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Intr=odue.tory.  
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At A 3. meeting A of eitize11sA1e1<«:1(;l  the Poliee Court

j R;<:>o1:n, on Mondzzny eveI1i:1*1g, J"1;me 123, it was voted A to eel-
ebwte, in ii. ;fitt.ing 1nz>uf1n.e1‘, on the 4th of July ixext, the

one ]:1u11dred:th a1f111ive1'sm'y of the 01#gz:n11iz2Ltio11 of the town

of Axxnltxemt, zmcl the fb11<;>wi.eng ge11t1en1e11 were amppoirxtetl‘
A :*:ueo1‘x11:11it‘t;ee to con.sider the xnutter, m:1.de repert at :1, 1nee%ta«

Levi St<.i;c:1:1)ric1gm,
(?re<>rg'e M(L'.)fl+t1?Lg1;1£§,
II. I). Imgezxrixxg, %
L. D. %IiT,i.11s3.

J. L. eSkin1:1er,e e

.I%I;. J. Cnte,%

O. W. Lc:ss*(~sy,
E.  C<;>c>k,

‘J. P. Gray,

W. W.%Smit11,
Flavel C3‘r:Lye1cm;1,
J} IT~’I. M. %I.ee11e1.n(l,
0.1+‘. I3ig'e1<)W,
J. L._L0v0V1l,

I3‘. I’. Aim3w'(])rt}1,%

% e C)hm'Ies Iiellogg, e
%  *R:mseom_Cow1ea, %

ing zéu‘; the smne place, on Wednesclay evening, June 14:

I?Izu4rison Ingxmxu,
M. W. I‘I<;>Wa,rd,
Wfl.tS<311 W. Cowles,

%% .Tc>hn B. Brown, A
e A. R.%C11ssh11‘1.:m,

W; L. 'Robce1't.s%, \

e Ami. Adzum,

A. J. Ro1)inson,%
J. E. Reaud,
A. I’. M¢:~,r1‘ick,V

C. L. G(>o<"l:=L1e,
Stetson Ilzmwley,

R. B. Bridg'1nm1,
17". D. fipmilding,
L; H. Allen,

Noah Die-lcinson,

e % J. ‘A. ‘Pierce.

 
 

1v M % = INTRODUCTORY.

A The Committee of Arrm1ge111ents met A at t11ePo1ieet
Com*t Rooln. a.ooordi11g to zmppointment, on Wech1esda.y
eV*eni11g, J une 14. J. L. Skinner was e11oeen o11a.ir11m.n, A
and H. M. MoC1oud eeo1*eta1*y. The A followixlg _com111:it—
tees were then chosen: A

PRESIDENT or 'I.‘I~IE DAY.--H011. Levi Stoekh:vidge.‘
Cmme I\/.[..s.1zs1«x.A.L.—-—-J. L.‘ Sk.irmer.
S13<3x1Iarr.x1%.'xf AN!) T1"-tI§.’a.SURICI.t.—-H. M. 1\IcC1cmc1.
. M.«s.:N.s.e.-ING C(")MMI’1"1.‘1«}E.—-I{(‘)11. Levi Stoe1.«:b1'iL1ge, D1‘. Eclwzwd Hitehcoczk,
D1‘. H. J- Catte. .
Conmxrrvrmm VON O.I1.A.TOR.---I‘I011. Levi Stockb1'idg;'e, George 1\:'Iont:1g11e,
H. M. McC1oud.
CC)M£MI’I"1‘IflI~3 ON Glmuutoe.--'W'. W". Hunt, P. D. S17>m11.c1i11g;, A. 1-‘. Mer-
eriekz, VV. VV. Ssmith, Flzwel Gztylord, I~I:1.2rve,y Wt1:u'.te. t

. COMMI.'lI‘TEE ON‘R1a:xm1ss;1sI1\.1.:r:N're.+——R.z1,n.~3o1'x1 Cowlee, R. W’. Stmtton, J;

P. Gmy, J. A. Pierce, N0£l.11 Dickinson, J. E. Read, A. J. Robinson,
M. VV. Iloward,  L. Roberts, Stetson Hmvley, J.%B. Brown, Asa.
e Adzmxe, A. P.oMer1'iek, Clmrles I{e11<)gg', H. D. F€3i1.1‘.in_£_;',’.
COMMITTEIE ON FI"NJLNCl§J.--C. W. Le3eec*y, A. R. C11e1.11'r1a.n, F. P. Ains-
wortlx, R. B. B1'i<.j1g;man, I~I2L1~risontI11,gg*r::L111, O. G. Couch. ‘ M

CoiVIMIT':v1=m ON Frmes, GUNS, AM3\IUNI'1‘ION, &(3.———Ca.pt. T. VV. Slozm,

W. B. Graves, J . L. Lovell, H. H. Goodell. .

QO1\IMIT'[‘EE ON 1‘/I'Us:re.-—-J . L. Skinner, E. B. Fitts, L. H. Allen, W. S.
VVestce1'.t, A. A. Sm.1t11wiek. , e v ‘

Cemm'rTEm 0197 ]§‘1m:.W<mKs.———IIe111*y I-Iollzmd, Lieut. C. A. L. Totten,

O11-mrlee Deuel, W£Lteo11 ‘W. Cowles, I<‘rec1.  B:a.ker.

A tC}‘.oM‘M:r'r'1:1+:1«: ON INVITED GUee're.wSz1.mue1 C. Canrter, E. F. Cook, 0. 

_B.ige1ow.

The Committee voted u11a.nin1oueIy. to invite M. F.
DiGk.i1"1SOI1, J 12, of Boston to deliver the Add1*eee, and the
~invita.tioI1. wzztsaooepted. .%_W A A

M A At subsequent meetings of the Committee of Arm11ge-

ements. it was .

_ G1'm¢*e,t (former1yBa.ke1"

s G1*oVe).o 

 

T/Wed,‘ To lmve the eelehmtion eatAm11eret College ‘ht

A INTRODUCTORY.   A A ‘A A v

_ Voted, That the A1"x1he1*st Cornet B:1.11dbe e11ge.gec1% to A A
" efL1r11ie11 111usief01"A the occasion.

AtAe.ToW11 MeetingAhe1c1 June i321;1d, it was Avoted to
a.pp1‘0p1"iz;Lte $250 for the ce1e1)1'eti01A1 of the one hu1:1d1.*ec1t1A1
e,11A11iVe1*se.1‘y of the o1+g:rmizeti0n of the town, mad $100 ed-

d;itiena.1 for the '_pub1ieetAi0n of the 11iste1A:~y of the town. A
The ce1eb1"a.tic>11 of the one 111m.c11'edt]:1 bi1At1:1fl::a,y of the
Town alld of our NeA.t,i0ne.1 I1i1de1i)e11c1e1f1.ee wee ue].A:1e1‘e(1 in

A by a salute of 38 g‘1L1l.”.1S, zitb<)L1At S'L‘H')A1‘iSG,A mxd the 1?i1i1g;i1e1g 0!
 belle en other (3len1on.et1%atie1A1s 1ix,1:eA1.de by the yO1;1'1"lg(A31‘ 1:)<:>1'—~ A A A

'75

tion of the eomxxluxxity eont1':i.b11te<:1 to A1A1A1:;z,1s:.e emrly 1”‘.i.&§e1f'SA etf A

V1*11AostA of our eitizertxte. Although mt 01.11. the 1.'e§gL11ze;:.1L' A A1:»1~e-AA

A g1'e11A11ne of the day, the p1'<:>eeeeieeeA1:1 of AA1:1.t;iqt1tcae zA;x,1A:A1c1 ]:A;II m*--

M ribleete, which 111zu'<::}eA:1e<:1 :.aL1A1d, e0111A;:1.te1:*1im1.'e}i;1e(:1 1A.111.*<:>1;;1gh the  

.st1'eete,, Aabout 6 c>’e1oe1«:'., s;L1;;tmei:e(1 an. ]t::AL1rge 1:n11;xA1AI.)e1~ 01;‘ 1A;>e<;:)-A

Aple, zmcl vvae quite e.Ae1'e(;1eit:A1,1;e>1e (1iSp12i:L_y”.

At 9.80 0e’e1eek the 1;n1*eeessie1:1 ffbI"AIiI1(£3(;1 on the em1“xA1m<A;m,   A

under the leedexfelxiygr ef Cept., J. L; S]3{fi‘1f‘l1T10I‘, Ch*ie'fA M:u'-

sliel. , Afterthe A1:r1t1e1"et (_A3e1*I1.et Bzitxufl (T32}l.1I1EA3‘A2‘I,“. AAthet fS111eA1~e A
A A Adz1yS(3he01s in tow11,‘eeiti7:e1fi1.és e111:A'e<;>t, :A.md :1. 1(;»Izg line ()1

C:21I‘1“i2lgGS.A .A1‘1‘iViAI1lg’AA at the C»‘rAreAve,, §'l.TfiiAGf 1Ar111e:ie Ahy the

AeABAe.1“1d, p1'2;1e1.yeI' W’2T;LS 0flf'ered bye Itev. Dr. D. ATVV. Mz;ms1e1, of

9 North Amherst. ilillfmil. Levi A Si:;A<f)e1§to:1'itA1g;e, A%]IA’1'e&3i<AeT1e1A1ei; (WA V AA A
Afl‘1eAd8.y, then de1:ive1‘~e<1 21.f1t"Ldd1‘GE3S ef’ Welcome, es13(3zL1+:i1'1;;g V

A  } substantially as follows : \

AA FELLOW ACITIZENS, I.mm1:«1e AND G"mNA?17AL1aAMi‘1aN: A In }.:;eh:x.]ff;i' of

the A 1lI11.11'1iCi1f)%L1 0fi‘iee1'ss of the town of A.rAre1I1eret, .m:AuA]. the <fj'e1A1-

 em1Aeom111'iettee of e1‘1¢:::1.1:1ge;:new;'1t;s,, A I 1‘lA):i'('1 you :11]. 21 1A;1<:;>et (aw- %
 clielwelecuznete :e11t};A1e ttfeetitvitieesQeml en;joy1tAne11te or this A AA

‘ ‘ ‘

.~ A A

l'V1 A , A INTRODUCTORY.

A ocea,eio11. Theoenturytie completed since theAmerioaa1

colonies cleolemecl tlaemeelvee independent of the mother
country, zmcl to-day fortyomillions of people, ooeupyi11g a

* te1:'1'ito1*y sweeping away tl1oL1se,m:le of miles from; ocean to
A ooeim, a,11(l fi*e111 the St. Johns to th‘eRio G‘rm11de, by one

epo1o.te11eoue out.hu1‘et .mel«:e the 121.1161 reeomucl with sounds
c>f_jr;>y e..11(l gl:1cl11ess. Let the multituclee shout and sing;
letthe thu11(le1‘ of e:.1m1o11 eeho from hil1-top to xnountztixx,
and firo111 valley to Valley, e,11cl4 deep in our he:u't of l1ee.1*t.e
111zty ell ohe1*iel1 emotions of jcay, 131'e:i.ee and otl1e.11l:sgiVing,
for all the Way in Wl'1l(3l'.1 the Lord lme led us these huh-

('jl}.‘(~}Cl yeme; for etwely he lms (leelt hy us ee he lme dealt A

by no other 13e()ple. CL>1:x1pz1,1*ecl with etller llELl3lOljl.S We
were then :1.lfeehle1:)eople; 11<:‘>W We are one of the g'1*e::tt
1:i>owerso of the globe; _i.11‘f.lL1€él1‘l3l21l,l_, l10l'10I'(3Cl end reepeotetl
lily all, Wl1eteVe1* their :1,tt::LiI1111e1:1te in eivilizetioll. A

tl11.111(l1'ecl years ego We oceu.pi.ecl only it 1"1£?L1“I'O’W strip of

ee1;u:1t1*y elong the Atlmtrlzio eee,hoa.1*<;l; how We eover the

A oo,n.ti11e11t,, ehcl localities tl_1e11 :f‘:.u:' :.m*ey in the weete1*11

Wilma; e:x“1d   l«:11oWn only hy n:»1,1f11e es the eo111:1ei1o:md t1rz1<li.11g;
po‘e%te ofthletvent111+eeo111e _p:icomee1* aml .1*e<.l 1113,11, lleve hy

A ixlnproved fa,<::i1it.iee of tmgvel zmcl tm.1_1te1‘:)m*t, been l:i>1‘oL1g;l1t

to our very (loom; lmveheoome grez:1,t oomme1roi::z,1 empo-f

  _I‘i11me, witli .l1L111d1‘e(:ls of %t.l1oL1ee.1:1(le of i1:1l1ahita.nte, and

 where we getl;1e1‘ec1 the procltxotze of all elo:iu1ee and all ‘pee-— J

plee, .-zmcl the i11stiotut,ilometofthemoet eclwmoecl oivilimtrion.

Tluoewilclemees zmcl the eolitm'yeou.11t1:*y are dcxttecl all A ” ll

over Writhx lh1'n1 houses e,11cl?p1:'c>l(.l‘11oetiV.re fz11"111e5 z:Ll1;1cll the fltookt A
‘e11clltl1ee1?(l are g§1i‘azi1'1g on the 1"l..2??i.l;i.1V‘€§ liuumte of the elk: zmd
 buffalo. Ouxfgreet la.keeendriVe1"s, whoeel“we.tere were

 

rib

INTRODUCTORY. A . A ‘V11

A undisturbed but by the bark ozuioe or the lV£Ll3G1'ft1l1., have

become busy avenues oft1*anspo1't for the G01l11f'.l1(3l‘C*.G of e

A continent, or converted into power to give three to the V

machinery of an endless Variety of I1l€t]1L1.f£ELOt11lf‘l1lg ir1clne.~
tries. But at hundred years of p1'og1‘eee hes not been alone

in mete1‘ia.l objects. The long trielp l.1e.e provergl thzztt at

gove1‘11111e11t by the people zznid for the people, is et1'c>1“1p;
enough to Withe'te,ncl the cliei11t:;ep,'1'zttit1:xg i.‘1iiitlue1’1<;:e:s* of peace
emcl War, to secure and protect ell the i1*:i,g;l‘;1t:;e of the i1i(li~
Viclnel, end to perpetne.te iteelf to TfiJl‘tI.‘[l1‘8 g;g.;e11e1*:::.t.it)1ie.

r G1*ee.t eyeterne of G(l11(3i;LtlO1’1, free to all, have A1;i)e(~3:1ilo1. i;.l‘xo11gl;i1‘t
A out emcl firrnly eetnl>l.iel1ecl, e.r1<:l ii.netitnt»i.<:‘»ne <:>t'1*<:a”lig2;ic)nr, be»-h

rnevolence and hi gl1e1* l6tt1’X1rll1lg hu;i1t up einl. eimowed 5 encl if

A i We are not the pioneers, we lend the "V"’”::tT.1 of the tit(lV‘27ttlIil.(3l.l'.1;£‘?,‘

  hosts of modern oivili:2:etio11. All tltiie  the result of e A

century oftA1x1eriroen inrlepencle1'1oe, z*n::1<:l ehoulcl lteml me to
e.xo1ei1n,l“Veri1y, wliet he.tl1 the Lorcl Wl‘011gl.1ii.” 1*3L1t‘

Whilewe, the people of A1*nl:1eret, teyrn.pe.tl1ize with, ntml

 participate in the A general 1'1;tt.ionnl 1?e;joio<.:iong~ of the (l2:;1.y,
we have oooa,siontb1* joy :e1,ncl thElL1TL1{Sgl.V.l.l1§§ll3ll£5L'iJ ie 1;:>eeu~ '

liarly local to ourselves, Vfor we plinve now c:ornpleteA<:1*e.

r century since our fetliere (leelewecll tlrxerneelves :i.n(lepencl~ A
tent of the mother eopnntry, Old liledley, zntnl set Anp by

‘i ; permit of the legislature, at A1nnnieip2:x.l governmentl of their

own. This prevolution  blooolleee, though not nriet-

tended with opposition, but frorn reeperetion ‘until the

present tin1e,tl1e most hfreternetl relations h:,weiexieted1;>e~

Q

l tween the mother eniddeug11ter,:aLncl each line 'I'(-3JOl(3€3Cl in,
t and givepne; helping 7he.nd toeid the prosperity of the

 

  Ohheh Though hheh11i1dhae0uteI‘0Wh hh9PhT9nhiT1p

D00

V111 A A ‘% INTRODUCTORY,

popL11ati011 mad Wea.1t11_., she has not in bemxty, %vi1'tue or
ir1te11yigeI1ce, zmd to-day sz1.1utes 11er with filial-110n0r a;1'1c1%
reg:&L1‘d. But here I t1*ex1c11 on ground to be Voccupiecl by

one of A_m.11e1fst’s eloquent zmcl a.cc0mp1:is11ed sons, the

omtorf of the ‘day, and it only 1'ema,i11s for me to am10u11ce

the%p1*0gm111111e of our grove e2~:e1‘cises. V
At the close of President St0c:k.b1'idge’s 1‘e111:;u:ks, ‘smcl

;si11gi11Vgby the A111];1e1'st Qu:'u;1tetteA 011113, the Deolamatioxx A
A c»fI1iu1epe1f1;:1.e1;me xwvas 1*ez:u1 by Rev. IIem'y F.A11e1;1. The

P1'eside11t ‘c.11ei1iI1‘t1'0dL1cedthe 0mt0%1' of the dz1.y, M. 13‘.
Die1~;:.im3Q11, J 33., of Bost011%.% A A

 

Historical Address.

—--«¢j4z~vv%r.:c:m.r;«zvA-«-

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the .:s'111:i.n.e t<:>Wz:m1 ”\?VhiLi.‘.]71 1:,11c:>i1_* 71313 at 21.11;: ];:1%z11,.5tc>1VV1"iA1i1. i'.$‘ ‘Hm
old State II<:;11se <%_%>f P01:111S_y’1Vzui1i:%1,---~I11%<’1c31)(m<%1<mwe Iflizmlfl.
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sti11A11101*eA1110111e11t0us ir1te1'e&s¢t:s ’w11ic11 still he L‘l1'1(1.iS010S@d A

10   i ‘ THE DECLARATION.

in the future, the Declaration of Independence stands
preeininent a1nong the events of modern times. Its only
rival in American revolutionary history is the battle of
Bunker Hill. Each was typical of the patriot struggle--—
Bunker Hill,’ of the experiences of the War 5 the Decla-
ration, of the great social and political principles which
the war for Iiidepeiideiice vindicated and established.
On the one hand, the defeat of the New England yeo-
inanry on the 17th of June, 1775, proved to be, in its
results, a great victory 5 and such, to a large exteiit,
were the experiences of the American army throughout
that entire struggle. It lost many of its battles, but i it
steadily advanced its cause. On the other hand, the
Declaration of Independence first massed and formulated
all the ideas upon which colonial opposition to the policy

of the Crown really rested. It became like the pillar of.

cloud and of fire; it rose ever in the advance, leading the
Way, through the Weary days and anxious niglits of eight
years of disheartening war. It has been said that “ it
embodied so faithfully the current thought of Americans

as to mirror the soul of the nation 3” and Mr. Buckle

styles it “ that noble declaration, which oiiglit to be liuiig
up in the nursery of every kiiig, and blazoned on the
porch of every royal palace.” As much superior as ideas
are to mere force, so inuch grander, as We estimate it to-
da 7', was the proclaination of American liberty in Phila-

A delphia, in “T6, than the vindicationof American prowess,

at Charlestown, in “T5. Massachusetts, therefore, may
well yield to Pennsylvania the preeminence in this year

JOSEPH HAWLEY. 11

t of jubilee. The 1netr0p01ie of New Eng1a.11d concedes

that the hdghest hexmre of the eente11n.ia.1 ee1'1m1e1n0retio11
belong to her sister city upon the ha.11h:s of the De1:1Nve1“e.
Let the g1":t11ite shaft at Ch:u:‘1eete\v1;1 do oheisenee to—c1e.y
to the g1‘ez*;t‘te1* 11a.me zt11(1 higher fz;t1e11e of I11depende11ee
I"Ie,11!

[That portion of the 2.tdd1'ess which gox.1te.ir1ed £1. c1ise1.1esioI1 of the
condition of the colonies when the treaty of 17’u.rie., in. ll"/"(‘.‘-3, settled
the pro1"ni1.1euc:e of the Ii‘.x1g;1iel'1 speztliirxg mce upon the North .Ameri~
can eentir1er1t, ef the ezmees which led to the (1i:*..3[I)1Tlt(.‘. with the methex‘

e country, and of the events which ended in the Ixeceeeietzy eff’ indepen-—

deuce is neceemrily onrxittecl. t§3e1r1e aeeexmt xvee ;;§iver1ef' the Iemlitxg

s'tat.esrx1eu of’ the Rev(:>111tien2t1'y ere. Of‘ the l'l"1(;').“3tMdifitiltlg'lt1i5$}t1(3(1R.(3V-Y

elutioxxmy pzttriot of‘ Weste1'n lVIz1.seec:l'11:1eetee, the emter spoke he
follows :] ‘

N 0 true son of Weetern Mz'itSS2TLC3}111S0‘ttS Weuhl :fh.fi.1 to
discern ahcl point eut, in t1;‘1ie rem21.1:'1a:::th]te g1e'<.;>111)$, the peer-
less stat‘ of N<;>1't.1'1,z‘1,111pte'1"1---—-Jose]j>11 ililztwl e y. 'I‘];et1e };t1eiet<.:>—
1:i,zm, B:t11.c:1‘(3:ft, plzmee him in the hi g]'1e<3et:. 1e'e.1e1.].s: mt1;1<:n:1 the
1ea(;1e1's of the Revolutie1:m.1:'y 1:>e1:‘ie(tii1. It:It.ihi1:1~eth. :tee(;>c:ih:;‘tt:,ee
his nzutle with those of Otie, 1{It:‘1.‘x‘1e«e)ek :=ui1.(1 S2fe1.1:*1%‘1t1ee1 A.<’]e::1e.1e11e,

hand says that, e.f:'t1*1e ec>u11t1*y 11].O1T].1tj)€3‘1i‘.*f~3 in the B’I.2:l.i'~3S€l.(f.3}.1'11*

sette Hettee of Re1:>:1‘eee11tz,x.ti‘Vee, mime ]i'1tl,.(L1  m11e1e1 i|1JlA'II]-11“
enee as Mr. Hewley. F01‘ yemre he Wee the ef;‘(;e»;1;‘<:e,mi1.<,).s;4t
1f:LWy(-31‘ of this ::t11e:ie1.1t eetmty (iifII2;.l.1fI‘1:'p$111170,€?Tt1i1.(.1 of” West
em M::tee:te1111setts. He Wzzxe the fi_i1:1ttie1:‘rm,t<:3 :[:’1'ie1;1(‘:1 :ex,11<;1
e011st:;u1t e,c1Vise1* of Samuel. A(h;t1"11e in the t17’1:~<:)'V?i.1:1.eizt1 C‘mr1-
greseee. I*Im111:>e1*1i1*e county elzld the A Cem1t1:1.e11Weze1.1th ewe
11111011 to his tVV.i$3(;“1C)1”r1 zmcl liris we1:t]:1. He V we 1;:)<)e11:'ne in
Ne1"th:ttmpt<)11,_in 1724, wee e. - "m111:1te of Y ale in 17-<1:f.?.4,

S.tL1(1iedtC1i\7iI1.1:JDy, zmcl p1'ezi1.ehed ee"ve1r:;1.1 yee1*+e,e but Wes
A never settled. Tlwugh at A first violently opposed to ]~;1d-

12 JOSEPI-I IIAWLEY.

wa1'ds’s t11e<)10gic2t1 Views, he 2tfte1°Wa,1*(1s heca.111e their
ea.1'11est aclvocate. He V 721.3 it c.1mp12:1.:i.11 in the Fre11c:h. mu}
I11(1iz1.11 VV2."-L1‘, and took part in the seitge of IJ(:)L1T.Sbl1T.'g'. The
report is that he hegzm the p1:-acctice of law in N01rt]h1atmp-
ton about 1749. He heca,111e one of the three %1em1e1‘s of

the I~I:m1ps11i1*e hz.Lr,, W11ib11 i1’1c-,1u(;1e(1 all wast of VVor<3»e.~=r.t:e1r

(aounty. His o111y 1'iVz1,1$We1‘e C01. VV<:)1't11hi1t1gtoiix of S1t>1"iht1“1g—
field zitlld Mr. Ly11m11 of Stlifieltl, t11e1;t1 i1"1(3TL1(](3(j1 in 1\T2':’l.E§E5i“1~
G11L1SGttF5. U1:1<:h31* tlwse 111011 the I“:I:tL1:1h1_ps:_<1ht1i1*c; 1;)zt1:+ \‘V:(l.S
1'z=1.i.Se<:1 f1:0111 21. p0.=s.iti0i1 1;) elmv ]If11(:3(.TT(I)G1.'TTLy to 011m (;)f 1;1.t1‘11h:1;<,4'1:1hzth1.:l
1;)1'ii11iz1.11(;:y, In t11ei1' dztiy, it Wztssz GStEl.T§l')1iST.'il0(T ;f1.S at 1‘1;1.1<:> of
1I)1‘5LGtiC(-3, t~h:tt three y(3z>1.t1‘.~3 st.11dy s}1<ff>111(1 be 1i'<:a<t;j11:1i.h1:-0:1 of‘ st11—
<:1e1_t1ts at 12:m{., };>ef<;>1t*e t1:1ei1* :1.<1i11is:.s:i<31:1 to tlm 1h‘c>s<1:><hj)1h1stiTh](3
duttiheg of the p1;*ofessi011_, £1, 1'u1@ \V1f1hihch,, I 1Q‘0g1t‘GT: to .9<:1,__y,
f‘Lft(31i“ ~'zL1'<:1s fell i11to d.'iS11E3(~:§. Mr. Ii[:"1.w1cy ]:i:\>'o<1 in g1*e:1.t:.
siI111)1icit§r. The 1zxtc:11—stt1‘i11,g <:>f 1111453 ]:1m1ss0 wz‘1ts 1"10'\t*c:1* w“i‘t1i1-
(i11L'£1..W'11., :;:1.11<‘1 he Ltsed 1:10 }”‘)iT“l‘}:‘? 1:) <:>].t, 1‘1o1' 1»: «by. N 0 1'il"1£"l.1'1 ]1c:1‘e~
:1.ho11t$ at all t~:;'1»1f)1I)1‘C)2'Zl,C‘«T10(1 him in the 1;>11h1:'u1: e3:%5ttee111;, tfhr
T163 "w*:1.s‘ 1:)i<:>ms*,, cieavout, ge1t1.e1-<:t>11.<3, 1:t)t1h1:;>1i(:~ss1_>ifitted ::u:1.(t1 <;>1<:>-
q11e1:t1t. I11 tlw JC'xe11e1*2t1\ C(:>111L‘t, (lfif \’V’]I1.'i.(3].1 110 VV2"l.S f1.'(I‘.(]"l1()‘1;il.t]y
zt 111€>n:1he1', he etfiice11c2<:]. 2111 in tl:10 S(I)L11f.1h(TTlO.SS <i;>:f‘ T".l"i$ 1? T321.E§(Tf.)’l.1
:7u'1.<t1 11(1g11h1e1h1t,h 21t1i1(1 t:11et 1:;>1:11<1e1:1t fiA1t'11t11tt1h0ss with ’w]:1tic;+.'l:1. he
11'121,iI1JC~i.1»i11G(."1 his Vihew:-3. Afic31' the 1.'<31:>e:§1.1 of Hi 3 St:1,1n‘p Acittz,

A that E11g1iss11 111i1:1is'st1i~y :i.11tim2Lt<3<:;1 to the 1c3g;;_§i:s1,:‘1,tt111;-£3 oft‘ JL1h.(:3
1VT:7LSS21G11L‘1SGtJCS colony that 1'estit11tiho1.1 wits} ex.1;><3c:t,e<t1 f‘<;né’
thoese 0fficee1'ss of the <;:1'mv1;1 who 1:1:1.(1 ss11f’f01*0<1 lcyss <..>f 1t;)1:'<:)p-

e1'ty..i11 €:1..f—t(~31I11)Jpi.]flg to (3'I"1f(.)1‘(30 thzi;1.t ob1‘1<;>xhit(i>11;s:: st.:‘1.t11*t,<3.
The ‘fi:>1t'111 of the zms-f4We1;* of the Gt-e1‘1eh "$1.1 C<;n.11:'t. V ‘$1.3 .~1is*1.1g—
gcassted by lVI:*1j. Iflfsmley. FIG <:)1:j>1:)0set (1 :1.t1i1y 1:'@1io:afi., ezszcizcmt

JOSEPI-I HAWLEY. 13

on co11dit:io11 of 21, ge1f1e1_*_a,1 £1,1111:1A0$ty. In the <;1eb2iLte 1113011

this questiomrx, he fi_1;-st a,n11m111<3ec1 the (1()(3t1l'i1T1.6 tlmt P:~1.r].i:1~
Inent 11z7u:1 110 riglat to 1eg;i:~s12%1%te fI‘l:j>1' A11V101'i%.ca.. Jz'>1,1:11es OH?)

rose in his p1:rLc:e to t1'.1z*LIj'11{ Mr. IcI;j1.w1e y fol? t:1‘1.ki.11 tlixis

p0si%ti011, S€l.yi1i'l. it Vmss :f'a,1't§].1e1* tlxzfutl he ]:1i1%1‘1.s<:>1:f 11:»*1.d yet
gmle in the 1"~I.o11se.% The 1:1eXt yem;' M17. Hzuwloy was c01‘1-
S‘L1ilj'O(..1_, and s11.9spe1V‘%1de<1 ff1m‘11 pm(:%t:i<:s0 in. the (:(fj)1flI.‘tS, :f'<1»1? ex-
1:>1*eSsi*1:%‘1 1)C)1Ti.'t-i(.32i‘L]. s5<31:1ti‘11%1<:>1%¢1t;e: Vt<¢j><:) 1i.b(~:~.1%'21,]. t<> s11it tlm g(%:)\*<;214‘1J1.—
1:11e1:1t; but he V *z;1..s 1‘ess‘t<i>1:*m1 }:)(3.f2“>1:'e 177(). S0 .i'lLTl.Tf.~'i‘I‘)”1.:Hf.(£‘1
aml 'fi;*i(~31u:11y were 141 1.*e1z%1.ti<.:i>1$‘:1.;sf Wi.t}:1 S:)1.1n;11.:m1 A(1z‘141.11S» 1‘;1i1:1.1:.
the 12it.tte1: 1'e1i0d_ l.1T‘11flC1l. 111:‘>(f>1:1 11,110 t1"1<m::>1'1Vgylm ha §gz1!Tl. km?>VVh:[:<1Vg(:3
2].1'll.(”1 excellemz (A1i:e:(:1.‘<;>Vti<;%>:1‘%%1 uf 11i.~<s Ifzl.it-].’,l‘[:?l11. .f(::]1<.%»w 1£'"1.]]i)(f)].'G];'; anznd

he <_:>i["’t:m1 W.1.*<:>“c20 to M I:{%I[A:m'1<3§*, 1:111I;><w>:s:<_)1‘1%1i11 ]:V1i.~%:1:‘>1::111;‘1:~“:4, ]:x;%i4::»7%

flminfs mxd }.1i.as ]:1<:>_p M1-. 1?I2:1;w1(ey 11:31.11 :1. <1'l<;:ep 1'<3%lig;iA<:;%rL1,a
1‘1%M:tm‘11:'@, out of %\V1*[1i4<3.1i%L1 1fl<;»w(;u;1 nflll t.}1<:: .941?) <;;»:{' .1311<;>'tii;\>'0 M111
(%,u1;1d'L1c.t. “‘ Dm;1’t. 1:i>11t 011:’ the: 1;;>‘<;>z:1ii,” u1ri%e<]. sulxm tilntid
one in the Ge1xe%1:':1%]% C<%;m1;"t, in 1774;; “ D(.">1%4x.’t 1;L)1;1.1; ‘M1’ {ylm
1) (mt till yotl k.T1”l.(j)‘VV \'V]i?1<;31%'(> ;§«'m;1, ‘WIIII. ],z1,:n.Cil.” “%*Gm1 Wi"lf.]_
b1'i1:1 11,5; 13¢) :51. .%f‘jl.ff.‘3 ].1:;1.1'b<A)¢V1',” "xvzm M110 i1%J1.%t1w‘*<f;pi%%(1 %:?1m1l t:1:'V1:1%:=;%i:;-
ful rejply «;>.f" tlgicg 1):::1,t‘1+iiot of 1i"I.2Il.111.f1:1;:)ES]fl.i1,'(.;‘3.

:VV1'1e1:1%. the l\:*I:‘1.s3.::+::%%1.<;31V1:11sstgatts (1 c;>1<;2 g:'i1.t,<3s ta) tihe I7i.1,*.¢;»*1:.‘ C3m:1- Aw

t,i.1:1e:1:%1t2i1.1 (*3¢)1‘1wg;1L'ce$$ zxzt; ]?.lf4lTi.].2lJ(1(311j)]'flif}. }:‘1m1 1;'<3z1.(:141c3<i1 t];f1e, C<%%m-

11m;:t.ic:'11t 1‘iIW>1.g, thcey 1.'c3<::¢;>.:iV'(»z<AT1 :11. %1c3.‘(;<t;c:1' <%¢>;f' tfL(1‘V‘i.(;fiC,% 'f’1A~<;>m A

the wise 1:: <:)t111s(211.o1' <:>f N (nitlinm:n.pt(4‘>1*%1.. ‘ “ VVG i1;1*11.:1.s¢t: Ifi §,,r]:11t,,’ ’
szlyirl he, “ if W'€3 <3:;1.1”11:1r:>t (§f)t]’1.0'1."VV"iE5(:3 1.'i (1 <i>111'*ssca].‘%\»”  vii" Bf1:i*i;=i:is'11
té"l.‘X2fl.T;i(fi)1"l.. Tim‘ f‘<;>1:*1:u of gczriv‘c3‘1;*1m11c3A1:;1t c31%‘;zy1.;:te¢1 f'01;' I18 by film
B11“iti.f$]1 1”)2f'l.'I'1fiz'l,1"l‘1.C3UT;  (:‘:V';il 2'7l.g2fIl,i“l.1S13 1*i%g1“%1’t, I§lltt(§).]l.'1y ii 1;%11i:<%>1e1%;':%L~
ble to evmy 1:in.:11.1:1 Wlrm ]&"xz‘%1.&s*. :ia.111y i.<"1(;m. 01> :r1m:14i%;%;g ciyf’ 1.‘"ig].11f.
01‘ 1:i.%1;)m"t.y. *5 *“' % *  ]3‘%i.g]%‘%1.Ai:. ‘W0 1;11.11.~"si;,

  14 A A A A JOSEPH IIAWLEY.

finnloly, unlees B1*:ite..i11 1‘(3l31T'6€Ll3S. ”“‘t 3* *“' _()u1~
S:j—LlV&Lfl011 clepemle upon "a. pe1°eeVe1‘ih11g union. EVe1~y

g1;*ievu,11ce of my one colony mucst he held as it g1“iem11ee A

to the Whole, and Some plan must he settled for e oontin-

ution of eo11ggreseee, even tl1o11gll1 oc>11g1"essee Wi].l soon be
<leolu,1;'ed by Pzu'lian1ent to he l1igl1 treztteon.” And ng:ti11
in the ou'tun1n of 1775, when C<:)1t1g1?ees eeeu1e<il to l.'lGSl,l1fl.ljG

to ;1,eeL1111e powele of g(..WG1'111j1T1G:1"1t, I”l21,xvley’e l~.:ee11 eye Vvus

the fil'Sl3 to dieeern tlmt :1 etutie of 1'e'Vo1utfiofn clelnztndecl 1

lu,11(lj11oti.fiel(l suoh on e.:«:t1re1111e 1'neo.ou1'e; zuul fifon1hie sent,
in the P1'ovi11eiul Cox1g1*eoe at lWu,te1'tow11, he Wrote to
Szunuel Acleans at 1-’l1ilu(lelpl1iu: “ The eyes of u,11“tl1e eon-
tinent are fz;x.ste1:t1ec1 upon your hotly. A ”“" ’* ”“ A

It is time for _jym.1 to fix on pe1'iodioul-un11L1e.1 eleotions-———
nu.y, to fi)1'111 into n pzL1'lin111ex1toftwo houses.” After the

Deol2m;1.tlic>11 of I11depen<.lex:1ee, the eoxoiten1ent.o of’ polities

were much less felt in M:1sse<3l1ueetts than hefore, u1At1<l We
fhgul little recorded of the sL1heequent omreer of this dist:i11--
guiehecl eonxtnoner of Hu15npel1i1*e. He did not 13Iuot.i(3o
law after 1774., tl;1ot1gl1 he e;f’te1'xve.1*(ls OGC€1Sl0IT1z€llly p1‘(3Sl(le(fl

in the Court of eeesio11s as the oldest_1i1“1ug;islt1*zlLte. Itle A

died childless in 1788, at the age of 64.. All of us, to-—
l(h1,y, who oleinl sllziufe in the renown of l3l1lF:3€.?L11OTl€3I1l3 oounty,
owe 11i1_n, as our oivio futhe1', at cleht of gmtittxcle. His
name shall he A1°eme11;1he1*edzu"1.cl hoAno1‘ecl so lorxg as the
p1'i11oip1e.e l1edefe11(le<l, zuul the institutions he helped es~—-
to.l;>lis3l1, sl1u1lfind defenclers a.111<:u1g a. free and enlightened

people. ‘ A
ate ‘ axe ewe as l axe l l -H6 ale ->lét

A A By a pleumnt coincidence, this year of , the Nut,iono.1

AMI-IERST CENTENNIAL. 15

centexirliztlelese I11tFl.1‘l{'.S the 0eute11;11i21l of the town of Am»-
lierst. True, she is somewhat more tlizm ehe lmm;l1'e(:l
years‘ old 3 but, by the 1‘ecor<l, she ie first, styled 2L tmv1‘1
in 1776. In the following eXt»1‘ec:et fi'0111 the legiele,ti've
proceedings of that period, we fintl the that ofiieiel 1'ee0g—~
11iti0i1'1 of “ The Town of Amherst-.”
“I7; C’02mc:»z'Z, Airy" 2?’, 776.

Wl1e1'eas it is 1"e"j:>1"esented to tliis l3<t:>::2i1'<l l,l"fl£‘1t the E3eleet— 

men of Ar11l1e1‘et lizwe 1'1i:éule 21p_f[.)lil(3£il'i”l.(")1l. 271.Jf~tJ[elll(2'. tl?c>w(l.e1'y
mill at An<;l<;t>Ve1* hy scIfil11t1011 ».c..iiI‘ITlll'lIl, with pifepeir ee1l'tittiee.tee,
z1ig1‘eeeble to :31, 1*eeelVe 'p€\.S.‘3€(fl in J1;i1;1e lest, :am(;l hy E5(i)l"ll8l

1nise1:>prelie1'1eien the e“ town l;12'.t$‘:‘A been cliezmp<:»i;1i1.tecl in.

1‘eeeivi11,g the same ; fl.1'l(,l it hein jticilgecl e:~;1f;>e<;li.er1.t 1:.lim.t
the town he fu1‘11iel.1eLl fei'tl:1Witl:1 with tile 1T)(;)W(l.G‘.l.' z1.fi_::1'ee:‘i1ii(l,
as “(is S2tl(l amine el’ it  wentectl 'llj)1‘ the Iiee <:»:{" the 'l‘11‘(i)(Q1l1T):~;‘a
deetinecl fo 1.‘ C2:x11:1(l:fi, in theil‘ 1‘I1m*el.1i t.l11;“<f>ugli t he ‘vv<.)e<;l:-":5 to
Sl<iee11sl;)01*011gl1.

02i*cZe9-e::Z, that the C3(in‘11*:r1ifess:1.1ley Cie1;'1emli he cliil1"ee.tecl to
deliver to  A Simeii Smitli on e l].111f1('l1’(33(l micl twe”1l1t.y~‘I:iilVe
pounds Weight of g1,1lT1-17.i)(t“>VV(‘le1‘ fore the Town of A.1‘l1l‘.lt;‘.1l‘t‘5l7,
he paying 1;l1e1'efor at the lime of 5 21. lh. 'tot1‘e“ (;‘e1n-
1niesa,1'y.”  

 

From the (3£?.L1‘llGSl3 ‘0e<::upziit;iL‘>3:1 of the i:;e1'1*it,<)1'y until. the
year 1753, tlrxie plztee wee l;:2:‘e.lle<;l “New f5hm1tx1p,” “ llealley

Fzt1'1ns,” ‘°E2ttSl1,F2'l.1'1l1S,” “lil::1.st.l—le(lley,” or “Il:~i,clleyS:hl A

Precinct.” At that (lztute, E:1outl;1 lgluclley lxziving; heeu in.-
co1‘p0i1"etec1 e. Llietriczt, tliiie ilJGO£l.1'If1€. ““ llziiclley flcl I)l'G(3l,T1'1Ct,”

mud in the yem-A1759 vves lI1(3C)1‘pO“:l't8(;l es the “Di,et:1*iett of
jArnhe1'st.” The term preeinet. Wee am eeelesizi1.stie:1.l clieeig~—

nation ; it 1nee.nt eiinply e. pz?i,1‘ieh, :;1.m:li Wes it (livi.~:5ie1;1 cite.

town having power of levying taxes to su1:~p<;»1‘t at mii11iet‘e1'.

16 « A y THE NAME AI»1I~I11ns'r.

A(LllSt1‘.l(3l3, however, enjoyed a, complete town o1égeniz:ai-
tion, with full town powers, except the right to send rep-
resentntives to the General Court. 1
The act of District 'inco1‘porntio11 was signed February
13,, 1759; In the Bill, as it passed through its several
stages, the name is left hle,nl«:. This appease usually to
lmve heen the case with the newly created clistricts of
that peliocl. The 1*igl1t of nziinirag "’the1n was treated
as am p1‘e1'o‘getive of the Colonial Cl-overnor, who gexierelly
i:I1.ssrigr1ed the name when he :‘r1.flix:ecl his sig11etu1'e to the
hill. There is 1"1OJ[:l1l11g in the State mrchivesywto show the
1“e:1,sonl which inflneiicecl Governor P<:)Wn_n.ll to cell the new
clistricti Am/’acr'sz‘. But the that e.ppezi.1"s W011 the recortls
that he Wes on terms of f1'iendship‘witl1 G-en. Jeffrey Am-—
herst, who liecl just received his n,p1:)<>i11t111e1i1t f1'o1n the
Kixlrrlig, eml who shortly after beczimie the hero of Lc>uisl3urg;,
zit the faunous seigzgei of that town in which t.rcops fro.1in
]Zf[:1n1psl1i,1"e county bore a corxspicuously g:.1.llz.L1i1t past... To
n:.1.n1e the district after so renownecl :31, sol<:lie1j'W:i1,s 2111 act
of‘g1'nce'l’L1l courtesy on the part of the OOlO1”1lf;l.l Governor,
maul must lmve heen not only highly g1*:.Ltify'i1:1g; to the
General himself, but especially pleasing to his M<io:>nn1‘cl:1.

II2~,1(Tll8y Wes settled in 1659, by men from Wez<itl1e1*s-A

field emly ITe1'tfo1‘cl, who tcok their minister, Mr. Russell,
and Inoved up the river into the ‘rernoter wilcleriiless,
l hecsuse they could 11o'ta.g1‘ee with their hreth1'en- upon some
1n21,tters toucliing church nfthir'sl. The o1'igir1el grmit to
the settlers inclucled the present towns of Axinherst,
l Grenhy and South Hadley, besides Hadley herself, on this

THE MOTHER A drown. A ‘ 17

in side the river, and Hatfield on the west. Those pioneers A

were brave men. It required no little fortitude, and no

small faith,to take a stand on this outpost of civilization,

and to establish homes in the L11.'1lf)1'Ol{611 forest; But they

chose Awisely, Here, iuthis teiresti11tle1“Vele of New Eng-

land, where the ve,l1eyA broadens ezrstwerd to the heights

on which we Sl3:«"L11.("l,fl~21.I1l?£e(llOy the prciteolzirig ridge of l~liol—A

Ayoke on the south, zzmd the more h1'oll.re11toutlines ofSL1ge.r

Loaf and Toby on the :o.ort1"1, our fi;LAtl1e1's p1z1.nted the
peaceful, wide—streeted, riAve1'—enei.1*eled towns. Their de-

see11da,nlt.slin.Ve slung with loyz-;1.l devotion to theeneient _
r l]Ol11.(3Sli(-3:-LClS. The S1nitl:A1s,the Boltwoods, the Montlzigues,
A the lV.Te.1'shes, the Cowles, the Neshes, the Churches, the

K'ello<m‘sA the Diel<i11sons, the Coolacs the 1:*h;Lst11,1:u1s the
3323 9 9 7

I11gre11A1s,tl1e Whites, the Warmers, the Portersend the  

Gre.ylo1'cls, who, from ,§.g;eI1eretic21.i, to g;er1e1'etAiio11, he.AVe eon-
tribjuted so luuiclsornely to swell the census of lllestern

A A I-le1npshi1*e,a.l1 trees their descent ifrorn some one of the  

original “adventurers” at Heclley, or from others who
soon followed to that new settlernexit. ‘ Amherst, fhirest
of her deugliters, on “tl1is,<lo.y of jubilee sends greeting

from these Slflllllllg’ slopes to the venerated mother of

AEe,ste1‘n Hampshire. Peaceful, w:icle-streeted, river4~encir~ ‘ it
*clAedA still, just as the fouuderslef‘t her, she nestles there,

a,niongherAmejrestie e1ms,e1idld1*ee.1ns Ofllllfl pest. Two
hundred years ago was the heroic period of her history,

Within the house of her first minister, sheltered not less 3

A it byihis ,wa.tehfulosre then by the sympethyiof the entire

     body of that free community» the 1’»esi0i<1eSfmm<A1 refuse

 

18, T THE A curse COMMONS.

and rest. SirlWalter Scott has compelled this historic
circumstance to do service to fiction in his charming tale,
“Peveril of the Peak,” where the romantic story of
General it Groffe’s Sabbath exploit is detailed by the
Puritan soldier, Major Bridgenorth.”“ Throughout King
Phillip’s War, which exactly two hundred years ago was
ravaging the villages of the Connecticut, Hadley was the

\ headquarters of the army of defence, and her sons shed

their blood in almost every encounter of that fierce and
cruel conflict. Glorious old town! Mother of us all!
Though not now called by thyname,vve are still a part
of thee, and thy history and thy fame it shall everahe

T our pride to preserve and defend.

The common uplands or outer commons lying in East

A Hadley, new comprising the town of‘ Amherst, were first

divided among the Hadley proprietors in the year 1703.
The vvorla: was done by Capt. Aaron Cooke, Lieut Nehe-

iniah Diclcinson and Samuel Porter, town rneasurers. ‘ .A
T These lands, lying between the Hadley line on the West, T

Equivalent or Pelham lands on the east, the l3r‘oo1~:.lield road
on the south, and Mill River on the north, Were laid out in
three divisions, separated by highwaAys forty rods in Width.

The vvestern and middle (first and second), divisions,

were each 240 rodsvvide; the eastern, (third,) was con-

siderably vvider. T In 1754, Hadley reduced the Western 
highway to twenty rods in width, and the eastern to
T twelve trods. In 1788, Amherst narrovved thesehighvvays 7‘ A
to six rodsg Everyrinhabitantivvas to havea lot in the 

,*’J.‘h.elnovoliist incorrectly attributes this exploit to Ghent. Whalley; A A C

 

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i:1.stiea,1 a,m:1 scminl fCi)L1T1(];21JE»it(Z)1Tl.S of the JC-(T,)W1T1., 2T1/.1*f1. (1 e1‘1tege11.—
de1*e<1fe11(;1s w1:1'ic.11 ham} not been f<;*>1.'g«;>tjtle1t1 S(}\’01T1ty-'fi7V’”®

yezlrs 12f1.te1‘. O\xrie1t1g to the i11e1;'e21 .se of poptzmhttxiten, the ohil

110113 e ha. (1 ]i‘)€)(301.'.I”l(-3 t 0 0 s11im11 for the W’(.7L)1.‘ESh.i1ff)17)(L‘Ll‘S, zi1;1J1 (1 in
1771 the C1'L1@tSfi()1‘1 of huildilmg :1. 1T1.C‘,.W" (me 1t)eg::*:.1t‘t1. to he :fx.gi~
t‘:"l\‘{"‘(.v’(‘1. The mat 1)e1'111m1e1e1.t .~3é?tt»1e1';s: h:u_1 1(f.)(‘jfi:HI?(")(1 1:m:1.r
Whntt  nmv the centre \7i1].:i;1gc3, :1,1u71. t:he1'e the 1n1eeti11 {,5-
11<:m::;e wn.s 1fm.trn.1:'::1,11y 1;>1e:“u::ed. The m<i>1:'e el;i l >1e huts: we1t'e
fllllltfi tn.ke11 up e:1,1;'1y, my ’t]’1:‘li7  the 1:;nr‘i 1‘mipz:1.]. :x.<ef*t<>.(;t\.:t‘=:;~it4i¢"»1te1.~t=. in
latex‘ ye;1.1's were in the <i)11t:+.:1tt«:i1;*t,.~“a~,, :v-1')--_(\)1.'14y1r1l(\“14 wlimlt €’l,'Y'(f3 new
the 1e:1c‘>1ftl1 mix (1 Sm.1th \“'i.u2’1. At 1<:>11tgt,It‘1. t,;he:%<L;> u‘t:1t..~i‘<”ls:t‘i1‘t*iLt:.s::
<;f+m11.e to c:<?>1‘"1t,:=Li.11 :1. 1l'1:'lj(I)T1‘f‘i.J[;y wilt“ the 1j’)(f)1f)"l;1M1.:I.1”.'i{tt)1.‘1V ml eh 1:mtz]1-
g<:»e1*S, ttmilh tzixkifn i5t1.(1'V"21.17l.J[?flgflfi <f;>it' ;~;*.<f>1t1t1<;2 7I‘E1.1t1te1ti1y 1'ei\»'2tex,’11,*i<j‘s:<¢, :1.1“1<’1
cyf the 1t1:1.tt11m1 'je::1;1<.J>1t1.%y of the e‘Xt1tj'<;;211t1t<:2;se; :t1t‘;,gf:‘11‘i1t1,s4i'i. the we1t11;c1fe,,
:1. plzem Vm'.<sf ‘f<i>171e1fu:a <1 <i>:f‘ <t1itt\*i.('1i1:1g the Di.~3t1e*[iut. tillgto ‘t:xwu ‘1i):'i."lft.‘~f.a‘
by an e:1.:s*t 2"1..1T1('l "\t*e>%;t line t.1'11'«t>t11.g;11t the (7f.(T,*«‘l’1.’f'11.'(;I‘,,, mwln ;p:e1;1*t to
e<::t>‘11stitu*te :71.  p z*1.1?z1.tG Dtiet‘1:‘i<t:tt, zfmd (:}‘\:‘'‘(‘r-.‘4hl-hl‘‘{l‘/'l:1I2‘1’':1[xgfir :. in 1 (;i:\'V.' tnwtx.

At at Diet1'itet hxexjxeettitlfxeg lxehl J:'l.’1'1.11:.»l,1"_Y 133., 17733, ft ‘nttxmj<iin+i‘ty

mt;e,d in f:m‘>1:~ (:r[;’ the 1f)1'(‘)1:,_)(i.).‘“.w.‘(L‘.i1 <tT11it"visixm. :13 u t as t.'li1ei;=4 1i'lil.<f)\f'”(;'“.e
i1'1V(’;')1'V”C‘.(‘1 1e gztl (lifiiit?-l11J[;iit(Z55§ zm<j1 1’t1te<;;z<::ms4:*1,1'y‘ (1t¢t,:'lzt1.ys+<,, :1t.n<:>tf}tt1er
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jeritty V<::>t:e<11 ““t<:>h1i1i1<_1 txwe 1;1.e'W 1"l"l C3(3fi'1il.§."_f,'”mIL'tl <:ttt»t1‘1s4c>.‘, at th (1: (“mt
expense of the W].”1<fi)1(1“. D;is:t1;*i<te%.t;.” Nc::it*t.1tu::1;* <;;>t[f’ tlt ';W1‘. ‘“Vv":1,s4ttMLi>(.>
1c>e:*1.tte<1 11em* the cte1'1.t.1'e, zit 1:>hm. h’V’i151i..('3”l1 ‘xmltxl <1 1:fle1tm\V' the
1“1em*ieet S].1:1.1‘® of the (3(ii)ESt 011 the VV'(.3£L1't].’ly t:tx.-1»:t1.y<;s1t's ]'iV‘“-
i11.g there, aml at the M1110 t:irn.e 1e:t’\;e\>"e t,h<L:m1 :Il21.rt1t’:x est;
removed frc.i>1n. the new 11c>11:s#es.4. The 1‘tt1111'1t:ix1;> er <:;rI':‘ '1rct:~. :11 GH{'§1M".(;-;‘.
0wne1*s in toxxm when the C“.C)1"1.t1:‘(;i)’V01I‘Sy h (:3g:te1.1‘1, "\W\.S ]t.f'3(’§),

of\v11o111 7'0-—----:.»*L good Illilj(31;‘i.hy--*'--\V@]Tt3 <1» 1:) p msecfil. to my (11 x*i-—

CJ3

THE GREAT 00Nt1*1§0‘V1m.sY. 2

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Tllese 1.1V1.:;L(1e 21 <3,1<~:::iL1' .1;1mj<:;:>;r;i”ty in f2l.‘V(;"»1‘ <):f‘ 1;)L1Lii.Mi%1%:1% ‘L?w¢:>
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a,1rea.dyrL1in.ed,” societies; and they oorxcludecl with t1*1i.s+

24 THE GARAEAT OON'l‘'~tOVE1?tSY.

: 111*ge11t appeal: A “ Yo L11‘ petitio11e%1*S :fu1*the1' 1'ep1'ese1:1t that

they lmxve never used my undue method to nmltiply their
Votere, e11oosi11g 1‘2Lt11€-31“ to Want at 111z1j<)1‘;ty than: to 1)r0eure
it by u11f:;Li1' n1ezéms. And now, findi1'zg all z1,tte111pt:s of
:;1.eee111111edation to he in M111; a.11d d€S1).2},i1‘i1"1g of jmstiee
without the i11te1#pessit,i011 of Legisslative power, t11eyt1me1ty
the atte11ti011 of your Exeellemy £11161 Honors to their 1111-
11::1.ppy SitL1:?LJ[1iO};')..” Oh the '18th. of Jtme ih110Wi1’1g,, the
Legie]tz:x,t»111‘e puesetl 2111 e1"'<;1e1t', etz:tyi11g 211.11 1:)1'0<3ee<1it1t1tg§:s 1'e1z;1.—
tive to t11eh11i1c1i11g c>f’m::1y new1t11.eetihx1g-}1<)11ee 01% 1I1eeti1:1g~

h<;mee.<3i11 the Dietriet, ex;eep’tir1g upxm or nezinr the spot‘

where the house then :-steed; zmcl Fehlmxary 4:, 17 ‘T 4, :31,
ecm1mitt»ee, e011eieti1;1g; of _A.1‘te111z1,:s VVa.1‘d‘ of the Coumfll,

zmcl l\“I1:. 13ie1§;e1‘ing; zmd Col. Bm3<;)1‘1 of the ]§Iouse_, \*:’1,S di-5

reeted to 1'epz;a,i1* to A11111e1'et«, View the F-J»:§f§l1T1”1(3_, ].’1€3£7;1.1‘ the pz:L1*-
ties, zmct 11’12].hI.G 1'ep01't; zmcit it was Orderecl ‘‘ tlmt the
I111:1uJ;>it:.mtes in the 11t1e:1.11 time Whelly sL11'ee::1.sse 21.11 proceed-

t ihge 1‘e1z:LtiVe to building my new 11t1eeti1:1g—11011ee or 1ueet-

i.1i’lg-11011SeE3 in eaid District.” This z:1,eti;0n of the Le§.>,ie1:L-
tu1'e zu.1<;1 the eot111i11g on of the W211‘, sseem to 1'l2}W€;’: 1jmt 211.11

end to the phumu for dividixmg the town, t1'1‘0u.g1'1 the eoeizttl A

h1'ez1,c:h was not hezztled during thutt gen.e1*e.ti01:1. The new
meeting 11m1ee in the centre wzts mt hui1tu1;1ti11788,
some five» or six yemre after the eee011d pau:is11 11zlLt1 been
fmsmecl at the East Street. A V A
A1t:11ot1g11 Amherst was .ine01.°p01'z1ted EL Dist1*iet in 1759,

it did not enjoy the I'itg11t of 1‘ep1:esent:.«1,ti011 in the Legie-t ‘ht

hitture until the opening oftettlme Revolution. Its fi1‘et- sep-

arate 1*epre.se11ta.tive Wes Nzxtlmniel DiO1§.ifiS0l1, J12, who

DISTR.ICTS AND TOWNS. ‘ 25

Wassent to the firet pP1;'ovi11eie,1 Oc)11g1.'eeep, W]p1iA<:-oh met at S221.-A-AA
lem, 2u.1joL11‘1*1e<:1 to C‘(:>11o(>1‘d, z~i1,11(1 then to Cz1,1pe111:)1‘i<j1ge, in Ooto- A

her, 1774. Up to that time the ADoist1*.ic.tl1eLd united wit;l;1
Ifledley, Soutlzl Hzatclley zemtl Gr1*21,1i11;)y in the exe1;'oisetpo'f A this

+-»;.-'51

privilege. The 1'eeso11 WZLSA this: About the ye:1,1‘ elloo

the govern1ne1.1t of Great B1‘it:.1i1:1 laeezmie jez11<:>11s Aof t1:1eA A

A i_1'1e1'eesi1f1g power of therep1‘eee1:1t2t1tive feetL11'e <:>f‘t1p1e].\iI:1e— p A

se.o1'1_L1eettet Colony. The 0()10IA1fi£L1 G5oVe1'1?1o1' W213 tIp1e1'e“lh1'eo A
i.nstp1'uot,edepto give t1eI1isAz1seeIe1t to the iAfl001"p01'2Tl.ti(§)Iil of no I A
new t<)xv11e,,A unleees Ae. 1'eetr:.1i1eL1tA shouhl he 1:>]zA1,<;:ed,, in ezwlflt A

ease, 1;A1pAonAt1'1e power of ee‘x‘xdi.1f1g 1'ep1fesexrltzxtives. Ifletlee

the sy,~3te1:11 of (1iSAh1‘iGt7S, wlifwh oAon;[’errec1 an the fL1AI‘1(§3tfi_A(.)I1t;~'
of t.oW11s, except t]:1ie one A of AelAeetin rep1'eAeenpt::1,t§7vee.

By :.1. geue1':1.1 121W o;t‘e1786,, all pdietriets A i.neo1*pomtec1 pi*iorA
to .AI::u“1ua.1'y 1st,, A1777, AWe1'e_AdecAl:':L1fe<"1 towlpele, mul A.I11]‘.1€‘1.’:~3_At V

Wes itixeltilded in t1fmtp1:1u1:I'1A’oe1'. A Still? fi‘(A.")lAiAl1 the ope1ni1'1pgoI1'Ap A
the 1{,evo111tioItp1eI“y eorlteet in 1774, tloxievioilimgee);~e1*oieee1,,oAA AA A
une1t1a.11e11ge(1, the A p1‘ivi1peg;es ::1,11d i1'11A1x:1e‘);e1c:et of  t<)w1A1, 
mild oeeSu1'ned t11e>teit1e fi1‘1A 1776, all iI1ViC>1€{1.ti(_')n, pwbzxhily,  A 

ofthis 1t-eetA1?ietio11A1;)y the omwn-        A  
A _ T11isi.1i1oi(1e11t of Illilflistlfl-}1‘.i.2.t1.j(§€L1013lSyi.11l1St1‘£1t(3S t]:1eAi,I’11++e
po1‘t.~;mt plzieeiwhgiolex the town occupiedi1:1ot11eNevvI<}x1gg~ A A
]a.nd1:>o1iptAy.AIt%1:m.s‘1:>eensty1ed “ttphe x111o1eueofAourpo1it-<AAA A A A

AA icel power.” Hi1d1"etheAsz::1.ye: to “ AE2Al.p(A.A‘AI1AA1< town (30A1fAlStitut0d,iIAl V

 fact, :1, little republic, elmost eorxxpletem itselfi” Butin

 

the Westta11d%%ASo11t11 the eAp1*i111a'] unpit has genemlly been

A-the eounty._ Tlxereevery town is e vipllege with its p11121yto1*A p‘ A _
A or president, zu1d”its21;1c1em1en, who zndmirxietereits govt-31*11~ 1  A A
 ment.  The o1'igir1jofAtAhe dietiI'1otio1p'p1xvsraLsA eee1eeia,stioz11..

A A New England, which was purely C0ng1"ega.ti0I1a1Min religa A T 

!

   

 

26 A A Town MEETINGS.

 ious polity, was ELlSO, by Iieeessnry :ma.loygy,e purely de1no-

lo *a.tilo in hereivil gove1‘11n1e11t; While in other parts of the
country,‘ prevailing Episcopal or Presbyteriuii ideas ZlI11--

l A:p1'essedthernselves upon civil affai1's, and a,ppen1'ed in the
  political structure of tl1eAeAo1onies. Hence in New Eng-

A land, when the Revolution camel on, the towns exercised
almost exclusive influence in detle1‘n1it1i11g the policy of the

Colonial g‘oVe1'n1'nents. e The Legisl2=i.t111‘es We1"eioonst:.u1t]y A
 appealing to the townsfor instruetions, for supplies, endl

‘foriinen. It was a, town meeting; held in the,;0ldSouth

n1eefting~l1ousAe at Boston,on the 16th of Deoen11:)er,A 1774,
which jedjou1'ned to G1*ifiit117swl1e1'f, destroyed the t.ez11,, zmcl

A precipitated the eonflietwitli E1l.g1tl.I1d'. A In those days it
used to he saw thathiessztoliusetts was goveined into‘wn A
ineetings. Thesent1e11gtl1lbeomne’so ii+e‘que1‘1t in l3oston,,
A nA.1:1d%_so in1po1'te;ntin their influence, tl1att.l1eColo1i1i:1l Gov-
t   M eewixoiiypifohiliited the calling of any 1’I101‘e.A But this ofliioiul

i  soon found tliathist prohibition was useless. i The meet»

, A A dings stillheontiuued, and upionl inquiry it turned out that i

eeeliwas simplye 11eAwadjou1‘n13nentof an o1*igina.1town

niieyeting, wliiohhad been duly cnlledi $01118 time yprior to

* his o1~der. Thus Boston An1a.inta.ined eperpetual town 
  eineietiingforrneny months. i 0uryeifetl1e14sunderstoodand
4 Ayivalued,  thei1'truestsaLfegua.rd, this fundamental feetiire l
3 ; off their free system. ;We, also‘, must ever oAl1eA1‘ishAiti. i We l

 must notforg1A"etnor neglect tllieseessembliesof freemen,

Al Where the interestsof ,eve1*yeme.n,hoWever humble, find 
l full _ and fair ‘hearing, and where ‘free, discussion ‘ furnishes 

the sulestshieldforlyiberty and1aW~:idiy        

 

FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS. A A  “ 27

A The paJ1"tiakeneby~ 0u1'toWI1Air1 theAF1'enchand Indian
Wars was so ieonineeted with it11a,tAA:Aof Hadley, tliet a fair

division of credit is not easy; A The fe110WingA1nhe1'st A

menwere out in thce111pa.ign0f1747-8: Ems. Solomon
Boltwood, Sergt. Solomonlieyes, Corp. William MO11ta*

gue, C01*jp.AJ0sAep11 I"I2ivv1ey,Ti1n0thyN ash, Joseph Clary, A

“Aiison Smith, Peletieh Smith,iHeze1<iah Belding, Sziinuel

111 gra.1n,, David Nash, Wi11iemB01t\vood, J one. Dickinson,

A E1ez17.m* Mettooii, Gideon Pzi1'se11sA, Reiibexi Smith, Joseph A

Ke11ogg,E1ez1m1f Nee1:1,AJc)si:;L1'1 Chauncey, J oeepli A‘.1i0X{?l.1.'l- A A

der, Ebeiiezer Di(3ki1T.i1SO1’l, E1)e1i1e2:e1f Kellogg, J0i1I1II1gI'.?Ll11,

AA Stephen Srnitli.

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I)'1.'GSG1"V@(.1-1‘)yty(;)13l1' eeteelhtxxetl t(;)‘VV“.1‘1e e1e1‘kA., M1‘. Oztrtelr. It t
is e g: ‘ep1e1i.e eX1i)1‘eeeio1:*1. ;<;>:f‘ the e;xeit»e11e1e1j:1teml £'hlJ]\:{il)]‘I\bl‘I'i<'i' ,1:li>‘(;§1|1 A

pe1"Va,<:1e (1 the puh].ie t1:ni.1::1 (:1 at the 1:) e1A'i.0t<:1 of ’w]:11eiee]:‘1 I epez;t1<.,

e e.m:1’ i1eh1'L1et1*et.teeA how t1e1(.e)r<i)11g]:*11y the teW11t <:rfA1e11tle1ee1'et eexxem;-— .

mitted ehexeetlf to the popu1z:1,1* eeuee. A A A A A
I1;1‘1775 it Wee Voted tllttt when the eeo1i1eteh1ee 1‘h1rt1774
hnmve e<:>1;1eetec1 the proVi1‘;1ee tex for thz:1,tA year, they S].1f:l»11

A peythe ee.1te11ett<)  eelxlmittee of five e;[)e1e'e()1.1e, c:c)t1i1.eietie11t‘g of A A A
" A J 0eephEeet1na11, N£Lt}j12{l.1e'f1.iG1 Di.C?1{i,1fl.S(LZ)]fl., J 1)., Et)eneze1*B(>1t+ A _
gwoocl, Simeell Clerk éuid Meeee Dielcirxeoxx, W110 e11a.11A pey

32

AMHERSTA VOTES FOR ' INDEPENDENCE.

the sah1e to IIe111'y Gzéml.11e1' of Stow, ilzxstezul of II£iL1‘1‘;lS()1)1
In tl;1ie ‘1’l1%l.171'l1€1‘l3l1(3 G(i)lC)11l.2;Itl tea:  A

Gray of Boston.
cliv'e1‘tet;l frozm the rc)y:.e1.l to the p1'oVi11oi2;1.l t,1'e:j1l;~:"§111.*e:1*.

In 1776, two tories were se1o1t to N<i)1‘t,l1zm1pto11jz1.il,-——-
one ELS “11oto1'i(:>11ely inin1iez:1.l to A1:o11e1‘ie2:1,11 lil)e1*ty 5 ” the
otl1e1* l3eeamA:s'e he AV ms “ 21.121 e1:1e111y to , 2?.m<;l ::1,e‘te<;l in <;¥1f‘.)1§)<LT)$$l.-
tion to, t:l1ej11et 1'igl1t::»' 2u1(:l ml}f)1‘l.V7lll6g@S (fl. .3-.X1:1;‘1~e1.'ic::,L.” T§l‘1oit1'
1:1:-mglee I do not l$:11m*v. A N

In 1773, Gov. l*I11tol1i1:1.so1oo1 l1z:1,<;l eomyl1l1ie:sit<;nL1led Joeizl[1,l:1
Cl‘1:aun.o1eey C&1J].:)1:'::.Li,1l:, J (i)l'1TlT1, l3‘iel_<;l Li.e11te11aim:t,. zm.<;l Jolom.
N #1311 Elflfilgll, of the A111lT1.€~>1'St 1‘1o1itlitiza1.. At :21. 1:;noet:,iug of
oflioAe1*s3 in N<:>1‘tl1z1,1:1o1pton, in Novemloer, 177 ltllow 1t;iI»1"o1~m,»
1:11e11 1'e11ou:1‘1 oecl in w1.'i.tio1;1g' all 2:1.11otl:1«;:>1*.ity u1*1<;le1: tl1elfiLlii1tofI;:1~
i11son o01111niseio11s, EL1’lCl sul:)seque1lo1tl1y 1*epez‘11.’te<:1 the (lie-~
C:l:l.l1”11(31‘fELl3 Amherst. But th.e Wloligs were ;%3Ll£Lfi?1I,)l(3l()l;l$3: of
Cl:1:;Lu11eey, and required him to “h1.11'1:1A22L1l the <3o1l1111‘1is5ei<l;>11e
he h::1<;l ever reoeivecl f1"on:xtl1eki1“1g.” T1*a.dition eaye tlo1ieA
oeremolmy tool: place, with some cli.splz::1.y, 111’1ClGlZ' :1. tree,

011 the 13th of June, 1776, in 1'espo11ee to :1; A1'eqM11<e;>etl
se11tl">y the Greneral Assembly of M2ms3sz1o1:111set;t,:3 to all the
towns, for:.L11 eXp1'essilo11%11pon the e“xpecli.en.ey of  *I)eel:m1.~l

“tion of I11de1:>e11denee, Amlxerstvoted as folloWAs: F” Tlmt
should the Hot1omhle Co11g1'ees, ,E'o1' the safety of'tho 'AAU1;;1.i~

ted Colonies in AmeI‘iee,; declare them i171clepe11(le11t of the

Ki11;°_>,<lo111 of A Great =B1*itain,‘ we, the ir1l1o,l3ita.nts of the town A
of Amherst, sollenxxulylexlgage, with our llVe.e::L11cl fortunes,  A
A to suApport them in themeasure; and that tl1is1AteAso1Ve
be tmnsrx1ittedto om? lltewesletxtative in Glexxeml Assetn- A A A
bly, as il11$l)1‘uQl3l011SAlA30 him.Al”j A: Tlms spokethe good town. p; T

W'A’l‘OHI,NG '1.‘om:1«:e. M SJ-3:j%

We may well take pride, to-day, that our sires were bmve
eneugh to say that, and to stzimd by it too, i;h1‘(I)L'lgi"1 the
discoiirztgeiiieiits and diea,ste1*s with which the histo1*yoi’

the Revolutionary war was c.roW<i1ed..

It was CL1St()I’n€L1‘_Y in this town in ReV01uti.01i:n.a1'y tinxee,
to confine the tories to the limits ef their ovm fzmxis, if)
keep  et1‘ietWzite11 11p(m their mcivetenents, mid to ::1.1h>w
them to leave their .homes only to attend 1]1("3('3i3iI7'l,§._Lf on EE31:n'1-
day. Two of these who were un<5le1*“t11is eepi<">1't1:tt1ige were
Isszme C}.’1i9l.L11i'1(l3(~3y ::1.11d Lieut. Ite1:)e13't: Boltwoed. .'?3c:>1i,l'1 ]"l:1(i
gone to Colzmectieut, the f(I)1‘I1'1G1‘i1’1dG3iitHjl.(1@ 0.t’1:1ie pz5t1'(.')iiG_,, the
lzitteif on the plea, of ill hez1.1titI~e1, :.m<1 both were i\*\“72»L11"i(3(i
};;>::;1.ek.. The A.r11hte1'et (L‘eIx11x1iet,tee <;>'[*’ Safety t;het'eii:>1'e took
the 1im*1.ttie1" in »11::u“1(,1, 21.23 :?'l.}‘)];)(3:vl,I‘53 by iT{i"1(’:‘: tf‘o‘l1<i:>‘VViI1g; <:.i1.'<e;:ul21.1‘ :

‘‘ IN Ce1\:11m.'.r'1'ee (m Six‘1«*.1«:';x>i*.
'A.;'\I’f{[]i3il:t.‘I‘:‘TlT‘., l\’fk.\$S., A1:1p;11et: 3%., f1776.

V‘V.1’1e1'ez*1e Iem:1.<;: O[1;:1:;1.“111:1.<;: ey of mi“ «:1 A.e1ex'1l'1'et1net, ee l.1Vit(:«if=G(fIi. of

iaeing; notm%it011e]y i11:i1‘1'1.i ml to the Ame‘1.*i<i;::; 1 :a,<1::1,te&;, :;i1.m.?l
ee11;fi n e (E1 withiri ¢:f:e1'tt:11,i1t1 Altititexiite, h:;1.tl;e1 .i.:1;i c1ef;i2;m<::e ef :mt}e1<thh»1*—
ity, c:ili.e1e'e ,<__tg_;:;iz.‘1i'(;1e(;1 the ihj 11 1?; etimf1..~:s lei (*1 mix 1‘t1tit111,, em] c;e].;‘1.1te1t(.1ci»ae~
timely <;1e};):”;1t.1;te<:1  ’tie $11.1) 1:» (me (:1) to S(.i')'IfIiLG p::1.1't <:;>"f’ Cm:1.11ec::;ti-—
cut, on r‘lWr14(.)‘ gz;m:><il c1eeig;;':1:1; t;.I;1ti:4  t};‘1e:re;I’1;>1.'e to <'1e:—mi1.'e tlm

% goocl people W(;)Tf t}:12ti.1.t .<t.ztt:;2i.1f.(:,*. 011' (L.'.)f 0tl:1e;1f Smttee VVh(€;%1'(;% he 1‘1j”12:l,;V

he f'01:11:‘1d, to .~;sec;:1.ire ]"li.1'l"'l fin :‘-191:1 eh T111';l.'lTl.17‘l€-Elli‘ th2?x.t h e i1t1‘zi1,y nut
I12-We it in il"l.i.S p<)Vve1' to iliijure A.1tne1*:ite:i.1.. A  
Aim, I“r]J.(i31'(3i'_ilS Li(*31.1JG'. R(:e‘)he1rtB(;>il‘titw<*;md. of mic] A111}*1tc:1:et,

C:01'1‘V’i(i:t6 (1 ztufuil <::()1”1fi1i1e(fl  e.1i'(;t>1'ee:;1t.i<31, ];”1zew’i1:'1g 01%.) iZ»2il,i.1Tl e (:1 1ih-'
A erty to j ou1_'t1:1e y to N e W .lI.t:~1.tVe1i1. cm. tEt(3(3(f')L11’.l.t of ];'1i.st.hez;1.1t;:11.,

hath e.i:)ee1‘1.te (1 }f1i1'1T.1fi elf mm:-.11 1t«;i)1jt1g;e1:* the.1:1 W ms eX.1:>e0te<i1;

it  t11te1*efIf'<‘:)1‘~e <1eei1*ed the.t he 11"1e.)3‘ he em*eff*L111y i11.<3pe<::tie(it A
Where he is, 01' he sent to tlzmtie ()\VI1i;‘1(Z)]:iI1.8. A

§Pe1:~ ("f)1.‘,(‘i(:°:1'.‘. ~ NAm1m.NIIaI; DI.c3K.INeeN, Jim.”

I311 11 11111111-1111«_‘.:11..1~:e','111‘ 1111151 111111111 111111111.

W11e1t1;1e1' 1.116 1'ef'11g;e1es W1~11'e 1;;111~1;11:1g1111 11111311., or 1i111.111e11:>a.c1~:
1vc111111ta1~i1y, we we mt 1011111.‘ Pe:1*11z—1,ps 1 t111-3136 were the
F‘1;W0 A11111e1‘st t111'ies” W111) 1111111111 to N1)1'1:1111,1111pt.011 j11.i1.1

In 1777 it 11121113 1171111311 111121112 1111112 11;:011.1"11113.t1:1f%ReV. David
111?1»11*s11>1111 "1' is not 1'r:'1e11d1y E111 1*ega,1‘c1. to the 130111111011 c:11,1;1se,
121111111 t1111t 1:1 c11111111i,t1ee 111c1ti:f’y1 111111 11f t11i1~3 1111.116.” 1TW1:i1 11111‘
11':~:: 11:1e11131;> 11115 V'~V€;‘.1.'6 11z?11.111::11e11 17171111“ 121111 se1r1vii13e,, 111,11: W111111: 11111111 11113
111111113111. 07f't11ei11‘ 1313111 11p1L1;111 11111111 11i_13t1:1ry 11121.55‘ ‘1T1(j.)”1- 111-;~1;111111'1_1e11. It
 1111 1:19 p1'1a1s;111111e1;1, 1_1111111*e"1m11r, 1"1*11i111111 17118 te111p1«11' 1111’t1f111:1 1111111111115,
171f1111t 11‘111:1t111 11111015 111111 s11j»1111et11i1f111g 111;» $21151‘, 1111111 ’11f11.1:1.13_ 141113 p111‘-—
HES 1111:1111 :21. p1'et1;y 1'1*11.1;1111: 11:1i111 p111:1i11 :i1:1te11.*11111{1111ge 1111' v:ie11»v.~3,
1111111” 131113 31111111137 11111111. 111::1.1:'1s<;111'1 11121.15? 11:11:) 1;: 11*z71.'1+'13-1:11.

1111 1778 11111111 131i1w1111 V1f1t1a1T1 111111111171» “ :11—31‘:s'1;11111s 1f111:1t 1:11 W 111111111 121%

11111111=1~pe1111e1111311 1111111 11:10. C1'1;»11111 1711151‘ G1*1e1111.1t. B1*i1i111i1‘1, z11.,1j.;'11*ee::111:11y
to 1111;-. D11 1;+1111.1'2¢11‘1111i1111111 111:‘ (I11)111g1:'eas, 15111111 11111. v1i>te.‘” 1

F1'1:1111 111111 1-1 M11.fs"1:L1-111' I{1;111s,W::1,111c11 1:1t111:1111' 1~1=,~1:1~1»11-1111.111-111 11.11111 19711111111111.1111
1'131;1:'11»'1;11"s 1:11.11 B1:1s1t11;1111, :11. 11:>1:'e1tty1 111111 2:11.11-11;1:,1_1111"1113 11211111111111 g11.1;1111 15111'13~1’1.
1111' t1f1e p11.1”'t 11t1:1,l11'.1:=>11. 11;:>y t111~:1 A1111111a11%1s 1: M:i111it1i11:1,4, .111 1111111 11111i111171—‘_1111'1-”.>.1f11’1:.
1;:11111111p11,i1g11s :1"111r1:11i11 1.775 to ]178?1.’’‘‘ 1V.’.[y‘ ti11‘111e: W111 1;1111§l11w 1111111”
1:1111.y' z111.1111:)1.‘i.ef131i1111111i11111g1.1'y. N‘ 1;-.11111j1«1p111.11y 1111' i\111i'1.171.1T,G) 1\I12:.1i11 [111111i11;1
11311121111 11;111'g::1111ize11 111111113 111111111 11111‘ 1 7'7 41, c:1:11111;>1:1111>1f1. 111111‘ 1111.111?1i11r11'1“s
1111‘) 111 1A1:111‘1e11*st1,1S1:1111t1:1:~313111';,r 111.1111111:1 1111,1(7§'\7’(31L‘C§1T1J[;,, "111111111;»11:' 110111'1111111.1;1,1111:1
1111' Capt. I1..1a1111;:11?11"11 D i1;:11:11i1111s(:111‘1 1:11’ .A111111111:11€1:1;'.1~;1*11;. T1:1111 1111~1w11e11 0i1"1:1t1111e
1i;11‘111:t»1e. 11:11.‘ 111511111111 1g;t11;1 11111,, .A1p1*i1 1131, 11.775, 11;'1:1~121.11;:11111=.111i1 ‘1;11ii1s 1.11111 W11
1<1,11:1111111t 1f1()(f)1I'l1 111111 t11121 i‘Z0t11, 11.11111 C1::1.p11. L17)i1:111:.;i11111111111 1:~11f11:1 111113
1:1t;1111p1i111y 1'1.ppe111' 11:11 1111.-we .1%’c111.~1.11:1'1:1-131.11 1.1:11¢111‘1;111'1:1 1i11ig111t 11:11‘ 11119 11111111113

11:11?‘ the” 11111111111011. T1111 mt:-;1,11 1111111:11111)1 1111‘ 11111111191 11111111111p1?11f1.y W:§1.S

1‘*TI.‘11ese p21.pe1.'s., and 1111111y 1111101591 1;11:‘g1'c111t 11i1st1;11ri11:1-L1 111111111 1-111111111111‘ to .A1'11111111'st, 111111ve been

cg11iec1 for the a11tl1or biy 1Rev. J. II, 'I‘131111ple of I*‘111.11'1‘111g*11-111111, well 1~:111ow11 111.1 11.11111ccL11'11te
h1stor1a.n. They a1'e1c epositecl, for the bmxcafit of t11e1f11t1.11'13 11111111211“, in 11111 Lib1'111*y 111‘
.A.mhe1-st College. A 1 1 V 1 %

‘*5

13AT’l‘iLE OF LEXINGTON. 3:)

eixtyg twenty-eingl1t fre1:11 A111l1e1‘st, twenty fremn Sl1ntes-
bury am twelve fren1 LeVe1‘ett. The first LieL1te11zu1t

was Z:z1.eel1eL1s C1.‘OOl{61“, a.n<:l the first Se1‘gezm11t,lDz1.n.i.el
Sl1::x.ye_., :«mfte1'W:1,1:*(:le the ntytecl rebel lencler in “ Shays’ Re-
bellion,” Were betlx :firo111 Sh”L1tGSl")111"y. The A111l1e1‘etAn1e11
were {LS fellows: Capt. RGL1li)61L'1.:Dl(31{lIil.SC)1"1, Qcl Lient. Jeeeph
Diel.:;i1i1e0n_, Sergt. Ezm I‘i.<")e(:l, C<:>rp. E1:)eneze1;' ll-Enst:n:1:w1,11,,
Corp. Ae<ln1'11 Rice, Szi1,1:n.'11 el Bl1(T3l{1".I1€”l.lfl_, .L11l;;;e Coffi 11,, Reula en
Dl“iel;:ir1.e<t>:1n1, J12, Jel1i11 Dieki1n1e<:>n,, Wz‘1.iinif,etill Deiel«:inns<:>1n1, A221.-
l“l.2fZLl"l I)l.(?«l{.l11E5(:)lf1., El;)ene'::.e:1' D:inel§.in1:‘1eci>1f1n, llllil;’1n11 Dic:l{:i.1‘1.s3(i>11 ,
John E£Tl..‘.3tl.11€f1.1‘l, Ti1l1:1etl1ey Gl1;'ee1:1, Jelmn IlI<:><ll(len, John In-
g1'n;I1‘1, E13e11eze1:' l{elleg;g, El.I)®l’l.GZ(’31f' N[2fl.l;l3(;")(T)11., S1‘. , TlT1(i')1’Il£LS
M (:»1ft(;>1f1, Cl.e:1fnenl7 M2eL1;n'e]:1zl1.lel4, AIr]’:@}:lr(;1::‘\l"‘(w‘1 Mendy, Wninlel:im1’1 Ma. ,
Stepl1e1:1 S1;:t1fIl;]n1,, M£n.l.1)’l»fl1in'1. 811:1 M1, Iieul:)e1t1 S1:nitl1, Silneon
Sn1i.t:l1, .Ani1l;>1;'<:>ee VVil.lei;;1.1e1n1e. The e<:m1pz<1.1:‘1y V~*z:n,e in service

; :;1.e l.\{[in1;1nl;e Men eleve;n. (,1EV‘]l§r%; tl1.c>nng'l:1 nlxnny ef tl;1en1 werel

1'et:1.ine(l eixteetll. t'W"(‘3]j‘1t -«one :1.n(;l 1‘/.}}l.'l‘i1“I‘t‘ *'-ei<*n>'l1t (la 
9 w % «in Y

A1:)‘1:*il 30l:lh,, O2'.'L1")l1.« D1lel§.:1e11ne<,:)1:"1 cel;>1i-gz:x,1:11ze(n.l :1 new ec>1*x’1ep::1.r'1y

e1n11iete<l for eiglmet 1‘11(::n:1tll1e. 7m;:c:l1e11e Ofl’.‘(,')(3l9Z.(3l;' helc:ll"1ie

];:)12me.e nee Lie111:le;1t1:l1,1e1t,T ::~1.m;l, Deniee]. Sl.m.ye "VV2lLS p1:'<:nn<;>l;le<l A

to 017l;Sl.g1;'1.l. Nine <n:>f%tl1e J:\_11111_e1'et Mitfllxlge Men 1.‘('*)*'('3i1'Tll.l»‘5l2(3(._]._.,
zmcgl, in A :71.cl(;;l:it;ie1t1, the f2;j>]1<:>‘VviL1ll1ng nil1;l:1ec:l the‘ c.e1’11p:e1,1:‘1eny:
Be1:l1jm‘1l1i1‘1n l311els:1:1:1:u:1., I<ll.ijn¢l1 B::1.l‘+::e1.*, G :ile.<.:-1 Olimrelm, Sellzlh
Di.(3l§’.ll.1’1,E:10I1,"D€l.‘V?l(1l Pettie, C2:ee::L1* 17’m,t;t, Dé.'l.1"1l(3l Rn.lef',

Levi ‘S1;.nit11, Jenlee Sllny. The 1‘e1nnin1mclee1* of 1*e~enliet~n

niente a.1"1<fl eI1liet1e11ne1:1tle, “We1"e1n.0stly Afrexxm Sl111tesbu1fy nml
LeVerett.l Tlnniee<:>n1p:1.ny,lsixtynet1*<:>11g;, was 2'-LLl3l12~1(i:l"10n(T1l‘liL‘)

C01. R.L1gglee “W<;>e<:ll)1*i«lege’e 1*egin1:11.e1l1t, mlxtll was the only T
full %c3Q1"11‘pnI1y it lec>1t1lt.:nL;ie1l1e<l. ‘ N em:-ly‘: all of Capt. Di.ek.in,~« V

36 A SOLDIERS ms‘ 575 AND “76.

so11’s IIIGIL were in the ‘b.ett~le oflBlu1'1l~:er Ilill, June 17t.h.
Before the limttle, the oo111pe,11y l1:>:u;l l1emlqu:;1.1*te1*sl at lIlIm:'-
V€LI'(;l College; zgftel“ tlmt, it was stotioxlecl at .P1'ospeot Hill
and Leol1111e1'e“l oint. Nine of the Amherst lVlinu‘t:e Men
1i'e—-enlisted for eight» months on the 30th of April. Tl1ei1*
Imnaes were Reuben Dickinson, (Ca,pta.i11), Admxx Rice,
(Corpo1'a.l), Samulel Bueknlzm, Lul«.:e C0ffi1'.1,, John Dickin-
son, Azzu'iz.xl1 Dieki11so11, Elilm Diolv.'.i11eo1*e1,l llll“>e1e1e2ae1' Kel--
logg, Ambrose Willizm1s. Tl1el:;1.te Squi.1'e Jo.l;m I).iols:oiiob1:‘1eo1‘1

 

A of lilast A1‘11l"1e1*sl:, who died in 1850, "\‘W;l..“T$ lt]:1elz;x.e'l: .‘l~"3l.l.l;‘\‘?’Lll‘v'(;§l]L‘ of

1311153 oo1npz.z,11y. I-lie pi.(j3t‘l111“8 is before you. L'i.e1:1.l:.l J z;1.1.lIllll.C3E§
1Ie11d1'iek_., l\-losses DiUl{.i11S01’1 zgmcl Si.;n;1o1:‘1 F<_>l;>ee, {LL11 (l_)f
tloxbie town, were in the tm,i.11 of z‘1,rti.lble1'y" :19-i:rFfl:,1|(f'11(3‘(TI. to Col.
WooLlb1*i<lge’e 1'egi111eer1t. ’I‘ll'1i’1‘liee11 A1l11l1G'1‘:St 1billll.(;"-i1j11 eb1.1b]lietca¢’lA
in Capt. N0€L(l;l£;L11 Leo11a.rd’s C3()lI1p3.?’;1.I’ly, CM]. W<l:>c><ll;)1b“i<llgo°e
1~egine1en‘tl_, fbr the eight 111o11ll1e e:j1l1I11:1)z,1.ig;1:1 of 17 75, A V'i,}i:
Emigll S£l!1IlL1€31 Gould, Sergt. l\Ioeee Cook, C<.:>1'};). S:l,:1‘11l11<;>l

Fielcl, Morsee I'IzLsti.11lgs, Si1r1eox1 'Po111.eroy, Jolm. Il3ilblio11gg;e,l‘

Al;)11e1‘ N€LSl‘l, Elias S111itl1, It;$‘£;l.éLG G<.>(”;>cl:x.le, Glicleon. ljle 1:1-b
<le1;'sso11, Ebe1:1ezer Field Al'1'1(.)S» Nz:1el1 S2L.1:m;1el C3.I:1u1'o11.
'Tl11e I11£§LkGS  t,c»t:.1.l of fifty-tl11'ee 111011 f].'(.'J1;l.1 A1b1b1ll:1e1°:stl

A in se1'Vioe%.i1;;1 1775.‘

U1'1Cl81'ltl18 ez:Lllfo1' t1‘oL>pe to stlpply the place (j)fl£:lfl(E’: eigllt

mo11tl1e’l111e11, Wl1oee term ex:pi1‘ed Dee. 31st, 1775, Lieut. l

Jzxmesl l;le11cl1'io1s:, p1‘on1oteLl to be C‘s;L1:m;Li1.1, xejxsecl 221, com-
pany of sixty men ff'ro1I1 A1nl'1eret, Ilztulloy, S<:u1t.1e1 1Il2:l.(.l.l.Gy

gz:u:1<;l Gr1'zx.11by, W110 1‘epO1't®d_ at Cha,1*1e:3tow11.,Jm:l1.13tl:‘1, A17 76} A A
Itl(3()1f1t£lll.ll11(3C1lt;VV’@I1fybA1I'1llGl‘St 1;m.1io11ee.ll lU:nbde1‘* tlrle oz:1.l1 of  A
J mile f.35tl1, C€;l..1)l3.R.Gul3GI1Di(;:l{iI1SOI1@I1l'lSfG(.] ab o(.)1e11.bpz;1.1:1.y or V

 

SOLDIERS 01? W7. 7   37

sixty-eig11t 111e11 f1'o11:1 AAm11e1'et and the su1'roun.ding towns

for the expedition to TiooI1de1'0ga., mod Hits out f1'o1n:Ju1y A A
16th,, 1776, to Me1'o11 let, 1777. The munes of twentzy-4A

four Am.11erst 1'ne11 appeal‘ on the roll. U11de1' the 0:111 of
J une 19th for troops to defend Boston, eig1o1t A1'o11e1'et

me1:1jc>i_1'1e<“1 Capt. Oliver Ly1‘11m:1’e oomp::1.11y and were stee-
tio1:1ed at Do1‘o11eet.e1' f1'o11:1 AL1gL1st 12th,1776, to Muro1;1

31st, 1777. A The 11mn.es of fifty-fi_n_11' tA1n11e1‘et soldiers
:oL1i)1:)ez:1,1:* on the roll:-3 fo1*1776, one of W1i1<:>11:1, E1;)e11.eze1'

A 1_§Ze1.]7(L‘:>gg, <f1i.e<1 tN()V'GIl11’)G1' 22(1. A A 1
Next to 1775, the yeaxr 1777 Vvoe 1(:>1.1.g>'est :re1ne111he1*ed,

:“Lm1 epo1+:.e‘u of w:i.‘t1;o1 prhle by the c:>ffioe1'e::L1:1d men who

1 took part in its oz11.1:11p:iLig1:1s. Theee i:u.o1m1e<1 the hztnttle of

]3em1io1:‘1gton, :L.1.1;:u;t1 the eu1*1'e:ude1* of 13‘u1;'goy11e, a,11d1 oo1“1.et,i—-
tute¢::1 the tot11t~117ih1o1og 1;><:>i1:1t of New E1:1g1:;u;1(1 e11t1o1ueiz11e1o11.

U :m:1e1* the M11 iee1;17e(1 in J2x.1:‘1,u2:u*y for othmee ye:iu'e’1:11e11, A

* oL11**toW11 e11.1hhiet:1ed “Willie Coy,1Reuhen D.i;okins¢:n:t1h, John

 ]3‘<::>x., J12, (fif'e1*)_, »‘;?i§zu1111e]o G1o111<;1, (killed), David Pettie, ’

A J<;>eep1,1 'Yo1;11oo1g (who 1.'e—e11o1iete<1 in 1780 for 1th1f°e_e% ye;11.1?e)1,
A N<;>:;u:1i:1.11 Lewihe, (exxlietecl “ c1111*i1o1g t110W£1.I‘,”) Jmxxee

T1.‘e111omh1e, S-m11111e1 Blfowxm, Jo1111tJ:o1111eoI1 m1(;1 J<:>1:1o2;Lt11e1:1

A B€h§l4'17»'t}1.$. ‘So1onewe1re pe,i<1 $20, ot11ere$E5C) bounty.  

t,1o1eht»roope o:1.11e(.1tef'c>1"ti.1'1t Ma.y “ to 1*e-enfo1'oe the tNo1*t11em

A A Ao1'1o11y,” fox‘ 1;Wo 1:1:o1onthe_, sixteeniof our Amen w*e1'1t VVTH.-11

Czsxlgxt. John T11o11‘1.pe<:>x1’s o<;>1111t)m1y, in. Col. Leo11a.1*c17s 1'egi%-

 me1:'1t.qh Cz:1.pt. Eli P€LI‘1{.61‘ of A11111e1*st,, and 111s or)Ir1p?e11y A

of eixty~fot11', 111ost11ytc>1L11~ toWr1em_e11, we1*ei1t1 the ea.111e1%egi.-

1one;11.t,, ::1.11d Lieut. Jo11:Lt.1:1:'m Diokixoleoh Withtthzree A.11:1.1“1.eI‘fet A 5

1“|1‘. l“l “!’1| joinoxol Ciept. J e:1'e1:uiu.11 A tBu.112:L1'(i1_’e _CU1fl.p€l,I1y in Col. 1 
3 David Wellts’ o1*egi‘111e1‘1t, 7:111 the ea,111e1oz<ux11:»2t:i;g11. (‘/‘amt. 

38 i r soLI>m1~is 01+‘ ’77 AND 18.

H-4

Reuben Dieki1:1so11, after stsyixig at home four months,

WtG‘1"lJ[J with his ooilipzmy in Col. Elisha, Porter’s 1‘egi.i11e11t,  
A i11July, zmcl W21 s ststli.or1ecl at Moses Creelsc. Six Amherst

111eniste.r~tec;l “for the relief of Be111:1.i11gtio11” in August,
“ e:i.1'1*yi1i1g their own l321ggege;” a,11cl at the szmie dste,
Lieut. N 02111 Diekinsoii zamd twenty men “1rmrel1eLl on ma
€l.lfL1‘I11 to New Provicle11oe.” Unlrzler the cell of August
Qtli for C)‘,I1B-SlX.tl1 pzmrt of the 1;11islitiz=Lto re~enforse the arifxiy",
Lieut. ._To1'1z:Ltl:m.11 Diel;i11sor1:;md three melfi 111arel1eld, Aug.
144211, with Czsjirpt. Moses IIm;'vey’s eo111pa.1:1y. Czmt. Still}-

tuel Cool; 2:L11(;l fort «three A111l:1erst 111e11 de :m.1*ted Aurrust
1 1::

17th 5 zmrl i111.1nedia.tely :1.:fte1' A his return f'ro1'n Moses
C.reel:_., Capt. R8U.l;)e1.1 Di.eki11scm :;1.171d his <::o1.11pzmy 111:1.roli1ed
for Si;lll\V€LtG31‘. Capt. Diol§i11so11 1*eturned October 24tl1;
Lieut. DlOl§.lI1.SC)1.LNOV(3II1l3(3I' 29tl1_; aml Capt. Cook: Decem-

ber 'Ttl1; all were in the army under G*ensem.l Gates;
_iTl.ll took :1, more or less emotive part in the lt>::1.tt].es

of’iOetol:>er 7th mid 11th,, mid all were present at the sur-

remfler of Buifgoyxie, October 17th. The €3l>{7.:L(3l3 number of

our 1:r1e11 who were in the service this year is not laznown,

but it could not lmve been less tl1e,n one 11uru;1re(;ltl:1.i1cl A

tWe1:r1.ty—fou1~. V Ebenezer l.\’IéLlL't0O1'.1s, J In, commenced his mil-

l itmsy cz11*ee1'£1_t tlfistime; first as 5). priveteein C2:x,pt~. Thomp-

soI1’s emxipzmy,‘ amd afte1'Wards as First Lieiitemmt in Capt.

Smiiliel Coolie A co1r1pz1r1yl. He was in the battle of Bemis

II6'lg‘l1tR, October 7th. r A . it A
iJ2IL11ua.ry 1st, 17 78, Lieut. Ebenezer Muttoon, J12, mini

At otliers, jOlI16ClC2-Lpllq JOSl’111t?l. P2‘L1*l<e1"s <3on.1p:m.y, Col. N:'Lt11:m+

iel W:i,%dAe’s ‘i1'eg;i.r;)r1e1"1t, for twelve 1no11ths’tseriVioe in Ithode

Is1a.nd.i In May, Capt. A Eli Pmrlier enlisted six menttfor

11

C93

s0LD1I111.s 01‘ "79, ’80 AND "81.

<:1ig11t.1:1'1<:1111:11s’ .°se1‘vi1:«e in 1110 C011t.i11€:I1tz11 Amly, a1’111 111111‘

111911 j<;1i111e(1 Cz1.1.p't. ./\fb11e1' P<;>111e1'(1y’s c0111pz?11:1y 1111* :11 1.i1A_1".c~1A1

‘11e1'111.A 111 June,  11;1e1_1 were d1';1fte1;1 for 1;1i11e 1:*1:101:1111s’

:511:1‘v1i<1e,1:11f1c1 WAe1'e 01'(:1e1‘e(1 to 1'<—1p<1.11‘t at 19131111111, July 8111;,
1111111 1111119 o1;11e=>.1's v01L11:1t.z11'i1y e1111i1st1e(1.

1\I<)st o15't11e 111911 1:~1.11G(’1 0111.111 1779 were 1111' sewice in

1.1110119 .1,1s1z~1,11 (1 11111111 11.1; Ne1vALr11111<311. Cz1.Apt... E1ij:111 D11vig11‘t’$

<::1‘1111.1Ap:1:111‘1_y‘was 11.11 the 12:1t1‘.G1‘ plzxce 111 M19 :~s1i111:1'1111i1e1‘, 11111411
Lieut. 111114111 C1>fi?i1:1 :;L11‘1(;1 11:1i171et<3e1'1“1 A1;111.1111's 3 S(;.)1.(j11{3‘1TS. 11<‘m;11‘1

1A.11111;11011'151:; 111113151 <.—>A1i11i111;<:1<;1 I111 G:.t]ff)t. 11:I(.:>se1s1\1]<1111111t1:1g;11e’11 1:011"1};121,11y,
(1)1111 0 11111‘ 1151, z;1.11(1 11131.11‘ were 111 C§z11.p1.1. .I<1s11112.1 1\V<:>m;11:.11*i11gc1’s

1<3<11111'p2111y of11<3W levies in De<3e1;111111<-31~.

A In 11780 111111 1781,, six 11111111111 wens‘: (‘f11."€‘11'1Ifl1i(*}(1, 11.111111 t.we1“11'>y-
c1i1;;11t 1111311 e1:11i1sted :fi'o1‘11 A11:1’11;1e1‘sst. Mmst 111” 111111113111 vve:11'e
y0111111g1:111e11 f1'01:11 13i.;:s:tee11 to tWe11ty~<;11;1e yc1:.11*::s (1111. T119

1 (3011°1p:11:1ie.~:s to 1w11i0'l1 tlmy xvcam :11.tt:11,1:1:1e11 VV<’3l.'B 1s1;:11“r;i(;11111d at

A “\?Vest poi11t and 1101589 N12101:. ‘E11111 list c;>ft.111<;1 “ 211111.951; T111'<;1e 1

Yezxrs’ M1111,” 1111111311 for Deoe1111;_11er 2, 17 80, 1121.3 11<.1t bee1::1

V 1 l11::1ve(.1We1.t 1111113 111111111 <:1e1111:1i1s, 1;1e11:111se 1i~t.t1<«1 of’ 111.11-
1110c111.1 1“11.ssto1*;1'y1 in the 11.0 V1911} t.ic:11J111;11>y 1::;1c11*i<;1<;1 11f.11.1..~:es 11.;,>ee11 p1'e«-A

 1101' ve(1 in ‘z1c0e$s13i1;11e1 'f(.T)”1i‘1"1”.1.  1'I‘1:1e 111i11:1:1.e1s of 1.»1.:11{1 11121.1 1;':iu1:s 1;r1*‘1

1776 11111s’t 11101: be loat. AIf't11e~11111<1111;1 W1:1<;1 die<11 111 1;1i1e VV111‘ A A
0ft11e Rc1be111io11 €:L1‘€3 e11131t1¢3<;1t0 11:1.Ve t11e“i1~1111e11111o1'ies p.111» A A

se1'vedi11 e1:1dL11'i11.g g‘:;111ite, s111'e1y111t11e.y ::11'e w<11'1t111y of

1 eqL1:;11 re1:111en1b1*z11."1ce W110 fell i11111e W111‘ of 11113 ReV01u—-

tiun. Let the lists ::~:ta,11d S1(.1B11T)_Y $i1c1e-~+~1*011.1s of (3(1L1€L1

1.l0I10'l‘.‘“”"W11}‘)O]:1 the 1.11o11L1n1e111; W11i011AA.111111e1*st‘s11z1ll s011;111e—A

time build 101161‘ s3011sw1101ie “ clead 011t11e11e1d of 11011111.” A A A

40 I 1 CONCLUSION;

vBut it  time t0 dmxv these discursive 1'e1i11i11is0e110es

2L1T1(I1‘(31'IG(3131011S to :1 dose. I must lezwe it 101‘ 11110t11e1* 1
1 l1:11t1d to sh:ete11 the history of our town since the period of

the Revolution. Such 21. future as that of which A111he1'st
1121s p1'.0n1ise,y 1:1ese1*Ves that 2111 t11e _i111p01‘t11.11t facts 0f her
e11ti1'e 11ist01‘y should be ga1.t11e1*e(1 211111 p1'ese1‘Ved by some
(me W110 1121s ::u:11p1e ti1:11e 111111 021.p::;10it1_y ‘F01’ such WO1'I{.
When your s11111111011s to perf01"'111 t11e service I::1.1::11110w
1%e1'111e1*i11g s1‘e11011ec1 111e twe1:1ty clays e§1;0, my 0001111‘ ‘]'11(11f“§-
111e11tw0u1c1 1112:1.ve 1'esp011de11 110;, h11t111yhe:211't sz1,i1:1 yes.
“‘ N0t11:'111g is i111p0ssih1e 11e1'e,” shoutecl M1"*.Wehste1* st
B11111:e1* H111,‘ 01:11 the c121y of his g1‘ez;1t 01‘2;1.ti011 there, to the
t11r011g who sz1i_d they 0011111 110t 1:111 10121011. So I t1111ug11t
110t11i11g should he dee111e(1 i111p0ssih1e by me 011 I11c1epe11-

t1:1e11ee Day, 1876. 8111311 time as I 11z1Ve been able to s11z;1tc11

110111 engwossing duties, 1i11:1c1 such st1‘e11gt11 as I have had,’
1121s heefi eheerfully given to this p1e2.1s111‘z.1h1e duty. »‘Su1:e1y
the 01d t0vv11 1111s 11 1*ig1'1t to the service of every s01;1 011 11

Iduy like this. T11e1e1121r1'n that lingers 011 the hi11-tops,

1111710 nestles 111 t11e Valleys 0f A111herst, is not 10st hy euny I

0f'her e11i1d1'e11, I"10W6Ve1‘W1CIe their dispe1‘si011. L:11.pse 01*’  

ye111's 1111s 110t di111111ed this e11:11‘1n§ 1101' 11z1ve other s0er1es

eelipsecl it. 11Hu11d1‘eds of 11e211‘t1s f.-111' z.11“w1.y u11ite with us

in the e0111111e11101'e,ti011s of this 110111‘, t111*0ug11 those I1T1’V’1S1~

hie 1111d .111ystie mental e111*1'e1:1ts W11‘ie111y1"11z;1ke the z1hse111t
g11'ese11t with us. For them 1131 less than fer ourselves
1 J 9

We salute these a.11.eie11t*h0111este::1c1s, 211111 pay gra.tef111
hc1>111age to the 1:110the1' of us 2111.: I I I 1

A g  The 111isty11i11s,withWhi0h Wea.ree11ei1'01ed_., retum y
A their welcome to 0111- shouts of” greeting; the deeptu

 

CONCLUSION. y 41

Woods murmur their selutetious; the derioiug Waters in
the niountaiu brooks ofi“er tuneful music for this day of
jubilee; and the ripening harvests on huudredsi of
waving fields how in honor of the passing century.
“On thy calm joys, with wliet delight I dream,
Thou dear green valley of my native stream.” »«

But whet shell the next century he‘? Will the orator
at the second centennial be able to say that Arneriee. still
Sl1St€-l,l11S er people who love virtue, who honor God, and
who oherisl1 the free i.ustitutpi,o11s bequeathed by our
fathers. God gr‘-exit it may he so, end that the twentieth
century to which Meoeuley dc>ubti11gly appealed for the
trial of A1neric:a;, lllfity Vi11dioete the hopes of the patriots
who fought the hettles ofllfncleperidenoe, and secured our
liberties through meiiy perils and great trials.

Valua.ti011 List of A111he1'st, 1770.

£E‘3‘S..’€>"$%°»=fi‘a**i-:"*:::E;“’§,:..’é"*‘e-*'?“ E3
was 95.5 a MS: =.:*=i‘-°~1'~z:r=a P?» 5?
NAMES. 5:. 3 ‘° "§‘ g;  53% :30 m 2”“
21 2:. =.’*«‘?—’~ = " = a a
' ' '1  .2 f3-'..._._‘’‘-’ ._11__
Martin Kellogg. 1 4 2 1 2 13 f. 10 36 5 16 25 10 51 .9
Epl11'::.i111I{ellog‘g.  1 2 2 4 x1.10 20 12 20 31 51 12
El.)enez<=.»1‘ Mattoon. 1 2 2 =1 3 13 60 20 15 58 78 10 99 5
Elijz1ll1Bal<e1'. 1 1 3 2 2 3 14 4 36 60 74 4
Joseplll Ez1st1‘na.n. 2 2 ~21 '1' -1 21 27 5 3 72 10 9 145
Ebeneze1'Dicki11s0n, 2d. 1 1  1 10 15- 411 11 24: 15 39 15
Josepllx Church. 1 1 2 2 3 10 4 3.22 35 10 45 14
Ebmu-aze1' llickinson. 1 2 2 4 2 12 16 12 36 60 76 12
Nehen'1i:‘1,l1 St1'011g;. 1 1 200 15 10 1 4: 19 10
Smn11e1 Gould. ' 1 1 1 f. 10 13 10 10 118 31 10
Iszmc Gcmdale. 1 I1 2 4 .3 6 f. 5 ~10 32 (3 "*2 56 88 ’
Martin Smith. 1 1 1 2 f. 20 94: G 10 21 45
David Izllloclgett. 1 1 2 7 f. 10 16 1 33 12 28
][)a11ie11~Ic:ll<':>g;g. 3 1 2 8 2 15 1‘. 10 90 36 9 ~10 83 119
Jc>11atl:1zL11 1)ic:kinso11. 1 2 2 2 1 20 12 12 14 128 10 41
J<.ma'tl1a1"1 DiC1{i11SO11, Jr. 1 2 1 3 1 10 12 8 17  15111146
Natlmlu 1)ic:l»:ix1.~.son. 3 3 2 6 5 16 23 8 59 96 10118
Jolm .Mmrt<:m. 111' 1 2 2 1 1 9 11 11  15 32
'1‘}m1na,s 1\i[m'ton. 1 1 1 ‘ 8
(3‘rid;<:—:011.»I)i(:1~:inso11. 2 1 2 3 3 9 13 1 22 40 53 1
I‘1L".'Zt‘f1§'.1£Ll1 139111111. 1 1 2 3 2 4: f 10 21 18 16 "9 50 18
Reuben1)icl~:ins0n. 1 2 2 3 4 1 10 24- 2 18 32 56
Grirleon I)ic:kin‘-son J1‘. 1 1 1 10 14: 20 10 22
Mmaes I-Imvley. 2 2 0 1 3 19 3 19
Jolm Hoddin. 1 1 1 1 1 218 3 £3 151 71 13
Elijall lVI<;n‘t<.m. A 1 22 38 10 38 10
Sil11£3(i)I1 1)ic1:.ix1.~:so11. 1 2 2 «.1 4 10 17 2 20 36 5:
1+3l‘)ene9:er Iicallogg. 1 1 1 10 1 10
Ebenezer Ez‘Lst11mx1. 1 4 11 4
Joseplx E:1xstx'1mn, Jr. 1 1 2 6 1 12 24 30
'1‘l1<m1z'1s §5I111‘11”1(?.1‘. 1 1 1 10 1 1 10
Ez_1'aRood. 1 2 2 1 9 10 12 17 26 10
1)a.vic1Dicki11son. 1 1 2 2 " 6 2 20 23 ' 29
l Ebenez1er 1\;Iars11 1
John '1‘0l1_v. '1 2
Jerca~mi:1l1 Hubbard. 1 2
Solomcm Bwltwoud. 2 3 4 8 5 35 f. 4-0 300 91 5 7'0 137 10 224: 15
Mr. $l1I11£':!0I1 Strong. 1 1 1 1 2 . 8 f. 50 100 62 1-1 26 46 108 4:
1 Poctor Seth C0lma,u.‘ 1 1 2 1 9 f. 10 16 15 8 13 14 30
"I‘l1on1:a.s Bzmscu11l1. 1 1 1 f. 30 32 2 '2' 6 39 6
Joseph Bmvles. 1 *
Stephen Smith. 1 1 2 2
John Nasl;1, Jr. 1 2 5 ‘ 14: 113 12 38 77‘ 6 90 18
Elisha, Ingrmn. 1 2 2 3 " f 10 22 10 2‘? 42 64 10

VALUATION

01* AMHERST, 11770. 43
NAMES. ‘.‘§§"*3  355  Q 5*‘
. : . ' : ' ' :3 rv E?-:“,=£:. - '5": . rn -
w . . . mg  .' . :33‘ E I
_'m D n 1 I o n a I u (‘D a
John 'I3il.1i11gs. - 1 23 3 5 5 19 10 83651122 131 10
VViHiam Boltwood. 1 2 2 4: 3 14 17 6 5:31 66 "7 83 13
Nztthzm 1VI(><_)<1y. 1 1 2 6 5 18 1-1 21 10; ;3O 8
JOS1fl11 1\’1()()(1_\'. 1 1 3 6 10 14 241- 10} 31
A.110xa.1-1<1t~:a:1' Smith. 2 2 2 7 1 1‘. 15 2:3 18 £35 70 511.04: 3
Josizxh ('”)I'1mx.nL:ey. 1 1 4 2 1 $1159 33 8 2-M-. -<19 10‘ 82. 18
..Jona.t1m,n Nmsh. :2 1 2 2 :2 (“U 9 1.6 :20  1:2 11;
Sz~1.1n11e1 .-.U)1.>_y. 1 1 1 1.0 ' 1 10
Aaron J.\iIz1.thL~ws. .1 1. 1'. 15 16 10 3 6 5 22 15
'1)€*.1tl,t1:L11 Slniiih. 1 1 53 1-3  10 .13 ‘:1-. 18 14: ‘:16 55.1 4:
Plxilil.) II"l§g,‘1‘:LI1l. 1 1 :3 7 6 1 12 21 16 2330 17
Jzm1<:a;+. Mm'1‘Li.c:k.. 1 1 2 2 :1 7 11  18 53175 S.) 3714
'l‘irn<i)t1xy G.1‘£"(:I1: :1 1  1 E 7 f. 10 19 15 318 33 8 £33 3
Jolm 1)ic1{ix1s(.)11. 2 1 6 3 5 20 10 6150 102 1.0 1233 10
1)=mi.e1 1.‘)icki11.s:m1. 1 1. 2 :9.  9 1:3 17 .30 :29 1n 7‘:-;-:. 7
»$3:\m11ul Cl’111mlx. £3 1  :3 2' 5 1.015.) :32 3:210 133 S)
Azwuin ‘Wz1.r'1f1m.", Jr. .1 1 1 1L 5. 10 % 11 10
I..£.m‘.1m:11\Inm1y. 1 1 1 52 1110 1+1 (3 «I: S1) 123 6
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