Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . Mr. Whittierat his home in Danvers and itwas there that he wrote theseimpromptu lines, which he dedi-cated to the young Englishwoman. The English Chairmanin the following letter had beenofificially asked by the M
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . Mr. Whittierat his home in Danvers and itwas there that he wrote theseimpromptu lines, which he dedi-cated to the young Englishwoman. The English Chairmanin the following letter had beenofificially asked by the Mayor ofHaverhill, Massachusetts, E. Burnham, to repre-sent his town at this celebra-tion :— Mayors Office, Haverhill, 15, 1890. To THE Chairman of the LocalBoard, Haverhill, :— In the year 1640, Rev. JohnWard, born in Haverhill, England,penetrated with a small band offollowers into what was then awilderness, and formed a little set-tlement on the banks of the Merri-mac River, in what is now EssexCounty, Massachusetts. In honorof their devout pastor they namedthe settlement Haverhill for hishome in England. . This year, on the second andthird of July, we propose to havea celebration of the quarter-millen-nial anniversary of the settlementof our city, and recognizing the tiesthat bind us to your own ancienttown, and feeling that it would. From a photograph Kindness John G. Monlton, Esq. ADDRESS FROM HAVERHILL, ENGLAND, TOHAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, brought to this country by Hon. Daniel Gurteen, Jr., Chair-man of the Local Board of the EngHsh town, on the occasionof the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of our town, in1890. It is now in the Haverhill (Massachusetts) PublicLibrary. Another document sent by the English town twenty-fiveyears later hangs in the Mayors ofhce in the City Hall of ourHaverhill. 82 HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS
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