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CELEBRATION

TWO - HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

Settlement of the Town of Bristol,

KHODE ISLAND,

September 24th, A. U. 1880.

" A people which talces no pride in the noble achieve
ments of remote anceators, will never achieve anything
worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descend
ants."— Ma fiAULAV.

COMPILED BY

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PEEFAOE.

The compiler of this book was content to let it pass to the reader,
without comment. A preface was not contemplated. But as the last
pages are passing through the press, suddenly, almost without warning,
the hand of death has fallen upon Prof. J. Lewis Diman. As to him — his
acceptance of the post of " Historian of the Day," and his matchless
address — so large a share of credit is due for the great success of our late
Bi-Centennial celebration, the writer feels impelled to make note of the
sad event. Few who saw and listened to Prof. Diman as be delivered the
address on the 24th of September last, will forget that radiant face. His
whole soul was engrossed in his theme and the occasion, and the writer
knows that the clay was to him a most enjoyable one.
It is hard to realize that he is dead— inexpressibly sad to think that his
useful life, so full of promise for good to the world, has ended. His
death will be felt as a personal bereavement by thousands not of his " kith
and kin."
The following notice of his death — a portrayal of his pure life and
transcendent merits — was published in the Providence Journal of Friday,
February 4th.
Bristol, R. I., February Tth, 1881.

"PEOF. J. LEWIS DIMAN.
" It is not often that such a thrill of surprise and sorrow is experienced
in our community, as was felt last evening, when the sad tidings passed
from mouth to mouth that Prof. Diman was no longer numbered among
the living. A few days ago, he walked amongst us, full of life and vigor,
cheering us with his pleasant face, enlivening us with his genial talk,
edifying us with his stores of rare and useful learning ; and now, in the
very bloom of life, when there seemed so much left for him to do,— which

VI PREFACE.
no one else amongst us could do so well as he,— the hand of death has sud
denly sealed his lips.
"The shock of this bereavement has come upon us so unexpectedly, and
with such overwhelming weight, as to entirely unfit us for doing anything
like justice to his character. No man living in this city or State could be
counted his superior. On great occasions, when we were called to revive
the memories of the past, or to be informed in respect of current events,
it was to Prof. Diman that we instinctively turned as the man best fitted
for the work. Of late years, it has seemed as though no event in the
records of Rhode Island could be duly commemorated unless he was will
ing to tell the story and ' adorn the tale.' He was distinguished abroad as
well as at home, not only as a consummate master of history, but also as
one of the profoundest philosophical thinkers of the day. His lectures in
Boston and Baltimore attracted the attention and respect of the thoughtful
and the learned of all classes, and brought honor not only to him, but to
the State of which he was so distinguished an ornament. There was
hardly any class of subjects which he was not competent to handle. He
had read a great deal, and carefully digested all that he read. His
resources were always at command ; his thoughts never lacked utterance ;
his style was compact, clear as crystal, and adorned with chaste and appo
site illustration. He used no superfluous words, and yet never failed to
make himself intelligible, no matter how recondite the subject that he
treated. The college students to whom he lectured, the private classes
which he met from week to week, the smaller band of personal and inti
mate fi-iends who crossed weapons with hhn in the social circle, will all
remember his words and cherish his memory when the flowers of many a
summer have bloomed and withered over his grave.
" His character was known and read of all men. He was transparent as
the day, and no deceit or guile was found in him. He was constitutionally
incapable of a mean or dishonorable or selfish act. He never appeared to
be in the slightest degree conscious of his own mental greatness, and
never showed the faintest indication of personal vanity — not even by self-
depreciation. He could not help knowing of what he was capable, but he
did not look down upon others because they were his inferiors. He was
willing to learn anything which the humblest man was competent to teach
him. " Holding, as he did, very positive opinions of his own, and always
ready to give his reasons for the belief that he had adopted, he was sin
gularly tolerant of those who differed from himr He had a very broad as
well as a very accurate mental vision; and if he ever seemed to be incon
sistent in his views, it was because he took in a larger s.weep of the hori
zon than most men. He was a very generous-minded as well as generous-
hearted man, and looked under the surface, to find the grains of truth that
might lie concealed beneath forms and formulas which he rejected. Honest
error he could abide, while he despised mere sham and pretense. His
sunny face was an iudex of the bright and genial soul that he carried In

PREFACE. Vll
his bosom. He was, in the best sense of the words, good company. It
was a pleasant thing to meet him on the sidewalk, as we did only the other
day, and have him propose a long stroll, which, under the spell of his
presence, was sure to seem very short. He was a sympathetic companion,
and entered heartily into the views and experiences of those with whom
he mingled.
" There were few important stations in society which he could have
failed to occupy with honor. If he had given himself to statesmanship,
his power would have been felt throughout the land. If he had confined
himself entirely to what is called polite literature, what he wrote, 'the
world would not willingly have let die.' If he had adhered exclusively to
the profession for which he was bred, he would have taken rank with our
most accomplished and influential preachers. ' Whatever he touched, he
adorned,' and he laid his hand upon a great many rich and rare depart-
nents of knowledge.
" Prof. Diman was a true and sincere follower of his Master, Christ, not
a very rigid dogmatist, not a hide-bound ecclesiastic, not a man to hurl
anathemas at the heads of those who did not in all points think as he did,
but he had the loving, gentle, kind and charitable spirit of Him whom he
served from his early youth, and in whose arms we believe he now rests
in peace. How we shall all miss him ! He leaves a void that will not soon
be flUed. It is hard to conceive that one, in whom there was so much of
life, has now so suddenly ceased to live. ' We cannot make him dead.'
And he is not dead. He has only left the earthly tabernacle, in which he
dwelt, and passed on to a higher and grander existence. Such men can
not die. He lives here on earth in the work that he has done, and in the
noble Impressions he has made upon the lives of those who were brought
within his influence. But it is very sad to think that we shall see him no
more in our daily rounds and hear his vyords no longer. We feel that not
only has a great man fallen in Israel, but that we have lost a friend and a
brother. In many a household tears are shed to-day as the tidings come
to them that he has passed away. A dark shadow lies across the
threshold of the dwelling, which, for many years, was made so bright and
cheery by his presence, and the widow and the orphan mourn ' with a
grief too deep for tears.' "

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PROF. DIMAN.
[The following sketch, which we believe had received the approval of
our lamented friend, we are permitted to use, through the courtesy of the
representatives of the National Biographical Publishing Company, at
whose instance it was prepared.]

viii PREFACE.
Prop. J. Lewis Diman, D. D., second son of Byron and Abby Alden
(Wight) Diman, was born in Bristol, May 1, 1831. In his early youth he
enjoyed superior advantages for mental culture and discipline, which he
diligently improved. He was prepared for college by the Rev. James N.
Sykes, a Baptist clergyman settled iu the place, and at the age of sixteen
he entered Brown University. From this institution of learning he was
graduated with honor iu 1851, having assigned to him for Commencement
the " Classical Oratiou." Soon afterwards he went abroad, travelling
extensively on the continent, iind spending several years at the universities
of Halle, Heidelberg and Berlin. Returning he entered the Theological
Seminary at Andover, Massachusetts, where he was graduated in 1856.
In the fall of this year he was settled as pastor of the First Congregational
Church in Fall River, aud again in 1860, as pastor of the Harvard Church
in Brookline, Mass. In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Histoiy and
Political Economy in Brown University, filling a vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Prof William Gammell, LL. D. Here he has distin
guished himself by his devotion to his work and by his rare scholarship
and attainments. In 1870 he was honored with the degree of Doctor of
Divinity conferred upon him by the Board of Fellows of the University.
In 1873 he was elected a corresponding member of the Massachusetts
Historical Society. Mr. Diman has often been called upon to deliver ser
mons, addresses and lectures on important occasions, many of which have
been published. Among these may be mentioned a sermon, delivered
October 16, 1867, in the Chapel of Brown University, at the request of the
Faculty, in commemoration of Rev. Robinson Potter Dunn, D. D., for
many years Professor of Rhetoric in the University; " Historical Basis of
Belief," one of the Boston Lectures, delivered in 1870; " The Alienation
of the Educated Class from Politics," an oration before the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, at Cambridge, Mass., delivered June 29, 1876; Au Address
delivered at Portsmouth, R. I., July 10, 1877, at the Centennial Celebra
tion of the Capture of Gen. Prescott by Lieut. Col. Barton. This was
afterwards published with notes, forming No 1 of Rider's Rhode Island
Historical Tracts. An address delivered October 16, 1877, upon the occa
sion of the dedication of the monument in commemoration of the life and
services of the venerated founder of the State, in Roger Williams Park.
An address at the dedication of the Rogers Free Library, at Bristol, deliv
ered January 12, 1878. Twenty lectures on the Thirty Years War, deliv
ered in 1879, before the professors and students of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md. Twelve lectures before the Lowell Institute,
Boston, delivered in the spring of 1880. He delivered the address at the
two hundredth anniversary of his native town iu the fall of 1880, which
address has since been published with the proceedings. Mr. Diman has
also furnished leading articles for the Providence Journal, North American
Beview, and other papers and periodicals. His article entitled, " Religion
in America, 1776-1876," published in the January number of the North
American Beview, attracted universal attention. He edited " John Cot
ton's Answer to Roger Williams," iu Vol. 2 of " Publications of the Nar
ragansett Club," and also "George Fox Digg'd outof his Burrowes,"
constituting Vol. 5 of the same "Publications." He also furnished one
of the sketches in the memorial volume entitled " Brown University in the
Civil War."
Mr. Diman married May 15, 1861, Emily G. Stimson, of Providence
only surviving daughter of John J. and Abby M. (Clarke) Stimson. Four
children are the fruits of this union.

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

THE DATE SELECTED.
The Mount Hope lands, so called, which wei'e incorporated
into the township of Bristol, covered the southern portion of
Mount Hope Neck and the peninsular of Poppasquash, and
were first known to the English settlers of New England by
the beautiful Indian name of Pokanoket.
The "Great Deed" of conveyance from Plymouth Colony
to the four original proprietors, was made on the fourteenth
day of September, 1680, "and in the thirty-second year of
the EeigTie of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second,
over England," etc.
The contracting parties were, "Josiah Winslow, Esq., Gov
ernor of his majesty's CoUony of New Plymouth, in New
England; Thomas Hinckley, Esq., Deputy Governor, Wil
liam Bradford, Esq., Treasurer, all of the aforesaid CoUony,
on the one part ; and John Walle3'', Nathaniel Oliver, Nathan
iel Byfield, and Stephen Burton, all of Boston, in the CoUony
of the Massachusets in New England aforesaid. Merchants,
on the other part." The consideration was "Eleven hun
dred pounds of currant money of New England." And for
this sum the parties of the first part " by these presents doe
fully, freely, clearly, and absolutely give, grant, bargaine,
sell, aliene, enfeoffe and confirm unto the said John Walley,
Nathaniel OUver, Nathaniel Byfield and Stephen Burton, and
to their heyres & assignes forever, all that tract or parcell of

2 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
Land, situate, lying and being within the aforesaid CoUony
of New Plymouth, commonly called and known by the name
of Mount Hope Neck & Poppasquash Neck, with all the
Islands lying neare or about the said Neckes, not exceeding
five acres, and not already legally disposed of."
The date of the " Great Deed " (September 14, 1680,) was
accepted as the beginning of the settlement of the town, and
its two hundredth anniversary, September 24, 1880, (changed
from the old to the new style of reckoning time) , was desig
nated as "the day we celebrate."
In the Town Clerk's office, in Bristol, is an old folio book,
bound in leather, and showing marks of age, wherein is
recorded a copy of the " Great Deed," from which the fore-
ffoing extracts are taken. The book also contains other
deeds and conveyances, covering common, ministerial, and
school lands, and the streets of the town, together with arti
cles of agreement, and contracts between the first settlers,
which are of deep interest. In it also may be found a record
of the proceedings in town meeting from the first settlement
to the close of the year 1718. At the end of the proceed
ings of the last recorded town meeting, is the following :
"Thus endeth the First Book of Records,* of the town of
Bristol ; Faithfully transcribed by Richard Smith, who was
chosen and duly authorized for that purpose by the Freeman
of said Town.
"Bristol, April 27th, a. d. 1826."
Mr. Smith adds this on the following page of the Book : —
" MEMORANDUM.
" Richard Smith, the First Recording Town Clerk for the
Town of Bristol, was bom in the city of London, in the year
1643. In the year 1673, came over to New England with his
* These Records were copied from a small book that is still in existence in the Town
Clerk's office, and is doubtless the flrst record book of the town. It is very much worn
and fragments are missing from many pages.

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 3
Uttle Family, and settled in Boston, and from thence with his
Family to Bristol, Nov. 9th, 1680, where he erected a dwell
ing House at the South West corner of the eight acre square
bounding West on Hope street, and South on Constitution
street, in which he resided until his Death, which was in the
year 1696.
"Samuel, Son of Richard, was Born June 24th, 1683.
Died November 18th, 1766.
"Richard, Son of Samuel, was Born May 25th, 1720.
Died February 6th, 1813.
"Richard, Son of Richard, 2d, was Born April 16th, 1753.
"Samuel, Son of Richard, 3d, was Born Oct. 8th, 1787.
Died June 23d, 1801.
" All the above named, excepting the ancestor (Richard
Smith), was born in Bristol, within the space of five Rods
square, and all of them died in the same space, excepting
Richard the 3d (the transcriber of this Record Book) , who
is stiU living, this 16th Day of April, 1827, and has left a
blank, to be hereafter filled up by some Friend."
Then follows this :
"Richard Smith the 3d, the transcriber of this Book, died,
October 17th, a. d. 1832, in the 80th year of his age. And
the ' Friend' who has filled up this 'Blank ' is WilUam Throop,
who, perhaps, will never peiform a similar office for a more
worthy Citizen.
"October 17, 1832."
Col. WiUiam Throop was appointed Town Clerk in 1832,
and gave many years of faithful service in that office. In
1847 the present careful and efficient Town Clerk, Peter
Gladding, Esq., succeeded him, and has served continuously
in that capacity to the present time. Mr. Gladding could
very appropriately add a similar endorsement to the worth
of his immediate predecessor, the late William Throop.

4 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
INITIAL MOVEMENT FOR A CELEBRATION.
The first movement for a due observance of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement of the Town, was a pre-
Mminary meeting held at the office of S. P. Colt, Esq., on
the evening of March 15th, 1879.
Quite a number of citizens were present, and after organ
izing and exchanging views on the subject, a committee
was appointed to confer with the Town Council, at their
meeting on Monday, March 17th, and request them to call a
meeting to consider the subject of a celebration of the day.
WiUiam J. MiUer, Samuel P. Colt, Chas. A. Greene,
Isaac F. WilUams, Bennett J. Munro and Le Baron B. Colt,
constituted the committee.
The action of the Council, as appears of record, was as
follows :
"Town Council, Monday, March 17th, a. d. 1879.
"Upon the representation of William J. Miller, and others,
asking that the Council call a meeting of citizens, to take
steps to lay before the town a method of celebrating the
two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town : —
The Council voted to call such a meeting at the Town Hall,
on Tuesday, March 25th, at 8 o'clock in the evening, and
that said meeting be advertised in the Bristol Phenix.
" A report of the meeting in Town Hall is copied from the
Bristol Phenix of March 29th, as follows :
" Last Tuesday evening a ' Citizens' Meeting ' was held in
Town Hall, in pursuance of a notice given by the Town
Council, in the Phenix of last Saturday, ' for the purpose of
taking into consideration the appropriate celebration of the
coming 200th anniversary of the settlement of the town.'
The meeting was called to order by Wm. H. Spooner, Esq. ,
President of the Town Council, at 8 o'clock. Le Baron B.
Colt, Esq., was elected Chairman, and Wm. T. C. Wardwell,
Esq., Secretary.

BI-CENTENNIAL of BRISTOL. 5
" WilUam J. Miller, Esq., after explaining the object of the
meeting, and expressing himself as being very much inter
ested in the matter, suggested that a committee be appointed
to draft resolutions to be presented to the citizens at their
next annual town meeting, held for choice of town officers
and other business of the town.
" On motion of Mr, Edward S. Babbitt, it was unanimously
voted as the sense of the meeting, that the 200th anniversary
of the settlement of the town, which will occur in the autumn
of next year (1880) , be celebrated in an appropriate manner.
" It was also voted that a committee of seven be appointed
to draw up a series of resolutions relative to the proposed
celebration, and lay the whole matter before the town meet
ing, which wiU be held on Saturday, April 12th, requesting
the town, in its corporate capacity, to take action thereon.
The committee chosen consisted of Messrs. W. T. C. Ward-
weU, Le Baron B. Colt, Wm. J. Miller, Edward W. Brun-
sen, James M. Giffiord, J. Russell Bullock, and Augustus O.
Bourn. " Brief and appropriate remarks were made by Messrs.
Wm. J. Miller, Charles H. Spooner, Le Baron B. Colt,
Edward S. Babbitt, Isaac F. WiUiams, W. T. C. Wardwell,
Samuel P. Colt, Wm. H. Spooner, John H. D'Wolf, Augus
tus O. Bourn, and Rev. James P. Lane.
" There was a large attendance at the meeting, a consid
erable interest manifested in the proposed celebration, and
the proceedings throughout were quite spirited and very
harmonious." "In Town Meeting, April 12th, 1879.
" The following resolutions on the celebration of the two
hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town of
Bristol, were presented by Le Baron B. Colt, Esq., which,
after some pertinent remarks by him, were unanimously
adopted : —

6 BI-CENTENNIAL of BRISTOL.
"Whereas, the year 1880 wUl mark the two hundredth
anniversary of the settlement of the town, and,
" Whereas, the great deed of sale of the tract of land then
commonly called and known by the name of Mount Hope
Neck and Poppasquash Neck, from Plymouth Colony to John
Walley, Nathaniel Oliver, Nathaniel Byfield and Stephen
Burton, the four original proprietors of the town of Bristol,
bears date September 14, 1680, O. S., corresponding to
September 25, N. S., and
" Whereas, at a public meeting called by the Town Coun
cil, of the citizens of Bristol, in the Town Hall, on the 25th
day of March last,- it was unanimously resolved, that the
town should celebrate, in an appropriate way, the approach
ing two hundredth anniversary of its foundation, and in
furtherance of this object, the said meeting appointed a com
mittee of seven, to draft resolutions and present the subject
to the next annual town meeting for such action as it might
deem proper to take, now, therefore,
"Resolved, That we, the citizens of Bristol, in Town Meet
ing assembled, mindful of the goodly heritage received from
the fathers, and desirous of keeping in grateful remembrance
the wise forecast and sterling qualities of the men who
founded here a town, and laid it out in all its fair propor
tions, do hereby set apart the 25th day of September, a. d.
1880, to celebrate the bi-centennial of its settlement, and do
hereby constitute and appoint an executive committee of
forty-five, to take the whole matter into consideration ; the
committee to have full power to take such preliminary steps
as may be found necessary and expedient, and to report such
action as they have taken and such plans as they have agreed
upon to the next annual Town Meeting.
^^ Resolved, That we cordially invite the co-operation of all
the citizens of the town in this undertaking, that we may
have a celebration worthy of the descendants of the men who
founded it, and of its whole past history."

BI-CENTENNIAL of BRISTOL.

The committee of forty-five was duly elected as follows :

William H. Spooner,
WilUam T. C. Wardwell,
Henry Goff",
Isaac F. Williams,
Charles A. Greene.
John B. Pearce,
Edward W. Brunsen,
Le Baron B. Colt,
Messadore T. Bennett,
Benjamin L. West,
Josephus Gooding,
Nehemiah Cole,
Otis Munro,
Jonathan D. Waldron,
Samuel W. Church,
Solon H. Smith,
J. Howard Manchester,
A. Sidney D'Wolf,
Charies D'W. Brownell,
James M. Gifford,
Seth PauU,
Charles H. R. Doringh,
Robert S. Andrews,

Lemuel A. Bishop,
Samuel M. Lindsey,
Lemuel W. Briggs,
Samuel S. Drury,
Benjamin R. Wilson,
Ambrose E. Burnside,
J. Russell Bullock,
Thomas F. Usher,
John Collins,
Charles F. Herreshoff,
Bennett J. Munro,
Joseph B. Bui'gess,
Augustus O. Bourn,
Horace M. Barns,
William Bradford,
Herbert M. Howe,
Samuel Norris,
Samuel P. Colt,
WiUiam J. Miller,
Edward S. Babbitt,
James Lawless,
William R. Taylor.

The first meeting of the "Bi-Centennial Committee of
forty-five," was held at Town HaU, on Saturday evening,
June 28th, 1879, and steps were taken for a permanent or-
o-anization. Frequent meetings were held during the year,
and several entertainments were given in Town Hall in aid
of the bi-centennial fund.
At the annual town meeting held April 10th, a. d. 1880,
the report of the committee upon the bi-centennial celebra
tion was presented, read, and ordered to be recorded, as fol
lows :

8 BI-CENTENNIAL of BRISTOL.
" The committee upon the bi-centennial celebration, ap
pointed at the last annual town meeting, in compUanee with
the resolution empowering them to take such preliminary
steps as may be found necessary and expedient, and to report
such action as they may have taken, and such plans as they
may have agreed upon, to the next annual town meeting,
beg leave to report :
"That soon after their appointment the committee met
and organized by the selection of the following officers and
sub-committees :
" President— Le Baron B. Colt.
"Vice Presidents — Samuel W. Church, Jonathan D.
Waldron, William R. Taylor, James Lawless, James M.
Giflbrd. " Treasurer — Henry Gofi".
" Secretary — ^William H. Spooner.
"Executive Committee — Chairman, WilUam J. Miller;
Secretary, Edward S. Babbitt ; members, Messadore T.
Bennett, Edward W. Brunsen, Samuel P. Colt, John Col
lins, Charles A. Greene, Wm. H. Spooner, Solon H. Smith,
WilUam T. C. Wardwell, Isaac F. WUliams.
" Committee on Correspondence — Chairman, Bennett J.
Munro ; members, Charles D'W- Brownell, J. Russell Bul
lock, Edward W. Brunsen, Edward S. Babbitt.
" The committee took early action upon the subject of an
historical address and poem for the occasion, and they have
invited Prof. J. Lewis Diman, of Providence, to deliver the
address, and the Rt. Rev. M. A. D'W. Howe, Bishop of
Central Pennsylvania, to deliver the poem. Both gentle
men have responded favorably to the invitation.
" The committee also took early action in regard to rais
ing funds, and they have succeeded in accumulating a fund
of about $270, the same being the proceeds of the various
entertaiments kindly volunteered for this object.
" The committee after careftiUy considering the subject of
the due obsei'vance of the day, at the various meetings held

BI-CENTENNIAL of BRISTOL. 9
during the year, agreed upon and recommend a celebration
which shaU embody substantially and in brief an historical
address, an historical poem, tents upon the common, in
M^hich appropriate exercises are to be held, and dinner served
to invited guests, the ringing of bells, national salutes,
music, a procession, decoration and illumination of the town,
and an exhibition of ancient portraits and relics connected
with the history of the town.
"In order to carry out the above plans, your committee,
after carefully considering the probable expense of the same,
estimate that they will require from the town an appropria
tion of 11,500, and recommend that the same be made ; and
to this end the delegation in the General Assembly from the
town have had an enabling act passed covering the said
amount. "Your committee take pleasure in acknowledging the
interest manifested generally by the citizens of the town
and State in the proposed celebration, and especially the ex
pression of hearty good wiU and pledge of active co-opera
tion on the part of the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Respectfully submitted,
Le Baron B. Colt,
For the Committee."
The following resolution was presented by Charles F.
Herreshoff, Esq. , and adopted :
"Resolved, That the sum of $1,500 be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, for a due observance of the two hun
dredth, anniversary of the settlement of this town ; and that
Friday, the 24th day of September next, be, and the same
is, hereby designated as the day for such celebration."
After the action of the citizens in town meeting, making
the Uberal appropriation asked for, the committee moved
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10 bi-centennial of BRISTOL.
forward with confidence. Sub-committees for the various
objects in view were appointed, and an increased interest in
the proposed celebration was manifested on the part of the
citizens generally.
At a meeting of the committee on the 5th of May, vacan
cies caused by the death of Dr. S. S. Drury and A. Sidney
D'Wolf, and the resignation and removal from town of
Lemuel A. Bishop, were filled by the appointment of Peter
Gladding, John Howland Pitman, aud Charles H. Spooner.
It was voted that the planting of four trees upon the Com
mon, in memory of the first four proprietors, be referred to
Edward S. Babbitt, Josephus Gooding, Henry Goff, C. H.
R. Doringh and S. P. Colt, with full power to carry out the
same. Sub-committees were appointed as follows :
On Instrumental Music — C. A. Greene, T. F. Usher, J.
B. Burgess.
On Tents and Dinner— C. F. Herreshoff, J. M. Gifford,
Henry Goff, H. M. Howe.
On Procession— I. F. WiUiams, W. T. C. WardweU,
Wm. H. Spooner, N. G. Herreshoff, J. B. Burgess, G. O.
Eddy, C. A. Waldron.
On Vocal Music— W. T. C. WardweU.
On Odes— Wm. J. MiUer.
On Decorations — C. A. Greene, T. F. Usher, J. B. Bur
gess. On Transportation — J. B. Burgess, T. F. Usher, C. H.
Spooner. On PoUce— E. S. Babbitt, W. H. Spooner.
On Platform and Seats in Tent — John Collins, E. S. Bab
bitt, W. T. C. WardweU.
On Carriages and Reception of Invited Guests — ^R. S. An
drews, H. M. Howe, H. M. Barns, J. Lawless, W. J. Mil
ler, E. W. Brunsen, W. T. C. WardweU, J. B. Burgess, E.
S. Babbitt, C. D'W. BrowneU, T. F. Usher.

bi-centennial of BRISTOL. 11
On Loan Exhibition— Wm. J. MiUer, John Collins, C. F.
Herreshoff, E. S. Babbitt, John H. D'Wolf, John H. Pit
man. Col. C. A. Greene, of the Phenix, was appointed a com
mittee to provide suitable facilities for the members of the
press, and to see that they were properly entertained, but
being confined to his house by severe illness, Col. J. B. Bur
gess was designated for the purpose, and discharged his
duties in the most satisfactory manner.
Charles H. Spooner was appointed a committee to ask of
the trustees of the several churches in town, that they be
open for the inspection of the public on the day of the cele
bration. Messrs. S. H. Smith and E. S. Babbitt were appointed a
committee to arrange for the proper seating of the audience
in the main tent.
E. W. Brunsen was appointed to distribute badges and
dinner tickets to visiting Sons and Daughters, and to arrange
for sale of same, with power to appoint assistants.
E. S. Babbitt was appointed a committee for floral deco
rations on dining tables.
"Qj request of the general committee, the school commit
tee ordered the public schools closed on Thursday and Fri
day, the 23d and 24th, and arranged for the Byfield school
building to be open to visitors on Friday and Saturday, 24th
and 25th of September.
Thursday, the 23d of September, was appointed for the
illumination of the town, and the citizens generally were in
vited to illuminate their residences on that evening.
Arrangements were made for lighting the main tent by
electric Ughts, and for a promenade concert by the bands,
as the closing exercises of the day.
Early in July a communication was received tendering the
room of the B. Y. M. Christian Association in Rogers Free
Library building, for the use of the general and executive

12 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
committee, which was accepted with thanks, and thereafter
used and made general headquarters. Before that time the
committee had used the Town Hall and Council Chamber for
their meetings, through the courtesy of the Town Council.
The Town Council also kindly placed the Town Hall in pos
session of the Loan Exhibition Committee from Monday,
September 20th, to Tuesday, 28th, inclusive.
It coming to the knowledge of the committee that the Pi'ov-
idence Light Infantry Veteran Association contemplated
visiting Bristol on September 24th, it was voted that the
chairman of the committee be requested to communicate to
said Association that the committee would be much pleased
to have them join in the procession on that day, and to accept
such courtesies upon the occasion as might be in the power
of the committee to extend to them.
The mansion house of Mrs. Julia S. Perry, at Silver
Creek, was the first, or one of the first, houses built in the
town, and in the southwest parlor the first religious meeting
was held. A note from Mrs. Perry was received by the
committee, kindly offering to open her house for the recep
tion of such visitors as might desire to call on the day of the
celebration. Notice of this invitation was given in the Bris
tol Phenix.
The foUovong circular was prepared and sent to every
absent Son and Daughter whose name and address could be
ascertained by the committee on correspondence :

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 13

1680 g^-^ylM 'ili4.l«iw^ 1880

BI-CENTENNIAL OF THE TOWN OF BRISTOL,
The Town of Bristol, having determined to celebrate her Two Hun
dredth Anniversary, has set apart Friday, the 24th day of September, 1880,
for such commemoration.
One pleasant and highly interesting feature of the day will be the
Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Bristol. As one of them, you are
cordially invited to be present, and unite with us in making the occasion
¦worthy of the Town and of its history. A warm and hearty welcome will
greet you.
In behalf of the Bi-Centennial Committee.
Lb Baron B. Colt,
President.

Many matters of detaU were referred to the Executive
Committee, such as the order of exercises in the main tent,
and at the dinner table, the audit of biUs, all printing, the
preparation of suitable badges, the selection of invited guests,
etc. They were also requested to obtain the names of visit
ing Sons and Daughters.
A Ust of about one hundred names of invited guests was
prepared and accepted, and a copy of the foUowing circular
sent to each :

14 BI-CENTENNIAL OP BRISTOL.

1680 ^mi

BI-CENTENNIAL OF THE TOWN OF BRISTOL.
Bristol, R, I., September 1st, 1880.
The Town of Bristol having set apart Friday, the 24th day of Septem
ber, 1880, to celebrate the Two Hundredth Anniversary of its settlement,
the Committee appointed for the purpose, have the honor to invite you to
be present on that day as the guest of the Town.
A favorable and early reply will oblige,
Very Respectfully Yours,
Le Baron B. Colt,
Wm. J. Miller,
Edward S. Babbitt,
Committee.
The Committee on Instrumental Music, early reported
that they had engaged the services of the Bristol Cornet
Band, and the Boston Brigade Band. The same committee
also arranged for the salutes and ringing of bells.
The Committee on Vocal Music reported that through the
courtesy and hearty co-operation of the School Committee,
about three hundred pupils of the public schools were, under
the supervision of Mrs. S. B. Spinning, practising several
original odes to be sung on the day of the celebration.
Mr. Babbitt, from the Committee on Badges, reported
with samples, which were adopted, and the Committee was
instructed to procure the number required.

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. ' 15
The Committee on Tents and Dinner reported that they
had contracted for two tents, to be set up on the Common,
near the line of State street. The main tent for the literary
exercises to be 80 by 200 feet, with seats for 5,000 persons,
and a platform for the seating of the committee and invited
guests. The dinner tent to be 50 by 300 feet. They
further reported that they had contracted with L. A. Tilliiig-
hast, the well known caterer of Providence, to furnish din
ner for one thousand persons.
The Committee on Decorations reported, that they had
contracted with the veteran decorator. Col. William Beals,
of Boston, to decorate the pubUc buildings of the town.
Arrangements were made with the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department, to have the several Fire Engine Houses
and Pumping Station open to visitors.
All these reports were accepted and approved by the
Executive and General Committees, and as the day ap
proached, all matters were in a forward state of preparation.
The large number of strange faces to be seen on the streets
of the town indicate how promptly and heartily absent sons
and daughters have responded to the call to return to the old
hearth stone. Hearty greetings are exchanged on every
hand, and many incidents of early life and childhood sports
are rehearsed. Oh ! how the old days come back with all
their precious memories. The intervening space of ten,
twenty, thirty, forty, aye fifty years, seems but a dream
now, and we are children again, and in the dear old home.
On Wednesday, September 22nd, the Loan Exhibition in
Town Hall was opened to the pubUc, and attracted great
interest. To John DeWolf the credit is due for the large
number of portraits and other interesting relics gathered,
and the good taste displayed in their grouping and arrange
ment. Thursday, September 23rd, opened bright and mild, and
during the day many visiting Sons and Daughters arrived
by boat and train. A more beautiful evening for the illu-

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mination could not be desired. It was so calm that a lighted
taper could have been carried through the streets. The
decorations and illuminations were general — almost universal
— so much so, that to mention any without naming all, seems
almost invidious.
The Providence Journal of September 24th, contained the
following article on
"BRISTOL'S BI-CENTENNIAL.
" GRAND ILLUMINATION AND ELABORATE DECORATION OF THB TOWN.
enthusiastic GATHERING OF HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
"Ye ancient towne of Bristol is stirred to its utmost depths
on the occasion of its two hundredth anniversary, and a visit
to the usually staid and unobtrusive old town yesterday
afternoon and evening, would have convinced a stranger
within its gates that the bustle and excitement that pervaded
its streets and places of business, betokened its metropoUtan
character and enterprise. The trains and steamboats brought
loads of people, as well as vehicles of all descriptions, from
the surrounding country, and it was estimated that at even
tide, in addition to a majority of its six thousand inhabitants,
there were upwards of two thousand strangers and natives
upon the streets and in the town. The applications for
badges and dinner tickets, by sons and daughters, reached
three or four hundred during the day, and the latch-strings
on the outside of dwelling houses were remarkably numerous.
There has been a wide-spread and hearty response to the in
vitations extended by the committees and townsmen, and the
exercises of to-day will attract many thousands.
"illumination of THE TOWN.
"The observance of the bi-centennial anniversary began last
evening with a magnificent and extensive illumination and
decoration of the town in patriotic dress, and residents vied
with each other in the elaborateness and brilUancy of their

BI-OENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 17
displays at their residences and places of business. Col.
Beals, of Boston, and J. Harry Welch, of Providence, lent
their experience and good taste in the combination of colors
and appropriate designs, and it was noticeable that excellent
taste and discrimination in the arrangement and selection of
material was shown by the townsmen. Where the display
on all of the public thoroughfares was so brilliant and im
posing, it would require unlimited space to particularize even
the most prominent and artistic demonstrations of public
spirit and pride. Hope street, which may be termed the
' Broadway ' of the town, was radiant with the glow of
myriads of lanterns and transparencies, while colored lights
and bonfires were shown on the corners of the intersecting
streets in lavish profusion. The residences of James DeWolf
Perry, Philip Bourn, and Col. C. A. Greene, of the Phenix,
shone gayly in their dress of national colors in bunting, with
lanterns and transparencies prettily arrayed, and the Hydrau-
lion Engine Company displayed an elaborate fire scene in
front of their house, with lanterns and bunting, and ' Wel
come,' in gold lettering. On Franklin street, from High to
Hope street, long lines of lanterns, bunting and transpar
encies, greeted the eye. Mrs. Babbitt made a handsome
display of colored lights and transparencies, and Captain
ColUns transformed his house and grounds into a national
garden, with its rows of lanterns across the piazza, and fiags
of all descriptions suspended about the premises. Wm. J.
Miller and J. Howard Manchester made handsome displays,
and at the Rogers Library Ughts gleamed from every win
dow, while shields, bunting and festoons were gracefully
arranged in its front. In front of the elegant residence of
Col. S. Pomroy Colt, a dense crowd was assembled, and one
involuntarily paused to admire the magnificent display. A
large flag floated from a pole on top of the house, and a
golden eagle was poised on the roof, holding in her beak the
streamers and bunting which completely enveloped the front
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18 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
of the house. A crystal refractor emitted prismatic lights
from its station on the piazza-roof, and the piUars were en
twined with tri-colored streamers. Two knights in full
armor stood on either side of the portal, and a revolutionary
soldier in a medallion frame stood above the State seal, with
flags on both sides of the entrance. The grounds were bril
liantly illuminated with lanterns, and over the postern was
the inscription, 'Welcome, our Governor.' Locomotive
head-lights turned their full radiance on the building, and
colored fires added to the superb effect of the scene. Capt.
Norris, corner of Hope and State streets, made a pretty dis
play, and the Bristol Hotel was gaj'ly trimmed and illumi
nated. The post office was dressed from roof to basement
in festoons and streamers, held in the beak ofa noble eagle.
The residence of Edward W. Brunsen was greatly admired,
the stars and stripes and scores of lanterns making the
grounds and interior singularly beautiful. Capt. Lawless
illuminated his handsome residence, and displayed mottoes
and bunting, while the dazzling lights of locomotive head
lights made the grounds of Col. A. C. Eddy as bright as
day, and set off his decorations to the best advantage. The
light of colored fires was reflected on the waters of the har
bor and the craft anchored therein, and produced a charming
scene. Hon. Augustus O. Bourn and Le Baron B. Colt, Esq. ,
illuminated their residences, and the latter made a splendid
display of flags and bunting. W. H. Manchester's store,
and the house of the Dreadnaught Hose Company, with its
triple row of torches, emitted a brilliant light. At the By-
field School the decorations were beautifuUj'^ arranged, a
large picture being stationed over the porch, with mottoes, a
figure of the goddess of liberty, streamers and bunting.
The Thompson Brothers made a brilliant showing, and on
the east side of the Common strings of lanterns were observed
reaching its entire length. The Court House was finely
decorated, the greeting, 'We greet the present and remem
ber the absent,' being conspicuously posted over the en-

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trance, and a profusion of tri-colored streamers and flags
prettily draped. At Masonic HaU the flags and emblems of
the Order were suspended across the street. The residence
of the Town Clerk, Peter Gladding, was elaborately dressed
and brilUantly illuminated with lanterns. It was utterly
impossible to hire a conveyance in Bristol or Warren dur
ing the afternoon, and the stable keepers turned away hun
dreds of applicants to house their teams. A continuous
stream of vehicles of all descriptions passed along the
road between Providence and Bristol during: the afternoon
and evening, and an extra train was run from Warren to
Bristol to accommodate the excursionists. It was a gala
night for Bristol, and it will Uve long in the memories of the
oldest inhabitant and rising generation, as the grandest dis
play of pubUc spirit and enthusiastic pride in its ancient and
honorable history."
The Providence Press account, from their regular Bristol
correspondent, describes "the scene on Hope, State and
Bradfords streets, as very beautiful. Colored fires, burning
barrels, and fireworks of all descriptions, with the brilliant
illuminations, called forth the warmest praises from the
assembled thousands on the streets. As we passed down
Hope street, the New York Store, John G. Sparks, propri
etor, attracted much attention from the very elaborate deco
ration and the magnificent display of lanterns, while the
large show window contained the goddess of liberty, very
artistically and elaborately dressed. This store attracted
general attention from all passers. Thompson's boot and
shoe store looked finely, as did the Boston Store and others.
The humble cottage of the widow, with its one light placed
in the window, to show her interest, though but a mite as
compared with the outlay made by those near by, was appre
ciated by all who passed that way."
The Town Hall was decorated on the outside with flags
and streamers, but the great attraction was the relics gath
ered within its walls.

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The Post Office and Custom House building was also
elaborately dressed in flags and streamers. The Press
names other places illuminated as foUows : — "King Philip
Steam Fire Engine House, No. 1, Hugh Holmes' market,
George H. Farrington's store, and the residences of Dr.
Canfield, William Pierce, William B. Kimball, and the
Misses Codman."
In addition, the Bristol Phenix gives the following list of
residences decorated and illuminated :
"James M. Gifford, Dr. L. W. Briggs, Mrs. R. D. Smith,
Mrs. Henry Wardwell, James A. Miller, George W. Easter
brooks, Otis Munro, Rev. Dr. W. V. Morrison," Col. E. M.
Wardwell, Baptist parsonage, William H. Spooner, N. S.
Burnham, Bennett J. Munro, Charles A. Johnson, Horace
M. Barns, Isaac F. WilUams, Edward S. Babbitt, Andrew
R. Trotter, Henry R. Cooke, Benjamin B. Morris, John W.
Munro, Frederic A. Easterbrooks, Ozro C. Barrows, George
H. Farrington, Miss Sarah Cutler, Samuel B. Spinning,
Robert N. Church, Major Henry Goff, Augustus N. Miller,
Dr. T. S. Shipman, James D. WardweU, Jesse Wilson, and
the stores of Richard Dunbar, Samuel Corwin, Charles A.
Johnson ; the Phenix office, the stores of J. H. Young &
Co., George W. Easterbrooks, Misses Thompson and Hun-
newell, Benjamin M. Lincoln, Frederic A. Easterbrooks,
Thomas C. Church, David A. Pierce, Louis Kunze, John
Connery, John Lake, Benjamin L. West, Wm. Fred. Fish,
WiUiam H. Buffington, WiUiam H. BeU, and AUen M.
Newman." The correspondents of these papers worked industriously
and gave very full reports, but many places deserving of
notice doubtless escaped attention.
The morning of the 24th, the eventful day which had
been so long anticipated, broke bright and clear, with a
mild, genial air, and throngs of people were early astir^to
join in the festivities.
At sunrise, a national salute of thirty-eight guns was

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 21
fired on the common, by the Bristol Train of Ai-tillery, un
der the direction of Col. R, B. Franklin. Bells of the
churches were rung for one hour, commencing at the time
of firing the salute.
The steamer from Newport was one of the first arrivals,
and landed about one hundred and fifty persons, and throngs
continued to arrive by boat, train and other conveyances,
until, at the time fixed for the procession to form it was esti
mated that there were fully six thousand strangers in the
town. The Town Hall was early filled with interested
visitors, and continued to attract large crowds throughout
the day and evening. THE PROCESSION.
At 10| o'clock A. M., the procession was formed on High
street, in front of the Court House, right resting on State
street, in the following order :
Police skirmishers. Platoon of Providence Police.
Chief Marshal— Col. S. P. Colt.
Aids — Capt. John CoUins, Mark A. DeWolf, Frederick F.
Gladding, James A. Renwick, Benjamin L. West, Capt.
Charles Norris, Col. T. F. Usher, James C. Church, Henry
M. Gibson, J. Howard Manchester, Wilfred H. Munro,
Charles PauU, Robert D. Andrews.
First Division.
Marshal — Col. George O. Eddy.
Aids — P. L. Garrett, Orrin Wilson, W. Fred Williams,
WilUam H. Munro.
Bristol Cornet Band, James AUyn, leader; C. H, Straight,
drum major ; 22 pieces.
Bristol Train of ArtUlery, Col. Richard B. Franklin,
commander; Lieut.-Col. Henry F. Card; Capt. WiUiam B,
Burnham ; Lieut. Frisbie ; 50 men.
National Band, Providence, W. E. White, leader; 25
pieces.

22 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
First Light Infantry Veteran Association Band, of Provi
dence, Benjamin P. Robinson, leader ; 8 pieces.
First Light Infantry Veteran Association, Providence—
Col. W. W. Brown, commanding ; Adjt. Dan. Remington ;
75 men, in three companies — two in uniforms and one not
uniformed. First Company — Capt. Eddy ; Lieuts. Greene and Brad
ford. Second Company — Capt. Potter; Lieuts. Anthony and
Bradford. Third Company — Gen. WUliam R. Walker.
Bristol Light Infantry — Capt. Michael CahUl ; Lieuts.
Dwyer and Brunnell ; 25 men.
Second Division,
Marshal — Col. George T. French.
Aids — Edward F. Lucas, Maj. Wm. P. Merritt, Edward
Coward, A. L. Howe.
Company of gentlemen dressed in ye ancient pilgrim cos
tume, formed in a hollow square, in the centre of which was
borne the flag presented to the town by Colonel Byfield in
the year 1710. Color-bearer — A. B. Corthell.
Twenty carriages containing President and members of
Town Council of Bristol — C. A. Greene, A. J. Trotter,
Henry Goff, Samuel M. Lindsey, Hezekiah W. Church ;
His Excellency, Governor Littlefield ; His Honor, Lieuten
ant-Governor Fay, Adjutant General Barney and LeBaron
B. Colt, Esq., Chairman of the Bi-Centennial Committee;
Hon. Joshua M. Addeman, Secretary of State; Hon. Sam
uel Clark, General Treasurer ; Hon. Joel M. Spencer, State
Auditor ; Hon. Thos. B. Stockwell, Commissioner of PubUc
Schools ; Hon. Thomas W. Bicknell, former Commissioner of
Public Schools ; Cols. Pierce, Littlefield, Clarke and Francis,
of the Governor's personal staff ; Quartennaster-General Den
nis and Col. J. C. Seabury ; Surgeon-General Budlong, Assist
ant Adjutant-General Turner, and Assistant Quartermaster-

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 23
General Nickerson ; Prof. J. Lewis Diman, of Providence,
orator ; Rt. Rev. Bishop Howe, of Central Pennsylvania,
poet ; Rev. George L. Locke, chaplain ; Hon. Henry B.
Anthony; Hons. Nelson AV. Aldrich and L. W. Ballou,
Representatives in Congress ; Hon. John H. Stiness, Judge
of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island ; Col. T. W. Hig-
ginson. Senior Aid of the Governor of Massachusetts ; Rt.
Rev. T. ]M. Clark, Bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island
an t^. Chaplain of the First Light Infantry Veteran Associar-
tion of Providence ; His Honor H. K. Oliver, Mayor of
Salem, Mass., a descendant of Nathaniel Oliver; Hon.
Francis Brinley, of Newport, a descendant of Nathaniel
Bj'iield; Hon. Zachariah Allen, of Providence, President of
the Rhode Island Historical Society ; Hon. Amos Perry,
Secretary of the Rhode Island Historical Society ; Rev. S. H.
Webb, Chaplain First Battalion Rhode Island Militia ; Ex-
Governor Van Zandt ; His Honor Thomas A. Doyle, Mayor of
Providence ; His Honor Stephen P. Slocum, Mayor of New
port ; Ex-Lieutenant Governor Charles R. Cutler, President
of the Town Council of Warren ; Henry F. Drown, EzraM.
Martin and George Smith, of the Town Council of Warren,
and Nathaniel Peck and Mark H. Wood, of the Barrington
Town Council ; Rev. Dr. Robinson, President of Brown
University ; Hon. Rowland Hazard, of South Kingstown ;
Prof. .Tencks, of Brown University, and Rueben A. Guild,
Librarian of Brown University; Hon. Rowland G. Hazard,
of South Kingstown ; Prof. William Gammell, of Provi
dence ; Hon. William Goddard, of Providence ; Rev. Joel
Mann, of New Haven, Conn. ; Rev. Francis Peck, of Balti
more, Md. ; Rev. Thomas F. Fales, of Waltham, Mass. ;
Rev. James P. Lane, of Hyde Park, Mass. ; Rev. Mark
Trapnell, former rector of St. Michael's Church, Bristol ;
Rev. Benjamin B. Babbitt, of Columbia, S. C. ; Rev. C. B.
Perry, associate rector of Mount Calvary Church, Baltimore ;
Rev. W. J. Tilley, of Middletown, Vt. ; Rev. Dr. W. V.
Morrison, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bristol ; Rev.

24 BI-CENTENNLAL OP BRISTOL.
J. H. Johnson, rector Trinity Church, Bristol ; Rev. H.
Crocker, pastor of the Baptist Church, Bristol ; Lewis T.
Fisher, Sheriff of Bristol county ; H. H, Luther, Town Clerk
of Warren ; Peter Gladding, Town Clerk of Bristol ; WilUam
R. Taylor, Deputy Town Clerk ; Hon, Charles H. Hardy,
of Warren, State Senator; John C. Burrington, Esq., of
Barrington, Representative in the General Assembly ; Wil
liam H. Spooner, Esq., Representative in the General As
sembly, from Bristol, and others.
Four trees, which were subsequently planted on the com
mon, to the memory of the four original proprietors of the
town, on a carriage prepared for the purpose.
Third Division,
Marshal — Isaac F. Williams.
Aids — Charles Hosmer, W. Russell Bogert, John H.
Smith, Charles A. Waldron, Preston E. Day.
Boston Cadet Band, J. Thomas Baldwin, leader ; 26 pieces.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department — J. Howard
Manchester. Assistants— Charles H, Allen, George W.
Simmons. Hydraulic Engine and Hose Co., No, 1, Capt. Eugene
Rounds ; 25 men and their machine.
Progress Fire Company, of New Bedford, Mass., Charles
S. Paisler, Foreman.
King PhiUp Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1, Robert Lawder,
Acting Foreman ; 15 men with the machine.
Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose Co., No. 1, Charles
E. Card, Captain ; 25 men, with the hose carriage.
Fourth Division.
Marshal — Charles V. Perry.
Aids — N. R. Middleton, James Gooding, Lewis DeWolf,
Ricardo D, B. Smith.
Bristol Bi-Centennial Drum Corps, Capt. George Wan*en ;
8 drums.

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Sons and daughters of Bristol, under charge of Col. E.
M. Wardwell.
Cavalcade of citizens, in which conspicuously appeared
Gen. A. E. Burnside, under command of Chandler H.
Coggeshall. Aids — Wilfi-ed H. Munro, Frank J. Gladding.
Fifth Division.
Marshal— Hon. WiUiam T. C. WardweU.
Aids — James D. Wardwell, Jr., Edward Anthony, Jr.,
James M. Usher, Charles F. Chase.
trades' procession.
Team of Boston Store, T. T, Allan, proprietor, a fine dis
play of goods ; wagon of Adams Express Company filled
with boxes, trunks, etc. ; team of W. T. C. Wardwell, con
taining lumber of all kinds, doors, bUnds, etc. ; team of the
Reynolds Manufacturing Company containing cotton in all
processes of manufacture ; Singer Sewing Machine team ;
M. A. Card's local express wagon, with boxes, packages,
etc. ; N. N. Cole's display of coal, flour, grain, hay, vege
tables and all sorts of produce, with flags and national bunt
ing ; market wagon of Hugh Holmes, full of provisions ;
display of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, com
pound engines, boilers, etc. ; paints and oils, display by
WiUiam H. Spooner ; grocery wagon of Thompson Brothers ;
large wagon of boots and shoes, from C. H. Thompson ;
wheelbaiTow, from the market of W. Fred Fish, as showing
how the business was conducted when he started in business
in 1869, followed by a wagon well filled with orders as
showing how the business is conducted to-day ; two wagons
containing dry and fancy goods, and clothing, from J. G.
Sparks ; wagon containing stoves, from Richard S. Glad
ding ; wagon of F. A. Geisler, containing a blacksmith's
forge, anvil, etc. ; and showing the different processes in
the manufacture of carriages ; team of William Johnson,
harness maker, with a good display of trunks, harnesses,
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etc. ; boat on wheels, gaily trimmed with national colors and
evergreen, containing several young ladies and a display of
millinery trimmings, from Misses Thompson and Hunne well ;
display of drugs, perfumery and fancy goods, from J. H.
Young & Co.'s; stoves, pumps, etc., from J. Howard
Manchester, dealer in stoves and tinware ; a small house on
wheels made of national bunting, with doors, windows,
blinds, etc., from Marshall Prarie, contractor and builder;
two large wagons, finely decorated, from the National Rub
ber Company, well filled with a variety of goods of their
make ; farm wagon filled with all sorts of farm produce, H.
M. Gibson ; two ice carts and a milk wagon, from J. Good
ing. All the teams were more or less decked with flags and
bunting in the national colors.
The procession commenced to move about 11^ o'clock.
The line of march was as follows : High street to Franklin,
Franklin to Hope, Hope to Walley^ Walley to High, High
to Church, Church to Wood, Wood to State, State to the
tent on Common, where the exercises in the tent were held.
The tent was reached about one o'clock. Most of the
prominent guests from the carriages took seats on the plat
form. The Town Committee of Arrangements were also
seated upon the platform, forming, with the invited guests,
a group of some two hundred persons. As the exercises
were about to commence, the venerable and Rt. Rev. Benja
min B. Smith, Senior Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, of the United States, a native of Bristol, came in and
was seated upon the platform. His very presence was a
benediction. More than five thousand people fiUed the tent to over
flowing. The exercises were as follows :
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
" Overture to WiUiam TeU," by the Boston Cadet Band.
Prayer, by Rev. George L. Locke.

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Le Baron B. Colt, Esq., President of the Bi-centennial
Committee, made an address, as follows :

ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
It is my pleasant duty, on behalf of the town, to welcome
you, one and aU, sons and daughters of old Bristol, invited
guests and friends. This is the native town of most of you,
the adopted town of others, the loved and respected town of
all ; and here upon this, her two-hundredth birth-day, in
honor of her long life, of what she has been and is to all of
us, you come from far and near to join us in laying these
offerings of affection at her feet.
Her history, her early and romantic past, the circumstances
of her settlement by our ancestors, the story of her life dur
ing two eventful centuries, her rapid and prosperous growth
at the beginning, the commercial importance she once at
tained, the calamities by wars, fire and tempe.'^t she has suf
fered, this and much more will be told you in prose and verse
from the Ups of her most distinguished children. It only
remains, therefore, for me to welcome you to all the enjoy
ments of this day — ^to the sight once more of these goodly
Mount Hope lands, these pleasant waters, this beautiftil
prospect, these broad streets, with their archway of noble
trees, these old churches and homesteads, with the many
memories they call back into life. May your stay among us
be as happy as you anticipate. May you find the town as
fair as when you left her, and her people as worthy of her.
The dwellers upon this territory have always regarded it
with a peculiar devotion. The Wampanoags of old returned
to this spot with pride and pleasure, cherished it beyond all
others, made it their kingly seat, clung to it until conquest
and death, and we in the same spirit of devotion have met
to-day. The Chief Executive of the State, those who represent us
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colleges and historical societies, and other distinguished gen
tlemen from neighboring States and from our own, have hon
ored us with their presence upon this occasion. To all these
we extend a cordial greeting. May the exercises of this day
serve to deepen our attachment for the town, our reverence
for its history, and make us better and more worthy citizens.
Two hundred and fifty children of the public schools,
under the direction of Mrs. S. B. Spinning, then sang^ the
following invocation ode, written for the occasion by Abby
D, Munro : INVOCATION ODE.
Oh, Thou, within whose bounteous hand,
The circling years in order stand,
A thousand years within whose sight.
Are as the watch of one lone night ;
To thee our tribute now we bring.
Let every tongue thy praises sing.
While homage to thy name we pay.
For this returning festal day.
When flrst our fathers sought a home.
Thy blessing on their choice was shown.
Thou mad'st the wilderness they chose.
To bud and blossom as the rose.
What wonders has thy goodness wrought !
What changes has thy wisdom brought !
Who has made these blessings to abound.
And all these years with plenty crowned.
Our Father, and our father's God !
Oh, be thy glorious name adored !
Now, and through each succeeding age,
For such a goodly heritage.
The foUowing congratulatory telegrams were received :
"Received at Bristol, R. I., 8.42 a. m. Sept. 24th, 1880.
To Bi-Centennial Committee, Bristol, Bhode Island:
With best felicitations. -
Lisbon." "'"*"•

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" Santa Fe, N. M., Sept. 23rd, 1880.
Received at Bristol, R. I., 8.40 a. m , Sept. 24th.
To Le B. B. Colt:
Regretting distance prevents attendance, I send greetings from the far
Southwest. L. Bradford Prince."
The first telegram was from Henry Wight Diman, Esq.,
United States Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. He has been in
Europe eighteen years.
Mr. Prince is Chief Justice of the United States Court of
New Mexico.
Prof. J. Lewis Diman, the orator of the day, delivered
the following address :

HISTORICAL ADDRESS.

We have met to commemorate the founding of this ancient
tovra. Two hundred years have fled since the hearths of our
fathers were planted here. Well nigh seven generations
have completed their mortal term since these broad streets
were opened, since this spacious common, on which we are
gathered, was set apart for public use. As we enter upon
the third century of our history, we pause, for a brief space,
to confess the debt which every community that has done
anything worthy of remembrance owes to itself, and which
no community swayed by generous sentiments, and mindful
of its own best interests, can refuse to pay. There is no
more becoming impulse than that which brings us hither. The
most elevated instincts of our nature are enlisted in such a
service. The deep and wide-spread interest which this occa^
sion has awakened, this great multitude before me, afford
convincing proof that we are not insensible to the obligations
which our connection with a community Uke this imposes.
We have gladly heeded the summons to this festival ; we
have trodden with willing feet these familiar paths. It is a
festival in which we cannot join without emotion. It has
for all of us a meaning which no ordinary festival can have.
Amid the ringing of beUs, and the inspiring strains of music,
we can none of us forget that we have come to a spot hal
lowed by our most affecting memories. Here we were born ;
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here in the school-room we learned our earliest lessons ; here
in the house of God we were taught the consoling truths that
alone compensate for the losses which a day like this brings
so vividly to mind. A cloud of witnesses, invisible to mor
tal eye, look down upon us. Everything around us invests
these services with an exalted and religious sentiment.
There are no ties more sacred than those of which we are now
reminded. We have come to the home of our childhood ; to
the graves of our fathers. The words of Holy Writ leap un
bidden to our lips : "If I forget Thee, may my right hand
forget her cunning ; if I do not remember Thee, may my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ! "
The circumstances under which we meet may well call for
our heartfelt gratulation. We have come to a spot beautiful
for situation, lovely indeed at all times, but never more lovely
than at this season, when lingering summer bathes the land
scape in the pensive beauty that so well befits the strain of
thought in which we cannot help indulging. We have come
at a time when we may turn without effort from our common
avocations and cares, a time of great prosperity, when our
land is teeming with abundant harvests, when, after years of
weary depression, commerce and industry show everywhere
signs of healthy revival, when our public credit is restored,
when peace reigns in all our borders. No dreg of bitterness
poisons our overflowing cup. Nor should the fact that we are
now engaged in one of the gi-eat periodical contests which
determine the poUtical character of our government, when
throughout its length and breadth the land is stirred with
the eager strife of conflicting parties, lessen in the least our
interest in these services. To one who rightly apprehends
the nature of our poUtical system, and who correctly esti
mates the real sources of its strength, they will seem invested
with additional significance. For even amid the excitement
of a national election, and with the inspiring spectacle before
us, of fifty mUlions of freemen choosing their chief magistrate
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we may well turn our gaze, for a few moments, to those an
cient sources from which the broad stream of our national
life has flowed ; we may well remind ourselves that our local
institutions form, at once, the foundation and safeguard of
our federal system ; that from the broad support of number
less scattered municipalities like this, whose founding we
commemorate to-day, springs the splendid arch that gilds
with promise the future of American civilization. Let us
never forget that American liberty had its cradle in towns ;
that here the earliest lessons of self-government were learned.
And let us rest assured that long as the traditions of these
local rights are zealously cherished, American Uberty will
never be subverted.
Nor can I count it inopportune that our services so nearly
coincide, in point of time, with the great and splendid com
memoration, which, during the past week, has concentrated
the gaze of the entire nation upon the chief city of New En
gland. At first sight, indeed, it may well seem that our
modest festival cannot fail to suffer from too close proximity
to another so similar as to provoke comparison, and yet so
much more impressive in its historical associations, and so
much more elaborate in its attending circumstances. Still
even this seeming disadvantage, when we reflect a moment,
gives additional meaning to our celebration. There is a
peculiar fitness in having one so soon succeed the other.
For it serves the more forcibly to call attention to that fea^
ture in our early history which gave this town its distinctive
character, and drew the broad line of distinction between
this settlement and the earlier settlements upon the shores of
the Narragansett. It reminds us that Bristol was the off
spring of Boston. At the ripe age of fifty years the sturdy
Puritan mother gave birth to this beautiful chUd. It was
the sagacity of Boston merchants that first saw the admirable
adaptation of this commodious harbor to the purposes of
commerce, it was the pubUc spirit of Boston merchants that
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streets and squares, it was the intelligence and piety of Bos
ton merchants that planted by this shore the institutions of
education and reUgion which their Puritan ti-aining had taught
them to reverence, and which they brought with them to
their new home, as their most precious heritage. Here, so
far as their circumstances would permit, they sought to build
another Boston ; and surely as they gazed on the fair sur
roundings of this favored spot, as they surveyed the gentle
slope of the ground, as they followed the graceful course of
the silver bay, as they pictured, perchance, the possible suc
cess that might attend their enterprise, they may well have
been pardoned if they sometimes exclaimed,
O matre pulchra filia pulchrior !
Two hundred years do not cover a long period when we
reckon the centuries of the world's history, yet two hundred
years carry us back to a time when much that now seems
majestic and venerable, existed only in the womb of futurity.
The faded banner that was borne in our procession to-day,
precious as the gift of one of the first proprietors, is the
symbol of a municipal organization that went into operation
more than a century before our Federal Constitution was
adopted. When this town was founded, the kingdom of
Prussia had not been established, the empire of Russia had
not become a European power. Charles the Second was still
degrading the crown of England, the fierce contest caused by
the Exclusion Bill was raging, the great revolution had not
taken place which drove the Stuarts from the throne. Our
town government is, therefore, older than the English con
stitution as it now exists, older than the Bill of Rights, older
than the Act of Settlement, older than the great division of
parties that ran through the reigns of Anne and the Georges,
olderthan the England of BoUngbroke, of Walpole and of Pitt.
Two hundred years of the quiet annals of a neighborhood
like this do not, it is true, appeal to the imagination like
two hundred years of the history of a famous State. The
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stage is small, and the interests seem trivial, the actors are
not heroes and statesmen and kings. But it is, after all, a
history that touches us more nearly than the plots of rulers,
or the devastating march of armies. It is the history of the
human life which we all are leading. And when we reflect
what two hundred years of the history of a community Uke
this really represent, when we consider the inestimable ben
efit diffused by a well ordered social system, the wholesome
restraints of law, the sweets of domestic Ufe, the elevating
influence of education, the priceless blessings of devout re
ligious instruction, the influence of good example transmitted
from generation to generation, we shall feel that two hun
dred years of history like this are as worthy of our study as
much that fills a larger and more pretentious page.
When the first houses were built upon this spot, two of
which still remain to attest the solid workmanship of our
fathers, there already existed four settlements on Narragan
sett Bay. Forty-four years earlier Roger Williams had un
dertaken, upon the banks of the Mooshausic, the unique and
memorable experiment of founding a community upon the
principle of obedience to the civil magistrates only in civil
things. A little later the great antinomian controversy had
driven to the island of Aquidneck another company, who,
planting themselves just at the northern end, had afterwards
removed to the unrivalled harbor which excited the admira^
tion of the Florentine navigator, Verazzano, more than a
century before ; and almost directly opposite, upon the
western shore of the bay, that singular enthusiast, Samuel
Gorton, after coming into collision with the authorities both
at Providence and Newport, had founded Warwick. In the
year 1663 the three settlements had been united under the
charter of Charles the Second.
The course of events which reserved this territory for a
later occupation, and for a different jurisdiction, forms one
of the most interesting chapters in the history of New En
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by the English Mount Hope, but known to the Indians as
Pokanoket, was the last recognized possession of the abo
rigines in this portion of the country. Here was their final
refuge ; here began the great struggle which resulted in their
overthrow; here was witnessed the last tragic act in the
bloody strife. I shall not transgress the proper limits of
my subject if I glance briefly at events which were directly
connected with the founding of the town, and which explain
the distinctive characteristics of its early history. It is only
from a review of these events that we can understand how
this community presented, at the outset, such marked contrast
to the other settlements upon our bay.
Whether, as has been claimed by enthusiastic Scandina
vian scholars, the Northmen ever visited these shores, is a
question we need not discuss. There seems, indeed, no rea
son to doubt the substantial truth of the narratives which
describe the adventurous voyages of Biorne, and Leif and
Thorfinn ; we may accept without hesitation, the claim that
they discovered Greenland, that they cruised along the coast
of Labrador and Nova Scotia, that they pursued their dan
gerous navigation as far south as Cape Cod and Narragansett
Bay. But when we seek from any of their own statements,
to determine the precise locaUties they visited, we are in
volved in insuperable difficulties. The attempt from a pas
sage of doubtful meaning respecting the length of the day
at Vinland, where they wintered, to identify its latitude with
Rhode Island, can hardly be accepted as conclusive. The most
that we can safely say, is, that they may have been here ; that
there is nothing improbable in the supposition that they may
have found in this bay their winter refuge. But if they did
they left no trace behind them. Their daring enterprise had
no influence whatever upon subsequent events. To sup
pose, as some have done, that the name of the neighboring
summit is the corruption of the Norse word with which they
marked their resting place, and that it was preserved in the
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is to carry credulity beyond the limit of common sense. We
may please ourselves with the fancy that the dark barks
which arrested the troubled gaze of Charlemagne, which at a
later period carried terror to the coasts of France, and
pushed up the Seine to the very gates of Paris, may have
anchored in these waters ; a halo of romance will surround
these shores if we connect them with those adventurous
vikino-s ; but the course of events that claims our serious at-
tention belongs to a far later period. Let us leave these
obscure legends and pass to the region of unquestioned fact.
We shall find enough here to invest this familiar region with
a singular and enduring interest.
At the beginning of the authentic history of our town,
we are confronted with the most venerable figure among the
aborigines of New England. When the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth, they were told that the desolate region around
them belonged to the great sachem, Massasoit, whose sway
extended from Cape Cod to the shores of the Narragansett.
With him their first treaty was concluded. . In an unfinished
building near Plymouth, the floor spread with a rug and
cushion to give dignity to the proceedings, were conducted
the simple negotiations which are memorable as the begin
ning of American diplomacy. The treaty was one of alli
ance, and not one of subjection, and the sachem was assured
that "King James would esteem him as his friend and ally."
In the following summer, the first passed by the Pilgrims in
New England, envoys were sent by the colonists to visit the
sachem at Pokanoket. The narrative of this visit, the earli
est ever made by Englishmen, of which any account has
been preserved, while it presents a vivid picture of tho
squalid surroundings of the Wampanoag chief, furnishes at
the same time, abundant evidence of his hospitality and
kindness. It is impossible to read it without recognizing in
Massasoit a genuine courtesy. His guests came upon him
unexpectedly, and "he was both grieved and ashamed that
he could no better entertain them." In this visit the com-

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pact already concluded was renewed, and the relations be
tween the two races thus established upon a permanent
basis. For more than fifty years it was faithfully observed.
Long as Massasoit lived no charge was made that its stipu
lations were either broken or evaded. He lived to see his
territories melt away before the steady inroad of the whites,
tiU at length at the close of his long reign, he found himself
shut up to the narrow peninsula of Pokanoket. But he re
mained to the last true to the compact he had made. And
when we remember on what flimsy pretexts the most Chris
tian kings of Europe, Charles II, and Louis XIV, violated
their most sacred engagements, shall we withhold some
tribute of respect to this pagan chief?
With the death of the kindly and faithful Massasoit,
we pass to the most tragic chapter of our story. The causes
of the bloody struggle which, fifteen years later plunged
New England into mourning and wrested this, their last
refuge, from the Wampanoags, still remain obscure. From
his first accession to power, Philip, for some reason, seems
to have excited the suspicion of the Plymouth authorities.
He. was summoned before them, and though he earnestly
protested that he knew of no plot nor conspiracy against
them, he was compelled to sign an instrument by which he
acknowledged himself a subject of the King of England.
When more positive charges were brought against him, five
years later, he repeated with great feivor his protestations
of innocency and of faithfulness to the English. And when,
after four years more had passed, new apprehensions were
awakened, he desired to renew his covenant with his ancient
friends, and freely engaged to resign to the government of
New Plymouth all his English arms. As Philip was still
accused of evading this agreement, he was once more sum
moned before the authorities and compelled to acknowledge
himself not only subject to the King of England, but to the
government of the Plymouth colony. It is not difficult to
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must have affected a haughty spirit. The long estabUshed
relation between Massasoit and the English was now com
pletely reversed. Massasoit had been treated as an equal ;
Philip was reduced to the condition of a subject. Massasoit
had been regarded with confidence ; Philip, whether justly
or unjustly, was viewed with constant distrust. That the
sachem, doubtless ignorant of the full force of the submis
sions he had made, and only conscious that a net was being
skillfully woven about him, was wholly free from blame, no
one would venture to affirm, but that the authorities of Ply
mouth were pushing matters with too hard a hand, was the
manifest opinion of their Massachusetts brethren. These
doubted whether the engagement of Philip imported more
than "a friendly and neighborly correspondency."
In the cabinet of the Rhode Island Historical Society there
is preserved a curious paper which purports to give the sub
stance of a reply made by Philip to his friend, John Borden,
of Portsmouth, who sought to dissuade him from engaging
in the war. The statement was not committed to writing
till many years after the sachem's death, and cannot claim
the authority of an historical document. Yet undoubtedly
it preserves the tradition respecting the causes of the war
that lingered in Philip's own neighborhood, and among those
who knew him best. While the language belongs to a later
period, the general representation may be accepted as cor
rect. In this reply the sachem contrasts the reception which
his father had extended to the English, with the ungenerous
treatment to which he had been himself subjected. Un
founded charges had been brought against him, and he had
been compelled to part with his territory to make restitution
for injuries that he could not prevent. Thus tract after tract
was gone tUl only a small part remained. " I am deter
mined," said he, "not to live till I have no country."
That the Indians, in the main, were unfairly treated, there
is, indeed, no evidence. Where the Pilgrims landed the
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interfered with no rights by bringing once more under culti
vation a desolate and deserted tract. The subsequent acqui
sitions of the settlers were made by purchase, to which the
natives, for the most part, gave their free consent. And in
their transactions the authorities took special care to guard
the Indians from imposition. Yet the policy was avowed of
crowding them upon narrow peninsulas, and they saw their
territory continually wasting away. And it may be ques
tioned how far the chiefs had authority to alienate the lands
of their tribe, and how far they understood the full meaning
of the transfer they made. Still less could they comprehend
the nature of the allegiance which they were compelled to swear
to a sovereign who lived three thousand miles away. Added to
this was the unconcealed suspicion and contempt with which
they were regarded, and which led the whites to insist stren
uously "on the distance which is to be observed betwixt
Christians and barbarians."
It is an interesting fact that we find the most favorable
representations of PhiUp's character in the region where he
lived, and among those who had the best opportunity for
judging him. Thus the earliest historian of Rhode Island,
Callender, tells us that Philip entered reluctantly upon the
war, and that he shed tears when he heard that the first
blood was spilled. To the same effect is the tradition of his
gi'ateftil treatment of the Leonards. Though his ordinary
residence was at Mount Hope, in the summer time he fre
quently found his way to Taunton. Here he became ac
quainted with this family, and received many acts of kind
ness at their hands. When the war broke out, his gratitude
saved Taunton from destruction. "You have made him
ready to die," said one of his men to the English commander,
"for you have killed or taken all his relations." It has been
urged against him as a reproach, that, when his prospect
darkened elsewhere, he did not join himself to the Eastern
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when wife and child had been taken from him, he turned
back to die in his own home ?
It is claimed by some that PhUip of Pokanoket is simply
a hero of romance ; that fancy has arrayed with fictitious
majesty a squalid .savage, whose dwelling was a sty. No
doubt many of the representations of his character are
incorrect. It is folly to speak of him as a great warrior, a
penetrating statesman, a mighty prince. Such exaggerated
language does him gross injustice, for it applies to him the
standards of a wholly different social state. There is no
proof that he was at the head of a great conspiracy, or that
he possessed the capacity of inflaming his race with a com
mon impulse. But we are equally wide of the mark when
we picture him, in the coarse epithets of Church, as "a dole
ful, great, naked, dirty beast." In spite of all detraction,
he remains the most picturesque and striking figure in Indian
history. His tragic fate lends a sad interest to yonder
mount. We are standing on soil that was wrested from him ;
we are enjoying privileges which were purchased by his
ruin ; but can we pass a harsh judgment on this hero of a
lost cause, who fell, in an unequal fight, by a traitor's hand,
and whose corpse was insulted by an ungenerous foe ?
By the overthrow of Philip, the Mount Hope lands were,
for the first time, thrown open to the occupation of the
English, but the question was yet to be determined in whom
the title to the newly-conquered territory was vested. The
manner in which this question was settled forms the most
curious episode in our early history. We can hardly fancy
a more striking contrast than between the wilds of Pokano
ket and the sumptuous palace of Whitehall, between the
stern, resolute men who were here laying the foundations
of a new English empire, and the gay and dissolute throng
who formed the court of Charles the Second. Our story
carries us to the Privy Council chamber where the dull
routine of business was at this time so ofteu lighted up by
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was to amuse the King, was a dramatic poet named John
Crowne . He is said to have been first brought to the notice of
the Queen through the dislike which Rochester cherished for
Dryden, and to have gained the favor of the good-natured
monarch by a mask which had been performed before the
court. Reckoning on this favor, Crowne came forward with
a petition for the Mount Hope lands. His father, who had
purchased an estate in Nova Scotia, had been impoverished
by the cession of that province to the French, and upon this
circumstance the poet based his claim to restitution. The
matter was brought before the Privy Council, who directed
that, before any action should be taken, inquiries should be
made respecting the title to the teiritory . Plymouth claimed
the lands as lying within her patent, and in this view the
agents of Massachusetts concurred. The two Rhode Island
agents, on the other hand, maintained that the tract, up to
the recent war, had belonged to the Sachem Philip, and that
no corporation in New England had any title to it. Although
the Plymouth authorities had sought to gain the favor of the
King by sending to him the greater part of the ornaments
and ti-easures of Philip, the Privy Council adopted the
Rhode Island view. But, at the same time, they recom
mended that the lands be granted to Plymouth, reserving
only to the Crown, by way of quit rent, seven beaver skins
to be paid yearly at Windsor Castle. No other lands in the
colony were held upon this tenure.
The title to the newly conquered lands having been thus
confirmed to Plymouth, measures were at once taken to dis
pose of them. The most powerful reason which had led the
Plymouth authorities to claim the territory was that it " was
well-accommodated for the settlement of sea-port towns."
The evident advantages which it possessed as a commercial
mart could not long remain unnoticed. On the fourteenth
of September, 1680, corresponding, if we allow for the dif
ference of style, to the day selected for these services, and
in consideration of the sum of three hnndred pounds, the
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Mount Hope lands were conveyed to four citizens of Boston,
John Walley, Nathaniel Byfield, Stephen Burton and Na
thaniel Oliver. By the terms of the sale, a "town for trade"
was to be at once established. To promote this end, extra
ordinary privileges were granted, and most liberal provisions
were made. The four proprietors reserved to themselves an
eighth each, and proceeded to dispose of the remainder.
The new settlement was exempted from all colonial taxes
for five years, the privilege of sending deputies to the Gen
eral Court was conceded to it, a local court was established,
and it was provided that it should be the shire-town of a
new county to be established. The tract was laid out on a
plan of which up to this time there had been no example.
In contrast with the crowded streets of Boston, it presented
these broad and regular avenues, but like Boston it had a
public common reserved in the centre of the town, whUe six
hundred acres, in addition, were devoted to the general
improvement. It is impossible to glance at these provisions
without recognizing the fact that the first proprietors of this
territory were men of liberal views and large public spirit.
While engaged in an enterprise which their own private
advantage had no doubt suggested, they scorned to look at
it in the light of mere private and selfish interest. The
generous conception which they formed of their undertaking
received its reward. The best class of settlers was attracted,
and in five years, where had been a wilderness, there stood
the most flourishing town in the colony.
The gi-eat purpose which they had in view was intimated in
almofst their earliest corporate act. On September 1, 1681,
the people assembled together and agreed that "the name of
this town shall be Bristol." The or^ly reason that can be
assigned for such a proceeding is that at this time Bristol
was, next to London, the most important seat of maritime
commerce in the mother country, and in founding their new
port of trade, the settlers of this town wished to borrow
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derive a natural satisfaction from the reflection that their
confidence in the experiment they had undertaken gave us
even this trifling connection with a city which, though
stripped in part of its commercial eminence, is still one of
the most beautiful in England, the city from which Sebastian
Cabot sailed on the voyage that resulted in the discovery of
the American continent, the city which Edmund Burke
represented in Parliament, when he vindicated, in strains of
unsurpassed eloquence, the rights of the colonies. In
several striking particulars, a resemblance between the towns
might be traced. The distinctive character of the new en
terprise, that which marked it so strongly from the earlier
settlements upon the bay, is expressed in this proceeding.
The founders of Bristol were not, like the settlers of Provi
dence and Newport, exiles for conscience' sake, smarting
with sense of wrong, and cherishing a bitter feeling of
resentment against the community fi-om which they had been
driven ; on the contrary, they were men of wealth and
standing, of high consideration in the colony which they
voluntarily left, for which thej^ cherished the most affection
ate attachment, and whose institutions they zealously labored
to perpetuate. In coming here they were not seeking for
any larger religious Uberty, for that they already enjoyed
in as great a measure as they deemed consistent with their
own good ; they were not aiming to emancipate themselves
from any restraints of law. They came here under due
authority, to establish a town for trade, and they sought,
from the outset, to surround themselves with all the sanc
tions of social order.
Every community is stamped with the impress of its
founders. Who, we naturally ask, were the men to whom
Bristol owes its origin? The four original proprietors, with
one exception, were actual settlers, and became earnestly
identified with the interests of the town. Mr. Oliver sold
his share to Nathan Hayman, another leading merchant of
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three are written in enduring characters on our early annal&s
Of Stephen Burton less is known than of the others, but he
is said to have been bred at Oxford, and as recording officer
of the county, he filled a responsible position until his death
in 1692. John Walley, whose name stands first on the
Grand Deed, was the son of an English clergyman, and held
high rank in the Massachusetts Colony. While devoting
himself with success to mercantile pursuits, he was called at
various times to discharge important public duties. He was
a member of the Council, a Judge of the Superior Court, and
had command of the land forces in the expedition of Sir
William Phipps. These great trusts were executed with an
ability and fidelity which gained him universal respect.
During his residence in Bristol, he stood always among the
foremost in promoting every public interest. His substantial
dwelling still remains among us. Near the close of- his life
he returned to Boston, where he died in 1712. But the
most prominent and influential of the original proprietors
yet remains to be mentioned. Nathaniel Byfield was also
the son of an English clergyman, a member of the famous
Westminster Assembly. His mother was sister of the up
right and courageous Bishop Juxon, who attended Charles
the I. upon the scaffold. He landed at Boston only six
years before the purchase of the Mount Hope lands. Com
ing to this town with the first settlers, he remained here for
nearly half a century, choosing for his home the beautiful
peninsula on the opposite side of the harbor, the greater
part of which belonged to his estate. Like Walley he re
turned to Boston in his old age, and died there in 1733.
His remains rest in the old Granary Burial Ground. When
Bristol was incorporated, it'was a part of Plymouth Colony,
but after the union of Plymouth with Massachusetts in 1690,
an ampler field was opened to its citizens. Colonel Byfield
was several times elected Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives ; for many years he was a member of the Provincial
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from no less than three English sovereigns he received a
commission as Judge in Admiralty. In the notice caUed
forth by his death, he is described. as a man of great courage,
vigor and activity; of plain and instructive conversation,
and of unquestionable faithfulness and honesty. Nothing is
more to his credit than the fact that during the Witchcraft
delusion, which remains such a dark spot upon the fame of
Massachusetts, he had the courage to oppose and denounce
it. He was a man of strong convictions ; he was engaged in
bitter controversies ; and he did not escape the aspersions
which were as freely lavished in that day as in ours. But
when his long and useful life was ended, his character and
pubUc services called forth unquaUfied eulogium. In this
community his memory has always been gratefully cherished.
To no one has Bristol been so much indebted. To him, more
than to any other, we owe these broad and beautiful streets ;
to him we are indebted for this common on which we stand ;
to his foresight and generosity was due the early provision
for schools, which has been such a material aid in the cause
of pubUc education. Fitted by his eminent abilities for the
highest positions in the colony, he was never unmindful of
his obligations to the community in which he lived. And
with great appropriateness, when the High School was
erected, a few years ago, the town decided that it should
bear the name of Byfield. No nobler memorial can be
erected to the dead than a memorial like this which is a per
petual blessing to the Uving, and no more worthy example
can be held up to the generations of children who shall receive
their training there, than the example of one who in the pur
suit of his private interests never neglected the public good.
Well may we be proud to enroll such names as Walley and
Bjrfield among our founders !
I have called attention to the fact that the settlement of
Bristol was essentiaUy a commercial enterprise. At first
sight, no doubt, this feature in its history seems to detract
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comparison with the neighboring towns, it seems to lack
those characteristics which awaken the most enthusiastic in
terest. We cannot claim that on this soil, so dear to all of
us, any novel truth was evolved, or any great principles de
fended. The fame which justly belongs to Providence and
to Aquidneck, does not belong to us. Our early records do
not bear the names of any martyrs for conscience, of any
pioneers in the vindication of spiritual truth. We have no
Roger WiUiams upon whose statue we can gaze with rever
ence, we have no Anne Hutchinson, whose clear perception
of first principles may extort our admiration, and whose
pathetic fate, after so many years have passed, must excite
our warmest sympathy. We are forced to confess the ab
sence, in our local annals, of those elements which lend to
history its highest and most absorbing charm. But there is
another side to all this which we must not overlook. In the
complex system under which the human race is working out
its destiny, it seems to be the rule that an advantage in one
direction is always purchased b^'^ the sacrifice of some cor
responding advantage in another. There are two great prin
ciples that control the movements of society, the principle
of progress, and the principle of order. If we reckon it a
blessing to enjoy an unchecked liberty, if we count it a priv
ilege to dwell in a communitj' where there is no restraint
upon the expression of opinion, where every one is free to
follow his own course, and to attain the largest measure of
individual development and of individual action, we must,
on the other hand, admit that there is some advantage in an
orderly society, some benefit to be derived from connection
with a community where the common interests are not dis
regarded, where mutual obUgations receive full recognition,
and where the claims of positive truth are not forgotten in
the assertion of the rights of private judgment.
It is impossible not to contemplate with admiration the
early history of the State of which, for near a century and
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at the little community which, in an adverse age, had it in
its heart " to hold forth a lively experiment that a most fiour-
ishing civil State may stand and best be maintained with a
full liberty of religious concernments ; " and which in an age
when toleration was hardly known, boldly affirmed that not
toleration merely, but complete religious freedom, was the
right of every human being ; but it is impossible to read the
history of Rhode Island and not to recognize the fact that
those who drank of this great cup of Uberty were compelled
to pay a heavy price. When they threw their doors wide
open to the distressed in conscience of every name, when
they held out so boldly the alluring bait of exemption from
all external restraints, they drew together elements so in
congruous, so inharmonious, so discordant, that even the invin
cible patience of Roger Williams at length recoiled from
" such an infinite liberty of conscience." The extremely
democratic basis upon which the body politic was rested,
while it reduced the functions of government to the very nar
rowest limits, at the same time left the control of affairs in
the hands of the least intelligent portion of the population.
While it cannot be said that the first settlers were insensible
to the importance of education, still education never received
anj^ generous public support. The complete separation
effected between church and state, by remitting the support
of reUgious institutions to a community divided, beyoftd all
previous example, in religious sentiment, deprived them of
the inestimable benefit of an educated clergy. In the town
which Williams founded, and to which he gave a name ex
pressive of his reliance upon divine help, no place of public
worship existed until the beginning of the following century.
Freedom, of every kind, prevailed in unexampled measure,
but an enlarged public spirit, an intelligent appreciation of
the higher interests of the social body, a recognition of what
was due from the individual to the community of which he
formed a part, were not then traits of Rhode Island char-
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The Puritan colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts, but
more especially the latter, stood in striking contrast vrith all
this. Firmly knit in religious faith, making no pretence
whatever of toleration, often harsh in their treatment of dis
senters, they were eminent for public spirit, and showed the
characteristics of homogeneous and highly organized com
munities. Led by their peculiar theory to invest the State
with the largest powers, and ally it with all the supreme
concerns of life, they regarded no political duties as more
sacred and more imperative than those connected with the
promotion of education and the maintenance of pure religion.
The public support accorded to religious institutions secured
for every town the services of a well educated minister.
On the other hand, this close alliance of church and state
gave additional import to civil obligations. PubUc functions
were held in high esteem, magistrates were regarded with
reverence, and even the ordinary duties of the citizen were
discharged in a religious spirit. Equally in civil and relig
ious things the Puritan viewed himself as living unto God.
Coming, as they did, from a Puritan colony, the founders
of Bristol did not seek in their new home to throw off the
Puritan traditions in which they had, been trained. They
walked with undeviating steps in the faith to which they had
been accustomed. They came to establish a town for trade,
but they did not for a moment forget the higher conditions
on which the welfare of every community depends, and
without which material prosperity can only prove, in the end,
a curse. Though engaged in a commercial enterprise, all
their proceedings evinced a noble and conscientious recogni
tion of the fact that society is bound by obligations which
transcend all private and selfish interests. I have already
alluded to the liberal provision, made at the settlement bf
the town, for the promotion of education. Almost their
first care was to secure the services of "an able school
master." And by a subsequent vote, by which a small addi
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appears that the course of study was not confined to common
branches, but embraced the classics. But still, more charac
teristic was their concern for the support of religion. When
the town was laid out, lands were set apart for the support
of the ministry, and in the articles of agreement between the
original proprietors and the settlers, it was expressly stipu
lated that each should pay his proportion for erecting a meet
ing-house, and a home for the minister. At the very first
town meeting, before their own dwellings had been closed
against the winter wind, they voted to caiTy the latter part
of this agreement into effect. For a short time they wor
shipped in a private house, a house whose sturdy frame, solid
and unyielding as the creed of its builders, still defies decay.
Soon as arrangements could be completed, they proceeded
to erect a meeting-house. The massive timbers were cut
from the common about us. It stood on the site of yonder
Court House, and in it, for a hundred years, our fathers as
sembled to worship God. Around it were the graves of the
first settlers, the most hallowed associations gathered about
it, and we can but marvel at the stupidity which sacrificed that
sacred and commanding site. According to well authenti
cated tradition, the building was square in shape, having
two rows of windows, with a roof rising to the centre, and
surmounted by a cupola and bell. The interior was sur
rounded by a double row of galleries, and the floor was cov
ered, as time went on, with square pews, through the rounds
of whose oaken doors the children sought relief from the
tedium of the protracted services. I know it is the habit of
some to express contempt for the old-fashioned New England
meeting-house. But if the principle laid down by the highest
authorities on architecture is right, that all genuine and noble
building has its origin in actual needs, and finds the measure
of its excellence in its adaptation to the use intended ; if the
Grecian temple, the Gothic minster, the feudal castle, derive
their charm from their conformity to this fundamental law,
then our Puritan fathers built vrisely and well. They built
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according to their means, and with reference to their wants.
Their plain meeting-houses harmonized with their simple
worship. To the eye of taste they are far more venerable,
and far more interesting, than the more ambitious structures
with which they have so often been supplanted.
The men who made such liberal provision for the support
of public worship, were not likely to be indifferent to the
ministrations under which they sat. Exalting the pulpit to
such supreme rank, they cherished a not less exalted ideal of
religious teaching. Accustomed to accord the minister the
first place in the community, they exacted, in return, the
highest qualification. After one unsuccessful experiment,
they secured for their first settled pastor, a renowned scholar,
who brought to the infant settlement the ripest discipline of
the old world. Son of a wealthy London citizen, he received
his early training at the famous St. Paul's school, which John
Colet, the friend of Erasmus, founded ; the school in which
Milton acquired the rudiments of his matchless scholarship.
Proceeding at the early age of fifteen, to Oxford, he won a
distinguished rank, and was rewarded with a fellowship at
Wadham College. A conscientious non-conformist, he came
to this country in 1686. It was said of him by one well
qualified to judge, "that hardly ever a more universally
learned person trod the American strand." It is true that he
remained here but a short time, but we may safely infer
something respecting the character and intelligence of a
community which, even for a short time, could command and
appreciate the ministi*ations of such a man as Samuel Lee.
Here let us pause. I have narrated the circumstances that
led to the founding of this town, I have sketched an outline
of its distinguishing features. I repeat that no such halo
surrounds our early history as that which illumines the be
ginnings of the neighboring settlements. We have no claim
to the distinction which Providence and Newport boast. But
we may justly claim praise of a different kind. We may
claim that here was planted a town which illustrated the ad-

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vantages of social order ; which was enriched, beyond ordi
nary measure, with the best conditions of social progress ;
which entered on its career with high and generous appre
ciation of social obligations. It had no rude beginnings. It
is not too much to say that few rural neighborhoods in the
mother country could boast the educational and reUgious
privileges which they enjoyed who followed the wise lead of
WaUey and Byfield to these untrodden wilds.
Two hundred years have passed since the work which I
have described was done. The dream in which our fathers
indulged, when they borrowed for their Uttle settlement the
name of the famous English mart, has not been realized ; in
the main object they had in view the course of events has
not corresponded with their expectations. The transfer of
the town fi-om Massachusetts to Rhode Island, which took
place two generations later, lessened its importance ; the
hard struggle with the mother country bore heavily upon it ;
and not even the extraordinary enterprise of its merchants,
during the half century that followed, could withstand the
inevitable tendency of trade which collected foreign commerce
into a few great centres. Bristol shared the fate of so many
famous New England seaports. The harbor is deserted
which was once crowded with vessels from every clime ; the
wharves are rotting where, within my own memory, were
piled the costly products of the tropics, the Mediterranean,
and the Baltic. The jargon of strange races is heard no more
in our streets ; the bustling port is tranformed into a summer
watering place. Yet I cannot doubt that the best work of
the founders remains. The mark they made on the character
of the town, the impulse they gave to its higher interests, the
deep lines they cut upon its moral foundations, — these have
not passed away. There is not one of us here, to-day, who
is not better for the work they did. We trace their benefi
cent influence in the conservative character which has always
been the just boast of this community, in the regard for social
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support of authority and law. We trace it in the generous
support of public institutions, of which there are so many
striking proofs around us ; in the churches, where, under
diflerent forms, the God whom they worshipped, is adored ;
in the noble school, which, bearing the name of Byfield,
shows that his spirit is not extinct ; and in the most recent
ornament of our town, the beautiful Library, the gift of one
who still survives, as an embodiment of the gentler and more
winning virtues of the olden time, virtues which find small
place on the page of history, but which form so large a part
of all that gives value, and happiness, and blessing to human
life. Much that the fathers believed, we question ; much that
they deemed essential, we have put aside. But let us rest
assured that it remains as true in our day as in theirs, that
religion and intelUgence are the foundations of a well-ordered
and prospei-ous community. The example they have given
us is an example which we cannot afford to forget. It is the
example of an enhghtened public spirit, the lesson that we
are members one of another, that our individual concerns are
wrapped up in the general welfare, that we best promote our
private interests when we seek the common good. This, as
I read New England history, was the great and admirable
feature of Puritan character ; this it was that made them
strong, andprospei-ous, and honored. Let this be the lesson
which we carry from these services, that in a community
like this every member must do his part ; that no matter how
small its size, no matter how local and limited the interests
involved, we have no right to hold ourselves aloof from its
concerns. The possession of large means, of superior cul
ture, only adds to the obligation. This, I repeat, is the
great lesson the fathers teach. May we so ponder it that
when another two centuries have passed, when seven gener
ations more have been laid in their silent graves, we ourselves
may be as gratefully remembered as we, to-day, have remem
bered them !

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The following ode, written by Miss A. J. Coggeshall, was
sung by the school children. Tune — Keller's American
Hymn : BI-CENTENNIAL ODE.
Hiiil to thee, Bristol ! Our time-honored town :
Fair in thy robes of rejoicing arrayed;
Twice o'er our shores has a century rolled.
Since by flrm h.ands thy foundations were laid ;
Proudly we greet thee, our beautiful home.
Rich are our valleys iu song and romance ;
We roam the hills by the Norsemen roamed o'er ;
Stand by the rock with their rude symbols carved.
Long ages past when they moored near our shore ;
Sons of the North land ! The mystical North.
Regal in rich robes of crimson and gold,
Mount Hope stands silent beside the still bay ;
Stately as when in the days long ago
Sons of the forest held unquestioned sway ;
Home of King Philip ! We cherish thy fame.
On thy lone summit the chieftain once stood ;
Th' proud Indian chieftain undaunted and brave :
His realm th' dim forest that skirted thy side,
No spot in thy broad lands could grant him a grave;
Noble King Philip ! We moan thy sad fate.
Here stood th' lodge of renowned Massasoit,
Staunch friend of th' Pilgrims, unchanging and true ;
On famed Pokanoket his council-fires blazed, —
Th' home of Wamsutta and proud Weetamoe, —
Th' bold, haughty princess ; how daring in war !
Blue Narragansett ! whose bright waters gleam
Round lovely Aquidneck's and Poppasqua's side.
No more where thy countless sails whiten th' wave,
Th' bark of the red man will silently glide ;
Fairest of waters I Our isle-dotted bay !

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Closely our heart strings around thee entwine ;
We love thy broad streets and o'ershadowing trees.
Thy dark ivied churches, thy mansions so fair.
Thy harbor whose blue waves dance in the breeze;
Sweet Peace attend thee, our sea-girdled town !
Home of our fathers ! While centuries last.
God whom they trusted, from danger defend !
Glad Plenty crown thee with rich golden sheaves.
And th' bow of His promise in love o'er thee bend !
Hail to thee Bristol ! Our time honored town.
Rt. Rev. Mark A. DeW. Howe, D. D., Bishop of the
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, poet of the day, delivered
the following poem :

HISTORICAL POEM.

When life was fresh, and pulse beat fUU and strong.
Free fancies came, and wove themselves In song :
But age has checked the currents of the heart.
And care constrained its day-dreams to depart.
The chords unstrung which once attuned my lyre ;
The hand its skill has lost ; — the soul its fire ; —
The broken shell lies voiceless on the shore ; —
The fickle muses heed my suit no more;
And yet I strive by simple force of will,
With quavering voice to chant in numbers still.
For 'tis a gala day, joy rules the hour,
Young men and maids from happy homes outpour :
Their hastening feet trip light upon the green.
And music lends enchantment to the scene.
From distant marts and climes beyond the main.
The wandering exiles childhood's haunts regain.
In glad Thanksgiving, round th' ancestral board.
The living generations sit, restored.
They come to greet the mother of us all,
Whose bonds of love our willing hearts enthrall;
Whose years by centuries may now be told.
While spot nor wrinkle shows that she is old.
More fruit in age, her vigor still brings forth.
And spreads her teeming offspring South and North.
To-day, each filial heart its tribute brings.
And at her feet the roseate garland flings,
And witness, — stififened age attempts to glean
Its withered chaplet ;— fields no longer green,
Supply autumnal flowers In colors gay,
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Sauntering along this ancient town.
Its tasteful homes. Its busy streets.
Its cross-crowned turrets shadowing down.
Its sea-board girt with white-sailed fleets,
We dream not of their bold emprise
Who here, two centuries agone.
Saw, forest-clad, with prescient eyes.
The choicest spot for homes' hearth-stone.
Four stalwart men, alike prepared
To quell the foe, or till the ground,
(Heroic dames their fortunes shared)
Amid these wilds a refuge found.
They felled the wood, the log-house piled.
They burned the bramble from the sod.
And sense of loneliness beguiled.
With research in the Book of God.
The stealthy wolves from jungles swoop.
And howl about their cots at night ;
Or, wakened by the Indian's whoop,
They see the torch's lurid light.
The snow four times the vales had filled,
Four summer suns dissolved the frost,
Since the great Metacora was killed,
His braves dispersed, his fastness lost.
The treach'rous savage, fierce with hate,
Sought vengeance for his people's wrong :
Skulking where once with pride elate
He strode the sun lit heath along.
Watching to light the vengeful fires.
To steal the wife, to slay the child !
Such were the foes our gallant sires
Encountered in the forest wild.
Where we, their sons, luxuriate.
In homes with peace and plenty stored.
They wrestled with beleaguering fate.
Armed with the plowshare and the sword.

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Alas ! for that evanished race
That once pursued the eager chase
Along these hills and dales ;
Or o'er the tide with light canoe
Clave the white-crested billows through.
Now spangled thick with sails.
Born to this princely heritage.
They sojourned here fi-om age to age ;
Who knoweth whence they sprung?
Though errant as the winds they roam.
Their hunting-grounds to them were home.
To these dear haunts they clung.
Relics of their heroic sires —
Withheld from the fiinereal fires
Which wrap far India's dead —
As waiting warriors calmly rest
In all their savage armor drest,
With trophies rich bestead.
And dear to them that honored dust.
As where, in Christian hope and trust.
We lay our dead to sleep.
Sacred — until the white man came
To obliterate their tribal name,
Their souls In grief to steep.
When, tempest-tost, the pilgrim stood
On the cold margent of the flood.
The Indian grasped his hand ;
Bade him to rove the seas no more.
But bring his treasures to the shore
And share the rugged land.
But soon before the favoring breeze
Came other laden argosies
Astir with Saxon bands ;
Invaders on the shore grew bold,
As wave on wave successive rolled,
O'erspreads the shelving sands.
Victims of violated troth.
The Indian chiefs with vengeance wroth.
Uprose to stay the fiood.
Where'er the intruder chose his way,
The savage hordes in ambush lay.
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But ah ! the pebbles on the shore
Cannot repel the sea's uproar.
Though countless as the stars ;
The feathered shaft, the uncertain bow,
Are powerless 'gainst a steel-clad foe
In panoply of Mars.
Vanquished in fight, yet undismayed,
In a yet deeper everglade.
The sachem found retreat ;
There plumed again his savage horde,
And from his lair in wrath outpoured
Tbe unguarded host to meet.
At length the Chief, by foes sore-pressed.
Here, at his mountain-home sought rest.
In counsel witb his braves.
Before,— the bog with brambles grown.
Defies approach like wall of stone,
Behind — the ocean laves.
In order, round his rocky throne.
High-canopied with vine-clad stone.
The solemn conclave meet ;
The spring from out whose limpid edge
They quaff in nature's wine their pledge.
Flows placid at his feet.
Alone upon the mountain's head,
Where woods, and plains and seas outspread
In beauteous prospect lie,
The sentry stands with search intent
Graven on every lineament
And fiashing from his eye.
He sees the hostile scouts afar, —
The heralds of advancing ^ar.
Stretching from shore to shore,
The serpent's coil in deadly ring.
The doomed chiefs encompassing.
To crush tbem evermore.
Instant adown the dizzy steep,
More swift than startled reindeer's leap.
The faithful sentry sped ;
His hurrying step tbe chieftains heard.
Nor paused to catch the warning word, —
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In the black mire immersed they lay.
Eluding then the fierce foray,
Each iu his grim retreat.
But the keen huntsman knew his game,
(Descendants bear his honored name
In this, his chosen seat.)
He lingered through the live-long night
Till, passed away their wild affright.
They lit the wigwam fire : —
Brought forth their scanty stores forlorn
All in the twilight of the morn.
To sate their hunger dire.
Then tracked them to the tangled fen.
As beasts are baited in their den.
And set his marksmen round.
And one, in that fierce hunt took part,
With vengeful hand and trait'rous heart,
A Wampanoag hound.
His recreant arm the death-shot sped,
Brought to the dust that royal head,
The peerless Metacom.
The last aud foremost of his race !
Where erst he sought a resting-place,
Our fathers found a home.
Doubtless it was the will of Heaven,
That o'er the coasts where once was given
Welcome to pilgrim band.
Their sons, as forest leaves are strewn,
Should spread ; assuming as their own
Dominion of the land.
They brought intelligence and skill
The seas to span, the earth to till,
To wave the magic rod —
Transforming quick the desert wild
To home, for Heaven's elected child,
A Paradise of God.
Yet lives there one with heart so sere
That from his stony eyes, no tear
On Indian graves may fall?
No pity for an outcast race
Upon whose camping-ground, through grace.
We hold our Festival?

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With foothold on th' Atlantic strand,
The Briton strove, on every hand.
New conquests to secure.
The Indian tribes were backward borne.
Still struggling with their fate forlorn.
Still fated to endure !
O'er stream and mountain-top afar.
Pursued by unrelenting war.
They took their westward way ;
Still following the setting sun.
The remnant of the race march on
To the oblivious sea.
Swiftly the tide of time has run
Since from this coast to Oregon,
The red men ruled the land !
Say if two centuries more will leave
One living representative
Before our sons to stand?

Here in dim days of yore —
Six centuries before
Saxons sailed these waters o'er;
Norsemen found haven !
Tread we historic ground,
Where, on the shores around.
Records of them are found
On the rock graven.
From the bleak Norway coast.
Soon in grey twilight lost.
On the seas tempest tost,
Launched the bold seamen !
Fear in each bosom slept ;
Forth from the strand they swept.
While, on the shore, there wept
Children and women.
Neath the cold Polar star.
Mount they the waves afar,
As on triumphal car.
Rides the proud hero.

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Down ft:om the crystal seas.
Sweeps the chill northern breeze,
Frosts on the voyager seize.
Cold— cold below zero!
Still on their westward way,
Lit by pale astral ray.
O'er the wild waste they stray
Groping for Greenland.
Veered by the polar wind,
Down these coasts forest-lined.
Here clustering grapes they find, —
Name the shore Vinland.
Skirting this shining bay.
Vines spread their rich array,
'Neath them, his roundalay
Sang the gay sailor.
Over the biting frost —
O'er the seas tempest-tost.
O'er the stern rock-bound coast.
Sang the prevaUer.
Who, 'neath the circling sun.
Hath their bold voyage outdone.
Brave hundred flfty-one —
Thorfin their Viking?
He with that Corsair crew
O'er the far waters blue
Gudrid, the princess, drew.
Maid of his liking.
Under his own roof-tree,
Sped the time cheerily.
In the dark forest, she —
Heart's troth unbroken—
On her breast, undefiled.
Bare the lone Norseman child^
Flower of the desert wild-
Love's precious token.
Thrice had the pallid sun
Stooped o'er the southern zone.
Thrice from his height shed down
Summer's soft burning —
When, tired of Skraelllng strife.
Weary of exile life,
Norsemen, 'mid perils rife,
Launch forth returning.

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Yet, o'er the Arctic main.
Ships came and went again.
Crossing in proud disdain.
Seas that dissever
Our Vinland's balmy clime
From Iceland's mantling rime ;
But, since that primal time.
On this coast maritime,
Norsemen dwelt never.

So has it fared, from age to age :
Race has supplanted race;
New names are writ on history's page,
The new the old replace.
Into the cities Canaan stored.
The ruthless Hebrews came ;
The Turk now holds them by the sword
In false Mahomet's name.
Etruscan soil. Imperial Rome
With power and wealth o'erspread;
The Goths despoiled the lofty dome.
The crown from Caesar's head.
Saxons and Normans trod, in turn,
Britannia's sea-girt shore;
The Druids gone, their altars burn
With mystic fires no more.
Under the crust of present life
A buried past lies hid.
As 'neath fair fields with verdure rife.
The cities of the dead.
We dream that we have reached the goal
For man's achievement set,
And scout the thought that a long roll
Of nations follows yet.

May there not rise some nobler stock
To stand where we have stood.
To leave memorials on the rock.
Of still transcendant good?

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To touch the harmonies that wait
In nature's depth, concealed.
Till science shall reverberate
Religion's truth revealed;
To know no law save that of love, —
The law that rules in Heaven ;
To glow in sunlight from above.
Through Christ's effulgence given?
To stand in pristine form restored
God-like in soul and mien ;
At set of sun to meet the Lord,
As friends meet on the green?
The heroes of the golden age
No pen may now portray ;
We may not read th' unwritten page —
I chant an humbler lay.

Dear shrine of my heart, bright realm of my childhood !
Where thro' the long vista my memory strays —
The shells on the beach, the flowers in the wildwood.
The boat on the billow, bring youth's halcyon days.
Unknown to the nations that 'yond the broad ocean
In peace or in conflict long ages had passed.
Till, bent on adventure, with saint-like devotion,
This fair land the Norsemen discovered, at last.
Here flowed the free rivers ; the primeval forest
O'er valleys and mountains its banner unfurled.
Till voyagers, who sought from their wand'ring no rest,
Ope'd the gates of a continent wide to the world.
Since in these waters that compass our dwelling.
The first sail was furled, the first anchor let fall,
Rebuke not the pride in our bosoms now swelling.
That we live on the shores most historic of all.
No sprite of the Indian, no wraith of the Norsemen,
Confronts us in darkness or vexes our sleep ;
We trust in the God whose chariots and horsemen
Encompass'd the prophet on Dothan's dark steep.

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By the arm of the Lord we rest in these borders.
Pioneers of religion, advancement and right ;
The dominion is ours, while, true to our orders,
We fulfil our errand and " walk in the light."
3ee signs of his presence where erst the bold Briton
Drave out the rude savage and planted his home ;
The dwellings, the churches, the Common we meet on.
The raiment we wear, and the fields that we roam.
King Philip again on the crest of his mountain,
Surveying the realm he commanded of yore.
Might see the broad bay — might drink from his fountain-
All else he once looked on would greet him no more.
To poets of old the rare instinct was giveu
To forecast the future, portray it in song.
To your rhymster, alas ! less favored of Heaven,
Just the shades of the past and the present belong.
What glories may crown this fair spot by the sea.
When the dial of time shows a century more,
I wist not, I care not, since never to me.
Can it boast of a lustre it wore not before.
Could the men, and the beasts, and trees of the wood,
Once spell-bound by Orpheus, be held by the Poet,
No scene should be changed, no new-fangler intrude,
He would crystallize Bristol just as we know it.
No rock should be smitten, no landmark removed.
The gray moss on the walls, green sedge on the shore.
All, all should remain in the guise we have loved.
Mementoes of Eden, preserved evermore.
Generations that crowd on our footsteps, all hall !
We vacate the homestead, our leasehold expires ;
If our counsels may guide, or our prayers may prevail,
You'll on the old hearths keep alive the old fires.
Moutaup looketh down on a landscape serene ;
'Tis a garden the Master entrusts to your care.
Your art may embellish, yet not supervene
This perfection of nature in earth, sea and air.

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The stream from Helicon runs low :
The winged horse is jaded now :
The Sisters nine have tripped away,
And left me halting and astray :
Folding his wings on life's far shore.
The Cygnet dies, and sings no more !

1. The patent under which Bristol was held was given to four men, John Walley,
Nathaniel Oliver, Nathaniel Byfield, and Stephen Burton. These were joined in the course
of the jear 1680 by twelve other men.
2. Massasoit, the chief Sachem of the Wampanoags, whose range extended from Ply-
mouth to Narragansett Bay, was, from the first, very friendly to the English immigrants,
and maintained peace with them all his days. At his death he was succeeded by his eldest
son, ¦' Wamsutta," to whom the Colonists gave the name " Alexander." In a few months
after Ms accession, rumors reached the English that he was plotting with the Narragan-
setts, a large tribe, or nation, on the west of tlie bay. An armed escort was sent with a
summons calling him to appear before the Plymouth authorities. He went, unresisting.
In Hubbard's history of Indian wars, it is reported that as he returned to his people, his
spirit was so chafed with the indignities to which he had been subjected, that he fell into a
fever, of which he died before reaching his destination. The suspicion obtained among his
people that he had been poisoned by the whites. Under such circumstances his younger
brother, " Metacom," commonly known as King Philip, became the Sachem of his tribe.
For a while he bore himself peaceably towards his foreign neighbors. But a sense of
wrongs, real or imaginary, was all the while rankling in his breast. And at length a fierce
war of extermination was commenced, in which Philip enlisted other tribes bciicjes his
own. After repeated disasters, he fell back with a few of his braves, to Mount Hope, his
natural fortress, that he might take counsel with them in regard to future operations. His
purpose of hostility to the whites and their encroachments, is said to have been so deter
mined, that, when one of his counsellors advocated concession and peace, Philip slew him
on the spot. Meanwhile Capt. Benjamin Church, who had already large experience in In
dian warfare, had knowledge of his retreat, and, with a chosen band, drew near to attempt
his capture. He might have failed in his efibrt, had not a brother of the man whom Philip
slew for diflering from him, bent on revenge, allied himself with Captain Church, and
piloted him and his company to the Sachem's hiding place. This occurred on the 12th of
August, 1676, four years before the settlement of Bristol. King Philip was killed in the
edge of the swamp into which he was fleeing. His seat and spring on the other side of the
Mount is familiar to most persons who have visited the locality.
Philip's death was the end of the great war. but his dispersed followers lurked around
the white settlements ready for any kind of mischief, for which they might find opportu
nity, and keeping the Colonists in continual alarm.
3. In the archives of Copenhagen is a manuscript book called " Codex Flatoeensis," a
skin book which was finished in l.')87. A carefully printed copy of it is to be found in the
Library of the University of Wisconsin. In this is contained a detailed account of the voy
ages of the Norsemen, — ^their settlement in Iceland, their conquest of Norway, their dis
covery of Greenland and of Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and in the year 1000 of
Vinland, under Leif, son of Eric the Bed. The authenticity of these histories is recog
nized by Von Humboldt and Malte Brun. In 1007, Thorfinn and Gudrid, his newly mar
ried wife, set ofi" to colonize Vinland, a region which had been so named by Lief Erick-
8on, because he had found grapes along its shores. The expedition consisted of 151 men,
and 7 women. They made their settlement, it is believed, on the shore of Mount Hope
Bay. The description of the coast and the way of approach, indicate that this was the

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spot; and the impression is confirmed by a singular hieroglyphic inscription on a rock at
thehead waters of Mount Hope Bay. It is known as the ** Dighton Rock," and Scandina
vian scholars have interpreted the inscription as signifying, " Thorfinn with 151 Norse sea
faring men took possession of this land." At the lower corner of the inscription is a figure
of a woman and a child, with the letter (S) near at hand, answering to the historic fact
that Gudrid, while in Viuland, gave birth to a son, whose name was ** Snorre."
After tliree years continuance on these shores, they were so much worried by the na
tives, whom they called " Skraellings," that the whole party abandoned their settlements,
aud returned to' Norway.
See " Historical Sketch of the discovery of North Americaby the Norsemen iu the tenth
century, by U. B. Anderson, A. M., University of VYisconsin."
An inscription in characters, apparently of the same period and race, is found on a rock
on the shore just north of Mount Hope.

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The Boston Cadet Band then gave some selections from
" Nebuchadnezzar." This was followed by singing by the school children, of
several verses of " Our Century Hymn," written for the occa
sion, by John H, Wardwell, Esq., of New York, a native of
Bristol. The music was also arranged for the ode.

OUK CENTURY HYMN.
We celebrate our natal day.
Two hundred years have flo\vn.
While God our King has led the way,
Whose guardian care we own.
Through many years of gloom and night.
We come to this fair morn t
Aud peace and love with emblems bright.
Out banners now adorn.
We gather here on this glad day.
One Family iu love ;
While we our willing homage pay.
To Him who reigns above
And standing on our native soil,
Breathing our native air ;
We recognize our parents' toil
And their unwearied care,
Which gave us health and courage, too.
To fight life's battles o'er ;
And taught us children how to do
What they had done before ;
And never in our cause to yield
The right ! what'er the cost ;
Although on bloody battle-field.
For this our lives are lost.
Freed by their acts, from fear of kings.
And on their native sod ;
They gave us what our birthright brings,
Freedom to worship God.

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Thus pilgrims from a foreign shore.
From mountain, or from plain,
Find welcome and an open door.
To all our broad domain.
And never more through fu-ture years.
May fratricidal strife.
With war's alarms, break on our ears.
To rob us of our life.
But art and science joined in hand.
Winged like celestial dove ;
Spread their rich fruits o'er all our land.
Combined with truth and love.

God of our fathers ! hear our song
We lift on high to Thee this day ;
Be Thou our God ! our life prolong
While we our grateful homage pay
To Him, who rules the World by love,
And by omnipotent command
The nations. livel while from above
He guides them with His gracious hand.

The last stanzas, commencing, " God of our fathers," was
sung in the tune of " Old Hundred," the vast audience rising
and joining in the song, the Band leading.
THE BENEDICTION,
pronounced by Eev. W. V. Morrison, D. D., pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, closed the exercises in the tent.

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69

THE DINNER.
After the close of the literary exercises, about 3 p. m.,
dinner was served in an adjoining tent, plates having been
laid for one thousand persons.
Le Baron B. Colt, Esq., President of the Committee,
called the assembly to order, and the divine blessing was in
voked by Bishop Clark.
The company were then invited to partake of the viands
spread before them, of which the following is the

MENU.

FISH.
Salmon, Mayonaise Dressing.
MEATS.

Turkey,

Currant,

Coffee,

Beef,

Tongue,

Citron,

Ham.
SALADS.
Lobster Salad, Chicken Salad.
CAKE.
Pound, ICES.
Vanilla,
Strawberry, Lemon,
Chocolate,
Pine Apple Sherbet, '
Orange Sherbet, Lemon Sherbet.

Sponge,

Jelly Roll.

Italian,

Bananas,

Coffee,

FB0IT. Pears,
DRINKS, Tea,

Grapes.

Lemonade.

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POST PRANDIAL EXERCISES.
At about 4 o'clock, dinner being over. President Colt
called to order, and introduced Senator Burnside as the toast-
master of the occasion, who, on rising, said :
REMARKS OF SENATOR BURNSIDE.
Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen : — It has been
rightly said that I have a great affection for Bristol. More
than thirty years ago I first placed foot upon its soil. Soon
after that I became a resident, and I have, notwithstanding
the vicissitudes of my life since then, considered this as my
home, at all times. I have passed all the time here that I
could, and when I have been away I have longed to return
to you. I feel very much gratified at having been called
upon to preside as toastmaster at this meeting. I consider
it very complimentary to me, and I am very proud of the
honor done me. I shall proceed at once with my duties.
The first regular toast is :
The State of Rhode Island. I have the honor to call upon
one of Khode Island's distinguished citizens, now its Chief
Magistrate, to respond to this toast. I take pleasure in in
troducing to you His Excellency Governor Littlefield.
SPEECH OF GOVERNOR LITTLEFIELD.
Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen: — In behalf of
the State, I extend to the town of Bristol cordial greetings
on this, its two hundredth anniversary. Though venerable
in years, it is by its adoption, one hundred and thirty-three
years ago, into our family of towns, one of the youngest sis
ters in the goodly company. But in its beauty of situation
and lay-out, in its record in the past and in the enterprise
and intelligence of its citizens, it may well claim to be the

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peer of any town in the State. We can well understand and
appreciate the regret of our friends of the old Bay State
(turning to Colonel T. W. Higginson, of Gov. Long's staff),
that a territory so attractive should have been severed from
their Commonwealth ; but it may be a gratification to them
to see how well it has thrived under our care. The founders
of the town of Bristol displayed a foresight and enterprise
which has not been surpassed in the early history of any of
our towns. One very gratifying result we see in the spa
cious thoroughfares, laid out with such convenient regularity
and shaded with stately and beautiful trees. With the com
mercial prosperity of Bristol in former times we are all famil
iar. Its enterprising merchants sent their ships to the four
quarters of the globe, and its wharves, laden with products
of distant climes, were the scenes of varied and stirring in
dustry. Its commercial importance has, owing to changes
beyond its control, been superseded by the claims of other
and, perhaps, less meritorious ports ; but the beautiful har
bor, in which great navies might ride at anchor, remains
awaiting, let us hope, at no distant day, a return of that pros
perity which it Tvitnessed in the past. Among the many
pleasant characteristics of your town, I may be permitted to
note a few in which it holds an exceptional position. Within
its borders it has the only mountain of the State, the place
so identified with the career and fame of the brave Philip of
Pokanoket. Though the town is no longer a place of meet
ing of the General Assembly, yet here alone are the electors
of the President and Vice President authorized to meet, as
soon they will again do, to cast the vote of this State for
those important officers. And in one industry, at least, the
enterprise and capital of your citizens have developed a busi
ness whose products are found and used throughout the land.
The prominent features in the history of the town have been
so ably presented by the accomplished orator of the day, and
will be set forth in so much detail by the able gentlemen who
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remains for me except to congratulate you on the success of
this occasion, and to wish for the town so ancient in time,
but so youthful and vigorous in appearance, a continuance of
the prosperity which has attended it in the past ; and to hope
that future generations will maintain that high standard of
patriotism, that sturdy devotion to viitue, morality and relig
ion, which their fathers have displayed, and on Avhich rests
to so great a degree the success of any community.
Senator Burnside. The second regular toast is :
The State of Massachusetts.
A letter from His Excellency, John D. Long, Governor
of that State, will now be read.
[The letter was in answer to the letter of invitation written
by one of the Committee, in which he referred to the early
connection of Bristol with the State of Massachusetts.]
Governor Long's reply, read by Mr. MiUer, was as follows :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ^
Executive Departsient, >
Boston, Sept. 11, 1880. )
Wm. J. Miller, Esq., Bristol, R. I. :
I am in receipt of your kind invitation to be present at the
celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settle
ment of the town of Bristol. I am engaged the same day at
Marlborough, in this Commonwealth, and am therefore
unable to accept. If possible, one of my staff will be present,
who will convey the congratulations of Massachusetts to this
one of her daughters, who has gone out from the parental
roof and taken up her abode in a neighboring State. If we
must part with one of our towns, it relieves our regret that
by its prosperity and good character it reflects so much credit
upon us.
With best wishes for the occasion, I am.
Very respectfully, yours,
J. D. Long.

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General Burnside then added : Although the Governor of
Massachusetts is not able to be with us to-day himself, he
has sent a representative here, a member of his staff, — a gen
tleman distinguished in literature, distinguished for gallantry
in the field, and above all distinguished for his great patri
otic love of country. I take great pleasure in introducing to
you Col. T. W. Higginson.
speech of colonel t. w. higginson.
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens : — I have the honor to
appear here, as you have been told, as in a manner the rep
resentative of "the elder generation," — the generation of
Massachusetts, whose child, according to your Chairman, the
town of Bristol is, and whose grandchildren, consequently,
you all are — and you cannot help yourselves. (A voice :
"We don't want to.") And if the daughter, as General
Burnside has said, has married and left the paternal home, we
can at least have the satisfaction of thinking in the old home
stead that she has already done credit to the paternal stock
by adding very largely to the family. Massachusetts sends
you greeting, cordially and most heartily. You are very
unfortunate in the fact that Gov. Long is not here himself to
present that greeting. Nobody here has reason to be glad
that he is not here except myself, and I am very glad, partly
because it gives me the opportunity of being here, and partly,
perhaps, because when I have the good fortune to go to the
same place with the Governor, I sometimes have to make a
speech after him, — and if you had ever tried it, you would
know how hard a thing that is. If Gov. Long were here
himself to address you, and if I, or anybody else were to
speak after him, you would remember, perhaps, that account
in the Irish newspaper of a celebrated duel, where, it said,
" two shots were fired at the unfortunate gentleman ; the
first shot killed him; the second shot, however, was not
fatal." That is the case with any shot or any speech that
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comes after our Governor. (Laughter and applause.) He
has at this time so much of that sort of sharp shooting to do
— so many towns are at this time having their anniversaries,
and so many counties their cattle shows, that I am afraid if
there ever was a time when he did not covet a single square
inch outside of Massachusetts, that time is now. His State
is quite large enough for him to have to speechify in, as it is.
The time has long passed, I trust, when any such spirit of
coveting exists. And I know this morning, speaking as a
somewhat new-fledged citizen of Massachusetts, and a some
what recent exportation out of Rhode Island, I found myself
not absolutely coveting for Massachusetts anything which is
now the possession of Rhode Island, unless it be the elo
quence, the grace, and admirable candor of the orator of the
day. After all, ladies and gentlemen, this is one-half a Massa
chusetts occasion. At the time of that great Indian war,
which was undoubtedly the greatest era in New England
before the revolution — at the time of the death of King
Philip (which took place by a singular coincidence in 1676),
this was Massachusetts soil. Philip himself, if I remember
rightly, began and ended the great scenes of his war vdthin
the limits of what is now the town of Bristol. But at any
rate, it was Massachusetts then, and it was so eminently
Massachusetts that I believe one of those four founders — ^that
quartette of heroes who were celebrated this morning — ^I be
lieve that Judge Byfield himself was somewhat criticised in
Rhode Island for being too aggressive on the subject of the
boundary line, and trying to get for Massachusetts more
than belonged to her. After you had annexed to Rhode Isl
and, I believe there was no complaint of anybody's being
aggressive. It was all right then. The heroes of that day
were heroes of the two States conjointly; and Colonel
Church himself, undoubtedly the greatest military character
in the New England Colonies, after Miles Standish, and down
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divided his life with singular impartiality between these two
Colonies, first colonizing Little Compton, then coming here
to live when Bristol was a part of Massachusetts, then going
to Fall River to live ; and finally concluding that Little
Compton was a good place to die in, he went back and died
and was buried there. Thus closely during that period were
the two commonwealths united. Thus closely may they al
ways be united. Never, after that noble oration of to-day —
so delicately discriminating what each of the early settle
ments contributed to the common civilization of New En
gland — never after that oration may the old jealousies revive
again. And lest they should revive, ladies and gentlemen,
let me at least do justice to the character of Massachusetts,
and of my chief, by not being tempted to talk to you too
long. We have a saying up there, among the Governor's
staff (I don't know how it is in the State of Rhode Island) ,
that the real meaning of the word aid-de-camp is that each
should be prepared to decamp as soon as possible when there
is any fighting or talking to go on — and that is what I pro
pose to do.
Senator Burnside. The third regular toast is :
The Town of Bristol.
This will be responded to by one of Bristol's most eminent
citizens, a man well posted in all her history, as he is, in
deed, in all history. He needs no introduction. I will sim
ply present to you Hon. William J. Miller.
speech of WILLIAM J. MILLER.
Ladies and Gentlemen : — ^In this presence you will pardon
me if I feel a diffidence in responding to this sentiment. I
think, perhaps, that Bristol to-day needs no one to speak for
her, — that she speaks for herself in the gay attire that she has
assumed ; that she speaks for herself in her sons and daugh
ters who have retumed to greet her on this her natal day ;

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that she speaks for herself in the eminent guests who are here
with us. But it seems to me very proper that for the mo
ment that is allotted me to respond to this toast I shall glance
at her early history. I naturally go back to the time when-
the earliest settlers came here — when they became familiar
with these "Mount Hope lands," this "Pokanoket," this home
of the red men — of Massasoit, the great sachem of the tribe,
of whose good faith they had learned; and of his son. King
Philip, whose vengeance they had felt. I want to talk to
you of this " Mount Hope neck," heavily wooded, as it then
was, so heavily wooded that they had to cut dovm sturdy
oaks to make a place for the first meeting-house that was
erected here, which stood, as you have been told this morn
ing, where our Court House now stands. That building
stood just one hundred years, and when it was taken down
the timber was sound, and some of the same timber was put
into that second house of worship ; and that second church
has been used for nearly one hundred years, and is now our
Town Hall, where we have gathered the relics of the past,
and that timber is as sound as when it was put in ; and we
may imagine that those oak trees had a good growth when
the Pilgrim Fathers first landed in Plymouth. With these
links connecting the present with the past, it seems but a
span, and that we have only to put forth an arm, in order to
reach and clasp hands with the fathers and mothers who
landed from the May Flower.
When the four proprietors laid out this town for " a port
of trade," they invited in their friends. I want to read to
you the names of a few of those men. Richard Smith, the
first Town Clerk of Bristol, who came here at the very be
ginning of the settlement of the town. On the 9th of
November, 1680, Richard Smith came here, and from that
, date to the present, there has been no time in its history
when there has not been a resident Richard Smith in Bristol,
a descendant of the first Richard. His descendants are as
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Benjamin Church, Isaac Waldron, Nathaniel Reynolds, Wil
liam Ingraham, Nathaniel Paine, John Finney, Jabez Gor-
ham, Hugh Woodbury, Jabez Howland, John Cary, George
Waldron, William Hoar, Nathaniel Bosworth, John Glad
ding, Samuel Woodburjs Uzal Wardwell, Benjamin and
Edward Bosworth, John Wilson, William Throop, and many
others ; every one of those I have named having descendants
to represent them here to-day at this two hundredth anniver
sary celebration. Some of us can claim descent from half a
score of them. These were the men who settled Bristol.
"Their lines have gone out into all the earth," and their de
scendants are a great multitude.
For almost a hundred years, Bristol prospered and in
creased in population and wealth. Then came the war of
the revolution, and she was baptized in fire. In the first year
of the war the town was bombarded by a British fleet, and,
in May, 1777, British troops marched through the town and
burnt many dwellings. Every family that could, left, and
her streets became desolate. After the war, most of her
children returned, and the waste places were restored. Our
growth from the beginning has been a slow, conservative.
New England gi-owth, up to the present time. To-day,
"we raise our Ebenezer — thitherto, God has helped us."
Never before in our history have there been so many happy,
virtuous homes within our borders. Never before was
wealth so nearly equally distributed. Never before were her
people so well fed and clothed. Never before in her history
have they enjoyed all the privileges of civilization as they do
to-day. And I only ask, that in the future, as in the past,
we may — ^guided by the motto on our town seal — be -virtu
ous and industrious, and so humbly claim the protection of
Divine Providence.
I will close by reading an ode written by a daughter of
Bristol, now one of the teachers in our public schools, Miss
A. J. Coggeshall :

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BRISTOL, 1680—1880.
Our native town ! whose homes within.
Old friends are gladly meeting.
We ring thy happy birthday in.
With joyous bells of greeting.
Maoy to thy loved homesteads come.
To live their boyhood over.
And once again in thought, to roam
The wide fields sweet with clover.
September brings his golden sheaves.
And fruits for his bestowing, —
Within his crimson crown of leaves.
The purple grapes are glowing.
Steadfast and bright upon our hills.
The golden rod is shining;
The aster by our laughing rills,
His dainty wreaths is twining.
The golden sheaves of time are ours ;
We hold ip holy keeping.
The sacred gifts of mind and powers.
Of those who low are sleeping.
The holy dead ! to them we owe
The freedom of their earning ;
Honor to their blest names ; the glow
Of Heaven is round them burning !
We hail the day with mirth and song ;
But 'mid this feast of gladness.
My thoughts revert to scenes that long
Have passed — dread scenes of sadness.
Old times return ; I see once more
The grand old forest, rounding
In wavy curves teom shore to shore.
With woodland echoes sounding.
Adown its pathless depths I hear
Plaintive- voiced Autumn singing ;
O'er vale and hill, afar and near.
His gold-edged mantle flinging.

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On Mount Hope's wooded side I see
The council fire's red gleaming;
O'er wild war-dance and revelry.
Their lurid lights are streaming.
Once more King Philip's famous reign.
Makes English hearts to tremble;
On Pokanoket once again.
His painted braves assemble.
I see his rocky covert near, —
His haunt for wily scheming;
While at its foot the waters clear
Of Philip's spring are gleaming.
I hear the fearful war-whoop rend
The night with sounds appalling;
While, where no timely hands defend,
The red man's wrath is falling.
I see the dauntless forest king.
From Mount Hope's summit glaneing.
Where sun-lit isles their shadows fling.
And gladsome waves are dancing.
O waters blue ! no fairer bay
Smiles 'neath the light of heaven ;
No rosier waters stretch away.
Beneath the skies of even.
Whether above thy western tide.
More bright than dream or story.
The hands of Sunset open wide
The golden gates of glory ; —
Or by the moonlight silvered o'er.
Thy waves of light are sleeping :
While the hushed town along thy shore
Her silent watch is keeping.
Fair Bristol! keep thy glad watch still.
By Narragansett's waters.
And welcome with a right good will.
Returning sons and daughters.
God grant that through the coming years.
Over thy harbor streaming.
Their eyes may see through smiles, or tears.
The lights of " Sweet Home" gleaming.

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Senator Burnside. The next regular toast is :
The Day We Celebrate.
This toast is to be responded to by my colleague in the
United States Senate, who needs no introduction to you.
speech of HON. HENRY B. ANTHONY.
Mr. Toastmaster : — The day we celebrate is a proud day for
Bristol, a great day for Rhode Island. On this day, the old
town opens wide her doors, and invites her scattered children
to come home to the parental mansion. She calls them from
the fields of labor, from the workshops of toil, from the marts
of trade, from the halls of study. From every part of the coun
try and of the world, wherever they have wandered, she calls
them and folds them in her maternal arms . This is a memorial
period in our history. The Republic has just completed the
first century of its existence, and the glad event has been
celebrated with joyous congratulations, commencing with an
international exhibition of the arts and industry of the world,
in which our own country vindicated republican institu
tions, by an exposition that compared favorably with that of
the older countries, and in some departments, notably in in
ventions and processes in the useful arts, taking the first
place. The centennial anniversaries of great events that fol
lowed the immortal declaration which proclaimed our exis
tence as a nation, have also been commemorated with due
and patriotic pomp, and the valor and patriotism, the wis
dom and virtues of our fathers, who flourished a hundred
years ago, have been duly held up to the grateful admiration
and the emulation of the present and the rising generations.
It would be strange, indeed, if the ancient town of Bris
tol, whose corporate existence antedates, by near a century,
the independence of the country, should not join in this gen
eral jubilee of commemoration. Her history is rich in mem
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back to the colonial and to the Indian period. Among her cit
izens have been men of the highest distinction in commerce,
in politics, in jurisprudence, and in statesmanship, and men
who have made liberal benefactions to religion, to learning,
aud to charity. She has contributed her ftill share of the
renown which the State has added to the renown of the na
tion. She has taken her position in the advance line of civi
lization, and has marched steadily on, keeping even pace
with its advancing steps. She has a right to survey the past
with an honest pride ; to congratulate herself on the condi
tion of the present, and the prospects of the future. Her
citizens have taken up the matter with their usual spirit and
enterprise, and with the thoroughness that distinguishes
every thing which they undertake. They have marked the
^^y by a commemoration, which will render it doubly mem
orable in her annals. The history of her origin, her founda
tion and her progress, and of the virtues of her earlier citi
zens, has been recited by one of the most eminent of her
living sons, and her praises have been rendered by the muse
of another. I can add nothing to the eloquent words and the
diligent research of the first, who, having made the history
of all nations his study, has brought his power of generaliza
tion and of the selection of striking detail especially to the
illu,stration of that of his native town ; and it is given to few,
certainly not to me, to "build the lofty rhyme." There is
something more than sentiment ; there is a real value in com
memorations of this kind. We cannot understand the pres
ent, nor provide for the future, without studying the lessons
of the past. One of the greatest thinkers in Rhode Island,
and many men eminent for thought in various departments
of human study, have flourished in our borders ; a man who
lived just across the narrow water that divides the State,
said : "Would to God that men would learn something from
history ! But it has been well observed that we ever place
the lantern at the stern , and not at the prow. It sheds its
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light only on the tumultuous billows of the past. We there
see the wreck of nations that have committed themselves to
anarchy, tossing and heaving on the stormy surge. Yet on
we go, exulting in our superiority over our predecessors,
heedless of the rocks beneath the bow, until the billows on
which we are borne sink beneath us and dash us into frag
ments." I apprehend that this graceful, elegant passage is
not strictly accurate in fact ; for we are told that history con
stantly repeats itself. The light that illumines the past also
sheds its reflected rays upon the future, and gives its warning
and its encouragement, by example.
Two hundred years ago ! What mighty changes have taken
place on the face of the globe since that time. France was
then the leading power of Europe. Louis XIV., with his
army of two hundred thousand men, and his fleet of one hun
dred men-of-war, was dreaming of the continental supremacy
which was accomplished by his successor, the great Napoleon ;
Charles II. , the purchased vassal of Louis, was holding high
and dissolute revel at Whitehall ; Russia was emerging from
barbarism under Peter ; the Turks, — if I have not got the date
with entire accuracy, I deprecate the criticism of ray learned
friend, the orator of the day — but it was at about that time,
that the Turks were thundering at the gates of Vienna, and
John Sobieski was hastening to the relief of the Cross, sorely
beleagued by the Crescent. The interior of the American con
tinent was quite unexplored. A narrow line of adventurous
colonization fringed the Atlantic coast ; but all beyond was
a pathless wilderness. The vast prairies that are now the
granary of the world, that feed the millions of both hemis
pheres, where rise the palaces of luxury, the centres of com
merce, the seats of learning, were the pastures of the buf
falo, which shared them with the savage beasts and the
scarcely less savage aboriginees. The great rivers and lakes
that now bear the commerce of an empire, were disturbed
only by the sound of the paddle that drove the Indian's light
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discovery and mutations of power, the changes wrought by
science and art, I do not venture to speak. To touch ever
so lightly on these would open a discussion which would ex
haust your patience, and far exceed the limits of time allotted
to me.
Shall those who will stand here two hundred years hence,
and review the proceedings of this day, have such a record
of progress to look back upon ? Will the race advance as it
has advanced in the two centuries gone ? or will civilization
turn back and lose itself in darkness ? No ; the wonderful
discoveries that have been made, in modern times, in the
laws of nature and their application to the wants and uses
and elevation of mankind, forbid the idea. The wildest
flight of the imagination cannot reach the height that will be
attained in the conditions of humanity in the next two hun
dred years. Things that do not now enter into the dreams
of enthusiasm will have become accomplished facts. From
the vantage ground of the present, the future will start to
higher aspirations and to nobler accomplishments.
Let us so improve our advantages that the generations
that come after us shall hold our example in the reverence
that we hold those who have gone before us ; that they may
look upon a country, not only teeming with population and
enriched by labor and art, but richer in public virtue and in
united patriotism.
Senator Burnside. The next regular toast is :
William Bradford.
This will be responded to by a distinguished citizen of
Rhode Island, who has always been a great favorite in Bris
tol, and is identified with the town in a marked way through
his ancestors. I have the pleasure to introduce to you ex-
Governor Van Zandt.

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SPEECH OF EX-GOA'^ERNOR VAN ZANDT.
Mr. Toastmaster and Ladies and Gentlemen : — I have been
for some time wondering exactly where an ex-Governor be
longs ; and since this is the first occasion of this sort that I
have attended since I laid aside the emblems of office in favor
of my excellent friend, who now fills the executive chair, I
was affected with some curiosity to know whether or not,
having been through all the offices in the State, I was now
expected to begin anew and go all over them again. And I
can only account, sir, for my being called upon at this some
what early period in our festivities, by the fact that my name is
linked with that of the great and the good man in whose honor
this sentiment is proposed. But.before I proceed to scatter,
in my poor way, a few flowers over his grave, j'^ou will per
mit me to allude, generally, to the festivities of this occasion.
It seems to me that for the last six or seven years, the air of
the great republic, from the North to the South, and from the
East to the West, has been filled with the sweet fragrance of
its blossoming century-plants. In everj'^ State, in every
town, and in almost every village, the hundi-edth or the two
hundredth anniversary of some great event — or some event
at any rate great to the people who celebrate it, has rolled
around, and this morning- the whole flower opened and the
whole air Avas fragrant with its perfume. And this is the
second time, my friends, that your dear old aloe has blos
somed in your lovely old toivn ; and I come here to keep the
anniversary with you.
I am, as my friend has said, nearly identified with every
body in Bristol. If the toastmaster would allow it, I think 1
should take the liberty, even now, before I leave, of putting
my arm around Bristol neck. (Laughter.) As I rode
through your streets, embowered in greenness and rich with
rainbow decorations that were hung out all along, I saw the
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that stands just by the side of the place where my great
grandfather builded and lived. I passed the mansion that his
hand had erected in your streets. I paused, in my heart,
even if the procession did not stay its steps, in front of the
house that my grandfather erected, and where my mother
was born ; and is it strange that I came here now, if not the
son of Bristol, her grandson and her great-grandson — or per
haps I had better say that if not her son, I am her most con
stant lover?
And you propose a sentiment to the memory of William
Bradford. So rapidly does time move on, and so fast do
events tread, one upon the heels of another, that we are too
apt to forget the great men in the early days of the republic.
But who was William Bradford ? He came from old Ply
mouth, in Massachusetts, a lineal descendant of the Plymouth
Governor Bradford, who landed with the Pilgrims. He was
for eighteen years, Mr. President, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives in our State. He was a member of the
Continental Congress. He was a Senator in Congress, and
he was for three years Lieutenant Governor of this State.
And since this is the day of memories, you will pardon me
for being a little personal, and painting for you, just for one
moment, in my poor way, a picture of my childhood. I
remember sitting by my gi'andmother — and .she was blind,
but now she sees — and hearing her tell, when she was nearly
ninety years old, of the old days of Bristol, when it was
bombarded by the British fleet, and many of the people fled
from the town, or the then village, up to Mount Hope for
refuge and for safety ; of how Wafshington visited this fair
town and passed a week at the Mount with Governor Brad
ford ; of how she sat at the table with him and heard him
talk ; of how the two, clad in that beautiful, old-fashioned
attire of black velvet — dressed very much alike — with ruffles
around their wrists and at their bosoms, and with powdered
hair, promenaded the piazza and talked together hour after
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words like a bee resting on a flower, I could see the whole
picture before me, and it was more vital and real to me, un
doubtedly, than if I had seen it myself. She told me of the
good words that Washington spoke. She showed me letters
yellow with age — and some of them I now have — ^that he
-wrote William Bradford after he left here. She showed me
a lock of his hair, and a lock of that of her father, William
Bradford, of your own town. She suffered me to read
curious letters of life in Philadelphia, when Gov. Bradford
was a member of the Senate, and at the time he was in the
Continental Congress — describing most graphically the polit
ical and the social life of that early period of the Republic.
And so, drinking in words like those, when I was a child,
remembering them ever since, I have come to love Bristol
for what she then was. And since I have been in public
life, I have received so many favors and honors at her hands
that my affection has become a real and a personal one, for
the kindness and the honor which the town of Bristol and her
citizens have done me.
Senator Burnside. Our excellent friend. Bishop Howe,
will now present to you a curious manuscript book, and will
read a poem by Richard Smith, his ancestor, written in 1680.
Bishop Howe then made a few remarks, introducing the
literary curiosity referred to, which excited much interest.
He also read a paper prepared by the venerable Bishop
Smith, presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the United States, who was present at the morning exer
cises, but was unable to attend at the dinner.
manuscript of BISHOP SMITH.
Friends and Fellow Townsmen: — Fearing, from my ex
treme old age — more than eighty-six — that I shall not be
able to deliver, in person, what I am about to write, I entrust
it to the care of my beloved nephew, better known to you as
Bishop Howe, to read it on your festival day.

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(A. ) First, you will naturally desire to know what records
and traditions have been brought doM-n to our times of those
of our ancestors, who were amongst the first settlers of the
town of Bristol, Richard Smith, and Deacon Nathaniel Bos
worth. This, being personal, may not be worthy of being
read, but might perhaps be thought deserving a place in
your printed record.
(B. ) A larger and less questionable place may be allowed
for the memorable attack upon th(j town, and the burning of
no inconsiderable part of it, by the British troops in 1777.
(C.) The question before us of much larger and more
enduring interest is, the testimony wl>ich the founder of the
State, Roger Williams, bore to the great principle of perfect
freedom of conscience in all religious matters.
To return to our first item, the Smith and Bosworth fami
lies amongst the first settlers. Bishop Howe will show you
a little manuscript volume, given to me by the last Richard,
of the original stock. It mainly consists of brief outlines
of Puritan sermons, listened to by the stone mason, Richard
Smith, for several years, about 1672. The double efls, in
stead of the single, the odd shaped ees, and the many abbre
viations, make the reading of it rather difficult. Several
pages show that a little poetic blood flowed through his
veins, perpetuated and highly improved amongst several of
his descendants, down to this very time. On one page he
commemorates a favorite son, Benjamin. On another, there
is a distich. Of course, these are not at all to be compared
with the higher flights of one of his contemporaries, a certain
John Milton, but they shine rather conspicuously along side
of another, one John Bunyan, and are very devout, which is
far better : —
" Close then, my soul, Oh close with Christ, and be
" Secure from evil for eternity."
There is a tradition in the family, that the first child born
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send his wife over to Rhode Island, in order that she might
have the necessary medical attendance.
There is another tradition, concerning our other ancestor,
which I fear the records disprove, that Deacon Nathaniel
Bosworth was one of the six first proprietors of the original
six thousand acres. At any rate, in point of social position
he belonged to the same class with the first proprietors. In
proof of which we find amongst his children, or grand-chil
dren, the Rev. Bellamy Bosworth, a Puritan Divine, as his
name shows, but of no marked zeal or fiery eloquence, as is
proved by his never having had a settlement. But this anec
dote shows that he was not lightly esteemed by his brethren,
for, it is related, that having to go to New York, he started
on horseback with a pistareen (twenty cents) in his pocket,
and timing his stops at night to the distances of the Con
necticut clergy, he returned safely, with the same coin on
hand. For, in those days, the clergy had fuee passage over
the many ferries and the few bridges.
My dear mother has often told me of her visits to his
study, adorned, where a cornice should be, by a row of old
wigs ; he mounted a new one every year.
(B.) My father, Stephen Smith, and my uncle, Samuel
Bosworth, were in the service of their country at the time of
General Sullivan's expedition, when a corps under Lafayette
was stationed on Fort Hill ; the former a Commissary, the
latter as his Secretary. I am not informed at what period,
whether before or after this, a fleet of war vessels entered
Bristol harbor, and, as a punishment for not complying with
a requisition for cattle and other stores, commenced sweep
ing the narrow neck, at the north end of the town, with
grape shot, completely preventing ingress or egress by that
route, and occasionally discharging shells and balls over the
town. I have often heard my uncle describe the events of
that time ; such, at least, as he himself witnessed, "or heard
discussed on the streets, at the time or afterwards. One
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Governor Bradford's town house, which stood somewhat
above it. His old colored servant, witnessing it, immedi
ately took up his stool and placed it before the hole, grum
bling as he went, " no two balls ever go through the same
hole." It is matter of conjecture whether the rush of another
ball close by the head of the Rev. John Burt, the minister
of the Congregational Church, was the cause of his death,
but it is a fact that he was (after the bombardment) found
dead, in a lot, back of his house.
A small detachment of troops, Hessians, marched through
the town, burning the Episcopal Church, and several houses,
and amongst them that of my father, on the very spot, where,
after it was rebuilt, less than twenty years later, I was born.
A colored man, sexton of the Episcopal Church, for safety,
had run off. Returning, he was told that the Church had
been burnt. "Oh, no!" said he, "that cannot be. They
would never bum our Church ; besides, I am sure it is not
true, for I have the key in my pocket !"
(C.) We come now to the graver and most important
part of our record, not so much for the benefit of Bristol, or
Rhode Island alone, as for that of all the nations upon earth,
to the end of time — ^what Roger Williams, the founder of
our State, did, for the cause of free thought and free wor
ship, in a free State.
He fled from the severe intolerance of the National Church
of England, only to encounter the rough intolerance of the
Established Congregational Church in Massachusetts. He
hoped to find the perfect freedom of conscience he longed for
among the Baptists. For its sake he became an exile, and
in time the founder and father of our small free State.
Towards the close of his eventful life, either from dissatis
faction with their organization, or their want of it, or for
lack of more perfect concord or sympathy with his brethren,
he seems to have withdrawn himself somewhat from them,
preferring the title of a seeker.
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All this time the fire burned within him of an intense
desire for something better than toleration, however generous
and free. He did not write, but he intensely felt the words
I am about to quote of a distinguished author, whose name I
have entirely forgotten : " Toleration, what is it ? The very
word is a badge of bye-gone slavery ! What does it mean?
Why, that /, your supreme ruler and master, have a sover
eign right to compel you to believe, in all religious mat
ters, as I believe, and to worship God, as I worship Him ;
but, out of mere condescension and pity, I allow you to
believe and to worship as you like ! "
The response was very slow to come even from Massachu
setts and Connecticut, which is hard to believe, now, when
there is not a State in the Union of whose very constitution
it does not form a part.
If my memory serves me aright, the original Charter of
Rhode Island was so very liberal in all these respects, that,
whilst all the other States were adopting new constitutions,
Rhode Island remained quite satisfied to live under her old
charter, granted in (1663) until (1843), when the present
constitution was adopted.
Soon after my ordination, in the fall of 1818, I had occa
sion to pass through a portion of Connecticut. I found many
people greatly excited over the downfall, as it was expressed,
of the Standing Order (Congregationalism), brought about
(in a way that rather shocked me) by the united vote ofall
other denominations, and all the misbelievers and unbelievers
in the State. And yet I could not but rejoice, for it was
the triumph of free thought and free worship. A marked
incident is thought to have contributed in no small degree to
bringing it about. An intelligent and substantial Baptist
farmer, it is said, for twenty successive years, bought a new
Bible, which was regularly handed over to pay the enforced
assessment for the established minister's salary.
Taking all the nations upon earth, there are but few who
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governments which accepted it was Sweden. The few Bap
tist missionaries who have been laborinsc there with singular
wisdom, patience, and faithfulness, have recently received
permission to exist from a Protestant government. Even
Russia has relaxed its severity, by acknowledging the exis
tence of a body of pious Separatists.
Most wonderful of all, Italy, of all the European States,
has come nearest to solving the problem of a Free Church in
a Free State. There is entire and strict equality, both in a
civil and religious sense. In France, civil fi-eedom is well
secured, but toleration, instead of equality, for the present,
rules the hour.
In the more enlightened States, Germany and England,
and especially in England, toleration has become and is
becoming so very expansive, as hardly to be covered by that
almost obsolete term.
Oh ! for the coming day, when the Christian's Charter of
Freedom, an open Bible in the hands of an enlightened peo
ple, shall make glad all the waste places of the earth.
It seems to be the gracious ^purpose of our Heavenly Father
that America jhall bear no secondary part in hastening the
coming of that day, and God forbid that dear Rhode Island,
small as she is, should be behind the very chief of all her sis
ters, in efforts to perfect the diadem with which Christ, at no
distant day, let us hope, shall be crowned King of Nations, as
well as King of Saints ! ! !
Senator Burnside. The next regular toast is :
Brown University.
We are fortunate in having with us to-day, the President
of this time-honored institution. I have the honor to present
to you the Rev. Dr. E. G. Robinson.

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SPEECH OF PRESIDENT ROBINSON.
Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen: — There is, per
haps, a fitness in the recognition of Brown University here
to-day. The light of that institution first fell upon this State
from the immediately neighboring town of Warren. That
light of course fell upon the streets and homes of Bristol.
The light was both of a restraining and of a stimulating in
fluence. It was restraining. There is an incident in the
history of Bristol to which the orator of the day did not
allude. Soon after the founding of this town, it protected
itself against evil doers by the erection of stocks and a
whipping post. During the five years of the continuance of
Brown University — then " Rhode Island College " — in War
ren, the stocks fell into disuse, and the whipping post decayed
and disappeared. Immediately after the removal of Brown
University to Providence, which took place in the year 1770,
the Town Meeting in 1771, ordered John Howland to re-erect
stocks and a whipping-post. It was evident that the restrain
ing influence of Brown University had been removed. Its
influence has been felt among the distinguished men of this
part of the State for the last century. The most distinguished
sons of Bristol were graduates of Brown University. Its
clergy and its gentlemen of other professions I need not
enumerate. To Brown University is due not a little of the
credit of the elegance, the eloquence, the philosophical spirit
of that admirable oration to which you listened to-day. To
Brown University is due the imagination, the rhythm, the
rhyme of the admirable poem to which we listened. I need
enumerate no others. Brown University is closely allied to
Bristol. Bristol has to-day shown its appreciation of that
institution. Pardon me for a word personal. I have a personal interest
in this celebration of the town of Bristol. The first of my
own American ancestors that I know anything of was a resi-

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dent of the neighboring town of Rehoboth. He was stimu
lated, with others, by the example of those Boston merchants
who purchased this land, wrung from King Philip. They
purchased what was called " The Rehoboth North Purchase,"
out of which were divided the town of Attleboro', in which I
was fii-st permitted to see the light, and the town of Cumber
land, which belongs to the State of Rhode Island. But for
the example of those Boston merchants, I should very likely
have first seen light on the fair hills of Pappoosesquaw, or
some other part of this town. I feel in some sense related
to the descendants of the first settlers of Bristol.
But, gentlemen, I have thought to-day several times :
What did Nathaniel Byfield anticipate as he looked down
the centuries ? Had he the remotest thought of what we to-
day see, of what this town has accomplished and is to-day
accomplishing? We have excelled the brighest promise of
their futurity. " Good which they dared not hope for we have seen ;
A State whose generous will through earth is dealt ;
A State, which balancing herself between
License and slavish order, dares be ft-ee," —
all attributable to the principles of those from whom we
descended. I have felt, as I have to-day turned my thoughts backward
and forward, how we ought to prize the convictions of the
Puritans. It is easy to criticize them. It is easy to speak
of their acrid spirit, of their controversies. I tell you,
friends, it is something to have convictions. It is something
to be proud of, to be descended from men who believed, and
because they believed, dared to do. And all belief, and all
daring, is troublesome — ^troublesome to those who hold the
convictions ; they quarrel with one another, do you say ? But
out of their quarrels came strength, and beauty, and order.
We have entered into their heritage. Andl have thought it
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spirit of calm judgment, of criticism, of deprecation of the
animosities of the past, we may fail to remember that there
are truths to-day endangered, as there were truths endan-
dered in the times of the Puritans, and it is well for us to
ask. What are the perils ? What are the convictions — ^there
are some views, some thoughts, some principles, political,
personal, and even religious, which it is worthwhile to think
of and suffer for, and if need be, to emigrate and die for.
We are in danger of forgetting them. The founders of this
town believed, among their first principles, in education.
Their first provision was for the school-master and the min
ister — the meeting-house and the school-house — ^primary
education, education for the child, education for the youth,
education for the young man. The school, the high school,
and the college are indissolubly allied. To encourage one,
is to encourage the other.
Let me beg you, therefore, cherish the primary school,
cherish the high school, cherish your college. Brown Uni
versity is the college of Rhode Island, and it relies upon the
sympathy, the support, and the friendship of the sons of
Rhode Island. As an immediate neighbor of Rhode Island
by birth, I feel that in a certain sense I am a Rhode Islander.
Standing in my old homestead, as I almost bare one foot in
Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island, and I stretch out the
hand, rejoicing that I was born in Massachusetts, and equally
rejoicing that I was born so near to the State of Rhode Isl
and. So that all that belongs to the distinguished history of
Rhode Island and Massachusetts — admirably blended in this
town of Massachusetts origin and of Rhode Island history 
we alike may cherish all that is good and praiseworthy in
education and in religious teaching.
Senator Burnside. The next toast is :
" The Providence Light Infantry Veteran Association : —
We honor them for the interest they manifest in historic

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matters. Their participation in our celebration to-day, is
cause for gratulation."
This toast -mil be responded to by a distinguished divine,
who has been a great favorite in Bristol ever since he came
to Rhode Island. I present to you Rt. Rev. Bishop Clark.

SPEECH OF BISHOP CLARK.
Mr. Toastmaster and Ladies and Gentlemen: — It is natu
ral that our Veteran Association should manifest an interest
in historic matters. We ourselves are beginning to be his
torical, and yet we hope the time is far distant, when it will
be said of us, " Superfluous lag the veterans on the stage."
We are glad that we were not so far advanced in years,
as to prevent us from participating in this delightful celebra
tion. We have marched -vrith you through your pleasant
streets, and seen how the old town of Bristol still continues
to glow with the life and joy of youth. You have inherited
a goodly legacy from your fathers.
I have been asked on this occasion just "to say a word."
That I consider equivalent to a request that I shall not make
a speech. I am very glad it is so. It seems to me some
what of an impertinence for anybody who has not had the
good fortune to be born and bred in Bristol to make any
appearance on this occasion. After such indications of trans
cendent talent and complete culture as have been presented
to us to-day, both by the orator and the poet, and by others
who have spoken, it seems becoming in all outsiders to keep
silence. There is one thing about Bristol which is not so peculiar
to this place. It belongs to all these decayed seaboard
towns, in one of which I had the good fortune to be born and
bred — the old town of Newburyport, Massachusetts, which
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these places that all their children seem to cherish a very
special attachment to their birth-place. Wherever they go
— and they have the faculty of going almost everywhere —
their motto seems to be always : " My heart untravelled, still
turns,"— well, to Bristol, or Newburyport, or wherever the
place may be. And so, to all Bristol people, Bristol is the
centre of all things, the centre of their affections, the centre
of the land, the centre of the world, and in some sense the
centre of the universe.
Now this is a feeling worth cherishing ; for a man who
does not care about the place where he was born, cannot be
good for much. To be sure if it had been our fortune
to be born in the centre of one of the great flat prairies of
the West, where there is nothing of mountain or valley, or
forest, or brook, or stream, to vary the landscape, it might
be difficult to get up any attachment to our birth-place.
But Avith such surroundings as you have here, there is no such
difficulty. And even the old mouldering peculiarities of
the place — the quiet streets, the ancient, weird sail-lofts down
on the wharf, and the little relics that remain of a past com
mercial prosperity, have their peculiar charm, and they hold
us as with an iron grasp. We never get away from the
influences and associations of our native town.
I rejoice to have been here to-day. I rejoice in the fact
that so many of the sons and daughters of Bristol have come
home to their old mother to do her honor. And if any of us
are so fortunate as to live to meet our successors here on the
next centennial, I hope that we shall cherish the memory of
those who have addressed us to-day, and who have left an
impression upon our minds which is indellible.
Senator Burnside. The next regular toast is :
The Rhode Island Historical Society.
This will be responded to by one of Rhode Island's dis
tinguished and venerable citizens. President of the Historical
Society, Hon. Zachariah Allen, of Pi-ovidence.

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SPEECH OF HON. ZACHARIAH ALLEN.
Mr. President aud Ladies and Gentlemen: — The members
of the Rhode Island Historical Society join, with others, in
cordially congratulating the good people of Bristol on the
two hundredth anniversary of the planting of their pleasant
toAAii. They all unite also in praising the hospitality they
have received, and in complimenting the distinguished citi
zen who has enlightened them by presenting some of the
historical details, to the study of which he has been devoted
professionally during his entire life. Still his allusion, in
the course of his remarks, to the good old Massasoit, has
opened a field which deserves further investigation concern
ing the merits of that noble chief, and concerning the friend
ship which existed for many years between him and the
founder of the State of Rhode Island. Having investigated
this subject for some time past, I have become convinced
that had it not been for the befriending of Roger Williams by
Massasoit, and his hospitable reception of him when he was
expelled from Massachusetts and fled into the wilderness, he
would have been sent away from Boston on board the vessel
then waiting in the harbor, and transported back to England,
precisely as the two brothers Brown had been transported
back to England, for their opinions in matters of religion.
He had, however, some place to flee to, sure friends to receive
him during those cold, bitter days of -winter ; otherwise he
must have been carried across the water, and could not have
been the founder of the State of Rhode Island. I look upon
it, therefore, as o-wing especially to the friendship of Massa
soit, that Rhode Island now exists. There would not have
been any Rhode Island had it not been for that friendship ;
for the Massachusetts people would have absorbed this State
as they soon afterwards absorbed the other little colonies, and
amalgamated them into one. There would have been no
establishment here of religious liberty, or of a constitutional
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basis of a free State . I hope that the discussion of this theme ,
which has been opened by the historian to-day, may be
further pursued, and that due justice and credit may be
awarded to Massasoit in this regard.
The foUoAving poem is from the pen of a son of Bristol
" by adoption," his wife being a native :

POEM ON THE BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
BY E. W. ROBBINS, A. M.
Two hundred years have come aud gone —
Of sunshine and of shade.
Since on this memorable spot,
In faith and prayer were laid
The flrst foundations of this town.
Distinguished in our State,
Whose annals at the old hearth-stone.
To-day we celebrate !
Tis well at this convivial board
We should their deeds recall —
Immortal founders of the race.
In our home festival —
Walley, and Byfield', Oliver,
And Burton, with their peers,
(Whose names these trees' perpetuate)
Of the two hundred years —
Descendants of the Pilgrim sires,
(Sprung from no common stock),
Who trod the May Flower's wintry deck,
And hallowed Plymouth Rock —

1. The Byfield School — so called iu honor of Hon. Nathaniel Byfleld, this early ben
efactor to the town— is his latest, and, perhaps, best monument. The late Rev. Dr.
Shepard, pastor of the Congregational Church, whose portriiit hangs side by side with
that of Judge Byfield, in the above building, was no less devoted to the cause of education.
2. Referring to the planting of four memorial trees on the Common, in honor of the four
founders of the town.

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Rowland' and Bradford'— him renowned
Alike with sword and pen.
Of Plymouth Colony the chief—
A princely man of men.
Nor in this brief review forgot,
(Perchance left in the lurch)
The brave Miles Standish of his time,—
Heroic Captain Church,^
Who eminent in Church and State,
An added laurel wore, —
Who slew the Wampanoag's pride.
And Its dread Sagamore !

Two hundred years have come and gone—
And Bristol sits to-day,
Nor yet like Venice— discrowned Queen,
By her bright, beauteous bay.
Still musing on her splendors past.
Which this gay sight recalls, —
On her rich freighted Argosies,
And her Armada walls, —
(Save, where invaded by the foe.
In scene of ruthless strife.
The flaming flre-brand* was applied
To desolate her life;)
In factory and dock-yard, now.
Once more the stranger greets
The hum of active industry
Resounding in her streets.
1. John Howland, (a lineal descendant of whom, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, has lately de
ceased at the great age of nearly 99 years) . From liim are derived the Howlands of New
port and Bristol.
2. Hon. Wm. Bradford, second Governor of Plymouth Colony, was both a military
leader and an historian. His son, Wm. Bradford, was Deputy Governor of the same Col-
ony. Governor Wm. Bradford, of Rhode Island, was his lineal descendant ; also. Major
Wm. Bradford. These still are represented by their descendants, living in Bristol.
3. Capt. Benjamin Church, a son of Richard Church, was born in Plymouth, Mass.,
and married Alice Southworth, the granddaughter of the distinguished wife of the first
Governor Bradford. He was at the head of the party by whom King Philip was slain in the
swamp at the foot of Mount Hope.
4. Bristol was invaded by the combined forces of the British and Hessians, May 25,
1777, resulting in the burning of a part of the town, and the taking of some prisoners.
Before this, in 1775, a British squadron flred on the town.

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Nor yet unfitting in this place
Their praises just, to speak.
The proof of whose muniflcence
We have not far to seek —
Yon graceful structures late proclaim.
Which to our view appear —
Religion, Education, both
Have found their patrons' here !
Then, to hand down to future times
The glories of this day.
Let the historian' weave his web —
The poet' sing his lay —
As rises near yon eminence.
With its green, beckoning slope.
One backward glance to— Memory —
The future trust to— Hope ! "
Kensington, Berlin, Conn., September, 1880.
1. The Memorial Chapel of the Congregational Church, and the Rogers' Free Library,
will long perpetuate— the former, the memory of the munificent donors, Miss Charlotte
DeWolf, and Mrs. Maria DeWolf Eogers, whose modesty Is equalled only by their benevo
lence—the latter is the gift of Mrs. Rogers, in memory of her deceased husband, Mr.
Robert Rogers.
2. The historian, and poet, of this occasion.
3. Mount Hope. To those not " to the manner born," it will be enough to say, that it
is a picturesque and romantic height in Bristol, R. I., and noted as being the residence
of Philip, the Chief Sachem of the Wampanoags.
Senator Burnside. The next regular toast is :
The Honored Bead.
This toast will be responded to by the Hon. J. Russell
Bullock. SPEECH OP JUDGE BULLOCK.
Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen: — In responding
to this sentiment, it will not be expected that I should speak
of the many men, now gone, who in their day and generation
filled important official stations among us, and exercised a
controlling influence both in the councils of the town and of
the state. There was Simeon Potter, and Governor Brad
ford, and after them Judge Bourn, and James D'Wolf; all
stalwart men, eminent in their various callings, and the im
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I shall come down to a later generation, and speak of one
whom I knew, and who, descending from an early settler of
Bristol, was himself born here, passed here the three-score
and ten years allotted to life, and was here gathered to his
fathers ; and who, so far as I know, has been the only native
of Bristol ever chosen to the office of Governor of the State.
I refer to Byron Diman.
After recei^dng the usual academic education of his day,
Governor Diman entered the counting-room of the late
James D'Wolf as a clerk, and remained there many years,
and until the death of that eminent merchant. During the
latter part of Mr. D' Wolf's life. Governor Diman became
his confidential adviser, and was entrusted by his employer
with large and responsible business duties. After his death.
Governor Diman was intimately associated with the acting
executors of Mr. D'W oif 's will, in the care, management,
and settlement of his large estate. This embraced extensive
and complex landed, commercial, and manufacturing inter
ests, in different States, and in a foreign country.
This service to the family of his late friend and early pa
tron, no one else could render as he could ; but he rendered
it cheerfully, and in some measure without a compensation
adequate to its value, and often under circumstances of em
barrassment and disadvantage to himself ; for there was no
streak of avarice in his composition.
In person. Governor Diman was tall, well proportioned,
erect in mien, and of a commanding presence.
In character, he was what I call a large-hearted man, hos
pitable, a good neighbor, public spirited, generous, charit
able to the poor of every sect, loving his friends, and not
hating his enemies.
In politics. Governor Diman was a Henry Clay Whig,
and a Puritan of the Plymouth Rock school in his religion.
He early imbibed these principles, and whatever change of
name these principles underwent through the mutations of
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to be the representative of them, to the close of his life.
Strong and sincere as he was in these his beliefs, he was
ever tolerant of the opinions of others.
Governor Diman was the most observing man I ever knew.
When business called him, as it often did, away from his
home, he saw everything, and appreciated and remembered
everything that he saw. His power in this respect was
remarkable. And this knowledge so acquired did not lay
loose in his mind. He analyzed it and weighed it, and
applied it to use in life. In conversation he would often
draw from this store-house, much to the amusement and
instruction of his friends.
For many years it was my good fortune to sustain intimate
personal, political and professional relations with Byron
Diman. I never knew him to harbor an unworthy motive,
or be guilty of an ignoble act to others.
He served his town and state in many public trusts. He
was often elected to represent Bristol in the House of Repre
sentatives, several times in the State Senate, for three suc
cessive years he was chosen Lieutenant-Governor, and in
1846 was chosen Governor. His official duties he discharged
with uniform ability and fidelity. His official honors he wore
with becoming modesty.
The traditions and early history of his town. Governor
Diman was quite familiar with, and he loved to dwell upon
them. He took a deep interest in whatever promoted its
well being and prosperity.
In our past annals may be found men more successful as
merchants, more distinguished as legislators, more eminent
and highly gifted as public speakers ; but no grave in that
ancient cemetery near by us, or in those on yonder hills,
holds the mortal remains of a more devoted son of Bristol,
or of a truer Rhode Islander, than the grave of Byron Diman.

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The ''feast of reason "at the table ended all too soon,
leaving much unsaid that would, otherwise, have been
spoken. There were many honored guests present, other
than those who had spoken, to whom it would have been a
delight to listen, had time permitted. Notably of this number
we take pleasure in naming the venerable Rev. Joel Mann,
of New Haven, Conn., who, albeit in his ninety-second year,
was able to make the journey from New Haven to Bristol
unattended. He rode in the procession, and was present at
the table. Mr. Mann came to Bristol in 1815, and fo^
twelve years was associated with the late Rev. Henry Wight,
D. D., grandfather of the historian of the day, in the pasto
ral charge of the Congregational Church. He resigned iir
1827, and removed from Bristol ; yet, during the more than
half a century that has since elapsed, he has kept up his inter
est in the town and its people, and made frequent visits here.
But the " low declining sun " admonished that the " flow of
soul" must cease, and our distinguished Toastmaster was
reluctantly compelled to close the exercises in the tent, in
order that the " Tree Planting " might be proceeded with on
the Common.

MEMORIAL TEEES.

The planting of four Memorial Trees, to the memory of,
the original proprietors of the town, came immediately after
the exercises in the dining tent.
The committee having charge of this matter, had in early
spring placed this number of trees in large casks, and after
they had formed a part of the public procession of the day,
were then each put in their intended places.
The one north from the centre of the Common was first
planted. Mr. Babbitt, the chairman of the committee, in introduc
ing the subject, spoke as follows :
REMARKS OF EDWARD S. BABBITT.
Fellow Citizens, Sotis and Daughters of Bristol, and
Visiting Friends : — We have come to the concluding and
most important part of our celebration. What we have
listened to with so much profit and pleasure will soon be
forgotten, and, if desired, must be sought from between the
covers of a book ; and the remembrance of the feast from
which we have just risen will soon be lost with our
departure. But the result of that which we now propose to
do will continue on for ages to come. While the -wide-
spreading branches of these trees catch the heat and moisture
of heaven, and their deep-reaching roots draw from the earth
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will ever be honoring the memory of those who formerly
owned the very ground from which they draw their life.
Let us hope that all who follow us, as they see these evi
dences of our appreciation of the work done by the original
proprietors of the town, will be inspired to keep green in
their memory the names of those whose wide views and gen
erous impulses gave us this ample Common, our wide, tree-
lined avenues, and stamped upon the town that which now
renders it so inviting to all who visit it. By this act of ours,
we say all honor to the memory of Byfield, Walley, Bur
ton and Oliver. Let their names have a living existence in
these trees.
The Nathaniel Oliver Tree.
The tree now planted is to keep alive the name of
Nathaniel Oliver, and his successor, Nathan Hayman. We
are most fortunate in having with us to-day a direct descend
ant of Nathaniel Oliver, and separated from him by only
three removes, Gen. Henry K. Oliver, now Mayor of Salem,
Mass. REMARKS OF GEN. OLIVER.
After brief introductory remarks, expressive of his gratifi
cation at participating in the ceremonies of the day. Mayor
Oliver said : In the year 1632, there came from England to
Boston (and, for satisfactory reasons, it is believed from
the old city of Bristol, whence, perhaps, the suggestion
of the name of your town) , an emigrant Puritan bearing the
name of Thomas Oliver. He was a " chimegeon " (surgeon)
by profession, and brought with him his wife Anne, and
seven children, they coming in the ship Lyon, with the fam
ily of Governor Winthrop, the Governor having himself pre
ceded them, and landing at Salem in 1630. Thomas Oliver
appears to have been greatly respected and beloved in the
young town, and I find that by a vote of the people in 1646,
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it was declared that no horses should be kept on Boston
Common among the seventy cows allowed to pasture there,
" except that the horse of good Elder Thomas Oliver may
continue there." He was Ruling Elder of the First Church
of Boston, "distinguished as an apt scholar, occasionally
preaching, and highly esteemed for his gentleness of temper,
generous heart, pure life, and liberal public service." Very
many of his descendants have been graduates of our colleges,
and many distinguished in professional, mercantile, and pub
lic life. Of forty-five Olivers who are alumni of Harvard
and Dartmouth, up to the present date, thirty-six are known
to be his descendants, and there are very many more from in
termarrying families, bearing, of course, other names ; among
them being Brattles, Hutchinsons, Lyndes, Bradstreets,
Wendells, Prescotts, Vintons, and Appletons.
Of the seven children of Thomas Oliver, one of them,
Nathaniel, was, in 1633, most unfortunately, most sadly,
and suddenly killed by the fall of a tree, which he, then a
lad of fifteen years of age, was felling, whilst his father was
at work near by. The sadness of that event, and the tender
ness of heart which ensued, caused the name of Nathaniel to
be perpetuated for the coming generations, and it has been
continued down to the present day.
The Puritan Thomas had a son Peter, a Boston merchant,
who, by his wife Sarah Newdigate, had a son, Nathaniel
Oliver, whom I will call your Nathaniel Oliver. Born m
Boston, in 1652, he there married (in 1677) Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Tyng) Brattle. This
Nathaniel, by his -wife Elizabeth (Brattle), had, in 1684, a
son Nathaniel, who, graduating in 1701, at Harvard, became
a Boston merchant, marrying, in 1709, Martha Hobbs, a
rich heiress, by whom he had a son Nathaniel, in 1713, —
who, graduating at Harvard in 1733, became a lawyer in
Boston, where he married, in 1741, Mercy, daughter of Hon.
Jacob Wendell, their son, Nathaniel, born in 1744, dying in
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graduated at Dartmouth in 1785, had, also, by his wife,
Elizabeth Kemble, a son Nathaniel K. G., born in 1790, a
graduate of Harvard in 1809, brother of the present speaker.
He was a lawyer and teacher, dying in 1832, and leaving a
son, by his wife Anne T. Hunt, named also Nathaniel
(Cordis) , born in 1830, and dying unmarried in 1863. There
thus, appears a sequence of eight Nathaniel Olivers, and there
were others in other branches of the family. Your Nathaniel
Oliver was a Boston merchant, and a most sagacious, most
successful, most thoughtful, most highly accomplished and
enterprising gentleman. He achieved a fortune, which for
those days was considered simply enormous, namely, a sum
something near £5,000 sterling, the purchasing power of
which at this day would be upwards of $200,000. In con
nection with the gentlemen whose names have been repeated
to you very often to-day, he joined in the projection of this
town. Seeing its very great beauty now for the first time —
seeing the beauty of its streets, the intellectual beaming of
the faces of its men and the beauty of its women, I regret that
he did not come here to live, that I, his great-great grandson,
might have been bom here within your limits, and perhaps,
an owner of some of his fair possessions. It is a remarkable
thing and a very sad thing to their remote generations, that
great-great grandfathers never think much of their great-
great grandchildren. And it seems to me that ought not to
be so ; for why should not a reasonable man of ordinary
aspirations desire to own two or three acres down here in the
middle of your town, for instance — ^which might have come
to my share if my great-great grandfather had only thought
of me? My friend. Col. Higginson, in a speech which he
delivered a while ago in behalf of Gov. Long, on the two-
hundredth anniversary of the landing of Winthrop, said that
he wished his ancestor had let him have Salem Neck, and I
really wish that I had some such share of my great-great
grandfather's property here ; but he sold it to Nathan Hay
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don't strike me as just the fair thing. Cannot you correct
the blunder? (Laughter.) By the way he was about
twenty-eight years of age when he entered into this enter
prise, but I learn that although selling out, he never lost his
interest in the town of Bristol. He kept it alive all his days,
and he presented to you in those early years a bell which, as
you were then a small people and had not the benefit, of a
tall steeple, was swung up in some tree which my records
tell me was on the northwest corner of State and High
streets, within sight and sound, I believe, of this place. It
was sT^Ting in a tree — and that suggests to me some incidents
in the history of my own town of Salem, where in 1662 cer
tain bells of another kind, sometimes called beldames, were
hanged upon trees. It is pretty well known that our good
old town is renowned for the persecution of persons alleged
to have been wizards and witches, who were accused, tried,
condemned, and hanged. And not only did they hang the
he-witches, but they hung she-witches, including one Mrs.
Bridget (Oliver) Bishop, one of, our tribe ; audit is on record
that they squeezed to death a certain Goodman Giles Corey,
by enclosing him between mother earth and a stone-laden
plank, as though it were possible to exterminate -witchcraft
by neck-roping, or by killing weight. Why, my friends,
the witchery of Salem women has be.en transmitted all along
its subsequent history, and prevails in full force to this day,
and there is no respectable young man who reaches the age
of twenty years, without being "bewitched" as I was sixty
years ago. I know it is so, and bear personal testimony to
the fact. Now the later and latter witches, distinguished
for intellect and for beauty, and practical common sense,
have never objected to the process of squeezing, if performed
-with a reasonable degree of pressure, the squeezers gently
tempering the force to the squeezees, and not overdoing the
thing. Well, your Nathaniel Oliver also appeared in behalf of
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mained during all his life (dying in 1707) a fast friend of the
town of Bristol. Moreover he was a man of energetic pluck.
There was no cowardice in him — no shrinking from princi
ples. He was of just that class which the President of Brown
University so admirably portrayed at to-day's dinner, and
when that tjTant Andros got to be very obnoxious, Nathaniel
Oliver, -with his brother-in-law. Col. John Eyre, and eleven
others (thirteen in all) drew up a protest and demanded a
surrender by Andros of all power that he held under the
Crown. Sir Edmund had to take refuge within the fort at
Boston. Nathaniel Oliver, with his brother-in-law, bore the
summons for his surrender, presented it to him, and he suc
cumbed. He- yielded, and resigned the Governorship of
Massachusetts. Now I like to think of an ancestor who
would do a thing of that sort -without fear or favor. If you
feel any gratitude toward him, I feel a great pride in him.
Let me say to you, if you have any pleasure in it, that the
family of Oliver in the eastern part of Massachusetts has been
connected by relationship and historic association with all the
aficient families of that commonwealth.
Nathan Hayman, to whom Nathaniel Oliver sold out, came
here, lived here, and died here, leaving no issue, as far as I
can learn. He lies buried about six feet from the east wall
of the Eastern Cemetery, and buried there, his grave-stone,
I understand, was found and turned to account as a useful
point by which to verify the location of the avenues and
streets of your beautiful town.
So, then, in memory of your and my Nathaniel Oliver,
and in memory of Nathan Hayman, I dedicate this tree and
plant it. May the dews and waters of heaven, the warmth
of a genial sun, and the blessing of a divine Providence,
cause the tree to take root and grow, and live to shelter
those of your descendants who may take refuge beneath its
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At the conclusion of the address and whilst the earth was
being placed about the roots of the tree, a selection of music
was rendered by the Boston Cadet Band.
The Stephen Burton Tree.
The tree east of the centre of the Common was next
planted. The chairman introduced the speaker as follows :
We have been unable to find any descendant from Stephen
Burton to dedicate this tree to his memory, but would intro
duce to you our townsman, Wilfred H. Munro, who has
kindly consented to speak to us in his behalf.
ADDRESS OF WILFRED H. MUNRO.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: — ^As the name of
Stephen Burton is pronounced, there rises before my eyes
the figure of a tall and slender man, whose appearance is in
marked contrast with that of his two more prominent asso
ciates. He does not show the intense vitality and the impe
rious will which every action of Byfield proclaims ; neither
does he possess the great executive ability which is manifest
in the easy bearing of Walley. His brow is seamed with the
lines of anxious thought ; his face is pale and thin ; his bent
head and stooping shoulders indicate the scholar rather than
the man of business, while his restless eye and sallow cheek
hint at the existence of some trouble which he is vainly seek
ing to avoid.
The rays of the setting sun warn me that I must attempt
only the briefest possible sketch of the career of Mr. Burton.
He was the most scholarly man of the four proprietors, and
is said to have been educated at the University of Oxford.
Beyond this we know almost nothing of his life in England
and in this country, until his name appears as one of the pur
chasers of the Mount Hope lands. He was the first record
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the Peace, he exercised the functions which are now divided
among several different officers. He was at the same time
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Register of Probate,
and Register of Deeds. The care with which he performed
the duties of his position is indicated in his clear and beauti
ful handwriting, and the fact that he was five times chosen
to represent the town at the General Court of Massachusetts,
shows how highly he was esteemed by his fellow townsmen.
Quiet and retiring in disposition, he seems to have had no
share in the disputes in wliich his associates were often in
volved. Against the mental disorder which was preying
upon him, he struggled manfully until the last year of his
life, but being at last unnerved by its constant attacks, neg
lected his business and became only the wreck of his former
self. Death came mercifully to his relief before his reason
gave way under the terx'ible strain. He died on the 2 2d ol
July, 1693, the only one of the four original proprietors who
ended his days in Bristol. Byfield, Walley and Oliver all
died in Boston. His house stood upon Burton street, until
it was burned by the British troops in 1777.
The elm which is here planted to his memory fitly typifies
his character. Symmetrical is its form, and fair appears its
promise, but ere long its limbs will begin to droop as did the
spirit of him whom it commemorates, under the weight of
the trouble which at last wore his life away. It will not
command our admiration and respect, as will the massive
strength of the Byfield oak, but its slender limbs will ever
appeal touchingly to us for sympathy, even as the gentle
nature of Burton appealed to the kindly feelings of our ances
tors two hundred years ago.
The John Walley Tree.
The tree south of the centre of the Common came next in
turn. As in the former case, the committee was unable to
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interesting duty, being disappointed in their hopes that Hon.
Wendell Phillips, orHenshawB. Walley, of Boston, as such,
would be present ; but sickness prevented, and the duty of
the occasion was discharged by William J. Miller, of Bris
tol, R. I., as follows :
ADDRESS OF WILLIAM J. MILLER.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: — ^The proprie
tor in whose honor we plant this tree is John Walley,
Mr. Walley was an earnest co-worker with Byfield and
his associates in the settlement of the town, and took a
leading part in the affairs of both church and State. His
father was Rev. Thomas Walley, of London, at one time
rector of St. Mary's, Whiteehapel, and who, with seven other
divines, arrived at Boston, from London, in the " Society,"
Capt. Pierce, on the 24th of May, 1663. He died March
24th, 1678, aged 61 years.
John came to this country before his father, and settled
in Boston. He removed from Boston to Bristol in 1680.
The substantial structure that he built, and in which he
resided, is still standing on the north side of State street, and
is known as the Walley House. While a resident of Boston
he was successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was
for a time Judge of the Superior Court of Massachusetts,
and a member of the Governor's Council. In 1690, ten years
after he had become a resident of Bristol, he commanded the
land forces in the expedition of Sir William Phipps against
Canada, and published a journal of the same. In the latter
part of his life he retumed to Boston from Bristol, and died
there on the 11th of January, 1712, aged 68 years.
His biographer says : " The high trasts imposed by his
country were discharged with ability and fidelity. To
his wisdom as a councillor and his impartiality as a judge,
he added an uncommon sweetness and candor of spirit, and
the various virtues of the Christian. His faith was justified
by his integrity, his works of piety and charity."

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The Nathaniel Byfield Tree.
The tree west of the centre of the Common was next in
turn , and in this case the committee was as fortunate as in the
first planted. They had secured the services of Hon. Francis
Brinley, of Newport, five removes from Nathaniel Byfield,
who, in the foUo-wing address, dedicated the tree to his
ancestor : address of HON. FRANCIS BRINLEY.
When in the gladsome days of youth I used to contem
plate with honest pride the old family portrait of Judge
Byfield, it never flitted across my mind that I should be
invited to participate in ceremonies designed to commemorate
the settlement of this ancient town, of which he was one of
the original founders. Yet such is the curious mutation of
human events, that here I stand environed by the sunny
landscape, and the sparkling waters, whose combined charms,
two hundred years ago, attracted his observant eye, and
induced him to make this picturesque spot his chosen home.
Here I am almost in sight of the place where stood his modest
mansion, and of the secluded grave in which he reverently
laid the loved and the lost.
I am aware of the necessity of reducing to shape compact
what I have to say in regard to Nathaniel Byfield. I will
endeavor to comply with the proprieties of the occasion, and
content myself with but little more than an enumeration of
some of his distinguishing characteristics, and of his public
honors. He was born in England in the year 1653. His father was
the Rev. Richard Byfield, the laborious, faithful pastor of
Long Dutton in Surrey, and one of the divines of the famous
"Westminster Assembly." His mother was of the noted
family of the Juxons. He was the youngest of twenty-one
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children, and one of the sixteen who, on bright and calm
Sabbath mornings, followed their pious parents to the house
of public Avorship. How irresistably spring to mind the lines
of Coleridge :
" O, sweeter than the marriage feast,
'Tis sweeter far to me,
To walk beside thee to the kirk
With a goodly company ;
To walk together to the kirk
And all together pray.
While each to his Great Father bends-
Old men, and babes, and loving friends.
And youths and maidens gay."
I have not been able to detect even a glimmering of the
motives which prompted him to leave the delights of the
domestic hearth for the hardships of a residence in this west
ern world. Probably it was the early manifestation of that
activity and spirit of enterprise which were so strikingly
exhibited in his subsequent career. He arrived in Boston in
the year 1674. About a year thereafter he married Deborah
Clarke, an estimable gentlewoman of Boston, with whom he
lived most hajDpily for over forty years. She died much
lamented in 1717.
Judge Byfield was married twice, his second -wife being
(to use a phrase applied to her) " the honorable and devout
daughter " of Governor Leverett.
By his first wife there were five, his only children, three
of whom died when young ; the other two lived to be mar
ried, the younger one to Lieut.-Gov. Tailer, and the other
to Edward Lyde, Esq., of Boston. A daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyde married Col. Francis Brinley, of Roxbury, my
great-grandfather. Not long after the termination of King Philip's war, the
General Court of Massachusetts appointed a committee to
sell the Mount Hope lands, and on the 14th of September,
1680, they were conveyed to John Walley, Nathaniel By-
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Byfield removed to this place the year of its incorporation as
the town of Bristol. Here he lived until the year 1724,
when, by reason of his advanced age, he concluded to return
to Boston, his first home, where he died on the 6th of June,
1733, in the 80th year of his age.
He was a devout Christian. The love of religion, which
was impressed upon him in youth by his exemplary parents,
was never effaced. It guided him through his long Mfe, and
will account for the respect and confidence which his very
presence inspired.
Before the tapering spires of churches invaded the blue
sky of Bristol, the doors of his house were always open to
those who wished to worship God in sincerity and truth.
When a Congregational Society was duly organized here, he
presented to it a communion service, which is yet preserved
for the sacred use for which it was intended.
On the return of Judge Byfield to Boston, he joined the
Society of which the Rev. Charles Chauncy and the Rev.
Thomas Foxcroft were the joint pastors. The former
preached a sermon on the death of Judge Byfield, which was
printed in 1733, together with a valuable prefix by Mr. Fox
croft. Both of these clergymen testify to the profound relig
ious character and the diffusive benevolence of Judge Byfield,
who made it a rule for forty years, annually to give away, or
pay, as he preferred to say, a certain portion of his income
for charitable purposes.
Byfield, like the eminent author of the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire, showed by his example that he consid
ered a- citizen soldiery the cheapest and safest defence of nat
ural freedom. Gibbon, in his autobiography, states with
apparent satisfaction, that the information he obtained as a
member of a militia company enabled him to comprehend,
appreciate, and describe the complex organizations of the
vast armies of Imperial Rome. It is most probable that the
habits of order, regularity and exactitude which Byfield
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onel, were carried by him to the performances of all official
duties, and to the management of his private affairs. So
¦wisely did he conduct the latter, that he accumulated a hand
some estate, for those days, which he liberally used. It may
be said of him, as Gibbon states of Antoninus Pius, "he en
joyed with moderation the conveniences of his fortune, and
the innocent pleasures of society."
Colonel Byfield, as an additional proof of his high estimate
of the citizen soldiery, presented to the first military com
pany of Bristol a costly stand of colors, to this day carefully
preserved with the archives of the town.
He was an ardent, active and efficient politician of conser
vative principles. But he was not so rigid and exclusive as
to prevent him from accepting a new idea, or fresh sugges
tion, merely because it did not present itself in an antique
garb. He was conservative, but reasonably progressive.
For several years he represented Bristol in the General
Court, and was elected Speaker of the House of Representa
tives. He enjoyed a similar honor when a Representative
from Boston. He was a patriotic and experienced states
man. It should always be passed to his credit that he deprecated
the witchcraft delusion, and denounced those who were active
in the trial and conviction of the unfortunate accused.
His judicial career was most remarkable. For thirty-eight
years he sat as Chief of the Court of Sessions of the Peace
and Common Pleas for the county of Bristol, as hie did two
years for the county of Suffolk. From 1702 to 1710 he was
Judge of Probate for the county of Bristol. He received five
several commissions as Judge of the Vice Admiralty, from
three sovereigns of England — from King William, from
Queen Anne, and from King George II. So that for years
he was Judge of Probate, Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and of the Admiralty at the same day.
In those days the community was not overwhelmed by
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both the bench and the bar. Hence very little is preserved
of his judicial opinions. I chance, however, to possess one
of them in his own clear hand-writing, attested by his signa
ture, which, for perspicuity of style and legal acumen, would
not discredit any jurist.
Not one of his decrees was overruled by appeal to the
home tribunals.
Finally, in my judgment, one of the most valuable of his
varied excellences was his early and energetic labors as an
advocate of public schools, or popular education. He be
lieved, and acted on the conviction, that if the youth of a
community were shrouded in intellectual darkness, the result
would be as detrimental to the common weal as the destruc
tion of the spring would be fatal to the year. In grateftil
recognition of his important services on this interesting sub
ject, a parish, or precinct, in the county of Essex, in Massa
chusetts, was named for him. " The Byfield Academy,"
there established, is still a valuable seminary of learning. A
similar memorial to his merit is the tasteful Byfield school-
house of Bristol.
His generous anxiety for the prosperity of this town was
not limited to the laying out of spacious, commodious, and
ornamental streets, or the giving of ample grounds for the
public convenience or necessities, but was illustrated by his
liberal donation of lands for educational purposes, the benefits
of which stand confessed to this hour.
I cannot do better than to repeat the lines which were
inscribed on his tombstone in the Granary burying ground,
Boston, and which were composed by the Rev. Matthew
Byles. They are an epitome of his life, and a rare specimen
of elegiac composition :
" Byfield, beneath, in peaceful slumber lies;
Byfleld, the good, the active and the wise ;
His manly form contained an equal mind,
Faithful to God and generous to mankind.
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Succour'd distress and gave the hungry food.
In justice steady, in devotion warm,
A loyal subject and a patriot flrm.
Through every stage his dauntless soul was tried —
Great while he lived, but greater when he died."
May the trees we plant here to-day, as a sylvan tribute to
the memory of the founders of Bristol, sink their roots deep
into its soil, and as they advance to the maturity of luxuriant
foliage, may their whispering branches become inspired like
the sacred oak of Dodona, and oracularly predict the perpe
tuity of the principles and institutions of the fathers, and the
permanence of this, "The Beautiful Gate" of the glorious
State of Rhode Island.
The chairman concluded the ceremony by explaining that
the first three trees planted were native elms, and the last
an oak grown from an acorn that fell from a tree planted by
Nathaniel Byfield, under whose shade he had passed many
an hour as he sat at his own door and looked across the
water to our side of the harbor.
At the close, and while the final act of planting was being
done, the evening salute and ringing of the town bells began.
No more appropriate act could have been suggested ; for with
the loud voiced cannon and glad sound of bells, we committed
to the God of nature our offerings to the memory of the orig
inal proprietors of the town, that in their gro-wth we may
ever have a reminder of those who first planted this beautiful
town. CLOSING OBSERVANCES.
Scarcely had the guns of the Bristol Artillery " thundered
forth their reverberating benediction," ere the Common was
deserted. Gov. Littlefield and staff were escorted to the
mansion of Col. S. Pomroy Colt, and other distinguished
guests took carriages for the depot, to take the Providence
train.

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The Light Infantry Veterans, with the National Band,
after having spent the day at the pleasant seaside residence of
Col. A. C. Eddy, "whose generous hospitality and assiduous
attentions to their inner comfort stamped him as a princely
entertainer and glorious comrade," (says the correspondent
of the Providence Journal, and to which, all who have
enjoyed the hospitality of Col. Eddy, and his estimable lady,
will most heartily subscribe), marched to the depot, and
embarked for home.
In the evening, many of the residences of citizens were
again illuminated, fire-works were displayed, and large
crowds filled the streets of the town. Soon after eight
o'clock the mammoth tent on the Common, which was bril
liantly lighted with "Electric Lights," was thronged with
people, to hear the grand concerts of the Boston Cadet and
Bristol Bands.
The programme of selections by the organizations, who
played alternately to the great gratification of the appre
ciative audience, was as follows :
BOSTON CADET B.iNI>.
1. Overture— Stradella  Flotaw.
2.- Potpourri of Favorite Airs  Henry.
3. Tuba Solo— Graf  Arthur Graf.
4. ¦ Selections from Nabuco  '  Verdi.
5. Concert Waltzes— Wiener Kinder  .'.By Strauss.
6. Grand Selections from II Trovatore  -Verdi.
7. Piccolo Solo, andante with schezo movement— De Carlo . . August Daun.
BKISTOL CORNET BAND.
1. Collingwood Quickstep  Pettee.
2. Schottische— Dancing in the Barn  J. B. Claus.
3. Waltzes— Sounds from the North   Zikoff.
4. Overture— Luspiel..  Keler Beler.
5. Galop— Phonograph  ^ox.
6. Selection— Linda  Donnizetti.
7. Qickstep— To the Front  Newton.

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During the evening elegant receptions to Gov. Littlefield
and staff, and distinguished guests, were held at the residences
of Cols. S. Pomroy and Le Baron B. Colt, "and Col. A. C.
Eddy, and those gentlemen vied with each other in the elab
orateness of their collations, and generous welcome to their
guests." We may be pardoned if we add the following closing com
ments of the Journal on our celebration :
" It is a fact that, notwithstanding the presence of nearly
twelve thousand people in the town during the day, but a
single case of drunkenness was reported, and no unseemly dis
turbances or serious accidents occurred, which certainly speaks
volumes for the residents, as well as the strangers attend
ing the celebration. The 10. 15 p. m. train for Providence left
the depot with fourteen heavily-loaded cars, many standing on
the platforms, but all were safely carried to their destination.
And so ended the memorable observance of Bristol's natal
day, and Old Bristol has earned a reputation for public spirit
and la-vish hospitality which the lapse of years can never
efface from the memories of her non-resident sons and daugh-
ters, and those who visited the beautiful and historic town for
the first time."

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The following ode, from the pen of Mrs. T, DeW, Colt,
was written to be sung by the school children on the day of
the celebration, but was received by the committee too late
for the purpose :

FOR THE BI-CENTENNIAL,
A grand old sturdy race.
Were our forefathers dear.
In council flrm, in battle bold.
Unmoved by doubt or fear.
Inured to pain and toil.
Where duty calls they go;
Their strong right arm could rend an oak.
Or fell an Indian foe.
Their houses rude and bare.
Soft luxury disown.
No modern elegance was their"'s,
Not e'en a telephone.
Strong in defence of right,
Tho' sometimes hard and cold.
Our fathers bravely fought th€ flght
In the dark days of old.
And to their children left
A heritage secure.
Founded on reason, faith and love,
And morals sweet and pure.
Then let each voice to-day,
In song triumphant rise
To the Great Father, who bestows
All blessings that we prize.
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Our lives from danger free.
Our bodies warmed and fed,
Our minds enriched by knowledge from
The living and the dead.
But let us now beware
The " serpent" of our time;
Disguised in fairest form, he throws
On us his filthy shine.
Through pleasure, power and ease.
He lures us from the road,
The only safe and narrow path
That leads straight up to God.
Then let us not forget
The truths our fathers owned.
But hold them with a firmer grip.
Till Satan be dethroned.
Tear down the idol Self,
Forswear " the calf of gold,"
Wrong not our neighbor by a word.
But win with love untold.
For lux'ry is no sin.
So that the heart be pure.
And every land that God reveres
For ages may endure.
Then let us keep a guard
Stationed at " helm and prow,"
'hat children's children may us bless
Two hundred years from now.
Linden Place, September 8th, 1880.

BADGES.

The Badges furnished by the Committee, and worn on the
day of the celebration, were of seven different patterns.
They were 6^ by 2| inches in size, on ribbon of satin finish
face, and gros grain back, and bound across the top with
gold bullion, one-half inch wide. In
designate them by numbers as follows :

describing them we

iVb. 1. The Badge of the Town Committee. This badge
was Cardinal Red in color. The corners of the lower end
were turned under to form a point, from which was pendant
a gold tassel. The printing on the badge, in gold letter, was :
COMMITTEE.

1680.

1880.

BI-CENTENNIAL, September 24,
1880.

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iVb. 2. The Badge of Visiting Sons and Daughters.
This badge was " old gold " in color. The lower end was
cut to form points at the outer corners. The printing, in
black, was : SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF
BRISTOL, R. I.

1680.

1880.

WELCOME HOME,
September 24, 1880.

M). 3. The Badge of Invited Guests. This badge was
white, and the lower end cut to form points at the outer
corners. The printing, in black, was ;
INVITED GUKSTS.

1680.

m 1880.

1![-CENTENNIAL, BRISTOL, R. I.,
September 24, 1880.

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125

JVb. 4. The Badge of the Committee on Relics. This
badge was lilac in color. The lower end was trimmed with
gold fringe, two inches deep. The printing, in black, was :

COMMITTEE.
LOAN EXHIBITION.

1680.

M 1880.

BI-CENTENNIAL,
September 24, 1880.

No. 5. The Badge of the Marshals. This badge was
white. The lower end trimmed with gold fringe, two inches
deep. The printing, in black, was :

DEPUTY MARSHAL.

1680. -^

1880.

BI-CENTENNIAL,
September 24, 1880.

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JVb. 6. The Badge of the School Children. This badge
was of light pink, and the lower end cut to form points
at the outer comers. The printing, in black, was :
BI-CENTENNIAL CHORUS.
CHILDREN OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

BRISTOL, R. I.,
September 24, 1880.
JSfo. 7. The Badge of the Drum Corps. This badge was
of light blue, and the lower end cut to form points at the
outer corners. The printing, in black, was :
DRUM CORPS.
1680. 1880.
(Town Seal— oblong.)
bi-centennial,
September 24, 1880.
This was a company of eight boys, who formed an organ
ization, and gave much time during the summer months pre-

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ceding the celebration, to practice — Mr. George Alger kindly
volunteering to teach them. They provided themselves
with drums and uniforms. The uniform was a black cap,
-with gold bullion band, and vizor ; jacket of scarlet flannel,
with white flannel trimmings, and brass buttons ; and dark
pants. Their names are George William Warren, leader,
aged 12 years ; John Henry Bartlett Mott, aged 16 years ;
Frederick Smith Waldron, 14 ; William Nelson Miller, 14 ;
William Henry Remington, 14 ; Charles Gardner Sisson,
14 ; Arthur Emmons Card, 12 ; Charles Luther Miller, 12.
They acquitted themselves with credit, and were a pleasant
feature of the procession.

LOAN EXHIBITION.

The relics of the past — an illustrated history of the town —
were on exhibition in Town Hall. This building was form
erly the Congregational Meeting-house. It was built in
1784, and dedicated on the 5th of January, 1785, the day of
the ordination of the Rev. Henry Wight, as pastor. Its
location was in Bradford street, a little east from the line of
Hope street, with its front to the west. It was used as a
house of worship until the fall of 1856, when the new stone
edifice of the Conffreffational Church was finished. The first
meeting-house was built in 1684, on the Common, the site of
the present Court House, and stood one hundred years.
Some of the oak timbers which were originally hewn from
trees growing upon the Common, were put into the second
meeting-house. This second house has stood almost one
hundred years, and those oak timbers are sound to this day.
It was given to the town in 1857, and in the summer of that
year was moved out of the .street to its present site on the
north side of Bradford street. The next year it was fitted
up for a Town Hall, and has been used as such to the present
time. In this building, so identified with the town almost from
the very beginning of its settlement, was appropriately gath
ered the relics of bygone times. The citizens of the town in
this, as in all other features of the celebration, manifested a
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wishes of the committee, by loaning their treasures — many
of them replete with precious and sacred memories — for the
exhibition. As has before been stated, to John DeWolf is
the public mainly indebted for the large and interesting col
lection, and the good taste displayed in their grouping.
The following is a list of the articles on exhibition :
PORTRAITS IN OIL.
Gov. Byron Diman, loaned by Mrs. E. A. Diman; painted in 1844.
Mrs. Abby Alden Diman, wife of Gov. B. Diman, 1. by Mrs. Clara
D. DeWolf.
Gov. Francis M. Dimond, 1. by Mrs. Samuel Norris.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dimond. " " 
Royal Dimond, " " "
Lt.-Gov. Nath'l Bullock, taken at the age of 80 years, 1. by Hon. J.
R. Bullock.
Geo. Ho-we, 1- by Mrs. Hope Blake.
John Howe, 1. by M. A. DeW. Howe.
Maj. Jacob Babbitt, Sr., l. by Mrs. Abbey E. Babbitt.
" Jacob Babbitt, Jr.. " " " " "
Benj. B. Bosworth, " " " " "
Mrs. B. B. Bosworth, " " " " "
Rev. Henry Wight, D. D., 1. by Mrs. Susan Gladding.
Mrs. Henry "Wight, wife of Rev. Dr. Wight, with her granddaugh
ter, G. A. Alden, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Rev. C H. Alden. 1. by Miss A. Fanny Alden.
Mrs. C. H. Alden. " " " "
Rev. Thos. Shepard, D. D., from Byfleld Hall. This portrait was
painted by Miss Jane Stuart, daughter of Gilbert Stuart, the cele
brated portrait painter.
> " James MoSparran, 1718, 1. by P. Skinner.
Mrs. James MoSparran, " " " " "
Rt. Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold. 1- by Miss Mary Heath.
Rev. John Bristed, 1. by M. A. DeW. Howe.
" Wm. Rogers, Chaplain in Revolutionary Array, and the first
graduate of Brown University.
Hersey Bradford, 1. by Miss Mary Baylies.
Geo. H. Peck, 1. by V. G. Peck.
Capt. John Gladding. 1. by Mrs. Susie Richmond.
Mrs. John Gladding, 1. by Mrs. Lizzie Gladding.
Capt. Wm. H. Gladding, 1. by Mrs. Lizzie Gladding.
Mrs. Wm. H. Gladding, " " " " "
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Ambrose Waldron, 1. by Billings Waldron.
Hannah Waldron, " "
Parents of the oldest male inhabitant to-day. Dying they left 9 sons, 2
daughters, and 67 grandchildren.
Mason W. Pierce, 1. by F. G. Bowen.
Mrs. Mason W. Pierce, and her son, Henry Parker Pierce,
1. by F. G. Bowen.
James P. Pierce, 1. by F. G. Bowen.
Capt. Cory WiUiston, 1. by F. G. Bowen.
Wm. Pearse, 2nd, born 116 years ago, 1. by Mrs. W. A. Richmond.
Wm. Pierce, 1- by Geo. H. Peck.
Mrs. Lemuel O. Richmond, Senior, and her son Isaac, 1- by
Mrs. Wm. A. Richmond.
Capt. Martin Bennett, 1. by Mrs. Robert Peck.
Eliza T., -wife of Martin Beniiett, 1. by Mrs. Robert Peck.
Benjamin Tilley. 1- by Benj. Tifley.
Mrs. Benjamin Tilley, U by Benj. Tilley.
Col. Samuel Waj-dwell. This portrait is interesting from being
taken in the old uniform of the Bristol Artillery, organized soon
after the War of the Revolution, and maintained as an independent
organization ever since. L. by W. T. C. Wardwell.
Capt. John WardweU. 1- by Mrs. Mary E. Munro.
Mrs. John Wardwell, " " " " " "
Capt. John Smith, 1. by Mrs. H. B. Smith.
Mrs. Anne Pratt Smith, 1. by Mrs. H. B. Smith.
Capt. James Miller, I. by Augustus N. Miller.
Le Favour Howland, I. by Mrs. Phoebe H. Vickery.
Mrs. Le F. Howland and Child, 1. by Mrs. Phoebe H. "Vickery.
Samuel Sparks, 1- by AHiert Sparks.
Col. Samuel WardweU, 1. by Chas. H. H. Wardwell.
Mrs. Samuel WardweU, Sr., 1. by Chas. H. H. Wardwell.
Deacon Wm. B. Spooner, 1. by Mrs. John Watson.
John Gardner. 1. by Geo. W. Easterbrooks.
Mrs. J. Gardner, 1. by Geo.. W. Easterbrooks.
John R. Gardner. 1. by Mrs. Clarissa Gardner.
This portrait is three-quarters length, and life-size. It is very finely
painted, and remarkably life-like.
Golden Dearth, l. by Mrs. J. Gooding.
Mrs. Samuel Smith, 1. by Mrs. J. Gooding.
Mrs. Josiah Gooding, painted by C. Giovanni Thompson, iu his best
style in 1832 ; 1. by James Madison Gooding. f
Mrs. Ann Fletcher, 1. by Mrs. N. Warren.
Miss Bosworth, 1. by Walter H. Munro.
Jeremiah Ingraham. 1. by Mrs. Eliza DeWolf.
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Capt. Leonard G. Bradford, 1- by Mrs. Harriet Coggeshall.
Mrs. Sarah Bradford, 1. by Mrs. Harriet Coggeshall.
Capt. Daniel Gladding, taken about 1805, 1. by Wm. O. Gladding.
Mrs. Sarah Gladding, " " " " " " " "
Ambrose Waldron, 1- by Mrs. Wm. H. West.
Mrs. Hannah Waldron. 1. by Mrs. Wm. H. West.
Crawford Easterbrooks. Jr., 1. by C. L. Easterbrooks.
Josiah Smith, l. by Miss M. E. Bourne.
AUen Bourne, " " " " " "
Benj. F. Bourn. 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Mrs. Benj. F. Bourn. 1 by Mrs J. DeW. Perry.
Mrs. PrlsciUa AUyn, daughter of Koyal Paine.
"Capt. Tom Jones." Commander of Privateers during war of 1812, 1.
by Capt Geo. H. Munro.
Capt. AUen Munro, son of William and Hannah, died on a voyage
from the coast of Africa; 1. by A. M. Newman.
Nathan Bardin. painted about 1800, 1. by Nathan B. Fenner.
Mrs. N. Bardin, 1. by Mrs. Nathan B. Heath.
Nath'l CoggeshaU, 1. by Mrs. Harriet Coggeshall.
Mrs. N. Coggeshall, 1. by Mrs. Harriet CoggeshaU.
"Tom Jones," l. by Jas. D. Wardwell.
Mrs. Tom Jones, l. by Jas. D. Wardwell.
"Tom Jones" commanded the renowned privateer " Yankee," which
made so many captures during the last war with England.
Abigail DeWolf, wife of Mark Antony DeWolf, Sr., ancestress of all
the DeWolf famUy in Bristol, R. I., 1. by Mrs. Eliza DeWolf.
Charles DeWolf. Sr., 1. by Mrs. Theodora DeWolf Colt.
Painted by Jarvis, and considered by some judges the finest painting in
the collection. Remarkable for the naturalness of the flesh tints, and life
like appearance.
Gen. Geo. DeWolf. 1. by Mrs. T. DeW. Colt.
Mrs. Geo. DeWolf. " " " " " "
Hon. James DeWolf. 1. by H. M. Howe.
Wm. Henry DeWolf. 1. by Mrs. Wm. B. DeWolf.
Francis Le Baron DeWolf, l. by Mrs. Wm. B. DeWolf.
James DeWolf. Jr., " " " " "
Catharine DeWolf. " " " " "
Hon. WiUiam DeWolf, 1. by Mrs. M. DeW. Rogers.
Mrs. WUUam DeWolf. 1. by Mrs. Rogers and Miss C. DeWolf.
Wm. DeWolf, Jr., " " " " " " " "
Abby DeWolf Davis, " " " " " " "
Charlotte DeWolf, " " " " " " " "
Maria DeWolf. 1. by Mrs. M. Rogers and Miss C. DeWolf.
Henry DeWolf, 1. by Fitz Henry DeWolf.
Mrs. Henry DeWolf, 1. by Fitz Henry DeWolf.
Prof. John DeWolf, 1. by Brown University.

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Mrs. Ehzabeth J. DeWolf, wife of Prof DeWolf, 1. by Winthrop
DeWolf
Charlotte DeWolf, 1. by Miss C. DeWolf
Rob't Rogers, painted by Head, 1. by Mrs. M. DeW. Rogers.
Mrs. Rob't Rogers, painted by Healy, 1. by Mrs. M. DeWolf Rogers. *
' Nathaniel Byfleld, from Byfleld Hall. This portrait is a copy from an
original portrait in the possession of Hon. Francis Brinley, of New
port. The copy was made by Miss Jane Stuart, and is remarkable for
its truthfulness.
Gen. Andrew Jackson, (visited Bristol in 1833), 1. by S. Pomeroy
Colt.
When Gen. Jackson visited Bristol, in June, 1833, he had just entered
upon his second term as President of the United States. He was accom
panied by Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States; Lewis
Cass, Secretary of War ; Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy ; Major
Donalson, and Col. Earle, of the President's suite. He landed from steam
boat Boston, Capt. Wm. Comstock, from Newport, at Long Wharf, foot
of Church street, and walked, with his hat in his hand, through a shower
of rain, up Church street and along Hope street, to the Bristol Hotel on
State street. Capt. James DeWolf was conspicuous in his efforts to hold
an umbrella over "Old Hickory's" head, to keep the rain ofi-. At the
hotel, a few citizens had an opportunity to be introduced to the Presi
dent, and shake his hand. The distinguished party almost immediately
re-embarked on the steamer for Providence, where they arrived at 10
o'clock, A. M.
 Davis, ancestor of Church and Wardwell families, brought from
England in 1680, and then over flfty years old. Wonderfully painted
and well preserved. Considered by many the finest painting and most
interesting relic in the collection. L. by Mrs. H. B. Coggeshall, Fall
River.
• Geo. Washington.
Martha Washington.
These remarkable portraits were painted by the elder Peale, of Philadel
phia, for Washington, and by him were presented to John Brown, of Prov
idence. They represent this illustrious couple at a much younger age
than most of their portraits. Washington is taken in the uniform of a
Colonel in the Virginia militia, and these pictures were probably taken
about the time of Braddock's defeat. L by the Misses Herreshoff
Her Gracious Majesty Queen CaroUne, wife of George II., King
of England. This curious old portrait was brought from England,
with several others, by Rev. John Usher, the flrst minister of St.
Michael's Church, in 1720. It was torn from its frame and much in
jured by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. It is now in
the original frame of carved oak. L. by Mrs. M. Luther Simmons.
Com. C. H. Perry, 1. by Mrs. James DeW. Perry.
Geo. H. Reynolds, 1- by Mrs. John Burgess, Jr.

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Capt. James Usher, 1. by Mrs. John Burgess, Jr.
Mrs. James Usher, " " " " " "
Benj. Frankhn. This portrait was painted from life, and is very much
thought of by artists. It is taken with fur cap and spectacles. It
was formerly owned by the late Prof. A. D. Bache. L. by Mrs. H. W.
Bache.

MINIATURES ON IVORY.
Gen. James M. Varnum, painted in 1770, 1. by Miss Betsey Bourn.
Mrs. James M. Varnum, " " 1770, 1 by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Mary Ann DeWolf Sumner, daughter of Hon. James DeWolf,
painted by Miss Ann Hall, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Bishop Gris-wold, 1. by John AUyn.
Hon. Wm. DeWolf. painted by Malbone, 1. by Mrs. Rogers and Miss
C. DeWolf.
Capt. John DeWolf, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Mrs. John Norris, with her father and mother in shadow, taken in
1817, 1. by C. H. Norris.
Capt. Daniel N. Morice.
Madame Theresa Morice, and a beautifully painted miniature of an
aunt of Capt. Morice, name unknown; all three 1. by Mrs. Edward S.
Babbitt.
Golden Dearth, 1. by Willie Bradford.
Capt. Fletcher. 1. by T. W. Easterbrooks.
Capt. John Norris, painted in 1825, 1. by Capt. C. H. Norris.
Mrs. John Norris, painted in 1825, 1. by Capt. C. H. Norris.
Wm. CoggeshaU, 1. by Mrs. H. E. Coggeshall.
Mrs. Wm. CoggeshaU, 1. by Mrs H. E. Coggeshall.
Mrs. Prudence Richmond. 1- by Mrs. Rebecca Simmons.
Mrs. Sarah W. Shepard. 1. by Miss Shepard.
Gen. George DeWolf, 1. by Mis. T. DeW. Colt.
Henry Goodwin, " " " " " "
Mrs. Le B. Good-win, " " " " " "
Mariana DeWolf, " " " " "
Judge Joseph RusseU, by Fraser, one of the finest miniatures in the
United States, 1 by N. R. Middleton. Joseph Russell was a son of
Rev. Jonathan Russell, the minister of Barnstable, Mass., and the
grandson of Rev. John Russell, who for more than fifteen years con
cealed in his house at Hadley, Mass., Generals Whaley and Goffe, two
of Cromwell's Judges who condemned Charles I. to the block.
Silhouette of Mrs. SaUy Sandford, l. by Miss Lizzie Simmons.
" Mrs. Hannah Norris, 1. by Mrs. Morgan.
" John Howland. cut sixty years ago.
" Hon. Benj. Bourn. 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.

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Silhouette of Nelson MiUer, 1. by WUliam J. Miller.
This profile was cut more than flfty years ago. and is a striking likeness.
Mr. MiUer was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, having been in the
service six of the seven years of the war. Fifty or more years ago, the
writer remembers to have heard his grandfather relate an incident that
transpired at Valley Forge, while the American army was encamped there
in the winter of 1777-78. As he has never seen it in print, he ventures to
give it here. It was the scene when Washington made known to the
army the "Conway Cabal." His description of the event, although' so
many years have elapsed since the writer heard it from his lips, is still
vivid in his memory. It was, he said, on a mild, pleasant Sunday morn
ing, (probably in the latter part of February, or early in March, 1778).
The entire army was mustered, and Washington, surrounded by his ofii
cers, addressed the army, and told th-em of the conspiracy to supersede
him. He then, with deep feeling, vindicated his motives and course of
action, and closed with a most earnest appeal to the armj' — ofiicers and
men— to remain true to the great cause in which they had all suffered and
sacriflced so much. When the writer heard him relate the incident, it was
more than half a century after the event; and yet he well remembers,
child as he then was, how visibly the old man was affected, as he described
it. He .said it was one of the most impressive scenes that he ever
witnessed, and one that he should never forget, — officers and men wept
like children. His position in the line was near where Washington sat
upon his horse, and he heard distinctly every word he spoke.
Two Miniatures, Capt. Daniel Gladding and Wife. 1. by Wil
liam H. Gladding.
John BliUock, one hundred years old when taken, 1. by Miss Mary
BuUock. PICTURES.
Oil Painting of Venus and Cupids.
" " Diana at the Bath. In this, Acteon is represented
undergoing transformation into a stag, with Diana and her attendant
nymphs, dogs, game, etc. These pictures were brought from England
by Rev. John Usher in 1720. L. by the Misses Usher.
Abraham Sacrificing Isaac, a very old painting, unfortunately indis
tinct and much injured; 1. by Mrs. Thomas J Usher.
Painting of Ship "Joshua Mauran," 1. by Capt. Isaac Liscomb.
Privateer "McDonough." painted by Jonathan Alger, 1. by George
Alger.
A Flemish Entertainment, A Moderate Gale, A Brisk Gale,
A Calm, four Engravings, all over 100 years old, 1. by C. F. Her
reshoff.
Apotheosis of Washington, 1. by C. F. Herreshoff.
Gen. Jackson, 1. by T. L. Fisher.

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George Washington, 1. by George Smith.
Five Old Prints. " "
John DarUilg. framed and illustrated Eulogy, written by Gov. Charles
Collins, 1. by Capt. I. Liscomb.
Lorenzo Dow and Peggy Dow, 1. by James A. Miller.
Privateers. "Sea Pieces," etc., four curious old pictures of, 1. by
Mrs. Gideon Sherman.
Depar-fcure of Prodigal Son, a print of 1735, 1. by Mrs. R. S. Andrews.
Prodigal Son, two old pictures, 1. by Mrs. Rebecca Simmons.
Triumph of Liberty, an engraving, 1. by Capt. George Coggeshall.
Engra-vings, 200 and 150 years old, 1. by Mrs. W. A. Richmond.
Old Talbee House. Drawing of house built by Col. Benj. Church in
Bristol in 1690, 1. by the Misses Shepard.
Interesting copies of the coats of arms borne by the early settlers were
shown. The following were copies taken before the separation from the
mother countries: Usher, Dimond, Leonard and Ingraham
PamiUes.

OLD SILVER.
Five SUver Spoons, all over 100 years old, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Cream Jug and Sugar Bowl, formerly owned by Bishop Griswold,
1. by Mrs. R. S. Andrews.
Tankard, marked H. L., was brought from Plymouth by Hannah Lor-
ing, who married Jonathan Peck about 1731, 1. by George J. Adams.
Two SUver ChaflEbig Dishes. 1- by Mrs. Wm. B. D'Wolf.
Cup, " " " " "
Porringer, used for soup on board the ship " General Washington," 1. by
C. F. Herreshoff.
Plate. 1. by C. F. Herreshoff.
Two old SUver-Handled Forks. 1. by C. F. Herreshoff.
SUver Ladle, with a coin of the reign of Queen .Anne, 1711, set into the
bottom, 1. by Mrs. C. F. Herreshoff, Jr.
SUver Chain and Pendant, formerly belonging to the grand-daugh
ter of Col. Benj. Church, 1. by Miss Mary F. Norris.
SUver Paten, formerly belonging to Rev. John Usher, 1. by the Misses
Usher.
Curious SmaU SUver Spoon, 1. by Miss Rebecca Turner.
Bight Tea-Spoons, old fashioned marks and chasing, 1. by Ezra B.
Chadwick.
SUver Pitcher. This interesting relic was brought from France by
Gabriel Bernon, a French Huguenot, who fled from France upon the
revocation of the edict of Nantes, and came to this country and brought
this with a few other valuables. In 1738 it came to his granddaughter,
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ever since, being now owned by the ninth of that name. It was
requested for exhibition at the Centennial Exhibition held in Phila
delphia, but the then owners felt constrained to refuse. L. by Mrs.
Esther Powell Snow.
SUver Ewer and Basin, formerly used by Charles DeWolf, Sr., 1. by
Mrs. T. DeW. Colt.
Wine Tester.
Old Communion Ser-vice from Congregational Church.
). 2 cups, the gift of Nathaniel Byfleld in 1693.
1 cup, " " " Rev. John Sparhawk in 1718.
1 cup, the donor unknown, given in 1723.
2 cups, the gift of Hon. Nathl. Blagrove, in 1745.
Communion Ser-vice from St. Michael's Church.
? 2 large flagons, the gift of Nath'l Kay in 1734.
2 double-handled cups, the gift of Nathl. Kay in 1734.
1 large chalice, " " " " " " "
1 large basin, the gift of Isaac Royal in 1747.
1 paten, the gift of Nath'l Kay in 1734.
Large SUver Waiter and Candelabra, about 150 years old, 1. by
Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Sugar Bowl and Creamer, formerly owned by Deacon Jeremiah
Diman, 1. by Miss Lizzie B. Diman.
Tankard, " " " " " "
Pap Spoon, 200 years old, formerly owned by Col. Job Almy, one of the
original owners of the Pocasset purchase, 1. by Mrs. C. F. Herre
shoff, Jr.
Eight Table-Spoons, owned by Sion and Sally Martindale, 1756, 1. by
George J. Adams.
Sion Martindale was a successful ship master and merchant of Bristol
at the beginning of the war of the Revolution. The commerce of the
port had been destroyed by the restrictive acts of the British Parliament.
When the Rhode Island General Assembly, immediately after the affair at
Concord and Lexington, ordered the enlisting of troops into " the King's
service," Captain Martindale promptly came forward and raised a company
in Bristol and Warren for Colonel Thomas Church's regiment. He was
commissioned as captain of the company, and with the regiment, early in
June, reported for duty at Cambridge. Some members of his company
were in the redoubt at the battle of Bunker Hill. When Washington
arrived from the South, early in July, to take command of the troops
around Boston, he took prompt steps to prevent supplies from reaching
the British in Boston. This was easily done inland. To cut off their supplies
by water three armed vessels were equipped, the flrst one put in comrais
sion being the brigantine Washington, of ten guns. Captain Martindale
was commissioned as commander. As seamen were hard to be obtained,
so many of them having enlisted in the army, the soldiers were called
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men — numbers of his own company going with him. Their cruise was a
short one, for they had been out only three days, when they were captured
in Boston bay by the British Ship Foy, of twenty guns. They were soon
transferred to the frigate Tartar, and carried as prisoners to England.
Cream Pitcher, 167 years old, formerly belonging to Dr. John Cogge
shaU. Repouss6 work. L. by Miss Sarah Coggeshall.
SUver Nutmeg-Grater, about 206 years old, in the shape of a shoe,
1. by Mrs. M. J. Slade.
Pepper Box, in form of light-house, formerly belonging to the flrst
Mark Antony DeWolf, 1. by Mrs. M. DeW. Rogers.
Ptmch-Strainer, " " " " " "
Porringer. " " " " " "
Fish Spoon. " " " " " "
Tankard, " " " " " "
Sugar Tongs, " " " " " "
Cream Pitcher, " " " " " "
¦fankard, 1. by Mrs. N. RusseU Middleton.
Tankard, formerly used by Capt. John DeWolf, 1. by Byron D. DeWolf.
1 Sugar Bowl, 1. by Miss Annie F. Munro.
This sugar bowl is an exceedingly interesting relic. It had stamped on
the bottom of it, the letters S. P., and belonged to Capt. Simeon Potter,
who captured it, with other plunder, in 1744, when in command of the ship
Prince Charles of Lorraine, a Rhode Island privateer. War existed
between England and France— the " Old French War"— and Capt Potter
was cruising along the " Spanish Main," near Cayenne, in quest of French
merchantmen. Having occasion to land for water, they learned of Fort
d'Oyapoc, a French Jesuit Missionary station, near by, and determined to
capture it. There were but a few soldiers in the fort, and it was sur
prised and captured without loss of life. The only person wounded was
Capt. Potter, who received a bullet wound in his left arm. Capt. Potter's
vessel was armed with ten cannon, twelve swivel guns, and had a crew
of sixty-two men. His clerk was Mark Antony DeWolf. A part of
the crew only landed, and took part in the raid. An account of this
affair was published in the Overland Monthly of San Francisco, in Aprih
1874. The late Gov. Arnold received advance sheets of the article,
and read them before the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence,
in March of that year. It was a translation from the French, by Bishop
Kip, of a letter from Father Fauque, the resident Priest at the mission
captured, to a brother Priest, and is dated, "At Cayenne, the 22d of
December, 1744." The Overland Monthly, in its preface to the letter,
comments as foUows : "It contains a chapter in the early history of the
Rhode Island people, which has never before been published. Strange,
that, after being buried so long, it should now be unearthed — that, after
being locked up in the old French of the original writer for nearly 130
years, it should be brought to light for the benefit of a succeeding genera
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tion ! Perhaps it may be a matter of interest to the descendants of Cap
tain Simeon Potter, and of the others, who, in ' the Old French War,'
were together in the good ship Prince Charles of Lorvaine, ' as they sailed
— as they sailed.' "
The spirit of the holy Father's letter is admirable. He begins as fol
lows :
" My Reverend Father : — The jjeace of our Lord be with you ! I will
make you a partaker of the greatest happiness I have experienced in my
life, by informing you of the opportunity I had of suffering something for
the glory of God."
He concealed himself for a time outside the fort, for fear of being shot.
When captured and taken into the fort, he says: "I saw every face
expressing the greatest joy, each one congratulating himself that they
had captured a priest." He describes Capt. Potter as follows: "The
first one who approached me was the Captain himself. He was a man
small in stature, and not in any respect differing from the others in dress.
He had his left arm in a sling, a sabre in his right hand, and two pistols ia
his belt. As he was acquainted with some few words of French, he told
me ' that I was very welcome ; that I had nothing to fear, as no one would
attempt my life.' " He speaks kindly of Capt. Potter, and of his Clerk,
(DeWolf). The capture of the fort was made ou the 2d or 3d of November, and the
interesting fact is brought out that Capt. Potter and his crew celebrated
the " Gunpowder Treason Plot" on the fifth of November. Speaking of a
conversation he had with the Captain, he says : " He made me, after
ward, a disclosure which was sufficiently pleasant. ' Monsieur,' he said
to me, ' do you know that to-morrow, being the fifth of November, the
English have a great festival?'
' And what is the festival?' I asked him.
' We burn the Pope,' he answered, laughing.
' Explain to me,' I said ; ' what is this ceremony? '
' They dress np in a burlesque style,' he said, ' a kind of ridiculous
figure, which they call the Pope, and which they afterwards burn, while
singing some ballads, and all this in conmemoration of the day when the
Court of Rome separated England from its communion. To-morrow,' he
continued, ' our people who are on shore will perform this ceremony at
the fort.'"
The priest probably misunderstood the meaning of Capt. Potter as to
the event to be commemorated. He describes their manner of celebration
as follows :
" After a while, he caused his pennon and flag to be hoisted. The
sailors manned the yard-arms, the drum was beaten, they flred thecannon,
and aU 'shouted, five times, ' Long live the King ! ' This having been done,
he caUed one of the sailors, who, to the great delight of those who under
stood his language, chanted a very long ballad, which I judged to be the
recital of all this unworthy story."

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The ballad was, doubtless, the one so familiar to every Bristol boy
thirty or forty years ago, beginning :
" The fifth of November,
Let us all remember
The Gunpowder-Treason Plot " —
for, up to within twenty-five or thirty years, this singular festival was
celebrated in Bristol annually, probably from the very settlement of the
town. In fact, "Gunpowder-Treason Night" was as familiar to Bristol
people as 'Lection Day at Newport, or the Fourth of July.
The Prince Charles of Lorraine hailed from Newport, and her cruise
along the coast of Surinam was made the subject of inquiry before the
Court of Vice Admiralty, at Newport, in May, 1746. Monsieur Hop, the
Minister of the States General of the United Netherlands, made complaint
" of several violences committed on the coasts of Surranam by an English
Privateer called the Prince Charles of Lorraine, Simeon Potter, com
mander, in violation of the laws of nations, and desiring that the said
commander, and those of the crew that were guilty of such outrages,
might be punished." After a lengthy investigation, covering the exami
nation of Captain Potter ; Daniel Vaughn, of Newport, First Lieutenaht ;
Reuben Shales, of Middletown, Conn., Second Lieutenant; Michael
PhiUips, of Bristol, PUot; Mark Antony DeWolf, of Bristol, Clerk;
Joseph Rodman, of Newport, Mariner, " being one of those people called
Quakers ; " and James Tucker, of Newport, Mariner— all members of the
company of said Prince Charles of Lorraine— the Judge (William Strength-
field) exonerated Capt. Potter, and his officers and crew from all blame.
His "Decree" closes as follows :
" It is undoubtedly true that Capt. Potter made a very extraordinary
attack upon the French settlement to windward of Surranam, laying
waste and destroying a whole country almost one hundred miles up the
river Wyapoke, taking the fort, carrying away their cannon, and destroy
ing the town as well as country — doing the same in his going down as far
as Ceyane ; so that, considering the smallness of his force, perhaps no one
during the present war has weakened and distressed His Majesty's ene
mies to the like degree. And it appears that he was commissionated from
said Colony of Rhode Island in the method there used in granting Com
missions during the whole war, and herein acted according to instruc
tions. But no act of hostilities appears to be done by him upon the terri
tories of any of His Majesty's allies, or near 'em.
"And it being contrary to His Majesty's clemency and wise administra
tion to admit of any hi.s subjects being distressed without just cause
appearing, the said Simeon Potter is released, as also the said Daniel
Vaughn and Reuben Shales, for that nothing to me appeared worthy of
punishment or bonds. But in further submission and obedience to their
Lordships' commands, with this representation the examination and evi
dences taken are transmitted. The said persons paying costs each one
should."

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At the time of the bombardment of the town by a British fleet, in
October, 1775, Col. Simeon Potter (he had been made Colonel of the
Militia) was a member of the Town Council. The British commander,
Wallace, made a demand for cattle and sheep, and threatened to bombard
the town unless it was promptly complied with. This demand the towns
people, with more zeal than discretion, peremptorily refused. As soon as
the vessels of war opened fire — there were five of them, and they took
up positions along the entire water-front of the' compact part of the town
— a great fear and horror seized upon the inhabitants — rendered all the
more terrible by the darkness of the evening. In the midst of the fire.
Col. Potter went down upon Warehouse Point, which was a gravelly bluff
point of land, now covered by Long Wharf, at the foot of Church street,
and hailed one of the war vessels that lay a short distance off. After
great effort, he succeeded in making himself heard, and beseeched them
"for God's sake [to] stop firing!" They sent a boat ashore, and he was
taken on board, and, after agreeing to deliver the sheep the next morning
(they yielding the demand for the cattle), stopped the fire upon the town.
The forty sheep were delivered on board the next morning, and tlie enemy,
to the great relief of the inhabitants, sailed away out of the harbor.

CHINA, ETC.
The collection of china was large and interesting, some of it dating
from the early settlement of the town, and having interesting local and
historical associations connected with it. Some was imported many years
ago from India and China, and is to-day as beautiful as any that reaches
us from those countries, albeit the decorations and shapes are now more
famUiar since the opening of those countries to foreign trade. The dif
ferent specimens were too numerous to be mentioned in detail, and we
can only give those more interesting from association.
Pickle Dish, used by Gen. Washington at the house of Gen. James M.
Varnum. Cream ware (Dolphins and SheUs), 1. by Mrs. J. DeWolf
Perry.
Pair of Antique MajoUca Pitchers, which formerly belonged to
Deacon Nathaniel Diman, 1. by Mrs. E. A. Diman.
Octagonal Plate, imitation of tortoise shell, about 125 years old, 1. by
Capt. C. H. Norris.
Japanese Drinking Cup. brought from Japan by Com. Perry at the
signing of the first treaty with that country, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
China Tea Caddy, used by Mrs. Gen. Varnum, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW.
Perry.
Barber's Basin, over 200 years old, 1. by Mrs. Mary J. Slade.
Punch Bowl and Curious Old Rtcher. in the form of a man. 1. by
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Punch Bowl, owned by Rev. John Usher, cream color, with fioral deco
rations, 1. by Miss Lizzie Simmons.
China Cup and Saucer, which belonged to the wife of Capt. John
DeWolf, neS Reynolds, 1. by Mrs. A. S. DeWolf
Cup an,d Saucer, owned by Col. Benjamin Church 200 years ago, 1. by
Mrs. William Howe Church.
Large Blue and White Punch Bowl, or Standard, with large
Salver, which belonged to Col. Benjamin Church, 1. by Gilbert Norris.
Tea Pot, formerly used by Col. Simeon Potter, 1. by Mrs. B. B.
Coggeshall.
Sha-ving Basin, used by Mark Antony DeWolf, 1. by Mrs. Maria D'W.
Rogers.
China Figrurine, female figure carrying ft-ult and flowers, 1. by Mrs. H.
W. Bache.
Pi-tcher, with figures of ChUdren in relief, 1. by Miss M. G. DeWolf.
Square Platter, decorated with pictures of ship, 1. by Capt. Isaac Lis
comb.
Cup and Saucer, owned by Bishop Griswold, 1. by Miss Maria G.
DeWolf.
Punch Bowl, 120 years old, owned by Capt. Fletcher, 1. by T. W.
Easterbrooks.
Punch Bowl, with curious decorations inside, once owned by Rev.
John Usher, 1720, 1. by Mrs. M. Luther Simmons.
Blue and WTiite Plate, conventional designs, brought to Bristol by
Rev. Samuel Lee, the first minister settled in Bristol in 1686, 1. by
Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Two Very Old Pitchers, fioral decorations, 1. by Mrs. B. B. Chad
wick.
Very Old Cup and Saucer, rose colored and white decorations, 1.
by Miss Rebecca Turner.
Punch Bo-wl, with figures of ships, and curious tea set, deep cream
color, with bright colored figures of animals, 1. by Mrs. Gideon Sher
man.
Sugar Bowl, owned by Rev. John Usher, 1720, white, with colored
raised figures, very beautiful and rare, 1. by Mrs. M. Luther Simmons.
Sugar Bo-wl, over 100 years old, raised ornaments, 1. by Mrs. George W.
Simmons.
Old China. Interesting selections of old china were also received from
Mrs. Mary J. Slade, Mrs. Rebecca Simmons, Mrs. Viets G. Peck,
Mrs. R. S. Andrews, George Smith, Miss Annie F. Munro, the Her
reshoff family, Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf, Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro', Mrs.
James White, Mrs. Augustus Richmond, Mrs. Wm. Simmons, Miss A.
Coy, and T. L. Fisher.

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GLASS, ETC.
The flrst Glass Lamp in Bristol, 1. by Mrs. B W. DarUng.
Salt CaUar, in shape of hat, and Night Lamp, both over 100 years
old, 1. by Mrs. George W. Simmons.
Wine Glass, with flne gUt ornamentation, 1. by Miss Lizzie Simmons.
Cruet, belonged to Sally Peck, wife of Sion Martindale, 1756, 1. by Geo.
J. Adams.
Large Wine Glass, 180 years old, 1. by Mrs. Chas. Fales.
Jar Salts, 140 years old, 1. by Miss M. E. Bourn.
Large Glass Sugar Bowl, (owned by Col. Benj. Church, who con
quered King Philip, of Mount Hope), about 200 years old, 1. by Mrs.
Wm. Howe Church.
Tumbler, formerly owned by the great grandson of John Alden, now
owned by the eighth in descent, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf
Large Glass Tumbler, 106 years old, 1. by Thomas Easterbrooks.
Wine Glass, more than 200 years old, buried for preservation at Green
wich during the Revolution, cut glass, with gilt ornaments, 1. by Mrs.
J. DeW. Perry.
Cut Glass Liquor Set and Tray, mounted with brass (sea set),
1. by T. W. Easterbrooks. FURNITURE.
Piano. The first one in New England, imported by John Brown for his
daughter Sarah, afterwards Mrs. Herreshoff. Imported about 1785.
It has a finely inlaid case, and is in every way in good order, every
key sounding. It has been in the Herreshoff house at Point Pleasant
during the present century. L. by the Misses Herreshoff.
Piano, one of the first made in America, for many years it was owned on
the Island of Prudence, 1. by Messrs. Cory Brothers, Providence.
Spinet, with maker's name, and dated, '¦ London, 1520." A family relic
brought to Bristol by Mrs. Henry Wight, 1. by Mrs. Alex Perry.
The correspondent of the New York Ghaphic, in referring to this instru
ment, indulges in the foUowing refiections : " This instrument bears the
inscription, 'Johannes Hitchcock, /eciJ, London, -.1520.' It is, you see,
three hundred and sixty years old. What a web of romance might be
woven out of its long history ! Where now are the pliant fingers that
awoke its sleeping harmonies when it was new? Where are the girls that
sang alto, and those that sang air to the accompaniment of its chords
when the plate with the maker's name on it flashed in brightness to the
light of the parlor fires in 'ye olden time?' Gone, all gone — dust centu
ries ago, and forgotten. Heaven help us ! and here is the ancient spinet,
the forerunner of the piano of to-day — a wrecked musical ship whose
music has vanished with the hearts that enjoyed it when the world was
younger."

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Large High Back Chair, with carved ornamentation, 160 years old,
1. by Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Mahogany "As You Like it" Chair, with claw feet, used by
Gen. Washington, 1. by Mrs. Chesbro'.
Small Bureau, made in Bristol in 1780, 1. by Miss A. F. Munro.
SmaU Table, 170 years old, formerly owned by Mrs. Potter, the mother
of Col. Simeon Potter, 1 by Miss A F. Munro.
Chair, made in 1755, 1. by Wm. H. Mann.
Shoemaker's Bench, 1- by Ricliard S. Pearse, who received it from
his grandfather, Richard Smith, in 1821, it being the property of his
father years before. Supposed to be about 140 years old.
First Communion Table used in the Episcopal Church in
Bristol, mahogany, with silk damask cloth, 1. by Wm. P. Munro.
Light Stand and Chair, formerly belonging to Rev. John Usher, 1.
by Wm P. Munro.
Chair, formerly owned by the Walley family, 1. by William C. G. Cush-
man.
Fire Screen, worked in crewels, 100 years old, 1. by Mrs. Jacob Bab
bitt.
SmaU Table, which belonged to Mark Antony and Abigail DeWolf,
more than 130 years old, 1. by Miss Abby L. DeWolf.
"As You Like It" Chair, once owned by Rev. John Burt, the Rev
olutionary Parson, 1. by Mrs. E. A. Diman.
Card Table, made of Zebra wood, brought from the coast of Africa, by
Capt. John DeWolf, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Mahogany Brass Bound Celaret. 1. by Mrs. W. B. DeWolf
Straight Backed, Leather Covered Chair, once owned by
Nathaniel Byfield, 1. by the Misses Herreshoff.
Large Chest of Drawers on High Legs, inlaid, and with brass
mountings, 1. by Herbert H Bosworth.
Large Mirror, over 160 years old, from the old Sandford house; very
heavy solid oak frame, with black and red ornamentation, 1. by Miss
Lizzie Simmons.
Chair, of set imported for the flrst Congress in Philadelphia, 1. by Mrs.
J. DeW. Perry.
Large Camp Chest, made of camphor wood, bound with brass, with
four brass handles and three spring locks, about six feet long, and
higher than an ordinary table. This was left behind, flUed with
clothing and other property, by Gen. Prescott, commander of the
British troops on the island of Rhode Island, when he was captured
by Col Barton; 1. by Mrs. E. A. Diman.
Liquor Chest,
Warming Pan, " " "
Desk, made by Rev. Henry Wight, and used by him for writing sermons
ou during his lifetime; 1. by Mrs. E A. Diman.

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"As you Uke it" Chair, owned by Rev. John Burt, who died the
night Bristol was bombarded by WaUace, in 1775 ; 1. by Mrs. E. A.
Diman.
Chair. 150 yrs. old, belonging to the Dimond family, 1. by Mrs. Margaret
Taylor.
Sha-ving Case of Col. Job Almy, now 200 years old, 1. by Darwin Almy.
Chair formerly owned by Rev. John Burt, 1. by Mrs. Sam'l White, Prov.
Chair 160 years old, high back, rush seat, 1. by Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Large Hea-vy Table, with eight legs, dating from the flrst settlement
of Bristol. L. by Trinity Church.
Two very old high-backed Chairs, one with arms, 1. by Trinity
Church.
Brass Candlestick, 160 years old, once owned by Mrs. Hope (Power)
Brown, great-great-grandmother of the Herreshoff family.
Table over 200 years old, 1. by Mrs. Maria M Hazard.
Pair of Andirons in the shape of dogs, over 150 years old, 1. by Miss
Cordelia Chase.
Lignum Vitse Sugar-Can and Cover, 180 years old, 1. by WUliam
P. Munro
Pair of Andirons in the form of Scotch Highlanders, very old and
curious, 1. by Leonard Sandford.
Tall Brass Andirons, 1 by Veits G. Peck.
Pair very large and taU Andirons, made of Queen metal, 1. by
Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Pair of Brass Camp Candlesticks, 1. by Mrs. Gideon Sherman.
Pair of smaU old-fashioned BeUows, 1. by Mrs. N. CoggeshaU.
Inkstand belonging to John Throop, 134 years ago, 1. by Mrs. H. W.
Bache.
Lignum Vitse Case or Casket, about 200 years old, 1. by Miss A.
F. Munro.
Pair of Andirons in the shape of negro boys, once the property of
Mr. Hicks West, an old Revolutionary Pensioner; 1. by jJiss Emma
E. Cary.
Brass Candlesticks and pair of EnameUed Curtain Knobs,
125 years old, 1. by Thomas Easterbrooks.
Large Mahogany Arm Chair, formerly owned by the Bradford
family of Mass. L. by Miss Annie F. Munro.
Large Covered Arm Chair, brought from England by Rev. John
Usher in 1720, covered with different old-fashioned chintzes; 1. by
Miss Lizzie Simmons.
Three-Cornered Table, with leaf and hidden compartment, from the
old Sandford house, 1. by Miss Lizzie Simmons.
Bronze Candlesticks, 200 years old, 1. by Mrs. Hope Blake.
Hard Wood Sugar Bowl, 200 years old, 1. by Mrs. Asha Card.
Iron Candlestick, 135 years old, 1. by Miss Abby F. Coy.
Foot Stove, used in the old Congregational Meeting House, 1. by Mrs.
Wm. B. Spooner.

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Book Case, with drawers and glass doors, brass ornaments on top,
formerly owned by Col. Simeon Potter, 1. by Capt. John D. Dimond.
Stand, formerly owned by Col. S. Potter, 1. by Capt. John D. Dimond.
Mahogany Chair, carved with claw feet, one of the prizes captured
by a Bristol privateer 125 years ago, 1. by Mrs Clara D. DeWolf.
Very old Looking Glass. 1- by Miss A. F. Coy.
Sand Box, made from large African nut, dated D. W., 1744, 1. by Her
bert H. Bosworth.
Old-fashioned Mirror, 1. by Herbert H. Bosworth.
Old-fashioned Brass Candlesticks, 1. by C. F. Herreshoff.
Old Mirror, beveled edges, with mahogany and gilt frame, 1. by George
B. Diman.
BiUl's-Eye Window Glasses, 1. by George B. Diman.
S-wift and two Spinning Wheels, for wool, 1. by Mrs. Mary E.
Slade.
Flax Wheel, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Old-feshioned Rocker Chair, 1. by T. L. Fisher.
Three-Legged SkiUet. lined vvith bell metal. It belonged to William
Cox, whose father brought it from England, and whose house was on
the site of the Rogers Library. In May, 1777, the house was flred by
British soldiers, and burned to the ground. The skillet was found in
the cellar, where it had fallen. L. by Gilbert Norris.
Pe-wter Platter. Plate and Basin, dated 1730. Keg, 1745. Little
Bucket. 1765. L. by Capt, Peleg P. Rose.
Very Large Round Pe-wter Platter, over 150 years old, 1. by Miss
Sarah CoggeshaU.
CoUection of old Pewter Platters and Plates, 1. by John
DeWolf.
TaU Clock, that has been going over 100 years, 1. by Samuel Cogge
shaU.
Handsome Molucca Wood Table, and very old Round Top
Table, 1. by Mrs. E. B. CoggeshaU.
Finely Carved Wooden Spoon and BeUows. mahogany and
ivory, 1. by W. C. Manchester.
Mahogany Liquor Case, with gilt bottles, 1. by Mrs. Clara D.
' DeWolf.
Linen Tablecloth, 180 years old, 1. by Mrs. Mary Waldron Chase.
Large Chintz Curtains, over 100 years old, with quaint designs, cov
ering the entire surface, 1. by Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Elegant SUk and Gold Tapestry, with gold bulion woven into the
design, representing the waves of the sea, with dolphins and gold flsh
swimming through them, brought from China about 1770. L. by Mrs.
C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Silk Bed-quUt, made by Alice B. Wight 60 years ago, from pieces of
dresses then over 100 years old ; 1. by Miss A. F. Alden.
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146 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
Napkin, brought from France to Rhode Island by a French Protestant
about 190 years ago; 1. by Mrs. Esther Powell Snow.
Sheet, spun and woven by Mrs. Rebecca Smith before her marriage in
1801, from flax raised and prepared in Bristol, R. I. L. by Geo. J.
Smith. Mrs. Smith died a few months ago, in her 99th year.
Silk Brocade, for furniture covering, dark blue with large crimson and
gold flowers. Imported from India over 100 years ago. L. by Mrs.
C. L. H. Chesbro'.
Stand Cloth, 200 years old, 1. by Mrs. PriscUla AUyn.
A Pe-w Door belonging to the "Parson's Pew" of the flrst meeting
house built in Bristol in 1684. It is made of oak wood cut on the
Common, and when made was for the only pew in the church Each
member of the church in those days built his pew at his own expense,
and the flrst one was built by the society for the use of the minister's
family. The " meeting-house " stood on the Common, near the site
of the present Court House. L. by the Congregational Society.
The W^indow that was over the pulpit in the present Town Hall build
ing when it was flrst built for a church nearly 100 years ago. L. by
Geo. B Diman.
Large turned Arm Chair, over 150 years old, 1. by Mrs. Clara D.
DeWolf.
Bed-quUt. made of pink, green and blue silks, and with the following
history: — In 1738, Esther Powell, a granddaughter of Gabriel Ber
non, was married to James Helme. As America afforded but few
luxuries then, the parents of the happy bride sent to London for the
wedding trousseau. Those were the days of " short gowns and
petticoats," and garments of flnest textures and lustrous hue came
from the mother country. In the course of years the clothes became
worn, aud were transformed into this bed-quilt. On the occasion of
Gen. Washington's last visit to Newport, R. I., it was brought across
the Ferry from Narragansett to cover the bed on which his august
form was to repose. As yet it had never been finished ; and when
the granddaughter of Ester Powell Helme was married in 1795, a
sempstress was hired to quilt it. The work occupied six months,
and the woman received her board and twenty cents per week as her
wages. The quilt has descended to an Ester Powell through each
succeeding generation, and is now in possession of one of the name.
L. by Mrs. Ester Powell Snow.

ARMS, CANES, ARMAMENTS, ETC.
Sword, formerly used by Capt. Benj. Church, one of the first settlers in
Bristol, who defeated King Philip, and carried by Church during King
Philip's war. Handsome silver handle. L. by Col. Peter Church.
" Benjamin Church is a prominent name in the early Colonial history.
Born at Plymouth in 1639, he married Alice Southworth, granddaughter

Bl-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 147
of the distinguished wife of Gov. Bradford. After the close of Philip's
war, he removed to this town. He purchased largely of the original pro
prietors, and held for many years much landed estate. He built the house
known as the " Old Talbee House," near the corner of Thames and Con
stitution streets. He was frequently elected to offices of trust, was public
spirited, and contributed with great liberality for the support of institu
tions of religion and education. Died, January 17, 1717-18, in Little
Compton, in the 78th year of his age."
Flag, presented to the town of Bristol by Nath'l Byfield, in 1723. Made
of sUk, with handsome staff, with silver pike and mountings, made in
1710. L. by the town of Bristol.
The lower end of the staff of this fiag was thrust into the trunk of an
old, decayed mazzard cherry tree, to keep it in a perpendicular position.
There was a relevancy in this. This old tree is the last of a large number
imported by Byfield from England soon after the settlement of the town.
They stood on both sides of the Poppasquash road, leading south from the
residence of Stephen T. Church. There are persons now living who
remember when some of these trees bore fruit. In the great September
gale of 1815, numbers of these trees were prostrated, and those that were
left standing showed no signs of life afterward. The writer of this remem
bers when a boy, that numbers of these knarled and twisted trunks were
standing spectres of a dead past, like so many mailed sentries, challenging
the new generation. This old trunk, the last of aU its companions, has
been reverently kept by Mrs. Rogers and her sister. Miss Charlotte
DeWolf, and was sent over from Poppasquash, with other interesting
relics, for the exhibition.
S-word and Epaulets, worn by Benj. WUcox during the war of the
Revolution, 1. by Benj. W. Davis.
Mr. Wilcox was a revolutionary patriot and soldier, but died at a good
old age, a short time before Congress passed an act granting pensions.
British Musket, plowed up near Quaker HiU, Portsmouth, R, I , by
Isaac Anthony, about 1779, 1. by Edward Anthony, Jr.
Shot and Balls, lodged in the house of Hon. Benj. Bourne during the
bombardment of Bristol by WaUace, 1775, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Iron Shot, four pounder, fired into (he Walley house, on State street,
during the bombardment of Bristol, by WaUace, in 1775, 1. by WiUiam
J. Miller.
Sextant, used by Capt. John DeWolf during his early voyages.
Compass, made in Lisbon, 1719, and used on board of the ship " San
I Jos6," captured by " Tom Jones," in the brig "Yankee." L. by Mrs.
E. A. Diman.
Handcuff and Shackles, used on board old Bristol slave ships.
Camp BroUer, used during the Revolution, 1. by Mrs. R. S. Andrews.
Musket, (Queen Anne), 1745, 1. by Capt. Peleg R. Rose.
Brass Pistol. 1745, " " " " " "
Brass Mounted Sword, 1789, 1. by Capt. Peleg R. Eose.

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Cannon BaU and Grape Shot, flred by British, and plowed up on
the farm of Capt Wm. H. West, at Bristol Ferry, 1. by Wm. H. West, Jr.
Two FUnt-Lock Muskets, 1 by Jesse Gladding.
Cartridge and Grape Shot, " " "
Wooden Lock, " " "
Chopping Knife, over 150 years old, 1. by Mrs. Asha Card.
Boot Jack, 1715, 1 by J. A. C. Gladding.
China TUl, from the old Lee house, 1, by Mrs. Josephus Gooding.
Pe-jvter Plate, about 200 years old, 1. by Samuel Coggeshall.
Spinning Wheel, 1. by Jesse Gladding
S-word, used by flrst Colonel (Samuel Wardwell) of Bristol Artillery,
1. by M. A. DeW. Howe.
Gentleman's Dress Sword, of last century, 1. by V. G. Peck.
Large BombsheU, flred by the British at the bombardment of -Bristol
by Wallace, 1775, and found in the garden of Jonathan Russell, on
Hope street, 1 by J. R. BuUock.
Leg of Camp Bedstead, used in the Revolutionary war by Stephen
Smith, 1. by J. R, Bullock.
Bassoon and Drum, the latter used at Fort Dumpling in war of 1812,
1. by George Alger.
Canteen, used by Preserved Abell during the war of the Revolution, 1.
by Miss E. Morse.
Double-barreUed PUnt-lock Pistol, 1. by Loring CoggeshaU.
Pair of Flint-lock Duelling Pistols. 1. by Lewis H. DeWolf.
Scales, with six weights, for weighing gold dust, used by Capt. Levi
DeWolf on the west coast of Africa, 1790, 1. by Cordelia L. AUen.
Grape Shot, found on the shore of Bristol Harbor imbedded in a stone,
where it had worn a deep hole, probably by motion caused by the
tide. From the shape and size supposed to have been flred by the
British. L. by Dr. J. C. Gallup.
Brass Camp Candlesticks, 1- by Mrs. G. Sherman.
Cup, made from part of man-o'-war Constitution, 1 by Mrs. J. DeW.
Perry.
Flag, flown by Star of the West, when attempting to re inforce Fort
Sumpter, April, 1860, and the flrst flag fired upon during the war of
the rebellion. L. by C. Evans.
Whaleboat, made by W. C. Manchester, 1. by W. C. Manchester, Jr.
Dressing Case, carried during the Revolutionary war, by Gen. James
M. Varnum, 1 by Mrs. James DeW. Perry.
Pin Case, of enamelled copper, belonging to the wife of Gen. -Varnura,
1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Pans, of 100 years ago, 1. by Mrs, J. DeWolf Perry.
Fan, about 150 years old, formerly owned by the wife of Prof. Winthrop,
of Harvard College, 1. by Mrs. R. S. Andrews.
Fans, of the olden time, 1. by John DeWolf.
Woven SUver Garters, with Knee Buckles set -with Stones,
worn by James Brown over 100 years ago, l.by the Misses Herreshoff.

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FuU Set Silver Buttons, worn over lOO years ago, 1. by the Misses
Herreshoff.
Silver Buttons, 150 years old, 1. by Betsey H. Chadwick.
Buttons, made 120 years ago, from shells picked up on the shores of the
Mediterranean, 1. by the Herreshoffs.
Shoe Buckles, BriUiants and Sapphires, formerly worn by Levi
DeWolf, 1, by Mrs. T. DeW. Colt.
SUver Shoe Buckles, owned and worn by Benjamin Miller as early as
1750. He was the great-great grandfather of the present owner. L.
by WiUiam J. MiUer.
Old-fashioned Tortoise SheU Combs, 1. by C. H. Norris.
SUver Knee Buckles and Shoe Buckles, 1. by Mrs. Clara D.
DeWolf.
SUver Knee Buckles, set with stones and curious old goldring, 1. by
Mrs. Viets G. Peck.
Carved Shell Comb, 1. by Miss Ida L. Munro.
Six SUver Buttons, 150 years old, 1. by Benj. Davis.
Very Old Silver Watch, 1. by Miss C. M. Shepard.
Interesting CoUec-tion of Rings and Jewelry, worn by old Bris
tol people, 1. by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf
Spectacles. 206 years old, 1. by Benj. Dawley.
SnuflF Box, very old, formerly belonged to " Marm " May, 1. by Mrs.
Morgan.
Mourning Pin, over 100 years old, with gold setting, 1. by Mrs. Char
lotte Goode.
Gold Suspender Buckles, worn by Capt. Daniel Morice, 1. by Mrs.
E. S. Babbitt.
Ring, set -with Stones, formerly worn by Col. Sim. Potter, 1, by Mrs.
M. J. Mason.
T-wo Gold W"atches, enamelled and set with stones, 1. by Messrs. J.
and B. D. DeWolf.
Pocket Book, 1748, 1. by Bennett J. Muuro.
Cane, of the Hon. Benj. Bourne, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Cane, made from the fiagship Lawrence, commanded by Com. O. H.
Perry on Lake Erie, in 1813, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Cane, cut on the coast of Africa, by Com. M. C. Perry, when command
ing the fleet to suppress the slave trade, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Cane, made from the keel of the '• Gaspee," presented to the late John
Brown Herreshoff, by Col. Ephraim Bowen, in 1825, then the only sur
vivor of the Gaspee expedition. The gift to Mr. Herreshoff was in
honor of his grandfather, John Brown, who planned and headed the
expedition. L. by C. F. Herreshoff.

150 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

ARTICLES OF DRESS, ETC.

Piece of Wedding Dress, worn by Esther Powell, daughter of
Gabriel Bernon, the French Huguenot, 1. by Esther Powell Snow.
SUk Dress, embroidered in colors, over 100 years old, formerly worn
by Mrs. Levi Lane, maternal grandmother of Mrs. C. F. Herreshoff
Piece of Wedding Dress, of flgured silk, damask, of Prudence MiUer,
who was married to Ebenezer Cole, January 9th, 1737, 1. by WiUiam
J. Miller.
Satin Vest, elegantly embroidered in delicate patterns, with silk and
spangles, formerly owned by James Brown, over 100 years old, 1. by
C. F. Herreshoff.
Piece of SUk Dress, formerly worn by Mrs. Simeon Potter, 1. by Mrs.
J. D. Mason.
Cotton Dress, a relic of 1765, 1. by Mrs. John ColUns.
Brocade Silk Dress, with large brilliant floral pattern, presented by
Capt. James Gibbs to his daughter about 1730-40 1. by Mrs. Rogers.
Very Old Gold Pin, 1. by Miss M. E. Bourn.
Perfume Bag, brought from abroad, 1756, 1. by George J Adams.
Pair of Curious Outside Stays, very finely stitched, worn over 150
years ago, 1. by Mrs. James B. White.
Very old Stitched Needle Book, 1- by Loring Coggeshall.
Wedding Vest, silk, with fine silk embroidery, 112 years old, 1. by
Valets G. Peck.
Old-fashioned RetictUe, and t-wo Pieces of Embroidery, loo
years old, done in Kensington stitch, 1, by Mrs, J. DeW. Perry.
Two Figured Gauze Veils, one green, and one white, 1. by Mrs.
Morgan.
T-wo Samplers, one worked by Sarah Martindale, 1759, one by Nancy
Martindale, 1761, 1. by Mrs Geo. J. Adams.
Piece of Embroidery, the work of Eliza Almy, great-granddaughter
of Col. Job Almy, of the Pocasset Purchase, 1. by Mrs. James Corthell.
Sampler, worked in 1785, by Hannah Drown, 1. by Miss H. B. Luther.
Mortuary Piece, 1. by Allen B Sandford.
Wedding Dress of Mrs. John Bro-wn, great-great-grandmother of
the Herreshoff family, heavy white watered silk, 1. by the Misses
Herreshoff.
SUk Dress, worn by Mrs. Brown, gorgeous brocaded bunches of
flowers on light ground, 1. by Mrs. C. L. H. Chesbro".
Wedding Dress of Abby A. Diman, wife of Gov, Byron Diman,
with mantle, and thread lace veil, all elaborately embroidered by hand ;
satin shoes, lace, etc, 1. by Mrs. C. D. DeWolf.
Part of Wedding Dress of Mrs. Z. Leonard, 1750, l. by Mrs. C.
D. DeWolf.
Old Silk Dresses, 1. by Miss C. DeWolf and Mrs. Rogers.
TraveUng Bag and Child's Shoes, 1. by Daniel Tanner.
Framed Needlework, 1. by Mrs. Chas. F. Herreshoff, Jr.

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DOCUMENTS AND OLD PAPERS.

History of the World, by Sir Walter Raleigh, published In 1614, 1.
by Miss E. B. Diman.
Letter -written by Gen. Washington to his Wife, Introducing
James Brown, uncle of C. F. Herreshoff, 1. by C. F. Herreshoft".
Bible, 200 -years old, given by Mary Holme's to her daughter, Mrs. Benja
min Taylor, now owned and loaned by Mrs. Asha A. Card.
Bible, belonged to the grandmother of Bennet J. Munro, presented by
her uncle on her 17th birthday, 1748, 1. by Miss Sarah B. Munro.
ChUd's Picture Book of "Ye Olden Time," 1- by Miss Sarah B.
Munro.
Leaves, from the Pulpit Prayer Book used in St. Michael's Church
before the Revolutionary war, and torn up by the Americans at that
time, because of the prayers It contained for the King and Royal fam
ily, 1. by Mrs. M. Luther Simmons, and Miss Lizzie Simmons.
Prayer Book, formerly used by Rev. John Usher, and containing sev
eral services not now used, 1. by Mrs. M. Luther Simmons.
Subscription Paper, for starting the flrst Methodist Church in Bristol,
1. by Augustus N. Miller.
PubUc Document. Proceedings of R. I. Legislature, 1763, 1. by Mrs.
John Gravlin.
Commission of Jonathan RusseU, first Collector of the port of
Bristol. This Commission Is dated in 1804, and signed by Thomas Jef
ferson, President, and James Madison, Secretary of State. L. by J.
RusseU Bullock.
Book, The Fulfilling of the Scripture, published In 1671, once owned by
Hopestill Potter. It has been in Bristol since the early history of the
town. L. by Miss Annie F. Munro.
One Very Large Bible, 1- by John P. Simmons.
New England Primer, 1- by MissEmUy Morse.
Two Manuscript Sermons, by Rev. John WilUams,.l. by Miss Emily
Morse.
CoUection of Continental Money, 1 by Miss Emily Morse.
Life of Israel Potter, a Revolutionary soldier, 1. by Geo. J. Adams.
Israel Potter enlisted a private in Col. Patterson's regiment, one of the
first regiments raised iu this State. He was severely wounded in the bat
tle of Bunker HUl. In July, 1775, he volunteered as a seaman on board
of the armed brigantine Washington, Capt. Sion Martindale, and was cap
tured and sent over to England a prisoner, where he remained in exile
more than fifty years. He finally returned to this country In his old age
with an only son, the sole survivor of a large family.
Diary of Rev. Henry Wight, from 1721 until 1812, containing an
account of the "dark day," May, 1780, the earthquake In New En
gland, etc., etc., 1. by Mrs. E. A. Diman.

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Almanac, 1682, with notes, recipes, etc.. In writing, 1. by Mrs. E. A.
Diman.
Eight Sermons, preached by Rev. Johu Burt before the Revolution, 1.
by Mrs. E. A. Diman.
Deed, signed by John WaUey, 1685, 1. by Mrs. E. A. Diman.
Book, containing a copy of the original constitution of the United States,
1. by H. Herbert Bosworth.
Deed, signed by the four original proprietors of Bristol, Nath'l Byfield,
John WaUey, Nath'l Oliver, Stephen Burton, 1. by S. Pomeroy Colt.
Copy of the Ne-wport Mercury, March 11, 1760, 1. by John DeWolf.
Copy of the N. Y. Gazette, November 15, 1773, 1. by John DeWolf.
Copy of Ne-wport Mercury, the type for printing of which was set
by Benj. Franklin, 1, by Miss C. DeWolf and Mrs. M. DeW. Rogers.
A number of old Ne-w York and Boston Papers, sent to Bris
tol subscribers, 1. by George B. Diman.
Commission of WiUiam Munro, as Justice of-the Peace, 1748,
signed by ye Gov. Wm. Greene, 1. by Miss Annie F. Mnnro.
Manuscript Letter of Gov. WUliam Coddington, 1718, to Wil
liam Munro, 1. by Miss A. F. Munro.
Manuscript Letter of Nath'l Byfield, 1720, 1. by Miss A. F. Munro.
Manuscript BUI from Dr. Tallman, 1721, 1. by Miss A. F. Munro.
An Appeal to the Court at Cambridge, from a judgment by
Nath'l Blagrove, Judge of Probate, by Nath'l Kay and WiUiam Munro,
1730, 1. by Miss Annie F. Munro.
Contract, between Christo. Hopkins and Simeon Potter, for the delivery
of a six-pounder carriage gun, 1759, 1. by Miss Annie F. Munro.
Very Old Newspaper, 1. by J. Gladding.
Old Deeds, 1- by Mrs. J. R. Gardner.
History of Demonology, 1. by Miss M. G. DeWolf
EngUsh Liberties, farewell Sermons, 1. by Samuel B. CoggeshaU.
Judge Bourne's Commission, signed by John Adams, 1. by Mrs. J.
DeW. Perry.
History of Britain, 1671, by John Milton, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Boston Gazette, .1749, " " " " " "
Boston Evening Post, 1749. " " " " " "
The Massachusetts Continental, 1788, " " " " " "
Funeral Sermon, on the death of Gov. WiUiam Bradford, by Rev.
Alexander V. Griswold, Bristol, 1808, 1. by WiUiam J. MUler.
Funeral Oration, delivered at R, I. College, 1775, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW.
Perry.
Funeral Sermons, on old Bristol people, by Rev. H. Wight 1. by Mrs
Clara D. DeWolf.

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INDIAN RELICS.

The committee knowing that many specimens of Indian stone relics
had been found at and near Bristol, desired to make a fine display of the
same, and requested Mr. Charles Gorton, of Providence, to place on
exhibition in the Town Hall, selections from his cabinet of Rhode Island
Indian stono implements. He cheerfully complied with the request, also
drawing attention to the following quotation he had made from Hutchin
son's Massachusetts, from a copy in the John Carter Brown Library : " At
the beginning of Philip's war it was generaUy agreed that the Narragan
sett tribe consisted of 2,000 fighting men. They were the most curious
coiners of the Wampumpeag, aud supplied the other nations with many
pendants and bracelets, also with tobacco pipes of stone, some blue, and
some white. They furnished the eartheru vessels and pots for cookery,
and other domestic uses." The following is a list of the specimens placed
on exhibition by Mr. Charles Gorton :
1. Steatite Pot, from the Angell, Johnston, Indian Quarry.
2. Pipe, found in a grave near Silver Spring.
3. Sinker, found on the Hon. S. W. Church farm, Bristol.
4. Two specimens of Bracers, found in a grave near Silver Spring.
5. Spindle Whirl, from a grave near Apponaug.
6. Slickstone, found in East Providence, near Fort HIU.
7. Two frames of Arrow Points, found for the most part on Warwick
plains, consisting of nearly all the varieties.
8. Lot of Borers, Awls and Drills, found at Wickford.
9. Amulet, found on the Armington farm. Kettle Point.
10. Four Pipes, found at Bristol, Quidnesset, Wickford and Poto-
womut. 11. Gouge, found in Coventry.
12. Skin Dresser, from Newport.
13. Chisel, from Pawtucket.
14. Roller, from Field's Point.
15. Pestle, foundin an Indian grave at Swan Point.
16. Axe, found whUe excavating for the Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Company building, South Main street. Providence.
17. Stone Mask, found in 1873, at Field's Point, one of only three spec
imens known in the United States.
18. Arrow Points, in process of formation, found near Old Maids' Cove.
19. Pipe, from Rumstick Point.
20. Hematite, or War Paint, found in a grave near Newport.
21. Two Copper Spoons, from a grave at Charlestown.
22. Spear Points, found on Point Judith.
23. Knife Blades, from different parts of the State.
24. Stone, used in Indian games, from Wickford.
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25. Scraper, used with metal to produce fire, from Prudence Island.
26. Harrow Points, from Charlestown.
27. Hatchet, found near Apponaug.
28. PoUshed Celt, from Charlestown.
29. Hematite Paint Cup, from East Providence.
30. SUng Stone, from Warwick.
31. One foot of Bone Money, found in a grave in a sand hUl, near
Apponaug. 32. Seven feet of Wampumpeag, found on the farm of George W.
Greene, Bristol.
33. Five feet of Wampura, found on the Poor Farm, Bristol.
34. Four feet of Wampum, found on the Dyer farm, near Devil's Foot
Eock, Wickford.
35. Four feet of Wampura, found in a grave in a sand hill, on the Dyer
farm, near Wickford.
36. Arrow, showing the manner of attaching the point.
37. Iron Hatchet, showing Imprints of blanket, from an Indian grave,
George W. Greene farm, Bristol.
38. Copper Cup, in which Wampumpeag was found in a grave on
George W. Greene's farm.
Mr. Gorton exhibited many other Indian Stone Relics of equal interest,
also a Deed of a Slave, dated at Newport, R. I., 1746; also an autographic
letter of Samuell Gorton, dated Warwick, R. I., 1649; also a package of
Colonial and Continental Currency.
Stone Tomahawk and Pestle, loaned by Mrs. Clara D. DeWolf.
Two large Stone Axes, 1. by C. F. Herreshoff, Jr.
Two Stone Axes, 1. by Jesse Gladding.
Indian Hammer, " " " "
String of Wampum, 1. by. Jesse Gladding.
String of Wampum, 1. by George W. Greene.
Indian Pestle, 1. by " "
Indian Pipes, " " " "
Indian Stone Implements, 1. by Mrs. J. DeW. Perry.
Kernels of Charred Corn, picked up on the site of the old Indian For
tress, in South Kingstown, the place of the Great Swamp flght, December
19, 1675, more than two hundred years ago— and yet they are well pre
served, and some of the kernels quite perfect. Dug up August 19, 1873.
L. by WiUiam J. Miller.
A fact worthy of mention, connected with this Loan Exhibition, is, that
notwithstanding the large number of articles, and the freedom with which
many of them were handled, not a single article was broken or missed in
the entire collection.

OOREESPONDEK'OE.

Newport. R. I., 8 September, 1880.
I am very gratefril to the town of Bristol for doing me the honor of
inviting me to join in celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of Its
existence; and I regret exceedingly that it will not be in my power to be
its guest on that auspicious day. With the hope that Its history for the
next two hundred years may be as beautiful and patriotic and happy as
for the last, I am, most heartily,
Its greatly obliged well wisher,
GEO. BANCROFT.

Consulate of the United States,
Lisbon, Sept. 1st, 1880.
LeBaron B. CoU, Esq., President of the Bi- Centennial Committee of Bristol :
Dear Sir : — I have much pleasure In acknowledging the receipt of the
invitation of the Bi-Centennlal Committee of the town of Bristol, to be
present at the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settle
ment of the town, on the 24th of September, 1880.
I regret very much that the long distance of my present residence from
my native town, and my official duties here, render it Impossible for me to
be present, which would be to me a great pleasure.
I am proud to be a son of Bristol, and although I am separated from it
by three thousand miles of space, and eighteen years of time, yet my
interest in It is the same as ever.
During that time more than two thousand of the inhabitants of the town
have died, and among them many of my old friends and acquaintances;
yet as a proof of the conservative character of the town, I find on your
committee of forty-flve that all hnt three are old friends and acquaintances.
Descended, as I am, from the earliest settlers of the town, having cast
my first vote as a landholder on land which had never been out of my
family since the original charter was granted, having been made a repre
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having taken the greatest interest in the annals, local history, as weU as
the prosperity of the town, you can well imagine the sympathy I feel in
the reiinion you are about to celebrate.
With my best wishes for the good health and prosperity of you, aud your
fellow committeemen, as well as all our fellow townsmen in the good old
town of Bristol, I remain. Yours very truly,
HENRY W. DIMAN.

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Rbancb, Aug. 13, 1880.
Mr. LeBaron Colt, President of Committee :
Dear Sir : — I am in receipt of your invitation to attend, as a " Son of
Bristol," the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of that town.
I regret that I shaU be unable to accept, iu person, but shall, in heart, be
with you all. I should be very happy to clasp the hands of old-time
schoolmates and friends, after an absence of thirty years, but the pleasure
is denied, me. On the " day we celebrate," I will drink to " Bristol, its
sons and its daughters," hoping at some not far distant day, to meet and
greet them all. Very sincerely yours,
GEO. T. BOURNE.

Chicago, Sept, 17, 1880.
Messrs. LeBaron B. Colt, William J. -Miller and Edward Babbitt, Com
mittee, etc. :
Gentlemen : — Your highly valued communication of the first of Sep
tember inst., inviting me to unite with the sons and daughters of Bristol
on the 24th instant. In celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of the
settlement of our venerated town, was duly received. Among the lasting
regrets of my life wiU be that of not being able to have been with you in
person on that interesting occasion. But be assured I shall be there in
spirit, and on that day shall at least in imagination listen to the eloquent
¦v\'ords of Prof. Diman, as he caUs up from the dim and misty past the
many events of Interest In our town's history ; and to Bishop Howe, who
wiU invest the stories of the past as only
" He best can paint tbem, wbo shall feel them most."
And now wishing you perfect success in your undertaking, hoping and
fondly believing that the future of Bristol may be even more than the past,
I look in Imagination down the vista of Time to that day
" When other men our lands shall till.
When other men our streets will fill,
And other birds will singas gay.
As briglit the sunshine as to-day,
Two hundred years from now."

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William J. Miller, Esq. :
My Dear Sir: — I duly received your Committee's note of invitation to
the Bi-Centennial, aud since then a similar one from your President, Mr.
Colt. To-day I reply addressing myself to the Committee. lean assure
you I am much grieved at the thought of not being with you ou the 24th.
I have had no time to prepare any proper expression of my thoughts fit
for the occasion, and can only send my best wishes.
Yours with warm regard, WILLIAM F. D'WOLF,
Chicago, 111., 226 Dearborn avenue.

Jbrseyville, III., September 18, 1880.
LeBaron B. Colt, Esq., Bristol, B. I. :
My Dear Sir : — Mrs Warren and I each received from you as President
of the Committee, your kind and cordial invitation to attend the Bi-Cen
tennial Anniversary of the town of Bristol, and we desire to express to
you our thanks for your kindly remembrance of us, and our unfeigned
regrets on account of our inability to be present on that dellghtflil occar
sion. Although nearly forty-five years have elapsed since I left the home
of my boyhood, and many new and strong ties now bind me to the West,
yet the very name of the dear old town of Bristol, awakens In my mind a
host of pleasant memories, and I long to revisit the place where the sunny
days of my childhood and youth were spent, clouded only by the sad
bereavement I suffered in the death of my mother, whose dust now reposes
in your cemetery. I can conceive of nothing temporal in its nature, that
would afford my wife and myself so much pleasure as this contemplated
reiinion of the sons and daughters of Bristol, if we could be with you. It
seems to me that it would be a foretaste of the blessed reunion of the
redeemed in the bright home above the skies. There are living in Bristol
many of our kindred whom we have never seen, and we should be most
happy to meet them and exchange fraternal greetings, and together trace
out our common lineage, and have our hearts bound with quicker pulsa
tions as hand clasped hand in mutual recognition of the sacred ties of
blood binding us together. Time has also spared a few whose faces we
have seen and whose visages as they appeared in youth still sweetly linger
in our memories. Oh! what joy it would give us to greet them once
more on this side of the " river." I often think of your mother as I last
saw her in Bristol, in the bloom and beauty of her girlhood, and her
beautiful image is before me now as I write, and I grieve that I may not
see her again. Circumstances beyond my control prevent my leaving here
at this time, and I am compelled to forego the delight it would afford me
to be with you. A kind Providence has favored me since my removal
from Bristol. I came here a youth, and am now a TJaJnarcA. I have eight
ChUdren, four sous, and four daughters, all married but one, and my
grandchildren now number seventeen. I have lost by death one child, and

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one grandchUd. My family are all pleasantly situated, and if I should
bring them all with me to your Bi-Centennlal, the number In attendance
would be very materially increased ; and I don't think Bristol would feel
dishonored by the twenty-five lineal descendants of that son and daughter
of hers who left her pleasant shores and her shady streets more than forty
years ago, to seek ahome in the " Prairie State."
With our kind regards to your mother, and our best wishes for the
health and prosperity of all our old friends In the dear old town,
I am very truly yours,
GEO. E. WARREN.

New York, Sept. 10th, 1880.
Mr. Wm. J. Miller, Committee, ete. :
My Dear Fellow Townsman :— The kind manner in which you have
communicated to me the inviatlon of your committee to be present at the
celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Bristol,
the home of my ancestors ; and the gratitude I feel for the honor con
ferred upon me, will constrain me, if possible, to comply with your invita
tion. If not, I shall endeavor to comply with the request to favor you
"with a letter embodying such thoughts as the occasion may prompt";
which, of course, will contain the greater part of my intended speech.
Should our descendants inherit, and copy, the Integrity, energy and
piety of our forefathers, the sons of Bristol will already have made sure
the prayer for her " esto perpetua," which is fervently breathed for her by
the oldest of her surviving children, BENJAMIN BOSWORTH SMITH.

Rev. John Burt Wight.
Wayland, Mass., Sept 21st, 1880.
To Mr. WiUiam J. Miller, Committee :
Dear Sir : — My father's hand trembles so much that it is quite impos
sible for him to use it in writing, but at your request I will send you some
of the recollections of his early boyhood.
He says : " I have never kept a diary, and must in my account be guided
by definite impressions made on my mind by passing events. Bristol was
purchased and settled by four English gentlemen. They probably were
impressed by its commercial position and the remarkable beauty of its
locality. In my boyhood I went frequently to a house near Mt. Hope,
built by one of these gentlemen. It was then occupied by Governor Brad
ford. The walls of one room were hung with tapestry, representing the
story of Jephtha and his daughter, the figures of life size. The streets
were laid out with great regularity, and ornamented by hundreds of the

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mazzard cherry trees, brought from England ; as these trees decayed from
age, they were replaced by the Lombardy poplar.
"My mother was in delicate health, and some gentlemen of my father's
society presented her with a chaise, which was the second covered wheel
carriage In town ; but in a few years chai.ses had become so numerous
that a party of gentlemen and ladles rode out to meet my father on his
return from his annual visit to Boston, and had a tea drinking at Warren.
" I went to school with other small children to Madam Burt, the widow
of the former clergyman. Afterwards Mr. Joseph Rawson taught a pri
vate school in the Court House. He was a very able man, and a good
teacher. " Then a spacious academy building was erected. It contained a hall,
used for occasional meetings of the Legislature, and other purposes ; also
a library room. This room was occupied by a Proprietors' Library.
"The town had been furnished with a few of the leading theological
works, which were kept in the meeting-house for the perusal of the peo
ple who remained during- the Interval of religious services. The Proprie
tors' Library consisted of miscellaneous books, the popular tales, histo
ries, travels. At an early date Col. Simeon Potter, of Scituate, gave
several hundred dollars and a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica, in
twenty volumes, two with plates. These books were all imported from
London. The Library was called the Potter Library, in honor of Col.
Potter. " Bristol, at an early period, was engaged in the slave trade. I recollect
seeing on the wharf long rows of hogsheads of New England rum, to be
sent to Africa for the purchase of slaves. My father took me with him to
see the last slave ship fitted out. It was owned by Philadelphians, and in
derision of scruples which were beginning to be felt, was caUed the
•Merry Quaker.' There were handcuffs hanging in the blacksmith's
shop. There were in town a number of Africans regarded as belonging to
particular famUies. These had special seats provided for them in the
upper gaUery of the Congregational Church. They were headed by
Scipio Burt, the servant of the former minister. Scipio was generally
esteemed for his good nature and honesty, and was several years sexton
of the church.
" The neighboring ministers, acquaintances and friends of my father, or,
rather, some of them, were Drs. Hopkins and Patten, of Newport, Mr.
Watson, of Barrington, Mr. Pipond, of Taunton, Dr. Fobes, of Raynham,
Dr. Wilson, of Providence. My early years saw the discovery of electricity
by Dr. Franklin. There was much interest on the subject, and my father
gave flfty dollars for an electrical machine. The ladies came once a year
to visit at their minister's, each of them bringing two skeins of linen as a
present to his wife. There were two chimneys In the centre of the house,
and the doors could be opened aU around. The favorite amusement was
to form a circle and receive an electric shock.
" The people of Bristol held funeral services on occasion of the death of
Washington. A coffin was carried in procession, an oration pronounced,
then the coffin was deposited in a tomb."

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My father Is not quite as well as usual, and what I send you is the best
result I could obtain to-day. I do not know as it is at all what you want.
At eighty years my father would have been able to be in Bristol on such
an occasion, but at ninety, of course he has failed in body and mind.
Yours respectfully,
MARTHA B. WIGHT.

New York, Sept. 1, 1880.
LeBaron B. Colt, Esq., President:
Dear Sir : — I have received the invitation to attend the celebration of
the Bi-Centennial of the town of Bristol, and must thank the Committee
for the attention, wondering that I should, at this distance of time, have
been found out as one of her sons.
Believe me, I have not, without pleasure, written my birthplace as
Bristol, that sturdy little town, well known luthe war of 1812, which then,
asserting her own, has not ceased to assert it to this hour.
The day for their first settlement at Bristol was chosen by our progen
itors for good reasons doubtless ; probably for the best of all reasons,
necessity; but (what they could not be expected to foresee), its two
hundredth anniversary happens on a day when one of her sons, at least,
will be so engaged as to make it difflcult, if not impossible, for him to be
absent from the home to which he has wandered.
It would give me great pleasure to visit my birthplace again. A town
two hundred years old may be proud of its antiquity In a country where
cities come to maturity In a decade, having hardly known infancy, and
quite ignorant of such an idea as childhood.
I trust the day may pass to the satisfaction and triumph of those present
sons and daughters of their venerable parent, who have had the courage,
as well as filial affection, to undertake to do her honor.
I would be glad, under such auspices, to look again on the places which
seem very distinct to my recollection, albeit the long shadows of nearly
sixty years intervene. I fear the remembered vastness of many of them
would diminish greatly on actual sight. There was the Common, on
which took place the general training, with the great cannon and the
masterly manoeuvres of the sham-fight, the journey across which was too
great to be undertaken alone ; the mighty harbor, the voyage Dver which
tothe opposite shore was only to be made in fair weather, and on a calm
day; the lofty height of Mount Hope, reached with much cUmblng,
rewarded by a fine lunch ; the church, whose vast proportions were sel
dom quite flUed by the congregation. Ah, sir, I fear the pleasure of the
pictures would be destroyed by too great famUiarity now. It is weU, per
haps, that I cannot come.
Wishing every success to the effort to make the day worthy of the occa
sion, I am respectfully. And cordially yours,
MARLBOROUGH CHURCHILL.

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Calvary Church, Rectory, Manheim Street,
Germantown, PhUadelphia, Pa., Sept. 22, 1880.
Messrs. LeBaron B. CoU, Wm. J. Miller, Edward S. Babbitt, Committee :
Dear Sirs : — Pardon my delay in replying to your gratifying invitation
bearing date of September 1. My apology Is absence from home, enforced
by an inflamed knee joint, which disabled me and prevented my return
until yesterday. I am still unable to walk, and accordingly am compelled
to decline the Invitation which you kindly extend to me.
I sincerely regret that I cannot participate in this anniversary of my
native town, to renew early companslonshlp, and to recall pleasant mem
ories. Of these many cluster around the old Academy, which Is now sup
planted by the Byfield School, and from which I passed to our Rhode
Island college, having been prepared by him who is now in Paradise,
exchanging the knowledge which is in part for that which is perfect. His
diversified acquirements, and his marked abilities as a teacher, being
joined with retiring, studious habits and great humility, never received
that public recognition which they deserved. But those of his pupils who
knew him Intimately and affectionately, will, I am confident, feel that the
name of the Rev. N. B. Cooke should have a grateful mention at this anniver
sary, and that hls'years of faithful and wise instruction made an enduring
impression upon those Bristol youth, who were so fortunate as to come
under the influence of his honest scholarship and of his manly meekness.
Other features of the town now erased recur to me as I write, such as
the two old wind mills, standing like two sentinels at each end of the
town, challenging the Quixotic exploits of us boys, who, disposed "to
run amuck and tilt at all we meet," with the vandal spirit of youth,
hastened their overthrow and gradual removal.
Amid these pleasant paths of memory one might wander on to the point
of weariness. I wlU halt here, wishing God's blessing upon dear old
Bristol, and a complete success for its Bi-Centennial Celebration.
Were I so fortunate as to form one of your goodly company, I would be
disposed to offer some such sentiment as this : If Cowper said truly that
" God made the country and man made the town," then should the moral
architects and artizans of our community build in harmony with the design
and beginning made by the Divine Originator, building up its morality
pare and undefiled as the unpolluted waters which encircle the town for
its protection and purification,— fostering manners gentle and graceful as
the curving lines of her shores— maintaining the straight paths of virtue
as her streets stand four square to all the winds that blow ; and as her
shores are ever ringing with the echoes and ripplings of the boundless sea
beyond, so may the blending of thought and action, of earnest tongue and
honest toll be teUing of a near and larger future, and form a chime to
" Ring out false pride in place and blood.
The civic slander and the spite ;
King in the love of truth and right.
Ring in the common love of good."
Yours very truly, JAS. D'WOLF PERRY.
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162 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. Akron, C, Sept. 15, 1880.
LeBaron B. Colt:
Dear Sir:— I received the kind invitation of your Committee to attend
the Reiinion of the Sons and Daughters of Bristol, and I sincerely regret
that I cannot be present to celebrate with you that happy occasion.
Years have passed since I walked the shady streets of dear old Bristol.
In fancy I stand once more beneath tbe waving branches of the elms that
shadow my childhood's play-ground, the grassy Common ; again I linger
by the shore, looking out upon the sparkling waves of old Narragansett,
and take one long, delicious draught of that cool, invigorating air. I
breathe again— alas, the vision has vanished, and the smoke and fumes of
bituraluous coal are wafted to me on the evening air, reminding me that
I am far away from those delightful ocean breezes, in the neighborhood of
a busy, bustling inland town.
How gladly would I meet (were it possible) with the many dear friends
and old acquaintances who will, on the twenty-fourth day of September,
throng the streets of our ancient town.
Hoping that the occasion may indeed be a joyous one to all present, I
remain. Yours respectfully, Mrs. O. S. WARNER.

Sylvania, Bradford Co., Pa., May 7th, 1880.
To B. J. Munro, Esq. .-
Dear Sir :— Yours of 1st inst. traveled slow, for some reason or other,
only reaching me last evening, 6th. In reply, shall be pleased to give
you any Information that I can. I am always pleased to hear from any
one in our " Father land." You said in your letter that you were going
to have a Centennial Celebration to celebrate the two hundredth anniver
sary of its settlement (Bristol), and that you were going to invite all her
sons and daughters to "come home "and join you In that celebration.
Certainly it must be a pleasure beyond expression to those who have been
long absent in other lands to visit the home of their childhood again on
such a day, devoted to the recollections of the past. Will it not be one of
the grandest days in her history, for many a gray-haired old man, as he
returns to the home of his childhood to stand again upon his native soU,
to look again upon the waters of the beautiful Narragansett, and seek out
his playgrounds of fifty years ago, though long absent, not forgotten? It
will renew their attachment to old Bristol again, if anything were neces
sary to do it ; but I do not know as there is, for her children, wherever
they may wander or seek homes in far-off lands, will remember her with
the same affectionate regard as the captive Hebrew remembered his much-
loved Jerusalem. I send to you such names as occur to me now ; perhaps

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I ShaU think of some more, and wUl send them to you. Shall be pleased to
answer any Inquiries, and hoping to be able to join you in the reiinion on
the 24th of September next, I remain.
Very respectfully yours,
HENRY B. CARD.

New Haven, Sept. 13, 1880.
Messrs. Colt, Miller and Babbitt, Committee :
Gentlemen :— I thank you for the invitation to me to be present at the
Centennial Celebration of the settlement of the town of Bristol. It would
give me great pleasure on many accounts to be present on that interesting
occasion. I hope that if my health, which has been and still is quite im
perfect, permit, I will comply with your kind invitation. Fifty-four years
have passed since I resigned my pastorate in that agreeable place of resi
dence. Yet I have not lost my attachment to that town, and to its highly
favored people.
It was through the kind ordering of a wise Providence that I was asso
ciated with the venerable, kind-hearted senior pastor, Dr. Wight, as col
league with him for eleven years. This pastoral relation was very
agreeable and uniformly harmonious. He was willing to assist me In any
of the ministerial labors Incumbent on us. For many years he had been
the sole pastor, and was capable of giving advice to his junior associate.
We were together as mutual laborers in the same fleld of spiritual culture.
With him and his family we enjoyed that pleasant Intercourse which
becomes the household of faith. The memory of it has given me pleasure
to this day.
The year 1820 was signalized by a precious and powerful revival of
religion. It was a truly pentecostal season. It commenced in our con
gregation, and soon spread into the other congregations of the place.
The whole population was aroused and deeply interested, and converts by
the power of the Holy Spirit were multiplied. A deep solemnity and
religious joyfulness pervaded the whole community. Worldly business
was for a time laid aside as far as practicable. Stores and shops were
closed, and attention to ordinary affairs waS suspended. Attending relig
ious meetings from day to day became the most important occupation.
An aged wealthy man met me in the street, and said with surprise, "What
does aU this mean? It seems as if the people did not want to do much
else than to attend religious meetings." It was even so.
May the God of aU grace soon give you such another copious effusion of
the Spirit which shall occasion great joy In fair old Bristol, and also joy
among the holy beings in heaven.
I hope to be with you on the day previous to the celebration.
Yours respectfully,
J. MANN.

164 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1880.
Gentlemen: — I have received your kind invitation to attend the two
hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Bristol. I regret very much
my inability to attend. The name of the town, something of its history,
and legends, were made familiar to me in childhood by the conversation
of my father and mother, who were born in Its neighborhood.
Certainly one of the most heroic and Interesting characters in all our
Indian annals was the great Chief of the Wampanoags. I hope to see the
rocky heights of Mt. Hope crowned with a monument to King Philip.
The day you celebrate will be full of the memories of the past, and hopes
for the future; not only for your town and State, but for the great
Republic, which has grown so rapidly and become so great. You wUl
join with me in the prayer that our country may continue to advance
through other centuries, and that the principles of liberty, regulated by law,
and based on virtue and intelligence, of which your State furnishes so
bright an example, may extend over the whole continent of America.
With many thanks, I am, gentlemen. Very truly yours,
ISAAC N. ARNOLD.
Messrs. Colt, Miller and Babbitt, Committee.

Providence, September 20th, 1880.
William J. Miller, Esquire, Bristol :
Dear Sir : — Your communication, accompanied by an invitation to be
present at the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the town of
Bristol on the 24th instant, has been received.
I have waited thus long before replying, in order that I might be able to
determine whetlier I could accept the invitation. My time, as I am now
situated, is not my own.
It would give me great pleasure to be present on that occasion and revive
some pleasant memories of men and things In Bristol forty years ago ;
but my official duties wiU require my presence in this city on that day.
Yours respectfully, JAMES C. HIDDEN.

Brown Unfversity, Providence, Sept. 21, 1880.
Messrs. LeBaron B. Colt, Wm. J. Miller, and Edward 8. Babbitt, Com
mittee :
Gentlemen :— I have delayed replying to your polite invitation, in the
hope that I might find myself able to accept it; but I regret to say at this
late hour, that my coUege engagements for the 24th Inst, compel me to
forego the great pleasure of being present at the celebration of the two
hundredth anniversary of the town of Bristol. I thank you for the invi-

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tation to be present on an occasion of so great Interest and importance,
and I pray you to accept my hearty wish, that the heavens may smUe upon
you on that day, and that all fortunate influences may conspire to make It
a great and a good day in the history of your town.
I have the honor to be,
Yours very truly, J. L. LINCOLN.

Providence, Sept. 18, 1880.
Gentlemen :— I am greatly obliged to you for your polite Invitation to
take part in the forthcoming celebration of the two hundredth anniversary
of the settlement of Bristol. It would give me great pleasure to be present
on the Interesting occasion, but the state of my health compels me, very
reluctantly, to decline. I have deferred replying sooner to your invitation
In the hope that I might give a favorable reply.
Yours very respectfully,
JOHN R. BARTLETT.
Wm. J. Miller, Esq., for Committee.

Providence, Sept. 24, 1880.
Messrs. CoU, Miller and Babbitt, Bi-Centennial Committee:
Gentlemen : — It Is with deep regret that I flnd myself precluded the
enjoyment of participating in your festivities to-day ; but a form of disease
which has kept me within doors for several days, is not so far mastered as
to render it prudent for me to risk the fatigue aud excitement incident to
the occasion. WhUe, therefore, I cannot participate with the throng In
the pleasures of the Bl-Centennlal of your town, I feel prompted to con
gratulate you on propitious skies, the zeal with which the inhabitants of
Bristol have entered into the work of preparation, and the skill, taste, and
good judgment exhibited by the Committee of Arrangements in executing
their plans. Bristol has an honorable history, and can justly boast a long
line of noble representative men. In the Revolutionary struggle — a suc
cessful struggle for national life — no town in the Colony was more patri
otic, or resisted the assaults of the enemy with more firmness ; and from
the day that the late venerable President of our Historical Society, John
Howland — then a mere stripling— joined the Company of Capt. Pearce, at
the Battery, for the defence of the. town against the apprehended attack
of WaUace, until the present day, the patriotism and public spirit of its
people have never been questioned. That the inspirations of to-day wlU
energize that spirit for time to come, I cannot doubt, and that the Bristol
inhabitants of 1980 wUl prove worthy descendants of worthy sires, the
commemoration of the third century of the town's life wiU unquestionably
make clear. Very truly yours,
EDWIN M. STONE.

166 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
Messrs. LeBaron B.Golt, William J. Miller, Edward 8. Babbitt, Committee:
Gentlemen:— Your Bi-Centennial Celebration will take place during the
flrst week of the session of the Supreme Court in this county, which pre
cludes my accepting the very kind invitation with which youhave honored
me. I have long been interested in the history of Bristol, and it would afford
me great pleasure to receive instruction in its facts from its students,
who in its study have had the aid and inspiration which locality always
affords, and I very sincerely regret that this pleasure will be denied me.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
W. P. SHEFFIELD.
Newport, Sept. 3, 1880.

Providbxce, E. I., Sept. 14, 1880
Messrs. LeBaron B. Colt, Wm. J. Miller, and Edward 8. Babbitt :
Gentlemen : — I am very sorry that previous engagements will prevent
the acceptance of your invitation to be present at your Bi-Centennial. I
cannot make arrangements to change them. I trust that it will be a glad
and glorious day to the people of Bristol, and that from it may spring an
inspiration to a grand and noble future for the old town. It has passed
the period of adolescence ; may its maturity be marked by perpetual fresh
ness and vigor, and by steady advancement in intelligence, morality,
religion, enterprise, and all those elements of prosperity and excellence so
tersely summed up in the motto of the town— virtue and industry.
Very truly yours,
D. A. WHEDON.

24 West St., Boston, 18th Sept., 1880.
Messrs. LeBaron B. Colt, W. J. Miller, Edward S. Babbitt:
Dear Sirs : — I regret that engagements beyond my control will prevent
my acceptance of your very kind invitation to be present at the celebra
tion of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Bristol, and to
show my sympathy in an event so deeply felt by your community.
Hoping that the recoUection and example of tl^e good old times wUl not
fade from the memories of the descendants of the fathers of New England,
I remain, gentlemen. Your obedient servant,
WM. W. GEEENOUGH.

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Boston, 14 September, 1880.
My Dear Sir :— I have delayed answering your note, hoping I might be
able to attend your most interesting anniversary. But I flnd the severe
Illness In my family renders this impossible, and I am very reluctantly
obliged to decline the part you honor rae with.
Let me remind you that Mr. Henshaw B. Walley, of this city, (45 Kilby
street, and Chestnut street), is the representative of the family, and will, in
all probability, be able to attend. Cordially yours. WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Mr. E. S. BahbiU.

Tamworth Iron Works, N. H., Sept. 21, 1880.
E. S. Babbitt, Esq., Committee:
Dear Sir: — Your letter of 15th inst., enclosing invitation, was forwarded
to me at this place.
I thank you most cordially for both, and regret exceedingly that ill
health must prevent me from being with you on Friday next.
I have delayed answering your letter till I could hear from my brother,
W. P. Walley, as I greatly hoped that he might be able to represent the
family, but he writes me that he will be unable to go.
I have written my cousin, Wendell Phillips, requesting him to convey
the invitation to Mr. J. C. Phillips. If he cannot be present, I don't know
of any descendant who will be able to dedicate the Walley tree, which I
deeply regret. I hope, however, the tree will bear the name of Walley, and
that it may live and fiourish for centuries, and I shall take great pleasure
in visiting your town as soon as possible, and becoming acquainted with
the place where my ancestor lived. I have long desired to do so.
There is an oil painting of General Walley taken when he was quite
young, in the possession of a relative in California. I have a large photo
graph of this picture, which I shall be happy to loan you for your exhibi
tion. Very truly yours,
HENSHAW B. WALLEY.

Letters acknowledging receipt of invitation, and expressing regret at
inability to be present, were received from Judges Potter, Burges and
Knowles; Hon. W. B. Lawrence, Bishop Hendricken; Wm. H. Nelson,
Esq., Chairman Board of Selectmen, Plymouth, Mass. ; F. WaUey Perkins,
a descendant of John WaUey ; Profs. Bancroft, Appleton, Davis, Packard
and Blake, of Brown University, and others.

168 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
First Light Infantry Veteran Association.
Providence, R. I., Sept. 8th, 1880.
Col. L. B. B. Colt, Chairman :
Dear Sir : — At a meeting of the First Light Infantry Veteran Associa
tion held last evening, it was unanimously voted to visit Bristol, September
24th inst., and participate in the celebration of the two hundredth anni
versary of the settlement of the town, and the Association would be
pleased to accept such position in the column as may be assigned them by
your Committee.
The Veterans have received and accepted an invitation from Col. A. C.
Eddy, to make his house their headquarters during their stay in Bristol.
Respectfully, CHAS. C. ARMSTRONG, Clerk.
The following is the Roster of the F. L. I. V. Association, as furnished
by Col. Staples. In the procession they were preceded by their own band
in the costume of the year 1800— B. P. Robinson, leader; also by the
National Band, of Providence, R. I , W. E. White, leader.
ROSTER OF F. L. I. V. A.
Colonel — Major-General William W. Brown.
Lt.-Colonel — Colonel Henry Staples.
Major — Major-General A. E. Burnside.
Adjutant — Captain D. S. Remington.
Clerk — Lieutenant C. C. Armstrong.
Treasurer— Col. Henry Staples.
Quartermaster — Captain J. T. Pitman,
Commissary — Lieutenant H. J. Steere.
Paymaster— Captain Samuel H. Thomas.
Surgeon— F. L. Wheaton, M. D.
Chaplain -Rt. Rev. T. M. Clark, D. D.
In two Companies of about one hundred men, as follows :
FIRST COMPANY.
Captain — Colonel A. C. Eddy.
First Lieutenant — Colonel A. Crawford Greene.
Second Lieutenant — Lieutenant W. E. Barrett.
SECOND COMPANY.
Captain— Major I. M. Potter.
First Lieutenant— Lieutenant H C. Bradford.
Second Lieutenant— Lieutenant D. B. Anthony.

SOI^S AND DAUGHTERS.

The following is a list of the Sons and Daughters of Bristol, to whom
invitations were sent. Those marked with an asterisk were present at
the celebration : —

A. W. Archer, Richmond, Va,
Hon. G. W. Allen, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Samuel J. Allyn, Taunton, Mass.
*Mrs. J. A. Angell, Providence, E. I.
" Kate L. Anthony, Fovdham, N. Y.
Miss A. Fanny Alden, Mariettii, Ga.
*Mi-3. F. E. Abbott, Worcester. Mass.
Mark A. D'W. Allen, Elizabeth, N. J.
Charles H. Alger, Chelsea, Mass.
»Geoi-ge J. Adams, Providence, R. I.
George Ackerman, New Eochelle, N. Y.
Frank Ackerman, " " "
*Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, New York.
Dr. Charles H. Alden, Hingham, Mass.
Mrs. Charles M. Adams, Ashland, Mass.
" Helen Arnold. Grand Eapids, Mich.
*Mr8. Sarah Allen, Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Kate M. Allen, Flushing. L. I.
Samuel N. Allen, Newark Valley, N. Y.
Mrs. B. T. Allen, Worcester, Mass.
*Charles Allen, Pawtucket, E. I.
Miss Julia Allyn, Taunton, Mass.
Miss Sarah Al bro. Fall River, Mass.
*Miss Jennie Alien, Stonington, Conn.
* " Minnie Allen, " "
Mrs. Perry Asken, Baylis, Pike Co., 111.
* " Smith Albertson, Providence, R.I.
• " Bridget Andem, " "
Isaac J. Austin, Jr., " "
*Mrs. Samuel Allen, Warren, E. I.
James Allen, Berkshire, N. Y.
Mrs. James AUen, " "
Charles E. Albro, Fall Elver, Mass.
Henry L. Arnold, Colorado.
*Mrs. Mary A. Andrews, WaiTen, R. I.
* " Enoch Adams, Pawtucket, R. I.
William Anthony, Fall Elver, Mass.
*Mr8. Irene E. Alexander, Prov., E. I.
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»Earl P. Bowen, Fall River, Mass.
Wm. J. Bowen, New Bedford, "
Mrs. Fr.ink Blood, East Prov,, R. I.
*Miss Anne E. Baker, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Elliot W. Brainard, S. GUstonbury,
Conn.
Loring Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y.
*Martha Bowen. Barrington, R. I.
*Percy Brown, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Susan A. Barlow, Fall River, Mass.
" William Bennett, Warren, R, I.
*Mrs. Susan K. Bailey, Fall Elver, Mass.
*Mi3s Anne T. Baars, Grand Eapids, Mh.
J. Fred . Baars, " " "
Mrs. Jane Bassit, Peoria, 111.
*Samuel B. BulJoek, Providence, R. I.
Daniel Bradford, Courtland, N. Y.
Gershom Bradford, " "
Miss Eliza Babcock, Providence, E. I.
Increase Bosworth, Elgin, 111.
Henry Bryant, Olneyville, R. I.
*Mrs. Hattie Bliss, New Bedford, Mass.
Sydney Barker, Warren, R. 1.
*Charle3 F. Barker, " "
Clarence E. Barker, Orange, Mass.
?George B. Barker, Warren, E. I.
*Franci8 P. Barker, " "
Ellen B. Barker, " "
*Anne T. Barker, ' "
Ida A. Barker, " "
Mrs. Abby Barker, " "
Richard Blake, Baylis, III.
William Blake, " "
Mrs. Sarah Bullock, Brockton, Mass.
Henry T. BuUock, " "
William H. Bullock, " "
•?Mrs. Anne Burt, Taunton, Mass,
*Mrs. J. H. Blanchard, Boston, Mass.

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»Mrs. Mary T. Bunt, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Mary E. Butterfleld, Bakerslield
Gal.
?Jonathan Bosworth, Little Neck, L. I.
Nelson Bosworth, " " "
Wm. G. Bradford, Sylvania, Pa.
Mrs. Harriet Bliss, Springfleld, Pa.
?Horatio H. Bedell, Providence, R. I.
?Harriet P. Bedell, " "
?William H. Bedell, " "
Wm. J. Blake, Boyton, 111.
Richard A.Bagg, West Springfield, Mass.
?J. Crawford Brown, South Boston, "
Charles A. Bourne, Chicago, 111.
?Mrs. Henry G. Ballou, Woonsocket, R. I.
Lemuel A. Bishop, Attleboro', Mass.
?Mrs. L. A. Bishop, " "
Durfeo T. Bradford, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. Durfee T. Bradford, " " "
?L. C. Bunn, East Providence, E. I.
Leonard J. Bradford, Grand Rapids, Mh.
Eobert N. Bradford, " " "
Charles H. Bradford, " " "
Clarence Bradford, " " "
?Mrs. W. H. Bourne, Detroit, Mich.
Kate DeW. Budd, New York.
Daniel Bradford, 2d., Sylvania, Pa.
?.James M. C. Barker, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Gustavus Burhanks, Chicago, 111.
Frank N. Bush, Ithica, N. Y.
Charles Blake, Providence, K. I.
?Mary J. Babcock, Eichmond, E. I.
Mrs. Tulley D. Bowen, Providence, R. I.
Wm. C. Breed, Worcester, Mass.
'^Charles Barker, Warren, R. I.
Alfred G. Barker, Philadelphia, Pa.
?Mrs. S. P. Burdick, " "
Mrs. Mary E. Barker, Newport, E. I.
Mrs. Frances P. Barker, " "
George T, Bourne, Paris, France.
?Natlianiel Bosworth, Norwood, R. I.
Mrs. Susan P. Bell, Liberty, Va.
?James W. Briggs, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. John R, Babcock, Providence, R, I.
?Rev. Edward Brown, Troy, Pa.
?Ambrose Be Lois, Qnincy Point, Mass.
Sylvanus S. Bowen, Natiok, Mass.
?John H. Barney, Providence, R. I.
Charles E, Barney, New Bedford, Mass.
James Barney, Virginia.
?Miss Saiah T. Birene, Providence, E. I.
Frank P. Barney, Attleboro', Mass.
Benj. M. Bosworth, Warren, R. I.
?Susan P. Boyd, Portsmouth, R. I.
?Minnie E. Boyd, " "
?Julia E. lioyd, " "

Mrs. Mary B. Barker, Grand Rapids, Mh.
Mrs. Georgianna Baxter, " " "
?George B. Brown, Warren, R.I.
Wm. S. Brown, New Bedford, Mass.
?Cyrus Brown, Providence, R. I.
?William Breck, Providence, R. I.
Charles Breck, " '•
Mrs, Jemima Bradford, Providence, E. I-
?Wm. J. Bradford, " "
?Mrs. Wm. J. Barker, Warren, R. 1.
?James C. Blake, " "
?.Mrs. Fred. A. Burgess, " "
Mrs. Geo. Blackman, Scio, N. T.
?Mrs. C. F. Brown, Warren, R. I.
?Mrs. Lydia Bi amond, Brockton, Mass.
?Eben F. BuUock, Central Falls, E. I.
?Wm. H. BuUock, " " "
?Hattie L. BuUock, " " "
George Barrett, Brookline, Mass.
Theo. Barrett, Boston, Mass.
Gerzelle Barrett, " "
Mrs. Olive Barrett," "
?Mrs. Joseph E. Burgess, Prov., R. I.
*Robert B. Buchanan, " "
?Margaret C. Bnclianan, " '
Mrs Frank Bagnell, Stockton, Cal.
Wm. Bradford, Jr., New Yorlj.
?Nelson Bosworth, Glen Cove, L. I.
?Miss LienriettaBofine, S. Boston, Mass.
Charles S. Beane, Lansingburgh, N. Y.
?Sullivan Ballou, Woonsocket. R, I.
Mrs Ann E. Bacon, Providence, R, I.
?Wm. B. Bosworth, Glen Cove, L. I.
?James Bosworth, " " "
?Jliss Anne Bosworth, Great Neck, L. I.
?Wm. J. Bosworth, Little Neck, L. I.
?Royal Bosworth, Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Isaac Braley, " '• "
Isaac L. Br.aley, " '• "
Samuel G. Braley, Swansea, Mass.
Miss Ida M. Braley, FaU River. Mass,
?flez. M. Bunn, East Providence, R. I.
Selic Burr, Denver City, (Jol.
?Miss MaryL. Booth, Providence, R. I.
Wm. J. Booth, Providence, R. I.
Charles E. Barrus, Westport, New Zea
land.
Jerome Barrus, Warren, E. I.
?Daniel A. Barrus, " "
Arthur A. Bosworth, " "
?Arthur M. Burr, Melrose, Mass.
?Mrs. Thom. Burlingham, Newport, R. I.
?Frank A. Barnard, Lynn, Mass.
?Mrs. F.A.Barnard,
?Mrs. Mary A. Barnard, "
Mrs. Jos. Bufflngton, Providence, R. %.

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?Harriet Battey, Providence, E. I.
?Josephine D. Bowler, Stonghton, Mass.
Peleg Brown, Providence, E. I.
Mrs. Saml. Briggs, Independonoe, N. Y.
?Mrs. John Brown, New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. C. T. Brown, Warren, R. I.
Susan A. Barlow, Fall Eiver, Mass.
Jonathan Browning, " " "
Miss Genevieve Brown, Warren, R. I.
?Rev. Benj. B, Babbitt, Columbia, S. C.
Miss Rebecca Bosworth, Little Neck, L.I.
Hunt Blake, New York.
?Geo. T. Bowler, Brooklyn, N. T.
James E. Baker, Providence, R. I.
?Mrs. Charlotte Barney, Warren, R. I.
?Eev. Shearjashub Bourne, Patterson,
N.J.
Mrs. Mary E, BrowneU, Newport. E. 1.
Benjamin Bonrn, Providence, E. I.
M. Toscan Bennett, Hoboken, X. Y.
Geo. F. Barnard, Lynn, Mass.
Wm. H. Bennett, Topeka, Kansas.
?Benj. P. Bennett, Newport, E. I.
Henry Bishop, North Andover, Mass.
?Nathan Bishop, Lawrence, "
Kussel Bishop, " '¦
?Mrs. .Sarah A. Bnrt, East Taunton, Mass.
Mrs. Samuel W. Brown, FaU River, "
Samuel E. Bunn, Otter River, "
?Nath'l F Bunn, Warren, R, I.
?Lina Bush. Providence, E. I.
?George A. Bush, " "
?Mrs. Geo. A. Bush, " "
?Miss Julia A. Bush, " "
?Miss Minnie H. Bush, " "
Charles Burgess, Warren, E. I.
Miss Hattie Burgess, " "
Erwin J. Baker, Jr , Providence, E. I.
?Mrs. Erwin J. Baker, Jr,, " "
Mrs. Laura Bufflngton, Pawtucket, "
?George Babcock, Barrington, » "
Wm. H. Baker, Crompton, "
Mrs. Susan M. Baxter, Providence, "
Mrs. Anne E. Burrows, " "
Samuel Butts, " "
Mrs, Samuel Butts, " "

?Henry B. Card, Sylvania, Pa.
Mrs. Charlotte Corbett, JerseyviUe, 111.
Mrs. Capt. Henry T. Cobb, Dighton, Ms.
Stephen W. Church, Chicago, III.
?Le Baron B. Church, Taunton, Mass.
?Hezekiah W. Church, " "
?Mrs. Wm. B. Church, " "
?Mrs. Hannah W. Chase, Fall Eiver, Ms.
?Wm. B. Church, Taunton, Mass.

?John H. Church, Taunton, Mass.
Sylvester M. Copeland, Fall River, Mass.
?Mrs. Dr. Augustus Clarke, Cambridge-
port, Mass.
Mrs. Eliza Covell, New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. B. M. Cleaveland, Marietta, Ga.
?Stephen B. Chafee, Middletown, Conn.
Wm. A. Church, Warren, R. I.
?Miss Emily Church, " "
?Mrs. Henry Church, Annawan, 111.
?Mrs. Anne L. C. Chase, Newport, E. I.
?George Chubbucks, Valley Falls, "
?Mrs. Euby Cole, Warren, "
?Eowland T. Chase, Portsmouth, "
?John Cane, Newport, "
?Lulu Cox, Providence, "
?Anne Capwell, Providence, "
?Charles M. Chase, Portsmouth, "
?Marlon W. Clarke, New Bedford, Mass.
?James T. Card, Providence, R. I.
?Stephen Chafee, Jr., Middletown, Conn.
?George A. Chafee, " "
?Mrs. George A. Chafee, " "
?Samuel R. Chafee, " "
?Mrs. Samuel R. Chafee, " "
?Wm. Ularke Chafee, " "
?Mrs. N. B. Cooke, Pawtucket, H. I.
Mrs. Amos B. Corwin, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
?Mrs. Henry T. Colwell, Cambridge-
port, Mass.
Freeborn C. Coggeshall, Philadelphia,
Pa.
?Mrs. Wm. B. Cheney, Fall River, Mass.
?Luther Cole, Warren, R. I.
?Nathan P. Cole, " "
?Mrs. Nathan P.' Cole, " "
?John G. Cole, " "
?Mrs, John G. Cole, " "
George C. Coomer, " "
Mrs. Charlotte Coomer, " "
Henry R. Coggeshall, Boston, Mass.
?Edward L. Chase, Portsmouth, R. I.
?James E. Conlej', Warren, "
?Miss Hannah M. Cooke, Prov., "
?Thomas D. Chafee, Taunton, Mass.
?Mrs. Anna U. Chafee, " "
?Mrs. Kate L, Chase, Fall River, Mass.
?Mrs. Sarah M. Cole, Warren, R. I.
Geo. M. Colt, North Sterling, Conn.
*Mr8. Alice Curtis, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Henry F. Cobb, Dighton, Mass.
Mrs. Josiah Caldwell, England.
?Mrs. J. T. Cooper, Brooklyn, New
York.
?Mrs. Eliza Colt, Providence, E. I.
?John Coggeshall, " "
?Mrs. John Coggeshall, " "

172

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

Dyer C. Coomer, Warren. R. I.
Lewis Carr, " "
Thomas Coomer, " "
George T. C. Chureh, " "
?Shubael B. Cole, " "
?Charles Cole, " "
?Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, " "
Mrs. Alfred B. Cornell, " •'
*Win. Henry Church, " "
Mrs. Chas. C. Clarke, Scio, N. Y.
?Mrs. Alice Calvoort, New London, Ct.
Mrs. MarthaCopeland, Brockton, Mass.
?Mrs. Mary L, Collins, Providence, R. I.
?Joseph Carnes, " "
Mrs. Virginia Chester, Springfleld, 111.
Mrs. Catharine Chester, " "
Mrs. Charlotte Corbett, Jersey vUle, "
John Corbett, " "
?Henry Corbett, Tecumseh, Neb.
?Mrs. Laura A. Chase, Erie, Pa,
Mrs. Betsey Chase, " "
Mrs. Mary A. Condor, South Boston, Ms.
?John Connerton, Lowell, Mass.
John F. Cooke, FaU River, "
Mrs. Eliza. Crowell, New Bedford, Mass.
?Mrs. Eliza B. Cole, Stonington, Conn.
?Almira Curren, Valley Falls, II. I.
?Mrs, Anne G. Cole, Providence, E. I.
Marlborough Churchill, New York.
Ellen F. Cole, Warren, E. I.
?George D.Cole, " "
?Mrs Mary Chase, " "
Frederick M. Chadwiolc, Prov., E. I.
?Mrs. Bridget Carter, " "
?.James F. Christee, Boston, Mass.
?Dan Callahan, New Bedford, "
?MaryJ. Callahan, " "• "
?John G. Connerton, Lowell, Mass.
?John F. Costigan, Lawrence, "
?Mrs. Lizzie W. Connery, Pawtucket,
E. L
Frank L. Camm, Brooklyn, N. Y.
?Joseph N. CoUins, Warren, R. I.
?Mrs. Emily Corey, Portsmouth, R. I.
" Maria Cooke, " "
Edwin Church, Quincy, Mich.
Henry P. Church, Annawan, 111.
?Mrs. Wm. T. Chase, Auburn, R. I,
? " Sarah Cunliff, Providence, R. I.
? " Mary A. Curtis, " "
Miss Eliz. G. Coit, Batavia, N. Y.
? " H. E. CoggeshaU, FaU River, Mass.
Wm. T. CoggeshaU, Lowell, "
?Mrs. Robinson Chace, Fall River, "
" Almira Curry, Providence, R. I.
" Sarah J. Chase, '• "
?Miss Martha Cole, Warren, "

?Miss Anne E. Cole, Warren, E. I.
Mrs. Martha Carr, Newport, "
" Charles S. Cross, Providence, R. I.
? " Joseph Cole, Woonsocket, "
?Thomas Cole, Warren, "
?George Coggeshall, " "
?Wm. N. Coggeshall, " "
?Mrs. Benj. Clarke, New Bedford, Mass.
Edward P. Clarke, Providence, R. I.
?Maiion W. Clarke, New Bedford, Mass.
George L. Chase, New Mexico.
Samuel Cables, Jamaica Plains, Mass.
?Mrs. Nathaniel Chadwick, Hornelsville,
N. Y.
Mrs. J. C. Calvert, New London, Conn.
" Laura Cooly, Providence, E. I.
? " Georgiana Chubbuck, Valley Falls,
E. I.

Henry W. Diman, Lisbon, Portugal.
?James Darling, Fall Eiver, Mass.
Mrs. Alexander Dyer, Plainsbery, Cal.
? " Saml. W. Drown, Drownsville, E. I.
? " Joshua C. Drown, Warren, "
?John W. Diman, Fall Eiver, Mass.
Wm. F. DeWolf, Chicago, 111.
Charles H. Dunbar, Newport, E. I.
?Byron D. DeVTolf, New York.
Mrs. Mary T. Dean, Galveston, Texas.
Wm. B. DeWolf, New York.
?Wm. H. Doty, Providence, E. I.
?Dr.John J. DeWolf, " "
?J. Halsey DeWolf, " "
?Prof. J. Lewis Diman, " "
Dr. James A. DeWolf, Port of Spain,
Trinidad.
?Mary M. Donahue, Warren, E. I.
*NeIlie F. Donahue, " "
Wm. Donahue, •' "
?Johanna Donahue, " "
•Robert Dunbar, Providence, "
*Mrs. Mary Day, " "
?Henry B. Dearth, Waterbury, Conn.
Charles Dearth, " "
Mrs. Elizabeth Drown, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Emily Devol, East Providence, E. I.
Miss Ellen Devol, " " ••
Charles Devol, " " "
*Miss Ella F. Dorman, New London, Ct.
Francis M. Dimond, Providence, E. I.
John N.Dimoud, " "
Wm. F. Dimond, " "
•Miss Bridget Dougherty, Wai-ren, E. I.
? '' Sarah Abby Davis, East Smith-
fleld. Pa.

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173

Miss Eliz. B. Dearth, Waterhuiy, Conn.
Mrs. Thad. Davis, Eochelle, N. Y.
Charles C. Dimond, Boston, Mass.
•Miss Mary Douglass, Newport, R. I.
* " Mattie Douglass, " '•
"Mrs. Lyman D. Deane, Fall River, Mass,
Frank L. Diman, Providence, R. I.
Jonathan Drown, KUlingly, Ct.
•Chas. W. Uunbar, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Chas W. Dunbar, " "
Thomas Durfee, I{ockvlUe, Conn.
•Henry B. Diman, Providence, R. I.
•Mai-y T. Dougherty, East Prov.. R. I.
Winthrop DeWolf, Boston, Mass
•John M. Dot}-, Newport, E. I.
•Peleg Dunbar, Wan-en, E. I.
•Mrs. Charlotte Davenport, Newport,
E. I.
•Mrs. Eunice Dyer, Portsmouth, R. I.
" Wm, Dunh.im, New Bedford, Ms.
Nellie Davis, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Joshua C. Drown, Jr., Prov., R. I.
•Frank Dunbar, Newport, "
•Mrs. L. T. Dodge, Providence, "
•Phebe M. Devol, Fall Eiver, Mass.
•Susan E. Dennis, Pawtucket, R. I.
•Alfred Devol, Warwick, "
•Imogene Dunbar, Providence, "
•WiUiam Dyer, Warren, "
•Mrs. Ann Drown, " "

B

Geo. R. Easterbrooks, East Prov., R. I.
Clara Easterbrooks, Warren, "
T. R. Easterbrooks, Providence, "
•Abby M. Ellis, "
Sarah S. Easterbrooks, " "
GUes Easterbrooks, Warren, "
Mrs. J. A. P. Eppinger, Georgia.
S. B. Eldridge. New Bedford, Mass.
•Benj. T. Easterbrooks, Newport, E, I.
•James A. Easterbrooks, '• "
Capt. Geo. T. Easterbrooks, Oysterville,
Wash. Ter.
Dr. George T. Easterbrooks, Oysterville,
Wash. Ter.
Mrs. George T. Easterbrooks, Oyster-
terville. Wash. Ter.
•Allen Easterbrooks, Providence, E. I.
•Mrs. AUen Easterbrooks, "
•James H. Easterbrooks, "
•Alfred Evans,
Theodore B. Easterbrooks, "
•Wm. H. Easterbrooks, "
•Stephen G . Easterbrooks, "
Mrs. John C. Ellis, Newport, E. I.

Frank A. Easterbrooks, Boston, Mass.
•Mrs. Hannah Ellis, Providence, R. I,
Charles A. Edwards, " •'
•Wm. Easterbrooks, " "
•Mrs, Myra Eaton, Pawtucket, R. I.
" Thomas H. Eddy, Fall River, Ms.
•Moses P. Eastei brooks, Cambridge-
port, Mass.
Simeon A. Easterbrooks, Eagleville, Ct.
Daniel Easterbrooks, Fall Eiver, Mass.
•Abby M. EUls, Providence, E. I.
Mrs. Julia A. Eddy, " '•
•Wm. Y. Easterbrooks, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Wm.Y. Easterbrooks, " "

•Edward A. Fish, Wellsborongh, Pa.
Francis R. Fish, Troy, Pa.
•Mrs. Hattie A. Fish, Millford, Mass.
•Mary A. Fish, Fall River, "
Adelbert Frlsbrie, Grafton, Cal.
Mrs. Adelbert Frisbrie, " ¦'
Miss Martha Foster, Newburg, N. Y.
Mrs. John N. Furnham, West Chester,
N. Y.
•Smith B, Pales, Warren, R. I.
•Horace E. Fenner, Hai-mony, E. I.
Charles H. Fenner, Southbury, Conn.
•James H. Furgeson, Millbury, Conn.
Peter Furgeson, '' "
•John L. D. Furgeson, " "
Wm. C. F. Furgeson, " "
•Mrs. Mary S. Fletcher, New Bedford.
Mass.
Mrs. Nellie Fox, Southbridge, Mass.
•Mrs. E. J. Fairbanks, New Britain, Ct.
Samuel Fales, Philadelphia, Pa.
•Jeremiah Fenner, Lisle, N. Y.
Mrs. Eliz. F. Freeman, Wakefield, E. I.
*.To3eph H. Fish, Providence, "
•Mrs. Julia Frances, " "
Mrs. George Fraprie, New York.
Mrs. Addie J. Ferril, Boston, Mass.
•Lewis B, Fish, Brockton, Mass.
Mrs, George F. Foster, Brooklyn, N. Y.
•Miss Ruth A. Fish, Providence, E. I.
Mrs. Ellen F. Field, Danville, Conn.
Chas. C. Fisher, San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. Alice G. Fisher, Oakland, Cal.
Lucian Fitts, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Mary M. Freelove, Fall Uiver, Ms.
Martha B. Fenner, Providence, R. I.
•Jlrs. Mary E. Fletcher, New Bedford,
Mass.
Wm. C. Fales, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Wm. H. Fenner, " "

174

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

•Patience L. Fish. Warren, E. I.
Henry F. Fish, Milton Centre, Mass.
Wm. A. B-ish, Philadelphia, Pa.
•Isaac L. Fish, Portsmouth, E.I.
Lewis Felix, Boston, Mass.
James Franklin, Portsmouth, E. I.
Emily E. Fairbrother, Providence, 1!. I
•J. M. Fales, Warren, K. I.
•Miss Hattie L. risk, MlUford, Mass.
•Susan C. Fish, Portsmouth, E. I.

Emily F. Greene, Warren, "
•Stephen D. Grey, Providence, E, I.
•Wm. H, Gettj% Warren, "
•Mrs. Sophia F Greene, Leominster, Ms.
•George E. N. Gladding, Brooklyn, N. Y.
•Mrs. Maria Greene, Warren, E. I.
Allen J, Gladding, Oakland, Cal.
•Sarah DeW. Gardiner, New York.
Amos T. Gorham, Cincinnati, O.
•Charles A, Gladding, Baltimore, Md.
•Mrs. Abby M. Gooding, S. Vineland,
N.J.
Mrs. S. Dana Greene, Annapolis, Md.
•Susan Gifford, Fall River, Mass.
•Jrenus Gooding, Maiden, "
Miss Gertrude Gooding, " "
Mrs. D. C. Grheme, New York.
•George P. Gifford, " "
•Mrs. Abby A. Greenman, Newport, E. I.
Thomas S. Gladding, Leavenworth, Kan.
John W. Gladding, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Etta N. Gifford, Fernandina, Fa.
•Alberto. Greene, Newport, R, I.
Henry C. Gifford,
•Henry W. Gladding, Warren, E. I.
•Mrs. Henry W. Gladding, "
•George T. Greene, " "
•Mrs. George T. Greene, " "
•Jeremiah I. Greene, Warren, E. I.
•Mrs. Dr. J. B. Greene, Providence, E. I.
*J. B Greene. Jr., " "
•JosephW. H. Gayton, " "
•Gustavus T. Grey, " «•
•Stephen D. Grey, " "
•George E. Grey, " <•
Charles Gre^, " "
Ellery W. Greene, Manitou Springs, Col.
•Mrs, John C. Greene, Leominster, Mass.
•Mary G. Gardiner, Attleboro', "
Mrs. E. S. Gove, Monmouth, Me.
•Mrs. Geo. H. Glidden, Springfleld, Mass.
•Mabel D. Goff) Warren, E. I.
•Miss Martha J. Goff, Pawtucket, E. I.
* " Mary I. Goff, Warren, "

Miss Nancy Goff, Springfleld, Mass.
" Susan Goff, Pawtucket, E. I.
• " Elizabeth Goff, Wai-ren, "
Dr. Grafton W. Gardiner, Atlanta, Ga.
•John A. Godloff, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Abby W. Gutman, Lewiston, Me.
Charles B. Gladding, Franklin, Mass.
Mrs. Mary Grant, Warren, E. I.
•Benj, M. Greene, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Benj. M. Greene, " "
•Benj. M. Greene, Jr., " "
John Gladding, East Smithfield, Pa.
Stephen Gladding, " " "
•Thomas C. Grant, Rehoboth, Mass.
•Mrs. Thomas C. Grant, " "
•Miss Rosa W. Grant, " "
•Henry P. Grant, " "
•Mrs. Eliz. McGoval, Providence, B. I.
John H. Gifford, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Ann II. Grey, New Bedford, Mass.
Rev. John Grey, Denver City, Col.
Mrs. Ann Gifford, Providence, R. I.
•Miss Rebecca Gorham, Wakefield, E. I.
•Miss Nettie Gorham, " "
James Goff, Jr., Locust Valley, L. I.
Mrs. Emma Goddard, Walllngford, Ct.
¦•John A. Godloff, Boston, Mass.
Mary H. Gifford, Newport, R. I.
Frederick Gladding, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Wm. B. Gordon. Burlington, Iowa.
•Charles W. Greene, Warren, E. I.
Emma B. Goddard, Wauhegan, Conn.
Joseph W. Greene, Manitou Springs, Col.
Mrs. Joseph W. Greene, " " "
J. F. Gooding, Lowell, Mass.
•Joseph L. Gardiner, Calumet, Mich.
•Charles T. Gladding, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. David W. Graffum, " "
•Lilian A. Grey, " "
Mrs. Sarah M. Gladding, " "
Walter N. Gifford, " "
•Job Grey, Somerset, Mass.
•Wm. O. Gladding, Newport, E. I.
•Stephen Grego, Providence, "
•Frank I. Gladding, Warren, E. I.
•Lewis Gladding, " "
•Mrs. A. M. Grunard, Fall River, Mass.
•Miss Henrietta Gladding, Warren, R. I.
•James H. Gladding, New Bedford, Ms.
•Joseph A. Gladding, Woonsocket, E. I.
•Mrs. Stephen Grego, Providenee, "
•George T. Greene, Jr., Warren, "
•Mrs. Andrew Gale, Providence, "

•Thomas Henderson, Providence, E. I.

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175

•Thomas O. Holmes, Providence, R. L
•Patience C. Hilburn,
•Mary A. Hixon, Woonsocket, "
•Sarah M. Harideen, Woodstock, Conn.
•Mary B. Ilale, Swansea, Mass.
•John W. Hart, Taunton, "
•John B. Hatch, Providence, R. I.
•Caroline R. Hyde, " "
•Eliza M. Hubbard, " "
Minor Hedges, Lamont, Mich.
Mrs. Henry HaU, Bloomfield, Cal.
•Mrs. Martha T. Hathaway, New Bed-
ford, Mass.
John B. P. Herreshoff, Brooklyn, N. Y.
James B. Herreshoff. Nice, France.
•John G. Harding, New Bedford, Mass.
•James H. Harding, " " "
Mrs. James H. Harding, " " "
Wm. N, Hall, New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. Hannah HaU, " " "
*Nathan S. Hoard, Taunton, Mass.
•Cyrus Hoard, " "
•Mrs. C, M. Hoard,
Mrs. Lydia T. Houghton, Boston, Mass.
Rosalie DeW. Hopper, New York.
Silas Holmes, Diamond Hill, R. I.
Jabez S. Holmes, Boston. Mass.
•Miss Ruth G. Hall, Warren, R. I.
•Et. Rev. M. A. DeW. Howe, Reading, Pa.
H. B. Hubbard, New Haven, Conn.
•Patrick Hurney, JamesvUle, Wis.
•Nathan B. Heath, Charlestown, Mass.
Arnold B. Heath, Boston, '¦
Alanson Heath, Rockville, Conn.
Mrs. Edwin M. Hill, HaverhiU, Mass.
Mrs. Dr. Wm. H. Hutton, Detroit, Mich.
•Mrs. Jemima Hathaway, Fall River, Ms.'
N. E. Harvey, East Providence, E, I.
George C. Hatch, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. George C. Hatch, " "
Mrs. E. N, Hartley, FaU River, Mass.
Mrs. Caroline Hedges, Lamont, Mich.
Mrs. Jane Hewlitt, HaverhUl, Mass.
•John W. Hoard, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Benj. Hall, Warren, "
•Lnther Handy, " "
•Mrs. Clara P. Humphreys, Cedar Grove,
R. L
Jlrs. Heni-y Hall, Bloomfield, Cal.
Wm. P. HaU, " "
•Mrs. Wm. B. Hubbard, Providence, E. 1.
•Isaac R. Hadwin, Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. Louisa S. Hodges, West Maryland,
Conn.
•Mrs. Wm. H. Horton, Providence, R, I.
•John P. Husso, Fall Eiver, Mass.
•John J. Holmes, Brockton, "

?Mrs. Mary E. Hayes, Hagorstown, Md.
Mrs. Eliz. Harvey, Thomaston, Me.
•George 1-1. Harding, Provllenoe, E. I.
Freeman C. Hincks, Pawtucket, "
•.Mrs. Julia Hixon, Millford, Mass,
Charles W. Hurst, Boston, "
•Wm. E. Handy, Providence, E. I.
Charles Handy, " '
•Mrs. Joseph Handy, Barrington, E. I.
•Joseph Handy, " "
•Mrs, Emily Hoar, Warren, R, I.
Mrs, Mary Henshaw, Providence, R. I.
Edward Handy, Warren, "
•Manton E. Hoard, Providence, "
Mrs. Manton E. Hoard, " "
•Mark A. Heath, "
Rev. Leonard B. Hatch, Warren, "
•Seth L. Horton, Providence,
•Mrs. Ann B. Hamm, " "
Mrs. Anne G. Holmes, '• "
•-Mrs. Dr. Hemple, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. Ootavia A. Ilustis, Auburndale, Ms.
Mrs. Lewis T. Hoar, Wavren, R. I.
Mrs. Wilfred B. Hodgkin, Tunbridge,
England.
Winfield G. Hubbard, South Lyndeboro',
Conn.
•Mrs. Alice G. Hancock, Providence,
R.I.
Minerva H. Hopkins, Providence, R. I.

Mrs. David Ingersou, Groton, Conn.
•Mrs. Eliz. Ingraham, Wellsville, N. Y.
•Miss Eliz. Ingraham, " "
•Thomas U. Ingraham, " "
Wm. H. Interman, Cincinnati, Ohio.
•Smith M. Ide, New Bedford, Mass.
•.Mrs. John Ingraham, Swansey, "
•Alex. G. Ingraham, Providence, R. I.
•.John H. Ingraham.BakerClty, Oregon,
•Miss Lily R. Ide, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Anne R. Ide, " "
•Mrs. D. H. Ingerson, Meriden, Conn.
Mrs. H. M. Ingerson, " "

•Mrs. Ann E. Jackson, Fall River, Mass.
Charles W. Jones, N. La Crosse, Wis.
Mrs. Zora E. Jameson, Frosburgh, Ver.
Mrs. Henry B. Jackson, Boston, Mass.
Thomas W..Joy, Bordentown, N. J.
Jedidlah W. .Johnson, San Francisco,
Cal. — .
Henry L. Johnson, Utica, N. Y.

176

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

Henry A. J. Johnson, Baltimore, Md.
•Mrs. Julia Jennings, New Bedford, Ms.
Mrs. Fanny M. Jones, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Nancy S. Johnson, Nar. Pier, R. I.
Mrs. Wm. H.Jennings, Providence, R.I.
Mrs. Henry B, Jackson, Roxbury, Mass.
Mis. Capt. Sandford Jones, Pasadlna,
Cal.
•Mi-s. Hannah Johnson, Staten Island,
N.Y.

Frederick W. Kingman, Pascoag, N. Y.
Mrs. Frederick W. Kingman, " "
Mrs. Dr. H. B. Kenyon, Towns Head, Ver.
Miss Louisa Kingman. Pascoag, N. Y.
Miss Florence C. Kella, Elver Side, Cal.
•WiUiam Kingsley, Providence, R. I.
George Kingsh^y, '¦ "
Walter Kingsley, " "
Sandford A. Kingsley, " "
•Mrs. Hiram B. Kelly, Ayer, Mass.
•Mrs. J. Eliz. Keys, New York.
•Mrs. Debra Kelly, Providence, E. I.
•John Keith, Valley FaUs, "
•Mrs. Ida Kent, Providence, R. I.
•Chas. W. Kingman, " "

•Mrs. Ann Loomes, Providence, E. I.
Miss Ellen M. Luce. New Bedford, Mass.
William Lincoln, Warren, E. I.
Gustave G. Lansing, New York.
•Mrs. Abby C. Liscomb, Fall Eiver, Ms.
•Miss Julia Lake, East Providence, E. 1,
•Miss Anne E. Leonard, " "
Henry Lowry, Fall Eiver, Mass.
•Thomas Lowry, " " "
Mrs, SarahA. Ling, Grand Rapi<ls, Mich.
•Edward Lanigan, Warren, R. I.
•Welcome Lawton, Fair Haven, Mass.
•Mrs. Vy elcorae Lawton, Fair Haven, Ms.
Nathan Lawton, " " "
Lorenzo Ludewissey, Waldoboro', Me.
•Mrs. Edward Lewis, Boston, Mass.
Mar3' K. Livesey, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Edward Lancaster, Hartford, Conn.
Edward Lancaster, " "
Lorenzo Ludwig, Danville, Mieh.
•Mrs. Abby liscomb. Fall River, Mass.
Charles F. Liscomb, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Mrs. Lydia P. Luther, Lamont, Mich.
•Gilbert R. Lawless, N. Swansey, Mass.
?William Lindsey, Fall River, "
?Nathaniel Lindsey, " " "

Abby F. Lucas, Hazelwood, N. Bedford.
Mrs. C. DeW. Lovett, Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. John N. Lansing, New York.
Mrs. E. F. Lucas, " "
•Mrs. Abby Leonard, Providence, H. I.
Mrs. B. P. Lette, Southburgh, Va.
Mrs Capt. John Y. Lawless, Galveston,
Texas.
Wm. B. Lawless, Galveston, Texas.
James A. Leet, Jr., Ipswich, Mass.
Mrs. Ida Little, " "
Mjss Maiy L. Leet, " "
Wm. S. Luther, South Boston, Mass.
•Joseph S. Luther, " " "
Benj. Luther, Lamont, Mich.
•Miss Susan C. Lacy, Attleboro', Mass.
John Luther, Lamont, Mich.
Sylvester Lnther, Grand Rapids, Mich.
•Nathan Lawton, E'alr Haven, Mass.
•Isaac F. Liscomb, Providence, R, I.
•Wm. Littlefield, " "
Benj. F. Lindsey, Attleboro', Mass.
•John Lindsey, FortNevarra, Nebraska.
James Lewis, New Haven, Conn.
John Luther, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. Mary A. Luther. " " "
•John Ludewissey, Wakefield, R. I.
Charles H. Luther, New York.
•Manton H. Luther, Providence, R. I.
•Alfred E. Luther, " "
•Winfield V, Luther,
Mrs. E. A. Loomis, " "
•Capt. John I. Liscomb, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Lizzie Lyman, Philadelphia, Pa.
Horace Lawton, New Bedford, Mass.
Charles Lawton, " " "
M
George F. Manchester, Harpville, N. T.
G. W. Maiicham, Atchinson, Kansas.
Peter Munro, Sylvania, Pa.
Bateman Munro, New York.
•Lewis S. Munro, Boston, Mass.
•Mrs. Lewis S. Slunro, " "
Charles H. Mosher, Grand Eapids, Mich.
Mrs. .Jonas Minturn, Plainsbnrg, Cal.
Thomas C. Minturn, " "
James W. Minturn, "
Mrs. Frank Mollen, Boston, Mass.
Thomas F. Mason, New Yoik.
•David Eddy Munro, Portsmouth, R. I.
Hezekiah U. Munro, West Philadelphia,
Pa.
Frank A. Munro, Worcester, Mass.
Nathaniel Maxfleld, Whiteside, 111.
A. J. Maxfleld, Lyons, Iowa.

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177

William H. Maxfleld, Whiteside, 111.
Mrs. Wm. B. Morrison, "
•Miss Susan J. Maxfleld, " "
Albert J. Maxfleld, Tampico, 111.
Mrs. Dr. Luther A. Martin, HI.
Willie B. Martin, Atlantic City, IU.
Miss Abby B. Martin, Roebuck June-
tion. 111.
Mrs. Philip C. Macomber, Fall Eiver, Ms.
Wm. H. Munro, Yankton, Arkansas.
•Wm. H. Martin, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Wm. H. Martin, " "
Frank Manchester, Providepce, E. I.
Mrs. Frank Manchester, " "
•George H. Munro, " "
•George Mnnro, Warren, E. I.
•James Muuro, " "
•Mrs. John Maxfleld, Warren, R. I.
*R. Elliot .McCartney, Providence, E. I.
?Mrs. R. Elliot McCartney, " "
Mrs. James H. Maxwell, Warren, E. I.
Wyatt Manchester, Attleboro', Mass.
Seabury Manchester, •' "
Henry R.Manchester, " "
Mrs. Eliza Marble, " "
John W. Mutton, Toronto, Can. West.
Mrs. Edward Markham, Atchinson, Kan
sas.
Eobert Manchester, Prov., E. I.
•Eliz. E. Miller, S. Swansey, Mass.
•Mary E. Martin, Warren, E. I.
•Chas. Mason, " "
J. Flaviel Manchester, Newport, E. I.
Mrs. Julia E. Manchester, " "
Wm, J. Munro, Boston, Mass.
•Mrs. Wm. H. Macomber, Prov., E. I.
•Miss Katy Malone, New Bedford, Mass.
•Wm. H. Munro, Edgartown, Mass.
•Jonathan Munro, " "
Dr. George Munro, Mercer, Pa.
Mrs. Stephen W. Morgan, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Mrs.Mai-y A. Munro, Pottsville, Pa.
Mrs. Caroline Matthews, New Bedford,
Mass.
Mrs, Lydia D. Mason, Providence, K. I.
•Mrs. Anne McDougal, Hebron vlUe, Ms.
•Benj. S. McDougal, " "
Herbert Manchester, Locust Valley, L. I.
Jeremiah Munro, Boston, Mass.
?Miss Jennie W. Munro, Prov., E. I.
»Wm. H. Munro, " "
?Hugh Mulligan, Providence, E. I.
•Mary R. Morse, " "
Mrs. Horace E. Medbury, Barrington,
E, I.
Thomas P. Myers, New York.
23

Mrs. Ada B. Morton, Providence, R. I.
Ringold Mott, Locust Valley, L. I.
Miss J. Sophia Muensoher, Taunton, Ms.
Miss Laura Martin, Providence, R. I.
•.Miss Martha Martin, " "
?Miss Gertrude Martin, " "
Wm. Martin, " "
?Mrs. Russell Middleton, Charleston,
S. C.
Miss Alicia Middleton, Charleston, S. C.
•Mrs. James Madison, Newport, R. I.
Mrs. Har. F. Morton, Louisville, Ky.
H. F. Marchant, Providence, E. I.
•Mrs. Horace MiUer, Pawtucket, E. I.
?Stephen C. Munro, Portsmouth, "
•Mrs. Geo. W. Millard, Providence, R. I.
?Miss Abby D. Munro, West Pleasant,
S. C
Samnel N. G. Munro, Providence, E. f.
Mrs. Samuel N. G. Muni-o, " "
Samuel N. G. Munro, Jr., " "
•Miss Amy Munro, " "
•Nath'l H. Munro, " "
•Charles Munro, '¦ "
•George T. Munro, " "
Fred. A. Manchester, " "
Mrs. Fred. A. Manchester, " "
Mrs. Jas. S. McO. Very, Portland, Me.
•Eliz. Munro, Providence, E. 1.
•Wm. A. Munro, " "
•Mrs. Wm. A. Munro, " "
Bridget McDonald, Lawrence, Mass.
•Mrs. Rosa McKenna, Boston, "
Joseph A, Monks, Norfolk, Va.
•George A. Munro, Ogdensburg, N. Y;
?Frank A. Munro, " "
•Mrs.Frank A. Munro, " "
•Mrs. Walter P. Munro, Providence, R. I.
Fred. H. Manchester, Warren, "
•Daniel G. Manchester, Providence, "
?Mrs. Mary F.Milliken, "
Joseph H. Manchester, Pawtucket, "
?James C. Manchester, " "
Mrs. Sarah Martin, Providence, "
?Mrs. Alice R. Munro, Portsmouth, "
?Martin McNeal, Warren,
John McSherry, " "
?Ellen Muldoon, Providence, "
Mrs. Eleanor Manchester, Prov,, "
?Mrs. Ambrose B. Mason, Warren, "
?Miss Eliz. Mason, " "
?Martha E.Mason, " "
?Ellen McSherry, East Providence, "
?Mary E. Murphy, Fall Eiver, Mass.
Chauncey E. Martin, Warren, E. I.
Wm. Martin, Chester, Vt.
Jas. Martin, Londonderry, Vt.

178

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

Nath'l L. F. Munro, Decatur, 111.
Jas. W. Munro, Providence, R. I.
•Dr. Wm. McCaw, Warren, "
Mrs. Wm. McCaw, " "
James McCaw, LeadviUe City, Col.
Jas. Munro, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Betsey Mason, " "
?Sarah H. Maxfleld, " "
Alex. G. Manchester, Providence, R. J.
•Mrs. Mary A. Munro, FaU River, Mass.
Mrs. Chas. B. Mosher, Grand Rapids, Mh.
Russell Manchester, Newport, R. I.
Philip Manchester, Locust Valley, L. I.
Mrs. Randall H. Mole, Baltimore, Md.
James MeCanny, Providence, R.I.
•Mary EUen Murphy, Fall River, Mass.
Sarah E. Munro, Warren, R. I.
•Mrs. Susan E. Mitchell, N. Bedford, Ms.
Wm. H. Mitchell, New Bedford, Mass.
Samuel Mitchell, " " "
•Edward Munro, Providence, B I.
•Dennis Mahoncy, " **
Willard N. Munro, " "
Mrs. John Mulcahey, Newburyport, Ms.
•James Murphy, East Providence, R. I.
•Katie A. McLean, Fall River, Mass.
William W. Munro, Warren, R. I.

N

Mrs. Wm. II. Newman, Batavia, N. Y.
Alex. G. Noyes, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Alex. G. Noyes, " "
Thomas J. Noyes, " "
Mrs. Thomas J. Noyes, " "
Miss Saraphina Noyes, " "
Wm. C. Norris, New York.
Henry L. Norris, Providence, R, I.
•Miss Kate Norris, " "
Louisa Noyes, " "
•Simeon Newman, " "
•David E. Munro, Portsmouth, R. I.
?Martha A. Munro, " "
•Mrs. Rebecca Mason, Providence, R. I.
•Susie Macomber, FaU River, Mass.
?Ahby M. Munro, Hebronville, R. I.
?Frank A. Manchester, Locust Valley,
L. I.
•Reliance Meiggs, Warren, R. I.
'Abby Manchester, FaU River, Mass.
•Miss Ann A. Munro, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Lloyd Marble, Attleboro', Mass.
•Mrs. Betsey Mason, Warren, R. I.

•Miss Maggie O'Brien, Pawtucket, E. I.

Samuel P. Otterson, Davenport, Iowa.
Mrs. Hannah N. Otterson, Brockton, Ms.
Mrs. Mary E. Owen, New Haven, Conn.
John D. O. Mara, Boston, Mass.
Christian Oldenfieldt, Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Mary C. Osier, New Haven, Conn.
•Kate O'Hurney, Norwalk, "
Mary O'Hurney, " "
•Mrs. Bridget O'Leary, Pawtucket, E. I.
Mrs. Nellie O'Hara, Springfleld, Mass.
Mrs. Mar. O'Mara, Lowell, Mass.
•Michael O'Brien, Fall Eiver, Mass.
Mrs. Mary E. Owen, New London, Conn
•George Oxx, Providence, R. 1.
Miss Mary Ann O'Donell, Warren, E. I.
Mrs. Nellie O'Brien, FaU River, Mass.
?Wm' O'Brien, Warren, R. I.
Wm. H. O'Rourke, Westerly, E. I.

?Mrs. Clinton Puffer. Woonsocket, R.I.
•Miss Hannah Peck, Providence, "
•Andrew Pitman, Brooklyn, N, Y.
Mrs. Wm. D. Powell, Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Robert D. Pinckney, Charleston,
S. C.
•Wm. S. Perry, New York.
•Wm. G. Peabodie, Providence, E. I.
Eev. B, B. Peck, Auburn, E. I.
Geo. B. Peterson, Portsmouth, E. I.
•Mrs. Hen. W. Parkhurst, Plattsmouth,
Neb.
J. B. Pearse, New Mexico.
Joseph C. Pearse, New York,
•Wm. G. Pearse, Warren, R. I.
Rev. Henry C. Potter, New York.
Wm. Peck, Troy, Pa.
Mrs. Jonathan Peck, Troy, N. Y.
Wm. D. W. Peck, Gonzales, Texas.
Mrs. Wm. H. Powers, Grand Rapids, Mh.
•Mrs. Hiram Perry, Barrington, R. I.
•Josiah K. Pitman, Newport, "
?Fitz H. Peabodie, Providence, R. I.
•Mason W. Peirce, " "
Mrs. Anne Poole, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mrs. Henry S. Parker, Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Chas. Potter, Newport, R. I.
Frank H. Peck, Boston, Mass.
•Charles H. Phelps, New York.
Charles B. Pearse, " "
Fred. Pepper, S. Boston, Mass.
Fritz H. Pepper, " "
Mrs. Theodore Phinney, Newport, R. I.
•Mrs. Hannah C. Perry, Providence.E. I.
•Rev. Francis Peck, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Eev. Francis Peck, " "

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

179

•George T. Pearse, Worcester, Mass.
?George C. Pearse, Providence, E. I.
Cornelius Pearse, " "
Edward T. Pearse, " "
•Hemy C. Pearse, " "
Ezra B. Pearse, Phenix, E. I.
•Howard B. Pearse, Providence, E. I.
?George G. Pearse. Wakefield, "
Mrs. Josiah K. Pitman, Newport, "
•Josiah K. Pitman, Jr., " "
Charles L. H. Peirce, Baylis, IU.
Mrs. Eliz Pitman, Grand Eapids, Mich.
Miss Jos. Pitman, •' " "
?Charles C. Pitman, " " "
?Wm. H. Peirce, Swansey, Mass.
Mrs. Abby M. Palmer. Providence, E. I.
•Mrs. Mason W. Peirce, " "
?Mrs. Jeremiah Pidge, " "
Mrs. James Pidge, " "
Mrs. Jane Pond, Franklin, Mass.
Mrs. Emily Pond, " "
Wm. Pearse, Jersey City, N J.
Eev. Jas D'W. Perry, Germantown, Pa.
?Eev. Calbraith B. Perry, Baltimore, Md.
•Raymond Peirce, Providence, E. I.
?Mrs. M. M. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
?George W. Peck, Boston, Mass.
Wm. Ellsworth Peck, Block Island.
•Miss Hannah Peck, Providence, E. I.
Mrs. Ashton Pillings, Baylis, 111,
•Henry P. Peirce, New Bedford, Mass.
•Mrs. Jennie T. Peck, Barrington, E. I.
Mrs. Ruth B. Perry. Locnst Valley, L. I.
Isaac A. Pearse, East Smithfleld, Pa.
George T. Peck, Galesborough, 111.
Mrs. George T. Peck, " "
Isaac G. Peck, Brooklyn, N. Y.
•Walter Palmer, East Greenwich, E. I.
J. M. Pelton, New York.
•Samuel S. Paine, New Bedford, Mass.
?Geo. W. Paine, " " "
Mrs. Lucy Pease, Edgartown, Mass.
Paul PUkey, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Flora Pilkey, "
George Pitman, Newport, E. I.
Miss Sarah Pitman, " "
?Miss Lizzie Pitman, " "
•Alfred Peabodie, Providence, E. I.
Mrs. Wm. Peck, Barrington, "
•Mrs. Anne F. Pratt, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Nelson Palmer, Providence, E. I.
•Mrs. Amelia Pearse, FaU Eiver, Mass.
•Wm. S. Perry, New York.
Mrs. Geo. F. Peterson, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Phinney, Warren, E. I.
Mrs. Louisa B. T. Perry, Locust Valley,
L. L

?Mrs. W. H. Phelps, Putnam, Conn.
?Ruth Ellen Pearse, Warren, R. I.
?Betsey P. Paine, Providence, "
Josiah H. Pitman, Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Josiah H. Pitman, " '• "
Samuel Pitman, " " "
?Mrs. Abby W. Palmer, Central Falls,
E.I.
?Mrs. Nancy Presbey, Taunton, Mass.
Eeginald Heber Palmer, Prov., E. I.
Walter Pearse, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Walter Pearse, " "
Q
?Thomas M. Quirk, Fall Eiver, Mass.
Patrick M. Quinn, " " "
?Dennis Quirk, Tiverton, E. I.
?Miss EUen M. Quirk, Newport, E. I.
Miss Mary A. Quirk, Warren, "

B

?Samuel Eeynolds, Boston, Mass.
•George T. Eeynolds, Providence, E. I.
?Francis B. Eeynolds, " "
Betsey Eeynolds, East Greenwich, E. I.
?Mrs. Clara L. Eowland, Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Geo. Richmond, New York.
Joseph Reynolds, Providence, R. I.
?Theodore Rutherford, " "
Mrs. John Roberts, " "
.James Robbins, Nebraska.
•Miss Hattie R. Robbins, New Bedford,
Mass.
?Mrs. Abby A. Rogers, New Bedford, Ms.
Mrs. Alone Robinson, Philadelphia, Pa
•Maude Richmond, Providence, E. I.
?James O. Reid, Fall River, Mass.
•Miss Sarah E. Reid, " '• "
Miss Sarah T. RusseU, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Eliz. Rich, East Smithfleld, Pa.
•Mrs. John L. Ross, Pawtucket, R. I.
John Riley, Frankport, Me.
Mar. Riley, Manchester, Mass.
Mrs. Evylyn Rathburn, Albany, N. Y.
•Lydia G. Eeynolds, Providence, E. I.
WiUiam AUen Eeed, San Francisco, Cal.
•Charles H. Eichards, Providence, R. I.
•George L. Eichards, Providence, "
Mrs. Joanna M. Rogers, Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Joel F. Rainsford, Meriden, N. H.
Mrs. Prudence Randall, Wiscasset, Me.
Wm. A. Rowland, Rockford, 111.
Ellery W. Rich, Warren, R. I.
Isaiah S. Rich, Providence, E. I.
Frank H. Eich, " "

180

BI-OENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

Joseph J. Ralph, Colchester, Conn.
Mrs. Susan G. Ralph, " "
John Robbins, Woonsocket, R. I.
Mrs. Frank Eeynolds, Providence, R. I.
•Miss Ambrosia A. Rovelta, •' "

S

George A. Starkey, Galveston, Texas.
Mrs. Eliz. Spencer, Providence, R. I.
George T. Smith, Newport, "
•Mrs. WiUiam H. Stebbins, Swansey, Ms.
?Miss Susan A. G. Sherman, Prov., R. I.
•Walter M. B. Sherman, " "
?Henry M. Slocum " "
Charles A. Slocum, " "
Miss S. Seymour, Warren, R. I.
•Mrs. C. F. Stephens, Worcester, Mass.
?Bertha E. Slade, Newport, E. I.
?Cato Slocum, East Providence, R. I.
?Lizzie J. Sherman, Providence, "
?Mrs. Henry Smith, " "
Mary J. Sweet, " "
?Abby Salisbury, Providence, E. I.
•Julia Simmons, Warren, E. I.
Wm. A. Swan, Taunton, Mass,
•Hattie G. Sheldon, Providence, R. I.
•Miss Emma Snively, " "
Mrs. Hannah Shepard, Mansville, N. Y.
William li. Reynolds, Providence, R.I.
•Benj. S. Simmons, East Providence,
R. I.
•Belle Simmons, Pawtucket, R. I.
Etta May Simmons, " "
Miss C. Seymour, Warren, "
?Frank Simmons, Pawtucket, "
?Edgar Simmons, " "
•Erwin Simmons, " "
?William H. H. Swan, Providence, R. I.
?Charles H. Springer, Fall River, Mass.
•William S. Springer, " " "
•Joseph T. Springer, " " "
•Benj, F. Smith, Warren, R. I.
•Charles H. Swan, Providence, E. I.
?Edward M. Springer, Pawtucket, E. I.
George B. Sandford, Camp HaUock, Ne
vada.
?Solon F. Smith, Grafton, Mass.
Josiah Simmons, Fair Haven, Mass.
•Wm. H. Springer, New Bedford, "
John Springer, " " '•
•Isaiah E. Simmons, Boston, Mass.
John F. Specater, New London, Conn.
•Samuel E. Swan, Providence, E. I.
•Samuel B. Swan, " '•
Madaline D'W. Smith, New York.
•Mary B. Smith, Sylvania, Pa.

Mrs. Eev. Wm. Stowe, Clyde, N. Y.
Davenport S. Simmons, Plainfield, Ct.
•Mrs. AUen Simmons, New Bedford, Ms.
•Robert Simmons, Fair Haven, "
?Allen Simmons, NewBedford, "
Mrs. Dr. Job Sweet, " " "
•Right Rev. Benj. B. Smith, New York.
?George P. Smith, Cleveland, Ohio.
?Mary Sigafoo, North Vineland, N. J.
•Edward B. Southworth, Patterson, N. J.
•R. Simmons, Warren, R. I.
•Wm.M. Springer, New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. Ansel J. Sears, Coventry, Vt.
•Jonathan Simmons, Warren, R. I.
•Mrs. Jonathan Simmons, " "
•Gilbert R. Simmons, " "
?Alex. G. Sandford, " "
•Mrs, Alex. G. Sandford, "
?George Smith, " "
•Mrs. George Smith, " "
Mrs. Mary Sumner, Lamont, Mich.
•Edward M. Springer, Pawtucket, R. I.
*W. S. Simmons, Warren, R. I.
Wing Spooner, New Bedford, Mass.
Josiah Simmons, Fair Haven, "
?Samuel B. Swan, Providence, R. I.
?Thomas Swan, " "
?Mrs. Thomas Swan, " "
?Joel M. Spencer, " "
?Orrin S. Spencer, " "
?Harvey Spencer, Coventi-y, "
Miss Eliza B. .Swan, Providence,"
Sheffield A. Swan, "
John Swan, Bloomfield, Cal.
?Henry F. Smith, Providence, "
Mrs. Sydney Smith, Hornelsville, N. Y.
?Samuel' C. Smith, Jamestown, N. Y.
?Mrs. AUen C. Slade, Stonington, Conn.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Shannon, Toronto, W.
Canada.
?Mrs. Eliz. Seeling, Darieii, Conn.
?Samuel J. Smith, Salem, Mass.
?WiUiam H. Smith, " "
Mrs. Anne Stocking, Waterbury, Conn.
?John T. Smith, Fall River, Mass.
James L, Smith, New York.
WiUiam J. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y.
?George M. Smith, New York.
?Harriet Simmons, Dighton, Mass.
Ellery Sandford, Tecumseh, Neb.
?Arthur B. Spink, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Arthur B. Spink, " "
Mrs. Samuel Spink " "
?Christopher C. Simmons, East Provi
dence, R. I.
?Lewis H. Snakenborger, New York.
?John H. Shay, Fall River, Mass.

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

181

Mrs. Celia A. Santeana, N. Bedford.Mass.
Mrs Mary A. Smith, " "
Andrew Salisbury, Providence, E. I.
Mrs. Mary J. Smith, Worcester, Mass.
?Mrs. Margaret Studlcy.Providence, R I.
?Mrs. Wm. Sayer, Hyde Park, Mass.
Wm. Sayer, " "
?Mrs. Mary A. Stetson, Providence, E I.
?Miss Ella Stetson, " ¦'
P. J. Sullivan, Boston, Mass.
John S. Shurtz, New York.
Jason T. Simmons, Chicago, 111.
Jason T. Simmons, Jr., " "
Mrs. Jason T. Simmons, Quincy, III.
Eluora Simmons, " "
Abby Simmons. " "
Mrs, Julia M. Sherman, Providence, E.I.
John H. Shay, FaU Eiver, Mass.
?Miss Minnie Seymour, Warren, E, I.
?Mrs. Joseph Seymour, " '¦
?Mrs. Abrahams. StiUwell, Providence,
E. I.
Mrs. Joseph Simmons, Walnut Hill,
Mass.
?Mrs. George E. Shaw, Providence, E.I.
Osboi-n Swan, " "
?Thomas Swan, Jr. " "
?Mary J. Sparks, East Providence, "
Mrs. James E. Swan, Providence, "
?Mrs. EmUy Smith, Vergennes, Vt,
?Miss Ella Shaw, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Hannah Smith, " "

T

?Edwin H. Tilley, Newport, R. I.
James Thompson, WlUiamsburg, Pa.
?Edward M. Tilley, Norfolk, Va.
Prof. Wm. E. Thompson, Sinia, N. Y.
Mrs. Dr. Sam'l Theobold, Baltimore, Md.
Mark A. DeW. Tanner. Bangor, Cal.
Mrs. Nelson B. Tanner, South Abing-
ton, Mass.
?Henrj' H. Tilley, Washington, D. C.
?Benj. Tilley, Norfolk, Va.
William P. TUley, Portsmouth, Va.
Thomas C. Tilley, Norfolk, Va.
Lydia Eva Tilley, WUliamshurg, Va.
Mrs. Lucy B. Tilley, Norfolk, Va.
Lewis W. Taft, Providence, R. I.
?Mrs. Chas. Talbot, Martha's Vineyard,
Mass.
?Sam'l P. Thornton, Elizabeth, N. J.
?Char es H. TiUey, Newport, E. I.
?Mrs. Henry H. TUley, Washington, D.C.
?Rev. William J. TUley, Middlehury, Vt.
Benj. F. Tilley, Annapolis, Md.

?J, B, Tallman, Syracuse, N. Y.
Mrs. Olive Twaddle, New York.
Timothy I. Tanner, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wm. H. Tanner, " «•
John B. Tanner, " "
Benj. B. Tanner, " •'
Michael Thomas, Boston, Mass.
?Mrs. John Tweedale, Washington, D.C.
?Samuel Trenn, East Providence, R. I.
Peter Trenn, East Smithfield, Pa.
Frank W. Tanner, NorthAbington, Mass.
?William R. Taylor, jr.. Providence, R.I.
•Frank L. B. Taylor, " "
?Mrs. Wm. H. Teele, " "
Russell H. Teele. " "
?Henry Tanner, Buffalo, N. Y.
Cornelius E.Tanner,Grand I^apids, Mich.
?Miss Ida C. Taft, Meriden, Mass.
B. C. Tillinghast, Philadelphia, Pa.
H. G. Tillinghast, " "
Mrs. Marion Townsend, Wareham, Mass.
Mrs. Mary C. Taylor, N. Bedford, Mass.
?Mrs. CharlesTallman, Portsmouth, R.I.
Benj. Tripp, Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Sarah Thomas, Jersey City, N. J.
•Mrs. Wm. Tallman, New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs. Francis W. Tanner, Sw,ansey, "
William Toye, jr.. Providence, R. I.

Emily F. Usher, New Bedford, "
•Benj. B. Usher, Warren, R. I.
•Aaron F. Usher, Goodell, Pa.
•Miss Anne Usher, East Smithfleld, Pa.
George Usher, " " "
•John Usher, " " "
William Usher, East Smithfleld, Pa.
Frank B. Upbam, Boston, Mass.
•Nathaniel W. Usher, Solo, N. Y.
?John Usher, FaU River, Mass.
•Eliz. B. Usher, Warren, R. 1.

•Mrs. Sam'l J. Vickery, Pawtucket, R. I.
•Mrs. Giles F. Vernier, South Creek, Pa.
John W. Vernon, Providence, R. I.
•Thomas S. Vickery, Fall River, Mass.
•Samuel J. Vickery, Warwick, R. 1.
Mrs. Lydia Van Zandt, Newport, R. I.
•Henry Van Doom, Providence, E. I.
•Mrs. C. D. Vosburgh, Grand Eapids,
Mich.
•Giles F. Vernier, South Creek, Pa.
•Joseph E. Van Doom, Quincy, 111.
WiUiam H. Van Doom, " "

182

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.

*F. Vaughn, Providence, R. I.
Lydia Van Doom, Quincy, 111.
Mary C. Van Doom, " •'
John H. Vansburgh, New York.
•Mrs. Mary Verry, Woonsocket, E. I.
•Edward P. Van Doom, Providence, E.I.
Mary P. Van Doom, " "
•Lewis Vaughn, " "
Fred N. Viall, East Providence, "
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*Mrs. H. B. White, Providence, R. I.
•WiUiam H. White, " "
?H. S. Williamson, " "
?MUdred L. Williams, New York.
?Margaret E, Woodman, FaU River,
Mass.
•William J. Wilcox, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs Lydia F. Williams, Taunton, Mass.
?Alfred Wright, Warren, R. I.
•Miss Jane U. Walker, Somerset, Mass.
•Mrs. Elisha Watson, Wakefleld, R. I.
?Wm. H. Waldron, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Mrs. Benj. T. Wilbur, Long Plains, "
Marion W. Wheeler, New York.
?James R. White, Newport, R. I.
Lewis F. Waldron, East Saginaw, Mich.
•Nathan G. West, Hartford, Conn.
Miss Mai-tha G. White, Marietta, Ga.
Capt. Wm. WiUiston, San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. P. L. WeUs, Staten Island, N. Y.
D. West, " " "
Frank D. Waldron, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Nelson Waldron, Queechy, Vt.
•John H. Waldron, " "
Mrs. Mary A. Whitehead, Whiteside, IU.
Rev. John B. Wight, Wayland, Mass.
Joseph Waldron, Butterville, IU.
Allen Wood, Angelica, N. Y.
Algenon Wood, " "
?David A. Waldron, Barrington, R. I.
•William H. West, "
Mrs. Wm. G. Wilcox, Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah J. Wright, Providence, E I.
•Nathaniel Wilson, Newport, "
?Johu West, " "
•James E. White, " "
George E. Warren, .JerseyviUe, IU.
Mrs. Mary Wheaton, Providence, R. I.
?Benjamin Wardwell, " "
•William Wilmarth, Warren, "
Miss Annie Wilmarth, " "
Mrs. Susan Warner, Ackron, Ohio.
Charles Wilkinson, New York.
Mrs. Isaac Washburn, Taunton, Mass
?Mrs. Mary M. West, Attleboro, "

Mrs. Annie E. Weeks, Mystic Bridge, Ct.
Mrs. Caleb Williams, Elizabeth, N. J.
John Waldron, Fair Haven, Mass.
Joseph M. WardweU, Warren, N. Y.
Miss Martha Weaver, Norton, Mass.
?John S. Weeden, Providence, E. I.
Miss Maria Waldron, Barrington, E. I.
Mrs. Louisa Walton, Providence, "
•Edmond M. Waldron, •' "
Benjamin B. Waldron, Newport, "
Alfred Waldron, Providence, "
Mrs. Adelaide WordeU, Fall Eiver, Mass.
?Emeline WordeU, Valley Falls, R. I.
Mrs, Hattie WiUiams, Providence, "
?Mrs. Emily Webster. " "
Miss Susan White, Warren, "
Mary M. Wesson, Fair Haven, Ct.
Charles Wesson, " "
•WUliam M. WardweU, MonsvUle, N. Y.
Miss Abhie M. WardweU, " "
?James H. Wright, Newport, R. I.
James M. Winslow, Warren, "
?Miss Jennie Winslow, " ••
William P. WiUiams, Fall Eiver, Mass.
James West, Plymouth, "
•Peter M. Williams, Fall Eiver, "
Samuel E. Warren, Montreal, Canada.
?Benjamin White, Providence, R. I.
•Ellen P. White, " "
Mrs. Ann E. Warning, Burlington, Ct.
?WiUiam A. WardweU, Providence, R.I.
?John H. White, "
?Davis Wilson, " "
Amos C. Weeden, Eye Beach, N. H.
William B. Weeden, Providence, E. I.
•Alimon T. White, " "
Miss Hannah WardweU, Watertown,
N. Y.
•Benjamin Wilson, Barrington, R.I.
Rev. Timothy F. WardweU, Watertown,
N.Y.
Jonathan Wardwell, Watertown, N. Y.
WiUiam B. West, Newport, R. I.
Mrs. J. M. Wheaton, Lawrence, Mass.
•Mrs. Augustus Winship, Providence,
R.I.
Mrs, Frank D. Woodmancy, Fall Eiver,
Mass.
•Mrs. Manuel Wilcox, Fall Elver, Mass.
Mrs. Samuel Wilcox, " "
Mrs. Samuel B. Wilcox, " "
Miss Ardella WordeU, " "
Miss Emeline Wood, Valley Falls, E. I.
Mrs. Anne Wilkle, Jersey City, N. J.
Henry Wight, Cairo, Ga.
Mrs. Abby Wight, Cairo, Ga.
Samuel B. Wight, Albany, Ga.

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Jeremiah M. Wardwell, Corpus Christie,
Texas.
Allen Wood, Friendship, N. Y.
Algernon S. Wood, Friendship, N. Y.
Miss Sarah Wood, " "
Mrs. Rebecca W. Wood, " "
•Mrs. Lydia M. Warren, Boston, Mass.
?Charles D. White, Warren, E. I.
?Annie R. Willis, " "
?Charles M. P. White, "
William H. White, " "
Mrs. Almira B. WiUiston, New Bedford,
Mass.
?Mrs. Benjamin Warren, Fall River, Ms.
?Mrs. Susan L. Wood, Providence, R. 1.
Mrs. Sarah M. West, •' "
?Mrs. Lydia Worsley, " "
Mrs. Clara H. Whlttemore, Charlestown,
Mass.
Mrs. Charlotte M. Williams, Taunton,
Mass.
?Mra. Mary A. Waite, Middletown, R. I.
Miss Annie P. Waldron, Salem, N, J.
Mrs. Emma J. Weaver, Fair Haven, Ct.
Mrs. Chas. Williams, East Smithfleld, Pa.
Mrs. Jane Waldron, " '¦ "
?John B. Wilson, Providence, R. I.
William West, " "
Mrs. Henry Wilkins, " "
•Frank B. Willie, " "
?Ida E. Wright, Warren, "
?Wm. J. Wright, " "

Mary E.Whittemore, E. Providence, R.I.
?Louisa Walton, Providence, R. I.
?Mary Y. Whiting, " "
Joseph Winslow, Fall River, Mass.
Julia I. Weeden, Newport, R. I.
•Andrciw J. White, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Elizabeth White, " "
?Miss Emma White, " "
•Willie G. White,
?Miss Sarah Warner, " "
William Waldron, East Smithfleld, Pa.
•Harriet T. WUlis, Providence, R. I.
WiUiam Whitaker, Seekonk, Mass.
*Jaraes Whitaker, " "
?Alfred B. Waldron, Troy, Pa.
?Horatio Waldron, Providence, E. I.
Theodore Waldron, Troy, Pa.
•William T. WardweU, Stanford, Ct.
?Samuel Wardwell, MonsvUle, N. Y.
?Charles H. Wardwell, " "
?Margaret E. Woodmancy, Fall Eiver,
Mass.
?William J. Wilcox, Providence, R. I.
•Mrs. Lydia F. WiUiams, Taunton, Mass.
?Alfred Wright, Warren, R. I.
?Jane H. Walker, Somerset, Mass.
Mrs. F. L. Williams, New York.
?MUdred L. WilUams, New York.
?Henry S. Williamson, Providence, R. I.
?William Henry White, " "
?Mrs. Henry B. White, " "

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Memorandum of Receipts and Expenses, Bi-Cbntennial Committee.
receipts.

Received from the town of Bristol,
" " sundry entertainments furnished by
the Committee :
Pinafore exhibition, - - $130 14
lecture by Isaac N. Arnold, 12 55
ladies' sale, - - - 91 72
concert, - - 23 00
readings by Mrs. Charles Smith, (Fanny
Morant), 23 60
" minstrels' concert, 1 55
for interest, . . - . .
from members of the Committee,

$1500 00

282 56
11 23
35 03

§1,828 82

EXPENSES.
Expenses for bands of music,
" " tents aud putting up,
" " platforms, seats, and dinner tables,
" " carriages used In the procession,
" " exhibition of relics,
" " decorating public buildings,
" " dinners to invited guests,
" " " " band and police,
" " badges of all kinds,
" " printing circulars, programmes, etc.,
" " procession,
" " electric light,
" " postage, etc.,
" " advertising, . . - .
" " salutes and bell ringing,
" " fencing memorial trees,
" " children's choir, -
" " town seal, ....

$1,828 82
There was an additional expenditure of - - 334 50
for the dinners given to the returning Sons and Daughters of Bristol,
made under the direction of the Committee, which amount was furnished
by members of the same, and other citizens of the town.

$420

54

279

93

171

31

166

00

128

61

100

00

100 00

39

75

78

74

61

50

53

65

46

35

47

21

34

66

33

86

31

82

25

00

10 00

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The following lines, from the pen of a "daughter of
Bristol," Miss Anne E. Cole, of Warren, blend in sweet
harmony with the grand refrain of our Bi-Centennial, and
most appropriately close the record of the festal day. They
originally appeared in the Providence Journal a few days
after the celebration. They are now published "with a slight
addition, having been revised by the fair author. We give
them — sweet echoes of a grand chorus : —
BI-CENTENNIAL ECHOES.
¦We heard from afar a sweet refrain ; —
" Children, my children, come home again.
Come home, come home, a welcome wUl meet you.
Come to your birthplace, wherever you roam.
In festal adornments I wait now to greet you.
From the east and the west, my children, come home."
As Mercury fleet.
On swift-flying feet,
-With white pinions neat,
The missives were sent ;
And hundreds were poUed
In the soft satin fold,
¦With the quaint letters old.
Past centuries lent.
In the councils of State, —
In the halls of the great,—
Where the humble ones wait.
The summons was laid.
And the message conned o'er.
They sped homeward once more.
As they never before
Their parent obeyed.
Steed, steam and wind, their powers combined
¦With favoring sun and air ;
The inbound trains bore martial strains,
And cannon hailed them there.
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Badges displayed, — the grand parade, —
Th' adorned and bannered way, —
The joyful word of greeting heard.
Gladdened the centuries' day.
But abler pens than mine have traced
The festive hours along.
And loftier chords more sweetly swelled
The bi-centennial song.
The breath of devotion, and childhood's pure strain.
Blent o'er the thousands, home-gathered again ;
Through the rifts of the tent the soft breezes strayed.
And glints of warm sunlight in ambush there laid.
The grave historic muse was there,
Scanning each word with jealous care,
The massive pages musing o'er.
Lest Romance tinge the sober lore.
Legend and tale of 'Viking old.
Though traced in annals clear and bold.
Alike, the plain statistics shock, —
They antedated Plymouth rock.
No earlier footprints here were found.
The red man held the primal ground,
And Plymouth next the treasure wins.
Rolled up in seven beaver skins.
Nor yea, nor nay, we said amen,
¦When listening to the Diamond pen
¦Which bore no tribute, gave no meed,
To hero of the mythic deed.
Good Massasoit, Philip too.
Some words of calm approval drew ;
Some pen-marks few were made to trace
The history of the conquered race.
The story of the ancient town,—
The honored four of old renown, —
The wealth and commerce o'er the seas, —
The home-bound, freighted argosies —

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The grand historic altar graced.
With many records I've not traced ;
His moral then the Historian drew.
And o'er the rest Time's mantle threw.
Then Poesy awoke her sweetest lays.
And a full tone rolled forth iu tuneful praise.
Not broken was that shell, nor still that lyre,
The " force of wiU " woke all the olden fire;
It streamed afar o'er the wild Norsemen's way,
And shed on Metacom a pitying ray.
We saw well nigh a thousand years of time.
By light electric of historic rhyme.
Those " chords unstrung," re-echoed through the wUd,
Fair Gudrid's Norse-notes to her Vinland child.
In Montaup's shades we heard a nation's wail,
And saw the white man o'er the red prevaU.
We met to-day with gleeful notes attune.
Fair as the May, and sweet as flowers of June.
And classic ground awhile we wandered o'er,
Then turned once more to bless our native shore.
The pain of sweetness, and the sweet regret
This poem chaste awoke, is lingering yet.
To this mind-feast we fain would tarry late,
But dinner calls us to its stern debate.
Sons and daughters come,
The moments are fleeting,
Eeceive the warm greeting,—
The fond welcome home.
Sons and daughters haste
WhUe the garlands are bright.
Feast now in our sight,
Of the banquet now taste.
And there was spread a royal feast ;
From north to south, from west and east,
Was gathered a vast store.
The sea, the land, the realms of air,
The fattening stall, the fowler's snare,
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The fruits of many a distant clime, —
The products of our harvest time,—
The luxury of cold, —
In viands rare, and richly wrought.
With golden words of welcome fraught;
Revealed their wealth untold.
We feasted at the gracious board.
Where Plenty its libations poured; —
The flying hours sped on.
We listened to the parting word.
The parting melody we heard,
'Twas finished all too soon.
With music sounding to the breeze.
Were planted four memorial trees.
Just at the sun's last ray.
O'er hill and stream, through wood and dell.
The cannon thundered its farewell ; —
Two centuries rolled away.
I pause beside the festal board once more
To hear those gracious words repeated o'er
By bard and scholar, statesman aud the sage.
As each traced out the progress of the age.
Bright scintillations flashed from mind to mind.
And grace and feeling answered back in kind.
Each laid his tribute on the household shrine.
And sought some flowery wreath of love to twine.
There, too, upon home's olden altar-stone.
The light of thanks and filial homage shone.
At twilight hour we went with reverent tread.
To view the portraits of the honored dead.
We saw the worthies of the olden town.
Who reared this commonwealth of fair renown.
With busy care they wrought out far to-day.
Which in the coming centuries dimly lay.
We spanned these centuries, — saw the years along.
Telling their stories to the passing throng.
Each pictured face, in framework quaint and dark.
Held its lone post,— Time's silent finger mark.
Founder and preacher, ruler, statesmen too.
And far-famed beauties met the admiring view.
The wondering light of every moveless eye.
Thus mutely seemed to ask the passers-by ; —

BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL. 189
' By whose rude right have we obeyed the caU.s
Which tore us from our own famUiar halls?
Yours is our heritage, — a fair bequest,—
Leave us our past, its silence and Its rest."
And thus across two centuries green and fair.
Those vanished generations met us there.
From hallowed scenes, dim with the far away,
We turn again to our own bright to-day.
The evening time speeds on in light and song.
And joyous hearts the festive hours prolong.
Fair as its day, on History's page, appears
The Bi-Centennial of the Bristol years.

APPEIsTDIX,

The foUowing account of the " High School Reiinion," held on Saturday
evening, September 25th, was furnished by Henry H. Tilley, Esq., of
Washington, D.C: —
THE HIGH SCHOOL RE-UNION.
The reiinion of the Bristol High School, In Byfleld HaU, on Saturday
evening, was a most successful and enjoyable affair, and formed a pleasing
conclusion to the bi-centennial festivities of the week. The hall was
tastefuUy decorated, the walls showing appropriate mottoes, chiefly in
Latin, and the front of the platform being covered with plants In bloom.
When the meeting was called to order, at 8 p. m., an audience of over
two hundred were assembled, comprising the present pupils of the school,
with former ones from the time of its inauguration, in 1848. Henry H.
Tilley, of the Navy Department, Washington, D. C, presided, and called
upon Rev. J. P. Lane, for many years, and until his recent removal from
the town, a member of the School Committee, to open the meeting with
prayer. Mr. TUley then made the following introductory address :
Ladies and Gentlemen, Teachers and Pupils, of the High School :
As one of the original members of the High School, I have been selected
to preside on this occasion, and in the name of the present school, to wel
come the returning members. Although I have not the honor and satis
faction of being a graduate, and at the time of my connection with the
institution it was yet In its infancy, I yield to none in my appreciation of
its importance and advantages, and have ever esteemed the influence of
the comparatively limited period which I was permitted to pass within its
waUs, as among the most important upon my subsequent career in life.
And in this connection I cannot omit paying a passing tribute to the
memory of our first principal, the lamented Prof. Wm. E. Jillson, whose
firm and dignified, yet gentle and persuasive manner— so happUy combin
ing the suaviter in modo with the fortiter in re -was of more value to us,
by inspiring a love of learning for his, as well as its own sake, than the
actual instruction which he so lucidly imparted. Of my other teacher.

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the genial and polished Lafayette Burr— whose name is a decided misno
mer, since if he ever had any such rough outside covering, he must have
shed It very early In life — I need not make further mention, as we still
have the pleasure of reckoning hlra, as well as Mrs. B., our former school
mate and the daughter of Dr. Shepard, the earliest and firmest filend of
the school, among our living friends, and only regret that circumstances
did not allow of their being present with us this evening.
Those early days, together with the venerable old Academy in which
they were passed and, alas! with some of the old companions then so
dear to us, are gone. And many of those still living, scattered throughout
the world, are unable to be with us to-night To them we send a hearty
greeting, with the hope that we may, ere long, have the pleasure of once
more grasping them by the hand. But to us who look back with regret to
those happy days, and who only get a glimpse of the scenes amid which
they were passed once a year or less, it is a source of much gratification
that the High School, after all the vicissitudes through which it has
passed, not only still lives, but is located in such pleasant and commo
dious quarters as the Byfleld building, in which we are now assembled,
and that our places are occupied by such promising pupils — the sons and
daughters of our old schoolmates - as I saw there the other day, and most
of whom are with us this evening, prepared to cordially welcome their
predecessors of .<ill the former years. In the light of my experience since
I left the school, I cannot forbear to impress upon them the importance of
improving to the utmost the advantages which old Bristol so generously
offers them, and which, in some respects, far . exceed those that the
National Capital, where I now reside, is yet able to afl'ord its school chil
dren. With its population of over 150,000, and all its fine school edifices,
Washington has no high school where, as here, pupils can be fitted for
coUege; nor, I may add, with all its literary advantages for scholars and
men of leisure, has it any free circulating library like the Rogers. Remem
ber, then, my young friends, " of him to whom much is given, much shaU
be required," and do not neglect the opportunities now ofl-ered yon, or it
will prove a source of unceasing regret in after life.
And to my schoolmates and other former pupils of the school who, hav
ing entered on the active duties of life, remain here at the old homestead,
and have taken the places of the fathers, who, in my boyhood, had the
direction of afi-airs, I would simply say, "Freely ye have received, freely
give " ; and I urge you to see that the reputation which, as the orator of
the day and others informed us yesterday, the town has enjoyed even from
its foundation, for liberality on the subject of education, be not diminished
or obscured ; and especially that the High Scliool vvhich, as President
Robinson claimed, formed so important a link In our State educational
system, and whose advantages you can appreciate, is not allowed to
decUnc or perish. But, as our time is limited, I am reminded that I was
not put here to make a speech, but merely to serve as a portico to the
temple.

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The chair announced that the committee had been disappointed in the
absence of Mr. Burr, the second principal of the school, to whom he had
already referred, and read a letter ft-om him regretting his inability to be
present, on account of other engagements, and also the following extract
Irom a private letter to himself:
" I have no doubt that my ' boys,' most of whom are occupying positions
of trust and responsibility, wUl give a good account of themselves, whUe
the girls' 'carte alumns ' wiU also be present, if the claims upon them as
wives, mothers, or teachers permit. They may not speak of what they
have accompUshed in life, but their good deeds and true lives are known,
and their happy influence is felt wherever they may live. May God bless
them all, .and long spare them to be good anduseM men and women, and
when they all have crossed the fiood, may our reiinion in the spirit-land
be happy and complete."
Another disappointment was caused by the absence of Hon. T. W. Biclj-
neU, a former principal, who had given the committee encouragement to
expect him, but telegraphed at the last moment that he was unable to
cancel a prior engagement in Boston.
Robert S. Andrews, for many years Superintendent of Public Schools,
being called upon, made a brief address, and en passant related an anec
dote communicated to him by the poet of the bi-centennial (Bishop
Howe), of his early school-days in the old Academy.
Rev. Calbraith B. Perry, of Baltimore, Md., a comparatively young
graduate of the school, made a most amusing extempore speech, com
mencing with an allusion to an item in a Baltimore paper, to the effect that
he had " gone to his native place to celebrate his bl-centennial, and would
stop in the house in which he was born, which was still standing." He
adverted to the work in which he is now engaged among the colored pop
ulation of Baltimore, describing one of his original pupUs, styled the
" India Rubber Boy," and ended with some telling aUusions to his early
school daj^s, which brought down the house.
He was followed by Rev. Joseph Trapnell, rector of St. Michael's twenty-
five years ago, when his children were pupils of the school, who gave
some excellent advice as to the true end of education.
Prof. WUfred H. Munro, the historian of Bristol, and Chandler H.
Coggeshall, Secretary of the High School Association, gave entertaining
reminiscences of their school days, and Rev. W. J. Tilley, of Middlehury,
Vt., a former pupil, made a brief but spicy speech.
Hon. Wm. H. Spooner, one of the first pupils, late President of the
Town Council, and member of the Legislature, being called upon,
expressed his gratification at the reunion, but excused himself from a
speech, and offered as a substitute Hon. Wm. J. Miller, he being a mem
ber of the School Committee, and married to a High School girl. Mr.
Miller responded with some interesting reminiscences of the Bristol
schools fifty years ago, paying a high tribute to Otis Storrs, one of the
most efficient teachers of that d.ay, who, he said, had first taught him the
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194 BI-CENTENNIAL OF BRISTOL.
true end of school education, which was not so much the acquisition of
facts, as how to learn, which should be a life pursuit.
The literary exercises, which were agreeably diversified by vocal music
admirably rendered by the Zerrahn Quartette, Messrs. Burgess, Spinning,
Young and Liscomb, being brought to a close, a portion of the seats were
removed, refreshments, provided in part by the ladies, were distributed,
and the true reiinion commenced, a season of social intercourse between
the present and past pupUs, many of whom now greeted each other for the
first time for many years. Many regrets were heard for those who had
passed away, particularly on the part of the pupils of Rev. N. B. Cooke
and Mr. Morley, two of the most highly-esteemed and successful among
the former principals. After the refreshments were disposed of. Prof.
.lohn Tweedale, of the War Department, Washington, D. C, the husband
of a former pupU, read, by request, " Centennial Bells," and in response
to persistent encores, gave several hnmerous selections in capital style.
The company separated about 11 p. m., with a general expression of sat
isfaction with tho happy occasion, and a hope that it might soon be
repeated. In conclusion, we may remark that it is a great source of grat
ification to Its friends, that the school, which had rather languished for
several years. Is fast regaining its former prestige under its present
efficient Principal, J. E. Bstee, who entered heartily into the project of
the reiinion, and to whom, with Miss A. B. Manchester, his assistant, Its
success is largely due.

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