Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . e in Haver-hill where Whittier was born,with the city seal in the centerand smaller carved medallionsin the corners. It now hangsin the Town Hall of the Eng-lish Haverhill. An album wasalso sent to Mr. Gurteen co
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . e in Haver-hill where Whittier was born,with the city seal in the centerand smaller carved medallionsin the corners. It now hangsin the Town Hall of the Eng-lish Haverhill. An album wasalso sent to Mr. Gurteen con-taining photographs of someof the prominent citizens ofthe Massachusetts city. H. Moody, afterwardsSecretary of the Navy, Attor-ney-General and Justice ofthe Supreme Court of theUnited States, was one of theCommittee appointed to pre-sent these gifts. These presentswere received with a great dealof ceremony at a large recep-tion held in the Town Halland acknowledgment was sentto our city later. Details ofthese English proceedings andof the Haverhill celebrationare given in The Story of aNew England Town pub-lished in 1891, which gives allthe correspondence and an ac-count of Mr. Gurteens visit,with copies of articles fromthe papers of Haverhill, Eng-land. The Haverhill PublicLibrary treasures several auto-graphed letters of Mr. Gurteenwhich were sent to residents. From a photograph Kindness John G. Moulton, Esq. MEMORIAL TABLET IN THE PARISH CHURCH,HAVERHILL, ENGLAND, erected to Rev. John Ward, grandfather of Rev. John Wardwho was the first minister of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Adrawing made from the original tablet is owned by the Haver-hill, Massachusetts, Public Library, and is loaned to theHaverhill Historical Society. The inscription is in the text. Haverhill, Massachusetts, was so named in honour of Ward, who, born in the town of the same name in Eng-land, settled on the banks of the Merrimac soon after 1640. 84 HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS of Haverhill
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