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190 of the Revolution, may well be associated with those midnight salvos of artillery which crowned his first campaign with an enduring success, and, once for all, rescued the soil of the Bay State from the tread of a hostile foot.

years ago the idea was conceived of establishing the. It was to be a magazine devoted to the interests of the old Granite State and it appealed at once to the pride and encouragement of all New Hampshire people, thus speedily gaining their good will and hearty support. While some articles have appeared in our columns of a general character, the larger number has been of those specially relating to the history, the industries, the literature, and the people of this State; so that the bound volumes of the Granite Monthly are, of themselves, a library of strong and direct interest to every citizen of New Hampshire, and, indeed, no less to many now removed from this State.

The Bay State Monthly is the result of an idea of the publisher to found a similar magazine in Massachusetts. Although only in its second year it has fairly won for itself a right to live by meeting a want in the literary field of that State, and it has already been warmly received.

In the future, the magazine will maintain the character it has had in the past, at the same time, constantly keeping in view the subject of improvement. Our field is fertile in historical materials, of which only a little has yet been incorporated in this publication. As time goes on, the will represent more and more fully the literature of the State, and we believe will ever constantly gain the increasing support and confidence of its patrons.

We wish to thank the patrons of the for their hearty support in the past and ask for its continuance in the future. We have but entered upon the wide field opened for the magazine; it is by no means exhausted. Be not over-modest in sending in articles—If they are appropriate, they will be used in time.

The subscription list of the magazine should be doubled and trebled. Let every one of our friends—and there are many more than a thousand who have sustained their interest in the publication from its first number—let all act as missionaries to help on the good work by introducing it to their neighbors and friends.