Transcription of the title page from Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N. H., 1880.
WALPOLE
AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS,
CONTAINING THE
COMPLETE CIVIL HISTORY OF THE TOWN
FROM 1749 TO 1879;
TOGETHER WITH
A HISTORY OF ALL THE CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS;
ALSO,
A HISTORY OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FAMILIES THAT SETTLED IN
TOWN PREVIOUS TO 1820, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF A LARGE NUMBER OF ITS PROMINENT CITIZENS,
AND ALSO, A CENSUS OF THE TOWN
TAKEN APRIL, 1, 1878.
BY GEORGE ALDRICH.
“He that is not proud of his ancestors, either has no ancestors to be proud
of, or else he’s a degenerate son.”
PRINTED BY
THE CLAREMONT MANUFACTURING CO., CLAREMONT, N. H.
1880.