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Second New Hampshire Festival,

HELD IN BOSTON, NOVEMBER 2, 1853.

SECOND FESTIVAL

OF THE

Sons of New Hampshire.

Ar the close of the festivities at the first meeting, November 7th, 1849, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That when this meeting adjourns, it be to the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and that it then be called together by such of its present officers as may then be living.

In accordance with the foregoing instruction, meetings were held preparatory to a Second Festival, and the following Committees were chosen for conducting and completing the arrangements, November 18th, 1852, having been selected for the day.

While the Committees were attending to their various duties, the death of the illustrious President of the Association was announced. The nation was in mourning for the loss of its most distinguished son. The events of

* Deceased.