History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . rnational Postal Union, providesfor the written inter-communication of mankind. You wish tosend a letter to an interior town of Australia. You drop it,properly addressed and with five cent stamp affixed, into a box inthe street, and in an hour or two it is on its way, traveling bythe swiftest conveyance, with safety, speed and certainty to itsdestination. Its arrival can be foretold with almost absolute pre-cision. There is a remote possibility of its loss or destruction onthe way, but the cha
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . rnational Postal Union, providesfor the written inter-communication of mankind. You wish tosend a letter to an interior town of Australia. You drop it,properly addressed and with five cent stamp affixed, into a box inthe street, and in an hour or two it is on its way, traveling bythe swiftest conveyance, with safety, speed and certainty to itsdestination. Its arrival can be foretold with almost absolute pre-cision. There is a remote possibility of its loss or destruction onthe way, but the chance of it is less than one in ten thousand. Theletter passes through many hands, and is carried by all the modesof conveyance known in civilized countries. It is delivered finally 156 HISTORY OF THE by a postman at the door to which it is addressed. Between theletter-box here and the Australian postman is a space of twelvethousand miles or more. It is traversed regularly in about thirtydays, and at a cost of five cents. This is one of the marvels of ourtime, and not the least of them. Dr. Aaron Aldrich was chosen by the town gram-mar-school masterin 1778. He, together with hisbrother Solomon, settled on the farm north of ZimriBowens, towards the Benson place. But little isknown of his practice. He removed from town earlyin its history to parts unknown. Dr. Ebenezer Swan came to town about i77^ ^^^bought the farm which has borne his name to arecent date. He married Tamison, the daughter ofJames Ballou, sr. He continued in practice until hisdeath in 1820. Dr. Buftum Harkness, son of Nathan, studiedmedicine in Hoosack, Mass., and removed to westernNew York in 1804, where he attained a large andsuccessful practice. Before his removal, he lived inthe house afterwards occupied by Dr. Brittan, andmay have practiced here for a short time. Dr. Amos Howes advent into town was in i797«He established his office at first at Jedediah Buffums,whose daughter Candace he soon marri
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