The Committee have no personal acquaintance with Mr. Caulkins, but they have ample testimonials from the most respectable sources, all of which represent him to be a man whose long established character for sterling integrity, sound moral principle and piety, have secured for him the uniform respect and confidence of those who know him.

Without further preface the following testimonials are submitted to the reader.

This may certify, that we the subscribers have lived for a number of years past in the neighborhood with Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, and have no hesitation in stating that we consider him a man of high respectability and that his character for truth and veracity is unimpeachable.  PETER COMSTOCK.  A.F.  PERKINS, M.D.  ISAAC BEEBE.  LODOWICK BEEBE.  D. G. OTIS.  PHILIP MORGAN.  JAMES ROGERS, M.D. Waterford, Ct., Jan. 16th, 1839.

Mr. Comstock is a Justice of the Peace.  Mr. L. Beebe is the Town Clerk of Waterford.  Mr. J. Beebe is a member of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Otis is a member of the Congregational Church.  Mr. Morgan is a Justice of the Peace, and Messrs. Perkins and Rogers are designated by their titles.  All those gentlemen are citizens of Waterford, Connecticut.

To whom it may concern.  This may certify that Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, of Waterford, in New London County, is a near neighbor to the subscriber, and has been for many years.  I do consider him a man of unquestionable veracity and certify that he is so considered by people to whom he is personally known.  EDWARD R. WARREN. Jan. 15th, 1839.

Mr. Warren is a Commissioner (Associate Judge) of the County Court, for New London County.

This may certify that Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, of the town of Waterford, County of New London, and State of Connecticut, is a member of the first Baptist Church in said Waterford, is in good standing, and is esteemed by us a man of truth and veracity.  FRANCIS DARROW, Pastor of said Church. Waterford, Jan. 16th, 1839.

This may certify that Nehemiah Caulkins, of Waterford, lives near me, and I always esteemed him, and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.  ELISHA BECKWITH. Jan. 16th, 1839.

Mr. Beckwith is a Justice of the Peace, a Post Master, and a Deacon of the Baptist Church.

Mr. Dwight P. Jones, a member of the Second Congregational Church in the city of New London, in a recent letter, says;

“Mr. Caulkins is a member of the Baptist Church in Waterford, and in every respect a very worthy citizen.  I have labored with him in the Sabbath School, and know him to be a man of active piety.  The most entire confidence may be placed in the truth of his statements.  Where he is known, no one will call them in question.”

We close these testimonials with an extract, of a letter from William Bolles, Esq., a well known and respected citizen of New London, Ct.