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Manchester, Hillsboro County, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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On April 17, 1862, a traveler takes a railway trip from Manchester to Epping, NH, visits the monument and grave of former Governor William Plumer, notes inscriptions on family tombstones, and reports on the Pawtuckaway Bank's stockholders' decision to wind up operations due to economic pressures.
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MANCHESTER, Apr. 17, 1862.
Like Mr. Pickwick, wishing to see the country and take a ride, we "took" the cars this delightful morning, at 8 o'clock, A. M., and were soon on our way across the new branch from our city to Candia - which will be a delightful ride this summer, when the road is sufficiently graded. A short stop here, and at other stations, when at 9 we found ourselves at Epping, a nice inland village, where we proposed spending the day. Having considerable time at our disposal, we visited the mansion of the late Gov. Wm. Plumer, and then proceeded to his last resting place, near by, where we found a magnificent granite monument - 20 feet high - erected to his memory, and on its four sides was engraved as follows:
1st. Wm. Plumer. Born June 25th, 1759. Died Dec. 22d, 1850. 2d. Sally Plumer. Born July 21, '52. Died April 1, 1852. Governor 15-2-16,-17 and 18.— Senator in Congress 1802 to 1807.
Gov. P.'s children are buried in the same yard, and from the tombstone of one we copied the following:
"Here lyeth the innocent QUINTUS PLUMER. the 5th son of Wm. and Sally Plumer. He was born on the 5th day of the 5th month of the 5th year of the 19th century, and drew vital air only 5 times 5 days."
The Pawtuckaway Bank which went into operation seven years since at this place, finding the Government bills taking the place of their bills, and the pressure of the times against their making and paying a clear 6 per cent. dividend in the stock - held a stockholders' meeting to-day and voted to wind the Bank up as quick as the law allows. Consequently they are on the road to "Sawyers." This Bank has not as yet lost a dollar, and paid an average dividend of 7 1-10 per cent, on its stock, since it began - is now paying a dividend, and has nearly $3,000.00 surplus on hand.
The Stockholders passed a resolution returning thanks to the President, Directors and Cashier for their shrewd and judicious management of the Bank, and then adjourned. At 6 P. M., we seated ourselves in the railway coach and 7 P. M., found us "home again." Were it not for making this letter too long we would refer to the excitement in the car - going down - on account of the pretty girl who fainted - of what happened at the Hotel dinner table; of the man in the pasture that was dead - only he wasn't; of the "cot near the mill," but enough. Mirror - with your little million of readers - good evening.
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describes a pleasant railway excursion to epping, highlighting the historical significance of gov. william plumer's monument and the successful but now closing pawtuckaway bank amid economic changes.
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