p 20: Dr. Joshua Elderkin and other public officials went with them when they left for West Point. General George Washington was said to have stopped at Colonel Dyer's 21 mansion on his way.

p.21: Eliphalet Dyer and Jedediah Elderkin represented the town at a convention in Hartford to ratify the Constitution and cast their vote for Washington as president of the United States. The next year President Washington traveled through the neighboring area. He proclaimed November 26 of that year to be a National Thanksgiving Day.

p. 26: Windham Bank was incorporated in 1832 with John Baldwin, president; J.A. White, cashier; and Thomas Gray, attorney. Windham bank notes were issued with pictures of Colonel Dyer and Colonel Elderkin on either side and a picture of fighting frogs in the center.