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"The service of song" was formerly sustained by the town, which often raised money to hire a singing master. In 1786, Ebenezer White, and in 1789, Josiah White, were chosen to lead the choir. In 1793, Joshua Abell, Jr., Alpheus Naramore and James Orcutt, were invited by the church to act as quiristers. Calvin Cushman, of a fam- ily noted for musical talent, Asahel Billings, Frederick P. Stone, Maj. Joseph Hawks and Elijah Billings successively served as choristers. Maj. Hawks is still at his post, having been connected with the choir for 56 years. C. C. Dresser rendered valuable aid to the choir as violinist and organist for nearly thirty years. J. Milton Smith was long an efficient member of the choir and also chorister. Among the teachers from abroad were, first, James Richards of Plainfield; then Capt. Anderson of Chesterfield, about 1800; Capt. Frary of Whately, 1809-10; Asahel Birge of Southampton, Nehemiah White-"Master White"-of Williamsburgh; Geo. W. Lucas, 1832, 1842, 1852; Col. Asa Barr, 1837-8; Jacob Jenkins, 1855-6, 1861-2. The singing schools terminated with a concert and address, a gala day for the young people for miles away. In 1842 the choirs of Chesterfield and Norwich united with Goshen in giving the concert, and Lowell Ma- son gave the address. In 1852, Wendell Phillips was present with the same choirs and gave an eloquent lecture on music.
No better conclusion can be given to this chapter than is found in the eloquent thoughts of the Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell. In one of his sermons he speaks of the church below, as Society Organizing; of Heaven, as the Upper World Church, or Society Organized, both one, as regards their final end or object, and the properties and principles in which they are consummated. The church below, is call- ed a family-"of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named," just as we sing in our sublimest of all hymns:
One family, we dwell in Him; One church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream, The narrow streani of death.
Dea. ELIJAH BIL
J. M. SMITH .
Rev. SIDNE
C. C. DRESSER.
KS.
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Maj. JOSEP]
GS.
BILLIN
Rev. J. E. M. WRIGHT.
Dea. ASAHEL
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One army of the living God, To his command we bow; Part of the host have crossed the flood And part are crossing now.
The church below, in its best sense, is what is called "the Commu- nion of Saints,"-not Calvanistic, not Wesleyan, not Presbyterian- it includes all who are here in training for the society "of just men made perfect," church brotherhood is a continual drill in and for so- ciety. In this we are schooled, in fact, into the very law of God, for the whole of our fraternity is tinged with badness, troubled by disor- der, damaged by sore faults, hurt by offences. Envy looks up with bitterness, pride looks down with contempt, jealousy looks every way, snuffing the scent of wrongs that are only to be. Some are covetous, some are mean, some are passionate, some are sensual, some are strong only in hate, some are weak only in principle. But we come back shortly to the love of God, and take a new lesson; where it is opened to us that ite ourselves are in this divine society just because it is God's hospital, where he is nursing and watching his poor, morally broken children, loving them, never at all for what they are, but only for what he can make them. And so we learn to love with patience, and to bear even as God does, loving what we do not like, and cannot approve, and can only hope to benefit.
There is no other cause, or institution, now on foot in this world, at all comparable for benefit and dignity with the church of God. It has outlived the great empires. It has leavened all human society with elements of progress, by which education, laws, liberties, sciences; inventions, constitutions, have been coming all this while into flower. It would take whole hours just to give the shining roll of names that, in worth, and genius, and true sainthood, have been marching out into their great history for these almost 1900 years. In some sense it has been an awful history. The woes are sharp, the fires are hot, the prisons burst with wail ; women martyrs, child martyrs, the general bleeding host of persecuted merit, move on as it were in procession to die. But from age to age it has been a rock, as the Saviour promised, to the wrath surging heavily against it. It stands firm as no political state or kingdom could have stood, even for a generation. The church is everlasting, the only structure, society, or state that is. Against all else runs the statute of limita- tions. Getting wealth, we get no charter for breathing. Getting
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fame, we shall not be on hand to hear the ring of it. Going into the healing of bodies, we can only patch them up for an hour. Going into the law, we give ourselves to that which was made last year to be unmade next. Public honors vanish and states are only for a time. Not so the church of God, the great, everlasting, all world's society, that remains, and if we put much cost and sacrifice into it, all the better. God help us all to have our future in it.
[NOTE .- The church observed the centennial anniversary of its organization, Decem- ber 21, 1880. The pastor, Rev. J. E. M. Wright, presided during the forenoon. The church was well filled with citizens of the town, and several pastors and delegations were present from Ashfield, Plainfield, Cummington, Chesterfield, Conway, Williamsburgh, Haydenville and Easthampton. The address on the occasion, delivered by the author, was substantially that which is embodied in the preceding chapter. The afternoon services, conducted by Rev. Dr. Marsh of Haydenville, were opened by reading of the scriptures, prayer and singing. Addresses, mainly of historical interest, were made by Rev. Messrs. Seymour of Hawley, Hopley of Worthington, Blake and Baldwin of Cummington, and others.]
The Baptist Church and Society.
Every tax-payer was formerly obliged to contribute to the support of some religious society. The oldest society in town had a legal right to claim this support for their own exclusive benefit, unless a- person could show that he was a member of some other religious society. People of course have a choice of objects to which they contribute, or if not of objects, may have a choice between paying a compulsory and a voluntary tax. These feelings became an ele- ment of weakness to the older societies and of strength to the newer, as illustrated in the early formation of the Baptist society. The records of the town furnish the following names of those who early became its supporters.
" To the Town Clerk of Goshen. Sir : The following is a list of those that have joined the Baptist Society in Goshen :
Ebenezer White,
Versal Abell,
Josiah White,
Alex'r Miller's Estate,
John Williams,
Jesse Willcutt, Joshua Packard,
John Williams, Jr.,
Joshua Packard, Jr.,
Abner Damon,
Caleb Bryant,
James Orr, Levi Vinton,
Ansel Amadon,
Samuel Luce,
Robert Webster, Gershom Bates,
Samuel Snow,
Enoch Wilcutt,
Nathaniel Bates,
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Cyrus Stearns, Ezra Stearns, Phinehas Manning, Nathaniel Abell,
Gurdon Williams, Sanford Boies, Zebulon Willcutt.
December 24, 1814.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerk.
The Baptist church was formed not later than 18og, but its early records were not preserved. Elder Winans was the pastor at that time, but Elder Todd of Chesterfield and Keyes of Conway often held meetings and preached here before iSoo. Rev. William Hub- bard was pastor from 1813 to 1819. Elder David Woodbury then came and remained till 1823. Rev. Orra Martin then preached half the time till 1829. Elder Hubbard returned in 1831 and preached till 1837. Elder Isaac Child, the last regular pastor, was here for a few years previous to his death, December 24, 1842. Occasional services were subsequently held, the last being the funeral of Mrs. Mercy Williams, who died June 29, 1855. She was the widow of John Williams, E-q., one of the founders and main pillars of the church. The house, having been removed and used as a barn, was burnt July 4, 1874-a singular coincidence, its frame having been raised July 4, 1822.
The First Calrinistic Society.
This society probably grew out of the troubles arising from the dismission of Rev. Mr. Whitman in 1818. Certificates in the town records in 1828 show that Benjamin Tilton, Stephen W. Tilton, Stephen Hosford, John Fuller and Hollon Hubbard "are members of said First Calvinistic Society in Goshen." It had a quiet life, an early death, and the above record is perhaps the only proof of its existence.
The Second Advent Church
Was formed in 1858, its members in part belonging to Chesterfield and Cummington. Jared Damon, Joseph Crosby were chosen dea- cons ; Abner Damon and Andrew Baker, elders. They built a chapel some years since, and have usually maintained regular ser- vices. The present elders are Marlon Damon and Alcander Hawks ; the deacons, S. J. Gould, Rodney Hawks and Andrew Willcutt , deaconess, Mrs. Alonzo Shaw.
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CHAPTER VI.
The earliest schools in the "Gore" and in "Quabbin" were kept in private houses. Capt. Thomas Weeks taught school in the house of John Williams, but names of other teachers at that date are unknown. The first school house in town was erected just west of the bridge, in the North West district, near the former residence of Col. L. Stone. The first teacher in it was James Richards of Plainfield. Another school house was built near the meeting house, and a third near the house of Ebenezer Putney.
The division of the town into four school districts, as made by the committee named on page 18, is indicated below by numbering each person named by the committee, and printing his name in italics. In order to identify their places of residence, the successors of each of the persons, as far as known, are also given. " The names of the earlier residents are given as recollected by Maj. Ambrose Stone.
District No. 1.
1. Nathaniel Jewell .- His house stood on the high land south of No. 2, near Chesterfield line.
2. Samuel Olds .- Abner Damon, Jared Damon, Marlon Damon, Lorenzo Willcutt.
3. John Hatch .- Joseph Naramore, Calvin Loomis, Almon B. Loomis, Alcander Hawks.
4. Deborah Naramore .- House stood east of last, on Stone's "Hill lot."
5. James Packard .- House stood in Maj. Stone's "Old Mowing."
6. Isaac Kingman .- House stood on the site of Stone's barn.
7. Ezekiel Thomas .- House stood east of No. 8.
8. Wait Burk .- Joseph Jepson, Alonzo Shaw.
9. Samuel Snell .- Jona. Shaw, Joseph Brown, Isaac Kingman, Reuben Kingman, J. Bush.
10. Joshua Packard .- Joshua Packard, Jr., Levi Barrus, 1838; Hiram Barrus, 1845; L. Barrus estate.
II. James Orr .- First house stood west of Mt. Rood. Eli Part-
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RESIDENCE OF THE LATE LEVI BARRUS.
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ridge, Thos. W. Stearns, - Albio, Isaac Alvord, B. Bissell, Daniel Burt, L. Barrus estate.
[Note :- The farm between numbers eleven and twelve was prob- ably first occupied in 1784 or 5 by Elijah Weeks, who began here. His father, Capt. Thomas Weeks, probably came soon after. Elijah sold in 1789 to his brother-in-law, Cyrus Stearns. The large elms near the house were set out about that time by Capt. Weeks and C. Stearns. Stearns in 1823, deeded the farm to Levi Barrus and Thos. W. Stearns; Thos. W. to L. Barrus in 1827. Cyrus and Thomas Stearns sold in 1832 to Cyrel Jepson; Jepson 1833 to D. Hall; Hall IS41 to A. & S Kingman, who sold to Levi Barrus in 1843. It re- mained in his possession till his decease in 1877. It has been the residence of his son Alvan since his return from. the army in 1864. The present house was built in IS12.]
12. John Jepson .- Cyrel Jepson, Forrace Jepson, Dryden Dawes, Lorin Barrus, William Bartlett.
13. Moses Elrell .- Samuel Thomas made here the first opening in this neighborhood. Daniel Kellogg, Daniel Hubbard, Leonard Jenkins, Levi Barrus, B. Morton, Bennett Allen. L. Barrus estate.
14. Ambrose Stone .- Capt Bigelow began here and sold to Thwing, of whom Maj. Stone bought. House built 1796. Frederick P. Stone resided here till his decease, 1840. Ambrose Jr. from 1844 10 1847; Col. Luther Stone 1847 to 1875; now the residence of Amos H. and Edward G., son and grandson of Col. Luther, having been in the possession of the Stone family 101 years.
NOTE. Col. Stone's Red House was built in 1816; soll to Hiram Barrus 1554; to Chas Barrus 1863; subsequently owned by Dea. T. L. Bareus; Jas. L. Barrus; Willie Barrus. ] .
15. Justin Parsons .- Silas Parsons, Capt. Lewis Jones, Sol. Par- sons, Col. Stone, "Jones Place" of H. and A. Barrus.
16. Caleb Cushman .- David Carpenter, David Williams, Dexter Beals, Capt. F. Rice, Wm. Packard, T. L. Barrus.
17. Barzillai Banister .- Joseph Maynard, Willard Packard, Wil- lard Jr., Hiram Packard, Joseph Beals.
18. Silrenus Lyon .- Solomon Parsons, Theodore and Willard Parsons, Levi and B. F. Parsons, T. I. Barrus.
19. Nathan Bigelow .- Lived with No. 18.
20. Thos. Hamilton .- - Halbert, Nathan Fuller, Nathan Jr., John Fuller, Joshua Simmons, D. Carpenter, F. Naramore. D. Car_ penter built new house 1843, now residerce of his son-in-law, H. Packard.
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Hiram Packard built the house next above this about ten years later; sold it to his brother William S .; now owned by Edward C., son of Hiram.
District No. 2.
21. John James .- Bought of Benjamin Truesdale, Malachi James, George Mayor.
. 22. Oliver Taylor .- Joseph Putney, W. H. Webster, Charles Mary, Philip Keen.
23. Lemuel Banister .- Lived a little westerly of No. 22.
24. Ebenezer Amadown .- Lived a little southerly of No. 22.
25. Joel Gustin .- Capt. Robert Webster, Robert Jr., Hiram Bates.
26. Barnabas Potter .- Lived westerly of Webster's.
27. David Stearns .- John Stearns, Daniel Beals, David Beals.
28. Cyrel Leach .- Enoch Willcutt, Philip Willcutt, John K. Ful- ler. Gershom Bates' farm was part of No. 28.
29. Jesse Woolcott .- House stood west of the Eleazer Hawks farm.
30. William Banister .- East of Gloyd farm.
- Gloyd, Jacob and Zenas Gloyd, Rod- 3I. Benjamin Bourn .---
ney Hawks.
32. Christopher Banister .- Moses James, Eleazer Hawks, Amos Hawks.
33. Samuel Grimes .- Silvenus Stone, - Washburn, Jones, Webster, "Jim Place."
34. Isaac Tower .- In lot near north end of "Lily Pond."
35. Cyrus Lyon .- Ezra Carpenter, Gurdon Williams, Capt. N. Tower, Warren Ball.
36. Thomas Week's .- House east of Lyon, on the hill. Thaddeus Naramore. Weeks began there.
School District No. 3.
37. John Smith .- John Smith, Jr., Am. Board Com. For. Miss., John Williams, 2d, Willard Packard, Maj. Joseph Hawks, Hiram Packard, William S. Packard, Edward C Packard.
38. Ebenezer Parsons .- Jared Hawks, Joseph Hawks, T. W. Pomeroy, J. R. Mollison.
39. John Williams .- Hinckley Williams. Has been in posses- sion of father and son since 1778.
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40. Lemuel Lyon .- Silvenus Stone, Geo. Salmon, Elias White, Joseph Hawks. (House removed).
41. Nehemiah May .- Ezra May began there. Jared Hawks, Marcus Lindsley, Forrace Jepson, Josiah Miller, S. J. Gould, Marlon Damon.
42. Benjamin Burgess .- John C. Lyman, Z. Richmond, Ezra Brackett, H. T. Godfrey, George Kellogg.
43. Timothy Lyman .- Francis Lyman, Lient. Timothy P. Lyman, farm divided; new house built by Thomas Lyman; F. W. Lyman, N. Hayden, Hiram Barrus, Ralph E. Smith.
44. Dea. Artemas Stone .- Elisha Putney began here. House stood west of present one. Justin Parsons, Reuben Smith, A. G. Si- dell, F. Willis Sears.
45. Widow Hulbert .- Capt. Wm. Lyon began here. Enoch Beals, Col. Timothy Lyman, V. Pierce. Various residents-new house built by N. Russ-Oren Russ.
46. Reuben Lummis .- East of No. 45, toward More's Hill. House gone-street closed.
47. Jedediah Buckingham .- Same as last.
48. Stephen Groter .- Same as last.
49. Thomas Brown .- Thomas Brown, 2d, Leonard Smith, West Tillton, Henry H. Tillton, Henry T. Godfrey.
50. Daniel Brown .- Gershom Cathcart, Zimri Newell, E. A. Car- penter, Champion Brown. House gone.
51. Dexter May .- House stood south of No. 50.
52. Edward Orcutt .- House stood east of Reservoir. Dr. Isaac Robinson preceded Orcutt, and perhaps began there.
53. Farnum White .- William Tillton, Spencer Tillton.
54. Christopher Grant .- Easterly about 100 rods, (off the road.)
55. Asa Grant .- Capt. John Grant, Elijah Bardwell, S. Porter.
56. Adam Beal, Jr .- Freeman Mayhew, Asa Partridge, Rolon Rogers, Robert Rogers, Joseph Rogers.
57. William Hallock .- Stephen Hosford, Wilds. House long since gone.
58. Adam Beal .- Sol. Butler, Capt. Elijah Bardwell, Selah Bard- well, Frebun W. Packard.
59. Wm. Mcader .- Samuel Luce, Sears Luce. House gone.
60. Benjamin Abell .- Silas Burgess. House burnt about 40 years ago.
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School District, No. 4.
61. Joshua Abell. - - Pool, Capt. Wm. Abell, S. Brayman, Elijah Billings, Chauncy Guilford.
62. William White .- Joseph and Benjamin White, Henry White, Green, Marshall Dadmun. This was the home of the White family for about 115 years.
63. Ebenezer Putney .- Joseph Putney, C. C. Dresser, who built present house in 1842, J. C. Richardson, C. Damon.
64. Reuben Dresser .- Moses Dresser, Levi Dresser, George Dresser, who built present house, 1846.
65. Richard Tower .- Below the Dr. Pierce farm near the brook.
66. Thomas Tower .- Owned no real estate here.
67. Moses Dresser .- - Ely, -- Owen, Simeon Cowls, Amasa Cowles, Henry Hayden, William and Ralph Packard.
68 John King .- Nathaniel Phelps, Abner Phelps. House gone.
69. Daniel Wyman .- Lived on road from 63 towards Williams- burgh. House gone.
70. Nathaniel Vinton .- House gone.
71. James Lull .- House gone.
72. Joseph Blake .- House gone-stood near Williamsburgh.
73. Eben'r Pain .- Same vicinity.
74. Ezekiel White .- Josiah White, Asa White.
75. Widow White .- About 70 rods south of last.
76. Noah White .- Owned no real estate here.
The schoolroom of former years but very faintly foreshadowed that of the present. In dimensions seldom exceeding sixteen or eighteen feet square, it was often packed with children of all ages from four to twenty-one years, to its utmost capacity. Eighty or a hundred scholars were not an unusual number in some districts. When the seats were insufficient to accommodate all, other seats were extem- porized of logs of wood or whatever else was most convenient, till the floor and every available spot in the room was occupied. In the cold season a roaring wood fire in one corner of the room sweltered the pupils located near, with more than tropical heat, while those remote suffered with cold. The teacher, unable to pass around the- school room among the dense mass of pupils, says one who knew, "used to keep a birch switch, ten or twelve feet long, standing within
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reach, which often came down upon the heads of distant transgres- sors in a style more effective than merciful." The ferule, a piece of heavy wood about the size and shape of the hand, was the chief in- strument of punishment. Some teachers, with an eye to convenience kept a pointed thumb nail always sharp and in good order, for pinch- ing the ears of the smaller offenders, who soon came to regard the instrument of torture as the martyrs did the rack.
Arithmetic, reading and writing were taught to the exclusion of almost everything else. A few of the more advanced young men studied surveying. Grammar was so rare a study that some of the best teachers, not considering it of sufficient consequence, never learned it themselves. So recent as 1815, a young man qualifying himself for teaching, in order to be a little in advance of the usual standard for the profession, studied grammar with Rev. Mr. Whit- man for two weeks, which was considered quite sufficient for his pur- pose. Female education was still more limited. Reading was the highest accomplishment bestowed upon the girls. Some of the more gifted were allowed to look into the mysteries of arithmetic. When they had passed over the fundamental rules-addition to division- they had reached the limit of their literary ambition. Sewing was for many years taught in the schools, both as an art and as an accom- plishment. Many a mother and grandmother keeps to this day, and shows with pride to their little hamesakes, the neat " sampler " of canvas diversified with alphabets of red green and blue silk, a few mottoes, a text of scripture, a few lines of poetry, the date, and their own name, wrought out with a needle. under the instruction of a long time ago teacher of the district school.
The school books of the old time fell far short of the present, in number, and possibly in merit. We are told of the "Psalter" and a Dillingworth's spelling-book, that served several generations of our ancestors and came down to the memory of our grandfathers. Fol- lowing at a long distance after came "Scott's Lessons," and "Web- ster's Third Part." These were followed in turn by the "Columbian Orator," "The Common Reader," and "English Reader." "Pier- pont's Reader" and the "Rhetorical Reader" begin the new era, when of the making of school books there is no end. Webster's spelling books were of ancient date, as well as modern.
Arithmetics by various authors were used. There were Hill's, Root's, Pike's, Daboll's and Adams, the latter having run parallel
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with Webster's spelling book, for nearly sixty years. Hill's arithme- tic contained some rare things. It defined arithmetic "as an art or science that teacheth us the dextrous handling of numbers." Among its questions for solution was this, "How many feet and tails have 30 thrave of dogs, when 24 dogs make one thrave?" It also gave a table of Latin words, "showing any person, though he knows not a word of Latin, how to make thousands of Hexameter and Pentame- ter verses in good latin and in two hours' time ; all in perfect sense." Had the author done as much for English poetry, ensuring "perfect sense," he would have won lasting gratitude, if not fame.
Slates were unknown in the schoolroom of former days. Paper was used instead, and was frequently preserved in book form, the arithmetical examples being written out in the full, round style of the times, which is not often equalled in the present. "Maynard and Noyes" had not then begun to send out their ink-bottles to the ends of the earth, and the school-boy made his own ink by extracting the color from the bark of the maple and "setting" it with copperas. His pens, till the advent of steel pens, about 1840, were plucked from the geese that in former days pertained to every farm-yard. His inkstand was generally of "pewter" cast in the proper form by him- self or older brother, or sometimes wrought by patient labor out of soapstone.
Private schools, generally termed "Select Schools," have been occasionally taught by college students or graduates from abroad, and by others. One was taught by a Mr. Bradford in 1824; E. W. B. Canning, the poet, and for several years Deputy-Collector of Bos- ton Custom House, in 1830 ; Alfred Longley (since Rev.), 1832 ; Frederick Vinton, 1836 ; J. H. Partridge, 1837 ; L. F. Clark (since Rev. of Whitinsville) 1839-41 ; W. H. Sheldon, 1840 ; R. C. Alison, (now Rev.), 1848 ; Hiram Barrus, 1852 and 1858 ; Miss Myra Hol- man, 1862.
Among the more noted teachers of the district schools in the olden time were John Grant, Thankful Orcutt, Mercy Burgess, Hannah Williams, Rufus and Calvin Cushman, Ambrose Stone, Jr., Lucinda Parsons ; and later, F. W. Lyman, L. L. Pierce, Geo. M. Burgess, Joseph S. Burgess, Geo. Dresser, Hiram Barrus, Theron L. Barrus, Misses Eliza Webster, Augusta Stone, Hannah and Lucy Smith, Julia M. White, Naomi and Maria Putney, Mary Parsons, Martha Pierce, Sarah W. Naramore, Rhoda Parsons, Ellen E. and Mary L.
Rev, J. S. BURGESS.
F. W. LYMAN.
L. L. PIERCE
D. D.
. D. G. RIGH T
LEVI PARSONS
M. D.
GEO, M. BURGE
ESS
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Smith, Clarinda B. Williams, Emma and Vashti Tilton, Carrie Abell, Helen Parsons, Helen Lyman, Fannie E. Hawks, Susie P. Hunt.
. The law requiring the election of school committees for examining teachers was passed in 1826, but the town had previously chosen committees for this purpose. In 1823, Rev. Joel Wright, Joseph White, and Capt. John Grant were chosen, and in 1825 Joseph White, Emmons Putney and Enoch James. Under the new law committees. were chosen, as follows :
1826. Rev. Joel Wright, Joseph White, Capt. John Grant, Doct. Geo. Wright, David Carpenter, Jared Hawks, Jr., Emmons Putney.
1827. Rev. J. Wright, Benj. White, Doct. G. Wright, E. Putney, D. Carpenter.
1828. Rev. J. Wright, Doct. G. Wright, Capt. Grant, B. White, E. Putney.
1829. Doct. Geo. Wright, Capt. John Grant, Rev. W'm. J. Board- man.
1830. Doct. Geo. Wright, Capt. John Grant, E. Putney.
1831. Rev. H. B. Holmes, Doct. Geo. Wright, Benj. White.
1832. Rev. H. B. Holmes, Benj. White, John Grant.
1833. Rev. Wm. Hubbard, Benj. White, E. Putney.
I834. Rev. Wm. J. Boardman, Doct. J. W. Rockwell, E. Putney.
1835. Doct. Rockwell, E. Putney, Barney Prentice.
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