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Rev. A. H. Stearns
Rev. Mulhern
1858 Rev. Robert Myers
1915 Rev. Harry Gray
The Congregational Church, Jamaica, Vermont
July 8, 1790. The first baptism was under the leader- ship of Hezekiah Taylor of Newfane, Vt. 1135575 September 25, 1791. Reuben Wellman and seven others, five male and three female, met and organized the Con- gregational Church: Reuben Wellman, Mary Wellman, John Wellman, Sarah Wellman, Aaron Whitney, Mar- guerett Whitney, Mary Gage, Louney Blancher.
1792. Rev. Hutchinson baptized seven children and re- ceived six adults into the church, among them was Ezra Livermore.
September 16, 1792. Held the first church meeting. Reu- ben Wellman was moderator and Ezra Livermore, clerk.
November 4, 1794. Rev. John Stoddard was chosen first pastor, and asked for ministerial aid of the town. The town had previously voted this aid to Elder Coombs of the Baptist church; as being the first settled minister, Elder Coombs consented to divide and share this aid to the Congregational parish. This is sometimes called "Glebe land" or "Parish land," or "Ministerial land." Congregational church built 1808.
September 20, 1836. Abijah and Justus Livermore sold land to the Congregational Society to be used for a par- sonage and it was recorded March 9, 1837 by Joel Holton, Register, for the Trustees of the Congregational Society.
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1903. The church was renovated (paint, paper, furnace, carpet and electric lights) at an expense of $546.
1905. The Congregational Church Society paid to the town $800 for the town's interest in the church hall. This money was a gift from an unknown friend said to have been Hon. H. H. Wheeler.
January 8, 1908. The First Congregational Church of Jamaica, Vermont, was incorporated with the following subscribers : John C. Robinson, J. A. Muzzy, C. C. Robin- son, Lucy R. Kellogg, C. A. Aiken, Mrs. James A. Muzzy, and Mrs. S. J. Carver, all of Jamaica, Vermont.
March 9, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Waterman gave $500 in memory of their mothers, Mrs. Bemis and Mrs. Water- man, who were formerly members of this church.
1932. Rededication, with Rev. B. E. Marsh, Pastor, as- sisted by Rev. William J. Ballou.
1934. Memorial window unveiled. Given in memory of James A. Muzzy by Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Muzzy, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Allen, and Miss Eleanor Allen.
April 21, 1918. This church federated with Baptist Church, Rev. L. H. Sprague, Pastor.
Pastors
November 25, 1794 Rev. John Stoddard
1798 Rev. William Hall
1799 Rev. James Tuffts
1800 Rev. Abesha Colton
1806 Rev. Azel Washburn
1813 Rev. Matthew Taylor
1815 Rev. Philip Spaulding 1829 Rev. James Kimball
1831 Rev. Samuel Kingsbury
1833 Rev. Joseph Kingsbury 1872 Rev. Charles Burn-
1834 Rev. Charles W. Brown
1836 Rev. Justin Parsons
1841 Rev. Abel Patten
1848 Rev. Sumner Lincoln
1848 Rev. T. H. Rood
1851 Rev. Abijah Stowell
1852 Rev. Calvin Selden Rev. Robert D. Miller
Rev. Nelson Barber
Rev. L. G. Chase
Rev. W. C. Brown Rev. Fiske
ham
1874 Rev. A. B. Emmons
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1878 Rev. O. G. Baker 1902 Rev. A. E. Hartwell
1886 Rev. C. M. Winch
1905 Rev. J. E. Bowman
1886 Rev. J. F. Whitney
1906 Rev. T. C. Brewster
1889 Rev. W. S. Walker 1908 Rev. John S. Le Fevre
1891 Rev. S. L. Vincent 1912 Rev. Robert J. Tray-
1894 Rev. Blacklock nor
1896 Rev. A. J. Cameron
1899 Rev. S. H. Taylor
1899 Rev. N. W. Hanke-
1913 Second call for Rev. A. E. Hartwell
1916 Mrs. Hartwell
myer
DANIEL, OR THE CAPTIVITY
AND RESTORATION Sacred Cantata, in Three Parts AT DRAMATIC HALL, JAMAICA Wednesday & Thursday Evenings October 25 & 26, 1881 Prof. H. W. Alexander, Director Miss Abbie Skinner, Accompanist
Personations
Queen Mrs. J. A. Butler
Sister of Azariah Mrs. F. D. Read
Azariah Prof. M. L. Boynton
Daniel J. A. Butler
King Prof. H. W. Alexander
Herald Prof. M. L. Boynton
2d President F. D. Read
3d President G. W. Holton Fred Ballard George Howard Arthur Shumway
Princes
Admission 25 cents, Children under 12, 15 cents Doors open at 7, Curtain rises at 7:45
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GRAND MUSICAL AND LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT! ! !
OPERA HALL, JAMAICA, VT. Thursday Eve, Aug. 10, '82
By the Young Ladies of the Congregational Church, assisted by PROF. H. W. ALEXANDER
and the
CHOIR OF ST. MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Of Brattleboro, consisting of Eight Male Voices
Proceeds to go towards Subscription for Repairs of the Congregational Church
Grand Time Expected. Come One, Come All
Entertainment commences at 8 o'clock
Admission, 25 cts.
Children under 12 years, 15 cts.
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CANTATA BIRTH OF CHRIST MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 24, 1883 AT OPERA HALL, JAMAICA, VT. Characters
Santa Claus Frost King Guardian Angel
1st Angel
2nd Angel Faith Hope Charity
Goddess of Dreams
Goddess of Love
Sophia Flower Girl
E. L. Waterman M. L. Boynton Mrs. J. B. Muzzy Miss May L. Waterman Miss Emma Skinner Miss Mattie Sage Miss Della Sage Miss Minnie Stockwell Miss Myrtie Kellogg Miss Hattie Felton Miss Gracie Sherwin Miss Hattie Wardwell
Shepherds Messrs. Boynton, Butler, Taft & Howard
Admission 15c. Children under 12 years of age, free Doors open at 6:30, Curtain rises at 7:30 Bring this programme with you
The Federated Church, Jamaica, Vermont
April 21, 1918. The Congregational church and the Baptist church voted to federate and called Rev. L. H. Sprague to serve as pastor. After serving five years he resigned May 1, 1923.
Rev. Walter W. Vey was called and served until he re- signed September 27, 1927.
Rev. Carl D. Lane was called and served until 1932.
Rev. Burton E. Marsh was called February, 1932, and served until January 26, 1936.
Rev. Allison M. Watts was called April 12, 1936, and is the present pastor.
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Merton Perry, organist and director of the choir for many years.
SACRED CONCERT Men's Musicale
THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST CHORD Jamaica Federated Church Rev. Burton E. Marsh, Pastor August 27, 1933, at 7:30 P.M.
Program
Fling Wide the Gates : Organ . .... Stainer's Crucifixion (Adapted by the Organist)
Advantino in D Flat : Violin Lemare Reading after each number
I Was Wandering, Sad and Weary : Male Quartet
Serenade: Violin Widor
Holy City : Baritone
Londonderry Air : Violin
My Hope Is in the Everlasting
Adams
Tenor . The Daughter of Jairus
Stainer
Gloria Twelfth Mass, Offertoire: Organ Mozart
Hark, Hark My Soul Shelley Duet, Tenor and Baritone with Violin Obbligato Cavatina : Violin Raff
The Lost Chord: Bass Sullivan
Softly and Tenderly : Quartet
Priests' March : Violin
Mendelssohn
Now the Day Is Over : Male Quartet
Postlude : The Lost Chord again : Organ
Soloists
E. O. Allen, Baritone Rev. M. E. Barter, Bass
Burton Marsh, Jr., Tenor Harold Henderson, Violin J. K. Wolcott, Organist and Director Admit bearer and friends
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Seventh Day Advent Church
Organized October 29, 1862, at Pikes Falls, Jamaica, Vt. by Elder A. S. Hutchinson and Elder D. T. Bourdeau, with the following charter members :
Henry K. Pike
Rosina Wilder
Sarah C. Pike
Jared Wilder
Calvin N. Pike
David Wilder
Emeline R. Pike
Catharine Bourn
James Wilder
Sabbath school organized February 25, 1865. Church built 1868, on road 21.
First settled pastor Elder Nahum Orcutt, 1884.
Church school in 1885.
The Universalist Church
They were never organized.
Built a meetinghouse in 1851. Rev. Mr. Wilcox, pastor, followed by Mr. Perkins.
This church building was bought by the Dramatic Club in 1880 and presented to the town February 21, 1921, and is used as the Town Hall.
Millerism
In the fall of the year 1842 a preacher by the name of Chandler came to Jamaica and wished to lecture on "The Second Coming of Christ" as declared by Miller. He pro- posed to show from the prophecies that the end of the world would come on a certain month of 1843, and being a good speaker and able reasoner, many accepted his views and caused great excitement. Other preachers of the same faith soon arrived and this excitement lasted during the next summer and fall.
Farmers neglected their work and said that the world would end before harvest and crops were let go to waste.
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Meetings were held almost continually, until people were exhausted from want of sleep. A company gathered at Mr. Young's house. The house was crowded day after day, until the civil authority requested that they stop the meetings for a time so as to get some rest and sleep, but they kept right on going. A few days after this Mrs. Young died from overexcitement, Mrs. Stocker became insane and committed suicide, and many others seemed to have lost their reason for a time. Property was wasted, families neglected, and churches rent in pieces. Many made white robes and went up on The Pinnacle, the high- est point in the township, and waited for the end. Many acknowledged their mistake and the excitement abated.
From Hemenway's Gazetteer, 1868
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CHAPTER V
POST OFFICE
The post office was established January 25, 1819, with Philip Ripley, postmaster. Before this date Jamaica was upon the post road from Brattleboro to Manchester, and the mail was carried once a week, either on horseback or a gig. Later a mail coach made three trips a week, and the mail was distributed from the store and given to any- one to deliver to whom it belonged by anyone passing through the village.
One story, told by Mrs. Simeon Day, whose mother was a Livermore and one of the early settlers, says that in the store was an upright log about six feet tall, mounted on a base with a wooden peg at the top and bottom in the center, so that the log could be turned around, and nar- row strips of leather nailed to it so as to make loops, then the letters and papers could be slipped under these loops and the address could be read without handling.
This reminds one of the story of the postmaster at Fort Dearborn, called at that time by some as "Chicago." Mr. Hogan the newly appointed postmaster thought he would put in some private boxes for some of his patrons who were receiving quite a lot of mail, so he took some old boots and nailed them to the wall with the names under the protruding bootleg, where he could put the papers and letters. From "Old Post Bags," by Alvin F. Harlow, 1928.
Mail stage route from Jamaica for Rawsonville, Bond- ville, Winhall three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Returning arrives at Jamaica, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Mail carrier Frank Davis, 1884. Two-horse stage. Fare to Rawsonville, 50 cents. Fare to Bondville, 60 cents. Fare to Manchester, $1.40.
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1875. The post office was then in the store on Main Street by the side of the hotel, and then in a small build- ing in the hotel yard, which was later moved across the street and made the ell of the building now used as a dwelling and the town clerk's office (1939).
John C. Robinson was appointed postmaster March 27, 1877, and the office was in the building occupied by the West River National Bank, now owned and occupied by the Jamaica Memorial Library (1939).
Willard Shepard was appointed August 13, 1885, under the Cleveland administration. The office was then in a small building just east of what is now the present post office. This small building was later moved down on Water Street opposite the Sanders house.
George W. Holton was appointed February 23, 1888, and the office was in the building owned and used by Dr. Joel Holton, corner Main and Factory Streets.
Chloe J. Holton was appointed May 26, 1896, the office in the same place. Chloe J. Eddy was reappointed Sep- tember 29, 1898, office in same place. Harlan P. Boynton was appointed June 19, 1912, with the office in his house. Mabel Boynton, assistant postmaster. Miss Mary Robin- son, clerk.
This is a fourth-class office and has 76 mail boxes and 31 rural boxes.
The rural route was established September 2, 1924, and serves Pikes Falls and returns through Rawsonville. Three trips a week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Ralph H. Wheeler, carrier ; Clarence W. Pierce, assistant.
Rates of Postage, 1841
On a single letter composed of one piece of paper, 1/2 oz. For any distance not exceeding 30 miles, $.06
Over 30 miles and not exceeding 80 miles, $.10
Over 80 miles and not exceeding 150 miles, .121/2 Over 150 miles and not exceeding 400 miles, .183/4 Over 400 miles .25
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Rates 1848
Letters 1/2 oz. 300 miles or less
$.05
Over 300 miles .10
Rates 1880
Letters 1/2 OZ. $.03
Registered, additional .10
Special Air Mail Service May 15 to 21, 1938. Jamaica post office cancelled 110 air mail stamps during this period.
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SPONSORED BY HARLAN P. BOYNTON POSTMASTER Jamaica, Vt.
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Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont
Postmaster
Philip Ripley
Date Appointed January 25, 1819 (Established)
Samuel Ripley
August 17, 1820
John I. Sumner
July 29, 1822
Benjamin Felton
April 3, 1828
Samuel T. R. Cheney.
April 3, 1833
Benjamin Felton
April 29, 1835
Lyman Merrifield John Williams
March 11, 1837
December 8, 1847
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Charles H. Pierce
October 20, 1855
Henry A. Butler
March 29, 1865
Hiram E. Sawyer
March 26, 1867
James C. Daggett
May 13, 1869
John C. Robinson
March 27, 1877
Willard Shepard
August 13, 1885
George W. Holton
February 23, 1888
Chloe J. Holton
May 25, 1896
Chloe J. Eddy
September 29, 1898
Harlan P. Boynton
June 19, 1912
CHAPTER VI
HOTEL, INN, TAVERN
1793. The first tavern keeper was John Williams on road 30 near what is now East Jamaica, where there was a "Training Ground," "Sign Post," and stocks for the punishment of wrongdoers.
The first house used as a hotel was built by Roger How in 1803 or 1804 at the corner of Water and North Streets. Mr. How's sign was a board nailed to a tree with this reading painted on it :
"Pay today and Trust tomorrow."
This house was occupied by Mr. How. It has been re- paired and enlarged several times and was used as a dwelling house by William Sanders and is now used as a summer home by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gray.
The hotel, corner of Main and Mechanic Streets, was built in 1814 by Nathaniel Cheney and sold by him to Samuel Hastley who sold to Moses Chamberlain. He sold to Ezra Wilder and in 1840 it was occupied by S. Newell, later by Horace Howe, J. S. Knowlton, who sold in 1867 to S. E. Rawson, then to O. F. Knowlton, H. E. Sawyer (1868), E. R. Prior, William Barns (1880), Henry A. and Frank B. McLean (1883), H. A. Stockwell (1884), Mr. Taylor, William F. Gleason (1891), W. B. Clark (1910), C. C. Allen (1913), B. G. Wilder (1914), Estate of B. S. Wilder (1929). This property is no longer used as a ho- tel, and the hotel barn across the street has been torn down.
The White Swan Inn, Main Street, is owned and oper- ated by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bartlet. The grounds in the rear of the buildings are very attractive, and there is a
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fine view across the valley showing Ball Mountain in the North.
Mrs. Wealthy Clough, Main Street. Tourists accommo- dated.
Frank A. Chase, Main Street. Cabins, overnight camp.
SOCIAL BALL AT H. E. SAWYER'S HALL Jamaica, Vermont Wednesday Evening, February 19th, 1868 Come All, Both Great and Small Your company with Ladies is cordially solicited Floor Managers M. F. Howard Wm. J. Howe Music-Burnett's Band Tickets, $2.50-Horsekeeping included
J. A. Butler
-
WEST
RIVER BANK.
200 DOLLS.
JAMAICA, Vt. Avv 21
1883
Pap to VGA
undrede
Dollars
00 100
To the Cashier.
Richard Bondy
FIRST STYLE OF CHECK, WEST RIVER BANK.
3767 AR. 294
West Riter Bank
Jamaica.
Ja0 280/163
Seventy Site Payable on the Dollars
963
SECOND STYLE OF CHECK, WEST RIVER BANK.
CHAPTER VII
BANKS
Jamaica, Vt., has had three banks: first (1854), The West River Bank; second (1865), The West River Na- tional Bank; third (1872), The Jamaica Savings Bank. The last was merged May, 1935, with the Vermont Sav- ings Bank of Brattleboro, Vt., and is known as the Ja- maica Branch.
West River Bank
This bank was incorporated and granted a charter by the state of Vermont in 1853. The first meeting of the stockholders was held March, 1854, and the following of- ficers were elected :
Hon. James H. Phelps, of Townshend, President
Hon. John E. Butler, of Jamaica, Vice-President
Capital Stock 2000 Shares. Par Value $50.00 per share.
The first bills were circulated July 20, 1854, and were of the following values : 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50 dollars.
Description of Bills
$1. One cupid rolling silver dollar. Dated 1854. Justice and Minerva at left.
$2. Two cupids, each with silver dollar, woman with churn at right.
$3. Three cupids, each with silver dollar, state seal at right.
$5. Five cupids, each with silver dollar, Indian and sailor at right.
$10. Medallion of Washington in center.
$20. Commerce with ship and lighthouse.
$50. Liberty with eagle and flag in center, Jackson at right.
All have an overprint in red value except the $10 bill.
Extract from a letter dated March 13, 1865: ". . . I re- ceived your letter and the money safe, I carried it to the
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Bank, and they gave me Jamaica money for it, it helped me very much to pay my tax. . . . I payed my tax town meeting day, it was $11.52 and .23 cents insurance $11.75, a good pile of money for a poor man.
"Silas P. Wellman"
Stockholders of the West River Bank living in Ja- maica, when it was reorganized as the West River Na- tional Bank :
Shares
Albee, Sumner
20
Allen, Mrs. C. P.
2
Barnes, H. P.
40
Bobrook, E. H.
10
Brittan, Mrs. C. A.
4
Boffens, Loring
25
Butler, Mrs. R. B.
22
Butler, John A.
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Butler, John E.
9
Derby, P.
20
Gleason, Squire
10
Hastings, Wm.
14
Higgins, Joseph
10
Howard, Willard
4
Knowlton, Benj.
2
Merrifield, L. B.
20
Muzzy, Benj.
20
Muzzy, James
2
Muzzy, Phila H.
20
Parsons, John
30
Pierce, Abijah
10
Ramsdell, L. B.
10
Reed, Chas. D.
20
Richardson, C. F.
10
Robinson, John P.
10
Townsend, Lewis
1
Twitchell, Appleton
6
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United States Internal Revenue
No. 1756 License in force from July 1, 1864 Expires May 1, 1865.
To all whom it may concern.
This License is granted to the West River Bank of the Town of Jamaica in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, to carry on the business or occupation of Bankers, in the afore- mentioned place, they having paid the tax of One Hundred Sixty Six 67/100 Dollars therefor conformably to the provisions of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, and to pay interest on the public debt," approved July 1, 1862, and the amendments and supplements thereto. This License to be in force until the first day of May 1865, provided the holder thereof shall conform to the require- ments of said Act, and of such other Act or Acts as are now or may hereafter be in this behalf enacted. Given under my hand and seal at St. Johnsbury this first day of July A. D. 1864.
Geo. A. Merrill, Collector of the 2nd District in the State of Vt.
The West River National Bank
In August, 1865, "The West River Bank" was reor- ganized as the West River National Bank, with a charter for twenty years.
The officers were as follows : President, The Hon. Wil- liam Harris, of Windham; Cashier, The Hon. John E. Butler, of Jamaica. John E. Butler served as cashier un- til his death in 1867, then his son, John A. Butler, was elected to serve as cashier.
The Capital Stock was $100,000. March 22, 1876, stock reduced to $75,000. June 24, 1882, stock reduced to $60,- 000.
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In August, 1885, the charter expired and the bank liq- uidated.
September 16, 1885, a stock dividend was declared for 75 per cent; November 2, 1885, dividend for 20 per cent ; November 14, 1885, final dividend for 5 per cent. Bank closed.
West River National Bank TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington, September 21, 1865.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented to the under- signed, it has been made to appear that the West River National Bank of Jamaica, in the Town of Jamaica, in the County of Windham, and State of Vermont, has been duly organized under and according to the requirements of the Act of Congress en- titled "An Act to provide a National Currency, secured by a pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the circula- tion and redemption thereof Approved June 3, 1864, and has complied with all the provisions of said Act required to be com- plied with before commencing the business of Banking under said Act."
Now, therefore, I, Freeman Clark, Comptroller of Currency, do hereby certify that: The West River National Bank of Ja- maica, in the Town of Jamaica, in the County of Windham, and State of Vermont, is authorized to commence the business of Banking under the Act aforesaid. In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of office this twenty-first day of September, 1865.
FREEMAN CLARK, Comptroller. No. 1564.
(Seal of the Comptroller of the Currency.)
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V The West Ritter Bank Hill, wy TEN DOLLARS mili man Janmica.
REDUCED COPY OF $10, WEST RIVER BANK BILL.
$2.91
WEST RIVER
NATIONAL BANK
Jamaica.
Afor 27 18. 68
Simplethe riders tartare acceder
Dollars
BANK CHECK OF WEST RIVER NATIONAL BANK.
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No. 102192
Certificate of Burning
Duplicate
Treasury Department Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Redemption Division
Washington, October 26, 1874
We the undersigned, specially appointed for the purpose, do hereby certify that the following-described "Mutilated Notes" of the "West River National Bank" of Jamaica, Vt., were totally destroyed, by burning, this day, in our presence, under the pro- visions of Section 24 of the Act :
No. of Notes
Denominations
Amount
Total
160
$5.
Notes
$800.00
50
$10.
Notes
500.00
5
$20.
Notes
100.00
$1400.
I. Thornton, for Secretary of the Treasury
S. S. Gregory, for Treasurer of the United States
J. F. Potter, for the Comptroller of the Currency
A. S. Pratt and Son, for the Bank, P. & S.
The Jamaica Savings Bank A SKETCH ON ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY By Eleazer L. Waterman December 27, 1922
Although the early days of the Jamaica Savings Bank have been mentioned by us, and some incidents referred to, it has seemed best by some that a brief statement of
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its origin should be put in writing on this fiftieth anni- versary to be kept for future reference.
In the year 1872 the Rev. Charles Burnham was pastor of the Congregational Church at Jamaica. He had come from a town in New Hampshire in which a Savings Bank was located, and he was very enthusiastic on the subject of establishing a Savings Bank in any town where there seemed to be a fair prospect of its success. He believed such a bank would succeed here and conferred with some of the citizens, and explained to them the benefits to the community of a savings bank, referring to the results in the town from which he had come. The Baptist minister, Rev. C. P. Frenyear took the same view and in due time many of our business men, and people generally were in favor of taking the necessary steps to have a Savings Bank established here.
I was asked to draft a bill for a charter which I did, and it was placed in the hands of our town representative that year, Mr. Charles S. Clark, and was introduced in the October Session in 1872 of the House of Representa- tives, went through the usual steps and passed in No- vember 1872, as an "Act to Incorporate the Jamaica Sav- ings Bank." A copy of the original bill, evidently made at the time, is attached to the record book of the bank, pre- vious to any records in the book. The incorporators' names in the Act of Incorporation were Benjamin Muzzy, Charles Burnham, C. P. Frenyear, H. H. Wheeler, H. H. Felton, E. L. Waterman, William Harris, Jr., M. F. Bal- lou, Francis Kidder, L. M. Newell, A. P. Graham, David Arnold, Perkins N. Wiley and W. H. H. Holton. By the Act of Incorporation E. L. Waterman was authorized to call the first meeting of the incorporation. The Act was approved November 21, 1872.
The first meeting of incorporators was held at the of- fice of E. L. Waterman in Jamaica January 8, 1873, for organization of the corporation.
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Chose, M. F. Ballou Moderator, E. L. Waterman Clerk, pro tem, chose 16 new corporators; C. B. Williams, Os- car R. Garfield, Henry P. Chase, B. A. Park, A. C. How- ard, E. A. Plimpton, Henry N. Fitts, John Parsons, John C. Robinson, William Hastings, David E. Robbins, Dex- ter Batchelder, Abijah Muzzy, O. C. Fitts, A. M. Butler, and Lewis P. Wait. Voted to adopt the charter granted by the Legislature. Chose, William Harris, Jr., President, E. L. Waterman, Vice-President, John C. Robinson, Sec- retary. Elected 10 Trustees ; Benjamin Muzzy, M. F. Bal- lou, A. M. Butler, B. A. Park, A. P. Graham, O. C. Fitts, William H. H. Holton, L. P. Wait, Charles Burnham, and C. P. Frenyear. Chose, E. L. Waterman, C. P. Frenyear and Charles Burnham a Committee to draft By-Laws, and at a meeting held January 14, 1873, the By-Laws drawn by them were presented and adopted. John C. Robinson was elected Secretary and Treasurer.
Thus the bank was duly organized. As it had no place for doing business or holding meetings the meetings con- tinued to be held at the office of E. L. Waterman for some time.
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