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Upon page 22 allusion is made to a peculiar igneous rock. Specimens have been submitted to the Smithsonian Institution for examination, and a report has been forwarded by R. Rathburn. It is basaltic, allied to the Limburgite or olivine diabase found in boulders at Thetford, Vt., and in place at Corinth, Vt. The Lit- tleton specimen carries no blebs of olivine, but possesses instead large phenocrysts of biotite, while the Thetford rock abounds in large phenocrysts of augite and olivine. The points of resem- blance between the two rocks strongly suggest a relationship if not an absolutely similar genesis. It now remains to discover the source of the boulders, which is quite as likely to be in Concord or Waterford as in Littleton.
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A TRILOBITE (DALMANITES LUNATUS) FROM LITTLETON, N. H., WITH NOTES ON OTHER FOSSILS FROM THE SAME LOCALITY.
BY AVERY E. LAMBERT.
T HE extensive range of igneous and metamorphic rocks, which are necessarily devoid of any organic evidences, gave to those who first studied the geology of this State the conception that it must be considered Azoic.
That no remains of ancient forms of life could be found in New Hampshire, particularly in the region lying close to or within the White Mountain area, was emphasized by Louis Agassiz, whose influence was such in geology that in his day his word was practically looked upon as conclusive.
However, even before Agassiz had declared that it would be impossible to find evidences of the Paleozoic era in the New Hampshire rocks, corals, crinoidal stems, and brachiopods had been found in Littleton, - a fact which at a later time must have come to the knowledge of the great naturalist.
The discovery of corals and crinoidal stems was made by Dr. C. H. Hitchcock in the limestone formations of Littleton, Septem- ber 28, 1870. That day a telegram was sent to the Dartmouth Scientific Society announcing the discovery in the following words : " No longer call New Hampshire Azoic. Silurian fossils found to-day." These fossils were sent to Mr. Billings, a Canadian geologist, for identification. Mr. Billings believed, from the evidence which they presented, that the general term " Helder- berg " could be employed to indicate the geological horizon of this area.
Three years later a party consisting of Professor Hitchcock, Mr. J. H. Huntington, his assistant, and Mr. A. S. Batchellor, of Littleton, discovered the most important fossiliferous section of this area on the northern part of the range of hills popularly known as the Blueberry Mountains.
The limestone of this hill, commonly known as Fitch Hill, con- tains coral and crinoidal fragments quite similar to those found in the rocks in which the fossils were first discovered.
In 1885 Mr. T. Nelson Dale, working under the direction of R. Pumpelly, made a collection of the fossils of this region. In
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his report 1 he calls the strata of this hill a " more or less argilla- ceous limestone " containing crinoidal fragments, Favosites, Haly- sites, Pentamerus, associated with slates, " some of which contain trilobites."
This trilobite was examined by Mr. C. D. Walcott, of the United States Geological Survey, who pronounced it identical with Dalmanites limulurus, a form belonging to the Niagara period of the Silurian age.
Practically nothing more was done in this locality until the fall of 1902, when Professor Hitchcock, accompanied by Mr. Leland Griggs and myself, again visited it and brought away enough material to afford convincing evidence that the place would repay a more thorough search.
In the early part of the summer of 1903 arrangements were made by means of which I was able to spend considerable time in the field, working here under the direction of Professor Hitch- cock. The result of this investigation was the collection of coralline and crinoidal fragments, a number of fragments of the trilobite, together with an almost perfect specimen of the brachiopod which had already been reported as Pentamerus nysius and as P. knighti. These fossils are now in the collection at Dartmouth College.
The locality in which these fossils occur is easily accessible. The most direct way of approach is to ascend the hill, going south, from the house now owned by Mr. Frank Fitch. The fossiliferous rocks are distant from the road some four or five hundred feet.
In ascending the hill one crosses the following strata. First and lowest is the igneous rock which, breaking through horizontal sedimentary rocks, or, more probably, pushing up between and through the already tilted strata, has produced a great deal of the distortion which may be seen everywhere in the configuration of the hill.
Lying next to the igneous rock is a layer of coralline limestone, ranging from thirty to fifty feet in thickness ; while over this, and gradually merging into it where the two come in contact, is the calciferous slate, from five to eight feet thick, in which the trilobites are found.
Above the trilobite-bearing slate is another limestone. Over this is a layer of coarse sandstone ; while above the sandstone is another, though non-fossiliferous, layer of slate.2
1 Proc. Canadian Institute, Toronto, vol. xxii. No. 146, p. 69.
2. At the foot of the hill on the northeast side, in the road, near Parker Brook, is a mass of slate which I believe to be identical with this stratum, and in which I was
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The rock in which the trilobite occurs has been distorted by pressure caused by the uptilting of the strata. This is indicated very clearly by the distorted condition in which many of the fossil fragments are found.
1. THE TRILOBITE. - The trilobites represent a group of the Crustacea - animals having a hard, shell-like outer covering - which is characteristic of the Paleozoic rocks. On account of the firmness of the texture of this outer shell, or exoskeleton, these animals are frequently found in the rocks, having the form excel- lently preserved.
The body is divided transversely into three parts, - the head, or cephalic shield ; the thorax, or middle part; and the tail-piece, or pygidium.
There is a broad, median ridge on the cephalic shield, called the glabella. This is divided by three or four transverse furrows into a large frontal lobe, followed by three or four smaller transverse lobes.
The rest of the cephalic shield is made up of the fixed and free cheeks. The fixed cheeks are on either side of the glabella, and are continuous with it. The free cheeks are separated from the fixed cheeks by the facial suture, and lie toward the margin. The eyes are located on the free cheeks which, being movable, gave to the animal an increased range of vision.
The thorax was composed of several sections, or segments, so joined together that they could move freely upon one another. This articulated structure of the thorax enabled the animal to fold itself up, thus bringing the head and the tail together under- neath. Not infrequently the fossil remains of trilobites are found in this position.
The pygidium was also segmented, but here the segments were fused together, the different parts being, in consequence, incapable of separate movement.
From the glabella on the cephalic shield to the posterior part of the pygidium there extended down the middle line of the body a sharply defined ridge, which is called the axis. The parts on either side of the axis are called the pleura. The body is thus given a threefold, or tri-lobed appearance, from which the animal derives its name.
A few specimens of the cephalic shields of the Littleton trilobite fortunate enough to find a crinoidal stem. Professor Hitchcock also assures me that he has found fossils in the slate, near an abandoned quarry on the west side of this range, the rock of which belongs to this stratum likewise. If the identification of these two masses with the upper strata is correct, then that layer cannot be said to be non-fossiliferous.
FIG. 1.
FIG. 3.
Fig. 2
TRILOBITE FOSSILS FOUND ON FITCH HILL.
PLATE 2.
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have been recovered ; but, owing to the loosely constructed char- acter of the thorax, and to changes which have taken place in the rock in which the fossils are embedded, none of the thoracic segments have been preserved.
After visiting the locality in the fall of 1902, I made a careful examination of the specimens which I obtained there, comparing them with those already in the Dartmouth collections, and came to the conclusion that the Littleton trilobite did not approach near enough to Dalmanites limulurus in certain characters of the cephalic shield and pygidium to justify its identification with that species.
In the meantime specimens were sent to Mr. Charles Schuchert, of the National Museum, for examination. Mr. Schuchert con- cluded that the form could not be that of Dalmanites limulurus, but is between Dalmanites limulurus and Dalmanites pleuropteryx.
Since my conclusion seems to be the correct one, that this form does not approach near enough to Dalmanites limulurus to be identical with that species, I have taken the liberty to suggest, on account of the markedly lunate character of the head, that the Littleton fossil be known by the name of DALMANITES LUNATUS.
The following is a description of this form.
Dalmanites lunatus LAMBERT.
The cephalic shield strongly lunate. The glabella is divided by transverse furrows into an oval frontal portion, about twice as broad as long, followed by three transverse ridges the first of which is considerably broader than the remaining two. The oc- cipital ring is not greatly thicker than the transverse ridges of the glabella. The glabella gradually becomes narrower, proceeding from the frontal lobe backward, and is devoid of marginal crenu- lations (Schuchert).
The fixed cheeks are separated from the glabella by a deep, narrow facial furrow, which runs longitudinally by the side of the glabella to a point just behind the third lobe, where it turns abruptly outward, ending near the base of the genal spine. All three of the transverse furrows of the glabella communicate more or less freely with the facial furrow.
The facial suture passes backward behind the eye from a point. just in front of the glabella, then turning outward joins the margin at a place nearly in line with the middle of the eye.
The large and conspicuous compound eye is situated on the inner margin of the movable cheeks.
The border of the cephalic shield is broadened and forms the
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marginal limb. At the anterior edge the shield is produced into a slight, broadly curved projection. The posterior angles are pro- duced into genal spines of only medium length.
The parts of the thorax have invariably been missing in the specimens which have been found. We may, however, assume that there were eleven segments, which number is fairly constant for this genus.
The pygidium is triangular in form. Its axial ridge is com- posed of thirteen segments. This ridge is considerably broader at the anterior part than at the posterior, which is about half the width of the anterior. The pleura of the pygidium are made up of eight segments whose lateral edges are lost in a broad, thick, marginal band which terminates behind in a short, sharp, wedge- shaped pygidial spine.
These characters point conclusively to the fact that we have in this trilobite a form which, as Mr. Schuchert has indicated, is between Dalmanites limulurus and Dalmanites pleuropteryx, and is, in all probability, considerably nearer to the latter than to the former.
2. OTHER FOSSILS FOUND IN THE LITTLETON LOCALITY. - A con- siderable variety of fossil forms have been found in the limestone which underlies the trilobite-bearing slate. Among these are tube and chain corals (Favosites and Halysites), fragments of crinoidal stems, and brachiopods.
The most conspicuous among these is a brachiopod - some nearly perfect specimens of which have been obtained - which was reported by Billings as Pentamerus knighti, but which Whit- field regarded (also Walcott) as Pentamerus nysius. Schuchert, however, concluded that this form belongs nearer to Conchidium knighti (Pentamerus knighti) than to C. nysius.
The shell bears but little resemblance to C. nysius, and while it approaches C. knighti in the bi-convex character of the dorsal valve, and in the closeness of the plications, it is much nearer in form to C. galeatus than it is to either of the above-mentioned forms. The differences are in the character of the plications and of the marginal fold, the edges of the shell not being folded into so conspicuous a furrow.
The following is a list of the fossils which have been reported from this locality : Halysites catenulata, Favosites favosa, Za- phrentis, Favosites basaltica, Favosites gothlandica, Rhynchonella, Astrocerium venustum, Spirifer, Pleurotomaria, Strophodonta, Stromatopora, Syringopora, Favosites - a ramose species, probably identical with niagarensis, Dalmanites lunatus (sp. nov.), Conchi- dium - near galeatus, and a crinoid stem.
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3. THE GEOLOGICAL HORIZON OF THE LITTLETON LOCALITY. - Mr. Billings, after examining the fossils which were found in this locality in the years 1870 and 1873, asserted that the general term " Helderberg" should be used in determining the geological horizon of this area. The first observers of the paleontology of the region were impressed with the similarity which existed between the fossils found in the Littleton limestone and those found in like strata at Lake Memphremagog on the north, and Bernardstown, Mass., on the south, formations which are ascribed to the Helderberg period.
The conclusions of Mr. Billings, however, were not sustained by Mr. Walcott, who placed the strata in the Niagara, an earlier period of the Silurian age. His determination of the species did not agree with that of Mr. Billings, who made the most conspicu- ous brachiopod to be Conchidium (Pentamerus) knighti, whereas Mr. Walcott, following Mr. Whitfield, described it as P. ( Conchi- dium) nysius.
Mr. Schuchert fails to follow either Mr. Billings or Mr. Walcott in regard to the identity of the species, making the brachiopod a Conchidium of the knighti type, though near, in some respects, as he says, to galeatus. He agrees with Mr. Walcott that the strata should be regarded as Niagaran.
But when we bear in mind that the trilobite comes much nearer to Dalmanites pleuropteryx, a form belonging to the lower Helderberg, than it does to Dalmanites limulurus, the Niagaran form, and that the brachiopod cannot be the Niagaran Conchidium nysius, but that it approaches more closely to Con- chidium galeatus, a species characteristic of the lower Helder- berg, we are justified in regarding these strata as representing a time somewhat later than the Niagara period. This supposition is strengtliened by the presence of a Rhynchonella, presumably Wilsonia, though the identity is somewhat doubtful.
However, in such corals as Halysites catenulata and Favosites favosa we have the most direct evidence of the presence here, when these formations were in the process of making, of the life of the Niagara period. Certain of the corals are not determi- nable, and must be, in consequence, left out of consideration.
Where, then, are we to place this most interesting area ? It would seem that the presence of characteristic Niagara forms, mingling with types that approach so closely to certain forms which are to be found only in the lower Helderberg, makes but one answer possible; and that is that these strata indicate a period in which the life of the Niagara was passing over into that of a later period.
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STATISTICAL HISTORY.
TABLE 1.
CENSUS: ENUMERATORS AND POPULATION.
Year.
Enumerators.
Population.
Per cent Gain.
1773
14 1
1775
15 2
1783
No return
1786
“3
1790
Asa Holden .
96
1800
Payson Randolph Freeman
381
296.8
1810
Caleb E. Cummings
873
129.1
1820
Obed Hall
1096
25.5
1830
John L. Rix
1435
30.9
1840
Arthur L. Webster
1778
19.2
1850
Truman Stevens .
2008
11.4
1860
Edward O. Kenney
2292
14.1
1870
Augustus A. Woolson
2446
6.3
1880
Elbert C. Stevens, Thomas Carlton
2936
21.8
1890
George Farr, John T. Simpson .
3365
14.6
1900
Marshall D. Cobleigh, Harry M. Eaton, Charles A. Farr
4066
17.8
1 Unmarried men from 16 to 60 1
Married men from 16 to 60 3
Boys 16 years and under
4
Men 60 years and upwards
0
Females unmarried
2
Females married
8
Widows
1
Male slaves
0
Female slaves
0
14
Taken by the subscriber, Timothy Bedel (State Papers, vol. x. p. 634).
2 Province Papers, vol. viii. p. 672.
8 State Papers, vol. x. p. 688.
608
TABLE 2.
(MS. TOWN PAPERS, VOL. VI. P. 80.)
A RETURN OF THE POLLS AND RATABLE ESTATE IN THE TOWN OF LITTLETON, WHICH IS PART OF APTHORP FROM THE YEAR 1775, AND IN EACH YEAR RESPECTIVELY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, TO THE YEAR 1785.
Year.
No. Polls.
No. Acres Arable Land.
No. Acres Mowing Land.
No. Acres Pasture Land.
No. Horses and Oxen.
No. Cows.
No. Three Years Old.
No. Two Years Old.
No. One Year Old.
Mills.
Money at Interest.
Sum Total of Value of Wild Lands.
1775
3
5
5
6
8
1
3
5
$1330
1776
4
5
5
6
8
2
4
1330
1777
5
8
7
7
8
1
2
1330
1778
1330
1779
5
9
8
8
3
2
1995
1780
4
11
9
8
8
2
1995
1781
9
14
11
11
14
2660
1782
9
14
11
11
14
2
2
2660
1783
9
14
$11
8
10
3
1784
12
17
13
9
11
2
3
6
1785
14
17
13
16
13
3
3990
The foregoing Inventory for the several years therein inventoried is faithfully taken according to the best of our judgment.
NATHAN CASWELL, SAMUEL LEARNED, JNO. HOPKINSON, JR.,.
Selectmen fof Littleton.
1
8
7
8
9
1
3
1330
History of Littleton.
3990
609
Statistical History.
TABLE 3. ' SHOWING THE POPULATION, LOCAL RATE OF TAX, STATE APPORTIONMENT OF TAX, AND VALUATION.
Local Rate of Tax.
Year.
Popu- lation.
State Appor- tionment of Tax.
Valuation.
Town.
Village.
& s. d.
Apthorp, 17731
14
17752
15
1777
1 16 53
1778
1 16 5%
1779
1 16 53
1780
0 15 2
1781
0 15 2
1782
0 15 2
1783
0 15 2
1784
1 28
1785
1
2 8
1786
1
2 8
1787
1
28
1788
1
28
Littleton, 1789
1
07
1790 3
96
1
07
1791
1
0 7
1792
1 0 7
1793
1 07
1794
0 14 1
1795
0 14 1
1796
0 14 1
1797
0 14 1
1798
$1.80
1799
66
1800
381
1801
1802
1803
2.76
1804
"
1805
$2.88
1806
1.15
1807
1.49
1808
1.94
3.64
1809
2.40
1810
873
2.24
1 Taken by Timo. Bedel. See Province Papers, vol. x. p. 634.
See Province Papers, vol. vii. p. 672.
8 See State Papers, vol. xiii. p. 771.
VOL. 1 .- 39
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History of Littleton.
TABLE 3 (continued).
Local Rate of Tax.
Year.
Popu- lation.
Town.
Village.
Littleton, 1811
$2.09
$3.64
1812
2.30
3.10
1813
1.9
1814
1.83
1815
2.19
1816
2.61
3.66
1817
2.17
66
1818
2,39
66
1819
2.41
1820
1096
2.38
3.82
1821
2.22
1822
2.55
1823
2.66
60
1825
1.93
66
1827
2.59
1828
2.53
1829
2.13
4.94
1830
2.19
1831
2.37
66
1832
2.52
1833
1.72
4.79
1834
1.65
66
1835
1.60
1836
1.60
66
1837
1.47
4.09
1838
1.50
1839
1 59
1840
1778
1.47
66
1841
1.56
4.82
1842
1.72
1843
1.64
1844
2.08
1845
2.48
4.49
1846
2.06
1847
1.93
1848
1.96
"
1849
1 20
4.43
1850
2008
1.12
$1.46
66
1851
1.10
1852
1.15
1.20
66
1853
1.05
1,20
4.23
1854
1.20
1855
2008
1.20
1856
1.17
1857
1.21
4.42
1858
1.23
1859
1.20
1860
2292
1.57
1861
1.19
4.60
1862
1.09
1863
1.75
1864
6.77 1
State Appor- tionment of Tax.
Valuation.
18:24
2.26
1826
2.40
66
1 Includes direct war tax.
611
Statistical History.
TABLE 3 (continued).
Local Rate of Tax.
Year.
Popu- lation.
Town.
Village.
Littleton, 1865
$3.05
$4.96
1866
2.43
$3.20
1867
1.80
2.30
1868
1.80
2.67
1869
2.10
3.26
5.61
1870
2.70
3.85
66
1871
2446
2.87
3.87
66
1873
2.38
4.06
5.93
1874
2.17
3.64
1875
2.00
3.25
1876
1.75
2.57
6.55
$1,191,799
1878
1.95
2.53
66
1,272,610
1880
2936
1.90
2.60
6.83
1,210,211
1881
1.90
2.54
1,191,986
1882
1.80
2.36
66
1,270,889
1883
1.46
1.96
1,309,059
1884
1.28
1.88
7.14
1,447,005
1885
1.28
1.92
66
1,466,822
1887
1.80
2.12
1,482,213
1888
1.50
2.01
7.57
1,438,940
1889
1.80
2.43
1,518,025
1890
3365
1.99
2.72
1,506,756
1891
1.80
2.14
1,532,945
1892
1.67
2.30
7.27
1,554,063
1893
1.65
2.45
1,571,552
1894
1.56
2.34
1,578,334
1895
1.56
2.74
1,708,731
1896
1.87
2.57
7.36
1,683,261
1897
2.16
2.87
1,649,938
1898
1.95
2.48
1,651,184
1899
1.68
2.70
7.50
1,676,579
1900
4066
1.92
2 64
1,703,594
1901
2.15
2.80
1,671,395
1902
2.14
2.48
1,683,410
1903
2.20
2.45
8.13
1,751,778
1886
1.88
2.11
1,456,354
1877
1.93
2.51
1,125,810
1879
1.90
2.45
1872
2.26
3.40
State Appor- tionment of Tax.
Valuation.
TABLE 4. REPRESENTATIVES OF APTHORP AND LITTLETON, 1775 TO 1903.
Date.
Towns Classed.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
Birthplace.
Occupation.
Politics.
Apthorp Lancaster
Northumberland
Stratford
1775
Cock burn Colburn Conway
Capt. Abijah Larned
Cockburn
Killingly, Conn.
Carpenter
Shelburne, and the towns above
Same Class
Col. Joseph Whipple
Dartmouth
Kittery, Me.
Merchant
Democrat
1776 1777
Apthorp Lancaster
Northumberland
Col. Joseph Whipple
1778
1
Stratford Cockburn Colburn Same Class
Capt. Jeremiah Eames
Boxford, Mass.
Farmer
Democrat
1780
66
Northumberland
1782
Col. Joseph Whipple
1783
Apthorp Bath
Lyman Gunthwait
Lancaster
Maj. John Young
Gunthwait
Haverhill, Mass.
Farmer
Democrat
1784
Northumberland Stratford
Dartmouth Colburn Cockburn
612
History of Littleton.
1779
1781
Democrat
1785
Maj. John Young
Concord
Haverhill, Mass.
Farmer
Democrat
Landaff
Haverhill, Mass.
Farmer
Democrat
Jonas Wilder, Jr.
Lancaster
Templeton, Mass.
Merchant
Federalist
Littleton Lancaster
Salem, Mass. Poplin, N. H. Attleboro, Mass.
Innkeeper Farmer Lawyer
Federalist
James Rankin Col. Richard C. Everett
Littleton Lancaster
Paisley, Scotland
Farmer
Federalist
1800
( Littleton Dalton Betlilehiem Same Class
Rev. David Goodall
Littleton
Marlborough, Mass.
Retired Clergyman aud Farmer
Federalist
Rev. David Goodall
Littleton
1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807
66
Stephen Houghton 2
Bethlehem
1808
1 The records of Concord are lost, but careful search of the Legislative Journals, Clerk's records of other towns in the class, contem- porary newspapers, registers, etc., fails to yield any indication that the class was represented this year.
2 We have been unable to find any trace of this gentleman's career before lie came to Bethlehem or after his removal, which was about the year 1811.
1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792
Littleton Lyman Landaff Concord - Bath Dalton Same Class Maj. Jolm Young Not Represented 1 Maj. Samuel Young Maj. John Young Maj. Samuel Young Maj. John Young Peter Carleton
1793
1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799
( Littleton Lancaster Dartmouth Dalton Same Class James Williams Jonathan Cram Col. Richard C. Everett
Statistical History.
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TABLE 4 (continued).
Date.
Town.
Name of Representative.
Birthplace.
Occupation.
Politics.
1809
Littleton
Rev. David Goodall Peter Bonney
Tanner Farmer
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
Rev. David Goodall Guy Ely
1817
1818
William Brackett
East Sudbury, Mass.
Merchant
Federalist
History of Littleton.
Federalist
1829
Comfort Day
Chesterfield
Farmer
1831
Alexander Albee Sylvanus Balch
Westmoreland Keene
Farmer Farmer and Clothier
1833
1834
1835
1836
Isaac Abbott
Wilton
Lumberman and Deputy Sheriff
Whig
1837
1838
1839
1940
Henry A. Bellows Ezra Parker
Walpole Pembroke
Lawyer Farmer
Federalist Democrat Federalist
Democrat
1821
Nathaniel Rix, Jr.
Landaff
Farmer and Civil Magistrate
1822
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1823
1824
1825
1826
1827 1828
.
Gen. David Rankin
Thornton
Manufacturer of Lumber
Federalist
1830
1832
6
Democrat Whig and Anti-Mason
Whig
614
1810
David Goodall, Jr. Deacon Andrew Rankin Guy Ely
Charlestown Halifax, Vt. Glasgow, Scotland Charlestown
Blacksmith
1816
1819
1820
.
1840 1841 1842 1843
1844 1845
66
George W. Ely Ezra Parker Aaron Brackett
Richard W. Peabody
Josiah Kilburn Charles Kellogg Josiah Kilburn Charles Kellogg .
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850 1851
1852
1853
1854 1855
1856
1857
1858
Horace S. Goss Alexander McIntire Curtis L. Albee Alexander McIntire Curtis L. Albee Philip H. Paddleford Horace Buck John Sargent Nathan Kinnie Jolın Sargent Nathan Kinnie Samuel T. Morse Wesley Alexander
Charlestown
East Sudbury, Mass.
Littleton
Walpole New Salem, Mass.
Seythe Manufacturer
Merchant
Farmer
Farmer
Democrat Whig Democrat
Liberty
Free-Soil Whig Free-Soil Whig Democrat Free-Soil
Democrat Whig
Democrat
American
Democrat
Machinist Hotel Keeper Accountant Farmer
Farmer Scythe Manufacturer
Republican
Statistical History.
Stoddard Waterford, Vt. Lisbon Littleton
Apothecary and Jeweller Farmer
Lancaster Waterford, Vt. Littleton Waterford, Vt.
Littleton Swansey
Carpenter and Builder Gentleman Farmer
Groton Littleton
Carpenter Farmer
Farmer Blacksmitlı
Littleton Meredith
Jolın M. Charlton Allen Day Levi F. Ranlett Allen Day Isaac Abbott
Francis Hodgman
Elisha Burnham Simeon B. Johnson Salmon H. Rowell Simeon B. Johnson Salmon H. Rowell Jonathan Lovejoy John M. Charlton Jonathan Lovejoy .
Betlileliem Gilmanton Littleton
615
TABLE 4 (continued).
Date.
Town.
Name of Representative.
Birthplace.
Occupation.
Politics.
1859
Littleton
Calvin F. Cate John C. Quimby Calvin F. Cate
Allenstown Lisbon
Lumber Manufacturer Farmer
Democrat
1860
John C. Quimby
1861
Harry Bingham
Concord, Vt. Littleton
Lawyer Farmer
1862
Harry Bingham
1863
Douglas Robins Harry Bingham
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