Among the author's grandfather's papers were considerable collections of materials he had intended to use for a history of the town of Guilford. ...Owing to the extensive materials at hand, it is believed the work is, to a considerable degree, exhaustive and complete. The book opens with the settlement of Guilford and a biographical sketch of the Rev. Mr. Whitfield. Numerous excerpts from original documents augment this narrative, including a 1639 Covenant, the 1639 land purchase treaty agreement between Henry Whitfield and the squaw sachem Shaumpishuh, and several subsequent land purchase agreements. Other topics include: the signers of the Covenant;early division of lands, with listing of owners and descriptions of their lots;the Guilford Indians;Rev. John Higginson;the Plantation Court;Dr. Rossiter and the union with Connecticut;the Regicides;Rev. Joseph Elliot;Rev. Thomas Ruggles;later settlers in Guilford;town meetings and records;later land purchases and boundaries;Madison;North Guilford;Faulkner's Island;Leete's Island;churches;cemeteries;education;physicians;the Revolutionary War;the Civil War;biographical sketches of significant Guilford men;secret societies;town officials and more. An index to names, places and subjects complete this work.