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At the Regular Communication of Jan. A. L. 5824 the Select Committee reported the Lodge out of debt and a balance of $94.04 in the treasury, although some of the claims were not actually paid till some time afterwards.
In the year 1825 six were admitted to membership and ac- cording to the records peace pervaded the Hall.
In April it was voted to approbate the formation of Aurora Lodge in Henniker. Twelve members were admitted at the first meeting of the year 1826 which is probably the largest number at any one time in the history of the Lodge.
In May it was voted to approbate the formation of Pacific Lodge at Francestown.
At the annual meeting holden May 28, 1828, a new Code of Bylaws was adopted under an act of incorporation from the Legislature of New Hampshire, and the names of forty-eight members are appended to it, in their own handwriting. This was the last full Code adopted until January 5853 (1853), but there were several Brethren who were not admitted to membership
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until long after the adoption of this new Code, who signed the old one.
The following year, 1829, there was practically no work done, the attendance was much smaller, averaging only eleven, and the tide of public opinion was very strongly Anti-Masonic, in consequence of the excitement which followed the disappearance of William Morgan, said to have been abducted and drowned in Lake Ontario by Free Masons for exposing the secrets of the Masons. Brother Robert Morris wrote a book in which he claimed those accusations false, but whether true or false, it had the effect to nearly or quite prostrate the Fraternity throughout the country for a series of years. Still Harmony Lodge passed, raised and admitted to Membership, one candidate, Brother Nathaniel George in 1830, the last work of which there is any record until Sept. 22, 1852, a period of twenty-two years when Brother Edward C. Cooledge was initiated. But regular meetings were continued for a year longer. Communications were held from one to three months apart with an attendance of from five to nine members although at one meeting June 15, 1832, the record shows that Brother Silas Dinsmore then W. M. was the only one present.
From 1839 for the next five years, meetings were held more frequently, sometimes monthly, but a record of one is a record of all. From May 21, 1845, to May 2, 1849, another period of four years, there is no record and the meeting of this last date, is the only one until Aug. 25, 1852, when an application was received and the three degrees were conferred upon Brother Edward C. Cooledge in due form and order, the first time in twenty-two years as before stated.
Another two years of inactivity followed, with irregular meetings and a small attendance, but upon October 4, 1854, the sons of Free-Masonry again arose and cast some rays of light upon Harmony Lodge.
On December 30th, 1857, it was voted to appoint a committee to see about moving the Lodge to the Bridge Village, and at the next meeting held January 27th, 1858, it was voted to move to Joshua Marcy & Co's Hall which was located on the south side
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of the river, the building now used as a dwelling house on the hill above the Mosley Store.
For some reason or other this place of meeting did not meet the needs of the Fraternity for during '60 and '61 several different committees were appointed to procure another place of meeting and on Februray 12th, 1862, James Newman proposed to the Lodge that he would build a Hall that the Masons could have for their own.
On May 7th, 1862, it was voted to do no more work in their present quarters and the next record shows that about thirty-five brethren together with five candidates went to Henniker and used the hall of Aurora Lodge to confer the degrees.
During this period of unrest and warfare although meetings were held quite regularly the attendance was very small.
On December 3, 1862, it was voted to move to the hall of O. P. Greenleaf & Co which was in what is now the Valley Hotel. Here they met until May, 1864, when they moved to the building James Newman had promised to build, which we now know as the Colby Block.
Immediately following the close of the Civil War Masonry in Harmony Lodge enjoyed a period of growth and prosperity, and almost yearly we find that Festivals were voted to be held but the records do not reveal in what manner they were con- ducted.
In 1878 the brethren then residing in Antrim petitioned the Grand Lodge for a charter but this petition failed.
The membership for the next twenty years continued to increase and in 1889 it seemed necessary that more commodious quarters be secured and it was proposed that the new hall over James S. Butler's store be hired but this was not done and they continued to meet in the Colby Block until in 1892 when Peter H. Rumrill started to build his brick block he agreed to finish off the upper story in conformity with the wants of the Masons and consequently they now enjoy one of the prettiest and most con- venient places of meeting possible.
The new Hall was fitted up with new furniture throughout and at a special meeting held May 7th, 1894, it was dedicated
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with appropriate ceremony attended by over 100 Masons and 200 invited guests including the Grand Master of New Hampshire and his official Suite.
George W. Haslet was the Worshipful Master at this time.
From that time on to the present day the Lodge has been a continued strength in the community honoring and honored by those who were admitted to its membership and as it now ap- proaches its 100th anniversary the members review with pride the historical and fraternal part that Harmony Lodge has linked so plainly to the civil and social developement of the town and one hundred fifty strong stand on the brink of another hundred years ready to uphold the high standard of the Fraternity.
PORTIA CHAPTER, No. 14, O. E. S.
In Masonic Hall on the evening of October 19, 1892, Portia Chapter, No. 14, Order Eastern Star, was instituted. The ritual- istic work was exemplified by the officers of Martha Washington Chapter, No. 6, of Goffstown, and the following officers were installed :
Ada H. Buxton, Worthy Matron ; Marcellus H. Felt, Worthy Patron; Mollie C. Grimes, Associate Matron; Fred S. Piper, Secretary ; Sillman McClintock, Treasurer; Emma J. Burnham, Conductress ; Angie I. Marcy, Associate Conductress ; Hiram J. Gage, Marshal; Abbie R. Wyman, Organist; Cora L. Peaslee, Ada ; Elsie C. Woodhead, Ruth; Mabel S. Piper, Esther ; Clara Webber, Martha; Mary H. Newman, Electa; Ella L. Danforth, Warden; Charles H. Danforth, Sentinel.
The charter members are as follows: Elsie Woodhead Aldrich, Ada Buxton Brown, Ella L. Danforth, Charles H. Dan- forth, Marcellus H. Felt, Alice C. Farley, Susan A. Freeman, Charles M. Freeman, Mina S. Gage, Hiram J. Gage, Minnie Gage, Angie I. Marcy, Nellie McClintock, Sillman McClintock, Mary H. Newman, Mabel I. Piper, Fred S. Piper, William H. Roach, Cora L. Peaslee Scruton, Mollie Grimes Thornton, Abbie R. Wyman, Emma J. Burnham, Clara S. Webber.
Portia Chapter has been honored by the selection by officials from its ranks by the Grand Lodge. Its Past Matrons are Ada H. Brown, Angie I. Marcy, Susan A. Freeman, Mary G. Thorn-
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ton, Clara F. Harris, Mary W. Van Dommele, E. Estella Shedd, Mary H. Newman, Alma C. Wellman, Alzira F. Gove, E. Lena Brown, Bartha M. Brown, Helen J. Buzzell, Sarah A. Grove, Frances L. Tierney, Maude B. Proctor.
The Past Patrons are Marcellus H. Felt, Josiah W. Elery, Hiram J. Gage, Andrew J. Van Dommele, Charles M. Freeman, William H. Roach, William P. Prescott, Leon B. Proctor.
For many years Portia Chapter enjoyed prosperity, but the time came when, like most country chapters, it suffered from loss in membership. In 1917 the Chapter had lost so many members through removal and death it seemed so it must surrender its charter, but owing to the efforts of the faithful survivors in 1919 the Chapter began to take on new life, and the membership was doubled during that year. The Reviving Chapter was recognized by the appointment of Mrs. Maude B. Proctor as Grand Representative of Tennessee.
On October 19, 1920, Portia Chapter observed its 29th anniversary by inviting Themis Chapter of Peterboro, Martha Washington of Goffstown and Atlantic of Francestown to be its guests. At the same time Grand Matron Mrs. Florence T. Davis and her suite made an official visit. There were nearly two hundred present.
January, 1921, Mrs. Maude B. Proctor Grand Martha, Mrs. Edith Perham of Atlantic Chapter and Mrs. Helen Bunnell in- stalled the following officers: Miss Isabel Bowers, Worthy Matron; Leon B. Proctor, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Emma Whelply, Associate Matron; Mrs. Mary MacGregor, Secretary ; Mrs. Ada H. Brown, Treasurer; Mrs. Emily Flanders, Conductress; Mrs. Lottie Harvey, Assistant Conductress ; Mrs. Emma Locke, Chap- lain; Miss Angie Marcy, Marshal; Mrs. Grace Perry, Organist ; Miss Eva Brown, Ada; Mrs. Dorris Beane, Ruth; Mrs. Belle Bennett, Esther ; Miss Etta Gile, Martha; Mrs. Inez Cole, Electa ; Miss Marie Fisher, Warden; William H. Roach, Sentinel.
During the two previous years Portia Chapter had been increased from 43 members to 127. Two were dimited and two lost by death, John C. Coggswell and Harold C. Tucker. The Chapter promises now many years of prosperity.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
COOL SODA.
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
DRY GOODS
ODD FELLOWS' BLOCK, CENTRAL SQUARE, BUILT 1876.
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VALLEY LODGE NO. 43, I. O. O. F.
Valley Lodge No. 43, I. O. O. F. was instituted in Hills- borough, April 9, 1858, by Grand Master William R. Tapley of Dover. Seven resident members of the fraternity connected with lodges in Manchester and elsewhere became its charter members. They are as follows: Henry W. Watson, E. P. Cummings, Charles H. Greenleaf, E. W. Codman, W. H. Hubbard, E. B. Carter, John M. Codman.
Nine residents of the town were initiated that night, giving the lodge a membership of 16. The initiates were : R. D. Bruce, M. P. Perley, William B. Pritchard, Luke Thompson, J. H. T. Newell, Samuel C. Barnes, Edward Kellom, J. W. Thorpe, Theron B. Newman.
At that meeting the first officers were elected and installed as follows : John M. Codman, Noble Grand; Henry W. Watson, Vice-Grand; E. P. Cummings, Secretary ; Charles H. Greenleaf, Treasurer; E. W. Codman, W. H. Hubbard, C. B. Carter, Trustees.
The lodge was instituted in a small hall at the junction of Depot and Henniker Streets, where its meetings were held for about fourteen years. Then it removed to more commodious quarters in the Whittemore Block. What is known as Child's Opera House was built in 1877. The Order encouraged the building of this block and in the fall of the next year removed to its present quarters which were better suited to accomodate its growing membership.
It was incorporated according to the Laws of the State of New Hampshire, December 21, 1872, as Valley Lodge, No. 43, I. O. O. F.
Several members have withdrawn to become charter mem- bers of Massasecum Lodge, No. 34, Bradford; Waverly Lodge, No. 59, Antrim; Crescent Lodge, No. 60, Henniker, and Forest Lodge, No. 69, Marlow.
During the Civil War a great many of its members went into the army and the lodge suffered so severely that for a time its existence was threatened but afterwards it quickly recovered.
In the World War its members did all they could to assist
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their country. Fifteen saw actual service and one, Brother Everett M. Heath, gave his life that the world might be safe for democracy and to uphold the principles of Friendship, Love and Truth.
At no time in the history of the lodge has it been as prosper- ous and done as much good as. at present.
With a bright record in the past, it looks into the future with every promise of a long continued usefulness and successful maintenance of those noble principles upon which it has been reared.
HOPE REBEKAH LODGE, No. 20.
Hope Rebekah Lodge, No. 20, was instituted December 18, 1883, by Horace A. Brown, Grand Master and Joseph Kidder, Grand Secretary. It has the distinction of having forty-four charter members. They are:
John W. Craine (Deceased) Charles Wilkins
Lottie A. Craine (Deceased)
Wealtha Wilkins (Deceased)
H. Etta Abbott (Deceased) Fred Abbott (Deceased)
Lettie J. Travis
Etta E. Hoyt
John Jackman (Deceased)
C. H. Quinn (Deceased)
Ida E. Jackman Orlando Sargent
Helen M. Quinn (Deceased)
Henry C. Morrill (Deceased)
Julia E. Sargent (Deceased)
Mary M. Morrill (Deceased)
L. Frances White (Deceased)
Frank Bennett
Baxter Codman (Deceased)
Edward Kellom (Deceased)
May Codman
Francis G. Smith (Deceased)
Flora, Allen (Deceased)
Albert L. Pillsbury
Sarah M. Story
Estella E. Pillsbury
Mary A. Smith
Henry P. Whitaker (Deceased)
Cynthia Towne
Eliza A. Whitaker (Deceased)
Rebecca S. Hastings (Deceased)
William B. Pritchard (Deceased)
Maria D. Hoyt
Nathan B. Peaslee
Levi Pike
Fannie S. Peaslee (Deceased)
Herbert D. Millett (Deceased)
Augusta A. Millett (Deceased) Alice G. Millett (Deceased)
Henry P. Whittaker had the honor of being first Noble Grand; Sarah M. Story was first Treasurer and Lottie M. Craine was first Chaplain.
Samuel D. Hastings (Deceased)
M. Lizzie Holman (Deceased) Scott Hoyt
Gardner Towne (Deceased)
George H. Travis
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NORTH STAR ENCAMPMENT.
Hope Lodge has grown steadily and now has a membership of two hundred and forty-eight.
NORTH STAR ENCAMPMENT NO. II, I. O. O. F.
The North Star Encampement No. II, I. O. O. F. was in- .stituted July 15, 1868, by Grand Patriarch Jonathan D. Stratton. The following Brothers were the founders : Horace Eaton, Daniel Herrick, Alvah Merrill, William B. Pritchard, Charles Upton, Luther S. Eaton, Luke Thompson, Edward Watson, E. M. Cod- man, John H. Locke, C. E. Hill, R. F. Noyes, H. W. Watson.
Since its institution 224 members have been admitted. Its present membership is 124. Ten withdrew to become charter members of Mt. Crotchet Encampment of Antrim. Seventy have died and the other twenty have left the order for various causes.
For the first twenty-five years its growth was slow but since then it has progressed rapidly and especially so since 1916.
Two important dates in the history of the Encampment were May 8, 1907 and May 8, 1912 when the Grand Encampment of New Hampshire held its Annual Sessions in Hillsborough.
At the session of 1912 one of the members of North Star Encampment, Bert L. Craine, was elected and installed Grand Patriarch. He was also elected Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge in the year 1913 and attended the sessions of that body at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1913 and at Atlantic City, N. J., in 1914.
At the present time it is considered one of the best Encamp- ments in the state and is noted for its excellent degree work. It has conferred the degrees in several other Encampments in the state.
IMPROVEMENT CLUB.
The Improvement Club is composed of the ladies of Hope Rebekah Lodge. It was formed about twenty-five years ago with the aim to improve the town or any of its activities.
No record was preserved prior to 1900.
Ella A. Gove had the honor of being the first President and served in this office faithfully for three years.
The Club is now flourishing with Lottie Harvey as president.
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DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
The Eunice Baldwin Chapter, D. A. R., was organized January 8, 1898, and named January 22, 1898. The Charter members were:
Miss Mary C. Grimes,
Mrs. Eliza J. C. Kimball,
Miss Clara F. Grimes,
Miss Emma W. Mitchell,
Mrs. Josephine M. Brown,
Miss Cora I. Mckellips,
Miss Flora B. Eastman,
Mrs. Eliza H. Haslet-A real
Miss Minnie C. Eastman, daughter,
Miss Lenora B. Gould,
Miss Mary J. Haslet,
Mrs. Ella G. Foster,
Miss Emily Z. Kendall,
Mrs. Mary E. Holman,
Mrs. Sarah A. Grimes.
Mrs. Mary E. (Andrews) Kimball,
The officers elected for the first year were:
Regent, Miss Mary C. Grimes, appointed by the National Society at Washington; Vice-Regent, Miss Mary J. Haslet; Secretary, Miss Flora B. Eastman; Treasurer, Miss Cora I. Mckellips ; Registrar, Mrs. Mary E. Holman; Historian, Mrs. Josephine M. Brown.
Board of Managers :
Miss Emma W. Mitchell, Miss Emily Z. Kendall, Mrs. Mary E. Kim- ball, Mrs. Eliza J. C. Kimball, Miss Leonora Gould.
A Loan Exhibit of curious and old articles was held August 29 and 30, 1900, and a good sum of money realized. Some in- teresting things belonging to Ex-President Pierce were among the many articles exhibited. The same year, 1900, work on Bible Hill Cemetery was done-41 headstones reset, bushes and trees cut, lots graded ; 18 days put into the labor, and the society is still trying to keep the yard in order. June II, 1904, tablets were placed in Smith Memorial Church to first minister, Rev. Seth Farnsworth, and at Centre Cong. church,-to Rev. Jonathan Barnes and wife. A tablet was placed on Town House boulder, and one for Pierce Homestead in July, 1905. Also tablet to "Unknown Dead Soldiers" on boulder in wall of Centre Cem- etery, one on "Old Oven" of Pierce fame. The Pound at Centre was marked and cleared of trees and bushes.
In May, 1906, markers for the graves of the Revolutionary soldiers, 33 in number, and for the soldiers of 1812, 22, were pur- chased and erected. These graves are decorated each year.
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The officers for the year 1921 are:
Regent, Miss Mary K. Pierce; Vice-Regent, Miss Emma W. Mitchell; Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Holden; Treasurer, Mrs. Lucy A. Macalister ; Registrar, Mrs. May G. MacGregor ; Historian, Mrs. Mabel A. Crosby; Chaplain, Mrs. Almira C. Watson.
Managers :
Miss Cora I. Mckellips, Mrs. Ethel A. Peaslee, Mrs. Bertha M. Chadwick, Miss Leslie M. Allen, Mrs. Katie V. Gregg.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
With the number of men furnished in the Civil War by this town, the list exceeding two hundred soldiers, it was to be ex- pected that it would establish a strong post. During the summer of 1876 a dozen stalwart veterans signed the charter, and on October 5, 1876, Reynolds Post No. 29, was organized.
In the spring of the following year, 1877, special efforts were made to locate all of the graves of deceased soldiers who had been buried in the town, and also in the cemetery which lies just over the line in Deering. Thirty-two graves were found at this time, and these, with the graves of the veterans of other wars, were decorated with flags and wreaths of flowers, which pretty custom has been continued ever since.
The names of the soldiers buried here previous to 1877 are Hazen B. Monroe,* Francis W. Robbins, Charles P. Baldwin, John H. Clement, Capt. Benjamin S. Wilson, Capt. Samuel O. Gibson, William N. Clapp, William Smith, Charles G. Hall, Capt. George Robbins, Solomon Bufford, John B. Raleigh, A. H. Wood, Edwin Lewis, Leonard Lewis, David Lewis, Charles T. Robbins, John Adsit, William Burrill, Jr., Sergt. John Reed, Ingalls Gould, Leonard S. Burtt, Obadiah Rumrill, George Vose, Leander Eaton, Summer C. McAdams, Thomas M. Carr, John Morrill, William P. Cooledge, A. Fairbanks, Richard D. Gould.
On June 12, 1878, the name of Pierce was substituted for
*Since writing the record of Hillsborough men in the Civil War the author has been able to secure the return of Hazen B., son of Hiram Monroe, who enlisted at Springfield, Vt., June 1, 1861, as a private in Co. "A," Third Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, for three years or during the war. Mustered in July 16, at St. Johns- bury, Vt .; age, 20 years. Died of disease January 10, 1862 .- Author.
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that of Reynolds, so it became "Pierce Post, No. 25," in honor of Governor Pierce.
Again it was thought advisable to change the name of the Post, and this time it was done in honor of a son of Hillsborough who won special recognition for meritorious conduct during the war, and since August 24, 1881, it has been known as "Senator Grimes Post, No. 25."
Senator Grimes Post has been active in the years along the line of duty which it accepted at the time of its organization, but the Lord of Host in the days of peace has been more destructive to human lives than even the leaden hail of its enemy in the times of war, so that today only nine members survive to represent this little branch of the Army of the Republic. The names of these are :
Lieut. Pliny Gammell,
Orlando Sargent,
Amos Wyman, Alonzo Carter,
Isaac F. Wilkins, Edwin Carr,
William H. Story,
Orlando G. Burtt,
Charles C. Hoyt, in Manchester.
WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS.
A Women's Relief Corps was organized October 5, 1894, under the name of "Senator Grimes Relief Corps, No. 80." The membership of this body of loyal women at one time reached nearly one hundred.
SONS OF VETERANS.
There is an active Camp of Sons of Veterans organized.
Thomas M. Carr, Camp No. 15, Sons of Veterans, was mustered on February 17, 1902, by Division Commander Lin- wood B. Emery of Troy, N. H., with thirty-two charter mem- bers. Wilfred M. Watson was made the first commander of the Camp.
The Camp was named for Thomas M. Carr, Sergeant Co. H., Third N. H. Vol. Regiment, who was killed in action near Richmond, Va., October 27, 1864. At the present time the Camp has thirty-one members. Fred B. Ives is the present commander. The Camp has been represented in the Division a number of different times, and the present year a member of the Camp is Junior Vice Division Commander.
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HILLSBOROUGH BRASS BANDS.
Thomas M. Carr Auxiliary No. 7 of Camp No. 15 was organized June 1I, 1914, by Division President Anna Cummings of Nashua, with twenty charter members. Mrs. Almira Watson was chosen first president. The Auxiliary has been represented in the Division every year, and this year it has a Division Vice- President, Second Division Council, Chief of Staff and Sons of Veterans Aid. Mrs. Lizzie M. Crooker is President, and the Auxiliary has twenty-eight members at the present time.
AMERICAN LEGION.
A branch of the American Legion was organized in Hills- borough October 17, 1919, under the name of Gleason Young Post in honor of the first soldier from this town to fall in the great conflict overseas. Its first Commander was John S. Childs, and Wilbur H. Heath was chosen Secretary. The Post has 65 members.
HILLSBOROUGH BRASS BANDS.
Hillsborough probably has a larger percentage of musicians and musical organizations than any other town in the state in proportion to its population. As far back as 1825 a special act of the legislature was passed to incorporate the Hillsborough In- strumental Band. The charter members of the original band were Ephraim Codman, leader; Jonathan Beard, Charles Bald- win, Daniel Priest, Charles Campbell, Ephraim Dutton, Elnathan Codman, Nicholas Hoyt, Thomas P. Wilson, Daniel Hoyt, Enos Baxter, Jonathan Baxter, James D. Bickford, Nathan Kendall, Abraham Francis and Charles Flint.
This was the first band and for a long time the only one in the state, and probably the only one ever chartered by a special act of the legislature, therefore it was associated with much of the early history of New Hampshire.
Its laws required that it should meet at least once a month, and the early records, which are now in existence show how faithfully the laws were obeyed. Some of the original instru- ments remain.
One of the band's early engagements was to take part in the celebration when Lafayette visited Concord in 1828. It did duty for nearly all of the military gatherings in its section.
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When Benjamin Pierce was governor he had many distin- guished callers at his home in Hillsborough and the band was always brought out for a serenade.
When President Jackson visited Concord in 1833, the musi- cians did escort duty. Benjamin Pierce was chairman, and Franklin Pierce chief marshal. As the President was to arrive by coach, the band went to Concord two or three days in advance and spent its time, night especially, in serenading folks, . Governor Densmore among the rest.
After escorting the President into Concord, and playing a few pieces, among them "Jackson's Quickstep," ex-Governor Pierce introduced the band to the President as belonging to "my band." Jackson shook hands with each member.
At one of the trainings Messrs Baldwin, Beard, Bickford and Flint were selected by thirteen companies, a special mark of honor, to march them on to the grounds before breakfast and were treated by each company.
The uniform was a gray coat, white trousers and a leather cap. The cap was bell shaped, very high, made of heavy cowhide leather and had a big plume in front.
Mr. L. F. Gay compiled the names of those who played in the Old Incorporated Band of Hillsborough founded by Ephraim Codman and Joel Stow in 1819, as follows :
Charles Flint, bugle ;
Nathan Kendall, bassoon ;
James Ellenwood, bassoon ;
George Nelson, clarinet ;
Kneeland Burtt, trombone ;
Josuah Marcy, clarinet ;
Reuben Loveren, trombone ;
Gilman Barnes, serpent ;
Isaac Marcy, bugle ; George Woods, clarinet ;
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