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Excerpt from Historical Address and Poem: Delivered at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Incorporation of the Old Town of Reading, May 29, A. D. 1844 MY duty Upon the present occasion is prescribed in the terms of the joint vote of the citizens of Reading and South Reading, in town-meeting, last January, that thebi-centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Reading should be celebrated, by the delivery of an historical address and'othergexercises appropriate to the occasion. Havipg, Without duly considering my incompetency for the task, acceded to the invitation of your Committee, to prepare, With their aid, such an addressfyou Will now indulge me With your patient attention to an attempted history of the town of our nativity - to such imperfect, fragmentarjr memorials, as have been preserved, of the deeds, char acter, and fortunes of its inhabitants, and of some of the changee and events of interest that_have transpired Within its precincts, during the lapse of two centuries; compendious it must be, but as comprehensive and amifle as the diligence of your Committee has enabled the to make it, and as the time allowed for its recital Will permit. 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.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ... had a match, or trial of strength and agility, with a bully there. His antagonist first bent himself over backwards, till, without using his hands or arms, his head touched the ground; he would then turn aside his head, and with his tongue pick up a four-and-half pence from the ground; and then, without any aid from his hands or arms, recover an erect position again. Old Doss did the same. His rival then jumped into an empty hogshead, which stood on the head, and out again, still without using his hands. Old Doss followed, and did the same. His rival then bounded into the hogshead backwards, and backwards jumped out again. Old Doss followed, and jumped in backwards, but out again backwards could not jump, and was accordingly beaten by his York friend. "Sally," wife of Doss, recently died at the Reading Almshouse, at an advanced age. "John," son of Doss, inherited his father's strength and nimbleness, obtained a good education, and emitrated to Hayti. "Pomp Putamia," was son of " Titus," of Stoneham--became the slave of Noah Eaton--was free at the age of twenty-three years; accumulated considerable property, which he bequeathed to charitable objects, and died March 17, 1S17, aged fifty-nine years. He was a very intelligent, industrious, honest, and respectable man. "Peggy Putamia," sister of the above, was the slave of Gen. Benjamin Brown. "Amos Putamia," brother of the above, is still living. "Chester," the slave of Kendall Parker, Esq, who once lived on the Goodwin Place, now owned by the heirs of Hero Nichols. The following is a copy, verbatim et literatim, of a bill of sale of the said Chester: "Reding: May th first day, in 1740: "I have sold unto my Dafter Mary Goodwing: my nagero Boy named Chester, for the sum of Sixty Pounds of...
including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with chronological and historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874