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Nason, Rev. Elias, of North Billerica, "Current Events", NEHGR, vol. XX (1866), pp. 72-74.

[p. 73]

JUNE, 1865
1. Day of fasting and prayer in memory of Abraham Lincoln -- oration in Boston by the Hon. Charles Sumner.
10. Destructive fire at Nashville, Tenn., with loss to the government of nearly $10,000,000.
16. Rear Admiral Dupont dies, aged 63 years.
17. The Ladd and Whitney monument is dedicated, with appropriate ceremonies, at Lowell, Massachusetts.*
20. The National Congregational Council in session at Dr. Kirk's church in Boston.
22. It makes an excursion to Plymouth, Mass.
29. Gen. Made issues his farewell address to his troops.
* = Addison Otis Whitney in Index

"Marriages and Deaths", NEHGR, vol. XX (1866), pp. 166-173, pp. 375-379.

[p. 166] Marriages

Pierce-Baxter. At Brighton, Mass., Jan. 6, by Rev. Frederic A. Whitney, Edward Augustus Pierce, son of Benjamin Franklin and Cynthia Osborn (Stone) Pierce, and Ellen Frances Jones, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Farwell) Baxter, all of B.
Young-Whitney. In Boston, Jan. 13, Mr. George H. Young and Miss Mary F. Whitney, both of Boston.

[p. 375] Marriages

Whidden-Draper. At Brighton, Aug. 26, by the Rev. Frederic Augustus Whitney, Samuel Clifford Whidden, born at Loudon, N. H., 1837, son of William and Maria (Avery) Whidden, to Lois Maria, born at Brighton, 1839, daughter of the late Joseph and Maria (Horton) Draper.

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