New England Magazine - March 1900 - Page 98
New Ipswich Historical Society
Recap of Page 97
March 1900 - Page 98
Canada were apportioned the "Canada Townships." These grants were made at the session of the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1735-6, so that the town of New Ipswich refers the initial measure of its settlement to this date. That the town of New Ipswich in New Hampshire was named after the town of Ipswich in Massachusetts, to sixty citizens of which latter town the grant was made, the following petition, discovered among the Ipswich records, clearly proves:
"To his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esqr., and to the Honorable his Majesty's Council and to the Honorable House of Representatives in General Court assembled May, 1767. The Petition of Sundry persons Grantees of the Town of New Ipswich, lately so called, and the Legal Representatives of the Grantees of Sa Town. Humbly Sheweth That the Great and General Court or Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, did, in the month of Jan. Anno Domini 1735, grant unto sixty of the Inhabitants of the Town of Ipswich a Township of the con- tents of six miles square which was called New Ipswich; that afterwards the said Township fell within the province of New Hampshire; That your Petitioners after having been at a very great and long continued Expence, lost their several rights in said Township, and became Very great Sufferers, they having built a Meeting House, a saw mill, Bridges, &c., besides Expending a great deal on their Several rights; wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray that your Excellency and Honours would be pleased to take the premises into your consideration and Grant unto them an Equivalent in some of the ungranted lands of this Province, or make them such other compensation as to your wisdom shall seem meet."
Among other signatures to this petition are the names of Isaac Appleton, Samuel Wigglesworth, Nathaniel Rogers and several other men of prominence. The origin of the name Ipswich is a matter of dispute. Some antiquarians believe it to be derived from Eba, a Saxon queen, who lived in the old English town of that name, wich being of course the Saxon. word meaning place or home. Thus Ebaswich was gradually corrupted, they say, into Ipswich. Others claim that the name is derived from the river Gippen, Ipswich being evolved from Gippswich, the place of the Gippen or winding river. However this may be, certainly there is no doubt but that the name of the town comes down from a remote period of Saxon sovereignty in the British Islands.
REV. JESSE APPLETON
In the year 1762, September 9, George the Third, by an Act of Incorporation, declared the township of Ipswich incorporated, with all the rights thereof, "Always reserving to us, our heirs and successors, all White Pine Trees that are or shall be found growing on the said tract of Land fit for the use of Our Navy." Some years later a second act of incorporation was granted in the same terms as the first, with these two exceptions, that the town is by royal assent called New Ipswich, and the term of duration is unlimited. Abijah Foster, the pioneer settler of New Ipswich, came from Ipswich in Massachusetts, and took up his abode here in 1738. His wife and infant daughter were with him; and his son, Ebenezer, was the first male white child born in the isolated hamlet. There were a sturdy courage and persistence in these pioneer settlers that arouse a thrill of admiration and respect, when one remembers the loneliness, the hardships and the dangers that were so bravely…
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On this day - January 9, 1898
William Jurian Kaula diary
Note: Posted this yesterday by mistake
9 JAN 1898
Promptly at nine-thirty I opened our door to admit Mr. Dearth. I was up early to clean the studio which is always in a state of disorder. I showed him everything from my smallest sketch to the largest landscape painted during the summer. He began in a serious way and pitched right into the faults to the very things I had regarded as trifles. In an hour and a half I was being fryed [sic] and wiped about in most emphatic fashion when he saw anything good he said so but he came to tell me what was not good. Yea, verily, I got the worst overhauling since I studied art. So he was so kind and agreeable, I was very enthusiastic to catch every meaning and to illustrate his remarks he took brushes and pallette [sic] to work on a bare canvas that I could understand better. The impression he left with me was tremendous as his criticisms hit exactly the points where I most needed advice. I am almost afraid to go to sleep nights for fear that I will forget some of these things. Mr. Dearth said that I would paint a good landscape someday, and so I must admit that my present works are not up to his standard. He also added that my extreme youth was in my favor.
It was quite a party that gathered in Mr. Dearth's studio this afternoon for a "private view." Mr. Amsden, Mrs. King, Miss Lufkin, Miss M. Chesney, M. and Mrs. Pepper. Cartwright and myself made up the host of critics. Though Mr. Dearth had been most severe with me in regards to keeping one effect and treating it simply as a whole so as to preserve unity, I found that he was striving hard in the same direction. As most of his works were the studies from nature I could not judge of his work as a whole. Those that were nearest completion were a little bloodless and lacked juice, not feeling for delicacy or tone, but there was a thinness of color and sometimes a washed-out effect. As much as I admired the works and the spirit of truth I felt that his skies were lacking in qualities of light; many were superb and beautiful, but many were lacking in warmth. I find it in Cazin's works as a rule. Dearth varies very much in his choice and is not monotonous like many landscape painters who stick to more or less one type of landscape and only certain effects. Mr. Dearth has been studying the Japanese and their methods of composition and had a few canvases of spring-time effects which were treated in a decorative manner. I could not understand them. Mr. Dearth speaks very highly of the coming school of American landscape painters and that they will turn out some great work. After leaving Mr. Dearth's studio I took a tram ride from the Gare Montparnasse to the Bastille.
THE BASTILLE
The Place de la Bastille is an ordinary large square in which stands the Colonne de Juillet which marks the site of the famous old castle and prison which fell on the 14 of July 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution. The bronze column is not a very handsome affair and inspires interest only through its historical interest. There is a staircase within and a balcony around the top. The vaults underneath the column contains a huge sarcophagus with the remains of the fallen. In 1871 the Communists filled the base with gunpowder with the intention of blowing it up but the supply was used up in the conflict. I have read much about the Commune since I have been in Paris as it has interested me more. The more I read the deeper grows my disgust for the Insurrections of 1871. It is the worst blot on modern civilization and the whole affair belongs more to the middle ages. As for how much of this element is left in France would be hard to say - until another opportunity perhaps. Yet France has allowed many of the ringleaders of that revolt to return to Paris and many are still living. The coward, traitor, and socialist Henry Rochefort is an editor of a daily socialist paper. He is also a prominent art critic...
On this day - January 9, 1909
James Roger diary entry
9th (Saturday)
Frost 22 degrees, wind variable, cloudy threatening snow. David choring round. Tablet committee met in Church this afternoon to fix place to put it up. Got letters from Alice. Johnnie had cut his hair. Hamish says he is being shifted to 6 pm instead of 8 pm and has Sunday night off.