Excerpt from Festival of the Sons of New Hampshire: With the Speeches of Messrs. Webster, Woodbury, Wilder, Bigelow, Parker, Dearborn, Hubbard, Goodrich, Hale, Plummer, Wilson, Chamberlain, and Others, Together With the Names of Those Present, and Letters From Distinguished Individuals, Celebrated in Bosto

By an examination of the various Speeches, and other accompanying illustrations of the manner of conducting the Festival, it will be apparent that the exhibition was an intellectual one of extraordinary interest. Very many who had fully intended to contribute liberally to the literary entertainment, were debarred solely on account of the lateness of the hour.

This delightful and long to be remembered assembling of the Sons of New Hampshire, in the metropolis of the North, had its origin in a single mind, but the realization of the idea far exceeded the warmest expectations of those who assisted in the organization, and it may now be viewed as a permanent association, indulging the hope of perpetuating those fraternal sentiments on which it was based, while New Hampshire continues to furnish material for citizenship in the capitol of Massachusetts.

In 1852 another opportunity will be presented for an expression of the affection which is felt for the mountain scenery, the streams, the green fields, the waving forests, and the friends and friendships that bind us to the place of our birth, and may those who participated in the first, live to enjoy many repetitions of the same rational festivities.

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