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To Timothy and Sarah Nigh Grannis. Son, David, Nov. 17, 1792. Son, Sid- ney, June 2, 1795. Son, Evander, Aug. 31, 1796.
To Doct. James and Lucretia Steel. Daughter, Libbie, April 12, 1777. Son, James, June 23, 1781. Son, Josiah Dibbell, March 30, 1783. Son, Samuel Hol- ister, March 26, 1785.
To Patrick and Abigal Field. Daughter, Freedom, Dec. 19, 1778. Son, David, Jan. 28, 1781.
To Ebenezer and Mary Conant. Daughter, Millessent, Dec. 17, 1779.
To Keziah Hawley. Son, Asa, Sept. 11, 1788.
To Richard and Coziah Hawley. Daughter, Esther, Dec. 14, 1779.
To Oliver and Elizabeth Cook. Son, Oliver, March 8, 1780. Daughter, Nancy Love, Dec. 14, 1781.
To Gideon and Mary Ellis. Son, Calvin, April 10, 1782. Son, Luther, Sept. 13, 1784. Daughter, Sarah, June 1, 1787.
To Cotton and Olive Dickinson. Daughter, Fanny, Sept. 27, 1780.
To Joseph, Jr., and Elsa York. Son, Samuel Jamison, April 11, 1782.
To William and Hepzibath Osgood. Son, Solomon Washington, Aug. 27. 1776. Daughter, Hepzibath, March 18, 1779. Son, John, April 18, 1781. Son, Samson, July 29, 1783. Daughter, Anne, March 11, 1786.
To Capt. George and Thankful Hubbard. Son, Ahira, Oct. 13, 1779. Daughter, Parmela, April 13, 1781.
To Capt. Reuben and Lydia Petty. Daughter, Keziah, April 30, 1780. Daughter, Roxane, July 21, 1782. Daughter, Fanny, Oct. 7, 1784.
To Jonathan and Keziah Holmes. Daughter, Philana, March 30, 1782. Daughter, Molla, Aug. 28, 1784.
To Oliver and Hannah Tuttle. Daughter, Prudence, Sept. 8, 1785.
To James and Esther Alden. Daughter, Esther, Jan. 5, 1778. Son, Joseph, Nov. 21, 1779. Daughter, Esther, March 19, 1781. Son, Chester, Aug. 31, 1782. Daughter, Cynthia, Aug. 10, 1784. Daughter, Sophia, Aug. 10, 1786. Daughter, Clementina, Nov. 28, 1788. Daughter, Elvira, Oct. 31, 1790.
To Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker. Daughter, Hannah, Feb. 1, 1775. Daughter, Elizabeth, Dec. 28, 1777. Son, Jonathan, Jan. 4, 1780. Son, Isaac, July 9, 1781.
To Ephraim and Comfort French. Daughter, Rebecca, June, 1776. Daughter, Hannah, June, 1778. Daughter, Experience, May 20, 1780. Son, Isaac, July 25, 1782.
To Solomon and Hannah Bates. Daughter, Bathsheba, Oct. 2, 1781. Son, Levy, April 26, 1783. Son, Amos, Sept., 1784. Son, Levy, Sept. 12, 1787.
To Asa, Jr., and Mitte Leet. Daughter, Polly, March 27, 1790.
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To Amasa and Achsa Andrews. Son, Luman, Jan. 22, 1781. Son, Amos, Dec. 29, 1782. Daughter, Irena, Nov. 21, 1784. Son, Amos Butler, Sept. 13, 1788.
To Nehemiah and Mary Rice. Son, Bela, Jan. 10, 1778. Son, Benjamin, Nov. 28, 1780. Son, Nehemiah, Oct. 28, 1781. Daughter, Maryalma, Nov. 4, 1783. Daughter, Mary, Oct. 9, 1785. Daughter, Almay, Dec. 8, 1787.
To Dea. Matthias and Susana Stone. Son, John, Jan. 15, 1775. Son, Joseph, July 1, 1777.
To Christopher and Freelove Erskine. Daughter, Rebeckah, April 23, 1788. Daughter, Content, May 23, 1789. Daughter, Celia, Sept. 1, 1791. Daughter, Catharine, Dec. 3, 1793. Son, Christopher, Nov. 13, 1795.
To David and Hannah Stedman. Daughter, Polly, May 13, 1786. Son, Fisher, Sept. 13, 1788. Son, John, Nov. 2, 1790.
To Moody and Alice Dustin. Daughter, Malinda, Dec. 15, 1788.
To Ebenezer and Matilda Brewer. Son, Ebenezer, Sept. 13, 1785.
To Sarah Thornton. Daughter, Sarah Norton, Nov. 11, 1779. Daughter, Lovice Taylor, Nov. 2, 1781.
To Ambrose and Anne C. Cossit. Daughter, Anne Catharine, May 5, 1779. Daughter, Mary Alma, Feb. 26, 1781. Daughter, Betsey Ruth, April 21, 1783. Son, Ambrose, Aug. 28, 1785. Son, Samuel Cole, Feb. 13, 1788. Son, Frainsway Ranna, April 24, 1790. Daughter, Phebe Levina, May 2, 1793.
To Ephraim and Sarah Page. Daughter, Rowena, Nov. 7, 1783. Daughter, Clarisa, Dec. 6, 1787. Son, Joseph Hawking, Aug. 10, 1790. Son, Phelon, Nov. 1, 1792.
To Sanford and Elizabeth Kingsbury. Son, July 31, 1782.
To Nathaniel and Rachel Goss. Daughter, Susanah, Nov. 19, 1777. Son, Na- thaniel, Feb. 27, 1780. Son, Joel, Jan. 30, 1782. Daughter, Rowena, Feb. 11, 1784. Daughter, Polly, Dec. 6, 1787. Daughter, Orenea, Jan. 18, 1790. Daughter, Lucinda, July 17, 1794. Daughter, Matilda, Aug. 23, 1795.
To Amos and Elizabeth Conant. Daughter, Betsey, May 14, 1778. Son, Amos, Jan. 9, 1780. Son, Samuel, March 8, 1781. Daughter, Betsey, Dec. 12, 1782. Son, Ebenezer, May 20, 1785. Son, Charles, Sept. 30, 1787. Daughter, Cynthia, March 21, 1790. Son, Ezra, Oct. 16, 1792. Son, Ralph, Sept. 29, 1794. Daughter, Rosan Sharlotte, Feb. 4, 1797.
To Peter and Deliverance Davis. Son, Peter, July 2, 1778. Son, Ebenezer. June 13, 1780. Son, Ebenezer, June 7, 1782. Son, Jonathan Goss, Dec. 9, 1783. Daughter, Deliverance, Nov. 8, 1785. Son, Peter, June 24, 1787. Son, Elijah, March 21, 1790. Daughter, Mary, Feb. 23, 1792. Son, Solomon, June 10, 1793. Son, Abel, Aug. 11, 1795.
To Isaac and Mamre Cleveland. Son, Isaac, Sept. 23, 1780. Son, Harvey, Aug. 20, 1782. Daughter, Sarah, Sept. 9, 1784. Daughter, Mamre, May 31, 1786. Daughter, Irena, Sept. 19, 1788. Son, Decastro, July 3, 1790. Daughter, Nancy, Aug. 19, 1793.
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To John and E izabeth Kibling. Daughter, Sarah, March 1, 1785. Daughter, Hannah, April 11, 1788. Son, Fisher, Feb. 20, 1790. Daughter, Betsey, June 15, 1792. Daughter, Polly, Jan. 15, 1795.
To Joel and Hannah Roys. Son, Joel Gardiner, June 25, 1781. Daughter, Fanny, Dec. 4, 1782.
To Timothy and Sarah Cole. Son, Nehemiah, Oct. 12, 1784. Daughter, Ammendlees, Nov. 23, 1785.
To Adam R. and Taphu Leet. Son, Ezra, March 13, 1783. Son, Reuben, April 22, 1785. Daughter, Elizabeth, July 19, 1789. Daughter, Cloe, May 5, 1791. Son, Adam Rayner, Jr., May 16, 1794. Son, David Migs, May 6, 1800.
To Samuel and Anna Atkins. Son, Thomas Jones, Dec. 25, 1784. Son, Guy Jarome, May 2, 1786. Son, John Albro, Jan. 12, 1788. Daughter, Harriet Pau- lina, July 6, 1789. Son, Israel Gardnier, June 22, 1791. Son, Ralph Cada, Feb. 22, 1793. Daughter, Lucia Olive, Feb. 9, 1795.
To Thomas and Sarah Dustin. Daughter, Sarah, Jan. 5, 1786. Daughter Phylindia, April 20, 1785. Daughter, Sarah, March 2, 1787. Daughter, Han- nah, May 5, 1789. Son, Abel, March 10, 1792. Son, Thomas, April 10, 1794.
To Jonathan and Hannah Bradley. Daughter, Cinthia, Oct. 7, 1790. Son, Ranna, June 2, 1793.
To Phinehas and Deborah Parker. Son, Franklin, May 14, 1790. Son, War- ren, Nov. 8, 1791. Daughter, Malinda, Dec. 9, 1792.
To Timothy and Abigail Fisher. Daughter, Abigail, Jan. 17, 1790.
To Benj'n and Polley Healy. Daughter, Polley, Oct. 20, 1790. Daughter, Hitty, May 30, 1792. Daughter, Nancy, Feb. 17, 1794. Daughter, Reukiah, Oct. 5, 1795.
To Luther and Sarah Ashley. Son, Robert, Oct. 21, 1785. Daughter, Clowry Dewlittle, March 12, 1788. Son, Alphua, Nov. 19, 1789. Son, George, Oct. 6, 1791.
To Jacob and Abigail Raimond. Daughter, Betsey Lawrence, Nov. 8, 1790. Daughter, Abigail King, Sept. 11, 1792 ..
To Benjamin and Clowe Granda. Daughter, Cinthia, Oct. 11, 1791. Son, Alpha, Jan. 29, 1793. Daughter, Fanny, Sept. 3, 1794. Daughter, Chloe Coy, Sept. 7, 1796.
To Jonathan, Jun'r, and Polly Shaw. 3d Son, Jonathan, May 1, 1791.
To Micah and Sally Morse. Daughter, Clarissa, Dec. 22, 1792.
To Roswell and Rachel Stevens. Son, Harris, May 1, 1792. Son, Solon, Feb. 12, 1794.
To Demon and Lydia Rice. Daughter, Betsey, March 16, 1793.
To Francis and Mary Chase. Daughter, Mariah, May 16, 1793. Son, Elijah, Oct. 3, 1794. Daughter, Betsey, Sept. 23, 1796.
To Waldo and Mary Field. Daughter, Polly, July 31, 1793. Son, Waldo Hannebel, Aug. 10, 1797.
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To Peter and Keziah Wakefield. Son, Peter, Sept. 24, 1794.
To Bill and Esther Barnes. Daughter, Eunice Spaulding, Sept. 11, 1795. Son, Bill Andrews, March 12, 1798. Son, Ira Norton, April 28, 1800.
To Ezekiel and Elizabeth Leet. Son, Levi, Sept. 2, 1796.
To Ichabod and Mahitabel Dodge. Daughter, Prudence, Sept. 5, 1795. Son, Isaac, June 13, 1797.
To Demon and Lydia Roys. Daughter, Sally, March 26, 1797. Daughter, Esther Bunnel, Oct. 23, 1798.
To Wilia and Betsey Lewis. Son, Frederick Steward, Dec. 11, 1797.
To Asa and Mary Jones. Daughter, Sally, July 13, 1797.
To Doct. Thomas and his wife. Daughter, Almanda, Oct. 6, 1798.
To Royal and Sabina Shaw. Son, Hartford Dennis, March 26, 1799.
To Benjamin and Susannah Grandy. Daughter, Cynthia, Oct. 3, 1800. Daughter, Jan. 13, 1802.
To John and Hannah Temple. Son, Charles William Henry, Aug. 2, 1801.
DEATHS, PRIOR TO 1797.
Hannah, daughter of Capt. Benj. and Prudence Sumner, Sept. 22, 1772. Son, David Hubbard, April 6, 1774.
Mary, daughter of Dea. Matthias and Susana Stone, Dec. 7, 1773. Susana, wife of Matthias Stone, March 6, 1789.
Ezra, son of David and Mary Bates, Jan. 7, 1775.
Lemuel, son of John and Phebe Hitchcock, Jan. 9, 1776.
Anna, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Cotton, July 25, 1777.
Reuben, son of Ebenezer and Phebe Rice, Aug. 3, 1777. Son, Samuel, burned to death in a house, Jan. 26, 1783.
Abigail, daughter of Josiah and Abigail Stevens, Sept. 28, 1777. Son, Wil- liam, June 5, 1781. Daughter, Ruth, Nov. 21, 1782. Son, Alfred, Aug. 10, 1796. Abigail, wife of Josiah Stevens, April 29, 1790.
David, son of Lieut. Joseph and Elizabeth Ives, July 31, 1777.
Lemuel Hitchcock, Aug. 5, 1777.
Samuel, son of Ichabod and Rebekah Hitchcock, July 26, 1777. Daughter, Hannah, Aug. 3, 1777. Son, Lyman, Feb. 17, 1787.
Esther, daughter of James and Esther Alden, Oct. 20, 1779.
Susanah, wife of Ezra Jones, March 5, 1780. Joel, son of Ezra and Susanah Jones, 1780. George Augustus, son of Ezra and Esther Jones, Aug. 4, 1790. Daughter, Esther, Oct. 4, 1791.
Betsey, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Conant, March 27, 1780.
Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Mary Judd, Oct. 5, 1780.
Ebenezer, son of Peter and Deliverance Davis, March 4, 1782. Son, Peter, July 11, 1784. Son, Peter, Oct. 9, 1793.
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Jonathan Pine Holmes, Sept. 1, 1784.
Maryalma, daughter of Nehemiah and Mary Rice, Sept. 2, 1784. Levy, son of Solomon and Hannah Bates, April 25, 1785. Hannah, wife of Oliver Tuttle, Sept. 12, 1785.
Luther, son of Gideon and Mary Ellis, April 27, 1786.
Rebeckah, daughter of Christopher and Freelove Erskine, April 24, 1788. Daughter, Celia, Feb. 11, 1794.
Clement, son of Timothy and Sarah Grannis, July 30, 1789. Sarah, wife of Timothy Grannis, June 25, 1789.
Decastro, son of Isaac and Mamre Cleveland, Oct. 8, 1790.
John Albro, Son of Samuel and Anna Atkins, Jan. 13, 1792.
Warren, son of Phinehas and Deborah Parker, Feb. 11, 1792. Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Bradley, May 25, 1793. Eunice, wife of Bill Barnes, July 27, 1793.
Hitty, daughter of Benj. and Polly Swett, Dec. 24, 1793.
Cynthia, daughter of Benjamin and Chloe Grandy, Sept. 8, 1796. Chloe, wife of Benjamin Grandy.
CHAPTER XXII.
LICENSED LIQUOR SELLERS AND TAVERN KEEPERS - TEMPERANCE.
The following from the town records shows not only the num- ber of liquor sellers necessary to supply the needs of the people, and the number of taverns, or places of entertainment for man and beast, required, but the manner of doing such things an hundred years ago. Liquor sellers were permitted to sell by the pint, quart, or larger quantity, but not to mix liquors or sell by the glass, unless especially licensed to do so.
LIQUOR SELLERS.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. CHESHIRE SS.
To Josiah Stevens, Samuel Mann, & John W. Russell of Claremont in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Gentlemen :
We reposing especial trust and confidence in your fidelity and abilities have thought fit to appoint each of you Retailers of Spirituous Liquors and by these presents do give and grant to each of you our full Liberty and License to retail Spirituous Liquors at each of your Several Stores or dwelling houses within the limits of Claremont aforesaid for the term of one year from the date here of agreeable to the act of the General Court of the State of New Hampshire in that case made and provided.
Given under our hand and Seal at Claremont aforesaid the eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
Recorded Oct. 8th, A. D. 1792.
EZRA JONES, GIDEON HANDERSON, Selectmen.
On December 8, 1794, the selectmen gave Jacob Parker liberty " to retail those Liquors that he shall distil in his still in Clare- mont till the second tuesday of September next."
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CLAREMONT, Nov. 1st, 1802.
We the subscribers, Selectmen of Claremont do hereby license John Tappan to mix spirituous liquors in his store on publick days during the space of one year from this first day of November, 1802.
JOHN STROBRIDGE, DAVID DEXTER,
Selectmen.
Another form of license.
CLAREMONT, Sept. 5th, 1803.
We the subscribers hereby license S. & G. Fiske to retail Spirituous liquors at their Store in Claremont, also to mix and sell liquors at said store for one year from the date hereof.
EZRA JONES,
DAVID DEXTER,
Selectmen.
WM. BRECK,
Entered, Sept 6th, 1803.
In 1796 sellers of spirituous liquors derived their licenses from the United States Collector of the Revenue, on the recommend- ation of the selectmen of the town. The following is one of many of those recommendations :
This may certify that Gawen Arma & Ambrose Cossit are in our opinion proper persons for retailers of Spirituous liquors and that there is need of one in the place where they live.
Claremont, Sept. 2d, 1796.
EZRA JONES,
B. ELLIS,
Selectmen. THOMAS WARNER,
To Samuel Crosby, Collector of the Revenue, Charlestown.
That year, in addition to the above-named Gawen Arma and Ambrose Cossit, James Ralston, Elijah Dunbar, Josiah Stevens, and Samuel Fiske were recommended by the selectmen as suit- able persons to retail spirituous liquors, and gave it as their opinion that there was need of one in the place where each lived.
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TAVERN KEEPERS.
A tavern keeper's license implied the right, though not always expressed, to mix and sell spirituous liquors, though not to sell by the pint or larger quantity :
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - CHESHIRE S.S.
To George Cook, Ebenezer Rice, William Park, Daniel Chase, Bill Barnes, Gawen Arma, George Hubbard, Christopher Erskine, Stephen Mann, Scar- borough J. Stearns, William Strobridge, all of Claremont in said County, Greeting :
We reposing special trust & confidence in your fidelity & ability have thought fit, and by these presents, do appoint each of you Tavern Keepers, and do give each of you free liberty & our license to keep Tavern at each of your places of abode for the term of one year from the date here of, your keeping such public houses of entertainment as the law in such cases requires.
Given under our hands at Claremont the second day of Sept'r in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
THOMAS WARNER EZRA JONES Selectmen. B. ELLIS
Thomas Dustin also was licensed to keep tavern the same year. Thus it will be seen that in the year 1796 there were twelve taverns in the town of Claremont, with a population of about sixteen hundred souls.
CLAREMONT, Sept 10, 1798.
This may certify that we the Subscribers have licensed the following persons to keep Tavern at their dwelling houses in Claremont for one year from the date, viz: Stephen Dexter J. Scarboro Sterne, George Hubbard, Eben'r Rice, Bill Barnes, Daniel Chase, Col. Benjamin Sumner, Capt John Cook.
EZRA JONES CALEB BALDWIN Selectmen.
JAMES STROBRIDGE
TAVERNS AND HOTELS.
Among the taverns or hotels in the period from 1795 to 1845 were the
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D. CHASE'S TAVERN, OR SULLIVAN HOUSE.
This house was built by Daniel Chase in 1794, and opened to the public the next year. Mr. Chase kept it until his death, in November, 1840. For many years the Masonic fraternity held their regular meetings there. Mr. Chase was succeeded by his son- in-law, Amos A. Watson, and he by his brother, Ebenezer Watson. The name was changed from D. Chase's Tavern to that of the Sullivan House in April, 1841. It has been kept by George E. Bingham, the White brothers, Horace A. Perry, Eli C. Marsh & Son, James Leet, Francis Rafferty, H. C. Fitch & Son, and by others for short periods. It has been a public house up to the present time. Frank F. Pitcher is the proprietor.
THE BILL BARNES TAVERN.
About 1790, Bill Barnes built the large two-story house on North street, known as the Barnes place, and kept a tavern many years. Near the present junction of North and Spring streets was a sign, hung to a tall post, on which was painted the picture of an animal supposed to be a lion, and an inscription directing the way to "Bill Barnes's Tavern." In the house was a large hall where the Free Masons held their regular meetings for a time, and which was a favorite place for balls and dancing parties.
THE CUPOLA HOUSE.
This house, about four miles from the village, on the road to Windsor, Vt., now owned by Pomeroy M. Rossiter, was kept from the early days of the settlement of the town, as a tavern, by Col. Benjamin Sumner and later by Horace Dean, from 1833 until 1851. Being on the direct road from northeastern Vermont and north- western New Hampshire to Boston and other important markets, this house was largely patronized by travelers and teamsters, until the Sullivan railroad was built.
DRUGS & ME
CINES
SE- NEW YORK STORE
UNION BLOCK.
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THE RALSTON TAVERN.
In 1784 Alexander Ralston came to town and bought several tracts of land on Town hill, including what has been known for sixty years or more as the Michael Lovell farm, now owned by Dr. O. B. Way. On this place he built a large two-story house and kept it as a tavern, and it was widely known while he kept it and for many years afterward when kept by others, as the Ralston Tav- ern. The stages to and from Boston stopped at this house regu- larly, and it was a favorite stopping place for teamsters.
TREMONT HOUSE.
In 1800 Josiah Stevens built the hostelry well known as the Tremont House from 1823 until it was destroyed by fire, March 20, 1879. He kept it until his death, April 10, 1827, and was suc- ceeded by his sons, Josiah, Jr., Godfrey, Alvah, and Paran. After a few years the latter became sole proprietor and continued to keep the house until 1839, when he sold the entire property to Aurelius Dickinson, who owned it until he died, November 3, 1880. Mr. Dickinson kept the house at different intervals while he owned it, and it was kept by his son, Henry A. Dickinson, and by others at different periods. At the time of its destruction F. H. Gibson & Co. were the lessees. It was in this house that Paran Stevens became so favorably known as a landlord that he was called to the management of some of the best hotels in Boston. Subsequently he became manager of large and elegant houses in New York, Philadelphia, and Mobile, and was well known as a hotel manager all over this country.
THE COOKE TAVERN.
In 1779 Capt. John Cooke came to Claremont and bought the tavern stand and large meadow farm, on the Connecticut river road, about midway between the village and Windsor, Vt., for more than a hundred years known as the Cooke farm, now owned by Erastus Reed. The tavern house was on the west side of the 22
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highway, nearly opposite the mansion on the place, and there it stood, for many of its last years uninhabited, until 1858, when it was taken down. It was kept and known as the Cooke Tavern until the death of Captain Cooke, February 8, 1810. He was suc- ceeded by his two sons, George and Godfrey. Under their man- agement this house had an excellent reputation. It was here that Paran Stevens, a grandson of Captain Cooke, is said to have re- ceived his first lessons in hotel keeping from his uncle, Godfrey Cooke.
LOWER VILLAGE HOTEL.
For nearly fifteen years subsequent to 1832, there was a hotel of good repute, well patronized, at the lower village, just west of the Freeman & O'Neil Company's shops, known by the names of those who kept it from time to time. It was kept for several years each by Josiah Richardson and J. L. Prescott, and afterward by William Bartlett, Henry W. Galpin, and Thomas Kirk. The buildings were burned about 1848, while Thomas Kirk was proprietor.
THE MAYNARD TAVERN.
In the early part of the present century, Col. Benjamin Tyler built for a homestead the large two-story house at West Claremont, which was afterward kept for a tavern by Austin Tyler and by Daniel F. Maynard for many years prior to the death of the latter, which occurred August 25, 1865. Before the Sullivan railroad was built this house was largely patronized by teamsters from northern Vermont and other travelers. It was a stopping place for stages up and down Connecticut river, and in the hall were held frequent balls, political meetings, and other gatherings.
JUNCTION HOUSE.
Soon after the Sullivan railroad was built a small public house was opened near Claremont station, and it has been kept at inter- vals by many different parties since then. After the Concord and Claremont railroad was built it was named the Junction House.
BELMONT
HOUSE.
11
HEYWARD'S AND RAND'S BLOCK.
11
JANK.
HUNTON'S BLOCK.
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BELMONT HOUSE.
In 1872 Joel M. Heywood erected on the east side of Pleasant street a large three-story brick block of stores, and the two upper stories were made into a hotel, which he named the Belmont House. It has since then been leased by several different parties, and is now kept by Henry C. Fitch & Son. Since the death of Joel M. Heywood the property has been owned by his son, Edwin B. Heywood.
ASCUTNEY VIEW HOUSE.
In 1891 Ira F. Chandler built at the corner of Main and Union streets, lower village, a three-story block, containing on the ground floor three stores, and a hotel in the second and third stories. The hotel part was leased to Albion R. Campbell, who still keeps it.
HOTEL CLAREMONT.
A syndicate purchased a portion of the land on which the burned Tremont House buildings stood, for a site for such a hotel as the size of the town and the requirements of the traveling pub- lic seemed to demand. They erected a building with brick walls, three stories high, containing on the ground floor a spacious office, dining room and kitchen, six stores, and postoffice; the two upper stories were made into large parlors, spacious halls, and suites of sleeping apartments, with all the conveniences of a modern first- class hotel. The hotel and all the stores are heated by one steam apparatus. The building was completed and all the stores and postoffice were occupied early in June, 1892, and on the twenty- seventh of that month Fred C. Camp, from Boston, lessee, opened Hotel Claremont for the reception of guests. This building, with site and postoffice, and hotel furnishings complete, cost about nine- ty-five thousand dollars. It is a credit to the town and a comfort and convenience to the traveling public.
CHAPTER XXIII.
LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS.
Of the following named lawyers, alphabetically arranged, who have practiced in Claremont, notice is made of each in the bio- graphical chapter :
William H. H. Allen.
Russell Jarvis.
Edward D. Baker.
John Kimball.
James H. Bingham.
Thomas Leland.
Dudley T. Chase.
Milon C. McClure.
Burt Chellis.
Ralph Metcalf.
Ira Colby. Caleb Ellis.
Hosea W. Parker.
Alpheus F. Snow.
Philander C. Freeman.
John W. Tappan.
Samuel W. Fuller.
George Ticknor.
Alexander Gardiner.
George B. Upham.
James M. Gates.
Jabez Upham.
Hermon Holt.
Edwin Vaughan.
Asa Holton.
Alonzo B. Williamson.
Alphabetically arranged are brief records of other[lawyers, with dates, as nearly as practicable, when they were in town :
Alfred T. Batchelder, studied law with Ira Colby; was admitted to Sullivan county bar; partner of Mr. Colby from 1875 to 1879, and then removed to Keene, where he has since resided.
Frank H. Brown, read law with William H. H. Allen; graduated at Boston University Law School; was admitted to the bar in Boston; practiced for a time at Concord; lives in Claremont, but does not practice.
Edmund Burke, was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1830; in practice at Whitefield; in Claremont in 1833 and 1834; removed to Newport ; member of congress three terms, from 1839 to 1845; commissioner of patents from 1845 to 1849, and distinguished as a political writer. He died at Newport, Jan. 25, 1882.
EFFE
C
SHOE W STORE
HOTEL CLAREMONT BLOCK.
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Arthur Chase, was admitted to Sullivan county bar in 1861; practiced a few years and then turned his attention to journalism and agriculture. He died Nov. 20, 1888.
George Davis, was in practice in Claremont a few months in 1877.
Charles Leland, son of Thomas Leland, studied law with his father, and they were in partnership a few years. He died March 28, 1884.
Hubbard Newton, was in practice in town in 1841.
Charles Parkhurst, studied law with Hosea W. Parker; was admitted to Sul- livan county bar in 1862; practiced here a few years; is now a doctor of di- vinity and editor of Zion's Herald, Boston.
John J. Prentiss, was in practice in Claremont at different times from 1845 to 1868; was member of the New Hampshire legislature and speaker of the house in 1855; died at Chicago, Ill., in 1890.
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