Centennial Celebration Of The Town Of Sheffield Berkshire Co Mass PDF Download

Excerpt from Centennial Celebration of the Town of Sheffield: Berkshire Co;, Mass; June 18th and 19th, 1876 At a Town Meeting, legally called, held in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Mass., on the 18th of June, 1776, Capt. William Day being chosen moderator, and Stephen Dewey being town clerk, the report of a committee, consisting of "Colo Ashley, Doctor Lemuel Barnard, Colo John Fellows, Colo Aron Root & Capt. Nathel Austin" - which committee was chosen "to draw a Resolve to send to the Representative" - was heard, and "It was put to vote - Whether the inhabitants of the Sd town of Sheffield, should the Honble Continental Congress in their wisdom think prudent and for interest and safety of the American Colonies to declare sd colonies independent of the kingdom of Great Britton, they the inhabitants of sd Sheffield will solemnly engage with their lives and fortunes to support them in their measures. 1876. At the Annual Town Meeting, held April 3, 1876, attention was called to the vote passed by the town on June 18, 1776, and on motion it was unanimously voted that the Centennial Anniversary of the day be observed in a fitting manner. Rev. Orville Dewey, D. D., Oliver Peck, M. D., J. Leland Miller, M. D., and Rev. Mason Noble, Jr., were chosen a committee to arrange for such a celebration as would properly commemorate the prompt and energetic patriotism of the fathers of the town. The committee thus appointed made arrangements which, through the willing cooperation of our citizens, were duly and fully carried out. They at first met with some disappointments. F. A. P. Barnard, S. T. D., LL. D., President of Columbia College, was obliged, because of previous engagements, to decline their invitation to take part in the exercises. From Rev. Edmund S. Janes, D. D., Bishop of the Meth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.