“May 14, 1915 
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The lecture by Miss Katharine 
ring on “The History of Manches- 
,’ which was given at the Baptist 
estry, Manchester, Tuesday even- 
ing was largely attended and greatly 
enjoyed. The paper was very com- 
-preshensive, including much of the 
hi story of the North Shore region 
a well as of Manchester. 
The desire for fishing was the first 
thing that brought people to Man- 
chester, said Miss Loring, as the 
Peodfish were very plentiful, as well 
‘as other kinds. In passing Miss 
Loring made an_ interesting  state- 
‘ment that salmon have been caught 
in the weirs near the Miseries this 
year after many seasons during 
which they were not seen here. In 
1492 ships came as far west as Cape 
Ann, Captain John Smith sailed the 
waters of Massachusetts Bay in 1614 
and Roger Conant came to “the 
Cove” in 1628. The story of Gov. 
~Winthrop’s ship, “Arbella,” and of 
the landing of the crew and humble 
‘passengers at West Manchester, 
. erscre they found wild strawberries, 
oseberries and roses in abundance, 
was well told. The first houses were 
built at what is now known as Cool- 
idge’s Point, but the present town 
of Manchester became the more im- 
portant site, and was known as Jef- 
frey’s Creek until 1645, when the 
“mame was changed to Manchester. 
“The reason for the choice of the 
namie is still obscure, as the early set- 
tlers here did not come from Man- 
chester in England. 
The first care of the Manchester 
settlers was to build a church. .The 
- first religious meeting was held where 
the yacht club now stands, and the 
first meeting-house was built on the 
site of the present Congregational 
-ehurch. After many changes and 
improvements, the present building 
“was erected in 1809. In those early 
days a great fear of fire was felt, so 
that the church was unheated for 
some time. 
‘stove was put in ,there were two 
strong factions, one for and one 
against the innovation, and on the 
first Sunday those who had_ been 
against fanned themselves through- 
out the service and two young ladies 
fainted. The other members of the 
congregation professed themselves 
much more comfortable than before. 
The next day the sexton confessed 
‘that he had been unable to get fuel 
so that there was no fire in the stove. 
School-houses were the next con- 
sideration and the high school was 
built very soon after. the common 
school, All the buildings of that 
When the first smuill - 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
Miss Loring on the Early History 
period were crude and cold, but the 
people lived quite well upon turkey 
and other wild fowl and Indian corn. 
The Indians of this section were 
friendly and in order to keep them so 
Gov. Endicott paid the £6 10s. 
for Manchester. This was about 
$40.00, or at present day values,$200. 
The town meeting was the first 
form of government. As the colony 
grew the vote was extended to all 
classes until in 1864 the negroes were 
given the vote. The only slave of 
whom there is any record in Man- 
chester was a negro boy, Pomp, who 
made the white boys and girls laugh 
in church, 
During the Revolutionary period, 
Manchester sent men to fight against 
the English, and there were 45 Man- 
chester soldiers at the Battle of Lex- 
ington, Manchester and other North 
Shore men made up the crew that 
rowed Gen. Washington across the 
Delaware. Miss Loring told of some 
of the amusing incidents of the war 
in which this neighborhood and _ its 
men figured. 
After the War of 1812 Manchester 
men interested themselves in fishing, 
although there were never many. ship 
owners here. The fishing at Grand 
the 
3anks was complemented — by 
trading with the West Indies. 
In furniture-making Manchester 
once had a reputation never excelled 
except, perhaps, by Grand Rapids to- 
day. Captain Allen produced a saw 
which could cut veneer more finely 
than any other in the United States. 
Ebenezer Tappan was another of the 
famous cabinet-makers and his fire 
engines were widely known. In fact, 
he supplied the town of Manchester 
with an engine which lasted until 
about ten years ago. This interesting 
and profitable industry died out dur- 
ing the Civil War when the Manches- 
ter soldiers gave up everything for 
their love of country. Manchester 
was one of the first towns to declare 
against slavery, ‘and anti-slavery 
prayer meetings, which were never 
held elsewhere, were held her. Man- 
chester has also been a strong pro- 
hibition town since the days when 
Maine was a district of Massachu- 
setts. | Manchester’s commerce was 
largely with Maine which may have 
had some bearing on the sentiment 
here as Maine has ever been strongly 
in favor of prohibition. 
The Baptist church was established 
in 1845 under Deacon Burnham of 
Essex. 
In 1845, also, the first summer 
residence was built at Manchester. 
This was the home of Richard Henry 
13 
of Manchester 
Dana, the author, and it was the be- 
ginning of a summer resort of im- 
portance. At about the same time 
Miss Loring’s grandfather built at 
Pride’s Crossing. Since then, the 
principle business here has been the 
support of the summer colonists. 
There have been famous ambassa- 
dors and writers making their sum- 
mer quarters here. Among the latter 
none has been more widely known 
and loved than the late Mrs. James 
T. Fields, and, in closing, Miss Lor- 
ing paid her a high tribute, and ex- 
pressed the hope that the present 
cordial relations between the summer 
visitors and the year-round inhabi- 
tants might always endure. 
The address was quite enthusias- 
tically received and Miss Loring was 
given a short but cordial reception be- 
fore she was obliged to leave. The pro- 
gram, which had been opened by 4 . 
piano duet by Mrs. J. Davis Baker 
and Mrs. Henrietta Calderwood, was 
brought to a close by the singing of 
“The Manchester Hymn” by the as- 
sembly. 
“Everybody has his faults,” said 
Uncle Eben, ‘but some folks seems 
proud of ’em.” 
If you mean to profit 
please. 
learn to 
Mistress—Are you married? 
Applicant—No, ma’am. I bump-- 
ed into a door. 
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