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6, 1864 ; is now living in Sutton. The last volunteer from New London was Cyrus A. Bunker, 19 years of age, who enlisted March 17, 1864, in the First N. H. V. Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. The complete war record of each of the New London soldiers, and that of the veterans who have since made their homes in this town, is in nearly every instance given under his genealogical sketch, as only a brief mention is possible in this connection.
All told, New London may be credited with sixty-one volun- teers in actual service in the great Rebellion, twenty-six of whom were natives of the town. It may also be of interest to note the honorable record of a few of her sons who enlisted from other towns : Robert A. Blood, since surgeon-general on Governor Wolcott's staff in Massachusetts, enlisted from Springfield and served in Company F of the Eleventh. Rob- ert Stinson was preaching in Croydon when he received an appointment as chaplain of the Sixth N. H. V., October 17, 1861 ; served until July, 1862, and died the following March. Allen Haskins, 15 years of age, enlisted from Grafton in the First regiment ; was mustered in as corporal of Company H, Eighth N. H. V., December 27, 1861 ; wounded at Bisland, La., April 12, 1863, and died the following August. Evan G. Haskins enlisted in August, 1862, from Grafton, and served in Company E of the Tenth ; was severely wounded at Cold Har- bor, Va. ; now living in Grafton. Cyrus S. Burpee enlisted from Manchester, served as second lieutenant of Company F, Eighth N. H. V. ; enlisted August 29, 1864, in Veteran Re- serve Corps; discharged disabled in March, 1865; died at Manchester, January 23, 1885. Andrew F. Burpee enlisted in August, 1862, from Alexandria, and served in Company C of the Twelfth ; discharged disabled in 1863. Benjamin F. Mes- ser enlisted from Pembroke, serving in the Tenth ; died of dis- ease, March 20, 1863, at Suffolk, Va. Frank B. Sargent en- listed from Hillsborough in the Sixteenth, November 10, 1862, for nine months ; was appointed corporal ; re-enlisted in the Ninth, and was mustered out. Henry H. Sargent, 18 years of age, enlisted August 31, 1864, from Pembroke ; mustered out July 29, 1865 ; resides in Truckee, California. Three sons of Abel Wheeler did good service in the war, - Ransom R. en- listed from Sutton in the First N. H. V., April 26, 1861, and
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THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR.
also served in the Fourth and Eighteenth regiments ; Dearborn J. enlisted from Andover, September 7, 1861, in the Fourth regiment, was appointed sergeant, served till the war closed, and died at Wilmot, September 9, 1869; Leonard H. enlisted from Sutton, September 15, 1862, served in the Sixteenth, re- enlisted in the Eighteenth, was appointed sergeant-major, mus- tered out at close of war, and died at Sutton, August 14, 1877. George W. Chase enlisted from Andover in the Fourth, August 22, 1861, discharged disabled January 13, 1862, re-en- listed in the Tenth, August 6, 1862, mustered out as captain, resides River Sioux, Iowa. Sylvanus Adams enlisted as mu- sician in the Milford Volunteers, April 25, 1861 ; served on the non-commissioned staff of the Ninth N. H. V., as principal musician ; resides at West Rumney. James M. Chase enlisted from Concord, July 27, 1861 ; re-enlisted, and by gallant con- duct won a second lieutenant's commission ; discharged dis- abled July 7, 1865 ; was awarded " Gillmore Medal " by Maj .- Gen. Q. A. Gillmore for gallant and meritorious conduct dur- ing operations before Charleston, S. C., September 7, 1863 ; resides at Manchester.
Taking up the thread of historical narrative once more, a brief résumé of the town's attitude during these years of cru- cial test may be given. The martial spirit that animated hus- bands, fathers, sons, and brothers during that memorable sum- mer of 1862, enabling them to leave their loved ones and go forth to battle for the cause of Freedom, amid hardships, suf- fering, and the horrible carnage of the battle-field, could but awake a responsive echo in the hearts of those who remained. At a meeting held August 20 the following resolutions were put on record :
" Resolved, That every Volunteer Soldier from the town of " New London who has volunteered under the call of the Pres- "ident for three hundred thousand volunteers, on being mus- " tered into the United States service receive the sum of one " hundred dollars from said town.
" Resolved, That we extend the aid provided by the state for " the families and parents of volunteers, to the families of all " volunteers from this town."
Acting under the above resolutions, the town in 1862 paid $4,400 in bounties, $157 to volunteers' families, and distributed
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$768 of state aid. To raise the money for bounties and other unusual expenses, the town was obliged to borrow ; and none so ready to give her credit as her own sons and daughters, whose savings, small and great, were cheerfully loaned that outstanding obligations might be fulfilled.
Again in the summer of 1863 came the call for more troops. Stalwart youths and bearded veterans had offered up their lives by thousands,-on battle-fields, in hospitals, in the loathsome prison-pens of the South-and the end was not yet. The flower of the nation's defenders had already been enrolled under previous calls, and at length a draft was ordered. New London had given freely, cheerfully, of her bravest and best, but the citizens promptly voted, under date of September 3,-
" that every man who is or may be drafted into the service of " the United States from the town of New London, or who hav- " ing been drafted shall furnish a substitute, shall receive from " said town the sum of three hundred dollars, to be paid when " he or his substitute shall have been accepted for and mus- " tered into such service.
" that the state aid be extended to all families and parents of " drafted men, or their substitutes, from the town of New Lon- " don, as the law of the state provides."
In addition to furnishing sixty-one actual volunteers, New London paid for eleven substitutes under the draft of 1863, and fourteen substitutes in that of 1864. Governor Colby was the town's agent in procuring these men, and several thousand dol- lars was saved by his prompt action. From 1861 to 1865 inclusive, New London's war expenditures amounted to nearly twenty-five thousand dollars, in addition to the state aid of about seven thousand dollars extended to soldiers' families dur- ing the same period. Truly, her war record is one the town need not blush to own. Her volunteers were men in the grand- est sense of the word, and there were those among them whose bravery and fortitude on the field of battle ranked their names deservedly high on the roll of honor.
Even in the light of greater events in the year 1862, the bliz- zard on February 24 is vividly remembered, and is the standard by which all later storms are measured. The weather was clear in the morning, but about noon the storm set in as rain. Then the wind shifted to north and west, freezing into stinging
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sleet with its icy breath the snow that all the afternoon fell thick and fast. Sargent Putney had gone to Potter Place in the morning with an ox-load of potatoes, and on his return late in the day met the full force of the storm. Struggling fiercely along in the deep drifts that filled the road by Lake Pleasant, his faithful beasts were at last stalled some little distance below the McFarland house, then occupied by Augustus Bunker. Mr. Bunker had gone to bed when he heard what sounded like a faint knocking on the east side of the house. Hurrying on his clothes he opened the door, and found Mr. Putney lying in the snow, unconscious, but with the goadstick whose tapping had aroused Mr. Bunker still gripped in his frozen hands. He was
brought in and restored to consciousness, and then the poor dumb creatures were rescued and housed in the warm barn. It was not until late next day that Mr. Putney was able to reach home. That same night the McCutchins Guards held their annual levee at the town house, and the few who ventured to attend were obliged to remain at the hall until the storm sub- sided, as to go any distance in the teeth of the wind was impos- sible. In April of this year there was a crust strong enough to hold up oxen. It lasted for several days.
In the mean time New London Institution, under the impetus of its re-organization in 1853, had been doing a good work, and the steadily increasing number of pupils soon outgrew accommodations. By 1866 the demand seemed to warrant the erection of larger buildings, and Mrs. Susan (Colby) Colgate, daughter of Hon. Anthony Colby, headed a subscription list for this purpose with the generous sum of $25,000. Mr. John Conant of Jaffrey, and Messrs. H. H. and J. S. Brown of Penacook, also contributed largely to the fund. Through the efforts of Rev. W. H. Eaton, D. D., who had solicited the previous fund ten years before, the anniversary of 1867 saw the subscription reach a total of $100,000.
For the location of the new buildings the most picturesque site on Colby hill was chosen, the farm originally owned by Josiah Brown, Esq., on the very crown of the hill and facing southwest. From this point the eye ranges over a landscape of wondrous beauty and diversity ; for it is a unique feature of the town that while it has no mountains within its borders, its wealth of scenery is unsurpassed. Far away, beyond fertile
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valleys and gently rolling hills, rises an encircling chain of stately peaks and rugged summits that, towering dark and grim, stand out in bold relief against the background of the sky, or, in varying tones of softest, deepest blue, grow fainter and fainter in the distance until they are merged in cloudland. What truer, grander inspirations could come into the lives of the young people who in future years should gather in this temple of learning, than those drawn from the everlasting hills, whose strength is as His that fashioned them in the dawning of creation.
It was on this beautiful spot, in the glowing sunlight of full midsummer, when all earth was teeming with the richness of nature's bounty, that with great rejoicings the corner stone of the stately structure which was to crown New London hill was laid, July 28, 1868, by ex-Gov. Anthony Colby and John Co- nant, Esq., of Jaffrey. Doubtless no public act of all his long, useful life gave truer, deeper pleasure to the venerable and ven- erated public servant and generous benefactor than the simple exercises of that day. Feeble with age and suffering, leaning heavily on his crutch, his right hand resting on the massive granite block, Governor Colby, with the assistance of Mr. Co- nant, performed the ceremony. "Two old cripples playing master masons !" was the governor's after comment on the oc- casion ; but those who were present will never forget the quiet, impressive dignity of the scene which so fittingly consummated his interest in the school.
The new academy, a beautifully proportioned edifice of brick with granite trimmings, erected at a cost of $100,000, was completed in season for the dedicatory exercises to be held at the anniversary of 1870. Honored by the attendance of many distinguished guests, the whole occasion was one of which the Baptists of New Hampshire might well be proud. New London academy, with its unrivalled location, its admir- ably adapted building, its corps of faithful teachers, its well- earned reputation, was entering upon yet another era of wider usefulness and influence. The complete programme of the occasion follows.
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DEDICATION OF THE NEW ACADEMY.
Order of Exercises at the Dedication of the New Academy, at New London, N. H., Thursday, July 7, 1870. 9 O'CLOCK A. M.
I. Invocation. Rev. F. D. Blake, New London.
2. Quartette, " I Will be Glad," Petri. Mrs. Smith, Miss Ryan, Messrs. Winch and Barnabee.
3. Reading the Scriptures and Prayer. Rev. F. W. Towle, Claremont.
4. Original Hymn, Julia Gould Foster.
New London ! New London, we greet thee ! Thy daughters and sons, far away, Have heard thy glad call, and to meet thee, Have joyfully hastened to-day. Thy love, by long absence unshaken, Gives welcome both hearty and free ;
Reunited, we'll gratefully waken Three cheers, O New London, for thee !
Thy mountains, in emerald adorning, How proudly majestic they rise,
Breaking through pearly clouds of the inorning, Or lost in the depth of the skies ! No water from fairy-fed fountain Thy beautiful lakes can outshine ;
Nor streamlets from Alpian mountain Are fairer, New London, than thine.
Not Italy's skies, famed in story, Outrival thy bright, burnished dome,
When, decked in the robes of his glory, The Day-King, triumphant, comes home.
O land highly favored of Heaven ! Wherever our footsteps may roam,
To thee shall our true love be given, New London ! our dear mountain home !
Responsive to love and to duty, An offering before thee we lay : This temple, a crown for thy beauty, We give thee, New London, to-day. This treasure we leave thee,-for never The trust of thy friends thou 'lt betray, - New London ! New London forever ! Three cheers for New London to-day !
5. Address. Rev. W. H. Eaton, D. D., for the Building Committee.
6. Address.
Rev. E. E. Cummings, D. D., President of the Board of Trustees.
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7. Address. Prof. H. M. Willard, A. M., President-elect of the Institution.
8. Tenor Aria, " If With all Your Hearts," Mendelssohn's " Elijah."
Mr. W. J. Winch.
9. Address. Hon. Onslow Stearns, Governor of the State. IO. " My Country, 'T is of Thee", " America."
2 O'CLOCK P. M.
I. Quartette, "God is Love," C. C. Wentworth.
2. Introductory Prayer. Rev. Lucian Hayden, D. D., Indianapolis, Ind ..
3. Original Hymn, Rev. S. F. Smith, D. D.
Sow ye, beside all waters, The seeds of love and light ; And train your sons and daughters To wisdom, truth, and right. Open fresh founts of beauty Along life's devious road ; Fashion the soul to duty, And lead it up to God.
Prepare the peaceful bowers, Where opening minds shall wake, As rosebuds into flowers In blushing fragrance break ;
Water with skilful teaching The springing germs of thought,
Onward and heavenward reaching, With coming glory fraught.
As priests,-of God annointed To keep this high behest,- We take the work appointed, To do such bidding blest. Here shall new gems be fitted, With mild, fair light to shine :
The toil to us committed ; The help, O God ! is Thine.
4. Dedicatory Address, " The Work and Influence of This Institution." Rev. Alvah Hovey, D. D., of Newton Seminary.
5. Dedicatory Prayer. Rev. William Lamson, D. D., Brookline, Mass.
6. Original Hymn, Mrs. Galusha Anderson.
Eternal Wisdom, who dost give The skilful hand, the ready mind, Accept the offering that we bring,- A thousand gifts in one combined.
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Accept these halls ; with them receive The hard-earned mite, the earnest prayer, The love of learning and of truth, The love of Thee : for all are there.
May Science here securely dwell, Firm as the granite hills around ! Her hand upon God's word, her brow With rays of heavenly lustre crowned.
Eternal Truth, Lord Jesus Christ ! Here let Thy light and glory shine : Let every mind and every heart, With all we know, and are, be Thine.
7. Address, " The Proper Education of Woman." Rev. G. D. B. Pepper, D. D., Crozier Seminary.
8. Quartette, " Oh, Come every One that Thirsteth !" Mendelssohn.
9. Address, " The Value and Aims of Classical Study." Prof. J. L. Lincoln, LL. D., Brown University.
IO. Four-part Song, " Be Firm and be Faithful," Mendelssohn.
II. Address, " The Value of Mathematical Studies."
Prof. E. P. Quimby, A. M., Dartmouth College.
12. Doxology.
Mechanics' hall at Scytheville was erected in 1872, under the supervision of George E. Shepard, Jonathan D. Everett, and Edwin A. Jones as a building committee. This committee was chosen from a voluntary association of twenty members, whose object was to provide a suitable place for public enter- tainments and religious worship. The hall was completed in December, 1872, and a grand levee was given by the associa- tion to commemorate the event. The house was packed to the doors, and the receipts were nearly four hundred dollars. This association was incorporated by legislative act February 23, 1874, and the twenty shares are owned at the present time by Edwin A. Jones, Charles C. Phillips, Joseph S. Phillips, Ruel Whitcomb, Mrs. R. O. Messer, Mrs. B. G. Everett.
For two years religious services were conducted under a regularly settled pastor, Rev. Lewis W. Phillips, the people raising a salary of $600 the first year and $500 the second. With the subsequent decline of business a few years later, and the removal of a greater part of the population of the little hamlet, it was impracticable to continue a pastor ; but a Sunday afternoon preaching service, conducted by the pastor of the
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church on New London hill, is zealously supported by the faithful few whose interests still hold them to the place. Prior to the building of the hall, schoolhouse and cottage meetings had been held under the nominal charge of the Y. M. C. A. A very successful private school was kept in this hall by Mr. J. H. Larry in 1876, and it has also been used for meetings by Prescott Jones post, G. A. R., and by King Solomon's lodge from 1877 until the building of Masonic hall.
In the village proper, the town house, after being in use twenty years, was thoroughly repaired in 1873, at a cost of $213.45. In 1874, Gen. Luther McCutchins, who had served several terms in the legislature, received the Republican nom- ination for governor. General McCutchins was a man of sterl- ing worth, had held numerous offices of private and public trust, and was well fitted to represent the sturdy yeomanry of the state in the gubernatorial chair; but state issues were against the Republicans that year, and victory, however well deserved, was impossible. The board of selectmen for 1874 was authorized to issue town bonds amounting to $9,400, to assist in paying off the accumulated war debt. In 1875, a committee, consisting of Nahum T. Greenwood, Seth Little- field, and James E. Shepard, was appointed to build a tomb in the cemetery at a cost of $150.
The state census gives the town a population of 952 in 1860, and 959 in 1870. The average number of legal voters was about one fourth of the population. The invoice as returned by the selectmen in 1875 furnishes the following data :
Number of polls,
215
Total value of real estate,
$ 290,730
Number of horses taxed,
299
Value of horses,
19.375
Neat stock taxed,
744
Value of neat stock,
27,577
Number of sheep,
928
Value of sheep,
3.823
Value of carriages,
2.525
Stock in banks and other corporations,
5.800
Stock in trade,
20,600
Money on hand, or at interest,
38,700
Shares of railroad stock,
350
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STATISTICAL DATA.
Those taxpayers whose invoice exceeded $5,000 in value were,-Daniel E. Colby, Luther McCutchins, Jonathan D. Fiske, Nahum T. Greenwood, George W. Herrick, Edwin A. Jones, Austin Messer, Marcus Nelson, James E. Shepard, Charles S. Sargent, New London Scythe Company. The whole number of real-estate owners, excluding non-residents, was 18I, of whom 24 were women. Taxes were paid on 54 dogs. The following table gives the yearly tax, appropria- tion for schools (not including repairs and new buildings), and the total amount of town charges and expenses. No separate account of the sum expended for highways was kept until a later period.
Year.
Assessed Tax.
Schools.
Town Charges.
1851
$2,081.93
$443.97
$3,926.34
1852
1,934.64
510.2I
3,021.57
I853
1,486.32
498.51
2,746.52
1854
2,022.90
520.91
2,729.00
1855
1,944.04
604.80
2,654.26
1856
2,129.16
684.87
3.315.52
1857
2,487.56
682.55
3.658.88
1858
2,800.98
714.77
3,379.49
1859
2,793.33
691.33
3,587.65
1860
3,988.45
705.14
5,154.26
1861
3,0 8.09
695.24
5,222.26
1862
3.359.19
694.95
12,201.37
1 863
5,044.89
717.76
19,234.58
1864
5,600.42
740.64
19,156.42
1865
6,350.39
675.80
18,549.09
I 866
6.955.54
715.97
8,921.32
1867
6,465.09
739.52
9,847.68
1868
6,602.31
838.82
9 835.52
1869
6,792.61
916.81
15,188.02
1870
6,793.48
918.71
14,151.08
1871
6,935.51
1,204.19
10,202.43
1872
5,196.40
1,214.35
9,963.79
1873
6,488.69
1,184.79
11,978.86
1874
5,219.14
1,182.09
18,712.21
1875
5,499.32
1,252.95
8,352.97
The town farm during this period more than paid its ex- penses in nineteen out of the twenty-five years, the surplus in some instances exceeding two hundred dollars. The town
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debt incurred during the war amounted to $25,126 in 1865. This sum was in notes, ranging from $26 to $2,000, held by townspeople, and these were gradually paid off as funds became available. The period closed with a comparatively less favor- able statistical showing than in 1850, which was to be expected with the depression emanating from four years of civil conflict. The list of town officials which follows is of special interest, in that it includes so many of those still numbered among the townspeople,-men who have borne the burden and heat of the day and are now enjoying the fruits of their labor.
TOWN OFFICERS FROM 1851 TO 1875.
Moderators.
1851 .- March II, G. W. Everett ; April 3, Oren T. Hayes. 1852 .- March 9, G. W. Everett ; Nov. 2, B. P. Burpee.
1853 .- March 8, April 6, May 2, B. P. Burpee ; June 7, Amos Page.
1854 .- March 14, B. P. Burpee.
1855 .- March 13, G. W. Everett.
1856 .- March II, G. W. Everett ; Nov. 4, A. C. Burpee. 1857 .- March 10, A. C. Burpee.
1858 .- March 9, A. C. Burpee ; Oct. 2, S. M. Whipple.
1859 .- March 8, D. E. Colby ; May 14, Luther McCutchins. 1860 .- March 13, Nov. 6, D. E. Colby.
1861 .- March 12, D. E. Colby; Aug. 20, Luther Mc- Cutchins ; Nov. 23, A. C. Burpee.
1862 .- March II, D. E. Colby ; Aug. 20, Sept. 20, Luther McCutchins.
1863 .- March 10, D. E. Colby ; May 14, Micajah Morgan ; June 6, Joseph E. Phillips ; Sept. 3, Andrew J. Kidder.
1864 .- March 8, D. E. Colby ; Aug. 13, Luther McCutch- ins ; Nov. 8, Charles S. Sargent.
1865 .- Jan. 7, Nathaniel C. Todd, 2d ; March 14, Nahum T. Greenwood.
1866 .- March 13, N. T. Greenwood.
1867-1870 .- D. E. Colby. 1871-1873 .- C. S. Sargent. 1874-1875 .- Joseph M. Clough.
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TOWN OFFICIALS, 1851-1875.
Town Clerks.
1851-1854, Charles S. Sargent ; 1855-1856, Marcus E. Sar- gent ; 1857-1858, Samuel M. Carr ; 1859-1860, Anthony C. Burpee ; 1861, C. S. Sargent; 1862-1863, M. E. Sargent ; 1864-1866, Edwin A. Jones; 1867, George Woodward ; 1868, George Woodward, M. E. Sargent ; 1869-1870, M. E. Sargent ; 1871-1872, James H. Burpee ; 1873-1875, George Woodward.
Town Treasurer.
1873 .- Daniel E. Colby.
Selectmen.
1851 .- Luther McCutchins, Edmund J. Ring, James Todd. 1852 .- Luther McCutchins, James Todd, A. B. Pillsbury. 1853-1854 .- B. P. Burpee, Amos Page, B. C. Clement. 1855-1856 .- Albert Little, J. R. Addison, S. F. Sargent. 1857 .- Albert Little, Jacob Messer, N. C. Knowlton. 1858 .- Luther McCutchins, Jacob Messer, N. C. Knowlton. 1859-1860 .- Luther McCutchins, A. B. Pillsbury, James Morgan.
1861 .- Luther McCutchins, Micajah Morgan, D. E. Colby. 1862 .- Micajah Morgan, A. B. Pillsbury, Ebenezer H. Adams.
1863 .- Micajah Morgan, A. B. Pillsbury, Jacob Messer.
1864-1866 .- Luther McCutchins, A. C. Burpee, James M. Nelson.
1867 .- Luther McCutchins, A. C. Burpee, A. R. Hunting. 1868 .- Luther McCutchins, A. R. Hunting, Curtis Messer.
1869-1870 .- Luther McCutchins, Hiram Sargent, H. Mar- shall Fales.
1871 .- Luther McCutchins, L. P. Gould, Marcus Nelson. 1872 .- Luther McCutchins, L. P. Gould, E. P. Burpee. 1873 .- Luther McCutchins, E. P. Burpee, R. A. Bunker.
1874-1875 .- Micajah Morgan, L. P. Gould, George W. Sargent.
Representatives to the General Court.
1851, Luther McCutchins; 1852, George W. Everett ; 1853-1854, Benjamin P. Burpee ; 1855, Joseph E. Phillips ;
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1856, G. W. Everett ; 1857, Daniel E. Colby ; 1858, Richard H. Messer ; 1859, Albert Little ; 1860, Anthony Colby ; 1861, Anthony C. Burpee ; 1862, Richard Oren Messer ; 1863, Charles S. Sargent ; 1864, Valentine E. Bunker ; 1865, Rev. Lucien Hayden ; 1866, Joseph M. Clough ; 1867, Joseph C. Herrick ; 1868, James C. Greenwood; 1869, Nahum T. Greenwood ; 1870, Albert R. Hunting ; 1871-1872, Edwin A. Jones ; 1873, Luther McCutchins ; 1874-1875, H. M. Fales.
Constables and Tax Collectors.
1851, Dennis H. Adams ; 1852-1853, Henry R. Gates ; 1854-1856, Isaac C. Pattee ; 1857-1858, Hugh B. Clough ; 1859-1860, Charles Morgan ; 1861-1862, Andrew J. Kidder ; 1863-1864, Albert Little ; 1865-1866, Austin R. Todd ; 1867- 1875, Daniel M. Annis.
Auditors.
1851, John Trussell, Stephen C. Robie, Benjamin P. Burpee ; 1852, John Trussell, B. P. Burpee ; 1853, Samuel Shepard, Stephen Davis, Luther McCutchins ; 1854-1857, none chosen ; 1858, B. P. Burpee, John Trussell, Eben Knight ; 1859, John Trussell, Stephen Davis, Samuel Shepard ; 1860, Eben Knight, E. G. Hastings, John Trussell ; 1861, John Trussell, Charles Jewett, Andrew J. Sargent ; 1862, Stephen Davis, John Trus- sell, Amos Page; 1863, George M. Knight, E. G. Hastings, Luther McCutchins, James H. Brown ; 1864, G. M. Knight, Stephen Davis, James E. Shepard ; 1865, G. M. Knight, Stephen Davis ; 1866, G. M. Knight, Stephen Davis, John Trussell ; 1867-1868, G. M. Knight, William Morgan ; 1869- 1870, G. M. Knight, John Trussell; 1871, G. M. Knight, James H. Brown ; 1872, G. M. Knight, Marcus Nelson ; 1873, G. M. Knight, Oliver K. Russell; 1874, G. M. Knight, Nahum T. Greenwood ; 1875, Charles S. Sargent, Henry W. Seamans.
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