The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693 : from date of earliest settlement until the present time . n 1824, and was the father of Cleveland. In the Hartford Coitrant for July I*. 1^04, isan account of a fourth of July celebration in Xewington, in which took a prominent part. It is as follows: Wethersfield, Society of ^ewington, July 7. 1> anniversary of American Independence was celebrated in thisplace under the preside
The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693 : from date of earliest settlement until the present time . n 1824, and was the father of Cleveland. In the Hartford Coitrant for July I*. 1^04, isan account of a fourth of July celebration in Xewington, in which took a prominent part. It is as follows: Wethersfield, Society of ^ewington, July 7. 1> anniversary of American Independence was celebrated in thisplace under the presidency of Colonel Levi Lusk and Cniifain Ab-SALOJt Welles. Captain IIobert Fraxcis, with his military c^Ui-pany in uniform, attended on the occasion. At 2 oclock p. theinhabitants assembled at the meeting house, where social prayer andpraise were performed, and a sermon suitable to the occasion was de-livered by the Rev. Aaron Cleveland from ^lark III. 24: If akingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. Thesermon being over, the Sons of Liberty marched in procession. CaptainFrancis and company in front, to the house of !Mrs. Blin, where ahandsome dinner was provided. After a temperate regalement, a num-. KEV. JIR. BRACES P.^ S09 ber of patriotic toasts were drank, with the discharge of dispersion at U oclock witnessed their decoriuu and good order. We can well believe that the minister attended the drank to the toasts with the others, and that they all dispersedwith deconun and godd order, for those days, and that he afterwanlswrote this acconnt for the Coarant. Wliax might be regarded as atemperate regalement on stich a patriotic occasion at that tini-. whenevery town had its distilleries of cider brandy, niiirht be very diiferentlyregarded now. Bnt they should be judged by the standard oi thatday, as to decorum and good order, and the church records of ca-esof discipline for intemperance show what that standard was
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