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Woods, D. D.,* who was its pastor from 1798 to 1808. 

 Whatever soundness in the faith that Seminary has pre- 

 served may be truthfully said to be largely due to the 

 pioneer toil of Dr. Woods. He was also* a layer of foun- 

 dations in several of the great benevolent societies, or- 

 ganized in his day, having been a member of the Pru- 

 dential Committee of the American Board for about 

 twenty-five years. What this town has given to the 

 world in the other departments of medicine, law and 

 civil affairs, further research might be able to show some- 

 thing. Let it suffice to name Major Ben. Perley Poore, 

 a journalist of some fame and the genial Washington 

 correspondent of the "Boston Journal." During the in- 

 tervals of leisure from his duties in Washington he re- 

 . sides on his farm in West Newbury, which is one of the 

 most celebrated in the county. 



The homestead comprises a collection of buildings ar- 

 ranged in a somewhat crescent form, with the ends flanked 

 with stone circular buildings, one of which contains a 

 portion of his unique and valuable library, the other de- 

 voted to the culinary department of the establishment ; 

 in the centre a rustic porch, surmounted by a noble pair 

 of antlers and gracefully covered by creeping vines the 

 whole presenting a very pleasing and unique appearance. 

 The large hall bespeaks the character of the establish- 

 ment, being ornamented with paintings and curious old 

 armor. There are also a series of rooms furnished in the 

 revolutionary period ; one a parlor, with its buffet filled 

 with curious old crockery, the ancient chairs, tables, fire- 

 place, etc. Another, the old kitchen, with the large 

 fireplace, pot hooks and trammels, andirons and spit, 



*Leonai-d Woods, son of Samuel and Abigail Woods, of Princeton, Mass.,b. 

 19th June, 1774, gr. Harvard College, 1796, ord. at West Newbury, Nov. 1798, Pro- 

 fessor of Theology in the Theological Seminary at Andover, 1808-1846; d. at Ando- 

 ver, Aug. 24, 1854. 



