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son of John, Rev. Thomas Barnard, was first of Ncwbuiy, 

 and altcrwards pastor of the First Churcli in Salem from 

 1755 to ITTG, and his son was Rev. Dr. Thomas Barnard the 

 first minister of the North Church, Salem, who died in 1814 

 after a faithful ministry of forty-two years, and is siill re- 

 membered with affectionate reverence and esteem by many 

 in this community. 



This town is not without many existing memorials of 

 these and other departed worthies. The old mansion of 

 the late Hon. Wm. Johnson is near the railroad Station. A 

 genuine nobleman and son of a revolutionary pensioner, his 

 honesty and intelligence were often called into activity for 

 the good of his fellow-citizens in his time. Both he and his 

 brother James, a wealthy Boston Merchant, have deceased 

 within a few years, and now lie in the village Cemetery. 

 Here is also the Farnham estate Avith its noble old trees, 

 and near by, the Stevens' homestead, the birthplace of Isaac 

 I. Stevens, Governor and Delegate in Congress of Washing- 

 ton Territory. Modern improvements abound also, in the 

 form of mansions bearing every mark of wealth and taste, 

 and prosperous manufactories, claiming service of the neigh- 

 boring waters, before tliey go to swell the current of the 

 stately Mcrrimac. 



One of the exploring parties under the lead of Vice Pres- 

 ident Russell, availed themselves of land carriage to reach 

 the interesting point known as the " Devil's Den " or " Den 

 Rock," Vvhere they spent a while in pleasant examination of 

 the rock itself, geologically speaking, the configuration of 

 its curious recesses, and the vegetation upon and around it. 

 Another party crossed the Cochickewick Brook, or River, 

 which forms the outlet of the " Great Pond " and pursued 

 the line of the southwestern shore for some distance, making 

 many interesting observations. Still another division, and 

 a numerous one, improved the opportunity offered by Mr. 

 Samuel' B. Pierce of this town, to make a series of pleasant 

 tj'ips hither and thither over the waters of the " Great Pond," 



