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face. From six to eight, exercise one-half, and study 

 one-half. From eight to ten, breakfast, attend prayers, 

 &c. From ten to twelve, study all the time. From 

 twelve to one, dine, &c. From one to four, study con- 

 stantly. From four to five, relieve my mind by some di- 

 version or exercise. From five till bedtime, follow what 

 my inclination leads me to ; whether it be to go abroad, 

 or stay at home and read either Anatomy, Physic, or 

 Chemistry, or any other book I want to peruse.' 



In 1771 he managed, by walking daily from Woburn 

 to Cambridge and back, a distance of some sixteen 

 miles, to attend the lectures on natural philosophy 

 delivered by Professor Winthrop in Harvard College. 

 This privilege was secured to him by his friend Mr. 

 Baldwin. Thompson had taught school for a short time 

 at Wilmington, and afterwards for six weeks and three 

 days at Bradford, where his repute rose so high that 

 he received a call to Concord, the capital of New 

 Hampshire. The Indian name of Concord was Pena- 

 cook. In 1733 it had been incorporated as a town in 

 Essex County, Massachusetts. Some of the early 

 settlers had come from the English Essex ; and, as 

 regards pronunciation, they carried with them the name 

 of the English Essex town, Komford, of brewery cele- 

 brity. They, however, changed the first o into u, call- 

 ing the American town Rumford. Strife had occurred 

 as to the county or State to which Rumford belonged. 

 But the matter was amicably settled at last ; and to 

 denote the subsequent harmony, the name was changed 

 from Kumford to Concord. 1 In later years, when hon- 



1 Not to be confounded with the Concord rendered famous as 

 the dwelling-place of Emerson. In connection with the foregoing 

 subject I have been favoured with the following interesting letter : 

 ' Addison Lodge, Barnes, S.W. : Aiigust 19. 



* DEAR Sin, I venture to proffer a remark upon a detail in your 



