. The history of Boscawen and Webster [] from 1733 to 1878 . ng to iden-tify themselves with this society rather than with the BoscawenEeligious Society. The number thus uniting was about 70. Achurch—the 2d Congregational—was formed, and Eev. EbenezerPrice settled as pastor the same year. The society was incorporated in 1810, and its members attendedpublic worship in the West meeting-house till the erection of thehouse on Corser hill, 1823. The causes that led to the construc-tion of the house are narrated in connection with the ChristianUnion Society below. At a meeting held May 19, 1823,
. The history of Boscawen and Webster [] from 1733 to 1878 . ng to iden-tify themselves with this society rather than with the BoscawenEeligious Society. The number thus uniting was about 70. Achurch—the 2d Congregational—was formed, and Eev. EbenezerPrice settled as pastor the same year. The society was incorporated in 1810, and its members attendedpublic worship in the West meeting-house till the erection of thehouse on Corser hill, 1823. The causes that led to the construc-tion of the house are narrated in connection with the ChristianUnion Society below. At a meeting held May 19, 1823, a building committee waschosen, and $500 raised towards procuring the frame of a newmeeting-house, to be located on Corser hill, on laud purchasedfrom Eev. Ebenezer Price. The committee consisted of Dea. Enoch Little, Capt. JohnFarmer, Capt. Joseph Ames, Benj. • T. Kimball, Capt. J. , Capt. Abraham Burbank, Geo. T. Pillsbury, SamuelPillsbury, Thomas Coffin, Eice Corser, John Danforth. A committee was appointed to superintend the building of the. Congregational Meeting-House, Webster. 1853.] ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 237 house, consisting of James Kilburn, Geo. T. Pillsbuiy, Geo. , Daniel Pillsbuiy. The committee was instructed to employ those who would belikely to purchase pews ; to obtain as much money as they couldby subscription; to hire money, if necessary; to sell the pews atauction ; reserving the exclusive jurisdiction of the house to theWesterly Eeligious Society forever, it being understood that thehouse shall never be opened to preachers of any denominationor persuasion whatever, differing in religious principles from thesociety and church now about to build the house, unless invitedby the officiating minister or assessors of the society. At a meeting held Nov. 10, Simeon B. Little was added to thedirecting committee. A committee on dedication was appointed, consisting o4 C. Plummer, Col. John Farmer, Rice Corser. Jeremiah Gerrish was ap
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