ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE VIII OF OCTOBER, MDCCCXXX, THE SECOND CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY, OF THE SETTLEMENT OF ROXBURY. BY H. A. S. DEARBORN. I praise God, we have many occasions of comfort here.-Gov. WINT. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS.-to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the nineteenth day of October, A. D. 1830, in the fifty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, CHARLES P. EMMONS, of the said District, has deposited in this Office the Title of a Book, the Right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "An Address delivered on the VIII of October, MDCCCXXX, the Second Centennial Anniversary, of the Settlement of Roxbury. By H. A. S. Dearborn. I praise God, we have many occasions of comfort here.-Gov. WINT." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an Act entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, an Act for the enuouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, end etching historical and other prints." TOWN OF ROXBURY. Ar a meeting of the Citizens of Roxbury, held on the 8th of October, 1830, it was Voted-That the Selectmen of the Town be a Committee, to wait on the Hon. HENRY A. S. DEARBORN, and in behalf of their fellow citizens, to thank him, for the eloquent, and truly patriotic Address, delivered by him, on that day, in commemoration of the first settlement of the Town, and to request, of him, a copy for the press. The Subscribers, Selectmen of Roxbury, in communicating the above Vote, would individually express their hopes, that the request, therein contained, will be complied with. ELIJAH LEWIS, JACOB TIDD. Roxbury, October 13, 1830. Gentlemen, Brinley Place, Roxbury, October 14, 1830. I am hghly gratified to learn, that the Address, which I had the honor to deliver, on the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Roxbury, was acceptable to my fellow citizens: and I cheerfully place it in your hands for publication. Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, H. A. S. DEARBORN. Elijah Lewis, B. P. Williams, Jonathan Dorr, Samuel Guild, and Jacob Tidd, Esq'rs, Selectmen of Roxbury. |