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DISTRICT NO. 4.
The first schoolhouse in this district, built with the town appropriation of 1792, was near the barn of Zadok Nims, where the school had been previously held (the house of Nims was 152). On May 25, 1807, according to an old MS. record found among the papers of Ellsworth Hubbard, there was a meeting of
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the district, at the house of Dea. Zadok Nims, who was moderator, with Cor- nelius Howlett, clerk, at which it was voted to build a new schoolhouse, 24 by 19 feet, at No. 157. It cost $170.80, and was first used, on Dec. 14, 1807, on the occasion of an adjourned district meeting. This building was probably burned, for the same Hubbard MS. mentions a meeting of Mar. 20, 1815, at the house of Dea. Nims, 152, to see if the district would vote to build a new schoolhouse. At this meeting, Dea. Nims was moderator and Roswell Hubbard, clerk. They voted to build a new house, 30 by 19 feet, to be placed " on the same ground where the other house stood." Evidently the other house was not, at that date, standing. As it would hardly have been purposely removed without a vote of the district, it is probable that it had been destroyed by fire, perhaps caused by lightning. Dea. Nims gave a lease of the land, so long as the district desired to use it for a schoolhouse. It was first used, Sept. 3, 1815, for an adjourned district meeting. The cost of the building was $214.96. There was another meeting on Mar. 27, 1830, with J. W. Osgood, moderator, and Ellsworth Hubbard, clerk, at which it was voted to repair the schoolhouse. These repairs cost $11.15. This third schoolhouse still stands in No. 4, at 157. It has been several times repaired. In 1839, such repairs cost $120. In 1856, extensive repairs were made upon the building, almost amounting to a new building, and costing a little more than the appropriation of $230. In 1875, it was repaired again to the extent of $75 or more. In 1887, it was again practically rebuilt, at an expense of $300, to which $75 more were added in 1888.
The annual meetings, from 1834 to 1885, are known through their records, those for 1834-35 being found in the Hubbard MS., the remainder in bound records. The Hubbard MS. is an official district record. Unless otherwise in- dicated, each meeting was in March, the day of which is indicated by the first two figures of the date, the two figures following each comma standing for the . year. The following were the prudential committees : 12, 34. David Kemp .- II, 35. Dauphin W. Nims .- 15, 36. Asahel Nims, Jr .-- 17, 37. Daniel W. Hough- ton .- 14, 38. D. Adams Nims .- 7, 39. Nahum Nims .- 2, 40. Dauphin Spaulding. II, 41. David Kemp .- 18, 42. Ellsworth Hubbard .- 15, 43. Nahum Nims .- 18, 44. Geo. F. Hubbard .- 26, 45. D. W. Nims .- 11, 46. D. W. Wilson .- 15, 47. D. A. Nims .- 17, 48. Asahel Nims, Jr .- 2, 49. D. W. Houghton .- 1, 50. Dau- phin Spaulding .- 10, 51. Geo. F. Hubbard .- 2, 52. D. A. Nims .- 15, 53. D. W. Houghton .- 1, 54. Asahel Nims, Jr .- 3, 55. Dauphin Spaulding .- 24, 56. D. W. Nims .- 16, 57. Orlando Seward .- 16, 58. Asahel Nims, Jr .- 9, 59. Same as pre- ceding .- 15, 60. A. O. Brown .- 11, 61. H. O. Spaulding (Asahel Nims, Jr. after Dec. 13) .- 15, 62. A. Nichols Wardwell .- 13, 63. P. E. Kemp .- 1, 64 and 20, 65. Asahel Nims, Jr .- 28, 66 and 21, 67. P. E. Kemp .- 17, 68. D. A. Nims .- 23, 69. Alanson A. Nims .- 25, 70. D. W. Nims .- 1871 to 1874. No record of any pru- dential committee .- 27, 75. P. E. Kemp .- 11, 76. Geo. D. Smith .- 14, 77. A. A. Nims .- 22, 78. Theodore S. Richardson .- 22, 79 and Feb. 18, 80. P. E. Kemp. -Feb. 19, 81. A. A. Nims .-- Feb. 24, 82. A. P. Tyler .- 4, 83. E. W. Richardson. -12, 84. G. D. Smith .- 16, 85. W. W. Yardley. After this, the district was merged in the town union district, managed by the SCHOOL BOARD.
The moderators of their meetings were the following : 34-35, Benjamin Kemp, Jr. ; 36-37, 39-42, 45, 52, J. W. Osgood; 38, D. W. Houghton ; 43-44,
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47-49, 51, 53-57, Dauphin Spaulding ; 46, Nahum Nims; 50, Asahel Nims, Jr. ; 58, Albert G. Nims; 59-61, Charles E. Houghton ; 62-63, 65, Alonzo (). Brown ; 64, 67, D. Adams Nims ; 66, 68-70, 75-78, 80-81, Dauphin W. Nims ; 71-74, no records ; 79, Theodore S. Richardson ; 82-83, Perry E. Kemp ; 84-85, Geo. D. Smith.
The clerks, in the same time, were : 34-35, Ellsworth Hubbard ; 36-40, Dau- phin W. Nims ; 41-48, Dauphin W. Wilson ; 49, Dauphin Spaulding ; 50-54, Alexander B. Brown ; 55, Geo. F. Hubbard ; 56-57, A. B. Brown ; 58-64, Dauphin W. Nims ; 65-83, Alanson A. Nims ; 84-85, Almon P. Tyler.
The teachers for this district, from 1847 to 1885, so far as we have discovered, were the following (summer teacher given first, winter teacher second, in each year) : 47. Lucy Ann Rugg, Nancy J. Downing .- 48-49. Names not discovered by us .- 50. Laura M. Hubbard, Rhoda J. Wilder of Keene .- 51. Sarah E. Houghton, Laura D. Aspenwall .- 52. S. E. Houghton, Harriet E. Kingsbury .- 53. S. E. Houghton (both terms) .- 54. Harriet L. A. Mason (both terms) .- 55. Ellen E. Leach, Mary A. Chickering .- 56. Same as in 55 .- 57. Names not dis- covered .- 58. Diantha L. Fiske of Dublin, H. E. Griffin .- 59-60. No record .- 61. Abbie M. Wilson (only term for the year) .- From 1861 to 1869, there was but one term each year, with the following teachers : 62. M. J. Buck .- 63. No record .- 64. Alanson A. Nims .- 65. Marian E. Monroe .- 66. Sarah J. Harring- ton .- 67. Sarah A. Nims .- 68. Abbie L. Hubbard .- 69. L. P. Richardson .- From 1870 to 1876, we find no record of teachers. There was no school for at least a part of that period .- 77. Rosa M. Smith, Ida J. Kennerson .-- 78. Lilla F. Lebourveau, Ida J. Kennerson .- 79. Ida J. Kennerson, for the year .-- 80. Abbie H. Grimes of Keene, for the year .- 81. Lila H. Mason, for the year .- 82. Kate M. Barrett, Mary A. Burpee .- 83. Ida J. Kennerson, for the year .- 84. Grace H. Smith, for the year .- 85. Lila H. Mason, for the year. Succeeding teachers may be learned from the annual printed reports. Those before 1847. cannot probably be ascertained. See appendix.
DISTRICT NO. 5.
The first school building of this district was the barn of Joshua Burditt, who lived at 183 (see map). The first schoolhouse of the district, built with the appropriation made by the town, Oct. 11, 1792, was built, undoubtedly in 1793, at 184. This was probably a very rude affair. The second schoolhouse of the district was built at 194, opposite the old Winchester residence (193). It was doubtless built in 1802, for, in that year, a man named Samuel Lawrence moved from Swanzey to a place in Gilsum just north of the old Corey place and, accord- ing to Hayward's " History of Gilsum," moved to that place an old schoolhouse from Sullivan in which he lived three years. As we know when the first school- houses in each of the other districts were exchanged for new ones, we find that this was the only building of that kind that could have been moved. This event fixes the date of the second schoolhouse at 1802. This was also a very small and unsubstantial building. The late Hosea Foster informed us that the third schoolhouse, the one now standing, was built in 1821, at 195, the old building at 194 becoming the woodshed of this. This building was repaired in 1852, 1853, 1869, 1870, 1877, and again in 1894. The schoolhouse in No. 4 is the oldest such building in town, built in 1815. This is the second in age, built in 1821.
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The annual meetings of the district were in March, according to law. There are no records before 1849, and they are quite imperfect for the subsequent years. The prudential committee for 1848 appears from the books to have been Willard Dort. Those for succeeding years, to 1885, are here given. As before, the first figures of the date represent the day of March, those after the comma the year: 29, 49. Willard Dort .- 30, 50. Samuel Winchester .- 7, 51. I. M. Rawson .- 13, 52. W. Dort .- 15, 53. I. M. Rawson .- II, 54. D. Boynton .- 17, 55. Charles Nash .- 18, 56 and 20, 57. I. M. Rawson .- 12, 58. D. H. Mason .- 15, 59. Geo. C. Hubbard .- 1, 60. E. C. Winchester .- 13, 61. Alexander B. Brown .- 12, 62. Henry C. Rawson .- 11, 63. Joseph N. Nims .- 9, 64. Merritt L. Rawson .- 2, 65. Geo. L. Mason .- 6, 66. E. C. Winchester .- 22, 67. A. B. Brown .- 12, 68. Alonzo Barrett .- 8, 69. H. C. Rawson (elected on the 10th) .- 10, 70. Geo. C. Hubbard. -II, 7I. E. C. Winchester .- 20, 72. Frank R. Boyce .- 15, 73. H. C. Rawson .- 14, 74. E. C. Winchester .- Apr. 5, 75. E. C. Winchester .- 27, 76. John E. Dow (F. R. Boyce after Dec. 14) .- 24, 77. E. C. Winchester .- 27, 78. A. B. Brown .- 14, 79. E. C. Winchester .- Apr. 5, 80. Geo. M. Bowen .- 19, 81. E. C. Winches- ter .- Apr. 12, 82. Geo. M. Bowen .- 83 and 84. No prudential committee .- Nov. 17, 85. Arthur W. Brown, appointed by select-men, qualified. After this, school affairs were managed by the SCHOOL BOARD of the union district.
The annual moderators were : Ira Myrick Rawson, 49-53, 55-57 ; Samuel Winchester, 54 ; Daniel H. Mason, 58; Geo. C. Hubbard, 59-60; Elliot C. Win- chester, 61, 73; Chauncy W. Rawson, 62-63, 69-72 ; Henry C. Rawson, 64-65, 79, 82 ; Merritt L. Rawson, 66, 74; Alexander B. Brown, 67-68, 76, 78 ; Elwyn F. Boyce, 75 ; Frank R. Boyce, 77 ; John Locke, 80; Geo. M. Bowen, 81. There were no meetings in 83, 84 and 85.
The clerks of the district, from 1848 to 1885, were: Jesse Dart, 1848-50; Willard Dort, 51 and 52; C. W. Rawson, 53; M. L. Rawson, 54-61 ; Geo. C. Hubbard, 62-63; Joseph N. Nims, 64; C. W. Rawson, 65; Henry C. Rawson, 66-73; Elliot C. Winchester, 74-80 ; Prentiss W. Brown, 81 ; E. C. Winchester, 82-84, although no meetings were held in 83 and 84. Frank R. Boyce qualified before a justice, Nov. 17, 1885, for the purpose of closing the business of the district, having been appointed by the selectmen.
The records, as in the other districts, furnish a list of teachers which lacks completeness. They were the following ; 1849. Mary (?) E. Livermore, Mary Towne of Marlow .- 50. Laura D. Aspenwall, Charles Phelps .- 51. Miss Farrar (probably a daughter of John, Jr.), Henry Osgood .- 52. Elbridge Smith (from 1852 to 1858, there was but one teacher in each year) .- 53. E. O. Lee .- 54. Alonzo L. Chatterton .- 55. Mira C. Hamblett .- 56. James B. Mason of West- moreland .- 57. Geo. Lyman Nims .- 58. Mary E. Jones .- 59. Lucy J. Kemp, Miss S. A. Stinson .- 60. Vienna D. Barrett, S. A. Stinson .- 61. Marietta E. Webster, for the year .- 62. Elizabeth M. Wardwell, Mrs. Ellen M. (Fuller) Brit- ton .- 63. Georgiana I. Nims, Esther A. Mack of Gilsum .- 64. No record of the teachers .- 65. C M. Woolley, Clarissa A. Spaulding .- 66. Clarissa A. Spaulding, for both terms .- 67. Rosalie P. Guillow of Gilsum, S. J. Harrington .- 68: No record of the teachers .- 69. Mary S. Osgood, 2 terms .-- 70. Emma F. Hubbard, for the two terms .- 71. Margaret G. Fawcett, 2 terms .- 72. Margaret G. Faw- cett (?), 2 terms .- 73. Margaret (Fawcett) Field, 2 terms .- 74. Abbie L. Hubbard,
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2 terms .- 75. Abbie L. Hubbard, Clara S. Nims .- 76. No record of the teachers. -77. Rose C. Nichols, L. J. Cochran .- 78. Vienna D. Mack of Gilsum, 2 terms. 79. Nellie U. Burpee, Anna S. Rockwood of Swanzey-80. Lila H. Mason, Mabel H. Farrar .- 81. Miss F. M. Davis, 2 terms .- 82. Minnie M. Barrett, one term. In 83 and 84, there was no teacher. In 1885, the teacher was Lizzie A. Brown of Marlow, one term. The later teachers may be found in the annual printed reports of the town. Only a few before 1849 can be ascertained. Hosea Foster informed us that among his early teachers in that district were Anson Tuthill, Luman Wilcox, Calvin Monroe in 1817, Lydia B. Gray in 1821 (the first teacher in the present schoolhouse), and Selim Frost. See appendix.
It is feared that no amount of research could rescue the names of many of the teachers in the several districts which are not here recorded. It is a very great pity that the old districts were so exceedingly careless about their records. Much of the information here given has been gleaned by personal effort. The teacher of youth holds a really sacred office. The prosperity of our country is due to the efforts of such instructors. Their names should have been imperish- able.
DISTRICT NO. 6.
The first school in this district was in the barn of Timothy Dimick, who lived at 250 (see map). The schoolhouse which was built with the town appro- priation of Oct. 11, 1792 stood at 249, on the old Dimick Road. It was probably a rude structure, like the others which were built at that time. No records of this district are known to be in existence. It is not certain that there were any records at any time. The oldest record book of No. 4, now known, was found among the papers of Ellsworth Hubbard. The book had evidently been begun by his father, Roswell Hubbard, Esq. Until 1834, it contains no records except those of special meetings called for the purpose of making arrangements to build new schoolhouses. The first record of one of the annual district meetings, to choose district officers, is for the year 1834. It also contains the record for the meeting of 1835. The records of subsequent meetings are found in two bound volumes now kept by the town clerk. Previous to 1834, there were no records of the annual meetings, if any were held, as must have been the case. If other districts were equally careless about records, it is possible that there were none, in any district, previous to those contained in the bound volumes now in the keeping of the town clerk. If there were such records, they were doubtless kept on loose sheets or unbound folios, which have already perished.
On March 13, 1810, the town voted to unite the " Dimick District " with the "" Centre District " for school purposes, that is to say, No. 2 and No. 6 became one school district, to be known as the school district No. 2, old No. 6 still being retained for a highway district. We do not know who served as officers of No. 6, nor do we know the names of any of the teachers who taught in the little schoolhouse that stood at 249. It is hardly possible that any such lists will ever be discovered. Until 1830, the school collectors (pp. 481-483) served as pru- dential committees.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
Sullivan is too small a town to maintain a permanent high school. According to a recent law of the state, pupils of the town, who wish, and are qualified, can enter some high school in a neighboring town, if it be approved by the state
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authorities as such, and the town is required to pay the tuition. Very naturally, the high school at Keene is the one which would be and has been selected for that purpose. Several of the Sullivan boys and girls, in late years, have received their higher education in that school. Others have gone, at their own expense, to Meriden, Ashburnham, or other places. About fifty years ago, there were several young ladies and gentlemen of the town who attended Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, then under the tuition of Mr. Richards, a famous teacher of his time.
In 1852, the first autumn after the building of the Town Hall, there was a select high school in that building under the care of Charles E. A. Woods. His assistant teacher was Miss Harriet L. A. Mason, his cousin. Miss Mason after- wards became the wife of Mr. Irving F. Weston of Winchendon, Mass. The pupils made good progress in their studies, giving an exhibition at the close of the term which was a pleasing and meritorious entertainment. The scholars, about fifty, were mostly from Sullivan.
In the autumn of 1853, there was another select school in the same building. The principal was Horace B. Woodworth, assisted by some of the older pupils. This school was also well patronized, mostly by Sullivan pupils. The term closed with a very enjoyable exhibition in the Town Hall.
In the fall of 1860, another select high school was taught, in the Town Hall, by Charles E. Houghton of Sullivan. All of these first three principals, Messrs. Woods, Woodworth, and Houghton, became Congregational clergymen. The record of Messrs. Woods and Houghton may be seen in the BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. Mr. Woodworth was born in Chelsea, Vt .; graduated at Dartmouth in 1854; at Hartford Theological Seminary in 1861 ; studied at Andover Theo- logical Seminary ; was ordained, Feb. 27, 1862 ; and had settlements in Con- necticut and Iowa.
In the autumn of 1862, there was one more term of a select high school, taught by Mr. Joseph D. Darling of Leyden, Mass., who had twice been the teacher of the school in District No. 2.
CHAPTER XI.
MILITARY HISTORY.
The first settlers on the soil which is now Sullivan did not arrive until the last of the colonial wars, so-called, had been fought. It is probable that two or three of the oldest of them, such as John Dimick, Sr., Joseph Ellis, Sr., John Rowe, Sr., and perhaps one or two more had seen a little of the old Indian fighting, but we cannot place them in any specific organizations.
I. THE REVOLUTION.
The infant settlement had been begun before the memorable contest with Great Britain had commenced. Considering the few families in the place, not
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then more than six or seven in all until the war was nearly over, the little settle- ment must be credited with having taken a most honorable part in the struggle. These who went directly from the place were the following :
I. JOSIAH COMSTOCK, who was in the company of Capt. Wm. Ellis, in Scammell's regiment. He enlisted, Apr. 27, 1778, according to the official record, which corrects a statement in Ilayward's history of Gilsum. Hayward also preserves a family tradition that he was killed in his first battle. According to the official record, he "died," Jan. 8, 1779, in the service. His body was not brought home for burial. In another place, he is said to be of the company of Capt. Griggs of Keene, but it was probably the same as the former company of Capt. Ellis.
2. BENJAMIN ELLIS, in 1777, was in the company of Capt. Mack of Gilsum, in Col. Ashley's regiment, to reinforce the continental army at Ticonderoga. He must be carefully distinguished from Capt. Benjamin Ellis of Keene, who was quite an important man in the war, and whose service is recorded in the N. H. Revolutionary rolls in very many places. Our Benjamin had been in the service before the family moved to this place.
3. JOSEPH ELLIS, JR., who was in the same company, in 1777, with his brother Benjamin. He was also in Capt. Jeremiah Gilman's company in Col. Stickney's regiment and Stark's brigade, and was at the battle of Bennington. In searching the New Hampshire revolutionary rolls, he must not be confused with another Joseph Ellis, who was in another company in the eastern part of the state.
4. SIMEON ELLIS, father of the late Asa Ellis, was in the company of Capt. Davis Howlett, in Col. Ashley's regiment, in May and June, 1777, which saw service around Ticonderoga.
5. SERGT. ISAAC GRISWOLD entered the service in 1776, the same year, and shortly before, his father moved from this place. In that summer, he was in the company of Capt. Samuel Wetherbee, in Col. Isaac Wyman's regiment, " in the service of the United Colonies, to join the Northern Army." He was with the same regiment, as a "sergeant," at Mount Independence, Nov. 5, 1776. He was also in Howlett's company, with Simeon Ellis (see preceding paragraph). He was in the company of Capt. Jeremiah Stiles, in Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment, at the battle of Bunker Hill. These statements add to and correct the account in Hayward's history of Gilsum, page 38. His father lived at 102, in what was then Gilsum (see map).
6. LIEUT. STEPHEN GRISWOLD. This young man entered the army the very fall that his father moved from this place. He was made a lieutenant in the company of Capt. Isaac Davis, in Col. Ashley's regiment, which went, in 1776, at the requisition of Maj. Gen. Gates, to reinforce the continental army at Ticonderoga. Griswold became a captain of the militia in Keene.
7. THOMAS MORSE, who lived at 74 (see map), was with Benjamin Ellis, in the company of Capt. Elisha Mack, in Col. Ashley's regiment, in the expedition to Ticonderoga, in 1777. It was perhaps he, possibly another Thomas, who was in the regiment of Lieut. Col. Stephen Peabody, in the company of Capt. Daniel Reynolds, in 1778. He was also, before moving to this place, one of the men from Keene; under Capt. Stiles, at Bunker Hill. He was also, with Stephen
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Griswold, Timothy Dimick, and John Rowe, in the company of Capt. Isaac Davis, of Col. Ashley's regiment, as noted in the preceding paragraph.
8. SERGT. ASAHEL NIMS had purchased the farm where C. A. Brooks lives, and had a log hut at 152 (see map). He was living with his brother Eliakim, both then unmarried, at 149 (also a log house). He marched from Keene, on that eventful Friday morning, Apr. 21, 1775, under Capt. Isaac Wyman. After the men were enlisted, a faint-hearted fellow showed cowardice and wished to be excused. There was opposition to this, but young Nims, overhearing the argu- ment, exclaimed, " Let the coward go. I will take his place." He did so. He left his little clearing and the young woman who was to have become his wife, and marched with Capt. Wyman, and was made a "sergeant " in his company. Capt. Stiles commanded the company at Bunker Hill, and there young Nims offered up his life, the first man, from that soil which now constitutes Sullivan, to lose his life in battle. His name, with others of the slain, is on a bronze tab- let, placed upon a gate of the Bunker Hill enclosure.
9. ELIAKIM NIMS, went, with his brother Asahel, on the same march with Capt. Isaac Wyman, and was also in the same battle of Bunker Hill. He was also in Capt. Wetherbee's company of Col. Wyman's regiment, " in the service of the United Colonies, to join the northern army," in 1776, with Isaac Griswold, Jonathan Heaton, Jesse Wheeler, and Peter Covel, and was with that company at Mount Independence. He became, later, a captain in the old state militia, and lived to be the last survivor, in Sullivan, of the men who were "soldiers of the Revolution."
IO. JOSHUA OSGOOD, who had been about three years at 247 (see map), when the war began, went into the service, as appears from a vote of the town of Keene, at the annual town meeting for 1788, when a certain amount of money was voted to certain veterans of the Revolution, who had not already had their claims satisfied. This proves that Mr. Osgood was in the Revolution, but his name is omitted in the index of the New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, and we have not found the details of his service.
Thus it will be seen that from a little infant settlement in the wilderness, containing only about six or seven families, living mostly in log cabins, ten men were furnished for the Revolution ! This is a marvellous record. It demonstrates that the noble spirit of patriotism which has characterized their descendants and successors in the town, to the present time, was strikingly manifest in the founders of the town.
Two more men, who came to this settlement within three years after the war began, were also in the service before coming here.
TIMOTHY DIMICK, one of these, actually owned land in the place (the old Leland farm), before he enlisted, but while in the service his legal residence was in what is still Gilsum, as is supposed from circumstances which have come to our knowledge. He was in Captain Mack's company in the Ticonderoga expedi- tion in 1777.
JOHN ROWE, JR., was in the same company and was also a drummer in one company that saw service. He had been living in what is now Gilsum, where his first wife died. Nov. 26, 1777, he married the widow of William Comstock, and came to Sullivan, living on the old Comstock farm (106 on map). He was a brother of James Rowe, who lived on what is now the town farm.
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There were about 67 men, who came to Sullivan and settled farms during or soon after the war, who had seen service in the Revolution. We can here only give their names, for it does not seem necessary to describe the detailed services of each man, which would have little interest except for special students. In our list, those who were in New Hampshire organizations have the letters, "N. H.," appended to their names. A full record of their services may be seen in the New Hampshire State Papers, edited by Hammond, Vols. XIV. to XVII., which volumes are known as the Revolutionary Rolls, Vols. I to 4. There is an index at the end of each volume, supposed to contain the names of all men connected with any New Hampshire organization in the Revolution. It has been found that, in very rare cases, a name has been accidentally omitted, as that of Timothy Dimick for example, in one instance. As the same name often applies to several men, the greatest care must be exercised that the name examined belongs to the person one has in mind. This must be determined by considering the age, locality, and company of the man, who were his company mates, etc. Often the name of one for whom search is made cannot be positively identified with persons of the same name whose record is given. In our list, the abbrevia- tion, " Mass.," following a name, indicates that his full Revolutionary record may be found in the series of volumes published by the state of Massachusetts, en- titled, " Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution," all of whose names are alphabetically arranged. This great work, so complete and useful, is now so readily found in large libraries that we have not deemed it wise to take the space that would be required to detail the records of the different men here. All the Revolutionary soldiers who died in Sullivan were buried in the old cem- etery at the Four Corners. Their burial lots are here indicated by Roman numerals (representing the ranges of the cemetery, numbered as on page 297), followed by the lot number, as on the same plan. The names of the men who actually went from this place are expressed in italics. So far as known the following is a complete list :
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