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Art, science, and ethics progressively bouud All parts of the nation, bountifully stored, - In short, thus Columbia soon was renowned, For all of the blessings that life could afford.
And now, if this poem could here have its close, If the muuse were content no more to unfold, 'T would save me from telling still further of woes ; But the fates have decreed that more should be told.
And again it is war, and a direr war Than ever was caused by foreign oppression, - When people get reckless of national law, As in the times of the Southern secession.
How grievons, indeed, are the wrongs that were done! Columbia's children ! - for shame be it suid, That in all their numbers could be found e'en oue Who could perjure the blood his fathers had shed !
Though nurtured, protected by national care, Yet long in concealment those rebels did band, And thus a rebellion they then did prepare, And the demon of terror stalked through the land.
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Thus fiercely assailed by rash luternal foes, The Uuiou in safety no longer could rest ; So her loyal defenders promptly arose, When rebels had fired ou the " Star of the West."
Ah! that was the key-note that sounded alarm, And called for the loyal to houor their claim; From city and village, and workshop and farm, All armed for the battle, by thousands they came.
They saw the great danger dissensions had wrought, And if uuresisted how fatal the blow, And determined to fight as their father's fought, Ere nuion in ruin should shamefully go.
"I were the spirits of seventy-six, they say, Inspiring the patriots of sixty-one, Aroused from their rest by the dangers that lay Thick over their graves, - and through pernidy done.
Methinks it were enough to trouble those braves - If troubles can go to the homes of the dead - To see how that discord could trample their graves, Dishonoring the cause for which they had bled.
But -spare the digression, whatever it means, For now, as before, I desire not to dwell - It beggars description to tell of the scenes That follow a nation whose people rebel.
Alas ! that the pen of the writer should ever Be required to linger on every detail Of that civil war - secession's own lever - That for four long years did so fiercely prevail.
But see in the homes of those broken-hearted, - If you would learn more of the woes of the land, - Tears for the loved ones from whom they have parted, Who, dying, complied with their country's demand.
But it's needless to dwell; for well you have heard The crash of the armies that met on the plain, Till all of the nation with fever was stirred, Till rivers ran red with the blood of the slain.
But that fierce rebellion must needs have a close; And so it occurred in eighteen sixty-tive That peace was declared, - we no more should be foes, - Again was the nation permitted to thrive.
The armies disbanded, the conflict was o'er, And the reign of those awful fratricides past; The God of our battles has blessed us once more With peace that returns to the nation at last.
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Yes, to-day with laurels the Unlon Is erowned ; Its triumph reflected Is bright on the sky ; Again In our mlust Is sweet Liberty found, As here we assemble this Fourth of July.
The centennial Fourth has gathered us here, - And this meeting 's for celebration, they say, - And we ever should meet thus once In the year, To rightly observe a memorable day.
Here, parenthetically, I will remark, "I' is meet that old Sanbornton loudly rejolee ; Her sous, too, have struggled 'neath skles that were dark, And they, too, have uttered a powerful volee.
And 't Is well for us all, this hundredth year day, To turn from the present, and wandering back, Observe how our country has travelled its way, And note the dissensions that checker its track.
By continual strife this country was won, And fearful the number of lives that were lost ; Though washed deep in the blood of many a son, We prize her more as we learn of the cost.
And though the long struggles have not been In vain, And though we rejolee for the spirits so brave, We still drop a tear for the thousands of slain, As we bend o'er Lincoln's or Washington's grave.
And yet, all immortal, - oh, say ! are they still Eternally reigning in some realm of peace, Which the din of the battle never can till, And where their reward shall forever inercase?
While the mortal deeays and mingles with earth, Beneath the cold monument marking the slain, Does spirit, immortal by heavenly birth, Proclaim, though departed, it liveth again?
Their deeds have emblazoned the national seroll, And there in their brightness shall never decay, As on through the future the nation shall roll, With many centennials passing away.
And friends, please accept this refrain of my song, As now, in conclusion, I bid you adieu : May we, like our forefathers, ever be strong, And the love for our country ever be true.
Remember how great is the cause of our fame, And while a grand nation is left to our trust, We'll prove ourselves true to so noble a claim; Its laws shall be sacred, proteet it we must.
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And cursed be the fate of that traitor who'd scar Our ensign of liberty, trampling It down; Better he were banished forever, by far, Than meet the disgrace of Columbia's frown.
And cursed, thrice accursed, be the foe that shall dare To risk an invasion again on our shore; We'll ever abide by our oaths, and we swear, The past be their warning to trespass no more.
The star-spangled banner shall loug float away, From the North to the South, the East to the West ; While o'er it the zephyrs of freedom shall play, Or lingering awhile shall lull it to rest.
Not a star shall be less, nor a stripe be gone ; Its color, nutaruished, shall ever be bright; And the nation itself, depicted thereon, Shall shine, as it were, with a glorious light.
The American eagle, noble and strong, Iu triumph and freedom pursuing his flight, Shull whistle the clear notes of liberty's song, Which thrilleth the soul with its magical might ;
Or encireling the national dome around, Shall arouse the nation to arms by his shriek ; Or shall calmly repose, while tranquil his sound, And forever a faithful vigil shall keep.
Then a parting desire sincerely I lend, That thus with our country it ever shall be ; And together, hereafter, our thanks shall blend, That we are at last independent and free.
Then country, freedom, independence, and all ! Nor tyrants nor wars this Union shall sever; But these shall continue till kingdoms shall fall; E pluribus unum ! COLUMBIA FOREVER !!
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APPENDIX A.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF LOTS. (Sco pp. 32-40, and Plan of Town, p. 38.)
The First Division consisted of four tiers of half-mile ranges, as originally surveyed in 1750, through the centre of the town, from the Great Bay to the Pemigewasset River, that being then considered by far the more valuable portion of the township. The following list aud description will give first the names of those who drew the several lots at Ann Slayton's inn in Portsmouth, Feb. 13, 1753 (the initial letter "G." showing that each individual thus indicated was an original grantee of 1748) ; next, the names of some of the subsequent owners or occupants, with notes to aid in the present identification of the loty (1877) ; and finally, an cuumeration of the old and now vacant house sites in each lot, as shown upon the "Map of Sanbornton " accom- panying. This description was drawn up in 1877, which is the "pres- ent time " referred to, miless otherwise stated : -
Lor No. 1. JOHN HOPKINSON, G., of Exeter. Next to Bay ; irregular; first occupied by Bracket Johnston (see (en., Vol. II.); now pasture and would- land, owned mostly by Oliver Caler (by Edmund Keasor and Charles .1. George, 1882).
Lor No. 2. JOHN FOGG, G., of Exeter. The old Ichabod Swain place ; south haff sold by him to Dea. Moses Gilman, and now occupied by Orville M. Smith ; uorth half mostly pasture, and owned by O. M. Smith and others. Vacant sites : + 1. ICHABOD SWAIN HOUSE. 2. JAMES CALEE HOUSE, built out of 1. 3. CALEr or TorrLe flouse, on kuoff sonth of last.
Lor No. 3. Jons WENTWORTH, JR., a Masonian proprietor. Was deeded, wild, to Moses Leavitt by Jonathan Hvit of Stratham, March 16, 1759, for £97 10%, "except two rods for highway given to town on west side," which reverted to owner when the Meadow School-house road was built. Decided by Moses Leavitt to his two sous, John S. and Nathaniel, Oct. 3, 1827. The latter now owns the larger portion. Vacant sites : 1. REV. MOSES CHENEY
* These sites indicate the spots of land in the several lots where buildings once stoud, but where buildings of the same kind are no longer standing. They will be numbered couseentively on each lot, and the same numbers will appear, in the proper positions of the given sites, on the map of the town.
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IloUSE. 2. JOSIAH LEAVITT HOUSE. 3. MOODY HOUSE, built by Jolm S. Leavitt; burned 1572. 4. PETER SMITH HOUSE, to whom deeded six and three fourths acres southeast coruer, Aug. 28, 1793. 5. MEADOW SCHOOL- HOUSE, first position.
Lor No. 4. JONATHAN CAWLEY (CORLEY), G., of Exeter. The Jolilison lot, John Johnson (see Gen., Vol. II.) being the first occupaut; north of und including the Meadow School-house and farin of the late Phinchas G. Samboru. Sites: 1. JOHN JOUNSON HOUSE. 2. SIMON JOHNSON HOUSE. 3. MEADOW SCHOOL-HOUSE, second position. 4. MEADOW SCHOOL-HOUSE, third position.
Lor No. 5. EDWARD TAYLOR, G., of Stratham. Largely composed of rongh waste land, through which the Sucker Brook courses, and the new roud from near the Meadow School-house to the Bay or Mosquito Bridge, built in 1848. One half (uortherly ), "except five acres," deeded by Thomas Slinte to Moses Leavitt, Ang. 16, 1793; also fifteen acres, probably of the south half, by Bracket Jolistou to Zebulon Smith, for £25, April 4, 1706. No reason can be assigned why the lots of the First Division should now begin with this lot, to be numbered on the second range from the north, instead of the first, on which the four previous lots are found. (See Plan.) William Ford once owned much of the south end. No sites.
LOT NO. 6. JABEZ SANBORN, G., of Hampton. Rough, like the last. Sucker Brook flows through northeast corner. Meadow School-house and Union Bridge road laid out through this lot in 1826. North end (Chase lot) now owned by James C. Burley and Byron W. Brown. South end mostly owned by Hiram Nelson. Sites : 1. HILL or VAUGHN HOUSE. 2. W.M. CHASE'S GRIST- MII.I ..
Lor No. 7. JONATHAN ROBINSON, JR., G., of Stratham. Wallis Brook skirts the west side. Composed chiefly of a wooded hill. Three fourths owned by John S. Wallis; the rest by Barnard II. Burleigh.
Lor No. 8. JONATHAN ROLINS, G., of Strathain. Contains the well-known Robinson lot, sonth slope of the hill. Easterly half deeded, Sept. 9, 1826, by Henry Samborn to John S. Wallis. Westerly half belongs in part to the Robert, Jr. (present Horace) Ilunkins place. Divided, diagonally, by the Rollins Brook. Site: 1. RoBissox Hlousk, on hill-top cast of Hunkins place, the old road formerly following the range to the same.
Lor No. 9. Jons RINGE, a Masonian proprietor. The late Daniel Robin- son ( now Moses Gilman ) farm, and part of the Horace luukins farm, as above, belong to this Iot. Includes the so-called Mason loc (cast), and the Barker lot (west).
Lor No. 10. JOIN WADLEIGH, G., of Stratham. First ocenpied by Stephen Goodlme. David Hunkins took possession about 1806, living where now Reuben Dudley (John Thompson, 1882). Also one of his sons, John M. Hun- kins, at the north end ou range (see Gen., Vol. II.), where now Lewis R. Ilankins. Hunkins Pond, formerly called Centre Square Pond, is in the northwest corner of this, and the northeast corner of No. 11.
Lor No. 11. LAW LOT NO. 1. (See Explanation, p. 40.) Portions of it sold for taxes to Daniel Sauborn, 1778-80; in all teu acres, northwest corner; four ueres, 1778, for £1 9s. Sd. ; two acres, 1779, for £3 13s. 10d. ; four acres, 1780, for £12. Dee. 3, 1811, Dea. David Philbrook deeded to his son David, just before the latter's marriage, all his land in this lot (except half au acre previously sold to David Hunkins) for $700. Same land successively occu-
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pled by David, Jr., and Nathan Philbrook and their widow Miriam, to whose house the farm was formerly uffached, though afterwards to her brother's, David Hunkins, Jr., and now to his sou's, Jason R. Hunklus. Sites : 1. MnaAM Pimmook Hotsk, as above. 2. DANIEL FIFIELD HOUSE, second residence.
Lor No. 12. JOSEPH ROLINS, G., of Exeter. Dec. 24, 1793, Abraham Per- klus derded to Jonathan Perkins, his son, for £40, ffty acres (west hall of lot), obtained by him of Mr. Fogg In 1779. This was a part of the old Per- klus place ( Including the tannery of the brothers J. B. and C. Perkins), now owned by A. P. Gilman and A. J. Sanborn. The east half' constituted the old Moore farm. Sites : 1. Moone House. 2. Foud HOUSE. Fogg was driven from town In despair by mosquitoes and other annoyances, and sold his house to Master Abraham Perkins In 1774, who occupied It till 1804.
Lor No. 13. JOSIAH SANBORN (JR. ? ), G., of Exeter. Comprises the bal- unce of the Perklus farm, as per deeds, Sept. 11, 1786, Daniel Sauborn to Jonathan Perkins, thirty-seven and one half aeres for £43; and Sept. 5, 1814, Jonathan Perkins to J. B. and C. Perkins, same neres, with seven aeres In Lot No. 12, for $1,000. Rest of the lot belonged to the old Daniel and Dr. B. Sanborn place, now mostly owned by Dea. A. B. Sanboru (by his widow, 1882). Sites : 1. SAMUEL FIFIELD HOUSE. 2. DANIEL FIFIELD HOUSE, third residence. (See Gen., Vol. II.) The old road from Hunklus District to the Centre meeting-house passed both these houses; and when the new (present) roud was laid out In 1806, Samuel Fifleld is said to have muade complaint against the town for " cutting him off by the new highway !" 3. JOSIn SAN- BORN HOUSE. Probably Col. Josiah, though possibly the grantee of the lot, who is said to have erected the first framed barn in town upon this site.
Lor No. 14. THOMAS CHACE (CHASE), G., Stratham. " Ninety acres, more or less," of this and No. 13 belonged to the " home lot " and " tavern stand" of Daniel, Esq., and Dr. B. Sanboru ; now owned by J. M. Taylor, Esq. (where formerly G. Washington Sanborn), Thomas M. Jaques (formerly Col. Daniel Sauborn, till 1850), and Dea. A. B. Sanborn ( formerly Col. Christopher San- born and Jonathan H. Taylor). The upper end of lot was originally given by Esq. Daniel Sauborn to his son James, for whom the present Cynthia A. Lane house was first built. William llarper, Esq., soon after came in possession, who exchanged with Rev. Joseph Woodman for a part of the " Minister Lot," No. 76; hence now mostly owned by 1I. P. Wilson (Woodman farm). Most of the Square village, as far down as J. M. Taylor's blacksmith shop, was in this lot; the west side line being quite uncertain, but originally a little west of the muain street. Sites, beginning on the south (see village plan): 1. SCRIB- NER II. BEAN HOUSE. 2. CLARK'S COOPER SHOP. 3. DISTRICT SCHOOL-HOUSE. Removed, 1870. 4. G. WASHINGTON SANBORN HOUSE. Now that of Mrs. P'hebe Carr; moved across the road by Eliphalet Ordway, Jr. 5. J. CONNER'S BLACK- SMITH Suor (tin shop in the rear). G. KIMBALL'S POTASHI.
Lor No. 15. CALEB ROLINS, G., of Stratham. Jonathan II. Sanborn, son of Esq. Daniel, first settled where subsequently Jolin Billings, Joshua Love- joy, and Noah Eastman, Esq. John Billings and Sarah, his wife, deeded to Lovejoy, Feb. 26, 1805, for $1,175, "all my homestead farm " (sixty-eight acres) in this lot and No. 16. Samuel Gerrish, Esq., and Daniel Gale, as also Thomas Kimball and William Harper, were then owning contiguous lands at the Square. Sites : 1. ELISHA SANBORN HOUSE. A little west of the East- man (Lovejoy ) house. 2. DANIEL GALE'S BLACKSMITH SHOP. He built the present Eastman house.
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LOT NO. 16. JOSEPH JEWETT, G., of Stratham. Jolin Sanborn, the first child born in town, son of Esq. Daniel, first came in possession of this lot; not, however, as the gift of the proprietors, as by some imagined. His father seems to have purchased this, with the two preceding lots, so as to have all his family setiled near him. (See Gen., Vol. II.) David Fullington succeeded Sauborn, after whom that part of the Gulf Brook is named. Sites : 1. Jons SANBORN or FULLINGTON HOUSE, where now the prolific rose-bushes ; west of brook, and at foot of the Stairs Hill; road discontinued, 1876. 2. JEKRY SIL- VER HOUSE. 3. Cernas Sonrn House.
Lor No. 17. PAUL LADD, G., of Stratham. Mostly pasture and woodland, now owned by J. B. Calef, Chase W. Colby, and others. The Stairs Hill road passed over southeast portion; to avoid which, a new road, farther round, but with much casier ascent, was opened, 1876. Sites : 1. MOSES SILVER: HOUSE. Fell and removed, 1870. 2. JOHN SILVER HOUSE. Formerly secluded in pasture ; again rendered au eligible site by the opening of the new highway.
Lor No. 18. MARK H. WENTWORTH, Esq., Masonian proprietor. June 20, 1781, James Hersey deeded to William Burley, "for 275 Spanish milled dol- lar," north half " original right of M. II. W.," as above; now owned by Chase W. Colby. South half deeded by same to Peter Hersey; now iu possessiou of G. W. Copp (Sidney F. Sauboru, 1882) and Harlan P. Ladd (Lewis W. Han- son, 1882).
Lo'T No. 19. JONATHAN CROSBY, G., of Chester. Joseph Prescott of Epping was one of the earliest purchasers, who deeded to James Osgood of Epping, tauuer, thirty acres of westerly side for £100, Oct. 13, 1781. This land is still in possession of the Osgood family. A Mr. Hoyt, however, is said to have raised the first house at or near the present Caler place, east side of lot ; sold the same to a Mr. Smart, who enlarged the premises by bringing the Bear Folsom house from the other side of the range; and then sold out to Joseph Prescott, as above, who seems to have lived here a short time, ou coming to towu, before settling tually, as stated in Vol. II. p. 587 [8]. Jeremiah Caler was the next owner, in whose family it has remained nearly ninety years (ninety-three years, 1882). Sites : 1. THE OSGOOD TANNERY. 2. ORIGINAL SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Lor No. 20. JONATHAN SHAW, G., of Hampton. The original home lot of Moses' Thompson, first settler, who kept a store on the present premises of his grandson, Jeremiah S. The latter here owns the best orchard in towu, and has two houses (one burned, 1876) ; since rebuilt, with large apple cellar. Three acres of this lot were decded to James and Jeremiah B. Osgood for $100, May 9, 1844.
Lor No. 21. EDWARD SHAW, G., of Hampton. This must have been the so-called Clark lot; as June 14, 1803, Joseph Clark deeded to James Osgood for $571.25, fifty-seven acres, beginning at northeast corner, - a pasture, now owned by Jeremiah B. Osgood. By monument at south end, marked " S. 21-22 F.," the town line of Franklin is established between this und No. 22, thirty- seven and one fourth rods west of the line ". 31-32." The old "New Boston" rond nearly divides the lot diagonally from southeast to northwest, on which are sites : 1. JAMES ROBINSON HOUSE, first residence; afterwards occupied, second, by - Darling; third, by Jonathan Swan; and fourth, by - York. 2. LOWELL LAANG IlOUSK.
Lor No. 22. THOMAS BLAKE, G., of Hampton. Occupied by Henry Cross, east side, and by Dea. Abner Kimball, west side; side line a little west of the
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latter's house. (This and the three following lots In Frankllu. ) Site : 1. JAMES FULLINGTON HOUSE. South end of lot.
LOT No. 23. Annans SANBORN, G., of Hampton. The late Charles Pres- cott occupied the cast half till 1876; Nathan 31. Gage the west hair. The old Thaddeus Gage homestead was on this lot nud the next. Site : 1. PREscorr Hoesk; original.
Lor No. 21. Thomas Rotis ( Lleut. ), G., of Stratham. A part now owned by N. M. Gage. Benjamin S. Colby owns the west portion, - to Mrs. N. S. Morrison's. Sites : 1. JONATHAN PRESCOTT HOUSE. 2. FRENCH HoesE; a few rods below the Gage house, Lot No. 23.
Lor No. 25. CHASE TAYLOR, G., of Stratham. Sixty acres of the west side, next to the Peudgewasset, deeded by Chase T. and his wife Sarah, to his son Nathan, Nov. 11, 1802, for $200; this was from "range to range," undl on west skle of Innd previously decded to Major Win. Taylor, "with right of way across his land." The N. S. Morrison farm also on this lot, In part, as his father, Bradbury M., deeded to him for $1 his right and title to fifty-two and one half aeres thereof, Sept. 21, 1841. Site: 1. TAYLOR HOUSE; known to have been occupied by Thomas T., sou or Esq. Nathan; ufterwards moved to the George W. Morrison place.
Lor No. 26. JOSIAH FOGG, G., of Exeter. This and the next are located out of order, for some unaccountable reason; but substantiated by the follow- Ing : "Solomou Copp and Elizabeth his wife [deeded] to Benjamin Philbrick, blacksmith, for £105, fifty-one acres, part of Lot No. 26, First Division, drawn to original right of Josiah Fogg, beginning at the northeast corner, March 1, 1793." This, therefore, was the spot (south end of East half) where Solomon Copp, first settler, commenced, near the old " boundary tree"; afterwards part of the Dea. Benjauiu Philbrick place; now owned by his daughter ( transferred to Mr. Barker, and for sale, 1882). Also, " April 24, 1799, Enoch Thomas to Benjamin Philbrick, for $80, eight acres, northeast corner of his land "; and forty-four acres southwest corner of this lot was bought by David Philbrick of said Thomas, and afterwards sold to Renben Philbrick. Hence the old Thomas and the late Jacob B. Philbrick farm was mostly ou this lot. Sites : 1. ClarenET HOUSE. 2. THOMAS HOUSE. 3. Corr louse; original.
Lor No. 27. THEODORE ATKINSON, Esq., Masonian proprietor. "Benjamin Philbrook of Northampton, blacksmith," was probably the first purchaser, as he deeds to Reuben Philbrick or " Phil Brook " (his son) of Sanborntou, black- smith, a portion of the northeast corner, May 1, 1793. The present Andrew Philbrick place, on the south end, previously owned by his father Josiah, and prior to that by his uncle Simucon, who also sold to David Philbrick "' twenty- live acres southeast corner, and west on range forty-five rods"; who in turn sold to Reuben, in connection with the contiguous forty-four acres mentioned above (No. 26), for $800. Sites: 1. JONATHAN MARSTON HOUSE. Land now owned by J. T. G. Sauborn. 2. CHARLES BUSWELL HOUSE. 3. JOSEPH II. IlILL House.
Lor NO. 28. DANIEL. SANBORN, JR., G., of Hampton. Bordering on the Pemigewasset River; irregular; formerly occupied, in part at least, by one Burbank; afterwards by Mr. Norris, who divided it among his sons; now has several owners (Franklin). Sites : 1. BURBANK HOUSE. 2. EBENEZER CLARK Hlousk; original.
LOT No. 20. JOSINH ROBINSON, G., of Exeter. Early owners of whole lot were John and Nathaniel Fullington, brothers, who obtained it of the grautce;
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but failed and were dispossessed. Dec. 29, 1803, Ebenezer Clark decided to Joseph Clark forty neres for $75, " westerly part of lot "; and James Clark conveyed to George C. Ward for $200, forty acres west hair, whole length, Feb. 27, 1513. Mr. Ward now principal occupant (his heirs, 1882). The house east of his (Site 1) was the original FULLINGTON and STEPHEN CLARK House (Franklin).
LOT No. 30. JETHRO PERSON, G., of Exeter. Was called the "Chase lot," being owned in full by a man of that name. Sold by him to Thompson and Calet, and owned by their families as wood and timber, till sold again to the Winnipiseogee Paper Company, 1870. Northwest corner a rough hill, called the " Hedgehog "; Jonathan Wadleigh and the late Charles Prescott owners ( Franklin).
Lor No. 31. WILLIAM CHASE, G., of Strathain. The line of Sanbornton aud Franklin runs between this and No. 32 (see Lots No. 21 and 32 below). Pasture, south end, now owned by J. B. Osgood and S. M. Thompson's heirs, on which is Site 1. GIBSON HOUSE (also occupied by John Elkins). This house was originally built by one Levi Sanborn, and with it was burned, November, 1803, an unrecorded deed, which gave rise to the first case cited in Vol. I. of the " New Hampshire Law Reports," - Tomson vs. Ward. Ilouse was rebuilt by John Elkins, but longest occupied by James Gibson.
LOT No. 32. WILLIAMI THOMPSON, G., of Stratham. The southwest corner bound-stone of the present town of Sanbornton, - "S. 32, F. 31," - a few rods south of road below Eben. Burleigh's and Dauiel A. Sanborn's, proves their farms to be mostly in this lot ; also momment in wall, with same inscriptions, at north end. One of the few lots in town which was actually settled by the original grantee, - William Thompson clearing the spot where now Ebenezer Burleigh's house stands, in 1769, and a pair of oxen being lodged in what is now his "ell part" on the night after the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775 ! Daniel Burleigh succeeded Thompson; and his brother, Robert Burleigh, built across the road, where now Daniel A. Sanborn's (new house, 1876). Que of the best fruit-raising lots in town. Sites: 1. Joux Prescorr Ilousk. 2. DANIEL THOMPSON HOUSE. 3. JACOB THOMPSON'S BLACKSMITH SHOP.
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