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THE COMMON. The common, the pride of our citizens, was originally an alder swamp, " in which the frogs, at cer- tain seasons of the year, gave free concerts." The older in- habitants remember jumping from bog to bog as they crossed it, to keep out of the water. It was purchased of Col. William Cheney, in March, 1821, for the sum of $200. Tradition says Mr. Cheney had previously offered it to the town on condition
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that they would set out and maintain a row of trees on the east side ; but the rivalry between the different ends of the village, separated by Sugar river, then very animated and bitter, pre- vented an acceptance of the gift, now so valuable. The row of trees standing between the street and the west sidewalk was set out in 1831 by Joseph Farnsworth, Alvin Hatch. Amasa Edes, and Wm. H. Cheney. Those on the inside of the streets around the common were set out in 1866, mainly by Cyril Wheeler, Esq., and paid for by citizens living around the com- mon. The centennial tree at the south end of the common was set out by the Grand Army of the Republic, July 4, 1876. The same year the elm, on the green plat where Maple street joins Main street, was planted by M. Harvey. J. H. Hunton, and Wm. Dunton. Centennial trees were planted around the Bap- tist church the same year.
A park at the south end of the common was fenced in and improved with walks, and decorated with shrubs and flowers, in 1859, by Dr. Thomas Sanborn, and the Messrs. Cross, then the proprietors of the Newport House.
The first town common, reserved and used many years by the early settlers, was on the Unity road, and occupied the table-land between the Call hill and the A. Pease house.
SIDEWALKS. The grading of sidewalks, now so attractive a feature of the village, originated in IS58 with Dea. Jonathan Cutting, Edmund Wheeler, Matthew Harvey, and A. and S. H. Edes. The work was commenced on the then narrow, unpleas- ant part of Main street, south of the bridge. Mr. Cutting was one of the selectmen, and contracted, as such, that when the job was done the town should pay one half of the expense.
VILLAGE STREETS. At the annual meeting, in March, IS75, a committee was appointed to name the streets and erect suita- ble signs. The following report, submitted by them to a spe- cial meeting of the citizens called for that purpose, was unani- mously adopted, soon after which the signs were put up :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR NAMING THE STREETS IN NEW. PORT VILLAGE.
The committee to whom was referred the matter of naming
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the streets in Newport village, having duly considered the sub- ject, submit the following report :
The principal street, running north and south through the vil- lage, shall be called Main street.
The street running east from the Newport House shall be called Sunapee street.
The street running from the Eagle and Wheeler's blocks to the residence of Nathan Mudgett shall be called Central street.
The street running east by the Diamond mills to the saw-mill shall be called River street.
The street running east from the residence of J. H. Hunton and Matthew Harvey shall be called Maple street.
The street running west from the residence of Edmund Wheeler shall be called Elm street.
The street running north, by the residence of Charles H. Lit- tle, shall be called Laurel street.
The street on the east north side of the common shall be call- ed Park street.
The street running north from the residence of P. S. Coffin shall be called Cheney street.
The street running between Park street and Cheney street, by the residence of Charles T. Lathrop, shall be called Cedar street.
The street running from Main street to Cheney street, by the residences of E. C. Converse and Jacob Robinson, shall be called Crescent street.
The street running from Main street to Cheney street, from the residence of Mr. S. L. Crane, snall be called Grove street.
The street running from Main street, at the residence of B. R. Allen, by the residences of T. W. Gilmore and L. F. Dodge, shall be called Oak street.
The street running west from Main street to the Boardman place shall be called Pleasant street.
The street running west from Main street, by the residences of Dexter Richards and H. G. Carleton, shall be called Pearl street.
The street running west, between the Richards and Cheney blocks, shall be called Depot street.
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The way between Richards block and E. S. Chase's build- ing shall be called Corn alley.
The street running west from Main street, by the residence of Rufus S. Dudley, shall be called West street.
The street running south from Elm street, by the residence of Joseph Wilcox, shall be called Spring street.
The street running north from West street, by the residence of C. F. Pike, shall be called Ash street.
The street running from Sunapee street to Maple street, by the tannery of J. H. Hunton, shall be called Cross street.
The street running from Sunapee street, by the mills of S. H. Edes, to Cross street, shall be called Canal street.
The street running north from Sunapee street, by the old brick school-house, shall be called Summer street.
The street running north from Sunapee street, between the residence of William Woodbury and Summer street, shall be called Beech street.
The street running from Cheney street, by the residence of Moody S. Kempton, shall be called Winter street.
The street running north and east from Winter street. by the residence of R. C. Osgood, shall be called Prospect street.
The place leading from Central street to the grist-mill shall be called Mill place.
The place leading from Central street, by the Forsaith house, to the tannery of Lyman Rounsevel, shall be called Central place.
The drive-way between the Methodist church and the New- port House shall be called Church pass.
The street running north from the residence of George H. Fairbanks, by the residence of Frederick Aiken, shall be called Pine street.
The street running north from Depot street to Pearl street shall be called Railroad square.
The square. including the court-house, town-house, and gram- mar-school building, shall be called Court square.
DEXTER RICHARDS, EDMUND WHEELER, FRANK A. RAWSON,
Newport, May 1, 1875. IS Committee.
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NEWPORT AS A SUMMER RESORT. Few towns in the state offer more attractions to the summer tourist than Newport. The character of its soil, its elevated position, its bracing air, and pure water, all combine to make it one of the most health- ful localities to be found. Its good roads afford ample oppor- tunity for pleasant drives, either along the valleys bordering on the streams, or over hills commanding fine prospects. Its numberless streams, and the many ponds in the adjoining towns, to which may be added Sunapee lake, afford abundance of fish- ing grounds. The lovely view from the dome of the court-house, and the more extended ones from Pike hill and Coit mountain, and Sunapee and Croydon mountains, - all of which com- mand some of the finest views in the state, and are near at hand,-must gratify the lover of charming scenery. Unity Springs, with its fine hotel and varied attractions, is but a few miles away, affording an agreeable drive. The two hotels, new and commodious, the social character of the citizens, and our church privileges, are also among the attractions. It has been estimated that more than a thousand persons spend more or less of their summers here, thus showing that its merits have been in some measure appreciated.
BUSINESS BUILDINGS. The "Tontine," in its day, was the most famous structure. It stood upon the east side of the com- mon, on the spot now occupied by the Methodist chapel and the two residences at the north of it. It was one hundred and fifty feet long, and four stories high. It had twenty-four nine- teen-foot rooms, besides almost a countless number of back rooms, bed-rooms, etc. It had five huge stacks of chimneys, with large ovens in each story. The front roof projected sev- eral feet, forming a sort of awning, which was supported by pillars. It was built in ISIS, by Col. William Cheney, for stores and mechanics' shops, with tenements above. It was considered, at the time of its erection, the most magnificent building in this portion of the state, and in its earlier days was occupied by the more fashionable people. In I851 it was taken down, and the materials were wrought into the buildings that occupy its former site.
The Whittemore & Hurd block was built by Amos Little,
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Esq., for a hat shop, and was enlarged by the present owners ; the building now occupied by Fairbanks & Royce, by John Russ, for a shoe-shop and store ; Burke's block, by James Breck, about 1836, for a store ; Whitney store, by Simon Brown, for a printing-office ; Woodbury's block, by Amos O. Woodbury, 1871 ; barbers' shop, by Rufus P. Dudley, 1870 ; Brown's office, by A. O. Woodbury, for a jewellers' store ; Stowell's building, by Farnsworth & Hatch, for a store ; Chase's building, by John B. Stowell; Richards block, by Dexter Richards, in I874 ; Cheney block, by Col. William Cheney, for a dwelling,-en- larged and refitted by Dexter Richards in 1873; the Nettleton block, by B. Nettleton and F. W. Lewis; Bowers's office, by S. L. Bowers ; Wheeler's block, by Edmund Wheeler, in IS58 ; Eagle block, by James Breck and Josiah Forsaith, in 1825, for a hotel ; the Hubbell block, by William W. Hubbell, in 1872. For county buildings, see County.
POST-OFFICE. The first post-office established in town was in 1810, and Dr. Arnold Ellis was appointed postmaster. Pre- vious to this there were no regular mails in town. The letters were left at the stores, and were carried by whomsoever first jour- neyed in the desired direction. In this way the comparatively small number of letters written were sent to and from Connecti- cut and Massachusetts, where were the friends and early homes of the first settlers. An interesting incident in the postal his- tory of the town is related : In the family of Mr. Thomas Carr, who lived on the farm now occupied by B. F. Carr, his grand- son, was a large black dog, which he brought with him from Washington when he came to town. Mr. Carr would write a letter, and when it was evening, so that the dog might not be mo- lested or the mail robbed, tie it upon the dog's neck, and send him away. The next morning he was always at the door of the friend in Washington, ready for the delivery of his message. He would feed the dog, keep him through the day, and at night send him away with a return mail.
As early as 1790, The Farmers' Museum, printed at Wal- pole, at that time the metropolis of this region, was carried by a post-rider on a circuit through Charlestown, Claremont, New- port, Unity, Lempster, and Acworth, to Alstead. He was
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loaded with parcels from family to family, and was made wel- come to the hospitalities of all the homes along his route.
Since the removal of Mr. Ellis from town, the following per- sons have been postmasters : Erastus Baldwin, Lucy C. Bald- win, Aaron Nettleton, Jr., Bela Nettleton, Seth Richards, Cal- vin Wilcox, John B. Stowell, Sawyer Belknap, David W. Wat- kins, Sarah M. Watkins, Sam Nims, and George W. Nourse.
A post-office was opened at Northville, in January, 1878, called the North Newport post-office, and Ezra T. Sibley was appointed postmaster.
THE TELEGRAPH. The telegraph was put up, and in run- ning order, the last week in July, 1866, just one hundred years from the settlement of the town. The citizens of the village contributed $1,000 towards its establishment. E. C. Converse was the first operator. The first telegram was, " The Atlantic cable has been laid, and is working finely ;" and the afternoon mails confirmed the truth of the telegram. It was extended through to Claremont in October, 1873. Early in 1875. a pri- vate telegraph was erected by " our young folks," with lines in various directions about the village. In July of the same year it was extended to Northville, and in 1876 to Sunapee Harbor.
TELEPHONE. The telephone was first introduced into this town in July, 1877, by J. K. Pierce, a carriage-maker. It ex- tended from his shop, on River street, to his residence on Ma- ple street.
SIGNAL STATIONS. Two U. S. signal stations,-the one on Coit mountain and the other on Pike hill,-were located in town, Oct. 1, 1875.
ENGINE COMPANIES. Engine Company No. I was formed Nov. 17, 1832. Jonathan Cutting, David B. Chapin, Naylor Starbird, David Harris, and others organized the company, un- der the general act for incorporations. The engine had been previously purchased by individual subscriptions. The engine " Newport," now in use, was purchased at the Hunniman es- tablishment in Boston, for the use of this company, in 1851. " The Rapid," a new engine from the same establishment, with hose, carriage, and all the modern improvements, was pur-
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chased in September, 1873, at a cost of more than $2,000, and a new company, No. 2, formed to take charge of it. The old company, with new uniforms, in 1860, was in a very flourish- ing condition under Capt. J. II. Cross, who was fond of mili- tary show, and joined in all public parades. The engine-house cost some $500 : the new house cost about $1,200.
Charles H. Watts has for several years been chief of the fire department. Alexis J. Graves, S. H. Edes, Dexter Richards, Perley S. Coffin, F. W. Lewis, E. Wheeler, P. S. Adams, Sawyer Belknap, David Harris, Isaac A. Reed, Nathan Mud- get, Abiathar Richards, B. F. Haven, Wallace L. Dow, S. L. Bowers, and W. E. Moore have been among the fire wards.
B. B. French, David Harris, George Muzzy, Truman L. Heath, W. W. White, and Martin L. Whittier have been captains of Co. No. 1 ; and John B. Cooper and Arthur W. Wallace, captains of No. 2.
RESERVOIRS. The reservoir in the park at the south end of the common was built in 1860, the town paying $200, and the remainder being contributed by individuals in its neighborhood. The one at the north end of the common, built in December, 1871, was done wholly by private subscriptions. The one at the south end of the village was built in the fall of IS74, also by private subscriptions.
AQUEDUCTS. The water from Cold Spring Grove was firs introduced into the village by Samuel H. Edes, in 1856. The wood aqueduct first employed was replaced by one of iron and cement in 1862.
TOWN CLOCK. The town clock was purchased in 1839, at an expense of $300. It was removed from the Unitarian chap- el, where it was first placed, to the tower of the county and town- hall building, in IS75.
CHAPTER XL.
REPORT FIXING VALUES, 1777.
T HE following report will be interesting as showing the val- ues placed upon things at that early day,-also as show- ing that all money transactions were then reckoned in pounds, shillings, and pence, instead of dollars and cents as now. Cur- rency of all kinds was so scarce and so depreciated that the people were obliged to use produce as a substitute for it in their traffic. They built their bridges and their meeting-houses, and paid their minister's salary and their taxes, in produce. So general was the practice and so urgent the need, that a law was passed that a committee be appointed to regulate the prices :
Cheshire County ss Newport July ye roth A. D. 1777.
We the Subscribers being a Committee Chosen and under Oath in and for the Town of Newport in the State of New hampshire Pursuant to an act in addition to an act Intitled an act for the Regulating the Prices of Sundry Articles therein passed the 10th Day of April A. D. 1777. And that the Rates and Prices of the Goods and the Several ar- ticles herein after Enumerated be and are hereby limmited within this Town of Newport aforesaid as follows-viz-
Good Marchantable wheat pr Bushel. £o- 6-0
Good wheat flower pr b. 0-18-0
Good Marchantable rye pr bushel. 0- 4-0
Good Indien Corn pr bushel 0- 3-0
Good Barly and Barly Malt pr bushel 0- 4-0
Good Marchant Oats pr bushel. · 1-8
Good Peas pr bushel. 0- 6-0
Good Beens pr bushel. 0- 6-0
Chese of the best Sort pr lb 0- 0-6
Butter of the best Sort pr lb 0- 0-9
Potatoes of the best sort in the fall pr bushel . 0- 0-10
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Nor at any Season of the year Exceeding pr bushel. 0- 1-3
Pork weighing from 5 to 7 Scores pr lb. . 0- 0-4
Pork weighing from Seven to ten Scores pr 1b. 0- 0-45 All pork weighing above Ten Scores pr lb. 0- 0-5
Salt pork by the Barrel of the best Sort containing Two hun- dred and Twenty Pounds pr Barrel. 5- 0-0
Grass fed Beef of the Best Sort pr pound. 0- 0-3
Good Tryed Tallow pr pound . 0- 0-7}
Mutton pr pound 0- 0-3
Veal pr pound. 0- 0-3
Raw Hide pr pound. 0- 0-3
Good Soal leather pr pound. 0- 1-6
Mens neat Leather Shoes of the best Sort. 0- 8-0
Other Shoes in proportion According to their Quallity
Good Maple Sugar pr pound . 0- 0-7
Good Maple Molasses pr Gallon. 0- 4-0
Good well dressed fax pr pound. 0- 0-IO
Good Marchantable Sheeps wool pr pound. 0- 2-2
Mens good yarn Stockings pr pair o- 6-0
and in that proportion for those of an Inferior Quality.
Good yard wide Checked Flannels pr yard 0- 3-9
And other Flannels in proportion According to their widths and Quallity and other woollen Cloaths in like proportion.
Good Woollen Plain cloath Mens ware well dressed three Quar- ters wide pr yard. 0- 8-0
Good yard wide tow Cloath pr yard. 0- 2-3
Course Linnens yard wide pr yard . 0- 4-0
Good Bar Iron pr hundred. 2- 0-0
Mens Labour in the Month of Dec. and Jan. pr day. 0- 1-6
In the Months of Feb. Mar. and Nov. pr day 0- 2-0
In the Months of May June and Sept. pr day 0- 2-6
And in the Months of July and Aug. pr day 0- 3-0
Carpenters and House Joiners pr day. 0- 4-0 Millwrights and Masons pr day. 0- 4-6
Mens Labour in the Months of Dec. and Jan. pr Month. I - 0-0
In the Months of Feb. Mar. and Nov. pr Month I - 4-0
In the Months of April and October pr Month. I-15-0
In the Months of May June and September pr month 2-10-0
In the Months of July and August pr month. 3- 0-0
Mans Labour pr year. 20- 0-0
Good English Hay well made in the cock in the field pr hundd 0 -1-6
Good English Hay after Secured in the Barn or Stack pr hun- dred. 0- 2-0
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Pasture for a horse pr week. 0- 2-0
Pasture for a Yoak of Oxen pr week. 0- 2-6
Pasture for a Cow pr week at the best rate 0- 1-O For keeping a horse in the winter by hay at the best rate pr week. 0- 3-0
For keeping a Yoak of Oxen by hay at the best rate pr week. . 0- 4-6
For keeping a Cow by hay at the best rate pr week. 0- 2-0
TAVERNERS AND OTHER ENTERTAINERS
For keeping a horse a night by hay 0- 1-O
For keeping a horse by grass pr night. 0- 0-8
For keeping a yoak of Oxen by hay pr night. 0- 1-6
For keeping a yoak of Oxen by grass pr night 0- 1-0
For keeping a Cow by hay pr night. 0- 0-7
For keeping a Cow by grass pr night. 0- 0-5
and in like proportion for other Cattle
For baiting a Yoak of Oxen. 0- 0-5
For baiting a horse or a mess of Oats 0- 0-3
For a meel of Victuals 0- 0-10
For Lodging pr night 0- 0-3
For boarding a man pr week. 0- 6-0
For the hire of a horse pr Mile. 0- 0-23
For the hire of a yoak of Oxen pr day. 0- 1-6
For Transporting Salt by land every Ten mile pr bushel 0- I-O
Flaxceed of the best Sort pr bushel . 0- 6-0
Shoemakers for making a pair of Mens Shoes at their Own Shops pr pair 0- 3-0
And all other Sort in proportion
Swine alive pr pound. 0- 0-23
Turnips pr bushel. 0- I-O
Combing Woosted pr pound 0- 0-10 And all other Labour of Tradesmen, Such as Weavers. Cooppers, Black- smiths, Setwork, cooppers Plowmakers Rakemakers Taylors, Shop- joiners, And also Womens work Such as Girls by the week Nursing and Spinning, or doing housework or making Shirts Knitting Stocings, or any other work of Mens or Womens whatsoever not herein men- tioned to bare the Same prices with other things herein mentioned in proportion as they Use to be Before.
AARON BUEL Committee JOSIAH STEVENS for the Town JEREMIAH JENKS of Newport
Recorded pr Josiah Stevens Town Clerk
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TAXATION. The following list shows the amount of the highest taxes paid in town at each successive period of ten years, and also by whom they were paid :
1795.
Uriah Wilcox. $13.95
Jeremiah Jenks 12.50
James White. 11.20
Christopher Newton 10.70
Wm. Cheney 22.28
Jesse Wilcox. 10.36
1830.
Wm. Cheney & Son .$48.40
Daniel Dudley, Jr. 9.46
James Breck & Co 33.40
Stephen Hurd.
9.31
Moses P. Durkee 23.38
Samuel Hurd
9.22
Nathan Call.
9.II
1802.
Jeremiah Jenks $19.92
Erastus Newton. 16.19
Ezra Parmelee 15.58
James White 13.78
Uriah Wilcox. 13.05
James Corbin 12.02
James Breck. $29.08
Thomas W. Gilmore. 24.93
Samuel F. Chellis 23.57
Hatch & Newell 22.08
Austin Corbin. 21.26
Erastus Newton 21.15
Walter Phelps 20.64
Josiah Forsaith
20.05
Uriah Wilcox
16.95
Phineas Chapin 16.30
Abiathar Bowman. 16.05
1850.
Thomas W. Gilmore. 862.22
Timothy B. Rossiter 43.62
Josiah Stevens. 37.82
Thomas A. Twitchell. 36.84
Chester Phelps.
33.92
Jonathan M. Wilmarth. 33.66
James Breck $31.80
James Corbin. 28.20
Erastus Newton. 23.38
A. & J. D. Nettleton. 23.38
Daniel Chapin 20.56
Reuben Bascom $20.30
Uriah Wilcox 19.45
Matthew Buel. Jr. 19.28
Abiathar Bowman 19.25
Joel Nettleton. 20.68
Charles Corbin. 19.38
Oliver Jenckes. 18.10
James D. Walcott. 17.63
Ephraim Fletcher 16.29
Joseph Sawyer 15.96
John Webster. 15.03
1840.
Abiathar Bowman 11.85
Caleb Atwood
11.59
David Allen.
11.55
Daniel Chapin. 1812.
11.34
Sylvanus Richards $19.40
James Corbin 19.35
Ruel H. Keith 18.63
Timothy B. Rossiter
18.13
Mercy Wakefield 14.55
Daniel Chapin 13.45
Josiah Heath 12.67
Oliver Jenckes 12.60
Reuben Bascom 12.20
1820.
Aaron Matson 30.76
Ralph Metcalf. 30.44
Joseph Wilcox 30.16
Stephen Call 27.90
Ezra Parmelec. 9.96
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1860.
Edmund Burke. $130.40
Thomas W. Gilmore. $124.08
Edmund Wheeler 129.80
Paul J. Wheeler. 110.40
Elbridge L. Putney 127.00
Edmund Burke. 64.70
Ezra T. Sibley .
III.20
Jonathan M. Wilmarth 63.86
Frederick W. Lewis
110.24
Edmund Wheeler 60.36
1877.
Dexter Richards 57.18
Dexter Richards & Son. . $1,379.13
Richards & Co
56.52
Dexter Richards 848.93
Orpha Keith
56.10
Samuel H. Edes
309.50
Stephen Call. 1870.
50.38
Elbridge L. Putney 298.21
Estate Mason Hatch. 294.75
Dexter Richards. $952.00
Lyman Rounsevel. 272.93
Granite State Mills 386.00
Frederick W. Lewis 264.18
Samuel H. Edes
248.37
Edmund Wheeler.
254.05
Thomas W. Gilmore
202.00
Edmund Burke. 238.55
Solomon Dean
168.44
Freeman Cutting
228.16
Coffin & Nourse. 756.99
J. & J. O. Endicott
51.96
CHAPTER XLI.
CELEBRATIONS.
HISTORICAL CELEBRATION, 18.46.
T THE eightieth anniversary of the settlement of the town was ob- served by a celebration on the Fourth of July, 1846. A procession was formed, and marched to the South church, where, after the usual preliminaries, the physical, civil, literary, religious, and miscellaneous histories of the town were read by the chairmen of the several commit- tees appointed to prepare them ; after which an eloquent oration was delivered by Rev. Baron Stow, D. D., of Boston, and an original hymn, written for the occasion by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, was deaconed, after the ancient style, a line at a time, and sung by the congregation to the tune of Old Hundred. The procession was re-formed and marched back to the common, where a large bower had been erected and a free dinner had been provided, of which a large number partook, after which came music, sentiments, and responses.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION-FOURTH OF JULY, 1876.
At a preliminary meeting of the citizens of Newport, duly called for the purpose of considering the project of celebrating the Centennial Fourth of July, Francis Boardman, Esq., was chosen president, and Hon. George E. Dame, secretary. At this meeting it was unanimously resolved to have such celebration, and that the citizens of the neigh- boring towns be invited to participate. Accordingly a committee of arrangements, consisting of Edmund Wheeler, Dexter Richards, Mat- thew Harvey, Leander F. Dodge, and George F. Whitney, were ap- pointed, with instructions to arrange such a programme as in their judgment would be most appropriate to the occasion, and to appoint the officers and committees necessary to carry out such programme. At a subsequent meeting their arrangements were approved.
OFFICERS.
President-Hon. Levi W. Barton.
Vice-Presidents-Alvin Alden, Calvin Call, Jonathan Emerson, Gid- eon Gould, Mason Hatch, James Hall, William Haven, Reuben Haven,
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Erastus Huntoon, Cyrus B. McGregor, Nathan Mudgett, Lemuel Os- good, Chauncy Wakefield, Jonathan M. Wilmarth, Joseph Wilcox, Par- menas Whitcomb.
Chaplain-Rev. Ira Person.
Reader of the Declaration-John McCrillis.
Toast-masters-Nathan E. Reed, Herbert J. Barton.
Chief Marshal-Capt. John B. Cooper.
Aids-E. A. Whipple, Seth M. Richards, Ashley C. Chase, George B. Lear.
COMMITTEES.
Committee of Arrangements-Edmund Wheeler, Dexter Richards, Matthew Harvey, George F. Whitney, Leander F. Dodge.
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