and he\\nsuffered intense pain. He did not, however, relin-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0228.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "SETH WARNER. 209\\nquish the field at once. In a memorial to Congress\\nin 1786, asking a pension for the family of Col. War-\\nner, and signed by Gov. Thomas Chittenden, Ethan\\nAllen, Samuel Safford, Gideon Brownson, and seven\\nothers of the foremost men of Vermont, the following\\nstatement appears\\nAfter the battle of Bennington, Col. Warner began sensibly\\nto decline, so that there remained but little prospect of his future\\nusefulness. He, however, grappled with his disorder, and contin-\\nued in the service at intervals, until, receiving a wound from an\\nambush of Indians near Fort George, in September, 1780 (at\\nwhich time the only two of his officers that were with him fell\\ndead at his side), he was obliged to retire from the service.\\nIn 1782, Col. Warner returned to Roxbury. Conn.,\\nhis native town, in hopes of obtaining relief from the\\npainful disorders under which he was suffering but\\nhis hopes proved fallacious. He gradually wasted\\naway until the 26th of December, 1784, when an end\\nwas put to his sufferings. He was 41 years of age at\\nthe time of his death. He died poor but in October,\\n1787, the legislature of Vermont generously granted\\nto his heirs two thousand acres of land, in the north-\\nwest part of the county of Essex.\\nOne sketch of his short life closes with these words:\\nCol. Warner was buried with the honors of war, which were\\njustly due his merits. The Rev. Thomas Canfield preached from\\nthe text, How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war\\nperished. An immense concourse of people attended his funeral,\\nand the whole was performed with uncommon decency and affec-\\ntion. He left an amiable consort and three children to mourn\\ntheir irreparable loss.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0229.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "210 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nA modest white shaft marks the place of his rest,\\nin tlie old cemetery of his kindred, at Roxbury. And\\nOh where can dust to dust\\nBe consigned so well,\\nAs where Heaven its dews shall shed\\nOn the martyred patriot s bed,\\nAnd the rocks shall raise their head\\nOf his deeds to tell.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0230.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XVI.\\nWarner s first meeting town records war-notes the\\ncensus sage tea the crisis at hand convention op\\nthe people governor wentworth.\\nARNER is now a body corporate, having a legal\\nname. A new era in its history here com-\\nmences. The public interests, which have been main-\\nly controlled by the proprietors, are now conducted\\nby the town. Hereafter taxes are levied not simply\\nupon lands, but upon all estates, both personal and\\nreal. Under the town organization every man is a\\nman, whether rich or poor; every one is permitted to\\nhave a voice in the management of public affairs.\\nThe warrant for the first meeting of the legal town\\nof Warner is in the words followins;\\nProvince of By power and authority Received from His\\nNew Hampshire Excellency, John Wentworth, Esq. these are\\nto notify and warn the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the town\\nof Warner to assemble and meet together on Tuesday ye fourth\\nDay of October next insuing at the meeting house at ten of the\\nclock in the forenoon To act as followeth\\n1 ly to chuse a moderator To Regulate said meeting\\n2 ly to chuse a Town Clerk\\n3 ly to chuse a constable\\n4 ly to chuse Selectmen", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0231.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "212 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\n5 \\\\y to chuse other Town officers as the law Directs\\n6 Ij to see if the town will Except of the Kev. mn Wm Kelley\\nfor their minister and confirm all their former votes and Proceed-\\nings\\n7 ly to see what method the town will come into for mending\\nthe highways in said town\\n8 ly to see if the town will Build a Bridge over the River in\\nsaid Town\\n9 ly to see if the Town will get the Books that are wanting and\\nconsider what some or somes of money the town shall think Proper\\nto be Raised to Defray the charges of the present year\\n10 ly to act on any other Business the town shall think Proper\\nto he done when met\\nDated Warner Sept, ye 17th day Prancis Davis,\\nand in the year 1774. i By appointment.\\nWARNER TOWN-MEETING.\\nUnder the above warrant the town of Warner met\\nfor the first time. At the hour of ten, Francis Davis\\nstood up in the majesty of the law^ and called the\\nassemblage to order. Rev. Mr Kelley invoked the\\nDivine blessing. The warrant was then read, and the\\ntown proceeded to business, a record of which is here\\ngiven verbatim and in full\\nAt A Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of this Town\\nof Warner Legely Warned and held at their meeting House In\\nsaid Town on tuesday the 4th Day of October 1774 at ten of the\\nclock in the forenoon of which meeting Mr. Isaac Chase was\\nChosen moderator\\nVoted at Said meeting that Daniel Flanders Should be Town\\nClerk for the Present year\\nVoted at said meeting that mr. Stephen Edmunds Should be\\nConstable for the present year\\nVoted at the same meeting that Capt. Daniel Flood should be\\nthe first Select man for the present year", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0232.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "WARNER TOWN-MEETING. 213\\nVoted at said meeting that Lt. Jacob Waldron Should be the\\nsecond Select man for the Present year\\nalso voted that Mr. Isaac Chase Should be the third Select man\\nthe Pi esent year\\nVoted at said meeting that Capt. Daniel Flood be a tything-\\nman for said year\\nVoted at said meeting Capt. Francis Davis be a tythingman for\\nsaid year\\nVoted at said meeting that mr. Daniel Annis, sen. Should be a\\nSeveare of the highways for the Present year\\nVoted at the same meeting that mr. Isaac Waldron, sen. be a\\nsevare of highway the Present 3 ear\\nalso Voted at the same meeting that Deacon l^ehemiah Heath\\nShould be the third seveare of highway the Present year\\nVoted at said meeting that abner Watkins Should be a seveare\\nof Highway the Present year\\nVoted at same meeting that Daniel Currier should be a Fence\\nVewer for the said Present year\\nalso Voted at said meeting that Isaac Waldron, Junior, should\\nbe Hogg Reaf for the present year\\nVoted at said meeting that Moses Clark should be Leather\\nSealler for the Present year\\nalso voted that Mr. Daniel Annis should be Sealler of waits and\\nmeasures for the present year\\nalso voted that Paskey Pressey should be Field Driver for the\\npresent year\\nalso voted at said meeting to Recieve the Rev. mr. Wm Kelley\\nas the town s minister and Establish all the former votes and\\nRecords of said Inhabitants\\nalso voted at said meeting that the highways should be cleared\\nand mended the present j^ear\\nVoted at said meeting to build a Bridge over the River this\\nfall-\\nalso voted that the Select men should procure a Book to keep\\nthe Records of the town and to record the Children and the mark\\nof the Beast in\\nalso voted to Raise 24 pounds Lawful Money to repair highways\\nalso voted that men and oxen shall work at 2 shilling lawfull\\nmoney per Day.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0233.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "214 HISTORY OF WARNEE.\\nThus closes the record of the first Warner town-\\nmeeting. It has no signature, but it stands in the\\nhand-writing of Daniel Flanders, who that day was\\nchosen the first clerk of the town.\\nIt thus appears that the persons who had the honor\\nof being the first civil officers in the legal town of\\nWarner were,\\nIsaac Chase, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nDaniel Flood,\\nJacob Waldron, Selectmen.\\nIsaac Chase,\\nThese officers were well distributed over town,\\nChase at the Stephen George place, Flanders at the\\nLower Village, about opposite the present blacksmith\\nshop. Flood on Denney hill, and Waldron on the\\nGould road. These officers were elected for only the\\nfraction of a year (five months), but the election was\\nnone the less important on that account. It was the\\nfirst under the charter. It was the initial step in the\\nnew-born town. The election was held under author-\\nity, directly descended, of George the Third, by the\\nGrace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland,\\nKing, Defender of the Faith, c. It was held on a\\nbright, autumnal day, in the little humble frame\\nchurch at the Parade, which cost sixty dollars. The\\ntown was out in full force, the number of voters at\\nthat time being about 45, and the population of the\\ntown about 225.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0234.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1775. 215\\nThere were no national parties then all were sub-\\nject to the Crown. There were no whigs or tories, no\\ndemocrats or republicans, no slavery-propagandists or\\nfree-soilers. There were no local parties, no prohi-\\nbition or license party, no cranberry or hoop-pole par-\\nty. There were no caucuses, no rallying-committees,\\nno vote-distributors. No pledges were made, to be\\nbroken, no promises, to be forgotten. Everything\\nwas lovely, and the goose hung high.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1775.\\nDaniel Flood, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nDaniel Annis, sen.,\\nAbner Watkins, Selectmen.\\nJoseph Sawyer,\\nAt this meeting a full complement of highway sur-\\nveyors, hog-reeves, tythingmen, fence-viewers, field-\\ndrivers, sealers of leather and of weights and meas-\\nures, cullers of staves, and corders of wood, was chosen.\\nVoted that Ebenezer Eastman being chosen sevear of the\\nhighways should be Reconsidered and he not serA^e.\\nVoted at said meeting that Samuel Trumbull should be a\\nseveare of the highways for the year Insuing.\\nPALMER ONCE MORE.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, held May 2, 1775, the\\nrecord says, Capt. Daniel Flood stood moderator.\\nVoted at said meeting that all the rates of Mr. Jonathan\\nPalmer for his own head for years past and for the Present year\\nshould be Blotted out of all Rates.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0235.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "216 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nWAR-NOTES.\\nAt the same meeting, voted that the Selectmen should provide\\nPowder, Lead, and flints for a Town Stock, and as many Fire-\\narms as should be found Wanting In Town.\\nAt a legally called meeting of the inhabitants of\\nWarner, held at their meeting-house Aug. 3, 1775,\\nCapt. Francis Davis, Capt. Daniel Flood, and Daniel\\nAnnis, sen., were chosen a committee of safety.\\nTHE CENSUS.\\nThe Provincial Congress or Convention, held at\\nExeter, issued, on the 25th of August, 1775, an order\\nto the several towns and places in the province for\\ntaking a census, in which the inhabitants should be\\nclassified and also for taking an account of the num-\\nber of fire-arms, the quantity of powder, c., in each\\ntown and place. In answer to tliis requisition, the\\nauthorities of Warner made the foUowina: return\\nMales under 16 years of Age, 78\\nMales from 16 years of age to 50 not in the Armj 45\\nAll males above 50 years of age, 6\\nPersons gone in the army, 6\\nAll Females, 126\\nNegroes and Slaves for Life, 1\\n262\\nGuns in town fit for use, 21\\nGuns wanting in Town, 26\\nPowder in Town, none\\nWarner, Sep. ye 9th, 1775\\nThen the above named Daniel Annis one of the Selectmen for", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0236.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "THE CENSUS. ^217\\nthe Town of Warner after being Duly cautioned made Solom oath\\nTo the Truth of the above account\\nBefore me Daniel Flanders\\nTown Clerk.\\nThe reader will not infer from the above that War-\\nner once had a slave she had not, though the state,\\nat one time, had more than six hundred. Negroes\\nand Slaves were put into one column. When Dan-\\niel Annis, senior, made the above return (but omitted\\nto sign it), Warner had one colored man (not a\\nslave). His name was Ichabod Twilight.\\nFrom our neighboring town on the north came the\\nfollowing report\\nThe exact account of the number of the Inhabitants of Perryes\\nTown\\nMales under 16 years of Age 39\\nfrom 16 years of Age To 50 years of age 22\\nfrom Fifty years of age and upwards 5\\ngon in the army 4\\nFemales two without any age 2\\nFemales 58\\nNegroes and Slaves for life\\n130\\nGuns fit for use, 12\\nGuns wanting for Town, 17\\nPowder for Town, none\\nBenj. Wodley\\nWarner, Sept. ye 9th 1775 then the above named Benjamin\\nWodley aceseser for Perryes Town Personally appeared and after\\nBeing Duely Cautioned made Solom oath To the Truth of the\\nabove account Before me\\nDaniel Flanders Town Clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0237.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "218 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nThis Benjamin Wodley was the father of the late\\nJudge Wadleigh, of Sutton. He Hved on the farm\\nthat Judge Wadleigh occupied after him through Ufe.\\nAmong his grand-children are Erastus and Gilbert\\nWadleigh.\\nSAGE TEA.\\nIn the Bill of Indictment which Jeflferson drew\\nwith so strong a hand against the Crown of England,\\nis the following article: \u00e2\u0080\u00a2For imposing 2\\\\ixes on us with-\\nout our consents But this hardly expresses the popu-\\nlar feeling of that time. The people of the colonies\\ndid not object to taxation; they were ready for that.\\nIt was taxation without representation that inflamed\\ntheir passions, and representation was sternly denied\\nthem.\\nThe ships of the East India Company, laden with\\ntea, were arriving in the American ports. If the tea\\nwas landed, the duties must be paid. As early as\\nDecember, 1774, three of these ships, which had been\\nsent to Boston by this company, were boarded by a\\nparty of armed men disguised as Indians, and their\\ncargoes were thrown into the dock.\\nAs the Mohawks kinder thought,\\nThe Yankees had n t ought\\nTo drink that are teaP\\nIt was the exorbitant tax which the British govern-\\nment imposed upon this luxury that so enraged the\\ncolonists, \\\\yhen the report of this transaction reached", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0238.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "THE CRISIS. 219\\nthe infant settlement of Warner, one resigned old\\nlady said, Well, for my part, I ve never seen no\\nChina tea yet, and I m sure sage is good enough\\nfor me\\nTHE CRISIS AT HAND.\\nThis is not the history of the country, nor even of\\nthe state. It will not therefore be proper to set forth,\\nto much extent here, matters of a general character.\\nThe causes of discontent in the colonies, the acts\\nof the British government which hastened forward\\nAmerican independence, the measures adopted by the\\ndelegates from the several colonies in Congress assem-\\nbled, these are subjects that do not legitimately be-\\nlong to a local history like this. Nor is this the appro-\\npriate place to speak in detail of the battles of the Rev-\\nolution, of the strength of the armies, of the gallantry\\nof commanders, or of the endurance of men. These\\nthings can only be mentioned incidentally here. It\\nis the purpose of the author to make a just record of\\nwhatever the people of Warner have done and in\\norder that such record may be made intelligible, brief\\nallusions to general history become necessary.\\nAs the year 1775 is ushered in, it becomes evident\\nthat a rupture between the colonies and the mother\\ncountry is at hand. On the 19th day of April, the\\nskirmish at Lexington and the fight at Concord take\\nplace. The car of the Revolution is rumbling on.\\nThe provincial governor of New Hampshire, John\\n15", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0239.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "220 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nWentworth, labors zealously in his sphere to prevent\\nthe threatened rupture but the spell of royal influ-\\nence is broken. In an earnest message to the council\\nand assembly of New Hampshire, May 5, 1775, Gov.\\nWentworth says,\\nWe cannot but view with inexpressible concern the alarming\\nPitch to which the unfortunate Dispute between Great Britain\\nand her Colonies is daily advancing. Connected as we are with\\nour Parent State by the Strongest Ties of Kindred, Religion,\\nDuty and Interest, it is highly incumbent upon us, in this Time\\nof General Disquietude to manifest our Loyalty and attachment\\nto the best of Sovereigns, and our firm and unshaken Regard for\\nthe British Empire.\\nBut Gov. Wentworth entirely mistook the spirit of\\nthe times, and his fight was simply a fight against\\ndestiny. Separation was inevitable.\\nCONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE.\\nThe assembly desired a short recess, that the mem-\\nbers might consult with their constituents, and the\\ngovernor adjourned them to the 12th of June. Be-\\nfore that day a convention of the people had been\\ncalled, and was in session at Exeter. (Reference has\\nalready been made to this convention.) The dele-\\ngates had come freshly from their constituents, and\\nthe voice of the convention was regarded as the voice\\nof the people.\\nThe assembly met at Portsmouth, pursuant to ad-\\njournment, on the 12th of June. The governor made\\na renewed efibrt for conciliation, but it was entirely", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0240.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "PROCLAMATION. 221\\nunavailing. Some of his opponents were rash, and\\nsome of his adherents were very imprudent. A bit-\\nter feeHng grew up. Violence was threatened. The\\ngovernor retired to Fort William and Mary, and his\\nhouse was pillaged. He afterwards went on board\\nthe Scarborough, and sailed for Boston, having ad-\\njourned the assembly to the 28th of September but\\nit met no more. In September, he issued from the\\nIsles of Shoals the following\\nPROCLAMATION.\\nWhereas the General Assembly is now under adjournment to\\nThursday the 28th Instant, and it appearing to me no way con-\\nducive to His Majesty s service or the welfare of the Province,\\nthat the Assembly should meet on that day, but that it is expe-\\ndient to prorogue them to a farther time, I have therefore thought\\nfit to issue this Proclamation, proroguing the meeting of the Gen-\\neral Assembly to be held at Portsmouth on the 28th of Septem-\\nber, instant, to the 24th of April next, at ten o clock in the fore-\\nnoon and the General Assembly is hereby prorogued accordinglj^\\nto that time, then to meet at the Court House in Portsmouth\\naforesaid.\\nAnd hereof all persons concerned are to take notice and Gov-\\nern themselves accordingly.\\nGiven at Gosport, the 21st day of September, in the fifteenth\\nyear of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the Third, c.,\\nand in the year of our Lord Christ, 1775.\\nJ Wentworth.\\nBy His Excellency s Command,\\nTheodore Atkinson, Sec y.\\nThis was the closing act of Gov. Wentworth s ad-\\nministration. It was the last receding step of royalty.\\nHenceforward the people bear rule, and the chief", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0241.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "222 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nmagistrate of the state, instead of coming with a com-\\nmission from king or potentate, comes armed with the\\ncredentials of the popular will.\\nGov. Wentworth was born in Portsmouth in 1736.\\nHe was a son of Mark Hunking, and a nephew of Gov.\\nBenning Wentworth. He graduated at Harvard en-\\ngaged in mercantile business, with his father, in Ports-\\nmouth visited England in 1760, and became ac-\\nquainted with the king and others in authority. He\\nwas appointed governor of the province of New Hamp-\\nshire on the resignation of his uncle in 1766. He was\\nvery popular in this oflftce for some years. He cleared\\nand cultivated a fine farm on Smith s pond, in Wolfe-\\nborough, to encourage the settlement of that region\\nobtained a charter for Dartmouth college made\\ngrants of land, built bridges, cut roads, and fostered\\nevery enterprise for the benefit of the province. But\\nthe Revolution could not be stayed, and he gave way\\nto it without dishonor.\\nThough Gov. Wentworth never set foot on New\\nHampshire soil after issuing his proclamation from\\nthe Shoals, he continued in the country two years\\nafter hostilities commenced, expecting the subjugation\\nof the colonies. He wrote to friends from Nantasket\\nroad, in March, 1776. He wrote from Halifax in\\nApril, 76 from Long Island, November, 76 from\\nNew York, January, 77 and again, in June of the\\nsame year.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0242.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "SIR JOHN WENTWORTH. 223\\nHe sailed for England in February, 1778, and made\\nhis home in London. After peace was declared, he\\nremoved to Nova Scotia, and entered upon the duties\\nof the office of Surveyor of the King s Woods, to\\nwhich he had long before been appointed. In 1792\\nhe was appointed lieut. governor of Nova Scotia, and\\nin 1795 was created a baronet. Sir John Wentworth\\ncontinued in office till 1808, when he retired with an\\nannual pension of \u00c2\u00a3500. He died at Halifax, April 8,\\n1820, aged 83.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0243.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVII.\\nTHE EXETER CONVENTION NOT A COLONY, BUT A STATE FIRST\\nREPRESENTATIVE TOWN AND CLASS RECORDS.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1776.\\nIsaac Chase, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nJoseph Sawyer,\\nDaniel Flanders, y Selectmen.\\nParmenas Watson,\\nVoted at said meeting that a man should work out their high-\\nway Rate at 2 shilling lawful money a Day.\\nVoted to hire no school for said year.\\nAlso voted not to move the meeting house, nor Build a\\nBridge over the River against Where said meeting house now\\nstands.\\nTHE EXETER CONVENTION.\\nThe reader is invited to turn back to the Exeter\\nconvention. The royal government and authority\\nhaving disappeared from New Hampshire, the people\\nproceeded to perfect, as far as possible, their pro-\\nvisional government. The convention, which had as-\\nsembled at Exeter in May, was elected but for six\\nmonths. Previous to its dissolution in November, pro-\\nvisions were made, in accordance with the recommend-\\nation of the congress of the colonies at Philadelphia,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0244.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "THE EXETER CONVENTION. 225\\nfor calling a new convention. Copies of these pro-\\nvisions were sent out to the several towns, and then\\nthe convention was dissolved.\\nMany of the small towns and places in the colony\\nfelt unable to send delegates (the towns being obliged\\nto pay such delegates for attendance). This call for\\ndelegates came to Warner. The inhabitants of the\\ntown were notified to meet the 4th day of December,\\n1775, to choose a delegate to a Convention to be\\nheld at Exeter, for the formation of a Constitution or\\nform of government for the colony.\\nUnder this call a meeting was held, but no delegate\\nwas chosen. The record says,\\nThe Inhabitants of Warner met at their Meeting House, in\\norder to choose a man to Represent the town in Congress in Exe-\\nter passed a vote in the negative not to send any.\\nA convention, however, was chosen, consisting of\\nseventy-six members. It assembled at Exeter, Dec.\\n21, 1775. Matthew Thornton was made president of\\nsaid convention. He was a physician, and his resi-\\ndence was at Londonderry. He was one of the three\\nNew Hampshire men who subsequently became sign-\\ners of the Declaration of Independence. There were\\nmany able men besides Thornton in that body. It\\ncontinued a convention or congress till January 5,\\n1776 (sixteen days), and then, by leave of the Conti-\\nnental Congress, resolved itself into a House of Repre-\\nsentatives, or Assembly, for the colony of New Hamp-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0245.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "226 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nshire. It drew up a temporary form of government,\\nadopted a constitution, appointed committees of safe-\\nty, and exercised all the functions of a government of\\na free people. This constitution provided for annual\\nelections, and coordinate branches of government,\\neach having a negative upon the other. The council\\nwas to consist of twelve members, any seven of whom\\nwere to be a quorum. The members of this branch\\nwere to elect their presiding officer, as the members\\nof the house were to elect theirs. But this system\\nhad a material defect. It provided for no executive.\\nThe two houses assumed the executive duty during\\nthe session and they appointed a committee of safety,\\nto sit in the recess.\\nNOT A COLONY, BUT A STATE.\\nThis congress or convention of delegates from the\\npeople, having held several sessions at Exeter, having\\nassumed the name of the House of Representatives,\\nadopted a constitution, and chosen twelve persons to\\nconstitute a distinct and coordinate branch of the\\nlegislature by the name of the Council, took up the\\nsubject of the\\nDECLARATION,\\non the 10th day of September, 1776. The record\\nsays,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Declaration of the Representatives of the United States\\nof America in Congress Assembled, July 4, 1776, for Indepen-\\ndency Being read and Published in this House", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0246.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "FIRST REPRESENTATIVE. 227\\nVoted and Resolved, That this Colony Assume and take upon\\nthemselves the Name and Style of the State of New Hampshire,\\nand that all Commissions, writs, Processes, and all Law Proceed-\\nings which heretofore were made and issued in the Name and\\nStyle of the Colony of New Hampshire, shall henceforth be made\\nand issued in the Name and Style of the State of New Hamp-\\nshire, and not otherwise.\\nSent up by Samuel Dudley Esq.\\nConcurred.\\nFIRST REPRESENTATIVE.\\nOn the 18th day of September, 1776, this body,\\nnow the legislature of the state, took steps for a new\\nelection, the first under the state government, and the\\nfirst after the people, through their representatives at\\nPhiladelphia, had declared their independence of the\\nCrown. The legislature instructed the secretary to\\nissue precepts to the several towns of the state for\\nthe choice of representatives, and prescribed their\\nform. In the month of October the precepts were\\nissued. Warner received hers, which was in the\\nwords following\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nThe Government and People of said State\\nTo the Selectmen of Warner in said State\\nGreeting\\nYou are hereby required to Notify the Legal Inhabitants pay-\\ning taxes in the town of Warner, giving them fifteen days notice,\\nto mieet in some convenient place, in your town, to elect one per-\\nson, (having a real Estate of the value of Two hundred pounds\\nLawful money in this State,) to Represent them in the Assembly\\nto be held at Exeter on the third Wednesday in December, and\\nto Empower such representative for the term of one year from", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0247.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "228 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ntheir first meeting, to transact such Business and pursue such\\nmeasures as they may Judge necessary for the ])ublic good. And\\nthe person who shall be elected, you are to Notify, that he attend\\nat time and place above mentioned. And at said meeting Every\\nVoter as aforesaid, on one paper is to bring in Votes for two\\nPersons, being reputable Freeholders and Inhabitants within\\nyour County, having a Real Estate of Two hundred Pounds, to\\nserve as members of the Council for the year ensuing.\\nBy order of the Council and Assembly.\\nThe town acted promptly, and its record here fol-\\nlows\\nBy order from the Council and assembly of the State of New\\nHampshire to us we Do hereby Notify and Warn all the free-\\nholders and Inhabitants of this town of Warner that they assem-\\nble themselves and meet together at the meeting house in said\\nWarner on Tuesday ye Nineteenth Day of November next at one\\nof the clock in the afternoon, To Proceed as followeth. Viz\\nlly to chuse a moderator to govern said meeting\\n2d to chuse one man as Representative for one year from the\\nthird Wednesday in December next\\n3d to chuse two men within this County to Sett as members of\\nthe Council for the aforesaid Term and to act on any other\\nBusiness that may be thought Proper.\\nDated Warner October ye 29th day, 1776.\\nJosejjh Sawyer\\nDaniel Flanders Selectmen.\\nParmenas W^atson\\nThus w^arned, the leo;al voters of Warner met in the\\nhumble church at the Parade, Nov. 19, 1776\\nChose Isaac Chase, Moderator.\\nVoted, at said meeting that Capt. Francis Davis should go as\\nRepresentative for said Town for one year to Rej^resent said town\\nin the assembly at Exeter.\\nVoted at Same meeting for Joshua Bayley of Hopkinton and\\nJeremiah Page of Dunbarton for members of the Council.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0248.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "FIRST REPRESENTATIVE. 229\\nThere were seven sessions of the legislature this\\nyear for Mr. Davis to attend, six at Exeter and one at\\nPortsmouth.\\nAlthough Warner was settled in 1762. and was a\\ndutiful subject of the royal government for a dozen\\nyears, she never had a representative in the King s\\nAssembly, nor any direct voice in the government\\nof the Province. She had not risen to sufficient\\nstrength and importance for that, and perhaps she\\nhad no desire for it. But, events crowd on apace.\\nLexington and Concord have gone into history. The\\nbattle of Bunker Hill has been fought. The sons of\\nWarner, with the other New Hampshire soldiers, un-\\nder Stark and Reid, behind the rail fence, have stood\\nthe brunt of the British onset. The immortal Decla-\\nration has been proclaimed. The country is indepen-\\ndent, and the state is no longer a colony.\\nIn this first legislative body chosen by the suffrages\\nof a free people, Francis Davis appears the accredited\\nrepresentative from the town of Warner. It is a dis-\\ntinction and an honor to be remembered with pride\\nby his numerous descendants.\\nCapt. Davis, at this time, was in the vigor of ma-\\nture manhood, being 53 years of age. He took his\\nseat in the assembly at Exeter among the influential\\nmen of the state. John Langdon, of Portsmouth, was\\nchosen speaker of the assembly, and Meshech Weare,\\nof Hampton Falls, was president of the council. It", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0249.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "230 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwas a legislature of rare ability, and the impress which\\nit made upon the polity of the state will never be\\neffaced.\\nAfter this first election of representative, in which\\nWarner stood alone, a class or representative district\\nwas formed, consisting of Warner, Perrystown, Fish-\\nersfield, and New Breton.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1777.\\nDaniel Flood, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nDaniel Flanders,\\nJacob Hoyt, Selectmen.\\nParmenas Watson,\\nVoted at said meeting to raise Twelve Pounds lawful money\\nto hire a school for the current year.\\nThey had but one school in town for several years.\\nA recital of the other business which was transacted\\nat this meeting would not interest the reader.\\nJacob Hoyt, the new selectman, was the individual\\nwho run the potash and the hotel at the Lower village.\\nAt a meeting held May 10, 1777,\\nVoted to give the two men we should hire to serve in the Con-\\ntinental Army for three years, one hundred dollars each man this\\nDay hired.\\nThey hired Philip Rowell and Aquila Davis that\\nday.\\nCLASSED TOWNS.\\nIn December, 1777, the inhabitants of Warner,\\nPerrystown, Fishersfield, and New Breton, having", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0250.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "TOWN AND CLASS EECORDS. 231\\nbeen classed as a representative district, and having\\nbeen previously warned, met at the house of Daniel\\nFlood (on Denney s hill), and made choice of Daniel\\nMorrill, of Warner, for representative for one year.\\nMr. Morrill served during two sessions, both at Exeter,\\none of seventeen and the other of thirty-one days.\\nThis was Deacon Daniel Morrill, who was one of\\nthe proprietors of the town, and whose residence be-\\nfore coming to Warner was in Salisbury, Massachu-\\nsetts. He came to Warner about the year 1774, and\\nsettled on Pumpkin hill, on the first farm north of the\\nSally Bradley place. He had two sons, certainly,\\nEnoch and Richard, who are yet well remembered by\\nthe people of Warner.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1778.\\nParinenas Watson, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nJacob Tucker,\\nZebulon Morrill, v Selectmen.\\nThomas Annis,\\nThis board of selectmen is entirely new. Not\\nmuch is known of Jacob Tucker, the chairman, ex-\\ncept that he came from Amesbury, was in the Revo-\\nlutionary army, and lived for a time, at least, on the\\npresent Harris land, on Tory Hill road.\\nZebulon Morrill came from Amesbury, also. He\\nsettled in Joppa, on the farm that Capt. Matthew D.\\nAnnis now occupies, and remained there through life.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0251.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "232 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nHis son Samuel lived and died on the same farm.\\nHis other sons were Daniel, father of William K, and\\nJohn, who lived on Burnt hill.\\nThomas Annis, the third selectman, has already\\nbeen introduced to the reader as the son of Daniel\\nAnnis, senior, one of the first two settlers of Warner.\\nREPRESENTATIVE.\\nAt a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of\\nWarner, Perrystown, Fishersfield, and New Breton,\\nheld at the meeting-house in Warner, April 9, 1778,\\nChose Ebenezer Keyzer of Perrystown, Moderator,\\nVoted, at said meeting that Capt. Daniel Flood should Go\\nRepresentative for the above said towns, for one year.\\nThis Ebenezer Keyzer, who served as moderator at\\nthe little church on the Parade, was originally from\\nHaverhill, Mass. He settled on the shore of the pond\\nat North Sutton, which has always borne his name.\\nHis father, at the Duston massacre at Haverhill in\\n1697, hid the girl, whom he afterwards married, under\\na pile of boards, and thus saved her life.\\nCapt. Flood served as representative at three ses-\\nsions of the legislature: one session commenced in.\\nMay, one in August, and one in October. They were\\nall held at Exeter. It was the Revolutionary period,\\nand the pressing wants of the army demanded un-\\nusual legislation. The time for electing representa-\\ntives was changed back to December from April, and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0252.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "TOWN AND CLASS RECORDS. 233\\nanother representative was chosen, December, 1778.\\nThe records show that the inhabitants of the classed\\ntowns met at the inn of Jacob Hoyt, in Warner, Dec.\\n7, 1778, and after choosing Daniel Flood moderator,\\nVoted that Thomas Rowell should be Representative for the\\nabove-said towns for the year insuing.\\nThe writer has been unable to gather much infor-\\nmation in regard to this Thomas Rowell, except that\\nhe originally belonged in Amesburj, and was one of\\nthe proprietors of Warner. He is believed to be a\\nbrother to the great-grandfather of George S. and\\nCharles P. Rowell. Mr. Rowell attended four sessions\\nduring his year, all at Exeter.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1779.\\nDaniel Flood, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nDavid Bagley,\\nWilliam Ring, Selectmen.\\nTappan Evans,\\nAnother entire new board of selectmen is here pre-\\nsented.\\nDavid Bagley was a son of Joshua Bagley, of Ames-\\nbury. The two came to Warner together, and settled\\nat Bagley s Bridge, where Joshua, son of David, lived\\nand died. Lieut. David Bagley held the office of\\ntown-clerk thirty-nine years. He was undoubtedly a\\nvery worthy man, but his education did not fit him", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0253.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "234 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfor a recording officer, and the records of the town\\nare disfigured by many imperfections.\\nVVilliam Ring was from Amesbury, and was a son\\nof Jarvis Ring, one of the original proprietors. He\\nsettled at the North village, where Gideon D. Wheel-\\ner resides. Abner R. and James G. Ring were his\\nsons.\\nTappan Evans was from Salisbury, Mass. He set-\\ntled on the Moses F. Colby farm, on the Pumpkin\\nHill road. He afterwards exchanged farms with Isaac\\nChase, and moved to the Stephen George place. His\\nsons, whose homes were in Warner, were Capt. Nich-\\nolas and Hon. Benjamin Evans.\\nIn December, 1779, the classed towns met, and\\nelected Isaac Chase, of Warner, for representative.\\nHe attended, during his year, four sessions, three at\\nExeter and one at Portsmouth. During his term of\\nservice, the valuation of the several towns was fixed\\nfor the apportionment of the public taxes. Chase\\nthought they were getting the valuation of Warner\\ntoo high, and in addressing the house he stated that\\nWarner was a poor, hard town, and that the inhabi-\\ntants had all they could do to keep soul and body to-\\ngether. Upon this a member from the present Sulli-\\nvan county jumped up and said, Mr. Speaker, the\\ngentleman tells the truth. I ve been in Warner, and\\nits a God-forsaken spot! Chase yelled out, It s a\\nlief", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0254.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "TOWN AND CLASS EECORDS. 235\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1780.\\nTappan Evans, moderator.\\nDaniel Flanders, town-clerk.\\nParmenas Watson,\\nThomas Rowell, Selectmen.\\nZebulon Morrill,\\nAt most of the meetings from 1776 to 1782, action\\nwas taken in regard to raising, paying, and supplying\\nmen for the Continental army.\\nA meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of\\nWarner, Perrystown, Fishersfield, and New Breton,\\nwas held at the house of Jacob Hoyt, innholder in\\nWarner, Dec. 12, 1780, and, after choosing Nathaniel\\nBean, moderator,\\nVoted that Capt. Tappan Evans should be the man to Eepre-\\nsent the above said towns the ensuing year.-\\nDuring his year, Mr. Evans attended five sessions\\nof the legislature, all at Exeter.\\nNathaniel Bean was from Amesbury. He came to\\nWarner about the year 1775, and settled on Pumpkin\\nhill, where Capt. Joseph Jewell now resides. He died\\nthere, and was buried in the old cemeterv to the\\nnorthward of the Timothy Davis place. Mr. Bean\\nbuilt the first mills that were erected at the great\\nfalls (Waterloo). The names of his sons and daugh-\\nters were as follows Nathaniel, Daniel, John, Susanna,\\nDavid, Anna, James, Richard, Dorothy, Molly, and\\nOilman.\\n16", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0255.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1781.\\nNehemiah Heath, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nWilliam Ring,\\nFrancis Davis, Selectmen.\\nE/ichard Bartlett,\\nDea. Nehemiah Heath was from Hampstead. He\\nsettled in Warner, on the main road, at the place\\nwhere John Tewkesbury now lives. His son, Dea.\\nDavid Heath, followed him on the same farm.\\nRichard Bartlett was from Amesbnry, a son of Sim-\\neon Bartlett, one of the proprietors of Warner. He\\nsettled on Burnt hill, where Stephen lived and died.\\nHe was a man of superior intellect and extensive\\nreading. His sons were Stephen, Thomas H., and Col.\\nSimeon.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0256.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XYIIl.\\nCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS TOWN AND CLASS EECORDS\\nPRESIDENT OF THE STATE LOCATION OF MEETING-HOUSE.\\nT a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of\\nthe town of Warner, held at the Parade, May 7,\\n1781, Nathaniel Bean serving as moderator,\\nVoted, at said meeting to send one man to set in Convention\\nat Concord, on the first Tuesday of June next, to form a system\\nor Plan of Government for this State.\\nVoted, at said meeting to give the man that should Be here\\nafter Chosen to set in Convention 4s 6d per day, new emission.\\nVoted that Capt. Francis Davis Should Be the man for the\\nabove purpose.\\nA brief history of the numerous constitutional con-\\nventions which were held in the early days of the\\nstate will not be out of place here.\\n1. The first constitution of New Hampshire was\\nadopted soon after the Revolution began, namely,\\nJan. 5, 1776. It was framed by the Exeter conven-\\ntion. It was not designed or understood to be per-\\nmanent, but was to continue during the unnatural\\ncontest in which the country was then engaged. This\\nis believed to be the^rs^ constitution adopted by any\\nof the colonies.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0257.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "238 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\n2. A convention was called for the sole purpose of\\nforming a permanent Plan or system for the future\\nGovernment of the State, to meet at Concord, June\\n10, 1778. (Neither in the first convention, ^lor in\\nthis, was Warner represented.) This convention of\\n1778 formed a plan of government, and sent it out to\\nthe people. It was rejected.\\n3. The same convention reassembled at Concord in\\nJune, 1779. Another constitution was agreed upon,\\nand sent out to the people. This, also, was rejected.\\n(Warner was not represented in this convention.)\\n4. Another convention was called. It met at Con-\\ncord, June, 1781. Francis Davis was in this conven-\\ntion. It framed a constitution which provided for\\na supreme Executive Magistrate, to be styled the\\nGovernor of the State of New Hampshire whose\\ntitle should be His Excellency. It provided for a\\nsenate of twelve members, to be elected by districts\\nAnd the several Counties in this State, shall, until\\nthe General Court shall order otherwise, be districts\\nfor the election of Senators, and shall elect the follow-\\ning number, viz., Rockingham 5, Strafford 2, Hillsboro\\n2, Cheshire 2, and Grafton 1.\\nA house of representatives was provided for, to\\nconsist of fifty members, apportioned to the counties\\nas follows: Rockingham, 20; Straflbrd, 8; Hillsboro\\n10 Cheshire, 8 Grafton, 4. This constitution was\\nsent out to the people, and rejected.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0258.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 239\\n5. The same convention reassembled at Concord in\\nAugust, 1782, and made some changes in the preced-\\ning constitution, one of which was, to have representa-\\ntives chosen by the towns, such towns as had 150\\nratable polls, to have a representative smaller towns,\\nto be classed. This was sent out, and rejected.\\n6. The same convention reassembled at Concord,\\nJune, 1783; formed their constitution, sent it out,\\n.and it was accepted by a vote of the people, October\\n31, 1783. It was carried into full effect June 10,\\n1784, and, with but slight amendments, was in force\\ntill 1878, a period of ninety-four years.\\nAt a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of\\nWarner, Perrystown, Fishersfield, and Andover (New\\nBreton no more), held at the meeting-house in War-\\nner, December 22, 1781, Francis Davis acting as\\nmoderator,\\nVoted tliat Nathaniel Bean of Warner shall represent the\\nabove said towns for the year ensuing.\\nThere were five sessions of the legislature during\\nthe year for which Mr. Bean was elected, three in\\nConcord, one in Exeter, and one in Portsmouth.\\nThe record next says (its exact words being\\nquoted),\\nThe inhabitants and Freeholders of Warner held a meeting at\\nthe house of Jacob Hoyt in said town, January 16, 1782, to\\nexemen and perruse the New Constitution or Plan of Government\\nat which meeting Capt. Francis Davis was moderator voted that\\nthe meeting Be a jorned too Monday ye 21st Day of this instant", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0259.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nJanuarj^ at 12 o clock, on the Day two persons at said meeting\\naccepted of the new Constitution or Plan of government in full\\nas it now stands, 3 persons at said meeting Rejected the above\\nplan in full.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1782.\\nTappan Evans, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nAbner Watkins,\\nPhilip PlanderS; Selectmen.\\nThomas Annis,\\nVoted at said meeting that the Selectmen should serve in theire\\noffice the present year free from any Cost to the town.\\nThis annual meeting, on account of some informal-\\nity, was pronounced illegal another was called and\\nheld at the meeting-house, July 11th, and the follow-\\ning officers were elected\\nNathaniel Bean, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nParmenas Watson,\\nThomas Annis, Selectmen.\\nPhilip Flanders,\\nAt a meeting held November 26, 1782, at the meet-\\ning-house, Isaac Chase acting as moderator,\\nVoted to chuse a Committee to peruse the new plan of Gov-\\nernment and make theire Keport at the a Jornment of this meet-\\ning.\\nVoted that Esqr. Sawyer, Capt. Davis, Capt. Flood, Daniel\\nMorrill and Tappan Evans should be the above Committee.\\nVoted at said meeting that those persons that Call themselves\\nBaptis in this town should Be Rated theire proportion to Mr.\\nKelle3^ s sallery Rate this present yeav.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0260.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "TOWN AND CLASS RECORDS. 2-il\\nIt is evident from the foregoing that certain of the\\ncitizens of Warner had ah^eady become restive under\\nthe burdens of the minister tax, and that they\\nsought to escape it by claiming not to belong to the\\nestablished order.\\nVoted at said meeting to pay Wm. Lowell nine pounds this\\npresent year to Be Reducted out of the obligation he has against\\nthe town that was given to his sons for Ingaging in the Conti-\\nnental Army for this town.\\nAt the a Jornment of the meeting from the 26 day of Nov.\\n1782 to the 10 Day of Dec. 1782, Isaac Chase Stood Moderator.\\nVoted not to Receive the new plan of Government as it now\\nstands.\\nVoted to Receive the plan with some amendment and the meet-\\ning was Ree a Jorned to the 20th Day instant at the meeting\\nhouse.\\nAtt the Ree a Jornment of the meetting from the 10th Day of\\nDec. to the 20th instant, of which meeting Isaac Chase was Mod-\\nerator,\\nVoted to chuse 3 men to Jone the above Committee in porusing\\nthe new plan of Government and to make objection against any\\npart of said plan in writing.\\nVoted that Wm. Ring, Nehemiah heath and paul thorndick be\\nthe men also voted Nathaniel Bean should Jine the above com-\\nmittee.\\nVoted that David Bagley should provid a book too Record\\nBeaths of children.\\natt the a Jornment of the meeting from the 20 Day of Decem-\\nber too the 26 Day Instant 1782, Nomber of voters present 32\\none voted to Recive the plan of Government in full as it now\\nstands, 31 against it as it now stands Nineteen Recived the ob-\\njections which the Committee Drafted against the plan of Gov-\\nernment Eleven against the objections twent}^ nine objected a\\nGainst a Governor and prevey Council and the meeting was Diss-\\nmesed.\\nThe classed towns elected no representative in the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0261.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nyear 1782. There is no evidence that the inhabitants\\nwere called together that year for the purpose of\\nelecting one.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1783.\\nIsaac Chase, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nParmeiias Watson,\\nDavid Bagley, Selectmen.\\nTappan Evans,\\nAtt the a Jorntoent of the annual meeting from the 4th day of\\nMarch, 1783, to ye 18th Day of this Instant march, voted that\\nthe Laws and Coarts of the State Should Stand in full force as\\ntheay now are untel the 10th Day of June 1784.\\nVoted to chuse a Committee of three men to settle the law\\nsute or Cary it on that is Commenced against the town by Mr.\\nNathaniel Been.\\nVoted that Daniel Flood, Tappan Evans and Isaac Chase\\nShould Be the above Committee.\\nThe presumption is, that the committee settled this\\nsute, for nothing more is heard from it.\\nThe classed towns met at the meeting-house in\\nWarner, March, 1773, and elected Nathaniel Bean as\\nrepresentative. The time for holding this election, it\\nwill be seen, has again been changed. Mr. Bean at-\\ntended at three sessions this year, all in Concord.\\nTHE CURRIER BRIDGE.\\nAt a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of\\nWarner, held at the meeting-house, April 28, 1783,\\nTappan Evans acting as moderator,\\nVoted to Bild a Bridge over the River on the Road that leads\\nfrom the Meeting House to Mr. Benjamin Currier s.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0262.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "TOWN AND CLASS. RECORDS. 243\\nWho this Benjamin Currier was the writer knows\\nnot. The place referred to was the Ensign Joseph\\nCurrier jDlace. This was the second bridge on the\\nriver at this point.\\nVoted to raise 15 pounds Lawful money toward Bilding the\\nBridge above mentioned to Be worked out at 3 shilling per Day.\\nVoted to allow Aquila Davis, Hubbart Carter and Amos\\nFlood as much money as was stoped out of theire wages and was\\nalowed to the town out of the state tax for the year past 1782 by\\nthe Treasurer of the State.\\nVoted to allow Capt. Davis his account for setting on the\\nConvention for times past which was one pound five shilling and\\n8 pence.\\nThe convention that Capt. Davis had the honor of\\nsetting on, was the constitutional convention which\\nis spoken of on a former page.\\nThe legal voters of the town were warned by the\\nselectmen to assemble at the meeting-house, Nov. 3,\\n1783, to choose a moderator, and, among other things,\\nto see if the inhabitance of the town will vote to\\npertition the honorable General Court for a menment\\nof our Incorporation with a New one according to\\nNeals Bound ree.\\nThe meeting was held. Tappan Evans was chosen\\nmoderator, and then an adjournment was made to the\\n10th day of the same month.\\nAt the a Jornment of the meeting voted Not to pertition for\\nan amendment of our Incorporation.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0263.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1784.\\nTappan Evans, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town- clerk.\\nDavid Bagle}^,\\nE/ichard Straw, Selectmen.\\nZebulon Morrill,\\nThis is the first appearance of Richard Straw, but\\nnot the last. He was a prominent man in town for\\nmany years. He came from the neighboring town of\\nHopkinton, and settled in Schoodac, on the farm that\\nhis son Richard occupied through his life. He was a\\ncolonel in the state militia, was one of the selectmen\\nof the town several years, was a licensed taverner,\\nand a good farmer. His sons were Richard, Jonathan,\\nand James. He died in 1840, aged 85, and was\\nburied at the Parade.\\nAt tlie same meeting voted not to Repaire the meeting house.\\nVoted to raise one hundred and sixty j ve pounds lawful\\nmoney to pay William Lowell, Isaac Lowell and Stephen Colby s\\ntown bounties for service Down the town as Solders.\\nVoted to chuse a Committee to Consist of five men to Settle\\nwith the Baptis for the settlement and sallery Rate for the year\\n1782.\\nVoted that the meeting Should be a Jornd too the 9th Day\\nof this instant month.\\nAt the adjourned meeting,\\nVoted to Give in the Sallery Rate for the year 1782 too all\\nthose persons that Breaight theire sertificats too sertify that\\ntheay had Joined the Baptis Society.\\nVoted to pertion to the General Coart for a new Incorpora-\\ntion of our town according to McNeals Boundree.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0264.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "PRESIDENT OF THE STATE. 245\\nAt a second adjournment of this meeting, which\\ntook place the 30th of March,\\nVoted too Reconsider the vote past to cliuse a Committee to\\nSettle with the Baptis.\\nAccording to the foregoing it appears that there\\nwas dissatisfaction with the act of incorporation (the\\ncharter of the town). As chartered, the town was to\\nbe six miles square but the surveyors, acting under\\nthe proprietors, could find no open territory of just\\nsuch dimensions, but they took an equivalent, and\\nmore too, and took it where they could. And what\\nthe discontented ones now wanted was, to have the\\nterms of the charter so changed as to correspond with\\nNeal s actual survey.\\nPRESIDENT OF THE STATE.\\nAt a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of\\nWarner, Perrystown, and Fishersfield (Andover has\\nnow joined New Chester), held at the meeting-house\\nin Warner, March 30, 1784, Captain Daniel Flood\\nacting as moderator,\\nVoted tliat Capt. Francis Davis should go Representative for\\nthe above mentioned towns.\\nVoted for President^ for 3Ieshech Weare, 12.\\nThe people of New Hampshire never voted for\\ntheir chief magistrate till this election of 1784. The\\ntemporary constitution of 1776 provided for a coun-\\ncil of twelve members, and a house of representatives", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0265.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nto be elected by the people. These two branches of\\nthe government conducted the affairs of the state.\\nThat constitution remained in force till June, 1784,\\nwhen the new constitution went into effect. This\\nnew constitution, among its many provisions, had the\\nfollowing\\nThere shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be\\nstyled, The President of the State of New Hampshire and\\nwhose title shall be, His Excellency.\\nThe president was to be chosen by the people.\\nWarner cast but 12 votes at this election for chief\\nmagistrate of the state, all for Meshech Weare. The\\nvote was unaccountably small, as the population of\\nthe town at that time must have been 600, and the\\nnumber of legal voters about 120.\\nCapt. Francis Davis was chosen to office at this\\nelection for the last time. He served at two sessions\\nof the legislature of 1784, one at Concord in June,\\nand one at Portsmouth in October. There was anoth-\\ner session, held at Concord in February, which he did\\nnot attend. His work had been finished before that\\nday. November 26, 1784, he was drowned in Beaver\\nbrook, at Derry. A storm had swollen the stream\\nthe bridge, which at dark was perfectly safe, had been\\nswept away before eight o clock in the evening, and\\nboth horse and rider were plunged into the strong\\ncurrent and drowned. The body of Mr. Davis was\\ncarried far down the stream, and was not recovered", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0266.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "SECOND PRESIDENT OP THE STATE. 247\\ntill three days after the accident. It was then brought\\nto Warner, and committed to the earth near his cho-\\nsen home at Davisville. His age was 61.\\nAt a legally warned meeting, which was held Nov.\\n8, 1784, at the meeting-house in Warner,\\nVoted to chuse one man as a Defendant in behalf of the town\\nagainst an action commenced against Daniel flood and Joseph\\nCurrier as a Committee in behalf of the town by Earned lowell of\\nalmsbury.\\nVoted that tappan Evans shovild be a Defendant against the\\nabove action and is Impowered to Carry on the case.\\nANI^UAL MEETING, MARCH, 1785.\\nIsaac Chase, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nIsaac Chase,\\nNehemiah Heath, V Selectmen.\\nPaul Thorndike, J\\nPaul Thorndike lived at the John Hardy place on\\nTory hill, but did not remain in town a great many\\nyears.\\nAt an adjourned meeting held April 12th,\\nVoted to except thomas Annis to serve constable for the cur-\\nrent year for Jonathan Smith.\\nVoted not to alow Gideon Davis and Joseph hunt Solder\\nRats for their heads for the year 1784.\\nVoted to alow Zebulon morrill one pound ten shilling for his\\nservice as one of the Select men in the year past 1784.\\nSECOND PRESIDENT OF THE STATE.\\nAt a meeting legally called, and holden at the\\nmeeting-house in Warner, March 29, 1785, to vote for", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0267.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "248 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\npresident of the state, John Langdon received 24 votes.\\nNo other candidate was voted for.\\nWarner, Sutton, and Fishersfield, in 1785, elected\\nMatthew Harvey, of Sutton, representative. Mr. Har-\\nvey went from Deerfield, and settled on the large\\nfarm at North Sutton which Jonathan Harvey came\\ninto possession of, and occupied through life. The\\nsons of Matthew Harvey were Jonathan, who served\\nin congress, Matthew, who served in congress and\\nwho was governor in 1830, John, Philip, and perhaps\\nothers.\\nMr. Harvey, during his year, served at three ses-\\nsions of the legislature, two at Portsmouth and one\\nat Concord.\\nAt a meeting held October 11, 1785,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted that the Selectmen should settle with Mr. Tai3pan Evans\\non account of his Carrying on the law sute Commenced against\\nthe town by Barnet Lowell.\\nVoted to Sell the howling of the Rev. Mr. Kelley s Sellary\\nwood for the current year to the loest Bider.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1786.\\nIsaac Chase, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nDavid Bagley,\\nRichard Straw, Selectmen.\\nZebulon Morrill,\\nVoted that Thomas Annis Constable Should not Collect the\\nminister tax he has a Gainst those people that have Brought\\ntheire sertificates to sartify theay have Joined the Baptis Society\\nand also those people Called Sheaker.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0268.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "SECOND PRESIDENT OP THE STATE. 249\\nThere were people in town at this time professing\\nto be Shakers, a denomination which was introduced\\ninto this country in 1774. One or two of the follow-\\ners of this sect in Warner (and perhaps there were\\nno others in town) lived on the Tory Hill road. One\\nof the leading principles of this religious denomination\\nis opposition to war.\\nAn adjourned meeting was held March 28, 1786,\\nand of this meeting the record says,\\nWhereas Isaac Chase, Moderator of the above meeting Hesined\\nhis seat, Voted to Chuse another man as a moderator in his sted.\\nVoted that Joseph Sawyer should he moderator of this meeting.\\nVoted to Kais 18 pounds for Schooling for the Current year.\\nVoted that the Sellect men Should Divid the School money\\ninto Districts.\\nVote for President.\\nJolm Sullivan,\\nNone.\\nJohn Langdon,\\n29\\nSullivan is here placed ^r.*?;, because he was elected,\\nthough Warner did not give him a single vote. This\\nrule, of placing the successful candidate at the head\\nwill be adhered to throughout this volume.\\nVoted the Select men with a sever Should preamble the County\\nEoad and make such alterations and exchanges as theay shall\\nJudge Best.\\nWarner, Sutton, and Fishersfield elected Zephaniah\\nClark, of Fishersfield, for representative, in the year\\n1786. He attended three sessions during the year,\\none at Concord, one at Exeter, and one at Portsmouth.\\nTotal number of days, 76.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0269.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMr. Clark kept a hotel, and carried on a large farm\\nat what is known as the Chandler place, in Newbury.\\nIt is the place which our townsman, Jonathan H.\\nMaxon, recently owned and occupied.\\nAt a meeting legally called, and held at the meet-\\ning-house, Sept. 29, 1786, James Flanders acting as\\nmoderator,\\nVoted to Bild a Bridge over the River on the County Eoad\\nWhere the old Bridge now is or as near that place as may be\\nThought Proper.\\nVoted not to Bild a Meeting House.\\nVoted to Reconsider the vote past not to Bild a meeting house.\\nVoted too Bild a meeting house.\\nVoted the meeting should Be a Jorned to the 19th day of Oct.\\nnext.\\nAt the adjourned meeting,\\nVoted not to raise money to build a bridge over the river.\\nJames Flanders, whose name appears above, was\\nfrom Hawke, N. H. (Danville). He settled on Burnt\\nHill, between the Clough and Bartlett places, but no\\nhouse now occupies the site of his buildings. It ap-\\npears, by public documents now in existence, that he.\\nwas both farmer and cordwainer. He had a small,\\nproductive farm, which occupied his time in summer,\\nand he made and mended shoes in winter. He was\\nmuch in public life was in the state senate nine or\\nten years, and in the house as many. While his edu-\\ncation was scant, his judgment was sound, and for\\nmany years he was a leading man in the councils of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0270.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "TOWN AND CLASS RECORDS. 251\\nthe state. He was a ready and effective speaker, and\\nhis influence in the halls of legislation was large. His\\nsons were Calvin, Abner, Ezra, Philip, and Timothy.\\nWalter P. Flanders, of Milwaukee William W., of\\nWilmot; the present Philip, of Warner; Isaac C.\\nFlanders, who lived many years in Manchester, but\\nwho has returned to Warner, and many others, are\\nhis grandsons.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1787.\\nDaniel Flood, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nJames Flanders,\\nBenjamin Sargent, V Selectmen.\\nChellis Foote,\\nI^or President.\\nJohn Sullivan,\\nNone.\\nJohn Langdon,\\n94\\nBenjamin Sargent was from Amesbury. He settled\\non Tory hill, where a son of Abner Sargent now re-\\nsides. His sons were Humphrey, Simeon, Asa, Isaac,\\nMoses, and Benjamin. The latter occupied the old\\nhomestead through his life.\\nChellis Foote was also from Amesbury, and his\\nhome in Warner was at the Chellis F. Kimball place.\\nHe was the father of Kimball s wife.\\nAt a meeting of the inhabitants of Warner, Sutton,\\nand Fishersfield, held at the meeting-house in War-\\nner, March 26, 1787, Capt. Daniel Flood acting as\\nmoderator, James Flanders was chosen representative.\\n17", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0271.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "252 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nLOCATION OF THE MEETING-HOUSE.\\nAt a meeting held August 30, 1787,\\nVoted to chuse a Committee of three men out of three Indifer-\\nent Towns to appoint a place where to Set a meeting house in\\nthis town.\\nChose Col. Joshua Bayley, of Hopkinton; Lieut.\\nPhineas Bean, of Salisbury and Lieut. Moses Connor,\\nof Henniker, for said committee.\\nVoted to Set the meeting house when Bilt at the place where\\nthe Committee shall appoint.\\nThe old sixty-dollar church at the Parade, which\\nanswered very well for 1770, was considered hardly\\ngood enough for 1787. Besides, there was a growing\\nuneasiness in regard to its location.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0272.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XIX.\\nTHE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION HALF-SHIRE TOWN COURT* S COM-\\nMITTEE COURT-HOUSE A PROTEST TOWN RECORDS HOUSE\\nUNDER THE LEDGE.\\n(he Articles of Confederation, which served a\\ngood purpose through the struggle of the colo-\\nnies for independence, were not sufficient for the\\ncountry when the storm had passed. Soon after the\\nclose of the Revolution, the necessity of a more per-\\nfect union began to be made apparent. The proper\\nsteps for a national convention having been taken by\\nthe congress, delegates from all the states excej)t\\nRhode Island assembled at Philadelphia, in May, 1787,\\nto consider the question of the reorganization of the\\ngovernment. On the 17th day of the September fol-\\nlowing, this convention of delegates agreed upon and\\nreported a federal constitution. This constitution\\nwas soon submitted to the several states, to be by\\nthem ratified or rejected. It was to go into effect\\nwhen nine of the thirteen states had, by their conven-\\ntions, approved of the same.\\nAt a legal meeting, held in Warner Jan. 24, 1788,\\nThomas Annis acting as moderator,\\nVoted not too Except of tlie new Constitution.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0273.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "254 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nThis was the federal constitiition framed at Phila-\\ndelphia, and the voice of Warner seems to have been\\nagainst it. The above vote is to be regarded as a\\nvote oi instructions to the delegate to be chosen from\\nWarner to sit in the convention which was to act on\\nthis constitution.\\nThe record continues\\nVoted to chuse a man to Joine a Convention at Exeter on the\\n2d Wednesday in February next on account of the new Constitu-\\ntion.\\nVoted for Nathaniel Bean Esq. to Joine said Convention.\\nVoted to a Jorn this meeting untel the town can be Sentered\\nRelative to Setting a new meeting house.\\nThe meeting was then adjourned to the 7th day of\\nFebruary.\\nThe New Hampshire convention, called to consider\\nthe federal constitution, was held at Exeter on the\\n2d Wednesday of February, 1788. It excited a deep\\ninterest, not only in New Hampshire, but throughout\\nthe country. It was composed of an a^ble body of\\nmen. Gen. John Sullivan was its president, and Hon.\\nJohn Calfe its secretary. Langdon, Pickering, Bart-\\nlett, John T. Gilman, Joshua Atherton, Parker, Bel-\\nlows, West, Livermore, Badger, and other leading\\nspirits, were there. The debates ran high. Sullivan,\\nLangdon, Pickering, and Livermore were the princi-\\npal speakers in favor of ratification while Atherton\\nof Amherst, Parker of Jaffrey, and others, violently\\nopposed it. Among the things objected to with great", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0274.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. 255\\nvehemence in the constitution, was the clause per-\\nmitting the abolition of the slave trade after 1808,\\nand prohibiting any material action on the subject\\nbefore that time. Mr. Atherton opposed this clause\\nwith much warmth. The idea, he says, that\\nstrikes those who oppose this clause, so disagreeably\\nand forcibly, is, that if we ratify the constitution, we\\nbecome consenters to and partakers in the sin and\\nguilt of this abominable traffic in slaves, at least for a\\ncertain period, without any positive stipulation that it\\nshall even then be brought to an end.\\nThe friends of the constitution did not dare risk a\\nvote on the question of ratification. They pleaded for\\nan adjournment; in the belief that further discussion\\namong the people would work a favorable change in\\npublic opinion. The motion to adjourn prevailed.\\nDuring the recess, the constitution continued to be\\nthe standing topic of discussion in town and neigh-\\nborhood meetings, and it continually increased in\\nstrength. Some towns which had instructed their\\ndelegates to oppose ratification, changed drag-ropes,\\nand instructed them to favor it.\\nEight states had already given their assent to the\\nconstitution. The ninth only was necessary to its\\nratification. The adjourned meeting of the conven-\\ntion was held at Concord in June. Amendments were\\nproposed by those who were determined to defeat the\\nconstitution, but they were voted down. Then the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0275.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "256 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nopponents in their turn urged an adjournment, but\\nthis was defeated. The majority was clearly against\\nthem. Finally, on the fourth day of the session, the\\nmomentous question was taken. While the secretary\\nwas calling the roll of the members, a death-like\\nsilence prevailed. When he had finished, Gen. Sulli-\\nvan arose and announced,\\nNumber of votes for ratification, 57\\nNumber of votes against ratification, 46\\nand New Hampshire ratifies the constitution of the United\\nStates.\\nThe result excited throughout the country a thrill\\nof joy. At Portsmouth the event was celebrated by\\na grand procession, and other demonstrations of popu-\\nlar gratification.\\nNathaniel Bean, in accordance with the instruc-\\ntions which his constituents had given him, voted\\nagainst ratification.\\nAt the adjourned meeting, Feb. 7th,\\nVoted not to Bild a meeting house on the plain above Joseph\\nCurrier s, and the meeting was dismissed.\\nThe Joseph Currier place is the present Richard S.\\nFoster place, and on the plain above Joseph Cur-\\nrier s means on the plain to the eastward, where the\\nmeeting-house was finally located.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1788.\\nJoseph Sawyer, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nBenjamin Sai gent,\\nRichard Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nParmenas Watson,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0276.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0277.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "OLy", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0278.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "HALF-SHIRE TOWN, 257\\nFor President,\\nJohn Langdoii,\\n11\\nJosiali Bartlett,\\n54\\nThe legal voters of the classed towns, Warner,\\nSutton, and Fishersfield, met at the meeting-house in\\nWarner, March 27, 1788, and chose\\nJames Flanders, representative.\\nHALF-SHIRE TOWN.\\nAt a legal meeting, held May 22, 1788, Capt. Asa\\nPattee was chosen to serve on the jury at Amherst.\\nVoted to have a half shaire town in the northern part of the\\nCounty.\\nVoted not to Except of the Report of the Committee concerning\\nthe place Where to Set the meeting house.\\nVoted not to Bild a Meeting House on the plain on the north\\nside of the River against the new Bridge.\\nThe record continues\\nIt was put to vote to See if the town would Bild a meeting\\nhouse where the old one now Sets, 30 for that place 28 against it,\\nSo it past in the afarmetive.\\nMotion was made to Set a meeting house in the Senter of the\\ntown 38 for the Senter 18 against it, so it past in the negitive.\\nVoted to petition the General Coart for a Committee to ap-\\npoint a place Where to Set a meeting house in this town and\\nthe meeting was dismissed.\\nAsa Pattee. The name of Pattee appears in the\\nforegoing records of the meeting of May, 1788 The\\northography of this name has undergone several\\nchanges. Petty, Pettee, Patty, and Pattee, all come\\nfrom the same original word.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0279.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "258 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nSir William Pattee was physician to Cromwell and\\nKing Charles the Second. He was one of the found-\\ners of the Royal Society, and was knighted in 1660.\\nHe was a copious writer on political economy, and\\nMacaulay mentions this fact in his History of Eng-\\nland.\\nPeter Pattee, a son of Sir William, was born in\\nLansdown, England, in 1648. In 1669, on account of\\ncertain political notions which he entertained, he\\nfound it necessary to take a hasty departure from his\\ncountry. He went to Virginia. After remaining\\nthere a few years, he removed to Haverhill, Mass. In\\nNovember, 1677, he took the oath of allegiance to the\\nCrown. He married at Haverhill, and became the\\nfather of a large family. He built the first mill and\\nestablished the first ferry in Haverhill, and the ferry\\nretains his name to this day.\\nPeter Pattee was the grandfather of Captain Asa,\\nwho is mentioned in the above record, who was born\\nat Haverhill in 1732, and who came to Warner about\\nthe close of the Revolutionary war. He was captain\\nin the old French and Indian war, and was present at\\nthe taking of Quebec in 1759. On coming to Warner\\nhe located where the village now is, and built the first\\nframe house in that village, viz., the Dr. Eaton house.\\nHere he kept a hotel a number of years. He was the\\nfather of John (who was the father of Asa, Jesse, and\\nCyrus), and of Daniel, who settled in Canaan, and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0280.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "court s committee. 259\\nwhose descendants are prominent people in Grafton\\ncounty. Mrs. Daniel Bean and Mrs. Jacob Currier\\nwere his daughters.\\nAsa Pattee, whose portrait is here seen, was the son\\nof John, the grandson of Captain Asa, and the great,\\ngreat, great grandson of Sir William. He was born\\nat Warner, Oct. 14, 1800, and was educated at the\\ndistrict school on Tory Hill, and at the Ballard school\\nin Hopkinton. He married, in 1827, Miss Sally Col-\\nby, a daughter of Stephen Colby, one of the Revolu-\\ntionary soldiers, and a prominent man a century ago.\\nMr. Pattee was a practical farmer through life, hav-\\ning one of the best farms in town. He served repeat-\\nedly as selectman, and also as representative. He\\ndied Jan. 9, 1874, aged 74. His sons were Stephen\\nC, John (deceased). Dr. Luther, and Dr. Asa F. His\\ndaughters were Mrs. Palmer (deceased) and Mrs. E.\\nC. Cole.\\nCOURT S COMMITTEE.\\nState of New Hampshire.\\nIn the House of Representatives, June 17, 1788.\\nWhereas Benjamin Sargent and Richard Bartlett, Selectmen\\nof the town of Warner, in behalf of said town have petitioned the\\nGeneral Court, setting forth that, whereas the said town hath, for\\na long time, greatly suffered for want of a larger Meeting House,\\nand are so unhappy as not to agree upon a place to build a new\\none, and praying said Court to take it under their wise considera-\\ntion and appoint a Committee to appoint them a place to set said\\nmeeting house, or relieve them in some other reasonable way,\\ntherefore Be it Resolved that Col. Ebenezer Webster, Major Rob-\\nert Wallace and Lt. Joseph Wadley be a Committee to fix on a", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0281.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nspot in said town to build said meeting house on, the expense of\\nwhich Committee to be defrayed by the inhabitants thereof.\\nThomas Bartlett, Speaker.\\nJohn Langdon, President.\\nThe senate concurred with the house in the fore-\\ngoing action, and the committee went upon their mis-\\nsion. On the 12th of September, 1788, they reported\\nas follows\\nThe Committee having attended to the business referred to,\\nand after viewing the greater part of the town, with the situation\\nof the inhabitants thereof, agree to report, as their opinion that\\nthe spot of ground where the old Meeting House now stands is\\nthe most suitable place to set the new meeting house on.\\nEb. Webster,\\nWarner E. Wallace, Committee.\\nSept. 12, 1788. J. Wadley, J\\nHere, then, was a victory for the old Parade, but\\nlet the reader pause, and see what becomes of this\\nreport.\\nNOT PEACE, BUT A SWORD.\\nAt a meeting legally called, and holden Oct. 30,\\n1788, to take this report into consideration, Joseph\\nSawyer acting as moderator,\\nVoted not to Bild a meeting house on the spot of Land that\\nwas a Greead upon by the Committee appointed by the General\\nCourt.\\nSo the tables were turned. But the friends of the\\nold site were not satisfied. They claimed that in a\\nfull meeting they would have a majority, and they\\ndemanded another trial. The whole town was aroused.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0282.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 261\\nThe selectmen called the legal voters together again\\nat the meetmg-house, Nov. 25, 1788. After choosing\\nTappan Evans moderator,\\nVoted, at said meeting to Reconsider that vote past the 30th\\nday of October, which was not to Bild a meeting house on the\\nspot of Ground agreed upon by the Committee appointed by the\\nCourt.\\nVoted at said meeting not to Bild a meeting house on the spot\\nof ground agreed upon by the same Committee. [Thus the old\\nsite is again rejected.]\\nVoted nat to appoint any place or places to Meet att for publick\\nworship this winter, and the meeting was dissmissed.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1789.\\nTappan Evans, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nRichard Bartlett,\\nRichard Straw, Selectmen.\\nTappan Evans,\\nTOWN POUND.\\nVoted not to Bild a pound the current year.\\nVoted to Raise 30 pound for schooling for the current year, to\\nbe paid in produce at cash price.\\nThe selectmen were instructed to divide the town\\ninto districts for the accommodation of scholars.\\nVoted that every district shall have the liberty to provide their\\nown school-masters, provided theay Do it in a proper season of the\\nyear, if not the Selectmen is to provide a master for them.\\nA meeting was held March 29, 1789, to vote for\\npresident of the state, with the following result\\nJohn Sullivan, None.\\nJosiah Bartlett, 53", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0283.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "262 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted not to chuse a Representative for the present year.\\nAt a subsequent meeting, held April 25, the last\\nvote was reconsidered, and James Flanders was cho-\\nsen representative.\\nAt the same meeting, voted to build a meeting-\\nhouse between Joseph Currier s and Isaac Chase s,\\non the north side of the road. Also, chose a build-\\ning committee, consisting of Joseph Sawyer, Tappan\\nEvans, Richard Straw, Jacob Waldron, Benjamin Sar-\\ngent, Reuben Kimball, and William Morrill.\\nWilliam Morrill was from Rye. He settled in the\\nwesterly part of Warner, between the Mink Hills and\\nBradford pond. After his day, the old homestead was\\noccupied many years by Captain Stephen Hoyt.\\nSamuel, Israel, and Francis were his sons, and Mrs.\\nWatson, Mrs. Cheney, and Mrs. Hoyt, his daughters.\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted that the Committee should advertise the lower pew-\\nground in the meeting house above voted to Be Built and sell the\\nsame at publick vandue in behalf of the town.\\nCOURT-HOUSE.\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted for Doct. Currier, Esq. Bean and Mr. James flanders for\\nCommittee to Draw subscription papers and present them to the\\nInhabitance too see how much theay will sine towards Bilding a\\nCoart house in this town.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0284.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "COURT-HOUSE. 263\\nWarner was now making some effort to become\\nthe half-shire town of Hillsborough county, but Hop-\\nkinton had more money and a much larger popula-\\ntion than Warner at that time, and the courts went\\nthere.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, held at the meeting-\\nhouse, April 30, the meeting-house building commit-\\ntee reported that they had agreed with Isaac Chase\\nfor half an acre of land on which to build, and had\\ntaken a deed for the same. Then the meeting ad-\\njourned for two hours. This was to give the voters\\nan opportunity to go over the river and take a view\\nof the situation.\\nThe meeting, on reassembling,\\nVoted to chuse a committee too petition the General Coart in\\nbehalf of the town that our representative may have a seat for\\nthe present year.\\nThere had been some informality about the elec-\\ntion of representative this year. In the first place, on\\nthe regular day for the election, the town voted not\\nto send. At a subsequent meeting that vote was re-\\nconsidered, and James Flanders was elected. But it\\ndoes not appear that the other towns of the district\\n(Sutton and Fishersfield) participated in this election.\\nWarner stood alone. Perhaps that was irregular, but\\nthis was the end of the class.\\nThe petition to the General Court was successful,\\nand Mr. Flanders took his seat in the house.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0285.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "264 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt the same meeting, a committee, consisting of\\nBenjamin Sargent, Tappan Evans, and Richard Straw,\\nwas appointed to take charge of the building of the\\nhouse, to hold the funds which might be realized, and\\nto give security for the same.\\nVoted to Impower the same Committee to sell the Bilding of\\nthe meeting house to him that Will Do the most towards Bilding\\nthe meeting house for what the pew ground is sold for if theay\\ncan Do it to the advantage of the town, if not for that Committee\\nto proceed in Bilding the meeting house as far as the money that\\nthe pews sold for Will Goo. [Here is a chance for the reader to\\nexercise his intellect.]\\nA PROTEST.\\nOn the 19th day of June, 1789, certain citizens of\\nthe town made solemn protest against the building of\\nthe meeting-house near Joseph Currier s. Among\\nother things in this protest they said,\\nWe whose names are underwritten are and shall he dissatisfied\\nwith said house as a Meeting House for the town of Warner, and\\nwe shall give no aid to the building of the same, for the following\\nreasons\\n1. Because a Committee from the Court appointed another\\nplace.\\n2. Because it will necessarily cost a large sum of money to\\nmake highways to said house to convene the people, which other-\\nwise would not be wanted.\\n3. Because we have the land to purchase, which, in another\\nplace, we have in plenty.\\nSigned,\\nAquila Davis, Moses Stevens,\\nJoseph Bartlett, Jedediah Peabody,\\nCalvin Flanders, Benjamin Whitcomb,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0286.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "HOUSE UNDER THE LEDGE.\\nEdmund Sawyer,\\nJonathan Smith,\\nMoses Annis,\\nJohn Hall,\\nJames Pressey,\\nNathan Davis,\\nWells Davis,\\nDavid Gilmore,\\nMoses Clement,\\nbarker Clement,\\nOliver Clement,\\nWilliam Morrill,\\nPaskey Pressey,\\nDaniel Watson,\\nZebulon Morrill,\\nMoses Clark,\\nBenjamin Foster,\\nJohn Person,\\nStephen Badger,\\nJonathan Watson,\\nJoseph Burnap,\\nAsa Putney,\\nFrancis Davis,\\nJoseph Foster,\\nJonathan Colby,\\nJohn Davis,\\nWilliam Ring,\\nEzekiel Goodwin,\\nWilliam Currier,\\nIsaac Waldron, Jr.,\\nJacob Whitcomb,\\nThomas Annis,\\nFrancis Thurber,\\nMoses Sawyer,\\nWilliam Lowell,\\nJohn Kelley,\\nWilliam Sanborn,\\nJonathan Gould,\\nJonathan Straw,\\nMoses Flanders.\\nHere are the names of forty-six men, several of\\nwhom were leaders in town affairs, and most of whom\\nstood high in the church. It was a formidable pro-\\ntest, and it shows, beyond a doubt, that intense feel-\\ning existed throughout the town on the question of\\nchanging the location of the meeting-house.\\nHOUSE UNDER THE LEDGE.\\nNotwithstanding this large array of names, the work\\nof building went on. During the summer of 1789,\\nthe heavy hard-wood frame of the new church was\\nraised, and the house was partially finished. It was\\ncalled The House under the Ledge. It was a", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0287.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "266 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nsquare building (about 50 by 60 feet), looking like a\\ngreat barn, open up to the ridgepole. The swallows\\nbuilt their nests in it, and they were often seen, dur-\\ning religious services, flitting across the open space,\\nlike birds of evil omen. The house was never plas-\\ntered, except on a small space back of the pulpit.\\nGalleries ran around on three sides. The pews were\\nsquare, like sheep-pens. The pulpit was so high that\\nthe necks of the congregation ached as they looked\\nat the minister. There was a porch and great door\\nat the south, there was another door opening on the\\nwest, and another on the east, like the gates of Jeru-\\nsalem.\\nSuch was the temple of worship in Warner, from\\nand after 1790. It also served as a town-house.\\nTown-meetings were held in it from the beginning,\\nand for many years after it ceased to be occupied for\\nreligious purposes. About the year 1855 it was taken\\ndown, and the main part of the frame was worked\\ninto the bridge at Ela s mill. Having, probably,\\nserved its purpose in bearing invisible spirits over\\nthe dark stream that separates time from eternity, it\\nbecomes the strong bridge to bear visible feet across\\nWarner river.\\nTHE WAR NOT ENDED.\\nEeturning to the records of the town, it will be seen\\nthat peace did not yet reign. At a meeting in the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0288.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "JOSEPH BARTLETT. 267\\nold meeting-house, at the Parade, Nov. 19, 1789,\\nThomas Annis acting as moderator,\\nVoted not to meet in the new meeting house for Religious wor-\\nship for the futer.\\nAt another meeting, held the next month,\\nVoted that Mr. Kelley should not preach in the new meeting\\nhouse, for the futer time.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1790.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nWilliam Ring,\\nJoseph Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nAquila Davis,\\nJoseph Bartlett was from Amesburj. He was a\\nson of Simeon Bartlett, one of the proprietors of the\\ntown, and Simeon was a brother to Dr. Josiah Bart-\\nlett, of Kingston, one of the signers of the Declaration\\nof Independence, and governor of the state. Four\\nbrothers, Joseph, Richard, Simeon, and Levi, came\\nto Warner, and here made their homes. Levi became\\ninsane, and was consumed in a building that was de-\\nstroyed by fire. Richard and Simeon are spoken of\\non a former page. Joseph was the father of our ven-\\nerable townsman, Levi Bartlett. He lived at the\\nLower Village, near the Henry B. Chase j)lace, and\\nwas there engaged in trade. He also taught school\\nand did something at farming. He was a man of\\nmarked character during his lifetime, and was consid-\\n18", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0289.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "268 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nerably in public business, serving as selectman, town-\\nclerk, and representative. While he was a very cir-\\ncumspect and excellent man, he did enjoy fun. At\\none time he was the only justice of the peace in\\ntown, and sometimes, particularly when the minister\\nwas away, he solemnized marriages as a magistrate.\\nThere was a man in town having the nickname of\\nHigharablecod and there was a Widow Ash, whom\\nthe boys, for some reason, had nicknamed The Wid-\\now Ash-beetle. This couple, becoming enamored of\\neach other, presented themselves to Squire Bartlett\\nand were married but the match was evidently not\\nmade in heaven. A few months time proved that\\nneither the man nor the woman had found an affin-\\nity. In short, they were both sick of the bargain,\\nand both desirous of throwing it up. The man, sup-\\nposing that he who could build up could also tear\\ndown, and that the magistrate or minister who could\\nmarry a couple could also annul the marriage, rushed\\nup to Bartlett one morning, in a great flurry, and\\nsaid, Squire, we re going to be sot back and I\\nwant you to make out the papers! Bartlett told\\nhim to come in again in an hour, and the papers\\nwould be ready. He came according to appointment,\\nand the Squire handed him the following\\nHighamblecod got into a nettle,\\nAnd swore he d not live\\nWith the widow Ash-beetle", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0290.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "PRESIDENT OF THE STATE. 269\\nAnd the widow Ash-beetle\\nSwore by her god,\\nShe never would sleep with Highamblecod.\\nJoseph Bartlett, Justice of the Peace.\\nThe man could neither read, write, nor cipher but\\nhe proudly seized this paper and departed. He met\\nCalvin Flanders, and told him that Bartlett had given\\nhim a divorce, which he asked Flanders to read.\\nFlanders read, and copied.\\nJoseph Bartlett died in the year 1829, at the age\\nof 70, and was buried near the site of the old first\\nchurch.\\nFOR PRESIDENT OF THE STATE.\\nAt a meeting legally called, and holden at the old\\nmeeting-house in Warner, March 30, 1790, Nathaniel\\nBean, moderator, voted as follows\\nFor Josiah Bartlett, None.\\nJohn Pickering, 28\\nNathaniel Peabody, 12\\nJoshua Wentworth, 10\\nAt the same meeting, chose James Flanders repre-\\nsentative.\\nIt will be seen that Josiah Bartlett received no\\nvote in Warner at this election. But he was elected\\nby a large majority. He was reelected in 1791, in\\n1792, and again in 1793, when the title of the chief\\nmagistrate was changed from president to governor.\\nAt a meeting held in the old meeting-house, August\\n30, 1790,\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0291.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "270 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nVoted too Reconsider two former votes, viz, one was that the\\ntown voted not to meet in the new meeting house for publick\\nworship, and the other was that Mr. Kelley should not preach in\\nthe new meeting house for the futer.\\nVoted that Mr. Kelley should preach in the new meeting hovise\\nfor the futer and the Inhabitance meet there for public worship.\\nSo the friends of the site under the ledge, near\\nEnsign Joseph Currier s, are at last triumphant, and\\nthe old Parade, as a place of prayer and a place of\\nstrife, is forever abandoned. Peace only, and the\\nsilence of the grave, rest on that sacred spot.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0292.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XX.\\nTOWN RECORDS HALF-SHIRE AGAIN ANTI-PEDOBAPTISTS GEN.\\nAQUILA DAVIS THE FIRST POUND.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1791.\\nThis was held at the new meeting-house.\\nNathaniel Bean, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nEichard Straw,\\nRichard Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nJoseph Sawyer,\\nI^or President.\\nJosiah Bartlett, 79\\nVoted not to choose a representative.\\nVoted to Rais 25 pounds for the use of a school for the current\\nyear, to be paid Good Wheat at 5 shillings per hushell, Good Rie\\natt 4 shillings per hushell, good Endion corn att 3 shillings per\\nhushell.\\nThis meeting adjourned to March 22, when James\\nFlanders was chosen representative.\\nVoted to take down the old Meeting House and appropriate the\\nstuff towards fencing the Buring Ground.\\nThus fell, at last, this ancient landmark of {he\\nfathers.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0293.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "272 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt a meeting held August 8, 1791,\\nVoted for James Flanders for a delegate to set in Convention\\nto be held at Concord on the first Wed. of September next, for\\nthe purpose of revising the State Constitution.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1792.\\nDaniel Mood, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nRichard Straw,\\nRichard Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nFrancis Ferrin,\\nJames Flanders, representative.\\nFor President.\\nJosiah Bartlett, 54\\nFrancis Ferrin lived at the Jere Gove place, in Jop-\\npa. His son Benjamin occupied the old homestead\\nthrough his lifetime, and the latter s son Jonathan\\nlived there some years, then sold out and moved to\\nManchester.\\nHALF-SHIRE AGAIN.\\nAt a meeting held Sept. 3, 1792, to take action con-\\ncerning the amended state constitution, and for other\\npurposes, there were present 21 voters. On the ques-\\ntion of revising the constitution of the state, there\\nwere 2 affirmative and 14 negative votes, but not-\\nwithstanding this majority of 12 in Warner against\\nrevision, the constitution was revised, though but few\\nchanges were made. One of the changes made was\\nin the title of the chief mao-istrate of the state.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0294.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "HALF-SHIRE AGAIN. 273\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted that our Representative should reject the Report of the\\nCommittee on fixing a place for a half shear in this County.\\nThe committee referred to was one which had been\\nappointed by the legislature, and which had reported\\nin favor of Hopkinton. Warner was dissatisfied with\\nthis report, but opposition to it availed nothing. In\\nDecember, 1792, an act was passed by the legislature,\\nand approved by Josiah Bartlett, president, removing\\none half of the terms of court for Hillsborough coun-\\nty, from Amherst to Hopkinton. One section of said\\nact was in the words followins:\\nSec. 4, And be it further enacted, that this Act, at the expira-\\ntion of two years from the passing thereof, shall be null and void,\\nunless a suitable House for holding said Courts be erected at said\\nHopkinton within that time, without being a County charge.\\nHalf of the courts of Hillsborough county were at\\nonce held in Hopkinton, in accordance with the pro-\\nvisions of this act. The inhabitants of that town, with\\ncommendable promptitude, erected a good and suffi-\\ncient court-house, at their own expense, and from this\\ntime till the formation of Merrimack county, Hopkin-\\nton was a half-shire town.\\nNot only have the walls of that court-house rung\\nwith the eloquence of Webster and other eminent\\nknights of the green bag, but they have also\\nechoed the voice of the \\\\^\\\\N-makers. the represent-\\natives of the people.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0295.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nA session of the legislature was held there in June,\\n1798, another in 1801, another in 1806, and anoth-\\ner in 1807.\\nJohn Taylor Oilman was twice inaugurated gov-\\nernor in that court-house, and John Langdon twice.\\nAfter Merrimack county was formed, in 1823, and\\nthe courts were removed to Concord, the upper story\\nof this building was converted into an academy, and\\nthe lower story was used as a town hall.\\nMany a son and daughter of Warner, who had been\\neducated at that old academy, felt a pang of sorrow\\non learning that the honored edifice had been swept\\naway in 1875 by the devouring flames.\\nANTI-PEDOBAPTISTS.\\nThe religious affairs of the town became greatly-\\ndisturbed shortly after the year 1790. Indeed, they\\nhad always been sufficiently unsettled to remind even\\ngood men of the passage, In the world, ye shall\\nhave tribulation.\\nThe records of the town set forth the formation of\\na second religious society, in the following terms\\nWarner february ye 28th, 1793.\\nThis may Certify tliat the pearsons hereafter named have man-\\nifested that theay are of the antipedo Baptis principle and are\\ndesirors to be received as members of said society in Warner,\\nwhose names are as follows\\nTimothy Clough, Ezekiel Flanders,\\nJonathan Stevens, William Morrill,\\nPeter Bagley, John Gould,\\nHophni Flanders, Phineas Danforth,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0296.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "ANTI-PEDOBAPTISTS. 275\\nEeuben Kimball, Philip Walker,\\nCaleb Jones, John Davis,\\nAbraham Currier, James Pressey,\\nWilliam Currier, Asa Harriman,\\nStephen Badger, Moses Pressey,\\nEnos Collins, Parker Clement,\\nWilliam Trumbull, Prancis Davis,\\nChristopher Flanders, Ezekiel Morrill,\\nJonathan Wiggin, Jonathan Smith,\\nJoseph Burnap, Simeon Straw,\\nCharles Barnard, Asa Putney,\\nEnoch Currier, John Colby,\\nEzra Waldron, Thomas Annis,\\nSimeon Bartlett, Jonathan Colby,\\nBenjamin Edmunds, William Sanborn,\\nJoseph Maxfield, Jedediah Peabody,\\nJeremiah Kimball, Nathaniel Bean, Jr.,\\nPhilip Goodwin.\\nThe above-named persons are received as members, and signed\\nthe Society articles by order of said Society to all whom it may\\nConcern.\\nNathaniel Bean Committee for and\\nRichard Bartlett in behalf\\nWilliam Wiggin of said Society.\\nThis movement was one of considerable force. For-\\nty-six men, most of whom were heads of famihes,\\nstood out and made this pubhc declaration.\\nBut what are Anti-pedobaptists Webster says,\\nPedobaptists are those who believe in the baptism\\nof infants, and Anti-pedobaptists those who are op-\\nposed to the baptism of infants.\\nOn this theological ground those people swarmed\\nfrom the old hive and established another church. It\\nwould be uncharitable to doubt their sincerity but,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0297.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "276 HISTORY OF WAENER.\\nin 1793 it was freely charged that the movement on\\nthe part of most of those engaged in it was entered\\ninto, not so much to maintain a principle, as to get\\ndivorced from the standing order, and released from\\nthe burdensome minister rates.\\nThey built a meeting-house in 1793, or the next\\nyear, at the Lower Village. It stood on the very\\nground now occupied, in part, by the engine-house.\\nIt was a square, two-story building, with but little\\narchitectural beauty, and was never only partially\\nfinished. No settled minister ever presided over this\\nbranch of the church. It enjoyed only occasional\\npreaching, and that in the summer season. When a\\nman who felt that he had a call to visit the waste\\nplaces of Zion came this way, he occupied the pul-\\npit a Sunday or two. One of these itinerants, whose\\nacquaintance with grammar was not very intimate,\\nseeing no book in or about the desk, arose at the\\ncommencement of the service and inquired, Does\\nthe people of Warner keep a Bible But no doubt\\nthe congregation generally enjoyed the services of\\nsuch as were wortlij^ and well qualified.\\nAfter a few years the society dwindled awa}^, and\\ntheir house of worship went to ruin. It was sold at\\nauction in 1825, and pulled down.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1793.\\nNathaniel Befln, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0298.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 277\\nFor Governor.\\nJosiah Bartlett, 43\\nTimothy Walker, 33\\nNathaniel Bean,\\nRichard Straw, Selectmen.\\nJames Flanders, representative.\\nI\\nBenjamin Sargent,\\nThe amended constitution now came into force, and\\nthe people for the first time cast their votes for govi-\\nernor. But voting was not regarded as a duty then\\nso much as now. The whole vote of the state in\\n1793 was but 9,854. Now, with a population not\\nmore than double what it then was, we cast nearly\\neighty thousand (80,000) votes in contested elections.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, held March 28th,\\nVoted to alow Cornet Richard Straw for providing for mis\\nWeed in her late sickness and the Doctor s Bill s. d.\\nwhich was 1 16 8\\nAt a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Warner,\\nheld August 7, 1793, at the TFe6-/ meeting-house (that\\nis, the house under the ledge),\\nVoted that the meeting house for the futer should be used and\\nInjoyed by every Religias Society in this town as much of the\\ntime as Each Society s proportion of town taxes are.\\nVoted to chuse a Committee to porpotion the time.\\nVoted to Bild the seats and put-up the pillars under the Gal-\\nlery Beams in the meeting house.\\nVoted to perches of the Baptis Society theire porpotion of the\\nGround that the meeting house stands on according to the sum\\nthat it was first purchased by the town.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0299.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "278 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1794.\\nTappan Evans, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Taylor Oilman, 8\\nTimothy Walker, 54\\nJames Flanders, representative.\\nJoseph Bartlett,\\nJohn George, Selectmen.\\nEdmimd Sawyer,\\nJohn George moved into Warner from Hopkinton,\\nand built the large house at the Lower Village in\\nwhich Jonathan Badger now resides. It is the first\\nhouse east of the Henry B. Chase buildings. The\\nsons of Mr. George were Stephen, John, Daniel, and\\nJoshua and his daughters were Mrs. Joshua Sawyer,\\nMrs. Dr. Ames, Mrs. Daniel Runels, and Mrs. Thomas\\nH. Bartlett.\\nAfter remaining at this place a number of years,\\nhe sold to John Eaton, and moved to Vermont. Mr.\\nEaton was from Haverhill, Mass. He first settled in\\nSutton, at what is now called the Grange. He\\nwent from there to Davisville, from Davisville to the\\nLower Village, and from the Lower Village to Hatley,\\nCanada East, where he died. His children were Fred-\\nerick, Ruth K. (Mrs. Sherburne), Rebecca D., John,\\nSally (Mrs. Dresser), Hiram, Lucretia, Dr. Jacob,\\nCharles, Lucien B., and Horace.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0300.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "GEN. AQUILA DAVIS. 279\\nEdmund Sawyer was a son of Joseph, one of the\\nearly settlers, who lived near the Parade. Edmund\\nlived on what is now known as the old poor-farm.\\nSo far as the writer knows, his sons were Jacob, Rev.\\nDaniel, and Edmund and his daughters were Mrs.\\nElliot C. Badger and Mrs. Stephen K. Hoyt.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, held June 9th, 1794, Gen.\\nAquila Davis was chosen representative. It had been\\nascertained that James Flanders was elected to the\\nstate senate. He therefore resigned the office of\\nrepresentative, and the town elected another man.\\nMr. Flanders had been a candidate, that is, had\\nbeen voted for, for senator, by those who thought\\nhim the best man, for two or three years. They had\\nno nominees, at that time, for whom the voters were\\ncompelled, by party discipline, to cast their ballots.\\nCharacter, and not the caucus brains, and not bar-\\ngains; merit, and not money, it is presumed, were\\nchiefly relied on in those daj^s to secure public favor.\\nMr. Flanders was elected to the senate every year,\\nbeginning with 1794 and ending with 1803, except\\nthe year 1799, when Col. Henry Gerrish, of Bos-\\ncawen, received the election.\\nAquila Davis, who now comes forward as repre-\\nsentative, is entitled to special notice. The sons of\\nCaptain Francis Davis were Zebulon, Wells, Francis,\\nAquila, and Nathan. Aquila was born in Amesbury,\\nMass., June 27, 1760. He came to Warner with the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0301.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "280 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfamily a tew years after the settlement of the town,\\nwhich took place in 1762. At the age of 17, he is\\nfound in the Revolutionary army, having enlisted for\\nthree years. He saw much hard service during those\\nyears, on the Hudson river, in New Jersey, and else-\\nw^here. Among other events which came under his\\nown eye, was the surrender of Burgoyne. At the ex-\\npiration of his term of enlistment he received the fol-\\nlowing; discharg;e\\nAquila Davis of the 3 N. H. Regiment, formerly an inhabitant\\nof Ahnsbury in the County of Hillsboro and State of New\\nHampshire, having faithfully and honorably served as a soldier\\nin the service of the United States of America, the term of three\\nyears it being the term of his enlistment, is discharged the ser-\\nvice, and has liberty to return to his own home.\\nD. Livermore, Captain,\\nWest Point Com ding M N. H. Reg.\\nMay 10, 1780.\\nAfter the Revolution, Aquila Davis took an active\\npart in the state militia. He commanded the 30th\\nregiment from 1799 to 1807. He was brigadier-gen-\\neral of the fourth brigade from 1807 to 1809. In\\n1812, Gen. Davis raised the first regiment of N. H.\\nvolunteers, enlisted for one year, and was chosen and\\ncommissioned its colonel. A copy of his commission\\nhere follows\\nThe President of the United States of America.\\nTo All Who Shall See These Presents, Greeting\\nKnow Ye, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the\\npatriotism, valor, fidelity and abilities of\\nAquila Davis", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0302.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "GEN. AQUILA DAVIS, 281\\nI have appointed him Colonel of Infantry of Volunteers in the\\nservice of the United States conformably to the provisions of the\\nacts of Congress\\nHe is therefore, carefv;lly and diligently to discharge the duty\\nof Col. of Infantry of Volunteers, by doing and performing all\\nmanner of things thereunto belonging, and he is to observe\\nand obey the orders of the President of the United States, and\\nof the officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline\\nof war.\\nAnd I do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers\\nunder his command to be obedient to his orders.\\nGiven under my hand at Washington, this, 13th day of Janu-\\nary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and\\nthirteen, and in the 37th year of the Independence of the United\\nStates.\\nJames Madison.\\nBy Command\\nof the\\nPresident.\\nW. Eustis.\\nThe law for raising volunteers having been repeal-\\ned by congress a few days after the foregoing com-\\nmission was issued, the first regiment of New Hamp-\\nshire volunteers was mostly transferred to the forty-\\nfifth regiment United States infantry, and Col. Davis\\nwas commissioned its lieut. colonel. His services in\\nthe army were arduous, but faithfully performed. It\\nis related of him, that, while stationed on an island in\\nLake Champlain, he mounted a battery of large guns,\\nand kept the British at respectful distance from the\\nisland by this formidable contrivance, which, in real-\\nity, was nothing but an array of huge guns made\\nfrom pine logs, and so painted as to deceive the eye", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0303.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nat a little distance. That example was copied, over\\nand over again, during the late war.\\nUpon the return of peace, Gen. Davis retired to his\\nmills at Davisville, and devoted most of his time to\\nhis usual vocation. He was a man of sound judgment\\nand superior general abilities. He often represented\\nthe town in the legislature, but did not aspire to\\npolitical distinction. He had a large family of sons\\nand daughters, the names of the former being Paine,\\nTheodore S., Nathaniel A., Nathan, Charles, Aquila,\\nand James. He died Feb. 27, 1835, aged 74, while\\non a journey to Sharon, Maine, and was buried at\\nDavisville, with Masonic honors, on the 3d of March.\\nGen. Davis enjoyed life, and was always noted for\\ngood humor and ready wit. One illustration of this,\\nonly, will be given. Some time between the years\\n1815 and 1820, there was a brigade muster at Smith s\\nCorner, in Salisbury. Rev. John Woods, of Warner,\\nwas chaplain of the day. Woods had a young, frisky\\nhorse, and after arriving at the muster-field the horse\\nbecame quite unmanageable, in consequence of the\\nbustle, the brass bands, and the glistening guns. Gen.\\nDavis was there, as a looker-on, having his old war-\\nhorse, a beautiful animal, but as calm amidst the din\\nand whirl of the muster-field as a summer s morning.\\nThe chaplain was to make his prayer on horseback,\\nwithin a hollow square formed by the soldiers.\\nNot daring to ride his own horse, Mr. Woods found", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0304.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 283\\nGen. Davis, and said to him, My horse is afraid of\\nguns, and I wish you would let me take yours. Oh\\nyes, take him, take him, said the General but if\\nyour horse is more afraid of guns than mine is of\\nIJrayers^ I m mightily mistaken!\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1795.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman, 64\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nBenjamin Sargent, Selectmen.\\nJoseph Bartlett,\\nVoted that the Selectmen should put up post-guides in proper\\nplaces, at the town s cost.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1796.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nJoseph Bartlett, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman, 62\\nTimothy Walker, 25\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nJoseph Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nNathaniel Bean, J\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1797.\\nNathaniel Bean, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\n19", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0305.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "284 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Oilman, 10\\nTimothy Walker, 65\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nBenjamin Sargent,\\nPhilip Flanders, Jr., Selectmen.\\nRichard Straw,\\nPhilip Flanders, Jr., was a son of James, and the\\nfather of Philip, Isaac C, and of Mrs. Caleb Sargent,\\nMrs. David Sargent, Mrs. Reuben Clough, Mrs. Ezekiel\\nG. Currier, Mrs. John Bean, Jr., Mrs. Mariner East-\\nman, Mrs. William D. Trumbull, and Miss Hannah\\nFlanders.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1798.\\nNathaniel Bean, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman, 9\\nTimothy Walker, 58\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nBenjamin Sargent, Selectmen.\\nRichard Bartlett,\\nTHE FIRST POUND.\\nVoted to Bild a pound 30 feet squai-e and 7 feet high.\\nVoted to Bild said pound on Dea. Heath s Land, between Jo-\\nseph Currier s and his house.\\nVoted that the pound should Be Bilt with Green White pine\\nLogs with the Bark taken off.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0306.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 285\\nVoted that there shall be a Good and sufficient Door made in\\nsaid pound with white oak well framed to Geather one post of the\\nDoor to be framed into the sile or Bottom Log with a Kound\\nGudgen and also into the Log over the Door.\\nThe building of this pound was sold at auction, to\\nTappan Evans, at ten dollars and a half. It stood a\\nlittle east of John Tewkesbury s barn, nearly its width\\neast of the ground which the Congregational church\\nafterwards covered.\\nA pound, in those days, was thought to be as indis-\\npensable as a tythingman.\\nAt a meeting, April 17, 1798, the report of a com-\\nmittee which had been appointed to divide the town\\ninto school districts was accepted. Ten districts were\\ncreated by this committee. That is about as many\\nas there ever should have been but at one time the\\ntown could boast of twenty-four districts, such as they\\nwere.\\nVoted to Chuse a Committee of three men to Draw a plan of\\neach school-house to Be Bilt in each of the districts, and Joseph\\nBartlett, Nathaniel Bean and Aquila Davis was chosen.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1799.\\nJames Planders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman, 30\\nTimothy Walker, 30\\nJoseph Bartlett, representative.\\nBenjamin Sargent,\\nJohn E. Kelley, K- Selectmen.\\nStephen Colby,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0307.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "286 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nJohn E. Kelley was a nephew of Rev. William Kel-\\nley, who brought him up. He was engaged consid-\\nerably in trade. He lived at one time on the very\\nspot where Levi Bartlett s present house stands, and\\nhad a store and house there, both under one roof. At\\nanother time he was in trade at the Kelley stand,\\nopposite the first pound. There, also, he kept a hotel,\\nwhich on the 16th of January, 1828, was consumed\\nby fire.\\nStephen Colby was a son of Elliot Colby, and a\\nbrother to John and Ezekiel. He was the father of\\nMoses F. and Chase. During a part of his life he\\noccupied the Moses F. Colby place. [See Military\\nHistory.]", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0308.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XXI.\\nTOWN RECORDS PAUPER SALE HON, HENRY B. CHASE FIRST\\nSCHOOL COMMITTEE A NEW POUND HON. BENJAMIN EVANS.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1788.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor,\\nJohn T. Gilman, 10\\nTimothy Walker, 73\\nJoseph Bartlett, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nTimothy Felton, Selectmen.\\nAmos Gould,\\nTimothy Felton was from Dan vers, Mass. He re-\\nsided, the latter part of his life, certainly, a little\\nabove Ira P. Whittier s house, on the same side of the\\nmain road. Dr. John Hall had occupied the same\\nhouse before him, but it was removed from that site\\nmany years ago. Mr. Felton was remarkable for ex-\\ntensive reading and general information.\\nAmos Gould was from Amesbury, a brother to\\nRobert and Jonathan. He lived between the old\\ncemetery and Kimball s Corner, near the Elliot Colby\\nplace.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0309.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "288 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nPAUPER SALE.\\nAt a meeting held Sept. 15, 1800,\\nVoted to sell the keeping of Kuth Davis, wife of Joseph Davis,\\nper week at the Lowest Bidder and the person that first takes her\\nshall Remove her to the next person that shall take her on his\\nown Cost and so on tel march meeting.\\nStruck off to philip osgood the Keeping of mis Davis eight\\nweeks at 5 shilling and eight pence, to Thomas Earned eight\\nweeks at 5 shilling and 9 pence per week.\\nVoted that the Selectmen Should make Serch and Inquire for\\nthe property of Joseph Davis and his wives and Secure the Same\\nthat it may be Kept for there support also to see if theay can get\\nany help from her Children towards her support.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1801.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Oilman, 18\\nTimothy Walker, 111\\nJoseph Bartlett, representative.\\nDaniel Whitman,\\nTimothy Felton, Selectmen.\\nJohn E. Kelley,\\nDaniel Whitman was not a resident of Warner a\\ngreat many years. He kept a hotel at the Dr. Eaton\\nhouse, a short time after Captain Pattee went out.\\nHe removed to Virginia, there made his home, and\\nthere died.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1802.\\nJames Flanders, moderator\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0310.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 289\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Taylor Gilman, 42\\nJohn Langdon, 113\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nNathaniel Bean, Selectmen.\\nJacob Collins,\\nJacob Collins was from South Hampton. He and\\nhis brother came into town at the same time. Enos\\nsettled first on Burnt Hill, and then on Bible Hill. He\\nwas the father of Moses, Enos, and John H. Jacob\\nsettled first at Waterloo. His house was between the\\nmouth of Sutton Lane and Dolphus Bean s buildings.\\nThe main road lies over his old cellar. He had a\\nblacksmith shop, which stood on ground afterwards\\noccupied by Willaby and John P. Colby s shoe-shop.\\nMr. Collins moved from here up into what is now dis-\\ntrict No. 10. His sons were John, Levi, and Jacob.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1803.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Taylor Gilman, 50\\nJohn Langdon, 111\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nRichard Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nJoseph Sargent,\\nVoted to chuse a Committee of three men to Draw a Draft or\\nplan of the Bridge to be Bilt acrost the river near the Baptis\\nmeeting house.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0311.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "290 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nJoseph Sargent was from Amesbury. He settled\\nin Sclioodac, where two of his grandsons now reside.\\nCaleb, Ambrose, David, Joseph, Zebulon, and Clark\\nwere his sons. He served as selectmen several times,\\nand was a justice of the peace for many years.\\nAt a meeting held August 29, 1803, two jurymen\\nwere selected. The record is as follows\\nnicholas Evans Choosen moderator and David heath and Moses\\nannis Jun. was Choosen to Serve as petit Jurors.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1804.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman,\\n70\\nJohn Lanerdon,\\n112\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nBenjamin Sargent,\\nJose^ih Sargent, Selectmen.\\nJoseph Bartlett,\\nVoted not to raise any money to hier preaching.\\nVoted to raise 1000 dollars towards Bilding School-houses.\\nVoted that Every District Shall have theire own perpotion of\\nthe 1000 Dollars towards Bilding school-houses in theire owns\\nDi strects according to the veluations for the town taxes.\\nVoted that mr. peabody may have liberty to pole to mr. Gil-\\nmore s Distrect.\\nThe exact meaning; of the above lancruaoje does not\\nappear but probably the intention of the vote was,\\nto disannex Mr. Peabody from the Foster-Kimball dis-\\ntrict, to which he belonged, and annex him to the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0312.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 291\\nGilmore-Bnrnap district. This mr. peabody was\\nJedediah Peabody. He lived on the old Major Hoyt\\nroad, and near Henniker line. There is a large tract\\nof land lying on that road, called the Peabody pas-\\nture, having upon it chestnut trees of immense size.\\nThis lot was once the mowing, tillage, pasture, and\\nwoodland of Jedediah Peabody. Here he lived and\\nprospered but the buildings have been gone, and the\\nplace given up as a farm, more than half a century.\\nThe Peabody children, to reach the Burnap school,\\nmust have travelled from two and a half to three\\nmiles. They were obliged to go, first, down across the\\nHenniker line, then to make more than a right angle,\\nand pass by the Jacob Whitcomb. Dea. Wiggin, and\\nDavid Gilmore places, to the top of the school-house\\nhill, where that institution of learning then stood which\\nMr. Peabody had the liberty to pole to.\\nAt a legal meeting, held July 16, 1804,\\nVoted to chuse a committee of three men to Exemon and try\\nJoliu 0. Ballard and Samuel Ballard wether theay are of an a\\nBilaty according to Law to support their farther.\\nVoted to support major Ballard three months to lowest Bidder\\nper week; the support of major Ballard Bid off by Daniel Bean\\nat 68 cents per week.\\nThis Major Ballard lived on what is known as the\\nBallard place (now Dunbar s). He had been a man\\nof standing and wealth, but had lost his property by\\na habit which has cursed its millions, and he was now\\na town charge.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0313.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "292 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nJohn 0. Ballard became the famous teacher at\\nHopkinton Lower Village, whom hundreds, who have\\nbeen his favored scholars, yet remember. Before Mr.\\nBallard established his school at Hopkinton, he con-\\nducted a similar one a few years in Warner. The\\nhouse in which he kept this school was between the\\nParade and Rev. Wm. Kelley s but no trace of even\\nthe foundations or cellar of that buildins; can now be\\nfound. Hezekiah Colby, the father of Chellis F\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nPhilip, Willaby, Samuel, and John P., on coming from\\nAmesbury, lived in this house a year or two, and till\\nhe permanently settled on the Mark Colby farm.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1805.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid liagley, town-clerk.\\nJF or Governor.\\nJohn Langdon, 141\\nJohn T. Gilman, 54\\nAquila Davis, representative.\\nWilliam Ring,\\nRichard Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis,\\nVoted to raise 150 dollars to hier preaching the Ensuing year.\\nVoted not to raise any money to finish the meeting-hovise.\\nVoted to Give major Straw s School Distrect Liberty to Bild\\ntheir school house on a nother spoot of Ground that the town s\\nCommittee Did not appoint whear theay can be beter Convened.\\nVoted that Each society in this town Should have theire por-\\npotion of the 150 dollars voted to be raised to hier preaching, to\\nhier such ministers as Shall be most agreeable to them.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0314.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 293\\nMoses Annis, who comes forward here as one of the\\nselectmen, is not the son, but the grandson of Daniel\\nthe first. The first Moses died before 1790, and left\\nno descendants. This Moses was a son of Thomas,\\nand the father of the present Moses G. Annis. The\\nfirst Moses lived on the Gould Annis farm till his\\ndeath, and then the second took possession.\\nAt a legal meeting, held Oct. 3, 1805,\\nNathaniel flood was Choosen to finish the collection of the\\ntaxes committed to his farther Daniel flood, Deceased, which he\\nDid not collect.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1806\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Langdon, 124\\nTimothy Farrar, 29\\nJames Flanders, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nJoseph Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nDavid Heath,\\nAt a legally called meeting, held April 16, 1806,\\nHenry B. Chase acting as moderator,\\nVoted that the Selectmen Shonld Esertain and collect to Geath-\\ner all the household f urneture Cloathing c. belonging to the wife\\nof Joseph Davis late of Warner desseced and sell the same in\\nthat Way and manner as theay Shall Judge will be mose advan-\\ntage to the town s use.\\nVoted to give a bounty of 20 cents to any pearson or pearsons", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0315.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "294 HISTORY OF WAKNER.\\nliving in the town of Warner that Shall Kill a crow within the\\nbonds of said town and Bring the Same to the Selectmen from\\nthis time to the first Day of July next.\\nHenry B. Chase was born in Cornish, N. H. He\\ncame from there to Warner in 1805, and opened a\\nlaw office in the Lower Village. He married a daugh-\\nter of Nathaniel Bean. He was the first postmaster\\nin Warner, his appointment being dated 1813. He\\nwas also the first register of probate for Merrimack\\ncounty was appointed in 1823, and released from the\\noffice in 1840. He served repeatedly as representa-\\ntive in the legislature of the state, and was speaker of\\nthe house in 1817.\\nThere was a scheme in the early part of the cen-\\ntury for connecting the waters of the Merrimack and\\nConnecticut rivers by means of a canal. This canal\\nwas to pass up through Warner to Sunapee lake, and\\nthence onward to the Connecticut river at Claremont.\\nDuring the year 1816 a committee of the Massachu-\\nsetts legislature, with which Henry B. Chase was as-\\nsociated by the legislature of New Hampshire, made\\na thorough survey of the contemplated route. The\\nlake was found to be more than 800 feet above the\\nlevel of the two rivers, and the enterprise was aban-\\ndoned as wholly impracticable.\\nMr. Chase was a man of fine presence, a sound law-\\nyer, and an upright citizen. He died January, 1854,\\naged 77, leaving one son, a lawyer in Louisiana, and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0316.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECOEDS. 295\\nthree daughters, Mrs. Grimes, Miss Nancy Chase,\\nand Mrs. Otis Brewer, of Boston.\\nLICENSES.\\nWarner, May ye 3d, 1806.\\nthis may Certify that we appoint Ezra flanders as a Retailer\\nof Speriatous Lequars by the Glass or Gill at his store or house in\\nWarner for the year 1806.\\nRichard straw,\\n-Tk -J 1 ii Selectmen.\\nDavid heath,\\nFrom four to six Hcenses of this character were\\ngranted to as many different persons each year. It\\nwas a period of dissipation, from the year 1800, or be-\\nfore that, to about 1830. The Hcensed places were\\nnot confined to the villages, but were distributed over\\ntown, and they afforded excellent opportunities for\\nneighborhood idleness and wrangling.\\nEzra Flanders was a son of James. His store or\\nhouse was both store and house, being the ancient\\nyellow building in the Lower Village, between the\\nsite of the Anti-pedobabtist church and the old Hen-\\nniker road.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1807.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Langdon, 97\\nJames Flanders, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nDavid Heath, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0317.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "296 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nVoted to Raise 500 dollars to support schools.\\nVoted not to raise any money to hier preaching.\\nVoted not to raise any money to finish the meeting hotise.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1808.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Langdon, 83\\nRichard Bartlett, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nJoseph B. Hoyt, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis,\\nVoted to Choose assessors to asest the Selectmen in making\\nand porportioning the Inventary the present year.\\nVoted to raise 200 dollars towards finishing the meeting house.\\nFIRST SUPERINTENDING COMMITTEE.\\nVoted to Choes a Committee to Enspect and Examon the\\nSchool masters that may be hiered to teach Schools in this town\\nthe Ensuing year wether theay are Qualified as the Law Directs.\\nHenry B. Chase, William Ring, and Abner Flanders\\nwere chosen for said committee.\\nJoseph B. Hoyt, who appears here as one of the\\nselectmen, was from Kensington. He settled in the\\nsouth part of the town, and erected his first buildings\\non the hill, up easterly a half mile from the present\\nhouse. His best tillage land was there, but he had\\nno road, and never could have had one at that place.\\nAfter a residence of a few years on the hill, he came\\ndown to the Henniker road, and rebuilt there. He", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0318.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 297\\nbecame a major in the state militia, as did two of his\\nsons, Joseph S. and Stephen K. Capt. John Hoyt,\\nwho died young, was another of his sons. Stephen\\nK. occupied the old homestead a great many years,\\nbut he is now residing in Portland, Me.\\nAt a meeting legally called, and holden Feb. 11,\\n1809,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted not to concur with the church in calling William Harlow\\nto settle as a Gospel minister in this town.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1809.\\nRichard Bartlett, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJeremiah Smith, QQ\\nJohn Langdon, 140\\nRichard Bartlett, representative.\\nBenjamin Evans,\\nJoseph Bartlett, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis,\\nVoted to Bild a pound with stone, with a Large pece of hewed\\ntimber all round on the top.\\nEdmund Sawyer bid off the building of the pound\\nat thirty-seven dollars, and did the job in April, 1809.\\nThat pound now stands, it being in Warner village,\\non the north side of Pumpkin Hill road.\\nBenjamin Evans, a son of Tappan Evans, was born\\nat Newbury port in 1772, but was brought to Warner\\nwith the family before 1780. His mother was called", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0319.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "298 HISTOKY OF WARNER.\\nthe handsomest woman in Newburyport, and the\\nson was a man of striking personal appearance.\\nThe writer has been unable to gather many facts\\nin relation to the early life of this noted man. His ed-\\nucation was limited, but having commanding natural\\nabilities, he wielded a large influence in Warner, and\\nin the state for many years. He married a Miss Wad-\\nleigh (an aunt of the late Judge Wadleigh, of Sutton),\\nand commenced life at Roby s Corner. There he had a\\nfarm and a saw-mill, the mill being a few rods below\\nthe present river bridge. In 1803 he went into mer-\\ncantile business at South Sutton, and at once became\\na prominent and influential man there. Though he\\nremained at Sutton but four years, he served several\\ntimes as moderator at town meetings, and several\\ntimes as selectman. In 1807 he returned to Warner,\\nand made his home from that time through life at the\\nvillage. He was the leading business man in town\\nfor a long period of time. Besides carrying on his\\ncountry store, he dealt largely in cattle and hides,\\nand was extensively engaged in coopering. He lived\\nsome twenty-five or thirty years in what is now\\nknown as the Bates house, and the remainder of his\\nlife at the Porter house. He was a soldier in the war\\nof 1812. He knew every man in town, and could\\nreadily call each one by name. He served as mod-\\nerator of town meetings, as selectman, and as repre-\\nsentative to the General Court a great many years.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0320.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "/-y^^r^^:^ Z Zy-c?4-y^-:^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0321.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0322.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "BENJAMIN EVANS. 299\\nHe was elected senator in old district No. 8 in 1830,\\nand was in the governor s council in 1836 and 1837.\\nHe was appointed sheriff of Merrimack county in\\n1838, and he held this, his last office, till 1843, the\\nyear before his decease.\\nHe had six daughters, but no son who lived to ma-\\nture age. One of his daughters married Reuben\\nPorter; another, Nathan S. Colby; another. Dr. Leon-\\nard Eaton another, Stephen C. Badger another, H.\\nD. Robertson and the last, Abner Woodman.\\nMr. Evans died November 12, 1844, at the age of\\n72 years, and his dust sleeps on a beautiful table-land\\nin Pine Grove Cemetery.\\n20", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0323.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XXII.\\nTOWN EECORDS THE COLD FRIDAY WAR OF 1812 REV. JOHN\\nWOODS A COLD SEASON MASONIC DIVORCE OP CHURCH\\nAND STATE HERESY QUAKER WOMEN WHIPPED.\\n(he cold Friday, which aged people remember\\nwith a shudder, occnrred January 19, 1810.\\nThe mercury runs lower every winter than it run\\nthat day but the out-door man, in this country, has\\nnever seen weather more severe than that. On that\\nday a harsh, violent wind prevailed from morning till\\nnight, and many buildings were destroyed by it. The\\ncold Friday was known and is remembered through-\\nout the New England states.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1810.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Langdon, 181\\nJeremiah Smith, 37\\nRichard Bartlett, representative.\\nDaniel Bean,\\nMoses Annis, V Selectmen.\\nDavid Heath, J", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0324.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 301\\nDaniel Bean was a son of Nathaniel. He lived at\\nWaterloo, and was largely engaged throngh life in\\nrunning mills at the great falls, and in agricultural\\npursuits. He also kept tavern in the very house now\\noccupied by Dolphus Bean, from 1804 to 1829. His\\nfirst wife was a daughter of Capt. Asa Pattee, and his\\nsecond, a Miss Sibley, of Hopkinton. His sons were\\nDaniel, Jr., William H., Stephen S., and Dolphus S.\\nand his daughters were Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Kimball,\\nMrs. Dr. Eaton, of Bristol, Mrs. Nathan Martin, Mrs.\\nA. G. Haines, and Mrs. N. G. Ordway. Mr. Bean died\\nin April, 1855, aged 81.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1811.\\nRichard Bartlett, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJolin Langdon, 192\\nJeremiali Smitli, 46\\nRichard Bartlett, representative.\\nDavid Heath,\\nDaniel Bean, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis,\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1812.\\nRichard Bartlett, moderator.\\nDavid Heath, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nWilliam Plumer,\\n150\\nJohn T. Gilman,\\n73", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0325.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nBenjamin Evans, representative.\\nJacob Collins,\\nDavid Heath, v Selectmen.\\nRichard Straw,\\nThe town records are now kept very accurately.\\nDea. Heath is a fair penman and a good scholar.\\nWAR OF 1812.\\nThe inhabitants of the town of Warner met accord-\\ning to warning, August 24, 1812, chose Richard Bart-\\nlett, moderator, and took action as follows\\nWhereas by an act of Congress of the United States passed\\nApril 10, 1812, it is among other things declared that the Presi-\\ndent of the United States be authorized to require of the Execu-\\ntives of the several States and Territories to take effectual meas-\\nures to organize and equip according to law and hold in readiness\\nto march at a moment s warning their respective proportions of\\n100,000 Militia, it is also declared that said detached militia shall\\nnot be compelled to serve a longer time than six months after\\nthey arrive to the place of rendezvous\\nTherefore Voted that the town of Warner pay or cause to be\\npaid to the non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to\\nsaid town who are liable by said Act of Congress to be called\\nupon, the sum of five dollars for each and every month they shall\\nactually be in the service of the United States, according to said\\nAct, and the sum of two dollars when ordered to march.\\nThe two dollars for pocket-money, and the five\\ndollars per month in addition to the regular govern-\\nment pay of the soldier, was a very handsome bounty.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1813.\\nJames Flanders, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0326.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 303\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Taylor Gilman, 81\\nWilliam Plumer, 199\\nRichard Bartlett, representative.\\nJacob Collins,\\nHenry B. Chase, Selectmen.\\nAbner Flanders,\\nVoted that Nathaniel Bean pole off to the north Village School\\nDistrict for the futer.\\nVoted that the Selectmen Should Converse with ejohn O. Bal-\\nlard concerning the Support of his farther for the futer and See\\nif it is not his Right by Law to Support him.\\nAbner Flanders, one of the selectmen, was another\\nof the sons of James. He removed to Vermont when\\nquite a joung man, and there settled. He was sev-\\neral years a representative in the legislature of that\\nstate, from his adopted town, Hyde Park.\\nREV. JOHN WOODS.\\nAt a legal town meeting, held Oct. 8, 1813,\\nVoted to Joine with the Church in this town in Giveing Mr,\\nJohn Woods a call to Settle in the minestry in this town.\\nVoted to Give Mr. Woods 300 Dollars annually for his Services\\nas a minester in this town.\\nHere is a cordial indorsement of the young minis-\\nter, but for some unknown cause the town soured\\non him just three weeks after the above votes were\\npassed.\\nAt a meeting, held Nov. 1st, the vote giving to Mr.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0327.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "304 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nWoods $300 annually was reconsidered and at the\\nsame time the town voted not to give him the inter-\\nest on the parsonage money, amounting to twenty-\\ntwo dollars and a half annually.\\nIn this connection the following record should be\\npresented. The bad orthography and the grammat-\\nical blunders are attributable to the town-clerk.\\nDecember 1813, then peorsonely apeared pliilii:) flanders Jun.\\nand Gave his Desent against the Settlement of Mr. John woods\\nas a minister in this town.\\nNotwithstanding these hostile indications, Rev. Mr.\\nWoods came on according to agreement. He was\\nordained June 22, 1814, one of the hottest June days\\never known. He remained in Warner till 1823. [See\\nEcclesiastical History.]\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1814.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman,\\n82\\nWilliam Plumer,\\n232\\nBenjamin Evans, representative.\\nThomas Hackett,\\nAbner Flanders, Selectmen.\\nRichard Straw,\\nThomas Hackett, senior, lived on the Tory Hill\\nroad, near where Richard B. Whittier now resides,\\nperhaps on the exact spot. The second Thomas (who", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0328.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECOEDS. 305\\nwas the selectman) was a son of the first. He lived\\na number of years at the McAlpine place. While in\\nWarner he drew a thousand-dollar prize in a lottery,\\nand in him was verified, for the millionth time, the\\nadage, It is easier to stand adversity than pros-\\nperity.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1815.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn T. Gilman, 70\\nWilliam Plumer, 229\\nPhilip Flanders, representative.\\nRichard Straw,\\nThomas Hackett, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis, j\\nVoted that no horse nor Cattle Shall be alowed to run at Large\\non the highway in this town from the first day of December tel\\nthe Last Day of march under the penalty of paying 25 cents per\\nhead one half to complainer the other to use of the town for every\\noffence.\\n[Unless there has been a radical change in the\\nseasons, there must have been some blunder about\\nthe above vote.]\\nPhilip Flanders, representative, was a brother to\\nJames, Daniel, and Christopher. He lived, as stated\\nelsewhere, at the Elm farm.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1816.\\nThomas Annis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0329.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "306 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nWilliam Plumer, 240\\nJames Sheafe, 65\\nHenry B. Chase, representative.\\nBenjamin Evans,\\nThomas Hackett, Selectmen.\\nMoses Annis,\\nVoted to receive Jonathan Watkins and the farm he lives on if\\nthe Same shall be anexed to the town of Warner by an act of the\\nGeneral Coart.\\nVoted to receive the land owned by Thaddeus Hardy if anexed\\non to warner by an act of the General coart,\\nA COLD SEASON.\\nThe summer of 1816 was cold and unfruitful. On\\ninauguration day, in June, there was snow to the\\ndepth of four inches on a level. Not a month in the\\nwhole season escaped the frost, and the corn-crop, as\\nwell as certain other crops, was substantially de-\\nstroyed. There was great scarcity in the country,\\nand much suffering in the fall and winter of 1816\\nand the spring and early summer of 1817. Corn,\\nwhich in productive seasons sold for fifty cents a\\nbushel, would now bring three dollars, and there was\\nalmost none to be had at that.\\nIt was probably at this time that Isaac Dalton,\\nwho was afterwards for many years a deacon in the\\nCongregational church, inquired of Enoch Morrill, a\\nbrother church-member, at the close of the services", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0330.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 307\\none Sabbath day, if he could spare him a bushel of\\ncorn. Ask me to-morrow/ said Morrill, and I will\\ntell you, No more was said. On Monday morning,\\nDalton, who lived at the Levi 0. Colby place, trudged\\noff over to Morrill s, on Pumpkin Hill, a distance of\\nfour miles, with a bag under his arm, and said, I\\nhave come to see if you could spare me that corn I\\nspoke to you about yesterday. I have no corn to\\nsell, was the unexpected reply and I answered you\\nas I did, that you might learn to remember the Sab-\\nbath day and keep it holy.\\nSuch people may have been conscientious, but their\\ninfluence and example were hurtful. Their religious\\nbeliefs were harsh and unrelenting, their visages were\\naustere and sour, and boys and girls habitually shun-\\nned these vessels of vinegar on the highway to\\nheaven.\\nThe summer of 1816 was very discouraging to the\\nfarmers and people of Warner. Indeed, it was so to\\nthe whole of New England, but the spring of 1817\\nopened auspiciously. The season was a remarkably\\nproductive one, and every man could say to his\\nneighbor, For the pastures of the wilderness do\\nspring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and\\nthe vine do yield their strength.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1817.\\nAquila Davis, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0331.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "308 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nWilliam Plumer, 241\\nJames Slieafe, 49\\nHenry B. Chase, representative.\\nJames Bean,\\nRicliard Straw, Selectmen.\\nReuben Porter, j\\nVoted to Discontinue the road from the Gide post near Joseph\\ncurrier s a crost the river to the Gide post Southerly of Buring\\nGround to the road Leading to hiniker.\\nCapt. Joseph Smith was chosen Collector of taxes at one cent\\nand nine mills on the Dollar.\\nJames Bean was a son of Nathaniel, who settled on\\nPumpkin Hill. He was born May, 1785, and he al-\\nways resided in town. He died at the age of 45. No\\nsons of his, but four daughters, are now living, viz.,\\nMrs. Tufts, of Medford, Mass., Mrs. Ira Harvey, Mrs.\\nGeo. T. Watkins, of Kansas, and Mrs. Geo. S. Rowell.\\nReuben Porter was from Weymouth, Mass., where\\nhe was born about 1790. He came to Warner in\\n1812, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr.\\nMoses Long, who was then at the Centre Village. He\\nabandoned that study to engage in mercantile busi-\\nness. Subsequently he Avent to North Sutton, where\\nhe had a large farm to care for and cultivate. He\\nserved several years, both in Warner and Sutton, as\\nselectman also served as representative from Sutton,\\nand as senator for old District No. 8, in 1834 and\\n1835. He recently returned with his family to War-\\nner, and is now living, at the age of nearly 90.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0332.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 309\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1818.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nWilliam Plumer, 262\\nScatterinsT, 34\\nBenjamin Evans, representative.\\n1\\nJames Bean,\\nEeuben Porter, V Selectmen.\\nTimothy Flanders,\\nVoted that Kiea Sarge Gore Should be anexed to the town of\\nWarner.\\nStephen Currier, jr., Choosen Collector of taxes for one cent\\nand four mills on the dol.\\nThe Gore was annexed to Warner by act of the\\nlegislature at the June session of 1818.\\nTimothy Flanders was another of the sons of James.\\nHe lived (certainly for many years) at Melvin s Mills,\\nand died there some thirty years ago.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1819.\\nRichard Bartlett, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Bell,\\n185\\nWilliam Hale,\\n54\\nBenjamin Evans, representative.\\nJames Bean,\\nReuben Porter, Selectmen.\\nRichard Straw, j", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0333.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "310 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nVoted that the easterly part that is bel6w thomases pond so\\ncold of the School District no. one Should be Sot off to a School\\nDistrict by them Selves.\\nThis was the establishment of the Davisville school\\ndistrict. The inhabitants of Davisville had, prior to\\nthis, belonged to the Dimond s Corner district.\\nJonathan Emerson was appointed to collect the\\ntaxes at one cent and four mills on the dollar.\\nAt a legal meeting, held August 21, 1819,\\nVoted that the road from wells Davises to Nathaniel Bean s be\\nDiscontinuard as a publick road for the present but to be pasable\\nby Gats and Bars for the present.\\nMASONIC.\\nA lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, called War-\\nner Lodge, No. 35, was organized in 1819. As its\\nhall, furniture, records, c., were destroyed by fire in\\nMay, 1849, and the lodge thereafter soon ceased to\\nexist, but little is known of its history or its work.\\nIt had upon its rolls the names of many of the lead-\\ning men of the town. Among its officers, during the\\nperiod of its existence, were Aquila Davis, Henry B.\\nChase, Henry Lyman, Stephen Putney, Joshua Saw-\\nyer, James Bean, Thomas R. White, Nathaniel Davis,\\nH. G. Harris, Caleb Buswell, Noah T. Andrews, Abner\\nB. Kelley, Isaac Gould, Zebulon Davis, Daniel Wat-\\nson, Isaac Dalton, Daniel Runnels, Nicholas Fowler,\\nRichard Bartlett, Nicodemus Watson, Abner Wat-\\nkins, Chase Fowler, James Allison, Ithamar Watson,\\nDavid Harvey, Joseph Clough, and others.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0334.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "MASONIC. 311\\nTo show the standing; of this lodg-e while it had an\\nexistence, the following extract from the report of a\\nvisiting brother, is presented.\\n1842. I went to Warner in December last, where I found a\\ngood number of brethren assembled. Warner Lodge is not, per-\\nhaps, second to any lodge in point of respectability, under the\\njurisdiction of the Grand Lodge.\\nSamuel Jones,\\nD. D. G. M.\\nFormation of Harris Lodge, No. 91, F. and A. J/, Warner,\\nNew Hampshire.\\nA petition, signed by Gilman C. George, Alonzo C.\\nCarroll, Wesley R Leversee, Wm. W. Davis, Samuel\\nDavis, James G. Ela, John R, Cogswell, Garland Calef,\\nHiram Buswell, Augustus R. Putnam, C. G. McAlpine,\\nPhilip C. Wheeler, Frank W. Graves, John E. Robert-\\nson, Lemuel Willis, Stephen W. Davis, Zebulon Davis,\\nRufus Rand, Philip C. Bean, and N. G. Ordway, was\\npresented to the M. W. Grand Lodge of New Hamp-\\nshire, at its Annual Communication in May, 1875,\\npraying for a charter for a lodge at Warner, to be\\nnamed HcutIs Lodge, which petition was granted.\\nSeptember 30th, 1875, the lodge was constituted,\\nconsecrated, and its officers installed by the Most\\nWorshipful Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, at the\\ntown hall. The ceremonies were performed by R.\\nW. Bro. Solon A. Carter, M. W. Grand Master.\\nThe ladies who furnished the collation, and others,\\nabout one hundred in number, were present by special\\ninvitation.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0335.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "312 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nThe following are the names of those installed as\\nofficers of Harris Lodo-e:\\nGilman C. George, Master.\\nWesley R. Leversee, Senior Warden.\\nPhilip C. Wheeler, Junior Warden.\\nAlonzo C. Carroll, Treasurer.\\nJames G. Ela, Secretary.\\nAugustus R. Pitman, Senior Deacon.\\nJohn R. Cogswell, Junior Warden.\\nRev. Lemuel Willis, Chaplain.\\nPrank W. Graves, Marshal.\\nSamuel Davis, Senior Steward.\\nStephen W. Davis, Junior Steward.\\nWm. W. Davis, Tyler.\\nSe2)temher, 1S76.\\nElected. Appointed.\\nGilman C. George, W. M. Fred. Bean, S. D.\\nBenjamin P. Heath, S. W. J. R. Cogswell, J. D.\\nSamuel Davis, J. W. S. W. Davis, S. S.\\nAlonzo C. Carroll, T. Henry C. Davis, J. S.\\nJames G. Ela, S. Philip M. Wheeler, Tyler.\\nPhilip C. Wheeler, Rep. to Lemuel Willis, Chaplain.\\nGrand Lodge. A. R. Putnam, Marshal.\\nOctober, 1877.\\nElected. Appointed.\\nG. C. George, W. M. Fred. Bean, S. D.\\nPhilip C. Wheeler, S. W. Charles C. Cole, J. D.\\nJ. R. Cogswell, J. W. Henry C. Davis, S. S.\\nA. C. Carroll, T. Philip F. Clough, J. S.\\nJames G. Ela, S. Samuel Davis, Marshal,\\nB. F. Heath, Rep. to G. L. Lemuel WilHs, Chaplain.\\nWarren C. Johnson, Tyler.\\nOctober, 1878.\\nElected. Appoi7ited.\\nG. C. George, W. M. C. C. Cole, S. D.\\nA. R. Putnam, S. W. Wm. W. Burbank, J. D.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0336.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0337.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0338.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "OILMAN C, GEORGE. 313\\nW. Scott Davis, J. W. Edgar W. Stevens, S. S.\\nA. C. Carroll, T. Moses H. Eoby^ J. S.\\nJames G. Ela, S. Philip F. Clougli, Chaplain.\\nJ. R. Cogswell, Rep. to G. L. Samuel Davis, Marshal.\\nFred. W. Davis, Tyler.\\nGiLMAN C. George. William George, an English-\\nman, settled at Lynn in 1637. James George is found\\nin Haverhill, Mass., as early as 1653, Richard in Bos-\\nton in 1655, and John in Charlestown in 1657. It is\\nprobable that one of these was the ancestor of Gilman\\nC. George, who was a son of James and Hannah\\n(Church) George, and a grandson of Dea. Austin\\nGeorge. Born in Dunbarton, Oct. 10, 1820, Gilman\\nC. enjoyed the advantages of a good common-school,\\nand subsequently of an academic course of study at\\nHopkinton and Franklin. He taught school several\\nwinters. The family removed to Warner in March,\\n1840, and settled on the farm now owned and occu-\\npied by Ira P. Whittier.\\nJanuary 23, 1844, Mr. George married Nancy,\\ndaughter of Elliot C. and Judith (Sawyer) Badger.\\nH. Maria, Adelaide B., Ambrose (who died in infancy),\\nFrank G., and Nellie F. are the children who have\\nbeen born to this couple. In 1859 (after the death\\nof his parents) Mr. George sold his farm and removed\\nto Warner Village. Here he carried on the stove and\\ntin ware business till January, 1870, when he was\\nelected cashier of the Kearsarge National Bank. In\\n1874 he was elected treasurer of the Kearsarge Sav-\\nings Bank, which two positions he still holds.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0339.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "314 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nHe was a captain in the state militia in 1843 and\\n1844, and was town-clerk in 1868, 69, 70, and 71.\\nHe is a justice of the peace and a notary public also,\\nan active member of Warner Grange, and of the Or-\\nder of Sons of Temperance. He has been Worship-\\nful Master of Harris Lodge, No. 91, continuously since\\nits organization in 1875.\\nDIVORCE OF CHURCH AND STATE.\\nThe year 1819 was an epoch in the religious his-\\ntory of New Hampshire. The Toleration Act, so\\ncalled, was passed by the legislature of that year, and\\napproved July 1, 1819. The vital part of that act\\nhere follows\\nJ rovided, that no person shall be compelled to join or support,\\nor be classed with, or associated to any congregation, church, or\\nreligious society, without his express consent first had and ob-\\ntained\\nProvided, also, if any person shall choose to separate himself\\nfrom such society or association to which he may belong, and\\nshall leave a written notice thereof with the clerk of such society\\nor association, he shall thereupon be no longer liable for any fu-\\nture expenses which may be incurred by said society or associa-\\ntion.\\nThe public mind had long been getting restive un-\\nder the compulsory support of the ministry, and this\\nact was simply the outgrowth of a strong, predom-\\ninating sentiment. It put an end to all town action\\nrelative to the support of the church, and to all irk-\\nsome taxation levied on an unwilling people, but it", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0340.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "HERESIE. 315\\ndid not diminish the amount contributed for the\\nmaintenance of public worship.\\nTo show something of the growth of religious tol-\\nerance, a few sections are here introduced from a stat-\\nute on heresy, passed at an early day in Massachu-\\nsetts.\\nHERESIE.\\nAlthough no Human Power is Lord over the faith and con-\\nsciences of men, yet to avoid damnable Heresies, tending to the\\nsubverting the Christian Faith spreading among the Inhabitants\\nof this Jurisdiction, tis enacted that if any person within this\\nJurisdiction shall broach and maintain any Damnable Heresies,\\nas denying the Immortality of the Soul, or the Resurrection of\\nthe Body, or any sin to be repented of in the regenerate, or any\\nevil to be done by the outward man to be accounted sin, or shall\\ndeny that Christ gave himself a ransom for our sins, or shall af-\\nfirm that we are not justified by his Death and E-ighteousness,\\nbut by our own Merit or shall deny the morality of the 4th\\nCommandment, or shall openly condemn or oppose the Baptizing\\nof Infants, or shall purposely depart the Congregation at the ad-\\nministration of the Ordinance of Baptism, or shall deny the Ordi-\\nnance of Magistracy, or their lawful authority to make War and\\nPeace, and to punish the outward Breaches of the first Table, or\\nshall endeavor to seduce others to any of those opinions, every\\nsuch person lawfully convicted shall be Banished this Jurisdic-\\ntion.\\nIf an offender after said Conviction, or Recantation shall com-\\nmit the same offence a second time, he shall be Banished or put\\nto Death as the Coi;rt shall direct.\\nBlasphemous Books of tTohn Veers or Lodowick 3Iuggleton to\\nbe delivered to the next Magistrate on penalt} of ten pounds for\\nevery Book found, half to the County and half to the Informer.\\nAll the Books found in any person s custody to be burnt by the\\nHangman the next Lecture day.\\nNo Master of any Vessel may bring any Quaker or other Blas-\\nphemous Heretick into this County on penalty of one hundred\\n21", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0341.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "316 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\npounds to be paid to the Treasurer, and give security to carry the\\npersons back again, and to lie in Prison till the Fine be paid and\\nSecurity given.\\nPersons concealing such Quaker or Blasphemous Heretick,\\nknowing them to be such, on Conviction shall pay 40s an hour for\\nsuch concealment, and shall lie in Prison till the Pine be paid.\\nQuakers, not Inhabitants, may be apprehended by any Consta-\\nble or Select-man, and conveyed from Constable to Constable till\\nthey are brought before a Magistrate, who shall commit them to\\nPrison without Bail till the next Court of Assistants, when they\\nshall be tryed by a special jury, and being convicted shajl be Ban-\\nished, not to return on pain of Death.\\nWandering, Vagabond Quakers, having no dwelling nor appar-\\nent business but to seduce others to their o^^inion, shall be whipt\\nat the Cart s Tail through the Town where they are apprehended,\\nand then be conveyed from Constable to Constable till they are\\ncarried through the last town in the Jurisdiction.\\nThe Constables shall disburse the Charges in apprehending,\\nwhipping and passing of Quakers, to be repaid by the Treasurer\\nout of the next County rates, and Constables may impress Carts,\\nHorses, Oxen, or Men for the execution of this Law.\\nIt is a pleasure to state that these laws, and such as\\nthese, were never enacted on New Hampshire soil\\nbut New Hampshire belonged to the jurisdiction of\\nMassachusetts, and it is humiliation enough to know\\nthat her soil has been disgraced by the execution of\\nsuch laws upon it.\\nQUAKER WOMEN WHIPPED.\\nIn December, 1662, three Quaker women were\\npublicly whipped in New Hampshire. In the depth\\nof winter, the constables were ordered to strip them\\nand tie them to a cart then to drive the cart and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0342.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "QUAKER WOMEN WHIPPED. 317\\nwhip these three women through eleven towns, with\\nten stripes apiece in each town. The route lay\\nthrough Dover, Hampton, Salisbury, Newbury, Eow-\\nley, Ipswich, Wenham, Lynn, Boston, Roxbury, and\\nDedham, a distance of eighty miles. They were\\nwhipped at Dover and Hampton, and then marched\\nthrough dirt and snow, half-leg deep, in a very cold\\nday, to Salisbury, and there whipped again. They\\nwould probably have fallen dead long before reaching\\nthe end of the journey, but at Salisbury they were\\nhappily released. Walter Barefoot persuaded the\\nconstable to make him his deputy, and having re-\\nceived the warrant, he set them at liberty, and they\\nreturned to Dover.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0343.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XXIII.\\nTOWN RECORDS THE TORNADO.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1820.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nDavid Bagley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor,\\nSamuel Bell, 234\\nE-icliard Bartlett, representative.\\nRichard Bartlett,\\nE-euben Porter, Selectmen.\\nTimothy Flanders,\\nThe support of the town s poor (there being eleven\\npersons) was sold to the lowest bidder. The prices\\nran from 22 to 79 cents per week.\\nThe record of this meeting continues\\nDavid Bagley Choosen Collector at one cent and seven mills\\non the dollar.\\nthe sense of Legal voters was taken Relative to forming a new\\nCounty against the new County 207 in favor of the new\\nCounty 35.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 182L\\nJames Bean, moderator.\\nAhner B. Kelley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0344.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 319\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Bell, 217\\nDavid L; Morrill, 12\\nJames Bean, representative.\\nJames Bean,\\nTimothy Flanders, Selectmen.\\nNathaniel Manders, j\\nThe support of the poor was sold to the lowest bid-\\nder, one person being put up at a time. This course\\nwas followed several years.\\nVoted that no swine shall he allowed to go at large in the\\nMaine road from Hopkinton line to Sutton and Bradford lines,\\nwithout being liable to be impounded by Hogreeves.\\nAbner Woodman, Jr., was appointed collector of\\ntaxes.\\nThe town records are now in perfect order; the\\northography is correct, and the handwriting faultless.\\nAbner B. Kelley, the new town-clerk, was a son of Rev.\\nWm. Kelley, the first minister of Warner. He was\\nborn March, 1788. He obtained a good academic\\neducation, and when a young man he was considera-\\nbly engaged in school-teaching. After his marriage,\\nhe lived just above his father, near the Parade, a few\\nyears. Subsequently he went into business at the\\nLower Village, where J. Noyes Rand now resides.\\nHe served frequently as town-clerk and as representa-\\ntive of the town. In June, 1830, he was elected state\\ntreasurer, and he held that office six years. He was", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0345.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "820 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nafterwards a clerk for six years in one of the depart-\\nments at Washington. He was post-master at Warner\\nfrom 1855 to 1861 and he died in Warner, January,\\n1872, aged 83 years.\\nHe left three daughters, viz., the widow of Rev. J.\\nWellman, the wife of Dr. Peabody of Henniker, and\\nMiss Lavinia Kelley of Concord also, one son, Moses\\nKelley, of Washington, D. C.\\nCapt. Nathaniel Flanders was a son of Zebulon, and\\nthe oldest of a large family of children. He married\\na daughter of Dea. Nehemiah Heath. He always\\nresided within half a mile of the place of his birth,\\nwhere he died at a good old age, about the year 1860.\\nTwo sons and one daughter, only, survive him, viz.,\\nJohn and Nehemiah Flanders, of Stewartstown, and\\nMrs. Keyser, on the old homestead.\\nTHE TORNADO.\\nHigh winds have always been considered one of the\\ngreatest disparagements to a country. In tropical\\nclimates these are much more common than farther\\nfrom the equator. The discoverers of that part of the\\nUnited States, then called North Virginia, which now\\ncomposes New England and the states of New York\\nand New Jersey, in speaking of its natural advantages\\nto the Crown, said, that by the appearance of the\\nforests, hurricanes did not often visit the land.\\nWebster says, a tornado is a violent gust of wind,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0346.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "THE TORNADO. 321\\nor a tempest; distinguished by a whirling motion\\nand Worcester says, In a tornado, the wind blows\\nfrom its borders towards the centre. The winged\\nmessenger of death, which bore down through Warner\\non that fatal September day of 1821, was a tornado,\\nand so let it hereafter be forever known.\\nThe day and hour when this visitation occurred, in\\nWarner, was Sunday, September 9, 1821, about five\\no clock in the afternoon. The 8th and 9th were warm\\ndays the latter was sultry. About five o clock a\\nblack cloud was observed to rise rapidly in the north-\\nwest, and to bear south-easterly, illumined in its\\ncourse by incessant flashes of lightning. There was a\\nmost terrifying commotion in the cloud itself, which\\ngave warning of fearful desolation. A high wind pre-\\nvailed as far back as Lake Champlain, but the tornado\\nacquired no destructive force till it passed over Gran-\\ntham mountains. In Croydon the house of Deacon\\nCooper was shattered, and his barn, with its contents,\\nwas entirely swept away. No other buildings were\\ndirectly in its narrow path, till it nearly reached Sun-\\napee lake. Here it came in contact with the farm\\nand buildings of John Harvey Huntoon, of Wendell,\\nnow Sunapee. There were eight persons in the\\nhouse. They had beheld the frightful appearance of\\nthe cloud had seen the air before it filled with birds,\\nand broken limbs of trees, and rubbish of all kinds\\nbut there had not been much time for reflection or", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0347.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfor seeking safety. The tornado, after a moment s\\nwarning, was upon them, and the house and the two\\nbarns were instantly prostrated to the ground. A\\nbroadside of the house fell upon Mr. Huntoon and his\\nwife, who were standing in the kitchen. The next\\nmoment it was blown off and dashed to pieces. Mrs.\\nHuntoon was swept at least ten rods from the house.\\nA child eleven months old was sleeping on a bed in\\nthe west room the dress it wore was soon after found\\nin the lake, a hundred and fifty rods from the house.\\nThe child could not be found. The Wednesday fol-\\nlowing, its mangled body was picked up on the shore\\nof the lake, whither it had floated on the waves. The\\nbedstead on which the child was sleeping was found\\nin the woods, eighty rods from the house, northerly,\\nand clear out of the general track of the cyclone.\\nThe other seven persons of the household were in-\\njured, but none of them died. Every tree on a forty-\\nacre lot of woodland was levelled to the ground. A\\nbureau was blown across the lake. A horse was\\ndashed against the rocks and killed.\\nThe tornado passed across Sunapee lake, drawing\\nup into its bosom vast quantities of water. New Lon-\\ndon suffered a loss of property estimated at $9,000.\\nEight or ten barns, five or six houses, and many out-\\nbuildings were entirely or partially destroyed in that\\ntown. From New London the tornado passed across\\nthe northerly part of Sutton, cutting a swath through", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0348.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "THE TORNADO. 323\\nthe forests which is visible to this day, but coming in\\ncontact with no buildings. It then bore up the north-\\nwest side of Kearsarge mountain, apparently in two\\ncolumns. In pitching down over the mountain into\\nthe Gore, the two columns merged into one, and\\ncame with crushing force. The thunders rolled fear-\\nfully, the forked lightning flashed on the dark back-\\nground, and the flood was driven with the gale. In\\nthis valley, between the two spurs of the mountain,\\nstood seven dwelling-houses. The tornado first struck\\nthe barn of William Harwood, and demolished that;\\npassing onward, its outer limits came in contact with\\nthe houses of M. F. Goodwin, James Ferrin, and Ab-\\nner Watkins. All of these houses were damaged\\nFerrin s barn was destroyed, and Watkins s unroofed.\\nNext in the line of march stood Daniel Savory s\\nhouse. Hearing a frightful rumbling in the heavens,\\nMr. Samuel Savory, aged 72, the father of the propri-\\netor (who was away), hastened up stairs to close the\\nwindows. The women started to his assistance, when\\nthe house whirled and instantly rose above their\\nheads, while what was left behind, timbers, bricks,\\netc., almost literally buried six of the family in the\\nruins. The body of the aged Samuel Savory was\\nfound at a distance of six rods from the house, where\\nhe had been dashed against a stone and instantly\\nkilled. His wife was severely injured. Mrs. Daniel\\nSavory was fearfully bruised on the head, arms, and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0349.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nbreast; and an infant which she held in her arms was\\nkilled. The house of Robert Savory stood very near\\nthis place, and that, also, was utterly demolished.\\nMrs. Savory and the children (six in number) were\\nburied together under the bricks and rubbish. Some\\nof them were severely injured, but none killed. Not\\nonly the houses, but the barns and outbuildings at\\nthe two Savory places, were utterly cleaned out. Not\\none stone was left upon another. Trees, fences, shin-\\ngles, the legs, wings, and heads of fowls, filled the air.\\nCrops were swept off clean stones partly buried in\\nthe earth were overturned trees of every description\\nwere denuded of their branches, or twisted oJ3f at the\\ntrunk, or torn up by the roots. There were twenty-\\nfour hives of bees at the Robert Savory place, per-\\nhaps the property of both families these were swept\\nout of sight in an instant. The ground was sweetened\\nwith honey for half a mile, but no hive and no sign\\nof a bee has since been seen. The Savorys and Ab-\\nner Watkins had caught a noble old bear on the\\nmountain, and had chained him to a sill of Robert\\nSavory s barn, intending to exhibit him at the muster,\\nwhich occurred the 10th day of September, back of\\nGeorge Savory s present house. Though the barn\\nwas entirely destroyed to its foundation, the sill to\\nwhich the bear was chained being a cross-sill, and\\nbedded into the ground, remained in its place, and\\nthe bear was unhurt. But he was not exhibited the\\nnext day on the muster-field.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0350.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "THE TORNADO. 325\\nJolin Palmer, who lived up to the eastward of the\\nSavorys a third of a mile, saw the terrible cloud, in\\nshape like an inverted tunnel. He saw the air filled\\nwith leaves, limbs, quilts, clothing, crockery, and\\nalmost every conceivable thing. He heard the omi-\\nnous rumbling, and sprang to enter the house with\\nthe purpose of fleeing, with his wife, to the cellar.\\nHe got the door but partly open, when the house\\ngave wa} burying Mrs. Palmer under the rubbish,\\nand inflicting serious injuries. In this valley between\\nthe hills, everything in the direct course of the tor-\\nnado was rooted out. Bridges made of logs were\\nscattered in every direction, timbers being thrown to\\nthe right and left, and even to the rear, as well as to\\nthe front.\\nThe tornado passed on over the next spur of the\\nmountain, two and a half miles, and then bore down\\non the houses of Peter Flanders in Warner, and of\\nDea. Joseph True, just in the edge of Salisbury.\\n[Peter Flanders was the father of True and Oliver\\nFlanders, the latter of whom occupies the old home-\\nstead.] Dea. True was father-in-law of a Mr. Jones.\\nJones and his wife were on a visit at True s. Being at\\nthe door, they were apprised of the danger, and they\\ncalled out lustily to the family to seek refuge as best\\nthey could. The buildings were whirled aloft and\\ntorn into fragments, falling around the fsimily like\\nmissiles of death but no one at this house was killed", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0351.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\noutright. The buildings of Mr. Flanders, also, were\\nscattered like chaff, the violence of the gale being\\nunabated. Anna Richardson, an elderly woman living\\nwith Mr. Flanders, and a child of the latter, were\\ncrushed to death. Several others were grievously\\nwounded, one of whom (a child of Mr. True s) died a\\nshort time afterwards.\\nFrom here this remarkable cyclone passed on over\\nBagley s pond, drawing up vast sheets of water from\\nits surface, and, after destroying the house of a Mr.\\nMorrill, near Boscawen line, it lifted itself into the\\nheavens and vanished.\\nAt the close of a mass meeting which the writer\\naddressed at Painesville, Ohio, in 1869, an old gentle-\\nman, to appearance bowed with sorrow, came forward\\nand made himself known as Mr. Huntoon, the father\\nof the child that was destroyed by the tornado. He\\nhad left the shores of Sunapee and the marks of the\\ndesolation of 1821, forty years before this, and had\\nestablished his home in Ohio. He appeared discon-\\nsolate and care-worn but he has now gone where the\\ninhabitant doth not say,\\nI am sick, and I am weary.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0352.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXIV.\\nA NEW COUNTY THE NATION S GUEST TOWN RECORDS CAT-\\nTLE SHOW.\\nT the June session of the lesrislatnre of 1821, a\\nresolution was adopted directing the selectmen,\\nin the several towns embraced in the contemplated\\nnew county of Merrimack, to insert the following\\narticle in the warrants for the next annual town\\nmeetings\\nTo take the sense of the legal voters, by yeas and nays, regard-\\ning the expediency of erecting a new County in this State, to be\\ncomposed of the following towns, viz. Allenstown, Bow, Canter-\\nbury, Concord, Chichester, Epsom, Northfield, Pembroke, Loudon,\\nPittsfield, Andover, Boscawen, Bradford, Dunbartou, Fishersfield,\\nHenniker, Hopkinton, New London, Salisbury, Warner and Wil-\\nmot Provided some one town near the centre of said proposed\\nnew county, shall furnish, free of expense to the county, a suffi-\\ncient Court House for the accommodation of the courts in said\\nproposed new county.\\nIn March, 1822, on this question, the vote stood\\nYEAS.\\nJTATS.\\nAndover,\\n202\\n5\\nBoscawen,\\n230\\n9\\nCanterbury,\\n152\\n8\\nConcord,\\n522\\n6\\nDunbarton,\\n140\\n18", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0353.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OF WARNEK.\\nYEAS.\\nNA-S\\nEpsom,\\n29\\n53\\nHopkinton,\\n3\\n324\\nLoudon,\\n199\\n5\\nPembroke,\\n142\\n53\\nSalisbury,\\n240\\n19\\nAllenstown,\\n11\\n55\\nBow,\\n190\\n6\\nFishersfield,\\n5\\n85\\nHenniker,\\n4\\n97\\nNew London,\\n8\\n92\\nNortbfield,\\n172\\n2\\nSutton,\\n3\\n135\\nWarner,\\n41\\n171\\nNo returns from Bradford, Wilmot, or Pittsfield,\\ncan be found but the majority for the new county\\nwas decisive. For some reason, however, the legisla-\\nture, at its next session, took no action on this ques-\\ntion. But, by act of the legislature at the June ses-\\nsion of 1823, the county of Merrimack was created.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1822.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Bell, 150\\nVoted to send two representatives.\\nRepresentatwes.\\nBenjamin Evans, James Bean.\\nTimothy Flanders,\\nBenjamin Evans, Selectmen.\\nNathaniel Flanders,\\nAbner Woodman, Jr., collector of taxes.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0354.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECOEDS. 329\\nOn the question of creating a new county, there\\nwere 41 yeas and 171 nays.\\nChose Beaman French culler of Staves,\\nVoted to make Capt. Cyrus Watson some compensation in con-\\nsequence of his being hurt in March, 1821, by means of obstruc-\\ntion in the highway near the Bridge by the Baptist Meeting\\nHouse.\\nVoted to give Capt. Watson sixty dollars if he will be satisfied\\nwith that sum.\\nVoted that the Poor of the town be set up. at auction on the\\nsame terms as they were last year.\\nThere were 16 persons to be provided for, and the\\nboard ranged from 9 cents to $1.49 per week.\\nVoted to give Enoch Osgood $15 for injury received in falling\\nfrom the bridge by the Baptist Meeting House.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1823.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nLevi Woodbury, Igg\\nScattering,\\nRepresentatives.\\nBenjamin Evans, Henry B. Chase.\\nTimothy Flanders,\\nBenjamin Evans, Selectmen.\\nDaniel George,\\nStruck off the collection of Taxes, at one cent 5 mills on the\\ndollar, to James B. Straw.\\nThe support of the poor was this year put up in\\ngross, and struck off to Samuel Hill at $279.50.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0355.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "330 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nSamuel Hill was the oldest son of Benjamin Hill.\\nAfter the father had gone from town, Samuel occu-\\npied the homestead awhile, which was the present\\npoor-farm.\\nVoted that the Selectmen be a Committee to examine the\\nclothes of the paupers, and see that they [the paupers, not the\\nclothes] are treated with humanity.\\nMajor Daniel George was a son of John George,\\nand was born at Hopkinton Lower Village. He was\\nactively engaged in mercantile business in Warner a\\ngreat many years. He also built and kept a hotel,\\nnear his store and dwelling-house. He was a lieuten-\\nant in Capt. Joseph Smith s company, in the war of\\n1812, and was afterwards a major in the state militia.\\nHe was considerably in public life, and was a very\\nprompt, energetic man. He was twice married, his\\nfirst wife being the sister, and his second wife the\\ndaughter, of John Bean. He had a large family of\\nchildren, but only two of them remain, Daniel B.\\nGeorge, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Henry C. Barnabee, of\\nBoston. His second wife, now the widow of Rev.\\nLemuel Willis, still survives.\\nJames B. Straw, who was appointed collector of\\ntaxes, at this time, lived on Tory Hill, at the John\\nHardy place, though he was a Salisbury man by birth.\\nHis wife, Mehitable, was a daughter of Ebenezer Fisk,\\nof Wilmot, and a sister to John Fisk, who was acci-\\ndentally killed at the saw-mill on Stevens brook.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0356.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0357.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0358.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "EZEKIEL A. STRAW. 331\\nEzEKiEL A. Straw, a son of the above named couple,\\nwas born at the Hardy (now Jacob Chase) place, Dec.\\n30, 1819. A few years after his birth the family\\nremoved to Lowell, and Mr. James B. Straw entered\\ninto the service of the Appleton Manufacturing Com-\\npany. He died at Lowell in 1830. Ezekiel A., in\\ndue time, entered the English department of Phillips\\nacademj^, at Andover, Mass., where he applied him-\\nself successfully to the study of practical mathematics.\\nUpon leaving this institution, he was, in the spring of\\n1838, employed as assistant civil engineer on the\\nNashua Lowell Railroad, then in process of con-\\nstruction. In July of that year he entered the ser-\\nvice of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company as\\ncivil engineer. He continued in this position till\\n1851, when he was appointed agent of this company,\\nand placed in charge of their land and water-power.\\nHis duties and responsibilities were enlarged again in\\n1856, and again in 1858. In 1844 Mr. Straw was\\nsent, in behalf of the Amoskeag Company, to England\\nand Scotland, to obtain information and machinery.\\nHis mission was successful.\\nIn 1859, 60, 61, 62, and 63, Mr. Straw was elected\\nfrom the city of Manchester to the legislature of the\\nstate. The last three of these years he was chairman\\nof the Committee on Finance. In 1864 and 1865 he\\nwas elected to the state senate, and was president of\\nthat body the last year.\\n9", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0361.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "332 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nIn 1872, after a long and bitter contest, he was\\nelected governor of the state, and was reelected in\\n1873. He served his state with credit to himself in\\nall these positions.\\nMr. Straw was married to Miss Charlotte Smith\\nWebster, of Amesbury, Mass., in 1842. He has two\\ndaughters and one son. The latter is now an agent\\nof the Amoskeag Company.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1824.\\nHenry B. Chase, moderator\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nDavid L. Morrill, 109\\nLevi Woodbury, 44\\nHepresentatives.\\nHenry B. Chase, Abner B. Kelley.\\nDaniel George,\\nHarrison G. Harris, Selectmen.\\nJacob Sawyer,\\nJames B. Straw, collector.\\nSupport of the poor struck off again to Samuel\\nHill.\\nJacob Sawyer was a son of Edmund, and Edmund\\nwas a son of Joseph, who came from Hampstead in\\n1763, and settled near the Parade. Jacob was born\\n(and he probably lived at this time) on what is now\\nknown as the old poor-farm. There are several\\nsons of Jacob in different parts of the country, all\\nmen of standing.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0362.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "CALEB BUSWELL. 333\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1825\\nDr. Caleb Buswell, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nDavid L. Morrill, 190\\nScattering, 12\\nHepresentatives.\\nTimothy Flanders, Caleb Buswell.\\nJohn Palmer,\\nBenjamin E. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nNathan S. Colby,\\nStruck off the collection of Taxes, at one cent five mills, to\\nElliot C. Badger.\\nStruck off the support of the Poor for the year to Moses Har-\\nriman, at $294.\\nCaleb Buswell was born at Grantham in 1795. His\\nparents were originally from Concord. He was a\\nready scholar, and a superior mathematician. He be-\\ncame a practising physician before he was twenty-one\\nyears of age, having graduated with honor from the\\nmedical college at Hanover. He settled first at Sun-\\napee, where he held the offices of town-clerk and\\nselectman. He settled at Warner in 1820, where the\\ngreater part of his short professional life was spent.\\nIn 1825 he was appointed surgeon of the fortieth reg-\\niment of N. H. militia, which office he resigned after\\nholding it two years. He served as moderator in\\nWarner, and also as representative in the legislature.\\nIn 1828 he removed with his family to Newport, hav-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0363.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "334 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nino- sold his interests to one of his students in Warner\\n(Dr. Leonard Eaton). While on a visit with his fam-\\nily, in August, 1828, he died of a fever, at Waterford,\\nNew York, at the age of 33. He was a brother to\\nHiram Buswell, of Warner, and his daughter (and\\nonly child) is the wife of Rev. King S. Hall, of Lake\\nVillasre.\\nJohn Palmer lived in that part of Warner called\\nthe Gore. The exact place of his residence is stated\\nin the preceding chapter, his being one of the houses\\ndemolished by the tornado. He was a moderate\\nfarmer, and a surveyor of land. He has one son now\\nliving, Thomas Palmer, of Bradford.\\nNathan S. Colby was a son of Ezekiel, who was a\\nson of Elliot Colby. His father lived on the Salisbury\\nroad, where Charles H. now resides. At an early day\\nhe en :ao[:ed in mercantile business at Warner villaoce,\\nand continued in it through life. He also built th-e\\nhotel at that place (which has recently been remod-\\nelled), and acted as landlord till Nathan Walker took\\ncharge. He was a quick, stirring man, and was much\\nin public life, though he died at an early age. He\\nwas twice married his first wife was a daughter of\\nHon. Benjamin Evans, and his second, a Miss Darrah,\\nof Bedford, N. H. He died about forty years ago.\\nTwo, only, of his children now survive, viz., Dea.\\nCharles H. Colby, Jr., of Warner, and Mrs. John C.\\nPearson, of Fisherville.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0364.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "GEN. LAFAYETTE. 335\\nTHE NATION S GUEST.\\nGen. Lafayette s visit to this country, in 1824 and\\n1825, was a notable event. Though more than forty\\nyears had elapsed since, at the close of the Revolu-\\ntion, he had left these shores, and, though the country\\nhad undergone wonderful changes, the affection of\\nthe people for the friend of Washington, and the\\nfriend of the Republic in its dire necessity, knew no\\nabatement. He was the Nation s Guest, and his jour-\\nney throughout the United States was one continuous\\novation.\\nHe came to Concord, where a grand reception\\nawaited him, June 22, 1825. Among the military\\ncompanies which were ordered out by the command-\\ner-in-chief, to do escort duty at the capital of the\\nstate, was the Warner Light Infantry, Capt. Wm. Cur-\\nrier. Capt. Currier was a son of Theophilus, and was\\nborn at the Kiah Corner, so called. He was a tan-\\nner and farmer, and he lived many years at the Moul-\\nton place in Schoodac. The aged people of Concord\\nremember the bearing and appearance of his company\\non that occasion, and speak of it in terms of praise.\\nAfter spending a few days at the capital, and in\\nthe eastern part of the state, Lafayette made a start\\nfrom Concord, Monday, June 2Tth, to the westward,\\nattended by a committee of the legislature. On reach-\\ning the line of Warner, near Rufus Putnam s, he was", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0365.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "336 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nreceived by an escort of our citizens, and a short ad-\\ndress of welcome was made by Dr. Moses Long. He\\nwas escorted to the meeting-house at Kelley s tavern.\\nIn front of the church, on the green, stood a long ta-\\nble laden with choice refreshments. It was now noon.\\nBefore Lafayette could alight from his carriage, an\\neager crowd pressed forward to look upon his face and\\nto grasp his hand. Among the rest, little squealing\\nJohnny Pherson, of Sutton or Bradford, a man who\\nnever weighed but 75 pounds, elbowed his way up\\nto the carriage, shoved up his diminutive hand, and,\\nwith a nasal whine, ejaculated, ^How dye do, Gineral\\nLafayette f I thought I know d ye\\nAs the distinguished guest passed on through War-\\nner village, the old brass cannon waked the echoes\\namong the hills and all along through Warner the\\nold and young thronged the way to catch a glimpse\\nof that remarkable man s face.\\nThe New Hampshire committee accompanied their\\nguest to Pattee s hotel in Clare mont, where the Ver-\\nmont authorities took him in charge.\\nCATTLE SHOW.\\nThe second cattle show of the Merrimack County\\nAgricultural Society took place at Henniker, Oct. 19,\\n1825. It was thought to be a great success. Ezekiel\\nWebster, the brother of Daniel, was president of the\\nociety. At that time he was in the full vigor of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0366.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "CATTLE SHOW. 337\\nmature manhood, and was looking towards congress.\\nThe report states that he gave an ingenious, able,\\nand appropriate address. The exhibition, in all its\\nparts, was an attractive one. A plough with an iron\\nmould-board was much admired. Miss Sweet, of\\nConcord, presented an elegant bonnet made by her-\\nself, the chief article in its composition being the\\ndowny substance of the milk-weed. The African\\ngourd (the snake-bean), whose pods are said to grow\\nto the length of two feet and upwards the Tangier\\nbean, whose pod is short and of a beautiful purple\\ncolor and the nondescript pea, with a very small pod,\\narrested much attention.\\nThe first premium ever given to an inhabitant of\\nWarner, at any fair, was given at this time, and only\\none citizen of Warner received a premium. The\\nrecord runs thus:\\nAmos Putney, Warner, 2cl best bull under 4 years, $2.\\nThe animal that drew this money was a na;tive, of\\nyellowish color, large, but very homely. Leve Max-\\nfield, who was Putney s henchman, and who felt that\\nthis animal had put all others into the shade, in driv-\\ning him home, remarked, with a wise nod of the head,\\n^^They won t hinng no hulls next year 1\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1826.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0367.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "338 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nDavid L.\\nMorrill,\\n59\\nBenjamin\\nL Pierce,\\nRepresentatives.\\n197\\nBenjamin Evans, Daniel George\\nNathan S. Colby,\\nJacob Sawyer, Selectmen.\\nJohn Palmer,\\nVoted to buy a farm to put the town poor on.\\nChose Stephen George, Stephen Bartlett, and\\nStephen Davis, as a committee to purchase such\\nfarm.\\nVoted to sell at auction the support of soldiers [meaning din-\\nner for soldiers] muster day, to the lowest bidder.\\nStruck off to Benjamin Evans at 20 cents for each soldier.\\nThe poor were disposed of in lots to different par-\\nties. Capt. Cyrus Watson was appointed collector of\\ntaxes. He was a Joppa man by birth, but he carried\\non blacksmithing at Warner village. He was a son\\nof Jonathan, and a grandson of Dea. Parmenas, one\\nof the first settlers of Warner.\\nAt a legal meeting, held May 13, 1826,\\nVoted to reconsider the vote passed at the last annual meeting,\\nfor purchasing a farm for the poor.\\nAt the same meeting,\\nVoted to raise no money for purchasing a farm.\\nThe year 1826 was remarkable for being the great\\ngrasshopper year, and also for being the year of the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0368.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "BENJAMIN E. HAERIMAN. 339\\nfamous x\\\\ugust freshet. That freshet carried off\\nnearly all the bridges of Warner, did great damage to\\nroads, and entirely destroyed the crops on certain\\ntracts of land. The Willey family at the White Moun-\\ntain Notch was destroyed by this freshet, which oc-\\ncurred August 28, 1826.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1827.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nBenjamin Pierce,\\n216\\nScattering,\\n17\\nRep esentatives.\\nBenjamin Evans, Abner B Kelley.\\nNathan S. Colby,\\nBenj. E. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nDaniel George,\\nLevi Flanders took the suj^port of the poor at $273.\\nCapt. John Stewart took the contract to victual\\nthe soldiers, muster-day, at 19^ cents each.\\nAbner Woodman, Jr., was appointed collector.\\nBenjamin E. Harriman was a son of Asa, and was\\nborn in Warner, Jan. 14, 1791. His remotest ances-\\ntor in this country was Leonard, who came from York-\\nshire, England, in 1640, and whose name reappears,\\nin the eighth generation, in the son of Leonidas Har-\\nriman, of Warner.\\nBenjamin E. was but three years of age when his", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0369.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "340 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfather died, leaving four young children to the care\\nof the mother. The family knew what it was to be\\nhungry and to suffer need, but seldom knew what\\nit was to abound. In due time the boys (Ben and\\nDavid) became able to work, and ultimately to carry\\non the farm. After this there was always meal in\\nthe barrel.\\nB. E. Harriman (as well as the rest of the children\\nof Asa) had a slim chance for schooling, but he was\\nnaturally studious, and was a devoted reader of his-\\ntory, both ancient and modern. After his sons were\\ntolerably well advanced in mathematics, he worked\\nout for them many a difficult arithmetical problem,\\nwhich the district master was unable to solve. He\\nserved a great many years as moderator at town\\nmeetings, eight or ten years as selectman, two years\\nas a member of the legislature, and two years (1847\\nand 1848) as chairman of the board of road commis-\\nsioners for Merrimack county. He also frequently\\nacted as magistrate in the trial of causes.\\nHe married Hannah, daughter of Zebulon Flanders,\\nand had eight sons and two daughters, who lived to\\nmature age. viz., Henry H., Benjamin F., Walter,\\nDavid C, Elhanan W., Augustine W., Leonidas, Han-\\nnah, Helen, and Frank P., all of whom are now living\\nexcept Elhanan W., who died at Piermont, June, 1851,\\naged 28, and Henry H., who died at Warner, May,\\n1878, aged 64.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0370.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "BENJAMIN E. HAERIMAN. 341\\nBenjamin E. Harriman died on the farm where he\\nwas born, and where he always lived, in October,\\n1856, aged 65, and was buried on the river bank, at\\nPine Grove Cemetery.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0371.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXV.\\nTOWN RECORDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HENNIKER CELEBRA-\\nTION FIRST POOR-FARM.\\nANN^UAL MEETING, MARCH, 1828.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Bell, 88\\nBenjamin Pierce, 276\\nMepresentatives.\\nBenjamin Evans, Abner B. Kelley.\\nNathan S. Colby,\\nBenj. E. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nStephen Davis,\\nZebulon D. Currier, collector.\\nThe support of most of the poor was bid off by\\nFrancis Davis, Jr., at $197.\\nStephen Davis was a son of Zebulon, and grandson\\nof Francis. His brothers were Alpheus and Zebulon.\\nHe was born where he lived and died, which is the\\nplace now occupied by Charles P. Sawyer. Dr. Dana\\nD. Davis was his son.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0372.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "GEN. JACKSON. 343\\nPRESIDENTIAL ELECTION\\nIn the state convention of the Jackson party at\\nConcord, June, 1828, the delegates from Warner being\\nCapt. Joshua Sawyer and John E. Dalton,\\nResolved, That we would pardon Private injuries, but the con-\\nduct of the Federal party during the last War, in aiding and\\nassisting a foreign foe against our common country, we never can\\nforget, and never xcill forgive while such conduct is attempted to\\nbe justified.\\nThis resohition is not introduced here on account\\nof the sentiment embodied in it, but because it was\\nwritten by Warner s young delegate, John E. Dalton,\\nwho at that time became a voter. But the resolution\\nclearly shadows the animus of the campaign, which\\nwas a most exciting and fiery one. The party posi-\\ntions were well defined. One party now, for the first\\ntime, distinctively took the name of Democratic\\nparty. This supported General Jackson for the\\npresidency. The other was popularly called the\\nFederal party, and it supported John Quincy\\nAdams, who was then president of the United States.\\nGreat bitterness was manifested in that campaign.\\nThe fever of excitement ran high. Gunpowder was\\nburnt; political meetings were rife rum flowed free-\\nly every man was pronounced in his position. On\\nthe 4th of July of that year, extraordinary celebra-\\ntions took place all through the country. The day\\nrang with patriotic utterances. At Warner village", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0373.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "344 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe multitudes assembled to indorse the hero of New\\nOrleans. Among the sentiments or toasts then\\nand there offered was the following, by Abner R.\\nRing\\nThe Toryism of, the Revolution, changed to Federalism, and\\nsustained the first Adamses reign of terror, joined Burr s un-\\nion of all honest men, hypocritically pretending to be the dis-\\nciples of Washington hy sacreligiously affixing his venerable\\nname to their treasonable Societies, subsequently assumed the\\nname of Federal Republicans under Monroe s reign of modera-\\ntion, and now claiming the title of exclusive Republicans, under\\nthe present reign of corruption. But Rhubarb is Rhubarb,\\nMadam, call it what you please.\\nOn the same national day, there was another dem-\\nonstration in town. This was on the top of Bald\\nMink. A large number of Jackson s admirers as-\\ncended the steep declivity in the early morning.\\nSuch enthusiasm ruled the hour that they apparent-\\nly mounted up with wings as eagles. They carried\\ntheir commissary stores, and did their cooking on the\\nmountain. The meeting was boisterous, but success-\\nful. An address of thirty minutes duration was de-\\nlivered by one of the leading men, toasts were offered,\\nand the proceedings afterwards found their way into\\nthe public prints. David Stewart climbed a tree, and,\\nhooking his crooked leg around one of its branches,\\nblazed away. He added an inch of powder to each\\nsuccessive charge, and when the charge of four inches,\\nsolidly rammed down, exploded, his old Queen s Arm,\\nthough strongly griped, went into fragments. But", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0374.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "GEN. JACKSON. 345\\nStewart was not cooled, in his warfare against the\\nenemy, by this untoward casualty, though it corn-\\nl^elled him to change the mode and manner of\\nattack.\\nOne ardent patriot, who shall be nameless, went\\ndown a precipice headlong, not less than ten feet, but\\ncame out unharmed, carelessly remarking, I didn t\\nknow I got so nigh the aidger Whatever else hap-\\npened, Jackson was indorsed that day with unmis-\\ntakable emphasis.\\nThe great Chatham had said, Let me make the\\nhallads of a people, and I care not who makes its\\nlaws; and the supporters of Gen. Jackson introduced\\nballads into this election. One of their songs was\\nvery popular in some parts of the country. A single\\nverse will be sufficient to show the vivacity of the\\ncampaign.\\nTune I ve kissed and I ve prattled with fifty fair maids.\\nI Ve seen all the heads of departments and state,\\nAnd I ve studied them well, d ye see\\nAnd tho some are called cunning, and others called great,\\nYet Jackson s the hero for me.\\nBold Jackson s the man,\\nLet them say what they can,\\nOld Hickory s the hero for me.\\nThe other side in this campaign should be present-\\ned, but Warner and the adjoining towns were so near-\\nly unanimous for Andrew Jackson, that the opposition\\nmade little or no demonstration in this vicinity. There", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0375.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "346 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwas opposition, however, in the country, strong and\\nresolute. Those who advocated the reelection of John\\nQuincy Adams (that pure and able man), were not\\nlacking for argument, and New Hampshire cast her\\nvote for him as she had done in 1824.\\nAt the election in November, the vote of Warner\\nstood thus\\nJackson electors, 310\\nAdams electors, 90\\nTHE RETURNS.\\nThe Warner people, December 6, 1828, having re-\\nceived news of Jackson s election, brought out the old\\nbrass field-piece to celebrate the victor}^ They took\\nit up to Denny s hill. The fourth discharge was pre-\\nmature, and Mitchell Gilmore, Jr., lost his right arm\\nCapt. Safford Watson was injured in the hand and\\nDaniel, son of Capt. Benjamin Currier, narrowly es-\\ncaped instant death, as the flying ramrod cut the\\nclothes from his shoulder and scarred his neck.\\nHENNIKER CELEBRATION.\\nThe 8th day of January, being the anniversary of\\nJackson s victory at New Orleans, was celebrated in\\n1829 with great spirit and eclat Jackson was now\\nthe president-elect, and the knowledge of that fact\\nadded ten-fold to the pomp and excitement of the\\nday.\\nThe Henniker celebration was one of unusual in-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0376.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 347\\nterest in all respects. It was conducted on a broad\\nscale. The committee in charge spared no pains nor\\nmoney necessary to make the demonstration success-\\nful. They provided dinner for a vast concourse, and\\nthe populace responded bountifully to the invitation\\nto come. The wheeling was never better, for not\\na flake of snow fell that season in central New Hamp-\\nshire till that afternoon. The cannon stood on an em-\\ninence, belching forth its continuous thunder, which\\nrolled up the valley to the south side of the Mink\\nHills, resembling the jar of a perpetual earthquake.\\nFrank Pierce was the young and talented orator of\\nthe day and among the invited guests, who were\\npresent, were Gen. Benjamin Pierce, Hon. Bodwell\\nEmerson, of Hopkinton, Judge Horace Chase, Hon.\\nMatthew Harvey, Benjamin E. Harriman, and others.\\nThe sentiment of the latter was as follows\\nGov. John Bell, Doomed to be buried, on the 2d Tuesday of\\nMarch, like the great Bell of Moscow, beneath the ruins of the\\nfallen fabric that supported him.\\nThe prediction proved to be correct, for though the\\nstate had gone for Bell the preceding March, and for\\nAdams in November, the effect of Jackson s election\\nwas such that Gen. Pierce, the Jackson candidate for\\ngovernor, was triumphantly elected in March, 1829.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1829.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.\\n23", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0377.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "348 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nBenjamin Pierce, 298\\nJohn Bell, 69\\nRepresentatives.\\nAbner B. Kelley, Nathan S. Colby.\\nDaniel Jones,\\nPhilip Colby, Jr., Selectmen.\\nMitchell Gilmore, Jr., J\\nAsa Pattee was appointed collector.\\nThe support of the poor was divided up among fif-\\nteen different parties.\\nDaniel Jones lived in Schoodac, near Boscawen line.\\nHe was a son of Jonathan Jones, whose residence was\\njust within the limits of Boscawen. Mr. Jones was\\na large farmer and an active business man. He was\\nextensively engaged in lumbering for many years.\\nHe served the town both as selectman and represent-\\native, but died in the prime of life, leaving a number\\nof sons and daughters, who are in Warner, Hopkin-\\nton, and Concord.\\nPhilip Colby, Jr., was a son of Hezekiah Colby, who\\ncame from Amesbury, and made, first, a brief stay at\\nthe Parade, and then settled at the Mark Colby place.\\nMr. Colby lived at Waterloo, and was both farmer and\\ncarpenter. He kept a store several years (in the\\nneighborhood of 1820) in the building now occupied\\nas a dwelling-house by Mrs. Geo. W. Osgood. He\\nwas post-master at Waterloo in 1829 and 1830. He\\nserved the town both as selectman and representa-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0378.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "EXHIBITIONS. 349\\ntive. He died March, 1867, aged 78. He had two\\ndaughters, one the wife of William H., and other\\nthe wife of Stephen S. Bean. The former has been\\ndead a number of years.\\nMitchell Gilmore, Jr., was a son of John, and a\\ngrandson of David Gilmore, one of the early settlers.\\nMitchell was born and reared in school district No. 8.\\nHe learned the blacksmith business, and was engaged\\nin it when he lost an arm, in December, 1828. After\\nthis, he was engaged several years in trade. He also\\nserved as selectman, town-clerk, and representative.\\nHaving been elected as register of deeds for Merri-\\nmack county, he removed to Concord, where he still\\nresides. He married a daughter of Jacob Currier of\\nWarner, and they have one daughter (the wife of ex-\\nGo v. Weston) and two sons.\\nAn elephant was on exhibition at Daniel George s,\\nin 1829, the first that ever stepped foot in Warner.\\nThe first menagerie came in 1832. It was ex-\\nhibited on a snowy, sloshy day in May, on the plat\\nbetween Elliot C. Badger s house and the ground that\\nthe church now occupies.\\nThe first circus performance in town was in June,\\n1834, on ground a little above where the late Jesse\\nSavory s house stands.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1830.\\nBenjamin Evans, moderator.\\nAbner B. Kelley, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0379.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "350 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nMattliew Harvey,\\n280\\nTimothy Upham,\\n67\\nRepresentatives.\\nNathan S. Colby, Zebulon Davis.\\nDaniel Jones,\\nMitchell Gilmore, Jr., Selectmen.\\nPhilip Colby, Jr.,\\nJohn Bean was appomted collector.\\nThe supi^ort of the Poor was struck off to John Bean at\\nOn the question of setting off the two westerly\\nranges of lots from Warner to Bradford, the vote\\nstood, affirmative, 25 negative, 205.\\nZebulon Davis was a son of Zebulon, who was a\\nson of Capt. Francis. The first Zebulon lived at the\\nCharles P. Sawyer place the second (now elected\\nrepresentative) lived at the Lower Village, where he\\ncarried on the wheelwright business through life.\\nWarren Davis, now in trade at the Lower Village, is\\nhis son.\\nAbner B. Kelley, having been elected state treas-\\nurer, resigned the office of town-clerk, and the select-\\nmen, July 12, 1830, appointed Thomas H. Bartlett to\\nfill the vacancy.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1831.\\nDaniel George, moderator.\\nThomas H. Bartlett, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0380.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 351\\n\u00c2\u00a5or Governor.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, 250\\nIchabod Bartlett, 76\\nllepresentatwes.\\nZebulon Davis, Benjamin E. Harriman.\\nDaniel Jones,\\nDaniel George, Selectmen.\\nAbner Woodman,\\nStephen Hoyt was appointed collector.\\nLevi Flanders, senior, took the ]30or to support at\\n$549.\\nThomas H. Bartlett was a son of Richard, who came\\nfrom Amesbnry, and a brother to Stephen of Burnt\\nHill. He was engaged in mercantile business a large\\npart of his lifetime. He died many years ago, leav-\\ning a widow, who was the daughter of John George.\\nAbner Woodman was from Salem, N. H. He settled\\non Pumpkin Hill, but during the last years of his life he\\nwas at Warner village. He served both as selectman\\nand as representative. His first wife was a Miss Hill,\\nand his second, who survives, was a daughter of Ben-\\njamin Evans.\\nCapt. Stephen Hoyt was born in Bradford. He\\nsettled in the west part of Warner, where he was en-\\ngaged in farming. He commanded the old artillery\\ncompany in its best days. In 1841 he removed to\\nSutton, and there served as collector of taxes and as\\nselectman of the town, but returned to Warner, and\\ndied in 1866.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0381.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "352 HISTOEY OF WAENER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1832.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nThomas H. Bartlett, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, 250\\nIchabod Bartlett, 65\\nMe2yresentatives.\\nBenjamin E. Harriman, Daniel Jones.\\nNathan S. Colby, J\\nTimothy Davis, Selectmen.\\nCummings Marshall,\\nThe support of the poor was struck off to Eze-\\nkiel Flanders, Jr., at $540.\\nSamuel Worthley was appointed collector.\\nThe question of setting off the western ranges again\\ncame up, and Daniel George was appointed as agent\\nof the town to oppose the movement.\\nTimothy Davis was a son of Robert, who came from\\nAmesbury, and settled on what is known as the Ben\\nDavis place. Mr. Davis settled in life near his fa-\\nther s residence, on Pumpkin Hill, where he remained\\ntill old ao-e unfitted him for the cares of a lar^e farm.\\nFor the last eight or ten years of his life he lived on\\nthe Plain, where Mr. Stanley now resides. His old\\nhomestead on Pumpkin Hill is owned and occupied\\nby Mr. Tucker. Mr. Davis died about the year 1861,\\nleaving two children, Mrs. Oilman A. Bean, now of\\nWoburn, Mass., and Henry H. Davis, of Warner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0382.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECOKDS. 353\\nCummings Marshall was born and reared on Bible\\nHill. His father, Richard Marshall, came from Hud-\\nson, N. H., and settled on that hill, at the place which\\nhis son Nathan occupied a great many years. Cum-\\nmings settled in District No. 10, where his son-in-law,\\nLemuel W. Collins, resides, and died there a few years\\nago.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1833.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nMitcliell Gilmore, Jr., town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, 242\\nIsTo opposition recorded.\\nRepresentatwes.\\nDaniel Jones, Nathan S. Colby.\\nTimothy Davis,\\nB. E. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nDaniel Bean, Jr.,\\nJohn Harriman was appointed collector.\\nOn the question of purchasing a farm for the poor,\\n104 voted in the affirmative, and 62 in the negative.\\nThe moderator appointed Benjamin Evans, Daniel\\nGeorge, and John Hardy as a committee to purchase\\na farm, and all necessary stock, tools, and furniture to\\nrun the same.\\nVoted that the Selectmen go in a body to appraise property\\nand make their Inventory.\\nVoted to dispense with Superintending School Committee s\\nvisiting schools the present year.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0383.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "354 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nVoted that the Selectmen dispose of the Poor till the Commit-\\ntee for that purpose furnish a Farm and House.\\nThe committee set themselves about their work\\nwithout delay, and bought a farm of Cephas Hoi^gh-\\nton, to which the poor were all conveyed in the\\nmonth of April. Said farm is at the top of the hill,\\non the old Henniker road, between Stephen Foster s\\nand the Stephen K. Hoyt place.\\nDaniel Bean, Jr., who, at the election of 1833, was\\nchosen to the office of selectman, was born in Warner,\\nDec. 4, 1804. Nathaniel Bean, his grandfather, was\\na prominent and influential man in town for many\\nyears. He came from Amesbury between 1770 and\\n1775, and settled on Pumpkin Hill, at the present\\nCapt. Joseph Jewell place. He was a forehanded\\nfarmer. He built the first mills at Waterloo. He\\nserved as moderator, as selectman, as representative,\\nand as a delegate to the convention that ratified the\\nfederal constitution.\\nThe maternal grandfather of Daniel Bean, Jr., was\\nCaptain Asa Pattee, and Daniel and Sally (Pattee)\\nBean were his parents.\\nThe subject of this sketch received his education\\nmainly from the public schools of Warner, though he\\nwas a student for a term or two at Hopkinton acad-\\nemy, where he gave attention to the higher English\\nbranches and to Latin. He taught school in Warner\\nand the adjoining towns some six or eight winters,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0384.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "c\\np\\n^VP^ -fJI% /^^^^^H\\nWm\\nc\\n^^^c-\\nS^i^ /-Ij:^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0385.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0386.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "DANIEL BEAN, JR. 355\\ncommencing when but seventeen years of age. His\\nsecond school was a large and turbulent one. Five or\\nsix of the scholars were over twenty-one years of age,\\nand some of them were bent on mischief. Mr. Bean,\\nthouo-h but eiorhteen, was resolute and determined.\\nFor some misdemeanor he called one of the young\\nmen to account. The student seized a billet of wood,\\nand the master seized the fire-shovel, one well-aimed\\nblow from which brought order out of chaos, and se-\\ncm^ed a suspension of hostilities for the rest of the\\nterm.\\nMr. Bean had clear and settled convictions on all\\nquestions of public concern, and he was not easily\\nswerved. He stood firmly by his own conceptions of\\nright, whether men frowned or favored. He was a\\nrelentless foe to rum and tobacco. He sought only\\nthat popularity which, follows, not that which is run\\nafler; still, he received the suffrages of his fellow-\\ntownsmen, and served several years as selectman, and\\nalso as representative in the General Court.\\nHe moved to Medford in April, 1840, and engaged\\nin the baking business. He returned to Warner in\\nthe spring of 1843, and purchased and carried on the\\nEliezer Emerson farm. In the spring of 1851 he\\nwent a second time to Medford, but returned again to\\nWarner in the autumn of 1852, where he died Feb.\\n7, 1853, aged 48.\\nMr. Bean married, Feb. 3, 1828, Miss Martha C,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0387.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "356 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ndaughter of Jacob Davis, and had Lemuel Willis, born\\nApril 2, 1829; Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1832; Sarah Pattee,\\nb. May 7, 1835. Henry died at the age of eight\\nyears. Lemuel W. married, at Concord, Mass., Miss\\nSarah Wheeler, and is there engaged in business.\\nSarah P. Bean married George H. Witherle, a\\nprominent merchant of Castine, Maine, where she has\\nresided the last seventeen years.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0388.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXVI.\\nTOWN RECORDS SECOND POOR-FARM FARMERS AND MECHAN-\\nICS LIBRARY CRANBERRY AND HOOP-POLE PARTIES.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1834.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nM. Gilmore, Jr., towu-clerk.\\nFor Governor,\\nWilliam Badger, 268\\nNo opposition vote recorded.\\nRepresentatives, t\\nNathan S. Colby, Timothy Davis.\\nB. E. Harriman,\\nDaniel Bean, Jr., Selectmen.\\nAsa Pattee,\\nJohn Harriman was appointed collector.\\nChose a committee of five, consisting of the select-\\nmen, with Nathan S. Colby and Philip Colby, senior,\\nadded, to dispose of the poor-farm and buy another.\\nThe first farm (on which the poor were kept but\\none year) proved unsatisfactory. This committee\\npurchased the second farm of Moses Harriman, |it\\nbeing the one still owned by the town on Burnt Hill.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0389.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "358 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MAKCH, 1835.\\nNathan S. Colby, moderator.\\nMitchell Gilmore, Jr., town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nWilliam Badger, 297\\nJoseph Healey, 49\\nRepresentatives.\\nTimothy Davis, Philip Colby, Jr.\\nAsa Pattee, j\\nM. Gilmore, Jr., v Selectmen.\\nNathan Davis, J\\nElliot C. Badger was appointed collector.\\nNathan Davis was a son of Gen. Aqnila Davis. He\\nserved two years as selectman, and two as representa-\\ntive. He lived at Davisville, and died there many\\nyears ago.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1836.\\nNathan S. Colb}^, moderator.\\nClark Sargent, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nIsaac Hill, 268\\nScattering, 5\\nRei^resentatives.\\nPhilip Colby, Jr., Mitchell Gilmore, Jr.\\nNathan Davis,\\nAbner Woodman, [-Selectmen.\\nAsa Pattee,\\nJames M. Harriman was appointed collector.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0390.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 359\\nVoted that the Selectmen opeu the road from Nathaniel Bean s\\nto Edmund S. Davis s.\\nClark Sargent was a son of Joseph Sargent, of\\nSchoodac. He lived at Warner village, and was a\\npainter by occupation.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1837.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nClark Sargent, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nIsaac Hill, 238\\nJoseph Healey, 7\\nRepresen tatives.\\nMitchell Gilmore, Jr., Kathan Davis.\\nAbner Woodman,\\nJohn Stewart, Selectmen.\\nAbner Watkins,\\nJames M. Harriman, collector.\\nVoted to receive our proportion of the Surplus Revenue\\nmoney.\\nVoted that the mone} be loaned in sums not to exceed $200,\\nand not less than $50.\\nCaptain John Stewart lived on the south side of\\nthe Mink Hills, where his father settled before him in\\nthe wilderness. He added much during his life to the\\npaternal acres. He married, for his first wife, Han-\\nnah, daughter of Dea. Isaac Dalton, and died in 1851,\\nleaving fouf sons and one daughter, viz.. Rev. Isaac\\nD. of Dover, Cyrus of Wisconsin, Leonard of Warner,\\nJohn of California, and Mrs. James Bean of Warner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0391.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "360 HISTOEY OF WAENER.\\nAbner Watkins was a son of Jason, who was a son\\nof the original Abner. He was born and reared at\\nthe Gore, but he lived many years in Lowell, Mass.\\nAfter returning from there to Warner, he lived where\\nHenry Seavey resides, and served the town as select-\\nman and representative. One son of his (if no more)\\nis living, viz., Geo. T. Watkins, of Kansas, who is now\\na member of the legislature of that state.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1838.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nClark Sargent, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nIsaac Hill,\\n388\\nJames Wilson,\\n77\\nRepresentatives.\\nNathan Davis, Abner Woodman.\\nAbner Watkins,\\nJohn Stewart, Selectmen.\\nRobert Thompson,\\nVoted to poll the house on the question of making Town Clerks\\nRegisters of Deeds. [Affirmative vote, 94; negative vote, 115.]\\nVoted that the Selectmen appoint a Collector.\\nIsaac Hill, it will be observed, received a majority\\nof 311, in Warner, which was larger than any other\\ntown in the state gave him. Claremont, the same\\nday, gave James Wilson 311 majority, which was\\nlarger than any other town in the state gave him.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0392.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0393.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "Z^f^^^^ y^cr:^^/", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0394.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "ROBERT THOMPSON. 361\\nRobert Thompson, whose name appears in the above\\nrecord, was born at Hooksett, April 24, 1803. Of his\\nremote ancestry nothing is positively known, though\\nthe Thompsons are found among the earliest immi-\\ngrants to this country. The name is spelled in not\\nless than four different ways, Thompson, Tomson,\\nThomson, and Tompson.\\nEdward Thompson came in the Mayflower in 1620,\\nand died Dec. 4th, between Cape Cod and Pljanouth.\\nJohn, his brother, came in 1643. He was representa-\\ntive from Middleborough, Mass., eight years, beginning\\nin 1674. Archibald Thompson settled at Marblehead\\nin 1637, and Edward in Salem the same year. The\\nlatter two were from Framingham, Suffolk county,\\nEngland.\\nDr. Benjamin Thompson settled in Braintree. He\\nwas town-clerk there in 1696, and for several years\\nafterwards. He left, at his death, eight children and\\ntwenty-eight grandchildren.\\nFrom some one of these branches of the family\\nRobert Thompson undoubtedly descended. His grand-\\nfather was from Newbury, Mass. He settled in Con-\\ncord, N. H, where he died about the year 1801, leav-\\ning a large family of sons and daughters, one of the\\nsons being Robert, the ftither of the subject of this\\nsketch. This Robert married Judith, daughter of\\nBenjamin Noyes, settled at Hooksett, and worked at\\nthe shoemakers trade. They had two children,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0395.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "362 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMary, who became the wife of Jeremiah H. Wilkins,\\nand Robert, now hving at Warner.\\nRobert Thompson, the first, died in 1803, the very\\nyear that Robert the second was born. The orphan\\nboy was taken by his grandmother Noyes to her\\nhome in Bow, where he remained till after his sister s\\nmarriage, when he went to live with her at Suncook.\\nHe took his little bundle in a handkerchief, contain-\\ning all he had in the world, and made this exchange\\nof homes Feb. 9, 1818. He remained with Mr. Wil-\\nkins, acting as his clerk, and as a copartner with him,\\ntill 1825, except for five months, when he was em-\\nployed in the store of John White, of Salisbury. In\\n1825 the firm of Wilkins Thompson was by mutual\\nconsent dissolved, and the junior member, after pros-\\npecting for several weeks, pitched upon Warner for\\nhis future home. He hired a store of John E. Kelley\\nfor $25 a year, purchased his stock of goods at Bos-\\nton, and, full of hope and ambition, commenced trade\\nthe last of June, 1825. Being then but 22 years of\\nage, and looking younger than that, he was popularly\\ncalled the boy trader. But by enterprise and close\\nattention to business, and by receiving, in payment\\nfor goods, certain commodities which had not hitherto\\nbeen articles of traffic, he soon laid the foundation for\\na successful business life.\\nIn 1828 he had the misfortune to be burnt out.\\nSpeaking of the fire, the JV. H. Statesman of that day", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0396.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "ROBERT THOMPSON. 363\\nsaid, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1828, the tavern house\\nof Capt. John E. Kelley, of Warner, was consumed by\\nfire, and a store connected therewith, occupied by\\nRobert Thompson. No insurance on tlie property.\\nAfter this fire Mr. Thompson removed to the village,\\nwhere he has since remained. He has often acted as\\nmoderator at town-meetings, as selectman, and as\\ntown-clerk. He has also been three years a member\\nof the legislature of the state.\\nIn 1831 Mr, Thompson married Sarah B.. daughter\\nof Dr. Henry Lyman, who died in 1833. In 1835 he\\nmarried Susan, daughter of Joseph Bartlett. Five\\nchildren were born to this couple, viz., Sarah L.,\\nRhoda B., Mary W., Robert H., and Arthur.\\nMr. Thompson s second wife died in 1849, and in\\n1851 he married, for his third wife, Miss Eunice\\nGeorge, of Salisbury.\\nRobert H. Thompson was in business with his fa-\\nther a few years, prior to January, 1876, when he died.\\nArthur served in the eleventh regiment three years\\nduring the Rebellion. He married Carrie Beckler, of\\nSyracuse, N. Y., in 1867, and is now in company\\nwith his father.\\nMary W. Thompson married Frank L. Martin, of\\nBradford, May 3, 1866.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1839.\\nB. E. Hiirriman, moderator.\\nClark Sargent, tovvu-clerk.\\n24", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0397.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "364 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Page,\\n364\\nJames Wilson,\\n70\\nRepresentatives.\\nAbner Woodman, Abner Watkins.\\nRobert Thompson,\\nB. E. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nBenjamin C. Davis,\\nChose David Colbj tythingman.\\nBenjamin C. Davis was a son of Eobert, and a\\nbrother to Timothy. He occupied through life the\\nold homestead of his father on Pumpkin Hill, which is\\nnow in possession of John Osgood.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1840.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nLeonard Eaton, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Page, 302\\nEnos Stevens, 39\\nRepresentatives.\\nAbner Watkins, Asa Pattee.\\nB. E. Harriman,\\nRobert Thompson Selectmen.\\nBenj. C. Davis,\\nHeath Flanders was appointed Collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nJohn Currier, Jr., Geo. W. Cutting, H. H. Harriman.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1841.\\nB. E. Harriman, moderator.\\nLeonard Eaton, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0398.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "FARMERS AND MECHANICS\\nLIBRARY.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn Page,\\n372\\nEnos Stevens,\\n45\\n365\\nIie2 )resentatwes.\\nAsa Pattee, Eobert Thompson.\\nBenj. E. Harriman,\\nH, D. Robertson, Selectmen.\\nJas. M. Harriman,\\nHeath Flanders was appointed collector.\\nJames M. Harriman was a son of Moses, who came\\nto Warner fiom Henniker, and settled on Burnt Hill.\\nThe family was originally from Plaistow. James M.\\nwas a coionel in the state militia. He served two\\nyears as representative, and repeatedly as selectman.\\nFARMERS AND MECHANICS LIBRARY.\\nThe following record appears in the town books\\nWhereas, by an act of the Legislature of New Hampshire, ap-\\nproved July 1, 1831, granting and authorizing persons to assume\\nand exercise corporate powers in certain cases, Therefore, be it\\nremembered, that, on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1841,\\nwe, Stephen K. Hoyt, Abner Woodman and Timothy Davis, with\\nmany others, have this day associated, united and formed a Li-\\nbrary Company, and do hereby assume and bear the name and\\ntitle of Farmers and Mechanics Library Association, in the\\ntown of Warner.\\nBy order of the Society.\\nHiram Buswell, Clerk.\\nA true copy, attest.\\nLeonard Eaton, Town Clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0399.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "366 HISTOKY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1842.\\nB. E. Harri\\nman.\\nmoderator.\\nIra Harvey,\\ntow]\\n11- clerk.\\nFor\\nGovernor.\\nHenry Hubbard,\\n280\\nJohn H. White,\\n43\\nEnos Stevens,\\n29\\nDaniel Hoit,\\n13\\nRepresentatives.\\nEobert Thompson, John Stewart.\\nJas. M. Harriman,\\nEnos Collins, Selectmen.\\nJames Davis,\\nFranklin Simonds was appointed collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nJohn Currier, Jr., J. M. Chick, J. AV. Perking.\\nJames Davis was the youngest son of Gen. Aquila.\\nHis home was at Davisville, but he died before the\\nexpiration of the year for which he was elected as\\nselectman.\\nSaturday, June 11, 1842, was a winter day. Snow\\nfell without ceasing throughout New Hampshire, from\\nmorning till night. While it disappeared as it came\\non the lowlands, it accumulated to considerable depth\\non the hills, and strong, healthy sheep, that were left\\nin the pastures, were frozen to death in many cases.\\nThe selectmen of Warner sold the building of the\\nroad that day around under the ledge at Stevensville.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0400.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "DOMINANT PARTY DIVIDED. 367\\nCRANBERRY AND HOOP-POLE PARTIES,\\nAt this time (1842) the dominant political party in\\nWarner was rent by internal discord. It was split\\ninto two factions, or wings, one wing being called\\nthe Cranberry party, and the other the Hoop-\\npole party. It is not difficult to account for the\\norigin of these names. B. E. Harriman owned a large\\ncranberry meadow, and he and his family were some-\\nwhat prominent in one wing. H. D. Robertson car-\\nried on an extensive business in coopering. He\\nbought hoop-poles by the dozen cords, and he and his\\npersonal friends were leaders in the other wing.\\nThus the names are accounted for but it is not easy\\nto explain the cause of the division. It does not ap-\\npear that any vital principle was in jeopardy. It does\\nnot appear that either faction was promulgating her-\\nesy, political or religious. All worshipped at the same\\npolitical shrine, and voted the same general ticket.\\nBut yet the lines were distinctly drawn, and the con-\\ntest was sharp and exciting. The two armies were\\nabout equal in numbers and strength, and victory\\nperched first on this banner and then on that more\\nfrequently, perhaps, there was a drawn battle, and\\nhonors were easy. In 1846 neither wing could elect\\na representative, and this defeat of both factions led\\nto a cessation of hostilities in 1847, and to subsequent\\nconcord and good-fellowship.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0401.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "368 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1843.\\nErastus Wilkins, moderator.\\nIra Harvey, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nHenry Hubbard,\\n231\\nJohn H. White,\\n64\\nAnthon} Colby,\\n19\\nDaniel Hoit,\\n13\\nRepresentatives.\\nH. D. Robertson, Eobert Thompson.\\nEnos Collins,\\nH. D. Eobertson, v Selectmen.\\nStephen Bartlett,\\nEranklin Simonds, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nJ. W. Perkins, J. M. Chick, Nathaniel Page.\\nVoted that the use of the Town Meeting House be granted to\\nall Religious Societies in their turn.\\nVoted to buy Joseph Sawyer s farm, if the buying of said farm\\nwill prevent the road that is laid out near said Sawyer s from\\nbeing made.\\nEnos Collins was a son of Enos, who came from\\nAmesbury, and settled on Bible Hill. In his early\\ndays he was much engaged in school-teaching but\\nhis leading business through life was farming. Dr.\\nWm. S. Collins, of Nashua, is his son, and another son\\nis in Colorado.\\nStephen Bartlett was a son of Richard, and a grand-\\nson of Simeon, one of the proprietors of Warner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0402.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 369\\nStephen occupied through life the farm on which he\\nwas born, and which is now in possession of one or\\nmore of his sons.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1814.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nIra Harvey, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn H. Steele, 238\\nJohn H. White, 45\\nDaniel Hoit, 35\\nAnthony Colby, 30\\nRepresen tatives.\\nHarrison D. Robertson, Enos Collins.\\nStephen Bartlett,\\nLevi Flanders, Selectmen.\\nNathaniel A. Davis,\\nFranklin Simonds, collector.\\nSuper inte7iding School Committee.\\nJ. M. Chick, H. H. Harriman, Jesse D. Currier.\\nLevi Flanders was a son of Levi, and a grandson\\nof Zebulon, and his home was at the North village.\\nAbout the year 1868 he removed to Missouri, and\\nthere established a new home. His health soon gave\\nway, and he died a few months after his settlement in\\nthat distant state.\\nNathaniel A. Davis was another of the sons of Gen.\\nAquila, and his home through life was at Davisville.\\nThere were his mills, and there he was engaged\\nlargely in the lumber business. He died several", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0403.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "370 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nyears since, leaving his sons in possession of the mill\\nproperty.\\nAt the presidential election of 1844, the Polk electors received\\n331 votes Clay, 35 Birney, 34.\\nOn the question, Shall capital punishment be abolished\\n164 voted yea, and 169 nay.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1845.\\nErastus Wilkins, moderator.\\nIra Harvey, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJohn H. Steele,\\n231\\nDaniel Hoit,\\n41\\nAnthony Colby,\\n22\\nJohn H. White,\\n16\\nRepresentatives.\\nEnos Collins, Daniel Bean, Jr.\\nLevi Flanders,\\nNathaniel A. Davis, Selectmen.\\nH. H. Harriman, J\\nAsa Pattee, collector.\\nSuperintetiding School Committee.\\nW. Harriman, J. Currier, Jr., H. W. Woodman.\\nHenry H. Harriman was the oldest son of B. E,\\nHarriman, and was born July 11, 1813. In his early\\ndays he was a successful and popular school-teacher.\\nLater in life he was both wheelwright and farmer, but\\nwas better known as a practical surveyor, and as ad-\\nministrator in the settlement of estates. In these two\\nlatter branches of business he found congenial em-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0404.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 371\\nployment most of the time for many of the last years\\nof his life. He served the town as selectman and as\\nrepresentative. He fell dead in his field, April 18,\\n1878, aged 64.\\nAt a meeting legally holden Sept. 3, 1845,\\nVoted that the Selectmen pay for the board of Moody W.\\nFlanders, at the Asylum for the Insane at Concord, so long as\\nthey may think proj^er.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1846.\\nErastus Wilkins, moderator.\\nIra Harvey, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nAnthony Colby, 25\\nJared W. Williams, 315\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 69\\nRepresentatives.\\nNone elected.\\nThomas Colby,\\nJ. M. Harriraan, Selectmen.\\nJacob Jones,\\nWm. R. Sargent, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nH. W. Woodman, A. B. Kelley, James W. Sargent.\\nErastus Wilkins was born in Concord, was clerk in\\nthe store of Robert Thompson a number of years, and\\nwas afterwards in trade for himself, both at the Lower\\nVillage, and at the Centre. He married a daughter\\nof Stephen George, and the family now resides in\\nBoston.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0405.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "372 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nThomas Colby was a son of Philip, of District No.\\n10. He carried on the business of farming; near the\\nold homestead till about fifteen years ago, when he\\nremoved to Wilmot, where he and his son are engaged\\nin the same vocation.\\nJacob Jones was a brother to Daniel, was born in\\nBoscawen, where he lived many years after his ma-\\nturity, was afterwards a resident of the Schoodac dis-\\ntrict in Warner, and then of Warner village.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1847.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nMoses D. Wheeler, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJared W. Williams, 336\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 54\\nAnthony Colby, 30\\nRepresentatives.\\nJ. M. Harriman, Daniel Bean, Jr.\\nH. H. Harriman,\\nGeo. A. Pillsbury, Selectmen.\\nJohn Currier,\\nAsa Pattee, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nA. B. Kelley, W. Harriman, J. S. Herrick.\\nJohn Currier, Jr., was a son of Jacob, and a grand-\\nson of Joseph. He occupied the homestead of his an-\\ncestors throug:h life. He was both a selectman and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0406.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 373\\ndeputy sheriff a number of years, but he died when a\\nyoung man, about the year 1860.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1848.\\nH. D. Eobertson, moderator.\\nMoses D. Wheeler, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJared W. Williams, 348\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 91\\nRepresentatives.\\nJames M. Harriman, Franklin Simonds.\\nThomas Colby,\\nJacob Jones, V Selectmen.\\nWalter Harriman, J\\nThe record says,\\nAnd the said Walter Harriman came forward, and in open\\nTown Meeting, then and there, declined serving as Selectman.\\nThen said inhabitants of said town chose Abner Woodman for\\nthird Selectman.\\nWm. R. Sargent was appointed collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nA. B. Kelley, W. Harriman, J. S. Herri ck.\\nMoses D. Wheeler is a son of Jeremiah. He has\\nbeen engaged most of his lifetime in the business\\nof blacksmithing at Warner village, but has served\\nthe town several times in each of the capacities of\\ntown-clerk, selectman, and representative.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0407.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXYII.\\nTOWN RECORDS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 NEW TOWN HALL RAILROAD OPENING THE\\nBANKS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HOMESTEAD EXEMP-\\nTION.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1849.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nWin. Carter, Jr., town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, 337\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 54\\nLevi Chamberlain, 22\\nHepresentatives.\\nFranklin Simonds, Walter Harriman.\\nGeo. A. Pillsbury,\\nThomas Colby, Selectmen.\\nJacob Jones,\\nJohn Harriman, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nA. B. Kelley, J. S. Herrick, W. Harriman.\\nNEW TOWN HALL.\\nVoted to raise a committee to sell the town house, select a site\\nfor a new one, and report a i:\u00c2\u00bblan for the same at an adjourned\\nmeeting.\\nRobert Thompson, Nathaniel A. Davis, and Cum-\\nmings Marshall were appointed.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0408.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0409.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "y^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ t/ V", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0410.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "GEORGE ALFRED PILLSBURY. 375\\nGeorge Alfred Pillsbury. John and Snsan (Wad-\\nleigli) Pillsbury, of Sutton, had three sons and one\\ndaughter, viz., Simon W., George Alfred, born Aug.\\n29, 1816, Dolly W. (Mrs. Cummings), John S., and\\nBenjamin F.\\nSimon W. died in 1836, at the age of 24. He was\\na close student, and was believed to be, at the time of\\nhis death, one of the best mathematicians in the state.\\nJohn S. became identified with Warner not far from\\n1844. From that time till 1851 he was eno-ao^ed in\\nmercantile business in town, either as clerk or propri-\\netor. He married his wife (Miss Mahala Fisk) in\\nWarner. After the close of 1851 he was engaged in\\ntrade a few years at East Andover and at Concord.\\nIn 1855 he settled at St. Anthony s Falls, Minne-\\nsota, and engaged in the hardware business. From\\n1863 to 1875 he served in the state senate. He was\\nelected governor of Minnesota in 1875, and was re-\\nelected in 1877, the elections occurring biennially.\\nHe is now largely interested in the manufacture of\\nflour. Benjamin F. remained in Sutton till 1878, em-\\nployed mainly in farming, but filling acceptably the\\noffices of selectman and representative. In 1878 he\\nremoved to Granite Falls, Minn.\\nGeorge A. Pillsbury, the subject of this notice, went\\nto Boston in 1836 as a clerk at the Boylston Market,\\nbut returned to Sutton in 1837, and before he was 21\\nyears of age was engaged there in the stove business.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0413.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "376 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nIn this he continued till 1840, when he came to War-\\nner as a clerk in the store of John H. Pearson. For\\nabout eight years he was actively engaged in mercan-\\ntile business in Warner then for a year or more he\\nwas in a wholesale dry-goods house in Boston, In\\n1849 he reentered the mercantile business in War-\\nner, having bought Ira Harvey s stock of goods, and\\ntaken a lease of his store. In the spring of 1851 he\\nsold back his interests to Mr. Harvey, and went out\\nof mercantile business entirely.\\nMr. Pillsbury served as post-master at Warner from\\n1844 to 1849, as selectman in 1847 and 1849, and as\\nrepresentative in 1850 and 1851. He was chairman\\nof the committee, appointed by the Merrimack county\\ndelegation in 1851, -for building the new jail at Con-\\ncord. In the fall of the same year he was appointed\\npurchasing agent of the Concord Railroad Corporation,\\nwhich position he filled for nearly twenty-five years.\\nDuring this time his purchases amounted to from one\\nhundred thousand to two hundred thousand dollars\\nper annum. He removed to Concord in 1852. In\\n1866 he was elected president of the First National\\nBank, of Concord, and he held this position till March,\\n1878, when he resigned on account of leaving for the\\nWest. At this time the bank was the strongest in the\\nstate. He was elected in 1867 the first president of\\nthe National Savings Bank, at Concord, and he held\\nthis position till 1874, when he resigned. He was", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0414.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "GEORGE ALFRED PILLSBURY. 377\\nseveral times elected a member of the city council of\\nConcord. In March, 1876, he was elected mayor of\\nthe city by a large majority, and was reelected to the\\nsame office in March, 1877. He gave to the city of\\nConcord the fine-toned bell now on the Board of\\nTrade building. He and his son, Charles A., substan-\\ntially paid for the new organ in the First Baptist\\nChurch, of Concord, which cost $4,000. In March,\\n1878, he sold out his real estate interests in Concord,\\nand removed to Minnesota.\\nMr. Pillsbury, May 9, 1841, married Margaret S.\\nCarleton, and they have had born to them two sons\\nand one daughter, viz., Charles A. [see College grad-\\nuates], Mary Ida, born at Warner, April, 1848, died\\nMay, 1849, and Fred. Carleton, born August, 1852.\\nFred. C, in 1872, went to Minneapolis as a clerk\\nfor his uncle, John S. Pillsbury, and he is now a mem-\\nber of the large firm of C. A. Pillsbury Co.\\nAt an adjourned meeting, June 4, 1849, the committee on the\\ntown house presented a report which was accepted.\\nVoted to adopt so much of the Committee s report as relates to\\nthe removing of the old house and repairing the same.\\nChose N. A. Davis, C. Marshall and Philip Colby a Committee\\nto remove and repair the same.\\nVoted to leave it discretionary with the committee as to the\\nlength which the j^osts shall be cut.\\nVoted to leave the selection of a site for the house to the above\\ncommittee.\\nVoted that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow $800 of the\\nsurplus revenue to alter and repair the town house.\\nOn the 6th day of June, 1849, Benjamin Wadleigh,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0415.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "378 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAsa Page, and John Pillsbury, all of Sutton, as a com-\\nmittee for that purpose, met at the town-house in\\nWarner, heard all persons who desired to be heard,\\nand appraised the pews in the town-house at 75 cents\\neach. The number of pews being fiiftj-six, the sum\\ntotal was $42.\\nAt a legal meeting, held Aug. 11, 1849, the commit-\\ntee chosen to rebuild the town-house declining longer\\nto serve, a motion to adjourn was made, which was\\ndecided in the affirmative. So the house under the\\nledge was left on its foundations.\\nRAILROAD OPENING.\\nOn the 21st day of September, 1849, the Concord\\nClarernont Railroad was formally opened to War-\\nner, and the event was duly celebrated. A train of\\nnine cars was run down to Concord in the morning,\\ncarrying 500 people from Warner and other towns.\\nAt eleven o clock, the train, augmented by the addi-\\ntion of some nine cars and 800 passengers, started on\\nthe return. So heavy was the train that two locomo-\\ntives were required, one being placed in front and the\\nother at the rear. The front cars were open stake\\ncars. There was a crowd of persons standing on the\\nfront end of the first car, and supporting themselves\\nby putting their hands upon the tender. At the\\ncrossing by the new prison the coupling between the\\nhead locomotive and the front car broke, the engine", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0416.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "RAILROAD OPENING. 379\\nshot ahead, and those who were leaning on the tender\\nfell forward upon the track. The train was forced\\nforward by the locomotive at the rear. Matthew\\nHarvey Gould, a young man about twenty years of\\nage, a son of Col. Enoch Gould, and brother of the con-\\nductor, Moses E. Gould, fell in such a 230sition that both\\nlegs were crushed and nearly cut off below the knee.\\nTwo or three others were severely but not fatally\\ninjured. The wounded were immediately taken back\\nto Concord, and surgical aid was summoned. Young\\nGould died a few minutes after reaching Concord,\\nand before amputation could have been performed.\\nThis sad affair cast a dark shadow over all the sub-\\nsequent proceedings of the day. But the train went\\non to Warner, where it arrived at one o clock. A pro-\\ncession was immediately formed, under the guidance\\nof Daniel Bean, Jr., as marshal, which marched\\nthrough Main street, led by the Fisherville band, and\\nback to the stand provided for the speakers near the\\ndepot. After bountiful refreshments, provided by the\\ncitizens of Warner, had been partaken of. Gov. Hill,\\nCol. Cyrus Barton, M. W. Tappan, E. B. West, W.\\nHarriman, J. A. Gilmore, and Gen. Low (the president\\nof the road), all made speeches of an encouraging and\\ncongratulatory nature.\\nLate in the afternoon the train returned to Con-\\ncord, with nothing further to mar the festivities of the\\noccasion.\\n25", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0417.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "380 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1850.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nWm. Carter, Jr., town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, 320\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 56\\nLevi Chamberlain, 26\\nRepresentatives.\\nWalter Harriman, George A. Pillsbury.\\nJohn Currier, Jr.,\\nOrigen Dimond, Selectmen.\\nJames Bean,\\nIm Dimond was appointed collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nE. W. Fuller, S. S. Bean, Parsons Whidden.\\nWilliam Carter, Jr. (son of William, senior), was en-\\ngaged in trade, first at the George stand in the Lower\\nVillage, then at the Robertson stand at the Centre.\\nHis wife was a daughter of Elliot C. Badger, and his\\nonly surviving son is William S. Carter (now of Leba-\\nnon), who served in the Eleventh N. H. Regiment.\\nMr. Carter died in 1851, aged about 36.\\nCapt. Origen Dimond was a son of Isaac, and a\\no-randson of Ezekiel, one of the proprietors of Warner.\\nHe was born in that district called Joppa, and he\\nremained on the old homestead till advancing years\\nbeo-an to unfit him for the management of a large\\nfarm, when he secured a few acres and a pleasant cot-\\ntage in the village, where he now resides.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0418.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "THE BANKS. 381\\nJames Bean, a son of Nathaniel, junior, and a\\ngrandson of Nathaniel, senior, is one of the leading\\nfarmers of Warner. He was born, where he has al-\\nways resided, at the foot of Monument hill. His first\\nwife was Marinda Stewart, who died young, and his\\nsecond is Mary, both daughters of Capt. John Stewart.\\nTwo of Mr. Bean s sons were in the army during the\\nRebellion.\\nHaving now reached, in the town records, the mid-\\ndle of the century, and approximated the present,\\nthese brief notices of persons elected to office will be\\ngenerally omitted.\\nTHE BANKS.\\nAt the June session of the legislature of 1850 a\\ncharter was obtained for the Warner Bank, with a\\ncapital of $50,000. The bank was soon organized.\\nIts presidents were Joshua George, Dr. Jason H.\\nAmes, Franklin Simonds, and N. G. Ordway. Its\\ncashiers were Francis Wilkins and George Jones.\\nThe latter served two years in the state senate.\\nThis bank was closed, and the Kearsarge National\\nBank, with a like capital, was organized in 1867. The\\nfirst president of this bank was N. G. Ordway. He\\nwas succeeded by Joshua George, at whose decease\\nMr. Ordway was again elected president, which posi-\\ntion he still holds. The cashiers of this bank have\\nbeen George Jones and Oilman C. George.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0419.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "382 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nIn 1874 the Kearsarge Savings Bank was organized\\nin connection with the National Bank, and the two\\nare substantially under one and the same manage-\\nment.\\nJoshua George was born at the Lower Village,\\nwhere Jonathan Badger now resides, March 24, 1791.\\nHe was a son of John and Mary (Harriman) George,\\nwho were natives of Haverhill, Mass., and who, after\\ntheir marriage, settled in Hopkinton, N. H. They\\nafterwards moved from Hopkinton to Warner, and\\nfrom Warner to Topsham, Vt., where they died.\\nAt the time the family removed to Topsham, Joshua\\nwas fourteen years of age. At the age of twenty-\\ntwo he commenced driving cattle and sheep from\\nTopsham to Brighton, a distance of 150 miles. He\\ntook down a drove through Hanover and New Lon-\\ndon, over Kimball s hill, through Warner, Hopkinton,\\nNashua, c., to Brighton, usually once in two weeks.\\nHe followed this course for seven years, making each\\ntrip without assistance. He began to buy in Warner\\nwhile living in Topsham, and when thirty years of\\nage he came to Warner and settled at the place which\\nwas ever after his home. His first wife (a Miss Cres-\\nsey of Bradford) lived but a year after her marriage.\\nHis second wife. Miss Ann F. Upton, was also of Brad-\\nford. She died in middle age, and all her children\\ndied young, except John, and Mrs. Frank Wilkins.\\nSeveral years after her decease, Mr. George married,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0420.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "^^t^ /./__-^.^t^^ V^^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0421.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0422.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "JOSHUA GEOEGE. 383\\nfor his third wife, a daughter of Col. Moses Gerrish, of\\nBoscawen.\\nThe subject of this notice was an active, persever-\\ning man during his whole life. He dealt largely in\\ncattle, and was always ready for a trade of any kind.\\nHe was president of Warner Bank for a number of\\nyears after its organization in 1850. He was also\\npresident of the National Bank, in which office he\\ncontinued till his death, at the age of 84. He was\\nalways prompt to the minute to meet every engage-\\nment, and he had no patience with a dilatory man.\\nHe was very particular and exact in all his official\\nduties. If he owed a debt he paid it when due,\\nthough he had to ride all night for that purpose, and\\nif a man owed him he exacted pay according to con-\\ntract. He valued every dollar he earned. He was\\nan everlasting talker, but if he saw difficulty ahead,\\nhe at once became silent. He shunned a quarrel as a\\npestilence. He was no politician, and was never a\\ncandidate for office. He had a keen sense of the\\nridiculous, and the man who could outdo him in story-\\ntelling was rarely found. He was genial and kind in\\nhis family.\\nHis son John fitted for college, studied law with\\nChief-Justice Perley, and with George, Foster San-\\nborn, at Concord, and was admitted to the bar in 1864.\\nIn 1863 and 1864 he served on the stafi of Gov.\\nGilmore, with the rank of colonel. His father had", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0423.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "384 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nlarge real estate interests in Chicago and Sycamore,\\n111., and for sixteen years, as his father s attorney, he\\nwas directly and indirectly attending to those inter-\\nests. He is now living at the old homestead in War-\\nner. Mrs. Wilkins, the daughter of Joshua George,\\ndied in 1878, aged 43.\\nCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.\\nAt a legal meeting, held Oct. 8, 1850, Abner B.\\nKelley and Leonard Eaton were chosen delegates to\\nthe constitutional convention of that year.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1851.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nMoses J). Wheeler, town-clerk.\\nI^or Governor.\\nSamuel Dinsmoor, 242\\nJohn Atwood, 128\\nThomas E. Sawyer, 20\\nMepresentatives.\\nGeo. A. Pillsbury, Leonard Eaton.\\nJohn Currier, Jr.,\\nOrigen Dimond, Selectmen.\\nJames Bean, J\\nIra Dimond, collector.\\nISuper intending School Committee.\\nDr. AVhidden, S. S. Bean, H. H. Harriman.\\nHOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.\\nThe sense of the qualified voters was taken on the\\nfollowing question", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0424.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. 385\\nIs it expedient for the legislature to enact a law to exempt the\\nhomesteads of families from attachment and levy or sale on execu-\\ntion, to the amount of $500\\nThe result in Warner was, yeas, 114; nays, 134.\\nThe question had been submitted to the people by\\nthe legislature of 1850. In the state the affirmative\\nof the question prevailed, and the law was enacted in\\nJune, 1851.\\nThe sense of the voters was also taken on the ques-\\ntion of accepting the new state constitution which the\\nconvention had framed. The constitution was divided\\ninto fifteen sections or parts, and each part was voted\\non separately. There was an average of about 20\\nvotes, in Warner, in favor of these propositions, and\\nan average of about 250 votes against them.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1852.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nRobert Thompson, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nNoah Martin, 2S0\\nJohn Atwood, 67\\nThomas E. Sawyer, 34\\nMepresentatives.\\nLeonard Eaton, H. H. Harriman.\\nLevi Collins,\\nWm. R. Sargent, V Selectmen.\\nAbner Woodman, j\\nDaniel Savory, collector.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0425.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "386 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nStep er intending School Committee.\\nA. B. Kelley, E. B. West, S. W. Colby.\\nTOWK-HOUSE AGAIN.\\nChose N. A. Davis, Erastns Wilkins, and R. Thomp-\\nson a committee to take into consideration the ques-\\ntion of a new town-house, and to report at a subse-\\nquent meeting.\\nAfter the defeat of the state constitution in March,\\n1851, the convention reassembled, and presented cer-\\ntain amendments which were submitted to the people\\nin three questions. The result in Warner was as fol-\\nlows\\n1. On the question of abolishing all religious tests\\nfrom the constitution, there were 22 yeas and 157\\nnays.\\n2. On the question of abolishing a property quali-\\nfication, there were 33 yeas and 109 nays.\\n3. On the question of having amendments in the\\nfuture proposed by the legislature instead of a con-\\nvention, there were 11 yeas and 146 nays.\\nThe second proposition (and that only) was carried\\nin the state, and the property qualification fell from\\nthe constitution.\\nVoted to instruct the Selectmen to get the Town Hall insured,\\nwhen said House passes into their hands.\\nVoted that an agent he appointed to sell the old House when\\nthe actual pew-holders can be settled with for 75 cents a pew.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0426.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0427.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "A.\\n^A^^\\neiA4/\u00e2\u0082\u00acyt^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0428.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "IRA HARVEY. 387\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1853.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nRobert Thompson, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nNoali Martin, 301\\nJohn H. White, 56\\nJames Bell, 12\\nRepresentatives.\\nH. D. Robertson, Ira Harvey.\\nLevi Collins,\\nReuben Clough, Jr., Selectmen.\\nRobert Thompson,\\nGeorge Savory, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nA. B. Kelley, E. B. West, H. 0. Howland.\\nIra Harvey. David Harvey, with his family (in-\\ncluding his son Abner), came from Amesbiiry. They\\nsettled on an excellent farm on Tory Hill. Abner\\noccupied the family homestead during his lifetime,\\nand was a forehanded farmer. He had a large family\\nof sons and daughters. The names of the sons were\\nDavid, Abner, Jr., and Ira.\\nIra, the youngest but one of twelve children, was\\nborn December 3, 1809. In childhood and youth he\\nsuffered from infirm health, and gave evidence of\\nbeing unsuited to the hard, out-door labors of the\\nfarm. He attended the schools of his own district", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0429.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "388 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\npunctually, and lengthened out his school-days by\\ngohig mto adjoining districts. He also attended\\nschool at Hopkinton academy one term, in the fall of\\n1828.\\nIn September, 1829, at the age of nineteen, he\\nwent as clerk into the store of Jeremiah Paige at\\nBradford, and remained till June, 1834. Then, after\\nspending a few months at home on the farm, he be-\\ncame a clerk in the store of Nathan S. Colby at War-\\nner. Here he remained till February, 1837. From\\nApril to July, 1837, he acted as clerk for Robert\\nThompson then hired the Colby store, and com-\\nmenced a successful business for himself on a very\\nsmall capital. He continued at this stand most of the\\ntime till 1873, when he retired finally from active\\nbusiness. He has served frequently as town-clerk,\\nand has also represented the town in the legislature.\\nMr. Harvey was married, Sept. 11, 1838, to Mary,\\ndaughter of James Bean, and the children of these\\nparents are Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Wilson, Frederick, Ab-\\nbie, and Dr. Luther.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1854.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nR. Thompson, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nNathaniel B. Baker, 257\\nJared Perkins, 75\\nJames Bell, 24", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0430.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 389\\nJRe2Jresentatives.\\nH. D. Kobertson, Levi Collins.\\nSamuel W. Colby,\\nLewis Holmes, Selectmen.\\nJ. M. Harriman,\\nWm. R. Sargent, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nH. 0. Rowland, S. S. Bean, N. J. Pinkham.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1855.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nGeorge T. Watkins, town-clerk.\\nFor Gomrnor.\\nEalph Metcalf, 177\\nNathaniel B. Baker, 245\\nScattering, 10\\nRepresentatives.\\nLevi Collins, Benjamin C. Davis.\\nLewis Holmes,\\nJ. M. Harriman, v Selectmen.\\nReuben Clougli, Jr.,\\nGeorge Savory, collector.\\nSuperintending School Gomtnittee.\\nH. 0. Rowland, K. J. Pinkbam, A. B. Kelley.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1856.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nGeo. T. Watkins, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nRalph Metcalf, 183\\nJohn S. Wells, 284", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0431.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "390 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nMeprese^itatives.\\nBenjamin C. Davis, Lewis Holmes.\\nA. W. Harriman,\\nE. M. Dunbar, Selectmen.\\nS. C. Pattee,\\nGeorge Savory, collector.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Superintending School Committee.\\nH. 0. Rowland, N. J. Pinkham, L. Willis.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1857.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nGeo. T. Watkins, town-clerk.\\nFo7 Governor.\\nWilliam Haile, 185\\nJohn S. WeUs, 279\\nHepresentatives.\\nLewis Holmes, Samuel W. Colby.\\nA. W. Harriman,\\nE. M. Dunbar, Selectmen.\\nS. C. Pattee, j\\nFranklin Simonds, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nA. B. Kelley, H. H. Harriman, L. W. Collins.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1858.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nGeo. T. Watkins, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nWilliam Haile, 195\\nAsa P Gate, 283", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0432.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECOEDS. 391\\nMepresentatives.\\nSamuel W, Colby, Walter Harriman.\\nStephen C. Pattee,\\nMoses J. Collins, Selectmen.\\nGeorge Foster,\\nFranklin Simonds, collector.\\nSuperintending School Comtnittee.\\nL. W. Collins, E. M. Dunbar, W. Harriman.\\nChose Levi Savory to take charge of the town hall.\\nVoted that the town hall shall not be let short of $5 per even-\\ning, and shall be free for the use of the town people.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1859.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nOilman A. Bean, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor,\\nIchabod Goodwin, 198\\nAsa P. Cate, 278\\nMepresen tatives.\\nCummings Marshall, Ephraim M. Dunbar.\\nGeorge Foster,\\nJohn Rogers, Selectmen.\\nJacob R. Sargent,\\nH. H. Harriman, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, Oscar B. Harriman, B. Warren Couch.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1860.\\nH. D. Robertson, moderator.\\nG. A. Bean, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0433.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "392 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nIchabod Goodwin, 217\\nAsa P. Gate, 279\\nRepresentatives.\\nC. Marsliall, E. M. Dunbar.\\nNathaniel A. Davis,\\nMoses J. Collins, Selectmen.\\nJ. M. Harriman,\\nH. H. Harriman, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, B. W. Couch, Samuel Davis, Jr.\\nHarrison Darling Robertson, whose name has\\nfrequently appeared on the preceding pages, was a\\nnative of the adjoining town of Hopkinton. The\\npublic records inform us that John Robertson came\\nfrom England and settled at Salisbury, Mass., and\\nthat he was killed by the Indians at that place Oct.\\n21, 1676. Also, that Wm. Robertson came from Eng-\\nland and settled in Concord, Mass., as early as 1670,\\nand that both of these left many descendants.\\nHarrison D. Robertson was probably a descendant\\nof one of these families. He was born at Hopkinton\\n(old village) in 1806. His father s name was John,\\nand his mother was a Darling. Mr. Robertson came\\nto Warner when a youth or young man, and engaged\\nin the mercantile business, which occupied his atten-\\ntion, more or less, throuorh life. He also carried on", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0434.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "o^^^^\\n-M-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0435.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0436.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 393\\nthe coopering business on an extensive scale. He\\nwas one of Warner s most active and influential men\\na great many years, and was much in public life. He\\nheld the office of post-master fourteen years, of repre-\\nsentative four years, and of moderator and selectman\\na great number of years.\\nHis first wife was a daughter of Hon. Benjamin\\nEvans, and his second (who survives him) a daughter\\nof Dudley Bailey. He died in 1862, aged 56, leaving\\none son, John E. Robertson, now of Concord. Mrs.\\nE. H. Carroll, of Warner, is his grand-daughter.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1861.\\nWalter Harriman, moderator.\\nG. A. Bean, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 194\\nGeorge Stark, 271\\nRepresentatives.\\nAugustine W. Harriman, Stephen C. Pattee.\\nSamuel W. Colby,\\nJohn P. Colby, Selectmen.\\nHezekiah B. Harriman,\\nH. H. Harriman, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, B. W. Couch, S. Davis, Jr.\\nVoted that interest be charged on all taxes unpaid on tlie first\\nday of January next after the taxes are assessed.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0437.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXYIII.\\nTHE WAR STATE AID BOUNTIES TO SOLDIERS RAISING THE\\nBID BOUNTY-JUMPERS MORE MEN THE ARMY MOVES.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1862.\\nWalter Harriman, moderator.\\nGilman A. Bean, town-clerk\\nFor Governor.\\nNathaniel S. Berry, 191\\nGeorge Stark, 238\\nPaul J. Wheeler, 26\\nJRepresentatives.\\nA. W. Harriman, S. C. Pattee.\\nSamuel W. Colby,\\nJohn P. Colby, V Selectmen.\\nH. B. Harriman,\\nCharles P. Rowell, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nRev. Henry Stetson.\\nSTATE AID.\\nVoted that the Selectmen be instructed to make diligent in-\\nquiry, and if they find any families that desire and need assist-\\nance, who come under the Laws passed last June in regard to fur-\\nnishing aid to volunteers in the U. S. service, that they should\\nfurnish such an amount as in their opinion shall seem just and\\nproper.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0438.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "TOWN EECORDS. 395\\nBOUNTIES TO SOLDIERS.\\nAt a legal meeting, held Aug. 21, 1862, to act on\\nthe petition of Reuben Porter and others in regard to\\npaying bounties to volunteers, Stephen C. Pattee act-\\ning as moderator,\\nVoted to adopt the resolution introduced by George Jones,\\nwhich is as follows\\nResolved, That the town of Warner will pay each volunteer\\n$150, to be paid when the soldier is mustered into the service of the\\nUnited States to fill up our quota under the first call of the Pres-\\nident for three hundred thousand volunteers, agreeably to the\\nwarrant.\\nVoted to authorize the Selectmen to borrow a sum of money\\nnot exceeding $10,000, to pay the bounty to volunteers agreeably\\nto the foregoing resolution of George Jones.\\nAt a subsequent meeting, held Sept. 15, 1862, Sam-\\nuel Davis, Jr., acting as moderator,\\nVoted that the town of Warner indemnify the Selectmen from\\nall loss, cost or expense to which they may be subjected by rea-\\nson of borrowing money on the credit of said town, agreeably to\\na vote passed by said town on the 21st day of August, 1862, to\\npay volunteers $150 each.\\nThe reason does not appear why indemnificatioli\\nwas thought to be necessary in this case more than in\\nothers nor can the reader understand how the second\\nvote could indemnify the selectmen more than the\\nfirst, as a vote of instructions carries indemnification\\nwith it.\\nVoted that the Selectmen be instructed to pay Walter Harri-\\nman $150 as town bounty.\\n[The individual referred to here has never called\\nfor nor received said bounty.]\\n26", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0439.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "396 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1863.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nG. A. Bean, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJoseph A. Gilmore,\\n96\\nIra A. Eastman,\\n261\\nWalter Harriman,\\n103\\nRepresentatives.\\nJohn P. Colby, Hezekiah B. Harriman.\\nSamuel W. Colby, j\\nMoses D. Wheeler, V Selectmen.\\nElijah R. Gilmore, j\\nCharles P. Powell, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nHenry Stetson, S. C. Pattee, L. W. Collins.\\nVoted to instruct our representatives to oppose the purchase of\\na County Poor Farm.\\nOne person who received votes for governor at this\\nelection was not a candidate of any organized party,\\nbut was voted for by such as were dissatisfied with\\nthe regular candidates, or with one of those candi-\\ndates.\\nAt a meeting, held Sept. 19, 1863, to act on the\\npetition of Oilman A. Bean and others,\\nTo see if the Town will vote to pay $300 to each drafted man\\nor his substitute, on motion of B. F. Harriman, Voted to in-\\nstruct the Selectmen to pay each conscript, or his substitute,\\n$300, ten days after being mustered into the service of the\\nUnited States.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0440.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 397\\nVoted that the Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed\\nto borrow the money and give town notes suflficient to pay each\\ndrafted man, or his substitute, $300, agreeably to the resolution\\nof B. F. Harriman, as just passed.\\nA subsequent meeting was held Dec. 4, 1863, and\\nthe selectmen were authorized to fill the quota of the\\ntown, under the last call of the president for 300,000\\nvolunteers, and to advance the bounty money offered\\nto volunteers by the United States and by the state\\nof New Hampshire also, to borrow a sufficient sum\\nof money on the credit of the town to pay the same.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1864.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nG. A. Bean, town-clerk.\\nFor Gover7ior.\\nJoseph A. Gilmore, 195\\nEdward W. Harrington, 261\\nIie2)resentatii:es.\\nJohn P. Colby, Hezekiah B. Harriman.\\nMoses D. Wheeler,\\nE. E.. Gilmore, Selectmen.\\nC. G. McAlpine,\\nCharles P. Eowell, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nH. S. Huntington, S. C. Pattee, L. W. Collins.\\nVoted to instruct the Selectmen (if in their power) to change\\nthe town debt from the present rate of six per cent, interest, to\\nthe rate of 5 per cent, for three years, or four percent, for 5 years.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0441.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "398 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAt a legal meeting, held June 4, 1864, the followmg\\nresolution, offered by F. P. Harriman, was adopted\\nEesolved, That the Selectmen be authorized to raise, by note or\\notherwise, a sufficient sum of money to jiay three hundred dol-\\nlars each to drafted men or their substitutes, who are noAV or\\nmay hereafter be drafted, to fill the present or any future quota\\nof the town.\\nKAISING THE BID.\\nAt a meeting, held July 7th of the same year,\\nVoted to adopt the resolution of Stephen S. Bean, which was\\nas follows\\nResolved, That the Selectmen of the town of Warner be author-\\nized to procure volunteers to be enlisted into the service of the\\nUnited States, to be credited to said town, a number not exceed-\\ning fifty, and that they be authorized to pay a sum not exceeding\\n$800 to each volunteer so enlisted, and that they be further au-\\nthorized to borrow, upon the credit of the town, a sum of money,\\nnot exceeding $40,000, for said purpose.\\nAt another meeting, held Aug. 20th of the same\\nyear,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nVoted, That the Selectmen be hereby instructed to pay Oliver\\nP. Reddington, a sum of money not exceeding $300, as bounty\\nfor a substitute furnished by him, and credited to the town.\\nVoted to choose an Agent to recruit soldiers in the insurgent\\nStates, as provided by an act for that purpose, approved August\\n19, 1864.\\nChristopher G. Mc Alpine was appointed as such\\nagent.\\nSamuel Davis, Jr., was appointed to recruit in War-\\nner and Concord.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0442.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "WORTHLESS RECRUITS. 399\\nBOUNTY-JUMPERS.\\nThe town, state, and national bounties now amount-\\ned to SljOOO or $1,200 to a man, and bomity-jmTip-\\ning became a business. A man would enlist for a\\ncertain town, take his bounty, desert, and, under\\nanother name, enlist for another town and so con-\\ntinue, enlisting and deserting, to the end of the\\nwar.\\nThe South was visited, the great cities were hunt\\ned, and Canada was raked over for recruits. Even\\nthe doors of jails and prisons were opened, in certain\\ncases, and the inmates w^ere granted immunity from\\npunishment on enlisting as soldiers to vindicate the\\nintegrity of the government. Of such recruits, 625\\nwere sent forward to fill the depleted ranks of the\\n11th N. H. Regiment, but only 240 of them ever\\nreached the regiment at all. Other commands fared\\nno better, and some not as well.\\nThe N. H. Adjutant-General s Report (vol. 2, 1865),\\nbeginning on page 574, and ending on page 590,\\ngives the names of 425 recruits who were enlisted in\\n1864, under the stimulus of these extravagant boun-\\nties, 300 of whom deserted in less than two months\\nafter being mustered into the service 122 are not\\naccounted for (most or all of whom undoubtedly de-\\nserted) two died and one served his country", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0443.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "400 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMORE MEN.\\nA call for 500,000 more men was made by the pres-\\nident in August, 1864, and another meeting, to pro-\\nvide ways and means to meet that call, was held in\\nWarner on the 27th day of that month.\\nN. G. Ordway offered a preamble and resolution,\\nwhich were adopted, setting forth what had been\\ndone at previous meetings, and approving the same\\nalso approving of what had been done by the select-\\nmen and the agents appointed to procure recruits,\\nand instructing the selectmen and agents to use their\\nbest efforts to fill the quota of the town, under the last\\ncall of the president, in any legal manner.\\nFrank P. Harriman presented the following resolu-\\ntion, which was adopted\\nResolved, That the town be authorized to pay a sum of money,\\nnot exceeding $800, as heretofore voted, to all who have been res-\\nidents in town for three months, who may be or have been en-\\nlisted for three years, under the last call of the President for\\n500,000 men, or in that proportion for a less term of service\\nand also, that the town be authorized to pay the sum of $300, in\\naddition, provided the State bounty be, by any means, cut off\\nalso the town be authorized to pay $200, in addition to the $800,\\nprovided the present quota of the town be filled without a draft.\\nTHE ARMY MOVES.\\nAt a meeting, held Sept. 3, 1864,\\nVoted to pay to one year s men $000.\\nVoted three cheers to Gen. Sherman and his Army for taking\\nAtlanta!", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0444.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS.\\n401\\nPRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1864.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator prayer was offered by Rev.\\nLemuel Willis.\\nThe Lincoln electors received 203 votes.\\nMcClellan 275\\nVoted to pay Don E. Scott a bounty of f 150. [Scott had en-\\nlisted before the town offered bounties of 150, but was not 7nics-\\ntered till afterwards.]\\nAnother meeting was held, Dec. 16, 1864, and the\\nselectmen were mstructed to pay $300 to any citizen\\nof Warner who had furnished, or who should furnish,\\na substitute for himself, to enter the service as a part\\nof the quota of the town.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1865.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nMoses D. Wheeler, town-clerk.\\nJFor Governor.\\nFrederick Smyth, 190\\nEdward W. Harrington, 241\\nHejn esentatives.\\nElijah R. Gilmore, John Rogers.\\nC. G. McAlpine,\\nJ. M. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nGeo. P. Harvey,\\nSamuel Davis, Jr., collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, S. Davis, Jr.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0445.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "402 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nOn the question of the expediency of buying a\\ncounty poor-farm, the vote stood, yeas, 5 nays, 145.\\nVoted to fund the floating debt of the town by issuing bonds\\nto an amount not exceeding $50,000, said bonds to bear interest\\nnot exceeding 6 per cent, per annum.\\nTOWN FARM.\\nAt a meeting, held Feb. 6, 1866, Samuel Davis, Jr.,\\nacting as moderator,\\nEeuben Porter moved that the Town Farm be sold, and the\\nvote stood, yeas, 21 nays. 23.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MAECH, 1866.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nM. D. Wheeler, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nFrederick Smyth, 194\\nJohn G. Sinclair, 257\\nMepresen ta lives.\\nElijah E.. Gilmore, John Eogers.\\nJ. M. Harriman,\\nL. W. Collins, Selectmen.\\nCharles Currier,\\nSamuel Davis, Jr., collector.\\nSui^erintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, S. Davis, Jr., Albert Heald.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0446.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXIX.\\nEND OF TOWN RECORDS MOUNTAIN ROAD WARNER HIGH\\nSCHOOL RIVER BOW PARK ROAD AND RESERVOIRS FUND-\\nING THE DEBT CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION COUNTY\\nBUILDINGS UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1867.\\nKobert Thompson, moderator.\\nJohn E. Robertson, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nWalter Harriman, 186\\nJohn G. Sinclair, 268\\nOnslow Stearns, 10\\nHepresentatives.\\nSamuel Davis, Moses J. Collins.\\nL. W. Collins,\\nCharles Currier, Selectmen.\\nJoseph Mace,\\nGeo. S. Eowell, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, S. Davis, Albert Heald.\\nOn the question, Is it expedient to abolish pauper settle-\\nments in town, and throw the entire support of paupers upon the\\ncounties the vote stood, yeas, 11 nays, 124.\\nVoted that the Selectmen be instructed to raise money on the\\ncredit of the Town, to renew or change notes against the town,\\nand to take such measures as they deem expedient to meet the\\nfloating debt.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0447.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "404 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nWalter Harriman was born at the foot of the Mink\\nHills, in Warner, April 8, 1817. Reared on a large,\\nrough farm, he was early acquainted with work. He\\nreceived a good public school and academic education,\\nand in his early days taught schools in New Hamp-\\nshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.\\nWhile in pursuit of a school in the latter State, he\\nwalked two hundred miles, having no money to pay\\nfares. At the age of 22, while in New Jersey, he\\nwrote several sermons, portions of which afterwards\\nfound their way into print. At the age of 23 he con-\\nnected himself with the Universalist denomination,\\nand commenced preaching in Warner. In the spring\\nof 1841 he settled in Harvard, Mass. After remain-\\ning there four years, he returned to Warner, and not\\nlong thereafter abandoned the pulpit altogether. He\\nwas then engaged, for a time, in mercantile business.\\nIn 1849 he was elected as representative to the legis-\\nlature of the state from the town of Warner. During\\nthe session of that year he frequently occupied the\\nspeaker s chair. He was reelected in 1850, and again\\nin 1858, and was the candidate of his party for the\\nspeakership the last-named year.\\nIn 1853 he was elected state treasurer, and in 1854\\nwas reelected by seventeen majority, though his j)arty\\nin the legislature, at that session, was unable to elect\\nsenators or a state printer.\\nIn 1856 he was appointed by the president of the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0448.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "WALTER HARRIMAN. 405\\nUnited States on a board of three commissioners, to\\nclassify and appraise Indian lands in Kansas Territory.\\nThe amount of land to be appraised was equal to\\nabout two thirds of the state of New Hampshire, The\\ncommissioners, in the discharge of their duty, often\\nslept on the open prairie, and sometimes in Indian\\nwigwams.\\nIn 1859 he was elected to the state senate from\\nDistrict No. 8, and was reelected in 1860.\\nIn the spring of 1861 he became the editor and\\none of the proprietors of the Weekly Union, at Man-\\nchester, which paper strongly indorsed the national\\nadministration in its efforts to preserve the unity of\\nthe republic.\\nIn August, 1862, he was appointed colonel of the\\n11th Regiment N. H. Vols., and was with his com-\\nmand at the closings scene when Lee surrendered.\\n[See Chapter XXXIL]\\nIn June, 1865, he was elected by the legislature as\\nsecretary of state, and in 1866 was reelected to the\\nsame office.\\nIn 1867, being a candidate for the office of gov-\\nernor, he met the opposing candidate, Hon. John G.\\nSinclair, in joint debate, at thirteen different places.\\nHe was elected by a decisive majority, and was re-\\nelected, after a severe contest, in 1868.\\nUpon the accession of Gen. Grant to the presiden-\\ncy, he was appointed naval officer at the port of Bos-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0449.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "406 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nton for four years, and was reappointed for a like\\nterm in 1873.\\nHe has taken part, in one and another of the excit-\\ning pohtical campaigns of the past, in many of the\\nstates of the Union.\\nIn a discussion at the old meeting-house, in Loudon\\nCentre, with Hon. Cyrus Barton, of Concord, Februa-\\nry, 1855, Mr. Barton dropped dead at his side.\\nMr. H. gave the oration at the centennial celebra-\\ntion in Concord, July 4, 1876.\\nThe honorary degree of a. m. was conferred on him\\nby Dartmouth college, in 1867.\\nIn the spring of 1872 he became a resident of Con-\\ncord, his present home.\\nHe married, in September, 1841, Apphia K., daugh-\\nter of Capt. Stephen Hoyt. She died in September,\\n1843. In October, 1844, he married Almira R. An-\\ndrews. Their oldest child and only daughter (Geor-\\ngia) was born July, 1846. She married J. R Leeson,\\na merchant of Boston. The two sons are spoken of\\nin Chapter XXXI.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1868.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nJohn E. Robertson, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nWalter Harriman, 222\\nJohn G. Sinclair, 274", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0450.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 407\\nJRepresen tatives.\\nSamuel Davis, Moses J. Collins.\\nCharles Currier,\\nGilman A. Bean, V Selectmen.\\nJohn W. Clement,\\nGeorge S. Rowell, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nSamuel Davis, A. Heald, H. S. Huntington.\\nVoted that one half of the Railroad Tax, and one half of the\\nremainder of the Literary Fund now on hand, be divided equally\\namong the several School Districts in Town, and the remaining\\none half among the scholars.\\nJohn E. Robertson having resigned the office of\\ntown-clerk, the selectmen, Dec. 8, 1868, appointed\\nGilman C. George to fill the vacancy.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1869.\\nRobert Thompson, moderator.\\nGilman C. George, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nOnslow Stearns, 214\\nJohn Bedell, 269\\nRepresentatives.\\nChristopher G. McAlpiue, Lemuel W. Collins,\\nGilman A. Bean,\\nJohn W. Clement, Selectmen.\\nIsaac K. Connor,\\nCyrus Hale, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nMessrs. Huntington, Pattee, and Heald.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0451.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMOUNTAIN EOAD.\\nThe Warner and Kearsarge Road Company was\\nchartered by the legislature in 1866.\\nAt a legal meeting, held in Warner, Sept. 1, 1869,\\nto take into consideration the building of a road to\\nthe top of Kearsarge mountain, Stephen C. Pattee\\nwas chosen moderator. H. H. Harriman, in behalf of\\nthe petitioners, explained the feasibility, distance, and\\ngrades of the proposed road, and estimated the whole\\nexpense, including land damages, at $5,000.\\nN. G. Ordway, in remarks favoring the road, pro-\\nposed to guarantee the building of the southerly end,\\nfrom a point in McHammond s pasture to a junction,\\nat some suitable point, with the Tory Hill road, free\\nof expense to the town, if the town would lay out\\nand build the balance.\\nVoted tliat a committee of seven be appointed by tbe ^lodera-\\ntor, to examine the proposed route, and make an estimate of the\\ncost of the road.\\nThe moderator appointed H. H. Harriman, W. Scott Davis, L.\\nW. Collins, C. G. McAlpine, Uriah Ager, G. C. George, and Wm.\\nR. Sargent.\\nAt a subsequent meeting the committee made a\\nlong report, and after much discussion the meeting\\nadjourned, no action having been taken.\\nWARNER HIGH SCHOOL.\\nIn the will of the late Franklin Simonds, dated\\nAugust 19, 1869, the following clause appears", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0452.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "WARNER HIGH SCHOOL. 409\\nMy wish is to leave some token of my regard for the town of\\nWarner, which has so long been the place of my residence. An\\nappropriation towards the support of a High School in said town,\\noccurs to me as the best form of such a token. In order to secure\\nfor the school proper interest and oversight, as well as adequate\\nsupport, I desire that it shall be so constituted that the town Avill\\nhave the right and duty to sustain it, and that its advantages will\\nbe open to all the inhabitants of said town without any distinc-\\ntion whatever on account of religious or other opinions.\\nI therefore give to Robert Thompson, George Jones, Gilman\\nA, Bean, Stephen S. Bean, Stephen C. Pattee, Samuel W. Colby,\\nand Henry S. Huntington, all of Warner, and to their survivors\\nand successors, appointed as is hereinafter provided, the sum of\\nTwent}^ Thousand Dollars, in trust for the following uses and\\npurposes, and subject to the conditions following.\\nThen the conditions are stated in detail, and at\\nlength. In substance they are as follows: The trus-\\ntees are to manage the fund, and apply the income to\\nthe support of the school the whole town to be made\\nand constituted, under the General Statutes of New\\nHampshire, a high school district such district to pro-\\nvide and maintain a suitable building, of the value of\\nnot less than $6000, for the use of the school said\\nbuilding to be located in Warner village.\\nIf the his:h school district should not be constitut-\\ned, or if the building should not be provided, within\\nthe space of three years after the decease of the tes-\\ntator, then the bequest was to fall. If, again, said\\nhigh school district should be dissolved, or should neg-\\nlect, for the space of twelve months in succession, to\\nmaintain a school, then the fund was to be withdrawn.\\nMrs. Abigail K. Simonds (wife of the above), by her", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0453.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "410 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nwill, dated Sept. 1, 1870, added $5000 to the fore-\\ngoing fund. She also gave $5000 towards building\\nthe school-house.\\nFranklin Simonds. The writer has but little knowl-\\nedge of the ancestry of Mr. Simonds. He may have\\ndescended from Moses Simonds, who was born in Ley-\\nden, who came to this country in the ship Fortune, in\\n1621, and settled in that part of Plymouth which is\\nnow Duxbury. This Moses was one of the original\\npurchasers of Dartmouth, Mass., and one of the pro-\\nprietors of Bridgewater.\\nFranklin Simonds was born at Lexington, Mass.\\nHe left home when 20 years of age, to engage in busi-\\nness in New Ipswich, N. H. During his residence\\nthere he became acquainted with his future wife (Abi-\\ngail Kimball, of Fitchburg), who was a teacher at\\nNew Ipswich. After his marriage, Mr. Simonds lived\\nat Peterborough, at Drewsville (a village of Walpole),\\nand at Newport, before coming to Warner. After\\ncoming to Warner, which occurred about the year\\n1836, he carried on the cotton factory above Gould s\\nmills a short time, and was also engaged in trade at\\nWaterloo. He served as deputy sheriff seventeen\\nyears, and two years as representative in the legisla-\\nture. He also served a number of years as president\\nof Warner Bank. His only child, who lived to ma-\\nture age (Miss Alice Simonds), died suddenly at Rye\\nBeach, a few years before the decease of her father.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0454.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "o-\\nc-^^^^J", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0455.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0456.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. 411\\nAt a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town\\nof Warner, Jan. 4, 1870, S. C. Pattee acting as moder-\\nator,\\nVoted that a Committee of nine be appointed by the Modera-\\ntor to solicit subscriptions towards building a School House, to\\nreport at a subsequent meeting what further sum of money may\\nbe thought necessary to comply with the Will of the late Mr. Si-\\nmonds, also incidental expenses of running the school and that\\nwhen this meeting adjourn, it adjourn to meet at this place on\\nSaturday ptrevious to the next annual town meeting.\\nThe moderator appointed N. G. Ordway, Samuel H.\\nDow, Henry S. Huntington, Albert Heald, Samuel\\nDavis, W. Scott Davis, Oilman A. Bean, C. G. McAl-\\npine, and John Rogers for said committee.\\nHIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.\\nAt the adjourned meeting, March 5, 1870,\\nVoted that the town resolve itself into a High School District.\\nThe committee appointed Jan. 4, reported that they\\nhad obtained subscriptions towards building a house\\nfor the high school, amounting to $1,912.76. They\\nalso expressed it as their judgment that the number\\nof pupils for whom provision should be made in the\\nhigh school building is about 100. In regard to the\\ncurrent expenses of the school, such as repairs of the\\nbuilding, insurance, fuel, etc., the committee presented\\nthe following resolution\\nResolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee that the\\nfunds received from scholars from adjoining towns, in the nature\\n27", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0457.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof tuition, will fully cover the annual expense of running the\\nschool.\\nIn reference to the hiring of teachers, the following\\nresolution was adopted by the committee\\nResolved, that in the judgment of this committee, good and\\ncompetent teachers for the High School can be secured by the in-\\ncome of the fund left by Mr. Simonds.\\nIn reference to the cost of the school-house, the fol-\\nlowing resolution was adopted\\nResolved, That in the opinion of this committee, $6000 will\\nfurnish a suitable wooden building for a High School.\\nThe committee further reported, that,\\nAs the amount raised by subscription is $1,912.76, it will be\\nseen that the balance to be raised by the Town is $4,087.24, and\\nwe recommend that this sum be raised by tax upon the town.\\nThe meeting, after receiving the foregoing report\\nof the committee, adjourned, without taking action,\\nto the 26th day of March.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1870.\\nStej)hen C. Pattee, moderator.\\nGilman C. George, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nOnslow Stearns, 193\\nJohn Bedell, 224\\nSamuel Flint, 19\\nJRejwesentatives.\\nC. G. McAlpine, L. W. Collins.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0458.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "DISTRICT DISSOLVED. 413\\nJohn E. Robertsoiij\\nE. M. Dunbar, Selectmen.\\nJacob Osgood,\\nCyrus Hale, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nMessrs. Huntington, Heald, and Davis.\\nHIGH SCHOOL AGAIN.\\nAt the adjourned meeting March 26, 1870,\\nVoted to proceed to choose a Prudential Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, W. S. Davis, and L. W. Collins were\\nchosen.\\nThen the following resolution was passed\\nResolved, That this meeting does not deem itself called upon,\\nby sound policy, to entertain any proposition now before it, look-\\ning to the sale of the Town House to the High School District.\\nVoted to dissolve the meeting.\\nDISTRICT DISSOLVED.\\nAt a special meeting, held March 1, 1871, S. C. Pat-\\ntee acting as moderator,\\nResolved, That the High School District, established and consti-\\ntuted by the vote of the town on the 5th day of March, 1870, be\\nand is hereby discontinued and dissolved,\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1871.\\nS. C. Pattee, moderator.\\nG. C. George, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJames A. Weston, 259\\nJames Pike, 176", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0459.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "414 HISTORY OP WARNER,\\nRepresen tatives\\nCharles Currier, Moses D. Wheeler.\\nJohn E. Eobertson, j\\nE. M. Dunbar, V Selectmen.\\nJacob Osgood, J\\nCyrus Hale, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nH. S. Huntington, S. Davis, Walter Sargent.\\nREVIVIFIED.\\nAt a legal meeting, held at the town hall, March\\n18, 1871, Stephen S. Bean, moderator,\\nResolved, That the town of Warner, in view of the bequests of\\nFranklin Sinionds, late of Warner, of twenty thousand dollars,\\nand of Abigail K. Simonds, late of Warner, of five thousand dol-\\nlars, as a fund, the income to be applied for the purpose of a high\\nschool, establish a high school, and that said tow^n be and hereby\\nis constituted a high school district, including the whole territory\\nof said town.\\nTHE HOUSE ERECTED.\\nDuring the summer of 1871, the high school build-\\ning, with brick walls, w^as erected and finished. The\\nfirst term of school in it commenced the 4th day of\\nDecember of that year. The cost of the building,\\nfences, etc., was something above $10,000, but the\\nwhole amount was contributed by individuals, as fol-\\nlows\\nMrs. Simonds, $5,000\\nOilman A. Bean, 2,160", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0460.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "ROADS AND RESERVOIRS. 415\\nSamuel H. Dow,\\n$2,160\\nGeorge Jones,\\n250\\nC. a McAlpine,\\n250\\nJohn E. Robertson,\\n250\\nIra Harvey, Wm. K. Morrill, Reuben Cloiigh, Leon-\\niclas Harriman, and John C. Bean made smaller con-\\ntributions.\\nRIVER-BOAV PARK.\\nIn 1871 Stephen C. Pattee inaugurated a home fair\\nat Warner. That year and the next the exhibitions\\nwere in the street. In 1873 Nehemiah G. Ordway\\nlaid off from his intervale land, between the river and\\nthe railroad, ten or twelve acres for a fair ground. He\\nerected buildings and stalls, and made a track for\\nhorse-trotting. In 1875 the River-Bow Park Com-\\npany was incorporated by the legislature. The\\ncompany, which embraces eight or ten of the sur-\\nrounding towns, organized in 1876, and purchased the\\ngrounds and buildings. The presidents of this society\\nhave been Levi Bartlett, E. C. Bailey, N. G. Ordway,\\nand S. C. Pattee, and its exhibitions have been suc-\\ncessful.\\nROADS AND RESERVOIRS.\\nA special meeting was called, October, 1871, to see\\nif the town would aid The Warner and Kearsarge\\nRoad Company to the extent of |l3,000; also, to see\\nif the town would exempt from taxation, for the term\\nof ten years, one half of the taxable value of the mill", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0461.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "416 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nproperty, upon Warner river, of those mill-owners who\\nhave paid their proportion of the expense of forming\\na reservoir at Long pond in Sutton also, to exempt\\nfrom taxation, for ten years, the whole of said mill\\npropertj^, whenever said mill-owners shall, to the sat-\\nisfaction of the selectmen of said town of Warner, in\\nthe like manner, have established Bradford pond as\\nan additional and permanent reservoir for the water-\\npower of said river, and to instruct the representatives\\nof the town to procure the necessary legislation for\\nthe foregoing purpose.\\nAfter discussion, voted to pass over both articles in\\nthe warrant.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1872.\\nStephen C. Pattee, moderator.\\nAugustus K. Putnam, town-cleric.\\nFor Governor.\\nEzekiel A. Straw,\\n188\\nJames A. Weston,\\n249\\nRepresen tatives.\\nCharles Currier, Moses D.\\nWheeler.\\nJohn E. Eobertson,\\nChas. H. Colby, Jr., Selectmen.\\nJohn H. Dowlin,\\nGeorge S. Rowell, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nH. S. Huntington, S. Davis, Walter Sargent.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0462.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "EOAD BOND. 417\\nAt the presidential election, November, 1872, Ste-\\nphen S. Bean, moderator,\\nThe Grant electors received 152 votes.\\nGreeley 254\\nThe town proceeded to act on the third article in\\nthe warrant, having reference to aid to the Mountain\\nroad. Stephen C. Pattee introduced a resolution,\\nauthorizing: and instructino; the selectmen to subscribe\\nfor and hold, in the name of the town, twenty shares,\\nof the value of $100 each, of the stock of the War-\\nner and Kearsarge Road Company, provided, how-\\never, that the foregoing resolution shall not be bind-\\ning on the part of the town until said road is com-\\npleted, or until responsible parties shall furnish a\\nbond, to the satisfaction of the selectmen, to build said\\nroad without further assistance from the town.\\nSamuel Davis proposed the following amendment\\nto the resolution\\nAnd provided further, that the town have two fifths of the five\\ndirectors, and that the first and second selectmen shall he ex officio\\nsaid directors.\\nThe amendment was adopted, and the resolution,\\nthus amended, passed.\\nROAD BOND.\\nN. G. Ordway and AYm. E. Chandler furnished a\\nbond, in the sum of four thousand dollars, on the 27th\\nday of February, 1873, to complete the Mountain\\nroad, without expense to the town of Warner beyond", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0463.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "418 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe appropriation of $2000 made in November, 1872\\nthe said Ordway and Chandler binding themselves to\\ncomplete the road on or before the first day of June,\\n1874, to a point about eight rods below the summit\\nof Kearsarge mountain, and the selectmen, for the\\ntown, coming under obligation to pay over the $2000\\nappropriated, on these conditions.\\nThis road was built, under the supervision of N. G.\\nOrdway, in 1873 and 1874, commencing at Hurricane\\nGate, and extending to near the top of the mountain.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1873.\\nStephen S. Bean, moderator.\\nAugustus E. Putnam, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nEzekiel A. Straw, 153\\nJames A. Weston, 226\\nSamuel K. Mason, 7\\nHepresentatives.\\nJohn E. Eobertson, John W. Clement.\\nCharles H. Colby, Jr.,\\nJohn H. DoAvHn, Selectmen.\\nStephen S. Bean,\\nGeorge S. Eowell, collector.\\nStuperintending School Comtnittee.\\nS. S. Bean, Walter Sargent, Frank W. Graves.\\nVoted to exempt the capital stock in the Shoe Factory from\\ntaxation for the term of ten years.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0464.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "FUNDING THE DEBT. 419\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1874.\\nSamuel Davis, moderator.\\nAugustus R. Putnam, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nJames -A. Weston, 242\\nLuther McCutchins, 172\\nMepresentatices.\\nJohn E. Robertson, John W. Clement.\\nJohn H. Dowlin,\\nJ. M. Harriman, Selectmen.\\nGeorge W. Dow,\\nGeorge Upton, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. S. Bean, S. C. Pattee, S. Davis.\\nFUNDING THE DEBT.\\nVoted to fund the town debt in what is known as 5-20 Bonds\\nthe amount not to exceed $30,000; the bonds to be in denomina-\\ntions of not less than $50, nor more than $1000; the rate of\\ninterest not to exceed 6 per cent.\\nJames M. Harriman, Albert P. Davis, and Samuel\\nH. Dow were appointed as a board of commissioners\\nto prepare said bonds and determine the denomina-\\ntions of the same also, to have fidl authority to\\nnegotiate and sell said bonds, provided they shall not\\nbe sold at less than par.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1875.\\nStephen C. Pattee, moderator.\\nAugustus R. Putnam, town-clerk.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0465.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "420\\nHISTORY OF WARNER.\\nFor Governor.\\nPerson C. Cheney,\\n202\\nHiram R. Roberts,\\n238\\njRepresentatives.\\nJohn H. Dowlin, Nehemiah G. Ordway.\\nJ. M. Harriman,\\nGeorge W. Dow, Selectmen.\\nPhilip C. Wheeler,\\nGeorge Upton, collector.\\nSxcper intending School Committee.\\nMessrs. Bean, Davis, and Pattee.\\nASSESSORS.\\nAt a special meeting, August 14, 1875, S. S. Bean\\noffered the following resolution\\nResolved, That the town proceed to choose by ballot six persons\\nto serve as assessors the present year.\\nThe resolution was adopted, and the following per-\\nsons were chosen, viz., Charles Currier, Hezekiah C.\\nDowlin, Samuel H. Dow, Bartlett Hardy, Eeuben\\nClough, and George Savory.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1876.\\nN. G. Ordway, moderator.\\nAugustus R. Putnam, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nPerson C. Cheney, 253\\nDaniel Marcy, 222\\nItepresentatives.\\nJohn H. Dowlin, N. G. Ordway.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0466.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 421\\nJesse D. Currier,\\nPhilip C. Wheeler, Selectmen.\\nPaine Davis,\\nGeorge W. Smith, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nS. C. Pattee, E. C. Cole, E. Eugene Walker.\\nOn the question, Is it exj^edient to revise the Constitution of\\nthe State the vote stood, yeas, 139 nays, 114.\\nOn motion of A. P. Davis,\\nVoted that the Selectmen be authorized to sell the Stock in\\nthe Warner and Kearsarge Mountain Road Company, held by the\\ntown, at public auction.\\nAt the presidential election, November, 1876, N. G.\\nOrdway acting as moderator, the Hayes electors re-\\nceived 253 votes; Tilden electors, 219.\\nCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.\\nN. G. Ordway and William H. Walker were chosen\\ndelegates to the constitutional convention, to be held\\nin Concord the December following;.\\nAlbert P. Davis, Warren C. Johnson, and Wm. K.\\nMorrill were appointed a committee to take into con-\\nsideration the question of enlarging and repairing\\nthe town-house.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1877.\\nN. CI. Ordway, moderator.\\nBenjamin E. Heath, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nBenjaiiiin F. Prescott, 256\\nDaniel Marcy, 213", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0467.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "422 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMepresentatives.\\nN. G. Ordway, Henry C. Davis.\\nJesse D. Currier,\\nPaine Davis, Selectmen.\\nJames G. Ela, J\\nGeorge Savory, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nMessrs. Pattee, Cole, and Walker.\\nTHE NEW CONSTITUTION.\\nThe constitutional convention, which assembled at\\nConcord in December, 1876, continued in session\\neleven days, framed a constitution, and submitted the\\nsame in thirteen questions to the qualified voters of\\nthe state. At the annual election, March, 1877, the\\nvote was taken, and all the propositions were adopted\\nby a two-thirds vote (that being required), except the\\nfirst and twelfth. Those were defeated.\\nThe vote of Warner, on the several propositions,\\nstood as follows\\n1. Do you approve of striking out the word Protestant in\\nthe Bill of Eights, as proposed in the amended Constitution\\nYeas, 93 nays, 228.\\n2. Do you approve of so amending the Constitution, that the\\ngeneral court shall be authorized to provide for the trial of causes\\nin which the value in controversy does not exceed one hundred\\ndollars and title to real estate is not concerned, without the in-\\ntervention of a jury, as proposed by the amended Constitution\\nYeas, 196 nays, 123.\\n3. Do you apiDrove of the biennial election of governor, coun-\\ncillors, members of the senate and house of representatives, and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0468.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0469.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0470.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "THE NEW CONSTITUTION. 423\\nbiennial sessions of the legislature, as proposed in the amended\\nConstitution? Yeas, 203; nays, 117.\\n4. Do you approve of a house of representatives based upon\\npopulation, and constituted and chosen as provided in the amend-\\ned Constitution Yeas, 28 nays, 294.\\n5. Do you approve of a senate of twenty -four members, to be\\nconstituted and chosen as provided in the amended Constitution?\\nYeas, 188 nays, 131.\\n6. Do you approve of the election, by the people, of registers\\nof probate, solicitors, and sheriffs, as provided in the amended\\nConstitution Yeas, 208 nays, 105.\\n7. Do 3^ou approve of abolishing the religious test as a qualifi-\\ncation for oifice, as proposed in the amended Constitution Yeas,\\n136 nays, 83.\\n8. Do you approve of prohibiting the general court from au-\\nthorizing towns or cities to loan or give their money or credit to\\ncorporations, as proposed in the amended Constitution Yeas,\\n182 nays, 130.\\n9. Do you approve of changing the time for holding the state\\nelection from March to November, as proposed in the amended\\nConstitution Yeas, 233 nays, 89.\\n10. Do you approve of authorizing the general court to provide\\nthat ap23eals from a justice of the peace may be tried by some\\nother court without the intervention of a jury, as proposed in the\\namended Constitution Yeas, 182 naj^s, 126.\\n11. Do you approve of authorizing the general court to increase\\nthe jurisdiction of justices of the pence to one hundred dollars, as\\nproposed in the amended Constitution Yeas, 144; nays, 266.\\n12. Do you approve of the jiroposed amendment prohibiting\\nthe removal from office for political reasons Yeas, 149 nays,\\n166.\\n13. Do you approve the proposed amendment prohibiting\\nmoney raised by taxation from being applied to the support of\\nthe schools or institutions of any religious sect or denomination,\\nas proposed in the amended Constitution Yeas, 205 nays,\\n101.\\nNehemiah George Ordway was born at the extreme\\nwest end of the North village, Nov. 10, 1828. At the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0471.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nage of eight years he went to live with his grand-\\nfather, Isaiah Flanders, at Warner village. In sum-\\nmer seasons, till he was about 17 years of age, he\\nassisted in the cultivation of his grandfather s farm.\\nAfter a time, in the winter season, he was engaged\\nsuccessively in the country stores of H. D. Robertson,\\nRobert Thompson, and George Wadleigh. At the age\\nof 18 he attended a high school at Bradford, taught\\nby Gilbert Wadleigh. The next year he went to Bos-\\nton, purchased a stock of goods, and set up a small\\nstore near the ground that Union Hall now stands\\nupon.\\nIn June, 1855, he was elected a doorkeeper of the\\nNew Hampshire house of representatives, and in\\n1856 was reelected to the same office. He was also\\nelected assistant clerk, |9ro tern., of the house, in 1856.\\nIn July of the same year he was appointed by Gov.\\nHaile sheriff of Merrimack county, and in the fall\\nof that year he removed to Concord. In 1857 he was\\nelected marshal of that city, and collector of taxes.\\nDuring the political campaign of 1860, he served\\nas chairman of the Republican State Committee.\\nIn 1861 he was appointed general agent of the\\nPost-office Department for the New England states.\\nIn December, 1863, he was elected sergeant-at-\\narms of the United States House of Representatives,\\nand was reelected in 1865, 67, 69, 71, and 73, so that\\nhe held this office for twelve consecutive years.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0472.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "NEHEMIAH GEORGE ORDWAY. 425\\nHe served on the staff of Gov. Smyth, with the\\nrank of colonel.\\nAt the March election in 1875 he was elected as\\none of the representatives from Warner to the legisla-\\nture of the state, and was reelected in 1876 and 1877.\\nIn 1875 and 1876 he served as chairman of the Com-\\nmittee on Railroads, and in 1877 as chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn the fall of 1876 he was chosen a delegate to the\\nconstitutional convention, which met at Concord in\\nDecember of that year.\\nIn November, 1877, he was appointed by the gov-\\nernor a member of the tax commission, which board\\nreported, at the session of the legislature in 1878,\\nnineteen bills for chansrins; the mode of the assess-\\nO CD\\nment and collection of taxes upon the various classes\\nof property in the state.\\nAt the November election of 1878 he was elected,\\nunder the amended constitution, to the state senate,\\nfor the Merrimack district, for the term of two years.\\nThe remodelling and enlarging of the hotel at\\nWarner village was mainly due to Mr. Ordway, and\\nhis prominence in the bank, in the construction of the\\nMountain road, and in the establishment of the Fair\\ngrounds, is set forth, to some extent, elsewhere in this\\nand in the XXVIIth chapters.\\nMr. Ordway married, in 1848, Nancy, youngest\\ndaughter of Daniel Bean, Sen. Their children who", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0473.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "426 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nhave lived to mature age, are Mrs. E. L. Whitford,\\nof Concord, George L. (who is spoken of in Chapter\\nXXXI), and Florence.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1878.\\nL. W. Collins, moderator.\\nB. F. Heath, town-clerk.\\nFor Governor.\\nB. F. Prescott, 248\\nFrank A. McKean, 236\\nRepresentatwes.\\nHenry C. Davis one vacancy.\\nL. W. Collins,\\nBenjamin C. Flanders, Selectmen.\\nEeuben Clough,\\nGeorge Upton, collector.\\nSuperintending School Committee.\\nE. C. Cole, Fred Myron Colby, Geo. N. Tewksbury.\\nOn motion of A. P. Davis,\\nKesolved, That our Representative in the General Court be in-\\nstructed to vote against any appropriation for the purpose of re-\\nbuilding the County Poor-Farm buildings.\\nCOUNTY BUILDINGS.\\nAt a special meeting, April 13, 1878, Leonidas Har-\\nriman, moderator,\\nVoted to return to the Town system of supporting paupers.\\nYeas, 236 nays, none.\\nVoted against rebuilding the County Buildings, which had been\\ndestroyed by fire. Yeas, 210 nays, none.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0474.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "TOWN RECORDS. 427\\nResolved, That we believe the best interests of the county\\nrequire that the county projjerty at Boscawen should be sold im-\\nmediately.\\nUNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.\\nUnder the new constitution, State elections are to\\nbe held biennially, on the first Tuesday of November.\\nTown elections are held, under a law of the state, an-\\nnually, in March, as usual. The first election under\\nthis constitution took place Nov. 5, 1878, when a gov-\\nernor, members of congress, councillors, members of\\nthe senate and house of representatives, and county\\nofficers, were elected for two years. Warner having\\na less population than 1800, is entitled to but one\\nrepresentative under the new constitution.\\nAt this election in Warner, L. W. Collins was cho-\\nsen moderator.\\nFor Governor.\\nNatt Head received 227 votes.\\nFrank A. McKean received 247 votes.\\nWarren G. Brown received 6 votes.\\nCharles H. Couch was elected representative.\\nA committee was appointed, consisting of A. P.\\nDavis, P. C. Wheeler, and J. H. Dowlin, to re-fund the\\nbonded debt of the town.\\nANNUAL MEETING, MARCH, 1879.\\nL. W. Collins, moderator.\\nLloyd H. Adams, town-clerk.\\n28", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0475.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "428 HISTORY OF WAENER.\\nL. W. Collins, J\\nB. C. Flanders, Selectmen.\\nReuben Clougli,\\nGeorge Upton, collector,\\nLuther J. Clement, treasurer.\\nREPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO RE-FUND THE DEBT\\nOF THE TOWN.\\nThe committee, appointed on the 5th day of November, 1878,\\nfor the purpose of re-funding the bonded debt of the town at a\\nlower rate of interest, in making this preliminary and partial\\nreport, beg leave to say, that they have sold nearly $19,000 of the\\nnew 5-20 4 per cent, bonds, leaving only about $1,000 unsold at\\nthis date. Your committee have no doubt, when the 1st day of\\nMa}^, 1879, arrives, at which time the old 6 per cent, town bonds\\nare redeemable, that without borrowing, and from the sale of\\nthe new bonds alo?ie, they will have sufficient money with which\\nto redeem every 6 per cent, bond outstanding.\\nYour committee congratulate the town over this successful\\nfinancial operation, whereby a saving in interest alone will result\\nto the town of more than $2,300 during the period before these\\n4 per cent, bonds are due a sum equivalent to the payment of 12\\nper cent, of our bonded debt.\\nA. P. Davis,\\nP. C. Wheeler,\\nJ. H. DOWLIN,\\nCommittee.\\nWarner, March 1, 1879.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0476.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXX.\\nKEARSARGE GORE THE MASONIAN PROPRIETORS THE CURVE\\nLINE SURVEY OF THE GORE WILMOT INCORPORATED THE\\nGORE RECORDS.\\nIHE history of Kearsarge Gore is interesting in\\nevery line, and especially so to the inhabitants\\nof Warner, because for sixty years and upwards\\nthe Gore has constituted a part of Warner. This\\nchapter will set forth, in detail, the story of that\\nmountain region.\\nThe Masonian proprietors cannot yet be dismissed.\\nThey played an important part in the early history of\\nthe Gore, as well as in that of Warner. Capt. John\\nMason s grandsons were John and Robert Tufton, and\\nMason left a large property to these grandsons, on\\ncondition that they would take his name. This they\\ndid. John Tufton Mason had the Mason interest in\\nNew Hampshire. He sold this interest (as has been\\nalready stated) to a company of twelve gentlemen,\\nwhose names appear on a former page. These gran-\\ntees of the Mason property are usually called The\\nMasonian Proprietors. They were men of character\\nand standing in the province, and they conducted", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0477.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "430 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthemselves generally with commendable prudence.\\nThey were certainly generous towards actual settlers\\nupon their lands.\\nPrevious to the time when the twelve came into\\npossession, much litigation and strife had grown out\\nof the Mason claim. The government of the province\\nhad, to a certain extent, recognized and defended this\\nclaim, and the people, many of them, were greatly\\nirritated thereat. Cases of assault occasionally grew\\nout of this matter. There are still in existence the\\noriginal depositions, on oath, of Barefoot (deputy gov-\\nernor) and Mason, relating to an assault made on\\ntheir persons by Thomas Wiggin and Anthony Nut-\\nter, who had been members of the assembly.\\nThese two men went to Barefoot s house, in Ports-\\nmouth, where Mason lodged, and entered into discus-\\nsion with the latter about his proceedings, denying\\nhis claim, and using such language as provoked him\\nto take hold of Wiggin with an intention to thrust\\nhim out at the door. But Wiggin, being the stronger\\nman of the two, seized Mason by the cravat, and\\nthrew him into the fire, where his clothes and one of\\nhis legs were burned. Barefoot, coming to the rescue,\\nmet a similar fate, having two of his ribs broken, and\\none tooth knocked out.\\nAnother incident, showing the contempt in which\\nthese men and their measures were held, even by the\\nlower class of people, is the following", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0478.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "KEARSARGE GORE, 431\\nMary Rann, aged 30 years, or thereabouts, witnesseth, that\\nthe 21st day of March, 1684, being in company with Seabank\\nHog, I heard her say, it was very hard for the governor of this\\nprovince to strike Sam Seavey before he spoke. The said Hog\\nsaid also that it was well for the governor that the said Seavey s\\nmother was not there, for if she had, there had been bloody work\\nfor him. I heard the said Hog say also, that the governor and\\nthe rest of the gentlemen were a crew of pitiful curs, and did\\nthey want earthly honor if they did, she would pull off her\\nhead-clothes, and come in her hair, to them, like a parcel of piti-\\nful, beggarly curs as they were come to undo us. both body and\\nsoul they could not be content to take our estates from us, but\\nthey have taken away the gospel also, which the devil would have\\nthem for it.\\nSworn in the court of Pleas, held at Great Island (New Castle)\\nthe 7th of Nov., 1684.\\nTHE CURVE LINE.\\nLong and bitter controversies grew out of the ques-\\ntion of the north-western boundary of the Mason\\ngrant. That question, after much dispute, was finally\\ndetermined. The sixty-mile bound on the south was\\nfixed on the line between Fitzwilliam and Richmond,\\nand on the east at the point in Conway where the\\nSaco river enters the state of Maine. A straight line\\nfrom point to point w^ould pass over Monadnock moun-\\ntain, through Antrim, Henniker, Boscawen, over Lake\\nWinnepesaukee and Ossipee mountain, to the Saco\\nriver. Warner, on this basis of settlement, would\\nhave been outside of the Masonian grant. It would\\nhave belonged to the province, and not to individuals,\\nand the proprietors of the town (or those who intend-\\ned to become such) would have gone to the govern-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0479.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "432 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nment of the province for their grant. But the Ma-\\nsonian proprietors claimed to a curved line, that\\nshould be substantially sixty miles from the ocean at\\nevery point. Before the final determination of this\\nmatter the proprietors of Warner had bought their\\ntownship of the Mason claimants, and had paid them\\n$600 for it. The state subsequently recognized this\\nclaim, on the part of the Lords proprietors, to a\\ncurved line, and Warner and Kearsarge Gore were\\nloithin the Mason grant. That curved line sweeps\\naround to the west and north of Kearsarge mountain,\\npassing, in its course, through Sunapee lake.\\nSURVEY OF THE GORE.\\nAt a meeting of the Masonian proprietors, at Ports-\\nmouth, April 7, 1779,\\nVoted that Messrs. John Penhallow and John Pierce be a com-\\nmittee to employ Capt. Hubertus Neal, or some good Surveyor,\\nto take a survey of tlie ungranted land in and about the Moun-\\ntain Kier Sarge, and to lay out the same into 100 acre Lotts.\\nIn December, 1781, those proprietors divided up\\nsundry tracts of their unappropriated lands in the\\nstate between themselves, and among those tracts was\\nthe following\\nA Tract of land Surveyed and Returned by Henry Gerrish,\\ncalled Kyali Sarge, all the lots in said Plan, with a reserve in\\neach lot, of five acres for high ways if wanted.\\nThe proprietors put the numbers of these lots, and\\nof lots in other parts of the state, upon bits of paper,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0480.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "KEAESAEGE GORE. 433\\ndropped these bits into a hat, and drew therefrom.\\nThomas Wallingford drew twelve of the Kearsarge\\nGore lots, John Wentworth drew ten, Mark Hunking\\nWentworth eight, Solloy and Marsh drew a number,\\nand the rest of the proprietors did likewise, till all\\nwere gone.\\nSo, before any settlements were made in Kearsarge\\nGore, the lands there were held by individuals, of\\nwhom the settlers purchased their lots.\\nWILMOT INCORPORATED.\\nKearsarge Gore, at the time mentioned, stretched\\nover the mountain northward, nearly to the present\\nvillage of Wilmot Centre. Till the ydar 1807, this\\nGore constituted a sort of a town by itself In the\\nGore records it is often called a town. The inhabitants\\nmet annually, chose their town officers, and conduct-\\ned, in many respects, like organized towns. In June,\\n1807, Wilmot was incorporated, taking two thirds of\\nits territory from New London, and the other third\\nfrom the Gore. A part of the language of the act of\\nincorporation is as follows\\nAnd also, all the lands and inhabitants within sftid Kearsarge\\nGore, north of a straight line begiuing at the south-west corner\\nof Andover, thence running westerly to the highest part of said\\nMountain, thence westerly, c., to Sutton line.\\nThat boundary on the mountain has never been\\nchanged.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0481.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nTHE GORE REORDS.\\nState of N. H. Api^lication being made to me by a No of\\nHillsboro S. S. i the Inhabitants of Kearsarge Gore in said\\ncounty seeking forth that they Laboured under many difficultys\\non account of not haveing A legal meeting to appoint publick\\nofficers, Praying that a warnt might essue forth at purpos, these\\nare Theirfore in the name of the State of N. H. to Notify and\\nwarn all the freeholders and others Inhabitants belonging to said\\nGore, Qualified by law to Vote in town Meeting to assemble and\\nmeet at the House of Mr. Joshua Quimby s in said Gore on Mon-\\nday the 2oth day of this Instant August 1794 At one o clock in\\nthe afternoon when met to Act as follows viz\\n1, ly, to Chuse a Moderator to Govern Said Meeting.\\n2, ly, to Chuse a Clark to Record the Procedings of Said Meet-\\ning.\\n3, ]y, to See What sums of Money the Inhabi tents will vote to\\nRaise this present year and what Meathod to take to make the\\ntaxes in one or more.\\n4, ly, to Chuse Select Men and A Collector for the Present year.\\n5, ly, to Chuse tythingmen for this present year.\\n6, ly, to Chuse High way Surveyors and all other Publick offi-\\ncers that the Law Requires.\\n7, ly, to Act on any other Business thought proper When Met.\\nGive Under my hand and Sealed at Warner in said County\\nthe first Day of August 1794.\\nJames Flanders, Justice of the Peace.\\n[How much of the poor spelling and bad grammar\\nin the above belongs to the justice of the peace, and\\nhow muclj to the Clark, or whoever made the\\nrecord, no one can tell.]\\nWarner, Aug. 1, 1794 Mr. Wm. Quimby you are here by\\nOrdered to Post up this in the most Public Place in the Inhab-\\nited Gore fifteen days before the last Monday of August, Present\\nto the James Flanders in Warner I have Posted up said warning\\nat the house of Mr. Joshua Quimbys in said Gore. [This is not\\nsigned.]", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0482.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "KEARSARGE GORE.\\n435\\nPresent to A warrent met at a Time and place Meeting appoint-\\ned by Esq. Flanders proceeded to Chuse a moderator Nalhan\\nClougli, then Chused persons of the following Names into office\\nVoted Wm. Quimhy Clark Swarn into office.\\nSelect Men Voted Wm. Graves, Abner Watldns, Nathan Cross.\\nCollector Voted, Nathan Clough.\\nConstable Voted, Nathan Clough\\nHighway Surveyors Voted, Samuel Quimb}^, Thomas Cross,\\nElisha Smith.\\nMeeting Adjourned to the second Monday of September next\\nat the house of Mr. Joshua Quimby s in said Gore met at the\\nsaid time and place Agreeable to the Adjournment to Act on the\\narticles wich was Prospound.\\n1, ly, Voted to raise fifty lawful Money this present year.\\n2, ly, Voted Isaac Chase Heigh way Survar\\nSaid Meeting Dismisst.\\nThe Gore had been settled a few years betore this\\nmeeting; was called and this oro:anization effected. A\\nfew families had got in on both sides of the mountain\\nas early as 1788. Clough, Graves, Cross, and Smith\\nbelonged to the north side of the mountain the\\nQuimbys. Chase, and Watkins, to the south side.\\nJoshua Quimby, at whose house the first meeting was\\nheld, lived on a road (then in existence) leading from\\nthe Savory places up easterly to the Currier Quimby\\nplace, in the edge of Salisbury. Perhaps it was at the\\nvery spot where John Palmer s house was afterwards\\ndestroyed by the tornado.\\nAt the annual Meeting of the Inhabitants of Kearsarge Gore\\nleagerly warned and held in said Gore at the house of Mr. Wm.\\nQuimby s on Monday 30th day of March, 1795\\nVoted Nathan Clough moderator.\\nVoted Wm Quimby Clark for the insuing year.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0483.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "436 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nVoted Abner Watkins, Wm. Graves, Nathan Cross, Selectmen\\nfor the insuing yeav.\\nVoted Abuer Watkins to see the petision through the general\\nCourt. [This was a petition asking the Legislature of the State\\nto levy a penny tax (a tax of one penny per acre) on the non-\\nresident lands in the Gore.]\\nVoted to raise $10 to defray town charges, and $25, to repair\\nhighways, to be laid out in labor.\\nThe annual meeting of March, 1796, was held at\\nthe house of Thomas Wells.\\nNathan Clough, Moderator, Ebenezer Scales, clerk.\\nNathan Clough, Abner Watkins, and Nathan Cross, Selectmen.\\nTimothy Walker received 16 votes for Gov. Eaised $32, to de-\\nfray toicn charges.\\nVoted to receive what Abner Watkins said at the Court Con-\\ncerning the j)enny Tax.\\nVot d that the said watkins is to take the Care of the same.\\nVoted Jason Watkins Collector and Constable for the year in-\\nsuing.\\nVoted to raise forty dollars for school.\\nThe following record now appears\\nThis may Certifie that Moses Palmer the son of John Palmer\\nwas Boarn June the 12, 1791.\\nAt the annual meeting of March, 1797, Abner Wat-\\nkins was chosen moderator, and Jason Watkins, clerk.\\nAbner Watkins, Samuel Priest, and Nathan Cross\\nwere chosen selectmen.\\nAt the annual meeting of 1798 the officers of the\\npreceding year were chosen, except in one instance\\nThomas Wells was substituted for Abner Watkins as\\nselectman.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0484.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "KEARSARGE GORE. 437\\nVoted to raise 15 for schooling.\\nAt a meeting legally called, and holden at the house\\nof Jonathan Watkins, July 6, 1798, among other\\nthings,\\nTo see where the People will vote to take a part of the School\\nmoney that was raised for School last spring to help build a school\\nhouse and how much Money they Will take out of that sum on\\nthis side of the mountain.\\nVoted to keep the old sum for schooling and the Eemainder to\\nbuy Nails and Glass.\\nAt the annual meeting of March, 1799, two new\\nselectmen were elected, viz., Benjamin Cass, of the\\nnorth side, and Foster Goodwin, of the south side.\\nVoted to send a petition to Coiirt to git our Meeting changed\\nto the first Monday, and by Abner Watkins.\\nVoted to raise 15 pounds for school this year.\\nOn the 4th of February, 1800, a meeting was held\\nat the house of Ebenezer Scales,\\nVoted to build a school-house by the twentieth of March.\\nVoted to raise $60 to build the school-house, to sine a bond to\\npay their Equel proportion of Sixty Dollars.\\nVoted Mr. Abner Watkins to Draw the bond for to sine.\\nVoted Jason Watkins and Ebenezer Scales in Committee for to\\nsell the school-house built.\\nAt the annual meeting of March, 1800,\\nVoted to raise $10 to defray charges.\\nVoted 10 pounds for school.\\nVoted to remove the fences and bars that are crost the road.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0485.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "438 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nOfficers for the year nearly the same as for the pre-\\ncedhig year.\\nAt the annual meeting of March, 1801,\\nVoted Mr. Cast in Moderator. [_Cass is probably meant.]\\nAt the annual meeting of 1802, Ebenezer Fisk ap-\\npears, and is chosen selectman. He probably lived\\non the north side of the mountain. He was the\\nfather of John Fisk, who was accidentally killed in a\\nsaw-mill at Warner.\\nVoted fifteen votes for John Langdon for Governor.\\nVoted ten votes for James Flanders for senitor.\\nAt the annual meeting of 1803,\\nVoted to Doe nothing abont polley Simpson.\\nVoted 21 votes for Langdon 6 for Gilman for Governor.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1804, Benjamin\\nCass, Ebenezer Fisk, and James Palmer were chosen\\nselectmen.\\nVoted that all having demands against the town shall bring\\ntham Every anual meatain for afuter.\\nVoted that Eich Destrect shall Bild their own school housen\\nand furnish tham the meatain Dismist.\\nThere were two school districts in the Gore, one on\\nthe north and one on the south side of the mountain\\nalso, two school-houses.\\nAt the annual meeting, March, 1805, Jeremiah\\nBrown was chosen moderator.\\nVoted to raise $100 with the non-resident tax for the highway\\nfor the Present year.\\nVoted to send a pertition to General Cort for a Committee to\\nsettle the Line between Salisbury and Kearsarge Gore.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0486.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "KEARSARGE GORE. 439\\nVoted in Abner Watkins to be the man to present the pertiou\\nto gineral Cort.\\nThe annual meeting of 1806 was held at the house\\nof Thomas Cross on the north side of the mountain\\nat which meeting,\\nVoted Samuel Thompson in moderator.\\nVoted S. Thompson, Noah Little and Insley Greeley in Select-\\nmen.\\nNothing worthy of record was transacted at the\\nannual meeting of 1807 Immediately following the\\naccount of that meeting, this record is found on the\\nbooks of the Gore\\nMarig Covenant\\n12 march 1807 than Alder Watson marid John Savery and\\nSalley Straw.\\nWilmot is now incorporated, and the Gore is sev-\\nered. The part of it on the south side of the moun-\\ntain still remains the Gore, and maintains its ortrani-\\nzation, but the larger half is gone. In 1790 its pop-\\nulation was 103; in 1800 it was 179; in 1810 (more\\nthan half its territory having been dissevered) it was\\nreduced to 125.\\nA military company was organized in the Gore at\\nan early day, and Jonathan Watkins (son of Abner)\\nhad the honor of taking command. This company\\ncame out for inspection and duty, as the companies of\\ntowns came, at least twice a year. In 1810 Capt.\\nWatkins, with his command, met the Wilmot com-\\npany for drill and exercise on the top of Kearsarge.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0487.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "440 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nNear the close of the day the two companies were\\nbrought face to face on the very sunrimit of the moun-\\ntain, and a sham fight of great spirit was indulged\\nin. This battle was 2000 feet higher than Hooker s\\ncelebrated fight above the clouds, on Lookout\\nMountain.\\nThe annual meetings of 1808, 1809, and 1810 were\\nbarren of interest. In 1811 the Gore was permitted\\nto have a voice, through her representative, in the\\nlegislative halls of the state. Wilmot and the Gore\\nwere classed. The meeting- was held at the school-\\nhouse on the south side of the mountain, March 5th.\\nThomas Annis was chosen moderator. [This was not\\nthe first Thomas (son of Daniel), but one of the third\\ngeneration, and he remained in the Gore but a short\\ntime.] The class elected Eliphalet Gay, of Wilmot,\\nfor representative, and then the Gore chose Eobert\\nSavory, John Palmer, and Jason Watkins for select-\\nmen.\\nVoted to postpole the 9th article tel the ajurnment.\\nThomas Annis hid of the Collector s hetli at two cents per Dol-\\nlar.\\nVoted A hounty on crows heads voted 12^ cents on old wons\\n6 cents for young crows Killed in K Gore.\\nThe election of 1812 is void of interest; no repre-\\nsentative appears to have been voted for. The elec-\\ntion of 1813 is more lively. The warrant reads\\nIn the name of the state of new hampshire we Doe hear by\\nnotify and warn all the freeholders and other inhahitance of the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0488.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "KEARSARGE GORE. 441\\ntown of Kearsarge Gore and Wilmot qualified to vote in town\\nmeeting to samble and meet at the school house in saide Kear-\\nsarge Gore on the second day of March 1813, at one o clock in\\nthe after noon to act as follows\\n1, ly, to Chuse a moderator to govern said meeting\\n2, ly, to vote for some Person for Representative tour general\\nCort.\\nJason Watkins\\nEzra Waklron V Selectmen.\\nJohn Palmer J\\nPursuant to this notice the towns met, and the\\nrecord of the meeting follows\\nAt a town Meeting Legally notified and holden in the town of\\nKearsarge Gore on the second day of March anno Domini 1813\\nthe following votes were givenin for Representative to gineral\\nCort viz, their was a Majority for Jason Watkins.\\nJason Watkins town Clark\\nin the same ower Come in Wilmot and Voted for Eliphet Gay\\nRepresentative General Cort\\nJason Watkins Town Clark.\\nIt will be seen that the district elected two repre-\\nsentatives that day, though entitled to but one. The\\nmerits of the controversy cannot now be known. Gay\\ncertainly took his seat in June, and Watkins made no\\ncontest. It was alleged on the part of Gay s friends\\nthat Watkins was elected before the legal hour that\\nwhen the Watkins party saw the Wilmot folks com-\\ning in large force down the mountain, from the Cur-\\nrier Quimby place, towards Samuel Savory s, they set\\nforward the nearest clock there was to the school-\\nhouse, rushed in their votes, and elected Watkins be-\\nfore the time set for the organization of the meeting.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0489.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "442 HISTORY OF AVARNER.\\nGeneral Elipbalet Gay was a man of wealth, and a\\nhotel-keeper. He supplied his friends with victuals\\nand drink, both to and from this meeting. They\\ncame, with pungs and sleighs, via Andover, Beech Hill,\\nGooggins s Mills, and Smith s Corner. On arriving at\\nthe Gore they took possession of the polls, treating\\nwhat had been done as a nullity. Benjamin Stanley s\\nhouse was the scene of conflict. That was the school-\\nhouse of the district at that time, and it stood precise-\\nly where it now stands. Many years ago it was con-\\nverted into a dwelling-house. Here it was that the\\ncontending factions swayed to and fro here it was\\nthat victory was both won and lost.\\nThe meeting for town officers that year was held\\nthe 9th of March. John Palmer was elected moder-\\nator, and Jason Watkins, clerk.\\nIsaac Palmer, Isaac Annis, and Robert Savory were\\nchosen selectmen.\\nVoted that the south west Corner of Salisbury should not send\\nto our school With out A greein with our Selectmen.\\nThe list of voters of Kearsarge Gore, as made up\\nby the selectmen, Feb. 16, 1814, was as follows:\\nAbner Watkins, Abner Watkins, 2d, Abner Watkins, 3d, Dan-\\niel Savory, Ezra Waldron, Ezekiel Trumbull, Foster Goodwin,\\nIsaac Palmer, John Palmer, Jonathan Smith, James Palmer,\\nJohn Savory, John Palmer, Jr., Jason Watkins, Jonathan Wat-\\nkins, Jabez Harvey, Jacob Waldron, Joseph Wells, Joseph Palm-\\ner, Moses Palmer, Nathan Hunt, Eobert Savory, Samuel Savo-\\nry, Samuel Wells, Stephen Stanley, William Harwood.\\nThe proceedings of the annual meeting of the Gore", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0490.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "KEARSARGE GORE. 443\\nin March, 1814, were commonplace, and they need\\nnot be recounted.\\nThe district meeting, for the choice of representa-\\ntive, was held at Wilmot, and though not a man from\\nthe Gore attended that meeting, Jason Watkins was\\ntriumphantly elected representative, and he served\\nhis constituents faithfully in the legislature of the\\nstate. Undoubtedly there was a feeling abroad in\\nthe district that Watkins was unfairly treated in 1813.\\nJason Watkins was born in Joppa. He was a son\\nof Abner Watkins, senior, and the father of Abner, 3d\\n(who held many positions in Warner), and of the wife\\nof William G. Flanders.\\nNov. 10, 1814, the selectmen of Kearsarge Gore,\\nand of Wilmot, established or confirmed the boundary\\nline between the two territories. They left it pre-\\nciselv as it stands in the charter of Wilmot of 1807.\\nTheir report is signed as follows\\nIsaac Palmer Selectmen\\nof\\nRobert Savory Kearsarge Gore.\\nSamuel Kimball Selectmen\\nObadiah Clougli Wilmot.\\nAt the annual meeting, March 7, 1815, holden at\\nthe school-house in the Gore for the choice of a repre-\\nsentative, Eliphalet Gay was chosen moderator, and\\nJ. Youngman. of Wilmot, representative.\\nThe proceedings of the local meeting of that year\\n29", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0491.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwould not interest the reader, nor would those of\\n181G or 1817;\\nAs the election of March 10, 1818, was the last\\nelection ever held in Kearsarge Gore, the record of\\nits proceedings is given in full.\\nJohn Palmer, Jr., was chosen moderator,\\nJason Watkins, town-clerk.\\nJohn Palmer, Jr., Abner Watkins, Jr., and Kobert Savory,\\nwere chosen selectmen.\\nJames Ferrin (the father of the late Lorenzo, and of Stephen\\nI^.), Jabez Harvey, and Jonathan B Watkins were chosen fence\\nviewers, and Daniel Savory, surveyor of lumber.\\nVoted to raise $75 to defray town charges the present year.\\nJohn Watkins bid off the Collector s berth at four cents per\\nDollar.\\nVoted to have meetings of worsJiip in the School house.\\nThe last vote above was the last ever given in\\nKearsarge Gore as a municipal organization, for, by\\nact of the legislature of the state, approved June 13,\\n1818, the Gore was annexed to, and made forever\\nthereafter part and parcel of, the town of Warner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0492.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XXXI.\\nPOST-MASTERS DEPUTY SHERIFFS LAWYERS PH YSICI ANS\\nCOLLEGE GRADUATES HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS DEBATING\\nCLUBS LITERARY MEN AND WOMEN.\\n(here was no post-office in Warner till 1813.\\nBefore the year 1800 nothing like an efficient\\npost-office establishment existed in the country. In\\n1791 the legislature of New Hampshire passed a law\\nestablishing four routes for posts, to be thereafter\\nappointed to ride in and through the interior of the\\nstate.\\nThese posts, or riders, were appointed, two of\\nwhom started out from Concord, and two from Ports-\\nmouth. They went out one way and returned anoth-\\ner, making a round trip a week. They took the mail\\nmatter that accumulated at these principal offices, and\\nin this way it was distributed. They carried and\\nfetched. The first rider, starting from Concord, rode\\nthrough Weare, New Boston, Amherst, Wilton, Tem-\\nple, Peterborough, Dublin, Marlborough, Keene, West-\\nmoreland, Walpole, Alstead, Acworth, Charlestown,\\nClaremont, Newport, Lempster, Washington, Hills-\\nborough, Henniker, and Hopkinton, to Concord.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0493.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "446 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nThe second rider, starting also from Concord, rode\\nthrough Boscawen, Salisbury, Andover, New Chester,\\nPlymouth, Haverhill, Piermont, Orford, Lyme, Han-\\nover, Lebanon, Enfield, Canaan, Grafton, Alexandria,\\nand Salisbury, to Concord. The other two started out\\nfrom Portsmouth, and performed their circuits in the\\nsouthern and eastern sections of the state.\\nAs late as December 31, 1809, David George, post-\\nmaster at Concord, published a list of letters remain-\\ning in the office at that place, which contained the\\nfollowing out-of-town names\\nRichard H. A_yer, Dunbarton Miss Marj Carter, Bow Tim-\\nothy Chandler, Daniel Cooledge, Miss Hannah Corbett, Canter-\\nbury Prine Ayers, Northfield Jeremiah Eastman, Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth Mirick, John Noyes, Henniker; Nathaniel Green, Rev.\\nChristopher Page, Daniel Young, Hopkinton Rev. Sebastian\\nStreeter, John Maynard, Weare Daniel Lord, Bradford.\\nIn 1813 a post-office was established at Warner\\nLower Village, and Henry B. Chase w^as the first post-\\nmaster. He held the office till 1817.v when Dr. Henry\\nLyman was appointed, who held it till 1825, when\\nLevi Bartlett was appointed. Mr. Bartlett held the\\noffice till 1830, when it was discontinued.\\nDuring the year 1829, and a part of the year 1830,\\nthere was an office at Waterloo, and Philip Colby, Jr.,\\nwas post-master. This office, and that at the Lower\\nVillage, were consolidated in the year 1830, and es-\\ntablished at Warner village, with H. D. Robertson for\\npost-master. He held the office till 1844, when George", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0494.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0495.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0496.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "ALONZO C. CAEROLL. 447\\nA. Pillsbiir}^ was appointed. William Carter, Jr., suc-\\nceeded Mr. Pillsbury in 1849, and Oilman C. Sanborn\\nsucceeded Mr. Carter in 1851. In 1855, Abner B. Kel-\\nlej was appointed in 1862, Hiram Buswell, who\\nheld the office fifteen years. In 1877 the present\\nincumbent, E. H. Carroll, was appointed,\\nMr. Buswell was from Grantham. He came to\\nWarner when a young man, and engaged in the\\nbusiness of painting. No other man has held the\\npost-office as long as he. He has also held the office\\nof commissioner for Merrimack county two years.\\nIn 1865 another office was established at Waterloo,\\nand Walter H. Bean was appointed post-master. He\\nresigned, after holding the office six or eight months,\\nand T. Leavitt Dowlin was appointed. The office was\\ndiscontinued after an existence of a year or two.\\nIn 1871 an office was established at Roby s Corner,\\nwith Moses H. Roby as post-master, which continues\\nunchanged.\\nAlonzo C. Carroll, the father of the present post-\\nmaster of Warner, was born at Croydon, Nov. 24,\\n1826. His parents were John P. and Rachel Carroll.\\nWhen he was 12 years of age his mother died, and\\nthe family was broken up. He and one of his sisters\\nwent to Grafton to live with a relative, where they\\nremained together five years, and till the marriage of\\nthe sister. Then for two or three years Alonzo C.\\nwas found at Quincy, Mass., driving a stone-team", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0497.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "448 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfrom the quarries to Boston. He returned to Grafton,\\nand bought the old Horton farm, which he carried\\non for three years. In 1851 he removed to South\\nSutton, and engaged in the stove business, and in\\n1853 he added to this a dry-goods and grocery store.\\nAt the same time he was concerned in the patent-\\nright business. In 1860, having sold out his interests\\nat South Sutton, he went into partnership with Geo.\\nPutney, in manufacturing bobbins at Sutton Mill Vil-\\nlaore. In 1863 he reeno-as-ed in the stove business,\\nand in 1867 went into trade with George Thompson,\\nat the Potter Place.\\nIn 1868 he bought out. Hale Adams, at the\\nRobertson store, in Warner, and commenced trade\\nthere. He kept the Winslow House, on Kearsarge\\nmountain, during the season of 1869. In April, 1870,\\nhe commenced trade in the Union Hall building,\\nwhere he still continues. Besides carrying on a large\\ntrade at this place, he kept the Warner and Kearsarge\\nMountain House through the season of 1874, and a\\npart of the season of 1875. In the summer of 1878\\nhe again took charge of the hotel, and, in his hands, it\\nis a popular and well-patronized summer resort.\\nMr. Carroll married, in 1849, Miss M. A. Hale, who\\ndied in 1866, leaving two sons, Clarence F. and E.\\nH. Carroll. In September, 1868, he married Miss\\nMargaret H. Adams, of Warner. His oldest son is a\\nsuccessful school-teacher, and his youngest, when not", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0498.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "DEPUTY SHERIFFS. 449\\noccupied in the post-office, is engaged in the store of\\nhis father.\\nDEPUTY SHERIFFS.\\nThe first deputy sheriff in Warner was Calvin Flan-\\nders, son of James. He lived at the place in the\\nLower Village where the late Zebulon Davis lived\\nand died. He was appointed about the year 1790,\\nand held the office nearly twenty years.\\nIn 1808 George W. Kelley was appointed. He also\\nlived at the Lower Village. He was a son of Sheriff\\nMoses Kelley, of Hopkinton, and Moses was a brother\\nto Rev. William, the first minister in town.\\nMr. Kelley performed the duties of this office till\\n1813, when Richard Pattee, who kept the hotel at the\\nCarter place, was appointed.\\nIn 1816 Capt. Joseph Smith received the appoint-\\nment. He continued in possession of the office till\\n1820, though in 1819 Stephen Currier, Jr., and John\\nKimball were deputized for a special purpose, which\\nwill hereafter appear.\\nCapt. Smith had been many years in the regular\\narmy before the war of 1812, and had been stationed\\nboth at Boston and at Portland. He was captain of\\nthe Warner company, in the last war with England.\\nHis home was at the Dr. Eaton house, where he died,\\nNovember, 1824, aged 50.\\nIn 1820 Stephen Currier, Jr., was the only sheriff,\\nand he continued such till 1829. While sheriff his", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0499.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nhome was at the Lower Village. His flither was Dan-\\niel CiiiTier, of Joppa his son Charles occupies the\\nold homestead.\\nIn 1829 Stephen George (who held the office till\\n1838) was appointed. He was a son of John George,\\nand a brother to John, 2d, and to Daniel and Joshua.\\nHe died in Michigan, while on a journey to the West.\\nFranklin Simonds succeeded Mr. George as sheriff,\\nin 1838, and continued in the office till 1856, a period\\nof eighteen years.\\nIn 1856, John Currier, Jr., was appointed.\\nIn 1863, Gilbert Davis.\\nIn 1868, Albert P. Davis.\\nIn 1876, George N. Tewksbury.\\nIn 1877, the present incumbent, David C. Harriman.\\nLAWYERS.\\nNathaniel Green, a brother to Judge Samuel Green,\\nwas the first lawyer to hang out a sign in Warner.\\nHe opened an office at the Lower Village, near\\nJoseph Bartlett s, in 1795 but not finding a very\\npromising field to cultivate, he remained in town but\\na 3 ear or two.\\nJeremiah Hall Woodman came in 1797, but re-\\nmained no longer than his predecessor. He removed\\nto Dover in 1798, and became a lawyer of large prac-\\ntice and good standing.\\nParker Noyes was the third in the line of succes-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0500.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "LAWYERS. 451\\nsion. He was reared in South Hampton. He came\\nto Warner in 1799, and opened his first office. It\\nwas at the Lower Village. After remaining in town\\ntwo years, he took down his sign and carried it to\\nwhat is now Frankhn Lower Village. At this place\\nhis office was just across the road from Capt. Eben-\\nezer Webster s, and Daniel Webster was his law stu-\\ndent. He was offered a seat on the supreme bench\\nby Gov. Morrill, but declined it on account of ill\\nhealth.\\nHenry B. Chase was the fourth lawyer in Warner.\\nHe came in 1805, and remained through life. [See a\\npreceding chapter.]\\nHarrison Gray Harris was the next in order, and\\nthe first at Warner village. He was born in the beau-\\ntiful town of Harvard, Mass., in 1790. He read law\\nmainly with his brother, Judge John Harris, of Hop-\\nkinton was admitted to the bar in 1815, and com-\\nmenced practice in Warner in 1816. He held some\\nof the public offices of the town connected farming\\nwith his law business for many years; and finally\\nmade agriculture his chief pursuit. He w^as eminent\\nin his day in the Masonic order, as was his son (John\\nA.) after him. He died at Warner, March, 1875,\\naged 84.\\nEdward B. West was the sixth lawyer in town. He\\ncame from Concord about the year 1848, remained a\\nfew years, and then changed his residence to Nashua,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0501.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "452 HISTORY OF W^ARNER.\\nwhere he was actively engaged in liis profession some\\nten or twelve years. He then accepted a government\\noffice at the Navy Yard, and removed to Portsmouth,\\nwhere he now resides.\\nSamuel Davis, Jr., a native of Bradford, graduated\\nat West Point, studied law, and was admitted to the\\nbar. He opened an office first at Enfield, but came\\nfrom there to Warner as early as 1859. He has not\\ngiven his whole attention to the law, but has connect-\\ned farming and the care of schools with it. In the\\nwar of the Rebellion he was major of the IGth N. H.\\nregiment. Since the war he has served in various\\ntown offices, and two years in the legislature of the\\nstate.\\nAlbert P. Davis was born at Warner, Mav 2, 1835.\\nHe is descended from an ancient family. Willi Davis,\\na native of Wales, came to New England in 1640.\\nHe took the freeman s oath at Amesbury in 1645. On\\nthe 2d day of December, 1677, his sons, Francis and\\nSamuel, together with a large number of the sons of\\nthe first settlers, took the same oath. This Willi (or\\nWilliam) and this Francis were the ancestors of Capt.\\nFrancis and his brother Gideon, the great-grandfather\\nof the subject of this sketch. Gideon settled on the\\nMoses E. Davis farm in 1782, and the farm has re-\\nmained in the hands of the family to the present day.\\nThe sons of Gideon and Mary (Cheney) Davis w^ere\\nJohn, Robert, Gideon, Moses, and Oliver j and the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0502.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "zjr^- jOch^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0503.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0504.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "ALBERT P. DAVIS. 453\\ndaughters were Molly, Ruth, and Anna. The children\\nof the above-named John and Mary (Pervere) Davis\\nwere John, Sally, Rachel, Lois, Zaccheus, and Eleazer.\\nZaccheus married Lucinda Pervere of Sandown, and\\nto this couple were born Albert P., Mary, Charles S.,\\nand Zaccheus. Albert P. married Lavonia W., daugh-\\nter of Abner Harvej^, Jr. They have two children,\\nIda M. and Woodbury E.\\nAlbert P. Davis received a good academic educa-\\ntion, and for some fifteen years was a well known and\\npopular school-teacher. He served as deputy sherifl\\nfrom 1868 to 1876, and while in the discharge of the\\nduties of this office he devoted his leisure hours to\\nthe study of the law. Being admitted to the bar in\\n1876, after a rigid examination, he went immediately\\ninto practice as a lawyer in his native town, where\\nhis success has been equal to his highest expectation.\\nAs a newspaper correspondent he wields a ready pen,\\nand ranks with the enterprising writers of the day.\\nTo the foregoing list of lawyers may be added the\\nnames of such as have been reared in Warner and\\nhave followed the profession elsewhere.\\nJohn Kelley, the oldest son of Rev. Wm. Kelley,\\nwas a lawyer. He commenced business in North-\\nwood, where he had gratifying success. Desiring a\\nlarger town for a home, he went to Exeter, and there\\nremained through life. He was register of probate", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0505.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "454 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfor Rockingham county a great many years was also\\na member of the legislature of the state, and of the\\nconstitutional convention of 1850.\\nStephen C. Badger was a lawyer by profession.\\nHis first office was at New London, After remaining\\nthere a few years he removed to Concord. For a\\nlong time he was clerk of the courts of Merrimack\\ncounty. He was also assistant justice of the police\\ncourt of Concord. His wife was a daughter of Benja-\\nmin Evans.\\nHenry B. Chase, the second (a son of Henry B.),\\ngraduated at Dartmouth about the year 1839 studied\\nlaw, and settled in Louisiana, where he still remains,\\nin the enjoyment of a lucrative practice.\\nHerman Foster read law with Henry B. Chase,\\nopened an office in Manchester, and was successful in\\nhis profession.\\nJohn H. Watson, a son of Capt. Cyrus Watson, be-\\ncame a successful lawyer and editor in Lawrence,\\nMass.\\nEdwin W. Harriman, a son of John, read law, and\\nwas admitted to the bar in Concord in 1864. He\\nshortly afterwards went into practice in tlie state of\\nIowa, where he died in 1865 or 1866.\\nJohn George, son of Joshua, was also admitted to\\nthe bar at Concord in 1864. [See Chapter XXVIL]\\nWalter Channing Harriman read law at Concord,\\nfirst with L. D. Stevens, and then with Tappan", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0506.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "HERMAN FOSTER. 455\\nAlbin. He was admitted to the bar, at Concord, Dec.\\n13, 1876, and commenced business at Portsmouth\\nApril, 1877. He is now sohcitor for Rockingham\\ncounty.\\nJesse Pattee, a son of Stephen C, read law at\\nHaverhill, N. H., and was admitted to the bar in\\n1877. Soon after being admitted, he went into prac-\\ntice at Brockton, Mass., where he now is.\\nGeorge L. Ordway (son of N. G.) was admitted to\\nthe bar in 1878. He served on the staff of Governor\\nPrescott, with the rank of colonel. In March, 1879,\\nhe commenced business in the line of his profession at\\nDenver, Colorado.\\nHerman Foster was born at Andover, Mass., Oct.\\n31, 1800. He was a descendant of Reginald Foster,\\nwho came from Exeter, England, and settled at Ips-\\nwich, Mass., in 1638. His grandfather, Obediah, was\\nborn in 1741, and his fother, John, in 1770, at An-\\ndover. The other children of John Foster are Mrs.\\nE. S. Badger, of Warner John, a leading merchant of\\nBoston and George (now of Bedford), who served\\nseveral years as selectman of Warner, and who has\\nsince been two years in the state senate from the\\nthird district.\\nThe subject of this notice removed with his flither s\\nfamily from Andover, Mass., to Hudson, N. H, in 1810.\\nHe had prepared for college at an early day, but a\\ndisease of the eyes prevented him from pursuing a", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0507.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "456 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ncollege course. He was engaged in mercantile busi-\\nness a number of years. In November, 1826, he was\\nmarried to Harriet M. A. Whittemore, of West Cam-\\nbridge. He removed to Warner in March, 1830, and\\npurchased the Ballard farm, on which he lived eight\\nyears. He then removed to Warner Lower Village,\\nand commenced the study of the law with Hon.\\nHenry B. Chase. Being admitted to the bar, he com-\\nmenced practice in Manchester in 1840, where he\\ndied Feb. 17, 1875, aged 74. He left no children.\\nMrs. Foster still survives.\\nHe was a representative in the state legislature in\\n1845, 1846, 1868; and 1869, and was state senator in\\n1860 and 1861. The latter year he was the president\\nof that body.\\nHe was appointed assessor of internal revenue by\\nPresident Lincoln, in 1862, but, after holding the\\notiice a few months, he resigned. In 1861 Dartmouth\\ncollege conferred on him the honorary degree of Mas-\\nter of Arts.\\nHe held a high position as a lawyer, and was much\\nvalued as a counsellor in important cases.\\nMr. Foster, while living in Warner, became greatly\\nattached to the town and people, and this attachment\\ncontinued fresh and strong to the end of his days.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0508.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "0t^//2^a^^^ c rc^\\nTeA^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0511.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0512.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 457\\nPHYSICIANS.\\nEsculapius was the god of medicine among the\\nancient pagans. Luke, in divine revelation, is called\\nthe beloved physician. He was the friend and com-\\npanion of Paul. He wrote the book that bears his\\nname also the Acts of the Apostles. The profession\\nhas ancient and high authority, and a good physician\\nis ever a welcome friend. It is believed that Warner\\nhas had its share of acceptable physicians.\\n1. Dr. John Currier was the first. He lived at the\\nCarter stand. Very little is known of him or his\\nconnections. He gave more attention to farming and\\nto the hotel than to his profession. Possibly he may\\nnot have been an acknowledged M. D.\\n2. Dr. Cogswell was the next physician in Warner.\\nHe married a daughter of Elliot Colby, but remained\\nin town only a short time.\\n3. Dr. John Hall was from Chelmsford, Mass. His\\nfirst place of residence in Warner was at the Felton\\nplace, just above Ira P. Whittier s. At his next place\\nof residence in town, which was at the John Colby\\nhouse on the Plain, he lived many years. He finally\\nremoved to Maine, and died there thirty or forty\\nyears ago.\\n4. Dr. Thomas Webster was from Haverhill, Mass.\\nHe lived near the Georges at the Lower Village. He\\nbuilt and occupied the one-story house that Mrs.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0513.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "458 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nCharles George occupied many years, and till its de-\\nstruction by fire.\\n5. Dr. William Dinsmoor was from Goffstown. He\\nboarded at Pattee s tavern at the Lower Village.\\nWhile in Warner he married a sister of Jonathan and\\nMatthew Harvey, and shortly after his marriage re-\\nmoved to Henniker.\\n6. Dr. Henry Lyman came from Lebanon about\\nthe 3 ear 1806. He had a large practice in Warner\\nsome twenty or twenty-five years. He died Septem-\\nber, 1829, aged 43, and was buried at the Parade.\\n7. Dr. Silas Walker was from Goffstown. He came\\nand settled at the Lower Village about the year 1810,\\nbut remained in town only a few years.\\n8. Dr. Jacob Straw came in 1819, and boarded at\\nLevi Bartlett s, in the Lower Village. After a resi-\\ndence of a year or two in Warner, he went to Henni-\\nker, and there finished his work. He was two years\\nin the state senate.\\n9. Dr. Moses Long was from Hopkinton. He es-\\ntablished himself in Warner not far from 1820, his\\nfirst office being at the Centre village. His second\\noffice and home in Warner was at the Lower Villacre,\\nwhere he continued in practice fifteen or eighteen\\nyears. In 1835 he removed to Rochester, N. Y.,\\nand there followed his profession a few years. He\\nthen went with his brother. Col. Stephen H. Long,\\ninto bridge-building in Mississippi, but returned to\\nRochester, and died there twenty-five years ago.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0514.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS. 459\\n10. Dr. Caleb Buswell came from Grantham, and\\nsettled at the Centre village. [See Ch. XXIV.]\\n11. Dr. Leonard Eaton, a son of Nathaniel, was\\nborn June 10, 1800, at the Putnam place, just within\\nthe limits of Hopkinton. Nathaniel Eaton, the father,\\nwas from Haverhill, Mass. On coming back into the\\ncountry he first settled at the Putnam place, but after\\nremaining there a few years removed to Sutton,\\nwhere his son, George C, now resides. He died in\\nMay, 1875.\\nLeonard Eaton studied medicine with Dr. Caleb\\nBuswell, and received his degree at the Dartmouth\\nMedical College. He was a successful physician at\\nWarner through life. He served several years as\\ntown-clerk, two years as representative, and two as\\nsenator for district No. 8. He was also a member of\\nthe constitutional convention of 1850.\\nDr. Eaton married a daughter of Hon. Benjamin\\nEvans, and had three daughters, the youngest of\\nwhom, Mrs. Hilliard Davis, died several years ago.\\nThe other two are Miss Susan Eaton, and Maria, wife\\nof Hon. John Y. Mugridge, of Concord. Dr. Eaton\\ndied in November, 1867, at the age of 67 years.\\n12. Dr. Stevens was from Charlestown, Mass. He\\ncommenced practice in Warner (his office being at\\nthe Lower Village) in 1831, remained a year or two,\\nand then returned to his native heath.\\n13. Dr. Parmalee was from Lebanon. He came\\n30", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0515.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "460 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\ninto town in 1835, or thereabouts, and he was both\\nat the Lower Village and at Waterloo. Henry B.\\nChase was his uncle.\\n14. Dr. Charles A. Savory came from Hopkinton to\\nWarner, not far from 1844. After an extensive prac-\\ntice of four years duration in town, he removed to\\nLowell, Mass., where he still continues in the profession.\\n15. Dr. Parsons Whidden was from Canterbury.\\nHe came to Warner when Dr. Savory left, took his\\nplace, and remained in town a number of years.\\n16. Dr. John M. Fitts was from Boscawen. He\\ncommenced business in Warner not for from 1854,\\nremained five or six years, and went to Sutton.\\n17. Dr. Moses S. Wilson was from Salisbury. In\\n1859 he went into practice in Warner, married a\\ndaughter of Ira Harvey, returned to his native town,\\nand, in company with his father, who was also a phy-\\nsician, was in active business there till the war; was\\nassistant surgeon in the 7th N. H. regiment; went\\nto Illinois after the war, and died there, a young man,\\nseveral years ago.\\n18. Dr. John G. Parker came to Warner from Dub-\\nlin in 1860. A good physician, but he died at War-\\nner in 1867.\\n19. Dr. Frank W. Graves was from Concord. He\\nsettled in Warner in 1864, and was in active practice\\nin town five or six years. He is now settled in Wo-\\nburn, Mass.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0516.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS. 461\\n20. Dr. J. M. Rix came from Dalton in 1867, and\\nis now in Warner.\\n21. Dr. J. R. Cogswell came from Littleton in 1874,\\nand is now in Warner.\\nThe names of those who have gone out from War-\\nner, as physicians, will be given from recollection, and\\nthe list may be very inaccurate.\\nDr. John E. Dalton was a son of Dea. Isaac Dalton.\\nAfter taking his degree as a physician, he decided to\\ncast his lot in the West. He made the long journey\\nto Ohio by stage, by canal, and by steamboat, about\\nthe year 1832. He settled in Ohio, where he contin-\\nued in practice many years. He is still somewhere\\nin the Great West.\\nDr. Daniel Davis, a son of Capt. Jacob Davis, com-\\nmenced practice at Wellfleet, on Cape Cod, when a\\nyoung man, married his wife there, made that his\\nhome, and died there a few years since.\\nDr. James F. Sargent was a son of Joseph, and a\\ngrandson of Joseph Sargent, senior, of Schoodac. He\\npursued his medical studies with Dr. Moses Long,\\ngraduated at Dartmouth, and commenced practice at\\nLowell, Mass., in 1834. Subsequently, for several\\nyears, he enjoyed a successful practice at Contoocook-\\nville, and, at a later day, a like practice at Concord,\\nwhere he died in 1864, at the age of 54.\\nDr. Dana D. Davis was a son of Stephen Davis.\\nHe took his degree as a physician, married the only", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0517.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "462 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ndaughter of Levi Bartlett, went to Louisiana, and com-\\nmenced business there with flattering prospects. He\\ndied of yellow fever, at Baton Kouge, in 1844. His\\nson (Wm. D. Davis) he never saw, as he was born\\nafter the father s departure for the South.\\nDr. Moses Hill was a son of Benjamin Hill, whose\\nfarm was that now owned by the town. Moses was\\nborn at that place. He commenced practice in Man-\\nchester, then settled in Iowa, and died on a visit to\\nLouisiana.\\nDr. Henry L. Watson is claimed as a Warner boy.\\nHe was a son of Ithamar Watson, of Salisbury, who\\nlived a number of years in Warner. Dr. Watson\\ncommenced his professional work at Guildhall, Ver-\\nmont, where he had an extensive practice, but twelve\\nor fifteen years ago he changed his residence to Lit-\\ntleton, N. H. He is well situated at the latter place.\\nDr. David Bagley was a son of David Bagley, of\\nMelvin s Mills, and a grandson of Ebenezer Bagley,\\nwho came from Amesbury, and settled on the shore\\nof the pond near Salisbury line, which takes his\\nname. Dr. Bagley commenced practice in the state\\nof Georgia twenty or thirty years ago, and his flag\\nis still there.\\nDr. Wm. S. Collins, a son of Enos, received a good\\nacademic education, studied medicine, took his degree\\nat Dartmouth, and commenced business in Grafton,\\nwhere he remained five years. Afterwards he was", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0518.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "PHYSICIANS. 463\\nactively engaged in his profession at Loudon some\\ntwenty-one years, and he is now located in Nashua.\\nDr. Luther Pattee, a son of Asa, has been estab-\\nlished in business at Candia, Wolfeborough, and Man-\\nchester. He is now at the latter place, in the enjoy-\\nment of a lucrative practice.\\nDr. Asa F. Pattee, another of the sons of Asa, be-\\ngan in Amesbury, the old parent of Warner. He\\nwent from there to Boston, where his situation is\\nentirely satisfactory.\\nDr. Byron Harriman, a son of John, studied medi-\\ncine under the direction of Gage Moulton, at Con-\\ncord, took his degree at Hanover, and went into\\npractice in Iowa. He has given attention to other\\nbusiness as well as to his profession, and has been suc-\\ncessful. He is at present the mayor of the city of\\nHampton, Iowa, to which office he has been three\\ntimes elected.\\nDr. Luther Harvey, a son of Ira Harvey, pursued\\nhis studies, in part, with Dr. Wilson, in Illinois. After\\ntaking his degree, he commenced practice in that\\nstate with flattering prospects.\\nDr. William H. Pattee, son of Stephen C, studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Luther Pattee, attended lectures at\\nDartmouth, and received his degree at the University\\nof Vermont, in 1877. He is now in practice at Bel-\\nmont, N. H.\\nDr. Benjamin E. Harriman studied medicine under", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0519.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "464 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe direction of Dr. A. H. Crosby, of Concord, attend-\\ned lectures at the University of Vermont, and at\\nBelle vue Hospital Medical College, N. Y., and gradu-\\nated at Dartmouth in the fall of 1877. He opened\\nan office in Manchester the following December,\\nbroke down in health in June, 1878, and is now\\n(March, 1879) in Florida, where he has been spending\\nthe winter.\\nCOLLEGE GRADUATES.\\nWarner has been more noted for giving her sons\\nand daughters a good, practical education, than for\\nsending them away to colleges and other popular\\ninstitutions of learning hence the list of graduates\\nis not large.\\nJohn Kelley, who is spoken of elsewhere, is believed\\nto have been the first Warner student to take a de-\\ngree at college. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1804.\\nHosea Wheeler graduated in 1811 at the same col-\\nlege. He became a Baptist minister, and died at\\nEastport, Maine, in 1823. He was a son of Daniel\\nWheeler, who came from Amesbury, and lived at the\\nJohn Reddington place on Warner river. The other\\nsons of Daniel, senior, were Daniel, Abijah, Gideon,\\nand Leonard.\\nJohn Morrill graduated at Amherst college, and be-\\ncame a missionary in the West. His family is un-\\nknown to the writer.\\nAsa Putney, who was a son of Asa, senior, grad-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0520.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "COLLEGE GRADUATES. 465\\nuated .at Amherst not far from the year 1820. He\\nbecame a Congregational minister, and preached at\\nCroydon, and in Vermont.\\nStephen C. Badger graduated at Dartmouth in\\n1823. [See a preceding page.]\\nRichard Bean, a son of Nathaniel, senior, received\\na liberal education but, owing to some difficulty\\nwith the authority of the college, he did not take his\\ndegree. He studied law, but had hardly completed\\nhis studies when he died.\\nSamuel Morrill, a brother to William K., graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1835, and died while a member of\\nthe Bangor Seminary.\\nJames Madison Putney, a son of Amos, and grand-\\nson of Asa, senior, graduated at Dartmouth, taught\\nan academy in Kentucky, and died there about the\\nyear 1840.\\nHenry B. Chase, son of Hon. Henry B., graduated\\nat Dartmouth in 1839. [See a preceding page.]\\nJohn George, son of Major Daniel, graduated at\\nDartmouth not far from 1845, and died shortly after\\nhis graduation.\\nEzekiel Dimond graduated at Middlebury, Vt, be-\\ncame Professor of Chemistry in the Agricultural col-\\nlege at Hanover, and died, a young man, in 1872.\\nHis grandfather, Ezekiel, settled in the Mirick district;\\nhis father, Ezekiel, lived at the Ballard place, where\\nProf Dimond was born.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0521.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "466 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nEdmund S. Hoyt, son of Major Stephen K., grad-\\nuated at Dartmouth. He is now in the book trade,\\nand is a pubHsher of books at Portland, Maine.\\nJohn C. Ager, son of Uriah, graduated at New\\nChurch college, Urbana, Ohio, in 1858. [See Chapter\\nXXXIIL]\\nCharles Alfred Pillsbury, son of George A., was\\nborn at Warner, Oct. 3, 1842. He graduated at\\nDartmouth college in the class of 1863. Soon after\\nreceiving his diploma he went into a wholesale provi-\\nsion house at Montreal, with John E. Robertson. He\\nremained there some four years, and then removed\\nto Minneapolis, where he engaged in the manufacture\\nof flour. The well known firm of C. A. Pillsbury\\nCo. consists of himself, George A., John S., and Fred\\nC. Charles A. Pillsbury has been elected a state sen-\\nator in his district for six years.\\nHenry L., a son of Barnard Colby, commenced his\\nstudies at Dartmouth, remained two years, and then\\nentered the army. He died shortly after the close\\nof the war.\\nGeorge L., son of N. G. Ordway, graduated at the\\nRochester (New York) University in 1875. [See a\\npreceding page.]\\nGeorge F., son of Stephen S. Bean, is about to\\ngraduate at Brown University, Providence, R. I.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0522.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL.\\nHIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.\\n467\\nThe first term of the Warner high school com-\\nmenced Dec. 4, 1871.\\nE. C. Cole, A. B., a native of Bethel, Maine, and a\\ngraduate of Bowdoin college, was principal of this\\nschool during the first three years of its existence.\\nN. N. Atkinson, A. B., of Minot, Maine, a graduate\\nof Colby University (Waterville), was principal dur-\\ning the next two years.\\nWilliam Goldthwaite, A. B., a graduate of Colby\\nUniversity, succeeded Mr. Atkinson, and is yet the\\nprincipal of the school.\\nMiss Helen E. Gilbert, a graduate of Concord high\\nschool, was assistant teacher one year.\\nMiss Annie B. Westgate, of Plainfield, a graduate\\nof New London Scientific Institution, was assistant\\none year.\\nMiss M. F. Reddin :ton, dauohter of Oliver P. Red-\\ndington, and a graduate of Warner high school, was\\nassistant during the third year.\\nStephen S. Bean, of Warner, was assistant two\\nyears.\\nMiss Alice P. Goodwin, of Franklin, was assistant\\none year.\\nMiss Emma E. Phelps was assistant two terms, and\\nMiss Annie M. Hill, of Concord, was assistant one\\nterm.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0523.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "468 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMiss M. F. Reddino ton, liavino; been absent from\\nthe school two years, and having graduated during\\nthat time at the New London Scientific Institution,\\nreturned, and accepted the position of first assistant,\\nwhich she now fills.\\nDEBATING CLUBS.\\nAt various times between 1835 and 1850, debating\\nclubs existed and jQourished in Warner. In the years\\n1846 and 1847, in jDarticular, a deep interest was felt\\nin these clubs. Walker s hall (the only hall then in\\ntown) was crowded to overflowing on the evening of\\neach debate. In those years, instead of excluding all\\nreligious and political questions, all questions of an\\nexciting nature, such, only, were the questions se-\\nlected. Many of the debates were able and instruc-\\ntive, and the audiences were highly entertained.\\nThough their zeal ran high, the disputants generally\\nmaintained a respectful and manly bearing. The\\nnames of those who participated in these debates are\\ngiven from recollection, and are as follows\\nLevi Bartlett, B. E. Harriman, Stephen K. Hoyt,\\nJohn Colby (the drover), H. H. Harriman, Chirk Sar-\\ngent, Geo. A. Pillsbury, Dr. C. A. Savory, John Foster,\\nB. F. Harriman, John Currier, Jr., Rev. R. W. Fuller,\\nLevi Flanders, Wm. K. Bartlett, Jesse D. Currier, S.\\nS. Bean, W. Harriman.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0524.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0525.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "^j^ /^.^r^T^C^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0526.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "LEVI BARTLETT. 469\\nLITERARY MEN AND WOMEN.\\nLevi Bartlett was born April 29, 1793. His grand-\\nfather, Simeon Bartlett, was one of the proprietors of\\nWarner. His father, the late Joseph Bartlett, Esq.,\\nwas a country trader at the Lower Village for over\\nthirty years, and was quite extensively engaged in\\nfarming, and in the manufacture of potash. Squire\\nBartlett had six sons and four daughters, Levi be-\\ning the second child. When about 12 years of age\\nhe was employed in his father s store for a couple of\\nyears. When he was 14 years of age his father placed\\nhim in the bookstore of Thomas Whipple, at New-\\nburyport. Like many another country lad among\\nstrangers, he was woefully homesick, and was allowed\\nto return, at the end of a few months, to the paternal\\nroof At the age of 16 he was sent to Salem, Mass.,\\nto the West India goods store of his uncle, James\\nThorndike; but the embargo and non-intercourse with\\nforeio-n nations caused a stag-nation in business. Mer-\\nchants failed on every hand, and young Bartlett be-\\ncame utterly disgusted with store-keeping. He\\nwrote to his father that tanners were the lords of\\ncreation, and that no business but tanning appeared\\nto be prosperous in and about Salem. In the summer\\nof 1810 he left Salem and returned home. His father\\nbuilt a tannery opposite his house, in which the young\\nman was placed, with experienced workmen, and in", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0527.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "470 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ndue time he took charge of the business. He contin-\\nued in it, with varying success, till 1838. when, yield-\\ning to an ever-increasing desire to become a tiller of\\nthe soil, he sold out his tanneries and began the rec-\\nlamation of an exhausted farm, which came, at that\\ntime, into his possession. The farm was situated near-\\nly, a mile from his home, and he and his men trav-\\nelled daily the hilly road between the two places\\ntill his house was destroyed by fire in 1843, when\\nhe built upon and removed to the farm, where he has\\never since resided.\\nMr. Bartlett, in 1844, was invited to become a reg-\\nular contributor to the New England Farmer, and\\nfrom that date, till long after he had passed his\\neightieth year, he wrote regularly for various agri-\\ncultural periodicals. He was assistant editor of the\\nJournal of Agriculture, at Boston, during its brief life.\\nHe wrote constantly for the Country Gentleman, and\\noccasionally for the Farmer s 3Ionihly Visitor, the\\nStatesman, and the Manchester Mirror. He was as-\\nsociate editor of the Boston CiiUivator in 1848 and\\n1849. His writings have been- published in the peri-\\nodicals of various states of the Union, and have some-\\ntimes been copied into English papers. When an\\nAdvisory Board of Agriculture of the Patent Office\\nmet at Washington in 1859, Mr. Bartlett was selected\\nby a committee from that board to represent New\\nHampshire, and he was present during its session of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0528.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "LEVI BARTLETT. 471\\neight days. A year later, when a series of important\\nlectures on scientific agriculture was to be given at\\nYale college, Hon. Henry F. French, then of Exeter,\\nand now the assistant secretary of the treasury at\\nWashington, and Mr. Bartlett, were invited from this\\nstate to be present.\\nAfter he had passed his eightieth birthday, he be-\\ngan and completed a Genealogical and Historical\\nAccount of the Bartlett Family, which has been\\nlargely distributed. He claims one Adam Bartelot,\\nwho came over to England from Normandy with the\\nConquerer, and settled in Sussex, as the founder of\\nthe family. The preparation of this work cost a vast\\namount of patient research and labor.\\nIn politics, Mr. Bartlett was a Federalist, dyed\\nin the wool, and consequently was not liable to be\\ntroubled with office in a town that was for many\\nyears the very keystone of the Democratic arch of\\nNew Hampshire. He, however, held the office of\\npost-master for the five years immediately preceding\\nGen. Jackson s term at the White House.\\nMr. Bartlett attended the district school at the\\nLower Village, and was a student a term or two at\\nthe academy in Amesbury, Mass., but this somewhat\\nmeagre training was supplemented by constant, va-\\nried, and extensive reading, and particularly by the\\nstudy of geology and chemistry as connected with\\nagriculture. He acquired a great amount of useful", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0529.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "472 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ninformation, and he is always ready to communicate\\nfrom his store of facts and anecdotes, to any with\\nwlioni he comes in contact.\\nJune 1, 1815, Mr. Bartlett married Hannah, only\\ndaughter of Rev. Wm. Kelley, the first minister of\\nWarner. They had two children, who lived to ma-\\nture age, viz., William K., born July 21, 1816, and\\nLavina K., born March 14, 1818. William K. Bartlett\\nmarried Harriet N., daughter of Nathan Walker. In\\nhis early days he was considerably engaged in teach-\\ning, and for fifteen ^^ears was clerk in the New York\\nErie Railroad Co., most of the time residing at Port\\nJervis. He resigned this position in 1868 on account\\nof failing health, and he now resides at East Concord,\\noccupying his time in tilling the soil, and in corre-\\nsponding for the papers. Lavina K., the daughter,\\nmarried Dr. Dana D. Davis [see a preceding page].\\nHer only son and child, Wm. D. Davis, is a clerk in\\nthe custom house at New York city.\\nDr. Moses Long was a man of education and cul-\\nture. He had decided literary tastes, and he wrote and\\npublished several valuable articles. One of these, which\\nhe called Historical Sketches of Warner, he pub-\\nlished in pamphlet form about the year 1830. Speak-\\ning of the productions of Warner in these sketches,\\nthe Doctor says, melons, squashes, and 2:)om2yions\\nabound. Nobody except the author appeared to\\nknow what pompions were. Stephen George (a very", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0530.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "FRED MYRON COLBY. 473\\ngood man, but one who could be a little rough when\\nhe made an effort), in reading these sketches, came to\\nthe sentence quoted above, and halted. What are\\niwmpions f he presently said to his family. I ve\\nbeen in town twenty years, and I ve never seen a\\npompion yet bring me the dictionary. The diction-\\nary was brought, but there was not much in it (per-\\nhaps it was Walker s first edition). The mysterious\\nword was not there. George sprang from his, chair,\\nseized his hat, and started for the doctor, who lived\\na mile away. It was now ten o clock in the evening.\\nArriving at the doctor s house, he rapped sharp and\\nloud on the front door, waited a minute, and gave\\nanother succession of startling raps, reminding one of\\nEthan Allen. The doctor, supposing there w^as an\\nurgent demand for his professional services, sprang\\nfrom his bed, pulled a garment or two partly on, and\\nmade for the door, on opening which he was saluted\\nby his well known townsman thus What in li\\nare pompions f\\nFred Myron Colby was born in Warner, Dec. 9.\\n1849. His early education was obtained at the schools\\nof his native town and at Concord. He is not college-\\nlearned, but self-learned. He has a knowledge of two\\nlanguages besides his own, and a wide and varied\\nreading, being able to quote from the old poets and\\nchroniclers for days. His early life was passed on a\\nfarm, and subsequently he was a school teacher. He", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0531.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "474 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nbegan to write for the press in 1872, when a novel\\nof his was published by R M. DeWitt, of New York.\\nThis successful venture was followed by other attempts\\nin the same channel. Two of his novels, The Pio-\\nneers of Kentucky, and Rolf the Cavalier, sold to\\nthe extent of 60,000 copies.\\nBesides these, Mr. Colby has written several serials\\nfor the Fireside Companion, and other story papers.\\nHe has been a frequent contributor to Potie7 s 3faga-\\nzine and the National Repository and articles of his\\nhave appeared in the Home Guest, Cultivator, Cottage\\nHearth, Washington Chronicle, New York Hvening Post,\\nand other well known publications. The press of\\nNew Hampshire has also been a repository of many\\nof his sketches. The winter of 1875 he spent in\\nWashington, D. C. as the correspondent of Boston\\nand New Hampshire papers.\\nMr. Colby is at present engaged upon a work to be\\nentitled The Historic Homes of New Hampshire,\\nfor which he has been gathering material during the\\npast year. Though his highest aim is to be a student\\nrather than an author, he must certainly be ranked\\nas one of our most talented young writers, and one\\ndestined to make his mark in the annals of letters.\\nSuch approved writers as John A. Harris, William\\nK. Bartktt, and Albert P. Davis should not be over-\\nlooked. Nor should Miss Mary Rogers be forgotten,\\nwho, though not known to fame, charmed many", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0532.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "PEACE FOREVERMORE. 475\\nhearts and lifted the cloud from many a brow by her\\nsweet and soothing poetic effusions.\\nMiss Hannah F. MoiiHll, daughter of John Morrill,\\nof Burnt Hill, under the signature of Mrs. H. F. M.\\nBrown, wrote much and vigorously, some twenty-five\\nor thirty years ago, for the papers of Ohio, in which\\nstate she lived.\\nMiss Amanda B. Harris is a constant contributor\\nto the Literary Worlds The Congregationalist, and the\\nNew York Evening Post, the high character of which\\npublications is well known. She has written, also, for\\nAppleton s Journal, and for various other periodicals.\\nMiss Hannah Maria George, daughter of Oilman C.\\nGeorge, has a literary gift, and is a writer of good\\nrepute in her sphere.\\nThe individual who was conducting the Weekly\\nUnion at Manchester during the first stasres of the\\nwar, received from an anonymous hand and published\\nthe following beautiful poem. Let the author (what-\\never his name) be enrolled among the literary char-\\nacters of the town.\\nPeace Forevermore.\\nWhen shall the sound of cannon s roar, and rattle\\nOf shot and shell, that fall like rain,\\nNo more be heard, and the smoke of battle\\nBe seen no more upon the plain\\nWhen will the moon rise calmly o er the field of glory,\\nThe stars their pure, soft radiance shed\\nO er blood-stained soil, where lie, in vestments gory,\\nThe wounded ones, the dying, and the dead\\n31", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0533.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "476 HISTOEY OF WARNER.\\nWhen will the stars and stripes, Flag of the Free,\\nNow trailing in the dust of civil war and crime,\\nBe reared again vipon the staff of Liberty,\\nTo float triumphant through every age of time\\nO er our fair land, in majesty stalks Sorrow\\nPale, ghastly Death rides on before\\nAnd millions cry, Oh when will dawn the morrow\\nOf Unity and Peace forevermore\\nL. W. C.\\nWarner, June 25, 1861.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0534.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "OHAPTEE XXXII.\\nMILITARY HISTORY OF WARNER THE REVOLUTION ALARM\\nAT COOS WAR WITH FRANCE THREATENED WAR OF 1812\\nTHE REBELLION STATE MILITIA.\\nARNER was not settled till after the French\\nwars. ended, but she had a small population\\nwhen the Revolution broke upon the country, and the\\npatriotism she displayed was not inferior to that ot\\nother towns. Warner men were at Bunker Hill with\\nStark, and at Bennington under the same commander.\\nThey were at Saratoga and West Point. They were\\nin Rhode Island and in Canada. They were at Mon-\\nmouth and Morristown. In fact, they were in most\\nof the battles of the Revolution east of the Susque-\\nhanna. Some of those men returned others were\\nkilled and still others were reported missing.\\nKot among the suffering wonnded\\nNot among the peaceful dead\\nNot among the prisoners. Missing\\nThat was all the message said.\\nTen Warner men, on the alarm at Lexington, in\\nApril, 1775, seized such arms as they had, and hast-\\nened to the scene of action. This was fourteen\\nmonths prior to the Declaration of Independence.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0535.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "478 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nBefore their arrival at Cambridge the British had\\nbeen driven back in disorder and defeat. It was not\\ncertain when thej would attempt another advance\\nfrom Boston. It was not certain that they ever would.\\nAll America was aroused, and a volunteer army of\\nthirty thousand men had assembled m and about\\nCambridge a few days after the Concord fight.\\nTwenty thousand of these (most of whom were poorly\\nprepared for the service) were sent home by the\\nAmerican generals. Probably most, perhaps all, of\\nthese ten Warner men returned to their homes. As\\nthey were not organized into any regiment or com-\\npany, their names are borne upon no roll. The state\\nallowed Warner for this service as follows\\ns.\\nLexington, ten men 1775 22 10\\nThis was about $7.50 to a man; from which it ap-\\npears that the service must have been of short dura-\\ntion. The presumption is, however, that a part or all\\nof these men subsequently entered the service at the\\ncall of the country for soldiers. On the ITth day of\\nthe June following the alarm at Lexington, War-\\nner was well represented at Bunker Hill, as was New\\nHampshire generally. It is proper to state here that\\nthe American army consisted of about 1500 men in\\nthat battle, and that one thousand of these were New\\nHampshire soldiers", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0536.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "WARNER PATRIOTS. 479\\nTHE ROLL.\\nThe following is a list, as accurate as it can be\\nmade, of Warner men who served at different times,\\nand for different periods, in the Revolutionary army.\\nHubbard Carter, lived on Tory Hill; promoted to be ensign.\\nSee a preceding page.\\nAmos Flood at Bunker Hill, in Marcy s company, Eeid s regi-\\nment lost a gun in battle state allowed him for it 1\u00c2\u00a3\\n8s. was the father of the late Daniel Flood, house-car-\\npenter, and of Amos, Jr.\\nPhilip Rowell, the ancestor of George. S. and Charles P. Rowell.\\nAquila Davis. See preceding pages.\\nIsaac Waldron, lived on Gould road.\\nWilliam Britton, never returned.\\nJohn Plumer, enlisted at Henniker, under Capt. Blood.\\nWilliam Lowell.\\nIsaac Lowell, in Capt. Ebenezer Webster s company.\\nBarnard Lowell, a sea-captain after the Revolution died at sea.\\nElliot Colby, served in Col. Stickney s regiment. See a pre-\\nceding page.\\nStephen Colby, son of Elliot. See a preceding page.\\nEphraim Hoyt, brother to Jacob, the first hotel-keeper.\\nNathan Martin, served one year.\\nSimeon Ward,\\nEbenezer Eastman. See a preceding page.\\nJames Palmer.\\nJohn Palmer.\\nIsrael Rand.\\nRichard Bartlett. See a preceding page.\\nJoseph Bartlett.\\nJonathan Roby, at Bunker Hill.\\nFrancis Davis, at Bunker Hill son of Capt. Francis. After\\nthe war, removed to Vermont, and died there.\\nWells Davis, another son of Capt. Francis at Bunker Hill lived\\nat North village.\\nIchabod Twilight, a colored man never returned.\\nPaskey Pressey. See a preceding page.\\nDavid Gilmore.\\nDaniel Young.\\nRobert Gould.\\nAbner Watkins.\\nReuben Kimball.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0537.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "480 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nIsaac Walker. See a preceding page.\\nEzokiel Goodwin.\\nNathaniel Trumbull.\\nJacob Tucker.\\nAbner Chase.\\nIsaac Dalton.\\nJames Pressey, a son of Paskey.\\nStephen Richardson, enlisted at the age of 18.\\nJohn Davis, lived across the narrow road from the old Deacon\\nBailey school-house was the father of John, William, and\\nAmos.\\nJosejih Burke, lived where Isaac C. Flanders now resides, at the\\nLower Village; was in the War of 1812, also in state\\nmilitia.\\nTo this list may be added the names of a number\\nof Eevolutionaiy patriots who entered the service\\nfrom other places, but who settled in Warner shortly\\nafter the war, and ended their days here.\\nAsa Putney was one of these. He went into the\\nservice from Hopkinton had an arm shattered by a\\nmusket-ball at Bennington settled in school district\\nNo. 8. The following record appears in the archives\\nof the state\\nPaid Sergeant Asa Putney, of Gen. Stark s Brigade, wounded\\nat Bennington Aug. 16, 1777, for his half pay from Sept, 24,\\n1777, to Sept. 24, 1779, 24 months, at 30s., \u00c2\u00a336.\\nJoseph Burnap served in the army after the war\\nhe settled in Warner, in school district No. 8, as now\\nnumbered. He came from Reading, Mass. The farm\\non which he was reared was light and sandy, and he\\ndetermined, on changing his residence, to shun mul-\\nlen-stalk land. He ran into the other extreme, and\\nsettled on a very hard, rocky soil. But he was indus-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0538.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "ALAEM AT COOS. 481\\ntrious, frugal, and satisfied. He had two sons and two\\ndaughters, all of whom have passed on, except the\\nwidow of David E. Harriman. She still survives,\\nthough rising 80 years of age.\\nCharles Barnard, another Revolutionary soldier,\\ncame after the war, and settled on Burnt Hill. See\\nanother page.\\nWilliam H. Ballard was a lieutenant in the Kevolution.\\nJoseph B. Hoyt. See another page.\\nStephen Badger. See another page.\\nAnthonjr Clark was a waiter to Gen. Washington,\\nDr. John Hall served several 3^ears was at the battle of Bunker\\nHill.\\nALARM AT COOS.\\nThere was no Coos county in the days of the Rev-\\nolution, and Coos meant the northern part of the\\nstate, above Hanover and Plymouth. Serious alarm\\nwas excited there in October, 1780, by the irruption\\ninto the eastern part of Vermont of a large body of\\nCanadian Indians, led by one Horton, a British officer.\\nWith savage fary they plundered and burnt the town\\nof Royalton, Vt., and killed and captured as many of\\nthe people as fell in their way. New Hampshire\\nraised a volunteer force to hasten to the threatened\\nlocality, and AVarner furnished fifteen men for the ex-\\npedition. The invading army took the alarm, and\\nbeat a hasty retreat.\\nMost of the men of Warner who were subject to\\nmilitary duty had gone into the army before this", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0539.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nalarm at Coos occurred, and the fifteen who sprang to\\narms to repel the threatened incursion were mostly old\\nmen and boys under age. They were never organized\\ninto any company, and hence no rolls of these men\\nare in existence. The state allowed them \u00c2\u00a312 17s.,\\nor $2.66 each. Their service was short, consisting of\\na march of fifteen miles out and back. The name of\\none of these patriots has come down to us by tradi-\\ntion. This is Jacob Hoyt, inn-keeper, and dealer in\\nashes, at the Carter place. The alarm came in the\\nforenoon of the day, and the men gathered up such\\nequipments as they could find, and hurried off before\\nnoon. Hoyt hadn t a spear of hair on his head, but\\nhe had a great shaggy wig, which he wore on select\\noccasions. He hunted up an old knapsack, into which\\nhe threw his wig, a half loaf of bread, and a pound or\\ntwo of cheese. They marched up over Kimball s\\nHill, in Sutton, reached the Hominy Pot, in New\\nLondon, that night, and went into camp. They made\\ntheir suppers of such as they had, and went to sleep.\\nThey awoke in the morning and took breakfost. Our\\nhero then pulled the wig out of the bottom of the\\nknapsack, and, brushing the crumbs of bread and\\ncheese out of the hair, adjusted it to his bald head,\\nand complacently remarked. I 11 let the British\\nknow if they kill mc, they 11 kill somebody.\\nBut the sacrifice was not demanded. The men had\\ngone but a mile in the morning, when they were met", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0540.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "WAR OF 1812. 483\\nby a horseman, who came with orders for them to\\nreturn to their homes.\\nWAE WITH FRANCE THREATENED.\\nIn 1799 war between the United States and France\\nwas threatened, and, as a precautionary measure, the\\nauthorities filled up the ranks of the American army.\\nEnlistments were brisk for a time, and a small num-\\nber of Warner men entered the service.\\nJacob Davis, a son of Wells, and grandson of Fran-\\ncis, was one of these. He was stationed, a number of\\nyears, at one of the forts in Boston harbor. He was\\nafterwards a captain in the state militia. He had two\\nsons, Dr. Daniel and Heniy, and one daughter, the\\nwife of Daniel Bean, Jr. He died at Waterloo, a few\\nyears since, at a great age.\\nWinthrop D. Ager was another of these soldiers.\\nHe was in the service twenty years was a sergeant-\\nmajor at the battle of Tippecanoe. He died at East-\\nport, Me., in 1821.\\nAmmi Peabody, a son of Jedediah, was another,\\nand Israel Collins another. There may have been\\nothers still, whose names cannot be ascertained.\\nWAR OF 1812.\\nROLL OF CAPT. JOSEPH SMITh s COMPANY.\\nJoseph Smith, captain, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nDaniel George, 1st lieut.,\\nJames Bean, 2d lieut.,\\nRicliard Pattee, ensign,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0541.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "484 HISTORY OF. WARNER.\\nSte])hen George, sergeant, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nPhilip Osgood,\\nDavid Straw,\\nDaniel Flood,\\nBenjamin Evans, corporal,\\nDaniel Bean,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2John Barnard, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Promoted to\\ncorporal April 1, 1813.\\nEzekiel Eoby, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Promoted to\\ncorporal May 1, 1813.\\nSamuel Roby, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one ^^ear. Promoted to\\ncorporal May 12, 1813.\\nJeremiah Silver, musician, enlisted Feb, 1, 1813, for one year.\\nAbsent sick.\\nWilliam Barnard Walker, musician, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for\\none year.\\nJ rivates.\\nDavid Baglev, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nRobert Bailey,\\nTimothy B. Chase,\\nTimothy Chandler,\\nMoses F. Colby,\\nCharles Colby,\\nPhineas Danforth,\\nZadoc Dow,\\nJohn Davis,\\nJesse Davis,\\nJoshua Elliot,\\nStephen G. Eaton,\\nMoses C. Eaton,\\nEnoch French,\\nAmos Flood,\\nMariner Flood,\\nThomas W. Freelove, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Desert-\\ned April 3, 1813.\\nDavid Hardy, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nJames Hastings,\\nRichard Hunt,\\nIsaiah Hoyt,\\nDavid E. Harriman,\\nEzra Jewell,\\nWinthrop M. Lowell, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Absent\\nsick.\\nWilliam Little, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nJames Little,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0542.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "WAR OF 1812. 485\\nJoseph Maxfield, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nJohn Morrill,\\nNehemiah Osgood, Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Promoted April\\n3, 1813, to fife-major.\\nEben Stevens, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nEoyal W. Stanley,\\nSamuel G. Titcomb,\\nAbraham Waldron,\\nPlumer Wheeler,\\nSamuel Wheeler,\\nJames Wheeler, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Died May\\n3, 1813.\\nEbenezer Woodbiiry, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Died\\nApril 10, 1813.\\nHumphrey Bursiel, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nJohn Smith, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year. Deserted April\\n12, 1813.\\nAmbrose C. Sargent, enlisted Feb. 1, 1813, for one year.\\nJonathan Stevens,\\nCAPT. JONATHAN BKAn s COMPANY.\\nCapt. Bean was of Salisbury. Warner had fifteen men in\\nhis command.\\nNicholas Evans, sergeant, enlisted Sept. 11, 1814, for ninety days.\\nJoel B. Wheeler, corporal,\\nIsaiah S. Colby, private,\\nMariner Eastman,\\nJoseph Goodwin,\\nSeth Goodwin,\\nJohn Goodwin,\\nNatbaniel Hunt,\\nDavid H. Kelley,\\nJames G. Ring,\\nJames H. Stevens,\\nStephen Sargent,\\nThomas Thurber,\\nAbner S. Colby, enlisted Sept. 11, 1814, for ninety days. Died\\nOct. 31, 1814.\\nJacob Harvey, enlisted Sept. 11, 1814, for ninety days. Died\\nOct. 31, 1814.\\nIN CAPT. SILAS call s COMPANY.\\nReuben Clough, ensign, enlisted Oct. 2, 1814, for forty days.\\nMarden Seavey, sergeant,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0543.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "486 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nSimeon Bartlett, private, enlisted Oct. 2, 1814, for 40 days.\\nJacob Colby,\\nJohn Hall,\\nChristopher Sargent, musician,\\nIX CAPT. JOSIAH BELLOWS S COMPANY.\\nDavid Harvey, private, enlisted Sept. 26, 1814, for sixty days.\\nSamuel Page^,\\nBenj. Spalding,\\nDaniel Wheeler,\\nSix other Warner men served in four or five dif-\\nferent companies. The following are their names\\nDaniel Pillsbury, corporal, Kathaniel Jones, private,\\nObadiah Whittalcer, corporal, Benj. C. Waldron, private,\\nDudley Trumbull, private, Joseph Burke, private.\\nTHE REBELLION.\\nNew Hampshire raised 84,500 men for the War\\nof the Rebellion. She raised seventeen regiments of\\ninfantry, a force of cavalry, of heavy artillerj^, and of\\nsharpshooters. Warner had men in many of these\\norganizations. The whole number furnished by the\\ntown was 200.\\nCitizens of Warner, 124\\nliecruited abroad, 76\\n200\\nFIRST REGIMEXT (tHREE MONTHS).\\nJ. Frank Osgood, mustered May 2, 61 discharged Aug. 9, 61.\\nOtis S. Osgood,\\nDaniel Stevens,\\nHenry Wiggin,\\nHenry E. Badger,\\nJubal Eaton,\\nJohn B. Rand,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0544.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "THE EEBELLION. 487\\nSECOND REGIMENT (tHREE YEARS).\\nHarrison Robertson, mustered Jnne 3, 1861 discharged for dis-\\nability, Aug. 2, 1861.\\nAbner F. Harvey, mustered June 1, 1861 died of disease Feb.\\n13, 1863.\\nLeonard E. Barnard, mustered May 17, 1864.\\nFIFTH REGIMENT.\\nJames H. Ferrin, mustered Oct. 12, 1861 promoted to sergeant\\ntransferred to invalid corps April 15, 1864.\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nJames M. Osgood, mustered Aug. 15, 1862 discharged for dis-\\nability, April 15, 1864.\\nGeorge Waldron, mustered Dec. 7, 1863.\\nELEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nWalter Harriman, Colonel, commissioned Aug. 26, 1862 presi-\\ndent of Division Court-martial in April and May, 1863\\nresigned at Milldale, Miss., July 1, 1863 recommissioned\\nas colonel Aug. 15, 1863 in command of brigade at vari-\\nous times taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness,\\nMay 6, 1864 held at Macon, Ga., and at Charleston, S!\\nC. under fire of our own guns at the latter place 53 days\\nand nights exchanged Aug. 4, 1864 returned to regi-\\nment before Lee s army entered Petersburg, April 3,\\n1865, in command of a brigade of nine regiments ap-\\npointed Brigadier-General by Brevet, for gallant conduct\\nduring the war, to date from March 13, 1865; mustered\\nout, June 4, 1865.\\nCompany D.\\nLeander W. Cogswell, Captain (a Henniker man, but closely\\nidentified with company D, and with the 11th regiment),\\ncommissioned Sept. 4, 1862 in command of the regiment\\nat London, Ky., September, 1863 continued in command\\nthrough the Siege of Knoxville, and till January 15th\\ndetailed May 22, 1861, as Asst. Ins. Gen. on the staff of\\nGen. S. G. Griffin detailed Dec. 1, on court-martial ser-\\nvice commissioned lieut. colonel of the regiment Aug. 20,\\n1864 honorably discharged at close of war.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0545.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "488 HISTORY OF AVARNER.\\nCharles Davis, Jr., first sergeant, mustered Sept. 2, 1862 pro-\\nmoted to second lieutenant, and then to first appointed\\ncaptain Sept. 20, 1864, but not mustered for lack of men\\nin the company; wounded Sept. 30, 1804; honorably dis-\\nchar^jed as first lieutenant, Jan. 20, 1865.\\nDavid C. Harriman, second lieutenant, commissioned Sept. 4,\\n1862 promoted to first lieutenant Feb. 27, 1863 resigned\\nat Milldale, Miss., July 1, 1863; appointed first lieutenant\\nin the 18th regiment Oct. 6, 1864 mustered out June 10,\\n1865. See 18th reg.\\nHenry L. Colby, quartermaster-sergeant appointed Aug. 2, 1862\\nmustered out June 4, 1865.\\nGeorge T. Edmunds, sergeant, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 promoted\\nto first sergeant wounded Jul} 30, 1864 discharged for\\ndisability May 15, 1865.\\nGeorge E. Davis, sergeant mustered Aug. 29, 1862 wounded\\nJuly 12, 1863 discharged for disability Nov. 10, 1863.\\nCharles C Jones, corporal mustered Aug. 29, 1862 wounded\\nDec. 13, 1862 discharged for disability May 7, 1863.\\nWilliam Stevens, corporal mustered Aug. 29, 1862 promoted\\nto sergeant wounded severely July 30, 1864 discharged\\nfor disability June 6, 1865.\\nLewis Childs, corporal; mustered Aug. 29, 1862; wounded se-\\nverely July 30, 1864; mustered out May 12, 1865.\\nNathaniel Bean, corporal mustered Aug. 29, 1862 discharged\\nfor disability, at Washington, D. C, Jan. 16, 1863; died\\nsoon after his discharge.\\nGeorge H. Colby, musician mustered Aug. 29, 1862 died of\\ndisease at Covington, Ky., Aug. 15, 1863.\\nFrank P. Ager, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 mustered out June 4,\\n1865.\\nJohn F. Badger, must. Aug. 29, 1862 must, out June 4, 1865.\\nFrederick E. Badger, must. Aug. 29. 1862 died of disease at\\nWashington, D. C, Jan. 8, 1863.\\nImri Ball, must. Aug. 29, 1862; must, out June 4, 1865.\\nHazen Bartlett, must. Aug. 29, 1862 wounded and captured at\\nthe battle of the Mine, July 30, 1864 died in the hands\\nof the enemy, at Petersburg, Va., Sept. 5, 1864.\\nDavid S. Burbank, must Aug. 29, 1862 promoted to corporal\\nmust, out June 4, 1865.\\nAVilliam S. Carter, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 promoted to com-\\nmissary-sergeant Sept. 2, 1862; must, out June 4, 1865.\\nPlummer E. Carter, mustered Aug. 29, 1862.\\nEdgar 0. Couch, must. Aug. 29, 1862 wounded slightly twice\\ncaptured July 30, 1864, at the Mine died of disease at\\nDanville, Va., Feb. 1. 1865.\\nPhilip Colby, must. Aug. 29, 1862 died of disease Feb. 28, 1863.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0546.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION. 489\\nEr Collins, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 discharged for disability at\\nHampton, Va., Aug. 1, 18G3.\\nWilliam M. Corser, must. Aug. 29, 1862; m. out June 4, 1865.\\nCharles S. Davis, must. Aug. 29, 1862 wounded slightly May\\n12, 1864 promoted to corporal wounded Sept. 30, 1864;\\npromoted to sergeant March 1, 1865 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nTimothy B. Eastman, must. Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nHenry L. French, must. Aug. 29, 1862 discharged for disability\\nat Newport News, Va., March 13, 1863 reiinlisted into\\nHeavy Artillery.\\nThomas B. Flanders, mustered Aug. 29, 1862.\\nJubal Eaton, mustered Aug. 29, 1862.\\nFrank B. Flanders, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 wounded severely\\nJune 18, 1864 mustered out June 4, 1865.\\nCharles E. Hardy, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nJoseph B. Hoyt, must. Aug. 29, 1862 died of disease at Aquia\\nCreek, Va., Feb. 5, 1863.\\nWarren F. Hackett, m. Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nJames M. Jewell, must. Aug. 29, 1862 discharged for disability\\nat Washington, D. C, March 19, 1863.\\nGeorge T. Ordway, must. Aug. 29, 1862 wounded slightly May\\n12, 1864 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nHenry Osgood, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 promoted to sergeant\\nm. out June 4, 1865.\\nImri Osgood, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 wounded severely Dec.\\n13, 1862 discharged at Washington, D. C, on account of\\nwounds. May 3, 1864.\\nHenry E. Page, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nPlummer B. Page, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 wounded severely\\nMay 6, 1864; m. out June 4, 1865.\\nGeorge Boby, mustered Aug. 29, 1S62; transferred to Veteran\\nReserve Corps, Nov. 15, 1863 m. out Aug. 5, 1865.\\nJoseph S. Rogers, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nTrask W. Royleigh, mustered Aug. 29, 1862.\\nDon E. Scott, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nCyrus P. Savory, mustered Aug. 29, 1862; m. out June 4, 1865.\\nAddison Scoby, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 discharged for disabil-\\nity Dec. 27, 1863.\\nFrank Stevens, mustered Aug. 29, 1862; promoted to corporal;\\nmustered out June 4, 1865.\\nArthur Thompson, mustered Aug. 29, 1862 m. out June 4, 1865.\\nSIXTEENTH REGIMENT (nINE MONTHS).\\nSamuel Davis, Jr., major, commissioned Nov. 1, 1862 m. out\\nAug. 20, 1863.\\nPhilip C. Bean, second lieutenant, commissioned Nov. 4, 1862\\nmustered out Aug. 20, 1863.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0547.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "490 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nReuben B. Porter, second lieutenant, commissioned January 19,\\n18G3; mustered out August 20, 1863.\\nMoses C. Harriman, sergeant, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 m. out\\nAug. 20, 1863.\\nJames Bean, Jr., corporal, mustered Ocl. 2-3, 1862 must, out\\nAug. 20, 1863.\\nGilman M. Blake, corporal, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 died at New\\nOrleans, June 17, 1863.\\nGeorge H. Melvin, corporal, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 promoted to\\nsergeant m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nEdwin B. Hardy, musician, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 mustered\\nout Aug. 20, 1863.\\nZenas A. Bartlett, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nCharles D. Cheney,\\nDaniel Cheney, mustered Oct: 23, 1862 discharged for disability\\nJune 27, 1863.\\nAlphonso Colby, mustered Oct. 23, 1863 died at Brashear City,\\nMay 11, 1863.\\nCharles G. Davis, mustered Oct. 23, 1862; m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nCharles H. Flanders, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 died at Cairo, 111.,\\nAug. 9, 1863.\\nBlanchard A. Hardy, must. Oct. 23, 1862 m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nJustus C. Harriman, must. Oct. 23, 1862; died at Baton Eouge,\\nLa., May 4. 1863.\\nJohn M. Hemphill, must. Oct. 23. 1862 died at New Orleans,\\nApril 30, 1863.\\nJohn M. Johnson, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nHenry L. Johnson,\\nGeorge P. Jones,\\nCharles H. Melvin,\\nWilliam H. Ordway, must. Nov. 12, 1862 m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nHorace Osgood, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 promoted to corjioral\\nm. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nJohn Pearson, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 died at Baton Eouge, La.,\\nJune 27, 1863.\\nHamilton P. Sargent, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 died at Brashear\\nCity, June 10,1863.\\nMoses D. Sargent, mustered Oct. 23, 1862.\\nLeonard E. Sargent, must. Oct. 23, 1862; m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nDavid F. Sargent, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 died at Port Hudson,\\nLa., July 16, 1863.\\nDaniel B. Webster, mustered Nov. 4, 1862 died at Brashear\\nCity, La., April 27, 1863.\\nClarence L. Wilkins, mustered Oct. 23, 1862 promoted to hospi-\\ntal steward m. out Aug. 20, 1863.\\nWells H. Davis, enlisted at Newport mustered Oct. 23, 1862\\ndied at Cairo, 111., August, 1863.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0548.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "THE REBELLION.\\n491\\nEIGHTEENTH REGIMENT (nINE MONTHS).\\nDavid C. Harriman, first lieutenant, commissioned Oct. 6, 1864;\\nmust, out June 10, 1865. [See 11th Regiment.]\\nElbridge Eaton, corporal, must. Sept. 14, 1864 must, out June\\n10, 1865.\\nAlfred H. Davis, Jr., must. Sept. 13, 1864; must, out July 29,\\n1865.\\nGeo. J. Flanders, must. Sept. 17, 1864 must, out June 10, 1865.\\nWalter M. Flanders, must. Sept. 17, 1864; must, out May 30,\\n1865.\\nFrank P. Harriman, must. Sept. 17, 1864 must out July 29,\\n1865.\\nLeonidas Harriman, must. Sept. 17, 1864 promoted to corporal\\nmust, out June 10, 1865.\\nLeonard Stewart, must. Sept. 17, 1864 must, out June 10, 1865.\\nN. H. BATTALION, FIRST N. E. CAVALRY.\\nHenry F. Hunt, must. Dec. 19, 1861 discharged for disability,\\nNov. 12, 1863.\\nJohn Hunt, must. Jan. 5, 1864; must, out July 15, 1865.\\nFIRST REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.\\nPerry H. Cheney, must. Aug. 9, 1864 discharged for disability,\\nJuly 19, 1865.\\nCharles G. Davis, must. Aug. 9, 1864 must, out July 15, 1865.\\n[See 16th Regiment.]\\nGeorge P. Davis, must. Aug. 9, 1864 must, out Julj^ 15, 1865.\\nSylvanus Harriman, must. Aug. 15, 1864; promoted to corporal;\\ndischarged for disability, July 17, 1865.\\nReuben M. Gregg, must. Dec. 7, 1863 promoted to corporal\\nmust, out July 15, 1865.\\nCharles C. Flanders, must. Aug. 15, 1864 discharged for disa-\\nbility, July 10, 1865.\\nFIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.\\nJoseph E. Lawrence, must. Sept. 5, 1864 m. out Sept. 11, 1865.\\nWilliam Herbert Sawyer, must. Sept. 13, 1864 must, out June\\n15, 1865.\\nHenry L. French, must. Dec. 17, 1863; must, out May 30, 1865.\\n[See 11th Regiment.]\\nFIRST REGIMENT U. S. SHARP-SHOOTERS.\\nWilliam G. Andrews, sergeant, mustered Sept. 9, 1861 promoted\\nto first lieutenant, Dec. 20, 1861 promoted to captain,\\nOct. 1, 1863; wounded August 16, 1864; mustered out at\\nend of three years, Sept. 8, 1864.\\n32", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0549.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "492 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nAustin Andrews, mustered Sept. 9, 1861 promoted to sergeant\\nmust, out Sept. 8, 1864.\\nWalter H. Bean, mustered Sept. 9, 1861 promoted to corporal\\nwounded severely at Yorktown, Va., April 13, 1862 dis-\\ncharged for disability at Washington, D. C, Sept. 15, 1862.\\nFrank Bean, mustered Sept. 9, 1861.\\nHenry E. Badger, mustered Sept. 9, 1861 wounded August 30,\\n1862 must, out Sept. 8, 1864. [See First Regiment.]\\nReuben K. Emerson, mustered Sept. 9, 1861 died at Gaines s\\nHill, Va., June 3, 1862.\\nJohn B. Rand, mustered Sept. 9, 1861 wounded July 2, 1863\\ntransferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 1, 1864. [See\\nFirst Regiment.]\\nHarrison Robertson, must. Sept. 9, 1861 wounded July 3, 1863\\nmust, out Sept. 8, 1864. [See 2d Regiment.]\\nHarlan S. Willis, must. Sept. 9, 1861 discharged for disability,\\nat Washington, D. C, Nov. 25, 1861.\\nWilliam D. Chase, must. Sept. 9, 1861 must, out Sept. 8, 1864.\\nCharles A. Watkins, must. Sept. 9, 1861.\\nJerome B. Porter, served in the 2d Reg t U. S. Sharpshooters\\nmust. Dec. 12, 1861 discharged for disability. May 9, 1862.\\nJames A. Wadleigh was a member of Co. F, 11th N. H. Reg t;\\nmust. Aug. 29, 1862, as of Sutton wounded December 13,\\n1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corjjs, Oct. 1, 1863,\\nas of Warner^ must, out at close of the war.\\nAlfred Kelley, served in the 5th Wisconsin Regiment of infantry;\\nlost an arm December 13, 1862 discharged for disability,\\nSept. 15, 1863.\\nAugustus Melvin, enlisted in Massachusetts into Fletcher Web-\\nster s regiment was transferred to the regular army, and\\nserved through the war.\\nEnrolling officers were appointed throughout the\\ncountry during the war, whose duty it was to make\\nand keep accurate lists of the men who had gone into\\nthe service, and also of those who were subject to mil-\\nitary duty, so that when calls were made for men the\\nproper number could be allotted to each town. Capt.\\nTimothy Flanders was the enrolling officer for War-\\nner.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0550.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "STATE MILITIA. 493\\nAn immense debt and the necessity for heavy tax-\\nation grew out of the war, and internal revenue laws\\nwere enacted to meet in part the exigency. Benja-\\nmin F. Harriman was assistant assessor of internal\\nrevenue under those laws for several years after the\\nwar, his district being Warner and several of the adja-\\ncent towns.\\nSTATE MILITIA.\\nThe rolls of the state militia are meagre and imper-\\nfect. The following list of general and field officers\\nwhich Warner has furnished, is given mainly from\\nrecollection.\\nAquila Davis, Brigadier-General.\\nRichard Straw, Colonel.\\nSimeon Bartlett,\\nIsaac Dalton, Jr.,\\nJames M. Harriman,\\nJohn C. Ela,\\nHiram Dimond, Lieutenant-Colonel.\\nTimothy D. Robertson,\\nWilliam G. Flanders,\\nJohn A. Hardy,\\nCalvin A. Davis,\\nBartlett Hardy,\\nDaniel Runels, Major.\\nJoseph B. Hoyt,\\nWilliam H. Ballard,\\nJoseph Burke,\\nDaniel George,\\nJoseph S. Hoyt,\\nEliezer Emerson,\\nStephen K. Hoyt,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0551.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nJohn C. Ela, a son of John and Amy (Campbell)\\nEla, was born at Derry, March 3, 1826. The other\\nchildren of this couple are Betsey C, Abner C, and\\nEmma Jane.\\nThe first Ela found in this country is Daniel. He\\nwas a tanner and taverner at Haverhill, Mass., as\\nearly as 1675.\\nThe mother of John C. was a Campbell, and Duncan\\nCampbell, a bookseller, and a man of note in his day,\\nis found in Boston as early as 1685. He was from\\nScotland. His children were, William, born 1687\\nArchibald, 1689 Matthew, 1691 Susanna, 1696\\nand Agnes, 1699.\\nMr. John Ela came with his family from Derry to\\nWarner, in 1844. He was a cloth-dresser and miller.\\nHe died September, 1867, aged 71. Mrs. Ela died\\nDecember, 1876, aged 78.\\nJohn C. Ela married Clara B. Manning, May 10,\\n1851, who died June 19, 1852. He married for his\\nsecond wife, February, 1858, Louisa J., daughter of\\nCaleb Watson, of Salisbury, N. H. They have three\\nchildren, two daughters and a son.\\nMr. Ela is the proprietor of the saw-mill, the grist-\\nmill, and the carding-mill at Warner village, where a\\nlarge amount of business is annually done. To the\\ngrist-mill, people come with their grain from all the\\nsurrounding towns.\\nIn 1849 John C. Ela was the colonel of the fortieth\\nregiment of New Hampshire militia.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0552.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "^sll^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0553.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0554.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "STATE MILITIA. 495\\nThe first military trainings in Warner were at the\\nParade. Here, as early as 1773, and when the prov\\ninces were subject to the Crown, Capt. Davis called\\ntogether the 22d company of Foot, in the 9th regi-\\nment of Militia. Here, for many years after, those\\nliable to military duty were warned to appear armed\\nand equipped as the law directs. There were usually\\ntwo trainings (one in May and one in September)\\neach year.\\nThere have been regimental musters in Warner, on\\nground at the rear of George Savoiy s buildings, on\\nDenney s hill, at Stephen Davis s, on the Plain, at the\\nrear of Stanley s buildings, on what is now the fair\\nground, and on the Badger intervale.\\nNo entertainment ever quite equalled an old-fash-\\nioned muster, in the estimation of a patriotic youth.\\nIt furnished him his chief theme of thought and\\nconversation for days and weeks before it occurred.\\nStalks were cut, reaping was done, and grain was\\nthreshed under the inspiration of the coming festival.\\nAt length the day arrives. The boys have had a poor\\nnight s rest, and even the head of the family has not\\nslept as soundly as usual. An early start is made\\nmany go on foot, while others ride, with three on\\nthe seat and one on the peck-measure in the hind\\nend of the wagon. Presently daylight dawns all\\nhands hurry up now the sun lifts his yellow disc\\nabove the line of hills now the muster-field is in", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0555.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nfull view. The troops, by the activity of the adju-\\ntant, are in line. The Hopkinton Rifle Company,\\nwith their tall, black plumes, are stationed against\\na wood the Hopkinton Light Infantry, with white\\npantaloons and showy uniforms, are on the right;\\nthe Henniker Rifles, with light gray suits, grape but-\\ntons, and white plumes, make a conspicuous figure.\\nThe Warner Artillery, with their old brass field-piece\\n(a four-pounder), and their black broadcloth with red\\ntrimmings, together with their black plumes tipped\\nwith red, look warlike and substantial the Warner\\nLight Infantry, handsomely uniformed with white\\npants, blue coats, and large white plumes having\\nred tops, extort general admiration. Then the many\\ninfantry companies, whose officers are decked with\\nshowy regalia, and the cavalry with spirited horses\\nand shrill bugle, on the extreme left, complete the\\nline of battle.\\nThe field officers are at their posts, on horseback,\\nat the right, the centre, and the left, facing the troops,\\nwhile the general and his staff, with their close-fitting\\nbuff pantaloons, long-topped boots, and waving feath-\\ners, are in camp at the rear. In due time they will\\nbe ready for the inspection, the review, and the ad-\\ndress.\\nGo now to the spectators, a motley throng. All\\nseem to be present or accounted for. The north\\nhas given up, and the south has kept not back. The", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0556.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "STATE MILITIA. 497\\nsubstantial yeomanry, the wealthy and the great (as\\nmen count greatness) are there, as well as the poor\\nand humble. The cripples are all present the black\\nducks are vociferous and happy; the children are on\\nhand and the old people are not without a witness.\\nThe din of the peddlers is unceasing the rattle of the\\ntumblers is a familiar sound the singing of the song-\\nsters attracts much attention. Old Prince, with his\\ntight corduroy trowsers, is on the ground, with a\\nsheet or two of gingerbread already under each arm\\n(the contributions of favored bystanders), and his\\nclear melodious voice is ringing out,\\nWe thank the noble king of France,\\nBoth men and money he did advance\\nWe thank the noble king of Spain,\\nThe states of Holland shall shear the same.\\nBut the great event of the day is the sham-fight\\nthat closes the military exercise. The regiment is\\ndivided into two wings as nearly equal as possible.\\nThese two armies take their positions the bands are\\nplaying the field-officers are hurrying in hot haste,\\ntheir horses white with foam. These animals have\\nbeen selected for their spirit and beauty. Carter s\\nsplendid gray steed, The Fierce Eagle, is for many\\nyears a conspicuous figure at the parades of the 40th\\nregiment.\\nThe reader is specially invited to go back to the\\nmuster of 1828, at Stephen Davis s, the first ever", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0557.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "498 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nheld on that ground. Col. Simeon Bartlett is in com-\\nmand the day is delightful, and the Right Arm of\\nNational Defence never appeared to better advan-\\ntage than now, at an annual review in Warner.\\nIt is two o clock in the afternoon the sham-fight\\nhas just commenced the sharp cracking of the mus-\\nketry back under the pines has begun, and the deep\\nroar of the four-pounder jars the ground. A young\\nman about twenty years of age, one who is a little\\nungainly in appearance, who tapers the wrong way,\\nwearing a No. 5 hat and No. 14 boots, comes along,\\neating a seed-cucumber, and complacently remark-\\ning, They jest begins to let er rip a little now\\nYou are right, my boy, and the combat deepens.\\nThe rank smell of powder impregnates the air the\\nhorses nervously paw the turf; one throws his rider\\nviolently to the ground and plunges through the\\ncrowd he is caught at the great rock near the gate.\\nTrees and underbrush have been cut and dried,\\nfrom which a fort has been built, supplied with a deep\\nstraw bedding; a company occupies this redoubt, and\\npours an incessant fire upon the opposing line. The\\nold artillery moves up in majestic style, Capt. Safford\\nWatson cutting cabalistic figures in the air with his\\nsword to denote the advance, the halt, and the fire.\\nThe gunners are discharging the piece with great\\nrapidity, and from the fortification, as well as all\\nalong the line, a deafening roll of musketry is heard.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0558.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "STATE MILITIA. 499\\nAbove the roar and tumult, the clear voice of Capt.\\nWatson rings out, Charge the fort and the bur-\\nnished field-piece is instantly run up to within ten\\nfeet of the object of attack the hot blaze issues from\\nits mouth, and the fort is instantaneously enveloped\\nin smoke and flame. The company defending it has\\nretreated. The cracklin2: flames and thick darkness\\nmake a scene for a painter. The cavalry, in marvelous\\nquick time, with frantic horses, wheel into line at the\\nrear of the artillery to cut off* their retreat the Hop-\\nkinton Rifles charge upon their flank and capture the\\ngun; but the Henniker Rifles (being allies of the\\nartillery) advance on the double-quick to the defence\\nof the latter the cannon is retaken, and the battle,\\nwhich has lono^ huno; in even scale, and which has\\nbeen bravely fought, though not bloody in its re-\\nsults, comes to an end.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0559.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXXIII.\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OP WARNER.\\n(HE history of the Congregational church for\\nthe first half century after the settlement of\\nthe town is substantially embodied in the preceding\\npages of this volume. It was so closely interwoven\\nwith the history of the town as to make it impossible\\nto present the one without presenting the other also.\\nThe Congregational church was organized the 5th\\nday of February, 1772, and Rev. Mr. Kelley, the first\\nsettled minister, was ordained that day. The churches\\nwhich were represented on this occasion by ministers\\nand delegates were those of Concord, Pembroke, Hen-\\nniker, Salem, Hampstead, and Plaistow. The repre-\\nsentatives of these churches, together with Mr. Kelley\\nand several of his parishioners, met at the house of\\nIsaac Waldron, Jr., on the Gould road, where they\\nformed into a council, with Rev. Timothy Walker, of\\nConcord, as moderator. They then and there pro-\\nceeded and organized the first church. The cove-\\nnant was signed and assented to by William Kelley,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0560.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 501\\nJoseph Sawyer, Richard Goodwin, Nehemiah Heath,\\nFrancis Davis, Abner Chase, Moses Clark, and Parme-\\nnas Watson.\\nWhen the council had convened and organized, it\\nwas rumored that they could not go on, because there\\nwas not a sufficient number of persons giving evi-\\ndence of piety to form a church. Isaac Waldron,\\nsenior, sent them word that rather than have them\\nfail for want of numbers he would take hold and join\\nthe church himSelf. though he preferred to be ex-\\ncused\\nHaving organized the church, the council pro-\\nceeded to the humble meeting-house at the Parade,\\nwdiere the services of ordination were participated\\nin by Rev. Mr. Walker, Rev. Jacob Emery of Pem-\\nbroke, Rev. Henry True of Hampstead, Rev. Abner\\nBayley of Salem, Rev. Giles Merrill of Plaistow, and\\nRev. Jacob Rice of Henniker.\\nRev. William Kelley w^as born at Newbury, Mass.,\\nin 1744. He graduated at Harvard in 1767, studied\\nfor the ministry with Rev. Henry True, of Hampstead,\\nand married Lavinia Bayley, daughter of Rev. Abner\\nBayley, of Salem, N. H.\\nMr. Kelley was, in stature, rather below the medium\\nsize of men. In manner he was genial and pleasant.\\nHis theology was that of the moderate Calvinists.\\nHis sermons and prayers were short for the times in\\nwdiich he lived. When the service was finished, Mr.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0561.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nKelley would come down from the pulpit, and pass\\nalong the middle aisle to the door, bowing right and\\nleft to all. The congregation would remain seated\\ntill he had passed out. Those were the days of cour-\\ntesy and reverence.\\nMr. Kelley was never settled over any church but\\nthis, and he closed his regular services here in 1801,\\nthough he continued to preach more or less in town\\nand in adjoining towns till his death. He died of\\napoplexy. May 18, 1813, aged 68, and his dust sleeps\\nin the old cemetery, a few feet to the rear of the\\npoint where his pulpit stood, and where his eloquence\\nwas so faithfully poured forth.\\nIn Mr. Kelley s day, two of those who, for a time,\\nled the singing, were Enoch Morrill and Jacob Os-\\ngood. There were but few singers. Among them\\nwere Miriam Stevens (wife of Jacob Osgood), Rachel\\nFlood (wife of Enoch Osgood), and Mrs. John Hardy,\\nof Tory Hill. At first there were no musical instru-\\nments, but a church meeting in 1797 voted to admit\\nthe Bass Viol in Pubhck Worship. The town ap-\\nproved of this step by voting, in March, 1800, that\\nthe singers should be admitted to use Bass Viols and\\nany other sacred instruments on the Sabbath in the\\nmeeting-house for the future.\\nThe church was not strong in numbers or in wealth.\\nIt was divided and weakened by the location of the\\nmeeting-house under the ledge, and by other causes,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0562.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 503\\nand it ^Yas destitute of a settled minister for thirteen\\nyears after the withdrawal of Mr. Kelley.\\nRev. John Woods came next. He was settled June\\n22, 1814. Mr. Woods was born at Fitzwilliam in\\n1785. He graduated at Williams college in 1812,\\nand made his first settlement in Warner. He lacked\\nthe agreeable manners of his predecessor, but was a\\nman of much intellectual strength. One who knew\\nhim says, He was a man who threw up the sub-\\nsoil, and laid deep foundations. He was strictly Cal-\\nvinistic in his doctrines. He was dismissed, on his\\nown request, from the pastorate in Warner, June 17,\\n1823; was pastor of the church in Newport from\\n1824 to 1851; and after this he preached a short\\ntime at Fitzwilliam, where he died May 4, 1861, aged\\n76 years.\\nRev. Jubilee Wellman was settled in September,\\n1827 (the flock having been without a shepherd for\\nfour years). Mr. Wellman was born in Greenfield,\\nMass., in 1793 was settled first at Frenchport, Me.,\\nthen at Warner, where he remained ten years, then\\nat Westminster, Vt., and finally at Lowell, Vt., where\\nhe died in 1855, at the age of 62 years. During the\\nministry of Mr. Wellman in Warner, the church was\\nunited and strono;.\\nRev. Amos Blanchard was settled in 1837. He\\nwas born in Peacham, Vermont. After graduating\\nat the Andover Theological Seminary in 1828 he", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0563.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwent West, and edited a religious journal in Cincin-\\nnati three years. He returned to Vermont and set-\\ntled at Lyndon, then at Warner, where he remained\\nless than three years, then at Meriden, N. H., where\\nhe continued twenty-five years. He died at Barnet,\\nVt., in 1869, aged 68. He was an able and worthy man.\\nRev. James W. Perkins was next in order. He\\nwas born at Mont Vernon, N. H. was educated as a\\nphysician, but was inducted into the ministry in 1834.\\nHe first settled at New Hampton, then at Warner,\\nwhere he commenced his labors in 1840, and closed\\nthem in 1846. After leaving Warner, Mr. Perkins\\nwas at Alstead and at Deering, but since 1857 has\\nbeen preaching in Wisconsin.\\nRev. Robert W. Fuller was installed over the church\\nat Warner in June, 1846. He was born at Milford,\\nN. H., in 1807 was settled first at Westmoreland,\\nthen at Acworth, then at Warner, where he remained\\nabout four years. After leaving Warner he preached\\nat South Westmoreland and at Lempster. He was a\\nman of talent, but of strong will and great indepen-\\ndence.\\nRev. Harrison 0. Howland commenced supplying\\nthe pulpit in 1852. He was born at West Brookfield,\\nMass., in 1813. He settled first at Ashland, N. Y.,\\nthen at Warner, where he remained five years, then\\nat Chester, N. H., and finally at Girard, Pa, where he\\ndied in 1872, aged 58.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0564.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 505\\nRev. Daniel Warren, a native of Rochester, Yt,\\nwas installed in 1857. His first settlement was at\\nWaterburj, Yt., where he continued thirteen years,\\nand till 1838. After that he preached at various\\nplaces in the same state. He remained in Warner\\nnearly six years, and substantially finished his labors\\nhere. He died at Lowell in his native state.\\nRev. Henry S. Huntington commenced supplying\\nthe pulpit in 1863, but sickness compelled him to\\nwithdraw from it for a period. His ordination took\\nplace in ]866, and he closed his labors with the\\nchurch, October, 1872. Mr. Huntington was born at\\nNorwich, Conn. He graduated at Yale college, and\\nhis first settlement was at Warner. He preached in\\nWarner from eight to ten years. His next settle-\\nment was at Galesburg, Illinois, and his third at Gor-\\nham, Maine, where he now officiates.\\nRev. Matthew A. Gates (who came from Salem, N.\\nH.) immediately followed Mr. Huntington as pastor of\\nthe church. He continued in this position till August,\\n1876, a, period of nearly four years, and then removed\\nto St. Johnsbury, Yt.\\nRev. George A. Beckwith, the present pastor, com-\\nmenced his services with the church July 1, 1878.\\nThe first six deacons of this church were Parmenas\\nWatson, Nehemiah Heath, David Heath, Isaac Dalton,\\nReuben Kimball, and Ezra Barrett.\\nThe old meeting-house near Joseph Currier s", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0565.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "506 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwas abandoned by the Congregational church as a\\nplace of worship in 1819, and a new house was\\nerected near the Kelley stand. That house, in 1845,\\nwas removed to its present location at the village it\\nwas modernized, and its galleries were removed in\\n1856 it was enlarged and improved in 18G8. In\\n1866, a bell of deep and mellow tone was hung in\\nthe steeple.\\nIn 1872 the church had existed one hundred years,\\nand on the 12th day of June of that year its centen-\\nnial celebration took place. A large congregation of\\ntown s-people, former residents, and friends from far\\nand near, came together to commemorate the event.\\nThe celebration partook largely of the character of a\\ntown celebration. Rev. Mr. Huntington gave an able\\nand instructive historical address (or sermon) in the\\nforenoon, after which an ample collation was served\\nin the vestry. In the afternoon Stephen S. Bean was\\ncalled to the chair, and various sentiments and re-\\nsponses, interspersed with prayer and singing, occu-\\npied the next two hours. Rev. Dr. Bouton of Con-\\ncord, Rev. Mr. Buxton of Webster, Rev. Mr. Terry of\\nPlaistow, Rev. Mr. Bullard of Hampstead, and others,\\nparticipated in these exercises. Mr. Huntington, in\\nhis published account of this day s doings, closes as\\nfollows\\nA sentiment referring to our country was responded to by Gov.\\nHarriman. He glanced at the I ilgrims, and then at the present,\\nspeaking of the results of ninety years of government, of our", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0566.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "THE BAPTIST CHURCH. 507\\nnational grandeur, prosperity, and progress and at the close of\\nhis address America was sung by the congregation.\\nA poem of much merit, written for the occasion by Alfred W.\\nSargent, a young member of the church, was read by him com-\\nmunications and letters were read by the chairman after which\\nthe Sacrament was administered by Rev. Mr. Bullard and Rev.\\nMr. Terry.\\nIn the evening there was a social reunion, at which man}-\\nreminiscences were given other letters were read also, a poem,\\nwritten by Mrs. L. K. Davis, a member of the church and re-\\nmarks were made by several persons from abroad, among whom\\nwere Hon. Stephen C. Badger and Rev. Daniel Sawyer, formerh^\\nof Warner.\\nTHE BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThe present Baptist church of Warner is not the off-\\nspring or representative of the old Anti-pedobaptist\\nchurch of 1793. That died without issue. The\\npresent church is of comparatively recent origin, not\\nhaving yet been in existence fifty years. It was or-\\nganized in the month of September, 1833, and their\\nhouse of worship was dedicated at the same time.\\nRev. Ira Person, of Newport, preached the dedica-\\ntory sermon in the forenoon, and in the afternoon\\nthe newly-formed church received the fellowship of\\nthe denomination, when a sermon was preached by\\nRev. E. E. Cummings, of Concord.\\nRev. George W. Cutting, a native of Shoreham, Vt,\\nwas the first pastor of this church. He was settled\\nJanuary, 1835, and continued in this relation till Sep-\\ntember, 1840, when he resigned to accept a call from\\n33", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0567.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "508 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe Baptist churcli in Lyme. After remaining at Lyme\\na few years, Mr. Cutting had charge of a church at\\nFitzwilliam, but about ten years ago he left New\\nEngland to make his home in Iowa. He was very\\npopular in Warner, both with his church and with the\\npeople of the town.\\nKev. John M. Chick, a native of Wells, Me., and a\\ngraduate of New Hampton Theological Institution,\\nwas the second pastor. He commenced his services\\nwith this church in September, 1840, and continued\\nwith it nearly six years. While he was looking after\\nthe interests of the parish, his wife was engaged in\\nschool, where she had flattering success. Mr. Chick\\nnow resides at Ayer Junction, Mass.\\nRev. J. S. Herrick was the third pastor. He came\\nin 1846, and remained five years. Since leaving\\nWarner he has been settled in Rumney, and in Troy,\\nN. H. He still presides over the Baptist church at\\nthe latter place, where he has been settled a great\\nmany years.\\nRev. L. Sherwin succeeded Mr. Herrick. He com-\\nmenced his labors in February, 1852, but in April,\\n1853, he resigned his charge on account of failing\\nhealth, and was soon called to lay his armor off.\\nRev. N. J. Pinkham, a native of Dover, and a grad-\\nuate of New Hampton Theological Institution, came\\nin April, 1853, and remained till February, 1857. He\\nnow has charge of a church at Thompson, Conn.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0568.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "THE BAPTIST CHUECH. 509\\nRev. Henry Stetson, of Maine, was pastor of this\\nchurch from 1860 to 1864.\\nRev. Albert Heald, from 1865 to 1870, when he re-\\nsigned to accept a call from the church at Amherst.\\nHe is now pastor of the Baptist church at Meriden.\\nRev. William H. Walker, a graduate of Brown Uni-\\nversity, and of Newton Theological Institution, became\\nthe pastor in May, 1873, which position he still holds.\\nAmong the early pillars of this church were Na-\\nthaniel Eaton, Jonathan Emerson, Richard F. Rogers,\\nand Jesse Hardy. The church has a fund of $2,000,\\nwhich was left by two of its deceased members. One\\nhalf of this amount was the gift of Mrs. Abigail K.\\nSimonds, and the other half the gift of Mrs. Betsey\\nDimond Tucker. The interest of this money goes\\ntowards the support of preaching. The church has\\nalso a parsonage, which was the gift of Mrs. Simonds.\\nThe Free Will Baptists have had an organization in\\ntown, and at one time and another have had consid-\\nerable preaching, but they have never had a church\\nedifice or a settled minister. They have occupied the\\ntown hall and the school-houses. In early days their\\nreligious services were often held in private houses,\\nand sometimes in the shady grove. The old school-\\nhouse under the hill, in District No. 8, was for many\\nyears, through the summer seasons, a recognized sanc-\\ntuary. A church organization existed there, and the\\nchurch ordinances were regularly observed. Men and", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0569.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "510 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwomen poured in from every direction, and there was\\ngenerally a large and devoted congregation.\\nThe Methodists have had an organization in Warner,\\nand in times past have maintained public worship.\\nA meeting-house, partly (perhaps mainly) built by\\nthem, now stands in a good state of preservation at\\nthe Lower Village. It is not regularly occupied.\\nThe Universalists organized, and (largely through\\nthe activity of Daniel Bean, Jr.) built a meeting-house\\nin 1844. For several years there appeared to be\\nhealth and perseverance in the organization. The\\ndesk was occupied two or three years by a native-\\nborn citizen of the town at a later day by Rev.\\nJ. F. Witherell and still later, by Rev. Lemuel Willis,\\nand others.\\nMr. Willis was born at Westmoreland, N. H. He\\nwas a strong man, and during .his active life was set-\\ntled at Salem, Haverhill, and Cambridgeport, Mass.,\\nand at Claremont and Portsmouth, N. H. In 1847 he\\nmarried, for his second wife, the widow of Major Dan-\\niel George, and during his last years he resided in\\nWarner, where he died in 1878. His sons are Dr.\\nAVillis, of Boston, Algernon S., of Claremont, and Har-\\nlan S., of Warner. His only daughter (the wife of\\nPhilip C. Bean) died several years since.\\nThe meeting-house was purchased in 1865 by N.\\nG. Ord way, moved down street by him, and remod-\\nelled. The lower story is now occupied by A. C.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0570.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "THE OSGOODITES. 511\\nCarroll, merchant, and the post-office. The upper\\nstory is Union hall.\\nThe Osgoodites (so-called) were at one time quite\\nnumerous in Warner. In Canterbury, and some other\\ntowns, there was a small number. The sect sprung\\ninto existence about the year 1812. Jacob Osgood,\\nson of Philip, was its founder. His physical weight\\nsometimes reached 350 pounds. He was a man of\\nconsiderable ability and of the warmest sympathies.\\nAfter his decease, Neheraiah Ordway and Charles H.\\nColby became the ruling elders. In their best\\ndays, and perhaps always, these people claimed mirac-\\nulous gifts, such as the healing of the sick. Their\\nmeetings were peculiar, consisting of one service, all\\ntaking part. Songs, prayers, and exhortations were\\nintermixed without much regularity. When there\\ncame a lull, unlike the Quakers, they did not sit in\\nsilence. Bro. Osgood, without rising, would close the\\nexercises in these words If there s no more to be\\nsaid, meeting s done.\\nFor their spiritual songs they relied less on Watts\\nthan on their own ready talent. They were naturally\\ninclined to antagonize other denominations. About\\nthe year 1830, and for two or three subsequent years,\\nthere was unusual religious excitement in and about\\nWarner. Great revival meetings were held, one\\nof which was on Kearsarge mountain. The Osgood-\\nites composed a song (referring to this fact) which", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0571.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "512 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nwas very popular in their meetings for years. It\\nconsisted of twelve or fifteen verses, the first of which\\nwas as follows\\nIn eighteen hundred thirty-two,\\nA band of locusts hove in view\\nThey were quite thick in every town\\nThey had great meetings all around.\\nThis sect was opposed to bearing arms/ and many\\nyears ago two or three of its members were committed\\nto jail at Hopkinton for refusing to do military duty,\\nor to pay fines. They pleaded conscientious scru-\\nples, but refused to pay an equivalent, as provided\\nin the thirteenth article of the Bill of Rights, and they\\nwere carried to jail. But the military authorities,\\nseeino- that these men rather a;loried in their mar-\\ntyrdom, went and released them.\\nThe sect has substantially passed away. Notwith-\\nstanding its many and striking peculiarities, the men\\nand women who composed it were probably about an\\naverage class in all that goes to make good neighbors\\nand upright citizens.\\nThere are also Adveniists in Warner how numer-\\nous or how active at the present time the writer pre-\\nsumes not to say. But whether their numbers be\\nsmall or great, their rights are the same. Under the\\nliberal laws of this country every one is left free to\\nenjoy his own religious convictions in his own way.\\nWe cannot altogether harmonize our beliefs, but we\\ncan certainly agree to disagree till the time come", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0572.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "ECCLESIASTICAL. 513\\nwhen there shall be neither Jew nor Greek, nor bond\\nnor free, nor barbarian, nor Scythian, but when dis-\\ncord and division shall cease utterly.\\nThe following is an imperfect list of persons who\\nhave gone out from Warner, and taken position in the\\nministrj^\\nAsa Putney. [See College Graduates.]\\nHosea Wheeler. [See College Graduates.]\\nDaniel Sawyer., a son of Edmund and grandson\\nof Joseph, was educated for the ministry. He was\\nsettled over a Congregational church in Merrimack,\\nwhere he preached many years. He has probably\\nbeen settled at other places, but he has now retired,\\nin his old age, to a quiet home in Hopkinton.\\nJohn Gould, a son of John, and grandson of Jona-\\nthan, was born and reared on the Gould road. He\\nbecame a minister, and connected himself with the\\nMethodist denomination. After preaching in the New\\nEngland states some twenty-five years, his health be-\\ncoming impaired^ he went West, and took up a farm\\nin Iowa. This was in 1857. The change was benefi-\\ncial. He joined the Upper Iowa Conference, was sta-\\ntioned one year at Waverly, was presiding elder four\\nyears on Cedar Falls District, and was then four years\\non the Upper Iowa District. His health again failed,\\nand for the last six years of his life he was compelled\\nto inactivity. He was a fine-looking man, had good", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0573.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "514 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\nabilities, and was held in high esteem. He died at\\nOsage, Iowa, in 1872, not far from 70 years of age.\\nReuben Kimball, a son of Jeremiah and grandson\\nof Reuben (the first), obtained a good education, and\\ntaught school in his early days. He remained on the\\nold homestead of his grandfather and father, on the\\nKimball road, and devoted his attention mainly to\\nagriculture till he reached the age of 40 or upwards.\\nHe then turned his attention to the ministry, and\\nstudied a few years at Gilmanton Theological Institu-\\ntion. He was settled over the Congregational church\\nof Wilmot, and also over that of North Conway. He\\ndied at the latter place a few years since. He was a\\nman of most agreeable manners, and all who knew\\nhim were his friends.\\nMiss Lois Hoyt, whose father was a brother to\\nMajor Joseph B. Hoyt, and whose mother was a\\ndaughter of Joseph Sawyer, senior, educated herself\\nfor the work of a missionary, married a Mr. Johnson,\\nof Hollis, and went with her husband to the Sandwich\\nIslands over forty years ago, where she still remains.\\nShe is now a widow, but is surrounded by a family of\\nsons and daughters, all of whom are content with\\ntheir home on the isles of the sea.\\nJoseph Sargent, a son of Zebulon and grandson of\\nJoseph, senior, of Schoodac, was born about the year\\n1816. He entered the ministry of the Universalist\\ndenomination in Pennsylvania when a young man.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0574.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0575.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "Q, ^^t^^ii^^^^^c^,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0576.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "ISAAC DALTON STEWART. 515\\nbut during most of his active life he was in the New\\nEngland states. He was admirably adapted to the\\npulpit. He preached a few years in New Hampshire,\\nand many years in Vermont. He was chaplain of one\\nof the Vermont regiments in the late war, and shortly\\nafter his return from the scenes of strife he died at\\nBarre, aged about 50.\\nAlvah Sargent, a brother to the above named, joined\\nthe Free Will Baptist denomination, and entered the\\nministry. As a man and minister, he has the full con-\\nfidence and respect of all who know him. He enjoyed\\na long pastorate at Ashland, N. H., and is now sta-\\ntioned at Wilmot Flat.\\nIsaac Dalton Stewart. The Stewart family was\\nof Scotch origin. A branch of this family settled\\nin the north of Ireland, and a number of its mem-\\nbers came to New England, between 1725 and\\n1760. John Stewart (one of these) came from Ire-\\nland when 20 years of age, and settled at Haverhill,\\nMass. This was in 1750. His son John, who was\\nborn at Haverhill, in 1758, settled first, after he be-\\ncame of age, in Deering, N. H., and then, in 1799,\\nremoved, to Warner, having bought sixty acres of\\nland on the south side of the Mink Hills. He made\\nhis home with Jacob Whitcomb (father of the late\\nJohn) till he had opened a clearing and built a tem-\\nporary house.\\nJohn and Mary (McClure) Stewart were the parents", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0579.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "516 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof Thomas, John, Polly, Susan, Lucinda, David, Will-\\niam, and Nancy. The last named John, and Hannah\\n(Dalton) Stewart, were the parents of Isaac D.\\nPhilemon Dalton, with his wife and child, came to\\nthis country from England in the ship Increase, reach-\\ning these shores April 15, 1635. His great-grandson,\\nIsaac Dalton, had six children and their names are all\\ngiven in a letter written on the battle-field of Louis-\\nbourg in 1745, a copy of which letter is now held by\\nB. Dalton Dorr, of Philadelphia. One of the six was\\nthe grandfather of Dea. Isaac Dalton, who was born at\\nSalisbury, Mass., March 2, 1761, and who, with his\\nwife (Eleanor Merrill), moved to Warner in 1784, as\\nstated in Chapter VII. These were the maternal\\ngrand-parents of the subject of this sketch.\\nIsaac D. Stewart was born in Warner, Dec. 23, 1817.\\nHis fondness for books and school was developed in\\nchildhood, and when 16 years of age he was teaching\\nhis first school. At 18 he went to Ohio, and after\\nteaching there two years he returned with a full pur-\\npose of taking a college course of study. When about\\nfitted for such course, his plans were changed, and\\nafter two years in a theological school he entered the\\nministry of the Free Will Baptist denomination, and\\nwas ordained Feb. 2, 1 843. His pastorates have been.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMeredith Village, 2 years; Laconia, 8; New Hampton,\\n10 Boston, 2 and Dover, 6.\\nHe was married, Feb. 8, 1843, to Elisabeth G., only", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0580.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "ISAAC D. STEWART. 517\\ndaughter of Isaac Rice, Esq., of Henniker. Their only\\nchild, Frances, was born July, 1845, and in September,\\n1871, she married George Frank Mosher, of China, Me.,\\nthe present editor of the Morning Star.\\nMr. Stewart left Laconia in poor health, in 1852\\nwent West, remained one year, and returned to enter\\nthe New Hampton Institution as a teacher. He taught\\ntwo years and when he left the school for the pastor-\\nate there, he continued to act as treasurer of the insti-\\ntution. He represented the town of New Hampton\\ntwo years in the legislature of the state.\\nThe positions of trust and honor assigned him in\\ndenominational work have been many, among which\\nare the followinsr: He was a member of the Home\\nMissionary Board for many years, and chairman till he\\ndeclined a reelection; was secretary of the Anniversary\\nConvention for eighteen years, and one of the commit-\\ntee that arranged all of the annual meeting s of the\\nbenevolent societies; has been four times chosen a\\ndelegate to the General Conference, the denomina-\\ntional body that meets once in three years, and has\\nbeen secretary of the conference since 1868. He was\\none of the corporators of the Free Will Baptist print-\\ning establishment fourteen years, which position he\\nresigned in 1873, on being elected treasurer and agent\\nof the establislmient. Since that time he has been\\nthe publisher of the Morning Star, and of whatever\\nsaid establishment has issued. He was a trustee of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0581.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "518 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nBates college, in Maine, till he declined a reelection,\\nand is still a trustee of Hillsdale college, in Michi-\\ngan, and of Storer college, at Harpers Ferry, West\\nVirginia.\\nAs an author, he prepared the Minutes of the Gen-\\neral Conference for publication wrote the history of\\nthe Free Will Baptists for the first half century of\\ntheir work; and prepared and published the Ministers\\nManual. He is still an industrious and hard-working\\nman.\\nMarshall G. Kimball. John Kimball was born at\\nWaltham, Mass., June 4, 1788; he came to Warner to\\nlive in 1816, where he was actively engaged in busi-\\nness some twenty years. He married Hannah, daugh-\\nter of Daniel Bean. Mr. Kimball died at Manchester\\nin 1841, and Mrs. Kimball in 1865. Ten of their\\nchildren are now living, viz., John H., Henry, Mrs.\\nDarling, Mrs. Smith, Marshall G., Mrs. Varney, Newell\\nS., Albert H., Caleb J., and Mrs. Olzendam.\\nMarshall G. Kimball was born at Warner, June 22,\\n1824. He was a natural scholar; he received his ed-\\nucation at the public schools of Warner and Manches-\\nter, and at Dartmouth college. He concluded a course\\nof study at the Cambridge Divinity School in 1854,\\nand entered the ministry of the Unitarian denomina-\\ntion. His first regular settlement was at Barre, Mass.,\\nthough he had preached at Watertown and several\\nother places previous to that. He is now at Sheboy-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0582.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "JOHN CURTIS AGER. 519\\ngan, Wis. Possessing abilities of a high order, as well\\nas culture and genial manners, he is a universal favor-\\nite wherever known.\\nJohn Curtis Ager, a son of Uriah, was born in War-\\nner, March, 1835. At the age of thirteen he left\\nhome and found employment in Fisherville, in a cot-\\nton mill. From this time (depending upon his own\\nresources) he managed, by close economy, to secure\\nten or twelve weeks schooling each year. His chief\\nemployments, until he became of age, were working\\nin cotton mills, shoemaking, and farming, and, during\\nthe latter part of the time, teaching country schools.\\nFrom his early childhood he had felt a strong de-\\nsire to become a minister. In the spring of 1855, a\\ncourse of lectures on the doctrines of the New Church\\nwas delivered at Warner by the Rev. Abiel Silver,\\nwhich determined him at once to devote himself to the\\nNew Church ministry. In the spring of 1856, after\\nsix months preparation in the New London academy,\\nhe entered an advanced class in the New Church col-\\nlege at Urbana, Ohio. During the year, as his means\\nwere limited, he was permitted to undertake the\\nstudies of two classes. His health failed, and he was\\nobliged to leave Urbana in the spring of 1857, after a\\ncollege residence of little more than a year. Recruit-\\ning his health during the summer, he took charge, in\\nthe autumn, of the New Church academy at Contoo-\\ncook. He continued in this position nine months.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0583.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "520 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\ncarrying on at the same time his college studies, so\\nthat he was enabled to graduate with his class in\\nJune, 1858.\\nAfter holding a position of tutor in his alma mater\\nfor two years, he was appointed Professor of Philoso-\\nphy and English Literature. In 1861, on account of\\nthe war, and the consequent financial prostration, the\\ncollege was compelled to suspend its sessions, and Mr.\\nAger, receiving an invitation from the New Church\\nsociety in Brookline, Mass., to become its pastor, ac-\\ncepted it.\\nIn January, 1865, he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y.,\\nand took charge of the New Church society in that\\ncity, a position which he still holds.\\nHe was for several years editor of the New Jerusa-\\nlem Messenger, the only weekly paper in that church,\\nand he has also served as Secretary of the American\\nSwedenborg Publishing Society.\\nHis summer residence is in Warner, and instead of\\nlosing his attachment to the place of his birth, he is\\ncontinually looking forward to the time when he can\\nmake it his permanent home.\\nJohn George, a son of Charles, a grandson of Major\\nDaniel, and a great-grandson of John, senior, entered\\nthe ministry of the Free Will Baptist denomination,\\nhad a successful pastorate of two or three years at\\nLoudon Centre, and is now stationed over a church at\\nAmesbury, Mass.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0584.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXXiy.\\nLOCAL NAMES POPULATION OP WARNER FOUR-SCORE YEARS\\nAND TEN MANUFACTURES.\\nTO VERY town has its odd local names. Webster\\nJQ has its Bashan, Sutton its Nauvoo, Wilmot its\\nShindagan, and so forth. Warner has its local names,\\nthe origin of some of which is here given.\\nWaterloo village came bj its name in the follow-\\ning manner Samuel Champlin was in trade at War-\\nner village, near Ira Harvey s house. He owed\\nThomas Whitman of Boston, for goods, $2,000. Whit-\\nman came up to look after the debt, and he succeeded\\nin getting Henry B. Chase and Stephen Currier, Jr.,\\nto sign a note with Champlin for the amount. This\\nwas in 1819. Champlin was to secure Chase and\\nCurrier by collaterals but instead of doing this, be\\nran away. Currier and John Kimball, of Bean s Mills,\\nwere sent in pursuit of the fugitive, having been ap-\\npointed deputy sheriffs for this purpose. They over-\\nhauled Champlin at Waterloo, New York, a charming\\ntown at the foot of Seneca lake. Kimball thought\\nit the most delightful village he had ever seen. They\\nbrought back their man, and Kimball brought back", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0585.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "522 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe name and applied it successful!}^ to the village of\\nhis residence. The Duke of Wellington had then\\nrecently borne down the Man of Destiny on the\\nimmortal battle-field of Belgium, and Waterloo had\\nbecome forever historic.\\nThe North village has been known by that name\\na hundred years. There was quite a farmer s village\\non the Gould road at an early day. The lots headed\\non the road, and extended back each way a half mile.\\nThey were but forty rods wide, and they contained,\\nof course, but forty acres each. A number of these\\nwere chosen by settlers as gift lots others were\\nbought and occupied soon after the gift lots were ex-\\nhausted. Between Kiali Corner and Bartlett s brook,\\nten or twelve deserted cellars can be counted where\\nfamilies once resided. It was a bustling, lively street,\\na century ago.\\nDirectly to the north of this cluster of farm-houses\\nwas another smart settlement, extending from the\\nElliots at one extreme, to Bradshaw Ordway s at the\\nother, and taking in on the one side Wells Davis with\\nhis mills, and on the other Isaac Dalton with his tan-\\nnery. The people of the south road called this settle-\\nment of the north road the North village.\\nTory Hill received this name in the days of the\\nRevolution. There was a family or two on that road\\nwho were opposed to war. They inclined towards\\nthe Shakers in their religious views, and, ultimately,", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0586.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "LOCAL NAMES. 523\\nopenly avowed themselves Shakers. The intolerance\\nof that period knew no bounds. Every man of the\\nproper age, who was not willing to take up arms in\\nthe cause of the colonies, was denounced as a Tory\\nand treated with derision. But generations have\\ncome and gone since the last vestige of Shakerism\\ndisappeared from Warner, and the name of the hill\\nhas had no significance for a hundred years.\\nPumpkin hill derives its name from the fact that\\nwhen the land was new, huge pumpkins (pompions,\\nDr. Long would say) were produced on that eleva-\\ntion. It was no unusual thing to find a pumpkin that\\nweighed seventy-five pounds.\\nBurnt hill is so called, because, before any white\\nman had stepped foot in Warner, a high wind had\\nswept down the forest trees on that hill by the acre.\\nThe Indians had set fire to the dead wood, and a\\nlarge part of the hill had been burnt over. It has\\nbeen stated that the Indians raised corn on this burnt\\nground.\\nSchoodac gets its name from the harsh music of a\\nsaw-mill. The first saw-mill ever built there was on\\nthe exact spot where the present mill stands, by the\\nold Col. Roby place. The saw-gate (if that is the\\nproper term) worked up and down with a good deal of\\nfriction, and seemed continually to say S-c-h-o-o-dac\\ns-c-h-o-o-dac\\nThe section of Warner called Joppa is not supposed\\n34", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0587.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "524 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nto bear a very striking resemblance to the Joppa of\\nJudea, on the majestic shore of the Mediteranean\\nnor has it been the abode of any pious Dorcas, at\\nwhose bier Peter has proclaimed, with miracalons\\nauthority, Tabitha, arise but Samuel Pearsons\\nonce dwelt there, on the Origen Dimond farm, and he\\ncame from a locality called Joppa, down by the salt\\nwater in Newburyport. He brought the name with\\nhim to Warner.\\nPOPULATION OF THE TOWN.\\nWarner has been settled a hundred and seventeen\\nyears. In less than sixty years after the first sod was\\nturned, the population of the town reached its highest\\n262\\n863\\n1569\\n1838\\n2446\\n2222\\n2126\\n2038\\n1971\\n1667\\nIt will be seen that the increase for fifteen years\\nafter the first census was very great also, that the\\npopulation was nearly doubled in the decade between\\n1790 and 1800. The large increase between 1810\\nand 1820 is partly attributable to the annexation of\\nthe Gore, which took place in 1818. Since 1820 the\\nfigure.\\nIn 1775 it was\\nIn 1790\\nIn 1800\\nIn 1810\\nIn 1820\\nIn 1830\\nIn 1840\\nIn 1850\\nu\\nIn 1860\\nIn 1870", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0588.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "FOUR-SCORE YEARS AND TEN. 525\\npopulation of the town has been decreasing, but the\\nindications now are that the census of 1880 will show\\nthat we are holding our own.\\nWe have more adults, more voters, certainly,\\nnow, than \\\\ye had in 1820, but the children are far\\nless numerous than at that time. The town-house is\\nfull, but the school-houses (some of them) are nearly\\nempty. A century ago, and even fifty years, ago, in\\nriding over a town like Warner, one would see from\\nfive to eight white-haired children racing about the\\npremises of almost every young farmer. He will do\\nwell now if he can find half that number. The sub-\\nject is an important one, and it demands the careful\\nconsideration of the moralist, the minister, and of all\\nthinking people.\\nThe population of the state in 1860 was 326,073,\\nthat being the highest point it ever reached. It fell\\noff in the following decade^ being but 318,300 in 1870.\\nIt is believed that the next census will show an in-\\ncrease. Merrimack and Hillsborough counties made\\nan increase of 2800 between 1860 and 1870, but the\\nother eight counties made a loss.\\nFOUR-SCORE YEARS AND TEN.\\nAn erroneous impression prevails in regard to the\\nquestion of longevity. The general opinion appears to\\nbe, that life is becoming shorter and shorter as time\\nadvances. The fact, however, undoubtedly is, that in", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0589.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "526 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthis country, for the last century or two, the average\\nag-e of mankind has been increasing.\\nTurning back to remote antiquity, we find the\\nPsalmist declaring, The days of our years are three-\\nscore years and ten and if by reason of strength\\nthey be four-score years, yet is their strength labor\\nand sorrow. This would be hardly true of the peo-\\nple of this country at the present time. Three-score\\nyears and ten is 70 years. Men and women are now\\nyoung at 70. Even at 80 many are vigorous and\\nhealthful, in both body and mind, and not a few re-\\ntain their faculties almost unimpaired till they have\\nreached the age of 90.\\nThe names of Warner persons, dead and living (so\\nfar as they can be recalled), who have reached the\\nage of four-score years and ten, are here presented.\\nGideon Davis, brother to Capt. Francis, died on the Moses E.\\nDavis place at the age of 92.\\nMrs. Hannah, widow of Zebulon Flanders, lived to be nearly 94.\\nMrs. Sarah, widow of Asa Harriman, died in 1856, aged 91.\\nAnthony Clark, the Revolutionary soldier, died at the age of\\n100.\\nMiss Hannah Sible^^ died at Timothy Eastman s, rising 90\\nyears of age.\\nJohn Davis, the carpenter, and the father of John, Zaccheus,\\nand Eleazer, died at the age of 90.\\nMrs. Betsey, widow of Jonathan Straw, died at AKred W. Sar-\\ngent s, a few years since, at the age of 101.\\nNathaniel Eaton (who is reasonably claimed as a Warner man)\\ndied at the age of 100 years and 5 days.\\nJohn Whitcomb, a hard-working farmer through life, died in\\n1878, aged 93.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0590.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "MANUFACTURES. 527\\nMrs. Nathaniel C. Whittier, the mother of Richard B., died\\nin Warner at the age of 93.\\nNoah T. Andrews died November, 1878, two months above 90\\nyears of age.\\nThe father of Mr. Andrews was from Wallingford, Conn. He\\nsettled in Claremont, N. H., when a young man, and Noah T.\\nwas horn there (ori the exact spot where the town hall now\\nstands), September, 1788. He married Sally (daughter of Daniel\\nBean), and had children by the following names Sarah B. (Mrs.\\nJohn P. Colby), Almira E. (Mrs. Harriman). Harriet B. (Mrs. C.\\nG. Haines), Susan T. (Mrs. H. D. Adams), N. Tyler, William G.,\\nHelen M. (Mrs. A. I. Sawtelle), Charles C. Austin, and Fran-\\nces M.\\nMrs. Miriam, widow of Jacob Osgood, is now living at the age\\nof 99.\\nWilliam Lamphier, of Joppa, is nearly if not fully 100 years of\\nage.\\nMrs. Heath, widow of Dea. David Heath, has gone consider-\\nably beyond her four-score years and ten.\\nReuben Porter, who is referred to on the preceding pages of\\nthis book, is nearly 90.\\nTimothy Eastman and wife are living in the enjoyment of\\ngood health, he being not much short of 90 years of age.\\nMr. Eastman came from Hopkinton about the year 1820, and\\nsettled in the bow of the river, where he has always resided.\\nMrs. Eastman (a sister of the late Stephen Sibley) was also from\\nHopkinton. Their sons, now living, are George and Timothy B.\\nand their daughters are Laura, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Wheeler, and\\nMrs. John S. Bean, of Wisconsin.\\nMANUFACTURES.\\nIt would be impossible to make an accurate and\\ncomplete report of the manufactures of Warner, past\\nor present, and that job is not attempted here.\\nMany manufacturing establishments, great and\\nsmall, have gone down since the first saw-mill was", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0591.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "528 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nerected at Davisville in 1739, but others have arisen\\nand it is believed that the manufacturing, which is\\ndone in town at the present time, will equal if not\\nexcel that of any previous period.\\nCommencing on the river, where it enters the town-\\nship, we find a grist-mill and a saw-mill, now in the\\nhands of Mason Holmes. The first grist-mill at those\\nfalls was built in the year 1798. A saw-mill may\\nhave existed there a few years previous to this time.\\nThe grist-mill was built by Stephen Hoyt, of Bradford,\\nand it was his custom to come and grind, the last week\\nin every month. The rest of the time the mill was\\nclosed. The next owner was Thomas Eaton, who sold\\nto Edward Cressey and Ebenezer Simmons; and they\\ngave the old mill and privilege to Josiah Melvin, on\\ncondition that it should be put in good order and run\\nas a grist-mill. In the spring of 1827 Mr. Melvin\\nbuilt the new mill, which now stands. The next\\nowner was his son Richard, who sold to his brother\\nNathan the latter sold to Abner W. Bailey Bailey\\nsold to Dr. J. H. Ames, and Ames to Lewis Holmes,\\nthe father of the present proprietor. Melvin s mill\\nand the Calico school-house were old familiar land-\\nmarks to the generations that have passed away.\\nFollowing down the river, we next come to the fac-\\ntory of John Rogers, where excelsior, bedsteads, and\\nchairs are manufactured. Next below Rogei^ was the\\nwoollen mill. This was converted into a box-fiictory", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0592.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "MANUFACTURES. 529\\nby Samuel K. Page, of Henniker, who was burnt out\\nin the summer of 1878.\\nBartlett s excelsior factory comes next, which takes\\nthe place of the Stevens carriage and churn shops.\\nMr. Bartlett and two or three sons are engaged in\\nbusiness here.\\nStephen C. Pierce, a manufacturer of chairs, comes\\nnext; and Oliver P. Reddington, manufacturer of hubs\\nand clothes-pins, next.\\nWaterloo (great falls) has been a manufacturing\\npoint almost from the first settlement of the town.\\nNathaniel Bean erected saw- and grist-mills here at\\nleast a hundred years ago; and there was a day when\\nthe little village could boast of a tannery, a clothing-\\nmill, a trip-hammer, and a paper-mill.\\nIn 1816, Daniel Bean, Henry B. Chase, and John\\nKimball erected a paper-mill, in which all grades of\\npaper, from the finest note to the coarsest wrapping,\\nwere manufactured. Noah T. Andrews was the w^ork-\\nman who built the wheels and the gearing. The first\\ndam was twenty rods above the mill. Wm. Parker, of\\nBoston, bought out the original owners, and the mill\\nwas under the control of Gibbs Greenleaf a number\\nof years. Then a Mr. Foley had possession then Mr.\\nNewton then Mr. Churchill.\\nModern mills, with improved machinery, sprang up\\nround about, and the Waterloo mill could not compete\\nwith them in the manufacture of paper. Not far from", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0593.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\n1842 the gate was shut down, and the wheels ceased\\nrevolving. The dam and the mill soon went to decay.\\nSamuel Couch, who afterwards carried on black-\\nsmithing near Smith s Corner, had a shop at these\\nfalls, just below the grist-mill, which shop was supplied\\nwith a tn2 hammer accompaniment.\\nDudley Morrill and Nicodemus Watson, about 1812,\\nbuilt a clothing-mill and carding-mill at the falls. This\\nmill went into the hands of David Watson and Clark\\nSargent, and then into the hands of Frederick Eaton.\\nLevi Bartlett came into possession, and converted the\\nmill into a tannery.\\nDaniel Bean, Jr., carried on the bakery business\\nhere for a year or two but it was given up shortly\\nafter his decease in 1853.\\nThere is now a saw-mill and grist-mill at the falls,\\nthe property of N. G. Ordway.\\nAt Warner village, the first grist-mill was near the\\nEdmund S. Davis house. Jacob Davis owned it at one\\ntime. It was destroyed by fire many years ago. The\\nsaw-mill that nearly occupies the site of the old grist-\\nmill was built by Robert Thompson. The grist-mill\\nand carding-mill, on the other side of the river, were\\nbuilt by Capt. Nicholas Fowler and Nathan S. Colby\\nin 1830. These mills have been occupied by several\\nparties. For a number of years prior to 1844 they\\nwere owned by Timothy D. Robertson.\\nJohn Ela came up from Derry in 1844, and bought", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0594.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "MANUFACTURES. 531\\nMr. Robertson out and John C. Ela, son of the former,\\nbecame sole proprietor in 1878.\\nAt Davisville there was once an iron fomidry, where\\nvarious articles were manufactured, such as hand-irons,\\nclock-weights, and the like. Old iron was run up and\\nused for these purposes instead of ore. Woollen\\ncloth was also manufactured there; but the cloth-mill\\nwent down stream in the great August freshet of\\n1826.\\nThe leadingc business there now is the manufacture\\nof what is called straio hoard. Walter Scott and Hen-\\nry C, sons of Nathaniel A. Davis, and grandsons of\\nGen. Aquila, are the proprietors of these mills.\\nJohn Davis, 3d, who came to Warner from Salem,\\nMass., and his son, are carrying on the tannery busi-\\nness on Willow brook. The sons of Moses K. Clark\\nhave built a shingle-mill, with a threshing-machine\\nattachment, on the same brook, to take the place of\\none recently destroyed by fire. Francis M. Watson\\nand son have also a factory for the manufacture of\\nvarious kinds of wares on the same stream.\\nJust above B. F. Harriman s carriage-shop on Silver\\nbrook, is the site of the old saw-mill and grist-mill\\nand distillery of Wells Davis.\\nFrancis Davis (a son of Wells) had a large farm, a\\ngrist-mill, and a saw-mill, on Harriman brook, where\\nhe was actively engaged the best part of his life. In\\nhis old age he erected another mill on the same", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0595.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nstream, but within the township of Henniker, where\\nhe died at the age of 80.\\nDea. Ezra Barrett manufactured scythe-snaths at\\nWarner village. David H. Foster manufactured rakes\\non Bartlett brook. There was a brickyard on Silver\\nbrook, near the Willaby Colby road, and another hy\\nIsaac Dow s, near Pleasant pond.\\nCapt. Nicholas Evans, a brother to Benjamin, had a\\ntannery near his house (now the Henry H. Davis\\nhouse) on Pumpkin Hill road.\\nThere was a grist-mill on Willow brook, near A. D.\\nEarnum s. John Morgan had a shop on the rivulet\\nat New Market, where he turned out wooden bowls,\\nmortars, trays, c. There is limestone in Joppa, near\\nJosiah C. Hardy s, and many years ago lime was man-\\nufactured there.\\nPotter Dimond manufactured earthen ware at\\nDimond s Corner. He had a large, two-story shop or\\nfactory, the foundations of which are yet distinctly\\nseen. His son. Col. Hiram Dimond, was at one time\\nengaged in trade at that corner, which was quite a\\nbusiness centre.\\nWalter Scott Davis. Davisville, in the south-\\neasterly corner of the town, is one of the beautiful\\nvillages of Warner. It has the finest water-power to\\nbe found on the Almsbury river, and the proprietors\\nof Number One, quick to avail themselves of every\\nadvantage, placed their first mills there. It is a man-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0596.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "^..^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^RJf\\nOl^^c^^^-^^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0597.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0598.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "WALTER SCOTT DAVIS. 533\\nufacturinu; villao;e, thouQ-li D. C. Hubbard is eng-aafed\\nin mercantile business, and Charles Davis, Charles P.\\nSawyer, Theodore S. Davis, and others there, are\\namong our best farmers. The village takes its name\\nfrom the Davis family, who, from the first settlement\\nat the old camp, have been in continuous possession\\nof the falls.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a grandson of Gen.\\nAquila Davis, and a son of Nathaniel A., the names of\\nwhose children (now living) are as follows Stephen\\nC, Walter S., Oilman, Lucretia A., Mary E., Stillman\\nC.,and Henry C.\\nW. Scott Davis was born at Davisville, July 29,\\n1834. He obtained an excellent education, for, besides\\nenjoying the advantages of a good district school, he\\nwas a student at a high school in Contoocook, at Gil-\\nmanton academy, at Tubbs Union academy in Wash-\\nington, at Thetford Vt.) academy, and at the New\\nLondon Scientific Institution. He earned money\\nenouo-h in teaching: schools during; the winter seasons\\nto pay all the expenses of board, books, tuition, and\\nclothing, incurred at these several academies.\\nIn 1854, at the age of 20 years, he went into busi-\\nness with Samuel H. Dow. The firm dealt largely in\\nhemlock bark, in wood, and in lumber, for some ten\\nyears or more. In 1865 he formed a partnership with\\nPaine Davis, which carried on the same business, with\\nfarming added. This partnership was dissolved in", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0599.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "534 HISTORY OP WARNER.\\n1871, Paine retaining the wood and bark branch, and\\nW. S. the lumber branch, of the business. The same\\nyear the latter entered into partnership with George\\nW. Dow, in the paper (or straw board) business. Davis\\nbought Dow out in the fall of 1875, and took his\\nbrother, Henry C, into company with him, and this\\nfirm still continues. They manufacture 600 tons\\n(|40,000 worth) of straw board annually, and the firm\\nstands deservedly high wherever known. They have\\nalso a grist-mill, a saw-mill, and a threshing-machine,\\nall run by water.\\nIn 1870, Mr. Davis invented improvements in tur-\\nbine water-wheels, for which he received letters patent\\nin February, 1871.\\nHe lived at Davisville till April, 1874, when he\\nremoved to Contoocook. In March, 1878, he was\\nelected representative to the general court from Hop-\\nkinton, and was known as an influential member of\\nthe House. He declined the nomination that was\\ntendered him at the next election.\\nMay 3, 1857, Mr. Davis married Miss Dollie Jones,\\ndaughter of Daniel Jones, senior, who was a particu-\\nlar friend, and at one time a partner in the lumber\\nbusiness with Gen. Aquila Davis. Six children have\\nbeen born to these parents, three of whom died of\\nscarlet fever in the spring of 1869, one died in infan-\\ncy in 1874, and two survive.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0600.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEE XXXY.\\nFATAL CASUALTIES SUICIDES PRIVATIONS WOMAN LOST\\nWILD BEASTS WITCHCRAFT.\\niHE casualties bj which inhabitants of Warner\\nhave lost their lives have been of frequent oc-\\ncurrence, and the following catalogue, though large,\\nprobably does not embrace them all. As dates are\\nwanting in many cases, no attempt has been made to\\nplace these casualties in the exact order of their oc-\\ncurrence.\\nCapt. Francis Davis (the founder of Davisville) was drowned\\nat Derry, Nov. 26, 1784.\\nEbenezer Sargent, father of Dea. James, was killed at the pres-\\nent Willaby Colby place, by falling down a flight of stairs.\\nJohn Weed, in crossing Bagley s bridge, fell over into the\\nriver and was drowned. This took place about the year 1785.\\nA child of Isaac French was smothered in bed. Mr. and Mrs.\\nFrench lived near the Gould road and Bartlett s brook. They\\nwere not overstocked with intelligence. A young child of theirs,\\nwhich was well at bedtime, was dead in the morning. On hear-\\ning of this sudden death, the neighbors came in and inquired how\\nlong the child had been sick, and the father said, It went to\\nbed as well as ever t was in the world, but when it waked up\\nt was dead s a hammer Yes, said his amiable spouse, and\\nyou was the instbnigator of it, for you rolled over and squshed\\nit to death", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0601.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nPaine Davis, son of Francis, was killed by a falling tree about\\n1790.\\nDavid Stevens, whose home was either on Waldron s hill, or in\\nthe Badger neighborhood, was killed in rolling a large boulder\\ndown a precipice, between the old Gilmore and Putney farms.\\nAsa Harriman was killed by a falling tree March 9, 1794.\\nA young daughter of Wells Davis was drowned in a well, at the\\nNorth village, about 1795.\\nAlonzo, a son of Major William H. Ballard, was burnt up with\\nthe house of Mr. B. while the parents were at church.\\nLevi Bartlett, an insane man, lost his life in a house that was\\nconsumed by fire, near Richard Bartlett s, in the year 1800,\\nMiriam Goodwin and Judith Elliot, two young ladies, were\\ndrowned in the river near where the Fair Ground bridge now\\nstands. One of these was the daughter of Ezekiel Goodwin, at\\nthe Dea. Bailey place, and the other the daughter of Isaac Elliot,\\nnear the Capt. Nat. Flanders place. A tree had fallen across the\\nriver at this point, on which people were accustomed to pass and\\nrepass. There was a bridge over the river, but it was down\\nwhere the depot now is. These girls came down from home,\\ncrossed the river, hand in hand, on the trunk of this tree, went\\nto Dr. Hall s, and to another place, to invite their young friends\\nto a party, and then started on their return. Both were drowned.\\nTheir bodies were recovered the next day, one s hand firmly\\nclasped in that of the other. This occurred not far from 1805.\\nJonathan Watson, of Joppa, son of Dea. Parmenas, and father\\nof Capt Cyrus, was thrown from the tongue under the wheel of\\na loaded cart and killed, Sept. 4, 1820.\\nSamuel Savory and a child of Daniel Savory, Miss Anna\\nRichardson and a child of Peter Flanders, were killed by the tor-\\nnado (as stated on a preceding page) Sept. 9, 1821.\\nAsa Sargent, son of Benjamin Sargent, senior, of Tory Hill,\\nwas killed by a fall in the barn.\\nWilliam Colby, son of David, senior, was drowned in Warner\\nriver, in the great freshet of Feb. 14, 1824.\\nThorndike Felton, son of Timothy, was frozen to death in the\\nwinter of 1828.\\nDaniel Flood, a son of the original Daniel, was drowned in the\\nPemigewasset at Franklin.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0602.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "FATAL CASUALTIES. 537\\nDummer Pattee was thrown from a wagon loaded with furni-\\nture, and instantly killed, on the plain near Mrs. Pearson s, about\\nthe year 1833.\\nMrs. Stewart, wife of Capt. John Stewart, was thrown from a\\nwagon and killed, Sept. 24, 1834.\\nA child of H. G. Harris got a fresh-shelled bean into its throat.\\nThe mother ran with the child to Dr. Eaton s, biit it was hardly\\nalive when she reached there, and she carried it back dead.\\nJohn Rob} of Schoodac, was found dead in the road, the\\nweather being severely cold.\\nHarvey Currier, of Joppa, was found dead in a pasture, town-\\nmeeting night, 1837.\\nAlbert Morrill, of Joppa, was found dead in the road in the\\nwinter of 1838.\\nCyrus Colby s house was destroyed by fire about the year 1840,\\nand a child of his perished in the flames.\\nSamuel Savory was found dead in the road, in the winter season.\\nMrs. John Foster lost her life from her clothes taking fire,\\nabout the year 1845.\\nMr. John Foster, who came from Hudson to Warner in 1830,\\nwas drowned at the dam on Willow brook in 1850.\\nImri Whitcomb, son of John, was killed in sledding wood, in\\nthe neighborhood of 1845.\\nJohn Fisk fell from a saw-mill on Stevens brook, and was\\nkilled. He left a family of sons and daughters, one of the latter\\nbeing the wife of Gov. Pillsbury, of Minnesota.\\nLorenzo Colby, a son of Barnard, was drowned at Melvin s\\nmill in 1850, aged about twenty 3 ears.\\nJoseph Fisk, son of John, was drowned in AVarner river in\\n1851, aged about 17.\\nA son of Abel B. Waldron was also drowned in Warner river.\\nA son of Lorenzo Ferrin was drowned at the old John Colby\\nabutment in Warner river.\\nSamuel Kelley, a youth from fifteen to twenty years of age,\\nson of Caleb, was drowned at Waterloo.\\nA son of T. D. Robertson was drowned at the Badger bridge\\nin Warner river.\\nElliot C. Badger fell down a flight of stairs, and was instantly\\nkilled.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0603.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "538 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nMrs. Prederick Eaton lost her life by being thrown from a\\nwagon near Ela s bridge, about 1860. Dea. Frederick Eaton was\\na brother to Dr. Jacob, now of Harvard, Mass., to Eev. Dr. Ea-\\nton, of Palmyra, N. Y., and to John Eaton, late of Sutton, who\\nwas the father of Gen. John, Lucius, Frederick, Charles, and\\nperhaps others.\\nA child of Mr. Hurd, on the Plain, lost its life by falling into\\na pail of scalding water.\\nA child of William H. Bean, Jr., of Waterloo, lost its life in\\nthe same manner.\\nTappan Osgood was found frozen to death near Smith s Corner.\\nJohn Hall, a son of Oliver, was killed on the railroad below\\nBagley s bridge.\\nMartin Bean bled to death in the woods, from a cut in the foot.\\nNathaniel A. Davis, son of Gen. Aquila, fell from a stack of\\nboards at his mill, about twelve years ago, and died from the\\neffects of the fall.\\nNehemiah Ordway, enfeebled by age, made a misstep on the\\nWillaby Colby road, fell down the embankment into the river,\\nand was drowned.\\nWebster B. Davis received a fatal hurt from a fall at Ela s\\nsaw-mill.\\nCapt. Joseph Jewell s buildings were destroyed by fire in 1868,\\nand a son of his perished in the flames.\\nMiss Comfort Peasley, whose home was at the corner where\\nStillman Cheney resides, was run over and killed by a train of\\ncars at Enfield.\\nHenry Trumbull, of Schoodac, was accidentally killed in load-\\ning a gun in 1877.\\nSUICIDES.\\nMrs. Watkins, wife of the second Abner, threw herself into a\\nwell about the year 1816. Her home was at the Fairbanks\\nplace.\\nLucy Kelley, daughter of Caleb Kelley, senior, an insane\\nyoung woman, hung herself in 1831.\\nLevi Osgood, on the Slaughter Brook road, cut his throat about\\nthe year 1836.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0604.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "PRIVATIONS. 539\\nMrs. Cutting, wife of Rev. Geo. W. Cutting, an insane woman,\\nhung herself in 1838.\\nTimothy Flanders hung himself at the North village in 1839.\\nA Mrs. Brown, who lived at Davisville, hung herself in 1840,\\nor near that time.\\nHenry L. Trumbull, on Tory Hill, hung himself about the\\nyear 1845.\\nStephen Sanborn, at the Jonathan Straw place, hung himself\\nin 1867.\\nAlfred Davis, at the Lower Village, shot himself with a gun\\nnot far from 1870.\\nPRIVATIONS.\\nThe first settlers of any country are compelled to\\nsuffer privations and hardships peculiar to their situa-\\ntion, but they are exempt from many of the exac-\\ntions and annoyances that pertain to older communi-\\nties. This is a life of compensations, and possibly\\nthe pioneers in the wilderness may gain on one hand\\nas much as they lose on another. What if our ances-\\ntors did bore with a pod-auger, tap with a gouge,\\nmow with a straig:ht snath, lisrht their houses with\\npine knots, eat with wooden spoons, and drink from a\\ngourd their lives were as happy as ours are at the\\npresent day.\\nFor the first ten years there were none but log\\nhouses in town. The first frame house was built by\\nDavid Bagley in 1774, the year the town was incor-\\nporated. Francis Davis and Reuben Kimball built\\nframe houses the next year.\\nEverybody went to meeting, but on the severest\\n34", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0605.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "540 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nDecember day the smell of fire was not there known.\\nThe walls of the church edifice were as cold as an\\niceberg, and as destitute of finish and ornament as\\nthe cave of Macpelah.\\nIn mid-winter, when the snow was deep, and the\\nroads impassable for horses or cattle, three men went\\nto Hopkinton (five or six miles) and brought back\\ntwo or three women on hand-sleds, for help in cases\\nof sickness.\\nSome of the inhabitants on the Gould road cut hay\\non the Harriman meadow, on the south side of the\\nMinks, before any settlement had been made there,\\nand hauled it home on hand-sleds in the winter, a\\ndistance of two or three miles.\\nAt an early day the beavers constructed a dam\\nacross Willow brook, at the foot of the Harris mead-\\now a pond was created, the bushes were killed, and\\nthe grass grew tall and rank. Tradition says two\\nmen, by the name of Hadley, came from below War-\\nner, cut and stacked the hay on this meadow, drove\\nup cattle, and kept them on it through the winter.\\nThese men amused themselves in tending their stock,\\nand in hunting and fishing. They built their hut\\nagainst a large hollow pine log, on the east side of\\nthe meadow. Towards spring their dog gave unmis-\\ntakable signs of the presence of game. [This is tra-\\ndition.] They cut through the thin crust of the log,\\nand came directly upon a bear, which they immedi-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0606.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "PRIVATIONS. 541\\nately dispatched. These young men afterwards set-\\ntled near Dimond s Corner, but soon left for a newer\\ncountry.\\nThe luxury of a post-office, or newspaper, or letter,\\nwas not known for years after the settlement of the\\ntown.\\nStore-keepers kept nothing but articles of down-\\nright necessity (if rum and tobacco be excepted).\\nThe light goods which now fill the drawers and\\nshelves of the country store were not wanted, and\\ncould not have been paid for had they been wanted.\\nThere were no carriages, and but few horses. The\\nlittle travel which the first inhabitants indulged in\\nwas made by ox-teams or on horseback.\\nThere were no matches. Fire was kept by burying\\nup coals or pine knots in the ashes. To provide\\nagainst an exigency, some families procured a little\\nsteel bar, a flint rock, and a piece of dry, decayed\\nwood, called punk. The punk would catch the spark\\nof fire which a concussion between the rock and steel\\nproduced. But only a few families had this appli-\\nance, and fire often had to be sought for at the houses\\nof the neighbors. This was not altogether back in\\nthe dark ages. The writer, in his day, has been\\nout in quest of fire more than once.\\nHousehold furniture was very scant, and farming\\nimplements were rude and poor. Grain was threshed,\\nin many instances, on the smooth ledges of the hills.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0607.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "542 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nBarn floors were small and inadequate the mountain\\nsides were rough, and while the kernel might easily\\nhe carried down, the straw, being bulky and compara-\\ntively worthless, might be left. There can be pointed\\nout to-day, on the mountains of Warner, threshing-\\nfloors, perhaps not unlike that of Oman the Jebusite,\\non Mount Moriah.\\nWOMAN LOST.\\nIn 1796 the widow of Asa Harriman, finding her\\ncows had not come up one night as usual, started in\\npursuit of them just before dark. She became bewil-\\ndered, and had no idea which way pointed towards\\nhome. She pursued the forest paths for hours. At\\nlength a dim light was discernible. It was at the\\nhouse of Benjamin Badger, which was not less than\\ntwo and a half miles from her own, in a straight line,\\nand there was no road of any kind leading from one\\nof these houses to the other. It was now ten o clock.\\nMr. Badger took his lantern and escorted the lost\\nwoman home. Reaching there, they found the three\\nyoungest children asleep on the floor, but the oldest,\\na girl of eight years, was gone. It was now midnight.\\nThe young children told them that Nancy went to\\nfind her mother, and had not come back. They at\\nonce started in searcli of the missing girl, and in a\\nwood-path, at least half a mile from home, they found\\nher fast asleep, at the side of a log, where, as the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0608.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "WILD BEASTS. 543\\nmother always expressed it, she had cried herself to\\nsleep.\\nThis girl afterwards became the wife of Captain\\nThomas Stewart, and among her children now living-\\nare Col. Thomas W. and John H. Stewart, merchant\\ntailors of Concord.\\nWILD BEASTS.\\nIn former times Avild beasts roamed through the\\nforests of Warner, as well as elsewhere. Solomon An-\\nnis shot a large wild-cat in 1766. Abner Watkins and\\nThomas Annis killed a bear on the Mink Hills, in\\n1769.\\nWolves were somewhat troublesome to the first\\nsettlers. In some seasons they destroyed large num-\\nbers of lambs.\\nDr. Long, in his sketches, alludes to the case of\\ntwo young men who were driven from Pumpkin hill\\nby a bear. As good old Mrs. Caleb Jones used to tell\\nthe story, it ran thus These two young men came\\nup from Kingston (her native town). They had bar-\\ngained for a wild lot, at or very near the highest\\npoint on Pumpkin hill, but they had paid no money\\nand got no deed. They came on with their axes,\\nand commenced in the early summer. They built a\\nrude shanty, the front end of which was entirely open,\\nand the rear end came against the stub of an old tree\\nthat had been broken down. There was a wide aper-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0609.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "544 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nture, also, at that end, called the window. While\\nthese young adventurers were peacefully partaking\\nof their meridian meal one day, an old bear climbed\\nup the stump, and gazed in belligerently upon them.\\nThey instantly sprung they stood not on the order\\nof their going, but went. They made the best time\\nthey could. Nathaniel Bean was near the road as\\nthey threw themselves down the hill, by him, on a\\ndead run, one of them bare-headed. Bean sang out,\\nWhat s the rush? but, like Job, they answered not\\na word. When they reached Tappan Evans s, they\\nsank down in utter exhaustion. After wiping the\\nprofusion of sweat from their faces, they told their\\ntale. Evans gave the destitute one an old hat they\\ntook their departure from town and Pumpkin hill\\nand the old bear knew them no more.\\nThe Savorys caught a bear on the mountain in\\n1821, and Isaac Cheney, of Wilmot, caught another\\nat a later day.\\nIn the winter of 1833 B. E. Harriman and Harden\\nSeavey caught a large deer. They started him up in\\nthe great woods between Nathaniel Page s old farm\\nand How s tavern.\\nWITCHCRAFT.\\nColeridge did not believe in ghosts he had seen\\ntoo many of them. But some of our ancestors did\\nbelieve in ghosts for the same reason they had seen\\nboth ghosts and witches with their own eyes, and of", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0610.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "WITCHCRAFT. 545\\ncourse that settled the question. The names of good,\\nrespectable Warner people might be given, who ap-\\npeared to believe in this mischievous delusion without\\na doubt. They would declare, on their oaths, that\\nthey had seen and recognized witches riding through\\nthe air on a broomstick (They always would ride a\\nbroomstick!) One man saw a witch riding in this\\nmanner, who flew so low that her toe-nails ripped the\\nshingles from the ridge-pole of his house, there being\\nno weather-boards to protect them. The names of\\nhalf a dozen of the inhabitants of Warner, who were\\nconsidered witches and accused of crime, might be\\ngiven, but they are withheld.\\nAmong the province laws of New Hampshire, the\\nfollowing, which was enacted by the General Assem-\\nbly at Portsmouth in 1679, is found\\nIf any Cliristian, soe called, be a witch, yt is, hatli, or con-\\nsulted with a familiar spirit, he or they shall be put to death.\\nThough the disgrace of enacting a law like this at-\\ntaches to New Hampshire, and justly, it is a great sat-\\nisfaction to know that the law, or such as that, was\\nnever executed within the limits of the province.\\nNo innocent blood has ever been shed in New Hamp-\\nshire on account of witchcraft. But persons have\\nbeen accused of this crime, and put on trial for their\\nlives. The following is one of the cases of this char-\\nacter.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0611.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "546 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nCOMPLAINT OF SUSANNAH TRIMMINGS OF LITTLE HARBOR.\\nOn Lord s day 30th of March, at night, going home with Good-\\nwife Barton, she separated from her at the freshet next her house.\\nOn her return she heard a rustling in the woods, and there did\\nappear to lier old Goodwife Walford. She asked me where my\\nconsort was. I answered, I had none. She said, thy consort is\\nat home by this time lend me a pound of cotton. I told her I\\nhad but two pounds in the house, and would not spare any to my\\nmother. She said I had better have done it that my sorrow\\nwas great, and it should be greater for I was going a great\\njourney, but should never come there. She then left me, and I\\nwas struck as with a clap of fire on my back, and she vanished,\\ntowards the water-side, in my ajjprehension in the shape of a cat.\\nShe had on her head a white linen hood tied under her chin, and\\nher waistcoat and petticoat were red.\\nTaken upon oath, April 18, 1656.\\nNow, according to this affidavit, only one guilty\\nparty has put in an appearance, and that is Susannah\\nTrinnnings, the accuser. Slie lied in saying that she\\nhad no consort, and probably lied, also, in regard to\\nthe amount of cotton she had. Perhaps that accounts\\nfor the clap of fire that struck her on the back.\\nBut let us hear the damaging testimony of other\\nwitnesses who appeared against old mother Walford\\nin this important suit.\\nThe account continues\\nHer husband, Oliver Trimmings, says, she came home in a sad\\ncondition. She passed by me with her child in her arms, laid it\\non the bed, sat down upon the chest and leaned upon her elbow.\\nThree times I asked her how she did, she could not speak. I\\nunlaced her clothes, and soon she spake and said, this wicked\\nwoman will kill me. I asked her what woman. She said Good-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0612.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "WITCHCRAFT. 547\\nwife Walford. I tried to persuade her it was only her weakness.\\nShe told me no, and rehited as above, that her back was a flame\\nof fire, and her lower parts were numb and without feeling. I\\npinched her and she felt not.\\nTaken on oath.\\nNicholas Rowe testified that Jane Walford, shortly after she was\\naccused, came to the deponent in bed in the evening and put her\\nhand on his breast so that he could not speak, and was in great\\npain till the next day. By the light of the fire in the next room,\\nit appeared to be Goody Walford, but she did not speak.\\nAgnis Puddington deposes, that on the 11th of April, 1656,\\nMrs. Evans came to her house and lay there all night and a lit-\\ntle after sunset the deponent saw a yellowish cat and Mrs.\\nEvans said she was followed by a cat wherever she went. John\\ncame and saw a cat in the garden took down his gun to shoot\\nher the cat went up a tree, and the gun would not take fire.\\nShe afterwards saw three cats, the yellow one vanished away on\\nthe plain ground she could not tell which way they went.\\nCourt of Associates, June, 1656.\\nJane Walford being brought to this court upon suspicion of\\nbeing a Witch, is to continue bound until the next court, to be\\nresponsive.\\nWhat downright absurdity is here and yet a court\\nof justice (so-called) listened to this sloppy stuff, in-\\nstead of ordering the accusers under arrest, or out of\\nthe court-house.\\nAs no further record is found of this case, the pre-\\nsumption is that the woman was not brought up for a\\nsecond trial.\\nElizabeth, wife of William Morse, of Salisbury, Mass.,\\nwas accused of witchcraft, and sentenced to be hung\\nbut by the persistence and firmness of Gov. Brad-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0613.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "548 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nstreet, her life, after a severe and protracted struggle\\nwith the courts, was saved.\\nThe accuser of this woman, and the main witness\\nagainst her, was Zachariah Davis. His testimony, in\\nfull, here follows\\nWhen I lived at Salisbury, William Morse s wife asked me\\nwhether I could let her have a small passell of winges and I told\\nher I woode, so she woode have me bring them over for her the\\nnext time I came over, but I came over and did not think of the\\nwinges, but met goody Morse, she asked me whether I had\\nbrought over her winges and tel her no I did not thinke of it, so\\nI came 3 or 4 times and had them in my minde a litel before I\\ncame over but stil forgot them at my coming away so meting\\nwith her every time that I came over without them aftar I had\\npromised her the winges, so she tel me she wonder at it that my\\nmemory should be soe bad, but when I came home I went to the\\nbarne and there was 3 cafes in a pen. One of them fell a danc-\\ning and roreing and was in such a condition as I never saw on\\ncafe in before, but being almost night the cattle came home and\\nwe put him to his dam and he sucke and was well 3 or 4 days,\\nand on of them was my brothers then come over to Nubery, but\\nwe did not thinke to send the winges, but when he came home\\nand went to the barne this cafe fel a dancing and roreing so wee\\nput him to the cowe, but he woode not sucke, but rane a roreinge\\naway soe wee gate him againe with much adoe and put him into\\nthe barne and we heard him roer severall times in the night and\\nin the morning I went to the barne and there he was seting upon\\nhis taile like a doge, and I never see no cafe set aftar that man-\\nner before and soe he remained in these fits while he died.\\nSubscribed and sworn to, June 7, 1679.\\nOn this evidence a jury of twelve men, no, of\\ntwelve idiots or devils, in Essex county, Mass., in the\\nyear of our Lord, 1679, condemned a woman to death\\nShame on our country, that a score of innocent lives", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0614.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "WITCHCRAFT. 549\\nwere sacrificed *in the province of Massachusetts, on\\ntestimony as contemptible as this\\nFor a time nobody was secure. Old and young\\nalike were dragged to execution. In and about Salem\\nmany people fled the country. Fear sat on every\\ncountenance. Terror filled every breast. The mania\\nwas irresistible and to Cotton Mather, more than to\\nany other one, belongs the honor of leading this in-\\nfamous crusade against persons guilty of no crime.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0615.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXXVI.\\nTHE BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AN ADDRESS BY GEN.\\nWALTER HARRIMAN, DELIVERED AT CANTERBURY, N. H., MAY\\n3, 1878.\\n[HE question of boundaiy has always been an interesting\\none, even from that period of antiquity when Terminus,\\nthe tutelar god of bounds, was so obstinate that he would\\nnot stir an inch for Jupiter. The boundaries of nations, of\\nstates, of towns, and even of farms and city lots, vitally concern\\nus. What litigation, what strife, what wranglings and wars, have\\nnot grown out of this question of boundary. Men are peculiarly\\nsensitive about their territorial limits they want all that belongs\\nto them, and some want more. They go to law and follow the\\ncourts for years, and spend thousands of dollars about the title\\nto a strip of land not worth a ten-dollar bill.\\nI believe the people of New Hampshire of the present day are\\nbut imperfectly informed of the bitter and protracted controver-\\nsies which the state has had in regard to her boundary lines.\\nPerils by false brethren have beset her, and perils on every hand.\\nIndeed, she has barely escaped annihilation. More than two\\nhundred years elapsed, from the time when John Mason received\\nhis grant of the embryo state, before the territorial limits of New\\nHampshire were, b} due metes and bounds, determined.\\nThe title to a new country is acquired by discovery, by pur-\\nchase, or b^ conquest. The British government claimed title to\\nthis country l)} discovery. To be sure, they found it occupied by\\nvarious Indian tribes, but the English did not recognize the\\nclaims of the roving aborigines to the proprietorship of the soil.\\nHolding that that belonged to civilized man, the authorities of\\nthat realm proceeded to occupy this countrj^, and to found settle-\\nments here.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0616.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 551\\nOn the third day of Novembei*, 1620, King James the First\\nchartered the Council of Pl3anouth. I quote from tlie words of\\nthat charter. There shall be forever, in our town of Plymouth,\\nin our county of Devon, a body corporate, consisting of forty\\npersons, with perpetual succession, called by the name of the\\ncouncil established at Plymouth, in the count} of Devon, for the\\nplanting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New England in\\nAmerica^\\nAnd then the names of those appointed to this council are an-\\nnounced. The charter continues And we do grant to said\\ncouncil all the lands from forty to forty-eight degrees north lati-\\ntude, from sea to sea, and all jurisdictions, royalties, etc, in said\\nland, and islands and seas adjoining, provided they are not ac-\\ntually possessed by any other Christian prince or state.\\nOn the nineteenth of March, 1628, the Council of Plymouth\\nmade a grant of Massachusetts to Sir Henry Roswell and others.\\nWe of New Hampshire are only interested now in the northern\\nboundary of that grant. After naming the boundaries on the\\nsouth and the Merrimack river on the north, it is then added,\\nAnd, also, all those lands and hereditaments whatsoever, which\\nlie and be within the space of three English miles to the north-\\nward of the said river Merrimack, ov to the northward of any\\nand every part thereof. (I shall have occasion to notice this\\nlanguage more particularly hereafter.) The Atlantic ocean was\\nthe eastern boundary of this Massachusetts grant, and the South\\nsea, meaning the Pacific ocean, the western. To our minds, the\\nextension of this grant, on westward, across plains and over the\\nKocky Mountains to the Pacific ocean, appears perfectly wild and\\nchimerical. On the fourth of March, 1629, King James the First\\nchartered the Massachusetts Company. This charter recites the\\nestablishment of the Plymouth Council and its grant to Roswell\\nand others. It confirms this grant to them, and to Saltonstall,\\nCraddock, and others, who had been admitted associates with\\nthem. It constitutes the grantees a corporation by the name of\\nThe Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New\\nEngland. It grants the sajne lands as were granted to Eoswell\\nand others, and by the same description, verbatim.\\nKow we come to the grant on which the state of New Hamp-\\nshire is builded. I therefore ask you distinctly to remember that", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0617.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "552 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe Council of Plymouth, Nov. 7, 1629, and in the fifth year of\\nthe reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles, by the grace of God\\nKing of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the\\nFaith, etc., granted, assigned, aliened, enfeoffed, and confirmed\\nunto Capt. John Mason, his heirs and assigns forever, all that\\npart of the main-land in New England, lying upon the sea-coast,\\nbeginning from the middle part of Merrimack river, and from\\nthence to proceed northwards along the sea-coast to Piscataqua\\nriver, and so forwards up within the said river and to the further-\\nest head thereof, and from thence north-westward until three-score\\nmiles be finished from the first entrance of Piscataqua river.\\nAlso, from Merrimack, through the said river, and to the further-\\nest head thereof, and so forwards uj) into the land westwards, un-\\ntil three-score miles be finished and from thence to cross overland\\nto the three-score miles end accounted from Piscataqua river, to-\\ngether with all islands and isletts within five leagues distance of\\nthe premises and abutting upon the same. Then it is added,\\nwhich said portions of lands, with the aj)purtenances thereto be-\\nlonging, the said Capt. John Mason, with the consent of the\\nPresident and Council, intends to name Neio Hampshire.\\nIn this great charter we find the foundation of our state. It\\nwas the state, in its early infancy, and every loyal son and daugh-\\nter of New Hampshire feels a deep interest in these initial steps\\nin its creation. Mason conferred the name New Hampshire upon\\nthis domain in the New World, because the county of Hampshire\\nin England was the place of his residence.\\nCapt. John Mason was a merchant of London, but became a\\nsea ofiicer, and afterwards governor of Newfoundland in America,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of this country, which led him,\\non his return to England, into a close attachment with those who\\nwere engaged ill its discovery. Upon the occurrence of a vacan-\\ncy in the Council of Plymouth, Mason was elected a member,\\nand became their secretary. He was also appointed governor of\\nPortsmouth in Hampshire, England.\\nIt is essential to my purpose to state that the Province of\\nMaine, so-called, bounded west by the Piscataqua river, was grant-\\ned April 3, 1639, by the Crown, to Sir Ferdinando Gorges. The\\nPlymouth Council, prior to this, namely, the seventh of June,\\n1635, bad surrendered its charter to the King, and ceased to exist.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0618.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "B0UNDARIB3S OP NEW HAMPSHIRE. 553\\nOctober 7, 1691, a new charter was granted to the Massachusetts\\nCompany, by William and Mary, and in this charter was included\\nthe Province of Maine, formerly granted to Gorges. So, from\\nthis time forward, New Hampshire had Massachusetts to contend\\nwith, not only on the south, but on the east as well.\\nI do not feel called upon, in this place, to give particular\\nattention to the grant made to Gorges and Mason. August 10,\\n1622, of what was called The Province of Maine, which grant\\nextended, on the coast, from the river Merrimack to the Sagada-\\nhoc, as that was superseded by later grants nor to the supjile-\\nmentary grant of Laconia to the same j^arties, for that soon\\ndisappears from the public records, and the presumption is that\\nit was forfeited, or that it failed through some defect or informal-\\nity. Besides, the boundaries of that grant, on the north and\\nwest, were painfully indefinite and uncertain, The said lands\\nlying and bordering upon the great lakes and rivers of the Iro-\\nquois, and other nations adjoining. One is reminded here of\\nwhat Rufus Choate said, when attacking the Commissioners on\\nthe boundaries of IJhode Island and Massachusetts. Said he,\\nI would as soon think of setting foi th the boundaries between\\nsovereign states as beginning at a blue-jay on the bough of a\\npine tree, thence easterly to a dandelion gone to seed, thence due\\nsouth to three hundred foxes with fire-brands tied between their\\ntails.\\nI need not consider here the iinion of New Hampshire with\\nMassachusetts under one government, which lasted thirty-nine\\n3^ears, nor the fact that at a subsequent time one governor\\nruled over both provinces for a long period. I need not consider\\nthe famous Wheelright Deed, even if that deed was genuine and\\nnot a forgery. I need not investigate the question whether the\\nline, from point to point in Mason s grant, should be a curve or\\na straight line nor need I attempt to settle the question of the\\nvalidity of the claim of Mason s heirs to certain portions of the\\nsoil of the state nor allude to the grant made to Edward Hilton\\nin 1630, sometimes called the Swamscot patent. In none of the\\ndisputes arising upon these points were the outer limits of New\\nHampshire involved. The boundaries of the state were not\\nmenaced, and I shall therefore permit those questions to sleep.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0619.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "554 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nSTRIFE WITH MASSACHUSETTS.\\nDuring periods of great public concern, like King Philip s\\nWar of 1675, or the invasion of Canada in 1690, the boundary\\ncontroA^ersies were silent, but, generally, till the final adjustment\\nof those questions, the condition of affairs was substantially as\\nstated by Gov. Belcher, in a letter to the Lords of Trade in Lon-\\ndon, in which he says, I have taken all possible care to have\\nthe long-contested boundaries betwixt the Massachusetts and\\nNew Hampshire adjusted agreeable to His Majesty s Ro3 al Or-\\nders to me, but I can see no prospect of its being accomplished,\\nand the Borderel-s, on the lines (if your Lordships will allow me\\nso vulgar an expression), live like toads under a harrow, being\\nrun into jails, on the one side and the other, as often as they\\nplease to quarrel, such is the sad condition of His Majesty s sub-\\njects that live near the lines. They pull down one another s\\nhouses, often wound each other, and I fear it will end in blood-\\nshed unless His Majesty, in his great goodness, gives some effect-\\nual Order to have the Bounds fixt.\\nThis strife having become intolerable, unusual efforts were\\ninitiated, about 1730, for a settlement. The Assembly of New\\nHampshire proposed that a committee, consisting of disinterested\\npersons, be appointed by the two governments to sit on the\\ncase. They proposed Col. William Codrington and Col. John\\nWanton, of Rhode Island, and Mr. John Lydall, merchant, of\\nBoston, to act for New Hampshire. After much wrangling be-\\ntween the two governments, and the failure of this project, on\\nthe recommendation of Gov. Belcher, who was governor of both\\nprovinces, and a native of Massachusetts, an act was passed as\\nfollows Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor, Coun-\\ncil, and Representatives convened in General Assembly, that the\\nHon. Adolph Phillips of New York, chosen and appointed by\\nthe two governments, and the Hon. Joseph Jenks of Rhode\\nIsland, chosen and api\u00c2\u00bbointed on the part of this government, and\\nthe Hon. Joseph Talcott of Connecticut, chosen and appointed\\nby the government of Massachusetts Bay, be commissioners to\\nrepair to the places where the aforesaid controversy arises, and\\nfully to hear each side, and finally to fix and settle said bounda-\\nries between the said provinces, according to His Majesty s afore-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0620.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 555\\nsaid instructions that is to say, the boundary between the prov-\\nince of New Hampshire and the \\\\iite province of Maine, as well\\nas the other boundary between New Hampshire and the Massa-\\nchusetts Bay.\\nIn April, 1731, Gov. Belcher, in his message to the Council\\nand House of Representatives of New Hampshire, says, I am\\nnow to acquaint you, gentlemen, that the late General Court of\\nthe Massachusetts Bay have past a law much of the nature of\\nthat past here the last fall, for settling the long-disputed bounds.\\nThe secretary brought down a copy of this act of Massachusetts,\\nand Joshua Pierce and Nathaniel Weare, Esqrs., were appoint-\\ned a committtee to draw up objections to the same. I will\\nnot quote in extenso from the objections they drew up. A single\\nparagraph will be sufficient. They say, We have carefully\\nperused the transcript of the act passed hy the government of\\nMassachusetts Bay for settling the boundary lines, which we\\ncan by no means think reasonable, nor corresponding to His Maj-\\nesty s instructions in scarce one paragraph. New Hampshire\\nadhered substantially to the terms of her act Massachusetts\\nadhered to hers, and, after much irritation and bickering, this\\nscheme also failed. Perplexed, but not in despair. New Hamp-\\nshire tried again. On the seventh daj^ of May, 1731, she voted\\nThat there be a Committee from the General Assembly ap-\\npointed, to meet a like Committee from the General Assembly of\\nMassachusetts, at Newbury, the tenth day of June following, to\\ntry once more for an agreement. But the Assembly of Massa-\\nchusetts did not readily respond. They did not come to time on\\nthe tenth of June. Effort upon effort was made to secure such\\nmeeting at Newbury, but for weeks and months to no purpose.\\nAt length, however, a meeting of the committee of the two prov-\\ninces was effected at the appointed place. It occurred the thir-\\ntieth of September, 1731, but was utterly barren of results. At\\nthis meeting, the committee on the part of Massachusetts claimed\\nthat all lands or towns which either govei-nment are in possession\\nof, be reserved to the several governments, both as to jurisdiction\\nand property. The New Hampshire committee utterly refused\\nto comply with this demand, stating that it would bring the\\ndividing line at least eleven miles and three quarters to the north\\nward of the Merrimack river, instead of three miles, according to\\n36", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0621.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "556 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nthe terms of their grant. When the New Hampshire committee\\nhad peremptorily refused tliese hard terms, tlie Massachusetts\\ncommittee stated that they could not act any further, for, as\\nthey had particular directions, they were obliged to confortn to\\nthem^ And this attempt at settlement went also to the tomb\\nof the Capulets.\\nAn appeal to the king was now the only alternative. Such\\nappeal was taken, and New Hampshire having no agent in Eng-\\nland to present her cause, appointed Capt. John Rindge for that\\npurpose. He was a merchant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,\\nand was about to take passage for London on his mercantile busi-\\nness. Being a man of means, he advanced what money was\\nnecessary to prosecute the design of his appointment. On his\\narrival in England he petitioned the king in behalf of the prov-\\nince of New Hampshire to establish its boundaries. Having\\naccomplished his private business, and being obliged to return\\nhome, Capt. Rindge left the care of the petition with John Thom-\\nlinson, Esq., a merchant of London, who was well known here.\\nThis petition was presented to the court of Great Britain, Feb.\\n28, 1732. His Majesty referred it to the Lords of the Council,\\nMarch 29, 1733, and their Lordships referred the same to the\\nLords of Trade in April. Five long, wearisome years elapsed\\nafter the presentation of this petition before definite action was\\ntaken. How execrable is procrastination This matter, so vital\\nto the well being of the provinces, must be put off. Disorder and\\ncontention are again rampant men pass away years come and\\ngo and at last, on the ninth day of April, 1737, His Majesty s\\ncommission, under the great seal, is issued. It was directed to\\ntwenty commissioners, discreet men, living in His Majesty s\\nother loyal provinces, not less than five of whom should consti-\\ntute a quorum. The king directed that the commissioners should\\nhold their first session at Hampton, N. H Aug. 1, 1737.\\nThis commission was sent to Capt. John Rindge, of Ports-\\nmouth, who kept it till the meeting of the commissioners, and\\nthen delivered it to them. The expense of it, amounting to 135\\npounds sterling, was paid by the agents of New Hampshire.\\nOn the day appointed, eight of the commissioners met at Hamp-\\nton. They published their commission, opened their court, chose\\nWilliam Parker, of Portsmouth, clerk, and George Mitchell, sur-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0622.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OP NEW HAMPSHIRE. 557\\nveyor. The following are the names of the eiglit who met and\\nconstituted the court\\nWm. Skene, President,\\nErasmus James Phillips, VlSTova Scotia.\\nOtho Hamilton, J\\nSamuel Vernon,\\nJohn Gardner,\\nJohn Potter, Rhode Island.\\nEzekiel Warner,\\nGeorge Cornel, J\\nAble men from each of the two provinces were to act as agents\\nbefore this board. The Assemblies of the provinces convened at\\nthe same time, that of Massachusetts at Salisbury, and that of\\nNew Hampshire at Hampton Falls, only six miles apart. With\\nthe utmost vigilance and jealousy they watched one another. It\\nwas an occasion of vast moment to those directly concerned.\\nTo overawe the adverse party, a large cavalcade was formed in\\nBoston, which, with a troop of horse, escorted Gov. Belcher to the\\nscene of conflict. This pomp and display was the occasion of the\\nfollowing satirical verses, in an assumed Hibernian style\\nDear Paddy, you ne er did behold such a sight\\nAs yesterday morning was seen before night\\nYou in all your born days saw, nor I did n t neither.\\nSo many fine horses and men ride together.\\nAt the head, the lower House trotted two in a row\\nThen all the higher House pranced after the low\\nThen the Governor s coach galloped on like the wind.\\nAnd the last that came foremost were the troopers behind.\\nThe commissioners met at the place and on the day appointed.\\nThe New Hampshire agents were ready, and they presented their\\ncase. The Massachusetts agents were not ready. The purport\\nof the New Hampshire claim was this that the southern bound-\\nary of the province should begin at the end of three miles north\\nfrom the Merrimack river where it runs into the Atlantic ocean,\\nand from thence should run, o?i a straight line west, up into the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0623.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "558 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nmain land, towards the South sea, until it meets with His Majes-\\nty s other governments. That the eastern boundary should be-\\ngin at the entrance of Piscataqua harbor, and so pass up the same\\ninto the river Newichwannock (now Salmon Falls), and through\\nthat unto the farthest head thereof, and from thence north-west-\\nward, tbat is, north, less than a quarter of a point westerly, as far\\nas the British Dominion extends. That the western half of the\\nIsles of Shoals lay within the province of New Hampshire.\\nSuch was the Xew Hampshire case as contended for through\\nweai-y years, and as presented, by the agents of the province, to\\nthe king s commissioners at Hampton. There was no ambiguity\\nabout this claim, and it came to the comprehension of every mind.\\nIt will be seen that NeW^ Hampshire did not claim from the\\nmouth of Merrimack river, according to the conditions of Mason s\\ngrant, but from a point three miles north of it. The reason is\\nthis the grant of Massachusetts antedates that of Xew Hamp-\\nshire, and the boundaries of that grant began at a point three\\nEnglish miles north of the Merrimack river. The authorities of\\nNew Hampshire readily assented to this claim on the part of\\nMassachusetts.\\nThe commissioners adjourned to Aug. 4, met again, and the\\nMassachusetts agents toere ready. They now presented their\\n(;ase. It demanded a boundary line on the south side of New\\nHampshire, beginning at the sea, three English miles north from\\nthe black rocks at the mouth of the river, as it emptied itself into\\nthe sea sixt^^ years ago thence running parallel with the river as\\nfar north as the junction of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesau-\\nkee at Franklin, thence due north as far as a certain tree, com-\\nmonly known, as they said, for more than seventy years, as Endi-\\ncott s tree, standing three English miles northward of the said\\njunction, and from thence due west to the South sea. This Endi-\\ncott tree was at, or very near, Sanbornton Square.\\nOn the easterly side of New Hampshire, their case claimed a\\nV)0uiidary line beginning at the entrance of Piscataqua harbor,\\npassing up the same to the river, through that to the farthest\\nhead thereof, and from thence a due north-west line till 120 miles\\nfrom the mouth of Piscataqua harbor be finished.\\nNow let us briefly examine this claim, going first to our eastern\\nboundary. There is no substantial disagreement between the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0624.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 559\\nclaims of the two provinces till we get to the head of the river.\\nThat is at Great East pond, lying between Wakefield, ISTew\\nHampshire, and Acton, Maine. A line due north-west from that\\npond, according to the Massachusetts claim, would pass through\\nOssipee, Tuftonborough, Moultonborough, Sandwich, Thornton,\\nWoodstock, and Benton, to the Connecticut river at Bath, cutting\\noff at least one third of the whole area of the state cutting off\\nthe whole of Coos county, most of Carroll, and a large and impor-\\ntant part of Grafton. It would barely have left the Great lake\\nwithin our borders, but the Crystal Hills, as they were for-\\nmerly called, would have formed no part of the state of New\\nHampshire.\\nNow, go to our southern border. The province of Massachu-\\nsetts insisted that by the terms of their charter the line must\\nbegin at the ocean, three miles north of the Merrimack river, and\\nrun parallel with the river on the north side to the great bend at\\nDracut, and then, turning at right angles, continue oil three miles\\nfrom the river, but on the eastvHxrd of it, up through the heart of\\nthe state, to a line parallel with the junction of the rivers at\\nFranklin, and still three miles further on, to a point now in San-\\nbornton, at the aforesaid Endicott tree then, turning square to\\nthe left, run due west to the Connecticut river, or to His Majes-\\nty s other governments. This line, running due xoest from the\\nEndicott tree, would pass through Hill, Danbury, Springfield, and\\nCroydon, to the Connecticut river opposite Windsor and thus, all\\nof New Hampshire south of that line and xcest of the Merrimack\\nriver, together with the strip three miles wide east of that river,\\nwould have been severed from this province and added to Massachu-\\nsetts. In tliis tract is comprised another full third of New Hamj)-\\nshire the whole of Cheshire county, the whole of Hillsborough\\ncounty except the town of Pelliam and a part of Hudson, and the\\nlion s share of Merrimack and Sullivan counties. This proposed\\nmutilation of our territory on the south-west, together with that on\\nthe north-east, would have left the province with less than one\\nthird of its present area, and, in the eye of the country, we should\\nhave been weak in wealth and pojjulation, insignificant and in\\nshape, as uncomely as a New Hampshire senatorial district.\\nThe Massachusetts authorities, anxious to secure every advan-\\ntage, hastened the granting of townships all over the disputed", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0625.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "560 HISTORY OF WARNElt.\\nterritory. From Boscawen on the east to Charlestown on the\\nwest, they laid off two tiers of townships, and gave every encour-\\nagement to cause persons to become grantees of these lands. The\\ncontroversy about the boundaries was pending, and they acted\\nupon the principle that possession is nine points in the law.\\nNow we return to the king s commissioners at Hampton. Per-\\nhaps there has seldom been displayed such stratagem, such per-\\nsistence and sharp practice, as the contending parties displayed\\nbefore this board. They were men of marked ability, and their\\nsouls were in the work. I cannot follow them in their arguments\\nor their subterfuges. Time will not permit. The pleas, the repli-\\ncations, the rejoinders and sur-rejoinders, which were indulged in\\nad libitum^ consumed daj^s and weeks. A painful suspense bur-\\ndened every mind; but finally the decision came, such as it was!\\nOn the second day of September the commissioners decided the\\neastern boundar}^ and decided it substantially in accordance with\\nthe New Hampshire claim. They begin, in this decision, at the\\nmouth of Piscataqua harbor, and proceed northward through the\\nharbor and river to the head thereof, and thence north two degrees\\nwest, as far as the king s possessions go, it being precisely the\\nboundary line of to-day.\\nIn regard to the southern boundary they were unable to make\\na decision, and they referred this most harassing and momentous\\nbranch of the subject to the wise consideration of His Most\\nSacred Majesty, the King. The Massachusetts province was\\nenraged at the decision on the eastern line. It appealed from\\nthat decision, and carried the war to the court of Great Britain.\\nThoinlinson, the New Hampshire agent, was there, quick, vigi-\\nlant, and influential. Thomas Hutchinson, the agent of the ad-\\nverse party, a man of rare talent and perseverance, was sent over\\nfrom Boston to engineer the cause of Massachusetts. Greek met\\nGreek, and the heat of the contest knew no abatement. The New\\nHampshire position before the king, in council, was, as it had\\nbeen before every other tribunal, that, when the grant of Massa-\\nchusetts, by the council of Plymouth in 1628, and the charter of\\nMassachusetts in 1629, were made, the course of the Merrimack\\nriver, except near the ocean, was not known by the grantors. It\\nwas supposed to run, in its whole course, from west to east, and\\nin this view only can the language of the grants be intelligible.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0626.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 561\\nIf the river, two thirds of its length, runs south, and if the grantors\\nknew the fact, how could they say all those lands which lie and be\\nwithin the space of three English miles to the northward of said\\nriver They do not say, all those lands within three miles, on\\nthe north and east side of the river, or within the space of three\\nmiles on the right hand side, as we ascend the river. Note the\\nexact words, within the space of three English miles to the\\nnorthicard of said river, or to the northward of any and every\\npart thereof.\\nI have no donbt that the grantors intended a line substantially\\neast and west, but the Massachusetts authorities rejected this con-\\nstruction of the language employed, and persisted in their claim\\nto fully two thirds of all the territory within our present bounds.\\nEven more they intended to gobble up the whole province.\\nThe agents of Massachusetts, in one of their written arguments\\nbefore His Majesty s commissioners at Hampton, closed with\\nthese significant words And the colony of Massachusetts then\\nhoped, by putting a more adcantageous construction on their\\ncharter, to have made out a right to the whole province of New\\nHampshire^\\nGov. Belcher was a supple tool of the Massachusetts authori-\\nties, and, in a wily and adroit manner, did his utmost to forward\\ntheir schemes. He finally became very unpopular in New Hamp-\\nshire, and in 1741 he was superseded in the office of governor by\\nBenning Wentworth, a favorite son of the province.\\nBut an appeal has been taken to the king. Another season of\\nlong waiting and anxiety is endured. Months depart, years roll\\nround, but no relief comes. Still justice standeth not afar off.\\nOn the fifth da3 ^of March, 1740, the great decision of the Lords\\nof Trade, under the sanction of the king, is promulgated, and New\\nHampshire is grateful to George the Second for terminating the\\nlong dispute.\\nThe royal decision is far better than even New Hampshire s\\nclaim. In regard to the eastern boundary, it confirmed the judg-\\nment of the commissioners, giving to this province the south-\\nwesterly half of the Isles of Shoals, and confirming the boundary\\nclear on to Canada, as it stands to-day. The decision on the\\nsouthern line was a surprise to everybody. It established a\\ncurved line, followincr the course of the river Merrimack at the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0627.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "562 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\ndistance of tliree miles on the north side, beginning at the Atlan-\\ntic ocean and ending at Pawtucket falls (now Lowell), and\\nthence due toest to Ills Majesty s other governments^\\nThe decision was a total and overwhelming defeat to the Mas-\\nsachusetts claim. It was much more than that. The falling of\\nthe walls of Jericho on the sounding of the ram s horn, could not\\nhave astonished Joshua more than this decision of the king aston-\\nished the zealous politicians of Massachusetts in 1740. It gave to\\nNew Hampshire a large tract of valuable territory beyond what she\\nhad asked. The line claimed by this province, before committees,\\ncommissioners, and kings, starting at the ocean where it now is,\\nwould run through South Plampton, Newton, Hampstead, Derry,\\nLondonderry, Litchfield, Merrimack, Amherst, Mont Vernon,\\nLyndeborough, Peterborough, Dublin, Marlborough, Swanzey,\\nand to the Connecticut river in Chesterfield. So, by this un-\\nlooked-for decision, New Hampshire gained possession of parts of\\nall the towns just enumerated, together with the whole of Plais-\\ntow, Atkinson, Salem, Windham, Pelham, Hudson, Nashua, Hol-\\nlis, Brookline, Millbrd, Wilton, Mason, Greenville, Temple, New\\nIpswich, Sharon, Rindge, Jaffrey, Fitzwilliam, Troy, Richmond,\\nWinchester, and Hinsdale gained a tract of land more than four\\nhundred and fift}- thousand acres in extent, and better in quality\\nthan the average of our New England country. That decision\\nstands good to-day.\\nThe king, ignoring tlie sixty-mile point in Mason s grant on\\nthe east, carried the line on to Canada because the province of\\nMaine was extended there, and, ignoring, also, on the south, the\\nsixty-mile point from the ocean, carried on the line xoith Massa-\\nchusetts to His Majesty s other governments, and thus Ma-\\nson s curce, or his straight line from point to point, is obsolete.\\nThe king does not recognize it, and New Hampsliire knows it not.\\nCONTEST WITH NEW YORK.\\nWe come now to anotlier border war, in which New Hamp-\\nshire was one of the belligerents. Previous to the Revolution,\\nboth New York and New Hampshire claimed all the territory\\nthat now constitutes the state of Vermont. New York claimed\\nit under the terms of her royal grant. Charles the Second, in\\n1663, granted to his brother James, Duke of York, and to his", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0628.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OP NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\n563\\nheirs and assigns, All the lands from the west side of Connecti-\\ncut river to the east side of Delaware bay. This language\\nseems plain enough hut, as New York never extended to Dela-\\nware ba,y on the south, nor to within a hundred miles of it as\\nConnecticut and Massachusetts had established their western\\nboundaries beyond the Connecticut river, and on a line but twen-\\nt^^ miles east of the Hudson and as George the Second, in de-\\nciding the boundaries of ISTew Hampshire, allows her line to ex-\\ntend westward till it meets with the King s other governments,\\nBenning Wentworth, and those in authority in this province,\\nclaimed the territory of Vermont. It is proper that I should say\\nhere, that Gov. Clinton, in a letter to Gov. Wentworth in 1750,\\ntook the position that the colony of Connecticut was extended\\nupon the i^ew York grant by an agreement, and that Massachu-\\nsetts first went upon their grounds by intrusion, and that the\\npossession was left so long undisturbed by New York that it be-\\ncame permanent. His successors took the same position through\\nall the coming struggle, but I hardly see how they could main-\\ntain it. The original grant of Massachusetts was prior to that of\\nthe Duke of York, and the Massachusetts grant extended from\\nthe Atlantic ocean on the east part, to the South sea on the west\\npart\\nGov. Wentworth, nothing daunted by these allegations from\\nNew York, went ahead. He had granted the township of Ben-\\nnington, in 1749, naming it for himself. He proceeded, in the\\nyears following, to lay out towns on the disputed territory, and to\\nreceive large fees and presents from grantees for his official ser-\\nvices. In a single year (1761) he granted sixty townships, and,\\nin all, between the years 1749 and 1764, he granted, in the king s\\nname, to New England people, nearly one hundred and forty\\ntownships of land, about six miles square, on what is now the ter-\\nritory of Vermont.\\nDuring all these years New York sternly protested, but Went-\\nworth sternly persisted. Both parties appealed to the king, and,\\nJuly 20, 1764, King George the Third, by an order in council,\\ndeclared the west bank of Connecticut river to be the boundary\\nbetween the province of New Hampsliire and that of New York.\\nThis order was received and promulgated in America, April 10,\\n1765.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0629.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "564 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nLieutenant-Governor Cadwallader Golden, then acting as chief\\nmagistrate of New York, treating tlie grants wliicli had been\\nmade by New Hampshire as nullities, and the settlers under them\\nas trespassers on the king s domain, proceeded at once to grant\\nthe lands anew to others, mostly to New York speculators. In\\ntwo years* time his patents covered most of the lands occupied by\\nthe New Hampshire settlers. He was stimulated to this work by\\nthe very great gains derived from the patent fees, he receiving for\\nevery thousand acres he patented the sum of $31.25, while six\\nother government officials had a similar temptation. The secre-\\ntary of the province received $10, the clerk of the council $10,\\nthe auditor $4,624^, the receiver-general $14.62|-, the attorney-\\ngeneral $7.50, the survej or-general $12.50. Thus, the total\\namount of fees for one thousand acres was $90.50, and this\\namount was exacted for every thousand acres, even when many\\nthousands were included in the same patent. The fees amounted\\nto $2,300 to a township.\\nThe like motive operated upon succeeding governors, not only\\ninducing them to disregard the just and equitable claims of the\\nNew Hampshire grantees and settlers, but also to disobey and set\\nat naught the positive injunctions of the king, forbidding them,\\nin the most peremptory terms, from making such grants.\\nIn the autumn of 1766 the settlers on the New Hampshire\\nGrants west of the Green Mountains called a convention, and, on\\nmature deliberation, agreed to send an agent to the court of Great\\nBritain, to state to the king and council the illegal and unjust\\nproceedings of the governor of New York, and to obtain redress\\nof their grievances. They appointed Samuel Robinson, Esq.. as\\ntheir agent. Mr. Robinson went upon his mission, and the i e-\\nsult was, an order of the king in council, dated July 24, 1767, de-\\nmanding that the governor of New York should not, upon pain\\nof His Majest^^ s highest displeasure, presume to make any grant\\nwhatsoever of any part of the lands described in said report (Rob-\\ninson s), until His Majesty s further pleasure should be known\\nconcerning the same.\\nThis order was obeyed for a year or two, but as soon as the fall\\nof 1769 it was wholly disregarded, and grants of the prohibited\\nland were freely made by the succeeding governors of New York,\\nuntil the Revolutionarj period. The whole quantity of land grant-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0630.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OP NEW HAMPSHIRE. 565\\ned in direct violation of this order exceeded two millions of acres.\\nNumerous suits of ejectment were brought against the settlers,\\nwhich were tried before the supreme court at Albany, in June,\\n1770. The court refused to allow the New Hampshire charters\\nto be read in evidence to the jury, and rendered judgment for the\\nplaintiffs in all cases. The settlers met in convention, and re-\\nsolved to defend their rights against the iisurpation and unjust\\nclaims of the governor and council of New York, by force, as law\\nand justice were denied them.\\nCol. Seth Warner was the guiding spirit in this convention,\\na man whose countenance, attitude, and movements indicated\\ngreat vigor of body and mind. He championed the New Hamp-\\nshire Cause in that contest through all its fiery trials, with a bold-\\nness and a persistence seldom witnessed.\\nBut the black clouds which portend the Revolutionary war are\\nrolling up. The separation from the mother country and the\\nindependence of the colonies begin to be shadowed. The drama\\nof the war opens at Lexington, and all local and provincial con-\\ntests are, in large degree, held in abeyance. On the New Hamp-\\nshire Grants there was a set of intrepid men, trained to hardy\\nenterprise, and ready to encounter danger. At the commence-\\nment of hostilities, a company of these people, styling themselves\\nGreen Mountain Boys, marched to Ticonderoga, under Ethan\\nAllen, and wrested that fortress from the British. Another de-\\ntachment, under Col. Warner, took possession of Crown Point.\\nThe spirit of independence prevailed. The people on the New\\nHampshire Grants resisted the claims of New York. The royal\\ndecision had fixed the boundaiy of New Hampshire at the west\\nbank of the Connecticut river. So, on the 24th day of July,\\n1776, a convention was held at Dorset, Vt., which consisted of\\nfifty-one members, representing thirty-five towns, which, by ad-\\njournment, met again September 25, the same year and again,\\nat Westminster, January 15, 1777. At this latter meeting of the\\nconvention it was resolved, no one contradicting, That we do\\nhereby proclaim and publicly declare that the district of territory\\nknown by the name and description of the New Hampshire\\nGrants, hj right ought to be, and is hereby declared forever here-\\nafter to be, considered as a separate, free, and independent juris-\\ndiction or state, by the name, and forever hereafter to be called.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0631.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "566 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nknown, and cUstinguished by tlio name, of New Connecticut.\\nThis convention adjourned, to be held at the meeting-house at\\nWindsor the first Wednesday of the June following. At this\\nmeeting at Windsor the convention unanimously resolved, That\\nthe said district shall now and hereafter be called and known by\\nthe name of Vermont.\\nNew Hampshire was understood to be not averse to the erec-\\ntion of this new state. At any rate, she uttered no protest\\nagainst it. She felt that the territory of Vermont was placed be-\\nyond her reach that the royal decree of 1764, declaring the\\nwest bank of the Connecticut river, from where it enters the\\nprovince of Massachusetts Bay to the 45th degree of latitude, to\\nbe the boundary line between New Hampshire and New York,\\nwas a barrier that could not be overcome. Besides, the Revolu-\\ntionary war was now pressing on the infant colonies with fearful\\nforce. The overshadowing cause of the country engrossed the\\npatriotism of the hour, and if New Hampshire was guilty of an_y\\nlapses relative to her boundary lines in this great exigency, she\\nis to be pardoned.\\nDISMEMBERMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.\\nBut the strangest part of these transactions remains to be con-\\nsidered. No sooner had Vermont organized a government, than\\na disposition was manifested by a portion of the inhabitants in\\nborder towns east of the Connecticut river to dissolve their con-\\nnection with New Hampshire and unite with the people of Ver-\\nmont. Accordingly, on the 11th day of March, 1778, a petition\\nfrom sixteen towns on the east side of Connecticut river was pre-\\nsented to the legislature of Vermont, then in session at Windsor,\\npraying to be admitted into its union. The inhabitants on the\\neastern side of the river were conveniently situated to unite with\\nthose on the western side, and it is probable that they generally\\nheld the same opinions and views. They argued, that the origi-\\nnal grant of New Hampshire to John Mason was circumscribed\\nby a line drawn at a distance of sixty miles from the sea, and\\nthat all the lands westward of that line, being royal grants, had\\nbeen lield in subjection to the government of New Hampshire\\nby force of the royal commissions, which were vacated by the", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0632.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 567\\nassumed independence of tlie American colonies and, therefore,\\nthat tlie inhabitants of all those lands had reverted to a state of\\nnature.-\\nBut this was a mere pretence, and a weak one. It was New\\nHawpahire on the Connecticut river as positively as it was on\\nthe Piscataqua. It was New Hampshire outside of the Masonian\\nline by the same authority that it was inside. All the bounda-\\nries that New Hampshire or any other province had up to this\\nperiod were derived from the king. The people here were his\\nsubjects. The royal decree had fixed the boundaries of New\\nHampshire, the western boundary being determined, in 1764, on\\nthe west bank of Connecticut river. Hence, to us, that movement\\nin the border towns appears like inexcusable secession. The in-\\nhabitants in those towns had nothing to comiilain of. They had,\\nin ever}^ possible waj-, expressed themselves satisfied with their\\nsituation. Those towns were settled under the grant of the gov-\\nernor of New Hampshire. They were within the lines thereof.\\nMost of them sent delegates to the convention, or congress, of\\nNew Hampshire, which met at Exeter in 1775, the convention\\nwhich formed the constitution and government under which they\\nwere then living. From the commencement of the Revolutionary\\nwar they had applied to their government for assistance and pro-\\ntection, and had received it.\\nBut the disaffected towns were not to be restrained. They\\nhad presented tlieir request to the General Assembly of Vermont\\nto be admitted to a union with that state, and in- June, 1778, at\\nits session in Bennington, the legislature of Vermont, on the\\nrepresentation of a committee from the New Hampshire towns,\\nthat the said towns were not connected with any state in respect\\nto their internal police, and that sixteen towns had assented to a\\nunion with Vermont, in accordance with articles mutually agreed\\nupon, Therefore, voted and resolved, that the sixteen towns,\\nviz., Cornish, Lebanon, Enfield, Dresden, Canaan, Cardigan,\\nLj^me, Orford, Piermont, Haverhill, Bath, Lyman, Gunthwaite,\\nApthorp, Laudaff, and Morristown, be and hereby are entitled\\nto the privileges and immunities vested in any town within this\\nstate. They also resolved that any other towns, on the eastern\\nside of the river, might be admitted on producing a vote of a\\nmajority of the inhabitants, or on the appointment of a repre-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0633.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "568 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nsentative. Thus was this union consummated. Thus was\\nNew Hampshire dismembered, but the storm of popuLar in-\\ndignation began to howl. The leaders in the seceded towns\\nmade endeavors to have the government of New Hampshire ap-\\npoint commissioners to join such as they would appoint, to meet\\nand decide how much territory should be severed from the state,\\nwhere the boundary should be, etc. Of course, neither Presi-\\ndent Weare nor his council nor his government would listen to\\nsu(;h a proposal. The members from New Hampshire in the Con-\\ntinental Congress at Philadelphia were entreated to resist this\\nscheme. Meshech Weare addressed them a letter, in which he\\nsaYs, By the best information I have, about one third, nearly\\none half, of the people in the defective towns are averse to the\\nproceedings of the majority, who threaten to confiscate their\\nestates if they do n t join with them and I am very much\\nafraid the affair will end in the shedding of blood. He also\\nwrote a very strong letter to Governor Chittenden, of Vermont,\\na fair construction of which would be, If you proceed, you do it at\\nyour peril. The Hon. Timothy Walker, of Concord, who at this\\ntime was a member of the council of the state, wrote an able ad-\\ndress to the inhabitants of Vermont, in which this passage occurs:\\nIt is well known in New Hampshire that the disappointments\\nof a small junto of aspiring, avaricious men, in their endeavors\\nto raise themselves to a degree of importance in the state far\\nbeyond what their numbers or estates gave them any pretence\\nto, is the source of all this feud. Ethan Allen, in a characteristic\\nletter to the government of New Hampshire, speaking of those\\nwho fomented this disturbance, on both sides of the river, says,\\nArgument will be lost on them, for the heads of the schism, at\\nlarge, are a petulant, pettifogging, scribbling set, that will keep\\nanj- government on earth in hot water. I am very glad to state\\nthat both Allen and Warner, and other good men in Vermont,\\nset their faces squarely against the dismemberment of New\\nHainjjsbire, from the start.\\nThe bold attitude assumed by New Hampshire, and the oppo-\\nsition to this movement which Vermont found at home, caused a\\nhalt in these proceedings. Vermont desired admittance to the\\nconfederacy of states. She sent Col. Allen, whose personal in-\\nfluence was great, on to Philadelphia to obtain recognition for", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0634.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 569\\nthe state. It was known that New York woukl oppose this to\\nthe bitter end. Allen went on his mission. He returned and\\nmade his report, on the 10th of October, 1778, to the legislature\\nof Vermont, tlien in session at Windsor. In that report we find\\nthe following From what I have heard of the disapprobation\\nat Congress of the union with sundry towns east of Connecticut\\nriver, I offer it as my opinion, that, except this state recede from\\nsuch union immediately, the whole power of the United States\\nof America will join to annihilate the state of Vermont, and to\\nvindicate New Hampshire. At this session of the legislature,\\nrepresentatives from ten of the sixteen towns took their seats\\nin the General Assembly, but their situation became embarrass-\\ning in the extreme. Immediately upon the iiresentation of Al-\\nlen s report, the legislature took measures to recede from the\\nunion which had been formed with the sixteen towns east of\\nthe river, and, on the 21st day of October, 1778, the assembly\\nvoted, first, That the towns east of the river, included in the\\ntinion with this state, shall not be included in the county of Cum-\\nberland and, second, That the towns on the east side of\\nConnecticut river shall not be erected into a distinct county by\\nthemselves. This was not the entertainment to which those\\ntowns supposed they had been invited, for, by these votes, the\\nsixteen towns were denied any connection with existing\\ncounties, and denied the formation of any county by them-\\nselves. Of course, the union was virtually dissolved, and it\\nis said that our arm3^ in Flanders furnished no language\\nadequate to this occasion. But the vote was not unanimous.\\nOn each question there were twenty-eight votes favorable to the\\nNew Hampshire towns, and thirt^^-three votes unfavorable. The\\nnext day (Oct. 22) the members from the east side of the river,\\nand a number from the border towns on the west side, made sol-\\nemn protest against this proceeding, and voted themselves dis-\\ncharged from any and every confederation and association with\\nthe state of Vermont. They then withdrew from the assembly.\\nBut the end is not yet. Heated discussion, wrangling, crimi-\\nnation and recrimination, are rife. The rejected members from\\nthe east side of the river, with some others on the west side, form-\\ned themselves into a convention, and invited all the towns on both\\nsides of the river to unite and set up another state, by the name", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0635.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "570 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nof New Connecticut. Their lea(lin ]j purpose was, to take about all\\nof Vermont east of the mountain chain, and a strip from the west\\nside of New Hampshire, twenty miles in width or more, and out\\nof this tract, up and down the Connecticut valley, erect their new\\nstate. In this view a convention of delegates from several towns\\non both sides of the Connecticut was held at Cornish, the ninth\\nday of December, 1778. That convention resolved to go forward\\nwithout regard to the limits established by the king in 1764, and\\nto make the following proposals to New Hampshire, namely,\\neither to agree with them on a dividing line, or to sulunit the dis-\\npute to congress, or to arbitrators mutually chosen. If neither of\\nthese propositions could be accepted, then, if .they could agree\\nwith New Hampshire on a form of government, they would con-\\nsent That tlie whole of the grants on both sides of the river\\nshould connect themselves with New Hampshire, and become one\\nentire state, as before the royal determination in 1764. Till one\\nor other of these proposals should be complied with, they deter-\\nmined to trust in Providence and defend themselves.\\nVermont was in peril. The exigency seemed to demand a more\\nemphatic declaration on her part so at the next session of the\\nGeneral Assembly of that state, which met at Bennington, Feb.\\n12, 1779, referring to the union of New Hampshire towns with\\nVermont, it was resolved, That the said union be and is here-\\nby dissolved, and made totally void, null, and extinct and that\\nHis Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby, directed to\\ncommunicate the foregoing resolve to the President of the Coun-\\ncil of the State of New Hampshire. Thus was this brief union\\nformally dissolved. But a tempest had been created, and it was\\nnot easy to control the storm. The inchoate state was shak-\\ning in the wind. The governor of Vermont wrote letters to the\\nAssembly of New Hampshire, informing them of the separation,\\nbut those letters were not entirely satisfactory. The Assembly\\nof New Hampshire desired a frank avowal against ^nj future\\nconnection. It was a day of distrust and jealousy, and nothing\\nwas sure. 1 exonerate no party and cast censure on none. I ad-\\nmit that leading men in New Hampshire, all through this contro-\\nversy, held that the state should have persisted in her claim to all\\nthe territory of Vermont. Woodbury Langdon, a delegate in\\ncongress at this time, believed that such a stand, boldly taken", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0636.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 571\\nand unflinchingly maintained, would have proved successful. As\\nI have said, New Hampshire at first acquiesced in the indepen-\\ndence of Vermont, but after the attempt on her part to sever from\\nthis state a portion of its territory, a change took place, so much\\nso, that by 1779 both the people and the authorities of New\\nHampshire were in favor of asserting claim to the whole of the\\nNew Hampshire Grants.\\nIn the year 1779 an attempt was made to form a new consti-\\ntution for New Hampshire. In this constitution the claim to the\\nwhole of Vermont was indirectly recognized. Though this form\\nof government was defeated, the sentiment in favor of claiming\\nVermont did not. abate. New York renewed her claim to the\\nsame lands with much vigor, and it was suspected by Vermont\\nthat intrigues were being formed to divide that state between\\nNew Hampshire and New York, by the ridge of the Green Moun-\\ntains. At an}^ rate Vermonters caught new alarm, and, that they\\nmight lose no point in the game, they extended their claim west-\\nward into New York, and revived it eastward, into New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nCongress had been appealed to, but the EcA-olutionary war en-\\ngrossed its great care, and congress was slow to act. Indeed, less\\nthan nine disinterested states could not act. A deficiency in the\\nrepresentation caused a long delay, a year or more, but at last\\nthe question came up. New York and New Hampshire both\\npleaded that Vermont had no right to independence. The agents\\nof the new state spiritedly asserted their rights, and offered to be-\\ncome a part of the Union. Should this be denied them, they rep-\\nresented (to use the words of Gov. Chittenden) that they should\\nbe under the disagreeable necessity of making the best terms\\nwith the British that might be in their power\\nOn the sixteenth day of January, 1781, a convention of dele-\\ngates from forty-three towns was held at Charlestown, N. H. A\\nportion of the towns here represented were on the New Hamp-\\nshire side of the river. Each of the parties to the controversy\\nwas ably represented before this convention, and the delegates\\nwere warmly beset on every hand. New Hampshire, through her\\nagents, was active and hopeful. Twelve of the delegates were mem-\\nbers of the council and assembly of New Hampshire. The New\\nYork agents, who favored a new state that should be bounded\\n37", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0637.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "572 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nby the Masonian grant on the east and the Green Mountains\\non tlie west, were pressing their views with vigor. Vermont had\\nalso in tlie field men of indomitable energy and perseverance to\\nengineer the cause of tliat state. It was no idle convention. The\\ngovernor of Vermont had designated Col. Ira Allen as one of the\\nagents of that state. When Allen arrived, the convention had\\nbeen in session two days a committee had been appointed to\\nconsider the situation, and report thereon. Allen says, At\\nlength the committee reported to unite all the New Hampshire\\nGrants to New Hampshire, which was adopted, and went, in fact,\\nto annihilate the state of Vermont. Now the friends of that\\nstate aroused themselves. Allen assured the members of the con-\\nvention that the governor and council, and some of the leading\\nmen on the west side of the mountain, were for extending their\\nclaim to the Mason line, and that he was authorized to say, if the\\nconvention would take proper measures, that the legislature of\\nVermont would extend their claim, at their adjourned term, in\\nFebruary, 1781 (the next month), aiicl that he loas authorized to\\ngioe such assurance.\\nAllen continues The report was recommitted the friends\\nof New Hampshire were much pleased with their success, and\\nwell enjoyed the night, but the scene changed the next morning.\\nThe committee reversed their report, and reported to unite all the\\nterritory of New Hampshire west of Mason s line, with the state\\nof Vermont, which report was accepted by a great majorit3^\\nTwelve members protested and withdrew. The convention ap-\\npointed a committee to confer with the legislature of Vermont,\\nwhich was to meet at Windsor during the next month, and then\\nadjourned to meet at Cornish (only three miles from Windsor) at\\nthe same time.\\nAgreeably to adjournment, the Charlestown convention met at\\nCornish, Feb. 8, 1781 the legislature of Vermont assembled at\\nWindsor. The New Hampshire towns w^ere desirous of being\\nunited again with Vermont, in one separate, independent govern-\\nment and the convention, in due form, so notified the legisla-\\nture. This application was warmly received, and on the twenty-\\nsecond day of February, the articles of union were agreed\\nupon and confirmed. It was provided that the question of com-\\npleting the union on the terms proposed should be submitted to", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0638.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 573\\nthe several towns in the state of Vermont, and to the towns\\nin New Hampshire, to the distance of about twenty miles from\\nConnecticut river and that if two thirds of the towns on each\\nside of the river approved of the union, it should be considered as\\nratified and completed.\\nThe two bodies then adjourned to meet again in tlieir respect-\\nive places on the first Wednesday in April following. The terms\\nof union were submitted to the towns, and at the adjourned meet-\\ning of the legishxture, at AVindsor, AjDril 5, 1781, the result of the\\nvote on the question of union was made known. The following\\ntowns on the New Hampshire side of the river had given in their\\nallegiance to the state of Vermont, viz., Alstead, Gilsum, Hins-\\ndale, Chesterfield, Surry, Marlow, Kichmond, Westmoreland,\\nCornish, Plainfield, Croydon, Saville (now Sunapee), Newport,\\nCharlestown, Claremont, Acworth, Lempster, Grantham, Grafton,\\nLebanon, Dresden (part of Hanover), Hanover, Haverhill, Pier-\\nmont, Dorchester, Lyme, Gunthwaite (now Lisbon), Landaff,\\nLyman, Lincoln, Morristown (now Franconia), Bath, Cardigan\\n(now Orange), and Lancaster.\\nThe assembly appointed a committee to wait on the convention,\\nand inform them that the union is agreed on by a major part\\nof the towns in this state, agreeably to the articles of union as\\nproposed and that the assembly will wait to receive the members\\nreturned to sit in the assembly, on the union s taking place, to-\\nmorrow morning at 9 o clock. Forty-four members liad been\\nchosen from the New Hampshire towns east of the Connecticut\\nriver; they were introduced bj^ the committee to the legislature\\nof Vermont they produced their credentials, took the oaths of\\noffice, and were conducted to their seats in the house.\\nThus was the second union between these contracting parties\\nconsummated, and the same, with due pomp and ceremony, was pro-\\nclaimed. The next session of the legislature of this new state, a\\nstate now stretching from Lake Champlain to the Pemigewasset\\nriver, was at Charlestown, N. H., October, 1781. One hundred\\nand thirty members were present, representing, according to\\nHiland Hall s history, fifty-seven towns west of the river, and\\nforty-five towns east.\\nWhen the legislature convened at Charlestown, as above stated,\\nThomas Chittenden had been reelected governor, but no choice", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0639.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "Oi4 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nhad been made of lieutenant-governor. The House elected Col.\\nElisha Payne, of Lebanon, to that office. Two members of the\\ncouncil also belonged to the east side of the river. Mr. Payne\\nwas perhaps the leader of this movement among the New Hamp-\\nshire towns. He came from Connecticut in 1773, and settled in\\nCardigan, now Orange. He was for a time a trustee of Dart-\\nmouth college. At the October session of the Vermont Assembly\\nin 1778 (during the first union) he was a representative from\\nCardigan. He was prominent in all these conventions which I\\nhave mentioned, and in April, 1781, he represented Lebanon in\\nthe Vermont Assembly and now, in October of the same year, he\\nis made lieutenant-governor of his cherished state.\\nCongress, at last, after 3 ears of vexation and delay, had pro-\\nceeded so far, in August, 1781, as to lay it down as an indispen-\\nsable preliminary to the recognition of Vermont as a member of\\nthe Union, that she should explicitly relinquish all demands of\\nland and jurisdiction on the east side of Connecticut river, and on\\nthe west side of a line drawn twenty miles eastward of Hudson s\\nriver. Here was a stumbling-block and a rock of offence not to\\nbe disregarded. This resolution of congress was laid before the\\nassembly, but that body stood firm. The}^ would not submit the\\nquestion of their independence to any power whatever but they\\nwould refer tlie question of their jurisdictional boundary to com-\\nmissioners mutually chosen and when they should be admitted\\ninto the American Union, they would submit any such disputes to\\ncongress.\\nThey proceeded to their work they extended Vermont coun-\\nties over this New Hampshire tract they levied taxes, created\\ncourts, and appointed sheriffs and justices of the peace, all in\\nNev) Hampshire. They did with the east side of the river as\\nthey did with the west, or attempted to. The state of society\\nwithin the seceding towns was deplorable. The majorities at-\\ntempted to control minorities. Affairs reached such a pitch as to\\nbring the divided inhabitants in these towns into direct collision.\\nNew Hampshire, of course, relinquished jurisdiction to none of\\nher territory or people. Strong remonstrances against the au-\\nthority of Vermont came to the Committee of Safety of New\\nHampshire,- numerously signed by citizens on the disputed dis-\\ntrict. John Clark, of Landaff, sent in a memorial; setting forth", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0640.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 575\\ntlie violence that had been committed on him, because, as he al-\\nleged, he had stood for New Hampshire, in opposition to wheed-\\nlings, flatteries, promises, frowns, threats, insults, and every other\\nconceivable machination. Memorials came from all parts of the\\ndistrict over which Vermont attempted to exercise authority.\\nCheshire was Washington county, under Vermont rule. Samuel\\nDavis, of Chesterfield, in Washington county, a constable under\\nVermont authority, complains, that on the night of the fifth of\\nNovember, 1781, in attempting to serve a precept on James Rob-\\nertson, in the house of Nathaniel Bingham, John Gandy, Jr., did,\\nby force and arms, oppose him, the said Davis, and did not suffer\\nhim to make his service, all which is against the peace and\\ndignity of this state. Whereupon, the sheriff of Washington\\ncounty was ordered to take the body of John Gandy, Jr., of said\\nChesterfield, and him commit to the common jail in Charlestown.\\nThis he did. Nathaniel Bingham was in like manner committed\\nto Charlestown jail for hindering and opposing the aforesaid con-\\nstable in the execution of his office. Bingham and Gand}^ peti-\\ntioned the authorities of New Hampshire for release. Accom-\\npanying this petition was a statement made b}^ Bingham of the\\noffence. It was, in substance, this That the town of Chester-\\nfield was destitute of any officers, civil or military, who would act\\nunder the authority of New Hampshire that a number of friends\\nwere assembled at his house the evening of Nov. 5, to nominate\\none or two persons for justice of the peace, to be commissioned by\\nthe assembly; that about eight o clock, Samuel Davis, acting as\\nconstable under Vermont, came in with five others, took a book\\nfrom under his coat, and said he would like to read a paragraph\\nthat he (Bingham) forbade his reading any Vermont laws in his\\nhouse, and advised him to withdraw that John Gandy told Da-\\nvis if he read any riot act there, he (Gandy) would kick him into\\nthe fire that Davis said he had a precept against one of the com-\\npanj^ and that he (Bingham) forbade his reading any Vermont\\nprecept under his roof, on which Davis and his attendants left.\\nThe New Hampshire assembly took up the case at once, and,\\nNov. 27, 1781, unanimously enacted that the committee of safety\\nbe empowered to issue their order to the sheriff of Cheshire\\ncounty to release from prison all persons in Cheshire or Grafton\\ncounty confined there by order of any pretended court, raagis-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0641.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "576 HISTORY OF WAENER.\\ntrate, or othor officer claiming autliority niuler Vermont. They\\nfurther empowered the committee to cause to be appreliended\\nand committed to prison, in any of tlie counties, all persons act-\\ning under the pretended authority of the state of Vermont, and\\nfor this jiurpose the sheriffs were empowered to raise the 2yosse\\ncomitatus. Under the authority thus given, Col. Enoch Hale, of\\nKindge, sheriff of Cheshire county, proceeded to the release of\\nthe prisoners in Charlestown jail. He demanded Bingham and\\nGandy. On being refused, he attempted to break the jail, when\\nhe was immediately seized and committed to jail himself by the\\nVermont authorities.\\nHale, the imprisoned sheriff, called on Gen. Bellows to raise\\nthe militia for his liberation. Bellows at once notified President\\nWeare of the state of things, and went about his work. This\\nalarmed the Vermonters, and orders were issued by Gov. Chit-\\ntenden for their militia to oppose force to force. The sheriff\\n(Wm. Page), and others in authority under the laws of Vermont,\\naroused themselves to resist any attempt on the part of New\\nHampshire to rescue Col. Hale or the other prisoners confined at\\nCharlestown. The regiment of militia under Col. Samuel King\\nw;is immediately placed in a state of readiness by Vermont to\\nmeet any attack that might be made. The excitement was in-\\ntense, and every one felt that the hour had struck.\\nWhile this was the condition of affairs in the western part of\\nthe state, the authorities of New Hampshire in the eastern part\\nwere not idle and indifferent spectators. President Weare, the\\ncommittee of safety, and all others in authority, realized the grav-\\nity of the occasion, and acted with decision and vigor. The\\nsheriff of Hillsl orough county (Moses Kelley, Esq.) was ordered\\nto raise the body of his county, for the purpose of liberating\\nCol. Hale. Gen. Nichols was ordered to assist the sheriff in\\nraising the body of the militia in Hillsborough county. Gen.\\nBenjamin Bellows, of Walpole, was ordered to raise as many of\\nthe militia of his county as possible, to take command of them,\\nand be in readiness to cooperate with those i-aised in Hillsborough\\ncounty. Francis Blood, of Temple, was ordered to supply the\\ntroops with beef from the cattle collected for the army, and, if\\npracticable, to exchange a sufficient quantity of beef to supply\\nthem with bread.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0642.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OP NEW HAMPSHIRE. 57T\\nGov. Chittenden, of Vermont, appointed Gen. Payne (the lieu-\\ntenant-governor) to take command of the militia of the state, to\\ncall to his aid Generals Fletcher and Olcott, and such of the field-\\nofficers on the east side of the mountains as he thought proper.\\nAbout the same time, a committee from the state of Vermont\\nwas sent to Exeter to agree on measures to prevent hostilities.\\nWilliam Page, the Vermont sheriff, was on this committee. He\\nhad no sooner reached Exeter than he was arrested and cast into\\nprison, and held as a hostage for the release of the sheriff of\\nCheshire. The assembly of New Hampshire issued a proclama-\\ntion allowing forty days for the people in the revolted towns to\\nrepair to some magistrate, and subscribe a declaration that they\\nacknowledge the extent of New Hampshire to Connecticut river,\\nand tliat they would hereafter observe the peace. They also\\nordered the militia of all the counties to hold themselves in readi-\\nness to march against the revolters. The committee of safety of\\nKew Hampshire issued a warrant to Jonathan Martin, of Wilton,\\nordering him to arrest Col. Samuel King, of Chesterfield, who,\\nas magistrate, committed Bingham and Gandy to jail also, to\\narrest Nathaniel S. Prentice, Moses Smith, and Isaac Griswold.\\nAnother warrant was issued to Robert Smith, of Londonderry,\\ncommanding him to arrest Benjamin Giles, of Newport. (Pren-\\ntice, Griswold, and Giles were deputy sheriffs under Vermont\\nrule.) Smith apprehended the body of Prentice and carried\\nhim to Exeter, where he was committed to jail. He also arrested\\nKing, carried him a dozen miles, when he was forcibly rescued.\\nGen. Bellows, in addressing President Weare in reference to this\\nrescue, says, The mob, after refreshment at King s, sought for\\nall those who assisted Smith in the arrest, some of whom they\\ncaught and abused in a shameful manner, by striking, kicking,\\nand all the indignities which such a hellish pack can be guilty of.\\nMeantime, General George Washington, then commanding the\\narmies of the Eevolution, had been applied to by a committee of\\ncongress, who had under consideration the question of admitting\\nVermont into the Union and determining its boundaries. Said\\ncommittee prevailed on Gen. Washington to address a letter to\\nthe governor of Vermont. And now the climax is at hand. On\\nthe first day of January, 1782, Washington wrote as requested.\\nThe letter is too long to be inserted here but it advised the gov-", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0643.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "578 HISTORY OF WARNER.\\nernor and the people of Vermont to relinquish their late exten-\\nsion as an indispensable preliminary to their admittance into\\nthe Union. Washington intimated that if thej refused to com-\\nply with this requirement they must he considered as having a\\nhostile disposition towards the United States, in which case coer-\\ncion on the part of congress would become necessary.\\nThis letter, taken in connection with the action of congress,\\nhereinbefore mentioned, had the desired offect. The war ended.\\nThe assembly of Vermont, which had been in session at Charles-\\ntown, N. H., and which had adjourned to meet at Bennington\\nthe last day of January, 1782, was not ready to act at once, as no\\nquorum appeared till Yah. 11. On the 23d day of February,\\nAnno Domini J.782, the said assembly did solemnl} resolve,\\nTh-At the west hanJc oi Connecticut river, and a line beginning\\nat the north-west corner of the Massachusetts state, from thence\\nnorthward twenty miles east of Hudson s river, as specified in th e\\nresolutions of August last, shall be considered as fhe east and\\nwest boundaries of Vermont, and that this assembly do hereby\\nrelinquish all claim and demand to, and right of jurisdiction in\\nand over, an} and every district of territory without said bound-\\nary lines.\\nThus ended this bitter and prolonged contest, a contest which,\\nfor years, had been productive only of mischief, by dividing fami-\\nlies and neighborhoods, and distracting the country. Thus end-\\ned, also, this second union of certain disaffected New Hampshire\\ntowns with the state of Vermont. The summary work of dissolu-\\ntion was accomplished in the absence of the New Hampshire\\nmembers. Before they arrived at their posts in Bennington, the\\ndie had been cast Vermont had gone back over the river, and\\nthe boundary of New Hampshire rested on the west bank.\\nALONG THE HIGHLANDS.\\nNow the boundaries of this state are established on the south,\\non the east, and on the west, never, probably, to be disturbed\\nwhile the foundations of the government stand.\\nBut I have not yet encircled the state. New Hampshire, on\\nthe south-east, borders on the ocean, and on the north, on Her\\nBritannic Majesty s Dominion. Our northern boundary line is", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0644.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 579\\nalong the highlands, between the waters of the Atlantic ocean\\nand the river St. Lawrence, and is about thirty-seven miles in\\nlength. I shall dwell very briefly on this branch of my subject\\nshall exclude much that might properly be introduced here, but\\nwhich is not necessary to an understanding of the main facts.\\nThere has been no disjnite about this line there was a disagree-\\nment and a delay. By the roj al decree, in 1740, New Hampshire\\nwas extended to Canada. That country was then in the posses-\\nsion of the French. It was conquered by the English in 1759,\\nand became a British province. When the treaty of peace was\\nconcluded between the United States and Great Britain, Sept. 3,\\n1783, it was agreed and declared that the boundaries should be\\nfrom the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, along the highlands\\nwhich divide those rivers that empty into the St. Lawrence from\\nthose which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the north-icestem-\\nmost head of Connecticut river; then down along the middle of\\nthat river to the 45\u00c2\u00b0 of north latitude thence due west, etc.\\nNow, the question in controversy has been. What was meant by\\nthe words the north-westernmost head of Connecticut river\\nThis river has three recognized heads. The eastern is in Lake\\nConnecticut, a small lake in the northern extremity of the state,\\nand about midway of the state from east to west, as our lines now\\nare. The head of this branch is the lake, and at the very outlet\\nof the lake it takes the name of Connecticut river. West of that,\\nrising further north at the ridge of the highlands, is Indian\\nStream. It flows south, passing by Connecticut lake on the west,\\nand emptying into the Connecticut branch several miles below the\\nlake. Still farther west, rising in the highlands, is Hall s Stream,\\nflowing south, west of Indian Stream, and falling into the Con-\\nnecticut branch yet lower down.\\nSeveral attempts were made, up to 1823, to settle the point in\\ncontroversy, but they were fruitless, and the subject was then\\ndrojiped till 1842. A committee was appointed by the legislature\\nof New Hampshire, in 1789, to run our northern line. Having\\nattended to duty, that committee reported that they had spotted\\na birch tree for the north-east corner of the state that they\\nthen spotted along the highlands, south-westward, to the head of\\nthe north-west branch of Connecticut river, then down said river\\nto the main river, about half a mile below latitude 45\u00c2\u00b0 north.\\n38", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0645.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "580 HISTORY OF WARNEK.\\nThis could have been none other than Hall s Stream, for that only\\nfalls into the Connecticut below the 45\u00c2\u00b0. And that birch tree,\\nif it stands, is to-day the north-east corner of New Hampshire and\\nthe north-west corner of Maine. It stands on the great divid.\\ning ridge, on Crown mountain, in latitude 45\u00c2\u00b0 19 north.\\nThe English have contended that a fair construction of the\\ntreaty would make the main branch of the river the boundary\\nline, because the other streams do not bear the name of Connecti-\\ncut, but distinct names. If this view had prevailed, our state\\nwould have been less in territory than it now is, by three good-\\nsized townships. But if this first view could not be entertained,\\nthen the English have insisted that Indian Stream, the middle\\nbranch of the three, must be accepted as the boundary. It is\\nlarger than Hall s Stream, and more direct in its course. They\\ncontended that little brooks and rivulets were not to be consid-\\nered. ^Now, if the boundary had been fixed here, New Hampshire\\nwould have been less in territory than it now is by at least one\\nlarge township.\\nOur government contended, from the beginning, for Hall s\\nStream. It is the north-west branch of Connecticut river, and\\ntherefore its source is the north-westernmost head of Connecti-\\ncut river. No one can go into that country, or look upon a cor-\\nrect map of it, without being convinced that Hall s Stream fully\\nanswers to the designation in the treaty. It is considerable in\\nsize its head is in the highlands, north of the 45th degree it is\\na branch of the Connecticut and it is more north-west than Ind-\\nian Stream. Carrigain s map, Morse s Geography, and Belknap s\\nHistory have all, since 1789, taken it for granted that the high-\\nlands and Hall s Stream constitute our northern boundary.\\nBut the question hung fire till 1842. Webster and Ashburton,\\nin the treaty of Washington of that year, accepted this line, and\\ndetermined it to be the boundary forever between the British pos-\\nsessions and the state of New Hampshire.\\nThus, for years and centuries, has the question of boundary, in\\none form or another, agitated the people of this state. Happily\\nfor us and for posterity, those questions have now for long years\\nbeen adjusted, and we have had peace. There has been no at-\\ntempt to disturb any boundary line when once fairly determined.\\nThere will be none. What New Hampshire is, as to its territorial\\nW 88", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0646.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 581\\nlimits, it will remain. It is not large in area or in popiilation,\\nbut respectable in both. In extent of territory it excels Massa-\\nchusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Delaware\\nand in population, according to the census of 1870, it excels\\nRhode Island, Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, and Oregon.\\nNew Hampshire is a good state to be born in, equally good to\\nlive in, and quite as good as any place on earth to be buried in.\\nIn productiveness of soil, she is above an average of the states in\\nhealthfulness of climate and in the grandeur of her mountains,\\nshe is unsurpassed. She has produced her full share of the great\\nmen and eminent women of the country, and is still producing\\nthem. Her population enjoy as much of the good things of this\\nlife as any people under the sun and those of us to the manor\\nborn who have attained to middle age, and especially those of\\nus who are admonished by the lengthening shadows that night is\\ncoming on, should remain on our native heath, hallowed by the\\nrecollection of the joys and sorrows of two hundred years, and\\nfinish our joi;rney at home, thanking God if we may do this in\\nfaith, looking for a city that hath foundations.", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0647.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0648.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0649.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "-v*\\n.0 ,VJ\\nJfe ^n/ :MM 4\\nV\\nc-?^-*^", "height": "3049", "width": "1935", "jp2-path": "historyofwarnern00har_0650.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "A\\n^_, Sii^ r^. 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