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FREDERIC P. WELLS.
HISTORY
OF
NEWBURY, VERMONT,
From the Discovery of the Coos Country to Present Time.
WITH GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF MANY FAMILIES.
BY FREDERIC P. WELLS, IN BEHALF OF THE TOWN.
ST. JOHNSBURY, VT., THE CALEDONIAN COMPANY, 1902.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by FREDERIC P. WELLS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
PREFACE.
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Seventy years ago, in the autumn of 1831, Rev. Clark Perry, then pastor of the Congregational church in this town, delivered an historical address embodying the results of the inquiries which he had made among the oldest people as to the early events of the settlement of the town, and the period of the Revolutionary War.
He lamented that all who had borne an active part in those events had been allowed to pass away without any pains being taken to gather from them the full particulars of those years, and that in consequence of that neglect, the time had passed when a complete history of the town could be written.
A period precisely equal to that which had elapsed since the first white men wintered in the Coos Country, to the date of Mr. Perry's address, has passed since his time, and it would seem useless to attempt, at this late date, what could not be properly done seventy years ago.
Yet the attempt has been made to gather the annals of the town, and the result is now submitted to the considerate judgment of those most interested in its history.
It is to Rev. Clark Perry that we owe the preservation of so much relating to our early years. He interested himself in the days of old, and imparted to others somewhat of his enthusiasm.
After Mr. Perry went away, Mr. David Johnson took up what was to him a most congenial task, that of collecting the papers of his father, Col. Thomas Johnson, and he thus preserved, incidentally, much of our early history.
Of the collections of Mr. Perry and Mr. Johnson, Rev. Grant Powers had the full use in preparing his historical sketches of the Coös Country, in 1846. Had Mr. Powers realized the interest which would one day be attached to all the memorials of those early years, he might have been more accurate in his statements, and have given honor to all to whom honor was due. But he allowed his own prejudices and those of others to influence the narrative; he neglected, for reasons well known to himself, to mention many of the most prominent men in Newbury and Haverhill, and, as a result, his work, while graphic and interesting, is unreliable as a history of either town, and is chiefly remarkable for what it does not say.
The present volume, made possible through the public spirit of the town as shown by its votes in the annual meeting of 1898, and the
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succeeding years, is an attempt to complete the work which Messrs. Perry, Johnson and Powers began. For the editor it has been the labor of many years, and many of the incidents which it relates were given him by people, now long dead, who could remember the Revolutionary War.
In its preparation all accessible sources of information have been drawn upon, and material enough for several such volumes has been found, so that the task has been one of selection and condensation.
That it is free from errors would be to claim what no history ever was or will be, and that its publication will bring to light facts which may modify some of its statements is probable. But it preserves much that would, otherwise, soon pass into oblivion, and its value will increase as the years go by.
It has been prepared amid the labors and cares of farm life, and at a distance from any reference library or collection of archives, and much more might have been gathered, had the editor more leisure for the task.
And for the absence of much that might be interesting in anecdote and reminiscence he may be allowed to plead his total loss, for almost thirty years, of the sense of hearing.
If this volume keeps the memory green of the noble men and women who have lived in Newbury; if it conveys to the present and future generations some idea of the trials and privations which their ancestors endured; if it makes clearer to them the struggles and self-denial through which the institutions of the town were built up, the labor and cost of its preparation will not have been in vain.
The study of those years past should make us more contented with the present. It is easy to view the past through rose-tinted spectacles ; it is not so easy to comprehend the hard conditions of life in those days.
It is well for us if we can learn to say with Chaucer:
"It doth mine heart good, That I have had my world as in my time."
The grateful acknowledgements of the editor and his readers are duc to those citizens by whose influence the town was induced to undertake the publication of this volume, and to the various town officials who have aided in the work. A list of those in Newbury who have communicated a fact or a record would be a census of half its population.
The editor desires to mention several gentlemen whose kind assistance has been of great value in its preparation :
Acknowledgements are due to Hon. Albert S. Batchellor of Littleton, N. H., without whose aid no history of any town in the "New Hampshire Grants" would be complete; to Col. Henry O. Kent of Lancaster, N. H .; to W. F. Whitcher, Esq., of Woodsville ;
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to ex-Governor Farnham and Mr. Henry G. McDuffie of Bradford; to the late Mr. Edward Miller of Ryegate; to the late Hon. Lucius E. Chittenden of New York City ; to Hon. E. E. Farman of Warsaw, N. Y., and Tours, France; to D. Farrand Henry, Esq., of Detroit. Also to Mr. Henry McFarland and the late Parker Pillsbury of Concord, N. H., to Messrs. Edwin A. Bayley, F. L. Bailey, and J. E. Chamberlin of Boston, and to Mr. Benjamin Hale of Newburyport, and to Hon. Ezra S. Stearns, now of Fitchburg. It is needless to mention that Miss M. J. Tenney of Haverhill, Mass., has greatly aided in the work.
Acknowledgements are also due to the town and church clerks in Newbury, Haverhill, Piermont, Bradford and Topsham; to the late T. W. Wood, and the late T. C. Phinney of the State and Historical Libraries at Montpelier; to Rev. N. F. Carter of the New Hampshire Historical Society; to Major Chase and his able assistants of the New Hampshire State Library; to Rev. L. H. Cobb, D. D., of the Congregational Library, Boston; to Mr. John Ward Dean of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; to the officials of the Boston Public Library, and to the custodians of the state archives at Montpelier, Concord, Boston, Hartford and Albany. And last, but by no means least, to the publishers, the engravers, and the binders, through whose skill and care this history of Newbury is presented to its readers.
NEWBURY, VT., January 6, 1902.
F. P. W.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
Location. - Area. - Meadows. - Their Names. - Scenery. - Mount Pulaski. - Ingall's Hill. - Changesin the River. - Waste Region. - Halls, Round and Long Ponds. - Jefferson Hill. - Lime-Kiln. - Height of Mount Pulaski. - Wright's Mountain. - Blue Mountain. - Highest Farm. - Mount Washington, Lowest Point from which It Is Seen. - Falls at Boltonville. - Falls at West Newbury. - Scope of this Volume.
1-5
CHAPTER II. THE COOS COUNTRY.
The Lower Coos. - Indian Tribes. - Indian Relics. - Settlement of Hart- ford, Conn .- Brattleboro. - Londonderry, N. H .- Concord. - Wells River. - Origin of the Name .- Wright's Expedition. - "The Redeemed Captive." - Ancient Maps. - Baker's Expedition. - Charlestown, "Number Four."-Capt. Symes's Project. - John Stark. - Lovewell's Expedition .- Rogers's Expedition. - The Return through the Wilder- ness.
6-14
CHAPTER III.
THE FIRST YEAR.
Close of the French and Indian War. - Bayley, Hazen, Kent, and Bedell at Coös .- The Charter. - 'They Take Possession of the Land. - Pettie, Johnston, and Webb. - Sawmill Built in Haverhill. - Samuel Sleeper. - Glazier Wheeler. - Thomas Chamberlain. - Wright. - Noah White. - -John Hazeltine. - Thomas Johnson. - Jacob Kent. - Blanchard and Willard. - The Season of 1762 .- Corn and Potatoes. - Appearance of Country .- The Dwellings. - Arrival of Old Friends.
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CHAPTER IV. THE CHARTER.
The English Newbury .- The Massachusetts Newbury. - The Wentworth Charter. - Boundaries as by the Charter. - Provisions. - Why the Town is so Large -- The Bradford Claim of 1807 .- Col. Johnson's State- ment. - Topsham Gore. - The Grantees. - Those who Became Settlers. -Grantees of both Newbury and Haverhill. - Grantees of Newbury who Settled in Haverhill .- Grantees of Haverhill who Settled in New- bury. - First Meeting of Proprietors. - The Town and the Proprietors. - Allotment of the Town among the Grantees.
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CHAPTER V.
THE EARLY YEARS.
Condition of Country. - Indian Trails. - Hall's Pond, Brook and Meadow. -Jacob Kent .- John Foreman. - The First White Child. - The First Marriage. - The First Death. - Rev. Silas Moody. - Hardships of the Settlers .- New-Comers in 1763 .- Rev. Peter Powers. - The Log Meeting-House. - The First Sawmill. - The Mill-Crank and Its His- tory. - Sawmill on Harriman's Brook. - The First Grist Mill. - Settle- ment of Lancaster. - At Bath. - Cultivation of Potatoes. 30-35
CHAPTER VI. THE LAND DIVIDED.
Whiting's Survey. - The Meadow Lots. - The House Lots. - The Fifty-Acre Lots. - Coleman's Survey. - Whiting's Gore, or the "Half-Mile Strip." -Signatures to Whiting Deed. - Speculation. - Survey of the "Hun- dred-Acre Lots."-The P Lots. - The Gore. - Whitelaw's Survey of the Undivided Lands. - Topsham Lands .- Drawing of Lots. -- Pagan's Traet. - Witherspoon's Lands. - Clinton's Tract. - Colden's Survey. - A Petition.
36-40
CHAPTER VII. EARLY DAYS IN NEWBURY.
The First Town-Meeting .- Tything-Men. - Hog-Reeves. - Hog-Constable. - Anecdotes. - Deer-Reeve. - Field Driver. - Pounds. - Stocks. - Whip- ping Post. - Murder of an Indian. - St. Francis Indians. - The First Store in Coös .- The First School. - Carpenters. - Blacksmiths. - Coopers. - Brickyard. - Tanneries. 41-46
CHAPTER VIII. EARLY EVENTS.
The First Roads. - Petition for a Road to Portsmouth. - Hardships of the Settlers. - Training Field. - Military Company. - Dartmouth College in Haverhill. - Origin of the College. - Site Selected. - Newbury Lands Promised to the College. - Location at Hanover. - Counties. 47-51
CHAPTER IX. THE NEW YORK CHAPTER.
Wentworth Grants. - The King's Order in Council. - New York Oppressions. -" The Green Mountain Boys."-Gen. Bayley in New York. - The New Charter .- Its Conditions. - The Grantees. - Deed to Gen. Bayley .- Apprehension of Inhabitants. - "David Johnson vs. Harrison Bayley." 52-57
CHAPTER X. "WHEN WE WERE UNDER THE KING."
Priccs in 1770 .- Population. - Hcads of Families in 1770 .- Settlements at West Newbury. - Settlements at Wells River. - The Second Meeting House. - Court-House and Church. - The Old Jail. 58-63
CHAPTER XI. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.
Settlement of Ryegate .- The "Scots American Colony."-The Inchinan Meeting .- James Whitelaw. - David Allen .- Dr. Witherspoon. - White- law's Journal. - Purchase of Rycgate. - Its Settlement. - Mills Built at Boltonville. - Settlement of Barnet. - William Wallace. - First Tavern. -First Road. - Road to Wells River. - Chamberlin's Ferry .- Porter's Ferry .- Early Houses. - Wild Beasts. - Anecdotes, -Church Going. - Bad Elements. - Counterfeiting. - Glazier Wheeler.
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CHAPTER XII.
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
News of the Battle of Lexington. - The First Recruits. - Our Meagre Rec- ords. - The Johnson Papers. - Veterans of the Old French War. - The Situation. - Scarcity of Ammunition. - Wheelock's Letter to Gov. Trumbull. - Gen. Bayley and the Indians. - His Address to the North- ern Indians. - Its Authorship. - The Association. - Minutemen - Bay- ley Made Brigadier General. - His Letter to the River Towns. - The First Alarm. - Military Strength of the Town. - Tories. - Col. Porter. - The Army in Canada. - The Repulse at Quebec. - Reinforcements. - Roads to Montreal. - Johnson's Expedition to St. John. - The Military Road. - Meeting of the Committee of Safety. - The Alarm. - The Small- pox.
71-77
CHAPTER XIII. THE REVOLUTION-CONTINUED.
Meeting at College Hall. - Trouble with the Tories. - Robert Rogers again. - Arrest of Col. Porter and Others. - Dual Service of Soldiers. - Bur- goyne's Expedition. - Bayley to the New York Congress. - A. Call from Schuyler for Men .- Burgoyne's Proclamation. - Fall of Ticon- deroga. - Retreat of the Americans. - Bennington. - Fort Independ- ence. - Bayley's Call for Men .- Capt. Frye Bayley's Muster Roll. - The Capture of Supplies. - The Surrender of Burgoyne. 78-83
CHAPTER XIV. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR-CONTINUED.
A Time of Quiet. - Progress of Settlement .- Corinth. - Topsham. - Bay- ley, Lovewell, and Powell .- Alarms. - Tories. - Bedell's Journey to Canada. - Store-Houses. - The Hazen Road. - The Story of Tamalek. 84-88
CHAPTER XV. THE TROUBLOUS TIMES.
Alarms. - Burning of Peacham. - The "Great Alarm." -Benjamin Whit- comb. - A Night of Terror. - The Burning of Royalton. - Mr. Powers' Tory Sermon .- Its Consequences. - "The Haldimand Correspond- ence."-Azariah Pritchard. - Capture of Col. Thomas Johnson. 89-94
CHAPTER XVI. COL. THOMAS JOHNSON.
His Unfortunate Situation. - Tidings of his Capture. - The Alarm. - Capt. Webb. - Riot at Col. Johnson's .- The Last Two Years of the War. - Blockhouses. - Bliss and Sleeper Killed by the Indians. - Sherwood and Smythe. - Their Report. - Plans to Capture Gen. Jacob Bayley. - Rob- ert Rogers again. - Pritchard's Attempt to Take Bayley. - Shem Kent- field. - The Attack. - Sarah Fowler. 95-100
CHAPTER XVII.
THE END OF THE WAR.
Pritchard's Retreat. - James Bayley. - Trial of Johnson and Chamberlain. - Johnson's Journey to Headquarters, - Interview with Washington. - Peace. - Summing up. - Newbury's Service in the Revolution. - " Guard- ing and Scouting."-Joseph Brant. - Resolution against the Tories. - Similar Action of Haverhill. - Reflections .- Forts and Blockhouses. - Fort at the Ox-Bow.
101-106
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CHAPTER XVIII.
NEWBURY IN THE VERMONT CONTROVERSY.
Troubles with New York .- Committees of Safety. - The first Convention. -The Dorset Convention. - The Westminster Conventions. - "New Connecticut."-General Bayley's Change of Heart .- The New York Constitution. - The Windsor Convention. - The State of Vermont. - The Council of Safety. - The First General Assembly. - The New Hamp- shire Delegation. - The First Union. - Session at Bennington. - The Cornish Convention .- The Union Dissolved .- Four Parties in the Valley.
108-112
CHAPTER XIX. NEWBURY IN THE VERMONT CONTROVERSY-CONTINUED.
The Convention at Cornish. - Manifesto of Bayley, Payne and Woodward. -Town Meetings. - Vermont in an Unfortunate State. - Action of Newbury. - Of Haverhill. - The Charlestown Convention. - The " Sec- ond Union."- The New York Towns. - The Vermont Legislature Meets in New Hampshire. - Civil War Threatened. - Washington's Letter. - Dissolution of the Union. - The Thetford Convention. - Town Meet- ings. - Reconciliation. - Admission of Vermont into the Federal Union. 113-118
CHAPTER XX. AFTER THE WAR.
The Revolutionary War as it now Appears. - The Tories. - A Family Feud. - Half-hearted Patriots. - Depreciated Currency. - The Law of 1787. An Old Bill .- " The Critical Period in American History."-General Distress. - Shay's Rebellion. - Henry Tufts. - Counterfeit Money. - The Bushel of Wheat. - Lumbering. - Masts. - Visit of President Dwight. 119-125
CHAPTER XXI. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Recruiting Station. - French Refugees. - Anecdote. - Washington's Death. -Settlement of Jefferson Hill .- Farms of the Early Settlers. - The Execution of Burnham. - Population. - Immigration. - The War of 1812 .- Actions of the Town .- Passing Away of the Fathers of the Town. - Death of Indian Joe. 126-131
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CHAPTER XXII.
THE OLD MEETING-HOUSE.
Action of the Town .- The Building Committee. - Sale of the "Pew Ground."- Description of the Building. - Regulations for Construc- tion. - Prices of Produce .- Levi Webster .- The Cost of Finishing the Interior. - The Lightning Rod. - Bell. - Stoves. - Historical Notes. - A New Meeting-House. - The End of the Edifice: - Mrs. Pcaslee's Rem- iniscences .- Two Sessions of the General Assembly. - October, 1787. - A Lost Governor. - The Session of 1801 .- The Old Court-House .- Election Day. - After History of the Building. 132-140
CHAPTER XXIII. A CHAPTER OF OLD THINGS AND NEW.
Traveling Facilities. - Clothing .- " Binding Out."-Sawmills. - How Con- structed. - Mills on Hall's Brook .- On Harriman's Brook. - Stoves and Fire-places. - Candles. - Clocks and Watches. - Vocations of Women. - Farm Tools. - Threshing and Cleaning Grain. - Sugar- Making. - Dairying.
141-155
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CHAPTER XXIV.
REMINISCENCES OF EARLY WELLS RIVER.
River Navigation. - Boats. - Steamboats .- Roads. - Early Taverns. - The Coossuck House. - Merchants in the Bachop Block. - Supplies for the War of 1812 .- The Marsh Store .- The Burbank Store. - The Eames Store. - Timothy Shedd. - Tannery. - Peter Burbank .- G. G. Cush- man. - Judge Underwood. - E. Farr. - Isaac W. Tabor .- D. A. Rog- ers .- C. C. Dewey. - Paper-mill. - Ira White. - Paper Making. - John L. Woods. - The Leslies. - Abel Wells and Sons. - First Physicians. - The Gales. - The Scotts. - Singular Loss of Money. - The Flood of 1828.
156-170 €
CHAPTER XXV.
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Action of Newbury and Haverhill. - Mr. Silas Moody. - Pastorates of Rev. Peter Powers. - Rev. Jacob Wood. - Rev. Nathaniel Lambert. - Rev. Luther Jewett .- Rev. Clark Perry. - Rev. G. W. Campbell. - Rev. A. Dean .- Burning of the Meeting-house. - Rebuilding. - Rev. H. N. Bur- ton. - Rev. S. L. Bates. - Rev. J. L. Merrill. - Deacons. - Bells. - Choir. -Organ. - Communion Service. - Parsonages. 171-179
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Early Methodism in Vermont. - Vershire Circuit, -Class Formed in Brad- ford .- In Newbury. - Appointments. - Newbury Seminary. - District Changes. - Appointments. - Rev. Dan Young. - Meeting-house. - Par- sonage. - Sunday School. - Prosperity. - Removal of the Seminary. -Repairs. - Bell. - Memorial Windows. - Missionary Societies. 180-185
CHAPTER XXVII.
RELIGIOUS HISTORY-CONTINUED.
The Congregational Church at Wells River. - A Missionary Field. - Build- ing a Meeting-House. - Formation of Church. - Pastors. - Remodeling of Church. - Deacons. - Parsonages. - Organ and Choir .- Communion Service. - First Settlements at West Newbury. - Petitions for Preach- ing. - Services there. - Methodism. - Revival of 1827. - The "Goshen" Church .- The Union Meeting-house Society. - Erection of Church. - Re-dedication .- Bell .- Choir. - Town House .- Congregational Church at West Newbury. - Pastors. - Parsonage. - Free Christian Church. - St. Ignatius' Church. 186-196
CHAPTER XXVIII.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Reflections. - Exemptions from Minister Tax. - Presbyterian Churches of Ryegate. - Mr. Livermore's Reminiscences .- The Goshen Meeting- House. - First Schools. - Old School. - Agreements. - A Town Resolu- tion. - The School District System. - Old Schoolhouses. - A Caustic Description. - Wages .- Young Lady's School. - Newbury High School. 197-207
CHAPTER XXIX.
NEWBURY SEMINARY.
Its Inception. - Located at Newbury. - Erection of Building. - Arrange- ment of Interior. - Boarding-house. - Trustees. - Opening. - Rev. Charles Adams. - Bishop Baker. - Financial Embarassment. - Minis-
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ters and their Families. - Teachers. - Clark Hinman. - The Race Question. - Slavery .- F. S. Hoyt .- Dr. King. - Female Collegiate Institute. - High Water Mark. - Dr. King's Administration. - Henry S. Noyes. - C. W. Cushing. - Fenner E. King .- Geo. C. Smith. - Silas E. Quimby. - S. F. Chester. - Newbury Biblical Institute. - Mrs. Twom- bly's Narrative. - Dr. Willett. - Private Societies. - Summing up. - Stewards. - Attendance. - Instructors. 208-221
CHAPTER XXX.
NEWBURY SEMINARY-CONTINUED.
A Reminiscence by Prof. G. N. Abbott. - Why the School Was Removed. - Rev. A. G. Button. - Sale of Property. - Supreme Court Decision. - Later Schools. - Rev. S. L. Eastman. - Town Central School. - Obser- vations. 222-232
CHAPTER XXXI.
MONTEBELLO INSTITUTE AND OTHER SCHOOLS.
Montebello Ladies' Institute .- Rev. William Clark .- Miss Mary E. Ten- ney .- Mrs. Bridgman .- Closing of Montebello. - Wells River Graded School. - Observations. - School Lands. - Schoolhouses. - College Graduates. 233-241
CHAPTER XXXII.
LITERARY NEWBURY.
Early Books. - Nathaniel Coverly. - The First Newspaper. - Newbury Bib- lical Magazine .- The Christian Messenger .- L. J. MeIndoe. -- The Aurora of the Valley .- Other Papers. - Haverhill Papers. - Papers Taken a Century Ago .- Books Printed then .- The Publications of Coverly. - Bibliography of Newbury. 242-250
CHAPTER XXXIII.
LIBRARIES-TEMPERANCE.
Early Collections of Books. - The Library Association of 1796. - The New- bury Village Library. - The Tenney Memorial Library. - The Building. Its Dedication. - The Wells River Library. - Private Libraries. - Tem- perance .- Early Drinking Customs. - Mr. Livermore's Testimony .- Rev. David Sutherland. - An Old Bill. 251-257
CHAPTER XXXIV.
METEOROLOGICAL.
David Johnson's Journal .- Col. Thomas Johnson's Journal of the Seasons. The Winter of 1780. - Snow Storms. - Freshets. - The Cloud-burst of 1795 .- Cold Years .- The Snow Storm of 1834. - The Dark Day of 1780 .- The Yellow Day of 1881 .- The Meteorie Shower of 1833 .- The Comet of 1857. 258-265
CHAPTER XXXV.
A CHAPTER OF LOCAL HISTORY.
Boltonville. - Whitelaw's Journal .- Mills .- Dea. Andrew Broek. - The Boltons. - Present Mills .- Residents there in 1832. - The Lime Kiln Neighborhood. - First Settlers. - Schools. - Lime Burning. - Religious History. - The Swamp Road Fight. - The Grow and Doe Neighbor- hoods. - Disappearance of Families. 266-273
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN OF NEWBURY.
First Store. - Colonel Wallace. - Colonel Johnson. - David Johnson. - "The Depot Building."-"The Morse Building. - The Chadwick Store. - The Old Book-store. - The Keyes Family .- Other Merchants. - Merchants at West Newbury .- At the Centre. 274-279
CHAPTER XXXVII. CEMETERIES-CARE OF THE POOR-THE MILITIA.
Ox-bow Cemetery. - The Grow Neighborhood. - Rogers Hill. - West New- bury. - At Wells River .- Boltonville .- Jefferson Hill .- Town House. The Poor .- Warning Out of Town. - "Selling the Poor." - Town Farms. - The Old Militia. 280-290
CHAPTER XXXVIII. STAGES, INNS, AND POST OFFICES.
First Stages .- Quebec and Boston Stage .- Stage Lines. - Taverns. - The Spring Hotel. - The Newbury House. - The Lovewell Tavern. - Other Inns. - Postal Routes. - First Post Office. - Postage. - Private Car- riers .- Newbury Offices. - Official List since 1832. 291-300
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CONNECTICUT RIVER.
Early Navigation. - Middlesex Canal. - Falls on Connecticut River. - Canal Tolls. - The Coos Turnpike. - The Windsor Convention. - Dams along the River. - The "John Ledyard."- Certificate of Stock. - The "Adam Duncan."- A River Ticket. - Failure of the Company. - Canal Pro- jects. - The Railroad Era. - Ferries. - Bridge at Bellows Falls .- Col. Porter's Charter. - Bridges at Wells River. - At Newbury. - At South Newbury. 301-312
CHAPTER XL. HIGHWAYS AND RAILROADS.
First Roads .- Old Roads. - Road around Ingalls Hill. - Railroad from Boston to Concord. - Building of Passumpsic Railroad. - Riot at In- galls Hill .- The Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad. - Railroad War at Wells River. - The Montpelier and Wells River Railroad. - Telegraph. 313-319
CHAPTER XLI.
BANKS AND MONEY MATTERS.
Early Banksin New Hampshire. - The Coos Bank. - Early Vermont Banks. -The Wells River Bank. - Directors. - National Bank at Newbury. - Savings Bank .- Hard Times. - Counterfeiting. - The Bristol Bill Affair. - Imprisonment for Debt. - Glazier Wheeler again. 320-327
CHAPTER XLII.
PROFESSIONAL MEN. - MISCELLANEOUS.
Physicians. - Lawyers. - Old Houses .- Derivation of Local Names. - Cen- sus of Newbury. - Reflections. - Pensioners of 1840. - The last Survi- vors. - Nonogenarians. - An Old Superstition. 328-338
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HISTORY OF NEWBURY.
CHAPTER XLIII.
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
Masonry in the Coos Country. - Anti-Masonry. - Charity Lodge. - Pulaski Lodge. - Odd Fellows-Bounties in the Civil War. - Electric Light- ing. - Events at Wells River. - At Newbury. - Farms. - Newbury Cornet Band. 339-346
CHAPTER XLIV. NEWBURY IN THE CIVIL AND SPANISH WARS. Soldiers Credited to this Town .- Col. Preston Post. - Col. Preston Relief Corps. - Veterans now Residing here. - Spanish War. 347-354
CHAPTER XLV. STATE, COUNTY, AND TOWN OFFICERS. .
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