was untiring in his attention to the necessities of New Hampshire men in the field and military hospitals. He sent medical men and others, as the exigencies of the war seemed to require them, to attend the wounded during the active operations of the army, and the sick at all times. During these two years no New England State had a more active Chief Magistrate, or one who had its honor and the comfort of its soldiers more nearly at heart than Governor Gilmore. He died on the 17th of April, 1867.

GOVERNOR FREDERICK SMYTH.

Frederick Smyth, the thirty-eighth Governor of New Hampshire, was born in Candia, Rockingham County, March 9, 1819. His father was a farmer of thrifty habit, in good circumstances, and his mother was a daughter of Isaiah Rowe, a soldier of the Revolution. His youth was spent in assisting his father upon the farm and attending the public school in the district.

After availing himself of the schools at home, to the full extent of their advantages, he studied a brief term at Andover, Mass., under charge of Dr. Coleman. The money requisite for this purpose was earned by school teaching and working between schools-his first experience in this way being at Auburn, when he was seventeen years of age.

He had a strong desire to enter college, but the way did not seem clear, and eager to be doing, he entered into trade at the old place known for many years in Candia as the "Master Fitts store," in partnership with Thomas Wheat-being of about equal age. After a short time they abandoned the business, and both, in 1838, removed to Manchester, where Dr. Wheat is now a physician in extensive practice, and a highly respected citizen. Frederick, then nineteen years of age, obtained

was untiring in his attention to the necessities of New Hampshire men in the field and military hospitals. He sent medical men and others, as the exigencies of the war seemed to require them, to attend the wounded during the active operations of the army, and the sick at all times. During these two years no New England State had a more active Chief Magistrate, or one who had its honor and the comfort of its soldiers more nearly at heart than Governor Gilmore. He died on the 17th of April, 1867.

GOVERNOR FREDERICK SMYTH.

Frederick Smyth, the thirty-eighth Governor of New Hampshire, was born in Candia, Rockingham County, March 9, 1819. His father was a farmer of thrifty habit, in good circumstances, and his mother was a daughter of Isaiah Rowe, a soldier of the Revolution. His youth was spent in assisting his father upon the farm and attending the public school in the district.

After availing himself of the schools at home, to the full extent of their advantages, he studied a brief term at Andover, Mass., under charge of Dr. Coleman. The money requisite for this purpose was earned by school teaching and working between schools-his first experience in this way being at Auburn, when he was seventeen years of age.

He had a strong desire to enter college, but the way did not seem clear, and eager to be doing, he entered into trade at the old place known for many years in Candia as the "Master Fitts store," in partnership with Thomas Wheat-being of about equal age. After a short time they abandoned the business, and both, in 1838, removed to Manchester, where Dr. Wheat is now a physician in extensive practice, and a highly respected citizen. Frederick, then nineteen years of age, obtained