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Lincoln; with him they share the unending fame of the most beneficent act of all ages-the freedom of four millions of slaves.
The " minute-men " of 1775 opened the way for liberty and independence, while the " boys in blue" of 1861 won for the American people a nobler nationality.
1791-1891.
Our New-England town, typical in its character and people, has in the first fifty years of its exist- ence more than doubled its number of inhabitants, and opens the century with the people prosperous upon their farms and in their shops.
The manufactures of the town at this time con- sist of two grist-mills, one saw-mill, one scythe- shop, one fulling-mill, one forge, - using ore taken from the hill near at hand, - and the making of raw silk spun by silk-worms fed upon mulberry- trees grown in the town.
The growth and prosperity of the town are fairly shown by its population and valuation at different periods. At the time of the incorporation of the town there were embraced within its limits about 60 houses and 400 inhabitants.
In 1763 the number had increased to 579, with 92 houses and 100 families.
In 1776 the population was 827; in 1790, 899; in 1800, 979; in 1810, 1,014; in 1820, 1,112; in
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1830, 1,189; in 1840, 1,290; in 1850, 1,777; in 1860, 2,107; . in 1870, 2,625; in ISSo, 3,889; in 1890, 4,681.
The valuation of the town for the purposes of taxation has been: In 1790, $6,938; in 1840, $444,834; in 1890, $2,389,038.
What a wonderful growth do these figures show, from a hamlet of 400 inhabitants in 1741, to a busy, thriving town in 1890, containing 4,681 people, with industries upon every hand, with property bearing a taxable value of $2,389,038!
Observe how during this period the dependent colonies, with less than three millions of inhabitants, have grown to a great nation of forty-four free and independent States, with a population of sixty-three millions of people, having a foreign export trade of $884,000,000 and an import trade of $845,000,000. See the country covered with a network of 165,000 miles of railway with a capital of $9,300.000,000, and earning annually $1,070,000,000, or greater than the annual revenue of the Government of the United States, and requiring for its operation no less than 32,000 locomotives, 25,000 passenger and 1, 100,000 freight cars. Again, observe the growth of the country as shown by the telegraph system of the principal company, with 700,000 miles of wire in operation, sufficient to girdle the earth twenty- eight times, and sending annually 56,000,000 mes- sages and earning $22,500,000.
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This rapid development of the material interests of the nation, attended by the great increase of wealth by individual ownership, is not without its dangers to the body politic. While it is true that capital is entitled to a fair return for its use, it is also true, in a higher degree even, that it bestows upon its possessor obligations which reach the most vital interests of the community, and which with safety cannot be ignored. Other dangers arise with the steady flow from the crowded popu- lations of other lands, attracted hither by these great activities. While a welcome is extended to such a's join in our citizenship, and, relieved from foreign allegiance, aid in carrying forward the work begun by the founders of the republic, the wisest statesmanship should be invoked to protect our free institutions from perils accompanying the . presence of a people alien in their habits and obligations.
Much of interest has been published from time to time illustrating the history and progress of the material interests of the town.
In 1874 an interesting review of the town was published by your fellow-townsman, Rev. Olney I. Darling. The gazetteers of the State furnish valu- able information, as do the histories of the county of Worcester. The first of these histories is that by Rev. Peter Whitney, published in 1790; this was followed in 1879 by a more elaborate publi-
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cation, in which the record of this town was con- tributed by Mrs. Eunice P. Cutter. In 1889 a still more comprehensive history of the county was published, which contained a carefully prepared history of Warren by William T. Davis.
The meeting-house built by the fathers on yonder hill as a place of worship, and for holding meetings of the town, has given way to the com- modious structure in which we meet to-day. Other churches, with different creeds, have been organ- ized to aid the people in their aspirations to nobler and diviner lives. Schools of a high order take . the place of that kept in the first rude building, with its Dutch chimney on each end. The homes of the people, once so plain, now betoken culture and prosperity. Marks Mountain and Coye's Hill, under the same blue sky as of yore, lift their heads in beauty over the town, shedding the rainfall adown their sloping fields into the river which winds its way so gracefully through the valley, aiding industries that line its shores and bring prosperity to the people. The early fathers with their minister sleep in the resting-place of the dead, leaving to succeeding generations examples of piety, industry, and patriotism, founded upon the principles of the Christian faith and an ardent love of country.
Fellow-citizens, ever cherish the sacrifices, piety, and intense love of liberty which animated the
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founders of the town. Honor their memory by guarding with jealous care the civil government they here organized. Keep alive their spirit of devotion to public worship, founded on faith in God. Provide well for the public schools they established, for they are the sure basis of all that is highest and best in your civil and religious liberty.
Men and women of Warren, a century and a half has passed over this New-England town. A . new period filled with bright visions opens before you. Guided by the principles which animated the founders of the town, a higher prosperity and civilization await you,
" Such as earth saw never, Such as heaven stoops down to see."
The original poem, which was read by the author, Miss Nellie M. Comins, follows: -
The tides of life may bear us away From the place of our birth, our home and kin ; Old ties may relax, new plans begin,
The distance widen every day ;
But now and then our thoughts return To happy memories of the years Before we felt these later fears, When life's great lessons were to learn.
So, of the friend who to our heart Was nearest, truest, and best known,
We think and wonder that we've grown In so few years so far apart.
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And when his birthday comes, we long Again the well-known voice to hear That once rang true upon our ear ; We find the old ties still are strong.
We go to him, with him recall Our childhood's days, and all seem fair As landscape in October air : The haze of time is over all.
But when a birthday comes to her, - Our mother-town, who years ago Saw all our youth, knows all we know Of pleasures past in days that were, -
Her joy is ours : from near or far We come, to let our presence show We realize how much we owe To her of all we have and are. .
Whatever honor we have gained Is hers, as we are hers. We can But grant that from her care began Whatever good we have attained.
You, friends, who see it first to-day, May praise the town for many charms, - The busy shops : the prosperous farms ; The fields o'er which the shadows play ;
The stream which runs with ceaseless flow In winding curves or by the mills, Then, 'neath the shadow of the hills, Its waters onward, westward, go.
The stranger who afar has seen Famed views of shore and frowning heights Says he has found no fairer sights Than these, our hills and valleys green.
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To beautify what nature gave, Man's hands have worked. The buildings rise As tokens of his enterprise, - His love for learning - for the brave
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Who died for us that we might be A nation pure and whole and sound, Who never-dying honor found, Through death, to make their brothers free.
To those who knew her not of old We give the right to criticise Or praise the village, hear what lies In future times for her foretold.
From us no blame nor praise can fall, No more than in its mother's face A child its charms for him can trace ; She is our mother, that is all.
Not all our love goes out to him Who shares our joys. More oft we find That friend is dearest to our mind Who helped us when our eyes were dim,
When loss was deepest, grief most new. So this thought brings her yet more near, And makes our mother-town more dear, Because she knew our sorrow too.
For here the grass grows green above The graves of those who love us well, Of whom our tender thoughts can tell That still their memory holds our love.
Somewhere, wherever they may be, We feel they do not love us less, But give an added tenderness To us who strive while they are free.
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How can we doubt that they are near? If soul is more than time or space, Why should they not to this dear place Come back to-day, be with us here ?
Here, too, to many a heart has come The new birth and a larger life ; The power to feel in every strife The hand of God still leading home.
.While for our lives the seasons roll - While He is ours, on to the last - This place is hallowed, where have passed
The deepest moments of the soul.
By all these memories she is ours, The town we love. Oh, bless her still, Our Father's God ! The future fill With greater blessings, broader powers,
For her. And in that future, .when We see thy face, may others here Still serve thee, strive to bring more near Thy heavenly kingdom down to men.
At the close of the exercises at the church, the loan collection of relics and antiquities was again opened, surprising all visitors by its richness and. variety, and exciting much attention and com- ment outside of the town. It was impossible to catalogue it, as it was brought together during two days before the celebration, and was only exhibited for three days afterward, before the relics were restored to their owners. A strong wish has been expressed for a permanent loan collection in War- ren, which, it is hoped, in time may be established.
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An approximate list of articles exhibited is included in this pamphlet, made up from the newspaper reports and replies from owners to a request for further description.
The dinner, furnished by Caterer F. A. Keith in the Town Hall, was entirely satisfactory, and had not progressed far before the rain ceased to fall, the clouds broke away, and the sun shone forth to the satisfaction of all, especially those who were interested in the concluding concert and fireworks. Flowers graced the tables. The dinner was enlivened by Messinger's Orchestra, and after came the feast of reason and flow of soul, presided over by Dr. Joseph W. Hastings. The toasts and per- sons responding are given in the account by " The Worcester Evening Gazette," which is included in this pamphlet. Many others who were present, including Mrs. Eliza Trask Hill, and her brother, George Trask, son and daughter of Rev. George Trask, a former pastor of the Warren Congrega- tional Church, would gladly have been listened to as they recalled the interesting reminiscences of the past, and would have been called upon by the toastmaster, but the lateness of the hour, now nearly approaching five o'clock, made it seem wise to end a very enjoyable occasion, and the assembly broke up to meet more informally with the old friends who were so numerous upon the street and in the homes throughout the day.
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At seven in the evening the West Warren Cornet Band discoursed sweet music at the Pavil- ion, and at eight o'clock a fine display of fireworks, from the laboratory of Masten & Wells of Boston, began on Holdworth's Hill, closing with a piece especially prepared for the occasion, displaying the name " Warren " and the dates " 1741-1891."
A number of letters of regret were received from friends unable to be present, and these were read at a supplementary meeting afterward held at the Town Hall, at which time interesting and informal talks were given upon old landmarks, etc., by Dr. J. C. Cutter, Rev. O. I. Darling, Mr. M. K. Whipple, Mr. Cutler Moore, Mr. Henry Green, Dr. J. W. Hastings, Mr. E. Switzer, and others; the history of the churches, recent industries, etc., being spoken of. It was mentioned in the local paper, "The Warren Herald," that probably not another town in the State can show, as Warren can, four farms occupied by the descendants of their original owners; viz., those now occupied by William A. Patrick, John T. Combs, and C. N. Shepard, all adjoining in the eastern part of the town, and that of James T. Cutler on the Brimfield Road.
To this it may be added that the Captain Putnam Farm is one of the oldest in town. A few years intervening during which it was owned by others, it is now owned and occupied by his descendants,
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. the seventh generation living on it up to the present year. It joins the Keyes and Shepard farms.
The following facts regarding the early industries of Warren are kindly furnished by Danforth Keyes, Esq. The industries of the town of Western may be said to have commenced about the year 1746 by a dam put across the Quaboag River at its present location by S. Dwight Makepeace and Keyes; one grist-mill, erected on the present site; and one furnace, on the east side of the river on Wigwam Brook.
In 1752 the furnace was sold to Lyman & Kelley by Holmes, in 1770 sold by Holmes to Flood, in 1783 sold by Flood to Asa Keyes. Daniel and David Batcheller came into possession of the spot about 1803, and converted it into a scythe factory, and that took up the land where the Town House and Quaboag Block now stand. The Batchellers did a very large business for those days, taking into partnership one General Jack Warner, who afterward went to Greenwich and started the same business. Next the old shop is found in the hands of Rufus Bacon, who took it down and erected a satinet factory, which was carried away by water when the powder-mill dam gave way in 1837. Then the property came into the possession of Horatio Nichols, who 'erected a saw-mill; then into the ownership of Jepthah
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Bacon, who sold it to Asahel Fairbank, whose son, Wilson H. Fairbank, now owns a portion of the land and the block; Homer A. Tidd the blacksmith and carriage shop; and the town the remainder for the present Town House. Mr. Daniel Batcheller, before-mentioned, filled many town offices from 1805 until his death, May 22, 1829, aged fifty-one years.
Two very interesting documents, owned by Mr. Keyes, are herewith subjoined. The names which appear upon this early division of the town into school districts are interesting, as showing so many names of original settlers.
To the inhabitanc of the Town of Western Gentlemen we the Subscribers being chosen a committee to devide said town into Six School Destricts have proceded as followers
The devison of the Town for Schooling in Six parts 1779.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Rev. Isaac Jones.
Samuel White.
Lem Bryant.
William Marr.
Hozek Marks.
Joseph Wheeler.
Andrew Marks.
Josiah Chadwick.
Samuel Bascom.
John Gleason.
Isaac Meachem.
Seth Lincoln.
Daniel Willard.
Major Makepeace.
Joseph Jones.
John .Crabtree.
Medad Kellogg.
Peter Rice.
Moses Bascom.
Marthew Patrick.
Isaac Patrick.
Widow Dwight.
Joseph Cutler.
Danforth Keyes.
Ely Putnam.
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DISTRICT NO. 2.
William Blair.
Archabel Lemon.
John Blair.
James Stone.
John Patrick.
John Brooks.
James Brown.
Henry Switcher ..
James Brown, Jr.
Henry Chadwick.
Solomon Blackmer.
John Mills.
David Blair.
James Mills.
William Cowel.
Solomon Chandler.
Daniel Wood.
Thomas Chandler.
Nicholes Roach.
Reubin Bliss.
Jason White.
DISTRICT No. 3.
Samuel Mcalester.
Rheubin Read.
Nathan Foster.
Major Read.
Elijah Lumbard.
Samuel Bliss.
Mathews Gilligan.
Ebenezer Cutler.
Henry Wilbridge.
Pardon Blackemer.
Benjiman Pollard.
Joseph Chandler.
John McSwin.
Joseph Rude.
Thomas Patrick.
Samuel Willard.
DISTRICT No. 4.
Solomon Bliss.
Isaac Cordin.
Isaac Bliss.
Jonothan Barrows.
Moses Bliss.
Jonothan Day.
Edward Bliss.
Peter Demon.
Samuel Tidd.
Aaron Bliss.
Isaac Gleason.
Joshua Herington.
Jolın Damon. Oliver Cheney.
Asahel Willard.
DISTRICT No. 5.
Rev. Stephen Baxter. David Burroughs.
John Nevens.
Joseph Gleason.
Simeon Blackemor.
Elijah Arnold.
Widow Brooks.
Thomas Rich.
Solomon Sampson.
Timethi Goodel.
John Davis. Jeremiah Harwerd.
William Virgen.
Luke Hitchcock.
Seth White. John Hitchcock.
Isaac Tyler.
Ely Hitchcock.
Abner Tyler.
George Hodges.
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DISTRICT No. 6.
Josiah Putnam.
John Crofferd.
Josiah Putnam, Jr.
John Mccombs.
Robert Gray.
William Shepard.
Deuty Patrige.
Moses Shepard.
Frances Straton.
Caleb Brooks.
Simeon Rich.
Seth Lincoln, Jr.
John Brrus.
Solomon Rich.
Cyrus Rich.
Nathen Chadwick.
John Sanford.
Benjiman Crain.
Robert Blair.
GERSHAM MAKEPEACE,
ISAAC BLISS,
THOMAS RICH,
JOSEPH CUTLER,
NATHEN FOSTER,
JOHN PATRICK,
Committee for said Town.
The withen School Destrits have been lade before the Town and excepted at May Meeting 17th 1779.
DANFORTH KEYES Cleark.
The following is a list of Representatives in the General Court, all from Warren : -
1780, 1782, 1784, Colonel James Stone; 1786, Isaac Gleason ; 1789, Matthew Patrick ; 1792, Danforth Keys ; . 1795, 1798, 1799. Reuben Read; 1800. 1801, Joseph Field; 1804, Danforth Keys ; 1807, 1809, 1810. Joseph Field ; ISII. Daniel Hodges ; 1812, Joseph Field ; 1813, Samuel Blair, Jr. ; 1814, Josiah Putnam ; 1815. 1816, 1819, Hervey Sessions; 1820. Samuel Blair; IS21, Oliver Bliss ; 1825, Harvey Sessions ; 1826, 1827, Isaac Patrick ; 1828, 1829, Pardon Keys ; 1830, 1831, 1832, Pardon Allen ; 1833, 1834, Joseph Field ; 1836, Chester Powers ; 1837, 1838, Pardon Allen ; 1839, John Moore ; 1840, Thomas Damon ; 1841, John Tyler; 1842. Aaron Bliss ; 1843, 1844, Daniel A. Hathaway ; 1845, Frank- lin Drury ; 1846, Sullivan Cowee ; 1848, Lewis Moore ; 1852, Levi Merritt ; 1855, Joseph Ramsdell, Jr. ; 1856,
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Samuel E. Blair ; 1857, Joseph B. Lombard ; 1879, Joseph Smith ; 1881, George M. Newton ; 1881, Lucien M. Gilbert ; 1884. Joseph W. Hastings; 1886, Marcus Burroughs ; 1889, George Bliss ; 1889, John B. Gould.
The following were members of the State Senate : - 1857, Joseph F. Hitchcock ; 1868, Lucius J. Knowles.
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1865, 1866, Joseph F. Hitchcock.
Member of the Constitutional Convention : -
1853, Nathan Richardson.
The following table shows the recent increase in the town's valuation : -
1855, $850,284 ; 1861, $895.491 ; 1868, $1,409,971 ; 1869, $1,438,377 ; 1870, $1,447, 254 ; 1871, $1.427,625 ; 1872, $1,502,914 ; 1874, $1.562, 145 ; 1876, $1,975.419 ; 1878, $1,951,957 ; 1879, $1,917,457 ; 1880, $1,937,529 ; 1881, $2,051, 191 ; 1882, $2, 115,203 ; 1883, $2,226,240; 1884, $2,253,235 ; 1885, $2,221,973; 1886, $2,253,063.
The following shows the increase in the population of Warren : -
1776, 827 ; 1790, 899 ; 1800, 979 ; 1810, 1,014; 1820, 1, 112 ; 1830, 1,189: 1840, 1,290; 1850, 1,777; 1860, 2, 107 ; 1870, 2,625 ; 1880, 3,889 ; 1890, 4.681.
ERRATA .- The following were omitted from the list of Representatives in the General Court :-
1858, Samuel E. Blair ; 1859, Nelson Carpenter; 1862, Lucius J. Knowles ; 1865, Lucius J. Knowles; 1866, Na- than Richardson; 1868, Joseph B. Lombard; 1870, Benja- min A. Tripp; 1870, John Harvey Moore ; 1873, Simeon H. Sibley; 1876, John Wetherbee.
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LOAN COLLECTION.
A PARTIAL LIST OF ARTICLES EXHIBITED.
MRS. EMMA J. FOWLER. - Work-table from Bombay, India, 100 years old ; earthen caster, painted tumbler, cup and saucer, creamer, punch-bowl, knife, each 170 years old ; two cups and saucers. two teaspoons, each 150 years old ; tumbler, 100 years old; sun-fan, used before the introduction of sun-umbrellas ; fan, IOS years old : carved fan ; travelling-bag. 150 years old ; sampler, 74 years old ; silk dress. So years old; silk shawl ; cape with hood : baby's shoes ; gentlemen's stocks, 90 years old ; coin, 1727 ; books. 1725-1789.
MRS. MARY B. CARPENTER. - Teaspoons, 150 years old; three pieces decorated china ; mourning emblem for the Princess Charlotte.
D. W. SHEPARD, EsQ. - Bible printed in 1659 ; vase. supposed to be 4,000 years old : Indian war-club ; case of ancient pistols ; sword used in the war of the Revolu- tion ; letter written to Captain Seth Alden in 1763 ; ear- rings owned by Mrs. F. W. Kimball, 100 years old.
DR. W. H. STOWE, PALMER, MASS. - Pamphlets : - Sermon preached at Crown Point at the Close of the Campaign, 1762. By Nathaniel Taylor, chaplain.
Self-Love : the first sermon preached in New Eng- land, 1621. By Robert Cushman.
A Sermon preached in Springfield December 13, 1770, at the Execution of William Shaw, of Palmer, for mur- der. By Moses Baldwin, A.M.
Account of a Hailstorm in Lebanon, Bozrah, and Franklin. July 13, 1799. By Sherman Dewey.
A Sermon preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, an Indian, at New Haven, September 2, 1772. By Samson Occum.
A Sermon preached at the Reverend Convention of
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Congregational Pastors at Newport, R.I., September 18, 1771. By Solomon Townsend.
A Sermon preached at the Ordination of Rev. Warren Fay in Brimfield, November 2. 1808. By Samuel Austin, D.D.
A Sermon preached to the Natives of Warwickshire, Eng., November 20. 1675. By Thomas Willis, D.D.
A Sermon preached in Belchertown July 8. 1830. " Speculative Freemasonry a Wicked and Dangerous Combination." By David Pease.
A Sermon preached at the Funeral of Rev. Stephen Williams, D.D., of Springfield, June 12, 1792. By Robert Buck, A.M.
A Sermon delivered at North Haven December II, 1783, on Account of the Peace concluded with Great Britain. By Benjamin Trumbull.
A Sermon delivered at Deerfield January 1, 1799, at the Opening of the Academy. By Rev. Joseph Lyman, A.M.
A Sermon preached in Long-Meadow at the Publick Fast, April 17, 1788. By Charles Backus, A.M.
A Funeral Sermon delivered in Lancaster March 31, 1765, on the Death of Mr. Sebastian Smith. By John Mellen. A.M.
A Discourse preached on the Fourth of July, 1798. By the Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D., president of Yale College.
A Sermon on the Religious Education of Children, in the old Presbyterian Church, New York, 17SS. By John Wetherspoon. D.D., president of Princeton College.
A Sermon delivered at the Annual Association of Baptist Ministers, met at Nottingham, Eng., June 2, 1784. By Andrew Fuller.
A Sermon preached at a Singing Lecture in Braintree May 21, 17SS. By Ezra Weld, V.D.M.
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A Discourse delivered on the National Fast, April 25, 1799. By Nathaniel Emmons, D.D., of Franklin.
A Sermon preached at the Ordination of Rev. Samuel Osgood in Springfield, January 25, ISog. By Thaddeus Mason Harris.
A Sermon delivered at Palmer September 4, 1814, before the Washington Benevolent Society. By Rev. Samuel Ware, of Ware.
A Sermon delivered at the Ordination of Rev. Ruben Moss, A.M., to the Church in Ware, June 22, 1792.
Facts are Stubborn Things ; or, Nine Plain Questions to the People of Connecticut. By Simon Holdfast, IS03.
The Minister preaching his own Sermon. Deerfield, Mass., 1821.
The Dawn of Day, etc., in Nine Letters. 1800.
Trial of James Lackey and others for Kidnapping Captain William Morgan, 1827.
An Address to the Young People in the Western Dis- trict of Fairfield County, December 11, 1799. By Amri Lewis.
Address to the Students of Monson Academy, October 4, 1814. By Joy Hamlet Fairchild.
A Reply to Mr. George Beckwith's Answer to Mr. Green's Sermon entitled " Christian Baptism." By Jacob . Green, A.M., 1776.
The Massachusetts Watchman and Periodical Journal, No. 1, June, 1809, Palmer. Published by Ezekiel Terry. The first printing done in Palmer.
Some Arguments against Worldly-Mindedness. For Zadok, King of Conway, 1791.
Isaac Bickenstaff's Almanack, Springfield, 1784.
The same, 1794.
Nathaniel Ames's Almanack, 1761, Boston.
Astronomical Almanack, 1783. By N. S., Proff. in Yale College.
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An Almanack by Edward Holyoke. of Harvard Col- lege, in New England, 1712.
The Farmer's Almanac. By Robert B. Thomas. No. 1, 1793.
An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking, 1796. By Noah Webster, Jr., Esq.
New England Primer. For the letter K, instead .of " Proud Korah's Troop," etc., this reads, " The British King," "Lost States Thirteen."
The History of the Holy Jesus Christ. For Children. By a Lover of their Precious Souls, Boston, 1774. This is all in verse, with very quaint illustrations, one being a picture of St. Paul.
Washington's Farewell Address. Printed for the Washington Benevolent Society, Springfield, 1812. With the badge worn by the order.
History of Clarissa Harlow. Philadelphia, 1791.
History of America. By Peter Heylin. With map. London, 1652.
Coffee mill in use in Stafford, Conn., hotel fifty years ago.
Sword brought from Algiers by General Eaton of Brimfield. Dated on both sides, 1744. Has Moorish mark.
Pewter mug, dated 1716.
An earthen baby's bath-tub decorated in blue. From H. H., and very old.
A picture of George Washington, printed October 4, 1791, at New Haven.
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