. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. in ourindependence. After the war wasover he returned to Goffstown andwas honored with a personal letter ofthanks from General Washingtonhimself. He was a relative of theAikeu family, a branch of which stillresides here. A striking illustrationof conjugal love and wifely devotionmay be found recorded on the grave-stone erected over the remains of <•- GOFFSTOWN -/o Capt. Peter Butterfield, by his third distance west of the railroad station. wife, Rachael. which reads as follow: 11 Here lies my clear husband asleep,
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. in ourindependence. After the war wasover he returned to Goffstown andwas honored with a personal letter ofthanks from General Washingtonhimself. He was a relative of theAikeu family, a branch of which stillresides here. A striking illustrationof conjugal love and wifely devotionmay be found recorded on the grave-stone erected over the remains of <•- GOFFSTOWN -/o Capt. Peter Butterfield, by his third distance west of the railroad station. wife, Rachael. which reads as follow: 11 Here lies my clear husband asleep,If I cannot be laid at bis side,I am willing to lie at his feet. There is as much truth as poetryin this epitaph, a fact which thepassing stranger will be quick torecognize. It was built and occupied by Gover-nor Morril whose name and fame area part, not only of the history ofGoffstown, but of the nation and stateitself. The big elm in front of Mis. AlvinAikens residence is another attrac-tion worth noticing. It measuresfourteen feet and seven inches in cir- | Samuel Charles H. Hadle,
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