. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . M. D., Charles H. Sanders, E. S-Harris, Lyman K. Hall, A. A. Harris, Hon. Charles H. Amsden,Hon. Edmund H. Brown, Henry F. Brown, D. Arthur Brown,Samuel N. Brown, Stewart I. Brown, George Neller, John , George L. Pillsbury, and others, who by their acts anddeeds helped bring about the happy consummation. [Signed] John C. PEARSON. Hon. John C. Pearson, the writer of the foregoing article, washimself a prominent actor in the establishment of the water the hearing before the senate committee he was


. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . M. D., Charles H. Sanders, E. S-Harris, Lyman K. Hall, A. A. Harris, Hon. Charles H. Amsden,Hon. Edmund H. Brown, Henry F. Brown, D. Arthur Brown,Samuel N. Brown, Stewart I. Brown, George Neller, John , George L. Pillsbury, and others, who by their acts anddeeds helped bring about the happy consummation. [Signed] John C. PEARSON. Hon. John C. Pearson, the writer of the foregoing article, washimself a prominent actor in the establishment of the water the hearing before the senate committee he was particularly DUSTIN ISLAND MONUMENT. 207 active, and his strong argument against the Concord scheme waseffective in defeating their hostile plans. The Penacook and Boscawen Water Precinct assumed the ex-pense of construction of the works and issued bonds for the neces-sary amount to pay for the same. The present officers of theprecinct are,—Moderator, Robert L. Harris; Clerk and Treasurer,Hon. W. G. Buxton ; Commissioners, Dr. E. E. Graves, Robert , George DUSTIN ISLAND commemorate the wonderful exploits of Hannah Dustin andher two companions, there was a monument erected in 1874 onthe island where she killed the Indians. The funds for procuringthe monument and placing it in position were secured by contri-butions from citizens along the Merrimack valley from Franklin toHaverhill, mainly by the personal efforts of Robert B. Caverly, 208 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. Esq., of Lowell, Mass., and E. S. Nutter, of Concord, N. H. Theland, all of .the island east of the Northern railroad, was given byJ. C. Gage and Calvin Gage in trust to Rev. N. Bouton, E. , and R. B. Caverly, and by them, at the dedication of themonument, was turned over to the state of New Hampshire. The exercises of the dedication were on June 17, 1874, anddrew together a very large company from the village and the sur-rounding towns. Music was furnished by Browns band and achorus o


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