. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . able. The first settler was WilHam Thornton, abrother of Matthew, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,who stayed, however, only a short time, and who had a daughter born there namedMollie, the first white child bom in the town. A tablet was erected in the townabout twenty-five years ago to his memory. About ten years later some Scotch-Irish families came from Londonderry, New Hampshire, to Peterborough, NewHampshire, and several of them moved over to Dublin, among them being , William McNee, Alex
. Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland . able. The first settler was WilHam Thornton, abrother of Matthew, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,who stayed, however, only a short time, and who had a daughter born there namedMollie, the first white child bom in the town. A tablet was erected in the townabout twenty-five years ago to his memory. About ten years later some Scotch-Irish families came from Londonderry, New Hampshire, to Peterborough, NewHampshire, and several of them moved over to Dublin, among them being , William McNee, Alexander Scott, \\ith his son WilUam, and JamesTaggart. A number of people also moved to Dublin from Sherborn, Massachu-setts, and also from Natick, Medfield, HoUiston, Framingham, Temple and Am-herst, imtil in the year 1775 there were three hundred and five settlers in Dublinas compared to twenty-three voters five years before. Most of these settlers, how-ever, came from Sherborn, and the greatest friendship has always existed between DUBLIN, NEW R^MPSHIRE 125. Castle or Dublin. From an old print In the possession of a Boston collector Dedicated by permission to his Ex? the Right /Jon CHARLES EARL WHITWORTB, Lord Lieu of Ireland, and Grand Master of the Order of y Patrick by his respectful 6* Obedient Servant (Signed) James Del Veechio CASTLE OF DUBLIN In the center is seen the New Castle Chapel, on the right the Treasury, on the left the entrance to theOrdnance Office and avenue leading to Great Ship Street. the two towns, resulting in 1771 in the gift of a communion set to the church inDubhn by a Mrs. Whitney of Sherborn. The one hundredth anniversary of thesettlement of Dublin was held on Jime 17, 1852. Of the ancient capital of Ireland on the river Liffey, Thackeray said, as helooked at the \iew from Carlisle Bridge:— beautiful the Four Courts and dome to the left, the Custom House anddome to the right, vessels on the river, the scene animated and lively. Carlyle als
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