History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 171

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1520

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The first reference in the town records to schools is dated March 15, 1792, when it was voted "to have agents in each school district to build a school-honse in each district," and the following were chosen : Samuel Nelson, Dependence Colbath and Charles Hodgdon.

The first settled teacher was Cornelius Kirby and his school was in the sonth part of the town. Money was first raised for school purposes in 1785,-thirty pounds.

The first lawyer in Barnstead was Caleb Merrill, in 1811. Among the other lawyers who have practiced here may be mentioned Isaac O. Barnes, Moses Nor- ris, J. Elkins, A. E. Hodgdon, Benjamin Winckley, Charles S. George, Charles R. Rogers and H. B. Leavitt.

The first physician was Dr. Joseph Adams, in 1792. Dr. Jeremiah Jewett, Sr., also settled here, in 1792. He died in 1836. Among other physicians have been Noah J. T. George, S. P. Woodward, William Grover, Charles Whittle, John Wheeler, William Walker, George W. Garland, Mark Walker, B. W. Sargent, A. G. Weeks, Alvin Jenkins, S. S. Wentworth, Jere- miah Blake, Dana Buzzell, J. P. Elkins, James Em- erson. The present physicians are G. H. Hawley and William H. Nute.

The following citizens of this town were in the old French War: John Aiken, Colonel Joseph Sinclair and Joseph Bunker.

War of the Revolution .- The town responded nobly to the colonial canse. In 1775 the population was two hundred and fifty-two. The first reference to this war fonnd on the old town records is under date of April 26, 1775, when Captain Richard Sin- clair was paid £1 118. 6d. for " going down below for the defence of our conntry."

The following is a list of Revolutionary soldiers from this town :

Ebenezer Nutter, Jobn Clark, Major John Nutter, Jeremiah Jewett, Anthony Nutter, Joseph Place, Valentine Chapman, Joseph Taker, William Nutter, Thomas Welch, Peletiah Penny, J. P. Dame, James Davis, Samuel Davie, E. Adams, David Jacobe, J. Young, E. Tehbetts, H. Nutter, Captaio Jonathan Chesley, Captain Joha Drew, Thomas Brown, William Lord, Joseph Saoboro, Captain Joseph Kaime, Samuel Eastman, Colonel Nath. Pease, Robert Tebbetts, Samuel Jenaess, Ralph Hall, Joseph Duckine, John Welch, Richard Sinclair, Nathan Nutter, Eli Ham, John Pitman, Perry Hixon, W. Ayres, Joha Aiken, - Avery, William Hill, Thomas Ayres, James Marden, Joho Emerson, Samuel Pitman.

War of 1812 .- The following men from Barnstead were in the War of 1812 :

Captain Jolin Peavey, J. Davis, F. Chesley (died), D. Bunker. P. G.

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Hoit, Joseph Foye, John Rand, W. Rand, John Kaime, C. Peavey, Silas Booker, T. Bnøker, James Davis, G. T. Barker, John Place, W. Rand and T. Conner.

Nicholas Kenison and Alfred T. Munsey served in the Mexican War. Kenison was killed in battle.

War of the Rebellion .- Barnstead responded promptly to the call of her imperiled country, both in men and money. The following is a list of sol- diers from the town :

William B. Aiken, Frank Sleeper, G. H. Bridges, - Dndley, Wil. liam Brimage, E. G. Hodgden (killed), Captain and Major H. Il. 11nse Lientenant J. H. Greenwood (killed), Lieutenant S. J. Smart (died), D, D. Hanscom, L. W. Jackson (mortally wounded), Rufus Clark, J. E. Bunker, Smith Davis, T. M. ITuse, J. S. Hill. Daniel Lewis, J. E. Moorea, B. R. Munsey (died), J. T. G. Smart (died), S. G. Shackford, C. H. Williams, Albert Davia, W. B. Aiken, D. A. Littlefield, J. M. Smart (died), Colonel Thomas E. Barker, B. F. Chesley, Calvin Pitman, John McNeal, W. P. Huntress (killed), J. W. Hill (mortally wonnded), Assis- tant Surgeon A. C. Newell, Thomas Moore, J. L. Garland (killed), C. Chesley, G. W. Pitman, J. L. Piper, G. W. Aiken (died), J. N. Bunker, (killed), T. J. Pierce (mortally wonnded), J. Pendergast (died), A. D. Hall, S. W. Yonng, W. T. Knight (killed), Moses Bickford, J. M. Tasker, Lieutenant David Sackett, H. H. Emerson, M. Jenkins, J. H. Edgerly, H. M. Parshley, A. L. Bickford, George Jones, Solomon Clark, J. C. Russell, W. H. Berry (mortally wonuded), G. T. Munsey (mortally wounded), Noble Sackett, C. II. Pickering, C. H. P. Young, W. U. Shaw, Lieutenant H. Edgerly, Horace Mannsey (died), L. Place, W. A. Frye, George W Blake, J. E. Emerson, G. H. Emerson, Il. H. Yonng, J. M. Jones, J. F. Chesley, John Hill (died), D. L. Hnse (died), Charles W. Adams, O F. Chesley, J. F. Parker, Royal Boynton, A. S. Buzzell, Timothy Blake, Jr., W. A. Chesley, Jacob Lord, J. C. Mason (died), H. D. Nutter (died), H. G. Sbackford, Samnel H. Clark, G. W. Blake, Eli H. Foss, A. O. Adams, W. F. Hanscomh, C. Kaime, Horace Congh, J. C. Kaime, N. Sackett, N. Blaisdell, J. C. Ham, J. S. Hayes (mortally wounded), Charles Hill (navy) ; Surgeons, John Wheeler, T. H. Wheel- er and L. M. Sanders.

The first meeting-house in Barnstead was erected about the year 1760, and the first preacher was Rev. Joseph Adams. The " Parade Meeting-House" was bnilt about the year 1788, and was the first frame church in town. It was not completed until 1799.

The Second Congregational Church building was erected in 1803. It was demolished in 1848. The North Meeting-Honse was erected in 1820, and re- paired in 1853. The Centre Church was erected in 1830. There are at present five churches in town.

Representatives .- The following is a list of repre- sentatives from 1797 to 1885 :

Charles llodgdon, 1797-99, 1804- 14, '20-21.

John Nutter, 1800, 102, '03. Nath. Wilson, 1815-17. Win. Walker, Jr., 1819,'22,'24,'27. John Peavey, 1823-26, '28. Charles Hlodgdon, 1823, '45. Jolın Kaime, 1825-26. John Kent, 1828. Isaac (), Barnes, 1829-30. Samuel Webster, 1829-30. George Nntter, 1831-32. W. Il. Newall, 1831-32. T. P. Hodgdon, 1833-34. Sammel Kaime, 1833-34. S. O. Berry, 1835-36. W. S. Ilill, 1835-36. Timothy Dow, 1837-38. It. Garland, 1837-38. Joseph A. Walker, 1839-40. Joseph Jenkins, 1839-40.

Stephen Young, 1841-42. Samnel Rollins, Jr., 1841-42. John Walker, 1843-44. Enos George, 1843-44. Charles Hodgdon, Jr., 1845-46. J. H. Collins, 1845-46. William Grover, 1847-48. Charles Dudley, 1847-48. R. S. Webster, 1849-50. Epoch Clark, 1849-50. J. B. Merrill, 1851-53. M. Jenkins, Jr., 1852. Thomas Proctor, 1851-52. I. Garland, Jr., 1853-54. J. L. Nutter, 1854-55. Seth Shackleford, 1855-56. J. M. Babcock, 1856-57. Joseph Nutter, 1857-58. A, Bunker, 1858-59.

J. B. Locke, 1859-60. C. S. George, 1860-6].

John McNeall, 1861-62.

George W. Emerson, 1862-63. John Dorr, 1863-64. H. N. Colebath, 1864. D. F. Davis, 1865-86. Charles H. Dorr, 1865-66. Mark Walker, 1867-68. J. M. Tasker, 1867-68. William Procktor, 1869. J. W. Evana, 1869. (No election in 1870).

John F. Holmes, 1871-72. D. E. Tuttle, 1871-72.

Joshna W. Ayres, 1873-74. Joshua W. Pickering, 1873-74.

Joseph P. Blaiadell, 1875-76. Martin V. B. Nntter, 1875-76. George W. Emerson (2d), 1877-78. Samuel A. Hodgdon, 1877-78. Charles E. Walker, 1880. Jacoh W. Evans, 1882. George 11. Hawley, 1884.

Town Clerks .- The following is a list of town clerks from 1775 to 1885 :

Benjamin Nntter, 1775-81.

Samnel Nelson, 1781-85.

John Bunker, 1785-87.

Benjamin Hodgdon, 1787-1800.

L. C. Scrntton, 1865. John H. Hill, 1866.

Charles Hodgdon, Jr., 1800-5, 1807-15.

J. Jewett, 1806. Enos George, 1816-59.

C. S. George, 1859.

H. N. Colebath, 1860. C. W. Blanchard, 18G1. Charles F. Walker, 1862-64.

J. E. Pendergast, 1867-68. George Emerson, 1869-73. Albert F. Shackford, 1874 to pres- ent time.

The Barnstead Reunion .- One of the most inter- esting events in the history of Barnstead was the Barnstead reunion, held Angnst 30, 1884. The fol- lowing is a condensed description of the celebration, taken from the history of the reunion hy Horace N. Colebath :

Barnstead, N. H., situated in the southwestern part of Belknap County, northeast from Concord twenty miles, and bordering on the counties of Mer- rimack and Strafford, contains thirty-six square miles of territory; was chartered by Governor Wentworth, May 20, 1727, containing, in 1880, one thousand three hundred and seventeen inhabitants.

On the east lie the Blue Hills, on the north are the Alton and Gilmanton Mountains, and on the south lies the Catamount, looking down on the valley of the Suncook River as it passes the westerly boundary of the town. It is a region of hill and valley, of beautiful rivers and ponds and laughing brooks.

A community born and educated amid such scenery, breathing the air of its hills and drinking the waters that flow in hundreds of rills down its hillsides, till they form the Suncook, must love their childhood home. For the past fifty years Barnstead has been sending out her sons and daughters to other parts of the land to find new homes. Its first emigrants found homes in Massachusetts, Vermont and New York, and afterwards they sought Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. As new territory was opened, they helped swell the mighty stream of emigration that has peopled the great West.

To-day they may be found in twenty-eight States and Territories. Some of its sons and danghters are looking ont on the Pacific, others are in the valley of the Father of Waters or are fanned by the soft winds of the Gulf.

Scattered over the land these emigrants have ever yearned for the home of their fathers, while those who remained around the old hearth-stones were eager to once more clasp the hands of loved ones, look once more into long-remembered faces; and hear once

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again the voices that were music to their youthful ears.

This was especially true of those who had passed the meridian and were nearing the sunset of life.

By a sort of common consent, residents and emi- grants seemed ready for a reunion of the children of old Barnstead.

The question has been asked, Where did the idea of this reunion originate? This may be a fitting place for answering that question. During the winter of 1877-78 a few of the sons and daughters of Barn- stead, residing in Concord, N. H., prominent among whom were Colonel E. S. Nutter, J. L. Pickering, Esq., George W. Drew, Esq., Mrs. James R. Hill and Laura Garland Carr determined to hold a reunion of the sons and danghters of Barnstead living in Concord, with invited guests from the mother-town and other places in New Hampshire where Barnstead sons had located.

Such a reunion was held on the evening of Feb- ruary 28, 1878, at the Phenix Hotel, in Concord. There were present from Barnstead a delegation of sixty citizens, led by the Barnstead Brass Band.

Colonel E. S. Nutter presided and made the recep- tion address. Laura Garland Carr read an original poem. Short addresses were made by J. G. Sinclair, Lewis W. Clark, J. Horace Kent, J. P. Newell and Charles S. George. This, with a supper such as that famous hotel can provide, made the occasion a most enjoyable one.

The resident sons of Barnstead returned home

feeling that some day the wanderers from the old ' be the gathering of a great family. town should be invited home to the old domain, and here, amid the scenes of childhood, hold a grand family reunion.

The subject was talked of from time to time, but, from various causes, no decided action was taken until, at the annual town-meeting in March, 1882, it was voted to hold a reunion the coming autumn.

Subsequently the following officers were chosen :

President, Charles S. George ; Vice-Presidents, John Walker, John Pendergast, Joseph Jenkins, Caleb Willey, John B. Garland, John L. Nutter, Seth Shuckford ; Recording Secretary, John H. Jenkins ; Corre- sponding Secretary, Horace N. Colbath ; Treasurer, John Fraoklin Gar- Inad; Executive Committee, Joho Waldo, Thomas L. Hoitt, Ira L. Berry, Horatio G. Willey, Horace Walker ; Town Committee, George A. Hall, Albion P. Nutter, Thomas K. Proctor, Smith W. Locke, Seth Shackford, E. Frank Jones, Lewis Clark, Alhert F. Shackford, Charles F. Emerson, Daniel E. Tuttle, Hiram Rand, Fraok S. Jenkine, John Pendergast, Ja- cob W. Evans ; Auxiliary Committee, E. S. Nutter, Concord, N. H., J. L. Pickering, Concord, N. 11., 11. A. Tnttle, Pittsfield, N. H., J. P. New- ell, Manchester, N. H., C. M. Murphy, Dover, N. H., J. Horace Kent, Portsmouth, N. H., George S. Pendergast, Boston, Mass., Joseph R. llayes, Lowell, Mass., George F. Knowles, Lynn, Mass., Chaplain, Rev. William O. Carr; Marshal, Timothy Emerson ; Assistant Marshals, Frank O. George, lleory O. Huntress, John Rand ; Superintendent of Halls, Tests and Grounds, Dr. George W. Emerson ; Committee to pre- pare Sentiments, Horace N. Colbath, Charles S. George; Committee to arrange Programme, Dr. George W. Emerson, Horace N. Colbath, Frank S. Jenkins, Thomas L. lloitt ; Committee on Mnaic, Charles E. Walker, Thomas L. Hoitt ; Commissary, Fraok S. Jenkins ; Quartermaster, Joha Waldo ; Toast-Master, Rev. John George.

Thus organized, the work of preparation began. 45

Meetings of committees and sub-committees followed in rapid succession, until a week before the day of reunion, when officers, committees and citizens, uniting, made it their special business.

The arrangements as finally made were as follows : The reunion to be held on Wednesday, August 30, 1882, at ten o'clock A.M.

The president to make the welcoming address.

Rev. A. H. Quint, D.D., to deliver an oration.

Laura Garland Carr to read a poem.

Dinner, free to all, in the tent.

Speeches, sentiments, and responses at the stand. Music through the day by the Barnstead Brass Band,-the oldest band in the United States, organ- ized February 22, 1837.

A tent, seventy-eight by one hundred and sixty feet, was placed on the grounds of Seth Shackford, Esq., adjoining the town hall and Congregational Church, and both these buildings were opened to the public. The speaker's stand was placed between the hall and church ; fronting it was the hand-stand.

Under the direction of the superintendent, Dr. Emerson, the tent was beautifully decorated with flags, bunting, etc., and tables were arranged in the tent to seat one thousand and fifty persons at one sitting.

Such were the measures adopted to welcome home those whose hearts had been throbbing at the thoughts of the reunion.

In every part of the town little plans had been laid to bring families and friends together. It was to

The number in attendance was estimated to be five thousand, over half that number having partaken of the dinner.

The best order prevailed. It was a meeting of well-dressed, orderly and respectable men and women, whom any town might be proud to own as her children.

Owing to the prevailing heat and dust, some things were omitted in the reception, and others might have been changed for the better. Yet, on the whole, we can say, what every visitor did say, " Well done, old Barnstead !"

The following is a list of toasts proposed :

"J. 'Old Barnstead-A good town to go from, a better one to return to.' Responded to by Hon H. A. Tuttie.

"2. ' A kind remembrance to the sons and daughtera of old Barostead providentially detained from our Reunion.' Response hy Colonel E. S. Nutter, Concord, N. H.

"3. 'Old Barnstead-Her fair fame a sure passport for her sons wherever they go, her principles a guarantee of success.' Responded to by Colonel M. B. V. Edgerly, of Manchester, N. H.

"4. 'The adopted sons of Barnstead-They have honored her name, and she rejoices in their success.' Hon. C. M. Murphy, of Dover, N. H., responded.

"5. 'The emigrant 6008 and daughtera of Barnstead-Wherever may be their abiding-place, or whatever their duties, let them never forget that they cannot be delinquent without heing degenerate.' HIon. John P. Newell, of Manchester, N. H., eloquently responded.

"6. 'The town of Barnstead-She loves her hills and beautiful yalleys, but feeling the sentiment and horrowing the language of the Roman

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mother, che points to her children and exclaims, "These are my jewels."' ' Rev. Frank H. Lyfort responded.

"7. "The annual crop produced in Bernstead-judges, clergymen, phy- sicians, merchants, mechanics and farmers-may the crop increase until ahe has enough for home consumption and a large surplua for exporta- tion.' Response by John D. Nutter, Esq., of Montreal, Canada.

"8. 'The friends and scenes of our childhood.' Colonel J. Horace Kent had been invited to respond to this sentiment, and had written his acceptance ; but at the last moment was detained by imperative business, aud was unable to be present at the Reunion, much to his regret, as well as to the regret of his many early friends. Colonel Kent, however, sent an address, delivered at the Barnstead Reunion in Concord, N. H., Feb- ruary 28, 1879, in response to a similar sentiment.

"9. ' The soldier sons of Barnstead-The fathers in the Revolution, the sone in 1812, the grandsons in the Rebellion- the love of liberty con- strained them.' Responded to by letters from Colonel Jas. S. Hoitt, of Laconia, N. H., a native of Barnstead and a veteran nf 1812 ; from Col- onel Thos. E. Barker, of Boston, Mass., a native of Barnstead and col- onel of the Twelfth Regiment in the Rebellion ; from Hon. Henry H. Huse, of Manchester, a former resident of Barnstead, who served in the Eighth Regiment as captain and major.

"10. ' The birth-place of our fathers-Portsmouth and Newington- names as familiar as household words to every child of Barnstead-may peace and prosperity be in their borders.'

"11. 'The host of men whose lives have been made better and happier by choosing for wives, daughters of old Barnstead.' Responded to hy Howard A. Dodge, Esq., of Concord, N. H.

"12. 'The social history and reminiscences of old Barnstead.' Hon. John G. Sinclair eloquently and wittily responded to this sentiment.

" 13. "The resident sons and daughters of Bernstead-May they pre- serve unsullied its ancient reputation, keep sacred the memory of the fathers, and be always ready to welcome its wandering children to the old domain.' John B. Garland, Esq., of Barnstead, was invited to respond to this sentiment, but on account of ill-health and the infirmities of age was obliged to forego that pleasure, but answered by letter."

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HON. JOHN G. SINCLAIR.

Perhaps the grandest feature of American civiliza- tion and the highest tribute to American institutions, is the opportunity and facility offered her sons to rise from the lowest to the highest rank, whether wealth, power, fame, or all these united, he the ambition of the aspirant. There is probably no country on the globe where the results are so entirely in the hands of the individual, and so wholly commensurate with the ability, energy and merit displayed in the prose- cution of the end desired. And it is to-day America's proudest boast that her sons have proved worthy the unusual advantages offered them.

Of the various sections of our land, New England has, perhaps, been most prolific in the production of what are popularly known as "self-made men;" men whose childhood and youth were passed amid scenes of privation and poverty, and who, without the advantages that wealth alone can secure, have risen by dint of their own industry and ability, and the innate heroism of their natures, to the highest posi- tions of honor, power and achievement.

Hon. John G. Sinclair is a fair representative of that type of New Englander who, throughout the length and breadth of our laud, may be found ever in

the vanguard of progress-leaders in the struggle for success in whatever special field they may have chosen. Starting in life under more than usual dis- advantages and discouragements, he has achieved an honorable success, of which he and his posterity may be justly proud.

He was born at Barnstead Parade, in the town of Barnstead, N. H., March 25, 1826. He is the only child of Charles G. and Martha G. (Norris) Sinclair of that town.

His ancestors were of a martial spirit, and for three generations did military duty in their country's serv- ice. One of the pioneers of the town of Gilmanton, N. H., was Richard Sinclair, and it is claimed that he erected the first frame house in the town. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars, and also in the War of the Revolution. In the latter war, he attained the rank of captain, though in the locality where he lived he was generally known as Colonel Sinclair. He married Polly Cilley, a sister of Colonel Joseph Cilley, and a descendant of one of the oldest and proudest families of New Hampshire. Their eldest son, Richard Sinclair, Jr., was one of the ear- liest settlers of the town of Barnstead. Like his father, he was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was an ensign in his father's company. His wife was Betsey Hodgdon, and Charles G. Sinclair (father of Hon. John G.) was their only son, who, at the age of seventeen, enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1812, and for a time was clerk for General Ripley. At the sortie on Fort Erie he received a gunshot wound near the right lung, which disabled him for life. He died July, 1834, leaving his wife and only child (then a lad but eight years of age,) in destitute circumstances. Mrs. Sinclair was a woman of true Spartan heroism and courage. She set bravely to work with her nee- dle to support herself and son. With true motherly pride and a confidence in her boy's ability, which has since been eminently justified, she determined to do all in her power to give him an education, and so kept him at school at Pittsfield Academy till he was thir- teen years of age. He then entered the employ of Webster & Peavey, merchants at Landaff, N. H. The firm consisted of Hon. Samuel Webster of North Barnstead, and Samuel P. Peavey, a former resident of Barnstead, who had married a sister of Mrs. Sin- clair.

He remained at Landaff six years, and during the time attended five terms at Newbury Seminary in Vermont, where he fitted for college under the tui- tion of Bishop Baker and Rev. Clark T. Hinman. Ambitious as he was to enter college and acquire a liberal education, yet a fear lest he might die and his mother be left destitute induced him to forego his desires in that regard and bend his energies to busi- ness pursuits. His first venture was a restaurant at the corner of Hanover and Elm Streets, Manchester, N. H. This not proving consonant with his tastes was soon abandoned, and he established an auction

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and commission business at Lawrence, Mass. He was fairly successful in this, and having acquired limited means, he returned to his native State and established a country store, and also engaged in the manufacture of starch in Bethlehem, N. H. Here he soon won the esteem and confidence of the com- munity, as was evidenced by the fact that in 1852, '53, '54, '55, and in 1862, and '63, and again in 1876, '77 and '78 he represented Bethlehem in the State legislature, and served as its member in the last Con- stitutional Convention. In 1873, he represen ted Lit- tleton in the legislature, being then a resident of that town. He was appointed Bank Commissioner by Governor Baker, and served nntil the American party came into power. In 1858 and '59 he was elected Senator from the Twelfth Senatorial district, composed of Grafton and Coos Counties. He was the demo- cratic candidate for Speaker of the House, and demo- cratic candidate for Governor in 1866, '67 and '68. In 1868, he was chairman of the New Hampshire dele- gation to the National Convention, and in 1876 was democratic candidate for United States Senator, against Edward H. Rollins, republican.

During all of his connection with the political affairs of New Hampshire he was considered one of the safest, shrewdest and most efficient party leaders. The estimation in which he was held as a public speaker and debater, finds illustration in the fact that the convention which nominated him for Governor in 1867, instructed him to invite General Walter Harriman, the republican candidate (New Hamp- shire's most eloquent champion of the republican party), to a public discussion of the issues involved in the campaign, the result of which was thirteen joint discussions at principal points in the State, (the first of the kind ever held in New England, though quite common West and South, for many years). Although so frequently elected to offices of trust and responsibility, Mr. Sinclair has never been an office- seeker, and when he left his native State in 1879, he made a public avowal that he would never again be a candidate for a political office, a resolution to which he has rigidly adhered.

In 1879, Mr. Sinclair removed to Orlando, Orange County, Florida, where he has established a large and lucrative real estate business, and is also engaged in the cultivation of oranges and other semi-tropical fruits.

Though he has chosen his abode in the land of flowers, yet he cherishes an abiding love for the snow- clad, rock-ribbed hills of the land of his birth, and is keenly alive to all that affects her prosperity, perpe- tuity or interests. His recent speech before the New Hampshire Club in Boston fully sustains his reputa- tion as a most gifted post-prandial orator. He is vig- orous in mind and body, giving promise of many future years of usefulness.

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History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 171

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1520

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1520