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THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.

Henry A. Bellows, Concord, born Oct. 25, 1803; ap. Sept. 23, 1859;
appointed C. J., Oct. 1, 1869. Died March 11, 1873.

Charles Doe, Dover, born April 11, 1830; appointed Sept. 23, 1859.
George W. Nesmith, Franklin, born Oct. 23, 1800; Dec. 31, 1859, to
Oct. 31, 1870.

William H. Bartlett, Concord, Feb. 23, 1861; died Sept. 24, 1867.
Jeremiah Smith, Dover, bom July 14, 1837; appointed Oct. 16, 1867.
Resigned Jan. 1874.

William L. Foster, Concord, born June 1, 1823, ap. Oct. 1, 1869.
William S. Ladd, Lancaster, born Sept. 5, 1830; ap. Oct. 31, 1870.
Ellery A. Hibbard, Laconia, born July 31, 1826; ap. March 17, 1873.
Isaac W. Smith, Manchester; ap. in Feb. 1874.

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, 1874.

Chief Justice, Jonathan Everett Sargent, Concord.

Associate Justices, Charles Doe, Dover; William Lawrence Fos-
ter, Concord; William Spencer Ladd, Lancaster; Ellery Albee
Hibbard, Laconia; Isaac W. Smith, Manchester.

Attorney General, Lewis Whitehouse Clark, Manchester.

State Reporter. John Major Shirley, Andover.

ATTORNEY GENERALS FROM 1776.

THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.

For over one hundred years, or up to 1800, this deed was considered a
valid instrument by people both in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

This deed purported to have been given to the Rev. John Wheel-
wright by four Indian Sagamores in May, 1629, conveying certain terri-
tory located in the south-eastern portion of the State, and embracing with-
in its borders the towns of New Market, Exeter, Londonderry, Derry and
other towns. It is the foundation for the early history of the settle-
ments of more than one third of the State prior to 1750.

Since 1800, certain parties in Massachusetts have convinced them-
selves, that the deed was a forgery, and it is so established by the Mas-
sachusetts Historical Society. If their statements are true, that part of
the early history of New Hampshire covered by this deed is a blank,