The New Gloucester Centennial, September 7, L874 |
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NEW GLOUCESTER CENTENNIAL New Gloucester (Me ),Thomas H. (Thomas Hawes) 1842 Haskell No preview available - 2016 |
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ALLEN BENJ Bennett block house called Capt celebrate Centennial church citizens Committee of Safety Congress Convention County Court Deacon died EBENEZER ENOCH FOGG EZEKIEL WHITMAN Falmouth families fathers FESSENDEN FREEMAN Gentlemen Gloucester gospel Harris Hill hills honor hundred influence ISAAC PARSONS JABEZ James JOHN TUFTS JOHN WAITE JOHN WOODMAN Jonathan Jonathan Bennett Joseph JOSEPH CROSS JOSIAH JOSIAH SMITH July labor ladies land laws liberty lived look March Massachusetts meeting house MEGQUIER memory Merrill mill Moses Mother NATHANIEL EVELETH NEVINS North Yarmouth occasion PELEG CHANDLER PETER HASKELL Portland pound present Proprietary Province religious remember Response road Royal's River Sabbath SAMUEL FESSENDEN SAMUEL FOXCROFT Selectmen Sept Shaker SIMON NOYES Society Stinchfield taxes thank Thee THOMAS TIMOTHY LITTLE tion to-day town meeting town voted township true TYNG WHITMAN widow wife WILLIAM WIDGERY young
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Page 116 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 53 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that breathe partake ; Let rocks their silence break, — The sound prolong. Our fathers...
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