Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-08-20
WHITINGHAM'S CENTENNIAL,
AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS,
DELIVERED BY
HON. CLARK JILLSON
OF WORCESTER, MASS.

OF WORCESTER. MASS.
ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE
ONE uUNDRFDTU ANNIVERSARY OF THE OR
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WCunCSunV Auuust 1S. 1850.
"' '"S' tNN VI oou'uI' ""s 'ech Ieto'uc" Hn"
u Nv" uoon opeuV" ~ receive '"c "in"'7 VI aho'h-
CT huhured years recognizing the beckonlng
n"h" VI Jul -i'"'" "''''' VIZ Co"ie 'o-day UP u
"The places our Infancy knew"
inspired with the homage due to pas. geuetations
Away from the strife Of business outside the
limits and hcyond the Jurisdiction Of the city
code. whore three or more prrsons can assemble
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",'"'u' """s'' VI ''lnE "ca'cN "' 'ho"
Whtrt lhc qultl OF lhc Sahpath DAY remains uh'
broken for Il generation: where the solemn splcu-
dor NJ an Auoust ofternoon win not hn dIstnrl,d
' VI gu -"N"' "' VIZ '' " -
lot century 10 Gomez among lhesc everlasting
hills, where the suOlimltes OF Nature are too near
TO he worshippc1 we CONF, TO MACE upon prrpctu.
al roc,r1 orr resnoct f,r IN, ,narnorv ~ mo rto
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ueer se''leIs ol our naive 'o"n'
propose ON THIS occasion to call your attention
TO such historical facts relating to Whitingham rs
Ib,v, loon ,ll.. n, ,lear from authentic sonrrcs
nav .e ~ " h ~ ~ ~ ''
hoPng nat SUM peIsou pe.tci qudiihcu 'nah my
self Will take the time hereafter to complete what
mus Of necessity he bu; poorly presented in SIN
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Salhuel lie Champalh, Frcuch navigator, the
founder OF Quebec, discovered the territory since
called Vermont in 1909 moro than A century after
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'h' Suecu u ol'''u '"' "a''eI'" '"e Jc"'l' VI "'
own crown OF Vastlle TO turnlsh means Tor an hd-
veaturer to cross an unknown sea, carrying the
germ Of civilization among the savage tribes OF a
n.,v ,yoriI rpeIinc,rIrc, I,c,,,.s ~ onothor INN,
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area years "oNe thelr fantastic cycles into the
cheCkered web OF Time before the pioneers axe
ha1 blaz,d Tho forests Of tho Groom Maintain
STATE
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lnt n's' sc'teIlch' was iha"e NEAR brat'cooro
in 1924, and Fort Dummcr was then and there
erected for protection and defence. This historical
siructur. h,s Ie,r rnr,it,,1 q, rcrIsi, in lam, ~,
,,I,.a,t All ~. ,,, , -. o. ,'.'' l,,
SNlnEaloh' anu lu-uay Tue Spot Mhete u Stood
bears no liuce of early times. Nanda hands have
uCeh oLsl ia ln,s iocan'l iur more lnan century,
anu now no" ,hat lhe sIui MheIt me nttle garrison
Was planted presents surface IN conformity with
me drfh WWuNtmehis me demon OF destruction
mas utth iansltItd 70 me 'clly OF the utal,
Wheie hullateu an pleaus lor protection among
tht dest claltu graves Oh your KINDRED Rud mine
Inc nIsi stttltutht muue west OF tlG MOUNTAINS
was III iSI wheh me FTrhch erected their fortress
al crown fOlht' ana NJ lne same tme cohmeuCeu
settlement east ui lht lahe, IN Whht Is no" the
toWhn AuulhuH' ineN NCIe Oule'u 70 nee Oe-
lnre the ihuahs' ana up 10 litU 10 permanent sci
ttneht hhu Deeh lnaIt on lhe territory OF YER
mon, except thut Mltmn me present eQuh'
y oI Mluunhh,' "a, On lhe lhliu uay ol NoNeuner
Inc Province OF New Hampshire, ana on me l7th
uay OF NoNtmner' lay, contest Alosc ptiNteh
MN anu Governor ClhlOh ci NtW lolN IN Ic!Atluh
to the boundary Of Their respective States Went
"ot!h clalulhg 'nal NtN hauphulIe was nouiidtu
ON the west by line running north and south, 20
miles east OF hudsOhs ilNer, ana CHhtOn Dting
equally sure mat Inc eastern BOUNDARY ~ New
1ork was 10y me 'onn'cllGut t f.Nei. bolu lutse
governors ana lhe people they represented pro-
posed TO absorb the territory OF vermont, and
therefore a method a. conceived and adopted to
produce this rtsult. M pan was 10 grant toWL-
ships of and upon aLphcAtlon, ana tue payment OF
sums oi money suhcieht TO secure an interest
worth CoulCIdlhg Tor IN case tllner New llamp-
shlre or New 1oIk should attempt 10 assume abso-
lutte control thdtrthis urTarRrlnelt Gov Went
worth took hold sland, granting ms hIst town
snip on Inc "a DAY ul January, li4S, loSallhg IL 80
miles WtsI OF tnc Hne uttWtcn sew Hampshire
ana NtW lork us 'iA,,neu i Wy 'uN, u 1ln,.n anu
ht aIso t,T alnc nm na uluthci RaNc
MN "hcn ht apPlyl 10 lnis tIact VI anu lhe name
y, ~ nv ' >? "Ur .n,se ~,
STATES lasted more thah torly years, dutlng the
Ialttt lart vi mncn tuG ida'isui'' ttsi'ng @ ~ uu
hIp @ ;ui !; ~ & c'ro a., " ~ a1 ~
sur w y, I, - a. hat nh
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Nm q ~ i, ,1 ypbort - I, o,i
,b an ~ Net"h i-ai IT. hriuy III, tiT,, I'm In, M,
nr,ir"t ihtrtaen' nm nrst 7tvtsion az tetmont
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usU Nv W ,h i,i ~ th pr"yir
ifENryy Ynrp T'ie SNni nibyrstern mart "f IN. Stai-
was annaxeI to the couitv Of tIbany: me uorih
wpsfprn a int a "a "a led (narl0ttp
40 ,r Ii, Gm,pisrisnG i hm'o
~ prjt u ;iiiiar, arTn,tSs tGa Dnta ~ Tr,,i,,r
lana en tba n"Tibasstnrn was called Gioucestcr
IN The q6th Of lime 17s7 ms act Of the IrrisIa.
tmre rf w YSrI vya H. iciar,d votd hy ,h,. sin.
I'm rDn, snniiration hein- dnIv made Tor ~ M
otora C',ifIi,tianJ co,'ifv va rppstailisbst y
th tE,, Mn 10 t7ss ~ ieitrrI nsfsni nr,l,y
the crrS,t 1,ai nf he T}nyincr of New YorE On,
the 5itb of March IT-o he Ieuislature of NV
Yort chaUyeJ ihe banndaries and an the nrst Isv
~ Arii lin sifu oUoiH.r cbnnge zoe was male Eiy
aylIi -, 1ars ' III i,tc th, a,trn,inn ~ Fn'y
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"nvrI iis cun t.rriinrv from maj Gav 70 tbis Ar
tbss tirst .c'eion Of n, GcIrrni sstmlIy nt vtr
r"Hnt Mach ~ l7-s tha Stntc was dividrd inin
iXy I,nmHitts Rrnninoion and Irniiy and on ih
Si.t dnv nf thp t,,tr,, nSnih Tnry was chang a 10
CumbeTlnni
In no TnnntI, Of F.hruarv 1881 Wtndbnru cnnu
, 80 80 III ma sta,'tiaiiv os ~ T"Si oyi-ts