. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . scent from these two original settlersof New England were Caleb Abbottand Mercy Fletcher, the parents of thesubject of this sketch. Judge Abbottis, therefore, of good yeomanly pedi-gree. His ancestors have always livedin Massachusetts since the settlement ofthe country, and have always beenpatriotic citizens, prompt to respond toevery call of duty in the emergenciesof their country, whether in peaceor war. Both his grandfathers servedhonorably in the war of the Revolution,as their fathers and
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . scent from these two original settlersof New England were Caleb Abbottand Mercy Fletcher, the parents of thesubject of this sketch. Judge Abbottis, therefore, of good yeomanly pedi-gree. His ancestors have always livedin Massachusetts since the settlement ofthe country, and have always beenpatriotic citizens, prompt to respond toevery call of duty in the emergenciesof their country, whether in peaceor war. Both his grandfathers servedhonorably in the war of the Revolution,as their fathers and grandfathers beforethem served in the, French and Indianwars of the colonial period of our his genealogy there is no trace ofNorman blood or high rank : but The rank is but the guineas stamp,The man s the gowd for a that. In this country, while it is not nec-essary to success to be able to layclaim to an aristocratic descent, it iscertainly a satisfaction, however demo-cratic the community may be, for anyperson to know that his grandfatherwas an honest man and a
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