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Chapter I THE EARLIEST DAYS
Dr. Dwight's Narrative.—Description.—Indian Trails.—Journal of Capt. Benjamin Wright.—The Deerfield Massacre.—Stephen Williams’ Narrative.—Ford At The Mouth Of Wells River.
Chapter II "A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND CALLED RYEGATE."
Settlements On Connecticut River.—Opening Of The Coos Country.—Prosperity Of Newbury And Haverhill.— Ryegate Chartered—Sale To John Church.—New York Claim.—The Second Charter.—The Pagan Lands. —Condition Of Scotland. —Emigration.--Wages. —The Scotch-American Company.
Chapter III THE INCHINNAN COLONY
Inchinnan.—History.—Antiquities.—The Knights Templars.—Inception Of The Scotch-American Company.—Regulations.-— Commissioners.—" Bond Of Association."—Names Of Subscribers.
Chapter IV THE JOURNAL OF JAMES WHITELAW
The Voyage.—Philadelphia.—New York.—Albany.—Mohawk River.—Ryegate.—Charlestown to New York.—Susquehanna River.—Pennsylvania.—Sir William Johnson.—Dartmouth College.
Chapter V WHITELAW'S JOURNAL - CONTINUED
Observations in Southern Pennsylvania—The Ohio Country—Maryland Virginia.—Observations In North Carolina—The Eastern Shore Of Maryland.—Purchase Of Ryegate.
Chapter VI THE SETTLEMENT BEGUN
Expenses of the Commissioners.—Agreement Between Church And The Commissioners.—Dr. Witherspoon —John Witherspoon.—Newbury.—-Survey Of Ryegate.—David Allan.—First Death.—Deed Of Ryegate.
Chapter VII THE SCOTCH-AMERICAN COMPANY
The "City."—The Scotland Managers.—Lord Blantyre.—Mills At Boltonville.— Embarrassment. Prosperity of the Settlement.—Whitelaw’s Resignation.—The End Of The Scotch American Company—Reflections.
Chapter VIII SCOTLAND AND RYEGATE
The Home Towns of The Colonists: Inchinnan, Erskine, Kilpatrick, Baldernock, Kilmalcolm, Johnstone, Houston, Renfrew, Kilbarchan, Lochwinnock, Paisley, Glasgow, Balfron, Roseneath.—The Scotch In Newbury.—Wages In 1793.—The Ocean Passage.—Emigrants.—Pioneer Life.—Reflections.
Chapter IX THE HAZEN ROAD
The Revolutionary War.—the Post of Danger.—The Hazen Road.—Its General Course. - Its Construction Begun By General Bayley, And Abandoned.—Plans For Invasion Of Canada.—The Road Completed To Westfield.-Why Abandoned —Another Invasion Of Canada Contemplated.—The State Of The Country.—Subsequent History Of The Military Road.
Chapter X RYEGATE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Patriotism of The Colonists.—Minute-Men.—The Great Alarm.—The Campaign Of Burgoyne.—His Instruction To Col. Baume —Capt. Frye Bayley’s Company.—Adventure Of Bartholomew Somers.—Blockhouse.— Anecdotes.
Chapter XI THE EARLY DAYS.
Contemporary Events—First Town Meetings.—First Marriages—First Roads.—Early Tax Lists.—Sheep Raising.—Log Houses.—Correspondence.—Scarcity of Money—Standard Of Value.—Variation in Value of Bank Notes.—The Town Pound.—Anecdotes.
Chapter XII
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Retrospect.—Presbyterianism. - The Church of Scotland.—The Stuarts.—The Restoration.—Rise Of The Covenanters.—Origin of "Tokens."—The Persecution.—Anecdote.—Rev. James Renwick.—The Revolution of 1688 .—Patronage.—The Associate Synod.—Burghers, And Anti-Burghers.—The Relief Church —The United Presbyterian Church.—Rev. Peter Powers—Action of The Town.—The Old Meeting House.— Early Ministers.—Rev. Wm. Forsythe.—Rev. William Gibson.
Chapter XIII THE ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Early Church Going —Theological Metaphysics.—Early Ministers.—Rev. David Goodwillie.—Ordination Of Rev. Thos. Ferrier.—Rev. W M. Pringle.—The Disruption-—Rev. James McArthur.—Re-Union.—Later Pastors.—Sunday Schools.—Church Edifices.
Chapter XIV RELIGIOUS HISTORY—(Continued).
The Reformed Presbyterian Church. -Organization.—Rev Alexander McLeod.—Rev. James McKinney.—William Gibson.—" Reformed Principles Exhibited" —Rev. James Milligan.—Publications.—Rev. James M. Beattie.—Later Ministers.—The Reformed Presbyterian Church At South Ryegate —The First or General Assembly Church.—Reformed Presbyterian Church Of Barnet.—Observations.—The Ryegate Ameliorating Society.
Chapter XV SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN EARLY DAYS.
Prices Of Farm Products.—Cloth And its Manufacture.—Lumber.—River Traffic .—Taverns.—Stage And Postal Routes.—Passumpsic Turnpike.—The Boston And Montreal Turnpike.
Chapter XVI EDUCATION.
Public Schools in Scotland.—Schoolmasters.-—The Common School System in New England—Early Teachers in Ryegate.—Mr. Miller’s Experience,—Other Factors in Education —Location of School-Houses. Statistics.—College Graduates Who Were Natives Of Ryegate.
Chapter XVII EDUCATION, AND OTHER MATTERS
Factors in Education.—Cemeteries.—Care of the Poor.—Temperance.
Chapter XVIII MANUFACTURES.
Saw Mills.—Connecticut River.—Clay Island—The Narrows.—Canoe Falls, And Early Mills There.—The Ryegate Paper Co.—Brick Making.—The Granite Business.—The Granite Manufacturers’ Association.—The Granite Cutter’s Union.
Chapter XIX LOCAL MATTERS
Industrial Changes.—Mr. Whitelaw’s Observations.—Wild Animals.—Dairying.—Farms —Fairs —Creameries —Blue Mountain Grange. — Miscellaneous.
Chapter XX HOME LIFE IN EARLY DAYS.
Linen Spinning.—Weaving.-—Candle Making.—Domestic Pursuits—Social Customs—Singing Schools.—Writing Schools.
Chapter XXI PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS.
Physicians.-The Insane. - Lawyers Merchants At The Corner.—At South Ryegate.—The Old Militia. —Masonry.—An Historic Fake.
Chapter XXII POLITICS AND LATER MATTERS.
Early Political History.—The North Star.—Anti-Masonry.—The Civil War.
Chapter XXIII OLD AND NEW.
Old Farms And Houses.—The Whitelaw Farms—In Central And Western Ryegate.—The Witherspoon Tract. - Libraries.—The Country Book Store. - The Town Library And Branches.—The Whitehill Library.— Grain And Feed Business.—Sugar Manufacture. - Telephones and Electric Lighting.—Clan Farquharson - Miscellaneous.
Chapter XXIV TOWN OFFICERS.
Town Clerks.—Delegates To Constitutional Conventions.—Representatives —Listers.—Superintendents of Schools.—Moderators of Town Meetings.
Chapter XXV MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
James Whitelaw To His Father, 1773.—James Henderson’s Bond.—Meeting House Account.—Vote Of Members About Timber.—Robert Brock’s Bond.—Weight Of Mill Irons.—Certificate Of Membership.—Letter From Managers In Scotland.—Money Remitted To Scotland.—Bill Of Exchange.—Letter From Scotland, 1809.—Ryegate Men In The Revolutionary War, The War Of 1812, The Mexican War And The Civil War.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND FAMILY RECORDS
Introduction, Abbott, Adams, Akin, Allan, Allen, Allen, Anderson, Armour, Arthur, Bachop, Bolkum, Beaton, Beattie (1), Beattie (2), Bigelow, Blair, Bone, Brock, Brown, Buchanan, Burbank, Caldwell, Cameron, Canfield, Carbee, Carpenter, Clark, Chamberlin, Clough, Coburn, Cochran, Colburn, Collins, Cowles, Craig, Craigie, Crowe, Crown, Crozier, Currier, Carter, Darling, Davidson, Dickey, Dickson, Doe, Donaldson, Dawin Or Doyen, Douglas, Dunn, Dunnett, Dunsyre, Esden, Farrow, Farquharson, Finlay, Fisk, Flagg, Folger, Forsyth, Fuller, Gardner, Gates, Gebbie, George, Gibson, Gifillan, Goodwin, Grant, Gray, Gregg, Guthrie, Hall, Harvey, Hatt, Heath, Henderson, Henry Or Hendry, Hill, Holmes, Holt, Hosmer, Hooper, Hunt, Hunter, Hyndman, Ingalls, Jackson, Johnson, Johnston, Keenan, Kellogg, Kendall, Knight, Lang, Latto, Laughlin, Leitch, Liddle, Low Or Lowe, Lumsden, Manchester, Mason, McAllister, McArthur, McColl, McDonald, McDowell, McFarland, McKeith, McKinley, McKirahan, McLam, McLaughlin, McLeod, McClure, Meader, Miller, Milligan, Millis, Mills, Moore, Morrill, Morrison, Morse, Neilson / Nelson, Noyes, Orr, Page, Park, Patterson, Perry, Peters, Pollock, Powers, Pringle, Quint, Reede, Reid, Renfrew, Rhodes, Ricker, Ritchie, Roben, Ronalds, Sanderson, Sargent, Savage, Scot, Shaw, Slye, Smith, Somers, Stewart, Stuart, Symes, Taplin, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Twaddle, Vance, Waddell, Wallace, Warden, Wason, Webster, Welch, White, Whitehill, Whitelaw, Whittaker, Wiley, Wood, Wormwood, Wright,
APPENDIX
Appendix, Index to Connected Families, Places In Scotland & Ireland Mentioned In This Work,
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