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THE CENTENNIAL.
AFTERPAST.
THERE were many Ludlow people, who, from their aching limbs and wearied frames, the next morning seemed to realize that the town was upon its second century. Yet bright and early came the helpers to aid in clearing away the outward vestiges of the unique celebration. So faithfully did the parties interested labor, that in two days a stran -. ger would have failed to discover signs of the gathering anywhere about the green. The committee met once or twice to look over ac- counts and pass resolutions of thanks, and then all was seemingly as before.
And yet not entirely so. The old town seemed to have dreamed a dream, and awoke to new life. The testimonials and encomiums coming from all sources seemed at the same time to encourage and in- cite the citizens to activity, and awaken the feeling of corporate pride. The comments of the press, subjoined, awakened much interest in the town and out of it :---
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
FROM THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN.
Ludlow's history is that of a staunch puritanic town, while her tra- ditions, though they seldom reach out into the great world beyond her own borders, are yet replete with the deeds of good men and true, and rich beyond most towns hereabouts in the striking individualities which they preserve. The sentiment and flavor of the anniversary, this week, were rich, indeed. Few towns there are in the State that have kept so purely and quaintly the New England spirit of twenty-five and even fifty years ago, and none in this immediate region, certainly, have so completely ignored and kept at bay the restive rail- road spirit of these latter days.
Alternating sunshine and rain were vouchsafed to Ludlow for her Centennial day, but she had resolved to celebrate the occasion with
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unction, and so she did, in spite of wind and beating rain. The event as it culminated was a notable one in various ways.
FROM THE SPRINGFIELD UNION.
In spite of a drizzling rain, this morning, sufficient to dampen the enthusiasm of any less sturdy community, this has been a proud day for old Ludlow. It is quite safe to say that no such ingathering of her sons and daughters had been seen since the town began its cor- porate existence, one hundred years ago. Like children assembling under the old family roof-tree for the annual Thanksgiving festival, they have assembled to celebrate this Centennial day of thanksgiving and praise. The figure is not inapt, for in a rural town like this, everybody knows everybody else, and the community, with few dis- tractions of any sort, becomes homogeneous to an extent impossible in a city, or even in a bustling village, until its population are, in a notable degree, as one family.
The dinner was one of many manifestations of the splendid, open- hearted hospitality which characterized the whole proceedings, and is indeed characteristic of the people of the whole town. Although the appetites of the multitude had a very keen edge from long wait- ing, the supplies were so abundant that if anybody went away hungry it was his own fault. It was an absolutely democratic gathering. Every man, woman and child in the town was freely invited, and was for the day a guest equally with those from abroad.
The whole celebration, from beginning to end, was a success. All who had a share in the large amount of work necessarily involved in such an undertaking, are entitled to credit and commendation. The celebration was, as the Declaration of Independence asserted the gov- ernment ought to be, "by the people and for the people."
FROM THE PALMER JOURNAL.
Next Wednesday the people of Ludlow will hold their Centennial Anniversary, and it will be a red-letter day for that town. They will have no heroic deeds to recount, no remarkable deeds to glory over, for the town was always a quiet, unostentatious little republic, its inhab- itants rugged as its hills and as firm in integrity and principle as the foundation upon which they stand. It has never been celebrated for anything besides the longevity of its citizens, and one or two Indian legends. If it has not excelled in brilliant geniuses or celebrated per- sons, it has neither given birth to any great rascals or criminals. Ludlow is a quiet, cosy, hospitable little town-a good place to com- mence life in, to emigrate from, and to return to, at least once in a hundred years.
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Lowering skies and drenching showers were not in the programme prepared by the committee of arrangements, but they were provided for by two large tents, pitched in the grove just across the road from the Congregational Church, where more than two thousand persons gathered to join the interesting ceremonies of the occasion, Wednes- day. There was a general turn-out among the people of the town, and many came from abroad.
FROM THE NEW ENGLAND HOMESTEAD.
The One Hundredth Anniversary of the settlement of Ludlow was celebrated on Wednesday of this week. The attendance was very large ; probably not less than two thousand persons were crowded in and about the mammoth tent which was provided for the meeting. The 17th of June was not claimed as the exact anniversary day of the town's settlement, but the month was chosen for a celebration because it was the most favorable season of the year to call together the sons and daughters of the town. The arrangements for this celebration were very complete ; the entire company were sumptuously fed by the ladies of the town. It is rare to find a more enterprising community of farmers than those of Ludlow, and they have reason to feel proud of their ancestry, the record of the town, and the manner in which the Centennial was observed.
FROM THE TOLLAND (CONN.) PRESS.
(From a letter written by Austin Chapman, of Ellington, Ct.)
On this notable day the old sanctuary was loaded down with crock- ery and eatables of every description, smiling with plenty for the hungry and thirsty, as a covert from the storms which caused many to seek protection under its sheltering roof, through a long and dripping shower. The tubs and pails were well filled with the pure water from the Mineachoag mountain, with the addition of a little ice. The whole thing passed off silently and agreeably, with a general satisfac- tion to all.
The following financial exhibit shows just how much was taken from the town's treasury to defray Centennial expenses :-
FINANCIAL REPORT.
Expenses Committee on Arrangements,
$163 52
Expenses Committee on Collation, 141 42
Expenses Committee on Music,
97 50
Amount carried forward,
· $402 44
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Amount brought forward,
$402 44
Expenses Committee on Printing,
37 00
Expenses Committee on Programme,
70 00
Total,
$509 44
To the credit of all concerned be it said, that no individual charged a cent for services rendered in making all these arrangements.
So universal was the approbation given to the celebration that but trifling opposition was made in the fall meeting, November 3d, to the action thus recorded, which action was taken upon a motion made by C. L. Buell, one of the staunchest friends of the enterprise, one, more- over, who would gladly have served on the general committee had health allowed :
" Voted that the town cause to be printed five hundred copies of the history of its One Hundredth Anniversary and other historical facts, and that each family living in the town at the time receive a copy gratis.
"Voted that the Centennial Committee be the committee to carry out the doings of this meeting.
" Voted to appropriate three hundred dollars to defray expenses of the same."
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APPENDIX.
N. B .- So far as practicable, the notes in the Appendix have been arranged in chronological order.
A. (page 3.)
There have been received two accounts of the Indian Leap affair ; one from Hon. G. M. Fisk of Palmer, the other from Hon. Edwin Booth of Philadelphia, both connoisseurs in local traditions. We give the points of divergence from the narration of the text. Mr. Fisk says : "The story purported to have come from a Spirit. The little island near the Leap was said to be the place where the Indians sat around their council fires and judged their captives. There used to be a cave in the rocks where, it was said, the chief had his head- quarters, and I believe to this day there is a sort of hole in the ledge where the Indians pounded their corn.
" The story was that a party of Indians had assembled on the island to judge a captive, when they were surprised by the whites, and fled to the shore, betaking themselves to the little peninsula forming the Indian Leap. Here they were trapped, as there was no alternative but surrender or plunge down the precipice. They hesitated a moment, when the old chief took his little son in his arms, gave the war-whoop and plunged down the precipice. The rest followed, and all were killed except a squaw, who caught on an overhanging limb, but a shot from the pursuing party put an end to her."
The account by Mr. Booth will probably be more pleasing to young lady readers, from the different stand-point it assumes. We regret the necessity upon us to cut out any of the interesting narration :
"On this narrow tract of land tradition says there lived in all their native simplicity a small tribe of the red men. They had for a long succession of years there erected their rude wigwams, their wives and children had there rested amid the most retired and happy security, whilst he who was master of the lodge was chasing the frightened fawn
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or with eager eyes watched the stealthy fox, or, reclining upon some favorite rock, barbed the darting fish. They lived in peace with all their Indian neighbors and spent their time in hunting or in fish- ing. The squaw or little one greeted the return of the red man to his wigwam with the smile of affection, and listened with interest to the tale of his hair-breadth escapes. The chieftain, called by the English, Roaring Thunder, cultivated a spirit of love and peace among his band.
" Philip of Pokanoket had been roused from that state of peace and harmony which so long had existed between his father and the English. He had put out the pipe of peace, and the tomahawk and scalping- knife were ready for their bloody use. By the most artful means he had aroused nearly all the Indians of Massachusetts and Connecticut to take arms with him against the pale-face. Cries of the helpless, sounding terror and distress, were heard far and wide through the colonies. The bloody tales of Springfield and Deerfield massacres had been recited, and the inhabitants assembled at their places of worship with arms in their hands, and when they rested at night it was with one arm encircling the child trembling with fear and with the other grasping the firelock, expecting to hear the dread footsteps of the In- dian ere the sun arose. Years rolled around, and the mighty chief with many of the tribes were conquered.
"In all this struggle the little band of Caughmanyputs were the true friends of both red and white man. They harmed no one. On their isolated peninsula they lived harmoniously. The land they oc- cupied was barren, and the white men were justified in forcing the Indian from the fruitful soil in other parts. This, we could readily suppose, would offer no temptation for a war of extermination against Roaring Thunder and his little band. But this could not be so. The Christian pale-face was envious of the happiness of the Caughmany- puts, and was more disposed to believe their happiness arose from some hidden treasure in the earth rather than from contentment or domestic enjoyment. Preparations for an extermination were commenced and soon complete.
"It was the habit of Roaring Thunder to take his little son of twelve with him each morning in the pleasant season to the extremity of the neck, and tell him of the land where dwelt the Great Spirit, and to which they must soon go. He would there pay devout homage to that Spirit whose voice he had heard in mnighty thunder or roaring wind. After returning one morning from his service to the wigwams, where his people were amusing themselves in innocent pastimes, the startling intelligence came that a band of soldiers was seen approach- ing. Roaring Thunder at once commanded his men to arms to defend
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their soil and loved ones, gathering them into the narrow passage which led to their houses, and there waited to defend dearest rights. The soldiers, led on by their captain, advanced with slow and cautious step, and the first intimation of the presence of the Indians was a shower of arrows among them. Falling back for a moment, they fixed bayonets and charged. The Indians retreated to their wigwams, where they again attempted a defense, but were soon driven from their shelter by the merciless pale-faces who, still advancing, heeded not the cries of children or lamentations of squaws. They drove the band of Caughmanyputs to the consecrated rock. Obeying the command of their chief, in an instant a score of red forms were seen leaping into the air, then sinking amid the foaming surge below. All but Roaring Thunder and his boy had gone. The old man clasped to his breast the black-eyed boy, as with uplifted eyes he committed him to the care of the red man's God. Then turning slowly around, as though he would even from his enemies conceal the dreadful deed, he dashed him on the rocks below, and gazing saw the waters hurry off his mangled form. Raising himself to his utmost height, conscious of his majesty of form, he takes a survey of his once happy home. The objects of his affection are not there. He gazes far upon his hunting grounds, his fishing-places and his target-sports, and to them he waves a deep farewell, then with an eye of vengeance sharp he looked upon his deadly foes,-throwing up his keen dark eyes into the blue arch of Heaven, he gave a terrific spring and a savage yell, and fell upon the rocks below, a mangled corpse,-the last of the Caughmanyputs.
" His spirit went
To safer world in depths of woods embraced, Some happier Island in the watery waste Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment,-no Christians thirst for gold."
B. (See page 6.)
Proprietors of the Outward Commons, East of the River, North Division, called in records "First or Upper Division :"
No. of Lot. Name. Rodds. Foots. În.
*I Jonathan Burt, Jr., 5 13
*2 Eliakim Cooley,
I
6
*II Samuel Stebbins, 9
II 9
*3 John Warner, I
12 Dea. Benjamin Parfons, 12 7
6 7
4 James Warriner, Senr., 20 0
8
13 Samuel Ofborn, 1 15 6
14 Thomas Merrick, Sent., 18 15 7
15 William Brooks, 0
8 9
#7 Qr. Maft. Geo. Colton, 25 7 3 *16 Samuel Marfhfield, 18
2 6
8 Mr John Holyoke, 26 4 C *17 Ebenezer Jones, 6
7 IO
9 Wido Parfons, 10
6 8
No. of Lot. Name. Rodds. Foots. In.
Io Japhet Chapin, 23 2 I
5 Jonathan Ball, II 13 0
6 Jonathan Morgan, 5 10 I
*18 Benjamin Knowlton, 5 II 0
21
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No. of Lot. Name.
Rodds. Foots. In.
No. of Lot.
Name.
Rodds Foots. In .
19 Samuel Jones,
3 13
C 69 Jofeph Afhley,
14
II 4
20 Victory Sikes,
I II
I
70 Wid. Munn,
2
IO
O
21 Obadiah Miller, Junr., 2
15 3 71 Edward Fofter,
9
7
4
#22 James Petty, 4
6
3
72 Richard Wait,
I
5
O
23 Jofeph Marks,
I
5
9
73 John Blifs,
18
9
O
24 Samuel Ball,
12
4
O
74 Ifaac Morgan,
O
13
I
25 Daniel Cooley, 13
9
5 75 John Scott,
7
9
7
27 John Keep's eftate, 6
5
O
77 Henry Gilbert,
4
2 IO
*28 Jofeph Ely, I
5
O
78 Wido. Riley,
4
13
IO
*29 Increafe Sikes, Senr., IO
8
O
*79 John Burt, Senr.,
5
4 IO
30 James Of born, 2
5
2
80 John Norton,
8
3
8
*31 Obadiah Miller, Senr., 0
8
9
81 School Lot,
I8
9
O
32 Benjamin Stebbins, Senr.,5 4
33 Obadiah Cooley, Senr., 20 5
8
83 Lazarus Miller,
2
6
6
34 Wido. Beamon,
8
12
O
*84 James Stephenfon,
I
4
I
35 Jofeph Leonard,
IO
IO
7
85 John Clark's eftate, 6
5
II O
37 Thomas Taylor, Sen"., 6
7
O
88 Jofeph Thomas,
9
5
2
39 Lt. John Hitchcock,
22
2
4
89 Samuel Blifs, Senr.,
18
3
8
*40 Wido. Sikes, Sent., 9
6
6
90 Jofeph Cooley,
5
14
6
41 Nathaniel Blifs, Senr., 9
8
IO
91 John Withers,
I
5
O
42 Nathaniel Sikes, Senr., 4
O
9
92 Samuel Owen,
9
6
II
43 Capt. Thomas Colton, IO
13
8
93 Miles Morgan,
IO
I IO
44 Samuel Miller, 5
7
6
94 Benjamin Cooley,
7
3
6
45 Peter Swink,
3
13
3
*95 Colo. Pynchon, 133
96 Nathaniel Munn, 3
8
IO
47 Luke Hitchcock, Sr.,
IO
7
6
97 John Baggs, children of, 6
3
8
O
49 Jonathan Afhley,
14 II
4
99 John Miller,
6
5
O
50 Thomas Jones,
I
12
O
100 Thomas Day, Senr., 16
5
3
5I Thomas Taylor,
I
IO
O
IOI Jofeph Leonard,
14
8
9
52 John Dumbleton,
II
4
3
102 Wido. Horton,
19
2
9
*54 David Throw, I
5
6
104 Dean. Jonathan Burt,
12 6
7
55 Nathaniel Burt, Senr.,
23
O
4
105 Rev. Mr. Glover,
21
8
9
56 Samuel Ely, Senr.,
II
7
9
106 Nicholas Ruft,
7
O
O
57 Thomas Stebbins,
5
IO
6
107 James Barker,
5
4
O
58 Samuel Blifs, Junr.,
IO
14
6
108 Henry Chapin,
19
4
O
59 John Hannon,
9
13
C
109 Lott for the Miniftry,
37
4 O
60 Lt. Abel Wright,
16
14
4
IIO John Lamb,
17
IO
2
61 John Dorchefter,
22
2
9
III Thomas Miller,
8
4
6
62 Thomas Cooper,
18
7
3
II2 Thomas Gilbert,
5
8
4
*63 Wido. Bedortha,
4
3
4
113 David Morgan,
9
13
6
64 John Clarke,
2
3
II
2
14
4
65 John Stewart,
7
7
IO
115 Jofeph Bedortha,
9
6
0
66 Rowland Thomas,
12
6
7
116 Jofeph Crowfoot's eftate, 7
14 O
67 Daniel Beamon,
I
5
O
117 Enfn. Cooley's eftate, 6
9 IO
68 Samuel Bedortha,
4
14
3
118 David Lombard,
8
I II
I
5
0
2
5
*48 James Munn, I
I2
O
O
103 Henry Rogers,
9
8
8
53 Jonathan Taylor's eftate, 5 II
O
86 Phillip Mattoon,
3 87 Edward Stebbins,
5
4
5
38 Thomas Swetman, 2 IO
IO
82 Goodwife Fofter's eft., 9
7
4
26 Ephraim Colton, Senr., 15
IO 8
76 Enfign Jofeph Stebbins, 15
I2
O
II
2
36 James Dorchefter, 12 II
15
9
46 John Colton,
98 John Crowfoot,
114 Samuel Blifs, 3d,
163
ALLOTMENT OF COMMONS.
No. of Lot. Name. Rodds. Foots. In. No. of Lot.
Name.
Rodds. Foots. In.
119 Samuel Terry, Senr., 9
6
II 123 Charles Ferry,
14 IO II
I20 Abel Leonard, 6
3 . 9 124 Benjamin Leonard,
IO
I3 13
121 Nathaniel Pritchard, 8
I II 125 John Barber,
O
II 4
122 Ifaac Colton, I3 3
3
Second, or Middle Division, north of the Chicopee River:
No. of Lot. Name.
Rodds. Foots. In.
No. of Lot.
Name.
Rodds. Foots. In.
I Samuel Marfhfield,
18 2
6 II Eliakim Cooley,
II
I
6
2 Coll. Pynchon,
I33 15 9
12 Jonathan Burt, Junr.,
5
I3
7
3 David Throw,
I
5
O 13 Widow Bedortha,
4
3
4
4 John Warner,
II I
7
14 Increase Sikes, Junr.,
IO
8 O
5 Samuel Stebbins, 9 II 9
15 John Burt, Senr.,
5
4 IO
6 James Stephenfon, I
4
I
16 James Petty,
4
6 O
7 Benjamin Knowlton, 5
II
O 17 Quartermafter Colton,
25
7 3
8 Jofeph Stebbins,
15
I2
O
18 James Munn,
I I2
5
9 Obadiah Miller, Junr., O
8
9
19 Jofeph Ely,
I
5. 0
IO Ebenezer Jones,
6
7
IO
20 Widow Sikes, Sen™.,
9
6
6
The list of the first division is from the records kindly furnished by Clerk Folsom of Springfield; those of the second from Stebbins' Wilbraham, page 196. A glance at ancient deeds will identify many of these lots. Those drawing lots in Ludlow in both divisions are starred in the first. The discrepancy in names and amounts may occur from a variation in the draft, first placed in good shape for preservation a hundred years after the allotment, or from an error on the part of copyists, or from former misprints. Lots No. 33 to 39 were not far from Gilbert Atchinson's house; the school lot, No. 81, was in the range of the present Center school-house ; 66 was near S. P. Parsons', and 104 passed through D. K. Paine's farm. Others can be readily traced. For a long period the commons were free plunder, so far as pasturage, wood or herbage were concerned.
The committee to run the outward and inward common line was Capt. Nathª. Downing, Henry Burt and Pelatiah Glover, the latter to arrange for a meeting of the committee. The allotment was made March 13, 169 ;. The commons are said to have extended four miles and forty rods to the Chicopee River.
C. (See pp. 17-19.) LUDLOW-"BURIAL HILL OF THE PEOPLE."
In response to a note of inquiry sent to the mayor of Ludlow in England, the following very pleasant and hearty letter was received early in January :
LUDLOW, Shropshire, England, December 21, 1874. Sir :- I have received your letter of the 5th instant, and I have
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made enquiries upon the subject about which you write. I am afraid there is no record of the origin of the name of your town here ;- those with whom I have conversed think that it may either have been taken from some person of the name of Ludlow, who accompanied the first settlers, or from a noted republican of that name, or from the fact that Milton, the poet, whose republican opinions were well known, was connected more or less with our town. But this is all conjecture.
I am sending you by book-post a small sketch of our town. The real history of Ludlow, which is an Svo. volume of 500 pages, and written by Thomas Wright, the antiquary, is very interesting, but too large to send.
Ludlow is said to be a Saxon word-Low or " Hlaw," signifying a hill or tumulus, and "Lud" or "Lude " may be the name of a per- son :- London is said to be the Luds' town ;- or it may be a name signifying a number of people : the word "lewd" having been orig- inally applied to " common people " not necessarily wicked, or lawless. -In Wiclif's New Testament, Acts ix., verse 13, the apostles are called " unlettered, and lewed."
The word Ludlow may thus mean "the grave, or burial hill of the people." A tumulus formerly existing in the present church-yard was lowered in A. D. 1199, and bones of three men were discovered, who were made out to be Irish saints. They are now supposed rather to have been Roman or Celtic remains. There is a place called Ludford just below the hill on which Ludlow is built ;- on the other side of the river Teme.
If I can afford you any further information I shall be happy to do so.
I am, sir, yours faithfully, JOHN ADNEY, Mayor of Ludlow. ALFRED NOON, Esq.
D. (Pages 32, 33.)
Thefe lines were written on the fudden and myfterious death of Meffrs. Jedediah Paine and Solomon Wright, who were drowned as they were attempting to crofs over a mill-pond, in South Hadley, De- cember 23, 1789. They belonged to Ludlow.
(Come all my friends and hear me tell Of two young men, what them befell) Two fmart young men, who died of late 'Twill make the hardeft heart to ache. Thefe two young men to Springfield went, To trade it was their full intent ; We hope and truft they want to blame, But every thing did them detain.
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The afternoon being almoft gone, They left the town and fo went on, Acrofs the river for to gain- But dark commenced on Springfield plain. For to go home they were debar'd, Not having money to pay their charge : A cart and oxen they both had- To crofs the river made it bad. This being the laft day of the week, Which for their homes made them to feek, They dropped their teams and ftayed that night, And ftarted home by the morning light. They both went home we well do know, And to their bufinefs did go ; Not in the leaft were they afraid, But foon went where they were betray'd. He who complained was much to blame, But we fhall not declare his name ; We hope repentance he will have, Before he comes down to the grave.
But to declare what I intend, A fpecial writ for them was fent ; December the 23d day,
They went to court, as many fay,
They were detained there that day, Had both the fine and cofts to pay ; But foon appeared there a man, Who gave his note for both of them ; Thefe two young men fat out for home, Not thinking death would fo foon come, They both were feen before 'twas night, Just as the fun went out of fight : Like two young roes run down a hill And fteering right towards a mill,- They left the bridge, we well may know It was before determined fo. The ice was thin, they both funk down, Young people hear the folemn found ; Grim death did clafp them in his hand- O, who is he can death withftand, Thefe young men's hats next day were found, Which foon alarmed all the town ; Ten in the morning they were found, Laid their cold bodies in the ground. Solomon Wright and Jede. Paine, So this is true thefe were their names ; Thus in the heat of youthful blood, They perifhed in the flowing flood. Their fouls are gone to God the juft, Who form'd them firft out of the duft.
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It may be remarked that these lines were attributed to one Collins Hill, who was soon after warned out of town, though probably not be- cause of the extent of poetic talent. Indeed, while the committee were making inquiries respecting antiquities, a veteran lady informed them that she knew of no poetry on the matter, but " there was some varses writ about it."
E.
A church letter of ye olden time may be of interest. The following was found among Mr. Steward's papers.
To the Church of Chrift in Ludlow
REVª & BELOVED :- Thefe may certify that Sabrina Wilfon, the Wife of John Wilfon has been admitted as a Member in full Commun- ion with the 2ª Church of Chrift in Chatham. While with us, fhe walked, fo far as appears agreeably to her Chriftian profeffion. She is therefore with the confent of the Brethren recommended to your chriftian watch communion and fellowfhip in all gofpel Ordinances as a meet mem- ber of the Church of Chrift .- Wifhing that grace mercy and peace from the glorious head of the Church may be multiplied to you & the Church univerfal & afking your prayers for us We fubfcribe ourfelves yours in the faith of the gofpel.
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