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$122,545
301
· STATISTICS.
" Tanneries, 2; hides tanned, 1,500 ; value of leather tanned and curried, $5,250 ; hands employed, 6 ; capital invested, $4,500.
" Paper mills, 2 ; stock manufactured, 55 tons ; value of paper, $5,600 ; males employed, 6 ; females, 2 ; capital invested, $3,000. " Manufactory of chairs and cabinet ware, 1; value of chairs and cabinet ware, $1,000 ; hands employed, 2.
" Plough manufactory, 1; ploughs manufactured, 150; value of the same, $900; employing one person.
" Straw bonnets manufactured, 300 ; value of same, $500.
" Palm-leaf hats manufactured, 75,000 ; value of same, $15,500."
Twenty years later, Hardwick appears to better advantage in the Statistical Tables for the year ending June 1, 1855.
PROPERTY.
Number.
Value.
Ploughs and agricultural tools manufactured .
12
$100
Saddles manufactured
1,000
Wagons and other vehicles manufactured
3,700
Hides of all kinds tanned
1,700
7,000
Boots and shoes of all kinds .
1,600
Palm-leaf hats manufactured
3,000
Casks manufactured
200
Boxes for packing, etc., manufactured
9,000
Lumber, prepared for market
feet
65,000
9,800
Fire-wood, prepared for market
cords
1,548
2,812
Horses
282
18,080
Oxen, 360 ; steers, 92
452
25,951
Swine raised
412
3,435
Sheep of all kinds
217
776
Wool produced
lbs.
712
Butter
lbs.
33,725
6,745
Cheese
1bs.
310,540
31,054
Honey
lbs.
80
14
Beeswax
lbs.
9
3
Indian corn
bush.
18,543
15,373
Wheat
bush.
255
496
Rye
bush.
1,825
1,844
Barley
bush.
1,171
953
Oats .
bush.
8,211
4,129
Potatoes
bush.
24,892
12,516
Turnips
bush.
450
40
Carrots
bush.
840
210
English hay
tons
3,139
37,468
Meadow hay
tons
1
1,000
5,000
Apple trees
4,878
3,467
Pear trees.
336
52
.
1,645
41,926
Cows, 1,389 ; heifers, 256
.
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HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
The result of the very comprehensive census in 1875 is even more favorable to Hardwick in all respects, except in regard to manufactures, wherein it is very unsatisfactory. The quantity and value of land, buildings, trees, and animals have already been stated. The domestic and agricultural products enumerated are as follows : -
PRODUCTS.
Quantity.
Value.
DOMESTIC PRODUCTS. - FOR SALE.
Butter
1bs
35,003
$12,419
Cheese
1bs.
124,493
14,358
Cider
gals.
29,165
2,662
Dried fruit
lbs.
569
63
Firewood
cords
1,107
3,653
Maple molasses
gals.
143
224
Palm-leaf hats (work on)
784
100
Quilts
4
12
Railroad sleepers
3,777
1,294
Shingles
100,000
300
Straw hats (work on)
144
18
Wine
gals.
774
432
FOR USE.
Blankets
pairs
3
15
Boots
pairs
4
10
Butter .
lbs.
17,303
5,902
Carpets
yds.
25
25
Cheese .
1bs
6,248
794
Cider
gals.
14,686
1,247
Dried fruit
lbs.
2,015
221
Firewood .
cords
2,100
7,025
Maple sugar .
lbs.
150
15
Maple molasses
gals.
103
138
Mittens .
pairs
14
10
Quilts
3
9
Shoes
pairs
25
40
Socks
pairs
41
27
Wine
gals.
77
95
Yarn
lbs.
10
11
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Apples .
bush.
24,364
7,921
Barley
bush.
285
292
Beans
bush.
170
384
Beans, string and shell
bush.
52
88
Beef
lbs.
133,162
11,087
Beeswax
lbs.
8
2
.
.
303
STATISTICS.
PRODUCTS.
Quantity.
Value.
Beets .
bush.
430
$271
Blackberries
qts.
700
71
Blueberries
qts.
302
30
Buckwheat
bush.
22
26
Butternuts
bush.
36
16
Cabbage
heads
11,502
928
Carrots
bush.
704
349
Cherries
bush.
20
37
Chestnuts
bush.
27
50
Chickens, dressed
lbs.
4,962
958
Corn, green .
bush.
140
152
Corn, Indian
bush.
7,066
6,925
Corn, pop
bush.
25
42
Crab-apples
bush.
27
30
Cranberries
bush.
22
88
Cucumbers
bush.
91
88
Currants
qts.
775
65
Eggs
doz.
8,362
2,165
Feathers
1bs.
63
15
Fodder, corn
tons
101
1,088
Game, wild
30
Geese, dressed
lbs.
168
34
Gooseberries
qts.
40
4
Grapes
bush.
478
398
Hay, English
tons
4,093
60,939
Hay, meadow
tons
818
6,904
Hay, clover
tons
1
15
Hay, millet
tons
7
100
Hides
62
252
Honey
1bs.
160
44
Hop-poles
1,108
339
Huckleberries
qts.
3,403
235
Ice
tons
37
50
Lettuce
heads
800
36
Mangoes
bush.
100
50
Manure
cords
3,545
10,572
Melons .
50
5
Milk .
gals.
172,582
19,208
Millet
bush.
6
14
Mutton
lbs.
400
32
Oats
bush.
3,522
2,416
Onions
bush.
475
615
Parsnips
bush.
36
29
Peaches
bush.
166
281
Pears
bush.
59
125
Pease
bush.
4
6
Pease, green .
bush.
134
205
Peppers
bush.
2
4
Plums .
bush.
4
15
.
.
.
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.
.
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HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
PRODUCTS.
Quantity.
Value.
Pork
lbs.
90,894
$8,873
Potatoes, Irish
bush.
19,811
10,938
Poultry, other than chickens, geese, and turkeys, lbs.
150
26
Pumpkins
lbs.
26,300
153
Rye .
bush.
634
653
Seeds, grass
bush.
2
6
Shellbarks
bush.
20
45
Squashes
lbs
17,000
331
Straw
tons
40
567
Strawberries .
qts.
800
175
Tobacco
lbs
11,600
1,160
Tomatoes
bush.
315
244
Trees, fruit, in nurseries
120
65
Turkeys, dressed
lbs.
2,855
576
Turnips
bush.
4,157
1,125
Veal
lbs.
60,865
7,062
Wool, Saxony
lbs.
15
5
Wool, other than Saxony
lbs.
191
61
AGGREGATES.
Domestic Products, for sale
$35,535
Domestic Products, for use
15,584
Hay, 4,919 tons
67,958
Other Agricultural Products
-
100,232
$219,309
-
-
This exhibition is creditable to a town whose entire population was only 1,992; especially when it is considered that one fifth part of the adult inhabitants were engaged in manufacturing establishments. But the account of manufactures and the re- sults of mechanical labor is very unsatisfactory. Excluding the value of butter and cheese manufactured, the sum total assigned to Hardwick is as follows : -
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STATISTICS.
INDUSTRIES.
Number of Estab- lishments.
Value of Products.
Blacksmithing
3
$3,000
Cheese-box making .
1
1,250
Carpentry and joinery .
1
5,000
Lumber, planed, and boxes
1
2,000
Lumber, sawed .
2
2,355
Machinist's work
1
10
Powder-keg making
1
1,500
Wheelwrighting .
1
100
11
$15,215
The same census represents that 310 inhabitants of Hardwick were then employed in " manufactures and mechanical indus- tries ;" of whom 193 were woollen factory operatives, and 24 were paper makers; yet I can find no evidence in the census that a yard of cloth or a pound of paper was manufactured in the town. Indeed, I cannot trace the manufacture of paper to any other town ; it is certain, however, that a manufactory was then in operation here. The manufacture of woollens is easily traced to the town of Ware, which has credit in the census for all the woollen goods manufactured here. The occasion of this transfer is indicated in an article published in the Boston " Daily Advertiser," October 7, 1880, concerning the several manufac- turing establishments in Ware : ---
" After the dissolution of Gilbert & Stevens, the firm of George H. Gilbert & Co. was established, from which has sprung the George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1867, with a paid-up capital of $250,000. The first president was George H. Gilbert ; but his death occurring one year later, the present officers of the company were chosen, as follows : Lewis N. Gilbert, president ; Charles D. Gilbert, treasurer; and J. H. Grenville Gilbert, secretary. In 1860 was erected, in addition to the granite mill in Ware, a brick mill, 130 by 56 feet, five stories high, on the site of the old paper mill in Hard- wick, four and a half miles north of Ware, to increase the manu- facture of flannel goods. In the immediate vicinity of the new mill were built many tenements for the operatives ; thus was formed Gilbertville, named in honor of its founder. Three other brick mills have been built there, - one, 125 by 60 feet, three stories high; another, 84 by 60 feet, four stories high; and
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HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
a third, 230 by 68 feet, five stories high. The two hundred tenement-houses owned by the company, on its 325 acres, con- stitute the entire settlement of what is probably the prettiest strictly manufacturing village in Massachusetts. It is on the line of the Ware River and Massachusetts Central Railroads. The greater part of the manufactures of the company are now produced at Gilbertville ; and as a large part of the dress goods and blankets woven at Gilbertville are finished at Ware, the few statistics given below refer to the total products at all these mills."
Being unwilling that Hardwick should be shorn of one of its chief glories, as it is by the census of 1875, and desiring to state the precise facts in the case, I addressed an inquiry to the pres- ident of the corporation, who gave me the desired information, to wit: The foregoing statement in the "Daily Advertiser" was correct when it was written ; but since that time the business at Gilbertville has been greatly enlarged. To the mill erected in 1860 an addition has been made, 154 feet in length by 82 feet in width, and nine sets of machinery have been added ; so that, in 1883, the following statistics are substantially accurate : -
Capital . $250,000 47
Sets of machinery
Wool consumed, per day 17,000 pounds. 1,000
Operatives employed .
Goods manufactured, per year . 3,500,000 yards.
Value of goods manufactured
$2,500,000.
Of these forty-seven sets of machinery, forty sets are operated in Hardwick and seven in Ware; and these numbers may be supposed to indicate with sufficient accuracy the proportion of goods manufactured in the respective towns. Hardwick may therefore claim much the largest share of this immense business. Although the owners, who furnish the capital and control the operations, reside in Ware, the water-power and almost all the mills are within our limits ; most of the operatives both dwell here and perform their daily tasks here; the stock is brought here in the form of raw materials, and is here converted into manufactured goods.
The beautiful village of Gilbertville, where this business is transacted, has been elsewhere described. It may suffice to add here, that the land was purchased and the first mill erected in 1860, and that the business of manufacturing was commenced in
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STATISTICS.
1862. George H. Gilbert, the first president of the company which bears his name, was born at Brooklyn, Conn., and died at Ware, May 6, 1869. The present president, Hon. Lewis N. Gilbert, is the nephew, and Charles D. Gilbert, treasurer, and J. H. Grenville Gilbert, secretary, are the sons of George H. Gilbert. His youngest son, Edward H. Gilbert, has also recently become a member of the company.
FURNACES AND FORGE. The subject of manufactures should not be dismissed without a brief notice of what was formerly a very important branch of industry. At the original division of lands by the proprietors, a mill lot, sometimes called " saw-mill lot," was laid out, which included a part of what is now called " Furnace Village." Moose Brook furnished the water-power, which remains in constant use, even to the present day. Besides the saw-mill and grist-mill, which were erected very early, and a cloth-dressing establishment of a later date, a Furnace for the manufacture of iron hollow-ware was erected about the middle of the last century,1 which, for sixty or seventy years, furnished employment to many persons. The larger part, if not the whole, of the iron ore was procured in West Brookfield ; but, notwith- standing the expense of transporting this principal material, the business yielded a satisfactory profit. A general assortment of hollow-ware was manufactured, from the ponderous and capacious potash-kettles,2 then in use, to tea-kettles, pans, spiders, skillets, and even smaller culinary vessels ; for all which articles a ready market was obtained.
In the Revolutionary War, this furnace rendered important public service, which is mentioned in a petition which is still preserved : "To the Hon. Council and the Hon. House of Repre- sentatives of the State of Massachusetts Bay in New England, humbly show Stephen Rice and James Woods, in behalf of them- selves and partners, owners of a Furnace at Hardwick, in the County of Worcester, that your petitioners have agreed to fur- nish the Commissary General of this State with a large quantity of Cannon Ball and other warlike stores, a part of which we have already supplied, which are allowed to be of the very best kind.
1 . The precise date of its erection I have some things that happened in the course not ascertained ; but, as early as 1763, of his life."
Deacon Joseph Allen became one of the joint-owners, which he afterwards la- mented in a poetical account of "the time and place of the author's birth, and
2 In the days of my boyhood there were two manufactories of potash in Hard- wick, - one owned by Jason Mixter, Esq., and the other by Dr. William Cutler.
308
HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
We have with great difficulty, by reason of the scarcity of labor, procured stock for making another blast, which has been at- tended with considerable additional expense, by reason of the large draughts of men which have been made from among us. We are at this present time just entering on said blast, and under- standing that this Honored Court have just ordered one half of the militia of said County of Worcester to march to Ticonderoga on an alarm, it will be impossible to proceed in carrying on our blast should one half of the militia of Hardwick and New Brain- tree be ordered to march. Wherefore your petitioners pray that thirty persons, which is the number employed in carrying on the business of said Furnace, may be excused from the present or a future requisition of men, during our present blast, from said towns of Hardwick and New Braintree. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. STEPHEN RICE. JAMES WOODS. Dated at Watertown, Oct. 25, 1776." 1
During the continuance of a " blast," - generally a period of five or six months, - the fire was not quenched nor the labor intermitted. As on shipboard, relays of hands wrought day and night, not resting even on the Sabbath. After such continuous labor for several months, the workmen gladly hailed the day when the fire was extinguished for the purpose of constructing a new crucible and making general repairs. This was technically called " blowing out," and the day was devoted to unlimited fun and jollity. Some of the jovial frolics and wild pranks of the laborers are still remembered by the elderly inhabitants ; but, perhaps, it may not be well to record them as matters of history.2 It should be added, that many who were gay and merry " furnace- men " in their younger days were afterwards among our most respected citizens, and attained honorable and official position, both in town and in commonwealth. For several years before the manufacturing of iron was discontinued, this furnace was owned and managed by Colonel Samuel Billings and Mr. Har- mon Chamberlain.
1 Mass. Arch., clxxxi. 288.
2 Take one specimen : A mock-trial was had, and the alleged culprit sen- tenced to be hung. As his chin was un- naturally short, the attempt to execute him was unsuccessful. A piece of slag, resembling an auger, was then found, and an effort made to bore a hole through his neck, so that a pin might be inserted to prevent the rope from slipping over his
head. The victim required nursing sev- eral days, being kept quiet, meanwhile, by a plentiful supply of his favorite bev- erage.
It is related of one who became in- toxicated early in the morning and slept in his bunk until evening, that he after- wards lamented that "he lost all his sport at the ' blowing out,' by getting drunk too soon.”
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STATISTICS.
Early in the present century another furnace was erected on Ware River, about a quarter of a mile above the dam at Gilbert- ville. The spot is marked " New Furnace " on the R. Map, and this name was applied to the whole neighborhood until it was superseded by the present name of Gilbertville. The projectors of this enterprise were Colonel Thomas Wheeler,1 a blacksmith and very skillful worker of iron, and Mr. Lemuel Harrington, formerly a tanner, but retired from that business and willing to invest capital in a new adventure. In the " Massachusetts Spy," July 12, 1815, Jesse Bliss advertised that "The new Furnace, lately erected by Harrington, Wheeler & Co., on Ware River in Hardwick, is now in blast." I know not who were the other members of the company. The business was probably not very successful, and it was not long continued. Colonel Wheeler removed to Ticonderoga in 1818 or 1819, and those who were left behind had not his skill or energy as iron-workers.
Before the erection of this new furnace, Colonel Wheeler carried on business at a Forge which stood near the spot now occupied by the large mill of the George H. Gilbert Manufactur- ing Company on the west side of the River. This forge seems to have been erected by Isaac Thomas, who bought seven acres of land, July 18, 1763, of Captain Daniel Warner, with certain rights in Ware River ; said Warner reserving the privilege to build " one half of a saw-mill on the ditch said Thomas is cutting or may hereafter cut for conveying the water out of said River to carry a saw-mill and other mills." In March, 1765, the town " voted to Mr. Isaac Thomas the sum of £26. 13. 4., said Thomas having engaged to build a sufficient bridge over Ware River near his Iron-works." Mr. Thomas sold one third part of this estate to Joseph Blake, October 20, 1763, and Blake sold his share to Lot Whitcomb, January 18, 1770, which then embraced one third part of a dwelling-house, one third of a corn-mill, one sixth of a saw-mill, and one third of a forge and coal-house. In October, 1772, this forge is described as the property of Samuel Beals and Amos Thomas. I have not further traced the change of ownership. While the forge was in possession of Colonel Wheeler, a sad event occurred. As I remember the story, Nathan Bonney, aged 17 years, in a competitive trial of strength, lifted one of the trip-hammers, weighing six hundred pounds ; he very
1 Colonel Wheeler's son, William A. in Worcester, acquired a wide reputation Wheeler, as manager of a furnace in and a large estate.
Brookfield and an extensive iron-foundry
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HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
soon became sick, and died April 13, 1811, as it was reported, " of spotted fever, after an illness of 34 hours ; " 1 but his death was generally supposed to have been occasioned by his foolhardy rashness.
PAPER MILLS. About the year 1832 a paper mill was erected by Joseph S. and Moses Smith on Ware River, on the spot now occupied by one of the mills of the George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company. The easterly end, with two engines, was rented to Thornton K. Merrick and William Dickinson for the manufacture of wrapping paper. The westerly end, fitted for four engines, was occupied by William Mixter and Moses Smith, about two years, for the manufacture of printing paper, and afterwards by Moses Smith alone. In 1842 the building was leased to Laflin and Clark, who manufactured writing paper ; at the expiration of their lease it was again rented to George Maynard for the same purpose ; while in his hands, the building was burned, and the business was abandoned.
In 1866, Dr. Almon M. Orcutt of Hardwick, and Dr. D. W. Miner and Mr. George Robinson of Ware, purchased the water-privilege on Ware River, near Barre, long known as " White's Mills," designated on the R. Map by the letters "N. W.," and organized the "Ware River Paper Co." They im- mediately commenced the erection of a mill, which was com- pleted in 1867, at the cost of $75,000. About this time Mr. Robinson withdrew from the company, and the business was carried on by Drs. Orcutt and Miner about three years. The principal article manufactured was white wall paper. In 1870, Fred. A. Mellen, who had been superintendent for Drs. Orcutt and Miner, purchased the mill, and manufactured book paper until the following year, when he died, and the business seems to have been discontinued. It was afterwards resumed, and prosecuted with more or less regularity and success, and with occasional interruptions.
About 1880 a new company was organized, understood to con- sist of Henry Page of Fitchburg, George W. Wheelwright and D. S. Greenough of Boston, and Andrew J. Bartholomew of Southbridge, with a capital of $80,000. The mill is well sup- plied with all the modern improvements for paper-making, and its capacity is about to be increased by additional machinery. The following facts in regard to its present condition were kindly
1 Massachusetts Spy, April 24, 1811.
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STATISTICS.
furnished by the superintendent, J. W. Plowman, under date of February 13, 1882: "Page Paper Co. is the title of this cor- poration. Number of hands, - male 23, female 14. We manu- facture a Nº. 1 News, and Book Papers of various kinds, of which we produce about 800 tons per annum. The present company commenced business a little more than a year ago."
CHAPTER XVI.
CIVIL OFFICERS.
Councillors. - Senators. - Representatives. - Delegates to Congresses and Conventions. - Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. - Justices of the Peace. - Moderators. - Selectmen. - Assessors. - Town Clerks. - Town Treasurers.
THE following list of Civil Officers, resident in Hardwick, is compiled chiefly from official records of the State and of the Town : -
COUNCILLORS.
General Timothy Ruggles was elected Councillor in 1764, but de- clined the service. He was appointed Mandamus Councillor in 1774, and was sworn into office.
General Jonathan Warner, being one of the Senators of the County, was elected Councillor in 1795 and 1796.
SENATORS.
Jonathan Warner, 1781 - 1785, Joseph Stone, 1845, 1846. 1791-1796.
Samuel Eastman, 1819, 1820.
John Raymond, 1850. William Mixter, 1857.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Timothy Ruggles, 1754, 1755, Ichabod Dexter, 1782, 1783. 1757-1759, 1761-1770.
Daniel Oliver, 1770.
Paul Mandell, 1773, 1774.
Stephen Rice, 1775, 1777, 1784.
William Paige, 1776, 1778-1780.
Jonathan Warner, 1777, 1780, 1785, 1798, 1799. Timothy Paige (Colonel), 1781.
1 Major Kinsley removed to Hampden, Me., in 1798, and was afterwards repre- sentative, senator, councillor, representa- tive in Congress, Judge of Common Pleas,
John Hastings, 1786, 1800-1804, 1809.
Martin Kinsley, 1787, 1788, 1790- 1792, 1794-1796.1
Timothy Paige (Esq.), 1805-1821.2 Seth Peirce, 1806.
Jason Mixter, 1810, 1815, 1816, 1837.
and Judge of Probate. He died at Rox- bury, June 20, 1835.
2 Timothy Paige died in office, Octo- ber 29, 1821, having served for seventeen successive years.
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CIVIL OFFICERS.
Jeduthun Spooner, 1811-1814. Joseph Stone, 1823.
Samuel Billings, 1826, 1827, 1829.
Moses Allen, 1830, 1832, 1838.
Scotto Berry, 1833.
Samuel F. Cutler, 1835. Gardner Ruggles, 1838, 1839. John Raymond, 1840.
William Anderson, 1841, 1842.
Stephen W. Paige, 1843, 1844.
Constant Southworth, 1847, 1857.
Franklin Ruggles, 1850. Alvan Southworth, 1851.
Forester B. Aiken, 1852, 1860. William Mixter, 1854, 1856, 1868. James P. Lynde, 1855. Orin Trow, 1861. Albert E. Knight, 1864. Samuel S. Dennis, 1866. Jubal C. Gleason, 1870.
Almon M. Orcutt, 1874. James H. Walker, 1882.
DELEGATES TO PROVINCIAL CONGRESSES.
Paul Mandell, - Stephen Rice,
(1st) at Concord, October, 1774.
Paul Mandell, (2d) at Cambridge, February, 1775.
William Paige,
Stephen Rice, (3d) at Watertown, May, 1775.
Jonathan Warner,
DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS.
At Worcester, August, 1774, County Convention for the Public Safety.
Paul Mandell, Stephen Rice, Jonathan Warner, John Bradish, William Paige, Jonathan Warner, John Hastings,
At Cambridge, September, 1779, to frame a Con- stitution for the State.
Timothy Paige (Colonel), at Concord, October, 1779, to affix prices. Martin Kinsley, at Boston, February, 1788, to act on Federal Constitu- tion.
Timothy Paige (Esq.), ) At Boston, November, 1820, to revise the Con- Joseph Stone, stitution of Massachusetts.
JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Timothy Ruggles, April 19, 1757, Jonathan Warner, May 27, 1799, Chief Justice January 21, 1762- died January 7, 1803. 1774.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
X Timothy Ruggles, April 19, 1754 ; Jonathan Warner, April 26, 1787 ; also of the Quorum. Daniel Oliver, January 13, 1768; died in England, May 6, 1826. Paul Mandell, September 26, 1775 ; died September 16, 1809.
also of the Quorum. Martin Kinsley, October 14, 1789 ; died at Roxbury, 1835. Seth Paddleford, July 2, 1796.1 John Hastings, February 4, 1802 ; died May 29, 1829.
1 Removed to Taunton, and was Judge of Probate; he died January 7, 1810.
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HISTORY OF HARDWICK.
Timothy Paige, May 9, 1803 ; Quo- rum, August 29, 1816 ; died Oc- tober 29, 1821.
William Cutler, February 20, 1808 ; died February 9, 1832.
Daniel Ruggles, March 9, 1811; . died February 26, 1838.
Samuel Eastman, November 18, 1812 ; Quorum, January 20, 1820.1 Wheeler, February 21, James P. Lynde, May 23, 1855.8
Thomas 1814.2
Samuel Hinkley, January 22, 1819 ; died January 19, 1849.
Jason Mixter, June 16, 1821 ; died January 31, 1850.
Samuel F. Cutler, February 17, 1824.8
Samuel Billings, January 22, 1828.4 Joseph Stone, January 29, 1828; died June 27, 1849.
Ebenezer Perry, January 26, 1829 ; died June 27, 1845.
Joseph Knox, May 14, 1831.5
Gardner Ruggles, December 13, G. Albert Williams, Trial Justice, 1839 ; died August 5, 1853. April 22, 1873.
John Raymond, February 17, 1841 ; died June 6, 1854.
Alfred H. Richardson, December 21, 1875.
MODERATORS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS.
Benjamin Smith, 1737.9
Joseph Allen, 1738, 1740-1742, 1745, 1766-1769, 1771, 1773, 1775.
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