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The two identical-looking gravestones on the left are those of Amos (left) and Violate (right) Fortune. Pompey Freeman may have been buried here also. The Meetinghouse and horsesheds are seen in the background. The gravesite has many visitors every year, many of whom leave flowers or other mementos. The grave of Judge Abel Parker is just behind the tall obelisk-shaped gravestone on the right. The grave of Rev. Laban Ainsworth is not shown, but would be to the right of the edge of the picture. 22
23 Ma;·or Sources During the writing of the preceding narrative, fo ur sources were invaluable in the research on Amos Fo rtune and Jaffrey during the turn of the 19th century. Publication information on these four sources can befound in the bibliography. They are listed here in the order in which they were written. i History of jaffrey by Daniel Cutter: This history w as writte n by a member of o ne of e arly J affrey's promi ne nt families. Though i nform atio n o n Amos Fortu ne is limited, this history co nt ai ns det ailed biogr aphies of m any of his co ntempor aries. It w as published just a few ye ars af ter the tow n's ce nte nni al (1873) and i ncludes a tr anscript of speeches delivered for th at celebr atio n. History of jaffrey by Annett and Lehtinen: This is the first book i n the offici al fourvolume set o n the history of the tow n.Albert A nne tt w as a no ted public serv ant i n J affrey, as well as an av id outdoors m an and the proprietor of the A nne tt Box Comp any. Whe n he died, Alice Lehti ne n of J affrey completed the work o n the first two volumes. This history is the most comprehe nsive chro nicle of J affrey 's p ast, and perh aps the first work to devote a speci al sectio n to Amos Fortu ne. Though i nac cur ate i n some as pects, this speci al sectio n w as a compe ndium of the i nform atio n k now n ab out Amos Fortu ne at the time it w as writte n i n 1937. Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates: Cert ai nly this work is the most famous of the books writte n ab out Amos Fortu ne and his family. Eliz abeth Yates McGre al, a New York native who moved to the Mo nad no ck Regio n, s aid th at she a te nd ed an Amos Fortu ne Forum and, visiti ng the Fortu ne gr aves behi nd the Meeti nghouse, w as i nspired by Amos Fortu ne's story. Yates compiled al av ail able i nform atio n o n Amos Fortu ne to write her book. Like any good storyteller, however, she filled i n missi ng i nform atio n with her ow n im agi natio n. The result w as a widely popul ar childre n's book th at wo n the Newbery Aw ard for outst andi ng Americ an childre n's liter ature i n 1951. She freque ntly visited schools and g ave t alks o n Amos Fortu ne to childre n who h ad re ad her book. It rem ai ns a very popul ar book for childre n i n upper eleme nt ary school. Eliz abeth Yates l ater lived in Co ncord, New H ampshire, and helped review this m anu script. Amos Fortune 's Choic.e by F. Alexander Magoun: M agou n w as a professor of Hum an Rel atio ns i n I ndustry at the M ass achusetts I nstitute of Tech nology and an occ asio nal reside nt of J affrey. Co nc er ned with wh at he felt w as gross historic al distortio n and pure fictio n fou nd i n the writte n ac cou nts of Amos Fortu ne 's life, M agou n set out to do more rese arch and write a "true" ac cou nt of Amos Fortu ne's life. However, as he freely ad mitted, " not e nough is k now n for a re al biogr aphy, and yet too much is av ail able to ig nore." However educ ated his specul atio n m ay be, M agou n's work co nt ai ns as much fictio n as it does factu al i nform atio n.Yet he ad ded to the volume of rese arch do ne o n Amos Fortu ne , and his w as the first book o n Amos Fortu ne no t writte n for childre n. It w as published i n 1964.
Page 1 and 2: The Man and His Legacy
Page 3 and 4: Acknowledgements Amos Fortune, The
Page 5 and 6: MAINE (Part of Massachusetts) Picat
Page 7 and 8: 3 Born in Africa, a Slave in Americ
Page 9 and 10: 5 Magoun imagines a different scena
Page 11 and 12: 7 The woman who died in 1778 was Am
Page 13 and 14: 9 house. This could not have happen
Page 15 and 16: II Contrary to a moving scene in Ya
Page 17 and 18: 13 Amos Fortune did buy the land on
Page 19 and 20: 15 -EPILOGUE- Laban Ainsworth, Jaff
Page 21 and 22: 17 The Mystery of Celyndia nother m
Page 23 and 24: 19 Amos Fo rtune 's house and barn
Page 25: 21 Bibliography Annett, Albert and
Page 29: Tyler Brook Lt. Samllel Bliss 0 Ark
Page 33 and 34: 30 Simon Carter Agreement (1 769) I
Page 35: 32 Richardson Agreement (1 770) Kno
Page 39: Pompey Blackman Power of Attorney (
Page 43: 40 Simon Peter Apprenticeship (1 79
Page 46 and 47: 43 A B c D
Page 48 and 49: 45 E F G
Page 51 and 52: Receiptfrom Samuel George (1 799) 4
Page 53 and 54: Amos Fortune's Will (1 801) 50 In t
Page 55 and 56: Account of the Fortune Estate (1 80
Page 57: Mount Monadnock - Jaffiey, New Hamp

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