OF THE

FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

GENERAL ASSOCIATION

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OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,

WITH THE

SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

NEW-HAMPSHIRE MISSIONARY SOCIETY,

HELD AT CONCORD, AUGUST, 1868.

CONCORD:

PRINTED BY MCFARLAND & JENKS.

Report of the Directors of the N. H. Education Society,

Report of the Ministers' and Widows' Charitable Fund,

Report of Rev. N. Bouton, D. D.,

Report of the Treasurer of the General Association,

Statistics, .

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Summary,

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District Associations,

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Schedule for appointing Delegates to Foreign Bodies,.

Ministerial Record,

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Alphabetical list of Ministers and their post-offices, and the num-

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APPOINTMENTS AND OFFICERS FOR 1869.

Annual meeting at Keene, on the fourth Tuesday of August, 1869, at 10 o'clock A. M.

Preacher of the opening sermon from the White River Association.

Committee on Narratives, Rev. E. G. Parsons, Rev. William J. Tucker.

Committee of Inquiry, to propose questions according to Art. VII, sec. 4, Rev. E. H. Greeley, Rev. Quincy Blakely, Dea. W. W. Russell.

Preacher before the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, Rev. L. Z. Ferris; substitute, Rev. Hiram Mead.

CONFERENCES. Cheshire, 26 churches. Meets on the second Wednesday of June. Rev. J. M. Stowe, Sullivan, Clerk; George Kingsbury, Esq., Keene, Treasurer. Assessment, $24.

Coos, 9 churches, which unite with churches in Vermont. Rev. E. E. Milliken, Littleton, Clerk; Rev. H. V. Emmons, Statistical Scribe and Treasurer. Assessment, $4.

Grafton, 23 churches. Meets the second Tuesday of June. Rev. A. L. Marden, Piermont, Clerk and Treasurer. Rev. Q. Blakely, Campton, Statistical Scribe. Assessment, $24.

Hillsborough, 34 churches; 30 Cong.; 4 Pres. Meets second Tuesday of June. Rev. William J. Tucker, Manchester, Clerk and Treasurer. Rev. T. P. Sawin, Statistical Scribe. Assessment, $44.

Merrimack, 24 churches. Meets the fourth Tuesday of June. Rev. H. S. Huntington, Clerk, Statistical Scribe, and Treasurer. Assessment, $32.

Rockingham, 32 churches; 30 Cong.; 2 Pres. Meets second Tuesday of June. Rev. J. H. Stearns, Epping, Clerk, Statistical Scribe, and Treasurer. Assessment, $36.

Strafford, 31 churches. Meets third Tuesday of June. Rev.

Charles Burnham, Meredith Village, Clerk, Statistical Secretary, and Treasurer. Assessment, $26.

Sullivan, 13 churches. Meets fourth Tuesday in June. Rev. E. W. Clark, Claremont, Clerk and Statistical Secretary. Rev. J. L. Merrill, Acworth, Treasurer. Assessment, $14.

PERMANENT OFFICERS OF GENERAL ASSOCIATION.

Secretary, Rev. George M. Adams, Portsmouth.

Statistical Secretary and Treasurer, Rev. William R. Jewett, Fisherville.