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Mrs. Abby B. Kimball. 96 Winter Street Haverhill : Picture of Hon Bailey Bartlett, and Also of Mr. Beatlett. the ...
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Peggy White; picture of William F. Bartlett grandson of Bailey Bartlett, and made a General.
C. E. Bachelor, 167 Water Street : Old-Fashioned square iron pitch-pipe; old-fashioned marker for boards.
C. A. Gordon, corner Elist Broadway and Old Ferry Road : Brick from the house built of bricks made in England in 1672; brick made in 1772 by Joshna Sanger ; brick made in 1890 ; spit used for roasting in the " Old House;" came from old five- place in the " Old House."
Mrs. F O. Raymond, 86 Main Street : Two ancient portraits. Mis. Daniel Pahner, 1 Portland Street : Two chairs ; light- stand ; fom pictures.
Miss S. M. Kelly, 19 Main Street: Militia sword belong- ing to Captain Nathaniel Marsh, 1777; old tile taken from a house bought in 1758; hand cards for carding wool, manu- factured in town by D. and 1. March, about 1812 ; " Magna- lia." by Cotton Mather, printed in 1702; colonial note of New Hampshire, for six shillings, dated 1775 ; parasit of Daniel Marsh ; patch-box one hundred years old ; Tiffon plate.
Mrs. W. G. Greenman, 76 Main Strea: An old table, un wlah Rey Mr. Parker, an old minister of Haverhill, wrote all la sermons; a book published in 1682.
Mrs. Mias F. Varney, 18 Hancock Street. Haverhill : A dictionary used in Princeton College, N. J .. 1761 ; also a hymn bool .. same date ; a Bible, ISIS; a Revolutionary claim, 1818; a portrait of George Washington when commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Army; a dress worn over eighty years igo ; some collars eighty years, and some one hundred years old. made by hand ; sugar bowl one hundred years old ; pair of ancient candlesticks ; a bead lag; old letters, written in 1201 by a lady then eighty-four years old; four silver Spoons.
Mrs. ES. A Kimball, East Broadway, Rocks Village, oppo- site old Garrison House, J. B. Nichols. Jr., and Mrs. A. F. Morse. Best Haverhill : Pewter cider-ming of Je ph Bartlett ; towel one hundred and sixty years old. our Quand la Ma. Elizabeth Gilman Bachelder ; table-cloth of Mrs Richtet Bint-
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lett, noe Elizabeth Bachelder; valde wrath of Mrs. Moses Peas- Ive, nee Elizabeth Bartlett ; tavern sign of Thomas Elliott of Rocks Village, with older sign und meath ; Indian gouge, found by Frederick, son of Hazen Kimball.
Mrs. S. C. Kendall, I Greenleaf Street, Bradford : Crayon portrait of her father, the late Benjamin Greenleaf. native of Haverhill, born 1786 (the well-known arithing- tician ).
Mrs. Horace G. Currier. 65 Temple Street : Large plate with picture of the first " White Horse," barut by the British Any. Ioli, spironadings potable parchased at aue- tion of Hobbs Tavern in Maine in 1810); very old cup, salleers and plate, Japanese ware ; dining-plate, specimen of old-fashioned flowing-blue ware; camion coat of arms.
Richard C. Howe, corner of White and Cedar Streets : Pastar of birthphe of Harriet Newell; old gun carried by David Hove at Battle of Bunker Hill; old Look, printed 1550, 1551. and 1672 ; silver porringer, very well.
N. S. P. Bradley, 79 Main Street. Haverhill : Tiles taken from a house built in 1787 (the house belonged to Mr. (ils Atkins of Boston ) ; a glass used by den. George Washing- ten; a fresimile of an inkstand used by tien, George Washing- tom ; colonial money; a sheet of music. good mude; a case containing the charter of St. Peter's Lodge of Masons, inoor- Ww rated in 1802, the case and charter having been carried around the world several times ; bridal veils ; photograph of a lady who, when a child, was kissed by tien. Washington ; a copy of a clause of the will of Charge Augustus Washing- ton; a was doll one hundred and fifty two years old ; " The Boston News Letter, published by Authority" April 17-21, 1706, a fac-simile of the first newspaper over printed in America ; " The Haverhill Star ; " " The Stranger, a Drama, 1799 ;" Bilogy on Gen. Washington by Rev. Abiel Abbot, 1800; Re. Andrew P. Peabody's sermon at the installation of Res. N. S. Folsom, 1810. also Order of Exercises at that meantnee; an apron made by Mis. Poster, daughter of the He Joseph Harrod of this city ; and the " Best of Jericho.'
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Amos Haseltine, Haverhill : Two pieces of quilt " drawn in " and made by Hannah Duston ; old - Queen's Arm," with bayonet and cartridge box ; ancient toasting hon for the fire- place; New England Primer, printed in Haverhill by Nathan Burrill in 1819; New England Psalter, printed by S. Knee- land, Queen Street, Boston, 1760; Clasp Bible, printed in Eduburgh, Scotland, by Robert Freebairn, His Majesty's Printer, in 1735.
Mr. A. H. Saltmarsh, Haverhill : From seventy-five to a lashed old Indian relies; about six thousand old coins and med is; Egyptian antiquities; Pluenician antig- uities; antiquities from the Mound Builders; stalactites, pet- filled woods, rare and beautiful shells; walrus tusk ; teeth of sperm whale and grizzly bear ; Roman pottery of earliest period ; some old pictures ; several old costumes; Revolu- tionary relies ; old furniture; oft books.
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CELEBRATION.
The weather on the second of July. the first day of the grand celebration, was all that could be desired. All Nature pemed to smile on Haverhill and her many invited guests already assembled.
The day began by the firing of t salute, at six in the morning, from Belvedere Heights, by Richardson's Artillery Hem Waltham. The bells peaked out joyfully from all sides and continued ringing till eight o'clock.
From a very early hour in the morning. the streets had hon full of people, and as the hours advanced, the con- course increased, pouring in from other chies and towns on "very train which arrived.
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At right o'clock in the morning, the Reception Committee assembled at the City Hall, and, under the command of Chief Marshal Thomas Sanders and Chairman of Military and Civic Parade Hamilton L. Perkins, escorted by the Pen- turket Light Infantry and the High School Caddes, and preceded by the police and the Haverhill City Band, proceeded in carriages to the Boston and Maine Railroad Station to receive the distinguished guests, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, their Sudf. Council, and others The Governor was detained, at the last moment, at the State House, but he was repre- sented by His Honor Lieutenant Governor William H. Haile, to whom Hon. Moses How, in behalf of the Committee of Reception, delivered the following speech of wele que : -
May it please Your Honor, - It is my agreeable duty, with these gentlemen of the Reception Committee, to welcome you and the Governor's Aids at your command to this city, on this Anniversary day, and to accompany you, preceded by the escort now waiting, to the Chy Mal, to be there presented to the Mayor and City Government. prior to fur- ther ceremonies of the day.
They thea entered the carriages, and, escorted as before, took their way to City Hall. They were invited to the room of the City Council and presented to Hi, Honor Mayor Thomas Edgar Burnham, who in turn presented the members of the Board of Aldermen and City Comil. and many guests, to the Lieutenant Governor and those who accompanied him. After some slight refreshment, the whole assembly pro- ceeded to the Academy of Music in which every available
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seat had been occupied. There, ushered to the platform by City Messenger, James P. Commer, they were met by the Literary Committee, who escorted them to their seats.
After the distinguished guests were seated, the following programme for the occasion was carried out.
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The Oweinte, " Morning, Noon. and Night," by Suppe, performed in the Haverhill City Band, opened the programme. After which His Honor Mayor Thomas E. Burnham made the following address of welcome : -
Pillow Citizens .- We are assembled to- day, under circumstan- eos of peculiar and un- usual interest, to com- memorate the blessings of the last two and a ladf centuries ; to cele- brate, and with joyous acclaim make glad our people and their guests ; and in patriotic and ra- timal enjoyment and recreation, throw off' the tares and burdens of life, and be refreshed and made stronger by its exlularating intlu- But the lessons of this is it would be
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-mail. indeed. did they end here. Let us hope that they may impress upon the young and the old, the high and the low, the adopted citizen and the native born, a true spirit of patriotic citizenship, a nobler interest in their city and their home.
This day marks an important era m the history of Haverhill. We pause for a brief interval. -- as upon a httle i land in the swiftly running current of life. - and in memory roll back the tide of years, to gather up the pre- cious stones that have been thrown by the waves of progress upon the beach of the past, cabling as to get a better horoscope, while gazing along the horizon of the Inture. Let the pages of history yield up their treasured lowe, let the storehouse of memory cast forth the legends of these two hundred and fifty years, that to-day we may sift from the aretabulation that which will improve om methods, broaden our lives and hatter equip a. for the years that are to come. And to you, our invited guests, I turn this morning to extend the greeting of a contented, a happy. and a prosper- ons people. We welcome you to share with us the glory of the past to celebrate the prosperity of the present, and helove you. to reverently consecrate ourselves for the future. To the distinguished officials, who tun aside from their usual vocations to participate with us in these festivities, we acknowledge om obligation for their honored presence. Let our welcome be none the less cordial and sincere. because we turn from you to grasp again the hands of those bound to us by sacred ties, - the sons and daughters of old Pen- tacket. returned once more to view the land that gave them With. As the mother watches for the return of her son, anl as the fithor desires the reunion of his children, so have we watched for your coming. Gladly shall we revisit with vou the scenes of your childhood Reverently shall we how the head with yotas, if you find not the old familiar faces of bygoin days. Or if, perchance, as you endeavor to trace ont the old home, the old hearth-stone has given place to the onwird march of trade, and the old house is soplimed
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by the factory or store-house, - should the old familiar crooked lane be transformed into the modern street or avenue, and should the broad acres on which you played in childhood be now threaded with sheets and covered with the dwellings of those to you unknown, -brush away the tear of regret, check for our sake the feeling of disap- pointment, and rejoice with us that we have reached the manhood of our existence, and be glad in our era of pros- perity. Let the cordiality of our greeting to-day, if it does not supply the place of kindred that are gone. serve as a chain to bind you more closely to the chy that gave you Jirth
To you, the stranger, we offer our hearty welcome, and extend the right hand of fellowship to participate with us in our festivities ; but think not that it is the meaningless pomp of the playhouse or the glitter of ostematious parade, bur that it is the joy of a happy people over what has been accomplished by industry and perseverance, under the education of a Christian civilization.
Do you, our adopted citizens, who have of your own choice selected our city as your home, med our words of welcome? Do you, who to-day are participating in every department of this celebration, deshe any invitation to our Iva-t ? Do you, who, side by side with native born, labor in our factories, who compete with us in our business, who have invested your money in our enterprises and estates, whose sons have been honored with public office, whose children attend our schools, who have built here your churches, and here in our soil have laid away your dear ones to sleep their last sloop, - do you need any gret- ing ? No, not you. Your interests and oms are identi- el; and today not to you, but for you i speak, and ex- tend your hand with ours in welcome to your and our home .
lo yon. the citizens of Haverhill, I offer congratula- tions upon the results of these two and a half centuries. It might be pleasant for me to attempt to point out these
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results and to trace the mighty causes that have produced them, but to do so would trespass upon the domain of one whose eloquent voice will picture, as in a mirror, far better than it would be possible for me to do, this great and fruitful past, and define the duty of the future.
But I should fail of my duty if I did not, in your presence, - in the presence of a people surrounded by all that exalts and ennobles civilized life, - acknowledge and pay tribute to the cardinal virtues of those who, through priva- tions and perils such as must be to us forever unknown, laid the foundations of this our noble city; those also who, without profession of patriotism or loyalty, but with the Bible in one hand and the musket in the other, established and maintained the institutions ont of which have grown civil and religious liberty; to the wise and the good, who, in all these years, in prosperity and in adversity, in storm and in calm, in peace and in war, have been the guiding stars of our progress, and who have left to us the precious memory of their noble lives.
Yes, fellow citizens, most fitting is it that you have set apart this occasion of thanksgiving. Well may you rejoice, and, with these our welcome guests, acknowledge the obligation of a grateful people to the Giver of all good, for the mighty results He has wrought for us as a people.
After this address " Home, Sweet Home," was rendered by the male singing societies, " The Philharmonie Society" and " L'Orpheon Canadien."
Mid pleasures and palaces tho' we may roam, Bo it ever so humble, there's no place like home ! A charm from the skies seems to Irdlow as there, Which, seek through the world, is never met with else- whore. Home, home, sweet, sweet home ! There's no place like home ! There's no place like home !
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An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain ! () give me my lowly thatched cottage again ! The birds singing gaily that came at my call, Give me them! and the peace of mind deater than all. Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home ! There's no place like home ! JOHN HOWARD PAYNE ( 1823).
After the singing, Rev. William Wallace Everts read selections from the Scriptures.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city re- joiceth ; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted ; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor : the wicked hath not understanding to knon it.
Scornful men set a city in a flame; but wise men turn away wrath.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and estab- lisbeth a city by iniquity.
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to deso- lation. and every city or house divided against it off cannot stand.
Thu saith the Lord of hosts : I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy. and I am jealous for her with great fury.
Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion and will lacl m the sikt of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth.
There shall you old men and old women dwell in the streets of derstien, every man with his stall in his hand for
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
And all the children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of the children.
iet thy avant, 1 pray thee, turn back again, that I may du im mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother.
Re: Elsin Charles Holman then offered the following prayer: -
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With praise and gratitude. O God. .. . knowledge Thy common over all. Thou dost reign in post, love, mercy, and the wise administration of Thy justice. not alone over the angelic hosts, but over the principalities dominions, and governments of this earth.
From time to time Thou hast revealed Thyself among the sous of men, and we have known by virtue of Thy guidance that we stand forth as son of God.
'Thy purposes have been advanced and established in their surety by the progress of human institutions. Thy chosen ones of old were reminded continually of Thy provi- dones : and we, too, have not been without our pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night. What power, unseen yet comprchor ded. guided the . Mayflower " to these shoes? What bud The hand upheld
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this vehicle of a nation's hope? Thon hast given us leaders great in power, and a multitude of counsellors of exalted wisdom. In seasons of prosperity Thou hast blessed us, and amidst the stress of trial and adversity Thy guidance and protection have not been withheld. As men bring forth their treasures, one by one, and count them up, we would recall all mercies, all tokens of Thy providence in days gone by, but their number is beyond all estimate.
Now, O God, grant Thy continued favor in the future. Guard this our country, and assure prosperity to our city. Grant that they who dwell in high estate and administer the government may realize that their influence reaches la into the future. May they be inspired with wisdom from on high, that in their deliberations there may com- mingh things that are heavenly, for the good of earth Bless. especially, we bescech Thee, both in the present and diys to come, our mayor and our city government. sanctify our home , that there may issue theme why lives that shall break at the Master's foot dl alabaster box of love.
Bless the services of this day. and lt Thy benedic- tien rest upon the exercises that counnenmate our his- tory.
In all things guide us by Thy favor, so that our children and our children's children may rise up and call us blessed. and praise thee.
And unto Thee, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we will render praise forevermore. Amen.
To which the response was chanted by a tio consisting of Mis. Margie Brickett Davis, Mes. Newman, and Miss Katherine Knight : -
Lift this eyes. ( lift thing eyes to the mountains whence cmineth help
Thy help cometh from the Lord, the Maior of heaven and curth.
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He hath said thy foot shall not be moved, the Keeper will never slumber.
Mayor Burnham then arose and presentol lon. Daniel Gurteen, Jr., Chairman of the Local Board of Haverhill, England, to the audience in these word, : -
I have the honor to introduce to you a gentleman who has crossed the ocean that he might be present with us on this occasion, that he might see the child of the ancient town of which he has the honor to be the official hold.
i present to you Hon. Daniel Gungen. Jr., Chairman of the Local Board of Haverhill, England.
The introduction of Mr. Gurteen was followed by entho a tie applause. He spoke as follows : ---
Mr. Manger, La- dias gut Gentlemen,- I am exceedingly glad to be here with you on this suspicious occa- sion, bringing with me from beloved Haverhill in Old England hearty good wishes for the prosperity of your beau- tiful and nourishing city, the child of our I werhilf, and I feel 1 ei do my agreeable duty no better than by reading to you the ad- dress which I have the honor to deliver from our people at home : -
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To the honorable the Mag . The Ca Council, and citizens of Haverhill, Massachusetts, in the United States of America:
We, the undersigned local authority -, public officers, and citizens of the ancient mother town of Haverhill, in the counties of Suffolk and Esses, in England, desire to convey to you our friendly greeting and hearty congratulation upon the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement, in the year A. D. 1640, by John War, a native of this place, and others who accompanied him from the Old World to the New. We thank you for the opportunity of being represented on this auspicious decision. not merely as an a knowledgement of the natural tie which exists between our respective communities, but also as a proof of the kindly spirit which prevails on your side toward us here. We assure you that your good will is most cor lilly reciprocated, and that we highly appreciate the kind invitation extended to us through our representative ; and we trust that His visit my still further pacmote friendly relations of an abiding kind. We rejoice with you at the continued progress of your city and earnestly hope that it is hosting I to enjoy still grond & prosperity, so that its future may be even brighter than its jet. and that it may steadily grow in everything conducive to the welfare of its citizens and the advance- ment of our common civilization.
Dated this 27th day of Mo, 1890.
It is signed as follows : -- Ministors of Religion :
Thomas Opie Roberts, M. 1., Vica John T. Smith, M. A., Assistant Cante, John Cottingham, Congregationalist. George Cakebread, Congregationalist, John Featherstone, Primitive Methodi. t. Grote Fairbank, per G. H., Baptist. Daniel Gurteen, Sr., J. P. Chairman of Court of Sun- mary Jurisdiction.
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John Cook Webb, Secretary, Shepherds George W. Jarvis, President, Oddfellows. M. U. Robert Cullum Blanden, Speretary, Oddfellows, M. U. Charles Harry Sizer, President. Druid.
Charles Spicer, Secretary, Druids.
John Darking, President, Oddfellows. W. P.
Charles Mizon, Secretary. Oddfellows. W. P. William Poulson, President. Patriots.
William Sharp, Secretary.
Private Citizens :
Albat George Carter, Fred Taylor,
George W. Jarvis,
William James Evans,
Arthur Gurteen Smart, Ilerbert 1. Hargraves, M. B.,
W. J Wird. r E. Bach,
John Atterton, W. D. Bullock,
George Nathan Maynard, Elijah Gowers, Koh Mass, William Ist: Basham, Sidney Cooper, P. A. Man.
Frederick Farrant,
William Newman, Thomas J. Mason,
6. Il. Chevets, Frank Gurteen Smart,
Stephen Brown, T. C. Borcham, Daniel Maynard Gurteen.
Town Surveyor : John Kemp.
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Headmaster of Board School : Thomas Mountford.
Vestry Clerk : Edward M. Green. Police Inspector : Arthur Page. Volunteer Fire Brigade :
Walter Mason, Captain,
Frederick William Bates, Lieutenant.
Jolm Kemp, Edward Hepher. Arthur Clark, Robert William Bidge, Harry Fullo Shake, James Crick Arber. Temperance Societies : Frederick D. Unwin, President.
James Backler, Treasurer.
John A. Thake, Secretary.
Benefit Societies :
Claude, Sharp, President. Albion. Stephen Wehl, Secretary, Albion.
To the presentation of the address, Mayor Burnham le sponded : ---
There are times, sir, when it is difficult to express the entimentos that arise within us. tand how much more difficult is it for me to-day to express to you the feelings of a grate- I'ul people.
We accept the magnificent address, that you so gra- ciously bestow upon us, with satisfaction and pleasure. We shall cherish and guard it with jealous care, handing il down to those who follow us, as one of the choicest momentos of this event.
And, when you shall return to your people, say to them that there is in our hearts a warm place for them, and that we accord to them and the good people throughout East Anglia our acknowledgment of the debt we and they owe to the virtues of a common aneustiy.
Say that we fully appreciate the sentiment that prompted
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their gift, and that at a later period we shall take pleasure in returning a more formal acknowledgeat.
The Mayor then went on to say : -
We miss from these exercises the venerable form of one, who. though rarely seen in our midst, -- whose name is a household word, and who is near and den to the hearts of all our people; one whose poetic words have assuaged aching hearts and cheered the worn and weary the world over, -- our own beloved Whittier, who, at the age of four score want two years, has honored this place of his birth with a porn that will now b read by om Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Albert Leroy Bartlett.
These words were followed by aplause, at the close of which Mr. Bartlett proceeded to read the poon.
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O River winding to the sea ! We call the old time back to thee; From forest paths and water-ways The century-woven veil we raise.
The voices of to-day are dumb, Unheard its sounds that go and come ; We listen, through long-lapsing years. To footsteps of the pioneers.
Gone steepled town and cultured plein, The wilderness returns again. The drear, untrodden .ofiunade, The gloom and mystery of the wood !
Ones more the bear and panther prowl, The wolf repeats his hungry howl. And, peering through his leafy sereen, The Indian's copper face is seen,
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