Excerpt from An Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration, in Jaffrey: August 20, 1873 Even in regard to a much later date; a few only of that peri od seem to stand, somewhat like the servants of Job, who came from different quarters and said, one after another, I alone am escaped to tell thee; - and doubtful upon whom I should charge the duty of having greater knowledge than I ought to have respecting the first half of the century, and thereby release myself from the conscription, by presenting a substitute, my con elusion, at last, led me, in obedience to the requisition, to come before you at the present time, and ask your indulgence for the deficiencies which you will perceive in what I have to offer for, your acceptance. The great antiquity of the Township where we are assembled does' not admit of a doubt. It seems to be the better opinion, that in the creation of the world, granite was first formed. We are assured that granite appears to be the fundamental rock of the earth's crust. And that wherever we reach the base of the stratified rocks, we find them resting upon granite. This being so, it follows that New Hampshire is entitled to the credit of being part of the earliest creation. And that Jaf frey had a larger interest in that creation than any of her neigh bors, is shown by the fact, that on the subsequent partition, the larger portion of the Monadnock was assigned to her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.