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Messrs. G. A. Worcester and E. C. Hutchinson, Committee, Milford. N.H .:
GENTLEMEN: - It gives me pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your kind invitation to be present on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Milford, June 26. I regret to state that I cannot hope to attend, on account of the pressure of other duties.
It occurs to me to say that I grow more and more in favor of anni. versary and memorial celebrations. The revival of reminiscences by the old, and their study by the young, enter into the growth of character in both old and young, more, perhaps, than even individual experiences in life. The founders of our New England towns were noble men and women. The lapse of time has made great changes in society, but I believe not such as will diminish reverence for the virtues and the labors of our ancestors, who laid broad and deep the foundations of our repub- lic. No town is richer in historic memories than Milford. I trust the sentiments which will be aroused at your anniversary, will be fruitful of happiness and benefit to all your people.
Yours truly, WM. E. CHANDLER.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. S., WASHINGTON, June 23, 1894.
Messrs. G. A. Worcester and E. C. Hutchinson, Committee on Invitations :
GENTLEMEN: I am in receipt of your polite invitation to join in the Centennial celebration of the incorporation of your beautiful town, and regret that my duties here will prevent my uniting with you upon that interesting occasion. A hundred years is a long time, and probably no one can remember when your ancestors became a " body politic," but in
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the history of a New England town, whose organization and government are based upon the continuing will of the people, it is a brief period and one which we may readily believe will be celebrated again and again, until your coming anniversary will be so far in the past that it will exist only as a tradition or a record. Such I am confident will be the good fortune of your citizens, and I congratulate them upon the happy condi- tions under which life is enjoyed and dignified by them, and upon the certainty that through the coming centuries their descendants will per- petuate for themselves and their neighbors the blessings of civil and re- ligious liberty, that public education may be maintained, that self-gov- ernment may not perish, and that the right to worship according to the dictates of conscience may not be questioned, but may be recognized everywhere as an "inalienable right,"
Your program of celebration is an excellent one. It will be char- acterized by eloquent words of wisdom and patriotism, and by appro- priate festivities. I regret my inability to be with you.
Very truly yours,
H. M. BAKER.
91 CROSS STREET, SOMERVILLE, June 7, 1894.
Messrs. Worcester and Hutchinson:
GENTLEMEN :- I am in receipt of your invitation to attend the Cen- tennial Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Milford. It will give me pleasure to be present, if circumstances will admit. I retain very pleasant recollections of Milford, for some of the pleasantest years of my life were spent with the people of that community. I thank you most heartily for the invitation. Sincerely,
R. B. MOODY.
SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY, JUDGE JONAS HUTCHINSON IN CHAMBERS.
CHICAGO, June 18, 1894. George A. Worcester, Esq., Sec'y, etc.,
MY DEAR SIR :- I regret that I cannot be present to participate in the rejoicing over the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Milford. My duties are so imperative that I cannot leave here until about the middle of July. That the celebration may be a glorious success, worthy of the noble men and women who laid the foundation of the town, and of those who have, by devotion to its wel- fare, made it the foremost town of its size in the state, for enterprise, virtue and intelligence, is the profound wish of the writer.
Yours very truly, JONAS HUTCHINSON.
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY.
EDGERTON, WIS., June 21, 1894.
Messrs. Worcester and Hutchinson, Committee, etc .:
GENTLEMEN : - I thank you, and through you, the good people of Milford for your very courteous invitation to join in celebrating the cen- tennial of Milford's incorporation, and greatly regret that my duties forbid accepting such invitation.
You have most abundaut material for an unusually happy centen- nial celebration. Mill-ford, the mill at the ford, was one key to the prosperity of the town.
Her huge beds of granite and her dense forests were others, but better than all these was that intelligence, energy, thrift and virtue of her people that seized on these advantages, put them to a practical use and built up her her homes, schools, churches, libraries and other insti- tutions which have made a history that every son of that grand old town may well be proud of; while at the same time you have abolished saloons, gaming houses and other places of immorality and dissipation.
Her first hundred years is nobly secure, and it is most fitting that its completion should be suitably celebrated.
Her past, so prosperous and patriotic, is full of promise of a most glorious future, therefore I bespeak for you a happy and successful cele- bration; one that shall arouse her people to still greater achievements and prosperity as the town enters on its second centennial.
Very truly yours,
J. P. TOWNE.
SOUTH HAVEN, MICH., June 20, 1894. To G. A. Worcester and E. C. Hutchinson, Committee on Invitations :
GENTLEMEN :- Your kind invitation to be present upon the occa- sion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Milford was duly received with thanks.
To a native of the "Granite State," the mere reminder of an anni- versary occasion is sufficient to stir one's pride and cause one's blood to pulsate quicker. As I picture to myself the happy faces and imagine the "feast of reason and flow of soul," it is with regret that I cannot mingle with the joyous throng, and unite in eulogizing the grand old town, where more than thirty of the pleasantest years of my life were passed. As "distance lends enchantment to the view," so must I be content, and although in a distant State, surely shall I be present in spirit on that festal day, and ever be proud to claim Milford as the spot where my eyes for the first time beheld the light. Let me say to all friends who, perchance, may be present, that many years spent in the West only deepen my regard for the place of my birth, its beautiful homes, its grand history, and its intelligent people.
EDWARD LOVEJOY.
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CLEVELAND, OHIO, June 5, 1894.
Gentlemen of the Centennial Committee : -
Your kind invitation to attend the Celebration of the One Hun- dredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Milford, N. H., is received. Please accept thanks and regrets that I cannot be present. I would gladly meet once more the remnant of those who were boys and girls together fifty and sixty years ago. I learned my A, B, C.'s, and a few other rudiments, in a district school in the southwestern part of the town. My first teaching was also undertaken in this self-same district. I think Mr. and Mrs. Addison Peabody, and a few other of my old pupils, still survive. This was half a century ago, I vividly remem- ber the old landmarks, the rather hilly road, the spearmint, the wild roses and ferns, with the berries which grew by the roadside ; but espec- ially do I remember the school committee, "Priest " Moore and "Squire" Livermore, with others whose names are less familiar. Also, the old Baptist meeting-house on the sandy hill, where Samuel Everett, Mark Carpenter, and others, before and after, preached the word as they un- derstood it, in all sincerity, and the Hutchinson Family, filled the sing- er's seats. And earlier than this I have a dim recollection of the time when Calvin Averill and Diamond Pearson played the bass viol and Luther Wallace blew the clarionet. But these times seem misty and far away, with now and then an event or a face distinct and real; among these were the baptisms, which took place in old Souhegan, with the singing at the waterside, and old Dea. Hutchinson receiving the candi- dates as they came up out of the water ; these were impressive scenes, I wonder do they still occur in the old way? As I write scenes and indi- viduals almost forgotten come vividly to mind. I wonder do they still raise hops in Milford? We used to have great times picking hops. For more than a third of a century my home has been in the beautiful city of Cleveland, on the shore of Lake Erie. During these years I have many times revisited my Eastern home, and though Ohio seems a little more familiar and real to me than New Hampshire, I still feel interested in all that concerns Milford, and am always proud of being a New Eng- lander. Milford is a good place to come from, and I doubt not an equally good place to stay in. I send greeting to the remnant of the old days, and God speed to the present and coming generation. Mav they be true to their motto of " Equal and exact justice to all," and wiser and better than we of the past. Very respectfully,
ABBY L. O. AVERILL STONE.
VALRICO, FLA., June 4, 1894.
To the Town of Milford, through your Committee on Invitations:
I am pleased to say that I have received your very polite invitation to be present on the occasion of your Centennial Celebration, but regret that I shall not be able to attend. Please receive my best wishes that
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the day may be all that you desire, and that the future prosperity of Milford may be assured by the sterling virtue of the people.
My first recollections of Milford were when riding into the town from the north with my father on a load of goods, at the age of seven years. The first thing that took my attention was the red painted roofs of some of the buildings. I had never seen a painted roof before.
I think it was the spring of 1823 that my father bought a farm of Michael Hartshorn, situated in the western part of the town, between the farms of B. Shedd and E. Smith, and moved there from New Bos- ton. It was called the Melser place; probably Mr. Melser cut it out from the primitive forest. At present it is owned by Mr. E. S. Burns.
Yon have a good motto, "Equal and exact justice to all." But do you dispense equal justice to all? Do the women share equally in the government? All governments should be instituted by the consent of the governed, but they are not. Women are governed by laws that men have made, and are not permitted to have a voice in making the laws of the State. Thas is a great injustice. I am really under no obligations to obey any human laws, to which I have never given my consent. But, thank heaven, there is one path of freedom open to all, through the press. Woman can speak her mind there as freely as man, and I rejoice to know that many have availed themselves of this liberty. Miss Wil- lard says that when she speaks on the platform she can reach thousands, but when she speaks through the press she can reach millions. Let us ever maintain a free press. With the public schools and free expression of thought we can defy all the powers of tyranny and oppression.
CLEMENTINE AVERILL.
CHICAGO, June 22, 1894.
To G. A. Worcester and E. C. Hutchinson, Committee of Invitations :
GENTLEMEN : - Your letter of invitation to me from the Town of Milford, for my presence the 26th of June next, upon the occasion of the celebrarion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of its Incorporation, June 26, 1894, is received. Please give my thanks to the Town of Mil- ford for the kiud invitation to be present at the celebration. It would give me great pleasure and enjoyment to be there to see the beautiful Town of Milford and its people, where I was born and lived thirty-three years. Although it would be very sad to me, after nearly forty years since I left the town, to see the great changes that have taken place, and death's great harvest among my dear relatives and my good old neigh- bors ; not one left, all gone and joined the great majority. I always liked Milford. It is a smart progressive go-a-head town. Its citizens have always stood in the front rank in advocating good morals, patriot- ism, human liberty, free speech, religious liberty, temperance, music and the arts. Also, industry, public improvements and advancement upon all lines, for the benefit and happiness of the people, hospitable to all
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that come within her gates. In short, Milford has some of the spirit of Chicago's push, and get there.
I send my regrets that it will be impossible for me to be present at the celebration; nevertheless, my heart and soul will be with you just the same. My wish is that the citizens of Milford may realize all of their expectations and happiness in the celebration, on the 26th of June next, and hope the next one hundred years will bring forth great advance- ment in knowledge, improvements and prosperity to the Town of Mil- ford, and may God bless all the mothers and daughters, is the wish of your humble servant.
Yours truly, GEORGE HOLT.
Mr. Worcester :
AMHERST, July 2d, 1894.
DEAR SIR :- In behalf of the delegates from Amherst, I wish to express our thanks for the cordial invitation to visit you, and the very pleasant manner in which we were entertained on the 26th.
With the best wishes for the progressive Town of Milford,
Respct'y yours, JAMES F. WESTON, Chairman Board of Selectmen.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HISTORY
OF THE
Town of Milford,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
From its earliest settlement, with a genealogical record of Milford families, by
George A. Ramsdell.
PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN COMMITTEE.
TOWN COMMITTEE-G. A. WORCESTER, Chairman, J. E. FOSTER, Secre- tary, W. H. W. HINDS, Treasurer, W. P. COLBURN, J. W. CROSBY.
HE committee would announce that the forthcoming his- tory of the town is now well under way and will ap- pear at the earliest date consistent with its careful prep- aration. The volume will be of the usual octavo size and contain not less than eight hundred pages, printed on extra heavy rag paper, made in Henniker especially for this work. The presswork and binding will be by the Republican Press Association, of Concord, N. H., and will recommend itself. The work will be embellished with two maps, thirty-six or more steel plate portraits of persons prominently connected with the town, and many views of public and private buildings, residences, etc.
The edition is limited to seven hundred copies, and the committee guarantee copies only to advance subscribers. The price has been fixed at $3.00 (three dollars) per copy, bound in the best cloth, or $4.00 (four dollars) bound in half leather. Special bindings will be provided at special prices. Any in- formation desired will be furnished by the committee.
W. P. Colburn has the especial charge of the genealog- ical matter, J. E. Foster the subscriptions and religious soci- eties, G. A. Worcester the illustrations, J. W. Crosby milli- tary matters, W. H. W. Hinds physicians and secret societies.
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