. History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts. : Preceded by an account of old Quabaug, Indian and English occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield records, 1686-1783 . hundred andtwenty pounds, as the currency now is. Oct. 1 781. The Precinct voted, that the time of Intermission on theSabbath, from the 1st of Dec. to the 1st of May, be one hour, andthe rest of the year i£ hours; and that the moderator wait on theRev. Pastor, and inform him of the foregoing vote. Mr. Appleton graduated at Brown University in 1772, and died inthe pastorate, after a short sickness, July 25, 1795, aged 44. Dr. Snell,in h
. History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts. : Preceded by an account of old Quabaug, Indian and English occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield records, 1686-1783 . hundred andtwenty pounds, as the currency now is. Oct. 1 781. The Precinct voted, that the time of Intermission on theSabbath, from the 1st of Dec. to the 1st of May, be one hour, andthe rest of the year i£ hours; and that the moderator wait on theRev. Pastor, and inform him of the foregoing vote. Mr. Appleton graduated at Brown University in 1772, and died inthe pastorate, after a short sickness, July 25, 1795, aged 44. Dr. Snell,in his Historical Discourse, says : Mr. A. is represented to have beena very different man and preacher from Dr. Forbes. To most he wasless acceptable as a preacher, and still more quiet, meek and unaspiringin spirit, and more steadfast in the doctrines of grace, which he con-stantly set forth with plainness. He is said to have been ardent in spirit,and animated in delivery. He loved his Saviour and his people, andpreached the one to save the other. Pacific in spirit, and lowly in mind,he desired and strove for peace; and would make great sacrifices, rather. REV. THOMAS SNELL. 259 than contend. Though less distinguished as a student and a speaker,yet I am persuaded that he ought to be held in higher estimation as aman of God, than many who have been more celebrated as pulpitorators. Rev. Thomas Snell.— Among the candidates, employed after thedeath of Mr. Appleton, were Mr. John Fiske, who preached for severalmonths, and received a call to settle; Mr. Nathaniel H. Fletcher, after-wards of Kennebunk, who received two calls, both of which he declined ;Rev. Z. S. Moore, afterwards president of Amherst college; and Briggs, who settled in Rochester. Mr. Thomas Snell preached his first sermon in North Brookfield, onthe last Sabbath in October, 1797; and after 4 or 5 months probation,was called to settle in the ministry, by a vote of 87 to 15. The annual salary offered was $
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