1638 - HAMPTON TERCENTENARY - 1938

This publication is part of the Town of Hampton's tercentenary celebration in the year of 1938. The articles and information given herein are compiled and furnished by residents or friends of Hampton, to whom we give our humble appreciation. We are deeply indebted to Mr. George K. Ross, Art Director of New York University and husband of Eleanor Godfrey Marston, a directed descendant of one of the first settlers of Hampton, for the cover design; an original water color designed and painted by Mr. Ross.

We are grateful for use of photographs from the following sources:

• STATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
• SEACOAST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
• RUMFORD PRESS
• JAMES W. TUCKER
• WILLIAM D. CRAM
• A. L. BELCHER
• ALBERT Z. LAMIE
• HARLAN G. LITTLE
• ADELINE C. MARSTON
• ELMORE L. DEARBORN
• MRS. JESSIE M. TOPPAN
• HOWARD G. LANE
• JUDGE JOHN W. PERKINS
• WILLIAM BROWN
• KENNETH N. ROSS
• MRS. FRED E. PERKINS

We also wish to thank our advertisers, as only by their kind cooperation could this effort have been made possible. We hope you will patronize them.

In these pages you will find as complete a program as is possible to furnish at the time of going to press, more than two months ahead of our official celebration to be held the week of August 21st.

We welcome you and your friends to our Tercentenary.

It is our earnest desire to make this celebration worthy of the founders of our Town. To the people of Hampton and their guests, we say -- THIS IS YOUR CELEBRATION.

(Footnote: All articles in this publication, unless otherwise attributed, were compiled by O. Raymond Garland.)

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