History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire, Part 109

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1200

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Rev. Giles Bailey was settled in 1857 and continued until 1860. Rev. Carlos Marston fol- lowed in the spring of 1861. Rev. E. S. Foster was pastor from 1863 to 1865, and Rev. Asher Moore from July, 1867 to 1870. For a while Rev. T. Barron preached here and at North Charlestown, half the time at each place ; and in the early part of 1871 Rev. Eli Ballou occu- pied the pulpit.

On May 7, 1871, Rev. C. E. Sawyer, having accepted a call to settle, preached his first sermon as pastor, and, on the morning of June 28th of the same year, he, with his young wife and wife's father, Mr. Sylvanus Cushing, of Abington, Mass., was drowned at Ashley's Ferry, in Connecticut River. Mr. Cushing came here to visit his daughter, who had been but a few weeks married, and on that morning, the skies being bright and the air balmy, Mr. Sawyer took a two-seated, cov- ered carriage, with one horse from a livery stable, and set out with his wife and father-in-law for a drive. They crossed Claremont Bridge into Ver- mont, drove down the river to Weathersfield Boro', and, it is supposed, attempted to ford Connecticut

River at Ashley's Ferry with the sad result above stated. No one saw them enter the river, and no one of the party survived to tell how the distress- ing calamity happened. It was only left for con- jecture. The horse was also drowned.

The following November Rev. S. P. Smith began a pastorate, which continued until September, 1873, and was followed in June, 1874, by Rev. Edward Smiley, who remained until March, 1881. During his pastorate special and effective work was done in the Sunday-school. Rev. J. M. Johns was pastor from August, 1881, to October, 1883, "and was instrumental in causing the church to be remodeled at an expense of over seven thousand dollars, so that now it is one of the most complete church edifices in the State." The dedicatory services took place August 1, 1883, and were participated in by Drs A. A. Miner and G. L. Demarest and Reverends J. M. Johns, E. Smiley, J. Eastwood and R. T. Polk.

On January 6, 1884, Lee S. M'Collester preached here for the first time, and soon after received and accepted a call to settle as pastor. He was then pursuing his theological course, which was not completed until the following June, when he came here and settled permanently. The New Hampshire Universalist Sunday school and State Conventions met here on September 29th, contin- ued in session until October 2, 1884, and con- cluded with the ordination of Mr. M'Collester, who has since continued a most acceptable pastor.

The church has given much care and attention to the Sunday-school connected with it. It was first inaugurated in 1832, during the pastorate of Rev. W. S. Balch, and for several years was kept up only during the warm seasons. In 1861 it began to hold its sessions through the whole year, and has so continued without intermission, whether the church had a settled pastor or preaching, or not, and is one of the valued institutions of the town.

ST. MARY'S CHURCH, (CATHOLIC.)-An eligible lot on the north side of Central street was pur- chased and ground was broken in 1870 for the Church of St. Mary, under the pastorate of Rev.

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G. Derome. In 1871 Father Derome was suc- ceeded by L. L'Moer, who in 1872 was replaced by Rev. M. Goodwin. Father Goodwin remained in Claremont but four months. Rev. M. Laporte took charge of the parish in July, 1872, and re- mained as pastor until November, 1873, at which time Rev. Cornelius O'Sullivan was appointed pastor. Rev. P. J. Finnegan has been in charge of the parish since that date. The church is not yet completed. It has already cost fully thirty thousand dollars. It is of brick. The style of the church is gothic, one hundred and forty-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. Within the last few years it has been thoroughly renovated; new pews have replaced the old ones; new altars have been built and set in place and the whole in- terior painted in fresco; gas fixtures have been put in and the whole interior woodwork remodeled under the supervision of Architect Hira R. Beck- with, of Claremont. Under the pastorate of Father Finnegan this church seems to be very prosperous and useful.

MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS.

HIRAM LODGE, NO. 9, F. AND A. M., instituted June 25, 1798. The first officers of this lodge were Ithamer Chase, W. M .: Daniel Barber, S. W .; Ebenezer Rice, J. W .; Stephen Dexter, Treas. ; Ambrose Cossitt, Sec. The officers for 1885 are Levi Johnson, W. M .; Edward F. Houghton, S. W .; W. A. Redfield, J. W. ; A. W. Hawkes, Treas. ; John W. Collins, Sec .; Dudley T. Chase, Rep. to Grand Lodge; Herbert E. Fitch, S. D .; James Richardson, J. D .; Jacob Woodbury, Chap. ; Charles H. Long, Mar .; Nor- man S. Bryant, S. S. ; Frederick M. Parmelee, J. S. ; George O. Woodcock, Tiler. Number of members, one hundred and twenty-one.

UNION MARK LODGE, No. 1, held by dispensa- tion from De Witt Clinton, G. G. H. P. of Gen. G. R. A. Chapter of U. S. A. First meeting July 13, 1818, at Zenas Hitchcock's Hall. Present, Stephen Blanchard, M .; Stephen Rice, S. W .; Nathan Bingham, J. W .; T. T. Saxton, M. O .; Zenas Hitchcock, S. O .; R. Elmer, J. O .;

J. Rice, Treas. ; J. Alden, Sec .; Charles Higbee, Jr., John Hitchcock, Jr., Stwds .; John Tyler, Tiler ; B. Tyler, S. Higbee, J. B. Andrews.

WEBB ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, instituted July 11, 1821, by Thomas S. Bowles, G. H. P. of G. R. A. Chapter of New Hampshire. Jonathan Nye appointed High Priest ; Nathan Bingham, King ; Godfrey Stevens, Scribe. The officers for 1885 are Francis F. Haskell, H. P .; Wyllys A. Redfield, E. K .; Levi Johnson, E. S .; Frederick Hanbrich, Treas .; John W. Collins, Sec. ; Hollis A. Jenne, C. H. ; Roswell W. Silsbee, P. S .; Her- bert E. Fitch, R. A. C .; Edward F. Houghton, Chap .; Austin M. Webster, M. 3d V .; Byron T. Tilden, M. 2d V. ; Frederick M. Parmelee, M. 1st V .; George H. Stowell, S. S. ; John Lynch, J. S. ; George O. Woodcock, Tiler. Number of mem- bers, seventy-eight.

COLUMBIAN COUNCIL, NO. 2, R. AND S. M., in- stituted April 15, 1822. The following is a copy of the record of the organization of Columbian Council at Claremont, on the 15th of April, 1822, and of the meeting held May 20, 1822:

"At a meeting held in Masonic Hall, Claremont, on Monday, 15th April, A. L. 5822, for the purpose of es- tablishing a Council of Royal and Select Masters, the following Select Masters being present, viz .: James F. Dana, James Poole, Godfrey Stevens, Roswell Elmer, Nathan Bingham, Jonathan Nye, Joseph Al- den, Stephen Rice and Charles Higbe-James F. Dana presiding,

" Voted, That it is expedient to form a Council of Royal and Select Masters at this place, in connexion with Webb Chapter, by the name of Columbian Council.

"Opened a Council of Select Masters in due and ancient form.

" Conferred the Degree of Royal Master and Select Master on Comp. Stephen Starbird and Daniel Taylor in due form. Received $3 each from Comp. Starbird and Taylor.

"Proceeded to choice of Officers-result was as fol- lows, viz .: Companion Jonathan Nye, T. I. G. M; Nathan Bingham, D. I. G. M .; Godfrey Stevens, P. C .; Roswell Elmer, C. of G .; Stephen Starbird, G. S .; Stephen Rice, Recorder; Daniel Chase, Treasurer.

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"Voted, To choose a Committee of Three to prepare a Code of By-Laws.

" Jonathan Nye, Nathan Bingham and Godfrey Stevens were chosen.

"Voted, That the Fees for the Degrees conferred by this Council be Three Dollars-One Dollar for the Royal Master's and Two Dollars for the Select Mas- ter's Degree.

" Conferred the Degrees of Royal Master and Se- lect Master on Comps. Daniel Chase and Daniel Bond, Jr., in due form.

"Received Three Dollars each from Chase and Bond-$6.00.

"Comps. Stevens, Nye and Bingham were chosen a committee to return thanks to Companions Dana and Poole for their assistance in establishing this Council; also, to make them such compensation as shall be deemed proper.

"Closed the Council in due form, and adjourned to the third Monday of May next.

"Attest, G. STEVENS.

" May 20, 1822 .- Met according to adjournment, and opened the Council in due form.

" Present-J. Nye, T. I. G. M .; N. Bingham, D. I. G. M .; G. Stevens, P. C .; R. Elmer, C. of G .; S. Starbird, G. S .; D. Chase, Treasurer ; S. H. Sabin, Recorder, pro tem .; also, Daniel Bond, Jr., and Sam- uel S. Mather.

"Conferred the Degree of Royal and Select Master on Peter Niles, David Parker, James A. Gregg, Joel Goss and William F. Munger in due form.

"Conferred the Degree of Select Master on David Hale in due form.

* *

"Voted, to accept the code of By-Laws presented by Comp. J. Nye.

"Closed the Council in due form.

" Recorded by GODFREY STEVENS."

The officers of Columbian Council for 1885 are Edward F. Houghton, T. I. M .; Leland J. Graves, D. M. ; Hollis A. Jenne, P. C. W .; Fred- erick Hanbrich, Treas .; John W. Collins, Recor- der ; Hiram G. Sherman, C. G .; Wyllys A. Red- field, C. C .; James Holt, Chap .; Hosea W. Parker, Mar .; James Young, Stwd ; George O. Woodeoek, Sent. Number of members, thirty- nine.

SULLIVAN COMMANDERY, NO. 6, instituted January 23, 1866, by Charles A. Tufts, G. C. of Grand Commandery of New Hampshire. Leland J. Graves, appointed E. C .; Henry A. Redfield, Generalissimo; Rev. A. K. Howard, C. G. The officers for 1885 are Hosea W. Parker, E. C .; George H. Stowell, G .; Frederick Hanbrich, C. G .; James Holt, Prel. ; Charles H. Long, S. W .; Hollis A. Jenne, J. W. ; John T. Emerson, Treas. ; John W. Collins, Recorder ; Henry Tubbs, Std. Br .; Hiram G. Sherman, Std. Br .; George O. Woodcock, Warder; Edward F. Houghton, 3d G .; John J. Dudley, 2d G .: Hira R. Beck- with, 1st G .; Edward H. Jaques, A. and S. Number of members, ninety-three.

ODD-FELLOWS.

SULLIVAN LODGE, No. 12, I. O. O. F., insti- tuted October 23, 1845; resuscitated March 21, 1872. On the 13th of October, 1845, C. Williams and five others, members of White Mountain Lodge, No. 5, of Concord, and residents of Clare- mont, petitioned S. H. Parker, M. W. G. W., praying for a dispensation to form a lodge in Claremont, and on the 23d of that month the Most Worthy Grand Master deputized the R. W. Grand Secretary, G. H. H. Silsby, to open said lodge, by the name of Sullivan Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F. Among the early members of the order in town were W. O. C. Woodbury, Joseph Weber, Stephen Carleton, John Hendee, F. A. Henry, William Clark, Daniel J. Livingston, Lewis W. Randall, S. F. Redfield, John M. Gowdey, Philemon Tolles, Milon C. McClure and Nathaniel Tolles. The lodge continued in active and prosperous work for about twelve years, when, for various causes, the organization was abandoned.

On March 21, 1872, the lodge was resuscitated by Amos Jones, the Most Worthy Grand Master at that time, and a new charter was granted to W. O. C. Woodbury, John Hendee, Joseph Weber, Stephen Carleton, F. A. Henry, William Clark, D. J. Livingston and L. W. Randall; and the lodge has been in good and prosperous condition since then. In the summer of 1885 its hall was remodeled and refurnished, at an expense of about

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twelve hundred dollars, and it has $2427.55 cash on hand. The officers, July, 1885, were H. R Whipple, N. G .; W. E. Griffin, V. G .; George D. Wolcott, Sec .; Frederick Jewett, Treas. ; C. M. Leet, Conductor ; E. H. Woodman, Warden ; E. S. Carleton, I. G .; M. B. Carpenter, O. G .; C. E. Peabody, R. S. N. G .; George H. Walling- ford, L. S. N. G .; T. R. McQuade, R. S. V. G. ; S. I. L. Woodbury, L S. V. G. ; G. F. Spaulding. R. S. S .; S. G. Straw, L. S. S .; F. M. Par- melee, Chap.

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

Soon after the close of the War of the Rebellion Jarvis Post, No. 12, G. A. R., was organized in Claremont, but after a few years was disbanded. It was reorganized June 29, 1880, by W. H. D. Cochran and J. C. Linehan and comrades from Post No. 10, of Newport. It started the second time with twenty charter members. It had, in the summer of 1885, between seventy and eighty members; owned the furniture of their hall ; had a good historical library, and a fund of about three hundred dollars.

SCHOOLS.

New school districts have been formed from time to time in town, as the population has increased. There are now, or rather were before the union of Nos. 1, 15 and 17, in the village, by majority vote of each district, in 1884, nineteen districts, which supported twenty-five schools; the three districts now consolidated had graded schools, viz. : a primary, intermediate and grammar school each. In many respects the educational advantages of the town of Claremont are ex- cellent.

STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL .- In the summer of 1866, Paran Stevens, Esq., of New York City, a son of Josiah Stevens, one of the early inhabitants of Claremont, whose ancestors and relatives spent their lives here, and whose graves are in our cemeteries, proposed to donate the sum of ten thousand dollars to aid in founding a High School, provided that the town would appropriate a like sum for that purpose. In the autumn of that year a town-meeting was called to consider

and act upon the subject, and the citizens, with great unanimity, voted to accept the donation offered by Mr. Stevens, with the conditions named, and voted to raise and appropriate fifteen thou- sand dollars, which, with the ten thousand dol- lars from him, was to be used to purchase a lot and erect a school building. Samuel P. Fiske, George N. Farwell, Nathaniel Tolles, Au- relius Dickinson and Benjamin P. Gilman were chosen a committee to carry out this object. The homestead lot of the late Hon. George B. Up- ham, corner of Broad and Summer Streets, and running back to Middle Street, containing nearly two acres, on which was then no building except a small law-office, which had been for many years occupied by the late Mr. Upham-one of the most eligible and valuable lots in town-was selected for the school building, and purchased of Col. John S. Walker, a son-in-law of Mr. Upham, for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. Materials were bought and other preparations made for the speedy erection of a brick High School building, forty-four by sixty-four feet on the ground, two stories high, with a French or Man- sard roof, which, as completed, is one of the most elegant, substantial and convenient edifices for the purpose for which it was built in the State. In it are four large school-rooms, large vestibules, basement for furnaces, fuel, etc., and an elegant hall in the upper story, the size of the whole building. The building is ample for the accom- modation of two hundred students. When com- pleted, the cost for site, grading, building, furni- ture and iron fence was $27,225.27. It was finished, furnished, and ready for occupancy the 1st of September, 1868. It is a credit as well to the wisdom and skill of the committee as to the town and its generous patron.

Mr. Stevens, not to be outdone by the town, paid for the bricks for the building, for a portion of the iron fence, and in other ways contributed full half of the cost of the High School building and the lot on which it stands. Soon after the completion of the building he gave to the town ten thousand dollars towards a permanent fund

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for the support of the school, and also presented full life-size oil portraits of George Washington and Daniel Webster, painted by the best artists in this country and considered very valuable, which now hang in the hall of the school building, and a Chickering full concert grand piano. At his death, which occurred on the 25th of April, 1872, Mr. Stevens by his will bequeathed forty thousand dollars, to be paid within two years of the time of his death, to be added to the ten thousand dollars before given, for a fund, the interest of which is to be used for the support of the school. This forty thousand dollars has not yet been paid over to the town by the executors of the will, but it is said that it will be at no very distant day. Thus, it will be seen that Mr. Stevens' donations for the school which bears his name will amount to $65,000, $50,000 of which must forever remain as a fund for its benefit.

At the annual town-meeting in March, 1868, Edward L. Goddard, John S. Walker, Ira Colby, Jr., H. W. Parker and Hiram Webb-one from each religious society in town-were chosen the High School committee; and it was voted to give to this new institution of learning the name of the Stevens High School. It was the ex- pressed wish of Mr. Stevens, and indeed of the people of the town generally most interested in its welfare and permanent success, that the school should be kept entirely free from anything like sectarianism, and that its exercises, instruction and management should be alike acceptable to all religious denominations. The committee accord- ingly made a regulation that " The morning sessions shall begin with reading the Bible, singing and repeating the Lord's Prayer in concert by the whole school."

The first term of the Stevens High School com- meneed on the 7th of September, 1868, with nine- ty-eight scholars who had reached the age of thirteen years, and had passed the requisite exani- ination, all but sixteen of whom belonged in town. There is a regulation that scholars from other towns may be admitted to this school by paying a moderate term fee. The teachers were Dr. N.

Barrows, of Berwick, Me., principal, assisted by Miss Mary J. Wightman, of Claremont, and Miss H W. Freeley, of Springfield, Vt., and Mr. A. P. Wyman, as teacher of vocal music. At the close of the first term Miss Freeley resigned, and Miss Ruth P. Perkins, of Pomfret, Vt., filled her place, and she was succeeded in the third term by Miss A. H. Carleton, of Haverhill, N. H. At the close of the school year, in June, 1869, there was an examination by a committee consisting of the Rev. I. G. Hubbard, D.D., Hon. W. H. H. Allen, Rev. Francis W. Towle, Rev. Francis Chase and James P. Upham, Esq., which was creditable to teachers and scholars.

Dr. N. Barrows continued as principal, with several different assistants, three years, and was succeeded by Mr. A. J. Swain. The course prescribed in this school is four years, at the end of which scholars who graduate and receive diplomas are fitted to enter almost any college. At the close of the fourth school year the examin- ing committee reported the school to have been eminently successful. The faithfulness of the teachers and the deportment and diligence of the scholars were mentioned in highly complimen- tary terms. Seven scholars-one boy and six girls-had not been absent or tardy during the year.

A. J. Swain resigned October 4, 1880, his res- ignation to take effect the middle of the fall term. His resignation was accepted, and R. S. Bingham was elected principal, and occupied the position to the end of that school year. In Sep- tember, 1881, L. S. Hastings took charge of the school as principal and has continued in that capacity since. The whole number of scholars who have graduated and been awarded diplomas, is one hundred and fifty-six, viz :

YEAR. BOYS. GIRLS. TOTAL.

1871 2 boys 10 girls 12

1872 2 boys 0 girls 2

1873 2 boys 6 girls. 8

1874 3 boys 7 girls 10

1875 1 boy 9 girls 10

1876 8 boys. 8 girls 16

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YEAR.

BOYS.

GIRLS. TOTAL.

1877

5 boys

7 girls

1878

.5 boys

5 girls

1879. 2 boys

4 girls 6

1880

.5 boys

6 girls 11

1881 4 boys

6 girls.

1882

4 boys.

9 girls 13

1883. 1 boy

6 girls 7

1884

.5 boys

9 girls 14

1885. 10 boys

5 girls. 15

Mrs. Mary B. Alden, of Claremont, who died on the 11th of November, 1869, by her will be queathed her entire estate, amounting to about three thousand dollars, which, at the death of her husband, which occurred in 1874, was to make a fund, the interest of which is paid annually in three prizes to graduates of the Stevens High School. In 1872, Samuel P. Fiske, Esq., a brother- in-law of Paran Stevens, donated three hundred dollars, which, together with one hundred and fifty dollars appropriated by the town, was expended for the purchase of needed apparatus and books for the school. Others have made valuable dona- tions to the library and cabinet belonging to the school.

Mrs. Harriet E. Tappan, of Claremont, who died October 3, 1873, left a will, in which was this clause :

"To the Town of Claremont, in said County of Sul- livan, to be Kept Safely invested by said town, and the income thereof paid over annually to the Pruden- tial Committees of the several school districts in said town in proportion to the number of scholars, to be expended by said Committees in their discretion for prizes for best scholarship and to enable indigent scholars to attend the High School in said town."

The amount thus bequeathed and paid over to the town by the executor of Mrs. Tappan's estate was thirty thousand dollars. This amount has been kept at interest, and the income expended according to the terms of the will. Prudential committees have generally given prizes in money to scholars in their several districts, for excellence of scholarship, deportment and constancy and punctuality of attendance upon school, so that

any child, however backward or dull as a scholar, may get a share of this prize money.

UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT .- As has been before stated, the three districts in Claremont village, by their own act, were consolidated and made one district in 1884, and called " Union School Dis- trict." It is under the management of a Board of Education, composed of six gentlemen, chosen by the district. In 1884, O. B. Way, L. S. Has- tings, H. C. Fay, I. D. Hall, E. Vaughan and C. H. Weed were elected. The scholars are, un- der the present arrangement, which may be changed any time by the Board of Education, in five primary, three intermediate and one grammar school. The money apportioned to these three districts in 1884 was three thousand three hun- dred and seventy dollars and eighty cents, and of the Tappan fund for prizes one thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-seven cents.

FISKE FREE LIBRARY .- In 1873, Samuel P. Fiske, a native citizen of Claremont, founded a free library in the following manner :

" DEED OF SAMUEL P. FISKE TO THE TOWN OF CLAREMONT.

" Know all men by these presents, That I, Samuel P. Fiske, of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, do hereby give, grant and convey unto the town of Claremont, in said county, in trust forever, Two Thousand volumes of Books, named and described in a Catalogue or Schedule, hereafter to be made, to constitute, with such other books as may hereafter be added by the donor, a lib- rary for the benefit of all the inhabitants of said town, and the members of Stevens High School in said Claremont, and to be known as Fiske Free Library. "This gift is made on condition that the said town of Claremont shall accept the same; shall furnish a suit- able building, room or rooms in which to keep the same, and the same shall be kept in the upper hall or room of Stevens High School, until a more suitable place shall be provided therefor; shall at all times keep the same well insured against loss from fire; shall keep said books in a good state of repair, and shall replace with books of equivalent value any that may be worn out, lost or otherwise destroyed. And

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the Committee of Stevens High School shall have the custody, control and management of said Library ; purchase, arrange and catalogue the books, appoint a Librarian and make all needful rules and regula- tions for the management of said Library and the use of the books, all at the expense of the Town of Clare- mont ; and the said Town shall in like manner keep and care for and replace losses in all additions to or en- largements of said Library by said donor.

" In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventh day of August A.D. 1873.

" SAMUEL P. FISKE [L.S.]

(Witness) " IRA COLBY, JR. "W. H. H. ALLEN."

The above deed was read at a town-meeting, held August 15, 1873, when the following resolu- tion was passed :

" Resolved by the town of Claremont that we cor- dially accept the munificent gift of Two Thousand vol- umes of valuable books from Samuel P. Fiske, Esq., upon the conditions and terms of his deed of trust to said town of Claremont, dated August 7, 1873, hereby pledging to the donor that such conditions shall be faithfully complied with, on the part of the town, for the use and perpetuation of the Fiske Free Library."

The following resolution was offered by Pren- tis Dow, and passed :

" Resolved, That the Selectmen, of the town of Claremont are directed to pay the bills of Stevens High School committee for the insurance of the books donated by S. P. Fiske, Esq., and for any expense in- curred in providing a suitable location for the same, not exceeding in all the sum of one hundred dollars per annum."

The location of the library in the upper story of the Stevens High School building, away from the centre of business, was found to be inconve- nient for readers, and, as a consequence, was un- satisfactory to Mr. Fiske. Early in January, 1877, Mr. Fiske invited gentlemen supposed to be most interested in the library to meet him for con- sultation as to the best means for making it more accessible to readers, and accomplish more fully the donor's wishes.

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History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire, Part 109

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis Number of Pages: 1200

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1200