Exhibit

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The following list is thought to contain a complete record of all the marriages solemnized by the Rev. Thomas Smith during his ministry in Pembroke. It was copied by me from what appeared to have been Mr. Smith's original minutes, kept in a book of accounts, still in the possession of his descendants, where I discovered them by accident during a visit to the present owner of the volume. From these minutes returns were made in due form to the town clerk, at proper intervals, as indicated in the following pages, which are as near a fac-simile of the original record as modern type can make them. The manuscript was in some places nearly illegible by reason of the fading of the ink, and of the careless manner in which these minutes were jotted down. Several entries about which a doubt existed as to my own rendering, were drawn off and sent to Mr. George H. Ryder, the present town clerk of Pembroke, with a request that he would verify or correct my transcript by the town books. To this request a most courteous replay was returned, which enables me to present in print an accurate copy of the entire manuscript by which the proof has been corrected.

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1760. July 10^th. Charles Josselyn to Rebec Keen, y^e 3^d.

1763. Feb^r 24^th. Jedediah Dwelle to Lydia Soule.