A memorial of the town of Hampstead, New Hampshire : historic and genealogic sketches. Proceedings of the centennial celebration, July 4th, 1849. Proceedings of the 150th anniversary of the town's incorporation, July 4th, 1899, Volume I, Part 25

Author: Noyes, Harriette Eliza, b. 1848, comp
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Boston : G.B. Reed
Number of Pages: 676


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In District No. 6 is the burial spot known as the " Hadley yard " in which are found the graves of many residents of that section. Stones of the Websters as follows :


In memory of JOHN WEBSTER Esq., who died Feb'ry ye 11th, 1780, in ye 67th year of his age.


In memory of Mrs. ELIZABETH WEBSTER, (wife of John Webster Esq. dec.), Sept. ye 9th, 1785, in ye 76th year of her age.


Mrs. JOANNA WEBSTER, wife of Mr. Caleb Webster, who died Aug. 6th, 1785, in the 27th year of her age.


The only monument in that yard is of " Bunker Hill " pat- tern and erected to the memory of the Harrimans.


JOHN HARRIMAN, died Aug. 6, 1822, aged 84. ABIGAIL, his wife, died Aug. 15, 1812, ag. 71.


On the opposite side the inscription of the son-in-law and daughter of John Harriman, as follows :


JOHN CLARK, died Mar. 26, 1829, ag. 59, his wife, MARY CLARK, died Mar. 27, 1869, aged 89-11m.


Other families buried here are Morse, Johnson, Arnold, Moulton, Hinds, Hadley, and others.


The " Ray " Cemetery at District No. 7, in which families of that name, Merricks, Johnsons, Clayton, and others in that vicinity lie buried. There are also the graves of Anson Bean, David McLaren, Charles Chew, and William Clayton, soldiers in the Civil war buried here.


" Pine Ridge Cemetery," also in District No. 7, was ac- cepted by the town in March last as a gift from Mr. Tappan Carter. Mr. Allen B. Martin was the first body to be buried in this place in 1865.


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Near the home of Mr. George Bragg, is a family plot where lie buried the grandparents of the family, Mr. George R. Bragg and wife, Martha (Rand) Bragg, also two children of Mr. Tobyne.


Another family "Sacred Lot" is on the Marshall farm, where Capt. William Marshall and others were buried.


While some of our burial places are simply old fashioned grave-yards with very little about them, like what is seen in cemeteries in large towns or cities, nor are they as well kept as should be, we are proud to mention that this anniversary year, an effort has been made by our citizens to beautify and improve the lots, especially the " Center Cemetery " by build- ing a nice face wall along the street, replacing the toppling stones, cleaning the moss and decayed matter from those stones on which, by age and neglect, the inscriptions had become almost obliterated, and other good work has been done.


Judge I. W. Smith in the appendix of his pamphlet in 1849 says " For the first eighteen years there was no record of deaths. For the next six years only a few are recorded. The full record commences in 1752. It was kept by Rev. Henry True and was continued by his son John True, Esq., and by Rev. John Kelly, to the close of the year 1846, and since by Rev. J. M. C. Bartley. The whole number of deaths recorded from 1746 to 1849 is 1128. The greatest number was in 1756 and amounted to thirty. The proportion to the population is one in eighty-one annually."


While I have not followed out the mortality since 1849, I have completed to 1899 the list of aged people who have lived and died in Hampstead, having arrived at the age of ninety years and upwards, as follows :-


Mr. Stephen Johnson,


died


1769 aged 91


Widow Davis,


1770 66 94


Widow Sarah Emerson,


66


1770


90


Capt. Jona. Carlton,


1794


66 94


Dea. Joseph French,


1794


66 92


John Hogg, Esq.,


66


1795


91


Widow of John Hogg, Esq.,


1796


92


Widow Eleanor Copps,


1801


92


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Mr. Samuel Johnson,


died


1801 aged 90


Widow Mary Carlton,


1803


90


Widow Hannah Brown,


66


1804


90


Widow Hannah Eastman,


1806


66 91


Widow Martha Webster,


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1809


97


Mr. Samuel Kelly,


1810


92


Mr. John Atwood,


66


1812


97


Widow of Joshua Knight, .


1812


91


Mr. Edmond Morse.


1816


66 90


Widow Knight,


..


1816


90


Widow Quimby,


66


1822


66 90


Capt. Win. Marshall,


66


1822


96


Widow Dorothy Cotton,


66


1816


66


96


Miss Sarah Doller,


1828


90


Widow Sarah George,


66


1834


95


Dea. Job Kent,


1837


94


Amos Buck Sr.,


July S,


1859


92


Alice Pierce,


66


Mar.,


1866 66 90


Miss Sally Little,


Mar. 27,


1870


66


92


Anna Morse,


66


Feb.,


1871


90


Dea. Jonathan Kent,


Dec.,


1874


91


Susan R. Eastman,


April,


1SS3


96


Sophia Moulton,


Nov.,


1883 66 91


Dr. Isaac Tewksbury,


Jan. 25,


18Số


90


Mrs. Alice Shannon,


66


1889


66


92


Widow Myra B. Graves, .


1894


66 94


Miss Hannah M. Howard,


Jan.,


1895


66 93


Widow Polly Woods,


June,


1899


95


66


97


Widow Anne Knight,


1839


66


92


"


91


Hannah French,


Nov.,


1859


66


96


Daniel Little Esq.,


1818


66 90


Widow Judith French,


1830


Widow of Joseph Webster,


1841


66


66


66


66


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SKETCHES, ILLUSTRATIONS AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES.


It has been said by a great naturalist, Alexander Von Humboldt, that "the specific work of civilization is to get the individual out of the mass and to exalt personality." History, whether it be local or general, is a help to society, and a promoter of civilization, because it brings into public observation and scrutiny the men and women of any period of the past, who, by ability, strength, activity, insight and opportunity, have led the way in all good works, and are as models and examples for succeeding generations.


It is not my privilege to exalt one citizen of the present generation above another. Their personal characteristics and individual traits of character are shown to us in their every day acts and life ; their ability, in the results attained from their work for themselves and others among us. An eminent writer has described an ideal citizen as one "who applies himself peacefully to his work, and yet, upon the call of gen- eral need, each one obeys and acts together." We have seen much of uniting for a certain aim or purpose by our people in town, and certainly, as a combined whole, our citizens may be classed as ideal townsmen.


In the reproducing of the likenesses of our citizens or former residents, I have endeavored to place some representa- tive from the old settled families, or natives of the town, prominent in the upbuilding of Hampstead. In several in- stances four generations from some prominent family are rep- resented. I have been guided in the size and style of the illustrations, except those of the committee of arrangements for the 150th celebration (which are all full page), by the style and finish of the photographs received to work from, giving


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more work upon the grandfathers' portraits than those of the younger generation, as far as practicable.


The other illustrations are of noted landmarks of histori- cal associations, as marking the birthplace of some worthy citizen, or place of local interest and pride.


Many of the private residences are scenes of busy people, who are ever active, adding in some way to the thrift and prosperity of the community, having lived to give testimony with the writer, who says : " I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : Never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage, 'Too many irons in the fire ' conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many- poker, tongs and all, keep them agoing."


A brief description of the illustrations, genealogically and historically, as far as I have learned in the few months of the preparation of this work, follows :-


ISAAC WILLIAM SMITH was the second child of Isaac and Mary (Clarke) Smith, and grandson of Joseph Smith, Adju- tant in Lt. Col. Welch's company, of Plaistow, under Brig. Gen. Whipple, who joined the continental army at Sarato- ga in 1777. He was born in Hampstead May 18, 1825.


His early years were passed in the quiet atmosphere of his native village, and in attendance of brief periods at the academies in Salisbury, Derry and Sanbornton. At the age of fifteen years he was sent to pursue his studies pre- paratory for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., then under the care of Samuel H. Taylor, L.L. D., one of the most distinguished educators that this country has as yet produced. After completing his preparatory studies he entered Dartmouth college in 1842. The Presi- dent of the college, Rev. Nathan Lord, D. D. was then in the full meridian of that remarkable career which secured for him a place among the foremost college presidents of the country. Mr. Smith graduated in 1846, and in the spring of 1847 commenced his legal studies in the office of William


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Smith at Lowell, Mass. After spending nearly a year in this office, he removed to Manchester, N. H., and completed his studies in the office of Hon. Daniel Clark.


He was admitted to the bar July 9, 1850, and at once com- menced the practice of his profession in Manchester, which he continued except while holding a position as judge. He was for five years the law partner of Hon. Daniel Clark. Mr. Smith was early recognized by his fellow citizens as taking a lively interest in the welfare of his adopted city. He was president of the common council in 1851 and 1852, city so- licitor in 1854-'55, and mayor in 1869. He also served two years upon the board of school committee. In 1855 he was appointed judge of the police court of Manchester, but re- signed the office in 1857 to engage more fully in the practice of his profession. He was elected in 1859 to represent his ward in the legislature of the state, and re-elected the following year, and in the latter part was chairman of the judiciary com- mittee of the House of Representatives. In 1862-'63 he was a member of the State Senate and chairman of its judiciary committee. In 1863 he was appointed by President Lincoln assessor for the second internal revenue district of New Hamp- shire, and held the office until 1870. He was appointed as- sociate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of New Hamp- shire, February 10, 1874, by Governor Straw. In August of that year the court was reorganized, and he was appointed by Governor Weston associate justice of the new court, and held the office until the court was again reorganized in August. 1876. In July, 1887, a vacancy occurred in the Supreme Court, he was appointed by Gov. Prescott to fill the position, which he occupied until he retired in May, 1895, having reached the age limitation prescribed by the constitution of the state. As a lawyer, Judge Smith in his practice was al- ways characterized by a clear judgment, unsparing industry, and unbending integrity. Upon the bench, his ability as a lawyer, his conscientious and thorough examination of every case upon which he was called to express his opinion, and


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the judicial poise and impartiality which he always maintained, secured for his decision the highest degree of confidence and respect.


Judge Smith's personal interest in the affairs of his Alma Mater, suffered no abandonment as other cares and interests multiplied. He was president of the Dartmouth Alumni As- sociation in 1881-'83, and of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1882-'84. In college he was one of the charter members of the Dartmouth Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Society. In 1880 he delivered before the Alumni Association an culogy on the life and character of Hon. William H. Bartlett, late associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. In March, 1885, he was elected one of the trustees of the college, which position he held at the time of his decease.


He received the degree of LL. D. from the college in 1889. He found time in the press of professional duties to indulge his taste for historical investigation, contributing his share to the researches of the New Hampshire Historical Society, of which he was made a member in 1861. In 1849 he delivered the address at the centennial celebration of the incorporation of Hampstead, which he published in pamphlet form and which is reprinted in this book. His tastes in this direction gave a special zeal and value to a visit which he made in the sum- mer of 1878 to several scenes of historical interest in the old world. In 1889 he was a delegate from Manchester to the


New Hampshire constitutional convention. He was a trustee of the Manchester public library since 1872, and trustee of the Manchester Savings Bank since 1891. He was also a men- ber of the Masonic Fraternity, having received all the degrees to and including that of Knight Templer. Politically the sympathies of Judge Smith were with the republican party since its organization. He was an earnest advocate of the great principles which that party bore inscribed upon its ban- ner in our terrible Civil war, and in the period of reconstruc- tion which followed, and which are destined to go down to the future as an inspiring and plastic force in one of the great epochs in history.


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He was in 1856 a delegate to the national convention which nominated Fremont and Dayton as candidates for president and vice president.


Religiously, by education and conviction, his sympathies were with the Orthodox Congregationalisits. He early identified himself with the Franklin Street Congregational Society in Manchester, and assumed his full share of its burdens and re- sponsibilities, being called at different times to fill the offices of president, treasurer, and director in it. In 1870 he be- came a member in full communion of the church with which that society is connected, and always took a lively interest in its prosperity, and in the advancement of the cause which it represents.


Judge Smith was united in marriage Aug. 16, 1854, with Amanda W., daughter of Hon. Hiram Brown, the first Mayor of Manchester. Eight children were born to them : Mary A., wife of V. C. Ferguson, Port Arthur, Texas ; William I., Bustleton, Pennsylvania ; Arthur Whitney, deceased Mar. 5, 1886 ; Julia B., wife of W. B. Cowan, Saratoga, Wyoming ; Edward C., Manchester, N. H .; Daniel C., Lawrence, Mass .; Jennie P., wife of Dr. J. F. Bothfield, Newton, Mass .; Grace L., wife of Frederick N. Walker, Manchester, N. H.


Judge Isaac William Smith died November 28, 1898.


ADJ. JOSEPH SMITH resided in Plaistow, nearly opposite the residence of Mr. George Donecuer. He married a Miss Saw- yer and had a son Timothy, and by a second marriage James and Isaac, and perhaps others. The family were known as " store keepers " there. The sons moved to Hampstead about 1824, when Capt. James resided at West Hampstead on the old homestead known as John Hogg place, and in the last twenty years Joseph Calef place. He married Sarah Col- by, and had several children, among whom are Rev. Daniel J., of West Rindge, and Moses C., of West Newbury, Mass.


ISAAC SMITH, EsQ., born May 31, 1793, married first, Mary Clark of Plaistow ; second, Sarah Clement of Salisbury, N. H .;


WASH POND.


Dr. GEORGE R. BENNETTE.


MRS. AMELIA F. BENNETTE.


RESIDENCE OF GEO. R. BENNETTE, M. D.


" LAKEVIEW. '


OLIVER PUTNAM.


-


SCHOOL HOUSE DIST. NO. I.


DANIEL KNIGHT STICKNEY.


GOVERNOR'S ISLAND IN LAKE WENTWORTII.


1


PUTNAM PLACE.


CHARLES W. BAILEY.


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HORACE BAILEY.


WALTER A. ALLEN M. D.


MARSHALL HOME.


LEONARD E. WEBBER.


AVENDER CORSON.


JOHN S. CORSON


----


--


EAST HAMPSTEAD CHURCH. SCHOOL-HOUSE.


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third, Abby (Clark) Clark, of Lowell, Mass. By the first mar- riage he had children Isaac William and Nathaniel C., and re- sided where Mr. Jacob Townsend now resides. He moved to the residence now occupied by Charles P. Tabor and Mr. Vig- neault, known later as the Alfred W. Foote residence; here children, Mary C., who married James Brickett, of Clairmont, N. H., Joseph, who died young, and Rufus Clement who mar- ried Helen M., daughter of Daniel Nichols, of Hampstead, were born. They were among the leading merchants of Hampstead for about fifty years, at the present store of Isaac Randall.


RUFUS C. and HELEN (Nichols ) SMITH have children, Susie C., teacher of elocution, Haverhill ; S. Kate, and Alice N. who married Charles H. Pearson, of Boston, July 16, 1890. They have children Philip Kimball, Daniel Nichols, and Clement Smith. Mr. Smith held many offices of trust in town, and has resided in Haverhill for the past twenty years.


The following letter was received from Mr. Henry True, Marion, Ohio, in response to an inquiry as to the service of Rev. Henry True, as chaplain in the old French war, etc., from papers in his possession. Mr. True also sent a tracing of the autograph of Rev. Henry True in an " Almanac," 1753, which we reproduce here :


Henry True 1753 .


MARION, OHIO, Oct. 16th, 1899.


MISS HARRIETTE E. NOYES, Westville, N. H.


As requested in yours, 14th inst., I send you items in regard to my great grandfather, Rev. Henry True, the first pastor of the church in Hamp- stead. These items appear in the genealogy of the True family, pre- pared by my father, the late Dr. Henry Ayer True.


Rev. Henry True, born Feb'y 27, 1726, died May 22, 1782. Graduated


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H. C. 1750. Ordained and installed at Hampstead, N. H., June 24, 1752. Mar. Ruth Ayer, daughter of Dea. James Ayer of Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 30, 1753. His acceptance of the call is dated May 13, 1752. The salary voted was four hundred each of ye two first years, then five hundred a year, old tenor money. Afterwards one thousand, old tenor, one-half labor and materials of building, and twenty cords of wood annually after he had a family ; and peaceable possession of ye land granted to ye first minister who should settle in Timberlane (Hampstead).


The almanacs of the years 1753, 1754, on the blank leaves, have inserted for notes, certain sentences after each date which allude to his intended wife, the building of his house, and other items, generally in Latin.


Mr. True was twice chaplain in "the old French war," in the years 1759 and 1762. His Bible which he carried with him has the dates, " Fort Edward, June 30, 1759," "at Crown Point, Sept. 25, 1762."


He left a journal of his camp life which is nearly entire.


He mentions Captain, afterwards Col. and Gen. Bailey, who resided in Hampstead, and afterwards settled in Newbury, Vt. The Journal is written partly in English and partly in Latin.


" Monday, June 18, 1759, from Saratoga to Camp Miller, seven miles; and 19th, seven miles to Fort Edward, supper with Mr. Forbs and Briga- dier Ruggles. July 3, removed from Fort Edward to Lake George. Moved down to Ticonderoga & invested it July 24. Returned to Fort Edward July 26 to 30 at Albany ; at Schenectady 30th. Ang. 3d, heard of Fort Niagara being taken, passed by H. Williams about 18 miles from Schenectady, passed Fort Hunter; Aug. 9th, up Mohawk river, with Gen. Gage; 10th to Fort Stanwig, 13th Lake Oneida, 16th to Oswego." Sept. 19th he mentions the capture of Quebec by Gen. Wolfe. Being ill, he with about fifty N. H. men were ordered home, where he arrived Oct. 18th.


In 1762 he left Hampstead June 29th, reached Crown Point July 10th, and returned home Oct. 16th. He mentions Col. Goffe, Col. Whiting, Rev. Mr. Taylor of Conn., and Mr. Fessenden.


After the commencement of the Revolutionary war his salary was small and he labored on the land first given him, and received also some land for his services as chaplain.


He was an ardent Whig during the Revolution; would use no foreign tea, but sometimes a domestic kind, " such as Judy Goodwin sent from Hailstown in a long birch box." When he built a cider mill he told Dea. Goodwin he would not shingle it till he knew whether Lord North would have it or not. He wrote a piece of poetry against the use of tea and published it.


I expect to photograph and print the Journal, and will send you sev- eral copies. I enclose tracing of autograph of Rev. Henry True.


Very truly yours,


HENRY TRUE.


EDMUND TUCKER EASTMAN, M. D., was born in Hamp-


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stead, New Hampshire, November 6, 1820, and died in Bos- ton, November 7, 1892. He spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, and in attending the district school in Hamp- stead. About the age of seventeen he entered Atkinson Academy, and fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andov- er, graduating in 1842. He graduated from Harvard Uni- versity in the class of 1846, receiving his degree of A. B., and entered Harvard Medical School from which he was grad- uated, and received his degree of M. D. in 1850, and A. M. in 1854. Dr. Eastman took an active part in public affairs. He was a republican in politics and represented Ward Seven- teen, Boston, in the House of Representatives in the Legisla- ture of 1882 and 1883. He served on the Boston School Board for eleven years. He was a member of the Board of Overseers of the Poor of Boston for three years, and held the office of Dispensary Physician for five years, and Warden for four years. He was a distributer of the Howard Benevolent Society for over thirty years ; a life-member of the Webster Historical Society ; a member of the New England Historic- Genealogieal Society and Law and Order League and a life member of the Young Men's Christian Association and of the American Sunday School Union. He served the Old South Church as Sunday School Superintendent for six years, and also as Superintendent in the afternoon of the Old Colony Mission Sunday School. He was a member of the Old South Church from 1857 to the time of his decease and was most constant in his attendance upon divine service during all those years, regardless of the weather and advancing age. He had the old time love and respect for his pastors, which he ex- hibited not only by his general bearing but by personal ser- vice. It was permitted to him to be a great help to his fel- low-men, not only by medical advice, but by counsel and sym- pathy. Of him it may be said that he followed in the foot- steps of his Master and was " the good physician." While on his way to the cars, after having attended the Congregational Club meeting in March, 1892, he was overcome by weakness


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and fell, from which time his health declined until summoned home to his Master, a few months later, in November. He was survived by a widow and one son, the latter, Edmund Chase Eastman of Brookline, Mass., who presents the forego- ing tribute.


The REV. JOHN M. C. BARTLEY, who was the beloved minister of the Congregational Church in Hampstead from 1836 to 1858, a period of twenty-two years, was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, May 15th, 1799. His father, Dr. Robert Bartley of Scotland, was graduate of the Univer- sity of Edenborough and was distinguished for his attain- ments and usefulness in the medical profession. His son proved himself worthy of being a descendant of so noble a race of men as those who for centuries, have peopled old Scotland.


Mr. Bartley married first, Mary Ann, daughter of Rev. Dr. Morrison of Londonderry, N. H. His second marriage was in 1837, with Miss Susan Dana, daughter of Dr. Dana of Newburyport, Mass. His eldest son, William Morrison Bart- ley, became an Episcopal minister and died at the age of thirty years, beloved and lamented by an affectionate people in Winchester, Tennessee, in 1863. His widow, Mrs. Ame- lia Henriques Bartley, afterwards married Mr. William H. Powers of Richmond, Virginia, and is again a widow, resid- ing at present at Newport News, Virginia.


Mrs. Bartley is still living at the venerable age of ninety- one years, with her daughter, Miss Susan Bartley, in Malden, Mass. Two little graves in the Hampstead cemetery mark the resting place of two children who died young, while the beloved father himself peacefully reposes in the cemetery at Kittery Point, Maine, where the last year or two of his life was so happily spent among a loving people who begged to have him buried there. A handsome marble monument bears the following inscription :


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IN MEMORY OF REV. JOHN M. C. BARTLEY. Born May 15, 1799. Died June 2, 1860.


By precept and practice upright, sincere and courteous. In every rela- tion an affectionate and warm-hearted friend. A reverent student of God's word. An able and faithful minister of Jesus Christ. In him sound judgment and firm principle were happily united with a Catho- lic spirit and great affability of manner and character.


[On the West side. ] Gone to the grave - no, to the realms of hope - Be thy pure spirit with the Lord. Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love. And open vision for the written Word.


[On the North side. ]


" Justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Rev. 3: 4.


[On the South side.]


" Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."


ISAAC TEWKSBURY, M. D., was born in West Newbury, Mass., Jan. 13, 1895, son of Isaac and Susanna (Hale) Tewks- bury of Hampstead. He availed himself of the educational advantages of his time, qualifying himself for a teacher, and a portion of his early life was spent in that employment, teaching school in West Newbury, East Haverhill, Mass., and that neighborhood, having for his pupil John G. Whit- tier, a lad of eight years, who was then told by Mr. Tewks- bury that if he continued until he was thirty years of age, he would occupy a prominent place in the literary world. Still aiming in the direction of a medical profession, he at- tended anatomical lectures at Gloucester, Me., and in other places, in connection with his studies. In 1817, he com- menced the practice of medicine in Hampstead. On May 2, 1824, he received his diploma from Dartmouth College, and joined the New Hampshire Medical Society that same year, and for several years held the office of councillor and censor. In the second year of his practice he entirely discarded the use of mercury, and entered his protest against it as a dele- terious medicine. In consequence he encountered fierce op- position from prominent and popular physicians, but he firmly faced their hostility, and established a high reputation as a medical practitioner. He moved to Lawrence, Mass., in




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