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the only one of Mr. Bingham’s “boy” 
friends now alive, Geo. F. Allen, Wm. 
H. Tappan and Luther Bingham, his 
brother. But it was not till the even- 
ing between 7 and 9 o’clock that most 
of the callers arrived. 
One of the features of the evening 
was the presentation, by Mrs. Anna 
Phillips, in behalf of the friends, of a 
beautiful Morris chair, and of a purse, 
also the gift of friends. 
Alfred S. Jewett was called upon to 
present the purse, and in well-chosen 
words, impromptu, he said: 
“It gives me great pleasure in 
behalf of friends and acquaintances to 
meet you on this occasion. It is not 
permitted many to live to be 90 years 
of age. Your life has been full of 
love for humanity. You have always 
identified yourself with those causes 
which have been for the upbuilding of 
humanity. And it has been your 
privilege to enter into the fruition 
of it. 
‘* Many who have been co-workers 
with you have passed on, and we have 
not been permitted to see the results 
of their labors. Your work as a citi- 
zen has done much to advance the 
general welfare and to promote the 
best interests. 
“In behalf of friends and neighbors 
I am pleased to present this purse as 
a slight testimony of their regard.” 
Mr. Bingham responded briefly, say- 
ing he was deeply grateful for the 
kind remembrances, and that his en- 
deavor through life had been in a 
small way to serve his town and to be 
a good neighbor. The occasion, he 
said, was an especial pleasure to him, 
and it well repaid him for living so 
many years to know the regard and 
consideration of his friends for him. 
Mrs. Bingham, who is also remark- 
ably active for her age, assisted her 
husband in receiving. 
Among those who were _instru- 
mental in making the affair a success 
were Mrs. Anna Phillips, Mrs. Otis 
M. Stanley, Mrs. Wm. H. Tappan, 
Mrs. Helen Cheever, Mrs. Geo. F. 
Allen and Miss Lucy Cunningham. 
Richard L. Cheever and Mrs. Tappan 
acted as ushers. Misses Jennie Sar- 
gent and Katherine Watson, Mr. 
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Bingham’s assistants at the library, 
and Miss Princie Dodge served ice- 
cream and cake during the evening. 
Mr. Bingham was presented with 
two beautitul birthday cakes, one of 
which was made by B. S. Bullock and 
the other was a gift of Mrs. Lizzie 
Quinn of Salem. 
Among those from out of town who 
called were Charles W. F. Peart, Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph F. Quinn, Mrs. Emma 
Bray, Ernest P. Bray of Salem and 
Miss C. I. Whippen of Lynn. 
Others who called included : 
John R. Cheever, Deacon Albert E. Low, 
Luther Bingham, George F. Allen, William 
H. Tappan, Miss Amy B. Haskell, Mrs. M. 
Lizzie Haskell, Miss Mattie W. Wetherbee, 
John J. Giles, Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, 
Miss Gertrude B. Goldsmith, Mrs. Augusta 
W. Tappan, Miss L. S. Wheaton, Miss Bes- 
sie Marble, Miss Annie Leighton Lane, Mr. 
and Mrs. Alfred L. Saben, R. L. Cheever, 
Mrs. Sarah A. Porter, Mrs. Charles A. 
Lodge, Miss Mabelle Lodge, Miss Charlotte 
E. Brown, Miss Sarah T. Brown, Henry T. 
Bingham, Mrs. Hattie F. Perkins, Mr. and 
Mrs. D. T. Beaton, Mrs. J. K. Tappan, Rev. 
Walter Herod Ashley, Rev. John Holland 
Whitaker, Thomas B. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. 
L. W. Floyd, Mrs. S. F. Allen, Miss Carolyn 
E. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wiles, Mrs. 
George F. Allen, Miss Ruth Pulsifer, Rev. 
Edward H. Brewster, Mrs. Ellen M. Brews- 
ter, Mrs. Susan L. Slade, Mrs. Houghton, 
Oliver T. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. 
Needham, Mr. and Mrs. John Baker, Miss 
Lila G. Goldsmith, Miss Etta F. Woodbury, 
Miss Edith L. Wheaton, Miss Annabel Har- 
aden, Miss Bertha Stone, Miss Susan W. 
Allen, Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Glendenning, 
Miss Ina A. Eldredge, Miss Laura E. Saben, 
Mr. and Mrs. F. Clifford Rand, Mrs. I. Syl- 
via Peart, Mrs. Abbie Crombie, Mrs. Jo- 
sephine Widger, Mr. and Mrs. John H. 
Cheever, Dr. and Mrs. George W. Blaisdell, 
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kitfield, Mr. and Mrs. 
F. J. Merrill, Henry C. Leach, Mrs. Jennie 
H. Bahr, Miss Hannah L. Allen, Miss Grace 
H. Allen, Mrs. John Allen, Mrs. George A. 
Brown, Mrs. Francis M. Andrews, Mr. and 
Mrs. William Johnson, William H. Allen, 
Miss Clara G. Godsoe, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. 
Pulsifer, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rabardy, Miss 
Etta Rabardy, Miss ke P. Allen, Mrs. Alice 
G. Wheaton, Mrs. Daniel Leach, Mrs. C. M. 
Curriea, Miss Harriet Brewster, Mr. and 
Mrs. E. S. Knight, Miss Martha C. Knight, 
Samuel Knight, Mrs. Joseph Proctor, Miss 
Anna Proctor, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Jewett, 
Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Mead, Mr. and Mrs. 
George L. Knight, George H. Allen, H. B. 
McCollom, Jeffrey T. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. 
Cyrus M. Dodge, Isaac M. Marshall, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. Alex. Lodge, Chas. C. Dodge, 
Mrs. MacPherson, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. 
Knight, Miss Dora Chaffin, Mr. and Mrs. 
Patrick H. Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. George S. 
Sinnicks, Mrs. John R. Cheever, Miss Lucy 
Cunningham, Mrs. Jerome Dodge, Miss 
Princie Dodge, Albert Cunningham, Miss 
Jennie C. Sargent, Miss Katherine M. Wat- 
son, Mr. and Mrs. Fitz W. Sargent, Mrs. 
Fred Burnham, Mrs. H. I. Price, Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward A. Lane, Miss M. D. Giles, 
Miss C. I. Whippen, Miss S. W. Giles, Mr. 
and Mrs. Otis M. Stanley, Miss Mary Chee- 
ver, Mrs. Anna A. Phillips. 
Mr. Bingham was born in Manches- 
ter in 1814. His father was a sea 
captain, and his grandfather, on his 
mother’s side, was a sea captain. At 
the age of seven he was taken to 
Philadelphia by his father, who sailed 
from that port, but stayed only four 
years, when he returned to Manches- 
ter and lived with his grandfather, 
Deacon Bingham, one of the best 
souls of Manchester’s heritage. He 
learned the cabinet-making trade with 
John P. Allen, one of the best known 
cabinet-makers of the day. 
In 1838 Mr. Bingham, following the 
trend of the youth of that day in 
thinking the West a place to make his 
fortune, went to Illinois and started 
a small furniture business, but re- 
turned to Manchester after four years. 
He then went to work as foreman for 
Cyrus M. Dodge in Dodge’s mill, now 
standing. 
It was while in this position that 
Mr. Bingham first became connected 
with the town library. At first he 
was for many years librarian of the 
Lyceum library, which, indeed, was 
the nucleus of the present library. 
What few books there were were then 
kept in the old school-house, and 
afterward in the balcony of the Con- 
gregational chapel, and then in the 
school-house again till the present 
building was built. 
Mr. Bingham was not only instru- 
mental in getting the new building, 
but it is largely through him the 
library is what it is today. It was at 
a gathering of the Elder Brethren that 
Mr. Bingham advanced the idea of a 
new building, which ultimately re- 
sulted in the gift of the beautiful 
building to the town. 
Mr. Bingham, with several other 
Manchester men, went west in the 
Greeley colony in 1871. He remained 
two years. For many years he worked 
in the interest of the prohibition 
cause. He belonged to the old Lib- 
erty party, and was one of the leading 
abolitionists of his day. He was in- 
strumental in getting William Lloyd 
Garrison to lecture in Manchester, 
and entertained him while here. 
Mr. Bingham, through all his years, 
has been a loyal citizen. Often he 
was solicited to serve in various offices. 
He was for many years a member of 
the school committee, and was the 
last Prudential committee to serve the 
town. 
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