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Sr., who died aged 82. Then came Rev- 

 erend Mr. Hubbard, who built next to 

 us and died at the age of 78, I believe. 

 Next to him was Mark Banks, who died 

 at the age of 93. Next came Mrs. Ban- 

 croft, who lived to be 85, and then Dr. 

 Holly, who recently died at the age of 

 85. Just around in what is now Lafay- 

 ette Place was another Dr. Mead, a suc- 

 cessor to Darius, who lived to be about 

 85. Then came John Dayton, who lived 



to be 84, and his widow, who lived to 

 be 90. Then came Mr. Seaman Mead, 

 who recently died at the early age of 

 -jz, while his father, located just west 

 of him, lived to be 93. I furnish the 

 ages attained by these persons to our 

 present citizens to assure them that 

 nature has done much to satisfy them 

 of the salubrity of the town, and to our 

 real estate brokers as good testimony 

 for intending purchasers here. I have 



COMMODORE E. C. BENEDICT HAS GENEROUSLY'AND CORDIALLY OPENED WIDE THE 



FRONT DOOR OF A MAGNIFICENT HOSPITAL. 



to be about the same age. and his wife 

 who died aged 90. Next lived Mr. John 

 Voorhis, who died at the age of $2. At 

 this period I lived at the Maples, where 

 the salubrity of the location accounts 

 for my having nearly reached the age 

 of 84. But I moved to Indian Harbor 

 and have an old friend, Mr. Willard, 

 who took my place at the Maples and 

 still lives there at the age of 86. Op- 

 posite was Mr. Joseph Mead, who lived 



named twenty-one persons. Their av- 

 erage age at death was 86 years. I 

 knew them all. 



Dr. Darius Mead was my brother's 

 physician, from whom it was difficult to 

 get a bill. At the end of five years he 

 succeeded in doing so and the total 

 amount was $25. That was a time of 

 big pills and little bills, since which we 

 have had little pills and big bills. 



Greenwich at that time was dis- 



