History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . l fi;ee holders were given the liberty tovote. The first test of patriotism in Seventy-six washonorable, and with the exception of the secession in1781, the subsequent acts of the fathers indicate a wiseforesight in the performance of all constitutional obli-gations and trusts. Not that mistakes may not havebeen made, politically or otherwise, for that wereassuming too much for humanity anywhere, but thatthe general intent has been good, does not admit of aquestion. Always in favor of the larg
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . l fi;ee holders were given the liberty tovote. The first test of patriotism in Seventy-six washonorable, and with the exception of the secession in1781, the subsequent acts of the fathers indicate a wiseforesight in the performance of all constitutional obli-gations and trusts. Not that mistakes may not havebeen made, politically or otherwise, for that wereassuming too much for humanity anywhere, but thatthe general intent has been good, does not admit of aquestion. Always in favor of the largest liberty andthe broadest toleration of opinion, still firm in themaintenance of individual rights, the record of theirdeeds abundantly shows. The town may not haveon its calendar as many distinguished for literary andscientific attainments, or as many engaged in profes-sional life as most of the older towns, but the fewthat have gained notoriety and distinction, have ac-quired the same from their native force and vigor,rather than from aid derived from the schools. NEW HAMPSHIRE AS A M ^./r-^ A concise statement of the early settlement of theprovince of New Hampshire, together with that ofthe government of the same, may make more clear TOWN OF RICHMOND. I5 to the general readers some matters hereinafter men-tioned, respecting the relation of the town to the Stateof New Hampshire, in connection with the provincialgrants of lands east of the Coimecticut river, andwest of Masons claim, in which this town was em-braced. In 1622, only two jears after the landing of the Pilgrims atPlymouth, Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason obtainedfrom the Council for New England, a grant of Lands lying be-tween the Merrimack and the Kennebec. In the following year theproprietors sent out a few colonists, and two settlements weremade, one near Portsmouth and the other at Dover. The partner-ship between Gorges and Mason being dissolved, the latter in 1729obtained a new grant fo
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