SOJVS OF JUSTIN MORGAN 135 



"The Lord North is not exceeded in points, speed and figure by 

 any horse in New England, and resembles the old Morgan Horse in 

 size and color. Terms are stated in hand-bills. 



JOHN LANGDON. 



Goffstown, May 5". 



He passed to John Buckminster of Danville, Vermont, who kept 

 him at Danville and vicinity until 1829, when he was purchased 

 by John Bellows of Lancaster, New Hampshire. This advertisement 

 of 1828, from the "Danville North Star", will be of interest: 



"Notice: For the information of those who may be gratified 

 therewith, the noted and celebrated Dutch, Morgan, or Sherman 

 Horse (which is one and the same) will stand for the use of mares 

 the ensuing season on St. Johnsbury Plain on Fridays and Saturdays 

 of each week, and the residue of the week at S. West's on Danville 

 Green. J. BUCKMINSTER. 



May 2, 1828". 



The season of 1829 he was kept at Littleton, New Hampshire, 

 in charge of Stephen C. Gibbs ; in 1830 he was kept at Dover and 

 vicinity; in 1831 he was at the Ten Hills Farm of Colonel Samuel 

 Jacques, atCharlestown, Massachusetts; in 1832 he was kept by John 

 Bellows at Dover, Durham, South Berwick and Rochester Plains, 

 New Hampshire; in 1833 (according to Mr. Linsley) at Lancaster, 

 New Hampshire; and in 1834 at Dover and vicinity. He died at 

 John Bellows' stable, in Lancaster, on the 9th of January, 1835. The 

 cause of his death is unknown. 



The location of Sherman Morgan his last two seasons is given as 

 above by Mr. Linsley, but there is strong reason for believing that 

 the seasons of 1833 and 1834 are reversed by mistake. 



From papers and diaries of John Bellows, who died December 

 14, 1888, obtained by and now in possession of S. W. Parlin, Boston, 

 we extract the following : 



"CHARLESTOWN, APRIL II, 1831. 



"Memorandum of agreement made this day between John Bel- 

 lows of Lancaster, New Hampshire, on the one part, and Samuel 

 Jacques of Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the other part, witnesseth, 

 viz. : John Bellows agrees to place his Sherman Morgan horse, so 

 called, in said Jacques' Ten Hills Stock Farm in said Charlestown for 

 the season of 1831, commencing the 1st of May and ending the 1st 

 of August, for the use of mares on the following conditions, viz. : If 

 said Bellows attends the horse himself during the said season, he the 

 said Bellows is to have two-thirds of the earnings of the said horse, 



