Gazetteer of Grafton County, N. H. 1709-1886Syracuse Journal Company, Printers, 1886 |
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acres Bath Benjamin Betsey born Boston Bristol built Campton Village carpenter cattle Charles church clerk Concord Congregational church Connecticut Connecticut river Court Daniel Dartmouth college daugh daughter David dealer died East Canaan Eastman Enfield Center Etna farm farmer 50 father five children Franconia Frank George George W graduated Grafton Center Grafton county Groton h and lot h Main Hampshire Hannah Hanover Haverhill Hebron Henry Hill homestead Isaac James John Jonathan Joseph laborer land Landaff Lebanon Lisbon Littleton living located lumber Lyme manufacture married Mary married twice Mass Merrill miles mill Moses mountain N. H. Vols Nathaniel orchard 500 trees Orford pastor Piermont Plymouth prop proprietors Regt river Rumney Samuel Sanborn Sarah saw-mill selectman served settled sheep Smith sons Squam Lake sugar orchard 500 sugar trees Thomas town township Voted Warren Wentworth West Campton widow wife William Woodsville
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Page 223 - We the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American COLONIES.
Page 310 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 202 - We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with arms oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and armies against the United American Colonies.
Page 440 - Groves, heaths, and smoking villages, remote. Scenes must be beautiful which, daily viewed, Please daily, and whose novelty .survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.
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Page 5 - Thou shalt gaze, at once, Here on white villages, and tilth, and herds, And swarming roads, and there on solitudes That only hear the torrent, and the wind, And eagle's shriek.
Page 309 - for the establishment and support of a permanent department or school of instruction in the college, in the practical and useful arts of life...
Page 99 - Fleas, which the dust of the house breeds, they will flie and remove on a sudden from one part of their field to a fresh place: And sometimes having fields a mile or two, or many miles asunder, when the...
Page 16 - The widespread and powerful action of metamorphism is conceded ; but it is a more appropriate adjunct to volcanic than sedimentary accumulation. A few of the considerations favoring our theory will now be presented. 1. Considering the igneous origin of the earth, volcanic energies would naturally continue their action as soon as there was a crust to be broken through, and immense piles of melted rock would ooze from the numerous fissures. Up to Laurentian times all admit the universality of igneous...
Page 72 - York, where he remained for the succeeding six years, devoting himself to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1857.