The Massachusetts state record and year book of general information .. . THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE RECORD, NEW ENGLAND REGISTER, AND YEAR BOOK OF GENERAL EDITED BY NAHUM CAPEN. Posterity will demand a strict account of our conduct — the public, the government,all is open to discussion, to examination.— Guizot. VOLUME V. BOSTON: JAMES FRENCH, 78 WASHINGTON STREET. 1851. v vW. 1 IV tf Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, By Nahum Capen, in the Clerks office of the District Couit of the District of Massachusetts. ANDOVER: JOHN , STEREOTYPKR AXD PRINTER.


The Massachusetts state record and year book of general information .. . THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE RECORD, NEW ENGLAND REGISTER, AND YEAR BOOK OF GENERAL EDITED BY NAHUM CAPEN. Posterity will demand a strict account of our conduct — the public, the government,all is open to discussion, to examination.— Guizot. VOLUME V. BOSTON: JAMES FRENCH, 78 WASHINGTON STREET. 1851. v vW. 1 IV tf Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, By Nahum Capen, in the Clerks office of the District Couit of the District of Massachusetts. ANDOVER: JOHN , STEREOTYPKR AXD PRINTER. PREFACE In presenting to the public the fifth volume of the MassachusettsState Record, we take pleasure in making our grateful acknowledg-ments for the many manifestations of favor which have been extendedby correspondents and others in behalf of the work. We have continued to send out our circulars of inquiry annually;and although we have sought extensively the aid of others, and havespared no pains on our own part, still, we have not reached thatdegree of accuracy which is so desirable and important in all worksof reference. That our volume is as accurate as


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