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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
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The 250th anniversary celebrations of the settlements of Guilford and Madison (formerly East Guilford), Connecticut, began on September 8 with exercises in Madison's Congregational church, including a poem by Dr. Webb and an address by Rev. J. A. Gallup on East Guilford's ecclesiastical history. The event continues for three days.
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Celebrate Their Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary
New Haven, Ct., Sept. 8.
The exercises commemorative of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of the towns of Guilford and Madison, the latter formerly East Guilford, which is to continue three days, began today. In the morning exercises were held in the Congregational church at Madison, by Dr. Webb of Madison, who read an original poem, "The Puritan Sabbath."
Rev. J. A. Gallup delivered an address on the "Ecclesiastical history of East Guilford."
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Madison, Connecticut
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Sept. 8
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the three-day celebration began today with morning exercises including a poem reading and an address.
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Exercises commemorative of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Guilford and Madison (formerly East Guilford) began today in the Congregational church at Madison. Dr. Webb read an original poem titled 'The Puritan Sabbath.' Rev. J. A. Gallup delivered an address on the 'Ecclesiastical history of East Guilford.'