USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Boston > The Vermont union of Boston and vicinity > Part 1
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
VERMONT UNION OF BOSTON AND VICINITY
GC 974.402 B65VE
M. L.
REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01100 8643
GC 974.402 B65VE
02
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015
https://archive.org/details/vermontunionofbo00verm
02 E
THE
VERMONT UNION
OF
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
VITY
VERMONT
" Ducite ab urbe domum, meu carmina, ducite Daphnin."-VIRG.
BOSTON : PUBLISHED FOR THE UNION, BY J. B. MANSFIELD. 1860.
5 4
-
VERMONT UNION, Boston.
F 843 The Vermont union of Boston and vicinity ... .948 Boston, Printed for the union, by J. B. Mansfield, 1860. 63p.
1770923
CHELT GARD
1 5
INTRODUCTION.
THE State of Vermont, like Massachusetts, needs no encomiums from any of her absent sons. She is her own best eulogist ; and all that is needed to make the heart of a patriot and an honest man utter a welcome to Vermont, is to pronounce her name. That is everywhere a synonym for integrity, thrift, and patriotism ; for intelligence and love of liberty. It may be safely said, that Vermont more truly meets the ideal of an independent, free republic, than any other State - New Hampshire and Maine ranking next in these elements. Vermont has the simplest and most econ- omical machinery of government ; the most direct and ab- solute control of the people; and the fewest disturbing and discordant elements in her population. No people have a deeper respect for law, when it is founded on reason and justice ; and none a more complete contempt for the mockeries of law, or the mere forms of government. The unorganized condition of society in early times developed a disposition in the people to assume the direction of their own affairs, and to reduce everything to the basis of equity ; men were held responsible for the real, not the ficticious character of their acts. . It would be as utter an impossi-
: 4 5
iv
INTRODUCTION.
bility for any other than free institutions to exist in Ver- mont, as it would be for any tyrant to subdue her people. They might be crushed by overpowering force, but subju- gated - never.
This unusual degree of personal independence not unfre- quently makes Vermonters too opinionated and stubborn ; but they are usually quick scholars, and require but one lesson to catch a new idea and use it, particularly if it has any reference to making money. The comparatively hard character of the soil, the limited opportunity for manufac- turing enterprises, and the absence of immediate contact with the great world of commerce, joined to habits of thought that are almost universal among them, make Ver- monters generally frugal and economical, as well as in- dustrious. They work hard during the summer season - and most of them earn what they get-but when the carnival season (the winter) is announced by the snows of November, the old and the young alike make their pre- paration for its fullest enjoyment, and one constant round of festivity, visiting of neighbors from evening to evening, apple bees, quiltings, sleigh-rides, dancing parties, and ly- ceums, fill up the measure of the season. " Protracted meetings " are also frequent; for it must be acknowledged that these belong to the institutions of Vermont, although they are oftentimes attended more from the pre-eminent social qualities of the people, and their love of an intel- lectual pastime, than any real sense of their wickedness
INTRODUCTION.
which must needs be repented of. In no country in the world do the sleigh-bells jingle more merrily than in Ver- mont, nor the moon and stars shine more brightly, nor are the girls more bewitchingly attractive.
Opportunities for the frequent enjoyment of these scenes, however, vanish with the brief span of youth; but the recollection, even now, stirs our hearts anew with the magic of the hour, thrills through our soul's pulse, and would cheat us into the belief that we were treading those Elysian fields again, were it not accompanied by the sad- dening reflection that it can never return to us. But we can commemorate in Annual Festivals what we can- not again enjoy, and find a compensation for the pleasures of the past in the fruition of the present. Our native State has the highest claims to our filial respect. In the intelligence of her people, Vermont may deservedly claim a place beside the proudest States in the confederacy; if there are few great scholars, there is a redeeming feature in the fact that there are fewer who are wholly unlearned, and the diffusion of useful knowledge is therefore more even and serviceable than elsewhere. In all the elements that constitute the true nobility of a commonwealth, Ver- mont need fear no rival, nor has she any cause to blush for her history.
. !
The pioneer settler making an opening in the forests of Vermont.
THE VERMONT UNION.
AT a regular meeting of the Vermont Union, held in Boston, January 15th, 1851, they adopted the following
CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
Retaining a grateful remembrance of the gifts of nurture and guidance received through the institutions of our Father- land, and looking with filial respect and veneration upon those parental influences which our native State has thrown around the early portion of our lives, we, Vermonters, whose names are subscribed hereunto, do join in an Associa- tion for the purpose of cherishing a spirit of sympathy and interest in and with all our brethren, and quickening and nourishing permanent recollections of the homes we have left. We do, therefore adopt as our Constitution, the fol- lowing
8
VERMONT UNION.
ARTICLES.
ART. 1. The name of this association shall be the VER- MONT UNION.
ART. 2. Any Vermonter, by birth or adoption, may become a member of this association by signing the articles of the Constitution.
ART. 3. The government of the society shall be reposed in a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and a Board of fourteen Managers, corresponding with the number of counties in the State, who shall be elected annually by a vote of the members.
ART. 4. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the society, - shall call extraordinary meetings when requested to do so by a majority of the members of the government, which request shall be signified by a vote of the members of the government, if made at a meeting thereof, or by their signatures to a written request, if made at any other time. The President shall, with the consent of the Vice-President or Secretary, call meetings of the government, whenever it shall seem to them desirable.
ART. 5. The Vice-President shall, in the absence or ill- ness of the President, perform his duties as specified in Article 4.
ART. 6. The Secretary shall keep the books of the association, both the articles of the association, and the records of the meetings ; shall give notice of all meetings of the society, when, and in the manner directed by the President ; and in other respects perform the duties usually devolving upon that officer.
9
VERMONT UNION.
ART. 7. The President, Vice-President, and Secretary, shall be ex-officio members of the government, and each shall have an equal voice in the management of the affairs of the association, as members of the Board of Managers.
ART. 8. The Board of Managers shall meet with the President, Vice-President, and Secretary, when duly noti- fied of a meeting of the government, and shall, with those officers, have the entire government of the association ; shall, through the President, direct the call of all extraordi- nary meetings, and propose to the association at its meet- ings any plan for its action which shall have received the sanction of the government.
ART. 9. This association shall hold its annual meetings for the election of officers and the transaction of any other business, on the 17th day of January in each year.
ART. 10. Alterations and amendments of this Constitu- tion may be made at any meeting of this association, by a vote of a majority of the members present.
MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT UNION.
Names. Residence, or place of bus's Native Town.
Abbott, B. F. 60 Federal street,
Adams, Alvin 84 Washington street,
Adams, Thomas S.
Policeman, Station 4,
Alden, George
31 Franklin street,
Alford, O. II.
54 Franklin street,
Baldwin, G. F.
Police Station No. 3, Charlestown,
Waterford.
Barker, L. M. (M. D.)
Rainsford Island,
Chelsea.
Charlestown.
Barnes, Walter S.
Andover.
Orwell.
Weathersfield. Thetford.
Ballou, Ira HI.
Barnard, Rufus H. Merrimac House, 95 Washington street,
Enosburgh.
10
VERMONT UNION.
Barnum, J. G.
Barrett, Calvin
Barrett, Frank Barrows, Rev. J. F. Bates, Samuel W. Bayley, James R. Bellows, C. F. Beard, A. W. 28 Milk street, Bennett, E. H. Bennett, S. P. Quincy Hall clothing str. Putney.
Bingham, Samuel R.
Birchard, Charles
Birchard, E. A. Blackmer, Hiram
22 City Wharf,
63 Clinton street,
Bennington.
Brattleboro'.
Blake, George Baty Blake, John R. Blodgett, Daniel C.
Blodgett, J. W.
Blodgett, Cyrus,
Blodgett, Daniel
Bogue, George W.
Bowen, H. Bowen, Otis E.
Boyce, Barney
Boyce, C. B. Boyce, Wm., Jr.
Boynton, C. II.
Bradley, D. F.
Brainerd, H. H. Bridges, Harlan N.
Brigham, Hubbard Brigham, Jewett B. Brigham, N. B. Brigham, Charles Brigham, Albert S.
1 Boylston Market, 92 Hanover street, Beach st. cor. Utica,
Post Office, 66
Concert Hall, Bakersfield. 66
126 Court street, 29 Malden street, 66
55 and 57 Blackstone st. Grafton.
Eating House Scol. bu'g Royalton.
28 India Wharf, Putney.
196 Washington street, 133 and 135 Milk st., Bangor, Pomfret.
Bullard, Gardner W.
16 Summer street, 86 Hanover street,
Enosburgh. Londonderry.
Chelsea, 46 Washington street, Middlebury. Athens.
18 South street, cor. Fulton and Cross st. Springfield.
Pittsfield.
Burlington.
60 Franklin street, 183 State street,
Cornwall.
Shoreham.
28 State street, 06
64 Franklin street,
1 Arch street,
233 Washington street, Lemington.
60 Franklin street, Mariners' House, St. Albans.
34 North Market st.,
579 Washington street, Fayston.
4 Brattle street,
Keeper, Suffolk Jail,
Orwell. Fairfax.
92 Hanover street, St. Albans. 233 State street, St. Albans. Bakersfield.
Brigham, Peter B.
Brigham, Robert B.
Brigham, Moses B. Brintnall, Norman Y. Brooks, Oliver H.
Brown, Charles S. Brown, H. H. Brown, B. F.
Bugbee, David,
103 Devonshire street,
11
VERMONT UNION.
Burbank, Henry A.
Burke, A. G.
Burke, R. W.
Springfield.
Burnett, L.
12 Phoenix Building,
Dummerston. Thetford.
Burr, M. S.
26 Tremont street,
Butler, W. P.
Waterbury.
Callender, Benj.
Carpenter, Win.
Carr, Joseph
Cate, E M.
Brazer's Building, 164 Congress street, 54 Church street, 22 Federal street, 104 Summer street,
Chester. Chelsea. Cabot.
Weathersfield. Strafford.
Woodstock.
Swanton.
Montpelier.
Clay, Henry
Clark, Isaac
Claflin, D. B.
280 Causeway street, 33 Summer street, 103 Pearl street, 103 Charles street, 34 & 36 Central street, 113 Washington street, 16 Federal street,
39 Court street,
71 Franklin street, 66
Converse, James C.
Cooper, Thomas
Cowdin, Robert, Col. Cowdin, John Cowdrey, John
Police Station No. 3, 185 Harrison Avenue, 16 Staniford street, Police Station No. 1,
89 Leverett street,
176 State street,
Dana, Thomas Dana, Thomas Jr.
Dana, C. F.
46 Court street,
93 Pearl street,
40 & 42 Broad street,
Darling, George B.
Darrow, Win.
Dean, M. M., Rev.
Delano, J. R.
Hardwick. Shoreham.
Causeway, cor. Friend st.
Swanton.
Denny, A. W. Derby, O. C.
Northfield. Hardwick.
Dodge, W. O. Doe, Freeman J. Dorman, E.
Duty, J. L. Dutton, David S. Dutton, Geo. D.
48 City Exchange, 7] Franklin street, ) Congress square, 132 Hanover street, 81 F. H. Market, cor. Commerc'l & State, 145 Blackstone street, 14 Merchants' Row, 16 Federal street,
Orange. Newbury.
Wallingford. Woodstock.
Castleton. Hancock. Rep .- Mansfield.
Coolidge, A. J.
Converse, E. W.
Weathersfield.
Highgate. Jamaica. 6 Tunbridge. Brookline. Springfield. ", Brandon. Castleton. Chester.
Dana, D. D. Dana, J. C.
19 North Market st., 40 Broad street, 2 Old State House, 29 City Wharf,
Monkton.
Delano, T. A. Denio, Sylvanus A. Denison, J. N.
8 Sumner street, 22 Niles Block, 3 Central Wharf,
Burlington. Chester.
Chamberlin, Romeo M. 23 North Market st., Chandler, Seth C. Chase, Alexander Clark, L. M. Clark, Wm S.
Chester.
Crane, D. M., Rev.
12
VERMONT UNION.
DuBois, G. B.
49 Pearl street, Randolph.
DuBois, Wm. H.
113 Pearl street,
Dunklee, N. S.
111 & 113 Blackstone st. Townshend.
Dunklee, B. W.
Dunklee, Galusha C.
Dunklee, John O.
31 Quincy Hall Market, Rutland.
Dunn, Ransom, Rev.
1 Bennett Place,
Pittsford.
Emerson, R. V. C.
91 Washington street,
Berlin.
Edmunds, Charles
Custom House,
Windsor.
Edgell, J. Q. A.
Andover,
Westminster.
Farnham, Charles W.
Cambridge,
Williamstown.
Farrar, A. W.
83 Broad street,
Weston.
Farrington, Charles T. 70 Hanover street,
Springfield.
Fenn, A. I.
cor. Blossom & Vine sts. Weston.
Fenn, George
101 Cambridge street, Ludlow.
Ferrin, Chas.
15 Dock Square, Holland.
Ferris, M. C.
12 South Market street, Swanton.
Fisk, Prescott,
10 West street,
Andover.
Fitch, Morris C.
21 Merchants' Row, Weathersfield.
Foggett, Geo. W.
7 State street,
Royalton.
Forbes, Gustavus,
16 Federal street,
Windsor.
Forbes, W. W.
150 Cambridge street,
Derby.
Foster, John D.
1 Cambridge street,
Rutland.
French, Samuel
7 Bowdoin street,
Hardwick.
Frye, James N. Fuller, Thos. H.
10 Chester Park
Enosburgh.
Windsor.
St. Albans.
Vergennes.
Hartford.
Waterbury
Rutland.
Godfrey, Silas F.
Goodnow, William D. Goodwin, Alfred Goodwin, John R. Goodwin, Darius Goodwin, E W. Goodwin, Wm. F. Gorham, H. S. Gorham, W. A. Goss, George Graves, A. F. Grant, Frederic Greene, Reuben, M. D. 36 Bromfield street, Gregory, Samuel, M. D. Springfield street,
Police Station No. 1, 33 Bromfield street, 2 Faneuil Hall,
12 Phoenix Building, 24 Cornhill,
315 Washington street,
Townshend. Rockingham. Whitingbam. Guilford.
Gay, Charles II. Gates, J. W. Geer, George F. Gillett, Jasper A. Gleason, Joel Goddard, N. C.
204 Hanover street,
53 & 57 Fulton street,
39 Court Square,
40 Franklin street,
45 Congress street, 8 Federal street, 132 Hanover street, 38 Hanover street, Tufts College, Watering sta., Woburn, 66
Vershire.
Charleston.
Charleston. Bradford.
Kirby.
39 Pearl street,
Concord.
13
VERMONT UNION.
Grisworld, D. C. Hall, J. G. Hall, Wm. G. Ilalladay, Chas. L. Halladay, George F. Harris, Geo. S. Harrington, W. A. Hale, Robert W. Hathaway, Asa P. Hatch, Converse R. Hawley, Austin S. Harvey, Peter
16 Federal street,
Springfield.
4 Chatham street, Brattleboro'.
59 Federal street,
33 Summer street,
Mer. Despatch, State st. Basement Old State H., Middlebury.
State House, 64 Franklin street,
290 Hanover street,
Weathersfield.
39 Court square,
Windsor.
Quincy Ilall,
Barnet.
Haskell, Simeon D.
Hawley, George F.
Hawley, George T.
Hawley, F. A.
Hawley, T. R.
12 Elm street,
16 Boylston street,
66 Thetford.
Heaton, Geo., M. D.
Iliggins, Oscar T.
114 Hanover street,
Townshend.
Hibbard, A. D.
21 F. Il. Square, Atlantic Works, E. B.,
St. Johnsbury.
Hibbard, Wmn. C. Iligh, Win. C., Rev. Hill, Noble HI.
3 Unity street
66 Milk street,
Bridport. Weathersfield.
Hitchcock, David W.
Hitchcock, Zenas
Hitchcock, Lemuel Jr. 1 and 3 Commercial st.,
lodges, E. F.
42 Court street,
Bank Mut. Redemption Quincy Ilall, Brattleboro'.
Holbrook, Frank F.
122 Pearl street,
Holbrook, Vernon Holman, Ilenry Holton, H. B.
42 Congress street, 141 Hudson street,
Salisbury. Burlington.
Horton, Hopkins
58 Lincoln street,
Horton, Abel
25 Federal street,
Clarendon.
Hosmer, Zelotes Hemminway,- House, F. T.
33 Battery March,
St. Johnsbury.
House, Charles
Howe, Albert Houghton, H. O. Hovey, Prof. Hubbard, J. W. Hull, George II. Hutchins, Chas.
915 Washington street, 38 Water street, Hanover street, Cambridge, Newton Theo'l Ins.,
Londonderry. Burlington. Thetford
13 Merchants' Ex. Springfield.
52 Friend street,
Fairfield.
Teacher Dwight's Sch'l, Thetford,
Cornwall.
135
59 Congress street,
66
2 Exeter Place,
Waterford. Moretown.
Hitchcock, John
95 Pearl street,
23 South Market street, 95 Pearl street,
66
66 Clarendon.
Hodges, J. H.
Windsor.
llayes, A. A.
81 Milk street,
Tinmouth.
St. Johnsbury. Calais.
Westminster. Cornwall.
Enosburgh.
14
VERMONT UNION.
Johnson, A. J. Johnson, A. N. Johnson, E. W. Johnson, George E. Kellogg, M. M. Kendall, Samuel E. Keeler, - Keith, James M. Kilburn, W. A.
Kimball, Lucius
Kimball, Reuben,
Kimball, Wm. H.
Kimball, John W.
Kimball, George B.
King, Harvey Lamb, R. A.
Lamson, A. D.
Lamson, J. F.
Lamson, Joseph, Jr.
Lawrence, J. T.
Lockwood, Hiland Locke, W. S.
Long, Vernon
Lougco, C. F.
951 Washington st., Bangor,
Walden. Pomfret.
Mace, Sherman
Concert Hall,
Bakersfield.
Mansfield, J. B.
39 Court street,
Andover.
Mason, Julian O.
13 Boylston Place, 20 Court street,
Woodstock.
Mason, Lyman
Cavendish.
cor Beach & Kingston st Enosburgh.
209 Federal street,
41
Barre.
Parker House,
Grafton.
128 State street,
Vershire.
70 ¥
Vergennes. Waterford.
Morse, Robert M. Mosey, Edwin Mower, Gustavus II.
Munson, N. C.
Murdock, Judson, Nay, Ira A. Nevins, E. P. Nicholson, O. A.
172 William st., N. Y., Mount Holly. Middlebury. 96 Washington street, 64 Franklin street, 64 Franklin street, Bakersfield. Woodstock. Hardwick. Dummerston.
8 Congress Square, Massachusetts House, 42 Court street, 179 Washington st., 54 F. H. Market,
Randolph. Shrewsbury. Weathersfield.
31 66 66
31 66
54 66
Marlboro' Hotel, 1 Arch street,
Brandon. Montpelier.
Jamaica.
Randolph.
70 State street, 33 North Market,
45 Hanover Street, 23 Quincy Hall Market, Bangor, 59 Brattle street,
Waitsfield. St. Albans.
Maynard, Lyman Maynard, Simon McIntire, Jesse Merrifield, Moses Merrill, Wm. B.
Windsor. Windham Co.
Mills, John F.
Morey, Win. C. Morgan, Henry I.
Morse, Charles R.
172 Congress street, 5 Commercial street, Cambridge street, 22 Federal street, Phoenix Building,
Newfane. Middlebury.
Cambridge, 94 Pearl street, 40 Franklin street,
Putney. Townshend. Georgia. Royalton, Wallingford.
Waterbury.
Lynde, A. V.
15
VERMONT UNION.
Nichols, Geo. B.
Pangborn, Z. K.
Parks, John A.
Page, S. F.
Page, Alvin R.
Parker, J. W. Parker, J. W., Rev. Pearl, S. R.
Peck, O. A. Peck, D. H.
Perry, C. A.
Phelps, James T. Pichard, George. R. Powell, John S.
Pickett, James B.
Pickett, George B.
Pierce, Hubbard,
Pierce, Sam'l B.
51 Broad street,
34 Pearl street,
Cavendish.
Purdy, E. C.
Somerville,
Rutland.
Randall, Alfred
Ranney, A. A.
10
66
Townshend.
Ransom, Alexander
Reed, Timothy
Richardson, HI. W.
Royalton.
Richardson, Haynes L. 114 State street,
Richardson, Ivory W. 14 Cornhill,
Richardson, Ithiel S.
5 Washington street,
66
Burlington. Corinth. Cornwall. Corinth. Sheldon.
Lowell.
Brattleboro'. Waitsfield.
Snow, Eben
46 Monmouth st., E. B. Pomfret. 16 Federal street,
Spaulding, S. R. Spear, S. L. B.
Speare, Alden Spencer, A. W. Squire, Joseph Squire, J. P.
54 Franklin street, Daily Bee Office, Marlboro' Hotel,
114 State street, 20 Bowdoin street,
Weathersfield Peacham. Barnet. Sharon.
Ludlow. Andover.
Quincy Hall Market, Shawinut Av. Church, 81 New Devonshire st., Grand Isle
Weston.
Trasburgh. Shoreham. Fairfield.
Bradford.
Warren. Reading.
Greensborough.
Hartford.
Dummerstown.
Weston.
Richardson, Nathaniel 1 & 2 Niles Block, Rockwood, Sumner, Rowell, Cromwell G. Rust, Win. E.
Police Station No. 1, Post Office, 31 Kilby street,
Sawyer, E. R.
Sheldon, L. R., M. D. Sherburn, Joseph A. Smith, Erastus Smith, Chauncey
1058 Washington st., 318 Washington st., with Farley & Bliss, 46 Washington st.,
Snow, A. P.
Pearl street, Medford, 3 Central Wharf, Congress Square, 20 F. HI. Market, 23 & 25
Putney. Corinth. Chelsea. Springfield.
Weathersfield.
45 Revere street, 5 Boylston Market, New Devonshire st., 9 Merchants' Row, Police Station No. 1,
42 South Market street, Strafford. 53 Commercial street, 93 Washington street, 147 Hudson street,
Proctor, Moody S.
27 Court street,
22 Tremont Row, 365 Broad street, 40 Franklin street,
16
VERMONT UNION.
Squires, Sidney
Stone, David Stone, M. H.
Stone, E. J.
Stone, Sawyer S.
· Stevens, Calvin, M. D. Newton st. Blk'e Sq., Stevens, Enos Stickney, Isaac
Taylor, H. B.
Taylor, O. T.
236 Hanover street,
Tenny, Marshall
4 Central Wharf,
Ludlow.
Thompson, J. B.
90 Beverly street,
Newbury.
Thompson, S. B.
70 State street,
Cornwall.
Irasburgh.
Thomas, Charles Tilson, Julius W. Titus, Lyman
50 Pearl street,
Randolph.
Townsend, Elmer
45 Pearl street,
Reading.
Turrill, Albert A.
65 Franklin street,
Shorcham.
Tyler, John S.
28 State street,
Brattleboro'.
Tyler, J. W.
54 Chatham street,
Townshend.
Tyler, Wmn. C.
28 State street,
Brattleboro'.
Tyler, Columbus
Somerville,
Townshend.
Tyler, J. C.
54 Chatham street,
Townshend.
Upham, William
71, 73, & 75 Franklin st. Weathersford.
Wakefield, J. H.
Wakefield, Thomas L.
Ware, George W. Warren, Zenas C. Warren, A.
Warner, William
Harnden's Express,
Watson, Benj. F.
Webster, Wilbur F.
Wells, Win. P. Wetherbee, Dr., J. I.
Welch, Samuel L. White, B. F. White, Ammi Wheelock, O. K. Wilder, Charles W. Wilder, S. W. Winslow, Hubbard, Winslow, Geo. C. Willard, O. A. Willard, Ammi Williams, D.
12 State street, Concert Hall, Cambridge,
10 Tremont Row,
212 Commercial, 98 Devonshire street, 59 Leverett street,
25 Sudbury street, 5 Commercial street,
79 Kilby Street, 189 State street, 221 234 Washington street,
Bennington.
Enosburgh. Hartford. 66
Encsburgh. Barnet. Grafton. Newfane, Thetford.
Londonderry. .. Townshend. Weathersfield. Woodbury.
Woodstock. Bakersfield. St. Albans. Northfield. Vergennes.
Windsor. Townshend. Cambridge.
Williston. Cavendish. Woodstock. Windsor. Royalton.
579 Washington st., 120 Fulton street,
40 Franklin street, 81 Milk street,
9 Merchant's Row, Broad street,
380 'fremont street,
Vershire.
10 Court street,
59 Brattle street, Police Station No. 2,
VERMONT UNION. 17
Williams, Silas G.
Newton Lower Falls, Plainfield.
Williamson, George
37 Congress street, Woodstock.
Wood, Charles A.
Cambridge,
Plymouth.
Woodman, C. E.
36 Pearl street,
Barnet.
Wooster, Isaac R., Rev.33 Pemberton Square,
Wormwood, O. T.
49 Broadway, Ryegate.
Wright, J. E.
189 Washington st., Montpelier.
Wyeth, Nahum S.
cor. Albany & Oneida sts. Fayston.
Young, A. S.
32 Milk street, Royalton.
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
GEN. JOHN S. TYLER, PRESIDENT. ALVIN ADAMS, VICE PRESIDENT. SAMUEL W. BATES, SECRETARY.
COUNCIL.
LESTER M. CLARK, Addison. SIDNEY SQUIRES, Bennington. II. O. HOUGHTON, Chittenden. PETER HARVEY, Caledonia. CYRUS BLODGETT, Essex. EARL W. JOHNSON, Franklin. S. R. PEARL, Grand Isle. CHARLES W. WILDER, Lamoille. ALDEN SPEARE, Orange.
E. A. BIRCHARD, Orleans.
E. F. HODGES, Rutland. H. B. TAYLOR, Windhamn. M. S. PROCTOR, Windsor. HILAND LOCKWOOD, Washington.
2
18
VERMONT UNION.
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNION.
THE idea which led to the organization of the Vermonters residing in this city and vicinity, into a society, was first suggested by the President of Middlebury College, Benja- min Labaree, Esq., when, on a visit here, in 1851, for the purpose of obtaining contributions from the sons of the Green-Mountain State for the benefit of that College. Several meetings were held during the winter of that year, in the vestry of the Park Street Church, for the purpose of relieving the College from its embarrassed condition ; and the result was, not only a liberal contribution to its funds, but the organization of the present society. The first Festival was held January 17th, the following year ; the second, January 17th, 1853; the third, January 17th, 1854. From that time until March 15th, 1859, there is a period of five years, during which no meetings of the Union were held. The proceedings of the latter are given in full on the following pages : those of the former were not reported for the press, and I am unable to give any further account of them than the general verbal report of those who were present, " that they were well attended, and all appeared highly gratified in participating in the enjoyment of them."
FIFTH PUBLIC FESTIVAL.
March 15th, 1859.
THE Vermonters, resident of Boston and vicinity, who are organized under the name of the " BOSTON VERMONT UNION," held their Fifth Public Festival on the above men- tioned date, at the Revere House. It will be seen from the following report, that the occasion proved to be a grand affair.
1
THE DECORATIONS.
The decorations were in good taste, and presented an excellent appearance. They were not overdone, as is too often the case on such occasions. In the rear of the Presi- dent's table, upon the wall, was a stuffed eagle of large size, with wings extended, holding in its beak the national motto and shield, and also a flag. Immediately beneath was a painting of the seal of Vermont, surmounted with a single star. The seal was inscribed, on the top, " VER- MONT," and below, " LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE." An arch extended from a point near the eagle, the columns extending to the floor, and upon which were painted the seals of the different States of the Union.
20
VERMONT UNION.
Upon the opposite side of the hall was an arch of smaller dimensions, covered with black velvet. Upon this was in- scribed in letters of silver, the words " VERMONT UNION FESTIVAL " Upon the columns supporting the arch were painted wreaths enclosing a single star, together with various designs of an appropriate nature. Within the arch, as a background, were gracefully disposed flags. In the centre of this, and presenting a neat appearance, was a bust, in medallion, and surrounded with a gilt frame, of Gen. JOHN S. TYLER, the President of the Union. Upon either side of the arch, at equal distance from the ends of the hall, were paintings representing the industrial, manufac- turing, and other material interests of the North and South. The background was made up of flags arranged in festoons.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.