Concord June 3, 1836
Yesterday was election day here and was, by far
the most grand of any I ever have seen on the occasion -
A Committee of ten was appointed on the part of the house and
joined by a Committee of two from the Senate, of which committee
I had the honor of being chairman. There was also a Committee
appointed by the citizens of Concord and an arrangement made
to meet him at Bow about 4 miles from Concord -
The Concord Committee went on horseback and the Legislative
Committee in Chaises - except the Chairman of the town committee
(Mr Whipple) and myself who took seats in the carriage which was
to bring the Governor up. The town committee on horseback preceded
our carriage & the Legislative committee followed together with
other carriages from Concord and the Vicinity -We arrived at Bow
some thirty minutes before the Gov elect. On his arrival there
he was conducted into a room and we were then
conducted in and on my being introduced to him deliv-
ered my official speech - after which my committee were
introduced to the Governor elect and then the town committee
came in & on the chairman of that committee being introduced
to the Hon J. Hill he addressed him (Mr Hill) in a very fine,
feeling, & affectionate manner to which Mr Hill replied
in a few words - and then after taking some lemonade we
took Mr Hill into the carriage with us and proceeded to
Concord in the same manner in which we came down.
when we arrived at the lower part of the town, we were
joined by an excellent band of music - We then proceed-
ed through the main street to upper end & returned through
the other street & thence up to the eagle tavern - at which
place we alighted for refreshment and also to have an
opportunity of reporting to the Senate and house that we
had discharged our duty & that he would meet the legisla-
ture in the Representative Hall at half past 5 o'clock -
The legislative Committee next conducted Mr Hill from
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the Eagle to the Council Chambers where I introduced him to
Governor Badger - from thence our committee in front went
into the Representative Hall opened to the right and left
and then myself & the chairman on the part of the house
proceeded through and when we arrived to the head of
our Committee opened to the right and left and let the
two Governors proceed through followed by the Council - the
Gov elect taking seat between the Speaker of the House
and President of the Senate - And the ex-Governor if I
might so call him then on the left of the Speaker.
The Governor elect then signified his acceptance of the Office &
took in a very audible manner the oath then
signed it - after which all arose and the President
of the Senate declared him Governor of the State
of New Hampshire for the political year ensuing
after which we conducted the Governor & Council
to the Council chambers - and then conducted His
Ex G Isaac Hill to the Gate of the State House yard
where the town committee were ready to receive him -
he there entered their carriage and by strong invitation
of the town Committee I again took my seat at his
side and went to his house - were we alighted
and were conducted in & took some wine & lemonade -
The whole town committee were also invited in
and after a few minutes I again entered the
carriage with Mr Whipple the chairman of the
town Committee & was conducted to the Eagle
Coffee house - my lodging - Every thing passed in
the best manner and all appeared highly gratified
on the occasion - It was a fine clear day but withal
rather dusty - The reception must I think have
been highly gratifying to His Excellency although he
manifests a disposition toward plain and simple
republican manners - nothing ostentatious about him.
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Saturday June 4, 1836
It is very possible that the Legislature may arise in
a week from to day, in case it should another line
will be sent by mail to Portsmouth stating the day
and where it will be necessary for a carriage to meet
us, to take us home - It would be well to send to the
Post office on Friday next & also on Saturdays - I sent a
line down by Capt Jenness - I expected to have sent it
by Mr Smith but it was on election day and had no time
to see him. Mrs Dearborn Evans &c are all well
and in fine spirits The first part of this letter
I have written to amuse - Alfred, Ira, Sophia, Abby
&c - But what more to write I know not as
nothing occurs here in which you can feel any interest -
Alfred must dispose of his callicoes at a low
rate for cash and not keep them on hand
and in fact must always sell for cash if [he is]
offered even on a very small profit [tear in letter]
Sugars, Callicoes & cloths generally [tear in letter]
some - Alfred will se that he always
has meal on hand for cash & also flour
if flours cost 6 7/8$ to 7$ he can sell 4x -
He must sell for cash as low as any other
person rather than not sell at all - He
will observe a half a dozen pair of men's
calf skin shoes with the others which cost
$1-12 ½ and he must keep them separate
and not sell them less than 7/6 - $1-20 cash.
He can tell which they are by the vamps being
blacked on the flesh & on looking inside, he will
see the vamps are not lined & the quarters
are lined with thin calf skin - they are
better feeling shoes - Please write me a line
by Cornet Jenness - In the bond of love your
T.J.Parsons