Thomas Chittenden

Here at Williston, Mr. Arthur preached for a small Baptist church just organized and also set up a private academy in a building owned by the Reverend Peter Chase.

Then for the first time, Mr. Arthur began to see better days and to live more comfortably and to surround himself with many cultivated and influential friends, among whom were ex-Governor Martin Chittenden, son of old Governor Thomas Chittenden, the first governor of the state of Vermont, it was at williston in eighteen thirty two the baby girl who was also named malvina was born dr chester abel died this year and was buried at fairfield in january eighteen thirty three william arthur commenced to preach in the village of hindsborough west of the town of williston in the same county and state, and finally in the summer or fall of 1833 moved his family there, although he continued his academy or school at Williston.

An old lady, Mrs. Milton Bostwick, who still lives there, also taught school under Elder Arthur, as he was then called, at the Williston Academy in the spring and summer of 1834.

While living at Hinesboro in 1834, William Arthur, Jr. was born.

Mr. Arthur expressed to me his satisfaction in relation to his then situation.

His school was a success, and the community was quite enlightened, and his friends were cultivated and influential.

Among them was ex-governor Martin Chittenden, son of old governor Thomas Chittenden, the first governor of the state of Vermont.

governor martin chittenden expressed a warm and cordial attachment to mr arthur he though not a baptist attended mr arthur's meetings much of the time and he attended the week's meetings quite uniformly as the political views of both harmonized the governor might have been some moved by policy i had not a favorable opinion of the governor but i found him a pleasant social agreeable gentleman mr arthur's children were perhaps from fourteen years of age downward to infancy i observed the older ones and thought them smart and of bright intellect After this meeting I sent my two oldest children, a son and a daughter, to Mr. Arthur's school for a term or two, and they say they well remember trundling the now president in a hand-cart on the sidewalk of the street.

Here at Williston, Mr. Arthur preached for a small Baptist church just organized and also set up a private academy in a building owned by the Reverend Peter Chase.

Then for the first time, Mr. Arthur began to see better days and to live more comfortably and to surround himself with many cultivated and influential friends, among whom were ex-Governor Martin Chittenden, son of old Governor Thomas Chittenden, the first governor of the state of Vermont, it was at williston in eighteen thirty two the baby girl who was also named malvina was born dr chester abel died this year and was buried at fairfield in january eighteen thirty three william arthur commenced to preach in the village of hindsborough west of the town of williston in the same county and state, and finally in the summer or fall of 1833 moved his family there, although he continued his academy or school at Williston.

An old lady, Mrs. Milton Bostwick, who still lives there, also taught school under Elder Arthur, as he was then called, at the Williston Academy in the spring and summer of 1834.

While living at Hinesboro in 1834, William Arthur, Jr. was born.

Mr. Arthur expressed to me his satisfaction in relation to his then situation.

His school was a success, and the community was quite enlightened, and his friends were cultivated and influential.

Among them was ex-governor Martin Chittenden, son of old governor Thomas Chittenden, the first governor of the state of Vermont.

governor martin chittenden expressed a warm and cordial attachment to mr arthur he though not a baptist attended mr arthur's meetings much of the time and he attended the week's meetings quite uniformly as the political views of both harmonized the governor might have been some moved by policy i had not a favorable opinion of the governor but i found him a pleasant social agreeable gentleman mr arthur's children were perhaps from fourteen years of age downward to infancy i observed the older ones and thought them smart and of bright intellect After this meeting I sent my two oldest children, a son and a daughter, to Mr. Arthur's school for a term or two, and they say they well remember trundling the now president in a hand-cart on the sidewalk of the street.

Most important politician in Vermont history.

Well, Thomas Chittenden, of course.

But the second most is Phil Hoff, hands down.

There's two books that I want everybody to read.

One is the biography of Thomas Chittenden, which was written by a Republican.

In those days, when I first moved here, the Republicans were more liberal than the Democrats.

That's true.

But this senator, and I can't think of his name, he was from Windsor County.