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port to the reforms of the times without the misfortune of 

 antagonizing any party. He was a promoter of temper- 

 ance reformation and a sympathizer with the anti-slavery 

 cause. He was a man of much public spirit and was in- 

 terested in the promotion of works to benefit the town and 

 the public. 



Mr. Horton then spoke of the late Dr. Jeremiah Spof- 

 ford, 2 who died in this place a few years ago, at an advanced 

 age. He alluded to him as a man whose opinions were 

 always strong and decided, and a fair type of that old- 

 fashioned citizenship which constituted the best life of New 

 England, and to the influence of which this state and coun- 

 try must look for prosperity and permanence in the future. 

 He then proceeded to read, with here and there a passing 

 comment, a dozen short extracts from an address deliv- 

 ered by Dr. Spofford in the First Church, Grovelaud, 

 June 22, 1867. It was published at that time in a pam- 

 phlet entitled " Reminiscences of Seventy Years, includ- 

 ing Half a Century in the Practice of Medicine in this 

 Place." It was a mixture of autobiography and town 

 histoiy. 



After some remarks from Dr. LORING and Dr. GEORGE 

 COGSWELL, of Bradford, in reference to Rev. Dr. Perry 

 and Dr. Jeremiah Spofford, and the passing of a vote of 

 thanks to the Flower Mission of Groveland, and to Mr. 

 Balch, the proprietor of the grove, for courtesies extended 

 during this pleasant visit to Groveland, the meeting ad- 

 journed. 



* JEREMIAH SPOFFOKD, son of Jeremiah and Temparence Spofford, born at New 

 Bowley (Georgetown), Dec. 8, 1787, removed to East Bradford (Groveland), in 

 1817, died Sept. 16, 1880. See Bulletin Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 108. 



