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Title: Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey, his ancestors and descendants of the Abbey family, pathfinders, soldiers and pioneer settlers of Connecticut, its Western Reserve in Ohio and the great West ..
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Freeman, Alden, 1862-
Subjects: Abbey, Thomas, 1731-1811 Abbey family (John Abbey, ca. 1613-ca.1689) Freeman family (Henry Freeman, d. 1763)
Publisher: (East Orange, N.J., The Abbey printshop)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Town in Town meeting duly assembled; and Whereas, Said First Ecclesiastical Society, acting by itsSocietys Committee, thereunto duly authorized, has formal1yconsented to the location of said statue as hereinbefore described,and to hold and invest said fund and use the income thereof forthe purposes stated; and Whereas, A plan of said proposed statue and its base hasbeen submitted to the voters of the Town at said Town meeting; Now, THEREFORE, It is voted that said offer be, and the samehereby is accepted, and that upon the completion of said statue,the First Selectman of the Town be authorized to accept thesame in the name of, and on behalf of the citizens of the Town;and that the said Alden Freeman, and his representatives, agentsand contractors be, and they hereby are authorized to proceedwith the erection of said statue, together with the base or pedestaland seats or benches surrounding the same, within the highwaylimits, upon the east side of the travelled path, immediately in 128
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AT WORK ON THE ABBEY MEMORIAL In the yard of the Edwin Shuttleworth Co., Long Island City, N. Y. front of the building of the First Ecclesiastical Society, on EnfieldStreet; and to perform all the work necessary to be done in con-nection with the erection and completion thereof, without any let,hindrance, obstruction or delay on the part of the citizens andvoters of the town of Enfield, or their representatives; and thatsaid statue when completed, shall not be destroyed or removed,but shall always remain upon the site upon which it is erected, andso long as it is maintained, repaired and kept in good condition. Being put to vote, Resolution was Adopted.Attest: A true copy of record. J. HAMILTON POTTER, Town Clerk. WHAT HAS AMERICA DONE FOR MANKIND? America, with the same voice which spoke herself into exis-tence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishablerights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of gov-ernment. America, in the assembly of nations, since her a

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