The Norwich jubilee. A report of the celebration at Norwich, Connecticut, on the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town, September 7th and 8th, 1859. With an appendix, containing historical documents of local interest, Part 2

Author: Stedman, John W comp
Publication date: 1859
Publisher: Norwich, Conn.
Number of Pages: 346


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From such a place an invitation is a command. I shall, there- fore, sir, endeavor to contribute something to your celebration, petitioning, however, for a latitude of choice in the form, as not knowing yet whether I had best attempt psalm, hymn, ballad or song.


With grateful regards to the committee,


Very respectfully yours,


FRANCES M. CAULKINS.


The secretary further reported, that in accordance with the vote passed at the last meeting, he had written the Rt. Rev. Bishop Lee, and informed him that his selection to deliver the discourse at the approaching celebration, was made with entire unanimity on the part of the committee, and, as they believed, in accordance with the earnest wishes of the citizens of Norwich, and that they respectfully declined to reconsider their action in the matter.


On motion, the committee then adjourned to meet again on Saturday, the 9th day of April next, at 3 o'clock P. M., at the same place.


FIFTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee was held at the resi- dence of William Williams, on Saturday, April 9th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


Wm. A Buckingham, from the committee appointed to nomi-


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nate certain sub-committees, viz., on reception, invitations, senti- ments, speeches, finance, procession and schools, reported the names of gentlemen designated to compose such committees, which report was accepted, and the committee empowered to add to the same if necessary, and to constitute such other sub-committees a's they deemed expedient.


On motion, the committee adjourned to meet again on Saturday, the 14th of May next, at 3 o'clock, at the same place.


SIXTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee was held at the resi- dence of Wm. Williams, on Saturday, the 14th instant, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


Wm. A. Buckingham, from the committee appointed to form certain sub-committees, reported that, in addition to those already constituted, they had added a committee on music.


The committee then adjourned to meet again on Saturday, June 4th, at 3 o'clock P. M., at the same place.


SEVENTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee was held at the resi- dence of Wm. Williams, on Saturday, June 4, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


After appointing a committee to request each clergyman within the ancient limits of Norwich to deliver in his own pulpit, on the first Sunday in September, a discourse on the history of the church and parish to which he ministers, and voting a request to the chairman of the committee on schools to prepare a history of the schools of the town, the committee adjourned to meet on Saturday, the 25th inst., at the same place.


EIGHTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee was held at the resi- dence of William Williams, on Saturday, June 25th, at 3 o'clock P. M.


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Wm. A. Buckingham, from the committee appointed to form certain sub-committees, reported the names of the following gentle- men as constituting the same :-


COMMITTEE ON INVITATION.


John A. Rockwell,


Jedediah Huntington,


L. F. S. Foster,


Wolcott Huntington,


John Breed,


William P. Eaton,


Wm. A. Buckingham,


Ashbel Woodward,


Joseph Williams,


Amos H. Hubbard,


Francis A. Perkins,


Henry B. Norton,


Daniel W. Coit,


James S. Carew.


William P. Greene,


COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION.


George L. Perkins,


Isaac W. Hakes, Jr.


Amos W. Prentice,


Noyes S. Wentworth,


Richard P. Tracy,


Charles Spalding,


Edmund O. Abbott,


Samuel B. Case,


Hugh H. Osgood,


Zebulon R. Robbins,


Joseph G. Lamb,


Henry A. Bingham,


Isaac Bromley,


David Moore,


Edward Coit,


E. B. Partridge,


Thomas Robinson,


Enoch F. Chapman,


Asa Manning,


Benjamin Huntington,


J. Hunt Adams,


George W. Clark,


Lewis Hyde,


William H. Coit,


Lorenzo Blackstone,


John H. Peck,


Wm. W. Coit,


William L. Nichols,


Nathan P. Avery,


Daniel L. Huntington,


George Sherman,


Theophilus Y. Winship,


William Fitch, Jedediah Spalding,


Moses Pierce, William Peckham,


Edmund D. Roath,


Edward A. Huntington,


Daniel F. Gulliver,


Caleb B. Rogers,


Wm. H. Hyde,


Oliver P. Wattles,


Benjamin Durfey,


William L'Hommedieu,


John V. Wilson,


Henry L. Reynolds.


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TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE.


COMMITTEE ON PROCESSION.


David Young,


Thomas G. Kingsley,


Gurdon A. Jones,


Henry Peale,


John L. Devotion, James H. Hyde,


Andrew R. Bingham,


L. Tyler,


Henry W. Birge, E. Winslow Williams,


Edward S. Osgood,


Nehemiah Waterman,


John Q. Cox,


Charles Dyer,


Dwight W. Cook,


Morton F. Hale,


James M. Nelson,


Chas. C. Coit,


Ethan Allen,


Edwin Palmer.


COMMITTEE ON SENTIMENTS AND SPEECHES.


John T. Wait,


Ebenezer Learned,


John Dunham,


John W. Stedman,


John T. Adams,


Jeremiah Halsey,


George Perkins,


Lewis S. Paddock,


Dorson E. Sykes,


Calvin G. Child,


James A. Hovey,


Isaac H. Bromley,


Levi H. Goddard,


Hiram B. Crosby.


FINANCE COMMITTEE.


James M. Huntington,


James D. Mowry,


Charles Johnson,


Lewis A. Hyde,


Charles Osgood,


Edward Harland,


Samuel H. Grosvenor,


Timothy P. Norton,


James M. Meech,


Jedediah Huntington, 3d.


COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.


George H. Martin,


Henry H. Roath,


Wm. L. Brewer,


B. S. Rathbun,


Supply T. Holbrook,


P. St. M. Andrews,


Aaron Stevens,


John A. Sterry.


COMMITTEE ON DINNER.


John P. Barstow, Isaac Johnson,


George W. Smith,


Christopher C. Brand, Avery Smith,


· Chas. C. Bliss, Amos C. Williams, N. C. Brakenridge, Joseph T. Thurston, Alvah Francis.


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COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS.


Elbridge Smith,


Jabez S. Lathrop,


John W. Allen,


Geo. F. Phelps,


Claudius B. Webster,


Benj. Whittemore, Jr.


Reuben B. Rathbone,


Solomon Lucas.


On motion of John Breed,


Voted, That the exercises and festivities of the celebration be · ushered in at sunrise, on Wednesday, September 7th, by the ring- ing of bells and firing of cannon, under the direction of the mar- shal of the day.


On motion of Wolcott Huntington,


Voted, That the order of exercises for the two days be referred back to the committee originally appointed to prepare a programme for the public exercises, for them to make any necessary alteration as to the time, &c .; and that John Breed, Wm. A. Buckingham and David Young be added to said committee.


The committee, after a full discussion, having determined that the procession, on the second day of the celebration, should visit the grave of major John Mason, and lay the corner stone of a monu- ment to be thereafter erected to his memory, John A. Rockwell was unanimously selected to make an appropriate address on that occasion.


The committee then adjourned to meet at the same hour and place, on Saturday, July 9, 1859.


NINTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee was held at the resi- dence of William Williams, on Saturday, July 9th, at 3 o'clock P. M. The secretary read the order of exercises for the two days as altered by the committee to whom that matter was referred, and the report of the committee was accepted.


On motion of George L. Perkins,


Voted, That Messrs. Wm. A. Buckingham and Amos W. Pren- tice, in connection with the chief marshal, be a committee to invite, in the name of the general committee, the masonic order, the military, the fire department and other public bodies, and the various trades, to unite in the procession to be formed on the first day of the celebration.


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On motion of John Breed,


Voted, That Messrs. Buckingham, Prentice and Young, select and report the names of a committee of mechanics, to arrange the various trades in the procession.


John P. Barstow, from the committee on dinner, made a re- port relative to the manner and expense of getting up the same, and the different tents that can be obtained for the purpose of the celebration.


On motion of David Smith,


Voted, That the whole matter of dinner, selling tickets for the same, procuring tents and seats, and arranging for the addresses on the plain, be left to the committee on dinner.


On motion of John Breed,


Voted, That the committee on music, in connection with the chief marshal, be authorized to procure bands of music for the procession.


On motion of John A. Rockwell,


Voted, That the sum of $300 be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument to the memory of major John Mason.


On motion of John T. Wait,


Voted, That Messrs. John A. Rockwell, Jedediah Huntington and Gardner Greene, be appointed a committee to expend the money appropriated for the erection of a monument to major Mason, to determine the site of the same, and fix upon the inscrip- tion which shall be placed thereon, and to do all things proper and necessary in the erection of said monument.


John T. Wait, Hiram P. Arms and L. F. S. Foster, were subse- quently added to this committee.


George L. Perkins, being at his own solicitation excused from serving as chairman of the committee on reception, at bis sug- gestion Amos W. Prentice was appointed in his place.


The committee then adjourned to meet again at the Wauregan house on Saturday, July 23d, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


TENTH FORMAL MEETING.


The committee of arrangements held their adjourned meeting at the Wauregan house, on Saturday, July 23d, at 3 o'clock P. M.


Benjamin H. Paddock was appointed secretary pro tem.


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The music committee reported that they had engaged the ser- vices of the Norwich brass band and of the Marine band of New York.


The committee on the monument reported that they had re- ceived two distinct propositions relative to the acquisition of the traditional burial place of major Mason. The propositions were discussed at some length, and were at last referred back to the committee for final action.


On motion of Hiram P. Arms, it was voted that the chairman and secretary of the general committee be instructed to request from the several appointed writers of hymns and odes for the cele- bration, copies of the same, at an early day, for the convenience of the music committee.


The committee on dinner, &c., reported that they had secured a tent for the public dinner capable of accommodating about two thousand persons ; also one nearly as large for the general exer- cises of the celebration ; and that other matters under their charge were in satisfactory progress.


John P. Barstow, in behalf of the county agricultural society, having offered the use of the society's building, for an exhibition of ancient pictures, costumes, portraits of Norwich citizens, de- ceased, &c., his offer was accepted with thanks. Messrs. Daniel W. Coit, John A. Rockwell, William Williams, George L. Perkins, Hiram P. Arms and Charles A. Converse, were appointed a com- mittee to carry the proposition into effect.


John P. Barstow having also, in behalf of the same society, offered to erect on the park the society's seats for the convenience of the attendants upon the exercises, the offer was thankfully accepted.


The committee then adjourned to meet again at the same hour and place, on Saturday, the 30th day of July.


ELEVENTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee of arrangements was held at the Wauregan house, on Saturday, July 30th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


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The secretary being absent at the opening of the meeting, Ben- jamin H. Paddock was appointed secretary pro tem.


David Young, chairman of the committee on procession, reported progress in the arrangement of the proposed procession, and sug- gested that the services of a fourth band of music might be re- quired.


George H. Martin, chairman of the committee on music, stated that in addition to the Norwich band and the Marine band of New York, they had engaged the Gilmore band of Pawtucket, R. I., and Colt's band of Hartford.


On motion of John Breed,


Voted, That the committee on music be authorized to engage an additional band at any time hereafter, if the services of the same should, in the opinion of the committee, be required.


John P. Barstow, chairman of the committee on dinner, pre- sented the bill of fare for the public dinner on the second day of the celebration, and stated farther that the committee had made arrangements to furnish dinner on the plain for 2,000 persons at least.


On motion of Benjamin H. Paddock, the committee on the Mason monument were directed to purchase of Lyman W. Lee, on the terms named by him, a lot of land 50 feet square, adjoining the old Gager burial ground, with the right of way to the same.


The committee then adjourned to meet again at the Wauregan house, on Saturday, the 13th day of August, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.


TWELFTH FORMAL MEETING.


The adjourned meeting of the committee of arrangements was held at the Wauregan house, on Saturday, August 13th, at 2 o'clock P. M.


David Young, from the sub-committee appointed to nominate sub-committees to arrange for a representation of the various me- chanical and manufacturing interests in the procession, and for decorating the streets and public buildings, reported a list of names for each committee, which report was accepted. The names of such committees are as follows :-


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COMMITTEE ON TRADES.


George W. Gould,


John Wight,


William H. Jennings,


Rufus Sibley,


Eri Williams,


Thomas G. Oliver,


George H. Pierce,


Thomas K. Bacon,


A. R. Gladwin,


Archa P. Willoughby,


Albert G. Hebard,


Alfred H. Vaughn,


Charles N. Farnam,


William R. Crocker,


John W. Stedman,


William N. Robbins,


Arthur F. Ryder,


Guilford Parker,


William H. Congdon,


Noah L. Cole,


Peleg Rose,


James Lindsey, John B. Shaw,


William T. Farrington,


William Pierce,


Elias M. Brewster,


George Brooks,


Daniel A. Delanoy,


William H. Page,


Thomas T. Wetmore,


Richard Colburn,


R. G. Fuller,


H. R. Aldrich,


Edwin Leach,


William Trolan,


Sidney Turner,


John Mitchell, Jr.


James C. Tucker,


Daniel J. Woodward,


Charles Hakes,


Nathan S. Gilbert,


John R. Comstock,


Charles F. Denison,


S. G. Northrop,


Charles A. Rallion,


Sidney Risley,


William Tubbs,


F. W. Treadway,


J. Elliott Barber, John C. Luce,


William Huber,


John A. Sterry,


Ansel Clark,


James D. Mowry,


John Bacheldor,


Henry T. Potter,


James E. Hill,


S. R. Parlin,


H. B. Cruttenden, Charles W. Holden,


Isaac Johnson,


George W. & N. Smith,


Hovey & Haubach,


Michael Looby,


David L. Gale,


Joseph S. Clark,


Alfred A. Young,


J. B. Case, Charles C. Bliss,


A. & J. Trolan, John Backus, H. Hobart Roath, Dwight B. Hinckley, William L. Nichols, Andrew J. Currier, Nehemiah Upham,


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Joseph J. Cook,


Sidney L. Geer,


George R. Bentley,


Ezra Styles,


William Hempstead,


W. W. Clapp,


Peter Lanman,


Wilson Potter,


William R. Hitchcock,


Henry D. Sydleman,


Asa B. Ware,


A. W. Allen,


William Hinckley,


George Bingham,


James S. Carew,


George Gridley.


Owen Stead,


COMMITTEE ON DECORATIONS.


James Lloyd Greene,


Solomon Fanning,


Jerome W. Williams,


Zadoc C. Crowell,


Evan Burdick,


William H. Myers,


John A. Robinson,


Gilbert H. Congdon,


William Wilcox,


John T. Fanning,


Edward T. Clapp,


James G. Day,


Jedediah Huntington, 3d,


Avery Smith,


John H. Almy,


Charles L. Fuller,


Daniel M. Prentice,


Enoch S. Peckham,


Joseph T. Thurston,


Henry Ruggles,


E. A. Benedict,


John Backus,


Elisha P. Slocum,


William T. Norton,


George B. Ransom,


Henry Bill,


Alexander H. Emmons,


John R. Dorrance,


Daniel L. Huntington,


E. F. Hovey,


Robert G. Coit,


Gurdon P. Cottrell,


George W. Geer, Jr.


Lucius E. Hill.


Charles E. Black,


SUB-COMMITTEE ON ARCHES.


James G. Day,


E. A. Benedict,


John H. Almy, Jedediah Huntington, 3d,


George R. Ransom,


Daniel L. Huntington,


Edward T. Clapp,


Charles E. Black.


On motion of John Breed, the whole matter of entertaining per- sons from out of the state and county, who should visit Norwich at the celebration, was left to the committee on reception.


David Young submitted a proposition from brigadier general Geer, to call out the third and seventh regiments at Norwich, for the annual parade, on the first day of the celebration, and have


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such regiments act as the military escort on that day. On motion of John A. Rockwell, the proposition was accepted.


J. Lloyd Greene, chairman of the committee to whom was re- ferred the matter of erecting arches, displaying flags, decorating public buildings, &c., stated that the committee would meet at once, and be prepared to report plans and probable expense of carrying out the same, at the next meeting of the general com mittee.


The chairman presented a communication he had received from John W. Stedman, proposing to publish in book form the speeches, addresses, poems, hymns, and everything of interest connected with the celebration, to be bound up in one volume, the work to be printed by himself, on paper manufactured in Norwich, bound by Norwich mechanics, and illustrated with a handsomely engraved map of the original layout of the town, and the design of the Mason monument, he assuming the risk of the sale of the same.


On motion of John A. Rockwell, seconded by La Fayette S. Fos- ter, the committee voted to accept the proposition of Mr. Stedman, with thanks for his very liberal offer, and the chairman was di- rected to inform him of the action of the committee.


On motion of Wolcott Huntington, the committee on dinner were directed to arrange with B. M. Douglass to have the tent lighted with gas for public gathering in the evening.


Messrs. Amos W. Prentice and David Young were appointed a committee to engage public carriages for the procession.


The committee then adjourned to meet at the same place, on Saturday, August 20th, at 2 o'clock P. M.


THIRTEENTH FORMAL MEETING.


The committee of arrangements met according to adjournment.


In accordance with a vote to that effect, the chief marshal ap- pointed the following gentlemen a committee to make the neces- sary arrangements with the people of their respective towns for forming in the procession on the 7th day of September.


Lebanon .- J. M. Peckham, James Mason, Nathaniel B. Wil- liams.


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Franklin .- Ashbel Woodward, Solomon A. Frink, Thomas H. C. Kingsbury.


. Lisbon .- Daniel B. Lovett, R. K. Mathewson, Wm. C. Cutler. Griswold .- Henry Lathrop, William Browning, A. A. Young. Bozrah .- Isaac Johnson, William F. Bailey, J. S. Hough.


The committee on decorating the streets and public buildings made their report, submitting plans of arches, &c., to be erected on the line of the procession. The report was accepted, and the sum of five hundred dollars was appropriated to be expended by the committee for that purpose.


On motion, Amos W. Prentice, Wolcott Huntington and David Smith, were appointed an auditing committee to audit all bills be- fore the same are paid, and it was further ordered that the treasurer be directed to pay no bills except upon the order of the auditing committee.


Voted, That Hiram P. Arms, John T. Wait, Daniel C. Gilman, and Elbridge Smith, be appointed a committee to aid and advise with the publisher of the report of the celebration.


From this time forward to the celebration, the committee of ar- rangements held frequent meetings for the transaction of business, chiefly relating to detail, which it is not important to record.


BI-CENTENNIAL BALL.


At a meeting held at the Wauregan house on the 13th of Au- gust, for the purpose of appointing a general committee to make suitable arrangements for a grand ball, to be held on the evening of the 8th of September, John Breed was appointed chairman, and James M. Meech secretary.


The following named gentlemen were appointed on the said committee :-


Norwich.


John Breed,


James S. Carew,


George L. Perkins,


Timothy P. Norton,


David Smith,


John L. Devotion,


Edward O. Abbott,


James H. Hyde,


Wolcott Huntington,


J. Lloyd Greene,


Horace Whitaker,


James D. Mowry,


Amos W. Prentice,


Edward H. Learned,


Augustus Brewster,


William H. Hyde,


John T. Wait,


John W. Bulkeley,


Charles A. Converse,


John W. Stedman,


John P. Barstow,


W. R. Potter,


David Young,


Henry H. Osgood,


George W. Smith,


Robert G. Coit,


James M. Meech,


Avery Smith,


Charles E. Black,


Thomas H. Perkins,


Edwin B. Trumbull,


William H. Tingley,


Hiram B. Crosby,


Isaac H. Bromley,


J. Hunt Adams,


Calvin G. Rawson,


Henry W. Birge,


Andrew R. Bingham,


Eli B. Partridge,


Joseph T. Thurston,


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Pierre St. M. Andrews, Newell C. Brakenridge, John H. Almy,


Henry H. Starkweather, John Backus, E. G. Bidwell,


B. F. Brewster,


William T. Norton,


Edward S. Osgood, .


Dwight B. Hinckley, Amos C. Williams,


H. Kirke Hammond,


Isaac Johnson,


Daniel A. Delanoy, Almarin R. Hale, Henry Peale,


J. Grant Hinckley, Ransford H. Harvey, Isaac V. B. Williams,


`William Tubbs, A. H. Vaughn,


Elias M. Brewster,


Henry D. Sydleman,


William S. Tyler, Jr.


Enoch S. Peckham,


Enoch F. Chapman,


D. A. Rathbone,


Dyer L. Chesebrough,


James G. Day,


Paul B. Greene, L. P. Field,


E. Winslow Williams.


Jewett City .- A. A. Young.


Lisbon .- Ethan Allen, Willard Bliss, H. J. Bennett.


Franklin .- Thomas G. Kingsley, Gurdon Pendleton, T. H. C. Kingsbury.


Preston .- Henry Harvey, William P. Nash.


The following gentlemen were appointed as an executive com- mittee :-


Augustus Brewster,


James M. Meech, Charles E. Black,


James H. Hyde,


George W. Smith. John L. Devotion, James D. Mowry,


Edwin B. Trumbull,


Henry Peale, Almarin R. Hale,


Charles A. Converse,


William H. Hyde,


Daniel A. Delanoy.


JAMES M. MEECH, Secretary.


George H. Martin,


John R. Dorrance, George H. Williams, William Fanning,


Van Buren Chapman, Charles F. Denison,


Edwin Fay, Lucius E. Hill,


Henry L. Reynolds,


Robert G. Coit,


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THE CELEBRATION.


The morning of Wednesday, September 7, was proclaimed at sunrise by a national salute from the artillery of Company A., Capt. Tannar, and by the ringing, for an hour, of all the church bells in town.


At 8 o'clock the procession commenced forming on Franklin Square, and at 10 o'clock, all things being in readiness, moved in the following order.


THE PROCESSION.


Chief Marshal, GEN. DAVID YOUNG.


Aids-Col. H. H. Osgood, Col. Jas. D. Mowry, Maj. A. R. Hale, Capt. Chas. E. Black, Henry H. Starkweather, Wm. H. Tingley, Edwin B. Trumbull, Thomas H. Perkins, Jedediah Huntington, 3d, Maj. John W. Bulkeley, Isaac W. Hakes, Jr.


FIRST DIVISION. Marshal, COL. GURDON A. JONES. Brooklyn Navy Yard Band, 24 pieces. Regimental Band, 24 pieces. 3d Regiment C. M., under command of Col. Thos. G. Kingsley, consisting of six companies, as follows, viz :- Artillery Company A, Capt. A. Tannar, Norwich, 62 men. Artillery Company B, Capt. J. C. Maynard, Salem, 46 men. Infantry Company D, Capt. A. B. Williams, Griswold, 38 men. Infantry Company A, Capt. J. L. Lyon, New London, 37 men. Infantry Company B, Capt. R. H. Harvey, Norwich, 24 men.


Rifle Company A, Capt. J. L. Stanton, Norwich, 22 men. Putnam Band, 21 pieces. Willimantic Cornet Band, 15 pieces.


THE CELEBRATION.


THE PROCESSION


Art/kry Company A. Out & Tour. Norwill Man Artillery Company B. Cap & C Mayores, Sulle


Wing Company P. Uart. R. H. Harvey. Nors. 1 Il Grupany A Capt. J. L. Stanton, Nore : 524 Pun am Band, 21 pipos Willfootie Ceret Bond, 26 posse


WE REJOICE IN THINGS WAUREGAN


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THE PROCESSION PASSING THE WAUREGAN HOTEL.


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7th Regiment C. M., Col. Amos Witter, commandant, viz. :- Cavalry Company A, Capt. O. M. Capron, Danielsonville, 31 men. Artillery Company A, Capt. D. M. Day, Killingly, 41 men. Artillery Company B, Capt. Chas. Cleveland, Brooklyn, 30 men. Infantry Company A, Capt. C. H. Davidson, Willimantic, 51 men. Infantry Company B, Capt. W. J. Hyde, Plainfield, 33 men. Infantry Company D, Capt. J. L. Bowen, Putnam, 26 men. Infantry Company C, Capt. John E. Short, Danielsonville, 56 men. Rifle Company E, Capt. Chaffee, Putnam, 37 men.


SECOND DIVISION. 1144755


Marshal, COL. HENRY W. BIRGE. Assistant Marshals-Andrew R. Bingham, William S. Tyler, Jr. Norwich Brass Band, Capt. F. W. White, 16 pieces. President of the day, GOV. WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM. Orators of the day and poet. Officiating Clergy. Vice presidents of the day. Lieut. Gov. Catlin, and other state officers. Senators and representatives in Congress. Ex-President MILLARD FILLMORE. Officers of the army and navy. Ex-Governors of Connecticut. Ex-Members of Congress. Invited Guests.


THIRD DIVISION. Marshal, COL. JOHN L. DEVOTION. Assistant Marshals-Edward S. Osgood, Stephen B. Meech. Sheriffs of counties and their deputies. Judges of the supreme and superior courts. Presidents and professors of Colleges. Presidents and secretaries of historical societies. Trustees of Otis library. Trustees of Norwich free academy. Boards of Education. Soldiers of 1812, with the national flag. Clergymen. Members of the bar. Physicians. General committee of arrangements. Sub-committees. Mohegan Indians.


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FOURTHI DIVISION. Marshal, HENRY PEALE.


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Assistant Marshals-William T. Farrington, Sylvanus Downer. Gillmore's Pawtucket Band, 17 pieces. Hook & Ladder Company, No. 1, Capt. A. F. Ryder, 30 men. Niagara Engine Company, No. 2, Capt. A. W. Davis, 40 men. Buckingham Hose Company, No. 2, Capt. Jas. D. Higgins, 18 men. Uncas Engine Company, No. 3, Capt. A. Parkinson, 40 men. Neptune Engine Company, No. 5, Capt. Charles S. Peale, 40 men. Hickory Hose Company, No. 5, Capt. George Ewen, 14 men. Greeneville Engine Company, No. 1, Capt. Dwight Holmes, 49 men. Yantic Engine Company, No. 1, Capt. A. Stafford, 38 men.




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