Putnam patriot., 1910-09-23
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
 LETTER.

owe my kind invitation to he present at the dedication of the new Academy building in this town 10 the fact that my father was native et Noodsioek need hardly say that l would have felt Il great privilege and pleasure io have accepted the hospitali- ties offered me and 10 have attended
 these exercises, had not circumstances
 beyond my control obliged mc 10 deny
 myself the yisit which promised me so
 much enjoyment,
 Repretting cannot be with my friends on this occasion. ] have Nen- lufed 10 send them ihis letter. which. II too long or too tedious 10 read. may go silently on file with such other can didates for oblivion as may be found | to bear Il company
 Woodstock had many young scholars | within its precincts as early al least as the lhlfd decade ot the last century On scrip ot paper which found among my fathers manuscripts IS the | following list ef names, many ot | which are still borne by much respected | inhabitants of the town. IL IS probably l the only record of the kind m exist
 enee, and will, l trust. be welcome at least 10 the local antiquaries of the | nelghborhood l copy the paper with 1 the spelling as 1 find Il On the hack 1 Gall but the first word in my father $ 1 handwriting "Schallers taught at l Woodstock ly Thaddeus Mason, Esq.
 III i7ss
 Names Of sehenars l taueh, at l Moodstcck ln ye year iFsa eie. viz {. From 1nth of Noy'f l!sa to isi et | April, li9o.
 John handler. Gardiner Chandler. l Mary Chandler. Esther Chandler, l Moses Lyon. Nehe'h Lyon. fehn May, 1 Jnsha Nav Caleb May. Steehn Mas. Thas May. Bealn Sanger. Inc San ger. Dazd lt mes, Josiah llelnes. Caleb lehu en. pei't Johnson, Aathn l paYsen. As4 taNsen, Joseph Raflhale- mcw, Inc Bartholomew Saml Barthe. lomcW. tedidi h Bartholomew. nanl l khhm. los N4hW. Neheh Baghce.
 xofulah Raehv5, Eienaf Hugbce Jos. l Barnard. Saml Barnard. Ebeu'r Baf- nArA. Ahnef Barnard. EdW l NefriS. lsac Morris. Grace Morris Rethh Morris. t0sha Tucker. Heui'a Tucker, l Ies Wilson. lach Wilson. Maaasses uarsmer. Ursah IIersnef, les tlers. mer. Na,h'I Child, Henry Chhd, Benin Child. Jesse Carpenter. Neni Car pentef. los. Carpenter. paul MaScraft. lach Mascfatt. Darius Sessions, lost a
 Cummings. Daniel Davis, khenf smith Nathl Kenny. Iams leNens, Silas
 Bowen. Oliver Barret. Peter Morse Nath9 Nnswo.ih. lsa'e ilemensway.
 Renj'a Thayef. Sanla Lille. lsaiah tit-
 fany, Ehensf Philips. EuRier Draper,
 Nath'n Sanger
 Seventy four scholars ia all. ot whom only SIX were gigls, What will the seung ladies ef our academies say
 ot the Scan,s measure of leaFmng dealt
 out 10 shsir great great great grand
 motherss
 l Opposite the name ei David Holmes is written ln 3 strong square hand
 which l should know among ten fhen-
 sand autographs: My honorcd Father A. Holmes
 David Holmes. the Weodssoek 1 svhoolhoy of iTea. grew ap "a ee man 1 oi credit, If no, ei renowns III ms native village His commission as | Captain in what used 10 be called the
 old French war" IS m my possession. l as are or were the trophies he brought 1 back from his campaigning namely, vicious looking Indian ratchet CT tona- hawk and a knife->hesth which once held weapon such as Nituwainet brandished little too hravely m the ! face of Captain Miles Standish One other rcia, the scar from bullet on his cheek. he carried with him to his grave. m the clrurehszrd. whieh cfoss<d the hrresy hsn-tor where so many of your and my ancvyscrN are SIeepins Captain navid Hctres
 sfudicd medicine as they stss1k<d Il m those days. probably. urdsr she direc. sion of some Ioeai prA<tisScner. and joined the revolutionary army as . sns- gscn. Worn out by the labors and privssicns of the service. be died m isss His residence vas lasgv hcus< on an extensive farm near the locality now known as -Arnoid'ss touu. He had eisht ehildren. one daughter and