The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-01-21

ksosa 81 ias UasrrsaY a NefFnasa. and
t,as5s ed gve.l Il lasgsls ws'h osLsi i,s,a,
Aftsf lie chose VI fbs vaF some tine Is
psni 10 EBfoFe ssh punl,assd laige
qaaaiis a srn, Ia Fnsnre u l'elieyeg d..
s.rrssd, ~ lsc tsrieis,i. !, or lhc State. sud
- Be SID. sndrr ihs authorization n tie
Cot,tuar u iile State i,e also i.af,l.Ased
q leHs,) Gs ,essel, called ihv oine
BT4ssl.. - ) h.,t hes we're placed 10 bring
to ,hi, spaairy. ad - llr psssag home
card tlsv sts-.I YEA ealsured by tbe Bait.
50. Cos u,drr.,and end thai and lhc
eafso acre ctaGsea,es, % eunds taned ~
ooa,rataad. end " Pni much Time and
sTpenss IA Epnpps Q obtain ,lseir 'eieasr,
azre.abiy 10 my esrit reoolleciiOn and
foTrner Information, under the pfeisHs that
ile arms bclong,d Or were designed for
ths State d ycrmonl. bui I'D 10, suceeed
tl.srrin. aad il rightly rtcolIec', he after
yard. ,l,Iiyl ny iciiiion % the Lrsi.la-
fare II Vermont ior decentralization or r.
tnunera, ou. on tbe ground that lie Ms
employed or encouraged by the Governor
70 make the purchase ieF tbs berefii oflhe
State. bot | btl;ryr he al.o failed there -
lie alters ards Published a book entitled
rTh, Olive Branch giving an ii.io'i,al
account u the Nhole iian sctiun. lie al.
80 rubbish 4 concise h story q Tie Stat
q Vernon, Or ihc New Hampshire
Grants. and their slruggl wiiii the Slaic
u New York. &c But ] CANNOT how g't
scrtss TO cillrr uf these Publications, and
vas ,heu too young TO become iptimair
With ass Of ilfse uu ctions AMI ms
memory is not Sufficiently tenacious 70 e.
.aio what cams to my knowledge relating
TO those and oliitr affair. hete stated with
prvpcr particularly aud certainty.
llr Wa born in Cornwall, ID tile State
uf Connecticut. AID removed TO tie New
Hampshire Grants, in their early seitlc.
menl. and wa- located for while IN sun
derland. bot vent TO the north pres ious 10
the war, believe, IN or about the year
I77l, and commenced building a mil or
mills in company with Remember Baker,
al Onion river or Winosiski falls, in Col
chester. After the breaking out of los
tilities. Inosl probably IN the year l176, he
aiand med the works, AMI returned to
Sunderland where he remained until the
conclusion Of tie revolutionary war. ia or
about the year 1888 or 81 when he a.ain
returned 10 Colchester and completed the
erection of mills and other buildings, and
other improvements Of tie waiter pri, ileges
vi those falls, and there be remained prin-
cipaly during the remainder Of his lie,
except the time spent in Europe, although
| believe he resided for while in Iras-
burxl, town Of which he was The prin-
cipal proprietor, and which derived il,
name from him. He remained unmarried
until late in life, WHEN he married a daugh-
ter Of Gen. Enos, then Of Hartland. but
he bad previously adopted and educated
three OF his nephews. Gen. Ileman Allen,
well known, and who held many important
Offices both Stale and national he was for
time a number Of Congress, and subse
quenIly Minister TO Turkey, and also
Joseph Allen and another nephew OF the
name Of Finch. l0f hi. own family have I
no particular knowledLe, nor recollection
u the time norSthe other circumstances Of {
his death have often seen him both be. ;
fore and after his removal to the north
lie was man Of very pleasant drmcanor, {
and night Of been called handsome-was {
smaller, not so robust, aud very different !
ia appearance from his brother Ethan 5
lie was naturally mild and pleasant as be- q
fore observed. Tut as have understood. !
in The latter part Of his life, and after the \
loss Of III. property in the Olive Branch. !
AMI possibly in consequence. or by reason {
thereof, he became rather morose aud sui (
len and unsociable. SIS. :
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