CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

PROCEEDINGS

IN CONNECTION WITH THE

Celebration at New Bedford,

SEPTEMBER 14th, 1864,

OF THE

TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE

INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF DARTMOUTH.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW BEDFORD.

AT a meeting of the Committee of Arrangements, October 25th, 1864, JAMES B. CONGDON, the secretary, was requested to arrange for publication the addresses and other proceedings connected with the Centennial Celebration.

CONTENTS.

Proceedings of the City Council

Proceedings of the Committee of Arrangements

Order of Exercises at the Church

Proceedings at the Church and at the City Hall

Description of the Photographs of the Early

Address to the People of Dartmouth, England

Letters from Invited Guests

Address of His Honor George Howland, Jr.,

Mayor of New Bedford

Address of William W. Crapo

Poem by James B. Congdon

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