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Here are some of the interesting notes regarding the evens during the life of Ebenezer Burt Ellis, born 18 July 1818.
The United States settles almost all of its outstanding disputes with British Canada in a convention that is more significant than the Treaty of Ghent. By the end of the year, the efforts of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and General Andrew Jackson result in an ultimatum to Spain that can only be resolved by the acquisition of Florida, rounding out the territorial integrity of the gulf and Atlantic seaboard. The shape of the United States, south of Canada and east of Spanish Mexico, is now well defined.
From "American Headlines, Year by Year, Editor-in-Chief Calvin D. Linton, PhD.Town of Dummerston, Vermont. An "Equivalent Lands" Town, 1753 - 1936. Published by The Dummerston Historical Society, Edited by Alice Crosby Loomis and Frances Walker Manix, from pages 92, 93 & 94. Jason Duncan --- Mountain Mowings --- Frank Hickins (1767 -- 1986), pg 42.3. MOUNTAIN MOWINGS FARM is located in parts of lots #'s 68, 69, 70, 80, 81, and 99. These were originally 100 acre lots in 1767, when surveyed by Isaac MILLER and Ebenezer WATERS. William NEGUS bought bought Lot #81 in 1774 for 25 pounds and also a part of #69, east of #81. Benjamin ESTABROOK bought half of Lot #81 from NEGUS for 70 pounds. Joseph DUNCAN bought Lot #80 where he lived for many years near NEGUS. Most of the lots were divided, sold in small chunks and resold. Familiar names involved in these transactions have been: Joseph and William NEGUS, Benjamin ESTABROOK, Moses TAYLOR, Benjamin HADLEY, Daniel BEMIS, Jason, Joseph and Jonas DUNCAN, L. L. BOND, L. T. BOND, Mrs Sarah BOND, Samuel DUTTON, Peter WILLARD, Asa BOYDEN, Ebenezer ELLIS, Enoch COOK, and Reuben WALKER, all early settlers. Rufus Amory, agent for the proprietors in Boston, came to town to sell previously unsold lots. Leroy L. BOND, who owned one of these lots was the grandfather of Walter NEEDHAM, who wrote "Book of Country Things," referring to things learned from his grandfather in Dummerston. More recent owners have been Mary ELLIS, Densmore BLOOD, Adin MILLER, William MILLER, George W. FISHER, Robert and Ella BLOOD, Friend and Florence GARLAND, William GARLAND and, most recently, Dr. Augustus THORNDIKE. The farm's land varies in type from Black Mountain Exposed granite to Shelburne loam to Moore's peat bog. Dr. Thorndike produced a fine heard of dairy cows and a stand of timber. His land is now leased to Frank Hickin and family for growing a multitude of small fruits and vegetables and flowering plants. They also produce Maple Sugar Products in the early Spring. The Hickin Family is constantly alert to conserving the soil and land, and they work at woodlot improvement. Greenhouses have been built and expanded as their retail business, known as Mountain Mowings Farm, has become more widely known and consequently more popular. A visit to their flower filled greenhouse any year is a delight to all the senses.