A Historical Address, Delivered at the Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Salisbury, Oct. 20, A.D. 1841...Hitchcock & Stafford, 1842 - 96 Seiten |
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... white men here , many of the abo- rigines still remained , clustered in the valleys along the streams and lakes . They had too long been within the reach of the enervating influence of the whites . Our Puritan ancestors had , for some ...
... white men here , many of the abo- rigines still remained , clustered in the valleys along the streams and lakes . They had too long been within the reach of the enervating influence of the whites . Our Puritan ancestors had , for some ...
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... White family , and on the northern margin of Wonunscopomuc lake , ( now called Furnace Pond , ) and also on the eastern shore of Indian Pond , in Sharon . There was , upon the first arrival of the Dutch settlers here , a well defined ...
... White family , and on the northern margin of Wonunscopomuc lake , ( now called Furnace Pond , ) and also on the eastern shore of Indian Pond , in Sharon . There was , upon the first arrival of the Dutch settlers here , a well defined ...
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... white inhabitants , as the Indian tree . Although the Indians of this neighborhood were friendly , yet such was the well known treachery of the Indian charac- ter , and so frequent were the causes of disturbance among the northern and ...
... white inhabitants , as the Indian tree . Although the Indians of this neighborhood were friendly , yet such was the well known treachery of the Indian charac- ter , and so frequent were the causes of disturbance among the northern and ...
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... White farm . This probably belonged to an earlier race than the Indians found here by our fathers . The annual encroachment of the river by the spring freshets , upon the banks , frequently exposed the bones of the buried Indians ...
... White farm . This probably belonged to an earlier race than the Indians found here by our fathers . The annual encroachment of the river by the spring freshets , upon the banks , frequently exposed the bones of the buried Indians ...
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... White and Vandusen ; thence with a straight line to a mile above the falls of a brook called Wachocastinook , ( probably the falls at Lime Rock furnace , ) thence south three miles , thence east to the river , & c . " Thomas Knowles and ...
... White and Vandusen ; thence with a straight line to a mile above the falls of a brook called Wachocastinook , ( probably the falls at Lime Rock furnace , ) thence south three miles , thence east to the river , & c . " Thomas Knowles and ...
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Abial Camp Adonijah Strong ancestor appointed Asa Hutchinson Assembly Bingham burying yard called Canaan Coffing Colony commenced committee Crossman Daniel Johnston Deacon descendants Dutcher early Elisha Fitch Elisha Sterling emigrated England England town erected farm fathers forge friends Furnace Pond Furnace Village gentleman grant Hezekiah Fitch Horace Holley Housatonuc river hundred Indians inhabitants James Landon John Everts Jonas Galusha JONATHAN LEE Jonathan Scoville Joshua Porter Josiah Stoddard Josiah Turner Knickerbacor Lamb's iron land Lemuel Wheeler Lime Rock Litchfield Lot Norton Luther Holley meeting house Methodist miles minister mountain Nathaniel Buell Nathaniel Chipman Nathaniel Church native Newman Holley occasion Peter Farnam Phineas Chapin preach proprietors religious residence ROGER AVERILL Samuel Church Samuel Lee settled settlement Sharon spirit Thomas Chittenden Thomas Lamb Thomas Newcomb Timothy Chittenden Tocconuc Town Hill town meeting Vandusen Vermont voted Weatogue White William worship Yale College York
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Seite 91 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 80 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Seite 92 - Though other climes may brighter hopes fulfil, Land of our birth ! we ever love thee still ! Heaven shield our happy home from each hostile band. Freedom and plenty ever crown our native...
Seite 51 - Kemp and Banyar, of New York, will not discommend us for so expedient a preparation, more especially since the decrees of the 9th of March are yet to be put in execution, and we flatter ourselves, upon occasion we can muster as good a regiment of marksmen and scalpers as America can afford ; and we now give the gentlemen above named, together with Mr.
Seite 92 - ... we roam, Land of our birth, to us thou still art home; Peace and prosperity on thy sons attend, Down to posterity, their influence descend.
Seite 51 - ... of the 9th of March are yet to be put in execution, and we flatter ourselves, upon occasion we can muster as good a regiment of marksmen and scalpers as America can afford; and we now give the gentlemen above named, together with Mr. Brush and Col. Ten Broeck, and in fine, all the land jobbers of New York, an invitation to come and view the dexterity of our regiment...
Seite 85 - ... and to request a copy of the same for the press. Sent up for Concurrence, BT PICKMAN, President. In the Board of aldermen, September 20, 1830. Read and Concurred. HG OTIS, Mayor. A TRUE COPT — ATTEST, SF M'CLEARY, City Clerk. Boston, September 20, 1830. HON. HG OTIS. The Undersigned, the Committee of Arrangements for the Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Boston, have the honor to enclose you an attested copy of a vote of the City Council, and respectfully ask your compliance with...
Seite 16 - ... be and remain, the line of partition between this Colony and the Province of New York.
Seite 17 - Legislature that three rights should be reserved in the township, containing 330 acres each, for the following uses, viz : one as a donation to the first settled minister, one for the use of the ministry forever, and one for the use of schools. The first right was given to Elder Haskins. The right reserved for schools was sold in June, 1821, agreeably to an act of the Legislature passed the preceding February, for $697, leaving after deducting...
Seite 25 - I therefore do hereby testify mine acceptance of the call, and your proposals, and hereby profess my willingness to labor for your good in the work of the gospel ministry, according as I may be assisted by the grace of Almighty God ; and hoping and trusting in his goodness, and depending upon a continual remembrance in the fervent prayers of the faithful, I give and devote myself to Christ, and my services to you for his sake, who am your friend and servant, "JONATHAN LEE.