Kimball, John; Coffin, Charles C.; et al. One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Boscawen and Webster, Merrimack Co., N. H., August 16, 1883, also Births Recorded on the Town Records from 1733 to 1850. Concord, N. H.: Printed by the Republican Press Association, 1884. First Edition. [10780]
Purple cloth, gilt titles to front, light scuffing, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, 211 clean pp., eleven engraved portraits. Offset shadow from an insert at the table of contents page. Good. Hardcover.
An account of the anniversary proceedings with the various addresses and speeches. Includes biographical sketches of prominent citizens in the histories of the towns. The Historical Address is by Charles Carleton Coffin. Includes genealogical records.
Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896), b. Boscawen, New Hampshire; d. Brookline, Massachusetts. A journalist and war correspondent, he was perhaps the best-known newspaper reporter of the American Civil War. Later historians have called him "the Ernie Pyle of his era." Coffin was present at the battles of Bull Run and at Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and at many important points in between.
