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set in straight lines, and a quagmire was cleared and became a beautiful pond. Funds for this work were contributed by persons out of town whose relations are buried here. The amount expended was more than $900, besides the first gift of $300 and $200 given by the town.
Several citizens have left liberal amounts of money for perpetual care of their lots.
It is hoped that the town will appoint a cemetery com- mission as has been done in many places. In that case many other lots would be left in care of the town.
In 1906-07 Prof. C. H. Chandler copied all the inscriptions on the gravestones in the three cemeteries in the town. They are arranged, indexed, and will eventually be given to the town by his children. At that date there had been 1673 burials, besides many that are not marked in any way.
Stearns Lecture Fund
In 1899 Capt. Albert Stearns of Syracuse, New York, whose boyhood was passed here, gave the town $3,000 as a fund, the income of which should be devoted to lectures and entertainments, musical or otherwise. In 1907 Capt. Stearns added $2,000 to the fund and again in 1912 another gift of $2,000 was added to the endowment, making $7,000 in all. These entertainments have been both instructive and amusing and have given pleasure to large audiences.
Homestead Inn
Among the many charities of the present time there is no one more beautiful than the sharing by fortunate ones of the fresh air and sunlight of the country with those to whom it is denied in the crowded city.
Some twenty years ago Rev. George J. Prescott, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Boston, purchased the house formerly occupied by Rev. Richard Hall and later by Mrs. Clary ; members of his parish and others supplied money for the needed changes and furnishings, and it became a house of refuge for weary shopgirls and self-supporting women who need the rest and tonic of quiet, fresh air, abundant food, and social cheer. All this is given them for a nominal sum that their self-respect may not be troubled. This summer vacation
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house receives thirty guests and sometimes a larger number. Every Sunday morning there is an Episcopal service in the little chapel, which is open to the people of the village who wish to attend. Many a weary woman after spending a few weeks here goes home cheered and refreshed and ready to meet the work another year.
The New Ipswich Colony in Iowa
In 1836 four families emigrated from this town and church to Denmark in what was then Wisconsin Territory, now in Iowa. Within a short time they were followed by eight other families. They all carried with them the same standard of right living and wise planning for the best interest of those who should come after them that they had known here. Those who "laid out the town of Denmark, which is three-fourths of a mile square, into town lots for building, donated one-half of those lots to the purpose of Education." In the building of a church and of an academy they followed as closely as possi- ble the example set by the founders of New Ipswich. This is the oldest Congregational church in Iowa. They were early known as champions of freedom. "Under the leadership of their pastor, Rev. Asa Turner, they joined with others in the election of Governor Grimes in 1854, which changed the politi- cal history of Iowa and gave birth to the Republican party in the nation."
Dr. Turner and Rev. Mr. Lee were classmates at Yale College and lifelong friends. His pastorate continued for thirty years; and his influence led to Iowa the eleven young men from Andover Seminary who formed the "Iowa Band," one of whom, their historian, was Rev. Ephraim Adams, a son of New Ipswich.
Drinking Fountain
At the foot of turnpike hill, going west from the village, is a drinking fountain for the use of horses and also of human beings, with this inscription: "Presented to the town of New Ipswich by Capt. John S. Hubbard of Concord, N. H., Sept. 12, 1893."
This generous "cup of cold water" is a blessing to those who pass by and
"its draught
Of cool refreshment drained by fevered lips,"
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shall for many years invoke blessings on the head of the giver.
Telegraph and Telephone
A telegraph line was established here in 1877.
A telephone line was built from Greenville to the Center Village in 1901, by F. W. Preston, John Preston, Wilbur L. Phelps, and Eugene B. Beard. They owned it for five years and then sold the line to the New England Telegraph and Telephone Co. It has been extended during the past few years, having more than sixty subscribers here, so that it now practically covers the town. (A. L. P.)
Sidewalks and Street Lights
Many years ago (1872) the wife of a minister who had just come to the Congregational parsonage deplored, with abun- dant reason, the absence of sidewalks in our village. Under her active leadership in many and various ways money was raised to make good sidewalks, to set out shade trees, and to provide street lamps. Within a few years an association has been organized to carry on this work still farther and several dilapidated buildings have been purchased and taken down. This Village Improvement Society has lately become an in- corporated body capable of holding real estate, and as such it has received the gift of Union Hall. It is hoped that the rent of this hall will add materially to the income for various uses.
The town now has charge of lighting the lamps.
Postoffice
A postoffice was established in New Ipswich in the autumn of 1800. The following is the list of postmasters and the date of appointment given by the Postoffice Department in Wash- ington.
Samuel Batchelder . Jan. 1, 1801.
Benjamin Champney . Feb. 2, 1802.
Sampson Fletcher
. July 8, 1822.
Josiah W. Spaulding
March 23, 1839.
Charles Hastings, Jr. March 10, 1843.
Charles Chickering . July 31, 1845.
Edward M. Isaacs . April 23, 1849.
John Peabody . Feb. 3, 1855.
John U. Davis . July 23, 1855.
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John G. Leonard
Oct. 24, 1857.
Charles A. Whitney
May 31, 1861.
Henry O. Preston .
June 13, 1878.
Charles S. Brown .
Aug. 24, 1885.
Joseph E. F. Marsh, Jr. . Feb. 10, 1890.
Bessie M. Tarbell .
July 22, 1893.
Bessie M. T. Thompson
June 29, 1896.
Bessie M. Cushing Sept. 27, 1909.
Samuel Batchelder had the office at his store in Bakehouse (now Davis) Village. Benjamin Champney at first had the office in his law office, a small building "situated under the shade of a large willow tree on the north side of the road just across the brook, near the late Dr. Barr's residence." Later it was at the old corner store, and in 1822 was removed to the house of Mr. Fletcher across the street.
Tradition tells us that Mr. Hastings had the office in the building east of the Appleton Inn, formerly the apothecary's shop of Dr. Preston. Mr. Chickering occupied a room in the old hotel. Mr. Leonard had the office at the Nichols house east of the old hotel; Mr. Isaacs, at the old corner store, where has been its abiding-place since 1861, so long that the stone doorsteps have been hollowed by the tread of many feet. For many years we have for such a small town been exceptionally fortunate in our postal facilities, three mails each day to Bos- ton and as many in return. A postal car on our branch rail- road makes it possible for a letter to go from New Ipswich to Chicago as quickly as would an individual.
In 1801 one letter was received. Who was the recipient of this historic document? In 1913 the number of letters sent away was approximately 30,000 and a much larger number was received.
In 1884 a postoffice was established at Bank Village; postmasters, Charles L. Tarbell, 1884-1895, Ida M. Frye, 1895 -. In 1892 a postoffice was established at Smithville (formerly Smith or Mill Village) ; postmasters, Lyman M. Chandler, 1892-95, Carrie B. Chandler, May, 1895, Herbert W. Chandler, December, 1895 -.
Free Masons
Bethel Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., was instituted in 1815, the members constituting it having been dismissed from a lodge in Ashby. John Everett was the first master,
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and N. D. Gould was his successor. For many years their meetings were held in what was long known as "Silver's store." In 1903, through the untiring efforts of the late Frank W. Preston, assisted by the generosity of Mrs. George R. Barrett and others, the entire building was purchased and fitted up in a way suitable for their needs and convenience. Its members are few and widely scattered, and the scythe of time has made sad inroads in the lodge during the past few years. (A. L. P.)
Fire Department
Arthur E. Chase, chief of the fire department, states that "the firemen number four engineers and seventy-eight men, with three hand fire engines," and also that "the town com- pared to its population is one of the best-equipped towns in the state."
The Children's Oak
Nearly fifty years ago the building originally erected for the use of the Methodist church and later occupied by the Second Congregational church was purchased by the trustees of the Academy and moved to the corner east of the girls' dormitory to be used as a gymnasium. In the journey the old oak tree beside the road was in the way and plans were made to cut it down.
Mr. William Preston, with his reverence for the old land- mark, felt that such a sacrilege should not be allowed, and he at once purchased the tree of its owner, and added a touch of sentiment by giving it to the children of the district school nearby, thus ensuring its perpetual ownership and care. Others older than the children are Mr. Preston's debtors for this graceful conservation of an important unit in our forests. Some years ago an expert estimated the age of the tree to be more than 250 years, thus making it our oldest inhabitant.
The Children's Oak! may its beauty continue for other centuries.
Portraits in the Town Hall
A fine portrait of Judge Timothy Farrar was given the town in 1870 by the widow of Hon. Charles G. Atherton and it was hung in the town hall directly behind the speaker's
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desk. In 1895 Mr. Frank W. Preston and family gave several other portraits of deceased citizens of the town. Others have been added, until now the walls are well filled with pleasant reminders of those who formerly were prominent in town affairs.
A list of them is given in the order in which they are arranged.
Hon. Timothy Farrar
Stephen Thayer
Rev. Samuel Lee
Benjamin Champney
George Barrett
John Preston
Henry O. Preston
William A. Preston
George W. Wheeler, 2d.
Frank W. Preston
Stephen Wheeler
Charles R. Fletcher
Rodney Wallace
Charles A. Whitney
Francis Prichard
Nathan Sanders
William W. Johnson
George Sanders
Peter H. Clark
Albert Stearns
James Clark
Isaac C. Stearns
John C. Hildreth
George H. Hubbard
James Chandler
Elihu T. Quimby
George C. Gibson
Silas Bullard
Stillman Gibson
Eli Foster
Samuel Gibson
George C. Campbell
Census Returns
The Department of Commerce and Labor gives the census returns of population for the town as follows :
1790
1,241
1860
1,701
1800
1,266
1870
1,380
1810
1,395
1880
1,222
1820
1,278
1890
969
1830
1,673
1900
911
1840
1,578
1910
927
1850
1,877
Valuation of New Ipswich, 1914.
Number of polls, 222, value $22,200.00; improved and unimproved land and buildings, value $576,460.00; number of horses, 184, value $23,402.00; mules, 4, value $680.00; oxen, 6, value $660.00; cows, 294, value $13,196.00; neat stock, 25, value $873.00; sheep, 4, value $24.00; hogs, 11, value $144.00; fowls, 1156, value $891.00; vehicles and auto- mobiles, value $7,529.00; stock in trade, value $29,802.00; money on hand, at interest, or on deposit, $14,145.00; mills and machinery, value $138,842.00; undesignated buildings, value $12,400.00. Total valuation, $841,248.00. Soldiers' exemption, $4,250.00. Rate percent on $1000, $12.30.
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Maps of New Ipswich
Map of New Ipswich
INDEX TO NUMBERS.
1 School-house No. 9.
50 Ramsdell, Willis
2 Brooks
51 Lahtanen
3 Brooks, Walton 52 Nykanen
4 Maxwell
53 Nelson, C.
5 Brooks, A. N.
54
Davis Bros.
6 Harris
55
Davis, Gardner
7 Sylvester
56 Whitney, W. D.
8 Emerson
57 French, Orren
9 Taylor, Jona.
58 Russell, C. L.
10 Tenney
59 Davis, Edward H.
11
Tenney
60 Hosmer
12 Tenney
61 Hodgman, Lewis
13 Hill, A. A.
62 Tracy
14 School-house No. 6.
63 School-house No. 3.
15
Tenney
64 "Wheeler Tavern"
16 Carlton
65 Winship and Hodgman
17 Chandler, J. L.
66 Barrett, Charles
18 Underwood
67 Wheeler, Seth
19 Chandler
68 Davis, Solomon
20 Knowlton
69 Woolson. (Country Club)
21 Wheeler
70 Preston, W. E.
22 Chandler, Roger
71 Preston, John
23 Page
72 First Church
24
Herskanen, John
73 First Burial Ground
25
Conant
74 Wolcott, J.
26 Wheeler, John
75 Sargent, G. W.
27 Blanchard, William
76 Bucknam, W. T.
28 Collins, J.
77 Thayer, W. S.
29 Parmenter, O.
78 Jones, F. W.
30 Goen
79 Adams, Zachariah
31 Chamberlain
80 Hildreth, J. B.
32 Collins, J.
81 South Burial Ground
33 Mansfield Bros.
82 Erickson, H.
34 Breed
83
Nelson
35 Jaquith, G. R.
84 Wheeler, R.
36 Wilkerson, C.
85 Sawmill
37 Kivela
86 Aho, John
38 Jaquith. G. R.
87 Finnish Hall
39 Siren, J.
88 Lampi, M.
40 Whitney, Newton
89
Lampi
41 Johnson, Nile
90 Jalkanen, Aron
42 Mansfield, A. F.
91 Walker, S. B.
43 Perry, C. R.
92 Nelson, C.
44 Willard, Leon
93 Parmenter, J.
45 School-house No. 4.
94 Farwell, D.
46 Linna, Matti
95 Farwell, D.
47 Matson, Matti
96 Antilla, A.
48 Ramsdell, Daniel
97 Kaiku, K.
49 Warren
98 Finnish Church
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INDEX TO NUMBERS.
99 Somero, L.
147
Ashley, W. D.
100 Somero, L.
148 Withington, H.
10 Locke
149
Appleton, Isaac (1756)
102 Gedenberg, M.
150 Molloy
103
School-house No. 7.
151 Chandler, G. W.
104
Wheeler, G. S.
152 Kidder, Reuben
105 Wheeler, G. W.
153 Boynton, Earl
106 School-house
154
Peavey
107 Burrows
155 Boynton, Earl
108 Kasti, Peter
156
Gould, John
109
Lougee
157
Gordon, Robert
110
Lougee
158
"Peppermint Tavern"
112 Lougee
159
Leel, David
113 Coleman
160
Brown
114 Davis, W. E.
161
Walton
115 Aho, Emanuel
162 Brown, H.
116 Aho, Isaac
163
Kaskine, E.
117
Cutter
164
School-house No. 8.
118
Cutter
165 Proctor's Mills
119
Drywood
166 Proctor, A. J.
120
Mastin
167
Blakey
121 Tenney, Alfred
168 Hanson, E.
122 Tenney, Barnard
169 Frederick, E.
123
Jowders, Fred
170 Hood, Helen
124 Chickering
171
Wilder Chair Shop
125 Tenney, O.
172 Wallace, G. R.
126 Sawyer, C. E.
173 Nichols, W. K.
127
Flagg
174
Carr, Ezra
128
Bourgault
175
Miller
129
Bourgault
176 School-house No. 10
130 Phillipi, John
177 Spaulding
131
Tenney, A. R.
178
Wright
132
Knowlton, J. C.
179
Carr, Emory
133
School-house No. 2.
180
Carr, James
134
Somero, J.
181
Thayer, W. S.
135
Abbott, Reuben
182
Salo, Peter
136
Parker, Ralph E.
183
Aldrich, I. E.
137
Wilson
184
Taft, H. J.
138
Wilson, Isaac
185
Jones, F.
139 Tenney, O.
186
Gibson, F.
140 Wilson
187
Putnam, R.
141 Stowell, H. B.
188 Balch's Mills
142 Stowell, H. B.
189 Walker, A. L.
143 Stowell, H. B.
190 Corbett
144 Matilla
191 Walker's Mills
145 Prindle
192 Antilla
146 Rafuse, H. C.
193
Sawmill
161
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Index to Map
MAP OF CENTER VILLAGE.
1 Palmer
36 Barr, C. F.
2 Brown
37 Champney, E. & B. (office)
3 Perrin
38 Homestead Inn
4 Gordon, P. F.
39 Fox, E. M.
5 Cummings, J. W.
40 Barr, C. F.
6
Ames, R.
41 Brooks, H. M.
7 Spofford, H.
42 Farwell, H. E.
8 Ames
43 Chandler, J. C.
9 Cushing, F. A.
44 Pratt, C. H.
10 Roger, J.
45 Hudson, D.
11 Preston, J.
46 Prescott, G. J.
12 Davis, J.
47 Champney, H. T.
13 Taylor, M.
48 Phillips, J. W.
14 Congregational Parsonage
49 Wilson, W. H.
15 Lowe, G. N.
50 Pratt, W. H.
16 Hardy, G. H.
51 Hardy, F. E.
17
Obear, C. H.
52 Phelps, W. L.
18
Taylor, E. M.
53 Russell, M. A.
19 Gould, E. L.
54 Travis, A. L.
20 Knowlton, C. L.
55 Robinson, E. M.
21 Barrett, G. R.
56
Hudson, E. M.
22 Barr, L. M.
57 Thompson, W. R.
58 Barnett, J.
59 Thayer
60 Royce, H. S.
61 Wheeler, J. A.
27 Coleman
62 Balch, M. M.
63 Wright, A. F.
64 Hastings, G. W.
65 Lawrence, E. A.
66 Beard, E. B.
32 Tidder
67 Silver
33 Lee, S. F.
68 Whitney
34 Pollard
35 Kayser
69 Presby
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24 Parker, E. M.
25 Batcheller, H.
26 Farwell, E. H.
28 McKown
29 Preston, F. W.
30 Brown, C. S.
31 Hardy, L. M. P.
23 Tucker, E. L.
History of New Ipswich
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C Waterloom Mill
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G High Bridge Mill
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F Blanchard's Mill
G Hughes Mill
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Indexes to Maps
MAP OF BANK AND HIGH BRIDGE VILLAGES.
1 Heywood, S. M.
19 Brunault, F.
2 Marshall, E. O.
20 Fournier, E.
3 Tabraham
21 Barrett, J.
4 Knight, D.
22 Ely
5 Johnson's Store
23
Whiting
6 Tarbell, M. H.
24 Tindall
7 Goldsmith, A. A.
25 Moore
8 Muzzey, E.
26 Clark
9 Vincent, P.
27 Corporation boarding house
10 Fournier
28
Wilson
11 Belanger, A.
29
Corporation
12 Taylor, B. G.
30
Corporation
13 Vincent, J.
31 Corporation
14 Fortin, Louis
32 Corporation
15 Rochon, A.
33 Corporation
34 Bourgault
35 Bourgault
18 Duval, D.
36 Bourgault
MAP OF SMITH VILLAGE.
1 Taylor
8 Wheeler, E. R.
2 Ferrin, A.
9 Hendrickson
3 Chandler, A. E.
10 Hughes, C.
4 Davis, R. H.
11 Blanchard, G.
5 Cushing, G.
12 Hildreth, J. L.
6 Blanchard, E. F.
13 Howe, G.
7 Wheeler, C.
14 Shirland
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17 Fontaine, J.
Genealogical
INTRODUCTION.
After my father's death, when the question of the com- pletion of the History of New Ipswich came up, it was under- stood that he had said that is was "nearly done." It was, so far as the gathering of available data was concerned, but it was like the gathering of threads which were dropped before the knot was tied.
My father had often mentioned the invaluable aid given him in this work by Miss Lee, and accordingly she was asked if she would undertake the completion of the historical part, to which she consented. It seemed best that I should take up the genealogical part, and I did so. I found that many families had been written up in great detail, (full data having been received,) with the probable intention of future conden- sation to proportions suitable for this book. Other families had been partially written up awaiting further data, while a large number of families had not yet been written up at all because of a lack of authentic data. As a result, some of the families have not received here the attention justly due their importance in the town.
Even the completed work was found to need careful re- vision, for old age leaves its marks on the works of one's hands and brain, such as the exchange of figures in copying dates, but these and other mistakes we have endeavored to discover and remove. The task of a genealogist is not an easy one; in many cases people to whom letters requesting information about their families are sent reply six months or a year later saying that they know nothing of the family, but that perhaps a certain cousin can give the information, and then another six months may bring a similar answer from the cousin; in other cases someone apparently very much inter- ested in the genealogy may give data showing that his aunt was married at the age of two years, died twenty years before she was born, or some other equally impossible combination of dates; less absurd errors will often pass undetected. It has not been possible to avoid all mistakes in such a work as this, but lenience is besought in the criticism of what may be found amiss.
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In writing a town genealogy there are manifold questions as to how much should be included. It was decided to insert no family unless two generations of voters bearing that name had resided here. This rule eliminated several who, though living here but a few years, were marked factors in the town's history, but some line had to be drawn. To many readers the ancestry of residents of the town has very little interest, but to the historian and genealogist it is of great value; so the ancestors of each family name have been inserted as far as they could be discovered.
I wish to thank Miss Sarah Fiske Lee for her aid, without which this work would have been impossible, Miss Caroline F. Barr for her generous support of the work, the other mem- bers of the Town Historical Committee, and many others who have given aid in gathering the material for this book.
EDITH B. CHANDLER.
Springfield, Missouri,
September 20, 1913.
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GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF PRINCIPAL NEW IPSWICH FAMILIES
ADAMS (HENRY).
Adams was a common name among the early colonists in New Eng- land, and descendants of three seventeenth-century immigrants bearing that name are found in New Ipswich.
HENRY1 ADAMS is believed to have come to Boston with his wife, eight sons, and a daughter in 1632 or 1633, and to have settled at "Mount Wollaston" in what was afterward the town of Braintree, where he died Oct. 6, 1646. His wife's name is not known.
THOMAS2 (Henry1), b. England, 1612; d. Chelmsford, July 20, 1688; m. Braintree, 1642, Mary Blackmore (?). He removed to Concord in 1646, and settled in what is now the west part of Chelmsford in 1650 or a little later. He held nearly all the important town offices and rep- resented the town in the General Court.
SAMUEL2 (Henry1), b. England, 1617; d. Chelmsford, Jan. 24, 1688/9; m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Graves [d. Oct. 8, 1662 or 1664]; (2) May 7, 1668, Esther, dau. of Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge [d. Nov. 4, 1745]. Resided in Charlestown, later removed to Concord, thence to Cambridge.
TIMOTHY3 (Thomas2, Henry1), b. Concord, Feb. 15, (or Apr. 2,) 1648; d. Chelmsford, July 1, 1708; m. Mary
JOSEPH3 (Samuel2, Henry1), b. Nov. 27, 1672; d. Jan. 22, 1717; m. Mary - Resided at Chelmsford.
THOMAS4 (Timothy3, Thomas2, Henry1), b. Chelmsford, 1675; d. Dunstable, Feb. 18, 1746; m. Judith -- [b. 1680; d. Apr. 15, 1754]. He was a carpenter and passed most of his life in Dunstable. Three of his sons came to New Ipswich.
BENJAMIN4 (Joseph3, Samuel2, Henry1), b. Dec., 1701; d. Oct. 30, 1738 or 1739; m. Olive -. Resided in Chelmsford.
1. STEPHEN5 (Thomas4, Timothy8, Thomas2, Henry1), b. Chelmsford, Feb. 5, 1715; d. Andover, Vt., Aug. 3, 1801; m. Rebecca - [b. 1715; d. Andover, Vt., Sept. 29, 1813]. He is said to have come to New Ipswich about 1750, but the reputed places of birth of his children would indicate that he was not a permanent resident until some years later. He is believed to have lived for a time a little north of the present site of the Congregational church near the place long occupied by Stedman Houghton, and also for a time near the south line of the town on the place long known as the Blanchard farm, (84, A. D.) In 1771 he bought land in Hollis
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and perhaps lived there for a time before his final removal to Andover, Vt. Children-the first nine born at Dunstable, the last three at New Ipswich :
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