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After lingering a few weeks in the hands of Mr. Green, the Intelligen- cer died. The same gentleman soon after started a new paper, called the Essex Patriot. This was a " democratic " newspaper, and the first of the kind in town, - the others mentioned having all been Federal organs. Mr. Green continued to publish the Patriot about three years, when he sold out to William Hastings.
The gradual fading out of the federal sheet, and the establishment of the democratic Patriot, was not particularly agreeable to the federalists, and a new paper was soon started. This was the Haverhill Gazette, by Nathan Burrill and Caleb Hersey, under the style of Burrill & Hersey. The first number was issued January 6, 1821. It was published Saturdays, at two dollars per annum, and was edited by Mr. Hersey. Mr. Burrill having just received admission into the Masonic fraternity, signified his high appreciation of that mystic brotherhood, by displaying the Masonic emblems at the head of his paper. Mr. Hersey continued as editor and
· A book-store had been kept in town, in connection with the printing business, since 1804, or perhaps earlier.
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joint proprietor, until the close of the second volume, when he sold out his interest to his partner, and retired from the editorial chair, leaving the whole concern in the hands of Mr. Burrill.
The able manner in which the Gazette was conducted, having completely eclipsed its rival, the Patriot, the two papers were consolidated, February 1, 1823, under the name of the Haverhill Gazette and Essex Patriot, - "W. Hastings, editor and printer, N. Burrill, proprictor and publisher." This change, however, was merely a plan to cover the actual death of the Patriot, and in a little less than two months, (March 29) Mr. Hastings retired from the establishment altogether.
In 1824, Mr. Burrill sold out his printing business, and paper, to Isaac R. Howe, Esq., and the bookstore to Mr. James Gale." Mr. Howe edited and published the paper until October, 1826, when he engaged the services of Abijah W. Thayer to edit and superintend its publication .;
In February, 1827, Mr. Thayer purchased the establishment, changed the name of the paper to the Essex Gazette, and assumed its entire con- trol. Mr. Thayer was a native of Peterborough, N. H., and served his apprenticeship to the printing business, in Boston. In 1817, he worked in Andover, where he became acquainted with Caleb Hersey, a fellow- journeyman. When Messrs. Burrill & Hersey started the Gazette, in January, 1821, Mr. Thayer was engaged to superintend its publication, in which he took an active interest. In May, 1822, he removed to the State of Maine, where he was connected with the Independent Statesman, at first as editor, and subsequently as editor and proprictor. From Octo- ber, 1826, to July 1835, Mr. Thayer resided in this town, during which time he was one of our most active, useful, and respected citizens. He was one of the first to enlist in the temperance movement, - was the Sec- retary of the first meeting, and the first Secretary of the first society when organized, in which office he continued until his removal from the town. He early advocated the cause in his paper, but such was the opposition to the movement, that in a short time he lost about four hundred subscribers. His Gazette was the first political paper that ever came out in advocacy of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, and the second of any kind,
o While Mr. Burrill was connected with the printing business in this town, quite a large number of books were printed at his office. Some of them were published by the several firms with which Mr. Burrill was eonneeted. but the greater part were printed for booksellers in Boston, and Salem. Among the books thus printed was the Bible, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, Murray's English Reader, Watts' World to Come, Beauties of Masonry, etc.
+ During this period, E. W. Reinhart was, for a short time, editor, and John Varnum, Esq., joint proprietor with Mr. Howe. Reinhart afterward started the Daily Republican, at Baltimore ; and, still later, published the Virginia Advocate, at Charlotteville, Va.
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either in America, or in the world ! When the movement was eommeneed in Haverhill, there were twenty-nine places in town where liquors were sold, but in five years from that time there was not a single place where it was openly sold, and but one where it was supposed to be sold clandes- tinely. As a political paper, the Gazette was at that time elassed among the very first in the county and State.
January 26, 1828, H. B. Brewster issued a prospeetus for a new weekly paper, to be called the Haverhill Recorder ; "impartial " in polities and religion. But it was never issued.
February 4, 1832, Mr. Thayer issued proposals to publish a semi- weekly paper, under the name of the Haverhill Advertiser. The price was to be $2.50 per annum, and it was to be neutral in politics. Suffi- cient encouragement not being offered, the paper was never issued.
May 5, 1832, Mr. Thayer commenced the publication of the Christian Messenger, a small weekly newspaper, of which he was principal editor, assisted by Rev. Dudley Phelps, and Rev. Abijah Cross. It only reached a circulation of four hundred copies, and was discontinued February 23, 1833, after an issue of thirty-two numbers.
In the same year (1832) a political campaign paper was established in the town, under the name of the Haverhill Iris. Edwin Harriman, editor. It was started principally to advocate the election of Caleb Cush- ing to Congress. It was published about a year, when it was removed to Methuen. Harriman was subsequently (1838) associate editor of the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner. We believe he is now a resident reporter for the press, at Washington, D. C.
May 4, 1834, Mr. Thayer issued proposals to publish the Essex Gazette semi-weekly, at $2.50 per annum, provided sufficient encouragement was offered to warrant the undertaking. But the project was abandoned before the change was made.
In July, 1834, Rev. Thomas G. Farnsworth and Eben. H. Safford, commenced the publication of the Essex Banner and Haverhill Adver- tiser, a weekly democratic paper, at $2 per annum. The former gentleman was editor, and the latter superintended the publication. At the close of the second volume, (June 25, 1836,) Mr. Farnsworth retired from the editorial chair, and left the whole concern in the hands of his partner. From this time until January 6, 1838, the. paper was edited by "an asso- ciation of gentlemen." At the latter date, William Taggart, Esq., became editor and joint proprietor, and so continued until March, 11, 1843, when Mr. Safford again assumed the sole charge and proprietorship of the paper.
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From that time, until the present, Mr. Safford has continued to be the editor, proprietor, and publisher, with the exception of a short period, under the presidential administration of James Buchanan, when the mechanical department of the paper was under the charge of C. C. Dear- born.
With the exception of six months in 1830, (from January 1 to July 10) when John G. Whittier occupied the editorial chair," Mr. Thayer was sole editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Essex Gazette, from the time already mentioned, until 1835. In July of that year, he sold the estab- lishment to Erastus Brooks, (who had been a former apprentice of his, at Portland, of which place Mr. Brooks was a native,) and removed from town.t
Soon after purchasing the establishment, Mr. Brooks received an ap- pointment in one of the departments at Washington, to which city he removed, but continued the nominal editor of the Gazette, which was then published by J. H. Farwell, until the following spring.
May 4, 1836, John G. Whittier again assumed the editorial charge of the Gazette, Mr. Brooks continuing to furnish " letters from Washington," until the close of the volume. At the same time, Jacob Caldwell became proprietor of the paper, taking possession at the elose of the volume.
September 17, of the same year, Dr. Jeremiah Spofford became asso- ciated with Mr. Whittier, taking the position of political editor.
In October, Dr. Spofford became joint proprietor with Mr. Caldwell. December 17, Mr. Whittier retired from the editorial chair, and Dr. Spofford remained sole proprietor.
January 7, 1837, the name of the paper was changed to its original one - Haverhill Gazette. It was now published by Spofford & Harris. At the close of the volume, in 1838, (December 28) John H. Harris became associate editor, as well as proprietor and publisher, and so continued un- til July 5, 1839, when he purchased the entire interest of his partner, who retired from the concern, after a connection of three years.
" Friend Whittier was editor of the Boston Manufacturer, in 1828. He left the Gazette, in 1830, to take editorial charge of the New England Review, at Hartford, Conn., taking the place of George D. Prentice, who went to Louisville, Ky., to edit the Louisville Journal, a paper established to advocate the election of Henry Clay to the Presidency. Mr. Whittier was connected with the Review about eighteen months.
t Since he removed from Haverhill, Mr. Thayer has been connected with papers in Philadelphia, Northampton, and Worcester. He is at present residing in Northampton, Mass., beloved and respected in every relation of life.
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May 1, 1840, Mr. Harris sold the establishment to Wm. E. P. Rodgers, who continued to edit and publish the paper until October 1, 1843, when he was succeeded by its present editor and proprietor, Edward G. Froth- ingham, Esq.
For many years past, Dr. Spofford has regularly contributed to its editorial columns, being virtually its political editor. Since the decease of the Whig party, the Gazette has advocated the interests of the so-called Republican party.
In 1845, The Star in the East, a religious (christian) weekly quarto paper, edited by Rev. H. P. Guilford, was published in this town for a few months, by E. G. Frothingham.
May 1, 1856, the first number of the Haverhill American Citizen, a weekly paper, was issued by John M. Harding, (son of Isaac) of this town. The paper, which was American in politics, was printed at Law- rence. The publication was continued but three months, when (August 2, 1856,) the subscription list was transferred to the Haverhill Gazette.
In April, 1857, The Masonic Journal, a monthly, quarto paper, George W. Chase, editor and proprietor, was removed from Brunswick, Maine, to this town." In July 1859, it was changed to a semi-monthly, and so continued until January 1, 1860, when it was purchased by Rev. Cyril Pearl, who immediately removed the office of publication to Portland, Maine.
January 1, 1859, Z. E. Stone, formerly editor and proprietor of the American Citizen, Lowell, Mass., commenced the publication of the Tri- Weekly Publisher, " an independent paper," at $3.00 per annum. The enterprise met with favor, and the new sheet was at once placed on a per- manent footing. In January, 1860, Mr. Stone disposed of his establish- ment to Messrs. E. G. Woodward and J. M. Palmer, both natives of Haverhill, who have continued its publication to the present time. The paper is issued Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings.
In 1859, Messrs. D. P. Bodfish and A. L. Kimball commenced the pub- lication of a weekly paper called the Essex County Democrat. It was established as the organ of the administration wing of the democratic party. It is now published by Mr. Kimball.
We have, therefore, at this time, (July 1, 1861,) four newspapers pub- lished in the town, viz. : the Haverhill Gazette, Essex Banner, Tri- Weekly Publisher, and Essex County Democrat, with an aggregate circulation of a little over four thousand copies per week.
֏ From June, 1835, to March, 1857, Mr. Chase was editor and proprietor, of the Brunswick Tele- graph, a weekly paper, at Brunswick, Mainc.
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DUSTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATION .- This Association, which originated in the West Parish, was organized in October, 1855, for the purpose of purchasing, enclosing, and improving the site of the house from which Hannah Duston was taken by the Indians, in 1697, and erceting thereon a monument to her memory. Charles Corliss was chosen President, and George Coffin, Secretary. A deed of the supposed site of the house was secured October 15, 1855, (Essex Reg. Book 520, p. 287). Soon after, (January 22 and 23, 1856,) a levee was held in the Town Hall, which realized the handsome sum of $523.39, for the Association. Among the articles on exhibition at the levee, were, the gun which Mrs. Duston took from the Indians at the time of her escape; the scalping-knife said to have been used upon the occasion ; a tankard, presented to Mrs. Duston and Mrs. Neffe, by Gov. Nicholson, of Maryland ; a pair of tongs, and a plat- ter, formerly belonging to Mrs. Duston ; and the pocket-book of Thomas Duston.
In March, 1856, the Association was incorporated, by special act of the Legislature. On the first day of June, 1861, a handsome monument, of Italian marble, five feet square and twenty-four feet high, resting upon a base of granite, was erected by the Association, at an expense of about $1,200. The tablets contain the following inscriptions: -
" Hannah, dau. of Michael and Hannah Emerson, wife of Thomas Dus- tin, born in-this town Dec 23, 1657. Captured by the Indians March 15, 1697, (at which time her babe, then but six days old, was barbarously murdered, by having its brains dashed out against a tree) and taken to an island in the Merrimack, at Pennacook, now Concord, N H. On the night. of April 29, 1697, assisted by Mary Neff, and Samuel Lennardson, she killed ten of the twelve savages in the wigwam, and taking their scalps and her captor's gun, as trophies of her remarkable exploit, she embarked on the waters of the Merrimack, and after much suffering arrived at her home in safety.
Thomas Dustin, on the memorable 15th of March, 1697, when his house was attacked and burned, and his wife captured, by the savages, heroically defended his seven children, & successfully covered their retreat to a garrison.
Thomas Dustin, & Hannah Emerson, married Dec 3, 1677. Children : Hannah, born Aug 22, 1678; Elizabeth, born May 7, 1680; Mary, b Nov 4, 1781, died Oct 18, 1696 ; Thomas, born Jan 5, 1683 ; Nathaniel, born May 16, 1685; John, born Feb 2, 1686, died Jan 28, 1690; Sarah, born July 4, 1688 ; Abigail, born Oct - 1690; Jonathan, born Jan 15, 1691-2; Timothy, born Sept 14, 1694; Mehetable, born Sept 14, 1694,
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died Dec 16, 1694; Martha, born March 9, 1696-7, died March 15, 1696-7 ; Lydia, born Oct 4, 1698.""
SLAVERY IN HAVERHILL. - That negroes were actually bought and sold, and thus distinctly recognized as property, in this town, is placed beyond a doubt by documentary evidence still in existence. Through the kind- ness of Wm. G. Brooks, Esq., of Boston, (a great-grandson of Rev. John Brown, of this town,) we have been furnished with the following, copied from the original papers, now in his possession : -
" Know all Men by these Presents -that I Thomas Russ of Suncook in County of Middlesex and Province of Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land, Cordwainer, do for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Pounds to me in hand paid by Benjamin Emerson of Haverhill in County of Essex and Province above mentioned - Husbandman, sell aliene convey and confirm unto him, the above Benj. Emerson his Heirs & Assigns- My Negro Boy named Cesur, being about seven years old, for and during his natural life-In witness whereof I the above named Thomas Russ have hereunto set my hand and scal this tenth day of July 1739 and in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain.
Signed, sealed and Delivered
In presence of us John Cogswell Joseph Atwood."
Thos Russ.
" Haverhill June 16, 1740 To all peopell to Home this shall Combe
Know ye yt I Benjman Emmeson of Haverhill In ye County of Essex & province of ye Mashittusetts Bay In New England -yeoman -
for & in Consideration of one Hundred pounds In Hand paid to me by Nathll Cogswell of Haverhill aford Trader do make over & sell con vay to Him my negrow Boy seser In all Respts as fully & absolutely as He was Con veyed to me In ye face of this Bill of sale - furthermore I do warrant and defend Him from all parties what so ever to ye above Named Nathll Coggswell, During his Natural life as witness my hand ye day and Year above written.
witness,
Benjamin Emerson.
Nath Woodman Jabez Emerson."
o We ought, in justice, to add, that, by a strange oversight on the part of the Monument Committee, the name in these inscriptions is spelled "Dustin," instead of " Duston," by which name the Association was incorporated ; and also, that, through the unwarrantable liberties taken by the engraver with the copy furnished him, the first inscription given above is rendered positively unintelligible, exeept to one familiar with the facts it professes to record. The latter may yet be corrected, and we hope it will be done.
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" Haverhill Aug 23, 1742
Know all men by these Presents that I Nathl Cogswell of Haverhill in ye County of Essex and Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land, Trader for and in consideration of One Hundred & fifteen Pounds to me in hand paid Do make Over, Sell & Convey to Saml Phillips Jr of Andover, Trader, my Negro Boy Cesar mentioned above & in the Face of this Bill of Sale: this I do as Fully, Freely and as absolutely as may be.
Moreover I do Hereby Binde & Oblige myself to Warrant and Defend sd Negro from ye lawfull Claims & Demands of any person or Persons whatsoever to ye above Saml Phillips During sd Negro's life.
As witness my Hand & Seal
Nathl Cogswell.
Witnessed by
Nathaniel Walker
Jonathan Buck."
POPULATION AND VALUATION OF HAVERHILL.
Population.
Valuation.
Population.
Valuation.
1764 ..
.1,920
1830.
.3,912
$
926,556 38
1767.
£4791.13.4 1840.
.4,336
1,224,379 00
1790 .... 2,408.
$15,1944 11 |1850 .... 5,754.
2,243,497 00
1800 .... 2,730.
22,350 50 1855 .... 7,932.
1810 .... 2,682.
32,941 16 1860 .... 9,995.
5,450,782 00
1820 .... 3,070
37,540 45
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHIS, FROM 1845 TO 1860.9
Births.
Marriages.
· Deaths.
Births.
Marriages.
Deaths.
1815
106
38.
74
1853
203
.141.
96
1846
104
41.
58
1854.
231.
115.
141
1847.
46. .
21
1855.
202.
113. 95
1848
140
37.
20
1856.
256.
119.
122
1849.
90.
43.
61
1857
279.
101.
128
1850.
138
76.
94
1858.
301.
.106.
.126
1851.
182
135.
99
1859
298 ..
133.
.127
1852.
190
83
107
1860
312 ..
126. .164
Taken from the State Registration Reports.
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LIST OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM HAVERIIILL.
1797 to 1801-Bailey Bartlett, 1826 to 1830-John Varnum,
1811 to 1813-Leonard White 1848 to 1852-James H. Duncan.
LIST OF STATE SENATORS FROM HAVERIIILL.
1789-Bailey Bartlett, 1844 and 1845-Alfred Kittredge,
1810-Israel Bartlett, 1848-Ezekiel J. M. Hale.
1811-John Varnum, 1853-Nathaniel S. Howe,
1816 to 1821-Israel Bartlett,
1857-Caleb D. Hunking, 1828 to 1831-James H. Duncan, 1860-Christopher Tompkins. 1833-Gilman Parker,
LIST OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF HAVERHILL.
1645 to 1654-Robert Clement,
1703 ( John White, 1st session,
1654-John Clement,
John Haseltine, 2d session,
1655 to 1660-None, 1704 and 1705-Samuel Watts,
1660-John Davis, 2d session,
1706 and 1707-James Saunders,
1661 to 1666-None.
1708-John White,
1666-Nathaniel Saltonstall,
1709-James Saunders,
1667-Henry Palmer,
1710 to 1713-John Haseltine,
1668-William Davis,
1713-John White,
1669 to 1672-Nath'l Saltonstall,
1714-John Haseltine,
1672-George Brown,
1715 and 1716-John White,
1673-Humphrey Davy, 2d session, 1717-Amos Singletary,
1674-Henry Palmer,
1718-John Saunders,
1675-George Brown,
1676 to 1650-Henry Palmer,
1680-George Brown,
1681-Daniel Hendrick,
1682-None,
1683-Peter Ayer,
1684-Robert Swan,
1735 and 1736-Richard Saltonstall
1685 to 1686-Peter Ayer,
1687 to 1689-None,
1689 to 1690-Peter Ayer,
1739 to 1742-Nathaniel Peasley,
1691-John Johnson,
1742-Richard Hazzen,
1692 ( George Brown,
Samuel Hutchins, ( Daniel Ladd,
1746 to 1749-Nathaniel Peasley,
1693 Thomas Hart,
1694-Daniel Ladd,
1695 and 1696-Peter Ayer,
1752 and 1753-Nathaniel Peasley, 175-1-Richard Saltonstall,
1698-Peter Ayer,
1755 to 1761-David Marsh,
1761 to 1769-Richard Saltonstall,
1769 and 1770-Samuel Bachellor,
1701-Samuel Ayer,
1702-John White,
1720 to 1726-John Saunders,
1726 and 1727-James Saunders,
1728 and 1729-Richard Saltonstall
1730 to 1733-Nathan Webster,
1733 and 1734-William White,
1737-Nathaniel Peasley,
1738-Richard Saltonstall,
1743-Richard Saltonstall,
1744 and 1745-Phillip Haseltine,
1749 and 1750-Nathaniel Saunders 1751-John Haseltine,
1697-John Page,
1699-Richard Saltonstall,
1700-John White,
1771 to 1776-Jonathan Webster jr
1719-John White,
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HISTORY OF HAVERHILL.
LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES - Continued.
1776 Jona. Webster, Nath'l P. Sargeant,
1834
Ephraim Corliss, Thomas G. Farnsworth, Daniel P. McQuesten, Nathan Webster,
1777 to 1781-Jonathan Webster,
1781 to 1784-Bailey Bartlett,
1784 to 1785-Samuel White,
1786 - Nathaniel Marsh,
1835
1787 - Isaac Osgood,
1788 Bailey Bartlett,
Nathaniel Marsh,
1789 and 1790-Nathaniel Marsh, 1836
Francis Carr,
Ward Haselton, Nathan Webster,
1792 to 1796-Francis Carr,
Joseph Ayer,
1796- None,
James Davis, Elbridge G. Eaton,
1797 and 1798-Nathaniel Marsh, 1837
1799 - Benjamin Willis,
Ward Hazeltine, Nathan Webster,
1800 - Benjamin Willis,
1801 - None,
Charles Carleton, William D. S. Chase,
1802 and 1803-Francis Carr,
1838
1804 to 1807-David How,
James H Duncan, Leonard Whittier,
1809 - Leonard White
Charles Carleton,
1810 and 1811-Ebenezer Gage,
William D. S. Chase,
1812 to 1819-David How,
James H. Duncan, Samuel Johnson,
1820 to 1823-Moses Wingate,
1823 and 1824-Enoch Foot,
1840
Jonathan Crowell, Samuel Johnson. Alfred Kitredge, Robert Stuart,
1827 Moses Wingate
Jonathan Crowell,
James H. Duncan,
1841
Alfred Kittredge, Rev. James R. Cushing,
1828
John Brickett, jr.,
Caleb Hersey,
Thomas Harding,
1843 and 1844-None,
1845 Hazen Morse,
Daniel F. Fitts,
1829 John Brickett, jr., William Bachellor Thomas Harding,
1846 James Hale,
1830 William Bachellor, John Brickett, jr., Caleb B. LeBosquet,
1848 - Benjamin Page,
1849 - None,
1831 - Caleb B. LeBosquet,
1850 § Charles B. Hall,
Lemuel Leonards,
1851 - None,
Samuel Brainard,
1852 John B. Nichols,
Samuel Brainard,
1853
John B. Nichols,
Thomas G. Farnsworth,
1854 None,
1807 and 1808-James Smiley,
1839
1819 - Charles White,
1825 - Stephen Minot,
1826 - None,
Charles White,
1842
1847 - None,
1832 Thomas G. Farnsworth, Ephraim Corliss, James Davis, William Bacheller, 1833 Caleb B. LeBosquet, George Keeley,
Jacob How, Jesse Smith John G. Whittier, Leonard Whittier, James Davis, Elbridge G. Eaton,
1791 Samuel Blodgett,
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HISTORY OF HAVERIIILL.
LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES - Continued.
1855
Elbridge W. Chase,
1858
James H. Duncan,
Jesse Simonds,
Nathan S. Kimball,
1856 Truman M. Martyn,
Nathan S. Kimball,
William Taggart,
1859
James Russell,
1857 Jesse Simonds,
William Taggart,
1860 and 1861 ( Levi C. Wadleigh, ¿ George W. Chase.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
PREVIOUS to soliciting subscriptions for this History of Haverhill, a Prospectus was issued, which contained the following proposition :
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We now take pleasure in publishing the names of those who have respon- ded to our request, and to whom our thanks are due for their generous and timely aid : --
Geo. Johnson, Esq., A. W. Davis,
Geo. W. Day,
Hon. J. H. Duncan,
Joseph Gubtal,
Irah E. Chase, M. D.,
John A. Moody, Edward White,
E. A. Porter,
J. B. Swett,
Edward White, jr.,
R. C. How,
Charlotte H. Pettengill, Tristram Dalton White,
C. B. Emerson,
Walter S. Ordway,
Mary Dalton White,
Moses E. French,
A. H. Adams,
Leonard Dalton White,
Stephen Chase,
A. W. Chase,
John L. White,
Eustis Chase,
Walter Griffin,
R. H. White,
L. R. George,
Calvin How,
F. White,
John P. Randall,
D. D. Flanders,
Abner W. Pollard,
Ebenezer Webster,
Leverett W. Johnson,
Abijah W. Thayer,
Frank C. Swan,
Laburton Johnson,
Fisher Howe,
Geo. T. Brown, Daniel Fitts,
James How,
Francis J. Stevens, M.D. James Leach,
Benjamin W. How,
Charles E. Heath,
L. P. Shattuck,
Mary T. Waldron,
Charles C. Hills, James A. Bartlett,
John W. Dean,
Charles J. Taggart,
Geo. K. Chase,
Wm. O. Haskell,
E. G. Frothingham, Jr., R M. Ingalls,
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