George B. Reed Vermont scrapbook, 1761-1905.

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George B. Reed Vermont scrapbook, 1761-1905.

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A scrapook containing manuscripts, newsclippings, and other printed material relating to the early history of Vermont assembled by George B. Reed. The material is organized chronologically. The earliest manuscript is a quitclaim for land in "Mount Ephaim", Massachusetts given to Remember Baker, dated June 12, 1761. The bulk of the manuscript material dates from the 1820s to the 1840s and includes correspondence relating to the proposed canal from Lake Champlain to the Connecticut River. Of special interest is a journal of the survey kept by Arunah Waterman dating from Juy 13 to August 23, 1829. The bulk of the manuscripts are addressed to Rev. George B. Manser, rector of Christ Church, Montpelier, and editor of The Temperance Star. Several letters are from Bishop John Henry Hopkins, while others relate to politics and temperance. Another group includes material written by and to Governor Silas H. Jenison, including two proclamations, one in manuscript. Other items include biographical sketches of Allen family members, including Ethan Allen, Ira Allen, and Remember Baker, as well as a transcription of the journal of Mrs. Sarah Williams, wife of Azarias Williams of Concord, Vermont, documenting her travels from New York to Concord, Vermont in 1811, and numerous newsclippings on historical topics.

1 volume ; 31 cm.

Vermont Historical Society

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Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789), Revolutionary War officer and Vermont leader, achieved a place in history by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He championed Vermont's drive for statehood. Ethan Allen was a distinct type of frontier soldier. His influence on the settlers of Vermont was comparable to that of John Sevier on the inhabitants of Watauga, East Tennessee, and of Thomas Sumter on the up-country men of South Carolina. Frontier people possessed clan-like loyalties, and they looked to strong men...

Allen, Ira, 1751-1814

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Ira Allen was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on April 21, 1751, the sixth and youngest son of Joseph and Mary (Baker) Allen. Moving to Vermont around 1770, Allen entered into various land speculations and became a member of the Onion River Land Company with his brothers Heman, Zimri, and Ethan and his cousin Remember Baker. During the Revolution he was a member of the Green Mountain Boys and he played important roles in the Canadian Campaign of 1775-1776 and in the recapturing of Fort ...

Waterman, Arunah, 1778-1859.

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Arunah Waterman, son of Arunah and Hannah (Leffingwell) Waterman, was born November 8, 1778 in Norwich, Connecticut. The family moved to Johnson, Vermont in 1778, the year Arunah Jr.was born. Arunah moved to Montpelier in 1814, where he worked as a lawyer, a grist and woolen mill owner, a farmer, and a surveyor. He served several terms in the Vermont House (1821-1823, 1826) and one in the Senate (1836). He bought a farm and water rights on the north branch of the Winooski River by t...

Manser, George B. 1803-1862.

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Baker, Remember, 1737-1775

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Hopkins, John Henry, 1792-1868

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Episcopal bishop of Vermont. From the description of Letter, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155474749 John Henry Hopkins was born in 1792 in Ireland. He became the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Vermont. Hopkins published over fifty books, pamphlets and sermons. His published lecture, Slavery: Its Religious Sanction, Its Political Dangers, and the Best Mode of Doing it Away (1851) averred that slavery was not a sin but that its abolition was crucial and should be...

Jenison, Silas Hemenway, 1791-1849

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Silas Hemenway Jenison was born May 17, 1791 in Shoreham, Vermont, the only son of Levi and Ruth Jenison. He was largely self-educated; Levi Jenison died in 1792, and as he grew older Silas was responsible for the support of his family. In his youth and throughout his adulthood, Jenison was known for his skill in mathematics and surveying, and later for his political and administrative acumen. Jenison's career in public service began in 1826, when he was elected to the G...

Williams, Sarah, 1765-1848.

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Reed, George B. (George Bowlend), 1829-

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George B. Reed was born in Montpelier, Vermont on July 28, 1829, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary L. W. (Bowlend) Reed. On July 11, 1861, George B. Reed married Clara B. Burton. He died on August 19, 1907 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of George B. Reed Montpelier, Vermont scrapbook, 1805-1903. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 508405429 From the description of George B. Reed Vermont scrapbook, 1761-1905. (Vermont Historical Society). Worl...