Annals of the Town of Keene; From Its First Settlement, in 1734, to the Year 1790 with Corrections, Additions, and a Continuation, from 1790 to 1815 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: in the quiet occupations of productive industry. Society has improved, the town has prospered, and now presents one of the fairest evidences of the benign effects of a regular government and of free institutions. In the warrant for the annual town meeting, held in March, 1848, was the following article: ? " To see if the town will vote to request the Hon. Salma Hale to prepare a new edition of the History or Annals of Keene, tc be brought up to a later period;?or take any measures relative to the same." " This article being under consideration, on motion of Mr Hale, who expressed a desire that some other person might be induced to perform the work therein mentioned, the town " Voted, That, should the Annals of Keene be revised and continued to a later period, the Selectmen, for the time being, are hereby authorized to subscribe for and take for the use of the town, fifteen hundred copies thereof, at such price as they may think reasonable." As no other person could be induced to undertake the task, the individual designated in the warrant has performed it; and he now offers it to his fellow-townsmen, hoping it may be acceptable, but still fearing it may not prove equal to their expectations. chapter{Section 4CONTINUATION or The ANNALS OF KEENE FROM 1790 TO 1815. 1791. In this year the town chose Lockhart Willard, Eli Metcalf, and Luther Ernes, " a committee to inspect the several mill- dams, and see that there are sluices in the same agreeably to a law of this State." At this time there was a statute in force, passed in 1789, entitled " An Act for opening sluices in each dam across Ashuelot River, so that salmon and other fish may have free passage through the same from Connecticut River." This statute was repealed in 1794, with a saving as to all ...