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 KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY.

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��An Address at the Centennial of the Town of Campton, a brief History of the First Congregational Church in Pembroke, The History of the New Hampshire Bible Society, Recollec- tions of the Piscataqua Association for Ten Years from 1825, The Early History of Kimball Union Academy, the reports of the New Hampshire Missionary Society for three years from 1839, and of the New Hamp- shire Bible Society for twenty-six years from 1850.

In addition to the foregoing thirty young men who commenced their studies for the ministry at Meriden, there were, at the establishment of the institution, a number of valuable young men fitting for the ministry in Dart- mouth College who were needy of aid. Such aid was afforded from its funds, and their names stand on record as beneficiaries of the institution. They were as follows :

Solomon Adams, from Middleton, Mass., who entered the ministry but gave himself mainly to teaching, fi -,t in East Machias, Me., then in Portland, and afterward in a young ladies' school in Boston. He died in 1870, after a life of much usefulness.

Silas Blaisdell, from Weare, gradua- ted from Dartmouth College in 181 7 ; at Andover two years, and with Bishop Criswold one year ; ordained in 1822 ; rector at Asbrleld, Salem and Ames- bury. Mass.

Stephen I. Bradstreet graduated at Dartmouth College in 1819 ; at An- dover in 1822 ; preached in Euclid, Cleveland, Vermilion, and Sandus- ky, Ohio ; edited the Ohio Observer, and afterward preached in different places until he died in 1837. He was a devoted disciple of his Master, and eminently useful during his short life.

Jacob Cummings, from Warren, Mass., graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1819; and from Andover. He taught for a time at Atkinson and at Hampton ; ordained pastor of the church at Stratham in 1S29 ; at Sharon, Mass., 1835 ; atSouthbridge, 1838, and at Hillsborough Bridge, N. H.. 1S43.

��He took up his residence at Exeter in [856, without charge, where he died in 1866. A learned and devoted Christian man, characterized by patient continuance in well doing.

Calvin Cutler, from Guildhall, Vt., graduated at Dartmouth College in 1813; at Andover in 1S22 ; ordained pastor of the church in Lebanon in 1823 ; at Windham in 1828 until he died in 1844. An able and faithful minister.

Francis Danforth, from Hillsbor- ough, graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege in 1 Si 9; at Andover in 1822; ordained over the church in Greenfield in 1S23 ; at Winchester in 1831, at Sjuth Hadley, Mass., in 1839, at Clar- ence, N. Y., in 1845, where he died in 1854. An earnest Christian man and useful in his day.

Alfred Finney, from Plymouth, Yt., graduated at Dartmouth Coilege in 18 15 ; studied one year at Andover, and with Rev. Mr. Lyman, of Brook- field, Vt. ; ordained as a missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to the Cherokee Indians in 181 8, where he labored un- til he died, in 1829.

William Goodell. from Templeton, Mass., graduated at Dartmouth Col- lege in 181 7 ; at Andover in 1820 ; or- dained a missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. in 1S22 ; stationed at Beyroot in in 1823 1 at the Island of Malta in 1828 ; at Constantinople in 1S31, un- til 1865, when he returned to Philadel- phia, and died in 1867, at the age of 75. The honorary degree was con- ferred upon him by two colleges in 1859. He translated the bible into the Armeno-Turkish language. He wrote much and well.

His agency was strongly felt through the influence of the British ambas- sador, Sir Stratford Caning, in the ab- rogation of the death penalty in the Turkish Empire. It was to be exe- cuted on all who embraced the Gospel, or who from any cause abandoned the Mohammedan faith. His wide inter- course among men, his genial habits, and his zeal in the cause of his Lord, secured to him an extensive influence.

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